Portfolio of Guochu Zhang by Guochu Zhang

PORTFOLIO OF GUOCHU ZHANG Landscape Architecture

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CONTENT

INTERACTIVE LANDSCAPE

Seashore public landsacape design Instructor:Xueyao Wei

INTERWEAVED STREET

Urban open space landscape design Instructor:Yilun Yang

URBAN REINNOVATION

Urban design Instructor:Roy Lin

OTHER WORK Model Photograph Painting

ECOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

SOCIAL PROBLEMS

ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS The rest of mangrove

Proportion of foreign population 0%

30%

60%

90%

MANGROVE DECREASE

Lost 70%

2008 2006 2004

——Seashore public

2002

Drain Drain source

landscape design

2000 1995 1990 1985 1980

Number of Internet users in Shenzhen

9,650,000

2014 2012 2010 2008 2006 2004 2002 2000

BROKEN HABITAT

PROJECT 01: INTERACTIVE LANDSCAPE

2012 2010

2016

WATER POLLUTION

RAISING OF WATER LEVEL

NATURAL CONDITION ANALYSIS

2016 2014

CURRENT PROBELM ANALYSIS OF NATURAL CONDITIONS

CITY PROT AIRPORT SEWAGE

Drainage Distribution

SITE: Baoan,Shenzhen,China AREA: 1115.9ha. DATE: 8/2017 TYPE: Individual Work INSTRUCTOR:Xueyao Wei

Plants

Current Distribution

Vegetation Distribution

Mangrove River Mountain forest

Ecosystem Distribution

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATURAL CONDITIONS The site ecology is mainly concentrated in two aspects. One is how to increase the survival rate of mangrove under the condition of declining mangroves. Another is water pollution, how to use landscape methods to improve the environment.

Description：

The project is located in Shenzhen, a city with a larger proportion of young immigrants. The design of many ordinary parks has many limitations, which may not attract young people's attention. Through the combination of Internet and reality, we have designed some landscapes that guiding people to choose. Whether you're a stranger or a native, whether you're young or old, you can find your own space in the field.

1997 Natural Revetment

1997 Water clarity

1997 Mangrove Habitat

Drain Drain source Mangrove River Mountain forest

2017 Artificial Revetment

2017 Water Quality Decline

2017 Broken Habitat

SOCIAL BACKGROUND

STRATEGY

BASIC ANALYSIS

STRATEGY 1

ISOLATION BETWEEN PEOPLE sewage treatment substation airport park playground harbor ruins village river drainage creek

In large cities, there is a noticeable increase amongst younger generation who are addicted to their mobile phones, thereby decreasing their communication skills. Coastal Engineering threatens the survival of mangroves

SITE

SEAWALLS

immigrant

Shenzhen used to be a small fishing village. In 1980s, because of the national economic policy, a large number of people from all over the country poured into the city, and the city developed rapidly. But there is a gradual isolation between people.

Site

Activity

Lawn

Sun Bath Pet

Youth

Family Activity Picnic

Landuse

Square

1980

rapid urbanization

2010

Mid-age

Old

Square

Dancing Festival Performance

Platform

Fitness Hiphop

Analysis of migrant personnel structure Chidren

Pakour

Platform

Skateboard Band

Youth

Waterfront

Rowing Angling Rest

Architecture

7.86 million immigrant

2015

hi-tech sector

2017

isolated islands

2017

many

less

Unreasonable distribution

Singleness

many

Solution

Multielement

App

Unreasonable information channels

Lawn

non-native popilatrion

many

Multielement

GAP BETWEEN IMMIGRANT AND LOCAL Analysis of local personnel structure

1979

less

site

Space In Park

fishing village

Activity Site

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HISTORY LINE

Chidren

highway subway main branch

WETLAND

MICROTIDAL RANGE

local

residence industry storage park forest infrastructure external traffic land unuse ocean

In some areas, wetlands and terrains are used to purify water.

STRATEGY 2

Infrustration

Transportation

Increasing the contact area between coastal land and sea surface, so as to increase the living space of mangroves.

Transform artificial seawall into natural seawall and open mangrove retreat road.

