Yun-Wen Lee Portfolio 2003-2008
Bachelor of Architecture Shih Chien University Taipei City,Taiwan
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Architectural Design IV S I T E Fall 07' - Spring08' A D V I S E R D U R A T I 0 N
Zhongshan District, Yuanshan Area 5th year Kuan-Hua Chen 28WEEKS
Prologue: It’s been 19 years since Taiwan opened up to foreign labourers in 1989. Be it a working day at the factories or a weekend on the streets, these foreign manpower brought Taiwan a whole new experience of labourer and a new social structure. They form a community that we cannot be ignored. Under the times we are in, a growing “cross-national” population is gradually changing cities all over the world. At the same time, globalization is calling for a re-thinking of urban space. In Taiwan, foreign labourers are usually central controlled. They reside in dormitories or inside the employer’s house without having a “home” of their own. For them, the open space within the cities is sometimes even more “private” than the dorms they stay in.
Goal:
This project hope to reach the goal that, Taipei citizens’ space for leisure activities is now also the perfect leisure area for foreign labourers. It is hoped that through culture, we can re-establish people’s self-recognition and understanding of national identity while at the same time eliminate racial barriers. I hope that all citizens would be able to embrace the foreign culture that is entering Taiwanese cities in an equal and respectful manner.
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Migrantworkers’ work types and amusements Migrantworkers’ space using limit park & open space
commerce
Labor Association >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They joint the migrant labor to fight for their rights. Now Indonesia and Philippines has their own association in Taiwan called TIMWA and KASAPI
migrantworker
local resident
exclude
long distance
not exist
Government institution attention
culture identification
individual privacy
liberty action
Fellow Townsmen Association
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NOW
supply & demand
Government institution attention recreation
food
GOAL
culture
information
commerce
Dine together >>>>>>>>>>>
interact with local resident
have their contury’s food together
culture identification individual privacy
liberty action
amusements
MIGRANTWORKERS in TAIWAN According to the statistics 2007, there has 350 thousands migrantworkers working in Taiwan now. (just include the workers form Southeast Asian) Indonesia Philippines Thailand Vietnam
male 20
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thousand people
female
Literature Organization
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like poetry organization, Chinese class.........
Household labour &Homecare service
Crewmen
Indonesia
Philippines
Manufacturing
Shopping
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Thailand Vietham
Construction
Painting & Handicraft
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work types
“WE WANT TO EAT OUR OWN FOOD”
Self-development of a common space
The first public protest made by foreign labourers on 2008 had a slogan which perfectly expresses the various limitations and restrictions they were suffering from. “Eat what I cooked” involves a huge amount of privacy and power issues concerning the living and working space. With all the restrictions applied, most foreign labourers find themselves unable to have control over their own food and preferences but to drift along the employers eating habits. Even in controlled dormitories, few employers are willing to provide home-flavored food. The above are some of the reasons why foreign labourers enjoy gathering together and dine with their compatriots during weekends.
A rich and comprehensive community network can form a force for self-protection by being an important channel for information exchange. Through joint efforts, the labouring conditions can be actually improved. The frequent interaction between members of the community often develops into a variety of interpersonal relationships forms and different kinds of groups (such as poetry clubs, photography clubs, music clubs or anti-government clubs). These groups that are form based on a common interest enjoy a shared goal. Through the activities hold, members’ sense of inclusion is also strengthened.
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GROUP URBAN PLANNING STRATEGIES Urban Re - Thinking for YuanShan Area The three members of our group took the Yuanshan area as an example to investigate the co-existence relationship of nature and the urban space. Following the rich historical past, they tried to reconsider the way of live and life in a rapid changing and transforming city and identify the urban positioning of the area. Three issues were raised from the investigation:
PROJECT 1
Pumping station reconstruction The current site has a large amount of unoccupied space at the pumping station building; the three issues mentioned above were employed to open up a dialogue of space and motion circulation. The team attempts to take this site as the city’s opening towards the river and the green land of the embankment. Added with the vast park facing the station, it is hoped to expand the public’s leisure area to the riverside and reconnect the city and nature life.
