XINWEI DAVID CHEN WORK SAMPLES 2020 by David Chan

XINWEI CHEN SELECTED WORKS

陳昕瑋 2013 - 2020

陳昕瑋 XINWEI CHEN, DAVID 華南理工大學城鄉規劃學士 B. ENG in Urban Planning, SCUT

2013 - 2018

加州大學伯克利建築學碩士 M. ARCH, UC Berkeley

2018 - 2021

[ORDER] 秩序 Order, as a state describing the appropriation of components in a whole, is established by the repetition of architectural elements. Through the clarity as well as comprehensibility of order, the essence of a building can be presented. The read of order in architecture is the translation of the intent and function into physical reality. The development of mass production for efficiency has been taking over the world, resulting in the fact standardized and simplified products — spaces included — are dominating our everyday lives. Such spaces in modern architecture bring users to a dilemma that it’s difficult to conceive the spaces when users perceive them as the extremes of abstraction and simplification. A step must be taken back from the extreme of the simplification and abstraction of orders in architecture, bringing the “unnecessary” complexity while chaotically clarity back so that it helps to better define spaces, and construct a more comprehensive and expressive architecture.

秩序，為壹種描述部分與整體關系的狀態，建立於建築元素的重復之上。通過可讀的秩序，建築的概念、意圖得以被物質化表達，從而被使用者所理解。然而，現代化的大規模生產將壹切都作為了可復制的商品——建築、空間乃至秩序亦包括在內，且這種極致的抽象與簡化將空間變得無法再被閱讀與理解。因此，重新思考並將空間與秩序從完全的抽象簡化中回歸至“無用”的復雜和“混亂”的有序，能夠將空間更好地定義，構建更有意義與內涵、豐富的建築環境。

CONTENTS 目錄 01 Station to Station A community center for reactivating the vitality of a historic site in Oakland, CA

02 Poetic Water Mechanism A vertical community for living with water in Hong Kong

03 A Market is not (just) a Market A market as a public gathering space in Oakland, CA

04 A Lonely Water Tower A tree house in no-man’s land in Rocky Mountain, Canada

05 Convergence A proposed Icon for retrieving significance of San Jose, CA

06 Intersection An elementary school in Dogpatch, San Francisco

07 Flow A library, park and recreational space in South San Francisco, CA

08 Efficiency Renovation A Renovation of a historic market in Guangzhou, China

09 Hall of Origin An ancestral hall for commemorating the past and the present in Qingyuan, China

10 Appendix: Other Projects Projects for explaining tools that have been applied for design

01 Station to Station Integrated Studio at CED, UC Berkeley Instructor: Dan Spiegel Teamwork with Maple Lin Fall 2020 /// Drawings are modified individually ///

The 16th St Train Station is located at the edge of West Oakland. Though long passed its most vital time, the site, with its historic significance, along with its proximity to the neighborhood, is to become again a focal point that, not only commemorates its political, social, and technological participation, but also converges local residents, the youths, and the musicians. The new building is a multifaceted community center that supports educational, musical as well as various communal activities, and simultaneously presents to the community its retrieved vitality.

奧克蘭十六街火車站位於奧克蘭西面的邊緣地帶。經歷過繁榮與破敗，此場地不僅擁有著重要的歷史重要性，它更成為了壹個需要重新發展以成為能服務於附近居民的壹個公共空間，以在承載重現歷史、政治、社會意義的同時，成為壹個能吸引並聚集社區的社區中心。此新建項目將成為壹個多功能社區活動中心，服務於區域內的音樂產業、社區教育以及社區活動，同時將活力重新帶回場地。

[Forgotten corner] The site is located at the border between residential area and freeways, with numerous schools, music studios, public facilities such as library and churches in proximity. The former station no longer plays a central role in the neighborhood.

[Axes Intersection] The site of new building relates to its surrounding in such a way that each edge of the site corresponds to a different contextual condition. Thus the new building response to context via two sets of axes, generated by historic structure, streets, and visual access.

