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Dreamscape

of Glacier Lagoon Thermal Bathing

Iceland is rich in geothermal energy and has a culture of bathing. "Bathing routines are cultural rituals, architectural forms, and natural environments combined to make arts of living out of everyday necessity."

(Christie Pearson). I had a field trip in the southern part of Iceland. After the trip, Glacier Lagoon has always run in my dream with the memory of ice cave, iceberg, and ice diamond beach. My bathing cave provides a moment to sink into the exotic and spectacular landscape. It creates a sublime experience of hot bathing and ice cold, just like the contrast of geothermal formed the landscape in Ice-land. It is also a sequence of experiences, recalling the feeling in Glacier Lagoon.

Heat Heat!

Ice Ice Ice!

Studio work, Individual, Instructor: James Lord, Roderick Wyllie

Thermal bathing Lava field

trip route

Reykjavík

capital Field

Glacier Lagoon site

ICELAND MAP

Glacier

GLACIER LAGOON

Glacier Lagoon Iceberg Ice Caves Ice Caves Diamond Beach Site

SITE VISIT EXPERIENCE

Ice Cave Tour Sequence

Photos took on the site

FIRST THOUGHT

Diamond Beach Iceberg Lagoon Glacier

Diamond Beach Glacier Lagoon Bathing Cave Boat Tour Pier

MELTING EXPERIMENT

SITE PLAN

Parking Parking Walking path Road ICE

FOR SPACE INSPIRATION

BATHING CAVE SURFACE PLAN

Trail

Step 4 Ice velley

Step 3

Iceberg bathing

Step 5 Hot steam

BATHING CAVE UNDERNEATH PLAN

Cut

Step 3 Iceberg bathing

Step 5 Hot steam

Ice Tunnel

Bollard light

Locker room exit

Step 1 Ice cave hole

Glacier lagoon overview

Locker room

Step 1 Ice cave hole

Step 2 Deep into cave

Reception

Step 4 Ice velley from 1m above water

Linear road recall the ice cave exploration.

"Z" shape road extend the experience out side cave.

Two major bathing areas take shape of ice cave.

MODEL SECTION

https://youtu.be/QEEPKaVXQSA

MOVIE TOUR

Step 1 Ice cave hole night view

MOVIE MOMENT

Step 1 Ice cave hole Step 1 Ice cave hole

Step 2 Deep into cave

MOVIE MOMENT

Step 3 Iceberg bathing Step 3 Look from Lagoon Step 3

MOVIE MOMENT

Look from top of the bathing cave

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM

LOOP CIRCULATION

DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE AND PRIVACY OPTIONS

Step 1 Ice cave hole Step 2 Deep into cave

bathing

Step

Iceberg

Locker Tunnel Reception

City Value the Hidden Wisdom of Trees

Studio work, Individual, Instructor: Sergio Lopez-Pineiro

How to Bring Nature to City?

How to Revalue the Eco-wisdom?

Love for Forest

Book Inspiration

-Tree Root Compare with Infrastructure

FOR ROOT CONNECTION SPACE FORMATION

STRATEGIES ASSEMBLAGE

6 PLANTING

STRATEGIES

ABOVE GROUND TREE COMMUNITY IN THREE BLOCKS

UNDER GROUND TREE ROOTS SYSTEM IN THREE BLOCKS

Assemblage scale

City planting module scale

Valuable sky view on site

Bring Sky Back Between High-rise

Individual work

July 2019

Instructor: Shunyao Hu

Location: Chicago, United States

Size: 0.63ha

Chicago, located in Illinois, USA, is a typical, highly urbanized modern city. The average height of the buildings is 130 meters. People can rarely see the sky .

I found that a beautiful sky view was reflected in the building's facade. The building was on the east side of the site. I planed to use terrain and plants to block the disturbance of surrounding buildings. Thus people could enjoy the large image of the sky above the green land.

