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Portfolio 2020-2022

Pinwen Zhang

Education

Pinwen Zhang

pinwen zhang@mail.polimi.it +333 203 1487

Birthday

Birthplace

Nationality

Language

Address

Sports Drawing

Instrument

Software

03-04-1998

Anhui, China

Chinese Mandarin (Native) English (IELTS-6.5 ) Italian (A2).

Piazza D'arco 6F

Table tennis, Badminton, Golf

Gouache, watercolor, sketch

Classical / Acoustic guitar

AutoCAD

SketchUp

V-ray

Enscape

Lumion

Rhinoceros

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe illustrator

Adobe Premiere

Microsoft Office

Politecnico di Milano

Master in Architectural design and history, Mantova, Italy, Sep.2020-present

Xiamen University

Bachelor in Architecture, Xiamen, China, 2015–2020

Practice

Vittorio Longheu Architetto Mantova, Italy, Intern, May.2022-present

Song Yang Architecture Studio Xiamen, China, Intern, Oct.2019

Honors / Awards

• The 1th prize in the 28th 24-hour international architecture competition Ideasforward, Mar.2019

• The 2th prize in the 2th Competition of Big Data Application for Urban Planning & Design of China, Aug.2018

• Bronze award in the 14th National College Students Art Competition of China (Gouache painting group), Nov.2017

• Honorable mention in 18th Solar Decathlon China ( SDC2018 )Competition. Nov.2017

• Academic Excellence Scholarship, Xiamen University, 2016-2019

Workshop

• Piranesi Prix de Rome XIX, 2021 - Summer Workshop Supervisor: Leoni Francesco, Pier Federico Caliari

Publication

• Scenario Blending and Ecological Island: Huangguan Island Digital Island Concept Design. Urbanism and Architecture(ISSN1673-0232), Feb. 2019, No.309, pp.88-90. Yuan Li, Jingxiong Huang, Yiping Lv, Xiaohan Gao, Dudu Hong, Pinwen Zhang.

Volunteer

• Construction Volunteer in 18th Solar Decathlon China(SDC2018)Competition. Mar.-Jul.2017

Supervisor: Andrew Berman, Lorenzi Angelo

Final Workshop Antico e Nuovo 2022 - 2nd semester studio

Visitor Center, Sabbioneta

General Plan of whole Sabbioneta

Sabbioneta is a town near Mantua,in the northern Italy. In 2008, Sabbioneta, together with Mantua was declared by UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site due to its exceptional nature as a newly founded city built in just over 30 years by the will of Prince Vespasiano I Gonzaga. Thus, it represents a perfect example of the application of Renaissance theories on how an ideal city should be designed.

From Ideal City To Nature: A Narrtive Poem For Sabbioneta

Knowledge about the city

The evoltion of the city wall

T-Shape Road network

Sketches of volumetric evolution

Sketches of details and textures

Axonometry of the site and the new building

1. Take geometric control lines of the church, and close the surface at the end of the roads.

2. Take the direction of the damaged city wall as a control line, define the second volume.

3. Using ramps to connect these two volumes, creating a city-to-nature narratation.

4. Take the column grid of the church entrance as a modulus, apply it to the new structure.

First and Second Floor Plan

Detailed Ground Floor Plan

Detailed

Facade towards the city Section

Wall detail and facade of the cafeteria pavilion

University Pavilion, Mantova

Supervisor: Eduardo Souto De Moura, Luigi Spinelli

Architectural Design in Historical Context Studio 2021 - 2nd semester studio

History of Piazza D’Arco

The Piazza develops like the rest of squares in Mantua, formed by the demolition of a medieval church, characterized by the presence of a building that enhances its importance, which is Palazzo D’Arco.

Mapping of piazzas in the city

Piazza D’Arco is in the horizontal axis of piazzas in Mantova, which was one of the most significant one in the city, but unfortunately, its current function and importance is not valued or contemplated when comparing with the status given to other city squares.

Piazzas

The axes of piazzas in Mnatova Functional mapping of piazzas

1831

1628 The space of piazza was occupied by Church of Sant’Ambrogio The piazza was shaped mainly by Palazzo D’Arco

piazza

Spatial study of piazzas in Mantova

A certain design composition that develops within the squares throughout the city is that none of them are defined or restricted by a specific regular perimeter. The most important building defines its general perimeter, but the composition of the open spaces takes place as a sequence of several other spaces. We also found that higher accessibility is one of the determining factor that enhance the quality of pubilc space.

Piazza Carlo D’Arco

Piazza Andrea Mantegna & Piazza delle Erbe

Piazza Matilde Canossa

Piazza Sordello

Piazza Leon Battista Alberti

Piazza Castello & Piazza Santa Barbara

The definition of volumes

We wanted to create a volume that relate to the surroundings, without distorting or cancelling the public space of the square, indeed enhancing its space sequence, as happens in the layout of the city. Then we noted that there are multiple alignments lines in the historical fabric that can define a further intervention.

Adopting alignment lines

Enhancing sequence of squares and courtyard

1. Università di Mantova

2. Chiesa di San Francesco

3. Politecnico di Milano - Polo Territoriale di Mantova

4. Museo di Palazzo d'Arco

5. INCIS housing complex

6. Gothic dwellings fabric

Lobby

Office

Cafe

Exhibition

station

New entrance to the original campus

Square Design

Taking the facade of Palazzo D'arco as a historical reference, the grids give a identity to the square with a powerful language. The lawn embedded in the paving evokes the memory of the underground channel in front of Palazzo D'arco.

