LUISM architecture+ environment = urban life
My philosophy is simple, like any classic formulae proven enduring years. Learning from research and cooperation, a good urban designer keeps the balance between human needs and nature, able to design lifestyles in urban context.
LU Chen D.C. Cherry Blossom 2014.04 Photo by Chen Lu
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LU Chen 518.248.2645 cl6ys@virginia.edu
EDUCATION University of Virginia Expected 2015.05
Master of Urban and Environmental Planning
Soochow University 2008.09- 2013.06
Bachelor of Engineering in Urban Design School of Architecture and Urban Environment, Suzhou, China
SKILLS
EXPERIENCE Public Architecture San Francisco, CA Extern/ 2015.01-2015.01 Ayers Saint Gross Architects and Planners Washington, D.C. Intern/ 2014.05-2014.08
Fund Raising Project for Public Architecture, San Francisco, CA design ďŹ rms (HOK, Gensler) for the pro-bono service they provided through Public Architecture
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Precedent Research, AutoCAD, Model Extrusion, Report Layout
Presented in Exam Week, 2012, Vol:28
University of Virginia Research Assistant/ 2014.06-2014.09 footprints in Tysons
Research Center for Underground Space (RCUSTJ), Tongji University Research Assistant/ 2012.09-2012.12
Hunan Commercial Complex, Pudong District, Shanghai, China High-rise Conceptural Design, Commercial Street Planning Honggutan District City Complex, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Qingdao Underground Space Overall Planning Changzhou Underground Space Planning Research Vacant City
Contestant/ 2012.03-2012.07
material-based. Keep the most historic parts alive, add in modern elements into the district.
V-ray Visual Basic Powerpoint Excel Word
Illustrator Photoshop InDesign CorelDRAW Ecotect
PUBLICATION
Design Research, Montgomery College Campus Planning, Germantown, MD
Test Fit Design, Hand- Drawing
ARCHITECTS NIKKO (Shanghai) Intern/ 2012.07-2013.05
Hand Drawing AutoCAD SketchUP Rhinoceros ArcGIS
AWARDS ASLA Virginia Chapter Merit 2014 James River Richmond Viewshed Study, University of Virginia Planning Department Graduate Scholarship 2013-2015 School of Architecture, University of Virginia 2013 Team leader, one of 3 students awarded in class of 41 students 2012 Team leader of Soochow University Team 2011-2012 The only student awarded in SAUE, Soochow University 2011-2012 Ranked 2 among 41 students. Soochow University 2009-2010 Ranked 4 among 41 students. Soochow University 2008-2009 Ranked 10 among 41 students. Soochow University The only student Excellent Student of Changzhou City 2008
2010-2012
2009
WHAT is old city
Old cities are under pressure. Demolish, replace, or we should learn to respect. It is the most Vibrant topic.
Revitalizing 01 Targeting 02
new city New cities are not diďŹ&#x20AC;erent and indiďŹ&#x20AC;ernet.The bond of people and nature is already Broken. Learn from history.
future city A future shorts of energy and land. Before new technology emerging, hope lies on a More energy- saving, compact life style and ask for the space from sky.
Echoed 03 Clozed 04 Greener 05 Denser 06
Regional Petersburg 2015.02
LUISM
my observation of the world.
design research city notes logo design
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Site Background Analysis
Xiangcheng District
Suzhou High Technology Park
Ancient Suzhou City
Suzhou Industry Park
Wuzhong District
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Exp. East Loop
Renmin Road
West Loop Exp.
