All Things Bright and Beautiful
LIU Qirui’s Portfolio M.Arch of Virginia Tech B.Arch of Beijing Jiaotong University
All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. ——Cecil Frances Alexander 1818-1895
Paintings Painting is a passion for me. I try to use painting to help visualise my ideas or to use as a base for collage. There is something very rich and temperamental in the media. I like to try to combine traditional architectural drawings with the vibrancy and liveliness of painting. I hope that I can be free to bring this passion to all the work I do in the future.
Paintings Main Projects The Self Production of Space
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Gemstones
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Over View
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Gone with the Wind
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Green Life
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New Shoots
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The Tunnel
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Round Garden
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Growing up Office Building for Startup
Jewlery Workshop
Dance Studio
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Light Rail Station
Residential Building
Academic Building
Theater
Teahouse
Other Projects Photographs
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The Self Production of Space
——Developing Office Building Location: Spring Field, DC, USA People capacity: 100 Building area: 2300 sqm Building height: 35 feet
Main Office
On the urban edge of Washington DC
Side Projects
Serve some local office
A To Z Design
From America to Zhongguo (China)
Main Projects
Provide service oversea to China
Site Plan
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Topography
Bus Stops
Public Building
Stage 1
5 Principles
Stage 2
5 Principles 5 Employees
Stage 3
5 Principles 10 Employees
Stage 4
5 Principles 20 Employees
Stage 5
5 Principles 40 Employees
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Design the roof as future floor
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Circulation walls become bearing wall
Courtyard in center serving room nearby
Room function can be changed
Principle offices keep on top
General offices connect together
Stage 1
Stage 2 5 Founders 5 Employees
5 Founders
First Floor Plan
North Elevation
First Floor Plan
Section 1
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Stage 3 5 Founders 10 Employees
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Stage 4 5 Founders 20 Employees
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First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Stage 5
5 Founders 40 Employees
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
North Elevation 1/8"=1'-0"
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Section at Wall Screen Panel
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Enlarged Plan at Wall Screen Panel
Gemstone
——The Jewlery Workshop
Location:King Street Alexandria, VA, USA Site area: 6600 sqm Building area: 720 sqm Green land area: 3600 sqm Building height: 9 m Plot ratio: 1.4 Greening rate: 45%
Strength
Ovpen space and sunshine in front
Weakness
Too long to get enough sunshine
Opportunity
Located at the main cross of the road
Threarts
Special shape 14
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
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Diamond
Absorb & Reflect
Attractive & Shining
Obsidian
Glowing from inside
Generate energy itself
Jade
Half translusent
Use both nature and artificle lights
Tourmaline
Rainbow falls on earth
Natural scenery serves buildings
windows change
window screen
structure
weather boundary
double layer wall system
North Elevation
East Elevation 17
Section fot Store
Section fot Processing Building
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Overview
——The Dance Studio Design W-1/ WATERFRONT MIXED USE ZONE MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 30’FAR: COMMERCIAL: 0.75. AN ADDITIONAL 0.25 OF RETAIL USE WIDTH REQUIRED: 165” WIDTH PROVIDED: 252”
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DOCUMENTATION OF THE SITE ACCESS
Security
Thought-provoking floodlines
ANALYSIS ON BUILDING CODES
Peaceful
Nature Entertainment
ANALYSIS ON SUN
Shining
HISTORICAL DEVELOPANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMNAL CONDITIONSMENT OF THE NATURAL AND BUILT CONXT
As a dance studio, I am so interested in the shape of the theaer vand the space it creates. Also, for the site, next to the water and the park, it provides a lot of amazing views. So my main idea of this project is, using the folding shape, making different angles, and creating different experience in this building.
