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Education 2016-2018 School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia Major: Architecture Degree: M.Arch

Name: Qin Yin Email: yinqin19935@gmail.com TEL: 7786330520

Skills

Language English(Fluent) Chinese(Native)

Revit Rhino Grasshopper Autocad Vary Photoshop Sketchup Indesign Illustrator Vedio studio Lumion

2011-2016 College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, China Major: Architecture Degree: B.Arch

Working Experience (4 months in total): Intern, Studio of Lixinggang, China Architecture Design & Research Group(three months) July-October, 2015 (The principal Lixinggang is one of China's most famous architects) Made sketchup model for a hotel and drew its construction draw i ings. Visited two construction sites ant made a research about Works done b by Bawa. Intern, Zhejiang University Architecture Design & Research Group(one month) Sep-October, 2014 Drew cad about construction drawings for a new school project. I Mai was mainly responsible for drawing details of walls.

Research Experience Student Research Training Program April, 2013-April, 2014 Project: The energy-saving technologies of traditional residential architecture in south area of the Yangtze River Mentor : Ge Jian(Professor) Partner: He Jingwen Collected statistic data of humiture changes of certain traditional resid rential architectures and analyzed these data to give reasonable guess guess.

Competition Experience 2017 UIA-HYP CUP 2017 International Student Competition in Architecture Design theme: Transformation and Reconquest 2014 TEAMZERO Award Architecture Student Design Competition Designed micro community centers and a the urban network formed b by these centers in Hangzhou

Awards 2012, National Endeavor Fellowship (Top 3% ), Ministry of Education, China 2013, Second Prize of Student Construction Activity, Department of Architecture, Zhejiang University 2014, Award for Aerospace Knowledge Contest, Zhejiang University 2012, Award for Knowledge Contest of Quality Development in ZJU, Yunfeng College, Zhejiang University 2014, Excellent Student Assistant, Financial Aid Department, Zhejiang University 2012, Honor of Excellent Report About Rural Research, PPAA, Zhejiang University

Influx

Between ‘Inside’ and ‘Outside’

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Urban Complex of Cultural and Creative Industry

Interactive Interface Maker’s Lab -page 22-

Back to School

Community Sports Center

Herland

The Fashion Library -page 34-

Folding 2.0

Vancouver School Renovation

Design Build-Kayak Container

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Influx

Urban Complex of Cultural and Creative Industry Personal Academic Work 2014

Urban complex is a collection of diverse buildings of different functions, which also serves different groups of users. To stimulate the vitality of the creative culture industry, I started from considering the circulation organization and aimed at making people converge at a junction. I divided the complex into several units of different directions and combined them through crossing and overlapping. These space can guide people in different directions and gather them in the atrium, which promotes interaction between people and improves commercial vitality as a result.

Concept: Influx

Concept: Influx Users

Users

Visitors

Students

Various Directions

Staffs

The site is Customers Located in a business center of Hangzhou and close to West Lake, Hangzhou, China. Around the site, there are many important commercial zones and some residential communities of high density, which can influence the flows of people of the area. It indicates that a Staffs number of people can enter this site from all directions.

Large Restaurants Bookstore

Exhibition Rooms Storages Staff Offices

Area

Exibition Area

Soho Exhibition Rooms Factories Storages Training Rooms Staff Offices Multifunctional Hall

Customers

Commercial Area Residential Area

Small shops

Commercial Large Commercial Space Area Restaurants Commercial Bookstore Commercial Space

Employees

Students

Function

Small shops

Visitors

Employees

Function

Innovation

Exibition Center Area

Public Service

Reference Rooms

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Multifunctional Hall

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Commercial Mansion

Architectural Complex

Street Plaza

Exhibition Shopping

Commercial Mansion

Shopping

Old Residential Area Storage Public Service Food

Commercial Mansion

Business Incubators

Shopping Mall

Commercial Buildings MAIN ROAD 5

Noisy Quiet

Function Zoning

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Business Incubators

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In the site, the north part is sided with an urban arterial road and a busy commercial street while the south part is at the back of an old theater and faced with a group of residential buildings. Obviously, the south part is quieter than the north part, which is suitable for offices. To provide quiet environment for stuffs incubators, I put all the offices in the north part.

