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SELECTED WORKS 2016-2019 UNIVERSITY OF MEBOURNE BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTS
WENXIAO ZHU (EDWIN)
ABOUT ME
SKILLS 3D MODELING Rhinoceros 3D Grasshopper Autodesk 3ds Max
I am Wenxiao Zhu, a Year 3 student from the University of Melbourne, studying Bachelor of Environments, major in Architecture. Throughout bachelor study of architecture, I have gradually developed my passion for architecture. I have particular interest in humanized and ecological architecture that interacts with local culture. The exhibition from Master course shows me another level of design concepts and technique of presenting idea. Before becoming a qualified architects, I wish to have more opportunity to realize my ideation and keep exploring the journey in a more professional approach.
WENXIAO ZHU (EDWIN)
Sketch Up
E: wenxiaoz@student.unimelb.edu.au M: (+61) 0415085866 A: 8 Howship Ct, Ringwood East, Melbourne, VIC 3135 Issuu: https://issuu.com/wenxiaozhu0
GRAPHIC EDITING Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign
EDUCATION 2013 - 2015 High School Ringwood Secondary College (VCE) 2015 - 2019 University of Melbourne Bachelor of Environments, Major in Architecture
Adobe Acrobat Vray Render Sketch
CONSTRUCTION DRAWING Autodesk AutoCAD
REFERENCE
FABRICATION
Robert Polglase
3D Print
University of Melbourne M : robert.polglase@unimelb.edu.au
Laser Cut
CONTENTS
7N20 TOM: 7N20 N16 N12-300CTS
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01
STUDIO AIR
STUDIO FIRE
03
SENSORIAL INTERFLOW
NIGHTSHIFT PROSTHETIC
University High School
Strip & folding system
04 STUDIO EARTH
PAVILION FOR SECRET Herring Island
06 CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
DOUBLE GLAZED RANKING GLASS WALL - MIN 6 mm THICK SUPERGREY TOUGHENED. - 12mm ARGON GAP - MIN 6 mm THICK SUPERGREY TOUGHENED.
SINGLE GLAZED RANKING GLASS WALL - MIN 6 mm THICK SUPERGREY TOUGHENED. MULLION
CONTINOUS ALLUMINIUM FIXING ANGLE
SPANDREL PANEL
05
DIGITAL DESIGN and FABRICATION
STUDIO 1: EXPLORATION
MYSTERIOUS ARMOUR
POTTER CAFE PAVILION
2nd SKIN + Profile and section system
Open Space design
07 OTHER WORKS
125X10 EQUAL ANGLE FLASHING PLYWOOD PANEL
AXO Drawing + Model
BOX GUTTER
ARTISTIC PRACTICE
MICAL ANCHOR
M THICH PLASTERRD
Case study : Glasshouse
SAFETY MESH PURLIN - 200X15 Z SECTION - @1200 CTS - ONE ROW BRIDGING THERMAL SPACER INSULATION PLYWOOD BACKING 19MM EXTERNAL TYPE VAPOUR BARRIER
Artwork collection
1 STUDIO FIRE Semester 2, 2018 Tutor: Robert Polglase Individual
“SENSORIAL INTERFLOW” UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL
Studio fire is my capstone subject of the undergraduate degree. The brief is to design a learning complex building and a sports stadium for University High School. Based on the research, the existed leaning building on campus has lack of re-sponse with surrounding environment. Students are restricted by traditional passive learning pedagogy, with lack of efficient support by the building design and hardly interact with surrounding resources. Learning complex is my main focus that best represents my intended pedagogy, by providing sensorial stimulation through social interaction, visual stimulation and natural experience in terms of study diversity.
Learning complex located on the proposed site captures the intersection of 3 main perceptions, which is leaning experience from the old campus area, visual stimulation from the nice view of Royal Parade, natural experience from the greenery of sports oval. As a combination of all these sensorial resources, with the collaboration of John Dewey’s education theory. Its social interaction space and effective circulation contribute to high school students’ active study and their ability in terms of exchanging information and collaborative learning. My project of the learning complex, which is called Sensorial Interflow, provides a platform that encourage students to prepare for university study.
