Architecture Portfolio for UCL

PORTFOLIO Application for Architectural Design Student ID:21146097 Selected:2016-2020

Xiangyu Zhai Tel:0086-13681308159 Email:zhaixiangyuapp@163.com

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CONTENTS TRANSPARENT BOXES Renovation of the old boiler house site Jiangsu, China

Xiangyu Zhai ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

NEW CAIRO CASTLE

China University of Mining and Technology

Affordable housing design to deal with population and environmental issues

School of Architecture and Design Candidate for Bachelor of Architecture

New Cairo City, Egypt

PROJECT EXPERIENCE Surveying and Mapping of Houfu in Shangqiu, Henan Province Learned to use laser rangefinder, level instrument, and other professional equipment and studied the knowledge of Chinese ancient architecture

Jul 2018

Design of Reconstruction Scheme for Yaowan Ancient Town in Xinyi City, Jiangsu Province Investigated the local customs of Yaowan, understood and integrated the local canal culture, and learned how to retain the characteristics of the canal culture in the design

Dec 2019

THE GARDEN OF EDEN Design of plaza park complex to solve ethnic conflicts Washington D.C., America

ACADEMIC AWARDS Advanced Class of Jiangsu Province

2019

Construction Festival of China University of Mining and Technology ,3rd Prize

2017

Football Match of the College Student Sports Meeting of Jiangsu Province ,4th Place

2017

SKILLS

TIME ACCELERATOR An imagination on the mode of transportation in future life Beijing, China

Experienced in Sketch up, Rhino, Photoshop, Lumion, InDesign, AutoCad, Ecotect,Illustrator, Airpak,etc.

LANGUAGES Chinese (Mandarin), English

INTERESTS piano,trumpet,football,film

OTHER WORKS Selected sketches, renderings, drawings and photos during university

1

Transparent Boxes

Site: Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China Xuzhou is an important coal industry city in inland China.

This project is to transform a derelict boiler house factory on a university campus in Xuzhou, which is famous for its coal majors, into a vibrant space for contemporary college students’ campus life.

Resources Distribution Map

Present Situation & Retaining Structure

Structure Extraction

Spatial Location

Space Activity Scenarios

Space Generation

BOXES

Generating space from boxes PILLAR

Leave the column to divide the plane TRUSS

Retaining truss forming space CORRIDOR

Limestone mine

Iron mine

Coal mine

Stone quarry

Iron carbon alloy is a binary alloy composed of iron and carbon.

Iron and steel industry is one of the basic industries of all industrialized countries in the world.

Coal is mainly composed o f ca r b o n , to ge t h e r with other elements in varying amounts.

Stone is generally composed of calcium carbonate and silica.

World

Transform the conveyor corridor into an elevator as the entrance to the skylobby BOILER

Xuzhou

Spatial expression of cylindrical boiler TRAFFIC

Coal has played an important role in the rapid development of China's reform and opening up economy for decades. As an important inland city with abundant reserves of coal and other minerals, Xuzhou has a pivotal position. Therefore, a large number of coal mining and processing plants have been built.

This renovation project is located in the old campus of CUMT. It used to be a plant that relied on coal to supply hot water. It has withdrawn from the stage of history over time.

Extract the gradient of the conveyor corridor ； Apply it to the indoor ramp

Old building demolition

Transform

Stage space in the theater

Keep structure

Open a hole

Overall spatial relationship

Theater space

Retreat

Traffic space

Art installation above the stage

Shape generation Diagram The internal functions of the building are divided into square boxes and cylindrical spaces. The box space includes self-study, rehearsal, communication space, etc.; the cylindrical space is an open circular theater.

Inclined ramp to the sky lobby and communication platform

Functional Axonometric Diagram

Fragment Structure Diagram

The right cylinder sits on the base of the original structure as a new building.

Glass frame

Tube frame Roof frame

Auditorium Hanging floor Vertical support structure

① Curved truss ② Truss support ③ Glass ribs ④ 100mm Fireproof and thermal insulation rock wool

The theater space is enclosed by curved trusses, and the floor slabs are overlapped on the joints of the trusses.

