2011-2015 Worksample

I NT E R P R ET E R HUNGDA CHIEN'S ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2007-2015

Reinterpret the Environmental Fabrication through Digital Methods When I talked about the word, environmental fabrication, it means I included human beings as a part of the natural environment, which means man, manmade or man-related construction should be deemed as part of it. In other words, within the proper scale of fabrication engage in the natural environment is my concept of architecture and I called it, Environmental Fabrication.

As an architect, how should we avoid ourselves from being a follower pursuing the mass cultural worship but as a sober-minded interpreter having a personal point of view to reinterpret the “environment�? Rather than being a sophisticated vessel or formalist, I consider myself as an interpreter and design as my instrument to pursue a researched-based solution within the digital tools’ help and even to criticize the symptoms of modern society to strengthen my position.

The following is a series of projects to express my principles while engaging the environment with different scales of architectural instruments, including urban design, landscape, housing, shed, shelter, installation...etc. The way of approaching design might not be the same, but the fundamental principles are firm, reinterpret the environmental fabrication through digital methods.

Image Credit : ESA/ NASA

CONTENTS

A Selected Academic Works

01 Wind Community

06

02 Disaster Relief Shelter

24

03 Game Forest

32

04 Tea, Fog and Gathering

36

05 Artificial Oasis

44

06 Vertical Sun Cave Dwelling

52

2012 Keelung, Taiwan

2011 Disaster Striken Area 2011 China

2010 Nantou, Taiwan

2011 Sahara Desert, Africa 2011 Keelung, Taiwan

B Architectural Practice

00 Selected Works in DPArchitects

56

2013-2015 Shanghai, China

01 Dalian Golden Beach 02 Global Financial Centre 03 Tower of Riches 04 GZ Financial Centre 05 SJT Masterplan 06 SJT Culture Centre 07 Linkong Office Lobby 08 LN Wengchang

001

Birth & Country June 19th, 1989

Taipei, Taiwan

Information Email

curry_chien@hotmail.com Phone

+886-988001655 +86-15221447914 Address

5F, No.82, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Education Senior High School

Datong Senior High School Degree University

Bachelor of Architecture Degree Department of Architecture, Tunghai University, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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121˚E33’00’’ 24˚N59’00’’

Language Ability

International Workshop Selected Participant/ Travel Scholarship

CHINESE native

ENGLISH fluent

2008

“International Education in Japan” Architecture Visiting From Kyoto to Tokyo

FRENCH basic

Advisor/ Prof. Tseng, Cheng-Te & Xie, Zong-Ze Selected Participant/ Travel Scholarship

2009

“Tunghai Architecture in Rome” Roman Aqueduct Workshop, Site of Cornell in Rome, Italy

Professional Skills

Advisor/ Prof. Chen, Zongg-Xian & Huang, Ye-Qiang

Hand Drawing Model Making

Honor, Award & Scholarship

AutoCAD

First Prize

2007

Cross-Department Workshop

Adobe Illustrator

College of FACD, Tunghai University

Adobe Photoshop

First Prize

2010-2011

Adobe Indesign

Tunghai University

Architecture Academic Excellence Scholarship

Google Sketchup

2010-2011

Outstanding Academic Research College of FACD, Tunghai University

Rhinoceros

Honor

2011

Grasshopper

Certificate of Academic Honors

V-ray

Scholarship

Tunghai University

Vasari

Ministry of Education Honor

Tunghai University

Taiwan

Chairman

Student Union

Department of Architecture, Tunghai University Internship

2012 2013 2013

Site Supervisor

Marine Corps.

Assistant Architect

2012

Model Student, Excellent Conduct and Outstanding Academic Performance

Working Experiences 2011

2011

Global Internship Program

London

Taiwan

Hobbies & Interests $ Money

Movie

Music

Shopping

On Time

French Fries

Travel

Video Game

Biking

Walking

Shanghai

CURRICULUM VITAE

2007-2016

003

A

A Academic Work The following is a series of academic projects to express my principles while engaging the environment in different scales, including urban design, landscape, housing, shed, shelter, installation...etc. The way of approaching design might not be the same, but the fundamental principles are firm, reinterpret the environmental fabrication through digital methods.

SELECTED ACADEMIC WORKS

2007-2012

005

A 01- 01

01 A Wind A A A winter,2012 Community/ Personal Graduation Thesis Design, Tunghai University

A A A A B B B B B B B B

Type Residential/ Urban Design/ Sustainability Location Keelung, Taiwan Adviser Wu, Chia-fung Key Description To utilize spatial instruments responds to the natural (wind) from macro scale's landscape park to micro scale's adaptive wind panels and also interact with wind actively by setting up seasalt therapy in each unit. More importantly, to build up a "Place" to engage people's community awareness.

WIND COMMUNITY

winter 2012

007

Issue Introduction The purpose of architecture's existence is to turn a site into a place. In other words, it is to uncover the significance of an environment.

-Genius Loci In my point of view to reinterpret the sentence above, a place could be considered as people living in the an existing environment and a site could be merely deemed as being in the world only. And, architectures exist could be considered as a method to make a site become into a place. However, facing the gradually alienated neighborhoods in cities, a place with a building existing in a certain environment but without activities happen is very general, could it still be considered as a place?

In traditional African tribes, people often gather and chat under a tree, making trees became a symbol of communication hence forming a gathering space; in another word, a "Place". Therefore, I'm going to search for a new neighborhood relationship through the viewpoint of nature. Started from functions such as residential buildings, and with the help of plants, understanding the natural climate regulation.

a.

Tree can be a symbol of communication hence forming a gathering space, providing people can rest under it. Yet, how can we learn from trees and form a gathering space through the viewpoint of nature, instead of another solid concrete buildings?

b.

A 01- 03

a. GATHERING SPACE/ AFRICAN TRIBES

b. GATHERING SPACE/ TAIWAN

c. COLLAGE/

TREE.MICRO CLIMATE.PEOPLE.GATHERING

INTERFACE/ Coat

INTERFACE/ Bamboo+Net

INTERFACE/ Canvas Tent

INTERFACE/ Bamboo+Net

Variable self-constrcution to respond to severe climate.

WIND COMMUNITY

winter 2012

009

What's a Windbreak?

An Interface between Nature and Artificial, is used to shelter dwellings or livestock and create a comfort field for activities.

Hence, windbreak could be considered as a result of people’s intension. People use the advantages of trees which could break up the wind and plant rows of trees on the prairie to create a comfort field behind. It’s a good example to demonstrate how we human beings to build up an interface within nature and live with it.

