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2019
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PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS FROM 2016-2019 YANZHE ZHANG
Contents
Curriculum Vitae
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Manifesto of Justice
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Levitated Melbourne
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Home of Intimacy
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Hope and Rebuild
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High rise Design
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Professional Work 2016-2017
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Hand Drawings
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Truth Telling and Reconciliation Centre
High-rise complex
Housing Design with clients
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Research on Crime against Culture
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Design Development Drawings
INTERIOR VIEW OF ENTRANCE LOBBY
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EDUCATION BEng Architecture, RIBA Part 1 September 2012-June 2016
B a ch e lor of E n g i n e e r i n g w i t h Hon ou r s i n A r c h i t e c t u r e , 1 s t C las s X i' a n Ji a ot on g -Li v e r p ool U n i v e r s i t y , C h i n a Master of Architecture February 2018-December 2019
F irs t C la s s Hon ou r s
Zhang Yanzhe
Un iv e r s i t y of Me lb ou r n e , A u s t r ali a
WORK EXPERIENCE Project Manager, MIXPACE, Shanghai, China February 2017-December 2017
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Architectural Designer, LVDU Real Estate, Shanghai, China August 2016-January 2017
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dre w t h e c on s t r u c t i on d r aw i n g s ; p ar t i c i p at e d i n a n ot h e r e i g h t proj ec ts in t er ms of c on c e p t u a l d e s i g n a n d d e s i g n d e v e lop me n t Architectural Internship, GSA Group Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China
SOFTWARE
June 2015-August 2015 AUTO CAD
ILLUSTRATOR
Pa rti c i p a t e d i n d oi n g a r c h i t e c t u r e d r a w i n g s f or r e t a i l p r oje c t s ; b u il t 3 D m o d e ls i n d i v i d u ally .
PHOTOSHOP
INDESIGN
SCHOLARSHIP AND HONOR RHINOCEROS
SKETCHUP
REVIT
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May 2012, 2013, 2015 O ut st a n d i n g S t u d e n t i n X i ' a n Ji a ot on g -Li v e r p ool U n i v e r s i t y May 2014 E x celle n t S t u d e n t C ad r e i n X i ' a n Ji a ot on g -Li v e r p ool U n i v e r s i t y November 2015 C h ina N at i on al S c h ola r s h i p
LANGUAGE
July 2016 B e s t O v e r all A c ad e mi c P e r f or man c e i n D e p a r t me n t of A r c h i t e c tu re B D P- F a r r e ll S e c on d P r i ze f or f i n a l y e ar p r oje c t
Mandarin - native speaker English - fluent level
May 2019 M e l b ou r n e G lob al S c h ola r s A w ar d b y U n i v e r s i t y of Me lb ou r n e
"AREA A, B AND C?" Prisoned Palestine - Under a comprehensive network of surveillance and control
Manifesto of Justice Truth Telling and Reconciliation Centre | East Jerusalem, West Bank | August - November 2019 | Independent Thesis | Supervised by Marijke Davey
Civil rights and rights of minority have been prominent on the global political agenda during the second half of the last century. In this respect, the declared intention by Israel to treat Arabs equally has mostly been overshadowed due to the long-lasting Arab-Israeli conflict, political tension and existential fear. Under this condition, it is very questionable whether the Israeli Justice System implements justice equally, irrespective of different social groupings. Differential treatment in the justice system may directly result from laws, enforcers or judicial system. This thesis project aims to investigate the role of architecture in the justice system. Through research, it is found that this brief required a direction that breaks from some of the stereotypes associated with international criminal court or monumental architecture. In the context of crime and national conflict, trial architecture has tended to reflect the power and authority of the historical event it represents. In this sense, the architecture’s legacy is monumental, severe, sombre, and firmly oriented to the past. I am keen to create a forward-looking institution that deviates from the distress-invoking, harshness of most existing trial and monumental models. This is not to criticize or denigrate such models but, instead, to emphasize that in light of a Palestinians’ and Israelis’ rich cultural and historical traditions, we must move in a different and more positively-oriented direction. Therefore, my design intention is to create a non-challenging and less hierarchical space for both sides, architecture is only as a background of the event. The truth telling and reconciliation centre will combine a strong educational and outreach program together with its ongoing work for restorative justice as well as the commemorative nature of two galleries. The project design is organized as a central court that are connected to East and West Jerusalem with two galleries, in between them is a media centre working both as a public library and archive of national and regional policies and discourse. At the back, there is a research centre and offices for the reconciliation committee. The design connects these functions at various levels with a spatial quality of continuity, allowing different users to interact and collaborate, enhancing their understanding and experience. Yet each function is also able to operate independently when required. I try to use structures that look light and humble to define an intricate spatial composition of connecting volumes; generating a series of exterior and interior spaces that flow into each other to allow the freedom of movement for users for contemplation, education, engagement and discussion. The central court encourages debating and talking, with a highlight of bringing back the spectating to it. 3
