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[PORTFOLIO]: ARCHITECTURE SELECTED PROJECTS | 2017-2024 WENYI ZHANG

B.A. Bachelor of Arts with honours (Architecture) | University of Liverpool B.Eng. Bachelor of Engineering (Architecture) | Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University M.Arch. Master of Architecture (Year 2 Candidate) | University of Pennsylvania Apply for Summer Intern Position 2024

Contact: zwyirita@upenn.design.edu | +1 267-275-2047

"Categorical right angle of the character of the spirit of the heart. I mirrored myself in this character and found myself found at home found Horizontal vision in front."

"The law of the meander is active in the thoughts and enterprises of men forming their ever renewing avatars. But the trajectory gushes out from the mind and is projected by the clairvoyants beyond confusion"

CO-LOCATION Mediator of the Existing with the New, A Housing Project

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Coupled with A Public Library 2023.09-2023.12 | School Work (University of Pennsylvania) Individual Work | Academic Design

Tutor | Ben Krone (ben@gradientarch.com)

CO-LOCATION Mediator of the Existing with the New, A Housing Project Coupled with A Public Library

"Sitopia" An Alimental Urban Revitalization Plan for Alsop Building; Building the City's Orchard and Food Tower: An Innovative Urban Methodology of Food Growth; Distribution and Consumption

Nocturne 7 in November A Revival Project for Fairmount Water Works and An Educational Center for Sustainable Water System; Series of Orchestrated Spaces Challenging the Circulation of Traditonal Museum, as A Welcoming Educational Center

Chamber of Hallucination A Complex Chamber Presenting Hallucinations from Envelope to Interior Integrated with Material of Carbon Fiber ; An Interactive Installation on Upenn Campus

"Lab It!" A Laboratory-Focused STEM Science High-School Lies in range of High Mountains; A Clustered-Management Conceptual Campus Design

Greenbelly of Chinatown A self-sufficient community activated by an urban farming plan supporting the restaurant in chinatown as a food backhouse

Snow Falling in the Lane A Rest Pavilion on the Highway among the Snowy Alps; A Ice-and-Snow Art Gallery with the Most Existing View of Continuous Mountains covered by snow all year around

Other Works Imaginative Activities; Painting and Photography Surveying and mapping; Construction Drawings

Site Location | Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, USA

With the proliferation of electronic devices and the bustling urban lifestyles, traditional libraries, paper books, and printing industries face formidable challenges. The original public library in Red Hook underwent an extended closure for renovation, yet the artists and residents in the area still require access to a public library. Moreover, the printing industry located around Red Hook would benefit from and collaborate with the additional programme of public library, the printing and publishing house. "Welcome to My Collection" is a housing project coupled with a new public library accompany with the embodied printing and publishing house, situated in Red Hook, New York City. This project primarily targets artists, craftsmen, and engineers providing technical support, fostering active co-living, co-working, and co-creation. They share the need to publish their works and achievements for the public's benefit. Furthermore, a substantial portion of their individual collections could be exhibited and made accessible to the public.

Reconfigured Existing Structures and Mediated Innovation

Guided by the concept of reconfiguring old existing structures for the new, the project mediates interactions both within and outside, dealing with the intermediation of the front and back side of the existing facade, facilitating engagement between the artists, craftsmen, engineers, and the public. The building’s lower part, a local branch library with private collection of the residents of artists here, is renovated in line with its neighbouring buildings of similar materials of red bricks with the metal wrapping tearing the horizontal openings, mediating the existing and the new. The building's upper part, a 3 stories co-living artists' community of similar design language in yellow bricks shows verticality. Additionally, the inclusion of a bookstore and a weekend book flea market provides the potential for spiritual communication involving private collections from the community's residents, artistic publications, and collections owned by the neighboring inhabitants.

Overall Birdview Isometric | 01 | Conceptual Diagram | 02 | Site Plan | 03 | Close-up Corner Exploded Isometric | 04 | Floor Plans | 05 |

Orchestrated Geometric Composition of Clusters

Rhythmic Skyline and Lively Co-Living Community in Red Hook Focused on reshaping old structures for the new, the project actively facilitates interactions within and beyond its confines. It skillfully navigates the mediation between the front and back side of the existing facade, fostering lively connections among artists, craftsmen, engineers, and the public, forming a new rhythmic skyline in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The Statue of Liberty in the distance and the Manhattan skyline complement with Red Hook brilliantly.

