Kyle Su 2024 Architectural Portfolio

YUZHANG SU kyle7914714@gmail.com (+44) 07375332742

PORTFOLIO YUZHANG SU

2024

STUDENT WORK PROFESSIONAL WORK/COMPETITION

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YUZHANG KYLE SU 蘇俞彰

EDUCATION 2023 - 2024 MASTER OF CITY DESIGN Royal College of Art, London, UK. Explored multimedia integration to bridge architecture and art, employing experimental approaches with diverse materials and building techniques to reclaim local territories. Critically examined the role of architecture and landscape as “enclosed space” within broader political and urban frameworks.

2019 - 2023 BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE Michael Grave College, Wenzhou Kean University, Wenzhou, China.

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Engaged in a broad spectrum of architectural topics, from tiny houses to large-scale complex projects, with an emphasis on vernacular culture and environmental context as core design strategies to enhance site potential. Additionally, participated in related disciplines, including curation and architectural competitions.

WORKING EXPERIENCES 11/2021 - 11/2022 Wenzhou Kean Design Lab - Architectural Assistant (2022) Team work communication and design concepts.

- Intern (2021) Assisting design concept, modeling and rendering.

LANGUAGES

08/2022 DEDANG DESIGN - Intern Pavilion design, rendering and styling.

English (working proficiency) Mandarin (native) Wu (native) Japanese (elementary proficiency)

07/2022 CATS STUDIO - Intern Assisting early research, project concept, modeling.

SOFTWARE SKILLS MODELING RHINO SKETCHUP MAYA 2D GRAPHIC INDESIGN ILLUSTRATOR PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM RENDERING LUMION BLENDER KEYSHOT

CAPABILITIES Teamwork Communication In-depth Research Concept Developing Team Management Physical Model Making Architecture Photography Visualization

INTEREST Photography Hand-crafting Hand-drawing Traveling Sucba Diving Biology

HONOR 06/2024 Graduate Prizes, Royal College of Art, London MA City Design Head of Programme Prize.

04/2023 Beautiful Forms of Energy Award, Mannheim Project “Offline Park” win Beautiful Forms of Energy Award in BUGA 2023 Publication and Exhibition in Land Art Generator Initiative, Mannheim, Germany. Collected in book Land Art as Climate Action.

07/2022 Honour Candidate, Michael Grave College, Wenzhou 12/2021 The Dean’s Scholarship of 2020-2021 Academic Year, Wenzhou Kean University, Wenzhou 07/2021 Honorary Selected Students’ Work Show, Michael Grave College, Wenzhou.

REFERENCES Dima Srouji (Tutor) Email: dima.srouji@rca.ac.uk City Design MA Tutor, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2EU. Evan Saarinen (Tutor) Email: esaarine@kean.edu Assistant Professor, Wenzhou Kean University, 88 Daxue Rd, Ouhai, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, 325060.

David Vardy (Tutor) Email: dvardy@wku.edu.cn Distinguished Professor, Wenzhou Kean University, 88 Daxue Rd, Ouhai, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, 325060.

Linnea Moore (Tutor) Email: linmoore@kean.edu Assistant Professor, Wenzhou Kean University, 88 Daxue Rd, Ouhai, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, 325060.

PROJECT INDEX

PROJECTS O1 MATERIAL MEMORIES SOIL RESTORATION + LANDSCAPE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART CITY DESIGN UNDERGROUND PALESTINE DIMA SROUJI JERICHO 2024

O2 AMPHIBIOUS STINGRAY SELF-SUSTAINED COMMUNITY WENZHOU-KEAN UNIVERSITY ARCH3106 STUDIO R. SPENCER STEENBLK ZHOUSHAN 2021

O3 DIGITAL DREAM VIRTUAL LANDSCAPE COMPETITION ENTRY SHUCHEN LIU SHANGHAI 2022

O4 OFFLINE PARK INSTALLATION + PARK WKDL DESIGN LAB GROUP WORK BUGA 23 LAGI AWARD DAVID VARDY MANNHEIM 2022

MATERIAL MEMORIES SOIL RESTORATION + LANDSCAPE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART CITY DESIGN UNDERGROUND PALESTINE DIMA SROUJI JERICHO 2024

MATERIAL MEMORIES In political terms, an enclosed garden represents control over land. In agriculture, soil quality signifies the level of control over the territory. In Jericho, Palestinian farmers in the Al-Auja area have struggled for decades of degradation, shifting from diverse polyculture to monoculture due to the exploitation of local agricultural resources by illegal Israeli settlements.

