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2018-2023
Architectural transformation
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CONTENTS
PROLOGUE I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens. --César Pelli The renewal of various old buildings, especially industrial heritage, is not only a tribute to history, but also to serve the present and face the future, injecting the inefficient stock of land in the metropolitan city center with a unique vitality that combines historical memory and contemporary spirit.
In the twenty years I have lived in Hangzhou, I have witnessed the complete demolition of old streets and alleys that held the memories of my childhood, and the construction of new apartments and villas. This kind of renovation not only changes the appearance of the city, but also wipes out the original closeknit neighborhoods and the original residents' sense of belonging to the city. In some of the preserved neighborhoods, although there are some old buildings that are vacant and available for use, when people need more public space, they are always more willing to choose a new location to build a new building. As I walk through these neighborhoods, I often feel sorry for the neglected old buildings. Therefore, after I started my architectural studies in college, I became very interested in learning about building renovation. Old buildings are a valuable part of a city's heritage. The reuse of old buildings not only preserves the memory of the city, but it is also an effective way to solve the problem of land constraints and promote sustainable urban development.
All Age Community Activity Centre
Therefore, in my graduate studies, I hope to continue to learn more about the advanced theories, methods, and techniques of architectural renovation, and to conduct field research on actual architectural renovation projects in order to gain a better understanding of how architectural renovation responds to the needs of users from different cultural backgrounds.
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Green Plaza and Art & Design Workshops
An Urban Village On A Hill
What's being remodeled? 7
Urban Village Reform In The New Era
Rehabilitation of the village A New Village Centered on Culture and Tourism
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The Infinitely Extendable Façade Furniture With Infinite Possibilities
New construction
Consider connections
Urban villages
New models
The Minimum Dwelling
Facade
New technology
3d printing &Modular
Village
New features
Cultural and tourism driven development model
Industrial buildings
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All Age Community Activity Centre Green Plaza and Art & Design Workshops
Located on the banks of the Grand Canal in Hangzhou, the predecessor of LOFT49 can be traced back to the Hangzhou Chemical Fibre Factory, which was founded in 1958, and developed into the Blue Peacock Nylon Branch Factory in the 1980s. 2003, with the transformation of the city's urban construction and industrial structure from industry to tertiary industry, the idle industrial factory buildings attracted a large number of artists to gather here on their own initiative. After conducting site visits and interviews with the community, I found that the main problems faced by the community are the lack of greenery and the inability of the current public space to meet the needs of users of different ages. In order to solve these problems, I proposed to transform the abandoned factory building into a community activity centre that integrates historical storytelling, art and design workshops and exhibitions, senior and children's activity space, and community green space, transforming the abandoned building that cuts off the community's texture into the heart of the community that unites vitality.
Tutor: Peidong Zhu Date: 2022 winter Dimension: 50000 ㎡ Type: academic individual work Duration: 6 months.
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Lack of amenities in the 15-minute living area
Factory with chimney around 1980s
In 2003, as the city's construction and industrial structure shifted from industry to tertiary industry, the unused industrial buildings attracted a large number of artists to gather here spontaneously, thus giving birth to LOFT49, Hangzhou's first iconic cultural and creative park, which became the first new cultural and creative industrial agglomeration in Zhejiang Province until it was shut down in 2019 and began to be upgraded and remodelled.
Around 2000, the textile industry was booming in Hangzhou
In 2019, the original apparatus of the factory moved away to become a studio
Now, redundant buildings demolished
Now it is faced with the dual challenges of how to protect and reuse the industrial heritage in the core of the city, and how to efficiently increase the spatial capacity to adapt to the iterative nature of industry.
Over the past forty years, LOFT49 has undergone an overall transformation from an industrial park, industrial heritage to a creative industry park.
The formation of Industrial Enclave 1984
2003
Changes in surrounding building types
Basically mainly factory buildings, housing scattered around the neighborhood
A few factory buildings were demolished
Selection of buildings to be retained
2019
2023 Factory type
Residential type
Most of the factory buildings were demolished and taller residential buildings were built.
The windows in the roof and the paintwork on the walls show signs of remodeling.
Interior industrial fixtures will be preserved.
Relatively unimportant factory buildings were demolished.
Retained factory-type buildings
Special roof design
Extraordinarily little green space. Original factory building
Changes in building height
Slight remodeling
Larger remodeling, additional separation
Perimeter demolition The overall planning concept of the "Greenery Cultural
Residential type
Centre" is based on urban memory, stimulating the new
Factory type
life of public places, realising the empowering renewal of low utility land in the city centre.