Mirro and reflected nature

CHICAGO PROBLEM--- OPPORTUNITY---

tall building analysis

Supper

Hyper-density

Little

450m 350m Section line Shooting point Building Site 90m 30m Court North 0 Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Bank 175m 105m Use the mirror reflection of the building 24m 106m 169m 122m 90m 63m Baby care center Theater Theater Theater Bank School Company Goverment office Large sky view Large sky view View blocked View blocked Site View blocked Goverment office 317 78 43 109 116 136 190 224 252 Site shooting point 250m 150m 50m 0m Call for sky!! Can't stand living between tall buildings. Site surrounding buildings analysis Site Sight analysis Hyper-density building analysis Little sky landscape 0 43 78 109 116 136 190 224 252 317

Supper tall building +

building =

sky landscape The site plaza provides a good view of the sky

Building A Building B Building B Building D Building D Viewpoint Block Building B reflection Building C reflection Building A Serve as mirror Building A Serve as mirror Physical disturbance Reflect disturbance Mirror Create pure sky view without disturbance of the buildings Find the suitable viewpoint without the disturbance of BuildingB and C reflection Use terrain and plants to block the reflection of Building D Use terrain and plants to block the physical image of Building B and C Building C Building C Building B Building C Building D Viewpoint Step1 Step1 Step2 Step3 Step4 Step2 Original view from the viewpoint Remove buildings disturbance Step3

CONCEPT--- STRATEGY MODEL PROCESS

MASTER PLAN MODEL 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 Outdoor theater Legend Lookout platform Corner Entrance Plaza Open lawn Grass slope Still water pool Fountain Square Commercial square Mirror Water curtain wall Picasso statue Vertical greenery viewing area Lights water falling SKY VIEW 0 5 10 20 40(m) N

Integrative Food System in Urban -Floating Food Island

Group work

My part: Framewok, digital model, two layers of site plan design and drawing, site section and physical model

December 2020

Instructor: Fang Wei, Jing Zhao

Location: Shanghai City, China

Site Size: 16.24ha

Integrate food networks on the viaduct systems

SEPARATION OF URBAN AND RURAL AGRICULTURE

Urban Sprawl & Rural Cropland Reduce Shanghai Urban and Rural Cropland condition -2020

FOOD LOSS&WASTE ENERGY&RESOURCES WASTE

Much food waste is caused by the separation of rural and city including transportation energy consumption, packaging consumables, low waste recycling rate, etc. Thus, building a food system in a city became a logical need.

Besides, the expansion of transportation space in modern cities had caused unnecessary waste of land resources. Combining the two problems, I superimposed food networks on the viaduct systems. In Traffic roundabout, designed to build threedimensional farms.

0.5h traffic circle Cropland Cropland Yield(2020) Population Density 24.92％ 0.95％ 6.06％ 9.56％ 17.42％ 12.64％ 1.43％ 14.78％ Chongm ng District Baoshan District Jiading District Qingpu District Jinshan District Fengx an District Pudong District Minhang District Nantong City Jiaxing City Suzhou City Changshu City More than 55％ people live in urban area 60％ urban population 89％ urban population 30％ self-sufficiency About 80％ Food is consumed in urban area 82.3% self-sufficiency Need Production Process Transportation Retail Consumption Food production consume 30% of the world’s available energy Daily food waste production in Shanghai tons /day 2010 2013 2016 2019 Package Gas Road About 131km food miles in average About 97,000 tce annually More than 500,000 wasted annually 10 times energy was consumed to create 1 units of food 7 billion people 35％ increased Food loss cause 40％ of the energy consumption of food production 9.5 billion tons 20％ - 32％ FOOD is lost 80％ ENERGY is wasted outside farm 100％ will be needed By 2050 Production Process Transportation Retail Consumption 38.6 ％ 2005 1928 1961 2013 2052 2197 2098 2285 2233 2307 4-6 ％ 5-8 ％ 3-6 ％ 1-3 ％ 7-9 ％ 20.8 ％ 13.9 ％ 15.8 ％ 10.9 ％ Save and Feed extra people 1990 Urbanized Area Agriculture Area 2000 2010 2020 1990 2000 2010 2020 Shanghai Shanghai China China

Teammate drawing

Worldwide Population

Food consumption Distribution

FRAMEWORK

OPPORTUNITY

Food Loss＆Waste Energy＆Resource High Transit Damage Unware of Saving Food Package Wastage Gas Consumption Road Occupation Vacant Roundabouts Green Network Transportation Network Food system Site plan Master plan Recycle Network Vegetable Activity Food waste reuse Water reuse Solar energy Production Consumer Linear System Low Recycling Rate Separation of Urban and Rural Agriculture Accessibility Sustainability Awareness Availability Syntheses Syntheses roundabouts Floating Food Island Education Research Production Storage Recycle Fast transportation Negative space

Systheses Research Linear System Vacant Roundabouts Reason Existing Problems Opportunity Urban Viaduct Systems Urban Viaduct Systems Possible Usage Possible Usage 3 Urban Food Networks Education Storage Production Different roundabouts Fast Transportation Negative space Recycle Slow system Linear planting Rainwater collection system No-touch picking experience Transportation network Supply fresh supermarket