Current Issue
Design Responses
Strategies Natural Experience
Lack of visibility from classroom and narrow corridors with inefficient footprint cir-culation and poor lighting condition. Students can hardly interact with surround-ing resources.
Open green space Relaxing
Social Interaction Large Atrium & Staircase Efficient Footprint & Circulation Intersection
Design Purpose
Green open space
Visibility of Classroom
Visual Stimulation Proposed pedagogy is to transfer students from passive learning to active learning, and collaborative learning as social practice for further university study. Social skills of exchanging information and interactive learning are equally weighted as studying in classroom.
Circulation Path
Curvilinear Common Space Nice View & Social Chatting & Study Diversity Program
Green open space acting as a second atrium to diverse circulation to various learning space.
Loadbearing Structure
Front view from Story Street
Green Open Space Space Elevator
Multiple Staircase
Function Social Interaction Visual Stimulation Natural Experience Interflow of 3 sensory perceptions
B
Stadium Ground Floor
A’ A B’
N Site Natural playground Street view (Story Street & Royal Parade)
Stadium Ground Floor
Stadium First Floor
Basketball court
Gym Storage
Existed school campus
Change room Staff office + Manager office
Skylight
Nursing room
Breakout space
Outdoor basketball court
Toilet (male, female, disable)
Void
Site Plan Stadium First Floor
Toilet (male, female, disable)
Learning complex building
Section A-A’
Function Social Interaction Visual Stimulation Natural Experience
General Classroom
N
Toilets & Lift & Fire staircase Ground Floor Lecture Theater
Ground Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Break out space + Cafe Temporary Exhibition Reception Parent meeting room + Manager’s office Waiting Louge Self-learning space + Locker Interactive Classroom
First Floor Green open space Break out space + Cafe Classroom Self-learning space Interactive Classroom Group meeting
Circulation Layout
Second Floor Student common room + Canteen Classroom Staff office Library Green open space Interactive learning space Self-learning space
Third Floor Computer Lab Breakout space Green open space Interactive learning space Self-learning space Classroom
Section B-B’
Exploded Structure
Interior Experience
Perspective 1
G Floor Common Space
Perspective 2
First Floor Corridor
Perspective 3
First Floor Informal Leaning Space
Perspective 4
Second Floor Green Space
Perspective 5
Perspective 6
Third Floor Atrium
First Floor Circulation
2 STUDIO AIR Semester 1, 2018 Tutor: Allan Burrows Individual
“NIGHTSHIFT HOUSE” Apartment Prosthetic
Throughout Studio Air, I have practiced a lot to manipulate parametric design and developed my computational techniques of ‘strip and folding’ system. It is critical to understand the logic of algorithm that generates logical workflow. Nightshift house, defined by its design intension, which is to allow proper sleep in daytime and allow productivity and work at nighttime. The concept of my design is to associate with structural features of strip and folding system that enables the possibilities of non-standard and organic form manipulation to create a sense of fluidity and dynamic spatial movement. Refer to apartment analysis, the prosthetic should maximize energy efficient illumination in the evening and limit solar access at daytime. Prosthetic is aimed to achieve shading function for sunlight and lightening function for night activities.
Former prosthetic version shown with coverage in one direction. As reflection from previous task, prosthetic has been manipulated to shape its form from multiple initial points in order to generate structure from ceiling and walls with smooth association with apartment structure layout.
Case study 2.0
Integrate with selected iteration that generated from site analysis.
Final Prosthetic Form
Overlapping plan with attraction points shown as initial algorithm.
Dimension A, wrapping panels to reduce solar access &providing pattern experiencing.
Apartment analysis
Integrate to response to all restrictions and meet design intensions, final form appears to functionally behave.
Dimension B, decline down from ceiling covering top area for lighting function.
Plan & Section View
Main area for activity Analyzed Iteration
Isometric View
Set A, designed with purpose of reducing intake of sunlight and providing shadow effects. Prosthetic at this area should be wrapping along windows and extending along the wall.
Set B, generated from ceiling down to envelop the living area and kitchen that occupy most of client’s daily activities. Appropriable for applying lighting device and ni9ght illumination.
