Architectural Portfolio_Gracie GUO

Portfolio Gracie Guo B.Arch// The University of Liverpool M.Arch// The University of Hong Kong

CONTENTS

01 BLADE RUNNER A Film as a Site for Analysis and Speculation

02 INDIVIDUALIZED LIVING Volumetric Precast for Individulized Living

03 THE CRYSTAL IN HIBRE ISLAND A Lighthouse, Lifeboat Launch and Rangers Station

04 RETAINING DIVERSITY Design and Construction Guidelines for Unit Scale Upgrades

05 PRODUCTION FUNCTION Plug-in Garment Workshps and Institutions in Central

OTHER WORKS African School Cultural Tourism Complex

01 BLADE RUNNER Architectural storyboarding Site: The Flim Blade Runner Supervisor: Roberto Requejo Belette MArch 2 Thesis Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (released in 2017) are set in a dystopian future where humans live in a high-tech but lowlife environment with synthetic humans called replicants as their slaves. The film was regarded as one of the best science fiction films for speculating a retrofit future. Similarly, architects always concern with contemporary issues and project a future. The thesis explores the potential of a film serving as a site of analysis and speculation for an architectural proposition. If film and site both can become a territory subject, what are the implications of relying on a fictitious territory as a generator for the design of spaces?

With the notion of the film being the site, the analysis focuses on the timeline, storyboarding and scenes where the story plays out and then a missing scene is identified as the potential of an expanded story. The design is to construct a narrative with a greater scope than real projects. It is a design of the universe, a speculative reality with urbanism, architecture, interiority along with characters all serve as components of the narrative.

BLADE RUNNER

genre: science fiction film director: Ridley Scott Release in 1982

BLADE RUNNER 2049 genre: science fiction film director: Denis Villeneuve Release in 2017 A sequel to the 1982 film

FILM AS SITE A contextual analysis is a research activity that looks at the existing conditions of a project site, along with any potential future conditions. For a real architectural project, the site analysis will look at issues such as site location, size, topography, zoning etc.

While for a film, the story happens within limited time to show us a story.

Thus, I developed a way to in order to understand the site as much as possible. The timeline, storyboarding, and scenes are basic structure to analyze the film.

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serve

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command

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arrest

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supervise

execute

fall in love

obey

instruct

[TYRELL COORPORATION]

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murder

[MEMORY LAB] obey

work for

search

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create

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create

obey

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investigate

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lead

command

[WALLACE HEADQUARTERS]

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[ABANDONED BASEMENT]

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[CASINO HOTEL]

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[SEBASTIAN’S APARTMENT]

[DECKARD’S APARTMENT]

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CHARACTER SCENE

BLADE RUNNER

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Sapper

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Wallace

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Deckard

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Bryant

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Rachael

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Tyrell

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Cotton

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Sebastian

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Ana

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Roy

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Deckard

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Freysa

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[PROTEIN FARM]

[THE ORPHANAGE]

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CHARACTER PLOT

PLOT A-E

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BLADE RUNNER 2049

A. BLADE RUNNER

BLADE RUNNER 2049

CHARACTER

CHARACTER

create

HUMAN

REPLICANTS

‘retire’

control

HUMAN

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PLOT START

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REPLICANTS

obey

PLOT

DECKARD VISITS OFFICER BRYANT AT THE POLICE STATION.

02:32:47

END

SCENE

SCENE A

Los Angeles 2019

Los Angeles 2049

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Based on the geographical setting in the film, Scene A and B (Police Station and Tyrell Corporation) sit in the city centre of Los Angeles. Scene C and E are apartments of Deckard and Sebastian respectively, which are speculated to be near the city centre.

Based on the geographical setting in the film, Scene B and C (Wallace Co. and LAPD) locate in the city centre of Los Angeles, and Scene A, D and F are located in the suburban areas according to the film scripts. Scene E which is a Memory Lab is located in a isolated land based on the film scene. Scene G is an abandoned basement somewhere near city centre.

[POLICE STAT

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DECKARD IS INTRODUCED TO RACHAEL.

