Application For MArch of Gatech Boxian Zhao bersonzhao2019@gmail.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
PORTFOLIO INTRODUCTION EDUCATION
From a certain point of view, architecture is undoubtedly more like a life form. It not only has birth, sickness, death and material energy exchange, but also can rely on programs to self-replicate in the future. Therefore,
Bachelor of Architecture 09/2014 - 07/2020 Tongji University of Architecture/Shanghai, China
for architecture, humans are more like playing the role of God. We have never stopped exploring the relationship between man and God, which is same of architecture.
WORK & ACTIVITIES Mapping of ancient architecture in Shezu autonomous county, Zhejiang
2018
Homestay Renovation of Cave Dwelling Summer Practice in Shanxi Province
2018
Promotion Activity for Garbage Classification in Tongji University
2019
Summer Camp in the Netherlands, Renovation Program of Massilo Factory
2019
Site mapping, model, digital drawing, layout
With a strong interest in exploring the complex relationship between architecture and people, I selected four projects, which could reflect my thinking and skills. “Cube cloud” aims to explore whether in the increasingly
Earn 8000 rewards and Responsible for concept design and final presentation
ZHAO BOXIAN No.1239 Tongji University Siping Rd, Shanghai
Responsible for site design, structure construction, activity scheme and presiding
dense urban life in the future, especially China, we can create a variable building model to achieve the purpose of saving resources, improving efficiency and at the same time satisfy most people's demands as much as possible; In the “Connection Activator” project, I hope to start from the campus nearby, analyzing
Responsible for site design, diagram drawing, future plan
the cause of land waste, looking for potential, and developing more possibilities; Record Hotel is based on the underlying emotional demands of people, starting from the couple ’s psychology, intending to creating a
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AWARDS
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more novel relationship between people and the building; Finally, the Bank skirt is based on the old factory,
Second Awards at Construction Competition in Tongji University
2016
Annual Outstanding Work-Folklore Museum
2017
Outstanding Work at Huagongfang International Construction Design Competition
2018
First Place at Design Summer Camp in Tongji University
2019
Organizer: Tongji University
hoping to integrate the existing resources around it, with the intention of making it a landmark building with less intervention. The four projects have different starting points, but the goals are very similar --- on the basis
ABOUT MYSELF
Organizer: Tongji University
In the age of individualism, I was not keen to find myself. In my opinion, constant thinking is the most important thing. In this age of change, I will never stop changing. Apart from satisfying the never-end curiosity of knowledge, I just want to find the most comfortable posture to live
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TOEFL:102 Listening: 28
Reading: 29
Speaking:22
GRE:321+3 Verbal: 153
Quantitatives:168 Writing: 3.0
Writing: 23
Organizer: Guangzhou International Campus
Organizer: Tongji University
of exploring the relationship between people and architecture, creating value and a better life In my opinion, an architect is more like a chef. What he does is closely related to everyone ’s daily life. It is so ordinary, but you won’t listen to your mother to tell a set of obscure theories before cooking. She must first fill everyone's stomachs, secondly try to make as delicious as possible, and finally, if she has the additional time, she can figure out how to make dishes look more attractive. If only fill hunger, life has no fun at all,
SKILLS Rhinocerous
Keyshot
Autodesk CAD
Tspline
Adobe Illustrator
Sketchup Pro
Grasshopper
Adobe Photoshop
Substance Painter
Vray
Adobe Indesign
Autodesk Maya
Lumion
Adobe Premiere
Revit
and if only care about the appearance, life will lose its true quality. The goal of the architect is purely simple. Those so-called adherence to various genres is not the most important. Therefore, in the process of solving problems, we must raise our thirst for knowledge to full marks and learn to use various skills as much as we can. Finally we must be clear all the time that architecture should be people oriented, should serve every individual. This is my understand of how to confront the changeable future, which also accords to your school’s motto---"Progress and Service"
BANK SKIRT WAREHOUSE RENOVATION OF SUZHOU RIVER
RECORD HOTEL RECORD & COUPLE & ARCHITECTURE
CONNECTION ACTIVATOR ACTIVATE POTENTIAL ACTIVITY IN CITY CORNER
CUBE CLOUD PROBE INTO FUTURE CUSTOMIZED URBAN LIFE
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CUBE CLOUD
PROBE INTO FUTURE CUSTOMIZED LIFE
As a senior experimental project, this solution is based on the mobile architecture theory of the famous architect Yona Friedman, and explores the variability of today's architecture under the rapid development of information technology. In order to show a mature and highly feasible solution, we also studied modules such as drone transport technology, Business model, interaction design, etc. in addition to architecture.
