Chenyi Xu Architecture Portfolio by chenyi_xuuu

CHENYI ARCHI T EC TU R E

XU PORTFOL IO

S E L E C T E R W O R K S 2017 - 2022

CHENYI XU

Address

Contact

17 Dundonald st, Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 0E4

EDUCATION

..................................................................................................................

The University of Toronto Master of Architecture From2018 to 2022

WORK EXPERIENCE

........................................................................................................................................................

Shanghai Natural History Museum Science painting

Shanghai 8DGE Architects Architecture Design

Shanghai University Bachelor of Environmental Design

E-mail: chenyi.xu@mail.utoronto.ca Tel: 4168803017

From 2015 to 2016

From January to April in 2017

MJMA (MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects) Architecture Design

From January 2023 to January 2024

From2013 to 2017

Graphic Design

Product Design

Interior Design

Architecture Design

Landscape Design

60%

20%

80%

90%

70%

DESIGN SKILLS

..................................................................................................................... Adobe Photoshop

COMPETITION

............................................................................................................................................................

Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign 3ds Max AutoCad V.ray Renderer

Rhino Lumion Enscape Revit

OTHER SKILLS

.....................................................................................................................

Finalist

Responsibility

Team Work

2021 ULI Hines Student Competition (Urban Land Institute Americas) The first Canadian universities to win the championship

2017 Shanghai Traditional and Modern Competition

2016 The East Bank of the Huangpu River (21.5km)

2016 UIA-HYP Cup

Communication

2015 Ermei Cafe Design Competition

The Portland Arch for Performing Arts Theatre Instructor: James Macgillivray Location: Portlands, Toronto April 2020

The Portland Arch for Performing Arts The idea of the theatre building design is to focus on the connection between public space and each program space. I wanted the building not only to perfectly function as the performing art theatre, but also an interesting space for users to explore. I used a ready-made shape, in order to house the programs (the theatre) and also for the creation of dynamic space in the circulation. These shapes together are inter-locking to one and other. I wanted to introduce the parabolic curvy space through the entire building by cutting, extruding and split the original arch. The parabolic ceiling not only provides various brightness levels in the building but also introduces a visual experience for the user as one walks through. Some of the ready-made shapes contain an opening. It introduces natural lighting, especially in the hallway and lobby space. Lighting penetrates through the sky opening and starts bending along with the curvy wall. The lighting diagram illustrates the relationship between the opening and the natural light.

Site Strategy

Sight and orientation

Building

Car line

Car park

Site The site provides the lake and the beautiful Toronto city view. I want to take advantage of the water and the view and introduce more walkable outdoor space to the users while engaging a great amount of green space. A water channel is introduced between the building and “splits” the land into two pieces. I wanted the corridor – circulation idea of the building to continue and extend to a larger scale. The landscape and the walking path have the same language as the building shape.

Cut line

River

Dock

Viewing platform

Outdoor theatre

Park

Car line

Site plan 0 5

Pedestrian

N 50m

Part of Theatre

Site Axonometric Drawing

Site Park

Concept Diagram

Light Analysis

200 Seats Theatre

500 Seats Theatre Restaurant

Office & Studio

Program Sheet The Main Entrance Hall

Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Access to Daylight Temperature Control

The main entrance hall is the largest hall in the building, located at the main entrance. This area contains a box office and a help desk.

The exhibition hall goes through Themain Cafeteria is located the the entrance to the in north "bridge" which is rightthe above entrance. It connects mainthe hall water channel and surrounding and the large theatre. Part of it isby the curtain walls.channel. above the water

Floor/Mazzanine/Second Floor Ground Floor/Second Floor 670 m² 370

Ground Floor/Second Floor

The exhibition hall goes through the main entrance to the north entrance. It connects the main hall and the large theatre. Part of it is above the water channel.

Ground 370 m² Floor/Mazzanine/Second Floor 670 m²

South Hall/ Studio Space The Kitchen/Storage/Staff Room

500-Seat Theatre

Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Access to Daylight Temperature Control

The Kitchen/Storage/Staff Room The South Hall/ Studio Space Ground Floor/Second Floor

Ground Floor 650 m² 370 m²

Accessibility Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Isulation Acoustic Access to to Daylight Daylight Access Temperature Control Control Temperature

Ground Floor/Second Floor 370 m²

Ground Floor 650 m²

The The Exhibition Cafeteria Hall Ground Floor

Accessibility Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Acoustic Access to Isulation Daylight Access to TemperatureDaylight Control Temperature Control

The Kitchen/Storage/Staff Room

The Exhibition Hall

Ground Floor 380 m²

It is a muti-purpose Ground floor kitchenhall andthat a links to the three-stories relaxing second flooroffices spaceand for all studio the saff.space. It can also take users to the 200-seat theatre with a staircase or elevators.

Accessibility Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Acoustic Access to Isulation Daylight Access to TemperatureDaylight Control Temperature Control

Ground floor kitchen and a relaxing second floorhall space all It is a muti-purpose that for links the saff. to the three-stories offices and studio space. It can also take users to the 200-seat theatre with a staircase or elevators.

500-Seat Theatre

Ground Floor/Second Floor 850 m²

Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Access to Daylight Temperature Control

This is a 25 by 35 meter 500-seat theatre. It has a balcony level and a 23 meter tall flytower. technical room is located at the entrance on both level.

Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Access to Daylight Temperature Control

Ground floor kitchen and a relaxing second floor space for all the saff.

500-Seat Theatre

Ground Floor/Second Floor 850 m²

Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Access to Daylight Temperature Control

This is a 25 by 35 meter 500-seat theatre. It has a balcony level and a 23 meter tall flytower. technical room is located at the entrance on both level.

The City Observation Hall

200-Seat Theatre

Ground Floor/Second Floor 370 m²

Third Floor 320 m²

Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Access to Daylight Temperature Control

It is a muti-purpose hall that links to the three-stories offices and studio space. It can also takes users to the 200-seat theatre with a staircase or elevators.

The Performer Area

This hall inter-locks with the cafeteria and the large theatre. It can also take users to the observation deck on the second floor.

