ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO FOR YUZHU CAI

YUZHU CAI. TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY. PRATT INSTITUTE.

PORTFOLIO ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN 2018-2022.

2018 7 Present XIAMEN HORDOR GROUP

Designer, Center for Research and Development

Xiamen, China

• Met and communicated with clients to discuss the design requirements for new projects ; provided potential clients with customized design recommendations and plans.

• Collaborated with other designers to create drawings, construction plans and blue prints.

• Responsible for the necessary measurements, dimensions, and other routine calculations for design layouts.

• Edited media release and newsletters; designed layouts of images, graphics, and videos.

2014.6 – 2014.8 TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY SUMMER CAMP Taichung, Taiwan Architecture Workshops – Team Leader

EXPERIENCES RECOGNITIONS

• Led the team to design games and small talks to engage college freshmen.

• Liaised with sponsors, the university’s Student Union, campus media, and other parties to plan and to deliver a 5-day interactive summer camp, which attracted more than 180 participants.

• Worked with other committee members to teach fundamental knowledge and skills of architecture; helped them to create an installation art work as a final presentation of the serial workshops.

2018 5 HKIA Cross Strait Architectural Design Awards 2019

• Worked in a team of 3; responsible for around 30% of the total workload.

• Core contributions include conducting preliminary research, creating sketches, and final stage digital rendering.

2017.2 The City and the Water’s Edge Competition, 2016-2017

Hosted by Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies Honorable Mention

• Worked in a team of 3; played a leadership role in the concept development and presentation design.

2016.3 Tunghai University Hong Wun Syong Graph-Making Contest

Second Place

• Worked in a team of 5

SKILLS

Vertical Landscapes - Flower For Water

The design represents the dynamic interplay between people, water, nature and architecture in a simple and clean way. Walking paths, plants, stairs, water pipes, and water circulation zones can all be seen.

Defining Blue Carbon

"Blue carbon, also known as 'blue carbon sink' or 'ocean carbon sink', refers to the processes, activities and mechanisms by which marine activities and marine organisms absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and Þx and store it in the marine ecosystem."2

"Seagrass beds, mangroves, and salt marshes are considered to be three important shoreline blue carbon ecosystems, and in 2009, the United Nations released a report recognizing the important role of the oceans in global climate change and carbon cycling processes."3 As a new term, "blue carbon" has been gradually recognized and taken seriously.

Wish

Flooding Govenors Island in 2070

Architecture Prototype

All the circulation returns to the island at the bottom. The top island is mainly used for the repeated purification of the sewage. As well as the screening of the effluent.The effluent is transported from the bottom is transported from the bottom island to the top island by pumps. The first step of purification is done through a pipe filled with activated carbon. Then it is transported to the only peak of the island. The effluent flows through a screened pond.

The surface of the ponds is also coated with oiled water purification material. Finally, the effluent falls into a pond with coccolithophores. In this pond, biological purification is carried out by means of coccolithophores. The activated carbon will fill the entire pipe that transports the effluent. The pipe containing activated carbon in the small size prototype unit is about 20 inches high. 0.5 liters of wastewater is circulated throughout the unit for purification.

The coccolithophores in the water geoscape will help clean up trace pollution elements in the water. Linked in the geoscape is the Arduino's water quality detector. The detector will display the turbidity level in the pool in the base of the device

The upper part of the landscape can store localized water samples that need to be tested. The water that has been purified from the ecological pond is sampled and sent to the interior of the device. The water quality detector will test the water quality again. Unacceptable water quality is sent back to the pump.

If the water quality meets the standard, the gate at the bottom of the passageway in the unit will be opened. Qualified water will be transported back to the bottom of the unit through the water pipe. For people or small animals to drink. The bottom of the device also has a gravity sensor. When the water is used to 50% will remind the user can refill water.

Exploded view Of Device operation Features and Components Section Of Device

Water Island Processing

The main building consists of six umbrella-shaped building blocks. Three of the main building blocks contain functions. They consist of a learning center, a purification museum, and a visitor's restaurant. The highest building is a museum where water purification and building operations are discussed. All visitors will first arrive at the museum to get a general overview of the building. Then they leave the museum and enter the ecosystem of the building group.

Visitors can reach the ecological parks of different heights from any of the main bodies by following the interconnecting paths. The visitor can see the first step of the ecological purification of wastewater by following the first ecological park after starting from the museum. Then they enter the Learning Center. The Learning Center houses books on the history of pollution in the Hudson River and Governor's Island's policies and attempts to deal with climate and sewage problems. The Learning Center has environmental volunteers who come to the center to give lectures of a scientific nature.

There is also a small ecological park outside the Learning Center. It is very close to the lecture hall of the Learning Center. People can see the process of sewage puriÞcation while giving lectures. One can understand more than before the importance of plants in the water puriÞcation process.

Rendering Of Waterland Island - By Vray and Photoshop

Jianning, China

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Jade of "Heaven and Earth"

ONXY, the company that commissioned this design, is a manufacturer and producer of jade art decorations. The company focuses on Eastern Confucianism and the company attempts to establish a jade-themed leisure resort villa community above the jade cultural park. We hope that we will incorporate the beautiful symbolism of jade into the design of the residence.

