PORTFOLIO | JING CHENG Master of Architecture University Of California, Berkeley
JING CHENG
EXPERIENCE GMP Architekten | Architecture Intern
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EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley Master of Architecture Aug 2017 - May 2022 • Awarded CED merit department fellowship ($5000 USD)
Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Design Sept 2010 - July 2014
March 2021 - July 2021 • Created section drawings using AutoCAD for CRRC Qingdao Office Building • Created curtain wall plans, modified elevations, assisted in producing project booklet, participated in plan development and area control for Huairou Science City Living Room (18 buildings with 3,281,388 SF GFA)
MLA+ | Architecture Intern
Aug 2020 - Nov 2020 • Assisted in producing concept design drawings for multiple urban design competitions ◦ Chishi River in the Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone ◦ Saicheng Lake New Town Start Up Area • Built 3D and physical concept design models and drawings for Antuo Hill Museum Complex • Attended and participated in the production of presentation drawings and models for Shenzhen Shajing River Blueway Planning client meeting • Modified design development drawings and documents for Shajing River Blueway Planning
Urbanus | Architecture Intern
April 2020 - July 2020 • Produced plans and renderings for plaza entry and multiple roof gardens for Xiong’an Green Building Exhibition Center Complex • Developed digital model of the landscape topography for Sichuan Hotel • Collaborated with team members to design and develop multiple building facades for Baishadao Financial Town • Participated in research and concept design for Jinan Qinghe Riverfront Revitalization
SHL / Perkins & Will | Architecture Intern
Adobe Creative Suite
Sept 2019 - Jan 2020 • Collaborated in Rhino modeling, diagrams and renderings creations, and physical model making of Shanghai Baoshan Transit-Oriented Urban Complex Design • Researched materials for concept design and created analytical diagrams, physical and digital models for Tsinghua University School of Finance campus design competition
Rhinoceros3D
AREP Group | Architecture Intern
SKILLS Software
Enscape
June 2019 - Aug 2019 • Assisted in detail design and 3D modeling using AutoCAD and Rhino for Zhangjiakou and Huailai High-Speed Railway Station • Assisted in material and light fixture selections for Badaling High-Speed Railway Station
AutoCAD
Beijing Uni-Construction Group | Engineer
SketchUp
ArchiCAD Keyshot Revit Vray Design Builder
Language
Mandarin English
Others
Sketching Model Making Laser Cutter Foam Cutter 3D Print
July 2014 - May 2016 • Established construction documents that included material specifications, construction records for Beijing Bank Technology Research and Development Center • Licensed as Construction Document Manager in 2015 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China
Sundart Holdings Limited | Interior Design Intern
Oct 2013 - Dec 2013 • Conceptualized and proposed three interior design options for a law firm • Assisted in drawing 14 plans and sections using AutoCAD
AWARDS & RECOGNITION Interdisciplinary Transit-Oriented Design + Development Design Competition Winner, 1st Place • Collaborated with a team of real estate and architecture students that aims to design a mixed-use building that helps revitalize an area next to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Station. • Awarded $500 USD cash prize
“China Building Decoration Cup” National Undergraduate Environmental Design Competition Winner, 3rd Place • Selected as winner from more than a thousand teams from universities nationwide for new subway station proposal • Awarded ¥1,000 (~$145 USD) cash prize
China Institute of Interior Design 2014 “Interior Design 6+1” Design Competition Winner, 3rd Place • Project published in an architectural book “The Volume of the New Environment of City Track: The Environmental Design of Shanghai Subway Rebuilding” • Collaborated with three students to propose a new design for a subway station in Shanghai
CONTENTS 01
THE SHIFT — MIX-USED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDING Architecture Design — Level - Up: Affordable Timber Housing
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THE VERTEX — MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL TOWER Architecture Design — Interdisciplinary Transit-Oriented Design + Development Studio
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THE HUB — FILM PRODUCTION STUDIO Architecture Design — A Creative Production Center in Los Angeles
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OBSERVING, EXPLORING & SHARING — DESIGNING NEW SCHOOL MODELS Architecture Design — Learn Better: A New Model Of School And Education Design
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A CITY WITHIN CITY — RE-IMAGINING URBAN CONTEXT USING MOUNTAINS Urban Design — Deep Sectional Urbanism: An Alternative Proposal For Pier 70 In San Francisco
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SUBTRACTION METHOD — SHIFT WITH STEP Architecture Design — Museum Design By Using Ten View Containers
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ADDITION METHOD — WONDERLAND Architecture Design — Adventure Playground Design By Using Ten View Containers
