Yunqin Wang_Portfolio by Fiona Wang

Yunqin Wang Portfolio

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Electric Current

Tide

Autarky

Cell Penetration

Boomerang

Nature to Future

Ladder to Sky

Other Work

Factory Adaptive Reuse Academic Work/ Individual Work

Module Aggregation/ Green hotel Academic Work/ Individual Work

Detroit Rebirth/ Vertical Farm Personal Work/ Individual Work

Urban Circulation/ Residential Academic Work/ Individual Work

Robotic Manufacture/ Chair Design Academic Work/ Group Work

Sustainable Design/ Green Student Center Academic Work/ Group Work

Complex Professional Work/ Group Work

Design/ Model/ Diagram/ Simulation...

Electric Current Factory Adaptive Reuse

2018.04-2018.06, Revised in 2020.10 Academic Work/ Individual Work Course: Architecture Design Studio (8) Course Code: ARCH31140 Instructor: Xiaoyong Wu Contact: +8613436052552 Location: Chongqing, China The studio focuses on the research and design of the renovation and utilization of existing buildings. The project is about the transformation of an old factory. Based on the analysis of the surrounding facilities, I propose to transform it into a kindergarten, concentrating on the adaptability of new functions and the stimulation of community vitality.

Tired after working...

A tree house there!

To the terminal.... So fun playing with Anna!

Vitality

Yellow Passages

The adaptive reuse project transformed an abandoned factory alongside Chongqing, China into a kindergarten. As some elderly people and children are left behind in this fringe area, I intend to inject vitality into the site. On the urban scale. The building is integrated into commuters' route to the terminal; on the architecture scale, it contains continuous but diverse spaces for learning, exercising and playing.

To activate more possibilities of scenarios, I extend streets into the factory and then endow the streets with varied forms, which are combined together becoming a yellow passage system. Also, the linear element represents the cable used to be produced in the factory and the memory would resonate among surrounding residents.

CONCEPT

SITE PLAN

Pigeon Brand Cable

The main goal of the plan is to activate the abandoned factory area. I use yellow passages to connect the kindergarten, playgrounds, urban piers and other blocks, and passages transform at nodes to accommodate large crowds for gathering activities, which is conducive to attracting more people coming into the site.The yellow passages are inserted into the kindergarten from different heights. There is a continuous extension of the passages from the outside to the inside, and also a contrast between a more organic "small city" and the surrounding context.

Shock

I keep the memory of the cable factory through the form of new yellow linear passages, which connect various buildings.

Electric Current

Road Yellow Passage

Terminal

Input shuttling yellow passages to juxtapose parents and children in the same space.

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Function Proposal 3

Divide the architecture into a learning and a playing area with the yellow passage. Pedestrians can perceive children's vitality while walking on the passage.

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Original Structure

The original structure consists of two parts, one of which is a frame structure, and the other is a large-span truss structure. 0

20M

1 2 3 4 5

Jialing River Pier Observatory Tower Tree House Flyover

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Playground Slope Main Entry Entry Plaza Main Entry

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Kindergarten Staff Entry Platform Parking Tree House

16 Platform 17 Flyover 18 Sightseeing Platform

PLAN 1

2 3

4 5 6F

5F 4.5F

3F 7 2F 8 1F

Function Arrangement Classroom Climbing Area Reading Area Playing Area

Entertainment Office Back of House

Second Floor Plan

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

Parking Staff Entry Storage Enrtry

10M

Lounge Gallery Light Box Office

3 1 2

2 4 5

3 4

5 6

Floor Arrangement In the truss structure, additional beams and columns support free floor slab as activity space; in the frame structure, additional horizontal floor slabs support more floor area.

Fourth Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan 1 2 3 4

Lobby Back of House Office Classroom

5 6 7 8

Classroom Classroom Second Entry Climbing Area

9 Playing Box 10 Slide 11 Climbing Net

1 2 3 4

Office Office Lounge Game Room

5 6 7

Tree House Slide Grass Slope

Middle Floor Plan

Fifth Floor Plan

1 2 3 4

Reading Area Reading Area Grass Slope Slide

Office Workshop Grass Slope Slide

5 6 7

Tree House Classroom Hall

YELLOW PASSAGE TRANSFORMATION

CIRCULATION OF THE YELLOW WIRE Prototype of Box

Flow

Bend

To the playground

Trim

Twist

Processing

Insert

Extend

Cross

Elevate

Yellow passages cross through the wall as an extension of the external street. Then they stretch out again from the side walls to the site, connecting other passages.

