Portfolio 2021
Zhou Yiwen March of Architecture,University of Hong Kong Job Application
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CV ZHOU YIWEN +86 15969505003 (Mainland) +852 64314400 (Hong Kong) zhouyiwenmail@gmail.com Room A, Front Portion, 8/F, Des Voeux Road West, CWD, Hong Kong, China
01 Playing Under the Flyover Synergy of Lightweight and Massive Structure
02 Unchained Theatre Responsive Structure, Historic Building Renovation
03 Mount Everest Inn Habitation in Extreme Environment 04 Arch Transformation High Rise Structure Design
05 Openness Collective Housing for Low Income
06 The Green Path Comprehensive Building Design
07 Rotation A Test of Motion of Object
08 Professional Experience 09 Other Works 10 Drawing, Photography and Crafts
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong Master of Architecture
Sept.2019-Jun.2021
The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong Bachelor of Social Science, Architectural studies Minor: Biomedical Engineering;
Sept.2012-Jun.2018
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS University of Westminster | London Term Exchange Program Area of Study: Architecture and Built Environment
Jan.2017-Jun.2017
The Harvard Graduate School of Design | Massachusetts Career Discovery Program
Jun.2016-Jul.2016
Peking University | Beijing Globex Program: Studied and analysed current research about bioinformatics
Jun.2015-Jul.2015
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Intern Architect, the Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University|Beijing Participated in the preliminary design of the National Botanical Museum; Mainly responsible for plan drawing, form finding of the roof of Tropical greenhouse; Assisted structure team with modelling and form finding of flowering column, etc.
Jun.2020-Sept.2020
Co-Founder, Kunming Mingsi Education Co., Ltd. | Kunming
Mar. 2019
Designed an online course for teenagers to prevent sexual abuse; Established a non-profit organization activity for the prevention of sexual abuse; Responsible for the operation pattern and daily management, etc. Intern Architect, Atelier FCJZ (founded by Yung-Ho Chang) | Beijing
July 2018-Nov 2018
Engaged in the scheme development of Liangzhu Campus project of China Academy of Art; Participated in extended preliminary design, modelling, rendering and cad drawings; Raised a proposal for landscape design for the Business Zone in north campus, referred to an ancient Chinese painting manual, the Mustard Seed Garden, etc. Curator Assistant, La Biennale di Venezia Exhibition | Venice
Feb 2018-June 2018
Participated in the conceptual design of a grass tower for Hong Kong Pavilion and made it with a Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Edward NG; Assisted to design the structure and the unit of the tower; figured out the problem of even irrigation of grasses that on different floors; Made a presentation to curators’ team of Hong Kong Pavilion; Coordinated exhibition affairs with the team, etc. Intern Architect, Woods Bagot | Hong Kong
July 2016-Aug 2016
Worked in a team on master planning with a duty on documentation; Enhanced professional skills in research of urban planning and design, etc. Intern Engineer, Prince of Wales Hospital | Hong Kong Practiced advanced equipment and designed circuit for Electrocardiography (ECG) successfully.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Languages: Mandarin (Native), English (Fluent-spoken and written), Cantonese(Basic-spoken and Listening). Professional Skills: Rhinoceros, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Sketch-up, ArchiCAD, Vray, MS Office software.
Aug 2014
01 Playing Under the Flyover Synergy of Lightweight and Massive Structure Instructor: Eike Schling Individual work HKU March Thesis work Spring 2021
Space under the flyover is a kind of urban void neglected by people. It has adaptability and potential to develop public space in the dense city. The underneath space has nice overhead shelter and barrier free. As a thermal mass, the flyover blocks and absorbs the heat. There have been many projects dealing with these spaces. But most of them are permanent structures. Occupied and block the space. This thesis aims to aims to study synergy of lightweight and massive structure and to find a feasible solution to use sustainable lightweight structure to create public space under the flyover. Tensegrity structure and membrane structure are studied to realize the dialogue between lightweight structure and existing flyover structure. Tensegrity is based on a system that the compressed members will not touch each other, while the prestressed tensioned members define the system spatially. Membrane structure is tested to divide space. Models shows the basic principles, iteration and prototype. The final design is a flying landscape with the activities relate to movie. It serves as a public space for gathering and for fun. And it is trying to provide a different way to experience the urban space and turn the ignored space into alive. In the future, it may suggest program like cinema, play ground or art festival.
Structure Analysis of Flyover The cast of beam has two methods: on-site and pre-cast. In order to reduce the weight of bridge, the inside of the beam is hollow. The bridge is supported by two pillars, which do not come into direct contact with the bridge and require cushioning components to cope with the vibration caused by the moving cars. Some flyovers has noise barrier.
