Urban Design Portfolio for UCL

PORTFOLIO

YICHANG DAI

SELECTED WORKS (2016-2020)

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Beijing University of Technology

Sep 2016 - Jun 2021(expected)

Faculty of Architecture, Civil and Transportation Engineering Candidate for Bachelor of Architecture

PROJECT EXPERIENCE Space Design & Renovation of Old Hutong in Beijing, Member

Mar 2018 - May 2018

Research ＆ concept design ＆ physical modelling ＆ drawing for the project Surveying and Mapping of the Palace Museum, Member

Jun 2018

Carried out surveying and mapping of the Palace Museum Provided updated data for the protection of the Palace Museum

YICHANG DAI

Structural Design Competition, Second Prize Works Collection for Kengo Kuma Large Scale/Small Scale Exhibition, Second Prize

Nationality

Chinese

Space Design Competition, Second Prize

Date of Birth

1 July, 1998

Excellent Student Cadre

Phone

0086-15077807198

Email

daiyichangapp@163.com

Address

51-3-301, Yaobang Mansion, Pizhou, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, PR. China

In my opinion, architecture is a subject full of contradictions. Every great building needs to solve many contradictions, and then compromise to other contradictions. A good architect will be good at dealing with the contradiction between the building and the site and the contradiction between the building interior space and people, so as to achieve the relative balance of the whole building. So I think architecture is a subject of philosophical thinking.

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ACADEMIC AWARDS

SKILLS Experienced in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, SketchUp, Rhino, Cubase and Pro Tools

LANGUAGES Chinese (Mandarin), English

INTERESTS

Flim, piano, guitar, singing, mixing and travelling

2019 2018 2018 2018

CONTENTS 01

ANOTHER ENDING - CHANGE LIFE, START FRESH Design of a private house for a virtual role of the film 'The Legned of 1900'

P4

Location - Cefalu, Sicily, Italy Jul 2019 - Aug 2019 Individual work

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AN URBAN MIRRORSCOPE

Design of a comprehensive museum of folk and modern art

P12

Location - Qianmen Avenue, Beijing, China

Sep 2018 - Nov 2018 Individual work

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CONTAINER of SHIBATI

Design of an urban complex integrated by Shibati functional blocks

P19

Location - Shibati, Chongqing, China Mar 2020 - Jun 2020 Individual work

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ARK NOVA

Design of space station in the age when the earth is wrapped in space junk

P26

Location - Space

Sep 2020 - Oct 2020 Individual work

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OTHER WORKS

Selected sketches, renderings, drawings and photos during university

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ANOTHER ENDING - CHANGE LIFE, START FRESH ——House of 1900 - A Virtual Role of Film ' The Legend of 1900 '

'The Legend of 1900' is an Italian film with high international reputation. The design gives the film an alternative ending-1900 was persuaded by Max to leave Viginian at last and start a new life on land. This building is designed for 1900 according to his personality.

Many film dialogues, personal emotion and film space are extracted to form customized architectural space. For example, the shape of the house is based on the appearance of Viginian. Five film space carrying emotion are transformed into five architectural sections which combine to a house.

Max has been the best friend of 1900 since they met in Virginian. He promised to visit 1900 in his house on land. 1900 was all the rage after he got off the ship, and he recently moved to a new house in Cefalu. Now Max decided to make good on his promise to visit 1900.

Dear 1900 How are you doing after you get off the ship? I hope you all the best. Have you met the girl? Do you talk about me with the girl? I've heard that you recently moved to Cefalu in Sicily. It's a nice town where you can hear the sound of sea everywhere. I bet you must love there very much.

I plan to visit you soon. Do you still remember our agreement? I'll bring a couple of bottles of wine so that we can talk about the fun we had on Virginian. We can even play a few songs together, just like we used to.

So is your house really shaped like a ship? I can imagine that there couid be some chimneys like that on a ship stuck across your house. Your house will also have a deck, and the things on that will be exactly the same as on Virginian. You'll show me around your house.

We can even play together after dinner, watching the sun going down at the end of the sea. I'm looking forward to it.

