Zhang Yi's Portfolio For MSc Urban Design And City Planning UCL

PORTFOLIO

2022

OF ZHANG YI

Urban Design MArch The Bartlett School of Architecture

Content Design Strategy

01 Immersive Theater

Three-dimensional Flow Space

02 Silo Reconstruction

Industrial Heritage Art Exhibition Center

03 Skyscraper Design

Superliving & Lively Vertical Neighbourhood

The diagram above reveals the basic translation process used in the four projects in the artworks presented through a two-dimensional graphic media, the characteristics, themes and implied ideas of the project can be combined with the practical and theoretical issues related to the project, and different disciplines can be integrated to realize innovative architectural solutions.

04 Kindergarten Design

Nursery And Early Education Center

05 Other Work

Hobby Photography Manual Model Sketch

01| IMMERSIVE THEATER | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW SPACE | Osaka, Japan | EDUCATIONAL INDIVIDUAL WORK | Completed Time: Aug. 2020 | Design Tutor: Yueguang Ma

CONTEXT 01|

Early-Stage Analysis

02| Theoretical Research 03|

Design Development

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Technical Drawing

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Finally Output

Ainur Mustafin Architectural Designer Architecture /Russia/Kazan /KSUAE The project is inspired by Ainur Mustafin's thoughts about fluidity in space.

/studio: tiarch /bfft.

DESIGN NOTE Today, the themes, stage techniques and actors of the drama stage are diversified, but the evolution of the theater form is very slow. In many cities, traditional framed stage is still a mainstream form of theaters. This design extracts elements from the idea of Toyo Ito and Koolhaas and takes "the flow of space" as a design concept, attempting to apply the modernist classical grid domino system to recreate the building.

The site Umeda, is near the city of Osaka, Japan. Osaka is a fashion and information metropolis at the forefront of art and the northern portals in Osaka has continuously spread. The Umeda is located on the north of Osaka but lacks of any typical entertainment buildings. The proposal of Immersive Theatre will be able to provide the local with cultural entertainment and encourage people to re-examine their lives. This is also an opportunity for me to propose a new perspective to respond to the monotonous urban life and and deepen my understanding of the world.

Background Analysis

Site Analysis

Contemporary theatre director Peter Brook once said in The Empty Space that "Any space can be a stage". Today's office, classroom, dining room and other leisure space as rows of "cubicles" have become the mainstream stages in people's life theater. The form of space is single and the division of room is rigid. People always follow the rules which are built according to the requirements and play their fixed roles in their fixed positions and rooms.

This design is committed to breaking the shackles of the traditional theater, encouraging audience to move from the seats to the performance space and interact with the performance to have their own experience in the performance, even become a part of the drama.

The site is located in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, where is an economic center of Osaka, gathering with a large of companies, banks and restaurants. The site is close to the Osaka Railway Station and a transportation hub for JR Line, Sakaki Line, Hanshin Line and so on.

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The Theoretical Analysis

City Overview The city of Osaka, located along the Coast of Osaka Bay in the central part of Osaka Prefecture, is a flat and warm place with four distinct seasons. It is the earliest region in Japan where commerce and trade developed. Osaka is the most popular center of Kansai region in Japan, with a wide variety of goods, shopping facilities and well-developed urban transportation system.

With the analysis of the existing Osaka theaters, from the stage which breaks through the traditional frame, to the edge stretch stage, to the black box theater where the stage and the auditorium are not clearly divided, I found that they heve been constantly innovated, but there is never a good way to display the space to audiences in three-dimensional.

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Le Corbusier's "Domino System" pointed out the idea of making indoor and outdoor space flow and merge. Koolhaas applied non-horizontal floor slabs to allow people to move freely in a vertical direction, Toyo Ito improved the "Domino System" through using the beamless floor and tubular column system. The practice of the drum space in the Taichung Opera House makes the tubular columns no longer straight up or down only. The columns stacked in dislocation with other columns to make the whole building space into a three-dimensional continuous space natually.

These theories above provide a basis for my design.

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Cool Japan Park Osaka

National Bunraku Theater

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Osaka Shiki Theater

Festival Hall

Osakajo Hall

Toho Cinemas Umeda

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Umeda Art Theater

Mido Kaikan

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The Study Of Plate Variation (2D)

Spatial Function Update

There are two kinds of changes of the floor slabs. One is part subsidence or rise, the other is the whole floor slab deformating into a curved plate. There are nine types in total as follow:

The following figure analyzes the single space and form of the present traditional theater, combining a updated space with the design concept in.

