CONTENT:
MASQUE OF SILENCE ANALOGICAL ROSSI & MORPHOLOGICAL UNGERS
VERTICAL VILLAGE RE-THINKING SMALL HOUSE POLICY & URBANIZED CONSCIOUSNESS
GROOVY TECTONICS FROM MATHEMATICAL STUDY TO PAVILIONS ON PEAK
ACROSS GRADIENT MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION
SPORT CATALYST TRANSFORMING KENNEDY TOWN WATERFRONT
MUSEUM PERFORMATIVITY TYPOLOGICAL TRANSMISSION OF THEATER AND MUSEUM
MASQUE OF SILENCE
ANALOGICAL ROSSI & MORPHOLOGICAL UNGERS
ANALOGY
The thesis aims at invoking analogical architecture upon the question of how to read history and precedents in the open resource culture today. Formal consistency lies in the design process of copying and transforming motif. Aldo Rossi and O. M. Ungers’s projects and methodology are taken as precedents and material for exploring formal genealogy. Propensity to understand and define rigorous design methods and internal processes of architecture, by organizing, classifying, index and comparison, always invoke the vastness of world itself. By means of drawing and redrawing, inevitable alteration, invention and personal interpretation are involved as means of creation. The final project is recurring Rossi and Ungers with personal analogy process. A series of structures - cemeteries and memorials are proposed at inclined topography in Hangzhou as extension of existing public cemetery. Analogical and morphological principles are adopted by transforming the pitch roof archetype which is always read as ‘ Last House’ with the theme of ‘inverse house’. The strategy of ‘Masque’ recurs Rossi and Unger’s reading of citie as cites of individual buildings or archipelagos.
ANALOGICAL ROSSI By mashing up Aldo Rossi’s works, certain formal types are found of repetitive use in his projects. The forms are resulting from analogies to historical building forms. By these analogues Rossi built up his architecture cosmos. Typological migration can be seen in his use of the forms. They are transformed to new design vocabulary in respond to site and program, and assemblied with small shifts.
MORPHOLOGICAL UNGERS O.M.Ungers considers architecture as themes. Rather than reduction to the historical forms, Ungers use the method of morphological principle on primitive forms by breaking, bending, dividing ,inverting, overlapping, etc to achieve complexity. The repeated themes such as ‘Russion doll’, ‘city in miniature’ observes the same principles, striving to be both rich and pure, powerful and free, by operative seeing on the images.
MASQUE OF TYPOS Drawing that holds together by specific notable architectural icons from Rossi and Ungers oscillates between the scale of the city and individual building, between legible archipelagos and interconnected whole allowing new continuities and spatial relations to emerge within the field.
Rossi Types
Cube House, Cologne 1989
German Library, Frankfurt 1982
Baden Regional Library, Karsruhe 1980
German Architecture Museum
Rossi Types
Ungers Types
ARCHETYPES Archetypes are Universal, archaic patterns and images derive from the collective unconscious. Archetypes are autonomous and hidden forms which are transformed once they enter consciousness and are given particular expression by individuals and their cultures. ---- Carl Gustav Jung
Behind many forms in history lies a simple set of archetypes which exists as the basis for our understanding of architecture. Reviewing on the pre-exist forms is one of the motivation driving the evolution of architecture. New spacial patterns can be provoked by conscious reexamination on the fundamentals of the archetypes. By translating the original meaning of the abstracted forms, a structural/spatial alternative can be achieved in a comprehensive architectural design.
MASQUE OF SILENCE The project is recurring Rossi and Ungers with personal analogy process. A series of structures - cemeteries and memorials are proposed at inclined topography in Hangzhou as extension of existing public cemetery. Analogical and morphological principles are adopted by transforming the pitch roof archetype which is always read as ‘ Last House’ with the theme of ‘inverse house’ for the house of the other world. Primitive forms are embraced for silence and stillness atmosphere of the cemetery. While the strategy of ‘Masque’, recurring Rossi and Unger’s reading of citie as cites of individual buildings or archipelagos.
