ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Xinlong SHEN D.O.B.: Feb.07, 1997 Email: xinlong.shen@mail.polimi.it | Mobile: +86-18626413908/+39 3485395140 Politecnico di Milano-Architecture-Built Environment Interiors

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CORE - PERIPHERY THEORY The Core - periphery theory explains the regional system that a region changes from unconnected to connected and balanced development. This portfolio focuses more on "periphery" and "Marginalization", and tries to learn the changes and influencing factors of the boundary between the core and periphery areas.

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There are two kinds of “periphery”, one is the place that is objectively and geographically on the edge of the city, and the other is the place that is subjectively ignored by human society and the “periphery”.

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DIFF-LIFE within COMMON SPACE

The first research focuses on Dharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai. It is located in the centre of Mumbai, but it is hard to say Dharavi is the core of Mumbai. She is within and without the core.

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ISTITUTO EINAUDI, LODI

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METABOLISM and REGENERATION

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STITCH LINE

The second research focuses on a Fragile area of Milan - San Siro. many foreign immigrants which is a marginalised population live here. We wanted to come up with a social housing renovation that would improve the lives in San Siro and respond to their ideas with the principle of the commons.

The third project focus on the process of completing a school project in a real-life environment, including budget, materials, structure, sustainability, feasibility, etc.

The focus is on a shading system that we designed for the LODI school.

The last research focuses on the elderly. Conceptually, they were treated as Marginalized people because of unemployment and some other reasons. This project discusses why they were marginalized, and tries to Remove the “boundary” .

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AS FAR AS THE EYE

Within and without the core

A social housing renovation

A secondary school design

Boundary disappeared

Urban regeneration

OTHER WORKS

Theory and Physical Models

As Far As The Eye|Selected Works

AS FAR AS THE EYE WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE CORE

Academic, Individual Work 2020 summer, 10 weeks MUMBAI , INDIA The project is trying in a less intense but ubiquitous way to improve their lives on the basis of the caste based ecology of Dharavi. As far as the eyes, all aspects of life are changing. The maratha still sell spices, the Tamils still manufacture leather, with more sophisticated tools and new techniques. Let's change Dharavi from the bottom to up in the every corner of life.

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DHARAVI’s ATTITUDE Ignore Change People tend not change but instead they keep themselves stable.

Positively To Imporve Life Contrary to this attitude, most residents want a better life.

Do Not Know How To Change Many people are still illiterate, therefore they don't know how to make a change.

SLUM,HOME and MARKET Slum Daharavi is One of the biggest slum in the world.

Home Home to 300,000 people. Live in 156 Nagars.

Market All embracing Market in Mumbai , India.

INDUSTRY and CASTE Caste People with the same caste have more in common and tend to live together. Nagar is a residential area based on caste.

Caste Determines Work Caste is a social system based on occupation. Therefore, for Dharavi immigrants, their caste determines the occupation in Dharavi.

Handicraft Industry The main industries of Dharavi are handicraft.

Manual Labour Dharavi People are mainly engaged in industrial worker / handler / shopkeeper.

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As Far As The Eye|Selected Works

HISTORY OF INDIA LIBRARY

POPULATION ANALYSIS AND NEW FUNCTION

Modeling Laboratory

Business Sharing Centre

Leather Library

Kumbhars

South Hindus

Tamils

Muslims

Women

Potter

Builder

Tanner

Butcher's

Laundaryman

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL LIBRARY Static Study

Multimedia Entertainment

Cultural Exchange

Textile Library

Scent Library

Multimedia

Teenager

Uttar Pradesh

Marathi

Elderly

Maratha

Barber's

Textile worker

Tailor's

Vendor

Spice's

DIAGRAM

Community Presbyterian

Education Incubator

Management and planning 5

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DHARAVI IS EVOLVING Dharavi is constantly evolving. The local materials and the life of Dharavi people have shaped the unique form form of Dharavi. With the evolution of Dharavi, more and more residents will bring thousands of materials and life, and constantly improve Dharavi and the library that will become a part of Dharavi soon.