iang Road East Ganj Renmin Road
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East
Baita
Road
Site
City
Lindun
River
Road
East
Ganjiang
Road
3
4
Revitalizing
2012.03-07
2012 National Urban Planning Competition- Third Prize
1 2 3 4
Location of Ancient Suzhou City Relationship with Suzhou Relationship with Pingjianglu Historic District Relationship with landmarks
Present Map
Site Situation Analysis
N East Baita Road
Chuangyuan Technology Park
Cangjie Street
pop./k㎡ pop./k㎡ pop./k㎡ pop./k㎡ pop./k㎡
Parking Vehicle Traffic Pedestrian Traffic
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Oute City r
Rive
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Couple Garden
Inner City Rive r
d Pingjianglu Roa Pingjiang River
Cangjie Street
Game Snail Creative Park
Daliuzhi Alley Daliuzhi River
Daxinqiao Alley Daxinqiao River
1
East Garden
Huxiangsi Alley Huxiangsi River
Diingxiang Alley
Pingjiang Dis.; 12272 Canglang Dis.; 11000 Jinchang Dis.; 5882 Industry Dis.; 2510 Hi-tech Dis.; 1860
Inner City River
Inner City Rive r
Pingjianglu Road Pingjiang River
Scale: 1/2000
Park & Green Space Removal Industry Old Residential Street Business
Resarch site is one component of Pingjianglu Historict, whose boundary West from Pingjianglu Road to Inner City River, North from East Baita Road to Daxinqiao River. The east of site loactes East Garden called “natural oxygen bar” and Couple Garden recognized as a world cultural legacy by UNESCO. There are three horizontal rivers flow through our research site, also combined with countless historic alleys and Homogeneous space. Except Pingjianglu Road for commerce, almost all the site are used as resident area. Olds are the major constitution of our site and Suzhou traditional space pattern and social cultural atmosphere still alive in this place. It is the sign of city transition, the living fossil of traditional city life.Our memory and common recognition are diffused from every brick and tile.
1 2 3 4
Area Area Area Area
Population Density & Distribution Traffic Situation Figure and Ground Structure
4
Design Target & Procedure
Trace humanity & history source
Design Size & Prototype
Situation & Site Research
street 街
yard 院
quay river 埠 河
alley 巷
Traditional Section of Suzhou History & Situation Comparison
Urban Form Comparison
Life Style Comparison
Eco-Pool
Transparent Creativity Device Facility
Eco-Hill
Landscape Architecture
We create 5 prototypes and each of them fits some space with sertain size and all of them are “vacant in shape”. This research is experimental and we hope to use our prototype in further study.
Question Conclusion Raise Target Present Concept
We use traditional size of alleys in Suzhou and conduct our moduel as a standard traditional house with the concpt of “ VACANT”.
Beisita Temple
Conduct Strategy
Humble Administratorʼs Garden
Site
Vacant Spot
Vacant Street
Vacant land
Generate Concept Archieve Target
Set “Vacant” as design theme, follow the urban design method of “City Catalyst”. Trying to revive the traditional element in a gradual way. Use small dose of “catalyst” to make site come to recovery. Besides promoting Renaissance in historic district, we also plant new function to meet modern life. CREATIVE TRANSITION is our traget of design. Bird-View to east side of ancient Suzhou from Beisi Temple Tower.
Current Creative Park
History & Situation Comparison
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Vacant City
The lost of ancient city of Suzhou
ART
History & our memory
Reform History with “Vacant” method Look Forward with “Vacant” dream
hOW TO revive our tradition>
Creative SPACE!!
planning
Life Style Element
Urban Form
Yesterday
Huxiangsi Huxiangsi River Alley
Today
Landscape Demand
Landscape Space
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Life Attitude
City Density
+
Communication
Open Space & Dynamic Space
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River Functions
River Netwoks
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Transportation
City Pattern
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Yesterday
Dingxiang Alley
Means of Transportation
Water-alley pattern is not clear in ancient city any more, new functions filled into ancient city, which makes the city over burdened. Disabled in both preservation and development.
Development of Water Space
In history, rivers compatiated with roads and constitute a rhythm of Bridge - Quay - RiverAlley. Now the riverways have been silted up and landfilled. The formulation of tradition faded away.
Vigor of Street
Suzhou’s neighborhood relationship is fluent in history. All the residential activity conducted by rich street space, such as well, bridge, temple and quay. Now most of the things are gone and streets are deserted
Livable City & Space of Disaster Prevention
Suzhou in history is livable and lively. There are vast field in North and South city for development. Now the ancient city has stucked with disordered buildings and various traffic. The land is over-used.
Ecological & Green Strategy
Traditional houses are well made for ventilation and lighting.This method create a condition warm in winter and cool in summer.With tree plant ing made the city emerced in a green ocean.