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Location:Yongjia Rd, Shanghai Area:3500 ㎥ Collaborator: Liu jiayin Contribution: conceptual design, digital model, interaction design, drawings Academic work in second semester of senior Time:03/2019-06/2019
market gym KTV
Emotion Need
Substance Need
park
Needs
psyco clinic cafe theater
Information Need
Basis
urban farm
office
library
Individual needs are diverse, from emotion to material, from information to social. However, from the perspective of the group, these needs have certain commonality, and the commonality determines the reproducibility of the demands. Therefore, in the early stage of the development of the industrial era, the level of human productivity has changed, but it still has not reached the level of satisfying each individual customization,so people’s life have been accustomed to following the needs for a long time. This also determines that throughout the 20th century, urban planning has strong functional division characteristics.
Drawed by Yona Friedman
Thesis Background
People follow needs
But after entering the 21st century, people are experiencing this unprecedented technological revolution, productivity and information levels have exploded, robots and 5G technology have continued to mature, and individual customized needs have been unprecedentedly met. In the future, there will definitely be larger and more mature customized urban life. Therefore, from the perspective of urban space, which technical means should we apply, which management mode should we use? How to achieve this lifestyle? This project is based on these three points to explore how to efficiently create future urban life.
Experimental base
Needs follow people
In 1958, Yona Friedman published his first manifesto : "Mobile architecture". It described a new kind of mobility not of the buildings, but for the inhabitants, who are given a new freedom. To be compared with Piano and Roger’s projects, his work is more about flexibility. Mobile architecture is the "dwelling decided on by the occupant" by way of "infrastructures that are neither determined nor determining". Mobile architecture embodies an architecture available for a "mobile society". To deal with it, the classical architect invented "the Average Man". The projects of architects in the 1950s were undertaken, according to Friedman, to meet the needs of this make-believe entity, and not as an attempt to meet the needs of the actual members of this mobile society. The teaching of architecture was largely responsible for the "classical" architect's under-estimation of the role of the user. Furthermore, this teaching did not embrace any real theory of architecture. Friedman proposed then teaching manuals for the fundamentals of architecture for the general public.The spatial city, which is a materialization of this theory, makes it possible for everyone to develop his or her own hypothesis. This is why, in the mobile city, buildings should : 1. touch the ground over a minimum area 2. be capable of being dismantled and moved 3. be alterable as required by the individual occupant.
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Return
Step1: Beginning
Step2: Development
Step3: Mature in each block
Step3: Connection
Customer Job
Time Return
Time
Net income Cash flow Operation cost Capital return rate
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App for Commitee
Category
Structure
Cube creating
Delievery
Auto-check
Supermarket Public service Barber shop
Commercial Office
Urban farm
Residential Pub
Landscape
Cafe
KTV
Laundry shop
Estimated number of users
Estimated area
Estimated floors
Creat New Cube!
Departure: XXXXXXXX Destination: XXXXXXX Contact: XXXXXXXX Distance: XXX Estimated time cost: XX
Business Model
APP for users
APP for comittee
Requirements
Purchase
Residents
detail
Electricity
detail
Light
detail
Temperature control
detail
Ventalization
detail
Water pressure
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Construct
Factory
Commitee Feedback
Steucture Stability
Suggestion
Logistics
Guide
Vote
Job demands Space demands
Installation Process
Build COMPLEX Data
Data Cloud Recycle
Data Cloud Analysis People Analysis People Analysis
App for Commitee
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Office (1 cell)
Hotel (1 cell)
Mini Shop (1 cell)
Snack (1 cell)
Mini Garden (1 cell)
Temple (2 cells)
Pavilion (2 cells)
Dance Room (2 cells)
Cafe (3 cells)
Inside Farm (4 cells)
Clinic (4 cells)
Club (4 cells)
Salon (4 cells)
Library (6 cells)
Mini Gym (6 cells)
Classroom (6 cells)
Gallery (7 cells)
Children Playground (9 cells)
Big Firm (9 cells)
Lecture Hall (12 cells)
App for Users
Renderings
Cafe
Roof Garden 6
Small Apartment
Inside Farm
Salon
Urban Farm
Roof Garden
Cafe
Education Institution
Mini Hotel
Terrace
Library
SECTION A
Coffee
Book Store
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Installation Art
Gallery
Mini Bar
SECTION B
Gallery
Rest Area
Park
Company
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CONNECTION ACTIVATOR The original intention of the project was to discover abandoned areas on campus and try to activate them. I chose this base because the area is on a school boundary and the conflict is more intense. These conflicts have led to the abandonment of large tracts of land, but also indicate more opportunities at the same time. Although the plan is based on traditional location and needs analysis, I hope to be able to explore the possibility of new relationships between students, young workers, and residents through the guidance of space and the configuration of flow lines. 9
Location:Siping Rd, Shanghai Area:5000 ㎥ Individual work Academic work in first semester of senior Time:09/2018-12/2018
