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AUSTRALIAIRELANDCHINA
Project Client University of Tasmania
First, ‘Nature’ here broadly refers to “greenery”, a kind of environment rather distinct from the heavily builtup surroundings that characterize urban environments. Although in such environments we are inevitably still enmeshed in nature, this is not the nature that may be regarded as a primary or originally nature. So all the nature that I mentioned in this presentation is standing for a more original and ancient nature. The advantages of nature are obvious, it is proved by neuro scientists that sensory environments which including physical nature and abstract nature can really help increasing the secretion of hormone. And in this wilder nature
Project Year 2019
Forest of thinking Research suggests that rates of stress are increasing. In particular, stress is more prevalent among young people 18-24 years old due to multiple factors, including dimensions of school, family and social life. As stress becomes ubiquitous, so too does the notion of ‘well-being’ play an increasingly prominent role in our lives. After researching various accounts of well-being, the importance of natural, intellectual and spiritual aspects are found to recur across many different theories. They are recognised as fundamental dimensions of how people manage and mitigate stress.
Central UTAS Library and ResourcesLearningCentre Team Individual Design Studio Project Project Location Hobart, AustraliaTasmania,
Secondly, the intellectual dimension of wellbeing can be understood as the contribution that thinking and knowledge make to supporting human well-being. Following Descartes, thought is almost equivalent to life itself, and our survival is predicated on thinking, both individually and collectively. Knowledge helps us think better, live better and be better. As for the spiritual aspect, it is one of the most important things in salutogentic theory. The key of spiritual interaction is to allow people to think deeply on their own, thinking of the meaningfulness of life. It is in some stage can be referring back to the thinking, but now it is about life instead of knowledge.
greenery, sunlight, water, sound of birds waves and other sensory simulations are playing an significant role in helping us to maintain stress.
The library is an architectural typology whose very reason for being is thought and knowledge. With its main focus being environments supporting human well-being, this project consequently takes this typology as its starting point. Louis Kahn said that the schools began with a man under a tree who did not know he was a teacher, sharing his realisation with a few others who did not know they were students. The concept of knowledge shared under the tree links the architectural typology of the library to the ecological typology of the forest. This provides the guiding metaphor of my design.
Key Elements are compress and placed in the same drawings including greenary, circulation, furniture, open space, semi-open space and private space. Elevation View Array ViewPlan View Layered Element LayeredTrees Element Shelves Layered TablesLayeredChairsLayeredCourtyardsElementElementElementCombinationThe
According to Sternberg, a window provides a portal which allows one to escape from a present painful situation by facilitating imagination. Architectural elements always guide and lead human behaviours, create diverse experiences. Also, the concept of forest stands for the diversity of space and place.
Fostering the feeling of being in a forest and increasing the diversity of spatial and experiential options nourishes thinking, and hence well-being. In order to create a multi-sensory environment, the design processes are starting from trying to integrate greenery with architectural elements, such as column, wall, stairs and floor, as well as interior furniture elements such as a table, chair, shelf and so on. By including everything in a single view, the view is translated in a particular pattern and being placed on to the whole site. The pattern was used to form different space such as rooms, courtyard. Also, the whole site is divided into three layers from both horizontal and vertical dimensions according to the public-private principle. By mixing those layers and patterns, the final guide of the pattern is created and become the project presented here.
Birds can land on wherever they are feeling to land and there is no same space in a forest. The logic of nature is random but a systematic random. A variety of spaces, with their various experiences, are found in this library, including a gallery, café, individual learning, group learning, object-based learning, reading, napping and meeting spaces.
Shenzhen CMOCT Hongshan station project design proposal Concept TeamProposalDesign 1 Director 1 Assistant Architect Location Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Year 2017 Client Developer
TeamCompetitionComposition: 1 Architect 4 Assistant Architect 1 DepartmentIntern of Rendering Location Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Year 2017 Client SUN YAT-SEN University
The project was the first project I took part in when I was doing my internship in Shenzhen back in 2017. It was a competition project that a lot of architecture companies signed in. In this project, I was working as an assist architect to help the architect to research and develope the concept and deliever drawings and Thediagrams.concept is to create an better academic atmosphere during the rapid changing and building environment through bring back the cultural that gradually fading out thought the time being.
