CHEN SHAOYU | MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE(2022-2025)
Gsapp, Columbia University
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THE SHELTER ABOVE SEA
How to build a building without land?
Competition Design, China
Jan. 2021 - Mar. 2021
Design specification
Due to global warming, the rising sea level has caused a large number of natural disasters and cities been flooded. Based on this trend, it is predicted that in the future we will have to move out of the land and live on the sea. The project was built on the basis of the gradual submersion of land cities and the needs of creation of new cities on the sea.
The main function of the offshore part of the building is housing so as to meet the living needs of a large number of people, and it is placed on the water to meet the lighting needs. The top platform is a sky farm. The main functional areas of the public area on the water are café, library, bar and so on to meet people’s leisure and entertainment needs. Also, a crescent platform extends out for water drops and boats to berth.
The whole building is not separate, and they can be spliced together. Functional facilities are different from each other. A large number of individual facility connected to the water platform are spliced together as a new type of watery city, and people can slowly get away from the land and live on the sea. The submerged city becomes a scenery of the strait, warning people to learn
50m 200m 400m Sea level rise is a kind of delayed natural disaster to human survival and economic development. Just because it is delayed, it is often not taken seriously by people. The rise of sea level brings harm to people living in coastal areas. It increases the frequency of catastrophic storm surges in coastal areas, intensifies flooding, erodes coastal lowlands and coasts, and recedes coasts. The polluted water in coastal areas, the salinization of farmland, the increase of tidal range and the strengthening of wave action weaken the ability of coastal protection dykes and DAMS, force designers to improve engineering design standards and increase the investment of engineering projects. It will also aggravate the intrusion of sea water in estuaries, increase the difficulty of sewage discharge and destroy the ecological balance. Floods Extinction Some of the world's cities are vulnerable to rising sea levels. If global temperatures rise by more than 1.5C, the world's oceans will rise by more than 15 inches (38.1cm) by 2100. Moreover, if global temperatures rise to 2 degrees Celsius, the world's oceans will rise by more than 20 inches in a century. However, it is important to know that rising global temperatures may adversely affect cities that are geographically prone to storms and floods. "These global metropolises may look strong and stable, but this is an illusion. They are increasingly threatened as sea levels rise."The main cities affected are Jakarta, Bangkok, Lagos, Dhaka, London, Houston and Manila SEA LEVEL RISE MAINLY AFFECTS AREAS According to data monitored by NASA satellites, the Earth's sea level has risen by 85.9 millimeters since 1993, an average of 3.4 millimeters per year. Sea level rise is mainly due to two factors: 1) the melting of glaciers increases the amount of seawater; 2) Increased volume caused by warming sea temperatures. 0 20 40 60 80 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Sea Height Vanation (mm) millimeters per year margin: 0.4 Data source: Satellite sea level observations.Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SATELLITE DATA:1993-PRESENT RANGE CHANGE 3.4 SEA-LEVEL RISE DATA THE DANGEROUS OF RISING SEA LEVELS Analysis CAN ARCHITECTURE HELP MITIGATE GLOBAL WARMING?