Case Study Fly the Flyover Surface treatment and introduced public infrastructure infilling. The “Fly the Flyover Operation” is an important place-making strategy in the Energizing Kowloon East initiative. The Operation aims to utilize unused spaces beneath Kwun Tong Bypass for creative, arts and cultural uses. This project shows the cover of top is not a problem. In the case of insufficient light, the renovation of the environment under the bridge is very important. Paint is used to improve the environment under the bridge.
The Hong Kong Federation of Women T.S. Kwok Service Centre / Barrie Ho Isolated from external environment for Specific function. Canal Road runs through the busiest sections of Causeway Bay, where the space underneath is dim. The project treated the situation by using a lot of glass to create visual transparency. Taking the impact of building mass on surroundings into consideration, the building stops 2 meters away from the bottom of flyover for fresh air passing though. And in order to minimize the impact on structure of flyover, the building has a 1.5m step back wherever there is a pier.
Under the viaduct of Sokanda in Chiyoda distriction, Japan Introduce commercial complex. The three-storey electrical appliance store under the 30,000-meter railway elevated has a wide area separated by arches forming an arcade. The strategy makes good use of space, but also accumulates commercial atmosphere, it can also solve the problem of insufficient commercial stores. It is worth mentioning that it also reduces the damage to the urban landscape by the elevated high way.
Mapping of flyover in Hong Kong Site specifics, like the sloping field, flourishing trees on the north of the site, a cliff in the south, even the view from Shao Kei Wan, are perceived. My initial reaction is to avoid turning the project into a block that isolates the flat field beside the cliff,as the field was almost abandoned. In my view, it is crucial to evoke the publicity of this site.
Microclimate study Although a lot of flyover cross though Hong Kong, not all of underneath space is fit for additional structures. It is necessary to set a criteria for the situation that the additional structure can be apply to. There is a published essay about microclimate under the flyover in deep street canyon in 2018. The researchers found that when flyover elevated higher than half of the side buildings, and the width is less than half of the street, then air flow and pollution concentration underneath will not have obvious difference with the situation when there is no flyover. Therefore, this thesis intends to discuss the way to turn the space under flyover into public utility and improve the spatial quality under this situation.
Site Selection: Flyover of hill road With nice shade and great ventilation, flyover of hill road is a good testing site according to the criteria above. And also the surrounding is a community lack of places for public interactions, with lots of residential and education facilities. During the YULAN Festival, there will be temporary bamboo stage for performance. Nearby elementary school will paint on the bridge piers every year for the children to participate in the beautification of the community. The old and kids love to ramble and gather under this flyover. Therefore, this design aims to generate a public space for entertainment under the flyover and provide a different way to experience the city space.
Tensegrity Structure
Structure Prototype
It based on a system that the compressed members will not touch each other, while the prestressed tensioned members define the system spatially. The tensegrity will be used to support the loading structure for people to walk and socialize. These are the models from basic principle, iteration to prototype.
After the general research and site selection, lightweight structures that can be used under the flyover are studied. In order to decrease the damage caused by vibration, the lightweight structure should has less touch surface with bridge as possible. So I look on tensegrity structure and tensile structure. These prototypes try to realize the dialogue between lightweight structure and existing flyover structure.
Form Generation
Membrane Structure Membrane structure is also studied for spacial division. It rely on double curvature to resist imposed loads efficiently. A classic Hyperbolic Paraboloid, any point on the membrane surface can be restrained by the corner points. The two high points pick up any downloads and the two low points resist the wind uplift.
The concept here is to create more layers for social activities happening, which rely on the existing solid structure as support. The different layers aims to provide new experience in urban contexts and to revive the urban void under the flyovers.
Longitudinal Section A-A
Movie Projection
The second layer is fully open made of iron web, creating some unexpected niches for people to sit and socialize.
The ground level still free for passing with membrane for movie projection. The wavy membrane forms gathering spaces.
Top View
Light Effect
The design intend to strength the social connection of the neighbourhood by providing a place with social function.
This design is trying to provide a different way to experience the urban space and turn the ignored space into alive.
Iron Web Layer The middle layer of tensile structure is made of iron web to support people to walk and seat on. The projection layer is pulled down to help stabilize the entire structure.
Cross Section B-B and Detail Sections
View of Entrance
The construction process only require basic and simple technique so the structure can be assembled and removed fast. It needs prefabrication of structural components, such as the beam head and membrane joints. Then is the onsite assemble.
