Works Volume 2012-2018_Anthony HU by HU Zhihao

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ANTHONY HU [ Works Volume 2012-2018 ]

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[ ANTHONY HU ] huzhihao@connect.hku.hk +852-54800818

EDUCATION THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Masters of Architecture / 2016.9 - 2018.6

SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY Bachelors of Architecture / 2010.9 - 2015.7

SOFTWARE AUTOCAD RHINOCEROS, SKETCHUP, GRASSHOPPER, VRAY ADOBE SUITE

LANGUAGES ENGLISH MANDARIN CHINESE [NATIVE]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Leigh & Orange Ltd. Hong Kong, China / Summer Intern / 2017.6 - 2017.9 Projects: Qianhai Times Square Nine-years School

Fabrication and Material Technologies Lab, HKU Hong Kong, China / Research Assistant / 2017.2 - 2017.6 Projects: Ceramic Constellation (SINO Group Robotic Architecture Series)

LI XINGGANG Studio Beijing, China / Intern Designer / 2014.9 - 2015.2 & 2015.7 - 2015.12 Projects: Anpin-street Villa Area; Yuhuan Museum & Library; Liu Xiandong Office Building (T.A.O, VECTOR & LI XINGGANG)

HL Studio Shenyang, China / Summer Intern / Summer 2013 Projects: Liaoning Enviromental Protection Service Center

AWARDS The 3rd Price - Shanghai Urban Design Challenge Competition, 2017 Excellent Graduate Design - Shenyang Jianzhu University, 2015 The Excellent Team Price - HUANUO Cup National Design Competition, 2014 The 2nd Price - E-TUO Cup National Design Competition, 2012 Excellent Learning Scholarship - Shenyangjianzhu University, 2012

[ WORK VOLUME 2018 ]

01 REGENERATION & DENSIFICATION Re-defining the Population Doubling Plan in Shicun / 2018 01 - 16

02 VERTICAL PARADISE High-rise Housing Design / 2017 17 - 32

03 HYPER LIVING Rethinking Central Waterfront Site NO.3 / 2017 33 - 42

04 ART & LIFE Liberal Arts University Design / 2013 43 - 52

05 TULOU IN PRATO Language School Design / 2012 53 - 64

06 INTROVERSION & NATURE Anpin-street Villa Area Design / 2014 65 - 72

01 REGENERATION & DENSIFICATION Re-defining the Population Doubling Plan in Shicun M.Arch Thesis Shi Cun, Shang Hai, Mainland China Individual Work Tutor: Gao Yan Jun.2018

Since 2013, the consolidation of the original villages to form new central villages has become a major government strategy for the rural urbanization movement in Mainland. The test village of this thesis - Shicun Village, is located on the outskirts of Shanghai. In 2017, the Shanghai government proposed a population doubling plan, by demolishing five villages and merging into a new central village-new Shicun Village, to achieve rural urbanization. This thesis based on the population doubling plan of the Shicun Village, rethinks the currently constructed copy-paste suburban model-demolish everything and construct a total new villageďź&#x152;find the strategy and opportunity of rural regeneration from the Chinese People's Commune Movement-an ideal socialist sharing economy model and development history of Shicun village, and try to propose a progressive, rural regeneration and densification plan. The plan includes a series reconstruction and construction strategies of infrastructure, public buildings and rural housing, - Expansion and connection of road network and water network, public system composed of four public buildings, and an experiment on the addition of a rural community, to improve living conditions, enrich the rural life, encourage group sharing and entrepreneurship, promote rural economic restructuring and urban-rural exchanges, and maintain the original spatial patterns and life patterns in rural areas. This plan tries to become construction guidebook of China's Rural Urbanization for the government and rural residents.

THE POPULATION DOUBLING PLAN - SHI CUN 2017-2037 Village YD Population: 1640 Household: 404 (4.05ppl/fam) Agr.Land: 975,000 Area: 316,000 Avr.Income: 12200RMB

76%

Village SC Population: 2450 Household: 630 (3.90ppl/fam) Agr.Land: 1,799,000 Area: 537,500 Avr.Income: 15400RMB

77% SHI CUN Yu Dun

Village YY Population: 1870 Household: 473 (3.95ppl/fam) Agr.Land: 1,753,000 Area: 438,200 Avr.Income: 16100RMB

81%

80%

Village HQ Yu Yang

Village YJZ

Population: 2250 Household: 548 (4.10ppl/fam) Agr.Land: 2,191,000 Area: 514,000 Avr.Income: 15200RMB

Yang Jia

Population: 2140 Household: 528 (4.05ppl/fam) Agr.Land: 2,164,000 Area: 475,000 Avr.Income: 13700RMB

Heng Qiao

82%

0.5

1.5

2 (KM)

The Village Merger Plan - Shi Cun, Yu Dun, Yu Yang, Yang Jia and Heng Qiao

Population

Household

Population: 2,450 ppls Population: 5,200 ppls

Household: 630 (3.89ppls/fam) Household: 1,300 (4ppls/fam)

212%

2017 2037

206%

GDP

160%

GDP Per Capita: 15,400 RMB GDP Per Capita: 24,640 RMB

Shicun is located on the outskirts of Shanghai and the original residents are about 2450 people. In 2017, the Shanghai government formulated a population doubling plan for ten villages, which will relocate four villages around the ten villages, then migrate half of the population to the town centre which is nearby the demolished villages, and half of the population will migrate to the new Shi village centre village. In the next few years, the population in Shi villages will increase from 2,450 to 5,200.

