PORTFOLIO OF AN A RCHITECT & U RBAN D ESIGNER
Yongxian (Roger) Huang
T: +1 289 969 5992 or +86 133 800 99815
E: roger.hyx@gmail.com or 190190227@qq.com
I obtained a Master’s Degree in Urban Design (Post Professional) program at the University of Toronto. Before pursuing this degree, I had received Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Architecture in China.
I am a Chinese National First-Class Licensed Architect and Senior Architectural Engineer. As an Architect, I have obtained over 10-year professional practice in architectural fields, from concept design to construction completion. Currently, I am working on registration as an Architect with OAA through BEFA program.
CERTIFICATION
• Working on Registration of an Architect with OAA by BEFA Program
• Chinese National Class First Licensed Architect
• Senior Engineer in Architecture in China
PROFESSIONAL FIELD
• Commercial (Mix-used Complex)
• Transit Oriented Development with Underground Commercial
• Hospitality (Resort & Hotel)
• High-rise Residential
• High-rise Office
• Education Institution
• Historic Preservation & Renewal
• Urban Design
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dec. 2021 – Nov. 2022
Intermediate Architectural and Urban Designer, Brown & Storey Architects Inc., Toronto, Canada.
Develop design concept through implementation into subsequent production and interpretation stages. Assist in creating presentation materials for all phases of projects, including graphics, rendering, and technical details to meet desired goals. Collaborate with other design disciplines and consultants.
May 2021 - Nov. 2021
Intermediate Architectural Designer, FORREC, Toronto, Canada. Prepare creative and conceptual design drawings throughout various development phases. Peer-review and provide suggestions to more junior staff. Implement local policies and codes.
Jul. 2007 - May 2018
Architectural Design and Research Institute of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
Apr. 2014 - May 2018, Chief Architect Associate
Assist Chief Architect with team building, provide directions to junior staff, project management, interpret policies and guidelines, coordinate with other principles, clients and governments, sketch conceptual design with computer aid programs and hand sketch, lead internal discussions, manage bidding projects and present proposals, schedule projects, oversee architectural plans, act as Chief Architect to negotiate with different stakeholders, review contract documentation, and evaluate project qualities.
Aug. 2009 - Mar. 2014, Intermedia Architectural Designer
Under the guidance of the Chief Architect, produce conceptual design, prepare bidding materials and presentation materials, produce architectural analysis reports, internally coordinate with leads of other principles.
Jul. 2007 - Jul. 2009, Junior Architectural Designer
Follow directions of the head of an architectural team, prepare and update conceptual design, produce rendering images, finalize drawings and master plans.
EDUCATION
Master’s Degree of Urban Design University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Master’s Degree of Architecture
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Bachelor’s Degree of Architecture
Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
MAIN AWARDS & HONORS
Graduate Study Stage (2019.09-2021.04)
2020 Belinda Sugarman Orling Memorial Fellowship
2019 University of Toronto Fellowship
Professional Stage (2007.07-2018.05)
Guangdong Textile Vocational and Technical College
2014 Bronze Award of Guangdong Province No.2 Southern China Featured Planning And Architectural Design
2011 Guangdong Province Excellent Project Survey and Design Second Reward
Heyuan Dinosaur Museum
2013 Guangdong Province Excellent Project Survey and Design Second Reward
2013 National Excellent Project Survey and Design Industry-Public Architecture Project Third Award
Logistic Service Center for 2010 Asian Olympic Games
2011 Guangdong Province Excellent Project Survey and Design Third Reward
Graduate Study Stage (2004.09-2007.07)
2006 National Schools of Architecture Design Contest in China
Excellent Work Award
Undergraduate Study Stage (1999.09-2004.07)
2003 Eight-hour Limited Time Competition of Architectural Design
Excellent Work Award
COMPUTER SKILL
• Autocad
• Sketch up
• Revit
• Rhino
• V-ray
• Enscape
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• In design
• Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
LANGUAGE
English
Mandarin Cantoness
Garden Courtyard Apartments
Garden Courtyard Apartments take inspiration from several international architectural styles, including collective housing models in India:
“Traditionally, Indian homes would shelter generations of a family together under one roof, forming close-knit neighborhoods of relatives and friends. The residential architecture was therefore influenced by the needs of the joint family system. Spaces for social interaction are pivotal in collective housing, apart from structures that adapt to the changing needs of each family. The nuanced relationship between culture, traditions, and architecture beautifully manifests in the spatial syntax of Indian housing.
DCOOP’s collective housing project draws inspiration from the vernacular chawl settlements found in western India. Typically, a chawl is a set of rooms strung together by a shared corridor that doubles as a functional threshold space. Such semi-open spaces are nodes for social interaction, offering refuge from the warm and humid climate.
- Ankitha Gattupalli
ROSENEATH PARK IMPROVEMENT & EXPANSION
St. Clair Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Roseneath Park is currently fronted with a context which is neither controlled nor organized. In particular, it is disconnected from pedestrian traffic on St. Clair by a street (Alberta Avenue), which extends only partially into the site. Overall, the site falls into the category of incompleteness, suspended between blocks that never fully realized a potential or integrative solution. The site’s history and physical characteristics, with its surrounding high retaining walls, render the site as a sunken cavity which was previously used as a landfill. The question is, how do we recharge the entire site at an adequate scale to resolve the larger urban site and street problems?