Mid-age

Old

Social Dinner

Architecture

Shopping

local

immigrant（Data about park participation） PROCESS1

Hang out

Word of mouth

PROCESS2

Book

Access To Information(About Park)

Newspaper

PROCESS3

Television

PROCESS4

Webpage

Wechat

App Facebook

MASTER PLAN

LOGICAL DIAGRAM

STRATEGY 1

NATRUAL PROBLEM

LANDFORM

MANGROVE

3 5 STRATEGY 2

SITE

SOCIAL PROBLEM

ISOLATION

APP

DESIGN

7 2

DEVELOPMENT

11 10

sample area

13 17

ORIGINAL SITE

LANDFORM

MANGROVE

ACTIVITIES

ROUTE

Ecological damage

Wetland islands and terrain are beneficial to the restoration of ecology and mangrove growth

Planting mangroves and it can can purify water quality

Add different types of activities to the site

Classifying activities according to hobbies to create different routes

100m

500m

1000m

N 22

1. Mangrove Wildlife Habitat 2. Ecological Floating Island 3. Overhead Corridor 4. Dock 5. Watercourse 6. Wooden Walkway

7. Natural Wetlands 8. Tide Park 9. Uplift Platform 10. Port Ruins 11. Lawn 12. Commercial District

13. Mangrove Wildlife Habitat 14. Ecological Floating Island 15. Overhead Corridor 16. Dock 17. Watercourse 18. Wooden Walkway

19. Natural Wetlands 20. Tide Park 21. Uplift Platform 22. Port Ruins 23. Lawn 24. Commercial District

STRATEGY 1 Phase1

Water Pollution

Artificial Revetment

Transformation

Phase2

STRATEGY 2

ECOLOGICAL EVOLUTION

1.Increasing Soil Layer

Improving Water Quality Growing Aquatic Plants

2.Natural Revetment

Planting Mangrove

Lack Of Hydrophilic Space

Soil Erosion

Adding Waterfront Trails

The Floating Island Of Different Height Against Floods

Building Air Corridors (protecting the ecological environment)

inside CHU

outside CHU

Life without close friends often breaks my heart. I don’t feel any sense of belonging in this city.

Chu’s

Present Situation

I'm a young immigrant working in Shenzhen as architect. But without close friends, I feel very lonely inside.

Increasing Soil Layer Ecological Floating Island

App leads people to build relationships with each other and become friends

Chu’s life

Background

Sculpture Parterre

CHU

Landscape In APP For Chu’s Choice

CHU

aquatic plants

CHU

I enjoye the time in the park and felt integrate into the city.Thanks for this app.

This app led me to a park, the first time I had the ideato go for a walk in the park.

The appearance of APP

natural revement

Permeable Brick

The app introduced me to a park. There are some intersting activities that suit me very well.

overhead corridor

ecological forest mangrove

Ginkgo Stone

Phase3

ecological forest

I chose a route that interests me, and there was a lot of information on the app interface.

Microcarpa

JAY

I made a lot of closefriends with the same interests. The city is beginning to hold me back.

promenade

I am a native of Shenzhen and work as a singer on the Internet. I'm stuck in my inner world.I feel very lonely.

wooden path

JAY

Jay’s life Background

JAY

Day

Landscape In APP For Jay’s Choice

Another Type Of Activity

APP

Jay’s

Present Situation

METHODOLOGY FROM A GAME

CHU

The app interface shows a lot of virtual images that connect the web world to the real world.

JAY

Night

CONCEPT

Se ar ch

Ac tiv

at e

A Type Of Activity

GUIDING PEOPLE’S ROUTE

POKEMON GO SYSTEM

POKEMON SOCIAL STYLE

Road 2

Choice 2

Activity 1

Road 1

Choice 1

Activity Space(Before) Activity Space(After)

INTERACTION SYSTEM

Activity 2

ENRICH ACTIVITY SPACE

Feedback

PERSONALIZED CHOICE

Make friends

Feedback

tiv

wooden path float-island

wetland plants

I am getting used to this kind of life in the room is my music block.The world outside the window, They're happy, but it's none of my businesse.

new style about life and landscape

JAY

2 promenade

Their furture

Make friends

SOCIAL STYLE

Enrich

Layout activities

Planning Road

Personalized Choice

Landscape In Reality

Landscape In Mobile Phone

STRATEGY 2

APP ELIMINATES ISOLATION

STRATEGY 2

PERSONALIZED SELECTION OF APP

App allows people of different tastes to find a sense of belonging at the site, and to establish contact with the site.

THE ROUTE FOR SPORTS Object:Sports Enthusiasts

From the real world(activity space)：A large lawn for many people. For those who like sports, they can do all kinds of sports on this site. They can communicate with people in the process of sports, the same interest can make people more intimate. From the virtual world(app)：In the app interface of live, you can learn the calories consumed by your exercise, and even get a cute virtual pet by reaching a certain amount of exercise. People with virtual pets can walk around with pets and communicate with each other.

