UCL UD Portfolio-Chong Qiu

CHONG QIU

qiuchong092023@163.com 2019-2023

CONTENTS PAGE 01

01 HISTORIC DISTRICT RENOVATION City Renovation

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02 RURAL RIVERSIDE LANDSCAPE DESIGN Rural Renovation

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03 DECOMPRESSION SPACE DESIGN Pocket Park Design

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04 ELDERLY-ORIENTED RETROFITTING OF BUILDING AND YARD Architectural Design

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05 Other Works

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SITE ANALYSIS

The site is located at the confluence of the Ziya River and the Nanyun River, where the two rivers converge to form the Hai River, and there are cruise ships running on it. The area is close to the centre of Tianjin, with convenient transportation, featuring several metro lines and bus routes.

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HISTORIC DISTRICT RENOVATION

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Tianjin

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Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts

The Eye of Tianjin

Haihe River system

Assessor's Street

Tianjin Yanyechang

By studying the historical, cultural, landscape, functional and spiritual values of the Sancha River Estuary area in Tianjin’s urban development, the project aims to reshape the charm of the Sancha River Estuary area and drive the urban renaissance from the perspective of creative industries and characteristic spaces.

HISTORY & CULTURE

Da Bei Temple

City Renovation Location: Tianjin.China Site area: about 25 hectares Duration: 07/2022-09/2022 Student: Chong Qiu (Indivisual Academic Work) Instructor: Feng Xu Email: ccxfcn@sina.com

Dabei Temple

Monument to the Luanjin Project

Tianjin Teenagers’ Palace

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ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION

Poor regional transport planning makes it difficult to disperse foot traffic. Currently, there are several abandoned vacant lots on the site, and the surrounding buildings are in a state of disrepair and urgently need renewal.

DESIGN STRATEGY

The design re-planned the functional zoning and sorted out the traffic routes. Based on the preservation of historical buildings, the current abandoned open space and buildings are renovated, and a riverfront landscape zone is designed.

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TRAFFIC

① Parking indiscriminately ② Temporary construction ③ Parking lot ④ Abandoned vacant land ⑤ Abandoned hospital ⑥ Street vendors ⑦ Semi-abandoned shopping mall ⑧ Old redidential areas ⑥

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FUCTIONAL PARTITIONS

GREENBELT

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PEDESTRIAN FLOW

Planned to provide reasonable flow of movement for different groups of people.

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MIND MAPPING

The project starts with the protection of historic districts, taps into the city's representative historical lineage, and designing a characteristic waterfront landscape space to promote the development of the city's cultural and tourism industry and revive the regional economy.

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COMMERCIAL DISTRICT DESIGN ANALYSIS Firstly, the design was updated to meet the needs of the residents and the current problems of the commercial area. The overall planning of the building layout and architectural design, and the design of a sky corridor to connect the central area. In addition, sky gardens were added to the buildings to create a unique landscape.

ARCHITECTURAL GENERATION

Secondly, the spaces and roads within the site were reorganized to create varied and exciting spaces, and green spaces were designed. A diverse and continuous cascade of green spaces forms a complete riverfront landscape.

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INDUSTRIAL PARK DESIGN ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONS

The area was originally deserted vacant land and buildings. As the area is adjacent to the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, the area is planned as a cultural and creative industrial park. The industrial park complex is designed in a sub-area and pocket parks are designed along the streets.

ARCHITECTURAL GENERATION BUILDING COMPLEX LANDSCAPE

ORIGIN

BLOCK PUSH AND PULL

ARCHITECTURAL REFINEMENT

FINISH

RESTING AREA

ENTERTAMENTS

WATERFRONT SPACE

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SUMMARY AND PROSPECT The design can build the base into a new city name card, inherit and rationally use a series of cultural relics and cultural resources along the Grand Canal, restore regional prosperity, and promote the protection, inheritance and sustainable development and utilization of the historical and cultural heritage of the canal in the Sancha River Estuary area.

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RURAL RIVERSIDE LANDSCAPE DESIGN

SITE ANALYSIS The site is located along the Sheshui River, in Liuhe Village, Dawu County, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province. The area has convenient transportation and the village covers an area of 6.6 square kilometers, 716 households, and a population of 2636 people.

Xiaogan City belongs to a subtropical monsoon climate. It has frequent northeast and southwest winds, distinct four seasons, abundant rainfall, sufficient sunlight, warm and humid weather.

ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION

Rural Renovation Location: Henan, China Site area: about 10.5 hectares Duration: 03/2023-06/2023 Student: Chong Qiu (Individual Academic Work) Instructor: Xianfeng Li Email: fineart@cau.edu.cn

This project effectively solves the current problems of rural rivers and creates a pleasant rural riverfront landscape system. At the same time, this project hopes that the village can give full play to its unique advantages and combine cultural industries with tourism to promote regional economic development.

