ARCHIPUNCTURE
Rhythm of the Woods Renovation of an ancestral temple Type:Degree Progect Individual Work 2014 Type:Individual Work 2013 Professor: Tong Zhang Ancestral Temple of Xi is the only temple building which is now survived in Ji village. I wish to transform this abandoned temple to a museum exhibiting the crafts of bamboos, in an attempt to attract visitors from the main street into the village. Bamboo craftsmanship is a great heritage in this area. I wish to absorb the essense of vernacular architecture of this area and apply it to the museum. The main idea is to introduce natural light in a subtle and smart way to exhibit bamboo carvings and carving craftsmanship as well.
Rhythm of the Woods Renovation of an ancestral temple Type:Degree Progect Individual Work 2014 Type:Individual Work 2013 Professor: Tong Zhang Ancestral Temple of Xi is the only temple building which is now survived in Ji village. I wish to transform this abandoned temple to a museum exhibiting the crafts of bamboos, in an attempt to attract visitors from the main street into the village. Bamboo craftsmanship is a great heritage in this area. I wish to absorb the essense of vernacular architecture of this area and apply it to the museum. The main idea is to introduce natural light in a subtle and smart way to exhibit bamboo carvings and carving craftsmanship as well.
SITE
UNDERUTILIZED TEMPLE
This building has been through 2 renovations(in 1920s and 1960s), and act as tea factory and warehouse in the two time period. Now it is used as a place for scraps.
Ancestral Temple of Xi is in the middle of Village Ji, right beside Hongcun, a world's well know tourism resort and culture heritage. If Temple Xi could be transformed into a attraction, Village Ji can benefit a lot from it.
SITE
UNDERUTILIZED TEMPLE
This building has been through 2 renovations(in 1920s and 1960s), and act as tea factory and warehouse in the two time period. Now it is used as a place for scraps.
Ancestral Temple of Xi is in the middle of Village Ji, right beside Hongcun, a world's well know tourism resort and culture heritage. If Temple Xi could be transformed into a attraction, Village Ji can benefit a lot from it.
CONCEPT
Subtle Natrual Light in Traditional Vernacular Houses
Learnig from acient Hui residence, this design introduce natural light in a subtle and elegant way to exhibit bamboo carvings and carving craftsmanship as well.
CONCEPT
Subtle Natrual Light in Traditional Vernacular Houses
Learnig from acient Hui residence, this design introduce natural light in a subtle and elegant way to exhibit bamboo carvings and carving craftsmanship as well.
Landscape System
Roof Light Tubes Structure System
Division Walls Stone Walls
Ramp
Water System
LIGHT TUBES The light tubes ranging from 800mmx800mm to 1000mmx1000mm are fixed to the intersection of two beams. And the smaller light tube (300x300,which light reflection material inside) could be fasten on the flange of only one beam.
Landscape System
Roof Light Tubes Structure System
Division Walls Stone Walls
Ramp
Water System
LIGHT TUBES The light tubes ranging from 800mmx800mm to 1000mmx1000mm are fixed to the intersection of two beams. And the smaller light tube (300x300,which light reflection material inside) could be fasten on the flange of only one beam.
