DESIGN PROCESS

Site Feeling

The first step in this project is to understand the needs and problems in the area, studying different appartment compounds and the market. Understanding what is imperative to be fixed and what can be embrace.

Sketching

Looking at all the different factors, my sketching for this project is a visual representation of the space usage in the area, so many different activities in “harmony”.

Conceptual Model

The idea represented by the model is “PERSPECTIVE”, create different layers of space that help the users to understand the space limitations between functions without creating physical barriers.

Mangrove Wetland Preservation Center

Urban Scale

Location: Shenzhen, China / Academic Individual Work / 2020 Spring Semester / Prof. Qiao Zhang 张樵

Shenzhen Mangrove Wetland Museum will be one of the future landmark public cultural facilities in Shenzhen, and it’s purpose is to integrate ecological protection, exhibition, science education, scientific research and recreation. The project is located at the southern end of the Mangrove Forest Corridor, one of the nine planned mountain and sea corridors in Shenzhen. The Mangrove Wetland Museum is a people-centered and diverse urban space, which means that the main goal of the design is to innovate public participation in and for the area, in order to meet the diverse needs for achieving long-term vitality.

It is a “park + museum” type of project that aims to expand the possibilities of education, recreation, communication and culture.