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XIAORAN ZHANG
Master of Urban Design Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture
Contact Information Mail: xiaoranzhang619@gmail.com Address: School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213 Issuu: https://issuu.com/xiaoranz/docs/xiaoranzhang_portfoilio_202101
CONTENT 01
FROM OBSTACLE TO LINKAGE
CoVillage - East Village Development Proposal
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FROM SINGLE-USE TO MIXED-USE
Bloomfield Neighborhood Place-making Design
03 FROM PAST TO FUTURE AR-based History District Regeneration Design
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FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC
Artwork Free Port Creative Design
PROLOGUE In the struggle between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs in the urban reform, I can clearly see two completely opposite urban systems - one is a super-scale modern city with high-rise buildings on one side, and a harmonious community full of neighborhoods on the other. I cannot judge the superiority of one of these cities, but as part of ordinary citizens, I prefer to see the city retaining more people’s scales, people’s relationships, and people’s networks. Today, when urbanization is developing rapidly, our city ignores the importance of “people”. Between the icy tall buildings, what I see is more of a barrier to the city’s network. In my portfolio, I focus on reconnecting different levels of citizenship through urban design and working to create an urban environment that is more suitable for people to coexist harmoniously.
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FROM BARRIER TO CONNECTION
Transit-Based Community Center Complex Design
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FROM SEPARATION TO INTEGRATION
Rural Community Commons Creative Design
RESEARCH
OTHER WORKS
Community Transit Node
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FROM OBSTACLE TO LINKAGE
CoVillage - East Village Development Proposal 2021 ULI Hines Competition Team Work Instructor: Prof. Ray Gastil, Prof. Valentina Vavasis Site: Kansas City, Missouri Duration: January, 2021 Team : Xiaoran Zhang, Siqing Ge, Wei-Ni Ting, Rutuja Dhuru, Osama Mohamed Role in Team: Team Lead, Development Strategy, Master Planning, Zoning and Program Proposal
Grocery Transit Node
Public Parking Node
Delivery Hub CoVillage is proposed based on three design principles: connection, co-existence and cocreativeness. This transformational mixed-use development contains a well-structured transit system that connects with the surrounding neighborhoods. With the creation of the various housing types and amenities, villagers are able to embrace healthy and even lifestyles in this inclusive place. Creative industries are combined in a unique way with sustainability, focusing on recycling waste and beautifying the landscape.
Central Plaza Node
The village will serve as a transition between Downtown Kansas City and the Paseo West District, enhanced by the micro-transit, solving the fragmentation of the two districts by the highway system. The Co-living lifestyle is encouraged in CoVillage, which celebrates the coexistence of nature and human, people of all kinds and all of the spirits that need to be treasured. The public spaces for planting co-cultivation will bond the villagers together to contribute to the sustainable development of the CoVillage.
Farming Garage Transit Node
By developing transit-based connection, flourishing the coexistence of all-background villagers, and inspiring the co-creativeness culture, CoVillage is able to grow a smart, livable and sustainable future.
Delivery Hub
Delivery Hub
Entrance Transit Node
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Regional Analysis
Development Strategy
The existing condition for the public transit plan embraces the site. As activity centers are developing along the smartmove main corridor, new and exciting activities need to be programmed into the site. There are plenty of universities located around the East Village within an accessible distance. The new activities will flourish East Village and make it more welcoming for younger market.
Build up the Link Smartmove System
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Link up the Mobility
Activity Centers Universities
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Kansas City University-Medicine
University of Missouri Extension
Park University in Kansas City
Central Business District
Bus Stop Bicycle Lane Streetcar
Future
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River Market District
Current
River Market District
CoVillage proposes to develop the public transit system to increase its mobility. The streetcar system for Kansas City will be connected to the site by improving the pedestrian and bikes trails experience and supporting the existing bus stops.
Link up the Community
East Village
Paseo West
Power&Light District
Crossroads Arts District
Art & Culture Amenity Retail Amenity Offices
Future
Current
18th&Vine District
The retail, art and cultural amenities and offices buildings are mostly located in the central business district. The site can work as a corridor to not only further develop the amenities into the Paseo West communities at a smaller scale but also serve as the meeting point of the communities and the businesses on the CBD.
Link up the Sustainability West Side District
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Crown Center/ Union Hill District
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University of Missouri
The existing green spaces are segmented by the highway system and the streets across the site can serve as the corridors to connect people, the communities and green spaces with 12th St. as the connection to the downtown business district, the 10th St. as the link of the green spaces and the 8th for the residential areas.
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CONNECTION
Master Plan
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Green Parking / Co-Cultivating Garden Welcoming Junction Village Eye Junction ‘The Jade’ Bridge Common Garden - Village Edge Garden
COEXISTENCE
E 9th St
Condo
Charlotte St
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Mixed-use
Co-living Mixed-use
Headquarter
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Mixed-use
7 City Hotel
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Jade Landscape BLVD (E 10h St)
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Holmes St
70 George Brett Super HWY
5 Cherry St
Co-Living Apartment Civic Garden / Canopy Amphitheater 3 Amazon-Go Grocery Store 4 929 Holmes St, - Mixed-use 5 Central Plaza 6 ‘Village Heart’ - Local Market Center 7 ‘The Village’ Hotel 8 Headquarter Office 9 ‘Village Alive’ Gate Park 1
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CO-CREATIVENESS Governmental Park
E 11th St
Central Plaza
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Paseo Playground
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Master Plan
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Inspiration Courtyard 3R’s Museum (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) 3R’s Fountain Plaza Village+ Creative Square Creative Industry Center CoVillage SpeStore Highway Lifelines - Co-Cultivation Row Planting Kemp Playground
