Portfolio-LiuZhenxi-UCL-UD

刘 LIU

Bachelor of Arts

振 ZHEN

Environmental Design

晰 XI

Jiangnan University

PORTFOLIO 2021

2023

Applying for Urban Design of University College London

CONTENTS

I

The Connection Under The Bridge Space under the bridge renovation

ZHENXI LIU Email: Liuzhenxi24@outlook.com Tel: (86) 137-9922-5503

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Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design Jiangnan University

Architecture has the power to enhance, support, and assist our rituals and daily lives. My most favored and enjoyable life experience is making the ordinary become special, rather than making the special become everything.

From Invasion To Fusion Traditional village renovation design

III

Rebirth Of The Nurage Cultural complex architecture

SKILL &HOBBY Computer: Rhino, Grasshopper, GIS, Sketch-Up, Auto CAD, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, In Design Language: English (IELTS 7), Mandarin (Native) Hobby: Drawing, Photographing

IV

Slum Patches Sustainable urban facility design

CONTEST Finalist, China Human Settlements Environment Design Annual Award (2023.06-2023.07) Project: Nomadic Landscape Settlement Reconstruction Design Assisted by Datascape Third Prize, Guyu Cup National College Student Sustainable Architectural Design Competition (2022.06-2022.08) Project: Variable Modular Bazaar — based on time changes

V

Other Works Partial award-winning experience / Hand model making / Rendering

I The Connection Under The Bridge Type: Space under the bridge renovation Location: Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China Duration: 20223.4 —— 2023.6 Individual academic work (course work from Integrated innovative design )

Introduction: The project is based on the common problem of negative space in the city. The viaduct in the city divides the whole community space, resulting in the loss of continuity of the community fabric on both sides of the viaduct. The space under the bridge in the design site is dark and closed, with a height difference of about 10 meters, which becomes a negative space in the city.

The urban texture on both sides of the viaduct is stitched by using the method of folding lines. At the same time, different operation methods are adopted for the space section under the bridge with different heights, so as to adapt to the different functional requirements of urban activities.

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The viaduct connects the suburbs and the city, but also separates the old city.

The site is chosen at the junction of tunnel and viaduct

Crowd Demand

Design of Altitude Difference

4M

8M Sport activtiy

10M Open type

Park Bazaar

Community resident

Volleyball court

Close type

Gym

Medical service

Square

Basketball court

Platform

8M Parking

Semi-open type

4M

3M Park

Parking lot

Lader park

Cafe

Gym

Primary school student Community activity

Descend

LadderingC

Lifting

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8M

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Design of Circulation and View Small retailer

Medical service

Public

Community

Business Visitors community sevice center

Advantages of the site

Center of the community

Bazaar

sports center Underground parking lot

community park

Shade place

Disadvantages of the site Flow Lines

Plane

Connection and View

Platform

Dissever the fabric of the city Pedestrian barrier Lack of view Altitude difference

Organization and Structure

First floor

Structure

Ground floor

community center

sports park underground parking

community park

Elevation

bazzer

Function of Different Spaces

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Plan A’

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3.3M

A3

A:Community center

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1:community clinic / 2:cafe / 3: courier station / 4:coummnity Library

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A2

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B’

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6M

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B3

B:Community park C1

1:stepped platform /2: tea house/ 3:ladder square

C’ C1

C C3 C2

8M

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C:Sports park 1:skatepark / 2:basketball court/ 3:gym /4:parking lot

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D3

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30M

1:public square / 2:platform / 3:market

II From Invasion To Fusion Type: Traditional village renovation design Location: Zhaoxing village, Guizhou province, China Duration: 2022.9 —— 2022.11 Individual academic work(Course work from Innovative design of regional architecture )

Introduction:

This project investigates the sociological revitalization of traditional Dong villages that have been adversely affected by the influx of tourism. The rise of tourism has led to the degradation and dilapidation of these villages, which are integral to the cultural fabric of the minority Dong ethnic group. By analyzing traditional Chinese societal structures, which resemble the pattern of ripples on water, this project seeks to reinterpret these patterns into the spatial design of both urban and rural communities. The goal is to alleviate the friction between tourists and local inhabitants, thereby facilitating the restoration and preservation of traditional Dong villages.