Atrium At the junction point of diverse directions, I set a huge four storey atrium with large skylight, which is also used as the core of traffic space. Different flows of people will influx at the atrium, passing by, stopping or resting there, creating more possibility for communication and interaction. At a result, this atrium can stimulate the vitality of the commercial, exhibition and public space.

Exhibition Area

Bus ines s St ree t

Incubator Oﬃces

Commercial exhibition area is located at both sides of the atrium, having a separated entrance but providing diverse ﬂows. It connects commercial area through the atrium, guiding visitors in consumption behavior after seeing exhibitions.

Commercial Area

Incubator Oﬃces

East of this site, there is a long business street where many customers go shopping everyday. Faced towards this direction, the commercial area will be visited by more citizens. It also guides customers to the atrium where they can ﬁnd exhibition space and may visit it.

Restaurants

Public Service Area

Stre et

Main public service space are located around the atrium, guiding people influx there. The restaurants are on the first floor, faced with a street, from which they can be easily noticed by people. As restaurants are below the incubators, it is convenient for staffs to have meals.

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Forth Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

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Between ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ Community Sports Center Personal Academic Work Instructor: Tao Lin 2015

Because of an unequal development , there is a urban village in the center of Hangzhou, which is desperately lacking in green space compared with bulidings around it. This design is to provide a sports center with green roof, to enhance the connection among park, green land and building.The building does not only provide people good inner place for sports, but also allow people play and relax in the outer space. People can walk from the green land to the roof. During walking on the roof, they can enjoy watching others playing sports in the room, creating an interaction between people in interior place and exterior place.

The Poor

The Rich

people: Ordinary Residents Building type : Urban Village people : Villagers Building type : Urban Village people : Villagers

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Community Sports Center

There is a park next to the site. I set the public greenbelt close to it, combining those two green area to make a larger place for people to rest

Deserted Park

Building type : Office building people :white-collar employees

Building type : Apartments Building type : people: Ordinary Residents

Bank people : bank staffs

: Urban Village Villagers

Building type : Office building people :white-collar employee

Building type : Urban urban Village Site analysis: village lacks greenland Building type : Office building

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people :white-collar employees

FORM GENERATION

people : Building type : Villagers Apartments people: Ordinary Residents

Building type : Apartments people :Ordinary Residents

Located in Xihu District, Hangzhou, the site is in seriouslyBuilding imbalanced type : Villa District To extend the greenbelt, I make the building as a slope which development due to the rapid urbanization process like manypeople other cities : Rich Residents could be covered by grass and plants. in China. There is a large stretch of old urban villages around by highend office buildings, rich departments and even Villa District. These new typewell : Office buildings were Building designed andbuilding equipped with enough green land. But people :white-collar employees the living environment of urban village area is Building awful, especially lacking in type : Apartments people :Ordinary Residents green space for rest. Circle I aim at providing more public greenbelt for all the people, especially for the poor. I designed the community sports center with a large green roof, not only increase the area of green land, but also allow people to Building typewhich : Villa District sports activities. people : watch Rich Residents

Dig a courtyard in the center, making the path as a circle

Site Rotate analysis: urban village lacks greenland

Site analysis: urban village lacks greenland Located in Xihu District, Hangzhou, the site is in seriously imbalanced development due to the rapid urbanization process like many other cities in China. There is a large strech of old urban villages around by high-end office buildings, rich departments and even Villa District. These new buidlings were designed well and equiped with enough greenland. But the living environment of urban village area is awful, especially lacking in green space for rest. So I aim at providing more public greenbelt for all the people, especially for the poor. I designed the community sports center with a large green roof.

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Third Floor

Outdoor

Staples Center

Indoor

Pingpang Hall Squash Court

Roof

Second Floor

Entrance for Getting

Basketball Court Office

Entrance for Getting Entrance for Getting Badminton Skylight Court & Courtyard

First Floor Badminton Court Martial Arts Room Climbing Area

Skylight

Ramp Bar Vedio Room Entrance Hall Bicycle Parking

Swimming Pool Courtyard

Table Tennis Hall & Roof

Stands for Basketball

Facade Staples Center &Roof

Courtyard

Entrance Hall & Sink Plaza East Sunshade

Bar& Sink Plaza

West Sunshade

Sand Box

Glass Sink Plaza

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Second Floor Basketball Court Oﬃce

First Floor

Semi-Open Baketball Court &

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Swimming Pool Courtyard

Staples Center

Courtyard Sand Box

Sink Plaza

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Basketball Court & Roof

Staples Center & Roof

Climbing Area & Courtyard

Badminton Court & Roof

Entrance & Sinking Plaza

Corridor & Swimming Pool

Connection between Inner Space and Outer Space In the building, there is a close connection between inner space and outer space. People in the room can easily get to the outer space, like a courtyard, sunken plaza, sand box, swimming pool and green roof, getting close to nature.

