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0 1 | INTERLACED AIR CIT Y [‌ Urban Commercial Complex Project] Spring Semester Of 2016 Site:Hongkou,Shanghai,China Collaborative Studio Work With Weng Zijian Instructor:Wang Hao,Zhendong Wang Contribution: All Distinction Award Of National Architectural Studio Work Contest
North Sichuan Road is one of the most important commercial districts in Shanghai, the economic center of China. However, with the coming of information era, the insubstantial commercial activities based on network is connecting individuals with their commercial needs in a more efficient way. Under the menace of information era, I assume the open urban space to be the media which can revitalize the traditional business district by linking it with sociality. However,in the present urbanism of Shanghai, the open urban space are typically restricted on the ground level.To achieve the more effective and efficient commercial mode in this project , I studied the existing typologies of urban places in Hongkou district and upraised them with the high density complex program. After that, I studied the mutual connections with commercial vitality between different departments in a urban complex program, and interlaced the program volumes according to the parametric result of the study to optimize the urban space system.Based all this, I believe this project is a considerate proposal to revitalize the district with a new commercial mode based on the sociality of human.
Interlaced Air City
Interlaced Air City
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HISTORY OF COMMERCE ON NORTH SICHUAN RD.
SITE ANALYSIS
North Sichuan Road is located in the west part of Shanghai downtown. In 1877,with the construction of the road system, it grew up gradually and became one of the most important commercial streets in Shanghai. However ,in the last decade,the commercial vitality of North Sichuan Road has declining rapidly.
North Sichuan Road is connected with metro line3 through the site. After studied the condition of whole site area, I found that presently open public places are always restricted on the ground level. As a result, we can see a decline of social activity from ground level to high-rise offices.
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Construction of the road system 1870s
A secondary street 1840s
Japanese immigration 1920s
New regime of communism 1950s
Primary Market Economy Department Commerce
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ANALYSIS OF COMMERCE MODE The development of Internet commerce in the past decade is the main reason for the declined vitality of traditional business districts such as North Sichuan Rd.Comparing with the traditional consuming mode, online shopping provides people with more alternatives and lower prices, but also weakened the potential of consuming behavior as a social activity. Online Shopping Connections
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In the urbanism of Shanghai, spaces for commerce and sociality are typically loosely federated. But under the menace of Internet,the open urban places and commerce need to be combined as a synergetic complex media to connect human with their needs of both commerce and sociality more effectively and efficiently.
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CONCEPT
UPRAISING STRATEGY
In the urbanism of Shanghai, spaces for commerce and sociality are typically loosely federated. But under the menace of Internet,the open urban places and commerce need to be combined as a synergetic complex media to connect human with their needs of both commerce and sociality more effectively and efficiently. To achieve the more effective and efficient open urban places and commercial system, we need to upraise the open urban places with with social activities as the media to vitalize the high-density complex program.
To achieve the more effective and efficient open urban places and commercial system, we need to upraise the open urban places with with social activities as the media to vitalize the high-density complex program.
Mixture of Urban and Commercial Programs 3000 1000
EXHIBITION STAGE
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PLAZA
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LANDSCAPE
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TRANSPORTATION
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OFFICE
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HOTEL
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1.Placing the office and hotel on the quiet area, maxmizing the sunlight and landscape
3.Aggregating the complex program to upraise open urban places and link the main intersection with the metro station.
2.Placing deparment on the traffic intersection. Arranging the retail along landscape and commeicial street with openess to the city. Upraise Typologies Of local Urban Space
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Upraised Urban Space
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INTERLACING WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL WOOL THREAD ALGORITHM Activity Pattern Of Urban Complex Program The wool threads experiment is a physical method discovered by German architect Frei O tto to optimize the planar pathways. To justify the upraised urban places, I researched the active degree of program in different time and the corresponding circular relations, then simplified these relations into points and lines. I developed the wool threads experiment i n to t h re e - d i m e n s i o n w i t h co m pu t a t i o n a l stimulation, and tried to spotimize the linear results of program research.
After simplified these relations into points and lines, I sitimulated the wool threads experiment in 3-dimension with computation, then I combined the coding results and the complex program. According to the algorithmic results, I optimized the shape and connecting spaces to produce the considerate pathes for more communication and efficency.