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Programming
Building Typology NODE
CoVillage Speciaty Store
3R’s Museum
retail
community
6,541 sqft
STEPPED TERRACE
COURTYARD
BOX
17,780 sqft
1001 Holmes St. Creative Industry Center community
29,237 sqft
retail commercial
8,705 sqft 34,819 sqft
restaurant 10,155 sqft other services 10,156 sqft office 14,508 sqft
commercial restaurant office
616 E 11 St.
Condominium
1009 Cherry St. 76,640 sqft
9,580 sqft 67,060 sqft
residential market rate affordable
grocery
Program and Phasing
retail 60,006 sqft commercial 353,019 sqft
118,128 sqft 72 units 8 units
Local Market Center
Co-Living
residential
commercial
residential
market rate affordable
restaurant 7,007 sqft other services 7,007 sqft office 21,3005 sqft
10,380 sqft
929 Holmes St.
retail
54,206 sqft
57 units 5 units
LAND USE Residential Retail Neighborhood Commercial Office Community Hotel
Retail
108,552 sqft
9,420 sqft 99,132 sqft
Office Headquarter office
PHASE PHASE I -ITHE - THE CORE CORE (2023) (2023)
PHASE I - THE CORE (2023) Residential For Sale
Hotel
restaurant
9,420 sqft co-working
TOTAL PROGRAM
Community
commercial
10%
5%
17%
259,443 sqft
146,827 sqft
food market 40,687 sqft other services 33,970 sqft office 72,170 sqft
market rate affordable
retail
The Village Hotel commercial 18,532 sqft 2,368 sqft 412,503 sqft laundry fitness 3,550 sqft childcare 6,727 sqft 6,760 sqft other services 5,887 sqft
397 units 45 units
PHASE PHASE II - THE II - THE CONNECT CONNECT (2028) (2028)
hotel 344,597 sqft retail 8,183 sqft commercial 170,506 sqft restaurant 9,550 sqft other services 9,543 sqft office 151,413 sqft
PHASE II - THE CONNECT ( 2028)
Residential - For Sale Residential Co-Living
Residential - Rental
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Residential - Co-Living 2% Residential Rental
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Commercial Retail Hotel
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Commercial Community
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Events & Activities
Programs Programs Market Market RateRate For Sale For Sale Housing Housing - 100% - 100% Affordable Affordable For Sale For Sale Housing Housing - 100% - 100% Market Market RateRate Rental Rental - 100% - 100% Affordable Affordable Rental Rental - 10% - 10% Commercial Commercial - 31% - 31% RetailRetail - 26% - 26% Community Community - 86% - 86%
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Programs Sq.Ft. Sq.Ft. UnitsUnitsPrograms Market RateRate Co-Living Co-Living - 100% - 100% 371,252 371,252 72 72 Market Affordable Rental Rental - 90% - 90% 46,670 46,6708 8 Affordable Commercial - 69% - 69% 801,500 801,500 57 57 Commercial - 74% - 74% 81,490 81,4905 5 RetailRetail HotelHotel - 100% - 100% 344,597 344,597 Community Community - 14% - 14% 33,830 33,830 214,417 214,417 TotalTotal Buildout Buildout - 782,094 - 782,094 SQ.FT SQ.FT
Sq.Ft. Sq.Ft. UnitsUnits 371,252 371,252 442 442 46,670 46,670 45 45 801,500 801,500 81,490 81,490 344,597 344,597 242 242 33,830 33,830 TotalTotal Buildout Buildout - 1,673,920 - 1,673,920 SQ.FT SQ.FT
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CENTRAL PLAZA
Anita - Single Mother “Anita is a single mother who lives in Paseo West. She is now working in the Market Center and the booming of the East Village improves her quality of life and income. She is also looking for a beautiful and safe place for her and her child to hang out and enjoy the sunlight near the neighborhood. The good connection from Paseo West to the CoVillage encourages her to come to the Kemp Playground and further to the Central Plaza. She and her little girl enjoy the movies played every Saturday night in Canopy Amphitheater.”
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The placement of residential buildings at the northern part of the site relates to the existing residential neighborhood along 8th street. The Co-living apartment is a new type of housing typology introduced especially for the growing millennial population in Kansas City.
Scenario
Casey & Donald - University Retired Professors “Casey & Donald just retired from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. They have been hired by the CoVillage to support art and design education in the Museum and Creative Industry Center. They live near the Center and the Museum in a condominium which is affordable and provides them with a community who are also passionate about art and design. They are now enjoying a peaceful life in the heart of downtown Kansas City. They also claim that the Amazon Go downstairs is super convenient.”
Rooftop farm allows residents to grow their own food and create a self-growing community. The food produced from the urban farm can also be sold at the seasonal farmers market at the Village Plaza.
Daniel - Pioneer Artist
Christopher - Startup Business Owner
“Rebecca just graduated from CUKC. She interns in downtown KC and enjoys the enthusiastic and colorful lifestyle in CoVillage. The affordable housing prices in CoVillage allow her to have a higher quality of life, and the Co-living apartments provide her with millions of chances to meet with peers and connect. She just got herself a piano and found a piano teacher who is also a friend of hers in the Co-living apartments.”
“Daniel is a pioneer artist. He is now working with recycled materials to build sculptures and holding exhibitions for his work. He believes CoVillage has been a strong support for his work since the 3R’s Museum (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) opened 3 years ago. Daniel has lived in CoVillage for 5 years and has built a strong connection with local residents. He holds a recycled workshop that is welcomed by local residents in Paseo. He is very happy that his work can help alleviate the trash burden on Paseo.”
“Christopher rents office space in CoVillage for his company because of the convenient public transportation and high-tech resources nearby. Christopher moved to CoVillage a few months ago. Even under the impact of the pandemic, the high-tech system still operates for delivery, and the shared car&bike system allows him to save money on parking. His company is working on a smart food delivery system during the pandemic.”
The Plaza is located at the center of the site, occupying the periphery of 3 blocks with 10th street, the new landscape boulevard, crossing in between. It is a public space for the local community to gather, a central hub where all activities meet, and a marking point for connections to be made between downtown and Paseo West.
Office building to create new employment opportunities. Rental housing with skylight on the top level.
Rebecca - Graduated Student
Buildings surrounding the plaza are lower in height to allow for natural sunlight into the space.
This elevated terrace provides the office workers an outdoor environment that is separate from the loud activities in the plaza.
Office building to attract young entrepreneurs and new startups to the village. Office
Village Hotel is situated on the 12th street, which connects to the surrounding governmental buildings and major amenities downtown. The surrounding governmental buildings as well as the new proposed offices will create demand for the hotel. The Village Hotel will be an unique place to stay at, with live jazz bands performing at the sky bar, and occasional art exhibits from the new Recycle Museum. Visitors will get emerged in the vibrant environment of the CoVillage. A new specialties store that sells goods made exclusively from the local community is located across the street from the hotel.
BBQ garden
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Retail and community related commercial services are located at the first and second floor of the buildings to create a continuous storefront along the central spine, Holmes Street.
Section A-A’
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FROM SINGLE-USE TO MIXED-USE
Bloomfield Neighborhood Place-making Design Instructor: Prof. Stefani Danes Site: Bloomfield, Pittsburgh Duration: September- December, 2019 Team : Xiaoran Zhang, He Su, Sameedha Mahajan, Yashasvi Tulchiya Role in Team: Site Analysis, Case Study, Modeling, Individual Project Design Bloomfiled is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh with a strong characteristic of diversity. It is a neighborhood with local and migrant residents. As time goes by, Bloomfield has become a multicultural neighborhood. It not only has unique history and culture, but also is a place encouraging commoning and emerging culture. Therefore, its unique culture and affordable housing has been attracting new residents. The Saturday Market in Bloomfield is a characteristic farmers market in Bloomfield. It is located by Liberty Avenue - the artery of Bloomfield and opens every Saturday on the site where is a parking lot on workdays. The high vitality has called Bloomfield Development Corporation’s interest in exploring the potential for replacing the parking lot with a mixed-use complex that includes a year-round market house, along with related businesses, and housing to provide more amenities to the whole neighborhood. In order to enhance the community culture and continue its unique characteristic in the neighborhood, we explored the potential models to develop different mixed-use projects that encourage Bloomfield to become a livable, friendly and energetic neighborhood in Pittsburgh.
