YUANHAO WEI VERNACULAR MODERNISM SELECTED WORKS SAMPLE 2018-2023
Bachelor Degree Programme In Environmental Design In The School Of Arts, Chongqing University March Urban Design In The Bartlett School Of Architecture, University College London
Yuanhao Wei
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Peat Revitalisation
Education March Urban Design, University College London (Distinction)
Sep. 2022 – Sep. 2023
Urban Design Theory: • Updated understanding of the means and goals of design by reading and summarising more than 15 papers and books discussing the epistemology of ‘non-anthropocentrism’. • Developed a 10,000-word thesis on new urban design theory based on the epistemology of the new “non-human” subject, utilizing philosophical analysis to explore the renewal of the concept of “creativity”. Urban Design Projects: • Proposed a new design methodology based on biological intelligence, artificial intelligence and machine intelligence, and developed a composite “multi-subject” design workflow that goes beyond a single human subject. • Developed a new spatial structure that explores the linkages between landscape and ecological cycles and applies them to urban renewal and the solution of local people’s dilemmas.
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A Design Approach to the Intersection of Multiple Realities Peatland restoration and urban renewal
The Rebirth Under Multidimensional Centripetalism 02
An Exploration Of Traditional Social Relations And Their Renewal Countryside Dilemmas-New Rural Planning
Environmental Design, Chongqing University ,China (GPA: 3.87/4.00)
Sep. 2018 - Jul. 2022 Build up a large amount of experience and theoretical basis for different types of design projects: • Formed a rich collection of concepts in architectural design, through the completion of architectural concept project designs for public spaces such as primary and secondary schools, museums, visitor centres, restaurants, etc., and residential living space. • Experienced in landscape and planning design concepts, through the completion of the courses for urban parks, urban waterfront landscapes, urban plazas and rural planning, planting designs and landscaping elements materials and construction designs. Strong ability in basic drawing and graphic design. • Ability to create sketches and colours, mastery of graphic design and three-dimensional composition design skills and theories. • Experienced in sculpture design and architectural landscape modelling.
Under The Tree: Educational Public Space 03
Retracing The Social Value Of Traditional Public Space Architectural & Environmental Design of Primary Schools
Work & Project Experience The Surveying of Traditional Building Team Leader
Jul. 2021 Led the measurement and modelling of traditional buildings of ethnic minorities in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture and architectural synthesis of entire villages. (60 hours/week; 1 week/year) • Evaluated the learned theories into practice and formed a deeper understanding of the traditional Chuan-Dou wooden structure.
Chongqing Forest_Overlapping Courtyard 04
Planning Design Of Pedestrian Street (Urban Development Proposal)
Learning Landscape Planning for Visually Impaired Children Project Leader
Jun. 2020.6 - Jun. 2021 Chongqing University Student Innovation Training (4 hours/week; 16 weeks/year) • Participated in and was responsible for preliminary research, idea generation and design production for landscape planning and design for blind children in grades one to three. • Conducted a detailed study of the school environment and educational curriculum and syllabus, as well as a detailed summary of the psychological study of visually impaired children, resulting in experiential landscape installations and opusculum that emphasize several other sensory abilities, including hearing, smell, and touch, in contrast to the mainstream visual experience-based landscape.
General research institute of architecture & planning designco.,ltd, chongqing university (LDI) Aug. 2020 (Beautiful Countryside Construction project) Intership
Hovering Clouds 05
Chongqing Zhong County Youyi Village Landscape Planning and Renovation Project, Member of Design Team (40 hours/week; 3 weeks/year) • Completed the design of roads, paving, landscape installations and public facilities in the village to help alleviate poverty and improve the tourism value of the village and the comfort and happiness of the residents. Landscape Planning and Building Facade and Courtyard Renewal Project along Yangchuan River in Suiyang County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province
Interests and Proficiency
Revival Of The Traditional Environmental And Spatial Character Of The City
Reuse Of Waste Materials Waterfront Landscape Design and Visitor Centre Design
Seeing Through The Gap 06
Spatial Expression Of National Culture And Spirit Rural Tourism Planning and Teahouse Design In Dong Village
Hobbies Photography, Travel, Writing, Reading, Poetry, Watercolour ,Sketching •Visited nearly 30 galleries and museums in London during spare time .
