Yuqun Gan's PORTFOLIO

Y U N Q U N G A N Apply for the SUPRASTUDIO/M.Arch.II

OTHERWHERE DURBAN

UIA 2014 STUDENT COMPETITION

LOCATION DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA DATE FEB 2014-APR 2014 PROPERTY ACADEMIC INDIVIDUAL WORK

SHORT TERM

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MEDIUM TERM

LONG TERM

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SITE PROFILE

Formal and Morphological Landscape Landscape edges, borders, polycentric structures and urban networks

LONG TERM

Urban Politicies Spatial-Temporal Practices

commerce, daily life, day/night processes

Religious and Cultures Socio-Economics User Groups

SOUTH AFRICA

Meterialization

THREE PRODUCTS DURBAN Durban DURBAN

MEDIUM TERM

explore mixed use and the crossover of programs, time, agents and possible architectural structures

Focus On OnePeculiar Need Understanding The Warwick

Big Version-Small Interventions

Various Architectrual Products

SHORT TERM

Immediate Implementable Intervation Low Cost Catalyst for achieving goals in long term

links To OTHERS Elments, Agencies

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short term & medium term long term

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Highway Main Road

SPECIFIC FOCUS AND NEED Affordable And Short-term Accommodation “Rent-a-bed� or traders sleeping next to/above their trading stalls are possible solutions to be considered

Innovative Service Systems

Poverty Alleviation Economies Spartial Emergence Geo-politial

RESILIENCE

Storage Facilities

N3 City Freeway

Where there is informal trading, there is always a need for innovative storage solutions for the goods being traded

Inter-disciplinary Debates On the Role Of Built Environment Professionals In Spatial Transformation ideally to be achieved through active engagement between the architectural profession and other professions and stakeholders in human settlements

Sustainable Human(e) Settlements

Environment Concerns Evolution Systems Time Processes

ECOLOGY

SUB-THEME Architecture Otherwise

social and technical considerations in the development of new vision for unban development

Housing And Healthcare

sustainable architecture under conditions of change and the concepts of open building Railway

Respect To Various Religions It exists a communal place of burial for Muslim, Parsee, Jewish and Christian denominations

Addressing Infomality And Poverty Through Design Education And Pratice

Pratice Eduation Informal Trading

VALUES

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medicine

residential

parking

bus and taxi rank&related

light industry

service

religion

commercial

storage

education

open space

vacant

2000-3000 PERSONS 1000-2000 PERSONS 500-1000 PERSONS 0-500 PERSONS

7% 3% 5% 1%

25%

2% 4% 4% 6%

11%

31%

Almost half a million users pass through Warwick Station on any typical day. As a transportation junction, it provides commercial opportunities for approximately 6000 traders.

Although different to the formal commercial and economic systems within Durban, Warwick Junction stands as an example of a place where the formal and the informal exist in complete unison

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SHORT TERM / IMMEDIATE-SMALL SCALE INTERVENTION TO N3 FREEWAY

water system DRIVING

ACCE

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WALING

LONG TERM ecology system

ACCE SS

the MUTHI MARKET exemplifies the crossover between culturally specific medical practices, local beliefs and their commercialization.

around 1 year

MEDIUM TERM

activity space

The busiest and most occupied edge is the covered Brooke Street Market of Warwick, it acts as interface provides shade for daily small market stalls in this particular urban connection, as well as for an annual religious procession. around months MARKET TRADING TAXI WASHING & WAITING

living space

PUBLIC PHONE TAXI TERMINAL INFORMAL STREET TRADING INFORMAL STREET TRADING

Theatre Lane Edge.Mostly used as a waiting area of

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informal transport vehicles. The taxis are parked on both sides and many of them are being washed by the drivers – results in the street being covered in unclear water.

