BA Architecture Year Three
- The Bio city Fleet Street, City of London
2020
BA Architecture Year Two
- The Canary Wharf Town hal Millwall, Canary Wharf London 2019
The BARTLETT M.Arch Portfolio MArch application 2021/2022 Application number: 17075141 Programme: BARTLETT M.Arch (ARB/RIBA Part two) Year of Entry: Autumn 2021 Portfolio_Mingzi_Niu_MA Architecture
BA Architecture Year Three
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- The Bio city Fleet Street, City of London 2020
04-14/ Year Three Project
- The Bio city Fleet Street, City of London
2020
15-20/ Year Two Project
- The Canary Wharf Town hal Millwall, Canary Wharf London 2019
21-23/ Year One Project
Aiming to design the new co-farming centre in the office district of Fleet Street. Co-farming aims to address the tension between office workers and the residents on Fleet Street. The past decade has been a period of rapid urban agriculture development. The main factors of urban and vertical agriculture are to improve production efficiency, produce healthy green products to meet the needs of urban development. This is the most basic function of urban agriculture. With the acceleration of urbanisation, people who have lived in cities for a long time have become disconnected from mother nature. The role of urban agriculture should also change with time. It is no longer an urban agricultural factory that is just for production. Modern urban agriculture acts as a co-farming, collaborative space, cooperative, exchange centre and microenvironments. Providing a new experience for the people in Fleet-street. Bio-city is not just for the people to work there now but for the people in the future.
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Location: Fleet Street, City of london Academic Year: Y3 2020 Project Type: Individual Project Project Tutor: Dejan Mrdja d.mrdja@csm.arts.ac.uk Albane Duvillier a.duvillier@csm.arts.ac.uk
Y3 Final Project Presentation & Animation Video : https://youtu.be/aKYc4PhRrHc
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Concept idea about hydroponic systems
Aeroponics coffee tree micro-environment system conceptual model
City forest columns experimentation model Roof conceptual model
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Design fragens A new story for bio city
From the really begining Agriculture was the beginning of human civilization For thousands of years human has been developing agriculture developing new agriculture and adapting to climate change, pest control, nature and perceived factors. With the growth of the global economy, the office culture has promoted the development of the coffee culture, and the rapid development in Asia, has promoted the development of the coffee industry. In the origin of tropical coffee, the original forest is continuously replaced by coffee farms, the land is degraded and destroyed Local ecosystems to accelerate global warming.
The details of coffee growing units
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FLEET STREET SITE CONTEXT D B
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Fleet street
D D PUBLIC FACILITY
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RETAIL
OFFICE
GREEN SPACE
CITY OF LONDON
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HOTEL & APARTMENT
The Fleet Street is a major street mostly in the City of London, from the western edge of the City of London, It runs west to east from Temple Bar at the boundary with the City of Westminster
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st paul’s cathedral protected view FLEET STREET HISTORY TIMELINE 1500 Fleet Street’s association with printing began in 1500 with the pioneer Wynkyn de Worde, who produced nearly 800 books from his offices near Shoe Lane
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WYNKYN de WORDE Father of Fleet Street frist set up his Press by shoe lane near this hall circa 1500
1700 The printing industry flourished here over the next 200 years
11 MARCH 1702 The first British daily newspaper, the Daily Courant, was published in Fleet Street on 11 March 1702 Early 20th fleet st was home to nearly all nationally circulated UK newspaper FEB 15 1986 rupert Murdoch’s modernisation of the printing process let to the wapping dispute and the eventual press exodus of fleet street
AUG 05 2016
Last reporters leave Fleet Street, ending centuries of journalism on the famous road
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BEFORE
There aren’t many restaurants on fleet st, and staff who work nearby like to choose fast food as lunch to save time.
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10% RESTAURANTS
Typical person from Fleet street during working days
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THE CORPORATION OF IN A HOUSE NEAR THIS SITE WAS PUBLISHED IN 1702 THE DAILYCOURANT FIRST LONDONDAILY NEWSPAPER
PEOPLE GOING TO WORK
The industry has undergone tremendous changes in the past two decades, from the past in the press and publishing industry to the current legal and financial related industries.
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OFFICE WORKER TALKING BREAK
HAVING COFFEE
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The buildings around fleet st are mainly offices. Office staff are the main customers of fast food take way during the lunch break, as they don’t have that much time.
