Urban design & planning portfolio by qinyang zhu

Qinyang Zhu (Aland) Urban Design, Planning, Landscape & Architecture

Portfolio of academic works 2011-2012

CONTENTS Design Portfolio

001 Opening The Window Grattan Street- Town & Gown, Melbourne, 2012 (Urban Planning & Design)

002 Humbleness

University Lawn, Melbourne, 2012 (Landscape Design)

003 Urban Wholeness & Individuality Swanston Street transect, Melbourne, 2012 (Spatial Analysis)

004 Integration

Studley Park Boathouse,Melbourne, 2011 (Urban Design, Planning & Architecture)

005 Grotesque

Princes Highway Gateway, Wyndham City, 2012 (Land Art, Architecture)

Culmination

OPENING THE WINDOW:

airport

Greensborough

Broadmeadows

Subject: Urban Precinct Studio: Grattan Street-Town & Gown

Parkville/carlton:

sun shine

Location: Grattan Street & its associated university & south Carlton blocks, Melbourne

Year: 2012

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Sydenham melton

Group Member: Bond Chong, Iris Ding, Jane Wong, Qin Yang Zhu (Aland)

Moveme

Epping

Education and health pricinct

Anticipation

Footscray:

Urban dencification and multiculture pricinct Doncaster

CBD

central pricinct werribee

Grattan ST

Ringwood

Camberwell

Docklands:

Legends:

Financial, insurance service and recreation

District distributor

caufield

Southbank: Arts, recreation

Local distributor

ST. kilda:

Dandenong

A Polycentric City • Reinforce the identical character of each precinct. • Increase the variety within the city. • Allow people to access opportunity efficiently. • Reinforce movement connection between precincts as a way solving urban traffic issue.

Grattan St

Entrance

Business service

Collector (minor local road) New city wide distributor Local distributor (evened traffic) Main traffic node

Frankston

Public Transport Network:

Development Strategies: Identity A. Shifting Melbourne into a polycentric city, connecting Parkville to the polycentric Melbourne

A ‘window’ (Grattan street and its south university precinct) in a ‘house’ (university) is a relationship between the inside of the house and the outside world (surrounding suburbs as well as Melbourne metropolitan). It transmits light and air, and it allows glimpses between the public and private realms. When it fails to operate in these ways, it becomes a mere whole in the wall’. Kunstler (1996: 83) The study area (university main campus and the Parkville suburb along the Grattan street transect) is located 1.3 km north of Melbourne CBD. As the inner city suburbs, Parkville & Carlton possess very strong character of knowledge and health precinct. However, these two key characters are limited within the university area(house). At the same time, the Grattan street carrying heavy traffic is acting as a ‘wall’ isolates university with the surrounding suburbs. University has viewed this challenge and started to develop university expansion, which integrated surroundings in its precinct. Recently, in 2001, the creation of university square, which was a private owned land formerly occupied by a bowling club, is one very significant move transforming the Grattan street and its southern blocks to a university’s ‘window’. The vision seeks to reinforce the strategy, focusing on blurring the boundary between ‘town’ and ‘gown’, opening up university and integrated it with the general public.

Movement B. Filling city-wide traffic gap C. Making more reliable public transport, reinforce precincts as a important transport node D. Enriching and activating inter pedestrian and cycling links Built forms E. Establishing a more enclosed, fine grain urban fabrics cooperated with soft edges F. Creating a more pedestrian-friendly urban environment, enhancing streetscape vitality and robustness.

City Scale: • New tunnel linking Ea Citylink filling city-wide tra • Opportunity to improve amenity on the surface. University Scale: • Break down uni superblo • Encourage traffic along B • Lighter traffic allows stree

Public Transport Network

Entrance??

Traffic Strategy:

Royal Park New Market

Flemington Bridge Melbourne Uni

Anticipation

REB Footscray

Melbourne Uni

North Melbourne Flagstaff

Legends:

Southern Cross

Melbourne Central

Flinde Flinders St

Train line Tram line Bus line

Culmination

New Train line (Caufield-Footscray) New Train line (Doncaster-Suthern Cross) Main Transport interchange point

Function/Activity G. Activating a 24 hour city/campus H. Diversifying functional use

New/enhanced interchange point

Railway: New CBD rails link West Foots This provide fluid east-west ac congestion. New train station provide ba versity square.

ent

Function & Activity

Phase 2: 2020 +

Enriching Internal Cycling and Pedestrian Links

Phase 1: 2012-2020

Cyclist Network

Pedestria Network

Cyclist Pedestria Network Network 500Bicycle m network- a step further contribute to inclusive university

500 point Major/minor transport interchange m

astern Fw, Western Ring Rd & affic gap public transport priority & street

Proposed bicycle lane Proposed informal bicycle path

Cyclist Network

Existing bicycle lane

ock, opening up Tin Alley. Bouverie St, Pelham St. et activities to thrive on Grattan St.

