Portfolio 2017

QING LU丨PORTFOLIO丨2012-2017 Master of Landscape Architecture The Oslo School of Architecture and Design

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1 SITUATIONS IN THE CITY Liangmahe: Cycle Infrastructure and Public Space 2 FLOW Entrance Plaza Detail Design 3 DnD Oslo Architecture Triennale-After Belonging Recycling Project 4 ENGLAST-IMAGINE A GREEN FILIPSTAD A Temporary Art Installation

5 CLASSIC ORDER DRAWING 6 STILL LIFE DRAWING 7 CROQUIS 8 MAPPING OF HONG VILLAGE

/ SITUATIONS IN THE CITY / Liangmahe: Cycle Infrastructure and Public Space · 2016.08.15—2016.12.16 · Diploma Work

Project Introduction This diploma project is a design of one bike path along the river Liangmahe in Beijing. People used to bike so often in Beijing. From home, to school, to work, to shops. For commuting and for leisure. The initial goal of this project is to attract people’s attention for cycling, and bring the lost bike culture back. One of the biggest potential of Beijing when it comes to urban cycling resurrection is that the era of bicycle is still fresh in our mind.

Description of Design The city has expanded from the inside out, resembling an onion, ring by ring. And the river is flowing through these rings from ring 2 to ring 5. Different urban situations have formed along it.

I believe these very characteristic situations have the potential to be developed much stronger respectively, and together they can compose to one line that is very attractive.

The project covers a distance of approximate 10 km. But it is not just a line from A to B for efficient commuting. It also carries impressive urban space for daily leisure. It is about bringing the existing river Liangmahe to daily life by integrating different urban situations alongside a consistent bike journey.

Location To locate the site, I mapped out all the potential bike routes composing as the future vision for the city.

YONGDINGHE

LIANGMAHE

R2 R3 R4

I decided to pick from the nature lines. Because Instead of pitting cycling against driving in a contest for city space, follow-the-nature model would have cyclists retreat to an alternative cycle space, which they could gradually develop with cycling as the main emphasis. Then this better quality of life, in time, would likely attract current non-cyclists to live this cycling lifestyle as well.

This river Liangmahe can just be the very first trial. If it successful, more bike routes can follow.

R5

CHAOBAIHE

GREEN ZONE MAIN HIGHWAY NETWORK OLD CITY WALL SITE

R6

LIANGMAHE WATER SHED MAIN STREAM TRIBUTARY STREAM

5 km

The first approach is to get inspiration from historical photos. By referring back to the past, I could re-establish these characteristic places resembling the living memories.

I chose three situations out of five. The canal, the swamp and the alley. A trip of mono profile is less amusing. Different river forms can correspond to different urban situations. Therefore, cyclists are able to experience a variety of urban life through the length of the journey and through differences of the season.

Canal Life

One of the common principles for choosing where to frame the small projects is that the chosen spots are always able to improve the existing network, in order to bring people to the main line and relink urban public space to its users.

Based on the existing river park, this strip in between of embassy district and busiNETWORK DIAGNO ness district now is possible for carrying a variety of urban activities.

The circular installation addresses three design questions: First, the bridge. It is a linkage of two very different districts improving accessibility and connection to the city.

Second, the circle. It offers a longer distance for a gentler incline for cyclists as well as a panorama view when biking over the canal.

PLAN

Third, the sunken plaza inside the circular form. The sunken plaza gives urban activities enclosure space, in addition, an eye level view of the surrounding body of water.

PERSPECTIVE, WINTER

In winter, the river will be frozen for about one month.

Then it comes to this temporary ice skating activity.

SECTION

Cross Swamp

PERSPECTIVE, SPRING This area was initially a low-lying swamp. It had been cleaned up and shaped into a 68-hectare lake in the 80s. Currently the lake is separate from Liangmahe stream by a water gate and using reclaimed water as supply.

My proposal is to re-naturalizing the constructed canal.

By moving the hard canal surface away and using plants to fix the slope, the river becomes not isolated but a part of the park.

This nature form responds to certain important question that what this area really is.

The design for this situation is a hybrid of network improvement

and polluted water treatment.

The new cycle path leads cyclists from one side to the other over the water as an entrance to the park.

