Zipu Zhu Architectural Portfolio 2013/14

Architectural Association School of Architecture Intermediate Unit 5 Candidate for RIBA Part I, expected 2014

Zipu Zhu Current Address: 1st Floor Flat, 28 Caledonian Rd, N1 9DT, London, UK Permanent Address: Askims Domarringsväg 254, 43638, Gothenburg, Sweden Tel: 0044 7964907054 (U.K); 0046 703253503 (Sweden) Email: zipu.zhu@aaschool.ac.uk

Curriculum Vitae PROFILE Efficient, Organized, Fast learner, Meticulous

EDUCATION Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), RIBA Part 1 London, UK, Sep 2011 – Present Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), Foundation London, UK, Sep 2010 – Jun 2011 Life Drawing & Photography Folkuniversitetet Gothenburg, Sweden, Feb 2010 - Apr 2010 Still life Drawing & Freehand Drawing Short courses Zhengzhou, China, Jun 2010 - Jul 2010 University of the Arts London Short courses London, UK, Sep 2009 - Dec 2009 Freehand Drawing Architectural Drawing Portfolio Preparation

Hvitfeldtska Gymnasium (High School)

Gothenburg, Sweden, Aug 2007 - Jun 2009

International Baccalaureate: 34 Points Higher Levels: Physics; English; Psychology Standard Levels: Math; Chemistry; Swedish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Digital Photography Studio Assistant

London, UK, Sep 2012- Present

Assistant studio manager and photography consultant, AA

Project Little Dream - Summer Volunteer - Thnouh Village, Takeo, Cambodia

Hongkong, Aug 2013

Group Project Leader on the Green Line, design and physical modeling of modular brick for the green wall

Digital Prototyping Lab Assistant

London, UK, Nov 2012- Jun 2013

Lab Assistant in digital prototyping inculding lasercut, CNC, and 3D printing, AA

Physiology Lab Assistant

Gothenburg, Sweden, Jul 2011,Sep 2012

Lab assistant for neurology research,sectioning mice brain, cell count, Department of Physiology. GU

Designer

Gothenburg, Sweden, Sep 2011, Apr 2012

Large format banner design for The International Preschool in Gothenburg Office interior design, furniture sourcing, Department of Physiology, GU

Language Control Editor

Gothenburg, Sweden, Jan 2007 – Present

Language control & text editor for medical articles for the Department of Physiology, GU

Photographer

Gothenburg, Sweden, Aug 2011, Sep 2011

Fashion photo shoots for Eovu Vintage online vintage store Professional photography project for a private client

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Digital: 3D Modeling, Architectural Visualisation, Graphic Drawing, Photography, Photo Manipulation Software: Adobe Design CS6 – Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro AutoCAD 2013 Microsoft Office 2010 – Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook Rhinocerous 3D 5.0 Analogue: Hand sketches, Carpentry, Ceramics, Film Photography

WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITIONS AA Visiting School - Bangkok - Without Briefs

Bangkok, Thailand, Dec 13-17 2013

Institutional ideas concieved through seminar, lecture, analogue design, site analysis & documentation

AA Inter 9 Projects Review Exhibition

London, UK, Jun 2013

Co-project manager, exhibition curation design, material collection, exhibition construction

Ceramica Cumella

Granollers, Spain, Feb 2013

Ceramics workshop design & production, mould design, slip casting, porcelain and stoneware, glazing

AA Hooke Park

Dorset, UK, Apr 2011, Nov 2012, Feb 2013

Carpentary, CNC design, furniture fabrication, 1:1 installation design & fabrication

LEADERSHIP ROLES & ACTIVITIES Architectural Association (AA) Elected Student Forum Member

Jan 2013- Jan 2014

Organized Valentines Event, Easter Party, End of Year Party. Responsible for Student Concerns, Travel Bursary.

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS Architectural Association School of Architecture Technical Studies High Pass (Top 3%) Architectural Association School of Architecture Travel Bursary Award 2013/2014 Architectural Association School of Architecture Bursary Award 2013/2014 Architectural Association School of Architecture Bursary Award 2012/2013 AA Award 2011/2012 Nomination University of the Arts London (UAL) Student Photography Competition First Prize

May 2014 Apr 2014 Jun 2013 Jun 2012 Jun 2012 Dec 2009

PERSONAL Languages: Chinese: Native language English: Proficient Swedish: Intermediate French: Basic Interests: Photography, film, gastronomy, piano, TED talks, collecting, basketball, gym, cycling, travel

