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In the Realm of the Senses Through the eye, we see our world; Through the world, we feel our heart. The visual perception ability promotes my sensity to the light and shadow, and the experience in different buildings builds up my recognition of space and function. I'm seeking to capture the spirit and unique personality of a place, expressing and reflecting personal experiences of the place by my creative works.
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I [Fly To Me] : Rethinking of the Micro Communal Center 2014 : TEAMZERO Award Architecture Student Design Competition Teamwork : Collaborator : Dingqi Zhou, Congwei Zeng, Lingyu Jian, Yunzheng Cheng Instructor : Jianxin Zhang
II [Vibrant In The School] : University Students Center 2013 : Bachelor : Design Studio 3 Personal Work Instructor : Meng Su
III [Follow The light] : Private Art Gallery 2013 : Bachelor : Design Studio 4 (2 Weeks) Personal Work Instructor : Wei Zhang
IV [Renewal Of The Canal] : Conference Center for the Canal 2013 : Bachelor : Design Studio 5 Teamwork : Collaborator : Dingqi Zhou Instructor : Jianxin Zhang
V [Regeneration Of The Old Painting] : Traditinal Public Center 2014 : Jiangsu Culture and Creativity Design Competition Teamwork : Collaborator : Congwei Zeng Instructor : Wei Zhang
VI Other Projects and Works 2012 - 2014 : Model Making : Sketching : Photography [Emersion of the History] [Traditional House Survey] [Sketching and Photograph]
The image on this page is a rendering of my personal work - a research center in the mountain
Fly To Me MOVABLE MICRO COMMUNAL CENTER Fill in the missing functions in cities and bring new vitality @Large Cities Around the World TEAMZERO Award Architecture Student Design Competition Time: 2014.06 - 2014.07 Category: Academic Design, Teamwork (Team leader) Collaborator: Dingqi Zhou, Congwei Zeng, Lingyu Jian, Yunzheng Cheng Instructor: Jianxin Zhang Captain E.O. -- We are here to change the world In our cities nowadays there are so many buildings changing our life with different functions and different styles. However, there are still many problems come out in our daily life, especially in our communities all through the city. So can we make a different thing in our city to make life better? Sure we can. We are able to utilize the modularity and rationality of our modern technology to create a new kind of movable architecture - a Flying Cube .
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COMMUNITY CONDITION Old communities remain the traditional form of buildings and have nearly no space for people to "enjoy" their life. Things here are in a mess and even hardly create a suitable space for people's daily life. Mass construction without planning in the 1990s causes the result of the chaotic building patterns in the cities, which also leads to the difficulty of alterations and refurbishment of the original cities. Small space in the community, provide little or even no space for excercise during our daily life. Citizens are forced to join a outdoor excercise, which can be far from home, and this can be really inconvenient. Developing cities build so many new residential districts which is far away from the central life space in the cities. People have to spend long time to get to the shopping center, the libraries, and the museums.
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COMMUNITY SITE ANALYISIS
Community
Community
Before 1980
No suitable space for a Common Community Center, the environment here can be in a mess. The owner mostly are the elderly and there are few basic service for the modern society. Some of the community are involved in the Historic Building Conservation Program, which is not good to have a permanent construction nearby.
CONCEPT GENERATION Different Requirements Ramdom Distribution Compound Functions
Function
Symble of the City Community Relation
Urban
Movable Construction Relatively Small Scale Flexible Space
Form
1980-1990
The communities are relatively old with single function and lack of attractiveness. The Aging problem gradually occurring in the community, but the functions did not make a corresponding change. Early design theory cannot adapt to the modern life style and lead to a poor life experience with relatively bad traffic conditon.
Community
After2000
The rapid development of new cities with less consideration leads to the uncomfortable scale of the districts. Functions in the cities are excessively concentrated, which can be really inconvenient for the citizen. Communities are blocked and people cannot get in touch with others in our soceity.
PEOPLE'S TIMELINE
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DEVELOPMENT IN PROGRESS
In the early stage, Select some communities with urgent demands to run our micro-cube system, which can be evenly distributed in the city. At the same time, mass production takes place and enlarge the whole system.