Combine coding results and complex program
Add connecting space according to the results
Shape morphosis based on the results
Shape optimization based on the results
Add connecting space according to the results
Add external shading device based on the solar analysis
Program Volumes Simplified Into Points 6:00
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Active Connections From 6:00 a.m. To 10:00 a.m
6:00 Interlaced Air City
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Active Connections From 10:00 a.m. To 14:00 a.m
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Active Connections From 14:00 a.m. To 18:00 a.m
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Active Connections From 18:00 a.m. To 22:00 a.m
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Along the commercial facade on North Sichuan Road, people are attracted by the multiple entrances in different scales, starting shopping with stereo circulation.
The office and commercial circulation are connected by open platforms, which provide office workers the place for social and relaxing.
Hotel Rooms
Hotel Villas
Hotel Lobby
Retail&Catering
Office Area
Sunken plaza is the center of this urban complex. Based on the typology of stadium, it is the best place for exhibit and performance show activities. Surrounded by building volumes, people at different heights can enjoy the show and exhibit.
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Exploded Axon Diagram The entrances of hotel and office is on the southern side, provides effiecnt transportation. The lobby and villas of hotel are set on the platform above the office which has the best scenery. Interlaced Air City
Based on the morphosis of local typolygies, the urban complex provides a charming architectural experience and is closely connected with the metro transport through multiple circulation.
Vertical Connections Open Urban Space
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Guest room
Guest room
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Guest room Garden Guest room Lounge
Swimming Pool Guestroom
Fitness Center
Guestroom
Hotel Lobby
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Office Office Office
Metro Line
Office Retail Retail
Interlaced Air City
Retail
Retail
Retail
Retail
Retail
Office
Cinema
Cinema
Cinema
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Car Park
Car Park
Logistics
Car Park
Car Park
Logistics
Interlaced Air City
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THE URBAN COMPLEX OF COMMERCE AND SOCIALITY In this studio work , I tried to discuss the relationship between the partial media interaction and the whole media intention by interlacing the urban open spaces which mediates individuals and sociality with the commercial complex program which mediates individuals with commercial needs. Based on our research, we conceived the urban open space to be the media between social activity and commercial behavior. This open spatial system works as a partial media to vitalize the whole system of commercial complex by adding new media interactions of sociality.
Interlaced Air City
Interlaced Air City
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0 2 | FRAME OF COMMUNITY [‌ Creative & Residential Community Project] Spring Semester Of 2016 Site:Yangpu,Shanghai,China Individual Studio Work of Architecture & Urban Planning Instructor:Yi Dong, Jiajing Zhang Honorable Mention in Chinese Contest of the Rookies’ Award
This is a experimental joint studio of Architecture and Urban Planning Depar tment, which aims to design throughly and coherently from housing scale to urban scale.In This studio, I tried to discuss how similar strategies on different scales mediates different relations.The site is located aside the campus of Tongji University, Shanghai which is a center of creative industry. Sourrounded by creative institutions and enterprises ,this project has a complex program of community and incubator to serve start-up entrepreneurs working and living in a efficient mode. Meanwhile, as a open community with commercial function, I also conceived this project providing high quality public space to the whole area for more effective interactions. To achieve the program, I started to rethink architecture and the city as the materialized media . After the investigation of creative industry and internet makers, I applied the concept of a frame from the building scale to the urban scale, mediating the individual lifestyle with building units, and the creative industry with urban environment.
Frame of Community
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A NEW WORKING MODE OF CREATIVE INDUSTRY
SITE ANALYSIS: THE DIVERSITY OF CREATIVE INDUSTRY
Internet Maker culture is an emerging phenomenon and a new working mode of creative industry fed by the development in digital fabrication technology and the Internet cloud. Information and tools are now accessible to anybody with a computer and an internet connection.
The site is in the intersection of Zhangwu road and Siping road, surrounded by creative enteprises and residence. In the west of the site is a commercial complex and the main campus of Tongji Univ. The D&I school and design institute of Tongji Univ. are in the south of the site.
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Exhibition
Collaboration Online
Business
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Commercial Complex
Residential Community
Programming
Design
Making
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Tourism
Exhibition
Collaboration
Business
PROGRAMME FOR DIVERSE DEMANDS To vitalize the district as a certer of creative industry in Shanghai, a complex program is needed. The project is not only aiming to satisfy the target users of individual designers and craftsmen but also to optimize the whole creative industry in the district and provide a better urban environment. Public Facilities
2500sqm
Leisure Shop Workshop Exhibit
Residential Block
3500sqm
Residence Shop Studio Exhibit
Enterprises
Open Space
Design&Creative Enterprises
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There is always a lack of public space and open landscape in most residencial blocks of this district.
There are several commercial complex in this area providing offices and traditional commerce.
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Education
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Design & Innovation Education
There are two important educational institutes of design in this area, the D&I and CAUP of Tongji University.