Area Where Dong Nationality Gather

Spatial Organization of Dong Village residential area

center area

5KM CongJiang Cty

agricultural area

waterfront area

zhaoxing village

center area

The spatial composition of the Dong villages can be summarized as follows: the central space represented by the Drum Tower, as the climax of the village space, governs the free-form residential group space, water space and agricultural space.

Therefore, the Dong villages are at the center and boundary. In the concept of relative groups, in a cluster-like centripetal manner, a richly layered and distinctive internal space environment is finally formed.

residential area

waterfront area

agricultural area

Residential buildings are oriented freely, and public spaces such as enclosed and semi-enclosed spaces are formed between different buildings.

Dong villages are built along rivers, and various buildings are related to water.

The terraces are built on the mountain, extending the contour lines to form a stepped landscape.

109.38E

village

25.95N

road

Square

river Drum tower

stage

Dong villages are mainly distributed along rivers, with inconvenient transportation and strong isolation between villages.

Drum towers, stages and other buildings form public spaces, and villages are built around public spaces.

Cultural Features

Drum tower personal

family

village

Stilted Building

alliance

The family is the core of the Dong village. The traditional culture of the Dong people attaches great importance to the family. Each Dong village is built around the production and living needs of several families.

Drum tower

Village gate

Form 1

Form 2

Form 3

bedroom

bedroom

Ethnic clothing

Shelter birdge Song and dance

stove room stove room living room corridor

Terraces

Stilted Building

04 2M

M6 M

Storage Space drying,barn Living Space bedroom, corridor Public space raising livestock

Chinese Society Organizing Way

A Village Invaded by Tourism

A village of families

Xiaotong Fei 仁

Earthbound China

仁

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礼

义

“The Pattern of the Chinese is not bundles of well-defined wood, but a series of ripples like those produced when a stone is dropped on the water. Everyone is the center of the circle that his social influence pushes out . What is inferred by the ripples of the circle is related. The most important kinship in our society is the nature of throwing stones in concentric circles.”

智 信

礼

Zhaoxing Village is composed of residents of five families. Each family has its own drum tower and public space as a gathering place, and each family has its own unique creed and totem.

信 crowded streets

Main tourist routes

ecological damage

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Changes in Interpersonal Relationships

cultivated field

智

forest river drum tower 0

The design transforms the planar centripetal relationship that existed in the site into a three-dimensional centripetal relationship, allowing for the introduction of "new blood"(New industries and participants).

tourist growth lifestyle changes loss of traditional culture spatial form changes

Unbalanced tourism development

Inappropriate locations of village service system

Business

Acommodation

Service facilities

Agricultural area

Residential area

Infrastructure

economic benefit real estate development

300M

Main space for tourists

Population loss

200M

Main space for residents

Lack of development of landscape resources

Tourist invasion route

100M

excessive commercialization

Tourist invasion

There is a clear boundary between commercial space and agricultural space

Traditional village structures have been destroyed by commercialization

The service radius of facilities is difficult to cover villages

Step 1

Master Plan

Set up main road and service facilities

The Dong Village of Zhaoxing after renovation

B

A

Small business

Catering and activity

Traditional tie-dye

Improve transportation and increase service facilities

Step 2 Set up secondary roads to connect various central spaces

Improve accessibility of various public spaces Performance

Step 3 Teahouses and cafes

The concept of design B’

Linear space organization

Concentric circle space organization

Public and commercial space Main living space for tourists Main living space for villagers service facilities

Main road landscape road Secondary road Footpath

Public activity center Original buildings

Field Forest

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Traditional society organizing way

Route Design

Group organization

Secondary road 3M

Connect and delve into groups

仁

100M

200M

400M

Restore the traditional spatial order of the village to facilitate visitors to experience it in depth.