Therefore, in my design, I learn from natural( the mechanism of windbreak) and try to create a variety of interfaces in different scales to know when we face the nature, how far we can get and how humble we must be.

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THE CHANGES OF WINDSPEED

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Windbreak Stimulation Different density deployment of tree mass could create various wind-proof fields for different purposes of activities.

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= 1 Tree Unit

=Wind Direction

= Wind Field Analysis

Tree Array WIND COMMUNITY

winter 2012

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Site Analysis

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80m

m

CONDITION I LACK OF URBAN LINKAGE

CONDITION II DEVELOP AGAINST THE NATURE

AREA // WATER FRONT FOCUS // OPEN SPACE, PROMENADE

AREA // EXISTING BUILDING SITUATED BETWEEN MOUNTAIN AND SEA FOCUS // LANDSCAPE+ARCHITECTURE

After Keelung seaport’s export amount ng Is decreased, there’re more and more shipyard land factories, warehouses along the waterfront are abandoned which haven’t been renovated properly caused an environmental unfriendly water front and fragmental open spaces for the local which waste its own unique natural scene.

How should we demonstrate an open space and provide an urban linkage of waterfront promenade?

Hopi

a.

The Keelung seaport city was developed thanks to its own natural topography but it also means people need to gain the lands by excavating it which is against the nature. Within these decades we’ve learned the lessons from natural + Seafood Market catastrophes happened in Taiwan that human (Tourism) beings cannot concur the natural; instead, we should act humbly and build a better relationship with nature.

+ Temple (Local Gathering Spot) Inner Keelung Harbor Temple/ Gathering Spot As a localized area, it’s always significantly important to mention their temple where usually hold up a big event or celebration and gather most of nearby people could compare to a community centre in modern cities.

+ site

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a. SITE SATELLITE IMAGE /

BACHIMEN, KEELUNG CITY, TAIWAN

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+ Factory

175m 45

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20 m

CONDITION III HOMOGENOUS DEVELOPMENT

CONDITION VI NATURAL RESOURSES

AREA // ARCHITECTURE FOCUS // ARCHITECUTRE DEPLOYMENT

AREA // RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOCUS // UNIT PLAN, INTERACTION INTERFACE

Developer usually develops the city from its own interests regardless the site condition itself. But when it comes to a city like Keelung, which rains frequently and has severe sea wind problems, + Shipyard Warehouse usually lack of adaptation to(half weather cause the abandoned) local will start to seek solutions such as adding a micro illegal space outside their existing inbetween spaces, eventually, sacrificing the quality of public spaces.

With Keelung’s abundant and various weather condition, we shouldn’t passively accept the current situation but positively seek a balance between the live pattern and natural resources for forming a new local Keelung lifestyle.

Canoe Spot There’re a few canoe clubs will practice canoeing here from May to September while the weather is warm. And due to Keelung harbour is the main commercial hub having plenty of cargo ships come in and out ;therefore, this area is their safe zone to practice and gather.

Fishing Spot Usually happen during the fishing season around Mid April to December and different species occur on different times within a day.

Sea

+ Exisiting Housing

+ Exisiting Tribes

+ Indigenous Peoples Culture Centre

Tourist Seashore Activities Extension-Gathering Spot Gathering Spot

WIND COMMUNITY

winter 2012

0013

Wind Rose & Rain Chart

DEC

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

JUN

JUL

AUG 0.98

MAY-OCT

1.5

0.82

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0.61

0.58

0.63

0.67

-0.93

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0.91

-0.75

-0.67

-0.72

0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5

-1.10

0.55

-0.60

[ 02-FISHING ] HUMID/DRY-COOL/SHADOW-LIGHT

About Keelung City Keelung City is located in the northern part of Taiwan Island and nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role. It occupies an area of 132.76 km2 and is separated from its neighboring county by mountains in the east, west and south. The northern part of the city faces the ocean and is a great deep-water harbor since early times.

Whether the weather condition or its topography, it’s proven that Keelung City itself has climate diversity as an experimental location to search for a new neighborhood relationship through the viewpoint of nature.

Chicken Grunter /Beltfish Fishing Zone located between Hoping Island and Keelung Inner seaport which has deeper and clear sea water.

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DAY : Chicken Grunter Warm water, high salt water area

[ 03-CANOE] Keelung harbour is the main commercial hub having plenty of cargo ships come in and out ;therefore, this area is their safe zone to practice and gather.

Main season is summer.

+ Exisiting Housing a. + Shipyard factory +wavebreak

Program Strategy Fishing Spot Most of people standing at the seawater front is fishing for interests. But there’re lots of people still go fishing for living and this boat here is one of them.

Sea

A 01- 09

a. SITE PANORAMA /

BACHIMEN, KEELUNG CITY, TAIWAN

PHASE I URBAN LINKAGE+LANDSCAPE PARK Landscape Park 12,000 sqm, which included: Waterfront promenade Canoe Club House 300sqm Nature Classroom(algae related) 400sqm Fishing Zone 200sqm Outdoor Sport Area 600sqm Market 1000sqm Management office 100sqm

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

NOV-APR 0.94

0.85

-0.55

0.59

0.67

0.64

-0.811

-0.97

-0.97

0.61

0.58

0.63

0.67

-0.93

-0.83

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-0.71 -1.10

0.82

-0.75

[ 01-ALGAE ] HUMID/DRY-COOL/SHADOW Seaweed Algaes grow in intertidal zone where provides moderate waves, weak sunlight and rocks as their growing base.

7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Local people use seaweeds as one of their cooking ingredients or consider it as a medicine to cure hydroncus.

Moss

Yellow Seabream Habitat in shallow seawater, high-awareness, Under the bridge or shadow area

NIGHT : BeltďŹ sh Shown at night, Phototactic

+ Factory

+ site

PHASE II WIND COMMUNITY

PHASE III UNIT INTERFACE

Service Apartment 7,000 sqm, which included: Family Unit A 200sqm*18 (break-wind) Unit B 200sqm*6 (in-between) Unit C 300sqm*3 (protected) Management Office 50sqm*2 Library 300sqm*1 Kitchen+Classroom 150smq*2 Parking Lot 800sqm(80)

27 units for 5400sqm, each unit included: Living Room+Kitchen+Bedroom Sauna Room (toilet/steam room/smoke sauna/bathing tub) Garden(algae farm)+Balcony

Inner Keelung Harbor

Algae Habitant Fishing Zone Canoe WIND COMMUNITY

winter 2012

0015

a.

