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Xuefei Zheng Work Selection 2008-2013
WORKSHOP STYLE LIBRARY
Pendleton Hand Craft I| Tanglewood Mansion Renovation Professor: Ufuk Ersoy
Independence Work// 2013
Why to Redesign? The Library site is located on one of the Pendleton historic spots called Tanglewood Mansion. The mansion was destroyed by fire in 1970. And almost 8 years ago the County built the existing Pendleton Branch library next to the columns and the ruins. This library attempted to reflect an old architectural style, but its plastered façade show neither its steel structure nor the real local building style. Furthermore, the library doesn’t provide enough outdoor and communication space for Pendleton people to gather for social events there.
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Hypothetical Scene in 19th Century
Reality
Future ABOVE// Site development through collage
ABOVE// Pendleton Downtown
ABOVE// Pendleton Family Collage
ABOVE// Pendleton Service Area
ABOVE// View from Street BELOW// Site model
Pendleton Hand Craft “Workshop Style Library” In the new library design, Pendleton demography and cultural tradition are taken into consideration. Pendleton’s percentage of residents over the age of 65 is more than the average of the US. Pendleton regularly holds community events such as Town Market, History Re-enactment and Parades. In downtown over 60% of shops are local craft shops and antique stores. Antique and craft shops are the soul of Pendleton.
The Inheritance of Old Craft Skills from Generation to Generation
ABOVE// Design Intention Collage
ABOVE// Section
Walking from new to old via Underground Gallery
Modern and Historical Hallway
Connection Between Building and Ruin This new library design intends to focus on collecting and displaying local artworks and at the same time, to create a craft workshop and exhibition space where the town residents will spend their leisure time.
Different Ways of Access Considering the diversity of the population in the town, this design offers different ways of access. Firstly the library provides service for the senior people and householders with children. Some senior people in the town have traditional crafting skills. This library will provide them space and let them deliver their skills to the next generation. The elder people have a reserved accessible parking lot, which has two directly accessible corridors to both upper reading and lower crafting areas. The householders and their children use the same entry when they visit the library to enjoy story telling time. After checking out the activities in the library, the parents may sit in the sofa where they can watch their children in the reading area next to them. In this library, some touristic tours and visitors will have a chance to observe the local craftsmanship. They are supposed to go through the stair in the courtyard directly into the lower floor. The lower floor has larger air controlled space for craft making. And this place is connected directly to the bottom of the ruins, where there is an art exhibition space.
ABOVE// Lower Floor Plan BELOW// Upper Floor Plan
Rain Water Collecting Roof
ABOVE// Craft Work Courtyard BELOW// AXONOMETRIC Rain Water Collecting Roof
It is designed as a rainwater collector roof composed of two layers which direct the water to a collector. This roof is also a ventilation roof.
Steel-Wood Frame System
Some of steel columns are wrapped with local fire woods.
Thermal Curtain Wall
All the interior area is wrapped with high-performance Thermal Curtain wall.
Active Bookshelf system
The bookshelves are installed with active mechanical system to help people reach the higher shelves.
Shade Outdoor Space
The SunShade system reduce the daylights coming directly to people gathering areas.
ABOVE// Interior Lightening BELOW// Details: Lightening Shelf
Sustainbility in Pendleton Library
ABOVE// Daylight and Ventilation Analysis
The slope roof of the library recalls the traditional slope roof in the context. It is designed as a rainwater collector roof composed of two layers which direct the water to a collector. This roof is also ventilation roof. In front of the building there is a porch. It’s a part of the outdoor landscape, serving as the transition from street to building. The design takes the advantage of the topography; some parts of the program are located at different levels.
ABOVE// Section Perspective
ABOVE// Townhouses
Y-BEACH INHABIT Clemson Campus Living in Recreation Area
Professor: Ulrike Heine/Ufuk Ersoy/Dustin Albright
Partner: Elsa Kosegarten// 2013
This ongoing housing program proposes mixed uses for the Y-Beach site on Clemson Campus. It reorganizes the public space of Y-Beach recreation area and provides a waterfront walking strip for the residents and visitors. As a sustainable design project, it will utilize Cross Laminated Timber as a structural material. My task in this project is the site landscape planning and the townhouses neighbourhood design.