Material Memories seeks to restore the ecological environment of northern Jericho, helping Palestinians reclaim control over their land. By improving soil quality and restoring crop diversity, the project aims to reinforce Palestinian sovereignty.

Enhanced soil fertility and crop variety are crucial for reviving Jericho’s agricultural heritage, once known as the “Fruit Basket.” Key elements of the project include the use of improved gypsum rammed earth walls and salt-tolerant plants. This combination of both artificial and natural methods creates enclosed gardens that can thrive in Jericho’s conditions, promoting a resilient agricultural landscape.

LOCAL FIELD IN JORDAN VALLEY

MATERIAL EXPERIMENT

The inaugural set of materials primarily features a diverse array of fruits, including oranges, bananas, papayas, and apples, complemented by modest quantities of soil and sand. This assortment symbolises the era before 1967, during which Jericho was recognized as a sovereign entity, boasting bountiful fruit yields and rich, fertile lands. As a city famed for its utilisation of an ancient aqueduct system to cultivate waterintensive fruits, Jericho has historically been esteemed as a paradisiacal haven by the Palestinian people. “Bringing water to an inhospitable place was in itself the utmost representation of sovereign power," with the presence of a wide variety of crops underscoring a capacity for embracing "diversity" as a reflection of rights and governance.

Moving on to the soil analysis stage, We aim to identify the most suitable conditions for the material's natural digestion. Mud brick, a traditional and widely used building material in the region, plays a significant role in local architecture. Drawing on this tradition, we propose using local soil as a primary building material, incorporating gypsum powder to naturally mitigate soil salinity in wall structures. By utilising rammed earth, a low-tech material, local farmers can efficiently construct these walls, leveraging their existing expertise with mud brick. Rammed earth walls are subject to erosion by rainwater and are expected to gradually integrate with the natural landscape over time. This process will eventually return the enclosed garden—a living archive—to nature, blending seamlessly with the environment and enhancing its ecological diversity.

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MASTER PLAN The final site plan conveys the anticipated outcomes of the project's ultimate phase: a complete enclosed garden maintained by local farmers, where rich biodiversity begins to counteract the monocultural agricultural colonisation of date palm fields.

Just as the enclosed garden no longer requires physical walls, altering its relationship with the environment enables the local population to reclaim their land. The Material Memories project aims to transform the current monocultural political landscape, dominated by Israeli colonisation, by restoring native species diversity. This initiative resonates with the efforts of Palestinian artist Vivien Sansour, who established the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, a living archive that narrates the cultural stories of Palestinians through biological heritage. By evoking historical planting memories, the project also stands as a resistance to the future expansion of Israeli settlements.

ENCLOSED GARDEN AS TERRITORIAL ASSERTION + "Plant species transformation signifies authority and order within enclosed gardens" + "Channelling water into a barren landscape serves as a supreme symbol of sovereign power" + "The boundaries of enclosed gardens are not necessarily defined by the external walls of a building but by their relationship to the surrounding architecture"

STRUCTURE DETAILS

ROOT SYSTEM

Rammed Earth is chosen as our main architectural material to build a series of walls. We will dig out the earth on the site, mix it with plaster powder, then ram it into a wall and bury a part of it into the land. So the wall becomes not only an architectural element but also a part of the solution of high salinity.

To ensure a rational distribution of the underground root system and prevent nutrient competition, various crops are positioned in distinct areas. For instance, the primary root systems of date palms are significantly deeper than those of local herbaceous plants. By distributing the date palms across expansive gardens and open spaces, they can better integrate with other crops.

Beehives and insect hotels are built on the wall to attract local insects for helping pollinate fruits. As the insects will attract animals like birds and small mammals, the insect hotel contributes to rebuild the ecosystem.

BUILDING PROCESS I

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The canopies, while providing shade for people, play a crucial role in protecting fruits such as bananas and tomatoes from water evaporation and sun exposure during the dry season.

The openness creates habitats for native insects and birds, facilitating plant pollination a n d c o n t r i b u t i n g t o b ro a d e r biodiversity.

