Urban Mountain Retreat A Spiritual Escape in Metropolitan Shanghai
ARC304 Final Year Project [BEng Architecture Level 3] [2015/2016]
Tutor: Christian Herr, Thomas Fischer Student Name: Chenxing Sun ID Number: 1201937
Project Statement The city is a gigantic machine that challenges its inhabitants on a daily basis to conform and to perform in terms of productivity and efficiency. Life is standardised and synchronised to benefit collective functioning at the expense of mental balance and spiritual well-being. There is practically
Project Statement ...................................................................................................................... Research & Analysis ...................................................................................................................... Concept Development ...................................................................................................................... Design Process ...................................................................................................................... Proposition ...................................................................................................................... Appendices ...................................................................................................................... 2
Shanghai panorama
no time and no space to reflect or contemplate, especially outside of churches and organised religions. This project faces this reality with a non-standard space that provides city dwellers with a stress-free spiritual experience to contemplate, meditate, worship, and otherwise practice any faith individually or in groups of various sizes, and to meet fellow urbanites with spiritual needs.
Scroll Painting by Wang Ximeng, “A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains�
Contents
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Observation & Question Man’s determination will triumph over nature and destiny. Chairman Mao
Working Stress
Heavy Traffic
Population density
Neighbourhood Relationship
STANDARD LIVING
市 井 4
Typical living pattern in metropolitan cities in China. There is a need of a special place to temporarily escape from highly standardized living.
SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
ĺąą ć°´ Water
Garden
Mountain
Temple
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Laozi
Mountain, garden and temple are always the spiritual places where people go for a relief in China, can these spaces and experiences be opened to all faiths and placed into the modern city?
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The Bund
Pudong Financial Zone
Major Commercial Areas Green Spaces
Project Site
Former French Concession
2010 Expo
JingAn Temple
The Image of Shanghai: A Typical Metropolitan City
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Site Analysis The project site is located in the middle of Shanghai, between a district features typical modernized urban life and dramatic urban transformation, and a highway to the North. This place is surrounded by several major commercial centres, but at the same time the site itself is located in a green strip in the inner city. The site provides a sense of enclosure and isolation when being in there, which may have a great possibility and potentiality for creating a totally different experience that contrast with the typical urban life in the city.
Project Site
Nanjing Road
Xintiandi
Shanghai Old Town
The Bund
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Key Places Around The Site
RESIDENTIAL
HIG
RESIDENTIAL
SITE
RESIDENTIAL
Highway
Underground Space
The major functional spaces around the site are residential(integrated with commercial at the ground level) and public. Some key features are specifically marked here which have to be considered for the later design.
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Historical B
PARK
HIGHWAY
PARK PARK
RESIDENTIAL
ical Building
Sunken Plaza
Green Space
Generally the site is currently a peaceful place where people come for relax and recreation. The contrast between the inner isolated experience and outside heavily stressed urban living can be further explored.
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The notion of religions being populated is different with before:
more than half
BAN
Under 60 years old
Top three issues regarding the desire for modifications to religious policies:
32%
23%
11%
The approval to build new places of worship
The registration of religious venues
Approval of clergy
University degree or higher
90% Have established a democratic management committee
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30% Clergy take part in the NPC (National People’s Congress) or other state political insitutions
5%
Primary school and below
College or higher
Clergy population information:
50%
Relationship with central goverment:
43%
Age.30 to Age.40
21%
Age range
Female
A contrast in religious belief:
3.8
times year Religious Affairs visits to religious venues
3.5
80%
10%
People in this world have a kind of belief
People in China have a kind of belief
times year
Religious organized return visits to Religious Affairs
Research On Need For Spirituality When struggling with the stress in urban living, people starts to seeking for mental relief though different ways, and religion which is generally known as a method of relief through belief starts to be widely accepted in China. However, the religious condition in China is under a dramatic transformation. As some key findings from research indicate that the population of people joining religious group are increasing and the age of them become younger and younger. However, The authorized religious institute have a tendency of being more and more commercialized, while the independent religious group are suffering tense relationship with government due to the ideology issues. However, it should be noticed that most people who join a religion are not seeking for a specific religion in China. That actually reveals a need of spirituality in the society, and lead to the question that could there be a place which can fulfil the spiritual need of city dwellers? It is faith neutral and has no conflict with main-stream ideology, and it welcomes people regardless of various belief as long as they want a place and space for reflective, meditative or even only recreational activities.
