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YUFENG WANG
M.ARCH CANDIDATE
CAMPUS CENTER LOCATION DATE PROPERTY INSTRUCTOR
TONGJI UNIVERSITY, SHANGHAI, CHINA NOVEMBER, 2012 ACDEMIC INDIVIDUAL WORK ZHANG JIANLONG
SPECIFICATION
To solve the problem found in the research that the lack of lightening made the site a dark corner of the campus at night. I created several lamp-shaped rooms face the points needed to be lighted as the activity rooms of the clubs. When the rooms were used at night. The rooms will work as the night lamp of the campus as well.
TECHNICAL AND ECONIMICS INDEXES SITE AREA TOTAL FLOOR SPACE BUILDING DENSITY BUILDING DISPERSION
1950 square meters 826 square meters 42.4% 7.5 meters
Traffic core
As what the diagram shows, the circled area, where the site is, is on the most convenient way from the main enterance to the biggest domitory area and the second important enterance of the campus. So the site and its surrounding area can be called the traffic core of the campus.
Dark point
As a student live in the campus, i find that Time of light off every time i reach the circled area late at 21:00 night, especially when i walk alone, i feel 21:30 nervous and unsafe because of the lack of 22:00 lighting. According to 22:30 my statistics, architectures which mainly used 23:00 for teaching around the site close earlier than other buildings in the campus, which make the site a dark point at night.
tradition mode
changed mode
free plane order
conbination
Three layers
The campus center is a combination of three layers of public space. The first layer is an open gallery which exhibit the wall painting and doodle. The second layer is the public space serve the clubs in the campus center which work as the main traffic of the clubs. The third layer is the clubs which are isolated as several small blocks to keep the privacy of the activities of each club.
3rd layer
2nd layer
Searchlight effect
As what i have researched, the site plays a very important role in the traffic of the campus as well as the system of public activities. However, when it comes to late at night, this area comes to be the dark point in the campus, which means little fasination and feeling of safe at night. So what i did in my design of the project was making the campus center to be the vigour unit to motivate the energy of this area. I made different functions of the campus to be small searchlight-like units which respectively face to the points need lighting in this area at night, using the searchlight effect to light the dark point up.
1st layer
Cross the site
The site is located on the end of the main road from an enterance to the domitory area in the campus, which also means that the site is a sudden cut of the sight and traffic. People have to turn around when arriving this point. So one of the most important problem i should solve is giving the perticular area a defination, crossing the site. I make the view cross from east to west and the traffic cross from north to south.
Basic plane
As what we can see in the site, the site is located on a public intersection which is surrounded with teaching buildings and other canpus service bulidings. On the other word, here exist a basic plane which provide people with area for public activities. So in the design of the site, i tried to add a vitality body attached to the campus center which can reorganize the order of the site and its surroundings. Along with surrounding functions, i want to use the first plane space of the campus center to create a basic plane for the site. The first plane area is not only the function for the doodle gallery, but also serve for the surrounding buildings. It has the extended meaning of publicity. In the design, i dream to see the view that the students can have a place to have a rest after class, to read in the morning and to chat with friends. Altogether, i want to make the place to be ‘basic’, which means that the site will bear all the basic public functions and give the users basic memory of the place.
Doodle gallery
There usually exist doodle culture in the university campus which come from the creative work of the university students. In the doodle culture in the campus, the students are not only the audience but also the performer. The site is the lacated on the core of the campus which is surrounded with teaching buildings and campus service buildings, which means that the site needs some fasinating activities to create public vitality. The doodle gallery provide a place for the performer to create the doodle on the loose-organized walls. At the same time, the gallery also give the audience a place to watch the performance while having a rest after class.
MOUNTAINOUS ARCHERY CLUB LOCATION DATE PROPERTY INSTRUCTOR
DONGQIAN LAKE, NINGBO, CHINA NOVEMBER, 2013 ACDEMIC INDIVIDUAL WORK YAN JUAN
SPECIFICATION
The design is to create a archery club above the ground which is a characteristic of this mountainous area in China . And to stress the feeling of archery in the specific mountainous area .
TECHNICAL AND ECONIMICS INDEXES SITE AREA TOTAL FLOOR SPACE BUILDING DENSITY NATURAL DISPERSION BUILDING DISPERSION
10000 square meters 4200 square meters 16.9% 25 meters 23.2 meters
Ningbo China
Downtown Dongqian Lake
The site
The site
preparation activity shooting field
mixed
partly open
multiple function
little control on light
amateurish
lively
parallel connection
totally closed
clear structure
strict control on light
professional
quiet
series connection
totally open
the order
no control on light
the ceremony
special environment close to nature
demond on environment preparation waiting activity shooting field demond on equipment activity preparation shooting field scene demond on atmosphere
URBAN COMPLEX LOCATION DATE PROPERTY INSTRUCTOR
KONGKOU DISTRICT, SHANGHAI, CHINA SEPTEMBER 2013 TEAM WORK WITH WANG JUNCHAO LIU MING
SPECIFICATION The design is to create a archery club above the ground which is a characteristic of this mountainous area in China . And to stress the feeling of archery in the specific mountainous area .
TECHNICAL AND ECONIMICS INDEXES SITE AREA TOTAL FLOOR SPACE BUILDING DENSITY OFFICE AREA HOTEL AREA RETAIL AREA MARKET AREA RESTAURANT AREA
30000 square meters 80000 square meters 53.3% 19660 square meters 33000 square meters 8890 square meters 4200 square meters 5330 square meters
1900s to 1920s
1920s to 1940s
1940s to 1980s
1980s to present
historical blocks high-grad area area in low quality existed commercial area
facade of city facade of historical blocks facade of new residencial
Open an inside commercial street for both transportation and selling.