REFERENCES Sue Barr Head of AA Photostudio, AA Media Studies Course Tutor, PhD at the Royal Academy; Tel: +44 (0)777 0872996; Email: suebarr@aaschool.ac.uk

Ryan Dillon AA Intermediate 5 Tutor, AA History & Theory Studies Lecturer, DRL Programme Coordinator, EGG Office Designer; Tel: +44 (0)798 4127069; Email: ryan.dillon@aaschool.ac.uk

Ingrid Schrรถder Director MPhil/dipArch programme at University of Cambridge Department of Architecture; Tel: +44 (0)754 0749123; Email: iis1000@cam.ac.uk

For examples of my work, please get in contact with me and I would be happy to provide you with a digital portfolio.

Media Velocity Incubator Studio Design Project AA Intermediate 5 Autumn 2013 - Work in Progress Architectural Association School of Architecture Tutor: Ryan Dillon

SITE King’s Cross & St Pancras, London, UK

King’s Cross & St Pancras is a “Gateway” station, a space torn between rapidity and slowness, a collision of speeds from all directions (Trains, Tube, Bus,) an intermediate zone of suspension. It acts as the threshold that controls the imports & exports of the people into the area. The loss of control over speed has become a problem such that, more efforts are spent on synchronizing due to the increased circulation, passing the threshold of comfort thus generating counter-productive effects.

THEME Urban Reactivation, Mobility, Social, Transportation, Tempo

This project is a re-design of the train station, with the focus of accommodating the new maglev high-speed train technology into a physical structure that appropriates its functions and efficiency. The Media Velocity Incubator challenges the prototypical model of transportation centers with tempo control, and continuous terminus, and paternoster platforms to transfer passengers to the moving trains.

1000m

600m

800m 900m

400m

700m

500m

200m 300m

s to e Tim arture p De tform ts Pla men m Co ivals rr A om Exp ivals fr Arr tus Sta

300m

600m

1000m

800m

500m

700m

900m

NORTHBOUND

:8 Tracks Train ber of Num

:21 ing 7 30 Board rding 7. :21 Boa rding 8 .30 Boa rding 8 :21 Boa arding 9 .30 Bo rding 9 Boa

400m

200m 100m

St. Pancras Ring Diameter 312 m

Northern Piccadilly Victoria

669

16.01 O n 16.05 O Time n 16.13 O Time n 16.20 O Time n 16.32 D Time el 16.34 O ayed n Time 16.43 D elayed

0

+6.1°

+11.7° +10.5° +10.3°

+19.1° +16.8° +14.0°

+9.3°

EASTBOUND

+6.1°

+5.0°

+3.2°

Metropolitan

Circle

WESTBOUND

Hammersmith & City

Inner Ring Diameter 289 m

ville Rd

Penton King's Cross Station

St Pancras Station

King’s Cross Ring Diameter 300 m

Maglev Ring Diameter 332 m

n sto

Rd

Eu

1000m

600m

800m 900m

700m

400m 500m

200m 300m

400m

200m 100m

300m

600m 500m

LONG VEHICLE

LONG VEHICLE

1000m

800m 700m

900m

2 am

4 am

6 am

8 am

10 am

12 pm

2 pm

4 pm

6 pm

8 pm

10 pm

W 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

S

E

N

11 am

270

2 pm

3 pm

1 pm

180

12 pm

0

11 am

10 am

12 pm 2 pm 1 pm

90

Säynätsalo, Jyväskyla, Finland 20121213 Sunrise: 10:45 am Sunset: 2:15 pm Low Sun path range

SITE Säynätsalo, Jyvaäskyla, Finland On the rocky eastern side of the island of Säynätsalo, intellectually, physically and emotionally immersed in the built and unbuilt legacy of Alvar Aalto, situating the projects in proximity to his town hall and carrying out experiments.

THEME Urban Reactivation, Fabrication, Design & Make, Light, Nature This project is an attempt to render subjective experience as objective reality. It recreates so-called ‘actual’ / physical reality out of perceived reality - that is to build the Real from Experience. An experiential route taken at Aalto’s Experimental House is the basis of the project, anaylising the various nature encounters, light exposure sets the fundamental data which morphs the form structure.

Set around the event of Saint Lucia day on the 13th of December, the structure acts as a transitional space and source of power for the council chamber in the poorly illuminated Säynätsalo Town Hall.

PROCESS Fabrication, Site Analysis, Research, Site Application Operating between fine art and architecture – or what Aalto termed ‘artek’– following a non-programme-based design approach, emphasising an array of types of movement, and always, as Cedric Price once said, ‘delight in the unknown’.