Situated at the highest points of the site, formed through soil excavation, and featuring semio p e n w a l l s , t h e s e g u a rd i a n houses provide observers w i t h e x p a n s i ve v i e w s o f t h e surrounding landscape.

The 1:2 scale model allows us to highlight intricate details and demonstrate how the rammed earth wall integrates with underground soil and plant roots. This scale is large enough to provide a clear view of the material’s properties and construction methods. The physical models serve as powerful storytelling tools, bridging the gap between conceptual ideas and their physical realization.

DETAILED SECTION I

DETAILED SECTION II

the project's final incorporates rammed earth walls, diverse crops, gardens, guardian houses, and canopies. Approximately five years after the construction of the rammed earth walls, all planned species will be established on site, forming a complete ecosystem. However, as an enclosed garden, ongoing maintenance by the local community will be essential for its sustained health and vitality.

1:50 MODEL

1:50 MODEL

1:50 MODEL

SELF-SUSTAINED COMMUNITY WENZHOU-KEAN UNIVERSITY ARCH3106 STUDIO TUTOR: R. SPENCER STEENBLK DAVID VARDY ZHOUSHAN 2021

AMPHIBIOUS STINGRAY This project envisions a future shaped by the post-COVID world, where remote work has become a permanent fixture.

The technologies supporting remote work have flourished during the pandemic, enabling people to perform their jobs while immersed in nature. It is anticipated that high-income professionals, such as digital content creators and IT workers, will increasingly choose to live in remote, self-sustaining communities, blending their work life with the tranquility of natural surroundings.

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MAP OF QUSHAN ISLAND

Qushan is an island of Zhoushan City in Zhejiang province. Fishing villages to be the place where most islanders live. Due to the government's poverty alleviation policy and competition with the fishing industry from Shanghai, the population structure of the island has changed dramatically in the past decade. Villagers were asked to move to new residential buildings on the island, and some left the island. These resulted in the abandonment of a certain number of villages on the island.

OCTOBER-FEBRUARY

MARTCH-MAY

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GROW AND DORMANT PERIOD OF IVY Abandoned houses are cover by boston ivy. It shows how artificial structure is dominant by the nature. Boston ivy has grown and dormant period.

The dynamic change of ivy leaves brings abandoned buildings back alive.

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WIND ANALYSIS The site is in the largest offshore wind farm cluster in Zhejiang province, the average wind speed reaches 6.9m/s. Annual effective wind speed hours are 8102h, which means there is plenty of potential wind energy can be generated in the project.

EXPERIMENTS ON NEURAL STYLE TRANSFER

LINNEAR ROOF The red linear shape is selected to develop the form of the roof that follows the layout of original folk buildings and terrain.

RESTURANT

ROOF

WIND TURBINE

RESIDENTIAL

FACADE

HOUSING

In parallel with site research, footages of architecture, regional culture elements, and urban fabric are fed in AI to generate a new visual style. Salient elements of the new images are the potential form for this project. Specific elements are developed into three dimensional models. Then these models are transferred as architecture elements.

Crystal cubes in the style transfer image is developed into housing area of this project. It is covered by glass, creating a micro-weather inside the building.

REDESIGN THE FOLK BUILDINGS

REFERENCE - INVELOX WIND TURBINE HOUSING

POWER PLANT

FOLK HOUSE

POWER PLANT

STORAGE

WORKPLACE

RESTURANT

The basic framework and building materials of vernacular architecture are kept. New elements like steel frame are added to reinforce the structure. Based on the functions, parts of the design are following the neural style transfer. Some of the parts are repecting the regional culture.

CIRCULATION OF ENERGY

Invelox is an innovative wind turbine designed by SheerWind. It's a cost effective, high performance electrical energy generation system. With no harm to humans or wildlife, it requires less maintenance, and produces more electricity per dollar than conventional systems. The wind turbines used to produce most of the electricity needed in the project. Streamlined shape enables more efficient use of wind energy. These wind turbines serves as a column to reinforce the framework of the power plant.

Qushan island has strong enough wind all year round, wind is used as the main energy source for the whole project. Wind turbines under the bridge provide electricity to the power plant and the port.

The power plant receives all the electricity and transmits it to the various parts of the project. This means that the power plant is one of the most important parts of the project, requiring strong structures to protect it from typhoons.

