Portfolio
Shihan Wang
Beijing University of Civil Engineering&Architecture
Portfolio Theme My Portfolio focuses on new living modes testing.There are numbers of issues occupying people's daily life, some related to a circle of people, others even bother the safety of a region of people. In order to create a better world, these issues should be solved gradually and naturally, instead of just publishing a legilation or law. In my opinion,architecture is the combination of artistic imagination of future and
practical solution. It can be a method of ploblem solving, a DOOR explores the unknown field. It is an imagination that dealing with the reality issues.
History Recalling Generation Gap Stress Border Conflicts?
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Project 1: Caring on the Border
Project 2: Enjoy the Time
Project 3: 'Mind the Gap'
Project 4: Keep the Wave in Glory
Other works
Illustrating the solving methods of severe border conflicts on Durand Line, giving the children there a shelter of safety and virtue.
Trying to provide a relaxing and comfortable space for people overworking everyday
Mend the generation gap in the society
A Bathing house near an ancient fort used for coastal defense.
Other architectual design works, paintings, models, sketches
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P11-P14
P1-P5
Cooperate with Yukan Zhu My part: part of the rendering, model making, plan designing, architectural design, background and contextual analysis ,concept development
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P19
Caring on the Border
normal borders borders with conflicts
—— Religious School Design
Border Situations
The purpose of the project is to zoom in the border relationships between nations and trying to use a building to fix the gaps between countries and improve the lives of people living near the border.
borders with severe conflicts
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semi-open borders
Site: Durand Line Date: 2020.10-2021.1 Type: Academic Individual Work Instructor: Zhu Xueshen Email: zh.xshen@qq.com
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Disturb the daily lives of local residents
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semi-open borders that allow people on both sides to cross easily
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Normal borders that set high walls of fences to avoid trespassing The seesaw set on the border strengthen the bond of the people on both sides.
The army and fences cut off the communication, a n d l o o k s dangerous.
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The seesaws installed on US Mexico borders (2019)
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8 It is essencial for the border to prevent s m u g g l i n g b e t w e e n countries.
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Kuwait-Iraq Border
The demilitarized zone
Why not let the sameorigin countries celebrate their common customs? Pakistan-Afghanistan border
The border seperate family members on both sides.
It is so nice to has a such simple border, very convenient.
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Belgium–Netherlands border
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Present Contextual Condition
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Unsafety The conflict between the Taliban, the Afghanistan government, the Pakistani government, and foreign (including American) troops in the area is often violent. The Durand Line endures suicide bombs, air strikes, or street fighting almost every day.
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5.13 2007 2.3 2011 Jun. 2011 Jul. 2011 Aug. 2011 9.7 2011 9.25 2011 10.10 2011 1.12 2012 5.31 2014 6.24 2014 6.13-16 2016 2.17–19 2017 5.5 2017 4.15 2018
Low Education Condition
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Space Strategy
Site Analysis
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Large area of residential spaces on both side, located in the valley.
Torkham
Belief habit
The border crossing that allow people on two side cross through.People on both side cross the border frequently, to sell goods or visit relatives.
relatives
They share one belief, the same habits, even some people on both sides are relatives.
entry
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The shape comes from the icon of Islamic belief,due to the large proportion of Pshtun tribe.Spaces on the corner are classrooms, the centre of the icon may be an area for worship,which allows people different sides to watch,also perform here.The rest part are entrances to the building.
Torkham
The place that suitable for a new building
The border cut apart the whole Pashtun tribe, seperate them into two countries.
Connecting the rectangles and forming the polygon as the stage for perform and worship.The space of 1st floor should be devided according to the polygon.The roof of the building should be fancy, to let the light straightly illuminate on the middle atrium.
Pashtun tribe
Shape Evolution a. space evolution
Ground floor First floor
b. windows forming
Classrooms
c. roof forming
spaces go upper and upper Add bricks inside to make the windows fancier
strech the edges of a square to make it looks like the shape of a veil 3
What is the meaning of a religious belief?
Space Arrangement of functions The building has the functions of both for children and adults. 1 classrooms for teaching
Advocate of Islam—— People believe in Islam but not that radical
2 centre platform for performance and pray 3 spaces for arts tutorial and exhibition
Kafir —— People do not believe in Mohammed
4 student cafe 5 library
Muslim —— loyal and radical believer
The building should not only provide children a sheter, but also classrooms and spaces to celebrate the common identities that the Pashtuns on both sides share.
