PORTFOLIO OF JIEQIONG WANG
NAME
Jieqiong Wang
CONTACT jayq.wang1989@gmail.com
THE POETICS OF LIVING TOGETHER
BRIEFS Previous reflection on environmental adaptability of silkworm buildings in 1920-30s leads me to significant issues of energy saving and sustainability in contemporary architectural and urban design. The transformation of towns and cities in China facing cultural and environmental ignorance makes me suspect and worry about human future. This Utopian Community I propose is to stimulate introspection of the construction practices in the past decades and initiate better lifestyle within the built environment. Projects in this part show my concern on real issues of contemporary cities and look at progressive solutions to prepare them for unpredictable forces. The proposal of Stacking YUAN provides a mode of dwelling for cities of dense population and traces back to the traditional Chinese dwelling –YUAN. Likewise, Man from Earth is to bring people back to the traditional domestic life with nature and history of the ground. Apart from dense population, culture-led regeneration is the most important issue for the historical Jiangnan water country- Long Canal Town, thus we propose a Plug-In strategy to revitalize the traditional life style through architectural-puncture. Facing urban expansion, Permeation is a way to encourage pedestrian-oriented urban design to renew the old industrial zone in Melbourne, Australia to a more sustainable future.
CONTENTS RELINKING
Stacking YUAN
Domesticity
A Mode of Dwelling for Dense Population
Man from Earth
Community
Cultivating Domesity in Xiaguan, Nanjing, China
Plug-In
Town
The Micro-Regeneration of Long Canal Town, Jiangyin, China City
Permeation The Pedestrian-Oriented Urban Renewal in ‘Arden Macaulay’ Area, Melbourne, Australia
Stacking YUAN: A Mode of Dwelling for Dense Population School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University [Spring 2012]
It is predicted that about 280 million rural populations would rush into city in the next two decades, which will constantly cause urban expansion on an unimaginable scale. To slow down the expansion of cities in China, the government banned the villa land use in 2006 to raise the entire cover ratio (dwelling numbers to land area, inclusive of roads, common open space etc.) of residential land. Considering the high density, is there any possibility for urban residents to live in YUAN?
pivate
How to live in a YUAN? half-pivate family
half-pivate half-public
recreation
party tour
from the painting <Qing Ming Shang He Tu>
public
courtyard parlor
This project looks at creating a form of dwelling which traces back to the traditional Chinese courtyard for cozy living space. As solutions, the courtyard provides a hierarchy of spaces with reference to traditional lifestyle, such as spaces for neighborhood exchange, outdoor activities and family activities .
terrace
garden
How to get a high cover ratio? stacking -->
shrinking -->
density:
37%
42%
53%
Isometric plane through first floor
Typical Unit
6
6
20
4 20
5 3 13 17
6
B 1 8
16 14
12 2
15
A 18
ground floor level
19 1
first floor level
left to right, perspectives from parlor and dinning room 1. Entrance 2. Parlor 3. Dinning Room 4. Kitchen 5. Bar 6. Bathroom 7. Balcony 8. Bedroom 9. Living Room 10. Study
11. Dressing Room 12. Garage 13. Family Room 14. Gym Room 15. Laundry Room 16. Servant Room 17. Storage 18. Patio 19. Courtyard 20. Terrace
6
6
10
11
D 9 11
6 8
C 8
7
8 8
second floor level
third floor level
left to right, perspectives from living roomand bedroom
40mm concrete slab 30mm concrete protection layer plastic sealing layer 80mm thermal insulation separating layer 20mm foamconcrete,slopedandtroweled 200mm RC structure layer 20mm plaster 40mm concrete protection layer plastic sealing layer 50mm thermal insulation separating layer 20mm cement mortar,troweled 200mm RC structure layer vertical keel of curtain wall glass curtain wall
7 10
6
6
20mm brick 30mm cement mortar,troweled 200mm RC structure layer 20mm plaster
8
3mm
6
50mm rock-wool insulation 200mm RC structure layer 50mm rock-wool insulation vertical keel of curtain wall glass curtain wall
2
6
16
15
aluminum sheet
18
detailed section through parlor and bathroom
40mm stone 30mm cement mortar 70mm C20 concrete protection layer plastic sealing layer 20mm cement mortar,troweled 250mm RC structure layer 20mm plaster
Apart from a confrontation with urban expansion and dense population, this project focuses on cultural regression and living condition, by offering more immediate possibilities for architectural expression.
