Architecture and Urban Design Porfolio / Accepted to GSAPP MSAUD

JIAMIN HUANG Architectural Portfolio Selected Works 2018-2020

PROLOGUE

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As I further studied architecture and gained design experiences in libraries, art galleries, and residences, I came to realize that architectural structures are much more than spatial containers. Rather, architecture is something that can shape and change human behaviors, and architects shoulder greater social responsibility. Excellent architecture can positively affect its surrounding communities and impart new vigor in them, such as Markthal Rotterdam designed by MVRDV, which has been widely praised as “an important example of city transition.” Markthal Rotterdam is a huge city artwork incorporating residences and a market. It has attracted huge volumes of visitors, reinvigorating Rotterdam, the second-largest city in the Netherlands. As I matured, in my fourth year of university, I began to pursue social values in my works instead. I identified social conflicts and tried to resolve them from the perspective of the functions and space of architecture.

HOME FOR THE HOMELESS An Animal-walfare Shelter

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CLOUD ATLAS

A Film Experiencing and ExhibitIon Hall

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HILLSIDE PARK

A Children Activity Center

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SCHOLAR UTOPIA

A Community for Study and Living

01 HOME FOR THE HOMELESS An Animal-walfare Shelter Shortlisted for the competition "STRAY " held by UNI October, 2020 Location: Bucharest, Romania Instructor: Yufang Zhou Individual Work Habitation was supposed to be a mutual thing. However, humans stand out in the food chain dominating every other organism on the planet. And therefore, they have been exploiting nature in various forms like habitat loss, animal cruelty, factory farming, caging, torture and abandonment. Most of these stray animals have been brutally injured, abused, abandoned on streets by their previous owners. The few lucky ones are taken to the shelter where they live in a confined and unkept place until adopted or they are euthanized due to limited space and low funding.

In Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, the problem of strays has been acknowledged for decades. In 2015, the Bucharest City Hall stated that over 51,200 stray dogs were captured between October 2013 and January 2015, with more than half being euthanized. The issue has not only been a heated subject of debate in Bucharest, but also on a nationwide scale.

This project is dedicated to providing a shelter for homeless animals, homeless people and soon-to expire food. The main function of this shelter is to adopt stray animals, but at the same time, it provides shelter for the local homeless people, so that they can become the staff of this shelter, work and live in society with dignity.

BACKGROUND | How did everything become homelessness?

The theme of thisv competition is to design a shelter of stray animals in Bucharest, but we found out that the Underground Kingdom for homeless in Bucharest is also world-famous. An estimated 6,000 homeless people live in the network of sewers and tunnels beneath the streets of Bucharest.

Therefore, we decide to study homeless animals, homeless people, and homeless food (close-to-expire food) as a whole.

ANIMAL

HUMAN Grow up with family

Have a roof

IDEOLOGY | Stray & Tramp

In a documentary about the underground kingdom of Bucharest, I saw the longing of homeless people for a normal life and dignity. Also, many homeless people adopt stray dogs, which inspired me a lot and decided to design a shelter that can accommodate both homeless people and stray.

Work makes you respecter, integrated in society, give you reason to live and can even make your life better.

-----------Bruce Lee (The king of Bucharest Underworld)

FOOD Ingredient & Flavor Manufacturers

Grow up in orphanage

Born on the street FOOD MANUFACTURING PROCESSER Healthy familyship

Unhealthy familyship

Stay in orphanage

Stay with family

We have adopted many stray dogs. We keep each other warm.

Escaping

Animal shelter

Good caring

Earn enough Eviction

Bills higher then earning

Ignoring

Change in family status

Wholesalers Private brand

Buying group

Broker

Distributor

Distributor

Private brand

Abuse at home Drug and alcohol Loss of the job

Eviction

Euthanasia Stable life

HOMELESSNESS

Mental illness Incarcertated

HOMELESSNESS

REGIONAL SCALE | Homeless animal, people and food

Retail

Food service

Consumer

Consumer

HOMELESSNESS

We analyze the surrounding of the site and look for places related to stray animals, homeless people, and places where food waste occurs. The existence of these locations supported the project methodology.

● Fa c e s o c i a l i s s u e s a n d re v e a l the world of “Life in the Tunnels".