From all the research we have done we figured out a few things that needed to be changed or rethinking carefully. First of all, there is a sharp boundary in most of the university in china which leads to the result that the university is not open to public access with an enclosure teaching environment. Then we also found that the building on campus are all single-funtional rather than multifunctional. It reduced the efficiency of either the space, the building or the campus.
Sun Yat-sen University new campus planning and design
Low Carbon & Energy Consumption Facade Design ProjectDesignIndividualStudio Location Cork, Ireland Year 2016 Client Cork Institute of Technology
Wilson Architecture were the design architects in association with Shepley Bulfinch (USA). This landmark building was constructed successfully in a live college campus with minimum disruption to college operation.
collections and archives. The revitalized facility provides a consultation area for library staff as well as group study rooms and instructional spaces.
HISTORY & INTRODUCTION
But now we are researching the whole building and will design a new low carbon facade for the library.
The existing Boole Library consisted of a 2285m² site area and mainly built by concrete using a post and beam system and drop panel as a structure of the building. The library used to be a energy saving building but as time pass by, it no longer meets the building regulation now which means it needs a rework to let it meets the stander. In 2008, an extension had been built to the old library which consisted of a 6,000 m² multi storey extension & 10,000 m² refurbishment of the existing Boole Library. The addition and renovation creates a new postgraduate research library while expanding and upgrading the Boole Library. The project adds 700 reading spaces while technology for all reader seats and accommodating the expansion of campus collections, including special
Issues For east elevation, there is a same issue as north side that no windows had been installed. From the figure above, daylight factor for ground floor to second floor are low which means there is not enough sun light comes in the building and will lead to more energy consumption for mechanical lighting also there is no vertical shading on the facade either. Strategies Adding vertical shading louvers to the facade and increasing the window area for all the floors. Strategies Build a wind breaker which can provide a buffer zone for the entrance in other to block part of the cold wind but still provide a natural ventilation for the library.
East Window Area 293 m2 Window Percentage 30.3% Daylight Factor Ground Floor 1.35% Floor 0.15% Second Floor 0% Third Floor 9.9% (Everage 3.8%) Solar cooling Load Ground Floor 44.16 W/m 2 First Floor 17.81 W/m 2 Floor 0 W/m 2 Third Floor 38.448 W/m 2
EXISTING ELEVATION North Window Area 115 m2 Window Percentage 19.66% Issues For the north elevation we can see that there is no window for third floor(Q+3) and the window area on fourth floor(Q+4) is huge which will cause overheating on the top floor. Also, from the wind analysis before that entrance directly faced to north and cold wind will break the thermal comfort of occupant.
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Solar cooling Load Ground Floor 64.02 W/m2 First Floor 23.95 W/m2 Second Floor 24.56 W/m2 Third Floor 25.21 W/m2
Strategies Sun light and solar energy mainly come from south side of the library. adding light shelf can let natural sun light bonce into the building which provide more natural lighting. Over hanging floor slab also acts as horizontal shading louver.
West Window Area 236 m2 Window Percentage 14.13% Daylight Factor Ground Floor 1.00% First Floor 0.47% Second Floor 0.79% Third Floor 1.76% (Everage 1.005%) Solar cooling Load Ground Floor 58.07 W/m2 First Floor 22.44 W/m2 Second Floor 21.29 W/m2 Third Floor 25.21 W/m2
South Window Area 180 m2 Window Percentage 30.05% Daylight Factor Ground Floor 1.08% First Floor 0.38% Second Floor 0.77% Third Floor 1.00% (Everage 1.0075%)
Issues For south elevation, daylight factors on all the floors are poor because of the overhanging floor block part of the sun light, the daylight factor is supposed to be between 2% and 5%. Another significant issue is that the solar cooling load is high especially on the ground floor which will make the occupants feel hot also will cause more energy consumption of air conditioning.