Yours sincerely Max

SITE PLAN

The building is on a cliff near the sea in Cefalu, Sicily. Cefalu is a famous tourist town which attracts thousands of visitors every year. The buildings of Cefalu are mostly built along the mountains and sea, enjoying the sunshine and wind from the Mediterranean all the year.

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FILM DIALOGUES

FILM BACKGROUND

- Why don’t you get off the ship? Get yourself the finest house. The world is out there. Nothing but a gangplank to cross.

The film ‘The Legend of 1900’is directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, a famous Italian director, as well as ‘Malèna’ and‘Cinema Paradiso’ . These three films are called‘Time trilogy’ of Giuseppe Tornatore and all filmed in Sicily ,his hometown. According to the director’s favor and personality of 1900, the small town Cefalu of Sicily would be a good place to settle down for 1900.

- I’m getting off this ship.

- My man...that’s aces.

- I’ve got to see the ocean down there.

- I’ve always wanted you to leave the ship and play for the people on land.

- You’ll come visit me, won’t you, Max? On land?

- Of course. While you showing me around your house shaped like a ship.

EMOTION EXPRESSION AND SPACE OF FILM

The emotion of 1900 is reflected in many ways with the promotion of film. The space of the film is also a breakthrough point of the design of 1900’s house. The building extracts many feature space of film and transform them into architectural space ,as well as the feelings of people.

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SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION

The design extracts five typical emotions of 1900 in the film, as well as the spatial characteristics of the film in certain emotional atmosphere. In addition, by extracting and recombining these elements of film space, five sections related to the film space are generated and assigned to appropraite function. The atmosphere of each section space is designed to be associated with the mood of the film. At last, these sections combine to a house.

Delighted ＆ Creative

Disappointed ＆ Lonely

Performance Space

Living Space

Bashful ＆ Afraid

Outdoor Space

Fearless ＆ Persistent

Dedicated ＆ Soulful

Meditation Space

Entrance Space

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THE SCENES OF SPACE

The entrance space is related to the gangplank outside the ship in the film. The visitors ascend a gangplank to the roof deck where the entrance door lies on. The meditation space is near the bedroom with a chimney delivering natuaral light. The function of this scene comes from the meditation space where at last 1900 waited for death in the movie. The top space of this building is translated from the deck scene on the ship in the movie. The design of the living room of the building is inspired by the high and low platforms on the ship. In addition, the window opening of the building is the same as the porthole of the ship. The end of the building is the climax of the whole story. 1900’s recital room is located here. The inspiration here comes from the scene of 1900 playing the piano on the inclined deck when the rainstorm comes in the movie. The ceiling of this space also refers to the vault of the ballroom in the movie. The lamps on the vault are made of curved reflective metal. This design expects to diffuse the natural light from the vault into the entire interior space through the metal in this way.

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SEGMENTED SECTION 1:200

SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1:200

FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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1

1

ROOF DECK

The form of roof deck is a reference to the deck of a ship. The chimneys and railings can be seen from the deck, but they carry other functions in this building. The main entrance is set up on the deck, and people who want to get into the building need to ascend to the deck via a gangplank similiar to that on a ship.

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2

2

STRUCTURE AND GANGPLANK

In this position, there's a balcony in the back. After coming out from the balcony, you can see the four concrete tubes stucking across the building and the structural arrangement of the building. At the end of the space is the performance room facing the sea. The scene of sea melting into the sky is shimmering between gangplank and structure, indicating the depth of space.

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3

3

BATHROOM

The master bedroom on the ground level of the building receives natural light from two chimneys. In addition, 1900's bedroom opens to a meditation room and a bathroom, both of which also get natural light from the chimneys. 1900 can indulge himself in natural light when taknig a shower.

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PERFORMANCE AND LIVING ROOM

After the gangplank, there is a slope in the building that corresponds to the terrain. Three platforms growing on the slope in line of the terrain are divided into three functional space according to spatial quality, from the inside to the outside, namely the living room, dining room, and the performance room.