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ATION]

00:22:39

RACHAEL VISITS DECKARD APARTMENT.

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RACHAEL RETURNS TO DECKARD’S APARTMENT.

01:03:16

SEBASTIAN HOSTS REPLICANTS IN HIS APARTMENT.

01:12:39 01:13:02

01:20:12 01:20:17

F. THE DEATH OF ELDON TYRELL.

01:26:54

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[TYRELL CORPORATION]

[DECKARD’S APARTMENT]

[SEBASTIAN’S APARTMENT]

K Sapper Joshi Wallace Luv Cotton Ana Deckard Freysa

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B.

C.

K RETIRES SAPPER AT A PROTEIN FARM.

K GOES BACK TO LAPD HEADQUARTERS AND REPORTS TO JOSHI.

K VISITS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE WALLACE CORPORATION.

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[FARMHOUSE]

00:13:34

00:28:53

[LAPD]

00:29:03

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K FINDS THE HIS ARTIFICIA THE ORPHA

01:05:01

[WALLACE HEADQUARTERS]

[THE ORP

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E TOY HORSE IN AL MEMORY AT ANAGE.

01:14:35

PHANAGE]

01:16:40

F.

K CONFIRMS THE MEMORY IS REAL.

01:22:27

G.

K FINDS DECKARD, WHO GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD WITH A REPLICANT.

01:40:35

01:54:43

“MORE HUMAN THAN HUMANS.”

02:02:44

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[MEMORY LAB]

[CASINO HOTEL]

[ABANDONED BASEMENT]

K Sapper Joshi Wallace Luv Cotton Ana Deckard Freysa

BLADE RUNNER 2021 BIRTH OF A MIRACLE BLADE RUNNER Deckard meets the replicate Rachael and fall in love with her. The film ends with Deckard and Rachael going on the run together.

BLADE RUNNER 2049 Set thirty years after the first film, K, a replicant blade runner, tracking clues of his implanted memory about the toy horse. K finds that Ana was the child of Rachale and Deckard and his childhood memory is Ana’s, who is the first cross-bred child of human and replicant.

CHARACTER REPLICANTS

protect & worship

THE FIEST REPLICANT-BORN CHILD

RACHAEL Rachael was a replicant. She fell in love with Blade Runner Rick Deckard and conceived a child with him.

PLOT START

A

The first Human-Replicant hybrid is born.

B

The Replicants vow to keep the secret.

C

Rachael is buried under the tree.

END

SCENE SAPPER’S FARMHOUSE

RACHAEL’S GRAVE

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C

Ana w daugh Deck

Ana

was born on 10 June, 2021, the hter of former Blade Runner Rick kard and Rachael.

Freysa Freysa is the leader of a growing replicant resistance movement.

Sapper Sapper is an escaped replicant and settled at his farm in 2020.

06.10.2021 Replicant Community

On 6 Oct 2021, Ana the first human-replicant hybrid was born. Rachael died in childbirth while Deckard left and took refuge in the ruins of Las Vegas, never seeing Rachael again nor meeting their child. Rachael was buried in Sapper Morton’s farm, next to tree with written numbers 06.10.21. To Replicants, Ana represents something which is more important than her own individuality. She is first replicant-born child, a figure-head, an archetype, a myth-maker, she is their Eve.

SYMBOLS Symbolic meanings for replicants

The replicant resistance army is a secret army gathering together and seek for opportunities to fight back. Since replicant can have natural born child, they are no longer willing to obey order from humans.

The scenes related to the replicant resistance army is extracted from the film. Each has specific meaning that influence the design of fragments.

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01. Illumination lantern 02. RACHAEL’s grave 03. Entrance gate 04. Staircases 05. Substation 06. Metallic garden 07. SAPPER’s farmhouse 08. Staircases 09. Water purification system 10. Solar energy conservation 11.

Power-generation system 12. Farm equipment 13. Protein farm 14. Worship space 15. Service station 16.

Robotic flyer 17. Tank 18. Garden 19. Tunnel 20. Temple 21. Defensive system (release chemical liquids in emer gency) 22. Water tank 23. Food storage 24. Factory 25. Leisure space 26. Factory 27.

