Receding Waves
NYCU M.Arch I Optional Studio 2021 Spring
The Fuel Depot Theatre
NYCU M.Arch I Landscape Design 2019 Fall
A + A’
NYCU M.Arch I Core Studio 2020 Spring
Succession
NYCU M.Arch I Optional Studio 2020 Fall
THE BREEZE
NYCU M.Arch I Core Studio 2019 Spring DETACHMENT
NYCU M.Arch I Core Studio 2019 Fall
Issue:
Due to several significant floods that Taipei City experienced in 1959, the Taiwanese government initiated flood control and water management projects in the Taipei metropolitan area from the 1960s to the 1990s. These projects involved constructing embankments, pumping facilities, and diversion channels along the Tamsui River, Xindian Creek, and Keelung River to address the issue of poor drainage.
Currently, the riverside areas of Taipei City are surrounded by protective structures, with a standard flood defence height of 9 meters, designed to withstand a 200-year recurrence period flood. While these defences protect Taipei City from flooding, they also create a physical separation between people and the rivers. This design proposal aims to transform the barriers along the Tamsui River into a landscaped area that can be used for various human activities. Different intensities of human engagement are incorporated into the various landscape elevations, encouraging urban residents to interact with and enjoy the waterfront.
NCTU M.Arch I Option Studio 2021 Spring
Site: Taipei City, Taiwan
Director: SHENG-MING WU Solo Work
The 9-meter-high walled dike is transformed into a series of stepped and receding wave-like landscapes. Each level offers different landscape combinations, and the intensity of human activities on each level corresponds to different flood recurrence periods. Activities at higher elevations are more fixed, while those at lower elevations are more mobile and flexible. At the same time, the domestic wastewater from the residential areas behind the embankment undergoes primary treatment and is then conveyed outside the embankment for secondary treatment, including filtration and aeration. The treated water is then used for water landscape and irrigation outside the embankment.
The intergrated landscape
Water, pedestrian pathways, and vegetation are intertwined to create vertical landscapes that facilitate rainwater circulation and soil purification.
Primary Treatment
Secondary Treatment
Irrigation Canal
NORMAL
Bikeway
Footpath
Play Ground
2 YEAR FLOOD
Farm
Phytoremediation
Wetland plants
Floating Island
Pedestrian Forest
Water
To enhance the accessibility to the waterfront Within this stepped landscape, from high to low, the levels are as follows: 1. Water retention wetland 2. Agriculture 3. Vegetation restoration and elevated walkway 4. Riverside playground 5. the Bridge as a secondary embankment. By doing so, the flood defences that separated the city become infrastructure enabling residents to wander and explore.
Phytoremediation + High Line
4 Wetland + Play Ground
After the fuel depots were decommissioned, they became desolate. These vast underground depots have a dense forest at the top, including banyan trees, Lianwu trees, and small animals. In addition to the Jiangong River flowing through the depots, the ecological diversity here is very high.
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Q Theatre
Aoyama round theatre
Taipei Performing Arts Center
Thrust Stage
Traverse Stage
Proscenium Stage
Arena Stage
THE PROTOTYPES OF STAGES
Form analysis & architectural strategy of the warehouses
MASSING STRUCTURE
PARTIAL DISMENTLING
INFILL
The fuel depots
Background:
The situation of Keelung port today is influenced by a port construction and urban plan during the Japanese colonial period. Keelung Port is an important transportation node in northern Taiwan. The start point of the first Taiwan railway was set up at the west bank of Keelung Port at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Later, with functions such as commerce, passenger transportation, military affairs, and fishing, Keelung Port was once the most important port in northern Taiwan.
Since the reconstruction of the West Warehouse Nos. 2 & 3 in 1933, there was a separating system for passengers and goods. The cargo in the ship directly entered the indoor storage on the first floor, and then was transported to Keelung Railway Station via the Lingang Line Railway. At the same time, the passengers could enter the service center in the second floor of the West Warehouse Nos. 2 & 3, and connected with Keelung Railway Station seamlessly by the bridge between the West Warehouse No. 2 and the station. The warehouses were featured in the cargo-passenger separating system and seamless transportation, designated as municipal heritage sites by Keelung City’s Cultural Affairs Bureau.