The site is located in the southeast corner of Siping Road Campus of Tongji University in Yangpu District, Shanghai. To the east is Siping Road, an urban expressway. Opposite the road is the new campus of Tongji University under construction and a large number of residential areas. The west side of the site is the only 400-meter playground at Tongji University. Yangpu District is one of the most densely populated areas in China. The average house price is around 20,000 US dollars per square meter, so large playgrounds are very attractive to citizens. However, the site has been in a state of desolation and does not match its lot properties. After analysis, the most important cause is that the road surface of Siping Road is too wide and the traffic volume is large. Based on this circumstance, this design aims to revive the urban corner space, and further surrounds the three basic objects of residents, students, and white-collar workers, giving the space a higher value potential
Speed km/h
Siping Rd Everage in Shanghai
Traffic Flow Number/min
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Siping Rd Everage in Shanghai
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Site Analysis
Value Genarating Process Public Communication
Creative Environment
Social Experience
Privacy
Club Activity
Entertainment Accessability
Exercise
Information of Community
Community Activity
Communication
Accessability Route
Entertainment
Sports area
Green Land
Office/School
Public Space
Distribution
Due to the blocking of Siping Road, residents cannot reach the area's only playground for exercise activities in the fastest and safest route. So the average time cost for walk is close to 70% of the actual exercise time
The population density of this area has reached 27,000 people per square kilometer. In this densely populated area, the public space is scarce, so the connection with limited public area as a node appears to be particularly important.
The population composition of this area is divided into three categories: residents, students, office workers. Due to the extremely high population density, there is a greater possibility of interaction between the three.
Residents Road Exercise
Traffic
Education Public
Walk Residential
Time
Function
Residents Staff
Entertainment Other activity
Young Staff
Students
Community Program
Office Green land
Self-study Area
Space Flexibility
Residential
Accessability
Red light
Entertainment
Exhibition
Other
Roof Garden / Big Stairs / Square
Students
Entertainment
People Book Shop
Restaurant
Fitness Room
Community service Firms Bar
Student Activity Center
Public Space Garden
Community Party Space
Gallery
Pubil Living Room
Tea House
Show Case
Cafe
Social Cognition
Connections
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Roof Garden
We-work
Survey Data
Work Instruction
Sense of Participation
Sense of Participation
Professional
Potential Employment
Young Energy
Lecture Room
Space Genarating Process
1.Get axis and functional partitions from Preliminary analysis
2.Get three countyyards and organize traffic flow based on them
3.Push and pull to get the grandstand and roof garden
4.Get the running track and connect with the opposite area
5.Internal space deliberation with boxes
6.Organize different functional space based on preliminary research
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2. Gallery 6.Activity room 10.Restaurant 14.Office
3.Lecture hall 7.Security room 11.Bar
4.Entrance hall 8.Floorless 12.Kitchen
1. Shop 2. Office 5.Book shop 6.Storage 9.Entertainment 10.Service
3.Floorless 4.Artist studio 7.Cafe 8.Club room 11.Digital education
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RECORD HOTEL
RECORD & COUPLE & ARCHITECTURE
This is one of the most interesting projects I have ever done. When I received the task for a theme hotel, the first idea that flashed in my mind was the record. As a rare antique on the market, the record carried many childhood memories. Therefore, I want to use the characteristics of the record to record the sound, to explore the meaning of the building's life and people's psychological feelings. I hope this will open up a new way of thinking about the relationship between building and people.
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Location:Experimental project Area:32 ㎥ Individual work Academic work in first semester of junior Time:09/2017-12/2017
Backgound
Translation
In ancient times, people almost passed word only by mouth. It was not until the industrial era in 1873 that Edison invented the gramophone to completely change this situation. Records also came into being. However, this 10-inch record has a lot of shortcomings. Its speed is too fast, resulting in a short playing time, only about 10 minutes. The vinyl record we are now familiar with appeared in the 1950s, But the emergence of digital music has greatly hit the record industry. Digital music is compressed and stored in binary. This method will affect the sound quality to a certain extent.However, the record is different, because the sound wave is converted into mechanical vibration, which can guarantee to save it without any quality lost. This is also an important reason for the rise of vinyl records nowadays, which also becomes my inspiration.
Motivation Technical Strategy
"Record Hotel" is a small-scale building. The target group is mainly couples. Starting from the record, it studies its development history and production principles, and translates the meaning carried by the record into the building through space and construction methods. Therefore, this solution is not only a space design, but also covers my thinking about the life of the building and people's psychology.