Space Studies On the Combination Of Plates

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The following 60 types are formed by recombination of the 9 types of plates above according to three combinations: two local variation plates, two curved plates, one local variation and one curved plate.

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Block Generation I layouted the required space in the theater based on the function requirements, with the sizes and the help from the deformation of the floor, naturally divided whole space into continuously changing spaces with a organic shape, and then formed the final architectural form.

The Study Of Space Combination Take 8 types as a group, combine the above 60 types in space, and select 18 representative groups as the prototype of building floor changes, as shown in the figure below:

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Roughly determine the number of floors according to the building volume

Use floor bending to

Add circular floor

Connect the floor and

achieve functional zoning

change elements

adjust the floor heave

Combine the prototype of floor change to make the floor change on front and back sides

Connect the floor and

Add vertical traffic

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architecture

General Layout

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Explosive Analysis Diagram

The elevated main entrance is on the ground floor which is located on the east side of the building, near the Umedaranpu Eorem Ipsum Street.

The building is located in the Umeda Shopping District, where a large number of young people will gather to make their own "hippies", "jazz" or "hip-hop". I am attempting to make it become a unique modern cultural scene in Osaka.

During the interacting with actors, the audience able to give feedback to the actors and participate in the plot.

Glass Screen Wall

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Opera Space Amphitheatre

Audiences can update the background information of the plot in the screening room or any other spaces.

③ Aluminium Alloy Frame

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Perspective Section

Lifting Stage

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The A-A section perspective expresses the interior space form of the theater viewing space, projection hall and public rest on different floors.

Let audiences enter or leave freely through the added use of the stage, backstage of the theatre.

Opera Space

Interactive Space

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④ Column In the interactive space, combining the story with different senses to stimulate the experience.

Ramp

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Audiences reach to the 1F to participate in the performance and explore the spaces in own ways.

Solid Model

A solid model that is cut from the middle of the model —— express the internal spatial form.

Detail 1: 30 Aluminium alloy frame

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As the number of digital scenes in modern life increasing, audiences yearn for authenticity and embodiment in actual locations. Therefore, the performance space provides audiences with a multisensory experience, enabling them to touch, taste and smell in the performance rather than see and hear only.

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The design of the performance space aims to create a tangible, perceivable environment surrounding the audience, so that the audience can feel lost in the created world and believe that they are part of the preformance.

In the way of exploring the story, the audience has a great autonomy, and can even influence the narrative way of the story.

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Glass The north and south facades of the building are traditional glass curtain wall, and the east and west facades are folded glass curtain wall.

The curtain wall is made of all-aluminum alloy keel system in the form of vertical and horizontal hidden. The glass is made of 20 mm hollow tempered glass. The outer layer is made of 5mm fluorocarbon sprayed perforated aluminum plate for shielding.

03| SILO RECONSTRUCTION | INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ART EXHIBITION CENTER | Qingdao, China | EDUCATIONAL INDIVIDUAL WORK | Completed time: Jun.2021 | Design Tutor: Sam Ma

The project is inspired by Droste Effect and the framed landscape of classical Chinese gardens.

DESIGN NOTE In recent years, the concept of industrial heritage renewal and protection or repairation have been full of contradictions. The architecture which is separated far from the social requirements of current era usually is impossible to reproduce.Therefore, maintaining and protecting the value and cultural significance of industrial heritage has gradually become a demand of cultural reproduction in the new era.

The site of the old port area is located in the city center of Qingdao, which plays an important role in the freight of the surrounding environment. The global trade business over there gradually shifted to other ports. The planning regulation and policy of the development of freight in the old port has limite the development of the old port area. The issues of equipment technical modification and production layout adjustment are unable to be solved in Qingdao and the port requires development imminently.

Urban History Analysis

Geographical Location

City Overview Qingdao is located in the eastern Eurasia, facing the Yellow Sea to the east. An excellent geographical location and good construction background of the city have promoted the development of the ports. With the German occupation of Qingdao since 1897, modern industry was introduced to Qingdao and the urban modernization of Qingdao has developed.

At the same time, the ports of Qingdao developed rapidly.

From 1949 to 1978, the port gradually achieved mechanization. A large number of marine chemical, textile and machinery industries began to sprout from the port to the city. The port and urban space have expanded simultaneously.

From 1978 to 1992, a new tunnel and conveying line for coal loading were built near the No.1 wharf.