To the playground

To the terminal

Scene of the Slide The yellow passage guides people to shuttle between different heights and horizontal positions of the architecture, and it evolves into various forms as the position changes. Pedestrians can quickly cross the architecture to the pier along the passage, while children can play on the passage, including sliding, climbing, etc.

To the platform

To the street

Yellow Street Circulation Additional Circulation Emergency Circulation 5

PL A YGR O

SECTIONAL SEQUENCES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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Flyover Entry External Stairs Spiral Staircase Climbing Net Classroom Arch Tree House Slide LIght Box Grass Slope Flyover Game Room Grass Slope Stack Platform Runway Tree House Reading Area

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DIVERSITY OF ACTIVITIES 7

A variety of possible activities are happening in the kindergarten, providing spaces for children to keep fit, to learn and to explore. Arch: climbing+resting

Light Box: playing+resting

Game Room: playing+resting

Climbing Net: climbing+circulation

Slide: playing

Tree House: exploring

Grass Slopes: planting+climbing

Reading Stair: reading+circulation 6

SECTION PERSPECTIVE The large-span space is separated by the slope, and the scale of the space gradually becomes smaller from left to right. Standing on the high ground, children can see the space continuously extending forward and backward. Under the rising floor, the same rising steps serve as reading seats to cater to the change of space height. Besides, a slide running through the space connects the high and low floors; a tree house stands alone as the uppermost elements in the hierarchy.

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8 6

1 2 3 4 5

Back of House Spiral Stairs Lobby Climbing Net Gallery

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Lounge Box Back of House Back of House Grass Slope

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Tree Hoiuse Slide Reading Area Cafe Reading Area

16 17 18 19

Grass Slope Back House Hall Classroom

Tide Module Aggregation/ Green hotel

2020.03-2018.06 Revised in 2020.07 Academic Work/ Individual Work Course: Graduation Project Course Code: ARCH55099 Instructor: Dexin Zong Contact: +8618623161128 Location: Chongqing, China

The studio focuses on the sustainability of the building and the integration into the nature. As the graduation design, more attention is given to the construction. I developed my idea with the a s s i s t a n c e of c o m p u te r- ba s e d simulations and applied several green technologies to improve the building performance.

Setbacks vs. Privacy

Module

Simulation

The setbacks bring terraces to each guest room, but at the same time it means that the guests on the upper terrace can see the people on the lower floor. Privacy is not guaranteed. The floor slabs are elevated and extended to a higher level to combine with planting. It protects privacy, while increasing the partial height of the guest room and bringing a wider view.

The design is composed of several modules, which consist of terrace, shading components, planters alongside the other basic equipment. Through aggregation and variation, I got a rhythmic and flexible design conforming to the aesthetics and context requirements.

I i n t e g r a t e t h e c o m p u t e r- b a s e d simulations, including radiation receiving and energy consumption into the design progress to achieve more sustainable and logical designs.

East Entry

Cold Wind from River

West Entry

Shading Componet

Planter

Vent

Swimming Pool

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7 5

SITE PLAN 0

10M

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Entry Parking Entry Courtyard Swimming Pool Parking Main Entry Platform

The center of the design is a huge courtyard with an open swimming pool. The circulation of the east and west hotels converge here, and people, walking, swimming or lying, enjoy the sunshine and nature on the platform.

Scene of the Courtyard

Repeated guest room modules and continuous arches form a sense of order and rhythm. Partially elevated floor makes the connection between the terrace of the lobby and the road closer. The public space then becomes more active.

Scene of the Terrace

The design adopts the repetition and variation of the units and use semicircles and free curves to blend into the surrounding terrain. The building has main entrances on both east and west roads, so the setbacks of the architecture gradually solve the height difference of the landform.

CONCEPT

View The site is located on a mountain towards Jialing River in Chongqing. Contour Curved contours flow around the site. The site is a slope.

Setback Use setbacks to create te r r a c e s f o r p e o p l e enjoying the natural view.

Tide U s e c u r v y e d g e s to conform to the context and to the waves of the river.

Unit U s e c u r v y e d g e s to conform to the context and to the waves of the river.

Unit & Variant S e t g u e s t ro o m s a s modular units with interspersed variants.

Public & Private Outside the room, public terraces are ever ywhere; inside the room, the terrace belongs to only the guest.

Courtyard Place a cour tyard in the center and connectwith the roof of the front row building, overlooking the river.

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8 6

9 10

At night, the dynamic edges of the building are clearly presented, echoing the stretched landscape trail in the foreground.

Scene of the West Facade

MASSING DEVELOPMENT The hotel consists of two parts, and the main public areas are placed on the first floor of each area. The guest rooms are lined up, all facing the river view, dotted with open public spaces.

Substitute some guest room modules with more open social spaces.

