Portfolio for MArch Architecture [TMHARCSING09] (ARB/RIBA PT2)

PERSONAL DATA

EDUCATION

Pigeon Post

The Resilience of the Steel Giant

LANGUAGES

Wild Cemetery

SKILLS

Immersive Theatre

Stone of Qianhai

Other works

PIGEON POST

Project 1: Academic Project (Individual)

NCL Studio: Small Dwelling

BA Architecture Level 1

Time: 10/2018 -1/2019 (2nd semester)

Location: Beijing, China

Supervisor: Kati Blom (katriina.blom@ncl.ac.uk)

Introduction:

Beijing is famous for pigeon whistle which has existed for thousands of years. Due to the civilization process and the increasing building density, there are fewer and fewer people keeping pigeons in the city. The disappearance of pigeon whistle culture is the representation of urbanization aggression and coexisting failure with nature.

The Pigeon Post, aims to rejuvenate the pigeons whistle culture and cure the citizens' anxieties of insecurity and fears in the pandemic condition by designing a series of special construction,creating ‘charming’ pigeon whistle for people who are isolated at home. Pigeon Post also responses to the dilemma of the vulerable people in a lockdown condition. Through research carried out by analyzing Chinese lockdown policies, the project develop a ‘pigeon post’ to benefit those fragile people confronting the lack of medicine under strict lockdown.

Referred to the precedent ’exchanging prescriptions and urgent medications with a sanatorium’ by Julius Neubronner, the project dealt with the complaint of pigeon keeping in the flat and emphasized the giving back to neighbours. The ‘Pigeon Post’ are applying the concept of ' contactless' to design community facilities. The sound of whistles are appreciated in the designs to delivery hopes of a lockdown city.

img: Lockdown in Beijing

Pigeon whistle

A pigeon whistle is a device attached to a pigeon such that it emits a noise whilst flying mainly for entertainment, which creates impressive memory for traditional Beijing. Owing to increasing urbanization and regulation of pigeon keeping, it is now gradually disappearing.

Why pigeon keeping disppears?

Fragile People During Lockdown

High Risks of Death

Zero Covid Policy

Plot Ratio

Pigeon keeping will influence other residents in the apartments after the plot ratio increases.

How pigeons effect people?

Smell

Diseases

Pollution

pharmacist

I would like to build a pigeon loft on the rooftop. To mitigate the negative effect of pigeon feeding on our neighbours, I would set a variety of constructions which gives back to you including delivering pigeon eggs, flower watering and recycling water.

Negotiation with Neighbours

The pharmacist presents his strategiesto get an approvement before building a pigeon loft.

In order to build a structure on public space, people now have to negotiate with other residents within one building. To get an approvement, the pharmacist provides a series of systematic strategies and promises to give back to his neighbours from pigeon feeding, aiming to deal with their worries about pigeon droppings and diseases.

'Noah's Ark ' in Lockdown

Referencing the symbol of pigeons and their application in the history, the project tends to provide a Noah’s Ark‘ led by pigeons for an isolated lockdown area.

Finally

The owners of the apartment reach an agreement to build a pigeon loft.

oldman housewif e nurse university student designer

Within minutes of feeding, pigeons poop.

I don't mind it. It will be better if you can water my flowers.

I like pigeons because their sound wakes me up.

Those flying creatures give me inspiration.

I don't want pigeons bite my flowers Their droppings make my balcony dirty.

LOCKDOWN AREA

PIGEON'S ARK

LOCKDOWNLOCKDOWN

Attaching Pigeon Whistle

To make pigeons emit a noise, the pharmacist will attach a whistle on pigeons one by one before releasing them.

Citywide Covid-19 Testing, Allocation of Supplies and Closed Management

To stamp out the epidemic, many areas across China have implemented " closed management" strategy on a community-basis when cases are tested out. Allocation of supplies will be proceeded by the community. However, sometime this one-sizefits-all approach will prevent some chronic or acute patients from getting in-time treatment. Such tragedies happen when these groups are ignored and sacrificed either as a result of restriction or medical system collapse.

Dovecote Cleaning and Feeding

SPRINKLER

The pharmacist mixes pigeon feed proportionly and sweeping the dovecote floor by water.

After entering the loft, the pharmacist collects all types of feeds in proportion from different boxes hanging on the door.