“ WE ARE ALL CRIMINALS. ” Silencing Palestine - The Use of Israeli Jails and Arbitrary Laws as A Weapon
Plan of demonstration in Manara Square, in Ramallah, West Bank 5
“ UNDER THE THUMB OF POLITICIANS ” Utilizing Palestine - The Attack on Prisons in the West Bank for Political Propaganda and Canvass
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Entrance for Palestinians from East Jerusalem Israeli Gallery
Continuous ramps for promenade, encountering, interaction and communication
3D printing models Topography- CNC
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Gallery and truth telling room 1:500
Central public space 1:500 13
Sectional Perspective
Levitated Melbourne High-rise complex | Melbourne, Australia | August - October 2018 | Studio C | Supervised by Fiona Louise McLean
When having a discussion collectively on what we thought future city was about, we need to see there is a global transition from the old big-box environments to a much more network environment. The outcome of that means the city becomes denser, we are seeing that within Melbourne. The triangular site is one of the urban blocks with highest density in Melbourne. In the past ten years of excessive growth within Melbourne CBD and its fringes, there are challenges and personalities, places to live and spend time, creating communities were an issue. These issues are even more urgent for the triangle, since the site becomes a place where people wanna quickly escape with almost no welcoming public spaces and active street frontages. Another feature is there are many weird gaps and void spaces in between buildings mostly due to the shift of urban grid systems and inappropriate design. These void spaces in between are too narrow as an appropriate distance between tall buildings and wide enough for a laneway space. It inspires me to think about what could I do in the in-between, is there a chance to improve the states quo with the negative space on site? That was a starting conversation and was the backbone I then develop. To build in between, the design uses lightweight steel grid to fill in the negative space on the site and create built massing form that was permeable. It is decided to create a lot of buildings rather than one mass in order to create better environments, better views, more permeability and particularly the spaces in between became a destination, almost like a village of buildings. In this way, it is possible to create a vision of more vertical place-making rather than reflective glass towers in the sky. The design above and in between the buildings on site with the superstructures faces the challenges and is a new approach to achieve connections between urban fabric, creating communities, the idea of a city in a building in a city and also creating a fully integrated environment. Eventually, it aims to create a better quality of life in the future, a better triangular urban block, and broadly a better city.
RESIDENTIAL+RETAIL DWELLING CULTURE+RECREATION PUBLIC SPACE
Site Analysis 15
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OFFICE COWORKING
COMMERCE RESTAURANT CAFE BAR RECREATION GYM
PUBLIC SPACE FOOD COURT
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A WALL OF REVEALING AND CONTRAST
Home of Intimacy
Housing Design with clients | Collingwood, Melbourne | February 2019 | Studio D | Supervised by Marijke Davey When interviewing Jess and Cam on site, they conveyed that they preferred a more compacted home, less doors and walls, single floor and easy access to each other everywhere inside the house. They have one very important family member, a spoiled dog, staying and sleeping with them all the time. Therefore, this design aims to explore how intimate the spaces could be and how different functions infiltrate into each other. Once entering the house, a wall of revealing is standing in front to create a contrast of light and view. Walking along the corridor, a large open courtyard will suddenly appear, with all the other functions organizing around it. In between the living, dining, kitchen, bedroom, guitar room and the gallery, joineries with well-considered scenarios are created instead of walls and doors. The design intends to allow their intimacy to develop among spaces with great sense of playfulness and humour.
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Hope and Rebuild
Research on Crime against Culture | Aleppo, Syria | January - February 2019 | Studio D | Supervised by Marijke Davey This research investigates war and crime against people and culture, using markets in the old city of Aleppo as examples. It documents the process of the war from the domestic scale to urban scale, what people have lost in a war-torn country, their insistence and courage of living, their hope and actions of rebuilding their city.
