LI ZEHUI PORTFOLIO for TU Delft
Undergraduate Work 2011-2014
LI ZEHUI Tongji University No.1239 Siping Road, 200092 Shanghai, China Mobile: 0086 18817599301 Email: tjudavidlee@gmail.com
EDUCATION
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Tongji University College of Architecture & Urban Planning Shanghai, China Bachelor’s Degree Progr am Conservation of Historic Architecture 2011-Present (Expected Graduation: June 2015) GPA: 85.03%
Software SketchUp AutoCAD Rhinoceros Adobe Photoshop/ Illustrator/ InDesign/Lightroom VRay Artlantis studio Maxwell Ecotect Analysis Microsoft Office
Spain Traveling Studio “CITY READING” Spain Aug.2014 Selected as one of 8 student team members with fund support 8 cities (Madrid, Granada, Cordoba, Toledo, Sevilla, Palma, Bilbao, Barcelona) in 30 days
EXHIBITIONS Selected Work Shanghai 2014 Selected paintings exhibitions in Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center Shanghai Spanish Pavilion (former Spain Pavilion of Shanghai 2010 EXPO) Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes in Shanghai
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Languages Mandarin | Native English | Full professional proficiency Art Photography Painting & Sculpture Traditional Chinese seal cutting Traditional Chinese penmanship Woodcarving
Teaching Assistantship for Relics and Museology Assisted in class lectures and final examination
Shanghai
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Heritage Conservation Shanxi, China Aug. 2013 2013 Heritage Conservation Workcamp, Pingyao, China Collaborated with other volunteers to restore one part of a historical architecture in Pingyao (UNESCO World Heritage) Held by RHF（RuanYisan Heritage Foundation,Shanghai) and REMPART (Union of Heritage Conservation Volunteers, France) Leadership in Investigation of Chinese Ancient Architecture Shanxi, China Aug. 2012 Collaborated with four other students to measure and document existing conditions of ancient architectures Interviewed with local administration department of Historic Architecture Designed poster and booklet of Chinese historic architecture
CONTENT When preparing my application for TU Delft, I searched the introduction of the architecture track on your website. I was excited that you offers a large number of research-focused specializations, all of which allow students to take a rigorous professional approach to architecture within a highly speculative and creative context. Considering my background, the Heritage & Architecture (RMIT) interests me most. It is quite clear that Chinese cities have a long history and are experiencing rapid development. Undoubtedly, the relation between old and new will be a theme of architectural design in China for a long time. In my future career, I want to focus on the relation between architecture and the city, old and new, to design architectural spaces that become linked to sensual experiences, and which are able to inspire and ignite one's curiosity towards the history and cultural context of the place. I want to explore the re-use of existing buildings and create designs that meet modern aesthetic and functional demands. By creating human-centered design, I would like to keep memory of the city alive for people who actually live there. Based upon that, my thesis interests will be tightly related to the topic of architecture conservation in the context of contemporary society. I would like to focus on all levels of scale, including the use of materials and modern technology, re-use strategies, the aesthetics of historic space and the urban structure. What’s more, I would prefer a thesis project concerning architecture and the natural environment. Obviously, the thesis project would deal with the relationship of the urban environment and its natural context. In other words, I want to explore what constitutes high quality living space for people in the city and what attractive architectural design would suit 21st-century living.
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JOURNEY OF INSTINCT SPAIN TRAVEL STUDIO Type: Individual Academic work Tutor: Prof. Zhao Weiyan, Prof. Yin Jia Level: Year 3, Semester 2 Date: Summer 2014 Site: Spain This project is significant to my academic career. It inspired me with one of the most important things to an architect-INSTINCT. I was chosen to be one of the team to take a trip around Spain for one month,recording every feeling I have experienced in different cities.This is a trip of Visus, Tactus, Gustus. Most importantly, it's a discovery of instinct.
Dusk of Soller, oil pastel on paperboard 21Ă—21cm, 2014 01 portfolio of Li Zehui
Barcelona, oil pastel on paperboard 21Ă—21cm, 2014
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Knowing instinct of materials and tools is necessary for painting and architecture design. One of the program objectives is to express personal feelings by using various marterials and tools. Addition and subtraction are both applied in this painting. By using tools adding and removing colors on the paper, elements of what I saw are recomposed, which gives the painting unique texture and complexity.
Areas and lines both appears in most of my paintings in Spain, which is in accordance with my thinking of city. City is composed of areas and lines varing in size. They combines to have corresponding functions. Village in silence, oil pastel on paperboard 21Ă—21cm, 2014
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The texture of achitectures in Spain is quite different from it in China. Texture is something you can feel with your eyes or skin.In this paiting I am trying to express the feeling of texture when I saw these buildings. What is different is, I feel texture of those buildings by touching paper and colors, not directly on the wall.
Beauty of narrow, oil pastel on paperboard 21Ă—21cm, 2014
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HOSTEL FOR YOUNG ARTISTS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE RENOVATION & EXTENSION Type: Team Academic work Collaborator: Wu Siwen Tutor: Prof. Liu Gang Date: Fall 2014 Level: Year 4, Semester 1 Site: Shanghai, P.R.China The site is located in No.47 Yulin Road, near the Tilanqiao Conservation District. The existing buildings, built in 1927, are now unused and in a state of disrepair. According to the literature, the 4 units of THE VERANDA STYLE buildings were built by Russians, served as one shelter for Jewish refugees once during the World War II. The project is to design a hostel for young artists, by renovate the existing buildings and gardens.