bedroom
living room
dinning room
detailed wall section
rendering of dinning room
Man from Earth: Cultivating Domesity in Xiaguan, Nanjing, China Partners: Zhou Yuxin, Hu Qipi School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University [Spring 2013]
Urban Context the Yangtze River
saving dock
Informal Life
old town
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reserved track
skecthes of informal life, me
With the decline of being the transportation junction, Xiaguan, one of the busiest downtown during the Public of China, now is covered with dilapidated buildings and redundant railway yards which used to be part of the most important route across China from Shanghai to Beijing. Residents are suffering from poor living conditions and outdated infrastructure, as well as polluting firms around the district.
pond
Site Plan
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Rebuilding the LInks
After investigating the urban context of the given site, we propose a topographical strategy to connect the two ponds with landscape and to save railway yards as theme courtyards, instead of concealing them. And the landscape is permeating through paths to the old town. Apart from living on ground, people can also choose to live under the earth just like our ancestors do. Therefore, this landscape can be a public park for the whole district.
reserved track old town permeating path pond
dwellings in the Northwest China
Creating Places for Collective Activities
leisure area
play up
slope stage
ground sports
slope sports
live down "Ancients live in cave and wild place." quoted from the I Ching
drawing left, aerial view of the landscape, me
Though living under the earth can be warm in winter and cool in summer, there are problems of lighting and ventilation. To get enough sunshine, a hierarchy of courtyards is carefully arranged in the layout, to also foster appropriate communities. And those dark yards are buried for planting. In the meanwhile, a set of devices is carved in to walls to reflect lighting so that even rooms deep in the earth can get sunlight. Also, a series of tunnels are cut according to ventilation paths to make sure that every room of the houses is well ventilated. patio
reflecting d
parking lot
roadway
devices
Creating Spaces for Community Activities
courtyard
public courtyard
earth
entrance corridor track courtyard
church
plank pond
site section through two ponds, me and Zhou Yuxin
Schematic Plan View
Creating Spaces for Domestic Activities
environmental section of one typical unit, me As cities facing urban expansion and dense population, people are pushed into high-rise buildings with the help of high-tech construction. However, living high above the ground has departed far from our ancestors. Live in the cave, so we won’t be the last man from earth.
Type A: live up Type B: live down sharing courtyard
sectional perspective, me and Hu Qipi
Plug-In: The Micro-Regeneration of Long Canal Town, Jiangyin, China School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University [Autumn 2012]
As a birthplace of Wu culture in history and a famous Jiangnan water country, the Long Canal Town is now undergoing culture-led regeneration. Suffering from the effects of a continual and enormous decline and aging in population, old buildings with high quality are getting abandoned, followed by the disappearance of traditional country-life style.
Yangtze River Long Canal Town
Taihu Lake
photos of houses along the canal
Town Context Facing these radical changes, how can this town survive constant reconfiguration without the need to exhaust or obsolete its spaces and resources?
People’s Congress Hall
Old Street bathhouse
houses
houses
houses the Long Canal
Our proposal investigates the issue of flexibility against the decline of the Long Canal Town, which aims at improving the spatial capacity to accommodate social and economic changes at both urban and architectural scales. As a strategy at urban scale, the proposal focuses on connecting the Long Canal and deserted ponds inside the town to form an eco-circulation, and plugging new functions or constructions to achieve both social and ecological revitalization.
Daily Activity Program WOMEN:
MAN:
doing laundry
playing with children
cooling in a shed
visiting
playing the chess
creating
08:00
10:00
16:00
going to the opera
21:00
Flower and Bird Market in the Grain Depot, Zhen Guohuo Plug-In:
Place for talking Bathhouse and Cinema in People’s Congress Hall, Jiang Jing Place for playing
Eco-circulation
Place for creating
Old Street, me
Place for talking:
Chessing Room
Tea House
10:00
14:00
Place for playing :
Fish Market 06:00
Flexible Use of Quasi-Public Houses At architectural scale, my proposal is to plug in the Old Street with flexible use of original houses to regenerate the quasi-public spaces. Such houses can be used as fish markets or outdoor stages for operas based on timely activities . Likewise, in terms of environmental requires, some houses can serve as flowing bookstores or workshops.
