Portfolio_Jixuan Wang by Frank

WANG JIXUAN

WORK SAMPLE - “Observation, design, and creating” MArch & BA (Hons)

’ve always loved to explore cities and architecture. During the travels, I was always amazed by the diversity of people’s lives in different areas and deeply touched by the dreams of these people depicted through architecture. Maybe it is because of these dreams that I choose to be an architect. As an architect, rather than follow the tendency towards a technologically advocated worship, I prefer to be a sober witness and poetic narrator in this changing era. Design is not only a prelude to the birth of architecture, but also a media to criticize society and declare my resistance for me, a tree which should nurture by its own solid.

EXPERTISE

EXPERIENCE

Software Sketchup Adobe -

Photoshop Lightroom Indesign Premiere Pro Illustrator

Autodesk -

AutoCAD Revit

Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University BA(Hons) Part 1 Architecture Degree Y0 – Y1

Sep. 2015 – Jun. 2017 Liverpool, UK

University of Liverpool BA(Hons) Part 1 Architecture Degree Y2 – Y3

Sep. 2017 – Jun. 2019 Liverpool, UK

University of Liverpool MArch Part 2 Architecture Degree Y4 – Y5

Additional Experience Feb. 2018 Liverpool, UK

Rhino

uch reflection propels me to ask ceaselessly: how to endow materials and sustainable design with the ability to narrate; how to define a right stance; how to arouse the longing of hope in this nihilism epoch; even how to remake a fascinating story based on the malapropos platitude and cruel reality. The answers worth me spend whole life to explode.

Spring Workshop: Narratives of Sustainable Architecture Run by CJ Lim (Bartlett Unit10 Leader)

V-ray Microsoft -

Word Powerpoint Excel

Hands-on Hand-drawing (archtectural, sketches, free style) Model-making (workshop, free style, laser cut, with almost any materials)

Sep. 2013 – Jun. 2015 Suzhou, China

Photography (archtectural, landscape, person, life recording)

PERSONAL INFORMATION Wang Jixuan (Frank) 03-11-1994 Chinese University of Liverpool

Name Date of Birth Nationality University

LANGUAGE Mandarin Chinese (native) English

LINKS E-mail Instagram

wjx1994113@163.com prince143flower@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/ prince143flower/

Professional Experience Jul. – Aug. 2016

NO.6 architectural engineering design department in Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University Architectural Intern

Academic Honours Jun. 2018

Architects Journal Student Prize Nomination Part 2

Jun. 2018

RIBA President’s Silver Medal Nomination International Part 2 Student Competition

1. MArch FINAL YEAR PROJECT

here are all work samples from my thesis project, which is a living community in Hong Kong alleyway for McRefugee who stay in McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all day.

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Compared with previous housing design, these drawings not only reflect the improvement of my architectural design skills, but also reflect my deeper understanding of housing in dense cities and the application of narrative architecture. In addition to the architecture itself, the richness of expression skills also makes how to promote my own design become another important focus for me. At the same time, the advantages of group cooperation mode have been fully played by us. Everyone tried the best to play their strengths together to improve the design step by step.

ARCH 511

A BLUEPRINT OF THE MCDONALDLAND: HONG KONG MCALLEY HANDBOOK Mark: 80/100 - Supervisor: Johanna Muszbek muszbekj@liverpool.ac.uk - Thesis project (Y5) - Group project [residential]

we’re caring them

Hong Kong is one of the richest, most economically developed and highest standards of living region in the world. However, under such high light, the city still has some unsatisfactory places. For example, living space as the basic human needs, in Hong Kong is a very serious problem from old time to present. As a result, many people cannot buy, rent any house, or even apply for public housing provided by the government. Under this context, the 24-hour McDonald’s in Hong Kong with its concept of tolerance and equality for all people, almost has become the shelter for these homeless people at night unconditionally, making them a special group of people in Hong Kong, the McRefugee. The McRefugee issue itself is a very contradictory and satire result of the incompetent government. Fortunately, the McDonald’s brand awareness led the public to notice this issue, and inspired this project to keep paying attention to this matter and eager to think and study about it. This project will make the response to this through architectural means.