RIDDLE
MEMORY
OBLIVION
OPPOSITION
HEAVEN
HOUSE OF RIDDLE
HOUSE OF MEMORY
Approached from an inverted pitch roof to a memorial with the scale of a minimal bungalow in the courtyard , house of riddle leads to a labyrinth under a platform with generic grid of skylights, representing the mysterious nature of life. All walls of the memorial is pointing to the central representing a reversed house.
Fragments are interconnected by imposed order like the way memory is re-constructed. Rossi’s iconic figure in project Cemetery of Modena is recurring as a negative extraction from ground linking several structures - half buried habbitable towers, house - shaped passage, burial space extracted form ground and road crossing the structure.
HOUSE OF OBLIVION
HOUSE OF OPPOSITION
HOUSE OF HEAVEN
Oblivion starts at the same time of rememberance. Going inside the structure from the pitch roof portal, one is actually starting going outside by continuos transformation of the wall and roof to inverted, going out between the gap of two.
Life never exists without death. House of oppositions consists two opposite courtyards. One follows the inclined slope with protruded perimeter walls, the other substracted from the topography. Pathway carved from the volume in between with ‘house’ at the other implies the most mysterious process one can ever imagine.
The uppermost structure House of heaven is a patio integrated with topography. The patio is a slope, is the channel down which sky flows in the human house.
RIDDLE
MEMORY
OBLIVION
OPPOSITION
HEAVEN
FRAGMENTS
RIDDLE
MEMORY
OBLIVION
OPPOSITION
HEAVEN
HOUSE OF RIDDLE
HOUSE OF MEMORY
HOUSE OF OBLIVION
HOUSE OF OPPOSITION
HOUSE OF HEAVEN
VERTICAL VILLAGE
RE-THINKING SMALL HOUSE POLICY & URBANIZED CONSCIOUSNESS
3rd TYPOLOGY
The Small House Policy were created in 1972, legislation that gave the right to build one home to each male indigenous villager. The building shall not exceed three stories or 27 ft in height and the maximum roofed-over area of the house shall not exceed 700 sq ft. As land in the NT is put under increasing pressure by conflicting demands for development and conservation, our proposal intends to replace ‘land ownership’ with ‘space ownership’. Prototypes for both mega-structure controlling essential space quality and structure system for selfconstruction are proposed for the vision of a 3rd typology in-between city and sub-urban areas. (TEAMWORK WITH LI KAIGE)
圍圍
Vertical Expansion 水平增長
GROWING DENSITY 密度增長 GROWING DENSITY City response to to the the common commonissue issueofofgrowing growingdensity densitydue due to different economiCity and and country country have have different different response cal operation. City tends to expand vertically while country is doing horizontally. When the horizontal exto different economical operation. City tends to expand vertically while country is doing pansion has been pushed to its limits, vertical expansion must become a tendency horizontally. When the horizontal expansion has been pushed to its limits, vertical ex-to deal with the growing population. pansion must become a tendency to deal with the growing population.
Horizontal Expansion 水平增長
omil exwing
COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION
NEGOTIATION
NEGOTIATION
EXTENTION
EXTENTION
NEIGHBOURHOOD
NEIGHBOURHOOD
RITUAL
RITUAL
Vertical Expansion 水平增長
PRIMARY ALLEY : PRIMARY ALLEY PUBLIC
SECONDARY ALLEY : SEMI-PRIVATE
COMMUNICATION
GATE
GATE
NEGOTIATION EXTENTION NEIGHBOURHOOD
RITUAL
Horizontal Expansion 水平增長
PRIMARY ALLEY : PUBLIC
WALLED VILLAGE
Walled Villages in NT 新界圍村 For most walled village in New Territory, residents are from the same family. Surrounded walls against pirates in the past. Row houses arranged in a square or rectangular block, where the parallel rows of housesare separated by narrow lanes.