Existing informal bicycle path

Intensive Green Roof Network

Larger Scale: • More bicycle priority routes to ensure cycling safety. • A better connected network connecting inner suburbs & promoting accessing to university. Grattan Street Area: • Enhance direct internal connection within university blocks. • Few secondary laneways for informal cycling paths brings life to small lanes.

Issues:Gated activity precinct University:

Gtrattan St south:

The strategy is to take the advantage of existing activities

precincts, Most small laneways are places with activities potentials & pedestrian prior1. SomeEnhanced paths are visually existingimperactivity3.precinct itized routes extending and linking them together forming of network. Major focus will be located on central a activity meable, which undermines usage. underused with low level north-south transect and Grattan St establishing a new acphysical permeability. 2. Some areas within uni are New activity spine tivity spine connect royal Melbourne hospital, Swanston St 4. Roof top space is underused. intersection and Lygon St. disconnected with streets.

Proposals: Larger scale:

Clifton Hill

Legends:

Cyclist Network

Victoria Park

Existing crossing

Proposed bicycle lane Colling Wood

Proposed informal North Richmond bicycle path

Parliament

Existing pathway

Intensive Green Internal pathway crossing RoofProposed Network Proposed pathway

Existing bicycle lane

ers St

Existing informal bicycle path East Richmond

st work

Proposed internal pathway

Roof top semipublic space

Major/minor transport interchange point

Roof top connections

Pedestria Network

Shrine of Remebrance

500 m

tscray & Caufield, Doncaster &CBD. ccess &mitigate the east-west traffic

ase for activity to thrive at the uni-

Existing crossing Existing pathway Internal pathway Proposed crossing Proposed pathway Proposed internal pathway

Legends:

External access point (Roof garden)

500 m

Major/minor transport interchange point

Pedestrian Network Establish a more permeable, legible pedestrian network enhance town-gown connection • Pedestrian priority along Grattan street, Wilson ave, Leicester street, pelham street. Integrate Barry street as a part of university square. • Vitalize direct internal connections at southern area and uni campus. • Public space, transportation nodes & activities precincts will be better connected with enhanced street amenity.

• More routes connecting inner suburbs. • More and better connected bicycle & pedestrian priority routes to ensure traveling safety and enlarge choices. • More bike sharing and parking facilities along key routes.

Grattan street area:

• Enhance direct internal connection within blocks. Thus, contributing to inclusive campus and grattan St area. • Connect transport nodes, activity nodes, incooperat major historic & public buildings. • Increase permeability of small laneways(Xjunction and intermediated markers). • Encourage deformed grid in laneways to relate topological features and enrich spatial experience. • Few secondary laneways for informal cycling paths could bring life to small lanes. • Create a seconday roof top landscape as a tranquilizing space allowing more dynamic of public use.

Health/medical Education University general Business Residential Public park Mixed

• • • •

Adding active university units at south campus with frequent exhibitions and performances. Diversifying the function mix, especially along Grattan St & university square. More active small units at ground level of large buildings. Remove the ID access, extend opening hour of certain uni buildings to encourage public access.

Built Form

Asphalt Grassland Blue stone Paving

Existing formal sitting space

Proposed new building

University Grey Brick Paving

Proposed formal sitting space

Existing building

Others (Sand-patch, stones, Concrete bricks)

Urban Fabrics

Street Sitting

Surface Material

a. Subdivided large blocks Create intimate character/basis of intense urban culture and economic exchange. b. Vary the block size A range of block size to facilitate great diversity of building types &land uses. c. Selectively maintaining some large block; Primarily important public buildings/Heritage buildings/Major open space

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More physically comfortable & psychologically protected sitting space. More reloadable sitting space More sitting space arranged to facilitate group interaction In formal sits with whole range of heights to enrich users experience. Arrange some sits with back rest, making a place usable for everyone. Making street furniture with double function

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Replacing asphalt pedestrians and cyclists paving materials. The new paving will be in consistent with most used existing ones (yellow brick & blue stone). Use distinctive pedestrian friendly pavement to indicate the priority of pedestrians. Through carving, surface paving could also add artistic value, giving stronger local character.