FUNCTION FOR EVERYONE
Senior Center
Mini Library
Kiosk with AC+O2
Activity center & chatting space for the eldly
Books exchange system between communities
Provide Air conditioning system & oxygen system
Community Clinic
Grid Shop
Flying Stage
Convenient community medical service
Small trading center flying in the city
Space for small performance show
To the year 2020, the urban fringe continue growing. The region of the testing site gradually invade into the suburban districts. The network with flexible functions is primarily formed to solve community problems within a large range.
After 2030, the micro-cube network system can adapt to the rapid development of the cities and shows the tree structure of their distribution. A complete network of different functions gradually forms, which can largely help activate the whole city and lead to a better life.
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Game Center
Flower Shade
Kids Park
Provide interactive game space for children
Mini garden hide in the city space
Create space for children's activity center
Climbing Center
Astronomical Station
Capsule Inn
Provide more kinds of sports equipment
Interesting astronomical observation activities
provide rest space for the public in the whole city
TECHNICAL COMPONENTS
Photography Studio Take your photo in just 5 minutes Helium Balloons
Strengthen Steel Ring
Community Museum
Connect Steel Cable
Temporary exhibition & touring display Turbofan Engine Supporting Rib Turbofan Engine Protecting System Turbofan Rotor ( The Second Layer ) Turbofan Rotor ( The First Layer ) Hydraulic System for Stablization Top Roof Slab Roof Slab Supporting Rib Talk Center Sending Audio & Video signals between Cubes
Chandelier Connections Inner Book Shelves Composit Automatic Revolving Door
Hydraulic System
Telescopic Joints Tree Holes Pour out yourself through the holes
Polymer Buffer Base
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SPACE ARRANGEMENT STRATEGY
Area Flexibility
Opening Face
Face Angle
Closed
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Provide relative quite space for people
Draw people's attention by using curiosity
Private space for creating and discussing
Welcome
1/4H
30°
Attract people to get into the box
Suitable for people to sit on the ground and use
Provide chance for exploring the city
Communicate
1/2H
45°
Two directions join together for activities
Works with chairs to act as a small workshop
Children's play time without disturbance
Show Time
3/4H Relatively separate from the outside
Suitable for people to get inside freely
1H Free walk-in and original space saving
Provide space for intense exercise
Welcome space for stage performance and speech
Open Space Completely open to provide space for the city
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Floating Height
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WORKING MODEL
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In the modern society, the social network become an important way to get information, I design this APP to help people know everything about the flying box. You can search what activities is happenning around you, as well as book a seat to an small display in a certain box. You can even star t a vote to get your own needs through the social network. It can be very convenient for you to interact with any of the hundreds cubes flying in the city at any time and any places. So do not wait and pick up your phone and just vote! With all these features, you will find the brand new access to different functions which serve your life, and improve your life.
Working Model
2mm Perforated Aluminum D50 Aluminum alloy profile - vertical tappet 2mm Water Resistant Transparent Film X-Type I-beam Support Thin Metal Lining Plate Built-in Hook Hydraulic manipulator
Liftable Hydraulic Support Elastic Shock Absorber Rubber Air Valve Epoxy Resin Coating
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Fly To Me
Sign In Sign Up
Log In Interfa
ace
Search
Nearby
Reading...
Maps
Mini Library
Flying Stage
Mini Library
+ Add to Favorite 1.2 km
Cafe Shop
+ Add to Favorite 3.5 km
St. louis Community, Nanjing Road
90s Films
Mini Library
Share your interesting books with others in the city and enjoy chatting with them.
Walnut Community, Hunan Road
Shakespere Comedy Current Location Remaining Time Next Postion
User 56237 A great time with some friends. Kyle Learned a lot from each other. Steven The cube is great !
Estimate Arriving Time
Zhongshan East Road 37:20:18 Shanghai Road 06/03 12:30
Current Velocity
Search Interface
Nearby Interface
Maps Interface
Activities Interface
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Vibrant In The School UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CENTER Diversify the organization of students' daily life @Yangzhou_China Architecture Design Studio 3 Time: 2013.05 - 2013.06 Category: Academic Design, Personal Work Instructor: Meng Su A students' center always gives the school much vitality. The integration of several organizational functions makes the space a real 'CENTER' in our school. The pure outline of the architecture combine with the beautiful landscape creates an harmonious atmosphere. The eager student, the focused teacher, the citizen nearby, the curious tourists will all find a excellent space that meets their needs. The slope and the platform outside the center highly improved the sociality, as well as the visual experience. And inside open space create a great environment for public communication, research and many social activities.
