A R C HI T E C T UR E
PORTFOLIO
SELECTED WORKS (2016 - 2021) TONGYU CHEN
CONTENT The Intervention Project Newcastle UK Urban Meal Mine
Other Works
Melbourne Australia The New Village in 2035 Shanghai China Blyth Reef Aquarium Blyth UK
Henan China
BLYTH REEF AQUARUM Public Architecture Blyth, UK Acadimic / Sep 2018 - Jun 2019 Individual Work Tutor:Colin Ross(colin@cincolinrossworkshop.com) Getting Away From It All Studio is aiming to explore the relationship between people and place, through interdisciplinary research, respond to the local cultural and natural environment, and establish the connection between architecture and water. In the end, to create a tourist destination that is away from the noisy city. The design is focusing on the "underwater sensation", "marine life environment", and "coexistence of man and marine life". This project intends to create a "bridge" on the Blyth Beach connecting the land and the underwater, which can bring people into the underwater world without getting wet. It will be the "window" to show people the natural state of the Marine life, as well as a place for recreation and Marine studies. By taking advantage of the ebb and flow of the tides, it can display different appearances like a work of art to attract tourists. Through the Study Trip in the Netherlands, I found that a tourist city can transform the entire town into a museum that displays local characteristics and culture through the details of the urban architectural environment. The unique cultural atmosphere is conducive to deepening the impression of tourists and playing a marketing role. In the stage of Project Realisation, I further clarified the theme of the project and the layout of the functional partitions. At this stage, I also began to think about how to guide people's behaviour and feelings through the design of space, and finally tell the user a complete story through the interaction of architecture between people and the environment.
sea orange sponge
lobster velvet swimming crab
octopus
butterfish bottlenose dolphin atlantic grey seal
shellfiish white-baeked dolphin
dead men's finger ECOLOGIICAL ENVIRONMENT:
seacaves, overhangs , crevices and dense kelp forest.
anemonesl
ballan wrasse
ECOLOGIICAL ENVIRONMENT:
different environment and move betweeen different environment.
coal fish
conger eel fayher lasher breadcrumb sponge minke whale crabs scorpion fish starfish
ECOLOGIICAL ENVIRONMENT:
wolf fish
muddy sand
lobster pollack anger fish cuttle fish peacock worm
kelp
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Through many visits and investigations in Blyth Port, I found that the time when Blyth is more popular with foreign tourists is in hot summer. When the temperature is low and the wind is strong, there are very few tourists, and the main activities are walking, dog walking, fishing and sightseeing. There is a Marine Station near the harbor but it is rarely open. The collage at the top shows the main geological eatures of the target location as well as the species.
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hermit crab
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Concept
inspired by the elements on the site - Sea - Pier - City
Materials
- Resin - natural form of water - Recycle scrap wood/timber - pier - Concrete - city / new intervention
The discarded wood boards are randomly assembled under the premise of maintaining the centre of gravity, one end is cast in the chair surface made of resin, and the other end is cast in the concrete base.
- Thinking Through Making -
To create a place where people coexist with marine life, I decided to adopt the concept of coral and choose rough concrete as the outer wall to breed corals and attract more species to live around the building. The building's skin and interior galleries are inspired by the way corals feed and their biological structure.
Outdoor view in the day
Interior view in the day
Under water view
The Deadman's Finger (Alcyonium digitatum)
The individual polyps project from the surface when feeding
The envelop and illumination were inspired by coralline feeding way
Voronoi 3D model by Grasshopper
Massing model of diaplay space for reef
Intersection of two models for the final form
- Project Realisation -
concrete internal walls
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SOLAR CHIMNEY
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BUILDING SKIN 1
The roof absorbs solar energy and converts it into electricity for the building.
(Above the surface of the water) The outer skin above the water absorbs light during the day and transmits it at night.v
3. BUILDING SKIN 2 (Under the water)
The surface beneath the water is mainly used for resistance to pressure and for ornamental purposes.