A site that has no centre requires something or someone to analyze it and make sound judgements as to the site’s future prospects. Since Alberta Avenue and its northern counterpart Roseneath Gardens were always discontinuous despite their proximity and alignment, imagining Roseneath Park with its southern access passing through unmarked parking lots does not make sense. It is within this framework of problems that new possibilities can emerge.
It is also worth nothing that the Oakwood - St. Clair Parkland Study Study Plan should take notice and lead the way to a better on-the-ground infrastructure that would denefit all parties into negotiation. Taking the public realm as a primary organizer of expaned site requiments can help to create an expanded conceptual approach that is anticipatory and future-forced, rather than supporting the current incremental fill-in-the-gaps urbanism.
Raft Concept:
The “Rafts” are raised and accessible surfaces that offer small, unique places for gatherings and events. Distributed across the park in a matrix organization, the “rafts” are equipped with hard surfaces, electrical outlets, and lighting.
NEW URBAN SHORTCUT SYSTEM - A REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL OF OSSINGTON AVE. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Garrison Creek was one of many small natural watercourses in Toronto, about 7.7 KM long. Starting from the 1870s, the government diverted the stream into underground sewers under city streets and filled in the original rivers with soil. By 1920, they shifted the whole stream into sewer system, which reduced the capacity to contain and divert floodwater. In 2013, an extreme rainstorm caused the urban sewers to be fully filled with rainwater. The spilt rainwater flooded the city’s low-lying areas and paralyzed the traffic, such as a railway underpass at king Street and Atlantic Avenue.
The researched site, which is above the historic area of Garrison Creek, locates at west of the old downtown core and north of the Go-train railway and Gardiner Express Highway. The stream has been mainly covered and filled in, but geographical traces can still be found from gap between building sites and urban open space. As a result, taking advantage of the greenery above the entombed stream, solving rainwater infiltration, encouraging public transit system, and improving community amenities with higher FSI (Floor Space Index) have become my initial interest in this research.
In my impression
Toronto is a city built on vehicle wheels. The built area keeps running in a low population density and spreading endlessly for a long time, which results in dependence on private vehicles, high density of road network, long commuter time, and low efficiency on energy consumption.
Meanwhile, the long journey of energy transportation to suburban communities and the more massive heat loss from detached houses with the relatively wider radiating surface also enhance the waste of energy.
Site Road Net and Garrison Creek
Garrison Creek was one of a number of small natural watercourses in downtown Toronto. Starting in the 1870s, the stream was diverted into underground sewers under city streets and the original watercourses were filled in with soil. By 1920, the stream was entirely diverted into the sewer system.
Relationship of Open Space and Garrison Creek
The network of buried creeks that underlie many of the city’s parks and schoolyards, and the curving streets that run against the normal grid, which was a fundamental characteristic unique to Toronto and was worth pursuing further.
Current Stament of Ossington Avenue
Ossington Avenue is famous for the restaurants and retails, but customers always complain about the insufficient parking problem. 4 lanes for vehicle. Most spaces along the 2 lanes beside the sidewalk are used for surface parking at night.
Present Statment of Shaw Street
There are 2 lanes used for on-street parking by residents nearby. With the development of downtown and the increase of population density, the parking problem will become more and more prominent.
Surface Parking Park or Playground School Property Main Street
Present Community Statement:
1. High density of road space.
2. High building density.
3. Low population density.
4. The model of most residential buildings.
5. East-west orientation.
6. Small frontyard and enclose backyard.
7. Sharing laneways in the blocks.
Consequences:
1. Short and un-safe sidewalk.
2. Low efficience of landuse.
3. Low efficience of energy consumption.
4. Residents do not have enough motivation to use public transportation.
5. Connection between open spaces is not obvious.
6. No communication happens at the backyard and the connected laneway.
Distuibution of Building Functions
1. Main buildings are residencial houses.
2. Retails and restaurants are located at the ground floor or the base 2 floors along Ossington Avenue and Queen Street West, because they are the mature commercial streets in Toronto.
3. Trinity Bellwoods Park is the biggest park in the southwest of downtown Toronto, but the corridor from Ossington Avenue to the park is not obvious and lack of vitality.
Urban landscape & Open Space
1. The spaces around 2 schools are not open to the public and the connection between open spaces is totally blocked by densely packed houses.
2. Urban landscape is distuibuted in the positive open spaces. However, connection between positive open spaces has been interruted by roads, lines of surface parking lots, and coherent “streetwall” created by densely packed residences.