Strategies The same solution of the east elevation will be also used for the west elevation.
Issues For west elevation, the daylight factor is also poor and needs mor sun light. and the ground floor solar cooling load is huge which caused by the window area on ground floor.
East & West Section & Elevation
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CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM Concept Wall 50 @ REYNAERS ALUMINIUM supports up to 150, 310 and 700 kg in various glass support configurations, Uf value down to 0.56 W/m²K with double glazed argon gas windows EXTERNAL WALL 25mm 150mm horizontal shiplap douglas fir timber cladding fixed to 50mm x 50mm vertical timber battens fixed with Dupont Tyvek breathable 75mmmembrane.x200mm timber stud frame with 200mm insulation cork board.6mm weber rend TTS@ WEBER laid on 6mm meshcloth laid on 6mm weber rend TTS@ WEBER on 150mm XPS insulation with 2mm EPDM single ply membrane.150mm cast concrete wall anchored to existing floor slab.5mm Aluminium flashing mechanical fixed to 20mm structure timber board on 75mm x 200mm timber stud frame with insulation cork board.
FOUNDATION WALL BUILDUP Plaster board with skim finishes on 50mm 50mm timber frame on 50mm wood fiber insulation board with 2mm vapor control barrier on 75mm 150mm timber studs with 150mm XPS 150mm XPS rigid insulation board STYROZONE @ KINGSPAN on existing foundation wall ROOF BUILDUP 19mm x 180mm European oak timber decking on 50mm x 50mm battens on BC-Serie adjustable timber pedestal @BUZON, on Epdm single ply membrane mechanical fixed to 150mm XPS rigid insulation board STYROZONE @ KINGSPAN, on 60mm Screed laid to fall 1/60 on 175mm cast concrete slab on 200 tapered beam. Vario Bond Plasterable junction tape @ ISOVER taped at all joints at wall to roof junctions for air tightness and vapour control. EPDM single ply membrane also acts as air tightness layer.
SOLAR SHADING SYSTEM 150mm 150mm Aluminium frame mechanical fixed to the structure. 20mm x 350mm laminated colored glass vertical louvers mechanical fixed to moveable frame units. 3M VHB Structural Glazing Tape as the primary bonding component bonding glass to aluminium frame allowing fall for
FLOOR 60mm x 60mm 28.5mm Concrete and steel composite panels screw connects to the steel pan, pedestal head and base on 225mm existing floor slab with rockwool fire stopping on 100mm new taper beam.
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PARAPET BUILDUP 25mm 100mm horizontal shiplap douglas fir timber cladding fixed to 50mm x 50mm vertical timber battens fixed with Dupont Tyvek breathable membrane. 75mm 200mm timber stud frame with 200mm insulation cork board. 6mm weber rend TTS@ WEBER laid on 6mm meshcloth laid on 6mm weber rend TTS@ WEBER on 150mm XPS insulation with 2mm EPDM single ply membrane. 5mm Aluminium flashing mechanical fixed to 20mm structure timber board on 75mm 200mm timber stud frame with insulation cork board.
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ROOF BUILDUP 19mm 180mm European oak timber decking on 50mm 50mm battens on BC-Serie adjustable timber pedestal @BUZON, on Epdm single ply membrane mechanical fixed to 150mm XPS rigid insulation board STYROZONE @ KINGSPAN, on 60mm Screed laid to fall 1/60 on 175mm cast concrete slab on 200 tapered beam. Vario Bond Plasterable junction tape @ ISOVER taped at all joints at wall to roof junctions for air tightness and vapour control. EPDM single ply membrane also acts as air tightness layer.