G RO UN D FL OOR PL AN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN 21
Dance Studio
Theater
Facade
East Elevation 22
Make the Angle view towards the water and the park
Break it into 3 parts
Add the ramp surround the building
Design the landscape semilar as the
West Elevation 23
Frame
Section cut through the theater 24
Wall Section
Yizhuang light rail line
Gingko Tree (green)
Gone with the Wind
——The Light Rail Station Design Location: the Yizhuangwenhuayuan Station on Yizhuang light rail line,Beijing, China Site area: 7000 sqm Building area: 3250 sqm Gross floors area: 6800 sqm Green land area: 180 sqm Building height: 18 m Plot ratio: 1.2
Existing Condition Analysis subway light rail
XIAOCUN Station
JIUGONGYUE Station
LONGQINGJIE Station
RONGJINGDONGJIE Station
YIZHUANGWENHUAYUAN Station
SONGJIAZHUANG Station
XIAOHONGMEN Station
YIZHUANGQIAO Station
RONGCHANGDONGJIE Station
TONGJINANLU Station
From the sketch of Yizhuang light rail line above,we can find two completely different styles,and the turning point just right is YIZHUANGWENHUAYUAN Station. Obviously,it is a very important node on the line. Then the question is coming: How do we express its significance? 26
The International Enterprise Cultural Park Maximize the transparency, expand viewing angle of landscape.
Concentrated Residential Area Minimize the transparency, reduce the interferences for the residents of the surrounding
A-A Section 27
Change the shape
The traffic line is too long.
The space is not friendly to the clithrophobia.
There is no connection between indoor and outdoor space. All the beautiful views are bolcked.
Grid structure makes the special figure becomes realizable. 28
Use the shape of ginkgo leaf, break down the continuity of interior.
Creat some hole, let the space become open.
The transparent mertrial makes the nature source become enjoyable.
Reutilization the element of curves embody the speed esthetic sense of the light realway.
The light and flowing building skin can protect penple from insolation, wind, rain, snow and others' harm.
Each lateral platform contects the rail respectively, and the line of sight won't be cut off. Then we can have a panoramic view of the beautiful landscape around the station.
The clear and clarified route lines make people easy to get in and out of the station. And the additional building glass cover can keep people from cold weather.
The green land is also taken into consideration, and the main area is designed in the junction of site plan and elevations,where won't break the integrality of the building,meantime,bringing natrual rain and snow into the plants easily.
First Floor 1.duty room 2.ticket business 3.meeting room 4.tea room 5.fire-pump room 6.chief office 7.affair office 8.duty office 9.power substation room 10.civilian communications 11.cable entry 12.power supply room 13.signal appliance room 14.APC power supply room 15.APC maintainance room 16.APC equipment room 17.air-conditioning and ventilation equipment room 18.lighting distribution room 19.ring electric control room 20.comprehensive control room 21.equipment room 22.ticket office
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Aerial View
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North Elevation
Green Life
——The Residential Design
Location:the intersection of Futong East Street and Fu'an Road,Beijing ,China Site area: 2877 sqm Building area: 1125 sqm Typical floor area: 512 sqm Gross floors area: 21625 sqm Parking quantities: 50
residential area
office building
market
bank
entertainment
hospital and clinic
bank
bus station
park and fitness place
On the basis of analytical graph above,we can draw these conclusions: 1.The communities around all are high-grade residence districts of low density. Certainly,no matter the housing prices or the room rates all are higher relatively 2.These are many office buildings near the site,providing more opportunities of work,meaning more housing demands at the same time
Site Plan
3.Other infrastructures,such as market,bank,hospital and park.etc.also very convenient and abundant,which is most important factor influencing the people's choice of dwelling
Design concept completed infrastractural facilities enough work opportunities plenty of green land more house types to adapting and meetting diversified demands 32
more dwelling less business more green
Balcony
A-typical Floor
Interior
B-typical Floor
push and pull
Second Floor
rotate along the site
First Floor
more direct sunlight S/S reduce fog and haze A/F prevent the heat
divide equally
Shop WC Residence entrance Commercial entrance
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A-1 Plan
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A-A Section
A-3 Plan
A-2 Plan
A-4 Plan
B-B Section
B-1 Plan
B-2 Plan
B-3 Plan
B-4 Plan
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Perspective
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South-east Elevation
South-west Elevation
New Shoots