Intimate, Human Scale Environment

e stationary,

1 More Socially Comfortable Sitting

Sitting in the Sun Sitting in the Shade Sitting Alone Sitting in Groups

sts not only se the same University Grey Brick Paving

g materials for

parks and

section

ective 4

eating a

Sitting Up Front

Concrete Paving

2 Physically Comfortable Sitting

Other Materials (Sandpatch, stones, concrete bricks) Active soft edge Asphalt

& Visually Attractive Seats

Passive soft edge

Benches with backrests or wellGreen Space Hard edge contoured chairs can make the Proposed changing streetspeople feel more comfortable. Building Interface: Use colourful or innovative sittting to attract pedestrians. intimate streetscape Issues: Establish a more

1. Change dierent• paving Integrate with transitional space to blurring the boundary between public and private. traffic intersecThis major problematic materials forispedestrians • Higher staircases are restricted Add more direct opacity on the secondary laneways. tion where• pedestrians , cylcists and cars and cyclists • Arrange more Shelters active frontages along pedestrian prioritized street. 1 More and Socially Comfortable Sitting Bike Other Basic Facilities more2. stationary, Remove the street car meet each other. It is unsafe and not fluid. parks and extend the in the Sun DrinkingSitting water, bins and bike footpath

SUES: ere are not enough sittingsStrategies: in the

Sitting the Shadeclose to shelters can beinplaced

Effect Lighting

Grass cover Grass Cover

ExistingVery Street Furniture 1 bright area Proposed Sitting Areasture Bright 2 area Proposed Bicycle Stations 3 area ture Dark Proposed other Street Furni4 Dark area Very tures (Bins, Drinking Water) ture

Shrubs cover Shrubs Cover Tree cover Tree Cover Tree cover(small (small) Tree cover trees) Modification area

Night Lighting:

Landscape & Vegetation:

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Laneways in general should be better illuminated. Adding more effect lighting along the street and open space to enhance the spatial character at night. The colour of effect lighting should be more distinctive from normal lighting. 1. Increase vegetation diversity Adding more warm and friendly lighting. Consider street furniture as a family of items, toalong provide athe coherent university square. sense of identity.

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Increase vegetation diversity among southern precincts. Arrange ground cover and medium height vegetations along pedestrian prioritized street to create a buffer for pedestrian, while offering certain ecological function. Remove elegant & absolute clarity of space. Enhance the sense of progression. Extensive grassland will be partially maintained to accommodate various social activities.

Delivery:

• Create closure & making space character

• Finer Grain- More permeable campus

Based on the proposal of: • New city-wide traffic tunnel connecting city east and west; • Two new railways feeding city scale traveling needs; • Better connected pedestrian and cycling networks, Grattan street will receive substantial traffic reduction by 2020. These then rise the chance of giving priorities for cyclists and pedestrians along the Grattan street as well as its surrounding local streets.

• Intermediate marker along laneway junction

The placement of new train station not only feed the potential pedestrian flow, but also brings more people into the south precincts. Huge potentials for south precinct to develop as an new activity hub will be given. The streetscape activation strategies could be implemented along the Grattan street and university square, which connect the university main campus as well as its surrounding blocks. The secondary rooftop landscape network act as an alternatives provide a tranquil space for pedestrians, after university 20m 10mMeanwhile, this system becoming5m fully activated. also connecting north and south blocks together. According to this overall strategy, by the time of phase 2, Grattan street and university will be fully transforming to university’s window, where town and gown could integrated as an entity.

Secondary Laneway:

Grattan Street:

10m

20m

Pelham Street:

Pelham

10m

20m

HUMBLENESS:

Landscaping & Surface Texture Plan:

Added P

Analogy:

1 Pandorea Ja

Subject: Landscape studio 3: Urban Open Space

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2 Cissus Antar

Location: University Lawn, University of Melbourne

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Year: 2012

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6 Backhousia C adora

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12 Brachychiton

Cities possess major influence on human society. The university also does so. However different from the way that city does, university changes the society more unobtrusively and imperceptibly. The university’s identity differs from global metropolis like Tokyo, New York, Singapore and Melbourne, which is outward, broadcasting, showing off and fashionable, the university is more inward, sedimentary, subtle and academic. If Melbourne is ‘flower’, then, the university is ‘leaf’, if the city is ‘tree’ , then the university is ‘soil’.

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Tree planting:

Shrubs:

Coarse texture ascending form

Carpeting plants: High grass ascending form

Grass surface

17 Cordyline A

Very active form, High visual energy

18 Xanthorrho

Active form Irregular/ bold foliage/ visual energy

Active form Palm tree

Erect or as

Defending form

Coarse texture Vine

Passive Space Illustration:

Visua

Legends:

University Is A Humble Place: The central concept of Union lawn redevelopment is ‘Humbleness’. The analogy diagram shows the Organic Horizon of soil with rich organic matter. Although the soil is never eye-catching, it nests all sorts of life and human civilization. Thus the soil is ‘humble’. In the drawing, eucalyptus leaves, barks and wood clips represent the typical local soil in Australia. Eucalyptus tree is the commonest tree in Australia. Although it may not possesses as much visual aesthetic value as exotic ones, it plays significant role in supporting local fauna, such as native forest and woodland birds(especially in city, which supplies heaps number of local species). The eucalyptus tree therefore offers much more opportunities than itself. The eucalyptus tree is ‘humble‘. The university’s characteristics is just like the soil. The form of soil connects this abstract meaning to the real physical form, which gives me the inspirations.

