Architecture portfolio for UCL MArch Urban Design by chenyang.peng

CHENYANG PENG Bachelor of Engineering （Hunan University of Science and Technology）

Application for UCL Bartlett School MArch Urban Design Programme

Chenyang Peng Phone: +86 18873046698 | Email: pcy2789725473@163.com EDUCATION 09/2017-07/2022

Xiangtan, China Hunan University of Science and Technology Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture - 5 years’ architecture education - Joint programme with Sheffied Hallam University Core modules: Architectural Design Studio courses, Chinese & Foreign architectural history, Building construction, Building physics, Building energy efficiency Honoured as Best Model Prize (2019); Outstanding Student (2021); Second Scholarship (2021)

WORK EXPERIENCE 07/2021-09/2021

Hunan Architectural Design Institute Group Co. Ltd. Architecture Intern I.Zhuhai Hengqin Peacekeeping Governance Center Project Researched and produced site surrounding CAD and site plan Designed and improved roof model Typeset and produced massing analysis, plans and digrams

Changsha, China

II.Office Renovation of Hunan Architectural Design Institute Measured and summarized actual data on office space and furniture Designed main walkways and public spaces by windows Modelled the entire healthcare center project team office III.Australia Epidemic Urbanism Initiative Design Competition Discussed and modified the design of the community clinics Assisted with models, diagrams and typesetting Produced exploded axonometric and scene caricatures

EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCE 09/2017-07/2019

Cultural Committee for a class of 24 students Honoured as Advanced Individual in Culture (2019)

06/2018-06/2019

Director, I-CLASS video competition Honoured as Outstanding Producer and First Prize (2019)

09/2020-07/2022

Monitor for a class of 24 students Honoured as Outstanding Leader (2020)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ADVANCED Sketch-Up, Auto CAD, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop INTERMEDIATE Vary, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator, Procreate BASIC Lumion, Rhino, Marker, Water colour LANGUAGE SKILLS LANGUAGE Mandarin Chinese (Native), English (Fluent), Tujia Dialect (Native)

CONTENT INTERACTIVE FUNERAL CREMATORIUM

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MAGNETIC MULTIFUNCTION STADIUM

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COMMUNITY REHABILITATION GARDEN

[29]

SOLITARY COMMUNITY SYSTEM

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STAND BY ME UNTIL THE LAST SECOND

INTERACTIVE FUNERAL SERVICE S

Critical thinking of traditional funeral parlour

With a burgeoning aging population, death infrastructure needs a rethink. Morgues, funeral homes, crematoria and mausoleums aren’t only built for the dead, they are also for those who are mourning – somewhere to say our farewells when death us do part.The site is located in a field on the north side of the dormitory building in the eighth district of Hunan University of Science and Technology. There is a height difference of about three meters between the site and the surrounding roads on the south and east sides, with woods on the west and endless fields on the north. I plan to build a funeral crematorium here for the surrounding people to challenge the existing traditional funeral crematorium. From studying the degree of connection between the living and the dead in each functional part, I began to think about how to improve the current process of receiving the urn after the commemorative ceremony, and use different connection methods in the building to achieve better interaction between the living and the dead.

Tutor：Jingjing Shan Designing: Individual work (Jun. 2020) Property: homework for seniors Xiangtan, Hunan province, China

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44.5

24.6

32.3

12.3

28.6 10.2

16.3

24.7

14.6 10.4

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18.5

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S I T E

U R B A N

F A B R I C

1 .U R BA N R OA D

2 . B LO C K LA K E

3 . B LO C K F I E L D

4 .TAO ST T M P L E

5.D O R M I TO RY

6. R E S I D E N C E

The mountain path winds its way, while t he su rro unding houses are built on the ground in a unique shape

T h e n a t u ra l l y fo r m e d l a k e i s s u r ro u n d e d b y buildings that use water, depending on their function

Fields are used to grow vegetables, and tool houses and farmhouses are scatteredthe building

The temple is used for worship and prayer, consisting of antechamber and prayer room and auxiliary rooms