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SKILLS & PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS Energy Simulation of Eames House Professional Project - Shajing Blueway Service Center Professional Project - Huairou Science City Living Room
THE SHIFT — MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDING UC Berkeley 2022 Fall Architecture Design Studio Level - Up: Affordable Timber Housing Instructor : Simon Schleicher Site : 530-540 Taylor St, San Francisco Group Work This project is a renovation project in San Francisco. To ensure longterm use of the building in the future, the owner would like to transform a garage into a commercial and residential building. The plan calls for the existing two floors of the garage to be transformed into a chocolate factory for a small-batch bean-to-bar craft chocolate maker that wants to offer factory tours and a special shopping experience. The program required for this place includes an espresso bar, a chocolate salon, as well as retail, chocolate production space, offices, and storage areas. In addition to the chocolate factory, the building is planned to be expanded on the floors above with a mass timber construction to create housing units. The height limit for this lot is 80ft. Our concept is based on the program. The chocolate factory and the residence are entirely different programs, but we want to combine them. The goal we want to achieve is that each program has its characteristics, but they could have some features and facilities to share as well. Like the result of shifting, the volume has more surface area exposed to the outside. And at the same time, overlapping occurs.
Shifting brings us many benefits. At the chocolate factory, it brought us a meandering visiting tour line on the first floor and the different floor heights in the salon area on the second floor. In terms of the housing above, it brings us the corner window and the personal balcony of each unit. The overlapping helped us arrange the building plumbing and HVAC system.
Considering the structure and the requirements of the housing unit numbers, the unit type of each volume is the same. However, because we have horizontally shifted the volume of each floor, the layout of the different units of the upper and lower layers is different.
SURROUNGDING BUILDING
60% SPLIT
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First, we follow the rule of only using 60% of the site footprint. Then, we split the whole volume into four parts so that each volume is at a reasonable size of a unit. Then, we shrink the whole massing volume according to its distance to the surrounding building so that the housing units can get the sunshine as much as possible.
HIGHER & LOWER
VERTICAL SHIFTING
HORIZONTAL SHIFTING
Next, we change the volume to different heights, so the parts on the west and the north are higher, and the volumes in between are lower. In this way, the sunlight will not be blocked by the two chunks in the middle. And lastly, we created horizontal shifting and vertical shifting so that we could have more balconies in the housing.
For environmental design, we proposed three roof gardens shared by the residents. Almost every unit has its balcony. There are solar panels on the roof to power the entire building. The skylights in the housing volume and the dining area on the second floor could bring light to the interior.
In terms of the program, we have our espresso bar facing Taylor street, which is very convenient for the passengers to get a drink. The chocolate factory’s main production space is arranged continuously from Taylor street to post street. Visitors can follow the tour line and see the chocolate production process through transparent glass. The retail space facing Post street is at the end of the tour line.
For the housing units, we have two-bedroom units at both ends, facing the streets. There is a studio and a 3b unit around the lightwell. The east volume has a studio and a 1b unit.
In consideration of sunlight, stairs and elevators are arranged in the inner corners of the L-shaped plot. For the circulation, we have 2 egress staircases, 2 elevators for the residential, 1 freight elevator, and 1 customer elevator for the chocolate factory. The second floor is the salon and office area. The office and staff lounge area are located on the plot’s north side. We have double-height space on the south side so that people in the salon can look down and look at the chocolate production process. And there is an outdoor garden for the salon.
For the interior design of the chocolate factory, we used dark brown as the theme color, hoping to arouse people’s associations with cocoa beans. In terms of material, we used metal plates, metal slides, and wood.
In the facade design, we played with the relationship between transparency and opacity of different materials to create a sense of shifting. In terms of the material, we use metal mesh, glass and wood slides for the facade. From the drawing on the right, the rendering, line drawing, and detailed section correspond to each other to show the typical construction of the wall. The furniture is specially designed for corner windows, like the corner bench. For the operable sash, we didn’t make it a part of the glass because we wanted to maximize the effect of the corner window.
STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE OF ONE PORTION
STRUCTURE OF TYPICAL SECTION
DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
IMPORTANT JOINTS BETWEEN STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
OVERALL STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE OF ONE PORTION
STRUCTURE OF TYPICAL SECTION
DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
IMPORTANT JOINTS BETWEEN STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
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In the structural design, we take the frame structure. For the chocolate factory, we used steel columns and beams with concrete walls and concrete floor slabs. We used timber structures and wood floor slabs for the housing units above. Since the chocolate factory requires a larger span of space than the housing, there is a structural shifting problem. Our overall concept is to set up the main structure at the chocolate factor y works like the slide rail corresponding to the connection of housing volumes and use trusses on the second floor to transmit the force to the main structures and the concrete wall. For the HVAC system, We have the radiant floor for the residential, VRF for the chocolate factory. Two air shafts from bottom to top for the ventilation of the whole building, and the duct for housing ventilation goes to the same place as the plumbing system in the restroom.
THE VERTEX — MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL TOWER UC Berkeley 2019 Spring Architecture Design Studio Interdisciplinary Transit-Oriented Design + Development Studio Instructor : Joseph King, Marcial Chao, Greg Morrow Site : 1911 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA Team: Kristen Smith, Jeralyn Tseng, Francisco Arias, Ken Chu Role in Team: Contextual Research, Conceptual Design, Residential Unit Design, Co-living Unit Design, Technical Drawings, Architectural Representation The Vertex, a proposed development for 1911 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, CA, provides a mixed-use commercial and residential tower focused on weaving the streetscape and building into one and paying homage to the rich Uptown art, food, and music history and current revival. The Vertex sits on one of two city parcels that we developed and anchors each end of the 19th Street corridor. The other site, “The Hub,” is located at 1800 San Pablo Avenue; this site will provide two mid-rise multi-family communities that are 100% affordable and will be a JV development with and managed by EBALDC, a non-profit community development organization. Our vision and grassroots marketing campaign called “Relight the Night” is focused on street activation, safety, and cultivation of a community nexus providing an urban living room for its current and future community members.
As we move up the building, the hotel takes the next five floors of guest rooms and conference spaces. Then, our first floor of amenity space, which is open to the whole building, creates a physical separation in uses.
We begin with establishing a connection from the station to the San Pablo site. This serves as a pedestrianfriendly designated route, bringing communities from both sides of the neighborhood together and, most importantly, providing safety. This connection can further increase foot traffic crossing over to San Pablo, opening up more opportunities for the other side of Oakland. We plan to utilize elements such as dynamic fountains, different forms of illuminations, a nice masonry-paved sidewalk, outdoor seating, public art installations, and the incorporation of more greenery into the streetscape. For example, the street can be closed off for special events on weekends or holidays. We are hoping that the terrace can be similar to Dolores Park, where people not only come to hangout, but also learn about and think of as a destination through social media. This is another way we look to design as a way to draw attention, as well as a higher volume of people from all over the Bay Area, especially due to the proximity of Bart. The goal of the collective development program is to help the existing urban community flourish and cultivate new community ties with enhanced commercial, residential, and urban space amenities. We want to help further foster the cultural renaissance that the Uptown community is experiencing deserves.
The program starts on the ground floor with a public, open-space-oriented layout. Our boutique hotel and residential lobbies are on the Telegraph Avenue side, with the marketplace, brewery, and outdoor seating along 19th St., pulling pedestrian activity into our development area.
Key Facts Location
Oakland, CA
Residential Units
264
Completed
Estimated 2024
Hotel Keys
146
Program
Retail, Hotel, Residential
Stories
24
Lot Area
44, 347 sq ft
Height
300 ft
GSF
428, 000 sq ft
Funding Source
Equity Financing
FAR
9.7
Cost
$249, 203, 563
Studio
1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
Following is our denser co-living program for six floors to help address more naturally occurring affordable housing options near transit and career centers.
Above this is another amenity floor that is shared exclusively with the apartment and co-living residents. The top nine floors of the tower house our luxury apartments, featuring expansive views of Downtown Oakland.