Early in the morning, the pharmacist will go upstairs to clean the loft, preventing smell and pigeon diseases from spreading. Floorings will be rinsed and washed with water and got rid of droppings. This dirty water will flow into the bio tanks and be treated for irrigating plants.

Releasing Pigeons

EXTENSION LADDER

The handle on the column controls the roof. Then the roof is lifted.

Covid-19 Lockdown in China

WATER COLLECTOR

CRANE

LIFT ROOF

BIO TANKS

The pharmacist

I will try my best to give back to my neighbours.

The pharmacist puts pigeon eggs into the crane every morning.

The housewife

Pigeon eggs for you everyday. Thank you for your patience.

Every house has a lever to control the crane which can deliver them pigeon eggs.

The designer

I can't bear the life of working at home.

I will release my pigeons every morning. Don't forget to watch them.

The old man

Thanking you for bearing my pigeons. Here are some manure supplements.

Thanking you for bearing my pigeons. Here are some manure supplements.

She watches pigeons flying when she feels bored about working from home.

Every house has a pipe linked with the dovecote. Filtered water can be used to water the flowers

The university student

It’s nostalgic to hear pigeon whistle again.

Manure fertilizer made from pigeon poops will be very nutritious for plants.

With pigeon whistles, she gets up regularly to study for the application of postgraduate.

The nurse

Enjoy!

I don't have time to water my flowers.

Don't worry about your flowers. My construction will water them on time.

Due to Covid-19, the nurse doesn’t stay at home as usual. Thanks to the watering construction, her flowers are taken good care.

Vulnerable People in Lockdown

I run out of my medication.

Can you deliver me some medicine? No problem!

The community is too busy to meet specific patients' detailed demands. The pharmacist provides pigeon delivery services for these people.

As the minority, these vulnerable people can't get enough attetion during pandemic. Under the strict restriction, they sometimes can't get timely assitance when their diseases flare up.

Pigeon has an innate ability to fly back home. To send medicine in time during lockdown, the pharmacist started to train his pigeons when the lockdown was lifted. He sent different pigeons to his patients' home regularly, making sure the pigeons can remember their homes.

Pigeon Delivery

But my area is under lockdown. I can't go outside.

I will use the pigeon we trained before to deliver the medicine.

WORKING AREA

Pigeon Selection

The old post box is reused to container pigeon feed in the pigeon loft. At the bottle, a structure to allow feed to drop out is added.

Selecting a Pigeon

The pharmacist gets into the pigeon loft searching for pigeons to deliver medicine. One pigeon can deliver the goods to a specific address.

Packaging Medicine

The pharmacist has a packing platform in his balcony. The cover can be taken down, making it convenient for the pharmacist to put the pill bottle on the pigeon. Pills in small bottle is tied on a designed strap.

The pigeon is then released to fly its way back to the patient's home

During the lockdown, the pharmacist will go to the rooftop through his extension ladder, avoiding passing through public channel.

During the lockdown, the pharmacist will go to the rooftop through his extension ladder, avoiding passing through public channel.

LOFT

Successful Delivery

In the context of covid-19 pandemic, the pigeon post tries to help all types of people.

The pharmacist then receives a message telling him that the pigeon arrives.

Conclusion:

To help the fragile people restricted by the lockdown policy, the project built upon the concept of 'contactless develop a pigeon post service for medication delivering. The sound of whistles are appreciated in the designs to delivery hopes of a lockdown city.

FEEDER

LADDER

KITCHEN

BEDROOM

STUDIO

FLOWERPOT

The flowerpot is made from old wooden chairs.Timber sheets are used to enclose a container for soil.

FEED CONTAINERS

As pigeons require various types of cereals, old mail boxes are recycled to contain these feeds.

SEPARATOR

Separators are recycled from traditional steel doors used to guard against theft.

PIGEON STAND

Abandoned old sewing machines are collected and nailed on the wall, acting as rows of pigeon stands.

The roof is designed to be lifted up, allowing pigeons to fly out in one direction, which helps reducing the possibility of pigeon droppings on balconies.

NOZZLE

The nozzle is recycled from old phonograph. It can spread water to the flowerpots.