As the center of creative industry in Shanghai ,there are many related enterprises in this area.
A Industrial Heritage Of Structure Frame There is a mental structure frame on the site with a radius of 12 meters. The frame is a experimental model of structure engineering, and required to be preserved as a symbol of industrial history.
Neighborhood
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CONCEPT & STRATEGY To integrate and vitalize the complex program, I conceived the frame systems which mediates the diverse space and events as a media.
Streets as the frame of city
Generate the housing frame based on the human dimensions
Open space as the frame of block
Generate the block frame based on the daylight analysis and privacy analysis
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Education & Industry Area
The Frame Space
Creative Community
Structure and partitions as the frame of Building
Generate the community frame based on the analysis of site
Archi-Frame Strategy
Upper Frame & Ground Frame
To fulfill the multiple demand and mediates the complex program, I conceived two frame system on the ground level and the upper level.
The Upper Level Frame
The upper level frame is organized by the landscape pavement, connecting the spaces for leisure, exhibit and social. The ground level frame is organized by the community street, connecting the spaces for commerce, exhibit , catering and other public services. Due to the limit of FAR(floor/area rate), there will be a waste of land in this site. Hence, I add archi-frames into the the frame system, which presently can works as the canopy of open spaces, and have the potential to be the structure for the future expansion.
Fill the housing frame with spaces of dwelling, studio and exhibit.
Frame of Community
Fill the block frame with the housing units and independent shop units.
Fill the street and landscape frame of the community with blocks and public programs.
The Ground Level Frame
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VARIOUS LIVING SPACE Cafe Maker Club Lecture Hall Resturant Library Exhibition
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Public Square
Upper Level Frame
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SPACE 5 Bedroom+Bat hroom
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Landscape Pavement
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UNIT AGGREGATION SOHO Apartment
Sample Housing Units
SOHO Store
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Central Square
Conor Garden
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BLOCK W A *2+ B *2+ C *2+ D *2 Frame of Community
BLOCK X A + B + C + D + Shops
BLOCK Y A *2+ B *2+ C *2+ D *2 + Shops
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0 3 | DISENCHANTED ADDITION [‌ Boutique Hotel Project Of Rehabilitation] Fall Semester Of 2016 Site:Hongku,Shanghai,China Individual Studio Work of Preservation & Rehabilitation Instructor:Hongjun Wang
In this studio on preservation and rehabilitation, I discussed how the additional parts in rehabilitation can work as the media to change the occupant's prospective to look upon the heritage. The existing building located in a historic area of Shanghai downtown was built by Jewish developer in 1920s as apartments and school. In the following years, this building was used with different programs and finally abandoned in recent decades. With the new proposal which is to rehabilitate this building into a boutique hotel, I tried to partly re-defined the value of this building as delicate craftwork with historic memory . Hence I conceived the concept of disenchanted addtion to be the media with the schemes of transparency, translucency and reflection to emphasize this altering of value and program. With this idea, I tried to mediates the relationship between the architectural heritage, urban environment and occupants delicately, without adding any new symbolic meaning. Hence,as regards the preservation, my main strategy is to refurbish the brick wall and other architectural details into the original and essential status yet with the imprint of age.
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HISTORY AND PRESENT SITUATION OF THE BUILDING
SITE ANALYSIS
The existing building located in a historic area of Shanghai downtown was built by Jewish developer in 1920s as an apartment building. In 1930s this building served as a mission school for Russia children.After 1950, when the communism ruled China, this building has been used as public social house and printing house. In the following years, this building was used with different programs and finally abandoned in recent decades. Presently, although it’s bricks has been partly damaged, this building is overall well preserved and has a remarkable heritage value.
Yulin is a neighbourhood north of Suzhou Creek that served as a Jewish ghetto during the Japanese occupation in World War II that has remained very Chinese amidst the changes taking place throughout much of the city. Low, crowded and unpolished, it's a great place just to walk around, eat, shop and be stared at.
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NEW PROPOSAL The new program of a boutique hotel requries the space for rooms, catering , leisure ,service and circulation. To fulfill the demands, I re-arranged the spatial layout and expand the space with additional volumes.
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I love the unique traits which tells the history of this building !
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Environment
Catering 400sqm
I love the atomosphere and vitality of surrounding block!
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CONCEPT
ADDITION STRATEGY
With the new proposal which re-defined the value of this building as delicate craftwork with historic memory . I conceived the concept of disenchanted addtion to be the media between occupants, context and the heritage,emphasizing this altering of value and program.