Corridor

Roof outdoor platform

Teleportation gallery

Stage

Underlying framework Glass tube ① Glass ribs ② I-shaped steel beam external support

The structure of the reconstructed building is formed by the original frame structure and the added I-beam

Sectional Perspective The part of the old building is reserved for student activities and communication space; The new building is an informal open theater space.

1st Floor Plane

Sky lobby entrance

Meeting room

Rest platform

Ramp

Waiting area

Learning platform

Entrance hall

Spiral staircase

Stage

Communication hall

Auditorium Rehearsal room

2

New Cairo Caslte

Site: New Cairo, Egypt, Africa The New Cairo City Affordable Housing Project was proposed to solve the problems of population explosion and harsh environment when building a city in the Arabian desert. Versatility and creating sustainable living environment are the main features of this project.

CONTEXT

Background Analysis Agricultural Society

Egypt, as one of the four ancient civilizations, is nourished by the Nile River. They were once the prosperous hegemon on this planet.

Water Shortage

Population Increase

New Affordable House

But nowadays, the population is increasing rapidly, arable land is degraded, and the deserts are bothering them. The condition of the capital Cairo is the most direct manifestation of these problems. The industrious Egyptians also try to improve their way of life in the city through the diversity of architecture.

Energy Flow

Concept Diagram

Affordable Housing Affordable Housing

City Dweller

CO2 Egypt

Cairo

New Cairo

El-Banafseg District

Lack of Housing

Multi- functional Co-living

Verticle Farming

Residents

Industrail

Solar Energy

Import

Function

Enviorment

Energy Flow

External

Population & Living

Greenery O2

Vegetations

Vegetable Farmers

Te x t i l e Workers

Students

Textile

Catering

Fruits & Vegetables

Water Recycling & Co-living Circulation

People Goods Waste

Sewage

Grey Water

Organic Waste

Livestock

Massing Diagram The original traditional building volume in the city of New Cairo was improved, the ground floor was retreated and used as a trading place, and the rainwater collection tube was placed in the center to i m p ro ve t h e wate r shortage in the desert.

Functional Area Axonometric Diagram

Membrane st r u c t u re roof Start

Push

Add Stairs

In the middle, the volume has been reduced、 p u s h e d a n d p u l l e d to fo r m a s k y ga r d e n t o enrich the space in the building, supplemented by the space composed of collective elements to connect the buildings to each other.

Subtract

Pull

Insert

Fair-faced Concrete

Ve r t i ca l Farming Ve r t i ca l Farming

Elements Extraction

Rainwater collection column Sky Green Park Residential Area

Glass cylinder

Dye House Vertical Farming Bottom Business

Column Net

Reservoir

Arch Column

Arch

Obelisk Collection Column

Spherical Dome

T h e b o tto m f l o o r o f the affordable house is a convenient trading place. The building i n c l u d e s t ra d i t i o n a l dyeing workshops, public living rooms, residential areas and vertical farms from bottom to top.

Arch column

Reservoir

Perspective Section

The roof garden collects rainwater through a collecting tube and collects rainwater to the bottom tank.

Rainwater collection column Vertical Farm

Roof Park

Vertical Farm

Sky Garden Gym

Dye House

P u b l i c Livingroom

Bottom Business

Rainwater Reservoir

Renders & Scenarios The public space in the building can be used for leisure and entertainment of residents, and the crops of the vertical farm are self-sufficient for the residents in the building.

Arch Corridor

Street View

Public Livingroom

Sky Garden

Vertical Farming

Aerial View

3

The Garden of Eden

Site: Washington D.C. America As a country of immigrants, the United States has always been pursuing the goal of multi-ethnic integration. In recent years, more and more ethnic conflicts have occurred in various parts of the United States. It is particularly important to promote mutual understanding and mutual respect between races.

Impression Collage The White House is the symbol of the supreme power of the U.S. government, and the spiritual place that should most embody national e q u a l i t y. N e a r t h e White House are also important symbols representing the United States such as the Lincoln Memorial, t h e V i e t n a m Wa r Memorial and the Obelisk.

Concept Diagram

Site Analysis

This concept diagram is inspired by combination of geometric shapes of deconstruction.