Office
Workshop Gift shop Craftsman Show
Restrooms
Main Hall
Auditorium
Office
Workshop Gift shop Craftsman Show
Restrooms
Main Hall
Auditorium
WALL 39. 250mm reinforced concrete 40. 5mm Cement mortar 41. 20mm stone shingle
SKYLIGHT 20. wood beam ( fixed to the old main beam with bolt) 21. wood window frame 22.waterproofing roll roofing 23. aluminium alloy bar INTERIOR WALL 25. 30mmx50mm horizontal steel frame 26. 15mm vertical steel frame 27. steel connection joint
WALKING RAMP 29. stacked stone shingle 30.cement mortar 31.monolityic reinforced concrete( moulded with stone) 32. 75x150mm wood block 33. 50mm wood slabs 34. LED linear light 35. steel connection joint 37. steel component fixed to glass railing 38. 75x40mm wood handrail
ROOFING 1. 50mmx100mm rafter 2. 30mm roof boarding 3. roof tile SKYLIGHT 4. steel frame 5. 50x100mm aluminum alloy frame 6. aluminum alloy window frame 7. water proof felt 8. 30mm double layered glaze LIGHT TUBE 9.10mm steel frame 10. steel frame vertical component 12. 10mm bamboo veneer board
GROUND 42. rammed earth 43. 80mm shingle layer 44. granolithic screed 45. 30mm white shingle
EXTERIOR WALL 13. stacked rubble wall body 14. cement mortar 15. concrete drainage 16. asphalt felt SIDE WINDOW 17. 10mm rust steel slab 18. aluminum alloy window frame 19.30mm double layer window
WALL 39. 250mm reinforced concrete 40. 5mm Cement mortar 41. 20mm stone shingle
SKYLIGHT 20. wood beam ( fixed to the old main beam with bolt) 21. wood window frame 22.waterproofing roll roofing 23. aluminium alloy bar INTERIOR WALL 25. 30mmx50mm horizontal steel frame 26. 15mm vertical steel frame 27. steel connection joint
WALKING RAMP 29. stacked stone shingle 30.cement mortar 31.monolityic reinforced concrete( moulded with stone) 32. 75x150mm wood block 33. 50mm wood slabs 34. LED linear light 35. steel connection joint 37. steel component fixed to glass railing 38. 75x40mm wood handrail
ROOFING 1. 50mmx100mm rafter 2. 30mm roof boarding 3. roof tile SKYLIGHT 4. steel frame 5. 50x100mm aluminum alloy frame 6. aluminum alloy window frame 7. water proof felt 8. 30mm double layered glaze LIGHT TUBE 9.10mm steel frame 10. steel frame vertical component 12. 10mm bamboo veneer board
GROUND 42. rammed earth 43. 80mm shingle layer 44. granolithic screed 45. 30mm white shingle
EXTERIOR WALL 13. stacked rubble wall body 14. cement mortar 15. concrete drainage 16. asphalt felt SIDE WINDOW 17. 10mm rust steel slab 18. aluminum alloy window frame 19.30mm double layer window
Landscape Swap Type:Academic Work Individual Work 2015 Professor: Jesse Volgler
The MRGCD(Middle Rio Grande Conservative District) boundary--- which comes physically as levees, drains, fences etc., and legally as the easement of MRGCD---has set a fine line between human community and riverside bosque for nearly a century.
It is like a besieged city, what's inside wants to flee out, and what's outside wants to sneak in.
Landscape Swap Type:Academic Work Individual Work 2015 Professor: Jesse Volgler
The MRGCD(Middle Rio Grande Conservative District) boundary--- which comes physically as levees, drains, fences etc., and legally as the easement of MRGCD---has set a fine line between human community and riverside bosque for nearly a century.
It is like a besieged city, what's inside wants to flee out, and what's outside wants to sneak in.
RIVER CORRIDOR HISTORY VERSUS PRESENT 100th meridian
<20 inches of rainfall/year 20+ inches of rainfall/year
“The primary unity of the west is the shortage of water.” - Walter Prescott Webb
100th MERIDIAN The 100th Meridian is a line of longitude that demarcates the line between the well-watered praries to the east and the arid plains to the west. Most of the land west of the line is above 2000 ft, and most land to the east is below 2000 ft.
The entire Rio Grande is a main artery or system that feeds several different canals for farm irrigation
RIO GRANDE WATERSHED The entire Rio Grande is a main artery or system that feeds several different canals for farm irrigation, supports urban areas, and sustains vegetation and wildlife.
desert
farm
urban
tree stands
river
buffer
HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL The hydrologic interaction between surface water and groundwater is a vital component of functioning water systems.
