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Contents
Academic Works : · Art Intervention in Nanting Village / Suburban
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· Garden inside a Garden / City Park
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· Guangdong Province Greenway System Investigation and Renovation / City Landscape System
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· Hotel Design / Interior
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· Lhasa Shopping Centre / Commercial
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Other Work :
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· Other Academic works / Projects
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· Art Works / Photographs & Drawings
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Acupuncture Therapy
Preface A Strategy from Chinese Medicine
Art Intervention In Public Space of Nanting Village Perception and Intervention (landscape Intervention), 2nd Year Location:Nanting Village,Guangzhou,China Instructor: Gary Wang Type: Individual
With continuous development of the Nanting village, houses-for-rent are built at an unusual high speed. Lack of the awareness of losing communication, the villiagers are sacrifising their public space for more income. In Chinese Medicine, certain points in human body identified to link with certain illness would be acupunctured in order to make the inner system expedite. So the same principle can be applied to the villiage. The project is aiming at rebuilding and activating public space in abandoned area through a small range of transformation that ables a point to have an radius effect to the whole village.
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Model of Nanting Village
Research of the Village The Set-up of Village Public Space Web
Public Space & Greenery Public Space Web after Complemented
Age & Attribute of Dwellings Main Public Space and Radiation
Research Graphics
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Roads
Inlet
Shops
Main Entrance
Market
Park
Concept&Forming Development of the Idea
The Curve of the Pot-Ear Wall
Traditional Chinese Construction
Pick up the form
Functionalize
Different Scales
Composition
Pot Ear Wall
Details of Construction
Special kind of gable wall in Guangdong Province. Be able to prevent the fire from spreading. Also a symbol of wealth and status of the owner.
Oyster Shell
Black Brick
Oyster Shell Wall Concrete
There used to be a lot of old residences built around 1900s in Nanting Village with the pot-ear wall and the oyster shell wall. As the developement of the University Mega Center, only a few of them left. So the skyline consisted of the curve of the potear wall was no longer exsist.
Drafts 04
A special technique with long histor y in southen China which is able to insulate sound and conserve energy for the building.
Three-view Diagram
Model Making
The second model
The second model
Scales and Behavior
Following the curve of the pot-ear wall and constructed with the traditional material in folk residence, the recreational corridor expresses the new meaning of symbol that reminded the villagers with their memories about the past. Different scales of the curve interact with people in dfferent behavior, and they also provide possibility of usage to the villagers in different ages.
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Concept model
Concept&Forming Model Making
Model of the Site
The land used to be a furtile farm is now covered by construction waste with the height of 5 meters, which took away the privilege of the villages from leading a life with better quality in leisure public space. The Third Model
Plan and Sections of the Site
B
A-A' Section A
Construction Wast Pile Dwelling Road Field Greenery Waste Site
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+5.00m
Sand & Mud
Site Plan
B-B' Section
Renderings
View From the North
View From the West
View with the morning light
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New Central Axis of Guangzhou
Site
Pearl River Park
Map of Zhujiang New Town
Garden inside a Garden
Experience and Landscape Construction, 3rd Year Location:Pearl River Park,Guangzhou,China Instructor: Zailong Zhu Type: Individual
Learn from the tradition Minimized the nature The traditional Chinese garden represented the ideal world of the acient upper grade people which also contains the faith of the owner. Their way to make a garden in their villa are to imitate the form of the nature such as artificial streams, waterfall, pond, and fake hills. Creating a landscape is a work of interest in the owner's eyes. They try to convey their own attitudes toward the nature and their personal philosophy of life through the arrangement of the route to travel around the garden by creating various kinds of experience to the visitors in such limited space. The project is trying to follow the pattern of creating mini nature but in a more modern way, in order to create a leisure experience to the visitors living in such crowed city. 08
Sketches
Study of the traditional Chinese Garden
General situation of the park
The Yuehui Garden
The Yuehui Garden
Main scene of Yuehui Garden
The Yuehui Garden is a work of typical example of traditional garden constructed in modern technology. The garden is rather open than others with several well-arranged secondary scenery. The Pearl River Park locates right next to the new axis of downtown Guangzhou surrounded by high-rised apartments and buisness offices. The visitors of the park are mainly resident of the surrounding region. Like the Central Park of Manhattan, the Pearl River Park become a central greenery that serves around the CBD. Its significance rises with the development of the new axis.
