P O R T F O L I O
Z H U OQ I N G C A I A RCH I T E C T U R E
ZHUOQING CAI 8 - 2 -1 0 2 Qi n g x i n y u a n, Na nfe ng R oa d, Na nkai D istrict, Tianjin, 300193, China + 8 6 -1 3 8 2 0 1 3 7 7 2 6 | z huoqi ngc a i 17@ hot ma i l . com
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
TIANJIN CHENGJIAN UNIVERSITY 5-year Bachelor's program of Architecture, Gifted Engineer Class Expected Degree: Bachelor of Architecture
PROJECTS/COMPETITIONS
Micro Architecture Design: The Revolution Collected by TCU School of Architecture for exhibition Boller Castle Renovation Project Won the Top Place in Presentations Competition held by TCU & VIA University College.
Tianjin, China 09/2012 – 07/2017
Tianjin, China | 06/2013 Horsens, Denmark | 06/2014
Mapping at Temple of Wude Generated the image data of external facade and interior decoration
Tianjin, China | 11/2014
Architecture in Evolution: Lace of Lake Participated in the UIA-HYP Cup International Student Competition in Architectural Design
Daqing, China | 06/2015
INTERNSHIP Intern, Tianjin Urban Planning& Design Institute, Architecture Branch
Tianjin, China | 07/2015
Architect Assistant, Beijing Zhongaojian Engineering Design Co., Ltd Qinghai Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Henan County Jingdu Logistics Park Design
Beijing, China | 06/2016
SKILLS Google Sketchup, Rhinoceros, Autodest Revit, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Grasshopper, Auto CAD, Lumion, V-ray, Keyshot, Ecotect, etc.
AWARDS Outstanding Student Scholarship, Silver Medalist
2012-2013 Academic Year
Outstanding Student Scholarship, Bronze Medalist
2013-2014 Academic Year
Outstanding Student Scholarship, Bronze Medalist
2015-2016 Academic Year
W OR KS VOL UME 2 0 1 2 -2 0 1 6 01 THE SOCIAL NETWORK Architecture and Urban Design--- Design of Moon Lake in Daqing City Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, China
02 FLOWING RAY Architecture Design--- Indoor Basketball Stadium Design Hedong District, Tianjin City, China
03 LIFT UP THOSE OLD WALLS Old Architecture Renovation--- Renovation of Boller Castle Boller Castle, Horsens City, Denmark 04 THE MOUSE CAGE Architecture Design--- Amalgamated Dwelling Design Hong Kong, China
05 OTHER WORKS & PHOTOGRAPHY
01 THE SOCIAL NETWORK Teamwork Members: Zhuoqing Cai, Jianan Kang Architecture and Urban Design Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, China Spring 2015
In the northeast of China, Daqing City, a typical oil city, has been drilled oil for more than 50 years. With the fully development of the drilling technology, the seed of the overdrilling was planted 20 years ago. What the most noticeable is that citizens who live in Daqing City are depending on the oil drilling. As for the topology, numerous of little lakes which named "youpao" as the site of oil drilling are scattered in the Daqing City. Unfortunately, overdrilling for about 20 years, Daqing is facing a serious crisis --natural oil is depleted. As a result, more than half of citizens whose jobs are related to oil are migrating to other cities to ask for jobs. At the meanwhile, plenty of drilling lakes are abandoned. Rencently, government have tried to restore some of those lakes as parks, which, however, are all failed. From the aerial view, it is reasonable to say that obsoleting lakes are distributed all around the poor city. In order to evoke the vigor of the Daqing City, we focus on those abandoned lakes. By connect all platforms in each lake, we transform the lakes' appearence from many obsolete platforms to a comprehensive net with new functions, which could bring the vigor and social activities ot the middle of the lakes. Indeed, urban vitality will spread by those networks.
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Heilongjiang Province
Daqing City
The Moon Pool
Original Pool
Start Extract Oil
Extraction Intensified
Oil Depleted
The Moon Pool In the west part of Daqing City, Moon Pool is one of the numerous common lakes whose nature oil is run out. Indeed, all the facilities and the whole lake are abandoned. Numerous problems followed, Daqing's GDP has dropped more than 27% in 2014, milloins of persons with ability have removed, and planty of wasted lands are appeared. The city has trapped into dilemma of transition.