Step 4

Landscape viewing

礼

Main road 6M

The village's main traffic road

With the central space as the axis, other functional spaces are arranged around it

A’

Set up landscape routes

Mountain view River view

义

Mountain view

信

智 Five family settlements in dong village

A-A’ Terraced fields view

Center space

River view

Terraced fields view

Main living space for tourists Foot path 1.5M Arrive at each building

Main living space for villagers

B-B’ Develop adjacent landscape resources

Function Changes

Commercial Renovation Strategy

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Near the main road

Enclose public space

Traffic node

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Deep in the village

Near the river

2 floor pan The renovated stilted building can host different business formats

Traditional Organization Way and Featured Industries

A’

Catering and activity

Performance

Small business

Teahouses and cafes

Traditional tie-dye A-A’ section Increase commercial space floor area ratio

Public activity area

Main residential area for tourists

Main residential area of villagers

Adaptive Renovation Strategy for Stilted Buildings Basic unit

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Public Activity Renovation Strategy

Main activities for tourists Commercial Activity The influx of tourists has brought vitality to the commercial space. The original stilted building had a complex internal structure and was unable to host a large number of commercial activities.

Public Activity The flexibility of the stilt building opens up huge possibilities for public activities for tourists and villagers.

2 floor pan The renovated stilted building can have free second-floor space as a workshop and undertake a variety of interactive activities for tourists.

Accommodation The stilted building meets the residential needs of both tourists and local residents, and the original building needs to be transformed to accommodate diverse residential needs.

Stiltedbuilding is the main architectural form of Dong villages, and most of the village's production and living activities are carried out in the Diaojiaolou space.

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A-A’ section The first floor serves as an elevated floor, serving as a resting place for residents and tourists.

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Residential Renovation Strategy

Accommodation space along the river

The spatial order of traditional stilted buildings Complete family structure

Corridor

Central Room

Stove Room

Public space

family space

personal space

Bedroom

Complete family structure

The theme of living in stilt buildings is still local residents

Incomplete family structure

Tourist invasion and population loss

Micro renovarion

Fully renovarion

There is more free space for tourists to live in

Incomplete family structure

Tourists

Tourists

Villagers

central activity space

Tourists Public

VillagersV

illagers

Fully renovarion

Micro renovarion Utilize unused attic space and transform it into a place for tourists to live

Renovate the first and second floors to form a double-height atrium. As a transition from the external space to the living space of tourists and the living space of villagers.

Fully renovarion Raise the roof and install dormer for better lighting and ventilation

Village landscape resources

stove room living room

bedroom bedroom

public

private

Private public spaces enhance interaction between indoors and outdoors

The Vision of Zhaoxing Village

Expand tourists‘ experience

Walk along the scenic loop and enjoy the natural scenery

Go deep inside the village to experience traditional folk culture

Rich public cultural activity areas

To “fuse” tourists and local residents

From the linear development model starting from roads to the concentric circle development model starting from settlements, the traditional village construction method has been restored.

The Section of Zhaoxing Village Landscape

Public area

Residential area

Main road

Residential area

Landscape

III Rebirth Of The Nurage Type: Cultural complex architecture Location: Sarcapos,Sardinia, Italy Duration: 2022.4 —— 2022.6 Individual academic work (Course work from Public building design )

Introduction: In my view, amidst the wave of modern architecture, traditional architectural forms retain their intrinsic value. This project examines the Nuraghi—an ancient architectural form from Sardinia. It interprets the distinctive individual structures and compelling organizational patterns, integrating them into the design of a contemporary cultural complex. The resulting edifice not only embodies the enigmatic ancient culture of the Nuraghi but also fulfills the functional demands of a modern cultural complex.