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As Far As The Eye|Selected Works

SITE 01

Site situation:at the centre of dharavi--most busy area, all people can access.

Included Nagars: kumbhars ,tamils,uttar pradesh,south hindus,hindus,maratha,muslims...

SURFACE

DIMENSION

reception block

library block

Static study block

occupation block

Multi-Media & technology communication block

FUNCTION

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SITE 02

Site situation:along the most busy street of dharavi Included nagars: kumbhars ,uttar pradesh, barber, tailor, muslims...

Ground floor Plan

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Basement floor Plan

As Far As The Eye|Selected Works

SITE 03

Site Situation:At the west of dharavi, At a cross road. huge tube along the site from east to west.

Includes Nagars: uttar pradesh , recycling, south hindus, tailor, hawker, barber, muslims, laundry, maratha...

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SITE 04 Site situation:at the north part of dharavi,near river and forest Included nagars:Hindus,Muslim,Children,Women...

Ground Floor Plan

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First Floor Plan

Roof Floor Plan

Diff-Life Within Common Space|Selected Works

DIFF-LIFE within COMMON SPACE A SOCIAL HOUSING RENOVATION

Academic /Architecture of Interiors Design Studio Group Work Academic Year 2021/2022 San siro,Milan Professors: Marta Averna, Valentina Dessì San Siro,famous in Milan for its social housing community. here is home to a large number of foreign immigrants which is a marginalised population. We wanted to come up with an social housing renovation that would imporve the lives in San Siro and respond to their ideas with the principle of the commons.

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CURRENT SITUATION ANALYSIS Site Environment The district was placed in a completely different context from the current one, it was a few steps away from the open coun- tryside and in a short time it was incorporated by the rest of the city in a suburb not far from the center. The problem is that from the 40s to today, almost no mainte- nance interventions have ever been made and today we can notice how the façades of the buildings seem to be crumbling: plaster falling from the walls, cracks, windows without glass.

Degradation of San Siro

Today, San Siro is surrounded by a very dense building fabric and a well-to-do population, and is well connected to the rest of the city by two underground lines, the red one and the vio- let one that reach every point of Milan.

However, it is always considered impenetrable and the differ- ences between inside and outside become more acute and is considered one of the most problematic neighbourhoods of the city. There are degraded public spaces, empty commercial spaces, lack of services, poor management of housing; all those elements have increased the situation of physical degradation of San Siro.

Fragile Population Keywords: small family, low income,narrow flat,Most people live in rented flat.

We need some facilities for specific people:elevator,Service Center...

Needs from local people 1 there are no shops and activities 2 disabled people need an elevator at the apartment 3 the apartment are too narrow for a four people family 4 Someone illegal occupied the basements and sleep there at night 5 most apartments need to be renovated 6 it seems impossible to have a relationship with neighbourhood

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Diff-Life Within Common Space|Selected Works

The stores along street need a communication with crowd.

Areas between buildings could develop into gathering and playing.

Seperation among central area , a gathering place is needed.

The corridors could extend from the apartment to connect.

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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PLAN & ElEVATION

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BLOCK A&B PLAN

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RENDERING VIEW

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ISTITUTO EINAUDI, LODI A Secondary School Design

Academic/Design and Construction Studio Group Work Academi Year 2021/2022 Lodi,Lombardia Professors: Giovanni Muciaccia, Andrea Tartaglia

What are the elements that we need to focus on as a real project? Budget, materials, structure, sustainability, feasibility, etc. In order to cope with the local weather in Lodi and the needs of the school for teaching purposes, we have designed a movable shading system.