Today
Section for Current Situation
4. Analyse Strategy
3. Assemble Subject
Commerce Huxiangsi Alley Dingxiang Alley Daliuzhi Alley
Pingjiang Road
vacant land
腾 空
East Baita Road
Cangjie Street
vacant street
疏 空
2. Analyse Subject
1. Choose Subject
Idea Evolution
Hotel Origin Added Origin Added
Community Board
Daxinqiao Alley
Path Path Spot Spot
East Baita Road Abandoned Factory
East Garden
Abandoned Factory Creative Park
Relic of city wall
Inappropriate land-use
Reorganize Function
Weave by Landscape
Create Vacant Land
Couple Garden
vacant spot
虚 空
2
Core
7
5
Resident
4 6
3 1
Path
5. Conduct Strategy Contact Agent Theory
Typical Street Design
Urban Space Original Contact Agent
Renovation design for Cangjie Street using the theory of “City Contact Agent”
Active Contact Agent
Concept Evolution
Detailed Design Live
Work
Resident Yard
New House
Displace
Small Public Space
Creative Park
Roof Yard
Roof Yard Plaza
Auxilary Yard
Living Yard
Large Public Space
Neighborhood Center
Work Rest
Public Auxilary
New House
Creative Park
Neighborhood Center
Spot Design Enlarge
3 Enclose A
Create Path
2 Partly Connect
Enclose
Create New Axis
Expand
1 Interweave
4 Enclose B
5 Vertical Collaps
6 Extroversion
7 Insert
Section A-A始 for built envrionment
A始
A
Daliuzhi Daliuzhi River Alley
Dingxiang Alley
Huxiangsi Huxiangsi River Alley
Community Core Greenland
Tourist Center 2
East Park
Tourist Center 2
Creative Park Green Stripe Tourist Center Neighborhood Center 1
Eco Underground Parking
Couple Garden Bird-View from Southeast.
Community Core Greenland
From bird-view we can see our site has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;EMPTYâ&#x20AC;? and filled with green and attractive spot. Our target is to create such a kind of environment to give ancient city a chance to breathe...
Neighborhood Center
Neighborhood Center 2
East Baita Road
Site Analysis
Master Plan
N East Baita Road
East Baita Road
Scale: 1/2000
Cangjie Street
1
Pingjianglu Road Pingjiang River
City Park Resident Area Innovation Park Tourist Center
y River Inner Cit
Path for Resident
City Garden
City Defense River
Diingxiang Alley City
Core Greenland
Outer
Core Greenland
Cangjie Street
Huxiangsi Alley Huxiangsi River
Path for Tourist
2
City Garden
River
Daliuzhi Alley Daliuzhi River Cangjie Street
Daxinqiao Alley Daxinqiao River Main Street for Tourist Historic Preservation Street Main Street for Resident
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1 Land use 2 Path Design 3 Landscape Structure 4 Street Function
1 Public Green Stripe
2 View Hills
3 Tourist Center
4 Innovation Park
5 New Style Resi Quater
6 Neighborhood Centr.
7 Core Green Stripe
r Inner City Rive
Pingjianglu Road Pingjiang River
3
The definition of Cangjie Street is different from Pingjiang Road. We create a “Section of Life” by setting LED glass on the surface of walls.
Study Scale
Study Site
Opportunities & Restricts
In Suzhou Industry Park(SIP), Jin Ji Lake is the most important landscape componet, which connect the ancient city and new city of Suzhou. The moon bund is in the core area of Jin Ji Lake.
Study site is surrounded by a series important architecture and functions in SIP, such as the EXPO Center of Suzhou, Harmony Plaza, and administration center of SIP. Also, it lies beside the residential areas, so the location is filled with much challenge and opportunities.
SCALE: 1:3000
Idea Evolution
Design Strategy
Landscape architecture handles with urban problems, which use â&#x20AC;&#x153;PLANTâ&#x20AC;?tp change the way people observe the world. In this research project, I try to tranlate a brand-new riverside land into a traditional pattern, as the desgin tells us, the formulation of new site is more about a spiritual continuous.