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LEVEL 24 305’ - 2”
10’ - 10”
LEVEL 23 292’ - 0”
LEVEL 22 281’ - 2”
We pull the building up at the corner of 19th St and Telegraph, to create an open plaza on the corner for people to gather, draw people in and down the street, and to create an open and transparent face to the building, looking down Telegraph, and showing passersby what is going on in the market hall and hotel. The crossbracing starts as a way to support this cantilever, and then the language continues across the building to provide lateral support and point toward the stage. Additionally, we pushed the building back an additional 20 ft from 19th St, so as to create a more open pedestrian corridor with outdoor seating for the market hall during the day.
Mirroring pulling the building up in the front, we gradually drop it down in the back with stepped, grassy terraces. These terraces provide a seating area for the outdoor stage, as well as serve as the roof to the brewery underneath, providing natural lighting to the space. This extends the park up onto the building, creating more green public space, and accentuating the park that is already there, and currently underappreciated, as it is farther back from a main street.
THE HUB - FILM PRODUCTION STUDIO UC Berkeley 2017 Spring Architecture Design Studio A Creative Production Center in Los Angeles Instructor : Danelle Guthrie Site : 200 center St, Aliso Village, Los Angeles Individual Work The project is a creative production center affiliated with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles. The total area is approximately 10,000 sq. ft. The facility includes workshops for production, exhibition, gathering, and artist in residence studios. The project, a Center for Creative Endeavors (CCE), is a facility for a small group of select artists in residence to both produce and exhibit their work. The programs are understood as a narrative for the project and part of how I define the overall design logic. My project is a film production studio. By visiting the site, I feel its main problem is it doesn’t have a place for people to get together. The site is surrounded by obsolescent buildings. So my design is focused on a place for people to get together and enjoy the movie. The first thing that came to my mind was the amphitheater. I put the amphitheater in the middle of the public and private spaces to set a separation. And also, the amphitheater will be open to the public on weekends to enrich Los Angeles citizen’s life. The entry is concaved, and there is an entry plaza in the front. It also shows a gesture of inviting people in.
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The site locates on the west of the railway, so by creating the roof garden and big window towards the east, people can have a good view of the railway and the city. The entry plaza has a gesture of inviting people in.
The amphitheater is a critical space. It plays a significant role in the concept of the ‘hub,’ which means a place for everyone to come together. It is a private cinema or a meeting space for workers during the weekdays, and it also can be open to the public during the weekends. The essential circulation system, the stairs, which lay around the amphitheater, serve both the public and the staff are like the hinge of the building that connects the space around it. Based on the character of film making industry, I try to make the space more open. The working area of pre-production and mid-stage production is totally open, provoking creative thinking and promoting better communication between people. The living area sits on the east part of the 1st floor, and it is separated by the amphitheater from the public area. The worker has the entry and stairs for themselves as well, so they can separate from the public if they want.
The section shows different levels around the amphitheater
A roof garden is a place for everyone to get tother and enjoy the great view.
OBSERVING, EXPLORING & SHARING — DESIGNING NEW SCHOOL MODELS Learn Better: A new model of school and education design Site : Tahvonlahti, Helsinki, Finland Individual Work Kids are sent to school with best wishes and expectations. However, have we thought about whether a school is the best model of education. Although changes are beginning to appear, most schools are still applying the traditional top-down, teach-andtest method. In this project, I will explore a new form of education suitable for children under 12. Instead of the traditional top-down learning method, children learn by themselves most of the time at this school. Spacious outdoor places with various landscapes give children enough place to do outdoor activities. Indoor space is also designed with plants that could extend outdoor space inside and give children a chance to interact with nature even indoors.
There are three kinds of landscapes in the design, so-called stages: the amphitheater, tranquil garden, and lively green. The amphitheater lies near the road, and students can perform or watch shows there. These shows can be open to the public, and students can invite their families to come. The tranquil garden locates near the office building, so it is mainly used by the teachers. They can enjoy their leisure time with a cup of coffee and a book. In the afternoon, the sun may project the tree’s shadow on the ground. The lively garden has a convex landscape and holes on it. Some spots are open, which means that children can go through. Some holes are closed, and teachers can put teaching appliances in them and let students find them, so students can learn through exploring.
