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S I C H E N G
146 Ivy Drive, Apt 8, Charlottesville, VA TEL: 434-327-0366 E-mail: scheng.zhou@gmail.com
E D U C AT I O N Bachelor of Design, 2010-2015 the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University Master of Architecture, 2016-2018 School of Architecture, University of Virginia
AWARDS
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VOLUNTEER
2012 Global Studio Collaborative Project led by Global Studio National “Green Campus“ Concept Design Contest for College Students 2013 Idea-King Competition led by International Landscape Design IndustryAssociation National Hummingbird Photograph Competition Tongji University Academic Scholarship Volunteer in “Spread Love 2: Free lunch” charity gala
gold first prize second prize first class
TEL: 434-327-0366 E-mail: scheng.zhou@gmail.com Date of Birth: January 19th, 1992
E D U C AT I O N Degree: Bachelor of Design the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, 2010-2015 Master of Architecture, 2016-2018 School of Architecture, University of Virginia
AWARDS
&
VOLUNTEER
2012 Global Studio Collaborative Project led by Global Studio National “Green Campus“ Concept Design Contest for College Students gold 2013 Idea-King Competition led by International Landscape Design IndustryAssociation first prize National Hummingbird Photograph Competition second prize Tongji University Academic Scholarship first class Volunteer in “Spread Love 2: Free lunch” charity gala Volunteer in China Three Gorges Museum, Chongqing 2014 Outstanding Volunteer in Green Campus Group of National Green Architecture Committee 2015 Tongji University Academic Scholarship second class Tongji University Enterprise Scholarship Excellent Graduate Thesis Design 2016-2017 Selected as a top student in 2016 fall, 2017 spring, 2017 fall studio Works have been targeted as excellent designs and included in the school publication.
INTERNSHIP
EXPERIENCE
2015/7-9 Natural-build Studio Supervisor: Yiqi Su, Yanfei Shui, Yuanrong Ma participate in Zhangjiang hi-tech Co-working space design( take responsibility for parking lot plan/ model/ 3D rendering/ facade design) 2016/3-5 AS.Architecture-Studio (Shanghai) Supervisor: René-Henri Arnaud participate in Qingdao licang District urban planning competition( Powerpoint/ portfolio editing/ modelings/ drawings) and Baotou Cultural Center( model/ diagram drawings/ plan drawings) 2017/6-8 KATERRA(Seattle) Supervisor: Craig Curtis, FAIA
participate in Spokane Valley CLT Factory project (plan/diagram/rendering/scheme) with Sarah Smith and KA3 housing prototype design project (Revit model/rendering/drawing/scheme)
2018/1
Bjarke Ingels Group (New York) Supervisor: Jason Wu participate in Google headquarter (San Jose) Project (massing model, site model, digital modeling)
2018/5-8 NBBJ (San Francisco) Supervisor: Stephen Peakes participate in Sun Yat-sen Cancer center renewal( digital model, rendering, schematic design), Inthemountain Primary Children's Hospital(diagram, rendering, schematic design), Inthemountain Healthcare Kem Gardner Transformation Center(diagram)
S K I L LS AutoCAD, Rhino + Vray, 3ds Max + Vray , Sketch up, Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign, Lightroom, Maxwell, Grasshopper, Revit Architecture, Hand-Modeling, Hand-Drawing, graphic design, photography
COVER S TORY
THE EDGE
Having been trained as an architect for years in school, I am finally about to start my career in the professional world. As I constantly input time and energy to the discipline, I realize that, in my mind, the word “architecture” has a much broader definition than it used to have several years ago. Now, it is understood as the containers accommodating the flows of economic and social actions, in a larger urban sphere. Instead of saying that I am designing a building, I would rather say that I am creating an environment which acts as a part of the city. The edge that defines the container is more than a wall or facade. it becomes crucial and complicated. Just like the film transition between scenes, the edge decides how the “story” is presented. It’s a story between people living inside and outside, between the private and the public, between the capital and the city. When designing Field/21, I tried to use the porosity of the edge to create a boundless space, featuring the maximization of spatial flexibility. Through Urban Roots, Maker Park and Continuous City, I experiment with the edge to define what we call public in specific urban condition. The flows of economic and social actions are optimized precisely for public needs. In the Industrial Relinking, the edges between the industrial site and nature are totally blurred to create a beneficial edge effect for the revitalization of a rust-belt city.