According to the concept of disenchanted addition, I elaborated the strategies of transparency, translucency and reflection. All the additions in this project will follow these strategies , achieve the program without creating any new symbolic meanings.
Transparent Stratrgy Emphasizing with the existingreality
Translucent Stratrgy
Reflective Stratrgy
Emphasizing with the blured reality
Emphasizing with the environment
MASSING STRATEGY The new program of a boutique hotel requries the space for rooms, catering , leisure ,service and circulation. To fulfill the demands, I re-arranged the spatial layout and expand the space with additional volumes.
Environment
Abandoned Heritage
Disenchanted Addition
Media
Disenchanted Addition
Demand
Boutique Lifestyle
Break partition walls, connect original units with centre public space and transverse circulation
Break upper floors of the public space, connect each floor with the centre public space
Add the additional lobby on the relic of sleeper wall forward the building. Fill the behind existing appendant with program of service
Add the additional resturant into the relic of appendant structure forward the building.Add the volume of lounge on the top. 18
APPLYING OF ADDITION CONCEPT
EXPLODED AXON DIAGRAM
Frosted glass Translucency
Roof open
Uncovering the roof truss and wraped up with glass for the bar public
Public
Chimney cap open
Centralized with glass for the display in the bar public
Transparency
Mirror Reflection Roof truss of original addition semi-open
Wall of original addition semi-open
Wraping up the structure with frosted glass for the resturant semi-public
Placing the glass lobby on the relic semi-public
Semi-Public
Translucency
Glass Transpresency Original door semi-close
Original wall semi-close
Using mirror to emphasize the original components semi-private
Using glass to emphasize original architectural components semi-private
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The north facade closed
Disenchanted Addition
Expanding the balcony with frosted glass to connect the yard private
Original partition wall close
Reflecting and re-centralizing the fireplaces in room private
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Remove par tition walls between the original volumes to open the corridors in between
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According to the concept of disenchanted addition,as regards the preservation, my main strategy is to refurbish the brick wall and other architectural details into the original and essential status yet with the imprint of age.
Disenchanted Disenchanted Addition Addition
STEP 1 Remove the rotten coating layer to display the original status and craft
STEP 2 Restore the cracks on the wall with the grouting technology
STEP 3 Refurbish the brick wall by sweeping off dust and chippings
STEP 4 Reinforce the structure and protect the brick wall with transparent additions.
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Section Model View Of The Guest Room Disenchanted Disenchanted Addition Addition
Section Model View Of The Lounge On The Roof
Section Model View From Room To Garden
Section Model View From Office To Lobby 22 22
04 | VERNACULAR MONUMENTALITY [‌ The Nujiang Vernacular Cathedral Project] Spring Semester Of 2016 Site:Nujiang,Yunnan,China Collaborative Study Project With Qin Sizhi Contribution: All
Religious architecture is a kind of media which communicating the individuals with the universal spirit.' The Nujiang Cathedral' is a project set in one of the settlements of ethnic people. It proposes a combination between the monumentality alongside the connatural vernacular . This project intends to make visible and integrate the localization of Christian faith,through a bottom-up construction based on the vernacular culture and history . A strategic site is chosen in the Laomudeng village, which is a Lisu and Nu settlement located by the side of Nujiang River with a percentage of Christian over 90% . This mountainous area has a labyrinthian missionary history which started nearly 100 years ago. The Christian belief spread fast at that time with the work of early preachers which not only improved the local living standards but also de-idolized the traditional customs and combined it with Christian faith. Even the connection to external church was obstructed by political reasons since 1950s,this area keeps the specificity of national traditions with Christian faith.
Vernacular Monumentality
Vernacular Monumentality
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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANIT Y IN NUJIANG
Rev.Bathow from Burma belonging to China Inland Mission CIM
J.O.Fraser bring in westerin medication, helping develop words for their language most influential
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A.B Cooke, John & Isobel Kuhn from CIM
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The former church which was built by J.O.Fraser was damaged in the period of Culture Revolution when the religions were borbidden by government. This picture is the existing church of Laomudeng, which was built in 1980s. As a cathedral serves for dozens of villages in Nujiang,it has been expanded and reburbished in recent decades. However, it is still too narrow and can't show the particularity of local Christian faith.
James Fraser, a missionary of China Inland Mission, is the one who successfully preached Ch r i s t i a n d o c tr i n e s i n t h e Nujiang area. He intiated his work by bringing in western medication and interpreting the bible into local language. He has lived in this area for over 30 years , and finally buried in Nujiang.
