Edinburgh portfolio of jialin tang

Architecture

PORTFOLIO

2011-2016

TANG JIALIN Apply for MArch Architecture UUN: s1668771

PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Tang Jialin Gender: Male Birth: 4th December, 1992 Native place: Daqing Heilongjiang, China Tel: ＋ 86 15604896565 E-mail: 305558438@qq.com

EDUCATION BACKGROUND Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

2011.9-2015.7

Major：ARCHITECTURE Degree: BEng Architecture (RIBA Part 1). Upper Second Class (Honours) Average mark: 60/100

INTERSHIP Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University 4A2 Studio

2015.8-2016.1

EXPERIENCE Container remould workshop

2015.2

‘Dream old city’2014 L&A Design Star Design

2014.9-2014.11

Venice Architecture Biennale

2014.6

Parasitic Equipment Workshop

2014.2

SKILLS&LANGUAGE Software: AutoCAD, Sketchup, Adobe photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator Microsoft office, Rhino, grasshopper, Vray for sketchup&Rhino, Lumion.

Lanuage: Chinese (Native); English (Fluent)

Personal Statement of Jialin.Tang Everyone has different reasons for studying architecture. For me, it mainly divided into three phases. Phase one is enlightening stage. When I was a child, I have a great passion for stacking a building with Mah-jong over and over again without any purpose. I do not have the consciousness of architecture at that time, but just experience the happiness of creation. Phase two is development stage. During high school period, I learned that architecture is a very interesting profession with flexible expression, such as sketch, render and model with which I can be expressed my own ideas freely. Therefore, the intriguing part of architecture to me in this stage lies in its unique way of working. Phase three is goal-setting stage. After entering the university, I really came into contact with the architecture and understood that architect is not only a career but also a responsibility. Architects, to a certain extent, can solve social problems, for example, improve the living environment of the poor with low price. Every breakthrough on architecture may bring convenience to human’s life. Up to now, the sense of responsibility inspires me to study architecture step by step.

The fours year of Architecture education at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) was a valuable learning experience. As an independent Sino-Foreign cooperative university jointly founded by Xi’an Jiaotong University China and the University of Liverpool UK, XJTLU is committed to creating an internationalized educational environment. Four years’study not only helped me laying a solid theoretical foundation for my further study in the UK, but also greatly improved my ability of self-management.

In terms of academic knowledge, I accepted centralized training on Structure and Construction, Environmental Science, Professional Practice and Architecture History. Different architectural genre and concepts from all over the world made me understand architecture from different angles, which greatly broadened my horizons and constantly inspired me to create my own architectural concept. Meanwhile, teamwork made me realize that a project cannot be completed by one person and teamwork spirit is sometimes more important than personal level. In XJTLU, education quality is being stringently monitored and students are encouraged to self-manage their life. I think that the ability of self-management mainly lies in time arrangement, document management and the logical capability, which plays a vital role in successful completion of a task.

The expression of ideas is very important to me. I learned to try with different ways of expressing my ideas, such as physical model, virtual model, sketches, photos, and render. These methods can not only let others know my ideas, but also help me think thoroughly. In terms of software, I was trained to skillfully use the software of AutoCAD, SketchUp, Vary for Sket chUp, Lumion, Rhino, Grasshopper, Photoshop, Indesign,

Illustrator and Microsoft Office Serial Software. I also know that software is not a substitute for a architect, so I won’t let software limited my thinking with software aided design. At the end of the university, I successfully got Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture (UoL Degree) with Upper Second Class Honours due to hard work. But this does not mean the end of learning, but a new beginning. I need to study more to make up for my shortcomings.

