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CONTENTS

Mixed used community

Entertainment Building

01.NEW GAOKAO TOWN A snapshot of China's college entrance exams -Mao Tanchang Town senior high School

02. ENTERTAINMENT TO THE DEATH In the digital age, entertainment is also a form of labour

03.CANOPY HALL Library

For me, architecture as a form of critical thinking.

Exploring the authenticity and virtuality of the column

04.FOREST FLOWING HOUSE Otherwork

Is a building still a building when it has legs on it?

Critical thinking in architecture is not only reflected in knowledge itself, but also in how to develop critical thinking regarding social contexts through architecture, so as to better change some social situations, or make better use of current situations.

01 NEW GAOKAO TOWN Many parents sit with they children as they finishe their meal in front of the school gate.

The town sprang up for the college entrance examination An ad in the Maotanchang county offering home rental, meal and washing services for students.

Project 985 and 211 are both dream universities for Chinese students.All the students stayed up late studying for these schools

Every year, a large number of repeat candidates come to Maotanchang. It is in these places, called gaokao factories, that countless children of ordinary peo ple avo id the fate of entering real factories.

Thousands of people see off buses carrying students who are travelling to attend Gaokao on June 5, 2019. (The day before Gaokao). After a year of hard work, parents are finally seeing the light of day. Parents are jumping and cheering, hoping for the best result.

Architecture Design Academic Studio Individual Program Instructor: Wanli Mo Time: Summer 2019 Maotanchang Middle School is a middle school in Lu'an, Anhui, China.

It is known as the largest 'Factory of Gaokao ' and is famous for its industrial model of education. Students began arriving from across China, praying the school could help create miracles.The town has about 30,000 permanent residents. In the past few years, the population has grown by another 20,000, with more than 10,000 families arriving to rent tiny studios, some hastily built in the courtyards of local homes, to take care of their studious teenagers.

A mother prepares dinner for her son

Maotanchang High School — the Jerusalem of the College Entrance Exam in China.

SHARING CMMUNITY

"I’ve taken many mock tests, but I still feel nervous: it’s a war without bullets."a student said.Any mistake could cause a painful fall.

Based on the analysis of the local population survey and research, this project chose the land three minutes away from Maotanchang Middle School, and through the study of the local Gaokao industry chain, designed this sharing community based on the economic guidance of Gaokao, as a new community meeting the needs of examinees, accompanying parents and local residents.

THE TIMELINE OF GAOKAO

GAOKAO TOWN POPULATION ANALYSIS

Since the resumption of gaokao in 1977, gaokao has selected and sent a large number of elite talents for the country and made great contributions to the development of society. But at the same time, the annual gaokao has become a single-plank bridge, has become a class across the only way.

Based on the in-depth understanding of the daily activities of the three major groups in Maotanchang, the examinee spends most of his/her time studying, and only occasionally has time for entertainment activities in the evenings and weekends. The daily activities of the accompanying parents are mostly cooking, working at home or dancing in the square.

Compared with the local residents, the life is relatively monotonous.As there are not enough jobs in the local area, the accompanying parents usually get together to chat except buying food and cooking, while there is not enough public space in the whole town

Educated youth go to the countryside

Imperial University of Peking

1898 Imperial University of Peking

1949

The world's largest exam

Ten years of the cultural revolution

1978

The university entrance exam to cancel

The university entrance exam expansion

The reform and opening-up

2020

Students

Parents

Residents

The resumption of university entrance examination

村民

THE FORMATION OF THE GAOKAO TOWN The influx of 50,000 people every year (including 20,000 middle school students and 10,000 parents) has raised the town's fiscal revenue to nearly $2.45 million, four times the neighboring town of Dongehkou. Many residents of the town rent their homes out to parents for $1,300 to $3,300 a year, which is exorbitant for a small mountain town in China.

