Design at two cities Beijing & Minneapolis
CATALOGUE PROJECT
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FUNCTION
ROLE
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01 Brick Showroom
1,200 sq. m.
Exhibition
Project architect
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02 Club For Residential Community
2,800 sq. m.
Leisure
Project architect
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03 Private Villa
1,700 sq. m.
Residence
Project architect
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04 House of Five Courtyards
2,070 sq. m.
Residence
Project architect
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Xin’ai Liang 1076, 25th Ave SE Minneapolis 55414, MN Tel: 612-222-7320 Email: gys44@sina.com
EXPERIENCE August 2011 - Present March 2010 - August 2011 November 2007 - January 2010 August 2007 - November 2007 September 2002 - July 2007
University of Minnesota, M.Arch AUVI Design TRACE ARCHITECTURE OFFICE Design and Architecture studio Majored in Architecture in Fuzhou University
Minneapolis Beijing, China Beijing, China Beijing, China Fujian, China
To some extent, I consider architectural design a compound creation as well as a social behavior associating several participants involving client, user, sponsor, government, builder, designer and so forth, which is a complex subject integrating various knowledge. Therefore, partly, architect is supposed to be a bridge to balance and communicate the entire system to smoothly push a project forward.
BRICK SHOWROOM Design: 2008 Client: Capitaland Corp. Scale: 1200 sq. m. Location: Beijing
Introduction This is a showroom for selling a residential project by exhibiting sand table of building, which is located around some old residences (built in 1950's) that was going to be demolished and chaotic surrounding. Therefore, to establish a pure circumstance to exhibit the sand table so as to promote the sale of this residential project, our team conceived an introversive space to prevent negative elements of circumstance such as noise and dust from influencing indoor space, and created some complicated space by associating some brick-shape rooms with different functions among the so called “introversive space�. On the other hand, the connected rooms could slow down visitor's pace, enhancing exhibiting atmosphere. In terms of construction, in order to conserve the trace of site, we used some bricks collected from the remains of local building, inserting them into a steel fame as the exterior wall of this showroom. The wall could not only arouse some memories for people who used to live there, but it could also isolate the indoor place from outdoor circumstance efficiently, even attracts pedestrians to take a look at the showroom, who are one of the potential consumers of this residential project.
Isolating showroom from negative circumstance by establishing an introversive space
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Residence that was going to be demolished
As a museum, connected rooms with different functions will slow down and lengthen visitor's pace and route respectively.
experience mode
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√ a temporal experience
direct experience
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Following the main form of building, we design visitor's experience as zigzag, spreading exhibits to avoid direct experience. By doing so, visitors could have a temporal experience rather than a direct one, which is also an obvious feature of museum.
√ spreading exhibition decreasing visitor's pace
traditional exhibition
form drawing Entrance Exhibition Office
sand table VIP
Considering the function of showing room, we locate the sand table - focus of this building in the middle, putting other auxiliary rooms around it. Visitors will begin at entrance, then experience with this order: entrance - exhibition - sand table - VIP - meeting room - office, which is also a standard process of a consumer who plans to purchase residence.
Meeting room
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BRICK SHOWROOM
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Plan & Section first floor
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BRICK SHOWROOM Indoor perspective
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construction drawing of exterior wall filled with recycled bricks
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1 2.5mm flanged steel sheet with metal connecting piece 2 recycled bricks 3 2.5mm flanged steel sheet with metal connecting piece
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structure 2 1 2.5mm flanged steel sheet with metal connecting piece 2 recycled bricks 3 50mm insulation 4 cement mortar layer 5 concrete segment 6 interior trim
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recycled bricks metal connecting piece 50Ă—50 mm vertical steel column 2.5 mm flanged steel sheet bolting horizontal steel I-beam
metal flashing cement mortar layer recycled bricks metal connecting piece to main structure 50 mm insulation concrete segment 2.5 mm flanged steel sheet 120 mm horizontal channel steel
cast-in-place concrete lintel waterproof roll angle corbel 120 mm horizontal channel steel
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BRICK SHOWROOM cross section
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1 2.5mm flanged steel sheet with metal connecting piece 2 recycled bricks 3 2.5mm flanged steel sheet with metal connecting piece
1 2.5mm flanged steel sheet with metal connecting piece 2 recycled bricks 3 50mm insulation 4 cement mortar layer 5 concrete segment 6 interior trim
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1 angle iron welded with I-column 2 steel I-column welded with main structure 3 rock wool 4 main structural I-column 5 50mm insulation 6 concrete segment
angle iron welded with I-column 250×250mm steel I-column bolting recycled bricks 2.5mm flanged steel sheet
axonometry 300mm 120mm 60mm
2.5mm flanged steel sheeting 250×250mm steel I-column
1000mm 50×50mm vertical steel column 1000mm 250×250mm steel I-column
200×120mm steel I-beam
mockup
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CLUB FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY Design: 2008 Client: Capitaland Corp. Scale: 2800 sq. m. Location: Beijing
Introduction - An Invisible Club This is a community club surrounded by some high residential buildings with a cramped site, including standard function such as swimming pool, restaurant, spa, gym and so on. Considering the specific condition, we used a “virtual strategy� to deal with this restriction: rather than create a landmark, it is more proper to press the building to underground, in other words, to make the building being invisible. By doing so, it could not only avoid the cramped sense caused by limit of site, but also build up a suitable scale for residents living in the community, and create an unprecedented leisure area and greenbelt for them to enhance the mutual communication. On the other hand, underground building benefits heat preservation and energy saving for sustainability, which is crucial issue of building located in northern china.
