AFFORDANCE XIAOYUN ZHANG'S PORTFOLIO Applying to MArch Architectural Design in UCL Student Number:19122097
Xiaoyun Zhang B.Arch. Shenzhen University. China Email: zxyszu95@126.com Tel: +86 13631690914
PREFACE
AFFORDANCE PAST
Affordance is a strong architectural language which means that the form and appearance of buildings conform to the order of human behavior. As the gradually mature technology and the rapid change of people's pace of life, people's habits and demand in various fields were totally different from the past. Many traditional buildings cannot meet the ever-changing functional needs. Therefore, in each of my project, I attached great importance to find and solve the contradictions between the old and new life mode, thus generating suitable architectural form.
FUTURE Interactive Teaching
Close-ended Teaching
01 Inspiration Eden
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-A Creative College For Crazy Designers
"a cutting connecting tradition & innovation" Paper Reading
Electronic Reading
Landscape Activation
"a circle connecting nature & humanity"
Chaos
03 Self-sufficiency In Marcita
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-An Experience Hall Of Italian Heritage Farmland
Order Respect
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-A Home That Makes people closer
"a tube connecting history & future" Landscape Protection
02 Neighborhood Park
04 Time Tunnel Library -A Library Shuttling In The Future & The Past
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Inspiration Eden -A Creative College For Crazy Designers These days, Chinese education attaches more and more importance to students' creativity and hands-on ability. The Creative College is a hand workshop similar to the Bauhaus school, where students could turn their designs into reality by hands. During that period of industrial development, the school provided as many oprating machines as possible so as to provide a good platform for students to realize their imagination. In today's innovation society, the college is not limited to providing good equipment, but also to creating an active design atmosphere for students. Creative college should break down traditional classroom boundaries so that students could enjoy interactive communication. Those studios processing similar work mode should bring cooperation, and studios processing opposite work mode should appreciate each other.
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Type: Studio, Academic, Individual Project Time: 03/2018-05/2018 Tutor: Wenyan Yang
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Analysis | Workflow of Studios
Plastic Sartorius
Art supplies
Dye
Projector
Furnitu re
Sample
Machine
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Printer
Timber
ed
Adjusting
Photography
ia
Tailoring
Modeling
Post step
Action
Polishing
Composing
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Similiar work mode Fablab
3D Ren der
Lan
tal
Me
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P atter n & C olor
Coloring
Assemble
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Mu
Screen
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CREATIVE COLLEGE
Darkroom
Drawing desk
ting
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VR/AR
Camera
Prin
Art
Computer
Photoshop
Ga m
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Stone
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Model
Scenario
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Interactive Cooperation
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Object
Art-Multimedia-Industral
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Timber
Ma nu fac tu re
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Sight
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Opposite work mode
Printing
Operating
Material class
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Decoration
Multimedia class
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Tools
Key Important Secondary General
Interactive
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Elements needed in the use of this functional space
The importance of elements in space Art class
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Step
Element Materials
Pain
The larger the fan area, the more free and flexible the space required
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Mapping
Varnishing
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Programming
Ph ot og
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Sequence | Classification of Studios
Appreciation
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Concept | Interactive Space
Closed Classroom
Vague Boundary
Site | Lifted Campus
Technology Hall
Robot Competition
Streamline Team
Parameterization
The site is located at the junction of Lanjing Road and Lantian Road and surrounded by wetland park. The school land was cut into several plots by the municipal roads and Pingshan River. Therefore, the overall plan is "Lifted Campus", by constructing the second floor platform, the campus will be developed into the air to release the ground floor space and make the campus environmental friendly.
Lab Building
Dormitory
Inspiration Garden
Sculpture Park
Programming Team
3D Printing
Assemble
Design Workshop
Arts Building
Site Prototype Wetland Park
Artwork Auction
Clothing Display
Video Show
Electronic Data
Professional Devices
Mak-er space
Big Space SITE
Core Space
Lifted Corridor Materials Market
Library
Art Art Exhibition
Multimedia VR Game Experience
Industrial Mechanical Arm
Panda garden
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Affordance | Transformation
Plan | Ground Floor
Opposed To Topography
Cut Up
Box
Plan | Third Floor
8
9
Strech
Landscape
1
2
7
City Interface
3 Platform
Conform To Topography
Section | A-A
Flow & Entrance
Vertical Transportation
Laboratory Height
A
6
4 5
A
1 2 3 4 5
Timber Studio Stone Studio Assemble Hall Darkroom Art Exhibition/ Open Art Classroom 6 Center Hall 7 Technology Hall 8 Electronic Database 9 2F Platform
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Activity | Section Series
Affordance | Elevation
View |From Multimedia College
M6*20 Steel Bolt
Aluminum Capping
Universal Beam
Aluminum Capping
Aluminum Bracket
Sealing Strip
Hollow Steel
Hollow Tempered Glass
Weather Sealant
The creative process itself is an art, is an exhibition. Some people are willing to communicate with others during the brainstorm, some people are willing to show their design work and get evaluated. I think creative college is a place where is full of unusual idea and breaks the rules. Therefore, I used geometric segmentation and some elements, like twisted glass, intersecting corridors and parametric facade, to show its uniqueness.
