YAXIN JIANG | PORTFOLIO Selected Work 2014-2017
“Like ocean waves, or blades of grass, its parts are governed by the endless play of repetition and variety created in the presence of the fact that all things pass.” Christopher Alexander The Timeless Way of Building, Volume 8, The Quality Itself
Contents 01 Atelier on Bridge
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Housing along London Railway University of Liverpool, School of Architecture BA3 STUDIO6 2017 Fall Tutor: Johanna Muzburk, Christina Malathouni
02 Stirring Stirling
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Intervention for Tate Gallery University of Liverpool, School of Architecture Tate Architecture Workshop 2017 Fall Group mate: Yangkenan Li
03 Artificial Nature
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Sanatorium for Reclusive Artist Individual Summer Project 2017 Summer Inspired by Hanging Monastery in Shanxi, China
04 Overlapping Boxes
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Theatre for University of Liverpool University of Liverpool, School of Architecture BA2 Studio1 2017 Spring Tutor: Marcus Schofield
05 The 2.5 Dimension
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Interpretation of Victoria Boogie Woogie Xi’ an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Department of Architecture Level 0 ARC001 2014 Fall Tutor: Marian Macken
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London is a city of relatively low building density. The site is located just 10 minute walk away from the city centre.
01 Atelier on Bridge Housing along London Railway
University of Liverpool, School of Architecture ARCH301 STUDIO6 HOUSE IN THE CITY, CITY IN THE HOUSE 2017 Fall Tutor: Johanna Muzburk, Christina Malathouni Housing Design - Individual Work Master Plan of 3 Individual Projects - Group Work with Zhuxuan Yang, Muhammad Khafairiq Images Reproduced Individually
“House in the City, City in the House� refers to the understanding of the city in a multi-scalar way that indicates a reciprocal relationship between the domestic and the urban. Using London as a base for our investigation, I tried to redefine the threshold between public and private spaces by recalling the typology of work home as a potential response to the current housing crisis in London.
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Being the first country to invent the modern train, the United Kingdom is famous for its heavily used railway system, especially in urban areas. However, leftover spaces were appearing along the railway line where the train run across the cities since the old train deck was rest on solid brick structure. It may be possible to take use of this space to create a new urban level where new type of housing can be built upon.
London Housing Crisis London is an internationally competitive and attractive city but it is suffering a housing crisis. Demand for housing is exceeding supply and has been doing so for a long time, while anticipated population growth will exacerbate this further. Since micro-living has been proved to be unsuccessful in many other major cities, this project aims to propose innovative mixed use buildings to meet the housing requirement of new job seekers in future London by revisiting the neglected mode of working at home.
Growth in jobs, people and homes in London Source: Housing in London 2014
Narrow gap between train deck and nearby residents is now used for parking and rubbish gathering.
World city densities (people per hectare) Source: City Mayors Foundation 2007data
Potential new urban level for housing development. The train might be covered partially on top.
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Arrange the function according to noise level and daily routine: social, work, rest.
Rest Work
Social Infill the gap by semi-solid links with open green garden, allowing transparency in semi-public space in between.
Percentage of home workers
Source: Labour Force Survey - Office for national Statistics
Master Plan of Typical Site
Different Strategies can be applied according to the specific site condition between the railway deck and the nearby building. The chosen site for this project is one of the most complex and challenging cases: the gap between the two is only 3 meters wide, while the roof of the building beside consists planes of different height and angles. To make most use of the space and its character, 3 types of housing are arranged along the central void. Just like the Barbican, each type responds to its immediate site separately, while also works together as a united community.
Type A: Urban Villa
Where the gap is too narrow for outdoor activities, “bridges� can be introduced to make the gap a semi-indoor place of one unit.
Type B: Terrace House
Where the gap is wider for outdoor walking, two rows of terraced house can be built along ,leaning outward to enlarge the gap in between.
Type C: Block House
Site Model of the Void in Between (Group work)
Another way to active the gap is to turn it into a public atrium. Circle could be an efficient shape for circulation and natural lighting.
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Bridging the Void
Using “bridges� to connect the two volumes, the gap in between the two building blocks is fulfilled by many small streets overlapping in air. While high rise building is not treated like a single solid tall object standing on side of ground level streets, but as a vertical city with many smaller streets and buildings, new possibility for urban lifestyles is emerging.