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Community Characteristic Research
Neighborhood Location
Market Typology Analysis
Residential Complex Markets
Market District Roanoke Market, USA
CONCEPT
Recreational
Outdoor
Great Market Hall, Budapest, Hungary
Recreational
Feria de San Telmo, Argentina
Semi-open Street Outdoor Performances
Columbia Flower Market,
Chatuchak Market, Thailand
CONCEPT CONCEPT Community Integration CONCEPT Concept CONCEPT Skating Plaza CONCEPT Park Design Concept Recreational Recreational EducationalEducational Outdoor Performances Recreational Residential
Recreational
Semi-openLondon, UK Design StreetConcept
Semi-open Concept Diagram Design StreetConcept Skating Plaza DesignDesign Concept Concept Design Concept
Park
Site 1
Street Markets
Multiple Building Markets
From typology analysis of existing market precedents, we are able to find out the models that fit for the neighborhoods’ development needs.
CONCEPT
Site Selection
Design Concept
Mixed-Use Markets
Performances CONCEPT
Detroit Eastern Market, Detroit
Design Concept
Recreational
StandAlone Markets Bloomfield is a plateau above the Allegheny River. This boundary is disputed – many residents believe that Bloomfield abuts the neighborhood of Friendship. Therefore, Bloomfield and Friendship interactively form a special neighborhood. As the community is adjacent to many communities including Shadyside and North Oakland where most university students are located, the neighborhood has a potential to attract more young residents and visitors if there are new complex projects developed.
Queen Victoria Market, Australia
DC Eastern Market, Washington
CONCEPT
District Market
Urban Market
Site 1 is a permanent parking lot in a mixed-use area. Nearby there are church, residential, institutional and commercial buildings. Outdoor Performances
Park
CONCEPT Display cooking
Residential Residential
Community Skating Plaza Classes onMeetings other topics FoodClasses resources classes Cooking Classes Ecology ClassesEcology Spacious Units Skating Plaza Park Shaded Seats Design Concept
Site 2 is used as ground parking lot in workdays and is used as a farmers market on Saturday. Shaded Seats
Public
Learn
Learn Semi-open Outdoor SharingSemi-open Community Community CONCEPT Indoor-outdoor interaction Easy walking access Seasonal spaces Street Street Performances CONCEPT Holiday Stallsactivity Outdoor Semi-open Shaded Seats Meetings Cooking ClassesCooking Meetings Classes CONCEPTStreet Performances Spacious Units Educational Educational Skating Plaza Residential Park Devide Diversify Integrate Residential Holiday Stalls Shaded Seats DesignDesign Concept ConceptDesign Concept Public Sharing
Public Sharing
Site 2
Design Conce
Park Workshops Workshops Small Gatherings Holiday Stalls
Small Gatherings
Public Sharing
New living style
Spacious Units
Public Learn Sharing
Vertical
Com Act
Skating Plaza Housing
Community Active
Vertical Ecology Community Market Improve Practice Housing Improve Active
Environmental Community Activity Environmental Shaded Seats AdvocacyEcology Advocacy Outdoor Spaces
Holiday Stalls Workshops Ecology Classes Fitness Classes Community service Great Units amenities Fitness Classes Small Gatherings Spacious Holiday Stalls Shaded Seats
Practice Practice Housing
Improved Amenity
Holiday Stalls
Outdoor Spaces
Liberty Avenue Characteristic
West West Penn Penn Hospital Hospital Pittsburgh Dance Center
Housing
Greater Pittsburgh Medical Associates Fitness Classes Small Gatherings
Vertical Ecology Community Improve Active
Environmental Advocacy Outdoor Spaces
Vertical Ecology
Outdoor Spaces
St Maria Goretti Parish
West Penn Cardiology Associates PC
US Post Office
Commercial Institutional Residential Green Park Parking Lot
As the main street of Bloomfield, Liberty Avenue is a major mixed-use corridor where most commercial and service buildings are gathering in the neighborhood. This brings favorable conditions for the new proposed mixed-use development in the two sites we choose.
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Project 1: Site Analysis & Place-making Strategies
Site Impression
Site Analysis Peripheral Path Site Sight
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The site forms a void in contrast to surrounded buildings. At the same time, there are accessibilities to the parking lot from various directions, and obviously the site has a wider sight range to the direction of Friendship Park.
There is a feeling of connectivity of the walls surrounding the site, which constitutes a great enclosure. Also,even though there are some pedestrian friendly facilities, the stop sigh in the front shows that the site is now a barrier between blocks.
Generating Process
Scheme Comparison
The massing of two proposed complexes can shape the open spaces between Friendship Park and the church, connecting the blocks directionally and creating more pedestrian-friendly streets in the neighborhoods.
The mixed-use function of the complex can connect the indoor and outdoor public space, providing a new recreational and gathering space for community that can both satisfy the need of community activities and attract new residents.
By forming the open spaces and arranging the function configuration of indoor and outdoor spaces, the parking lot can be transformed into a multi functional and attracting public space in the community.
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By comparing multiple schemes of place-making, a lot of possibilities can be conceptualized to form those well-shaped ‘paths’ and ‘squares’. Through the comparison, I am able to explore more flexibilities of the open space based on different occasions(seasons, events etc.)
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Ground Floor Plan
Project 1: Place Making Scheme
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Winter Funeral Home
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1 Friendship Park 2 Entrance Square 3 Outdoor Stage 4 Central Market 5 Open Street 6 Market Square 7 School Playground 8 Church Square
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1 One Bedroom Apartment 2 Two Bedroom Apartment 3 Shared Common Space 4 Vertical Garden
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Maria Goretti Catholic School
Garage Entrance 6 8
St. Maria Goretti
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Project 2: Site Analysis and Concept Generation
Zoning Restriction Dimension
Setback
Parking
Height
The site area is 62,700 sq ft and the side along Liberty Avenue is 340 feet long.
There is a 15 foot required setback from adjoining residential properties.
Parking and loading shall not be located within 15 feet of residential properties.
Building height shall not exceed 45 feet or three stories. One more story is allowed if it is 50 feet from residential property.
Space Forming and Functioning By forming the spatial and functional indoor and outdoor spaces, the complex can play as a connector between the front street and backyard, in order to create a community place for gathering and sharing.
