Interior portfolio - Ziyu Zhao

PORTFOLIO

Ziyu Zhao

Curriculum Vitae

Ziyu Zhao

Architect, Urbanist, Designer

Stockholm, Sweden

jamesziyu@hotmail.com

+46704658835

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziyu-zhao-/ @_zyzhao_

https://www.zjameszhao.com

Experiences

Graduated with Master degree of Human Geography from Lund University. Master thesis: https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/search/publication/9117707

Internship at Urban Planning Department of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. Planning of urban area Skarpnäck and Farsta.

Volunteering at SPARK, Malmö.

Hosting podcast Flâneurs 迷途事务所

Freelancing in architecture design, translating, and video editing.

Graduated with Master degree of Architecture & Urban Design from Chalmers University of Technology.

Master thesis: https://projects.arch.chalmers.se/ziyu-zhao/

Summer internship at SANS design, Shenzhen. Research, exhibition design and architectural design.

Internship at White Arkitekter Malmö office.

Architectural design in healthcare and housing; visualization.

Project: Nya sjukhusområdet Malmö (The New Malmö Hospital).

Graduated with Bachelor degree of Architecture from Hunan University.

Internship at RSAA (Beijing), LTD. (Now BUZZ - Büro Ziyu Zhuang)

Architectural design in hotel, office and retail.

2023 2022-23 2021-22 202020202020 2019 2018-19 2017 2016-17

Curriculum Vitae

2012-20172017-2020

B.Arch., Hunan University Changsha, China

Education

MSc, Architecture & Urban Design, Chalmers University of Technology

Gothenburg, Sweden

Competitions

2021- 2023

MSc, Human Geography, Lund University

Lund, Sweden

Winning Prize in SEED architecture competition.

Honorable mentioned in 2018 Wernstedt Sketch competition.

Top 30 in Alternate Realities competition.

Honorable mentioned in 24H competition.

Honorable mentioned in The Pavilion of Humanity: First Contact competition.

Software

Languages

Mandarin

English Swedish

Cantonese

2018 2020 2020 2021

2015

Adobe Suite Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premiere Pro Audition Sketchup Rhinoceros Render & Visualization Microsoft Office Revit Grasshopper ArcGIS Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Intermediate Basic Basic

AutoCAD

Introduction

Architecture is possibility. It offers opportunities for scenarios to occur within certain contexts.

Architecture is a combination of function, aesthetics, and visions for habitat.

I attempt to explore the potential of sites by creating spaces that bring about values for the sites and enhance the experience.

Throughout the design processes, I utilize a narrative methodology that construct spaces, focusing on the atmospheres they evoke and the scenarios they facilitate. This approach is also the foundation of the representation of my projects.

I am aware that designs may sometimes only be architects’ aspirations. However, I find the inherent uncertainty in architecture to be its most captivating aspect. As an architect, I believe in the importance of aligning aspirations with a site’s potential, and embracing the inherent unpredictability of the creative journey.

Buildings

Display of Time

Monastery

São Domingos da Baralha Fortress, Cape Espichel, Portugal

Buildings

Display of Time

The intervention as a platform for the ruin and its relation to time and dissolution. Placed under the fortress and entered only through experiencing it, the monastery becomes a place of contrast. The inner space as an isolated space inside the cliff. The meeting as an exposed space, only separated from the ocean by a curtain, dissolving itself like the ruin.

Monastery | São Domingos da Baralha Fortress, Cape Espichel, Portugal

1 2 1 0 5 10 4 3 1 1 2 1 0 5 10

1 Entrance 2 Look out point 1 Inner space 2 Dormitory 3 Rest rooms+Storage

4 3 1 1 2 1 0 5

4 Meeting+Dining+Kitchen

The Attic

Kindergarten | Gothenburg, Sweden

Attic is sometimes a hidden place in a house, and also could be a secret space for kids to play. A kindergarten could possess a space exclusive for children. In this project an indoor playground with atmosphere of attic is set on the second floor. Kids are free up there, and they can always enjoy themselves no matter what weather it is.