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CONSTRUCTION WORKER THE BUILDINGS AROUND
LISTEN MUSIC
THE BUILDINGS AROUND
Some office workers go to the supermarket to buy breakfast and lunch and there are not many residential areas nearby, which is why the proportion of supermarkets is not very high. 8% SUPERMARKET
HAVING CIGARETTE
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CAFE
The buildings around fleet st are mainly offices. Office staff are the main customers of cafe in the morning rush hour and lunch break, which is the reason why the proportion of cafe on fleet st is really height.
Befor 1895 pubs were seen as places for reporters to seek out news, gossip about politics and even to find jobs on other newspapers. Before the newspapers publishing industry moved out of fleet st, people said the alcohol flowed like water in Fleet Street, as the history background, they still have a lots of pub on fleet st.
Supermarket Restaurant Cafe Fast food Pub
On Fleet Street there are small amount of public activities Mostly the resturants are fast food or take away not providing soical activities Monday to friday, Fleet Street is flooded with people (office workers) Weekend, Fleet street is roughly empty compare to weekday as majority are tourists
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10am-12pm People gets coffee from the cafes Majority take away
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The Site falls within three London View Management Framework (LVMF) Protected Vistas to St. Paul’s Cathedral within the relevant London Panoramas, as follows: Primrose Hill • Greenwich Par • Blackheath Point
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1-2pm Workers grab lunch Majority take away
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4-5pm residents and tourists eat in and socialize
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Site Site St Paul’s Cathedral
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St Paul’s Cathedral
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The Site falls within the protected vista from Primrose Hill to St. Paul’s Cathedral as not defined in the London View Management Framework (LVMF4A.1).
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The view is to the southwest of the Greenwich Park view and , as such, locates the Proposed Development well to the left of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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0.50 584.44 Wind-Rose London Wea Ctr St James Park_ENG_GBR 500.95 1 JAN 1:00 - 31 MAR 24:00 Hourly Data: Wind Speed (m/s) 417.46 Calm for 0.00% of the time = 0 hours. Each closed polyline shows frequency of 1.2%. = 26 hours. 333.96 250.47
The part of Site falls within the Background Wider Setting Consultation Area of the Protected Vista from Greenwich Park to St. Paul’s Cathedral The concept of the first skyscraper is to increase the intensity and uniformity of light through the structure of multiple towers, but due to the protection of the view, only a single tower skyscraper can be built at the edge of the view protection
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166.98 83.49 Total Radiation(kWh/m2) London_Wea_Ctr_St_James_Park_ENG_GBR_1991 W 1 JAN 1:00 - 31 DEC 24:00
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Monday to Friday 8:30-8:45 (Rush hour) Workers head to office 17:45-18:00 (Rush hour) workers heading home Weekend (No rush hour) residents and tourists to sites and connections
THE GLOBAL MAP OF COFFEE GROWING AREA 165°W
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THE PROBLEMS OF GROWING COFFEE IN THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 105°W
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Coffee Growing Condition
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UV LEIGHTS
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Arabica coffee’s optimal temperature range is (18°C–21°C). It can tolerate mean annual temperatures up to roughly (24°C).
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Global Forest Watch reports that from 2001 to 2017, Madagascar lost 3.27 Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 19% decrease since 2000. Deforestation is due, in part, to replacing forests with coffee fields. The country has lost about 80% of its original forests and the primary forest now covers only about 12% of the country. The consequent erosion and soil degradation have further impacted the ecosystem.
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In addition to the long hours required from it, coffee picking also isn’t an easy job. Spending hours in the sun can lead to exhaustion and increase workers’ risk of developing skin cancer, and the repetitive movements required to pluck cherries from branches can lead to muscle sprain and strain. In addition to this, a lack of protective equipment or cutting tools can also lead to cuts and abrasions. These collective conditions (as well as other challenges they face) can lead to significant amounts of stress amongst workers.