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EXHAUST SYSTEM Inside the building, the main electric energy exhausts the air and mosses and other plant communities increase the fresh air.
5. WATER SYSTEM In the building, there are mainly two systems of fresh water and sea water, through the circulating filtration system, the water resources are recycled.
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Two forms of the primary structure are used in this design. The beam-column structure is used for most of the space in the building. And the shear wall structure is used for exit stairwells on both sides of the building, which replace the position of two columns as the core tubes.The original columns were arranged in square grids. However, considering that the whole building is a cylinder. Therefore, to make the load of structure more uniform, the columns are arranged in concentric circles.The cross-section of the round reinforced concrete columns is 800 mm in diameter. The beams are 800*400 mm, and the longest span is 9100 mm. The biggest structural challenge of this building is how to build the wall while connecting the main weighing structure to it. So I used a lot of unusual construction patterns in the exploration of the structure of this building. Different types of concrete are also used to achieve the desired effect. The environment also very demanding and require the use of sunken shaft construction.
concrete flat roof
concrete internal walls
acrylic aquarium tanks
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staircase
coral fish exhibition room acrylic glass wall
concrete internal wall
external wall embedded with acrylic sticks
PRIMARY STRUCTURE round reinforced concrete columns; solid reinforced concrete floor and pile foundation
PRIMARY STRUCTURE reinforced concrete ring beams and radial beams
PRIMARY STRUCTURE reinforced concrete shear force walls (core tubes)
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SECONDARY STRUCTURE reinforced concrete waffle slabs
TIETIARY STRUCTURE
Coral dIsplay hall
Coral Display Hall Lifts
Reef Fish Tank
Hotel Room
Marine Environment Tank Exhibition Zone
Toilett
Full Depth Sea Tank Office Room
Fresh Water Tank
Jellyfish Tank
Full depth sea tank
Marine Environment tank of Northumberland
Full Depth Sea Tank
Office
Hotel Coral Concept Display Hall
Selling Area
Public Zone
Fresh Water Tank
Entrance Reef Fish Tanks
Customer Service Jellyfish Tanks
Restaurant
Fresh water tank & Platform on Leven2
Pier
Customer Service Entrance
Lift
Selling Area Pier
Kitchen Mechanical Room
Facilities Mechanical Room
Kitchen Restaurant
Toilet
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1 Double-leaf rooflight 2 Lining 3 Clamping bar 4 Photovoltaic modules ventilation cavity solar thermal system thermally insulated 60*60 mm battens bitumen waterproofing 2-ply rigid plastic foam board vapour barrier reinforced concrete roof slab 5 Drainage channel 6 Parapet capping bitumen waterproofing 2-ply timber board rigid plastic foam board 7 Sheet metal clip 8 12.5 mm gypsum board 80 mm cast-in-situ aerated concrete 25 mm precast concrete 9 Tilt window: aluminium frame powder coated toughened glass 6 mm cavity 16 mm toughened glass 8 mm 10 Clear acrylic rod (diameter: 50 mm, longth: 139 mm) 11 Conseal C8-231 waterstop 12 25 mm precast concrete 13 55 mm cast-in-situ aerated concrete 14 Cast-in stainless steel anchor 15 Cast-in stainless steel anchor 16 water proof reinforced concrete 17 Reinforced concrete ring beam 18 800 mm reinforced concrete column 19 Floor finish 90 mm heating screed, tinted, sanded, sealed heating pipes damp proof membrane 30 mm impact sound insulation 500 mm waffle floor slab 20 21 22 23 24
Folded steel sheet Compression seal Blocking/sealing 750 mm acrylic glass pane 150 mm reinforced concrete screed, polished Separation layer 50 mm PUR hard foam thermal insulation Three-ply sealing membrane 300 mm PUR hard foam thermal insulation 300 mm gravel fill 800 mm reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete ground beam 25 Pile foundation
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Undersea restaurant with underwater window
Yorta Yorta
Urban Meal Mine
36°15’S
Baraba Baraba
Wathaurong
Ngurraiillam
Wergaia
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36°45’S
Taungurong 37°S
Djadjawurung
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Woiworung
Melbourne