The main reason why I would like to pursue postgraduate study in Architecture is based upon my current internship experience at Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University, which is a first class national architectural design and research institute. Having engaged in the architectural design for more than four months, I found my deficiencies. During the university, the pursuit of a good project is new concept and special design. Through internships, I realized that a good project is likely to be a simple one and the attention to details often decides the success of a project, such as materials application, space construction, the subtle changes of layout, etc. These details influenced the atmosphere of a construction and meet customers’ needs. In addition, building structure, price and construction problems also influenced the implementation of a construction. In order to find the effective solution of these problems and achieve higher career development in architectural design, I am submitting this document in support of my application for acceptance into your postgraduate programme to absorb the quintessence of both the western and eastern countries as well as discover new horizons of architectural design. I hope strongly I could acquire the most advanced theories in the international learning environment that your prestigious university offers.

China's present architectural industry still exist a lot of problems, for example, in the past 20 years the traditional buildings were gradually replaced by commercial buildings with poor quality with the rapid development of the construction industry. China’s construction industry needs a healthy and sustainable development. I am going for further studying of this area abroad to remit this issue. I feel it is my compelling responsibility and big honor.

In conclusion, I sincerely hope you could take my application into serious consideration. At the same time, thank you for giving me a chance to express myself.

2050 MUSEUM

ROWING CENTER

Moon Bay, Suzhou

Yangcheng peninsula, Suzhou

2015

2014

MUSIC SCHOOL

YOUTH CENTER

Shiquan Road, Suzhou

Haiwan North Road, Rongcheng

2014

2016

Site is located in the Moonbay in SIP in Suzhou. The west side if the sit is Dushu Lake.

Site

These three maps are to show the development tendency from 2015 to 2050. The pink area means the developing area.

The three section maps show the s pa c e u s e of s i t e f ro m 2 0 1 5 t o 2050. In 2015, there are only low-

Museum 2050

rise buildings in the site. In 2030, SIP government will building more high-rise building to save the space.

in SuZhou

However, in 2050, there even no space for the high-rise. We may use the space between the high-rise

FYP project in

buildings.

Xi' an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 2014.10-2015.05 This project is a museum for Suzhou in the year 2050.

The project tr y the idea of ‘Parasitisme’to solve the problem of urban overcrowding. Futhermore, 3d Voronois are used in explode architectureal form and interior space.

Strategies analysed and represented using digital tools, in the field of generative systems and parametric design. At the same time effort will be made so that the building is designed to be built with modern fabrication methods, minimising manual labour.

Site

Site in 2015

Residential

Site in 2030

Developing area in different year

Road

Site in 2050

Water

Commerical

Green area

Public space

Site in 2015

Site in 2030

Site in 2050

My concept is timeline. The building has a linear space and the exhibition area is arranged by time. I fold the building in 3d space. Therefore, part of the building will reconnect. It means something happens in 1850 will have relationship to 2050. There are thousands kind of ways to fold the building, which means there are thousand kind of circulations.

I put the Museum on the existing buildings. By doing this, I can save the space, I can use the existing buildings as structure, I can connect the existing buildings as a whole.

1850

1950

Events/Exhibition units

2015

2030

2050

Sequence of Events

I Flod timelime in space, some part will overlaped

Type of curve

Elevation

Plan

Building passed

Te n d e n c y of height

Avoid road and elevated

Height of the building

Concept

Function

I made a model as a generating system to do the line experiments.

Basically, the blue cubes on the model are free to change their X, Y, and Z positions. I use numbers of (10-15)

At leasr two point at same level

cubes with different combination to represent different types of curve. And Car park

I found there are mainly 5 parameters control the lines. They are, the start

New elevated are going to build

No reason for two lines

and end points, the building that passed through, the tendency of the height, the number of units, and number of lines.

SHAPE CHANGES A(4)

1

2

B(5)

SCALE CHANGE C(6)

D(7)

E(8)

F(service)

0.4

0.6

3

0.8

4

1

5

1.2

6

1.4

7

1.6

G(entra

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ance)

ROOM QUALITY CONSTRAINTS H(exhibition)

I(exhibition)

Examples of selected voronois

I start with a cube. I create random points on the surface of the cubes. After that I generate 3d voronoi base on the points. I change the number of points; therefore I get different groups of voronois.

Then pick the vornnois, which could be used in my museum according to the room quality constraints.