FORMAL STREET TRADING INFORMAL STREET TRADING TAXI WASHING & WAITING

SHORT TERM around weeks sale & storage around 1 week

STEP4

Floor is made up with local clay which can be done by aborigines. This strategy help to build in a cheap way and also provide jobs for aborigines

Sea water is used in traditional medicine. Informal vendors on Durban’s beachfront sell empty plastic bottles for people to collect their own seawater at the shore

STEP3

64 0M sea water

create space to contain bottles, for both environment and medicinal use

STEP2

STEP1

Graffiti art is widely to see in Durban as a kind of culture, reserving a space on the wall as a black board, it can be also used for educating besides drawing

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REFINE THE STREAM OF PEOPLE

STREAM OF CARS STREAM OF COMMERCIAL STREAM OF RITUAL ACTIVITY STREAM OF SIGHTSEEING

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barber shop

food trader/grocery store

single building's interior can to design for different usage, such as BARBER SHOPS, GROCERY STORES, small HOSPITAL and CLASSROOM

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ACCE

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ACCE

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STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

STEP 4

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MEDIUM TERM-MEDIUM SCALE INTERVENTION

TRANSFORMING BASES ON THE SHORT TERM STRUCTURE SHORT TERM

MEDIUM TERM Y

X assembling only in one direction

AN UNIQUE PLACE

assembling in various directions

TRANSFORM FORM SHORT TERM combined or single space to be used for indoor activities

The WEST STREET CEMETERY which originally occupied the periphery of the Durban’s urban edge now comes to occupy a central location and now exists as an interesting intersection between cultures, religions and race groups

remove the below structures in the used in short term, try to impact the cemetery as little as possible

2000-3000 PERSONS 1000-2000 PERSONS

REMOVE

500-1000 PERSONS 0-500 PERSONS

LINK TO INNER CITY

step to upstairs

use plants to decorate the cemetery

palce bone ash or remains of the dead

JOSEPH NDULI STREET. Here informal traders sell larger items.

Pedestrians cut across to access busier Durban’s inner city. The link this edge provides with the inner city will be a main design generator for any proposed interventions

OVER LOOK THE CEMETERY SEVICE/OFFICE

Environment Concerns

INDIGENOUS WORKSHOP

Education

SO MUCH PEOPLE PASSING BY PER DAY The MONTY NAICKER EDGE. The highest velocity traffic and overpass leading to the N3 freeway makes this edge the least active. There are some recreation activites under the bridges which hints at a need for such services where people may be waiting for transport or stopping by as they traverse the area.

25%

Transforming the WEST STREET CEMETERY into a SCENIC SPOT & ACTIVITY SPACE, this intervation can provide not only more oppotunities for informal traders,but also attention to different religions and race groups which can in some degree eliminate discrimination

Sustainable Human Settlements

PRAY/MEDITATION

2% 4% 4% 6%

Economies 11%

31%

MOVIES/LECTURES RELAXION EXHIBITION ROOF GARDEN

3% SERVICE 1% OPEN SPACE

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LIBRARY

Innovative Service Systems

7% 3% 5% 1%

DISCUSSION FORUM

Religions & Cultures

other lacking have been solve in short term 2% EDUCATION

FIND OUTWHAT' LACKING?

connet to specific focus & need

REACH A CONCLUSION WHAT ARE ADDED IN TO THIS SPOT

TYPE 1

TYPE 2 TYPE 3

overlook the cemetery

indigenous workshop

service/office

TYPE 6

discussion forum

library

TYPE 8

TYPE 7

movies/lectures

pray/meditation

TYPE 9

TYPE 5

TYPE 4

relaxation/cafe/souvenir sales

TYPE 10

exhibition

roof garden

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ADD CONNECTION decided vertical transportation according to the path in the cemetery

10 TYPE 1+4 TYPE 2+4 TYPE 3+2 TYPE 4+1 TYPE 5+7 TYPE 6+1 TYPE 7+2 TYPE 8+2 TYPE9+1 TYPE10+ SEVERAL CONNECTIONS SIGHTSEEING

above each kind of religion there's a pray room

WORKSHOP

media room is in the relative quiet position to paly documentary or historical film above the junctions there are exhibition space to introduce each religion CHURCH OF ENGLAND METHODIST CHRISTIAN MUSLIM JEWISH PARSEE HINDU ROMAN CHTHOLIC

