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YIQI HUA 華一奇
This portfolio contains selected workd 2019-2021 The content includes design projects during undergraduate and graduate years, projects I participated in during work, and personal design projects.
PERSONAL PORTFOLIO (2019-2021)
RESUME
YIQI HUA I 華一奇 BASIC INFORMATION Contacts 86-13961841152 , 44-07541483562 yiqiarchitecture@gmail.com 504-1-45, Xuelang Rd., Binhu, Wuxi，Jiangsu, 214000, China 103a ,flat28,Camley street,N1C 4PF,London,UK EDUCATION University College London (UCL),London,UK Sep.2020-Sep.2021 | March,Bpro,Architecture Design(AD) China Academy of Art (CAA), Shanghai, China Sep.2015-Jun 2019 | BA in Environmental Design (Architecture) Jun 2019 | Gold Award of Collection of Excellent Graduation Works Jun 2019 | Gold Award of 2019 CAA Graduation Creation Award Jun 2019 | First Prize of Lin Fengmian Creation Award of CAA Sep 2018 | Second Prize of CAA Scholarship Feb 2016 | Honorable Mention of Collection of Excellent Works of CAA WORK STUDIOLITE, Shanghai, China Aug 2019-March 2020 | Interior Designer Responsibility Schematic design, preliminary study modeling and drafting for projects assigned SKILLS Language Native in Mandarin Fluent in English Software Houdini,Rhino(gh), Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, SketchUp, In Design, Auto CAD, Vray KeyShot, Enscape, Lumion, Maya PUBLICATON Hua, Yiqi. (2021). Multi-material Design Involving Biodigital Materiality : A New Ecological Building Skin System -- Research On The Possibility Of Using Algae As An Additional Mutifunctional Layer To The Overall Structure.2021 (6) Hua, Yiqi. (2019). Composite Remodeling of Interface and Space-- take the Business Street Interface of Zhangjiangzhong District as an Example, Shanghai. College Journal: 2019 (5)
MARCH Architecture Design - 2020-2021 BA Environmental Design - 2015-2019
Design Project Portfolio 2019 - 2021
Home Page Instagram account Individual account : ethan__hua Studio account : edge__group
Interests Graphic design Installation art etc Comics sketching Mixology PERSONAL RESUME
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES MICRO HOUSING 2019 International Architecture Competition Nov 2019 | TOP 30 | Hosted by VOLUME ZERO UIA-HYP Cup 2019 International Student Competition Oct 2019 | Third Prize | Hosted by UIA, TJU, UED 2019 Asia Design Award Oct 2019 | Sliver Prize | Hosted by AAUA, ADA Organizing Committee 2019 CAA Excellent Graduation Works Exhibition Jun 2019 | Gold Award | Hosted by CAA 2018 Asia Design Award Jul 2018 | Hosted by AAUA, ADA Organizing Committee International VELUX Award 2018 Jun 2018 | Hosted by VELUX Kathrin Rabenort Space-Related Installation Exhibition Nov 2016 | Hosted by CAA, Goethe-Institut, Germany Embassy PRACTICES Power of Power: Yangshupu Power Plant Industrial Heritage Nov 2018 | Third Prize | Hosted by KIT, TJU, CAA Accommodation Renovation for longevity villagers Jul 2018 | Honorable Mention | Hosted by CAA Xintiandi Industrial Heritage — Urban Renewal Project Oct 2017 | Honorable Mention | Hosted by CAA ACTIVITIES Jun 2018 |Chief Designer | Colorful Community Upgrading Event Jun 2016 |Chief Designer | Playing with Building – Multi-Gravity Space Power Station of Art Shanghai — Group of Architecture Communication Feb 2017 – Jun 2019 | Member
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01 CONCRETEPLAS UCL - Architecture Design - Research Cluster 8 - Design Project “Muti-Materiality” - King's Cross Station Redesign King's cross Station, London, UK Partner Zhiyuan Yan, Zhengxian Zhang,Qikun Yang Tutors Kostas Grigoriadis ,Martina Rosati,Lizy Huyghe,Ilaria Di Carl Multi-material design, which has been utilised with great success for a long time, for example in vehicle manufacturing or aerospace engineering, could also open up completely new possibilities in architecture. Based on this topic, in this year’s project, we focused on the possibility of multi-material design with more than two materials and re-applied it to the design of King’s Cross Station. Our design vison is to build a new multi-material western concourse for the King’s Cross Station in London. Urbanistically the focus