PORTFOLIO | XINZI DENG PART 2 ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
XINZI DENG PROFILE A qualified architect should learn about different fields as much as possible. From exploring landscape architecture combined with traditional art to researching computational design and urban theories to try to achieve a zero-carbon city; from establishing a start-up in collaboration with a large firm to starting up my design-related official account; from traditional dance and instruments to handcrafts, my wide range of interests directs me to engage fully with the world.
Seeking a full-time Architectural Assistant Part 2 position.
Zhengzhou Longhu Financial Center Super High-R Cultural Buildings Conceptual Design Scheme Function : Museum, Art Gallery Location : Zhengzhou, China Team : Architectural Design and Research Institute SCUT Project Year : July 2018
Rise and
Wing & Stupa I want to be a root into the land, but also would want to fly far away Fuction : Tomb Tower Team :
Xinzi Deng, Ningjing yang Project Year : Nov. 2018
Dead
Cremation
Ashes Pine seed or a seed from another tree.
Upper seal
Biodegradable cellulose
Upper part made of biodegradable cellulose.
Put the ashes inside it.
Outer packaging
Lower part made of biodegradable cellulose.
Over time, people can communicate "authentically" with their deceased loved with time. The dead are not far away but exist around us in a different form. It also reduces the fear of death by using this method.
Module combinations
Ellipse Component
Screw Component
Square Component
Cube Component
Develop process
site base
main core
additional spaces
floors
ashes spaces
structure
exterior facade
glass curtain wall
upper platfor
altar
middle platfo
hanging stairs
lower platfor
ash storage area ecological ball
podiums —— ecological ball
meditation hall
" Float " platform plant ecological atrium
Section
rm —— the "sacrificial space"
orm —— the "meditation space"
rm —— the "meditation space"
— the "paradise space"
epidermis splitting
Exploded Axon
Warping | Art valley | Cloud - Platform Function : Art Gallery Location : Zhengzhou, China Project Year : July 2018
free public space
bending
oblique cut
oblique cut
base
vertical oblique cut
merge
complete
Streamline and Function Analysis flow of the exhidbition hall
6F
foundation support
5F
4F
3F
exhibition room
2F 1F
3F 2F
4F 3F
2F
5F 4F
1F
6F 5F
office space art theatre
exhibition century-old life
permanent hall
art gallery exhibition hall
art gallery exhibition hall
Northeast Elevation
Southwest Elevation
Develop Process
deformation
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combination
Illusory Tunnel The rotated space part of “Time and Space Mirage” is made of 6 modules rotating 15 degrees around the axis, and each module unit is formed by equilateral triangle with chamfered corners. The module consists of two inner and outer rings.
15°
The gap between the two sets of rings is provided with two module connecting components. The outer ring of the first and the last two modules is deformed to make its shape connect with the pedestrian corridor gently.
center
Module Combinations
TIME AND SPACE MIRAGE capsules
Fuction : Bridge
railes structure
Location : Nansha, Canton, China Project Year : Sep. 2018 “Time and Space Mirage” is mainly composed of three parts: mobile corridor, illusory tunnel and Riverview Ferris Wheel. When people walk on the bridge, the boundary between reality and illusion is fuzzy. The Shape Design of the bridge presents a kind of science and technology feeling. Riverview Ferris Wheel looks like meteors crossing the horizon.
Riverview Vertical Transportation
Just like a time tunnel, “Time and Space Mirage” brings a brand new experience for passing.
