PORTFOLIO
of MEIYING YU Select works 2012-2015
Yu Meiying M.Arch in Urban design Bartlett school of architecture B.Eng in Urban Planning Tongji University, Shanghai, China E-mail: chinaplymy@hotmail.com TEL: (44)7879917198
CV | 2011-2016
Meiying Yu Nationality: Chinese E-mail: chinaplymy@hotmail.com Website: www.yumeiying.com Mobile: (44) 07879917198 Address: 5 Goldie House, Archway, London Post code: N19 3LY
SKILLS Language: Fluent English, Native in Mandarin Chinese 2D Graphic: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop 3D Modeling: Rhino, SketchUp, Grasshopper for Rhino Coding: Arduino, Processing Land Analysis: ArcGis Rendering: Rendering for rhino, sketchup, Lumion Filming: Adobe Premiere, Adobe Aftereffect Sunlight analysis: Ecotect EDUCATION
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Bartlett school of Architecture, University College London M.Arch of Urban design College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), Tongji University (TJU), Shanghai, China. B.Eng of Urban Planning
Sep. 2015-Sep. 2016 Sep. 2011-Jun. 2015
WORK EXPERIENCE
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Tyken Design corporation, Shanghai: Intern Eco-Development of Xinhai town, Chongming Island, china • Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute, Shanghai: Intern Master planning and Rural Urbanism research of Jiexiu, Shanxi Province • Shanghai Tongji Architecture Institute, Shanghai: Intern Residential community designing in Shanghai • Xuke Studio, Shanghai: Intern Assisted in making models in a villa reconstruction Project
Jun.2013-Aug.2014 July.2014-Sep.2014 Jan.2014-Feb.2014 Jun.2013- Sep.2013
AWARDS
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Excellent graduation design of College of Architecture and Urban Planning Excellent Student Leader Scholarship 2nd Prize in 11st “Academy Award” Art Competition-Photography Mingyuan traveling scholarship of College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Jun.2015 Jun.2014 Sep.2013 Apr.2013
WORKSHOPS
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Incomplete city – Workshop Participated in the scheme making and form designing to exploring the emerging possibilities of communities to build their own city bottom-up. • My City, My Life – Workshop Participated in the field investigation, GIS processing, modeling
May.2016 July.2014
PUBLICATIONS
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Meiying Yu, On the Traffic Congestion of the City and Countermeasures from Perspective of Urban Planning, Urban Construction Theory Research [M]. 2014(10).
Oct.2014
Meiying Yu, Thinking on the Creative Industries Reconstruction of Historic Blocks, The People's Livelihood Weekly [M].2014(6).
Jun.2014
Zhao Ying & Meiying Yu, Whose Tianzifang –Influence of Creative Blocks’ Commercialization on Social Relationships, Basic Level Construction [M]. 2014(8).
Aug.2014
MAJOR RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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Participatory Urbanism: A self-build system reacting to London’s housing crisis in Newham Tutor: Usman haque, Adam Greenfield • Urban regeneration and development planning for Xi’an, China and urban design along the city wall, nominated for TEAM20 competition in Taiwan Tutor: Professor Zhang Song, Tian Baojiang • Master Planning & Rural Urbanism in Jiexiu, Jiangxi Province Tutor: Professor Pan Haixiao, Liu Bing • Urban design of Typical Historic Blocks – Hongkou Harbor in Shanghai Tutor: Professor Wang Jun • Research on the Urban Calamity-Preventive Green Space in Shanghai Tutor: Professor Dai Shenzhi • Research on Circle Bus Operation Status in Lujiazui Financial Area in Shanghai Tutor: Professor Dai Xiaohui • Research on Tianzifang historical block in Shanghai Tutor: Professor Dai Xiaohui
VOLUNTEERING
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Construction community exhibition, RIBA, London Arranged exhibition, introduced to visitors and collected visitors’ feedback.