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The buildings are separated by their programs. The main building in the middle is the instruction hall, and there is a workshop building, a dining hall, and an administration hall. ‘Stages’ and facilities are located based on their properties and users.
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Instruction hall and workshops are where students do daily activities, so they are located close to the front gate. The canteen is also an important place for student activities, so it is located close to the Instruction hall. The teacher’s office building is away from the student activity area, which can provide quiet office space for the teacher.
In order to keep in coordination with the surrounding, the building roof is slanted. Windows on the wall and ceiling can bring sunshine to the interior and invites children to go outdoors.
Three different themed gardens provide a place for children's daily activities and learning.
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Instead of a big classroom, where many students get together and listen to the lecture given by the instructor, small classrooms are designed in this school where children can get together and share knowledge. The method of learning thus changes from acceptance to self-exploring and sharing.
Small rooms look like the big outside ones with the slanted roof are placed indoors. There are three types of rooms. Big ones for the meeting of 8-10 people, middle ones for 4-6 people, and small ones for 2-3 people. Outside the small rooms is the public open space, where students could chat and chill.
A CITY WITHIN CITY — RE-IMAGINING URBAN CONTEXT USING MOUNTAINS UC Berkeley 2018 Fall Urban Design Studio Deep Sectional Urbanism: An Alternative Proposal for Pier 70 in San Francisco Instructor : Rene Davis Site : Pier 70, Dogpatch, San Francisco Individual Work In the late 19th century, many industrial buildings were built along the San Francisco coastal lines. In order to live in the area near their jobs, Irish immigrant shipbuilders chose to live at Irish Hill, in spite of the pollution and noise. The desire to expand the occupiable space caused a massive blast in a large vein of rock from Potrero Point to Potrero Hill. Furthermore, World War two did more damage to it, which resulted in the situation where it is now, a small rocky promontory near the intersection of Illinois and 22nd Streets. For now, mission bay is spread all over by demolished shipbuilding industries. Although near downtown San Francisco, this area shows an entirely different picture. The goal of this studio is to revitalize the site by using the z-axis.
By visiting the site, I’m impressed by Irish Hill. Irish Hill is an important geographic feature on our site. Although it looks small now, it used to be a big one. Considering our site’s rich typography over time, I decided to use the mountain as my concept.
Mt Tamalpais King Mountain
Santa Cruz Mountains Coyote Ridge
Marin Range
Slacker Hill
Twin Peaks Russian Hill
Forest Hill
Stony Hill Mt Davidson
San Bruno Mountain
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There are mainly three building types in this area, residential, commercial, and cultural. They are mostly kept separate but are joined at some point. A residential building could have a museum in it, and a gym could also be next to an oyster club. The diversity of the program can activate its neighbor and bring more energy and fun to the community.
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The concept of the mountain also gives me a chance to explore the topic of our studio, the sectional city. Conventional city planning only exists in 2 dimensions. However, the mountain gave me a chance to add a Z-axis to the design and be more relevant to the topic of the sectional city. By moving the occupiable space above, we can now activate the upper space to release the housing issue of SF. And by moving the ‘mountain’ up, we can also give people more public spaces.
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Just as a mountain has various species of inhabitants, a building is not limited by its residents and its program. The buildings are separated by the definition of public and private.
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There are four types of mountains in my design. The first one is the mountain inside each building. This kind of space can be seen as a public space. They exist in every building in the area. The second type is the mountain buildings, and they are named by their form, which looks like a mountain. They are defined as public spaces with no residential program inside.
The third type is the topography throughout the site, including parts of the original Irish Hill. The topography connects the mountain building to other buildings. The typography also works as a plaza to get people together and act as part of the bay trail. The fourth type is the collective.
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Different mountains represent different regions and climates, and they also have different shapes and heights. The variety of mountains represent the variety program.
The whole project, at different scales, is a mountain in a mountain and a city in a city.
