Anna_Architecture Portfolio by Anna Shue

Bingyun Xue

PORTFOLIO Selected Works From 2021 - 2023

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Test Field No.1

Studio Project|Spring 2023|Instructor: Zheng Gu Individual Work

From Plan to Section

Studio Project|Fall 2021|Instructor: Dongfang Xie Individual Work

Useless in Wars

Studio Project|Spring 2022|Instructor: Dongfang Xie Individual Work

Cat Box

Studio Project|Summer 2022|Instructor: Jingjun Li Individual Work

Museum, Park, Funfair

Studio Project|Fall 2022|Instructor: Dongfang Xie Individual Work

Artwork

architectural sketches selected from 2019-2021

The global birth rate keeps declining...

The world will be in crisis...

This is the hope...

You can't force us!

We will not have a child, just like most people...

Test Field No.1

Test Field 1 ample space, abundant natural resources, and far from large cities

self-sustaining community design + highrise hatchery center tower complex Studio Work (individual) Type: 2023.2-2023.6 Time: Instructor: Zheng Gu Location: Allihies, Ireland Floorage: 48,000 sqm. Fragility Since the 20th century, more and more women have been giving up childbearing, and the global birth rate has approached a freezing point. However, their will is not respected by the world, and compulsory birth laws have been introduced around the world.

Obligated childcare one day a week... The advancement of technology has created conditions for Embrace to respect women's wishes, and artificial wombs have freed people from childbirth. The First Artificial Womb Park has been launched around the world. If the park succeeds, its scale will be applied to cities.

Embracing Fragility

Hatchery Center

Factory 100m

Transportation

Apartment

Old Village

Religion "That beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford's: History is bunk...There is always soma, delicious soma, half a gramme for a half-holiday, a gramme for a week-end, two grammes for a trip to the gorgeous East, three for a dark eternity on the moon..."

Site Selection Adjacent to the old village, this location serves several purposes: it is convenient for residents to take turns taking care of newborn babies, it facilitates the socialization of children and their integration into the modern world, and it fills in the blank space created by the enclosed road section, forming a complete village.

Entertainment "The feelies, conveyed not only the feel of things, but the very essence of things. The smell of the sea,the grapey taste of wine...while Fanny herself, with disdainful arching of eyebrows and pursing of lips, began to whisper to a neighbor..."

work-life balance

"Lenina's flat was one of sixteen, identical boxes in this long, twostoreyed house overlooking the dark... A green and watery twilight, the week's final quarter of artificially lengthened light, was melting into the first darkness of the evening..."

providing material

Site

transportation

"The approaches to the monorail station were black with the ant-like pullulation of lower-caste activity. From under the glass vault a lighted train shot out into the open. Following its southeasterly course across the dark plain..."

providing material

"The Television Corporation's factory was like a small town... glared with a fierce electric brilliance from every window of its twenty stories. For the safety of night-flying planes, its four tall chimneys were flood-lighted and tipped with crimson danger signals..."

providing material

providing labor

"A squat grey building of only thirtyfour stories...The enormous room on the ground floor faced towards the north. A young Beta-Minus mechanic was busy with screw-driver and spanner on the blood-surrogate pump of a passing bottle..."

Master Plan: A Self-cycle Park

N 10m

50m

100m 10 1 7

Suprematism: Under Soviet Collectivism The world in the novel is highly collectivized, much like the Soviet Union in the 1960s. This era gave rise to many unique art movements, including Suprematism. Suprematism is characterized by the combination of bright geometric shapes, which also had a profound influence on architecture. Therefore, this project will start with Kandinsky's paintings to explore geometric forms.