Echoed
2011.06
Sections for District A
Detailed Plan A
Sections for District B
Detailed Plan B
BEIJING
GUANGZHOU
SUZHOU Jiangsu, China
GUANGZHOU
SUZHOU HIGH-TECH DISTRICT
SUZHOU HISTORIC DISTRICT
SUZHOU-SINGAPORE INDUSTRY PARK I
SUZHOU-SINGAPORE INDUSTRY PARK II
DOWNTOWN JINJI LAKE
DUSHU LAKE
SITE
SUZHOU-SINGAPORE INDUSTRY PARK II
SITE
It is a urban design project of Changzhou Northern New City core area. Core area is intended to be initiated by the development of Beijing-Shanghai China Railway Highďź? speed(CRH). Changzhou Northern Station is one of 23 stations in China, which shows the great potential of leap in Changzhou. Changzhou plays important role in Yangtze River Metropolitan Coordinating Region and in the middle point of Nanjing and Shanghai. Changzhou Northern City is also a wise strategic disposition of government and the core area is the key point in the whole success without doubt. A good design of core area may help the most for the whole planning and we want to make a difference and bring to citizen a better place to live and work.
Connected SUZHOU-SINGAPORE INDUSTRY PARK III
2011.09- 2012.01
Idea Evolution
Regional Landscape
Regional Environment Regional Traffic
Park
Changzhou has a rich history of 1500 years, which is also the birthplace of China modern industry. It locates in the Yangtze River Delta with deep cultural root and strong economic strength.
Beijiao High School
Ancient City Wall
City Complex
Regional Core
Park
Comb Beijing-Hangzhou Canal YanCheng City Chunqiu Dynasty Dance
Qiubai Qu Water Town
Regional resources in study site are rich especially in landscape and combined with nature parks to create a tourist industry. The infrastructure in Xinbei District is advanced and equipped with BRT and CRH.
Cit
y M ain
Train Station Regional Core
City Main Road
Creative Park
Roa d Expr e
sswa
y
Sport
Park
Residence
College College Hospital Residential
Metro Station
Landscape Design Area
Train Station
Design Area Town Government City Complex Middle School Train Station
Design Area
Train Station Metro Station
City Complex
North Changzhou Station
Site Landscape
Site Landmark
Site Traffic
Study site is surrounde several important reso such as hospital, midd college and town gove There are two metro e the edge of site.
1
Phase
Urban Context
2
Phase
Site Current Situation
We are trying to create a green city
EXPO Park Creation
Residential
Expressway
Leshan Rd.
We attempt to focus on the discovery of “BRIDGE” in our design: 1.Bridge is a symbol of traditional Changzhou connected with modern. 2.Bridge itself is a transportation element. 3.Bridge can be a place for communication and creation. 4.It can be “A MIND BRIDGE” to create an intimate environment.
Past to future
Plaza
Lingering space
communicate by heart for transportation
College
ed with ources dle school, ernment. entrance in
City, Water and park can be connected in our design by bridge
Axis Connection
Key Spot Design
Space Pattern Mould
Inner & Outer Space Design There are 6 divisions in our design and they are not separate but mixed together. Also we create a “BRIDGE” to link them all.
3
Phase
Design Theme
4
Phase
Design Strategy
Master Plan N
City Window 0
100 50
200 150
400
City Complex
1.CRH TRAIN STATION 2.COACH STATION 3.HOTEL 4.PLAZA 5.CITY WINDOW 6.CITY COMPLEX 7.CREATIVE INDUSTRY 8.COMMERCE 9.CITIZEN SERVICE CENTER 10.TRADE CENTER 11.CITIZEN SERVICE BRANCH 12.FINANCE STREET 13.CULTURE PARK 14.ADMINISTRATION CENTER 15.EXPO 16.COMMERCE COMPLEX 17.NOBLE RESIDENCE 18.5-STAR HOTEL 19.HEADQUATERS ECONOMY OFFICE
Bird-View from South of the study site.
5-Star Hotel Commerce Complex Finace Street
Noble Residence
EXPO Citizen Service Center
Our design deals basic question of how to connect people. Bridge is just a prelude and our final destination is to build a eco-friendly and intimate environment with people. We made a rhythm and every space has its theme.