Lab 28. Monument 29. Bridge 30. Meditation Room 31. Operation room 32. Housing 33. Fermentation tank 34. Staircases 35. Bridge 36. Bracing structure 37. Farm entrance 38. Building envelop 39. Garden entrance 40. Farm & Garden 41. Housing extension

[BIRTH PLACE] The first Human-Replicant hybrid is born.

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[BIRTH PLACE]

FRAGMENTS Composition of functional programs

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Scene A is the operating room where the first Human-Replicant Hybrid is born, The plot took place in operating room on top of the industrial area.The massing of operating room has distinct geometric form and the interior is much more complex with all kinds of medical equipment and skylight.

FLYING CARS

PIPES

VENT PIPE

SOIL

NAVY

GEORGIAN STYLE

ARCHWAY

ELEVATOR

CLOUD

CYAN

CLIFF

ABRI

METAL STAIRCASES

FOG

ORAN

OATH-TAKING CEREMONY

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MATERIAL BOARD

The ingredients of the mysterious, dark atmospheric qualities are extracted from the film such as the smoke, the color and the Georgian building, the metal fragments and other the architectural references. It is a palette for designing the atmosphere in the scenes.

[BIRTH PLACE]

[OATH-TAKING CEREMONY] The Replicants vow to keep the secret.

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[OATH-TAKING CEREMONY]

FRAGMENTS Composition of functional programs

Scene B is spiritual place with the temple, an outdoor garden and a meditation space. The temple is a worship place where replicants gather together.

The child is first replicant-born child, a figure-head, a myth-maker and will their leader of the replicant resistance army.

CONE

CURTAIN

SHARP METAL

SAND

STATUE

CANDLE

FIRE LIGHT

FIRE

ABRI

EYE

STAIRS

WATER

ORAN

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MATERIAL BOARD

The ingredients of the mysterious, dark atmospheric qualities are extracted from the film such as the fire, water reflection and the color and other the architectural references. For the design of the temple, the overall exterior needs to be dominant and integrated in order for strengthening the monumentality of the temple.

[OATH-TAKING CEREMONY]

[RACHAEL’S FUNERAL] Rachael is buried under the tree.

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[RACHAEL’S FUNERAL]

FRAGMENTS Composition of functional programs

Scene C locates in farm area with the garden, the fermitation tank and the storage area. Rachael’s funeral is held near the tree. Her body is buried under the tree, which is a sacred place for replicants.

BRIDGE

SPHERE

STAIRS

CLOUD

ORAN

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STORAGE

METAL COLUMN

FOG

RED

PIPES

HANDRAIL

METAL

TREE

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MATERIAL BOARD

The ingredients of the mysterious, dark atmospheric qualities are extracted from the film such as the fire, water reflection and the color and other the architectural references. For the design of the temple, the overall exterior needs to be dominant and integrated in order for strengthening the monumentality of the temple.

[RACHAEL’S FUNERAL]

STORYBOARD Architectural storytelling

[REPLICANT’S COMMUNITY, AT DOWN] REPLICANT 1

: Hurry up! Rachael is in labour.

REPLICANT 2

: God bless her. We’ve been waiting for this moment so long.

[THE FIRST HUMA IS FREYSA

: We just saw CHAEL is gon her, and for a She’s the hop wait for the ri win the war.

ANA, her nam to grow up in

AN-REPLICANT HYBRID BORN ]

a miracle delivered. Now RAne, we’ll protect the baby for all of the replicants. (pause) pe for all of us. We need to ight time, to fight back, to

me will be ANA. I just want her n peace.

[OPERATING ROOM] FREYSA : Come on RACHAEL, please don’t die.

SAPPER : Let her rest in peace.

[THUNDER] [THE BABY OPENS HER EYES. ] FREYSA : Look at her pinchy little face.

SAPPER : She has her mother’s beautiful eyes.