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roof modular past on tie beam + roof beam + stile

Tower Decvices

Services ······················ P18

Mailbox/launday········· P17

Rain water filter········· P16

Planting···················· P15

Cloth hanger············· P14

Gabarge collecting······ P13

Elevator ··················· P12

Tower device············· P11

Devices ······················ P11

Structure ················· P10

Use mode ················ P9

Furniture block ········· P8

Living space ····· P8

Shared function plan··· P5

Living space plan········ P3

Tower plan················· P2

Element plans··············· P2

Living space

rafter connection

ROOF DETAIL

Sample: Variety Store ··· P13

Sample: Deli Shop ········ P12

Floor Detail ·················· P11

4 ROOF BEAM 5 STILE 6 TIE BEAM

1 ROOF FINISHING 2 PURLINS 3 RAFTER

Height change

Fire alarm bell and cloth hanger

upper level section of the living space

3.9m

Living space Device

Community tower

STRUCTURE JOINT

0.3m

FLOOR DETAIL

Sample: Mini Shops ······ P14

STAIRS MODULAR

Pulley detail

first level

ground level

Cloth hanger

Living space with single bed

1 Removable wall 2 Threshold with sitting 3 Chamfered option

文兴食家

sample of commercial unit using MODULAR A

order and food transfer device ··· P10

Living space Device

Narrow living section

Narrow living Plan

Living space

Deli Shop

Sample: Mini Shops ······ P15

Plant area section

plant area plan

Living space Device

Kitchen section

Kitchen Plan

Community space

Variety Store

Sample: Mini Shops ·· P14-15

Floor Detail ·················· P11

Bamboo shoot

Roof plant space

Building material

德发五金

Shared kitchen space

1 Fridge 2 Stove 3 Dining space

rolling vending device ··· P10

first level

ground level

sample of commercial unit using MODULAR A

used in MODULAR B and MODULAR C

Roof rain water collecting

Rain water tank

Living space Device

Toliet and Shower Section

Toliet and Shower Plan

Community space

2 Mini shops & Staircase

Tension

Load

Tension

Load

used in MODULAR A and MODULAR C

Rain water colleting and filtering

Fillter element

1 Toliet with basin 2 Shower space

2 toliet space with 1 shower place

first level

修鞋

sample of commercial units using MODULAR B

ground level

PRIMARY STRUCTURE TYPE1

Top Half: Hong Kong McAlley Handbook: Residential Users Bottom Half: Hong Kong McAlley Handbook: Commercial Users

1 Fixed Garbage tunnel 2 Movable bin

4 Fire alarm bell 5 Cloth hanger

Garbage collection device

Bath/Entertain/Dining

1 Dinning space 2 Entertainment 3 Community bath

thickness: 10mm edge height: 100mm

fiber glass

stone

chopped bamboo

Bathroom Floor

chopped bamboo

Ventilation Floor

Wall Modualr Type 2 ······· P8

Roof Detail ··················· P10

Secondary Structure

two mini commercial units + 0.8m width circulation + staircase modular

Structure Joint ············· P11

MODULAR C

Secondary Structure

Floor Detail ·················· P11

Roof Detail ··················· P10

Wall Modualr

Primary Structure Type1·· P5

two mini commercial units + 0.8m width circulation + staircase modular

Structure Joint ············· P10

MODULAR B

Wall Modualr Wall Modualr Type 2 ······· P8 Roof Detail ··················· P10 Floor Detail ·················· P11

