Jialiang Zheng - Portfolio 2024

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PORTFOLIO ./

JIALIANG ZHENG

INTRODUCTION ./

This portfolio showcases a selection of my works spanning from 2017 to 2023, illuminating my deep understanding of architecture and relevant skills.

To me, architecture serves as a tool for exploring the world and addressing everyday challenges. My design philosophy centers around engaging in dialogue with existing contexts and directly confronting issues. Additionally, I prioritize the solidification of conceptual frameworks through architectural expression. Utilizing rendering engines, I create diverse visual styles to convey architectural moments that resonate with the underlying concept.

Despite seven years of college experience and two years of professional work, I acknowledge that my journey toward a comprehensive understanding of architecture is ongoing. I am now eagerly seeking opportunities to further cultivate my architectural practice through hands-on projects.

residential project, heritage renovation, 3d modelling and visualisation, documentation, tendering

In this historic Camberwell heritage house, a connecting corridor was added between the original structures to reorganize the previously fragmented spaces. This redesign provides a comfortable and functional living environment for its new owners—a multi-generational family of three generations—while preserving the house’s rich historical character to the greatest extent. The design ensures that its profound sense of history is maintained and continues to resonate.

J L ARCHITECTS

Surfers Paradies, Queensland

residential design, on going project, prelimnary design, 3d modelling, VR visualization, project presentation, documentation, tendering

By prioritizing the breathtaking ocean view, this project achieves an elegant solution for the client’s holiday house in Surfers Paradise, Queensland. Meticulous spatial design and material selection ensure seamless integration with the natural surroundings while preserving client privacy.

ELEVATE MEDICAL

Burwood, Melbourne

medical project, renovation, documentation, contract admin

situated immediately adjacent to Burwood’s shopping precinct, an existing space was converted to accommodate 10 consultation rooms with a dermatologic surgery theatre as an added extension. Direct circulation to and from the waiting room attains privacy and confidentiality for the patients while the simplicity of the space evokes a calming experience

the project forms its distinctive character with careful consideration of colours, textures and lighting to carry the notion of comfort and practicality. Double-loaded corridors were integral in achieving space efficiency by separating the open-plan arrival from the compartmentalised medical rooms

MC DENTAL

Highpoint, Melbourne

medical project, concept design, 3d modelling and visualisation, project presentation, documentation, contract admin

By reimagining the layout of the dental suites, we transformed an unconventional L-shaped rental space in the Highpoint shopping centre into a distinctive, meditative dental environment. Meticulous selection and application of materials foster a serene and harmonious atmosphere, effectively alleviating patient anxiety.

hospitality, concept design, 3d modelling and visualisation, project presentation, documentation, tendering, contract admin

Swanstion Street, Melbourne

By deconstructing the Nelayan logo, we transformed it into the focal point of the restaurant’s ceiling, located in the heart of Swanston St. Instead of relying on a large-scale logo lightbox, this establishment distinguishes itself architecturally by integrating the iconic fish logo into its design.

fish outline pedant light
fish scales feature ceiling
Indonisian elements wall
circulation

art exhibition, lead-designer, constrcution coordinator

In 2023, in collaboration with Louis XIII, Archi_temp presented The New Legend exhibition as the third installment of the Heritage Awakening project. I participated in this project as a lead designer.

This exhibition employs a variety of wall materials to craft a distinctive display environment, inspired by the innovative spatial designs of Jean Nouvel’s team at the Star Art Museum*, which evokes the sensation of a “light and agile boat.” Titled “Boat of Culture,” the exhibition unfolds through sections named “Vessel,” “Engraved Eternity,” “Resonant Growth,” “Source,” and “Rooted Life.” Featuring the work of five contemporary artists, these sections invite visitors on a journey through a cultural ecosystem that connects us to our collective heritage and existence.

*START Art Museum was awarded the Silver Award for Best Exhibition Design in Asia for 2023 by Better Furture

HERITAGE AWAKENING III
by LOUIS XIII Star Museum, Shanghai, China

Beauty, righteousness, or love?