The square dormitory buildings r u n p a ra l l e l to the south and a re s u r ro u n d e d by shops and canteen

Residential building p a ra l l e l l a y o u t, with ground floor commerce. There are all kinds of public buildings around

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FLOW DIAGRAM

E—Entering

EXISTING FUNERAL PROCESS

E—Entering

Connection：touch and sight

Staff Outdoor Space

Connection：sight Decedent Outdoor Space

Family & Friend

Staff Lobby

P—Prepared

Lobby

Connection：touch and sight Family Waiting Area Connection：touch and sight Decedent

L—Libation

Corpse Treatment Room

Connection：hearing and sight

Staff Family & Friend Mourning Hall

Connection：sight Decedent Staff Mourning Hall

Connection：touch and sight

Family & Friend

Decedent

Connection：sight and hearing

Cemetery

F—Farewell

Remembrance Room

Connection：touch and sight Staff Ashes Depository

Connection：sight and hearing

Connection：touch and sight

Staff Cinerator E—Ending

E—Ending

Connection：touch and sight and hearing Family & Friend Meeting Room

The above picture shows the traditional Chinese funeral process, and the different line segments indicate the degree of interaction of the three groups of people in the five main group activities.

AC T I V I T I E S

D I AG R A M

A N A LY S I S

Family & friend

Staff

Dead

Interaction

8:00 l Outdoor

9:30 l Lobby

9:30—Corpse treatment room

10:00—Waiting area

Enter

Prepare

Corpse making up

Recall

10:30—Mourning hall

14:45—Remembrance room

15:45—Cinerator

16:00—Cinerarium

16:30—Meeting room

Action Libate

Cry

Farewell

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Off the hall

Incinerate

Collect the ash

Store

Gather

C O L L AG E V I S I O N VARIOUS ELEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE The collage on the right shows my artistic imagination of this funeral home. I imagine that in this funeral crematorium, the connection between the living and the dead is the main core, so the hands of the living and the dead extend through each other through the central The coffins are connected to each other. In other words, in this building, I attach great importance to the perception of the existence of the living and the companionship of the dead. The main body behind it is the Western church. I want to learn from the Roman pillars and the sacred atmosphere, and think about how to combine with the solemn and ritual sense of traditional Chinese funerals. In addition, plants and flowers can be seen around the coffin, which means that the whole building is green, and it also implies that the deceased can return to nature well. At the same time, the hand of the deceased came out of the soil root system. This means that I hope to realize the integration of people and architecture in this building. The ashes of the dead can be integrated into the soil and walls. After a long time, plants and vines will grow to represent their existence in another way. . The picture below shows the space scene of the existing funeral crematorium, through the study of the existing four functional spaces. In the entrance space, you can learn about the large entrance platform and the full-height lobby space, which will make people suddenly enlightened and have a good line of sight communication. In the transitional space, you can learn to combine corridors, outdoor courtyards and buildings in a harmonious way, which will make people feel the nature while calming down. In the memorial space, you can learn to use the circular centripetality to form a ceremony and the central waterscape. This will make people gather together involuntarily, and at the same time have a sense of ritual. In the ashes storage space, you can learn the setting of the ashes wall and the outdoor tombstone. In the end, it was discovered that the living and the dead did not interact well in some of these spaces.

ENTRACNE SPACE

WALKING SPACE

MEMORIAL SPACE

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STORAGE SPACE

TYPOLOGY DIFFERENT METHODS OF FIVE BASIC SPACES

Entracne Space

Transitional Space

Monumental Space

I N D I R E C T C O N TA C T

DIRECT

C O N TAC T

TOUCH

C O N TAC T

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Crematory Space

Ashes Depository

ASSEMBLY EXLPORED AXONOMETRIC DRAWING

Roof level

Second level

Indoor space

Walking space

Ground level

P R E C A ST E D E L E M E N T S

PLAN

FUNCTIONAL SPACE AND SURROUNDING

1.MAIN ENTRANCE 2.RECEPTION HALL 3.HANDLING AND STORAGE OF REMAINS 4.MOURNING HALL 5.BURNING VIEWING PLACE 6.INCINERATOR SPACE 7.PARTY REST PAVILION 8.OUTDOOR COLUMBARIUM WALL 9.RETURN ENTRANCE

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4. 5.