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ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION

The project is positioned as the recombination integration model of enhancing rural river landscapes under the background of rural revitalization through “rural tourism + integration of tertiary industries”.

1. River restoration 2. Space optimization 3. Industrial convergence

DESIGN ANALYSIS

OVERALL DESIGN

SITE FUNCTIONS

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RIVER COURSE DESIGN According to precipitation analysis, there is less water during dry periods which makes it difficult for people to use the river water. Therefore, a cascade storage method is designed for the river channel to collect water locally for convenient human use. During flood periods, excess river water will flow downstream through a central trough while regular cleaning of fallen leaves or debris inside the trough is necessary to prevent blockage.

CASCADE WATER STORAGE NODES This water storage measure is built every 50 meters in the river course.

There are few fish in the river, so it would not affect fish migration.

VEGETATION REVETMENT

RIGIDITY REVETMENT

TIMBER DECK

The vegetation revetment is located on The revetment adopts self-embedded The timber deck is located in the the side of the provincial road. Planting retaining wall, which has good water homestay area. It can increase the achydrophilic plants on the shore helps permeability and can adapt to differ- tivity space in the area and enrich the promote biodiversity. ent environment conditions. landscape of the site.

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The large-scale machine production line is as follows:

PASTORAL COMPREHENSIVE EXPERIENCE CENTER

Combined with local characteristic industries, this area is designed as a pastoral comprehensive experience center, where visitors can visit the sweet potato picking and vermicelli processing process, understand agricultural knowledge, and experience the whole process of sweet potato picking and processing. At the same time, the interior also sells fan products to create special catering.

CULTURE & INDUSTRY

JIANLOU It is an ancient military building, in the form of a brick fortress, but has lost its original defensive value due to disrepair.

TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFT PROCESS OF VERMICELLI 1. Select potatoes

5. Make paste

9. Extract noodles

2. Crush

6. Knead dough

10. Rest the noodles

3. Filter

7. Sieve flour

11.Split the noodles

4. Air dry

8. Boil noodles

12.Sun-dry the noodles

LIUHE SWEET POTATO VERMICELLI PRODUCTS Dried vermicelli, instant vermicelli, etc.

TEA INDUSTRY (Qing Tea & You Tea) Tea weighs about 4 kilograms fresh and 1 kilogram after drying, and the price is 800 to 1,000 yuan per catty.

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ANALYSIS OF PLANTS

The design retains local trees, all of which are native species, which is easy to survive and maintain. Camphor trees and willow trees are planted at intervals along the Sheshui River; pine trees and maples are planted on both sides of the roadway. The shrub selection is mainly red-leaved heather.

Aquatic plants such as reeds, Miscanthus sinensis and wild rice are selected in the river course, accompanied by plants such as self-growing mosses. Ornamental herbs such as calamus and celandine are planted in appropriate places, which can increase the ornamental nature of the river bank and purify microorganisms and impurities in the water.

FARMLAND PLANTING DESIGN ANALYSIS

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BACKGROUND

With the increasing cost of living and employment pressure, young people are under increasing pressure.

Recently, we have noticed that people’s interest in temples continues to climb yearly, and many young people like to go to temples to pray for a smooth life.

DECOMPRESSION SPACE DESIGN

The essence of how temple prayers can relieve stress for young people

The act of praying and making wishes can itself be seen as a way to release life’s pressures. When people face uncertainties, difficulties, and challenges in life, they may seek a means to express their hopes, fears, and desires, and praying and making wishes offer such an opportunity.

Pocket Park Design Location: Shenzhen.China Site area: about 2500㎡ Duration: 01/2023-02/2023 Student: Chong Qiu (Collaborative Academic Work) (Participate in preliminary research, space design and service design) Collaborator: Ziyi Wang Instructor: Xianfeng Li Email: fineart@cau.edu.cn

USER INTERVIEW

Based on the problem of high pressure of young people nowadays, this project is more suitable for contemporary young people with a sense of ritual in the form, combined with the traditional Buddhist temple praying for blessings and modern interactive technology, to create an interactive space to relieve stress.

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STIE ANALYSIS

The most stressed groups in the city are concentrated in university students and office workers. Therefore, three nodes are selected as examples based on the distribution of universities and enterprises in Shenzhen.

This design is universally adaptable and can be applied to multiple sites due to its small site area, which facilitates pressure relief for the surrounding population.

SPATIAL GENERATION

EXPERIENCE ROUTE

China

Guangdong Province

PLAN VIEW

Shenzhen

Nanshan Disteict

COMPANY

UNIVERSITY

Below is a schematic of the current population types and site distribution density:

COLLEGES

COMPANIES

RESIDENCE

TEMPLES

ELEMENT EXTRACTION

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SPATIAL DESIGN & TECHCOLOGICAL REALIZATION

Wish process

Incorporating interactive technology into spatial design can bring people a better experience. The design makes people experience the space with a sense of ritual through the process of seeking blessings, obtaining artifacts, consecrating, and redeeming vows, thus relieving stress.