1 2 3 4 5

Input two kinds of guest room modules at intervals and suite modules at the right down part.

Elevate the height of the public area, and attach the corner module.

Push glazing facade towards interior space and make the edge smoother.

Lobby Double Room Suite Public Area

Restaurant & Bar Gallery Business Center Swimming Service

kWh/㎡

6 7 8 9 10

West Ground Floor Plan

Lobby Storage Kitchen Resraurant Terrace

3 2

FACADE BASED ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Main Entry Parking Business Center Cafe Reception

10M

65.0<

Guest Room Lobby

63.0 61.0 59.0

57.0 55.0 53.0 51.0 49.0 47.0

I selected typical parts of the model for analysis to compare e n e rg y c o n s u m p t i o n va l u e s with and without horizontal and vertical shading components.

<45.0

Floor Normalized Cooling Load--kWh/㎡ Alaysis Period: Jan. 1-- Dec. 31 When shading components are added, the average energy consumption per square meter drops by 10 kilowatt hours. In addition, I combined the shadings with planting troughs to make the building more sustainable.

1 2 3 4

Guest Room Cafe Atrium Rest Space

5 6 7 8

Suite Back of House Laundry Terrace

East Third Floor Plan 0

10M

MODULE DESIGN BASED ON RADIATION

GUEST ROOM DETAIL

Sun Path with Temperature Analysis

Radiation Analysis ℃

Chongqing is characterized with high temperature in summer, so the analysis period is summertime from June 1 to September 30. The radiation mainly comes from south and west.

37.0< 34.8 32.6 30.4 20.2 26.0

Then, I focus on how to reduce the radiation that surfaces receive in the development of modules.

kWh/㎡ 300.0< 273.0 246.0 219.0 192.0 165.0

23.8

138.0

21.6

111.0

19.4

84.0

17.2

57.0

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<30.0

Basic Module

Scene of the Guest Room

Cuboid guest room and cuboid with curved surface guest room for more centrality and privacy.

The large floor-to-ceiling windows in the module provide superb views. The green wall on the terrace and the indoor planting wall form a continuity, allowing smooth transition of nature into the interior. The wooden shading structure and suspended ceiling make the interior more warm.

The concave facade can form a self-shading effect, reducing the amount of radiation received by the west facade. Combination & Transformation The two modules are combined a t i n te r va l s a n d g r a d u a l l y detailed to form a basic guest room group.

Plaster 10-20 mm Galvanized steel for water drainage Brick wall

Stack and setback so that each room has its private terrace.

Insulation 50 mm

Reser ve boundaries for privacy. People standing on the upper stair can't see people downstairs.

Plaster, 10 mm

Fixing Screw of Vase on Grid Vase Module

Herbaceous perennial ground cover, decorative Soil with high water retention capacity, 150 mm Cloth of non-woven polypropylene, 2 mm Expanded polystyrene panel , 8 mm Dual shell breathable high density polyethylene, waterproofing,10 mm

Planting Wall Detail Construction

Light concrete with polystyrene beads with mesh, screed, 50 mm Panels of extruded polystyrene foam, insulation and acoustic, 70 mm Multilayer film with aluminum vapor barrier, 3mm Concrete slab, 200mm Plaster, 10 mm

Assign boundary space to downstairs room for broader vision.But the larger window will receive more radiation.

Retreat the floor-to-ceiling windows and use the top cornice to shading themselves。

Gain planting area and separate rooms with wire cloth. Drooping plants will form more shadows on west facades.

Fillet to form a corner module.

Elevate to form a public module with higher floor height.

Planting Roof Detail Construction

Planting Wall Assembly & View

Variants

Combine more single modules to form a suite module.

INTERIOR VIEW

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

Car Lane Circulation Elevation

East 4F Lounge

East 3F Guest Room+Office

East 2F Guest Room

East Entry

Circulation & Atrium East 1F Lobby+Restaurant +Business Center

East Entry

West 5F/ East -1F Swimming Pool+SPA +Cafe+ Gallery+Suite

Lobby & Terrace

Lounge

Garden Platform

West 4F Guest Room+ Suite

GUEST ROOM PLAN 0

West 3F Guest Room+ Suite

2 3

West 2F Guest Room+ Suite

3 6 4 4 5 5

1 2 3 4 5 6

Entry Bathroom Bed Terrace Planter Planting Walll

In order to ensure that all guest rooms enjoy the river view, the rooms adopt layouts of small widths and large depths, and a large open terrace is set on the west side. Planting roofs and planting walls bring nature back into interior space.