Land Use
N
0
Bridge System Analysis
N
200 200 0100 100 50
150 150 50
400 400
Bridge Elevation
Landscape Node Landscape View
Administration & Office Commerce Commerce & Finance Commerce & Office Service Hotel Business & Office Mix Culture & Creaton Residence Public Green Protection Green Railway Station Coach Station Road Plaza Planning Red Line
Building Entrance Vertical Traffic Node
Main Walk Routine Expand Walk Routine
CRH Train station Transportation/ tourist center
Front-Station Plaza office/shopping complex
Public Building Group Theatre/sculpture
Landscape Building Group water street/cafe/recreation
3.74
0.27
4.06
0.29 0.63 2.65
3.47
0.20 0.20 0.39
1.88 0.76
0.35
1.88
0.38
0.94 3.21
2.27
0.14 2.71
Intensity
0.38 0.32 0.35
0.29
1.56
0.53
We carefully organized the combination of bridge and building and we added several shops and markets on bridge to comfort peopleʼs walk experience. And we designed several vertical traffic node to attract people down below the bridge to come up and view the nice scenery that bridge offers you.
0.30 0.10
3.87 1.89
Slow traffic system is an important way to raise the quality of life, it locates in the core area of CRH front-station and it leads the standard of “better city, better life” .
0.32 2.65
0.33
≦ 1.5 1.5—3.0 3.0—4.0 ≧ 4.0
0.15
0.10—0.20 0.20—0.30 0.30—0.40
Density
We are mainly designed two parts in our site. You can see great falls and amazing landscape in front-station plaza. We want to build a huge scene to welcome the tourists come here in Changzhou. In piblic building group, we mixed grace in our water design,you can also wandering in our bridge floating on water and listing songs from EXPO.
Petersburg locates in the Southeast portion in Virginia, served as an important transportation hub and gateway in Chesapeake Bay Area. With the rise of high-way and private vehicle, Petersburg lost its identity as it was in history. What is the potential character in future Petersburg? I believe it is the first question we need toanswer before we can take any action and planning method to the city. Suburban and city sprawl create the chance for us to study about the adjacent cities near Petersburg. A regional city concept can help us identify the different characters of the cities in the Richmond Metropolitan Region, especially to understand the personality of Petersburg. Based on the community profile prepared by Virginia Employment Commission, the research at this phase is to discover how the river system, ultimodal transportation and the collaboration of the tri-cities as well as Richmond could influence Petersburg.
CHESTERFIELD CO.
PETERSBURG
RICHMOND
HENRICO CO. Regional Petersburg Labor Force Flow
Targeting
Petersburg Community Design Laboratory
Regional Petersburg
Transportation System
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When we got home we laid the foundation of two large cities, one to be called Richmond, and the other at the point of the Appomatox River, to be named Petersburg. Col. William Byrd II, 1773
Petersburg Area Transit System
Design Process
Urban Research ENGAGE Interview Community Meeting Public Activity
DESIGN
Halifax Triangle
BUILD
INSTALL
Halifax Corridor
PHASE ONE
HALIFAX TRIANGLE URBAN DESIGN Aferican-American History Architecture/ business An oasis in a sea of segregation
PHASE TW0
PEOPLE'S OASIS
ASSESS
HISTORY TELLER COMMERCIAL TRIGGER GREAT BIKING/ PARK CORRIDOR
WN DO WN TO
WN DO WN TO
Phase 1
Phase 2
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HAL IFAX STR E
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Phase 3
GREEN + COMPLETE HALIFAX STREET casestudy_ RockWell Street_ Cleveland, OH
Walking Map Research The city strikes me at the ďŹ rst glance. Delicate duplex, marble city hall, well formatted city grid.. Everything is just so perfect to be a great city. However, no people is enjoying this city. Streets are vacant, stores are closed, serious democratic problem is killing this place. We walked around, saw a lot, hear a lot. This graphic note shows my experience of the city, trying to understand the spatial relationship among the featured places, also seeking a way tocure Petersburg.
Halifax Triangle
Locates at the new developent area in Petersburg, Halifax Trangle plays as an important gateway to welcome people into old towne Petersburg. Also appreciated by the fabulous architecture in Halifax, the area also plays as an messanger to the visitors about Aferican Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history.
Halifax Triangle is formed by five African American historic churches, one elder people care center, eight single family houses and limited numbers of retail shops. Most of the land is in vacancy and used as temporary surface parking. As the most important entrance corridor to historic downtown and the new transit hub, Halifax triangle carries a lot of commitments to play as the key to city revitalization. The rich history in African American civic life, a high percentage of young people (30%) and extremely low literacy (60%) make me focus on the design for the millennial in the city. This design proposal starts from a study of what the millennial want, where the millennial go and how the millennial get there to understand what Halifax Triangle can provide to young people. New programs such as commercial+ cultural mixed corridor, playgrounds, Loft office buildings, business incubator are identified in the study area.
