Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) with CNC and Robotics; 1:1 Scale On-site Installation; Woodworking; Biomaterial Cultivation and Texture Experiments
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Personal Statement
I believe successful architectural design excels as a complex of sustainable social elements which is about balancing various aspects –requirements from urban or rural environment, commercial goals, operations and user experience. Cultural specifities of each context play a huge role and need to be factored in as well.
Among all the factors that architects should concern about, humans, as the end users of spaces who have functional and emotional needs, is the most interesting part to me. Only after establishing a vision of what kind of human life is desired in a given place, can attention be given to the public spaces and the ways the buildings can productively interact. As Jan Gehl famously said: “First life, then spaces, then buildings –the other way around never works.”
07/2019, Academic - Team of 5 - Contribution: Heritage Surveying, Technical Drawing
Chengdu Zhuoyue City Complex
Hangzhou Grand Canal Industrial Site Comprehensive Protection
Project Information
Location: Hangzhou, China
Design Period: 2020 - 2023
Construction Period: 2021 - 2027
Site Area: Approximately 443,800 ㎡
Building Area: Approximately 207,300 ㎡
Chief Architect: Liu Jiakun
Collaborators: Architecture - UAD (The Architectural Design&Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd.)
Landscape - TLS Landscape Architecture (Tom Leader Studio, USA)
Photography: Wen Pei, Jiakun Architects
Participation Information
Type: Professional Work, Team of 15
Time: 10/2021 - 01/2022
Stage: Stage 3 - Stage 5
Contribution: 3D Modeling, Technical Design
Jiakun Architects
The Renew with Classical Garden Inspired Language
Old Steelworks
Under Construction, Photography: Wen Pei
Public Centre and Leisure Park
Observation Tower: Prototype of the Plate-Column System
Contribution: Facade - Plan, Elevation, Technical Drawing (Connection between the Glazing and Column)
Contribution: 3D Modeling, Structural Drawing (Adjustment)
Under Construction, Photography: Wen Pei
Visitors' Centre
Hotels and Viewing Platform
Contribution:
Hotels - Facade Details, Connection between Wall and Windows
Platform - Plan, Elevation, Section,Technical Drawing (Connection between the Stairs, Ramp, Drain Outlet, Platform)
Stairs and Platform
Under Construction, Photography: Wen Pei
Individual Work, Supervisor: Dong Yanmeng
Chengdu Zhuoyue City Complex
Project Information
Location: Chengdu, China
Design Period: 04/2021 - Present
Construction Period: 04/2023 - Present
Chief Architect: Meng Fanhao
Participation Information
Type: Professional Work, Team of 20 Time: 07/2021 - 08/2021
Stage: Stage 3 - Stage 4
Contribution: Plan Design, Diagram
Line+ Studio
Retail Village and High-rise Housing
Residential Design
Massing and Tube Structure
Residential Design
Residential Design
Facade and Technical Details
Dormitory To Community Center
With three prototypes extracted from classical architecture form, this project is aimed to set up a new identity for the community, and create a public living room for all the people to gather together. Natural lighting and ventilation are two key points in this design based on local climate and residents' living pattern. From
Location: Taichung, Taiwan
Year: 2019
Supervisor: Ye Yuxin
Type: Academic, Individual Work
Stage: 0 - 4
Existing Site
04 Down The Street
From Printing Works To School Gallery
The accumulation of time constitutes a certain culture, tradition and memory, which is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Located in an abandoned printing works of HFUT, this design is envisioned to attract new activities back to the old district. When people walk along the 1989 Street, preserved parts of old buildings and new spaces become part of exhibition, then old memories flash back.
Location: Hefei, China
Year: 2020
Supervisor: Li Qiguo (qiguoli@hfut.edu.cn)
Type: Academic, Individual Work
Stage: 0 - 4
Main Entrance of 1989 Street
From Old To New
These several types of old buildings, which have been the representative or characteristic of the lost space, are urgly to be preserved and renovated.
Preserved Extended Demolished Visitors Staffs
Outdoor Activities on the Water Stage
The enclosed site and scattered spaces become an integrated system and start to interact with surroundings.
The Residence+ provides an public space for activities at usual and it is also a self-circulation system under lockdown. This sustainable urban space emphasizes the notions of community, inclusion, dignity and provide an opening to perform social life in the backyard of the city.
In post-pandemic era, this seaside high-rise residence is proposed to be redefined as an integrated living system with infrastructure and activity space.
Sinking Courtyard
City Living Room
Green Houses
Better ventilation, flexible greenary and farming areas...all under control! The Intelligent Operation Design sets up an intergrated living system for community members of all ages. Whether at home or in public space, people can experience a comfortable and convenient life closer to nature.
Green Balcony
06 Spirit of Xidi
Resort Planning&Architectural Design of an Ancient Village
Shang Village, a part of Xidi Town which is recognised as the World Cultural Heritage, is facing the complex problems under rural exodus. Targetting on the main lane and the waterside space, the project is aimed to revive this declining village through the renovation of space and economic development. All the designs are committed to the principles of heritage protection and social responsibilty, having minimum impact on the existings.