Some scholars prefer not to use the term “religion” in reference to belief systems in China, and suggest “cultural practices”, “thought systems” or “philosophies” as more appropriate terms. Since 1949, China has been governed by the Communist Party of China, which, in theory, is an atheist institution and prohibits party members from belonging to a religion. During Mao Zedong’s rule, religious movements were oppressed. With an important caveat: the government protects what it calls “normal religious activity,” defined in practice as activities that take place within government-sanctioned religious organizations and registered places of worship. Rodney L. Taylor. Proposition and Praxis: The Dilemma of Neo-Confucian Syncretism. On: Philosophy East and West, Vol. 32, No. 2, April 1982. p. 187
The nature of religious sites and institutions in China reflects a definite level of modernity. Of the sites surveyed, 56% have their organization code certificate, and 47% have their own bank accounts. Overall, there has been a new emergence in age and education levels that more and more people who are ‘young, well-educated and with higher social status’ are joining the church. Although exact data have been controversial, the rapid growth of religious believers is not in doubt. The sociologist Yang Fenggang has proposed that, based on an 8% annual growth rate, the Christian population will reach 160 million in 2025 and 247 million in 2030, thus cause China to surpass the USA as the world’s largest Christian country. National Survey Research Centre (NSRC), (2012), Report of China Religion Survey (CRS) Changgang Guo & Fengmei Zhang (2015) Religion and social stability: China’s religious policies in the Age of Reform, Third World Quarterly, 36:11, 2183-2195
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Concept Development If thinking of a place where people could have a spiritual experience, the image of mountain in traditional Chinese paintings is a powerful answer. Since the mountain used to be the spiritual place where people meet, climb, walk, wander, and is also the place where sages live in and literati composing masterpieces at, therefore, to some extent it is a physical carrier of poetic dwelling.
Water
Stream
Leaves Wind
Bird
Water drop Listen
Concrete Stone
Tree
Plant Flower
Leaves Touch & Smell
Contemplate Meditate Pray
Think Worship
Run
Stare
View
Observe
Feel
Potential activities in the project
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Watch See
Sit
Stand
Sleep
Climb
Ponder
Taichi Walk Yoga Move
Based on that, the concept of a mountain is adopted as the main concept, it will be a medium that well conveys the idea of creating a spiritual escape from urban life while in the middle of a metropolitan city. Such strong contrast would be very interesting, and it is greatly beneficial for the society if it can bring a certain relief and freedom to the soul of every citizen.
Scroll Painting by Wang Ximeng, “A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains�
Illustration of people activities in Chinese painting from The Mustard Seed Garden manual of painting
MOUNTAIN image
JOURNEY experience
Along with the concept of creating an image of the mountain for city dweller in metropolitan Shanghai, another parallel concept is to compose the space that could carry a spiritual experience, similarly as a journey in the mountain. Many different activities from people perspective have been illustrated and analysed to better translate the journey in the mountain into the design.
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Water
Stream
Leaves Wind
Bird
Water drop Listen
Concrete
Contemplate Meditate
Stone
Tree
Think
Leaves Touch & Smell
ca. 800 sqm.
XL
Watch
Observe
Feel
Taichi Walk Yoga Move
Climb ca. 400 sqm.
ca. 200 sqm.
L
M
Step
ca. 50 sqm.
S
Wat Move
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Ponder
See
Walk Pray
Sleep
Climb
View
Worship
Sit
Stand
Stare
Pray
Plant Flower
Wander
Run
Listen Conceptual collage
p
k
Sit
Ponder Stand
Watch Touch
Scroll Painting by Huang Gongwang, “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains”
A spiritual experience in the mountain
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Case Studies On Spacial Experience Proposal for the Central Mosque of Pristina by APTUM Architecture
Large open space with long span and using materials which have rough texture.
Sacred space can be analysed by three factors affecting spiritual process: 1.) Longitudinal space emphasizes the procession and return of sacramental acts 2.) Auditorium space is suggestive of proclamation and response 3.) New forms of communal space designed for gathering and return depend to a great degree on minimized scale to enhance intimacy and participation in worship. -- Richard Kieckhefer
China Acdemiy of Fine Art & Ningbo Museum by Wang Shu
Experiences in the architecture is also an experience of journey.
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Research On Material Concrete with different surfaces that could potentially create different types of spiritual spaces. Texture on the surface would change, which is a way to inform and record time.
In order to achieve the effect of a mountain , the material should be substantial and rough which as close to soil and rock as possible, thus concrete with different surfaces were analysed and selected to be used in the design to have different effects at different spaces.