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GUATEMALA COATA RICA
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Producers rely on a dry harvest season – CLIMATE CHANGE & UNPRE- something that, at one point in time, in most DICTABLE RAINS countries they could take nearly for granted
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA AUSTRALIUA
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The earliest concept of coffee cultivation, using the hydroponic structure of traditional urban agriculture NUTRIENT SPRAY ON ROOT
PRESURRE PUMP
NUTRIENT SPRAY ON ROOT
1. Coffee trees prefer dappled sunlight 2. They are actually understory or marginal plants, so do not like a lot of direct, harsh sunlight. 3. Since these plants naturally grow on the sides of tropical mountains, they thrive in highly humid conditions. They usually get a lot of rain and plenty of fog.
the average age of a coffee producer is growing, and the numbers of them decreasing. Children from coffee-producing families, seeing the struggles their families face, often choose to migrate to the city to find better opportunities.
coffee tree growing uni for the coffee tower Madajiasijia
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DESIGN CONCEPT FRAGMENTS MODELS
Design concept fragments model
Coffee process system
Exterior aeroponics micro-environment system model
Interior aeroponics micro-environment system model Coffee trees are understory, marginal plants so they dont prefer large amount of harsh, direct light Able to have artificial lighting to provide the coffee tree with perfect lighting
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ETFE sheet covering over the aeroponic systems
Roof concept model plan view
Roof concept model with activities
On the top floor of the building is an co-farming as the roof is made of ETFE. Able to have large amount of direct sunlight which can provide a suitable environment for crops to grow.
Micro-environments of aeroponic system
Concept idea about forest city
City forest columns experiment
Concept idea about hydroponic systems
Forest hall concept
Forest city, when you enter the building, it is not traditional reception or big hall, but a forest. the forest is a flexible social space able to serve different function.
First concept idea about collaborative working urban farming
CONCEPT OF COFFEE GROWING MICRO-ENVIRONMENTS
SITE
System for recycle waste heat from london underground To provide sustainable energy to the coffee growing micro-environments.
London is oceanic climate in the USDA ZONES 8(Hardiness zone)that is 10ºF to 20ºF -12ºC to -6ºC normally coffee trees can not growing in london and it’s outsied of coffee belt this micro enviroments is to help coffee trees to get good temperature humidity & light illumination
Warm air from the underground
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Underground fleet river tunnel
London underground cricle line 4
Exterior aeroponics micro-environment system model 3
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Micro-environment to growing coffee in london
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Pipe heat from the underground this system using “waste heat” from london underground circle line to warm the micro environment in the design
1. London underground circle line tunnel section 2. Fan which is to transport warm air from under ground Warm air from the underground 1 2 3
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Heat preservation pipes to deliver wearm air to miceoenviriments
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Polyamide-1010
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Aerogel
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Foam
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Aerogel
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Warm air
3. Heat preservation pipes 4. Underground fleet river tunnel
Interior aeroponics micro-environment system model
PROGRAMMACTIC WDIAGRAM
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Design concept fragments model A: Open stage B: Lecture hall C: Water storage to D: Lift E: Central core 10 Mingzi Niu / The Bartlett M.Arch Portfolio
The micro environment of rainforest A: Ventilation fan B: ETFE structure
The first floor & second A: Open stage B: Lecture hall C: Water storage to D: Lift E: Central core
The Coffee growing unit A:Steel frame B:Coffee growing aeroponic units C:Rotating D:Mega columns E:Floor F:FACADE G:ETFE
The Coffee growing tower A:Water storage tank B:ETFE
Structural Technical Design Sturctural Arrangement Case Study Palazzo del Lavoro 1959–1961 The Palace of Labour designed and built by Nervi and his son Antonio for the Turin exhibition of 1961 was the result of a competition held in 1959. It was erected in less than eighteen months. The overly exposed aesthetic of structure is regarded a symbol of ‘Nervi’ style. The 525 feet squared each floor is divided into sixteen structurally separate steel roofed compartments each supported on stems. The external walls, entirely clad in glass, wrapped round the perimeter of the building and incorporated large 70-foot-high vertical mullions. The project was later revolved around the subdivision of the square roof into sixteen independent ‘umbrellas’, each 40 meters per side, separated by continuous strip skylights and made from a sunburst pattern of steel beams fixed to a central column with a variable geometry. When the exhibition ends, building—containing 85,000 square feet of exhibition space—had to be able to translate into a technical school at the end of the exhibition.