3 5

4 9

1. RT 2. Outdoor Gym 3. Apartment 4. Amusement Park 5. Central Park 6. Activity Center 6. Swimming Pool 7. Market 8. Ranch 9. Daily Goods Factory 10. Hatchery Center Complex 11. Activity Center 12. Parking

Geometry: A Collective Life

APARTMENT

CORRIDOR

AMUSEMENT PATK CENTER

COMMON BALCONY RAW MATERIAL BARREL

FACTORY ATRIUM VERTICAL FARM LEFT TOWER CORE RIGHT TOWER CORE

FACTORY OFFICE

ATRIUM

SWIMMING POOL ELEMENTS

ACTIVITY CENTER

PLATFORM TOWER COMPONENTS

HATCHERT CENTER PODIUM 4

Circles & Squares Circles and squares are representative geometric patterns in Suprematism paintings. In my project, I distorted and recombined two-dimensional and threedimensional circles and squares to form a highly centralized park. The consistency of geometric language symbolizes the high similarity of individual life in a collectivist context: the park looks very rich, but the core of life is not.

The Condensed Numerous geometric structures are compressed within the park, symbolizing the diverse and intensive activities taking place in the area. People's lives are highly communal, sharing fully functional public spaces and social resources within the park. This project aims to provide the community with comprehensive living conditions through the provision of fully functional public spaces, sustainable housing solutions, and innovative urban design. It aims to enhance the quality of life for residents by creating a wellrounded living environment.

Inside - Outside Layers

Bottom - Top Layers

Frameworks

Functions in Relation to Height

Internal Layer Core elevator; Columns + Slabs; Rain Harvest Columns; Stairs + Escalators; Structural Trusses; Suspension Cables

Middle Layer Interior walls; Tower Components (Individual Geometris and Space for Different Functions)

External Layer Vertical Farm; Wind Power Generation System; Envelopes; Curtain Walls

+ 15m Floor Plan

+ 5m Floor Plan

N 1m 5m

10m

1m 5m

20m

10m

20m

4 2 8

3 2

6 7

1. Kid Sleeping Room 2. Ourdoor Play Field 3. Activiry Room 4. Patio 5. Playroom 6. Final Stage Hatchery 7. Meeting Room 8. Office

1. gym 2. toliet, showering, changing room for gym 3. cenima 4. stairway 5. restaurant 6. kitchen 7. kitchen storage 8. toilet

Cinema

Toddler Activity Room

Centeen

Incubation Center

+ 35m Floor Plan

+ 25m Floor Plan N

N 1m 5m

10m

1m 5m

20m

10m

20m

3 3

1. Vertical Farm 2. Hemisphere viewing platform 3. Administration 4. Tude Corridor 5. Level 1 Hatchery

1. Vertical Farm 2. Living Area 3. Theater 4. Floating Corridor 5. Level 3 Classroom 6. Stage 2 Hatchery 7. Office

Classroom 2

Hatchery Factory

Living Unit

Living Unit: Sleeping Mode

Living Unit: Activity Mode

Inside the Hatchery Complex Section Perspective

Structural Design Exploded Structural Layers Suspension Cable Floor Plank

Floor Plank

Joist Joist

Right Tower: beam + truss + suspension cable

Slab Insulation 1

Left Tower: column + slab + truss + bracing

Girder + Beam

Glass

Truss Support

Half Transparent ETFE Truss

Bolt

Slab

Half Transparent ETFE Beam

Glass

3 Hanger

Insulation Hanger

Suspended Ceiling

Window Frame 1 Bracing Node Detail

2 Truss - Beam Detail

3 Curtain Wall - Floor Detail

Brace

Truss

Spindle

Bolt

Anchor

Beam

Podium: column + beam + truss cantilever

Mullion

Slab Beam

Suspended Ceiling

Sustainability Design Weather Information

Wind Power Generation

Rainwater Collection System

gravity system

sprinkler pipe

The rainwater collection system can effectively utilize the larger rainfall amount on the site.

vertical farm

Ventilation

+ + _

Passive heating is recommended.

The central atrium and core acts as a hot air outlet, using stack effect to facilitate indoor ventilation. The prominent roof increases the wind speed on the top of the building, creating a pressure difference and utilizing the Bernoulli principle to accelerate ventilation.

delivery pipe from pump

gravity system

Passive Heating

Compared to solar energy collection, wind power generation is more suitable for this project.