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“If (as philosophers maintain) the city is like some large house, and the house is in turn like some small city, cannot the various parts of the house be considered miniature buildings?” Leon Battista Alberti Ten Books on Architure, Book One
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1 Lower Floor Bedroom 2 Shared Balcony 3 Shared Bathroom and Laundry 4 Library and Storage 5 Home Office 6 Living Space 7 Breakfast Bar 8 Kitchen 9 Toilet 10 Public Circulation 11 Upper Floor Bedroom 12 Shared Balcony 13 Shared Bathroom and Laundry 14 Library and Lounge 15 Open Outdoor Garden 16 Mezzanine Meeting Room
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By shifting the floor levels of units on opposite sides, sight interaction is allowed between each workspace and the neighbouring elevated garden, while privacy is protected by shelves on the south side of the bridge office, which also filters possible glaring during the daytime.
The work space on “bridge� enjoys panoramic view of the city. As an active transitional area in between, the space can be used as a multi-functional workshop, as well as projecting new meanings on conventional domestic rooms it links. For example, the dining room could become an all-day usable cafe for informal meetings, while the wide staircases can provide sitting for presentation on the mezzanine level.
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University of Liverpool, School of Architecture Tate Architecture Workshop 2017 Fall Group work with Yangkenan Li Contribution: Concept Developing, Script Writing, Digital Model Building Images Reproduced Individually The studio is connected with the acclaimed art gallery Tate in Liverpool. Using James Stirling’s unrealized entrance project for the Tate Liverpool as a starting point, the proposal aims to bring new exhibition experience into the 30-year-old gallery. To echo Stirling’ s doodle for a ship crashing into the side elevation, we experimented on parametric transformation of turbine-engine-like spiral staircases as the intervention inserted in.
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Enclosed vertical circulations are assigned to different functional zones, separating a floor into minor parts . While the identity of the Tate Gallery has changed to a local art community, the relationship between initially defined service and served space may vary accordingly.
James Stirling’s Tate as a Ship In the early 1980s, Stirling sketched an imaginative proposal for the entrance of the new gallery when working on the concept stage of Tate Liverpool. It illustrated a ship crashing into the side elevation, with escalators running upwards to insert the building volume by windows.
The openness of the entrances can be extended to the waterfront side, linking the dock area with the waterfront avenue. The backyard loading bay provides extra opportunities to possible events.
Inspired by Stirling’ s conceptual sketch of Tate gallery with a ship head, we imagined the whole gallery as a large machine powered by turbine engine which stirs the flow of visitors. This idea then led to further explorations on spiral staircase as a trigger.
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Top Floor - Events
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The Cylinders reaches their widest end on the top floor, which allows abundant light and spectacular sea view for ceremonies and restaurant.
The Cylinders become humble size to leave space for exhibition area. Limited light will come to this level, but sight interaction can happen across different floors.
One cylinder on each side embrace the double height entrance hall and lobby. With a simple section on the ground level, the space inside the cylinder can be used for informal performance or interactive art exhibition.
1 Entrance 2 Reception 3 Lobby/ Temporary Exhibition 4 Cafe/ Temporary Exhibition 5 Public Theatre 6 Waterfront Plaza 7 Service
8 Toilet 9 Regular Exhibition 10 Workshop 11 Seminar Room 12 Event/ Fair 13 Restaurant
Detail of Pipe to Floor Connection
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The original sector for activities and workshops is further open up to light and view by the semi-open staircase linked to the back courtyard facing the sea. The original loading bay is moved to the basement.
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The cylinder with the most layers of space inside is arranged at the exhibition zone for some half floor exhibition platform elevated between the thin pipes.
Conceptual Model, Perspective view from outside.
03 Artificial Nature Sanatorium for Reclusive Artist
Individual Summer Project Inspired by Hanging Monastery in Shanxi, China 2017 Summer Individual Work Visiting the Hanging Monastery in summer holiday, I was impressed by the way architecture is interlocked in harmony with nature and religion. Built more than 1,500 years ago, this temple is notable not only for the unbelievable location on a cliff, but also for its inclusive combination of three Chinese traditional religions: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. In this project, I tried to reinterpret this rare typology with modern architecture language.
Notes on the Hanging Monastery
Rooms embed into the mountain along the rocks.
Conceptual sections of three interlocking ways.
Echoing the idea of “yin” and “yang” in China, the temple reveals a harmonious relationship between artificial construction and nature environment.