TYPE

RENT

06:00

SITE

Residential land Educational land

<500 500-1000 >1000

ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION

COMPLETION DATE

SCHOOL

1900-1960 1960-1980 1980-2000 2000-2020

Low Medium High

08:00

10:00

12:00

15:00

17:30

22:00

24:00

MASS ANALYSIS

GAOKAO TOWN INDUSTRY CHAIN U E COMMODITY INDUSTRY B R ECONVENIENCE STORE ESTA INN LAUNDRY ROOM M P D NT CLOTHING SHOP T R E FLAG ROBE SHOP CE OO HO AS TH S RE KF ON Y R RY CA EA HE UD NE LL O BR NC ST TIO FU OBA A LU ST TA HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS INDUSTRYDRUGSTORE, SE BRAIN-TONIFYING HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS SUPPLEMENT EA EN SHOP EL SS AT US RY S TE ME ST N CA ES, HO O I DU TI SERVICE INDUSTRY EL TABL ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY D IN TU E CHESS AND CARDS ROOM SQUARE DANCE BEAUTY SHOP BARBER SHOP N TI EG Y IO NS RY T, V TR AT L I ST RUI US UC DIA DU : F IN RKET ED E ND I L M G TA RE NG A IN EN RI E M AS E R TE ABL LE ICYCL CA EGET

EDUCATION INDUSTRY REMEDIAL INSTITUTIONS STUDY ROOM

THE STORE The ground floor of the building is equipped with external shops to meet the needs of the industry brought by the accompanying parents. Several smaller passages connect to the inner courtyard, which forms a larger open Shared space.

B

UPBRINGING SPECTACLES STORE STATIONERY SHOP BOOKSTORE NEWSSTAND

V

BICYCLE RENTAL FULL CARE CENTER TAKE THE PLACE TO READ TAOBAO PURCHASING AGENCY

Y E NC OR GE ST A T ES D G IN CL AN AN S TA ST AD A UR H EC WS TA R RE C SP NE O UR ES PPE R ET P OTHER INDUSTRIES BURN INCENSE LAC AND PRAY TON TSU FOR BLESSINGS N NG P E ON A HANDICRAFTS, ETC GI BLESSING EVENT SUPPLIES AGRICULTURE E W AUR IN OR TH T BR KST KE NT ES UP OO TA RA R R

LEASING INDUSTRY HOUSE LEASE

CATERING INDUSTRY DELICATESSEN VEGETABLE MARKET BREAKFAST RESTAURANT WONTON RESTAURANT LUNCHEON THE DINNER RESTAURANT SUPPER

90% EDUCATION INDUSTRY 10% OTHER INDUSTRIES

COMMODITY INDUSTRY CONVENIENCE STORE CLOTHING SHOP LAUNDRY ROOM FLAG ROBE SHOP

HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY DRUGSTORE, SUPPLEMENT BRAIN-TONIFYING HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS SHOP

SERVICE INDUSTRY BEAUTY SHOP BARBER SHOP

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY CHESS AND CARDS ROOM SQUARE DANCE

LIVING SPACE The building becomes a compound, forming a larger courtyard. As a result, the living space becomes cohesive and people can have more activities in this community space.

SHARED SPACE T h e S h a re d s p a c e i s l o cate d o n a residential and commercial mezzanine level, which includes a Shared restaurant, Shared fitness facilities and Shared study rooms. Many boxes of the opposite sex are set up in the inner courtyard to meet different functional requirements.

OTHER INDUSTRIES BURN INCENSE AND PRAY FOR BLESSINGS BLESSING EVENT SUPPLIES AGRICULTURE HANDICRAFTS, ETC

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

STRATEGY

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Living needs

Living needs Maotanchang town has a good market demand for school district housing, so the supply of superior areas is often in short supply, resulting in the high rental price of housing. Besides, the living environment of the town cannot m a t c h t h e e xc e s s i v e g r o w t h of housing price and the good environment needed by students.

