PORTFOLIO OF XINRAN ZHENG Master of Architecture (MARCH) Program, The Illinois School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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[ 00 PAVILION ] Pavilion Design -------- An extension educational space for School of Architecture and Design 1-Semester Individual Work (Graduation) Instructor: Yongquan Chen, Zhongzhong Zeng Spring 2018
Design:Xinran Zheng Client: School of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University Construction: Wuhan Linlang Wooden Architecture Ltd.
Survey Data Visualization
Construction
Column locating Hexagonal center column Curved column Primary beam installation Triangle support
Secondary beam installation
Sub-structure installation
Roof anticorrosive wood
water proof layer
Roof glass installation
Fiberglass panels installation
PROJECT INFORMATION: Location: Beijing, China Time: spring 2018 Design: Xinran Zheng Instructor: Zhongzhong Zeng, Yongquan Chen (Benzhi Architects) Construction: Wuhan Linlang Wooden Architecture Ltd. Construction time: 03.2018-05.2018 Material: wood & steel & glass Area:320m2, 3440ft2
Video record:https://youtu.be/7i8_Cuo5l4w
[ 01 I-YARD 2.0 ] House Design -------- An assembling house for future rural lifestyle Solar Energy, Sastainable Design 2-year Group work, 2018(19) Solar Decathlon China, Team BJTU Instructor: Junjie Li Summer 2017- Summer 2019
Core Design Team: Xinran Zheng,Wanlin Wang, Jie Huang, Shoutuo Lv, Guangyu Wang, Xiaoqin Feng, Jingkun Gu, Yucheng Feng, Ce Zhang,
BUILT PHOTOGRAPH INTERIOR & EXTERIOR
Experimenting Model
VORONOI Points in a box，each one has its own territory
I – YARD 2.0 is a design for the competition 2018 Solar Decathlon China. It is a real project focusing on green building technology, application of solar energy and assembling design. I was the team leader of the Construction Team. I Participated in the design progress and completed the Healthy and Safety Plan and other technical drawings including Transporting Plan, Assembly Step and several pieces of rendering of a 300m² prefabricated building.
FURNITURE AND VEGETATION
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[ 02 INFORMATION METROPOLIS ] Urban Design -------- transforming and reconstructing an information-technology-intensive area 7-Week Group Work Contribution: Concept 50% Drawng 50% Modeling 50% Fabricating 50% Instructor: Qiang Sheng, Wei Sun Collaborator: An Shao Spring 2017
SITE ANALYSIS------ CHARACTERISTIC In the northwest of Beijing, Qinghe area is separated and isolated from Shangdi District by an expressway and a railway. Qinghe has boomed recently as an information-technology-intensive area and attracting a number of technology companies including Baidu, Sina, Xiaomi, and Tencent. The particular problem faced by this site is its lack of infrastructure for everyday life caused by extant railways crossing and dividing the land into discrete blocks, some of which unsuitable for residence were left unused due to the noise and inconvenient distance.
To activate and reconstruct Qinghe area, we evaluate the construction of Qinghe Railway Station as a great opportunity, to transform this abandoned area into an office land for of newly emerging IT companies and a technology exhibition center. In bringing vitality to Qinghe area, we try to attempt the problem of separation between the two regions and optimize it from a larger scale.
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SITE ANALYSIS ------ PRESENT SITUATION & DEMANDS
Data of Qinghe area, Silicon Valley and Wangjing (another area in Beijing constructed at same time with Qinghe and turned into a sub city center) reveals that infrastructure and available land for newly emerging IT companies is important for the development of information industry. 5mins for pedestrians
5 mins for cars
FORM GENERATION
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Block Scale Analysis
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FUNCTION & TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
The function-demand relationships among three kinds of people are determined.
We simulated the trail of different kinds of people from the starting point to the destination, and analyzed the selected street with the highest frequency, to determine the function planning.
The Frequency Distribution of Different Kinds of People to Each Destination
Spatial Syntax is applied to simulate the traffic flow of the road network. When changes happens, the simulate system would reflect the result of the accessibility of the road, and made it possible for us to adjust the traffic condition of the area near the expressway.
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Analysis of the correlation degree between three kinds of people and possible activities. The distance between the activity circle reveals the demand level. The closer the distant, the more they demand. The radius of the activity reveals the time cost. The larger the radius, the longer the time cost.
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PLANNING DETAILS
PLANNING STRATEGY The low-price area fulfills the developing demands of newly emerging IT companies. The rail station brings flows of people to the low-price land. Exhibitions of IT companies connect the discrete land.
