Interior Design_Portfolio_Fang Tingqiu

The urge of my passion for design is originated from the inner connection between itself and people, and with a belief I hold, "the completion of a work is just the beginning of a new story".

EDUCATION

BA | Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts 09/2014 - 07/2018

Environmental Art Design - Interior Direction

GPA 3.74/4.0

MSc | Politecnico di Milano 09/2021 - Present

Interior & Spatial Design

WORK EXPERIENCE

06/2019 - 04/2020

Office AIO, Beijing | Designer

Assisted the project leader to complete the actual project design proposals; Tracked the implementation of the projects’ construction; Conducted concept investigation and deisgn practice on the possibility of human & space interaction;

Projects include:

“The Chubby Girl in Beijing” for Chubby Girl Noodle Bar (longlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2020)

https://www.archdaily.com/980693/chubby-girl-noodle-bar-tkl-office-aio

Conceptual Design for the Capital Cinema

Bar O - Interior Design for O Shop in Chengdu

https://www.dezeen.com/2020/09/06/o-shop-interiors-bars-chengdu-office-aio/ Interior Design for ELLE Café (periodically participated) https://www.archdaily.com/960303/elle-cafe-office-aio

07/2018 - 04/2019 DAGA Architects, Beijing | Assistant Designer

Assisted the project leader to complete proposals for competition and the actual project design proposals; Tracked the implementation of the projects’ construction; Participated in multiple showroom and apartment projects;

Projects include:

Beijing Shougang Ertong Factory Renovation Competition (won the second place in the competition)

Beijing Sunshine 100 UCOMMUNE Office Design Renovation

Transparent Hutong No.3 for Beijing Hutong Residence https://www.archdaily.com/915401/transparent-hutong-n-daga-architects

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

10/2016 Sketch Activity for the Class of 2014, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Participant

E:

tingqiu.fang@mail.polimi.it

39 346 305 1177 T: Milan, Italy L: China N:

Carried out architectural sketching in Pingyao, Taiyuan and other areas with the Class of 2014 in Department of Environmental Art Design, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts; Investigated and sketched Chinese ancient architecture and Buddhist culture and arts; Obtained understanding of the characteristics and structures of ancient architecture in Northwest China;

10/2013 Sketch Activity Participant

Took part in the outdoor sketching activity organized by the Eagle Studio, Hangzhou; Used the watercolor, sketching and other comprehensive methods to show the architectural characteristics, space aesthetics, landscapes of South China;

HONNOR & AWARDS

2018 The 6th "Strait Cup" Decoration Design Competition of the 10th Straits Forum

2018 Academy Award of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts

2018 Excellent Graduation Project of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts

2018 Beijing Art Graduation Season - 100 Schools’ Tour Exhibition

2017 Third-class Scholarship of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts

2012 Second Prize of Nixing Ceramic Art Competition for Youth in Qinzhou, Guangxi

Fang Tingqiu Jolene

Work Project

O Shop cocktail bar & shop-cum-cafe

Location: Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Completion Year: 2019

As design assistant, completed the projects concept while taking part in the interior furniture and lighting design, also assisting in project administration and site supervision.

The division of three is knitted by a repetitive yet idiosyncratic gesture - the floating elliptical arches. They bring a sense of character to the store without occupying any footprint. Hovering in the air with confidence, these arches are juxtaposed by exposed ceiling and columns.

This sense of order blended with rawness is reversed and carried out on the wall too, where bands are left untouched alongside perfectly painted upper sections. When the night befalls, the space can transition from a sophisticated design store to one of changing moods. Toward the bar, the last arch section is membraned and backlit with colour-changing LED to infuse different flavours into the space. And the hidden cabinets behind the mirror open up, where curiosities arise from the reserved narrow strip of space as bartenders to attend the dark.

O is a space with multiple functional sets. During the day, it is a coffee shop where displays retail furniture, and at night, the bar mode is turned on.

While exploring more spatial possibilities, we tried the combination of spatial vision and materials. In 5 months, I participated in the concept deepening process of this project, and completed the design of custom furniture and lighting. For the customized furniture and lighting fixture, we worked on the flexibility and the cosistence with the atmosphere of brand identity. The pendant lighting is fixed on the homogenous plaster curved ceiling with invisible joints. The movable bar counters are hidden behide the mirror partition, only showed up at nights.

Work Project

We explored ideas surrounding Chongqing's physical and cultural characteristics. Throughout runs a series of chunky grey terrazzo plinths inlaid with white aggregate, all set at slightly different heights. Together they're meant to reflect the sharp rises and falls of Chongqing's terrain, which is intersected by various rivers and mountains.

A soft glow has been made to emanate from underneath the plinths and a network of strip lights have been installed across the ceiling in reference to city nightscapes.

Location: Beijing, China

Completion Year: 2019

As design assistant, completed the projects concept while taking part in the interior furniture and lighting design, also assisting in project administration and site supervision.

For me, the biggest challenge in this project is the overall control, especially the custom floor lamps and the terrazzo platforms as well as the coordination between different elements such as the lamps and the mirrors. I have gained so much experience throughout the project. Besides, I also participated in the design of the elevation.