We adopted the philosophy of "Heaven and Earth" in Eastern thought, combining and reconfiguring the forms of the symbolic meaning with the perfect shape of jade accessories. A number of conceptual units were deduced. From each unit, the most economical and practical spatial prototype is sought.

Perspective of 3D model

Jian Ning - The ocean of Lotus, the home of Jade

Combined row type

Villas are arranged jointly between single units and single units. Villas on both sides of the road service. The disadvantage is that the reason area compresses the area of the building.

Stepped large garage type

Four households are enclosed into a combined courtyard and arranged on different levels of the terrace. Each upper level shares the same integral large garage.

Vertical Fishbone Type

The layout of the courtyard on the platform is staggered at different elevations in the section, serving the entrance at different elevations while regulating the light and privacy of each household in the courtyard.

Rendering of Household

PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR

PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR

PLAN OF THIRD FLOOR

Heavenly pool and Jade sea

The villa is composed with the symbolic meaning of Jade River and Jade Cave. The villa is situated on staggered levels according to the height of the terrain. The villa is arranged at different heights to ensure privacy among the residents. At the same time, the staggered heights of the residences allow each resident to enjoy the beautiful views of the south and north sides without losing their views.

Rendering Of Spots in The Communite - By Lumino 10 and Photoshop

Of Ocean

Coastal Restoration

Protective levees , Plazas and Roads

A layer of berms forms a guardrail to protect the road. The clustered units form a sheltered plaza. Clusters near the sea are used to protect against waves.

Seafood Market , Steps and Church of the Sea

The stacked units travel two and three levels of enclosed space. The slope at the articulation of the components is treated as a slope where people can walk up. The various spaces form markets and bazaars in terms of scale and usage habits. The higher and more complete spaces become churches facing the sea.

Poetry of the Golden Lake

Jinhu, a small village near the sea located in Yunlin County, Taiwan. This village mainly lives by Þshing. ProÞts from the ocean. But at the same time, because of the low-lying terrain, it is also affected by ßoods and tsunamis all year round. The village of Jinhu often suffers from property damage due to high water levels. Flooding is a big problem that the village of Kanako has to face.

Prototype From Wave Block

The combination of units composed of different parts of the unit can travel different functions. The angle composition after dealing with wave impact can be imitated at the foundation of the coast. The light contact method will not cause unnecessary burden to the coastal sand while the force is applied. At the same time, the impact of the waves can be weakened in a targeted manner. It can be a defense line for the coastline. The support structure in the opposite direction of the treatment angle allows for a tighter connection between the units under the interaction force of the waves.

The building is made stronger by the force of the waves. The special angles of the units can enclose spaces that, when assembled, can form corridors, passages, and even larger gathering spaces. These spaces can be connected to each other through the articulation of the units. People can reach different heights to use the space. The space can be used in a variety of ways while dealing with ßooding.

Prototype From Wave Block

Start the prototype with the design concept of wave elimination block. The wave elimination blocks themselves are designed to be expendable, and placing them purely will cause marine litter and deeper damage to the fragile geology of the coast itself due to gravitational pressure. This could lead to sinking of the ground, resulting in more severe ßooding.

The aim of the design is to extract the advantages of the wave elimination blocks and put them into the stylistic design of the building. To make the shape of the building functional. To make the parts of the building can cope with the impact of sea water and slow down the rise of water level during high water period.

Church's Sections

The section can be seen in the space connected above and below. The action of the unit with seawater. The correlation between water and land.

Fish

market

Rendering Of Fish Market

You can see that the enclosed space can be arranged at different heights for different activities. And the activities can be smoothly connected with the road.

Rendering Of Fish Market By Photoshop and Rhino

About Urban Stress

We have taken occupational stress, which consists of work or work directly related. We summarize the time and space where stress may be triggered by an overlay of events and elements of factors directly related to work.

Work overload, change of production position, time pressure, machine pressure on labor force, fatigue work, irregular working hours, shift work, work speed determined by the machine, long distances to work, poor working environment, etc. are some of the factors that can trigger stress. Poor working environment, etc. are the most important stressors in the daily life of workers.

Stress

Response

and Urban Space

In the face of the suffocating urban life, architectural design is not only creating "places", but also Þghting against the oppressive life. What other forms can be used to Þght against the oppressive life?

Is it to create a park or a city park, a stadium Or to build a mental sanatorium to imprison people?

If modern life takes 7 days as a cycle Can architectural thinking create an [experience] or a journey in it

Let us deviate from the normal track and release our stress in an amazing journey

[Prototype of Fulong] 1:200 Plan

[Prototype of Fulong] Perspective

Stress Response and Urban Space

Stress arises from the rigidity of life, especially in highly developed cities, where the fast pace of life and Þerce competition for resources lead to a proliferation of stressful groups in such cities.

Stress Response and Urban Space

analyze the spatial situations that a working person experiences in a day, with three categories: action, environment, schedule, and spirituality. try to analyze the perceptions of urban stressors on the experienced space by three categories.