The membrane at ground level forms a space of flow, so that people can walk and explore freely. The light effect in night can attract more people to the site.
02 Unchained Theatre Responsive Structure, Historic Building Renovation Instructor: Eike Schling Group work (with Zhang Houzhe) HKU March studio work Fall 2020
Located on the east side of Lantau, Pengchau increasingly attracts visitors who are interested in its historical village dating back from the Qing Dynasty. Kept aside from the last century’s urban expansion, Pengchau retains an authentic tradition of festivals, which is rare in today’s modem metropolis of Hong Kong. However, when culture is packaged to be ‘consumed’ by a mass of visitors, the fragile local ecosystem and the cultural tradition is at threat of being eradicated. Starting from the research on Pengchau from the aspect of both natural, culture, crafts and structure, this project intends to prepare Peng chau for future growth while creating an opportunity to strengthen its identity and cultural heritage. The abandoned Pengchua cinema is our chosen site for its unique and representative. Our strategy is to revive the cinema by using sustainable and lightweight structure to provide a entertainment place with new experience in old structure.
Background Research of Pengchau
Industrial Transition
Pengzhou is a small island with rich traditional culture. from our research , we find that Pengchau is facing transitions: industrial, cultural population and urban fabric transitions. Local people move out for work and study. New residents move into Pengchau for cheap rent. It seems that Pengchau is becoming a dormitory island where people only come back for night. And on the island, there are few places for entertainment, the only cinema is abandoned. Therefore, we would like to provide a place for entertainment in weekend. Residents do not have to go Hong Kong islands for fun.
The last century was the heyday of Pengchau‘s industry. There were more than 30 kinds of industries and more than 100 large and small factories, providing a lot of employment opportunities for residents of outlying islands and even Hong Kong Island. It is a unique industrial island in Hong Kong. With the decline of industry, Pengchau lost its pillar industry.
Population Transition After 1960, Pengchau has maintained the traditional market sales model, and a new market was completed in 1999. As Pengchau has maintained a low-urbanization development, in recent years, more and more residents have moved to other districts to work and go to school. The traditional market economy is facing challenges, and even vacant shops have appeared.
Cultural Transition Some local residents believe that the arrival of more new talents is the development of Pengchau. However, many older local residents believe that the new residents do not understand Pengchau’s history and do not observe the local culture. Many foreigners and Hong Kong people choose to settle in Pengchau. Cheaper rents and The beautiful natural environment has become the main reason for new residents to come here.
Design Strategy
Concept Model
Form Generation
Testing Model
This concept model shows the idea of material. this soft membrane can be pull up and down to create space and also could be used for movie projection.
This model show our idea to deal with interior space. We generate pocket spaces for different activities and connect different height of the building.
This model is the first attempt to test the flexibility of membrane and the quality of light and space on 1:100 scale.
Layer 1
Revitalize abandoned cinemas and rooftops Parts of the cinema is occupied by residential and community. The 500seat cinema is abandoned. Therefore, our proposal is to combine the use of existing cinema and rooftop and bring the sunlight into interior space.
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Floor Supporting Tests The abandoned Pengchua cinema is chosen as our site. It is close to residential area and surrounding is a crowded neighbourhood. The reason it is out of use is that it has only a large movie hall with 500 seats. There is not enough audience so the income cannot cover the cost. and according to the land lease, this building has to serve for entertainment. Our strategy is not to demolish the original building, but to treat it as structure frame and use sustainable and lightweight structure to divide the large hall into smaller spaces and bring more different entertainment activities related to movie.
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Create new struture in existing
Pulling to create continuous pocket spaces
The internal space is too large to be used as one single cinema, so we divided the cinema into smaller laryers. The existing structure is the boundary and support of tensile structrue.
The tensile strcture is pilled up to connect another membrane and down to create pocket spaces for different entertainment activities. Sunlight will be diffused by soft material and introduced to lower interior space by conic shapes.
Ground Floor Plan +0m
Entrance The existing floor slab is cut to let the membrane go through and introduce the sunlight to the ground floor.
First Floor Plan (Transformation) +5.8m
Public Area - Movie Night The circular structures are pulled to free the hall to contain more people to stay.
Second Floor Plan
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Movie Pocket The biggest interior cinema on the second floor. People can go up from the spin stairs and up to roof top from the hang stairs.
Roof Plan
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Rooftop Bar A bar on the roof under the lightweight membrane structure, which provide a great view to the ocean during day and night.