The same terrazzo applied across the floor has been used to create a series of communal tables. Each one is surrounded by fold-out chairs, otherwise known as mǎzhá, which the studio selected for their resemblance to those typically seen outside Chinese food stalls.

The dishes offered by the restaurants are written on these boards, and when sold out, the boards would be flipped around to demonstrate its unavailability, which is the tradition of this brands, therefore we kept the elements but reinterpreted with the thick translucent acrylic boards adds a touch of playfulness.

Chubby Girl Noodle Bar restaurant

WW M

WWMW extends the fabric of the center of Milan by weaving a system of “waterscapes”.

Three squares and three street crossings are converted into experiential spaces for pedestrians where water subverts the conventional rules of the streets, following a specific time related to the context.

Light and materials contribute to the future romantic atmosphere and blend the wet new design in the city. Waterscape | Mobility |

336 total Milan squares

90 squares are crossroads

49 squares are roundabouts

27 squares are for car parks

A square is often the center of the community, also an economic, social, political and cultural life in a neighborhood, or more generally in the city, also it is closely linked to the history of a city and to its physical and urban characteristics. The expansion of the modern and contemporary city has not, however, been accompanied by the territorial spread of squares.

The following map of the spatial distribution of squares in Milan shows well how squares are largely concentrated in the central areas of the city and low density on the surroundings.

But what is interesting is that almost half of Milan’s 336 squares are not usable for people because they have vehicular characteristics, with roundabouts, intersections and car parks. And this feature also includes some squares that are located in the city center.

University of Milan

The use of car in Milan is probably one of the main problem not only for the pollution but also for the mobility, due to a very strong traffic congestion.

dense and less organized mesh of streets

This area of Milan is very full of activities, that moves from religion, culture, education and healthcare to some buildings that are under protection.

and more organized mesh of streets

The expansion of Milan was a gradual process that took place over centuries, adapting to the needs of the city’s population and its role as a political and economic center. Where we focused our attention is along the main axis of the city, the one that passes throw the Porta Romana gate and crosses Piazza Duomo proceeding to cut the whole Castello Sforzesco and Parco Sempione.In this axis we discover an aggregation of squares that are characterised by interesting landmarks of the city but share problematics related to the role of the piazza.

This area is pretty accessible with different trasport stop and lines, especially there are shared bikes and public transportation in the area of interestest.

The choice of working with water is related to the history of Milan, when canals of water were more integrated to the city centre, embracing the walls.

Starting from the second half of the 19th century, with the development of the railway and tram system, the Navigli river transport system began to slowly decline. And during the Fascist period, the Navigli were then gradually covered over.

Tower Velasca

Missori

Square Diaz - Unfriendly to pedestrian

Missori - Safety for access

Square Velasca - Disorder function

Statale - Limited of free space

Actual open Navigli

future Square Duomo

future Statale

Pantano

Hydrogeological situation of the area of Mediolanum (VI -III century BC )

Weave of the system

/step 00 regularity of Piazza Duomo

/step 01

45° rotation to correspond to the main axes of the cit

/step 02 partial deformation of the grid

/step 03

Distortion of the fabric and creation of nodes

/step 04 implementation of a new regular grid to squares

/step 05 expansion: the grid is open to the whole city

The grid patterns of Square Duomo

Weave of Square Duomo

LIGHTING SYSTEM lighting effect

Linear lights enhance the lines of the grid

Spotlights above enhance the arrival point

Lights under trees enhance the nature

Suspended linear light enhance the movement

material selection

Dark grey granite Natural split finish

Dark grey granite Sandblasted finish

MATERIAL STRATEGY

Linear lights of sides enhance the water surface

The light has multiple complementary roles in the design development. It helps to enhance the water presence on the wet surfaces and it gives more value to the environment with a system of suspended light that are in the street connections.

Light grey granite Sandblasted finish

Corten

Porphyry

The material srategy is related to a research about the Milanese historical materials for squares. Choosing granites an local stones, the design blend into the city. The ground with its stone pavement becomes a unifying spatial element.

The tide - Square Diaz

The timing of the square is based on the average tide timing in Genova. Water level changes constantly, and reaches the max in the average range of 6 hours.

When the tide rise the maximum level, the four platforms are surrounded by water like islands of a urban lake. The water level changes direct people through different paths.

LAY ON THE ISLANDS AND WAIT FOR THE TIDE

The citizens can experience the riverbank both along the path and on the tram. At night the wet surface of the square reflects the surrounding and Palazzo Martini. The trees axcentuate the intimacy feeling of the platforms as semi-public spaces.

The bigger basin is 160 cm deep: when it is full it reflects and amplifies the surrounding; when it is empty, people inside change their point of view and the context is hidden.

Missori is one of the most strategic mobility junctions, but lack of the attention to it historic significance.

It is becoming a new square: benches move from one side to the other of the street, and pedestrians feel much more involved in that space, attracted to the Crypt as a centerpiece.