6. 9.

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10m

25m

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RENDERING & SCENES LINE DRAFTS OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BUILDING

ENTRACNE

SPACE

OUTDOOR

SPACE

ASHES DEPOSITORY

C R E M AT O R Y S PA C E

TRANSITIONAL SPACE

M O N U M E N TA L S PAC E

The first one above is the entrance space, showing the lobby and surrounding environment. At the same time, the grille between the aisles before entering the gate expresses the first indirect interaction between the living and the dead, and the second indirect interaction through the glass. . The second one is the outdoor rest and gathering space, showing how to enter the building from the second entrance, and the outdoor rest square set up at the junction of the mourning hall and the incinerator. The third picture is the outdoor ashes wall and the adjacent courtyard, showing the process of storing ashes. The fourth picture is the

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incinerator space, showing the full-height internal space of the incinerator space, and the living people can interact with the dead indirectly by touching the furnace wall and watching the light and shadow. The fifth picture is the walking space between the buildings. The dead people coming out of the second floor of the hall are felt by the people walking on the first floor through the vertical water curtain. The last picture shows the internal cross-height space of the mourning hall, and people can directly interact with the deceased through the stands on the second floor and the circular space on the first and a half floors.

RENDERING T H E I N T E R AC T I O N B ET W E E N T H E LIVING AND THE DEAD

The façade rendering shows how the living people can indirectly feel the movement of the dead through the vertical water flow of the second-floor aisle. The mourning hall renderings show the direct interaction between the dead and the living people’s sights, and the hall renderings show that the living and the dead are realized through glass. Indirect interaction,and the ashes wall shows the touch connection between the living and the dead, and the ashes will slowly grow into the plants and vines on the wall in the future.

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S P O R T S A F T E R A C E N T U RY

MAGNETIC MULTIFUNCTION STADIUM

Futu re developme nt o f mo de r n st ad i u ms

The research on the venue allows us to draw out the individual needs of different groups of people around for different sports, and also allows us to reflect on the single function of modern gymnasiums and the problem of low space utilization. We need a large gym that can meet our individual sports needs and create a boundary between private and public. In order to solve this series of problems, we achieve our goals through data research and survey analysis, boldly conceive the development trend of future sports, and change the application of high technology to future gymnasiums. We carry out personalized space design for the three major groups of students, residents and citizens in the future. At the same time, we introduce a magnetic levitation system to solve the problem of space movement and high utilization, and create a multi-functional magnetic gymnasium that meets the future development and achieves the locality of the design and innovative.

Tutor：Xinhua Jiang. Siyang Zhang Designing: Cooperation projects with Jiantao Zhang(Oct. 2022) Responsible part: Project design.Diagram production. Typology and Section prduction. Property: homework for seniors Changsha, Hunan province, China

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LOCATIN SURROUNDING

he site is located in ChangSha. There are some old communities and a campus on the site. The site is near a Commercial building,The south side is the main road of the cit y,a nd cros sroads has a subway.The west side of the site is a large mountainous natural landscape, the north side is the teaching building of the campus, and the east side is the track and field field. So the traffic condition is great as well as the landscape, i t i s a p e r fe c t p l a c e s i te fo r testing future urban stadium.

Rebuild

Residential area more citizens

Connect Commercial Plaza more tourists

Through the research on the site nodes, it can be known that the surrounding areas are mainly residents, students, and citizens. At the same time, the sports needs of different groups of people can be derived through crowd behavior and activity habits.

Data analysis

Sports place Sports collage COMPANY

STADIUM

COMMUNITY

HOME

SQUARE

PARK

Through the research of past and current news, we can find the advantages and disadvantages of contemporary sports development, and use extensive scientific data to investigate the needs of various people for sports venues and types of sports.