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Market
Community Garden
Open Spaces
CO-WORKING
Forth Floor - Uplift
Third Floor - Retreat
Second Floor - Gather
First Floor - Cross
Co-working Space
Rentable Offices
Shared Kitchen
CO-LIVING
Shared Rentable Living-room Bedroom
Roof Garden
CO-LIVING CO-WORKING
Shared Living-room
Rentable Bedroom
Roof Garden
Rentable Offices
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Retail Unit
Retail Unit Food Market
Food Market
Food Hall
Restroom
Kitchen
Restroom
3 Floor Plan
Apartment Lobby
Apartment Lobby Food Hall Extended Seats
Mailroom Living-room
Shared Courtyard
Mailroom Living-room
Manager Office
Manager Office
Community Growing Garden
2 Floor Plan
Market Entrance Perspective
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Food Hall Perspective
-1 Floor Plan
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Project 2: Place Making Detail
Project 2: Future Vision
Shopping Square
Pedestrian Friendly Street
Roof Terrace
Shared Courtyard
Community Growing Garden
Public Space Connection
Backyard Activities Farmers Market
Community Party
Art Festival
Backyard Model & Sketch Scenario
Neighborhood Growing Garden
Future Vision The site is located in a developing district in Bloomfield-Friendship. In the future, the successful market might lead to more commercial development and public spaces around the site. In addition, it is a good way to develop growing gardens among neighborhoods. There is a vision that house owners on the south of the site can spare part of their backyard as common growing area and shared backyard. This can greatly encourage communication among neighborhoods and provide healthier food for community.
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Tales of the neighborhood
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FROM PAST TO FUTURE
AR-based History District Regeneration Design Instructor: Dandi Ma Site: Shanghai, China Duration: June- August, 2018 Team Work Team : Xiaoran Zhang, Yanran Lu Role in Team: Preliminary Investigation, Concept generation, Diagram drawing, Architectural representation Under the influence of urban renewal in Shanghai, the Old North Station Shikumen Historic District has become an important renovated area. Undergoing tremendous changes through urban renewal and development, the site became a neglected place that is difficult to be defined due to the conflict between historical conservation and gentrification. In the process of balancing historical protection and future development, it is an emerging opportunity to utilize new technologies to protect historical culture from a new perspective. This project aims to protect the integrity of Shikumen District’s history and living culture by creating AR technology and its installations without compromising construction intensity due to urbanization, and satisfy residents’ living demands, in order to create more valuable historical blocks and realize urban tradition and city.
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Memories of old objects in the street
Since Early in 20th Century...
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Urban Research
Site Analysis
Phenomenon - “In Between”
Site Problems Caused by Demolition
In the process of urbanization, skyscrapers are gradually replacing the traditional urban places. Extensive demolition and construction activities have caused historic communities become undefined negative urban spaces, The Shikumen historical area in Shanghai is undergoing this issue that has been affecting cities internationally.
Old Town
Old North Station District
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3km
Early Shikumen District Mid-term Shikumen District Late Shikumen District
Space Deficiency
Old Town 1846 British Concession
PRESERVED Vitality Lack
Walking Obstacles
1848 British Concession 1863 International Settlement 1899 International Settlement 1847 French Concession 1861 French Concession 1900 French Concession 1900 French Concession 1914 French Concession
Modern Style
Traditional Features
JIANYELI
XINTIANDI
Reformed as Commercial Center
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Reformed as Superior Hotel
TIANZIFANG
Reformed as Creative Industry Park
Conflicts In History Districts of Shanghai Located in Shanghai, many Shikumen History District are under the process of regeneration. Through this process, many modern styles are added into reconstruction of history buildings, which causes the new-built environment incongruous with the conser vation of traditional district.
Abandoned
Preserved
History Residence
Flow
CBD
Obstacle
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Integration
The status of the site can be divided into two categories: demolished and preserved. The parts that have been demolished greatly interfere with the block space texture of the reserved part, resulting in three problems: space deficiency, vitality lack and walking obstacles.
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Concept Generation
Strategy Formation
Reconstructing Strategies Based on AR Technology According to the status quo of left Shikumen buildings in Jiqing Lane, historic buildings are divided into five categories. Each of the categories can represent an obvious feature of Shikumen Buildings in Jiqing Lane. Based on these five types, five reconstructing strategies based on AR technology were given in order to regenerate this historic district.
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Celebrity Monuments Block Impression
Historic Buildings Community Center
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Central Space 5
Integrity
The Possibility of AR Technology The AR Technology creates an opportunity for both residents and tourists to get closer to scenes in history district years ago . Through diverse screens in movable and immovable devices can people see virtual scenes directly. From this innovative method, old scenes can be reverted.
1 Heritage House 100% left
2 Collective House 75% left
Nest
Merge
3 Private House 50% left
4 Abandoned House 25% left
5 Demolished House 0% left
Real Scene
AR Technology Regeneration Concept
Construction
Status Quo
Screen
Visual Perception Digital Device
Historic District
Pollution
Intelligence Combination
Eyes
Demolishment
Information Sharing
Reconstruct Process
Mobile Device
Insert
Offset
Structure
Actual Effect Incomplete
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AR Combination
Future Community
Traditional Construct
Complete
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Plan & Space Generation
Master Plan
Space Generation
ground floor &roof combined
According to the trend of the lanes and alleys and the configuration of public facilities around the site, the street texture of the site is reconstructed, forming a public space system corresponding to the surrounding area. The axes of east-west direction and north-south direction divides the site into four functional areas, including new community areas, public service area (consisting of commerce, culture and education parts), residential areas, tourist areas (consisting of shikumen residence experience part and exhibition part).
1 Retail
RESERVED RESIDENTIAL AREAS
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER Ladder Stand Cube Sports Cube
2 Homestay Room
Partially Demolished Totally Demolished
Incomplete
AR Implantation Point Building Repair Texture Repair
NEW COMMUNITY 12F 1-3F Shopping Mall 4F Public Platform 5-12F Stacked Apartment
HERITAGE CONSERVATION EXHIBITION AREA Former Residence of Wu Changshuo Former Residence of Mr.Liang
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COMMERCIAL CENTER 19F 1-2F Shopping Mall 3F Public Platform 4-19F Hotel
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COMMUNITY CULTURE CENTER 5F 1F Public Reading Room 2-5F Tanggu School
SHIKUMEN RESIDENCE EXPERIENCE AREA Homestay Restaurant
LANE CULTURAL EXHIBITION HALL VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE HALL N 0
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AR Scenarios
Spatial Experiences From Three Perspectives
THE WORKS ON SHIKUMEN <WINTER OF THREE HAIRS> <IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE> CHANGSHUO WU 1844-1927 PAINTER CALLIGRAPHER
New Community Entrance
Vista of Historic District
Former Residence Celebrities
East-West Axis
Street View of East-West Axis
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Conservation Schemes & Activities
Activities Based on AR Structures In the strategy of AR space implantation mentioned above, the buildings are divided into five levels according to the integrity of the reservation, and the reconstruction modes are put forward respectively. The following axonometric maps are the morphological expression and crowd activities of five modes.
