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PORTFOLIO MENGMENG ZHAO 2014-2019

MENGMENG ZHAO

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E-mail: uczlmmz@ucl.ac.uk or mengmengzhao917@gmail.com Tel: (+44)7732294500 (UK)

2017 - 2018 MATERIAL MATTERS Studio -XiDan JoyCity, Chat Garden, Beijing, China (2017) Contributions: 3d Modelling, Illustrations, On-site Construction

Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London September 2018 - Present Academics: MArch Architectural Design Supervisors: Gilles Retsin, Manuel Jimenez Garcia, Vicente Soler Thesis: Owning a house: Accessing digital housing platforms for non-specialists

SketchUp & Vray

Address: Flat 1, Murray Street, London

Languages Mandarin (First Language) English (IELTS 6.5 Taken in 2017)

Interests Photography Instruments: Accordion, Piano, Guitar Secret gigs Sometimes video games

-EZ English School, Beijing, China (2017) Contributions: Design Conceptualisation, 3d Modelling, Illustrations, On-site Construction -LuoYang JoyCity, B1 Area, LuoYang, China (2017) Contributions: Design Conceptualisation, Interior Design Detail, Architectural Planning & Programming, 3d Modelling, Illustrations -XiAn JoyCity, Rooftop Garden, XiAn, China (2018) Contributions: Design Conceptualisation, Interior Design Detail, 3d Modelling, Illustrations 2015 - 2016 Guowenyan (Intern) -Yu County Conservation Contributions: Research, On-site Research, Architectural Planning & Programming, Illustrations, Official Reports & Diagrams -Tibet BaiJu Temple Conservation Contributions: Research, Architectural Planning & Programming, Illustrations, Official Reports & Diagrams

School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture September 2013 - June 2017 Academics: Bachelor Degree In Engineering (Historical Building Conservation and Innovation)

Competition Experience Architecture Competition: 2017 Baitasi Remade Competition 2017 IFLA Competition: LIFE THAT GROWS FROM THE FIRE 2016 UIA Competition: Massing I-Beams 2016 Beijing Innovated Struction Design Competition: Massing I-Beams

AutoCAD Keyshot Rhino & Grasshopper Revit Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Audition Adobe Xd Premiere After Effect ArchiCAD Unity & C# ABB Houdini Arduino iMovie

Other Experience 2011 64th Coupe Mondiale And World Accordion Championships, Beijing, China 2008 Beijing Accordion Concert, Beijing National Centre, Beijing, China

Microsoft Office

CONTENT

MOBO Digital hosing platform with automated contruction 2018.09-2019.09

PROFESSIONAL WORKS English School, Beijing, China (2017) XiAn JoyCity, Rooftop Garden, XiAn, China (2018) XiDan JoyCity, Chat Garden, Bejing, China (2017) Shopping Mall, LuoYang, China (2017)

MASSING I-BEAMS High-rise Building Design (UIA Competition, Innovated Struction Design Competition) 2016.09-12

TUNNEL Theatre Design, ShouGang industrial old park, Shijingshan district, Beijing, China 2014.09-12

HUTONGER Beijing Xisi Historic District Reconstruction 2015.03-05

LIFE THAT GROWS FROM THE FIRE Landscape Design (IFLA Competition) 2017.06-09

MOBO Automated Housing System Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL 2018.09-2019.09 Teamwork(5 persons) Academic work, Mater Degree

MOBO is a housing system with a housing platform and its own construction tools. The idea is to simplify the construction process through automation by using simple reconfigurable modular robots that are able to adapt to different tasks and site conditions.