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SHAPE GENERATION
GRASSLAND
TEACHING BULIDING
RESEARCH BULIDING
LAKE
Basic Routes
Pull Up
Original circulation routes highly affected by the different function parts in the campus. We can find out the general relationship between those buildings, which determines how the students or the teachers spend their time. And then the most suitable place for an "Center" just pops up.
Push In
Simply using a direct way to make a large space, not just in the surface level, but in a three dimensional form. By doing this, we can find out the relationship between the students center with other facilities, which is important for a public activity center used by much people in the university.
Lakes and Grassland, both of these two factors is very important, especially in the campus. Taking them into consideration, we figure out a way to push in some parts and then we can get what we need - the new viewpoints from more surfaces of the building and we can find the beauty of the school.
DORMITORY
Split up
Up & Down
While breaking into two different parts, it is obvious that we will have two different main functions. I would like to define them as "Quiet" and "Active". They may serve several attractive public spaces for people in the campus. And I believe they will achieve a great consistency in space.
Public Deck
As we do some little tricks on the shape, we get some extra view points - two great slope, which is excellent for enjoy the view. The center largely changes people's routes in the school. They tend to approach the center more because its functionality and its affinity for the environment.
The Students Center itself forms its own territory and in some ways becomes a "relatively cohesive" and "generally interactive" part in the campus. The public outer space - the Deck, gives the students a chance to enjoy the landscape of the school, to get involved in more activities.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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1. inquiry office 2. library cafe 3. Internet searching system 4. open access reading room 5. group study room 6. research room 7. lobby 8. toilet 9. stair room 10. student open restaurant
PROGRAM ORGANIZATION
COMMUNITY ROOM MULTIFUNCTIONAL ROOM AUDIOTORIUM LIBRARY BOOK STORE GROUP STUDY ROOM SCIENCE CENTER DIGITAL CENTER
The different functions in the activity center provide the whole space with various interesting and flexible small spaces. The space for the teachers, for the students, and other users just mixed together to make the building more than an activity center, but a communicational space. People can enjoy their life and work here, in the architect's studio, in the private study room or in the public discussion space.You can find everywhere just organized in order to fit your needs.
ENTERTAINMENT CAFE路KITCHEN RESTAURANT ARTS路CRAFTS PLAYGROUND CHATTING ROOM MUSIC HALL
STUDENT WORKSHOP ARCHITECT WORK OFFICE PAINTING SHOPS FASHION DESIGN POTTERY ROOM MODEL ROOM
EXHIBITION SPACE PHOTOGRAPH CENTER ART GALLERY SCULPTURE DISPLAY ROOM TEMPORARY EXHIBITION STUDENTS WORK PRESENTATION
OFFICE SPACE MEETING ROOM OFFICE ROOM ADMINISTRATION ROOM
PUBLIC SPACE PLAZA ENTRANCE
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DETAIL SECTION
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1. 3 mm sheet-stainless-steel cladding masking load-bearing structure, bent to shape and polished 2. 80 mm panel: sheet - aluminium with thermal insulation 3. sheet I-Section edge beam 700 mm deep with fire-resisting coating 4. solar-control double glazing 5. extruded-alumimium facade rail 6. internal sunscreen blind 7. extruded- aluminium balustrade with intergral anti-glare blind
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ELEVATION
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FLOOR PLAN
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1. inquiry office 2. new book part 3. elevation 4. oil painting display 5. research space 6. book shelves 7. rest seats 8. communication deck 9. entrance 10. free-talk space 11. group study space 12. professional books 13. private chatting room 14. open speech space 15. internet study space
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FOURTH FLOOR
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1. unit study space 2. students' work display 3. elevation 4. reading slope 5. game center 6. private lecture space 7. communication space 8. multi-functional room
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Inside rendering of the North Unit ( The big slope on both sides provide great vitality for the whole space, the lobby environment cooperate with the inside atmosphere, together make the activity center more interesting, and more attracting. The outside light works with the inside lights, provide a great environment for the activity center. )
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Follow THe light PRIVATE ART GALLERY Art space cooperate with public space @Yangzhou_China Architecture Design Studio 4 Time: 2013.09 (2 Weeks) Category: Academic Design, Personal Work Instructor: Wei Zhang The architecture will become a local, regional and private art center of education and culture. The introduction of the creative program will attract invesitors from various areas, because the increasing number of the artists. Private gallery's attractive atmosphere gave us a chance to enjoy the true arts, perfect site in a quiet place makes it even more fascinating. The great space division and the open space inside the gallery, both of them show us the access to the ARTs. The shape of the roof is full of tension, and interact with the landscape in all directions.
