PORTFOLIO
ZIQUAN DU
THINKING
I believe that architecture is system. Every archi-
CONTENTS
01.2014
project 1
High-density Community Center
1
06.2015
project 2
City of Tomorrow
6
06.2014
project 3
House Interior Design
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tecture is a isolated and functional system. Dierent systems operate in their own logic and pattern. We don’t create system, because the pattern of how systems work exist long before us. We can only try to reveal the system from the darkness in its best form. To see through the invisible logic of every systems and reveal them in their best form, that is why I have to keep studying.
location | zhuhai
01.2014 | individual project
high-density COMMUNITY CENTER
system as the solution -an attempt of high-density design
Key points of high-density design
Diversity principle multiple function and diverse space in one place
SITE THE
BRIEF
This project is to design a community center in a relatively small site.
The site is in the middle of a residential district in Zhuhai, surrounded by
high-rise residential buildings. The
community center provides residents with a place to socialize and proceed other activities.
Because of the size of the site is limited, I
decide to design the community center in the high-density way, and propose the
concept of “secondary ground system”.
Proximity principle small scale and close space
Space usage in the air expand the available space in verticle
3D model organize the space in threedimensional way, instead of piling the �loor on one another
Hybrid and coexistence mixture of multiple function and diverse space
Secondary Ground System
In this project, I try to seek for the available space in the air. But instead of simply
“copying the �loor” vertically, I try to copy the ground. I call the copied ground “secondary ground”.
The requirements of “secondary ground” are as follow.
1. With abundant open-air space, instead of balcony with a roof.
2. With earth that can grow plant, instead of placing the potted plant.
3. The existence of secondary ground will
not have negative in�luence on the original ground and architecture.
Original ground.
Copying the �loor.
Copying the ground.
Secondary ground system.
A view of the commubity center from above. 北
Residential District Road
Secondary Ground System
Community Center 4# Building (3F)
Community Center 2# Building (3F)
Secondary Ground System
Community Center 5# Building (3F)
Community Center 3# Building (3F)
Secondary Ground System
Residential District Road
Community Center 1# Building (3F)
Economic and technical indicators · Used land area:
29,874㎡
· Building area:
21,645㎡
· Floor area:
Community Center 6# Building (3F)
· Building density:
City Road
Master plan of the community center.
· Plot ratio:
· Greening rate:
7,693㎡ 25.7%
0.72
65%
cafe
performance & art center
gymnasium
subdistrict of�ice
clinic
performance & art center
secondary ground system
shops
The 1st �loor plan of community center.
shops
food market
secondary ground system
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gymnasium
secondary ground system
shops
shops
The 2nd �loor plan of community center.
A view of the secondary ground system.
subdistrict of�ice
clinic secondary ground system
secondary ground system
shops
of�ice area of performance & art center
shops
The 3rd �loor plan of community center.
secondary ground system
secondary ground system
shops
clinic
secondary ground system
shops
shop
shop
shop
shop food market
secondary ground system secondary ground system road
toilet toilet toilet
elevator shaft
secondary ground system
of�ice area of performance & art center
surgery department clinic lobby
A section of community center.
A view of the secondary ground system.
location | beijing
city of
06.2015 | individual project
TOMORROW
system as the solution -sustainable development mode of high-density
wangtan shanty town -- a giant organic system
THE
BRIEF
The project aims at the innovation of Beijing Wangtan Shanty Town.
Wangtan Shanty Town is an old town
with more than 60 years. As a relocated community, it is the inhabited area for
many of the low-income, the retired and
public space system -- save the tree
the unemployed in Beijing.
The bottom-up development mode of the shanty town makes it a unique city
sample. To project its uniqueness, the
innovation method of this project should
be gentle so as to reduce the effect on the native enviroment.
sustainable development framework -- cure the tree
Wangtan Shanty Town -- a living organism
Wangtan Shanty Town, serving as the
multifunctional temporary housing for
relocated residents, workers, immigrants, was established in 1954.
The development of Wangtan Shanty Town is informal and spontaneous. Self-built
constructions contributed to the reorganization of public space, transforming the residential area from scattered and
monotonous into intimate and pleasant.