Sailboat 400cal/h

Jogging 648cal/h Yoga 259cal/h

Skate 500cal/h

Roller-skating 454cal/h There are 219 people skating in the park now.

ROUTE 1 ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 3

ACTIVITY 2

ACTIVITY 4

Paul’s dog

3 The system will recommend people

Set the park and start exploring the park.

with similar routes at random.

Discover unique places through various tours, Classify sites according to different types of activities and form routes of different colors.

Space For Hip-hop

The Skateboard Square

You can add them as friends and go to the same place with him or her. 5

You can switch to live view,it will guide you to your destination,and the bottom will show the state of your friend.

Channel For Jogging

Jenny’s dog

Activities On The Lawn

THE ROUTE FOR ART

There will be fireworks at 21:00 at the pier, bring your friends along.

Object:Literary Youth

From the real world(activity space)：On the day's lawn, young people who love art come here to take pictures. Young artists come here to paint, and more music lovers will do small concerts here. From the virtual world(app)：In the app interface of live, there are regularly updated graffiti walls and randomly created works of art. Art youth can find like-minded friends here, and even make artistic creation with friends. In the message bar of app, it will inform the time of the beginning of the corresponding art activities and let more people participate in the activities.

There's a show at 20:00 in the evening

ROUTE 2 ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 2

ACTIVITY 3

ACTIVITY 4 Paul’s dog

Music Festival

Outdoor Exhibition

Outdoor Photography

The Sketch On The Lawn

amateur photographer Emma

Site range Retaining architecture

PROJECT 02: INTERWEAVED STREET

SITE ANALYSIS

THTF Science＆Technology Plaza

COMPLEX TRAFFIC AND CROWDS

Tsinghua East Road

——Urban Open Space Landscape Design

1 metro 1 light rail

Site range Retaining architecture

SITE: Haidian District, Beijing,China AREA: 15ha. DATE: 4/2017 TYPE: Individual Work INSTRUCTOR:Yilun Yang

Different types of people

Chaotic traffic

inconvenient route

The design task requires us to rebuild the original piece of urban site into a city park. Wudaokou is a complex site which has several functions included commercial, education, residence, office and other properties,it determins the diversity of the people who use this site.What’s more,there are two subway lines ,also some confused architectures and traffic chaos.So we need find the balance point in business, people and nature.

THTF Science＆Technology Plaza Tsinghua East Road

Metro Line 13

Description: Wudaokou is a busy place in Beijing that more than thousands of visitors use this site daily.These people include residents,students,works,Foreigners and some people who come here just for shopping or dining.Different people have different expectations and requirements for the outdoor spaces.For example,efficiently going through the site during morning and evening rush-hours,spending lunch hours or a quick break outdoor ,doing sports, relaxing or taking a stroll or meeting with colleagues.So,we need to improve micro climate for lively outdoor activities, give the community the possibility to connect with each other, to stroll and relax in the park.

Metro Line 13

Heqing Road

Wudaokou Cinema

The most popular place in Beijing Park Country Park

Haidian Park

STRATEGY NEW ROADS AND NEW FUNCTION

Wangzhuang Road

Transportation barriar

Wudaokou Cinema

Wangzhuang Road

The Olympic Green

Wudaokou

n qi

d oa

Heqing Road

Sh The most popular place in Beijing Park

The Old Summer Palace

The Olympic Green

The Old Summer Palace

n qi

Streamline analysis

Transportation conditions We need a convenient way between the two subway stations.

NEW ROADS

An express way to connect two subway stations.

We need to cross the site.

An express way in the direction of the East and the West.

Workers

Residents

Population distribution

The sidewalk is too narrow and crowded.

A more humanized sidewalk.

Ming Dynasty Wall Relics Park

Wudaokou Haidian Park

Students

Country Park Ming Dynasty Wall Relics Park

We need some snack bars.

Liuyin Park Youth Lake Park

Foreigners

NEW FUNCTION

Some service stores.

Liuyin Park

Zizhuyuan Park Zizhuyuan Park

Youth Lake Park

Houhai Park

Beijing Zoo

Chaoyang Park

Houhai Park

Yuyuantan park

Oh,it's really noisy, I can't stand it.

Block noise through landform and plants.

Chengfu Road

Beihai Park

Yuyuantan park

Chengfu Road

Chaoyang Park

Pedestrians

Beihai Park

Ritan Park Ritan Park

We need a place to play and relax.But there is no such kind of place near my house.

A leisure and entertainment complex.

