Portfolio for NUS MSc Integrated Sustainable Design

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Address: Haidian District, Beijing, China

Aug. 2018 - Jul. 2023 Tsinghua University

Major: Architecture Bachelor of Architecture GPA: 3.65/4.0

Vision in Tsinghua, Dialogue with Spanish Ambassador | Team Member -Conducted online and offline promotional work with over 500 viewers -Organized and recorded presentations for events with over 100 participants

Jun. 2020 - Dec. 2020 Jul. 2021 - Aug. 2022

Caiwei Flower Arrangement Association | Association Director -Conducted an international offline flower arrangement salon with 50 members -Carried out exchange activities with more than 23 association directors

China Active House Award 2021 | Team Member of the Energy Technology Group -Preliminary research, translation and summarization of data -Data analysis and visualization of energy data from manufacturers such as Stirling -Completed narrative writing and chart layout for 6 different topics such as smart home

Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2022

Oct. 2019 - Nov. 2019 May. 2022 - Jul. 2022

Poly (Wuhan) Real Estate Development Co.,Ltd. | Intern of Design Management Department -Hanyang Star River Kyushu Residential Area Planning -Hongshan Polycloud Commercial District Planning Launched the collection of design change information, reviewed construction drawing design results and communicated design modifications with design institutes.

Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University Co., Ltd. | Intern of Design Department -Beijing Xizhangbu Block Urban Renewal Project -Hebei Garden Exposition Main Exhibition Hall -Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Library Made pre-proposal research, model building, construction drawings and renderings.

Oct. 2021 Aug. 2022

China Active House Award 2021 - Student Group Active Sustainable Award Solar Decathlon China 2022 - Third Place Overall

Computer: Free hand:

Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUp, AutodeskCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Adobe illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Lumion, SPSS, Python, SQL Model-making, Pen Sketch, Watercolor, Photography

English: Mandarin: professional working proficiency native proficiency

01-Wild Orphanage

An Experiment of Stray Cat Utopia in Urban Village

Year: Year 3 | 6th Semester

Date: April 24th, 2020

Location: ShangHai,China

Type: Personal Work | Architecture Design

Role: Individual Work

Supervisor: Junqiao Li | Researcher from Research Institute of Building Sciences

Site: Dinghai Community, Dinghai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai.

Human→Cat

Dinghai Community is one of the most typical Chinese urban village areas. Urban village is a kind of cluttered place that does not fit in with the urban landscape. Urban villages are characterized by old age, high building density, serious private construction and poor infrastructure.Its multiple nature of land intertwined, in the process of urban renewal, it is at any time swallowed by the city demolition, but also at any time from grows new from the city.

Probably the most nostalgic feature of the urban village is that there is no urban community better suited for cats. This multi-class combined village is providing a different kind of diversity and adaptability for non-human creatures.

Humans often build urban ecosystems in consideration of only the human scale, ignoring the experiences of other species. Stray cats are either born here or abandoned by humans, and they cause many social and ecological problems, such as the cat fever.

The survival of stray cats in the city is worrying, as many cats die of starvation in winter and are often maimed by people or cars on daily basis. The survival space of cats in the city is mostly in the cracks, such as under the car, in the bushes, in the garbage cans and in the abandoned buildings.

Solving the problem of stray cats in urban villages can be an experiment to explore the adaptability of urban non-personal species.

The architecture acts as a catalyst to intervene and exert influence on the urban space with its own power. In a spatial scene where the human is the absolute protagonist, we made the stray cats be the leading role instead of humans, and the created building will act as a new object symbol to establish a new space in the urban space creating new tension. The interaction between human and cat is also generated during the period.

Migrant Workers

Cat→Human Kittens

The mutual closeness between different residents and cats

Office Workers Disabled Cats

Elderly People Adult Stray Cats

Leftover Children Abandoned Cats

Resident Structure

Morphogenesis of the Survival Units

Based on the cat's own characteristics and the specific living scenario of stray cats in the city, eight cat living units based on the scale of cats are constructed.In order to adapt to the complex and diverse space of the urban village, the parasitic architecture is adopted to adapt to the changing scale of the urban village space with the modular assembly of different numbers of units. Each modular unit is 900mm in length to build a living space suitable for cats.

Spatial Units Adapted to

Cat's Own Characteristics

Three Types of Unit

Starting from the daily behavior of cats, the eight units are divided into three categories: entertainment, diet and shelter.Cat-friendly materials are used to increase stray cat's sense of affection.

Dietary Unit

Cats like to eat plants as a way to expel their hair. Drinking the right amount of water every day is crucial to maintain the cat's health.

ShelterUnit

Catsliketostayinsmallcorners. Catssleepshallowlymostofthe dayandneedwarm,sheltered spacefromthewindandrain.

