2016-2017 MArch Part 2_Design Portfolio

Yuan Yuan Cheng The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness Bejing | China

De He | UNIT 17

园 园

yuán =

Garden, Courtyard

圆

yuán =

Circle, Perfect, Circular Shaped

城

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City, Town, Wall

圆 城

THE OLD SUMMER PALACE

FORBIDDEN CITY

SITE

2nd

BEIJING

3rd

4th

5th Ring Rd

BEIJING

Project Context Location

Yuan Ming Yuan | The Old Summer Palace

圆明园 Garden of Perfect Brightness proper 长春园 Garden of Eternal Spring 绮春园 Elegant Spring Garden

西洋楼 Western Mansions

Project Context Precedent Research

Yuan Ming Yuan The Old Summer Palace 圆明园

1707

1725

1744

1747

1751

1759

Harmonious Wonder

Labyrinth 黄花阵

谐奇趣 Expansion of Waterworks of Gardens (Yongzheng Emperor Period) 1723-1735

The construction of the European-style palaces was initiated

Xiyang Lou Western Mansions

西洋楼

Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) Jesuit painter

Initial Construction (Kangxi Emperor Period) 1662-1722 Forty Scenes of the Yuanmingyuan (Qianlong Emperor) 1736-1795

Project Context History Reference and Precedents

One of the earliest known painting by Castiglione in China in a blend of Chinese and Western styles, 1723

Forty Scenes of the Yuanmingyuan (Qianlong Emperor) 1736-1795

Project Context History Reference and Precedents

Xiyang Lou Western Mansions

西洋楼

海晏堂 (Haiyantang)

Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) Jesuit painter

An area in the Xiyang Lou (Western style mansions) of the Old Summer Palace, which included a water clock fountain consisting of 12 bronze Chinese zodiac statues. Supposedly designed by Giuseppe Castiglione for the Qianlong Emperor, the statues would spout water to tell the time.

Project Context History Reference and Precedents

20 Copperplate Engravings of the European Pavilions (Qianlong Emperor) 1736-1795

Project Context History Reference and Precedents

The Ruins of the Western Mansions

Pig: purchased by Stanley Ho in 2003 (from a NY collector) and donated to China. Currently at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.

Tiger: bought by the China Poly Group in 2000 for $1.99 million, now at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.

The Bronze Head of Pig

The Bronze Head of Tiger

The Bronze Head of rabbit

Poly Art Museum Beijing | China

Poly Art Museum Beijing | China

Yves Saint Laurent’s collection Paris | France

The Bronze Head of Ox

The Bronze Head of Monky

The Bronze Head of Rat

Ox: bought by the China Poly Group in 2000 for $954,000, now at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.

Monkey: bought by the China Poly Group in 2000 for $1.05 million, now at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.

Rat and Rabbit: was in Yves Saint Laurent’s collection. Sold for $18 million at hammer price ($20 million with fees) to an anonymous bidder in Paris in February 2009.

Project Context History Reference and Precedents

The Ruins of the Western Mansions

Ruins of the Labyrinth

Ruins of the Harmonious Wonder

Ruins of the Immense Ocean Observatory

Ruins of the Daishuifa waterworks

Project Context History Reference and Precedents

中国制造?【 Made in China?】 Modernising Chinese Architectural Style and Form:

Orientalism and Occidentalism In The Garden Of Perfect Brightness And Its 21st Century Architectural And Urban Design Influence and Relevance

ABSTRACT What constitutes the Chinese Architecture in 21st century? what is Chinese architecture in relation to its style, theory, history and artistic influence? what architectural style should be representing the true Chineseness today?

Was it derived from political ideologies? Was it restricted from Republican and Communist eras? Was it influenced by Western architectural styles? Chan (2017) said in her “defence” for Chinese architecture, that “Traditional Chinese architecture became emblematic and pre-modern, the emergent modern Chinese architecture style conceived in late imperial China was a paradox of historicist, eclectic, and colonial styles from Western history.”

