Portfolio of Can Ge, 2012-2019

CAN GE Selected Works 2012-2019 Master of Architecture Candidate University of California, Berkeley

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2510 Bancroft Way, Apt. 316, Berkeley, CA 94704 | can_ge@berkeley.edu | (510)813-1586 EDUCATION BACKGROUND University of California, Berkeley (UCB), GPA: 3.74/4.0, M. Arch

[Expected 05/2019]

Beijing University of Technology (BJUT), GPA: 3.52/4.0, B. Arch

[09/2012-07/2017]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Llp., New York City Intern Architect Evergrande HQ (high-rise landmark in China), Raffles University Iskandar (university in Malaysia) Schematic Design, Site Design, Ecology Analysis, Modeling, Drafting, Rendering

[06/2018-08/2018]

OPEN Architecture Co., Ltd. Intern Architect Oil Tank Art Park (renovation project in China), Sea Art Space (art museum & studio in China) Detail Design, Construction Design, Schematic Design, Modeling, Drafting, Rendering

[01/2017-06/2017]

COMPETITION & HONORS Chester Miller Fellowship College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

[12/2018]

M.Arch Student Fellowship College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

[08/2017]

UIA-HYP CUP 2016 International Student Competition In Architectural Design Personal Project, Project: Beijing Montage

[08/2016]

The 4th "CUC Cup" University Students Architecture Design International Competition Third Prize, Main designer Project: "[In]visible Gap" Transformation of Old Communities Oriented by City Drifter

[01/2016]

Beijing Design Week 2015 and 2016 / Shijia Hutong Exhibition Main designer, Project: To Recover Courtyard Life

[09/2015-10/2016]

LEADERSHIP & ACTIVITIES Psychology Association of Architecture & Urban Planning College Chairman

[09/2013-09/2015]

Volunteer Service for APEC 2014 Organized by Beijing Voluntary Service Foundation

[10/2014-11/2014]

Volunteer Service in Iceland Journalist work in Eastern Iceland, organized by Worldwide Friends Organization

[07/2015-08/2015]

Martial Arts Club, Beijing University of Technology Vice-Chairman

[09/2013-09/2014]

LANGUAGES & SKILLS Software: Rhino, SketchUp, Vray, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Grasshopper, Autodesk Revit, Diva for Rhino, Ecotect, Modo Language: English(Proficient), Madarin Chinese(Native)

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[Beijing Montage] Competition Project, Individual Work

[Recreation Center] Graduate School Academic Project, Individual work

[Continuous City] Graduate School Academic Project, Individual work

[Concentrated Public] Undergraduate Academic Project, Group Work

[Food Workshop] Competition Project, Individual Work

[Dissolved Heritage] Undergraduate Academic Project, Group Work

[(In)visible Gaps] Competition Project, Group Work

[Tank Art Park] Professional Work, OPEN Architecture

[Sea Art Museum] Professional Work, OPEN Architecture

[Other Works]

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01 [BEIJING MONTAGE] A QIANMEN Area History Museum Based on Visual Narrative Montage 2016 UIA-HYP Competition Personal Work Instructor: ZHANG Zhiwen Qianmen, Beijing, China Summer 2016

The project puts historic buildings "fragments" which are scattered in Beijing city together as a complete historical storyline.

In Beijing, real estate development is consuming ‘the old city’. The Qianmen area, which used to be the most popular business district during Qing Empire, has witnessed all the changes of China. Nowadays, only scattered old buildings can connect Qianmen's history. After a study of all the history heritage buildings in Qianmen, the museum can collect all the "urban fragments" into it by the vision of visitors and reconstruct the narrative order of them to complete the exhibition sequence. Translating Vsevolod Pudovkin's narrative montage techniques into 5 architecture prototypes, the museum probe into more meaning behind scene by contrast, block or juxtaposition to show the visitors a vivid narrative storyline.

In daytime, urban scenes are collected in the exhibition space; during night, cameras in every exhibition hall project out urban montage film which is recorded during daytime to the screens on the sunken plaza. The sunken projection plaza is a strong connection between city and the museum: what comes from the city finally returns to the city. This design explores a new possibility in preservation typology—without specifically renovating old buildings themselves, this museum preserves them in the distance by visually montaging components through framing, periscopes and telescopes—an affectionate narrator who records and reminds all the meaningful old buildings equally.

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[QIANMEN, BEIJING CITY] Qianmen Avenue used to be the most popular business district in China. This area has witnessed the rise and death of Qing Dynasty and Republic of China, the invasion of Western Capitalism and the birth of People’s Republic. Nowadays, most of the heritages are demolished and only few precious scattered historic buildings could connect Qianmen's timeline.

The site is in the middle of the modern Qianmen Avenue historical district. After a solid survey, the most typical old Beijing "urban fragments" are picked out from this area. Every heritage vividly indicates a unique historical period or event. Also, the visual field from site is thoroughly recorded in the research and illustrated in the mapping on the right page.