Location and Environment

Site Analysis

Two huge water tanks in the site separate the landscape space

Muravera

sea

Villapuzu

archaeological excavation area

river 0

site

10M

20M

archaeological excavation area

30M

Heritage and Architecture

Santa Maria

Holy Well

Nuraghe The typical nuraghe is situated in areas where previous prehistoric Sardinian cultures had been distributed. cave

Nuraghe

A typical Sardinian hypogean Bronze Age structure for the worship of the waters.

Holy Well

carthage architecture

temple of roman culture

archaeological excavation area

Strategy of Buildings Natural environment Architectural Organization

A series of ancient architectural relics and objects from ancient times have recently been excavated locally, mainly from the Nuraghe period.

hills Nuraghe

Economic Activity of Sardinia

river

Cultural Complex

Tertiary sector

archaeological excavation area View

23.5% the secondary sector 67.8% the tertiary sector 8.7% the primary sector

Connection

0

0.5KM

Architectural Form 1KM

1.5KM

Historical heritage building

Architectural Function Economic promotion

Typology of Nuraghe the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 B.C.

Morphological Formation Design of the single building flow

light

flow

light

flow

light

work shop

work shop

view

view

Single exhibition

exhibition

exhibition

restaurant

theater

library

Organization of the buildings exhibition space cultural activity space

Organization

visitor center

Connection of building groups Mountain direction group connection

Mountain direction

sigle connection Heritage Park

Mountain direction

river direction

archaeological excavation area archaeological excavation area

Sequence of sections Holy Well

Master Plan

Main road To the seaside

To the village

C1

C

Vehicle entrance

A2

Main entrance

C2

Archaeological excavation area

C3

Heritage Park D Function of Buildings

E A1

A: Exhibition hall area A1: Main exhibition hall A2: Multifunctional exhibition hall A3: Installation exhibition hall B: Cultural Activity Center B1: Theater B2: Restaurant B3: Library

B2 A3

A

Elevation

E B3

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C: Visitor Center C1: Service Hall C2: Workshop C3: Lecture Hall D:Tank E:Gap Garden

A4

field

B1

B

Archaeological excavation area

Archaeological excavation area

0

10M

20M

30M

Ground Floor Plan

I

Exhibition Area

II

1: Entrance exhibition hall 2: Main exhibition hall 3: Installation exhibition hall 4: Rest space 5: toilet 6: service space 7: Work space 8: storehouse

III

Cross-section Perspectiv e

Ⅳ viewing floor

cafe

Exhibition area public activity floor

exhibition floor

exhibition floor

exhibition floor

Ⅲ meditation platform exhibition floor

Entrance exhibition gallery Commemorating Nuraji Water Culture Continue to provide water for nearby agriculture

Ground Floor Plan

IV

Ground Floor Plan

Cultural Activity Area 1: Gallery 2: Restaurant 3: toilet 4: Library 5: storehouse 6: stage (for outdoor performance) 7: Gap garden

I

Visitor Center

II

1: Entrance space 2: workshop1 3: tworkshop2 4: Gallery 5: Public meeting center 6: workshop3

Cross-section Perspectiv e

III

viewing floor

Ⅳ

Cultural Activity Area

theater

Gallery

Library

Gallery

Ⅰ

Restaurant

Model (1:1000)

Exhibition Area

Culture Activity Area

Visitor Center Aerial view of the south side

Top view

Aerial view of the east side

Elevation

IV Slum Patches Type: Sustainable urban facility design Location: Old Fadama,Accra, Ghana Duration: 2023.7 —— 2023.8 Group academic work: Zhenxi Liu Yihan Li (Course work from Design workshop) Mainly responsible for site analysis, urban road sorting, architectural form design

Introduction: Within the Old Fadama slum community in Africa, home to the largest e-waste recycling hub in the world, the processing of electronic waste has been a double-edged sword, providing economic gains while also ushering in calamity. The local populace often resorts to burning e-waste to extract recyclable metals, a practice that inflicts severe damage on both their health and the environment of the slum, while also being notably inefficient. To address this, the project proposes a network of urban waste management facilities designed to allow Old Fadama's residents to safely and effectively break down recyclable materials for use in local manufacturing and daily life, thereby generating sustainable economic and environmental benefits. This initiative lays the essential foundation for transforming and rehabilitating Old Fadama from a slum to a healthier community.

