Portfolio of Selected Works | Yihua (Jessica) Zhan

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Yihua (Jessica) Zhan

Conte Architecture

Let’s Play!

Iargain Fàtha

Kaleidoscope

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Graphic Design

Photography

Biblioteca Vagon

10th Anniversary

Photography

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Let’s Play!

Leith Civic Centre | Social Housing Architecture Project BA Architecture, University of Edinburgh 2024, Year 3 Semester 2

• Core skills: 3D visualisation, graphic design • Skills transferrable to: interior design, brand design, iterative process, user research, verbal/visual communication • Softwares: Adobe Creative Suite, Rhinoceros, Enscape, AutoCAD

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This is the ultimate design project of my undergraduate degree. On top of a rigorous and beautiful design, the process required in-depth site research (including existing literature, surveys and data, site visits, etc.), engagement with the existing community (including stakeholder interviews, user analyses, etc.), and multimedia representations (both 2D and 3D methods across a range of softwares).

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Toy Library/Toy Hospital

Storytelling Centre

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Social Housing Variations

G+1

2 x 2B flats

G+3

2 flats of different sizes

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G+2

6B flat share

G+4

2 x 2B flats + winter gardens

1- Typical External Wall

- 16mm claytec clay board finishing - 38x38mm timber battens + service cavity - Vapour control layer - 195mm hemp insulation + 47x195mm douglas fir battens @ 600mm centres - 20mm fire-resistant cement board - 150mm wood fibre insulation board - Breather membrane - 50x50mm vertical timber battens @ 300mm centres - 38x38mm horizontal timber counterbattens @ 145mm centres - 150x300mm reclaimed terracotta tiles

Technical Section 1:50 @ A1 0

0.5

1

+7.220

Top of storytelling centre roof

+6.200

Top of existing wall

+3.619

Low end of storytelling roof

2m

G+4 Scaffolding

+12.312

G+3 Scaffolding

+9.412

G+2 Scaffolding

+6.512

G+1 Scaffolding

+3.612

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12

10

+3.236

8 +1.000

+0.400

+0.050

Depth of foundation trench

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2- Roof

3 - Typical Floor

4 - Scaffolding Floor

6 - Winter Garden Wall

- 16mm claytec clay board finishing - Vapour control layer - 225mm hemp insulation + 75x225mm douglas fir battens @ 600mm centres - 150mm hemp insulation - 18mm plywood board - 100-300mm expanded cork rigid insulation board @ 3-degree slope - 3mm Waterproof EPDM finishing

- 21mm pine floor boards - 38x38mm timber battens @ 400mm centres + service cavity - 35mm anhydrite screed + underfloor heating pipes - 132mm wood fiber insulation board - 225mm hemp insulation + 75x225mm douglas fir battens @ 600mm centres - Vapour control layer - 16mm claytec clay board finishing

- 21mm pine floor boards - 100x100mm douglas fir timber battens @ 470mm centres - 47/75 x 225mm douglas fir timber beams

- 47x225mm douglas fir columns @ 1m centres - 21mm timber battens @ 200mm centres - 10x10mm steel rail @ 225mm centres - 65mm glass bricks

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5 - Winter Garden Floor - 21mm pine floor boards - 100 + 132mm wood fiber insulation board

8 - Ground Floor

9 - Internal Wall

- 102.5mm reclaimed brick paving - Vapour control layer - 50mm leveling screed - 100mm wood fibre insulation board - 150mm precast concrete slab - 350mm foam glass gravel insulation 7 - Winter Garden Roof - Damp proof layer - 75x225mm douglas fir beams @ 600mm centres - 150mm compacted stone - 50x225mm douglas fir joists @ 1100mm centres - 10x10mm steel rods @ 100mm centres - 30mm glass panels @ 1-degree angle

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- 16mm claytec clay board finishing - 25x75mm douglas fir timber studs @ 400mm centres + acoustic infill - 16mm claytec clay board finishing

10 - Corridor Cafe Roof - 47x200mm douglas fir ceiling joists @ 600mm centres - 18mm OSB sheathing board - 10mm waterproof layer - 19mm reclaimed corrugated metal roof sheet

