PORTFOLIO 2016
WEN CUI
Wen Cui
Architect Assistant
CONTACT DETAILS:
Tel: +44-7482055566 Email: cassie0717@163.com Adds: B805, 465 Caledonian Road, NewHall, London, N7 9GU. Languages: Chinese - Native ▹ Mother language; English - Fluent ▹ 2nd language
MY EDUCATION:
[09/2015-10/2016] Degree: Master of Architecture Course: Graduate Urban Design The Bartlett School of Architecture - UCL London, EN ｜ United Kingdom [09/2010-06/2015] Degree: Bachelor of Architecture and Urban Design - 4.11/5.00 GPA Course: Architecture Design Huaqiao University - HQU Xiamen, XMN ｜ China
EXPERIENCE:
ACHIEVEMENTS:
[07/2014-09/2014]
[03/2013-11/2013]
Architect Assistant BIAD Architecture Design Institute, Xiamen Branch http://www.biad.com.cn - Assisted the project leader to carry out preliminary project research and analysis and discuss the design concept, and reported the achievements; - Got involved in various project designs, especially serving as one of the project leaders in the renovation project of Xiamen Torch Xintiandi( transformed an old warehouse into a new industrial park), responsible for the design of this new landmark building, the texture element design and the landscape planning and design of the park( finally the project won the bidding).
[07/2013-09/2013]
Architect Assistant China Construction Engineering Design Group Corporation Limited
http://www.cadreg.cn/news/
- Assisted the project leader to carry out preliminary project research and analysis and discuss the design concept; - Actively participated in some project designs, such as the Hongshan Culture Display Center, where I presented my opinions, provided design concept and discussed with other colleagues to determine the final scheme. [05/01/2013] Volunteer 2013 Xiamen International Marathon Race - Provided volunteer service, responsible for storing the athletes’ clothes and maintaining order on the site. [07/2012 - 08/2012] Team Leader Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macau S.A.R - Worked as an architect and conducted surveying and mapping work of a whole ancient building of Macau Yuet Wah College.
Leader Arts Dept., the 8th Student Union, School of Architecture, HQU - Planned a wide range of cultural activities to enrich students’ life, with my leadership skills greatly improved. - Organized the HQU “Bright City” Architectural Culture Exhibition, leading department members to design and decorate the exhibition room and presiding over the opening ceremony; - Planned 2013 Initiation Party, coordinating the work among departments in the student union, organizing students to arrange and rehearse programmes, raising funds, designing invitation cards, posters and publicity campaign, etc.
[09/2012-06/2013]
Leader
“Space” Column Group, HQU Radio Station - Led group members to collect, edit and broadcast weekly news, recruited and trained new members, and organized members to undertake extracurricular practices regularly; - Won the honor of “Excellent Broadcaster” and improved my leadership. [12/2011-05/2012] Core Member The 2nd Creative Design Projects Competition, HQU - Proposed the concept of campus micro-architecture and collaboratively designed a micro-scale campus square with the partner; - Won the 3rd prize in HQU.
MAIN PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
MAIN COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS:
••Architectural and Urban Designs; ••Sustainable Development and Design; ••Construction Management and Field Operation; ••Project Planning and Management; ••Team Management and Leadership; ••Fabrication - Machining, Robotics, Making.
••BIM & CAD - Revit, AutoCad; ••3D - Rhinoceros, SketchUp, GH; ••Graphics - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere; Rendering - Vary, Lumion, KeyShot. ••Extras - Arduino, Processing.
POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY:
OTHER HONORS:
Innovation & Creativity •• Good ability to do related research in order to come up with new and original ideas. •• Frequently attend exhibitions to expend knowledge and understanding. •• Enjoy networking to gather latest design news.