Wall Modualr Type 3 ······· P9

Wall Modualr Type 2 ······· P8

Roof Detail ··················· P10

Wall Modualr Type 1 ······· P7

Primary Structure Type2·· P6 Secondary Structure

one 5.6m commercial unit + 0.8m width circulation

Structure Joint ············· P11

MODULAR A

Secondary Structure

Primary Structure Type1·· P5

Structure Joint ············· P11

Laundry

Load

Tension

Load

Tension

4 Movable partition wall 5 Roof 6 Water filter

Good morning

早晨，你好

Mail & Delivery

Shared Laundry and mailbox for the whole block

修鞋

聚仙酒家

Floor and wall furniture

1 Floor furniture 2 Wall furniture 3 800mm walkway

second level

used in MODULAR B

sample of commercial units using MODULAR C

first level

Long time no see

好耐冇见

Living space Device

Wall furniture

Narrow living Plan Floor furniture

Living space

2 Mini shops & Staircase

PRIMARY STRUCTURE TYPE2

1 Rain water pipe 2 Water supply 3 Power supply 4 Sewer pipe 5 Fire sprinkler

Service

Day time mode

Living space

德发五金

door modular

glazing wall

used in MODULAR A

Night time mode

transform ability

一隻燒鴨，唔該晒

Using existing service system

Removed wall plan

Order and Food Transfer Device

sliding window modular

bamboo-woven wall

Shared space with neighbour

Roller Vending Device

bamboo-woven window modular

self-craftable modular

WALL MODULAR TYPE 1

文兴食家

Chamfered type for situation attached to wall or less than 200mm gap

Gaps over 800mm for normal window type

800

System

Arched beam for tower

Growing direction

Structure

Elevator section

Market Device

sliding door modular

self-craftable modular

WALL MODULAR TYPE 2

rolling door modular

Heavy goods elevator

Distance between structure and existing context apartment wall determine the choice of room type.

