Growing awareness of the environmental and cultural impact of architecture has led to a deeper appreciation for the value of existing structures. Reusing on-site materials and breathing new life into old buildings has become not just a practical solution, but a meaningful way to preserve memory and reduce waste. These values now extend into new construction as well, where thoughtful design can re昀氀ect the same care for context, sustainability, and long-term responsibility.
The Floating Market
The Commercial Complex As A Entrance Of A Block
The design of a market on a site with a deep commercial culture is intended to preserve the traditional commercial culture and to respond to the current trend of redesigning the building to re昀氀ect the multifunctionality, attractiveness and conceptual nature of commercial buildings in the new era.
This entire block has three main blocks: of昀椀ce, commercial and hotel, and each block itself has its own leisure and public areas. As the entrance to the whole commercial street, this design is therefore special in that 昀椀rstly the ground 昀氀oor needs to be used as a plaza to facilitate the 昀氀ow of people.
Individual Work
109,618 SQ.FT 2022 Spring
The Background Of The Site
The Commercial Culture Timeline
This is the commercial and cultur designers cannot ignore from keep some of the good and
Factors
Yiwu is a place where there are many foreigners due to its location and commercial status, and therefore there are many different commercial policies for the area, requiring this design to be a landmark building. Ssense of exclusivity.
Changes of Functions
cultural heritage of Yiwu, a place that from ancient times.We need to choose to discard some of the bad.
Landmark
OldNew
Free plane
Principles Of Design Application
Original SitePrinciple Of Minimal surfaces
As there is a high-rise hotel next door and a traditional shopping mall in terms of texture
A minimal surface is the smallest area of surface produced within a given boundary, and mechanically this shape is the result of a uniform tension in equilibrium.
Step 1 Select points Step 2 Connect all points in a straight line
Stretch to different degrees
Points per layer
Practical Application Of Minimal Surfaces
Principle Of Wool Simulation
Add points
Increase gravity
Practical Application Wool Simulation Final
Shortest path between two point
Total path is polygon
Fixed point
main linesStair positiontypical points
Effect
The Commercial Complex
Rooftop with access to people
increasing the angle of view across the site.
Transport/theatre
Combination of stair-like access and theatre function
Connection to the hotel
The route to the hotel at lunchtime and in the evening is one of the main pedestrian 昀氀ows
Stairs
Links to the office buildings
During the morning and evening peak 昀氀ows are mainly along this route.
Serves as a plaza at the entrance and as a resting space for the whole community.
Attracting people from the surrounding area.
Gathering People
The Square
The Commercial Complex
At different times of the day, people do their shopping, they have a pre-work coffee or afternoon relaxation.
A new way of selling goods is carried out in the of昀椀ce area.
I was attracted by the special construction of the place and as a young person, like to come here to hit the
I like the free environment here, I feel I can do whatever I want here.
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It will host exhibitions, taking advantage of the mall's off-peak hours and making the most of this special design, able to host trendy, cuttingedge exhibitions that appeal to a young mainstay.
New ways of selling goods
New ways of selling goods will be welcomed here and live selling venues will be available to catch up with the zeitgeist.
clothing area exhibition cateringarea
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First Floor In DetailSecond Floor In Detail
This place has a library function because of its structure and people come here during the day to stay and read.
The exhibition function is also undertaken due special traf昀椀c here, and many of the exhibits can combined with the special architectural texture.
due to the can be texture.
A large front plaza which can be used by the whole community in order to connect with the street and become a resting place for the whole community. The main roadway has been left open for the hotel and the of昀椀ce buildings to be used by the peak season crowd.
The Sea Ball
The Floating Sea Balls Carrying Our Future
In the future Earth, due to the frequent intensification of human industrial production activities, greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, leading to the global temperature continues to rise, polar ice melting.Coastal cities around the world are at risk of seawater flooding and storm surges increasing in intensity.At the same time, the increasing number of population has led to the rise of cities. Facing serious housing and production life crisis.The sea is more extensive than the land.So we looked to the sea.
Individual Work
51,332 SQ.FT 2024 Fall
Site Analysis
Global warming is a nature-related phenomenon caused by the accumulation of the greenhouse effect, which leads to an imbalance between the energy absorbed and emitted by the geothermal system, where energy continues to accumulate, leading to an increase in temperature and resulting in global warming.
So we choose this site for our architectural design,alerting people that the deterioration of the environment not only affects other creatures, but ultimately impacts on ourselves.
Global warming
The causes are both the general background of global warming and the special conditions of atmospheric circulation this year, as well as the urban heat island effect.
This year's summer is unusual. Many parts of China have been baked by the rare continuous high temperature, the Central Weather Station issued red high temperature warning for several days, especially in Sichuan and Chongqing areas, the highest temperature continued to exceed 40 ° C for several days.
Wind & Storm Resistance
Uniform Temperature
Air Flow & Ventilation
Maximum Solar Gain & Light
Outer Shell
Transparent, Waterproof and Corrosion Proof
Grid Structure
Triangle, Stable Support
Solar Photovoltaic Glass
Inner Shell
Atomize Glass with Electricity Adjustable Light
Living alone
Community Center
Core family
This year's summer is unusual. In the past few days, many parts of China have been baked by the rare continuous high temperature, the Central Weather Station issued red high temperature warning for several days, especially in Sichuan and Chongqing areas, the highest temperature continued to exceed 40 ° C for several days.