——The Academic Building Design Location:Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture,Beijing,China Site area: 15000 sqm Building area: 1098 sqm Gross floors area: 2100 sqm` Green land area: 4150 sqm Building height: 23.1m Plot ratio: 1.4 Greening rate: 42%
Site Plan The Site Photographs
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isolating respectively
interaction
interaction axis centre
route analysis
monsoon analysis
the forming of terrace
the first level terrace the second level terrace
the third level terrace
Growth
The climb
New shoot
the site
retract
rise
cut out of the cylinder
hollow and form the courtyard
divide into six layers
extend
revolve
cut out of different terrace 39
First Floor
Second Floor
1.entrance 2.self-study discussion 3.team-study discussion 4.retiring room 5.The public classroom 6.medium media classroom 7.large media classroom 8.exhibition space 9.activity room
10.computer room 11.stationery shop 12.cafe 13.library reading room 14.books storeroom 15.lecture hall 16.reception area 17.self study room 18.discussion room
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East Elevation
North Elevation
Third Floor
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1.teacher's office 2.teaching and research office
3.specialized classroom 4.art classroom
Fifth Floor
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5.subordinate room to specialized classroom 6.model room 7.photographic studio
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The Tunnel
——The Theater Design Location:in the Beijing Jiaotong University Site area: 6500 sqm Building area: 3336 sqm Gross floors area: 8876 sqm Building storey: 4 Building height: 24 m Plot ratio: 1.45 Greening rate: 31%
Site Plan
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The site is located at the end of the campus axis,so it is an important node for the entire campus planning.
The site area is little larger,and there is no footpath in it,many schoolmates choose to create shortcuts by themselves.
When the building established,the green land on the rear of the site must be in the shadow,then the jollification of playing on the green land will be reducing.
In order to avoid above situation,the building's specific location should be deliberated.And the plan is transfering the popularity from the green land to the new square.
Through observating of the campus building shape,we can find that most of them are regular long strips The design also adopts a rectangle plan to keep the regularity and solemnity
But just doing the same is not enough,we need to break and change the existing situation,then according to the theatre specific function and space to adjust the building shape.
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rise up
divide into six box
the first compression
the conpression
the second compression
the squeezing
push-and-pull
South Elevation
East Elevation 45
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A-A Section
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1.office 2.meeting room 3.entrance
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4.back stage 5.main stage 6.under stage
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7.fire-water pond 8.pump house 9.auditorium of 1400 seats
10.projection booth 11.resting room 12.waiting room
B-B Section
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1.entrance hall 2.dressing room 3.office 4.resting room for band 5.property room 6.distribution room 7.quick dressing room 8.costume room 9.side stage 10.back stage 11.main stage 12. front side spot 13.auditorium of 1400 seats 14.projection booth 15.light control room 16.sound control room 17.exhibition room 18.resting hall 19wating room 20.enteance 21.air-conditioner room 22.art room
Visual Analysis
Acoustic Analysis 47
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Interior Section-Perspective
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6.rehearsal room (small-scale) 7.rehearsal room (medium-scale) 8.rehearsal room (large-scale)
Intern Projects The work experience both in China and America makes me get to know how to work well in different teams. I tried to engage every stage of the design process, from schematic design to construction documentation with a collaborative and professional work ethic.
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Photographs Taking photos helps me capture the beauty of life. And because I practice it hard, I can see my improvement obviously. This really excites me. For me there is something very rich and temperamental in the media.
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Form is in Matter, rhythm in Force, Meaning in the Person. ——Rabindranath Tagore
LIU Qirui 2010-2011 Beijing Jiaotong University Bachelor in Mechinecal Engineering 2011-2016 Beijing Jiaotong University Bachelor in Architecture 2014 Exchange Student of University of Cincinnati 2016-2018 Virginia Tech Master in Architecture 51
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