3. Negative open space in the centre of each block destroy the possibilities of residential communication.
Dundas StreetWest
OssingtonAvenue ShawStreet
1. Most of the houses are 2-3 storey.
2. Low density.
3. Courtyards are private, small, and separated.
4. The size of most blocks is as small as 50M * 120M wide.
5. The roads of the third estate are single directions with rows of parking lots on one side.
1. Mix of middle-rise and high-rise buildings.
2. High density of residential units.
3. Retails and commerce located at the ground level or the base 2 stories.
4. Concentrated courtyard with much larger area.
1. Mixed-use with multible function.
2. Increase small business and workshop.
3. Increase community amenities.
4. Supplement underground parking.
1. Decrease concentrated backyard appropriatly.
2. Supplement a plaza adjacent to the intersection of main street and secondary road.
3. Increase the width of sidewalk along the main street.
1. Remove the stories above first 2 floors.
2. Supplement public corridor at the first and second floors.
3. The corridor is located beside streets and overlap the driveway.
4. Increase elevators adjacent to the entrances of public corridor.
1. A continue, safe, and vibrant public corridor system connects residential units, community amenities, workshops, offices, retails, restaurants and other kind of businesses.
2. A more convenient, livable, and mixed-use community is finished.
Three problems are facing by residents in downtown.
1. Unlike a park path, how can we guide a safe, convenient, and low-carbon commute trip? Especially for children, the elderly, and the disabled?
2. How to create a vitality, cohesive, eco-friendly community for residential orientation?
3. How to support small businesses, including traditional family businesses, emerging experiential consumption activities, maker culture workshops, and employment incubators, and meet the daily residential demands?
What do the downtown residents need?
1. A comfortable outdoor environment without the influence of unexpected weather. No interruption and dangers from surface parking and passing vehicles. A continuous, walkable, vibrant and path system.
2. Variegated and mixed of employment. Underground parking instead of surface parking and return land to greenery and pedestrians. Substantial indoor on the half-outdoor amenities for community activities are not limited to the ground floor but other upper spaces.
3. Higher population density. Enough open space and public amenities. Inexpensive display space for small businesses. High exposed rate from steady streams, which can be attracted by vibrant workshops and enterprises. Niche brands with individuality and creativity meet the demands of young consumers.
Public Corridor System Connects
1. Residential Units
2. Workshops and Small Businesses
3.
Buildings in Community
Spaces of Public Corridor
Relationship between Public Corridor, Building Units, and Streets
Retails, restaurants and offices are located on the ground floor. Small businesses, maker culture workshops, and affordable employment incubators are at the second floor.
The entrances for Public Corridor are 2-storey high and are open 24/7. People can go up to the main corridor at the second floor by stairs and elevators.A continuous Public Corridor is beside the streets. It connects with public transit ,community amennities and residential units. The height for the second floor is 4.5M, which is helpful for the entrepreneurs of small business and innovative enterprises. They can get living, working, and displaying space by an inexpensive rent.
In Winter Elevation of Public Corridor is Openning. In Summer Sections of Mid-rise Building with Public Corridor at Entrance
In Winter Elevation of Public Corridor is Openning. In Summer Sections of Mid-rise Building with Public Corridor at Turning Corner
FLOATING BAGELS AT WATERFRONT (TEAM WORK)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Portland is a sprawling freshwater marsh situated on Lake Ontario, just in front of the Don River outlet. Despite its natural beauty, the area has been at risk of flooding due to an unnatural 90-degree turn channel. However, thanks to a growing movement to re-naturalize the Don River, coupled with its proximity to downtown Toronto and popularity among nature enthusiasts, Portland is now a prime location for new development.
With this in mind, each team has been tasked with selecting 3 key actors to spearhead the revitalization of Portland. Our team identified Ontario Film, managing the exsting film studios in the area; Sidewalk Labs, specializing in emerging urban management technologies; and Tourism, Culture, and Sport, overseeing a number of existing entertainment facilities including Cherry Beach, Boat Club, and Sailing Club.
By leveraging the unique strengths of these 3 actors, our team creat a vibrant, sustainable, and thriving community in Porland.
In response to the changing water levels, we
should think critically.
We disagree with making a higher bank around the buildings because it will format a total underground space without sunshine and environment, not to the high construction cost. We suggest a platform for elevating all the major elements of urban life and pedestrian activities. Meanwhile, we have many openings on the platform for landscape and concentrated greenery. The other remaining space beneath the platform works as a service area for vehicles and infrastructures.
Three actors for the study area, Port Land. What will they need in this area?
Function Planing
New planning divides the portland into two parts.
The north part is located at the south of Gardiner Expressway and the East Harbour Commercial project envisioned to become one of Canada’s largest and most dynamic office nodes. The extraordinary urban destination needs a large population to support it, so we plan a residential district at the portland. We also keep the film studio district at the original site.
The south part is famous for Cherry Beach, Tommy Thompson Park, Sailing Club, and bicycle trail, so we design three business hotels at the leading landscape axis ends. The huge openings at the center of those hotel buildings connect the urban area with the natural landscape.
Prevent Damage from Flooding
To solve the flooding pressure at Don River’s mouth, we plan a river channel beneath the north platform, between the film studio district and the east residential area. In the south part, to meet the potential challenge from the excess rainwater, we create an undulating landscape integrated with terraced planting beds and a network of bridges constructed at various elevations.