Background of E-waste and Old Fadama

The Site of Old Fadama

Ghana’s unfair status

53.6Mt

24.9Mt 12Mt South Industrial Area

GHANA

2.9Mt 2.9Mt

Accra Legend Affluent Region Developing Region Poor Region E-waste circulation

0.7Mt Urban Waste Dump

Africa,as the poorest content among the whole world,generates the least E-waste annually,yet it receives the most illegally designated E-waste from other more affluent regions.

Old Fadama station

E-waste disposal process in old fadama and developed area Local processing

Reusable components

Low-tech electronic product assemble

Recyclable materials

Precious metal Domestic market

Manual burning

Non-recyclable materials

Waste Land fill

Modern processing Precious metal magnetic

Recyclable materials Glass and plastic

Mechanical

Reuse

water

The local waste disposal system needs to be updated to adapt to the modern world. port

The formation of Old Fadama

Ghana’s attempt to gain independence 1945

The formation of Agbogbloshie under both internal and external factors

1966 The constantly domestic turbulence

1979 The illegally on-going transportion of E-waste from developed countries

2021

Old fadama is located in the central area of Accra city and is well connected. E-waste mainly arrives in Accra from ports and railway stations, after which it is imported into old fadama and surrounding areas.

Current Situation of Old Fadama

Theoretical Model Infrastructural Urbanism

adult

The architectural space of the patches is articulated by a continu-ous roof structure supported on a regular grid of thin steel columns. This infrastructural element is adaptable and flexible. Alightweight fabric covering can be added to shelter public spaces oroutdoor service areas, and where buildings are proposed it can beintegrated into the structural system as sunbreak or service space.Taking an optimistic view of the future of the site, this projectanticipates the participation of different architects, agencies, andindividuals in the construction of the site. lt seeks to establish arealistic framework within which these collective contributions canbe organized and coordinated.