Northwest Elevation
Resilient Zero-Carbon Future City How to build up relatively complete Zero Carbon Cities? Fuction : Team :
Urban and Architecture Design Xinzi Deng, Yao Wei
Project Year : 2022 Northern Gateway / Victoria North is located roughly 2.1km North-East of Manchester City centre, at 155 hectares in area. It is one of the largest regeneration projects in Europe. The majority of existing buildings are residential, and a small proportion of the buildings are industrial and commercial.
view site Great Manchester
Manchester
United Kindom
view website:
https://dxzsiver.wixsite.com/digitalul
ECO POLICY TECH
CITIZEN
0 CO2 INFRA VALUE
Slime Mould
Zero Carbon Cities Ecosystem Urban Green Ecosystem
Strategies Green Space Network
Initial road network
Transportation Network Green Building Green Energy Urban Water System
design Iteration 3. 1 emitter points + 11 food points
Iteration 4. 1 emitter curve + 9 food points
grasshopper
COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN TOOLS
Iteration 5. 1 emitter curve + 8 food points
‘Baking‘ Method
Urban Parks | location, area, service range
Generation Tools Analysis Tools Optimization Rules
Iteration 3. 10 plots
Iteration 7. 13 plots
Iteration 10. 16 plots
Street Network
Urban Density
Amenities Allocation
Start Import the site boundary Reference the site elements Initial road network generation Urban parks generation Urban pattern generation Street level & new Green space Land-use spatial strategy Land-use allocation Urban density Assign building typology Building generation Master plan
The Initial Building Blocks
Radiation Analysis Buildings Shape Transformation
city energy
analysis
URBAN ENERGY SIMULATION grasshopper
analysis
CARBON CALCULATION Low
High Carbon Emission
Species: Silver Birch Carbon Sequestration: 81.5 kg/yr Carbon Storage: 5051.78 kg
Building: No. 378 Function: Hotel Floors: 9 Height: 28m GFA: 15497.3m2 Energy Demand: 1183.14 MWh/yr Embodied Carbon: 1086.6 ton CO2 Optional Carbon: 120.6 ton CO2/yr
Species: Common Oak Carbon Sequestration: 21.2 kg/yr Carbon Storage: 1240.7 kg
Carbon Footprint: 36.6 Carbon Footprint: 42
Carbon Footprint: 14.5
Chain 1 Chain 2 Urban Green Ecosystem
Chain 3 Chain 4 Chain 5
Improvement chains Prevent carbon emission Promote carbon emission Reduce carbon Positive or negative emission No affect
The Principle of Green Buildings
Solar Energy + Traffic Stops
Solar Panel
Windbreak
Solar Panels
Green Balcony
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D>d Green Roof
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Solar Energy + Public Facilities
Solar Street Lights
Solar Energy + Buildings 4. A net meter measures usage
1. Sunlight activates the panels
Charging Piles
2. The cells produce electrical current 3. The converted electricity powers your home
Source: adapted from CertainTeed.com
Solar Panels
Urban Green System Housing/Flat Solar Panels K-Briqs ‘K-Briqs are made of 90% certified construction waste and are formed without the need for a kiln, radically reducing their embodied energy.’ Cousins S. (2021)
Material
Individual Green Spaces Rowan
Crab apple
Apartment H-UKR cement
Solar Panels
H-UKR cement reduces carbon emissions by 5 compared with traditional cement.
Material
K-Briqs
Micro-Green Spaces Rowan
Crab apple
Shopping
Green Facade
Solar Panel
+
Living Wall
grass/ flowers
Office
Solar Panels
Micro-Green Spaces Wild marjoram Hawthorn
Media Office
Media Office
Project : Media Office Design of DWSSHS Location : Xinjiang, China Project Year : 2017
Project : Scheme for New Library Location : Zhengjiang, China Project Year : 2017
Library
Interior, Library
Library
Project : Baise College Location : Nansha, Canton, China Project Year : 2017
Teaching and Learning Building
Lanscape Architecture + Social Housing Nature, Art, Human, Architecture Fuction : Team :
Social Housing & Cycling Club Xinzi Deng, Lian Luo
Project Year : 2021 The Secret Lake is beside the Fallowfield Loop. It belongs Levenshume area. Surrounded by the industrial estate and residential estate, the Secret Lake is hidden by overgrown vegetation. Obviously, the Secret Lake has rich natural resources and nears by industrial and residential estate, so it is conducive to creating semi-artificial natural landscapes to provide a more attractive and more beautiful public activities space. Therefore, the two vacant areas which are beside the Secret Lake will be used the project site. And it will combine the surrounding landscape and the road system to create a positive public activities space, leading a safer, more active and social wellbeing community environment.