The Observation Deck

Ground Floor/Second Floor 250 m²

Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Access to Daylight Temperature Control

Second Floor 1250 m²

This area is mainly for actors and performers. It has dressing rooms and all the backstage system including a control room. The 1.6m-wide hallway is right behind the stage which allows easy access for all needs.

Accessibility Acoustic Isulation Access to Daylight Temperature Control

The observation deck is the largest public space in this building. It can hold up to 300 people, providing the beautiful Toronto city view.

The Ground Floor 0

N 14m

Mezzanine

The Second Floor 0

N 14m

The Third Floor 0

N 14m

Section Prespective

24m

17m

19.3m 18m

13m 11m

5.3m

South Elevation

5.3m

24m 19.3m 16m

22m

15m

10.6m 8m 5.3m

East Elevation

Metal Deck

Thrust

Metal deck

Concrete

Structure Component

1 Triple insulation glazing, safety glass 8mm + between panes 14mm + safety glass 8mm + between panes 14mm + laminated glass 2x8mm, annealed glass with integrated ventilation louvers in aluminium frames 2

2 drainage channel

Stirrup and cantilever slab connector

Drop ceiling

1 Floor structure: PU coating 3-5mm Heating screed, anhydrite 80 mm Separating layer Insulation 300mm Separating layer Steel-reinforced concrete 220mm

1 6

8 9 3

1 2 3 4

Precast concrete panel Precast concrete panel anchor Shear connection cast into panel Line of air seal at panel joints

5 6 7 8 9

Line of weather seal at panel joints Anchor plate Rigid insulation

Thermal insulation Firesafing and smoke seal

1 2 3

Detail section

1 : 15

Concrete

Grill

Rockwool insulation

Concrete slab

Insulation

Foundation

Detail section 1

1 : 15

Double glazing: 8mm toughened glass + 15 mm cavity +8 mm lam. safety glass

Aluminium-section frame

160 mm extruded polystyrene thermal insulation

Sprayed concrete

Plastic membrane

1 Double glazing: 8mm toughened glass + 15 mm cavity +8 mm lam. safety glass 2 Aluminium-section frame 3 100 mm extruded polystyrene thermal insulation 4 50 mm bed of crushed lava 3 mm plastic membrane 100 mm thermal insulation 3 mm welded bituminous sheeting 220 mm precast concrete 5 Sprayed concrete 200 mm

4 2 3

Material I decided to use concrete as the primary material for this building because it mimics the surrounding earth, ground property and it suits to the Port lands theme of being a historical industrial site. As for the 500-seat theatre, the steel structure will be used in conjunction with a reinforced concrete wall, supporting the longest span known as the theatre roof. The detail section drawing shows all the crucial moments and the building envelopes. Sprayable concrete is also one of important structural idea in this project. The reason is that some of the larger curved arches or ceiling may not be pre-casted or casted-on-site. At the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House by Toyo Ito, truss walls are made with rebar walls prefabricated in a nearby factory and metal fencing mesh is used as formwork for the concrete. Once the frame is ready, they start to shoot the liquid concrete on it. This will be the structure layer. Then we can add insulation and another layer of concrete on top.

membrane

soil

foam glass gravel fill

drainage channel

Physical Model

The Second Floor

Fusion Team Work: Frances Grout-Brown (Urban Planning) Yanlin Zhou (Real Estate and Infrastructure) Leorah Klein (Urban Planning) Ruotian Tan (Urban Design) Chenyi Xu (Architecture) Advisors: Dr. Steven Webber Victor Perez-Amado Location: Kansas City, Missouri April 2021

E 8th St 21

2 20 22 9

SPRING 15-Amphitheater

E 9th St 21

14 15

E 10th St

SUMMER 18-Outdoor Cinema

11 1

13 2

Charlotte St

12 Holmes Street

Cherry St

Seamlessly fusing the East Village, Paseo West, and Kansas City’s Downtown Core, Fusion is a welcoming and affordable mixed-use development, where everyone who wishes to call it home, can. Designed around two key pillars - connectivity and resilience, this LEED neighbourhood embodies inclusive and sustainable growth within Kansas City and places Kansas City as a leader in urban agriculture, grounded in community.

7 9

1 10

7 21

E 11th St

Mixed-income mixed use residential mid-rise building

Local culinary incubation space with food hall

Shared structured parking

Amphitheatre

Co-op structured parking

Vertical gardens, community exhibition food history space,

Office-residential mixed use tower

Office-commercial mixed use tower

Stormwater sunken garden/outdoor skating rink in winter

Canopy Patio

Outdoor cinema

Promenade Retail

Community gardens with site composting

Bus lane

Research hub with green house

Pedestrian promenade with bike lane

Protected bike lane

Community center with senior housing

Sky garden

Water feature plaza

East village transit center

Stage of performing art

Barbecue site

AUTUMN

1 2

19-Farming Garden

and office space 5

1 21

E 12th St 8

N 0

100 FT

WINTER 17-Skating Rink

SITE-CONTEXT ANALYSIS

CONNECTING TO KC CONTEXT

IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO STRONG COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK

SURROUNDED BY CHARACTER DISTRICTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS River Front

KC Community Partner Gardens Low-income census tracts where a significant number of residents are more than 0.5 miles from the nearest supermarket

Columbus Park

City Market

Major Bus Line

Food Desert Area

Proposed Protected Bike Lane

Heavy Food Desert Area

Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport

Streetcar Pedestrian Oriented Street

Low-income census tracts where a significant number of residents are more than 1 mile from the nearest supermarket

Missouri River Park Network

1 mile radius US District Court

Financial District

The Arts Asylum

Paseo West

Library District Government District

KC Convention Center

River Front

KCMO City Hall

KC Live

River Market

Municipal Court

Power and Light District

T-Mobile Center

Mulkey Square Park

Kaufmann Center for Performing Arts

Crossroads

1:25000 WELL CONNECTED AND SERVICED BY KC REGIONAL TRANSIT

1:10000 Financial District

INTEGRAL TO KC’S PROPOSED BIKE NETWORK KC Convention Center Barney Allis Plaza

Downtown Airport

Columbus Square

US District Court Light & Power District Ilus W Davis Park

FUSION KCMO City Hall Kaufmann Center for Performing Arts Government District Margaret Kemp Park

T-Mobile Center

East Village Transit Center

Peseo West

Proposed Major and Minor Separation Bike Lanes Existing Bike Lanes

Streetcar

Existing Signed Bike Routes

Major bus routes

1:25000

East Village Transit Center

STORMWATER RESILIENCY STRATEGY

East Village Transit Center

1:10000

Transect section from south to north

Hard Permeable Pavement

Street Bioswale

Rain Garden

Circular Irrigation

Green roof garden

Permeable pavement allows for the infiltration of stormwater through pores in the pavement materials, decreasing impervious area and infiltrating stormwater at the source.

