Work samples-Dahan Xiong by Dahan Xiong

XIONG DAHAN

M.Arch 2023, University of California, Berkeley

Academic Professional 01 02 03 05 06 07 09 08 04 Dam Good [The Three Gorges Immigrants] 01 [People in Ethnic Minority Area] [Community Funeral Home] 06 12 [The Governors and the Residents] [Commercial TOD Landmark] [Post-COVID Future Town Research] [Qingdao Oceanfront Park] [Chengdu Office Campus Conceptual Design] [A Register in the Shifting Tide of Culture] 22 27 30 35 33 18 The Silent Majority

Side New Facialism Jinding Tiandi - Gensler Weaving Courtyard - Gensler Shilaoren Seaside Park - SWA Chengdu New Area Office Campus - Gensler Architecture, A Register

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The Three Gorges migration problem is not a simple reorganization of a million people. The huge social changes caused by it, the memory of the city and the accumulation of cultural activities can never be copied.

In Zhongxian County, half of the city has been submerged owing to the rising of the water level. There are many cities like this up the Yangtze from the Three Gorges Dam.

Use one dam to correct the passive impact from the Three Gorges dam. Millions of immigrants did not have to migrate at the beginning for the “Dam Good” plan is to prevent the 14 cities from being submerged and the new dams are more integrated with their urban life and production.

Also it contains a metaphor as feedback to the "Three Gorges Dam": Ironically, the construction of the "Three Gorges Dam" was meant to radically change their living environment, but the dam's water-retaining function enabled another dam to prevent such changes so that their homes and homelands could be preserved while creating a commemorative space in an urban size for them.

Through the ideal of dam protection, life, and production function, I hope to deal with the social impact and people’s attitude of the "Three Gorges Dam" construction and hope that the survived society can coexist with the dams.

The dams would become a landmark and cultural symbol up the Yangtze River, recording this period of history.

02 Event | The Three Gorges Dam Impact

Theoriginalcitybeforethe"ThreeGorgesDam" Theleavingpeopleandtheleftbehindsinkingcity

Concept | Preventing the City From Being Submerged

Warningofwaterlevel Thedrownedcityaftertheriseofwaterlevel Thesavedcitywithanewdaminthecity

The "TGD" is about to be built

Evolution Diagram | Space and Structure of the New Dam [1] Prototype [2] Critical Level——Devision [3] Interface Layering [4] Buttress Division [5] Functional Implantation [6] Upperpart Excavating [7] Fragmentation [8] Upper Space [9] Circulation River Layer City Barrier New Dam Sanctuary Space Function Buttress Circulation

The new dams should be used to protect the cities from the Three Gorges Dam. Large-scale construction projects should be reconsidered, and a new understanding of dam typology should be delivered. Away from the role of isolated hydrological infrastructure, "Dam Good" aim to be a model, integrated with society, changing public perception of the dam and reducing the Three Gorges Dam's many disadvantages. Cities will be preserved and we hope that culture will coexist with the dam.

Manufacture Factory Farmland / Preservation Educational Facility Recreation Power Station Immigrants Take-in Sections of New Dam Integrated with City

Inward View From the Dam

Outward View From the Dam

--WushanCounty

--YunyangCounty

Zhangfei temple has existed for more than 1700 years. A large number of precious inscriptions andpaintingsweresubmerged.

The original diversity of species and a variety of rare animals inhabited here. Now, with the change of water environment,theYangtzeRiverissufferingfromnofish.

--WanzhouCounty

Wanzhou waterway has to be changed.

--FengjieCounty

Once, there were abundant Baidi cultural relics of ancestors and various archaeological works were carriedouthere.

Before being submerged, Qu Yuan's former residence, Qu Yuan Temple, ancient plank road andotherscenicspotswereherefor1200years.

--ZiguiCounty

theFirstCityofThreeGorgesRelocation

It used to be the "hometown of orange in China" for the advantages of soil, producing bestorangesinChina.

Three Gorges Dam --Shennong

The "Dam Good" solution is like a meme passing all along the Yangtze from the Three Gorges Dam on, which matches with cities affected by different factors.

Changshou Fuling Fengdu Zhongxian Wanzhou Yunyang Fengjie Wushan Shennong Zigui Three Gorges Dam

Carnival and performance are the symbol, the value and the traditional lifestyle of Yi people. Theater is the carrier in modern times.

But theater has gradually become scenery and an image for modern people to excavate the profit in this consumption society. Modern modes collides tradition as well.

And Yi people are one group being observed for an ethnic reason while now being watched in all these booming shows and activities. Their life and value need to be repositioned and the relationship between the "Performer" and "Viewer" should be rethought.