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Commercial needs

Commercial needs Due to the arrival of a large number of accompanying parents and students, more and more industries have been introduced, but there is not enough space to carry these functions

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Shared space

Shared space needs

Redesign Redesign

The functional zoning of Maotanchang Town is relatively c l e a r. I n o r d e r n o t t o a f fe c t students' study, the residential area and the commercial entertainment area are relatively separate, which makes the spatial connection between the two parts very poor.

The ground floor is a shop providing employment for accompanying parents, the second floor is a shared space, and the top floor is a personalized residence.

Shared space needs

＝ Commercial Space

Recreational Space

Shared Space

Living Space

A

11 7 7 8

10 13 9 9

5 4 5 12 15 5 6

1 1 14 2 1

1

3

1

GAOKAO-RELATED SHOPS

1

1.Breakfast Shop 2.The Student Restaurant 3.The Fruit Store 4.Small Supermarket 5.The Tutorial Institutions 6.Stationery Shop 7.Leasing Center 8.Full-Time Nursery Center 9.Laundry Room 10.The Barber Shop 11.Small Theater 12.Study Room 13.The Bookstore 14.Chess Room 15.Optical shop

A

4

We set up shops on the outside of the ground floor to meet the living needs of local residents, examinees and accompanying parents. This includes the education industry, rental industries and daily functions. The interior of the building is equipped with some more entertaining buildings, such as small theater, chess and card room, bookstore, study room, etc., and the interior of the building is set with landscape tree pool for rest.The large courtyard also provides a place for accompanying parents and local residents to communicate and interact.

Ground Floor Plan A-A Section

NEW GAOKAO RESIDENCE MODEL TYPE 1

Proportion of people accompanying students and type of residence

1 2

TYPE 2

3

Based on the composition types of accompanying parents and students, the corresponding house types are designed and the proportion of house types is determined according to the type proportion.

1.Shared Restaurant 2.Shared Study Room 3.Shared Gym

First Floor Plan

TYPE 3

TYPE 4

TYPE 5

Second Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

Soil layer Protective layer of 2-3mm grain size green bean sand Cold primer waterproofing layer 80mm 1:3 cement mortar levelling layer 1:8 cement slag slope layer 100 thick reinforced concrete structural layer 15 thick cement mortar roofing layer

50 mm enterprise type laminated wood flooring Raw board 50mm 1:3 cement mortar levelling layer 80 thick reinforced concrete structural layer 15 thick cement mortar roof layer

Terrazzo flooring Waterproofing layer with cold primer 50 mm 1:3 cement mortar levelling layer 8 0 t h i c k re i n fo rc e d co n c re te st r u c t u ra l layer Insulation layer

50 mm enterprise type laminated wood flooring Raw board Keel 50mm 1:3 cement mortar levelling layer 80 thick reinforced concrete structural layer 120 thick reinforced concrete structural conversion layer 15 thick cement mortar roofing layer

ROOF SHARING PLATFORM

CONSTRUCTION SECTION The building structure is relatively simple, using reinforced concrete construction. As the first floor is elevated, a structural conversion floor is provided to make the structure and function more logical. The overall feel of the building is light and clean, with white walls on the exterior and wa r m w o o d o n t h e i n t e r i o r.

Some of the shaped volumes of the building are coloured in less saturated colours to keep the students and accompanying parents in a more pleasant state of mind and body in a hostile environment.

50 mm enterprise type laminated wood flooring Floating damp-proof layer 50mm 1:3 cement mortar levelling layer 80 thick reinforced concrete structural layer Crushed stone triplex Compacted plain soil

SHARING STUDY AREA

SHARING COMMUNITY At twelve o 'clock, the students left school on time and hurried back to their community. Some students' parents are not at home, so they go to the shared restaurant on the second floor to have a meal. After the meal, they can go to share self-study, review, discuss problems with friends or even just have a chat. Some of the students' parents had just returned from the shop downstairs to cook for their children. Some villagers had just finished drinking tea and were ready to go home for dinner.