Automated Design Process

Collective User Input

Network of People and Land

H ousi ng P l atform

Objecties of Architectural Spaces

Th e p l a tfo r m co n n e cts p e o p l e to l a n d w h i ch w o u l d o th e r w i se b e d i ffi cu l t to se cu r e o n th e i r o w n , a n d cr e a te s a n e tw o r k w h e r e u se r s a r e a b l e to co n n e ct, i n te r a ct, o r g a n i se a n d e n g a g e . U n l i ke e xi sti n g h o u si n g p l a tfo r m s w h i ch g i ve s a p r e - d e te r m i n e d p r o p e r ty a n d p r e - d e si g n e d h o u se , M OBO a l l o w s th e p e o p l e to u se th e p l a tfo r m to i n p u t th e i r n e e d s a n d p r e fe r e n ce s to cr e a te a syste m - g e n e r a te d d e si g n . Th i s r e vi si ts a n d r e vi se s th e co n ve n ti o n a l m e th o d s o f u se r p a r ti ci p a ti o n i n d e si g n . Al th o u g h to ta l fr e e d o m i s n o t g i ve n , p r o scr i p ti ve m e th o d s o f co n tr o l a r e e m p l o ye d b y g i vi n g se t l i m i ta ti o n s th a t u se r s a r e fr e e to u se h o w e ve r th e y w a n t to .

Polyvalent> Human MultiFunctional Centeric>Typical

Loose>Defined

I want ...

Shared Kitchen

Zone 1

Studio

Ownership Through Shares

George

Studio

London,UK

George

Hallway

London,UK

Zone 1 Private Toilet

Zone 2

Private Toilet

Zone 2 Zone 3

Hallway

Zone 3

Game Room

Zone 4

Private Room

01 Matri x Gene r a t e d F r o m Us e r I n p u t

Game Room

Zone 4

Private Room

I want ...

MOBO Housing Platform

Shared Kitchen

Preferences

George

Private Toilet

By u si n g d i scr e te co m p o n e n ts su ch a s C LT ( C r o ss L a m i n a te d Ti m b e r ) , th e syste m i s a b l e to u se co m p u ta ti o n a l m e th o d s i n a r ch i te ctu r e to g e n e r a te m a ss cu sto m i se d p r o g r a m s a n d m a te r i a l a g g r e g a ti o n i n a va r i e ty o f r e su l ts, co n sta n tl y a d a p ti n g to si te , u se r - p r e fe r e n ce a n d co n te xt.

Chose location

Zone 1

Studio

Zone 2

London,UK

Hallway

Zone 3 Game Room

Zone 4

Private Room

Home Ownership

How do we make home ownership more accessible? Home Ownership

02 Trans l ated t o F o r c e Dir e c t e d G r a p h i n 3d S pac e Mass Customization

Flexibility

Freedom of Choice

Housing generated by user preferences

Discrete Construction

Home Ownership

Help Cooperatives Scale Up

MOBO

LandHousing System Scarcity MOBO Housing System

Issues

Construction Tools

MOBO

03 Reflected in a Voxel Grid to Create Multiple Generations of Housing Programs

Housing System TASK

BRICKS

TASK

BRICKS

Context

ROBOT

TASK

BRICKS

ROBOT

X-Z Axis X-Z Axes movement Movement

ROBOT

Small, Cheap, Irregular Lots

Large, Non-Versatile Machins

Machine Variations

Independent Movement

Vertical Movement

2A 5A

How do we make the construction rocess simpler and faster? 2A

X-Y AxesAxis movement X-Y Movement 3C

Overcome obstacle 5C

Modular Carrying

X-Y-Z Axes movement X-Y-Z Axis

Movement 4F

SelfBalance

FreeMovement

CORNER CONNECTION

2A 2C 2B

Extra - connection between modules

11:11

3A 3C

4G Steel Utility Proﬁles on Width

M.O.B.O

04 Vox el s Mate r ia liz e d wit h M o d u la r Co m ponent (C LT)

3D 3E 4A

Congratulations ! Your Mobo House has generated!

4A 4B

MOBO Construction Tools 5A

20 mm thickness CLT layer 2 20 mm thickness CLT layer 3

2D 2E

20 mm thickness CLT layer 1

Steel Utility Proﬁles on Length

Your MOBO house has been generated 4B

4E 4F 5A 5B

Reconfigurabke Modular Robots

Modular Building Components

5D 6A 6B

In-D

Lets Build it !!!!