New Materials 'TALK' to Energy Issues Solar Panel According to the principle of photovolt effect, Solar cells are used to convert Solar light energy directly into electric energy, and Solar panels are used to absorb sunlight Composite Film A new type of insulating material for solar cells. Can be used to replace the glass in the solar cell, and as a battery cabin support material. Provision of nutrients The bottom of the sky farm provides nutrients to help crops grow Organic-inorganic Hybrid Film It consists of layers of polymer that are resistant to bad weather and ultraviolet radiation. Mechanical Kinetic Energy Seawater captures mechanical kinetic energy as it turns the spiral Anchor O2 CO2 O2 Carbon Nanotubes Ensure the strength and small density. The important raw material for producing carbon nanotubes is CO2.In order to consume CO2. Hydraulic Potential The hydraulic electro generating says income kind of significance is the water potential energy turns the mechanical energy, also turns the electrical energy the switching process. Interior Device Ciecadian System Plantation Structure Soner System Water Purefier Oxygen Carrier Many functions vary systematically in acircle of about 24 hours and are called"circadian rhythms Plant indoor plants for self-pufficiency Use sound waves-in-waterito detect,locate and communicate with underwater targets Purify the external seawater intodrinking water and bring it to the interior Absorb oxygen form the sea and store Store thermal energy and converts into kinetic energy Droplet Structure Cycle Process CNT nsulating ayer Chip Layer Structure ayer Perspective Section Platform Above Sea First Floor of Platform Plan Lobby Conference Room Lobby office Sea Channel A B B Accommodation Floor Plan Water Drop Manufacturing Floor Plan Bar A Basic Shape Public Modular Tower Modular Connect Modular Joint Modular Single Group Modular Group Modular City Scale Group Single Shelter & Shelter City Development New Materials 'TALK' to Energy Issues
HOW DOES THE WATER DROP FACTORY SYSTEM WORK?
Sky Farm Perspective
Transportation of nuclear
Sky Farm
The aerial farm is located at the top of the building. The interior is mainly for the experiment of new crops, and the exterior is mainly for cultivating crops to create a small ecology to provide food for human life
Sky farm
Research & Spa Center
The spa area
Transportation of nuclear
Research & Spa Center
Most of the underwater structures are water droplet manufacturing plants and laboratories for research on hydroelectric power and carbon dioxide conversion, as well as underwater farms and spas.
“water drop” is the main vehicle for people to transit in water in the future, and meanwhile can meet the needs of people’s necessary daily life. The powerful internal recycle of water can supply human life for a long time in water drops, so water drops in the submerged cities are used widely as rescue vehicles, which transfer the rescued people or relief supplies back and forth between the needed regions and the new shelter city, becoming the essential means of transportation. The water drop’s surface is made of carbon nanotubes to mitigate global warming and meanwhile the water drop can be deformed according to the current water pressure to drive with maximum efficiency. People constantly produce and improve the “water drop” to meet the needs of people living in water.
Detail Structure
Sky Farm
The underwater part of the building is mainly a water drop parking lot, a water drop manufacturing factory and a laboratory, and a spa area.
The water droplets are processed continuously on the rotating device to achieve streamlined automatic production.. The hydroelectric laboratory is connected with the hydroelectric space from top to bottom. After hydroelectric generation, the purified water flows directly into the hydroelectric room, and the sewage after hydroelectric treatment is recycled back to the laboratory for power generation
Lobby
Water Drop Parking
Underwater Farm
Water Drop Manufacturing
Water Drop Laboratory
Mechanical Dynamic
A-A Section
B-B Section
skin
floor skeleton typical
Water Drop Manufacturing Perspective
Hydroelectric Laboratory Perspective
Bath Area Perspective
Pier 15 New York, United States.
Sept. 2023- Dec. 2023
How to repurpose construction debris?
Design Statement
Pier 0 is located at the end of Maiden Lane, adjacent to pier 15. It has been conceived as a material construction waste recycling plant with the primary aim of repurposing construction debris and reintegrating them into the construction market. This project also has a dual mission: to raise public awareness about the concerning issue of unused materials after construction and demolition in a time of escalating consumption rates.
On the first floor, the building's program encompasses an art exhibition area, a public indoor plaza, and a window that links the public to the recycling factory floor. Within the industrial program, materials are separated and sorted, aggregates are processed, and the final output is transported via boats, completing the continuous cycle of the recycling plant's purpose.
The second floor extends above the factory floor, serving as a public exhibition and performance space that highlights the industrial character of the environment. The hanging corridors are lined with glazed walls, symbolizing transparency in the material's journey within the urban landscape. As one traverses these corridors, they ascend to the observation deck on the third floor, which is seamlessly connected to a public concourse.