Xinsheng
Equal concourse
----Acknowledging one’s identity
Mpdern Baoan temple
----The overlapping of urban life and local religions
Peace Dormitory
KeeLung river
dam
the city
----Considering dormitories and a society of youths
At the same time, two site environment hypotheses were proposed by applying the three issues to two different site conditions in the Yuanshan area: 1. with the current site conditions, to look for a possibility of finding “water” in life at the border of the river and the city. 2. Compose an overall update plan on the green lands around the river bank and the geographical scene based on an ideal Yuanshan area.
URBAN CONTEXT This area is at the side of the Keelung River. Keelung River is among the major rivers of the Taipei basin, due to its wiggly and complicated watercourse, the river flooded frequently. After the riverbank was straightened, 200 years of flood prevention was achieved by its 6 meters tall embankment. The embankment separated the city from nature; the band thus became an empty space within the city.
PROJECT 2
New plan by the riverside Create a correlation between the riverside and the community. We replaced the original embankment with a super embankment and eliminated the gap between nature and the city through a gentle slope. New cultures, believes and lifestyles are created along these new planned green bands.
KeeLung river
dam
the city
parking space
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Xinsheng pumping station
Jianguo pumping station
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The dam
modern Baoan temple 4F~5F 3F 2F GF
Extending the open aera toward the river bank
temple market Xinsheng pumping station
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Migrantworks' culture center
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Modern Baoan temple
Peace
dormitory
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Migrantworks' culture center
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Jianguopumping station
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Equal concourse
Baoan tample
Extending the open area crossed the pumpstation toward the riverside
Xinsheng Park
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Urban re - thinking for YuanShan Area
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PROJECT I
Original site
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Project 1
Pumping station reconstruction
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PROJECT I Pumping station reconstruction
dormitory 4F 5F Baoan temple 1F
Migrantworks' culture center 2F
Equal Concourse the subsidiary bookstore of the temple 2F original pumping station GF
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work route bike route
route to migrants' center & river bank park route to Baona temple
route to student dorm
Opposite to the Jienguo and Xingsheng pumping stations is the Xinsheng Park. The Keelung River and the embankment park are located at the back side. The pumping station was a high rise five-storey building. Knowing that the machinery would just take up one storey, we reorganized the rest of the space into a half-open space in connection to the Xingsheng Park and the embankment park. The three issues were also applied.
The Foreign Labour Culture Center is located at the first floor as a connecting point of the station and the river. The balcony stretching out to the outdoors leaps over the 6 meters high embankment and reaches the Equity Plaza at the riverside.
Equal Concourse
bike route
Dam
bike parking computer center
cooking classroom
Migrantworks' culture center
classroom
information center art classroom
the subsidiary bookstore of the temple
office consultation room reading room
culture center plan S: 1/60
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Urban re - thinking for YuanShan Area
PROJECT II
New plan by the riverside
play ground
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bicycle way
bike parking
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PROJECT II New plan by the riverside
privite space
single
close space
two to three people
social space more than three people
01 Concourse
Modules Wall Installing the walls along the gentle slope alternated with different heights. Making nine modules of wall form in three types cater for migrantworkers requirement. Using the gap between the walls on concourse to create the private and open space for rest and assemble.
Space Scheme
02 Culture Center
make out three service space
consulation center education rooms association club consulation center
include law and existence consulation
education rooms general classroom
A space to do language teaching or any type of education, not require unique equipment.
computer center
The main idea of the center is to offer a space let the migrant workers can easily connect their family in abroad through internet and don’t need pay too much.
cooking studio
Afford a big scale kitchen let the works can cook their own hometown flavor food on holidays and picnic on the concourse share foods with friends
2F plan
S: 1/60
cooking classroom reading room
classroom entertainment space rest space
GF plan
S: 1/60
rest bar consultation room
audio&video space
office
art classroom
computer center information center
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PROJECT II New plan by the riverside
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Architectural Design III S I T E Fall 06' - Spring07' A D V I S E R D U R A T I 0 N
Zhongshan District, Yuanshan Area 4th year Clive Eveleigh 16WEEKS
Prologue: Yuanshan is located at the northeast of the Taipei basin making it the closest mountain system to the city. All along Taiwan’s history, this area was always seen as a beautiful environment for leisure and now, this is a richer and more diversified leisure space: A children’s amusement park during the Japanese colonization, art’s museum and a football court at the early times of the ROC government. This area offers Taipei’s habitants with a wonderful leisure environment. But today, large areas of parks and the busy traffic cut across the spaces into pieces and also cutting the interaction between one and another.