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AN URBAN MIRRORSCOPE - FOLK MUSEUM ＆ MUSEUM of MODERN ART in QIANMEN AVENUE ———Design of Comprehensive Museum in Qianmen Avenue , Beijing , China

The project is located at the south end of Qianmen Avenue in Beijing, China. The south side of the site is the main road of Beijing and the south end of Qianmen Avenue. Qianmen Avenue is a very famous commercial street in Beijing. It is located on the central axis of the capital with a long history. Qianmen Avenue has been used as a commercial street since the Ming Dynasty, but with the development of Beijing city, it also bears more historical and cultural weight. As a result, the construction of a cultural and educational museum building that can reflect the urban fabric of Beijing has become the appeal of Beijing's urban development.

As a prestigious commercial street, Qianmen Avenue has a variety of business types, from traditional Chinese tea merchants to modern Starbucks co-existing on the street，reflecting the diversity of street business culture.In recent years, many cultural projects have sprung up on Qianmen Avenue to meet the street's sense of history, but due to government control and mixed architectural style, it has not addressed the street's cultural needs. Due to the architectural style and cultural characteristics of Qianmen Avenue, buildings are expected to meet the needs of tourists and the street by creating a comprehensive museum containing traditional Chinese culture and modern art.

DISPLAY of EXISTING BUILDING TYPES

SITE ANALYSIS

Beijing Road Network

The Forbidden City

Qianmen Avenue Details

The Great Hall of the People

Site Traffic Analysis Urban Main Road

Tiananmen Square National Museum of China

Zhengyang Gate

Existing Brand-honoured Buildings

Residence Area

Residence Area

Qianmen Business Street Qianmen Avenue

Metro Station

Target Planning Area

Urban Secondary Road

Metro Station

DESIGN STRATEGY Existing Mordern Business

Old Beijing popsicle!

Facade Extraction

Roll the dice!

Pomade!

Conesidering the cultural inclusiveness of Qianmen Avnenue, the initial design direction was set as occlusion of two function blocks. Besides, the building extracts the arch elements of Zhengyang gate at the north end of Qianmen Avenue and expresses them in the building facade and interior in a modern way. These facade arches are mirrorscope of the city because their scales are linked to those of existing buildings in Qianmen Avenue.

Good calligraphy

I want sugar man ,mom!

Osmanthus cake ！

I feel that the cultural core of this street is passing away

What a modern street!

Buildings are still ...but something changed

Existing Cultural Buildings

Current Satellite Map

TIME ＆ BUSINESS FORM AXIS

Two-way Circulation ＆ Vertical Winding Stairs As for the interior space of the building, the building illustrates a two-way tour circulation, so there would be vertical traffic spaces inside each building block, which is represented in building by a spiral staircase attached to an oval patio.The circulation of visitors also revolves around the two patios.The structure of the building is a shear wall system with double deck reversed beams.

The position of the beam moves in an arc according to the ellipse, generating shear wall and arch hole under it. In addition, the ground part of the shear wall and the position of arch hole is diffrent on each floor, which also provides more richness to the space.

Arch in Design In conclusion, arch is an important expression of this design. It is not only a reflection of the building facade to the urban street texture, but also a bridge to interconnect the space inside the building.

1550-1582 1582-1912

1950s 1979-2020

small peddler medium sized shop large business

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QIANMEN DEVELOPMENT TIME AXIS Photograph of ruins in Qianmen area after invasion in 1900