Photo took from the west side.
Typology of Interlocking Development Model
Based on the typology developed, one outcome was chosen to be applied to the site. Contrary to the Hanging temple’s horizontal layout, this proposal kept the curved out space as open platform, while inserting the actual built “rooms“ embed into the mountain volume.
Conceptual collage of the void carved out from mountain as artificial caves.
Short Section Series of Possible Interlocking Relations The interlocking relationship may vary according to the original topography of the mountain. The vertical staircases running up and down perpendicular to the cliff will allow access to different levels.
Strong contrast in terms of lighting exists between indoor and outdoor spaces. While the rooms hidden behind the rocks only allow light in from side gaps, the middle walkway provides an uninterrupted view of the surrounding nature scenery.
Every Rock Has a Story The introvert character is appreciated here.
Rhythm of Light and Shadow
Upper Units Private separated units for individual living and reflecting. Limited light can get into indoor as there are only side windows facing outside. Here is the place for individuals to face themselves.
Middle View Avenue On contrary to the enclosed upper units, the middle platform is a continuous flowing space of different levels. Sheltered by the upper mountain body, the platform is the right place to face the panoramic view of the nature.
Lower Lounge Rooms Some semi-open spaces are generated by the change of levels of the middle platforms. These rooms can be used as gathering space for indoor activities. Visitors can only get access to the lower rooms and the middle view deck.
Far away from the urban noise, the building dissolves into the mountain.
The exhibition is just a ritual. It is held for nobody. However, should any lost climber find here by accident, he would be amazed by the creativity of nature.
04 Overlapping Boxes Theatre for University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool, School of Architecture BA2 Studio1 Leaded by Alexander Dusterloh 2017 Spring Tutor: Marcus Schofield Individual Work Liverpool is a city famous for its musical atmosphere, but inside the University of Liverpool campus, there are very limited performance space. This semester we looked at several parking lot around the campus which have the potential to be a future performance centre. The site I chose located at the south west corner of the campus, on the street leading directly to the lively city centre. Being neighboured by the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and the Art College, this node can be the linking point between the university and the city. My proposal is a light weight structure which allows maximum openness and flexibility, making maximum use of the limited site by creating a intimate relationship between inside and outside.
Embrace the vibrancy flowing from the Liverpool City Centre.
Exterior View from the Main Street from East.
Strategy: Overlapping Boxes
The allowed footprint area is so narrow that a regular sized performance hall would take up the whole width. Simple strategies applied in this project was to extend the width by cantilevered corridor on the first floor and blurred boundaries between different functional area.
Existing Art Related Buildings around Site.
The Transparent Thresholds
Lobby on the first floor with open view to the city centre.
Pivoting doors break the boundaries between layers of space.
Large staircase connecting ground floor and the first floor provides sitting for a stage of casual performance or meeting.
The corridor is visually connected to the backstage area and offices on upper level.
By extending the building with cantilevered walkways to introduce outdoor sceneries in, the site limitation on width seems disappeared. The building is just a light and soft frame.
Flow From Front Stage to Backstage
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The main hall is loosely enclosed with pivoting doors. Along with th inner layout to accommodate different performance requirement.
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The indoor loggia is accompanied by nice garden view outside. Leading to the back stage, it would be the place for audience and musicians having a drink together during breaks between performances.
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Supplemental Works
Endless House Xi’ an Jiaotong Liverpool Univ ARC102 Small Scale Design 2016 Spring Tutor: Joan Cane Individual Work
Solid-Void-Solid Xi’ an Jiaotong Liverpool Univ ARC101 Design Articulation 2015 Spring Tutor: Marian Macken Individual Work
"Space carved off from matter; or matter carved off from space..."
Sou Fujimoto
Paper Architecture Xi’ an Jiaotong Liverpool Univ ARC105 Small Space Design 2015 Fall Tutor: Marian Macken Individual Work
Waffle Bridge Xi’ an Jiaotong Liverpool Univ ARC104 Structures and Materials 2015 Fall Tutor: Christiane M. Herr Group Work
New Wave for Huddersfield True Grit: RIBA Northern Soul Student Charrette 2017 Spring Group Work
Gulliver Line: London Tube for Kids London Low Carbon Mobility Trans-discipline Summer School 2017 Summer Group Work
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Yaxin Jiang Seclected Work 2014-2017