Jogging trail

Small square

Grove

DEVELOPMENT

ORIGINAL SITE

SITE

NEW ROADS

NEW FUNCTION

MASTERPLAN A

This place concentrated many functions for different people,Including gardens, fountain etc. 14

8 19

Rest area

Fountain

Garden

3 5

16 18 17

A N 0 10m

30m

80m

Entry Plaza＆Metro Line 15

Event Lawn

Orchard

Jogging Trail

THTF Science＆Technology Plaza

Garden

Picnic Area

Bike Rental

Lunch Terrace

Water Feature

Playground

Metro Line 13

Cafe

Sports

Kiosk

Commercial Plaza

Reading Garden

Art＆Sculpture

Amphitheatre

20 Wudaokou

Cinema

It’s an avenue for people to move quickly,there's a fitness trail and a square for rest or meeting.

Section

Section A

Section B

Jogging trail

Small square

Grove

SITE LOCATION

DISTRIBUTION OF SEVIECE AND FUNCTION PLACES

Shopping Mall

Metro Station

MASTERPLAN OF SECOND FLOOR

STRATEGY

AXON

Car Park

CONCEPT

PROJECT 03: URBAN REINNOVATION

CONCEPT

Metro Station

Car Park

SIHANG WAREHOUSE AND NORTHERN MARKET DISTRICT

MASTERPLAN OF FIRST FLOOR

MASTERPLAN OF SECOND FLOOR

SITE LOCATION

Car Park

DISTRIBUTION OF SEVIECE AND FUNCTION PLACES Car Park

Residential Area

——Urban Design

Northern Market District

SITE: Jing'an District, Shanghai,China AREA: 4ha. DATE: 6/2017 PARTNER: Xuan Li INSTRUCTOR:Roy Lin

Office Building

AXON

SIHANG WAREHOUSE AND NORTHERN MARKET DISTRICT

Residential Area

STRATEGY

MASTERPLAN OF FIRST FLOOR

CONCEPT Car Park

ISSUE

Sihang Warehouse

Description:

MASTERPLAN OF SECOND FLOOR

Car Park

It's a complicated district which has various characteristics such as residence,business,historic building,waterfront feature.The design aims to make the residents around here have a better and more convenient life.Meanwhile,improving the surrounding environment to attract more people to come here.

AXON

a.solation of Northern Market District,Sihang Warehouse and Suzhou creek. b.Unconvenient path to the water-front. c.lacking some services. SIHANG WAREHOUSE AND NORTHERN MARKET DISTRICT

MASTERPLAN OF FIRST FLOOR Metro Station

Suzhou River

STRATEGY activity space services and facilities

Residential Area Metro Station

Features can be seen on both sides.Obviously,the facilities in the north of the river is less than the south of the river.

a.Build a pedestrian bridge for walkingthrough the Sihang Warehouse. b.More service functions been added. c.Setting trestle road on water's edge for more hydrophily.

Suzhou

AXON MASTERPLAN OF SECOND FLOOR AXON

AXON

MASTERPLAN OF FIRST FLOOR

FUNCTIONAL STREAMLINE ANALYSIS

MASTERPLAN OF FIRST FLOOR

SIHANG WAREHOUSE AND NORTHERN MARKET DISTRICT

MASTERPLAN OF FIRST FLOOR

SIHANG WAREHOUSE AND NORTHERN MARKET DISTRICT

15m

THE REBUILT SIHANG WAREHOUSE 15m

THE REBUILT SIHANG WAREHOUSE

Function of The Rebuilt Sihang Warehouse

Recreation 4

First Floor Plan

1 Exhibition Centre 2 Dessert Shop 3 Convenience Store 4 Drink Shop

2 1

Second Floor Plan

1 Cafe 2 Music shop 3 Studio 4 Convenience Store 5 Children's Activity Area 6 Teahouse 7 Chess& Cards Room 8Naked-eye 3D Experience Center

Commercial

4 1

Resident

Recreation

Exhibition 2

2 1

Third Floor Plan

1 Bookstore 2 DIY Classroom 3 Gym 4 Mahjong room 5 Reading Room 6 Restaurant

1 Restaurant 2 Children's Activity Area 3 Gym 4 Office 5 Music shop

Fouth Floor Plan

1 Office

Office

Fifth Floor Plan

Sport

Worker

Visitor

Relaxation

Office

Put more business in Sihang Warehouse and the residence Community for increasing functional experience when people walk on this bridge.

The building's previous exterior facad is in deep contrast with the disconnected part of the middle.People can see the scenery by the river more intuitively.People can also come to the water more convenient.

OTHER WORKS

Models

PHOTOGRAPHYS

PAINTINGS

Red Brick Art Museum

National Museum of American Art

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