Rainwater is collected and treated by this construction to feed the pigeons. Rainwater will be filter through facial masks and filter core. Then, the solar panel will help disinfecting rainwater.The bucket is linked with infusion bags recycled from hospital to deliver water to the pigeon loft.

BIO TANKS

Bio tank, recycled from tea tank, is transformed to a micro sewage treatment plant that safely processes all household wastewater and recycles it as clear odourless water back to the neighbours’ room.

Conclusion:

The pigeon loft is a sustainable and ecological system by adopting a series of mechanical designs.

Most objects are recycled from the neighbours and then transformed to assist pigeon feeding.

Watering the Flowers

LIFT ROOF

WATER STORAGE BUCKET

Pigeon Egg Crane

Every morning, the pharmacist will pack new pigeon eggs and puts them in the container on the top of the crane. When the neighbour downstairs turns the handle, the crane will be told the position of the neighbour by its processor at its bottom and then starts to adjust its jib. During the pandemic, this construction helps reduce direct contact and reinforces the relationships between neighbouts.

BIRD SCARING STICKS

JIB

CONTAINER EGG CONVEYOR

TRACK

A Box of Pigeon Egg

Every 6 pigeon eggs will be packed in a box.

STEERING SYSTEM CONTROL SYSTEM

Topview

Overview

The jib and the conveyer extend at the same time, allowing the precisew delivery

THE RESILIENCE OF THE STEEL GIANT

Project 2: Academic Project (Individual)

NCL Studio: Ghosts in the Machine

BA Architecture Level 3

Time: 10/2020 -6/2021 (3 semesters)

Location: Redcar Steelworks in Redcar, UK

Supervisor: Mattew Margetts (matthew.margetts@ncl.ac.uk) Cara Lund ( cara.lund@ncl.ac.uk)

Introduction:

Suffering from economic decline, Redcar people is looking for a solution to maintain their families and rejuvenate their town. Situated at the west coast of this town, Redcar Steelworks is famous for steel making in the 20th century and contributes to the economic support of the local. However, the steelworks were closed due to the decline of world steel market. The local is faced with the dilemma about the lost of cultural characteristics and economic recession.

Within this rich industrial setting, the project‘the Resilience of the Steel Giant’intends to cultivate the potential of its industrial characters and create a new economic circle. As a traditional industrial factory can have a radiation effect on the area, the design would like to adjust the steel making industry to a tech-related wind turbine making industry. This steel-recycled industry will energize Redcar’s economy that badly needs replacement.

The Condition of Redcar Steelworks

With the decline of steel market, the Redcar Steelworks was abandoned left with a bunch of materials and constructions. While some constructions are regarded as the witness of the past, tons of architecture materials are expected to be sorted and recycled.

The Link of Town

Steelworks

Strategy of Industry Regeneration

Short supply

Low income

Local Competitiveness Green regeneration

FamilyWorker

Shop

School FacilityTransportationProduct

Town Money

The town's cultural root is deep into steel making history. The decline of the steelworks influences the whole community in Redcar.

Attitudes toward Demolition

Ben Alex Jack Anna

Ben (Steelworks Mayor)

Alex Jack Alice

(Former steel worker) (Local Student)(Shopkeeper)

“After demolition, I believe we will introduce new industries and provide more jobs to the local.”

Lost of identity Low quality industry

Financial Issues

Innovative industry

To regenerate a new industry, the project proposes a strategy that can maintain the industrial identity and encourage economic development. Rather than elinminating the steel industry, the project suggests an expansion of industries. The Resilience of the Steel Giant will leave the jobs for former steel workers and attract the local residents to create a new character from an innovative industry.

“The pollution and economic situation forced us to demolish everything. After that, I believe we will introduce new industries and provide more jobs to the

“The pollution and economic situation forced us to demolish everything. After that, I believe we will introduce new industries and provide more jobs to the local.”

“The pollution and economic situation forced us to demolish everything. After that, I believe we will introduce new industries and provide more jobs to the local.”