Perhaps, a distinctive modern Chinese style in architecture could be achieved only through a contradiction of shifting notions of Chineseness between progress and history as China is modernised. (Chan, 2017) My interpretation from imperial Chinese Garden design as the aesthetic of jing, and through Chinese philosophy as theory to define the ontology of Chinese architecture in Beijing today and in the future. Furthermore I propose that as China is developing rapidly in the digital revolution in 21st century, we don’t have to lose our fundamental philosophical, theoretical or historical roots, nor completely embrace the European ideas, but acknowledge the capacity of digital technology that can manipulate the design process and thinking.

Yuan Ming Yuan is perhaps the most powerful evidence of imperialist aggressions and evaluations on this part of history. I am not using this part of history to enhance patriotism, but reflect from the imposition of political ideologies on historical values retrieved from the garden. As a Chinese architectural student, my interest is conducting research on studies from Chinese literature and its cultural influence upon modern age in China. I suggest through the outcome from my design project, Suburb of Perfect Brightness as an imaginary Garden-city is proposing a new style in urban planning as an artistic yet technical representation. By employing the vision of jing, I intend to use “garden” as a design tool for mapping and modelling the masterplan; jing as a framing tool for computational perspectival projection in architectural renderings.

Chan, S. (2017) Style: In Defence Of...Chinese architecture. London, UK: Machine Books.

Project Theory Thesis Abstract

Xiangshan Campus of the China Academy of Art (2009-1012) Wang Shu

Ningbo Historic Museum (2003-2008) Wang Shu

Beijing Chaoyang Park Plaza 2014 MAD

Project Theory Precedents from Today’s Iconic Chinese Architectural Vernaculars

A.Threshold

B. Arch

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D. Courtyard

C. Bridge C

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F. Roof

E. Water Surface I

A. Threshold B. Arch C. Bridge D. Courtyard E. Water Surface

H. European Impressions and Modern Integration

I. Miniature

F. Roof G. Compositions H. European Impressions and Modern Integration I. Miniature

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Site Elements JING as Fengshui, Typology and Spatial Framework from Garden Design to Urban Planning

Central infrastructure routes around the central axis, serving and relating from one another

A.Threshold B. Arch C. Bridge D. Courtyard

I. Miniature

Garden Forest Parks Large Scale Garden Forest planning with raised bridges connecting to city circulations

Proposed High-rise residential developments

H. European Impressions and Modern Integration

Central infrastructure routes around the central axis, serving and relating from one another

D. Courtyard F. Roof

D. Courtyard C. Bridge

Working inside the Temple and Atrium Blossom

Four Squares Microcosmic House (Centre for Artists’ Studio)

Living with Hills and Hidden Market

H. European Impressions and Modern Integration

Living with Hills and Hidden Market

Walking in the Sky and Floating Gardens

E. Water Surface

Site Elements JING as Fengshui, Typology and Spatial Framework from Garden Design to Urban Planning

中国制造?【 Made in China?】 Modernising Chinese Architectural Style and Form:

Orientalism and Occidentalism In The Garden Of Perfect Brightness And Its 21st Century Architectural And Urban Design Influence and Relevance

景 “jing”

《雍正十二月令圆明园行乐图》 The Wonderful Journey of Twelve Months for Yong Zheng in Yuan Ming Yuan Giuseppe Castiglione

圆明园四十景图 (40 Scenes of Yuan Ming Yuan) and Concept of jing as Theory of Paintings in relation to Architectural Representation A set of forty paintings was created by two imperial court artists Dai Tang and Yuan Shen, while construction of the Yuan Ming Yuan was completed in 1744. It was called the forty scenes because the names of the scenes were already been given by Qianlong emperor. The original terminology of the those forty “scenes” in Chinese language is called jing.

