PROLOGUE Culture - Region - Regeneration Chongqing is a beautiful city with coexistence of diversified culture and architectures. All of the sites I chose in my portfolio are located in urban areas of Chongqing, which provided me with more convenience to conduct a detailed investigation on cultural aspects and architecture characters of the surroundings before I started my design work. I am firmly convinced that design concepts should cohere with the surrounding architectures in both cultural and geographic aspects, thus the designer’s ideas could be integrated with regional characteristics and local cultures. Meanwhile, the information will in return inspire the designer’s thought over his work. In addition, I believe that every architect should bear the mission to embody the culture of human geography in the architectures. The Culture - Region - Regeneration concept, my design concept, would best explain my design works as Chongqing is such a city that embraces diversified culture, the local feature of the mountain city, enduring history and multiple styles in architectures. Based on this concept, I gave multilevel analysis of my design works from different aspects and layers as architecture is such complicated subject that no one could understand its design intention and contents at one time.
PORTFOLIO OF XIA, BOWEI
By repeated comparison of the actual experiments presented in the above sketching, I have been seeking for possible new architecture designs through careful observation and continuous thinking. In the portfolio, four factors, namely culture, structure, region and city, were taken into consideration to embody the architectural characteristics in Chongqing, a mountain city. Meanwhile, regeneration was also considered, focusing on environment and reuse of old buildings and old structures. After graduated from Chongqing University, for the reason that I want to know more culture and architecture in other countries, I decided to go to study in America. Finally, I took part in March 2 program in WUSTL. And I joined 2 international studio in my graduate degree, Barcelona and Argentina, it is really interesting to know the Architecture in different country and culture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS THE REGENERATION
Individual Work
Reconstruction of a Factory,The Design of graphic information centre
VERTICAL CITY
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Individual Work High-rise Design,The Skyscraper With Vertical Function Distribution
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THE HILL Group Work Long-span Structure Design, The Medium Gymnastic for Public
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CITY LINK
Group Work The Comprehensive Transportation Oriented Subtle Urban Design
INTERNSHIP PROJECT
Two Professional Projects
Group Work
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