[2011-2013] First Prize Scholarship (twice), awarded by the School of Architecture, HQU [2011-2012] Outstanding Student, awarded by the School of Architecture, HQU [2010-2011] Second Prize Scholarship, awarded by HQU [2011-2012] Advanced Individual in Sports & Recreation Activities, awarded by the School of Architecture, HQU [05/2012] Third Prize in the 2nd “HSBC Cup” HQU Student Creative Works Competition--Chinese Traditional Culture & HQU Campus Landscape Creation Competition
Teamwork & Leadership •• Leadership skills gained through the management of the studio. •• Teamwork skills developed in the participation of architectural competitions. Time management •• Good habit to set monthly goals and weekly tasks to ensure they were on track. •• Planning use of time to make sure task are delivered to a high standard and to deadline.
INTERESTS: Painting, Calligraphy, Playing Piano, Chinese Cooking, Dancing, Swimming.
REFERENCE: Please contact: Usman Haque, Adam Greenfield UCL, Bartlett School of Architecture http://umbrellium.co.uk http://urbanscale.org/about/adam-greenfield/
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Project Survey The site is located in Zhangpu County and the north of Fuqian Street. The boundaries of the site are square and regular and the transportation is convenient . The site naturally terraced at 4 meters between the lowest and highest points from the north to the south. The total land area is 126,612 ㎡ and the overall floorage is 24,100 ㎡ , the Theatre, Archive and Pavilion are the three main functional components on the estate.
Using radioactive planning and want to set up three main entrances of the theatre, archive and pavilion in a central location which purpose to gather crowds of people in the space center.
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Exterior Condition of Site
The brownstone district
The main road
Five-Star Hotel
The northwest corner is the highest point, so we want to keep it and combine with the orginal trees to design a natural landscape.
Site
Planning road The brownstone district
Revolve the angle of the buildings , hoping the natural landscape as the main landscape toward one of the radiation surfaces.
Location Analyses
We hope the forms of the buildings and the remote mountains can echo each other.
main road subsidiary road
Traffic Organization
Pedestrian Organization
Considering the spatial connection between three buildings, we design a pubilic platform to create an overhead public space on ground floor. Guiding people from the second floor to get into the main entrance of each building and riching the vertical public space as well.
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Traffic Flow Traffic Entrance Parking
Theatre Archive Pavilion
Subsidiary Entrance of Archive
Entrance of Archive Subsidiary Entrance of Pavilion
Entrance of Pavilion
Filled Earth
Entrance of The Small Theatre
Subsidiary Entrance of
Entrance for VIPs
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First floor plan
Pedestrian Flow Main Entrance Subsidiary Entrance
Main Entrance of Archive
Main Entrance of Pavilion Main Entrance of Theatre
f Theatre
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Pavilion A-A section plan
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Theatre B-B section plan
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On the northwest corn Xingjin Road on the west For the reason that Zh area is under developm traffic and it is quieter.
The high-rise residential building under construction on the north of the base.
Xingjin Road The road on the south of the base is dual lane, which is presently used as temporary parking land, thus motor vehicle can only run on one side.
The site of base is on the other side of the lake, opposite to the Garden Show Park, which is the main landscape surface.
Existing plants in the base.
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Site analyses
ner of the base, t is city main road. honghang Cheng ment, it has less
Current situation of road on the north of the base: still under construction.
The base is located in a central position of Zhonghang Cheng residential area of Jimei District, Xiamen City. The south and north sides are both residential buildings of Zhonghang Cheng; the east side is on the other side of the lake, opposite to the Garden Show Park; the west side is the main road, Xingjin Road. Around the base are mainly residential areas, thus the club mainly serves to residents in this area.
residential residential and commercial commercial Garden Show Park
Connect inside and outside of the island Connect every district outside the island
TRAFFIC
FUNCTION
RESIDENTIAL
LANDSCAPE
The investigation and survey found: According to the field survey regarding to Zhonghang Cheng around the base, we found that the building construction in this area has an outstanding feature that is most high buildings on the south and north of the base face to east and west but not south and north. The conclusion based on analysis is that the high-rise residential buildings facing to east and west is mainly for landscape preference instead of facing to the south and north as the common residential buildings do. Therefore, making maximum landscape use of Xinglin Bay and Yuanbo Garden should be taken into consideration in this design. This club design is required to satisfy the following functions, and to make the club to become a public area node of the entire residential area at the same time. The road on the east of the base is duallane as well, near the landscape.
convenient enjoyable guest rooms
food and beverage service
comfortable conference
entertainment
open privacy
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Block generation
the form adopts a square shape, which can better make use of the space and coordinate with surrounding residential buildings.
