The Next Layer

This is a Fourth year school project with appointed site. I managed to find out the issues around the site and created the brief. This is a project with my caring for the society, and my appreciation to the upcoming international event - The winter Olympic Games 2022, in Beijing. It also shows my respect to the master plan made by the administration.

Meanwhile, I also focused on the creation of interesting space and elegant landscape. In this project I looked at how to create artificial layers of the city and nature. The design reflects my thoughts on the development of the city, and the ways we should go next.

Video of the project : https://youtu.be/ DIH8RaC13LQ

Tools : Rhino + Grasshopper, Lumion, Twinmotion, Photoshop,Illustrator, Premiere

Project: Total area : 129000 sqM Hotel & Public building

Mass the project cubes. The function of the studio, theater and commercial uses were put on the ground floor.

A Very Closed Site

Traffic Hot Spot

Analysing the site, I found that Although the site seemed to have a convenient traffic condition, it was actually very closed. People from Beijing North Railway Station and Xizhimen underground station cannot reach the site directly because of the huge Kaide mall, this design boldly connects the podium inside the site with Kaide mall by a floating structure, which would effectively enhance the accessibility of the site.

The Creative industry is now playing a more and more significant role in influencing an area. Comparing Kaide mall with Joy city, we can see that how important creative industry can be for a public facility.

Public green space is expected in the Xizhimen area, the King's cross area is very similar with Xizhimen, they all based on a train station, and an important traffic spot in the city. In the comparison, we can see, the need for a large scale public green space.

Connect the Kaide mall with my project. Make holes on the floating structure, to provide adequate sunlight for the road below.

Divide the cube into three floors, and also add another layer to the connecting structure.

Adjust the form of structure. Create a wavy floor for the podium, and add atriums for a 'break' from the boring texture in this part of the city

1. Unusable overlap between floor slabs create unusable spaces.The atrium is added to unchoke the conflicts between peaks and valley.

The winter Olympic game, 2022 will take place in the suburb of Beijing, the train station in Xizhimen area is the only station connects that area with downtown. So, there should be a hotel for skiers, athletes and tourists at this spot. And the supporting facility for skiing. Also, a small ski resort in the middle courtyard.

The Courtyard in the middle of the site,should be able to provide a popular public green space. By the unique landscape design, there will be a ski run in the winter for skiers and a lively hill in the summer for everyone in the Xizhimen area. The project will be a bonsai in the city.

Master Plan

Can an increase in quality of life be maintained as population densities increase? Moreover, what conditions should be satisfied before such increases in density take place? What role will nature, in the widest sense, play in such an increase in density? The idea of arranging nature on numerous levels acts as both a continuation of the existing landscape and a symbol of its artificiality. This project provides multi-level public space as an extension to existing public spaces. At ground level it allows for visibility and accessibility, for the unexpected, for “nature” whilst spatial events and cultural events populate it in section.

A The view of the courtyard from inside of the spa center. B View shows how to use the wavy slabs, in this part, it's been used as a theater.Also equipped with wheelchair accessible passage C . Wavy floor is used as a nature public communication space among the art studios. And inside the studio, the floor is flat. D. Split-level between 2 and 3 floor. Used as a sky garden.

High Rise

The residential part is mainly divided into two categories: serviced apartments and hotels, which are divided into ordinary, artistic, economic, youth and other styles for different users. Functions (study room/studio/activity room, etc.) are put in according to needs, with similar layout and enhanced publicity compared with ordinary hotels.

Exploded Axo

The public part of the building are 4 new layers of the city, which consist of three layers of 'buildings' and one for landscapes. The well-used wavy floor slab takes people away from their daily life for a whole new experience, the peaks and valley created atriums that indistinct the floors, also generate some natural split-levels for new green spaces.