THE SUBTRACTION METHOD — SHIFT WITH STEP Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture 2010 Fall Studio Ten View Containers: Museum Design Individual Work This project aims to use forms abstracted from the traditional Chinese garden to recreate a new type of spacial experience. In this project, I decided to design a museum because a museum can be seen as a place to see. In order to show the exhibits better, a museum needs specially designed spacial characters. I tried to make a totally different experience compared to other museums when I did the design. A museum is not only a place to see exhibitions, but it is also an exhibition itself. When people wander around the museum, they are not just seeing the exhibition, but they also see each other. The relationship between seen and be seen plays an essential role in the design. I hope the design could amplify the feeling of seeing through various spacial experiences I designed.
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Ten spacial forms were listed above. The characters of each form are different. I put them into three categories: view-port, spacial, and pathway. APPLICATION OF TEN FORMS LOCATION & VIEWS The diagram above shows the application of the ten forms. Each form was considered a 'view container.' And each view container requires a statue with a certain height or certain width. Their plane locations arranged the location of the forms on the diagram. 1. Focus 2. Caved Window 3. Clamp 4. Transient 5. Tilt Window
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The wall organized the ten spacial forms. Different thicknesses of walls were used in this design to emphasize their importance. All the spacial differences were made on the wall and thus make it a vital role. Particular doors to small exhibition rooms were designed to provide the tourist richer experience.
The red people above show the two main ways of the tour. Yellow people show the vital nodes of the building. The critical node will make people stay there and attract people. The glass box inside the building can be considered a light container. The sun passes through the glass, shine down, provides light to the interior, and light will give people a church-like feeling.
THE ADDITION METHOD — WONDERLAND Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture 2010 Fall Studio Ten View Containers: Adventure Playground Design Individual Work
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rapid urbanization, there are fewer places left we take different routefor here kids to hang out. Children in the city are surrounded by highrises and skyscrapers. This project aims to create a place for children to have fun in a inward modern city within a limit of a cube of 10m*10m*10m.
10 basic spaces and activities were lifted from 10 children's playground scenes. The activities are jump, climb, slide, run and sit. The spaces are cube, rope, rock climbing, slide, maze, ladder, wall, tree, camp and rough terrian. The 10 spaces were classified into three groups. Group site include cube, tree and net. Group path include rock climbing, wall, rough terrian, slide,rope and ladder. Group enclosure include maze and camp. Each group has it's own module.Elements were classified into two groups as relax and stressful accroding to the feeling they bring to our mental perceptation. The architecture’s scale is based on a 1.3m’s child. Children different in height may have different spatial experience.
The first step of the design is to get inspiration from the existing children’s playground VARIOUS CIRCULATION instruments. By analyzing There are five main pedestrian circulations in the space, these these instruments, we can get circulations were formed by the primary characteristics alternate by some relax and stressful. outward Besides, it also include the eleof them. Then through a series ments' logic and spatial feeling of itself. There are kids below on offivetransformations, such as behalf of those people take five re-organize different routes, which are diffener- the components, ent in length. Every route can bring change thebyshape and the scale kids various feelings alternate relax and stressful. Children has of the characters, I could get ten two options on every node, they can decide to go on or to give up elements by essential that I want themselves. we take different route here tobe implement in my design. The The space can divide into four floors, alternate by inword next stepandis to analyze these ourword two attributes. The first and the thirdelements floor are outword, based on their spacial make kids feel relax through the use and children’s of wide space composition and relax activity. The second and fourth floor are inward, feelings when they inwardare inside make kids exciting through the use of enlosure space andspace. stressful ac- Finally, I arranged the tivity. these elements based on their traits discussedwe take above and different route here formed a proper circulation. Outdoor Lover Nature Lover
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The ten spaces were classified into three groups. The group site includes a cube, tree, and net. Group path includes rock climbing, wall, rough terrain, slide, rope, and ladder. The Group enclosure includes a maze and camp. Each group has its module. Elements are classified into two groups: relaxed and stressful, according to the feelings they bring to users. The architecture’s scale is based on a 1.3 m’s child. At different heights, children m a y h a v e d i ff e re n t s p a t i a l experiences.
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There are five circulation routes in space. The alternation of relaxation and stress forms these circulations. Besides, it also includes the spaces’ logic and their spatial feeling. There are five kids below on behalf of those who take five different routes. These routes arehere different in length. Each route can bring kids different feelings. Children have two we take different route options on every node, and they can decide to go on or stop by themselves.
