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PRESERVE THE IDENTITY

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REVITALIZING THE INDUSTRIAL AREA

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INTEGRATED URBAN DESIGN PROJECT

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INTERNSHIP DESIGN WORK

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PRESERVE THE IDENTITY This project is a regeneration of the local residential area in the historical old city district in Datong. It aims to advise the government to preserve local historical buildings and forms, and more importantly to protect local identity, community culture, resolve multiple problems through low-cost solutions and enhance the living environment to create a sustainable community.

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Datong City is the second largest city in Shanxi Province of the China in the northern part. It has transformed from an industrial city into a tourist area, and has been vigorously repairing and reconstructing historical buildings and cultural relics.

The government aims to develop the old city area into a tourist palace to grow the economy. That result in Some residents are facing the problem of housing renovation or demolition.

The plan primarily is to demolish existing residential houses and rebuilt into old-style to improve living environment quality, which will cause those original residents not able to afford the prices and have to move out.

That discretion not only will demolish the original building form, more importantly it will destroy the local identity and uniqueness. Simply renovating and rebuilding a building does not bring back the living habits of local residents. On the contrary, those new building weakens the character of the city.

UNIQUE CHARACTERS This place has unique characters. Over time, buildings have been constantly being demolished and rebuilt in local place. People reclaim the materials and rebuild building in another place by themselves with minimum skills in same texture. The Material be continuously recycled and reprocessed. That is low cost and sustainable for this place. It is clearly different from today’s unified construction.

SITE ANALYSIS Based on research, the existing houses, streets and living environment have many problems facing to the modern life. There are many historical courtyards in the old city, but due to the population increase in the 1960s and 1970s, a courtyard was shared by 6 to 8 families. For the sake of more living space, people have added many extended houses to the original building deconstruction. At the same time, this also leads to crowded spaces and narrow alleys and that could cause fire issue. Also, the toilet facilities are simple and crude which caused the dirty and unpleasant smell of the street. The area has the drainage system issue.

SPACING STRATEGY

CIRCULATION & FIRE STRATEGY

FACILITY STRATEGY

Abandoned Building

Emergency Vehicle Only

Public Area

Storage Room

Fire Tricycle

Semi-Private Multifunction Facility

This place was formed as a residential area around the Liao Dynasty (907-1125). There are many courtyards have historical value. Also, considering the local living habit, the coal storage rooms inside courtyards are not necessary when electric heating system takes place in. Remove those storage rooms could bring back the space inside courtyards for people to leisure. Some abandoned buildings could be demolished or reused as the toilet facility rooms and shared storage rooms.

Considered narrow street and low-income families mostly cannot afford cars. Therefore, cars could be banned in this place except emergency vehicles. The fire truck can access to main street from outside. For narrow alleys which only 3m width, the fire tricycles and hydrants in front of each courtyard are the fire problem solutions. And to encourage people cyclling. The street space will have more activities space, such as street market and vendors. Also, there could have space for plants.

ABANDONED BUILDING

STORE ROOM

NEW POCKET SPACE

PUBLIC AREA

SEMI-PRIVATE

PRIVATE

PLAYGROUND

STREET MARKET

DETAIL DESIGN I focus on 2 public spaces for detail design, the playground and street market area. Those detail design areas could become to examples for future development for this local place in different types of the area.

PLAYGROUND

This playground nears the entrance of the Primary middle school and several courtyards around. Many school students, parents, as well as the surrounding residents will frequently use this place. Considering about future, potentially, a younger child will waiti for their sibling from school with parents. The area should be more interesting and playful when they are waiting

1.Play Space 2.Semi-Private Space 3.Long-Section

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DETAIL AXO

Vinca minor ‘Illumination’

Corydalis lutea

Astilbe chinensis var. pumila

Bellis perennis ‘Dresden China’

Chrysanthemum morifolium

Pachysandra terminalis

Paeonia × suffruticosa Name

Syzygium aromaticum

Vinca minor 'Illumination' Corydalis lutea Astilbe chinensis �var.�pumila Bellis perennis 'Dresden China' Chrysanthemum morifolium Pachysandra terminalis