Re-Generate

20 mm thickness CLT layer 1 20 mm thickness CLT layer 2 20 mm thickness CLT layer 3

Steel Proﬁle : Corne

In-Dex Timber Scre

Automated Construction Process

Steel Utility Proﬁles on Length Steel Utility Proﬁles on Width 20 mm thickness CLT layer 3 20 mm thickness CLT layer 2 20 mm thickness CLT layer 1

CONTRUCTION TOOLPATH Robot Ecology And Foot Prints What makes MOBO differentis having its own construction tools. The idea is to simplify the construction process through automation by using simple reconfigurable modular robots that are able to adapt to different tasks and site conditions. Mobo is a complete housing system that consists of a housing platform and construction technology. When these two are combined, we not only make housing more acessible to people, but also create communities with housing developments that are liveable and adaptable.

Detail of Prototype

Utility Panal

Robots can scan the yellow points on modules. They follow tool paths and do different tasks.

Construction Process

Module Blow-Up

PRODUCED BY PRODUCED AN AUTODESK BY AN STUDENT AUTODESK VERSION STUDENT VERSION

Physical Robot Experiment

Floor Plan and CLT Layout

01 M3 Black Screw M3x10 A2 stainless steel Pozi pan machine screws , 0.5mm metric thread.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Isometirc Layout

Ground Level Plan

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

02 M3 Nut 2ND half 2ND LEVEL halfPLAN LEVEL PLAN M3, 3mm A2 stainless steel hexagon full nuts 0.5mm metric thread

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

03 30mm Lead Screw TR30x6 (30mm X 6mm Lead) X 585mm Lead screw length (N): 585.00mm 04 Nema17 Stepper Motor Nema 17 Stepper Motor with high torque for DIY 3D printer or CNC kits. 40cm wire(with insulated sleeve), one connect electrical machine, the other end has variety optional ports. Heat shrink tubing effect to prevent the wire tangled up. 1.8 degree step angle (200 steps/rev.) Digital and Discrete components play a major role in this housing system as it allows decentralization of production of parts consisting of flexible and adaptable modules that can be easily joined together and assembled, thereby they result in efficiency and productivity in both the design and construction of housing.

Second Level Plan

A. M3 Black Screw B. M3 Nut C. 1.5mm Silver Aluminium (Black) D. 3D Printed Part E. 30mm Lead Screw F. Nema17 Stepper Motor

PRODUCED BY PRODUCED AN AUTODESK BY AN STUDENT AUTODESK VERSION STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Large Housing Community

B-pro Showâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;1:1CLT Installation

H o u s i n g h a s b e e n o n e o f t h e m o s t p r e v a l e n t p r o b l e m s o f s o c i e t y. P e o p l e e n d u p s u b m i t t i n g t o r e n t o r d e b t , s e n d i n g m o n e y o f t h e m a j o r i t y t o a f e w. C o o p e r a t i v e s h a v e d o n e e ff o r t s i n t o p u t t i n g h o m e o w n e r h i p i n t o t h e i r o w n h a n d s , h o w e v e r, m a n y o f t h e i r a t t e m p t s t o s c a l e u p h a v e f a i l e d . W h y ? F i r s t , i s a l a c k o f a c o m m o n n e t w o r k . A n d s e c o n d i s a c c e s s t o t h e r i g h t c o n s t r u c t i o n t e c h n o l o g y. To d a y, t h e r i s e o f t h e â&#x20AC;&#x153; d i g i t a l e c o n o m y â&#x20AC;? g a v e b i r t h t o n e w b u s i n e s s m o d e l s s u c h a s d i g i t a l p l a t f o r m s . H o w c a n b o t tom-up thinkers come to terms with 21st century technologies to create a more lasting impact in society?