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University Is Not The ‘City’

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Medium form regular/medium foliage size / normal visual energy

Medium texture Fine texture, steady form

23 Callitris

Steady form small foliage size/ low visual energy

Active Space Illustration:

Fastigiate & c

Landscaping Objectives: • • • • •

More native plants, stronger locality. Contribute to ecological function, biodiversity and supporting local fauna. Make coherence with play, study, relaxing, informal meeting, public events and other activities. Diverse types of plants contribute the concept of humbleness, providing rich multi-sensory experiences. Integrate with the surrounding building, create the sense of wholeness.

Banksia Integ 25 rifolia

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Plants:

10 Eucalyptus Mannifera

Welcoming sense of open space, visual permeability:

‘Courtyards’ Facing Major Buildings:

Making Focal Points-Articulate Public Events: PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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edges

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11 Eucalyptus Sideroxylon PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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16 Anigozanthos Calostemma Purpureum

human nature human human space

Passive space enclosure: visually partially enclosed, physically open visually partially enclosed, physically limited

Green corridor connecting greater surroundings Accessibility movement Circulation:

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Tranquillizing Space, Enclosure:

Opening up The Public Space:

Small Scale Diversity, Active Edges: PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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active space Visually open, physically open

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14 Dendrobium Speciosum

15 Pennisetum Villosum

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Quiet place- noise place 13 Sowerbaea Juncea

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Medium texture:

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9 Toona Ciliata

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Actinophyllum

on Acerifolius

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Green Corridor As A Ecological Freeway: PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

8 Polyscias Elegans

Accessibility movement Circulation:

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Hummock Forms:

Passive space enclosure: visually partially enclosed, physically open visually partially enclosed, physically limited

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Coarse Texture:

Irregular line:

7 Citri- Agyrodendron

Pultenaea Altissima

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rtica

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asminoides

4 Persoonia Chamaepitys

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3 Proiphys Amboinensis

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al energy- colour:

Shrubs & herbaceous plants below knee height (low planting):

Planting above eye level ( tall shrub / small tree planting):

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Pendulous line:

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Irregular line:

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Elaeocarpus reticulatus

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Dome form:

26 Pittosporum Angustifolium

High Point Extensive View:

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Refreshing Space, Interactivity:

g- B r a c h y c h i t o n populneus

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Fine texture:

24 Eucalyptus Polyanthemos

columnar forms:

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Good Access Is Good Design:

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Coarse texture:

Tristaniopsis Laurina

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scending Forms:

22 Melia Azedarach

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20 Hymosporum Flavum

21 Grevillea Robusta

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oea Australis

Prom- Acacia Caerulescens

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19 Acacia inens

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Australis

Annotations:

Educational use residential use Financial Food Fashion > 1 functional use

Tram network Bluestone Pavement Major heritage public building

Map 1:

Map 2:

Map 3:

Functional Mix

Major Heritage Buildings, Bluestone Pavement, Tram Network

Urban Blocks, Primary Street Network

Analogy:

Identity is about self-similarity, but it is also about differentiation; in other words it is about being able to recognize similarity and difference simultaneously. Rhythm is about understanding the regularity within a heterogeneous environment. this part (rhythm) is to comprehend, what elements that govern the system(i.e. city) so that after distinctive waves(subcities) adding together, other than become chaos, the eventual waves still maintain its regularity (the urbn wholeness).

The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Rulesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Governing Urban Wholeness Subcity a

WHOLENESS & : INDIVIDUALITY

Map 1:

Subcity b City as a whole

Year: 2012

Map 2:

Many historical urban spaces provided an emotionally nourishing environment, the optimization of their visual, acoustical and tactile signals transmit rich content(in terms of meaning culture value and historical importance) and bond city as a whole, in which all parts share a mutual history and collective memory. Bluestone pavement and tram network become the logo of Melbourne, which promotes the reorganization of similarity of those 'subcities'.

Subcity c

Subject: Morphological Mapping Location: Swanston St, Melbourne

Entertainment, work, rest and culture areas provide different moods, and hence lending support to the need for mixed use and development. The shared experience and frequent contact between locals, visitors, tourists, renters and different ownership partners help to form common identity and therefore a city with a strong sense of wholeness. Along the whole region the mixed function glues parts into whole.