Children's play area

History museum Metro

Scenic Spot

Highway

Data access area

Memorial corridor Sky auditorium

Speach forum Circular trail

Site Plan The park site is located on the oval lawn in front of the White House of the U.S. Government Building in Washington, DC, USA. This is one of the most popular parks for outdoor activities in Washington, DC. Through the deconstruction and design of the venue, a public activity area, including a children’s play ground,

Design Proccess a public meeting and speech forum, etc., is constructed. The aim of this project is to create an urban cultural platform for people of all ethic groups in the US to communicate, understand and respected.

1 The venue is based on the line connecting the Obelisk, the White House and the Lincoln Memorial.

2 The two axes divide an oval lawn, and a imaginary wall is erected to show the barriers between ethnic groups.

3 At the intersection of the axis is the most important American National History Memorial in the park.

4 Retain the original ring road on the site and build a vertical gallery bridge to connect the various buildings in the site.

5 Add interesting vo l u m e s i n t h e frame structure and grid points of the site to form a complete functional park.

Kiosks

Elements & Scenario

At the grid intersection

Children's observatory Frame corridor

Play area

Speach forum

Exhibition area

News stall

Section A-A

History museum

Memorial area

Communication area

Memorial corridor

Small theater

Using a large number of geometric elements and the combination of virtual and real, the two high walls are transformed into an exhibition space showing ethnic history and a communication space for people of various ethnic groups.

Section B-B

Aerial View The children’s play ground, historical exhibition area, speach forum and museum included in the park provide a place for people of all ethnic groups to present their ethnic culture and learn about other ethnic cultures, and promote ethnic communication.

Scene Nodes

Memorial corridor

Hollow wall — The broken apartheid wall

Oval trail

4

Time Accelerator ——Hyperloop

Site: China World Trade Center Overpass, Beijing, China Hyperloop is a pipeline transportation system that can transport passengers or goods in capsule-shaped carriages with a maximum speed of more than 1,223 kilometers per hour. The emergence of hyperloop will change people's lifestyles.

Travel Mode Imagine Collage

Beijing Traffic Hotspot Mapping

Nowadays, people live in the same city from getting up, going to work, and spending their spare time at night.

Traditional

Wangjing

Huilongguan

Tiantongyuan

Jianwai Avenue Future

In the future, people may spend parts of their lives in multiple cities in one day.

Beijing Regional Travel Map

Departure Destination

Typical working and residential area

Typical Recidential Area

Yizhaung

Huilongguan

Jianwai Avenue

Baiziwan

Wangjing

Tiantongyuan

Financial Street

Sanlitun

Night Activity Area

Typical Work Area

Baiziwan

Financial Street C.B.D.

Hyperloop Time Line

Hyperloop can change people's lifestyle by drastically reducing the time required for long-distance travel.

BEIJING Origin

SHANGHAI Destination 40m 2hrs 47m 3hrs 40m

Yizhuang

5hrs 15m 8hrs 39m

Residential Area Work Area

Traffic Flow Analysis

City Relations Axonometric Diagram The high-speed rail station is divided into commercial and office areas, viewing platforms, waiting halls, carriage transfer areas, consoles, and train tracks from bottom to top.

Elevator

Transmission Pipeline

Tr a i n Tr a c k

G las s support structure

G l a s s Support Structure

Vertical Transport Train Track Passenger Entry Control Tower Short-Distance Passenger Entrance Long-Distance Passenger Entrance

Platform Waiting Hall Business Area

Floor M a i n Structure

Hyperloop Station Aerial Perspective We're not selling transportation, We're selling time.

Function Flow

1 The outer ring of the top floor is the train track and platform, and the inner ring is the control tower.

2 In the waiting hall, the equipped passengers are sent from a single cabin to the top track.

3 Passengers are transported from two transparent pipes around the tower to the waiting hall.

4 Passengers enter the p i p e l i n e entrance from the green space in the center of the China World Tra d e C e nte r overpass.

OTHER WORKS SKETCHES

SCHOOL COURSEWORKS

These sketches are records of what interests me in life. I think pencils can record the other side of things better than electronic products

These are renderings of some school courseworks drawed by myself.

Architectural photography These are the architectural scenes I recorded with my camera.