PORTFOLIO Selected works 2014 - 2020
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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
0.0 m
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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.
Âą0.00m -0.90m -3.00m
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.
0.45m 0.30m -1.55m
Âą0.00m -2.00m -3.00m
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
for
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
15
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
19
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
1
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
15
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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10
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
07
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
architecture and urban design Sta c k e d A p a r tme n t
C o mmu n i ty C e n te r
C i ty Wa l l S ta ti o n
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