Software skills
Beautiful countryside construction
•3D Modeling :Rhino, Grasshopper, Revit, Houdini •2D Drawing : Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, CAD •Rendering : Thearender, Twinmotion, Vary •Stable diffusion, Midjourney, GIS
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Helping rural tourism and residents' well-being Landscape Planning and Building Facade and Courtyard Renewal
Awards Second Prize in Urban Planning & Design Category
Sep. 2021
The Ninth National College Digital Art & Design Awards (NCDA), National Level
Qualified, “Learning Landscape Planning for Visually Impaired Children” Project
May. 2021
Second Prize of Best Creative Work
Nov. 2020
Chongqing University Students' Innovation Training , Municipal Level
Additional Works 08
Supplement 1: Drawing Works Supplement 2: Composition Design And Sculpture
Innovative China Space Design Art Competition (C+ Award), National Level
Second Prize in Environment and architecture Design Catrgory Chinese Collegiate Computing Competition, National Level 3
Aug. 2020
The author's complete work can be viewed at this site: https://yuanhaoweiworks.cargo.site/ 4
01/ Urban design
A result of the intertwining of multiple realities
001.Peat Revitalisation Peatland restoration and urban renewal/ September 2023
Supervisor: Claudia Pasquero, Filippo Nassetti ,Emmanouil Zaroukas,Shengyu Meng Project occupation: 10,000 hectares Location: Centural Kalimantan, Indonesia Group work: 4 members Skills: Rhino, Grasshopper, Houdini, Unreal engine, Midjourney, Stable diffusion, GIS Gold Prize in 2022/23 March Urban Design in the bartlett school of architecture 5
Peat Revitalisation project radically challenges the traditional concept of ‘urban’ and proposes a ‘collective’ living scenario in Indonesian peatland. The reason for choosing Indonesia peatland as an experiment site for “collective dwelling” lies in its in-danger position and its significant role in restoring carbon content: peatlands in Indonesia stand in the frontier of climate crisis that they are suffering from annual flooding and peat fire in wet and dry seasons respectively. To resist peat loss in both issues which will release the carbon content, and offer a collective dwelling environment for both human and non-human beings, Peat Revitalisation employs artificial intelligence and biological intelligence to construct the morphology. Algorithms are used to collect data of potential flooding and fire zones, and to form an efficient bio-structure morphology which deploys the biointelligence of mycelium. 6
BIO - REMEDIATION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & BIO-INTELLIGENCE
MORPHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Fire spots 2003-2023 Land level above river 100 400 Figure. 700mm38: function of bio-structure in peatland. Bio-Remediation areas
Dynamic site conditions 7
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MICRO STRUCTURE PROTOTYPE
PURUN WEAVING STRUCTURE
Purun +Mycelium SA4-3 DAY_ 01
SA4-4 SA4-1
SA4-1 + SA4-2 + SA4-3 + SA4-4 = SA4 C4-1 = C4-2 = C4-3 = C4-4 = 1/4 SA4/2 * HSL = 420mm C4 = SA4/2 * HSL = 336mm
SA4-2
SA4 SA3-5
SA3-3 DAY_ 10
SA3-3 + SA3-4 + SA3-5 = SA3 C3-3 = C3-4 = C3-5 = SA3/6 * HSL = 168mm
SA4-5
SA3-4
SA4-2
SA4-5 + SA4-6 = SA4 C4-5 = SA4-5/2 * HSL = 224mm C4-6 = SA4-5/2 * HSL = 196mm
SA4-6
SA3 SA4-5
C3 = SA3/2 * HSL = 336mm
SA4-7
SA2-8
DAY_ 20
SA4-6 + SA4-2 = SA4-7 C4-7 = SA4-7/2 * HSL = 336mm
SA3-2
SA3-1
SA3-1 + SA3-2 = SA3 C2-8 = SA2-8/2 * HSL = 168mm C3-1 = C3-2 = SA3/4 * HSL = 224mm
SA4-5-2 SA4-7-2 SA4-5-1 SA4-7-1
SA2-4 SA2-4 + SA2-5 + SA2-6 + SA2-7 + SA2-8 = SA2 C2-4 = C2-5 = SA2/12 * HSL = 168mm C2-6 = C2-7 = C2-8 = SA2/12 * HSL = 168mm
SA2-8 SA2-7
DAY_ 30
SA2-6
SA2
Dish_02
Dish_03
Mycelium compost_ 15g Peat_ 10g Sprayed water_ 5g
Mycelium compost_ 15g Peat_ 10g Sprayed water_ 8g
Mycelium compost_ 10g Peat_ 15g Sprayed water_ 8g
SA2-1 + SA2-2 + SA2-3= SA2 C2-1 = C2-2 = C2-3 = SA2/6 * HSL = 224mm
SA2-1
SA1-3+ SA1-4 + SA1-5 = SA1 C1-3 = SA1-3/2 * HSL = 224mm C1-6 = C1-5 = SA1-5/2 * HSL = 168mm
SA1
C1 = SA1/2 * HSL = 420mm
SA1-2
SA2-2 Dish_01
SA1-3
SA4-7-2 SA1-5
SA4-5-1 + SA4-5-2 = SA4-5 SA4-7-1 + SA4-7-2 = SA4-7 C4-5-1 = C4-5-2 = SA4-5-1/2 * HSL = 168mm C4-7-1 = C4-7-2 = SA4-7-1/2 * HSL = 168mm