Table Tennis Hall & Roof

Bar & Sinking Plaza

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game Room & Sand Box

At the same time, the design is aimed at creating an open sports center where the rich and the poor can promote their communication with each other. During walking on the roof, people have the chance to view others playing different kinds of sports, such as basketball, badminton and table tennis. It provides them a lot fun and makes them stop and rest on the roof.

Walking On The Roof

The design is aimed at creating an open sports center where the rich and the poor can promote their communication with each other. During walking on the roof, people have the chance to view others playing kinds of sports, such as basketball, badminton and table tennis. It provides them a lot fun and makes them stop and rest on the roof. Walking Ondiﬀerent The Roof The design is aimed at creating an open sports center where the rich and the poor can promote their communication with each other. During walking on the roof, people have the chance to view others playing diﬀerent kinds of sports, such as basketball, badminton and table tennis. It provides them a lot fun and makes them stop and rest on the roof.

Walking On The Roof

Look, they are climbing at such Look, they are a height climbing at such aLook, height they are climbing at such a height

Some people are playing Pingpang! Some people are playing Pingpang! Some people are playing Pingpang!

I can also do it ！ I can also do it ！ I can also do it ！

We should also bring our badminton rackets We should also bring our badminton rackets We should also bring our badminton rackets

Their dance is beautiful Their dance is beautiful Their dance is beautiful

Cool, they are swimming! My boyfriend is playing the basketball match My boyfriend is playing the basketball match My boyfriend is playing the basketball match

Cool, they are swimming! Cool, they are swimming!

Wo, there is a cute boy learning swiming Wo, there is a cute boy learning swiming Wo, there is a cute boy learning swiming

South-east View

Interactive Interface Maker’s Lab

Personal Academic Work Instructor: AnnaLisa Meyboom 2017 LaSalle College of Vancouver is seeking to expand its school space for providing students with a maker lab, where there will be sharing classrooms, a robot room, wood workshop, a metal room and other space. Offering students sharing space, the maker lab should be designed with a goal of improving their collaboration and communication among students from different majors. The site for the new building is located at the parking lot besides the old building. In order to keep a close connection between the old part and new part, the project’s form is proposed to extend from the old part. As a result, students can reach to every room without walking at outdoor space. Recognizing the school’s need for green space that allows students to have fun and get close to nature, the project responded by designing a small hill besides the new building, which can also block the view of parking cars. The stacking wood structure is designed to create curved interfaces that allow students interact with walls.

1 Problem Analysis 1 Lacking green space 2 The old building is very compact, lacking open space

2 Extension The new building is an extension of old building

3 Landscape A small hill is created on the site to block the view of parking cars as well as providing green space for students

4 Soil Balance To keep the soil balance on the site, the building is partly semi-underground

Connection between ‘Old’ and ‘New‘ The old building has a compact layout with a loop circulation. The coffee shop is the most active space, located at the southwest corner. Thus the coffee area becomes the bridging space connecting the old and new areas. The new part starts from the coffee area and extends along the main street, bringing the street new active interface.

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Structure The concept of structure system is translating column to be ‘column space‘, where people have activities inside it. To interact with both the exterior and interior space, the ‘column space’ is twisted to be curved faces. Every ‘column space‘ is made from stacking wood units. For the whole building, the structure system consists of eight ‘column space’ and grid beam roof as well as several necessary ordinary columns.

Public Sharing Space 29

Green Roof Natural The green roof can improve Daylight stormwater

Natural Daylight The double roof is designed for capture natrual daylight as well as filtering it to be soft light when it gets into the inner space.

management by reducing runoff and The double roof is designed for improving water quality. natrual daylight as well as filter soft light when it gets into the i

Fresh air

Landscape The new added landscape will help the stormwater management and flood control on the site.