Rference: http://jamienorth.com/13030/3499293/selected-works/terraforms-2014
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Case Studies On Spiritual Spaces Spiritual spaces normally have those key factors: gradient light, material with rough surface, a continuous extension in length or height, and with water features. Bare concrete
Gradient
Finished concrete
Material Finished concrete
Bare concrete
Material
Gradient
Light Soft
Soft Gradient
Light Light
Soft
Light Gradient
Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. Tadao Ando Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep. Le Corbusier
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Material Bare concrete
Contrast Church of Light by Tadao Ando
Light
Water
Finished concrete Bare concrete
Material
Light Salk Institute by Louis Kahn
Nature
Rough concrete
Material Coloured Gradient
Ronchamp Chapel by Le Corbusier
Light
Polished cladding Concrete
Material Gradient Soft
Light
Therme Vals by Peter Zumthor
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. Louis Kahn If you’re lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the light, the rain, the birds, the feel. Peter Zumthor
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Design Development The primary concept of creating an image of the mountain and a spiritual journey have been set as the guidance for the development and exploration of the design. Several attempts have been made to formalize a proper architectural language in order to translate those concepts into architecture. The exploration was based on physical model making and sketching. The methods of folding, stacking, intersecting and overlapping were used in the exploration to configure the mountain, while keep considering the interior space and its potential circulation to form the best way of convey a sense of a spiritual journey.
Because there is already an underground plaza in the site, and these massive underground spaces could be potentially transformed into an interesting place. Several attempts were made to continue and integrate the underground part, which can help emphasize the atmosphere of isolation. Moreover, by going down and climbing up, the experiences become closer to the concept of a journey in the mountain which people have to take some effort to appreciate it.
Type 1: Creating a long staircase leading people down to the bottom spot. Different spaces are distributed along it.
Type 2: Creating several separated underground spaces and each has a specific function.
Type 3: A big cone void in the middle, and have spiral circulation integrated with different spaces. Services and lifts in the middle.
Type 4: An organic form with void and solid spaces distributed on it. One third of it will be underground, integrate with spiral circulation around it.
Type 5: An inverted mountain which provides shelter for a big area on the site, as well interesting different spaces inside.
Type 6: Ramps leading to the entrance, with natural elements, and space configured with narrow and high floor height.
The method of slicing to create a mountain. Horizontally and Vertically.
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Sketches to explore the space
Journey
Experience of walking in the mountain.
Water & Light
Composing natural elements to enhance the spiritual feeling.
Models and drawings to illustrate the spacial experience
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Final Proposition
A’
B’
C
A
1:1000 N Master plan
Entrances are marked on the master plan. The two ramps with staircases are the main entrances, and many activities could take place there. By going up and down, the experience of a journey could be achieved, while the overall height of the mountain can be increased sensuously when looking at it on the bottom point.
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Communication space Walking and reflecting space Wandering meditate space Tea house Performing space Cafeteria
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Pray space Walking and reflecting space Taiji, Yoga practice space Wandering meditate space Performing space Washroom Convenience shop
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Floor plans
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Exhibition space Siting and standing meditate space Wlaking meditate space Wandering meditate space Performing space Communication space
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Management working space Walking and reflecting space Wandering meditate space Performing space Communication space Kitchen and storage
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There are also another two entrances to the building on the ground level, which provides the convenience for building managing staffs and disabled people.