Goal: Hoped to integrate the three large scale art spaces close-by the metro stations at the Yuanshan area and make up for the leisure space that this area was lack of making it more comprehensive. With a park linked up to a compound dining space, it is expected that the geographical advantages can attract more people to come and stay and bring in energy to the area around. The park should act as the center of the loop to connect all the leisure spaces around and restructure the segmented chunks of green lands.
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INFORMATION OF THE SITE 1. Yuanshan MRT station 2. Zhongshan Soccer Stadium 3. Children’s Recreation Center 4.Taipei Fine Art Museum
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SITE Zhonshang 1 Park is in front of the Yuanshan Metro Station. Recreational places with distinctive features such as parks, the children’s amusement park, the Jhonshang Stadium, the Museum of Fine Art are close-by. Even though the park is next to the metro and bus station with many other leisure spaces around, the park enjoys a large land area with a substantial amount of trees which in turns formed a gap from the surrounding areas. Another issue is that most of the places we mentioned are government-ran (most close at 5:00pm) and there are not very many residential buildings nearby, the park in which is already underused in day time becomes “Border Vacuums” within the city during night time.
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TRAFFIC Yuanshan area is an important point of connection connecting the city center to the surrounding residential areas. It is next to the Keelung riverside where many viaducts converge and stretch to the normal streets resulting in a comparatively complex traffic condition. The Zhongshan highway cuts through the amusement park and the Museum of Fine Arts, separating one from another making them places difficult for people to reach. The Yuanshan metro station is currently a very important transfer hub (bus-metro) for people from the suburbs to get in town. The capacity of the metro is large and with the large number of busses passing by, this area enjoys a rapid passenger circulation.
CULTURE The Zhonshan Stadium, the recreation center and the Fine Arts Museum are all cultural and educational developments planned by the central government.
Zhongshan Soccer Stadium Taipei’s one and only standardized soccer field. Due to Taiwanese’s lack of passion for soccer, this stadium is now used as a performance hall. It is open to the public on holidays. Close-by the stadium is a small scale court dedicated for extreme sports.
Children’s Recreation Center This is Taipei’s only one amusement park with large scale amusement facilities. At the same time, there is a 3D theater located inside the Science sections and a folk arts experiencing area.
Taipei Fine Art Museum Apart from the permanent and special exhibitions, arts workshops for children and artistic films are organized during holidays for the public to participate and enjoy.
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Yuanshan MRT station
MONDAY-SUNDAY MONDAY-SUNDAY MONDAY-SUNDAY MONDAY-SUNDAY MONDAY-SUNDAY TUESDAY-SUNDAY TUESDAY-SUNDAY
Children’s Recreation Center Taipei Fine Art Museum Zhongshan Soccer Stadium
TUESDAY-SUNDAY TUESDAY-SUNDAY
SATURDAY NIGHT
MONDAY-SUNDAY MONDAY-SUNDAY MONDAY-SUNDAY MONDAY-SUNDAY MONDAY-SUNDAY
Spatial Strategy >>>>population spread graph Since the park is separating the people from gathering together, we hope to create a space underneath the park for dining and information sharing. In this way, we might hopefully attract people to go into the park and enjoy our resources.
nodes
people
>>>>moving route graph The designed traffic flow cuts through the dining area, the information sharing space and connects the metro station and the Museum of Fine Arts.
Tatung University
shopping street ching guang tradional market
residential area
The commercial activities of this area are mostly performed at the south of the park, around the colleges and close-by the residential areas. Having said that, people who are looking for food or a place to rest would have to cross the whole park and pass through the stadium to reach the closest commercial area. This created a huge problem for this area’s development.