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FIELD/21
R e s e a r c h C e n t e r, C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e
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URBAN ROOTS
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M A K E R PA R K
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Metro Station urban complex Design, Beijing
M a k e r S p a c e C o m p l e x b l o c k , N e w Yo r k
INDUSTRIAL RELINKING
I n d u s t r i a l b a y f r o n t l a n d s c a p e r e n o v a t i o n & u r b a n s t r a t e g y, E r i e
CONTINOUS CITY
Urban infrastructure network design, Sao Paulo
A M A L G A M AT I O N O F L I F E A m a l g a m a t e d D w e l l i n g C o m p l e x , Ta i p e i
LHASA
Underground Religious Complex, Tibet
OTHER WORKS
S t u d i o Wo r k , P r o f e s s i o n a l Wo r k , p h o t o g r a p h y, s k e t c h , C G
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PROJECT 1 COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO
SOUTH ENTRANCE PERSPECTIVE
F I E L D / 2 1 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE
The field is a terminology to define a space with openness or ambiguous boundary. Architecture could be a public field for social activities, individual or collective identities and relationship. According to Stan Allen, a field condition would be any formal pr spatial matrix capable of unifying diverse elements while respecting the identity of each. It is loosely bounded by porosity and local interconnection physically and socially. Field/21 is the next generation of the research center based in the University of Virginia. It features a new prototype which allows researchers to occupy places in a flexible way and bring in whatever resources they want from the rest of campus. Field/21is a platform where great ideas and knowledge are shared without separation between different schools. simultaneously, it is also a student center for diverse activities and university-wide networking. It provides the maximum access for all students and connects the rest of the campus. Just as its round shape among all the other signature neoclassical buildings suggests, the center is a new icon trying to redefine the new identities of UVA and our collective memory in the next several decades.
individual work graduate school comprehensive Studio, Spring 2018 Instructed by Luis Pancorbo Revit, Rhino, 3ds max+Vray, autoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud
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In the fields, space is no more defined by room in the traditional sense but the attractor and flow. The “weight� of the attractor directly decides the spatial quality including scale, view, transparency, luminance, and capacity. And the flows have an influence on how the circulation is shaped as well as how researcher use the spaces
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FIRST FLOOR The first floor is a functional extension to the south of the site, mainly for recreation and all kinds of activity including public discussion, exhibition, and performance.
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THIRD FLOOR The research space is based on the third floor. It is accessible for all the students and faculties who reserve the space in the school system. Each section has different configuration for various research purposes
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AT R I U M PER SPE C T I V E Ambiguity plays an important role in stimulating communication. Deliberately weakening the sense of direction in the open area increases the chance where people meet each other. It also allows the sunlight and greenery to penetrate into almost every corner of the building.
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AXONOMETRIC VIEW The curvature and diverse spatial quality of this space will engender a series of special moments and activities which will, in turn, shape the identity of this space and school
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D E TA I L S E C T I O N
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THE WEST STREET
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U R B A N R O O T S TIANTONG YUAN, BEIJING
Group Work with Meng Huang graduate school Competition Work, Spring 2017 Rhino, 3ds max+Vray, Adobe Creative Cloud
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As Charles Montgomery addressed in Happy City where people live in monofunctional, car-dependent neighborhoods outside of urban centers are much less happy than people who live in walkable one where housing is mixed with shops, services, and workplace, the scale and interface of urban fabric usually play significant roles in quality of urban life. In China, the term sleepers’ city or commuter town, just like Tiantong Yuan, has proved to be an extreme example of a burst of urban expansion. Mega-scale community with very limited infrastructure and workplace make it a nightmare for residents to commute no matter on the way to work or back home. It also increases the pressure of the whole transportation system. The project proposed a new typology called urban roof which could be seen as an efficient solution to reintroduce human-scale street life and improve the experience of the workday commute. In other words, this multi-functional urban hub will respond to two different paces of life and needs.