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East Nanjing Road Conservation District Tilanqiao Conservation District
Xujiahui Conservation District
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People's Square Conservation District Floor detail West Nanjing Road Conservation District
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Base detail
THE VERANDA STYLE
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Load analysis
Strategy
Northern garden INTEGRATION
CONVERSATION between "VERANDA" and the existing buildings
2th floor CONNECTION
Daytime The old facade speaks to the new exhibition veranda.
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Interior PLUG-IN LIVING UNITS
Concept
The spacial logic
Southern garden SUNKEN PUBLIC SPACE
Frontage EXHIBITION VERANDA
Nighttime The exhibition veranda with art works speaks to the public space.
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Plug-in Living units Inner Skin
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Insert precast wooden units to give the old building a inner skin with the function of living: 路 Create a co-existence of the old and new. 路 Do no harm to existing interior decoration. 路 Improve living condition of the existing building. 路 Easy to assemble and remove.
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FISHING CLUB UNDERGRADUATE THESIS DESIGN Type: Individual Academic work Tutor: Prof. Zhou Youchao Level: Year 3, Semester 1 Date: Winter 2013 Site: Ningbo, P.R.China Fishing is a traditional activity in this area. Fishing rod inspired me when I am thinking about the relationship between fishing and this design.It provides not only the two forms of this architecture,but also the ways people experience it. The key to this design is to manage the relationships between activity and space, bank and island, land and water, architecture and landscape.
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Site Analysis
Access
Soft and hard edges
View and sightlines
Gradient>30째 &<30째
Green network
Neighbourhoods
BANK or ISLAND? The bank and the island are both possible to be the site accoding to the design assignment. After evaluation, the island is better based on the reasons listed below.
The bank can only provide water nearby.
The island provides 360째 fishing water.
The bank can only provide one direction of lake view.
The island provides 360째 viewing directions.
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The site lies on a small island. In order to have a better view of surrounding lake and scenic spots, the architecture stretches in selected directions. Also, people are able to have various choices when they are fishing.
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Entrance on the bank
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Connecting point on the island
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Platform on the water
Ground floor plan
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The main stimulator of the design is the surrounding view. The architecture provides people with many viewing points in both indoor space and outdoor platforms.
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powder coating (local white color)
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local old bricks reuse
antiseptic wood floor
steel handrail
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approx. 50mm drainage layer parapet: precast concrete unit, employing steel formwork, computer-controlled compacting 1st Layer of elastic polyester roof sheathing 4mm 2nd Layer of elastic polyester roof sheathing,roof-proof 5mm cellular glass insulation,type S-3, 140mm cast concrete plate double glazing in aluminium-profile frame insulation glass -exterior glass sheet of special safety glass 10mm mit sun-protection coating -air gap 16mm -interior glass sheet of special safety glass 10mm stainless-steel comb grating
Local materials are used or reused to be in relation to local settlement.
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Function and circulation
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COMMUNITY ROLL FILM CONSTRUCTION WORK Type: Team Academic work Tutor: Prof. Zhang Jianlong, Zhao Weiyan Level: Year 2, Semester 2 Role: Design processing, construction Date: Summer 2013 Site: Shanghai, P.R.China The project is located in a community in Shanghai. Residents in here are basically retired faculties from Tongji University. The main concept comes from the roll film. We want to create a small wooden pavilion for the residents to relax themselves. Also, it collects different pictures of community life in one point.
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site
User analysis
children
couple
the aged man with kid
senior citizens
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roof
supporting shell
Building process
seat
deck
base
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GREEN VALLEY UNDERGRADUATE THESIS DESIGN Type: Individual Academic work Tutor: Prof. Liu Min Level: Year 3, Semester 2 Date: Spring 2014 Site: Shanghai, P.R.China The project locates near Hongkou football stadium and Luxun Park, the centre of north Shanghai. The design assignment is a synthesis of shopping mall, 4 star standard hotel and office building. Taking into consideration the denseness of pedestrians and vehicles as well as the lack of public space in this area, the main idea of the design is to create a tridimensional GREEN-CONDUCTED public space for people. Li Zehui
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Site analysis
Green network
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Metro & bus
Public space is created by properly organising the three parts-shopping mall,office building and hotel. Every possibilities are evaluated according to criteria listed below: · relatively easier access to hotel and mall · relatively bigger commercial area next to streets · relatively shorter commercial circulation · relatively better view for hotel rooms · sunshine
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Design objectives come from the site analysis directly. Since the low quality of building space and hign density of this area, the green from north ought to extend into the site horizontally and vertically to lead public space. Also, the public space should play the role in connecting two existing commercial blocks and making a corridor for people to go through. As a result, a bigger commercial district is formed in north Shanghai which is going to be a new accelerator of local economy.
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Circulation
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Most of the existing office buildings in Shanghai are not friendly in terms of operation mode. People who work in the building are isolated from outdoor space and fresh air for a whole day. In this design, green outdoor space is organised vertically in high-rise building. People who work in the building will be able to enjoy outdoor space during break. Also, they serve as obeservation decks for tourists. +97.80 +94.20 +90.60 +87.00 +83.40 +79.80 +76.20 +72.30 +68.40 +64.50 +60.60 +56.70 +52.80
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Sand 3cm Drainage geocomposite 1cm Concrete plate Asphalt 4mm Fertile soil
1 Floor finish 2 Aluminium panel shadow box 3 Fire insulation infill 4 Fire sepration laminated glass 5 Obscure glass 6 Exposed concrete 7 Exterior glass with steel back-up behind 8 Operable window 9 Clear glass
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OTHER WORKS
Chinese seal cutting | coloured glaze | sketch historic architecture survey
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