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Five children take five different routes. The shortest one was composed of three essential spaces. The longest ones were composed of nine essential spaces. Some of these elements are repeated during the route, and some are not.
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Five children took five different routes. The shortest one were composed by 3 spatial elements. The longest one were composed by 9. Some of these elements are overlaped, some are not.
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UC Berkeley 2022 Fall Building Energy Simulations
NATURAL VENTILATION
THERMAL MASS
100% of the glazing area opens Annual cooling load reduced by 30%
Added and increased concrete in floors and walls Annual heating load reduced by 60%
Floor: Floor: Double concrete thickness Summer Design Day Air Temperature and Ventilation Rates Double concrete thickness
Temperature (℃)
Group Work
FIRST FLOOR
FIRSTDaily FLOORDry
Bulb Temperature Daily Dry Bulb Temperature
Global and Diffuse Horizontal Global and Solar Diffuse Radiation Horizontal Solar Radiation
LIVING (101 m2)
30
3
25
2.5
20
2
15
1.5
10
1
5
0.5
0
0
Wall：
Annual Heating Energy Use
Add 203 mm thick solid concrete Add 203 layer mm thick solid concrete layer Baseline U-Value (W/m2-K): Baseline 2.6 U-Value (W/m2-K): 2.6 2000 New U-Value (W/m2-K): 2.1 New U-Value (W/m2-K): 2.1 1800 1400 1200 1000
600 400 200 0
BEDROOM (101 m2)
Hours
Hours
Jan Jul
Roof: Roof:
Added insulation in roof and wall Change roof type material Change window type Heating load reduced by 99%, cooling loads decreased by 1.5% Annual site energy use was reduced by 11.8%
Jul
Natural Ventilation: The weather in Los Angeles is moderate, with temperatures often in the comfortable range. Natural ventilation can be used for much of the year.
Baseline
Ventilation (ACH)
IMPROVE ENVELOPE
BEDROOM (101 m2)
Jan
Outside Dry-Bulb Temperature (°C)
Add insulation, Add insulation, change change metalmetal deck deck to asphalt and gravel to asphalt and gravel 2-K): 1.4 2-K): 1.4 Baseline U-Value (W/m(W/m Baseline U-Value 2-K): 0.3 2-K): 0.3 New U-Value (W/m(W/m New U-Value
Energy Add insulation Add insulation Trp LoE Trp(e2=e5=.1) LoE (e2=e5=.1) Clr 3mm/13mm ClrAnnual 3mm/13mm Arg Arg 2-K): 2.6 2-K): 2.6 Baseline Baseline U-Value Baseline SHGC: SHGC: 0.82 0.82 Baseline U-Value (W/m(W/m 8000 2-K): 0.3 2-K): 0.3 New U-Value SHGC: SHGC: 0.47 0.47 New U-Value (W/m(W/m 2-K): 5.8 2-K): 5.8 Baseline Baseline U-Value U-Value (W/m(W/m 7000 2-K): 0.8 2-K): 0.8 U-value U-value (W/m(W/m 6000 Light Light transmission: transmission: 0.66 0.66 WWR: WWR: unchanged unchanged from from baseline baseline 5000
1000
11
Heating (Gas)
Heating Setpoint Temperatures: Heating: 18℃ Heating set back: 14℃ Cooling Setpoint Temperatures: Cooling: 23℃ Cooling set back: 26℃
Roof:
Wall：
U- Value (W/m2-K): 1.4
U- Value (W/m2-K): 2.6
Mechanical ventilation: on Heating: on (natural gas) Cooling: on (electricity) DHW: Instantaneous hot water only Natural Ventilation: off
Occupancy: 2 Adults Airtightness/Infiltration: 0.7 ac/h
100 50 0 -50 -89.1
Energy Saving for Different Strategies 90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0
35
Heating
Natural Ventilation
Cooling
Thermal Mass
Interior Lighting
Shading with trees
Interior Equipment
Improve envelope
Fans
Combined
Pumps
20000 18000 Summer Design Day Heat Balance
200
20 Air Temperature °C
150
Radiant Temperature °C