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URBAN SCALE PROJECTION
Tiantong Yuan exemplifies the application of Le Corbusier’s radiant city prototype. The principles of rationality, orderliness and efficiency result in an uninhabitable scale with incomplete urban function. That’s the reason why the scale of “Hutong” needed to be reapplied to the existing city pattern
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L AYER SREUCTURE
restaurant laundary barber’s shop small office .....
supermarket
gallery
community library platform
entrance (waiting area) plaza&pick-up spot
It is a vertical composition of all the elements that make a neighborhood. This metro station becomes a hub that satisfies people’s needs for commuting, social activities, shopping, dining and recreation
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Smartphone has dramatically improved the efficiency of people have to suffer from their daily commuting and unbearable waiti an automatic vending system connecting the busy ground to di quickly get the goods at the pick-up points on the ground floor work or during the weekend, they can go visiting the rooftop str
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e’s life in China. However, commuters living in Tiantong Yuan ing time in the metro station. The new prototype provides ifferent business in the elevated street. People in a hurry can r without waiting if they ordered online ahead of time. After reet to spend their spare time and the city view.
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The eastern interface of maker park is the door of the fancy world. It advocates a new lifestyle combined with learning, sharing and creating stuff. It is an innovation hub teemed with possibility and fun.
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M A K E R
P A R K
HUDSON YARD, NEW YORK
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Makers, as a more general concept than DIYer, tinkerer, have more opensource to share and new technology like CNC, 3d printer, electronics. In short, makers are a group of people trying to convert their idea into reality creating something very innovative and may changing the world. And the maker space provides them with space, tools, tutorials, and chances to present their product to the public. Over the past decade, Makerspaces have exploded in popularity all over the globe—user-reported numbers show nearly 1,400 active spaces, 14 times as many as in 2006. It is important to connect the maker community. There are a number of Maker Resources popping up around the web, geared toward helping makers find each other and the things they need to get their projects done. Situated beside Hudson Yard, this site would be the most ideal place for makers to present their best ideas to the world and influence the community. It would be a strong symbol to showcase New York as a global center of creativity. It would be a strong symbol to showcase New York as a global center of creativity. It is not only a park literally. It is architectural and landscape complex including a plaza, playground, workshop, digital farming, restaurants, commercial, residential area and a lot of other interesting spaces.
Individual work, graduate school Foundation Studio, Spring 2017 instructed by Seth McDowell Rhino, SketchUp, autoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud 22 M AK ER PAR K
S I T E A N A LY S I S
VO LU M E S T R AT E G Y
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STUDY MODEL
BLOCK IMAGE When considering the block strategy, I also prefer to create continuity and accessibility in urban scale and human scale. In the early prototype, the voids created by overlapped volumes can be ideal shared territory between different slabs and parcels but the scale fails to respond to the two kinds of scale mentioned before. People who work and live there will feel uncomfortable under these cantilevered parcels. It losts a chance to create a continuous connection with the neighboring developers. Now, the original parcels are subdivided and rescaled according to static and positioning and the in-between circulation. The main void space in the middle will lead circulation in two directions and achieve accessibility on ground level. Meanwhile, having created various voids as platforms, the slope also accounts for a visual and spatial continuity between skyscrapers with a high density and the rest neighborhood.
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FOR MAKER lecture maker membership influence
exhibition
worshop
farmland lab
function
classroom share knowledge
lecture
buy&sell publicity
retailing
classroom visitor
VR lab
profitable test
amusement park
showcase education
garden
restaurant
share knowledge
community
classroom culture
EXHIBITION CIRCULATION
SYSTEM MAPPING
classroom
VR playground
market
lecture room vertical farming maker shop
exhibition space
V I SI TO R ’ S C I R CU L AT I O N Instant communication between makers and non-maker visitors is important for the park to become a dynamic creative hub. A visitor’s circulation is created to connect all the experience area of the maker workshops. It can serve an educational purpose for more people to understand the maker’s world and may become the makers themselves while the makers can advertise and present their products to the world.
STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM
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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC As a creative center, maker park complex is also an integration of diverse urban functions include a library, commercial area, restaurants, park, maker space, workplace, and apartment. The circulation is separately designed for public and private use.
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By overlapping the volume at various levels, open grounds are the city, the wiggling facade starts to breathe and has interesti of interior and exterior also encourage the makers to go out fo some leisure time with their peers.