As the station brings huge flows of people to this area, small businesses get the opportunity to sell its products and obtain investment. which promotes the booming of service industry and building of infrastructure. A CBD starts to form subsequently.
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A DISPLAY OF THE ACTIVATED QINGHE DISTRICT
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[ 03 BOUNDARY-BLURRED STATION ] Architecture Design -------- application of the positive side of information technology
6-Week Group Work Contribution: Concept 50% Drawng 50% Modeling 50% Fabricating 50% Instructor: Wei Sun Collaborator: An Shao Summer 2017
SITE ANALYSIS
Viaduct dividing the site into irregular sizes
Existing flow of tourists
Road across the rail underground
BACKGROUND
CBD near the north side
After the Urban Design project, we turned to focus on a single construction in the same site. The High-speed Railway Station, as the ‘power station’ of this area, is crucial to the developing and booming process. Investigating on site several railway stations in Beijing and their neighborhood revealed a common misdistribution of two sets of similar but independent public service infrastructure, such as shopping malls and restaurants, established adjacently, which made me realize that the main problem of existing stations consists in their physical and functional segregation from the surrounding urban area.This separation restricts passengers and inhabitants within their respective movement areas.
Residential area near the east side
In this project, I intended to design a boundary-blurred railway station with the support of the developing identity-verification technology to simplify the process of checking tickets and to enable the integration of the previously enclosed station into the urban space. Office area near the west side
MASTER PLAN
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HUMAN BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS After intensive study of human behaviors related to railway stations, we realized that in the near future, with the development due to high-speed railway technology, a boundary-blurred station is demanded to save passengers’ time spent in ticket-checking process. Therefore, future railway stations can be simple in function but complex in its connection with the surrounding environment. Human behavior time axis at station for now and near future
1-1 SECTION
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2-2 SECTION
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FORM GENERATION
Underground car park
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Sink and expansion of square
Three main entrance ©An Shao
CBD entrance at the north
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Fast incoming entrance at 2nd floor east
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©An Shao Triangular latticed shell structure
1. South-east entering square 2. South-east leaving square 3. Artificial booking hall and janitor's room 4. East square 5. South-east underground square 6. North-east underground square 7. entrance of fast entrance 8. Exit of fast entrance 9. Platform 10. Artificial booking hall and janitor's room 11. West waiting square 12. West underground square 13. Exhibition building for transportation technology 14. Subway Line 13 15. Temporary exhibition area 16. Taxi entrance 17. Entrance
F1 PLAN
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3-3 SECTION
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4-4 SECTION
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Trafic flow Pedestrian flow Roof curtain wall Roof panel Waterproof layer Structural layer Interior finished surface
Express entrance at the east Experencing area at the west
Vehicle transfer surface Outbound square
Visitor and resident area Passenger waiting area
Flows of Transportation
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Enter Exit 2F Exit Underground Social Cars South-east Loading Social Cars East Loading Social Cars East Unloading Quick Entrance 2F Bus Social Cars Park underground Taxi Underground
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[ 04 CALMING HOTEL ] Architecture Design -------- facing the negative side of information technology 6-Week Group Work Contribution: Concept 50% Drawng 50% Modeling 50% Fabricating 50% Instructor: Wei Sun, Yunan Zhang Collaborator: An Shao Summer 2017
SPECIAL TYPE THAT NEEDS TO BE REDIFINED----HOT
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BACKGROUND This time we focused on the information explosion problem. As Qinghe area starts to flourish, information density is increasing at an alarming rate due to the generation of new technologies. We intent to find a place for visitors who do not have enough time and spirit to digest the knowledge they receive passively Hotel is the only kind of building where all the tourists and travellers will arrive. Information overload problem should be solved in such a special place. Under such circumstances, an emerging question is how to match and redefine the function of the “hotel” in an information-technology-intensive area. Except for the basic services and functions, an innovation-oriented hotel at Qinghe should also provide efficient information processing places while accommodating people. We match the hotel's function with the the information technological hierarchy, attempting to reshape the the information-receiving system within a spatial structure. Eventually, it will serve as the core site of information processing for people during their brief stay.
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MEDIA AND DATA ANALYSIS
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GROUND FLOOR -----THE CONNECTING POINT TO THE CITY SPACE The first floor serves as the joint point of the hotel to the surrounding urban space, and the starting point of the information processing program. 27
MULTI-FLOOR SEQUENCE -------- SPACE OF FLOWS
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We use continuous slopes to provide a u information-digesting process from the i leads people to break away from thethe
uninterrupted route from from the first to the fourth layer, for people to complete the input to the output. The trend of information transmission is from hot to cold, which e information-overloaded center and naturally enter the state of self thinking.