●Provide homes and jobs for homeless people and return their dignity.

●Rescue the stray, increase adoption ra t e s , re d u c e e u t h a n a s i a ra t e .

METHODOLOGY | External & Internal

The external methodology shows intereactions between the shelter and the society. The internal methodology shows intereactions within the shelter. Job positions for homeless people connect internal interactions between human beings, animals and foods.

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Pet Trainner

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Animal Shelter

Stary Homelessness Dynamic

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Retailer

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Eating Administrator

Food Service Clearner

Retail Manufacturer

Local Food Bank

Homeless

Food Sorter

Local Animal Shelter Restaurant

Cook

Soon-to-expire Food

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Cleaning Logistics Sleeping

Physical Need

TYPOLOGY AND SPATIAL STRATEGY | Acceptance & equality Traditional Animal Shelter

In the design of traditional stray animal shelters, fishbone spatial structures are usually used for efficiency. The pedestrian walkway in the middle connects rows of kennels. The open space in the middle of the kennel is their activity space.

GENERATION | From underground to above ground

Underground Sewer System

The urban underground pipeline system is usually arranged according to the road. The pipeline is composed of a main pipeline and a secondary pipeline. The radius of the main pipeline is relatively large and people can walk in it. In the underground world of Bucharest, homeless people usually live in such pipes.

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Dig down the semiunderground main space.

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Break the indoor and outdoor spaces with a curved wall.

C. Add a raised roof to the main space

GROUND FLOOR PLAN | Combination of curves and straight lines

Entrance

Staff (Good) Entrance

A. The semi-underground building slowly rises, symbolizing the exposure of the underground world, bringing it from darkness to light.

C. In the long lodging strip, people and dogs are equal in the vertical space, the space for human beings and dogs is divided by curve walls.

B. The lodging strip was gradually engulfed by the main building. It symbolizes the unacceptable to acceptable of the homeless group.

D. In the main space of the building, the curve breaks the interior and exterior space, people and dogs can travel freely from inside to outside.

Main Entrance

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Present

Dwelling Area

Normally, the accommodations for animals and people are separated. Ideally, they should be more equal.

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Activety Area

Normally, animals are kept in captivity, and their space for activity is very limited. Ideally, both people and animals should move freely.

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D. Four small strips are interspersed as accommodation space.

ELEVATION | The main acticity space gradually engulfed the accommodation strips

EXPLOSIVE ISOMETRIC WITH DETAILS

The building facade is concave and convex, which functions as a kennel for small dogs.

THE UNITY AND UNIT | Lodging strip analysis

A A Kennel * 8 (16 large strays)

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The sunken plaza is an outdoor activity and interaction area for human and animals. Here, people who are going to adopt animals can interact and play with animals. At the same time, this is also an outdoor dog training area, where dogs can learn skills such as jumping and running, so that they can better adapt to the future family life.

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The Lodging strip undertakes the needs of private activities. It has bedrooms, washrooms, meeting rooms for homeless people, which provide them with a safe, comfortable and friendly living atmosphere, allowing them to rest and socialize well, and stimulate their interest in work. There's also kennels for large strays.

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The restaurant is open to visitors and staff. This is the logistics area, which can handle the expired food stored in the surrounding area, and then provide it to everyone who wants to use after processing. At the same time, there is a small supermarket for daily necessities.

Sunken Plaza

C B Bedroom * 8 (16 person)

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Lodging Strip

C Washroom * 3

D Meeting Room * 2

Dining Hall

02 CLOUD ATLAS

Film Experiencing and Exhibition Hall October, 2019 Location: Los Angeles, United States Instructor: Siyong Liu Individual Work The Film Experiencing and Echibition Hall is proposed based on the film Cloud Atlas directed by Tom Tykwer, Lana and Lilly Wachowski. Cloud Atlas unfolds with a non-linear narrative with multiple plots occurring during six different eras in time. The story jumps between eras, until each storyline eventually resolves, spanning hundreds of years. Writings from characters in prior storylines are found in future storylines. Characters appear to recur in each era, but change relationships to each other. Slave or abuser often change roles, suggesting reincarnation or other connection between souls through the ages.