B

Windbreak Devices Learning from the site, I start to design a series of windbreak devices to adapt micro climate changing within one day, such as bamboo screen, net, planting...etc.

Design Strategy I -Contour Shifting 1.Break down the existing retaining walls 2.Create a natural soil slope 3.Divid into three different topography 4.Zoning the Wind Field * Analysis the new topography by software for comparison.

-Creat Urban Seashore Activities Through contour shifting could create the diversity of micro climate in our site, we can place different urban activities according their environmental characteristic and combine with the existing local activities.

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o 4’ 6 +2.5 13

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A 01- 11

1

4

2

3 a. MASTERPLAN /

WIND COMMUNITY, KEELUNG CITY, TAIWAN

Wind-Related Activities By the beneďŹ ts of new topography, I also placed some wind-avoided activities in site which is diďŹƒcult to have a proper environment to play in Keelung, such as badminton, table tennis...etc.

Algae Classroom An algae classroom could be considered as a small family factory with all the devices to manufacture the algae from harvest to eat which is also an open class for everyone who is interested in experiencing local Keelung culture.

A

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+2.5

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PHASE I URBAN LINKAGE+LANDSCAPE PARK Lanscape Park Entrance

5

Algae Classroom

11

Chess Table

17

Algae Farmland

Residentail Entrance

6

Fishing Zone

12

Open Book Exchange

A

Housing

1

Waterfront Promenade

7

Sun Bath

13

Cardgame Table

B

Seafood Market

2

Parking Lot

8

Outdoor Artworks

14

Canoe Port

C

Temple

3

Table Tennis

9

Urban Wind Room

15

Children Playground

4

Badminton

10

Tea Garden

16

Hiking Trail

WIND COMMUNITY

winter 2012

0017

Courtyard Create 4 courtyards to increase the vertical ventilation and the distinction of 4 clusters. Besides the physical beneďŹ ts, it's also considered as a symbol of community awareness like trees in traditional African tribes.

cluster II

Monsoon During the winter, the north-east monsoon comes from the sea with low temperature, high-salty and high humidity which is extremely uncomfortable. On the contrary, while in summer, it comes from the opposite direction with breeze and comfortable temperature.

cluster I

a.

Public Spaces Try to create as many decks as possible and also place most public spaces at the south side providing better environmental amenities for activities.

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Design Strategy II -Rebuild the Wind Mechanism As we mentioned before, the windbreak is an interface between Nature and Artificial, are used to shelter dwellings or livestock and create a comfort field for activities. So, basically, we need to prevent the severe sea wind going through the building directly but also introduce part of it for ventilation so that we can create an environmental comfort area in leeward side for activities.

Yet, how should we rebuild the Windbreak Mechanism in an architecture way?

Here’s following steps :

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Stack the units.

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2 Fragment the units to introduce more wind into it. a. 1st FLOOR PLAN /

WIND COMMUNITY, KEELUNG CITY, TAIWAN

Cluster I

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II

Courtyard

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Unit A (Brea

Create 4 main courtyards to increase Design 3 types of un the vertical ventilation and distinction. the different wind e

cluster IV

cluster III

Wind-Related Activities As the landscape park below, place some activities in leeward side. But this time, Im trying to blur the boundary between the private unit and the public corridor hoping to engage residents’ interests.

Buffer Zone By rotating the units, it could create a buffer zone between the architecture surface and indoor space which makes the interface between natural and artifical is not only a skin but a space with its function.

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PHASE II WIND COMMUNITY

A

Unit A (Embrace) B

(Typical Floor)

Main Entrance

E

Cooking Classroom

4

Open Movie Theater

Vertical Circulation

F

Guard Room

5

Story Telling

Unit A (Break Wind)

G

Library

6

Bamboo Forest

1st Floor Plan 10

Chess Table Cold Wind / winter (North-east moonsoon) Cool Breeze / summer (South-west moonsoon)

B

Unit B (Filter Wind)

1

BBQ

7

Cardgame Table

C

Unit C (Embrace Wind)

2

Frontyard

8

Tea Garden

D

Courtyard

3

Open Book Exchange

9

Second Hand Market

Roof Deck Unit B (Filter)

ak Wind)

nits to respond to environment.

E G

Pulic Space

5 Place most public spaces in leeward side providing better environment.

6 Rotate the units itself to create a buffer zone within it.

7 Analyse the deployment to make sure the wind environment is correct.

WIND COMMUNITY

winter 2012

0019

PHASE III UNITS’ INTERFACE Main Entrance Vertical Circulation A

Living Room

B

Kitchen & Dining Room

C

Sitting Room (Guest Room)

D

Toilet

E

Master Bedroom

F

Bedroom

G

Garden

H

Balcony

1

Shower

2

Bath

3

Stair

4

Steam Sauna

5

Smoke Sauna

6

Salt-Collecting Panel

7

Wind Panel

Cold Wind / winter (North-east moonsoon) Cool Breeze / summer (South-west moonsoon) The Path of Seasalt Therapy * From 1 to 10 means the sequence of the whole process of seasalt therapy.

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D

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B

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A

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G

Unit A

(Typical Unit)

1st Floor Plan

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Wind Panel It’s a micro-scale instrument for residents to adapt to the weather in daily life and also considered as a salt collector to catch the salt either from the sea wind or the steam from seasalt therapy which is originally from site.

H

Unit A

(Typical Unit)

2nd Floor Plan 7

A 01- 15

a.

Design Strategy III - Live with Nature by Expanding the Bathroom - Set up Seasalt Therapy at home When we learn from wind(nature), it doesn't only mean that we respond to the nature passively by deploying the volumn in the view of wind environment but also mean that we need to live and interact with wind actively.

Therefore, we try to take the advantages of the site itself, introducing the seasalt bath into units and also collect the salt from sea wind to build up a Seasalt Therapy at home.