The Fanghua Garden
A-A' Section Photo of the Pearl River Park
B-B' Section
C-C' Section
Despite of the main pavillion, why the garden be so interesting is mostly due to small structures usually serve as a secondery scenery joint in the garden. They surrounded by plants arranged in different layers. 09
Right: The Guangzhou Tower and the newly developed high- rised building can be seen near the park Left: The overlook of the park
Discussion of the form Formation of the Garden
The tea room locates at the southwest of the park which faced the tributary of the Pearl River with hills at the southeast. Thus, the tea room was lifted to have better view to the river and to have more privacy.
From Macro to Micro
Accroding to the site, three directions of the building should apply to the tea room. Several kinds of topography in South China are extracted and overlaid to the site by layers.
The concept Garden Inside a Garden contains a philosophy of expressing the whole scenery through small scale of landscape. Interesting boundaries and relationship accured between the whole and the individual.
Extraction and Adjustment of the Shapes Different forms of water are the theme of the tea room. The stream runs along from the hill create a scenery for the upper side of the tea room. The oval waterfall at the front plays the main scene to the plaza while the top of the fall is a tranquil lake when looking out from the tea room. The viewing platform and the water at the middle become a transition between private and public, quiet and loud. The rugged topography of the plaza presents special experience when wandering among the palm trees, which could also be a place of fun to the children. Transformation of the shape
Transformations of the shape after extraction will be classified and applied to different function.
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Plan of the Garden Plan of the Tea Room 1F Plan
1. 1.
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-1F Plan Close-up of Outdoor Seats 5.
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6. 7. 8.
1.Reception
5.Wine Cellar
2.Atrium
6.Tasting Club
3.Tea Bar
7.Storage
4.Washroom
8.Machine Room
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4. View to the waterfall on the Plateform
Legend of Plants 5.
Cukoo Robinia Robinia
Aglaia Tea Tree 1.Stream
Palm Tree
Banyan Tree
2.Outdoor Seats
Paulownia
Willow
3.Waterfall 6.
4.Viewing Platform 5.Palm Tree Plaza 6.The Pearl River
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Close-up of the Palm Tree Plaza
Plan of the Garden Recycle of Plants
Dumped tea leaves after ferment and special treatment can be a very good fertilizer to the plants that are suitable to alkaline soil. There comes the sustainable reationship between the tea room and the garden
View of the Garden from the east
Water Recyle of the Garden
As the constant rain in the summer of Guangzhou, rainwater is an abundant resources in the sustainability of the garden by being collected from the roof of the tea room. It can be used in toilet flushing, irrigation of teh garden, and a part of the water source of the artificial waterfall. The stream water links to other streams and lakes of the park, and can be used as drinking water for the tea room after purification. The production of dumped tea water could also be part of the water source of the waterfall after simple procedure of purification. 12
Staircase links to the plaza
General View
View to the Stream from Interior 13
View to the Outdoor Seats from Interior
Linear Landscape Corridor
Guangdong Province Greenway System Investigation and Renovation, 3rd year Location: Conghua,Guangdong,China Instructor: Weiguang Wu, Hongyan Chen Colaborate with: Weifeng Huang, Xiangying Li
The Power of Intergration A strategy of synergic development The project is about dealing with the relationship between natural landscape and the local villages. Greenway is a newly built project in the planning of Guangdong Province. However, there are a few sections of the greenway do not have a good interaction with the local environment, which are only pathways instead of a link between nature, local people and visitors. The project is to create connections to all natural resources, intergrating them into a travel system. So as to excavate the protential value of countryside travel and the revive the old villages.