SITE RESEARCH
LongestTradition in Education Most Successful in School System Earliest Settlement and Business First Black Chu rches in the U.S. in AfricanAmerican Histo ry
NOW 30% Young People 50% Without Vehicle 60% Adult Literacy 60% Parking Lots 50% Vacant buildings 9 Historic Churches 2 Major Investments
FUTURE An OPEN GROUND for THEYOUTH !!
TIME BASED DESIGN STRATEGY
PAST
SurfaceParking vacancy enclosure public space CURRENT
Create PublicFacilities I vacancy enclosure public space YEAR 1
MILLIENNIALS RESEARCH
WH A T
WHERE
HOW
What They Want?
Where They Go?
How They Get There?
Career Get Inspired Relaxation Community Return Make Friends
Library Church Museum Bar/ Resaurant Shopping mall Sports Field Workplace Street Parks
Create PublicFacilities II
PublicTransit Bikes Carsharing Skateboard Walk
vacancy enclosure public space YEAR 3
Enclose the Space
DESIGN STRATEGY
1
2
3
REPLACE NEGATIVE SPACE
ADD CATALYST
CREATE NEW IDENTITY
Surface Parking Anti-Commercial Business Vehicle-Oriented Business (gas station/ bodyshop)
Street Park Recreation (museum/bar) Bike Lanes/Stations
Business Incubator Commercial Corridor Cultural /Fashion District Transit Center
vacancy enclosure public space YEAR 5
Private Invested Program vacancy enclosure public space YEAR 10
For a limited financial support from city government and local religious organizations, the design strategy is highly based on time, with simple, affordable but efficient idea to make the change happen, creating the real “people’s oasis”. Here are the design phases: Phase 1: Set the stage. One skater field, one rolling park and a bike-friendly street will be created, which serve as a catalyst for the young people get together. Phase 2: Create basic structure. Historic facades, shade structure will be created. With the help of pro bono service construction companies (Pathways Va., Restoration of Petersburg Community Development Corp.), the investment will be affordable. For the efficient function to complete street and new function, the facade and shade structure will serve as the most important landmark in the site. Phase 3: Private investment into new programs. Based on the prediction, 5 years will give the site enough time to have population and serves as a real “People’s Oasis” in Petersburg. The private investors will be seeking opportunities to plug-in into the site. A future design will happen in two places: one is behind historic facades, functioning as big retailing stores, another one is within the shade structure, functioning as small recreation programs. At this phase, the Halifax Triangle will totally turn into a populous open ground for all the people.
VERTICAL URBANISM By the 2050s, ocean waters are expected to be 2.5 feet higher than current levels. 100-year storm could produce a storm surge 5 feet greater than the city experienced with Hurricane Sandy -- the October 2012 "superstorm" that sent a record-setting 14 feet tide into Lower Manhattan.
wind turbine
What is the future city looks like? Grow vertically, bring millions of people from the ground to the sky and live in huge living machine. The proposition of this design is to test-fit if a skycraper can be considered as a vertical city and accommodate more than 10,000 people in it. Ideal future is real. The design calls for an understanding of zoning of the city, and flip it up as a new identification of future zoning- a way to erase the rigidness and frame of today’s land zoning, free the idea and promote the real mixed- use in this vertical city.
gallery
THE HIGH LINE
Hudson River
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mixed-u
1.8 acre
Features of New York/ Highline Pk.
able
metro c
The site locates on the Hudson river side in Manhattan. The High Line goes through the site. You will be impressed by how crowd it is in highline. No matter of sunny or rainy, cold or hot, this place seems so magic, which can attract so many people, who are varied by different social characters: tourists for travel, staff for lunch, residents for a evening walk, and lovers for a long dating road. People are facinated by the elevated bridge, connected so smoothy without any stop. A higher than ground level itself is unique in this congested city.
park cinema
PowerPlant Park Residential Urban Farm School Church Workspace Park Gallery/ Museum Residential Residential Mall/ Resaurant Hospital
ercial
comm
10,000
ave.323ft²
People
=
street
church ld sportfie
Shared/ Connected Land Use
+
ABITAT
A L T E R N AT I V E F U T U R E 2 0 5 0
TOWER 50-floor 700 ft
1.8 acre
school
Accommodation for 10,000 People The proposal contains three concepts: a new concept of zoning, a new public space with the memory of primitive past, containing a historic barn in the bottom level park, also a vertical metro connect NYC metro to the vertical community.
