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UBC PAUL

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BDES ZHENG

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u n i v erci t y 3rd

Space

The project proposes a hub that is neither home nor work where UBC students engage in various activities within transit wait times. Designed with open and permeable boundaries, program spaces naturally cluster and interconnect, creating dynamic, hybridized environments.

The UBC Transportation Status Report and transit-oriented development policies formed the basis of the design. To accommodate the increasing density in the University Endowment Lands, a series of new bus routes were proposed, with potential site locations identified based on bus traffic to maximize service. Program activity aimed to target diverse time ranges throughout the day and fulfill missing needs on campus.

1960s

Present

Future

m o n u m e n t Counter-monument Maple Tree Square is often regarded by tourists as the birthplace of Vancouver. Although its iconic brick streets appear as historical artifacts, they were only laid half a century ago. The project aims to decolonize the plaza through an actionable, counter monumental performance in recognition its tensions with indigenous history.

The formation of the counter-monument begins with the gradual removal of brick, allowing native planting to emerge. Excess bricks are repurposed for seating mounds oriented toward three central performance spaces that foster Indigenous styles of learning.

m o du la r

67

Habitat The project is an analysis on the building configuration of Habitat 67. A replica model was produced to demonstrate the the stacking of multiple unit typologies. Developed in collaboration with Andrei Charlier and Kaylee Charland.

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Counter-monument Unlike humans who are confined to the ground, many animals navigate space in three dimensions through underground, canopy, and sky. The exercise interprets how animals in Pacific Spirit Park map their surroundings spatially and temporally while coexisting with humans.

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order

Wind, rain, and leaf fall are often seen as disorderly phenomena in cities.

The project explores built infrastructure being purposely designed to reveal, emphasize, and reconfigure the underlying rules of natural processes, curating experiences that allow them to be observed in action.

Rain Room: Arrays of tilted glass panels capture rainwater to channel through slits, forming cascading sheets of rain that create both physical and acoustic divisions within the space. These rain walls drain into stepped basins below, gradually limiting access as they fill up.

Whirlway: A journey of play through a wind tunnel by the seawall. Frames of pinwheels spin with the breeze and a mist device fueled by rainwater reveals the direction of the wind.