Dai‘s Portfolio 2014 - 2020

PORTFOLIO Selected works 2014 - 2020

WENJIA DAI

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CONTENT

Discover the Lost Times

01 ALL ABOUT IRON Transformation of iron-identified Alpine industrial pilot

01-06

02 DRUNK CITY transformed from dying space to featured beer city

07-10

03 STUDY WITH WATER experimental educational landscape

11-14

04 CO-PUS TUM Weihenstephan campus western extension

15-20

05 DAYS AND NIGHTS IN SHAMSHUIPO landuse recombination

21-25

06 TIME MACHINE from interior to open space

26-30

07 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE social housing design

31-36

08 LYING IN THE NATURE tourist center and cruise ship terminal

37-42

09 SECLUSION residential design

43-46

10 OTHER WORKS architecture and urban design

47-50

01

ALL ABOUT IRON

R E G ION AL AN AL YS IS

Transformation of iron-identified Alpine industrial pilot

Location: Nanjing, Austria Area: 20 hectare Time: 2019.10 - 2020.1 Type: post industrial landscape planning

Eisenerz

As the biggest iron mine in middle Europe, Erzberg had been the driving force of labor and money here for centuries. The iron-related activity shaped the image of Eisenerz and it has become the inner proud of citizens there. Our project site Munichtal was originally an ironworks site with direct railway connection to Erzberg, dealing with iron mines excavated there. Munichtal will become a productionresearch complex with its iron identity be kept and more importantly, be refreshed. In the past when people mention Eisenerz they would come up with impressions like heavy work, extensive, masculine. In the future, when people mention Eisenerz, it is still about iron, but it would be about vitality, intelligence and sustainability.

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URB AN IMAGE Before 1970s

Now

Biggest iron mining in Austria atrracting pole of labour and money

Fading of traditional iron industry providing fewer jobs

ERZBERG

ERZBERG

Future (in 60 years)

Run out of mine start long-term ecological restoration ERZBERG

Alpine Resort Hotel

Slag Heap

SITE: MÜNICHTAL

A city with strong iron identity iron history shaped its city image

People leaving Bringing danger of city dissolving

Incoming young people the alive Iron city

EISENERZ

EISENERZ

EISENERZ

Spar market

CITY CENTER

ERZBERG

-the biggest iron mine in middle Europe

Furnast blast dealing tightly bound with Erzberg minning

two iron recycling factory onsite fast-replacing Industries that do not last long huge vacant space

Production-research complex with IRON identity active pole of regional recycling network

MÜNICHTAL

MÜNICHTAL

MÜNICHTAL

P H ASI N G

existing condition

in 10 years

in 20 years

in 60 years

M AST ER PLA N B

SINK PLANT BASIN +14.0 m

PARKING LOT

TREETOP WALK CLUB

PARKING LOT

REHABILITATED LAKE

+4.0 m RESEARCH CENTER HOCHO STRASSE

REPORTING HALL

FEN

RESEARCH CENTER

IRONRECYCLING

+4.0 m

+1.8 m

RESEARCH CENTER RESTAURANT

IRONRECYCLING

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+5.0 m

PARKING LOT

-5.0 m

CAFE

RENOVATIVE COMPANIES RENOVATIVE COMPANIES +8.0 m

TERMAL BATHING

Acer campestre d=10m

+7.4 m

EVENT HALL

0.0 m

OFFICE IRONRECYCLING

IRONRECYCLING

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HIEFLA UER STRASSE

IRONRECYCLING

syringa vulgaris d=6m

E IC RV ER SE ENT C

RESEARCH CENTER

Betula pendula d=12m

RESEARCH CENTER A RESEARCH CENTER +4.0 m CONVENIENCE STORE CAFE

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HIEFLAUER STRASSE

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50m

VALU E CHA IN

40 %

Transformed from vacant residence area

Community farm

Herbs\Crops\Plants Biomass

as reducing agent 60 %

Thermal grains Import from nearby city cluster

Non-scrap metals

seperate

shredd

melt

cooldown

purify

compact

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Export to gloabal market

NE-metals

Metal recycle Import from power station

collected by air ďŹ lter system

Exploit from the slag heap

Cinder sand

Inert waste Fly ash

Eco-Pavement production

Quarry restoration Export to gloabal market

F UNCT IONLA CONCEPT

SECTION A-A 1:200

SECTION B-B 1:200

02

Drunk City

L OC AT ION

transformed from dying space to featured beer city In recent years, the southern Bohemian city, Budweis, famous for its budvar beer, experienced a stagnated economy, increasing unemployment rate and a large amount of abandoned public space. The project, ‘Drunk City’ creates a new city identity with the beer industry. It aims to localize the upstream and downstream industries of the brewing industry and to make the whole production process combined with urban landscape and interactive.