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Observing space Exhibition space Siting and standing meditate space Wlaking meditate space Wandering meditate space Performing space Communication space
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Exhibition space Siting and standing meditate space Wlaking meditate space Wandering meditate space Performing space Communication space
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Floor plans
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2 Plants with soil
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3 Bare concrete wall 400mm Water pipe 20mm Concrete structure 600mm 4 Bare concrete slab 100mm Water pipe 20mm Gravel fill 100mm Diaphragm concrete slab 800mm
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Concrete wall with plants and mist
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Working models 1:500
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Final model with site (1:500) & Sectional model (1:200)
Final Models
Sectional model (1:200) & Tectonic model (1:20)
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Appendices
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Sloterdijk, P. [2006] (2011) ‘Architecture as an Art of Immersion’, Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, 12, pp. 105-109. Tanizaki, J. (1977), In Praise of Shadows, Stony Creek, CT: Leete’s Island Whitefield, B. (2016) A Closer Look At The China Religion Survey. Available at: http://www. chinasource.org/resource-library/chinese-church-voices/a-closer-look-at-the-china-religion-survey (Accessed: 12 January 2016). Wang, G., Sze, M., & Li, Y. (1977). The Mustard Seed Garden manual of painting = Jie zi yuan hua zhuan, 1679-1701 : a facsimile of the 1887-1888 Shanghai edition with the text translated from the Chinese and edited by Mai-mai Sze. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1977, c1956. Wang, S. (2012). Imagining The House. Zurich : Lars Muller Publishers. Yang, Y. (2006) Phantom Landscape [Online] Available from: http://www.yangyongliang.com/ (Accessed 26 February 2016)
Changes since the Final Review 1. Project statement with illustrated images .......................................................................................................... 2. Text description of research and site analysis .................................................................................................. 3. Explanation of design process and exploration ............................................................................................. 4. Ramp & Staircase developed design ......................................................................................................................... 5. Improved floor plans with views ............................................................................................................................... 6. Address the ground floor entrance ......................................................................................................................... 7. Adjustment of some rendering images .................................................................................................................. 8. Processed photos of models ......................................................................................................................................... 9. References of the research section ..........................................................................................................................
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Urban Mountain Retreat
Urban Mountain Retreat
ARC304 [2015-2016] Final Year Project Non-Standard Architecture Tutor: Christiane Herr, Thomas Fischer
A Spiritual Escape in Metropolitan Shanghai
A Spiritual Escape in Metropolitan Shanghai
Major Commercial Areas Green Spaces
The Bund
Pudong Financial Zone
Project Statement: The city is a gigantic machine that challenges its inhabitants on a daily basis to conform and to perform in terms of productivity and efficiency. Life is standardised and synchronised to benefit collective functioning at the expense of mental balance and spiritual well-being. There is practically no time and no space to reflect or contemplate, especially outside of churches and organised religions. This project faces this reality with a non-standard space that provides city dwellers with a stress-free spiritual experience to contemplate, meditate, worship, and otherwise practice any faith individually or in groups of various sizes, and to meet fellow urbanites with spiritual needs.
Project Site
Nanjing Road
JingAn Temple
STANDARD LIVING
SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
市 井
RESIDENTIAL
山 水
RESIDENTIAL
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
Man’s determination will triumph over nature and destiny. Chairman Mao
Former French Concession
RESIDENTIAL
2010 Expo
Laozi The Image of Shanghai: A Typical Metropolitan City
Observation & Question
Key Places Around The Site
Working Stress
Water Highway
Underground Space
Historical Building
Concept Development Garden
Heavy Traffic
Population density
Mountain
Neighbourhood Relationship
Temple
Water
Stream
Leaves Mountain, garden and temple are always the spiritual places where people go for a relief in China, can these spaces and experiences be opened to all faiths and placed into the modern city?
Typical living pattern in metropolitan cities in China. There is a need of a special place to temporarily escape from highly standardized living.
Research On Need For Spirituality
Wind
Bird
Water drop
Listen
Some scholars prefer not to use the term “religion” in reference to belief systems in China, and suggest “cultural practices”, “thought systems” or “philosophies” as more appropriate terms.
The nature of religious sites and institutions in China reflects a definite level of modernity. Of the sites surveyed, 56% have their organization code certificate, and 47% have their own bank accounts.
Since 1949, China has been governed by the Communist Party of China, which, in theory, is an atheist institution and prohibits party members from belonging to a religion. During Mao Zedong’s rule, religious movements were oppressed.
Overall, there has been a new emergence in age and education levels that more and more people who are ‘young, well-educated and with higher social status’ are joining the church.
With an important caveat: the government protects what it calls “normal religious activity,” defined in practice as activities that take place within government-sanctioned religious organizations and registered places of worship.
Although exact data have been controversial, the rapid growth of religious believers is not in doubt. The sociologist Yang Fenggang has proposed that, based on an 8% annual growth rate, the Christian population will reach 160 million in 2025 and 247 million in 2030, thus cause China to surpass the USA as the world’s largest Christian country.
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National Survey Research Centre (NSRC), (2012), Report of China Religion Survey (CRS) Changgang Guo & Fengmei Zhang (2015) Religion and social stability: China’s religious policies in the Age of Reform, Third World Quarterly, 36:11, 2183-2195
Tree
Think
Leaves
View
Watch
Feel
Move
Sit
ca. 400 sqm.
ca. 200 sqm.