Before the Transformation of Qianmen Avenue

Qiamen Avenue around 1930s view to south

The commercial resurgence of Qianmen Avenue

After the Transformation of Qianmen Avenue

Time-honored brand shops of Qianmen Avenue around 1990s

Modern commercial building appearing after 21st century

Cultural project of Qianmen Avenue

Exonomatic Drawing of Buildings

Small business

Quanjude roast Duck

Starbucks ＆ ZARA

Cheung Yi-yuan tea house

Dabei photo studio

Dongfeng Peugeot flagship store

Quanjude roast Duck

Starbucks ＆ ZARA

Cheung Yi-yuan tea house

Dabei photo studio

Dongfeng Peugeot flagship store

Chinese drama

Chinese lion dance

Relationship of Frames ＆ Architecture

Small business Spatial Scales ＆ Activities in Folk Museum

Chinese paintings

Chinese paper cut

Chinese shadow play

Chinese Beijing opera

Modern decorations

Mordern decorations

Morden sculptures

Spatial Scales ＆ Activities in MOMA

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Modern paintings

Modern wall paintings

Large modern sculptures

MOMA mainly includes some modern paintings, murals and sculptures. You can see the human spirit in Mark Rothko's paintings, immerse yourself in David Hockney's touching colors, or play a game with Alexander Calder's sculptures.

In this design, Moma represents the modern part of Qianmen Avenue, educating people to be innovative and look for new development direction for tradition.

The folk museum here mainly collects paintings, books, activities and sculptures related to Qianmen culture or Beijing culture. You can watch paintings and drink traditonal tea in the shadow of the arch, or interact intimately with opera actors and old Beijing vauffers. In the design, the folk museum represents the essence of Qianmen Avenue's history and culture, and inspires people to protect this historic street and the intangible cultural heritage.

CONCEPTUAL DRAWING Mirrorscope of Qianmen Avenue ＆ Beijing City A Blend of Tradition ＆ Mordenity

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PLAN FLOW INSTRUCTIONS

SITE PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

The building has two entrances , corresponding to the folk Museum and MOMA respectively.

After entering the entrance, visitors can take a counterclockwise tour centered around the oval patio. They are allowed access to another main exhibition area via a central passage, or take a continuous tour experience via a spiral staircase in the patio. Of course, on any floor, visitors can shuttle back and forth between the folk museum and MOMA by themselves, and they can customize the circulation of the tour to get a different experience. This is the idea of the design of two-way vertical tour.

Circulation of folk museum Circulation of MOMA

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SECTION 1:200

SCENARIO 1:'The north exhibition hall of the folk museum' SCENARIOS of FOLK MUSEUM

SCENARIO 2: 'West hall along the street'

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SCENARIO 3: 'Spiral staircase in the patio'

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SCENARIO 4: 'Top exhibition space' SCENARIOS of MOMA

CONTAINER of SHIBATI

——Design of Urban Complex in Shibati, Chongqing, China

Shibati connected the upper and lower half of old Chongqing. As the most prosperous street in old Chongqing, it has fallen behind the pace of urban development for a long time. This design intends to re-satisfy people's various demands for this area in the form of an urban complex by integrating the original functions of shibati and the surrounding urban functions. This building stands on the dilapidated shibati, hoping to play the role of this street in the past, connecting shibati with the prosperous new Chongqing, and recreating the prosperity of shibati in the past.

OVERALL LOCATION

Court Music Bar Restaurant

China

Chongqing City

Yuzhong District

Riverside Park On the south side of Shibati is an urban park near the Yangtze River, containing restaurants, greenery and sports spaces.

CHONGQING ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE （%） 18 16 14 12

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The Dilemma of Shibati

17.1

16.2

15.1

15.1

12.7

11.4

12.3 10.6

8 6 4

Shibati

2.2

2 0

Chongqing

6.0

5.7

2004

2007

2010

2013

2.1

2016

2019

In the past, Shibati was one of the areas with the fastest economic growth in Chongqing, but in recent years, the degradation of the old business model and the emergence of new businesses have made Shibati's appearance inconsistent with the rapid development of Chongqing. Shibati has become the representative of Chongqing slums.

Office Buildings Residential Houses

Shibati Residential Area The stilted buildings in the residential area of Shibati are built against the mountain, layered on top of each other, and the internal roads are rugged and complicated.

Moonlight Shopping Center Metro Station Green Plaza

Multifunctional Buildings

Business District On the north side of Shibati is a commercial area composed of office buildings, shopping malls and other high-rise buildings, as well as a subway station.

