PORTFOLIO
Application for University College London
Programme: MArch Urban Design
Applicant ID number: 23156999
Zhejian ZhangEDUCATION BACKGROUND
09/2019 - 06/2023
Zhejian Zhang
Address: Dalian, Liaoning, China
Date of Birth: 24/11/2000
Email: application_1124@163.com
Tel: +86 18444077777
The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)
Architecture | Bachelor of Engineering
Upper Second Class Honours
Core courses: Architecture design, Urban Design, Digital Practice (3D Printing) Tectonics, Architecture Humanities, Environment Sciences for Architects
09/2021 - 06/2022
Vertical Design Studio (ABEE2022 & 2023 UNNC)
- Assistance with Alexander Zipprich (Ph.D) on 3D-Printing learning group
07/2022 - 09/2022
Further than Antarctica - Antarctic Adventure Camp Workshop
- Director for the modular design process
- In charge of technical drawing
09/2022 - 11/2022
Memory of the Land - VR/AR Digital Heritage Workshop
- Design for combining VR/AR tecnology with architecture
- Responsible for the VR/AR project implementation with unity
- In charge of technical drawing
09/2022 - 01/2023
UNNC X CAA Joint Design Studio: A further step in developing ABE cross collaborative network
- Cooprated with Eugenio Mangi (Ph.D) and Andrea Palmioli (Ph.D)
- Responsible for establishing digital model of the site
HONORS & AWARDS
2017 The 34th National Physics Competition for Middle School Students in Liaoning Province
SOFTWARE SKILLS
The Second Prize (Top 2%)
Professonal software (3D Model/2D Graphic)
Rhinoceros, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Unity, ArchGIS
Visualization
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, V-Ray, Lumion, Twinmotion, Houdini
Programming
Grasshopper, Python, Arduino, Visual Studio
Physical Model
Laser cutting, 3D printing
How will our way of living in next 20 years?
In this portfolio, I am going to explore the future architecture and urbanism. I desire to integrate advanced technologies and digital software into the design. In the first two projects, I use algorithm with restriction of new spatial evaluation system and autonomous self-developed robotic system to help build modular architecture. The 3rd project discusses the way of combination of XR technologies For the PART II, I collect academic works from Vertical Studio, the 4th project is about ecological enhancement, urban re-programming and new interventions under the city modernization. And final two projects are how living and education might be amidst a Metaverse World.
Between Cities
Quantitative research and analysis of urban space
Time: 11/2022 - 1/2023
Site: Fengxian District, Shanghai, China
Type of work: Individual work
The project is located at the gate of the new city in the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan of Fengxian District, Shanghai. It is located at the western edge of the city. The core of the base is scattered, the ecological resources are balanced, and the external attraction is insufficient. The current industrial level in the base is low, and the agglomeration effect cannot be formed. The number of tourists and visitors participating in the work is low and the frequency is low, which cannot reflect the gateway status of Fengxian New Town.
Based on ArcGis analysis technology, the buffer analysis circle is used to cut the factors within 100m around the node, score the cut elements, and finally fuse all categories to get the final score. The final result shows that the score is the highest within the range from the Oriental Gumei Avenue to Wanda Commercial Plaza, which can reflect the high quality of urban space and play a decisive role in the final location of the project. Based on the scoring principle and using the wasp technology of gh, the urban open space module can be parameterized and distributed. The parameters and project scope are taken from the evaluation score.
Site Location
Spatial Evaluation System
Module System
Combination
Module A
Module B
Module C
The urban module cluster generated based on wasp algorithm can avoid the traffic trunk road and form a vertical module cluster in the effective space. Public facilities are provided in the module group. Creative advertising and graffiti display walls can be provided on the threedimensional wall, as well as a place to set up stalls.
The module of model C avoids the complex internal structure, mainly providing the functions of platform and corridor, providing urban exhibitions, carpets and other activities, providing the base soil layer on the horizontal plane, planting some vegetation, and providing vertically folded greening for the city.
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Further than Antarctica
Self-growth South Pole expedition station
Time: 7/2022 - 9/2022
Site: South Pole
Type of work: Groupwork
Collabortor: Luocheng Wan
Contribution: Design 90%, Mechanism 100%, Drawing 60%
The climate in Antarctica is very harsh and the delivery is distant, so it is not an easy task to establish a scientific research station in Antarctica. And now that science and technology are developing faster and faster, also instruments and detection methods are being updated faster and faster, it is necessary to frequently change the functional space of the scientific research station.
So I design a self-growth architectural form, constantly adjusting and optimizing the building through changing scientific research needs and climate issues. For example, storms in Antarctica generally last for a long time, and the base's instruments will predict the storm in advance. At this time, the shape of the building can be changed to a flatter appearance to reduce risks by reducing wind resistance. And when it comes to some major Antarctic festivals, people from various scientific research stations often visit each other. At this time, a theater or gathering space can be built in advance to meet people's needs. And when the scientific research personnel go home on vacation, the building will become very efficient by reducing unnecessary space, such as reducing the entertainment room. To reduce energy consumption, concentrate energy consumption on detection instruments that need to run for a long time.
Human activityGarbageConstruction waste
element 1
element 1
element 2
element 2
Visitors enter the lower part of the tower, put on AR glasses, and enter the story from the first-person subjective perspective of the three wrecked astronauts, and feel the story decades ago on the rising ramp.
STAGE 3--"Feeling"
STAGE 1 - "Substitute"
STAGE 2--"Absorb"