M6*35 Steel Bolt
Three Layers of Steel Frame
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Neighborhood Park -A Home That Makes people closer The Urban Village is a unique residential form in Southern China. Due to its relatively low price, it has become the preferred renting area for many people who come to Shenzhen to earn their living. People who live here cook and entertain together so that the living atmosphere is harmonious and lively. However, with the progress of society and the improvement of the life rhythm, modern high-rise houses make neighbors meet each other less often. And, the relationship between people became more and more indifferent. In this project, we compared several traditional residential in China and concluded that the small streets surrounding the house are the main occasions for communication activities. I want to incorporate this kind of street into the modern form of the house.
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Type: Research , Academic, Individual Project Date: 01/2018-03/2018
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Site | Conditions
Analysis |Population & Space
CAIWUWEI
m
CAIWUWEI
CAIWUWEI m Binhe Avenue 1k
R=
m
Residential Area
Residential Area
Binhe Avenue
1k
R=
t Road
SHENZHEN
SHENZHEN
Urban Village Distribution
Bagua Road
Bagua Road
“ Urban village”
“ Urban village”
Regional Circulation Framework
Bagua Road
Traditional Street 1900s “ Urban village”
Existing City Fabric
Urban VillageFramework Distribution Regional Circulation
Urban Village Distribution
Urban Village Distribution
Hongling Road
Hongling Road
SHENZHEN
Baoan Road
FUTIAN
Hongling Road
Hongli Road
SITE
Hongli Road
Type of living SITE space
SITE
Hongli Road
FUTIAN
Baoan Road
t Road
Shennan Eas
Baoan Road
FUTIAN
Shennan Eas
LUOHU
t Road
Shennan Eas
LUOHU
LUOHU
Affordance | Transformation
Residential Area
Binhe Avenue
1k
R=
Analysis | Evolution of Street Activity
Regional Circulation Framework Existing City Fabric
Existing City Fabric
Regional Traffic Framework
Baoan Road
Baoan Road
“ Urban village”
Office land
nxiang
Bagua Road
ad RoWa
Hongli Road
Bu
g Road Wanxian
g Road Wanxian
Functional SITE Requirements Community park
d
Roa Buwei
SITE
Street park d
Roa Buwei
e
a. Single room Space System b. Multi-personGreen compartment Existingroom Circulation Existing Circulation c. Standard d. Family suite e. Store f. Restaurant a. Single room g. Mahjong room b. Multi-person compartment h. Bar c. Standard room i. Workshop
Surrounding traffic
d. Family suite e. Store f. Restaurant Schematic diagram g. Mahjong room h. Bar i. Workshop
Basking
Garden In The Air
Street Above The Unit
Combination Of Unit
Chatting
Jinhua Road Street park
Community park
d
During this period, the street had communal kitchens and other functions. People often communicate on the street.