Public Architecture VIC, Australia Conceptual / May 2021 - Dec 2021 Individual Work Tutor:Xinyue Tan(xingyue@sensedesign.com.au) The supplement of agriculture products is more dependent on imports than local, due to the globalisation of trade. This has led to the high consistency of agriculture species and the survival crisis of local industry. In Australia, the aborigines had agriculture with yam as the core grain and unique farming techniques. However, this industry has disappeared that once dominated the entire continent with the advent of the colonial era. This history has only been recorded in a British explorer’s notes and was replaced by mechanised farming wheat and corn, a gift from the Europeans. In Queen Victoria Market, the largest farmers market in Australia, around 99% of agricultural products are exotic, and local products are almost absent in the trading process. By applying new materials, structures, public events and green gardens to these local trading venues, with the traditional local agriculture as the theme, I believe this redesign could arouse the public’s memory: the cornerstone of civilisation on this continent are native species and aboriginal civilisation. Before1700S
1840S
1970s
2021
The area around Port Phillip and the Yarra va l l ey, o n wh i c h t h e city of Melbourne now stands, was the home o f t h e Ku l i n p e o p l e , an alliance of several language groups of Aboriginal Australians, whose ancestors had l ive d i n t h e a re a fo r an estimated 31,000 to 40,000 years. The area was an important meeting place and growing area for the clans of the Kulin. The Kulin lived by fishing, hunting, gathering and cultivating, and made a good living from the r i c h fo o d s o u rc e s o f Po r t P h i l l i p a n d t h e surrounding grasslands.
Melbourne has always been a Market town. Its residents have always had a fascination with Markets, and this tradition continues ever today. The Melbourne City Council was originally established in 1842 to manage the City's many markets, of which one was Queen Victoria Market . The Market was the largest and most intact of all Melbourne’s great 19th century markets. It’s a vibrant and bustling inner-city market. Officially opened on 20 March 1878.
The separation of the Wholesale Market from the Retail Market lead to a plan to redevelop the Queen Victoria Market site into a trade centre, office and hotel complex in the 1970s. However public outcry prevented this and resulted in the Market being classified by the National Trust. Later, it was added to the National Heritage List in recognition of its links to the early colonial population of Melbourne and its ability to demonstrate the principal characteristics of a 19th century metropolitan produce market.
To d a y, i t h a s o v e r 600 small businesses f o r e ve r y t h i n g f r o m Au s t ra l i a n f r u i t a n d vegetables, local and imported gourmet foods, clothing and souvenirs. Also the market provide online shops. The market holds many public events and Tours, w h i c h p ro m o t e s t h e exchange of different cultures and creates more demands and opportunities.
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Visitation to the Day Market by Melburnians has been slowly declining in recent years, while the proportion of tourist visitation has increased. wDisproportionate to the median age of 28 years in the City of Melbourne,2019 research shows that 60% of current Day Market customers are aged 50 years and over.
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An annual grass that grows to The tubers were a staple around 200 mm. Can form a food of Australian Aboriginals full cover on moist soils. Grows and are eaten after cooking, on all soil types. usually in ground ovens. Estimated Loss of Production in Melbourne’s Foodbowl by 2050
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More handmade artisan products
More locally made designed products
More rotating specialty markets
Current Customer
More ethical / sustainably made products
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More vintage clothing Household essentials and accessories
stationery
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By 2050, Melbourne’s population is likely to grow by at least an additional 2.63 million people to reach a population of 7 million. This analysis models the possible impact of the predicted population growth on loss of agricultural land and productive capacity in Melbourne’s foodbowl, if population growth is accommodated at the current rate of urban density. There is likely to be greater loss of farmland in the inner foodbowl compared to the outer foodbowl, because higher population growth is predicted to occur in this region. As a result, the impact on foods grown mostly in the inner foodbowl region, such as vegetables, is likely to be particularly significant.