“The pollution and economic situation forced us to demolish everything. After that, I believe we will introduce new industries and provide more jobs to the

“It’s a lot of doom and gloom, and people are depressed about what’s happened with the steelworks. My son is at coke oven. My father used to be a worker in the

Environmental Issue

“It’s a lot of doom and gloom, and people are depressed about what’s happened with the steelworks. My son is at coke oven. My father used to be a worker in the steelworks. It has lots

“It’s a lot of doom and gloom, and people are depressed about what’s happened with the steelworks. My son is at coke oven. My father used to be a worker in the steelworks. It has lots

“It’s a lot of doom and gloom, and people are depressed about what’s happened with the steelworks. My son is at coke oven. My father used to be a worker in the

“people are depressed about what’s happened with the steelworks. It has lots of memories there.”

“I had all the skills, but there was no work. My options were limited: either retrain and start all over again, or uproot my family and move to another part of the country to find a job which suited my

“I had all the skills, but there was no work. My options were limited: either retrain and start all over again, or uproot my family and move to another part of the country to find a job which suited my

“I had all the skills, but there was no work. My options were limited: either retrain and start all over again, or uproot my family and move to another part of the country to find a job which suited my

“I had all the skills, but there was no work. My options were limited: either retrain and start all over again, or uproot my family and move to another part of the country to find a job which suited my

“I had all the skills, but there was no work. My options were limited.“

“I decided to leave my town after graduate. It’s upset to leave my family. but there is no opportunity left here for young people.

“I decided to leave my town after graduate. It’s upset to leave my family. but there is no opportunity left here for young people. We got no choice

“I decided to leave my town after graduate. It’s upset to leave my family. but there is no opportunity left here for young people. We got no choice

“I expect the redevelopment so that I can stay here with my family.“

“I decided to leave my town after graduate. It’s upset to leave my family. but there is no opportunity left here for young people. We got no choice

soil pollution heavy metal pollution

Although the link beteen the steelworks and the local is strong, the steelworks has to be dismantled since the toxic wastes are permeating into the water and having healthy effects on the town residents.

Ben Alex Jack Anna （Redcar Steelworks Mayor （Redcar Steelworks Mayor （former steel worker ） (Student)

Redcar steelworks: Demolition marks 'beginning of the end'

‘Steel runs through the veins’: Teesside suffering profound loss of identity

Ben Alex Jack Anna （Redcar Steelworks Mayor （Redcar Steelworks Mayor （former steel worker ） (Student)

（Redcar Steelworks Mayor （Redcar Steelworks Mayor （former steel worker ） (Student)

Ben Alex Jack Anna

（Redcar Steelworks Mayor （Redcar Steelworks Mayor （former steel worker ） (Student)

The risk of inflamation induction is 2.4 times with the effect of PM10 metal composition.

1900

Steel production on Teesside begins

1929

19791875 It became the largest producers of Steel in the UK.

Dorman Long who by this point is also struggling financially.

1905

The production is equivalent to 8.5% of the entire country's total output.

Percentage of manufacture industry in local industries

Timeline of Steel Making in Redcar

Europe’s biggest blast furnace

The production at Teesside Cast Products (TCP) as a surplus to its needs

2009

Partial mothballing of the Teesside blast furnace.

Production paused due to the decline in steel prices

Job employed in all industries Population

The timeline shows the number of job offers decreases following the decline of steel making. Meanwhile, the population in Redcar flopped when the production paused in 2009.

The Death of A Giant

The body of a giant was lying on the beach.

The Death of Body

The putrefaction urges people harvest the giant's body.

The Storage of Memory

philosophical context 1 2 3

Pieces of the body being utilized by the towns people

Conclusion:

'The Drowned Giant' talked about how the body of a giant dispeared but its impact comes to people constantly.

<The Drowned Giant> Love, Death + Robots

After a storm, the body of a drowned giant was washed ashore on the beach. A scientist continuously visits the site, watching the process of the body’s disappear. As time goes by, the body was harvested by butchers and finally gone. When he walks through the small town, spotting pieces of the body being utilized by the towns people, he remembered him and his impact again.

(the bones) better convey the essence of the giant's magnificence than my last memories of his bloated appendages

--The scientist in The Drowned Giant

The Economic Opportunity - green industry

The green industries like wind power in Redcar are still developing, which stiil have great potentials to invest. For The Resilience of the Steel Giant, manufacturing wind turbine can corporate with steel industry by using steel products as materials. It will also generate jobs for former steel workers and other opportunities for Redcar residents.

To maintain the historical past and the local’s living, it is significant to cultivate an economic opportunity from those leftover.