point is to create more nature and green space which is urgently needed in central London. Architecturally the idea starts with the combination of two readily-available and widely-recycled construction material: concrete and plastic. With the design strategy defined, the ways in which various elements could be combined to realize the design objective are explored more in details. Focusing on concrete and plastic’s different but complimentary properties. The studies start with experimenting the possibilities offered by variations in materials’ morphology, then consolidate in the design of a multi-material panel system that integrates natural vegetation into recycled material. The design of the new concourse relies on a custom computational process that begins with simple diagrams and gradually elevates the complexity of the design. By utilising evolutionary generative tools, design iterations can be automatically created and improved based on desired performance criteria.The process is divided into four stages: path-finding, form-finding, color-finding and moss-finding, each aiming at soliving mulitple design problems.
Site Problems & Solution
Big recycling centre
Plastic Recycling & Production Process
Step 1 Recycling
1. Regis road recycling centre 2. Lslington household reuse
Step 2 Transport
Assembling
2. Indoor light transmittance is poor
1. High carbon emissions The existing Kingscross roof is an all-steel structure with a high carbon footprint during construction and use.
The dome has very few light areas, resulting in little daylight in the interior space.
3. Enclosed place The existing design is relatively closed, not closely connected with the external square and the city, and lacking in publicity.
4. Crowded circulation
3. King's cross
When the crowd flow is large, the circulation layout of the ground floor is difficult to evacuate and guide the crowd.
Step 3 Processing Recycling transport routes Assembling transport routes Scope Step 4 Storage Recycling Point
4. Clephane Rd recycling centre 5. Liverpool Road Recycling Point Solution: Using recycled materials Use environmentally friendly recycled materials instead of traditional building materials to reduce carbon emissions.
Solution: Increse natural lighiting Transform the form of the ground and design it as a public green space.
Solution: Open up the structure Make the overall structure more open, to solve the problem of closed and dark interior space.
Solution: Redesign internal circulation
Step 5 Fabrication
6. Goldington Cres recycling centre
Reorganize internal functions and circulation to ease internal traffic during congested periods.
7. Islington recycling centre Step 6 Assembling
8. Rubbish disposal mark
FABRICATION AREA
Concrete Recycling & Production Process
3D-Print precast
Material treatment
Concrete storage
Material Selection & Advantages 1. Abundant resources
CONSTRUCTION AREA
Second most consumed material after water 510 million tons of waste per year in Europe
Assembled material
2. Easy to recycle 3D-Print Concrete Structure
The site for concrete recycling is close to King's corss, making the recycling process convenient.
Material unloading area
3. Reduce construction costs Reduce virgin aggregate use and production expense Reduce unnecassary landfill use
Fabrication Site in King's Cross
4. Reusable loop Recycled Concret
Crush used concrete to recycle as aggregate for new concrete Reycle as a disposal added into the whole process
Crushed Concrete
5. Environmental sustainability The recycling of materials contributes to the concept of environmentally sustainable urban construction
Recycling Concrete Site in Euston Station
6. High plasticity 3D printers can achieve any shape, with a high degree of design freedom.
Recycling Concrete Transport Route
Recycled Plastic
7. Flexible application Plastics have a wide range of applications and can flexibly respond to different functional requirements
Centering around building a new multi-material western concourse for the King's Cross Station in London,Architecturally the idea starts with the combination of two readily-available and widely-recycled construction material: concrete and plastic.