Water Source

New Water

Reclaimed Water

[ BEDROOM] E [ LIVING/DINING ROOM ] [ KITCHEN ]

Salt Production Process

F

COLLECT SALT A C

SALT CRYSTALIZATION

B

+RAIN WATER

Cooking Drinking

[ LAUNDRY ]

(HEAT needed)

Washing Machine Hand the Clothes Out

+ (HEAT)

[ BATHROOM ]

[ TOILETD ] Stool Clean

Washing Sink Bath 2 (STEAM) Shower 1 (STEAM) Stool

[ GARDEN/BALCONY] Irrigation

+SEA WATER

H

[ PARKING LOT]

+[SAUNA ] Steam Sauna Smoke Sauna

STEAM SAUNA

G

Evaporate

+RUNNING WATER

Deliquescent

SMOKE SAUNA

BATH

Car Washing

4

(STEAM needed)

5

(HEAT)

(STEAM)

+ (HEAT)

SEA WATER

[ ALGAE FARM ]

(at the landscape park)

SPATIAL STRATEGY LAUNDRY SMOKE SAUNA (HEAT) SALT COLLECT

SALT COLLECT

SALT COLLECT

AT

AT

STEAM

HE

SALT BATHING

HE

STEAM SAUNA SALT BATHING

SALT BATHING

1

Verticalize the bathing space to collect the sea salt from the above.

2

Use the heat from smoke sauna to speed up the salt crystalization.

3

Also, waste heat from smoke sauna can dry the clothes faster.

BEDROOM

(DINING ROOM/BALCONY) LAUNDRY

SALT COLLECT

Combine the shower and steam sauna with the showering system next to it.

BEDROOM LAUNDRY

ENTRANCE

SALT COLLECT

STEAM SAUNA

KITCHEN

SMOKE SAUNA

SMOKE SAUNA SALT BATHING

5

4

STEAM SAUNA

GARDEN (SEMI PUBLIC SPACE)

STEAM

SHOWER

SMOKE SAUNA

SHOWER

Complete the seasalt therapy.

a. COLLAGE/

SEASALT THERAPY

SALT BATHING

6

Place the garden or other semi public spaces as a buffer to the main living area.

7

DINING ROOM

LIVING ROOM

Fragment the main living spaces in order to interact with seasalt therapy in daily life.

8

SHOWER

The Seasalt Therapy at Home is Built.

WIND COMMUNITY

winter 2012

0021

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a. PHYSICAL MODELS/ WINDCOMMUNITY

1

Salt Collector

6

Living Room

11

Garden

2

Smoke Sauna

7

Balcony

12

Wind Panel

3

Bedroom

8

Bamboo Forest

13

4

Bathing

9

Shower

Urban Windroom (Landscape Park)

5

Kitchen

10

Corridor

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BB’ Section 1

Steam Sauna

6

Balcony

11

Guard Room

2

Shower

7

Garden

12

Wind Panel

3

Staircase

8

Corridor

13

4

Smoke Sauna

9

Outdoor Theater

Urban Windroom (Landscape Park)

5

Dining Room

10

Public Kitchen

WIND COMMUNITY

winter 2012

0023

A A B B

A 02- 01

02 A Diaster A ARelief Shelter/ summer,2011 Shell Lace Structure Research, Tonkin Liu, London

A A A B B B B B B

Type Mobile Device/ Shelter/ Residential Location Disaster Striken Area Collabrate With Vivian Yang Adviser Tonkin Mike, Anna Liu, Neil Charlton Key Description Take the advantages of Shell Lace to build up a disaster relief shelter which can be conveniently delivered, easily assembled and eco-friendly at the same time.

What is Shell Lace Structure?

Shell lace structure is a new structural technique, which was inspired by seashells and use digital modelling and digital analysis with laser-cutting fabrication to create lightweight self from flat sheer materials. We could conclude shell lace structure into four simple steps-curved, corrugated, contorted and perforated.

Creating steel shell lace sheets

Curved

A flat steel plate is curved into a shell form that adds stiffness.

Corrugated This curved plate is then folded to add strengthand stiffness to the form.

Contorted

To stop the form from unfolding again it is distorted. The contortion in plan locks in stiffness

Perforated

Perforation bring lightness and allow areas of low stress are removed to reduce weight.

Why is the Disaster Relief Shelter?

Shell Lace Structure has studied many kinds of building types, including pavilion, cloister, bridge, ferry terminal and landmark gateway. But,as we know, with global warming and sea levels rising, the frequency of disaster has increased. Many people are designing modern-day Noah's Arks, which are buildings that can float on sea.

What about when buildings are destroyed, where are we going to stay for temporary? We begin to look at other advantages of Shell Lace and start to think how about to build up a disaster relief shelters? Here’s a series of studies about it and a few requirements to achieve as a shelter.

What is the Requirements as a Shelter?

Strong Structure / Shell Lace Strucutre

Eco-Friendly & Light / Cardboard

Mininal-Wastage / Tessellation

Easy-Assembled / Homeless SHELL LACE STRUCTURE / DISASTER RELIEF SHELTER

summer 2011

0025

MINIWASTAGE

Study I

(From Cutting Plan to Physical Model)

Study II

Study III

Same Curve One slice is joined to another rotated slice

Two similar curves One slice is joined to another rotated sl

FROM CUTTING PLAN TO 3D MODEL The following study is a sequence about finding out which one can use the minimal material to create the maximum space for shelter.Start from drawing the cutting plan and assemble it to test out the space.

Shape of Cutting Plan/ Same Curve Method of Assembling/ One slice is joined to another rotated slice

A

A’ A

Study VII

Study VIII

Study IX

Same Curve One slice is joined to another flipped slice

Same Curve One slice is joined to another rotated slice

Same Curve One slice is joined to another rotated slice

A

B A

B A

A

FROM 3D MO TO CUTTING P

At the same time, I as a tool to study fr the cutting plan. Th it can make sure th been created first, a cutting plan next.

A

Study IV

Study V

Study VI

Study VII

Same curve (mirror it) One slice is joined to another rotated slice

One two-hill curve with an arch One slice is joined to another rotated slice

One two-hill curve with an arch One slice is joined to another rotated slice

A pair of cutting sheet with two similar One slice is joined to another rotated sl

Slice X Slice X

Slice Y

Slice Y A B

A B A B

A

A 02- 03

A

Sli

Slice X

Slice Y

A B A

Sli

lice

A’

Study IV

Study V

Study VI

Two similar curves One slice is joined to another rotated slice

One simple arc A with another curvier curve B One slice is joined to another flipped slice

One simple arc A with another curvier curve B One slice is joined to another flipped slice

A A’

B A

Study I

ODEL PLAN

I also use Rhino rom 3D model to hrough this way, he stable shed has and the efficient

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(From 3D Model to Cutting Plan)

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Two similar curves One slice is joined to another rotated slice

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Study IX (Final Result)

CONCLUSION

Let’s take the Study IX(Final Result) as an example to explain it from three aspects.