02 ENTERTAINMENT TO THE DEATH Digital Labour: Prosumers and Playbours

Architecture Design Academic Studio Group Program with Chunhua Lu Role in team:Conceptual Design (70%), Technical Drawing(50%) Instructor:Yuqi Xie Time: Summer 2020 This entertainment building is located in Times Square, New York, USA, and is a highly entertaining. In the 21st century, digital entertainment is becoming the dominant form of entertainment.However, in the digital age, capital have new ways of production and profit, which leads to consumers participating in recreational activities becoming hidden producers.

The Internet itself is a digital factory—a field full of labor, exploitation, and struggles—that ultimately blurs the line between daily life and labor time. Thus, content, user data and experience is used as a commodity, and be exchanged. Internet companies make the most money from this data. The project is trying to use this Entertainment Building to reveal the phenomenon that the Internet is becoming a new digital factory and to reawaken people's perceptions of the Internet.

RECREATIONAL AND PRODUCTIVE ON THE RISE

STUDY ON ENTERTAINMENT SPACE 6000BC

Opera�oanl Mode

4000BC

2000BC

1000BC

Pantheon The temple dates back to 27 BC. Pantheon is a temple dedicated to the gods. It was the building with the largest span of interior space in the world before the appearance of modern structural technology

00AD

200

Thermae of Caracalla Built between 211 and 217, it has a library, amphitheater, promenade, gym and other facili�es in addi�on to the baths.

400

Circus Maximus Mome Built between 72 and 80, it is a symbol of ancient Roman civiliza�on. It was a place in the Ancient Roman Empire where slave owners, nobles and freemen watched animal fights or slave fights.

Entertaining

user 600

content

provider

money

800

Produc�vity Produc�vity The original age

The agricultural age

The industrial age

The electricity age The informa�on age

Paris Opera House

The informa�on age

The digital age

Designed in 1861, the Opera House is a representa�ve work of eclec�cism. Its architecture perfectly combines several architectural forms such as ancient Greek and Roman colonnades and Baroque, giving people great enjoyment

1000

1200

Sagrada Família 1400

The Sagrada Familia cathedral was built in 1882, and Gaudi took over the project in 1883, incorpora�ng his own architectural design style, gothic style and art Nouveau movement style.

1600

1800

Eiffel Tower 1890

INTERNET CAPITAL PROFITS MODEL

The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the victory of the French Revolu�on, a symbol of the industrial revolu�on that swept the world at the �me.

1920

1960

1980

1990

2000

Disneyland When the first Disneyland opened in 1955, it set the world on fire. Amusement parks began to provide a place for people to socialize and entertain as an important form of entertainment.

Sydney Opera House

The Guggenheim Museum in New York, a famous Landmark in New York, was completed in 1937.

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the most famous American architects of the 20th century, the building sits on a street corner in New York City and is unlike any other.

Data

The Sydney Opera House was officially opened on October 20, 1973. It is an Australian landmark with a 2,700-seat concert hall, a 1550-seat opera house and a 420-seat small theatre, with exhibi�ons, recordings, bars, restaurants, etc

user

2030

2040?

Digital Box

Profits

consume

2010

Since the end of the 20th century, people's recrea�onal ac�vi�es have gradually transferred from physical space to virtual space. The carrying space of entertainment func�on also changes from large space to small box space.

Unpaid work （pla�orm use）

Profits

2005

2020

（pla�orm use）

The Guggenheim Museum in New York

The digital age

2015

C（Internet prosumer cmmodity）-money

Digital pla�orms

Paid work

1940

（Internet prosumer cmmodity） money

pla�orms

Money - T(technologies infrastructure)

Pompidou Na�onal Center for Arts and Culture The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), completed in 1977, was designed to see architecture as a flexible, ever-changing framework like a city, adapted to the ever-changing demands of man, and to promote a rich variety of ac�vi�es. The building is a work of "technicalism" in modern architecture.

content money

user

user

consume produce

Capital

Digital services

Adver�sing

Adver�sing

Internet companies Adver�sing companies Capital

Internet companies Adver�sing companies

Profits

Profits

Most digital services are free to use, they are no commodi�es. the social media commodity.