Location: Budweis, Czech Republic Area: 10 hectare Time: 2019.1-2019.3 Type: open space design

mid-Europa

Cesky Budejovice

P ROBL E M S

M APPI N G

1. d e c l i ni ng b e e r i nd ust r y

wheats from Moravia

changes in levels of employment related to production and consumption of beer in 2012 beer production and sales

hops from Pilsen

beer consumption per capital in Czech Republic

changes in the number of breweries

beer sold to Vienna

Warehouse Preserved Area Agricaltural Area Waters Brewery Beer Garden Pub

Funding the small brewery

Brewery occupation

traditional beer export

Export decreased, imports increased, local traditional microbreweries get gradually forgotten

GDP development stagnated.

Unemployment rate rose, and ethnic minority conflicts intensified.

Wheat Land

Funding the Czech joint-stock brewery

development of employment in beer industry

3. e c onom i c d e v e l op m e nt st agnat i o n

Urban Parks

beer sold to Munich

The degradation of the beer industry has hit the local economy, leading to an increase in unemployment rate.

2. f or got t e n t r ad i t i onal b r e wi ng p r o c e s s

water from artesian well

Establishing a town brewery

south-Bohemia

New visitor center

S T R AT E G Y

M AT ERI AL FLOW

M A S TER PL AN N 10m

abandoned recources

process

abandoned farmland

malt field

malt

100m

200m

job opportuniy

farmer

hops planter

hops market

artesian well

50m

malt silo

merchant

oast house

water

worker

water clarity

yeast facility

scientist

outdated brew system beer

vacant factory

draft beer

barrel

beer crate

beer

vacant open space

beer garden

offering space offering substance offering jobs

driver

tanker market

waitor/ watrss

show and experience

tour guide

1. determine the scope of the ring park according to the ancient city wall

2. determine the park area according to the roadway

3. establishpublic spaces according to pedestrian flow lines

4. establish ring paths

S P AC E M OD U L E S

square

terrace

hills

amphitheater

stairs

slope walk

barrier

trestle vegetation bed

normal road

crossing

vehicle-free pedestrian

roundabout

woodland

group planting

single planting

planting box

roadside platform

road junction

river watching

platform between two roads

DET AI LS

The site is located between the new development and the old town, with roads and moats on either side. Due to its linear space characteristics, its interface with the surrounding environment is large, so a series of space modules are used for specific design, including the relative elevation transition between the park and the road, the relative elevation transition between the park and the river bank, the planting method of the plants in the park, the planting method of the linear space on the road side, and the different types of open space design. beer plaza

beer fountain

skating square

wheat bed

On the basis of the space modules, according

to the environment and the possibility of human activities, more specific design contents are established in the park. The whole park is divided into five parts, namely, the square area in the north surrounded by the buildings of new city, the hills area . the brewing garden area and the wheat field in the middle, as well as the classical garden area closely integrated with the existing buildings in the south.

At the same time, other open spaces in the city are renewed and closely linked to the beer theme, offering a variety of possibilities such as dining, sports, leisure, and gatherings.

WHE A T FI E LD The wheat can serve as the main landscape vegetation during summer and autumn. Wheat will be used for beer brewing after harvest.

People can participate in the whole process of sowing, watering, fertilizing, de-worming, harvesting and threshing.

Participation can earn points for redemption of beer production, which can promote the development of tourism. At the same time, there are also professional workers who are responsible for the maintenance of the wheat fields, which means more jobs opportunity.

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2.40m -0.45m

BR E W I NG G A R DE N After the wheat crushed into malt, it will be used for the brewing. The set of brewing equipment is placed in the square in turn, and there is an elevated walkway outside the square where people can observe every stage of beer brewing and interact with the brewing equipment.

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03

Study with Water

G IS AN AL YS IS

experimental educational landscape

topography overlay

aspect

Tangshan is famous for its rich hot spring resources and natural scenery. However, in the past years, excessive mining has destroyed the geology and vegetation, polluted the water and caused groundwater-related subsidence. The project, ‘study with water’ creates new series of educational experience. Researchers, children, explorers, vacationers can participate in and learn about ecological knowledge and have a pleasant experience.