1.Efficiency of Cutting Plan/

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Same curve type X slice One slice is joined to another rotated

Make sure the curve is built up in a symmetrical way.Like slice X is built up by several parallel curve A and the curve A also built up by half of curve A through mirroring it twice.

2.Space/

A pair of cutting sheet with the same curve One slice is joined to another rotated slice

The height of the slice’s arch will determine the height of the space.(which means slice X will create a taller space than slice Y)

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The curvature of the curve will determine the strength of the structure.

SHELL LACE STRUCTURE / DISASTER RELIEF SHELTER

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DETAIL

On the basis of a light structure and cheap cost, corrugated cardboard is chosen as the main material for the shelter. In order to understand the characteristics of card board, we also make a series of models in scale 1:5 with 1mm regular cardboard to test out the joint.

PERFORATION

Detail Study I

Shape of Cutting Plan/ Same Curve Method of Assembling/ One slice is joined to another ipped slice

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Study II

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Perforate in a grid system which the size of the hole is in a sequence.

Maintain the hierarchy of circles but deploy it more randomly.

Decrease the density to strength the st

By using Rhino, we could unroll the surface and perforate along the surface. The size of the hole determined by the strength of the surface, which means the bigger strength the arch bore, the smaller hole the arch got.

Structure Analysis

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CONCLUSION Corrugated Cardboard

Customized Clip

1.The Detail of Attachment/

Detail Study II can provide the strongest attachment by stitching but be time-consuming work. Hence, we tried to customise clips to build and take apart fast and easily which also can provide the same strength as Study II.

2.Perforation/

To simplify the attachment, we tried to design a clip to build and take apart the shed fast and easily.

When we perforate the surface, it depends on the structure analysis and the aesthetics so that we can ďŹ nd the best soultion from both aspects.

SHELL LACE STRUCTURE / DISASTER RELIEF SHELTER

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How Efficient the Cardboard is?

After pervious research is done, we began to calculate the efficiency of the cardboard could be. One piece of the cutting plan could create half square meter of itself and the weight could be lessened 15% after perforated it. For instance, hypothesizing one piece of the cutting plan is 5sqm and we want to create a 50sqm shelter which means we need 20 pieces (50*2/5). And one piece of 4mm cardboard is 115 g/sqm; therefore, a 50sqm shelter takes 11.5kg(115*20*5) cardboard and after perforated it, we only got 8.775kg (11.5*15%)which is amazing. Believe it or not, it’s happening.

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a.

A 02- 07

a. COLLAGE/

DISASTER RELIEF VILLAGE

b. PHYSICAL MODELS/

DISASTER RELIEF SHELTER

Built Easily by Refugees We try to design a shelter for refugee could build up their temporary dwelling by themselves while waiting for their new house to be rebuilt.

Flexibility of the Shelter We hypothesis each unit is 50sqm but the length could be extended by people’s will.

However, when it comes to public facilities requiring a higher interior net storey height, we can also customize the special unit to accommodate it.

Community Awareness After being stricken by disaster, how to make the individual units become into a community to organize the masses is important. In an architecture aspect, we can build up a gathering space by extending the shelter or we can create an event plaza surrounding by shelters as the symbol of spirits in their refugee camp.

“Light” When we mentioned the Light, it said from two aspects. One is the weight of shelter is light which can be portable easily and another is the interior is light in the sunny day by its perforation.

SHELL LACE STRUCTURE / DISASTER RELIEF SHELTER

summer 2011

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A A B B

A 03- 01

03 A Game A AForest/ summer,2011 Shell Lace Structure Research, Tonkin Liu, London

A A A Type B Facilities/ B BPark/ Landscape Architecture Sport Location B B B China

Collabrate With Vivian Yang, Greg Storrar Adviser Tonkin Mike, Anna Liu, Neil Charlton Key Description Take the Forest as a concept to combine the park with sport facilities to eliminate the sense of distance when people come to sport facilities.

Also, we use natural elements, such as grass, trees and hills as our architectural instrument to form the space.

SHELL LACE STRUCTURE / GAME FOREST

summer 2011

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Game Forest = Sport Facilities +Urban Park Big Span Column

Shell Lace Structure has studied many kinds of building types, but we haven’t studied how big could it span. We asked ourselves “Why can’t we make a modern Sutro baths, but more multifunctional one by shell lace structure?” That’s how Game Forest comes, a series of sport facilities mixed with an urban park.

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Besides, when we talked about large scale of sport facilities in modern days, it’s always associated with remote locations, halfabandoned stadium, or some stereotypical indoor sport center, which caused people feel a sense of distance. Hence, we are going to challenge two things here. One is how big could shell lace structure spanned and another is how to reverse people’s stereotypical thought about sport facilities.

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a. PLAN/

GAME FOREST

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Event Plaza

Taking the forest as the main concept, we start to rebuild a forest in the city center but this time we do it in an architecture way.

1/ Zoning and Categorizing the Sport Courts.

Zoning the sport courts according to the scale of sport courts’ requirements and by doing so, we can also create a main axis from Northeast to Southwest.

2/ Fill the Void Space with Small Hills While deploying the courts, I rotated each of them with certain angles in order to form a triangular void space within it so that we can place some hills, plaza, athletes resting area…etc.

Within the hills, it can protect the sport games without being interfered by the winds and also provides natural bleachers by its slope.

3/ Place the Shell Lace Structure Shell lace structure can provide sport facilities a canopy in the raining days and as a city sculpture to attract citizens to come.

With this project, it proved Shell Lace Structure advantages again, such as column-free big span, light giving, light absorbing etc.

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Zoning the sport courts according to the scale of sport courts’ requirements so that it can create a main axis from Northeast to Southwest.

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SHELL LACE STRUCTURE / GAME FOREST

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Children Playground

Basketball 26*14m

Badminton 16.4*8.5m

Table Tennis 7*14m

With this project, it proved Shell Lace Structure advantages again, such as column-free big span, light giving, light absorbing etc.

Canopy by Shell Lace Structure

5*5 Football Court 42*24m

As a natural wind proof and also provides bleachers by its slope.

