Portfolio 2018 by Yuebin Dong

PORTFOLIO Yuebin Dong B. Arch. Tongji University Selected works 2013-2017 Application to MAUD Harvard University

CONTENTS

01/ Corners of the Streets

10/ The North Bund

18/ Memory on Bricks

01/ Flowing Seats

01/ CORNERS OF THE STREETS Urban design studio | 2016 Fall Tongji University Tutor: Songhua Dai Individual work

In this studio every student are require to survey the Hongkou Harbor District to find problems and resources related to the tourism. The study finally turned into an urban design to attract and serve tourists. During the survey I found it easily for people to stay on the corners of streets because of the complicated pattern of roads. The photos taken on the corners show the context of the area. I used the version of photographer as a prototype and transfered it into architectural interventions.

AMBITION AND SITUATION OF HONGKOU HARBOUR Huangpu river and Suzhou river are the two most important rivers in Shanghai. At the junction of them, Huangpu District, Pudong District, and Hongkou District intersect. Huangpu District is the oldest district in Shanghai and the early Shanghai city developed from it. The Bund in Huangpu District which was once the financial center of Aisa is a symbol of Shanghai.Pudong District

Tourism in Three Districts developed sharply afer 1970s and the new financial center of Shanghai, Lujiazui lies there. The high-rise buildings and the skyline of Lujiazui is another symbol of Shanghai. The Hongkou Harbor near the Bund and Lujiazui lacks attraction. The government of Hongkou launched a plan to find the symbols of Hongkou and gain competitiveness.

Huangpu

Yangpu Zhebei

A Billboard in Hongkou Harbor Hongkou The famous attraction in Huangpu is the bund, where art-deco buildings were built nearly a hundred years ago. Every tourist going to Shanghai visits this place for the history of Shanghai. Hongkou The Hongkou Harbor used to be an important harbor in Shanghai. Now the water transport has declined since the condition of rivers got wrose. The context here is disorded.

Pudong Huangpu

Pudong

Tianai Water Tower Lujiazui in Huangpu represent the model Shanghai, where lots of high-rise buildings stand. Every year many tourists come here to see the modern financial center.

Luxun Park Caf Atlantic Caf Atlantic Sculpture Shanghai Jewish Refugess Museum North Sichuan Road Duolun Road Sculpture Luxun Monument Luxun Plaza

Heping Park

Suzhou River

Hongkou Harbor

Huangpu River 02

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is a characteristic of Hongkou Harbor. A tour guide on scenes of corners is needed for tourists interested in history of streets and buildings. There is an area of vacant land on the site. The program need a tour center for people to have a grand view of the district and get maps and guides which can lead them to the corners they want to go.

Wuzhou Rd

Because the pattern of reads is complicated, there are many different types of corners in various angles and shape. The traffic lights in the area is more than other parts in the city. When waiting for the traffic light, tourists can see different buildings on the corners of the streets. These buildings were built in various ages and have different forms according to the corners. This

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Display

Construction

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Photo

Map

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Distribute

Map

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PROJECT THE CORNERS 1

2010

1990

When taking photos of street corners, tourists find the abundant history of Hongkou Harbor. The photo is a project of history of Hongkou. A prototype of corner is abstracted from the street corners and version of photographer. The prototype is evolved into different typologies of architectural intervention.

1970 4 1950

Display

5 9

Seat

Table

Door

1930 1910

Plastic Wood

Plastic Brick

Glass Brick

Glass 1

Metal

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10 Glass

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Wood

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RECONSTRUCT THE CORNERS

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Public green land

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Shajing Rd

RECONSTRUCT THE CORNERS

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Wuzhou Rd

TOUR CENTER ON A CORNER A tour canter is built on the vacant land using the prototypes as both structure and furnitures inside. It display the mapping and photos of the street corners and provide tourists with maps and tour guide.

Roof

Beam

Street floor

Ground floor

Basement

Exploded Axonometric Drawing

Plan 07

INTERIOR EXPERIENCE The wall and interior furniture use the typologies made before. Tourist can look around the display, have a rest, get a map etc. The main function interior is display photos, mappings, and tour guide on the corners of streets.

O2/ THE NORTH BUND Infrastructure studio | 2017 Spring Tongji University Tutor: Yung Ho Chang, Zheng Tan Collaborator: Haozhou Zhang

In this studio every each team (2-3 students) are required to pick up a â&#x20AC;&#x153;landscape typologyâ&#x20AC;? for a full-semester study. The study consists of a site-survey report, a code visualization report, and a code-intervention proposal. My collaborator and I choose flood control as the subject to study. We analyzed the composition of the infrastructure and found the problem of the boundaries in the infrastructure. Then we used boolean method as architectural intervention to reform the flood control.