Location: Xidi Town, Anhui, China
Time: 03/2022 - 07/2022
Supervisor: Li Zao
Type: Academic, Team Work with Zuo Qi
Stage: 0 - 3
Terrain Section A-A
The Co-living between Residents and Tourist
South Elevation - Main Lane
North Elevation - Main Lane
The Waterside Main Lane
Multi-functional "Resort+" - The Spacial Renovation under Industrial Upgrading, Experiential Educational Tourism, and Branding with Local Organic Products
Turning into the Mountain Area, this section provides various public activities for tourism, school trips, and hiking programs. Residents are also well welcomed to run small business and get together for group events in the gallery, teahouse, or agriculture fields.
Stele History Gallery
Key Space: Stele History Gallery, Seminar House, Pavillion and Footway
07 New Commune-ism
Rural Utopia
Located in an ethnic minority village of Southwest China, this design draws pictures of a new rural commune-ism that reemphasizes the collective culture of equality, fairness and individual dignity. Democratic politics, prosperous economy, regional culture and sustainable ecology are all the concerns of this work.
From Hybrid Bioreceptive Materials to Building Complex
Operating within the discourse of biodigital design, MycoLoofah addresses contemporary built environment challenges of material resource, and low urban biodiversity. The project explores the use of hybrid living materials as low-energy, rapidly renewable building materials. Hybrid composite materials are ‘grown’ together comprising mycelium, loofah and grass roots exploring a more biological, non-permanent architecture.
Location: London
Time: 11/2023 - 08/2024
Supervisor: Richard Beckett, Christopher
Whiteside
Type: Academic, Team Work with Hanshu Jia
The Living System
Should buildings last forever?
This project questions the obsession of permanence and sterility of the buildings, and introduces a new hybrid material system. Loofah and mycelium, as the main agents, offer the building with a degradable and interchangeable bio-skin, and welcome the microorganism for a better eco-living environment.
Shearing Layers* (Frank Duffy, Stewart Brand)
Grown Materials and Living Materials
MycoLoofah Prototype
Biodegradable Layers
Component Design
From 2D to 3D
From Marching Cubes to Component
From Data Point to Facade
From Path to Component Combination
Lorensen W E, Cline H E. Marching cubes: A high resolution 3D surface construction algorithm[J]. Acm Siggraph Computer Graphics, 1987, 21(4):163-169.
Environment-driven Building Design
From 2D Distribution Map to 3D Generation
Sunlight and wind intensity, as two crucial factors for biosystem, affect the living agents' performance on the building's interface. By utilizing the environmental data, some parts of the building can function as the bioscaffold for microorganisms. In this project, the renovation of a six-levels frame structure housing is demonstrated as a prototype.
Space created by Sunlight Info
Space created by Wind Info
Comprehensive Impact from Sun&Wind
09 Virtual Herbaria
Interactive Library with AR, VR and Game Engine
Time: 11/2022
Supervisor: Yara Feghali
Type: Academic, Individual Work in Workshop
Virtual Herbaria questions our way to utilize and visualize data sets, archives, and libraries. It builds up the online herbarium drawing inspiration from the California Desert and archive the collection into an immersive and educational experience using augmented and virtual reality.
Scannable Plant Template
AR Plants with Animation
Game Programme in Unity
Player Experience: Immersively Wondering
Player Experience: Document Browsing
10 Treats Hunter
Machine Learning in 3D Animation with Game Engine
Time: 05/2024
Supervisor: Eleana Polychronaki
Type: Academic, Individual Work
Treats Hunter explores the intervention of reinforcement learning in 3D animation design. Under the built environment, the rewards system in this project is set up by randomly generated treats, obstacles, and destination. Driven by the shortest path and hightest rewards, an agent is trained to reach the defined targets under the machine learning process.
By moving each step (-0.01), failing to stay on the higher floor (-1), and hitting the obstacle (-0.02), reward keeps falling in the beginning. By catching the treats (+5) and reaching the destination (+10), the reward of each episode reaches a stable mark of 12.5 in the end. During the accumulation of rewards, a fall from -2 to -20 is observed. It is because of the agent learning how to get off the higher level and move on the lower floor safely.
11 Traditional Intelligence
Craftsmanship and Robotics
The intervention of AI manufacturing provides us with quantifiable ideas for understanding aesthetics and technology, but it also loses the interaction between materials and craftsman’s spirits. Clay carving is a treasure of Huizhou Folk Culture. In this project, the artificial engraving marks are translated into the motion principles of manipulator to simulate the traditional works.
Time: 08/2021
Supervisors: Guo Zhe(HFUT Computational Art & Architecture Lab) & Li Ce(College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Wuhan University)
Type: Academic, Team Work with Wang Jiajuan in Computational Art&Tech Workshop
Engraving
Simulation with KUKA Six-DOF Robots
Final Result on Clay Plate
Engraving Route Inspired by Huizhou Folk Landscape Paintings