This project tries to discuss a very fundamental but involved problem which exist between an engineered and managed river right-of-way area and urban fabric. In Albuquerque along the Rio Grande, Bosque areas –whose width ranges from 1200 ft. to 2800 ft.HISTORIC in Albuquerque section----within RIVER CORRIDOR OCCUPATION two levees managed by MRGCD was originally occupied by dwellers living alongside the river. Even though flood kept causing their loss occasionally, the old dwellers lived a harmonious life with their mother river. Since MRGCD was formed in 1925 to manage the irrigation systems and control floods in the Albuquerque Basin, land was claimed from the dwellers living along the river for a engineered bosque area----levee was built to limit the flood plain, dams and weirs were built to control the CORRIDOR VERSUS water flow, side RIVER drainage wasHISTORY built to drainPRESENT the exceeded water, and jetty jacks were put there to claim more land…… However, this system which originally mainly aimed to control flood seems to control the flood “too well”. Because water gage is declining every year, and surface water is shrinking gradually, the value of “cache space” drops low. Without flooding, cottonwoods stop propagating, wetlands for wildlife shrinks. What is more important, those engineered boundaries---levees, drainage, jetty jacks etc.---stopped people from entering the space, which departs the nature from human. I came up with the idea called “swap”---simply put, what’s inside(water and landscape) comes out, in exchange of what’s outside( residential land and people) gets in. With two passways overlapping with each other----one is a ditch which draw water directly from the river, though the bosque, finally reaches to the urban fabric; another is a walking corridor above the ditch, introducing people from the city to the bosque as well as sandbars in the river.
RIVER CORRIDOR HISTORY VERSUS PRESENT 100th meridian
<20 inches of rainfall/year 20+ inches of rainfall/year
“The primary unity of the west is the shortage of water.” - Walter Prescott Webb
100th MERIDIAN The 100th Meridian is a line of longitude that demarcates the line between the well-watered praries to the east and the arid plains to the west. Most of the land west of the line is above 2000 ft, and most land to the east is below 2000 ft.
The entire Rio Grande is a main artery or system that feeds several different canals for farm irrigation
RIO GRANDE WATERSHED The entire Rio Grande is a main artery or system that feeds several different canals for farm irrigation, supports urban areas, and sustains vegetation and wildlife.
desert
farm
urban
tree stands
river
buffer
HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL The hydrologic interaction between surface water and groundwater is a vital component of functioning water systems.
This project tries to discuss a very fundamental but involved problem which exist between an engineered and managed river right-of-way area and urban fabric. In Albuquerque along the Rio Grande, Bosque areas –whose width ranges from 1200 ft. to 2800 ft.HISTORIC in Albuquerque section----within RIVER CORRIDOR OCCUPATION two levees managed by MRGCD was originally occupied by dwellers living alongside the river. Even though flood kept causing their loss occasionally, the old dwellers lived a harmonious life with their mother river. Since MRGCD was formed in 1925 to manage the irrigation systems and control floods in the Albuquerque Basin, land was claimed from the dwellers living along the river for a engineered bosque area----levee was built to limit the flood plain, dams and weirs were built to control the CORRIDOR VERSUS water flow, side RIVER drainage wasHISTORY built to drainPRESENT the exceeded water, and jetty jacks were put there to claim more land…… However, this system which originally mainly aimed to control flood seems to control the flood “too well”. Because water gage is declining every year, and surface water is shrinking gradually, the value of “cache space” drops low. Without flooding, cottonwoods stop propagating, wetlands for wildlife shrinks. What is more important, those engineered boundaries---levees, drainage, jetty jacks etc.---stopped people from entering the space, which departs the nature from human. I came up with the idea called “swap”---simply put, what’s inside(water and landscape) comes out, in exchange of what’s outside( residential land and people) gets in. With two passways overlapping with each other----one is a ditch which draw water directly from the river, though the bosque, finally reaches to the urban fabric; another is a walking corridor above the ditch, introducing people from the city to the bosque as well as sandbars in the river.
To look at the long river-bosqueurban section more closely, there are three main elements that actually work together to make the bigger swap mentioned above happen. 1.sandbars (newly created in the river) 2.sinks in the bosque, and 3. oasis( open green area supported by water) In the urban texture. These three elements form 6 smaller swaps, which finally lead to the bigger swap. Those swaps allow resources in the three areas effect part of the landscape materiality of each single area. A fascinating human-nature co-exist scenario could be pictured in the future.