Through the 150-meter water channel between Liangmahe and the lake, different species of wetland plants are selected to absorb pollutants from the river, so that the water body can channelled again.

PLAN

When crossing the swamp, cyclists get to experience this lush natural vegetation.

SECTION

Canopied Alley

Two rivers meet beyond ring 5.

the past.

Using bicycle transit as a basis for urban development is unthinkable under the current car dependent society form. However, the whole process can only begin when there comes the very first specially zoned parcel of land as evidence that bicycle dependence is actually doable.

The design intends to improve the existing network as well. By adding a shortcut and a platform, people could either join the main road network easily, or stay and enjoy this island view.

Unlike the well-developed urban area, this remote suburban area has the potential to become a bike-oriented district.

A ten-meter-wide bike route under consistent tree canopies intends to create moments of today that resemble moments in

The design also intends to pick up the issue of flood protection by collecting the water with vegetation filter.

The bicycle route is not about single cyclist any more. It is casting a future suburban development mode that oriented by bikes.

PLAN

PERSPECTIVE, SUMMER

SECTION

/ FLOW / Entrance Plaza Detail Design · 2012.04.23—2012.05.04 · Solo Work // CHINA-GERMANY JOINT WORKSHOP AT CAFA

Project Introduction The plaza was designed for the area outside of the north gate of CAFA, which covered an area of 6750m².

I chose the entrance of the plaza for detail design after the overall design of it had been finished.

WATER → FLOW

Description of Design I like the appearance when water flows by stone. In this work, I was inspired by the flow. When water flows by a stone, due to the obstacle, it will slow down and flow by both side of the stone.

I cut different sizes of the floor tiles according to the frequency of use. Meanwhile, I cut out some triangle area of the floor tiles to let the soil exposed so that the local weed would grow naturally rather than be inhibited.

ENTRANCE PLAN 1：200

HAND-DRAWN PERSPECTIVE

HAND-DRAWN EAST FACADE 1：200

/ DnD Deposit and Display Storage Facility / Oslo Architecture Triennale - After Belonging Recycling Project · 2016.02.12—2016.05.23 · Solo Work

PROGRAMMATIC PLAN

Project Introduction This project is part of the Oslo Architecture Triennial 2016 – After Belonging. It is about transforming the Stenersen Museum building (which has been vacated recently) into an unconventional storage as a sharing facility, using the existing set of dark spaces and the urban quality of the plaza.

POP-UP FLEA MARKET

STAFF

SHOWROOM

SHOWROOM

Private

SHOWROOM CAFE

Description of Design

PUBLIC HALL SHOWROOM

Public Mini storage facilities are very useful for a life ‘in-transit’ in which the relation to our belongings is radically transformed. But could we possible rethink the way we use and design these storage in an era of sharing economy and mobility? I propose a storage space combined with the idea of display and share. Therefore, the Stenersen Museum becomes a mini storage and an analogue platform for sharing.

STORAGE

SHOWROOM MEMBER CENTER

SHOWROOM

SHOWROOM

Limited Access

The building is used by three different kinds of people, taking a main part in the whole process: Membership holder owners in need of storage space, seekers in need of objects, and curators whose job is to arrange objects deprived of single ownership.

PROGRAMMATIC SECTION

The glass box appears as a public entry point designed only based on the existing triple space, and specially to welcome visitors. It cuts through four layers, with a lifting platform for both transport and display.

Every weekend, a Pop-up flea market appears on the roof plaza. Extroverted, it engages a larger audience.

POP-UP FLEA MARKET

CAFE

MEMBER CENTER

PUBLIC HALL

The building will offer three different types of spaces: Public spaces (public hall, café, member centre and plaza), limited access spaces (collective basement including showrooms) and private spaces (storage and staff offices). In the limited access spaces, 7 showrooms will explore 7 different types of belongings, organized by curators.

BELONGINGS DISPLAY

STAFF

GARAGE

BELONGINGS DISPLAY

BELONGINGS DISPLAY

STORAGE

EXISTING MINI STORAGE FACILITIES IN OSLO

Location

Public

Weekend Flea Market

There are 11 existing conventional mini storage in Oslo region, but none of them are in downtown. The Stenersen Museum, located right along Ring 1, has the location advantage to become an unusual storage facility that Oslo city never had.