[DAY BREAKS ]

[INT. TEMPLE.] FREYSA:

I swear to protect Ana till the end of my breath. I’ll pass on the leadership of the Resistance Army to her when the time comes. You shall all obey her when the

time comes.

[EXT. TEMPLE.] ALL :ANA! ANA! ANA! ...

[THE GLOW OF THE FIRE THE TEMP

LIGHT ILLUMINATES PLE.]

[ENTRANCE. MEDITATION ROOM.]

[MARCHING TO THE MEDITATION ROOM.]

[INT. PROTEIN FARM]

[SAPPER WALKED BACK TO HIS FARMHOUSE]

SAPPER: (looking at the photo) She is so adorable. Now I have faith to fight for the replicants.

[SAPPER HIDES THE PHOTO UNDER THE PIANO.]

[WALKING IN THE RAIN.]

[TOWARDS THE SACRED TREE.] [ALL THOSE MEMORIES PICTURE IN HIS MIND.]

[SACRED TREE. ] Freysa: We can’t let humans dictate our lives any more. We can have and raise our own children. We can decide our own destiny. (lift up the sceptre) Let us all unite!

A storm is coming!

Freysa: Now that RACHAEL is gone, we have more duties on our shoulders. The future is in our hands.

[EXT. FARM] SAPPER: I see a miracle born thanks to Rachael. May she rest in peace.

[SACRED TREE. RACHAEL’S FUNERAL.] SAPPER:

I can’t forgive what the humans have done to us.

They create us, treat us as slaves, sentence us to die whenever they want. Why were we born to be slaves? We are more human than humans.

SAPPER : A storm is coming.

02 INDIVIDUALIZED

LIVING

Concrete Volumetric Precast for Individulized Living in Hong Kong Location: Hong Kong Supervisor: Olivier Ottevaere MArch 1 academic group work Mass produced precast elements have increasingly been favored by the housing sector in Hong Kong and China. While the support for precast housing models are more aimed at maximizing real estate profits for developers and at reducing the construction cost for affordable housing, they often fall short to internally offer better spatial and living qualities to its prospective residents and to generate a vibrant community structure from within. The project rethinks Hong Kong housing from a technological point of view with social consequences. By decompacting existing central cores into varies functional columns, the project proposes new three-dimensional precast prototypes that reassert the individual as the main protagonist for the making of their own living environment.This will be investigated through ideas of mass customization at the factory line and through assembly scenarios of precast volumetric units.

EXISTING HONG KONG PUBLIC HOUSING 4 housing types with prefabricated bathroom & kitchen

Decompact

Two ways of grabing columns

Slab A + B Generate block

Change column shapes for various spacial qualities

The transformation takes the existing Hong Kong public housing as inspiration and experiment with various techniques from 2D precast to create 3D precast functional units.

The transformation starts with de-compacting existing modules and rearranging them according to different functions. The living units are formed by grabbing different columns.

elevator

FUNCIONTAL COLUMNS Five prototypes catering for different needs

bathroom

study

bedroom

The functional columns changes shapes to allow for more choices of the functions and at the same time, creating better spacial qualities. The leaft-over space are multifunctional space, such as balconies, studio, dinning room etc.

kitchen

HOUSING TYPES Varios housing types from single apartment to four-bedroom apartments.

The idea of precast 3D units is inspired by pysical experiment of casting concrete. The real construction process is just as the concrete model making: casting living units using formwork and then stacking them layer by layer.

A long time ago, our ancestors built their own house. They arranged space according to their own needs and they had the lifestyle they wanted.

Now, we only have limited choices when choosing an apartment in a city. In this project, we try to maximize the freedom for residents to choose the housing type by first arranging different functional columns and then divide their dream house by grabbing these functional columns with floor slabs.

In this project, we studied the plasticity of concrete materials, and use it as a spatial potential to create more variations for architectural space. Specifically, we arrange functional spaces like kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedroom vertically in appropriate size so that a vertical functional concrete column with changing profile is formed. These functional columns are arranged freely on an architectural plan, and living units are formed by grabbing these columns with different floor slabs.