3 STUDIO EARTH Semester 1, 2017 Tutor: Yvette Grace Putra Individual
“PAVILLION FOR SECRET” PAVILLLION ON HERRING ISLAND
The studio provides me the inspiration of how surrounding environments associate with design intension. Design brief is to create a pavilion which is hard to be found and appropriate for hiding secrets. The concept has been developed by me to transfer the pavilion as a consolation center, where people are able to confess their stress or secrets to the river or the person sitting on the opposite side without any visual contact. It makes the pavilion become a ‘living’ architecture as a listener for remembering various secrets. Sense of mysterious and process of exploration are emphasized along the journey. The staircase has been immersed by natural earth, widening while walking down. Circulation will be diverted to entre 2 sides of the building. Visitors are able to entre Consolation room, where visitors share their secrets to strangers opposite. Then vsitors can access to lower floor, which is at island edge and performs as a semi-closure landing where visitors can leave by ferry.
Staircase sloping down with widening along the entrance to emphasize the experience of exploration. Skylight for solar access
Lighting box in middle of staircase acts as lighting device within the dark entrance, also separates circulation to two sides of the pavilion, where people are not able to have visual contact any more.
Site analysis
Consolation rooms allow sharing secrets with strangers or talking to the nature. Lower floor as landing for ferry Large glass panel provides free observation of river
Site Analysis
Plan & Section
4 DIGITAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION Semester 1, 2017 Tutor: Lyle Talbot in collaboration with KaFai Chan and Frank Song
“MYSTERIOUS ARMOUR” 2nd Skin + profile & section system
After the practical approach from this studio, I have developed the ability of interrogating digital modelling and fabrication in a linear process. The design brief is to create 2nd skin for human as body protection. Our project, Mysterious Armour, is inspired from our precedent, samurai’s armour and its concept of overlapping panels as visual and body protection. The concept of mystery is achieved by the transforming opening effect of dynamic paneling in association with profile and section system through laser cutting.
Dynamic effect that provided by opening panels archives best performance in a range of 70-80 degrees. The design is aimed to apply a contrast with its materiality, which is to create a dynamic fluidity based on the solid and stiff plywood structure. Throughout the process of sketching, prototype testing, digital modelling and manufacturing, we have a better understating of the relationship between digital modelling and prototyping, which should be interactive for testing and optimization.
Sketching Iteration
Prototype Fabrication
Multiple prototypes are manufactured and tested to explode the connection type and the density of panel to form a best dynamic effect. Last two prototypes are fabricated in 6mm plywood.
Initial sketches to explore the connection type of the structure
Design Optimisation Digital analysed panels has been generated with longer dimensions to create a more dynamic form by setting increasing distance between each two panel from top to bottom. The increased coverage also improves armour envelope.
As a refection previous prototype, final laser cut file is submitted in a reverse plane to ensure the cutting damage on plywood board is located on the back of each panel.
Assembly Diagram Panels
Curved support
Head rings Vertical support
Extending panels Body rings Orientating panels
5 Studio 1 : Exploration Semester 1, 2018 Tutor: Bede Daniel Brennan Individual
“Potter Cafe Pavilion” Open Space Design
Technique ‘immerse’ from previous exploration inspires me to bring nature associate with people, be delivering natural plants into part of design. The ductility of timber veneer sheet provides considerable degree of bending in organic form. Its structure allows light plants such as vines growing along the cur-vilinear timber sheets. Implantation can be applied from surrounding vegetation along the timber frame. Based on site analysis, lack of building standing in front of site leads to high solar access. Hence, to achieve an experiencing and relaxing space, proper shading approach is essential. The structural form is determined by blocking views from roads, avoiding main circulation on site and allowing plants im-plantation, with proposed function of visual privacy, natural experiencing space and shading system.