Gaps between 200mm to 800mm suitable for toilet/bath room window type

400

living element arrangement rules

Bamboo frame structure

1 Fixed pulley 2 Shaft

double sliding door modular

used in MODULAR A, MODULAR B & MODULAR C

Hand Book

I’m caring them

香港麥小巷使用手冊商業指南

COMMERCIAL USERS

HONG KONG

McAlley

MODULAR A

one 5.6m commercial unit + 0.8m width circulation

MODULAR B

two mini commercial units + 0.8m width circulation + staircase modular

Primary Structure Type1·· P5

Primary Structure Type2·· P6

Secondary Structure

Structure Joint ············· P11

Wall Modualr Type 1 ······· P7

Wall Modualr

Wall Modualr Type 2 ······· P8

Wall Modualr Type 3 ······· P9

Roof Detail ··················· P10

Floor Detail ·················· P11

two mini commercial units + 0.8m width circulation + staircase modular

STAIRS MODULAR

Primary Structure Type1·· P5

Secondary Structure

Structure Joint ············· P11

Structure Joint ············· P10

Roof Detail ··················· P10

Wall Modualr

Floor Detail ·················· P11

used in MODULAR B and MODULAR C

Deli Shop

sample of commercial unit using MODULAR A

Ventilation Floor 3.9m

chopped bamboo

0.3m

Bathroom Floor chopped bamboo stone

ground level

fiber glass thickness: 10mm edge height: 100mm

Floor Detail ·················· P11

STRUCTURE JOINT

first level

Sample: Deli Shop ········ P12

PRIMARY STRUCTURE TYPE1

used in MODULAR A and MODULAR C

文兴食家

order and food transfer device ··· P10

Sample: Mini Shops ······ P14

Sample: Variety Store ··· P13 1

MODULAR C

FLOOR DETAIL

PRIMARY STRUCTURE TYPE2

Variety Store

used in MODULAR B

sample of commercial unit using MODULAR A

Wall Modualr Type 2 ······· P8

2 Mini shops & Staircase

sample of commercial units using MODULAR B

ground level

Roof Detail ··················· P10 ground level

Floor Detail ·················· P11

first level

Tension

Load

rolling vending device ··· P10

Sample: Mini Shops ·· P14-15

WALL MODULAR TYPE 1

used in MODULAR A

WALL MODULAR TYPE 2

first level

Tension

修鞋

Load

Tension

Sample: Mini Shops ······ P15

德发五金

used in MODULAR A, MODULAR B & MODULAR C

WALL MODULAR TYPE 3

used in MODULAR A

2 Mini shops & Staircase

ROOF DETAIL

sample of commercial units using MODULAR C

Roller Vending Device

Order and Food Transfer Device

Market Device

Heavy goods elevator

一隻燒鴨，唔該晒修鞋 1 1

self-craftable modular

bamboo-woven wall

glazing wall

self-craftable modular

double sliding door modular

self-craftable modular

double sliding door modular

first level 3

文兴食家

德发五金 6

聚仙酒家

rafter connection bamboo-woven window modular

sliding window modular

door modular

sliding door modular

rolling door modular

sliding door modular

rolling door modular

roof modular past on tie beam + roof beam + stile

1 ROOF FINISHING

4 ROOF BEAM

2 PURLINS

5 STILE

3 RAFTER

6 TIE BEAM

second level

Elevator section 15

1 Fixed pulley 2 Shaft 12

Living space

香港麥小巷使用手冊住宅指南

RESIDENTIAL USERS

HONG KONG

McAlley

Hand Book

I’m caring them

Community tower

upper level section of the living space

Living space

Living space with single bed

Tower plan················· P2

Living space Device

Garbage collection device

Living space plan········ P3 1

Shared function plan··· P5 Living space ····· P8

Furniture block ········· P8 Use mode ················ P9 4

Structure ················· P10

Devices ······················ P11 Tower device············· P11 2

Elevator ··················· P12 Gabarge collecting······ P13 Cloth hanger············· P14

Planting···················· P15

Rain water filter········· P16 Mailbox/launday········· P17

1 Dinning space 2 Entertainment 3 Community bath

4 Fire alarm bell 5 Cloth hanger

1 Fixed Garbage tunnel 2 Movable bin

Height change

Services ······················ P18

Community space

Living space with double bed

Fire alarm bell and cloth hanger

Element plans··············· P2

Living space

Tower Decvices

Bath/Entertain/Dining

Community space

Shared kitchen space

Living space Device

2 toliet space with 1 shower place

Cloth hanger

Living space Device

Roof plant space

Bamboo shoot

Wide living Plan

Narrow living Plan

Kitchen Plan

Toliet and Shower Plan

Building material

plant area plan

Narrow living section

1 Removable wall 2 Threshold with sitting 3 Chamfered option

Wide living section

1 Removable wall 2 Threshold with sitting 3 Chamfered option

Community space

Kitchen section

Living space

2 Exchanging Space with one Dressing area

1 Toliet with basin 2 Shower space

1 Fridge 2 Stove 3 Dining space

Living space

Floor and wall furniture

Pulley detail

Toliet and Shower Section

Structure

transform ability

Plant area section 14

Bamboo frame structure

Living space Device

Rain water colleting and filtering

Living space Device

Service

Shared Laundry and mailbox for the whole block

Using existing service system

早晨，你好 Good morning 5

好耐冇见

Long time no see

Narrow living Plan

Rain water tank

Floor furniture Narrow living Plan

Day time mode

Growing direction

Night time mode

1 5 1 3

Narrow living section

1 Dressing area 2 Exchanging space 3 Pass way

Wall furniture

1 Floor furniture 2 Wall furniture 3 800mm walkway

4 Movable partition wall 5 Roof 6 Water filter

Shared space with neighbour 9

Removed wall plan

Roof rain water collecting

Arched beam for tower 10

Fillter element 16

Laundry

Mail & Delivery 17

1 2 3 4 5

Rain water pipe Water supply Power supply Sewer pipe Fire sprinkler

Serve: Filet-O-Fish Lane #1-3, 6 McDouble Lane #1-4, 9-13 Big Mc Lane #1-2, 11-12, 22, 32-33 Rain water filter *surrounding residents

MCDOUBLE

FILET-O-FISH LANE

Bamboo plant

Laundry space_5 washing machines BIG

LANE

*1 for 16 people

MAC LANE

Mail box *surrounding residents

Shrine Hall *1 niche walk way for people to pray

Serve: McDouble Lane #1-4, 14-15, 22, 25 Big Mc Lane #3-4, 13, 23-24

Drying clothes and hot pot

McNuggets Lane #11-14, 23-28

*surrounding residents

Serve: McNuggets Lane #1-6, 15-19, 23-25, 29-30 McMuffin Lane #1-4, 11-13, 18-19, 20

MCDOUBLE LANE

LANE

MCMUFFIN

MAC

LANE

BIG

LANE

McDouble Lane #5-6, 16, 23, 26 Big Mc Lane #5-7, 14-17, 25-27, 34

MCNUGGETS

Serve:

LANE MCFLURRY

LANE

McNuggets Lane #7-10, 20-22, 23-25, 29-30 McMuffin Lane #6-10, 14-17 McFlurry Lane #2-4, 11-14

MCMUFFIN

MAC

MCNUGGETS

BIG

LANE

20m

FILET-O-FISH LANE

Filet-O-Fish Lane #4, 5 McDouble Lane #7-8, 18-21 Big Mc Lane #8-10, 20-21, 29-31, 36

MCDOUBLE

Serve:

LANE

Serve:

20m

Address: NO.10, McNuggets Lane, Gam Jyu McBlock 2, The Hamburglar District, Hong Kong

10m

MARKET GROUND FLOOR PLAN

RESIDENTIAL 1 FLOOR PLAN

2. Y3 16 WEEKS PROJECTS

his is the most complete two 16-week individual projects in my entire student life. The theme is “City is the house, house is the city”.

These two residential projects revolve around architecture and social relations, and both have a high degree of completion, with great efforts put into the whole process. Adhering to the attitude that function is more than form and form serves function, the convenience and comfort of “people” became my main pursuit at that time. From the research and analysis to the final drawing of the design, it reflects my strong logical thinking ability.

ARCH 352

CAM-BRIDGE COMMUNITY Mark: 77/100 - Supervisor: Johanna Muszbek muszbekj@liverpool.ac.uk - Academic project (Y3S2) - Individual project [residential] - 50 Flats and some public areas on the building

1 4 Camden Lock

Camden Town

We were requested to mix more urban intervention this semester, which means that the bridge should be a multifunctional place, not just a connection in city level.

Camden Town is located on the northeastern of London, which is not big, but quite famous. The Camden Lock Railway Bridge and The Market Hall as the landmarks of that place were well known by the public. According to the project I did last semester, which was corridor, a kind of circulation or connection. Therefore, I chose the bridge this semester.

1. Railway Bridge 2. Stables 3. Interchange 4. Market Hall

RESEARCH

The traditional definition: A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles without closing the way underneath such for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. It is a connection in the city. However, a modern bridge could be a place which has the capacity for habitant. It could be a basketball court, a coffee shop, and even an open theatre. It is possible to be anything rather more than a connection. That also accords with the situation of London especially with innumerable fast-growing buidings with high density.

Actually, Camden Lock area in London is way busy, and noisy, even dizzy and dark. The punk spirit is full of all the area. Combining several old things to create something new happened every day. Nothing goes wrong here. After all, Camden is about contrast. Therefore, I am going to follow the traditional type, and then to develop that into new one. By the inspiration of the font on the bridge, the black and white solid materials are the best to contrast the colourful site. 28

1. PIER

PREVIOUS STREET VIEW 1. Pier as the regular node between 2 elements 2. Font as the feature of facade - Spirit / Concept

One of the opportunities of future Camden Town might be. The Bridge is a part of Camden Lock area, which was painted in 1989 by artist John Bulley with the words Camden Lock in giant letters on the superstructure. Soon, this bridge became one of the famous landmarks in London.

2. FONT - Black and white - Strong, bold and distinctive - Evolution, not revolution - long and rich history that shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be forget - Punk spirit. Nothing goes wrong here. Camden is about contrast - True punk fashion, nothing goes to waste. Every solid and void has its own function

CASE

Movable element (storage)

Movable element (storage) Big wardrobe with TV set (storage)

STRUCTURE

CONCEPT

HIERACHY

Arched bedside table (storage) 1 bedroom with 2 beds (short term habitancy space, can hold single, couple, small family)

UNIT TO WHOLE

CIRCULATION

CS: One of the flat types in Barbican Centre

How to change 80 m² into 50 m²

CS: One of the flat types in Barbican Centre - 80 m²

Exsisting market hall, interchange building, stables, and some tunnels under the ground... - Colourful / Dizzy - Traditional type

- Short term

CAM-BRIDGE COMMUNITY A new space on the Camden Bridge which has both short and long term inhabitancy with convenient public area, such as laundry, entertainment rooms, basketball court, opentheater and, coffee.

TRANSITION AREA (Vast horizontal landscape)

“NEW” AREA CAMDEN LOCK VILLAGE

Old - Chalk Fram Road Bridge - New Old story - Devepolment Past - Future.