VARIOUS RELIGIONS share one cemetery

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the library is in the relative quiet position where there's less transportation

in the centre there's a roof garden for various activities

SERVICE

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DISCUSSION LIBRARY PRAY MEDIA ROOM CAFE EXHIBITION ROOF GARDEN

TRANSPORTATION FACTS

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A-A SECTION

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LONG TERM-LARGE SCALE INTERVENTION In this term we let the SHORT-TERM STRUCTURE and MEDIUM TYPES spread into the whole Warwick Junction, creating an ORGANIC and RESILIENT Warwick Junction. This intervention can also be used as link between Warwick Junction and surrounding regions

religion

SMALL SCALE EVENTS

LARGE SCALE EVENTS

education

+TYPE 6 & 9

+TYPE 4, 5 & 7 6.PRAY

9.EXHIBITION

4.DISCUSSION

5.LIBRARY 7.LECTURE/MOVIE

Greyville Racecourse, rank 17 resort Botanical Gardens, rank 4 resort add various types used in the West Street Cemetery in the junction of the three scenic spots, aslo, the junction can be turned into a new resort. And there will be positive interaction among them

WARWICK

open space

commercial

+ TYPE 2, 7 & 10

+ TYPE 3 & 8 and SHORT TERM STRUCTURE

2. SERVICE 7.MOVIE/LECTURE 10.ROOF GARDEN

3.INDIGENOUS WORKSHOP

connect

8.RELAXATION

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inactive space/slums

WARWICK

resident

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ADD TYPE 2, 5, 7, 8, 10 INTO VACANT SPACE CREATE A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD SPACE

vacant 2. SERVICE

interact

5.LIBRARY

7.MOVIE/LECTURE

8.RELAXATION

10.ROOF GARDEN

use short term structure to modify Human Settlements 2. SERVICE 5.LIBRARY 8.RELAXATION and add type 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 to Activate the space 3.WORKSHOP 7.MOVIE/LECTURE 10.ROOF GARDEN

GREYVILLE RACECOURSE BOTANICAL GARDENS WARWICK JUNCTION

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INACTIVE SPACE/SLUMS

ACROSS THE BORDER WITH JOY

TEAMZERO 2015 STUDENT COMPETITION

LOCATION Beijing, CHINA DATE JUL 2015-AUG 2015 PROPERTY ACADEMIC INDIVIDUAL WORK

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SITE PROFILE

Here modern life and traditional life mingled. The aboriginals life is a cultural landscape, a history book, while visitors who came for travel and leisure often miss and neglect the essence of the book.

What I want to do is not break the edges, but blurred edges. I explored the beauty in aboriginals' memories and daily life, adding reflective materials to the alley, creating different perspectives to highlight and amplify the beauty. These unique perspectives let aboriginals rediscover something previously around them and let visitors notice the beauty much more easier, take the initiative to enter the alley.

SITE: BEIJING

CHINA

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SITE GROUPS

SITE ACTIVITIES morning exercise walk birds swimming fishing table games

ABORIGINALS

PEOPLE WHO MOVED IN LOCAL VISITORS

06:00-08:00

08:00-11:00

ANIMALS lounge

cats, dogs, ducks, pigeons

opera basking

11:00-16:00

boating

PLANTS

Beijing people who come for leisure such as couples, families, Nightlife groups

16:00-19:00

FOREIGN VISITORS

19:00-22:00

NATURAL ELEMENTS

floating river Lanterns shopping cafe enjoying lotus

MERCHANTS

22:00-01:00

WATERS

bicycling

Houhai and Qianhai

photographing reading rickshaw tour dating bars

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STRUCTURE OF TREE HOUSE

reflective materials

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1 TREE HOUSE: exchanging views between river bank and alley's entrances

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A-A SECTION

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reflective materials

reflective materials reflective materials

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changing views between the outside road and alleys

4 exchanging views from different alleys, providing place for cats' activies

exchanging views from different alleys, providing bridge for cats' movement

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THE APPLICATION OF LIGHT

TYPE 1

Light that caused by the top hole provides bottomup visual trend, and the upward focusability. Vertical guide forges the longitudinal continuity of the space.

TYPE 2

Borders between interior and exterior space blurred or even disappeared in the horizontal direction, highlighting the level of connectivity between indoor and outdoor space. It gives expansion from interior space to another dimension

TYPE 3

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Light passes through grids, although diluted, keeping sending visual messages. A complete wall presents its continuity by means of light, showing its inner volume of architecture

TYPE 4

Light that with clear borders, create core for the space. The core migrates variation of time. The same space will to appear in new images as the time

a bright with the continue goes by

TYPE 5

Through visual continuity brought by the light, we can extend the qualities or attributes of a space to another space, thereby bringing surprise to another space.

