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Pumping Station in Sustainability

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Mixed-Use High-Rise

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Affordable Housing in Spokane, USA

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It is the first project I made as an assistant architect in China. To have a better understanding of the project, I interviewed some people on site. Also, I reviewed many successful precedents and related codes, like Code for Fire Resistance in Building Design (GB50016-2014) and Design Code for Pumping Station (GB/T50265-2010), etc. Next to the residential area, it is not only designed for industrial development, but also for being harmony with citizens by providing a social space.

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This project develops the space below and above water. It proposes a habitat underwater that addresses the declining salmon population. It offers a mixed-use development above water that addresses the need for localized food production. To further understand how the sensitivity of these connections, the project produces mainly two solutions to minimize the adverse impacts, that is, wetland restoration and self-supplied food system.

The wetland restoration is the strategy to answer the question of how to recover the eco-balance of the aquatic system, and how to give back an equal life change for migrating salmons. It is reasonable to create a riparian habitat as a temporary refuge full of quite side channels and ponds, soft edges since the site is en route of fry’s journey to the sea. What is more, the self-supplied food system is a one-stop solution to deal with the thorny issue of food safety, which cuts down some unintended processes and optimizes the overall microorganism, as well as offering an innovative way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The project has encouraged the integration of ecological, economic, social, and cultural environments within Vancouver waterfront, which is relevant and applicable to surrounding waterside cities in the nation as well as globally.

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The project has created much Open-Air Cultivation Gardens to provide around 72 tons of seasonal

Wetland restoration as coldwater fish refuges is to provide salmon habitat

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with shadings in local plants, plants like Salix Lucida, trying to maintain at least 2

local organic food for residents, like tomatoes, lettuce corn, etc. It equals to feed 72 persons per year.

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Columbia river bottoms, which rehydrate wetland after summer drying.

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The case is located in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, located in the middle of Yungui Plateau, connected with Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the north, Yuxi City in the southwest, Honghe Hani Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the west and Qujing City in the east. It is the core circle of the central Yunnan urban agglomeration, the center of the 5-hour aviation circle in Asia, and one of the first-class logistics park layout cities.

As a famous national historical and cultural city, Kunming is also an open gateway city for Southeast Asia and South Asia, which has made outstanding contributions to the development of tourism, trade, and border areas in China.

The project takes advantage of the preferred location to bring interactive and green elements into mall design to satisfy younger people’s emerging demands; provide a high-efficiency lifestyle to residential areas nearby.

And it can benefit from a large number of residence people and retail shops nearby. People will be attracted to this block due to the diverse public life offered by the shopping mall and open space.

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The City of Spokane, its facilities are outdated and less capable public amenity spaces can provide to satisfy the high-quality physical environment. The young population seeks to immigrate to the emerging metropolitans, like Seattle, due to due to the transformation of economic structure.

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The project is to build up a positive physical environment, in association with community culture and economic resiliency.

That is, my concept of an integrated green belt should discover and systematically explore methods of optimizing treatment for this urban bottleneck.

Considering how to attract people back to reside in Spokane again, it can be grouped into two relevant dimensions: 1) Economy ( Resiliency ) 2) Environment ( Green belt ) .

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These blocks are divided into three sectors and each of them are equipped with its own parking lots and public sports facility.

The green belt is maded of horizontal greenery, as well as vertical greenery.

That is, each block has own social space, trying its best to provide a multifunctional space for relaxing.

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The project is the 2015 vernacular architecture competition I took in Sangang Village, Wuyi, China, which calls Hui-Style. Based on the original footprint, this project has offered a different design concept by way of combining new elements with traditional white walls and grey tiles. The structure is made of wood and steel with the help of prefabrication installation, which turns a small shabby house into nature. The schematic feature is around the courtyard culture in-between, and its doors and windows facing the courtyard help a lot to guide the wind with the sloping roof. Therefore, during winter, the fixing openings in external walls can block the cold northern winds from entering the house compound, while increasing air convection to reduce building energy consumption by turning all fixing windows to operable options.

The profound vision of the project is to step toward revitalizing rural areas in China – a historical identity but an aging impoverished area. These series of dedication are a process of saving energy and reducing emissions; ultimately, we try to maximize the benefits through an efficient cost estimation. It can lay a modern blueprint for embracing the co-existence between housing and humans, encouraging the integration of ecological, economic, social, and cultural environments within the countryside, which is relevant and applicable to surrounding villages in the nation.

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