YOUNG Fitness Equipment

72%

ELDERLY 28%

39% Walking Running

60%

40%

54%

46%

78%

22%

31%

69%

21%

79%

27% Dancing 14% Ball

28%

Chess 12% Martial arts 10%

FUTURE E

TECHNOLOGY VIRTUAL How sports will interact with smart electronic devices in the future

Site overlook The existing problem of the site is how to meet physical training needs of university students and surrounding residents.Apply it to various sports in combination with future development of technology. In order to solve this problems, we will challenge how the future gymnasium will be applied to human beings in 100 years and think critically about the significance of the gymnasium today.

Functional zoning Core streamline Building section

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SITE SURROUNDING ANALYSIS DESCRIPTION OF THE SURROUNDING STADIUMS

e h a ve a n a l y z e d t h e sports facilities around the base area. Most of the sports areas and facilities are in the school. Therefore, the school gymnasium has become a part of serving the surrounding residents, and the relationship between teachers, students and residents needs to be dealt with. The center of the black circle in the middle is our base, and there is a good natural landscape around it. The timeline summarizes p e o p l e's p re f e re n c e s a n d preferences for sports from ancient times to the present, and divides them into five main elements, and conducts a comparative analysis on the timeline. Draw the development trend of people's sports in the future. Historical analysis intuitively s h ows t h e c h a n g e s f ro m a n c i e n t p e o p l e to m o d e r n sports, including changes in d r i v i n g fo rc e s , c h a n g e s i n the surrounding environment, changes in the number of types of people, and changes brought about by the development of science and technology, to analyze 100 The changing trend of people's sports after the year.

Exercise in the forest

Climb to avoid beasts

Future floating city

Watch horseback riding Square dance

Ancient chinese tossing pot Athens marathon

Rise of concrete building

Rise of skyscrapers

Various sports

Indoor basketball Indoor yoga

Modern fitness

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Virtual Reality sports

TYPOLOGY VOLUME GENERATION PUSH-PULL CHANGES IN BUILDING FORM

Firstly, a square block is placed according to the site, the center is hollowed out according to the auditorium, and the bottom floor is lifted up to form a gray space. At the same time, in order to cater to the different n e e d s o f t h e s u r ro u n d i n g p e o p l e , a s i n g l e - fe a t u re d functional space is designed, using future technology and the overall Combine.

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SITE PLAN

FUNCTIONAL SPACE AND SURROUNDING

20m

40m

80m

The Meissner effect is the repulsion of the magnetic field during the superconductor’s phase transition from the normal state to the superconducting state. The superconductor can be found by placing an arc-shaped magnet track formed by laps on which a circular superconductor cooled by liquid nitrogen is placed. Levitating, which is exactly the principle of the maglev train. At the same time, placing a plastic sheet between the magnet and the superconductor will find that the speed and height of the superconductor are significantly reduced when passing through the area covered by the plastic sheet.

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DETAIL SECTION

MAGLEV PRINCIPLE EXPLANATION APPLICATION OF MAGNETIC LEVITATION PRINCIPLE

Modern electric magnetic levitation technology uses the Minas principle to analyze the electric magnetic levitation technology and finds the working principle of the s e c t i o n g u i d e ra i l a n d t h e superconductor magnets on both sides of the train. The improvement is applied to the square box of the building, and the box can be floated in the air.

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SMALL BASKETBALL

What this part show space of the buildin bottom are the larg special space, susp stand area, and ma The special space according to dema function of the suspe realize full-space serv

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L COURT

ws is the internal ng, from top to ge-span structure, ended structure, ain stadium area. can be moved and through the ended structure to vice.

VIRTUAL REHABILITATION ROOM

SMALL GYM

CLIMBING SPACE

VIRTUAL SPORTS SPACE

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Drawing description These three pictures show partial space renderings. What is suspended in the air is the special space of the building, which can be moved to the place where it is needed. And part of the stand area can also be moved to the required sports blocks to form a competition mode. In a special space volume, virtual movement can be realized in the way of VR, but at the same time the effect of movement can be achieved. The large-span structure imitates the structure of a tree, which not only shields the wind and rain, but also produces special light and shadow effects, making the space effect richer.