Disassemble Old Structures

Assessing Old Factories

Reconstructing New Factories

Future

The wind turbine factories will be arranged next to the original steel legacy, bridging the post-industrial past and the regeneration.

The Relink of Town

Recycle Expired Machines

Measures and Aims of the Project

The industry expansion from steel making to wind turbine manufacture creates a circular economic, by upgrading the technique and recycling surrounding steels. The wind turbine manufacture will make use of the steel scraps and help the local become low-carbon economies. Meanwhile, the new industries provides job opportunities to local workers.

Industrial Gospel

Redcar has a long history of steel making, which gives the town characters. The Resilience of the Steel Giant aims to help the local people rebuild their industrial gospel, by cultivating a potetntial from its steel making past.

The steelwork legacy Reconstructed wind turbine industry

the blast furnace the EAF

wind turbine industry steel structure

steel product

smelting reconstruct

upgrade recycle

steel worker builder manufacturer

wind turbine

Raw material Production

Job Creation

Enrich Educational Resource

Phytoremediation4

The implement of the wind turbine factory intrigues a new round economic circle around the area and prepares for future industrial replacement by building up a innovative steel-recycled industry.

Rearrangement

manufacture factory

Construction of Wind Turbine Factory

Introducing A Dry Dock

Construction with Recycled Steel Construction of New Factorys

Transformation of the Sendimentation Tank

Phase 1: 0-5 years

The first phase is the demolition of the old Redcar Steelworks to leave space for steel production, nacelle and wind tower

Demolition

The demolition of the old steelworks is going to assess and disassemble most structures. Except for some memoral constructions, steel structures will become raw materials for the EAF.

Parts Position

Over 80% of parts of this wind turbine belongs to the furnace factory and the battery plant. Following the number, every components can be located in the map.

Phase 2: 5-15 years

The wind turbine manufacture starts to produce whole wind turbines individually for nearby areas.

Phase 3: after 20 years

The resilience of the strategy compromises the industrial, cultural and economic aspect.

2 Reconstruction 3

A

The factories start production. Phytoremediation is applied by planting birch trees.

Resilience

New community will be linked with the new factory.

The new factories respond to the global tendency for low carbon industry, becoming the pioneer for industrial upgrading and the device to consume the steel scraps in the green industry transition period.

NO.1 wind turbine

T he Resilience of the Steelwork Giant creates two special wind turbines, completely made from the machines and structures left by Redcar Steelworks. Accompanied with the normal wind turbine production line, these two special versions will represent and echo the existance of the steelwork past.

A

parts assembly

truss assembly

ladle scaffolding polisher

gas container

pipeline

parts oxygen holder columns assembly

processing machine

position number machine adjust new structure

Parts Position

The main supportive structures of this wind turbine are taken from the furnace factory and the gas holder.

NO.2 wind turbine

Through the recycle process, the postindustry memory will be stored in these new medium. The body of the steelwork giant dispeared but its impact can still come to people.

furnace framework air handling unit scrap collector chimney gas holder reinforcement column

pipeline platform

scaffolding plating case

number machine adjust new structure

WILD CEMETERY

Project 3: Academic Project (Individual)

Competition: Tiny Community Time: 9/2022 -11/2021 (8 weeks)

Location: Squamish, Canada

Introduction:

Squamish, the north end of the Howe Sound, has abundant natural reserves and travel resources. Owning to policies to assimilate indigenous cultures in 20th century, indigenous people is suffering from cultural genocide and looking for mourning the sacrificed people and reclaim their culture.

Inspired by the concept ‘Wild Eden’ proposed toward natural reserves, the project creates a ‘Wild Cemetery’ studying indigenous attitudes toward death and how they coexist toward nature. Through research carried out by looking into Squamish legends, the project identified ‘incarnation’ as architectural theme for the cemetery. The ‘Wild Cemetery’ claims the same status between peoples and nature, going through six nodes described in the legends, experiencing the sense of peace and returning the body to the nature. This deals with the emotional fracture due to culture genocide, resonance with an architectural vernacular, whilst also creating a platform for nearby residents to heal their pain towards any lost. The gradual increasing sea level would serve as a constant reminder of death and the impact of climate on the land.

img: Squamish people abandoned their home due to the urban expansion of Vancouver

territory Canada

Site Analysis

Located at the north end of Howe Sound, Squamish is a community growing with the First Nation history. The site selected is a central delta extending from the low water line to over 200m depth so that its land area follows the daily change of tide height. It separates the Squamish River from the estuary, isolating itself from the town and industrial area.