The density of surrounding residential areas is large. Except for few businesses, the hotel facility is deficient; therefore, the guest rooms of the club are quite important. Thus, it is considered to make guest room part independent and face to east and west ,so as to make maximum use of favorable landscape on the east side.
According to locations of entrances to two residential areas on south and north side, the entrance is set on transition space in the middle of two blocks; meanwhile, the south of entrance space can achieve good vision.
The entrance
Considering lower commercial buildings on the east may affect silence of guest rooms, some guest rooms will be back to some distance of west to minimize noise.
According to each function division and its size to adjust the form of blocks, and make full use of landscape surface to make views at every direction as wide as possible.
will be constructed as the form of glass box, weakening the form of entrance transit space. While main body and guest rooms of the club will adopt stone as the coat to increase decorous feeling, so as to make the entire club combine virtuality and reality together on the shape, and the spatial relationship clearer.
the entrance of residential
main entrance
secondary entrance
the entrance of residential
Econo-technical indexes The total land area：6192 ㎡ Overall floorage：5416 ㎡ Floor space：4700 ㎡ Building density：30% Plot ratio：0.87 Parking space：14 General layout Scale 1:2000
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main entrance
secondary entrance
First floor plan Scale 1:600
1.entrance hall 2.seamstress 3.storage bay 4.office
5.changing room 6.shower room 7.swimming pool 8.teahouse
Second floor plan Scale 1:600
1.gallery 2.seamstress 3.suite 4.guest rooms
5.teahouse 6.bar 7.audiovisual studio 8.reading room
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9.restaurant 10.pantry 11.washing room 12.storeroom
9.storage bay 10.office 11.chess room 12.salon room
13.cooking 14.multi-function hall 15.reception office 16.business center
13.family room
Third floor plan Scale 1:600
1.teahouse 3.family room 2.seamstress 3.suite
4.guest rooms 5.ping-pong room 6.gym 7.billiard parlor
5.roof garden
Block modulus This design adopts modular column network structure to apply into different functional rooms with 7800*7800mm as basic modulus, so as to attain the objective of maximum room utilization rate, reasonable space and pleasant dimension.
Fourth floor plan Scale 1:600
Fonction anlyses
entrance hall entertainment food and beverage service office and assistant space multi-function hall exercise and fitness guset rooms vertical circulation
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'secret garden' hopes to bring some peaceful and tranquil atmosphere for the people living in the city surrounded by high-rise buildings.
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A-A section plan Scale 1:600
B-B section plan Scale 1:600
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Summary
Traffic around the B
The high-rise building (Business Multiple-use Office Building) in this design is located in the intersection of city history and modern development. The project location is adjacent to the old town of Xiamen and Lujiang Road business district.
Lujiang Street: It is built from
The emphasis of the design is to combine modern multifunctional high-rise buildings with the whole city, and to connect the dense low-rise building in old town with high-rise building.
The objective of the design is to make the high-rise building become one of the urban highlights as well as the core and bridge between new area and old area.
lines in Xiamen gather here.
Xiahe Road: It stretches from Hubin Xi Road: National Ro with important areas of China.
Current Situation of
Lujiang Business District
Central Business District of Lujian
Zhongshan Road Busine reservation.
