It is less a portfolio but more a picture brochure of my works over the last two years. It is said that There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes , so is Architecture field. Therefore, I have only tried to present you with images and illustrations of what I learnt about history, heritage and one of the possibilities to have a new construction here. That's why there's so little text in it, while so many images to represent the atmosphere as a real architecture. And to talk about the architectural design in a historical context, there are always limitations that is easy to favour one than the other. These limitations are bothering indeed, whereas the struggle pushes to the right direction, the direction that all the buildings, new and old, echo together with the same rythm. That, makes sence. Given this, I attempt to organize this portfolio following scale sequece from urban, architecture to exhibition even the research on the structural details. 1st
project is an urban design in Mantova city and its rural area (p.p 2-7). The
concept Ruritage (heritage for rural regeneration) is to establish accessible transportation, such as bus routes, pathways, etc. between key spots of agriculture, landscape and heritage, and thus to reconnect the city and the rural area. 2nd and 3rd projects are of one series having both architectural design and exhibition design (p.p 8-19). The proposal of architecture is to provide an art community for artists with workshop, temporary residence and exhibition space in the courtyard of a convent in Mantova. Meanwhile, it is to curate an exhibition about Nature in the adjacent church San Cristoforo. 4th project is a competition in Rome (20-23). The design contains three parts - logo, fashion show and thermal bath architecture - bringing new ideas to the reuse of Villa Adriana. 5th project is a research programme during my internship (2425). The research on the sea-level rise effects in the Venice Lagoon required for the illustrations of drainage system underground. The above is the index and content of this portfolio. Created by JIANG SICHENG
RURITAGE OPENA I R M U S E U M
Site: Mantova, Italy Planning In Historical Context Studio, 2022-2023 Teamwork with Melioli Arianna, Olgun Ecem & Tawadros Mina Magdy Nabg
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FROM NETWORKS TO VISION
Recreational, Landscape and Environment
Local Products
Agrotourism
Historic and Cultural Destinations
Concept Plan Zoning
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CONCEPT PLAN
Master Plan Zoning
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MASTER PLAN
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PARTIAL SPOTS DESIGN
CONCERT AND PUBLIC GARDENS Huge places accross the Po river are not used properly due to the water level rise, so this project is tackling this problem by creating flexible layout that can be used in different time and positions by using light dismantable structure that can be displaced or completely removed and stored when its not accessible due to the water. 1. Light structure temporary can be dismantled for social gathering 2. Concert area with temporary structure; 3.Public flexible garden for picnic and walking WATER FRONT This project is trying to tackle the problem of untammed water level of po river using pond as a storage that can give the water back when there is drought or when the level ride having the floating vegetation as a part of sustainable approach. 1. Open node to enjoy the view of the pond and the forest; 2. Port for the po river mobile museum and for tours; 3. Filling pond to mitigate the water rise level with floating vegetation; 4. Open piazza with bike renting; 5. Agroforestry
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FROTE CENTER The aim of the project is to provide more free entrance and connect it with all the other parts of the project it can serve as the starting point that can lead to the area. One of the direct major connection is with the Ruritage open air museum starting point and also the agriculture section of the museum. 1. Redesigning the accessibility of the fort; 2. Area with native plant species 3. Tunnel to connect the fort with the museum; 4. Public car parking RURITAGE OPEN AIR MUSEUM STARTING POINT Restoration of a ruined farmhouses which is considered as architecture heritage with high permanence to host the starting point of the museum and also to host the agriculture museum section with an open air exhibits. 1. Reception, ticket office, cafe and gift shop; 2. Agriculture museum 3. Service buidlings; 4. Administration; 5. Open air museum 6. Shuttle buses for the full experience of Ruritage open air museum 7. Open piazza and bike renting stop
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A R T I S T S C O N G R E G AT E C O M M U N I T Y
Site: Mantova, Italy Final Workshop Antico E Nuovo - Architectural Design, 2023 Teamwork with Bhatnagar Nupur, Issa Aisam Magdy Ibrahim Mohamed and Zhang Qiaochu
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MASTER PLAN
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GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR
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1. Open-air event space 2. Reception & Entrance hall 3. Meeting room/ Community hall 4. Cafeteria 5. Co-working space 6. Open kitchen + Bar area 7. Bathrooms 8. Common Workshop 9. Common area/ Exhibition space 10. Offices 11-15. Different typologies of private workshop