As renewed core of the old church, the atoll attracts visitors around the center and become stage during events.

2_CONNECT TO THE SQUARE

Following tangents of the rings around the atoll, the project spreads in the street and reaches Piazza Missori.

3_LAND AROUND THE ATOLL

The aim is to connect the atoll with the square by cutting the street. Pedestrians are allowed to cross the street by pushing the benches to approach the island, walking from the other side.

The fountain follows the short time of the adiacent traffic light. It traps and isolates pedestrian when it’s the turn of cars, and leave them free to go when the green is back. Following a timing based on 30” units the vertical jets of water will gradually appear or disappear generating “walls”. In some moment of the day the water vertical jets are patially active or completely off giving precise rules of movement to people. During events, the water choreography is low and embrace the central part of the atoll that works as stage.

The riverbank - Node Velasca

Nodo Velasca is a strategic intersection point for many roads, but it is car-oriented instead of pedestrian preference.The project changes the conveyance of the main road: the now has a preferential route filled with water to generate a special cascade of events.

The river level is 5 cm high except for the curve where the tram will splash that is 20 cm deep.

The time system is based on the passage of the tram which is determining the happening of an event with an ephemeral fountain. The time schedule is based on the alternation of passages every 2.5 minutes ideally. When there is no tram passage, there are no waves but only the effect of the water reflection. The splash of the tram passage generates a dynamic fountain in the street as a real “water event”.

CROSS AND STOP

The project moves and reduces the car ways to set a bigger and safer bus and tram station.

\ALONG THE RIVER

The walkway along the river connects Missori to Velasca and suggests a romantic promenade between the spots.

RIVERBED

The splash is obtained thanks to the depression of the basin. The river level is 5 cm high except for the turning point, where the tram will splash that is 20 cm deep.

SPLASH produced by the tram

TRAM PASSAGE

The seaside - Square Velasca

CATCH THE WAVES

People who are used to live this waterscape can understand immediately which direction the M3 train is arriving from, thanks to the movement of waves.

TOWER PROJECTION

The rocks and the granite pavements stripes are related to the facade of Tower Velasca, in order to cosist the harmony of the whole square by giving a visual connection, and people can appreciate the tower on the rocks.

Lighting

A soft spot light illuminates the rocks surfacecreating an intimate atmosphere, while an integrated lighting luminated the waves.

Piazza Velasca is a chaotic square mostly occupied by parking, also a crucial point of entry and exit from the METRO station. It is being transformed into a large “bathing space” activated by underground metro, instead of the disorder “parking role” and becoming a gathering place for people, meanwhile giving emphasis to the voluminous BBPR building.

A square or a seaside? When the metro is passing trough the station the water comes out and cover the square, in a single or double way (corrispondence of the 2 direction passage).

When the metro is gone or have to arrive, the water retires, generating a passage that leave the people more free to move and live and have fun in the “wet” square. The direction of water changes according to the metro arriving from Comasina or San Donato.

The aqueduct - Square Statale

Piazza Statale is an area for student activity, although green area is little used and lacks a meeting place. Therefore, it has been turned into a water system where benches allow students to freely experience the new square by providing a community space.

The square follows the monumental aspect of the Statale building and the lesson schedule, giving a livable space for students that can be always updated about time. The first 15 minutes of each hour (after the ringing of the bells) the water drops of the duct “step by step”, whith timing that differs proportionally to the longness of the segment of the aqueduct involved. So, when each accademic quarter the aqueduct overflows in the garden, students are recalled to go back in school.

1_Rhythm of the columns 2_Grid framentation 3_Decomposed square 4_Cut the park

The seaside - Square Velasca

Nodo Statale is a strategic junction of many roads. It is an important traffic point, always crowded and not well organized to direct bicycles and pedestrians. The new water fountain becomes a plaza that also serves as a “conveyor” for pedestrians and bicycles, engaging them to change the parking lot no longer in front of the university.

A square or a seaside? When the metro is passing trough the station the water comes out and cover the square, in a single or double way (corrispondence of the 2 direction passage).

When the metro is gone or have to arrive, the water retires, generating a passage that leave the people more free to move and live and have fun in the “wet” square. The direction of water changes according to the metro arriving from Comasina or San Donato.

LISTEN TO THE WATER SOUND

During the whole night the water flows from the outfall because of the silence of the bell. The long bench along the fountain becomes a meeting point for evening promenades.

GIVE DIRECTION

As node of the system, the squared fountain gives specific direction to who passes by.

WATER EXPANSION

The border of the basin is uncompleted to eventuallylet the water spread in the street and to welcome more guests.

Millepiedi

Millepiedi is a project launched by SMOTIES. SMOTIESCreative works with small and remote places” aims at developing spatial and service solutions by designing cultural and creative innovations in 10 European small and remote places conducted by leading universities and experts in Europe.

The design solution created for the Basso Monferrato, precisely for Albugnano, is aimed to create a connection between people and nature. Thanks to the heterogeneous environment, the purpose is to project a temporary module structure where people can experience the landscape from a different perspective. Due to the creation of different height levels, users can enjoy nature in different detached ways. The project aims to protect and conserve the environment thanks to the choice of very light structures whose style is very coherent with the landscape. Furthermore, different modules are designed to allow many configurations, splitting the wood and the vineyard.