CURRENT & HISTORICAL RURAL PATTERN

The New Socialist Countryside Time: 2013 Location: Tushan Dian, Zhong Mou, He Nan Population: 6,450 HouseHold: 1,515 (4.26ppl/fam) Building Area: 842,000 sqm This movement demolishing patches of villages and accumulating them in one concentrated area to become a larger central village of 4,000-8,000 people. This strategy was released through destroying the existing rural structure and newly built four to eight-story copy of the urban residential community.

The Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Commune Time: 1958 Location: Zhaya Shan, Sui Ping, He Nan Population: 12,000 HouseHold: 2,930 (4.10ppl/fam) Building Area: 857,160 sqm The peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communes movement hoped that through the merger of rural areas, collective industry and agriculture can be developed. There are no private toilets or kitchens, apart from the bedroom, almost all functions are communities. The collective life has greatly enriched the public life in rural areas.

The Natural Village Time: 2017 Location: Shi Cun, Si Tuan, Shang Hai Population: 2,450 HouseHold: 630 (3.90ppl/fam) Building Area: 537,500 sqm The natural development of Shicun Village has been based on the original village structure, from the infrastructure-water network and road network to the repeated reconstruction of public buildings, to residential and roads, Water system, farmland interweaves relations.

SHI CUN 2037 - URBAN DESIGN LEVEL

2037

Location: Shi Cun, Si Tuan, Shang Hai Population: 5,200 Household: 1485 (3.50ppl/fam) Building Area: 537,500 sqm

UD - PHASE A

Widen

Added

Dredge and Widen Waterways

UD - PHASE B

Widen

Added

Improve and Connect Road Network

UD - PHASE C

Factory

Public System

A New Rural Public System

Through the connection and widening of water and roads infrastructures, and the establishment of a series of small docks and parking lots effectively solve the traffic and parking problems of the village. The four main public buildings are also designed and built as a new public system which located in four suitable locations, and through the combination of different public functions, sharing and exchange are encouraged and rural public life will become rich.

THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

LONG-TERM CONSTRUCTION LAND

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The cluster densification achieved by inserting a series of small houses into the original residents' communities. The original rural features and public memory can be maintained.

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Four major new public buildings are planned at different locations in the village. The multi-program of these public buildings form a new public system, enrich public life and stimulate the economic transformation.

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PUBLIC BUILDING

Shi Cun village roads were connected and widened on the basis of the original roads, and a series of small parking lots were set up at suitable locations to meet the parking needs.

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We have reconnected the waterways into a network and have broadened the waterway to restore the historical functions, making it an important landscape element in the Village.

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CONSTRUCTION LAND AREA Under the population doubling plan, we categorized the six urgent issues and looked for solutions from three levels: urban design, public buildings, and community design.

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY CENTER

A D

A - Adult Education Centre B - Clinic C - Public Pier F - Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Playground G - Primary School

D - Market

E - Qian Sui Temple

The establishment of the Education Center and the location of the original village centre not only includes kindergartens, primary and children's playgrounds but also includes adult training classrooms, community services such as medical clinics and markets, further strengthening the village centre's status and enriching the village centre's exchanges and activities.

SANITATION CENTER & WETLAND PARK

D E

A - Wastewater Treatment Plant B - Wetland Park E - Public Pier F - Swimming Pool

C - Public Toilet

D - Public Bathroom

The Sanitary Facilities Center is located on the riverside on the north side of the village. The establishment of a sewage treatment plant can greatly improve the water quality of the river channel in the village. The establishment of the wetland park cannot only further purify the sewage, but also provide a new public leisure space. The public pier can easily connect with other public facilites through water network.

LOGISTICS CENTER & WORKSHOPS

A - Storage Center B - Handicraft Production Center E - Public Pier & Dockyard

C - Logistics Center

D - Bus Station

The logistics and production centre is located on the south side of the village and is close to the road. It is the villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main connection to the outside world. The shared workspace greatly promotes the collective Handicraft and light industrial development, the logistics center and storage center can also connect with the things network and internet to stimulate the B2B and C2C economy pattern in rural area.