FLOOD CONTROL: BETWEEN THE BUILT AND NATURAL

Line 1

Huangpu River is the main river crossing through the city of Shanghai. To prevent the city from possible flood, flood control is built along the two sides of Huangpu River. Near the junction of Suzhou river and Huangpu river lies the center of Shanghai. Green land covers the flood control and provides people with public space. There are three areas of landscape on banks of Huangpu river. The North Bund green land is

one of them. Compared to other two areas, The North Bund green land has a considerable area of green land and natural scene which are rare in the urban district of Shanghai. However, Hongkou harbor green land attract much fewer people than other two. It is important to figure out why people cannot use this landscape frequently and how to adjust this flood control to link the built and natural environment.

Now

Expected Sleep Work Shop Meal

01 02

Yangtze River

Line 2 04

Animal Animal Sport Relax

Sleep

Relax

Walk

Scene

Work

Ship Meal

Scene

Ship

Line 3 B

Built

Natural

Built

Natural

Waitan Park

The North Bund Green Land

Area

Density

Line 4

People in a week

History

Green

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Parks, plazas, and green lands are distributed in the city. They provide people living in a urban context a natural environment. They has different sizes, forms, and spheres of influence.

A. WuSongKou International Cruise Terminal

01. Huangxin Park 02. Jingyu Park 03. Yangpu Park 04. Zhabei Park 05. Luxun Park 06. Heping Park 07. Jiangpu Park 08. Square of the National Anthem 09. Zhongxin Green Land 10. North Sichuan Rd. Park 11. The North Bund 12. Jiaotong Park 13. Waitan Park 14. Buyecheng Park

Line 1 Korea Japan Line 2 Canada America

Scene

Shanghai is a harbor city and many international cruise lines starts from Shanghai. There are two main passenger harbor in Shanghai and ships on four lines set off and arrive frequently.

History

Scene

19 20

Green Land in Shanghai

B. Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal

Scene

Shanghai on the Water

517 ships/year 1,630k guests/year History

21 28

Density

Huangpu River

Downtown Shanghai

Lujiazui Riverbank

07 08

Read

Sport

Walk

Read

Green

Chongming Island

89 ships/year 189k guests/year

Line 3 New Zealand Australia Line 4 Singapore Maldives

15. Jujiazui Riverbank 16. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower 17. Museum of Natural History 18. People's Square 19. Dongchang Rd. Greaan Land 20. Town God Temple 21. Yanzhong Park Plaza 22. Huaihai Park 23. Zhuyuan Green Land 24. Taiping Bridge Park 25. Xiangyang park 26. Fuxing Park 27. Centrey Park 28. Cutrual Plaza

Huangpu river

INFRASTRUCTURE OF FLOOD CONTROL

Composite Infrastructure

Flood control is a complex infrastructure and composed with zones and levels. Greenland, buildings, a cruise terminal underground, a dock constitute the whole infrastructure. Before the design, a site survey and mapping is necessary. The site is separated into five part in masterplan. A composite mapping show that the infrastructure are divided into six zones and two flows of movement runs through the infrastructure.

Movement Blocks and roads

Automobile People

Hotel

Zoning Road Greenland Leaving Arriving Water Hotel

Greenland 0 75 150

On the ground

300

Ground level

Underground cruise terminal

Dock

City

Flood control

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Break the Boundary

LIFE INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE Three vertical levels and three horizontal zones divide the infrastructure into nine parts in space. Residents, employees, and tourist from in the city can use this infrastructure and go through it to the riverbank. The situation that people are not likely to use this infrastructure is because there are boundaries between different parts. The aim of this project is to create space for activities in this infrastructure and draw

people to it. The design strategies is breaking these boundaries. The strategies use Boolean operation in sight, accessibility, surface, and space. Urban, dock, constructions, and underground are linked to the green land. The boundary built and natural environment are penetrated by sunlight, air, wind, sight, and movement. The life in the urban context is introduced into the infrastructure.

Boundary of Infrastructure Construction

Block

[A] Urban and green land 1. the Bund 2. cruise 3. Lujiazui 4. Pudong 5. Wedding Hotel 6. Metro 7. Main road

5 1

5 6

3 4

Snack Shop Relax

Employee Resident

Snack Relax Sports

None

Attracting points From the green land people can see the attractions around the site. Sight lines link people on the site and the attractions.

Intersections The sight lines draw circle at centers of attractions. People on the circle have views of attractions at a same distance. Circles intersect on the site.

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Route Fit the intersection into a curve. The main pedestrian on the green land is set on the curve. People can have a good view of the city walking on the curve.