麻芴圍
RITUAL
SECONDARY ALLEY : SECONDARY ALLEY SEMI-PRIVATE
Walled Villages in NT ALLEY LIFE 新界圍村 Alley Life
Alley Life 巷道生活
巷道生活 NEGOTIATION GATE The main axis of the village layout serves as primary alley of public circulation with EXTENTION gate NEIGHBOURHOOD and ritual at the two ends. While the sencondary alley space is more private and has more potential to become a communal space for the villagers. COMMUNICATION
PROTOTYPE PROTOTYPE
原型 PUBLIC PLATFORM 公共平台
LEVEL 3 Concrete structure of mega-columns and mega-slabs and public staircase of every 3 floors provide platform for residents to build their own house on. Pre-fabricated toilet unit provide infrastructure to each house and bear shear force.
PUBLIC PLATFORM
Concrete structure of mega-columns and mega-slabs and public staircase of every 3 floors provide platform for residents to build their own house on. Prefabricated toilet unit provide infrastru cture to each house and bear shear force. LEVEL 2
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PRIMARY STRUCTURE LEVEL 1
PROTOTYPE
PUBLIC PLATFORM SECONDARY STRUCTURE PUBLIC PLATFORM LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3
Concrete structure of mega-columns and mega-slabs and Concrete of mega-columns mega-slabs and public staircase of every structure 3 floors provide platform forand residents public staircase of every 3 floorstoilet provide Precast light steel is used as materials for columns to and beams build their own house on. Pre-fabricated unitplatform providefor residents to build their own house on. Pre-fabricated toilet unit provide which can be connected with the primary concrete structure. infrastructure to each house and bear shear force.
5500
living
5500
PUBLIC PLATFORM
Modular slabs and stairs are also prefabricated. Residents can structure choose where to put the staircase as well as Concrete create double heightof mega-columns and mega-slabs and public staircase of every 3 floors provide platform for residents space based on floor plan.
to build their own house on. Pre-fabricated toilet unit provide infrastructure to each house and bear shear force.
dining kitchen room
5500
LEVEL 2 STRUCTURE LEVEL 2 SECONDARY
4500 bedroom
5500
PRIMARY STRUCTURE
room 4500
living room
infrastructure to each house and bear shear force.
LEVEL 3
4500
bedroom
living room
Precast light steel is used as materials for columns and beams LEVEL 2 be connected with the primary concrete structure. which can
4500 bedroom living room
bedroom dining kitchen room
Modular slabs and stairs are also prefabricated. Residents can choose where to put the staircase as well as create double height space based on floor plan.
5500 5500
4500 4500 bedroom
SUB - FLOOR LEVEL 1
living room
LEVEL 1
bedroom bedroom
Beam - Core Connection
LEVEL 1
5500
living room 5500
4500
bedroom dining room
4500 kitchen
bedroom
SELFBUILT HOUSE SUB - FLOOR
SECONDARY STRUCTURE
bedroom
PRIMARYBeam STRUCTURE - Column - Slab Connection
PRIMARY STRUCTURE
PRIMARY STRUCTURE
SECONDARY STRUCTURE
Precast light steel is used as materials for columns and beams which can be connected with the primary concrete structure.
SECONDARY STRUCTURE
Precast light steel is used as materials for columns and beams
5500
4500 bedroom
SECONDARY STRUCTURE Precast light steel is used as materials for columns and beams which can be connected with the primary concrete structure. Modular slabs and stairs are also prefabricated. Residents can choose where to put the staircase as well as create double height space based on floor plan.