Hexiang West Road Bus Tong'an District
Fujian Province Jimei District
Xiang'an District Huli District
Fujian Province
Haicang District
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Siming District
Current Residential
Modern Residential Area Old Town of Xiamen: Xia
culture of Xiamen as well as the s
How to Get Communication and Balance
Lujiang Street
Hubin Xi Road
Xiahe Road
Lujiang Business District Hexiang West Road Business Circle
Base
m 1929 to1932 with 1,563 meters in length. It is the traffic intersection where most of the traffic streams on the vital communication Zhongshan Road Business Circle
m the street of Lujiang Street to the Xiahe Road, which is the main road in the east-west run of Xiamen.
oad 319. It stretches from Xiamen City, Fujian Province to Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, which is the main traffic line connecting
Business Districts around the Base
t: Financial, educational, medical and other functional institutions together with a dozen of high-grade buildings are gathered in the
ng Road.
ess Circle:
Current Residential
One of Xiamen’s main business circles, a commercial space taking the arcade as a characteristic of old city into
siness Circle: The secondary business center of Xiamen. Yingping Community
Conditions around the Base
a: There are Haiyun Park, Jiaying Building and other modern residential area on the north of the Base.
amen’s old town is located in the south of the base where “Xiamen City” was built six hundred years ago. It integrates the urban
Lujiang Community
Lujiang Community Old Town of Xiamen
street and alley space with Southern Fujian characteristics.
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Separate business high-rise buildings from commercial skirt buildings.
Stilt building of commercial part echoes elevated fast traffic roads at a distance to form a free city square space. A close connection between the corridor and high-rise hanging garden realizes the communication between building and building, as well as building and city.
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Econo-technical indexes The total land area：14382 ㎡ Building density：14% Plot ratio：3.7 Building altitude : 97m Greening rate : 39.8% Aboveground parking space：34 Underground parking space : 306
General layout Scale 1:2000
Fire-fighting Analysis
Building Organization
entrance
Traffic organization
fire-fighting routes rescue coverage
pedestrian flow traffic flow underground parking
1.In this city, most high-rise buildings are integrated with commercial skirt buildings as a whole. 2.This design separates the high-rise building from the skirt building, enabling the function division to be more clear and reducing the pressure sense of low-rise buildings in the south of old town caused by the overall height of architecture. 3.Commercial stilt building forms a free square space on the ground, enhancing the connection between new city zone and old city zone, and making the size of large building becomes lighter and more vivid. 4.Connect the high-rise commercial building with low-rise one using corridor. Establish sunken plaza to make the vertical space be more abundant in accordance with functional requirements.
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Basement 3 Scale 1:1500 First floor plan Scale 1:1500
1.Potable water pump house 2.Water tank 3.Fire pool 4.Water supply pump room 5.Equipment room
Basement 2 Scale 1:1500
1.Diesel generator room 2.Fan house 3.Air conditioning refrigerating plant room 4.Conference room 5.Lecture hall
Basement 1 Scale 1:1500
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6.Property managemen 7.The sunken garden 8.Restaurant 9.24-hour convenience stores
1.Book Bar 2.Above the garden 3.Space corridor 4.Store 5.Counter
Fourth floor plan Scale 1:1500
1.Foyer 2.Coffee and Teahouse 3.ATM 4.The bank 5.Business Centre 6.Substation Room 7.Fire Control Room 8.The sunken garden 9.Waterscape
1.Book Bar 2.Hanging garden 3.Space corridor 4.Store 5.Counter
Fifth floor plan Scale 1:1500
1.Economic Restaurant 2.Storehouse 3.Pantry 4.Washing room 5.Economic Restaurant Kitchen 6.Manager Office 7.Finance Office 8.Chinese Restaurant
Typical floor plan Scale 1:1500
Sixth floor plan Scale 1:1500
1.Teahouse 2.Cafeteria 3.Roof Garden
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Split-level Analysis
Green Space Analysis
Core Tube
the office building adopts split-level space, which makes the office space more interesting and communicative.
apart from the hanging garden and the roof garden, the corner of the split-level part can be the public leisure space, and also a semi-outdoor green space, bringing the lively and energetic atmosphere of the high-rise office building.
the skirt building is echoed by the main building with clear and succinct structure, making the whole office building more integrated.