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FUNCTION COMPONENTS & COMBINATION POSSIBILITIES Private Gallery
With different shaping methods we can define various function combinations and the space relations. During the design, I tried to think in ways to find out how to make the space more attractive, and more reasonable. Concepts are from the nature world, the geometry, the old architectures etc. All of them follow some rules, which lead them to a relative better and harmonious function arrangement. Pushing, Cutting, digging and adding, diverse ways give you distinct feeling. Taken the different functions into consideration, they shared the same core method - Public Open Space, which is the vital part in designing a public building. So I need to think more about the people's feeling while they are in the gallery, about visual, as well as conceptual. The architecture is an artwork itself, it is conveying the owner's view of the art. The arrangement of the space can effectively reflect the architects' thought, So I take time to research on it deeply.
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Art Gallery Public Venue
Public Space Photograph Room
Surround
Layer
Open Roof
Occlusion
Assemble
Wriggle
Backyard
Castle
Ascend
Array
Central Void
Cross
Slice
Float
Arch
Pyramid
PROGRAM & CIRCULATION
Light Entrance
Concrete Sloping Roof
Public Venue
Photographic Exhibition Center
Spiral Slope
Outside Public Space
Painting Art Gallery
Sculpture Center
Outside Slope
Entrance Terrace Integral Display Space
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SHAPE GENERATION
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ENVIRONMENT
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SHAPE
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MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACE
Painting Exhibition Room
Artwork Discussion Space
Lecture On Artworks
Photograph Display Room
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FLOOR PLAN
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1. outside slope 2. multi-functional space 3. intro space 4. inside slope to 2nd floor 5. sculpture display
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SECTION PLAN
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Second Floor 1. outside slope 2. special exhibition room 3. spiral slope 4. inside slope to 2nd floor 5. communication room 6. photograph exhibition 7. public venue 8. painting art display
DETAIL SECTION
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Air Flow
1. S/W timber deck 2. untreated steel structure frame 3. lighting truss 4. cassettes, external wall screw fixed to steel frame 5. kee klamp balustrading 6. spruce cladding planks fixed to battens, which are then fixed onto timber cassettes 7. balcony level (Enter from 3F) 8. lighting bar 9. recycled seating 10. acoustically treated natural ventilation plenum.air enters through perforated mesh panels on the surface of the building
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RENEWAL OF THE CANAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER FOR THE CANAL Multi-function city public center @Yangzhou_China Architecture Design Studio 5 Time: 2013.11 - 2013.12 Category: Academic Design, Teamwork (Concept Design, Renderings, Technical Drawings) Collaborator: Dingqi Zhou Instructor: Jianxin Zhang The Grand Canal, as the most important canal in China, which provide space for the river transportation. However, in the modern society, citizens may have ignored its great convenience. Yangzhou is a very important part of the Grand Canal, and the culture and the history all merges here. The International Conference Center for the Canal is not just a space for having a meeting, it is actually an open space for all the citizens. It will not only serve the conference or the exhibition, but will educate the public about the history of the Great Canal and the culture of Yangzhou. Our proposal focus on the designing of the open space, and we create a plaza for people to enjoy their life there. By bringing the program to the area, we believe the quality of citizens' life can be greatly improved.
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SITE POSITION THE GRAND CANAL
BEIJING
TONGZHOU TIANJIN
PACIFIC OCEAN CANGZHOU SHIJIAZHUANG
DEZHOU
LINQING
JINAN
The Grand Canal ( also known as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal ), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the longest canal or artificial river in the world and a famous tourist destination. Starting at Beijing, it passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou, linking the Yellow River and Yangtze River. The oldest parts of the canal date back to the 5th century BC, although the various sections were finally combined during the Sui dynasty (581–618 AD). (From Wikipedia) Han Gou is known as the second oldest section of the later Grand Canal since the Hong Gou ('Canal of the Flying Geese', or 'Far-Flung Canal') most likely preceded it. So actually Yangzhou is one of the places who have a long history, and in fact, the Grand Canal, is one of the most important thing in Yangzhou City.