During the process, the spaces between the columns can become either interior living or leisure space or exterior balcony or communal space. The floor slabs are arranged in different height in order to provide more privacy for every single living unit. The plasticity of concrete allows for more freedom for the changing profile of concrete functional columns, which actually provides more special variety and more choices of living units.

INDIVIDULAIZED LIVING The changing profile of concrete functional columns provide possibilities of various housing types

03

THE CRYSTAL

IN HIBRE ISLAND A Lighthouse, Lifeboat Launch and Rangers Station Location: West Kirby, UK Supervisor: Sandy Britton BArch 3 academic individual work Every year thousands of people are affected by treacherous seas: ships hit rocks, sailors and fisherman lose their direction and swimmers get into a spot of deadly trouble. Still seas become stormy, low tides are suddenly high and people need warning, guiding and rescuing. In this project, the lighthouse tower will warn and guide. The life boat station will house and launch search and rescue .The rangers’ station will monitor and observe. The aim of this design is to bring out essential material qualities and fulfil the ‘vocation’ of the site. Concrete and glass are two essetial materials used in this project. The tower houses rangers station along with the lighthosue and sightviewing spaces, it has solid concrete inside with translucent glass outside. In contrast. the boathouse has solid concrete outside with translucent membrane inside. These two are connected by a concrete bridge, so that the internal concrete in the lighthouse becomes the external concrete wall of boathouse.

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Can be a vertical st

Level 6

Dark spac top

Level 3

Visitors' a Semi-priv

Gallery

Warm shower

Office Storage

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Visitors' a start to se

TIME LAPSE FACADE STUDY

MATERIALY STUDY The four models explored four different glass qualities: fluctuated and pixelated interface, wind actived aluminum, fractured glass and patterned glass.

Polished granite was painstakingly researched in order to minimise the mineral inclusions within the material, thereby maximising its reflective sensitivity to the rapidly changing light and weather conditions of the dock environment.

Launch

WCs

Dr area

Cold shower

Fuel Workshop

Lookout space

Office

Reception

Concrete slab 1. Raised service floor 2. Motar bedding with waterprood membrane 3. Reinforced concrete waffle slab 4. Suspended ceiling with thermal insulation Steel joints 5. Bolted steel connector plate 6. Stainless steel profile joint 7. CHS steel rod Outer facade 8. Steel spider 9. Aluminium clip 10. Double layer of profile glass units with translucent insulation Inner facade Single layer laminated glass window LEVEL 1 11.

BOATHOUSE PLAN 12. Concrete partition wall 13. Aluminium-framed laninated glass doors

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Can be accessed by keepers by vertical staircases

Entering the top floor with lantern light coming from top

Dark space with light comes from top

Different floor heights Birdwatching space

Visitors' and rangers' routes are joint Semi-private dinning space

Rangers: accomodation with sunlight Visitors: view of the sea

Lookout and rest

Semi-private workshop Can be used by visitors and officers

Rangers: to enhance privacy Visitors: changeable view

Warm shower

Office Storage

Visitors' and rangers' routes start to separate

Overwelmed partially at high tide Concrete partitions moderate view

Multiple entrances Sitting on the rock and sand

EVER CHANGING VIEW The journey from bottom to top of the lighthouse allow people to view the outside scenery. Diffused light help to create the mysterious experience in the lighthouse.

High tide

TIDAL VARIATION At high tides, the lighthouse float on the sea water.

Low tide The design takes tidal variation into consideration and engage the design with sea water. The lighthouse sits directly on sand and the boathosue sits on rock, which is roughly 8 meters higher than sand level.

At high tide, the lower two floors of the lighthouse are full of water. Only upper floors are in use. Low tide is the time when visitors can walk on the sand and play near sea water.

