NOW SHOWING! RMIT M.ARCH MAJOR PROJECT

戏 好 NOW SHOWING! 演 上

PORTFOLIO JIALIANG ZHENG S3703863 SUPERVISOR IAN NAZARETH RMIT ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN 2021 SEMESTER 2 - MAJOR PROJECT

目 录 CONTENTS

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CHAPTER 1 CHILDHOOD & URBANISATION ceremony culture fusion urbanisation tradition

CHAPTER 2 URBAN VILLAGE & SHAPOWEI VILLAGE urban village shapowei village

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CHAPTER 3 NOW SHOWING! concept design architecture moment

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壹 CHAPTER I

CHILDHOOD & URBANISATION

memory about ceremony Festival and ceremony is an important part of my childhood memory. My family get together to celebrate different festivals and gods’ birthday by preparing countless foods and praying. I have always been fascinated by the story behind the festive and the meaning of the behaviours and sequences of the ceremony.

Quanzhou, China My hometown, Quanzhou, a city locates on the southeast coastline of China, used to be the largest harbour city around the world during the Song Dynasty. My ancestors made the trade with people around the world along the Maritime Silk Road. Therefore, missionaries of different religions came to my hometown to build their temple to spread their beliefs.

Quanzhou City

Historic Maritime Silk Road from the 2nd century B.C. to15th century A.D. Trans-Asiatic Route Secondary Route

culture fusion Different cultural elements were recast in the city by architecture. Chinese style Islamic praying room, western angel decoration at the temple, Arabic story engraving at the pagoda etc. They have become unique urban phenomenons that only exist in my city.

We are the children blessed by the gods and ancestors.

urbanisation & tradition With the urbanisation and economic blooming happening in China, my city has been changed dramatically. High-rise buildings and skyscrapers dominate more and more areas of the city by demolishing the old buildings.

Yet urbanisation brings wealth to our country, but at the same time, something has been lost during it.

With the temple and ancestor hall being demolished, the activities that used to happen inside also disappear with the space. We are losing the identity of the city. Maybe in the near future, the past of the city have been swapped out clearly and we can only imagine what the city used to be from the documents.

It will be a tragedy if a city with no origin, no history or culture.

How we can respond to this

by architecture?

贰 CHAPTER II

URBAN VILLAGE & SHAPOWEI VILLAGE

formation of urban village

A Guide to South China’s Informal Settlements, Stefan Al

villages

older urban areas

newer urban areas

SHA沙 PO坡 WEI尾 urban village

location of Shapowei Village

Shapowei village

Quanzhou City

Xiamen City

migration route of fisherman

Hui’an (惠安)

Quanzhou City (泉州城)

Tong’an (同安)

Jiulongjiang River (九龙江)

Jimei (集美) Xiang’an (翔安)

Shimei (石美) Zini (紫泥) Shima (石码)

Haicang (海沧) Haimen (海门)

Haicheng (海澄) Fugong (浮宫)

Xiamen harbor (厦门港)

Kinmen/Quemoy (金门)

fishing area of fisherman

Zhoushan

Xiamen Taiwan Guangdong Hongkong

Hainan Pilipinas

Malaysia Indonesia

Singapore

religious ceremony

the burnning of king boat

is an annual ceremony hosted by Longzhu Temple across the Xiamen Harbor area. It is an intangible cultural heritage of China.

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building process of fisherman house landing informal infrastructure

phase 1

Boat as the house above the water

phase 2

Boat as the house on the land

phase 3

Stone based structure house was built after the boat is damaged. It remained similar interior layout with the boat.

phase 4

The government unified the street facade by the five-foot-way corridor and allow residents to build more floors above the house.

phase 5

Informal infrastructure was built by residents on the waterfront side to meet their space demands.

building detail five-foot-way 五脚基

street facade

five foot (British Imperial Units) ~ 1.5m

building with two faces

from the street view

from the waterfront view

building typology residents boat people

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religious space public/community residential commercial

会 Hui 福 Fu 宫 Palace

religious space

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安 An 武 Wu 庙 Temple

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religious space residential commercial

building typology temple

collective temple horizontal vertical

会 Hui 福 Fu 宫 Palace

religious space residential

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religious space

building typology religion

on top of the roof

龙 Long 珠 Zhu 殿 Temple

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religious space

安 An 武 Wu 庙 Temple

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Longzhu Temple

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Shapowei

is an urban village with chaotic informal infrastructure active religious activities

Does it have the answer to the problem of the city losing its culture in urbanisation?

叁 CHAPTER III

NOW SHOWING!

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site condition This project selects one block of buildings located at the heart of Shapowei Village. In this block, a temple was built on the top of the building. The street facade was unified by the government through the five-foot-way structure and on the other side, the waterfront side, the informal structure grow widely that creating a facade with the beautifulness of chaos.

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概 concept 念 an interactive theatre

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概 concept 念 an interactive theatre

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概 concept 念 an interactive theatre

concept developing on the site

概 concept 念 an interactive theatre

concept developing on the site

概 concept 念 an interactive theatre

concept developing on the site

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removement

框 structure 架 By referencing the five-foot-way structure, columns are offset 1.5m from the existing facade to create a framework for the second facade.

连 corridors 廊 New corridor creates a horizontal connection between buildings. It becomes a new public space for the residents with a similar space scale with the five-footway corridor on the street side.

舞 stages 台 Stages are created on the rooftop space of the buildings. They have different scales located on both sides of the temple to accommodate different scale activities for the public or the residents.

Therefore, they become different sceneries of the theatre.

入 entrances 口 New entrances can be created by the new corridor and stage. The original transportation path can be changed and create more interaction between residents.

basic entrance unit

入 rooms 口 New rooms are being added into the voids among buildings. They become the new public spaces on the site or the backstages for the theatre.

连 connection 接 External stairs, ramps and lifts are added to the structure to create another vertical transportation space from the existing isolated internal stairs. Each room on the site now has better transportation than before.

阳 balcony 台 Openable balconies attached to the structure allow residents to expand their corridor space to accommodate larger scale activities and can be seen from the street level.

屋 roofs 顶 Two different types of roof are covering most area of stages.

By the nature of polished metal plates, activities on the stage will be blended into the rooftop and be seen from the ground floor.

A modular roof system above the residential area allows the residents to decorate by themselves.

结 structure 构 The all-white metal frame allows the light to be dyed into any colour to set off the atmosphere of different activities.

The red structure is set in the middle to indicate the main theme of this theatre -- religion.

道 props 具 Some props are designed in modular boxes, which allow the residents to move them easily among the theatre by ramps and lifts. They can be set up quickly to use for different purposes.

水上 water platform 平台 A modular floating platform system can be assembled for different purposes to extend the activities from the land to the water.

建筑 印象

LIEF IS A SHOW. EVERYONE IS THE MAIN CHARACTER. THE ARCHITECT IS THE STAGE BUILDER.

居庙堂之高则忧其民， 处江湖之远则忧其君。 ——《岳阳楼记》范仲淹