Children’s Recreation Center
Taipei Fine Art museum
car exit
EAST ENTRANCE
Yuanshan MRT station
MIDDLE ENTRANCE
WEST ENTRANCE car entrance
skating rink
water square
bus station Zhongshan Soccer Stadium
Fun Feast park
plan ground floor
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back court
kitchen
food court B
Fun Feast plan first ground floor A
pedestrian routes
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coffee shop
supermarket
kitchen back court
<<<< west entrance information center >>> food court section A
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information center >>> food court section B
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longitudinal section
parking lot
east entrance
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bridge to Fine Art museum
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middle entrance to information center
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Architectural Design III S p r i n g 0 6' A D V I S E R D U R A T I 0 N
4th year Clive Eveleigh 4WEEKS
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Prologue: In todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efficiency oriented and highly artificial yet intensive society, out styles of living is continuously changing. Human beings kept developing new materials to construct the space we are occupying to better protect ourselves from the dangers in nature. Yet, in this process, we forgot how to transform nature's power and coexist with it. In this project, we try to rethink the relationship between people, housing and nature from a whole new point of view through the existing ecology. With Taiwan-the climate and species of the tropical and sub-tropical zones-as a prerequisite, we try to explore the possibilities of household and treesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coexistence.
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Growing
Dwelling The Banyan tree house
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Growing
Dwelling The Banyan tree house
About Banyan tree
The older banyan trees are characterized by their aerial prop roots which grow into thick woody trunks with age, when the prop roots reach the earth they can grow very fast and become strong enough to support or substitute the main trunk. Old trees can spread out laterally using these prop roots to cover a wide area.
Ecology recovery
Reduce the land area taken by residential buildings and share the land with more animals and plants.
1 year
10 m 3m
0.5 year
“Growing” house Plant the future homes for our offspring (the concept of home—passing on)
Shape the branches of trees into the framework of housings. A house is no longer a life-less form but an organic creature that grows with trees.
Let some prop roots in the pipe and fill it with earth and water.
plan sketch
When prop roots reach the earth it will grow up fast to the ground.
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grandparents plant a tree
The increasing and decreasing of
“Men” and “Houses” All creatures have their lifecycles. Houses that were “grown” are no exception. Taking a family for example, we see that the demand on space will definitely increase following the birth and grow of offspring. Once children are old enough, they will leave the house, one after another. At this point, excessive space would appear in this “home.” If we look at the houses grown by trees, we know that they can be expanded when needed. With time passing, the originally used framework will gradually grow old and die-some space thus disappears. At this time, children would be old enough and would leave home. We then can relocate to the newly grown spaces and reside there. From this example, we see how the house and the residents increase and decrease at the same pace.
get a tree
get marry
grow a tree house kids grow up and leave the house
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Growing
Dwelling The Banyan tree house
Working system
RAIN
collects the rain water
Percolating the rain water
Let it be the washwater in home, expect water for toilets and kitchen.
water tank
supply
Make the floor module. By the floor, set the component to steady and shaped the guide tube for the tree frame. So the tree frame can be the form what we like.
supply
waste
The family waste separate into dry and wet. Let the family waste become the compost. The soil under the tree house absorbs the excess liquid and the odor of the waste.
deodorization solid waste liquid waste
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Architectural Design III S p r i n g 0 6' A D V I S E R D U R A T I 0 N
4th year Clive Eveleigh 4WEEKS
VerticalFarm Prologue:
Taiwan is located between the tropical zone and the sub-tropical zone. The rainfall is heavy and the temperature is high. Being an agriculture-based nation, we have a huge variety of products. With the rapid increase of crops, pollution on farms due to irrigation, fertilization and soil treating has contributed to the never-ending reports on contaminated products. In the recent years, due to the issues of climate changing, global warming and the energy crises brought by economical development and the rapid industrialization, the cultivable land had reduced in size. The supply of primary food provisions such as rice, wheat, corn and soy beans is experiencing difficulty in catching up with the demand of the growing population and increasing income. In other words, we are facing a food supply crisis. The major goal of this project is to find out a way to develop new energy sources and increase food production without continuing to damage the earth ecological system.