LIAOCHENG
CHINA NANWANG
JINING
NANYANG PEIXIAN HANZHUANG TAI'ERZHUANG PIZHOU
XUZHOU
HUAI'AN
SITE
YANGZHOU ZHENJIANG
NANJING
CHANGZHOU WUXI SUZHOU JIAXING
HANGZHOU
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RESEARCH PROCESS
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PROGRAM
Theatre Part
Display Part
Conference Part
Restaurant Part
The Deck
Stands for the most active par t of the whole plan, the theatre appears very positive and shows its high accessible.
As an introduce to the history and development of the canal, the display center spread out all of its vitality.
Communication center shows more language of public space, and the connection between various parts.
Offering the most beautiful view of the site, the restaurant gives us a great method to rethink about the canal.
Well organized, the deck, combine different parts in the site together, touching each other and form into unity.
Deck Tour
Surrounding Tour
People&Car Distribution
Various Entrances
Vertical Circulation
Walking on the deck will assure your tour back to anywhere you want, as the parts connect all together continuously.
With the simple road system in the site, driving a car around the site, as well as parking into it, all just in a few minute.
Walking onto the deck or drive to enjoy the beautiful landscape view of the canal at the bank, it all depends on your choice!
Different entrances give you chance to contact with the architecture at any time or place, and offer diverse access to the public space.
The underground passways work with the upside open space, together form into a vertical circulation system on the site.
CIRCULATION
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COMPOSITION Atrium Lighting
Aluminium Alloy Roofing Sheet Glass Curtain Wall Multi-Functional Rooms Spindle-Shaped Column Auditorium & Meeting Room U-Glass Curtain Wall Intro Space for Conference Center
Gazebo
Intro Lobby of the Theatre Cantilevered Deck Outside Parking Space
Big Slope to the Deck Site Surrounding Road Inside Parking Space
Main Way to the Site
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SITE PLAN
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN
1. lobby 2. sound control room 3. light control room 4. orchestra pit 5. main stage 6. back stage 7. side stage I 8. dressing room 9. equipment room 10. lounge 11. preparation room 12. toilet 13. restaurant 14. open restaurant 15. vegetation 16. control room 17. conference room 18. multi-functional room 19. big deck 20. big slope
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SECTION OF THE THEATRE
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
1. walk-in entrance 2. parking space 3. below the stage 4. VIP reception room 5. elevator 6. lobby 7. toilet 8. meeting room 9. reception room 10. lounge 11. research room 12. archive 13. cafe space 14. exhibition room 15. storage room 16. atrium
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Inside rendering of the theatre ( The lobby in the theatre provide a great space for people to enjoy the public open space. People can experience a space full of active atmosphere. Large space with detail design, the theatre gives us a new chance to experience the active city. )
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regeneration of the old painting NEW PUBLIC CENTER IN HISTORICAL DISTRICT Space for enjoying the nature and rethinking the meaning of life @Yangzhou_China Jiangsu Culture and Creativity Design Competition Time: 2014.7 - 2014.8 Category: Academic Design, Teamwork (Concept Design, Model Making, Technical Drawings) Collaborator: Congwei Zeng Instructor: Wei Zhang, Jianxin Zhang The design brings some different traditional China elements together. The culture, mainly lyre-playing, chess, calligraphy and painting, are well organized as some of functions into the site, co-operate with the architecture, which follows the classic garden design method, involving the organization of water, stone and trees. The whole site is not just a place for the positive experience of overcoming the need for an open space in such a center place in the city, but also for social and individual experience of rethinking themselves, which has since become a more important meaning of the project. The project also focuses on material using, combination of bamboo and wood, which is traditional Chinese building material, with Steel and transparent glass, the modern ones, together makes the project classic, but also full of technology.