As an architect and movie lover, I translated the film into architectural form to convey this gorgeous story. The hall represents on a spatial abstraction of the movie's filming techniques, narrative structure and core idea. The building is composed of many small units, which are independent but connected to each other. Visitors can choose their own route during the experience, and each choice will affect the scenery they see next. Therefore, even if everyone comes here with the same purpose, the route of experience may be different.

It locates in the Studio Tour viewing area which is the tour route of Universal Studios' movie sets open to tourists.

MOVIE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE 1 TIMELINE, 6 STORIES, 13 ACTORS, 57 CHARACTERS

The story jumps between eras, until each storyline eventually resolves, spanning hundreds of years. Writings from characters in prior storylines are found in future storylines. Characters appear to recur in each era, but change relationships to each other. Slave or abuser often change roles, suggesting reincarnation or other connection between souls through the ages.

In the Chatham Islands, 1849, American lawyer Adam Ewing witnesses the whipping of a Moriori slave, Autua. Autua stows away on Ewing's ship and convinces him to advocate for Autua to join the crew as a free man. Autua saves Ewing's life before his doctor, Henry Goose, can poison him and steal his gold under the guise of treating him for a parasitic worm. In San Francisco, Ewing and his wife denounce her father's complicity in slavery and leave to join the abolition movement.

In 1936, English composer Robert Frobisher finds work as an amanuensis to aging composer Vyvyan Ayrs, allowing Frobisher to compose his own masterpiece, "The Cloud Atlas Sextet". Frobisher reads from Ewing's journal among the books at Ayrs's mansion.

Ayrs demands credit for the sextet and threatens to expose Frobisher's bisexuality if he refuses. Frobisher shoots and wounds Ayrs and goes into hiding. He finishes the sextet and shoots himself before his lover Rufus Sixsmith arrives.

I: The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing, 1849

II: Letters from Zedelghem, 1936

SCENES CONNECTING TECHNIQUE In the narrative, not only is there a connection between the stories, but the two images before and after are also connected through some of the same elements.

Same layout of the room

Same Diary

1849

1936

Same actor

The letter and its owner

1936

The revelation and its writer

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Same action (calling)

1973

Same action (calling)

1973

Same actor

2321

1849

Same actor

1973

Same actor

The journalist and her report

Same actor

2321

1849

Same actor

Same actor

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2012

2012

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III: Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery, 1973

IV: The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish, 2012

V: An Orison of Sonmi - 451, 2144

VI: Sloosha's Crossin' an' Evrythin' After, 2321

In San Francisco, 1973, journalist Luisa Rey meets Sixsmith, now a nuclear physicist. Sixsmith tips off Rey to a conspiracy to create a catastrophe at a nuclear reactor run by Lloyd Hooks, who secretly promotes oil-energy interests. He is killed by Hooks's hitman, Bill Smoke, before he can give her a report as proof. Rey finds Frobisher's letters to Sixsmith, just as Frobisher had found Ewing's journal earlier. Scientist Isaac Sachs passes her a copy of Sixsmith's report. Smoke kills Sachs by blowing up his plane, and then runs Rey's car off a bridge, destroying the report. With help from the plant's head of security, Rey evades another assassination attempt, and Smoke is killed. With a copy of the report from Sixsmith's niece, she exposes the plot and has Hooks indicted.

In London, 2012, gangster Dermot Hoggins murders a critic after a harsh review of his memoir, generating huge sales. Hoggins's brothers threaten the publisher, the aging Timothy Cavendish, for Hoggins's profits. Timothy's brother, Denholme, tells him to hide at Aurora House. On the way, Timothy reads a manuscript based on Rey's story. Believing Aurora House is a hotel, Timothy signs papers committing himself and discovers it to be a nursing home where all outside contact is prohibited; Denholme reveals that he sent Timothy there as revenge for an affair with his wife. Timothy escapes with three other residents, resumes his relationship with an old flame, and writes a screenplay about his experience.

In 2144, Sonmi-451 is a "fabricant", a humanoid clone indentured as a fast food server and implied sex worker in a dystopian Neo Seoul. She is exposed to ideas of rebellion by another fabricant, Yoona-939, who has obtained a clip of the movie about Cavendish's involuntary institutionalization. After Yoona is killed, Sonmi is rescued by rebel Commander Hae-Joo Chang, who exposes Sonmi to the full film version of Cavendish's experience. Hae-Joo introduces her to the leader of the rebel movement, and shows her that clones are when 'freed' are actually recycled into "soap," food for fabricants. Sonmi makes a public broadcast of her revelations before the authorities attack, killing Hae-Joo and recapturing Sonmi. After recounting her story to an archivist, she is executed.

