SHENG BOTAO
PORTFOLIO
SHENG Botao
CONTACT Tel: +33 7 54 21 33 58 E-Mail: botao.sheng@gmail.com Addresses : 18 Rue Kageneck, 67000 Strasbourg, France
WORK EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
07/2016-
Cabinet of Architecture and Urbanism
09/2016
Georges Heintz & associés, France
10/2014-
Architectural Design & Research Institute
12/2014
of Chongqing University, China
09/2015-
Master - Diplôme d’État d’Architecte
09/2017
École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Strasbourg, France
AWARD
07/2016-
Bachelor of architecture
09/2016
Chongqing University,China
2016
Semi-finalist INSPIRELI AWARDS 2016
2013
Third Prize in 7th edition of Franshion Cup - real estate planning competition
WORKSHOP
02/2016-
Urban regeneration and environmental
03/2016
design in the Mediterranean town Naples, Italy
11/2016
Heritage, identity and development Oran, Algeria
LANGUAGES
TECH SKILLS
- Mandarin : mother language
- AutoCAD
- Indesign
- French : B2
- Sketch-up
- V-ray
- English : B2
- Photoshop
- MS Office
- Illustrator
Architecture concerns the human, the space, the environment, the material, the time and the society. What determines the architecture is not these elements, but the interactivity between these elements. This is not the definitive answer to the question: What is the nature of architecture? Perhaps, there is no definitive answer. Nonetheless, I will look for it constantly.
1 [ Kindergarten ]
Analogue of Chinese garden
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Spatio-temporal exchanger
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Parameterization according to the form
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Dialogue between the city and the sea
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Urban sewing
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Chengzhongcun : A village in the city
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Interactivity
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2 [ Cinema ]
3 [ Skycraper ]
4 [ Urban Architecture]
5 [ Urban renewal ]
6 [ Installation ]
7 [ Installation ]
[ Photography] 1
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KINDERGARTEN
Sujet: Analogue of Chinese garden Site: Chongqing, China
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Even though the kindergarten function is a western production, the outer grounds of each unit easily evoke the layout of the Chinese garden courtyard. And the idea of "visiting the garden" in Chinese culture corresponds to children’s behaviors.
GARDEN
Chinese gardens in the south-east are often located in the city. The walls play the role of demarcation: the place inside is isolated from the outside world. The walls thus create, as a sign of a boundary, an internal security.
RESIDENCE
The residence consists of the combination of houses, is convergently located in an area of the garden. Most activities happen in this area. The residence completes the function of the garden. Because of the concentration of residence position, residents feel the community.
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The courtyard is the smallest unit of residence. It is used for lighting and ventilation. People feel a sense of belonging owing to the internal nature of the space.
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community of children. We do not emphasize the cultural symbol, but represent this model through the modern architectural lan
composed of two classes of the same grade, which favors the play between the children of the same age, and gives a more rational
If we deal with our analysis in depth, we will see that the internal character is revealed by the gradation of space and by the symm the symmetry of doors). The modification based on the last two: the door opens from the middle to the corner, which helps to Inside, the floor height increases and continues to spiral upward on the opposite house roof. This form reveals a kind of centripetal 6
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In the image on the left, the figure-bottom relationship is reversed. It is easy to see that the "non-architectural" part (the courtyard and the gray space) reveals a tendency to surround the architecture in the opposite direction. This makes architecture a kind of "courtyard", and emphasizes the centripetal effect. To create an identity, the three different routes serve the three units. Through some Chinese garden construction methods, the space is made more pleasant. • L’unité d’ouest se trouve à côté de mur extérieur. A l’extérieur du mur, une pelouse en pente est "empruntée ", en tant qu’une belle vue, dans la cour. • Two vertical walls are established in the middle unit. The "frame sight" process of the windows is used in the two-way "enter-exit", so that children can see the patio view. • The four parallel walls are established in the east unit. The distance between the walls becomes smaller, the dimension of windows diminishes, creating a "depth-of-field" effect, and a change of light.
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Entrance
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Corridor
Principal building
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CINEMA
Sujet: Spatio-temporal exchanger Site: Chongqing, China
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The director creates a unive fantastic with light and sound and the spectator univers spaces-times. If we see the film on a large scale, the pr the film, the amortization a the action of watching the sequence. The cinema plays the two universes, and it complete this sequence. The by the architect, but played and the spectators. The arch light and sound in the archit this spatio-tem
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erse that is both realistic and d. Between the film universe e, there are very different experience of watching the reparation before watching after watching the film and film constitute a complete a role of exchanger between proposes a possibility to e cinema is a scenario created by the users of architecture hitect, like the director, using tectural language, conceives mporal journey.
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Chapter 2. Door at the border We go up to the stairs which is moving towards the patio; the sound, the light become pure in the cement container. The diffusion of light reflected from the curved wall indicates the door position. The landing extends as an awning, completes the "intention" of the door.
Chapter 1. Entry Reflected in the water of the basin, the light of the patio flows. The slope prolongs the time of mental preparation.
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The window frame of the Chinese garden, indicates the position of the door. The ticket office is covered by the light rainbow sky, colorful and glowing. The rest room and the exit room are divided by a hanging wall which prevents the view; the water on the ground serves as an ambiguous mediator to link the two spaces.