SA1-4
SA2-5
C2 = SA2/2 * HSL = 420mm
SA4 C4 = SA4/2 * HSL = 336mm
SA2-3
SA1-1
SA1-1 + SA1-2 = SA1 C1-1 = C1-2 = SA1/2 * HSL = 220mm
Bio material morphology _ Mycelium
Substrate _ Purun
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DECAY OF THE ORGANIC STRUCTURES
PEAT REVITALISATION AND LOCAL SPECIES
GROWING BIO-DIVERSITY
COEXISTENCE OF HUMANS AND NON-HUMANS
PEAT REVITALISATION AND THE COMMUNITY
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Exploring new development patterns under local village conservation
02/ Village Planning and Architecture Renewal
002.The Rebirth Under Multidimensional Centripetalism Countryside dilemmas-New rural planning/ October 2021
Supervisor: Zhang peiying, Mia Hsu Project occupation: 14.78 hectares Group work: 3 members Location: Guizhou province, China Skills: Rhino, Revit, Grasshopper, Thearender
Based on the dilemma between rural development and protection, the design explores a development model that can realize economic development and improve residents' living standards while preserving local ethnic and cultural characteristics. With the introduction of new industrial chain as the driving force for development, and combined with the unique cultural patterns of the local area ,continuing the influence of the 'family' concept and ethnic beliefs on the layout of the village,together guide the new planning of the site. At the same time, the spatial design is a contemporary innovation of the traditional architectural structure of the village. Under the new planing pattern , both visitors and residents can benefit from each other and achieve the rebirth of village.
Front Yard
RETENSION & NEW INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IMPLANTATION
Back Alley
CURRENT CONDITION ANALYSIS
Alleyways
Water collection points
Bridge
Riverside
Bridge
Bridge
Intersections
Bridge River
Bridge
er
Field&pond
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SECOND FLOOD PLAN 1:200 Water Ponds
WORKSHOP
Original dwelling
±0.000
5.700 4.900
2.800 4.900 5.800
5.700
6.100
5.800
HOMESTAY HOTEL
5.700
2.900 Drum Tower 2.800
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COMMERICAL SHOPS
Warehouse
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TRANSFORMATION SECTION
COMMERICAL SHOPS
LOCAL DWELLINGS
DRUM TOWER
HOMESTAY HOTEL
LOCAL DWELLINGS
LOCAL DWELLINGS
WORKSHOP
5F 4F 3F 2F 3F
1F
2F
Ground Floor Living Old Main Road Room
1F -1F
4F 3F Fire Pond
2F 1F
Commerical Shops Section 1:400
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Homestay Hotel Section 1:300
Workshop Section 1:300
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03/ Primary School
Retracing the social value of traditional public space
004. Under The Tree:Educational Public Space Architectural & Environmental Design of Primary Schools/ 2021.7
Supervisor: Xiang zhiyuan Project occupation: 5.3 hectares Personal work Location: Zhuhai district, Guangdong province, China Skills: Revit, Rhino, thearender
The design explores a spatial approach to achieve the goal of connecting cultural minorities to the contemporary city by selecting a site on the border of the city, nature and the village of the water dwellers to build a school and partially open it to the city as a public space, addressing the problem of the education for the new generation of children living on the water and providing the possibility for minorities to speak out in the gathering. At a time when clean streets are being "cleansed" of urban "deviants", commercial logic is prevailing and the value of urban public space is deteriorating, the design re-examines the social value of public space with a new method of spatial operation and mode of existence. The building is organised by open corridors, transport systems and courtyards system carrying multiple functions, and the environment allows sunlight and woods to run through the entire building space, creating a forest atmosphere, where children work, study and grow under the trees and in the fields, and where different groups can enter a neutral and open "natural environment", resolving conflicts in communication and achieving a passive voice for minority groups.