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RESHAPE OF THE OLD PAINTING
Zhuoqing Hall
Pashan Corridor
Project
Fuliu Pavilion
The painting was drawn by a late Qing artist, who is a professional painter for the emperor of China. The painting shows basic garden organization of the traditional Ya n g z h o u g a r d e n . Yo u c a n find Stone arrangement, water placement, as well as construction design there in the landscape painting. Everything is just what we can learn from. In honor of the classic design of the garden, I reshape the construction structure of the buildings while keep the basic arrangement of the site.
SITE ENVIRONMENT
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Old Painting
SITE TEXTURE ANALYSIS TEXTURE OF THE OLD PAINTING
TEXTURE OF THE PROJECT
BORDER
COURTYARD
ARCHITECTURE
NEGATIVE SPACE
PATH
DOWNSTAIR
PARTITION WALL
CHINESE ELEMENTS IN GARDEN DESIGN
Water Arrangement
The main buildings are usually placed beside the water, and pavilions surround the lake to see it from different points of view. The garden usually has a pond for lotus flowers, with special pavilion for viewing them. There are usually goldfish in the pond, with pavilions over the water for viewing them.
Stone Organization
The mountain peak was a symbol of virtue, stability and endurance in the philosophy, of Confucius and in the I Ching. A mountain peak on an island was also a central part of the legend of the Isles of the Immortals, and thus became a central element in many classical gardens.
Planting
They represent nature in its most vivid form, and contrast with the straight lines of the architecture and the permanence, sharp edges and immobility of the rocks. They change continually with the seasons, and provide both sounds (the sound of rain on banana leaves or the wind in the bamboo) and aromas to please the visitor.
Construction
Classical gardens traditionally have these structures: The ceremony hall (ting or tang), The principal pavilion (dating), The pavilion of flowers (huating), The pavilion facing the four directions (simian ting), The lotus pavilion (hehua ting), The pavilion of mandarin ducks (yuanyang ting).
GENERATION STRATEGY Combination of the traditional Chinese culture: lyreplaying, chess, calligraphy and painting and the classic Chinese garden design. Site located in a place not only near the residential district, but also close to the most beautiful park in Yangzhou - Slender West Lake Park. Such a public place here forms into an open space for communication, recreation and entertainment. Bringing the old visual feeling with the brand new function together makes the space more suitable for citizen to enjoy their morning excercise, afternoon break as well as an evening walk.
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SECTION I-I
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Reserved Building Viewing Platform Intersected Open Space Reserved Corridor Painting Display Room Tea House
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Calligraphy Room Meditation Room Chinese Zither Learning Room Subsided Court Activity Square Lobby
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Office Room Exhibition Room Research Room Pond Toilet Restaurant
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Pitched Roof with Bamboo Tiles Steel Framing System -- Purline Photovoltaic Skylight Glass Ventilating Grill
Pitched Roof with Bamboo Pipes
Wooden Mosaic Floor
Inside Stairs
Handrails in the Corridor
Steel Framing System -- H Beam Colume
Glass - Steel Slide Door
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MATERIAL ANALYSIS
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LIFE IN THE PUBLIC SPACE
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Using different materials which are selected from the traditional Chinese building makes the whole site involves into a great atmosphere of "harmony" and "peace". M ater ial, the basic element of the whole architecture, help improve the shape of the building. Natural material cooperate with some aspects of mind and perception, as well as a process to produce them, finally form into the virtual material. Different materials reflect different kind of feeling, so we use stone, glass or other things in different walls or facades, to get a totally individual visual feeling at various place in the site. People can enjoy the change of material during the visit, and also interact with the flexible form of the using of them.
NEW LIFESTYLE Path in the public center give people different choice, whatever you go above ground or underground you can always find it is interesting to spend your time relax yourself here. Various space around the path bring more vitality to the whole center, which is great for people to get through them, and enjoy the exellent visual feelling. In the core of the public center, we design a small landscape construction here, which is in honor of the element of "Stone" in traditional Chinese Garden design. Varied height of the construction give us a concept of float mountain in the city, which bring our mind to a wilder space, making the center a better place for relaxing.
Lights with shadows, motion with still, culture with life, environment with human, all these things together makes a great space for people to be true and think about their life, talk about their life, and enjoy their life. And that is what the architecture really means - to give human a space for meditaion, rethinking, and reshaping.
Big square in the north part of the center gives people a large space for communication and entertainment. People can stay here to enjoy their life. In the morning, it also provides space for people who want to excercise but have no place to go in the past. Sunshine lays down and citizen can benefit a lot from such a intersected and multi-functional space.