At the junction between the project and the original campus building, a careful design is taken in order to avoid direct contact with the corner depression and bring inconvenience to lighting and structure. The wall is separated from the original building and leaves a gap. In response, an entire marble facing is used on the ground floor and translucent U-glass is used on the upper floors, with a narrow gap between them, giving the volume a sense of floating.

Spatial sequence in sections

Our aim was to design a volume that respectfully confronts itself with the façade of the Palazzo d’Arco. The main façade outline, however, does not directly compete with the continuous façade of the Palazzo d’Arco, an interruption is made by breaking the geometry, thus redefining sequence of public space.

Besides, the interior atrium of the building corresponds to the courtyards in the gothic fabric on the east side, suggests a connection between the interior and the city.

Poveglia, University Island in Venice

Supervisor: Gasparini Christian Final Thesis

Important historical events

In 864 the families of the 200 loyal servants of Pietro Tradonico settled in Poveglia. The decline of Poveglia coincided with the war of Chioggia despite the construction of a fortification (octagon Poveglia). Later its functions were oriented more and more towards health purposes: assigned to the Magistrate of Health, from 1782 its structures served for the control of men and goods and, if necessary, as a hospital. It maintained the functions of a maritime quarantine station throughout the nineteenth century and up to the second post-war period. In the last period the buildings were partly used as a mental hospital, and a geriatric convalescent home, but from 1968 this use was also abandoned.

Collage of important historical events

Initial Residence Octagon Completed Quarantine Station Mental Hospital Abandoned

Historical maps and vectorization that show changements in the territory

Changes in territory

In the earliest map of 1600, Poveglia Island was small and its surrounding beaches were still submerged by the sea. There were two main buildings, mainly for residential purposes. In 1793, the octagonal fortification was completed during the war. The main use at this time was as a quarantine station on the border, where infected ships could dock. Abandoned since 1968, the island had a well-preserved complex of houses, prisons, hospitals, mental hospitals and churches, as well as large plantations. After 50 years of neglect, the island is now covered in trees and most of the buildings have been reduced to ruins, with only the southern cluster of buildings preserved.

1. Old Building Renewal Strategy

According to the requirements of the competition and the actual damage situation of the building, the old building renewal strategy is formulated. Most of the buildings and ruins need to be maintained or transformed, and several ruins in the northeast corner must be demolished.

3. Define the Border and Natural Area

A long wall on the eastern side of the existing part separates architecture directly from the nature, forming a boundary that is not accessible, which become a potential element to be reshaped to enhance spatial penetration on both sides.

2. Define the Courtyard and Built Area

The existing building is basically in a rectangular limit and encloses two courtyards, one large and one small, which become the basic control line for the development of the scheme.

4. The Vertical Axis is Defined by the Wall

The ruined part of the wall was removed and a number of volumes were inserted with the wall as the vertical axis to open up the boundary between architecture and nature.

5. The Horizontal Axis is Defined by the Water

During the history of poveglia's growing territory, there was a limit of sea in the center of the island. Based on this, geometric elements are used to define a new canal, introducing the outer waterfront space into the interior and creating an artificial landscape.

6. Define the Other Volumes.

The plan of the library, canteen, theatre and residence are determined by the control line of old building or the territory. All the height is controlled to show repect to existing environment.

Roof Plan 1:2500

Based on the architectural morphology of the lagoon, a distributed layout is adopted to organize the functional volumes. The urban structure of the new construction creates an interlocking relationship with the old building texture. The new building is roofed with copper, which gradually turns a coppery green over time and rain, similar to the turquoise of Venetian waters. The pool is opened to bring the waterfront space along the coast into the interior of the island, reproducing the traces of canals and tidal flats during the gradual expansion of the island territory. The trees retained from the original environment form the natural landscape belt around the island, and the artificial landscape with different forms are difined according to its diverse function.

Underground Floor Plan

1.Mainwharf 2.Ticket Office 3.Exibition 4.Open-Air Theatre 5.Dressing Room 6.Storage 7.Kitchen 8.Cafe-Bar 9.Classroom 10.Lobby 11.Office

12.Meeting Room 13.Multi-Function Room 14.Cafe 15.Water Tower 16.Tea Pavilion 17.Locker Room 18.Sailing Club 19.Library 20.Courtyard 21.Study Room 22.Auditorium 23.Old Church 24.Canteen 25.Small Wharf 26.Laundry

Ground Floor Plan

In the first floor plan, a corridor running through the north and south islands serves as the main circulation connecting the two functional areas of study and living. The well-preserved interior of the old building respects the original structure and layout by dividing it. For the old buildings with poor preservation condition and need intervention, under the premise of a certain distance between the new structure and the old structure, a new volume is inserted or a new roof structure is added.

First Floor Plan

1.Theatre 2.Office 3.Meeting Room 4.Headmaster Office 5.Secretary Room 6.Classroom 7.Canteen 8.Shared Kitchen 9.Co-living Room

Grids

The Facade of Palazzo Ducale in Venice is studied, to help to define to grids of new buildings. The Venetian Gothic style of this ancient building embodies the rhythm of lightness. At the same time, due to the extraordinary landscape facing the sea, the open loggia brings the external landscape into the interior of the building. For this reason, the grid can be used to provide a connection between architecture and nature, and at the same time, to speak to the existing buildings of Poveglia using the traditional Venetian architectural language.

Materials

The facade of new project used Il verde di Tessaglia This marble has been widely used in Venetian history, and its texture is reminiscent of the green seawaters of Venice.

The project of theater used Serpentino This kind of granite is also used in Venice. Considering the cost and durability, it can be used as an alternative to marble.

The roof of new project uses copper roofing, which is light-weight and durable. It recalls a historical image of Venetian church with green patina covering its surface.

of Facade

South Facade 1:1000