BUILDING DENSITY of SHIBATI

2008

2014

2020

DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS of SHIBATI

Tourists

Street Vendors

40%

7%

33%

12%

8%

38%

14%

27%

10%

11%

18%

35%

21%

7%

19%

URBAN SECTION

Jiefangbei CBD

Moonlight Square

Shibati

Artists

Office Workers

Local Residents

Yangtze River Bridge

2008 2014 2020

Target Site City Roads

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Old Houses

AXONOMETRIC DRAWING of CURRENT SITE

Site Introduction of Shibati

Shibati is an old street in Chongqing's Yuzhong Peninsula, symbolizing the true mountain city of old Chongqing. It is adjacent to the bustling Jiefangbei business district in the north, the Yangtze River in the south, and is surrounded by arterial roads. The commercial, cultural, and residential conditions around Shibati are very superior, which can be called the center of Chongqing.

In the past, Chongqing was divided into upper and lower halves, and the eighteenth ladder was the way to connect the upper and lower halves. This street is rugged and steep along the mountain, with a large number of people inhabited. But now, Shibati can no longer keep up with the pace of Chongqing's development, and it has become an urban slum surrounded by high-rise buildings.

Chongqing Hongya Cave

Chongqing 29th Middle School Jiefangbei Commercial Centre

The World Trade Centre

Chongqing School for Deafmutes

Yangtze River Cableway Yuzhong District Government

Shopping Centre

Residential Community Shibanpo Overpass

Local Cultural Museum Riverside Park

Jiefangbei CBD

Moonlight Square

Yangtze River

Shibati

Shibanpo Overpass

Yangtze River Bridge

Target Site Landmark Buildings Important Sites Metro Stations Main City Roads Subway Lines

0

150

3000 (m)

SITE ANALYSIS of SHIBATI

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CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS of SHIBATI

Bazaar

Video Room

Tea House

Herbal Shop

Barbershop

Stalls

Baba Dance

Tavern

SPATIAL INDUCTION of COMPLEX

Artist Workshop

Cable Car Station Parking Lot

Shopping Center

Public Space

Restuarant

Cinema Livehouse

Private Space

Bazaar

Tea House

Herbal Shop

Painting Space Music School Museum

City Park

Old Resident Apartment Superior Apartment

Gallery

Artist Apartment Artist Workshop Video Room

Additional Space

Baba Dance Club

Barbershop

Scenes of Shibati

FUCTION INTEGRATION of SHIBATI

In the past Shibati, there were many scenes full of market culture. These scenes are the deepest memories in the hearts of the old Shibatu people, and they are of great significance to the local residents. By investigating the cultural and commercial scenes of Shibati and restoring them to this design, people can recall the appearance of Shibati.

Shop

This design analyzes the types of functions contained in the surrounding buildings of the site and the cultural scenes contained in the past Shibati, and classifies these functions. At the same time, this design also analyzes the types of missing functions in the block and the main functional needs of the people in the area, so that these functions can be solved in the building. The final design divides the space into three categories: public space, private space and additional space.

Parking Lot

High Demand

Medium Demand

Low Demand High Demand

Medium Demand

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Local Residents

High Demand

High Demand Medium Demand

Tourists

Medium Demand

Artists

Entertainment Parking Exhibition

Low Demand

Street Vendors

Gallery

Site

Medium Demand High Demand

High Demand

Livehouse

Stalls

ANALYSIS of FUNCTIONAL NEEDS Medium Demand

Cable car

Space Division Strategy

Tavern

High Demand

Cinema

Shopping Dewelling

Office Workers

Parking Lot 1-6F

Modern Shops 9-10F

Livehouse 11-12F

Cinema 9-10F

Gallery 15-16F

Cable Station 5-6F

CONCEPTUAL DRAWING Structure Density of Complex

The structural density of the building changes according to functional requirements. Large public spaces, such as cable car station, urban park, and other spaces have the largest spacing between structures, commercial areas and cultural areas such as art and education are next dense. Private residential areas are the most densely structured.