ARTISTS’ & TOURISTS’ HOME

A - Artist’s Workshop & Studio B - Indoor Exhibition Space Exhibition Space E - Tourists’ Hotel

C - Campsite

D - Outdoor

The artists' and tourists’ centre located on the north side of Shi Cun with quite nice view. The workshop, studio and hotel satisfied the living & working demands of artists and tourists. The outdoor and indoor exhibition spaces give the oppotunities for the varies kinds of public events , promote urban and rural exchanges and allowe villagers to participate in artistic creation.

SHI CUN 2037 - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LEVEL

AD - PHASE A

Walking System

Redesign the Continuous Walking System

AD - PHASE B

Sharing House & Public Building

Addition of Public Buildings & Sharing Systems

AD - PHASE C

Nomal Added

Shophouse

Street-facing Shops with Added Housing

At the community and architectural level, a small rural residential cluster of 20-30 households is selected as a demonstration area in the village. As the first priority of construction, we redesign the continuous walking system, and then the service houses and public buildings are located near the small square to provide small community services. Shop houses and nomal added houses are established as the second priority to enrich the street life, and satisfied the increasing living demand.

EXISTING STATE

>= Three Floors

CURRENT COPY-PASTE MODEL

< Three Floors

>= Three Floors

< Three Floors

Household - 33 No. of Housing - 22 PPLs - 132 ---> 264(expected in 2037)

Household - 70 No. of Housing - 48 PPLs - 280

ALTERNATIVE MODEL

CONSTRUCTION PRIORITY

>= Three Floors

< Three Floors

Household - 71 No. of Housing - 60 PPLs - 284

First Priority

Second Priority

Third Priority

First Priority - Sharinghouse x 10 & Public Facility Second Priority - Shophouse x 18 Third Priority - Basic House x 10

COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE

Community Pier

Community Square

The small pocket plazas and pedestrian streets in the community can provide places for public life. For example, in the harvest season, people can dry food in the square, and in other seasons, they can dance and chat together. The public pier is also not only a traffic center but also a community exchange center.

NEW BUILT TYPE

The different types of housing can satisfy the varies demands of immigration from other demolished villages, and the series of new built small public facilities such as water purificatin facility, bicycle garage and public pier can improve the quality of public life. The shareable handcraft workshop can promote the cooperation and development of household handcraft industry.

SHAREABLE PUBLIC FACILITIES

Sharing house & Walking Alley

Handcraft Workshop

Shareable toilets, bathrooms, laundry, handcraft workshop, and the shops which the rent is owned by commune can form a profitable win-win system, promote communication between immigrants and original villagers, accelerate the integration of the two.

SHOP HOUSE & SHARING HOUSE

TYPE A-1 4*8m

TYPE A-2 4*8m

TYPE B-1 6*6m

TYPE B-2 6*6m

The newly built dwelling units have two different plane sizes of 4m*8m and 6m*6m. There are three types of shop house, sharing house and basic house. The basic house is the two-story dwelling function, and the other two types are add a public function at the ground level. The ground floor of the sharing house is the store and community service functions, the shop house is a shop which faced to the main street.

The first half of the thesis is a series of research of the new socialist countryside, the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communes and the Shicun Village. We conclude that the phased construction strategy and the promotion of community-shared lifestyles are two ways to improve the current model. Based on these research and conclusions, the second half of the thesis is a phased rural regeneration and densification plan of the Shicun Village. This new design strategy frees rural urbanization from the simple imitation and replication of cities, enables rural areas to maintain rural culture, lifestyle, and characteristics in the process of development, and develops rural areas with rural strategies.

02 VERTICAL PARADISE High-rise Housing Design Academic Work Su Zhou, Jiang Su, Mainland China Individual Work Tutor: Christian Ganshrirt Jun.2017

In this studio we researched and developed the application of the concept of Chinese traditional gardens in high-rise housing design. We have chosen our test site on the banks of Jinji Lake of Su Zhou and try to develop our project in Su Zhou which is famous for its traditional Chinese gardens. We start our design from the residential unit. We found that pavilions, corridors, yards, trees, and pools are a series of core elements in gardens. Through the skillful arrangement of these core elements, peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circulation and lines of sight are guided in gardens. This allows nature and artifacts mixed in this limited space, and makes people feel a broader space. Through the centralized arrangement of service programs, we have liberated other spaces, and we have also designed a series of small-scale plantings, mini pavilions and pools and placed those residential units and integrated into the daily circulation. Let the housing itself becomes a mini garden. At the residential area level, I stacked different types of units to form four high-rise buildings with different shapes. I was inspired by the Taihu Rock, added a series of outdoor platforms in the building mass, and connected the public platforms of the four buildings with stairs and corridors. On the ground floor I bring water into the site to form a lake and connect the two banks with five bridges at different heights. This makes the building itself a vertical garden open to the public. The building itself also stands in the water like a rocky mountain. People can climb the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mountainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; through the corridors and platforms in the building and view the scenery at different heights, thus this strategy eliminate oppression of the huge mass of high-rise buildings.