These spontaneous developments progress gradually, and keep improving, which make
the shanty town more �lexible and adapt it to the local environment and social conditions. Wangtan Shanty Town is not just an object.
It is alive. It can evolve with its own logic. It can be damaged partially but then self-repaired. The shanty town is self-improving
constantly. The consciousness of individual
residents contributes to the self-improvment
STAGE ONE
STAGE TWO
STAGE THREE
Residents expanded their houses in order to have more private space, usually as the kitchen and storage.
Public space started being occupied.
STAGE FOUR
and contributes this giant organism.
Original layout.
All available space was occupied. Shanty town turned into high-density environment.
urgent problems
· lack of public space & lack of vitality · waste of the space in the air
· lack of commercial activities · invisible segregation
long-term problem
· unsustainable development mode
STRATEGY ONE After 60 years’ informal and sponta-
neous development, Wangtan just like a falling tree nowadays. To rescue the tree, �irstly we should keep it from falling down. Secondly, we should solve the problem at its roots.
To innovate Wangtan, I promote two strategies. Building public space
system to solve the urgent problems of Wangtan. And using the sustainable
development framework to solve the long-term problem.
· public space system
STRATEGY TWO
· sustainable development framework
a. Public space system, which is
01
parasitic on the Wang Tan system, is the collection of a series of aerial public space.
02
b. There are two traditional ways to
increase public space in the old town. The �irst one is to make the fragmentary space into city public space. The
second way is to expropriate lands in a
large-scale and then build parks. While the public space system in this research is different from the
traditional ways, which makes the
northern endpoint
community park
public space node A
03 northern commercial space
04
01 community park
public space system a aerial one.
c. Public space system adhere to the
Wang Tan system on the premise that
not to destroy the operation law of the
03 proposed shopping mall 05 subway station
proposed community center
space system, and the process should be rapid and completed in a short period.
western endpoint
middle commercial space
western commercial space
02 proposed community center
04 proposed cultural exhibition center
public space node B
original system.
d. It is urgent to build up the public
05
proposed shopping mall
public space node C
eastern commercial space
proposed cultural exhibition center
eastern endpoint subway station
N
southern endpoint 150 m
master plan of public space system
100 m
50 m
BASIC FORM To solve the urgent problems of Wangtan Shanty Town, and
stop Wangtan from collapse, the public space system should be completed and come into service in a short time. Therefore, the public space system takes the standardized form of “context+basic component� to achieve the goal.
/context
+
context layer
10,400 mm
reinforced concrete base
2,470 mm
/basic component
5,610 mm
lightweight steel base
basic form
basic component size
original situation
beam and column
basic component
standardized accessibility facility
proposal
ACTIVITIES The public space system provides residents of Wangtan with abundant space, so that a
lot of new activities will happen in Wangtan. The repitition of new activities will lead to
the new behavior pattern and new life style.
/jogging/cycling /light sport
/outdoor concert
/walk the dog
/speech /dancing /outdoor film playing
/social activity /relaxing /plant watching /bird watching
50m
/northern commercial space
/subway station /community activity
/proposed shopping mall
/eastern commercial space
/middle commercial space /proposed community center
/jogging
/proposed cultural exhibition center /public space node C
/southern endpoint /western commercial space /western endpoint
/different activity
Ă—
/sport
/visiting exhibition
/plant watching /bird watching/walking /walk the dog
/cycling
/art&culture
/public space node B
/light sport
/speech
/outdoor concert
/outdoor film
/bird watching
/dancing
/commercial activity
/shopping
/dinning
/ecotourism
/public space node A
/community activity
/walking
/visiting exhibition
/eastern endpoint
/northern endpoint
/entertainment
/proposed community park
/plant watching
/relaxing
/social activity
/different people /dinning /shopping /commercial activity
/family /middle-aged /senior citizen /student
/worker
/tourist
ECO-FRIENDLY
/spring
/summer
/hellanthus annuus
There are 586-meter-long eco-footpath on
/setaria italica
the public space system. Some wildlife improving the quality of the space.