Street bioswale allows for the collection of filtered stormwater to be reused throughout the site, minimizing combined sewer overflows.

Rain gardens use a mixture of trees and native plants to slow down stormwater flow and increase infiltration.

Circular irrigation enables the use of filtered stormwater for irrigation in greenhouses and community farming gardens.

Green roofs throughout the site reduce and slow stormwater runoff, retaining a high volume of precipitation.

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

Topography: Influences the design of the stormwater

Stormwater System: Underlies the site, mimicking natural

collection system

processes to slow and absorb runoff

Pedestrian Spine: Creates a pedestrian only, human-scale

Transit Oriented Development: Creates high density next Sustainability : Powered by green infrastructure, LEED

promenade, increasing connectivity and mobility

to major transit station and corridors

Social Infrastructure: Connects site to surrounding context

as a key Gateway into the Loop

certification, circular systems and shared parking

VISION FOR FUSION Transit oriented development 30% affordable housing Increased and focused density Increased affordable housing Complete communities and streets Enhanced streetscapes Highly connected street grid Walkable / bikeable networks Transit supportive development Connectivity with adjacent neighborhoods Creation of gateways Connected system of parks and open spaces Flexible recreation areas

Pedestrian spine Pedestrian green path network Outdoor waterplay and performance space Enhanced underpasses (public art, lighting) Dedicated bus lanes Protected bike lanes Agriculture hub Pinnacle community center Mixed use buildings Mixed income housing Enables diversity of uses Multigenerational space

A sustainable neighborhood that enables environmental resilience Connective tissue fusing East Village and Kansas City An affordable, inclusive community

Features plural food histories Enhanced transit service All-season programming

Inclusive and sustainable growth Reduce greenhouse gases Improve air and water quality Create a sustainable stormwater system Enable urban agriculture Increase capacity and support local networks Build community wealth Catalyze the local food industry Leadership in food research

Hard permeable pavement Street bioswales Green roof gardens Native planting Rain gardens LEED certification Circular irrigation Community gardens Vertical farming Food-focused research labs Local shop promenade Collaborative food incubation space Building on existing community networks Enhanced capacity for local food distribution

A catalyst for urban agriculture, rooted in community

A year-round destination, and draw for surrounding community and visitors

EXPERIENCING FUSION GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE

FUSION VISITOR “Some of my favourite restaurants and bars are here I'll usually come by to grab dinner or a drink with friends, before a concert at the T-Mobile Center,.

FUSION RESIDENT

PASEO WEST RESIDENT

"I love being able to live within the downtown core, with so much shared outdoor space. I no longer need to own a car - I use transit to get to work and car share to reach the far corners of the City."

"My colleagues and I go for lunch here at least once a week. I really enjoy trying new foods from up-and-coming chefs. Sometimes you can find me here for an afternoon coffee and stroll down the promenade.”

LOCAL COMMUNITY GARDENING ORGANIZATION

"I spend a lot of time at the community center, as my senior parents live here and my son goes to daycare here - combined programming allows them to spend quality time together.”

RESEARCHER

FOOD ENTREPRENEUR

“This site has provided us with access to ample community garden space that contributes to our existing network of affordable food distribution in nearby communities.”

“I've been renting out a kitchen here to build my business and test my recipes on the lunch and dinner crowds. I am grateful to be able to do what I love in a way I can afford.

"The shared research space has attracted a really unique mix of people, I love being able to share ideas and compare projects with other teams working in the space.”

Research Hub

Urban Farming Vertical Garden

Central Promenade Community Center

Canopy Patio

Water Feature Plaza

Food Hall& Incubation Kitchen

Senior Housing

COMMUNITY Sports + Recreation

MAR

SPRING APR

SUMMER

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

FA L L OCT

NOV

DEC

WINTER JAN

Youth Basketball Tournament

Local Public Art Showcase KC Royals and March Madness Outdoor Game Viewings

Juneteenth KC

Community Downtown Bike Tour Fusion Sports Run

Outdoor Movies on the Spine Flower Festival

Garden Light Festival Community Centre Indoor Sports Series Outdoor Skating Season Winter Public Art Installations

Summer Concert Events

FOOD Dining + Culture + Production Neighborhood Food Festival

School tours in Verical Gardens and Plural Food History Exhibition Space Spring Seed Sales

Youth Garden Leadership Program

Community Garden Training Sessions

East Village BBQ Festival

Incubation Gourmet Fall Beer Festival on the Spine

Summer Local Farmers Market Every Evening at Patio KC Community Garden Tours Community Garden Producing

Winter Warm Patio Season Harvest Festival

Urban Agriculture Walks

Food Hall "Winterlicious" Festival Community Garden Networking

KCPS Foundation Fundraiser in Community Centre

Food Donation Drive

Community Garden Planning

FEB

ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY

SUMMER WATER FEATURE PLAZA at 10th Street and Holmes Street

11TH STREET

12TH STREET

SPRING AMPHITHEATRE

Walkability & Shared Parking

Parking & 200M Radius Retail Along the Spine Pedestrian Spine

WINTER CANOPY PATIO at 12th Street and Holmes Street

COMMUNITY CENTER-SENIOR HOUSING

The rooftop gardens are both a stormwater collection and placemaking tool, and will be tended to by youth groups and the senior community

Three floors of

seniors housing

enables a truly intergenerational community

The courtyard , filled with native plants and flexible seating provides an attractive outdoor gathering space