Hills & Sitting Area

Athlete Resting Area

Tennis Court 26.6*18.3m

Volleyball 22*13m

A A B B

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04 A Tea,Hotspring,Gathering/ fall,2010 Personal Project & Competition, Tunghai University

A Type B Eco-Tourism/ Bath House/ Sustainability Hostel/ Location B Taiwan Nantou,

Adviser Wu, Chia-fung Key Description To help people escape from the commercialized and capitalized urban life, and be able to experience an ecological environment. I intend to use tea as the medium to convert an urbanite from consumer to tealover.

Issue Introduction In modern cities, people do the similar things every single day and live in a commercialized and capitalist city unabling to escape from it. The Taiwanese government noticed the issues and started to follow the western countries and implement the policy ” Fiveday work week” in 2001 in order to help people have sufficient holidays to go short-distance traveling every week. However, the policy can cure the symptoms, not the problems itself. “How to escape from the regular routine urban life but as an ext ension of it? “ is still the question we need ask.

Urban Daily Life

Tea Plantation

I started to review what’s the thing we did everyday in capitalist city, which is shopping. We buy things everyday from our needs to material desires but where do all these things come from?

In capitalism, people live in the city only experience the end of production chain without participating in producing the products, which give me chance to think what if we reverse the concept, make the consumer (city people) become the producer to experience the rural life as an opportunity to escape from the city.

To help people escape from the commercialized and capitalized urban life, and be able to experience an ecological environment.

I intend to use tea, which is one of the most popular beverages of Taiwanese, as the medium to convert an urbanite from consumer to tea-lover.

Under this framework, I started to study the process of making a tea and understand the environmental requirements of tea plantation to further develop a spatial relationship between human and the natural. And bringing up new concept, “EcoTourism” of the urban, providing a quick escape from daily works, with “Tea, Hot spring, and Gathering”.

Concept Diagram

Farmer

Factory

Merchants

Consumer

Eco-Tourism

Tea Lover (consumer)

Judging Tea

Tea Plantation

Tea Lover (consumer)

ECO-TOURISM / TEA, HOTSPRING, GATHERING

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Program Stratgy

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TEA ROOM

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．WATER POOL (FISH POND) (WATERING)

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．HIKING TRAIL

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．TEA GARDEN

fog

．TEA GARDEN

-Reprogramming in an Ecological Way The tea growth requires the environment to be high in humidity, diurnal temperature variation, and short daylight hours, which happens to be easy fog-forming. The collecting of the fog can be done by controlling wind flow, humidity, and temperature. This process of controlling fog can then be transformed into an interactive space between human and fog, such as ‘heat programs’ like the hot spring, kitchen,bathroom, tea production zone, or ‘cool programs’ like water pools, fishing pond, watering.

PROGRAM DIAGRAM

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Full Moon

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Bedroom Bathroom Working Zone

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Relationship with Heat Programs &Cool Programs in Section

-Review the Process of Tea Production Eco-Tourism is a concept of minimizing the impacts on local environment but also maximiz ing the economic benefits and tourists’ require ments when it comes to develop a certain area.

In order to reduce the environmental impacts, it’s necessary to study the tea industry and review the process of tea production in an ecological way, which will help us to establish a new relationship between tourism and tea industry.

Eco-Tourism

Fermentation

For teas that require oxidation, the leaves are left on their own in a climate-controlled room where they turn progressively darker. The tea producer may choose when the oxidation should be stopped, which depends on weather conditions (heat and humidity).

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Tea Plucking

Withering is used to remove excess water from the leaves, which can be either put under the sun or left in a cool breezy room.

Withering

The leaves may be lightly bruised on their edges by shaking and tossing in a bamboo tray or tumbling in baskets.

Disruption

The damp tea leaves are then rolled to be formed into wrinkled strips by hand.

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Drying is done to "finish" the tea for sale.

Baking is usually the most common.

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TEA MANUFACTURING PROCESS

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ECO-TOURISM / TEA, HOTSPRING, GATHERING

Weekdays : City

Weekend : Tea Garden

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Hot water vapor passing over cool air produces condensation around nuclei in the air, and it is those tiny droplets that are called fog.

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How to Make Fog ?

Climatic Condition for Growing Tea Tea is a favorite drink all over the world today. The ideal climatic conditions for the production and growing of tea are as follows: Temperature/ 21°C to 29°C is ideal for the production of tea. High temperature is required in summer. The lowest temperature for the growth of tea is 16°C. Rainfall/ 150-250 cm of rainfall is required for tea cultivation.

Soil/ Tea shrubs require fertile mountain soil mixed with lime and iron. The soil should be rich in humus.

Land/ Tea cultivation needs well drained land.

Stagnation of water is not good for tea plants. Heavy rainfall but no stagnancy of water, such mountain slopes are good for tea cultivation.

High Humidity + Short Daylight Hours + Diurnal Temperature Variation

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Choose Site From Eco-Attitude -Find the Topographic Conditions is Easy Fog-Forming.

By reviewing the process of tea production, we’ve found that the most important element of weather for tea plantation is Fog. Fog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud, and is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, wind conditions, and even human activities. Therefore, there’re a few topographic conditions we need to take into consideration when we look for a site, which is a nearby body of water, like a lake or the ocean and a mid to high altitude mountain area.

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Learning From Natural - Mimosa - To Guide the Wind and Collect the Water As we all know, mimosa has a special reaction when touched, which shuts its leaves in a flash, then re-opens later. This mechanism allows the mimosa to survive in critical environment such as under strong winds and heavy rains. The mechanism can be separated into these detailed processes:

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Tea Garden

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02 Leaf and Rain - Variation of the Angle between the Stem and the Leaves By varying the angle between the stem and the leaves, rain water can flow away quickly so there would be little water accumulation on the plant.Learning from these mechanisms in detail, we can learn to control the wind flow and to collect or to remove rain water actively.

Let the Wind flow fast and decrease the wind damage.

Let the Wind flow fast and decrease the wind damage.

After the wind pass through the 1st and 2nd layer, the speed of wind has been slowed down.

Bigger Unit Low Density

Standard Unit Medium Density

Smaller Unit High Density

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Form Making by Draining Water ECO-TOURISM / TEA, HOTSPRING, GATHERING

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Combine Tea Culture with Mimosa Spatial Arrangement-Control Fog

1st Layer Lake - People This area is close to the lake, having small volume and low density; therefore the wind can pass through fast and uently.

- Deploy Volumns through the Fog Treating the collection and dispersal of the fog as the main objective, the mechanism of mimosa, which we learned of how wind and water can be controlled, is applied to arrange the relationship of space. This spatial arrangement can be divided into three parts, Lake-People, People-Tea, and Tea

Water Collecting Build up the waters pond by collecting the rain water is not only enjoyable for us, but also helpful to adapt to the micro climate by lowering the temperature in summer.