04.2016-09.2016 03.2015-07.2015
08.2014-12.2014 03.2014-07.2014 09.2013-12.2013 03.2013-06.2013 03.2013-06.2013
06.2016-07.2016
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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Chief Director of Future Architects Association, Tongji University
2014-2015
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Chief Director of Ballroom Dancing Association, Tongji University
2012-2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sailing Club design | Architecture
The right to build | A self build prototype for grass roots in East London
A symbiosis pattern of tradition and modern | Historical Urban Design
The catcher of the sea | Seaside Urban Design
A moveable feast | Community Pavilion design | architecture
Supplement | Activities | Workshop | Photography | Fine art
SAILING I am sailing, I am sailing home again across the sea. I am sailing stormy waters, To be near you, to be free. SAILING by Rod Stewart 1975.2 Academic / 2012 / 2rd year studio Instructors // Hong-Tao Hsu Program // Sailing club Loacation // Suzhou, China Area // 3368.3 square meter
Joao Luis Carriho da Graca (Portalegre,1952) refers to territory as the main basis of design. Territory includes the contour lines, the crests of the mountain ranges, and the natural promontories, defining the limits and the formal structure of anthropic space. It’s a concern in this project to refer to territory explained by Graca. A building for sailing and other water sports is to be designed far away from cities. So the territory here can be observed in its original way, of much more complexity. Guided by territory, the project need a more adapting way to nature. And at the same time the entity may emerge from surrounding. So this inspires me of a dual strategy to territory: adapting while emerging.
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Adapting To Territory The interface of mountain and lake are given, distinct from plain land in city. The design of sailing club is to accommodate or connect elements from them. From the mountain comes contour lines, crests, roads by hillsides, villages, people, vehicles. From the lake comes breeze, tides, island, glistening water, boats, fish.
Based on the original interfaces, sight analysis is brought to the selected levels, assuring nothing blocks the view during the visiting route. The analysis is based on these statistic: human resolution view is 15 degree, effective view is 15 to 30 degree.
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Rise from mountain and fall into lake. The upper part of building is controlled by resolution view on the crest. A continuous interface from mountain to lake. The lower part of building is controlled by resolution view on the hillside.
Integrate the interface of building, mountain and lake. The inner part is referred to resolution view. Adapt the inner space to the integrated interface. Form the route from mountain to lake, making territory internally continuous.
Observing from territory A sharp angle implies the entrance to the road. And when you look from lakeside, it’s the focus to guide all the boats.
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Observing from building While the pure shape and material of building make itself a frame of abundant natural image.Virtually the building change from subject to object.
Emerging From Territory
The language will be distinct from nature. Observing from territory, the building is a landmark. Observing from building, the territory image would be integral and unblocked, owning to the section design of sight.
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7 wood terrace
2 hall
8 stairs beside "mirror"
3 wading pool "mirror"
9 spring
4 restuarant
10 tunnel-like passage
5 shop & business
11 beach
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A Dialogue Between Adapting And Emerging: The Inner Space The inner space is designed adapting to mountain. thus each floor is connected with nature in one way. The orienting entrance leads people to the center space of ground floor, the wading pool “mirror”, other spaces like restaurant and theater are set surround. The inner space intact with nature through the “mirror”. The basement floor can be reached from stairs beside “mirror”. Then we come to the spring embraced by stone. Walking through the tunnel-like passage, we finally see the artificial beach. It’s an experience from open to secret, and back to open.
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Unrestricted View Between Space And Territory Direct unblocked sight can be gained from every level. Indirect way is given by the “mirror”. Observing from different position, we will have different view of territory in the “mirror”. The way of observation could be delicate through direct and indirect sight.
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Overlapping Experience Of Space And Territory
Because of the dialogue between adapting and emerging, space and territory are overlapped in many ways, which could be explained in the sections.
There’s mountain separating spring space and artificial beach.
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The stepwell room in the east gradually dissolve the level difference.
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Stairs beside the mirror imply the way to the beach.