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HISTORIC PUZZLE IN CITY | Site Visual Field of Qianmen Heritages

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NARRATIVE EXHIBITION SPACE | Organizing the storyline [MONTAGE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS]

[HISTORICAL EXHIBITION HALL SEQUENCE ANALYSIS]

|Exhibition Sequence & Narrative Montage| The historic buildings in Qianmen area are arranged in a timeline, which is also a storyline for the narrative exhibition sequence. As Vsevolod Pudovkin's Editing Techniques Theory, specific scenes connect each other together and yield potential feeling or meanings. Therefore, visual montage spaces are inserted in the museum to connect the historic ‘fragments’

1.Zhenyang Fortress 2.Guanghe Theater 3.Yangping Guild Theater 4.Red Light District 5.Guild Houses 6.Erguotou Wine Old Factory 7.Yifengtai Restaurant 8.Quanjude Restaurant 9.Tongrentang Drug Store 10.Qianmen Mosque 11.Fude Temple 12.Qianmen Church 13.Zhengyang Fortress 14.Old Train Station 15.Old American Embassy 16.Temple of Heaven 17.Dabei Photo Studio 18.Chahaer Bank 19.Qingyunge Mall 20.Zhengyang Fortress 21.Memorial Hall of MAO 22.National Theater

|Narrative Montage Space Typology|

Periscope

SMULTANEITY

PARALLELISM

Framing Window

[SIMULTANEITY]

[PARALLELISM]

[LINEAR NARRATIVE]

Zigzag exhibition line restricts the visual field of visitors and framing windows make two sequences of scenery appear crossingly. SIMULTANEITY space shows the development of QIANMEN area simultaneously.

PARALLELISM space provides visitors a corridor with continuously framed sceneries of heritage. The periscope components insert urban fragments of certain history period into the corridor to convey the vicissitudes.

This basic narrative sp the special montage sp windows introduce urban exhibition space.

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|Exhibition Sequence Diagrams|

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Leit Motif 1

Framing Window

pace aims to connect all paces. Consistent framing heritage fragments into the

LEIT MOTIF

CONTRAST

LINEAR NARRATIVE

Projection Area

[CONTRAST]

[LEIT MOTIF]

Periscope component, digital projection device and reflecting surface achieve a strong juxtaposition of the scenery of new and old QIANMEN. This CONTRAST space convey the changes of the country.

As the symbol and origin of QIANMEN area, ZHENGYANGMEN appears three times in the exhibition narrative line as a LEIT MOTIF element.

It haunts the sequence and becomes one part of other montage spaces to present the history of QIANMEN area, architecturally and politically.

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"VISUAL MONTAGE" IN EXHIBITION | Section of Narative Space

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SECTION A-A 1.Sunken Projection Plaza 2.Exhibition Room: Development (Simultaneity) 3.Exhibition Room: Evolution (Parallelism) 4.Exhibition Room: Climax (Linear Narrative) 5.Staff Office 6.Film Workshop

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SECTION B-B 1.Exhibition Room: Origin 1 2.Exhibition Room: Origin 2 (Simultaneity) 3.Exhibition Room: Evolution (Parallelism) 4.Exhibition Room: Climax (Linear Narrative) 5.Exhibition Room: Samsara (Contrast) 6.Visitor Center/Office 7.Suvnken Projection Plaza

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[NARRATIVE EXHIBITION LINE

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The narrative line is suggested The STORYBOARD illustrates the storyline in the exhibition seq The COMPONENTS bridge all the scenes to architecture f The MOVEMENT simply show the movement of visitors in th

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in this diagram by three layers: quence: a series of scenes that visitors can see in the museum. forms and interpret the function of those space prototypes. he space,and also, what they could see in the exhibition line.

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SPACE ORGANIZATION | System of the Montage Museum SECTION A 1. Exhibition Space Entrance 2. Film Editing Room/Office 3. Visitor Center/Shop 4.Sunken Projection Plaza SECTION B 1. Exhibition Room: Origin (Simultaneity) 2. Exhibition Room: Development (Linear Narrative) 3. Exhibition Room: Evolution (Parallelism) The section and the diagram below show the system of Qianmen museum: a complicated exhibition space with all the montage typologies, the open space above the roof, two structure transportation tunnel for fast exit or pipes, four auxiliary boxes for offices, and last but not least, an open sunken plaza to interact with the urban public. In daytime, urban scenes are collected in the exhibition space; during night, cameras in every exhibition hall project out urban montage film which is recorded during daytime to the screens on the sunken plaza. The sunken projection plaza is a strong connection between city and the museum: what comes from the city finally returns to the city.

Exhibition Space

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Emergency Exit Fast Access Structure Pipes

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BEIJING MONTAGE | Scenes In and Out the Museum

[EXHIBITION SPACE | PARALLELISM]

[EXHIBITION SPACE | LINEAR NARRATIVE] The pictures show the scenes inside the architecture. The parallelism exhibition hall creates a space sequence of QIANMEN history. And as the perspective picture conveys, periscope components are inserted to provide visitors paralleling views of this period. Also, the linear narrative hall frames certain scenes in this city and interprets them by multimedia facilities.