11 - Storytelling Centre Roof

- 75x225mm douglas fir timber trusses @ 4m centres - 20mm plywood board finishing - Vapour control layer - 120mm hemp insulation + 47x120mm pine timber joists @ 400mm centres - 180mm wood fibre insulation board - 18mm OSB sheathing board - 10mm waterproof layer - 19mm reclaimed corrugated metal roof sheet

12 - Storytelling Centre Wall

- 650mm existing masonry wall - Vapour control layer - 195mm hemp insulation + 47x195mm douglas fir battens @ 600mm centres - 90mm wood fibre insulation board - Breather membrane - 50mm ventilated cavity - 102.5mm waste brick wall cladding

2

+15.737

Parapet

+15.522

Top of sloped roof

+15.287

Top of column

+14.821

G+4 Ceiling

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4

5

+12.387

G+4 Floor

+11.921

G+3 Ceiling

+9.487

G+3 Floor

+9.021

G+2 Ceiling

9

3 1

+6.587

G+2 Floor

+6.121

G+1 Ceiling

+3.687

G+1 Floor

+3.000

G Suspended ceiling

8 +0.000

-0.365

-0.100

Depth of foundation trench for timber columns

Compacted stone foundation for timber columns of scaffolding -1.202

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Depth of foundation trench

Iargain Fàtha

Ravenscraig Land Rehabilitation Architecture Project BA Architecture, University of Edinburgh 2023, Year 3 Semester 1 With Wenjing & Jing

• Core skills: 3D visualisation, graphic design, architectural design, landscape design • Skills transferrable to: installations/pop-ups, brand design, iterative process, user research, environmental research, verbal/visual communication, photography • Softwares: Adobe Creative Suite, Rhinoceros, AutoCAD [10]

This project is located in the former industrial grounds of Ravenscraig Steelworks near Glasgow, aimed to decontaminate the chemical pollution and more importantly, rehabilitate the traumatised people affected by the explosion of the steelworks. Combining aspects of environmental rehabilitation, ecological investigations, social issues, and fine arts, this is as much a research and programming endeavour as a creative one.

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Kaleidoscope

Social Housing in Paris Architecture Project BA Architecture, University of Edinburgh 2023, Year 2 Semester 2

• Core skills: 3D visualisation, graphic design, architectural design • Skills transferrable to: interior design, brand design, iterative process, user research, verbal/ visual communication • Softwares: Adobe Creative Suite, Rhinoceros, UnrealEngine5, AutoCAD

“Kaleidoscope” is a social housing project in Belleville, Paris. Through in-depth research into the Belleville community, including demographics, history, and economic and cultural background, the project devises a scheme that best caters to the people’s needs. It harbours a social ambition of fostering a strong identity and pride in an otherwise struggling population, using beautiful and economical spaces to elevate people’s lives and celebrate their diversity.

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Apt A Exploded Axo

Apt B Exploded Axo [15]

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Biblioteca Vagon Portable Reading Room Architecture Competition Buildner Portable Reading Room 2023 Honourable Mention With Wenjing, Bella & Lucas

• Core skills: 3D visualisation, graphic design, architectural design • Skills transferrable to: interior design, brand design, iterative process, user research, verbal/ visual communication • Softwares: Adobe Creative Suite, Rhinoceros, UnrealEngine5, AutoCAD

The Biblioteca Vagon is a literal “portable reading room” - a reading space within a tram carriage for European countries, accompanying and enriching people’s daily journeys with literary adventures into a library of books. This project highlights graphic design and strong visual identity, integrating commercial and urban ambitions with technical design, which involves meticulous market and policy research coupled with out-of-the-box thinking for creative solutions.

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10th Anniversary

Tsinghua International School Graphic/Product Design Head Designer 2019

• Core skills: Graphic design, product design • Skills transferrable to: brand design, event planning • Softwares: Adobe Creative Suite, Procreate

As a sophomore in High School, I was the head designer for our 10th-anniversary celebration, responsible for producing the official logo and a range of products alongside it. This was 5 years ago and my skills have developed manifold since then, but it is still a proud experience of applying my design abilities outside of architecture.

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Photography A Hobby

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Yihua ( Jessica) Zhan