History and Current Situation of Daqing City
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Oil Production
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Percentage of Transformed Pools
Percentage of Minable Oil
Percentage of Petroleum Industry Reduction
Percentage of Removed Elites
THE CONNECTION AND NEW FUNCTION
Original Platforms
Add New Connection
Transform to City Net
All the roads are terminal.
The connection we designed connect every
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Facing this serious dilemma, we attempt to design a net covering the whole pool and connecting all platforms. Additionally, we have done a research about major building function's distribution in the city, and have selected functions which cannot be provided on these abandoned platforms in the Moon Pool and periphery. Citizens in the city can visit every building via these bridges and enjoy these facilities and spaces as well. Meanwhile, the Moon Pool is not only a memory of Daqing's Oil Era, but also a public space. In this way, we give the Moon Pool vitality again, even promote surrounding area's development.
Distribution of Middle School
Distribution of Sports and Cultural Building
Distribution of Kindergarten
Distribution of Hospital
Distribution of Shopping Mall
Distribution of Entertainment Places
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New function and connection form a net in the Moon Pool. 2
New fuctions such as office buildings and hotels appear along the major street.
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Other functions continue to fill the blocks, facilities have matured. 4
The Moon Pool-centered new city expands to surrounding places.
02 Library 2nd Floor Plan
03 Museum 2nd Floor Plan
01 Theater 1st Floor Plan
04 Gymnasium 1st Floor Plan
07 Kindergarten 2nd Floor Plan
06 Shopping Mall 3rd Floor Plan
05 Hospital 3rd Floor Plan
08 Middle School 2nd Floor Plan
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THEATER Bridge pass through the theater along external wall. Citizens could see beautiful pool and watch performance at the same time.
LIBRARY Bottom overhead construction let citizens pass through the platform easily. And give an ample space to people for rest and entertainment. Courtyard on the second floor provide a spceial reading and communicating space.
KINDERGARTEN Children could study and play games on the roof and ramp. As a communication and natural space, the roof and ramp provide a comfortable way for citizens as well as children.
SHOPPING MALL Bridge passes through the shopping mall in a straightforward way, like a pipe. The building is shaped and presents a fancy hole through the building.
MUSEUM As the memory of Daqing Oil Era, the museum provides a commodious space for communication and watching whole pool. There is a stair contact roof and ground, citizens can go up to the roof and see the old drilling machine.
HOSPITAL Because of the key and urgent function, the road passes through the hospital directly, provides patients and ambulance the most convinient way to get treatment.
MIDDLE SCHOOL There are four bridges and roads pass through the middle school, so we put two of them on the roof garden and leave the others on the grould. Citizens can enjoy the roofgarden and playground, and students can not be disturbed.
GYMNASIUM At the center of the Moon Pool, the gymnasium also have four exits. To provide citizens a fantastic moment when they pass through the building, bridges are suspended under roof. Citizens could watch games when they on the bridge.
Kindergarten Section Perspective
Shopping Mall Section Perspective
Theater Section Perspective
Library Section Perspective
Museum Section Perspective
Hospital Section Perspective
Gymnasium Section Perspective
Middle School Section Perspective
We believe that the net in the Moon Pool will be a typical and successful attempt to save and resurrect Daqing City during the transfer time. The net will connect every pool with major city, transforming a fragmented and murky city to an integrated and vigorous one.
02 FLOWING RAY Architecture Design Hedong District, Tianjin City, China Spring 2016
Flowing Ray is a indoor basketball stadium located in Tianjin city, which demonstrates a fluent non-linear figure architecture. Considering the unique obtuse triangle shape of the site, the parcel has a natural tendency, which could provide future architecture with natural form trend. Different from other sports building, which maintain a normal appearence with erect walls and roofs, or whole form like circle, my stadium has a appearence which was made from flowing lines and surfaces. At the meanwhile, I blur the bound between the walls and top roofs, and a twisted roof-wall system from the main stadium to the training stadium. At the aerial view, the flowing tendency of the architecture is shown clearly. As for the interior design, I pursue the coherence of the interior appearence and outer form. So the interior walls and space are also made from fluent walls, handrails and stairs. Another issue is the link between the square basketball court and nonlinear appearence. So the auxiliary function zone could be the crucial position of the coherence which play a transitional role of two forms. For the site plan, I believe that the design is totally a failure if the site plan fail to fit the architecture appearence. So I choose several spots as the key points of the architecture to guide the site plan design. Combined with the functional route and entrances, the site plan also shows a flowing ray and different paving materials.