Remote place | Landscape | Service system | Temporary structure

System of temporary structures to experience the nature along Romanesque Routes

A4

Turin-Caselle Piemonte International Airport 28.7km

Milan-Malpensa Airport 84.1km

TURIN

Chieri station 14.2km

Chivasso Railway Station 14.3km

MILAN ALBUGNANO

Villanova d’Asti Station 14.6km

Highway A21 14.6km

Cuneo-Levaldigi Airport 65.3km

Port of Savona 94.7km

Tour D.O.C. dell’Albugnano

Albugnano

Access Topography

Tour D.O.C. dell’Albugnano

Crea

Superga-Vezzolano-Crea

Superga

from 1990

nature

religion

The routes pass through Albugnano, which can be traveled all year round. The routes offered by the area attract people from different backgrounds. They all have in common the fact that they can be traveled by foot or bike.

from Sept 2020

Dusino San Michele

9.54 km 2 Area of Albugnano

Superga-Vezzolano-Crea

Cammino dei fossili

Superga-Vezzolano-Crea

16.30 h 23 h

16.30

Cammino dei fossili

Castell’Alfero

549 m Maximum height

from 1990

16.30 h

Only by bike

6.35 on foot

Tour D.O.C. dell’Albugnano 171

from Sept 2020

3.00 PM

Castelnuovo

Cammino dei fossili

23 h

Chivassa Ovest Motorway 28.7km

Romanesque Routes & Rich Resources

The rich resources of this territory is shown in this general map. There is a total of twenty-three churches along with a network of paths that can be reached in many ways thanks to the great possibility of creating its route from diverse villages. Many different options of routes guarantee an adventure for every type of visitor.

Albugnano Village

Missions

The mission is to organize real activities that attract tourists to generate slow circular tours that defend the environment, tighten the relationship between landscape and cultural heritage, and impletent services in the area, especially to make it accessible by public transport.

Desires

Desires are related to a more distant future and are part of the objectives of a long-range scenario.

Over time Albugnano will have a strong identity, appreciated by communities of regular tourists and new residents who are fond of the place. There will be much more attention to protecting the environment, and there will be organizations that will be active in organizing activities and events that revolve around this issue with potential investment.

Scratch the surface of the place

Strong and recognizable identity

Activities to preserve the environment

Investments in services and trasportation

Community of tourist

Slow and circular tourism

Affection to the place

BEYOND TOURISM

Window on the Future 3

Co-design session

Codesign session aims to understand better the needs of the people. During the session, people were introduced to the first general concept to comprehend the following designed activities, strictly connected to the project.

In design are artifacts that help reach interlocutors, visualize future possibilities and solutions, and provoke a reaction in order to gain effective feedback for further design.

"STEPPING DOTS" is a game with the aim of pushing people of different ages and heights to their maximum step length; this is done to take helpful measurements for the design of the fitness station.

Tools provided by SMOTIES, the researches and analysis led to the choice of a window on the future

Living an authentic life + sportive game

Scenario

The super tourists are those who travel to become temporary citizens of the places they visit. They prepare their itinerary before leaving and they know exactly why they will be going to a certain destination to be active players in the future development of that place.

Strategic objective

To promote the sense of freedom of a “visitor” through preserving/guaranteeing an inspirational authentic place for a sustainable tourism experience.

oral questions

18 people chose

1. 3.

2.

interactive map characters and cards

40 people chose 38 people chose

19 people chose

DEEP DIVE SUPER TOURIST INSTAGR. HIDDEN TREASURES ENGAGED GLOBETROTTER

Millepiedi in the wood

SLOPES, GRIPPING POINTS WALKWAYS

The structure placed in the wood, from the top view, has a curvilinear shape which allows to the construction to cross the wood trail. The combination of the different modules aims to enjoy the landscape, create a new prospective of the nature itself, and attract people into sport activities such as climbing, stretching, or doing a promenade.

The structure is divided in different modules which is made up of pieces inspired by the worm shape. In fact, the poles of the system recall the legs, and the slope simulates the movement of centipede. The chosen materials create playful transparencies thanks to the net. On one side, there is a net filled with stones, and on the other side there are horizontal sticks that create a climbing wall or invite users to do stretching.

Top view Modules of configuration

The Path 1 The Slope 2

The Portal 3

4 The Corner

The system aims to offer various activities mostly focused on meditation and relaxation. The free space allows people to interact in manifold ways. The shape wants to recall the sinuous hills and let people enjoy the sight. The system is made up of different modules that permit the creation of different configurations based on the availability.

Modules - Platform

Modules - Steps & Rings

Elevation Top view and lateral views, dimensions in cm

of the lower platform

both

Signboard

3 Corner seat

Abbazia di Vezzolano Percorso del Romanico L’abbazia Santa Maria Vezzolano un edificio religioso in stile romanico gotico, tra più importanti monumenti medievali del Piemonte, situato nel comune Albugnano in provincia Asti. L’appellativo “abbazia” da sempre usato impropriamente anche dagli enti statali preposti alla gestione, in quanto chiesa non mai stata tale. nome corretto Canonica Santa Maria Vezzolano.