THE SHANSHUI & THE SETTLEMENT

Shan Shui Painting

Hong Kong Shanshui paintings depict the ideal life of Chinese people. Hong Kong's residences demonstrate the efficiency of high-rise buildings. This design attempts to draw inspiration from both and find the ideal poetic way of living in the buiding type of high-rise housing.

THE FIGURE GROUND

The site is located at the side of Suzhou Jinji Lake and the main road is on the east. This project set back of the water and put the main building on the west, which can not only keep away from the streets, but also reduce the pressure of high-rise building on people.

Lean & Transparence

[瘦] [透] Shou

Tou

Building form comes from Taihu stone. Lean and transparence are two of the four characteristics of Taihu Stone. The shape of the building is designed to be of different heights and different angles, so that it has different forms at different angles of view.

Crumple & Leak

[皺] [漏] Zhou

Lou

Crumple and leak are two other major characteristics of Taihu Stone. The changing of building height, and the complex and diverse facade meet the crumple. And the different scales of caves in the building meet the leak, and the sight lines can be penetrated.

CIRCULATION & STRUCTURE Roof & Structure The structural frame consists of columns and cables. The giant columns mainly bear the pressure of the building, while the cables of the facade bear the pulling force.

Vertical & Horizontal Circulation Vertical elevators and stairs and horizontal corridors form a fast and efficient transportation system to meet the traffic demands of modern buildings.

Communal Space & Promenade A series of air yards and corridors of different heights are placed in the mass, providing not only the community's public space but also a set of slow promenade.

Residential Units

TOWER A

Three different types of building units are arranged in four towers, and different orientations provide different views of the dwelling units.

TOWER B TOWER C TOWER D

Communal Bridge & Garden (1st F) Three sky bridges connect the banks of the lake, while a series of sky corridors and pavilions provide an experience and sight in the forest.

Hydrophilic Platform & Garden (GF) Around this central lake, a series of walls, pavilions, galleries and platforms were set up to guide and control people's circulations and views.

Artificial Terrain Lake water was brought into the site to form a huge lake, and the excavated soil was piled on the shore to form a small hill. The trees are planted on the hills to isolate the street.

The Original Site Area The original site was located on the side of Jinji Lake which is formed by filling lakes. At present, flooding is serious and becoming a wetland.

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Tower A

The Entrance B

Tower B

Tower C

The Entrance A

Tower D

The Entrance of Parking A

JIN JI LAKE

The Ground Floor Plan

THE TWO FACADE SYSTEM

The two faรงades of the building have two kinds of systems. The faรงade facing the south is the main orientation of the residential unit and consists of different types of private mini gardens. The north-facing facade consists of horizontal corridors, public pavilions and promenades on different heights.

FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVACY

The Private Garden

Elevator & Stairs

The Communal Garden

Corridor

Promenade

Through different scales of platforms, corridors, pavilions and yards to create different levels of public and private space. From the community courtyard connected to the elevator to the public corridors and verandas to the private courtyard in the residential unit, the design creates a continuous experience from public to private.

VIEW & CIRCULATION

It is very important to guide and control people's sight and route in Chinese gardens. In the design of the dwelling unit, the exterior wall of the dwelling forms an extension on the view through the hollow of the top and bottom, and the occlusion of the view is formed through the opacity wall and translucency vegetation. The arrangement of walls and stairs makes people have changing view and feeling when they walking in the dwelling unit.

7 11 9

THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN Type A Luxury Unit

Type B Duplex Unit

1 - KITCHEN

8 - PARENTS’ ROOM

2 - DINING ROOM

9 - HOME THEATER

3 - LIVING ROOM

10 - TEA BAR

4 - TOILET

11 - BILLIARD ROOM

5 - MASTER BEDROOM

12 - STUDY ROOM

6 - CHILDREN’S BEDROOM

13 - BOOK STORAGE

7 - GUEST ROOM

14 - GYM

THE MINI GARDEN

The core concept of the dwelling unit is the mini garden. In the outdoor platform, a ramp which connect with a series of pavillons at different height forms a link between the upper and lower floors. Plants and pools continue from the outside to the interior floors and walls, blurring the boundaries of interior and exterior, and the nature and artifacts. The skillful design of the view and circulation makes it possible to have a rich hierarchy and experience just like a mini garden in the limited size of space.

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6 1

3 5 2

7 12

Type A Luxury Unit Type C Typical Unit Type B Duplex Unit

THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1 - KITCHEN

8 - PARENTS’ ROOM

2 - DINING ROOM

9 - HOME THEATER

3 - LIVING ROOM

10 - TEA BAR

4 - TOILET

11 - BILLIARD ROOM

5 - MASTER BEDROOM

12 - STUDY ROOM

6 - CHILDREN’S BEDROOM

13 - BOOK STORAGE

7 - GUEST ROOM

14 - GYM

At the residential unit level, this design guides the views and lines of daily life through the organization and design of plants, pools, pavilions, corridors, and walls. As a result, the residence has achieved a variety of views and rich levels in a limited space, and will also blur the boundaries between indoor and outdoor, nature and artefacts, thus forming a mini-garden in the air. At the level of the building design, the main strategy brings the lake water into the site and built the earth on the shore. So the residential area is isolated from the street, and the sense of oppression of the high-rise building against people is reduced. The different heights of the building and the outdoor platforms and corridors in the building allow the public to climb the building, just like climbing the mountain.