The community theatre features local productions a n d p r o v i d e s a ff o r d a b l e performance space to the grassroots arts community

The library provides access to knowledge through books and technology and creates space for educational classes and events

multi-sport facility easily adapts

The

to accommodate a diverse range of sports, and creates space for youth and intramural programming

The ground floor atrium provides flexible, open space to host markets and a wide-range of public or private events

A range of meeting rooms and classrooms provide flexible gathering space for community groups and neighborhood meetings

The rain gardens collect and filter rainwater at the source, which is naturally filtered at the source through rain gardens

ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY

MIXED INCOME TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

Environmental System

Affordable units are mixed

Greenroofs

support stormwater management and create activated rooftop space for private programming

across all floors, enabling an inclusive community

Roof Garden Rainwater Collection

Local KC restaurants and cafes

line the pedestrian spine, providing diverse food options and an animated promenade with expansive outdoor patios, in close proximity to key transit corridors

Stormwater Recycling

Gardens Situated to Ensure Access to Sunlight ㌀瀀洀

Community Farming Garden

The open, landscaped courtyard connects residential and retail space

㤀愀洀

Necessity retail at grade , including a grocery store and pharmacy, serves residents and attracts high foot traffic from the East Village Transit Center

Building Shadow During The Farming Season

BUILDING TYPOLOGY Parcel A Fuse on 8th

Retail For-sale Residential Structured Parking

Parcel A Fuse on 9th

Parcel B East Village Research Hub

Total GSF

138,577 SF

164,653 SF

269,388 SF

155,300 SF

Roof Garden

9,526 SF

6,545 SF

17,857 SF

13,993 SF

Highlights

· For-sale residential units · Groundfloor retail · Rooftop garden

· Mixed income units · Groundfloor retail · Rooftop garden

· Mixed income units · Research office · Groundfloor retail · Agri research vertical garden lab

· Mixed income rental · Rooftop garden · Co-op structured parking · Retail at grade

Retail Rental Residential Office Vertical Garden Structured Parking

Retail Rental Residential 0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

Retail Rental Residential Structured Parking 0 0

Parcel C Stacks on 10th

Retail For-sale Residential Structured Parking

Parcel D East Village Community Agri-Center

50,000

100,000

150,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

Parcel E The Landing

Parcel E The Podium Total GSF

Total GSF

88,682 SF

295,818 SF

34,682 SF

Roof Garden

11,636 SF

1,572 SF

6,286 SF

1,464 SF

Highlights

· For-sale residential units · Groundfloor retail · Rooftop garden

· Food incubation complex · Vertical Gardens · Exhibition Halls

· Mixed income units · Groundfloor retail · Rooftop garden

· Local and necessity retail · Rooftop garden · Enables spine activation

Retail Rental Residential Structured Parking 0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

Retail 0

Parcel G The Canopy

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

Parcel G The View

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

Parcel H The Anchor

Total GSF

245,220 SF

131,587 SF

197,476 SF

160,425 SF

Roof Garden

18,277 SF

6,157 SF

3,821 SF

5,834 SF

Highlights

· Mixed income seniors housing · Community Center below · Rooftop gardens and outdoor courtyard

· Food focused local retail · Canopied outdoor courtyard and rooftop gardens · Co-working office space

· Mixed income units · Dense transit oriented development · Retail at grade

· Mixed income units · Dense transit oriented development · Mix of local and necessity retail · Rooftop gardens and open courtyard

Retail Office Structured Parking 50,000

150,000

121,000 SF

Parcel F Spark Community Center

100,000

Total GSF

200,000

Retail Rental Residential Office Community Centre

50,000

Total GSF

Retail Office Vertical Garden 0

Parcel C Stacks on 9th

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

Retail Rental Residential Office

Retail Rental Residential Structured Parking 0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

TOTAL USE MIX

PARTNERSHIP NETWORK

HOUSING PARTNERS

INNOVATION PARTNERS

FUS ON

ART PARTNERS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

D E 21%

39%

4% 11%

G 6%

Ground Floor Activation

FINANCIAL SUMMARY $2M $14M

$2.1M

$2.8M

Pro Forma inputs: Key assumptions

Permanent sources

Construction Sources

$13M

$31M

$23M

12M

$71M

$12M $12M

$59M

2019 Downtown KC Population

28,148

Population Growth

Construction Cost Premium due to COVID & Labour Shortage

20%

2019 RSMeans City Cost Index

$98M

$273M $31M

$391M

Soft Costs Infrastructure Costs

Acquisition Costs Reserves

Community Center

Homeownership

Shared Offices, Labs, Incubators

Retail

Urban Agriculture

Senior Construction Loan Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Equity New Market Tax Credit Equity Regional Grants

Equity TIF Loan Opportunity Zone Fund Equity EPA Stormwater Grants

Senior Permanent Bank Loan TIF Loan Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Equity New Markets Tax Credit Equity

Total Development Costs

Unlevered IRR

Levered IRR

Equity Multiple

PHASE 1

$198M

9.7%

19.3%

3.2x

PHASE 2

$157M

11.2%

20.7%

2.8x

PHASE 3

$123M

10.4%

26.7%

2.3x

TOTAL

$478M

10.3%

22.9%

2.8x

Affordable Units 30%

Underwriting Assumptions

$59M

Hard Costs Financing Costs Developer Fee

Mixed-income Rental

Pro Forma outputs: Financial performance

Market Conditions

$2M

$0.8M

$2M

$33M

Structured Parking

Construction sources

Development Costs

14%

$291M

Opportunity Zone Fund Equity IRB Developer Equity

+2.59

Building Efficiency

85%

Vacancy Rate

Residential Rent Growth

Expense Inflation

Residential Cap Rate

Commercial Cap Rate

7-8%

Affordable Units 31%

Affordable Units 30%

Intergenerational Programming Senior - Youth Garden Program Commnity Classes Atrium use for weekly produce market.

Building on Community Production Strengths Low-cost shared kitchen and food hall rentals for opportunity to build up local businesses and access high-foot traffic on promenade.

Production in community garden and vertical gardens for year-round opportunities. Portion for market demand to generate sustainable employment and job training opportunities.