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Istotuto Einaudi Lodi|Selected Works

VOLUME GENERATION

1. the buildable area is estabilished according to local regulations

2. the fuctional program of the school and the relationship with the city begin to take shape, with the context analysis as a support for the main decisions

3. the process evolves in a more datailed definition of the orientation of the building

4. the building takes shape outside and inside, guided by our intention of dividing silent and noisy spaces

5. the relationship between school, gym and open spaces is decided

6.the interior of the building is designed in more detail, its parts are sized and located precisely

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY

renewable energy

water management

heat reduction

O2 heating system O2

waste water cold water supply hot water supply

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heating system air estraction

O2

waste water

irrigation filter tank

collection tank

overflow tank

gathering tank

overflow tank

Filter tank

gathering tank

cold water supply

collection tank

hot water supply

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1 parking lot 2 bike racks 3 main square and entrance 4 secondary square 5 courtyard 6 gym 7 badmington court 8 basketball court 7 8 11600 1

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14.Concealed cladding attachments 15.Insulation anchors 16.Structure attachments mounts (7 cm) 17.Floor (1 cm) 1.Gravel (5 cm) 2.Water-proofing membrane (0.5 cm) 3.Reinforced concrete screed + slope (7 cm) 4.Wood wool insulation (10 cm) 5.Rock wool insulation (10 cm) 6.Steam barrier (0.5 cm) 7.Structural slab (24+5 cm) 8.Space for technical systems (28 cm)

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18.Concrete cast (4 cm) 19.Acoustic insulation (0.5 cm) 20.Screed+systems (8 cm) 21.XPS thermal insulation (5 cm) 22.Structural screed (7 cm) 23.Ventilated crawl space (40 cm) 24.XPS thermal insulation (10 cm) 25.Protective basement (1 cm) 26.Dimpled membrane 27.Ventilation pipe 28.Pipe drain 29.Gravel

9.Metal structure (10 cm) 10.Drywall (2 cm) 11.Counterframe 12.Vapour shield barrier (0.5 cm) 13.Mineral wool thermal insulation (10 cm) 14.Concealed cladding attachments 15.Insulation anchors 16.Structure attachments mounts (7 cm) 17.Floor (1 cm)

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Reinforced concrete screed + slope 7 cm

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Istotuto Einaudi Lodi|Selected Works

PHYSICAL MODEL

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STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

The project is composed of three storeys, where the second floor only covers the north area of the building. The design of the building was from the beginning an integration between the architectural and structural aspects.

From the first approaches we considered the grid of pillars and the structure of the building which we decided to be mainly in reinforced concrete, with hollow brick slabs, according to the typical way of building in the region.

The grid spans go up to 7 x 4 meters maximum and give shape to the spaces and the functions of the school.

The reinforced concrete structure is paired in specific areas with a steel structure, chosen for its different properties. Also, the gym, which consists of a different system separated from the main building, is supported by a steel structure.

The building can be divided into 3 main areas, the north, the south and the east one. The north area (which mainly contains the classrooms and is particularly long) is divided into 3 blocks, separated by steel structures that define the glazed common areas. The south area follows the same concept and contains one glazed strip too, whose structure is steel. The east part is entirely made of reinforced concrete.

The south and east-oriented facades are paired with different types of self-supporting shading systems according to the orientation.

We designed the structure of the school taking into consideration the need for structural joints, that in this case are 4, the presence of structural cores where elevators and U-shaped stairs were placed, and the need for shear walls to strengthen the partitions against bi-directional horizontal forces and equilibrate the stiffness of the cores.

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Legend: WHITE: RC structure BLACK: steel structure RED: structural cores ORANGE: shear walls

Metabolism and Regeneration |Selected Works

METABOLISM and REGENERATION BOUNDARY DISAPPEARED/Factory Regeneration

Academic Individual Work 2019 summer, 10 weeks SUZHOU,CHINA

Aging of population.Suzhou's urban planning policy keeps its unique and traditional traces of time, it also creates the regional characteristics of the concentration of the elderly population. If the life of the elderly can be integrated into new development opportunities and vitality, what kind of scene will appear? This project gives the answer.

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LIVING PATTERN DIFFERENCE

----Based on the survey between young and old people

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SPONTANEOUS TIME-SHARING SYSTEM

The living pattern of the elderly in urban areas is also quite different from that of the mainstream population. Senior citizens get up earlier and sleep earlier, and their activity peaks in the morning and afternoon. The young people mainly work in the daytime. The industrial park is used by young people from 8 o'clock in the day to 6 p.m., but they usually stay indoors. On workdays, the rest part of the park is not fully used. Maybe we can let the elderly make use of the park to build a spontaneous time-sharing system.