Summer Summer

Landscape Stack Ventilation The upper air is heated by the sun, so that it improvess the air movement and enhance the stacking ventilation effect

The new added landscape will help the stormwater management and flood control Cross Ventilation on the site. The upper air is heated by the sun, so that it improvess the air movement and enhance athe stacking ventilation effect

Summer

Winter ventilation stategy is focused on heat recycling. The sun can heat the air through glazing. At the same time, the louvers angle is changed to allow more light in.

Winter

Sustainable Design Strategies

Winter Winter

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Cross Ventilation Fresh air

Greenhouse The plants in the greenhouse can cool the air in summer

Winter ventilation stategy is focused on heat recycling. The sun can heat the air through glazing. At the same time, the louvers angle is changed to allow more light in.

Landscape Strategies 1

2 3

1 Street Corridor 2 Slope Courtyard 3 Hill

Considering the need for green space, the project proposes multiple strategies which combines landscape with architecture. Firstly, a green roof is designed to provide insulation and absorb rainwater. Some plants will hang from the roof and form a green screen as a street facade. The green screen helps to filter sunlight from south and create a comfortable street corridor. Secondly, a slope courtyard is located at the west side of the building, becoming a natural entrance for the basement floor. Thirdly, the small hill behind the new building create a natural system with soil, grass and trees. Students can enjoy the beautiful natural scenery while sitting on the wood structure.

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The Fashion Library Graduate Thesis Instructor: Leslie Van Duzer 2018

“me”

“I”

Role Social limitRole for women limit for women Social RoleSocial limit for women Impulsive Unorganized

Socialized

schoolgirl

schoolgirl schoolgirl

Schoolgirl

There is an interweaving relationship among fashion, personality and architecture. The clothing is a visual statement of people’s personalities, revealing their inner world. However, people do not always express their true personalities or wear what they are really into. Because human beings are social beings, ever yone acts as a certain social role to obey social rules and ‘hide’ his or her true personalities. Mead (1934) believed that self can be divided into two par ts: the “me“ and the “ I“. The “I” is the active component that allows human to active impulsively in an unorganized way while the “me” is tr ying to control the “I” in the social roles. The duality can be reflected in our clothing behaviors. Deep in our hear ts, we sometimes want to dress up in ‘strange’ and ‘different’ styles driven by the “I”. However, the “me” suppresses our impulses and controls the self to behave in an appropriate way to meet social requirements.

mother, wife mother, wifemother, wife

Mother

grandmother grandmother grandmother

Grandmother

Although China is becoming more open and tolerant now, Chinese women are still limited by their social roles at different ages. For example, a schoolgirl is defined to be ‘sweet, innocent, pure’ in the society, and they are required to focus on academics. Thus, personalized clothes are not allowed for students in junior or high schools. Some schools are even strict with students’ hair length.They make a rule that schoolgirls can’t keep long hair or dye their hair. When women become mothers, the society limits them to be ‘mature’ rather than to be girlish or sexy. Women are also viewed as roles that should contribute themselves to their families. As for old ladies, they are defined as ‘grandmothers’ rather than modern or fashionable ladies. The fashion librar y is pro posed to provide a friendly, private and comfor table environment for women to borrow clothes and have special experience of dressing up in any style which expresses their true personalities inside this building. Like a librar y is invented for all humans to have free access to knowledge, this ‘fashion librar y’ is designed with a mission to allow all women ranging from the poor to the rich to own, share and express beauty. The librar y will work according to sharing economy principles, which weaken the ownership and emphasize the access.

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Site

The Forbidden City

Second Ring Third Ring

For th Ring

Fifth Ring

Beijing, China

A Collage of A Sequence of Spaces

Spatial Concept

Design Strategies

The project is proposed to be a fashion library which provide a friendly, private and comfortable environment for women to borrow clothes and have special experience of dressing up in any style which expresses their true personalities inside of this building. Like a library is invented for all humans to have free access to knowledge, this ‘fashion library’ is designed with a mission to allow all women ranging from the poor to the rich to own, share and express beauty. In the building, women will have a sequence experience. The bath comes at first, which indicates that women are saying goodbye their limited social roles and redefining themselves according to their true desire and personalities. Then they step into an area full of clothes closet arranged like on old classic library where they can pick up clothes freely. After that, they go through change room, bags’ room, shoes’ room, accessories’ room, hair salon with wigs and make up room to totally dress up and change their style into a special one. The room of mirrors provide them space to appreciate themselves and the photography room allow them to record their beauty. At the end, which is also the star point of the building, the front desk help people to borrow clothes out or return them to the library. The cleaning and maintenance service will be provided as backup.