100
Operative Temperature °C
50
Winter Design Week
35 30 25
0
-50
15 Air Temperature °C
Radiant Temperature °C
1200
12000 1846
10000
6000
5979
4000
Solar Gains Exterior Windows New Solar Gains Exterior Windows
Operative Temperature °C
2414
0
Zone Sensible Cooling System Fans New Zone Sensible Cooling
Room Electricity
Lighting
Heating (Gas)
Cooling (Electricity)
1202
1000
1146
8000
Summer Design Day Heat Balance
1400
6803
14000
2000
-100
20
Annual Discomfort hours
16000
Hours(hrs)
25
753
800 600 400
200
1400
150
1200
100
1000
50 0 -50
Solar Gains Exterior Windows New Solar Gains Exterior Windows Baseline
Final Proposal
800 600 400
-100
200 0
Heat Balance (kw)
30
10
Baseline
Annual Energy Use
Energy Consumption (kwh)
Annual Site Energy Use Intensity 90 kWh/m2 Annual Heating Load 1846 kWh Annual Cooling Load 6802 kWh Annual CO2 Emission 23939 kg/㎡
Summer Design Week
Solar Gains Exterior Windows
Shaded with trees
100.0
0.0
BASELINE RESULTS
-99.8
Zone Sensible Cooling Baseline
The average US home consumed 147 kWh/ ㎡ in 2015 (Goldstein et al, 2020) Baseline annual CO2 emission: 23939 kg/ ㎡ , Final annual CO2 emission: 18911 kg/ ㎡ Annual CO2 emissions reduced 21% Reduced energy consumption to 48% of the average US home
Single pane, clear, no shading SHGC: 0.82 Light transmission: 0.88 U-value (W/m2-K): 5.8 WWR: 43% combined WWR excluding roof
U- ValueAir: (W/m Minimum Fresh 102-K): L/s2.6 per person
150
-150
FINAL PROPOSAL
Window Properties:
Wall：
200
-100
Single pane, clear, no shading SHGC: 0.82 Light transmission: 0.88 U-value (W/m2-K): 5.8 WWR: 43% combined WWR excluding roof
300.9
250
Hours(hrs)
Temperature setpoints:
HVAC: Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner (PTAC) systems with optional hot water boiler
290.0
300
EUI (kWh/㎡)
Activity: 1st Floor: Domestic Lounge (Living room) 2nd Floor: Domestic Bedroom
Cooling (Electricity)
Improve Envelope
Annual Cooling, Heating, and Solar Gains 350
Heat Balance (kWh/m2)
BASELINE PARAMETERS
6701
1846
2000
Base Line
Modeled trees as a component block to shade and reflect the building Material: Wood Transmittance Schedule Winter: 75% (allow more light through when there are fewer leaves) Summer: 25% (allow less light through Window Properties: when there are more leaves)
6803
3000
High Thermal Mass: High thermal mass materials can be used to supplement heating in the winter, taking advantage of solar gain and the diurnal temperature range of the dry climate. SHADING
Use
4000
0
Shading: Los Angeles has sufficient solar radiation all year, so this can be controlled for daylighting, solar heating, or used by PV panels to generate energy. Shading also needs to be considered to address issues of glare and overheating.
Improved Thermal Mass
Window Window Properties: Properties:
Wall： Wall：
Energy Consumption (kwh)
Temperature (℃)
Temperature (℃)
Inside Air Temperature (°C)
708
800
Hours LIVING (101 m2)
1846
1600
Heating (kwh)
35
Site and Climate: Los Angeles, CA
Wall：
Baseline Baseline U-Value (W/m2-K): 0.22 U-Value (W/m2-K): 0.22 3.5 New U-Value (W/m2-K): 0.21 New U-Value (W/m2-K): 0.21
Ventilation (ACH)
Software: Design Builder
Heat Balance (kw)
1.4
SKILLS & RESEARCHES — ENERGY SIMULATION OF EAMES HOUSE
Zone Sensible Cooling New Zone Sensible Cooling
200 0
PROFESSIONAL PROJECT — SHAJING BLUEWAY SERVICE CENTER MLA+, AUG 2020 - NOV 2020 Interior Area: 13.0 sqm Toilet: 7.5 sqm Management Room: 5.5 sqm Landscape Design Area: 98.0 sqm