Perspective 1
Immerse with Nature
Perspective 2
Shading system & Visual Privacy
Perspective 3
Free Observation on Site
Perspective 4
Biomimicry imitation form for plants implantation
6 CONSTRUCTION DESIGN Semester 1, 2019 Tutor: Yi Lobachevsky Individual
PHYSICAL MODEL & DRAWING Glasshouse
Collingwood Football Club, as known ‘Glasshouse’, constructed for Olympic Park Community facility, which is selected as my case study of Construction Design. My focused area Section A, which located on the north-west of building, is an intersection point with complicated structure and connections.
Detailed axonometric drawings scaled in 1:10 required to illustrate all the connection joints and structure of building envelop within a 2x2x2 m³ cube volume.
Axonometric drawing scaled in 1: 10 and physical model scaled in 1:20 required to show the understanding of construction strategy and the association of various parts of structure as a response to design intension. Through the modelling process, my critical thinking and research ability are developed by analyzing the connection method, waterproofing strategies and envelope performance. It also improves my skill of absorbing and integrating information from various versions of drawings and specifications.
Top drawing illustrates the connection between post-tension slab, ranking glass panel and lower roof structure. Bottom drawing indicates upper roof structure associated with box gutter, universal column and aluminum window frame.
Physical Model
AXO Drawing
DOUBLE GLAZED RANKING GLASS WALL - MIN 6 mm THICK SUPERGREY TOUGHENED. - 12mm ARGON GAP - MIN 6 mm THICK SUPERGREY TOUGHENED.
SINGLE GLAZED RANKING GLASS WALL - MIN 6 mm THICK SUPERGREY TOUGHENED. MULLION
CONTINOUS ALLUMINIUM FIXING ANGLE
SPANDREL PANEL
125X10 EQUAL ANGLE FLASHING PLYWOOD PANEL
TOP: 7N20 BOTTOM: 7N20 EF: 1N16 LIG: N12-300CTS
BOX GUTTER
CHEMICAL ANCHOR M20 SAFETY MESH PURLIN - 200X15 Z SECTION - @1200 CTS - ONE ROW BRIDGING
Details
THERMAL SPACER INSULATION PLYWOOD BACKING 19MM EXTERNAL TYPE
13MM THICH PLASTERBOARD
VAPOUR BARRIER
89X5 SHS ROOF SHEET - KLIPLOCK 406 - BMT 0.48 WITH 18mm THICK
FOLDED COLOURBOND DECKING
SECTION A
ASSIGNMENT 1. AXONOMETRIC DRAWING
SECTION A
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Aluminium capping. Lighter weight and less prone to rust than steel capping. Aluminium capping. Lighter weight and less prone to rust than steel capping. Metal cladding with weathered zinc coat to protect the steel from rus�ng. (Galvanised Metal cladding with weathered zinc coat to reac�on) protect the steel from rus�ng. (Galvanised reac�on)
Universal conlumn. Stands on the post-tension slab, suppor�ng the roof trusses and Universal conlumn. Stands onthe theconnected post-tenmullion. Loads transfer from sion slab, to suppor�ng the and roofdirect trusses elements this column toand the mullion. first floorLoads slab. transfer from the connected elements to this column and direct to the Rooffloor trusses. first slab.Elements are connected by welding. There are cleat plates and bolts to Roof trusses. are connected by connnect it toElements the column. welding. There are cleat plates and bolts to connnect it to the column.
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Ceiling beam connects to the column by welding both web and flanges. (Fix connecCeiling to the column by �on) Sobeam thereconnects is no bracing required. welding both web and flanges. (Fix connec�on) So there is no bracing required.
ASSIGNMENT 2. AXONOMETRIC DRAWING
SECTION A
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ASSIGNMENT 2. AXONOMETRIC DRAWING
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7 OTHER WORKS Semester 2, 2016 Semester 1, 2018 Individual
ARTWORK COLLECTION Multi-subjects
Artistic work collection selected, including landscape drawing, vintage collage, human sketch, lino printing from subjects: - ABPL10003 Visualising Environments (semester 2, 2016) - EDUC20077 Printing, Collage and Social Engagement (semester 1, 2018) - EDUC10054 Drawing, Painting and Sensory Knowing (semester 2, 2016)
Vintage Collage
Landscape Drawing
Body Sketch
Lino Printing
Ink Printing
Mute
Churchill the Prime Minister
Thank you.