Technology

The special space volume in the building is suspende building has the feeling of being suspended in the a that our plan can be built on the basis of future tech company with the natural environment. Let people e of technology.

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y and Nature

ed above, under the shadow of the trees, the whole air, and is shrouded in the blessings of nature. I hope hnology and at the same time achieve a harmonious enjoy and care for nature while enjoying the benefits

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GET OUT OF T H E WA R D FOR FRESH AIR

COMMUNITY REHABILITATION GARDEN

Critical thinking of traditional wellbeing center

Is a hospital a reinforced concrete cage for patients? Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern professional nursing, emphasized in "Nursing Chronicles" that fresh air and sunlight play an important role in the well-being and recovery of patients. Research has continued to show that plants and farming play an increasingly important role in patient recovery and remission. For this rehabilitation center located on the edge of the residential community, I started from the art of visibility, intimacy, quietness, comfort and positiveness, and explored how to blur the boundary between indoor and outdoor to create a rehabilitation center surrounded by rehabilitation gardens. People will be collectively gardening and farming, and cooking dinners at the same time. This is a forest world where every community resident is welcome to participate in the creation. Patients and residents will restore their physical and mental health here, and escape from the cage defined by the building. true well-being.

Tutor：Cunningham, Oliver. Dan Li Designing: Individual work (Oct. 2020) Property: homework for junior year Xiangtan, Hunan province, China

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C O L L AG E V I S I O N VARIOUS ELEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE The collage on the right shows my artistic vision of this rehabilitation welfare center. I imagine that in this building, the connection between the patient and the plant is the main core, so the patient and the plant are in extended contact with each other and connected with each other through the help of medical staff. In other words, in this building, I attach great importance to the patient's perceived presence of plants and the company of medical staff. The main body behind it is the ward and garden. I want to draw on the boundaries of two different spaces, and think about blurring the boundaries between indoor and outdoor to combine them. In addition, plants and flowers can be seen around the path, and the entire building is green, which also means that patients can return to nature well. Meanwhile, there are people working the land below. This means that I want to implement collective farming and cooking in this building, where everyone can work together and the plants are integrated into the soil and walls. Over time, this place will become another forest, in another way to achieve the real wellbeing of the surrounding residents and patients. The picture below is the space scene of the existing welfare center, through the study of the existing four functional spaces. In the entrance space, you can learn that the oversized entrance platform and the double-height space extend the plants, making people feel good and in direct contact with the trees. In the transition space, one can learn to harmoniously combine corridors, outdoor courtyards and buildings, allowing people to feel nature while meditating. In the balcony space, you can learn to use the indoor garden on the first floor to form an upper and lower connection with the balcony on the second floor. This will allow people to communicate in their line of sight, and at the same time better integrate plants into the building. In the healing garden space, you can learn about the relationship between the setting of the outdoor wall and the plants. In the end, it was found that in some of these spaces, patients and plants did not interact well.

ENTRANCE SPACE

CORRIDOR SPACE

BALCONY SPACE

GARDEN SPACE

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TYPOLOGY & SCENES LINE DRAFTS OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BUILDING

OUTDOOR SOCIAL GARDEN

OUTDOOR QUIET GARDEN

GRAY SPACE GARDEN

INDOOR SOCIAL GARDEN

INDOOR QUIET GARDEN

The first above is an outdoor social garden that showcases people and surrounding plants. At the same time, the concrete wall divides the space to meet the social needs of different small spaces. The second is the outdoor quiet garden, which shows the tranquility of the overall environment. A pool is set in it, and people can sit by the water and look at the water surface to meditate and rest. The third image is the social garden of the grey space, which shows the handover process of the boundary between indoor and outdoor, while the patient and the doctor have a pleasant

conversation among the plants. The fourth picture is a quiet garden in gray space, showing the role of wall and furniture, where patients and doctors can use furniture to feel the world of plants and quiet. The fifth picture shows the social garden indoors. Those who come down from the balcony on the second floor, through the glass curtain wall, are felt by those in the garden on the first floor. The last picture shows the indoor quiet garden. The small pavilion in the center of the pool is directly connected to the heaven and the earth, and people rest quietly in the sound of the water.