During the period of Qing dynasty, Zou (2011) suggested that the interaction between the garden jing and painting jing initiated the Western garden scenes to be “depicted as an exotic jing within a Chinese garden”. Moreover, the jing was suggested not only over powering the painter’s inner emotions, but also a strong projection on painter’s own impression over his view of landscapes. One of the forty jing painters, Dai Tang who employed a bird’s eye view in his works, but completely differentiated “the front from the side in order to depict the buildings in great detail” discussed by Zou (2011) who cited the painter Tang (867) to further describes the scale of jing and said : “Landscape painting is different from figure painting, In the latter, only a cliff, crag, or single piece of landscape is painted, This is the so-called spot jing. As for the complete jing of mountains and rivers, it is necessary to go to see real mountains” Zou, H. (2011) A Jesuit garden in Beijing and early modern Chinese culture. Milwaukee, WI, United States: Purdue University Press.

Project Theory Concept of jing as Theory of Paintings

Perspectival Diagram Studies “Chinese” Perspective with Multiple Scenes

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Scene 4

“jing” of Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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Scene 3

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Scene 3

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Scene 1

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“Imaginary city” Proposal : Suburbs of Perfect Brightness Camera

Scene 4 Scene 3 Scene 2 Scene 1

Perspectival Diagram Studies | Diagram 4.1 “Chinese” Perspective with Multiple Scenes

阅单景

阅多景

Single Viewpoint | Spot Jing

Multiple Viewpoints | Complete Jing

Render 4.1a

Render 4.1b

In diagram 4.1 1.An isometric parallel projection is illustrated via render 4.1a.

2.A combination of isometric parallel projections which merged into one image as a comparable design outcome is illustrated via render 4.1b. It is also the result of the multiple jing as integration between traditional jing and vision of jing.

3.The depth of jing was applied through multiple viewpoints in render 4.1b, by first selecting a one-directional viewpoint where the yellow line indicates.

4.Scene 1 to 4, showing each individual image was rendered separately from large to small in order to create the atmospheric perspective, hence one line method distorted via the computational techniques in architectural representation.

5.Scene 1-the gate as you are entering the “city”.

6.Scene 2-the second “gate” as semi-public domain before entering the central building complex.

7.Scene 3-the focal point of the “city”, also as the central transition of one-directional perspective method, indicating the depth from second half of vertical “painting” as rendering. The distance of jing is framed and demonstrated vertically, which suggests the reading point from the bottom to top, as large to small.

8.Scene 4- the final narrative as eye-finishing point from reading the image. It illustrated the attempts of creating “buildings of line method” - Xianfa lou. It is also finished with mountain-like buildings to create the allusive of jing.

Perspectival Diagram Studies “Chinese” Perspective with Multiple Scenes

Isometric Framed View 01 Jing as Chinese Perspective composed vertically in Isometric View

Isometric Framed View 02 Jing as Chinese Perspective composed vertically in Isometric View

Isometric Framed View 03 Jing as Chinese Perspective composed vertically in Isometric View

Isometric Framed View 04 Jing as Chinese Perspective composed vertically in Isometric View

怪景

Scene 4

Distorted Perspectival “jing” of Suburbs of Perfect Brightness Elevational Isometric View Scene 3

Scene 4

Two Point Perspective, Camera Lens 10 with Dolly View Scene 3 Scene 2

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Two Point Perspective, Camera Lens 12 Scene 1

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“Imaginary city” Proposal : Suburbs of Perfect Brightness Perspectival Diagram Studies | Diagram 4.2 “Chinese” Perspective with Multiple Scenes

Perspectival Diagram Studies “Chinese” Perspective with Multiple Scenes

Ai Wei Wei CIRCLE OF ANIMALS / ZODIAC HEADS

Exploration of the ‘fake’ and the copy in relation to the original

海晏堂 (Haiyantang)

Yuan Yuan Cheng Diagrammatic Exploded Model Components Isometric View

Yuan Yuan Cheng Diagrammatic Exploded Model Components Microcosmic Collection of Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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A. Wangjing SOHO B. China Film Director Center, C9 Factory Renovation C. Caochangdi Art Village D. The Great Wall Museum of Fine Art F. China National Film Museum E. China Railway Museum

Wangjing Subdistrict Wangjing (Chinese: 望京街道; pinyin: Wàngjīng Jiēdào) is a major residential and technological area and subdistrict of Chaoyang District, in the northeast of Beijing, China. The name “Wangjing” translates into English as “View of Beijing”.