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[AUXILIARY SPACE]

[SUNKEN PLAZA] The auxiliary boxes contain offices, filming studios and visitor center. The first picture illustrates a scene in visitor center boxes: the shop and resting space is flexibly connected to the sunken plaza, which means the exhibition sequence comes to an end. The second picture vividly shows the boisterous scene in the sunken plaza, that is, an open urban scene cinema.

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02 [RECREATION CENTER] A Community Center Exploring the Form of Heavy Timber Structure Personal Work UC Berkeley Integrated Studio Instructor: Lisa Iwamoto Mission Bay, San Francisco Fall 2018

The site is located in Mission Bay, San Francisco, surrounded by the UCSF campus and the seaside park system. This unique site condition makes the project a missing tooth in the urban context, a critical transition from the artificial environment to nature.

Inspired by the form of forest, this project takes advantage of the heavy timber structure system. A grid is applied to the site and adjusted to fit the scale of different programs. The height of the building changes to hold the sporting spaces. The timber structure units are arranged according to the grid and height. The simple heavy timber units assemble together and form an expressive space for recreational sports and community. The community center is designed under green building standard.

The fillet on every structural unit serves as a skylight that tilts up on the roof and always faces north to create this soft diffused daylighting environment.

The structural innovation and the unique spacial experience go hand in hand. IIn the

basketball court, natural daylight creates a gorgeous pattern on the ceiling.

At the entrance, several units form a porch for visitors to stop and rest. Specially designed pieces of furniture in the lounge and public area take advantage of the elegant curves from the timber, addressing the beauty of the structure.

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SITE DESIGN STRATEGY & STRUCTURAL SYSTEM | New Form of Community Center|

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The site is located in Mission Bay, surrounded by the UCSF campus and the seaside park system. This unique site condition makes the project a missing tooth in the urban context. |Structural System|

A grid is applied to the site and adjusted to fit the scale of different programs. The height of the building changes to hold the sporting spaces. The timber structure units are arranged according to the grid and height.

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|Structure Units Diagram| Inspired by the for m of forest, this project takes advantage of the heavy timber structure system. A tree/ mushroom shaped timber unit that consists of eight vertical Glu-lam components and a horizontal roof component is designed.

A grid is applied to the site and adjusted to fit the scale of different programs. The height of the building changes to hold the spor ting spaces. The timber structure units are arranged according to the grid and different height of the spaces. The simple heavy timber units assemble together and form an expressive space for recreational sports and community.

The community center is designed under green building standard. The fillet on every structural unit serves as a skylight that tilts up on the roof and always faces north to create this soft diffused daylighting environment. Plumping, draining, and lighting systems are embedded in the central part of the units, allowing the structure purely show themselves to the visitors

|Rendering of the Entrance|

At the entrance, several units form a porch for visitors to stop and rest. In front of the building, a small resting area with specially designed landscape creates a public space toward the street and connect the buildings to the park naturally.

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EXPRESSIVE STRUCTURE| Plan & Section

The timber structure units are arranged according to the grid and height. The simple heav community. The structural innovation and the unique spacial experience go hand in hand. In th | Structure and Site Model |

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vy timber units assemble together and form an expressive space for recreational sports and he basketball court, natural daylight works together, creating a gorgeous pattern on the ceiling.

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RECREATIONAL CENTER| Plan & Section

[GROUND FLOOR PLAN]

[SECTIONS] A grid is applied to the site and adjusted to fit the scale of different programs. The height of the building changes to hold the sporting spaces. The timber structure units are arranged according to the grid and height.

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EXPRESSIVE STRUCTURE| Interior Rendering

[BASKETBALL COURT]

[REC ROOM] In the basketball court, natural daylight creates a gorgeous pattern on the ceiling. Specially designed pieces of furniture in the lounge and public area take advantage of the elegant curves from the timber, addressing the beauty of the structure.

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03 [CONTINUOUS CITY] An Urban Complex Located on Isolated Context UC Berkeley Studio Idividual Work Instructor: Raveevarn Choksombatchai San Francisco, California Fall 2017 (1st Semester)

This site in Dogpatch used to be quite isolated from the urban context. Both the interstate 280 freeway and the variability of topography leads to a physical incontinuity in this area. However, these urban conditions also provide a great amount of visual connections through the city.

So I would like to design this project as a urban viewfinder. It is composed of three parts: the wall, the urban stage and the scopes. Two walls are constructed on both sides of the freeway. Although they are usually the element of separation or isolation, these walls challenge the typological preconception and perform as threshold of inside and outside, urban and domestic. People can walk inside the wall from one end to another, but as long as they move perpendicularly, they could spot urban space through the stages. The urban stages are attached outwardly to the walls. The different forms come from variety of architectural typology for different programs in the city: gallery, church, office, kindergarten or theater. They also perform as diverse tools to observe the city. On the other side of the wall, there are the scopes, which is created by a systematic fenestration. They override the elevation and provide interactive visual connection between the projects and the freeway.