To Terraced Fields Parking Entry

West 1F Lobby+Cafe+Lounge West Entry

To Fruit Forest Camping Base

03 Autarky

Detroit Rebirth/ Vertical Farm

2018.11-2018.12, Revised in 2020.10 Personal Work/ Individual Work Open Project provided by LAC Studio Instructor: Zicheng Qu Contact: qzc1995@g.ucla.edu Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Vertical Structure Tube

I participated in the open project organized by the LAC design studio. I was inspired by a friend, a graduate from the MSAUD program at UCLA, who told me about his travels to Detroit and the recent stagnancy of the city. I became interested in bringing forward the idea of reviving the city through an architectural practice. Cow Shed

Spirally Rising Floor

INTEGRATED FARM REVIVING THE CITY Since the 1990s, Detroit, a once glorious city, has been confronted with multiple dilemmas. To revive the city, the project aims to bring new jobs, more incomes, and fresh foods to residents in an agricultural way. I am also interested in designing for the quality of life of cultivated animals and plants. Instead of traditional industrial regulations, animals would rejoice in tailored spaces until their lives end so as to reduce the cruelty of humans killing animals in large quantities.

Horizontal Planting Tube Animal Adoption

V Brace

FLOWING PLATES, TWISTED TUBES I conceived of the flowing floors that spirally rise to eliminate separation between horizontal plates and to extend spaces upwards and downwards. Also, the angles of slopes vary, beneficial for training cattles' muscles. Twisted tubes provide unique passages for transporting and independent planting. All geometries in the system compose a farm full of adventure.

PROGRAMMING Based on my research on the decline of Detroit, I proposed a practice to rejuvenate the city- using agriculture to bring economic stimulus. The return of agriculture to the city is not only an economic consideration, but also a way to experiment the compact city and to integrate the city with nature.

MODEL

FARM BUILDING

FAARM FARFARM ARMRM PLAZA PARK

MARKET

PARKING LOADING

GRASSLAND

RAILWAY

Folding the farmland to compact the area, and pushing the farm into the building to pull the agricultura area back to the city.

Traditionally, agricultural areas are excluded to the fringe of the city, significantly increasing the transportation costs of agricultural products.

1961 Waterfall

2030 Vertical Farm

In Water fall by Escher, he used illusions to create a continuously circulating waterfall.

I try to build a self-sufficient/ symbiotic farm in reality. Animals, plants and their productions support each other so that the project could operate independently. This concept could not only save an economically sluggish city, it is enlightening in the post-pandemic era.

Connecting the farm with t h e pa r k t h ro u g h t h e market and with the road through a plaza. Goods can be loaded outside to transport to other cities by rails.

2040 Self-Siufficient System

MARKET

GRAPE

WINE

MILK

WINERY

CABBAGE LETTUCE

HEN

EGG

COW

FACTORY

Provocation Collage

SITE PLAN 0 25 50

Early 20C Automotive Capital

1914 Michigan Central Depot Dedicated

1988 Michigan Central Depot Closed

2020 Dilemma Income Median: $31,283 2# Lowest

Indiana Illinois

Violent Crime: 2.06% 2# Dangerous

MSC Railway Ontario New York

Vertical Farm Market Animal Zone Railway Roosevelt Park Dog Park

2 Income 1

Salary/ GDP Trade/ Opportunity

Unemployment: 13.72% 173# Job Market

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100M

Job Position Farmer/ Milkmaid Regulator/ Retailer

Fresh Food Fruit/ Vegetable Diary/ Protein/Wine

M i c h i g a n C e n t r a l St a t i o n (MSC) in the center off Detroit has been abandoned for 3 decades. However, the old rails still contain great economic potential, as the farm could be linked to other cities and productions could be transported efficiently. Thus, I propose the farm on this site. 14

Roosevelt Park

Market

15 th St

Ver nor H

Entry 3

Staff Entry

Entry

4 6

Scene of the Lobby

Parking

Chicken Coop

Grassland for Cow

Freight Export Loading

MASSING DEVELOPMENT How to design for the coexistence of people, animals, and plants? I try to put nature into the building, including the landscape for animals' activities, controlled temperature and lighting for plants' growing. Effectively, I create a coordinated system.

Railway

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

20M

The ground floor space is divided into the circulation of public use, staff service and animal activities. The different functional spaces are independent of each other, but the penetration of space is realized with sight. The circulations extend from the internal to the external. Citizens pass through the market to relish the city park on the north side; productions are transported to the railroad to reach other cities on the south; animals walk on the pasture on the east side.