Site Context Key Surrounding Buildings

PROPOSED SITE

5th Ring Rd

Vehicle Roads

Airport Express

High Way

Metro Line 15

Railway Transportation

Site Context Transportation

Rich

Poor

Artists

Mix: Caochangdi Art Village

Landscape

Commercial

Parks under development

Site Context Key Areas

Urban Development Phase 01 (Residential) Buildings

Farmer’s Market Palace and People’s Residence with Garden of transportation

Occidental High Rise and Sky Gardens for freedom

City Infrastructure and Traffic (Mixed pedestrian and vehicle) City Traffic (vehicle) Worker’s Living Studio and Workshop Temples with Garden of Pavilions

Garden of Gardens: Memory History Culture and Diversity

Urban Development Phase 02 (Commercial and Industrial)

Large City Garden Development

Artists’ Villages Local and International Artist’s Studios situated in an unstable residential lands and political sensitive (Cheap and not commercial)

Warehouse and Storage

Offices and Factories

Undeveloped Lands Rich Gate Communities, Luxury Residential Compounds, Mini-resort

Poor Taxi drivers, Illegal City Immigrants, Builders, Dirty Restaurants, Floaters, Farmers

Response to the Site Diagrammatic Masterplan Axonometric View

C D

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Response to the Site Proposed Imaginary Garden City Compact Masterplan Isometric View

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PROPOSED SITE

With existing boundary

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PROPOSED LANDSCAPE

PROPOSED ENTRY POINTS TO THE SITE

A. Living with Hills and Hidden Market Residential development with small to medium spaces. Mixused spaces for sharing such as LOFT and studio space for both living and working.

E. Four Squares Microcosmic House (Centre for Artists’ Studio) Four spatial arrangements that manifests and collects the microcosmic elements.

B. Working inside the Temple and Atrium Blossom Financial working hub with worshiping temple and small chapels for resting and sleeping. Surrounded by mountain and rock shaped glass shell with hotels and recreation spaces.

F. Sky-garden Apartments with flying bridges High-rise residential developments with garden pods, connecting with sky bridges and mountain podiums.

G. Garden Forest Parks Large Scale Garden Forest planning with raised bridges connecting to city circulations

C. Walking in the Sky and Floating Gardens High-rise blocks with atrium gardens and living, working loft spaces. Central “Greenhouse” with circular and elongating circulation horizontally

H. Lands of Perfect Brightness Symmetry of Circular landscape planning

D. Wondering in the nature with Eternal Pyramids Garden of gardens, Landscape inside of landscape. Water paths surrounded by the trees

Response to the Site Diagrammatic Masterplan Plan View

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B

Living with Hills and Hidden Market

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C

Working inside the Temple and Atrium Blossom

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Wondering in the nature with Eternal Pyramids

Walking in the Sky and Floating Gardens

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Sky-garden Apartments with flying bridges

Four Squares Microcosmic House (Centre for Artists’ Studio)

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Response to the Site Diagrammatic Masterplan Plan View

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The Garden of Evergreen Mountains Living with Hills and Hidden Market The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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Hill Shaped Shell Structure Golden Library with Open Exhibition Space Sino Tower for Viewing Miniature inside of the Market Space Workers and Farmers’ Market Living and Studio Under the Hills Sino Perfect Circular Bridge

Engraved Moon and Unfolding Clouds 楼月开云 Forty Scenes of the Yuanmingyuan

The Garden of Evergreen Mountains Living with Hills and Hidden Market The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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Golden Worship Tower and Observatory Sino-Roof Structure Miniature Trees Modernised Swastika Building Hill Shaped Shell Structure Living and Studio Under the Hills Perfect Sphere Vertical Garden Sino- Swastika Bridge

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The Garden of Golden Pagoda Working inside the Temple and Atrium Blossom The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

