RCA Y1 Y2 portfolio

architecture -portfolioI

Fanzhe Sun

NEW NEW FOREST FUNGI FOREST PARK

II III

This project aims to plan and design a publicaccessed new 'New Forest' fungi forest park for both leisure and production by reusing the fawley oil refinery site, as part of the new New Forest forest territory expanded in 2050. Part of the park will be designed in detail especiall tank cultivation space, as the landscape connecting both exterior and interior cultivation and picking of oil tanks.

PART I PART II

NEW FOREST AND NEW NEW FOREST NEW NEW FOREST FUNGI FOREST PARK

research and brief planning

PART III NEW NEW FOREST TANK FUNGI CULTIVATION exterior and interior

INTERNATIONAL PARK SANJIANGYUAN dISplAcemeNt ANd NAtUre recoverY

The international national park research book is a group project in semeter one, when I chose to research on the Snajingyuan national park in China.

The establishment process of this national park is based on dis placing the native inhabitant and setting up conservation areas for the nature recovery. This issue guide me to try to explore the relationship of nature and human as well as nature expension in my personal design project.

NEW FOREST AND NEW NEW FOREST FOREST PARK

PART I PART II

NEW FOREST AND NEW NEW FOREST NEW NEW FOREST FUNGI FOREST PARK

research and brief planning

PART III NEW NEW FOREST TANK FUNGI CULTIVATION exterior and interior

'NEW FOREST' NATIONAL PARK

boArder ANd terrItorY

The New Forest is a SSSI and an area of special beauty, highly designated for nature conservation.It is one of the most impor tant areas in Britain and Europe for lichens, beetles, bats and fungi dependent on very old trees, including many rare and threatened species.

It is a stronghold in Western Europe for many rare species of fungi protected by law, some of which are yet to be identified.

Protecting the New Forest’s world-renowned habitats and bal ancing the needs of visitors and nature is a complex mission.

i. human territory, middle territory ii. settlements and transportation iii. open forest land, inclosure; habitat of mushroom

'NEW FOREST' NATIONAL PARK

eASterN INdUStrY StrIp

This is a heavy industry belt, being bordered by the New Forest National Park and the Southampton Water ria connecting to the Solent strait. i. human territory, middle territory ii. transportation iii. green area

Heavy industry strip photos below:i. Marchwood Household Waste RecyclingCentre; ii. the port of Marchwood; iii.Fawleyoil refinery; iv. Fawley power station;

NEW 'NEW FOREST' FOREST PARK

foreSt reSUrGeNce ANd expANSIoN

In 2020, the strip is functioning as a heavy industry belt. The future technology, like bio energy or automation, would guadually develope a new energy mode to replace the tradi tional industry and power, reduce pollu tion, and increase the green areas. In 2050, predictably, traditional energy sites would be transfered to more envi ronmental-friendly functional areas and the industry belt world be recovered by the ‘forest’. The New Forest would be revitalized, making the boarder ex panded to the ria as its ancient territory several centries ago. The new New Forest territory will be a green area for both human and forest.

1904 New Forest border and territory

New New Forest border and territory

NEW 'NEW FOREST' FUNGI FOREST PARK

ISSUe ANd bAckGroUNd developING

Excessive picking of wild fungi in the UK forest is a serious issue in the recent years, including New Forest national park.

Our forests have been assailed by gangs of pickers who in a few hours can strip the land of hundreds of kilograms of oyster, chanterelle, field, cep and other mushrooms just to satisfy the nation’s growing urge to forage for food.

In 2016

The Forestry Commission (South England Forest District) introduced a “no-picking” code for the New Forest SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) covering most of the New Forest.

But the Commission are not seeking to prosecute individuals that are picking for themselves, and their main aim is to tackle commercial collection of fungi.

In 2017

The Forestry Commission distributed a news release on 15th August called More looking, no picking – protecting New Forest fungi'.

In summary, gathering small amounts of common fungi for personal consumption is legal (1968 Theft Act). Commercial collecting is, as it always has been, illegal and will be dealt with. Fungus forays and walks, can continue to operate under permit and following strict guidelines.

The NPA are appealing to people’s better nature and encouraging visitors to see the bigger picture.

After 2020

Forestry Commission has introduced a new policy that no one will be allowed to take fungi from the New Forest National Park.

This scraps a previous rule that allowed people to collect a small amount of mushrooms, no more than 1.5kg per visit, for personal consumption. The move follows increasing concern by members of the local community over the huge number of mushrooms being taken from the Forest.