TYPE 6

Make use of special forms of light and shadow, weakening differences to highlight similarities.

Thus reach a quasi consecutive series of visual and psychological feelings, express the hidden order of the space

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WUCHANG LONG DISTANCE BUS STATION LOCATION Wuchang, Hubei Province, CHINA DATE MAR 2012-APR 2012 PROPERTY ACADEMIC INDIVIDUAL WORK

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WuHan City

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The site locates in Wuchang District,WuHan City, China.

It lies at the junction of Zhongshan Road and East Ziyang Road. It is adjacent to Wuchang Railway Station.

Around the site there are many public transport sites.

THE PROFILE AMONG 300 RADIUS

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2.Divide the site into two parts for building and parking.

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3.Find out the main orientation that bus-ride people come from, and decide the entry.

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4.Create external space for bus-ride people to reduce the pressure they bring to city roads.

5.Create more external space to make it not so crowded.

6.Remove part of the room to let the wind bring fresh into the courtyard.

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WAITING ROOM SHOP WATER BAR

TICKETING HALL OFFICE STORAGE

SERVICE ROOM WASHING ROOM

VIP ROOM

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A-A SECTION

INDOORS

SHOP

OUTDOORS

SHOP

CAFE

VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION

YARD

STORAGE

WARTER BAR

STREAM OF THE BUS-RIDE PEOPLE

WAITING ROOM

TICKETING HALL

STREAM OF THE STAFF

SERVICE ROOM

STREAM OF THE CAR

TICKET OFFICE

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The western sunshine is very strong and the sunshine duration is very long in Wuhan in the summer, however, the main facade faces to the west, so the prevention of sunshine is required.

200-460

70-110

indoor space, window distribute in 2 floors

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200-440

70-190

indoor space, window distribute in 1 floor

250-1000

200-460

70-110

indoor space, window distribute in 2 floors

160-250

the entry, no window

90-220 half-outdoor space, window distribute in 1 floors

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1.VIP ROOM 2.SHOPPING 3.BOOK STORE 4.STORAGE 5.WATER BAR 6.INQUIRY DESK

7.SERVICE ROOM 8.TICKET OFFICE 9.TOILET 10.WAITING ROOM 11.MOTHER-AND-BABE ROOM 12.CONTROL CENTRE

13.MONITOR ROOM 14.TICKET BARRIER 15.EXECUTIVE OFFICE 16.FINANCIAL OFFICE 17.OFFICE 18.TICKETING HALL

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REUSE OF THE TYPHOON CLASS SUBMARINE LOCATION Heilongjiang Province, CHINA DATE AUG 2014 [2 WEEKS] PROPERTY ACADEMIC INDIVIDUAL WORK

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SITE PROFILE

1.Take advantage of original open space, connect adjacent resorts

RUSSIA

2.Break the long & dull shoreline

SITE: Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province,bordering on Russia

CHINA

SITE Stalin Park

SITE

ZhaoLin Park

3.Extend the principal city axis

SITE

SITE

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AVAILABLE SPACE

UNAVAILABLE SPACE

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SLANT

The 4 floors are almost in the same length, and each single floor has the same height

Each floor differ from each other in length, and the 4 floors have various height.

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LEVEL

250

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1.USAGE OF MISSILE PIPES

Make use of the 10 MISSILE PIPES

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A-A SECTION

EXCHANGE AIR BETWEEN FLOORS_1.1 * missile pipe

SUN PIPES_4 * missile pipe

SLIDE_2.1 * missile pipe

CAPSULE CAFE_2.8 * missile pipe

EXHIBITION

2.THE SPATIAL FUNCTIONS

BOTANICAL GARDEN

CAFE & RELAXATION

AQUARIUM

3.THE ECOLOGY SYSTEM

SUNBEAM

O2

CO2

H2O

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6F

5F

4F

3F

2F

1F

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SLIDE

SUN PIPE

CAPSULE CAFE

AIR EXCHANGER

VERTICAL TRANSPORT

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OTHER WORKS PLANNING OF VILLAGE BESIDE EAST LAKE LOCATION Hubei Province, CHINA DATE JUL 2014-AUG 2014 PROPERTY ACADEMIC INDIVIDUAL WORK

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PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

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