Knowledge Sharing

Culture and History

Distribution

Research

“Food incubator” for local organiztations to rent office space, host events, host meetings and job training opportunities.

Public exhibition space partnering with community associations and local organizations in adjacent communities, to express teir own food and agricutlural narratives.

To partner with existing affordable food distribution networks in areas with low access to affordable and fresh food options.

Research to strengthen local food systems, economics, waste, and innovation in vertical production.

Vancouver Art Gallery Gallery Instructor: George Baird Location: Vancouver, Canada December 2020

VANCOUVER

51 BLOCK

SITE

The Gallery Expansion The Vancouver Art Gallery was founded in 1931. The Gallery’s home for 52 years was in a 1911 art deco building on West Georgia Street. The Gallery moved to its present site, at 750 Hornby Street, in 1983. Formerly the provincial courthouse, the Gallery is situated in the centre of downtown Vancouver in an historic neo-classical building designed by Francis Rattenbury in 1907. The courthouse was converted to a gallery by architect Arthur Erickson and Associates. The Gallery’s site, which takes up an entire city block (Block 51), is owned by the Province of British Columbia, managed by the British Columbia Building Corporation (BCBC) and the Gallery sub-leases the building from the City of Vancouver. The total building space is 165,000 gross sq ft, with a total exhibition space of roughly 40,000 sq ft.

The columns, dome and ornamentation are made of sandstone and granite in the Neo-classical style. It pays homage to the Greek and Rome origins of Western Civilization’s law and order. The marble interior and distinguished rotunda are exquisite.

The building on the east side will become a bridge connecting the north,south and original buildings . The ramp on the north side will provide convenience for the disabled, and the ramp is 6m away from the original building. This kind of spatial organization allows people to not only visit the interior, but also the facade of the old building. For the new building on the south side, due to the sunken square, I raised the new building and kept the square. In order to ensure that the sunken square has enough light, I raised the first floor of the south building by two floors. The atrium of the new building in the southern square is extracted from the space of the old building. I inserted a hollow cylinder to form a spiral ramp and an atrium.

Extracting shapes and spaces from the original buildings and use their shapes to boolean, cut and merge, and then integrate them into new spaces. These new shapes and spaces will be used mainly on facades and plans. It is a process of projecting original architecture into new spaces.

Gallery was erected in a lot between a row of houses and a service station in what was then a residential area at the edge of downtown. Designed by local architects Sharp and Thompson, the building was constructed in the Art Deco style as a single floor of gallery space. Its façade incorporated a frieze on which the names of great painters were carved and the entrance was flanked by the busts of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.

25.40m

21.00m

16.80m

12.60m

8.40m

South Elevation

25.40m 21.00m

19.30m

16.80m

12.60m

8.40m

8.40m 4.20m

East Elevation

23.80m 23.80m 19.30m 19.30m 16.80m 16.80m 12.60m 12.60m 8.40m 8.40m 4.20m 4.20m

North Elevation North Elevation

Quanzhou Donghai Villa Residence Location: Quanzhou,China June 2017

The East China Sea

Quanzhou Donghai Villa

The Average Annual Temperature in Quanzhou

Annual Precipitation in Quanzhou

Traffic Analysis

Residential Surroundings

In Quanzhou, Gucuo is the ancient building, which is very regional cultural characteristics. Gucuo has a unique facade, its approach is called "out of brick, into the stone".The facade of the ancient house is made of irregular stones and regular bricks, the bricks and stones are engaged with each other. And stones constitute the main elements of this feature, different proportions of the stone form a different facade, so I summed up the four roughly the proportion of the length, width and quantity, to be reconstructed.

The project needs to meet the lives of five people.The owner is an artist, the function of the house need exhibition space and studio, I arrange the exhibition area, studio and garage in the basement. A part of the backyard will be hollowed out to introduce part of the sunlight into the basement to ensure indirect sunlight for the studio and exhibition space. According to the principle of space organization in Gucuo, I form the space into a variety of circulation. The kitchen and the master bedroom are divided by the atrium, split into the two types of living space. There are three rooms on the second floor, which are the children's room, and a small living room. The atrium conforms to the Gucuo's patio.The inner wall of the atrium is mirror stainless steel. Concrete, water, light and mirror, the difference of these materials creates a speical experience.

Volume Study

Through the relationship of the ancient facade, rough stone and smooth brick. Based on the relationship between these two materials and the further integration of space, lighting, patio and corridor space, a new spatial relationship is formed.

Architecture diagram

The whole residential space is formed by the transition of exterior and interior, therefore, the space can transit from external ‘stable space’ to internal ‘unstable space’, the state of this is like the ancient facade and its interior. This relationship from outside to inside, which makes the entire residential space have multiple space experience.

Stability

Unstability

Facade Fluctuation

Brick

Stone

Brick

Spatial Fluctuation

Outside

Garden

Architecture

Atrium

Unstability

Architecture

Garden

75°

80°

Due to the local climate, rainfall is extremely abundant. I sloped the wall of the atrium to ensure that the rainwater can flow down the wall to the pool in the atrium. These spaces allow the body to experience the characteristics of the local climate during a specific period of time.

Rainfall Analysis

West Elevation

South Elevation

Outdoor View

Interior View

+0.000

1F Layout

Short Section

Long Section

Model

1:100

Airpocalypse The word ‘Airpocalypse’ was first used in 2013 in China to explain the levels of toxic smog. Instructor: Wei-Han Vivian Lee Location: Shanghai, China December 2021

CHINA Shanghai

Shanghai

The Artificial River

A long time ago, Shanghai was a desolate marshland with a shallow river flowing in the center. When there is too much rain, it will flood; when there is less rain, it will dry up. People suffered from this... Until the Warring States period(from 475 B.C. to 221 B.C.), a general came to this riverside and led the people to dredge the river so that the whole river was connected to the East China Sea. Since then, people lived on both sides of the river, and there were no more droughts and floods. Afterwards, the citizens called the Huangpu River the mother river. Huangpu River

14K

3.5

7K m

Shanghai is a port city. Throughtout history, the prosperity and development of Shanghai city is based on the development of the port. Between 1865 and 1990, thousands of docks and factories were built on both sides of the 113-kilometer Huangpu River. The economic and cultural development of the city depends on the Huangpu River, which carries the memories and dreams of the citizens.