View

Meal

[B] Dock and green land

Dock

Level +1

Dock

Ceremony

5 6

Dock Fence

Relax

Greenland

Sports

Sports C Ground

Road

River Intersect Sports

Walking

Resident

Bus

Tourist

Level Âą0

Walking View

Landscape

[C] Construction and green land

Relax

Bus

Divide

A fence along the riverside divides the ground into two parts: the green land and the dock. People visiting the site cannot go through the fence and the dock is used for the cruise ship only. The fence obstruct the sight to the river and block people from the riverbank.

1. Lift

2. Rotate

The dock is not in use all time. When there is no cruise ship people on the Greenspan can go on the lifted platform by the riverside and have a view of the river which is not blocked by the fence. When cruise ship arrives, the construction rotates and left the dock undisturbed.

D Underground

Subway

Riverbed

Intersect

Tourist

Metro

Ticket office

Snack Shop Relax

Checking

Meal

Customs

Landscape

Luggage Leaving

Examine

Level -0 Existing program

[D] Underground and green land

Centripetal

The green land is filled with grass and trees now. People can walk or run on the path but there is no space for them to take activities. New design create hard surface on the green land. People can have food, read books, have a rest or do something they like in this space.

Random

Linear

The weather does not allow people taking activities outside in conditions like raining, strong wind, intense ultraviolet light. So the new design created a set of fabricated constructions to fit different conditions. The constructions are arrange in different topologies.

Expected program

Taxi City

Flood control

Huangpu River

1. Sunlight The whole cruise terminal is built underground. The underground space and the green land on the ground are totally separated. Tourists take vehicles going into the underground space from the roads and cannot see the landscape on the ground. People on the ground cannot find entrance to the underground.

2. Landscape

3. Entrance

4. View

The design make holes on the ground in different materials and use. They let the sunlight get into the underground space. People underground can see the landscape above. People on the ground can see the space activities beneath. People can go on or beneath the ground through the entrance. 12

[A] FROM CITY TO INFRASTRUCTURE

Hotel Cruise terminal Parking lot

Green land Parking lot

Office buildings Green land Parking lot

Green land Parking lot

Hotel Green land Parking

[B] FROM GROUND TO CONSTRUCTION

Cabinet

Wall

Door

United

Window

Fabricated construction

Food

Sport

Reading

Shop

Relax

Conversation

[C] FROM FLOOD CONTROL TO RIVER 2. Rotate

1. Lift A platform is lifted beyond the fence. People on the green land can go on the platform to get near to the river. The view of the river and the opposite urban is not blocked by the fence.

When ship stop by the dock, the platform will be lifted and rotated. It changes into a pavilion for people on the green land to stay in. The work on the dock is not disturbed by the people on the green land.

Go on the platform

View to the river

Go under the platform

Work on the dock 13

[D] INTO THE UNDERGROUND

Entrance to Underground

Green land

Slope

A half of the cruise terminal underground is changed into a commercial space where there is a market, a restaurant, a cafe, a ticket office, and a soccer bar. An entrance is created on the green land for people to go down to the underground space and go up on the green land.

Market

Pedestrian

Motor way

View of Underground

Green land

Building

Awning

Before people go underground, they interpret the space beneath the green land by vision. A hole is created on the ground and circled with pedestrian s that people on the gruond can see the underground space.

Pedestrian

Underground 14

[D] INTO THE UNDERGROUND

Sunlight into Underground

Ground floor

Custom

Corridor

Before boarding the ships, tourists go through security check and custom in underground space. The built environment lacks sunlight. The design let people enjoy the sunlight and the landscape on the ground when they are checked.

Security check

Glass

Green land in Underground

B1 floor

Luggage

After arriving at the harbor and getting of the ships, tourists go to the luggage hall and then leave the terminal by vehicles. The design let people enjoy sunlight and green plants when they are waiting for their luggage.

Luggage hall

Green 15

LIFE INSIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE The cruise terminal is changed into a underground space containing a terminal, a parking lot, and commercial space. The design which breaks the boundaries let the natural and built environment intersect, flows of movement penetrate the levels and zones, and activities take place in the infrastructure. People living in the urban context will go into the infrastructure, the green land on the North Bund.

Waterfront

Activities

Soccer bar

Travel agency

Ticket office

Stop

Boarding

Cafe

Examine

Supermarket

Snacks

Reception

Taxi

Waiting

Meal

Activities Boarding

Travel agency Soccer bar Reception

Snacks Examine

Stop Ticket office Cafe Supermarket

Waterfront Waiting

Taxi

Composite Infrastructure 16

03/ MEMORY ON BRICKS Museum design studio | 2015 Fall Tongji University Tutor: Ping Huang Individual work

In this studio students are required to survey the history of Shanghai folk culture and historical buildings. The project is aimed to study the prototypes and display method of museum and then design a folk culture museum in historical context. When I was surveying the demolition of historical I found a relationship between bricks, facade, items, life, and memory. I reused the bricks and elements of facade of the Lilong housing and design prototypes. Finally a collector of memory in different mediums was completed.