Site Plan
Urban Function Texture
Street Rank Texture
Urban Vitality Analysis
Sports Architecture Distribution
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1. Hall 2. VIP Lounge 3. The Reporter Room 4. Organization Committee Office 5. Fire Control Room 6. Storeroom 7. News Room 8. Office 9. Equipment Room 10. Office 11. Office 12. Security Room 13. Players Lounge A 14. Players Lounge B 15. Drug Control Room 16. Health Center 17. Referee Lounge
18. Office 19. Office 20. Referee Lounge 21. Hall 22. Changing Room 23. Badminton Court 24. Shop 25. Office 26. Table Tennis Court 27. Office 28. Scoring Control Room 29. Television Transmission Room 30. News Room 31. Referee's Seats 32. Spectator Seats 33. Hall
As for the windows opening, I use the diamond-shaped windows on the main space, light-need offices and corridors. To emphasize the flowing curve and surface, I choose the gradually varied windows distribution on the walls. People who walk in the corridors or other sapce in the stadium could feel the sun light shine into the architecture. Thus, the interior environment does not only affected by the fluent curve and walls, but also affected by the dense light beam.
Section Axon
03 L I F T U P T H O S E O L D WA L L S Old Architecture Renovation Boller Castle, Horsens City, Denmark Spring 2014
The Boller Castle is an unique castle in Horsens because of its moat. However, the function and the origin of the moat are unknown. The Boller Castle was a nursing house for old people when I get the disign assignment. As time goes on, the castle no longer fit the up to date laws and regulations of nursing house. Therefore, the castle was vacant and waited for the transformation. Considering the reputation of Horsens of culture and entertainment events, I decide the new function of the Boller Castle as a fine art museum. To achieve the brignt visit environment in the castle, I have to break down some useless interior walls. Howver, the almost 1 meter thick outer walls puzzled me for a ong time because few sun light could shine into the castle. The flash of idea usually fleeting, I use a small motion on the outer wall to make daylight come into the interior space ---- lifting up some parts of the outer walls. I believe that the outer walls of the building just like skin or clothes of human. And I assume that lifting up a part of the wall just like lifting up a girl's dress to see what is in it. Quiet a small, lovely motion shows a cute and vigorous characteristic of old building. Meanwhile, I prefer to try my best to preserve the origin outer appearence, and shows the new character of the old building by a tiny action. That is my attitude to the old architecture preservation and renovation.
Urban Texture Analysis
Street Texture Analysis
Public Architecture Distribution
Touring Route & Cultural Buildings
The Original Castle
Lifting Up Part of Walls
Interior Transfroming & Preservation
Opening on Roofs & Walls
Considering the typical Danish outer wall style and the historic status, I preserve the most of the outer wall appearence, except for the part of film material on the west wing, which asks for more sun light. In the countyard, I do more on the outer walls, lifting up three parts of walls, which belong to different types of exhibitions. Those motions also reveal the fresh charactor of the old building.
Exhibition Zone
Exhibition Zone
Exhibition Zone
1st Floor Plan
North-South Section
Exhibition Zone
Rest Zone
2nd Floor Plan
East-West Section
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After Transformation
For the north wing of the castle, I make a wide space for huge sculptures, paintings and photographs exhibition. To achieve enough natural light and comfortable indoor environment, I lift up the south wall of the north wing. Meanwhile, under the lifting wall, a hugh long window replaces the original brick wall. At the same time, considering the top sun light, I open a wide window on the roof top to let the sunlight flow into the exhibition space.
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After Transformation
For the west wing of the castle, I break down multiple small rooms to manifest a long corridor for gallery function. In a two story full height space, I divide the height to make a rest space like Cafe on the second floor, and a joint of the west exhibition space and the south one. To maximize the natural light in the castle, a large film material set on the west wall, to ensure the temperate light environment rather than the dazzling one at the same time.
