YU MEI Selected work:2016-2021
Application number：
01 Villager's Living Room
Tutor: Rui Fu Individual Work Project Date: 2019.10
Location：NanTonga, China Size: 4250 ㎡
The building is located on a slope with a height difference of about 11 meters, and functionally the showroom as well as the event room require a higher floor height. How can I combine function and form to create a suitable building using the topography? As for me, architecture is actually a kind oh intermedium linking cur human-beings end the circumstance. But how could the architecture link us to the nature? I suppose it of vital necessity to take r surrounding conditions into consideration, including the local climate, the traditional material and etc. That's also the start of this design.
The overall topography is low in the south and high in the north, with a height difference of approximately 11m.
Form Strategy
The entire building form follows the topography, and south large aera sloping roof enlarge daylighting.
The form was adjusted to the angle of sunlight and an atrium was added in the middle, lifting the east-facing roof at an angle to allow for more light.
The 11m difference in height is divided into four levels to conform to the topography and meet the interior height requirements.
Embedded box in sloping roof hill to meet functional requirements.
Function Analysis Based on Life
Multiple courtyards are embedded in the building to increase daylight and the flow of space.
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Vertical Section
50/60/3,2 mm steel RHS
aluminium flashing
51 mm corrugated fibre cement
roofing sheet
50/50mm battens
20/50mm counter battens sealant layer, diffusion-open
2X18 mm plywood panel
100mm thermal insulation vapour barrier
18mm plywood panel
aluminium curtain wall facade
80mm heating screed, polished separation layer
70mm thermal insulation
250mm reinforced concreteslab blinding layer
Third Floor Plan Meeting Room Village History Gallery Viewing platformMultiple Life in Villager’s Living Room
I expect the building to be a big living toom for villagers to participate in, in which people can not only receive basic community services but also participate in activities to connect with others.ERJIA town is famous for its traditional textile tie-dyeing techniques, which have attracted many young people back to their hometowns in recent years in association with trendy brands.As you can see in the pitcure above.I designed a tie-dye experience room to demonstrate the traditional process of dyeing cloth. In the activity experience room people can organize various activities to enhance neighborhood communication.
Circular Communities In The Post-epidemic Era
Tutor: Chang Wang, Xiaoming Pei Project Date: 2020.09 Location：Wuhan,China
Key Words: Self-sufficiency / Sustainable / Adapting with Time
The COVID-19 crisis has put our way of living under review. Viral outbreaks have occurred in the past, and they will happen again in the future in our high-density, globalised world. If this time we want to be prepared, we need to re-design our way of living. This also brings the inequality between rich and poor to the surface.In addition,traditional community may no longer meet the hygiene requirements of the postCOVID world. I am trying to design a new affordable Self-sufficiency community, where residents can live sustainably, and can feel both protected and connected.
Elders
Unable to solve problems such as pension and medical care,the groups which are easy to be infected
Youths
The epidemic has led to income instability and a lack of recreational activities
Children
Lack of playgrounds and community childcare facilities.
Ⅰ Grid architecture
Avoidance point
Ⅱ Single layer unit arrangement
Construction of Digital Fabrication Design System
Ⅵ Block diversity
Large space point Random point Gradient poin
Shortest path Shortest path
Adjacent Shared Space: Y Adjacent Shared Space: Y
Ⅲ Solid unit arrangement
Densest unit layout Release space Vertical space calculation Vertical space calculation
Ventilation distance control Private and public spaces
Shortest path Shortest path
Adjacent Shared Space: Y Adjacent Shared Space: Y
Ⅳ Public transit system arrangement
Hallway layout Shortest path
Space similarity control Atrium Spaces connect
Shortest path Shortest path
Adjacent Shared Space: Y Adjacent Shared Space: Y
Ⅴ Prefabricated member
Communicative staircase Traffic staircase
Shortest path Shortest path
Adjacent Shared Space: Y Adjacent Shared Space: Y Adjacent Shared Space: Y Adjacent Shared Space: Y
Assembled door and window Fabricated staircase
Shortest path Shortest path Shortest path Shortest path
surface:1
Ventilation surface:1 Ventilation surface:1
Adjacent Shared Space: Y Adjacent Shared Space: Y
Restrictions:
Porosity:20%
Ventilation surface:1
Restrictions:
Porosity:20%
Ventilation surface:1
Restrictions:
Porosity:20%
Ventilation surface:1
Restrictions:
Porosity:20%
Ventilation surface:1
Aim: Aim: Aim: Aim: Aim: Aim:
Densest layout Densest layout Densest layout Densest layout Densest layout Densest layout
Restrictions:
Porosity:20%
Shortest path Shortest path Shortest path Shortest path Shortest path Shortest path
Ventilation surface:1
Restrictions:
Porosity:20%
Ventilation surface:1
Adjacent Shared Space: N Adjacent Shared Space: N Adjacent Shared Space: Y Adjacent Shared Space: Y Adjacent Shared Space: N Adjacent Shared Space: N
Translate personalities into constructionsselect the type and amount of furniture required
Use computer simulations to select materials and decoration styles
Finish shopping, pay and wait for customization
How people move in
Construction factory produce different building parts according to these demands
These building parts are combinations of building enclosure and furniture
The designers in the factory create more options for prople to choose from on the website
Unit Combination
When the building parts is customized, the logistics company will deliver the building parts to your door
People use connectors to assemble these building parts into their own homes
03 Other Work---- Installation design
Collaborator：Jiahang Li，YuXin Shi
Project Type: Spatial experiment
Tutor: HaoWu / Yue Wu
Project Date: 09.2021
Project Period: 2 months
Key Words: Nature /Healthy / Weave
This installation was designed for the cocomat hotel. The concept of Cocomat hotel is to sleep with nature.The growth of all things in nature will be affected by gravity. With this characteristic, we take the ceiling as the growth surface. Through the traffic analysis, the existing neglected space is found, and a point is determined through the connection of the entrance to optimize the streamline and space. Through range of sight analysis, the remaining three points can be determined without affecting the range of sight and under the condition of being in the centre of the range of sight. Ultimately, these four points form the gravity points of the installation, imitating the state of natural growth.Through making the skin and the hole, we construct the crowd streamline and range of sight centre in the installation.
Traffic & View analysis
Weave process