Magnetic Separator
JAW Crusher
Reinforced Concrete
External Surface Texture
Muti-Material Inital Studies
Water Flow Test
Planted Area Attribution Water flow test and sunlight hours analysis are used to mask area of adequate rainfall and area lacks in sunlight.
External Surface
External Surface
Sunlight Test
Internal Surface Texture Near Infrared Spectroscopic
Near Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
Red light is responsible for making plants flower and produce fruit. It’s also essential to a plant’s early life for seed germination, root growth, and bulb development.
The effect of blue light on plants is directly related to chlorophyll production. Plants that receive plenty of blue light will have strong, healthy stems and leaves.
Glossiness Attribution
Indoor planting uses red-blue fluorescent lamps to supply red light and blue light.
Internal Surface
Internal Surface Color Attribution
Muti- Material Panel Design Top layer
Middle layer
Bottom layer
Top layer : A
Middle layer : Bottom layer :
Solar analysis
Structure analysis
Noise application
Topological pattern
Color application
Noise pattern
Topological application
Top layer shading pattern
The top layer aims at creating conditions for moss growth using the shading generated by the surface pattern. Through variation in the height of the pattern, different micro lighting condition can be created on the surface.
Middle layer Mico reinforcement
The middle layer, in charge of providing structural rigidity, combines topological optimization with micro-reinforcement mesh. Each based on structural analysis, the former reduces the overall weight while the later increases the tensile strength of the design.
Bottom layer material gradient
The bottom layer in plastic is informed by lighting data to form a color pattern of blue and red which reflects natural light into different color temperature.
Panel Splicing & Details
Once the plastic formworks are locked in place, concrete is poured in to solidify the panels. Hot welding torch
Joint detail
The printed panels are then joined through welding connection located on the perimeters.
And then moss is planted in the shaded areas.
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Printed Modle & Detail
Top I Pattern
Middle I Fiber
Bottom I Structure Optimize
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Four Panels I Combination
The final printed model consists of four 20mmx20mm panels spliced together into a 40mmx40mm panel
40mm X 40mm Panel I Top View
2a.
Morphological Generation Algorithm 1.
PATH-FINDING
Criteria
Total path length: Connectivity percentage: Ground sunlight:
Analysis a
Solution 2b
FORM-FINDING
Analysis b
Criteria
Reflected sunlight: Rain water flow: Structural displacement:
Evolve and repeat
2c.
Analysis c
COLOR-FINDING
Criteria
Ray-tracing Color deviation:
z
Color pattern generation
4.
3.
MOSS-FINDING
Sunlight analysis
y
x
Criteria
Annual shading Solver
X - Axis Low sunlight m2 Y - Axis Shell area m2
Performance data
Z - Axis The final form-finding process utilizes an evolutionary algorithm that generates, evaluates and stores solutions in order to find Lots area diff. the one with the best performance. Green (fittest) - Red (least fit) Badly connected %
Moss pattern generation
A
PATH-FINDING 1a.
1c.
1b.
High rad.
1d.
Low rad.
High conn.
Solar radiation
Long path
Spatial syntax
Short path
large area.
Total path length
B
Smal area.
Lots area
FORM-FINDING 2a.
2b.
High rad.
Low rad.
2c.
High flow.
Solar radiation
C
Low conn.
Low flow.
2d.
High stress
Low stress
Structural stress
Rain water flow
COLOR-FINDING 3a.
3b.
3c.
3d.
3e.
3f.
Low deviation
High deviation
Deviation from ideal value D
MOSS-FINDING
4a.
4b.
4c.
4d.
4e.
4f.
Low shading
High shading
Shading amount
Green canopy
Indoor
Design Project I Rendering View A：Interior View
The form-finding process utilizes an evolutionary algorithm that generates, evaluates and stores solutions in order to find the one with the best performance.
Outdoor park
Water collection Green canopy
Reflective plastic
Outdoor park
Water collection
The form-finding process utilizes an evolutionary algorithm that generates, evaluates and stores solutions in order to find the one with the best performance.