03 HYPER LIVING Rethinking Central Waterfront Site NO.3 Academic Work Central, Hong Kong, China Team Work Tutor: Fai Au Dec.2017

The Central Waterfront Site No. 3 is the last site currently available for development in the Central of Hong Kong. It is also located on the central axis of HSBC main building and connects a series of public spaces such as Queens Square, Edinburgh Place and Central Pier. We believe that in addition to satisfying the developer's commercial interests, this newly built project should also explore higher-level significance and become an important and meaningful place in Central. We have studied the history of the Central District and found that the development of Central is closely related to the reclamation movement. At the same time, the historical public events in Central also mainly related to a series of piers in the Central. So The waterfront and the pier are two important public memory elements for Central and even Hong Kong people. We hope that we can maintain the public memory and historical elements in the new plan and look forward to the future of Central. We retreated the coastline to the pre-reclamation state and restored the historical pier to the axis in trace way, restoring the preserved Queen's Pier roof and Star Ferry Bell Tower to their proper positions, emphasizing their monumentality. At the same time, it revives a series of public activities such as swimming and dancing, and adds new public activities such as boating. The horizontal commercial platforms are arranged on both sides of the axis and together with the strip office building on the platform meet the commercial interests of the developers.

WATERFRONT SITE NO.3

THE CENTRAL FERRY PIER NO.7 (STAR FERRY PIER)

HONG KONG MARITIME MUSEUM

CENTRAL PIER NO.9 & NO.10

THE BLAKE PIER (Dancing & Swimming)

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTRE

THE QUEEN’S PIER OLD STAR FERRY PIER HONG KONG STATION THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE STAR FERRY PARKING LOT CITY HALL

THE CENOTAPH

THE STATUE SQUARE

THE CENTRAL STATION THE HSBC MAIN BUILDING

THE CHEUNG KONG CENTRE

ST.JOHN’S CATHEDRAL

THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE USA

THE PEAK TRAM

THE NEW & THE OLD

SET BACK SHORELINE

HISTORICAL FRAGMENTS

THE HORIZONTAL SLAB

THE VERTICAL SLAB

OLD & NEW

A SERIES OF PIERS

RETAIL & EXIHIBITION

OFFICE PROGRAM

Because Central No. 3 is the last large-scale construction land in the Central District, and it is located on the front central axis of HSBC, and also closely related to the history of reclamation, a series of public spaces and public piers. Therefore, we believe that in addition to satisfying the commercial interests of developers, this no.3 site must has a higher significance for Central and Hong Kong.

The project first set back the shoreline to the original position before the reclamation. At the same time, the historically important piers, such as the Star Ferry pier and Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pier and so on, were arranged on the axis. And the commercial platform at second floor and the two strip office buildings on the platform can strengthen the axis and meet commercial interests.

ZOOMING ZONE

THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN At the ground floor, the project bring seawater back to the site, restores the shoreline before the sea reclamation, and arranges the historical pier trace on the axis.

THE FIRST FL

On the first floor plan, the platforms are arranged on bo is a shopping mall and can connect the Central Trails, th

ZOOMING ZONE

LOOR PLAN

oth sides of the axis. The main function of the platform he post office and the seaside.

THE SECOND FLOOR PLAN The horizontal platform is open to the public and can accommodate multiple public activities. On both sides of the base are two narrow strips of office buildings to meet the profitability.

THE ZOOMING PLAN THE SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THE SECOND FLOOR PLAN The Open Office Area

Rooftop Plaza

The Open Office Area

Rooftop Plaza

The Open Office Area

Rooftop Plaza

THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN

The Retail

The Retail The Retail

The Retail The Retail The Retail

The Retail Entrance Plaza

The Retail

The Retail The Retail

The Retail

Washroom

The Retail Waterside Deck

Storage

The Entrance of Underground Driveway The Waterside Deck

The Restaurant

Waterside Deck

THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Waterside Deck

THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN

The ground floor, the first floor and the second floor contain different programs and events. These diverse activities are centered around the axis and the water system, enriching the level of the central water system.

THE PIERS ON THE AXIS

The old Star Ferry Pier, Queen's Pier, Blake Pier and the new Star Ferry Pier lined up on the axis, reinforcing public memory and thus triggering people's thinking about the history of Central Waterfront.

The public spaces of the redeveloped piers and commercial platforms revived the original public events such as ballrooms and swimming pool. While evoking public memories, it also provided a rare entertainment place for the Central Waterfront.