VOLUME

INTERIOR DESIGN PROCESS Selected voronois

Combinations

Enterance unit interior 1

2

UNIT 1

Service unit 1

UNIT 2

Service unit 2

UNIT 3

Exhibition unit interior

UNIT 4

3

4

4

DEVELOPED UNITS

5

6

7

8

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Pa

Entrance lobby

Exhibition area

Exhibition area

Exhibition area

Exhibition area

Exhibitio

one main entrance and

Supporting facilities( toilet,

three sub-entrance

lab, cafe, storage)

Exhibition area

Circulation

Window area

Height

Part 4 Part 3

art 6

Part 7

Part 8

on area

Connect exhibition and service

Service, cafe, office

Part 5

Part 2

Part 6

Part 8

Part 7

Part 1

The part1, part7, and part 8 are services units. From unit 2 to unit 6 are exhibition units. The museum is conposed of linear space. In the exhibition space the walls and roof are slant. Thesre is no clear boundary between walls and roofs.

Part 1

Part 8

Part 7

main entrance, lobby, reception

Sub-entrance, cafe, office, lab, toilet

Transition area from servises to exhibition

Part 2

Part 4

Part 5

Sub-entrance, lobby, reception

main entrance, lobby, reception

EXhibition area, topic room

The Museum is very light as it made of timber. The museum will be hanged on the existing building by cables. This area will be h i gh l y de n s i ty pl a c e , s o there will many supporting point could be used.

In the 2050 the buildinds are very dense. The surrounding buildings will offer a good places for the cables to hang the museum.

The challenging point of the structural design is I should use the technique that could be realized in 2015 to construct the 2050 museum. Therefore, any high-tech material like carbon fiber is not allowed in the design.

I choose the timber panel wall as the structure as they are light and easy to construct. The timber panel wall is prefabricated and assembled on site.

The site is located in the Yangcheng Lake Peninsula, which is famous for its crab framing. The site is beside the shore, and there are also some inner lakes and channels distribute in the site. There are three road pass thought the site, a main road for the motor vehicle, a path for the bicycles, and a side walk.

Several factors are extracted from the site. There are four pieces of land, three roads, and two lakes

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Rowing Center in Suzhou

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w Ro

5M

19.

Y4 Project in Xi' an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 2014.09-2014.12 This project is to design a Rowing t r a i n i n g c e n t r e i n Ya n g c h e n g peninsula. The training centre should be designed to be fit for training both athletes for competition and the general publicin the process of getting familiar with the sport of rowing.

The facility should fit and blend with the both earth and water landscape, b e of l o w v i s u a l i m pa c t , h a v e material construction for fitting with the wet, humid environment of the peninsula.

g hen

Inner lake

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ing

w Ro

Bicycle path

SITE Road

180M CAR PATH water

Green

Site

There are four cubes on

The cubes are connected

the site. Each of them is a

by corridors. The corridors

function area like teaching,

creat a courtyard in the

training, offical, and boat

middle.

storage. The cubes are separated by water.

Fuse the rooms into the

Cut one of the corridles to

corridles to make a clean

open the courtyard.

facade.

Put functional rooms into the corridors to make the corridor useful.

Slant the roof to have a

The big cubes are the main buildings of each group. The small cubes are the rooms like, toilets, baths and offices.

better view in the room

There are long corridors connect the four areas.The big cubes are the main buildings of each group. The small

and have better draining

cubes are the rooms like, toilets, baths and offices. There are long corridors connect the four areThe big cubes are

system.

the main buildings of each group. Tl cubes are the rooms like, toilets, baths and offices. There are long corridors connect the four are

Entrance

Courtyard

Roof

A

Funtion

Window

B' A'

B

1

2

3

4

2

1

3

4

AA'

BB'

Hindrance

Hindrance Hindrance from west to east

Music School in SuZhou Y3 Project in Xi' an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 2014.03-2014.06 This project is a school of music, with all the complexities that this implies. The study and performance of music generally takes place in spaces specifically designed for this

Unimpeded from North to South

activity.