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FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC
Artwork Free Port Creative Design Instructor: Chenchen Hu Hao Chen Site: Shanghai, China Duration: June- August, 2017 Team Work Team : Xiaoran Zhang, Yanran Lu Role in Team: Site analysis, Concept generation, Diagram drawing, Sectional Drawing, Modeling With the prevalence of art trade, the art market continues to grow, attracting more and more wealthy people use art trade as a method as personal asset accumulation. The Art Free Port is a trading and storage area for art that is exempt from large transaction taxes. Therefore, when an artwork becomes a personal property and a private property through transactions, it is stored in a warehouse and gradually disappears into the public field of vision. It leads to the question whether the value of art is determined by price or by value. Is art closer to the public more conducive to the value of art? This design intends to propose a future art ‘free port’ that forms a new art exhibition, creation, warehousing and transaction complex, which gives better access for citizens to promote public art activities.
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'Closed' Free Port Site Analysis & Research
Three formal artwork free ports in the world have something in common with each other that they are far away from downtown and keep isolated from the public,which makes them mysterious places for most citizens. - Are this kind of free ports really free? - Neither for the artworks nor for the rights of people.
Geneva
City Center
Railway
Art Free Port
Airport
Art Free Port
Airport
Art Free Port
Luxembourg
Main City
Singapore
West Bund’s Location Advantages The site has the possibility of sea, air and land transportation at the same time. This riverside apron is isolated from its surroundings, located on the West Bank of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. In addition, the site is at the important node of the cultural corridor on the West Bank of Xuhui where creative art space cluster. Therefore, this site is suitable to cater to the support of the government and build the first international art bonded service platform in Xuhui, the free port on the West Bund. Main City 39
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Concept Generation
Strategy Formation
Artwork as Cargo
Artwork as Stock
Art Street Unit
Reserve
Mesh
4m
Systematise
4m
Artwork as Commodity
Scales
By using the plasticity of grid and conforming to the surroundings, the block is divided into homogeneous modules, and different functional zones are delineated according to the status quo. The structure, activities and spaces can intervene and form an organism that welcomes citizens to participate in creation activities.
4m
Artwork as Exhibit
Formation Strategy
Trading Process Tank Art Park Unit
Artwork trade makes more and more artworks stored in those warehouse in free ports. From the museums and galleries to warehouses, the role of artworks is changing all the time. In this process, artworks is gradually disappearing from the multitude, making it harder to be viewed as a symbol of culture, but only a commodity, which is against the historical trend of the openness of art works. Distribute
Timeline of Artwork Innovation Process The beginning of Renaissance brought about revitalization of classical art. Religious occupation of art is a typical phenomena at that time.
The emergence of baroque art is facilitated by monarchy autocracy, entailing nobility take possession of arts.
The construction of the Pompidou Centre provides a platform for the public to approach art.
Implant
Subdivide
m
40
40m
Warehouse & Transport Unit
Under the influence of contemporary art, everyone has the chance to take part in various art activities.
Modern Art Center
52
m
Street Art
52m
New System
Royal Art Studio
<The Last Supper>
Work of Marcel Duchamp - Fountain
4
149
0
Warehouse
Combination
New Centers
Green Places
Transportation
Route
Form
3
7
160
Art Street
198
191
Concept - Grid as a Form As for the form, we conclude it as a grid, which is most suitable and footloose for many activities .The work of art is abstracted into an equal unit, in which the role of the work of art can be safely transformed.
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Cargo
Storage
Exhibition
Transportation
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N
Master Plan
0 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
50
100m
Plan & Vertical Space Design
Sections
Auction Center Blocks Bonded Warehouse Exhibition Center on Water Transportation Exhibition Center on Arts Exhibition Center on Air Transportation Museum on Process of Artwork Transportation Port Art Experience Center
Section A-A
Section B-B A
B
A
Section C-C
C
B
D
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Section D-D
D
E
0 43
10
50m
Section E-E 44
Goods Arrival Layer Distribution Layer Check Layer Repair Layer Administration Layer Delivery Layer Show Layer Flow
Warehouse Art Street Node
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5
7
4 2
3
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Section Layer 1 1 Art Street Activity Route r
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Routes & Stories
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Story of Public
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1 Public Spots
1 Owners’ Spots
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3
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There is a square. Wow, what a huge warehouse, we like this unique structure.
The best scenery i have ever seen on such a freight port. Never thought about it, right?
So amazing! We can both see the freight process and the artworks in this museum.
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Art
t
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Passing through the creation blocks which are enclosed by warehouses, we see so many display modules.
5 The planes are transporting artworks.
I can feel artworks in containers are 'walking' under my feet!
After finishing watching the display, let’s make an artwork by ourselves!
Architecture Layer Walking to the end of the glass trestle,we arrive at a museum.
Story of Owner 1
3
2
4
Today i want to go to the trade center for a price assessment of my own artworks.
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Structure and Activity 45
Ground Layer
5
Am i supposed to just put all my collections in a warehouse. Is it better to put them into an exhibition?
There are a lot of people, they are holding an auction!
And, the creative process is also valuable, just because of these artists, i can have more collections. So why not promote this activity?
I want to have a look at my own collection. Oh, what are they doing, so many artists show their creative process, the display is fantastic!
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It is a really great idea to put the warehouse and art activities together. In this place, i can enjoy both various service on artworks and the art display. It is really a good platform to share our viewpoints on artworks collection together.
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FROM BARRIER TO CONNECTION
Transit-Based Community Center Complex Design Instructor: Prof. Yuli Wei, Zhou Xu Site: Nanjing, China Duration: March- June, 2018 Individual Work As the city continues to expand, the Old Xiaguan District has been gradually integrated into the urban planning, being transformed from the original industrial area into an developing area integrating residential, commercial and service functions. As a transportation hub of the old Xiaguan area and Nanjing, the development of Nanjing West Railway Station is going downhill. With the relocation of the Nanjing West Railway Station in 2012, the station building and railway lost their original functions and gradually became an urban brownfield, blocking the development of the station and the connections nearby. Despite the railroad outage, the demand for transportation in this area has not diminished: the construction of subway stations, the opportunities for tourism and the need for commuting. At the same time, the historical value of Nanjing West Railway Station and the planned tram line have brought development opportunities. This project aims to reshape the Nanjing West Railway Station into a community center based on a transit hub, thereby transforming the original barrier into a connected open zone and gradually being integrated into the urban development.