04 RETAINING

DIVERSITY Design and Construction Guidelines for Unit Scale Upgrades of Urban Villages Location: Shenzhen, China Supervisor: Juan Du MArch 2 academic group work Half of the population in Shenzhen are currently having their living place in urban villages. The developr was carrying out urban village renovation project in order to monopolize the supply of housing in the future. What the developer proposed is the replacement of current unit types with a standardized single/ 2 ppl apartments targeting high-income people, mainly professionals and highly-educated graduates. However, compared to developer’s proposal, the current condition is much more better for the fact that the existing housing units types allowing diverse living. The clearance and displacement of low-income population has been raising much public criticism. Thus, after a comprehensive analysis of the existing urban village and the developer’s proposal, we developed a design & construction guideline in housing unit scale for the both the authorities and developers on how to carefully design renovation steps for urban villages.

PINGSHAN VILLAGE

RENOVATION PROCESS Diagrammatic analysis of construction process

Some developers are trying to intervene the urban village to launch urban village renovation projects, especially for the largest property company in China- Vanke. During their intervention, tenants in urban villages have various attitude towards their actions.

In ideal condition, the renovation can be completed within 90 days.

However, due to all kinds of practical issure, the construction time takes much longer than expected. From construction point of view, pre-fab units can save much contruction time.

Current condition

DEMOGRAPHIC CONFLICT The existing diversity of housing types are replaced by single/ 2 ppl apartments.

Developer’s proposal

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TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION GROUPS

Current demographics versus Developer’s ideal residents

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The living unit types actually reflects the social change: the standardized single/ 2 ppl apartments targeting high-income people, mainly young professionals. This has raised much public criticism.

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CULTURAL AND TECHNOLOGY MAKERS

The government does support the renovation project by sololy providing fund to the developers without having clear guidelines to regulate the redevelopment which is proved invalid in top-down system.

GUIDELINES: CHAPTER I

GUIDELINES: CHAPTER 2

1. EVALUATION

2. CONSTRUCTING PROCESS

1.1 External wall and structural wall mush not be demolished.

2.1 SELECTIVE DEMOLITION

1.2 Partition wall that divide the units shall be kept.

1.3 Partition walls of kitchen and bathroom shall be demolished.

2.2 INSTALLATION OF PARTITION WALLS

1.4 All existing window cages shall be removed.

2.3 INSTALLATION OF WOMDOW KIT 1.5 All existing window frames shall be removed.

1.6 The bricks and cement mortar shall be removed.

2.4 INSTALLATION OF PREFAB COMPONENTS

GUIDELINES: CHAPTER 3 3. PRE-FAB COMPONENTS

3.1 PARTITION WALL

3.2 DOOR

3.3 WINDOW

3.4 BATHROOM

3.5 KITCHEN

3.6 BEDROOM

SCENARIO A

SCENARIO B

SCENARIO C

20 sqm Single room 1 University couple

61.5 sqm Two-bedroom flat 3-generation big family, 6 people

29 sqm One-bedroom flat A couple with two children

SCENARIO B 24.5 sqm Single flat 1 young whitecollar

before

29 sqm One-bedroom flat A couple with two children

after

SCENARIO D

SCENARIO E

SCENARIO F

24.5 sqm Single flat 1 young whitecollar

37.5 sqm Two-bedroom flat 2 cleaners 1 security guard

45 sqm Two-bedroom flat 3 young professionals

before

The drawings of the current condition recorded the current living conditions in Pingshan Village, Shenzhen.They are all tenants who rent the units for temporary living and wish for a better living environment.

The external walls are kept and some partition walls are carefully removed for installation of prefab bathroom, kitchen units as well as window kit. Tenants’ individual needs can be met and construction time can be saved using pre-fab units and minimum demolishment, which can release the displacement issue.

The government support the renovation project by providing fund to the developers and clear guidelines to regulate the redevelopment. The proposal brings up the true value of urban villages and maintains the social diversity by achieving spacial diversity.

after

RENOVATION SCENARIOS UNDER GUIDELINES A design & construction guideline for keeping spacial diversity to maintain social diversity

The project takes 6 typical scenerios as examples to demonstrate how the guidelines can guilde developers in renovating urban villages while maintaining social diversity.