In this project,Women are expected to experience a progression process both on appearance and their mind.They change from a limited social sole to a true self who can wear what they like and express themselves to others. Thus the design concept is using sequent spatial experience to strengthen this progression process. It consists 2 strategies: 1 multiple repetitive thick walls clearly define the order of spaces of different programs. 2 To correspond to and strengthen the progression process, the Landscape works as the medium space between different programs to reinforce the ritual sense of shifting from one type of space to another.

Service Space Fig. 6.3

Thick Wall Thick Wall

Landscape Courtyard

The thick wall idea was developed based on Louis Kahn’s architecture language: service space. Louis Kahn was known for his interest in Scottish Castles, by which he elaborated the distinction between ‘served’ and ‘servant spaces’. So the thick wall in my building can be service space, such as staircases, washroom, change room, corridor. The Landscape design refers to the traditional Beijing courtyard house.The courtyard can build important space order. Based on two strategies, I got the space prototype.

Space Prototype Spacial Prototype

Step 1: Locate Major Programs on Site Step1: Locate Major Programs on Site

Step 6: Interactive Space Step6: Interactive Space

Public Space

Selifie Studio

Beauty Salon

Bathhouse

Clothing Library

Public Space

Selifie Studio

Clothing Library

Beauty Salon

Bathhouse

Supporting Space

Step 2: Courtyard Dividing Space Step2: Courtyard Dividing Space

Step 7: Courtyard/Indoor Gardens Step7: Courtyard/Indoor Gardens

Step 3: Locate Thick Bars on Site Step3: Locate Thick Bars on Site

Step 8: Set Volume Step8: Set Volume

Step 4: Water as Building Boundary Step4: Water as Building Boundary

Step 5: Landscaped Thoroughfare Step5: Landscaped Thoroghfare

Step 9: Add Connection Step9: Add Connection

Step 10: Add Connection Step10: Add Roofs

Building Form Logic

The Spatial Prototype

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Headquater

1 Reception 2 Office 3 Change Room 30 Shower 17 Waiting Lounge

Bathhouse

4 Thermal Bath 5 Hair Dry 6 Individual Bath

Library

7 Lounge 8 Library: Color 9 Library: Style 10 Library: Material 12 Wigs

Public

13 Tea Kitchen 14 Bar Kitchen 15 Restaurant Kitchen 16 Coffee Kitchen

Landscape

18 Courtyard 19 Pool

First Floor Plan

Headquater 2 Office 20 Childcare

Bathhouse

6 Individual Bath

Library

7 Lounge 8 Library: Color 9 Library: Style 10 Library: Material 18 Selfie Studio 21 Nail Beauty 22 Hair Salon

Public

23 Reading Room 24 Flower Workshop 25 Painting Workshop

Second Floor Plan

Section 1-1 1 Reception 2 Office 3 Change Room 30 Shower 17 Waiting Lounge 20 Childcare 29 Machine Room

Section A-A 2 Office 3 Change Room 4 Thermal Bath 5 Hair Dry 26 Laundry

Section B-B 2 Office 3 Change Room 7 Lounge 8 Library: Color 9 Library: Style 10 Library: Material 27 Storage

Section C-C 2 Office 11 Make-up 12 Wigs 20 Childcare 21 Nail 22 Hair Salon 28 Parking

Section D-D 1 Reception 18 Selfie Studio 20 Childcare 28 Parking 29 Machine Room

44 Section E-E

13 Tea Kitchen 14 Bar Kitchen 15 Restaurant Kitchen 16 Coffee Kitchen 17 Waiting Lounge 23 Reading Room 24 Flower Workshop 25 Painting Workshop 28 Parking

The Stor y

May, 35 Mother, Math Teacher

The woman is named May. She is 35. As a mother and a math teacher, she always dresses in a conser vative way. Her clothes are always in dark color. But in her hear t, she loves dressing in a colorful bright way.