Design Concept - Architecture The architectural design is divided into three areas, Building - A, Building - B and Building - C. In addition, the three buildings are connected to the road system through cycling paths. Building A focus on Bike Club and Bike Themed Hotel. It is mainly public activities and temporary residence for cycling enthusiasts and travellers. Building - B & C focus on Social Housing and provides some Gyms, Cycling Repair and Cafe. The unit type is mainly one bedroom and one hall because a single population is more in this site. According to the original natural landscape, the road and plants on the site were properly planned. On the second floor, Building - B and Building - C are connected by cycling lanes.
Master Planning
Welcome to Cycling Home - The Secret Lake
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GPS spot IV
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② spot V spot I Axonometrical Drawing 1. The structural material of the entire foundation (Detail E) 2. Construction material of the outer wall corner (Detail A) 3. Foundation structure ( 1:20 Section) 4. Construction material of the inner wall (Detail G) 5. CLT wood Structure for riding bike on building floor 6. General building detail for the window details (Detail H)
spot III
spot IV
spot VI
The picture above is the entire structural unit after the improvement of the initial structure.
Circulating Space Transformation, Heritage Building Fuction : Team :
Children’s Activity Centre Xinzi Deng, Haoran Jiang
Project Year : 2021
Extension
Gorton
n House
Isometric Diagram of Construction
China
1.0h
Jiangsu province
Yancheng 1.0h
0.5h Yangzhou Nanjing Zhengjiang Changzhou Wuxi Shanghi 1.0h
Zhengjiang
Site Overview Located in southern Jiangsu Province, on the south side of the Yangtze River and in the western part of the Yangtze River Delta, Zhenjiang called “Runzhou” in ancient times was the capital of Jiangsu Province in the Republic of China era. The project lies to the core area in Nanxu New City, south of the Municipal Administration Center, north of the Sports Exhibition Center, southeast corner of the intersection of Nanxu Avenue and Tanshan Road. It extends east to Zaolin Avenue, south to Guancheng Road (workers Building and Land Tax Building), west to Tanshan Road, Gongren Road and Shuguang Road, and north to Nanxu Avenue. The total land areaI is about 10.23 hectares (153.5 acres).
Location Analysis
Commerce
Residence
Office
Education
Green Axis
Culture & Communal
Fuction : Library Location : Zhenjiang, China Project Year : May, 2018, Total land Area : 30500 m2
VALLEY | REEL Landscape Library
Landscape Architecture
Perfect Urban Form
Grasp the Opportunity of building a new library, the land by library and the Central Green Axis “Energetic Landscape Park” are unified in design to improve the ambient environment qualities. Cultural education, commerce work, administrative work, and resources of business and sportswear should be organically integrated to create the coordinates between natural landscape and architecture and characteristic city space, thus promoting the overall image and competitiveness of the region.
Refine the urban morphology in Nanxu Avenue and emphasis on the overall layout. Both the library and cultural creation lie to the south of Nanxu Avenue, they can form rectangular frames. When combined with the Planning Exhibition Hall and Transportation Bureau in the east, all these can deepen the region’s programming. Hence, the north park in Nanxu Avenue is spread out towards the north; on the south, the gymnasium meeting and exhibiting centre.
Twenty-Four Scenes of the Jingjiang River There are 24 painting works with each painting is 38 centimeters high and 63.3 centimeters long. They were painted in 1842 by Zhou Rong, a representative of the Jingjiang Painting School in the Qing Dynasty. Twenty-Four Scenes of the Jingjiang River has been designated as the second-class national collection. I’ll extract 12 of them to analyze.
activity area road
Xianshan Ancient Road small room hidden in the mountains
water shore
White Dragon Cave landscape across the
White Dragon Cave playing in the cave
road
Bamboo Forest Temple listening to rain in the temple
activity area forest
Hidden Mountains secluded caves
road
Street View
the street building is built in between the mountain.