Blocks consist of large sunspace and trombe wall. The south elevation is full glazed to maximize the daylight intake, and the materials are of high thermal mass, such as concrete. So the building absorbs heat during the day and releases it at night.

Climate information available at: https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/ireland/allihies-climate

water pump

Fleetwood Apartment Station

Another beautiful day begins.

Fleetwood Apartment Station

Stage 2 hatchery processing...

I've got to catch the train now.Later!

8:30 At the apartment sation

8:00 In the apartment

Dear passengers, we are arriving at George Hatchery Center

Goods factory.

Where are you heading?

Finally...The babies are about to be born.

I'm going to the hatchery room on the 6th floor.

8:45 On the RT

9:00 At factory station

9:15 In the factory atrium

9:30 In stage 3 hatchery workshop

9:15 At hatchery center atrium

Check the machine before working.

Dear passengers, we are arriving at Jefferson Daily Goods Factory.

9:30 In stage 2 hatchery workshop

9:00 At hatchery center station

It's the teenagers task to grow the crops... Under my guidance!

When can I take care of the crops?

9:30 In the level 0 classroom

11:30 On the vertical farm

We manufacture daily products here and supply the whole park. Today's last class is botany...Using the VR. 9:30 Ready to work in factory workshop

16:00 In the level 2 classroom

Today is a music appreciation event.

I live in Allihies downtown. See you tommorrow! Woo hoo! Exciting!

17:00 Leaving the park

19:30 At the community activity center

19:30 On the roller coaster

The sheep is lovely. All the troubles are gone!

I like to read books in leisure.

The hatchery center patio is a good place for relaxation. 17:00 In the library

18:00 On the patio

19:30 At the ranch

Watch me on this hammock! 19:30 At the central garden

So many ways of entertainment after work! Which one should we choose?

O! Wonderful world!

Swimming is the greatest thing in summer! 19:00 At the central garden

19:30 At the swimming pool

20:00 In the ferris wheel cabin

Right Tower - Hatchery Factory

Left Tower - Classrooms + Vertical Farm

Left Tower - Roof Park + RT Station 15

Special Thanks to Zheng Gu, Jess Yu, Dongfang Xie, Jingjun Li and Chengyu Tang

and Xiulian Chick 16

200m

City Pattern Sepreation of production, life, and consumption The vernacular housing type in Gusu District is courtyard houses with one or two floors. This causes the problem of dampness and darkness, as well as insufficent housing supply. Therefore, I propose a high rise to deal with the above issues; meanwhile keep the original taste of traditional buildings.

Large commercial districts are basically located outside Gusu District, and the distance from places of work and residence to places of entertainment such as cafes and museums is usually more than 8km. If the two can be combined, the efficiency of urban life can be greatly enhanced. The production method in Gusu District is dominated by handicrafts, especially the production of Suzhou fans. Such a production mode can be introduced into the project to maximize the convenience brought by the dense raw material suppliers around the site.

G U S U

D I S T R I C T

living region production region

From Plan To Section

commercial region

SITE

workshop + residence complex - the transformation of Suzhou courtyard houses Type: Studio Work (individual) Time: 2021.9 - 2021.12 Instructor: Dongfang Xie Location: Suzhou, China Floorage: 10,800 sq.m. The layout of houses and streets in the old city of Suzhou can be traced back to before the Song Dynasty, but today, production, residence, and consumption present a fragmented layout in the giant city.

a complex including workshops, shops, libraries, open spaces and residential units, etc., designed to attract more diverse users and balance the use of different sites time.

The double inefficiency is undoubtedly anti-modern. Therefore, I reviewed and studied the block prototype of the "front shop and back square" in the Song Dynasty, and reproduced my thinking in the housing project. I refer to Jane Jacobs's "efficient mixed-use urban place":

As a result, a new modern block plane type was iterated from the blocks in the Song Dynasty, and was further translated into a super high-rise tower in the form of a section.

living region

SITE PROBLEMS Site Problems

Courtyard House Study House of Family Wang

1. Daylight

2. Accommoda�on Demand

House of Family Li

House of Family Hong

4. Commercial Value

3. Transporta�on Eﬃciency

Number of tourists and residents in Suzhou tourists unit: million residents 15 12 9 6 3 1990

The distance between two buildings is so narrow that daylight cannot reach the indoor space. Residents live in dark rooms with mould on the wall.