Returning a request

Pt 1. Kinect detects hand gestures to trigger interaction

Pt 2. Integrate Stable Diffusion into TouchDesigner

Pt 3. Arduino sensor triggers interaction

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EPILOGUE

The phenomenon of “Praying to the Buddha” is a youth subculture that emerged during the period of social transformation, reflecting the multiple existential situations and social mentality of young people, such as anxiety, confusion and entanglement, and implying the behaviour of young people seeking to heal themselves after being subjected to intense social changes. The project creates a spiritual sanctuary in the urban jungle, where the ancient ritual of making a wish is reinterpreted from a modern and innovative perspective.

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SITE ANALYSIS

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The site is located in Tianhu Village, Tianjin, and the buildings in the village are traditional bungalows with northern slopes. Most of the people in the village are over 60 years old, and there is a lack of spatial planning in the village, thus it is in urgent need of overall improvement.

ELDERLY-ORIENTED RETROFITTING OF BUILDING AND YARD

Architectural Design Location: Tianjin.China Site area: about 377.5 ㎡ Duration: 07/2021-09/2021 Student: Chong Qiu (Indivisual Academic Work) Instructor: Yijia Wang Email: yjwang@cau.edu.cn

The project selected a typical traditional courtyard in northern China for renovation. In view of the fact that many elderly people live in the village, the building was retrofitted to be suitable for aging, and the barrier-free facilities and indoor and courtyard layouts were optimized.

The data show that the rural migrant workers are mainly 20-40 years old and primarily engaged in the secondary and primary industries.

Data Sources: National Bureau of Statistics

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ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION

Due to their long-term disrepair, there are many problems and hidden dangers in the structure of villagers' self-built houses.

DESIGN STRATEGY

Based on the current situation of the aging population, the project aims to enhance the quality of life of the elderly. It conducts age-appropriate building and courtyard design to create a safe, comfortable and healthy living environment for the residents.

Outdoor sidewalks are easy to Houses are too dense, affecting cause safety hazards to people. sunshine.

BARRIER-FREE DESIGN OF INDOOR SPACE The facade of the building is Lack of dilapidated. space1.

design

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Space dimension design

activity

Barrier-free design

Detailed design of living space Lack of design of activity space2.

Indoor space is too crowded.

PLAN VIEW Buildings are too dense, affecting The kitchen and bath are set daylighting. together.

Problem 1 Entrance Steps:

The design of the steps is easy to cause hidden dangers to the old or children.

Problem 4 Building Structure:

Since most of the buildings are built by farmers with weak building knowledge and are in disrepair for a long time.

Problem 2 Courtyard Space:

The courtyard space is too dull, without landscape and activity space.

Problem 5 Indoor Space:

The toilet and kitchen of the house are not connected with the living room and bedroom.

Problem 3 Building Facade:

The window opening on the building facade is small, which is not conducive to indoor sunshine.

Problem 6 Interior Decoration:

The interior decoration is too old, which may cause safety hazards.

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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

Original Location

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DESIGN DETAILS

House Beam

Gable wall

Exterior:

Preservation of the original courtyard and architectural form

Facade

Window

Interior

Structure:

Brick-concrete walls and material roofing

Interior Design:

Multiple bedrooms designed to accommodate family members.

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MATERIALS & STRUCTURE

The existing buildings in Tianhu village have prominent regional characteristics of ordinary houses in northern villages, such as sloping roofs, tiles, courtyards and entrance gates of homes, and gables of buildings. Retain the appropriate elements in the design.

Planting:

Planting a variety of herbaceous plants in the courtyard

Accessibility:

Wheelchair ramps and handrails for the elderly

Courtyard design:

large courtyard space for relaxation and exercise

INTERIOR LAYOUT

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During my undergraduate studies, I participated in many competitions and was fortunate to have two of my projects completed and put into use. One of them is located in a rural area and the other is in an urban area, both of which were typical. These projects have given me a deep understanding of how the knowledge I learned in the classroom can be applied in practice.

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OTHER WORKS

HANDMADE MODEL

Paintings, Handmade Models and Other Projects 09/2019 - 05/2023

HANDMADE MODEL

Sketch 2021.2 Beijing

HANDMADE MODEL

HANDMADE MODEL

Sketch 2021.7 Luoyang, Henan

CONSTRUCTING PHOTO

Watercolor 2020.9 Beijing

Watercolor 2019.12 Beijing

CONSTRUCTING PHOTO

AFTER CONSTRUCTION

PROJECT PRACTICES

Watercolor 2020.9 Beijing

AFTER CONSTRUCTION

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