The kindergarten can accommodate 60 kids with age of 3-6 and 30 babies from 0 to 3 years old. It consists two buildings which creates a path in between, in order to remain the main circulation from the main pathway to Plikta playground

Site plan N

1 1.1 1.2 1.3 3 4 2 1st

1 3 4 4 4 4 5 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 6 2

1 Foyer 2 Office 3 Playing corridor 4 Common rooms 5 Baby room 6 Resting room 7 Science studio 8 Art studio 9 Handcraft studio 10 Music studio 11 WC 12 Café 13 Kitchen 14 Kitchen storage 15 Utility/ Technical room

2

3

4 WC

floor plan

2nd floor plan

1 Attic playground 1.1

“Hill” 1.2 “Maze” 1.3 Ocean ball pool

Office

Dining room

East elevation

West elevation

A-A Perspective section B-B Perspective section

Playing corridor Common room for one group Yard between common rooms and studios Entrance from Björngårdsvägen

The Village

Senior housing | Gothenburg, Sweden

In the village residents are always free, despite their conditions of dementia. They live here and form a community. It has everything needed close by, with a town hall, market hall, an ateljé where events are held, and different outdoor spaces.

The concept is combining a scale of small village with the greenery and city surrounding, to create a community, where the seniors can find everything they need.

The greenery and other outdoor areas are made into everyday living spaces for the people living with dementia.

The 10 units are divided into multiple buildings in 4 groups. In-between spaces hence become streets in the village.

Each group has two connected buildings and an open courtyard.

Site plan

Ground Floor

Town Hall

The Town Hall serves as a meeting spot with a lobby, café, and spa on the ground floor for socializing. The spa, including a sauna and swimming pool, is also available for use by the nearby kindergarten. The upper floors are designated for staff and administrative purposes.

Floor

1 Entrance 2 Lobby 3 Reception 4 Café 5 Spa 6 Offices 7 Kitchen

Ground Lobby Entrance

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION

All units share the same layout but vary in brick colors and themed courtyards, making it easier for residents to identify their homes. Each unit includes a small office for staff with windows facing the dining room and outdoors.

BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION

PRODUCED

Section

Facade colors for each group

Home

1 Entrance 2 Dining room 3 Lounge 4 Apartments 5 Storage, laundry and waste room 6 Office Ground Floor

Dining room

Single apartments

The single apartments, at 35sqm, are flexible for personalized furnishing. They feature French balconies with large sliding glass doors, allowing seniors to step outside and enjoy the outdoors without difficulty.

Ground Floor (Plan alternatives) PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION Section

Double apartments

The row house is designed for residents who want to live together but are in need of assistance. It is one floor, four double apartments that are 69sqm with small backyards facing the village park and each apartment has two bedrooms. One is larger and the other is smaller by the entrance, which can be used as an extra room for the elderly who might need more assistance or a guest room or a working space. Here the couples can live a normal life with a little help from the village staff.

STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION Ground Floor Section

Courtyard

Interiors & Exhibitions

空 (Emptiness)

Yoga retreats| Sanya, China

Ongoing project

Located in a resort city on a southern Chinese island, this yoga retreat is surrounded by scenery of mountains and the sea. The interior design aims to create a minimalist Zen space, based on the concept of “The emptiness makes it a room” in the Tao Te Ching.

Material/color palette

From the closed entrance space (reception hall) to the group yoga room and meditation rooms with scenic views, the design intends to create a transition from darkness to brightness through the treatment of materials, colors, and lighting.

Plan 1 Entrance 2 Reception hall 3 Storage and WC 4 Meditation rooms 5 Tea room 6 Outdoor yoga 7 Terrace 8 Group yoga room 9 Landscape 10 Staircase to roof terrace

Reception hall Tea room Meditation rooms

Group yoga room

Bokeh

Sushi restaurant concept| Malmö, Sweden

Inspired by Hiroshi Sugimoto’s photography Boden Sea, the ambiance of the restaurant is intended to bring an oriental serenity, with white rice lamps above the space, off-white walls in the middle, and a deep blue “ocean” in the lower part and on the floor, highlighted by Swedish artist Jenny Nordberg’s Mirror, with custom-made furniture.