SUB - FLOOR
SECONDARY STRUCTURE
Beam - Core Connection
Precast light steel is used as materials for columns and beams which can be connected with the primary concrete structure. Modular slabs and stairs are also prefabricated. Residents can choose where to put the staircase as well as creat double height space based on floor plan. SELF- BUILT HOUSE
Beam - Column - Slab Connection
4500
bedroom
5500
I - 1A
bedroom
I -HOUSE
5500
4500
bedroom
living room
4500
bedroom
4500
5500
I -HOUSE
I - 2A
5500
5500
living room
4500
bedroom
4500
I - 2A
4500
I - 1A
5500
4500
4500
Beam - Core Connection
5500
I - 1A
4500
I - 5500 2A living room
4500
dining room
4500
4500
living room
bedroom
4500
L -HOUSE
5500
bedroom
5500
5500
L -HOUSE
kitchen
4500
5500
L - 1A
L - 2A
5500
4500
INFILL HOUSE
5500
bedroom
4500
room Two types of houses are suggested as infill, which on the ground level is of L-shape while on the upper level is of I-shape. This can insure that each room of the house can get light and the lower corridor can also be shined instead of just hidden under the floor slab. bedroom
5500
4500
L - 2B
4500
L -HOUSE living
L - 1B
bedroom
5500
dining kitchen room
Beam - Column - Slab Connection
L - 2A
5500
5500
L - 1A
AXIS
MA WAT WAI EXTENTION ACCESS
Since the population of original residents in the walled village is growing up, most of them are moving out to build new house and the old ones were rent to the outcomers. That’s how the Ma Wat Wai expanded Ma Wat Tseun. The expansion mostly happened nearby the old walled village, with better living condition but less traditional living environment
PUBLIC SPACE
community1
community2
community3
community4
community5
community6
Community
Corridor
Massing
Skylight
Path
MULTI-LAYERS Multiple factors such as the hierachy of communities, structure of corridor space, courtyard of enough sunlight, continuous pathway are taken into consideration to create a better living condition for the new village.
SECOND LAYER
FIRST LAYER
GROOVY TECTONICS
FROM MATHEMATICAL STUDY TO PAVILIONS ON PEAK The project starts from the study of the assigned mathematical topic - sine wave, generalizing the 2D harmonagraph defined by time and movement to a 3D loop system by introducing in a virtual dimension.
ADAPTIVE GEOMETRY
The 3-dimensional loop system is used as an adaptive model for reorganizing the flows and routing of a series of pavilions along the contour of peak.
ACROSS GRADIENT MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION
Located in Admiralty where clustering a large amount of embassies and consulates, the proposed Immigration Museum consists of two parts - the underground exhibition space for hundreds of years’ immigration culture of Hong Kong and the with individual pavilion structures for public entertaining and provide activity space for immigrated domestic servants on Sundays.
FIGURE & GROUND
The project is developed under the theme of reversed figureground relation with structural continuity, and the ambiguous notion of wall, column and their enclosure. The theme of gradient change is integrated in different design aspects - space, structure, topography and enclosure, addressing the identity of fusion and changing of immigration culture.
SPORT CATALYST
TRANSFORMING KENNEDY TOWN WATERFRONT
IN & OUT
Kennedy Town is on verge of massive transformation.The construction of the MTR extension of the West Island Line has already begun. Currently th strip of land is used as an industrial dock with piers extending into the sea as well as an informal promenade for dog walking, jogging and strolling. Each of the three individuals developes a sport facility on one of the three selected sites linking a sports program to public facilities with an urban strategy to link the three waterfront sites. Using landscape to articulate circulation, program, public and private space, the cycling park manifesting a future vision of energy sustained waterfront sports and entertainment facility for both day and night.
URBAN STRATEGY Addressing a community means defining its component parts, identifying the lines that divide it: by age, weath, level of activity, time of day, time of year, its public and private realms. We redraw the community lines around “catalysts� that form a new bubbling, briny reation along the waterfront: inward and outward facing spaces, and night and day activities.