ROOF DETAILS

PLANS OF PUBLIC SPACE

Being pictured as a futural project, different kinds of advanced technologies are utilized. Drones will be the main method to deliver packages. Opennings on the roof provides an entrance for the drone to land.

TOP PLAN

Organic pattern of the roof provides space for boston ivy to grow on its facade, making the builidng blending into s u r ro u n d i n g s . I t a l s o c re a t e posibilities for insects like bee to live in the roof structure, which is beneficial to creating a selfsustain place.

FACADE STUDY Unlike parametricism, which uses virtual shapes and computeraided representations to create smooth and continuous forms, postparametricism focuses on how architects can play a leading ro l e i n t h e n o n - l i n e a r d i g i t a l design process. The roof of this project is broken into 4 modules, making the constuction process more practical. The texture of the facade changed from dominated by braced grid to dominated by hexagon cells. 3D printed metal is considered as the building material to reinforce the buildings underneath it.

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METAL 3D PRINT ROOF Organic structure provides possibilities for creating niches for different creatures.

WORKPLACE Sunlight filters through the roof, creating a texture of light and shadow in the interior.

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CHRISTAL DORMITORY

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For the housing area, roof is like a shell covered by azure glass window and light yellow steel frame to create a crystal feeling. It helps residents shelter from wind, and creates an open indoor space.

There are opennings on the top for the building to release heat during s u m m e r. Th e m i c ro - w e a t h e r enclosed by the roof also enables exotic plants to grow inside the building.

PHYSICAL MODEL

LIGHT TEST

SECTION MODEL

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RELATION WITH TERRAIN

DIGITAL DREAM VIRTUAL LANDSCAPE COMPETITION ENTRY TUTOR: SHUCHEN LIU SHANGHAI 2022

DIGITAL DREAM The world is at a turning point of division and communication. Internet was considered as a great tool for people around the world to communicate, but now the fact is that people with different ideas are more fragmented into their respective comfort zones. The first is the singlepreference content that the operating company puts on individual users in order to make a profit. The second is political interference and control, which makes the Internet in some areas build up barriers, and ideas cannot be exchanged and understood by different groups. In addition, physical communication in the post-coronavirus era is easy. This has led to increased estrangement between people, prompting new forms of loneliness to swell in Gen Z. But with the centralization of the blockchain, artificial intelligence and the concept of the metaverse are constantly being strengthened, whether the Internet can regain a turnaround, create a more ideal world, and reconnect people.

CLIENT ANALYSIS

CELL PHONE 2D GRAPHIC SOUND TEXT

HIGH FREQUENCY

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WORKING CLASS GAMEFIELD

SMART WATCH SOUND SIMPLE VISUAL

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TABLET/ LAPTOP 2D GRAPHIC SOUND TEXT

PARTICIPANTS

Different social classes are equally viewed simply as human, but individual diversity is tolerated.

COMMUNITY MEDITATION

GAMEFIELD LOGISTICS

GAMEFIELD

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OVERLAY

A.I. Participants are seperated as stages of age, they have different needs in the virtual world.

COMPUTER 2D GRAPHIC 3D SPACE SOUND TEXT

EXPLORING

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VR GEAR 3D SPACE SOUND TEXT SOMATOSENSORY

HEAVY WORK

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ARTIST 3D GAMGE DESIGNER PROGRAMMER PROGRAMMER SYSTEM ENGERNEER HARDWARE ENGINEER SYSTEM ENGERNEER PROGRAMMER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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IN SEARCH OF A BETTER VIRTUAL WORLD

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MEDITATION EXPLORING RESIDENCE GAME FIELD

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FUTURE GEAR 2D GRAPHIC 3D SPACE SOUND TEXT SOMATOSENSORY SMELL TASTE TACTILE SENSATION

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RESIDENCE + EXPLORING COMMUNITY

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PARTICIPANTS MEDITATOR TUTOR ADVENTURER RESIDENT HOUSEKEEPER PLAYER AUDIENCE RESIDENT SERVER

DATA BASE CRITICAL POINT CONTROL CENTER

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OVERALL FORM DIAGRAM M-theory is a theory conjectured

by Edward Witten, that unifies all consistent versions of superstring t h e o r y. A l t h o u g h t h e s e superstring theories initially appeared to be very different, work by many physicists showed that the theories were related in intricate and nontrivial ways. It reconciles general relativity with quantum mechanics. The basic idea of different dimensions could be considered as different functional space in the project.