6 gardening space Worship area Go up step by step,and change the view of seeing what is happening on the worship area
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We hope to let the children watch the worship from a upper sight of view, and rethink of this belief, learn the good sides of it by observing it, and give up the negative points
Children's paths Adults' paths
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Path of adult Muslim
——devout and peace
People's sight
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Start of holy journey They are doing worship
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What are they doing?
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Gazing the sacredness
Is that essencial?
I t is the custom of our culture,but how to think of that, is up to you
The ceremony 4
Path of children —— happiness and learn
entrance of the building 1 The for chhildren
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The classrooms set on the both sides of the centre corridor, allow the children taking courses, at the same time, watch the people pass by their window.
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Children go up stairs and meet the functions successively.
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The art space set along with the islamic style windows.
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Students canteen with the islamic style window.
doted light shine on 6 The the floor celebrate the space for children: art space, canteen, library.
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Enjoy the Time With the development of social technology, people are chasing for higher efficiency, which leads to the international wide heavy working load, especially in big cities. People work for livelihoods suffer from high pressure and are forced to work overtime. So this building is designed for these busy and laborious people a place to relax, to release the pressure and 'steal' some time from their tight timetable. Site: Zhongguancun Street, Beijing Date: 2021.2-2021.5 Type: Academic Individual Work Instructor: Zhu Xueshen Email: zh.xshen@qq.com
■Location
China A fast growing country
Beijing One of the busiest cities in China
Haidian ——The disytict has the most university students and work people
The Site —— L o c a t e d o n Z h o n g g u a n c u n Street, centre of the area with lots of commercial shops, course institutions and Universities
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996 People 's emerging
With the Development of society and People's demands, many careers need to work overtime till very late,accompany with the heavier pressure
■ Some 996 Career's Life IT Department
■RouteAnalysis The Lines show how all walks of people pass the site.
Work Time: 9.AM-7.PM Work Type: Sedentariness Demands: Some exercise to keep fit; Dinner
Institution Teacher Work Time: 9.AM-10.PM Work Type: Stand, Lecture,Tutorial Demands: Quiet Environment, Dinner
Site ■Users: Food Delivery, People work there,students Commercial & Restaurants Routes across the site
Media Worker Work Time: 9.AM-12.PM Work Type: Sedentariness, Negotiate Demands: Some exercise to keep fit; Dinner, Quiet Environment
Doctors & Nurses Work Time: uncertain Work Type: Emergencies; Consultation Demands: Quiet Environment; Sleeptight Night; Relaxed meal
■Users: Food Delivery, People work there Work Places Routes across the site ■Users: Residents, Children Residential areas Routes across the site
■Users: Children, Teachers, Food Delivery T r a i n i n g Institutions
Designers,Game Developers Work Time: 9.AM-2.AM Work Type: Consultation, Sedentariness, Drawing Demands: Sleep-tight Night; Relaxed meal; Exercise
Routes across the site
■Users: Doctors, Nurses, Food Delivery Hospitals
Food Delivery Man Work Time: Any Meal Time Work Type: Delivery Demands: Sleep-tight Night; Relaxed meal;
Routes across the site
■Users: Students, Food Delivery Universities
WORKING TIME AND STRESS RELATED TO THE JOB
Routes across the site
Less than 12 hours' work
More than 12 hours' work
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7:00.PM-9:00.PM
Function Analysis
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Users' routes
Function: Design for people work just after work.
10:00.PM-0:00.AM Users' routes
Function: Design for people finished work a bit late.
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Reading Space Leisure Space
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Gym Hotel
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Changing room
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0:00.AM-2:00.AM First floor Plan 1:2000 1 Hall
2 Gym
3 changing room
Users' routes
4 restroom
5 hotel
Landscape Analysis& Shape Evolution
Function: Design for people work till next day.
According to the path of nearby useres, cut the site into several pieces and form the alleys and green spaces. Inspired by the Clock , we extract the time zones on a clock and pick out the zones used by people overwork: 19:00-21:00; 22:00-24:00; 0:00-2:00; 3:00-5:00
2:00.AM-5:00.AM Function: Design for people work till tomorrow or some career need to work during this period,for example, food deliverers.
Rooms for rest and relax Breakfast for people finish or ready to work
Have a snap Green Space
Paths across the site
Devide the site into 12 pieces like a clock
Shape the building and landscape
Seat in front of the window Reading and Chatting
Users' routes Breafkast
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Section Illustration 2
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1.7:00.PM It is time for relax! After several hours' work, a gym or a book bar is a good place to go!