Responsive Structure This tensile structure is designed to respond to different functions and situations. The membrane is pulled to generate pocket space to contain different entertainment activity. When holding events with large numbers of people, the structure can be pulled up, freeing up space.
First Floor Plan (Normal Status) +5.8m
View from Playground
1- Circular Screen Cinema Pocket 2- VR Experience Pocket 3- Opera Movie Pocket 4- Trampoline Movie Pocket 5- Relax Movie Pocket 6- Information Counter 7- Coffee and tea 8- Toliet
The existing wall are cut to provide a big outdoor screen for the play ground and send a sign to local people that the abandanded cinema is realive.
Longitudinal Section A-A
03 Mount Everest Inn Habitation in Extreme Environment Instructor: Spela Videcnic / Jose Navarrete/ Rok Oman Group work(with Zhang Xiaopei) HKU March studio work Spring 2020
What we are interested in this project is how to serve terrain, vernacular culture, building traditions and even extreme sports activities as references for designing a comfortable human habitation that are holisticallysustainable within extreme climatic conditions. Among several extremely cold weather sites, we are attracted by the northern part of the Himalayas as the preparatory area for reaching the summit of mount Everest. In addition, what are the influences that rare species and mysterious religious practices bringing to architecture and living custom caught our eyes. We expect our design could accommodate more functions to improve living condition of local residents and provide convenience and a new form of building for climbers, tourists and strengthen the communication and interaction with the local groups.
Mount Everest
Concept of Living Prototype We start from the prototype to meet the maximum capacity of the minimum space. There are many different angles of the slopes on the site, we believe hexagon-shape with two right angles can be stable and have the potential to aggregate properly. And each prototype can maximum accommodate 4 people. Prototype Unit Design
Adapt to slope topography
Topography We can tell that the different size of orange spots are the local villages that sitting along the highway. There are two famous temples near to the base camp, where the local residents and pilgrims always gathered around . So we decided to set our site between these temples and along the highway to bring the convenience and incorporate with the local community.
Steep and Gentle Slope
Along mount Everest Road
Steep and Gentle Slope
Along mount Everest Road
Concepts of Aggregations
Local Community Aggregation
Then the next step is how the hexagon-shape could assemble to fit different site conditions. Each prototype was developed horizontally and vertically by rotating and interlocking to adapt to different angles of rising slope. The crossing pocket area are the interior key area for celebrating, communicating and gathering So we create 2 typical types of aggregations to satisfy variety of programs. Each aggregation contains public restrooms, shared sleeping, dining and kitchen area. We also offer individual local family rooms to live together with climbers and tourists and allow them to run the whole hostel.
Public Service This is the first aggregation test with the concept of compact living on the slope topography. It also consider to generate courtyard for local trandition and interior public space for social activities.
Hostel (White) + Local Residential (Red) This aggregation takes the need of local people and tourists together. The part of local is more private than the part of tourists.
Public (White) + Hostel (Red) This protopye only for local people, considering thier living habit as a group and sharing of public facilities, such as kitchen.
Climber Hotel Aggregation
Local Community Aggregation
Day Render in Fall Climber Hotel Aggregation
Night Render
Development of Aggregation
Study from Local Aggregation The observation of local community turned out that there are four types of aggregation groups. All of them have the feature of compact living and enclosed, which are used in our proposal.
We chose to create this kind of prototype and aggregations, First of all, is for adapting to the rising terrain. Secondly, After twisting and staggered each prototypes, it formed a relatively dynamic and funny space experience along the slope. The U-shaped space will not only provide a concentrated outdoor activity area, but also enable people who experience the building to view the mountain area from multiple angles. On the one hand, we should integrate the building to the vernacular environment and respond to the local cultural functions. On the other hand, We hope our design could provide a new form and new possibilities for the local convenience and outsiders.
Master Plan
04 Arch Transformation High Rise Structure Design Instructor: Ulrich Kirchhoff Individual work HKU March studio work Fall 2019
Arch is an efficient structure for transmitting uniform loads by axial compression and spanning large distance to liberate the ground level for public use. But arch is hardly used on high rising structure for its weakness of transferring dynamic loading vertically. The project starts from the study of the principle of arch and aims to make use of the weakness of arch to find a possible solution to enforce the stability of arch under the situation that it transfers unequal loads with geometric continuity out of plane. Observing the crashed deformation from testing and reinforcing the structure is the basic method in this design. Finally, the stalking modular will be applied to a 200-meter height tower as main supporting structure. At the same time, the aesthetics of arch structure cooperate with the layout of interior programs to provide a unique spatial experience for users.