Shanghai Shipyard 1862

Yangshupu Water Plant 1881

Fufeng Flour Mill 1898

Shanghai Electric Power Company 1935

The Gutzlaff Signal Tower 1883

Yangshupu Power Plant 1911

Yangshupu Gas Plant 1932

Shanghai 'Blue Chimney' Wharf 1925

Shanghai Brewery 1911

Slaughterhouse 1933

Shanghai Alcohol Factory 1933

Baogangl Stainless Steel Plant 1980

Opened in 1843, Shanghai is one of the cities with the earliest start of modern industry in China, the most concentrated industrial development and the largest number of factories. Shanghai's modern industry began in 1840 with the Opium War, and the industrial remains accumulated in the course of more than 100 years of development recorded the history of the development of Shanghai's industrial civilization. Shanghai has become the largest and most important industrial city in China in the 1940s. Its industrial buildings are mainly distributed continuously in strips along the Huangpu River. However, in this frenetic urban development process, air pollution has become a very serious problem. Every day, the thick smog continues to erode the lungs of citizens. The word ‘Airpocalypse’ was first used in 2013 in China to explain the levels of toxic smog.

Factory

One day in 1980, the Huangpu River became one of the top ten ports in the world, those past stories had long been buried by factories and docks. Those past stories had long been buried by factories and docks. Numerous factories formed a narrow and continuous belt along the Huangpu River. They are like non-stop beasts that continuously discharge sewage into the river and emit exhaust into the sky. Every day, over the workers' area, the soot and oily air was filled with the roar of factory horns and the low breathing of workers. The enthusiasm of the workers, the fantasies of the citizens and the dirty air weave a feast of desires.

In 2003, many factories shut down and moved to the suburbs. Those formerly bustling factories have now become giant tombstones standing on the riverside. In these spaces full of moments and discontinuities, those overlapping structures are still full of enthusiasm for order. The city has long been seriously polluted, and the polluted air and water continue to enter the body of every citizen.

In 2025, nearly 50,000 Shanghai residents died from air pollution every year. However, air and water pollution still has not improved and factories in the suburbs are still emitting exhaust gas endlessly. Those viruses and smog were spreading in the city center, and citizens yearn for healthy air. Masks have become a necessity for Shanghai residents.

In 2070, This is the way the world ends: not with a bang but a bronchial spasm. The natural environment has been irreversibly destroyed, severely polluted air, and heavy haze fill people’s lungs. This grand filth ritual enacts a shattering and renewal of social systems.

In 2050, urban air pollution became the number one environmental factor leading to death worldwide. In cities, more and more buildings are given up to storage, automated factories, and parking lots. In some Chinese cities where the vacancy rate is quite high, many shopping malls that should have been full of people are now turned into warehouses. The space around us is increasingly given up to machines and objects. Behind these, energy factories are still tirelessly emitting exhaust into the atmosphere.

Chapter II Purification

People need a new type of building that will be combined with a giant air purifier. The inside is completely separated from the outside.

This is an appeal to transform the architecture itself into a machine.

The government had no choice but to build a new city on the Huangpu River. Those new types of buildings surrounded by huge air purifiers and water filters stood on the river.

In this strip-shaped city, people are forced to become prisoners of architecture and machinery, and they have to rely on the thick wall and machinery to live. In the middle of the city are the political and public buildings. Two residential communities are located on the north and south sides, while plantations, hospitals, cemeteries and large factories are on the border of the city.

The river provides power for the machines that purify the air. These machines are integrated with the building to form a prison in which people can only live. A new social system has been formed in this city. The government controls these huge machines.

People need to pay for the air through labor. The fresh air replaces money and becomes the new currency in circulation.

In this new city, the energy is mainly provided by the Huangpu River. Those huge machines located at the bottom of the building roar throughout the day and night. These energy sources continuously drive the air purifiers located inside the building. In order to reduce energy loss, the ruler reduced windows, and those thick walls effectively blocked everything.

Each building is connected to two bridges. The bridge on the west is mainly used by citizens, while the bridge on the east is mostly used for transportation.

Odorlibrary

This is the odor copying machine of the old world. The library is filled with different rooms. The huge sphere in the middle is the oxygen storage tank.

The space is full of misuse of symbols. Each room has a machine that can release various odors (synthesized from air and chemicals) in the glass space. The citizens are indulged by a variety of obsessive unknown odors.

Small Air Purifier (Concrete Model)

Bathing Facilities

This is a chaotic area full of hormones and alcohol, where corruption and depravity breed. Private and collective fantasies are created here, which is also a social cohesion.

Here is the space at the bottom. There are different liquids in each pool. Naked people drink, enjoy, observe, and dialectic in the purified liquids. This is the opera stage.

The Allotments This is the residential community, The prototype of this is panopticon. In this fierce collectivist, this is the only private place in the city. Each family will be assigned to a house. These houses are equipped with independent giant oxygen tanks.

They cannot purify air and can only exchange and store oxygen through labor. The community is under surveillance. There are no gatherings and no arguments. Only people are breathing oxygen carefully in their homes.

Each community is within the surveillance range of the central sentry tower. None of the houses in the community have ceilings so that residents can monitor each other.

Holiday Machine Actually holiday machine is medical institution. However, the doctors and nurses here are fanatics of ventilator. They obsessively believe that pure oxygen can heal everything, so there is no sadistic life extension and treatment here.

Every week, those workers come here for oxygen therapy. This is stipulated by the government and is an important part of citizens’ holidays.

Doctors and nurses dance around here, medical equipment is disguised as totems, and the breath of patients is covered by pure oxygen. The atmosphere here is like a celebration.

Moral Factory

The Moral Factory is a social integrator. Here, workers review the ethics of society in overlapping cubicles, reviewing and reconstructing new ones at regular intervals. Workers vote to ensure that the moral satisfies the social machinery. Morality, as a tool, is produced and practiced in this space. Morality adapted to social mechanisms will be staged in a theater located above the building, where citizens will participate and watch.