Peace and Harmony Everywhere (Swastika House) 万方安和 Forty Scenes of the Yuanmingyuan

The Garden of Golden Pagoda Working inside the Temple and Atrium Blossom The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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The Garden of Silver Emptiness Walking in the Sky and Floating Gardens The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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White Concrete Flat Roof Golden Garden Box Miniature Trees White Concrete Base with Cave Entrance Atrium Floors Silver Column Hill Shaped Shell Structure Circular Sky Bridge with Internal Spiral Circulation Modernised Sino Sky Bridge Pathway

Eternal Spring Immortals Hall 長春仙館 Forty Scenes of the Yuanmingyuan

The Garden of Silver Emptiness Walking in the Sky and Floating Gardens The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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Hill Shaped Shell Structure Chinoiserie French Garden Top Sphere Garden Base Sino Roof Heads Miniature Trees Eternal Golden Pyramid Sino Silver and 2/3 Circular Arch Wall White Concrete Grid Path Way G

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The Garden of Gardens Wondering in the nature with Eternal Pyramids The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

Dwelling of the Moon, Earth, and Clouds 月地雲居 Forty Scenes of the Yuanmingyuan

The Garden of Gardens Wondering in the nature with Eternal Pyramids The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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Curved Bamboo Sky Light White Concrete Roof with Golden Fixings Modernised Dong Gong Structure Integrated with Building Arched Core Building Structure Sino Window with Golden Frame Joined ½ Sphere Concrete Wall with Bamboo Frames Sino Silver and 2/3 Circular Arch Wall

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The Garden of Sino Academy Four Squares Microcosmic House (Centre for Artists’ Studio) The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

Vast Compassion and Eternal Blessing (Ancestral Shrine) 鴻慈永祜 Forty Scenes of the Yuanmingyuan

The Garden of Sino Academy Four Squares Microcosmic House (Centre for Artists’ Studio) The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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Miniature Trees Brutal Cubic Concrete Tower Golden Column Circular Silver Concrete Hollow Membrane Miniature Hills Structure White Concrete Water Pathway Silver Concrete Skin Shell Sky-Floating Garden Pods Brutal Rectangular Concrete Tower A

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The Garden of White Brutal-nese Sky-garden Apartments with flying bridges The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

Beautiful Scene of the Square Pot 方壺勝景 Forty Scenes of the Yuanmingyuan

The Garden of White Brutal-nese Sky-garden Apartments with flying bridges The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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Pavilion Roof Sculptural Concrete Tower Garden Pavilion Flying Bridge Hill Shaped Shell Structure Harmony Four Squares Ritual Pads Four Squares Stepped Concrete Base Miniature Trees Sino Courtyard Bridge Archway Floating Bridge Golden Sino Arches

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The Garden of Sino Academy Circular Sino Courtyard Garden with Morden Miniature and Archway Floating Bridges The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

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Hill Shaped Shell Structure Golden Labyrinth Bridge Sino Garden Pavilion Greenery Semi-Private Central Park Miniature Tree Golden Spiral Pavilion Roof Sphere Boolean Roof Structure Pavilion Arched Wall Pavilion Floating Pathway with Circular Pads

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The Garden of Pavilion Parks Manmade Forest Parks among the Sky Garden Apartments with Harmony Grass Fields in between Garden Pavilions The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

Jade-Like balustrades and lustrous pavilions sleep forever in the embrace of greening grasses and windswept sands;

《三月初八日幸圆明园》 秉时御气暮春初，灵沼灵台艳裔舒。 似毯绿茵承步辇，含胎红杏倚玫除。 下空回雁无忧弋，画水文鳞底用渔。 满眼韶光如有待，东风着意为吹嘘。 - Poet: Qianlong, Dynasty: Qing, Genre: Seven Lines Poem

Terraces and gazebos are frequented now only by the footprints of animals and the passage of birds.

Broken stelae lie buried in the dirt, while the palace attendants of yesteryear have grown old.

Sifting aimlessly in the long grasses, what do they search for in the rubble of the past?