Principle of Arch By observing the behaviour of single arch, it turns out that arch has largest potential of stability, when uniform loads pass through it without interrupting the in-plane geometric continuity. If uneven force is applied on arch, it start to deform out of plane, and then easy to crash.
Point Loading Tests Two groups of arches connection, interlocked (up) and touched (down), are tested here to find a plausible method to enhance the strength of arches when suffering point loading on the top.
Floor Supporting Tests
Stalking Tests
These tests try to observe the uniform- load transmitting behaviour of multiple arches, preparing for the study of vertical stalking modular.
Stacking arch modular is the final idea for purpose of high-rise, to transfer lateral and vertical load down to ground. When the modular starts to stalk, proper lateral balance and vertical load path are both important for the stability of whole structure.
High Rising Structure Arches will carry loads from the top of parabolic shape. Since the gravity decrease when the building goes upward, the arches become more shallow and thinner in the aspect of structure redundancy. The tower has multi-function including commercial (bottom),office (middle) and hotel (top).whole structure.
Modular Structure Facade of high-rising has the function to carry lateral loadings, such as wind and earthquake, and pass loadings to main arch structure via horizontal floor plates.
Detailed Section
05 Openness Collective Housing for Low Income Instructor: T.C. YUET Individual work CUHK Studio Fall 2017
Behind the seemingly great process of urbanization are unlimited expansion of real estate and rapidly increasing of house price. The planning of big cities tends to be large areas, and residential buildings are all urban high-risings. At the urban edge of Taichung, a new planning city zone is occupied by luxury and high-rise residential. Residents spend a lot of money, but not get a better living quality. Instead, separated and isolated, people lost interaction with others, against to the traditional sharing lifestyle of Taiwan. Unlike modern residential trends to isolate residents with an only focus on privacy, this project aims to provide a feasible proposal to the new urban high level living. By creating layers and overlapping openings, this project tries to maximum spacial experience visually in the minimal space. Moreover, this project explores that the boundaries between private and public should be ambiguous and privacy should be taken on multi-layered, with the belief of “human is part of the community”.
General
Sink
This site is located at Taichung 7th Redevelopment Zone. The area is now developing as a municipal centre with lots of green spaces around. Circles of commercial and residential lands are developing nearby rapidly.
The whole site is sunken to underground, creating boundary but intimacy with surrounding pedestrians, creating boundary but intimacy with surrounding pedestrians.
Winter Solstice Equinox
Solar Radiation
Lift Lift up masses to liberate the ground and bring light into underground level. The Large open greenery has a dialogue to the opposite void space before the shopping malls. The whole site is released from huge building blocks to connect two sides.
Shift Shift one mass into four blocks to generate a penetrating void to increase the quality of lighting and ventilation of each residential tower and leave space for common area at each floor.
Site Respond and Massing These diagrams intend to illustrate form generation responds to the context including public access, landscape and solar radiation.
Exploded Axonometrics - Four-floor System The placement and layout of each unit varies on every four floors. The apartments are not separated by walls but rather by these patio gaps, creating a varied, porous atrium. Each apartment can use part of this space as living area or porch. The aim was to revive the concept of ‘community’ and to create a collective Taiwan lifestyle in which each individual part is not segregated from the group, and instead coexists in the community.
Criticism of Absolute Privacy The character of surrounding residential is large, expensive, isolated and closed, lack of concept of community. The precondition of this project is to criticize this enclosed living style and absolute boundary between privacy and public. By providing various common places, the building promotes the interaction and social activities in the community.
Figure and ground Diagram of Facade
Facade and openings
The articulated and varied distribution of openings gives a feelings as if the building is not a single volume, but as if it is part of the surrounding urban space and fragmented sets of light spots.
Multiple size of openings with irregular pattern partly hide private activities at the back. The arrangement of hide and open render a sense of layers and new understanding of openness.
+12.0m - Entrance Floor Plan
Sunken common Space
Two or three family as a group share one semi-public place and two opposite groups share one sunken common space. Between two shifted block, there are some common areas with the sight to city greenery views.
The sunken common area connects kitchens of different units and two sides living clusters, It can be used as extended living area. Flexible doors gives residents various options such as dining inside or outside on a particular day.
+15.0m - Public Multifunctional Platform Plan
Terrace and Stage
Each four floor as a community share a multifunctional platform for residents to have performances and social activities.
Private terraces have visual access to the public platform and the outside green belt. The residents could enjoy open life with different level of privacy.
