ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Bin Song Email: songb796@outlook.com Tel: +86 15927535805

CONTENT 1

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Workplace

architecture design, historic building

Shelter For Animals

architecture design, rainforest fire

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Space Under The Overpass

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Urban Farm

micro update

urban design, urban regeneration

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01 WORKPLACE Instructor: Jane Burridge Site: Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK Individual Project 2019

Workplace used to be thought as an office allowing for employees to sit in and work from 9am to 5pm, but nowadays, it is more than tables and chairs. The design of the workplace uses is no longer the main issue, but seeking a new way to make employees feel comfortable is.Offices used to be thought as overhead cost because capitalists emphasize the wage of employees.

However, due to the Industry Revolution, productivity gradually become a heated issue. Office work is now seen as a good chance to improve workers’ productivity. Chances are that a company will be driven by knowledge economy and efficient work in the future.

Since workplace has a long history, factors are contributing to the changes of offices from the aspect of workplace development. Changes of working process mainly account for changing offices. The coming information era not only brings technical evolutions but also exerts a strong influence on working habits. During this period, globalisation, booming information and communication technology result in the changes of offices.

Workplaces work better in a whole than the sum of their parts. As a complicated organisation, workplaces contain building services like ventilation system, functional uses, site constraints, context and so on. Summarily, too many separations in workplaces indicate that an office fail to work as a whole because the edges inside hinder the integration. Also, too few separations mean too much transparency and conflicts between the work area and accessory space. No matter which way we choose to design offices, the human being as individual and employees as team will be at the centre of design.

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

1867 The Hope Park UP Church opened for worship.

1912 The site could be identified by brick chimney. chiimney.

1914 McArthy founded founded McArthy Veterinary College College Veterinary at Summerhall.

Summerhall. at

1968 tower block block was was AA tower freestanding on on freestanding the corner corner site. site. the

SITE ANALYSIS

activities in the Meadows

bus stop

Edinburgh green space

main road

city fabric

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CONTEXTUAL SECTION

After the study on the heights of surrounded buildings, I find that the tower building at the corner is far higher than others. Therefore, I decide to remove this building for the sake of skyline.

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TYPOLOGY

abstraction Abstration

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isometric Isometric

After a study on the typical layouts of surrounded buildings, I summarize four ways for buildings set in a site. Firstly, building edge is offset according to the site perimeter. In this way, the street facade would be continous and the courtyard inside could be quality space to focus on. Secondly, one main building is designed in the centre of site, which mostly suit public buildings. The square occupied the rest of site. Another two layouts are transformations of first two.

SITE STRATEGY 01

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Brewery Founded

Remove Buildings

Two Chapels

Massing Study

Veterinary College

Site Entrance

The history of summerhall could be simply concluded as the diagram shows. So I hope to reorganize the massings of different buildings. Following the analyzed typology , the new design would be more continous with one courtyard inside.

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Bar & Tech Cube

Final Model

SITE PLAN 2

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These are two typical layouts of the workplace.

Larger companies might have clearly defined policies and contract clauses. Smaller organisations might require more exibility from their staff at times, but a closer working relationship with employees means they're potentially able to give more in return when it's needed.

WHERE INFORMAL MEETINGS HAPPEN

Corridor

common layout of an office

widen the corridor to hold more people

remove the wall to dim two spaces

traditional atrium

set chairs to make it active

involve atrium into the corridor

crossed circulation of people and car

seperate two circulations

improve the landscape in courtyard

Atrium

Courtyard

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FLOOR PLAN

second floor

first floor

ground floor

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MASSING

decide the area

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the massing of building

meet the demand of passive design

PROCESS

create the entrance

decide the window and wall

add details

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MODEL PHOTOS

DETAIL SECTION

1 2 3 4 floor model

5 6 structure model

detail model 7 8

1.stone wall 2.trapezoidal profile metal sheet 3.prefabricated outer intel with clay fasica 4.thermal insulation 5.weather bar 6.make-up unit 7.protective layer 8.insulating layer 11

EXPLODED ISOMETRIC

Steel Frame The structure of first and second storey is composed of vertical steel columns and horizontal I-beams. They are constructed in a rectangular grid to support the slabs, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame.

Timber Batten They are fitted to the inside of wall constructions, fixed to the wall at regular spacings.