There is an increasingly noticeable height difference with the neighboring residential buildings.
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Actual view of the site in its current state.
Lack of amenities in the 15-minute living area Generation
Carrying Composite Scenes Expanding building capacity, upgrading commercial business, iterating industrial forms, compensating for public space, and creating the future space for carrying composite scenes.
Step1: Open space
Step2: Fill in the open space
Step3: Divide by critical routes
Step4: Map bottom relationship
Step5: Taking of new buildings
Step6: Details
Art & Design Workshop Activity Space for the Elderly and Children Art and Culture Exhibitions Historical Storytelling Community Activity Center
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Expanding building capacity, upgrading commercial business, iterating industrial forms, compensating for public space, and creating the future space for carrying composite scenes. The project will create a model of a vibrant neighbourhood that will host complex scenarios in the future.
Rich Profiles The internal richness of the design is demonstrated with six east-west profiles,
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which provide a clear view of the old and
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new building
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F 1 Activity Space for the Elderly (Chess Room, etc.)
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2 Art Workshop 3 Activity space for young children 4 Industrial Memory Exhibition Area 5 Live house 6 Shopping mall
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An Urban Village On A Hill Urban Village Reform In The New Era
As a product of the conflict and integration of rapid urban development and the dualistic system of urban and rural areas in the era of planned economy, the highdensity living environment and low rents carry the ideals of many young people who come to Hangzhou to build their dreams, and are an important part of the ecological balance of urban development. Exploring the model of urban village
Other High Buildings
transformation, while taking into account the original texture of the urban village and the environmental status of the surrounding city.
Tutor: Huifeng Hu
Town Village
Date:2021 Spring Dimension:14000 ㎡ Type: academic cooperative work Team members: Yao Ji Contribution and role:Deepening the scheme together with my independent completion, I undertook all the design deepening work while retaining the previous design. Duration: 3 months.
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Strong Demands for Housing Part-time workers Blue-collar workers and families who are not too well paid are a major part of the urban village.
Young white-collar workers
Skyscrapers
There are many young white-collar workers in the neighbourhood, so the demand for work, life, leisure, cultural and recreational activities around the youth population.
The surrounding skyscrapers have formed the skyline of the city with an advanced, civilised air.
Datas
Population Current population structure 1
60
22.5%
50
New college graduates construction
governmenttransformation Public rental housing Rent at a price lower than the market price acquisition
Living alone
30%
New employees, migrant workers to cities
Living with a partner Core family
10%
Core family(Children and 32.5% elderly left behind)
Families without housing difficulties with lower middle income
5%
Immediate family
Distribution of per capita living area of basic talents
40 30 20 10
Current population structure 2 Retired elderly and disabled
permanent resident population 986
floating population
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<9 ㎡
9-16 ㎡
16-25 ㎡
25-35 ㎡
>35 ㎡
10432
native
outlander
13%
Distribution of housing types for basic talents
87%
4.83%
Rental population estimation Potential tenants
floating population
Distribution of rental housing
the number of people
Policies
2.47billion
Proportion of floating population Rental population renting houses
College graduates in recent five years
67.3%
0.37billion
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1.91billion
12.69%
3.93%
Own housing Independent rental 33.53%
Housing provided by the unit Live with parents
16.31% 28.70%
Group rent/rent with others Public rental housing and other policy housing
Site Analysis
Conflicts and Solutions
The high-density living environment and low rents carry the ideals of many young people who come to Hangzhou to build their dreams, and are an important part of the ecological balance of urban development. Although Wulian Xiyuan has undergone several rounds of renovation, there are still many unresolved issues.
A Ordinary residence
Government
Tenant
Public renting housing is one of the important components of housing security system.
how to live a comfortable life?
landlord or landlady
how to live a happy life without interruption from tenants?
ZheJiang province
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Zhejiang Lvcheng Cardiovascular Hospital
go out early and come back at dusk
City appearance
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play chess and mahjong without working
A place of transition, carrying dreams and hopes.
Increase in the number of settlers
A place of leisure life.
Hangzhou
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site
subway
malls
hospitals
15 minute life circle
schools
shops
Share
15mins
B XiXi Wetland
Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital
Intensive housing
Full and varied life
Various Combinations of Room Arrangements
Tianmu C Hangzhou Mountain Hospital
Present
External stairs
Many tenants
Public letting housing is one of the important components of housing security system. It plays an important role in the security for housing interests of sandwich class group.