Shapes
Sustainable Development
ConnectingCorridors
Considering that most of the building is a cavity for living purposes, a water storage chamber was required and the lower part was calculated to be half an ellipsoid to meet the water storage function for the sinking.
High Tide
Low Tide
Floating State
Detail
In the face of rising sea levels due to climate warming, even leading to the inundation of cities, how do we respond in a scienti昀椀c and orderly manner?
Living Space
Working Space
Planting Space
Since the body block is spherical, the living space will have many unique curves, especially windows, ceilings, cabinets, etc.
Nice view of the room.
and live in spiritual and material abundance.
View of working space
Transformation of A Hillside Village Rehabilitation
We hope to use the orange and pomelo technology of Guanbu Village and Anran Farm as the specialties and the base for industrial development.
Facing multiple challenges - how to utilize the stock base effectively, how to attract traf昀椀c to Guanbu Village and generate economic benefits for its sustainable development. We propose a two-pronged parallel design strategy, one is to do an acupuncture type of renovation, while keeping the boundaries of the house base unchanged, using the spatial activation of the stock of buildings and the ecological restoration of the original environment as the entry point, so as to realize the new life of the old village, and the other is to stimulate the media effect that can draw traf昀椀c through the establishment of a public space.
Individual Work
53,819 SQ.FT 2023 Fall
Condition of Village Houses
Site Analysis
Renovate the existing residential base into a resort hotel, use a small amount of collective construction land index to create a group of public buildings with media attraction effect, taking into account the public support of the hotel.
Considering the sharing of orange pomelo cultivation techniques and the preservation of village memories.
Renovating the village with adaptive shading, modular seating, and terraced gathering spaces, fostering social interaction while integrating sustainable materials and human habitation.
Creating an engaging pedestrian walkway with dynamic timber structures, providing shade, visual rhythm, and spatial layering while integrating traditional materials to enhance community interaction and environmental harmony.
The most notable change is the addition of a connecting corridor linking the old and new buildings, which, while becoming a public space, can be used as a space for sharing orange pomelo technology, and can also make it easier to walk around the village and get around between different functional areas.
The second distinctive feature is the unification of the old and new buildings in terms of construction method and form, which contributes to the unity of the village.
The Infinitely Extendable Facade
Furniture With Infinite Possibilities
Thinking 昀椀rst about furniture and implementing the concept of modularity in furniture and then to the curtain wall, different functional spaces have different needs for enclosing interfaces, for example of昀椀ces need good lighting and the interface needs to be more permeable, while residences need interfaces with better privacy without affecting the lighting, museums preferably have no direct sunlight and interfaces that provide diffuse re昀氀ections. The combination of multiple units allows for a variation in the texture of the curtain wall that is responsive to the functional properties of the internal space and the external environmental elements.
Preliminary research, the derivative forms and practical robot building
Cooperative Work
43 SQ.FT / 86 SQ.FT 2021 Spring
The Derivative Forms
With these two objectives in mind, we have developed different forms and their corresponding nodes.These derivative forms, while all still good, are dif昀椀cult to construct with robotic arm 3d printing.
Furniture With Infinite Possibilities
Through our research, we have found that users are now demanding more and more flexibility and adaptability in their furniture, wanting to buy just one piece of furniture that can meet a wide range of needs.
Type 1Type 2Type 3
Form 1Form 2Form 3Form 4
Construction Method
Step 1
Laminated print of the inner and outer surfaces of the component.
Step 2
The voids between the inner and outer surfaces of the component are 昀椀lled with a polyurethane foam to replace the 3D printed support. This ensures structural strength, reduces overall weight, saves printing material, is economically sound and on the other hand ensures the integrity of the outer surface.
Mechanical Analysis
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Force analysis
Pre-simulationAfter Modification
The wall thickness is optimised by mechanical analysis and the cavity scale of the component is determined by its thin wall thickness.
Simulated thickness
The Derivative Forms
Components interwoven in three dimensions to form repetitive texture and hollowing variations, but differing respectively in the form of the individual components, the direction of spatial interweaving, and the scale of the components.
The Infinitely Extendable Facade
Set the context for the design of a residential curtain wall in a high-density urban environment, taking into account the need for residential privacy and the need for light, by varying the size of the curtain wall apertures to create a visual barrier or interaction between the inside and outside of the building.
Form 1Form 2Form 3Form 4
Specific Construction
Through case studies, we have found that many modular curtain walls, with direct lap joints between the elements, have more visible joints. And there are cut-outs in the coamponent units, which is dif昀椀cult to build for the robotic tilt-printing process.
The more open the internal space, the larger the aperture.
The curtain wall will block the view of the outside world.
Professional Work Hangzhou Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd
Participated in the spatial planning and scheme design of Dongyang Rehabilitation Hospital project, assisted in completing the analysis of the functional site layout, the reconstruction of the 昀氀oor plan and the expression of the landscape design.
Arranging the logic of architectural spatial organisation, making functional zoning diagrams, and assisting in analysing the 昀氀ow of use and vertical traf昀椀c system.