EntertainmentUnit

Catsareveryenergeticandlike tojumpandbalance.Catslike heatandlovetosunbathe.

Sisal cloth

Hardboard

Wood

Four Typical Spaces in Different Locations

This type exists between the buildings, leaving three units empty at the bottom for the daily passage of the inhabitants, and connecting different roofs at the top.

This type uses tiny components to create a relationship with the original beams and columns of the abandoned building, growing with the original building structure as skeleton.

Between the houses Inside the abandoned building

This type of the cat building in the open space grows around the open space and leaves a pathway at the bottom for people to walk into the green space.

The buildings on the roof follow the stepped hills that are created as the height of the roof changes.

In the open space On the roof

This is the place where people and cats interact most frequently and where they can come from downstairs to observe their every move. The remaining roof and building skin provide shelter for cats in winter, thus greatly reducing the chance of accidental death.

5:00 pm Licking hair and thinking about life Different level of interaction between cats and people

10:00 am

Grinding paws and doing fitness

5:00 am

Searching for food

of cats at different times

The Cozy Home on Deserted Top Floor

The Stacking Cat Tower

The cat's tiny body has great energy, and the cat's tower that jumps up and down gives the cat room to release its vitality.

Different level of interaction between cats and people

Hard to interact

Medium level of interacting

Easy to get in touch with people

12:30 pm Sleeping

3:00 pm Enjoying sunbathing 4:00 am Touring the territory to confirm safety

Distribution of cats at different times

The Playground Dotted with Plants

The greenery between the open space becomes a landscape for people and a place for cats to escape from the rain. The gaps in the grids are for people and cats to explore between the buildings, and people and cats meet inadvertently.

Different level of interaction between cats and people

Hard to interact

Medium level of interacting

Easy to get in touch with people

Distribution of cats at different times

11:00 pm jumping up and down

3:00 pm Sleeping 6:00 am Exploring around

02-The Rebirth of Porta Genova

Abandoned Rail Renovation Project with Data Analytics Application

Year: Year 4 | 7th Semester

Date: November 2nd, 2021

Location: Porta Genova,Milan,Italy

Type: Academic Work | Urban Design

Role: Individual Work

Supervisor: Shulin Shi | Assistant Professor from Tsinghua University

Milan Abandoned Railroad Layout

In order to achieve the renaissance of Milan,the government has developed the Milan 2030 plan to renovate seven abandoned railroads in Milan.The design site is located in Porta Genova, Milan.

1.The essence of railroads is to connect and move,being an infrastructure network for the transport of people and goods.

2. Meanwhile, rails provide political, economic and cultural links between various cities.

3. The renovation of railroads should be transformed from vehicle-oriented to green and pedestrian-friendly.

This area is famous for its nightlife, rich in fashion and natural resources, with several historical sites around the area. However, most of the resources in the site are closed and exclusive, and there are few open spaces for the public.The existing major traffic arteries and parks are not connected north-south.

naviglio grande

FARINI

ponte di ferro

ROMANA

stazione Porta Genova

ostello Ripa Ticinese

canale graffiti corso di porta ticinese

piscina Argelati

Porta Genova

PORTA GENOVA SAN CRISTOFORO

Data Correlations | City Environment

Sunlight radiation analysis

Agent Based Simulations

Considering a square as a cell with living and dead states, they automatically change their living and dead states according to their own rules, which is the metacellular automaton. Its rules are: there are eight cells around a cell, if three of these cells are alive, the state will change to alive regardless of whether the central cell is alive or dead; if two cells around the central cell are alive, their life and death states will remain unchanged; in other cases, the central cell state will change to dead. According to the rules of the game of life, the initial cell placed at the high value of GPS signal in the field will automatically diffuse a new pattern as the result.

Through the combination of high and low data of GPS signal strength, light radiation intensity and line of sight accessibility, three different functional partitions are divided. On this basis, the public space and the main building space are divided through the simulation of metacellular automata. Because the space generated under the definition of meta-automata rules will be a kind of space that is not overcrowded and not too empty, it can be regarded as a more dynamic public space with suitable human flow selected by the machine.

RulesofGameofLife

Public Space Typology

Graffiti park created for street artists by combining graffiti elements of the site.

Artificially created terrain to add dynamic element of skateboarding to the area.

An antique market for the public, inheriting the market culture of Naviglio Grande.

Graffiti Land Skatepark

Playground Musicland

Woodland

Vintage Market

Inspired by the graffiti elements around the site, the high difference is used to create a graffiti sports park. The public can walk up to the roof through the corridor to see the whole site, or they can skateboard to the first floor to enjoy the joy of sports.Fashion and creativity are liberated here, and it is a haven for the surrounding street artists to create freely and make art more popular.