2000

2010

2020

The number of local residents is surging. But the downtown accommofa�on provision falls behind, so many people have to live in remote areas.

People travel throng long distance from their homes to workplaces, with an average ﬁgure of 15.5km, was�ng a lot of �me on the journey.

1st floor plan

As the space for business is limited in Gusu distric, the commercial center gradually moves to the east, where many high rises are situated.

2nd floor plan

function

1st floor plan 2nd floor plan function

Translation private

Combina�on

Solu�on

stores research: courtyard houses

exhibi�on

Commercial

prototype

classes

Cultural

commercial cultural

aggrega�on

commercial residen�al

+ tradi�onal courtyard house

hotel

tourists

apartments

local residents

typology

residen�al cultural

func�on

cra�man residents tourists

prototype

handmade fans

Residen�al

units

Circulation

expanded housing provisopn

Region

Handicra� Distribu�on Fans Workshop 2

Site

Fans Museum

po�ery jade carving

embroidery

The dominating handicraft industry in this area handmade fans, which attributes to more than half of the total annual value.

public Privacy

plan prototype

section prototype

live with cultural iden�ty

SOCIAL CONDENSER

close proximity to workplace

Intangible Cultural Heritage - Suzhou Handmade Fans

handmade fans

Funtion

From Plan to Section

HANDICRAFT INDUSTRY Fans IN THE SITE AREA Suzhou Handmade Industry Fans Workshop 1

Distribution

residential

Form

recreational

PROGRAMME TO PROTOTYPE Program: from DecentralizedMETHODOLOGY to Centralized Programme

South Song

paper folding fan

North Song

paper round fan

Yuan Dynasty

silk round fan

Ming Dynasty

wood folding fan

private

public

I translate the courtyard house into a new pattern based on the conclusions drawn from the study. The plan becomes a cluster of different programmes that is able to hold people from all walks of life. This potential to link people together is represented by the concept of social condenser proposed in 1928, which encourages residents to conduct commual activities.Subsequently, the plan is translated into a section, to solve the problem of accommodation, daylight, and dampness, as well a s to e n co ra ge i nte r p e rs o n a l interaction.

Enclosed Space

Traffic Core

Residential

Common

Space Av�vity Area

Program Connection

Private/

Public Public / Private Private

Exploded Diagram

resting learning

Library Public

Lengthwise Section

practicing

learning

Regions

Crosswise Section

Atrium&Cafe

resting working

poviding exhibiting

Fans Workshop

Lobby & Exhibition Residential Units higher floor

lower floor

more private

more public

Type A residential

Type B residential + semi outdoor

Type C residential + workshop

Type D residential + exhibition

Entrance/ Exhinition Hall Fans Workshop

Altrium Gym

Altrium Library

Steps of Sreet Battle 1. Entry to City

2. Firing on Streets

3. Occupation of Buildings

4. Shooting from Indoors

Negative Response to Tactical Maneuvers 1

Rounded Corner Soldiers lying in ambush behind a rounded corner rather than an angled corner are more likely to be exposed.

Deep Frame Extended opening frames can block the view from the outside, so that fire fights are less likely to happen.

Skylight Windows at a high positions are likely to be occupied to monitor the street, so they can be replaced with skylights.

Useless in Wars

kindergarten design - the negative response to street battles

Lifted Block Once the volume is lifted, people can bend down and see whether someone is hiding behind it.