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PRODUCTION FUNCTION Investigations in Late Industrial Forms & Bring Production Functions Back to Cites Location: Central, Hong Kong Supervisor: H. Koon Wee MArch 1 academic individual work The modern city was first formed as an industrial city, now it sought to partition and simplify the various functions of a city into housing, commerce, recreation, industry, and so on. In a sense, the physical industry may have left Hong Kong, but the financialization and corporatization of industries have not. As such, this project seeks the possibility to bring back a new production function in Hong Kong.

This project did not focus too much on the design of the garment workshops itself, but on the architectural interventions on the existing site and figured out the possible reasons to bring the production functions back to Li Yuen Street East and West (a bazaar selling cheap clothes and souvenirs) in Central. By stealing the public space between the streets, what was merely consumption strees can become a centre with mutiple functions and cuold bring people from different fields together.

Bespoke Tailors: mapping from production to consumprion

Fast Fashion: mapping from production to consumprion

PRODUCTION STRATEGY A mixture of functionsL fashion school, tailor’s workshop, accessaries workshop, fabric store.

Li Yuen Street East and West are two streets in Central that chosen to experiment the new production strategy.The existing fabric market and local venders that selling fabric accessories are to be inter-related within the new production system.

By plugging in units of fabric stores tailor’s workshop and fashion school, the orginal commercial street can become a centre with mutiple functions and could bring people from different fields together.

STAGE 1 LOCAL FABRIC STORE OWNER MR. FA Mr Fa is a tailor and currenly runnung a fabirc shop in LiYuen Street. He feels very pround when local fashion design school students seek him for help on choosing fabircs and some tips for sewing clothes. Now he is thinking of cooperate with his neighbour who is also an owner of a fabric market on opening workshops for making clothes and clothes alterations. He rents two rooms upstairs for living and working. Mr Fa asks the archtects to help on refurbishing the rooms and stealing public space by building extented balconies or workshop boxes.

STAGE II FASHION SCHOOL The headmaster of a fashion school chooses Li Yuen Street as the site for building another campus because there are many tailors and clothes vendors in the site. He establishes an educational institution using plug in structure by buying airrise zoing from building owners. He also rents two floors for offices ues. As a reward for the socielty, the headmaster opens User Experience Workshop to educate the public on about garment and fashion, teaching them basic skills of cutting and sewing the fabrics and design simple tees.

STAGE III FASHION SCHOOL, TAILOR SHOPS AND LOCAL VENDORS Tailors are invited to work as part time tutors in the workshops sponsered by fashion school. Tailors can also use the workshops for their own business as a reward, thus comsumers can customize the suit or shirt in the design school. By doing so, the tailrs don’t need to worry about the high rent and consumers can have a direct interection with tailors. After that, local vendors are thinking of cooperate together to open accessories workshops since there are so many wasted fabric left from the design school. They use the waste fabric to make handbags and other fabric accessories and then sell them to consumers directly in their shops.

FOREST SCHOOL

African School Project Location: Malawi, East Africa 2019 Competition project

Malawi grew on barren soil, drought and saltwater intrusion, but poverty, AIDS, along with lack of education are the root causes of the dilemma, and this land is the home of the villagers. Their heavy dependence on agriculture are the main concerns.

Our project deals with African democratization, universal education and gender equality. Education is a human right and is central to achieving many other sustainable development outcomes. The school, students’ dormitory and teachers’ houses are under the same roof. It is a big shelter to embrace different programming and children. It aims provide a better access to education for the youngest citizens of the country. The children are under the roof that can protect them from sun and rain, and more importantly, they are under the protection of knowledge.

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COMPLEX

Concept Design of Kunming World Expo Location: Kunming, China 2018 Summer Intership in PH Alpha Design

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The complex covers three sites: plaza, lake area and retail area. Site 1 is a wide field. There a subway nearby and a lot of traffic flow. Site 2 contains green and platform resources, it is the leisure culture in the heart of the city. Site 3 is a commercial block near the EXPO site plot and the transportation nearby is convenient.

The design concept of the competition project is Organic Growth. The aim is to create a brand new landmark for Kunming World EXPO. I had the opportunity to take part in the competition project concept design and worked on some diagrams showing the conceptual ideas during the internship.

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