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After Transformation
In the east wing, I prefer a dim exhibition room for some abstract artworks. Thus, I lift a more narrow gap for the sunlight. Under the contrast between the narrow bright zone and the dark exhibition zone, citizens could feel the conception of combination of the artworks and a spot of artificial light. Meanwhile, the original chimney is transformed to the shield of the artificial light to intensify the dim concept.
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After Transformation
As for the south wing of the castle, another big transformation set on the wall is the curving from the top of the wall to the bottom, and a little stage formed. As the link between the interior space and the countyard, the stage could also be the performance zone for live house or outdoor exhibition. vAnd I believe that function could well suit for the feature of Horsens and encourage poeple to visit the museum.
04 T H E M O U S E CAG E Architecture Design Hong Kong, China Spring 2013
During last two decades, global population density and city building density has increased rapidly. However, there are also plenty of living troubles around citizens life too. More and more citizens could not offer a stable apartment to support their careers and dreams. Facing this issue, many officers are going to rent some amalgamated dwellings, such as capsule apartmens. But there is a serious shortcoming to live in capsule apartments. According to psycologists, living in narrow and crowded space could lead to many psycologicla issue, like claustrophobia and insomnia, since people can not move in capsule apartment, and there is no window and opening vision in the room. To solve this problem, I roll up three kinds of major living space to save about 2/3 space, in the same time an interesting rotation space formed in a hexagonal prisms space. On one hand, citizens could move to reach every function space in a entertaining way. On the other hand, it covers the same space as normal amalgamated apartments because of saving vertical space. Therefore, the Mouse Cage combines advantages of amalgamated apartment and usual apartment. Not only does it save huge space, but also it provides a more entertaining and positive life. It is totally a new lifestyle for citizens.
2015 World Population Density Map
Manhattan
Global Population Density Trend (thousand people/square kilometer)
Tokyo
Rio de Janeiro
Usage Rate of Normal Apartment Form 64%
Usage Rate of the Rotation Style 100% Facing to the urgent issue of growing population density and building density in cities, I research useage of space in normal apartment. Even in the most crowded room, there is also waste space. That is the space over our heads. According to my research, the space over 2.1 meters high is usually wasted. And a single person can only use one space at one time. However, if these spaces are rotated in vertical dimention, the useage will be close to 100%.
THE MOUSE CAGE In the space of 3.8 meters story height, I roll up three basic space-- sleeping space, study&work space, and cooking&dining space. In this way, I save 2/3 three dimentional space so that a single citizen could live comfortable life in only 10 sq.m. For use the Mouse Cage, there is a rotate machine which could run it. Citizen could just walk along the asile to reach every space. In the same time other funitures will be folded away.
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Folding Desk and Chair
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Folding Balcony
Folding Cabinet
Folding Hidden Door
NUMEROUS LIFESTYLE FOR DIFFERENT CITIZENS
Study & Work
Singing & Play Instruments
In Double Mode (The Hidden Door Opened)
Take Exercise
Cook and Have Meal
Go to Balcony and Enjoy Scenery
Keep Pets
Home in Bed
07:00 GET UP
07:15 WASH FACE
07:30 BREAKFAST
19:30 COOK AND HAVE DINNER
20:30 WASH CLOTHES
21:00 STUDY AND WORK
22:30 REST IN BED
23:00 FALL ASLEEP
UNITS IN TOWER BUILDING Four Units in a Floor Traffic Center contains an elevator and a stair. Two Units set on half storey. This kind of tower is the smallest, which covers about 92.6 sq.m.
Six Units in a Floor Traffic Center contains an elevator and a stair. Units set on every 600 height. This kind of tower building could be combined in mutiple forms.
Eight Units in a Floor Traffic Center contains an elevator and a stair. Eight units embtace it along an aisle. This kind of tower building is the most efficient mode.
The Mouse Cage provide citizens, A new kind of apartment, A new kind of lifestyle, Full of interest, vigour, and surprise. I hope the Mouse Cage could turn citizens stressful life into positive one.
05 OTHER WORKS & PHOTOGRAPHY
Mapping at Temple of Wude