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KIDS&FOODS&ANIMALS DATE FEB.12 2020 INDIVIDUAL WORK ACADEMIC WORK LOCATION XXX INSTRUCTOR: CHEN Email: hchen179@pratt.edu Cell: +86 15719408801(China)
Design Description With the rapid development of China's economy and technology, people have been seeking spiritual support while pursuing a rich material life. Nowadays, our pursuit of spiritual support is no longer limited to companions. Pet animals have become a good choice for many people as well. An increasing number of people tend to keep pets, especially children. They treat pets as their family members. They live with pet animals and gain pleasure from keeping pets. However, it is not inevitable that some people may abandon their pets for various reasons. As a result, there are more and more stray animals whose management is chaotic. With regard to the problems that there are too many stray animals, children love animals but have no opportunity to keep any, and defective products are wasted at food factories, this project considers them collectively and provides different space possibilities to solve them, so that stray animals could find shelters to some extent, food production could be included in the whole chain, and defective food products could be used to feed animals. Eventually, children are expected to interact with animals while playing during their visit.
Parents’ attitudes towards pets and their understanding of food production
Status quo of stray animals
Relationship between food manufacturers and humans & animals
Kids can visit the food factory and see how food is produced and acquire relative information. They are also welcomed to get involved in manufacturing and packaging. They can even sit on the conveyor belt, experiencing the assembly line. Understanding this process would help them cherish food better.
The stray animals can stay together with delicious food on the conveyor belt. Alternatively, they can watch this process on the side. They are also allowed to experience how food is manufactured and eat substandard food, which reduces waste of food.
Children can help stray animals by feeding them, setting up a shelter for them, or even giving them a home. Stray animals can be fed or helped by kind people, or even brought home by them, becoming their partner. Food factories can open part of their production lines to the public, inviting kids to get involved. Seconds can be used to feed stray animals. Most circulations in the building are for kids, and the narrow passages are for small animals. In between the two kinds are the circulations for food. In this way, all the three parties are independent with few overlaps. Public platforms can be set up in places where the three kinds of circulations meet, so that they can interact with each other in a random way.
Kids play with stray animals to comfort the animals. They can also bring home the animal they like and keep it, helping ease the burden of the aid station.
A funny space experience is created by interspersing, matching and stacking up blocks. Looking around on the lounge bridge, you can see small animals walking from the passage meeting with the kids. Those standing higher can lower their heads to see the conveyor belt and how manufactured food is sold in stores. A space is created for kids and animals to interact with food.
Cut the cubes of various sizes and introduce the element of “arch”. Then, form different spaces by interspersing, occluding, and superposing the blocks. Different types of circulations are connected via terraces, lounge corridors, and spiraling slopes, which have no chance to meet each other.
Cut the building into two halves and the internal scenes are there. In the small room, all the kids, food, and little animals can interact with each other. Maybe lovely animals are stealing cake in the next room. Maybe food is being processed above your ceiling. Those standing in the open air are able to see what is invisible to the people in the room.
Most circulations in the building are for kids, and the narrow passages are for small animals. In between the two kinds are the circulations for food. In this way, all the three parties are independent with few overlaps. Public platforms can be set up in places where the three kinds of circulations meet, so that they can interact with each other in a random way.
Plan at 20m The massing of the design is quite large, which mainly involves transforming cubes and integrating them into the form of “arch” and arranging them together via circulations like building blocks.
Plan at 40m
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URBAN GROWTH DATE AUG.20 2020 TEAM WORK DESIGN/MIDEL/DRAWING ACADEMIC WORK LOCATION Yangliuqing, Tianjin, P. R. China INSTRUCTOR: CHEN Email: hchen179@pratt.edu Cell: +86 15719408801(China)
Design Description
"A century ago, only about 10% of the world's population lived in cities. According to the United Nations projections, this figure will rise to 75% by 2050."