Over 170 new private and affordable homes, retail and market places, around 9,175sq m of employment space and a high quality public realm.

Every two flats are prefabricated in the factory as one unit which should be placed and installed in-situ on the bridge.

- Colourful / Quiet - Modern type

Using prefabricated elements on the other refurbishment part, such as the bridge, the walkway.

- Vertical “bridge” as a new landmark to show the process of change in horizontal way.

- Long term

CAM-BRIDGE COMMUNITY

2 separate bedrooms (long term habitancy space) Private balcony against parents bedroom on an arched cantilever

4 movable bar stools

Extensible table could hold 4 & more people.

Front gardern (balcony)

“OLD” AREA CAMDEN LOCK

Water distribution & electrical systems in the wall (storage space)

First Floor - Toilet / 1 Bedroom

Ground Floor - Living room / Dining room / Kitchen

Water distribution & electrical systems in the wall (storage space)

Private gardern against the reading area at the back ot the flat

First Floor - Toilet / 2 Bedroom

Ground Floor - Living room / Dining room / Kitchen

PLAN & DESINED FURNITURE - SHORT TERM UNIT 1 LEVEL 3 / LONG TERM UNIT 2 LEVEL 3

SOUTH FACADE - ELEVATION & SECTION

7 8 Short term - Near to the busy centre

8 7 Long term - Far away from noizy

1 RESIDENTIAL LEVEL 2 (L4)

FACADE Every two vault as one unit used the similar shape as the opening Showed the development of the process Traditional shape - New

RESIDENTIAL LEVEL 1 (L3)

MAIN PUBLIC LEVEL (L2) In Level 3, some public area instead residential area in Unit 4 & 5 both sides in order to reduce the pressure of circulation by the inhabitant 1. Mental: Open Theatre 2. Social: Meeting or Chatting Coffee Bar 3. Physical: Basketball court

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ARCH 302

“HONEY COMB”

1.Along Holywell Row, small gap 2.In the northeastern of London 3.On the eastern of Barbican Centre

INDIVIDUAL SECTION aa’

Mark: 73/100 - Supervisor: Johanna Muszbek muszbekj@liverpool.ac.uk - Academic project (Y3S1) - Individual project [residential] - 6 Flats (64m³) for each project in a shared small space. As van Eyck said in 1962, that tree is leaf and leaf is tree city is house and house is city. The study about the city is like the study about the house sometimes. For example, one functional module in a house is like a district in a city. Therefore, we were requested to choose one functional module after looking for some case studies, and then, do the research, design, and modification to finish it. 36

RESEARCH

Siheyuan / Barbican 1-1.NATURE

INDIVIDUAL WEST ELEVATION

1-2.UNIT

1-3.ORDER & CHANGE

1-4.ROUTS

1-5.DAILY ROUTS

2-1.ORDER

2-2.CONCEPT

2.CONCRETE

3.SHAPE

4.SATISFIED PEOPLE

5.MULTIPLE CHOICES

6.GREEN AREA

7.CATEGORIES

IDEA

Corridor ENTRANCE FROM THE STREET

1 2

1.TIMBER

STRATEGY

1.BIG SCALE

2.SMALL SCALE

Rectangular style from the Siheyuan Delete the courtyard / bedrooms

Move the gate - corner to middle Space in the centre - the corridor Reduce the area in front of the room

3.More narrow - fit the smaller space Raise the floor - different heights Avoid seeing directly into rooms

4.New area in the centre living room Living area - the most public area (meeting / chatting / play chess) Living room & corridor corridor

5.Fit the hexagonal shape (rule) Further / nearer door private / public Higher / lower - private / public Using the angle - more private

6.Order Height / distance to the entrance Hierarchy / Privacy

1.SITE IN THE CITY 2.PROJECT IN THE SITE 3. A ROOM IN THE FLAT (SECTION) (PROJECT IN THE SITE) 4.A ROOM IN THE FLAT (PLAN) (SITE IN THE CITY)

CIRCULATION

1. STRUCTURE - AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAM 2. HANDDRAWING - CIRCULATION OF THE CORE 3. MODEL - FUNCTIONAL MODULE IN THE FLAT 4. EXPLODE DIAGRAM AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAM 3 1