01 Station to Station

[A Multifaceted Center] The complexity of the site brings into the concept of a multifaceted center - different faces of the building would vary in the activities that project out to the surrounding.

01 Station to Station

[Solid-void & Frame] A formal study focuses on a specific portion of the train station, where the track steel structure and masonry thick walls intersect. The result is a set of spaces defined by thin structures, by solid chunks, or by both.

[Building System] The structural elements read as a series of directional frames are exposed and responding to the form given by the analysis and study. Load-bearing concrete walls are in between, bringing a contrasted spatial experience when walking inside the building. Displacement ventilation is applied serving for less disturbance of the reading of grid.

01 Station to Station

[Solid Corridor] Solid corridor separating event space and program- here reading area- help guide users to approach all spaces, also the exit to platform at the end leads people to walk from the new building to the historic one.

01 Station to Station

[Layers of Activities] Multiple types of activities can be perceived through visual openings.

01 Station to Station

[Site Plan] A public plaza located in front of the historic building provide spaces for gatherings and leisure activities. Multiple paths lead visitors from streets into the plaza and finally to both the historic main hall and the community center. At the northwest edge is a grove of small redwoods that shields the site from freeway noise and dust.

[Second Floor Plan] on the upper floor, small spaces are organized around corridors that wrap around the central space. An elevated platform extends from the new building and connect users to the historic train track, where an urban farm is located.

01 Station to Station

[Ground Floor Plan] The circulatory corridors formed by the pairs of concrete walls organize spaces with two-story multifunctional event space in the center. Smaller cuts through the pairs of walls at the event space create visual connection between the layered space inside the building. 01 Station to Station

[Transparency] Two-layer faรงade system, with U profile frosted glass panels on the outside, is applied but differentiates at various locations.

[Variation] Air cavity on the south side provide better thermal performance of faรงade system. On the north side structural elements stands out to reveal the rhythm of the building.

01 Station to Station

[Projection of Tranquility] Dropped off from vehicles, the building invites visitors in through the change of transparency of faรงade, activities can be perceived and then attract them in.

[Projection of Vitality] Walking inside the plaza, the landscape is guiding views towards the building where activities happen and presented through the semi-transparent facade.

01 Station to Station

[Street View]

[Urban Farm] The abandoned track platform now becomes the urban farm, connecting the historic building and the new community center.

01 Station to Station

02 Poetic Water Mechanism Option Studio at CED, UC Berkeley Instructor: Renee Y. Chow, Tomas McKay Individual Design Work Spring 2020 /// Level of Excellence, SARA ///

Water has always been shaping the city as well as architectures, overhangs for pedestrians, courtyards with water well, pitch roof, canals, etc. This project is trying to have water reshape high-rise in Hong Kong, embracing water more tightly to reconnect and reactivate a community and to have people live with water, the nature. In this project, water system becomes the dominant system to shape the building. With the skin collecting rain water, the waterfalls filtering gray water and conveying clean water downward, the terrace containing water for users, the whole building functions as a machine to provide and reuse water. Moreover, all these components create more activated public spaces for people to experience. Housing with different type of units, workspaces, commercial spaces are included in this vertical community. A daycare center and a community center and a gym are inserted in this community. Water flows in between, guiding people to walk out from their private spaces and gather on the terraces. Eventually water goes to the “snake” as well as the connectors, forming a larger-scale water system in Kennedy Town.

水壹直在影響著城市和建築的形態。該方案試圖以水來重塑香港超高層社區，將水與生活作更緊密的聯系，從而將堅尼地城重新激活。在此方案中，水系統成為主導建築形態的首要元素——建築表皮收集雨水、空中花園儲存生活用水、特別設計的瀑布景觀以過濾灰水與雨水......整個建築成為壹個循環用水的機器，與更大範圍的水系統連接。

Belcher Bay

Cadogan st Temporary Garden

Kennedy Town

Ka Wai Man Rd Garden

Selected Site Kennedy Town Metro Station Forbes st Pitches

Mount Davis

[In between Nature and Dense Built Environment] This project is an exploration of an exposed water system as the most dominant element to shape this selected vertical community, surrounded by both the dense built environment (the kennedy town) as well as the nature.