Housing Typology In each unit, public programs - living room and kitchen- are placed to face exterior, increasing the possibility of interaction between residents, while private functions are located inside or at second floor. Overlapping of facade and interior windows creates sense of layers to expend visual experience horizontally.
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Programme
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Type A: Single housing for tenant Area: 20 sqm Household Accomodartion: 1 or 2
Type B: Couple could choose this type with a double-height terrace Area: 20 sqm Household Accomodartion: 2
Overlapping Openings
Type C: An economical place for graduate students or young artists Area: 18 sqm Household Accomodartion:1
Openings are carefully placed and overlapped , maximizing spatial experience in a minimal living unit and allowing residents to have vibrant privacy hided inside and gives them the opportunity to have connection with exterior in various directions.
Type D: Family housing designed for family with kids Area: 60 sqm Household Accomodartion: 3
Type E: three-bedroom housing for many generations living together Area 80 sqm Household Accomodartion: 5
Corner Terrace as Buffer Terrace of each room functions as a intermediate space between interior and exterior space, increasing the spacial qualities by means of bringing air and luminosity into the dwellings.
Sectional Perspective The relationship between private living and public sharing is clearly depicted in the section. A sixteen storey atrium acts as a connection between all dwellings. Sunken plaza creates a special moment for public utility. Slowly down to the underground to a romantic place with coffee and sunlight. During the weekend night, this place will become a night market, which is one of the most attractive things in Tai Chung.
06 The Green Path Comprehensive Building Design Instructor: ANDERSON, Brian Individual work CUHK studio work Spring 2018
Shau Kei Wan used to be a habitable waterfront area, where people had an intimate relationship between habitats and sea. Gentrification, however, erodes the traditional fishing community here, merely left few landmarks to remind us of the past glory of this harbor. Design intention is to provide public water leisure to liberate people from mental pressure, caused by the compact living environment, and from physical pressure. The massing merges into topography to respond the sloping site, therefore naturally forms large open area. Various kinds of water activities locate along with promenading circulations, penetrating through the building blocks, where swimmers and spectators obtain different water experiences. Lap pool, the largest volume, domains the whole site with other programs surrounding it to create one internal courtyard for swimmer and one triangular plaza for the public. The promenading path aims to connect to the empty area in front of cliff.
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Access to the Swimming Center The original landscape hides the building behind flourishing trees. When approaching the site, people can only see the luminescent semi-transparent roof floating above the trees top. The entrance are located at the end of the sidewalk with a cantilever to engage people to get in.
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Green Path to the Open Cliff Site specifics, like the sloping field, flourishing trees on the north of the site, a cliff in the south, even the view from Shao Kei Wan, are perceived. My initial reaction is to avoid turning the project into a block that isolates the flat field beside the cliff,as the field was almost abandoned. In my view, it is crucial to evoke the publicity of this site.
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Access to the open area against cliff
Connecting districts
Providing greenery and public space
This public facility building should be easy to walk through and function as a connector of adjacent communities and the cliff field.
The swimming center should serve as a connector, providing convenience for residents’ daily movement between two districts, and promote interaction between the communities.
Public space are insufficient around. Surrounded by all high-rising buildings, this design could provide public utility and greenery for residents.
Triangular Square The main building volume, diving pool and classroom enclose a triangular square, which is a open place for visitor to stop before entering the forest before cliff.
-3.5m Floor Plan Because of the height difference of the terrain, most of the functions are buried in the ground in whole or in part. And the ground part forms an internalized courtyard for swimmer to rest.
Children Pool Merged into the original landscape, the children pool has a boundary created by trees to eliminate the effects of sidewalk and bus station.
+0.0m Floor Plan
Diving Pool
Although diving pool is located a highest level , in order to avoid the sight to the ugly urban high-rise buildings, the diving pool sinks to underground.
Hiding in the forest, when people jumping from the diving platform, they can only see the blue sky. Spectators could go down a few steps from the triangular square and seat at the high level to enjoy the diving performance.
Exploded Isometrics The main volume plug into the topography to balance the loads and another separated structure supports the roof.
Plug into terrain
Turn to view of the Harbor
Form enclosed spaces
Connect to cliff field
To respond to the sloping topography, masses for different programs plug in to terrain.
Surrounded by crowded high-risings, the main volume turns to face a gap to obtain a view to Shao Kei Wan Bay.
Turn the children pool and diving pool to generate two large enclosed public area with the original landscape.
The promenading path penetrates the site and links all blocks together, guiding people to wander the landscape.
Gap View to Shao Kei Wan Harbor Walking on the grass on the roof, people can see the distant harbor through the gap between existing buildings.