Graffiti Playground

Graffiti Playground

Vintage Market

A corridor crosses the road down to the vintage bazaar, where people can experience the fun of setting up stalls and shopping. The market is adjacent to the Naviglio Grande and can serve as an extension of the monthly canal fair, providing a more open and green space for exchange and gathering.It can also be combined with the corridor for the neighboring fashion industry workers to launch new products and showroom extensions, bringing more vitality to the surrounding industries.

Plaza

The location of the sunken plaza is determined by the meta-automata, and the buildings around the plaza are opened to the negative level by using the ground level for green roofing. The sunken plaza can be connected with the second floor corridor, the first floor ground level and the negative floor building all. Combined with the landscape arrangement of the surrounding viewing performance of the ladder seats.

03-The Future Home of 2050

Exploration of Portable Modular Housing that Changes with User Needs

Year: Year 5 | 9th Semester

Date: September 15th, 2022

Location: Future Living Community, China

Type: Academic Work | Architecture Design

Role: Individual Work Supervisor: Junqiao Li | Researcher from Research Institute of Building Sciences

Home is a topic that can never be bypassed in people's life. With the change of history, some functional attributes of home have been decomposed and reorganized, people's life scope has been different from home, the function and structure of home has been changed, the old function of home is no longer limited to the physical domain of home, but exists in the whole range of people's life. Social changes lead to the separation of people's work and life and the widening of the gap between rich and poor. The future home needs a home that is mobile, affordable, and can meet people's different needs over time.

The Definition of Home

Home is not only a physical sphere, but also a sense of emotional belonging. Applying Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, according to the different needs of different kinds of families for home, we give them the levels of needs that should be satisfied by the internal space of the residence and the levels of needs that can be satisfied by the public space of the community respectively. As far as possible, we can meet the needs of all groups in the community.

03 COMMUNITY OPERATION MODEL

private

Two-person family: enjoying the Salonand acquiring some knowledge in many areas

Single person family: helping to organize the salon and make some money

Multi-person family: giving a lecture where both the elderly and children can participate

This space is mostly a family space shared out by individual residents, adopting a fee system, and the space is characterized by delicacy and high degree of completion. Common functions are coffee shop, bar, antique collection exhibition, etc.This type of space helps shape a more diverse community, complementing the missing fifth tier of two-person and single person family.

Two-person family: enjoying the delicious food Multi-person family: selling collectiontheir of tableware and dinnereating

Single person family: making dinner and serving others to make more money

half-open open

Two-person family: buying flowers to decorate home

Single person family: selling flowers and vegetables grown at home

Multi-person family: educating children on botany

These spaces adopt a system of free or low fees, usually charged on an hourly or daily basis. The functions are often shared kitchen, shared gym, shared study room, etc. It makes it easier for people in the community to access services and meets the needs of the missing fourth and fifth tiers of single person family and two-person family.

This type of space is free space with a low level of completion and can be made into anything the residents like depending on their needs. It can be a vegetable garden for farming together, or just a bed for overtime people to lie down. This is the most relaxing place to satisfy the missing third,fourth and fifth tiers of single person family and twoperson family.

The Application of Technology

20mm wood interior decorative surface angle Iron

20mm wooden strip

100mm thick polystyrene board

20×30mm wood keel

15mm cement exterior decorative surface

20mm wood interior decorative surface

15mm plasterboard

100mm thick polystyrene board

15mm cement

20×30mm wood keel

20mm wood exterior decorative surface

family members merchant&customers

having lunch together

selling flowers conducting preparatory meetings

professor&collaborators employee&employers fellow students

conducting academic discussions signing promotion agreement live streaming singing selling handicrafts doing group work

influencer&fans merchant&customers colleagues

teacher&students giving lessons to children 8:00 12:00 16:00 20:00 24:00

Daily Life Scenes

selling flowers

working attending class

watching live stream the home of gardener the home of white collar the home of college students

having lunch together

sleeping having a party reading

live streaming singing watching films together holding a salon

the home of influencer the home of executive the home of writer

The core, together with the column network and beams, form the unchanging skeleton, and the prefabricated units give the building its variability.

Open roof gardens are set up on every few floors to form a ground plane suspended in the air, increasing the desire for interaction and socialization. It makes the upper part of the building more of a public space in addition to a residence.

A complex of fixed structures, assembled prefabricated modules and moveable walls form the community of the future. Here, the size and function of the space of the home can be changed by the mobility of the walls. As time changes and the number of occupants in the building changes, the number of various prefabricated modules in the floor will change, as will the ratio of the area of the community's public space to that of the home. The residence will no longer be a commodity house dominated by the developer, but a new, personalized product determined by the user.

According to the diverse needs of the residents in the community complex, the prefabricated building modules in the building can be replaced to achieve the effect of a new home in place.