In 2321, the tribespeople of the post-apocalyptic Big Island of Hawaii worship Sonmi; their sacred text is taken from her recorded testimony. Zachry Bailey's village is visited by Meronym, a member of an advanced society called the Prescients. Prescients are dying from a plague. Meronym is searching for a forgotten communication station on Mauna Sol to send an SOS to off-world humans. In exchange for healing Zachry's niece, Catkin, Meronym is guided by Zachry to the station where Sonmi made her recording. Returning home, Zachry kills the sleeping Kona chief and rescues Catkin before he and Meronym fight off the other tribesmen. Zachry and Catkin join Meronym and the Prescients as their ship leaves Big Island.

RELATIONSHIP OF ROLES, ACTORS AND STORIES

BASIC ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS I extracted basic elements such as walls, pillars, and floors in traditional buildings to represent the of characters in the movie.And then, waving an architacutral story by repeating, inverting, replacing, and inserting of these elements.

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COMBINED ARCHETYPES

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FILM

TRANSLATION FROM FILM TO ARCHITECTURE

The same actors have different relationships in different story

The social system of the slave age paved the way for the outcome of extreme social polarization

The six stories are different in content, but the core ideas are the same

Macro

ARCHITECTURE

Micro

Actors dressed up in different roles appear repeatedly

Architectural elements repeat and scale repeatedly

The spatial relationship of architectural elements is different

The form of the pyramid represents the continuous strengthening of the class

A simple vertical traffic is hidden in the complex spatial form of the building

Universal Studios is located in Hollywood, which perfectly combines amusement facilities and movie art, providing visitors with an extremely rich sensory experience.

Among them, the most famous Studio Tour is the tour route of Universal Studios' movie sets open to tourists. The base site is located in the Studio Tour viewing area of Universal Studios.

The building is used for filming and can also be viewed and experienced by tourists.

MODULE AND GENERATION

I: Divide the site into 6M*6M square evenly

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II: Cofirm the location of vertical circulation core at the center of the site

IV: Adjust the size of the modules and replace several of them with special units

III: Surround vertical traffic with 6M*6M*6M squares to a pyramid shape

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SPECIAL UNIT

A: Vertical Circulation B: Climbing Frame (resting) C: Stair Cave (resting) E: 3D Maze (playing) F: Escher Cage (photo shooting) G: Winding Stair (playing)

D: Climbing Frame (resting) H: Lying stair (photo shooting)

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ELEVATION

Just as there are no two identical leaves in the world, people make different decisions at every intersection in the building, which will affect the future scenery. It is almost impossible for people to walk the same road twice.

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SECTION

There is a vertical upward shortcut hidden inside the building, which can reach the top floor as quickly as possible.

No matter how fancy and deceptive the outside world is, truth is always hidden in it in a simple way.

03 HILLSIDE PARK A Children Activity Center

March, 2020 Location: Guizhou, China Instructor: Siyong Liu, Keren He, Zigeng Wang Individual Work The project was located in Ancient Suhong Village of Yunnan Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture. The villagers there have all been relocated, leaving the village to allow a tourism group to renovate it into a tourist resort that offers various experiences.

I proposed designing an educational space for kids for two reasons. First, due to the village’s remote location, the tourists are comprised of families taking short trips from cities, and they bring many urban kids who may not be able to find enough tourist facilities tailored to their age. These urban kids are deprived of access to nature, which has many negative influences on them. Therefore, the unique natural landscape of the village offers a splendid arena for outdoor activities and nature education for them. Second, the educational space could also be used for charity purposes for the poor rural kids living in surrounding areas who have no access to high-quality elementary education and safe activity spaces. These left-behind kids are also highly likely to suffer from various psychological issues due to long-term isolation from their parents during a critical stage.

The space could be used to confronting issues faced by both rural and urban kids while generating profits for the resort.