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SECTION

SECTIONAL STRUCTURE DISPLAY AND SCENES

1.FARMING SPACE 2.SOCIAL GARDEN 3.TEA BREAK SPACE 4.COOKING DINNER SPACE 5.INDOOR GARDENING 6.BALCONY STAIRS

Sectional plans show how p e o p l e c u l t i va te , re s t, e a t together, and garden through well-designed healing gardens.

RENDERING PATIENT INTERACTION WITH PLANTS

The rendering of the cultivated land shows the direct interaction between the patient and the planting of medicinal herbs, and the rendering of the corridor shows that the blurring of t h e b o u n d a r y b e t we e n indoor and outdoor is achieved t h ro u g h w a l l a n d p l a n t s . Re n d e r i n g s of t h e i n te r i o r garden show how the outside world connects to the interior, with trees extending out and other plants growing into vines on the walls.

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GET ALONG WELL WITH YOURSELF

S O L I TA RY C O M M U N I T Y S Y S T E M

Critical thinking of contemporary social society

The French philosopher Pascal said that almost all of our pain comes from our inability to be alone in the room. With the development and progress of the times, the ever-changing technology has closely connected people all over the world, creating this era of information explosion. When the rivers that we are deeply indulged in this era want to rise to the surface and breathe, no one tells us how to be alone. Through the preliminary data analysis and research, four types of solitary personalities are obtained, and the physical and spiritual needs of each personality are studied in order to create the corresponding architectural space. Through the interaction with the mobile phone, the publicity welcomes anyone in the world to take a personality test and enter the corresponding community life. Be alone in a specially designed space and communicate with others when needed. I hope that people in this community can get the desire for knowledge, the abundance of the soul world, and the ability to deal with intimacy.

Tutor：Feiran Xu Designing: Individual work (Jun. 2021) Property: Inspirational homework Virtual community, anywhere in the world

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Main reason for solitary behavior One's freedom

NO like-minded friends

23%

20%

Proportion

30%

27%

22% 8% 7% 6% 5%

Meaningless social

High—pressure

18%

30%

Social avoidance

18%

24%

Mental injury

12%

6% 4% 13% 5%

Thinking

10%

10% 8% 23% 12% 11% 9%

27%

Unsociable people

Defense mechanism

30%

11% 9% 20% 12% 10% 8%

Positive privacy

Loneliness

S O L I TA RY F LOW C H A RT I don't want to meet so many people. We're not the same kind of person. There's so much you can do with solitude.

It's lonely to be alone.

Positive privacy Loneliness

physical requirement mental requirement

Social avoidance Unsociable people

DEMAND CHART

Basic Needs

Perating Post

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Entertainment and Spirit

Quality Social Networking

functional space

internal sapce

mobile system

stack mounting

conveyable unit

beneficial game

suitable date

collective sports

co-learning

same interest

church

theater

library

park

cinema

coffee shop

sports ground

government

workshop

home office

company office

public security

transportation

medical health

Restaurant

Smart store

The demand analysis diagram on the right is divided into twenty-seven needs from six categories, and the four derived solitary personalities are compared based on actual data. From this, we can draw the focus of the material needs and spiritual needs of four different groups of people, and create suitable communities for them in the following space design.

living space

THE NEEDS OF FOUR GROUPS

special function needs Mobile Flexible

B Really boring.

Colleague shouted for drinking again.

b: protagonist is difficult to integrate. D

a:Walking lonely on the road, ready to go to colleagues‘ gathering. C c:After drinking, other people are going to KTV, but the protagonist is not interested and leaves, he prefers to drink tea.

I don't like this kind of activity.

where should I go? d:Walking on the road is very lonely and confused, hoping to find a place for myself. f:Here is a publicity advertisement for the solitary community. The male protagonist thinks it suits him well, so he decides to have the courage to give it a try.

What are they doing?

e:Suddenly saw a group of people gather together.

Who would go to such a strange place?

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Let me see.

Looks interesting.

I decided to try.

PERSONALITY TEST 01

I feel more creative when working or studying alone.