BETTER MIXED-USE 1 3-D zoning tore ent s m t r a rn dep ric ba histo
2 HABITAT WITH MEMORY new public space
VERTICAL GROWTH 3 “metro” system
SOUTH ZONING
NORTH ZONING
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SECTION A-A’
A L T E R N AT I V E F U T U R E 2 0 5 0
VERTICAL URBANISM W. 19th St.
B W. 18th St.
Tenth Avenue
A C
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B’
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W. 17th St.
W. 16th St.
Nolli’s Vertical Map
Vertical Metro Serve Community
The design is structured as a planning project. Like a city, but grow vertically. Based on this theory, zoning strategy and public transportation system are laid out as important issues for the development of this new vertical territory. However, the advantage of vertical growth avoids the rigid property of zoning, the 3-D zoning idea shows a double layered territory can involve with each other and share different land use, seamlessly connect work to live, and create various of life choices. A vertical metro system is also an important structure to support the 10,000 people community alive. Connecting to the New York Metro system, the metro line extends vertically and leads to the hierarchy system of vertical metro. The system is combined by two main cables and four secondary commute lines. The last but not least, design asks for a recall of primitive life. For the sea level rise, the earth people familiar with will change dramatically in the future, how to preserve the connection of earth and people, while pursing more space from sky? A historic barn is designed and centered in the bottom level vertical park, reminding people of the past. The barn also plays as a metro station and exhibition space.
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Section B-B’
Section C-C’
View from High Line Park
Primitive Barn in Vertical City
Professional Work Physical model making 2 month// AutoCAD, 3-D Printing
Liberty University Campus Master Planning, Lynchburg, Virginia May 2015- February 2016 In charge of master plan document management, responsible to Landscape deisgn, diagrams and locator maps making, housing+ parking quantitative analysis and physical model making.
CHARLOTTESVILLE
WAYNESBORO
64
81
29
TO RICHMOND
81
TO PETERSBUERG 460
ROANOKE
AMHERST COUNTY
29
AMTRAK STATION
221
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE
BEDFORD COUNTY
GREYHOUND STATION
460
FALWELL AVIATION JET CENTER
501
CVCC
POPLAR FOREST
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
501
LNCHBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT
Diragram- making 2 weeks// ArcGIS, Illustrator, SketchUp, Maxwell
460
29
CAMPBELL COUNTY
Campus Section Drawing 1 week//SketchUp, Maxwell, PhotoShop, Illustrator
Liberty Unviersity Illustrative Master Plan 4 weeks//AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, PhotoShop, ArcGIS
LUISM 2008-
Charlottesvile Downtown Mall Measure + Mapping 2015.02
M Design for SAUE emphasize the formation of LOGO, for it is an architecture school and I believe its LOGO should be concise and stable. This design give a visual impulse of its 3D formation. Second design transforms â&#x20AC;&#x153;SCZâ&#x20AC;? these three characters represent our school for short into Chinese and this design like Chinese seal and a fluid river with the meaning of long history of establishment.
Golden Gate Bridge Park, San Francisco, CA. 2015.01
Montery, CA. 2015.01
Sinking city, Pittsburgh, PA. 2015. 03
STORIES OF IVY ROAD: FOUND OBJECTS - PORTRAITS - CONVERSATIONS In order to “tell the story” of one such place in Charlottesville – a commercial stretch of Ivy Road just west of the university – a team of fifteen University of Virginia students and two faculty created a full-scale architectural installation that revealed layers of cultural life through a visceral display of found artifacts. The project, which also blended photographs and recordings of street life along Ivy Road, was displayed at the Jefferson School City Center in Charlottesville in January 2015. Faculty: Phoebe Crisman and Sanda Iliescu
Texas + Louisiana Atlas Notebook Designed, published as a travel guide and a urban research product. Created by December,2015.