Meanwhile, the port construction realized mechanization, which made the old port and the city be more independent from each other. Gradually, the old port failed to meet the needs from the more modern city during the modernization.

Urban Function Distribution ① Road network & River system analysis

Qingdao is an important economic center and port city along the east coast of China. It is an important international trade port and sea transportation hub city.

A numbers of rivers in Qingdao flow into the sea independently.

② Urban industrial heritage & Exhibition space distribution Qingdao's industrial heritages and exhibition spaces are distributed but concentrated around the site. There is no building able to combine the two building groups to show people a connection between the thriving city cultural heritage and the development of the port. Therefore, it is potential to transform the silo into an industrial heritage art exhibition center to display the rich cultural heritage of the city and the old port under a requirement of port renovation.

In 1892, the Qing government fortified in Jiao-Ao, which established the city of Qingdao. The port was mainly used for transportation and transference through human shoulder to deliver.

From 1897 to 1949, Germany leased Jiaozhou Bay as a military port and the foreign shipping companies entered in Qingdao which gradually enriched the urban functions.

Industrial Heritage Of Qingdao

Since 1992, the Terminal 6 of Qingdao Cruise Home Port Passenger Center was put in use. The business on the old port area was transferred to other place. The port and the city were more separated.

Site Historical Satellite Imagery Analysis

The site is located in Dagang Port District No. 1 Port, alongside with the No. 2 Port and No. 6 Port.

Site Context

Element Extraction

Form-Creation

The Final Form

Interstice Silo

Plane triangle

Space triangle

Vertical Stratify

Division Wall

Shoreline

Wavy Line

Layers Of Back Sets

Stagger Arrangement

Connecting Corridor

Tide Gauge Well

Concentric Circles

Spiral Stair

Insert

Spiral Ramp

Grain

Ellipsoid&Cylinder

Inner&Outer Cut

Middle Cut

Axis Space

Qingdao Cruise Home Port

Broken Line

Broken Line+Curve

Planar Contour

Surface

Grain Bin

Semicircle

Evolve

Secondary Entrance

Main Entrance

The bulk grain berths were expanded at Port 1 and a group of 8 silos on the west side completed first.

There are 16 steel silos on the site and the Qingdao Port is the largest grain unloading base in the Yellow River region.

The freight function of the south bank of the site is gradually weakened and the function of the old port area is adjusted.

Qingdao Cruise Home Port of Passenger Transportation Center was applied in use and the port urban life was richer.

Block Generation

First Floor Plan

Analysis Of Silo Structure The object of modification is a group of 8 circular steel structure intercalated shallow silos. The load-bearing mode of silos, with a height of 35 m and a diameter of 28 m size, is cylinder load-bearing.

Purline Rafter

Silo Outlet

Preserved Silo Structure

Control Room

Silo Roof

Temporary

Fire Control Room

Storage Room

Exhibition Hall

Main Hall

Exhibition Hall Storehouse

Wind Ring Preserved Silo Structure

Outside Stiffener Silo Wall

Silo

Floor Slab

Fourth Floor Plan

Column Structure Silo Bottom Storehouse

General Layout

The renovated silos are located in the middle of the wharf, which is close to the edge of the dam in the north and along the railway inside the Qingdao Port in the south. A control station is built between the two silos. Mooring posts are arranged along the embankment and 4 gantry

Temporary Exhibition Hall

Exhibition Hall

Library Reference Centre

Office Space

Office Space

Storehouse

Sixth Floor Plan

Interactiv Theater

Research Center Exhibition Hall Advertising Department

cranes are distributed on the north side of the embankment. In the southwest side, there are two groups of grain stores and tide stations. The design retained most of the structures and only removed the grain store and control station.

Exploded Streamline Analysis

Architectural Material Analysis

The diagram shows the structure and the main components of the converted silo. The central three silos are used as exhibition space, with core tube structures, The remaining five silos are used as auxiliary space, with frame systems. It also shows an analysis of the interior space and traffic flow in the building.

1——Corrugated Steel Perforated Plate 2——Polycarbonate 3——Hollow Toughened Glass 4——Galvanized Steel Pipe

Building Function Analysis Axis Space Business Work Area Transport Space Warehouse Administrative Office Area Equipment Auxiliary Room Exhibition Area

Service Center

03| SKYSCRAPER DESIGN | SUPERLIVING & LIVELY VERTICAL NEIGHBOURHOOD | Wan Chai, Hong Kong | EDUCATIONAL INDIVIDUAL WORK

| Completed time: Dec.2021 | Design Tutor: Sam Ma

The project is inspired by Black Mirror Season 1 episode 2 "15 million Miles".