Design Project I Rendering View B：Outdoor View
Design Project I Rendering View C：Top View
Design Project I Rendering View D：Bird View
FALL 2020
02 WENXING BRIDGE - LIVE TOGETHER “BRIDGING” Yongxin Old City Wenxing Bridge International Design Competition Yongxin, Jiangxi, China Partner Ruijie Xu, Junsheng Shan
In our time, shared lives give rise to Shared concerns and visions, allowing us to feel and cherish the roots of commonality. As an important local infrastructure, Wenxing Bridge is involved in local daily life. How to make it the foundation of everyday life, the common ground? To ensure the sustainable operation of rural society, we believe that soft institutional foundations (customs and rituals, etc.) need to be integrated in the appearance of daily space and the rigid landscape of infrastructure, which are closely related to the community and the natural environment. As an infrastructure, The Wenxing Bridge is a kind of system. The important thing of the system is the connection, and the connection needs to connect daily life with the continuous interaction of mobility. So the purpose of our design is not only to build the appearance of the bridge, but also to design this kind of fluidity. As a chronic transportation facility, we also reconstruct the spatial production of Wenxing Bridge, cultivate local community, and sustain material and cultural production, that is, promote preservation and communication of people's livelihood through environmental construction and community design. At the same time, we hope to reduce the conflict between the infrastructure (Bridges) and the daily landscape, and adapt to the new daily life. The design aims to construct a permanent new living space and behavior, using Bridges to guide the surrounding living atmosphere, the cultural connotation of the community, behavior and organization. We hope to continue the state of eternal truth of life, truly let the people live in it, according to the daily needs of the people, provide a fluid, elastic space, link the eternal life, history, culture, this will form a sense of belonging, the authenticity of the space into the real life.
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1. Market 2. Linjiang Building 3. Seasonal Breakfast 4. Tearoom 5. Theatre 6. Plazza 7. Folk Crafts Museum 8. Library 9. Market
“BRIDGING” YONGXIN OLD CITY WENXING BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION
WENXING BRIDGE - LIVE TOGETHER
ELEVATION VIEW The design aims to construct a permanent new living space and behavior, using bridges to guide the surrounding living atmosphere, the cultural connotation of the community, behavior and organization. We hope to continue the state of eternal truth of life, truly let the people live in it, according to the daily needs of the people, provide a fluid, elastic space, link the eternal life, history, culture, this will form a sense of belonging, the authenticity of the space into the real life. “BRIDGING” YONGXIN OLD CITY WENXING BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION
WENXING BRIDGE - LIVE TOGETHER
“BRIDGING” YONGXIN OLD CITY WENXING BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION
WENXING BRIDGE - LIVE TOGETHER
SUMMER 2019 3
03 THE POWER OF COMMONS UIA-HYP Cup 2019 International Student Competition in Architectural Design, Architecture in Transformation, International Union of Architects/Tianjin University/UED -Third Prize Jury - Benedetta Tagliabue, Cui Kai, Ole Gustavsen, Cameron Bruhn 2800 Yangshupu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China Partner Ruijie Xu , Junsheng Shan
Lefebvre said, " Daily life is the convergence of all activities, the bond, and the common foundation." Therefore, the way to change is to think of a resistance space to "re-occupy everyday life." Resist the atavistic and degenerate forms of politics, the artificial limbs and hallucinatory agents of consumerism, the wayward performance ego of consumerism in landscape society, and "build up the sum of the social relations of human beings and each person's existence in daily life". Whether or not this ideal can be realized, it will require us to reconnect and recreate our intercommunity, not just publicity. And that requires us to reinvent routine. The strategy for reinventing everyday urban space is collage. For Colin Rowe, collage cities are characterized by questioning and skepticism about their daily routines, in order to develop the everyday possibilities. However, the daily effect of Chinese cities is changing from the heterogeneous, accidental and mysterious urban space of large and small cities decades ago to the increasingly gentrification trend of large-scale housing and urban space dominated by urban norms. This kind of standardized routine leads to the lack of residents' life experience. Therefore, we think that some heterogeneous and accidental urban space can bring more possibilities to the daily life. This urban space as a form of social behavior and the major constructive behavior. It heals wounds by creating new types of space, it provides the public with a new perspective and direction, and is a kind of happy space.