SITE

After walking through 2 cour tyards, she comes to the librar y reception, the waiting area is located besides the entrance hall, with seats located at circular steps on ground.

With the help of librar y stuff, her kid is taken to the second floor, where there is a childcare room.

After changing clothes and taking a simple shower. She star ts her journey in a bathrobe. Before reaching the bathhouse, she has to walk through a water cour tyard. The shallow water wets her feet. And from there, she can look though all cour tyards again and she sees others coming into the building

The bathhouse consists of 3 grand hot tubs between concrete walls. Between them, the bamboo cur tain is hanged from the wood roof, filtering the sunlight. The clerestories allow the concrete walls be softly lighten up. Many women are enjoying their time in the hot tub.

May feels a little bit shy, and she goes to the individual private baths, which are located behind the concrete wall. 49

After dr ying her hair, she walks to a lounge where there is a big round window on the wood wall. Looking through the window, she looks at the outdoor water pool. The calm water surface reflects the sunlight.

Now she comes into the librar y, which consists of 3 types: the color librar y, the style librar y, the material librar y. The color librar y is 10 meter by 10 meter wide and with 3-floorheight. A circular ramp goes inside. All clothes are hang to display to women and they can choose their loved ones by phone.

Then the clothes will be delivered to the change rooms automatically by a mechanical system. The material librar y includes multiple areas displaying clothes in different types of materials. May is standing at the central one, where a number of clothes are made from newest materials, some clothes are even made by the 3d printer.

May dresses herself in a bright pink color. Before reaching to another type of space, she passes by a cour tyard. Some women have fun in the cour tyard, dressing in the way they like.

May gets into the beauty salon. The first floor is for women to make-up while the second floor is designed for the nail beauty.

A cour tyard lays between the make-up room and wigs area. Attracted by a big old brown water vat, May walks into the cour tyard. She finds that a rain chain drops from the roof to the water vat, so that the water on roof can be transpor ted downward and collected in the vat.

The selfie studio is a cube room with double-height. She walks from the stair and stops there as she finds a man is looking at her. Her hear t beat speeds up because she wears in a different way and feels ner vous to be looked at for a long time. But after a hesitation time, she eventually finds that the box is single mirrored.

She can look though the box and see people outside. However, the man is only looking at himself. So may can take selfies in a private space, but she feels she’s taking photos in front of others. It’s a risky game, but it’s fun and placable to challenge women’s braveness and it encourages them to be more confident about themselves.

After taking many selfies, she walks towards a reading room and once again passes by a courtyard. She feels happy to be close to the tree leaves in an armâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distance outside the window.

She stays at the corridor of second floor for half an hour reading her favorite novel. Now, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watching people on the first floor. The first floor allows the public in and she finds those woman wearing dresses they like and feel free to meet with the public.

She feels encouraged by them. Thus She phones her friends to come to this interesting place for an afternoon tea. Now, she feels confident in her new look and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid to show herself to others.

After finishing the tea, May goes back to take her kid and take back her clothes in the lockerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room. She walks through a courtyard. She also decides to borrow those colorful clothes into her real life.

Back to School Team Competition Work Team Member: Kaiyue Liao Instructor: Bill Pechet 2017 This project is focused on the issue that schools in East Vancouver are going to be closed. Due to demographic shifts, high housing prices and sub-standard education, families are driven to move and/ or seek other schools to educate their children. As a result, these schools are faced with closure problem as a serious lack of students. These schools provide the most extremely important public space for surrounding communities. Their closure not only results in the loss of educational resources, but also means a lost community hub. This project proposes to preserve schools and their green space by re-purposing them as all-age community labs. Part of traditional education space in every school is maintained and they are also adding unique and specialized programs. The design slightly transforms those schools for multiple uses and adds a structure at every site to display the new program in the school. As new community landmarks, these towering structures can form a community network through visual connection both to the local communities and between each other. New community labs not only preserve and activate community public space they also would enhance the educational atmosphere. When the education quality improves and becomes better than that of other areas, parents will bring their kids back to the East Vancouver and these community labs can return to be schools forming several cycles of reconstitution of community space in the city.