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According to the current Victoria Market analysis, the road on the southwest side of the site has more traffic, and the road on the east side has more traffic. A square is placed in the southeast as a gathering area and tourist entrance. The parking lot entrance is placed on the east side. The building is divided vertically into three levels. The building forms a retreat from the ground square to the northeast corner of the planted roof. The outdoor planting area on the first floor mainly grows colonial crops, while the planting area on the second floor mainly grows Australian aboriginal crops. The types of crops planted are chosen by visitors who experience planting to create a dynamic landscape that varies from season to season. In this way, it echoes the influence of colonial history on indigenous farming culture and indigenous crops. Moreover, it shows today's dynamic and harmonious communication mode between immigrants and indigenous people.
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7 Meat & Fish Hall
8 Dairy Produce Hall
9 Therry Street Plaza
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10 Munro
Community Hub & Car Park
11 The Urban Meal Mine
12 Franklin Street Stores
13 Carpark
14 Flagstaff Garden
15 Iglu Melbourne City Student Accomodation
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There were two main yam seasons. One was after the first rains of autumn, the other was in late spring / beginning of summer.
Variable Rainfall
water run-off rich alluvium and plant debris
Tuber head used in indigenous propagation.Traditional harvesters usually break off or cut the head of the tuber and reinserting it back into the friable, aerated soil of the pit.
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Curing should be carried out immediately after harvesting and transporting yam setts to the storage area. Curing requires high temperatures (32 to 40 ℃ ) and high humidity (95%) for 2 to 4 days.
Wet rushes that grow along the waterways, they are socked for three or four hours and placed in to steam the food and not burn from the coals and the clay balls.
Farming - harvesting - cooking journey Leisure sightseeing journey
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Cut-away view of yams placing in storage
About 150 are placed on the base and a fire is lit.
THE NEW VILLAGE IN 2035 Residential Architecture Shanghai, China Competation / Aug 2020 - Dec 2020 Individual Work Tutor:Qidan Chen (Qd.chen.k@hotmail.com) The 2020 Shanghai Urban Design Challenge points out that the problems to be solved in urban renewal are as follows: first, the public space inside the neighborhood has a single function, lacks the positive interface of the street, mainly for people, cars and parking, and lacks the function to provide services for people or add the vitality of the area. Second, the slow walking space between the neighborhood is not continuous, interrupted by the city road; Neighborhood interior slow space quality is poor, mostly occupied by road parking. Thirdly, it has the characteristics of large number of interest subjects involved in urban renewal. The Laoshan New Village neighborhood is adjacent to the eastern side of the Lujiazui financial district. It was one of many new residential neighborhoods for workers to emerge from rapid urban growth in the late 20th century. There are complete surrounding facilities such as hospitals, primary schools, middle schools, high schools, shopping centers, art centers, churches, parks, rivers and so on within 20 minutes' walk. The surrounding activities cover a wide range of people, including the elderly, young and middleaged, teenagers and children. Although this is a very promising community. However, it is difficult to meet the basic needs of the old residents because it‘s deisgn lags behind the modern urban environment. It is also less attractive to new residents. The project aims to identify existing housing needs through observation and research of the community. Then more targeted and innovative design will be used to inject vitality into the old community and provide a more humanized living experience.
Tourists
Dog walkers
Q1: How to meet residents' demand for clothes drying outdoors?
Fitness fanatics
Q2: How to satisfy the small commodity trade of the residents in the community?
Q3: How to relieve the parking pressure of motor vehicles in the community?
Q4: How to establish a dynamic link between the activity area of the pedestrian overpass and the surrounding shops in the residential area?
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Q5: How to solve the demand for outdoor clothes drying while preserving the dramatic scenes of traditional residents' life and skyscraper background?
Vendor
Q6: How to solve the problem of large delivery vehicles parking on the road?
Q7: How to solve the problem of non-motorized vehicles parking and occupying the sidewalk?
Q8: How to meet the needs of residents to grow plants or crops in the community?