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MAKER SPACE PERSPEC TIVE
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PENINSULA OVERLOOK
I N D U S T R I A L R E L I N K I N G ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
Waterfront is the origin of Erie and its industrial history. It is where people went to work for a living and enjoyed the sunrise and sunset in the last century. However, it began to fade as the old industry declined and is no longer an indispensable part of people’s life. In order to regenerate this rust-belt city and redefine its city identity, it is necessary to rethink about bringing in-land life back to waterfront again. Due to the release of 1988 Bayfront Recreation Master Plan, a lot of factories were shut down and demolished quickly with large expanses of vacant land. In the following three decades, a series of evaluations and master plans were made. The discussion between government and stakeholders is still ongoing but fragmentation and a large area of vacancy keep people away. Obviously, large-scale demolition in this old industrial waterfront is not beneficial for streamlined urban redevelopment and continuity of rust-belt identity. The proposal on the Erie coke and its adjacent industrial waterfront aims to explore their potential for redevelopment in the next decades before its possible closure. The old industry should no longer be an obstacle for citizens and tourists to get access to Lake Erie, but a link, in association with new infrastructure and landscape to create new urban fabrication. It indicates a new attitude towards these industrial heritage, environment, history and urban identity. The design is composed of four layers, large-scale waterfront reshaping, industrial contamination remediation, topography generated from existing materials, post-industrial waterfront experience. Analysis of its economic and social influence could also result in a flexible prototype for all rust-belt cities. individual work, graduate school, Research Studio, Fall, 2017 Instructed by Julie Bergmann Rhino,Adobe Creative Cloud
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parkway
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vacancy
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entrance
pedestrian railway
Before 1988, bayfront as industrial working area
1933 bayfront parkway was completed with the removal of some industries
2010 several new projects were finished, many lots in western bayfront remained vacant
proposed waterfront the eastern waterfront was regenerated into mix-use industrial park connected by old railway as pedestrian road
lakefill
industrial area
BAYFRO N T T R ANSI T I O N
URBAN LOOP In the proposed urban strategy, the waterfront is the recreation-dominated axis while the railway is workplace-dominated one and connect the neighborhood. Except for State Street of downtown, another three secondary axes linking waterfront and railway and the new east bridge to Presque Isle helps construct a complete loop connecting the city and this popular tourist resort. 35 PROJECT 4 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
Commercial area and road network for residents, waterfront and presque isle is lack of accessibility, State street is still the main urban axis
Because most hotels are located outside of the city and the entrance of Presque isle is in west, travelers have less chance to go to the centeral downtown
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collect data of contaminated soil and industrial material. Factories start to shut down
ship repair factory(-)
field station for ecological observation
relocate the trees
use existing railway system to rearrenge the soil and material, and shape a new post industry landscape
workplace plaza
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new industry
remediation plant
gravel
foundation concrete
coke
sand
limestone
soil
metallurical coal
slag
slag-polluted soil (PAH)
R E A R R EN G E M EN T A N D R E M E D I AT I O N potential resources are rearranged for topography change. They are categorized according to their materials as well as contamination and processed in different way. Phytoremediation is used in post-remediation after heavily-polluted matters are removed. The latter will be landfilled with long-term remediation. 38 INDUSTRIAL RELINKING
“ SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR FAC TORY”
“COKE FIELD”
Instead of being demolished and awaiting investment for new construction, the old industrial sites get a chance to revive with the interference of nature. The edge between industrial site and nature has been blurred and is turned into part of active public space for diverse activities
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use existing railway system to relocate the soil and material, and shape a new post industry landscape
bayfront workspace
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Industrial Museum
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PENINSULA PLAN
A-A SECTION
workplace plaza
coke valley ( phytoremdiation)
ERIE Industrial Museum Park
Environmental Research Center
B-B SECTION
Just like the Landschaftspark in Duisburg, Germany, the reshaped bayfront landscape will create a new identity for Erie as an inhabitable city. It attracts the locals to go back to Erie lake just like they did a half-century ago. It could be a prototype for other rust-belt cities which want to revive in post-industry period
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drawing by Yiwen Xing
Red ribbon as concept and infrastructure to connect sectional moments of the project. Also, different methods for organizing those various program zones are introduced. For example, free sense of the waterfront part, axial order for the central vertical farming area and use of the interface of the commercial area provide a different experience for exploring.