Mushroom-shaped columns S.C. Johnson Wax Headquarters The circular lily pads of concrete are woven together by a membrane of Pyrex glass tubing that illuminate spaces with natural light. They rise 30 feet and terminate at the roof level as broad circular lily pads of concrete 18 1/2 feet wide. Wright’s imagination led to creating these hollow cored columns A
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City forest columns experimentation model
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Ground floor concept atmosphere & hydroponics system
First Floor Plan 1:500
A: Lecture hall B: Central core C: Lift D: Roasting area for coffee beans
Coffee growing units structural, Coffee growing tower design interactions & Building construction process diagram
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Interation 1:
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Vertical agriculture developed into the sky in order to get the increase in yield, the Tower Paert was designed as a small radius tower guarantee due to taking into account the nature sun illumination of each coffee tree. design floor as hollowed out to get more sunlights
Increase light illumination by changing the Angle of the facade to the sun
Increase the cone Angle of the tower to get more light
The last iteration was to design a rotating platform inside the building to allow the coffee tree to reach its maximum illumination time.
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Raft 1500mm Thick Raft 3000mm Thick Under Main Core
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Concrete Bearing Piles up to 53m long Secant Pile Wall
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In order to help coffee trees get the maximum sunlight and controllable light intake, the facade of tower part adopts the way of Etfe Uni to ensure the maximum sunlights and effective ventilation to maintain a relatively dry climate.
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The Coffee growing unit
A:Steel frame B:Coffee growing aeroponic units C:Rotating platform D:Mega columns E:Floor F:Facade G:ETFE 12 Mingzi Niu / The Bartlett M.Arch Portfolio
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A: Water supply B: Central Core C: Coffee Growing unit D: Etfe
A: Open stage D
B: Lecture hall
Coffee trees growing unit
C: Water storage to support coffee tower D: Lift Coffee growing tower water supply floor plan E: Central core 1:200
From the beginning Agriculture has been a huge part of human civilization. For thousands of years humans have been developing and adapting agriculture according to the climate, pests, and such natural factors With the growth of the global economy, city workers have promoted the development of coffee culture which they now heavily rely upon. In the origin of tropical coffee, places like the Africa forests are being continuously replaced by coffee farms causing the destruction of local ecosystems and accelerating global warming.
A Piles&Plunge columns installed B Ground slab,excavation and slipfrom in progress C Core built up to L52
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The first floor & second floor
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TRANSFER PIPES
ROASTER
PACKAGE STATION
COPPER CASK
ROASTER
TRANSFER PIPES
GREEN BEAN STATION
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Second Floor Plan 1:500
GREEN BEAN STATION
Coffee bean production line concept
The Vedio game development will be present in the final presentation
First Floor Plan 1:500
A: Micro environment B: Ground floor middle platfrom C: Lecture hall D: cafe E: coffee beans
1:1000 section
BA Architecture Year Two
- The Canary Wharf Town hall Millwall, Canary Wharf London 2019
Location:Millwall, Canary Wharf London Academic Year: Y2 2019 Project Type: Individual Project Project Tutor: Adam Nathaniel Furman: atelier@adamnathanielfurman. com Ed crooks: edcrooks@live.co.uk
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Project is located in Millwall, Canary Wharf. This area is skyscraper the most concentrated in London, the gathering of skyscraper is also let here lost be a normal CBD. my project is designing the humanism of the monumental townhall. In the traditional definition, townhall is solemn therefore I changed the definition of the townhall. I chose the mouth and nose to be involve with my design. The mouth represents opportunity as townhall is the place where your voice can be heard. The nose represents honestly as townhall is the place where justice is served. In this way, the 21st century new townhall will be displayed, how to change the development and communication way of this area Through a series of casting and 3dscan, I tested different media and used faces as the main element of the design. On the basis of face, I continued to develop and explore different spaces and make face as a building scale. Trying to change the communication way of surrounding communities and make townhall become a new communication platform. This allows the residents to interact more with the building and eachother.
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Test Prototypes: STRUCTURE TESTING
SECOND INTERATION de Nagitive silicon mould
Based on the developing façade design, the original structure was transformed into a self supporting structure. Here, the developing façade design was made a negative cilicon mould, and the continuous repetition continued to produce more Casting works.
Casting works for the silicon mould
Stable structure testing
After cutting
Using 3d print to make slip casting mould
Ceramic testing for building facade
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Stable structure after binding Bundling in multiple directions allows the entire structure to be more evenly stressed while the stability changes completely, even to 90 degrees.
When I was in the process of repetition, I put them together and tried to use different methods to get them to stand up firmly. In the small structure tests above, I tied them together with a rope. Then re-established it, thus forming a stable structure of balance of force.