-Liu Zhanbing, Yuanmingyuan cangsangji

《雍正十二月令圆明园行乐图》 The Wonderful Journey of Twelve Months for Yong Zheng in Yuan Ming Yuan Giuseppe Castiglione The fourth month (left) and twelfth month (right) from a set of paintings collectively titled “The 12 Months” evoke the idealized world that the emperors aspired to in their design of the “Garden of Perfect Brightness.” Sumptuous man-made structures rest harmoniously in settings of surpassing natural beauty, while adults and children socialize and engage in genteel activities.

The National Palace Museum, Taipei

Yuan Yuan Cheng Poetry and Precedents

Eight Jings of Journey Walking Through The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

“Jade-Like balustrades and lustrous pavilions sleep forever in the embrace of greening grasses and windswept sands;”

园 圆 城 之 金 塔 园

Yuan Yuan Cheng The Garden of Golden Pagoda

Eight Jings of Journey Walking Through The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

“Terraces and gazebos are frequented now only by the footprints of animals and the passage of birds.”

园 圆 城 之 白 野 园

Yuan Yuan Cheng The Garden of White Brutal-nese

Eight Jings of Journey Walking Through The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

“Broken stelae lie buried in the dirt, while the palace attendants of yesteryear have grown old.”

园 圆 城 之 银 空 园

Yuan Yuan Cheng The Garden of Silver Emptiness

Eight Jings of Journey Walking Through The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

“Sifting aimlessly in the long grasses, what do they search for in the rubble of the past?”

园 圆 城 之 艺 书 园

Yuan Yuan Cheng The Garden of Sino Academy

Eight Jings of Journey Walking Through The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

园 圆

View Looking over the Garden of Silver Emptiness from the Garden of Evergreen Mountains

Yuan Yuan Cheng The Garden of Evergreen Mountains

Eight Jings of Journey Walking Through The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

城 之 青 山 园

园 圆

View Looking over the Garden of Sino Academy from the Garden of Golden Tower

Yuan Yuan Cheng The Garden of Sino Academy II

Eight Jings of Journey Walking Through The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

城 之 艺 书 园

园 圆

View Looking through the Garden of Gardens from the Garden of Sino Academy

Yuan Yuan Cheng The Garden of Gardens

Eight Jings of Journey Walking Through The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

城 之 红 楼 园

园 圆

View Looking through the Garden of Brutal-nese to the Garden of Sino Academy and Briefly Peak at the Garden of Golden Tower

Yuan Yuan Cheng The Garden of White Brutal-nese II

Eight Jings of Journey Walking Through The Suburbs of Perfect Brightness

城 之 白 野 园

Emperor Yongzheng in his library at the Yuanmingyuan (above) The Palace Museum, Beijing

Presenting themselves as scholars was another way the Manchu emperors cultivated images that would identify them with familiar Chinese traditions. Here, the Kangxi emperor is depicted seated in his library (left) and engaged in calligraphy.

Yuan Yuan Cheng Garden City as Microcosm Suburb of Perfect Brightness The Garden of Sino Academy | Artists’ Reading room and Archive Poetry and Precedents

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A. Irregular Curved Roof Light (miniature lakes) Layered roof plates in both concrete and marble materials B. “Chinese Motif Roof Frames” Modern Dougong C. Marble Spiral Staircase with Gold Balustrades Circular Geometric Forms (Roundness) D. “Chinese Arch Columns” E. Central Arch Volume Elements Intersecting and level change

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F. Reinterpretation of Dou Gong Modernising Chinese Roof Structure G. Red Arches Suspended shelves structure H. “Rice-field” Archive Shelves I. Mountain-like Glass Shell C

J. Lake-shaped Interior Atrium K. Jade Spiral Staircase

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Central Structural Building Elements “Chinese Motif” and “Postmodern Combination”

Garden City as Microcosm | Axonometric Diagram Suburb of Perfect Brightness | Artists’ Studio-Community Centre for Local Residence Isometric View

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Artists’ Library and Reading Room “Chinese Motif” and “Postmodern Combination”