External stairs
External stairs
Public laundry
Public letting housing is one of the important components of housing security system. It plays an important role in the security for housing interests of sandwich class group.
Type 1
Surrounding Environment Texture
Single
Family
Arrangement of rooms according to the number of people The texture is arranged orderly, and there is little difference between the communities.
The richness of the house types allows for a richer life in the urban village and a further improvement in the quality of life, where
Very orderly, with a wide area.
requirements other than basic survival can be met.
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Special Bottom Layer Arrangement
Explosion Analysis
The design focuses on complementing the demand for public activities in the community and the creation of public space in the city. It attempt to blur the attributes of the inner and
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outer space as a 'park', by implanting a 'stage' that carries the activity space, and connect the three-dimensional traffic flow above and below ground, creating a growing space that can
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be used as a public function for exhibitions,
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performances, markets, culture and leisure in the city and community.
1 Reading room 2 Gym 3 Gallery
The village in the city has improved my quality of life. It is no longer just a foothold to muddle along.
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4 Community activity center 5 Corridor 6 Underground garage
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We will consider the reconstruction of urban villages as a whole, and then consider the development of urban villages in the whole city after trial operation.
Plan 1
Substrate Generation Logic
01 | Red line of the original site The site is in the shape of parallelogram
02 | Generate hillside Generate four uplifted "hills" on the original site
03 | Lift the four sides The west and south sides close to the road are raised to prevent the outside world from entering the hills
We have a lot of free play space.It's easier for us to find friends here. We have many new social activity centers. We can play mahjong or chess indoors.
06 | Add details Holes shall be made on the hills to provide vertical traffic or lighting.
Use of Hills
05 | Residential connection Use corridors to connect various residences and promote communication
04 | Slope analysis The visual analysis of the slope of the hill shows that the slope of the pink area in the figure is lower than 8%.
With a rain proof parking place, charging will be safe. Parking will be more orderly. Don't worry about not finding your own car before going to work.
Gathering Spaces
The gathering space created by the connecting corridor becomes very interesting.
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Don't have to drive on the narrow roads of the community with trepidation, which also reduces the risk of being scratched.
The Social Space on the Roof
A Connecting Corridor
The Glass Skylight
The Corridor and The Hill
The Residential Façade
The social space on the roof, among
A connecting corridor running between the
The glass skylight allows the interior
This experiential design provides a perfect combination
Interesting façades that can be shaded, making
others, covers different functions such as
interior and exterior divides the hall into two
gallery to be open at all times of the day.
of community culture display and community living
residential buildings less monotonous and
food sharing, community creators, etc.
parts that can be viewed and traversed.
room interaction in the lobby of the flat.
boring.
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Rehabilitation of the village Transformation of A Hillside Village
We hope to use the orange and pomelo technology of Guanbu Village and Anran Farm as the specialties and the base for industrial development Facing multiple challenges - how to utilize the stock base effectively, how to attract traffic to Guanbu Village and generate economic benefits for its sustainable development. We propose a two-pronged parallel design strategy, one is to do an acupuncture type of renovation, while keeping the boundaries of the house base unchanged, using the spatial activation of the stock of buildings and the ecological restoration of the original environment as the entry point, so as to realize the new life of the old village, and the other is to stimulate the media effect that can draw traffic through the establishment of a public space.
Tutor: Jiaao Chen Date:2023 Autumn Dimension: 5000 ㎡ Type: competition individual work Duration: 3 months.
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Condition of Village Houses
Growth Cycle Late February to early March to apply 20% of the total annual fertilizer amount.
Tiles
Aluminum panels
Brick walls
It is advisable to use pesticides to trap or install insecticidal lamps to kill from September until the time of fruit picking.
Some of the undesirable branches and leaves should be removed to reduce the amount of flowers.
Lecture hall
Renovate the existing residential base into a resort hotel, use a small amount of collective construction land index to create a group of public buildings with media attraction effect, taking into account the public support of the hotel.
Orange pomelo
Before late June, thin out deformed fruits, diseased fruits, small fruits, oversized fruits, retain medium fruits.
Tool room
Delivery
Diseases that occur in the hightemperature and high humidity season around May, can be used 0.5% equal amount of Bordeaux liquid spraying control.
Rammed earth
Jianyang orange pomelo has many key cultivation techniques.
It is the vacation stage, many families will choose this stage to travel, thus there is passenger flow.
Accommodation Dining
Fruit ripening period is the peak period for tourists.