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Split-level Space Streamline Analysis
Split-level Space Plan Analysis
first floor plan of split-level space
second floor plan of split-level space
As the important place for urban people, office space has almost become the place people staying for the longest time in a day, whether the office space is comfortable or not is very essential. This adoption of split-level in high-rise office part story forms a continuous streamline with upward rotation in space, enhancing the interest in vertical space, and constituting a “communication and balance� in vertical space.
third floor plan of split-level space
fourth floor plan of split-level space
fifth floor plan of split-level space
B-B section plan Scale
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Commercial Structure Schematic Diagram
Commercial Structure Force Analysis
commercial part adopts stilt building as the architectural style. Because of the large stilt area and big height of floor storey, the truss structure has been applied. When the pinwheel-shaped core tube under a force, the vertical transport hollows out the internal space enclosed by four core tubes, forming two encircling rectangular business space, thus making the whole building become more concise and vivid.
the core tube consists of a shear wall structure whose external connects with anchoring steel frame. And the steel frame of core-tube makes a solid joint with truss structure. And then, two thick truss layers will be supported by the core tubes of four shear wall. In the diagram, the red color refers to support force, and the blue color refers to tensile force.
The connection between the upper and lower truss relies on steel diagonal bracing of inner edge and outer edge of truss. The internal diagonal bracing in the diagram combines the upper and lower structure layers, thereby making stress stable and balanced.
The outer diagonal bracing connects two structure layers with the upper structure layer, through diagonal bracing, giving the lower structure layer tensile force, making it to be “pulled and hanged”. Likewise, the lower structure layer transforms upward support force through the diagonal bracing, “supporting” the upper part.
Steel I-Beam is adopted in the middle two layers, which is equivalent to the girder on the façade of beam and column construction. The load the two floors suffered transforms above the steel I-beam, then distributes evenly on the diagonal bracing in the inner ring and the outer ring. The diagonal bracing is supported by the support force of the lower structure layer and the tensile force of structure layer topside, finally impacting on the core tube. Hence, an integrated steel frame is constituted by the whole core tube and all steel frame systems.
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for me ,making model is a profound journey, i enjoy it exceedingly. also, because of loving making models, i love architectural design. i experience space design through the process of making models.
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Analysis of Commercial Outer Curtain Wall System the commercial part adopts double-deck U-shape glass structure which applies the tie-in mode of wing to wing. The glass adopts dull polish printing through toughening treatment, which is fireproof. The intensity ratio of U-shape section is bigger than common glass.
indoor
outdoor Buffer Action of U-Tube Glass
Analysis of High-Rise Outer Curtain Wall System glass curtain wall of high-rise part adopts dynamic double-deck structure with newest respiration type. From outside to inside, the layer of structure is followed by ground glass, invisibility window frame, adjustable shutter, recessive window frame, and transparent glass. The upper and the lower is interlinked and connected by the supply air duct with two controllable shutters.
Open shutter in supply air duct Air Outlet Summer
Remove heat through internal recycle Temperature Increased by Direct Sunlight
Air Intake
Off shutter in supply air duct
Winter
Produce thermal radiation towards indoors through accumulated heat Accumulate heat through solar radiation
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Flowing City
Visual Corridor
---green corridor in the airďźŒwater diversion to fill the shoreďźŒpeninsula along the coast
---Interior lakes form these corridors, acting as urban visual axis as well.
Visual Guidance ---to form the visual penetrating orientation with the abundant city space rhythm.
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Concept Generation
a “green corridor” in the air to build a threedimensional transportation system that is connected to the land parcel, forming a fluid pedestrian airspace.
Diverting water to make a lake: divert the seawater into the office blocks to form an internal lake, thus the landscape is enlarged.
Reshape the shore and develop a rich set of peninsula with the earth volume in the internal lake, forming a “flowing” coastal recreational space with the guidance of the seawater.
Connecting each land parcel by a “flowing green corridor” in the air, assembling the coastal space with flowing seashore, providing a “flowing recreational” city for the citizens.
Once the city, as a spatial environment, sublimates to an artistic state regarding to its modeling, will generate an image full of perfect artistry. This time, the city design evolves the concept of “flowing city”, besides its correspondence to the geographical nature of the waterfront city space, we want it to have more possibilities to be closer to nature for nowadays’ city life.