02 Poetic Water Mechanism

Average water consumption 1,500cu m Predicted water consumption

1,000cu m Gray water quantity

500cu m

Sea water consumption

Building roof rainwater collection 0cu m

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[Water Usage] Based on the number of residence living here and the surface area, the on-site water consumption and collection can be calculated out, showing that there is a large gap between usage and demand of water.

[Exploded Axon] Facade - Support - Stairs for exploration and circulation - Water mechanism - Structure

02 Poetic Water Mechanism

[Water Collector & Filter] Rainwater is collected by the skin to the terraces on multiple levels. Gray water is filtered first by the mechanicals in the terrace, and then cleaned by the bio filter in the waterfall. Both the cleaned gray water and rainwater flow down through the waterfall to the bottom water storage, or to the urban water system through the podium.

[Distributed Water System] Water system is distributed into multiple levels for minimization of the dimension as well as gravity loads, and maximization of the efficiency.

02 Poetic Water Mechanism

[Section] Water falls, vertical gardens, as well as pools not only function as water filter and storage, but form the atmosphere of public space in this vertical community as well.

02 Poetic Water Mechanism

[Section] Water falls, vertical gardens, as well as pools not only function as water filter and storage, but form the atmosphere of public space in this vertical community as well.

02 Poetic Water Mechanism

[Climbing Up and Viewing Out] The in-between space is a public , gray area for the residence to experience both the nature and the vertical community with artificial water system. Offices, public vertical gardens, commercial spaces, shared kitchen, can be connected by the cantilevered stair, providing another artificial while poetic pathway for the people who live here to appreciate the mountain view outside the rain skin. At the same time, waterfalls, vertical water ponds and gardens can be accessed by everyone, the water process can be sensed by all the members of this community.

[Plan] Water falls, vertical gardens, as well as pools not only function as water filter and storage, but form the atmosphere of public space in this vertical community as well.

02 Poetic Water Mechanism

EXTERIOR RAIN SKIN

STAIRS

GARDEN

02 Poetic Water Mechanism

WATERFALL

WATER POND

TEMPORARY WATER STORAGE

02 Poetic Water Mechanism

03 A Market is not (just) a Market Urbanism and Architecture Studio at CED, UC Berkeley Instructor: Eric Reeder Individual Design Work Fall 2019

A market is always an active urban space for citizens to not just purchase goods, but gather together and have more activities. The project explores the whole fish products producing chain, trying to understand how fish are processed before arriving to the market. By overlapping and even blurring different scales into one market, a new market space with fish products factory on top is created for people to explore. Coming to this market is more than just buying fish - the place becomes a more public space for people to experience, gather, and enjoy.

市場自古以來便是最有活力的城市空間之壹，其功能不僅僅為提供購買食物的場地，而更是作為市民聚集的場所。該方案探索了灣區魚類的生產、倉儲、物流、零售的整個流程。壹個新的市場因此而誕生——將生產線與零售整合，將生產和零售的空間界限模糊，以提供壹個不僅僅是魚類販賣的市場空間，而更是居民聚集、觀賞、發生活動的場所。

[Exploring Scales] Understanding how market is working is the most important thing - as a fish market, the food process from the beginning to a market eventually, which is the process of producing, processing, storage, distribution, retailing, help to construct the market spaces - scales representing different approaches to fish are analyzed so that they can be the references for organizing market spaces. Is a market possible to be not just a market, but a place for people to explore, to understand how fish is produced and transported to a food exchange space? The whole fish producing and selling process can be shown in just the market. Scales can be mixed and even blurred into one market space and some interesting moments and experience would be created.