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Application for M.Arch I, Portfolio 2020-24
Wei Li_Raymond
Application for M.Arch I, Portfolio 2020-24
Wei Li_Raymond
ORDINARY DRIFT
In The Poetics of Space, Bachelard points that “If we have retained an element of ream in our memories,if we have one beyond merely assembling exact recollections, bit by bit the house that was lost in the mists of time will appear out of the shadow...It is as though something fluid had collected our memories and we ourselves were dissolved in this fluid of the past.”
For me, architecture is something ordinary drift or something else:
i. A true construction object; ii. A photograph of a building, and, iii. A descriptive dictionary word for "building". Between entity, image and concept, which is the essence of architecture?
- Without my tank, I am dying...
Imagine that from a fish's perspective, what exactly constitutes a fish tank?
Is the tank its sanctuary, and if so, what's the deal with the water inside?
Fish from a tank might as well vanish into thin air if they dare to escape their watery haven. Meanwhile, those lucky ponddwelling fish appear to swim through life without a care in the world. So, as a fish, what do they call home, what are their dwellings and is the water tank still be considered?
By analogy what are these human-made physical constructs we so refer to as 'buildings'?
Which is the real context, the fish tank or the pond?
CONTENTS
II. Soothing Kitchen and Scenes from Childhood, A Social Housing
III. Repetition and Recurrence, An Artist Studio
Another narrative IV. The Signifier and the Signified, A Community Center
The fluidity, uncertainty and ambiguity of place
A city block as a kitchen. V. Gathering and Dispersion, A Learning Art
- Without tank, I am still alive...
A Re-manifesto for Cyborge, A Camping Chamber
How to define "I", and how to approve the being
Individual work, 2023-24
Advisor: Jun Lu
Email: Jun Lu@nottingham.edu.cn
This project explores segregated spaces during epidemics as a way for discussing uncertainty, informality, hybridity and de-regularity, which is an attempt at an anti-essentialism and the paradox of life.
Rigid structures and formal objects are time-limited, while clouds, informal elements, and the human body are not. The body grows, reaches limits, and stops, exhibiting varied proportions in the head, legs, feet, and torso, each part following a unique growth trajectory
Order only gains meaning in relation to disorder, and exceptions serve to delineate the rule more distinctly. Offering exceptions is a way of making rules effective by challenging and breaking them—an expression of freedom. A room transforms into a square, and the bed ceases to be a mere object.
- 01
The builders, who were well-compensated for their work, were the first people to enter the place.
- 02
Following the builder, the operator and manager of the venue, who is also the senior of the convention center, enter. - 03
After that, come the supporters of the whole system: the medics, the cleaners, and the maintainers of order. - 04
And finally, the direct or indirect exposer of the pathogen. - 05
Passive participants, with fear and speculation about death, have limited freedom but their everyday needs are met.
- 06
Active participants in this space move relatively freely but bear the weight of a mission. - 07
A mask is the initial sign of trust in communication for those under Monitoring. - 08
The monitor's concern is with the calmness of space, order and feverish bodies。 - 09
The monitor and the monitored spy on each other, and the identities of the two are grounded in a mutually supporting.
Crossing the borders is the beginning of ambiguity and uncertainty.
- 10 A material-symbolic metaphor devoid of essence, capable of uniting dispersed social alliances through affinity rather than identity.
- 11 Drift of Human
Monitored flows, purposeful paths and aimless wanderings, contexts threatened with death; whether active or passive, human identity in the present begins to crumble.
One Chamber Contains 200 Beds
Instead of the 1-room-1-bed type of common lounge space, this space presents anomaly, which is 1-room-200-beds.
Shift of Objects
Exceptions make games work by breaking the rules, fostering new forms of intangibility, and association.
Section of a series of beds Plan in a common status
Perspective from the long side
Affinity and Coalition
In the technology era, we are questioned, giving way to dynamic transformations, reorganizations, and regenerations between things as the "new paradigm".