Morphology of Salt Mountains
Industrial ruins are evidence of a city’s development history. Buildings, such as Hearn Generation Station and Commissioners Incinerator, and the industrial landscape of salt storage are portland’s landmark.
We set the industrial heritages with historical value as landscape notes. At the same time, we create two huge mounds at the west end of portland, facing Inner Harbour of Lake Ontario and commemorating its industrial history. Residents can play with it as a dynamic and interactive view.
Brief Concept
Looking down from the sky, the enclosed building blocks with interial open space look like a lot of bagels floating on the lake Ontatio.
The Floating Bagels is an urban intervention at Portlands on the waterfront of Toronto. In response to the changing water levels, the design incorporates a platform, elevating all the major elements of the urban landscape above ground level. The remaining spaces beneath works as a service area for vehicles, infrastructures and natural landscape.
The whole urban fabric consists of blocks with an opening landscape in the centre. This design maximizes the exposure of light onto the environment. The openings of the blocks are flexible and can be used as a black box theatre for filming. Programmatically, the new design of Portland combines with the local interest of the film.
The pre-existing salt collections in the area are incorporated into two huge mounds, commemorating the industrial history of Portlands. The new idea transforms the southern edges and attracts those who wish to seek refuge in nature.
The Floating Bagels is a project to contrast the permanent and the permeable through a strategically placed platform on the site of Portlands.
HEADQUARTER OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX
Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
This project is located at the east of Zhuhai facing Macau acrossing the river. Lotus Bridge stands at southeast of the project site and connects both cities. The surrounding context has convenient infrastructure with beautiful view. The proposal includes 2 towers with 273 M and 284 M, and a podium with 68,000 M2 commercial spaces. It will become a new landmark of Zhuhai and Macau distric once the construction is complete.
The design was accomplished by both Aedas (Beijing) and our company. Aedas (Beijing) developed the initial concept design, while our team was responsible for design development, fire safety proposal, and obtaining approvals.
The occupances of towers includes residential, office, banquet hall and hotel. The podium is composed of shopping mall and half outdoor commercial street, wihch will be as retails, restaurants, cinemas, supper market and family entertainment program.
Master Planning
The two towers in the heights of 273 and 284 meters, respectively. Both of the towers have functions of business hotels and official use. They are in a line along the east property boundary and facing the river. The top of the towers is designed in dragon head shape and as viewing level, where visitors can enjoy views of New Hengqin District and Macau and further to the exit of Zhujiang to the ocean.
The major functions of the podium include a semi-outdoor retail street, a shopping mall, a theater, restaurants and entertainment areas. The podium is connected to the phase 1. Shopping experience will be improved through the diversity of spaces, the cohered sunk plaza and beautiful plants. This concept also provides the City extra open space attractive to citizens.
UNDERGROUND COMMERSE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CITY CENTRE
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
The New City Centre, situated in the southern Guangzhou, China’s third-largest city, is being developed as an information industry base. The project aims to establish a Central Business District (CBD) comprising mixed-use complexes, offices, hotels, residential, entertainment venues, and exhibitions.
Apublic agency leads the project, located beneath the primary urban arterial roads. To leverage the high population density of the CBD, the total underground development spans approximately 110,000 M2 and includes 2-story commercial spaces and 2-story underground parking. Furthermore, the project is a municipal improvement proposal that seeks to enhance the surrounding urban arterial roads and increase traffic volume. The project faces several challenges, including traffic congestion resulting from multiple traffic circulation, a public transportation hub, and numerous connections to surrounding privete properties.
Major challenges:
1.How to coordinate with the surrounding areas to develop exists of vents and fire within the permitted setbacks of the building structures?
2.How to increase natural lights for underground spaces and to improve recognition of the site?
3.How to smoothly connect the underground spaces of the surround areas?
In advance of the improvement of the regional transit at the ground level, the commercial areas are concentrated on the first and second floors underground floor, and the subway station is located on the fourth.
UNDERGROUND COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH SPEED TRIAN STATION PLAZA
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
The Guangzhou High-speed Train Station district will be developed as the future sub-CBD of Guangzhou, China’s third-larwgest city. The project’s primary objective is to create an integrated CBD and transit hub that encompasses high-speed trains, coach buses, subway routes, taxis, and private vehicles.
The key feature of this project is the underground commercial component is located underneath the North Plaza, CBD’s central landscape. The plaza is surrounded by high-rise offices and residential towers, and recreational facilities. To ensure a continuous commercial flow and overcome the disruptions caused by municipal roads and subway routes at different elevation, the underground commercial had to be seamlessly intergrated with the aboveground landscape. Our team successfully addressed these challenges by incorporating a series of undulating structures into the ground lanscaping and underground commercial flows.
WATERFRONT HOLIDAY RESORT
West District, Fiji
Fiji is a breathtaking island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. Its coral reefs, white sandy beaches, and lush natural surroundings make it a well-known tourist destination. The resort is situated in the West District of Viti Levu.