Most digital services are free to use, they are no commodi�es.

User data and the users are the social media commodity.

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

2F 180 ㎡

The uppermost level is an intensive box space with a minimalist and industrial feel

2F 120 ㎡

16 ㎡

16 ㎡

280m

2020

2F 32 ㎡

16 ㎡

The space is modelled on the form of the Holy Family Church

16 ㎡

3F 200 ㎡

16 ㎡

4F 300 ㎡

3F 280 ㎡

220m

16 ㎡

16 ㎡

16 ㎡

1882 The formal character of the Pompidou Centre

11F 500 ㎡

1977

1861

6F 350 ㎡

The form of the upper a n d m i d d l e f l o o rs refers to the portico space of the Paris Opera House, creating numerous grey spaces which form a very active semi-open space.

6F 250 ㎡

180m

1F 100 ㎡

9F 1900 ㎡ 2F 700 ㎡

1F 800 ㎡

140m

The theatre space is based on the spatial pattern of the Roman gladiatorial arena

2F 150 ㎡

AD72 The architectural space is modelled on that of the Pantheon by the size and depth of the space.

4F 1600 ㎡

4F 900 ㎡ 7F 2300 ㎡

100m

8F 900 ㎡ 1F 300 ㎡

BC27 The ground floor of the building is a large space, such as the elevated space beneath the Eiffel Tower.

2F 1200 ㎡

11F 5000 ㎡

1F 1000 ㎡

1F 600 ㎡

40m

20m

LOGICAL MODEL

SHAPE MODEL

LAYOUT PLAN

The building space reflects the change from the original past form of entertainment to the modern 'box' model and from collective to individual forms of entertainment from the bottom up.

Use the spatial form of Tetris to convey the features of entertainment. The diverse space can accommodate different recreational activities

In the process of visitor‘s journey from the bottom to the top the form of space will gradual become from free, recreational, to orderly and efficient

The Entertainment Building offers a wide range of entertainment options, from the richly varied spaces below to the factoryinspired entertainment spaces on the upper floors, which can accommodate hundreds or thousands of people.

Games Centre

The Circus The upper and middle areas of the building are becoming more personalised , with a variety of contemporary entertainmen t spaces to meet the needs of visitors, such as a ktv, cinema, mini-theatre, rock climbing room , and a variety of other facilities.People can choose the type of entertainment that suits thei r interests.

The Gam es Cen tre is the high est floo r of the enti re Ente rtain men t Building and the pinnacle of digital entertainment. Visitors can exp erie nce 4D effe cts in sma ll boxes using vr glasses, where digit al plat form s blur the bou nda ries between the virtual and real worl ds.

Aquarium Ther e is a large aqua rium and swimming pool, and even a water park whe re visit ors can choo se from a varie ty of wate r-ba sed ente rtain men t optio ns, wave to wha les, sunb athe and enjo y the water. There are also underwater tunnels and water slides.

Entertainment Gallery This is an entertai nment pavilion where people can experien ce different kinds of entertain ment, from ancient times to the present day, from large to small. There are also a variety of entertainment displays, from two-dimensional to three-dimensional.

Small Theatre The first floor of the entertainment building is a large open space that can become a venue for numerous public entertainments, where people can play, interact and hang out.A lot of fun and entertainment is organised here for festivals and important celebrations.

20-28 STOREY SECTIONS

8-15 STOREY SECTIONS

DIGITAL RECREATION OR LABOUR ?