Soothing Kitchen and Scenes from Childhood, A Social Housing
Freedom, introspection, self-criticism & rediscovering the self
ABEE 2022 Architectural Design Studio 2A, 22-23
Individual work
Advisor: Eugenio Mangi, Andrea Palmioli, Shiyun Qian
Email: Eugenio.Mangi@nottingham.edu.cn
This project conceives a city block as a kitchen representing the ambiguity of traditional yard and the affinity of kitchen rooted in my childhood.
Before age 7, in front of the home stood a small forest, behind the gate is kitchen, and in the yard, there was a table my mother and I had built. The dining spot shifted with the seasons, from the yard to the eaves to indoorsan inclusive living where the sun, trees, wind, rain, earth, birds, and we coexisted.
After that, the entrance of the home turned into a dark corridor, featuring a study table that changed several times. Mealtime discussions shifted to interrogations about recent studies. Outside, a green belt surrounded the building, and the entrance to the neighborhood was a mundane asphalt road for cars.
Typical Yard and Drifting Space
Traditional Chinese yard accommodate a wide variety of enriching events embodying the mystery of changes.
The Relationship Between Kitchen and the Others in Modern Housing
Kilchberg | Gigon Guyer 1996
E_3 | Kaden Klingbeil Architekten 2008 Rockpool Popov | 1999 San Sebastián de los reyes | S-M. A. O. 2011 Wienerberggründe | Steidle + Partner 1993 Märkisches Viertel | ungers 1969
aalto, Baumgarten 1957
Märkisches Viertel Fleig 1966
tyroltgasse Kovatsch | 1994 tyroltgasse Kovatsch 1994
Galgebakken Storgård, orum-Nielsen, Marcussen 1974 Casa Mendes da Rocha Mendes da Rocha | 1960 House Kauf Märkli 1989
Bungestrasse Alder 1993
Brüderstraße Frey, Schröder & Schmidt 1968
Schlesische Straße léon, Wohlhage 1993
Müllheimerstrasse Morger & degelo 1993
altonaer Straße Niemeyer 1957
Müllheimerstrasse Morger & degelo 1993
Hollainhof Neutelings Riedijk | 1999
Bahnhofstraße riegler, riewe 1994
Kapellenweg Baumschlager & eberle |1996
Carl-Spitzweg-Gasse | Giencke 1993
Frankfurt-Bonames Kramm 1995
the Ryde phippen, Randall, parkes 1964
Friedrichstraße oMA 1989
Rue de Suisses Herzog & de Meuron | 2000
Hannibal Jäger, Müller, Wirth 1971
Brunswick Centre Hodgkinson, Martin 1972
Rue de l’ourcq gazeau 1993
Schlangenbader Straße Heinrichs | 1982
Paul Clairmont-Strasse Gmür & Steib architekten aG 2006
Friedrichstraße oMA 1989
Ludwig-Windhorst-Straße Gieselmann 1961
Hannibal | Jäger, Müller, Wirth 1971
Weberwiese Henselmann 1952
KNSM- and Java-eiland | Diener & Diener 2001 Wagenaarstraat duinker, van der Torre | 1989
Representation of Street, Lane, Yard and Kitchen:
a. A Free Party
The street is no longer the street it's life itself.
b. A Soft Space under the Trees
courtyard becomes a container for the life of a community.
Repetition and Recurrence, An Artist Studio
The endless of time, the endless of space, the endless of path
ABEE 1023 Architectural Design Studio 1A, 21-22
Individual work
Advisor: Aurel Fábri, Yimeng Wang, Wenjvan Li
Email: aurel@fabriarchitekt.com
This project explores the juxtaposition of multiple daily events, using paths as clues that weave together the entire narrative.
Nestled by the riverside and veiled by the surrounding forest, this house stands distinctly apart from the homes to the south, all the while embracing the village to the north. Two continuous pathways intricately navigate the entire spatial sequence, skillfully bridging gaps between interior and exterior, public and private, and human and nature.
These internal pathways gracefully evolve, harmonizing with shifts in ground and roof heights, creating a layered journey towards an elusive endpoint. Yet, upon retracing one's steps at the exit, they transform into a new beginning, continuing the cyclical essence of life.
