A LAND OF HARMONY AND BEAUTY Remodeling of Idle Space in Xinqiao Community as a Link
AUTHOR’S OWN
INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKS： Through the borderless design of the idle factory in Xinqiao Community, this project offers a range of service platforms, sports facilities, a community library, a culture and art center, a family medical center, food outlets, retail stores, and other comprehensive supporting facilities and high-quality services to benefit both the community and its surrounding residents. This not only facilitates better integration of the local residents into the community but also helps alleviate social isolation by fostering emotional connections among individuals. It aims to become a new generation ecological life center in Chongqing’s community landscape. The design primarily focuses on site reconstruction while adhering to its layout arrangement with certain concessions made. These concessions are evident in elements such as transparent facades that promote openness, spatial dematerialization techniques employed within the building interior for enhanced accessibility, and collaborative space arrangements that accommodate diverse lifestyles. Xinqiao Community strives for harmony as its core principle by establishing itself as an innovative and ecologically-driven integrated hub for sports, leisure activities, entertainment options alongside being an exemplary life center.
WHO IN XINQIAO COMMUNITY MAIN POPULATION
TOURIST
WORKER
ORDINARY RESIDENTS
MEDICAL POPILATION
COMMUNITY RESIDENTS
CHINA
HOSPITAL RECREATION AREA
INPATIENT DEPARTMENT
CHONGQING
SHAPINGBA DISTRICT
XINQIAO COMMUNITY
COMMERCIAL STREET
MEDICAL RENTAL
XINQIAO COMMUNITY
XINQIAO COMMUNITY WET MARKET
COMMERCIAL STREET RESIDENTIAL AREA
HOSPITAL RECREATION AREA
MEDICAL POPULATION
ENTRANCE AND EXIT
FREQUENT SECTION
URBAN ORDINARY RESIDENT
ENTRANCE AND EXIT
FREQUENT SECTION
SHOPPING MALL
COMMUNITY RESIDENT
ENTRANCE AND EXIT FREQUENT SECTION
WITHIN A 150M SERVICE RADIUS HERE, THERE ARE THREE MAIN TYPES OF PEOPLE STOPPING, CROSSING, AND MIXING EVERY DAY. THE OWNERS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE URBAN RESIDENTS OF NEARBY COMMUNITIES, AND THE “MEDICAL DRIFTERS” GENERATED BY MEDICAL IMMIGRANTS CARRY DIFFERENT BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS, THUS HAVING RELATIVELY LIMITED AND FRAGMENTED LOCATIONS AND AREAS.
ISOMETRIC
NORTH SIDES RESIDENTS USE SOUTH SIDES RESIDENTS USE
NORTH RESIDENTS DIRECTION
SOUTH RESIDENTS DIRECTION
GREEN AREAS IN THE PROJECT &HOW TO MOVE AROUND SPACE? FLOATING GARDEN PLANT READING ROOM
RECEPTION/OFFICE
CENTRAL GREENHOUSE PLANT READING ROOM
FLOATING GAEDEN
REUSE WORKSHOP
SPEAKEASY
GREEN AREAS IN THE PROJECT &HOW TO MOVE AROUND SPACE? WORKSHOP OUTDOOR DISTRIBUTION
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
CORNER GARDEN
SPORT EQUIPMENT ROOM
STAIRCASE PARK COMMUNITY CLINICS
INDOOR GARDEN
MARKET
CROSS SECTION
XINQIAO STREET 1:500
LONGITUDINAL SECTION 1:500
1:500
MEZZANINEN FLOOR
1:500
BASEMENT
CROSS SECTION 1:500
TO THOSE WHO SHINE WITH GLORY
INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKS： China’s rural-urban transformation is happening very quickly. The urban population has nearly tripled in 40 years. Nearly half of the world’s more than 30 megacities with populations of more than 10 million are located in China, and mental health is an issue to watch in the future. The site of this project is located at the Guomao Bridge in Beijing, using the idle space on the overpass to continue and renew the ongoing urban transformation process in a positive way. According to the research, there is a correlation between urban growth and the growth of various human health-related problems. This project combines the classical Chinese mortise and tenon technology to create a unified single space with different functions and create a diversified spatial experience to improve and meet people’s lighting and visual requirements, so as to improve the resilience of the city and continue to develop in a healthy way.