On the ground plan, channels organize the three areas as an art park. Follies are scattered in these fields to define the territory of public activities.

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URBAN ISOLATION | Special Strategy in Special Context

|Perspective Collage|

The site illustrates a physically isolated condition, however, the visual experience shows chances to connect the urban space as a unity.

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|Conceptual Model| T h e n a i l s re p re s e n t s important visual sites like crossroads or hill peaks.

The red string represents the visual connection between two sites, while the black string represents the freeway that physically divides this area into two parts.

The height of string knots c o nvey s t h e a l t i t u d e of ever y sites. Finally, the 2.5D photos on the n a i l s h ow ex a c t ly t h e perspective you can see at the specific point.

I found that although the freeway separates c i t y a p a r t p hy s i c a l ly, it has variety of visual connection between each sides.

|Project Masterplan|

The project has 2 parts: although they do not touch each other physically, the visual connection poses a strong force among the urban space in between. Also, the stage spaces collect the scenes from the city and present them in the building.

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SPACIAL ECHO | Axonomatric Drawing

The domestic public space is detached from every unit and concentrated in the middle of the community. This serpentine public service center connects every buildings and offers all kinds of public activities for the residents.

The domestic public space is detached from every unit and concentrated in the middle of the community. This serpentine public service center connects every buildings and offers all kinds of public activities for the residents.

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CONTINUOUS CITY | Spacial Continuity by Distance

Elevation

Elevation On one side of the wall,there are different forms come from variety of architectural typology in the city. On the other side of the wall, there are the scopes, which is created by a systematic fenestration.

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Section In this case, the walls challenge the preconcept of this architectural typology: they yield a kind of echo between themselves and connect the isolated sites.

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04 [CONCENTRATED PUBLIC] An Urban Community Renovation Based on High Density and Public Space BJUT Community Design Studio Group Work, Team Leader Contribution: Concept100%, Reseach100%, Design, Drawing100% Collaborator: XU Yuzhi Instructor: WANG Xiaomeng Chaoyang, Beijing Fall 2015 (7th Semester)

Since 1949 Chinese living area per capita in urban area has risen rapidly from 2.9 square meter to 46 square meter and the average family size shrunk by 2 people. During this same period the area of Chinese metropolis grew by 50.3%. which led to a series of severe problems from farmland reduction to traffic congestion. And After the research, I found that the size of public space like living room doubled in last decades. As the construction of residence accounted for 66.9% of the total real estate market, I believe that "bigger houses are responsible for the financial collapse and urban inconvenience" and the future of Chinses residential housing is high density houses.

Paradoxically, in the last century public space and public service has developed rapidly in China. The appetite for conventional Chinese household activity lifestyle has been, in part, supplanted by a new spare time lifestyle based on the public service and public space. At first people jogged or played in the central park of community but during the last decades they have begun parking, shopping, chatting, eating or even doing exercise, taking shower and having spa in the community center. This new mode of collective residence represents a societal shift that architecture is lagging behind.

Nowadays, there are an appreciable amount of low density communities built in planned economy era. To utilize open space in the old community, new public service center and high density renovation project could be constructed in these area. This project aspires to transfer the spare room in collective housing into a burgeoning public service mode to re-imagine a community that promotes the sharing of public service and public space amongst the neighborhood to foster community and increase density.

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THE CULTURE OF LIVIN & Relative His

In the last century, the economic situation, social formation and ideology of China c has been easily influenced by authority and society. In this research on collective h the lower part illustrates the evolution of public service and facilities. The outcome entertainment based on sh

Reference: Modern Urban Housing in China, 1840-2000 by Peter R

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changed dramatically. The consumer’s appetite for household activity and lifestyle ousing and public service, the upper part shows important historical incidents and proves that the conventional domestic activities have gradually replaced by public haring economy in China.

Rowe, Harvard GSD | Store House, the Thesis by Kyle Barker, MIT

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HIGH DENSITY HOUSES & PUBLIC SERVICE CENTER | New Form of Community Planning| Chinese living area per capita in urban area has risen rapidly from 2.9 square meter to 46 square meter and the area of metropolis grew by 50.3%, which led to a series of severe problem.

SITE LOCATION

Five typical Chinese housing prototypes from 1950s to now are studied and show the size of public space like living room grew dramatically in last decades. However, the public space usage level dropped by nearly 70% during this period.

The site is one of the low density communities built in planned economy era.

According to the research, to utilize open space in this community, new residential buildings and high density renovation projects should be constructed. Meanwhile, a new public service center will aspire to transfer the spare room in collective housing into a burgeoning public service mode to re-imagine a community that promotes the sharing of public service and public space amongst the neighborhood to revitalize the whole district.