Conceptual Texture
Stage 18:00
Place for creating:
Bookstore
Workshop
08:00
14:00
Investigating the Regional Structure The regional structure system of houses along the canal makes it possible to remove the eaves walls and reserve gables as bearing structure. Thus, through possession transition of houses, the row of houses can be seen as a whole supported and divided by gables from single house.
disassemble regional structure of houses
Publicize Private Houses Further, my proposal is to operate non-bearing walls and roofs to recreate spaces for flexible activities and to provide qualified physical environment for these activities. relaxing and performing
playing and sporting
dwelling and reading
dwelling and catering
Contemporary cities are facing unpredictable forces and have to prepare themselves for radical changes. But if operated well, this Long Canal Town Regeneration could be used in many old towns in China, when facing the issues of the “shrinking city”, as a template.
Cognitive Space in the Long Canal Town
Permeation: The Pedestrian-Oriented Urban Renewal in ‘Arden Macaulay’ Area, Melbourne, Australia Partners: Tao Minyue School of Architecture, Melbourne University [Summer 2013]
Urban Context
Arden Macaulay
CBD
N
site plan, Tao Minyue and me
Unsustainable Urbanism
3 Urban structure and built form
Industrial use
Low density
Figure 3.5: Poor pedestrian environments.
Figure 3.6: Existing low-scale heritage context of adjacent suburbs.
Poor pedestrian environment
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photos of exsiting sites, me
Melbourne, where urbanism hasstreetscapes been dominated by car public movement, undergoing low-density, lateral expansion, in 4. Existing are not streets, open spacesisand private open spaces such as body places foreconomically people a way that is socially, culturally, and environmentally unsustainable. In the meanwhile, the city‘s populacorporate courtyards and private is increasing, which results the “Arden Macaulay” areawill expected to rezone from predominantly industrial use to a With highin numbers of residents Thetion past and present legacy of balconies partially address this moving into the area, the streets industrial land use implies that problem. high-density housing andthemselves business “mixed-use” zone with 22000 new residents by 2040. However, only a small portion of need to be attractive many major sites within the recreational spaces with trees, Arden–Macaulay precinct may Macaulay land within Arden is government owned which dramatically affects the ability to produce a legible, cohesive The reliance on sound proofing sunlight, shelter from the wind and have contamination issues. The indoor spaces, however, negates the and uncomplicated plan good for the site. Each title boundary generally represents a different landowner, and each landownpassive surveillance. costs of remediating contaminated option for the use of passive cross siteser needs to be to factored into to develop their land independently. ventilation for cooling ofof dwellings needs be able A proposal renewing this area to envisage a more sustainThe existing industrial built form development capacity of sites in the on summer nights. Reducing the able future is urgent. which characterises the area does area. The extent of contamination extent of the noise at the source 2. The costs of remediating site contamination
will vary and is currently unknown. 3. Increasing the walkability of the
not currently contribute to a safe or inviting public environment, particularly for pedestrians.
may mitigate this issue. 6. New buildings must be well
Existing Local Center
Potential Pedestrian Permeation
train
conceptual plan, Tao Minyue and me
Permeation Timeboard
public transport work health center education commercial train
tram
open space
Stage1: Adding nodes to facilitate 5 minutes’ walking permeation
existing nodes
start from stations
start from parks
superposing two layers
potential nodes
adding bus stations
placing a new center
superposing two layers
Stage2: Parameterizing the permeation to distributing density
Blending colors to form gradient
Commercial Permeation
Based on different connectivity to reserved parks and public transport stations of this area, this stage is to rezone industry, housing, and business through pedestrian permeability on original paths. After superimposing layouts of the mixed uses, the most reachable nodes on the plane will have the highest density and potential public spaces.
Residential Permeation
Industrial Permeation
left to right, parameterizing the permeation, superpositing layers of the land use, me
Stage3: Extending vertically to seek the most reachable nodes This stage is to make pedestrian permeate spatially. Based on the potential nodes picked from the first stage, superimposing permeating triangles to find the most reachable nodes on space, which will be potential public spaces for daily activities and new public transport stops.
Schematic Strategy
+
5 minutes' walking
=
5 minutes' climing
5 minutes' walking and climing
site section based on pedestrian permeation, me
Pedestrian Perception Based on pedestrian permeation, the walking space could emerge on the multi-layers, as well as local centers. As Lynch cited that paths are one of the key elements in legibility of the city, for each layer, paths goes up or down to connect multi-layers. And instead of reducing the legibility by planning hierarchy of paths, we engrave the interfaces of paths to create narrative public spaces.
perspectives and interfaces of narrative public spaces, me