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BASIC FUNCTION VS. REDEFINED FUNCTION We match the basic functions of the hotel such as gym, meetings, restaurants, tea bars with the information processing activity. Restaurant -----app & multi-media tea bar ----exhibition & group activities conference ----lecture & workshop gym -----books & creation
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[ 05 Wi-Fi DANCER ] Installation Design -------- information technology serves as the media of communication between people and space 2-Week Group Work Contribution: Concept 50% Drawng 50% Modeling 50% Fabricating 50% Instructor: Yongquan Chen, Zhongzhong Zeng Collaborator: Yifang Zuo Winter 2016
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Wi-Fi DANCER
Increasingly, the surface, buildings and environments that surround us are embedded with interactive potentials. Capable of sensing and actuation, they make it possible to rethink architecture not as something static, but rather as entities and environments able to respond and adapt to changing
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conversations and mutual exchange with their occupants. In order to imply “mutual change with their occupants” in space, a changeable structure is created. On receiving signals through a sensor, it can change according to the needs of the user. For instance, the imperceptible changes of electromagnetic waves caused by occupants’ actions in the the electromagnetic field of Wi-Fi can be detected and translated into understandable signals, which enable the “Wi-Fi Dancer” in architecture to The picture here is collected from the internet. MEMEPIX.COM
“Perhaps the biggest change is their ubiquity: as you may have noticed, the world is filling with ever more kinds of media, in ever more contexts and formats.” This is an inevitable trend. So how can we adapt to this change and create more comfortable living space for humans?
react according to the occupants’ behavior and provide a more suitable space for specific activities.
APPLICATION
Wi-Fi
HUMAN ACTIVITIES
ARCHITECTURE APPLICATION
Reference: Malcolm McCullough, Ambient Commons ( Attention in the Age of Embodied Information ) ©Yifang Zuo The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
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THESIS HOW Wi-Fi INTEGRATED into DESIGN ARCHITECTURE
Wi-Fi
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WiFi signals are available almost everywhere and they are able to monitor surrounding activities.
Watching movies Chatting online
Asia 49.7% North America 18.6%
Reading e-books
Europe 17.1% Africa 10%
Playing video games etc.
South America 8.2% Australia 4.7%
WiFi based Activity Recognition
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Space Corresponding to Different Activities
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Approaches Rely on statistical characteristics of WiFi singnals
Movement speeds
Sensitive to environmental changes signals
An Adaptive Structure
Roubst to environmental changes and high recongnition accuracy
A space suitable for all kinds of human activities
How accurate is it? Wave length 5-6cm in 5 GHz band
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Average distance measurement error of 2.86cm
Frequency of amplitude change can be converted to movement speed
Reference: MobiCom 2015 - Understanding and Modeling of WiFi Signal Based Human Activity Recognition Wei Wang, Alex X. Liu, Muhammad Shahzad, Kang Ling Sanglu Lu (Najing University, Michigan State University)
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FABRIC
Watching movies 200mb/s Reading e-books 10mb/s Playing video games 100mb/s
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APPROACH
FROM FOLDING to STRUCTURE
PATTERN 01 Rectangular Grid
Compressing
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Compressing Stretching Twisting Bending Although it is easy to compress, it is difficult to stretch.
PATTERN 02 Square Grid
Compressing Stretching Twisting Bending It is not easy to twist.
PATTERN 03 Hexagonal Grid
Compressing Stretching Twisting Bending It's hard to compress and stretch.
PATTERN 01 Triangular Grid
Compressing Stretching Twisting Bending The performance of all aspects is very good.
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PROTOPYTE BASIC UNIT of STRUCTURE Unfolding Stage 0%
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PHYSICAL MODEL
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There are three systems to change the form of the structure freely and thus influence the space: the position control system, the form control system and the connection system.
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FORM CONTRAL SYSTEM
Several pulley groups and wire ropes controlled by electricity-powered devices are introduced into the system. The position of the structure can be changed by adjusting the position of pulley groups and the length of wire rope that linked directly to each structure unit.