ABOVE// Site Birdview
Waterfront Living Landscape design strategies were closely tied to the design of the housing. The grey space in between of the building creates outdoor seating areas and pathways. The pathway in front of houses highlights the vistas and other natural features on the property while also managing storm water run-off.
ABOVE// Site Organization
ABOVE// Building Facade
Neighbourhood Community Townhouses
ABOVE// Townhouses and Flats Ground Plan
WOOD DECK WOOD DECK SUPPORT ROOF MEMBRANE COVER BOARD 1 LAYER 2'' INSULATION FOAM 5 PLY 6'' CLT
METAL FLASHING WOOD CLADDING 1 LAYER 2'' INSULATION VAPOR BARRIER
2 LAYER 1'' GYPSUM BOARD WINDOW w INTEGRAL MOUNTING FLANGE CAULKING STEEL GUTTER METAL FLASHING
INSULATION FOAM VAPOR BARRIER STONE DRAINAGE BED DRAIN PIPE 5% SLOPE AWAY BACK FILL
ABOVE// Section Details
ABOVE// Townhouses Section
ABOVE// Internal Street
ABOVE// View from Sandy Beach
The houses integrate a number of sustainable design strategies including effective HVAC system, acoustic flooring, natural daylight and natural ventilation, overhang and eaves for horizontal shading, window film, and concentrated rainfall system.
TOWNHOUSES Ravenel Center
Y-Beach Court
HIGH EFFICIENCIES
FLATS Y-Beach Sailing Club
Interior conditions are conceptualized to frame or reference the natural environment.
ABOVE// Townhouse Interior BELOW// Site Section
Lake Hartwell
ABOVE// View From North
Campus Planning And Building Design: Vital Public Space for Dialog
ABOVE// Model Work BELOW/ View From South
BUSINESS SCHOOL
The College of Business and Behavior Science, Clemson University Independence Work// 2013
ABOVE// Business School
Professor: Peter Laurance
BELOW// Site Photo
EXISTING ENVIRONMENT The new Business building is in harmony of the other campus buildings, also shows respect to the topography situation. The site design keeps the big trees and grass mound near the building, which is the home of birds and squirrels. Some site elements, such as red bricks, are applied in this new building. The front terrace provides outdoor common space with shading for faculty and students taking a break and viewing the distant hills.
View Behind Clemson White Louvres
ABOVE// Site Birdview From East
PROGRAMME A. CBBS B. PACKAGING SCIENCE C. ENGINEERING D. ENGINEERING LABS E. FUTURE BUILDINGS F. CAFE G. PARKING AREA H. PUBLIC PLAZA I. NATURE GARDEN
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ABOVE// Site Plan
ZONING AND PLANS Student Commons
The entry floor contains students common and the Dean’s office. Sheltered by the structure wall, the Dean’s place is separated from the shared space on entry floor.
Departmental Offices
The 2-4 floors are mainly taken up by departmental space and the faculty spaces. The TA offices and student workrooms are located on the west side, closed to an open porch.
Classrooms and Centers
The 5-6 floors are mainly assembly spaces. The research centers are also located on these floors. ABOVE// Entry Floor Plan BELOW// Building Section
TERRACED ATRIUM
ABOVE// Second Floor Plan
ABOVE// Fifth Floor Plan
ABOVE// Third Floor Plan
ABOVE// Sixth Floor Plan
CLASSROOMS AND CENTERS
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
STUDENT COMMONS
LECTURE HALL
ABOVE// AXONOMETRIC
Exterior Lounge
The building sits on a podium located on a slope. Every floor has an outdoor terrace on the west side. These terraces provide spaces for faculty and students to take a break and view the nearby garden and distant hills. By locating terraced porch on the west edge, the faculty and students are able to experience an open academic lounge with climate control.
Atrium Lounge
A seven-storey atrium introduces daylight into the heart of the building. The Atrium space is used for School activies, academic events, exhibition. Also, it acts as a return air convection plenum in the building's ventilation system.
Museum
The museum’s entry is on the outside stage. People can visit the museum without officially entering the building.
Flexible Modern Space and Traditional Campus Element
ABOVE// East View
Let's talk and taste Downtown Asheville!