Top floor
Citizens Planting Area
Entrance for village
Student Planting Area
Playground
Entrance towards the river
“COURTYARD” SYSTEMS
Roof Garden 23
Citizens’ Courtyard
Entrance Dock
Eco-Island 24
“CORRIDOR” SYSTEM
“FOREST” SYSTEMS
Roof elevation Forest sheds
Student Planting Field
Activity Corridor
Vertical traffic for social groups
Third elevation
Entrance courtyard
Second elevation
Librar y
Toliet Student Activity Areas
Public Activity Area
First elevation
Admin istrati
Lightwell (leading to ground floor)
Lightwell (leading to first floor)
Library balcony
ve offi ce
The Is land o f Purifi cation
Class room
Arable land& Village River
&Urb an
city
Entran ce doc k Atrium in the teaching area Classroom balcony
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Classroom
Corridor
Dance Room
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2.00 3.22
2.80
East Elevation 1:1000 2.30
1.80 1.20
North Elevation 1:1000
5F 4F 3F 2F 1F
2.00
2-2 Section 1:2000
office area
NORTH Citizen’s entrance 2.00
Connecting corridors
0.00 COURTYARD
wharf
Staircase
wharf
Roof garden 10
ENTRANCE
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CLASSROOMS
dance classroom
First Floor Plan 1:1500
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Roof Plan 1:1500
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NORTH Site Plan 1:1500 27
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04/ Pedestrian Street
An impression of Chongqing with traditional Chongqing residential elements
004. Chongqing Forest_Overlapping Courtyard Planning Design of Pedestrian Street (Urban development proposal)/ 2021.3 Project occupation: 4.39 hectares Location: Chongqing, China Skills: Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, Thearender, Twinmotion
Climbing
crossing
Lifting
Underground Area
slopeing
Separating
Falling
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05/ Visitor Centre
The boundary between architecture and environment dissolves in ambiguous curves
005. HOVERING CLOUDS Waterfront Landscape Design and Visitor Centre Design / November 2021 The building is located at the highest point of the terrain in the riverfront park. The winding trestle leading to the different areas of the site is connected to the curved ramp of the building, which acts as an extension of the interior of the building and brings in the exterior environment, blurring the boundaries of the building and integrating it with the environment.
Site
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06/ Tea house
A spatial expression of the Dong's culture based on the nature belief
006. SEEING TROUGH THE Rural Tourism Planning and Teahouse Design In Dong Village/ December 2019
The design introduces gaps in the natural environment of the village to create a spatial experience that is in keeping with the ethos of the site.To achieve a special form of design that attracts visitors to the environment to experience what is a more authentic cultural presence.
Site
TOLIET
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LOBBY
BALCONY
WAREHOUSE
OFFICE
BALCONY
PRIVATE ROOM
LOBBY
TOLIET 34
07/ Intership works
007 .WORK PROJECT :BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE CONSTRUCTION Landscape Planning and Building Facade and Courtyard Renewal Project / Aug 2020 Location:Suiyang County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, China Company: General research institute of architecture & planning designco.,ltd,chongqing university (LDI)
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08/ Additional works
Some Works In Art
008. DRAWING WORK COLLECTION OF SKETCH AND WATERCOLOR WORKS / 2018-2020
1189mm*841mm 150g sketch paper charcoal pencil
1189mm*841mm 150g sketch paper black ink
210mm*297mm 150g sketch paper black ink
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210mm*297mm 150g sketch paper black ink
210mm*297mm 150g sketch paper carbon strips
210mm*297mm 150g sketch paper carbon strips
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08/ Additional works
Some Works In Art
COMPOSITION DESIGN AND SCULPTURE FIGURATIVE AND ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONS OF FORMAL LANGUAGE/ 2018-2020
2000mm*2500mm kraft paper
1189mm*841mm 300g watercolour paper watercolour
1189mm*841mm 300g watercolour paper watercolour, acrylic paint
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2000mm*2500mm kraft paper
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