PROBLEMS ON THE SITE

STRATEGY The space could be used to confronting issues faced by both rural and urban kids while generating profits for the resort.

Natural Landscape Fish Catching

Cultivating

Hiking

Jialong Village

Baohua Village

First aid

Camping

Sunrise Watching Playing

Qiutong Village

Reading

Suhong Village

Eating

Counseling

（SITE） Rock Climbing

Drawing

Children Living

Photo shooting

Longshi Village

Tourism Living

Plant classfication

Man-made building

Longjia Village

Terrace

House

Big Village

Small Village

Site

To school

Suhong Village is located in the center of the Samaba Terraced Field Scenic Area, and has achieved the tourist ring road in the scenic area. It is located in Baohua Town, Honghe County, with a total area of more than 14,000 acre and more than 4,300 levels. Suhong Ancient Village is a well-preserved and authentic Hani ancient village.

Residents of the village have moved away many years ago, and Kangteng Tourism will carry out the restoration of the old house of Suhong Guzhai and the creation of in-depth tourism products.

Make Friend

General Activities

Nature Education Rural Children

Charity

CHILDREN ACTIVITY CENTER

Nature Education Business

Urban Children

General Activities

The local education conditions are very poor. The only school is in Baohua Village, and children from surrounding villages have to travel long distances to school.

GENERATION

Rural Children

Not going to school

Outdated educational facilities

No safe place for exercise

Seperted with parents

A. Choose four heights along the mountain

B. Raise the plane to connect together

C. The formed slope intersects the mountain

Addicted to electronics

G. Add more traffics to enrich the experience.

F. Set up outdoor space

D. The building mass is formed by four ramps.

Urban Children

Poor athletic ability

Lack of rest time

Unstable emotion

OVERVIEW

FUNCTIONS OF RAMPS OUTDOOR NATURAL RAMP

The lawn without facilities is used for rest

The lawn with the tunnel is used for travel

The lawn with stairs is used for travel

The lawn with slide is used for playing & travel

The lawn with stone is used for playing/climbing

The lawn with sticks is used for playing/climbing

The lawn with big balls is used for playing/climbing

The lawn with small hills are used for playing/climbing

OUTDOOR MAN-MADE RAMP

The ramp without any facilities is used for viewing

The ramp with the opposite ramp is used for travel

The ramp with chairs is used for resting

The ramp with the stage is used for showing

INDOOR MAN-MADE RAMP

The close area with glass wall is used for having class

The close area with glass wall is used for having class

The open area with handrails is used for reading

The open area with handrails is used for reading

The close area with concret wall is used for living

The open area with curve shelf is used for reading

The open area with stage is used for showing

The open area with counter is used for selling

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THE SECOND PLAN

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C. Washroom D. Storge G. Indoor Playground H. Classroom I. Parents Waiting Area J. Psy. Counselling Room K. Office P. Outdoor Playground

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Surface of the mountain

Section of the mountain

Children's growth needs more than simply food, clothing, reading, parental care, and more attention is paid to the spiritual and psychological needs of children.

The concept of children’s activity space is not only focused on playing, but also learning and exploring the world through physical perception during play, helping them to better prepare for and meet unknown challenges, and for urban children, broaden their views on the countryside. And natural cognition, for rural children, stimulate their yearning for a better life and desire for knowledge. For the future of children as the motherland, education has a long way to go.

04 SCHOLAR UTOPIA A Community for Study and Living

March, 2019 Location: London, UK Instructor: John Zhang & David Porter Individual Work Somers Town in London is a community living in the shadows of major infrastructures. It proximity to significant railway hubs offers an appearance of connection, but in fact belies a sense of isolation. The central location of this enclaves and the low income status of its residents make it particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of top-down ‘urban renewal’. The proximity of infrastructure adds further pressure, in terms of physical constraints, and the social and economic consequences, where the strong identity of existing communities must confront the spatial needs of transient and newly arriving demographics.

In Somers Town in London, I produce a high-density, low-rise housing proposal, which will seek to establish a new narrative of interaction between existing community, emergent new demographics as a result of top-down regeneration.

It functions as a cultural transfer station that would attract active scholars in the vicinity to this residence region. This design also contained cultural export spaces like workshops, a library, and small classrooms in which scholars may offer courses or seminars related to their professions to have their residence fees reduced. By means of this, the scholars act as a catalyst between Somers Town and its cultural development, helping develop an active cultural and educational industry.