LILONG HOUSING IN SHANGHAI

Development and Decline

Shanghai was once a place where small villages distributed. After 1840, Shanghai began to develop into a grand city. A type of housing named Lilong was widely constructed to meet the demand of increasing population. Then after 1949, China develop quickly, especially Shanghai. High apartment buildings has

taken the place of Lilong housing. The bricks which were once mostly used are replaced by other materials. Lilong houses are broken into bricks, meanwhile, the old lifestyle in Lilong is going to disappear. This project tries to find a way to record the memory and to reuse the abandoned bricks.

Modern Housing vs. Lilong Housing Average age: 41

Area per person: 19 m2

Water per person: 1 m3/day

Electricity: 100%

Air condition: 100%

Natural gas: 100%

1870

1908

1933

1949

1979

2015

Lilong Distribution

Living Condition

Per capita living space Plot Ratio Population Average age: 53

Area per person: 5 m2

Water per person: 0.3 m3/day

Electricity: 85%

Air condition: 43%

Natural gas: 12%

DEBATES ON HARITAGE There are two main attitudes and solution towards Lilong housing. One of them is to regard Lilong housing as heritage for the unique style of facade. Thus people must preserve them. The other thinks the value of the facade is not as much as new building which replace Lilong housing. "History tells us where are we from and where will we go." 6 Yisan Ruan, Pioneer of architectural heritage conservation

1. Zhoushan Garden [1923]

"History of Shanghai Lilong" It is a handbook illustrating the origin and development of Lilong housing. All Lilong regarded as haritage is covered.

RAL CTU E T I H E ARC ARITAG H

2 2. Panxin Li [1904]

A TUR ITEC GE H C AR ARITA H

5 "We should look forward, heritage is not an excuse."

Jianling Wang, President of the biggest real estate enterprise

"Land Use Planning of Hongkou" It is the planning book made by committee of government. It shows the area where Lilong housing is to be demolished.

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3. Fuyuan Li [1941]

AN OLIT DEM RMIT PE

4. Lean Li [1927]

5. Chunjiang Li [1932]

6. Taoyuan Li [1907]

7. Jingyang Li [1923]

Site

AN OLIT DEM RMIT PE

N 0

Mapping of Lilong Housing

100

200

8. Zhoushan Garden [1929]

AN OLIT DEM RMIT PE

Memory

MEMORY ATTACHED TO BRICK WALL In people’s memory there is a connection between bricks, facade, item, life. One of them can call people’s memory of others. Before determined how to display the memory, a catalog of facade elements and items is listed. Outside

Wall

Table

Mailboxes

Painting

Seats

Newspapers

Plants

Clothes

Storage

Security

Shop

Plants

Birds

Sealing

Canopy

Clothes

Entrance

Sell

Canopy

Mailboxes

Billboards

Mailboxes

Entrance

Corridor

Entrance

Table

Media

storage

clothed

Books

Pictures

Desk

Bed

Table

Sofa

Table

Widow Items

Balcony

Door

Facade element

Gate

Inside

Wall

Bricks

Window Door

REUSE THE BRICK WALL To maintain the memory attached to the bricks and make use of the historical facade. New structures in different materials and forms is made for different new function. The outside and inside of the facade is totally different and should be put into different use in the reform. (1)

Retails

(2) Frame

[A]

Use the brick walls as background for goods. [D-3, E-2, E-3] [F-1, F-2, F-3]

(3) Frame Roof

Frame Roof

Glass

Concrete

Frame Roof

Glass Concrete

Concrete

Frame Roof

Outside Frame

Community Center Use the brick wall and new structure for people in the community. [F-1, F-2, F-3]

[B]

Frame Brick wall

[C]

Library Glass

Concrete

Frame Roof

Frame Roof Floor

Concrete

Glass

Concrete

Frame Floor

Frame Roof Floor

Frame Roof Floor Wall

Concrete

Glass

Concrete

[D]

Use brick wall as a background for reading. [E-3] [F-2, F-3]

Pavement Use the brick wall and new structure as a cover of pavement. [A-1, A-2, B-2] [B-3, C-2, C-3]

Museum Use the brick wall as a reminder of history. [C-3] [F-1]

Inside

[E]

Restaurant

[F]

Frame Roof Floor Wall

Concrete Glass

Glass Concrete

Concrete Glass

Use the brick wall as attraction for the foodies. [C-3] [F-1, F-2]

LILONG MUSEUM

Exploded Axonometric Drawing

On the two sides of brick wall are cabinets and atrium. Different item are display in different areas and rooms according to the form of display and the functions which they used to have. Atrium is covered with glass and cabinets are constructed in concrete. Indoor

Rooms

Atrium

Outdoor

Toilet

Tables

Fitting Rooms

Items

Films

Video

Toilet