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C O N T I N U O U S C I T Y SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
The continuous city is to create new forms of living, working, eating, mobility and education. We prefer to the interrelate all public properties and social relationship to a three-dimension continuous ground in urban condition. Continuity concludes spatial continuity and experience continuity. A series of continuous and unique urban experiences are created by reassembling and redefining infrastructure components to create complexity, diversity, and creativity a city should have. The experience should be very continuous and the function will no longer be constrained in the frame of architecture with a boundary. Led by social activities and pleasant urban life rather than mere high efficiency, an elevated pedestrian network is to connect all potential urban activities and be part of social life. All these new forms of experience and relationship are generating constant excitement and creativity that emancipate us from a stifling world of social etiquette and provide us an adventurous embrace of the new community. Public spaces are activated to diminish social isolation caused by the gap between the rich and the poor in Sao Paulo. It will create more job and food to serve the surrounding community and make it selfmaintained and secured. CEAGESP, one of the largest wholesale market in Sao Paulo needs a complete revival in a new urban context. The concept of the continuous ground will provide a chance for social connection and more publicity shown in the the space.
group work with Yiwen Xing graduate school Research Studio, Fall 2016 Instructed by Robin Dripps Rhino, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Cloud
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redefinition
Site location and business district of Sao Paulo
Fatal traffic accidents caused by CEAGESP
Osasco
Sao Paulo
railway, subway and highway system
connection to other business district make it the entrance of sao paulo
S I T E A N A LY S I S
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drawing by Yiwen Xing
URBAN PROGRAM The mixture of different functions is intended for a new form of social relationship. Sao Paulo suffers from an acute shortage of public space. To some extent, it has resulted in social segregation, high crime rate, and worsening urban infrastructure. There is no place for people to communicate, share or even stay. Streets are losing their essential roles in social connection. The city should provide more comprehensive infrastructure, a multi-functional frame of active urban life. Street could be layered for differentiated traffic and activities while functional components are associated with the street. They are no longer separated buildings but an in-depth combination of space and events.
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Just like Koolhaas described Coney Island in his Delirious New York: attractions excited crowds to the same degree that they offended h justice, equality, and freedom. Moreover, the “elevated openness” a 45 PROJECT 5 URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
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“....were all examples of the Technology of the Fantastic, and those highbrow taste.” The continuous gound is constructed for social allows a new level of public surveillance and security. 46 CONTINUOUS GROUND
VERTICAL FARMING + MARKET The main market building and its function as a market have partially kept but there will not be thousands of truck any longer. Instead, an organic market, which is held once a week associated a high-efficient vertical farming system is designed to serve all the community with organic food and agriculture education
CABLE CAR STATION + THEATER + SKATER PARK The cable car is not only a mean of transportation but an attraction or a place where people gather. Multifunction and different activities could take place like an outdoor stage and a skater park which make an amazing combination
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RAILWAY STATION The railway station is the start of a new day with a new impression for the passengers. It should be freer and more open space allowing for more possibility and connection with the city. So now, it is no longer a small independent building at the corner of city but a part of the public space
SCHOOL WITH SHARED SPORTS FIELD Education is a crucial tool to eliminate poverty and backwardness. This school is much more autonomous and innovative than usual, depending on the various need of local people. Sports field is shared by the whole community which could also reduce social isolation
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PL AYGROUN D
OPEN-AIR CINEMA
The pedestrian system is completely integrated with different kinds of city infrastructure and buildings, which together encourage public activities and social interactions. Without being confined under existing street structure, the urban experience could be much more dramatic and rich
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PEDESTRAIN SYSTEM
OPEN-AIR CINEMA
CEAGESP used to be the largest farmer market in Latin America and also the most problematic place in the district. Citizens living around suffer from a severe mobility problem. Now only part of the market gets remained serving for the community. The vertical farming could relieve the congestion and reduce the energy consumed in the delivery process
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PROJECT 6 ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO
MAIN ENTRANCE PERSPECTIVE
A M A L G A M A T I O N O F L I F E IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN
MUJI used to release a book called Elements of Home: It is more than a simple guidebook that teaches us how to furnish our houses according to some kind of existing design rule. The most important gist of this book is to focus on the essence of life, or rather, creating opportunity and comfort for our family. Choosing furniture is just the start. It is usually advocated by MUJI that every detail in our home matters much. From light, texture, and color to a specific layout of furniture, they are about to be part of our life, emotion, memory and even characteristic, from which you can see the significance of details. Even though most of Muji design is constrained to product, it must be very interesting to see its concept applied to architecture Taipei is a modern international metropolis with a high density of population. In addition to pressure from occupation, family, local residents have to endure poor quality of life and environments worsen by lack of infrastructure and green area. Concrete walls have blocked any possible communication between each other. Therefore, much is yet to be improved in urban life which is a big chance for MUJI and designers.