PROGRAM OPERATION

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Reception Lounge Information Desk Cafe Lobby Service Core Vegetable Planting Tube Office Storage

Spirally rising plates as grassland for cows' activities

Boxes 3-dimensionally arranged as barns

Top frames as vine racks, sheltering hens below

Vertical tubes as structures and planting lab

Horizontal tubes as feeding troughs and touring paths

Spheres as cattles' leisure spaces

Cloth-like skin brings about lightness

Functional arrangement

Scene of the Grape Vine The vine trellis are placed on the top layer to gain maximum solar radiation, beneficial to grape growth. The chickens loosen the soil while walking freely under the trellis, and can eat some naturally fallen grapes. Two elements form a small natural system.

HORIZONTAL TUBE

Movable Platform 12F Winery

Observatory 11F Restaurant

Wrapping the tube with steel structures

Round Pathh

Scene of the Horizontal Tube

The entire horizontal tube is equipped with various shuttle channels that transport people everywhere. It is like a bustling and special traffic station. The lifting platform of the vertical tube can stop here, and the staff can be quickly sent to efficiently monitor the hydroponic vegetables. The end of the tube penetrates the cloth-like skin, and the light passes through the transparent glass at the end to guide people to the observatory, where people can overlook the city.

4F Tube Entry

Base

Animal Adoption

Follow the form of the tube to arrange the stairs

PLAN

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC/ BUILDING SYSTEM

FLOOR TRANSFORMATION

By folding farmlands that traditionally extend in the horizontal direction, I experiment with a new farm that spirals upward. The varied gradient can simulate mountain conditions, helping animals build muscles. Also, the formation saves land area, beneficial to efficient regulation.

4 5 6

Vertical Steel Frame Column

9 10

Core

Flat Farmland

Steel Ribs Main Frame

Spinning Up

Facade Frame Typical Cow Living Plan 0

Facade Frame

10M

Muliion V Brace

Barn Core Liftable Platform Cow Walking Slope Wine Drinking Point Grassland

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11

Service Core Vegetable Planting Tube Animal Adoption Hydroponic Vegetable Planting

Cutting with a Cube

10 1

Mirroring

12 8

STRUCTURAL CONCEPT Mirroring Again

3 6

Combining Scaled Units

Milk Plant Plan 0

Use cross-connected panels as roof supports and a vine frame

Use a core frame structure to arrange a regular 3D barn parking garage

Use steel frame columns to reduce columns and to gain flexible spaces

Use V braces to gain large e n t r a n c e s pa c e s a t t h e bottom

10M

1 2 3 4 5 6

Core Barn Rotary Milking Parlour Office Milk Processing Office

7 8 9 10 11 12

Service Core Milk Packaging Cafe Storage Liftable Platform Market Atrium

Piling up Floors 17

Different animals live in specific spaces, and they interact and influence each other. For example, the chickens loosen the soil under the grape rack, and the cows can eat the vegetables growing in the tube. The staff works in labs, factories and barns, and visitors can visit all the production sites of the farm.

SECTION

1 2

Scene of Entry

FACADE CONCEPT

6 7

CLOTH: Wrap the main body with a soft cloth

WIND: Wind blows, and the fabric floats with the wind

TORN: The fabric is torn, and more light passes through

FRAME: The semi-hidden frame enhances the sense of drape

10 12

Facade Model

13 14

1 2 3 4

Grape Vine Egg Collecting Winery Wine Storage

5 6 7 8

Restaurant Vegetable Planting Grassland Barn

9 10 11 12

Animal Adoption Movable Platform Rotary Milking Parlour Barn

13 Market 14 Office 15 Lobby 0

10M

NATURAL COLLABORATION

FRESH FOOD DELIVERY

When the chickens are walking around, they are also loosening the soil under the grape vines to help the grapes obtain more nutrients. Fresh vegetables planted in the tubes provide cows with different nutrients from feed, and the milk produced is an excellent fertilizer to the plants. All cultivated objects support each other.

Grapes planted on the top layer are b re we d b y t h e w i n e r y, a n d w i n e c a n b e d i rectly flowed from the pipeline to the farmland, providing to cows. Cows are milked regularly every day, and then the milk is delivered on the conveyor belt to the market below. The integrated farm makes planting, breeding, production, and retail all efficient.

04 Cell Penetration

Urban Circulation/ Residential design

2017.10-2018.01, Revised in 2020.09 Academic Work/ Individual Work Course: Architecture Design Studio (6) Course Code: ARCH31420 Instructor: Xiaoyong Wu Contact: +8613436052552 Location: Chongqing, China

The studio focuses on the close connections between the residential space and the life of specific groups of people in the society based on a comprehensive study of urban space environment and social issues. The design includes residential area planning and individual architecture design. I mainly concentrate on solving the circulation difficulties caused by mountainous terrain.