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“The Right to build“ Participated in the B-PRO SHOW of Bartlett School of Archiitecture
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Protesters in the Council meeting in newham
THE RIGHT TO BUILD Academic / 2016 / M.Arch Urban Design Instructors // Usman Haque, Adam Greenfield Program // Architectures of participation - A self build prototype for grass roots in Newham Location // East London, England
START Group OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT
Shared ownership
Selfmanagement Self-build agency consultants Individual solutions
Architects Droughts person
LAND OWNERS
Newham Council
Housing Association
LAND Planning land
Corner Land
Self-build and Custom-build Registeration
PERMISSION Newham
https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Self-build-andCustom-build-Register.aspx
BUDGET
Low income
FUNDING
Mortgage
Fund
INSURANCE Site insurance
Structural warranty
Prefab
Cheap
Renovation
Legal expenses
HOUSING TYPE Flexible
Congregated house
BASIC UNIT
TEST
Shipping container
Ownership models
Private ownership
Shared ownership
Collective ownership
Collectively
Individually shipping pallets
nails
glasses
Developing mulitiple tools to help people know more about the potentially site
Self builder land obtaining channels local council
housing associations
utilities
churches
private ownership Commercial lenders shared ownership
Self builders
Housing organizations open market
developers
collective ownership
Photosphere via VR devices
Take Stratford, Newham borough as example:
Potentially availiable land Corner land + Planning land + “Extensive land“
planning land
corner land
Extensive building land
Participated community construction
Housing type1
Housing type2
Housing type3
Housing type 4
Housing type5
Common space
At this step people participated to compose an ideal housing plan with the components and the magnetic board. Then we made the interpretation of housing type design according to their draft models and oral descriptions, optimised design.
It turned out pretty successful, the outputs were various according to everybody’s distinct needs, and under some instructions they had the great sense to manage design.
Participated housing type decisions
Basic units prototype The 3mĂ—3m module basic units have great advantages to compose multiple and flexible family housing types, open the possiblities for the family choice options.
Living room A 3m×3m×3m Area: 9m2
WC 3m×3m×3m Area: 9m2
Bathroom 3m×3m×3m Area: 9m2
Staircase 3m×6m×3m Area: 18m2
Study room 3m×3m×3m Area: 9m2
Living room B 3m×6m×3m Area: 18m2
Bedroom A 3m×3m×3m Area: 9m2
Living room C 3m×6m×3m Area: 18m2
Garden space 3m×3m×3m Area: 9m2
Bedroom B 3m×6m×3m Area: 18m2
Flexible space 3m×3m×3m Area: 9m2
Common room 6m×6m×3m Area: 36m2
Bedroom
Dining room / Kitchen room
Spare room
Staircase
A SYMBIOSIS PATTERN OF TRADITION AND MORDERN
Academic / 2015 / 4th year graduation design Instructors // Zhang Song, Tian Baojiang Program // Urban regeneration development study, urban design Loacation // Xi'an, China Area // 35 square kilometer
Field is a relatively independent social space, a system consisting of objective relationships. The boundary of field is experience, the association between fields is complex. ——Pierre Bourdieu
Site Research
Xi'an North station
Tang Dynasty
618-907
Song Dynasty
960-1279
Yuan Dynasty
1271-1368
Ming Dynasty
1368-1644
Qing Dynasty
1644-1912
Minguo Period
1612-1949
Xi'an North sub-center
Xi'an center district
Gaoxin sub-center
xiaozhai sub-center
As one of the oldest Four Great Ancient Capitals in China and important joint of the Silk Road, Xi’an has became the center of GuanZhong plain. With the evolution of technology, as one of china’s metropolis, the old town is facing with various problems. The belt highway make close connection between sub-centers districts, while the central old Town is still under great pressure of transportation and polulation. Due to the physiographic factors the subway construction is limited, the contradiction between pedestrian and vehicles is getting more and more acute. How to recognize the particularity of the built environment along the area of the walls and how to protect it, how to inherit traditional culture as well as space spirit through shaping the new place, are the two essential challenges of this project.
Xi'an is not only an ancient city, but also the city pattern of Ming & Qing dynasty has been preserved completed. As the important material carrier of history and culture, the city wall with the space along it record the evolution process of Xi’an, with important historical and cultural value. Besides, it carries emotional history and collective memory, which makes it become the significant symbol of the “nostalgia” of contemporary Xi’an’s people.
Historical Evolution
Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The alley
The alley
Public realm restructuring
current condition
current condition
demolition
reshape the texture
retailing interface
public countyard space
public corridor
retailing interface
the Wall gate
Urban texture extraction
1600s to 1900s
1960-1965 industrial architectural heritage
1970s - 1990s
after 1990s
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Inhabitation form
Traditional courtyards micro regeneration
Traditional courtyards study: The main hall is normally 3.6-9.0m in depth, face width 9-16m, double pitch roof, 1-2 floors; the wing is normally 2.4-4.0m in depth, face width 3.6-6.0m, shed roof, 1-2 floors.