Ocean-view Surface
Entrance Square
---Interior lakes are expanded into these surfaces, avoiding the coastal “high walls”.
---entrance square with different functional areas form the buffer nodes.
Eco-island
Entrance of Land Parcel
---The central node of coastal areas and the intersection of various functional areas form the visual buffer.
---Scatter people and cars into different areas by designing urban secondary main roads.
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After confirming the concept, land use planning should begin by planning new road network, according to the existing road net, at the same time, coordinating each land parcel which is divided by the road net. Based on the investigation result of the base surrounding environment, divide each land parcel into four main functions: office, business, residence, and entertainment. The requirement of the proportion of the building area is 4:3:2:1. The office area is distributed at the central landscape corridor; the residential area is zonally distributed close to the main road and facing the east waterfront residential area; The buildings of entertainment are distributed at the core of eco-island; Business zone goes through the bottom of office and residential areas to make the connections between various functions of buildings to be more close.
Econo-technical indexes The total land area：746000 ㎡ Overall floorage：1876000 ㎡ Floor space：198000 ㎡ Building density：27% Plot ratio：2.5 Area of roads and space : 179000 ㎡ Green space : 216000 ㎡ Greening rate : 29% Office building area : 712000 ㎡ Commercial building area : 442000 ㎡ Residential building area : 219000 ㎡ Cultural building area：177000 ㎡
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Land Distribution Sketch
Function Distribution Sketch
office green belt
construction land commercial
land for roads
residential
cultrual
General layout Scale
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Design Idea: the central water landscape & urban ecological park in the future is strongly rooted in the coastal natural scenery and humanistic environment.
Design Concept: we plan to design and develop a green center for Xinglin-Bay Business Center. The center is near the coas
making people feel that they are at the foot of the water while living in the city. We’d like to divert water dire merely “near” the lake. We would use a series of urban landscape design languages filled with dynamic patterns as well as poetic urban form of waterfront zone in a modern way.
Finally, we expect this central waterscape & coastal city eco-park, which is rooted in the coastal scenery an Xinglin-Bay business Center more dynamic and energetic.
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st, so we can dig the lake and fill the shore, ectly into the business center area, instead of and aesthetic function layouts, to express the
nd humanistic environment, could make the
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Digging the lake and filling the bank
Digging the lake and filling the bank is to guide the sea water into the internal Xinglin-Bay business center to form internal lake. Reconstruct the bank by calculating internal lake in earth volume. According to the needs for modelling and functions to fill and construct the coastal peninsula, so as to form a dynamic coastline and rich coastal space.
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Skyline Sketch
The shape of the skyline formed by building group is very important for coastal building group. Problems were found and the corresponding solutions have been brought up in the early stage actual examples investigation. This urban design meets functional requirements while echoes with the concept of “floating city�; sets super high-rise office building as high point; forms indent skyline shape on the face of A,B,C, which has a sense of wholeness and rhythm.
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Aiming at the different functional requirements, we design the architecture with various patterns and style. Shown here is the landmark architecture scenograph of various functional zones. 1 Cultural Building 3 Commercial and Residential Complex
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2 Commercial Complex 4 Hotel
Active Open Space Open space means city’s exterior public space, including natural scenery, square, road, park and rest space, etc. It is city’s public place and city design’s essential element as well. With the development of the city’s pedestrian system, people have a growing demand for city public environment. New contents have also been added to the city design’s open space. In the city design, we start on the whole and focus on designing building group’s exterior space and various levels of urban open space, which creates rich city space speed so as to provide citizens with places for leisure and entertainment.
There are outdoor concerts tonight! Green land is the public oxygen bar in the city! Take children to play on the green land in the evening!
Break time coming! Go to the lake to have a rest!
City level open space
Secondary city level open space
--- Internal lake in CBD area provides fine landscape for numerous high-rise office buildings and SOHO, while brings favorable waterfront space for citizens as public leisure places.
--- It is located in the eco-green island at the intersection of commercial and residential area, entertainment area and office zone, which becomes the public leisure space for the residents and office works living in this area.