NEW 'NEW FOREST' FUNGI FOREST PARK propoSAl, opeN 2030

ANd SoUveNIr

Considering both the large brief of New forest territory resurgence as well as species (fungus) issue. This project aims to plan and design a public-accessed new 'New Forest' fungi forest park for both leisure and production by reusing the fawley oil refinery site as part of the new New Forest forest territory expanded in 2050, where the key activities are different types of mushroom picking experience, but other mushroom activities include reindustry by mushroom farm, species conservation and research, culture and exhibition about fungi and its future as well as service region like residence are also part of the planning. Only part of the park will be designed in detail, as the landscape connecting both exterior and interior cultivation and picking of oil tanks, for both leisure and production purpose.

NEW NEW FOREST FUNGI

FOREST PARK

PART I PART II

NEW FOREST AND NEW NEW FOREST NEW NEW FOREST FUNGI FOREST PARK

research and brief planning

PART III NEW NEW FOREST TANK FUNGI CULTIVATION exterior and interior

NEW 'NEW FOREST' MUSHROOM TOUR mUShroom experIeNce toUr AS mAJor feAtUre

NEW 'NEW FOREST' MUSHROOM TOUR mUShroom experIeNce toUr AS mAJor feAtUre

high-quality picking in tank

picking in major oil facilities

wild picking in density forest with facilities

mushroom industry,research,botanical garden for visiting

service and other functions

picking routes

other mushroomg-relevnt activities route roaming

i.tank picking area ii. major facilities zone landscape with plants and mushroom iii. mushroom culture zone iv. research center and botanical garden v. mushroom cultivation industry vi. residential/hotel vii. harbour/oil vessel visiting

i. uncontroled forest with facilities vestige ii. controled landscape in attraction area iii. major industry landscape area

free forest with facilities vestige; roaming controled landscape in attraction area

major industry landscape area

carpark, bus and train station public sqaure

plANNING

1, the first trying to think of landscape appearance and features in each area of the park, as well as the park border and its road relationship in an irregular form, when forest of New Forest expending into this industry site.

2, after considering the reused funtions of each area of facilities, the seven regions and their borders are considered, as the guidance for landscape design, the borders of the regions are also the boarder of the landscape. Most of the storage tanks are reused for other funtions while other faticilities are more suitable for landscape. Travel route, entrances, parking areas, transportation stations are also considered in this step.

3, adjusting the park boarder and region borders after detailly review the site features around the borders.

NEW NEW FOREST TANK FUNGI CULTIVATION

PART I PART II

NEW FOREST AND NEW NEW FOREST NEW NEW FOREST FUNGI FOREST PARK

research and brief planning

PART III NEW NEW FOREST TANK FUNGI CULTIVATION exterior and interior

NEW 'NEW FOREST' PICKING AREA

plAN, roAd ANd rIver

The picking area plan shows the con trast of rigid path and curve river. Both of the path and river run through the tank interior and outside landscape in this region, also connecting the road and lake out of this region.

To create the landscape, original hard surface group is digged, filled by the soil and water, being transpered into the grass, plants and river. Original road is removed and new rigid path forces the visitors to pass by and experience tank.

Oyster black and grey

living pavilion living pavilion

button Portobello Cremini

visiting center

NEW 'NEW FOREST' PICKING AREA reGIoN plAN proceSS

i. define the funtions and entrance of this region on its original plan ii. keep the same function, entrances and access logic, add paths and river to finish the landscape planning of this region.

hericium erinaceus monkey head

Pleurotus cornucopiae

Oyster white yellow red

market mushroom processing compost processing

visiting center

black fungus

Termite Beech Enoki Shiitake

morel abalone

Chanterelle

market

iii, remove the original road, modify the path to make people pass by each tank when walking in this area. Path and water connect the landscape outside and inside this region as well as the tank interior space.Add grass and plants landscape in detail.

NEW

FOREST' PICKING AREA

oIl tANk StUdY

Oil tanks are the major facilities in this site and the major reused objects. There are 330 storage tanks at ExxonMobil’s Fawley Oil Refinery and Chemical Plant.