Topic: Maximization of pubic space
As a comprehensive development that integrates business, conferencing, exhibition, and cruise tourism, the design focus on rehabilitating the West Warehouse Nos. 2 & 3 and maximizing public space.
As shown below, A is a black space that is regulated or has a supporting function. A' is an open space at different levels. This project aims to create a maximum and diverse A' above, below, and between A's surface while meeting the volumetric demand of A.
1900
The beginning of the modern construction of Keelung Port
1911
Completion of the first-generation West Warehouse Nos. 2 & 3
1934
Completion of the second-generation West Warehouse Nos. 2 & 3
1921
1904
The settlement before the 20th century was located in the hinterland of the south bank of the harbor.
1921
The Government-General of Taiwan promulgated the Urban Improvement Plan in 1907, and the settlement was transformed into a rectangular pattern.
1945
The U.S. military launched an air-raid bombing on Keelung, targeting the port and ancillary facilities.
1949
After the Chinese Civil War, the defeated KMT army landed at Keelung Port.
2014.02
A demolition Crisis of West Warehouses Nos. 2 & 3
2014.04
Fire in the lobby of West Warehouse Nos. 2
1985
Reconstruction after the bombing in World War II
1989
Lots of refugees poured into Keelung after WWI, and the urban area extended to the surrounding hillside.
2014.12
West Warehouses Nos. 2 & 3 were designated as municipal heritage sites.
The site is situated at the end of the green belt. The most important goal is to maximize the open space and connect the pedestrian loop to the harbor area.
Urban strategy :
1. A New Promenade around the Port
3. Attractions: Green, Historical Buildings & Open Space
2. Experience in Different Eye Level
AREA = 72838m2
TRANSPORTATION AREA = 12379m2
COMMERCIAL AREA = 15693m2
OPEN AREA = 24313m2
OFFICE AREA = 12475m2
HOTEL AREA = 11810m2
OPEN AREA = 3737m2
CONFERENCE AREA = 19294m2
OPEN AREA = 8805m2
TOTAL FUNTIONAL AREA = 72838m2
TOTAL OPEN AREA = 36855m2
The space under the purple block is functional A, such as traffic corridors, shopping malls, conference halls, offices, etc. The space above the color blocks is three-dimensional and public A'. After quantitative calculations, the open space increased 50% of the original site area due to the new placement of A.
MASSING
STRUCTURE
RHYTHM SECTION
CIRCULATION
HERITAGE/ OLD BUILDING
PARTIAL DISMENTLING
NEW CONSTRUCTION
HORIZONTAL PROLIFERATION
URBAN CONTEXT
There are four hierarchies of A' in this picture. First of all, passengers on the light rail can feel the hint of arrival through the sunlight after unearthed. Secondly, passengers can read the detailed structure behind the glass while walking between the landscape and the old warehouse.
Then a semi-shaded space for sports and entertainment is under the distant two masses. Finally, the grassy slope above the landscape completes the last piece of the puzzle of the wandering path, bringing the passengers back to the north exit of the railway station.
Issue:
According to Marx (1818-1883), the development of nature is human instinct. Different from the wild, the second nature is socially constructed, transformed through the labor process, and shaped by human technology and values (1981). Ironically, based on the desire for population expansion and development, human beings often develop the first nature for residential use and build the second nature on top of it.
On the other hand, statistics from the International Energy Agency (IEP) indicated that the global growth rate of floor (about 23%) is far greater than the population growth rate (about 9%) in 2018. Besides, the total population of Taiwan has gradually decreased after reaching its peak in 2019. Moreover, the housing supply has surpassed the actual population.
Topic: Rewild
Based on the above statistics, we can assume that the developed land will exceed the actual use range in the future. Returning to nature is the primary task at present. Therefore, this project proposes a new urban renewal model. Through the framework of Open Building, the last residential behavior brings into the second nature, and the developed space finally gets restored.
The buildings and construction sector should be a primary target for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation efforts, as it accounted for 36% of final energy use and 39% of energy- and process-related emissions in 2018.
The global growth rate of floor (about 23%) is far greater than the population growth rate (about 9%) in 2018.