Teammate drawing My drawing 3 Urban Food Networks Work Flow Work Flow Strategy Result Proposed Benefit Recycle Network Recycle Roundabout Green Network Vegetable harvest Agricultural planting Green way Roundabout Supply line Sale point Participate Residents Transportation Network Irrigation water Purify Decomposition Store Biogas Electricity Migrant workers Voluntary Agency Goverment Enterprise Consumer Dining Transport Garbage Basic Treatment Rainwater collection Kitchen waste Pressure generation Solar collection Waste water Food package Transport Shopping APP Transport Traffic transit Community Recycling Facility UVA pickig Storage toundabout Transport Manage Manage Fresh supermarket

STRATEGY

FLOATING FOOD ISLAND

SITE

Vegetable production and education are the main functions of the site. As a syntheses roundabout, the site also serves as an urban forest, connecting the surrounding four areas and undertaking rich activities.

FLOATING FOOD ISLAND

SITE

Legend

PLAN- Aerial layer 4 3 8 9 2 1 Mall Parking lot Parking lot Stadium Vegetable warehouse Viaduct Residential area 6 5 7 1.Hydroponic planting pipeline 2.Video education area 3.Hydroponic observation area

Restaurant

data monitoring center 6.Supermarket/ Seedling cultivation area 7.Outdoor ramp

elevator 1 9.Vertical elevator 2

4.Vegetable

5.Vegetable

8.Vertical

Plane generation Production Vegetable hydroponic pipe People activities Connection Education Legend My drawing

PLAN- Ground floor 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 11 10 9 12 13 7 Mall Mall Parking lot Parking lot Stadium Stadium Vegetable production Skateboarding area Planting water perification/ Recreation Vegetable warehouse Vegetable warehouse Vegetable supermarket Outdoor vegetable market Residential area Residential area Connection Urban forest Activities Plane generation

entrance plaza

vegetable market

elevator 2

participatory farm

Seedling cultivation area

Agriculture Exhibition

floor entrance

bridge

lane

area

water purification 13.Vertical elevator 1 My drawing N 0 10 20 50 100 200 M N 0 10 20 50 100 200 M

1.Mall

2.Outdoor

3.Cafe 4.Vertical

5.Resident

6.Supermarket/

7.Greenhouse

8.Air

9.Pedestrian

10.Bicycle

11.Skateboarding

12.Planting

Seeds

Seedling cultivation with special care

Water planting

Sending message

UVA picking Ripe fruit and vegetables

Useless parts Sending message

Transportation network

Data monitoring room

Transportation on the day Warehouse

Fertilize understory forest Leftover food

Restaurant

Education Stop pollution

Rain collection

Vegetable

Supermarket

Rainwater collection and utilization

Vegetable harvest and sale

Tour route and activity

Sun light

Elevated negative factors blocking UAV picking

Data monitoring

Teammate drawing

RESEARCH AND SALES AREA

This is where the second-story greenhouse meets the ground. The hemispherical building has the function of cultivating seedlings and vegetable supermarket.

PRODUCTION

Open maeket Sightseeing Irrigation Elevator Farmland Flyover

PROFILE

AND CONSUMPTION PROCESS

Nursery Supermarket Greenhouse Transport My drawing

Floating Food Island

I started designing from the profile. I want the farm to grow from the ground like a tree. It grow over the elevated and gets enough sunlight. Vegetables grow near the shell. People carry out activities in the inner space.

MODEL My work Rain Restaurant Hydroponics Irrigation Collection Data monitoring Supermarket

Waste Reuse and Lagoon Agriculture

Waste is always assumed as useless and polluted, and sea-level rise is labelled as another troublesome issue. However, if we create new links between the two negative things, can we make something positive? Sea-level rise shapes a new type of land, named lagoon. It is a land covered by a thin layer of water. Lagoon losing its original function requires a new chance for reproduction and revival. If more waste is recycled, new material, such as compost soil and building material, can be produced and be helpful in the lagoon transformation. My two sites can show as an example.

HOW WASTE RELATE TO LAGOON?