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Background Information
Planned Connecting Line Analysis
Sectional Barriers and Activities
Highway
N 0
Residential
250
Station and Track
Traffic Node
500m
Moat
Subway Station Landscape West Station Branch Line
Freight
Mixed Use
Water
Crowd Gathering Node
Resident Tourist
Residential
Commercial Scenic Commercial
Old Freight Station
Service Station
Nanjing West Station
Zhongshan Pier
Pukou Pier Resident
Resident
Resident
Resident
Resident
Worker
Worker
Worker
Worker
Worker
Tourist
Tourist
Tourist
Tourist
Tourist
Transportation
Worker
Resident
Obstacles
N
0
50
100m
Ceiling
Nanjing West Station Subway Station
Ancillary Buildings
Tourist
Resident
Highway
Transfer Point Water Road
Railway Station & Platforms
The abandoned Nanjing West Railway Station and its tracks will be reused to integrate into the regional public transportation lines. There are favorable traffic elements such as subway stations, docks and expressway entrances and exits around the blocks. The abandoned stations and surrounding buildings form the track and surrounding areas as a traffic barrier for the district.
Worker Tourist
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A continuous section of the site and its surroundings shows the obstacles that Nanjing West Station and its ancillary buildings bring to people around the site, including transportation, sight and continuity. 50
Strategy & Plan Formation
Layers & Functions
Status Quo
Requirement Connection Tram Station
Buildings
Commuting Sightseeing Daily transportation
Commercial Residential Mixed Loft
Museum
Resident Worker
Linked Commercial Complex
Tour Exhibition
Market
Cultural & Creative Office
Resident Worker Tourist
Selling Shopping Entertainment
Apartment
Accommodation Activity Communication
Office
Worker
Integrated Service Station Railway Culture Museum Expansion Museum Office & Warehouse
Tourist Worker
Working Business Meeting
Generation Process
Main Channel Corridor
Complex Channel Museum Channel Park Entrance
Residential Entrance
Conserved
Ground Floor Plan 1 Nanjing West Station Museum Main Building 2 Tram Station Entrance 1 3 Nanjing West Station Museum Deputy Building 4 Souvenir Store 5 Restaurant 6 Tram Station Entrance 2 7 Cultural & Creative Office Entrance 8 Shopping Mall 9 Retail 10 Commercial Residential Mixed Loft Entrance 11 Boutiques 12 Retail
Tram Station
Attraction Entrance Museum Entrance
Museum Underground
Vertical Exit Platform Exit
A
Plane Exit
10
9
N 0
8
10
50
100m
12
Station Entrance
7
Station Entrance
5
Commercial Complex
4
Transfer Area
11
2
Restaurant
6
-4.8m Floor Plan Shared Office
3
Display Gallery
Boutiques
1
Leisure Space
Theme Exhibition Hall
A
Restaurant
Office & Storage Room
Market
N
0 10
51
50
100m
+12.0m Floor Plan
+31.5m Floor Plan
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Continuity & Node Analysis
Perspective
Perspective Point 1: Overlook the tram station from the museum interior
Perspective Point 2: Open Space at the junction of the corridor
Perspective Point 1
Perspective Point 2
Nanjing West Station Railway Culture Museum
Tram Station
Commercial, Cultural & Creative Complex
Section A-A
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0
20
40m
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Master Plan N
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FROM SEPARATION TO INTEGRATION
0
25
50m
Rural Community Commons Creative Design Instructor: Prof. Renchao Luo, Zhou Xu Site: Nanjing, China Duration: March- June, 2017 Individual Work Due to the national reformation of rural policies and the expansion of cities, villagers have moved away from their original homes due to the need for land intensive use. It is also a fact that their original joint labor and common life are gradually weakening. The vast land which they depended on was gradually replaced by mechanized production. Such issues are existing in Gaoli Village, a suburban village in Nanjing. Residents are isolated from their farmland. The gradual depression of the farming industry also causes issues including unemployment , low income, and the problem of aging. By reconnecting villagers and citizens through the reconstruction from the residence to the environment, the new commoning system can link their living space and working space more closely. Meanwhile, by exploring the surrounding tourism resources, it create the opportunity to provide the living space for both travelers and local residents. By these methods, the villages can develop a homestay economy based on traditional rural living experiences and preserve the local traditional culture at the same time.
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Background Research
Strategy Formation
Gaoli Village
1h
Public Space Structure
Village Scope
Natural Tourism Resources
Dri
ve
rive
Construction Land to Farmland Ratio
D 30min
Gaoli Village is a village based on traditional planting industry. It is surrounded by abundant natural tourism resources and suburban conditions. However, the current situation indicates that there is a problem of villages’ isolation from farmland.
Community Unit Composition Typology
Water Farmland
Location Traffic
River North New Center
Main City Center
Amber Spring
West Ridge Lotus Park
Crossing River Channel
1
Old Mountain Forest Park
2
Construction Land
N
Fish Pond Basic Farmland Community Range Railway Land Road Rivers & Ditches
Farmland
0
0.25
0.5
1km
3 Main Entrance
4 Landscape Trail
Landscape Farmland Park
Village Status Map
North Part
2 Granary
Standard Grain Field
Tourist Attraction Natural Resource
Old Mountain
1 Waterfront Landscape
Central Mixed Landscape Farmland
Multi-crop Farmland
Village Status Analysis
4
3 Landscape Central Belt
South Part
Activity Line & Point
Construction Land Farmland
North Part
Current Status Data 1-18
other
9% 29%
unemployed
18% Age Distri-
Age Distribution
bution
62% over 55
9%
19-55
go out for work
45%
28% agriculture
South Part
Urban Development Brings Change
Central Test Field
Walking Corridor
Inserted
Encircled
Sided
Type & Position
Spacial Structure
Vertical Recreation Pavilion
Residential Group and Monomer Urban Expansion & Village Location
Co-living between Villagers & Tourists
Urban Per Capita Annual Income
Urban & Rural Income Gap Mechanization reform to increase production!
Seek for better job and more income in big city!
The house is gradually vacant and decaying!
We enjoy working together!
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1970s
People's Commune Movement
Household Contract Responsibility System
1980s
Reform and Opening
Main Plan
Ground Plan
Main Plan
Ground Plan
Main Plan
Group Enlargement Layout
Co-living for Generations in One Family
1960s
Ground Plan
Rural Per Capita Annual Income
More labor, more harvest!