FLOWING CROWDS I regard the population flowing in the community as cells , and use the biological structure to plan the overall residential area. In the design, large geometric masses with cutting triangles are used to organize urban roads, squares and internal streets. Finally, a very vibrant and dynamic neighborhood is created to activate the forgotten area on the edge of the university.

ELEVATED PUBLIC GARDEN In order to accommodate more greenery in the limited urban space, I elevate the public garden to the middle of the building as an overhead activity area. People can fully enjoy social life here, and it also provides a new landscape for residents living in the surrounding airspace.

SITE

CONCEPT Cell Membrane

Store

Site

ATP

Cells in Tissues Store Site

Community Square

Site

Store

Street

Sidewalk

The height difference of topography reaches 14m, obstructing direct circulations.

Since the sidewalk is largely occupied by stores, there is an obvious preference for walking on the other side.

Lane

Intracelluar

Weaken the boundary by changing the arrangement of stores.

People on sidewalk

Extracelluar

Store

Shopping

Passive Transport Active Transport Protein Channel

Store Community

Cell Diffusion: facilitated transport assists cells to pass through the membrane by ATP.

Sidewalk

Simulating Cell Diffusion: encourage people to enter the community by shopping.

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8b 10

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8e 6 11b

11a

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4d 3

2 1b

Ground Floor Plan 0

1a/2/3/4a/5/6/7/8a/9/11b 1b/1c/1d/1e/1f/8b/8c/8d/8e 4b/4c/4d/10/11a

20M

Commercial Space Apartment Sky Garden

MODEL

MASSING DEVELOPMENT

The flowing passages connect the buildings, and the elevated garden forms the second natural interface. Shapingba North Street

Community Square

Community Square Site

Elevation High

Crossroad

Main Passage Low

The difference of the elevation reaches 15 meters, inducing difficulties in the circulation.

Cantilever Mass

Increase cantilever masses along the city street to gain an alternate experience of gray space and open space.

Secondary Passage Establish a main passage running through the site, and add secondary passages in the eastwest direction for lighter foot traffic.

Public Greenery Embedded Mass Introduce green gap layers to improve the circulation, and provide embedded masses, also providing layers for "breathing" in the upper parts.

Internal Passage Extend secondary passages and form U-shape buildings conforming to the passages to open unblocked view access.

Triangle Facet Fa c e t e d b u i l d i n g s ' s k i n t o d i s s o l v e t h e orientation into the triangle fabric. Sky gardens extend to the vertical direction.

The community contains a variety of apartment types. The common point is that people can feel the flow and vitality of the passages below from the balcony of each apartment, and also can overlook the shared garden of other buildings.

AXONOMETRIC BUILDING PROGRAMMING

13 6 1 12 2 7

11 5

11-13F Apartment

3 10

10F Sky Garden

Typical Plan

View from the Balcony 7-9F Apartment

1/2/3/4 5 6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13

10M

Apartment Core Balcony

Apartment

Walking on the streets inside the community, people can feel the strong guidance of the paving, and can see the greenery on the sky garden which turns downwards. Active shops open to the public along both sides of the passage, attracting people to walk in.

Sky Garden Apartment 4-6F Commercial& Apartment

Sky Garden Commercial Space

Sky Garden Structure System

2F Commercial Space

1F Main Entrance

-1F/-2F Commercial Space

Entrance View from the Community Entry 22

05 Boomerang

Robotic Manufacture/ Chair Design

2020.10-2020.11 Academic Work/ Group Work with Yu Chen, HaoLi , Yuwen Qian Studio: SCI-Arc Additive Digital Design Provided by SCI-Arc China Initiative Instructed by Steven Ma, Himmel Wang Contact: shanghai@sciarc.edu; steven.ma@xuberance.com Location: Shanghai, China

Photos taken by author I focused on the technology of robotic manufacture and learned how to produce a furniture with KUKA robotic arm. I was responsible for concept, form design and robotic arm operation.

VERSATILE FOR MULTI SCENES In different scenarios, people have different seat demands, such as office chairs, conference chairs, and recliners. I conceive a chair that can cover all people's daily needs for sitting. By flipping the chair, a brand new piece of furniture can be obtained, which brings some uncertainty and vitality to the space.