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Overview of Conghua Greenway
Layers of the Section
Wetland
Greenway
River
No.2 Greenway
Transportation
Buildings
Conghua Greenway
Conghua Greenway belongs to the No.2 Greenway of Guangdong Greenway System, which starts from Guangzhou Liuxi River National Park at the north, passing Conghua Hot Spring, Xiuxi River, Maofeng Mountain and several natrual parks, and ends at Niudun Town in Dongguan city.
Selected Section
We choose a section of Conghua Greenway to make inner investigation. The section include urban greenway, suburban greenway and greenway crosses farmland and forests which is worth making research for its variety of environment. Greenery
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Research of Conghua Greenway Overview of the Liuxi River Villages along the river
Sections of the Liuxi River
Transportation
A-A' Section
Settlements
Road type
C-C' Section
B-B' Section
Courier Stations
D-D' Section
Section of the Conghua Greenway
Liuxi River Reservoir
South Section of Greenway Hot Spring Town Tian Lake Reservoir
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Downtown Conghua
Taiping Town
Travel Resources of the Conghua Greenway
Natural Resources
Ecological Landscape Area
Historical Villages
Type of Greenway and Plants Urban Greenway
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Suburban Greenway
Eco Greenway
Research of Conghua Greenway Research of the Visitors Transportation Type
Transportation accroding to Distance to Downtown
Distance from downtown
Activities on Greenway
Downtown
Type of Visitors
Transportation
Family
Cars
Friends
Motocycle
Couples
River Island Park Courier Station
Age of Visitors
Bikes
Alone
On foot
Suburban
Xiawanna Courier Station
汽车
自行车、摩托车
行人
（数量/h）
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8万 （人次）
（人数）
160
25 80
4万
（时）
12
Countryside 0
6 上午
12
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中午
晚上
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绿道使用频率曲线图
Number of People Visiting Greenway (Daily)
身份 钓鱼者 普通市民
Problems of the Greenway : 1. Distance between courier stations is too long 2. Lack of medical facility (in the courier station) 3. No street light in certain part of the greenway 4. The information on the guideboard is not clear 5. No place to have a rest 6. Lack of security
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满意 ·提供了娱乐休闲活动的场所 ·景观优美 ·防洪措施做得好 ·提供长途骑行路线 ·娱乐设施较充足
骑行者 Solutions: 1. Provide equippment in need ·旅游人数有所增长 驿站管理员 ·拉动经济消费 2. Transformation of the guideboard ·增强从化交通 租单车老板 3. Add on ministation between courier stations 4. Intergration needed for travel resources 5. Combine agriculture with travel 6. Travel plan that helps development
不满意 ·照明效果较差 ·驿站缺乏管理 ·驿站的医疗、维修，餐饮设施不全 ·单车租赁费用高 ·标识系统指示不完善 ·治安管理存在问题 ·驿站无空调 ·无遮阴休息设施 ·无路灯
周二
周三
周四
周五
周六
周日
绿道使用人数条形图（周）
Number of People Visiting Greenway (Weekly)
部分使用人群对绿道的评价
Interview from the Visitors
周一
（月份） 1
4 冬季
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7 春季
夏季
秋季
绿道使用人数曲线图（季度）
Number of People Visiting Greenway (Seasonal)
部分驿站间距过大
增加应有的设施
驿站内缺乏医疗维修设施
改造标志系统并融合
部分路段无路灯 标识系统信息不清 沿途缺乏遮阴休息区
遮阴休息功能 解决策略
旅游资源系统化 加强绿道与村庄的联系
治安一般
农业与景观的结合
没有整合和充分利用旅游资源
激活古村新生的旅游项目
Different Type of Visitors
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线性公园功能分区
Linear park features partition Concept and Strategy of Rennovation Concept: Linear Landscape Corridor Wetland
Concept Plan of Linear Park
2500m
Villages
线性公园功能分区 Linear park features partition
Wildlife
Permeate
1000m
休闲娱乐
500m
人文古建
运动
2500m
1000m
Permeate Schools
Greenway
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休闲娱乐
Courier Station Permeate Historical Building
Based on the original pattern of greenway lanscape, We come up with 运动主题 a concept of a Linear Park in the Greenway, focusing on the intergration of abundant travel resources, and connecting all key 人文古建主题 points to a travel route that contains historical site visits, sports field,休闲娱乐主题 and recreational entertainment. 游船码头 驿站
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线性公园功能分区 Linear park features partition
Aiming Goals: 1. Take the advantages of the historical sites along the greenway, making good use of travel resources that might brought income to the villagers. 2. Activate communication between the greenway visitors and the local villagers so as to revive the old village. 3. Raise the utilization rate of the greenway and improve the quality of the wetland as well.