EXTERNAL WALL 25mm x 150mm horizontal shiplap douglas fir timber cladding fixed to 50mm 50mm vertical timber battens fixed with Dupont Tyvek breathable 75mmmembrane.x200mm timber stud frame with 200mm insulation cork board.6mm weber rend TTS@ WEBER laid on 6mm meshcloth laid on 6mm weber rend TTS@ WEBER on 150mm XPS insulation with 2mm EPDM single ply membrane.150mm cast concrete wall anchored to existing floor slab.5mm Aluminium flashing mechanical fixed to 20mm structure timber board on 75mm x 200mm timber stud frame with insulation cork board. Spandrel panel with colored glass finish let floor slab and raised floor hided behine 60mm x 60mm armstrong suspended ceiling fixed to existing floor slab FOUNDATION WALL BUILDUP Plaster board with skim finishes on 50mm 50mm timber frame on 50mm wood fiber insulation board with 2mm vapor control barrier on 75mm 150mm timber studs with 150mm XPS 150mm XPS rigid insulation board STYROZONE @ KINGSPAN on 2900
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PARAPET BUILDUP 25mm x 150mm horizontal shiplap douglas fir timber cladding fixed to 50mm 50mm vertical timber battens fixed with Dupont Tyvek breathable membrane. 75mm x 200mm timber stud frame with 200mm insulation cork board. 6mm weber rend TTS@ WEBER laid on 6mm meshcloth laid on 6mm weber rend TTS@ WEBER on 150mm XPS insulation with 2mm EPDM single ply membrane. 5mm Aluminium flashing on 75mm 200mm timber stud frame with insulation cork WINDboard.BREAKER SYSTEM 12mm 1500mm 3400mm glass fixed to 18mm 288mm 3500mm glass fin by spider fittings the fins supported by 400mm taper beam fixed to structure.The second line glass size is 12mm x 1500mm 2900mm and third line and forth line had same size as first INTERMEDIATEline.
FLOOR 60mm x 60mm 28.5mm Concrete and steel composite panels screw connects to the steel pan, pedestal head and base on 225mm existing floor slab with rockwool fire stopping on 100mm new taper beam.
Launceston general hospital 4k wards courtyard research and design
Advanced design Teamresearch 1 Director 6 M.Arch Students Project Location AustraliaTasmania,Launceston, Year 2019 Project Client GeneralLauncestonHospital
This selective involves research into the field of design for health, exploring interrelationships between natural environments and psychological and biophysical health, and the aspects which contribute to the positive impacts in health, wellbeing and social inclusion. Investigation into the design of healthcare environments specifically addressing child-adolescent mental health will be the major research component. Additionally, two existing initiatives will be subjected to the selective. These primarily involve the multidisciplinary research network within the University, exploring the relationships between nature and health in acknowledging the notion of the concept of ‘therapeutic landscapes’; followed by the existing project at the Launceston General Hospital which calls for the designing of a courtyard in the extension of Ward 4K(Paediatrics ward), which is still under construction. The primary occupants
The aims of the selective include developing a deeper understanding of design in the healthcare environment, particularly for children and adolescents, and identifying the role of key design principles in healthcare design. Thematic analysis of the ‘harmful’ or ‘beneficial’ elements which could provoke physical and psychological responses of the occupants will also be done in the process of developing a conceptual framework, and design principles supporting youth mental health and analysis of exemplary precedents relevant to the healthcare design.
This research project is positioned as part of Launceston General Hospital (LGH) planned Paediatric Inpatient Unit (PIU) redevelopment. Specifically, targeting design of one of the courtyards within the Adolescent’s Ward, 4K. The courtyard will primarily be utilised by inpatient adolescents with mental health conditions, along with hospital staff and visiting family members of the patients.
of the courtyard will be adolescents afflicted with various mental health conditions and pose a risk of demonstrating risk-taking behaviours. Hence, our research will also explore the design principles and criteria required to meet the specific needs of adolescent mental health facility occupants, including staff and visitors.