Great! There is an open-air concert at the shopping mall.
Do outdoor exercise in the morning. The air is really good!
Like to take a walk along the beach!
There is an outdoor performance of the cultural district! Downstairs is a park! Let you make many friends here.
It’s great to go through the green corridor in the air for shopping!
The environment of seaside hotel is pretty good! It’s quite good to take a walk along the beach after working for a day!
There is a performance in the seaside theater!
Residential open space
Coastal open space
---The green alley in the air of this residential space achieves the three-dimensional usage of the space and forms stereoscopic traffic system, so as to provide residents with a safe walking environment and comfortable public open space.
--- The numerous coastal peninsula forms rich coastline and coastal public open space and provide citizens with coastal walking space by cascading the footpath along the coast.
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1.As mentioned in the figure, figure 1, 3 are the effect pictures of the open space in a city level. The internal lake and the large green landscape attract more inhabitants and tourists, and also serve the coastal cultural architectures and the underlying commercial buildings by providing the favorable views and high-class outdoor environment.
2.Figure 2 is the secondary city open space——an eco-island, which is located in the turning node of three main functional architecture areas (including living, office, and culture) as well as the turning point of the coastline. As one of the important city open spaces, it serves each functional area conveniently. Meanwhile, being surrounded by the seawater makes it more enjoyable and symbolic.
Waterfront Space Design
advocating diversity and miscibility for the waterfront space, the pure linear experience in the coastal walkway is reduced and the interestingness is increased by creating a series of space.
Strengthen the connection from the coastal areas to the nearby functional areas, providing a destination guide for the tourists and inhabitants.
Provide different open places according to different types of regional space so as to make open space for rest, which are combined with the recreational space, walkways, restaurants, cultural amusement places, activity space and the performing playgrounds together.
Along the coastal footpath are many landscape platforms, each of which is with distinctive features. Landscape accessories, outdoor exhibition areas, interactive game arts and performing space serve each other, providing visitors and residents with places for recreation and stay.
Make use of the waterfront wooden trestles to provide a buffer for the internal lake pedestrian scale and the high-rise CBD architectural scale with the function of defining the coastal space boundary, enriching the spatial level of the landscape corridor center, and giving people different leisure experience.
Connect coastal wharfs and squares to create distinctive coastal scenery, attracting a large number of visitors and making them enjoy the fun of “flowing city” in the free coastal peninsula.
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Crazy City Title 10/2013 - 12/2013 Year Xiamen, China Site Entertainment, Public, Transportation Context Conceptual ,Urban & Landscape, Design Content Cell Growth Conception Excellent (Distinction Equivalent) Mark
My plan: · Set up a area in the city with full vitality · Set up a comprehensive functional zone · Set up an attractive space · Set up a sustainable city area · Set up an recognizable city · Create value for the city · Set up a destination
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Xiamen
118.06°N and 24.27°E
Taiwan HK
The base for present project is located in the old urban area at the middle section of Hexiang Road in Siming district of Xiamen, Fujian province. Considering the status that the parcel here is dilapidated greatly, to Q1. The elevation form of the street is too single and old-fashioned, and update and activate it is imperative.
the street lacks the due vitality and vigor of urban streets. The present project is intended to forge streets with modern spirits and at the same time to achieve the goal of popularity cohesion and blocks activation.
Q2. The road with a large volume of traffic is too narrow, which results in serious traffic jam in rush hours. The present case plans to widen the road and at the same time to erect overpasses at proper point of the section in order to ease the traffic pressure effectively.
Q3. Except that some space is used for parking, the remained space within the original bus stop is vacant. Considering the overplus of bus stops in Xiamen, we decide to demolish the redundant stops and to apply another strategy to the base.
Long History Old Memories of Xiamen
Basic shape characteristics of common parks: Level-ground park spread over all kinds of space in the city.
We intend to refer to the natural shape of the flowing mountain and apply it into the shape design of the city park.
The design concept originates from the ups and downs in the mountain of the nature. It aims to give people chance of experiencing the up-and-down green park. My suggestion: Overhead of the green park.