04-Chasing the Sound

Design of Urban Complex Using Sound as a Translational Medium

Year: Year 5 | 9th Semester

Date: November 5th, 2022

Location: Beijing, China

Type: Academic Work | Architecture Design

Role: Collaborative Work with Teng Shi | Design(50%) & Graphic(80%)

Supervisor: Wenyi Zhu | Professor from Tsinghua University

Historical Background Research Surrounding

The lot is located north of Zhushikou Street in Xicheng District, Beijing, at Hufang Station,which is the original site of Bada Hutong. During the Qing Dynasty, two opera groups, Huiban and Chuqiang, came to Beijing and lived there. The two schools performed on the same stage, and on the basis of the combination of each other's singing art, Peking Opera was born, and Bada Hutong became the cradle of Chinese Peking Opera. As the center of commerce and transportation at that time, Bada Hutong also carries the historical stories of many officials and famous artists.

Culture

Politics History

The lot is located on the periphery of Beijing's central axis protection zone, with the Forbidden City to the north and the famous Tianqiao commercial district adjacent to the south, with convenient transportation and a strong historical atmosphere. As one of the few remnants of Ming Dynasty hutongs, Bada Hutong is a living specimen for studying the streets and alleys of Beijing during the Ming Dynasty and has high conservation value. Under the cultural influence of the opera troupe entering Beijing, the lot retains many former residences of famous Peking Opera artists, who are witnesses of the history and culture of Peking Opera. Therefore, at a time when Peking Opera is in urgent need of heritage preservation, we use the original Peking Opera soundtrack from the movie Farewell My Concubine as a carrier to create transcripts from the Peking Opera complex in what was once the cradle of Peking Opera, to evoke thoughts on the culture of Peking Opera in the new era.

the cradle of Peking Opera Wudao Temple

Forbidden City

Beihai Park

Bada Hutong

Sky Bridge Temple of Heaven

Fuzeng's former residence

Cheng Changgeng's former residence

Chen Delin's former house

Xiangling South Hall

Ji Xiaolan's former residence

information center for politics remains of Ming Dynasty Hutong

Environment Research

Transcription of Sound

The sound of a Peking Opera excerpt from the movie Farewell My Concubine is used as the research object to translate the peak, length, average wavelength and variation richness of the sound waveform into specific characteristics of the building.

Peak Numbers

Music Duration

Wave Length

Uniformity of Variation

Peak Numbers

Music Duration

Wave Length

Uniformity of Variation

Peak Numbers

Music Duration

Wave Length

Uniformity of Variation

Peak Numbers

Music Duration

Wave Length

Uniformity of Variation

Peak Numbers

Music Duration

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Peak Numbers

Music Duration

Wave Length

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Peak Numbers

Music Duration

Uniformity of Variation

Wave Length Subspace size

Number of spatial contradictors

Total space area

Degree of spatial anomaly

Corresponding architectural features

Exploded View of Space Combinations

Using the musical atmosphere of the film excerpts and the content of the musical expression as clues, the translated architectural spaces are linked into the whole building.

Drawn by Bing Cheng and Teng Shi

The upper part of the page was drawn by Bing Cheng and the lower part was drawn by Teng Shi.

05-Additional Works

The Steppe Ark

Year: 2021-2022

Date: August 17th, 2022

Location: Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China

Type: Professional Work | Architectural Design

Competition: Solar Decathlon China 2022

Role: Team Member I Grapic and Narrative Writing Design Team: Lening Yu, Xinran He, Shaohang Shi and Others in 49-member Team

Supervisor: Ning Zhu | Assistant Professor from Tsinghua University

The Solar Decathlon is an international university student science and technology innovation competition. Tsinghua University's The Steppe Ark is a sustainable residence, which is built based on the policy background of rural revitalization and the lifestyle characteristics of herdsmen.The Steppe Ark is optimized through three types of strategies:spatial integration based on function and performance,high performance passive technologies and high efficiency active technologies: cogeneration by Stirling, application of BIPV technology.

05-Additional Works

Crossing the Rainbow

Year: Year 2 | 3rd Semester

Date: September 10th, 2019

Location: Wudaokou Square, Haidian District, Beijing

Type: Academic Work | Interactive Installation Design

Role: Team Member | Material selection and device production Design Team: Shuang Liang and Others in 30-member Team

Supervisor: Hong Zhang | Associate Professor from Tsinghua University

As one of the plazas in front of Beijing's bustling subway stations, Wudaokou has always carried a huge amount of people, but few people stay in the plaza. In order to increase people's desire to stay in Wudaokou Square and create a new scene of encounters between strangers, we created this installation. I participated in the design of the installation as part of the design team, and the whole class worked together to build the installation. The installation is in the shape of a Y, in which people walk towards separation or welcome encounters and have new interactions with each other.