Reference: National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China Modern Urban Housing in China, 1840-2000 by Peter Rowe Chinese Real Estate Yearbook, 1900-2016

|CHINESE Housing Typology Research|

T[Toilet] K[Kitchen] D[Dining Room] L[Living Room] B[Bedroom] S[Storage]

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|Residential Community Design Strategy|

Existing Old Community

New Buildings & Renovation

Circulation Design (Cars & Pedestrian)

Enclosing the Outdoor Space

Adding the Landscape

Car Entrance Vacant area

Linking the Residential Groups

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THE NEW, THE OLD, THE PUBLIC | Section Plan of the Community

This project transfers the spare room in existing low-density houses i the sharing of public service and space amongst the neighborhood applied to the present residential buildings: new high-density SOHO are constructed above the old buildings. Then the serpentine publ concentrated public c

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into a public service mode to re-imagine a community that promotes to foster community and increase density. Also, various methods are O complex is built on vacant area and high-density renovtion projects lic center eventually connects every buildings and serve them as a communicating space.

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PUBLIC SERVICE CONCENTRATOR | Multifunctional Service Center System

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Sunken Plaza & Gym

Swimmimg Pool

Parking Lot & Shop

Clinic Center

Auditorium

Community Center

The domestic public space is detached from every unit and concentrated in the middle of the community.

This serpentine public service center connects every buildings and offers all kinds of public activities for the residents.

A continuously changing form contains gym, parking lot exits, supermarket, theater, restaurant, cafĂŠ, studios and

communicating center and encloses natural courtyards.

The roof of this center become a linear landscape park for entertaining and passing through. The underground part is a huge parking lot for residents’ automobiles, which has exits in every residential building. This service system fosters community and increases the density.

|Multifunctional Sections|

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CONCENTRATED PUBLIC| Streetview in the Community

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The serpentine public service center will connect the residents in this communi between residential buildings is replaced by bu

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ty closer and reunite the public life of modern Beijing people: quiet open space ustling public center full of service and business.

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05 [TASTY ARCHITECTURE] A Handmade Noodle Workshop Based on Local Context & Craftsmanship Personal Work Loess Plateau, Shanxi Province, China Fall 2016

As the biggest Loess landscape in the world, Loess Plateau is the origin of Chinese people and culture. It also witnessed the development of a kind of wonderful traditional craftsmanship called “dry noodles making skill�. Experienced craftsmen make noodles in complicated technique and finally hang them on the wood shelf, forming a stunning harvest scene. Normally, learning and practicing this sophisticated skill costs people years, so few people want to be noodle craftsmen nowadays, making the craftsmanship in danger.

An old craftsman who has been making noodles for decades lives in traditional dwelling cave on Loess Plateau. To renovate the old building and preserve traditional craftsmanship, a workshop is designed for both craftsmen and visitors. In this workshop space, every room follows the original module of old vault caves and programs for noodle making procedures. Specially designed space makes noodles become not only tasty food, but also splendid space and exhibition element. Furthermore, architectural components with practical function also display noodles in different procedures in aesthetical ways. The workshop connects the noodle making craftsmanship and visiting of tourists, promoting this tradition in an active way.

The design shows a possibility that food and traditional craftsmanship become architectural elements and how to preserve incorporeal tradition by architecture.

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CRAFTSMANSHIP & FOOD| A Story of Chinese Dry Noodles

Loess Plateau is the biggest Loess landscape in the world. It was enormously important to Chinese history as it formed the cradle of Chinese civilization and is responsible for the great fertility of Chinese land. On the plateau, people live in dwelling caves and has grown wheat and eaten noodles for centuries. There are a kind of sophisticated craftsmanship to make delicious dry noodles.

Since this ancient method costs craftsmen decades to learn, it is gradually lost among modern society. Nowadays, the authority realized this craftsmanship is a precious cultural memory and UNSCO identified it as important heritage of China. To make the noodles efficiently and treat the visitors, experienced craftsmen decided to build a noodle workshop in the village.

Chinese Dry Noodles Cooked in Shanxi Style

|Procedures Behind Noodles| Preparing Procedure

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Noodle Makers Have Worked for Decades

Noodle Making Craftsmanship Ancient Making Method

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CAVES & VAULTS| Concept & Form Development Diagram General Strategy

Specific Strategy [Module] The new building follows original module of the dwelling cave, which is formed as “vault, thick wall and vault‌â€?.

Canopy Drying Shelf Space Roof Hanging Shelf

New workshop is constructed on the site of a dwelling cave courtyard which is exposed to enough sunshine and Yellow River. It respects the original architectural module and form. Catenarian Roofs are applied in the project because they are: 1.noodle hanging shelf 2.vernacular elements 3.reasonable in mechanics 4.suitable for multiple uses

[Push & Pull] Push and Pull the linear units of the workshop to form a series of different spaces.

[Arches] The arches are added to the linear units to shelter the spaces. This typical architectural form is vernacular but rigid.

[Catenarian] The arches are reversed to the catenary arches that combines local elements and form of hanging noodles.

[Fermenting Room] The room for preparing procedure is dark and closed. The outer space is perfect for hanging and drying food.

[Reception Room] The Reception room has a second floor open to the Yellow River where the visitors could watch scenery and rest.