Maintain the original road to keep the connection with high-grad area.
Choose the best position for the high rises Fold the street to strengthen the interest which can avoid the shadow effect. of the space.
Push the volume of the architecture to create several plaza for the blocks.
Adjust the shape of the buildings to make the using space more economic.
1990s
1940s 1920s
1980s 1920s 2000s
1980s
1930s 1930s 2000s
1930s
2000s 1940s
Commercial circles in the downtown of Shanghai
Main transportation in the surroundings of the site
REGENERATION DESIGN OF 47, YULIN ROAD LOCATION DATE PROPERTY INSTRUCTOR
HONGKOU DISTRICT, SHANGHAI, CHINA NOVEMBER, 2014 TEAM WORK WITH LV DEXUAN ZHANG PENG
SPECIFICATION
This design is about the regeneration of several historical architectures. And the new function of the buildings is the Youth hotel. Through the research of the style, the structure and the history of the preserved architecture. I design new architecture totally different from the old ones in the material, structure and technique to make the feel between now and the past and the present.
TECHNICAL AND ECONIMICS INDEXES SITE AREA TOTAL FLOOR SPACE BUILDING DENSITY HIGHEST ELEVATION
2000 square meters 3000 square meters 61.3% 15.8 meters
Shanghai China
Researched area
preserved living area
back yard area
front yard area
new construction
preserved living area : uesd for guest rooms with the original structure back yard area : used to connect the public space of the three isolate building on the second floorfor front yard area : keep the function as a garden new construction : used as the check-in and the restaurant
The site
Design of the lobby ¡correspond the volum of the preserved architecture ¡new method of brick building to make the lobby more transparent
facade of preserved architecture
facade of new architecture diagram of the masonry
section of new architecture
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS LOCATION DATE PROPERTY INSTRUCTOR
JIANXI DISTRICT, LUOYANG, CHINA APRIL, 2015 ACDEMIC INDIVIDUAL WORK ZHANG PENG
SPECIFICATION
The topic of my graduate design was the regeneration design and plan of a historic neighbour which used to be the residence area of the nearby industry base. I paid attention to the background of the residents as well as the architectures’. So that i can use the result of research to redefine the neighbour and the residents, which help me to reorganize the structure of the community and social group.
TECHNICAL AND ECONIMICS INDEXES SITE AREA TOTAL FLOOR SPACE BUILDING DENSITY HIGHEST ELEVATION
7800 square meters 6400 square meters 41% 17.4 meters
High Low Need repaired
Architecture Quality Assess of architecture quality indicate the physical status of the architectures in this area which will give the guidance of the urban plan.
Education Residence Entertainment Culture Office Restaurent
Architecture Type
1950s
Architecture Age
1970s 1990s
ďźž 8 floors 6-8 floors 1-5 floors
Localization of this area is serve as residence and social service for this important industrial base in middle China.
There exist three great masses of construction since 1950s which each has its own symbol related to the perticular age and social envirenment.
Architecture Height
Most of the architectures have less than 6 floors which indicate that this area has lower density of pupulation and not suitable for high rises.
Simplification illusion
It’s the common illusion diffused among people in China in 1950s~1960s to simplify the society to be one with strong uniformity. People in that age had the similar dressing, had meal in huge canteen together. They even held the similiar world view which now seems to be ridiculious. So that the biggest group in the residents, who experienced that special period themselves, has a great sense of belonging to the community as well as the social group.
Symbol mania
The residents grew in the age diffused with symbol mania, for example, almost everyone had a ‘Chairman Mao’s quotation’ and a ’green service cap’. This kind of symbol mania came from an extreamly simple judgement on correctness.
Solid idol adoration
I didn’t try to find what lead to the reasonless solid idol adoration, but try to analyze the result and effect on this perticular generation. As the background knowledge, the last 50 years witnessed the rocket development of economy in China as well as the ideology. The westerners may can’t believe how strong the generation gap is after one leap of Weltanschauung progress after another in such a short time. As a result, the researched community can also be viewed as a mass of old ideology whose most significant feature is the solid idol adoration.
Socialism
During the research in this community, i found a kind of ‘community socialism’, which consist of a series share. Public space, food, life tools even life experience and their own stories. The self defination of this generation is members of the whole instead of individuals.
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Main facade
Side facade 2
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Fragmentation
Flow
Integration
Sight control
Plate and food
Tree chat
2016FALL STUDIO_FORM_1 LOCATION DATE PROPERTY INSTRUCTOR
FICTITIOUS SITE FALL, 2016 STUDIO IN UMICH ADAM FURE
SPECIFICATION
In this project, i tried to develop a form from an existed architecture. I simplified the architecture to be geometical elements. Then i developed the elements to be the architectural forms of the project. I made the pure circles and rectangles to be the pools, the continous lines to be the walls dividing the differents zones, the partial shapes to be the indoor areas and the complicated shapes to be the bridges connecting the upper spaces.
2016FALL STUDIO_FORM_2 LOCATION DATE PROPERTY INSTRUCTOR
FICTITIOUS SITE FALL, 2016 STUDIO IN UMICH ADAM FURE
SPECIFICATION
In this project, i tried to develop a form from an existed architecture. I simplified the architecture to be geometical elements. Then i developed the elements to be the architectural forms of the project. I tried to use a single element to form the whole architecture. I developed the geometrical element to be the ribbons, and i tried to use the ribbons to be every part of the architecture. The ribbons can be used as the floor, the roof and the wall. At the same time, the ribbons are also the tables and the chairs.