Newcastle University 2015-2016
Architecture design Portfolio By Yanjie SONG（Emily） 130155492
This portfolio include four project from ARC2001 semester 1 studyďźŒ and all of them areconnect with housing design. Therefor, the cover page used small house logo to point out what this portfolio mainly about. For the content page, I picked up some relevant photos from each project to show general idea about them with page number.
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P7- 23
P24-52
P53-82
Content P2.
The frist project of this portfolio is a day in the life of you. I picked up three moment from my day in the life when I stayed at home in China. I picked up bathroom to show my morning activities, bedroom to show my afternoon activities and living room to show my families activities; all of them are quite simple skecth with light colour pencil.
P2.1 a day in the life of you
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The p2.31 project is a small group case study work, our group had the studio house in Songzhuang, China. It is a Mixed occupation, which have both living and studio areas.
P2.31 study type- The studio house
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studio house in songzhuang
Street view from road
Entrance view
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Site & Context
Zhongba River
Street view from road
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history.
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Songzhuang Knowspace architect's studio houses are located in one of Beijing's most thriving artist villages: Songzhuang. The area has been in redevelopment since the mid 1940's after the dissolution of the previous artistic quarter: Yuanminyuan. This was originally a bohemian utopia for young artists, however as the economy of the area rose so did the expense of living; leaving the next generation of artists to find new pastures. As Songzhuang was previously a small farming village, with little economy, all the land in the region was very cheap. Hence why we don't see many tall structures in the district, the need to build upwards does not exist due to the low land prices. Nevertheless there is an increasing rise in the economy, with property prices quadrupling in the last decade and massive growths in average income, it is reasonable to assume there is the similar fate of Yuanminyuan heading for Songzhuang.
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private.
communal.
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Living & working.
Living. Working.
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Plans & layouts
Building footprints of the site
Outside semi-public space of the site
Private areas of the site
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sections & relations
West Section Roughly 1:100 at A3
South Section Roughly 1:100 at A3 P15.
Influence from traditional Chinese courtyard house
The link between the traditional Chinese courtyard house is evident in the composition of the building. As the large arrow illudes to on the plans to the right, the privacy increases the future back into the two buildings you go. The traditional chinese house has all the private living areas in the rear of the building such as the bedrooms. This is similrly evident in Songzhuang studio house; the private areas of the plot are located to the rear as the two artists private residencies whilst the more public studio areas are found towards the front of the plot. This again ties in with the traditional house as the more public areas such as the kitchen and living areas are also found to the front of the plot. Another interesting affinity between the two is the introversion; both buildings have all their entrances to their interior spaces facing into a communal courtyard which is enclosed by a boundary wall.
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Traditional Chinese courtyard house
The design for the studio houses departs from the traditiona; Chinese Courtyard House Type. It is not so much in terms of its representation or construction principles, but more in terms of its spatial performance, namely shelter (shielded outdoor space within the structure and figure), introverion(all openings open towards the inside, not towards the street), degrees of privacy (graded levels of privacy through the succession of courtyards) and orientation (main living spaces with south orientation). Knowspace Architects
Studio House P17.
inhabitation
The spatial oranisation of the plan, creates a clear separation in the communal and personal areas of the site. This clarity is followed up by the architects in their detailing of the buildings. Their importance placed on 'introversion' is visible through the placement of windows. All fenestration is focused within the structure, there are few views out onto the road and the private residency has minimal windows facing the communal courtyard space in the centre of the site. We wanted to imagine the buildings in full use and inhabitation-the images on the right help understand the occupancy of two very different zones. The design generates an interesting play and juxtapositioning of both private and communal exterior regions that are still contain within the wrapping wall- an influence from the traditional Chinese courtyard house. Both studios face a similar North orientation and each house has a south facing garden.
Atmospheric drawing showing inhabitation in the kitchen and garden
Atmospheric drawing showing populated main courtyard P18.
Analytical diagrams
These two plans display the difference in movement between the private spaces and the communal, public areas. Blue showing the potential movement of people on a social occasion, and red representing the solitary motions of the residents. The layout of the site allows for communal activity to take place in the central courtyard. We imagine the artists use both studio spaces and this exterior area for private or public exhibitions, hence the large activity show n on the plans. The L shape of both houses surround a garden. The layout focuses the resident away from the workplace behind them to an area of contemplation. You can see from the plans the compositional separation of the collective and private areas: the strong mass of the houses backs onto the courtyard, with little windows and straight from it creates a physical and psychological barrier defending the private dwelling.
First floor plan
Ground floor plan P19.
Analytical diagrams
This exploded view provides the opportunity to see the differences in the layout between the two buildings: the studio and the private house. Their forms are very much dicated by their functions, the studio buildings being a lot more open plan with large areas for the artists to work and in contrast the private residencies have a greater seperation of space.