The development and construction of modern cities are very rapid. The aging of the urban population, the phenomenon of urban convergence, the interaction between people, and the impact of the explosive population on the environment all affect the development and construction of future buildings. This design assumes that in 2050, controllable nuclear fusion will be put into use, and under the condition of meeting the selfsufficiency of energy, food and water supply, it is designed for 8000 residents to design a shared multi-functional building that
can meet their survival activities. We hope to design a modular city in the future, use limited modular forms and systems, and use different construction methods to create more diversif ied possibilities. If we can establish rich logical and spatial connections in four different plots under the condition of limited modules, it should also show good results. Therefore, different forms of modular clusters are used to connect the four plots in a certain way, so that future residents will not need to step on the horizon, and they will have the feeling of walking through the streets in the middle of the building. Moreover, the addition of nuclear energy also makes people no longer worry about food and energy issues.
Aging population
The nuclear fusion, the same process by which the Sun generates its energy,could be a viable future source of electricity. Different from existing nuclear power plants. It uses nuclear fusion, which combines atoms, at high temperatures, to generate energy.In comparison, nuclear power plants use nuclear fission, which splits atoms for energy.
Heat island effect and population boom
As modern cities grow fast, various phenomena such as aging, homogeneity, human interaction, as well as the impact of surging population on the environment, are influencing how future buildings develop. Set in 2050 when controlled nuclear fusion is in use, this design is a public multi-purpose structure where 8,000 residents can live freely, with their self-supporting demands for energy, food, and water satisfied. It has a closed shape via a combination of angles of 45, 90, and 135 degrees. Various types of spaces are squeezed and enclosed. Spaces of different sizes and feelings are formed by arranging the blocks. The whole structure provides a space for the surging population where they can live and entertain.
Concept Generation
SUPPORTING STRUCTURE
03 BASKETBALL ARENA DATE JUN.14 2021 INDIVIDUAL WORK ACADEMIC WORK LOCATION Ningbo, P. R. China INSTRUCTOR: CHEN Email: hchen179@pratt.edu Cell: +86 15719408801(China)
Design Description The project base is located in Jiangbei District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. The south side of the base is close to the Houtang River, the shape of the building land is irregular, and the elevation of the site is not much different. In consideration of the roof of the large-span building, the project adopts a truss structure, and due to the waterfront landscape and a large-scale distribution plaza, the main gate is placed on the south side of the site. The outer circle on the first floor is an external store, and the part near the basketball court is a service room. Both the north and south of the second floor meet the needs of catering and entertainment, and the southeast is the staff office. The third, fourth and fifth floors are all passages into the stands of the stadium.
FORM-CREATION
INTERIOR DESIGN RENDERING
EXPLOSIVE VIEW
OUTDOOR DESIGN RENDERING
手工模型细节照片 GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
INTERIOR DESIGN RENDERING
INTERIOR DESIGN RENDERING
A-A SECTION
INTERIOR DESIGN RENDERING
INTERIOR DESIGN RENDERING
1-1 SECTION
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LAND of BLISS DATE AUG.25 2020 TEAM WORK DESIGN/MIDEL/DRAWING ACADEMIC WORK LOCATION Dayi, Sichuan, P. R. China INSTRUCTOR: CHEN Email: hchen179@pratt.edu Cell: +86 15719408801(China)
Design Description According to a survey organized by the National People's Congress in 2012, since the 21st century, the number of natural villages in our country has dropped sharply from 3.63 million to 2.71 million in 10 years. The 900,000 natural villages that disappeared contain a lot of valuable heritage of China and are witnesses to our country’s farming civilization. Some of these disappeared natural villages were forced to disappear because of the reduction of villages and the conversion of villages into communities and merged villages. The other part was due to the remote location and inconvenient transportation, as a result of which, villagers left the village and the deserted phenomenon was serious, which caused the village to disappear naturally. The phenomenon of vacancy is the current transformation of traditional houses. A large number of residents no longer live in old houses. After relocation, the old houses are abandoned. Spatially there is a deserted phenomenon of traditional village buildings, public spaces and other spaces. There are a considerable number of traditional buildings in the deserted villages (up to 50%), and their style and layout retain the traditional style, but the current number of residents has dropped sharply (the actual residential houses are about 30%), resulting in the phenomenon of deserted villages. Rural work is also challenging the inherent concept of architectural planning. Since many problems in the countryside cannot be solved by simply relying on construction, it must be constructed on the basis of a more effective combination and spatial translation of new ideas, new requirements, new methods and new references, rather than relying solely on orthodox traditional planning. We hope that the villages should rethink planning, heritage, aesthetics, value, economy, development and goals in a new way with 21st century characteristics to achieve more far-reaching rural revitalization. The project is based in Liziping, Huashi Village, Dayi County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China. By integrating and changing the functions of the rural plots, we will retain the old people in the original village and attract the elderly from outside to create a paradise-like elderly care base suitable for the elderly to meet the special needs of elderly life. We call it "a Land of Bliss".