Open Courtyard Inside and outside

REGIONAL SCALE | Infrastructures around the site

IDEOLOGY | Scholar & Neighborhood & Infrastructure There are educational facilities, medical facilities, within 15 minutes walking around the site. These infrastructures offer many opportunities for learning and further education.

Also King's Cross Station which just 5 minute walk from our site brings scholars from other European countries to London.

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TRAIN STATION

When scholars come to London, they can find their collective and belonging by staying in the Scholar Utopia.It contained knowledge transfer spaces like workshops in which scholars may offer courses or seminars related to their professions to have their residence fees reduced

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Scholar Student Researcher ......

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NEIGHBORHOOD

Therefore, the site is very suitable for designing a learning community for scholars and students. The community open to surrounding residents and become a container for knowledge exchanges.

FUNCTION | Summarize the fundamental needs of scholars through interviews 6

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I basically study at the library of the school, the bedroom doesn't need to be big.

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27 In a relationship 8 Month Visiting Scholar University College Hospital

I bring my family with me because we don't want to be seperated. I hope there is a kindergarten near my place to take care of my kids.

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TYPE III: Long-term Living My boyfriend will come to see me on weekends, so I hope there is a kitchen where we can cook together.

21 Single 3 Month Exchange Student University of Westminster

STUDY FACILITY Reading

Main Road

EDINBURGH 4H: 23M

Water Way The Site Medical Facility (12) —Hospital

Educational Facility (38)

—University / College / Library —Institute / Museum

Traffic Facility (3) —Train Station

Somers Town in London is a community living in the shadow of major infrastructures. It is a deprived residential area trapped between Euston Station, St. Pancras Station, to the east and west. To the south are a pair of major institutions in the form of the British Library and the Crick Centre. Their procimity to significant highways or railway hubs offers an appearance of connection. but infact belies a sense of isolation.

How to reconstruct the relationship between INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING and PEOPLE has become the core of my design.

GLASGOW 4H: 31M

NEWCASTLE 2H: 52M DURHAM 2H: 40M YORK 1H: 51M LEEDS 2H: 19M SHEFFIELD 2H: 09M NOTTINGHAM 1H: 44M CAMBRIDGE 0H: 49M

MANCHESTER 2H: 07M LIVERPOOL 2H: 08M BIRMINGHAM 1H: 22M EUSTON STATION

KING'S CROSS S T. PA N C R A S INTERNATIONAL

35 Married 2.5 Year Researcher The Francis Crick Institute

LIVING FACILITY Eating

Resting

Living Neighborhood A

PUBLIC

The Royal Veterinary College Centrsl Saint Martins The Francis Crick Institute The British Library St. Pancras Station King's Cross Station Euston Station University College Hospital UCL Slade School of Fine Art Westminster Kingsway College

Scholarly A

Bookstore

Workshop

Plaza

Neighborhood Courtyard

Long-term Living

Library

Kindergarten

Cafe

Community Center

Short-term Living (family)

Study Room

Scholarly Garden

Market

Gym

Short-term Living (single)

HAMBURG 8H: 56M AMSTERDAM 3H: 50M DUSSELDORF 4H: 44M COLOGNE 3H: 40M

LILLE 1H: 20M

BRUSSELS 1H: 55M

FRANKFURT 4H: 40M

Neighborhood B

PARIS 1H: 15M BOUGR ST MAURICE 7H: 20M AIME LA PLAGNE 7H: 12M MOUTIERS 7H: 05M BORDEAUX 3H: 55M from Paris

LYON 4H: 57M

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Scholarly B

AVIGNON 6H: 13M MAESELLE 6H: 13M from Paris

MONTPELLIER 3H: 50M from Paris

European Railway System

Neighborhood Facility For Scholar & Neighborhood

Scholar Facility Only for Scholar

SPATIAL PROTOTYPE | The studies of Britain and Chinese courtyard

The English-style courtyard originated from spiritual use for reflection. The Chinese-style courtyard is more practical for life.

Therefore, in my design, I hope to combine these two courtyards and their functions to design a community with courtyards as the spatial protorype to meet the studying and living needs of scholars and neighborhoods.