[Preparing Workshop] Winding and drying components are attached on this workshop which is for preparing procedures of noodle making.

[Main Workshop] The biggest unit is used for the hanging procedure and the hanging components are applied all over the space. Also, visitors can taste handmade noodles on the large steps.

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The vernacular linear layout and natural material fits the workshop in local atmosphere. The familiar but unique roof form makes a recognizable silhouette from the Yellow River which will become a landmark for the visitors of this village.

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SPACE FOR CRAFTSMANSHIP | Plan & Section 1. Main Entrance 2. Reception Room 3. Platform to the Yellow River 4. Door Hall 5. Main Workshop 6. Dining Hall 7. Preparing Workshop 8. Fermenting Room 9. Drying Ground 10. Toilet 11. Storage

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SPACE FOR CRAFTSMANSHIP | Scenes in Physical Model

Main Noodle Workshop

Dining Hall In the main workshop, craftsmen complete the making and hanging procedures which need perfect sunshine and ventilating condition. Noodles producing craftsmanship is conducted pragmatically and aesthetically in this specially designed space. Gentle light and shadow through noodles covers visitors and craftsmen in a peaceful atmosphere.

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Preparing Workshop (Winding)

Preparing Workshop (drying) Preparing workshop is a 2-storey space attached to the main workshop, which contains drying room, winding room and fermenting room. The upper picture shows winding sticks on the wall and the lower picture illustrates the final drying facilities and scene.

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06 [DISSOLVED HERITAGE] A University Student Center Based on Existing Buildings BJUT Core Studio Group Work, Team Leader Contribution: Research, Concept, Design, Construction, Drawing Collaborator: LI Sibei, ZHOU Xiaodan Instructor: LI Jiang, CHEN Zhe Chaoyang, Beijing Spring 2016 (8th Semester)

Beijing, the ancient and contemporary capital of China, is a mixture of the new and the old. Rapid development brings not only wealth but also heterogeneity in different urban part: huge modern public center mixed with little historic buildings.

On the existing site, the conference hall, Grand Jianguo Hotel and cafĂŠ house are the oldest buildings in BJUT, which are considered to be critical heritage of the university.

Meanwhile, this site located in the corner of the campus connects the visitors and the students in a close way. As the new needs of activities and communication emerging, this site is surrounded by big centers and huge educational buildings. Recently, a student center that contains all the programs is planned to be designed and built.

A thorough research on exact needs of visitors, students and faculty is conducted, indicating that the needs could be divided into two parts: existing fixed programs and changeable programs. Therefore, instead of demolishing the historic buildings, a horizontal space is added on the old buildings, enclosing heritage and containing emerging needs. This horizontal space forms a sheltered ground floor plaza for outdoor activities and a free large indoor space for exhibition and conference.

Also, the light patios offer soft light and fresh air for the activities on the second floor and vegetation on the ground floor. Finally, structure and construction details are considered thoroughly in this project to make a contrast between old historic buildings and modern renovation space.

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HERITAGE OF UNIVERSITY| Existing Site Analysis

Existing Site

Free Needs

The cafĂŠ house, grand hotel and conference hall locating in the corner of the campus are not only the precious heritage of Beijing University of Technology, but also the critical communicating center between university and the public. When the needs of visitors and students grow rapidly, a new renovation project is designed on the existing site. Architecture form follows the thorough research on the needs of visitors and students, adopting old buildings for fixed program and generating horizontal new space for free activities.

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ENCLOSING THE OLD| Form Development

Existing Buildings

Enclosure

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Light Patio

Cores

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Vehicles

Logistics

Free Space

Open Space

Visitors

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CONNECTING THE OLD| Plan & Section

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OLD AND NEW| Construction & Scenes

The old buildings are based on brick structure or concrete structure and the new space is based on truss structure.

The construction illustrates the connection between these two systems.

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Light Patio

Open Ground Floor Light patio not only offers enough light for the middle part of the huge horizontal space to hold an exhibition or conference, but also form a perfect ground floor space for vegetation and people’s activities.

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THE CONTRAST| Scene in Student Center

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07 [(IN)VISIBLE GAPS] A University Community Center Based on Variable Program The 4th "CUC Cup" Competition, The Third Prize Group Work, Main Designer Contribution: Research, Concept, Design, Drawing Collaborator: LI Sibei, ZHOU Xiaodan Instructor: LIAO Hanwen Chaoyang, Beijing, China Fall 2015

China is undergoing the fastest urbanization known to man. In the next 10 years an additional 300 million people are expected to relocate to urban areas. This speed of development puts extensive pressure on Chinese cities, but little has been done to understand the impact on the daily life of people.

In most area of Beijing, high housing price has forced even middle class people to overdraw all their money for an apartment room. After a research of urban texture, however, we found that bureaucratic urban planning and blind learning of modernism yields millions of gaps in central part of Beijing, the most expensive part. To cope with this issue, natural construction activities in the old city during last population exploration in China are studied and analyzed. The spontaneous architectural development processes are highly efficient and organized, which is considered to be reproducible for further design.