Wood panel infoboard

Solar panel: ENERGY2GO

Appoggia tuo dispositivo nei contenitori legno. 2.

Graphic panel: instructions to use correctly the charger

Maquette 1:20

top view overview of the Millepiedi into the wood view of the furniture, details of the upper structure, details of the net of the structure, details of the gripping points.

Urban Shelter

In recent years, modern urban life have been involved to high tension and rapid pace. Particularly urban anxiety has become an unstoppable mental health issure in worldwild. Based on the fact, the project focuses on urban anxiety and provides people with an immersive space where they can undergo drama therapy in a ideal site. In addition, the interaction of play was created in order to break the fourth wall between traditional theater stage and audience, as well as to explore other forms of theater to enhance immersive atmosphere. Meanwhile, considering various possibilities of people's action, three theater types and paths were designed to achive the humanized intention. The final project result narrates the spatial effect and logic of the project through a humorous tour description.

Social survey Theory - Drama therapy

Spatial concept

A social questionnaire reavealed the current situation of "the mental state of modern social groups". The survey result shows that most young and middle-aged people are in a state of anxiety. However, although people have noticed and tried to improve the situation, there are less effective treatment except taking medicine. Particularly in China, most people still hold a conservative attitude towards the terms of "mental health" and "Psychotherapy".

From last century, many psychologists try to develop different approaches to improve mental problems, by musical treatment, behavior therapy, drama therapy, etc.

WHO IS HE?

Augusto Boal is one of the psychologists and dramatists have discovered that people's subconsciousness can be understood more correctly through their subconscious behaviors.

Circular shape gives more inclusivity and weaker sense of boundary than the traditional rectagular stage.

Psychologists believe that drama therapy is a way to reshape self-knowledge and expression. People's different behaviors in these scene simulations can project their own hearts, in which psychotherapists can observe and analyze.

Organic forms and curved surfaces can be perfectly combined with a fluid streamlines and guiding people to explore in space.

THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED

Boal believes that there is a "policeman" in our brain created by secular standards that suppresses people's personalities. In Boal's "Theater of the Oppressed", participants and actors create a world of empathy collectively. The oppressed situation is not just a unique case. Everyone can participate and become the protagonist of this story to express feelings and inner self. This is the power that can be achieved in immersive drama.

Augusto Boal

THE

DRAMA THERAPY

traditional theatre

cicular theatre free flow theatre

Circular Space Form

Shape generation

Thanks to the open-air courtyard, natural light enters into the soace.

Route Option

The courtyard serve as an openair thetre with a circular corrdior in which people can observe the drama by small windows.

Buffer areas before entering

The interior partitions were devided by following geometric rules.

Shape is transformed

Routes were separated

Individual plot area is consisted by various independent rooms for personal drama therapy. They are not connected, only one single passage goes through the area.

Considering the interior layout to open skylight windows.

Open-plot area are independent from the public area with an interior path for connecting all rooms and another path for excxit. Visitors can join any story in this area.

A more free transform system are applied in open-air atrium with movable glass partition which support the space transfoms for meeting different needs.

I don't want to be disturbed, I just want to talk to the therapist alone.

I want to try out a few more different modes until I find the plot that suits me.

This time I want to join the crowd to experience empathy mood.

Spatial function

Open-plot area

TOUR GUIDE OF URBAN SHELTER Auditorium

This is auditorium where you'll be familiar with the therapists and healing procedures, sometimes here are events too.

Individual-plot area

TOUR GUIDE OF URBAN SHELTER

"Crossroad"

Go straight

The middle door leads to the "FREE THEATER". And going down the stairs , you can choose to join any plot as you prefer.

The left / right side

You can observe the scene of "FREE THEATER" on both left and right tunnels. In addition, along the tunnel you can walk to the another side.

Obeserve tunnel Free theatre

Every story is so different and attractive!

Healing room

The left

The open-plots area in the left side. Each room has different story, you can watch or choose to enter any room freely.

The maze paths

What will be next?

The right

The rooms in the right side can provide customized plot for only one participant with professional actors.

Now all memories appear again, what if...

Let's jump together and leave the troubles behind!

Rest area

This is a independent passage in the open-plot area, you can explore different plots here.

The room in the area on the right side can be customized for you. It is a single-player story mode.

This venue has three available modes: Multi-plot mode / Collective plot mood / Daily activity mood

TIPS!

1. Multiplayer independent plots can eventually be assembled into a group drama, transformed into a collective plot mode, and then the whole plot reaches its climax.

2. The curved glass partition walls can move along tracks.

Rainfall space

The rainfall falling down from the ceiling and disappear in the basin, just as the thoughts in our brain would be dissolved in here.

Here are three platforms, you can choose to go one of them for final meditation and relaxation before leaving.