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Metabolism and Regeneration |Selected Works

THREE PHASES

PHASE 01

SCAFFPLD 01

PHASE 02

SCAFFPLD 02

PHASE 03 Build different connections in three phases Phase 01 combine people and environment Phase 02 combine architecture and environment Phase 03 combine people at different ages

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Metabolism and Regeneration |Selected Works

PHASE 01 Combine People and Environment

PHASE 01

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PHASE 01

Indoor View

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Planting pool

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First Floor Plan Entrance

Second Floor Plan

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Planting pool

Metabolism and Regeneration |Selected Works

PHASE 02 Combine Architecture and Environment The Second phase, after accumulating a certain popularity, the "useless" scaffold originally arranged around the base began to show its real appearance, "building phase 01" began to expand to the roof of the surrounding buildings, forming a small community to provide convenience for the surrounding people.

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PHASE 03 Combine People at Different Ages If the first two phases of the experiment are successful, the third phase will promote it in the park to enlarge the influence on the park environment, people's communication, rest, work, study, leisure and entertainment.All aspects of life will change with time , and more and more people and lifestyle merge together.

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Stitch Line |Selected Works

STITCH LINE

New Public Space/Regeneration of Porta Genova

Academic/Thematic Studio Group Work Academic Year2022/2023 PORTA GENOVA , MILANO Professors: Guya Bertelli ,Marco Facchinetti Our cities are already crowded enough. Therefore, we try to reduce the number of new buildings but connect the northern museum area, which was originally disconnected by the railway tracks, with the southern green area, so that the green public space invades the urban space. At the same time, it provides new public space for the whole city and connects the green areas in the north and south of the city to form a complete public green area.

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CONTEXT ANALYSIS

Nodes Focused Buildings

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Green

STRATEGY PLAN

Porta Mudec

Porta Ticinese

P.TA Genova FS

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MASTER PLAN

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SOCIAL HOUSING

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SOUTH ELEVATION

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Stitch Line |Selected Works

HOUSING BLOCK PLAN

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TOWER

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PERSPECTIVE VIEW

Stitch Line |Selected Works

TOWER PLANS

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rs to the complex, dynamic and very plastic social PortFolio | Shen Xinlong nd the street, it is a relationship in formation that takes area between private and public space.

TRANSITION

onal character, the street commons open up to spaces on either side, people’s identities are transformed in reating intermediate crossover areas that clearly symharing. They gather together, redefine themselves as a ence the potential for change. When ‘newcomers’ need not forced into pre-existing role categories but can cording to their habits, needs and abilities. Any form r explicit act of collective self-regulation and self-maaining a resilient and temporal relationship.

se street commons are being and have been taken by mple being the urban villages of Shenzhen, China. It is rsity and life. This project opens up the boundaries by re previously occupied by walls and unauthorized builspaces. Within the homogeneous and densely packed he village, this transitional space becomes a most munication with its potential complexity and porosity.

Most urban spaces tend to have clear rules and boundaries, and the boundaries between them, due to their spatial porosity, their functional temporality and the Ordinary Scenery - Public Space and Renovation of Zaoxia Village complexity of their subjects, have the potential to generate dynamic very plastic iwen , Shen Xinlong ZIZU STUDIO, 2021 social relations, that is, a kind of common, which we can call ‘transition’.

The most original and common transitional space is the street side, which separates two different properties of space, private residential space and public transport space, always open to both sides. Here the subject of use is indeterminate, but any activity is the result of self-regulation, and the street itself becomes the result of people living there and making the space liveable.In this process people’s identities are transformed and the potential for change is experienced, giving people the opportunity to share in an emerging common world.

These street commons are disappearing due to urbanization and are being replaced by fast and convenient roads. The case is located in an urban village in e Renovation of Zaoxia Village Shenzhen, China, which is cluttered but full of diversity and life. By restoring the space originally occupied by walls and illegal buildings into a street activity space, opening up the boundaries, and making them accessible, this transitional space becomes the most precious space for communication with its potential complexity and porosity.

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