Sea Level

Canada Government & Squamish People (Indigenous People)

People

Regarding to sea-level rise, the delta is expected to be drowned in the water when the tide increases to 7 meters.

Owning to polices issued in 20th century, Squamish indigenous culture is fading and now only 10 people can speak their own language. Nowadays, indigenous people is looking for to mourn the sacrificed people and reclaim their culture. To present indigenous culture in an understandable way, the design tends to explore indigenous legends to say farewell to the dead people and creatures.

‘Wild

Canadian Indian Residential School System

Reclaiming

Disappear

of First Nations

Salmon FestivalMortuary CustomsRights of the Natives Identify the History

Our

The Funeral Hall

This hall is the beginning of the cemetery. Within this timber setting, the Funeral Hall intends to create an embracing ambience, allowing the families accompany the dead.

The Bridge of Farewell

People lift the dead in a canoe going through this open timber bridge, similar to a forest journey in a traditional funeral. The bridge creates a silent journey between two key nodes allowing emotional interaction between nature and people.

The Platform of Departure

Shaman and the dead’s families will finally arrive at the platform to send the canoe into the crematory incinerator through a watercourse. This process is inspired by the rituals of leaving time for soul to escape from the body.

The Forest of Death

Referring to the Squamish legends, the experience to the crematory incinerator is designed to go through forest, river and finally arrive at coast. The staffs in cemetery will stop the canoe and ‘guide’ the body to resomation as in the legends.

The Dining Longhouse

The ocean of farewell is the final scene. After the resomation, the resulting liquid will be released to the ground and then the daily tide will take it away. Luminescent bacteria will be added to serve as a reminder of death and detect the water pollution.

The Ocean of Farewell

The Dining Longhouse is located on the other side of the river. After saying farewell to the dead body, people will walk through a long path either along a river or through a forest to the longhouse for dinner.

IMMERSIVE THEATRE

4: Academic Project (Individual)

Restoration

Chaozhou Reconstruction

Time: 5/2022 -6/2022 (3 weeks)

Chaozhou, China

Introduction:

The Haiyang Temple is a reflection of the architectural legacy of a academy representative of Chinoiserie, that bears the scars of revolution and urban transformation. The solution to preserve it should propel the architectural afterlife into the heritage of tomorrow instead of depending on pure restoration and preservation.

In line with the culture of Chaozhou, the Haiyang Temple is transformed to an immersive theater that encourage the redevelopment of the declining Chaozhou opera culture The heritage is renovated by retaining its most classic dougong structure and gable roof and replacing the brick walls with polycarbonate boards to introduce light inside on the one hand. On the other hand, the changeable temporary set design installations maintain its playfulness and enhance economic impact by attracting young visitors. Through interweaving with traditional theatre and immersive feature, the architectural afterlife that has seen repossession of an architectural typology formerly serving the community, and an afterlife that has narrated historical stories.

actor's route

actress's route

actress's route watching area

Theatre Tour Route

Referring to one of the earliest Chaozhou dramas ‘A Love Story in Lantern Festival’, the stage is designed for its development plot and climactic plots that the man and woman pledge to marry without the permission of parents. Visitor can follow either actors or actress's route and stop to watch the plots in only three areas due to the limited interior space.

close before after

open when people standing on the sensor

1:20 B-B Detailed Section

5

5: floor joist: 125×90mm floor joist: 60×30mm

natural resin varnish finish: 70×20mm gravity sensor larch multiplex floor board: 120×13mm laminated timber floor: 12mm

thermal render insulation: 20mm

roughcast mineral render: 20mm

structure polywood: 125×90mm floor joist: 150×120mm square concrete: 355×150mm

natural stone wall: 340mm polycarbonate board: 40mm4:

The section shows the details on the joist between new deck and existing stone wall. Besides, referring to script, the flower in an umbrella-shaped installation will blossom conveying the actress’s happiness when she stands on the gravity sensor.

STONE OF QIANHAI