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2.Gather people together Have dinner after work and chat with others.
1.It is 1:00.AM now! 1:00.AM, people feel exhausted after work, searching for a place,a quiet place to relax and have a rest.
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1 2.Enjoy the evening
1.Where Can we go after work? The building is a good place to relax and relieve pressure.
1 2.Several entrance These platforms connect the whole building together.'
-Where are you going? -I am going to the gym. Chattig can relieve my stress!!!
We can choose to stay alone or talking with others.
Rush to the gym!
Run away from the boss and clients!!!
So many books there!
I love the green space!
The green space can relieve my pressure.
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Section Illustration The ground floor is a hotel,the first floor is a small reading room.
-It is enjoyable to read some books before sleep.
- 2hours left for work, have some breakfast here.
I like gazing the sky at night.
The blocks provide privacy for customers.
Look! The sun rise!
Read some books. Then have a rest! I am exhausted, and starving!
You can rest on the ground floor.
It is 11:00.PM now, a bit late.
Several stairs can seat.
Where to go before dawn?
Just have a rest!
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Mind the 'GAP' Site: Roman Road,east London type: Academic individual work Instructor: Oscar Brito Gonzalez emai: o.brito@csm.arts.ac.uk
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—— Community Market&Square Design
This is a large residential area, people's houses live "inside" ,the commercial shops located "outside", on the roman road, which largely provide convenience to the local residents.As the local people can easily buy the goods they 4 types of the services they want ,and get most want.They can buy the products they want, they can relax in their ways they want, but the publlic gathering area is not being fullly used.
residential area commercial shops green areas primary schools public gathering area places that children occupy
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The health centre works, it has some other casual activities as well, some people will come .
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OLGA Primary School
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Chisenhale Dance Space
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Chisenhale Gallery
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St. Stephens Green
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Old Ford Primary School
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Generation Gap Illustration
-provides opportunity to have conversations Lack of leisure activity spaces
-the openning time is after students' sending school time
-commit crimes &antisocial behaviours
-parentsgo to the market themselves or take their younger baby toghther
shop goers
-occupy the parks to chat and smoke
vendors
classical
parents (leisure time)
- no place for children. local young people Cindy:
There is no space for my children to play. we don't have a safe park
The primary schools -find their related books or resources after school -accompanied by their parents -a place for them to socialize.
advanturous
experience
patience mistake acceptability
looking after kids
children playing
Old People
flexibility
Market
The elderly are like isolated islands, need to be learned from but sometimes misunderstood. Old People are classical, but sometimes a bit stubborn.
vintage tea cup
vintage clothes
vintage jeweller
newspaper
coffee
clothes making
elctronic devices
hoodie
pop-up shop
skateboard
art
music
flexibility
old people chatting
pupil parents
reading or studying
classical
advanturous
experience
Shops on the street -restraunts,cafes,barbers' shops or nail shops. -opportunity to chat as a habit.
Embracing
Mollie: Not always great for studying, can get very noisy.
retired old people
Young People
patience mistake acceptability
The young are hidden under tainted spectacles. They have many shining points but always underestimated and have prejudices against them.
Model Testing Using the block can make two squares embraced by the building
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Colourful tranparent PVCsheet can reflect colourful shadow on the ground .
The columns have more potential for the shadow ,according to the direction of the sun.
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Change the way of arranging the transparent element. We can get quite different result.
Try to combine different colours of the material to see if it combines good.
Colourful PVC Sheet
Block
Using the twist can make three squares embraced by the building which are not so sharp
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Detail testing
Twist Using the twist can make three squares embraced by the building which are not so sharp
Ribbon
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Young People's Space Glass handrail
Roof detail section
people's route
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The tainted glass make the colourful facade on the street makes the building visable
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The socialising space provides places for young and old people to exchange ideas and interests
50mm earth 30mm prefabricated panel 10mm flooring Bumper Fixed joint Base support Joist steel Steel truss frame
The building is combined by two ' ribbons '. The ribbons of young people provide the young people some space to sell and exchange their stuff.
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3 Standing on the top of this building, people can see
what is happening on the square and wander on the platform
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Old People's Space
1 The socialising space provides places for young and old people to exchange ideas and interests
aluminium dull polish lid
50X100mm steel beam
Roof-Sliding door illustration people's route
truss frame continuous overhead track trolley wheels run on track sliding door joinst
The ribbon of old people provides the old people some space to sell and exchange their stuff.
slide folding door
Roof-Sliding door detail section
2 The "ribbon" of elderly people has some shops and socialising space for the old, also can attracts the young
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The view on the street. The building now looks much more 3 visable and attractive, could gather the people in this region together.