Scale: 1:100 e 45

Existing Level

425

Work Level

374

Project Level Rock Excavation Earth Excavation

12 am

Forensic Illuminaries

Brown

A

Studio Design Project

B

C

Sample Preservation: Menzel - Gläser Superfrost Glass Slides Menzel - Gläser Cover Slips 24 x 55mm

Optical Microscope: Olympus DP 72 Microscope Lighting Instrument: Olympus BX60 Lens: Olympus UPIanFI

D

AA Intermediate 9

E

F

G 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Green

White

Nature Sample Slides

17

Autumn 2012 - Spring 2013

Optical Imaging Colour Pallete

Architectural Association School of Architecture Tutors: Christopher Pierce, Christopher Matthews Micro Nature Sample:L.2 Optical Zoom:20x

Species: Betula papyrifera Leaf Exposure Time:1/6897 sec

Micro Nature Sample:Ms. 10 Optical Zoom:4x

Species: Euchromius ocellea Exposure Time:1/1393 sec

Micro Nature Sample:Ms. 1 Optical Zoom:20x

Species:Coleophora vitisella Micro Nature Sample:Ms 3 Exposure Time:1/852 sec Optical Zoom:10x

Species: Ethmia quadrillella Exposure Time:1/4202 sec

Micro Nature Sample:Ms. 14 Optical Zoom:20x

Species: Cilix glaucata Exposure Time:1/852 sec

Micro Nature Sample:Ms. 6 Species: Rhyparia purpurata Optical Zoom:10x Exposure Time:1/4202 sec

Micro Nature Sample:Ms. 2 Optical Zoom:40x

Species: Depresaria sordatella Exposure Time:1/135 sec

Micro Nature Sample:Ms. 14 Optical Zoom:10x

Species:Coleophora vitisella Exposure Time:1/3717 sec

0.01mm -0.01 mm

0.15 mm

-0.08 mm

Town Hall Sample: CI17 Species: Birch Timber Truss & Ceiling Optical Zoom: 48 mm Exposure Time: 1/60 sec

0 mm

“Curving, living, unpredictable line which runs in dimensions unknown to mathematics is for me the incarnation of everything that forms a contrast to the modern world between brutal mechanicalness and religious beauty in life.”

Colour Palette: Gn/Br C16 Optical Imaging Sample: Ms. 10 Species: Euchromius ocellea Optical Zoom:4x Exposure Time:1/1393 sec Mean Intensity: 39.3 cd

0 mm

0.08 mm

Micro Nature Sample:Ms. 1 Optical Zoom:20x

Species:Coleophora vitisella Exposure Time:1/852 sec

-0.15 mm Aalto Town Hall Ceiling Fragment

-Alvar Aalto,Villa Mairea, Noormarkku, Finland, 1939

Species:Coleophora vitisella Optical Zoom:20x

Exposure: 1/852 sec Illumination: 1173 lux Colour Spectrum: 650-750 nm

Micro Nature Sample:Ms. 10 Species: Euchromius ocellea Optical Zoom:4x Exposure Time:1/1393 sec

Species: Euchromius ocellea Optical Zoom:4x

Exposure: 1/1393 sec Illumination: 7.18 x 4 lux Colour Spectrum: 550-650 nm

Micro Nature Sample:Ms 3 Optical Zoom:10x

Species: Ethmia quadrillella Exposure Time:1/4202 sec

Species: Ethmia quadrillella Optical Zoom:10x

Exposure: 1/4202 sec Illumination: 2.39 x10 lux Colour Spectrum: 450-550 nm

Section Elevation A-A

Baroque Transitions Carpentry & CNC Design AA Intermediate 9 Winter 2013 Architectural Association School of Architecture Tutor: Valentin Van der Bijek Group Members: Dake Li, Tane Kinch

SectionTerrace Space Scale:1:10

Elevation SectionTerrace Space Scale:1:10

THEME The ornamental roof design and wall-décor sits on the lower terrace of the Architectural Association at 36 Bedford Square. The structure’s beauty not only lies in its baroque ornamentation that was inspired by the decoration found throughout the AA, but is rather found in its attention to detail and its earnestness to achieve the perfect ‘tight fit’.

165 65 cm m 264 4 cm m

229 2 29 ccm

Cantilevers match the grooves of the ledges on the upper terrace; the design is modified specifically to the slant in the boundaries of the drain. All these aspects encouraged a more site-specific design, in which both site and design had a mutual dependence.