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People - Tea Plantation This is located in the middle of the site, having bigger volume and high density; therefore the wind will be slowed down, making the fog to be easily collected.

Besides, ‘heat programs’ and ‘cool programs’ are implanted to this area, which can produce fog actively and carry the fog back to the area of tea plantation with wind of lower velocity.

- Tea Plantation This area is composed of small volume, lower density, and the use of ‘heat programs’ to supply fog, which would accumulate and favor the teas’ plantation.

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ECO-TOURISM / TEA, HOTSPRING, GATHERING

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About Locust One of the most striking and devastating examples of collective movement is exhibited by locusts. Swarms of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, can devour large areas of vegetation and have a huge social and economic impact on humans, affecting the livelihood of one in ten people on the planet in plague years. How do these destructive swarms form and what is the mechanism that drives swarming in locusts?

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A A A 05 A Artificial A A Oasis/ Spring,2011 Personal Academic Project, Tunghai University B B B Type B BShelter/ B Installation/ Infrastructure Adaptive Location Sahara Desert, Africa Adviser Ho, Jeong-Der Key Description Base on the research of collective behavior of locust, the bio-mechanism becomes our formation reference.

The function is built while the biological formation; with the form developed by bio-mechanism,we tried to think about the dynamic links between form and function, also it’s operational field. Which means to find the possibilities of form and function modestly in the given form development . In the way of this logical operation, form not only follows function but also formulates.

COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OF LOCUST / ARTIFICIAL OASIS

spring 2011

0045

Bio-Mechanism of Locust -To Simplify the Mechanism -To Conclude the Form-Making Parameters When the biological formation is created, it always has its functional purposes. Base on the hypothesis, I started to study on the mechanism of collective behavior of locust to deduce its form-making mechanism as the reference to understand the dynamic relationships among form, function, and its operational field.

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Operation Field - To Re-Distribute the Water Resources by the Form-Making Mechanism Desertification is a serious environmental problem in drylands which is driven by a number of factors, such as drought, climatic shifts, hi tillage for agriculture, or overgrazing. Here, I’m more concerning about the provisioning of water.

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Desertification is the degradation of land in drylands. Caused by a variety of factors, such as climate change and human activities, desertification is one of the most significant global environmental problems. Techniques focus on two aspects: provisioning of water, and fixation and hyper-fertilising soil.

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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC/ SITE+SUB-CULTURE

Form-Making Mechanism A. Studying groundwater level to estimate the speed of growing up.

B. Controlling the density and the quantity by the dominate area's radius.

C.Generated the form while bowls touched by other, which makes the radius of upper surfaces varying from different times.

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Water Collecting System Groundwater Cycling System -1 filter - storage - evapotranspiration - cooling - major filter(drinkable) - using

Rainwater Collector Process - open umbrella - collect - electromagnetic induction - storage

Dew Collector Process - close umbrella - congeal - collect - filter - drink

Rainwater Collector Water Pump Dew Collector

Filtrating Process

Drinking Water Storage Tent Groundwater Level

Water Collector (Adaptive Device) COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OF LOCUST / ARTIFICIAL OASIS

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Artificial Oasis = Desert + Water 5

Water collector is an adaptive device which not only can collect, storage and recycle water but also as a shelter providing shading area and tent for resting at night. Besides, from the aspect of ecology, it can decrease the speed of desertification and even can cultivate the green by redistributing the water resources reasonably.

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Festival of Bride

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Festival of Sacrifice

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Dry Season

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ARTIFICIAL OASIS WATER COLLECTING SYSTEM 1 2 3

Desert Parasol/Shading Area

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Tent/Resting Place

5

Market

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(Ramanda)

Plan & Section

Praying Place

7

Dew Collecting Condition

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Green Cultivatin Area

Stable

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Rainwater Collecting Condition

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Solum

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Underground Water Level

10

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Rain Season II

COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OF LOCUST / ARTIFICIAL OASIS

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A A 05 A Vertical A Sun Cave Dwelling/ fall,2011 Personal Project & Competition, Tunghai University B B Type B B Housing Location Keelung, Taiwan Adviser Chiu, Hao-Hsiu Key Description To build up a new topology of metropolitan housing by simple form-making mechanism and maximize the utility of local natural resources to respond the environment, which learns from predecessorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wisdom, Guadix Cave dwelling.

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01 Statement [ Past ]

[ Now ]

In the past, human beings usually deem architecture as part of natural; hence, it’s important to learn from nature and be humble to it. In Guadix,Spain, there are thousands of residents lives under the ground which is not only cooling in the summer and warm in the winter but also protect them from the unpredictable temperature, called HORIZONTAL cave dwelling. You may wonder how to bring sunshine into the cave if people living under the ground? By observing the dynamic sun path, people notice that once we excavate a front yard the problem will be solved.

In the period of Capitalism, housing became as a tool to make a fortune easily.

People start to ignore dynamic natural system and believe “man can conquer nature” which is not. Global warming, urban heat island...etc, which has proven we are wrong; therefore, we should start thinking a way to dwell amid natural.

[ Future ]

VERTICALIZE the cave dwelling by simple steps in high dense city and describe the quantity the sunshine equally.

BEND -TWEAK-EXTRUDE -TAPER-DIVID-HOLLOW

02 Site-Keelung, Taiwan

Seashore

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ARTIFICIAL SUN CAVE DWELLING

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Start from studying the relationship between sunshine and topography of the town and looking for the proper height of the hill and the abundant sunshine within a day to excavate their own cave.

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Guadix Cave Dwelling, Spain

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The Arrangement of the Cave Plan

Taking advantage of the natural light, cave units always face the southward direction to bring the sunshine into its space as much as possible.

The width of front yard will decide the the size of cave units and the percentages of sunshine could introduce into interior spaces.

Private Zone

1800

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The Orientation of the Arrangement

Public Zone

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1500

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Frontyard

Soil / Heat Insulation

Chimney/ Ventilation

Public Zone

Private Zone

Frontyard

Soil / Heat Insulation

Caves have fantastic insulating qualities and it is very true that they are cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

In summer your cave will need no air conditioning but in the winter it will need some form of heat.

Chimney/ Ventilation

Private Zone

Public Zone

Frontyard

This light comes from the front, however caves with a more level roof which may only be three or four meters thick have the option of sky lights.