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AXONOMETRY OF STRUCTURE & SPACE DISTRIBUTION
Roof covering (zinc panels) Roof slabs (reinforced concrete) Structure system (shear wall & reinforced concrete)
Back access point for private accommodation
Skin system (fiber cement panels)
Private zones (artists accommodation and common area) Partition walls (modular brick)
Main access point for public and artists area Public zone (cafeteria and meeting room)
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MAIN ELEVATION
Northern Facade
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MAIN SECTIONS
Section A - A
Section B - B
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T H E T H E
L AY E R S O F S E Q U E N C E
Site: Mantova, Italy Final Workshop Antico E Nuovo - Exhibition Design, 2023 Teamwork with Bhatnagar Nupur, Issa Aisam Magdy Ibrahim Mohamed and Zhang Qiaochu
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NARRATION
The basis of this exhibition is the fact that ‘Nature is constantly changing and evolving’. As we, humans, attempt to record these changes an organic sequence or rhythm is revealed. Popular examples of these are changing seasons, waves in the sea, or even growth of a caterpillar to a butterfly - each represents a series of individual events which when arranged in a sequence create a phenomenon. However, it is easy to identify and record such popular changes - the artists selected for curating this exhibition have taken it upon themselves to reveal the ‘hidden’ changes of nature. Each exhibit is a representative of a natural phenomenon, of which they are a partial sequence. Later these exhibits have been arranged to become individual events of the exhibition, which come together in a sequence to help the visitor in ‘rediscovering’ nature.
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ARTWORKS SELECTION & DISTRIBUTION DAYS
Breath of Leaves, Giuseppe Penone, 1979. The art work is a reflection of the momentary nature of a leaf falling from the trees, piling in heaps with fluidic forms, and changing colors as they dry.
Moss, Olafur Eliasson, 19942020 . The reindeer moss traces this nonlinear pattern of growth in nature, in which the spectrum of its colors and fragrance is spread over a day’s length.
MONTHS
More-than-human friends, O. Eliasson, 2020. Erosion itself is a repetitive phenomena in nature, revealing its effect through time on the object it erodes - such as the wooden logs here.
Mediated motion, O. Eliasson, 2001-2015 . The moist wood then becomes a home for sprouting mushrooms, growing over a span of months from little buds into protagonists of the art work.
Exhibition space Transition zones Thematic sections Ticket & Cloakroom Technical rooms
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YEARS
Essere fiume, G. Penone, 19811998 . The artwork highlights the craft of the river to the visitor summarizing the process which takes years for a river to sculpt the stone.
DECADES
Anatomy, G. Penone, 19932011 . A liquid material absorbed by marble leaves a pattern of veins through the stone, a slower process recognizable long after the liquid erodes the stone.
The glacier melt series, O. Eliasson, 1999-2019. A combination of erosion, melting and inverted growth - the series concludes the phenomenon in nature which are able to present topology of earth in mobility.
Your submerged spectator, O. Eliasson, 2021. The exhibition terminates by placing the visitor under these melting glaciers - still in their sculptural form, but appear in motion in perception.
5 /Essere fiume
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6 /Anatomy
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7 /The glacier melt series
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AXONOMETRY OF ANCILLARY FACILITY Visual & Textual Guiding System Information stand dedicated for each artwork Floor pattern highlighting the interaction and interpretation system Intro unit explaining the exhibition theme and artist background Ground light guiding system, leading to each thematic zone
Interactive Units Visitors can make drawings on the touch screens and view the projection Video and Audio units, showing artists' interviews Interactive device that remotely manages a presentational sequence
Artworks & Lightign System Locations of the artworks in relation to respective thematic sections Each artwork has its own lighting system to enhance the mood and notion
Interpretation System Set of transparent slides to display the evolution of the artworks
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GROUND FLOOR Slides system Slider Information panel Video/Audio stand Interactive Screens Information Stand Artwork
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OTHER WORK: THERMAL BATH IN VILLA ADRIANA
Site: Roma, Italy 20th Piranesi Prix De Rome, 2022 Teamwork with Sradha Nair Jaya Krishnan, Catalina Jimenez Yanez, Liana Gavrila, Diana Pascu
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LOGO DESIGN
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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
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OTHER WORK: RESEARCH ON THE VENICE LAGOON
Site: Venice, Italy Research on Sea-Level Rise Effects in The Venice Lagoon, 2022 Internship in The Empire with Instruction by Arch. Ludovico Centis
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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