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EMERSION OF THE HISTORY MODELING OF THE HISTORICAL BUILDING Research on the traditional Chinese construction structure Structure Model Making of DuLe Temple Time: 2012.11 - 2012.12 Instructor: Yan Gao Category: Academic Research, teamwork Collaborator: Hongyu Wang, Congwei Zeng, Lingyu Jian, Saierke Bulidesheng, Zheyang Yuan The DuLe Temple in JiXian County was built in Song Dynasty. It is one of the most important architecture in Chinese History. It has delicate structures to make it looks beautiful. We are making a model of it to clarify how the structure works and how beauty it is, and aim to restore the language of architectue in the Song Dynasty and to show the process of a design of an architecture.
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Chasing the past TRADITIONAL HOUSE SURVEY Research on the traditional Chinese houses Summer Time Survey Work Time: 2013.7 - 2013.8 Instructor: Jianxin Zhang Category: Academic Research, teamwork Collaborator: Bowen Weng, Hongyu Wang, Laixu Zhang The traditional Chinese building, WenGong Ancestral Temple, was built in Qing Dynasty (1890), in memorial of the a Grand Scholar - Wen Yu. In this team project, we are required to do surveys and draw different kinds of detail plans, sections, elevations and unique patterns. Two section views, one elevation views and several detail plans were covered by me. Drawings shown on this page are some examples of my entire work.
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Sketching and photograph PERSONAL DRAWING AND PHOTOGRAPH WORKS Enjoy the life, enjoy the world Time: 2010.7 - 2014.8 Category: Life Research, Personal Work Photograph, which shows me a brand-new world with freeze moment, helps me a lot in understanding the world. With a simple click, the time stops, and that makes me enjoy the moment, every detail in the scene just flood into my mind, just like reading a story, and that never happens before I pick up my camera and began to see myself as an ametuer photographer and enjoy my life.
Early morning in the campus, Yangzhou, 2014.08.23
Trees in the Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou, 2013.07.13
Pudong bus station, Shanghai, 2014.05.03
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He Garden, Yangzhou, 2012.04.16
Qiling Pagoda, Daming Temple, Yangzhou, 2012.04.16
Sample drawing of my personal sketch works
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Liu Songkai Architecture student in Yangzhou University ADDRESS Wengchang West Road 545, Yangzhou, 225000, Jiangsu Province P.R.C MOBILE +86 186-5254-7935 EMAIL Kyleliusk@gmail.com HOBBIES Sketching the world Photography Badminton Cycling Travelling
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I [Education] Bachelor of Engineering in architecture 2011 - 2014 : Yangzhou University : College of Civil Science and Engineering, Architecture Design. (China) 2010- 2011 : Yangzhou University : College of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design. (China) 2007 - 2010 : Yangzhou High School : Basic science theory learning,with experiments and practices.(China)
II [Experience] 2014 : Internship : Nanjing Jinpu Landscape Architecture Co. Ltd (2 months) 2013 : Internship : Yangzhou University Engineering design and Research Institute (2 months)
III [Activity] Apr 2014 : Engineering Drawing Competition, College of Civil Science and Engineering Nov 2013, 2011 : Field Trip to Modern Architectures in Hangzhou & Shanghai Aug 2013 : Historical Building Survey in Yangzhou Apr 2013 : “My Architecture, My Dream� Hand-painted T-shirts Graffiti Contest Dec 2012, 2011 : Structure Innovation Competition, College of Civil Science and Engineering May 2011 : Automobile Sketch Competition, College of Mechanical Engineering Apr 2011 : Voluntary Work for Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half-Marathon
IV [Academic Award] 2014 : TEAMZERO Award in Architecture Student Design Competition 2014 : 2nd Prize of Yanghou University Scholarship 2012 : Specialized Mingcheng Enterprise Scholarship 2011 : 1st Prize of Yangzhou University Scholarship
V Language Chinese : native language English : advanced level
Computer Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere Autodesk Autocad, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit Rhinoceros, Trimble Sketchup, Vray, Lumion Microsoft Office (Both on Windows and Mac)
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CONTACT B.E. Yangzhou University, China TEL: +86 18652547935 E-MAIL: Kyleliusk@gmail.com