History of the Wall

Rethinking The Meaning Of Walls

The design proposes different ways of interacting with the wall, providing the possibility to address the three current issues mentioned above and to stimulate the user to think about what the wall means.

Usual Day Festival Day Location

The purpose here is to create an elevated footpath so that the two schools can interact with each other in a high degree. Various platforms are set on the footpath to enhance interaction on both sides of the fence. The existing bicycle parking lot is reserved under the footpath. Through observation, it is not difficult to find that there are obvious peaks and low peaks in the number of bicycle parking lots. With this feature, parking behavior is combined with campus social activities, student learning or community activities to form an interesting multi-functional space.

The awning opens and closes to accommodate the high summer temperatures here and opens in the winter to allow for more warm sunlight.

In the peak parking period (morning and evening shift or before holidays), there are enough parking spaces here, and the overhead walkway provides a broader view and realizes the separation of people and vehicles;

When there are few bicycles parked, this area can be opened for use: a series of fixed shelves are placed in the spare space of the parking lot in combination with the load-bearing structure of the footpath, in which the flexible assembling soft furniture units are placed.

Flexible Furniture

All units are easy to place and combine, and can be randomly combined on the parking lot according to the user's behavior. The shelf after the unit is removed can still be used as a decoration (to place plants or posters) and a background plate. With these flexible units, many campus activities can be carried out here: performances, club activities, stalls, recruitment, fellowship, discussion.

Due to the different teaching quality of the two schools, the Department of Architecture of SCUT attracted many SCAU students to listen in because of its comprehensive courses, rich lectures and novel curriculum design. However, because the space scale of the two campuses is too large, students need to walk for a long time to cross the fence to listen.

Currently After Construction Location

Flexible Area

Provides users with a social space that can be flexibly and freely organised. Shared and separate spaces for students from both schools are achieved through the opening and closing of doors.

Provides users with a social space that can be flexibly and freely organised. Shared and separate spaces for students from both schools are achieved through the opening and closing of doors.

Provides users with a social space that can be flexibly and freely organised. Shared and separate spaces for students from both schools are achieved through the opening and closing of doors.

A place for students to freely display their artwork and add vibrancy to the street.

Crossing the Fence Usual Day Festival Day

This section of the fence is close to the living area, and there are always many couriers and delivery people delivering goods here. This design tries to arrange storage racks here according to this behavior to facilitate the exchange or storage of goods between the two schools, and even carry out second-hand household goods trading here.

Students passing by to help pick up the ball transferred from the other side wall always want to take the opportunity to join the sport, but the high wall blocks the distance from each other (walk around the wall for 30 minutes).Many outsiders who are not familiar with the campus are always going the wrong way, so there will always be many interesting scenes on this road: climbing walls, passing things, asking for directions. This design attempts to create a flexible boundary installation that can adapt to the above behaviors.

Sports competitions can promote the communication between people of different backgrounds and identities. This section of fence tries to combine volleyball, tennis, rock climbing and other sports activities to provide more communication for students of the two schools.

School as Water Infrustructure: Primary School in Senegal

Competition Project Southern Senegal

Individual Academic Works

Supervisor: Quan Li quanli840420453@gmail.com

July 2022

The right to education is one of the fundamental and inalienable rights of any person, as well as a principle established in the Universa Declaration of Human Rights, yet for more than 600 million children worldwide, this right is not guaranteed due to fragile economic, political and health conditions, the presence of conflicts,natural disasters,stereotypes and socio-cultural prejudices.

The proposal is located in a rural area in southern Senegal. Aiming to create a community school, seeking a new school model that protects and promotes the potential of every child, providing water infrastructure for local residents, thereby providing a place for villagers to meet and communal activities.