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Owner

URBAN CONTEXT

Rent

Rent

Space

Object

Rent Offset

Salary

Arrange

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Oslo University

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Slottsparken

Curator

Membership (Service Fee)

Membership (Service Fee)

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National Theatre

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Stortinget

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Oslo Concert Hall

Ac

Ac

Karl Johans Gate

Catalogue

Vika Terrassen National Library

Belongings Oslo Central Station Nobel Peace Center

City Hall

SYSTEM MAP Aker Brygge

The Stenersen Museum is surrounded by a very vibrant urban life circle, including both culture and commercial. This gives the site a sufficient context to transform into a hybrid that combine the artistic value and the commercial value together.

FUNCTIONAL AXIAL MAP

USER SCENARIOS 13+ TOURIST

Public Hall

Cafe & Kitchen

A

Reception

Deposit kr/hour

Lobby

Showroom & Showcase B

Objects Archive

Reception

Rent kr/hour

Storage

INTERNATIONAL

Member Center

Office Space

1420 m²

C

Reception

Membership

Packaging

Deposit kr/day

D

Reception

Membership

Cataloging

Display (for rent) kr/day

E

Reception

Membership

Packaging

F

Reception

Membership

Cataloging

Flea Market

G

Reception

Membership

Donation Credits

Objects Archive

H

Reception

Membership

Objects Archive

I

Flea Market

J

Reception

Outdoor Space

Room Equipment

Visitor Circulation RESIDENT

Staff Circulation

MEETING ROOM

Deposit kr/day

S7 S6

F2

MANAGER ROOM

S5

1132 m² SHOWCASE

S5

S6 P

S7

F1

Rent kr/day

S3 S4

1762 m²

S3

S4

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COMPANY

F0 S2

1813 m²

S1

Ticket

Cafe

RENEW

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Reception

Sale

M

Reception

Purchase

S1

S2

Showroom

Purchase

Rent for free

1100 mm

N 700 mm

Pedestal

BEFORE

400 mm

Pedestal/Table/High Seat

200 mm

Pedestal/Seat

Pedestal/Low Seat

AFTER

PLAZA PLAN 1：600

WHY

WHAT

- Improve the flow and public participation.

- Serve function for the flea market.

- Yellow coated guid path.

- Movable Multifunctional Cube.

MATERIAL REFERENCE

4/4/0.2 m 3/3/0.4 m 2/2/0.7 m 1/1/1.1 m

Original Flow

Guide Path

Weekday

Weekend

Performance

CONCEPT GENERATING

SECTION COLLAGE

INTERIOR RENDERING

/ ENGLAST-IMAGINE A GREEN FILIPSTAD / A Temporary Art Installation · 2015.05.18—2015.06.01 · Group Work

Project Introduction The assignment was to design and build up an art installation along the harbor promenade of Oslo, that was open for visitors of the summer 2015.

The aim of the project is to create an awareness of the open space in the future planning of the area.

The installation of a container relates to the current character of the harbor, while the content - an endless meadow, shows the possibilities of the future public space of the site.

The container was placed between Filipstad and Tjuvholmen during 14 June-20 September.

Description of Design WHY - To raise awarness on Filipstad's contrasting potentials between its current landscape and its future transformations.

WHAT - The container as a key-factor to both site's specificness and potencial new 'brought in' atmospheres and experiences to Filipstad in the years to come.

HOW - Explore such experiences through colour, smell, sound and optical illusion on encloseness and openess.

PLAN 1 : 100

SECTION 1 : 100

SOUTH FACADE 1 : 100

EAST FACADE 1 : 100

18 May

20 May

22 May

25 May

26 May

27 May

27 May

28 May

01 June

PICTURES OF THE BUILDING PROCESS

07 September

PICTURES OF THE FINAL WORK

Personal Information Mobile: E-mail: Nationality: Date of Birth: Gender:

0047 93998012 Lauren_cafa_1202@hotmail.com China December.02.1990 Female

Architectural Education

Thank you !

Dates: School: Major:

Sept.2014 - Jan.2017 AHO(The Oslo School of Architecture and Design) Master of Landscape Architecture

Dates: School: Major:

Sept.2009 - Jun.2014 CAFA(Central Academy of Fine Arts) Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Dates: School: Major:

Sept.2013 - Dec.2013 AAA(Aarhus School of Architecture) Exchange Program