String Diagram

CASE STUDY I

Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory in physics that provides a description of the physical properties of nature at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. The dynamic orbital of atom can be imagined as the overall functioning of the virtual world.

Atomic Orbital I

Atomic Orbital II

Bohor's Model General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed gravitational effect between masses results from their warping of spacetime. The concept could be utilized to inspire the overall form and space.

Worn Hole

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E8×E8 Heterotic

CASE STUDY II

SO(32) Heterotic

CASE STUDY III

DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM

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PLAYER EXPLORE MAP CENTER

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TRAP CLUE MAP

Players will play as agents and travel separately through time to save the world in the Time Stories. They can visit a same place repeatly in different time to collect clue At some point, players can exchange information in the conmmunity space. limitation will be set to make communication more challenging.

This board game, Gloom Haven, is divided into 2 layers. The first layer uses a random card system for players to explore the room that contains clue, trap and enemy.

The second layer with a center space enables players to exchange information to achieve their goals.

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BACKSIDE FRONTSIDE

Players should keep the back of the card facing themselves and the front facing their teammates. The team has to make decisions through limited communication to keep the fireworks going.

OVERLAP

ISOLATION

Areas are overlaped to create more space, which could be used for residential in the project to contain diverse participants.

COVER

DIVERSIFICATION

Curved walls intertwined into each other, which creates intersectional spaces as a representation of commonality.

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PLAYER CONSENSUS ANSWERS

Match Me tests the player's synesthesia and tacit understanding. Red columns in the diagram represent players. The circles represent players' cognitive range. The yellow walls represent the consensus between different players with different cultural background.

COGNITIVE RANGE

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TREASURE PLAYER

The blue area represents the islands of Forbidden Island. Players need to work togther and understand the island rafting rules to get the treasure (the red spheres).

COMMONALITY

INTERSECTION

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Cooedinates are set in the world to give participants a purpose to explore the world.

ISLAND WATER

Boundaries between different different zone are set for participants to break.

Induce people to communicate.

COORDINATE

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LANDMAR

This is an area where the history of the world will be documented and stored.

These are the coordinates that represent different zones in the world.

This is the final stage of story line of this world. for participants who unlo zones of the world.

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Artificial nature. All the geographic and biological activity is generated by the server. Small coordinates a re s c a t t e re d i n eve r y corner, pushing players to explore and unlock the venue.

This is a portal that allows participants to quickly shuttle to different regions.

A venue for testing the completion of participants' l o c a l e x p l o ra t i o n , a n d participants who meet the requirements can unlock new areas.

Provide a venue for large gatherings of participants.

Aimless competitions, performances, parties can be held here. Limitedtime events in the virtual world will also be announced here.

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The different areas are spatially connected, so that the whole world has an unobstructed circulation.

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EQUIPMENT LIBRARY

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COMMUNITY

Since different players come from different time zones around the world, the concept of time zones will also be applied to different areas of this virtual world. However, players will still be randomly assigned to different areas to explore. The virtual time zone does not refer to the real time zone, and the day and night will be adjusted to 24 hours and 11 minutes according to the human Circadian Cycle.

Since the issue of light pollution is not involved, the effects of light on creatures other than humans do not need to be considered. But some participants will experience the world through future immersive devices, the light will be adjusted to specific participants. This means that the lighting scene that each participant can see is different. If two or more participants voluntarily share a light scene, they can see each other's light scene.

OFFLINE PARK INSTALLATION + PARK WKDL DESIGN LAB GROUP WORK BUGA 23 LAGI AWARD DAVID VARDY MANNHEIM 2023

OFFLINE PARK The park of the 21st century will be an OFFLINE PARK; an urban space shielding electromagnetic radiation (blocking phone signal). This new type of public (and private off-grid) park-as-antidote is too a prescription for mental wellbeing and a green-escape, this time from the suffocation of an always-alert life. Our project generates solar-energy (a solar canopy) at the same time as reducing energy-in-use (placing smartphones and data consumption on pause). Our solar canopy (a woven 96% open mesh incorporating a multitude of micro spherical solar cells) forms a healthy shield against electromagnetic radiation, so as both to block phone signal (a faraday cage, in combination with mesh screen walls), as well as to protect butterflies (and other insects) that are suffering species decline in Germany due partly to the harm of electromagnetic radiation, and which are so essential to biodiversity as pollinators.