General Statement Shanghai Yangshupu power plant has been closed for years, and the site is surrounded by a heterogeneous mix of chronically unmanaged communities, an overpopulated population, crowded and chaotic streets, and a large amount of industrial debris, all on the negative edge of the city. But there are some routine lessons worth thinking about. According to the needs of the public, we juxtapose some productive, energetic and permeable Spaces to realize transformation and activate this lost zone with the diversity of urban life. At the same time, we should pay attention to the urban ecology and the whole people's garbage classification movement, establish the household garbage treatment plant and botanical garden of the residents, and create the inner cycle of the power plant ecology. Focusing on the subjectivity of citizens, it aims to improve the quality of life of local people, organize and participate in the discussion of future surrounding urban planning, promote self-realization, make urban symbiosis possible, and build a platform to promote daily development. These accidental spaces transcend daily experience, recreate commonality, reinvent daily life, and realize the happy space.
UIA-HYP CUP 2019 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Production Mechanism The boiler room of the power plant, originally an important part of the conversion of fuel such as coal into energy production. Now it is transformed into another translation mechanism. That is, the conflicts in life are resolved at the ecological and social levels and new communities are created. The community, made up of aboriginal migrants, was drawn to the converted power plant as part of daily life, a place for sport and recreation, and a more vibrant and sensitive mass culture. Then, led by social groups such as artists and sociologists of Dinghai bridge mutual aid association, they would reflect and study together and carry out lectures, workshops, bazaars, theater performances, etc. This would generate a lot of unexpected dialogues or confrontations, making the power plant a kind of resistance space and happy space. The classified wet waste in the community is transported to the waste treatment plant of the power plant, and the waste generated is provided to the botanical garden of the power plant for use, so as to feed the community and improve the quality of life of residents. This process naturally connects the built environment with daily life, presenting a more dramatic complex and diverse daily life visually and contently, and becoming a kind of social cohesion.
THE POWER OF COMMONS
Shanghai
3D Printing
SPRING 2019 4
04 THE BORDER THAT IS NOT 2019 Excellent Graduation Works, China Academy of Art Lin Fengmian Creation Award, China Academy of Art -Gold Award Jury - Wang Shu Asian Design Award 2019, Asia Architecture and Urbanism Alliance -Silver Award Jury - Cui Kai Baiye Road, Zhangjiang Central, Shanghai, China Partner Ruijie Xu Instructor Hui Li
Zhangjiang central is a closed city. The diversity of corporate forms conceals its essential homogeneity. It is impenetrable and generated through continuous repetition. This project attempts to subvert this homogeneity mechanism. Starting from the daily lack in zhangjiang central, it adds the content of infrastructure, maintains the consistency and coherence of the basic form of landscape megaform, and diversifies the internal combination. We hope to create a kind of porosity, which has both function and form. The character of this space is its informality. With strictly defined in contrast to the shape of the building environment, there is an open structure, like a loose network spread on the landscape, trees can penetrate every space, direct contact with the light and green plants, and provides a infinite possibility, spontaneous exchanges between the maximization of proximity between different parts of and visibility.