Slip Casting Mould
Slip Casting Process
The ceramic part is made to test the material of the part facade and the texture in reality
Slip Casting Process
Stable structure iteration
TOWN HALL FACADE BAY AXONOMETRIC INITIAL IDEA Showing materiality textures structures & develoment process
Final transformative iteration.
Facade bay main part develoment process
Using glass material to cover the façade because the facad’s main body is not completely close, then glass makes us fell the space is more comfortable open, change the stereotype of town hall. It can give citizens a feeling of openness and friendly.
Inspired by Frank Gehry’s Dancing House, using the column to support main part. At the same time, the part of my original facade lifting upward, which would give the ground floor of town hall more sense of openness. The column design is actually related to the glass part, all in order to make the space more open.
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Programmatic overview Programmatic overview
GRAND FLOOR PLAN 1:200
Library & Rooftop
Council chamber
Library & Roof top Library & Rooftop
Council chamber
Gallery & hall
Debating chamber
Gallery & Hall
Debating chamber
Council chamber
TheThe office officeininthe themonument monument
Debating chamber
Multi-function pavilion Muti-function pavilion
The office in the monument
Pavilion Development
Gallery & hall
Playground children Playground forfor children
Multi-function pavilion
Playground for children
TOWN HALL FACADE BAY AXONOMETRIC INITIAL IDEA Showing materiality textures structures & develoment process
TOWN HALL FACADE BAY AXONOMETRIC INITIAL IDEA Original intention
Showing materiality textures structures & develoment process
playgrand concept drawing
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Development from the original nose geometry
Make it as singel units
Multi-function pavilion
Playgrand
Final transformative iteration.
There are many new apartments around the site. This pavilion is a platform for communication between residents and residents. Residents can make reservations through the townhall websiteto book These pavilions, do art workshop , sell their own things, but this pavilion can only be temporary use, because it is convenient for more people to join in, promote communication, design pavilion, while a kindergarten is next to it, using the same pavilion design language to design a playground for children. Final transformative iteration.
Facade bay main part develoment process
Facade bay main part develoment process
GRAND FLOOR PLAN 1:200
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BA (Hons) Architecture Central Saint Martins Mingzi’s course is based at Central Saint Martins, one of six renowned Colleges that make up our world-leading University.
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Camberwell College of Arts Central Saint Martins Chelsea College of Arts London College of Communication London College of Fashion Wimbledon College of Arts
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117/183 UAL is alive with creativity thanks to our remarkable students. This prospectus celebrates them with over 100 different front covers showing work by our students and recent graduates. To discover all of
Cover by Mingzi Niu
Because the world needs
BA (Hons) Architecture Central Saint Martins Mingzi’s course is based at Central Saint Martins, one of six renowned Colleges that make up our world-leading University.
students and recent graduates. To discover all of our front covers, visit arts.ac.uk/creativity
Camberwell College of Arts Central Saint Martins Chelsea College of Arts London College of Communication London College of Fashion Wimbledon College of Arts
arts.ac.uk
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Pre-degree and undergraduate prospectus 2021 – 22
117/183 UAL is alive with creativity thanks to our remarkable students. This prospectus celebrates them with over 100 different front covers showing work by our
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SOUNDPROOF MATERIAL TESTING &INTERIOR MATERIAL TESTING CONCEPTUAL CONNECTING FINE ART 4D
CONCRETE + FOAM
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SOUNDPROFF MATERIAL
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PART OF MODEL MADE OF TESTING MATERIAL
1:100 MODEL VERTICAL VIEW
MATERIAL INSIDE STRUCTURE
INTERIOR MATERIAL
INTERIOR MATERIAL
SOUNDPROFF MATERIAL
SOUNDPROFF MATERIAL
SOUNDPROFF MATERIAL
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PART OF MODEL MADE OF TESTING MATERIAL
PART OF MODEL MADE OF TESTING MATERIAL 1:100 MODEL BACK VIEW
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1:100MODEL SIDEELEVATION
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1:50 MODEL & INHABITATION
1:50 MODEL & INHABITATION 1:50 MODEL ROOF
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1:50 MODEL DETAILS & INHABITATION
1:50 MODEL DETAILS
Year Out Work WoodsBagot Locations: Shanghai Year: 2021 Project Type: refurbishment Project Supervisor: Huang Xu, Hang.Xu@woodsbagot.com Woodsbagot is a global architecture studio span 17 studios across 6 regions. Currently, I am working there as a intern. The flowing images show the facade that I been work on it
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