Master Burn
Sonic wave >>>>>> Electric current >>>>>> Digital data
Vinyl records have a wider range than digital music, for the latter is compressed by computer
Silver Plating
Cadmium Plating
Material Resin, Burin, Sensor
Cadmium Plating
0.06 ㎥
25 min
Remove Silver & Master
PVC Pressing
Record Done
PVC Pressing
Record Done
153.1 ㎥
212D
Low requiremen for sound quality
Burin Sensor
7.5m
Sonic wave >>>>>> Electric current >>>>>> Mechanical energy
12 inch
6.5m
Psycho-Pattern Shellac Record 10inch
Advent of Big Radiogram Depression
The Second Avent of War Vinyl record 12inch
Popular of Cassette
Flourish of Pop music
Advent of CD
Collection of Vinyl record
Boom of Record shop
Commeorate
Participate
Expose
Overhear
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Privacy is a very sensitive topic for most people. The first reaction to this wall that can record the voice of life is to be alert, as if someone is eavesdropping next door. In fact, there are many ambiguities in life, and it is precisely those behaviors that try to break through traditional cognition to make many people get pleasure from it. Therefore, the "record hotel" is challenging privacy to a certain extent, but no one knows whose sound it is. Where your voice is engraved, even if it is found, it is like finding a needle in a haystack from the sound with worrying quality. But for couples who live only one day, this is a completely new experience. The sound of sex will be recorded, but no one knows. At the same time, you can also explore the voice of others. You only need a small hard card to hear the record. The lives of others are on the wall, and these are also the lives of this building, a real testimony 17
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BANK SKIRT
WAREHOUSE RENOVATION OF SUZHOU RIVER
How to give new functions to old buildings in the urban context of the new era is the focus of this project. Under the guidance of instructor, we learned many classic cases such as ARUP Melbourne Office, Shanxi Re-veil Factory Renovation and so on. Therefore, we focus on how to explore the more possibilities of the old building by reconstructing the boundary from the perspective of the needs of the block.
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Location:Yanqing Lane, Shanghai Area:1250 ㎥ Collaborator: Liu jiayin Contribution: conceptual design, digital model, diagrams, drawings Academic work in second semester of junior Time:03/2018-06/2018
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People Density
Deficiancy of Pubilc Space
Commercial Subway
Office
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Institution Residential
Line8
Public Traffic
Green land
Functional Distribution
Public Green Land
The project site is located at 230 Yanqing Lane, Xiamen Road, Shanghai. It was used as a port warehouse 50 years ago and has been abandoned for many years. It is adjacent to the Suzhou River in the north and the Lanes residential area in the south. From the perspective of location analysis, this place is close to the railway station, People's Square, Nanjing East Road, and the Oriental Pearl Tower, so it has high investment value. However, from the perspective of the situation of the base itself, there are many problems, such as low land utilization, inadequate surrounding supporting facilities, and severe shortage of public space. Therefore, the design goal is to expand the radius of influence while retaining the northern facade of the building and its structure, make full use of existing resources and activate the potential of the block
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Community Gallery
Shade Facade
Roof Farm
Public Star
Spiral Star
Vertical Complex
Mini Exhibition
Book Shop
Cafe
Multi-floor Street
Bank Gallery
Airflow Guidance
Inside Garden
Bar
Assembly Area
After the preliminary investigation and analysis, we have proposed a number of plans to maximize the value of the old factory itself and the surrounding urban environment. Finally, we have decided to divide the old factory into four parts, and carry out highly targeted renovation and design of these four parts. , But also consider the organic combination between them. First, for the riverside part, I hope to make full use of the riverside landscape through the form of corridors. Second, the office area will be lowered to increase the level and form an atrium. Third, the middle part of the factory will be opened to connect the riverside and residents. District; Finally, add supporting public activity facilities in community streets
Reservation Strategy
Interior Strategy
Old warehouse
Long Old Wall
Original Structure
Generation Process Car
Residents
People
Worker
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First floor plan
Second floor plan
Atrium
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Light planting soil Polyester non-woven water filter 80mm ceramsite drainage layer 40mm C20 fine stone concretv Fine sand protective layer A layer of polymer coil 1:6 gangue concret for slope 150mm concret slab Pressure steel plate Steel hanging bars Steel keel Aluminum gusset ceiling
Pandomo floor Cement mortar leveling 80mm XPS 0.030W/m¡K 150mm concret slab Pressured steel plate 200x200 HW Steel Steel hanging bar Steel keel Aluminum gusset ceiling
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OTHER PROJECTS SELECTED
CORNER MARKET IN CN DIST (Internship)
CITY COMPLEX (Academic work)
2018
RESITENTIAL AREA DESIGN (Academic work)
2018
HONGKOU PORT URBAN DESIGN (Academic work)
2018
FOLK MUSEUM (Academic work)
2017
MOUNTAIN CLUB (Academic work)
2017
AIRBNB DESIGN IN HUZHOU (Internship)
2019
RENOVATION OF LOESS CAVES (Competition)
2018
2017
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