THE 3RD LINE

ELEVATED WALKWAY SYSTEM, HONGKONG, 2022 INDIVIDUAL WORK

A complex system of pedestrian bridges was built in the center of Hong Kong during the 1980s and 1990s, which greatly improved the efficiency of the city's operations. Some of these bridges pass through different areas of civic life at the same time, and have the potential to expand vertically and horizontally to increase connections between different areas. This project selected the pedestrian bridge connecting Central Plaza and Wanchai Computer City to expand its space in the city and establish new connections. Enrich the functions of pedestrian bridges in public life.

There are skyscrapers located in the areas along the bay. These are the workplace for citizens. The area functions as business center.

3 Spots To Design

Three spots of the elevated walkway have the potential to be extended, Which have routes of walking can be complicated. They are the red area highlighted in the plan.

The buildings at the Lockhart Road are mainly for residential and commercial. This area dominates the richest part of civic life in Hongkong.

Analysis Of People Activities

In addition to passing-by, people in different regions will have different behavioral biases. The elevated walkway that passes through Hennessy Road, Lockhart Road, and Jaffe Road covers the richest range of human activities in the city.

The buildings at Hennessy Road have public facilities like sports center. Commercial and residential space are also included.

Analysis Of Circulation

When pursuing efficiency or using vehicles, routes tend to be linear and gridded. When the route is done by human walking, the route tends to be curved and organic. It will affects the form of the project.

Entrances are extended to residential area, getting residents to the workplace more efficiently.

Walkway system with 3 floors, offering more space for street markets and resturants.

Walkway system with 3 floors, offering platform for parade. Stairs are added for the accessibility of metro.

This collage is showing the current condition among activities of citizens, the central elevated walkway, and the urban landscape in Hongkong. Questions like how to provide spcae for outdoor markets and resturants, create pocketparks for people to relax and communicate, and open up more opportunities for parade.

Jaffe Road

Lockhart Road

Hennessy Road

Walkway in different directions will increase the efficiency of circulation.

The walkway inclined to the building provides more space between the building and the bridge.

The overall non-grid texture of the walkway provides a more layered space for the urban landscape.

Public Utilities

Jaffe Road tends to be a public space, a place where crowds gather, and requires a large negative space for sightseeing, parades, performances, etc. It is connected to the entrance of the subway, which means that more channels are needed to evacuate the flow of people.

Consumption

Lockhart Road has close relation to civic life, and the circulation needs to become diversified and provide opportunities for people to experience the space. While connecting the restaurant and the store on the first floor, an activity space on the second floor is created.

All the electricity for the market is expected to be generated from sunlight by the solar panel on the roof. This means that the power consumption of the market will be limited. Electricity is used to provide lighting, coffee makers, ovens, etc. Pavegen floor tiles are also used to generate electricity for other parts of the elevated walkway.

Energy Flow Of The Elevated Walkway

The whole elevated walkway utilizes different technology to generate green energy. These technologies are placed in different layers, making the project a tabular power system.

Commute

Hennessy Road is surrounded by office buildings, the flow of people tends to be more efficient. This causes the circulation to become simple and linear. Point to point.

Tesla solar tiles can be used for pursuing the aesthetics of building materials while generating more energy.

STEELCOLUMNS&GLASSWALLS SUPPORTPILLAR&ELEVATOR

For being a bridge with a huge flow of people, the sky bridge system has great potential to convert footsteps into electricity. Pavegen floor tile is suitable for this situation.

Pavegen tiles are also placed at the roof garden, generating energy for cafe nearby.

ROOFGARDEN&CAFE

Elevator comsume the major electricity of the whole system. Socket is the seond largest power consumer. They provides basic function for circulation and entertainment space of this project.

PAVEGENTILES&STAIRS

The site is surrounded by road and paths. However, the river is blocking the circulation in the village.

The Root Of The Mountain

COOKING SCHOOL, WENZHOU, 2022

"From a dish to an architecture", is the design concept of this project. Crab Roe Soup Dumpling is one of the most famous dishes in Jiangnan Region, China. The ingredients decided the needed functions of architecture be designed. The main purpose of this project is to plug in a cooking school in a village called Shangen, Wenzhou. Not just being a school for students and senior chefs, this project will also bring more vitality to the village, becoming a new vibrant spot in Wenzhou.

Plan Of Shangen Village

River divided the site into two areas. The one with mountain and river keeps pravicy. The one near road is open to the public.

A CHUNK OF VILLAGE HOUSES

Site is chosen in a newly built art village called Shangen in Wenzhou. Although most of the galleries and restaurants have nothing to do with the vernacular culture of the village, most of the architectural forms do inherit the vernacular hosuings. The use of local architecture combined with foreign culture and contemporary art is the characteristic of this village.

DIAGRAM OF INGREDIENTS & PROGRAM

DIAGRAM OF FACILITIES

The program of the project covers the entire process from ingredients to food processing, to cooking, and finally to sales.

The program of the project covers the entire process from ingredients to food processing, to cooking, and finally to sales.

Different kinds of massing models are made to test the relation between the site and the project. River, road, and mountains are the hard boundary that restrict the space. A self-sustaining cooking school requires both school and dormitory. They represents public and pravicy. The river can be utilized to divide areas with these two features.

One of the massing is selected for having a building fit in the site well. The school is near the road. It opens to the public. The dormitory is on the other side of the river. It keeps the privacy between mountain and river.

Development Of Design

The dormitory is not a box compsed by cubes, pitched roof respects the concepts of vernacular housings, the form represents "home". The elevation is also following the the fabric of the local buildingings in the village.

All of the movements of design process is to create overlay and interaction of different programs. Definition of floors are blurred inside the building to create connections between different areas.

From this direction, when people are enjoy meal in restaurant, they can observe the production processes includes fermentation and hydroponics.

Section B shows gallery and sculpture can be seen from cafe and roof garden. Section C shows kitchen and ingredients storage area can be seen from the third floor.

The renderings shows the facade of the building from different angles. From west to east, the steel frame is exposed, this tectonic expresses a light feeling of the building. Each function inside the building can be observed.

From east to west, the facde become solid. The building is covered with concrete walls. It is protecting the building from the road. The fabric can also be seen as a continous of traditional buildings.

The whole project is about mixing art and food together, like cross-promotion. Different spaces with different functions are overlapped to create interactions. People with different profession can work together to get inspiration. There are also some transformations from different directions. From North to South, it is from public to private. The building materials transformed from hard materials like steel and concrete to soft building materials like wood and glass. From West to East, the form and use of materials help the project continue the fabric of the villages. Being the intersection of two directions, this project created a universe in the square frame, like a mixed diagram of food and art, private and public, tradition and modern.