1. Theatre 2. Factory

Plantation

TThis is a plantation where people grow food and experiment with plants

Government

Each government official has a small space. Oxygen is free in these spaces, but at the same time there is a strict hierarchy.

Every employee can only breathe the oxygen that their boss has breathed while working. Therefore they struggled for fresher oxygen.

Oxygen Plaza

This is the sanctuary of air purifiers, Citizens come here to worship every day. They regard purifiers as sacred totems. They are indulged in the feast of oxygen. They are energetic, in order to make social or political innovation and dialectics at any time. Their thoughts and senses are echoed in pure oxygen. This space is full of memories, corrections and creations.

I saw you fall to the ground. I saw the oaks fall. The clouds collapsed. The river fell, the grasses fell. I saw the fog outside the moment that slowly penetrated into the body These bodies were in a confined place the moment of gathering Their gaze Machine breath Order of space There was neither the beginning nor the end Conveyor belt was running What they contain was invisible our arms braced with weight. What power Fell down A few glints in the air catching sun although there was no sun as nothing was in our lives, or ever will be.

VIDEO LINK: https://vimeo.com/758453916

JOHN INNES COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTRE MJMA Location: Toronto October 2023

GRAPPLING WITH COMPLEX SOCIAL ISSUES LIKE HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION, AND POVERTY, COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN THE MOSS PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD ARE STRAINED. THE NEW JOHN INNES COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTRE WILL SERVE THE CITY WITH FLEXIBLE INCLUSIVE SPACES, ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. IT WILL PROVIDE SKILL-BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES WHILE FOSTERING A CONNECTION TO NATURE AND COMMUNITY COHESION BY OFFERING EQUITY-SEEKING GROUPS A PATH TOWARDS IMPROVED WELL-BEING.

Current & Planned Development around Moss Park

PROJECT CONTEXT FUTURE GROWTH

RBO

TORONTO COMMUNITY HOUSING TOWERS

E ST

URN

GEO

TER

RGE

SHU

EXISTING JOHN INNES COMMUNITY CENTRE

SALVATION ARMY MAXWELL MEIGHEN CENTRE GOOD NEIGHBOURS CLUB

MOSS PARK ARENA

SALVATION ARMY HARBOUR LIGHT MINISTRIES

LAN

The John Innes Community Recreation Centre’s (JICRC) core principles have been greatly influenced by extensive community and indigenous engagement. Its design is open, democratic and natural, and caters to the social servicing of this densifying neighborhood while ensuring accessibility and safety for marginalized groups. As part of a series of amenities along the Sherbourne Street boundary, with the new Ontario Line Station and existing Moss Park Arena, the new 4-storey, 75,000-sf facility replaces an aging, inaccessible building—one defined by its imposing piano nobile—with an inviting pavilion that acts as a gateway to this historic greenspace. Rather than turning its back away from the park, the new community centre clearly embraces its urban condition by buttressing the surrounding streetscape and putting its recreation and community programs on display.

ALLAN GARDENS

SHE

In Toronto’s Downtown East, Moss Park has lagged behind the city’s cultural and economic changes. The current park has consistently served as a vital inner-city green space for recreation, food production, and respite from a rapidly densifying downtown. Now this space is at risk of being eclipsed by that very same growth making the design and use of green space all the more critical. After the decline of industry in the 60s and 70s, the Moss Park neighbourhood became marked by its substantial presence of social housing, shelters, and health centres, leading to a significant poverty rate and many equity-seeking groups living in the area, including Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, sex workers, and unhoused individuals.

FOLLOWERS MISSION

MOSS PARK

TE EN S

MOSS PARK ARMOURY (FEDERAL)

FRED VICTOR HOUSING

Density of Social Services around Moss Park

QUE

FRED VICTOR / EMPLOYMENT ONTARIO

ANISHNAWBE HEALTH TORONTO

A CONNECTED ACCESSIBLE PAVILION A critical piece of social infrastructure, the JICRC presents a protective canopy leading into the building. Street-level features, such as the natatorium and community rooms face the park and Sherbourne Street, together with park-accessible public washrooms and showers, establish a vibrant and purposeful presence.

Sherbourne St Entry

RECEPTION CAN OVERSEE ACCESS TO CHANGEROOMS, POOL VIEWING & ELEVATORS

EXTERIOR WASHROOMS WITH PARK ACCESS

IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FUTURE ONTARIO LINE STATION

Exiting JICRC

AQUATICS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF DIFFUSE NORTH LIGHT

FUTURE ONTARIO LINE STATION

PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS

INTERNAL STREET CONNECTION TO MOSS PARK

MAINTAIN URBAN CORNER

Proposed JICRC Expansion – Small Site = More Moss Park

Access & Orientation

SHELTER, SUPPORT & HOUSING ADMINISTRATION [SSHA] NEAR ENTRY

Bike Clinic in Multipurpose Room off Sherbourne St

Multipurpose Room opening to Moss Park

A NEW GATEWAY TO THE PARK

INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT

An internal street, linking Sherbourne Street to Moss Park, serves as a gathering space, reception area, and safety control point. The woodshop, a community-favourite program from the original building, is re-created on this level to take advantage of the adjacent service yard and viewing from the lobby. This area also houses a service desk for the City’s Shelter, Support & Housing Administration division, fostering connectivity between different program areas, including lounges, viewing spaces, program rooms, a youth hub, athletics, and administration, all within a welcoming timber-lined atrium. Broad canopies at the internal street’s park and street entrances enhances the internal connection’s role in unifying various site elements.

An extensive engagement process was developed by the client’s own Office for Indigenous Affairs for local input on the design of the building. This process contributed much of the natural form and material selections from the mass timber diagrid structure, wood finishes and cladding choices to programming distribution. The building is intended to host Indigenous gatherings, smudging ceremonies, medicinal garden stewardship and sacred fire events in the adjacent park. An Indigenous-only art competition will result in artwork incorporated onto the grounds and suspended within the lofty lobby space. Incorporating Indigenous art and placemaking is crucial for fostering cultural understanding, respecting traditions, and advancing Reconciliation.