See You Again

This project is an attempt based on the attitude of death in traditional Chinese culture, and developed a new memorial way in a global immigration. Meanwhile, it is also an attempt to interpret funeral parlor in an artistic way, as well as positive and ecological, to reduce land occupation and meets the people's psychological needs of remembering their loved ones under the background of global population mobility.

In addition, the project not only includes the application of new building materials, but also the art practice which combines the light and shadow art and the sand painting projection principle. Since the feasibility of project has been verified through the chemical material test, such a new building material can become a carry-on souvenir for commemorating the relatives, build a new type of funeral home and make the urban integrated hot spot network be possible.

Funeral parlor | Cremation | Material innovation | Eco-friendly

Due to the influence of religion, national culture, geography and other factors, the major funeral forms in the world are burial in the ground and cremation. However, the two forms have brought some negative effects on the environment and urban development, which has become a significant issue in recent years.

Hight cost

Farmland occupied Resources waste

Unmovable

Air pullution

Incovenient to move

In recent years, Chinese society has experienced the fastest economic development with largescale mobility of population and labor force is one of the most important changes. Thus, we need to consider the future possibility of different memorial forms, and cope with the current situation of global integration and

The exploration of new forms is based on psychological needs and respect, while transforming grief into positive energy. On the other hand, considering the functional needs to transform the traditional storage of ashes in a more flexible mode. Glass ashes bricks can be a portable possibility and being integrated easily into a space with a modular size.

Different methods for using

It can be used as a brick of wall in home, except the current certain way that being in niches at home.

It also can be placed anywhere near the light, so that the remains can be retained in the world, by playing with light and shadow.

It is also portable and can be put in a suitcase easily, just like our loved ones accompanying us to go anywhere.

Possible spots

Material experiments

The customized patteren give the freedom to users to realized different meaning or symbol for the meaningful piece.

Step 1

Step 2

An ideal propasal is that the spots for storage ashes could be set in different locations in cities, also serve as funeral parlors. The location could be coomunities, park or surburbs. When people needs to move to another city, they can easily place the brick in any spots.

Step 3

White powder

Epoxy resin White stone powder Mold

Model A - face pattern Model B - butterflies Model C - ashes pattern Model D - body pattern

Shape of architecture

The building is devided into two parts. The public area is on the left which means real life, while the staff office and the remains operation are on the right which means past life. A auditorium is suspended between the two parts which is also a metaphor as a bridge between life and death.

Shijingshan Dsitrict，Beijing

The two buildings are extrem close but with a small gap in front which allows people see the backyard. This is another metapho which means eople always see death through the gap between life and death.

The preconstruction is imagined to be located in the suburb in the west Beijing, where the transportation is convenient, thanks to urban traffic network. Some national forest parks are surround the ideal site, which allow people to escape from the noise of the city and feel peace.

The introvert walls are consisted by glass bricks which allow natural lights enter interior. Besides, a lifting device is set in the auditorium. After funeral, the coffin could descend to the basement area for subsequent operation automatically.

People can walk by the stairs to approach to the glass brick of their loved ones. The dead also exist in a special way and become a part of this space.

Habitation Tower

According the great impact of pandemic to modern lifestyly, this project focuses on the future needs of urban living system and modern lifestyle, emphasizes the lung’s role in filtering air for the human body, and explores the possibility of future emergency urban building system by combining the alveoli bionic system with the building structure system.

Moreover, the project also explored the building combination forms based on the modular architecture and seeks for more possibilities of building skin by combining with the transformation and transportation of renewable energy.

Conceptual | Bionic form | Modular sysetm | Domesitic use

The impact of the pandemic on people's lives may be temporary, but undoubtedly it will be far-reaching and profound in terms of behavior and consciouness. During the outbreak, people reconsidered the social relations and community, working mode and living space in a new way, which help us to explore more different possibilities of life style in postpandemic periord.

Lung system

Lung is one of the respiratory system of human body which supplies oxygen for the daily operation of human body. Therefore, in response to the future extreme environment, an "artificial lung" could be serve as the building system for supporting the operation of daily lifes by applying the principle of lung.

This purification system not only could be used for supplying green energy, it can also serve as a community to carry out activities and exchanges.

lungs

larynx

bronchiole

heart

Pulmonary lobule Air delivery Alveoli purified air Vessels convey exygen

Pipe system

Exchange oxygen Delivery system Air purification

A building system is like a tree which is consisted by different family units, and the composition should be organized while the a community could be generated as a breathing lung inserted in this building system.

Shape generation

Inspired by Mondrian's work, the stopping points, lines and surfaces were combined rhythmically in purpose, assembling as a living space which could be organized in a rational arrangement.

Module components

Tree - Piet Mondrian Broadway Boogie Woogie

transparent

balcony bridge

private

Private model Shared model Bridge model Component of unit

Energy Harvesting System

In order to maintain the basic daily system of the energy and purified oxygen supply for daily life, the lung and whole energy pipeline system are integrated to complete the collaboration of air purification as well as solar energy collecting and transporation.

