Zhifei Liang CV and Portfolio

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Introduction

Zhifei Liang Address: 27 Lancaster Court, 36-38 Newman Street, London, W1T 1QHP Phone: 07419582629 Email: Zhifei.Liang@aaschool.ac.uk

Profile

As a fresh graduated architecture student, I keep great enthusiasm for architecture design and expect to practice as a part1 architectural assistant. I gained advanced skills in drawing and modelling at school and can complete the task good and fast. To specify, I was particularly good at visualising collages in photoshop while also master rhino, grasshopper, Cinema 4d and other 3D software. Overall, a motivated, innovative, and humble student looking forward joining in the team.

Education 09/2019 - 06/2022

Architectural Association (RIBA Part1)

Professional Experience 04/2021 - 07/2021

Tekuma Frenchman, Urban Planning Internship Assist rendering and animation.

Part-time, China

06/2020 - 07/2022

LAC, Architecture Social Media Account in China Write architecture related articles and helped editing.

Part-time, China

Accomplishment 10/2021

1st Prize & Student Award International Architecture Competition: BERLIN TECHNO BOOTH, organized by Bee Breeders

2020 -2021

High pass in ETS and HTS at school Environmental and Technical Study (group work), and History study were rewarded with high pass in first year.

Contents 1.0 A Manual of Misuse The maintenance and change of use of low-rise 1950s Khrushchyovka in China (second year work)

2.0 The New Journey of A Firewood Log A methodology of diverting firewood from burning in biomass plants

Skills Advanced

(third year work)

Rhino, Grasshopper, Adobe Suite(Ps, Ai, Id, Pr, Lr)

3.0 Redwood Arboretum A greenhouse for redwood at Bedford Square, London.

(ETS Design, group work)

Intermediate

V-ray, Cinema4D, Blender

4.0 Re-Unite A portable music club designed for Berlin techno clubbing culture after the pandemic

Ohters

Photography, Filming

(1st Prize &Student Prize)

5.0 Other Works Include collages, models, drawings, etc.

Language Fluent English Native Mandarin

01 A Manual of Misuse 2nd-year Studio Work 09/2020 - 6/2021

A manual of misuse looks at the maintenance and adaptation of 1950s Khrushchyovka in Jianxi District, Luoyang. In response to its rigid urban plan, the architect must un-programme space and facilitate residents in converting their homes. A new manual of misuse provides instructions on adapting the buildings and alternative ways of living.

Project Introduction:

Site Introduction:

The project is located at Jianxi District in Luoyang, China, a new industrial district planned during the 1st five-year economy plan in China (1953-1957). At the early stage, a cheap social housing type were massively built, originated from the Khrushchyovka in the Soviet Union, which used to be regarded as a precious gift at that time but are in urgent of refurbishment at the present.

Industrial Transition happening in Luoyang, from heavy industry to tourism, meanwhile urban centre shifts from Jianxi District to the east of the city.

The old and children were left in those old houses in Jianxi for the higher-quality education while the young parents are working and living elsewhere in the new built modern high-rise apartments.

What is the future of Jianxi after a serious economic recession?

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1st Generation of Khrushchyovka (1950-1980) Comparison among the houses built at different times.

The project started from peeping neighbors’s activities at windows.

It is interesting that misuse of windows is common in these old danwei units (Khrushchyovka).

2nd Generation of Khrushchyovka (1980-2000)

Modern high-rise apartment (2000-present)

Workshop

Restaurant

Facade of 1st Generation of Khrushchyovka Fashion Shops

Semi-interior Community Space (Public)

Hardware Shop

Private Garden

Kids Clothing Store

Hardware Store Shroud Store

Clothes Store + Community Space (Private)

Facade of 2nd Generation of Khrushchyovka

Restaurant

Temporary Parking Interior Community Space (Private)

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Alternative Circulation Grocery Store

Facade of high-rise apartment in China at the Present Adaptation is not only limited around windows but also happening at the neighbourhood scale which could be refered as misuse.

Neighbourhood of 1st generation of Khrushchyovka

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Additional Structure

Adaptation

Design Proposal: View 1 The Design contains two parts, additional structure: relatively permanent structures, adaptation: flexible structures made by the residents

Additional Structure

Adaptation

Design Proposal: View 2

Additional Structure

Adaptation

Design Proposal: View 3

02 The New Journey of A Firewood Log 3rd-year Studio Work 09/2021 - 6/2022

The project was inspired by the process of dealing with firewood at biomass plants. The project proposed a methodology of using the gap time of those wood stocks etween drying and burning to build a dynamic wood community, where people can explore the wood construction method, and a new wood document system will be built to increase the reuse rate of wood waste.

Wood stack cluster formed the initial semi-outdoor space for workers to rest

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Project Background - Challenge Current Timber System

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Di str i buti ng: L M Fo re st r y Ltd

Sitka Spruce: The main tree grown for construction in the UK, an imported conifer from the North Europe or North America. The annual yield for Sitka spruce in the UK is 14m3ha⁻1year⁻1.

The supply chain of timber is unique. Compared to other construction materials, such as rocks, ores or soils which need to be mechanically removed from the ground, timber needs to keep the topsoil intact to allow the seedlings to germinate again. Meanwhile, the lifespan of forests are close to the human scales, with recommended rotations for forestry harvests ranging from 35 to 70 years depending on species and location. It means that the replenishment of the timber resource is much shorter than others so that it can be considered as a sustainable material.