RHYTHM

Regularities, Urban Wholeness

Definition:

The elements inside urban environment, which repeat by themselves to some extent. However, these elements also hold subtle changes through temporal or spatial scale (e.g. the formation of local character), that allow observers to perceive them as a whole(city).

Map 3:

Melbourne maintains gridiron system. The heterogeneity among the the regular block pattern and the rigid, straight, utilitarian primary street network, then could be expressed into an order.

Main Map:

The elements aforementioned, the regularity and rhythms of the city could be perceived. These 'repetitive' elements glue other identical parts together and for the city as a whole.

Urban Character Public Activities

Lincoln Square

Urban Character Public Activities

Argyle square, Suburb

Urban Character Public Activities

Annotations:

Location of photo taken places (Urban character)

Vertical accessible public space

Very pleasant place

Location of photo taken places (Public activity)

Quasi-public space

Concentration of photo taken place

Concentration of public space

Pleasant place Public art

Public accessible space

Concentration of pleasant place & public art

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Urban Character Public Activities

City Bath, Hardrock, RMIT

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Urban Character Public Activities

RMIT

Urban Character Public Activities

92 QV

Urban Character Public Activities

Melbourne Centeral, State Library

Urban Character Public Activities

China Town

Longsdale St construction site

Urban Character Public Activities

Map 2:

Map 1: Bourke St

Concentration of Urban Character &Public Activities

City Square, Town Hall

Major Public Spaces:

(Public accessible space+ quasi public space + vertical accessible public space)

Analogy: The Formation of Identical ‘Waves’

Graffiti lane

Map 3: Distribution of Attractive Spaces: (Attractive places + public art)

This part is aiming to outline those characteristic 'subcities' within the transect. And understand those elements, which help to shape these distinctive 'waves' (i.e. heterogeneity and irregularity within the city ).

Cafe & Graffiti laneways

Map1:

The photos taken locations indicate strong spatial concentrations. The image of certain atmosphere within a place, dominates the whole surrounding areas. Places with strong local images, express the spatial 'individuality', which differentiates itself from others.

Federation Square, Flinders Station

Subcity a

Map 2:

Yarra

Major public spaces concentrate population, and give opportunities for large group activities to thrive, therefore, the formation of place characters. In the qusi-public space and some vertical accessible public space, because of private owned land, users will own more control on the space, and forming strong local characters. Many ‘subcities’, shares certain visual impermeability. The spatial ‘isolation’ allows self-expression. At those visually less permeable secondary laneways, the spontaneous local images often surprise visitors, adding local characters.

Subcity b

Subcity c NGV Melbourne Arts Centre

MTC

Victoria Gardens

CHARACTER

Subcities Within The City

Map 3:

Definition：

A distinctive atmosphere of certain urban environment, which differs it from others.

‘The richer the meaning of a physical space, the deeper our cognition of it and hence, the easier its memory and its re-cognition.’(Ayssar Ardia) Land arts possess very powerful image, which symbolizes and enlarge certain identical character of a specific place. The distribution of pleasing place indicate those environment, which attract people to go and linger. These spaces normally contain idential characters as well.

SPATIAL INTEGRATION: 25 m in

R= 1,

m 5k

Subject: Architectural design studio 2 Water Learning from master: Mies Van der rohe

10 R in = 0 . 6k m

Year: 2011

Location: Studley Park, Melbourne

Churchs-believers Hospitals-Patients Educational Institute-teenagers Residence Children’s farm

Existing Site Condition

Circulation Patt

Paper factories: Polluted Urban Waterway Arterial Road Minor Street Railway Line Tram Line The various groups of park users requires design not only flexible for everyone but also meets the needs for specific users. The public transport along the key routes maintaining the connection between site and surroundings.

Existing Boat House

Car Parking

Physical Attributes Pleasant Medium Inferior Path

Car Access

Access with topographic challenge

Proposal

Extensive View

Spatial Integration

Program Organ

Node Landmark District

Integration:

In general, the streetscape west to boat house site undermines pedestrians’ wiliness to walk. The streetscape at east is more pleasant containing various self-displaying front gardens. Except for east-west streetscape imbalance, the image this area is fragmented. But, the Studly park in fact exhibit this potential.

Streetscape Analysis

The central goal of the new boat house proposal is integration, which represents the integration between natural, urban and semi-urban (semi-rural) contexts. Under the natural landscape, Mies tends to fully open the interior to embrace nature. This idea is further explored and implemented in a large scale manner.

Externalize the Interior:

Separating function zones into individual buildings. Thus each zone could possess larger contact to nature. Externalize the original interior circulation (stair cases and path) to minimize the sense of enclosure.

Natural Context

Internalize the Exterior:

This group of buildings is treated as one ‘entity’(Boathouse). The exterior space (space between buildings) is modified to define the sense of interior. (e.g. consistent travertine pavement, glass handrail & steel beam with white). Create an organized artificial landscape.