Qing Dynasty form of building
Ming Dynasty form of building
countyard sequence
overlapping
Bicycle trails The bicycle trails makes close connection among traditional courtyards, the registered preservation buildings and open space joints, acknowledging the history and character of the city whilst immersing visitors in a unique cycling experience..
Problems of Historic Environment
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A Wolong Temple: the FIRST class registered building B Beilin: the FIRST class registered building C Formerresidence of Gao Peizhi: the SECOND class registered building D Pingrong Textile Mill: the THIRD class registered building
The notion of historical preservation is not about historical building itself, more importantly is about surroundings of hiatorical architecture within the holistic living environment. In contemporary Xi'an, particularly in offical historical protection area, residents have little consciousness to take the whole situation into consideration of protection. More seriously, private property and the profit rate trump all the other rights we can think of. Citizens need to fight for their real living rights to the city. Another issue is that the informal building without regular permissions leech on to the offical protective historical building. The field of tradtional cultrure has been squeezed.
City wall museum
Retailing and workshop
In the process of urbanization, those who originally lived by the sea gradually left home, seeking development. It is a common case in many Chinese villages where fertile soils are desserted because of scarcity of labour, while metropolises constantly absorb all kinds of resources like black holes, ,expandexcessively, and become overwhelmed. In this project, a small town named Jinshan is eroded by the urbanization. To more extent, invisible boundaries block most interactions between the oceanside town and inner land. Therefore, eliminating boundaries is to reconcile conflicts and redefine the relation between them. Series of rurban areas are selected as an alternative solution for borderlines development which make a soft transition between city and nature.
THE CATCHER OF THE SEA Academic / 2014 / 3rd year studio Instructors // Li Jingsheng Program // City Design Loacation // Shanghai, China Area // 2870 square kilometer
Nature organic coastline is
Site Research the distance between
South of Shanghai
South of Jinshanzui City
Southeast of Jinshanzui City
Jangsu Province site Shanghai coastline Zhejiang Province
outer seawall change
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elements changing replaced by the artifical coastline
1800s
coastline changing of Shanghai
village and sea was shorten
coastline changing of Jinshan seawall
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Different volumes of buildings are arranged by different subjects of function. Different types of green land in response are arranged in response to the site context. Multiscale paths connect important buildings with public space.
Five parts are designed to build the connection between seaside and the inner land, by reconstructing the infrustructure and other faclities.
Combine the Chinese and Western traditional green-dweling pattern, form various eco-friendly environment.
The landscape system, the greenland system and different scales of building are combined with the public space. Different elements form varities of interfaces, which lead people from inner land to the sea.
According to the local people's habits and customs, continus public spaces are integrated as a network.
Plant coverage and ground are consistent with the functions of building.
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Entrance of a street
A B C A routine A routine B Along the main river off walking streamline, the changes of building density, plant coverage, the permeability of the architectural plan and rigid floor covering coordinate with activities and people's awareness of the body. The publicity and privacy of the space also respond to the changing of different field elements.
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Section A-A
Many chinese have some interesting experiences and unforgetable stories about traditional Chinese herbs.
People can experience different atmosphere while walking through the site from the inner land to the site.
Facade B In residential block
Some shellfish are traditional chinese coastal species, which can bring good profits as well as a lot of joy when crashing them.
Water front
Inner block
The vitality of public space The most conspicuous element
shellfish market
folk snacks market
office
As the old saying goes"good wine is not afraid of deep alley", it is the continuation of some of the folk customs that makes the atmosphere of the space comply with the China philosophy.
Facade C In commercial block
Island
Pavement coverage Plant coverage Interface transparency Building density
Typical building Prototype
Waterside Section
Architectures with different functions present different looks when face the sea, the inland waterway and the internal street.