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APPLIED ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY Assignment 4: Design Development
Horizontal Cable Truss
1 1
Glass Fin
2 1
3 1
Horizontal Steel Tube
Yanzhe Zhang 923240
WEST ENTRANCE PLAN SCALE 1:200
Ver�cal Truss
Spider Fi�ng
1 2
Double-Skin Facade
21200
Mega Structure
2 1
PODIUM WEST ELEVATION SCALE 1:400
2400*2000 Structural Glass (Light Blue, Transparent)
2 2
INTERIOR VIEW OF ENTRANCE LOBBY
2400*2000 Structural Glass (Dark Blue-Colored) 3 3
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2400
470
3 4
1600
9680
Pivot Door
1 2
Reinforced Concrete Wall
Revolving Door
WEST ENTRANCE PLAN SCALE 1:50
Transfer Truss
2400
2400
2400
Podium Skylight Truss
2400
Spider Fi�ng Ver�cal Steel Ver�cal Truss
2400
Inside
Outside
Toughened Glass Panel 2400×2000mm
2 2
3 2
WEST ENTRANCE ELEVATION SCALE 1:50
Ver�cal Truss
Stainless steel Fixing to Cap roof truss
20mm granite flooring 50mm screed polythene shee�ng 300mm reinforced concrete
3 2
TRUSS FOUNDATION SCALE 1:20
Revolving Door
Steel structure
Spider Fi�ng
Pivot Door
3 1
Translucent roof element: 15mm laminated safety glass on aluminium RHSs
Steel Secondary Structure
PODIUM SECTION SCALE 1:50 Insula�ng Panel, Aluminium
Membrane Thermal Insula�on Lining Toughened Glass
3 3
PODIUM GLASS 'PARAPET' SECTION SCALE 1:20
3 4
Ver�cal Truss Fixing
PODIUM GUTTER SECTION SCALE 1:20
Metal-foil Gu�er
Aluminium Sheet Sill
Glass Handrail
Tower Floor
APPLIED ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY Assignment 5: Design Development
Yanzhe Zhang 923240 1 7
Spacer seal
1 8
Insulated glass unit (IGU) Spider fi�ng
1 5
1 3
Silicon sealant
1 2
1 4
Stainless steel connector Full weld
1 6
2 1
WEST ENTRANCE ELEVATION SCALE 1:100
Routel
PODIUM SECTION SCALE 1:300
1 1 Outside Canopy Radius 1250
1 5
Outside Drum Radius 1240 Inside Drum Radius 1200
Resistant silicone adhesive sealant Backer rod
12mm tempered glass
Spacer
Shockproof metal
Exterior pavement finish
12mm cambered tempered glass Door wings
20mm marble flooring(�le)
Aluminium glazing channel
L40*4 Galvanized steel bracket
100
Glazing channel 2mm stainless steel frame Bo�om bearing post
90
SPIDER FITTING DETAIL SCALE 1:5
50mm screed water barrier 300mm reinforced concrete
Pin joint Expansion bolt
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Sweep 14 48
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REVOLVING DOOR DETAIL PLAN SCALE 1:5
1 6
TRUSS FOUNDATION SCALE 1:10
Aluminium panel
45*45*4 steel angle
Coping: aluminium sheet
Plywood with laminated aluminium ceiling for door wings
Shockproof metal Magne�c Lock
Stainless steel fixing brackets
Translucent roof element: 15mm laminated safety glass on aluminium RHSs
Sweep
Lining Toughened Glass
Fixing to roof truss
Safety sensor
Thermal insula�on Vapour barrier
Armature
Steel structure Sealant layer Steel secondary structure
12mm tempered glass
Glazing channel Steel horizontal bar
1 7
PODIUM GLASS 'PARAPET' SECTION SCALE 1:10
1200mm high glass balustrade Glazing channel
Rota�on central axis Insula�ng Panel, Aluminium
Aluminium Sheet Sill
Steel Secondary Structure
Steel center sha� with stainless steel sleeve
Offset glazing channel
Thermal insula�on Drip Trim Gu�er flood line
Safety switch
Gu�er base sheet
Floor finish Bo�om spider with bearing Surface mounted bo�om bearing post Drum Ver�cal Sec�on
1 2
REVOLVING DOOR SECTION SCALE 1:5
Door Wing Ver�cal Sec�on
1 REVOLVING DOOR SECTION 3.4 SCALE 1:5
Transfer Truss
Gu�er cap sheet
1 8
PODIUM GUTTER SECTION SCALE 1:10
Vapour barrier
Podium Skylight Truss
Tower Floor
Professional Work 2016-2017 MORE 001 Office Building, Shanghai - Participation year: August 2016 - January 2017 - Type: Renovation project, construction finished in April 2017 - Gross area: 4500 sqm - Role: Architectural designer in a design team, jointly design all the public spaces, central atrium with a spiral staircase, 3D modeling, construction drawings, material selection, cost estimate, etc.
Leasing center on Changning Road, Shanghai - Participation year: July - August 2017 - Type: Built project in August 2017 - Gross area: 60 sqm - Role: Individual work including design, construction drawings, material selection, cost estimate and on-site supervision
MIXPACE-HERE (commercial complex) - Participation year: May – December 2017 - Type: Renovation project, construction finished in May 2018 - Gross area: 5000 sqm - Role: Project manag er in a team, coordinating with design team in terms of concept, detailed spatial design ideas, all phases of drawings; coordinating with construction team and contractors; individually coordinating with leasing and market team; individually coordinating with urban planning bureau, etc. 42
Office complex on Hongqiao Road, Shanghai - Participation year: November - December 2016 - Type: Conceptual design - Gross area: 2000 sqm - Role: Individual work including design, modeling and rendering
Office and commercial complex in Hongfang, Shanghai - Participation year: May – August 2017 - Type: Conceptual design - Gross area: 9000 sqm - Role: Individual work including site planning, heritage conservation scheme and conceptual design
Leasing center of MORE 001, Shanghai - Participation year: November - December 2016 - Type: Built project in December 2016 - Gross area: 70 sqm - Role: Individual work including design, construction drawings, material selection, cost estimate and on-site supervision
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MORE 001 Office Building Ground Floor Plan
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MIXPACE-HERE Ground Floor Plan
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Hand Drawings
Section of Dule Temple
Shanghai Grand Theatre
Plaster model of David 46
Drawing of a manor
PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS FROM 2016-2019 YANZHE ZHANG