In the face of the Central Waterfront Site No. 3, which is located in the core area, we repeatedly asked ourselves again and again, is this land open to the citizens of each class? Is it possible to accommodate enough variety of public activities? Does it respect the memory of the public and the remains of history? Where is the future of Central? Of course, architects are limited in their power over developers and governments, but we cannot give up our voice. This project seeks to benefit the public on the premise of satisfying the interests of developers. At the same time, the satisfaction of publicity and the protection of public memory will also help Central to find its own future. Explore the future from the history.

04 ART & LIFE Liberal Arts University Design Academic Work Prato, Tuscany, Italy Individual Work Tutor: Graeme; Maurits Sep.2013

Because the project’s particularity in scale, function and character, it is a architectural design also a urban design. I try to explore the relationships between city, life and studying. In the point of urban, the original building has a problem of oversized architectural mass and improper texture etc. That decides the new architectural scale and form. In the view of design college, the oversized dormitory, the inadequate teaching area, make it’s hard to create learning atmosphere. I get the inspiration to deal with the contradiction from the Proto ancient town’s structure. I regard the dormitory as dwelling; regard the theater and other public buildings as the markers in the town. The facilities of the campus are located vertically and horizontally in accordance with the evolved space arrangements in the ancient town, i.e. residences + yards – streets – markers + square . The project solves the two problems perfectly. From now on, the campus is a new open town --- living in town, studying in life.

The Ancient City

The Main Roads The Site

The City Gate

Site Position

The Ancient Town in Italy A hospital was built in the site but it would rebuild a liberal art university because of the objection from citizens. The original buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s massing is too bigâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;30 meters tall, and the size destroy the original texture of the ancient town. Accordingly, I would try to adapt the ancient town by reducing or breaking the project mass to make the project be harmonious with surroundings.

Original Original

New

Original New New

Vertical & Horizontal

The Vertical Level

Teaching - 2F

The Sample Plan

Dormitory - 1F

Public Function

The Horizontal Level

Road Network

Ancient Town Texture

Markers+Square

Road Network

Dwelling and Inner Yard

Dorm+Yard

Markers and Square

The Two Types of Levels Functional aspects, we would adopt the project that the first floor is the dormitory, the second floor is classroom to deal with the lack of teaching area in the art college. At the same time, it could give us a layered sense and atmosphere in the vertical direction. And in the horizontal direction, we analysis the space prototype in the town and then make a spatial logic as the same as the ancient town by using prototype of road network, inner yard, and landmark and square.

The Extension Of The Ancient Town

I follow the trend of the ancient townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s texture to design roads connecting the ancient town and outside city. And regard the buildings with the public function in the campus as the markers. The square would be built in the nearby of markers. At last, making all the dorms that have inner yard as local dwellings. All these ways would form the layered sense in the horizontal direction.

Projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bird-eye View

Organize The Road Network

Arrange The Pubic Landmark

Form The Square

Complete Urban System

The Secondary Entrance D

The Main Entrance B

The Secondary School

Urban Green Space

The Main Entrance A

The Hospital 0

The Main Entrance C 100 m

The Project Site Plan

MARKERS WITH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS

A. Theatre

Chamber Theater

Corridor+Stairs

Amphitheatre

Theater is a marker in campus. I plan to arrange it into the centre of the campus and make it close to the road. The theater is divided into two partsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the large-scale theater is in the first floor, and the mini amphitheatre is on the roof.

B. Gymnasium

Basketball Court

Plaza with Shade

Football Field

The gymnasium can undertake different kinds of matches. I design a big sliding door for the gymnasium. Then it could be used to be an indoor basketball court or a small football field combining with the outside square by closing or opening the sliding door.

C. Campus Restaurant

The First Floor

The Second Floor

The Platform

The campus restaurant is arranged nearby the main street and it is close to the secondary school. The campus restaurant is open to the college, the secondary school and society.

D. Library + Hall

Library

Exhibition Hall

Roof Garden

People could get into the library to study or search information from the first floor or roof. And I also design the roof garden as a outdoor reading place.

E. Swimming Pool

Dressing Room

Half Space

The Pool

The climate is hot in Prato. According to the demands from people who wants to play in the pool, We design the swimming pool that depth could change on the basis of the distance to the dressing room.

DORMITORY

The Logic of Dormitory

x1 - Elegant Curve

x2 - Movable Cabinet

Outside Yard --- Communication

x6 - Outside Yard

x24 - Inner Yard

Inner Yard --- Cohesion

A curved wooden walls, removable furniture, both inner and outside public space, in the dormitory system formed delicate and complex of different levels of privacy. Outside yard is beneficial to the students and the people in the streets to communicate and exchange, the inner yard is conducive to university students living and learning together.