EXTENSION OF VERTICAL CORRIDOR

FLAT STRATEGY DISIGN

- 2 staircases as vertical corridors spiral and shared 1 passage in the centre - “Bridge” on each floor connects 2 sides - Divide the staircase into 3 or 2 parts according to the needs

- The actual space is around the half of origional design - Fold the plan from the middle to be a flat with two floors

PLAN LAY-OUT

Type 2 Axonometric exploed diagram

MAIN STRUCTURE

1:20 Big Section (Group work, mine is in the middle)

MODELS

2 3

5 6

1. Main circulation model & site context 2. Hierarchy study: Siheyuan basic type model 3. Circulation strategy model 4. 1:100 // Personal project circulation model 5. 1:2 // Toilet window 6. 1:5 // Stool & storage model 7. 1:5 // Stool & storage model detail

3. WORKSHOP PROJECT & 8 WEEKS MArch PROJECTS

fter joining the workshop hold by CJ Lim, UCLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous Unit 10 tutor, I started to learn narrative architecture. Then, narrative, sense and experience were gradually emphasized in my design. All of these MArch projects were only finished in 8 weeks. Whether it was team or individual work, had a good degree of completion.

WORKSHOP PROJECT THE CITY UNDER WALLS

- Supervisor: CJ Lim (UCL Unit 10) - Workshop project (before Y4 S2) - Group project in 3 days [urban theoretical]

Concept collage according to the text

With the help of a piece of culture, a historical event or even a paragraph of words, we can endow buildings with a soul and make people deeply affected by architecture.

‘Isaura, city of the thousand wells, is said to rise over a deep, subterranean lake. On all sides, wherever the inhab- itants dig long vertical holes in the ground, they succeed in drawing up water, as far as the city extends, and no farther. Its green border repeats the dark outline of the buried lake; an invisible landscape conditions the visible one; everything that moves in the sunlight is driven by the lapping wave enclosed beneath the rock’s calcareous sky. Consequently, two forms of religion exist in Isaura. The city’s gods, according to some people, live in the depths, in the black lake that feeds the underground streams. According to others, the gods live in the buckets that rise, suspended from a cable, as they appear over the edge of the wells, in the revolving pulleys, in the windlasses of the norias, in the pump handles, in the blades of the windmills that draw the water up from the drillings, in the trestles that support the twisting probes, in the reservoirs perched on stilts over the roofs, in the slender arches of the aqueducts, in all the columns of water, the vertical pipes, the plungers, the drains all the way up to the weathercocks that surmount the airy scaffoldings of Isaura, a city that moves entirely upward.’

Inseparable from the huge water resources is the development of local industry, agriculture and animal husbandry. Small Wells contain huge energy.And how to use this relationship sustainably is the next thing to consider.

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MEMOIRS OF AN INDUSTRIAL STORY Dingle Youth Centre - Supervisor: Paul Robinson - Academic project (Y4S1) - Group project [educational]

This project is to design an activity centre within the city that can provide young people a location for exploration and training. The centre provides a variety of inside and outside space where young people can meet, explore new skills and be challenged both physically and mentally. Located in Dingle area of Liverpool, the given site is adjacent to the rail line close to Brunswick Station and a 15m cliff drop. As Liverpoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important dockland in 19 and 20 centuriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Dingle has a strong industrial history. Liverpool Overhead Railway used to pass through along the given site. Taking consideration of the industrial characters into structure system and architectural narrative, young people can explore not only new skills but also the vanishing industrial memory of Dingle.

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TEMPORAL NARRITIVES HafenCity Cultural Exchange Complex - Supervisor: Jonathan Shaw - Academic project (Y5S1) - Group project [cultural] Focusing on the multi-culture conflict issue in Hamburg caused by the huge refugee influx in recent years, this project aims to provide a architecture solution to soften the conflict between German people and refugees, and the barrier between people from different cultures. Inspired by Peter Zumthor’s book, Atmosphere, the project investigating architecture atmosphere as a ‘currency’ to break the barrier between people from different culture background. The design aims to create an atmosphere of architecture that generates the similar feeling among visitors. In this space, atmosphere builds an emotional connection between people. At this moment, people let go of cultural stereotype and start to hear the story of others.