Timeline
Isometric
Shared Open Space
1990s
2000s
Farmer Migration
Intensive Farmland Planting Field
Residence
Co-living in Labor Group
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Commoning Struture Design
Residential Node Space Structure 1 Co-living in Labor Group 1
3
2
2
1
3
2 Co-living for Generations in One Family
7
5
6
8
4
1 Basic Residence Group 2 Fish Pond Path 3 Granary 4 Landscape West Avenue 5 Multi-crop Farmland 6 Landscape East Avenue 7 Standard Farmland 8 Recreation Farmland Park 9 Main Entrance of Village 59
3 Co-living between Villagers & Tourists
Ground Plan N
0
20
60m 9
The basic structure of the village layout consists of a windmill-like public space and a surrounding living base unit. In each residential base unit, three residential space prototypes provide a good space for production, living and communication for all types of residents.
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Group Activity Space Design
Life Scenes in Countryside
1 3
2
Shared Residential Work & Life Scene
4 5
6
Village Avenue Space
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1 Collective Residential Leisure Corridor 2 Farmland & Sunbathing Grounds 3 Family Home Center Courtyard 4 Residential Entrance and Exit Paving 5 Central Landscape Seedling Cultivation Base 6 Aerial Corridor Vertical Entrance
0
10
20m
Residential Base Unit Floor Plan 62
Commoning Scenario Our har vest can fill with public granaries e a c h y e a r, w h i c h greatly encouraged our production enthusiasm!
Fish pond is both our industrial base and our activity park. It improves our working environment!
We work together to develop various crop products in the experimental field.!
There are lots of interesting activities here, fantastic!
Axonometric Activities
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Nice scenery! Walking on the Landscape Avenue, I can feel the changes of various landscapes.
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RESEARCH
Recultivation Cooperative Framework
Chongming Re-cultivation, Urban Commons Thesis Research Website link: https://issuu.com/xiaoranz/docs/chongming_recultivation_xiaoran_zhang
Graduate Thesis Instructor: Prof. Stefan Gruber Prof. Jonathan Kline Duration: September, 2020 - Present Chong m i ng Re c u l ti v a t io n s e le c t s Chongming Island as a model to explore the possibility of reshaping cooperativebased rural communities through bottom-up commoning practices. By reviewing the evolution of village community’s socio-physical changes at different stages of development in China and exploring emerging involvement opportunities into village community reformation, the proposal focuses on how commoning can intervene into diverse forms of localized economy in village communities. By stressing the importance of actors’ interaction within the transition system, the thesis explores structural typology and bottomup participation in changing villages’ physi ca l a nd so c i al e n v iro n m e n t . Through developing various scenarios, it builds up models for a knowledge and skill sharing system for Chinese villages.
A System Emerging with Farming Culture ǐ Plow (Tool/Skill)
Farmland (Land/Place)
Cultivation
People Design as a method of seeking balance
Households
Households
Households
Households
Commons
Households
Households
Households
Households
Commons
Based on traditional form of Chinese cultivation system, it explores a future model of self-organized, cooperative-based urbanrural community system that can support a healthier growth with greener e c o n o m y, s h a r e a b l e resources and humannature harmony.
Intervention Typology & System Change
Community Open Spaces
The three intervention structural typologies can engage into a commoning system in Chongming villages. By experimenting the rebalance system on a typical pattern in Sanxing To w n , i t b o t h f o r m s a recultivation system and multiple place-making scenarios.
STEP 1: ROOT
STEP 2: CONNECT
STEP 3: PROLIFERATE
Rebuild localized social network based on existing villagers to form mutual support relationship.
Connect design professionals and participants to village communities to promote urban-rural community interaction.
New villagers bring more social innovation projects to encourage more events and engagements.
Rebalanced Triangle & Programs
Cultivation System
Neighborhood Committees Community Open Spaces Cultivation System
Farming Cooperation
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Farming Cooperatives
Based on the rebalanced triangle model, three types of programs are proposed in Reclutivation Cooperative Framework, in order to encourage the diverse forms of engagement into Chongming village communities, including Farmers Market & CSA(Community Supported Agriculture), Tour & Co-housing and Industries & Workshops.
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RESEARCH Neighborhood Study
Soot and the City, Pittsburgh Air Quality Based Environment System Research Website link: https://pittsburghair.cargo.site/
0
500
1500m
Downtown
Studio Group Research Instructor: Prof. Nida Rehman Duration: January - May, 2020
“I will never forget the first time I experienced that smell” “We need to operationalize actions we can take now to address this problem”
“There are so many statistics in here I was floored with. I’m shocked to learn how bad this problem is”
BRACKENRIDGE TARENTUM
EAST DEER
Micro climate formed by built environment
Traffic caused diesel PM2.5 pollution
Lawrenceville
SPRINGDALE SPRINGDALE
CORAOPOLIS
EMSWORTH NEVILLE
“It’s getting pretty bad” “The smell is definitely noticeable”
VERONA MILLVALE
BELLEVUE Brighton Heights
STOWE MCKEES ROCKS Esplen Fairywood Chartiers Sheraden Windgap
Northview Marshall-Shadeland Heights Spring Perry South Hill-City Fineview View California-Kirkbride Manchester
PENNSBURY VILLAGE
CARNEGIE
SHARPSBURG
Upper Lawrenceville Morningside
West End
PENN HILLS
Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar Larimer
Homewood Homewood West North Point Breeze Homewood South East Hills North
WILKINSBURG
Pollutant absorbed into water
Shenango Plants
South Shore Mount Washington
Pollution caused by steel foundry
Neighborhoods and schools affected by downwind pollution of factories
Allegheny cemetery topography can trap the polluted air
MONROEVILLE
Allentown Beltzhoover Arlington Arlington Knoxville Heights Hazelwood St. Bon MOUNT Clair Air Glen Hazel
OLIVER
Carrick
“I didn’t have asthma when I moved to Pittsburgh, I have asthma now”
Garfield
Upper Hill Bedford Dwellings Terrace Middle Hill Crawford-Roberts West Oakland Oakland Bluff
INGRAM Heights Elliott
CRAFTON
ETNA
“My family often wakes up feeling ‘foggy’ in the head, with burning throats and eyes”
Hays
Overbrook
SWISSVALE BRADDOCK HILLS CHALFANT HOMESTEAD RANKIN BRADDOCK NORTH TURTLE CREEK PITCAIRN BRADDOCK WHITAKER EAST PITTSBURGH WILMERDING EAST MCKEESPORT
BALDWIN Lincoln
DUQUESNE
BRIDGEVILLE
“The windows were open and it smelled like Shenango was in my room ”
DRAVOSBURG
PORT VUE GLASSPORT
MCKEESPORT
“I had run two marathons, and I couldn’t get up and down the stairs without my inhaler here”
“It was dangerous to sleep with the windows open at night because you didn’t want to be awoken by the stench”
LIBERTY VERSAILLES
133k
SOUTH PARK
283k
This map overlays median income with childhood asthma rates, and we see a pattern of environmental injustice happening along the river and around the hill district.