Purchase Size Perennial

Paeonia × suffruticosa Syzygium aromaticum Rosa chinensis

Rosa chinensis

Area 2.5 m2

Styphnolobium japonicum

Vinca minor 'Illumination' Corydalis lutea Astilbe chinensis �var.�pumila Bellis perennis 'Dresden China' Chrysanthemum morifolium

PLANTING PLAN

Spacing

Density

9cm Pot Seeds 11cm Pot 10cm Pot Seeds 9cm Pot

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0.5 m 0.5 m 0.3 m 0.1 m 0.2 m 0.5 m

2 4 4 10 5 4

15cm 30cm 20cm

2 6 9

0.1 m 4m 2m

0.8 0.25 0.5

120-200

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Shrub

Tree

Styphnolobium japonicum

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Mix Spaceing 0.5m Density 10 Percentage

10 20 20 40 10

Total Number

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DETAIL MODEL

Reclaimed Red Brick The red bricks are reclaimed from the demolished building. That could be classified and reused for paving or new buildings.

Gray Brick The gray bricks are transitional paving material in the China. It could enhance the historic experience for each courtyard.

Bluestone Slab The bluestone slab is a low-cost strong material.

Use this slab to contrast with the original red brick so that people can see the original foundation.

Concrete Slab This concrete slab is mainly used in the street market area, because it is cheap and easy to clean.

STREET MARKET

This area has a unique character; some of the local residents are Muslims. This area used to be the location of the meat market. The space will be flexible to bring back the market for local residents also for different activities of the day.

Because the food stalls and Street vendors will use this space, the concrete blocks will be the ground paving and easy to clean.

STREET - BEFORE 1. 200×150mm elongate shaped sub-base.

2. 50mm thick sand.

3. 50mm thick in-situ concrete paving.

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4. 300×150×900mm Concrete kerb.

5. 50mm thick Asphalt.

6. 100mm thick Asphalt concrete base.

STREET - AFTER

Building edge detail

Drainage detail 13

Building

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13. Concrete bed and haunching.

14. 50mm thick sand.

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15. Elongate shaped Hardcore.

7. Precast concrete drainage units.

10. 240×115×53mm reclaimed red brick laid flat on coarse sand bed.

8. 240×115×53mm reclaimed red brick.

11. 50mm thick sand.

9. 600×300×60mm Bluestone slab.

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12. Hardcore.

PAST

The local housing fabric are unique and has its identity.it could be Considered the relationship between permanent trees and changing building space. Previously, the spaces are forming by historical buildings and extension buildings with traditional construction method.

PRESENT

Those new spaces will offer permanent trees and shrubs take place in, and becomes to a public space for more activities.

FUTURE

Also, it will have protentional that with the houses changing its places, the relationship between spaces and vegetation are changing.

The public place becomes to the semi-public space for surrounding neighbourhoods. The trees could become to the courtyard tree for those families.

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REVITALIZING THE INDUSTRIAL AREA This project is a cooperate work, which is an industrial area redevelopment and based on the MYTO which is a research of relationship between people and space.

We tracing our characters activities based on their social relations, place frequented and routine routes. We combine their routines and territorial feelings in the following MYTO map to show how the site will be used during different time of a week. Also, we separate the MINE feeling to positive and negative mine. Positive mine is when the people walk by the place, he feels the sense of ownership, feel of the possibility to change it. However, the negative mine means it’s a must have daily route, maybe they don’t like it but it’s a daily route so there is no choice.

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MYOT MAP

SPACIAL MAP

MATERIAL MAP DAY

TRANSITIONAL EDGE

STRATEGY

NIGHT

Extend the space of the second floor to form a balcony space, which encourages people to watch the river view and increase the interaction with the first floor.

The second floor has different partitions and serves multiple purposes.

Connect the river to the road and create new building entrances to encourage small markets to use this area to boost their popularity.

The building at the entrance to the road can be connected inside and outside as a riverside bar.

The small space by the window provides the possibility of a partial view.

Extending the windows of the building enhances the connection between the interior and exterior, while at the same time illuminating the street at night.

The new entrance features graffiti art, which enhances the attributes of the art district.

The flexible interior seats offer a variety of features.

The artworks display.

The indoor coffee bar.