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Keep the Wave in Glory Sensory Bathhouse Design Competition
Location: Milreu Fortress in Ericeira, Portugal Type: Academic Competition Contribution: Group work (Rhino model, Plan design, part of perspectives, background analysis, contextual analysis, detail illustration) Date: 2021.6-2021.8 Instructor: Zhu Xueshen Email: zh.xshen@qq.com
The Milreu Fortress is a historical landmark located within a remarkable place, a natural scenery where the remains of the Fortress together with the steep cliffs and the immensity of the Atlantic ocean are prominent features within this setting . The Site Bathhouse is an introspective, fully immersive embodied sensory experience of water, light, scents, sound and temperature. The ruin was used for coastal defense, facing the sea, watching the waves. The building is guarding the waves. 15
Contextual Analysis
Background Timeline
1670-1675
Built after Portuguese Restoration War
1680
Garrisoned
1751
In poor condition because of harsh winter
1755
Aggravated by earthquake
1796
1806
Garrisoned Abandoned
1821
In an advanced state of ruin.
1831-1832
Repaired during the Portuguese Civil War
1853
Abandoned again and in a degraded state
1871
1880
Parts of the fort were No remaining used in the rebuilding military function of the Church
1891
1910
1940
1946- present
Occupied by Ceased repairation Restore the fort M a n y i d e a s f o r the Portuguese with the dissolution the usage of the Fiscal Guard of the monarchy building but failed
Prosperity Analysis Garrison
1 st time Abandon
2 nd time Abandon
Regular on use
Abandon
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Site Plan
Concept Development The wave icon
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Extract the wavy curve
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Extract the edge of the cliff
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3 1 Entrance 2 Ancient Part 3 Contemporary Part 4 Central Bathing Area 5 Outdoor Bathing 6 The ruin
The wavy shape
42℃
Vertical feeling
Natural sound
Wood
Hot 35℃
Outdoor interaction
Sound of sea
Dark&Rough
Moderate 14℃
Sense of repression
Indoor sound
Light&Smooth
Cold
The bathhouse will be designed according to four dimension: sight view, hearing, touching and temperature, aiming to provide a comfortable and unique experience for the customers. Sight view The view design consist of vertical feeling, which makes the space large and relaxed, outdoor interactions add more interests and the sense of represion can create serious atmosphere. Hearing Natural sound like seabird and wind makes people relaxed, seat indoor next to the window makes eased, and indoor sound create serene and deep imagination. Touching The touch of wood feels warm, the dark and rough material recalls history and the light and smooth material create easy feeling. Temperature The bathing pools have hot, moderate and cold, provide different experience. Sight View
Hearing
Touching
Divide the building like the wave
The final outlook of the building
Temperature 17
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Other Works -Pavillion Design 1
1 Roman Road Common Room provides a space for local residents,which substitute the old common room that was worn-out
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2 The Nuclear Bomb memorial competition
A tini gallery to memorize the history of nuclear bomb war,cherish the peaceful lives today
The Roman Road Common Room,2019
the Nuclear Bomb Memorial Competition,2021
-Brainstorm works
5m
Thunderbird: In the sky
10cm
Bowtruckle Lives in trees
Pixiu's place
Luoyu Can fly or swim 30cm 4m
Niffler Run in the pipes
Newt's place Thunderbird Fly in the sky
50cm
5m
Zouwu
Pixiu
Run on the ground
Like to eat treasures, like gold
The Box of the Fantastic Beasts
The idea was originated from the movie 'Fantastic beasts'. The box was carried by Newt, the hero to raise his animals, but nobody knows the construction.
Bowtruckle's place Zouwu's place Luoyu's place Niffler: In the pipes
So this is an imagination of the box, to give all kinds of beasts a home according to their habits.
The box of the Fantastic Beasts.2019
-Art works
-Academic works 1
1 Baishan Cultural Centre
A community centre for local residents,have the function of stadium, classrooms and a theatre. Baishan Cultural Centre,2020
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Paintings and Sketches,2018
2 Sports themed Community Design
A community themed sports to encourage local residents do more sports. Accompanied with complete infrastructural Community Design ,2021 facilities
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