"To be permanent is contrary to existence. Things are forever changing."
story can unfold normally, perversely, or abruptly, depending on the narrator.
a. Polyphony of the walls
b. Contextual intersections
c. A dwelling along the path
Discover new approaches in familiar situations by uncovering or manipulating contingent connections, reopening once-closed situations.
The Signifier and the Signified, A Community Center Unmeasurable and Intuition
ABEE 1023 Architectural Design Studio 1B, 21-22 Individual work
Advisor: Aurel Fábri, Yimeng Wang, Wenjvan Li
Email: aurel@fabriarchitekt.com
This project explores the ambiguity of space, viewing a building as a human body, where each part intersects and cooperates.
"In an ambiguous position, this paradoxical phenomenon unveils a preobjective space with a broad extension of certainty. The multiple body points touched together are not confused by the audition (although they are not individually located), as no fixed spatial frame can persist from one perception to another (Merleau-Ponty, 1945)."
A house is no longer a simple box, but an organism rooted in the land. It is not a solid entity with only one, but a collection of many interconnected parts. These parts are not just elements but organs that fulfill multiple functions, just like our limbs.
The project is situated in Cicheng, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. The site boasts a documented history of over a thousand years, characterized by a clear grid pattern within the city. Several public spaces within it encapsulate the essence of the entire town.
The Signifier of Place
A process that commences upon arrival at a space or building and concludes with a peaceful and satisfying departure.
The Signified of Event
A continuous whole - chaotic yet open, sparse but not falling apart, revealing yet concealing, strikingly clear yet ineffable..
Referring to the Delft Montessori School , use a front plaza as a transition space between the outer and inner worlds. Another consideration is to apply the centralized circulation rather than the linear way.Try to use a vertical connection nearby the back garden, to enhance its existence.
Any new architectural element will not touch the historic buildings will keep, giving respect to the history and creating a corridor that varies in width to introduce people to the garden at the backside while connecting the new with the old. Find the axis of the available sites to locate the new project.
A proposal: Can I recover the connection between the site, the back Hill, and the Community? How to make the building more efficient, to think the upper-level design.
Try to uniform the exterior and interior formal language. Rethink how the new elements can softly touch the site. Curves, or a more organic language?
Further unifying the spatial language of interior and exterior. Create overlapping highs and lows in the vertical direction, with a sculptural sense of architecture. To make the interweaving of nature and Artificiality more bonding.
Wondering while pondering
ABEE 2022 Architectural Design Studio 2B, 22-23
Individual work
How to transform the designer's own intention into the normal users. am not willing to be a guy with strong control and force users to adopt my design. will delete every special element to make the building simple and humble, and the space
Email: Eugenio.Mangi@nottingham.edu.cn V. Gathering and Dispersion, A Learning Art Center
Advisor: Eugenio Mangi, Andrea Palmioli, Shiyun Qian, Luca Frassanito
"What, then, does bauen–to build-mean? The Old High German word for bauen–buan-means to dwell. This means 'to remain' or 'to stay in a place'. The actual meaning of the verbbauen, namely, to dwell, has been lost to us." As Heidegger said that essential language words often overshadow primary meanings with easily forgettable interpretations. The mystery behind this phenomenon is seldom pondered.
Other work VI. "One Chair and Three Chairs"
Record of chairs, whether or not they're actually a chair
ABEE 3055 Vertical Design Studio 3A, 23-24
Master planning, Book of reference, Group work, Group leader, own photoes & drawings
Advisor: Yat Ming Loo, Yimeng Wang, Yinqiu Wang, Hui Zhang
Email: Yat-Ming.Loo@nottingham.edu.cn
Other work VII. Rebuilt Vicinity Representation of the vanishing 'street'
ABEE 3055 Vertical Design Studio 3A, 23-24
Master planning, Group work, Group leader, Own drawings
Advisor: Yat Ming Loo, Yimeng Wang, Yinqiu Wang, Hui Zhang
Email: Yat-Ming.Loo@nottingham.edu.cn
This project is based on the “SEMI-ARCHITECTURE” concept of Jo Nagasaka, exploring the revitalization and repurposing of abandoned and neglected spaces in urban environments as a virtual hub for community collaboration.