individual work undergraduate school Architectural Studio, 2014 Spring instructed by Professor Mi SketchUp, autoCAD, 3ds max+Vray, Adobe Creative Suite
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FAMILY UNITS aging
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member&need change
SINGLE&YOUTH COUPLE size 30-40㎡
member&need change
CORE FAMILY
STEM FAMILY
size 70-80㎡
These group of people belongs to working families, whose lives are relatively busy, so their requirements for function are simple.
economy
size 110-130㎡
These group of people belongs to the stable-working family. The need comes to grow for a bigger sp-ace, especially for their children
children
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Large 125㎡
Medium 90㎡
large housing units
two adjacent units interlocked
When the original residents’ off-spring grow up, consideration should be put into the privacy of respective families and necessary public space
medium housing units
shared space between
rooftop housing units
flexible outdoor space
third floor
second floor
first floor
In the previous apartment, there is no other transition between the public and the private space except the door. Residents have little opportunity to interact with other residents. In this case, the hallway becomes a negative space where people have to speed up their pace. Now, the conception of sharing front yard is introduced to every two units. Residents can choose how they could meet their neighbors and share the space with them. 53 PROJECT 6 ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO
PUBLIC SPACE FOR COMMUNIT Y Just as Muji suggested in its life philosophy, unpretentious, simple forms and interaction allows people to focus more on the essence of life. They leave more space for people to input their imagination, emotion, and memory into the physical environment 54 A M A LG A M AT I O N O F L I FE
PUBLIC AREA
LAUNDRY
LOUNGE
LAUNDRY
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SEMI-OPEN AREA AIR GARDEN
GAMEROOM
MUJI EXPERIENCE STORE BOOK&CAFE
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN
The way how public and private space should be defined has been changed. Every unit is no longer a rabbit hole for the rest of community. In order to create the scale of the street, “balcony” becomes crucial elements advocating visual interaction and social surveillance
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VERTICAL STREET
The alleyway where the building sits is cramped and insufficient public space and necessary infrastructure. The concept of a vertical street can significantly improve the living quality by forming the sense of community while creating the layers of privacy
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SECTION&PUBLIC CORE On the ground floor, space is freed for a pedestrian passage connecting the north and south of the site. There will be a Muji store, book store, cafe and gym that could serve the whole neighborhood
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COMMUNIT Y CHILDREN’S CENTER Open space and infrastructure are arranged along two principal axes accessible for all residents living in this community. It’s easy for them to find a place to spend their spare time or interact with their neighbor. The property management will also host events and party for children in the children’s center
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L H A S A IN TIBET, CHINA
Lhasa, a city in China, is located on the Tibetan Plateau. Lhasa means “place of the gods” in the Tibetan language. In the mid 7th century, documents proved that the name was derived from the earlier word “Rawe Sa,” which means a “place surrounded by a wall.” The place is the Holy Land for Tibetan Tantric Buddhism believers. Many believers in Tibet regard the journey of worshiping toward Lhasa for once as their lifetime dream. This pilgrimage costs believers from weeks to many months even years. On the roads to their final destination, building hundreds of complexes as transfer stations for pilgrims is proposed in this scenario. People call these complexes, “Lhasa.” The Buddhist grottoes are either simple cells where monks lived or richly decorated temples with murals. The “Lhasa” proposal provides hundreds of grotto complexes on the Tibetan land, which can accommodate pilgrims for the night with a more safe and comfortable living environment. People gather at these complexes to share and study. Several amenities including clinic, convenience store, and school are included in the complex. Furthermore, these grottoes also hold temples in for studying and worship Buddhism. It is a temporary residence for pilgrims but a permanent place to connect mortal and Buddha. group work with Jingguang Xie graduate school competition, 2018 Spring Rhino, 3ds max+Vray, Adobe Creative Cloud
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PI LGR I MS‘ PERSPEC T I VE
Worship Hall Plan
Worship Hall Vestibule
Temple
Scriptures Library
Prayer wheel
Temple Plan
Amenities: Meeting Room Clinic Laundry Room Grocery Store
Entrance Lounge Plaza
Storage Room
Residential Plan Facility Room
drawings(left) by Jingguang Xie
The design of the complex is inspired by the idea of “Mandala,” the spiritual symbol in Buddhism, representing the Buddhist cosmology. The “Lhasa” complex is a three dimensional Mandala being circulated by different sets of stairs. The stairs for the bottom residence are in the shape of “Endless Knot.” The end to end stairs is showing the life and death cycle of mortal life.