Site Analyse Storage room
Viewing platform
Office space
How to Carry Out Village Renovation
Fujian Province
Farmers
Technicians
Tourists
Students
拆除的建筑
新建的建筑
Wuyi Mountain Scenic Area
This area needs to be designed as a public place that can also serve farmers, students, tourists, and technicians, while also considering the sharing of orange pomelo Specific location
Previous condition
Filtering buildings worthy of preservation
cultivation techniques and the preservation of village memories.
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廊子
Determining the location of new buildings
廊子
Ensure consistency between old and new buildings
廊子
Better Understanding of the Transformation of the Village The most notable change is the addition of a connecting corridor linking the old and new buildings, which, while becoming a public space, can be used as a space for sharing orange pomelo technology, and can also make it easier to walk around the village and get around between different functional areas. The second distinctive feature is the unification of the old and new buildings in terms of construction method and form, which contributes to the unity of the village.
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1 Office house 2 Viewing platform 3 Guesthouse A 4 Exhibition Hall 5 Meeting Room
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6 Pomelo Planting Observation Room
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7 Guesthouse B 8 Entrance (former chimney tower) 9 Restaurant 10 Shop
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Structure Details The Gutter 10 thick paving tiles with dry cement rubbing joints Fill 1:3 lime mortar for every 3m*6m seam width. Spreading cement surface 25 thick 107 glue cement mortar bonding layer (1:3 cement mortar mixed with 15% of cement amount of 107 glue) 1.5 thick EPDM rubber membrane waterproof layer 20-thick 1:2.5 cement mortar levelling layer 1:6 cement coke slag 3 thick at the lowest point, 2% slope finding Air barrier 20-thick 1:3 cement mortar levelling layer Reinforced concrete floor slab
The Connecting corridor Stress skin wall panel Oriented strand board ext Eps foam core insulation Oriented strand board backer Drywall Plywood Subfloor Fiberglass insulation
The Foundation Reinforced concrete base plate 40-thick No. 200 fine stone concrete protective layer Bituminous membrane waterproof layer Cold primer oil 20-thick 1:2.5 cement mortar levelling layer No.100 concrete bedding Soil compacting
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The Infinitely Extendable Façade Furniture With Infinite Possibilities
Thinking first about furniture and implementing the concept of modularity in furniture and then to the curtain wall, different functional spaces have different needs for enclosing interfaces, for example offices need good lighting and the interface needs to be more permeable, while residences need interfaces with better privacy without affecting the lighting, museums preferably have no direct sunlight and interfaces that provide diffuse reflections. The combination of multiple units allows for a variation in the texture of the curtain wall that is responsive to the functional properties of the internal space and the external environmental elements.
Tutor: Weishun Xu Date:2021 Spring Dimension: 4 ㎡ &8 ㎡ Type: academic cooperative work Team members: Yating Jiang, Siyu Lu, Jingyi Wu Contribution and role: Preliminary research, the derivative forms and practical robot building. Duration: 3 months.
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Furniture With Infinite Possibilities Through our research, we have found that users are now demanding more and more flexibility and adaptability in their furniture, wanting to buy just one piece of furniture that can meet a wide range of needs.
Actual Printed Model Printing has errors and it is difficult to get the tenons and mortises to fit perfectly. On the other hand, mechanical analysis shows that the forces at the nodes are high and the structural strength of the joint is a prerequisite to ensure that the components can be used in combination. So we chose to build the nodes by pouring resin to form a rigid joint.
Node 1
Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
Construction Method Step 1
Laminated print of the inner and outer surfaces of the component. Node 2
Step 2
The voids between the inner and outer surfaces of the component are filled with a polyurethane foam to replace the 3D printed support. This ensures structural strength, reduces overall weight, saves printing material, is economically sound and on the other hand ensures the integrity of the outer surface.
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The Infinitely Extendable Façade In this project, we set the context for the design of a residential curtain wall in a high-density urban environment, taking into account the need for residential privacy and the need for light, by varying the size of the curtain wall apertures to create a visual barrier or interaction between the inside and outside of the building.
FORM
NEED
Practical Application Simulation Specific Construction Through case studies, we have found that many modular curtain walls, with direct lap joints between the elements, have more visible joints. And there are cut-outs in the component units, which is difficult to build for the robotic tilt-printing process.
Weather
The more open the internal space, such as the living room corridor, the larger the aperture.
The initial design of the component unit, with its large overhang in the middle, was more difficult
Nature
to print, so we optimised this part so that he landed in the middle to form a support and picked
When the user walks to the private space, the curtain wall will block the view of the outside world and suspend the communication between the inside and outside of the building. Noise
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up the sides.