M o r e o ve r, d e sp i te a d va n ce m e n ts i n te ch n o l o g y, co n str u cti o n r e m a i n s to b e th e l e a st a u tomated industry in the world. H o w ca n w e tr a n sfo r m co n str u cti o n p r o ce sse s to i n cr e a se si m p l i ci ty, ve r sa ti l i ty a n d fu n cti onality altogether? M OBO a i m s to r e th i n k th e w a ys h o u se s ca n b e b u i l t b y m e r g i n g th e i d e a s o f th e p l a tfo r m and construction automation to a u to m a te th e h o u si n g p r o ce ss a n d m a ke h o u si n g m o r e a cce ssi b l e to p e o p l e .

Professional Works Works in Material Matters, Beijing (2017.9-2018.7) 01 English Zoom English School, Beijing, China (2017) 02 XiAn JoyCity, Rooftop Garden, XiAn, China (2018) 03 XiDan JoyCity, Chat Garden, Beijing, China (2017) 04 Shopping Mall, LuoYang, China (2017)

01 English Zoom English School, Beijing, China (2017) Contribution: Interior design, Material reserch, On-site construction, Photography Isomatric

According to our clients, we should change it into an advanced English school for 4 to 8-year-old children which would include some dancing classrooms and normal classrooms in different themes. The whole school should provide children a happy and interesting study place, also it should be a cool and comfortable place for teachers working there.

Ground floor

Second floor

Third floor

46 m² 33 m²

6 m²

50 m²

Before: It was an old restaurant. Here’s some pictures after the restaurant moved out.

50 m²

In interior design process, we tried to use simple materials and colours and mixed it. Apparently those colours did not make it look messy but positive, as well as plants.

02 XiAn JoyCity, Rooftop Garden, XiAn, China (2018) Contribution: Conceptual Design, Interior Design, Material, Perspective The Story He is known as Mr. Goose. No one knows Mr. Gooses’ real name, But everyone loves to be a guest of Mr. Goose’s house. No one knows His real age. People say that he never get old. He has the loved one and his good friends. No one knows where does he go for travel, he comes back to tower from time to time.

Perspective This project is now under construction. Here’s my watercolour sketches about this conceptual design. Also here’s some renders. My colleague did the render and I photoshopped them.

It is said that Mr. Goose sometime transform into man, when full moon of autumn he transformed back to Goose. and fly back to China. to be with his family and friends. Although He traveled everywhere beautiful corner of the earth.

What he loves the most is to share the precious time with his family and friends.

Xi’an joy city has a really good location in Xi’an. The most famous Chinese pagoda is in front of our building and people can easily see that historical building in rooftop garden. So we must design it based on the position of pagoda. We tried to make a higher platform for people having a good view of that beautiful pagoda.

03 XiDan JoyCity, Chat Garden, Beijing, China (2017) Contribution: Construction part, Material Before

Concept

Final Plans

6th floor plan

7th floor plan

04 Shopping Mall, LuoYang, China (2017) Contribution: Conceptual Design, Material, Perspective

This is the conceptual design part of this floor.Â I sketched and used collage to show my ideas. The whole perspective showed messages perfectly that clients really appreciated. This project has been aborted because of asset issue. However, the conceptual design part and images were very well received by my bosses and clients.

MASSING I-BEAMS High-rise Building Design (UIA Competition, Innovated Struction Design Competition) ShouGang industrial old park, Shijingshan district, Beijing, China 2016.09-12 Academic work

This working is designed in the ShouGang old park. And there will be a high-rise building on the site. This building is going to be a part of the winter Olympic games providing housing, some entertainments and also leisure spaces.