Studio work, Individual, Instructor: Alexander Wall

ORIGIN SITE 1: LANDFILL ORIGIN SITE 2: SALT MARSH AT RISK OF SEA LEVEL RISE

COMPOST & RECYCLE CENTER AND NEW BIRD HABITAT

RICE-FISH AGRICULTURE AREA

Incinerator Electric power Waste Ash transport Ash bury Toxic flying ash Polluted run-off Sea storms cause leaching problem 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.05 Kilometers ¯ 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.05 Kilometers ¯ Toxic flying ash Risk Legend Legend Polluted run-off Sea storms challenge Pollution leaching Tidal inlet Risk Marsh and water Marsh inundation process Clay Cover Area Ash Staging Area Slurry Wall Gas Vent Marsh Toxic flying ash Risk Legend Legend Structure and vegetation Polluted run-off Sea storms challenge Pollution leaching River Marsh Ditch Tidal inlet Risk Marsh and water Sea level rise Marsh inundation process Clay Cover Area Ash Staging Area Slurry Wall Gas Vent Marsh Grassland ft_normal ft_tidal zone ft_normal Toxic flying ash Risk Legend Legend Structure and vegetation Sea level rise Polluted run-off Sea storms challenge Pollution leaching River Marsh Ditch 0 ft_normal 0 ft_tidal zone 1 ft_normal Tidal inlet Risk Marsh and water Sea level rise Marsh inundation process Toxic flying ash Risk Legend Legend Polluted run-off Sea storms challenge Pollution leaching Tidal inlet Risk Marsh and water Marsh inundation process Clay Cover Area Ash Staging Area Slurry Wall Gas Vent Toxic flying ash Risk Legend Legend Structure and vegetation Polluted run-off Sea storms challenge Pollution leaching River Marsh Ditch Tidal inlet Risk Marsh and water Sea level rise Marsh inundation process Clay Cover Area Ash Staging Area Slurry Wall Gas Vent Marsh Grassland 0 ft_normal 0 ft_tidal zone Toxic flying ash Risk Legend Legend Structure and vegetation Sea level rise Polluted run-off Sea storms challenge Pollution leaching River Marsh Ditch 0 ft_normal 0 ft_tidal zone 1 ft_normal Tidal inlet Risk Marsh and water Sea level rise Marsh inundation process Birds habitat lost

Site2 Proposal Site1 Proposal Legend 0 ft_normal 0 ft_tidal zone 1 ft_normal Sea level rise Legend Tree Grassland Shellfish Greenhouse Soil placing Road Run-off collection Watercourse Mound Pond Restaurant Road Warehouse

WASTE REUSE AND MARSH REVITAL TAKE IN WASTE GIVE OUT RICE AND FISH

Shellfish

Sea sediment capture in tidal zone

Bird’s food

Protect landfill edge

C&D material

Demolish flooded buildings

Site 1

Bird

Wild habitate

Habitate transfer

Bird’s food

Thicken soil

Compost & CD material recycle center

Compost& recycled building material

Compost and Building material

Greenhouse soil lab

Adjust more productive soil

Site 2

Site1

Mix compost soil and salt marsh soil to make rice growing soil

Original birds habitate

Salt marsh (origin)

Sea level rise

Flooded salt marsh/ lagoon

Compost as fertilizer

Lagoon

Shellfish

Oyster shells building material

Site2

Use building material to make mound and breakwater

Build mound to divide ponds

Use compost as fertilizer

Rice-fish ponds

Organic waste

Rice& fish ponds

Organic waste

Rice stalk

Food Food

Community consumption

Rice stalk back to make compost

Community

FROM LANDFILL TO BIRD HABITAT

2021-2030 2030-2050 2050-2070 FROM LANDFILL TO COMPOST CENTER AND BIRD HABITAT

Phase 3: Tree and shrub for bird habitat

Phase 2: Grass and Compost production Phase 1: Landfill capping and Compost production Landfill Product compost and soil remediation Green house and soil remediation Bird habitat

FROM FLOODED SALT MARSH TO RICE-FISH AGRICULTURE

Phase 3: Change to fish farm as water rise high

Sea level rise 2ft to 4ft

Salt marsh protection Rice field Rice and fish field Fish farm and bird food

Phase 2: Change flooded marsh to rice field

Sea level rise 1ft to 2ft

Phase 1: Salt marsh protection

Sea level rise < 1ft

2021-2030

2030-2050 2050-2070

LAND OWNERS BENEFIT?

Site2 N Legend Main transportation route Transportation route Garbage collection point Food market Restaurants area Site1 No need to rebuild birds habitat State Government Compensate site1 bird habitat State government gain money State government lose money RESCO gain money RESCO lose money Compensate farmers for allowing birds to eat fish Pay for material Community Garbage disposal fee RESCO (private company) Pay land rent Rent fish rice ponds to farmers $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ “FROM WASTE TO FOOD” SYSTEM HOW