children

worker

resident

road building water pollution

array street

service

anticipation

Patches Matrix Mosaic Extent

Pathways Program Flow /Movement/Exchange Service Grids

Event Scaffold Passive Programs Active Program Scores

structure

organization

repetition

Infrastructural Roof Occupied Structure Space/ Frame Roof Typologies

Edges and Boundaries Affiliation Corridors and Connectivity Networks

Detail Design Elements Patch Typologies variation / repetition

functioning

changes

surface

square

intersection

four main patches of old fadama structure

Site Analysis surface

organization

service

anticipation

repetition

mosaic & matrix

networks & connectivity

flow & exchange

Event Scaffold

fabric Typologies

waste dump

The Unslumming of Old Fadama

main road

Related parties and index

public activities

E-waste flow Management

mosaic

effected

Management

enclosing

far from the main road

main road

along the street

Overseas company

Culture

Intermediary

Government

Education

Spontaneous institution

Infrastructure

Initiative

Environment

Apathy

business activities mosaic

Economic mosaic

Advantages of fadama Arterial transportion

Lack of infrastructure

Ordered hierarchy

Polluted environment

residencial activities

distribute

industral activities

array

event activity

regularity of fabric

close to the main road main road

Drawbacks of fadama

Integration

Affordable housing

close to the main road

matrix

close to the main road

complexity of figure

accessibility of area

Low education rate

Infrastructural Urbanism

Legend

Slum

Unslum

Positive Neutral Negetive Strong Moderate

external traffic efficiency

public

residence

business

industry

Planning of Patches Street

Square

To industrial area

To the center of city To industrial area 100M

100M

200M

200M

Intersection

Array

To the center of city To the sqaure

100M

200M

100M

200M

To the slum

To the center of slum To the center of city

To the center of slum To the center of slum Layer 3

Layer 3 To the center of slum

Layer 1,2

Layer 1,2

Layer 3 To the center of slum

Layer 1,2

Layer 3 To the center of city

Layer 1,2

Design of New Function

public building

E-waste disposal workshop

residential buildings

business building

E-waste disposal workshop

E-waste disposal workshop

business buildings

public buildings

business street

business street facotory buildings

E-waste disposal workshop E-waste vocational educagtion E-waste storage workshop

E-waste storage workshop

E-waste transportation

E-waste transportation

E-waste disposal facotory connecting other workshops

connecting other workshops

connecting other workshops

connecting other workshops public space for activtiy

Lines street and Linear space E-waste transportation

Points close to the intersection

E-waste transportation

E-waste transportation

E-waste transportation

Groups Buildings which are extremely close together

E-waste transportation

Enclosure Form enclosed buildings

E-waste transportation

connection

Generate electricity

Burning

E-waste recycle

vocational education

E-waste disposal E-waste transport original function E-waste storage

Square Patch

Street Patch

Location

Location

Transport E-waste

Sorting E-waste

Vocational education (E-Waste disposal)

Transport E-waste

Electronic waste is imported into the slums in the square area, and the square undertakes the functions of distributing goods, storing goods, public services and vocational education.

E-waste disposal

E-waste is transported along the streets and deep into the slums.

Residents can more easily participate in the recycling and reuse of e-waste.

Intersection Patch

Transport E-waste

Industry Patch

Location

E-waste disposal

E-waste is transported to the intersection inside the slum, which is the central point of recycling, and residents can use modern machinery to work in the e-waste workshop to improve efficiency.

Manufacture electronic products

Incineration waste

Location

Generate electricity

Waste from the process of processing e-waste will be transported to industrial patches outside the slums for centralized processing and incineration to provide power for other industrial production.

Workers with vocational education are sorting electronic waste

Square Patch

Residents transfer e-waste at a transport platform

E-waste disposal workshops nested in slums

Industry Patch

The factory is prepared to burn waste

Street Patch

Intersection Patch

V Other works-Partial award-winning experience Project:Variable Modular Bazaar — based on time changes Awards:The third prize of the National College Students Sustainable Building Competition Individual work

Typology of Route

Variability

A:convenience B:interest C:commercial

Time: 2022.7 —— 2022.8

Typology of Module Planning

A:form B:function C:connectivity

The modules on the first floor are unchanged and the rotating modules on the second floor are set for space change to adapt to the needs of various seasons

Project:Nomadic Landscape Settlement Reconstruction Design Assisted by Datascape Awards:The finalist of the China Habitat Design Award Group work: member(Mainly responsible for mapping drawing and rendering drawing)

Time: 2023.5 —— 2023.6

V Other works-Hand model making

V Other works-Rendering

Project:optical illusion Time: 2021.3 —— 2021.4 Course work: Design thinking Materials:Wood sticker foam board Introduction: The project is based on the strange visual experience brought about by false visual effects. The project extracts the atrium part of the school library as a spatial element. And attach the wrong visual image on the surface, and then use the circle, line and other elements of the wrong vision to combine with the space, as an installation art.

Project:Train theme restaurant design Time: 2022.9 —— 2022.10 Course work: Space narrative and interior design Introduction: In the process of rendering, the project mainly highlights the direction of light and the creation of the theme atmosphere of the train. During the day, it mainly introduces natural light to illuminate the interior space, and controls the flow of light through the walls. At night, the main use of overhead lights to create a warm and comfortable atmosphere for diners.

Project:Vanishing door Time: 2021.4 —— 2021.5 Course work:Design thinking Materials:Wood Mirror surface Introduction: As a bridge between indoor and outdoor, doors are an important part of architectural design. The project explores the use of glass to make the door "disappear" into the space. From the point of view of materials, the relationship between indoor and outdoor is blurred.

Other renderings

Thanks

Zhenxi Liu