MEMORY OF SHOUGANG ShouGang is one of the most important companies in China. It has a pretty long history. And here, in Beijing, witness all the essential changes. It almost became a represent for China industrial. small space individual mass

i-beam industrial machinery networking autonomous

socialism

2 i-beams in the middle

democracy

many individual boxes around the i-beams

the distribution of building function(plan)

entrance of buildings

change these boxes into small structure and give i-beams covers

let small structures extend freely and networked

the distribution of building function(hight)

entrance of cars and peolpe

flows of stuffs and consumers

Concept

West Elevation

Physical models

INSIDE SPACES This section shows the structure and interspace of the high-rise building completely. At the same time, it also shows the division for the function of annexs: mainly for commeicial, including restaurant, shops and so on, secondly for official business, the only annex for working has its own entrance used only by stuffs. A

And also it has 2-floor-parking lot underground, it provides enough parking spces for stuffs, residence and even consumers.

MASTER PLAN

1st floor plan

parking lot

offices

outdoor activities

shops

3rd floor plan

catering

Section A

17th floor plan

Shougang moved to Tangshan province and stopped producing anything.

Beijing is a successful bidder for the Olympic winter Games.

2015

September 1996, Shougang Group was formally established. By the end of 1998, the group has 83 member units, the production and operation of investment management and the large group of economic organizations.

2005

1966, Shijingshan Steel Corp is renamed the capital Steel Corp. after the Cultural Revolution broke out, Shougang was discontinued once. Then under the instructions of Premier Zhou Enlai, the production can be restored.

In 1978, Shougang became one of the eight key iron and steel enterprises in China. It managed 40 individual factories with 71 thousand stuffs.

1996

In May 1958, the Shijingshan iron and steel plant began to expand, and was reorganized as Shijingshan Steel Corp. Beijing area initially formed by the Shijingshan Steel Corp and Metallurgical Bureau of local enterprises constitute the black metallurgical industry.

1978

During the war, the Japanese invaders forcibly occupied the refinery, reorganized as the South Manchuria Railway Corporation North Hing Company of the "Shijingshan iron and steel".

1958

1919

In 1919, governments organized Longyan Limited by Share Ltd in Shijingshan Jingxi iron ore refinery construction, then black metallurgy industry started in Beijing.

Then ShouGang old park became a new place for the organizing committee of the Olympic winter Games. Now everything is changing. ShouGang has a brand new identity in the future.

TUNNEL Theatre Design ShouGang industrial old park, Shijingshan district, Beijing, China 2014.09-12 Academic work

This working is designed in the ShouGang old park. And there will be a great theatre on the site. The most interesting point is that there is a abandoned track passing through this site.This theatre is going to be a part of the winter Olympic games providing some entertainments and leisure spaces.

FANTASY OF SHOUGANG

FUSE

This was an industrial park owned by Shougang Corporation, capital steel, which has abandoned for years. Decision has made in 2016 that Olympic Winter Games will be hold in this area. Lots of changes will occur here and the residential quarters, new railway stations will make differences as a result. The commercial development will get great changes in this area, as well.

wirerope

Some old factories are required to remain, so the theatre must integrate into these big industrial factories and become one important part in ShouGang Park. It cannot be like an industrial product but a represent for the modern society. So I try it for all the aspects.

components aluminum skin

glass

water and green areas aroud

the distribution of factories aroud

the distribution of parks

floor wooden floor

the distribution of schools

the distribution of shopping malls

the distribution of settlements

FORMATION

site

massing

spliting

softening

stepping

softening

outdoor theatre

theatre

FACADE I like the faรงade best. It is glass curtain wall inside and an aluminum shell outside the glass wall. There is a gap between the glass and the aluminum shell There are lots of triangle on it, and arraying in order which looks very comfortable. When the sunlight shines into the theatre, and it can produce an interesting triangle shadow on the walls and ground. The specific structure is showing on the left.

HUTONGER Xisi Historic District Reconstruction XiSi, XiCheng District, Beijing, China 2015.03-05 Teamwork(2 persons) Academic work

The courtyard in XiSi HuTong mostly is the SiheYuan. The traditional Siheyuan courtyard has an open space in the center of the yard offering to anyone in the house. However, when time goes on, homes get more people to live. The original space for one familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comfortable life is more and more crowded. Every household all think their own features in using of living space is not enough.So our aim is to change this terrible situation and make the people here have a better life.