Hidden Spring
flickering the mountains
road
Suburbs View landscape city water shore
plum flowers
road Ba Gong Cave
spreading plum blossom aroma
Beigu Mountain looking forward
snow mist line road
Jiuhua Mountain
t h e ro a d a ro u n d t h e mountain
Wuzhou Mountain snow mist shrouded
Painting and Calligraphy The collision of local culture and the culture of the Central Plains, left a lot of treasures of men of literature and writing. “Twenty-Four Scenes of the Jingjiang River” has been designated as the second-class national collection. Learning from the design and absorbing the romantic charm from the famous painting. By embedding the regular side box in landscape base and making the building elevation texture of bamboo shutters with translucent skin material, the “fairyland” overall image is taking shape. To the project as a whole, present a remarkable national rhyme. That is, “Architecture is landscape, landscape is scroll”.
Landscape Zhenjiang has been known as the “First Landscape under Heaven” since ancient times, which takes landscape as composition element. 'Leshan benevolent, wise water music' .The project is made of Landscape base and side box and the landscape is surrounded by the building. Library and Wenchuang are combines in internal space, while In the middle space, two functional zones are connected through the space of 'cave atrium'. The whole project is organically constituted by landscape and library, which embodies the world outlook idea that heaven and man are of a whole.
Thought The local cultural type of Zhenjiang is an open culture with Wu culture as its main body, inclusive of both north and south, and eclecticism. Which fits for the philosophy of China about “rely on each other and belong to each other mutually”. The design incorporates this idea into the architecture and transforms it with nature. Converting the mountain with water and library with cultural creation makes a characteristic space absorbed anything and everything. Setting up hierarchy, enriching and diversifying communication space in the “Cave atrium” to create a cultural highland with enlightenment and flowers blooming.
mountain view
walk
meditation
overlook
realize transition
recall
veiw water
access to space communication space repast space escalator the elevator parking entrance
1.library main entrance 2.24-hour self-service reading room entrance 3.comprehensive main entrance 4.cultural and commercial entrance 5.underground garage entrance 6.comprehensive time entrance 7.logistics entrance 2
11.children's activity room
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13.digital experience area
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8.lobby
9.the visual reading room 10.children's library
17.3D printing experience store
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16.the atrium
18.creative life experience pavilion 19.DIY craftis room
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21.cafes
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20.painting book store
22.core tube
23.toilet
24.fire control roo
Ground Floor Plan 1.No.2 circulation department 2.No.3 circulation department 3.the meeting room 12
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5.reading room for ancient books 6.ancient library
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8.creative bookstore 10.DIY crafts room
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4.office and business department office
12.rest area
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9.pottery studio 11.painting book store
13.creative workshop
14.creative garden 15.core tube
16.toilet
Four Floor Plan
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roof landscape structure 5F
box structure 4F
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indoor scene no.1 2F
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indoor scene no.2
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Functional Circulation
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1.underground garage 2.temporary storage area 3.the corridor 4.intensive stacks 5.take the old library 6.No.1 exhibition hall 7.meditation hole 8.No.2 exhibition hall 9.lobby 10.digital experience area 11.children's library 12.multimedia reading room 13.fire control room 14.repair mind slope 15.painting book store 16.DIY crafts room 17.No.1 circulation department 18.gazebo 19.No,4 multi-function hall 20.No,3 multi-function hall 21.information resource processing room 22.video room 23.local library 24.local writers' gallery 25.specialist laboratory 26.creative garden 27.creative bookstore 28.No.2 circulation department 29.reading room for acient books 30.ancient library 31.rest area
The Tangzhui Chili Village Function : Housing, Cultural Center, Village Gallery, Culture Square, Village Park, Water Tower and other public facilities Location : Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China The Project Completion Year : 2019 The village is beautiful and atmospheric, full of peaceful and quiet western Cantonese style, including housing, Cultural Center, Village Gallery, Culture Square, Village Park, Water Tower and other public facilities. This project mainly uses prefabricated aluminium stencil technology.
TEL : +44 07529945032 E-MAIL : dxzsilver@gmail.com Postgraduate School : Manchester School of Architecture