Xichang is an area that transitions from the urban areas of western China to the mountain villages also a transitional zone from modern to traditional. Also, it's a region of ethnic integration. The excavation of local “carnival” culture and tourism development of ethnic minorities promote the development of the local economy and its urbanism yet at the cost of their original life and values. UrbanismbyTourism

BasicSpacialVolumeforPublicActivities

PullOutAnotherTheaterSpace

EnclosureofFunctionalBlocks

Concept | Two Theater in a Miniature City Space | Double Theater Combination TRADITION Yipeople’scarnival

TOURISM modernconsumption

1.UrbanBlocks--OriginalCity 2.ChangeofSkyline--Urbanism

Traditional

Homogeneity Centralization

TourismDevelopmentZone TheOldCity

3.CityPublicTheater--EthnicMinoritiesLifeStyle 4.IndoorAuditorium--ModernCulturalConsumption

Urban Form

Urban Relations | Site Plan Site | Isometric Master Plan TheAancientTown

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 Exhibition / 2 Exhibition / 3 Language Center / 4 Ticket Office & Lounge / 5 Cafeteria / 6 Bookstore & Reading Room 7 Souvenir Shop & Ticket Office / 8 Exhibition / 9 Tea House / 10 Ticket Office & Lounge / 11 Clubs / 12 Office / 13 Ticket Office & Reception / 14 Rehearsal Room & Logistics Department / 15 Public Theatre

Ground Public Theater Section of City Blocks

Upper Indoor Auditorium Section of Double Theaters

These two theaters represent the transformation and integration of urban culture from traditional to modern.

An upper indoor theater of cultural consumption, capital turns local activitiesintoaperformance;

A traditional activity theater in the lower part of the city provides a placeforspontaneousactivitiesofethnicminorities.

12 San Francisco, California Instructor: Dan Spiegel Integrated Studio Work with Hanqin Tang Fall, 2022 03| ANOTHER SIDE [Community Funeral Home]

funeral homes at different times of Mission send bodies out of town through Mission

Programs | Functions, circulations and spaces studies

Mapping | History of Mission Residents Celebrating the End of Life Base

Code analysis and History of Mission District

14 Plan | Ground Floor Plan | Second Floor

| Third Floor

Plan

15 5 Perforated Metal Panel 6 Floor Raiser 7 Reflective Bottom Panel 1 Roof Finish Layer 2 Rigid Insulation 3 Vapor Barrier 4 Operable Window 8 Green Roof Substrate 9 1/8'' Filter Layer 10 3/8'' Drainage Layer 11 1/8'' Protection Mat 12 Vapor Barrier 13 Board 14 1'' Larch Strip Flooring 15 3/4'' Granolithic Paving

Chapel Underneath Upper

Part Gallery

3 Perforated Metal Panel

Operable Window 2 Facade Bracket

Facade Anchor

Reflective Bottom Panel

Reflective Panel Panel Insertion Port

Reflective Bottom Panel Anchor 3 4 5 6 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 16 Details | Facade and constructions

I Beam Welding Plate

Chapel Light Core Concrete

Ring Beam

Girder

I Beam

Shear Tab

3.the Assemblage of Construction Component

Pin Anchor

Perforated Metal

Panel Anchor Steel Truss Glazing Drainage Slope Roof Finish Solar Panel

1.Building Envelope

Slot

Panel

2.Facade Design of a Mysterious Temperament 4.Joint of Core and Steel System

Preparation for entering the monumental space Urban farm day as the community gathering event Community side courtyard Coffin corridor

Individual Thesis Work

Instructor: Mark Anderson

Istanbul, Turkey

Spring, 2023

04| ARCHITECTURE, A REGISTER

[A Register in the Shifting Tide of Culture]

19 Research and Study | Two

Pivotal Spaces of Istanbul

Collecting Hagia Sophia, A Process of Identity Transforming: a church, a mosque and a museum In-between the Grand Bazaar and Hagia Sophia Collage Activities under the Grand Bazaar roofs Activities on top of the Hagia Sophia carpet Representatives of Istanbul Identities

20 Space | Process of Creating Registers

Sectional Perspective | In-between Space of the Old and the New Hall of Procession Ruins Registers Senate House Arisrocratic Residential HagiaSophia

21 Continuous Activities Registered in the Space Study the Grand Bazaar Circulation and distribution Transform the Traditional Skylight onto Registers

Advisor: Lillian Li

Chengdu, China

Teamwork With Xu Yuxing

Fall, 2019

[Urban Image Project Redesign]