Indicated in the map, proposal is aiming at revitalizing routes for pedestrian and cyclist access based on existing public transport routes and activities hubs. Theses routes are where imporvements on street permeability, variety, legibility and robustness will concentrate on.

Create New Spatial Identity & Spatial Separation:

This ‘entity’ possesses different identity by comparing with the adjacent natural context at northeast and urban context at southwest, defined as ‘semi-urban entity’. This ‘entity’ acts as transitional ‘space in-between (creating the spatial continuity), emphasizing the goal of integration.

Revitalized key Routes

Semi-natural Context

Urban Context

tern

STUDLEY PARK MASTER PLAN: 5

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Accessible for all groups

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Landscape: 11 Existing contour line 12 modified contour line 13Constructed wetland 14 Sediment basin 15 Open grass land (organic curved area) 16 Water features 17 Gabion retaining wall with plants Trees planted at the back of Cafe and resturant help to draw cool summer breeze from southwest.

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Buildings: 1 Cafe bar and main dining, (kitchen and toilet attached) 2 Restaurant bar, main dining and kiosk. (Kitchen and toilet attached) 3 Boat storage and office 4 Barbecue area 5 Viewing deck 6 Jetty Path: 7 Travertine block ramp, accessible for diverse users. 1800mm width, grading: 1:14, 1.2m landing for each 9 meter run. 8 Travertine block staircase 180 mm riser 500 mm tread a 1500 mm landing for each 1500 mm rising height, grading:1:2.8 9 Informal access with topographic challenge. 10 Travertine block ramp with glass and steel handrail 850mm. 26 Mini lift with circular stair case.

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Annotations:

Drainage: 18 Storm water flow direction 19 Underground drainage channel 20 Storm water pit ( primary inlet) 21 Storm water pit ( intermediate inlet and outlet connected to constructed wetland and sediment basins) 22 Storm water drain outlet

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Street furniture: 23 Formal siting space with dining table 24 Semi-formal siting spaces for group interaction 25 In formal siting space (lawn)

Annotations: Buildings: 1 Section of boat storage 2 Section of cafe 3 Exterior wall for spatial separation (cafe) Landscape: 4 Existing contour line 5 Modified contour line 6 Extensive view 7 Vine (horizontal shading) 8 Deciduous tree 9 Evergreen tree(regular) 10 Evergreen columnar tree (regular) 11 Oval shrubs(regular) 12 Evergreen tree (irregular) 13 Shrubs(free form)

nization 19 10

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Section A-A LANDSCAPE CUTTING SECTION:

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Community: 14 Extended wall sitting chair, semi-enclosed by wall and high vegetations to provide privacy. Dimension: 450mm, 400mm,1800mm(rise/ run/ depth) 15 Bench along street (formal seating) Dimension: 400mm/400mm/1800mm, back 400mm in height Utility: 16 Lift with circular staircase, dimensions of lift : 1800mm in diameter for wheelchair users. Dimension of staircase: 180mm/ 325mm/1100mm 17 retaining wall 18 Ramp, width 1800mm, grading 1:14 19 Arterial road

Master Plan Theme:

Spatial Balance & Proportion Analysis :

WATER FEATURE

Mies Van Der Rohe’s formal principle:

• Embrace with nature, controlled view to urban; ‘Nature is structure… Nature is ultimate reality, nature is what must be, and nature is fate.’ • Intentionally arrange house to separate different surrounding context; • Create sense of community, classless society (Waldheim, 2004); Create order. ‘Order creates a balance between the individual and society as well as between the forces of matter and spirit. Order provides the medium in which everything can grow and unfold organically’

BOAT STORAGE & OFFICE

Building Arrangement & Street Pattern:

The master plan is aim to order units in themselves and in their relationships to each other. Specifically, the underlying intentions is to seek harmony and continuity between the individual and society, relate whole to parts and parts to whole. Buildings are not repetitive, but in a more flowing constellation. The building arrangement follows contour line and flowing river. Large openings façades maintain the sense of presence in the community. The street pattern besides each buildings is with grid plan which reinforce the order. Gridiron structure is taken in larger measure, but the elements are not in the grid, they are subdivided organically and modified irregularly. The central public space is given with greater flexibility through its organic shape. This is designed with shaded but open landscape to incorporate the sense of openness and freedom. The organic street pattern seeks to create frameworks for emergent forms and organizations, in which individualities can realize the order themselves. The ultimate aim is to impose integration between social wholeness and individuality.

Brick Country House:

Restaurant and Kiosk:

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Extension of interior wall in three directions. The arrangement of wall reveals the integration between order and irregularity, as well as the proportion at two ends. Two Larger rooms are located at two ends. Connection between two ends with a stripe in middle.