Couriers
Night stallholder
Site Metro Station
sunrise/sunset sun path dominant wind direction in summer dominant wind direction in winter
Hospital
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residences built in 1980 residences built in 1956-83 residences built in 1993
Office
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Mall
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retail school green area community services
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pedestrian entrances paths vehicle entrances
metro station pedestrian overpass express hubs
high pedestrian volume high traffic volume
Three-dimensional traffic system
walk path
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Shared outdoor clothes drying system
Community activity and free market
Transportation
Communication
The visual echo of different architectural forms
Unit type
Type A for 1-2 people
Type C for 3-5 people
To Q3
To Q4
Vertical parking lot
The pedestrian overpass connects to the third floor of the new street-facing retail area to form a skywalk street.
Type B1 Type B2 for 2-3 people for 2-3 people
Upgraded infrastructure
Shared non-motor vehicle parking
To Q5
To Q6
The visual echo of different architectural forms
Express delivery system with the community
Shared outdoor clothes drying system
Vertical parking lot
The semi-public business district model promotes activities and exchanges inside and outside the community
Shared green space
Shared planting
Agricultural products sales
Self-sufficient in some agricultural products Each unit is equipped with a green balcony
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THE INTERVENTION PROJECT Public Architecture Newcastle, UK Acadimic / Sep 2016 - Jun 2017 Individual Work Tutor:James Longfield
The Intervention Project is an additional design that intervenes in the Northern Stage, which is an excited architectural space. The new design needs to consider the impact of the original building on the users and reduce the changes to the built environment. My design concept is creating a quiet and delightful space for children.Because I found this place requires a particular space for children, those who might feel bored when the adults who come together are talking or eating. Th is p ro j e c t in tro d u c e d th e m e t h o ds o f building surveying, architectural drawing, photographying, and model making.
Circulation
Illumination
Exhibition area of the Northern Stage Acoustics
I decided to hang the intervention project above the groud floor staircase where is quiet and have not been occupied by any activity. The interior design was inspired by an exhibition area of the Northern Stage. From the entrance to the end, it becomes more and more narrow. For the view from outside, it emphasises the sense of depth. This 'box' mainly provides children with an area for reading. The diagrams on the left show the design process of the recliner: adding two wedges to prevent users from sliding downward, then changed the material from timber to high-density soft sponge which can provide users with a more comfortable recliner.
- Concept Development -
The net ladder can bring children more fun in climbing. The design of the translucent elastic curtain increase privacy, moreover, protects children from falling out of the 'reading box'. Inside the walls is where the bookcases hid, it saves the space and provides users more interaction with the design space. The images on the left are taken from 1:20 model. The wooden material creates a warm and quiet atmosphere, and the light bars split the space while providing light for the user. The visual depth of the space makes the 'reading box' more attractive.
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OTHER WORKS Cultural Heritage Protection Henan Province, China Professional / Sep 2019 - Sep 2020 Team Work (Images shown are from the author) Tutor:Xiaochuan Yu (xiaochuanyu123@163.com) This chapter mainly shows three prictice projects I participated in during my internship in the Design Centre of Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage Protection. The first one is about the Protection Plan of Gongyi City Cultural Relic Constructions. I took part in the field research of approximately 155 cultural relics sites and observed the cultural relics of different times and types closely. I learned the characteristics of ancient Chinese architecture in different ages and had a preliminary understanding of the authenticity and integrity of the historic buildings. The second project is the Restoration and Protection of the West Wall of Guide Mansion in Shangqiu city. The original wall was built between 1503 and 1511 AD. I participated in the research, design and model making. I also took part in the preliminary survey and mapping of several heritage building conservation projects. The third project is one of them. The restoration and protection design of Wu Qijun's former residence in Gushi County is one of them. Built in the early qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the wooden structure is in urgent need of maintenance due to insect infestation.
3.The restoration and protection design of Wu Qijun's former residence
1. The Protection Plan of Gongyi City Cultural Relic Constructions
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2.The Restoration and Protection of the West Wall of Guide Mansion in Shangqiu city