To look at the long river-bosqueurban section more closely, there are three main elements that actually work together to make the bigger swap mentioned above happen. 1.sandbars (newly created in the river) 2.sinks in the bosque, and 3. oasis( open green area supported by water) In the urban texture. These three elements form 6 smaller swaps, which finally lead to the bigger swap. Those swaps allow resources in the three areas effect part of the landscape materiality of each single area. A fascinating human-nature co-exist scenario could be pictured in the future.
Summer
Spring
Formation of Sandbars
Fall
Winter
Summer
Spring
Formation of Sandbars
Fall
Winter
Ebb and Flow
FLOOD
SEEPAGE
DROUGHT
Ebb and Flow
FLOOD
SEEPAGE
DROUGHT
Gap Houses Housing Insertion of The Old Main Street In Hillsboro. IL Type: Academic Work Individual Work 2014 Professor:Phil Holden
On the basis of the original context of the buildings and the newly added gaps, new housings can be created in a very interesting way. Juxtaposed against the back of the old buildings, the new ones transformed the negative facade to a positive one, while making the best use of the space between the old and new.
Gap Houses Housing Insertion of The Old Main Street In Hillsboro. IL Type: Academic Work Individual Work 2014 Professor:Phil Holden
On the basis of the original context of the buildings and the newly added gaps, new housings can be created in a very interesting way. Juxtaposed against the back of the old buildings, the new ones transformed the negative facade to a positive one, while making the best use of the space between the old and new.
Hillsboro The site of this project is located in HIllsboro, a small town in Illinois 40 miles south of Springfield. This is a typical mid-west American small town with a population of 6000. Years ago, it was prosperous for its coal mining industry, though now it was sufferring from declination. This collective housing project aims to provide better living space for young professionals or artists who the government craves for.
URBAN INTERFACE a
f- west view of landscape
b c d e
e- west end
f
d- west side of main road
c- east side of main road
a- east landscape view
STRATEGY I : GAP INSERTION
STRATEGY II : JAXITAPOSITION
GAP SPACES Instead of finding a empty space, this project aims to better the condition of the main street of Hillsboro. By inserting ''gap''---long courtyard in the old buildings, more light and accessibilities can be introduced in the old buildings which are dark and enclosed.
NEW BACKED BY OLD New buildings can be considered as an extension of the old houses. New residence have better light condition and comfortable modern spaces. Most importantly, new houses can eliminate negative old "back yard" while creating new interface.
STRATEGY III : ORIENTING VISION CONTROL each of the house's gap is oriented at a certain important landscape around or in the site, thus establishing a new relationship between houses and the location in which they root.
Hillsboro The site of this project is located in HIllsboro, a small town in Illinois 40 miles south of Springfield. This is a typical mid-west American small town with a population of 6000. Years ago, it was prosperous for its coal mining industry, though now it was sufferring from declination. This collective housing project aims to provide better living space for young professionals or artists who the government craves for.
URBAN INTERFACE a
f- west view of landscape
b c d e
e- west end
f
d- west side of main road
c- east side of main road
a- east landscape view
STRATEGY I : GAP INSERTION
STRATEGY II : JAXITAPOSITION
GAP SPACES Instead of finding a empty space, this project aims to better the condition of the main street of Hillsboro. By inserting ''gap''---long courtyard in the old buildings, more light and accessibilities can be introduced in the old buildings which are dark and enclosed.
NEW BACKED BY OLD New buildings can be considered as an extension of the old houses. New residence have better light condition and comfortable modern spaces. Most importantly, new houses can eliminate negative old "back yard" while creating new interface.
STRATEGY III : ORIENTING VISION CONTROL each of the house's gap is oriented at a certain important landscape around or in the site, thus establishing a new relationship between houses and the location in which they root.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
UNIT 1F PLAN
UNIT 2F PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
UNIT 1F PLAN
UNIT 2F PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
Hanging Platform LIbrary Design Type:Academic WorkIndividual Work 2011 Professor: Qiuguang Chen This community library is located in residence & student dorm mixed community (built in around 1980s) around our university. Old public bath will no longer be used. New library aims to optimize the circulation, activate activity,and provide public places for the community.