Throughout Chinese history, the siheyuan composition was the basic pattern used for residences. In ancient times, a spacious siheyuan would be occupied by a single, usually large and extended family, signifying wealth and prosperity.

Today, remaining siheyuan are often still used as subdivided housing complexes, although many lack modern amenities.

TYPOLOGY | Different possibilities of relationships

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AXON | The studies of Britain and Chinese courtyard

At the begining, courtyards in Britain were mainly found in Monasteries. They provided a quiet sanctuary for Monks to go about their business. These courtyards didn’t bear any of the marks of the more affluent courtyards of the Middle East or Rome. These were simple areas for reflective thought.

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SPATIAL STRATEGY | A spatial interaction model that can adapt to the ideology

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Scholarly Housing Scholarly Housing Neighborhood Courtyard

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Scholarly Garden

Neighborhood Facililty

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Neighborhood Facility

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Scholarly Traffic Flow

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Bookshop Gym Study Room Library Kindergarten Nursery Community Center Coffee Market

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

AXON | Spaces for intereaction of scholars and neighborhood N

This design contained cultural export spaces like workshops, mini lecture hall, small classrooms in which scholars may offer courses or seminars related to their professions to have their residence fees reduced. By means of this, the scholars act as a catalyst between Somers Town and its cultural development, helping develop an active cultural and educational industry.

2

C

1

3 B

A

5

D

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6

A

B

MINI LECTURE HALL

MEETING ROOM

The interactive space between scholars and neighborhood in the community center is more public, it suitable for holding small seminars to attract surrounding residents to explore the community.

The interactive space between scholars and neighborhood in the library is more private, in the middle of two gadren. It is suitable for activities with high privacy requirements, such as psychological counseling.

C

D

MANUAL WORKSHOP

MULTI-FUNCTION ROOM

The interactive space between scholars and neighborhood in the corner of library with storage room is suitale for various manual activies, such as painting, architectural model making.

The interactive space between scholars and neighborhood in the gym use for human body activity. Such as C.P.R. (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) basic technique teaching.

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8

9

1 0

10 5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Kindergarten Library Kindergarten Community Center Study Room Cafe Gym Market Bookshop

SECOND FLOOR PLAN | Overall plan & Units Plan & Section I

Short - term Study (Single)

II

Long - term Study (Single) a. private kitchen b. under - bed storage space c. flexible sofa bed for vising friends, family

A

III Long - term Study (Family) Some scholars will bring their families to live together. a. seperate bedroom b. kitchen with courtyard view

A

Neighborhood Study

The kindergartens in the community is open to scholars and neighborhoods. The kindergarten faces a quiet garden inside the community, which can ensure the safety of children and offers space for children activities at the same time.

B

C

A --- A

B --- B

C

B

N

Scholarly Study

1 0

C --- C

10 5

Scholarly gardens on the second floor provide scholars with resting area for chatting, reading, etc. These gardens can only be used by scholars and their families (or friends) living on the second floor.

ANALYSIS | Material & Traffic & Openess & Organization

Upper contour Entrance

Openable glass wall

Courtyard (Grass)

Building

Usable

Courtyard (Hard)

Hard Paving

Visible

A

B

Material Of Courtyard (GF)

C

Accessibility (GF)

Relationship Between Interior and Exterior (GF)

Neighborhood Living

Indoor public spaces on the first floor encloses several courtyards. According to the openness of the courtyard to the street, quiet gardens and vibrant squares are distinguished, and the sense of experience is enhanced according to the material of the ground.

Upper contour Building

Building

Staircase

Staircase

D

Public Space

E

Vertical traffic (GF)

F

Vertical traffic (2F)

Public Space (2F)

Building Scholarly Garden S c h o l a r l y Garden

S c h o l a r l y Garden

Short-term Unit

Long-term Unit

Usable Visible

Scholarly Living

G

3-4 Short-term Units Share a big Scholarly Garden (2F)

H

Each Long-term Unit own a small Scholarly Garden (2F)

I

Relationship Between Housing and Garden (2F)

The long-term study type of room faces a quiet courtyard, providing a good resting environment for scholars. It also have kitchen to feed their need of living because it's very expensive for people to eat outside everyday in London.