Location: Nanjing, China Area: 200 hectare Time: 2018.3 - 2018.5 Type: regional planning

elevation slope

vegetation overlay

vegetation type hydrology overlay

vegetation structure

earth overlay

runoff buffer

vegetation coverage

ecological sensitivity

Nature provide various resources to cities

water buffer water quality

traffic overlay

earth type earth quality

landuse

internal traffic

construction suitbility

powerline concession

1-class ecologic area

external traffic

2-class ecologic area site

Yangtze river

industry

city lake

national park

water source

countryside

K E Y RE S OU R C E S T U D Y

Industries of the rural economy depend on natural resources

activity

status

natural resource

problem

agricaltural and forestry park area protective green space

vacation

ic traff

hiking

r wate

constructed area site

mining

forestry

farming

energy

lack of museums bad water quality

Recreation take advantage of natural resources

swiming

estry

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spa

soil

geologic research

industrial relics

in

terra

cultural landscape natural landscape site

Historic stele

ancient times

hot spring

Natural scenic

1 milion years before australopithecus

1405 tomb quarry

1924 hot spring

no guide system unmanaged waterside soil erosion simple vegetation

nature education

Geological museum

1912 - 1949

1950 - 2018 1935 spa resort

not enough paths

2019 - future

1990 stone mine

2030 conserved soil

2040 stone mine ruined forest

polluted water 2050 stone mine

2060 community pariticipation

M AST ERPL A N N

W AT E R AN AL YS IS runoff aspect

40m

200m

400m

A

flow quantity

valley lines elevation

23

basin area catchment area

water connection point

22

tilting point

DEM

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16 11

C IRC U L AT ION P L AN N IN G

21 20

cost distance

13

water buffer

B

17

circulation system

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6 10 8 5

alternative 1

aspect

alternative 2

slope

alternative 3

landuse

Z ON IN G

3

4

water quality elevation

14 7

9

attractions

18

12

runoff buffer

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2

B conservation zone A

heart island

lake hotel fishing pond

lane fish canteen

thermal bath resort

woodland exploration

public moving route

recreation route

exploring route

ROU T E S 1

entry plaza

9 thermal baths

2

service buidings

10 water treatment classroom

18 woodland trail

3

water hub

11 cliff climbing

19 lakeside teahouse

4

bird watching

12 campground

20 wetland trail

5

aquatic museum

13 multimedia center

21 secondary entry

6

from pond to table

14 reed islands

22

bird rescue

7

waterfall theater

15 water monitering station

23

weather station

8

hotel

16 terraced field

restoration area

17 geological museum

research route

IN T E R V E N T ION IN W AT E R C Y CLE

weather station slope stablization

nature area rainfall 100 section A - A

thermal baths cliff climbing

water community zone

water monitering station fish canteen

multimedia center

bird rescue wetland

section B - B

75 10 pavement 15

1 set up water retaining facilities to reduce runoff

evaporation 50 soil

soil moisture 2

underground

transpirition 8

water 8

20 5

2 river/lake 20

3 evaporation 12

2 choose strong transpirating plants to replenishing groundwater

3 reshape the wateredge to increase the reparien area

R EST ORATION PROCE S S phase 1

phase 2

S L OP E S T ABL IZ AT ION phase 3

phase 4

phase 5

0

gradient

2019 terrain

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30

45

70

90

flat

gentle

ordinary

retaining wall

cliff

retaining wall

fish-scale pit

terraced fiel

retaining grid

buffer pool

bird wathcing

high-line walking

terraced theater

rock climbing

cliff diving

vegetation water quality creature human activity

1

2

3

Step 1 • manage the basins • planting trees in the plains • connected road network

4

Step 2 • dredging water system • add the west entrance • add mountain road

2025 restoration

5

Step 3 • reinforce the steep slope • repairing wetlands • establish a environmental monitering center

Step 4 • diverse the woodland species • improve ecological water purification system • establish a community education center

2055 recreation

B U ILD H ABITAT savanna

meadow

forest

phisical clarify

slowing the runoff

deep water

waterfront

infiltration

ecological clarify

rain fall

transpiration

underground runoff

absorb

infiltration

porous pavement

open drainage

Cerasus

Elm

Ginkgo

Camphor

Maple

porous pavement

Liquidambar

aeration tank

porous pavement

Paralysis

evaporation

Quercus Glauca

Metasequoia

Taxodium

Reed

P U RI FICATION GALLE RY

E X PLORING S PACES

The

contaminated

surface

runoff

flows

along the bioswale and goes directly into the wetland, with the purified water goes into the sedimentation tank to remove most of the solid contaminants through ecological processes.

Then it is purified into level 2 water quality in the radial flow pool, and entered the borderless pool through a man-made waterfall. Reparien area around the pool provides ecological service to keep water self-purify.

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CO-PUS

L OC AT ION

C ON C E PT

TUM Weihenstephan campus western extension

Location: Nanjing, Austria Area: 400 hectare Time: 2020.04 - 2020.7 Type: campus planning

According to the charateristic of Weihenstephan - life science and the resources from the site, we want to develop the new campus area as a hybrid of two lifestyles - “urban life” and “country life”. We would like to bring sharing infrastructures here which will activate the potential here and promote the community life. Meanwhile, sharing infrastructures will be integrated with the site’s characteristic, such as natural environment, vast farmland and campus’ facilities.