LV2 PLAN LV3 PLAN
River-Water Heat Exchanger solar panels on roof for electrical energy operable windows for natural ventilation rainwater collection on roof rainwater runoff to rooftop garden louvers open for interior ventilation plants for sun shading louvers for sunshading MAPPED ELEVATIONS AXON
MEP SUSTAINABILITY
MAPPED CURTAIN WALL MAPPED RAIN SCREEN FACADE DETAIL
FUTURE SHANSHUI CITY
How to embody the Shanshui spirit with ecology and architecture?
The Design of Urban Lishui City , China
May. 2020 - July 2020
Design Statement
This project is designed for a scenic city located by Ou River, Lishui County, Zhejiang Province.Based on the county's unique location and cultures, the design introduces the concept of a scenic city, to spread China's landscape culture that sticks to people's minds and serves as their spiritual shelter. Meanwhile, it also tries to power local tourism culture along the Ou River, fueling the economic development in neighboring regions.
It aims and features to build a hotel that goes well with their surrounding landscapes and is extended on gardens, with a theme on hills and waters. This hotel is built into an architecture of new Chinese style, whose pitched roofs and bracket system carries forward traditional Chinese building styles, as well as wood-imitation materials blend with natural sceneries surrounded it. The whole architecture there is enclosed by dotted buildings, connected by corridors, stitched together by flowing water in the center, and accompanied by natural plants. This hotel fits well into a scenery garden, whose main functions include a guest room, banquet hall, hot spring, Buddhist meditation, and office area to create a space for people's minds whose inside and outside areas are linked by distinctive waterfront platforms.
160m 640m 320m 1280m ROAD NETWORK FOR EFFORTLESS MOWEMENT RESTORATION OF POST ROADS CONNECTING ANCIENT AND MODERN RING OF MEMORY SURROUNDED BY SHAN-SHUI CONNECT MEMORABLE DEITINATIONS Highway Provincial highway County highway Freeway Inter-city rail Railway Channel Six class cannel Urban land Water system Transportation hub Acient town Village Sights Acient trail Urban land Water system Outter ring-valley loop Inner ring-acient trail(existing) Inner ring-water loop(existing) Inner ring-water loop(proposed) alley loop Water loop(proposed) Water loop(existing) Trail Secondary trail Acient town Village Residence Industry Commercial Public Water system Culture Legend 1900AD Qin Dynasty Wei,Jin,Northern and Southern Dynasties Tang Dynasty Song Dynasty Qing Dynasty Nowadays N G T N G T N G T RE-ESTABLISH HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIONS OPEN SAPCE FRAMEWORK URBAN LAYOUT RESPONDING TO LOCAL MICROCLIMATE Main water system Secondary water system First-main waterfront green space Second-urban waterfront green space Third-parks green space First-main waterfront green space Second-urban waterfront green space Third-parks green space Wind flow Wind flow Design zone Sights Village Acient town Loop Acient trail Green space Scenic area WATERFRONT PROMENADESHAN-SHUI JOURNEY Existing City Situation Analysis Site Culture Treasure Ode of Baiyan Wind of Kuocang Mountain Ancient City Heritage Guyan Painting Countryside Existing Pictures Position Analysis
Perspective Section
B-B
Perspective Section HOW CAN BUILDINGS AND WATER BE BETTER CONNECTED? Office Guest rooms Terrace A A B B Hall Banquet hall Office Guest rooms Guest rooms Meeting room Hot springs Hall Meditation chamber Pool Party lawn Corridor First Plan Second Plan Detail Section RIVER OUJIANG WETLAND AND SHALLOW HIBERNATION IN STREAMS FORAGING IN WETLANDS PLAYING IN ESTAURY Proposed Wetland Strategy Roof Wall Floor Lanscape & Water Lobby Office Guest room Leissure area Staff Guest Layer Analysis
A-A
Hot Springs The Entrance Lingering Garden Lion Grove Humble Administrator's Garden Shanshui Hotel Guest room Guest room Guest room Lobby Lobby
office Leissure area Snow Scenes Meditation Chamber
Shanshui Spirit - Garden Element Extraction
Shanshui Spiritual Dwelling Experiencing Shanshui Waterfront Living Space Chinese Traditional Dwelling Shanshui Landscape Shanshui Conrtyard
Shanshui Spirit & Experience
How
RECALL OF SEA
to revitalize abandoned land reclamation?