On the digital platforms, every time we post, click, retweet, like, comment and interact with each other, we are creating value for the Internet companies whose core competency is traffic; all the information data and content we produce will be transformed into intangible assets of the media; every trace of our use becomes the user data of the corresponding Internet companies, which in turn accurately sell us the goods we We think that we are only "participating" in the media. We think we are only "participating", but in the eyes of capital, we are "working".

TOP FLOOR PLAN

TOP FLOOR SECTION

03 CANOPY HALL The Fuzziness and Authenticity of Columns Architecture Design Academic Studio Individual Program Instructor: Wanli Mo Time: Spring 2020 As one of the building components, the column can be used not only as the architecture of the building but also as the boundary of the field. This project explores the ambiguities of columns: structural, functional, and enclosed columns. The design can also form open, semi-open and private Spaces through the composition of the columns themselves.

Coarse to Thin

Thin to Coarse

Gradual change

Column thickening

Disorderly change

Hollow column

Small

Medium

The seat

The table

Stage

The ventilation pipe

Light Wells

Toilet

Single column

Lao column

sandwich

Large

Combination

Very Sparse

Sparse

Dense

Very Dense

Combination

Typology and combination of horizontal columns When a column gradually becomes thick from thin, it becomes a structural column that can bear the roof. And then becomes thicker, when its interior can bear the function, it becomes a functional column. At the same time, when the column is densely planted, it can even be regarded as a wall. The horizontal change of columns can create many different spaces, open space, semi open space and private space.

Typology and combination of vertical columns When a column changes vertically, when it carries the roof, it is a column. But when its height becomes only half of the original, it may become a functional space; when its height is only 50cm, it becomes furniture again. In the vertical direction, the functional properties of columns are more diverse.

Read area

Plant area

Coffee shop

Computer area

Plant area

Studio

Conference room

Store

Bookstore

Exhibition hall

Multimedia room Magazines area

Book area

Functional Possibilities and Composition The horizontal, vertical and material properties of the columns are explored and tried, and different possibilities between the columns are created according to the requirements of different spatial properties of the building. For example, small enclosed columns are more open, and stout functional columns are more able to occupy space. In addition, the structural column uses steel to weaken its substantiality,dividing space respectively.

1.Entrance 2.Office 3.Reading space 4.Cafe 5.Store 6.Garden 7.general books 8.Reference 9.Art&Hobby 10.Theater

B

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2 10

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Ground Floor Plan 0

5

10

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Roof membrane Cover-board insulation Thermal insulation Vapor retarder membrane (if needed) Insulation Steel roof deck

Building Section A-A

C20 concrete slab Floating damp proof coating Polyethylene plastic film 150 mm thick 3; 7 dust Element of soil compaction

Building Section B-B 0

5

10

20

Construction Section

04

Mechanical Design Academic Studio Group Program Instructor: Yuqi Xie Time: Spring 2019

FOREST FLOWING HOUSE

Diagram&Material Analysis 1.Foldable Roof Frame The shearing element is selected as the basic element. The element is connected by two aluminum alloy straight rods with Cross and coplanar, and several shearing elements are connected with the hinges to form a deployable and folding space structure, which is folded and contracted during transportation, it also can spread out quickly in the forest

2.Multiple Power Generation The use of polymer nano-film Rain Water power generation technology, lay the nanofilm on the solar thin film battery, can become raindrops when it rains to generate electricity. And the composite energy of solar power generation in sunny weather

3.Multifunctional Seating

The Bionic Process Of The House

The wo he active style of chair surface.

When folding, the chair surface becomes the back of the viewer in front, and the back of the seat creates a space for people to sit on.

4.Bionic Animal Robot Drawing lessons from Theo Jansen’s principle of bionic animal robot movement, the gear engine device drives four feet and uses the same connecting rod structure with the same left and right rotating shafts.

But the hinged joint of the four connecting rods is in the opposite position, causing the adjacent link to take on the opposite state of motion, circularly, ensuring that at least two legs hit the ground at the same time to keep the balance of the body and keep moving forward.

Section

Layout Plan