Type: Studio Work (individual) Time: 2022.3 - 2022.6 Instructor: Dongfang Xie Location: Kyiv, Ukraine Floorage: 2,100 sq.m. The full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine broke out in February 2022. After invading many major cities in Ukraine, street fighting has become one major means of warfare for Russian troops. However, in street battles, numerous civilian facilities were occupied for military use, leaving citizens nowhere safe to live. It was frequently reported that innocent people were injured or died due to this reason.

Full Glazed Transparency allows nobody to hide inside, so it naturally loses the value in street battles.

Based on the above phenomenon, I tried to design a building that is valueless in warfare, so that it can function as a shelter in the special time. I analyzed the street battle movement first, and then use architectural language to respond to it in the opposite way, so as to reduce the chance that it is captured in wars. Affecting the distance between different groups of people, architecture becomes the media that can contribute to social welfare.

Chamfered Floor Users cannot reach the edge of the floor, so that there will be more blind area when looking on the street.

Bending Deformed floor restricts the usage of areas close to the floor edge, so more blind space can be created.

Vault Roofs are of military importance, but vaults can prevent soldiers from taking use of the roof.

Slider Stairs can be blocked by iron wires when street fights happen, but sliders cannot. It is an escape route.

First Floor Plan 2

6 7

5 Bubble Roof 3

9 4 10

1. storage 2. laundry 3. toilet + bath (for kids) 4. infirmary 5. lobby 6. common space 7. meeting room 8. toilet (for adults) 9. kitchen 10. teachers' lounge

7 Bending Second Floor Plan

4 Full Glazing

3 Lifted

6 Chamfered Floor 8 Slider

6 2

1 Rounded Corner

2 Deep Frame 22

1. classroom 2. balcony 3. office 4. activity space 5. music classroom 6. toilet 7. bedroom (for kids)

Lengthwise Section

Crosswise Section

A large activity space is provided to allow children to have fun and make friends.

Classrooms are in different volumes, leaving the open space for children to play.

Interior Looks

Atrium The slider extends into the atrium, providing children with a convenient route to go downstairs.

Bridge The bridge connects the funfair, the core tube, and the bedroom; and it overlooks the second floor.

Classroom The classroom has no window towards the outside, but a skylight as the daylight source.

Terrace It provides children a chance to observe plants, as well as to interact with animals.

daily abandoned cats

Background Research

global google search for adoptable cats (weekly trend)

The project provides a platform for homeless cats to find new home, solving the confict between the action of abanding pets and the demand to adopt pets.

Design Strategy

Climbing Space Cats like to climb. So I planned a three-dimentional circulation for this animal to have fun. The red axis indicate the orientation of "room", which are lied according to a grid system.

Cat Space Along the red axis, there is the space serving for the cats. They are shells with hollowed space inside, where different facilities can be put in so the spaces function differently.

Human-Cat Space A series of larger geometries are generated by rotating the cat space along the red axis, so the new space fits for human scale. It provides chances for people to interact with cats, and the varied shapes invide people to interact in various gestures.

Enclosure A cube is put on to cover the previous geometries, and it is cut by the human-cat space. This ensured that during the night, the pavillion can be enclosed, so it protects cats from city lights pollution, and prevents them from getting lost again.

Cat Box

pop-up cat cafe - a sustainable media helping abandoned cats to find new homes Type: Studio Work (individual) Time: 2022.6 - 2022.9 Instructor: Jingjun Li Location: A square with large traffic flow Floorage: 81 sq.m. On the one hand, the epidemic control has stimulated people's desire for companionship, and a large number of people are eager to buy pets. On the other hand, isolation has prevented some people from keeping pets. As a result, the number of abandoned animals is increasing, overwhelming the pet market, animal rescue, and city administration. To this end, I proposed a plan to adopt abandoned

animals, and designed an openable pop-up cat cafe to be placed in a square with a large traffic flow, providing a variety of interactive spaces for people and cats. As the cafe itself is profitable, the cats can "earn a living" themselves without the animal rescue agency.The project offers people with a platform for communication, provides a channel for stray cats to find a new home, and also reduces the pressure on city management.