Regional Design in Macau, China
Aug. 2019 - Sept 2019
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Design specification
The work is a waterfront built on the newly filled ground in Macau. In order to attract more tourists, the left part of the base is mainly designed to be commercial area with a swimming pool deep underwater, the right part is mainly occupied by casinos and amusement parks, and the far right part is the corresponding area, which is mainly used to build monomer of underwater theater.
The whole waterfront area is mainly integrated with Macau culture and the surrounding environment, and the soft curve is integrated with the sea water. The whole design aims for leisure and pleasure.
commerce80% art 6% academy 2% lanscape 12% main road node hotel route scenic route maximun water level polluted heavily polluted Macau international airport Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge New Macau ferry terminal Zhuhai boundary 3928m 4385m 1250m 4127m site
160m 640m 320m 1280m A A B B
building landscape car lane & parking public spaces
commercial&amusement
plaza theater overall planning
Final perspective
the proposed parking
the existing bus route
the proposed car lane
bike lane
square
pedestrian road
woodland grass&shrub
wetland
sandbeach
shopping mall swimming poll casino restaurant amusement park theater grass tree fruit animal car bus taxi bicycle sports field hockey rink dog park fishing marina duck boats swan boats picnicking sitting aerial view
zone
bathing place
zone
natatotium bath bath shop
business
outdoor
mooring
theatrerplatz
park theater underwater cafe
B-B Perspective Section
A-A Perspective Section
HOW ARCHITECTURE INTERACTS WITH THE SEA?
Underwater Theater
Derived from the shell shape, the theatre blends with the sea. People can not only enjoy the drama, but also eat in the underwater restaurant and feel the nature up close
Site Plan
Transforming
Detail Structure
DECK ASSEMBLY embossed tiles adjustable tile pedestals waterproofing membrane R30 batt insulation PTD.drywall
ALUM.WINDOW ASSEMBLY
WALL ASSEMBLY waterprooing membrane composite sheathing panels 18GA MTL.stuos drywall
FLOOR ASSEMBLY T&G wood flooring C-channel MTL floor josists R30 batt insulation PTD.drywal
Cafe Overhead down Hall Overhead
Office
Cross-section View
original site connect to the surrounding recall of the conch morphogenesis become podetium pull form the underwater public space press connect to the sea form the roof the final perspective
Hall
down down up up up up
First Plan Under Restaurant Plan
Restaurant
Second Plan down
WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS CAN RESIST SEAWATER?
HOW POP-UP HOMES ARE RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC?
HOW DOES A CLOSED SOCIAL SYSTEM WORK?
HOW DO THESE UNITS WORK TO FIT INTO THE SYSTEM?
Harlem New York, United States. Sept. 2023- Dec. 2023
HOUSING AS THEATER LIFE AS PERFORMANCE
9:00 AM 15:00 PM 21:00 PM
How to 'truly' integrate housing and theater?
Design Statement
Theater played a crucial role in Harlem's history. Famous community's theaters like the Apollo Theater have served as platforms for local artists to showcase their talents, and eventually became spaces of empowerment, providing a voice for the local community and contributing significantly to the cultural and social fabric of Harlem.
Instead of integrating theaters or performance spaces as a amenities in the building, we are trying to extract fundamental attributes that make up the theatrical experience and implement them into housing spatially and visually as a mean to explore a new co-living experience enhanced by the idea of theater.