As the diagram shows, the education quality of east Vancouver is lower than other areas. Schools in this area is faced with closure problem. The project is proposed to transform these schools into community labs for people of all ages. When the education quality improves, parents will bring their kids back to the East Vancouver and these community labs can return to be schools forming several cycles of reconstitution of community space in the city. The transformation of all 12 schools will be a long process. This project envisions 6 schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; transformation designs. East Vancouver is a gathering place for immigrants of working class and aboriginal people. Many artists and professionals also now dwell in this area. Based on its local culture and industry as well as those unique school programs, the design selects 6 additional programs: (1)Music & Instruments, (2)Aboriginal Culture & Art, (3)Woodworking, (4)Recycling waste electronic into small invention, (5)Robotics, and (6)Ceramic Art.

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For the additional program that is focused on “Music and Instruments”, the Landmark is made of multiple pipes which can make a sound. Between the building and the playground, a new outdoor semi-circular stage is shaped by those pipes. While walking through them, people can drag the metal ball in the pipe to produce music.

For the additional program that is focused on “Recycling waste electronic into small inventions”, (including DIY racing toy cars), the landmark is inspired by the fourwheel drive track. The environment is designed as a new children play’s area with large racing toy car tracks and spiral slides, located at the old children’s bunker.

For the additional program that is focused on “Aboriginal Culture and Art”, the landmark is inspired by their traditional tree carving art. In the park where the school is located, a series of stumps stand around the tree from lowest to highest, with a security rope net in the center for climbing children. The landmark thus become a park center for walking, relaxing, viewing and entertaining.

For the additional program that is focused on “Woodworking”, the landmark is inspired from the stacking of timbers. In a same stacking way, a viewing structure is designed in the center of the new platform (also works as the main stand). It also connects the exterior space vertically as well as the roof.

For the additional program that is focused on “Robotics”, the landmark is inspired from student assembling robots. Besides the building and basketball court, a robot-arm-like structure is designed to enable people to manipulate the location of the lamp. It can illuminate the basketball court as well as attracting people to walk up to the roof.

For the additional program that is focused on “Ceramic Art”, the landmark is inspired by a traditional brick wall. In the entrance of new coffee shop, a consistent piece of wall is made from stacking bricks, which can display ceramic art crafts as well as guiding people walk along the wall and view the scenery. 65

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The transformation is aimed at making space open, flexible, public, through two approaches:1 “Opening up” interior space; 2 “Enriching” exterior space. Some partitions in classrooms of are selectively removed, leaving those space turning into wood workshop classrooms and public open space (coffee shop, kids’ area, reading area). Meanwhile, the original auditorium is transformed into wood processing workshop. The adding structure is added between the building and the playground, activating the interior and exterior space from three aspects: firstly, it works as the stand beside the playground, providing more comfortable gray space for watching community sports games; secondly, it acts as exhibition units for displaying the wood art crafts; lastly, as the platform, it connects the interior space and exterior space on the second floor. The landmark is located in the center, connecting the exterior space vertically as well as the roof.

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Folding 2.0 Design Build-Vessel Container Personal Academic Work 2017

Located at seaside of Gambier Island, Folding 2.0 is a wood structure designed for storing kayaks and life jackets for kids coming here in summer. Considered that they come from the sea side with salty sea water and other dirts, the project also provide them with stopwacks for cleaning their feet and hands.

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This project is called Folding 2.0 as it is developed from the first sculpture design idea.The concept is to use straight elements shape a curved space. A series of triangles are arranged in a liner sequence, with bottom vertexes following four straight lines and top vertexes following two space curves. Because the whole model is produced by grasshopper, every part can be controlled in the software, including its length, width and every pieceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s width.

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Every piece is different in shape and some of them have slope faces. It would be difficult and complexed to cut them manually. Thus they are designed to be cut with a robot. People just need to assemble those pieces and then a building is quickly constructed.

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Ancient Architecture Mapping Location: Cixi, Hujian The traditional house, Great Fun Chun, is a typical house built in Fujian China. Students were required to do surveys and draw all kinds of detailed plans, sections, elevations and unique patterns and nodes of the building. Drawings on this page are samples of my work.

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Design Media-Rhino Rhino Practice Work: 1 Modeling your house 2 Designing a Mediation Space