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PRIMARY SCHOOL A school is not only a place for teaching activities but also a carrier of children`s spirit world and all adults` collective memories. So Directional guidance and appropriate education should be incorporated into the overall design of the school. Everything children have access to is required to create conditions for them to develop and discover independently. Just as is advocated by the eminent educator Maria Montessori, children need to up in a free and well-prepared environment.
Architectural Studio Project, 2014 SketchUp, 3ds max+Vray, autoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite
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natural light to each office areas, signed as approximate triangle-
CO -WORKING SPACE Located in Zhangjiang High-tech District and renovated from existing building with a floor area of 80,100 square meters, national innovation center is a largescale and integrated space composed of co-working area, lounge, cinema, gym incubator, and rooftop. It can accommodate an available working area for all kinds of businesses which seek flexibility and high-quality of the working environment. Compared to a traditional office building, this space is required to stimulate creative thinking and cooperation in these companies. It is more akin to a community which advocates diversification and innovation. professional project in Natural-build, intern, 2015 responsible for facade study, interior design Rhino, autoCAD, Maxwell Studio, Adobe Creative Suite
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A CHURCH Design Development Class, 2017 Rhino, autoCAD 63 OTHER PROJECT
CANCER CENTER RENEWAL
The renewal will reinforce its mission to provide state-of-the-art care on a par with the best institutions throughout the world. It will improve the patient and family experience and improve outcomes. It will allow for much-needed expansion as well as the continued implementation of the latest innovations in enhancing and expanding diagnosis, treatment, continuity of care, research, and wellness.
professional project in NBBJ, intern, 2018 responsible for digital modeling, rendering, interior design Rhino, Revit, SketchUp, 3ds max+Vray, Adobe Creative Suite
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Instead of taking tons of architectural photos, I prefer to capture the unrealistic moment from real life, which is more dramatic and choreographic. What fascinates me the most about photography is that I could deconstruct everything I see and turn it into a dancer on my stage regardless the real time and space just like a magician. It is not recording but letting the objects in the frame tell the story themselves using lights and shadows. iphone, D610, Lightroom
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Conceptual design, sketch of the project “infinite borderline between America and Mexico”, 2018
Observation of post-industry site in Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, Germany
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GUGE KINGDOM I imagined that a historical city Guge which had been abandoned deep in the Tibetan prairie for a century, now, was founded by a knight. It is the beginning of a legendary story. This drawing was inspired by the majestic landscape I saw on the journey to Tibet. I remember that the massifs were immediately covered by the white color after a snowstorm in mid-August. The buildings faded out and finally disappeared in the mist Adobe Creative Cloud+ wacom stylus
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T H E S TA I R C A S E Paley Park is one of my favorite park in New York City. It is just like a gift for people who get tired of the fast-paced lifestyle. You can hardly notice that park unless you stand in front of it. It is entirely a big surprise and an irresistible place to spend some time. I am always thinking about the unpredictable influence of a dramatic moment like this in people’s everyday life. This kind of moments start a dialogue and push us to new adventures Maya+Vray, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Adobe Creative Cloud
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