The projet site spans 1500 acres and boasts a minor slope on the grade level. The whole planning process has close relationship with developers’ target customers, from wealthy travelers to a more diverse range of visitors. So the GFA and planning strategies underwent a serious changes. Finaly, the resort is divided into 2 district. The northern section, located away from seashore, is comprised of 5 mid-rise hotels with white sailboat-shade. They are surrounding a variety of facilities for wedding, entertainment, and recuperation. The southern part is located next to the seashore, allowing visitors to enjoy private entertainment facilities in their bungalows and walk to the beach with ease.
Design of Oceam-View Houses
They are semi-detached houses with four bedrooms and one living room. Such houses are suitable for a family or different guests from separate entrances. Residents of these houses can enjoy private yards, wonder at the beach and jump into warm ocean water.
Preliminary Master Plan of Oceam-View Houses
Every guest room has its individual private garden and separate entrance to the beach. South group of this community can enjoy the ocean view directly.
Overall, the total number of guest rooms is small, and there is a limited number of guest rooms with the ocean view in small angels. The types of guest rooms are not diverse and this proposal is lack of restaurants and entertainment facilities in big scale.
Future Development Plan
There were multiple discussion about the proposal of Phase 1 and Phase 2, which covers profits estimation of the investment.
The site in the shape of trapezoid will be the Phase 1 of this project. This phase is proposed to be vacation hotel. Phase 2 will be located at the south of the site, and the area of this phase will be increased to four times of the original proposal. This phase is proposed as a commercial zone, inlcuding commercial facilities, casinos, theaters, apartments, spar centers and utility docks in big scales. This area has electrical cars to transport people and goods, which can be delivered within 20-minute walking. Design
Corner guest rooms are located at the sides of the hotel, and their balconies have sauna rooms facing the central yard and the ocean far from the hotel.
Standard guest rooms are concentrated in the center of the hotel. These rooms have simple kitchens, that do not exist in the normal rooms. The guests in standard rooms can enjoy cooking when needed.
At the end of the hotel, there are luxury rooms in the line of ladder type from the highest level to the ground level. These units are located at the south end of the two sides of the hotel with large amount of sunshine and 60-degree ocean view without any blocks.
RESETTLEMENT OF TRADITIONAL VILLAGES Zengcheng, Guangdong, China
The project is situated in a sub-centre known as Knowledge City, which is being developed as a modern and comprehensive high-tech city that is suitable for both residential living, business and high-tech industries. The majoritic land allocated for the new city was previously farmland belonging to several traditional villages. As a result, the first phase of development involves resettling the villages to enable the commencement of construction work.
To ensure that the resettlement process is seamless, a series of consultations and public hearings have been conducted with the villagers to understand their needs and wishes. The feedback obtained from these consultations has been complied into a set of design specifications for the project, which are as follows:
1. The new resettlement site will be located nearby, and will upgraded infrastructure facilities for the convenience of the villagers.
2. 10% of the farmland will be set aside for the future development of the village group.
3. To compensate for the villagers’ loss of farmland, the government will construct commercial properties at the resettlement site.
4. Each family will be allocated 240 M2 of residential area based on the number of register adult members. The families will have the option to choose various unit sizes and changeable floor plans to meet their future needs.
5. The traditional building characteristics of the village will be preserved, including grey tiles, white walls, and wood decorations.
6. The new site will feature concentrated greenery and clan at the center to bring all the family members in traditional celebrations.
7. The new buildings will be connected by verandas to provide protection from rainstorms, which are common in the tropical climate.
By following the design specifications, the resettlement process will be smoother and more effcient, ensuring that the villagers can be comfortably accommodated in the new site while retaining their traditional way of life.
Background Information of Puxin Village
The area of village is approximate 5 km2 and the population is 2600. Their major income is from farming. There are 2 ancestral temples in the village, which were built in Qing dynasty. The 2 temples are only opened to their family members for the events, such as puberty rite, marriage, funeral and other important celebrations. Every temple is a book of the family history and the core public place of their group. The banyan tree is another symbol of family because it was planted by the ancestors as early as the village’s construction.
Resettlement Strategies:
1. Comprehensively reconstruct.
2. Reserve cultural and historical buildings.
3. Prioritize resettlement of original residents.
4. Improve and upgrade public facilities.
5. Configure commerce and apartment for the village’s collective economy.
6. Flexible combination of the 240 m2 residential area.
7. Villager’s participation.
Unit Allocation Methods:
1. Self-owned residences by villagers.
2. Apartments and ground floor commerce are operated by Village Group. It is recommended to take 240 m2 floor area per family. Basing on different life style, the whole size can be combinated by 5 types of units, which are 60 m2, 80 m2, 100 m2, 120 m2, and 160 m2. The apartments and the commerce properties on ground floor are operated by the Village Group, which will share out bonus every year to the villagers.
Combination Way of Various Families:
In order to meet the needs of various families, we suggest some combination models, following the principles of flexibility, adaptability and prospecty. The models allow the adjusting allocation between members in a family. Meanwhile , the models can be changed flexiblly with different size to meet the antispation at the particular periods.
