Muyun Qiu: Sample Portfolio

SAMPLE PORTFOLIO MUYUN QIU | 邱 牧 雲

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YONG'AN FANG 2.0 MArch Year 4

The project rejects Tabula Rasa planning and proposes an economically viable and socially sustainable alternative to the renewal of Shanghai's Lilong neighbourhoods, where domestic lives are highly socialised and exteriorised. By moving the residents into a superstructure designed to recreate the same social experience as the original Lilong complex, and by freeing up the existing buildings for commercial development, this proposal preserves the social network, lifestyle and collective memories of Lilong communities whilst allowing land to adapt to changing market dynamics, thereby avoiding gentrification as a result of urban renewal.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK MArch Year 4

The Community Development Framework, etymologically derived from the UK government guidance document with the same title, aims to provide the largely urban residents of East Tilbury with the opportunity to reengage and reconnect via public domesticity. The project is a demountable and selfbuildable kit composed of standardised timber and metal components.

DOCKLANDIA: AN INTERNATIONAL HAVEN FOR THE EXILED BSc Year 3

By exploiting legally ambiguous opportunities in its architecture and programme whilst complying to the legal framework of the UK, this project creates a dedicated “international zone” beyond the UK border, sited in South Dock, Canary Wharf. Responding to the UK's increasingly populist political climate and the social issues that have arisen as a result, it provides shelter, amenities and support for those suffering from the UK's increasingly unfriendly immigration and asylum policies.

M/S Libertatem Emporio BSc Year 3

Canary Wharf is privately owned

by Canary Wharf Group plc and managed by Canary Wharf Estate, who frequently evict people exercising their lawful freedoms if they are believed to pose a threat to the “positive” images of Canary Wharf, which pretends to be open and clean.

This project allows journalists to report and conduct interviews, and members of the public to speak and debate, by taking the form a powered vessel, against which Canary Wharf Group can take no legal actions.

MUYUN'S MANNERIST GARDEN OF DELIGHTS BSc Year 2

Situated within a ruin in Palermo's La Cala area, this proposal is formed of devices that exist for the excercise of the mind and the creation of pizza in a collective manner. Responding to the mayor's positive attitude towards refugees, the project looks to integrate both local and displaced children through the mechanised creation and socialised consumption of pizza, some of which may include pineapples.

AMISSA

BSc Year 2 The intention of this explorative project is to creative an interactive and animate object, whose spatial qualities and configurations change in accordance with the external physical actions imposed upon it. Here, the spaces are defined by miniaturised traditional and archetypal architectural elements, such as walls, doors, windows, staircases, roofs, floors, corridors, etc. However, through physical interactions, the defining characters of these architectural elements become blurred: A wall becomes a floor, a window becomes a door, a roof becomes door, and a staircase leading to one space now leads to another... Even entire spaces can be inverted, hence creating endless spatial possibilities as a result.

CHEGONGMIAO URBAN DESIGN & RESEARCH

Stage I Year-out: URBANUS Architecture & Design, Shenzhen, China The urban renewal of Chegongmiao is led by Futian District Government, awith the goal of turning a former industrial site into a fashion district. The contract involves the urban design of the entire plot held by Tairan Group, and architectural and landscape design for structures within the pilot area. Due to the unprofitability of the Tabula Rasa model of regeneration, the difficulty for the government to acquire land from stake holders, the desire to allow local communities to remain, and the need to preserve the unique urban fabric of the area, the urban design proposal consists of porous structures of various functions and scales elevated above existing neighbourhoods, whilst conforming to local and national planning laws.

My roles and responisbilities within the project include: site survey & mapping; brief development & programmatic research; massing studies and concept design propositions for mix-use megastructure on Tairan 4th Road; calculation of key economic indices; architectural and landscape design of Tairan 9th & 7th Roads; producing analytical drawings and diagrams, physical models, visualisations and presentation documents.

Add-ons above existing buildings by exploiting air rights

Activation of interior spaces

New platform for public circulation

Addition of corridors

Converting interior into public space

DIVERSE SPATIAL STRATEGIES TO ACTIVATE SPACES

FORMATION OF ANHUA FASHION COMMUNITY, INJECTED WITH DIVERSE PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES

More programmed spaces

SUZHOU CAMPUS OF NANJING UNIVERSITY

Stage I Year-out: Continual Architecture, ARTS Group, Suzhou, China Sited in Suzhou Hi-Tech Park, the Suzhou campus of Nanjing University occupies a total area of 80 hectares. Key buildings included in the contract include the Academic Exchange Centre, the School of Humanity and Social Sciences, and the Teaching and Research Centre.

In this project, I am predominantly involved with the design of the Academix Exchange Centre and the masterplanning of the larger scheme. My roles and responsibilities include: participating in façade design and resolving façade details through 3D modelling; identifying the spatial and formal implications of any changes in plan made according to feedback from both the client and structural & building services specialists, adjusting the external form accordingly; assisting with circulation solutions to improve vehicular and pedestrian access to different parts of the building within the larger site.

REGENERATION OF WUXI RAILWAY STATION QUARTER Urban Design Internship, AECOM, Shanghai, China

Since the opening of the northern extension of Wuxi Railway Station for all high speed services, the original railway station and its surrounding areas, including the northern embankment of the historical Grand Canal, have suffered a dramatic rundown in commercial and social activities. Led by Wuxi Municiple Government, the project by AECOM, in collaboration with Shanghai Institute of Civil Engineering and Design, seeks to turn the station quarter from a waiting zone into a cultural attraction, from a point in transit into a business destination, and from a commute-oriented area to an integrated urban space for the citizenry.

The contract includes the programming, masterplanning and urban design of the whole station quarter measuring 46 hectares in area, strategic planning of public and private transportation, and the concept design for key buildings and landscapes.

My roles and responisbilities within the project include: site survey & mapping; comunication with clients, civil engineering consultants and planning authorities; assisting with master plan proposal under supervision of associate director; urban design and massing studies of key areas; concept design for the adaptive reuse of the now-defunct Taishan Hotel.

A WATERSIDE "URBAN PLATFORM" CONNECTING THE MILLENIUM-OLD CANAL AND THE CENTURY-OLD STATION

Taishan Hotel: Current Condition

T h e g u e s t bedrooms will be provided with floor-to-ceiling windows, in order to improve natural lighting.

Taishan Hotel: Concept Proposal

The lobby will be made a tripleheight space, with large areas of glazing on the southern façade.

The old Taishan Hotel, built in 1947 but demolished in 1992, will be rebuilt in its original location by the embankment, but with a modern twist.

A "sky gallery" on the top floor allows visitors to enjoy the spectacular view of the city of Wuxi. The current multipurpose hall is converted to a rooftop bar and cafe.

Levels 24 and 25, which currently house a conference hall and several guest bedrooms, are to be converted to a restaurant.

The language of "sail" is used on the façade of the top levels, evoking memories of the canal from the Ming dynasty to the 1970s.

Roof garden on the annex.

The annex will be used to accomodate a gallery, a theatre and a music bar. The façade will also be given a facelift.

An exteriorised and open basement and ground floor connect existing underground passages and ground level pavements to the embankment of the canal, elevating the annex whilst keeping existing structural columns and virtical circulation structures.