Level 2 Study Bar overlooking Atrium & Terrace

Atrium View connecting to Moss Park E/W Lobby Section

OFF-LEASH AREA

MOUNDING

PLANTED EDGES

BASKETBALL COURTS

BOULDERS

BIG LAWN

PLANTED EDGES

MOSS PARK

Ground Floor Plan

MOSS PARK

1:200

1. VESTIBULE 2. LOBBY 3. RECEPTION 4. OFFICE 5. WASHRROM 6. UNIVERSAL WASHROOM 7. CHANGE ROOM 8. ACQUATIC CORRIDOR 9. GUARD ROOM 10. AQUATIC STAFF ROOM 11. STORAGE 12. AQUATIC SHOWERS 13. AQUATIC HALL 14. MULTI-PUPORSE ROOM 15. KITCHEN 16. WOODSHOP 17. ACTIVITY ROOM

RECLAIMING A TRIBUTARY The significance of this green space in Toronto’s rapidly densifying downtown cannot be overstated. The development of the new JICRC goes hand-in-hand with the revitalization of Moss Park, a project guided by input from local Indigenous com13 munities and rooted in the area’s pre-colonial history. Like several green spaces in Toronto, Moss Park conceals a creek that has been buried over time. The central idea of unearthing and embracing this creek’s nonlinear nature forms the core of the rejuvenated park’s concept. It features a food forest, community garden, and other 12 12 11 9 site-specific amenities that emphasize the land’s importance, setting it 1apart from 6 5 7 7 historic green spaces. the formal, colonial design of many of Toronto’s 5 10 11 18

18. VIEWING LOUNGE

19. DUST COLLECTION

20. STAFF KITCHEN 21. GARBAGE / LOADING 22. ELECTRICAL ROOM 23. INCOMING SPRINKLER

4 8

3 2

STACKED SOLUTION FOR MORE PROGRAM THAN SITE The natatorium and gym, both the largest program areas, are stacked above each other to respect the tight footprint of the site. Situated on the north end of the building, they let natural light pour in while taking advantage of its diffuse quality. Distinct program areas have been arranged to encourage porosity, ensuring that visibility across spaces reinforces a feeling of safety and connection—a shortcoming of the existing CRC. A second floor outdoor terrace wraps along the southern edge of the building, providing a secure exterior environment complete with a rooftop garden, elegantly extending the park’s footprint to a higher plane. A break out space at the third floor with direct views to the gym will serve as a gathering space for youth, while a fourth floor running track will circumnavigate the entire perimeter—allowing for uninterrupted movement and unobstructed views over the park and city.

Gymnasium

Moveable Partitions in Youth Breakout Lounge

CRAFTED WALL TILE

WOOD SLATS

ON SITE RECLAIMED WOOD

UHPC

FEATURE MATERIALS City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation

JOHN INNES COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTRE

Shuter St Elevation

CONNECTING TO NATURE THROUGH MATERIAL AND FORM The JICRC façade is composed of a base of robust, damage-resistant UHPC cladding (ultra high performance concrete), with similar stone-like panels elegantly framing glazing at the levels above—this undulating forest of slender vertical openings rhythmically frames views of the various activities on display in the community centre. The efficient and light high span concrete reduces the need for excessive metal subframing and is considered better than typical aluminum cladding from an embodied carbon perspective. From inside, the framing of the city and park views is complemented by the building’s extensive use of wood, evident in the structure as well as numerous finishes. The owner has reclaimed many trees from the installation of the Ontario Line which will be used to create interior finishes and furniture such as a harvest table in the second floor lounge.

Ground Floor Plan

1:200

Second Floor Plan

1:200

1. VESTIBULE

1. BREAKOUT LOUNGE

2. LOBBY

2. L1 LOBBY (OPEN TO BELOW)

3. RECEPTION

3. WASHROOM

4. OFFICE

4. UNIVERSAL WASHROOM

5. WASHRROM

5. LEADERSHIP

6. UNIVERSAL WASHROOM

6. STORAGE

7. CHANGE ROOM

7. ACTIVITY ROOM

8. ACQUATIC CORRIDOR

8. DANCE STUDIO

9. GUARD ROOM

9. AQUATIC HALL (OPEN TO BELOW)

10. AQUATIC STAFF ROOM

10. OUTDOOR TERRACE

11. STORAGE 12. AQUATIC SHOWERS 13. AQUATIC HALL

14. MULTI-PUPORSE ROOM 15. KITCHEN 16. WOODSHOP

17. ACTIVITY ROOM

18. VIEWING LOUNGE

19. DUST COLLECTION

20. STAFF KITCHEN

14 14

6 7 6

11 5

21 16

1 1

15 4

23. INCOMING SPRINKLER

22. ELECTRICAL ROOM

21. GARBAGE / LOADING

ADD TERRACE GRAPHICS?

Third Floor Plan

1:200

Fourth Floor FourthPlan Floor Plan1:200 1:200

1. BREAKOUT LOUNGE

1. GYMNASIUM 1. GYMNASIUM (OPEN TO (OPEN BELOW) TO BELOW)

2. L1 LOBBY (OPEN TO BELOW)

2. TRACK2. TRACK

3. WASHROOM

3. EXTERIOR 3. EXTERIOR MECH WELL MECH WELL

4. YOUTH

4. STORAGE 4. STORAGE

5. MULTIMEDIA ROOM

5. UNIVERSAL 5. UNIVERSAL WASHROOM WASHROOM

6. COMPUTER LAB

6. L1 LOBBY 6. L1(OPEN LOBBYTO (OPEN BELOW) TO BELOW)

7. ACTIVITY ROOM

8. STORAGE

9. UNIVERSAL WASHROOM

8 10

7. ELEV CONTROL 7. ELEV CONTROL

12 12

10. GYMNASIUM 11. WEIGHT ROOM

12. FITNESS ROOM 13. ELECTRICAL

14. STAFF ROOM

15. L2 OUTDOOR TERRACE

34 14 13

56 5

3 7

8 8

15 15

THANK YOU