"Rural Vampires” Project - Background Research
Changes in Rural-Urban Migration over 20 Years
Changes in Left-Behind Seniors in Rural Areas
10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0
2000 Females
2005
2015
2010
2020
Males
Arable Land Resources (mu)
Number of Urban Roads
Idle House Resources (set)
Number of Industries
Forest Resources (km2)
Urban Land (km2)
Land Utilization Rate
400
100%
300
60%
300
60%
200
40%
200
40%
100
20%
100
20%
1990
Degree of Environmental Pollution
2005
Changes in Rural Resources
Rural Development
Degree of Environmental Pollution
100%
400
2015
2020
1990
2005
Changes in Urban Resources
2015
2020
Problems Faced by the Elderly
Advantages and Disadvantages of Rural Areas
Abundant Lake Resources
Abundant Arable Land Resources
Abundant Forest Resources
Abundant Animal Resources
Forest Cover Waters
Original Animals
Air Quality Outdoor Activity Needs
Disability in the elderly
Disability in the elderly
The proportion of the population
The population of disabled elderly is growing (%)
2015
2016
1.5
400
1.0
200
0.5
0
0
2017
Way of old-age care home-based care for the aged
community-based elderly care
Travelling Retiree /Pensioner
Disability in the elderly
Forecast of pension Industry institution for old-age care
18%
trillion yuan 15
70%
13 60%
Because of urbanization, many young people leave rural areas, which are mainly populated by the elderly and the young.
2049 2050
2014
2.0
600
2048
2013
2.5
800
2045 2046 2047
2012
3.0
1000
2043 2044
2011
3.5
1200
2038 2039 2040 2041 2042
2010
4.0
1400
2037
2009
2.02
2.29
2034 2035 2036
2008
1.94
1.85
1.76
2.22
2031 2032 2033
The village streets are mainly lanes, and there is little space for public activities.
1.67
2.48 2.12
4.5
1600
2028 2029 2030
1.59
12.5%
2023 2024 2025
13.7% 12.0%
% 5.0
1800
2020 2021 2022
16.2%
14.9%
Disabled elderly population (ten thousand)
ten thousand 2000
2018 2019
15.5% 14.3% 13.1%
17.3%
2013 2014
16.6%
2011 2012
Population over 60 years old (100 million)
2015 2016 2017
Buildings are of poor quality, and many apartments are not occupied.
2026 2027
District Analysis
Elderly dependency ratio
natural population growth rate
16%
16.8%
14%
12 50%
12% 9
40% 30%
6
10%
7.7 4.4
5.0
8%
5.7
6%
20%
2% 0
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
2010
2023E
2008
2022E
2006
2021E
2004
2020E
2002
0%
2019E
2000
50-59
1998
40-49
1996
30-39
1994
20-29
1992
0%
1990
Liziping Village in Chengdu’s Dayi County needs to be improved in many aspects. On the one hand, there are dilapidated housing buildings and potholed roads. On the other hand, there are a great number of the elderly and children left alone.
3.3%
4%
3 10%
Village Plan and Layout A basic architectural shape was chosen, and different forms were formed through various transformations of the parent. By organically arranging and combining different forms of buildings,different groups are formed.The buildings of different groups are adjusted depending on the mountain, and the final six areas are formed.
Plane Analysis
Class 1 Road
Class 2 Road
Class 3 Road
Residential Density
Landscape
Functional Zoning