DESIGN NOTE A healthy city not only provides a high-quality life, but also conveys a future social demand for life efficiency and density under a rapid urbanization and urban development. The main function of the building is conceived as a lively vertical community and a transportation hub. The building will become a new urban gathering place, a commercial activity center, a tourist attraction and a residential area. It is a sustainable urban new area integrating with office, residence and leisure.

When designing this building, the mixed functional areas have also been carefully considered - just as those can be found in a good city. They can gather users from a wider field together. As a one-stop service place, it not only provides a healthy and social environment for people to live, work and stay in, but also ensures an allweather operation of its own functions. The design creats a safe and vibrant community for both people and buildings.

Background Analysis The black mirror depicts a world full of virtual and electronic screens.

Everyone lives in a cramped space. Garbage variety shows and pornographic advertisements are broadcasted for 24 hours a day to corrode their thoughts and drain the space for their independent thinking. Their daily work is to exchange bicycle mileage for living and consumption. This is a projection of the real society.

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Hong Kong

Wan Chai District

Site Selection

① Under the working system of 996, people work more than half a day. Working too long will lead to poor health for employees. ② Socializing, commuting and excess information occupy a lot of time after work, and people gradually lose the time and ability to think, learn and summarize. ③ Long-term inability to take care of family issues and lack ing of company of children, family members, and elders, will accumulate family conflicts.

With the "996. ICU" project uploaded in GitHub, programmers resist the "996" working system of Internet companies, which means working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for six days per week. This kind of work system has been growing savagely in a way of hidden rules.

It impossible to change the current situation in a short time. Under the pressure from long commuting, life and enterprises, people's body and life have fallen into a vicious circle.

City Overview The site is located in the north of Hong Kong Island. Within the base, there is Gloucester Road, Eastern Corridor and Canal Road Flyover. It is a reclaimed land expanded from the original narrow flat land.

With a sustained and rapid development of global cities, the living space is constantly compressed. As a highly prosperous free port and international metropolis, Hong Kong's land is becoming increasingly tight, which also results a high work pressure and poor living environment. It is urgent to solve the problems of inconvenient transportation network and insufficient of cheap housing. I hope to reflect on the multiple meanings of efficiency, quality of life and basic living conditions in the developed city.

Character Relationship Analysis

Film Dialogues -You pull a face, and poke it towards the stage, and we lah-di-dah, we sing and dance and tumble around. You don't see people up here, lit's all fodder.

-What, I have a dream? The peak of our dreams is a new app for our Dopple, it doesn't exist! We buy shit that's not even there.

-Show us something real and free and beautiful. You couldn't.

-We're too numb for it. I might as well choke.

-We ride day in day out, going where? Powering what?

-AlI tiny cells and tiny screens and bigger cells and bigger screens and fuck you! Fuck you, that's whatit boils down to. Fuck you!

-That was, without a doubt, the most heartfelt thing I've seen on this

-Almost the only real thing in there, and even that's grown in a Petri dish.

-Thank you.

The beginning of every day.

-Pushing through the darkness still another mile -I believe in angels -Something good in everything l see -I'll cross the stream -I have a dream

A drab and boring job.

-I made you this. You never get to keep them more than a day, but there it is.

-lt folds flat. So you can keep them in your waistband.

-lt's, you know, something.

-Forget about all the shame, and all that pphtppht-tew. You will have pleasure forever.

-Realistically, sweetheart.

-It is that, or the bike.

Bin fell in love with Abi at first sight. Talk about the current situation

Abi signed up for Hotshot.

Bin is forced to watch Abi's debut.

Bin signed up for Hotshot.

Bin gives in to real life.

Film Space Translation Function Transformation

Space Of Film

Space Transformation(2D)

Space Transformation(3D)

Function Transformation

Space Of Film

Space Transformation(2D)

Space Transformation(3D)

Transformation Ⅰ

Cycling Generator Room

Change The Arrangement

Split-level Arrangement

Transformation Ⅳ

Stage

Change Plane Form

Entertainment interactive Space

Transformation Ⅱ

Living Space

Compress Living Space

Capsule Housing

Transformation Ⅴ

Canteen & Retail Space

Change Space Partition

Flowing Commercial Space

Transformation Ⅲ

Indoor Corridor

Change Path and Altitude

Spiral Public Corridor

Transformation Ⅵ

Outdoor Corridor

Change Path and Altitude

Public Outdoor Terrace

Extraction Of Film Elements

Block Generation

Extract elements from five typical spaces in the film, and transform to the box space.