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运动主题 Sports Area 人文古建主题 Human and Nature Area
2500m
1000m
500m
休闲娱乐主题 Section Recreational 游船码头 Pier
Recreational 休闲娱乐 Section
Sports Section 运动
Human and Nature Section 人文古建
Courier Station 驿站
运动
Conghua Greenway Rennovation Natural and Historical Section Pathway Crosses the farmland and wetland
The Hexagon Pathway The stability of hexagon and the multiple direction of paths that it creates is the reason to use this form.
Single Unit
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Combination
The pathway built on stilts helps shorten the distance between visitors and nature and avoids destruction. It allows visitors on greenway make contact with the local people. What's more, it is able to expand the playground of the local students.
Natural and Historical Section
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Conghua Greenway Rennovation Sports Theme Section Multiple Sports Area The rennovation of the sports area is extended from the center of the West Lake Sport Station. The original sports equippment are pretty dull. After the rennovation, larger space for activity is arranged along the greenway including extreme sports area and jogging track.
Extreme Sports Area Constant slope is built based on the original sports field, with less change to the environment to construct a playground for fun.
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Sports Theme Section
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Yet Hotel Design
Nodes and Details, 3rd year Location: Fisherman's Wharf, San francisco, US Instructor: Yan Yang, Houhua Feng Type: Individual
Modern Chinese Style New presentation of tradition
Modern Chinese Style is not a mere imitation of the tradition but a new presentation of elegance, demure and connotation with oriental characteristic. Traditional Chinese furnishing includes chinese painting, screen, china, tea table. And the choice of color is rather dark like black, brown and grey with decorative color like peony, gold, and emerald. The arrangement of furniture and pattern is usually symmetrical, and it also take highly emphazise to the geomancy and traditional regulations. The project focus on the rationality of the spacial layout and the decoration in the spacial expression. 24
Overview of the Hotel Hotel Branding
Location
Selection of Style
Location Map
亦之 酒店 Yet Hotel
Hotel Building Inspriations from the furniture
Position of the Hotel
Meet with the need
Settle down a style
"YET" in ancient Chinese means "still so", represents that the service of the Hotel would always at a high quality.
Hotel location: Fisherman's wharf, San Francisco, CA, US
Tone: Black and Wite, Light Gray, Nude, Caramel, Gold
Surroundings: Place of Interest: Fisherman's wharf, Old Navy Pier, Beach, and Park
Art Work: Chinese Painting, Modern Art Installation
As a Hotel in modern Chinese style, Chinese live overseas, Businessman and Travelers who just arrived a new place would be fond of our hotel. Guests would have a brand new experience of mixture style contains both tradition and modern.