ZONE 1: Daneil Greteman Skate + Art gallery
2: Brooks ZONEZONE 2: Brooks Yang Yang Swimming Pool + Nursery Swimming Pool + Nursery
ZONE 3: Wei Xu Cycling Park + Library
SECONDARY STRUCTURE Introducing in the secondary structure brings: 1.Consistency with design language of skate park; 2.Grid guidance for underneath programming; 3. Light and Solar panel fitting in the geometry.
The Vision of A Live Park It is not dead at night. Today’s society can no longer afford a dead land use, which implies a waste of resource. To keep 24-hour vitality, it needs energy. A living being should be a self-sustaining entity, which is able to get the source of energy spontaneously, keep it and release it in reaction to the activity.
NIGHT VIEW
Instead of motivated by the imported energy, a live park is SELF-MOTIVATED and may even export its remaining enery to the non-living beings. working as a system of energy collecting, maintaining and transfering.
DAY VIEW
MUSEUM PERFORMATIVITY
A TYPOLOGICAL TRANSMISSION OF THEATER AND MUSEUM
MINIMAL
Under the condition of the existing Herroshoff boat museum in Rhode Island with few visitors and all the exhibits simply fill in the museum structure, I post the question of “ How many times will you visit one museum?� Rethinking the passive museum phenomenon that it lacks the attractivity for a second visit, my strategy is to adapt the theater typology to a performative museum.The New museum consists of two performative boxes with changeable exhibitions and wrapped with a skin. In between the boxes and skin are circulation and entertainment programs. Instead of having all the collections simply standing in the museum, only a few boats are selected to be exhibited in the new museum at one time, while the old building becomes storage.
PROJECTS: HERROSHOFF PAVILION MIT 150 PAVILION CAR PARK + CINEMA TOWER
TECTONICS: FOLDING: 40CM X 40 CM CUBE CASTING: MAKING OF CONCRETE WALL WITH INFLATABLE MOULDING WEAVING: FURNITURE WORKSHOP
PERFORMATIVE MODELS: A SLIDE OF HONG KONG: 3D MAPPING OF FLOW CHANGE WALL OF ISLAMIC WALLS RESHAPING GRID: FARNTHWORTH HOUSE ANALYSIS
DRAWINGS: DRAWINGS ON TRAVELS
MIT 150 PAVILION | THERMALPLASTIC PANELS -- EFFICIENCY AND MOBILITY The project aims at developing the most efficient way of paneling using thermoplastic panels and create spaces according to the function and site location. The idea is to use the same number of regular panels and come up with variations, thus spaces. We try to keep the total surface area of a box unchanged but at the same time varying its volume. In order to have the minimum floor height as 3 m, the dimension is scaled up , obtaining boxes with the following dimensions: Typology 1: 3x3x34.5 m Typology 2: 3x4.5x 27 m Typology 3: 3x12x12 m Typology 4: 6x6x15 m Typology 5: 9x9x7 To fit into the boxes, standard sizes of thermoplastic panels were designed: 3x9m / 3x6m / 3x4.5m / 3x3m / 3x1.5m To use the least number of panels to build the pavilion, reduces joints and efficiency is increased. The most eô€€€cient way of arranging the panels is suggested: a. 3x9m Panel : 4 Pieces b. 3x6m Panel : 6 Pieces c. 3x4.5m Panel: 12 Pieces d. 3 x 3m Panel: 2 Pieces e. 3 x 1.5m Panel: 8 Pieces With the same amount of panels, the following forms are derived.
CAR PARK + CINEMA TOWER
TOILET
KITCHEN
down
TOILET
MEETING ROOM
TOILET TOILET
ENTRANCE
OFFICE
RECEPTION
EXHIBITION
STORAGE
TOILET
OFFICE
HEAD OFFICE TOILET OFFICE
down
up
STORAGE
TOILET
SCREEN
TOILET
TOILET
FOOD COUNTER
KITCHEN
down
TOILET
TOILET RESTARAUNT
TOILET TOILET
KITCHEN
TOILET