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
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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.