Therefore, a frame system is designed to fill this “invisible gaps� for developer by changeable and cheap housing project. In this growing apartment, people could develop their unique home or little office by modular units as time goes on and the frame will be fuller and fuller. This system is changeable for a series of urban architectural typologies, which will bring incredible diversity and energy to the city.

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GAPS IN CITY| Urban Texture Research

|Learning From Traditional Houses|

In The [In]Visible

Nowadays, most of p the urban texture of gaps is wasted. As t and developer.

This project takes ad courtyard houses. I could add infinite di

|Urban Texture Study| [NEW YORK]

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[AMSTERDAM]

[PARIS]

[Site Evironment Photo Collage]

e Gaps

people need to spend all their money for a little apartment room in Beijing. After the research, however, we still found f Beijing is looser than most of high density cities in the world, which means that a great deal of land between building the photo collage of the site in Chaoyang, Beijing shows, these huge urban gaps seem to be invisible for the authority

dvantage of these invisible gaps of Beijing, and learns from spontaneous building activities of local people in traditional would like to provide a free system of urban parasite which utilizes and fills the gaps gradually. Meanwhile, this system iversity and energy to the quiet urban space.

[LONDON]

[BEIJING-POSITIVE]

[ORGANIZED]

[BEIJING-NEGATIVE]

[LOOSE]

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'NEW URBSN HOUSING PROJECT'| A Manifesto

[Curatorial Statemen

In China, the developers always advertise their real estate projects by flyers, posters, films, billboards, and esp objectives. I would like to imagine a situation in which these high density housing projects have been already will take the form of an advertising campaign. They will be printed on the newspaper; they will be shown on chooses newspaper as a media to illustrate the manifesto, which propagandi

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pecially by newspapers. Similarly, newspaper propaganda is also applied by the authority to convey political y realized. My manifesto and canon - a series of powerful statement to convey the benefits of these projects the billboards near highways; they will be stitched on a T-shirt and handed out in the street. This final project ize both ‘the capital and the political superiority’ of the high density housing.

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FILLING THE GAPS | Form & System Development

[Step 1] Self-built Shed In Gaps

[Step 2] Attached Shelters

[Step 3] Invasion of Courtyard

[Ending] Public Space Left

[Step 1] Frame With Infrastructure

[Step 2] Basic Housing Units

[Step 3] Functional Diversity

[Step X] Continually Growing

[Between Slab Building System]

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[Between Low Houses]

[Between tower Web]

[DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY]

[Stage 1] Self-built Shed Emerged

[Stage 2] Vertical Growth in Gap

[Step 1] Frame With Infrastructure

[Step 2] Basic Housing Units

[In Wide Gap]

Natural construction activities in old courtyard houses during last population exploration in China are considered to be highly reproducible for further design. In some aspects, the project is a vertical version of spontaneous housing development. To deal with different urban situation, different frame system typologies are designed and applied to Beijing’s urban gaps.

[Step 3] Functional Diversity

[In Narrow Gap]

[Step X] Continually Growing

[Between towers]

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INFINITE GROWTH| Modular Units System [Basic Unit]

[ Expantion]

[ Further Expantion]

Possibility 1 Possibility 2 Possibility 3 Possibility 4 In this system, series of modular units are provided to the residents and could satisfy the basic needs of people’s daily life. In the future, the residents will add new modular units to their home for emerging life or work needs which could gradually fill the frame system in spontaneous way.

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The Project offers a flexible frame to the poor people who cannot afford the incredibly high housing price in Beijing. The development system allows people choose, combine and develop their modular space units. As a result, this building will 'grow freely in an organized way’.

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Frame system and modular units could bring diversity to the street environm space spontaneously, which provide col Photovoltaic panels attached to the units whole system is able to fit in variety of urb Beijing in

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Growing Building]

d fill the torn urban public elevation and ent. The unit owners will expand their lorful business elements to urban space. s are both economic and uniformed. The ban gaps, making it possible to spread in the future.

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08 [SEA ART MUSEUM] PROFESSIONAL PROJECT During Internship in OPEN Architecture Under Construction Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China Spring 2017

On a quiet stretch of beach along the coast of Bohai Bay in northern China, OPEN designed two art spaces: one hidden in the sand dunes, like mysterious caves; one rising out of the sea, like a solitary piece of rock. A long walkway stretching in between connects the sand and the sea, the art and the people. The two spaces create a silent dialogue by the sea.

The “rock” is formed by two lines: one perpendicular to the shore, the other perpendicular to true north, with a 15-degree angle in between. This art space has the same shape in the plan as on the façade. Geometry and order, solitude and determination: this is a gallery that opens up to the ocean, with a single workshop that serves as an artist’s retreat. The path that links the “rock” to the shore is a path for the pilgrimage of art. This path is only revealed at certain times, with the right tide and in the right moment. Its fleeting presence is not unlike the discovery of one’s personal legend— it is there, but often it simply seems unattainable.