Churches were dismissed by the government and Clerics left
1930s
Religions were all forbidden by the government
1950s
Recover spontaneously and develop without any cleric
1960s
Capitalism Regime
Laomudeng
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Socialism Regime
Reform and Open
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Conflict result in civil war
Develop because of New regime (capitalism)
Acceptance Of Christianity In China
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Develop because chaos caused by war
Develop with political protection
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PROPOSAL OF CATHEDRAL To fulfil the demand of Nujiang Christians, and to deeply disscuss the localization of Christianity in ethinic China. I proposed a Cathedral for the Nujiang area, and tried to visualize and materialize the localizing process of Nujiang Christianity.
Annexe
Over 300,000 Christians in Nujiang Area
Cross
Nave
Narthex
Sacristy
Sacrement Chapel
Settlements
Terrace Field
River & Lake
Bamboo Forest
Sekanzhe
Daily Chapel
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Only five small churches in Nujiang Area Study Of Typical Cathedral Program
Ratio of Minority Population Vernacular Monumentality
91% Ratio of Christian belief
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SITE ANALYSIS
CONCEPT
The site is located in a vernacular ethnic minority area of Nujiang great canyon. The topography led to a peculiar agricultural mode of terrace field.As a autonomous region by ethinic groups, the ratio of people who hold a Christian belief is over 90%, and Laomudeng is the regional faith center. I chose a unique site for this project on the expansion of the original church in Laomudeng village, which is the faith center of Nujiang area. This site is embracing the lake on the slop, and surrounded by the ethinic settlements, terrace fields and bamboo forest.
According to the research of site and cases, I conceived the concept to achieve the monumentality,on the basis of vernacular elements from the site and the culture. I tried study the relations between vernacular elements and cathedral elements, and design this project as the materialized media to emphysize these relations. Chapel
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Publicity
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CASE STUDY FROM VERNACLAR TO MONUMENTALITY
Potala Palace, Tibet
Selimiye Mosque, Turkey
Temple Of Heaven, Beijing
I studied three monumental architecture around the world, the Temple Of Heaven in Beijing, the Selimiye Mosque in Turkey and the Potala Palace in Tibet. Througn this top - down study from architectural expression to dwelling and motef, I tried to explore how monumentaly built on the basis of vernacular.
Architecture
Axis&Asymmetry
Ethinic Motif
Site Context
Traditional Dwelling
Natural Environment
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Progressive Construction Of Monumentality Vernacular Monumentality
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MONUMENTAL STRUCTURE BASED ON VERNACULAR As the key media mediating the vernacular culture and traditon with monumentality, the structure system was designed based on the investigation of local elements. As regards the material, bamboo is one of the main local plant and stone is the material of local retaining walls.I initially arranged the basic structure according to the movement of local dance, then I invesgated the weaving geometric logic of local craftwork and accordingly develop the bamboo structure with parametric computation.
Roof
The local bamboo forest
Lithoid retaining wall of terrace field
Movement pattern of local dance
weaving geometric logic of craftwork Bamboo Structure
Cross
Baptismal Sacrament Chapel
Basic Main Structure Layout
Main Structure Development
Basic Structure Of Chapels and Narthex Fireplace Sacrasty
Daily Chapel
Confessional Narthex
Office
Lithoid Pinth
Final Main Structure System
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Final Structure Of Chapels and Narthex
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VERNACULAR ELEMENTS OF EMBRACING
Three local nations united embracing the Christianity Vernacular Monumentality
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Local people dancing embracing the fire
The mountains embracing the resident area
The terraced fields embracing the mountains
The bamboo forest embracing the settlements
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SHAPE MORPHOSIS On account of the steep topography, Nujiang people not only developed their cultivation with terrace fields but also built their dwellings on the slop with stilts. Taking these typologies as reference, I lifted the platforms as terrace fields with the stilts of lithoid plinth, which is the material of retaining wall of field. Then I morphed the pitched roofs of local dwelling according to the topography of slop, reinforced the climbing circulation to the main hall with rituality.
Section Of Terrace Field
Section Of Dwellings
lift the platforms as terrace fields with the stilts of lithoid plinth, which is the material of retaining wall of field
morph the pitched roofs of local dwelling according to the topography of slop, reinforced the climbing circulation to the main hall with rituality. Vernacular Monumentality
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Cross Section Rendering
Vernacular Monumentality
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lakeside Rendering
Vernacular Monumentality Monumentality Vernacular
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KAIXIN TAN G B.E in Architecture and Preser vation Tongj i Universit y Tel . + 86 1522 15 75 753 E-m ail . kaixin.r.tang@gm ail .com