Ribbed Slab It is a structural component which is plain on its top and contains grid like system on its bottom surface.

The top of ribbed slab is normally thin and the bottom grid lines are generally ribs which are laid perpendicular to each other with equal depth.

Glass Fin

Glass fins utilize a glass fin set perpendicular to the glass pane at each vertical line of the glass grid.

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02 SHELTER FOR ANIMALS Instructor: Xiaonuan Sun Site: Amazon Rainforest, South America Individual Project 2018 Competition

The Amazon rainforest—home to one in 10 species on Earth—is on fire. As of August, 9,000 wildfires were raging simultaneously across the vast rainforest of Brazil and spreading into Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru. The blazes, largely set intentionally to clear land for cattle ranching, farming, and logging, have been exacerbated by the dry season.

Animals native to the Amazon are not adapted to cope with such blazes. Many of the animals that inhabit the rainforest have not evolved with fire in their evolutionary backdrop. The fires could put pressure on species that are already endangered, such as the white-cheeked spider monkey, Milton's titi monkey and Mura's saddleback tamarin. As hollow standing trees burn, the mammal and bird species that nest in their cavities are displaced, with nowhere to go. There will be so many organisms that just can't get out of harm's way, or that are caught up in the smoke and the flames. Whether or not an animal can escape depends on the unique traits of each species. Those that are more mobile will do better in the short-term, such as large cats, capybaras, birds of prey.

But in the long-term, even the more agile species will suffer when species lower down the food chain disperse or perish. One example is the jaguar, which preys on a range of animals from capybaras to aquatic organisms, according to the WWF. All of those are at risk of habitat loss due to the fires, threatening the jaguar's food supply. The jaguar is losing a lot of its habitat, blaming the expansion of the agricultural frontier. Man-made fires can be difficult to stop because fire is a traditional part of tropical agriculture to clean agricultural land, grazing land.

In 2014, when Brazil's Environment Ministry updated the Official National List of Endangered species, it estimated that 1,173 animal species were threatened, 318 critically endangered, 406 in danger, and 448 vulnerable. The ministry also said that one of the main threats to was habitat loss due to agricultural expansion.

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Amazon Rainforest Brazil’s Amazon basin is home to the largest tropical forest in the world, and a wealth of animal species - from insects to giant cats. The forest’s carbon store is vital to the process of slowing down the pace of global warming, as trees pull in more carbon dioxide than they put back into the atmosphere, according to a study undertaken by NASA in 2014.

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Amazon Fires Brazil’s Amazon basin is home to the largest tropical forest in the world, and a wealth of animal species - from insects to giant cats.The forest’s carbon store is vital to the process of slowing down the pace of global warming, as trees pull in more carbon dioxide than they put back into the atmosphere, according to a study undertaken by NASA in 2014.

Fires' aftermath for Species For the thousands of mammal, reptile, amphibian, and bird species that live in the Amazon, the wildfires’ impact will come in two phases: one immediate, one long-term. Generally, in the midst of wildfire, animals have very few choices. A lot of animals will die, from flames, heat from the flames, or smoke inhalation.

CONCEPT

rainforest before fire

rainforest caught fire

fire-proof shelter

SPECIES IN THE AMAZON AREA

Birds weight: 1-6kg height: 30-100cm

crowned eagle

Cuban Amazon

Mammals weight: 5-100kg height: 30-90cm

white-cheeked spider monkey

jaguar

giant Armadillo

Amphibians weight: 0.03kg height: 5cm

poison dart frog

leaf cutter ants

Insects weight: 0.07-0.1kg length: 0.1-11cm

Rhinoceros Beetle

Flannel Moth Caterpillar

Barber Bees

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JOINT DETAILS

bearings

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alterable frame

Joints are specialized to make the shelter moveable.

CONCEPT

MOVEABLE SHELTER

1. The shelter could be folded for the helicopter to move it easily.

2. After being transported to the site on fire, the shelter would be strethed up.

3. Finally, the shelter stands up and protects animals from fire.

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SECTION

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25th floor perspective drawingfl

15th floor perspective drawingfl

5th floor perspective drawingfl

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VIEW FROM GR

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ROUND FLOOR

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03 SPACE UNDER THE OVERPASS Instructor: Xiaonuan Sun Site: Changning District, Shanghai Individual Project 2018

This is an urban renewal project located in Shanghai. The site is surrounded by office buildings, housing estates and a metro station. As the intermediate space, it should attract lots of people.