Typology Study

Unfolding Process

Version 1

whole

linear panels as rotating objects

axis in the box

Version 2

devided

curvy panels as rotating objects

axis in the box

Version 3

divided

curvy volumns as rotating objects

axis in the box

Version 4

divided

panels + volumns as rotating objects

axis on the box

A series of experiments is conducted regarding the units of boxes, the rotating objects, and the location of axis. A combination of all the possibilities are applied to the final pavillion, and then I give each of them an appropriate function that matches with its geometry.

The large box consists of four blocks that are connected by hinges, with wheels below. The box is opened by rotating the blocks, and subsequently, smaller facilities inside each block can be again rotated to function as a certain furniture, for example, tables, seats, and so on. The rotating process turns the box from a closed status to an open status, welcoming people to interact with the pavilion itself and the lovely cats inside.

Unfolded

Section 2

Section 1

Site Location

C H E N G D U

The site locates at the heart of Chengdu, with a large traffic flow, as shown in the heat map. It is also one of the most historical district of Chengdu, dating back to Han Dynasty. Site History AD 550 Field

AD 585 Mohe Lake

AD 1434 Shu Palace

AD 2000 Stadium

AD 2022 Archaeological Site

Museum, Park, Funfair

gym renovation - reactivating the closed gym by solving the contradiction of site function Type: Time: Instructor: Location: Size:

Site Accessibility metro station 1

Studio Work (individual) 2022.9 - 2022.12 Dongfang Xie Chengdu, China 120,000 sq.m.

In Chengdu, where I live, an ancient royal tomb was accidentally discovered on the football field at the center of a completed stadium, which further led to the abandonment of the 80,000-seat stadium. The predecessor of the gymnasium was the royal tomb, and before the royal tomb was a garden. The new functions and forms have been superimposed with the renewal of the city, and the contradictions of different historical periods have

also been deposited together to form the same building itself, so neither burying the ruins nor demolishing the stadium will solve the problem.

site

"Solution" cannot solve the problem, so I tried to superimpose a new "contradiction" in the way of functional intervention in the already contradictory site, making it a super complex of city events, to re-serve the current city and history with a new function.

Tianfu Square metro station 2

The project site is located in the center of Chengdu, with two entrances connected to two main roads. It is very convenient to reach the venue by car, bus, and subway. In such location, the urban function of the site is very inefficient as it is open to the archaeological team only. Therefore, it is my goal to reactivate the site and let it reopen to the public, and to building a connection between Chengdu history with the citizens.

Translation of Site History AD 550

AD 585

AD 1434

AD 2000

AD 2022

Field

Mohe Lake

Shu Palace

Stadium

Archaeological Site

ramp park (2nd floor)

TRUSS B O AT W A V E

PA V I L I O N

S I T E

SURROUNDED HILL H I L L SURROUNDED

B O AT

W A V E

STEP S T E P TRUSS

PAV I L I O N

SITE

Conceptual Collage interactive square (1st floor)

Design Strategy

step park funfair (ground floor)

1.the original site

2. museum connected to the archaeological site

3. glass walk adding vertical connection to the archaeological site

4. hills and pavilions added to create recreational space

museum (-1 floor)

5. wavy canopy to protect antiquities from sunlight

6. seats removed and step chenged into a step park

7. original canopy removed to allow plants to receive more daylight

archaeological site (-1 floor)

8. ramp roof breaking the original stadium to indicate new function

-1 Floor Plan

Detail N

2 1

-2.0m

1. atrium 2. archaeological site 3. museum 4. educational center

Step Park seats removed with vegetation planted

West Entrance

10m 20m 30m

Ground Floor Plan N

Ramp Roof extending beyond the steel structure as entrances 5

1 4

Ramp Park (2nd floor)

Interactive Area (1st Floor)

Observation Sqaure (ground floor)

Atrium + Exhibition (-1 floor)

0.0m

1. recreation 2. lounge 3. restaurant 4. observation plaza 5. information center 10m 20m 30m

Glass Walk providing visual connection between archaeological site and citizens

Lengthwise Section

Central Atrium