THE ROULETTE
NARRATIVE : FROM CYBER FRAUD TO AMUSEMENT CENTRE
INTERNET SCAMS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN MYANMAR UPROOT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE YEARLY, DEPRIVING THEM OF MONEY AND FREEDOM. BEHIND THE SCENES IS A GRAY INDUSTRY WORTH BILLIONS. OUR PROJECT BUILDS ON THE FUTURE OF MYANMAR. IT SEEKS TO SERVE AS A MEDIUM TO EXPAND THE REGULATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOURISM AND GAMING SECTOR IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE. INTRODUCING CASINOS, AMUSEMENT PARKS, HOTELS, ETC., INTO THIS MEGA-STRUCTURE WILL MAKE THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE A GOLD RUSH DESTINATION FOR EVERYONE.
SITE: FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA TO MYANMAR
MYANMAR site
LAOS
SITE Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone Golden Triangle Park
THAILAND
main road river mountain tourist flow
Airport
THREE YEARS INTO THE EPIDEMIC, MANY INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES HEADQUARTERED IN CHINA HAVE MOVED SOUTH, AND MANY PROCESSING PLANTS HAVE SETTLED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, WHERE GDP HAS BEEN BOOMING. IN CONTRAST TO THE HEAT, ONLY A FEW LEGALIZED CASINOS EXIST IN CAMBODIA, MALAYSIA, AND SINGAPORE THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA. MOREOVER, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, YET IT ONLY INCLUDED THE LAND OF LAOS AND THAILAND, EXCLUDING MYANMAR. BASED ON THE ABOVE SITE ANALYSIS, WE DECIDED TO PLACE THE MEGA-STRUCTURE IN MYANMAR FOR TWOFOLD REASONS: 1. TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE; AND 2. TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE “VOID” OF THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE.
Simulacrum: From Las vegas to ShweDagonPagoda THE ROULETTE IS AN AMUSEMENT COMPLEX INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CASINOS, HOTELS, GALLERIES, AND THEME PARKS. IT PROVIDES A VISION FOR PEOPLE IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, ESPECIALLY MYANMAR, OF DREAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN A LAND ONCE FULL OF CRIME. OUR METHODOLOGY OF DESIGN DERIVES FROM SIMULACRUM. HAVING EXAMINED ARCHITECTURE IN LAS VEGAS, WE FOUND THAT THE SPACE IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS IS MAINLY COMPOSED OF FOUR LAYERS: 1. ROADSIDE SIGN; 2. SCULPTURE; 3. SIMULACRUM BUILDING; AND 4. BOX SPACE. THE SPACE OF THE ROADSIDE SIGN IS COMPOSED OF TEXTS AND ADVERTISEMENTS. IT IS OPEN TO TRAVELLERS AND INHABITANTS. THE SECOND LAYER, SCULPTURE, DUPLICATES WORLD-FAMOUS ARCHITECTURE INTO SMALLER SIZES AND ATTACHES IMAGES TO THE CITY. SIMULACRUM BUILDINGS INCLUDE LANDMARK BUILDINGS LIKE GRAND CASINOS AND HOTELS. WHILE THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY’S IMAGE, THEY ARE CENTRAL TO ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN LAS VEGAS. FINALLY, BOX SPACE IS THE SUPPORTIVE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL SPACE THAT IS INVISIBLE YET CRUCIAL TO THE CITY’S RUNNING. IT IS ALSO HIERARCHICALLY BELOW THE OTHER THREE SPACES. THE LAS VEGAS ANALYSIS HELPED US TO DESIGN OUR PROJECT IN THREE LAYERS: FUNCTIONAL-SPATIAL, FORMAL-EXTERIOR, AND COMPONENT-STRUCTURAL.
INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKS： THE FUNCTIONAL SPACE IS MODELLED AFTER A UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX THAT INCLUDES A CASINO HALL, HOTEL, GALLERY, THE ROULETTE IS AN AMUSEMENT COMPLEX INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CASINOS, HOTELS, GALLERIES, AND THEME PARKS. IT PROVIDES A VISION FOR PEOPLE IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, ESPECIALLY MYANMAR, OF DREAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN A LAND ONCE FULL OF CRIME.ETC. THE FORMS OF THE MEGA-STRUCTURE ARE BASED ON IMAGES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA AND RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE. WE ABSTRACTED, JUXTAPOSED AND LAYERED SPACES OF LUXURY CASINO AND AMUSEMENT PARK WITH THE GREAT GOLDEN PAGODA OF YANGON TO FORM THE MAIN BODY OF OUR COMPLEX - A RELIGIOUSLY CHARGED AMUSEMENT BUILDING. THE ROUND AND SYMMETRICAL FORM IS DERIVED FROM THE TEMPLE, THE REVOLVER, AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE ROULETTE AND THE ROTA FORTUNAE. WE HOPE TO BRING A CHANGE OF FORTUNE NOT ONLY TO EVERYONE WHO COMES TO THIS BUILDING BUT TO THE COUNTRY OF MYANMAR.
THE FUNCTIONAL SPACE IS MODELLED AFTER A UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX THAT INCLUDES A CASINO HALL, HOTEL, GALLERY, ETC. THE FORMS OF THE MEGA-STRUCTURE ARE BASED ON IMAGES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA AND RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE. TO ENRICH OUR DESIGN WITH CHARACTERS, WE ADDED ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS AND DETAILS CASINO SPACE INDOOR PUBLIC SPACE SPACE THAT REPRESENT THE CARNIVAL THEMES OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK, SUCH AS THE HORIZONTAL FERRIS WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE AND ENTERTAINMENT THE CIRCUS TENT AT THE TOP. BASED ON THIS METHODOLOGY, WE ABSTRACTED, JUXTAPOSED AND LAYERED SPACES OF LUXURY CASINO AND AMUSEMENT PARK (THAT IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMAGE OF THE GOLDGambling is a collection of symbols. In this gambling area, there are The interior space in the center is a collection of symbols of various landscapes and commodities. Here, a large In this type of space, various forms of leisure and entertainment are EN TRIANGLE) WITH THE GREAT PAGODA OF YANGON (THE ICONIC ARCHITECTURE OF MAIN OF OUR COMPLEX - A RELIGIOUSLY CHARGED piles of various gambling tools. It's not just the GOLDEN noisy voices and number of man-made landscapes copied from places of interest andMYANMAR) scenery from allTO overFORM the worldTHE are piled up. BODYcollected, as well as a large number of symbolic consumption goods. AMUSEMENT BUILDING. THE ROUND FORM IS DERIVED FROM THE TEMPLE, THEappear REVOLVER, MORE ROULETTE AND THE ROTAthem FORTUNAE gambling sounds that stimulate the people inside, theAND closedSYMMETRICAL Plants, sculptures, buildings, etc. from different countries and cultures in this spaceAND, at the same time,IMPORTANTLY, and People THE continue to acquire desires here and release through environment and OF various symbols of wealth moneyTO make people A CHANGE even the skyOF is false. process buying and playing. is every form of entertain(THE WHEEL FORTUNE). WEand HOPE BRING FORTUNE NOT ONLY TO EVERYONE WHO COMES TO THIS BUILDING BUTtheTO THEofCOUNTRY OF There MYANMAR. forget the time to indulge in this fantasy about getting rich overnight.
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EXHIBITION SPACE
BALLOON BY PROJECTION SCREEN: A SYMBOL CONSTANTLY CHANGING EVENT SPACE
HOTEL
HORIZONTAL SKY WHEEL
CASINO
INDOOR ROLLER COASTER
GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP
SOLAR PANEL FIELD
FARMLAND
SUBWAY
DRONE PORTS
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BLACK SWAN
2022 Rock Painting
A SURNAME 2022 CHINESE PAINTING
DIM 2021 Rock Painting
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2.MANUAL MODEL
FU BAOSHI FORMER RESIDENCE RENOVATION 2022 3D PRINTING
VERTICAL ELEMENT 2020 KT BOARD
HORIZONTAL ELEMENT 2019 KT BOARD
SEAT 2021 CORRUGATED CARDBOARD