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Business Center: Chinatown and the local financial center
Furniture: Wood Furniture, Modern Chinese Furniture, Traditional Chinese Furniture
Advantages: Meet with the Chinese characteristic and customer resources from trade center
Texture: Wood, Paper, Linen, Rattan, Ceramic, Concrete
Hotel Lobby & Book Bar Design
1.Lobby
5.6.7.Washrooms 11.Manager Office
2.Reception
8.Guests' Locker
12.Shops
3.Assistant Manager 9.Storage
13.Lobby bar
4.Book bar
14.Kitchen
10.Office
15.Restaurant
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Hotel Guest Room Design
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Lhasa Shopping Centre
Planning and Design of Commercial Centre, 4rd year Location: Haitian Commercial Centre, Lhasa, China Instructor: Na Lin, Zhongshi Wang Type: Individual
New Shopping Mode Forms led by commercial mode
Take an overlook of modern shopping centre in several main citites of China, we can see that newly built shopping centre aimed at developing special shopping experience which brought great succeed. The design of Lhasa shopping centre tried to mix cinema with shops and coffeeshops. Customers would be able to shop despites hard weather, and a win-win relationship could be achieve between the cinema and the shops around. It seems that new commercial mode that changed the traditional one determined the form of the architecture in a very large extent. 28
Cinema Cinema
Shops Plaza
Shops Cinema
Shops
Shops Cinema Plaza Plaza
Cinema
Shops
Concept Diagram
Site Analysis Analysis of Commercial Activities
Location and Surroundings
TaiKooLi Beijing
Site Potala Palace
Xintiandi Shanghai Kuan&Zhai Alley
4.0km
Jokhang temple
1.5km
Distance from Places of Interest
Xintiandi Lingnan Predicted Percentage Clothes
Traffic
Greenery
Shops
Food
Leisure
Special
Others
Commercial Composition of Several Shopping Centres
Comparative Analysis of Commercial Activities Houses
Infrastucture
Predicted Commercial Brand in Mall
C Area of the Shopping Mall
Hotels Leisure
Distance from Places of Interest
Site Outer Area
Middle Area
Restaurants
Central Area
Potala Palace
Master Plan
Jokhang temple Barkhor Street
Yuan/day/ ㎥ Rent in Lhasa
The shopping centre located in a developing area of Lhasa city, and is predicted to be the new commercial centre in the future. Therefore, the design of the shopping mall should focus on bringing new shopping experience with form adapting the plateau climate and be harmony with the folk buildings as well.
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Others
Lhasa Shopping Centre Design
2nd Floor Plan
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3rd Floor Plan
Rendering of the Interior
Section
South Elevation
East Elevation
Model
The second floor of the building shows a similar experience of walking in the traditional alley of Tibet. Visitors sitting on the third floor cafe can capture a grand view of the plaza in the centre. People would be able to shop and go to the restaurant while waiting for a movie.
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North Elevation
West Elevation
Other Works
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Container Care Center
Art Installation
Study Trip Sketches
Present academic work, 4th year, 2014
15+1 Exhibition by Fangsuo, 3rd year, 2012
Academic Exhibition, 3rd year, 2013
Tutor: Zhongshi Wang
Location: Shamian, Guangzhou
Location: Art Museum of GAFA
Innovative Loft
Installation
Kindergarten Project
Academic work, 3rd year, 2012
Workshop with KRVIA, 3rd year, 2012
Tutor: Zhongshi Wang
Location: Mumbai, India
Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong
Lighting Design
Pictorial Map
Warp & Unwarp
Elective, 2nd year, 2011
Workshop, 3rd year, 2012
Fashion Workshop, 3th year, 2013
Tutor: Guang Li
Tutor: Chi Ti Nan
Tutor: Karen Heard (from University of Art London)
Intern work, 4th year, 2012
Photograph
Still Life
2010
Academic work, 1st year, 2010
Hengfu Rd., Guangzhou
Tutor: Ziyi Ou
Selected Works 2010-2013
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Photograph
Still Life
2011
Academic work, 1st year, 2010
Shamian, Guangzhou
Tutor: Ziyi Ou
In Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
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