Street park
Green Space System
Urban Villages Street 1970s
Schematic diagram
SITE
Jinhua Road
e
Functional Requirements
c
SITE
Jinhua Road
d
b
SITE
SITE
a. Single room Road Green Space Buwei System b. Multi-person compartment c. Standard room d. Family suiteCirculation Existing e. Store f. Restaurant g. Mahjong room h. Bar i. Workshop
Commercial land Residential land Public facilities land Office land
c
b
a
SITE
Hongling Avenue
Jiahua Road
Hongling Avenue
Jiahua Road
a
Street In Roof Floor
Cooking
Street park
Green Space System
Binhe Avenue
Jintang Road
Jintang Road
Type of living space
ad
Existing City Fabric Existing City Fabric Existing Land Use Land Use
City Fabric Binhe Avenue
Jiahua Road Community park
SITE
Ro Existing Circulation
Existing City Fabric Regional Circulation Framework Regional Circulation Framework
Type of living space
SITE SITE
Circulation “ Urban Existing village”“ Urban village”
Existing Land Use
SITE
Community park
Jinhua Road ad wei Ro
Buwei
Street In Ground Floor
Sewing
Hongling Avenue
Hongling Road
Hongling Road
Commercial land ResidentialBagua land Road
Existing LandPublic Usefacilities land
SITE
Road
d
Commercial land Residential land Road Hongliland Public facilities Office land
ng Wanxia
SITE
SITE
Residential Area Residential Area Jinhua Road
Jintang Road
Jiahua Road
SITE
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SITE
Binhe Avenue Road
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Functional Binhe Avenue Requirements
g Wanxian
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SITE 1k =
Hongling Avenue
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Jiahua Road
Hongling Avenue
Residential Area CAIWUWEI CAIWUWEI
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Enclosure
Binhe Avenue Jintang Road
Jintang Road
Binhe Avenue
f
Community
Type of living park space
gCommunity park
h
Street park
g
f
i
a
c
b
d
Street park
h
i
Space System Green Space System GreenGreen Space System
Couple (12%)
Crowd categories and proportions
Family (20%)
Individual (37%)
The Booth
The Store
Many open shops have been added to the street. Streets became busier.
Functional Requirements e
Flat-share (31%)
f
g
h
Playing
i
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Plan | The Unit
View | The Outside Street
Plan | Ground Floor Type A
5000*6000
For Single ( Migrant Job Hunting Boy / Student )
Type B
2*5000*6000
For 2 Person ( Couple / Roommate )
Type C
A
A
3*5000*6000
For Family ( Parents & A Child )
View | Indoor Activities & Section
Type D
4*5000*6000
For Family ( Parents & Several Children )
N
PERSPECTIVE SECTION A-A
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Self-sufficiency In Marcita -An Experience Hall Of Italian Heritage Farmland Marcita is a unique farming technique in Southern Milan. Farmers digged canals and introduced the flow from Ticino River. In winter, the water in the canal works like ground heater, keeping the temperature constant throughout the area. As a result, there have species diversity and high production. The technique was no longer in use after the industrial revolution and become the cultural heritage. It is a good method for the preservation of heritage to involve people in this activity.
Location: Vigevano, Milan, Italy Type: Studio, Academic, Individual Project Date: 10/2017-12/2017 Tutor: Lionella Scazzosi
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Site | Species Diversity
Legacy | Marcita Workflow
Legacy | Marcita Farmland 1 Farmland 2 Path 3 Canal
1
-High Quality Annual Crops -High Quality Husbandary -High Quality Milk 2
Fauna Diversity
3 1
2
Vigevano Flora Diversity
Marcita Farmland Development of Marcita Canals
Agricultural Yield
Italian Heritage
Ticino Park is an ecological park along the river near to Milan. Marcita famer used the water resources from Ticino River to split water into many subcanals. Thanks to the heat capacity of water, the temperature in this area is stable and you can see green herbage even in cold winter. Therefore, the region has maintained good species diversity and annual production has remained high.
This workflow will be the basis for our functional streamline settings.
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Site | Plan & Section
Plan | Master Plan
Affordance | Transformation Ticino River
Prototype
Circle To Courtyard
Meld With Topography
Wharf
200m
SITE
VIGEVANO
Expand The Courtyard
Create Entrance
Marcita Field
N Create Main Entrance
Vertical Transportation
Tourism Channel
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Function | Perspective Section
Flow | Tourism Channel
ACCOMODATION
3F
MARCITA EXPERIMENTAL FIELD
8 DAIRY PLANT
7
Ground 0
EXHIBITION HALL
Central Pasture
1F 3 CENTRAL PASTURE
1 2
0
2
3
9
TOURISM CHANNEL
Lobby Marcita History Exhibition Green House
2F 1
2F
2F
4 5 6
6
1F
Dairy Plant Research Town of Marcita Technology Crop Storage
3F 5 4
7 8
The Lounge Accomdation
Roof 9
Test-bed for Marcita
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Time Tunnel Library -A Library Shuttling In The Future & The Past Modern citizens spend more time reading and playing games on their smart devices at home, rather than going to the library to read a book quietly. The space provided by libraries can no longer meet the needs of most people. If we could organize time series and study the reading habits of people in different periods, then create a more memorial-like library, can we attract more readers here?