However, the influx of people makes this space under the overpass crowded with vehicles. Also, the problem of the space under the overpass was common.

Actually, the overpass is to improve the modern urban traffic and evacuate the traffic pressure.

It implements different direction and speed of the vehicle, reducing the interference to improve transportation efficiency. Therefore, the overpass has played an important and positive role. But like many technologies, the flip side of overpass has been revealed. It would be illustrated in the following pages.

Considering these negative effects on the people nearby, I decide to reorganize the space under the overpass. Since there are various kinds of demands, I believe a changeable space would perform well. Here I introduce a self-assembly unit, tetrahedron constituted by four equilateral triangles. The unit is driven by the main triangle with control and servos on it so that it could move and interact with each other. The idea comes from origami. I imitate the way that paper folds and design a unit able to connect with others.

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25 The height of overpass and distance of surrounded buildings contribute to bad sunlight under the overpass.

LACK OF SUNLIGHT

Too many cars stop pedestrians from entering the sapce.

CAR PARKING

A lack of regulations from government also leads to the concentration of vagrants under the overpass. Their living environments destroy the original landscape.

VAGRANTS GATHER

Normally, there is no decoration under the overpass. Therefore, the exposed concrete build a bad space.

EXPOSED CONCRETE

The space under the overpass used to be neglected by local authority. So, few cleaners are assigned to clean these spaces.

FULL OF TRASH

isolation displacement

The negative impacts of the space under the overpass include its low quality, being occupied by cars and trash.

Mostly, there are two adopted ways to deal with it. One is to isolate the space and stop people from entering.

Another is to demolish the overpass and build a tunnel. However, above two are proved to be time-consuming and money-consuming. So, I propose a new method to tackle it.

ANALYSIS OF EXISTING PROBLEMS

Shanghai

Changning District

The site is in Changning District, Shanghai. It's close to a tranport centre, Zhongshan Park Station. Therefore, there is a large number of people using or passing the space under the overpass. To serve them better, I analyze users and their potential activities.

ANALYSIS OF USERS A1

Cleaners

Passengers

The stie is surrounded by residential areas.

Peddlers serve breastfase and other fast food.

There are some office buildings nearby.

Clerks

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square dance playing bastetball

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exhibition outdoor movie

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rest

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fast food

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selling fast food/breakfast preparing fast food/breakfast

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rest

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sitting

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having meals

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meeting temporary work

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rest

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sitting cleaning

D1 There are lots of cleaners in this area.

Peddlers

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A subway station nearby leads to the flux of passengers.

Residents

exercise

on duty

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storing tools communication

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sitting

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rest

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passing

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sitting parking

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ORIGAMI

The prototype of the unit comes from origami. I compare three types of folded paper with different shapes. Through this analysis, I conclude that the rectangular unit is hard to be connected to another one. Hence, the other two triangular ones are more suitable according to my requirements. They are better geometries and easy to be assembled.

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CONCEPT

The way that one unit interact The basic unit is a triangle. Three with another is rotation. units become a bigger geometry.

The geometry constituted by triangles could be various. Deciding which one is better is shown below.

ANALYSIS OF UNFOLDED PATTERNS axis

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control F

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control

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I compare different unfolded patterns, taking the force that main board carries as the criteria. The analysis is about the patterns with two or three boards.

After the comparison, I find that the left bottom pattern is the efficient way.

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STRUCTURE OF THE UNIT engagement axes servo motor

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The basic unit is driven by servo motors on three sides. They are controlled by arduino board. As is shown in former diagram, the movement between units is rotation.

Therefore, the rotational parts are set at the edge. They are composed of the transmission, pivot&wheel and pivot insert. Through this way, two single units could be connected and separated.

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PROTOTYPE

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ANALYSIS OF ACTIVITIES Leisure

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chat

outdoor movie

clean

meeting

skateboard

walk

eat

market

Work

breakfast vendor

work

Exercise

square dance

play basketball

Others

exhibition

pass

According to the analysis of users, I conclude some typical activities of these users. They are categorised into four types, leisure, work, exercise and others. All these activities correspond to the users’ behaviours. Hence, when I decide the forms that different units connect, they are based on the requirements of users.