The “rock” erupts out of the sea, enticing visitors to climb or to stop at some point along the way. Facing the sea, the gallery is open and transparent, extending from the interior to the exterior, reaching to the sky and to the sea. Attuned to the breathing of nature, this dock-like space is the place to receive artwork and visitors coming in from the sea.

Here, only one piece of art is exhibited at a given time. The pilgrim, in solitary coexistence with the artwork, comes infinitely close to its spirit. Behind the gallery, a hidden workshop is a retreat for the artist—a hermit on the sea.

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SEA ART MUSEUM | Section & Plan

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SEA ART MUSEUM | Renderings

Perspective from Seashore

Perspective from the Sea 79

Roof Top Space

Gallery Space 80

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09 [OIL TANK ART PARK] PROFESSIONAL PROJECT During Internship in OPEN Architecture Under Construction Shanghai, China Spring 2017

This project is a story about how industrial relics are reincarnated through art in a new era of city development. A group of decommissioned oil tanks, a pool for fire-fighting, and the site they sit on – previously Longhua airport on a prime stretch of Huangpu River, are preserved and transformed into an urban park. The tanks are turned from containers of oil to containers of art and life.

The metamorphic ‘Super-Surface’ is created to form a new ground while connecting all the tanks from underneath. On the surface, is a vast outdoor modern art park with sculptural works set in the expansive lawn; below, are various public programs and indoor exhibition spaces. Five oil tanks are preserved. Two of the tanks will be transformed into art galleries in different ways -- one will contain a white cube within to adapt to curatorial needs, especially for hanging delicate canvas works; while the other will remain almost ‘untouched’ to fully preserve its bold industrial features and the raw beauty, which will be used as a special space for larger-scale artworks and installations. The other three tanks will be renovated as multi-functional exhibition, leisure and activity spaces.

An Urban Forest stretches over the entire length of the site. This will be a precious piece of urban nature, hopefully attracting birds and squirrels to return. Under the shady tree canopies are various green isles with distinctive landscape features, including grassy mounds, playgrounds and wetlands. Art works and preserved industrial machines will be scattered in the landscape. Art and nature will coexist beautifully here.

In between the Super-Surface and Urban Forest are two plazas: the Urban Plaza and the Great Lawn. Measuring 55 meters square in plan, the Urban Plaza can host large ceremonies and festival events. The embedded misting devices in the ground will transform this stone paved plaza into an interesting foggy field, while improving its micro climate in hot weather. The Great Lawn is relatively smaller in scale. Its grassy surface will be ideal for hosting semi-public events and parties.

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TANK SHANGHAI | Plan & Model Two of the tanks will be transformed into art galleries in different ways -- one will contain a white cube within to adapt to curatorial needs, especially for hanging delicate canvas works; while the other will remain almost ‘untouched’ to fully preserve its bold i n d u s t r i a l f e a t u re s and the raw beauty, which will be used as a special space for larger-scale artworks and installations.

The other three tanks w i l l b e re n o v a t e d a s mu l t i - f u n c t i o n a l exhibition, leisure and activity spaces.

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A metamorphic ‘Super-Surface’ is created to form a new ground while connecting all the tanks from underneath. On the surface, is a vast outdoor modern art park with sculptural works set in the expansive lawn; below, are various public programs and indoor exhibition spaces. Five oil tanks are preserved.

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OIL TANK ART PARK | Renderings & Photos

Oil Tank Art Plaza

Oil Tank Center Lobby

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Pumping House Gallery (Exterior)

Phase 1 Construction Site

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10 OTHER WORKS SUPPLEMENTARY PROJECTS During the study in University of California, Berkeley & Internship in SOM New York Office Berkeley, New York 2012-2019

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Confidential University Project Professional Work in S.O.M., NYC Supervisor: Olin McKenzie Summer 2018

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Confidential High-rise Project Professional Work in S.O.M., NYC Supervisor: Olin McKenzie Summer 2018

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Dorm-style Affordable Housing Design Group Work Partner: Xiaoyu Ma Instructor: David Baker UC Berkeley Spring 2018

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Aircraft Concept Design & Animation Individual Work Instructor: Ronald Rael UC Berkeley Fall 2018

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Human Body Concept Design & Animation Individual Work Instructor: Ronald Rael UC Berkeley Fall 2018

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RELEASING INFORMATION

PATTERN SELECTION

2D SURFACE DIVISION

HUMAN SURFACE DIVISION

Informative Clothing Design Group Work Partner: Jin You, Nan Xia, Xiaokang Feng Instructor: Simon Schleicher UC Berkeley Spring 2018

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FOAM MOLDING

3D SURFACE UNROLL

Green Building Design Group Work Partner: Xinyi Chen Instructor: Luisa Caldas UC Berkeley Spring 2018

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User Interface Design Individual Design Instructor: Laith Ulaby UC Berkeley Fall 2018

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Ongoing Thesis Individual Work Instructor: Kyle Steinfeld UC Berkeley Spring 2018-Present

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