The design conception of urban park means overhead of the park, under which blocks will cross through and finally segmentation of the park into a “6+1” urban complex.
Urban Core Region
The Old Industrial District
We are inspired by mountain to create a green city which is transformed from mountain.
Urban transformation has four principles: to reduce congestion of the city centre, increase the density of the city centre, and increasing the mode of transport in the center of city, to increase vegetation greening of the city. 《Cities of Tomorrow》
Sketch Model
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Scale 1:4000 The Xiamen Island, also called heron island, is beautiful and distinctive, and the great Gulangyu Island is also located on Xiamen Island. On the basis of historical accumulation on the city, a design on the relation between concept integration and the city is putting forward, in which issues on building the second center of the city and redesigning the old buildings and industrial plants will be discussed under the background of fast urban construction. The thinking reflected in the present case is totally different from the urban renewal in a traditional view whether on the basis of concept or from an architecture perspective. On the one hand, the giant greening cell has upgraded the city greenbelt into the air and thus liberated the bottom space of the city as well as increases the value of the land in an utmost way. On the other way, the air green porch in the city connects new and old parcels to surrounding areas architecturally. The cell-shaped green porch doesn’t define a specific limit for the interior and exterior parcel. People can cross into the air porch through the stairway or ramp hanging from the cell or through other buildings. People can also walk at the bottom of the city porch in heat seasons or raining days, while are free to walk on the surface of the air porch to experience and feel the city in a totally new perspective in warm seasons like springs or autumns or in sunny days. By synthesizing former investigation results and to integrate the whole planning, I have to combine my planning with external traffic. To hold the “old” and to develop the “new” means to protect the old industrial factory district and update the parcel with low utilization efficiency.
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Fashion Password
Recreational Centre
Leisure Password
Urban Renewal
Heart Park of The City Complex Food Street
Retail Shop Department Store Depar tment store
St Sq
Free-Hand Sketch of The Vision
Shopping Mall
Street Square
Art Corner
SOHO
Bird's Eye View of The Factory Building Area
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Free-Hand Sketch of The Vision
Store
Garden Square
Ecological Entrance Platform
Garden District
Bank
treet quare
Art corner Tea House
Chinese Restuarant KFC
Community Library
Exhibition Room for Artist
Urban Conservation
Cafe
Central Courtyards
Supermarket
History Museum
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Skyline Analysis
Now
After 5 Years
After 20 Years
After 35 Years Profile of the base and skyline elevation building, pre-conceived future skyline for the high-rise building in city, representing graph of relation between designed building and surrounding buildings.
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THE CITY IS CRAZY
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The case hopes to make the urban park into an urban and ecological complex combined business, office, residence, cultural facilities, traffic hub, and entertainment with mass leisure, to become a connection in at Hexiang Road and finally forms a coalition of three parties with the other two being the railway station and culture and art center.
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The City of Tomorrow In China. Higher Intensity and Density of Construction. A Promising City. Ecological Oasis.
Xiamen
Green Island
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THE CITY IS CRAZY
Heart Park of The City Complex Urban Renewal For The New Last Longing.
Conclusion: In an environment of fast urban development and compared to the high-rise buildings erect straightly from the ground, the design intends to construct low-lying areas in a modern city combined traffic, ecological vegetation with city life and brings the urban complex into adjacent communities like cell division in order to add a piece of green and health spirit to the future city life.
Breath of Nature
Railway Station
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“Fallen in mud and ground to dust, it seems no more. But its fragrance is still the same as before.” From the famous ancient Chinese poet Lu You “Pu Suanzi·Praise of Plum”, to praise the proud spirit and moral integrity of plum.
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Jul 2011
Jul 2012
Sketching works of pen drawing in Hong Village, Yi County, Anhui Province, China
Copy of pen drawing
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Jul 2012
Watercolor sketching works in Hong Village, Yi County, Anhui Province, China
Jul 2012 “A gentle man should hold the outer world with broad mind.” From “ Zhouyi·Kun”, to describe the people with high morality and the ability of shouldering heavy responsibility.
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