Prototype of Fulong ] 1:200 Section

[ Prototype of Fulong ] Perspective

About Stress Relief

According to Foucault's "The Civilization of Madness", during the Renaissance, madness and rationality were equal in opposition to each other. The cultural approach to irrationality was to banish

[ Prototype of Jinlun ] 1:200 Plan

Prototype of Jinlun ] Perspective

About Stress Relief

We are coming to think of stress as a pathology, but it has not yet been deÞned as such in medical terms.We understand stress as a continuous process of counting stress from life, from space, from everyday life. Then addressing the source of stress in a speciÞc way is only a therapeutic approach. Each person's troubles and stresses are speciÞc, but the stimulation of the senses and perceptions are common

For example, relaxing hot springs, beautiful ßowers, celebrating festivals

[ Prototype of Jinlun 1:200 Section Prototype of Jinlun ] Perspective

[ Prototype of Jinlun ] 1:200 Plan

Prototype

] Perspective

Crazy Indulgent Travel

We want to have a dream, but we need to wake up in the end. We will leave our daily life and eventually return to it.

Taiwan's railway line circles the island, and the starting point is the end of the journey. On the train we don't need to worry about being lost on the journey. We are also assured that we can return to our original trajectory.

of Jinlun

Crazy Indulgent Travel

The train brought us back to the state of dialogue with ourselvesThe train speeds through the city, passing by everything before it gets close to the platform

The same is true of our contact with peopleThe desire for clear scenery constantly conÞrms the contours of ourselves

At the same time, we need to make reasonable cuts to give up the space for dialogue with ourselves

of Linnei Perspective

Crazy Indulgent Travel

There is no purpose or answer at the stopping point. It is not a response or an end point It is more like an irrelevant fable or story. In which we take a temporary break from the usual worries When the story is over, we turn around and leave

Rendering of Experience Space - By Vray and Photoshop

Dancing Kite Marathon Service Point

The design was the subject of a tender competition by the Xiamen Municipal Government. The building is a service point midway through the marathon. The concept of the design takes the intention of a kite. The design is innovative and provides enough space for resting and serving the athletes. was responsible for the design, model refinement, model rendering and drawing. I also participated in the presentation to the government.

Cloud's Ring - Marathon finish sports center

Xiamen, China Architecture & Engineering design group Co Work project Rhino 6 + Lumion 10 + Photoshop + Autocad

The design was the subject of a tender competition by the Xiamen Municipal Government. The building is a service point and race center at the end of the marathon. The concept of the design takes the ocean elements of Minnan and the intentional drawing of the sea of clouds. We wish the athletes participating in the marathon to go forward like clouds and sea water. In this project, I was responsible for the design of the architectural form, model refinement, report text production and model rendering.

- Fuzhou Cultural

The design is a competition project of Fuzhou City Government. The target building content is a library and a multi-arts exhibition center. It is located in the newly built landmark ecological park in Fuzhou City. The design is inspired by the symbol of ribbon and infinity. It symbolizes that Chinese art and culture will be passed on indefinitely. am mainly responsible for rendering and model refinement in this project.

Xiamen Second Foreign Language High School

The design was a bid for a new school by the Xiamen Municipal Government. The school is an elementary school and middle school in the same campus. Each grade level requires 5-10 classes. I am mainly in charge of model refinement, rendering and floor plan drawing for this project.

Xiamen Haicang Affiliated Kindergarten

Xiamen, China Architecture & Engineering design group Co Work project Revit + Swell energy-saving computing + Autocad

The design is for a kindergarten in a residential area. We need to help the designer to draw the construction and approval drawings of the building through Revit while obtaining the building model. In this project, I was responsible for the building elevation and building section in Revit. The first floor plan of the building and the energy saving calculation of the whole building.

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Canaan Hospice Center

Canaan, China Architecture & Engineering design group Co Work project

Rhino 6 + Enscape + Photoshop + Autocad

The building is a leisure space for a senior citizen's retirement center located in Canaan City. The institution wanted to design a semi-outdoor activity space for the nursing home. We designed a semi-outdoor activity center of mixed steel and wood structure for the home. The interior supports fitness, yoga, and lecture functions. For this project, I was mainly responsible for model building and drawing, as well as text production and approval.

Zhongshan Road building façade renovation

Xiamen,

This is an old building renovation project on Zhongshan Road, an old street in Xiamen. The government decided not to demolish the original building in order to protect the appearance of the old building. Our responsibility is to restore the structure and façade of the old building. In this project, was mainly responsible for the drawing of the floor plan and the modeling of the restored façade.

LUJING Kindergarten building renovation

Jianning, China Architecture & Engineering design group Co Work project Revit + Autocad

This is the renovation project of the old tobacco factory in Xiamen. The factory owner commissioned us to renovate the building into a kindergarten that can accommodate 12 classes. The building also needed to be reinforced. The factory is in the middle of an old residential area. The conversion into a kindergarten needed to be made safe according to new building codes. For this project was responsible for the design of the kindergarten and the drawing of the reinforcement points.