Goal:
Vertical farms utilize hydroponics and glasshouse culture to lessen blight and natural damages and thus increase the number of harvest activities. Develop â&#x20AC;&#x153;biomass energy.â&#x20AC;? Cultivate related energy generating plants and increase the degree of energy self-sufficiency. Complete the processing, packaging, waste recycling, selling and distribution inside the vertical farm to reduce any possible energy waste and cut down on costs during the whole process.
Hoped this demonstrative farm be of educational value and show the whole journey of foods from their production to the store where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bought.
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VerticalFarm
The Banyan tree house
VerticalFarm in the City
Why we need Vertical Farm? Advantages of Vertical Farming
NORMAL
2 terms/per year 1term = 90days 1m
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harvest
4.8kg /per year
transplant rice seedlings
bloom
The paddy rice harvest
grow seedlings
All food can grown organically: no herbicides, pests, pesticides, or fertilizers No weather-related crop failures due to droughts, floods, typhoon Returns farmland to nature, restoring ecosystem functions and services It could reduce the incidence of armed conflict over natural resources, such as water and land for agriculture Dramatically reduces fossil fuel use because of no tractors, plows, shipping, Combing the factory and market to the vertical farm can cut down the transport pollution.
germinate
The traditional planting process of paddy rice
IMPROVEMENT
90days 5 = 18days 360days 18days= 20terms
20 terms/per year 1term = 18 days 1m
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harvest
48 kg /per year
harvest
granary
nutrition growth period
breeding growth period
maturation growth period
process of Hydroponics Let us see some facts and figures from a hydroponics and a glasshouse culture point of view. Our countrymen’s yearly per capita rice consumption is 48kg. Taiwan’s rice growing operates twice per year. Every growing period lasts for 90 days. Every year, a total of 4.8kg can be produced by every square meter of plantation. If we replace sunshine with LED lights, the plant’s rate of growth can achieve five times faster. The above description shows that the output of every m2 can satisfy one man’s demand for one year. Hydroponics is also known as Nutriculture which is one type of soilless culture. It is clean and no soil is needed. All the nutrients needed for the plant to grow are made into a culture solution according to suit individual needs.
shape study sketch
Vertical Farm work process main route of crop staff route multitude route rice route seedling route rice assign waste recycle
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VerticalFarm
Layers Function Culture solution Photovoltaic Power Plant
the rice growing approach
Paddy rice culture glasshouse Paddy rice culture glasshouse rice seeding culture glasshouse
rice depository rice distribute and package
Lay Layers yers Function Fu unction
traditio traditional onal market park
parking lot/cargo discharge biodiesel station biodiesel crop plant biodiesel power transform waste recycle and generate electric power
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03' - 08' Bachelor of Architecture Shih Chien University,(SCU) Taipei City, Taiwan W O R K I N G
E X P E R I E N C E
Eslite Co. Department of store design Designer assistant Dingjyue Dimension Design Co. Designer assistant Artech - Inc Intern Aura Architects & Associate Intern
S C H O O L S'
2009.09 2008.07 - 2009.07 2007.12, 2006.01
E X P E R I E N C E
Graduated Students Committee's Public Relations
2004.10
Planning the opening reception for graduation exhibition
2008
Connect with the lecturer of international seminars, SCU
2005
Students Committee's Public Relations WORKSHOP S
PARTICIPATED
(G)hosting: Talismanic Architecture, Taipei City,Taiwan
2006
Fongshan City, Taiwan The workshop recording was published in book in 06'
2005
Arranged the workshop for high school student
2005
City Awakening International Architecture Workshop Corbubird Summer Camp, SCU
08' "Mei -Jin - Chih ", Graduation Exhibition, SCU Campus, Taipei City
07' "Stories of Ages", Graduation and Department uniteExhibition, SCU Campus, Taipei City
04'
The Rumor of China Towns,
04'
Young Designer's Exhibition,
MOCA Taipei
TWTC, Taipei City
Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance In 05'Fall semester
Eslite bookstores' Librarian for Art domains 06'-07'