Living-structure willow tree, Luisenpark, Mannheim

Art nouveaux lamp post, Wasserturm Water Tower, Friedrichsplatz square, Mannheim

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FUTURE

SITE PLAN

MANNHEIM / SITE Taking an archaeological approach, the plan is detailed as a palimpsest memorial like tracing of the revolutionary site history, producing a ghosted synthesis of previous structures and cultivations, as a new (yet familiar) and distinct pattern of some meaning and idiosyncrasy.

A LIVING STRUCTURE, A WILD SOLAR FOREST

GENERATE

SOLAR MESH

MICROBIAL FUEL CELL

TECHNOLOGY:

TECHNOLOGY:

Woven open solar mesh incorporating multitude of micro spherical solar

Plant microbial fuel cells and urine powered microbial fuel cell public toilets

cells (flexible suspended canopy surface)

ENERGY GENERATED PER YEAR:

ENERGY GENERATED PER YEAR:

3,045.38 MWh

39.42 MWh

DESCRIPTION:

DESCRIPTION:

The suns position is always moving,

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reaction from living plants to generate

cells, such as those developed by

electricity via microorganisms at the

‘Sphelar’, are able to receive light

rhizosphere of the plant roots. The

from multiple directions. This opens

fuel cell essentially uses organic

new possibilities for a large solar array

matter in the soil as fuel, converting

to be both a flexible curved surface,

solar energy into electrical power

and also a surface that may change

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formally over time. Micro engineering

degrade root exudates and pollutants

of such solar cells, to around 1mm

at the anode and pass the electrons

diameter, may be incorporated into a

to acceptors at the cathode. Further,

woven mesh designed for maximum

human waste such as urine contains

transparency (in our design this is a

organic compounds that can also be

98.4% open mesh).

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REDUCE

DISCONNECT ONLINE TO RECONNECT OFFLINE

FARADAY CAGE

LIVING STRUCTURE

TECHNOLOGY:

TECHNOLOGY:

Woven open ‘faraday cage’ mesh blocking electromagnetic radiation

Living willow structure (supporting the solar canopy) recycling and

through enclosure (as part of the solar mesh canopy)

remediating the horticultural waste of BUGA 23

ENERGY REDUCED PER YEAR:

CARBON REDUCTION:

6.72 MWh

Carbon sequestration + significant reduction of embodied-carbon

DESCRIPTION:

DESCRIPTION:

A faraday cage is essentially a

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container, or a shield, that blocks out

technology such as solar panels,

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the electromagnetic spectrum, such

energy expensive steel framing and

as radio waves and microwaves. A

concrete foundations. Alternatively

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it can be possible to engineer living

material that can conduct electricity,

plants as an architectural structure.

such as a wire mesh, and is perfect

The advantages are multiple; instead

safe with a grounding wire. The mesh

of a carbon cost, plants and trees

can be fine and thin, and engineered

provide carbon sequestration and are

to be open whilst also blocking

a natural and renewable resource;

phone signal and access to the

growing a structure reduces many

internet. A faraday cage will block the

energy costs and waste involved

entry or escape of electromagnetic

in manufacture and transportation;

fields, meaning both downloading

a forest or garden provides habitat

and uploading to the internet from

for flora and fauna, and contributes

smartphones for example. A faraday

to

cage may also be designed to block

and sculptures have a history and

particular frequencies and radiation

culture in Germany, not unlike the

harmful to insects such as butterflies.

culture of creative cultivation of the

energy

biodiversity.

schrebergarten.

Willow

generating

structures

ENERGY SYSTEMS DIAGRAM

SOLAR ELECTR

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LIVING-STRUCTURE (FOREST)

MAGNETIC

RADIATION

FOREST: CARBON SEQUESTRATION BIODIVERSE CORRIDOR BUTTERFLY REPOPULATION POLLINATION CYCLE

BLOCK

LIVING-STRUCTURE (WOVEN WILLOW)

RECYCLING/ SOIL REMEDIATION

+ PLANT MICROBIAL FUEL CELL

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SECTION / OVERTIME

MESH

CANOPY VARIATIONS

LIVING STRUCTURE

Our park is a forest, a faraday cage, a butterfly garden, and the protective veiling of various multi-purpose platforms and courtyards that can be considered flexible in four ways: 1. the space is inherently flexible in use, 2. the rootballs of the structure can be pushed and pulled to reposition over time, 3. the rootball bags themselves can be deformed by peoples sitting and leaning, and 4. the canopy can be designed with sections of water-proof or with various beneficial microclimates under special conditions of diffused light for plant growth and the clear illumination of flora and fauna (a museum of sorts with nature amplified).