80% Ventilation

06 Extrude the Sun Surface

04 Vertical Cave City Frame

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07 Divide the Volume

BEND

Moisture gathering on surface.

TWEAK

Tweaking angle is determined by the depth of the site and gets the biggest angle as possible

Increasing the sun contact surface to evaporate the surface water.

EXTRUDE

95 %

Build up a vertical surface as height as the building nearby direct to the sun in a dense city.

The depth of the volume is determined by the maximum limit of capacity rate.

The heat from sun isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t distributed over the volume equally.

TAPER

75 %

The depth of the volume will be transformed by the diďŹ&#x20AC;erent height of the volume to the angle of the sun.

Distributed equally by tapper the volume.

DIVIDE

Draw a diagonal line and start bending the surface to catch as much sun as possible.

The depth of the volume is determined by the maximum limit of capacity rate.

Increase the sun contact surface and the rate of ventilation to dehumidify

HOLLOW

a. [ Bend ]

Divide the private part by counting the number of the basic size of units.

Done !

85 %

90 %

b. [ Tweak ] Tweak the surface to increasing the contact face with sun.

a. [ Extrude ] Extrude the surface.

b. [ Taper ] Taper the volumn.

a. [ Divide ] Divide the Volume into 2 parts. The upper side for private ,the other side for pubilc.

b. [ Hollow ] Fragment the public space into each unit and hollow out a void space for bringing more sun into spaces.

Basic Unit Size 120 sqm 60% Interior Space -Basic living 40% Outdoor Spcae -Public interaction and increasing the comfort level of interior space.

ARTIFICIAL SUN CAVE DWELLING

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B Architectural Practice Select 8 representative projects ranging from interior design to masterplan while acting as an assistant architect in a singaporean office, DPArchitects in Shanghai from 2013-2015.

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

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A A A A A A A A 01 B Dalian B BGolden B Beach/ Fall,2015 Architectural Practice, Neo's Team Project, DPArchtects B B B B Type & Location Urban Planning, Dalian, China Location Dalian, China Adviser Neo, Chen Parts in Charge Schematic Design Key Description Dalian Golden Beach is a mixed-use development, occupying a land area of 16ha, located at Dalian, China. Set along a 1km waterfront promenade, Dalian Golden Beach is created a main shopping axis that integrates retail malls, hotels, residences and recreational attractions.

B 01- 01

Hard Rock Hotel

Rainbow Concert Plaza 360 degree Music Restaurant

Sculpture Plaza/ Recreation Centre

Post Rock Bar Street Green House / Interior White Beach

Flea Market

Tide Youth Hostel Duty Free Shop

Hard Rock Experience Store

Rock’n’Roll Fast Food Restaurant Harley Club House

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE / DPARCHITECTS

2013-2015

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A A A A A A 03 B Tower B Bof Riches / Winter,2014 Architectural Practice, Neo's Team Project, DPArchitects B B B Type & Location Commercial+Residential+Office, Wuhan, China Parts in Charge Design Development, Detail Drawing Key Description Rising 225m above the ground, this 53-storey tower is a new topology in wuhan, composing of a 15-storey residential building adding on the top of the 38-storey office tower located in the city centre of Wuhan.

A A B B

A A A A A A 02 B Global B BFinancial Centre/ Fall,2014 Architectural Practice, Neo's Team Project, DPArchitects B B B Type & Location Office Building, Wuhan, China Parts in Charge Curtain Wall Detail Drawing Key Description Located on a site along Construction Avenue, Financial Centre incorporates first-class office spaces. At 52 storeys and 220m in height, the building becomes a legible element on Wuhanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skyline.

B 01- 03

A A B B

A A A A A A 04 Centre/ Spring,2015 B GZ B Financial B Architectural Practice, Neo's Team Project, DPArchitects B B B Type & Location Mixed-use Development, Guangzhou, China Parts in Charge Schematic Design Key Description Nestled within the developing district of Guangzhou, GZ Financial Centre is an urban catalyst that redefines standards of what it means to live, work and play in the city.

GZ Financial Centre / Aerial Perspective

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE / DPARCHITECTS

2013-2015

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A A B B

A A A A 05 B SJT B Masterplan/ Winter,2014 Architectural Practice, Neo's Team Project, DPArchitects B B Type & Location Masterplan & Urban Design, Sujiatun, Shenyang, China Parts in Charge Schematic Design Key Description The vision of the master plan is to develop a unique, vibrant and sustainable city that is highly attractive to knowledge-based industries to reboot its economy.

B 01- 05

A A B B

A A A A A A 07 B Linkong B B Office Lobby/ Fall,2015 Architectural Practice, Neo's Team Project, DPArchitects B B B Type & Location Interior Design, Shanghai, China Parts in Charge Schematic Design Key Description To Blur the boundary between outside poetic landscape and inside office lobby but also frame the two offices’ main entrance by creating the cloud-like pattern on the walls.

A A B B

A A A A A A 06 B SJT B Culture B Centre/ Spring,2014 Architectural Practice, Neo's Team Project, DPArchitects B B B Type & Location Library, Museum & Theater, Shenyang, China Parts in Charge Schematic Design Key Description Break the traditional formal government buildings in China. Taking “Urban Living Room” as main concept to create a vibrant and meaningful gathering place for local residents.

A A B B

A A A A A A 08 Fall,2015 B LN BWengchang/ B Architectural Practice, Neo's Team Project, DPArchitects B B B Type & Location Residential in Wuhan, China Parts in Charge Schematic Design Key Description The project consists of 38 blocks of seascape residential incorporating a clubhouse, three podium commercials and multi-service centers. Aims at creating a few visual focus points among the residential cluster.

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE / DPARCHITECTS

2013-2015

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The photograph shows shows an unsuccessful mechanism of artificial oasis existing in the northwestern Saudi Arabia The circles in desert are caused by irrigation technique, rotating like a circular clock. Unfortunately, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a short-term and unsustainable method to make the desert "green", as the water is drawn from groundwater, which has accumulated millennia but will be consumed in a few decades. As you can see that some circles are brown already which means the ponds are depleted slowly. As an architect, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened to be an opportunity for me to reinterpret the environmental fabrication.

Image Credit : ESA/ NASA

HUNGDA, CHIEN BArch, Tunghai University, Taiwan 5F, No.82, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 10448, Taiwan (R.O.C.) curry_chien@hotmail.com +886 988001655 +86 15221447914