Modern Village Communities
Most of the villagers are living in a big family with 4 generations. The living situation leave them a warm family feeling but also make them lack of privacy and personal space. According to the residential precedents from Hongkong and Sigapor, we suggest a new resettlement living model, sub-families in a big community. The model can keep the warm and alive family feeling. Meanwhile, they can enjoy more personal space, greenery, and open space. We always believe the connection of the family can make themselves stronger to create a better future.
Concept of Public Facilities
Concentrated Development and Creat a Public Servive Core
Public facilities, such as elementary and secondary schools and a kindergarten, are located at the relative central area and face secondary road. At the same time, retails, restaurants and community center are added to the other side of schools. The available locations encourage residents in the community to use the facilities frequently and have their own community core.
Configured Public Services Reasonably
In total, the plan of 3 sections can accommodate 5,674 families with a population of 19,559. According to the “Urban Residential Planning and Design Code”, the gross floor area for public services should be 10,400 M2, which has already be met by the plan.
Organization of Master Plan
The section comprises 5 parts: villagers’ residence, apartment, school, commerce, and community open space. The residential buildings are arranged along the block’s rim to share a bigger concentrated open space. The only apartment building is located at the block corner and is relatively isolated from the community. The long axis of the school site is not due north to south. We arrange the school buildings parallelly in an east-west direction and staggeringly along the site edge, which can supply stable natural light for study. A continuous and covered pedestrian corridor connects all buildings and enriches the space level.
TEXTILE VACATIONAL & TECHNICAL COLLEGE Foshan, Guangdong, China
Textile Vocational & Technical College is a leading technology school located in Foshan, in the southern region of China. As part of its efforts to support the development the textile industry, the college acquired a ew site for the construction of a new site. The master plan for the entired campus has been finalized with 3 phases of developments. The first phase is a critical aspect of the entire project, as it determines the building layout and architectural style for the entire campus.
To gather more innovative ideas, the college organized a design competition, which our team won. The site is gental and scenic, and oour design is based on the local cultural and climatic features.
Our design concept draws inspiration from the traditional building of Southern China, Characterrized by the white walls, grey tiles, and wood decorations. To capture this aesthetic, we incorporated a grey tiled roof with unequal slopes or grey color closure at the top of the flank wall. Furthermore, we added numerous imitated wood decorations to the facedes, evoking the impression of traditional Southern Chinese residential buildings, and offering students a lively and natural feel.
Because of the hot, humid, and rainy weather of Southern China, natural ventilation and lighting are crucial considerations for building design. In this region, the leading wind in summer comes from the southeast. As a result, we arranged the buildings in line with the direction of the leading wind, raising the structures above the ground floor. This strategy helps the leading wind to blow away moisture and create more activity space on rainy days.
Abstract traditional decorative elements are applied to the modern building design concept.
A traditional sloped roof is redeisigned to a new style, which is more suitable for modern academic buildings.
CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE
Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China
The site is located at the west of downtown Zhaoqing City, a new district of future development. To support the economic growth in this area, the local government invests a lot of infrastructure projects. The convention and Exhibition Center is an essential one.
The project site is 111 acres, and the gross floor area is 70,000 m2. The main challenges are:
1. The building sits on the central axis of the new development district. How can we make a new landmark for this city?
2. How can we be in harmony with the surrounding environment, especially viewed from the nearby scenic area?
3. The functions of the building are integrated and complicate. How can we allocate them?
4. How can we organize the traffic streamline in and after the exhibition and conference period?
Main design concepts and suggestions:
1. The overall layout of buildings should continue the new district axis and look symmetrical.
2. The building shape should be simple, modern, and recognized.
3. The traffic organization in the building group and with the external should be relatively isolated and connected fluently.
Function Distribution
The building group contains exhibitions, conferences, theatre, performances, and matching catering and entertainment services.
The exhibition hall has a main hall and 2 secondary halls, which can be combined or separated easily. With 20 meters height ceiling, the main hall faces north and connects with the city plaza, which can be used in a big event. The 2 secondary halls sit on the east and west sides and next to the main one. Theatre, performance centre and other services are at the south and face the main street. It is convenient and popular for daily use by citizens.
DINOSOUR MUSEUM
Heyuan, Guangdong, China
Heyuan, in Guangdong, China, is a world-famous dinosaur site. The Dinosaur Museum is located in a park by the river. The park is well-known for temple buildings and an ancient pagoda built about 1000 years ago. The pagoda sits on a 30 meters height mountain and faces the river bend, so it is the downtown landmark. The project will be built for the dinosaur exhibition and the temporary city museum.
Basing on the ground with a long history and beyond a heritage site, we suggest the building should be as low as possible and has a visual connection with the pagoda. We create an embryo shape structure, facing the pagoda. The museum’s bend outer wall is extended onto the ground, like the visual navigation attracting visitors from the city. In our opinion, the museum is a box recording the development of history and giving birth to new hope.