Hanging Platform LIbrary Design Type:Academic WorkIndividual Work 2011 Professor: Qiuguang Chen This community library is located in residence & student dorm mixed community (built in around 1980s) around our university. Old public bath will no longer be used. New library aims to optimize the circulation, activate activity,and provide public places for the community.
EXTROVERT
COMMUNICATOR
INTROVERT
SPACE FEATURE This community library can be classified to three main parts which distinguish in character.From the most welcoming gesture ,entrance-circulation, to places for quiet sitting readers,this building is carefully organized to achieve the order of publicity and privacy.
EXTROVERT
COMMUNICATOR
INTROVERT
SPACE FEATURE This community library can be classified to three main parts which distinguish in character.From the most welcoming gesture ,entrance-circulation, to places for quiet sitting readers,this building is carefully organized to achieve the order of publicity and privacy.
SUSPENSION STRUCTURE : In order to keep the most open spaces without columns, cof fee bar is suspended beneath the library volume.Core acts as pivot point, making the whole system a banlanced lever.
SUSPENSION STRUCTURE : In order to keep the most open spaces without columns, cof fee bar is suspended beneath the library volume.Core acts as pivot point, making the whole system a banlanced lever.
Photography Motion Interior Series 2014 Digital
Photography Motion Interior Series 2014 Digital
LIAO HE RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Shanghai United Design Group Shanghai, China architectural intern welfare center design bid residence design construction drawing Dongwei's studio Jiangsu China Jan.2013-Mar.2013 architectural intern Move-back Residence in Weiji Town conceptual design, site investigation, design development
PROFICIENCY computer aided design sketchup,rhino,autoCAD adobe photoshop, illustrator, indesign, acrobat, bridge rendering maxwell ,vray for sketchup/rhino other microsoft office
LANGUAGE Chinese native English proficient
One Brookings Drive St.Louis, MO 63130 +1 314-800-7915 lhe23@wustl.edu
EDUCATION Southeast University School of Architecture Nanjing, China bachelor of science in architecture Aug.2009-June 2014 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis MO. candidate for master of architecture Aug.2014-May. 2016 (in progress)
ACADEMIC RESEARCH Mapping and Drawing Traditional Chinese Residence ,Fujian ,China. Aug.2012-Jan.2013 International Studio with ETH Research into Primary structure Apr.-Jun. 2013
ACTIVITIES&AWARD Board Game Club in Southeast University 2010-2011 founder&leader Game of Go(weiqi) class teacher Commissary in charge of organization, SEU 2009-2013 SCDA internship scholarship 2015
LIAO HE RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Shanghai United Design Group Shanghai, China architectural intern welfare center design bid residence design construction drawing Dongwei's studio Jiangsu China Jan.2013-Mar.2013 architectural intern Move-back Residence in Weiji Town conceptual design, site investigation, design development
PROFICIENCY computer aided design sketchup,rhino,autoCAD adobe photoshop, illustrator, indesign, acrobat, bridge rendering maxwell ,vray for sketchup/rhino other microsoft office
LANGUAGE Chinese native English proficient
One Brookings Drive St.Louis, MO 63130 +1 314-800-7915 lhe23@wustl.edu
EDUCATION Southeast University School of Architecture Nanjing, China bachelor of science in architecture Aug.2009-June 2014 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis MO. candidate for master of architecture Aug.2014-May. 2016 (in progress)
ACADEMIC RESEARCH Mapping and Drawing Traditional Chinese Residence ,Fujian ,China. Aug.2012-Jan.2013 International Studio with ETH Research into Primary structure Apr.-Jun. 2013
ACTIVITIES&AWARD Board Game Club in Southeast University 2010-2011 founder&leader Game of Go(weiqi) class teacher Commissary in charge of organization, SEU 2009-2013 SCDA internship scholarship 2015