Nude Graph of the System

"The Alveoli“- Air purifier structure

Each

private

module

can be consisted a family unit which can meet the basic needs of medical, living and working use.

Bedroom

Borders are everywhere and affect our behaviors and lives. The project started from the existing borders of multiple reality, analyzed its various existing forms and symbolic meanings, and designed material experiments to blur the border by various methods of covering, wrapping, destroying and hiding.

On the other hand, as a real border in public space, roadblocks are the actual survey objects. Through the classification and analysis of phenomenology, obstacles are divided into two types of power confrontation, namely the top-down authority and the bottom-up authority. Therefore based on the material exploration, a border blur experiment was carried out on the combination of these two types of roadblocks, and the conclusions of the analysis of public behavior and social existence and metaphor experiments were drawn.

Space border | Bluring | Materials | Social phenonmenon

The game for territories

Wall is a universal existence through human history, no matter in the aspects of architecture or culture. From national borders to family units, humans always tend to build walls to draw their territories, in order to claim their authorities to the lands. In addition, this division strengthens territorial awareness and people's connection.

These walls not only divide the space into different frames, but also seperates people from a united community as in a fortress. Therefore the spontaneous communication are limited in specific public space due to people are isolated by various wall in the society.

What about human nature?

In fact, despite these solid walls as strong as the Great Wall or the Berlin Wall could not defend lands completely, why do governments and individuals still advocate building walls?

Fundamentally, it is a concretization of power. The boundry reflects the relationship between space and power obviously. Everyone is over-throwing, reshaping and dividing the borders of power. We can find this border game between countries, classes and individuals.

However when borders defined by power interfere people's daily life, people also responds, breaking and reshaping borders spontaneously, so that the borders that are being redefined constantly are in the normal state of ambiguity. This border defination makes initiative party and the passive sides into an opposition and confrontation, also making the border be more blur and uncertain. multiple independent fragments, which will influence the continuity of the space undoubtedly.

Therefore, I planed to conduct a series of experiments to invesitaget that how borders and its continuity reshaping by various factors, and how these changes affect the space and behaviors.

First phase - Material experiments

For the first part, I set a 40x40x40cm cube as a physical object of the blury experiment. Furthermore, I considered more possibilities of blurry method, by covering, wrapping, reshaping, disappearing with various material, in order to break, reshape and blur the objects. In the meantime, the connection between object and environment also changed visually and physically with time.

Reshaping Wrapping Covering

Disppearance

Regarding variety and flexibility of walls, I used bricks which is the fundamental material of wall as the object of disppearing, achieving the goal of blurring by smoke and ice, to explore the changes of the physical objects with time.

Translucent pvc Metal mesh DuPont paper Fabric Styrofoam

Bottom - The ice cube reshape the edges of bricks, then disovled over time.

Above - The smoke went through the holes, constantly revealing and bluring the edge.

SOCIAL PHENOMENON CATEGORY

Ruling Class - Person | Top-down Barrier

Person-Ruling Class | Down-top Barrier

Barrier confrontation

Boundary in spaces usually devided by various barriers. Ironically, except the common road barriers or rules made by governments or power class, citizens also resist these limitation by their own barriers which usually are everyday objects. These two rivalries are blurring and forming new borders as a new norm in our society.

Concrete barrier, also called "concrete fortress".

Movable temporary barriers

Fences, most of time there are sharp edges on the top as an unapproachable warning

Bicycle or vehicles, as a symbol of modern transport tools

Furniture, which is a strong symbol of everyday life

1. Barrier set by ruling power

2 . Barrier in city

3. Barrier of construction

4. Redundancy of roadblock

2. Personal barrier

1. Roadbarrier for pretest

3. Furniture barrier

4. Random barrier

The presented confrontation

These confrontations are pretty common in China. Occationally I met this scene in a residence community: An adminstrator was drawing the border of the space. Meanwhile he was also facing the resistence of personal obstacles.

It presented an silence conflict between public and power class, on the other hand it also proved that "the border between the two kinds of power is always in a blurring ambiguity".

Second phase - Site experiment

In Beijing, occasionally I found the scene in a community, there were obstacles placed spontaneously by residents, who used their own methods to redefine the borders of the public space. An strong chain was used to lock objects and fence together. The combination showed a strong attitude for challenging the exisiting rules. I conduct an site experiments with this group of objects with previous blurring methods.

Furniture with road barrier

1 The administrator was drawing edge of parking lot.

Space was clearly defined by the ruling class.

Barriers were placed by people.

Objects were locked by chain

The public border was challenged

Lost and Found

The five human senses are crutial that helping us to obtain comprehensive experience of spaces, as well as for establishing intimacy with others. However, nowadays people are losing the real intimate communication by a flood of virtual reality.

In this project, based on a famous influencial resort in China, I focused on the study of the affection of space on people’s sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch, in order to encourage people to regain a sensory experience through an interior promenade design.

Meanwhile, the lights, wind, sound, and temperature are the important elements for designing the multiexperience in the promenade space. Besides, different materials and approaches are adopted to simulate the changes of forms and scales of the walking space.