Flow
To meet the requirement of “constant temperature and humidity,” “shading,” and “prevention of fire and theft” for the cultural relic, we set the collection storage and restoration room in the basement. The storage rooms connect with the freight elevator by an internal corridor. The staff transport the cultural relic and artworks to the exhibition rooms every floor by an isolated internal corridor.
Meanwhile, we setup an simulation scene showing the mining process of the underground dinosaur egg.
Advanced Computer Applications: BIM
Detached Holiday House
It’s the final assignment of BIM course. The strategies includes mod elling, visual parameters of drawings, data setting of building compo nents, creating the parametric objects by pattern based and adaptive families, etc.
The holiday house is located in a suburban area in south China, where it is humid and rainy for the whole year. The local weather results in several distinct architectural features, such as large depth rain covers, sun shadings, and spacious balconies.
The building is adjacent to a gentle slope at the west and has a beau tiful view at the east, which leads to a large area of the curtain walls. The main family entrance is at the west of the second floor. The guest entrance also faces south.
MOVING PICTURES OF THE FUTURE CITY
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Instead of thinking through maps, diagrams and plans, the exercise of Super Studio used images and pictures, big and small, to imagine the city we wish to build. Students should then develop a graphic short story describing this itinerary’s experience, mostly from an eye-height level perspective and from the point of a human subject.
In our imagination, Toronto will become a resource-exhausted city in 2080. The government has to try every means to reminded citizens to save energy.
To improve efficiency in the energy transition, the government has built up many mega infrastructures. Some vast indicators are also set up in every block used to remind energy consumption per capita in every building.
Simultaneously, the city council has passed energy conservation incentives and placed it for more than five years. My story will take place in this background.
New Toronto Dream
On a hot summer day, the owner, the protagonist of my story, wakes up from the basement of his luxurious villa. He is stretching as well as listening to the radio.
01. Broadcast: Good morning, Toronto. Now is 8:00am. Today is sunny and still hot for a week. Even water’s price keep rising for 4 days and comsuming too much water will decrease the financial rewards from government, but I still insist that everyone should drink more water and not be influenced by money. After all, your life is much more important than your money, right?
02. A man who is the host of this luxury house wakes up in the basement. He is stretching and talk with himself.
03. Today is a special day. The host is having an interview with a journalist from CBC News in his study room.
04. The host stand up and look at the window. An upset look come over his face.
05. I was awakened by the sound of a car horn and was going to shout at the passing car. I noticed a piece of news showing up on the floating screen.
06. The floating screen narrated that, due to the energy crisis and the continuous deterioration of the climate and environment, a new economic rewards policy is going to carry out by government, which can decrease the personal consumption of energy.
11. Evening is my busiest time of a day.
12. Because I bought a running machine that could generate and store electricity while running, I had to run as hard as possible to fill the battery fully every night. The stored electricity will be enough for me to use at night and the following daytime.
13. The best moment of every day was checking my energy consumption and economic rewards meter before I want to bed.
07. So, people became crazy on saving energy. Because of my rich life experience, I was better at saving energy and resource than anyone else.
08. At the same time, the policy said that, helping others to save energy and resource can also got rewards.
09. I began to pay attention not only to my water and electricity saving behavior, but also to my neighbors. I was always observing if they forgot to turned off those valves in the backyard.
10. Whenever I found a neighbor who had forgotten to turn off the taps, I would run to turn off them.
14. At the begginning of every month, people lined up in front of government offices to cash in on their economic rewards. Of course, that included me.
15. After a pleasant interview, the host sent reporters out.
16. At noon, the host put on suit and walk to his workplace.
17. He takes off his stiff suit and then wears up civilian clothes. He is looking hopefully at the clear sky with a hoe resting on his shoulder.
Upside-down Worlds
The story happens in an upside-down world. The girl lives in the up world, prosperous and happy, while the boy lives in the down world, low and dirty. The two worlds have their own gravitational field and are isolated from each other. The Babel Tower, located in the middle of the world, is the only way to connect the people from two worlds. One day, a boy and a girl met on each world’s highest mountain. Gradually, they became close friends. They missed each other so much. Several nights, the boy fold a paper airplane and try to fly it into the other side of the world, but he always failed. To meet with his girl, he never gives up and determines to be a top scientist who can work in the Babel Tower.
The scenery is composed of 3 drawings: the perspective and section perspective create the two worlds which are connected by the towers, and the site plan makes the starts in the dark sky.
PHASE 1 CAMPUS FOR TEXTILE VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Gaoming City, Guangdong Province, China.
Site Area: 92,000 M2, Overall Covered Area: 123,000 M2. Total Building Floors: 6.
The elegant, fresh and South China architectural style campus has been built. I was the principal architect and associated project manager.
Received the Second Prize of 2011 Guangdong Province Outstanding Engineering Design Award and the Bronze Award of the Second Guangdong South China Feature Planning and Architectural Design Activity.
LOGISTIC SERVICE CENTER FOR 2010 ASIAN OLYMPIC GAMES
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.
Site Area: 87,500 M2. Overall Covered Area: 58,000 M2. Total Building Floors: 6.