The design determines the building volume according to the required space, and then combines the translated elements from the film to develop and form the final architectural form.

Box-Shaped Spaces

Square

Aerial View

Circle

Cycling Generator Room

Square Arrangement(2D)

Circle Arrangement(2D)

Workshop Arrangement

Box Arrangement(3D)

Sphere Arrangement(3D)

Traffic Space

Box Implanted

Sphere Implanted

Extrude

Make Smooth

Cut

Extrude

Make Smooth

Link

Cut

Building Skin

Finish

Skyline Analysis Spatial Directivity

Connecting Corridor Connecting Corridor

The buildings have changed the urban skyline along Victoria Harbour, providing more possibilities for the city.

Skyline From North To South

General Layout

The building is located in the north of Hong Kong Island. There is Gloucester Road, Eastern Corridor and Canal Road Flyover.

Skyline From West To East

Sight Line & Function Analysis Line of sight analysis of ground floor rental conference outdoor platform

Line of sight analysis of ground floor commercial outdoor platform

Spatial Relation Analysis

The project addresses the future needs for a high efficiency and density city under a rapid urbanisation and growth time and creates a safe and lively neighbourhood as well.

Living Space

Citizens Flow Lines

1st Floor Plan

56th Floor Plan

Entertainment Flow Lines

Office Space

Tenants Flow Lines

Office Space

Commercial Space

Office Workers Flow Lines

Customer Flow Lines

living space

Salesman Flow Lines

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Detail The wall provides a free view through clear glass in one direction and creates a condition with plenty of diffused daylight by reflecting the direct sun between the exterior aluminum alloies.

The slits that opened between the curtain wall, reveal special spaces such as boardrooms, executive offices and beakout areas, which lends a distinct character for the building from other parts of the city.

Outdoor Platform

Shot of The Building

Outdoor Corridor

04| KINDERGARTEN DESIGN | NURSERY AND EARLY EDUCATION CENTER | Wangjing, Chaoyang District, Beijing | ACADEMIC-INDIVIDUAL | Complete time: Feb.2022 | Instructor: Ma Yueguang

This project is inspired by the moment that parents who do not have enough time to accompany with their children, have missed children's growth because of busy work. There are more and more "urban left behind children" in the cities.

The picture is from illustrator Pascal Campion, recording his daily life with his son.

Pascal Campion @pascalcampion “I love to tell stories.”

French-American Illustrator and Storyteller.

DESIGN NOTE In recent years, due to the popularity of the working system in the Internet enterprises of "996" or "007", which means people need to work for a very long time, parents in these companies get less time to accompany with their children. According to the data from China's urban parent-child survey, nearly 70% of parents have no time to accompany their children, those children, like rural left behind children, have become "invisible left behind children" in cities.

The Wangjing is the second CBD in Beijing, with many communication industries and Internet giants. There are many office buildings located in the region. The permanent population tends to be younger, the overall level of education turns higher, and overtime working is more common. This project aims to break the current situation that kindergartens are only used as community supporting facilities to locate the early education trusteeship center in the Wangjing area specifically at the most busy area. The design attempts to maximize the use of commuting time to increase an effective company of parents to their children.

Background Analysis

Questionnaire Survey

The attachment bond with parents is the cornerstones of children's view to the world, which greatly influences children's relationship with others. Following figure extracts the one-day activities of urban left behind children.

OK, I'll send you the drawings right away.

City Overview Wangjing is located in the northeast of Beijing, with developed traffic network and complete supporting facilities.

Population Distribution In Each Ring Road

It's too late to make breakfast this morning. Take a bread to school, son.

I gotta go, I'm going to be late for work.

Yesterday, dad forgot to do handicrafts with me again.

I think I'll be home late again today.

Age Composition Of Population

All wrong! Go back and draw it again!

Existing Problems Most left behind children will have psychological and emotional problems. After a long time without the company of their parents, children are easy to become emotionally fragile, lack self-confidence and even abandon themselves.

Mom always replies to work messages when we eat.

Teacher praised my painting.

Please don't quarrel...

Urban left behind children are more hidden. Children live with their parents.

Although their material life can be guaranteed, they seriously lack the love and encouragement from their parents.