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DETAIL SECTION

PLAN

01 01. woven open solar mesh incorporating multitude of micro spherical solar cells (flexible canopy textile)

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02. woven open mesh (flexible textile to match canopy), suspended and weighted at base, vertical cuts every 450mm (as doorway) 03. the existing soil contains the remains and waste of previous structures and their demolition operations 04. woven willow basket rootball, sited at BUGA 23 as an horticultural recycling bin, then transferred (gripable and loadbearing) to the site of the new forest

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05. biodegradable and breathable soft textile bag outer-covering for fresh soil packing around the basket, and deformed by peoples sitting, resting, and leaning over time 06. rigid structural stake willow rods, bundled and woven to form arches, ballasted by the willow basket root-ball 07. fresh willow cutting strands, woven around the stake willow arches, and rooted into the willow basket rootball 08. planted open top of willow basket root-ball, as a plant pot 09. harvested rainwater piped irrigation system (as supplement) supported by the willow arches structure, with outlet to each root-ball 10. micro lighting system within mesh (as supplement) to provide ideal lighting for growth

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PROJECT INDEX

OTHER WORKS

O1 BREATHING METAL

O2 PHOTOGRAPHY

O3 EXHIBITIONS

O4 INSTALLATIONS

O5 ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS

2022

BREATHING METAL PROJECTION MAPPING INSTALLATION Exhibitions: Crypt Gallery, London, Aug 2024.

RCA Degree Show, The Truman Brewery, London, June 2024.

MS9, Steven Building RCA, London, Feb 2024.

Leaded by Daryan Knoblauch Spittlebugs have evolved a remarkable survival strategy: they feed on fluid from deep within roots, which is nutrient-poor yet abundant in water. To cope, they excrete excess water, forming bubble nests that serve as shelters. These nests are not only distasteful to predators but also ingeniously regulate temperature, moisture, and oxygen levels, creating a suitable microenvironment for these small creatures amidst harsh natural conditions This phenomenon offers valuable insights into the concept of enclosed spaces, especially in light of human challenges.

Reflecting on 20th-century innovations, we see parallels in human ingenuity. Consider the diving suit, an extension of the human body that allows exploration of underwater realms, or Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Domes, which encapsulate human activities and environmental impact within a semispherical structure amidst nature.

Today, as we face the escalating challenges of climate change, the external environment is increasingly inhospitable. This demands novel concepts and methodologies for creating enclosed spaces that can adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKS

ADRIFT SERIES (2020-2022)

EXHIBITIONS FUTURE LAB / WEST BUND Exhibition Design Wenzhou Kean Design Lab (Leaded by David Vardy)

COMPUTATIONAL IMPRESSIONISM Art Exhibition Longxi Art Museum, Wenzhou Leaded by R. Spencer Steenbilk

INSTALLATIONS PROJECTION MAPPING INSTALLATION Gehekai Building, Wenzhou-Kean University Leaded by R. Spencer Steenbilk

CONSTRUCTION WORK

LIGHT INSTALLATION

STONE BAR Maolan, Guizhou

SWIRL Shaoxing, Zhejiang

THE LAST NUCLEAR BOMB MEMORIAL Tong Yuyang, Cai Nuoying, Sun Baiqianqian, Wang Xinyu, Su Yuzhang / Evan Saarinen, Linnéa Moore Wenzhou Kean University, Michael Graves College of Architecture & Design Nuclear power as a sustainable energy source has brought many benefits to mankind, but the nuclear weapons is a hidden danger to human development in the future. When a nuclear weapon is detonated, it will produce a blast of enormous heat and lethal ionizing radiation. During World War II, the first nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 which resulted in the deaths of approximately 130,000 Japanese civilians and military personnel. Therefore, we want to create designs for "The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial" to support the call for a ban on nuclear weapons.