At the same time, the roof and wall-décor extend across the site in a very fluid way. Both of these aspects in the design contributed to its successes in both integrating with the site whilst also keeping a certain independence from it, creating what we define as a pending structure.

13 4 cm m 134

58 5 8 cm

Exploded E Explo oded o de e A Axo Axonometric nomet etric of o S Stru Structure c r

Axo-SectionTerrace Space Scale:1:10

The Director’s Chair Carpentry & CNC Design AA Intermediate 9 Autumn 2012 Architectural Association School of Architecture Tutors: Valentin Van der Bijek Group Members: Carlos Peters, Na-Jong Wong

test testmodel_04 model_04

final design final design

arm piece design change arm piece design change : Due to structural issues, arm pieces had to be altered. The original structure only allow inward folding, while the chair Due to structure issue, arm pices had to be changed its direction while folding from inward to outward. fuctions only with outward folding. In addition, more design details for the braces were imporved.

Meanwhile, additional design detail for the braces were needed.

THEME The course focuses on the re-design and fabrication (copy) of an existing chair in full scale - 1:1. Each student (group) will select an original (chair) and work towards a translation and a fresh construction strategy for the fabrication of a Replica Structure.

Our sole material will be 12mm sheet material (birch plywood).

All components will be designed and produced with the use of CNC milling technology in mind. Our sense of material and constructive economy will be at stake. Issues of weight, porosity and composition should be considered.

The aim is to test the limitation of sheet material against an existing utilitarian designed object. The task is to be inventive towards a material limitation and to utilize design through new joining technologies. Imagine the Le Corbusier Chaise Lounge Recliner, the Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chair, designed and constructed in 12mm birch-ply-wood. What design decisions are to be made?

What structural, economical and comfort constraints challenge our sense of beauty? What is your sense of Beauty?

Working in different scales. Through the use of laser cut models we optimize and structurally test our design. Deviations will occur! Our re-design should be intentional not random. Is it still a chair? All structural decision have a design consequence or the other way around. We like to aim for a physical testable result, nothing virtual; let’s say your mother should be able to use your Replica Structure.

The Bionic Tower Technical Design Project AA Intermediate 5 Autumn 2013 Architectural Association School of Architecture Tutors: Phil Cooper, Anderson Inge Group Members: Ahmad Altahhan, Hwa-Jeong Lee, Radu Macovei, James Mak, Timothy Tan, NA Jong Wong, Tsen Yeoh,

Design Decisions After taking inspiration from the Bionic Tower by Vicent Callebaut Architectures, the design of the tower took form with triangular plan and three legs and an attempt for aerodynamic modification on the edges.

The tower is conceived by using the green guide and 3d-modelled using as a sweep tool.

The tower will be 100 meters, therefore 25 floors with 4m each.

The model was made in the sacle of 1:100 A more prominent single brace was used as the lateral support to emphasize the curved form.

The braces were done every two floors in order to achieve a 90 degrees between every tie.

THEME Technical Studies, Fabrication, Design & Make, Load Testing The technical studies project examine how the structural elements of a building carry load. Physical models are made and load-tested to predict the static and dynamic behaviour of structures under load and to illustrate deformation and failure.

Emphasis is also placed on finding idealised conceptual models to demonstrate structural behaviour, in particular the stability of the whole building structure. Examinations are made of how forces create stresses and deformations in architectural structures, taking into account material properties.

SITE Southwark, London, UK Inspired by the banking system, and with the increasing demands for agricultural production, a new institution is created to provide for the project demands of the community in the London Borough of Southwark, and an attempt to contribute to the creation of the Union High Street. The prototypical institutions that were adopted are the bank and the farm.

THEME Urban Fabric Disection - Agritectural Banking Farm

In our storybook towns, the street is bracketed by the Bank, Library, Post Office, and Town Hall. These grand buildings are designed to exemplify modernity and progress.

Many of these institutions are now virtually redundant, as are the institutions that they represented. In the second term we will be asking how these high street dinosaurs might be re-invented, re-programmed andknitted back into the fabric of our cities.

Working with a set of sites along London’s river edge, through examining the physical fabric of these spaces and the possible function of the institutions that we are re-designing, we will look for a new hybrid of types that engage with the institutional life of the town/city in the 21st century.

Agritectural Banking Farm Design Project AA First Year Spring 2012 Architectural Association School of Architecture Tutors: Ingrid SchrĂśder, Monia DeMarchi