Based on the Open Building, this project keeps the existing skeleton of the Nanjichang Apartment and removes the infill materials such as walls and floor slabs. Also, this project uses construction waste, eco-friendly materials, and on-site construction as the principle to construct a new wall. The interweaving of the new living space and the plant system constitute a huge organism. It will finally transform into a wild park through evolving.
The total population of Taiwan has gradually decreased after reaching its peak in 2019 (about 23.6 M people). Whereas, the housing supply (3.29* 8.79 M ≒ 28.9 M) has surpassed the actual population.
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
PHASE 3 PHASE 4
Green inside the dwelling unit Green between neighborhoods Green in the public space
above three perspective drawings show three different hierarchies of green space: in the public space, between neighborhoods, and inside the dwelling unit.
PHASE 6
PHASE 7
PHASE 8
PHASE 9
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4F DWELLING PLAN
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4F DWELLING PLAN
The
As for recycling construction waste, the demolished walls and floor slabs are classified into three levels by size first. The largest ones are used for land grading. The seconds are for street furniture. The smallest gravels are mixed with soil to compose a new wall structure.
There are some recycling targets below:
1. Consuming the most construction waste
2. Processed and assembled on site
3. Portable while processing
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After stepping into the tectonic practice, I first explored the characteristics of the soil. Then I added different additives, fibers, wastes that provide adhesiveness, which provided the basis for subsequent structural experiments.
In the final version, two bamboos filled with soil and construction waste of different diameters were longitudinally sectioned and then clipped to each other.
Gaofeng Botanical Garden is located in the southeastern suburban of Hsinchu City, covering an area of about 35 hectares. In 1932, to promote the usage of the hillside, the Japanese Colonial Government imposed forestry policy which trying to grow various economic forests in Hsinchu. Therefore, the government established Hsinchu Prefecture Akasaki Forestry Nursery which was the predecessor of Gaofeng Botanical Garden. In 1960, it was transformed into a botanical garden and became a leisure and educational place for Hsinchu citizens.
Comparing to the public toilets in business districts, how different should the ones be in wildland?
The design challenge is to strike the balance between visibility and invisibility and helping visitors to enjoy the ambiguous border between artificial landscape and nature. With a hypothesis of privacy, the design aims to help the user to enjoy the breeze and the coolness flying through the bottoms while using the toilet, and on the other hand, create visual lightness and transparency.
Site: Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Director: CHUN-CHIEH FANG
Team Work (with SIH-CI YUEH & LU-CHI CHAN )
The design includes two parts. The first is a tourist center near the entrance; the other is a cluster of public toilets on the way to the rear exit. The tourist center contains an information stand, several toilets and a pavilion with hanging curtains. Each part is shaped as a circular sector with different radiuses. The walls of toilets are made of long and one short wooden laths, which can make better ventilation in the upper space. For the same reason, the walls are not fully sealed by the roofs. There are small metal components in between.
Thegoalofthisdesignistoimprovethedelightofurinatinginnature,byenhancing the tactile experience.
First,thestripswhichmakeupthewallarecurvedandtwisted.The180-degree curve creates a double-layered system. The internal one ensures privacy, and the externalonecancreatevisuallightness.Thewindcanlightcanflowin,butthe line of sight is blocked outside on the other hand.
Second,theroofsdon'tcoverthetoiletfully.Likedrizzleslidingdownthe treetops,rainwaterfallsfromthegapbetweentheroofandthewallandthenis thrownbythefendertothewall.Userscanstillfeelthechangesintheexternal environment when they urinating.
Issue:
In contemporary gender governance, marriage/family is seen as a unit that the state can easily control. Insurance, taxation, household registration, property are fused in a single entity, marriage/family. Nationalist and capitalist statement co-opt the structure of the monogamy family. This statement suppresses and combats multiple sexual practices.
Topic: Mobility
The residents of this design are set up as a family of four. The circulation can be easily modified and divided into two parts for the possible divorce needs in the future. Two independent circulation and non-interfering living spaces can help residents to reduce the costs and disputes of dealing with community property, household registration, relocating, custody, etc when divorcing. The design aims to reach the consistency of the two divided spaces with similar quality, sequence, and floor area.
NCTU M.Arch I Core Studio 2019 Fall
Site: Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Director: LING-LI TSENG
Solo Work
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