Section 1
Community center
Section 2
Section 3
Shopping mall
Section 4
Restaurant
Section 5
office
Section 6
Along the inland river
Island
A MOVABLE FEAST Memory is a drag as people recall repeatedly to demonstrate the existence of cities.Invisible views determine visible views. ——Italo Calvino" Invisible Cities"
Academic / 2012 / 2rd year studio Instructors // Yu Yong, Li Yanbo Program // Community Pavilion Loacation // Shanghai, China Area // 4800 square meter
Our world is between the visible and invisible state. Because of the gaze of our own and the other people’s s reading speed up the differences in memory and fusion, thus forming cognitive conflict. In the paraphrase of “I “, was the "narrative" of the city.
Site Reaserch
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Combination horizontal direction
1.Triangle Area;People Crossing from south to north; creating a crossing path; 2.Innovation Parks alongside the Road; The lack of public facilities; 3.Buildings are located near a university and there are residences nearby.
Creating cross paths
Combination vertical direction
Segmenting the base
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Adding the guiding path
Connecting the path
Catering to people to adjust path
Select a combination of good relationship
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H3V2
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The pedestrian bridge in the building
The permeability and transparency
Exhibition
Prototype
The underlying overhead of the entire space system
Traffic system
Functional space to a system
Misplaced and the non human body measured space - use by natural elements
Platform system—— Extension from Internal to external
Overlapping subjectivity
Inspired by the famous painting by Piet Cornelies Mondrian, I tried to reinterpretate this Masterpiece from an architectural angle. Varies of Phenomenon of architecture——Multifunction, path, breakthrough, penetration, extending........ could be included in an abstract visual work. To blur the boundary of external and internal.
Composition
The movable components represent the story lines.And because of the movability, an established exhibition roomcould be transformed into different formations.
1. Open platform and each connection of functioning room - make the building derive from a natural space; 2.The pillars extend from the bottom to top, and the functioning room adhere on the main core barrel. Besides,the establishment of pillars at different heights will provide the grey experience between the different levels. 3. Components within the elevation difference and transportation system as a whole fuzzy and vertical dimension as "boundary layer", give the possibility of "growth", reflect the naturalness of concrete.
Structure development ---------Explore the possibilities of verticality
The structural model analog the construction process which explores the possibities of verticality. The structural system is made up of core barrels and pillar grid, firm and full of flexibility.
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In the uniformed modules, "components" move, collide and divide at different elevations and form the horizontal and vertical continuous space which guide people's way or make them stay in a place. Besides, the design focuses on the space penetration from the external environment (natural environment) to the base to every function zone.
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Experience Section Inner space
Outer space
Perception
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Different activities are arranged lineaily in the vertical direction, from the mian exhibition, to the private reading, dining and business check -in and so on, which compose a sequence of life. Furthermore, it explores the possibilities of vertical city as an epitome of urban life.
SUPPLEMENT
Activities
Wood bridge building, the 12nd Building Festival in Tongji University
Paper house building, the 12nd Building Festival in Tongji University
Workshop
Incomplete city, bottom-to-up city construction experiment, Bartlett School of Architecture, 2016
Interactive installations
Human body perception robot
Build your Family traces
Social experiment
Freedom of speech"Should Britain stay in the EU?"
Freedom of speech"Should Britain stay in the EU?"
Movable Mini Garden
Reusing the telephone booth in London
Craft calendar, 1st Prize in 11th “Academy Award” Art Competition
Moveable sales office, intern in Xuke
Suzhou classical gardens analysis
Photograph I regarded photograph as an indispensable part of my daily life, which helps me seek for and record unexpected beauties.
Travel to Tibet
Travel to Tibet
Reading the city It is amazing to live in Shanghai, a diversified city where you can hear see its history. Though reading this city, I learned how economics, culture, techiques and politics influence architecture and city form.
Fine Art
Fading out, original, water colour sketch, 2013
Dream Positano, photos to draw, 2014
Still life, original, gouache, 2010
Wind, cloud and water rapids, original, traditional Chinese painting, 2010
Late spring, original, traditional C 2009
Chinese painting,
Sudden tweet, original, traditional Chinese painting, 2013
Thanks for Reviewing
Yu Meiying M.Arch in Urban design Bartlett school of architecture B.Eng planning Tongji University, Shanghai, China E-mail: chinaplymy@hotmail.com TEL: (44)07879917198