Chapter 3. Pieces of time The volume of light is cut by passing the openings in small pieces; Time is divided into innumerable moments.
Chapter 4. The other world The screen lights up, the time of the other world begins to flow, the time of the real world begins counting down.
Chapter 5. Alarm clock The sundial and the clepsydra are the symbol of time. After the exit of the room, at the sight of a part of sculpture, one has the first impression, one then passes the doorway which symbolizes the transformation of space-time, arrives at the exit room, looks sculpture, wakes up in the real world.
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halle with 800 seats halle with 200 seats halle with 400 seats
Entry path
Exit path
Exit room Ticket office Rest room
Path in the situation where people attracted by light enter the cinema by accident Underground Parking Ticket office Underground commercial street
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SKYSCRAPER
Sujet: Parameterization according to the form Site: Chongqing, China
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50' 60'
70'
Skyline 80' 90' 00'
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Site
Basic form
Leave the space to create the square
Connect the square and the roof
the entrance determines the exposure of the tower
Divert the tower towards the river
square & Conference room
Cafeteria & Shopping center
Shops
Shops
Shops
Hall & Underground food street Path to Hotel Path to Office Zone Path to Shops Parking Entrance
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Floor
Rotation angle
Distance between the two branches
height difference between the two branches
Distorted degree of the two branches
Part of enlargement of the two branches 29
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refuge and mechanical floor
Hotel standard room
Hotel suite
Small size bureau
Hotel lobby
Hotel lobby
Big size bureau
Big size bureau
medium size bureau
The buildings distance from window to core is 15m which is in excess of the naturally ventilated norm. The design as built has the interior glass wall left out at the balconies in the atriums. This allows the fresh air to penetrate the entire office floor without mechanical assistance. Air warmed by occupants and equipment rises up the chimney-like light wells. 31
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URBAN ARCHITECTURE
Sujet: Dialogue between the city and the sea Site: Naples, Italy 33
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Bar
Parking
Restaurant
Parking
Exposition
Tourist infomation centre
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URBAN RENEWAL
Sujet: Urban sewing Site: Chongqing, China
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Chongqing
Urbanized area
Shapingba district
Accessibility The complexity of the land results from the geographical particularity of the site. It is located between the ancient village of Ciqikou and the old steel factory of Chongqing, on the western edge of the Jialing River, and next to it are modern residences. Because of the fracture of space, time, industry and life, the land becomes an isolated island. 44
Facture of space : There is a river between the site and the Ciqikou ancient village . The shift in the size of the buildings is large.The buildings are extreme dense.
Commercial value
Cultural va
Facture of time: the change of water level, the relationship between the water level and the field.
Facture of terms: the functi site, the fa village is ve can not co system.
Site Land use
Old ironworks zone
Site Circulation Ciqikou ancient town
Goal Status quo
alue Proportion of green space
Paysage
f industry Facture of life: Many unemployed. on of the low average income. actory, the the large proportion of ery simple, old men. onstitute a Slope 45
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Staircase and Lift
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Industry modality infiltration
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Flood
Building height
Increased Social Role
Change of Social Role
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MASTER PLAN
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Circulation
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URBAN RENEWAL
Sujet: Chengzhongcun —— a village in the city Site: Shenzhen, China
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1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
10km
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Village
belong to village collective
Land Requisition
belong to nation
Self-construction
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Distribution of ChengZhongCun
ChengZhongCun Metro line 7 Creative/ High-tech Industry
Futian district
Industry Commerce Residence of ChengZhongCun
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Other residence Public equipement Temple of ancestors Creative industry
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Zoning - Shawei
ShaWei Village Area : 12.3 hectare Building: 547 Appartement : 14,199 Population : 18,450 Density of population : 150,000 / km²
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Master Plan
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New road network
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Demolished building & Rebuilt social housing
Community - Private
Public - Community
Self-construction
Spatial transition
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Plan & Section
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Appropriation & Landmark
Implantation of private usage
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INSTALLATION
Sujet: Interactivity Site: Chongqing, China 66
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As a creator, we do not try to show something to the audience, we only create a relationship. Between the creators and the installation: we fix the speed of ink dripping and the initial position of the drop when it falls to the ground. Between nature and installation: the diffusion of ink in the pigment cannot be controlled, but the change of airflow and temperature surely gives the influence for diffusion. Between the spectators and the installation: we enter the installation, raise the curtain. This action moves the installation and changes the drip position. 68
Round suspended ceiling The round ceiling in the middle is suspended by tying on the four columns around. The two spaces at the top and bottom linked by the middle who creates a floating lightness.
Curtain A circle of wires hanging from the ceiling forms the curtain, and determines an internal character space and at the same time allows visual accessibility.
China ink box The automatic control in the square ink box fixes the dripping speed of the black ink.
Round plate The plate is filled with white pigment as a canvas.
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The image of a moment may reflect the result of previous superimposed effects. When viewers see the image, the action of looking constantly acts on the image. But the own image does not make sense, it is hoped that the spectators become aware of the interactivity between themselves and the installation. 70
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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SHENG Botao Tel: +33 7 54 21 33 58 E-Mail: botao.sheng@gmail.com Addresses : 18 Rue Kageneck, 67000 Strasbourg, France