SITE ANALYSIS

Texture

Proportion of the population

More migrating population Densely populated

locals outlanders

distribution of banks

Long history

Few open space Cluttered houses Temporary houses

Cultural diversity

Shape of yards urban road grade

distribution of parks

distribution of shopping centres

Improper protection

Texture

Densely populated

Illegal houses

Cluttered houses

Temporary houses

Existing Open Space

Shape of yards

Current texture Temporary houses

IDEAS Evacuation Relocate

Architectures

Restore Update

Open space

Clean Parking lot

A NEW ATTEMPT Provide a new place for these people according to the policy

Shape of courtyard Back to the Chinese traditional shapes of courtyard

Choose buildings

Choose buildings and make it higher Containing more people to restore the traditional yard

make it higher

Let more people move in

Plant more trees Update public facilities Let more people move in

After restoring

Dismantle

Find original colors from HuTong

Population of yard

No parking lots

Population

CURRENT

Shape of courtyard

Open Space Clean and comfortable More open space for people Texture Change into traditional texture and become more comfortable

CURRENT IMAGES

distribution of supermarkets

CHANGE

Unpleasant situations caused by these problems

distribution of hospitals

TRADITION

MASTER PLAN

A B C

Section A

Section B

Section C

Open Spaces are very similar in functions: only people in the house can use; hanging clothes out; parking bikes. Even the simple sports activities, such as kicking shuttlecock, rope skipping, etc., and entertainment, drink tea chat needs to be out of their yard, and walk into the alley through the crowded together. What I do is not to change this life style but to improve their life quality and try to clean the dirty street and complicated yard. It is not good at all to do those tiny life things in their own house. In the future design process, the concept of construction may be weakened. But to solve the problem of open space, for at the bottom level people of society, given their habits at ordinary times, the need for open space should be large. The happiness of the people living in Hutong, largely derived from the interactive and entertainment with their neighborhoods.

LIFE THAT GROWS FROM THE FIRE Landscape Design (IFLA Competition) Economic Suggestions for Revitalizing Underground Coal Fire Area, Sulfur Town, Xinjiang, China 2017.06-09 Academic work Teamwork (3 persons)

Underground coal fire mainly refers to the coal mine due to human factors or spontaneous combustion of coal field fire and mine fire. It is still around the world that affects our lives. We from the point of view of blocking the air, with a special landscape device to block the coal and oxygen contact, and at the same time the ecological environment repair and air purification, try to put out the underground coal fire in order to solve these unfair phenomena.

CONTRAST

SOLUTIONS

We study the case of sulfur gully in Xinjiang, China Sulfur Village is located in the southwest side of Urumqi City, only 30 kilometers away from Urumqi.

We from the point of view of blocking the air, with a special landscape device to block the coal and oxygen contact, and at the same time the ecological environment repair and air purification, try to put out the underground coal fire in order to solve these unfair phenomena. Microbial layer to CO 2, CO, SO 2 and other harmful gases purified into water and nitrogen. Coal gangue material from the coal mine waste, mainly for the structural support role. SECTION

STRUCTURE

MICROBIAL LAYER

STRUCTURAL LAYER

SEED LAYER The outermost seed layer is mixed with nutrients, and the local weathering is used to form a striped landscape belt. The use of this landscape device can not only prevent the resumption of underground coal fire, and can bring new life to the region. seed

32km 0-5

Nutrient solution soil

5-10

Sulfur Town

Urumqi

wind

10-15

Sulfur town is located in the Nanshan Mountains. The underground coal fire has been in the spontaneous combustion state. The coal mine area is 1.84 million square meters, each year to burn 1.76 million tons of coal.

Urumqi, which is the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is the center of political, economic, cultural, science and education and transportation. City area is 14216.3 square kilometers, the resident population is 3.51 million.

wind

15-20 wind

20-... wind