05| New Facialism

Inside the District Outside the District FACE Government Intervention Surface Displayed and Living Surface 1. Main Road Impact 2. City Image Fragment 3. Facade Repair 4. Living Fracture Surface 5. Extension of Living Space 6. External Display 7. Covered Interface 8.Internal Enrichment; External Integrity A Wanted Face Between Inside and Outside 1. Activity Width 2. True State of Activities 3. To Keep the Facades' Continuity 4. Space Usability 5. Visual Complexity And Crowds 6. Transition Space 8. Hidden and Displayed 7. Passability Management of the Problematic Community AGED RESIDENCE IN-BETWEEN SPACE RENEWED OUTLOOK Inside and Outside CIVIC ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY FACE INTACT OUTLOOK AND SPACE Above and Below 23 Interface Construction Original Block Congestion and Insuf-ficient Activity Space Outside "Refresh" and Hidden Inner Blocked Blocks Invigorate Internal Streets and Dissolving External Interfaces Social Strategy | Government and Residents Residents Living Condition Satisfaction Original Aging Campus Block in Main Urban Area Government's Unified Surface "Reconstruction-Repaint" Plan New Plan to Update the Residences and Satisfy the Government Governers Inspection Appropriation

Spactial Strategy | Two "Faces" to Meet the Expectation

Inner the facade and original functions

Bridging

Activities above and below the corridors

Urban

Facial Sections

New

External Interface

Ground Surface Enclosed Faces Community Lining Road Interface Gable Surface Traffic Space Community Interface Living Sections

in the Inner

Situation | Main Road Interface Construcion Street Interface Life Oriented Surface Functional Blocks Vertical Division New Face External Frame Residential Opening Extended Platform External Traffic Open Spot In-between Space

Site

Reconstruction Surface Visible Face Adds Main Street Face Commercial Angle Continuous Face Oblique Plane Inside Street Skyline Control Block Remove Orientation Face Outside New Face Plaza Release Internal Sealing Front Square Road Interface Life Oriented Surface Communication Transitional Spot Layover Square Intersection Connection Big Stage Ceiling Open Theater Exposure Inner Corridor Platform Go-through Stratification Running Board Courtyard Connection Up Stairs Inner Exposure Surface TrafficSpace TrafficSpace FunctionalSpace

Preserved Removed Rebuilt

Thetwotypesoffacadesandcorridors,onewithacompleteexternalform,areexposedontheinterfaceofthecity'smainroads,while theinternalspaceisrichandhiddenbetweenthefaceandtheoriginalbuilding;adilapidatedoldcommunitythatclearsurbantraffic Make the block space more open. The interface of the entire upper space is exposed, concealing the various real life activities of the residentsinthelowerpart.

Thisrelationshipofconcealmentandexposure,insideandoutside,andupanddown,dissolvestheviewingsurfaceoriginallyusedby thecityto"hide",makingitfragmented,penetrative,highlyaccessible,andfeature-rich.Inthisway,thepurposeofunifiedupdatingof purefacadesiseliminatedand"hidden".

On the external corner, the facade is combined with the corridor in a form of extension and rotation, becoming the gateway for the public to enter the inner district while providing accessible public exhibitions.

The facades in the crossing area will enclose a space at the lower part for commercial activities, while the upper part will bridge the facades on both sides to provide rest and view for the public and residents.

A plaza will be formed at the inner corner of the district, as the gathering place of the public, while the combination of corridor and facade creates different-height space for the school students and the elderly to carry out activities.

Within the region, the corridor system will bring rich top-down relationships through penetration, branching, bridging and filling, and become a catalyst for the separation, proximity, and connection of residents and outsiders. Also they become the unified platforms for the government to supervise.

Specific Design Nodes | Community Recreation/Inner Corridor Platforms Specific Design Nodes | Exhibition Entrance/Community Fair

Jinding

Tiandi [M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.]

Professional Work: Commercial Landmark, TOD

Site: Pudong, Shanghai, China

My role: SD Phase - Designed the TOD central plaza; Collaborated with Design Principle on offi ce towers/podiums facade and commercial space; Iterated plans; Created SD phase presentation packages and urban planning consulting package; Communicated with contractors; Modeling with Rhino and Revit

Summer, 2021

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Reflecting constant movement and aero flowing dynamics indoor/outdoor spaces layer the circular ‘vortex hoop’ producing ‘experiential people spaces’, providing the ability to interconnect across all four plots on all upper levels to create one clear retail circulation system and to engage with the public courtyard spaces below.

Plot 19 is the most important gateway plot of Jinding 9 plots. In order to shape the overall architectural image and comfortable and pleasant shopping environment, and improve the brand level of investment promotion, it is designed to add a roof cover above the inclined axis space to shelter from the wind and rain. The lower space remains open and accessible, breaking through the original planning plan. Here are two environment studies of it.

Unity Ring Connector

Podium 1F Podium 3F Podium 5F Podium 4F Podium 6F Podium 2F

The Central Plaza is the heart of the below ground retail, it acts as a hub of community activities, linking all 4 plots together with series of events and leisure activities depending on the season. Basement B1F Basement B3F Basement B2F Basement B1/B2 Central Plaza Plot20 Tower Facade Design Plot20 Podium Facade Design Basement B4F