TOWN PORCH
STEEL STRUCTURE DESIGN || Asheville Culinary Arts Professor: Doug Hecker
Independence Work// 2012
ABOVE// West View
Inviting People to the Porch Asheville is a thriving arts community in North Carolina. Located in the Central Business District of Asheville, this Culinary Art College intends to act as a “Town Porch� to accept the guests from all over the country. It not only provides a featured study environment for the students, but also is a space for the guests to stop by, understand, and engage in the Asheville Culinary Arts.
ABOVE// Context
SHOW THE CULINARY PROCESS TO GUESTS The entry floor of this building is the essential space to show the culinary process to the guests in the “Porch”. It is a transition from the street to the building indoor. It’s a double height space, and some of the functional rooms are raised in the middle. The top floor of the building acts as a cover for the “Porch”, which is also an essential space for the school where most of the culinary process happening. ABOVE// Site Model
FOOD TRANSPORT
SCHOOL ENTRY
ABOVE// Space Analysis
VENTILATION CORE TEACHING KITCHEN
TRUSS UNIT
JOIST WALL SECTION
METAL PANEL STEEL CAP
JOIST WALL
TOP TRUSS
BASE TRUSS
STRUCTURAL CORE STRUCTURAL WALL WOOD DECK
STRUCTURAL CORE GROUND SEAT ABOVE// AXONOMETRIC
ABOVE// Structure Concept
Where the load concentrates The supporting cores appear The steel components can be done by a laser cutter. Most of the trusses are made of hollow steel pipe to reduce the self-load. And the supporting walls will appear where the load concentrates, which also follows the texture of the space. This structural system shows the nature of steel; flexible, light, and adaptable.
ABOVE// East View
FLEXIBLE GRIDS
In the interior space, the building attempts to divide the space by flexible grids. Several grids can open up and connect to a linear space for classrooms use. The central grid surrounded by the classroom will be a equipment storage core to serve the classroom. ABOVE// Top View
Porch as Megastructure
ABOVE// North Street Facade
ABOVE// Model in Site
Different from the rigorous teaching institutions, the activities that happen in a Culinary Arts School doesn’t have a rigid sequence. The limited number of classrooms and kitchens requires a more specific, identifiable, commutable space. To form a decent space for the “Porch”, and to show the culinary process to the guests in the “Porch”, the vertical structure system needs to hold up the space holding the events, but not defines the “boundary” too clear. The guests should feel free to come into the “Porch”.
ABOVE// Street Section View
Environmental Protection Information Center Independence Design// 2012 Summer Work Location: Guangzhou, China As a second round design program, this building located in a subtropical city, The sun control and shading devices on southern and western facade can effectively reduce building peak heat gain and meet cooling requirements in the summer time.
ABOVE// Offices Night View
ABOVE// Ventilation Design
EAST WINDOW
CENTER LOUNGE
SOLAR PANEL
ENTRY HALLWAY
SOUTH WINDOW
ABOVE// Building Axonometric and Design Details
OPEN CORRIDOR
Lingnan Culture "The word 'Lingnan' comes from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770BC-221BC). Guangzhou is the center of Cantonese culture along the Pearl River and the most outstanding of Lingnan Culture. The Cantonese dialect, Cantonese Opera, Lingnan calligraphy, art schools, architecture, miniascape, Cantonese cuisine, as well as music and handicrafts are all included in its scope." ----Lingnan Dictionary
Southern China Roots Projects in Panyu Town Historic District, Guangzhou, China
FOLKLORE PAVILION
Exhibition Center in Panyu Downtown
Main Designer// 2008
Location: Panyu, Guangzhou
ABOVE// Roof View ABOVE// View from Southeast
ABOVE// Designed Texture
ABOVE// Traditional Building Texture
Learning Transparency from Traditional Building
There is a hill called “LOTUS” in Panyu Town. Lotus is a plant commonly grown in the back garden of a traditional house, and also the symbol of the Panyu town. This building resembles the lotus. The building exhibition space is "permanent" with brick wall. The epidermal is “changeable” with time and supposed to be made of environmentally friendly materials.
EPIDERMAL
The epidermal layers are made of environment friendly materials, such as fabric and steel. The skin mainly adjusts wind and daylight going into the inside core. The inside core is assembly of local grey brick, which can also provide passive climate control in the building.
ABOVE// Roof Layers
THERMAL CONTROL The outer frame is an assembly of curved slats, which is joined to an straight steel frame. There are some louvres in between of the two layers, which are controlled by Intelligent Systems with wind speed sensor.
