PORTFOLIO
by Weichu Cheng (2019-2024)
FOR THE APPLICATION TO MARCH ARCHITECTURE STUDY
[Information]
2001.04.24 - China
Tel : +86 19905310424
nicolecheng.424@gmail.com
[Education and Activities]
2019-2024_BArch
Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China
2023.7_AAVS
AAvisiting school – Sanya, HAINANAA School of Architecture, London
[Skills ]
2D Graphic ——Auto CAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.
3D Modelling ——Rhino, Blender.
Rendering——V-ray for Rhino, Lumion, D5.
of architecture]
From a personal level, architectural works are the presentation of my observations, understanding and imagination of life.
By exporting my opinions and works, and constantly observing myself, I found that I am a person who pays more attention to the level of "people" (individuals, groups, a specific type of group) in addition to emphasizing space, atmosphere, and aesthetic feelings. .
In my architectural practice, I believe that architecture can promote or create possibilities and opportunities for imagination in various ways of getting along between people, people and nature, and other ways. I believe that through the intervention of architecture, people can change people's views on things that are ordinary, accustomed, or even accepted as unchangeable, and you hope to highlight and amplify these things through architectural means and find solutions. Architecture here is not just a passive presence, but complements the interaction with people and becomes an indispensable part of people's lives.
At the same time, I hope that the building has its own character or temperament. It can be quiet and unobtrusive and unnoticed, or it can be eye-catching and full of vitality. It's just like me, just being myself and showing myself.
In short, I pursue the social function and influence of architecture, while also giving the architecture personality and uniqueness, making it a unique existence in the environment.
WEICHU CHENG
I
”My Home”
An
emotional healing workshop for Van Gogh
Personal project
Site: Auvers, France
Individual work
In the year before his death, the genius painter Van Gogh devoted all of his enthusiasm and energy to self-portraits and the sunflower series.
He is a guy who wants to save himself but has no method of doing so, and his repeated abandonment by others, as well as his unhappy existence, will gradually lead to his sad disposition.He's straining like a drowning beast, but no one is paying attention. Rowing the boat over and letting him handle the boat for a time or even throwing a swimming ring will give him the courage to continue to battle and endure.
Can his beloved sunflowers and sun (by my design) pull him and free him a little from the despair and suffocation that grips his throat in this moment of helplessness? And this monster is given to him, a harbour that allows him to break out of the suffocating oppression and regain his strength.
II
”Go
Downstairs”
A renovation program based on community interaction
Instructor: Prof Qian Zhang Site: Beilin Disrtict, Shannxi, China
Individual work
People in China have grown accustomed, or even habituated, to the "996" and "2-point-1-line (which means from functional box to functional box)" lifestyles in the current setting of high-density housing. They are virtually entirely absent from the communities in which they live. I propose the following idea: in addition to fundamental housing needs, community members can exert their unique professional abilities or occupational traits to engage in and operate another type of community asset. They can obtain favourable feedback (from others) at the same time.
The goal of this design is to develop and supply a meeting space where everyone wants to assemble,as well as to guide and encourage this behaviour.
”Our
Bridge”
——An improved bridge hosting public events
Instructor: Prof .Jing Chen
Site: Xijiang town, Guizhou, China
Team work [Position:Teamleader]
Against the backdrop of continued global warming and the climate out of control in some areas, the Miaozhai in Xijiang, a natural settlement built on the mountains, hosts the Fengyu Bridge, an important carrier of local people's lives. Faced with the threat of uncontrollable climate, the bridge is in urgent need of change. Also, there are local customs of performing Nuo operas and offering sacrifices during festivals. Due to adapt to the natural terrain, the local area lacks rain-free space that can accommodate many people to gather. In addition, the local tradition of making Kara bird cages has gradually declined due to the publicity of animal protection...
So I made this idea: using the design of the bridge plates that can be assembled and changed, so that the locals can build temporary activity spaces on the bridge as needed to adapt to the occasion needs of specific festival celebrations. In addition, I also incorporate the tradition of birdcage making into the use of the building. It can be said that this building is the inevitable result of facing the threat of continued harsh climate environment, the transformation of people's traditional handicrafts, and the ancient culture of offering sacrifices and praying for blessings.
Diagon Tower
A WFC modular tower with wood and paper fabrication in Tokyo
Instructor: Prof .Igor Pantic Site: Xijiang town, Guizhou, China Team work [Position:Teamleader]
The entire building is inspired by the Nakagin Capsule Tower, a representative work of the Metabolism movement. It brings Japan's most traditional materials, wood, and paper, into today's cold, stereotyped and lifeless towers, while injecting public activity spaces of various sizes. In this building, what is more explored is the diversity of the combination of several modules, and what kind of construction method is used to allow paper to participate in the space.
Future City Design Exhibition Works——City Monster
Based on the TOD model's vision of the future city, monsters include the city's main traffic roads and public transportation, logistics and transportation systems and some special functions (garbage recycling, ecological protection, etc.).
Personal Narrative ——"Me during the COVID-19 Epidemic"
It tells the adventure of being locked down in a multi-person dormitory on campus due to the epidemic during college, and the activities of classmates under that situation.
Pause space for trees and paths
With the help of GH, through analysis of light and line of sight, the form of slices of the arch shell surface was selected.Presenting such a sketch work mainly focusing on rest and exhibition.
Surveying and mapping of cave dwellings
Old streets of Mizhi Ancient City (Agriculture Dazhai, No. 2, Huayan Temple)
Characteristic vernacular architecture in northern Shaanxi - the specific construction of cave dwellings and the courtyard form of traditional residences, as well as the drawing of door heads, partitions and flower railings.