The settlement ability of Germany government’s measures was much less to reach the need for the huge refugee influx in Germany. The discontent of refugee caused negative impact to the public society of Germany. This turned into a culture conflict between German people and refugee. Thus, we raised the question: how to soften the conflict between German people and refugee in Germany?

The Uncharted Temple

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Network: Network: Knowledge Knowledge exchange exchange space space

This Diagram This Diagram shows shows three place three for place local for residents. local residents. Including Including performance performance centre centre , community , community centre centre and and

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The origin and culture background of the refugee in Germany is complex. Moreover, there was a large number of residents with migrant background in Hamburg. The research is showing that Germany is facing a multi-culture future. Hence, we raised the second question: how to soften the barrier between people from different cultures?

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islam

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physiological

safety

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Network: Refugee Support

esteem

The needs level is from maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The chart above shows the data collected from refugee welocome map. There are more places providing basic needs to refugees, such as food, shelter and clothes. Place for safety are less than physiological ones, including medical and mental consulting. The next stage of need is belonging, including employment facility and educational places.

physiological safety belonging

selfactualization

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For the next stage of needs is respect, which we belive our design can provide a sense of belonging and esteem.

community centre

culture centre

performance centre

Network: Knowledge exchange space This Diagram shows three place for local residents. Including performance centre , community centre and cultural centre. All these 3 types of places provides places for local residents, which become a natural storytelling and knowledge exchange place. Due to the hafencity area is still under development, there is a strong need for helding community event. Our design are aiming to provide a place for residents to gather around and social.

Network: Free speech space park

plaza

playground green space

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This Diagram shows 3 types of general meeting up place. Including park, playground and plaza. People in hamburg tend to express their opinion through Grafity. They need a place to meet up and speak. These three function, free speech, meet up and gathering is the hafencity need space for. Our design are aiming to provide a place for both residents and refugee to gather.

We used an interactive conceptual model to study and explain our research of interpersonal relationship. Different culture and language background leads to communication difficulties and misunderstandings. People start to label other cultures. Taking off the tags and breaking misunderstandings starts from recognition. Identifying with others creates recognition between people. It requires a media to create the sense of identifying with another. We call it the ‘currency’. We found: even from different culture background, we all enjoy the smell of blossom, reading a good book… That is the ‘currency’ we are seeking – a communicant feeling. Nevertheless, how can this be created in architecture? In Peter Zumthor’s book Atmosphere, we found the answer – atmosphere. Build the sense of atmosphere in an architecture to create a communicant feeling among all visitors. That forms the strategy of the design.

‘we perceive atmosphere through our emotional sensibility. It is a form of perception that works incredibly quickly, and which we human evidently need to help us survive.’ – Peter Zumthor

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story-telling space

key elements in story line

4. BEFORE Y2 & OTHERS

he architectural design part reflects my different advantages in the early days of studying architecture, such as hand-made models, hand-drawings, etc., while other parts reflect my strong interest in photography and painting in my spare time.

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- Supervisor: Yipin Dong - Academic project (Y1S1) - Individual project [residential]

- Supervisor: Jiawen Han - Academic project (Y1S2) - Individual project [educational landscape]

THE PEACOCK HOME

PARADISE FOR CHILDREN

Final model

This project aims to research and study the design philosophy of ‘form serves function’ by designing envelope for an animal by studying its basic living habits. Take the peacock as an example, start from its behaviour, learn the basic space it needs to survive and reproduce, and create an ideal Eden for it.

This project plans to design a playground for children aged 2 to 6 years old to study and play in Moon Bay of Dushu Lake, Suzhou.

During this process, I was enlightened a lot and influenced my subsequent architectural study.

Among them, safety and interestingness are the focus of the whole design. The blue and orange areas correspond to the parent-child activity area and the area where children play by themselves, while the yellow children’s bicycle path provides another different choice for kids.

This landscape includes creative workshop, rest area, multifunctional area and play area for children of different ages.

OTHERS

DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPH

“Observation, design, and creating” WORK SAMPLE - ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO MArch & BA (Hons)