This project is a home museum addressing urban amnesia caused by rapid urbanization. It preserves urban and communication memories, focusing on living memories through "home" and "furniture" as the carriers. Located in Columbia Circle, Shanghhai, the two existing office buildings are repurposed, blending old and new to retain the city's texture and memories. The museum showcases lifestyles across different eras using abstract spatial design, with furniture exhibits adapting to various times.
The museum also encourages public participation. Visitors can donate or store furniture, share stories, help maintain items, and arrange exhibits through a furniture delivery system, fostering interaction and collective urban memory. The design centers around a five-story atrium connecting the two buildings via spiraling ramps, integrating new functions within the old structure. The exterior retains most original walls, with new volumes creating a contrast between old and new. Fixed exhibitions are placed in corners, while flexible spaces and workshops intersperse throughout. An aerial transmission system allows exhibit changes, encouraging visitor participation and interaction. Large glass areas enhance the dialogue between new and old functions.
Site Analysis
Citizens'
Nodes
Markers
Abstract interpretaion of housing typology —— Permanent exibition
Carrying
Building
Participatory and interactive —— Flexible exibition
Maurice Halbwachs
Aldo Rossi
Kevin Lynch
“On Collective Memory”
“The Architecture of the City”
“The Image of the City”
Nora
Corbusier
“Les Lieux de Mémoire”
Fun Palace, Cedric Price 1964
“A
Ground Floor
Atrium
Perspective
Elevation
Roof Slab Foundation
Urban Oasis
Masterplan | Group work | 2023.09 -2024.01
Site location: Shanghai
Group member
Dilikeremu Duolikun
Tong Yang
Linde Ji
Jie Qiu
Feng Guan
Urban Oasis may incorporate various elements to support the well-being of its residents, such as green spaces, pedestrianfriendly design, access to cultural and recreational activities, and initiatives that encourage a sense of community and social connection. It can also involve urban planning strategies that prioritize mental health, reduce stress, and enhance overall quality of life. The concept of Urban Oasis is often associated with the broader movement towards creating sustainable, healthy, and livable urban spaces.
Oasis walking paths are designed to promote mindfulness and well-being among residents. They are usually located in parks or other green spaces and are marked with signs that encourage people to walk mindfully and appreciate their surroundings.
My responsibility：Concept and form generation, Topographical design, Digital modeling, Architectural drawing.
Concept —— Urban oasis
Residentials
The area of residents’ balconies is increased to visually relate to the keyspace, while also enriching the types of circulation lines.
Topography Plaza
Spreads from the ground to the building, and part of the building's skin was removed to serve as a semioutdoor activity space for residents.
Urban Farming
The residents of the original site were keen on farming, so more space for farming was added to the residential area.
Ambiguous housing
Collective housing | Individual work | 2022.09 -2023.01
Site location: Ningbo
I have always believed that the housing is more than just a shelter for human beings; it creates and defines social relationships and atmosphere. The organisation of space can completely change the temperament of a field.
In the midst of increasing urbanisation, China's housing stock has become dominated by high-rise commercial dwellings with high occupancy efficiency. The social distance between neighbours has gradually increased and opportunities for social interaction have decreased. This project seeks to create a collection of houses with ‘ambiguous’ neighbourhoods. The project is aimed at white-collar workers who lack social time.
The building achieves ambiguous spatial and user relationships by creating half-spaces, where each unit is connected to a fully public space through a semi-private, semi-indoor, semi-transparent garden. This creates a more appropriate social distance and neighbourhood relationship.
Site analysis
Concept Design process
Through the observation of the surrounding streets, it is found that residents use some ambiguous Spaces subconsciously. Compared with clearly planned Spaces, these Spaces are more casual and convenient and closer to the social distance between people. The ambiguous space allows the smooth transition between the interior and exterior, so that private and public relations can penetrate each other. Therefore, "ambiguous space" will be the main concept discussed in this project.
Visual ambiguity
Indoor
"Many Small Cubes" "House N"
Sou Fujimoto
First floor
Etrance
Courtyard
Library
The public space on the west side is designed as a shared library for residents to work and read books. The central part is designed as a sunklike public reading area with a social aspect.
Cafe
The public space on the east side is designed as a coffee shop, which serves as the main area for neighbors to chat and relax and socialize.
Corridor
All the walls on the ground level are made of hollow brick structures, which create a connection between the semi-private courtyard and the public space, creating a visual and auditory communication, and the windows on the walls enable the interaction of the neighborhood to occur anytime and anywhere. Thus creating an "ambiguous" neighborhood atmosphere。
Section
Section B-B'
Pick Up The Ruins
This composite façade material is consistent in material texture and basing logic with the brick of the old building, but provides a new sense of vitality through modern construction techniques. The site is located in the old town, surrounded by a large number of old buildings, full of history, so the design of the façade responds to the surrounding urban fabric, using modern techniques to express the old elements, realising a reflection and reconstruction of the “ruins”
Plan detail
Facade
Forest library
Library design | Individual work | 2023.02 -2023.06
Site location: Ningbo
The main body of the project is the learning center of "The school of life", which contains public library, office space, ferry and many other public activity Spaces. The site is located in the downtown of Ningbo. The concept is to bring the forest into the city to contrast with the old city and to activate the city, with the integration of natural space and indoor learning and leisure space,it creates a relaxed, pleasant and slow-paced public space atmosphere.
A gentle transition of three floors is formed through the long-span slope, while the split-level space brings visual interaction, and through the interpenetration of natural courtyards and interior spaces, a sense of forest is created horizontally and vertically.
Bussinese
Axonometric
First floor
Sunken space
Section A-A'
Section B-B'
North Elevation
South Elevation
Other works
Includes installation design, small-scale architectural design, and interior design internships in addition to major coursework during the four years of college.
Parametric design | Group work | 2022.12 -2023.01
responsibility:
My group and I used our knowledge of grasshopper to build a shelter on campus. The design concept is based on the Chinese "yin yang" to create an interactive space between the indoor and outdoor space.
Concept and form generation, Grasshopper editing, Section and elevation drawing, Rendering.
Dancing wall
Community center design | Individual work | 2021.02 -2021.06
Located in the ancient city of Cicheng, Ningbo, this community centre is inspired by the ancient city walls, with elements of the walls abstracted to form a dynamic façade. The interior of the community centre contains an art gallery, leisure space, coffee shop and meeting rooms. The concept of the city wall and the design of translucent partitions allow for smooth observation and communication between people.
North elevation
West elevation
Section B-B'
Section A-A'
Ground floor
First floor
Internship projects
Interior design | Internship | 2022.07 -2022.09
During the internship experience, was responsible for checking the construction site nodes and preparing architectural drawings for the Dome Duo project, as well as some detailing design, rendering and modelling for the House of Incense project.