INTEGRATED URBAN DESIGN PROJECT The project is located at Nottingham. The regeneration aims to develop an urban park for both mixed functions residential and commercial. To create a place for people working in new employment space to enjoy, also provide a nice attractive residential neighborhood area with mix use open space for surrounding people.

This project also plans to reduce the local flood risk issues on this area and the regeneration functions of the warehouses would be provided.

Building Function Commercial Office building Residential & ground level commercial building Workshop & commercial building Hotel building Local shop building

Edge tree (birch tree group) Specimen tree Specimen tree mixed

Mixed perennial plants Mixed shrubs group

Vegetation Strategy Existing vegetation group

Mixed tall grasses Avenue tree

New vegetation group Shrubs and tree mix

Pedestrian and cyclist road

Perennial planting Connection with existing and new

Grass lawn Bowl shap sand play area

Circulation Strategy Surrounding vehicle road Main pedestrian and cyclist road Pedestrian road Visual connection

Flooding Strategy Water collection area Water flowing direction

Scale : 1 to 1000 @ A1

Hotel entrance

Open space in frount of Hotel area and provide space for outdoor cafe.

Residential flat

Groups of seasonal trees and shrubs form the playground edge.

The grassy knoll with playground equipment.

The narrow walk way for people which provides woodland experience.

Outdoor snack bar with seats.

Sand play area for children with seats at the edge.

The bowl shape grass lawn provides different activities.

Scale : 1 to 200 @ A1

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Local shops and workshop building.

The birch group and medium shrubs form the grass lawn edge.

This 1:50 plan shows the material of the seating space in fount of the hotel area. The ground will use different material to form the functional space. The vegetation group will shape the space edge which forms a shelter seating area. The seat mainly formed by long timber wood with the tall grassland planted at back that could be touched by people.

This detail plan shows the different material of the playground. The bowl shape will be formed by concrete and the sand will be filled in. At the edge of the sand area, the timber will provide a seat area. The grassy knoll will have different level change as the photo shows, which forms the space for people to lie down.

AA' Hotel and Local Shops building

BB'BB' The outdoor cafĂŠ could set on the open space.

The residential flat and ground level shop. The ground level shop could use the outdoor space for people to seat and stay.

The group of tree and shrub divided the commercial area and residential open space.

The different ground material could be seen at this sand bowl play area.

3 levels residential flat The existing avenue tree will be kept that could divide the residential area and city link road.

City link road.

The birch tree group and medium layer shrubs will become to edge to form the big open grass lawn.

The landform change will gives more opportunity for different activities in this grass lawn. People could seat on the slop to look at the centre, also they could play football in the centre of the grass lawn.

The pedestrian road will have different ground hard surface compare with both grass lawn and playground to separate two functional areas.

The grassy knoll and sand play area in the playground will have multiform landform change for children activities.

The specimen trees and shrubs form the edge also those will have seasonal change to provide different experience.

4 levels residential flat

Grass lawn DETAIL 3

Table structure

Sand DETAIL 1

Climbing wall

DETAIL 2

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PLAYGROUND

LEGEND Timber

DETAIL 1 1:20 @ A2

Sand Reinforcement edge

Concrete

Concrete table structure 950

1900

500

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Hardcore

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450

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1900

150

Timbers pave on hardcore

450

Steel base deck with timber on top

Earth 65

200-300mm Sand Steel pillar

1900

150

Hardcore

1000

Compacted subgrade

1:20 @ A2

Rubber paving for playground Concrete paving

Textured paving

Grass lawn

1900mm concrete retaining wall

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Soil

150

450

1000

1900

Wood climbing wall for children

Retaining wall 140mm concrete base 65

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200-300mm Sand

Tree and shrub edge Rubber surface

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950

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DETAIL 2

DETAIL 3 1:20 @ A2

150*240mm hardcore base

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INTERNSHIP DESIGN WORK During the internship, I participated in several urban planning projects. Learned a lot of related work and new technologies. At the work, he completed several urban design, interior design and landscape design projects with colleagues.

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1.School Space 2.Public Landscape Design 3.Detail Design 4.Baishazhou Urban Design 5.Wuxiangshan Urban Planning

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COLLAGE & LUMION PERSPECTIVE

INTERIOR DESIGN

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