Site Analysis

Biological Cluster Phenomenon Analysis

Block Generation

Life bodies of different species have complex group behavior. Natural populations often form groups in spatial distribution, which is a form of population space utilization. It shows orderly self-organization and coordination behavior and adaptability to the environment.

The site retains a large area of green space and the architectural outline is close to the site layout, providing spacious indoor space and external amusement area for children.

Shoal of fish

Connochaetes group

Geese migration

Extraction of fish

Extraction of Connochaetes

Extraction of geese

Transformed to points and lines

Transformed to points and lines

Transformed to points and lines

Application to site Architectural Outline

Extrude

Architectural form echoes the site layout

Generate grey space

Add inner courtyard

Improve facade and site design

Application to site

Application to site

Children's Behavior Analysis Children's favorite forms of sports activities vary with age. Running or climbing, balanced movements, and jumping are their favorites at the age of 4-6. Targeted design and adjustment of the form of sports activities can make more effective use of the activity space,

General Layout

The main entrance of the building is located on the east and the logistics entrance is on the north. A large number of centralized green spaces and activity venues are guaranteed on the site for children with different ages to play.

1-1 Outdoor Microphone

1-2 Secret Space

1-3 Sandpit

1-4 Swing

2-1 Hopscotch

2-2 Children's Slide

2-3 Seesaw

2-4 Maze

3-1 Climbing Net

3-2 Jungle gym

3-3 Balance Beam

3-4 Soccer

First Floor Plan

Explosive analysis diagram

Indoor Renderings

The first floor plan includes three class activity units. A comprehensive activity room, an ancillary and service rooms are in the circle.

In the figure, the green area is the main activity space for students, purple is the main activity space for teachers and staffs. The red and green flow lines represent the activity flow lines of teachers, staffs and students respectively.

The first floor's class unit includes a classroom and a dormitorie, and provides interesting facilities such as microphones.

Roofdeck

The 2nd floor's class unit includes classrooms and dormitories.

Interest corners, like book and painting corner were added.

Folded glass curtain wall

Second Floor Plan The second floor can be reached through the stairs in the inner courtyard.

The plan contains three class activity units.

Column frame ( 2F ) Class activity unit Glass curtain wall

The first floor's activity room contains an amusement, a music equipment and a large number of books for students to read.

Kitchen

Activity room

Morning check reception hall

1-1 Sectional View Section 1-1 shows two class activity units in the south.

The service room and inner courtyard are located in the north.

( 1F ) Class activity unit

The public space also adds many interesting facilities to encourage children to stay and shuttle in these spaces.

Other Work Hobby

Photography

Sketch Manual Model

PERSONAL INFORMATION NAME: DATE OF BIRTH: TEL: EMAIL: HOMETOEN:

Yi Zhang 03/11/1998 +86 17863937606 eliiiizhang@gmail.com 2-501, Wenhui Community, Zoucheng City, Shandong Province, China

EDUCATION BACKGROUND Shandong University of Science and Technology, China DEGREE: MAJOR: GPA:

09/2016-07/2021 Bachelor of Engineering Architecture 3.8/5

WORK & INTERNSHIPS Shandong Provincial Architectural Design and Research Institute 09/2020-12/2020 Main Responsibilities (Position): Architect Assistant Assist the architect in conducting modeling analysis at the initial concept phase,making design plans, and painting construction drawings, etc.

Shandong Energy Group Donghua Construction Company Main Responsibilities (Position): Participate in the design for housing and commecial building

10/2021-07/2022 Architect

THANK YOU FOR YOUR READING :D ZHANG YI

AWARDS & HONORS 09/2016-07/2021 2021 2021 2019-2021 2019-2021 2018-2019 2017-2018 2017-2018 2018 2018

Won the First Class Academic Scholarship for three times and the Second Class Academic Scholarship for six times The honor of Outstanding Graduate, Shandong University of Science and Technology The honor of Outstanding Youth League Member Won the honor of Outstanding Student for two times Won the honor of Outstanding League Member for two times Academic Progress Award The honor of Outstanding League Cadre of university level The honor of Merit Student The honor of Outstanding Student Leader Civilization & Morality award

SKILLS Rhinoceros, Sketchup, Enscape, Lumion, AutoCAD, Photopshops,Indesign, AI, Ecotect, Microsoft Office

Zhang Yi eliiiizhang@gmail.com Apply for Urban Design MArch The Bartlett School of Architecture 2022 Candidate