Electroactive Polymers(EAPs) In order to control the form of each unit accurately, we use a kind of material that is widely applied in the field of robot manufacturing, EAPs.The cations in the electroactive polymers are randomly oriented in the absence of an electric field. Once a field is applied the cations gather to the side of the polymer in contact with the anode causing the polymer to bend. Reference: Nemat-Nasser, S.; Thomas, C. (2001). "6". In Yoseph Bar-Cohen. Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Articifial Muscles-Reality, Potential and Challenges. SPIE Press. pp. 139–191.
CONNECTION SYSTEM Connection system is formed by rubber bonded parts and screws. Rubber ensures the freedom of transformation controlled by the position system and the form control system. Screws are used for combining all the spare parts together, including the unit boards, the plastic component, the rubber parts and the EAPs.
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CHANGING PROCESS
HOW THE FEBRIC CHANGES ACCORDING TO ACTIVITIES
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APPLYCATION STRUCTURE in ARCHITECTURE
The imperceptible changes of electromagnetic waves caused by occupants’ actions in the the electromagnetic field of Wi-Fi can be detected and translated into understandable signals, which enable the “Wi-Fi Dancer” in architecture to react according to the occupants’ behavior and provide a more suitable space for specific activities.
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[ 05 INTERNET ARCHIVE ] Future Library Design -------- internet archive for the free transmission of information 14-Week Group Work Contribution: Concept 50% Drawng 50% Modeling 50% Fabricating 50% Instructor: T.F. Tierney Collaborator: Timothy Oluwaseyi Uzoigwe Fall 2018
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INTERNET ARCHIVE The internet is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. To design an Internet archive we decided to rethink how information can be assessed in this age of social media and phones at our fingertips. We studied the time spent on the internet and how this creates a disconnect between human-building interaction. We eventually came up with an intervention of interconnected points like the internet, meaning spaces that do not conform to a given period but changes over time. This internet archive helps to bridges data storage (information), resource sharing and quality of life between users of all age group. What can be referred to as a socio-cultural data center will create an avenue for a range of social classes to come together to LEARN, WORK and PLAY in harmony? The design will promote a sense of place and community by providing many opportunities to interact with other users from within and outside the community of Toronto. The program is made up of open userspace, common space, lifelong culture study, marker space, and site interaction. picture collected from the internet. blog.archive.org
“Anyone who wants to can preserve a web page, at any time, by going to archive.org/web, typing in a URL, and clicking ‘Save Page Now’” This is an inevitable trend, where knowledge could be storaged and shared without limitation.
APPLICATION
KNOWLEDGE
INTERNET ARCHIVE
HUMAN APPLICATION
Reference: The Cobweb, Can the Internet be archived? Annals of Technology, The New Yorker January 19, 2015
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THESIS START FROM ORGANIC FORMS
BONE TISSUE
BUBBLE STRUCTURE Experimenting Model
VORONOI Points in a boxďźŒeach one has its own territory
External points need communication with the outside world, abondon the outer shell
Separate from each other, create space for material circulation
Circulation space transfer from wall to tube, each main space become one Unity
Thickness of the surface
Smoothness of the surface
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A unique form generates based on the Voronoi algorithm becomes the solution of simulating organic forms, at the same time, responde to the attribute of the internet --everyone has equal access to the information.
SITE ANALYSIS of SITE and CURRENT SITUATION
The site is located at the city Toronto, Canada, at the lakeside of the Lake Ontario, east end of the east bay front. It is an interesting point where an express way and the railroads separate the south and north area. To the north, the area is a famous historic district where has a huge flow of people. To the south, the area is near the Lake Ontario. It is remained as a parking lot right now. The characteristic of the north is urban and business while the south is nature and industry.
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TRANSFORMATION FROM PROTOTYPE to ARCHITECTURE
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PROGRAM INSERTING
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RENDERING and DETAIL WALL SECTION
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PHYSICAL MODEL
Scan for Animation
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MICRO CITY Public space, Installation Internship at KUAN Architects Core Design Team: Kuan Wang, XinRan Zheng, Xuan Yu, Peng Li, Jianhui Guo Fall 2015 Reddot Award 2016 Winner http://www.red-dot.sg/zh/micro-city/ http://www.gooood.hk/micro-city-by-kuan-architects-bjucd.htm
As a landscape art installation, Micro City memorialises the red clay brick – a material that is no longer used in China. High-rise columns built with red masonry bricks represent history and modernity coexisting in harmony. As a large outdoor multi-functional interactive art installation, brick columns of different heights (from 1 to 47 layers of bricks) offer possibilities of activities such us sitting, standing, climbing and boarding. This square became a visitors’ favourite for resting, gathering and photo taking during Beijing Design Week.
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