A. Green Column Complex Miniature Vertical Landscape B. Lake-shaped Interior Atrium C. Golden Boxes D. Granite Spiral Staircase E. Miniature Mountain F. Ping Feng Modern Vertical “Balustrade” with Chinese Geometric Patterning G. Chinese Room Golden Square Box interlocking one another with fan-shaped negative openings A

H. Temple-like Interior Roof Elements I. Moon Gate Shaped Column Arches

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Artists’ Golden Boxes – Interior Loft Gardens with Miniature Landscape “Chinese Motif” and “Postmodern Combination”

Artists’ Sino-Jade Room – Studying, Meeting, Working Space “Chinese Motif” and “Postmodern Combination”

Garden City as Microcosm | Axonometric Diagram Suburb of Perfect Brightness | Artists’ Studio-Community Centre for Local Residence Isometric View

Artists’ Sino-Observatory Towers “Chinese Motif” and “Postmodern Combination”

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A. Artists’ Sino-Jade Room – Studying, Meeting, Working Space B. Artists’ Golden Boxes – Interior Loft Gardens with Miniature Landscape C. Artists’ Library and Reading Room

Garden City as Microcosm | Axonometric Diagram Suburb of Perfect Brightness | Artists’ Studio-Community Central Structural Building Elements “Chinese Motif” and “Postmodern Combination”

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Garden City as Microcosm | Interior Views Suburb of Perfect Brightness | Artists’ Studio-Community “Chinese Motif” and “Postmodern Combination”

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D. Artists’ Sino-Observatory Towers Artist’s Library and Reading Room (Microcosm Archive) Conceptual Interior Phase 01 E. View Looking Through the Sino Circular Window F. Bamboo Column and Jade Balustrade G. Modernised Furniture-1/2 Circular Grid Shelf H. Modernised Furniture-Bamboo Waved Chair and Structural Table

Garden City as Microcosm | Axonometric Diagram Suburb of Perfect Brightness | Artists’ Studio-Community Artists’ Library and Reading Room (Stage 01 Concept) “Chinese Motif” and “Postmodern Combination”

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Garden City as Microcosm | Interior Views Suburb of Perfect Brightness | Artists’ Studio-Community Artists’ Library and Reading Room (Stage 01 Concept) “Chinese Motif” and “Postmodern Combination”

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Altar Sky Light Concrete Rings Suspended Raw Concrete Model Chandelier Marble-Concrete Table Top with 1/2 Raised Sphere Model Base 3D Printed Marble Model Integrated with Table Plate Altar Stair-Table with Raised Display Platform Pure White Concrete Seat Integrated with Circular Ritual Pathway 2/3 Sphere Base with Square Archive Hollow Draws 1/4 Sphere Concrete Dome with Irregular Punched Display Holes Dome Integrated 3D Print Microcosmic Model Collections Circular Concrete Boundary Ring 200mm x 200mm Grid Hollow Sky Well Boolean Concrete and Angular Tunnel for Sky Light

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Garden City as Microcosm Artists’ Library and Reading Room Axonometric Diagram

Garden City as Microcosm Artists’ Library and Reading Room Plan View and Detailed Interior Perspective

Garden City as Microcosm Artists’ Library and Reading Room Isometric View and Detailed Interior Perspective

Garden City as Microcosm Artists’ Library and Reading Room Sectional Isometric View

圆 园 城 之 艺 书 房 Yuan Yuan Cheng The Microcosm of Sino Academy Artists’ Reading room and Archive

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Yuan Yuan Cheng The Microcosm of Sino Academy Artists’ Reading room and Archive

Yuan Yuan Cheng Materialised Concept Model in Exploded Components Isometric View

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圆 园 城 之 艺 书 房

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an Cheng of Water Lilies

ugh Office Temple and Garden Pavilion, followed by Living Brutal-inese (Sino-Brutalism) Apartments

Niao 鸟 = Birds, Oriental Flying Creatures Yuan 园 = Garden, Courtyards

Yuan Yua The Garden of Niao Yua

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