L
M
Step
Design Development China Acdemiy of Fine Art & Ningbo Museum by Wang Shu
Concrete with different surfaces that could potentially create different types of spiritual spaces. Texture on the surface would change, which is a way to inform and record time.
Case Studies On Spiritual Spaces Bare concrete
Gradient
Finished concrete
Material
Finished concrete Bare concrete
Material
Light Soft
Gradient Soft Gradient
Light Light
Material
Soft
Bare concrete
Light
Gradient
Contrast Church of Light by Tadao Ando
Water
Light
Finished concrete Bare concrete
Material
Light Salk Institute by Louis Kahn
Nature
Rough concrete
Material Coloured Gradient
Light
Ronchamp Chapel by Le Corbusier Polished cladding Concrete
Material Gradient
Therme Vals by Peter Zumthor
Soft
Light
Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. Tadao Ando
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. Louis Kahn
Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep. Le Corbusier
If you’re lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the light, the rain, the birds, the feel. Peter Zumthor
42 Final Presentation Board 1 Research & Project Statement
Chenxing.Sun 1201 937
Final Presentation Board 2 Site Analysis & Design Concept
ca. 50 sqm.
S
Watch Move
Pray
Large open space with material has rough texture. Experiences in the architecture is also an experience of journey.
Taichi Walk Yoga
Climb
Research On Material
Proposal for the Central Mosque of Pristina by APTUM Architecture
Ponder
See
Walk
Case Studies On Spacial Experience
Sleep
Climb
Observe
Worship
Sit
Stand
Stare
Pray
Plant Flower
Wander
Run
Contemplate Meditate
Stone
Touch & Smell
ca. 800 sqm. Rodney L. Taylor. Proposition and Praxis: The Dilemma of Neo-Confucian Syncretism. On: Philosophy East and West, Vol. 32, No. 2, April 1982. p. 187
Concrete
Listen
Tou
ARC304 [2015-2016] Final Year Project Non-Standard Architecture Tutor: Christiane Herr, Thomas Fischer
Urban Mountain Retreat
ARC304 [2015-2016] Final Year Project Non-Standard Architecture Tutor: Christiane Herr, Thomas Fischer
A Spiritual Escape in Metropolitan Shanghai
Project Site
Nanjing Road
Xintiandi
SIDENTIAL
The Bund
Shanghai Old Town
PARK
SITE PARK PARK RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL
uilding
Sunken Plaza
Green Space
Scroll Painting by Wang Ximeng, “A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains”
Final Boards 1-3
Sit
Ponder Stand
h Touch
B
C’
Scroll Painting by Huang Gongwang, “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains”
A’
B’
C
A
43 1:500 N Master plan Chenxing.Sun 1201 937
Final Presentation Board 3 Design Exploration & Development
Chenxing.Sun 1201 937
Urban Mountain Retreat
A Spiritual Escape in Metropolitan Shanghai
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-1.00m
0.00m
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0.00m
0.00m
12.00m
12.00m18.00m
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②
0.00m
0.00m
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20.00m
-12.00m
-12.00m
G
-10.00m
-10.00m
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-1.00m ④
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8.00m
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A
A
9.00m
⑤ 9.00m
17.00m
H ③ 17.00m
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-4.00m
-4.00m
-12.00m
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-10.00m 8.00m
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①
20.00m
G
-4.00m
-4.00m
8.00m
-12.00m 12.00m
12.00m
3.00m
3.00m
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0.00m
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0.00m
-5.00m
-5.00m
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Management working space Walking and reflecting space Wandering meditate space Performing space Sermon space Kitchen and storage
Management working space Walking and reflecting space Wandering meditate space Performing space Sermon space Kitchen and storage
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1:200 N Floor Plan (3m)
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Observing space Exhibition space Siting and standing meditate space Wlaking meditate space Wandering meditate space Performing space Sermon space
Observing space Exhibition space Siting and standing meditate space Wlaking meditate space Wandering meditate space Performing space Sermon space
-12.00m
-12.00m
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①
③
12.00m -6.00m
-6.00m
-12.00m
-4.00m
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-10.00m
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-10.00m
④
① -12.00m
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-5.00m
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-12.00m
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-5.00m -6.00m
-12.00m
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-12.00m
J
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-4.00m
9.00m
9.00m
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③
7.00m
⑥
9.00m
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②
-4.00m
J
-12.00m