With a movement to push down, this building was turned from visible to invisible, increasing leisure area for residents.
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CLUB FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY Model
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CLUB FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY Plan & Section master plan
first plan 1 hall 2 cafe 3 restaurant 4 kitchen 5 dressing room 6 swimming pool 7 courtyard 8 gym 9 massage b
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CLUB FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY Detail
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In contrast with underground residential club, the restaurant at second floor is used for business. So, being different from private club, it is supposed to be more open for public. Based on this, we conceive a portable perforated panel structure, which can shade by daylight and by night spread indoor light to lighten surface to emphasize the public property. Furthermore, with the double structure, from some specific perspective, visitors could witness diffraction pattern on the surface.
detail a fixed perforated panel b portable perforated panel c double glazing
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structure A - floor
structure B - green roof
structure C - water-stored roof
1 composite board 2 cement mortar 3 concrete floor
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planting soil filter cloth drain bar isolated layer waterproof roll insulation vapor retarder rolled sheet steel roof
water waterproof concrete concrete floor mortar isolated layer waterproof roll leveling blanket insulation vapor retarder concret roof
PRIVATE VILLA Design: 2009 Scale: 1700 sq. m. Location: Beijing
Introduction This is a private villa designed for a family possessing three children. To begin with, we create a new order of space: resetting the indoor and outdoor space. Among traditional order, building was divided into indoor rooms, however, in terms of this project, we separate every room, establishing an ambiguous definition of room with both indoor and outdoor property. For the three-children-family, this ambiguous definition could create different private levels for each family member, generating various communications and moods. For instance, parents sitting at the top floor could view and perceive children’s movement by sight or voice from the gap between two rooms to ensure their security, children’s game zone is opened while their study room is a private space.
The preparation between traditional spacial order and separate order: ambiguous definition.
Traditional order, an absolutely close space without communication and interaction among individuals.
With the gap between rooms, people living in different floors could communicate with each other directly.
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PRIVATE VILLA function & communication diagram host's level
children's level
public level
Rooms of parents, host of this family, are located at the top floor, possessing the superlative private-level. Staying in room, host could sense the event at first or second floor, where is used for children's playing area and family's public area, such as dining room and sitting room. On the other hand, having dinner at the ground floor, host could also easily perceive children's movement at the second floor via the gap between rooms.
potential communication Among adjacent rooms, with different forms and highs of window, individual would have diverse communications. For example, window in children's game room is supposed to bottom due to their creeping behavior.
Model
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PRIVATE VILLA Plan & Section first plan b 2
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PRIVATE VILLA section a - a
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HOUSE OF FIVE COURTYARDS Design: 2009 Scale: 2070 sq. m. Location: Beijing
Introduction With function of private villa, this house lies beneath a mountain at suburb of Beijing, surrounded by spectacular scenery. More specifically, there are some original trees in the site, which are conserved by client’s will. Therefore, how to deal with the relationship between house and tree is the pivotal issue among this project.
First of all, these trees at site are precious shelter for the house; they can provide shadow to the house to safe energy in summer. By contrast, in winter, with the fall of leaves, sunshine could come across noleaf-branch to heat the house, which is a virtually automatic and natural temperature conditioner.
trees at site
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HOUSE OF FIVE COURTYARDS Considering the relationship between trees and house, we separate the building into some bricks, putting them in the courtyard veiled among trees. Some of trees are in the courtyard, others are not. By doing so, this house is integrated with trees holding a private atmosphere, which is also the demand of client.
Model
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HOUSE OF FIVE COURTYARDS Plan ground floor
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1 spa 2 drawing room 3 exhibition 4 vedio 5 study 6 living room 7 room for children 8 gym
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1 guest room 2 terrace 3 passenger compartment 4 KTV 5 private study 6 bedroom
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1 cellar 2 playroom 3 courtyard 4 private room 5 swimming pool
Perspective of courtyard
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Xin’ai Liang Xin’ai Liang 1076, 25th Ave SE Minneapolis 55414, MN Tel: 612-222-7320 Email: liang253@umn.edu
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