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Analysis of typology on a larger scale Our concept for point 3 of the brief, thinking about how the building could be repeated to from a new districk to the city
It is important to consider whether this model would work on such a large scale. Would it create a thriving artist village or an area void of creativity? Arguably the soul of an artist's village comes from the people within it,everyone's personal style generates a district of creativity. Perhaps having a model artist's village, all with the same houses and studios, would only produce a dull atmosphere. Furthermore a key intention of the architects was 'introversion': drawing influence from the traditional Chinese courtyard house, they place the majority of the windows on the interior of the walled structure. Meaning the physical character of the streets would be heavily dominated by walls of red brick, absent of windows. Adding to the 'dull atmosphere'. So overall I think this typology would lack sustainability, character, ease of planning and good aesthetics for a large scale development.
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Typology mashupt
Studios with North orientation
Straight path studio zone
to
After our review, Nita and Luck asked if both our group and group 1 could team up and make an attempt at combing our typologies. Group 1 had a housing project in London called Claredale street. It consists of four housing blocks of various sizes and differing residencies. We tried to determine what the essence of each model was, and combine them in a way that would add something of more worth to both archetypes. Our typology focuses heavily on the relationship between communal and private areas and furthermore the connection between the workplace and dwelling of an artist. Claredale street had a similar focus on spatial organisation, the layout of the structures was quite strongly dictated by the movement of people through the site. The architects also placed a lot of importance in creating an equal environment for all the inhabitants. We found that Claredale street wanted to create a strong sense of community, however there wasn't a mutual attention for the residents, no communal activity or creative hub that could potentially bring them together. So drawing from the concept in Songzhuang of combining home and studio, we decided to breed a new typology on the scale Claredale Street. Removing a housing block created space for studios, offices and potentially a few cafes, generating a social core in the centre of the site.
Section of site with studios P22.
Typology mashupt
Mix material
Atmospheric representatio of path to stduios
Sktech model
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P2.32 Leith-studio e study
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Studio e- site
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Uses & activities
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street view & activities
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montage of inhabitation & building & street
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materiality of leith
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Dwelling type of leith
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Street elevation
Shore place street elevation-1:200
Tolbooth Wynd street elevation-1:200 P31.
history of leith
1890s Studio E map of the Leith
2015s Studio E map of the Leith
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history of leith
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history of leith
Historical photograph
Red square part-historical buildings
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history of leith
1950s
2015s
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economy of leith
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economy of leith
Rates of Employment in Leith VS the Scotland Average.
Circle areas are proportionally representative of the percentage figures, and the remaining coloured areas represent the rate of unemployment.
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studio e leith model
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P2.32 Leith 2025 proposal groups 1 & 6
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the site of proposal
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inspiration
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proposal stage 1ďźšexsisting residential
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proposal stage 1ďźšexsisting residential
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proposal stage 2ďźšproposed renovations
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proposal stage 3ďźšmarket space
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section of market space
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proposal stage 4ďźšresidential gymnasium
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2025 proposal
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revit render
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2025 proposal model
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final review board-studio e
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P2.33 dwelling plus
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Site plan & map
The image above are the site location and plan of my design , which is located at the studio E area. I picked up this site, because it is near the rive and other life facities.
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Site analysis-traffic & sunpath& wind direction
Traffic analysis
Sun-path analysis
Wind analysis
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Site analysis- material & uses
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Site analysis- view in or view out from site
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Dweller profile
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start point
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development- shape changes
Red part: hard to get sunlight
Red part: hard to use
Final shape
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development- working on 2d
Ground floor plan
First floor plan
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development- working on 2d
Second floor plan
Third floor plan
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development- external facade & inspiration
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development- external facade &
Final design-Northwest facade elevation
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elevation & section
North-east facade elevation
North-east section P65.
Final Atmosphere image
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Model
The view from North-west facade
The view from middle courtyard
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Model
The view from middle courtyard
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P2.34 inhabit
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Public spaceďźš shop or gallery
Move wall
removable wall
Shop perspective plan fashion goods & photograph
Small gallery perspective plan P70.
Public spaceďźš shop perspective section
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Public spaceďźšgallery perspective section
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Public spaceďźš shop or gallery
Shop internal space collage
Gallery internal space collage
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Public spaceďźš detail plan of shop
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family dwelling
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family dwelling
ground floor detail plan
First floor detail plan
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family dwelling-inhabit first floor plan
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family dwelling
Detail section of family dwelling
Sketch of entrance & living room
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family dwelling
colour areaďźš morning activities P79.
family dwelling
Afternoon activitiesďźš children & mom P80.
family dwelling
night activities
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family dwelling-structure bar
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