美,义,还是爱?

Jiu Group Guangzhou, China

Natural and Cultural landscape

风土

Mengxia Lee Cognac Region, French

Fu Boat

福船

Dasi Wu Quanzhou, China

Light Comes Through the Cracks

光从缝隙中来

Lei Lei Yangzhou, China

The Source of Three Rivers

三江源

Wenmin Tong Qinghai, China

EUREKA! TOURING LIBRARY - WALLPAPER MAGAZINE

SHENZHEN, CHINA

keywords: community exhibition, book display, furniture making software: sketchup, vray, autocad etc

exhibition design, detail documentation, remote coordination etc

Since 2017, as the lead designer of Archi_temp Studio, I have participated in a diverse range of exhibition projects. Each project showcases a distinct character, emphasized through our innovative spatial design approach. Here, a selection of works highlights my expertise and vision in exhibition design.

UABB 2017 - CUHK

SHENZHEN, CHINA

keywords: exhibition desgin, printing display software: rhino, vray, autocad etc

This exhibition presents two years of field research on the urban villages of Xiamen, China. Academic drawings are displayed on semi-transparent acrylic boards positioned in front of illuminated site photographs, with narrow corridors between them. The lighting shines through the photographs to subtly highlight the drawings, creating a layered visual effect that bridges academic research and lived reality. The confined corridors evoke the spatial experience of urban village life, immersing visitors in its distinctive atmosphere.

SHOWING!

2021 | INDIVIDUAL WORK

MAJOR PROJECT | TUTOR: IAN NAZARETH

keywords: urban planning, culture, vernacular etc.

software: autodesk cad, sketchup, rhino, vray, photoshop, illustrator, premiere, etc.

This project is imagined in Shapowei Village, a fishermen urban village locates on the southeast coastline of China. This is a place with chaotic informal infrastructures and active religious activities. The test ground is trying to find the solution to preserve regional culture and keep the activities alive within the urbanization context. By seeking available spaces or alternative transportation methods, a new framework was set up to start a dialogue with existing buildings rather than demolish them. It reimagines the relationship between neighbors and buildings.

Life is a show. Everyone is the main character. The architect is the stage builder.

LIVING ABOVE WATER

In the past time, fishing men used their boats as houses to live above the water.

LIVING ON THE SAND

In the 1950s, when fishing men came to Xiamen, they drag their boat house to the tide land as their first houses on the land.

NEW STRUCTURE REPLACEMENT

When the boathouse was water damaged, they built the concrete house while remain a similar layout inside.

EXPENDING BY THE GOVERNMENT

Later, the street side of the houses was expanded by the government with a five-foot way corridor for urban planning purposes.

EXPENDING BY THE RESIDENTS

With the construction restriction eased, the residents started to add more space with simple structures to their houses.

INFORMAL TRANSITION OF FISHING MEN DEWELLING

RELIGIONS SPACE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WATERFRONT FACADE

STREET FACADE

LONGZHU TEMPLE MAZAI PALACE HUIFU PALACE

ALL THE MEMORIES

2020 | INDIVIDUAL WORK STUDIO: ASSIST | TUTOR: AMY MUIR

keywords: landscape, master plan design, assisted death, Carlo Scarpa, etc. software: rhino, vray, illustrator, photoshop etc.

This project is about how to hypostatise the memories by architecture that can educate the people about assisted death. By understanding the meaning of architectural forms with the previous study about Carlo Scarpa, those iconic patterns have been recast or college into the existing site to archive the memories about assisted death. It is a monument for the people who choose assisted death to end their life with dignity. Also, it is a place that solidifies the memories to educate the people who visit here.

Architecture is never only about function, it also can have the meaning of education by experiencing spaces inside.

MEMORIAL PLAZA II MEMORIAL GARDEN III TO TRAIN PLATFORM IV WINDOW LOOKOUT
MEDICAL CORRIDOR

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