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Extension of interior wall in two directions contributes to spatial balance between Northwest and southeast. Parametric wall settings in two direction, balance the order and irregularity. Stripe (floating second floor) connecting two zones at end.

RESTAURANT & KIOSK

Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart Gridiron structure is taken in larger measure, but the elements are subdivided irregularly. The fluid arterial street informs the sense of freedom in a larger manner.

CAFE

Proposed Master Plan:

BARBECUE

Lafayette Park, Detroit Gridiron Street pattern reinforce sense of order. Curved pathway in middle allows everything to grow & unfold organically. The open space situated in the centre is with the intention of constructing an epoch of new humanity, a society with mutual understanding.

Conceptual Diagram:

Barcelona pavilion/Museum for a Small City Project & Resor house: The artistic The water feature express to ‘glass’ and ‘structure’, the sense of order and irregularity.

Thgendhat house The continuous window opening (large opening facing the view and tight opening facing back) reinforce the spatial context continuity.

Contrast : Freedom & Control

Lafayette Park

Create Continuous Spatial Experience

Buff-colored brick, referring to the urban context at back & give identity of building.

The Architectural Language: Mies Van Der Rohe’s formal principle:

• Universal style, simplicity and flexibility -’Less is more’ (Blake, 1960). • Structural beauty and clarity; -’Logic leads to truth, truth leads to beauty’. • Openness; • Spatial arrangement (mentioned above); -’Architecture not just serves for purpose, but a sense, and it submits not only the function but also an expression’.

Form:

These set of buildings possess the consistent characteristics, 1) creating openness and spatial continuity. The free span and free floating roof and ground floor slab enhance the exterior and interior connection. These externalized internal walls also create the continuous transitional space from outside to inside. The elevated ground floor on the steep slope strengthens the sense of floating and openness. The large openings at facade also possess continuous connection with the small openings which enhances the sense of continuity. 2)Integrating exterior and interior through spatial arrangement and division. While the façades facing natural context, greatest sense of openness is given by using ground-toceiling window and offset open walls. Meanwhile, priority of view in different directions is also well considered. By contrast with the north side (front), which is designed to incorporate extensive natural scenery. The back (south and west) side are given more sense of enclosure through limited opening and horizontal exterior walls.

Materiality: Overhanging Floor & Free Standing Wall

Resor house:

Use ground level void space to great sense of openness and integration. 3-D wall Extension

Structural Clarity and Flexibility: Brick Country house

The externalized internal wall enhances the spatial continuity between interior and exterior.

Void Space

Structural Beauty

National Theatre Mannheim

The clear ‘I’ beam structure allow interior to free span, which create great openness and flexibility.

Roof Extension / Structural Beauty & Clarity

Extruded Wall & Floating Wall

Under the natural context, all materials are in light colour, thereby the beautiful colour of the landscape: trees, bushes, river, sky and seasonality can be distinctively expressed in harmony. Buff-colored brick are utilized at the back of each building which reference the urban context. Buildings are supported by exposed ‘I’ shape steel beams painted with white colour. Clear 6/12/6 low-E double glazing windows are equipped at the south and west side. It is also adopted in the skylight. The north and east side are installed with 4/6/4 low-E double glazing windows. Pre-cast large light-weight concrete is installed at the top. The floor, walking path and stair cases is paved with travertine blocks.

Barcelona Pavilion

The extreme roof extension intensify the connection between interior and exterior.

Farnsworth House Floating Ground Floor

Elevated ground floor creates the sense of floating & defines the identity of building through separating the building with ground.

Mies van der rohe is known as the master of structure. The beauty and clarity of structure is one of the goal this design trying to achieve. Exposed clear structure is adopted as the solution for this steep landscape. Heightened cantilever structure has effect to lighten the buildings. Cross shaped steel beam will be adopted for the interior. Due to little space it occupied, building will appear to be simple and light.

EXPLORATION GROTESQUE

Responding To LandscapeShell Generation:

Subject: Architecture Design Studio 3 Air: Digital Architectural Design Location: Wyndham City, 45 Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria Group Member: Bond Chong, Di Song, Qin Yang Zhu (Aland) Year: 2012

Circulation Pattern & Sun Angle Analysis

Circulation Pattern & Sun Angle Study-Culling:

Werribee Melbourne CBD

29° 7:36 am

5:08 am 75°

8:42 pm

5:55 am

Geelong 200m

View Analysis-Culling:

You Yangs

Werribee: According to general research and site visiting we defined Werribee as : • A ‘hidden place’, heaps tourists come to Melbourne. But, very few of them actually coming and exploring Werribee. • A ‘passing-by’ place, while people traveling between Geelong and Melbourne and passing through Werribee. Wyndham City ‘s logo ‘City, Coast, Country’,precisely expresses the condition and the wishes of Werribee. Technically, Werribee is a city, but it has not been recognized by general public. It is regarded as a subordinate place to Melbourne, where nothing exciting occurs. Because of this, the potentials of this place are restricted. This explains why, the word ‘city’ goes first. Werribee people want it to be recognized, they want its characters to be understood and its attractions to be explored. Meanwhile, ‘city’ also embedded the meaning, that Werribee is evolving with the modernization and globalization. Many new characters are constantly adding on. ‘Coast’ and ‘country’ represents ‘what Werribee has’, the natural scenery, pastoral life and strong local heritages. This then forms, ‘City, Coast, Country’. The intent of west gateway project is to make Werribee a more ‘stationary’ place, attract people to stay and explore.

You Yangs

200m

The Grotto •

From (French ceramicist) Bernard Palissy’s grotto ideology, this stands for complete imitation of nature. • In 15th to 16th centuries. The ‘grotesque’ was referring to the sense of discovery. • Grottoes represented the reverse of rationally organized architecture. This was the irrational realm of the underworld, in which rules ceased to apply. The ‘constructed nature’- grotto architecture really express the intimacy between human and earth, human and nature. Due to the special meaning behind it, grotesque possesses strong visual image connecting the abstract goal as well as the natural landscape. In the Werribee gateway project, the ‘grotto effect’ that we are aiming to create is to inform the idea of ‘exploration’, ‘local natural environment’ and ‘cultural environment’.

Concept: Exploration

Architectural Language Grotto

Grotto Effect

A. Inform the sense of nature and country

1 Secondary artificial landscape 2 Ecological function 3 Timber as main construction material

B. Express the growth of nature and the development (invasion) of city

1 Change the arrangement of plants, Steel and copper box through time. 2 The growth of native plants 3 The rust of copper

C. Provide rich spatial experience, giving the sense of exploration D. Create enclosed space, control the light

1 Varying the size of base geometry 2.Gemotry arrangement 3 Various aperture of base geometries 1.Create closure in contrast with open space 2.Framing view towards YouYangs 3.View towards Werribee

Plants Box

Copper Box

Sense of Entrance

Steel Box

Anticipation Shell

Pylons

Continuation

Culling pattern

Site

Culmination

Definition Matrix Solar Penetration Culling

Contour Loft

Outer Shell Generation

Circulation Culling

Cube Generation: 6m³ —> 3m³ —

Inner Shell Generation

Shell: Enlarged Existing landscape

View Culling: YouYangs, Werribee & Open Landscape

Base Geometry Referencing & Aperture Variation (1:50 model)

Fabrications & Labelling-Laser Cutting (1:50 model, Part)

—> 1.5m³ —> 0.75m³

Mesh Generation-3D Printing(1-1000 model)

Steel Box, Copper Box, Planting Box Arrangement & Variations Phase 1 Plants Box

Copper Box

Steel Box

Phase 2

Phase 3

DESIGN MODEL COLLECTION Studely Park Boathouse Site Masterplan Subject: Architectural Design Studio 2 Water Location: Melbourne Technique: Handmade

Princes Highway Gateway Subject: Architectural Design Studio 3 Air Location: Wyndham City Technique: Laser Cut

Piazza del Duomo Subject: Urban Design Studies Location: Pisa, Italy Technique: Handmade

University Lawn Development Plan Subject: Landscape Studio 3: Urban Open Space Location: Melbourne Technique: Laser Cut

Urban Character & Public Activity Subject: Morphological Mapping Location: Swanston St, Melbourne

URBAN CHARACTER Activity Stimulate Activities

Activity With Little Stimulations

Starry Sky?? Self-Expression

VehicleS CongestionS & Cyclist

Advertisements, Entertai & Consumptions

The Spontaneous City

Education:

Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, 2010-2012 (Melbourne, Australia) Exchange student at University of Stuttgart, 2011, Winter (Stuttgart, Germany) Bachelor of Environments Major in Urban Design & Planning

Competition:

Learning from a Success Story, The feasibility applying to Melbourne Sponsored by the Department of Planning and Community Development (Melbourne) One of best Entrants(Unranked)

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PUBLIC ACTIVITY Exotic People + Exotic Species = Metropolis??

Works Captured or Exhibited by University: By subjects: Architectural Design Studio 2 Water Architectural Design Studio 3 Air Cities from Local to Global Landscape Studio 3 Urban Open Space Urban Design Studies

Digital Skills:

Preliminary: Photoshop, Grasshopper Intermediate: Auto-CAD, In-design, Illustrator, Rhino