The site is in Suzhou Shiquan Road, which is between the old suzhou town and new city. This project explore the idea of “spaces of transitions�, developing a design concept about these spaces.

The building will act as space of transition both on an architectural scale and an urban context.

Water

Road

Sunshine

Building block

Green area

Height of building

Site

Three Axles

All the walls are placed only in one direction so that the building is completely opaque from one side and totally transparent in the opposite view. Anywhere in between these two states is an optical play of light and dark. Create different feelings of the space by creat the walls with different hight, distence, longth, shape, and material.

Wall 'chaos'

Roof

All walls on one direction

7 corridor pass though

Walls in group

Platform on the river

Four entrances

Teaching AxisďźšClassrooms, offices, library

Rehearsal Axis: Individual and Public rehearsal rooms, Small concert hall.

The rooms are placed fllow the logic of three axles. Each of them carry a function area. They connect each other in the middle and keep their independence at the end.

Service Axis: Cafe, Rest rooms, Toilets, Storage room, Cloakroom,

Youth Center in Rongcheng Internship project by Architectual Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University, 4A2 Studio Participate in concept design, model making, Diagram drawing This project is located in Haiwan North Road, RongCheng. The site is on the west of Huanghai Sea and on the west of Yue lake. This Youth concter is a comprehensiveness building which consist of Training building, library, Science Museum, Theater, Natatorium for adult, and Natatorium for Children. As a civic building, the Youth concter not only provide a place for people's education and enter tainment but also make the city more connectable.

Concept Analysis

规划分析|规划设计 规划分析|规划设计

Science Science Museum Museum

Main-entrance for pedestrian Main-entrance for pedestrian

Sub-entrance for pedestrian Sub-entrance Sub-entrance for pedestrian Plaza Sub-entrance Plaza

Com Com prepre TraT inrainininhenhseivnsiv g Cg C e e ente ente r r

rabry rary LibLi

Main-entrance Plaza Main-entrance Plaza

Public Space Public Space

Theater Theater

orium orium NatNatatat

Natatoriu Natatoriu mm

规划设计|规划分析 规划设计|规划分析

Sub-entrance for pedestrian Sub-entrance for pedestrian

Function Analysis

功能分析 功能分析 Car Entrance Car Entrance

People Entrance Analysis

人行分析 人行分析 Fire exits and entrances Fire exits and entrances

Fire exits and entrances Fire exits and entrances

Car Entrance Car Entrance 9 9 9 9

9 9 Car Entrance Car Entrance

9 9

9 9

9 9

Fire exits and entrances Fire exits and entrances

9 9

Car Entrance Car Entrance

车行分析 车行分析

Car Entrance Analysis 154 154

Fire exits and entrances Fire exits and entrances

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消防分析 消防分析

Fire Entrance Analysis 荣成市少年宫方案设计 2016/01/13 荣成市少年宫方案设计 2016/01/13

155 155

M

8M 4M

4M

Science Museum

18M

18M

4.5M 4.5M

Swimming Center

8M

4M

Comprehensive Training Building

4M

18M

4.5M 4.5M

9.8M

4.5M 4.5M 16.8M

9.8M

16.8M

9.8M

4.5M 5M 16.8M

9.8M

4.5M

4.5M

3.9M 3.9M

5M

Theater

Library

16.8M

4.5M

6.8M 3.8M

5M

4.5M

4.5M 5M

4.5M

6.8M 3.8M 3.9M 3.9M

6.8M 3.8M 3.9M 3.9M

Sub-Entrance of Libary

Sub-Entrance of Theater

View3corridor

View3corridor

View2Lobby

Lift View1Entrance

Entrance of Libary

Toilet

Courtyard

Staircase to second floor

Entrance of En Na Theater

Sub-Entrance of Comprehensive Training Center

Sub-Entrance of Science Museum

Roof Plan

Second Floor Plan View2Lobby

ntrance of Staircase Entrance of Staircase to atatorium to Roof Comprehensive second floor Training Center

View1Entrance

Entrance of Science Museum

Main entrance of Youth center First Floor Plan