Housing itself is already theatrical. Performance activities are not concerts and actual theater plays. Pedestrians walking along the hallway, the sound and smell of resident’s cooking, the voice from your neighbor’s arguing and laughing, these are all elements that sort of compose a large play with the space of living as a backdrop, and all the diverse daily activities will be perceived as performances, viewed by the community collectively. As our title says, HOUSING AS THEATER, LIFE AS PERFORMANCE
1B1B 323 ft2 2B1B 583.9 ft2 2B2B 718.7 ft2
959.6 ft2
3B2B
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN SECTION
ul RECALL OF THE MINE & TUNNLE Nebida Design, Italy Jan. 2019 - July 2019 How to Activate Architectural Vitality Based on the History of itself
Design Description
This project is designed based on Lavadia. The region once flourished for its mineral resources, but it is gradually decaying due to overexploitation. To develop and promote the local declining mining culture, the building will be transformed into a comprehensive building with an ore museum as the main body and an entertainment function as the supplement.
The process of ore mining and processing is the main line throughout the building, and people can learn more about the ore culture through the machinery and ore in the ore exhibition area. The mining culture is penetrated in a popular way, such as streets where artisans perform, operas telling the history of miners. People can personally experience how to process the ore and make the crafts they want, which allows people to interactively participate in the production and helps them gain knowledge better. Besides, the building also contains a swimming pool, restaurants, hot springs, terraces and other recreational areas, where people can relax and entertain themselves after studying.
The building is not located in the center of the city, so there is an accommodation area at the foot of the hill, which is convenient for visitors to stay. They don't need to travel to places with sea views, this is the only option for them to spend their holidays.
Residential C C
The
Mandara Spa
Construction Detail Design
SKYLIGHT WINDOW
STEEL TRUSS
Roof Detail
SKYLIGHT WINDOW
STEEL TRUSS
STONE WALL
Design Description
GLASS
STONE WALL
STONE FLOOR
Wall & Skylight Window Connection Detail
Key Factors Sea Arch Material Landscape 0 800m 400m 1600m GENERAL LAYOUT N WHICH OLD BUILDINGS SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND WHICH ONES SHOULD BE UPDATED? C - C Perspective Section
Building Section
Hall Site Plan
Restaurant
Hall
The accommodation area at the foot of the mountain provides convenience for visitors coming from far away. The roof is made of glass and steel, which is combined with the original heavy architecture, and the eaves are in the Italian architectural style. The dining room stands out from the sea, the spa is comfortable and the bathroom has a great view of the sea. The small building greatly meets the needs of visitors. Accommodation Area
The
Level 12.000 Craftsmen Show The Hall Conference Hall A A B B Level 6.000 Mining Tool Display Show Viewing Area Manual Workshop Screens Ore Show A-A Perspective Section B-B Perspective Section Mining Tool Display Hot Spring Craftsmen Show Level 0.000 Pool Restaurant Hot Spring Manual Workshop Display Backstage Wine-tasting Room Restroom WHAT KIND OF FEATURES CAN ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE?
Craftsmen Show Mining Tool Display Ore Show Screens Show Viewing Area Manual Workshop Manual Workshop Display Hot Spring Restaurant Backstage Outdoor Platform Pool Foundation Interior Wall Exterior Wall Steel Frame Glass Roofing Roof Decoration Layer Analysis
Pool Restaurant Platform Bathroom
Arch
Mandara Spa
TO MAKE FULL USE OF ARCHITECTURAL ARCHES?
Manual
workshop Display HOW
CAT'S PLUG IN CITY
GSAPP, ADR course
Sept. 2022 - Dec 2022
This is the Adr assignment for the first semester of the MArch Program at Columbia University, which is to research an existing architectural project or concept and express it in my own way. I chose the architectural concept of Plug in City, and since it is not a built building, I used a cat as the main character to tell the story of how to live in the city and how the city works.
The summary of the story is : The cat wakes up in its own plug-in dwelling unit, and the movable device has spread its wings to fly to the plug-in office. At the office the cat struggles to draw from day to night, and after work it can quickly reach the entertainment places through the transportation pipeline to play with its’ friends, and finally it returns home exhausted and falls asleep. The last picture of the cat sleeping peacefully at the owner's feet, found that this day's life is just a dream of the cat.
I used felt to make a model of the dwelling unit as a toy for the cat to explain the origin of the cat's dream.
Animation links: https://youtu.be/ OJTm5B48F7Y
Model and Cat (Handmade by Felt)