As a dormitory volunteers and physical training center during the Asia Olympic Games, while the academic buildings of a middle school and an elementary school after the Games.
The design has been accepted. I was the principal architect.
Received the Third Prize of 2011 Guangdong Province Outstanding Engineering Design Award.
DINOSAUR MUSEUM
Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, China.
Overall Covered Area: 8,000 M2. Total Building Floors: 4.
The museum’s shape is like the seeds of awakening and newborn embryos, carrying ancient genes and breeding newborn civilizations.
The design has been accepted. I was the principal designer.
Received the Second Prize of 2013 Guangdong Province Outstanding Engineering Design Award and the Third Prize of 2013 National Outstanding Engineering Design Award.
CITY CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION CENTER
Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, China.
Site Area: 74,000 M2, Overall Covered Area: 71,000 M2 Total Building Height: 30 M.
The main functions are conferences, exhibitions, performances and administrative service centers of Zhaoqing city. My team has won the bid for this project. I was the principal designer.
PHASE 1 INTERNATIONAL SOCCER SCHOOL OF CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP
Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, China.
Site Area: 144,000 M2, Overall Covered Area: 101,000 M2
The Evergrande Group’s first professional football school in China. The design has been accepted. I was the principal architect.
OFFICE BUILDINGS OF CHINA YUEXIU GROUP
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.
Overall Covered Area: 81,000 M2
Both buildings are high-rise commercial, office and apartment complexes. The design has been accepted. I was the principal architect.
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL OF CHINA POLY GROUP
Shunde City, Guangdong Province, China.
Site Area: 206,000 M2. Total Building Height: 149.3M. Total Building Floors: 34. Total underground Floors:3. Extreme high-rise hotel, commercial, office, apartment complex building, The design has been accepted. I was the principal architect.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT PROJECT OF CHINA VANKE GROUP
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Overall Covered Area: about 500,000 M2
High-rise residential and associated commercial functions, The design has been accepted. I was the principal architect.
TWIN OFFICE TOWERS OF CHINA POLY GROUP
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.
Site Area: 18,000 M2. Overall Covered Area: 145,000 M2. Total Building Height:180M. Total Building Floors: 44.
Extreme high-rise office buildings and commercial complexes.
Conceptual design has been completed and accepted. I was the principal designer.
Chengdu City, Guangdong Province, China.
Site Area:197,000 M2. Overall Covered Area: 151,000 M2. Total Underground Floors:3. Comprehensive Development of Underground Space in CBD. Conceptual design has been completed and accepted. I was the principal designer.
UNDERGROUND SPACE DESIGN IN CHENGDU CBD DISTRICT
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.
Site Area, 224,000 M2. Overall Covered Area: around 620,000 M2. Total Underground Floors: 4. Underground commercial development and the associated transportation conceptual design. My team has won the secondary of the bid. I was the principal designer.
UNDERGROUND SPACE DESIGN OF GUANGZHOU HIGH SPEED TRIAN STATION
Panyu District, Guangdong Province, China.
Total Building Area: 500,000 M2. Total Underground Floors: 4. Underground space transportation hub complex. The project is under construction. I was the principal project manager of A District.
UNDERGROUND SPACE DESIGN OF GUANGZHOU NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Zengcheng City, Guangdong Province, China.
Total Site Area: 280,000 M2. The highest building: 99.2M. New City demolition and developmen in addition to the resettlement of original villagers.High-rise residential buildings. My team has won the bid for the project. I was the principal architectural designer.
RESETTLEMENT RESIDENTIAL AREA PROJECT IN ZHONGXIN KNOWLEDGE CITY
Panyu District, Guangdong Province.China.
Total Site Area: 29,000 M2. Total Building Area: 142,000M2. The highest building: 49.5M. Retal apartments for young teachers. High-rise residential buildings. My team has won Secondary of the project. I was the principal architect. West District, Fiji.
Beachfront Business Resort. Total Site Area: 123,000M2. Total Building Area: 72,000M2 The design has been accepted and submitted to the local government agency for permits. I was the principal architect. West District, Fiji. Beachfront Business Resort. Total Site Area: 154,000M2. Total Building Area: 72,000M2 The design has been accepted and submitted to the local government agency for permits. I was the principal architect. Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, China.
Total Site Area: 33,000M2. Total Building Area: 218,000M2. The highest building: 99.6M. Commercial, office and residential complexes. High-rise buildings. The project is under construction. I was the project maneger.
PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT IN UNIVERSITY CITY
SUN TOWN RESORT HOTEL
CORAL COAST RESORT HOTEL
COMMERCIAL COMPLEX PROJECT OF FUGANG GROUP
Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China.
Total Site Area: 65,000M2. Total Building Area: 490,000M2. Two tower buildings are 265.6M and 273.4M respectively. Commercial and office complexes. Extreme high-rise buildings. The project is under construction. I was the principle project maneger.
PHASE 2 HEADQUARTER OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX OF CHINA METALLURGICAL GROUP
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Yongxian (Roger) Huang