Sectional Perspective - Rhythm and Void This longitudinal section intend to show the relationship of buildings and context.The buildings are built on the overall trend of the terrain. Alternate appearance of solid and void make people feel rhythm changes when walking.
Diving Pool
Triangular Square
Hanging Bridge
Children Pool
Facade - ETFE Cladding Effect Above the solid concrete volume is the semi-transparent ETFE cladding, supported by steel trusses. During night, interior light will illuminate the cladding, which could be seen in distance.
Detailed Section - Envelope
Lap Pool The light in the auditorium is dim while the lap pool is lit up by the diffused sky light, so spectators can see the swimmers clearly. The glass wall enables the swimmer could enjoy exterior beautiful landscape.
07 Rotation A Test of Motion of Object Instructor: John Kirsimag Individual work GSD Career Discovery Program Summer 2016
This project aims to observe a specific motion of an object to explore the relationship between time, movement and space and to use it as a concept to develop designs. The whole practice consists of three parts – drawing movement of an object, creating dynamic circulation for a room, and designing a library as collective space. Each step will include a deeper level of thinking, from time and movement to space and program. ‘Rotation’ as the keyword in this project, drawn from the movement of a pencil sharpener, becomes the method of generating space and circulation inside an ideal room, and further developes in a library design to explore a special reading experience, “reading while walking”.
PART I OBJECT| ANIMATE & INANIMATE
Movement of Pencil Sharpener In this Time-lapse photography, movement is conveyed through juxtaposition of single moments showing the dynamic object in different position.
Disassemble the Rotation Process
Rotation
Although the different elements of the pencil sharpener are rotating as a unified whole, they show different states.
Multiple non-continuous moments of the object is overlapped to indicate the state of continuous rotation. This drawing tries to collapse time and movement in to one dimension.
PART II ROOM| Circulation
Room and Circulation Element with one concave side rotates itself in a limited volume to generate the internal space. The vertical circulation is set inside the block, rotating up around center of the volume.
Light Effect These two sections shows the plentiful light experience when people walk along with the rotating stairs to the top. Light could directly reaches the bottom of the room or diffuse by the curved wall surface.
PART III Complex Design| Program
Library Center at George Street in Boston Walking is dynamic while reading is static. Based on the previous tests, this design intends to combine the rotating walking experience with the specific program of library to explore a new reading experience.
Entrance to Exhibition Horizontal directional extension space guide readers to walk forward. Contract of dark and bright area increases the depth and fun of the space.
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Section A-A Concave form generates a large exterior atrium for users to rest and guides readers to the upper floors. Light could get through the atrium to lit up entrance. Curved concrete wall will diffuse and reflect soft light to interior.
Open-shelf Area This space aims to emphasize the arc-shaped wall and the feeling of being wrapped when walking and sitting aside it. The steel grid introduces diffused light to lit up the reading area and form a blur light strip to guide people forward.
Section B-B Double or triple height spaces increase the quality of illumination and ventilation, and promote the activities between levels.
Internal Semi-open Bridge Semi-open bridge provides a moment of sky when cross the reading areas, where readers could have a break while feel tired of reading.
08 Professional Experience Live Tower La Biennale di Venezia Exhibition 2018, Hong Kong Pavilion Curator Asisstant for Prof. Edward,Ng Project Team: Luyao Xiang, Yiwen Zhou Individual Contribution: physical model 100%, all drawings and photos in this portfolio
The Alive Tower aimed to provide a potential house vision to connect the residents in a community tightly. Rather than just providing fresh air and greens, the Alive Tower existed more like a community, reflecting the mutual interactions. Eventually, we attempted to deliver the message “if you don’t design the city well, and look after it, then it will die” to the public.
08 Professional Experience Liangzhu Campus of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
National Botanical Museum, Kunming, China
Intern architect, 2018 Project Team: Atelier FCJZ, Beijing Individual Contribution: preliminary design; landscape design and 3D modelling, etc.
Internship architect, 2020 Project Team: Architectual Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University, Beijing Individual Contribution: preliminary design; plan drawing; form finding and 3D modelling, etc.
As the core concept of Liangzhu campus planning, “juxue” is intended to create a unity with a new relationship between living space and teaching space. The integration strategy is to transform the traditional centralized layout of campus living space into a free and decentralized layout, which spreads across the entire campus, and then transforms the vertical centralized teaching space of the traditional campus into a horizontally continuous workshop as a whole, which gather scattered living spaces.