8.00m
7.00m
-6.00m
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-3.00m
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-12.00m
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②
②
8.00m
7.00m
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-12.00m
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① -10.00m
-12.00m
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-12.00m
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12.00m10.00m
-12.00m
-4.00m
8.00m
-5.00m 12.00m
12.00m
Sermon space Walking and reflecting space Wandering meditate space Tea house Performing space Cafeteria
1:200 Floor Plan (-6m)
D
E
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D
③
③
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥
N
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥
Exhibition space Siting and standing meditate space Wlaking meditate space Wandering meditate space Performing space Sermon space
Exhibition space Siting and standing meditate space Wlaking meditate space Wandering meditate space Performing space Sermon space
④
K
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-1.00m 0.00m 10.00m
0.00m
C
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C
②
-12.00m
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③ ①
①
I
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Sermon space Walking and reflecting space Wandering meditate space Tea house Performing space Cafeteria
-12.00m
K
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥
E
①
①
-10.00m 8.00m
7.00m
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②
-10.00m
-10.00m
F
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③
F
7.00m
②
②
9.00m
⑤
9.00m
9.00m
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② ④ 7.00m
7.00m
④
8.00m
⑤
⑤
-12.00m
-12.00m
B
④
3.00m 6.00m
3.00m
⑤ -12.00m
-12.00m
⑦
⑦
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦
Pray space Walking and reflecting space Taiji, Yoga practice space Wandering meditate space Performing space Washroom Convenience shop
⑥
⑥ Pray space Walking and reflecting space Taiji, Yoga practice space Wandering meditate space Performing space Washroom Convenience shop
1:200 N Floor Plan (-12m)
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Exhibition space Siting and standing meditate space Wlaking meditate space Wandering meditate space Performing space Sermon space
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥
Exhibition space Siting and standing meditate space Wlaking meditate space Wandering meditate space Performing space Sermon space
View A
View E
42.0 m
22.0 m
18.00 m
10.00 m
3.00 m
0.00 m
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8.00m
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B
Final Boards 4-6
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-12.00m
-6.00 m
-12.00 m
Final Presentation Board 4 & 5 Design Proposal
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View D
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Urban Mountain Retreat
ARC304 [2015-2016] Final Year Project Non-Standard Architecture Tutor: Christiane Herr, Thomas Fischer
42.0 m
42.0 m
22.0 m
22.0 m
18.00 m
18.00 m
10.00 m
10.00 m
3.00 m
3.00 m
0.00 m
ARC304 [2015-2016] Final Year Project Non-Standard Architecture Tutor: Christiane Herr, Thomas Fischer
A Spiritual Escape in Metropolitan Shanghai
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1:200 Elevation [West]
1:200 Elevation [South]
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Exploded Axonometric Drawing (1:500)
9.00m
H
⑤
⑥
③ 17.00m
④
8.00m
12.00m
⑥
1:200 N Floor Plan (22m)
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10.00m
0.00m
①
-12.00m
③
-10.00m
9.00m 9.00m
③
7.00m
Landscape Entrance
⑤
②
8.00m
12.00m
Performance Space ⑥
Public Leisure Space
1:200 N Floor Plan (18m)
Detail Section (1:20)
Water mist sprayer Plants
10.00m 0.00m
Bare concrete wall 400mm Water pipe 20mm Concrete structure 600mm
① -12.00m
Bare concrete wall 300mm Insulation 200mm
I -10.00m
③ 9.00m 9.00m
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② ④
Roof structure: Concrete slab 60mm Gravel fill 50mm Drainage mat, crumb rubber 10mm Sealing, bitumen, two ply 20mm Insulation 200 Vapour barrier Diaphragm concrete slab 600mm
Triple insulating glazing
7.00m
Dirty concrete slab 100mm Water pipe 20mm Gravel fill 100mm Diaphragm concrete slab 800mm
8.00m -12.00m 6.00m
⑤
Concrete coating 5mm Heating screed 80mm Insulation 300mm Diaphragm concrete slab 600mm
1:200 N Floor Plan (10m) Concrete wall with plants and mist
Concrete wall with insulation for enclosed space
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View H
View I
View J
View L
42.0 m
42.0 m
22.0 m
22.0 m
18.00 m
18.00 m
10.00 m
10.00 m
3.00 m
3.00 m
0.00 m
0.00 m
-6.00 m
-6.00 m
-12.00 m
1:200 Section AA’ Chenxing.Sun 1201 937
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1:200 Section BB’ Final Presentation Board 6 Design Proposal
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Final Presentation
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Student Name: Chenxing Sun ID Number: 1201937