There are reaction tank and storage tank. The storage tanks closed to the central facilities contained crude oil. Others con tains intermediate products obtained from the refining and processing of crude oil. they keeps these intermediate prod ucts warm and liquid until they are ready to be further refined or used in chemical manufacturing processes.

top: tank and surrounding landscape reused strategy mddle left: reaction tank middle right: storage tank bottom: wip show model, site moment of tanks beside the water

NEW 'NEW FOREST' TANK PICKING AREA

tANk reUSed plANS, roUte

Left plan is for mushroom cultivation and picking, which is majorly described in the fol lowing pages. Right plan is to use the mush room to grow into a pavilion in the tank, where some species could be exhibited.

bottom i. mushroom grows into a pavilion oild version, new one is more adapted to the region language ii. market tank in this region, not design in destin iii, precedent to inspire the design language about contrast of the ‘organic’ and ‘industry’ anguage

NEW 'NEW FOREST' PICKING AREA

fAcAde IN lANdScApe exterIor mUShroom wAll

Top left is the metal door example to use in the door and window frame of my project. It will be used on the inner surface of thick mushroom brick door and window frame.

Top right is facade material, include living mush room as wall on tank skin.

middle is the old version of mushroom cultivation by reusing the tank skin.

Bottom is the final version of this mushroom cul tivation wall, each bar is movable to change the inside and outside surface appearance.

NEW 'NEW FOREST' PICKING AREA AtmoSphere

ANd momUmeNt

Conceptually describe interior solid wall and tower, as well as the outside entrance and landscape, as the inspiration to deisgn the space and plan of the tank. The bottom left are two versions of in terior space for cultivation as thinking process: one that is different from the final collage is using flexible wall to grow the mushroom. Some elements considered in the process are not used in final design. The bottom right is collage to describe the research center, but this building is not designed in detail in the following pages.

research center collage

NEW 'NEW FOREST' PICKING AREA

INdUStrY foreSt

The industry language are majorly shown by the cultivation tower (also the original tank structure) . Three towers are ar ranged in a tank space to create forest-like structure, with some elements like the mushroom ,water, vapour, stone ground, ex pressing the industry forest atmosphere.

i. cultivation tower process

ii. tower inspiration and mesh as material of tower floor

iii. industry+forest combination concept, showing the forest elements used in this space

NEW 'NEW FOREST' PICKING AREA

mUShroom wAllS

The architecture elements that is related to mushroom belong to the ‘organic’ design language, being contrasted with ‘industry’ design language in rest of the elements. There are majorly two types of elements in the interior space showing the organic language: mushroom cultivation box (left) and mushroom brick wall (right). The latter creates an inner zone for high-quality mushroom cultivation in the steel tower.

i. mushroom brick and the wall made by it ii. cultivation box: use invisiable transparent box to emphasize the inner compost texture, using the cultivation compost and mush room as material.

architecture -portfolioII

Fanzhe Sun

The project is centered on the multi-identities of a pro posed constantly changed Architecture studio in Royal College of Art, as the core of a de-schooled institute, to explore the “new liberty”.

It proposes that the future studio will be dispersed everywhere outside one fixed studio space, forming a ubiquitous studio network. In this way, the studio can be organized at home, in the office, on the site, in a differ ent country, or in any place that suits the project’s needs and personal pursuits, which is an approach to reducing physical restrictions and decreasing tuition fees.

The original physical studio space, thus, will play a differ ent role to connect the outside dispersed studio be haviors, being released from a working space and used for multiple functions, including the exhibition, archive, events, and temporary gatherings. In this way, the orig inal studio space can be opened to the public, to share the school knowledge and involve more people than only the registered students. It keeps the teaching function in a hybrid, digital and physical way.

To support the ubiquitous studio network and achieve multiple functions, the original studio space itself is designed with three new systems – ceiling rail system, moving wall system, and lifting floor system – to satisfy the different functions at different times of the academic year. These moments are illustrated by a series of sce nography renderings.

Smith, Mark K., “Ivan Illich: deschooling, conviviality and lifelong learning.”

“New Liberty” RCA part 2 Year 2

Photos

environment setting

RCA Year 2 - term 01 study - 70x70cm large model, film, photography scenogra phy - to study a series of 8 spaces in different public and private level, which is related to different psychological status.

Properties and resources of an environment, as well as its atmosphere, are shaped by the groups of social roles and their actions in it. According to it, the environment can be conceptu alized as actual physical settings, and as cognitive representations of setting. Correspondingly, the setting in which ‘roles’ participate is also influenced by the environment.

The theories include Roger Barker’s works on behavior settings and Jacquelynne Eccles’ analysis of person X environment interactions and person X environment fit. Ecological theories focus on the interaction of persons and environments with a particular interest in how the features of the environment require unique physical and psychological adaptions. It also considers the harmony or conflict in values, expectations, and opportunities for activities across the setting.