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RENDERING IMAGE The unit moves by the rotation of the board. Furthermore, the interaction between two units are illustrated in the following images. When they are in a level, two units are connected by the electromagnet on the board. When they have altitude differences, the upper unit is raised by the lower one.

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Six units form an alterable chair which could hold up to 3 people

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The temporary dining table & chair are composed of previous two products.

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04 URBAN FARM Instructor: Xiaonuan Sun Site: Wuhan, China Groupwork: Lin Zhou, Yunen Li 2017

Wuhan City is located in the east of Jianghan Plain, where the middle reaches of the Yangtze River meets the Yangtze River and Han River. It is a humid subtropical monsoon climate with abundant rainfall, abundant sunshine and four distinct seasons. In summer, the temperature is high, the precipitation is concentrated, and the winter is slightly cooler and moister.

The site, Hanyang iron works, is located in Wuhan. As the center of iron and steel industry in China during the past 60 years, it now faces a big challenge. Due to the industrial transformation and deindustrialization, local authority puts emphasis on tertiary industry. Therefore, Hanyang iron works declines. Under this background, we wish to help transform the factory and bring it back to booming Wuhan.

According to our study, top three places in the tourist expectations are the pastoral scenery of the farm's original ecology, participation experience, and security guarantees. In addition, leisure agricultural tourists are also more sensitive to the farm's convenient transportation, tourism consumer prices, dining accommodation, shopping environment. Hence, we start from the idea of urban farm as the transformation of the old factory. It is not only the primary industry, but also contains sevice industry. In other words, we want to provide a place for experiential consumption, using farm as a theme.

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SITE ANALYSIS

Hanyang iron works is close to the moutain and river, along the railway .Hanyang iron works is divided into five functional areas: iron-making area, steelmaking area, steel rolling area, cargo yard and living area.The five functional areas are distributed along both sides of the central landscape axis of the factory.

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residence

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FARM CONCEPT

USERS white co

Bringing our child to an interesting place at weekends is important. It is meanful and educational for children to experience growing plants in a farm.

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It would be healthier to grow vegetable by myself. Pocket farm at home is luxury to a normal flat. I wish to have a public space .

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HISTORY

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SITE PLAN

DESIGN STRATEGY

1. deciding the main axis

2. dividing the site into three parts according to function

3. designing the public spaces along the axis

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ISOMETRIC ANALYSIS

farm

waterscape

pavement square

bus stop parking

storing

hotel

food processing

rear services

food market

preserved building

preserved building

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VIEWS FROM THE STREET

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LANDSCAPE

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FOOD PROCESSING

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GRASS SWALE 1. fine stone 2. soil mix 3. concrete sand 4. aggregate 5. gravel 6. earth 7. filter fabric 8. native soil

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RESUME

EDUCATION 2014- Wuhan University (WHU), Wuhan, China 2019 Bachelor of Architecture, GPA: 3.3/4.0 2018- University of Dundee(UoD), Dundee, U.K. 2019 Joint Academic Programme: BA in Architectural Studies 2019- University of Dundee(UoD), Dundee, U.K. 2020 Master of Architecture

BIN SONG

INTERNSHIP 2017

UAE, Shanghai, China (4 weeks) Full-time Intern, responsible for modelling related works by applying SketchUp.

EXPERIENCE Address: Room 201, No.17 Xiuwen Road, Minhang District, Shanghai

2015- Student Union of WHU 2018 Deputy Head Held by WHU 2015

Phone: + 86 15927535805

The 21st Translation Contest of Hubei 3rd Prize Held by Translators Association of Hubei

2017

Simulation Union 3rd Prize Held by WHU

Email: songb796@outlook.com

2018

Digital Architecture Workshop Individual project Held by WHU

2018

Under-bridge Renewal Pilot Project at Kaixuan Road Finalist Awarded by Shanghai Urban Public Space Design

SCHOLARSHIP 2015

Academic Excellence Scholarship 3rd Prize, awarded by WHU

2019- Global Excellence Scholarship 2020 Awarded by UoD

SKILL Photoshop

Autuocad

Vray

Illustrator

Rhino

Grasshopper

Revit 45

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