Working

Talking

Resting

Lying Refer to dimmensions.com

ONE SINGLE LINE According to the printing characteristics of the robotic arm, the printing path must be a closed loop that is drawn in one stroke. Therefore, we use a path similar to light reflection to simulate the trajectory of light moving back and forth in a closed area, and further fillet the corners to form the internal supporting structure of the seat. Photo taken by author 23

FORM DEVELOPMENT

PRINTING PATH Extruding the line and adjusting the shape

1.Edge FLIPPING

Talking

Working

FLIPPING

Transforming the curved surfaces into 2 printable curves Printing the shell and structure separately

Resting Resting

Working

Talking

Lying

The shape of the boomerang divides the space into 3 parts, creating possibilities for different seats. Proposal & Drawings by me

Drawings by me, instructed by Shengchang Xu, staff at Tongji Advanced Digital Lab

PRINTING PROCESS 1.Shell

2.Sturcture Extracting the curve skeleton Drawing radial lines from the skeleton Offsetting to satisfy printing requirements

2.Sturcture

Trimming to form a loop Smooting the loop Adjusting to connect points

Designs & Drawings by me; Skeleton Calculation by Yu Chen; Final Form Adjustion by Hao Li

Printed at Tong Ji Advanced Digital Lab; Photos taken by author

We adopted the PETG material, which is eco-friendly. Due to its transparency, the chair is crystal and shiny under the light. The recliner state presents smooth external lines and a fine and firm internal structure

Photo taken by author Photo taken by author 24

CLIMATE CONDITION

Nature to Future Sustainable Design/ Green Student Center

2018.01-2018.03, Revised in 2020.11 Academic Work/Group Work with Yujin Chen and Shuyue Liu National Green Building Design Competition, Second Prize Instructor: Dexin Zong Contact: +8618623161128 Location: Chongqing, China

Diagram by me, Analysis by Shuyeu Liu and Me

Wind Direction

Spring

Autumn

Radiation

Summer

Winter

South

North

East

West

According to the wind direction and frequency, winds from north and northeast dominate throughout the year.

According to the solar radiation from different directions, the eastward and westward radiation fluctuates greatly, and the radiation in summer is high.

Psychrometric Chart

Orientation

Modeling by Yujin Chen and me, Rendered by Shuyeu Liu

My classmates and I attended the national green building competition in our junior year, after we learned about building physics and green building technology. We chose a small site near the lake on campus to create a student center. We connected the adjacent football field and the landscape to attract more people to be close with nature. The best orientation is slightly east from south.

A Long Slope

SITE PLAN

The overall architecture presents a slanted posture. Starting from the high playground, it slowly connects to the water's edge. The design effectively solves the traffic problems caused by the height difference of geography, and also creates activity space and stepped reading and exhibition space. The roof is conceived as an extension of the running tack and a runway is paved, bringing a new experience to sports.

Sustainable Strategy The design considers four aspects: water saving, land saving, material saving and energy saving. Considering Chongqing's hot and humid climate, we select a more reasonable sustainable system.

According to the psychrometric chart, natural ventilation is the most suitable ventilation method for the site, and the effect is particularly significant in spring and autumn, and there is no cold wind in winter. Average Temperature

1. Water saving: Use the wetland ecosystem to collect rain and to irrigate the vegetation on the site. 2. Land Saving: Lift most area of the ground floor to protect the original ecology of the site, leaving the ground space for vegetation and activities. 3. Material Saving: Use bamboo (degradable material) and fly ash sintered bricks (solid waste recycled materials) to build the facade. It not only meets the ventilation requirements, but is also eco-friendly. 4. Energy Saving: Under the adverse conditions of insufficient solar energy in Chongqing, piezoelectric ceramics are added to the roof path to use human walking energy to generate electricity.

According to the daily average temperature table, the climate is hot in summer and mild in winter. It is necessary to pay attention to summer ventilation.

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20M

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SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY

1 Phase change energy storage ceiling system

1 2

2 Piezoelectric Ceramic 3

3 Trombe Wall

Second Floor Plan 0

1 2 3

10M

Small Hall

Third Floor Plan 3

Small Hall Cafe Stairs for Sitting and Reading

1 2 3 4

Connecting to Football Field Planting Roof Lounge Running Track

Cold Wind on the Lake

Plan designed by Yujin Chen and me, drawing by Yujin Chen and me Section Design by Yujin Chen and me, Drawing by Me

SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY Lake

Running Track

Fly Ash Sintered Bricks

The cold air from the lake f l o w s i nto the b ui l d i ng , and the hot air inside is squeezed out, thereby reducing the cooling energy consumption.

Low-e Glass

Bamboo Vane

Rainwater

Hollow Steel Column

Connecting to Playgound

Phase change energy storage ceiling system Running Track

Walk Path

Piezoelectric Ceramic Power Generation

Planting Area

Waterproof Layer

Running Pressure

Phase Change Material Cooling (summer)

Air Preheating

East Elevation Because the topography of the site is original and ecological, providing the possibility of water purification and heating, we utilize the abundant rainwater in Chongqing to supply and energy through different systems.