Location: Shanghai, China Type: Studio, Academic, Individual Project Date: 04/2016-06/2016 Tutor: Hongyu Zhu
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Site | Conditions
Analysis | Quastionnaire of Residents
Development | Popular Reading Content & Tool
Reading Occasion 16% 5%
1950s
40%
Home
28%
8%
12%
Bookstore Bookstore
20%
70s
80s
20%
University University
20%
Home
80s
20%
University University
27%
24%
27%
24%
24%
Library
24%
Outdoor
Outdoor Outdoor
1840s
28%
Home
12%
Bookstore Bookstore
70s
Cathay Hotel
Library
40%
Home
1920s
New World Mall
Library
8%
16%
Library
5%
Library
15%
Library
15%
Library
2%
Outdoor
Library
2%
Bookstore Bookstore
9%
35%
9%
Bookstore Bookstore
Holy Trinity Church
22%
25%
Home
90s
20% 00s
20%
Home
00s
University University
20%
20%
28%
1920s
Outdoor Outdoor
Outdoor
1%
46%
2000s
Computer Computer
25%
Journal
Book
25% 70s
Journal
Huangpu Hospital
31%
46%
5% Computer
5% Computer
41% Book
Book
22%
70s
22% 80s
Journal
Journal
16%
8%
A heavy weight of hours has chain’d and bow’d. One too like three :tameless, and swift,weight and proud. A heavy of hours has chain’d and bow’d. One too like three :tameless, and swift, and proud.
1930s
Shanghai Lane
The Shanghai Pudong district has witnessed the great change in nearly hundreds of years. New and old buildings coexist here. This area is home to a large amount of localpeople living in the lane since the last century. And it has a strong historical atmosphere but lacks a cultural building.
21%
38%
1%
Book
Mobile Phone
Journal
41% Book
80s
16%
Computer Computer
8%
Computer Computer Mobile Phone
15th century C.E. 《The Travels of Marco Polo》 15th century C.E. 《The Travels of Marco Polo》
32% 32% Newspaper Newspaper
31%
NewspaperNewspaper
1%
12th century C.E. Renaissance 12th century C.E. Renaissance
28%
Reading Devices
1%
7th century C.E. House of Wisdom 7th century C.E. House of Wisdom
Middle Ages 《Gospel》 Middle Ages 《Gospel》
Outdoor
HSBC
Westin Center
4th century B.C 《Homer's Epic.》 4th century B.C 《Homer's Epic.》
25%
University University
2000s
35%
Home
22%
Home
90s
30th century B.C Mesopotamia cuneiform 30th century B.C Mesopotamia cuneiform
21%
38%
Book
9%
21% 90s
Book
9%
Kindle
Journal
21%
Book Kindle
00s
90s
00s
12%
12%
NewspaperNewspaper
22%
22%
8%
Mobile Phone Mobile Phone
32%
32%
NewspaperNewspaper
12%
Kindle
Journal
12%
8%
Journal
Kindle
Through the questionnaire, we can find that modern citizens read books by electronic devices at home. The reading space provided by libraries can no longer meet people's reading needs.
18th century C.E. 19th century C.E. 20th century C.E. Percy Bysshe Shelley：《Modern Times》 《The basis of general relativity》 18th century C.E. 19th century C.E. 20th century C.E. Romanticism Percy Bysshe Shelley：《Modern Times》 《The basis of general relativity》 Romanticism
1970s China’s reform and 1970s opening up China’s reform and opening up
Future AR/VR Future AR/VR
2000s Kindle/Ipad 2000s Kindle/Ipad
Strategy | Catalog Catalog By Period
1750
1800
1850
2050 1900
1950
2100
2150
2000
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Development | Popular Reading Spaces
Affordance | Transformation
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Solo Room H愀氀氀
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1970猀
2000猀
Fu琀ur攀
Time Box
Divide The Past & Future
Time Tunnel
Linear Growth
Strech
Plane To Line
Strategy | Space Ladder
Space In Series
Outdoor
Lecture
Database
Hall
Increase Length
Add Space Series
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Analysis | Function & Flow
View | Entrance to Exit
B-Entrance
I-Corridor E-reading Area
Vertical Transportation
VR/AR Area
Ladder Space
F-Fast Track C-Ladder
H-VR/AR
4F
3F
2F
E-Time Tunnel Time Tunnel
Outdoor Reading space
Flow Analysis
1F
A-Outdoor D-Lecture
G-E-reading
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Drawing | Section
Drawing | Section & Render
A
B
A-A Section
Outdoor Lecture
B
A
B-B Section
Outdoor Reading
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