Sensory | Intimacy | Materials | Scales | Human experience

SITE

Aranya Resort is a artistic coastal community in northern China which promotes an “utopia” concept to attract people to come for escaping from crowded urban life. However, Aranya has become an commercial and instagrammable stage, being away from the initial concept, by encouraging visitors to show on social medias instead of returning back to real experience. Therefore I intended to create a conceptual space for the pure experience in this community.

The Eyes of the Skin

A Sensory of Architecture

Touch

The true feeling towards the textures of different things.

The Eyes of The Skin, was written by Pallasmaa, which beautifully crafted argument for an Architecture based not only on the sense of sight, also on the other senses, and about how touch, smell, hearing, are the core senses formed human experiences.

Hearing

Sound enables us to gain more stereoscopic experiences.

The body is the centre

Sight

Light helps us to obtain a complete 3D space scene directly and instantly.

Smell

Special smells give us special memories connected with the spaces and experiences.

Taste

Taste is connected with other sense organs.

UCCA Dune Art Museum

Aranya Art Center

Hotel Area

Campsite

Seashore Library

Hotel

Aranya Fishing Platform

Aranya Community Hall

Juhani Uolevi Pallasmaa

Sensory journey

Visitors can gradually leave away from the external crowd through a sequence of spatial design, in order to regain a purer spatial experience.

Sequence of Plan

Enter with comfortable scale

Single pass width

Spatial scale changes

The changes of scales reshape people's experience physically and psycologically.

Double pass width

Extreme single pass width

Double pass width

Single pass width

Extreme single pass width also with 2 meters height

The annular space amplifies the reflection of mild sounds, thus it allows people to perceive the intimacy.Also a wooden bench in a pure dark space would strength people’s feeling of the rough wood surface.

The door towards an exit.

Changes in the relationship between natural energy flow in a space and the five senses

Following the light, visitors regain their sensory experience.

The shrinking scale which is visible at the entrance attracts people to enter the space while the enternal influence is reducing with the shape changes.

The organic form of the passage arose the curiousity and constantly changing the echo and perspectives, and the uneven floor also helps people focus on the movement.

The central space serves as a container that keeping people inside the sphere space, amplifying their sound and other senses. With a peaceful mind, they could notice a faint daylight from the ceiling.

The passage leads people toward the exit. Thanks to the trumpet shape, by wind and fresh air coming in from outside, visitors regain their sights and other sensories.

Visitors obtain a wider spatial experience through the opposite shift of scales.

Shape experiments

Clay was chosen as the material for maquette trials, due to its effect is good for reshaping and exploring an appropriate shap of space, and generate a homogeneous effects as concrete. Meanwhile, this maquettes trial also could explore the possibility to strengeth the tention of the space, as well as the rhythm of the gradient.

3D print model

Annular space provides a relative bigger-scale for strengthen

The spatial form and sequence were developed based on manual maquettes and plan concept, it supported that a precise 3d printed models could be realized. Thanks to the homogeneous materials, a natural and rich effects are seen in physical models. Furthermore, the relation of the structure and site are more clear.

Entrance is revealed from the dune with a welcoming tunnel.

The exaggerated exit before the oppressed scale gives the comparison.

the perception.

Renderings

A rough double bench in the dark arouses people’s touch;

After calming down and looking around, people can find the faint light from the ceiling;

The sound of the intimate conversation and the experience of smell are both amplified.

Lighting Improvement

Cadorna Station Square

The project is located in the Cadorna station square which was designed by Gae Aulenti with an intial idea of a galleries group which centre around pedestrians. However, in fact the space lacks a support of clear lighting environments about the flow, as well as the stucture itself。

Therefore, in this project the zones are divided into fast-pace area and slow-pace area, according the direction of different function, and giving different rhythms of lightings respectively. The original spatial structure are enhanced by lighting fixture, meanwhile a ideal event lighting mode are proposed to give more possibility for citizen activity.

Lighting design | Renovation | Public space | Rhythm & Flow

Cadorna railway station is an important public transport conjunction in Milan. The suqare features junction underground station and stops for one tramway line and eleven bus lines. The main door-front entrance consisted by 9 linear canopies is chosen as the space of this lighting design project.

A series of luminaires with fan-shaped light emission positioned on the metal beams of the canopies, as the main lighting source for providing diffuse illuminance values on the walking ground. The current lighting does not meet the needs of space functions in a entrance square of railway station. Also the lighting doesn't interact with the structure, therefore it can not provide people with a clear guiding function.

C.L.2 - Linear light- RGB - 13.6w

- Linear light- 3000k -350mA

Shops

C.L.5 - LED Strings- 4000k - 7.2w/m

C.L.4 - Linear light- RGB - 24w

Entrance

The visualization of entrance is not visible

Metro entrance

The visualization of entrance is not visible

Waiting area & Benches

The lighting indication of waiting area is not clear, also lighting effects on the sitting area is too flat.

Pick-upanddrop-offareas

Shops & Benches

Lighting effects on the sitting area is too flat.

Passageways

Missing the interaction of the illumination and the structure, also the clear direction