Wetland rainwater purification Artificial Wetland

Pavement

Water source heat pump Pavement

Heat For Use

Air Absorbing Pipes

Cisterns for Water Storage

Hear Pump

Water Source Heat Pump

Evaporator Pump

Condenser

Loop Return

Drainage

Charge Controller

Battery

Alternating Current

Idea by me, Drawing by me

Idea and Render by Shuyue Liu, Drawing and modeling by me

Add phase change material suspended ceiling on the roof, combined with water source heat pump system, to more effectively reduce HVAC energy consumption.

Combined with piezoelectric ceramic materials to design the roof walking path. People walking together naturally generate electricity for the building.

Idea by Shuyue Liu and me, Drawings by me

Facade

Trombe Wall Bamboo Vane

Wind

Reinforced Drain

Transmission Shaft

Thermal Insulation

Thermal Insulation Folded Curtain Thermal Mass

Stainless Steel Clamp

The façade adopts movable bamboo vanes, which can be rotated to achieve ventilation or insulation in different seasons. Meanwhile, it brings various views when walk inside the building.

Sun Radiation

Motor

Cold Wind

Stainless Steel Rivet

Waterproof Strip

Sun Radiation Room

Air Duct

Thermal Mass Room Radiant Heating

Thermal Insulation

Thermal Insulation Room

Convection

Room

Radiant Heating Convection

PV Glass Panel

Vent Opened

Vent Closed

Vent Opened

Frame

Summer Night

Summer Daytime

Winter Idea by me, Drawings by me

Winter Daytime Heating by Convection

Winter Night Heating by Radiation

Summer Daytime Cooling by Convection

Summer Night Cooling by Induced Ventilation

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07 Ladder to Sky Complex+Highrise

2020.08 Professional Work at East China Architectural Design Institution (ECADI) Group Work with Hanyu Xi and Guanxi Wang Instructor: Yu Dian Contact: +8613671763924 Location: Chongqing, China The project is located in the riverside area in the center of Chongqing. The design includes one super high-rise, three high-rise residential buildings and supporting commercial facilities. The concept is taken from the steps that can be seen everywhere in the mountainous city, Chongqing. In the design, we lifted the apartments, leaving the bottom space for active commercial space, and connected the various blocks through stairs and cableways.

SITE PLAN

20M

Complex

Corridor

Terrace

Back of House

Sightseeing Refuge

Hotel Public Hotel Room

Integrated Office Apart

Office Parking

Equipment

Hotel

Corridor

Back of House

08 Other Work

Research: Composite bookstore light environment transformation strategy 2018.06-2019.06 Academic Work Group Work with Yujin Chen and Shuyue Liu 12th National Student Innovation Training Program Instructor: Jingfeng Xu and Jing Wu

Design/ Model/ Diagram/ Simulation...

Lighting Simulation of Real Environment and Transfomation Proposal, Modeling by me, Simulation by Shuyue Liu and me

Stone Cladding Installation Process

Facade

Kindergarten Elemertary & High Schools University Residential Area Office

Stone Cladding Detail Construction Design

Diagrams of Project Fantasy Valley, Complex Design 2020.08 Professional Work Group Work with Yiyun Lu Location: Qujiang, Xi'an, China Instructor: Dian Yu

Interior

Space Transformation & Detail Design 2018.11 Academic Work/ Individual Work Course: ARCH40310 Architectonics (2) Location: Zhuyuan Restaurant, Chongqing, China Instructor: Xiaoyu Du

Distribution of Crowds, Diagrams by me

Distribution of Potential Customers, Diagrams by me

Clay Print Jar & Vase 2020.11 Academic Work/ Individual Work SCI-Arc Additive Digital Design Provided by SCI-Arc China Initiative Instructor: Himmel Wang Location: Shanghai, China Flamenco, Light Design 2020.11 Academic Work/ Individual Work SCI-Arc Additive Digital Design Provided by SCI-Arc China Initiative Instructor: Steven Ma Location: Shanghai, China

Design and Model Making by Yujin Chen , Shuyue Liu and me

Design and Model Making by Zhongyuan Li , Yujin Chen and I

Model of Project Wonderland, Urban Planning 2019.04-06 Academic Work/ Group Work with with Yujin Chen and Shuyue Liu Course: ARCH41140 Architectural Design Studio (12) Location: Dazhulin District, Chongqing, China Instructor: Qingshun Zhang

Model of Project Tree Man, Stadium Design 2019.02-04 Academic Work/ Group Work with with Zhongyuan Li and Yujin Chen Course: ARCH41130 Achitectural Design Studio (11) Location: Huxi District, Chongqing, China Instructor: Xiaoyu Du