The National Botanical Museum adopts a wooden structure with a parametric skin. The museum has both an exhibition hall and a greenhouse. Different functional spaces have relatively independent requirements and need to be connected. The design combines complex functions to form a unified image. The pattern of the wooden roof is like freely extending leaf veins or petal veins. The gradual change from opaque to transparent not only reflects the requirements of internal use functions, but also makes the building seem like a natural and flexible life body.
09 Other Works City Above Pedestrain Bridge Collective Housing for Low Income First Prize Studio Competition Fall 2017 Instructor: T.C. YUET Group Work (with Lam Ho Yu, Sung Pak Him, Tang Pak To) Individual Contribution: Concept 60%, Physical model 100%. All drawings in this portfolio.
As Hong Kong faces the challenge of housing shortage, particularly for those young adults starting up, our design is to explore the boundaries and paradigms of collective housing and to consider the relationship between a basic housing program, the needs of youths today and the high-density housing policy. This project aims to find urban remnant for possible colletive living, providing a feasible solution to this problem. Quan Wan, located at southwest of Hong Kong, where pedestrian bridges link commercial and residential buildings, and cover large area merely for circulation. This project tries to find an approach in which low income earners could take the advantage of the space above. Our design transfer bridges to be a utopian and lift-up mini-city. Truss structure keeps the residents away from transportation, and absorb noise by planting greenery.
Pedestrian Bridges System in Quan Wan
Physical Model
Sectional Perspective
Plan for Typical Connection Point
Walking on Top of Pedestrian Bridge
Overview of the City above Pedestrain Bridge
09 Other Works Oneday House Stasis and Movement of the Body Instructor: Le Luo Group work (with Chen Tuo) Summer 2017
“The Functional, The Durational, and The Architectural” borrow from Sigfried Giedion’s words “Space, Time, and Architecture”. The replacement of vocabulary attempts to discuss the temporal and spatial relationship with architecture without placing time behind or under space. Starting from the various functional synergistic needs triggered by an individual (the body) itself, the architecture or architectural space is no longer treated as a context as an independent or apathetic existence, but actively seek to establish a context in which time and space are more closely linked. This project aims to design a holiday house for an imaged couple to fit their needs and reflect their essential characteristics in architectural language. After living together for thirty years, the man slows his rushing steps on his career, not seeking quick success anymore. His crusty and stiff become patient and flexible. After being “trained” by her son and daughter, the lady becomes sensible and is not capricious like before. Though time has “cleaned” their characteristics, object to escape from the chaotic world has never been erased from their mind. Further, they also get a new object for their new home, escapism of common life; they are seeking to balance the relation between their individual and shared time-space.
+10.0m Plan
+1.5m Plan
09 Other Works Case Study I
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe by Peter Eisenman | Synchrony and Diachrony
Case Study II
Slow House by Diller+Scofidio| Indexicality for Escapism
This analysis will argue that the Slow House designed by Diller+Scofidio indexed the theme of escapism, which defined by OED(Oxford English Dictionary) as “the tendency to seek, or the practice of seeking, distracting from what normally has to be endured.” ; their design illustrated the escape of “docile body” from the manipulated world. From the plan, there is tendency of the outer wall escaping from the inner wall; if we regard two curvy walls as the parts of two circles, one circle is leaving from the other. This tendency of escape was also revealed from Diller’s drawings and models that the outer wall is doing centrifugal movement and the two curvy walls’ centroids have been separated. Moreover, the first floor is private area with tons of inner walls and a long narrow curvy lane, giving the jail-like feeling, whereas the second floor only has a narrow ascent from the door towards gradually open area without many limits. The obvious contrast for the design of room dividers for the first and the second floor also shows the tendency of escaping since the inner wall leads people to the bedrooms and the outer wall leads people to not only the second floor but also a door and a stairs towards the ocean.
The circle of the inner wall is controlled by the centripetal force from the “being-faster” world. The world now is like a infinite vortex absorbing more people into it. It seems that everything being faster or being so-called “efficient “ in the vortex is the social progress leading people to the correctness. But what is the correctness in the centroid of the vortex? The outer wall is like a outlier, losing the centripetal acceleration and gradually slow down and leaving the vortex. However, can the circle of the outer wall really escape from the other circle? Can the residents really escape from the house?
Seen & Unseen | Chiostro del Bramante
10 Drawing, Photography and Crafts
Timothée Chalamet, Digital Drawing
Boy of Iris, Digital Drawing
10 Drawing, Photography and Crafts
Photography, Exeter Library, 2016, New Hampshire
An Ornamental Lamp
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