TEACHING

Downstairs & Upstairs Dorm

Toilet

Inner Yard

Outside Yard

Bridge

Studio

Timber Floor

Roof Lawn

Seminar

Art education and life are inseparable. So we set up a dorm system at the first floor, so that students can be free to communicate with people who live in the ancient town. And the teaching system is placed at the second floor, forming a unique teaching atmosphere. These two systems have a perfect horizontal traffic system and a convenient vertical traffic system, students can live and study in two kinds of atmosphere freely.

05 TULOU IN PRATO Language School Design Academic Work Prato, Tuscany, Italy Individual Work Tutor: Carrey, Claire Sep.2012

The confliction between Immigration and natives is inevitable, but must be faced. Government wanted to build a language school to deal with the biggest issues--language. The language learning process is divided into two parts --studying and communication. Learning spaces needs privacy, and used mainly for the Chinese. But communication space means open, which attract all kinds of people around. Facing with different requirements, I design different spaces. Main teaching areas are referenced the Tulou prototype. It designed with two levels vertically and horizontally with an inner yard. This project not only makes teaching area privacy, but also helps different classrooms to communicate easily. While the exchanging area through the design of plaza street, the opening of parking, library to attract residents from function and cultural attraction. Making schools more open is able to hold more interesting events taking place. Different designs for learning and communication makes the language school become the immigration and natives favorite places. I think this is the architectural design solutions to social problems.

The Ancient City The Site

The Connected Road

The Chinatown

The City Gate

Site Position

ITALY

MIXED

CHINA

Square & Street & Countyard Chinese like the courtyard has its own private space. I would use that space prototype to creates a good atmosphere to learn languages. Italians prefer square-like, more open space. I would use this space prototype to attract the natives. And this scheme is beneficial to communications between Chinese and Italian.

Forming Two Squares

Passage Between Entrances

Form The Center Courtyard

The Two Squares

The Inner Courtyard

The Covered Street

The two volumes and three entrances are connected by the two squares and the covered streets, which increase the attractiveness of public spaces to surrounding in order to form the ideal space to communicate. While the teaching area as well as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tulouâ&#x20AC;? is designed to form a intimate Interior courtyards which is a excellent private space for study.

Projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bird-eye View

Sit On The Verandah Rooftop A viewpoint is seated on the verandah rooftop. The changed spot of membrane structure casting on the ground concert with seats. Between Tulou and library, the air corridor looms in the membrane structure. Membrane structure also offers shade, which build more comfortable street environment. Membrane structure visually connects the Tulou with the library and makes the spatial scale of streets more pleasant. While unique styling and scale alsogreatly increase the school's marker.

The Membrane Structure

Afforest Roof

Wooden Grating Surface The Main Teaching Building

Office Area

Column Grid Planimetric Position

Space Corridor

Verandah Rooftop Bleacher

Library

Office Area

Barrier-free Path

Public Parking The Site

THE FUNCTION OF LANGUAGE SCHOOL Language learning needs two spaces: Learning and communication, they represent private and open respectively. I'm going to divide the language school massing into two parts. Library and parking are open to the surrounding to form separate volumes. The teaching function is another volume to ensure their privacy, the form and space originate from Tulou dwelling.

B N The Second Entrance

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H C

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The Third Entrance

-0.60 J

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-0.30

G G

-1.20

G H

The Main Entrance 0

The Main Entrance

50 m

THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN A --- Entry Lobby E --- Administration Office I --- Library

B --- Cafe F --- Kitchen J --- Lawn

C --- Toilet & Shower G --- Pool K --- Plaza

D --- Reception Area H --- Parking

THE TEACHING BUILDING ( Section A-A )

The Second Floor Plan I A

J K

L D

N The Third Floor Plan A --- Toilet & Shower

I --- Bracket Plates

B --- Reception Area

J --- Vine

C --- Classroom

K --- Insulation Layer

D --- Language Laboratories

L --- Brick Wall

E --- Roof Vegetation Layer

M --- Concrete Core Unit

F --- Roof Outfall

N --- Wooden Gating

G --- Roof Drain Pipe

O --- Ground Green Groove

H --- Pensile Green Groove

P --- Water Collection Device

THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS 60

The Tulou Dwelling

The Horizontal Corridors

The Vertical Traffic

The Visual Field

In the design of the teaching area, I borrowed the design concept of Tulou Dwelling.The horizontal corridors, the vertical traffic, the little windows & the thick soil wall are three most important elements which provide convenient communication, moderate defensive and enough visual field.

Teaching Building - Covered Street - Public Library ( Section B-B )

The Teaching Building

The Horizontal Corridors

Rotating Teaching Units

The Vertical Traffic

The Visual Field

The horizontal middle corridors are introduced in project, which enhances the teaching level of visual and communication links. Through the rotation of the teaching units, form four public spaces and vertical teaching modules. So students can be communicate in both horizontal and vertical directions quickly.

Get transformed piched roof CHINA

Get transformed Italian arch ITALY

We extract two prototypes of space changing from China's courtyard and Italy's streets. Based on the transformation of prototypes, we get the units form of our membrane structure. These two space prototypes are mixed perfect in the same covered street.

PROJECTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIRD-EYE VIEW

THE COVERED STREET ( Section C-C )

Membrane Structure

Membrane structures makes streets full of spatial variation, and keeps out rain and sunlight. The spots on the ground and the seats attract people to stay.The light and space changing in the street form the unique & elegant atmosphere which are all dependent on the membrance structure.

06 INTROVERSION & NATURE Anpin-street Villa Area Design Professional Work Nanjing, Jiang Su, China Team Work Architects: Li Xinggang, Zhang Yinxuan, Liu Zhen, Hu Zhihao Nov.2014

Anpin street luxury villa project is located in the ancient urban area of Nanjing, the height control of buildings in this site, the surrounding urban texture and cultural atmosphere, are both the problems and difficulties that must be considered in the building design. In the level of urban design, we continue the direction, location and scale of the ancient streets from the city to this site. Meanwhile in the nodes such as at the corner and crossing, enlarge the street space, and place the bench for people to rest and stay. We have also designed a channel along the north-south main streets, in order to enrich the street landscape scale. In the monomer design level, we gain inspiration in Chinese traditional local-style dwellings and gardens. For the not high quality scenery in the exterior and the luxury villaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s requirement for privacy, we design the private houses introverted and closed. We design a rich interesting little garden in the interior of the building, and with modern style, use the blue brick flies and the grey tiles translated into the elements such as the rockery, the lake, platform and place in the garden. In traditional Chinese culture, one important concept is from the first small beginnings one can see how things will develop. We hope that through the habitantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s viewing to the landscape of mountain and water in the garden, they can feel the real connotation and atmosphere of landscape. Introversion is nature.

The Xuanwu Lake The Qingliang Mountain The Imperial Palace of Ming

The Site

Site Position

The Traditional Dwellings in Nanjing

The Modern Villa

The Traditional Dwelling

The Garden Intention

The site is located in the ancient city of Nanjing, and is surrounded by the traditional dwellings. We rethink the form and space of the private luxury villa, and gain inspiration from Chinese dwellings and gardens. The dwelling takes a small garden as the center, forming an introverted, close-ended building. This makes the residential interior own a private and safe little world.

Extend The Old Alleys

External Transport

Internal Transport

Enlarge Local Areas

In the level of urban design, we retains the two ancient streets that originally exist in the site to make the transportation streamline in this site smooth in north-south and east-west. The scale of the street is also consistent with the surrounding streets, meanwhile at the corner nodes, etc., we enlarge the street space, in order to get better spatial experience.

Garage Entrance A

The Entrance A

The Entrance B

The Entrance F

The Entrance C

The Entrance D

The Entrance E Garage Entrance B

100 m

THE PROJECT SITE PLAN

B A

C A

A A

B A

A A

B A

A A

A C

A A

C A B

A B

A A

B B

The Arrangement of Four Kinds of Gardens

We have designed four kinds of gardens with different building area, their shapes interlock with each other. For the height limitation of the building, the gardens are all divided into two levels, the area on the ground and under the ground.

PROJECT’S BIRD-EYE VIEW

A. Mini Garden ( 543.2m² )

B. Standard Garden ( 745.5m² )

The area of this type of gardens is minimum. The garden owns highly completed building functions, the living room, dining room etc. are set around the yard.

This is a kind of standard garden. The living room and the dining room own independent platform, while the study is hidden in the overlap of rockery.

C. Intermediate Garden

D. Great Garden

( 1131.3m² )

The garden contains two pieces of water surface. Multiple courtyards form multiple privacy, each window corresponds to the different kinds of landscape.

( 1660.8m² )

The only largest garden. At the early stages of the project sales, it is used as the sales office and the club, and used as the largest private house at the later period.

Outside The Parlour

Inside The Parlour The two renderings respectively correspond to a person who stands in the two positions of the parlour inside and outside looking to the courtyard view. Take one pace forward, we can appreciate complex, diverse and rich emotional appeal landscape architecture, step backward to the interior, the scenery outside and window frames overlay to form elegant beautiful pictures. The beautiful scenery and nature, are inside the building, not outside it.

K I D D

D F E

C A

Down

Courtyard

The First Floor

Down

10 m

The Second Floor

A - Porch B - Parlour C - Corridor D - Toilet E - Chinese Food Kitchen F - Western Food Kitchen G - Stair Well H - Skylight

The Inner Facade of Building

I- Dining Room J - Book Gallery K - Study L - Bathroom M - Master Bedroom N - Wardrobe O - Second Bedroom

Two Kinds of Exterior Facades

Functions such as bedroom, parlour, dining-room, study are all around the yard and fully communicate with the yard through the platform and french windows. We have also designed two kinds of exterior facades, in order to enrich the feeling of the streets. Meanwhile the closure and simpleness of the facades , also highlights the importance of the door, in line with the importance to the door in Chinese traditional culture.

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