ABOVE// Climate Control
ABOVE// Axonometric
ABOVE// Night View
ABOVE// Building Section
ABOVE// Building in Site
Old Town Image
ABOVE// Old Drawing of Panyu Town
DOWNTOWN BACKLANE RENOVATION Historical District Renovation, Panyu, Guangzhou, China
Diploma Project, South China University of Technology// 2013
SITE REORGANIZATION
Professor: Jiang Feng
ABOVE// Panyu Old Map
By removing the dilapidated buildings and reorganization the transportation system, Public space and new function are migrated to this district. The “sleeping part” buried in the over-dense district is being revealed by the “cleaning” process. Fire lane is left out, and the shabby closed ancestral is reinforced and reopen with a square in front of them.
BACKGROUND PHOTO
ABOVE// Old Streets on Site
CONTEXT
Before
PROGRAM: SENIOR COMMUNITY 1. ASSISTED LIVING 2. THEATER 3. HOSPITAL 4. RESTAURANT 5. TRADITIONAL SHOP
80 to 90 percent of older people say they want to remain in their own homes as long as possible. --SITE SURVEY
After
ENYRY: TRADITIONAL SHOPS
Story: Walking as a journey. Sence 1: An old man comes back to the old town where he lived15 years ago.
Sence 2: Something changed, but he can still find the traces of the past.
SENIOR APARTMENT
Sence 3: His house was just around the corner.
Sence 4: He looks out of the window, and see someone familiar.
BACK LANE VIEW
Sence 5: He comes out to the square to see if there is some one he used to know.
Sence 6: The other man looks into his face with surprise.
HIGH POINT: BELL TOWER
Sence 7: The old friends decide to do what they used to do 15 years ago.
Sence 8: The old tea house, where they spent their childhood, is still there, only get renovated.
Sence 9: In times go by, the small theater used to be a rundown house.
Sence 10: They see so many familiar building still located there.
GREY BRICK THEATER
ABOVE// Theater Facade and Section
Sence 10: The small old garden is still there.
Sence 10: There, they remembered many peaceful times.
TRADITIONAL SHOPS ABOVE// Traditional Shops Section
ABOVE// Traditional Shops Facade
ABOVE// Ground Floor Plan
Searching for memory and place While walking in the old town.
ABOVE// Senior Apartments Facade
CONSTRUCTION
SCHEMATIC AND CONSTRUCTION DRAWING Selected Project: China Southern Power Grid Independent Part: Plan and Detail Construction Drawing Location: Guangdong, China This project is an institutional building belonged to the China Southern Power Grid. The main structure is reinforced concrete. I collaborate with structural, electrical, HVAC and drainage engineers. These photos are taken during a site visit.
PHOTOGRAPH
Camera: Panasonic LX5 Location: Architecture Studio, Lee III, Clemson University Photograph Years: 2012-2013 "Lee III serves for the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. The Lee III Hall is considered to be zero net-energy ready. Its design and materials make it eco-friendly and allow it to eliminate its energy consumption with its own renewable energy. Also, the building contains a 30,000 square-foot garden-roof, the largest university garden-roof in the southeastern United States." --Official Introduction
PHOTOGRAPH
Location: Yuyin Mountain House, Panyu Town, Guangzhou Photograph Year: 2010
"Yuyin Mountain House, located in Nancun Town, Panyu, is also called "Yuyin Garden", which was built in the 6th year of Tongzhi period in Qing Dynasty (1867), with a history of more than 130 years. With its own characteristics, Yuyin Garden is regarded as one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong Province." ----Lingnan Dictionary
MAPPING
Panyu Country School, Guangzhou Mapping time: 2006
Before the Qing Dynasty, Panyu Country School was for the worship of Confucius and the Confucian Temple. It was located in Cheng Xuan Old Street, Panyu Town. Dougong sets are applied in this wood structure as eave overhang components, also making the facade graceful.
FINE ART
Pencil Sketches and Digital Work Year: 2012-2013
FINGER DRAWING
PEOPLE SKETCHES
This drawings is done by finger touch on the iPad. The drawing tool (Autodesk Sketchbook) is very simple, and also easily to express emotion and aesthetic sense.
Tools: Pencil and paper Year: 2013
PEOPLE SKETCHES Tools: Pencil and paper Year: 2013
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