Film link: https://vimeo.com/667315401?embedded=true&source=vimeo_ logo&owner=163892146

- site -

in memory

Move to Kensinton Gore,1959 >>

Gulbenkian Hall,1962 >>

Studio,1962 >>

studio in 1962

2019-20, before lockdown scene and conventional working way >>

studio - working methods

working-teaching space,renders >>

current restrict studio

- strategy -

ubiquitous studio organized in situ

home mountain restaurance offices

gallary farm

Teach and present on the journey or on a “destination” - the “destination” could be the placethat supports study or just any random place.

Teach and present within multiple environments,along the river, before the gallery, in the ruins,or in a theatre or restaurant.

One can park, at anytime and anywhere, in or outof the vehicle, to organize the studio in situ.

Then, teaching and presentation can involve morepeople, organizing as a public event without entryrestrictions.

-A phenomenon of the ubiquitous studio network-

ubiquitous studio strategy

The studio could hap pen in the nature, the site where the project is located;

Or happen in the of fice, to cooperate your school project with practice, or as a re moted part-time study while working in the office:

Or organize the studio at home.

home

ubiquitous studio

“More learning should be done at home, in offices and kitchens, in the contexts where knowledge is deployed to solve problems and to add value to people’s lives”.

Leadbeater, C. (2000)

‘not restricted to particular buildings at particular times’ where ‘the teachers would be any human beings who had something that they wanted to share with others’

Abraham H. Maslow (1971)

ubiquitous studio strategy

No entry barrier not limited in certain students teaching everywhere to involve more people in situ care of education budget education support in margin time beyond the discipline boundary

challenge current pedagogy that sticks tothe fixed generic studio space

More points

major 3 purposes:

1 study, working andteaching out of thestudio according toneeds, not fixed to studio space.

2 involve more peoplejoining the learningand teaching process,not restricted by distance, not limited to registered “tutors”and “students”.

3 emphasis on the experienceable learning, adding value topeople’s lives.

- strategic studio role -

The roles that original RCA studio spaces should contain, as the core of the ubiqui tous studio network.

It has its own space of liberty in this way, but also supports the “ubiquitous studio” outside the school with digital facilities and physical service.

- design principle -

acoustic glass walls move along these two rials

basic space

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zone 2- exhibition zone public access receiption shop wall storage

zone 1teaching zone inner use

pink lines: steel frame and wall rail system for flex ible moving of wall designed above; green line: electricity rail, plug-in system for inter net, lights, projectors, etc. walls panel move along the rail in the whole stu dio; acoustic glass walls move in the teaching zone >>

scale 1:100 when printed in A1 size >>

ceiling rail system

floor can rise up from 0 to 400mm, forming a performative floor landscape for exhibition, sit ting, presentation stage, performance, and specific teaching or crit use.

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- floor rising system

wall system and wall types collection

- studio narrative -

changes,

changes for each zone

scale 1:50 when printed in A1 size >>

teaching zone - lecture

<< on-site hybrid lecture, could attend it through digital platform, in large-size zones

teaching zone

crit / workshop

scale 1:50 when printed in A1 size >>

<< on-site hybrid crit or workshop through both digital and physical way, space being used through booking, in mix-size zones

scale 1:50 when printed in A1 size >>

<< on-site hybrid tutorial through both digital and physical way, space being used through booking, majorly in small-size zones

Two small zones for one panel: one has the exam in process; another is for preparing of next stu dent, to move the walls outside that they already installed into the review/exam zones >>

scale 1:50 when printed in A1 size >>

teaching zone

review

exam

Two small zones for one panel: one has the exam in process; another is for preparing of next stu dent. Walls that students already installed are stored outside and ready to move into the review/ exam zones >>

scale 1:100 when printed in A1 size >>

exhibition zone

review

Shelf-walls (1m wide X2.4m high, 0.7m above the floor) on the left for archiving the past or this year’s physical WIP material, 12 screen walls (1m wide X2.4m high) on the right for displaying WIP works and “unbiquitous studio” study experience. As students study and majorly work out of the school with difficulty in physical material deliver ing, digital way is majorly used for displaying and linking. Bottom is dark film room for projecting works or film works.

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WIP

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exhibition zone - curated show

<< majorly for themed exhibition for 12 ADSs or PHD show

Each student has two exhibition walls (each 1m wide X2.4m high, 0.7m above the floor), being designed and installed by themselves. Max 88 spaces are available and distributed over almost the whole exhibition space. This is majorly used for graduation show or starting-year show for new year-two students displaying their year-one works.

scale 1:100 when printed in A1 size >>

exhibition zone - start / end of year show

<< majorly for graduation show or starting-year show