/ginkgo biloba
/koelreuteria paniculata
friendly structures are placed along the eco-footpath. Such measures aim at
/autumn
/primula maximowiczii
/pistacia chinensis
/cerasus yedoensis
/acer truncatum
/muhlenbergia japonica
/paeonia suffruticosa
/albizzia julibrissin
/paulownia fortunei
/syringa meyeri
/mentha citrata
/corydalis yanhusuo
/delphinium grandiflorum /myripnois dioica
/althaea officinalis
/wildlife friendly structure
/northern endpoint
/eastern endpoint
/wildlife friendly structure
/northern commercial space /public space node A
×70m
/wildlife friendly structure
/eco-footpath
/public space node B
/eastern commercial space
×161m
/middle commercial space
×97m /eco-footpath
/eco-footpath /public space node C
/eco-footpath
/filter membrane /waterproof
/drainage
×63m
×102m
/paving
/soil (around 1.2 meter thick)
/support panel /thermal insulation
/eco-footpath
/vapor control /reinforced concrete base
/southern endpoint
/western commercial space
planting layer construction detail
×93m
/western endpoint
/eco-footpath
/planting layer
/reinforced concrete base
/lightweight steel base
/beam and column
basic component
wildlife friendly struture
NEW TYPE OF COMMERCIAL There are 4 commercial space on the public space system, in total 4,928 ㎡. The purpose of commercial space is to activate the commercial atmosphere of Wangtan, and guide the circulation on the public space system.
Same as the public space system, the commercial space should be completed and come into service in a short time. Therefore, I use standard 20’container as the store unit on the commercial space.
External dimension Internal dimension
Capacity
Maximum weight Net load
area
20’container
form A
form B
Length
6.058 m
Length
5.758 m
Width
Height Width
External Internal
2.438 m 2.591 m 2.352 m 33.1 m³
24,000 kg 21,800 kg
14.769 ㎡ 13.542 ㎡
1711㎡
/eastern commercial space
A view of the public space system.
1352㎡
/western commercial space
··· /outdoor film playing /dancing /shopping /walk the dog
/walking /bird watching
/relaxing /plant watching /commercial activity
1087㎡
/middle commercial space
The public space and the
=
commercial space coexist and supplement each other.
778㎡
/northern commercial space
DETAILING
/plan
/plan
/southern endpoint
/section
/western endpoint
/section
/plan
/eastern endpoint
/section
/plan
/plan
/eastern commercial space
/public space node A
/section
/section
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
#3 Government: build the basic houses, including the necessary infrastructure.
#1 Government: authenti-
#4 Residents: expand the
cate the condemned
houses according to their own
buildings in Wangtan.
need. This process usually
/
takes years to be accomplised.
Ă—
#2 Government: tear down the condemned buildings, and rebuild the foudation.
#5 Government: start the second round update of condemned houses in Wangtan.
renewed houses
condemned houses
/
/
location | zhuhai
house -as a isolated system
THE
BRIEF
This project is to �inish a house interior design, including the plan and the interior decoration.
In a house interior design, we have to pay more attention to the detail, because
detail can effect the atmosphere of the house. Just like the small components can effect a giant system.
06.2014 | individual project
house INTERIOR DESIGN
Dining
Solid Wood Floor
Polished Tile
Study Polished Tile
Kitchen
Bathroom
Anti-slip Tile Living Room
Polished Tile
Anti-slip Tile
Solid Wood Floor
Master Bedroom
Anti-slip Tile
Furniture Plan
Pavement Plan
Back Paint Glass
Emulsion Paint Decorative Finish
Emulsion Paint Decorative Finish
Back Paint Glass
Living Room Elevation A Back Paint Glass & Wallpaper
Waterproof Plywood
Waterproof Plywood
Wallpaper
Emulsion Paint Decorative Finish
Living Room Elevation B Emulsion Paint Decorative Finish
Wine Cabinet
Waterproof Emulsion Paint Decorative Finish
Dining Room Elevation C Ceiling Plan
Wallpaper
C Master Bedroom Elevation D F Back Paint Glass
Back Paint Glass
A
B
Master Bedroom Elevation E D E Wall Tile Cupboard
Cooking Range
Kitchen Elevation F Elevation Orientation
Living Room
Dining Room
Master Bedroom
Study
Bathroom