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17-20 F

Youth Apartment 13-16 F

Artist Apartment

10-11 F

Concert Hall with City Screen 7-8 F

Shibati Tranditional Shop

11-12 F

Music School 9-10 F

Mordern Business

9-10 F

Small Cinema 24

AXONOMETRIC SECTION

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ENTRANCE ATRIUM

The entrance atrium is located on the north side of the building, with six floors of full-height space, and each floor is connected by concrete escalators. Here you can see the original Shibati buildings and green plants at the bottom of the building. In addition, the transparent facade also brings a rich urban landscape to people.

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ARTWORK PLATFORM

The artwork platform is located in the upper part of the south side of the building, adjacent to the artist apartment. On the platform you can admire the works of artists living in the building. In addition, the platform also provides space for the crowd to enjoy the scenery of the Yangtze River.

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ARK NOVA

——Design of Space Station In The Age When The Earth is Wrapped in Space Junk

From the moment of drilling wood to make fire, mankind has begun the history of making garbage. For thousands of years, the garbage created by mankind has gradually become larger and more diverse, and finally space is full of garbage. The speed at which the earth disposes of trash is limited, while the speed at which humans create trash is infinite. It is assumed that after many years, the earth is filled with trash and is no longer suitable for survival, and humans have to enter space to live. This design is proposed for future humans a conceptual model of a space city, that is, the space station uses solar energy to achieve self-sufficiency by collecting raw materials in space junk, wandering between the stars and looking for the next destination.

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THE INCREASING SPACE JUNK

1957

THE PROCESS of SPACE EXPLORATION

When mankind began to explore space in 1957, the first space junk was born. During the Cold War, the USSoviet competition for space hegemony even sent a large number of spacecraft to low-Earth orbit which later turned into space junk. After the 21st century, China, Japan and other countries have joined the queue to explo re the universe, and the orbit of the earth has gradually become crowded.

1995

Changes in the Amount of Space Junks in Earth's Orbit Over Time Iridium-Cosmos Collision

Cosmos 2421

Feng yun Antisatellite Test

Cosmos ＆ PSLV Explsion

HAPS Stop Ⅱ Explosion

2017

2013

2009

2005

2001

1997

1993

1989

1985

1981

1977

1973

1969

Space Debris Mitigation

1965

1961

（thousand） 17000 16000 15000 14000 13000 12000 11000 10000 9000 8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 A b l e sta r Explosion 3000 2000 1000 0

1957

2020

2040?

Since mankind entered the space in the 1950s, various countries have launched more than 4,000 space launch vehicles. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 9,000 space junk with a diameter greater than 10cm in space, and more than 100,000 with a volume greater than 1.2cf, and tiny particles such as paint flakes and solid propellant dust particles can count in the millions.

These space junks fly extremely fast (6-7km/ sec), and they hide huge lethality. The most headache for scientists is the "avalanche effect"each collision of space junk will not annihilate each other, but will produce more debris. This is the new problem.

1957

The Soviet Union successfully launched the world's first manned spacecraft "Vostok" 1.

The Soviet Union launched the first artificial earth satellite in 1957.

1961

China launches its first manned space rocket.

1971

The Soviet Union launched the world’s first space station "Salute 1".

2003

2010

NASA announced a detailed plan for establishing a permanent base on the moon.

The International Space Station was built, which i s t h e l a rge st s pa ce station in the world.

2020

THE ESSENCE of HUMAN WASTE

Primitive Civilization

In ancient times, the ancients were able to carry out subjective production activities and produce garbage.

Slave Society

During the period of slavery society, people can organize production and construction, construction waste and production waste were increasing.

Industrial Society

During the period of slavery society, people can organize production and construction, construction waste and production waste were increasing.

Modern Civilized Society

In modern society, the amount of garbage produced by people is larger and there are more types.

Space Exploration Period

It can be expected that in the next few decades, mankind will send more space junk to earth orbit.

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PREVENTION ＆ CONTROL MEASURES for SPACE JUNK

Observation and Tracking

Nowadays, observing and tracking space junk through ground and space radars, and notifying space stations and satellites to avoid themselves is still the most common way to prevent and control space junk.

Aircraft Drag

It is also a mainstream method of space garbage removal to make the aircraft capture space junk , drag it into the atmosphere and burn it or drag it to a higher orbit.