Rendering
01. Exhibition&Forum 02. Commercial 03. Art Corridor 04. Sports 05. Runway&Forum 06. Sports&Exhibition 07.Performance
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Exhibition
Collection Photography / Investigate&Survey / Informal Space Guide
Handicraft Model 1:270 Plank / Wire Mesh / Thin Wire / Acrylic / Hot Stamping Foil / Twigs
WINTER 2018 5
05 THE SENSE OF CROWDING Micro Housing 2019 International Architecture Competition -Volume Zero -Top 30 Winter 2018 Wangjia Quay Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China Partner Junsheng Shan
The project is located in the densely populated central area of Shanghai, Huqiu road, a heterogeneous symbiosis of low-rise residentia areas to be demolished, outstanding historica buildings, art galleries and hotels. The buildings on the site are in disrepair and overbuilt. The new building ensures that it attracts a wide variety of people and brings infinite vitality to Shanghai Bund. The project was inspired by Shanghai alley, which was born in the late 19th century, is a mixture of traditional Chinese courtyard houses and western row houses. As a unique housing type in Shanghai, it blurs public and private living Spaces and creates a vibrant community life. However, due to the rapid development of urbanization in recent years, lane hall gradually fades out of people's sight. I hope to re-present such a sense of "crowding", a kind of space atmosphere filled with all kinds of debris but warm and cooperative among neighbors.The so-called "crowding sense" refers to the friendliness between neighbors, the breath of life, and the diversity and richness of space.
2015-2021 6
06 OTHER WORK This part mainly includes some personal practice design of the project and the actual construction of the project and the project I participated in during the work period
Barbecue Exhibition Area 2
STEAM WAVE 2021/03
Booth area
-837 Renmin Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai Seafood Barbecue Restaurant Edge+ group & YIZE STUDIO
Construction Completion Photos
Seat area
The bar area
Project Overview & Concept
This is an area of about 300 square meters, located in Renmin Road, Shanghai, a street cantonese seafood barbecue restaurant actual landing project,In the name of Advertising area my studio, I was responsible for designing and supervising the whole process from the early stage of theSeafood project to the exhibition area landing of the construction,The work includes door head design, outdoor design, interior design, soft decoration selection, construction blueprint .
Section
The spatial narrative is based on capturing the bizarre cyberpunk vapour-wave scene of Hong Kong and Guangdong nights, resulting in a psychedelic experience. Bar tops, wall panels and barrel plumbing are all galvanized and passivated to create a rainbow of visual effects.
Axonometric Barbecue Exhibition Area 1 Barbecue Exhibition Area 2 Booth area
Plan
Seat area
The bar area
Advertising area
Seafood exhibition area
Section
Plan
Construction Drawing
03 Fuxing Longyu private residence design 2021/02 Lane 699 xizang South Road, Laoximen, Huangpu District, Shanghai
WORKING PROJECT 2019/06 - 2021/03
-Interior Designer : Project Consulting,Deepen Design,Construction drawing Comany : STUDIOLITE (SLT) Director: Chenlin
Concept
01 Dbrood 2019/08 3rd floor, 88 Huayuan Road, Shanghai Concept
The private house design project is located in Fuxing Longyu senior apartment in Huangpu District, Shanghai. The design idea takes simple black, white, gray and lines as visual elements, and the private space is decorated with bright colors to form a contrast. The spatial narrative is based on the presentation of private exhibition hall in rows. At the same time, sculptural art installations (e.g., James Turrel) and artistic lighting (e.g., James Turrel) are used to create artistic atmosphere.
The wooden structure supports the atmosphere of the space, leading from the entrance of the underground tunnel into an atmospheric cellar. Concrete, brick walls, wood structure and light effects are used to highlight the theme of the cellar.and passivated to create a rainbow of visual effects.
04 ON/OFF Fashion Store 2019/06 600 Zhongshan Second Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai
02 Iceason 2019/12 Schematic Design
Concept Concept The wooden structure supports the atmosphere of the space, leading from the entrance of the underground tunnel into an atmospheric cellar. Concrete, brick walls, wood structure and light effects are used to highlight the theme of the cellar.and passivated to create a rainbow of visual effects.
The design aims to provide customers with a fun and artistic shopping experience in a free space. Through the alternating light and shade, the combination of selected colors, the flexible installation system and the collision of delicate materials, a fluid space full of urban youth and vitality is constructed.
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