Finally, an innovative campus will be built up on the basis of keeping essential characteristics.

Germany

Bayern

Munich

Freising

M ASTER PLA N

STRUCTUE

AN ALYSI S

Figure-ground Diagram

Analysis Map - Phasing Plan

Analysis Map - Mobility

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20

30

S ECT ION

50m

Analysis Map - Usage

PH ASE 1 MASTE RPLAN

P H ASE 1 AXON

P HASE 1 D E TAILED PLA N

05

Days and Nights in Shamshuipo

As one of the most prosperous cities in the world, Hong Kong has a large population density and a small per capita living area.

Hong Kong‘s most iconic building is a towering and dense residential apartment, and Sham Shui Po is one of the most famous residential areas.

The high density here crushes people‘s privacy and dignity. And the ecological environment is getting worse.

1. Introduce the ecological space with the productive ecological space into the city 2. Restoring the space affected by land reclamation, reshaping the ecological coastline, and combining coastal ecological space with agricultural space.

3. Renovate urban abandoned land, introduce ecological agriculture and urban agricultural tourism

Landuse Recombination

This project explores a resilient development model to reorganize and mix different land types

Through the reorganization and blending of these different habitats, the project hopes to improve the efficiency and vitality of urban space utilization, so that heterogeneous people and species can better inhabit, thus exploring the possibility of a metropolitan resilience.

N 300m

2.5km

5km

06

Time Machine from interior to open space

Location: Nanjing, China Area: 800 m^2 Time: Sept. 2016 - Nov. 2016 Type: student center

On the campus, two historical long house with brick and wood structure are facing the problem of aging structure and broken exterior-protected construction, needing great renewal or demolition. The project, ‘time machine’ tries to preserve the texture and memory of the place, turning the old building into an exhibit. The new bulk is built on the original open space, and the original building becomes courtyards and plazas, making the space more varied and rhythmic.

N 5m

The building is located on the campus of Nanjing Southeast University in China. There are two high-rise sloping roof brick-and-wood structures on the site. The service life has exceeded 40 years. Some structures and facades are damaged. It needs large-scale renovation and transformation into students. activity Center.

25m

50m

Master Plan

First Floor Plan

Section A-A

N 3m

Section B-B

15m

30m

Ground Floor Plan

Nouth Facade

View From South

View From Nouth

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Yesterday Once More Social Residence

The building is located at the junction of the new and old city. Through the study of the architectural form and style of the historical site of the city of Budweis, I tried to restore the former appearance of this area and reawaken the memory of people.

The building uses a large number of brick and concrete arches as the material of the façade, giving a stable, safe and long-lasting feeling, consistent with the temperament of the old city. This 240-metre continuous façade faces the old town and offers a relaxing view of the old city. They are like photos hanging from the wall.

Budweis is home to the famous brewery budvar, which provides a large number of jobs for the outside population. At the same time, budweis is also an important Roman settlement in the Czech Republic. In recent years, the number of foreigners in budweis has gradually increased, and it is necessary to provide a large number of social housing. The ground floor of the building is the shop and the city exhibition hall. The 1-4 floors are apartments with an area of ​​80-120 square meters, which meets the commercial, residential and cultural needs of the residents. This building will awaken the once brilliant budweis, a former bohemian city.

N 10m

50m

100m

South Facade

West Facade Master Plan

South Facade

First Floor Plan

Second floor

Second Floor Plan

Fourth floor

Third Floor Plan

N

N 3m

30m

Fourth Floor Plan

3m

15m

30m

Ground Floor Plan

1m

1m Section Perspective

5m

5m

10m

10m

Facade Unit

Section Unit

Fourth Floor

Third Floor

First/Second Floor

Located on the bank of Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing, this building is backed by the Ming Dynasty City Wall. It is a central tourist center and cruise ship terminal of Xuanwu Lake Park with a building area of about ​​ 800 square meters.

Xuanwu Lake was once an imperial garden 1000 years ago. It has Chinese classical architectural sites. This design extracts the elements and materials of Chinese classical architecture and uses

modernist design techniques to inject traditional cultural elements into the contemporary urban environment.

The building is divided into two parts, using a gallery to connect to the courtyard, cleverly handling the height difference of 5 meters from the roadside to the shore. The building form is free, and together with the hustle and bustle of the city walls and the vast lake water, it forms a landscape painting.

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Lying in the Nature Tourist Center and Cruise ship terminal

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Other Works

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