Shield Protection

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Nowadays, scentists can create a simple energy shield to withstand certain impacts.

The application of this technology to the prevention and control of space junk is also very promising.

Laser Smash

The principle of laser removal of space junk is to irradiate the abandoned satellites and other space junk multiple times with lasers, and then change the orbit of these junk, let it fall into the earth's atmosphere, and finally burn it out in the atmosphere.

Magnetic Field

This idea uses an aircraft to arrange wires near the space junk, and then apply 1 ampere of current to the wires, which will interact with the earth’s magnetic field to generate thrust and send the junk into the atmosphere.

Junk Recyclement

M eta l e l e m e n ts i n s pa ce j u n k : go l d , titanium, tungsten, etc. are all very precious materials. By recycling and dismantling abandoned spacecraft , ne w space equipment can be produced.

BUILDING VOLUME GENERATION 1

Building Space Station

By building a monitoring space station and cooperating with the International Space Station, the losses caused by space junk can be effectively prevented.

Mechanical claws grab space junk

3

Space Harpoon

Space Harpoon can penetrate space junk and drag it back to nearby space station for recycling.

2

5

Space factory handles space junk

4

Main frame generation of space city

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Platform generation for facilities

Astrophages

Astrophagy is a self-sufficient conceptual model that can obtain energy by devouring garbage

Platform generation for human life

Volume generation for subships

DESIGN LOGIC

FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITION

The concept of the space station i s a s e l f- s u f f i c i e n t p ro d u ct i o n model. First, the thin-film solar panels collect solar energy and use the electricity to drive the radar to find space junk. According to the different types of space junk, subships or robotic arms are sent for recycling or destruction missions.

Residential Area

Sun

Solar Panels

Subship Planting Greenhouse Energy Storage Area Earth

Radar

Junk Disposal Center

Planting Greenhouse Quad Power Core Residential Area

Delivery Channel

Space Station

Warp Drive Dwellers

Radar

Telescopic Pipe

Subship

Multistage Rocket

Astronaut Waste

Robotic Arm

Transportation

Transformation

Failded Station

Resources ＆ Energy Detection Control

Space Junk

Space Factory 29

PERSPECTIVE VIEW of PARTIAL SPACE

2

1

NODE STRUCTURE of RESIDENTIAL AREA EXTERIOR WALL

granite finish

metal frame of curtain wall

21.000

20

reinforced concrete structure

980

rockwool

4000

indoor shade

indoor shade

Planting Greenhouse

17.000

3

medium single silver transparent insulating laminated glass 3000

4

10500

Residential Platform

14.000

granite finish

metal frame of curtain wall

Partial Top View of Residential Area 11.000

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Rule Over Machinery

The station's functional divisions are divided into human settlements, functional platforms and space factories. The control room is at the top of the station, with layers of human habitation below. The living area dominates the machinery in the form of chains. The sub-ships on the functional platform are responsible for operating the low-level space factory, providing living resources for human beings. There is a hierarchy of functions throughout the station, with humans operating the machinery. Machinery commands a lower level of machinery operation.

480

5

3500

20

3000

Robotic Arms

10.500

rockwool

reinforced concrete structure

The exterior walls of the residential area are made of Low-E coated glass to ensure stability in space. Rock wool is attached to the ground for insulation, ensuring the living conditions for human beings in space.Reinforced concrete structure is also an important foundation to ensure the stability of residential area's structure.

CONCEPTUAL ILLUSTRATION of INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL

The design hopes that humans can ride in the Ark Nova, achieve self-sufficiency in interstellar travel in the outer space of the earth, looking for the next habitat, to continue the human civilization of the fire.

SKETCHES

OTHER WORKS

These sketches are records of what interests me in life. In my opinion, a pencil is a better way to record than a photographic lens.

SCHOOL COURSEWORKS

These are renderings of some school courseworks drawed by myself.

High-rise hotel design in Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China 32

Visitor center design in Lake Jiulong, Beijing, China

COMICS DRAWING

This is a small comic created by me related to the architecture of Toyo Ito.

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