CLAIRTON
39k 2.3%
Childhood Asthma
Median Income
ELIZABETH
13.5%
FORWARD
18.0%
Income & Health Map
The wind direction and lack of trees can concentrate pollution on the west side
Mononghela Valley
“US Steel acts with impunity. God forbid that the unhealthy air we breathe would be put upon them and their families”
“I’m scared one day when he does finally get it, it might be too late if I’m not around” “I have lost a grandfather, a father, a sister, a daughter, and a son to cancer ”
Credit by Harvest Su (Group Researched)
Air Pollutant Matrix Reduced birds due to decrease in food availability
Acidification of water and soil Dry deposition NOX, NHX, SOX
Wet deposition H+, NO3-, NH4+, SO42-
Cheswick and Springdale Boroughs
“Living next to a coal plant is like a neighbor from hell just moved in”
“It’s like hell. Living in hell. It’s filthy; it’s dirty; it’s noisy—it’s unhealthy”
N2O
“Dirt on my windowsills, dirt on my furniture. It’s a constant cleaning. Filthy. It’s a filthy place to live, and we’re breathing this in”
Organic Aerosol, PM2.5
Acidification of water + eutrophication Wastes expelled into river
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River
Downtown
Factory
The Vicinity Area
“The smoke is always there. Wherever you go, you see it”
Soil Process NO3-, SO42-, NHX
NOx, SO2, H2S, NH3, C6H6, PM2.5 O3, NOx, CO, VOC’s, PM2.5
NOX
Restaurant & Retail
Residence
Significant increase in bulk density and decrease in porosity
The pollutants penetrate the ground water reserves and contaminate drinking water
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OTHER WORKS Yangtze River Ferry + Shared Bicycle Transit System Feasibility Analysis and Spatial Optimization Design Competition Work - Third Prize of Urban Transportation Innovation Practice Competition Instructor: Prof. Dongmei Li Duration: February- July, 2017 Average Hourly Traffic Volume Change
Research Scope
The problem of slow system connection on both sides of the Yangtze River in Nanjing has always existed. This study aims to combine the existing characteristics of ferry operations and propose a new intelligent connection system to alleviate related traffic problems.
2k m
0.1 0.08
3k m
0.06 0.04
m
0.02 1.5 k
0
Zhongshan Pier Time Tunnel
Bridge
Waterway
Individual Work-Innovative Technology and Urban Characteristics Research Program, Europe Duration: July- August, 2017
Percentile
Pukou Pier
Urban Characteristic Study Route & Photo Record in Europe
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
13 14 15 16
17 18 19
20 21 22
Brussels, Belgium Manneken-Pis
Heidelberg, Germany The Old Town
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N
Commuting Population O-D Intensity Distribution Map
Bavaria, Germany Swan Castle Panorama Stuttgart, Germany A look in Mercedes Benz Auto Museum
Proportion For Each Hour of A Day
Traffic Volume Per Hour
Heidelberg, Germany Ancient Castle Ruins
250km
River South- River North
River North- River South Residence
Work Place
5km
5km 5k
5k
m
m
Work Place
Residence
Due to the differences in economic development between River North and River South, most of the commuters are middle and low income earners, and they have obvious separation characteristics. The terminal provides convenient transportation for people who are separated from the area within about 5km.
Germany Prague, Czech The Performers on the Charles Bridge
Belgium Cologne
Operating Mode Brussels
Frankfurt
Jena
Prague
Luxembourg
Luxembourg Paris
Czech
Heidelberg
Stuttgart
Munich Vienna
Saved Time
Traffic Streamline Design
France
Innsbruck
Vienna, Austria Schonbrunn Palace in the City Background
Austria
Reduced Detours in Specific Areas O-D Route 2
Route 1
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Route 2 Route 1 Pukou Park - Xiaguan Buiding
Transportation
Bus
Ferry
Total Time
32min
64min
O-D Distance L1 2.1km Actual Distance 2.7km L2 Winding 1.3 Coefficient L2/L1
2.1km
Luxembourg Bird View From City Center
Innsbruck, Austria The Silent Alps
Paris, France Pompidou Center in City Paris, France In Versailles Palace
Paris, France Notre Dame De Paris
Vienna, Austria Evening on the Danube
16.5km 7.9
To Be Continued...
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OTHER WORKS Environment Simulation For Bloomfield Parking Lot Lab Work - Media Lab Work For Studio Instructor: Prof. Marantha Dawkins Duration: November, 2019
Shenzhen Urban Village Ecology System Case Study Issuu link: https://issuu.com/xiaoranz/docs/term_project_urban_ecology
Coursework Instructor: Prof. Christine Mondor Duration: January - March, 2020
System Features & Stakeholder System Changes
Previous
Green Space
Tiled All Direction Accessible Distributed Green Space
27.1%
Sunlight Analysis Latter
Green Space
High-rise Restricted Entrance Concentrated Public Space
53.0%
From Form to Social Relation Building Footprint
Roads
Basic Unit
Commercial Space
Organizing Style
Management
Villager Street Office Villagers’ Joint Stock Company
Self Organized
Neighborhood Committee
Developer Street Office Community Workstation Residential Based
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Neighborhood Committee
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OTHER WORKS Downtown Pittsburgh Green Space System Optimization Design Issuu link: https://issuu.com/xiaoranz/docs/xiaoranzhang_urban_design_media_project_2020
Lab Work - Urban Design Computation Design Instructor: Prof. Nico Azel Duration: January - May, 2020 Walking Accessibility Network Evaluation
Current
Current Green Space Recreation Green Space Filtration Green Space
Current 5-minute Walkshed Recreation Space 5-minute Walkshed
Current Isovist View Range Recreation Isovist View Range
Filtration Space 5-minute Walkshed
Filtration Isovist View Range
Filtration Space Center Point
Traffic Green Space
Traffic Space 5-minute Walkshed
Traffic Isovist View Range
Traffic Space Center Point
Green Space Center Point Recreation Space Center Point
Isovist View Range Evaluation
Scenario
Current
Scenario
Overlook Platform Recreation Stairs ft
30 30ft
Recreation Green Space
Hierarchical Landscape
Existing Green Space Components
In this scenario, more accessible entrances can and recreation components can reform the walking and cycling trail along the river. Existing Green Space
Installed Mini-labs Filtration Tower ft
60
Filtration Green Space
60ft
Exhibitions
Filtration Road Light
ft
90
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In this scenario, filtration components can reduce the air pollution along the river and bring more renewable energy installations. Existing Green Space
Smart Isolation Belt
Traffic Green Space
Components
90ft
Components
In this scenario, filtration components can reduce the spread of air and noise pollution along the highway.
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