Moreover, take Europe as an example, most forests are growing in the mountainous regions where climate conditions are harsh and soil is poor. It is impossible to use land for agriculture or other purposes. Thus, the proper use of forests will benefit the local ecology and the economy.

Once harvested, timber is referred to as “roundwood”, which is transported to sawmill for further processing in order to remove bark and surface defects.

In the sawmill, roundwood will experience primary processing which includes sawing, seasoning, drying, glueing and grading which is the most important step to insure timber panels strength and stiffness. After that, there will be pre-defined standard timber panals produced.

After the primary processing, the standard timber panels can be used into construction directly or they will be further manufactured to produce more various industrial wood products, such as cross laminated timber (CLT), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), I-joints, etc. During this process, some wood waste generated in the primary processing will be join again to reuse, like chipboards.

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At the end of this process, some wood waste will be burned as biomass fuel to be recycled again. The recycling rate of wood waste can reach at 50% which is much higher than other traditional construction materials.

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East Kent Timber - Timber Merchants Kent

LM Forestry is a family run business, located in the rural Kent offering sawn timber Orlestone Oak is a family-run business, that has been providing premium quality oak

East Kent Timber, Supplying high quality Timber throughout East Kent and beyond.

of various species and chestnut products of the highest quality, as well as complete products since the 1950’s.

We are proud to offer a fully extensive range of Timber products to suit developers,

woodland management services including harvesting extraction, planting and plan-

builders and diy enthusiasts alike. To compliment our core range we have on site a

ning for our customers in Great Britain and on the Continent.

Here at Orlestone Oak everything we do starts from the very beginning with a freshly

fully automated Saw Mill enabling us to not only saw and cut timber to your specific

felled oak tree. We then process the tree differently depending on the product we are

requirement but to also machine high quality softwood and hardwood mouldings, in

producing which include from beams, joinery, cladding, decking, flooring to sawn

particular we specialise in machining timber mouldings to match existing, however

timber, timber building, and firewood.

intricate or complicated our in house machinery is set up to produce the mouldings that you require.

By researching the timber industry in UK, I found the current wood waste grading system is hard to be implemented in reality. There is still a lot of wood ending with landfilled. The reuse rate of waste wood is low, and the reuse method is limited. As response, the project aims to build a new wood community to improve the situation.

The new wood community in construction Such a dynamic wood community will be built across UK where biomass plants are nearby.

Design Invention

The design used firewood logs at biomass plants to build a wood stack column which could serve as a rack, a pavilion, and a drying structure at the same time. The photo above shows the joinery details, that the use of notches, tensile rod, and spring helps to construct fast and disassemble easily while prevent the structure from collapse which is resulted from shrinkage.

Drying

Inhabitation

Storage

Temporary Shelter

Interior of wood workshop Exterior of wood workshop After one-year drying, wood stack column will be disassembled and used for building more permanent buildings, such as wood workshop.

Courtyard

Model Photo

03 Redwood Arboretum 3rd-year Technical Study Group Work 09/2021 - 12/2021

The aim of the project is to design an arboretum for redwood at Bedford Square, London. Meanwhile, the arboretum also provides the lecture hall, workshop, office and social space for visitors. The design considers the sustainability, environmental impacts, and challenged the limit of tension structure and fabric materials to maximize the number of redwood trees grown with the development of structures.

Redwood and Site Analysis

Design Plan and Construction Process

Water and Acoustic Analysis

Heating, Cooling and Ventilation & Lighting Analysis

C10 Water Design

C7 Cooling, Heating,and Cooling, and Ventilation Design C7 Heating, Ventilation Design

Rainwater Collection

Water Treatment

Greywater Recycle for Irrigation

Anticlastic surface means water will not pool on the and collected through gutters to water tanks. After water treatment, the clean human-contact water will be supplied to each program. The waste water will be recollected to greywater tank and used for irrigation.

As master plan shows, there are four plants room located on the four corners of the arboretum. In each plant room, there will be a full set of the water treatment equipment and water tanks.

Gutter at foundation for Drainage

Fog Fog Greywater Rainwater Tank Tank Greywater Rainwater Tank Tank

Water Treatment Water Treatment

Water Treatment Water Treatment

Irriga on ETS3: Redwood Arboretum

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Rainwater Greywater Tank Tank Rainwater Greywater Tank Tank

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Fog Nozzel on the Mast for Creating High-humidity Environment

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ETS3: Redwood Arboretum

C8 Lighting Design

C6 Acoustic Design

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ETS3: Redwood Arboretum

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C6 Acoustic Design (up to two pages by student responsible for design) • Paragraph to describe the strategy • Annotated, plans, sections and elevations to show your design.

• Any calculations used to size elements in the design.

Night Lighting Strategy at ASU Skysong Innovation Center Pavillion https://pfeifer-structures.com/portfolio/asu-skysong-innovation-center/

Supplemental/Artificial Lighting In order to generate appeal for our arboretum in the evening, LED floodlights will be fastened to the masts at approximately 2/3rds up the length of the masts. In the evening, these lights will cast a glow along the PFTE membrane that can be seen both inside and outside the structure, so our space can be accessed in the evening. The quality of the light (demonstrated in the case study to the right) is inviting but not overbearing, and creates a calm ambience of observe the redwoods. By way of our use of LED conditions year-round, and can even be festive!

ETS3: Redwood Arboretum

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04 Re-Unite

05 Other Works

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1.Abstract model of a garden design 2.Render of 'Parrot City', design for non-humans 3. Self-portrait, a frame from stop motion animation 'Addiction' 4. Urban Pressure, a street view drew by charcoal crayon

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