The existing structure (lower part) is composed with the heavy red brick facade and the heavy timber frame in relatively large sizes compared to the contemporary timber structure system.When it comes to wrapping the heavy timber structure while keeping the linear characteristics of the wrapping language, two pieces of matel panels are proposed to conceal the structure while a few linear gaps between the geometries are left.The gaps between the two panels show the linearity and verticality, thin and tall. This both creates the possibility of natural ventilation with the chminey and the space for HVAC system.The depth of the gaps could be adjusted according to the amount of the requirements of ventilation so that the indoor floor area could be enlarged while the air quality still remain optimized.

The lower segment transforms into a local branch library housing the private collections of resident artists, harmonizing with neighboring red brick structures adorned with metal wrapping. The upper portion, a threestory co-living artists' community constructed with yellow bricks, exudes verticality. Notably, the incorporation of a bookstore and a weekend book flea market accentuates the vibrant community spirit, enabling spiritual communication through private collections, artistic publications, and contributions from neighboring inhabitants.

Cluster Exterior Details | 01 | Typical Roof Typology | 02 | Key Plan | 03 | North Elevation | 04 | Section | 05 |

"Sitopia"

Finding A Better Massing Solution for Embracing the 'Sitopia' P

An Urban Revitalization Plan for Alsop Building P

2021.2 - 2021.6 | School Work Individual Work | Academic Design (University of Liverpool)

Therefore, a gap is left between two blocks of the building for circulation and natural light. An exhibition hall is added for graduation gallery and school show, enclosing a semi-square in-between. 'Sitopia' can be a veritally developed greenhouse and a naturally lighting glass cube for enhanceing the light situation and ventilation system. Hence, two 'Sitopia' are arranged with different shape according to its position. Because of the functional modifications inside, specially designed skylights are set for the library use.

Tutor | Emma Curtin (E.Curtin@liverpool.ac.uk; +44 0151 795 9238) Site Location | Alsop Building, University of Liverpool, Brownlown Hill, Liverpool

This is an Alimental Urban Revitalization Plan for Alsop Building, located in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Referred to the concept of 'Sitopia', which is an urban possibility raised by Carolyn Steel, the city of utopia could be better created by welcoming the thinking and acting through food beause people cannot live without food in an imaginative society. Meanwhile, the whole world is suffering from the global pandemic and the cities are witnessing all unexpected problems, including the booming number of people rushing to purchase the food and necessities in the supermarket and the insufficient support of delivery and transportation. The concept of 'Food Growing Tower' in the city is solidified as a pilot project in this alimental urban revitalization plan for Alsop Building, which is constructing the vertical developed greenhouse for food growing to support the partial alimental requirements of city dewellers and whose height is modified according to the size of the population.

The oringal Alsop Building has the problems including the lack of daylight, the block issue of ground floor, the low effiency of outdoor space and the vacant design of indoor/outdoor public realms.

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A. Step 0: The original building

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Original layout and relation with the sideways and

Adding a crystal corridor for daylight, a greenhouse

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'SITOPIA' Challenging the Original Food System The original food system contains the food production; food distribution and food consumption. City dwellers decide where to get food mainly accorrding to the distance. If ANY of process was not working well, then the food system will go wrong. With the food system 'folded' in urban area, Assuming that the city could have its own ochards and farms in forms of 'FOOD TOWER', the food system could be benefit. The 'Sitopia' could be arranged vertically based on the demand.

The added structures not only fulfilled their functional missions as greenhouses and food towers servicing the academic community of university of Liverpool, but also witness the stories of surrounding public space and the daily lives of students and university facultiess.

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Aimed at better the spatial quality of Alsop building, more roof space are welcoming the occupants of the building. Moreover, the private academic space are more quite and concentrated. Additionally, the skylight from two crystal strustures light up the building in a silent way covered by the food and plants grown inside.

Greenhouse close-up | 01 | 1

"Sitopia": Food Producing and Distribution System | 02 | Tradition Food Distribution System Locations | 03 | "Sitopia" Distrubution Locations | 04 | A birdview of colorful and lively activities in the Sitopia | 05 | Upper floor plans (First; Second; Third Floor plans showing the vertical relation) | 06 | Ground Floor Plan with carefully rearranged surroundings | 07 |

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1 | Library; 2 | Computer Rooms; 3 | Corridor; 4 | Classrooms

5 | Vertical Sitopia; 6 | Offices; 7 | Laboratories

8 | Greenhouse; 9 | Food Tower

Greenhouse in the ‘Sky’ 228sqm

Urban Greenary 158sqm

Common Space 128sqm Exhibition Space 128sqm

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Construction Details of "Sitopia"

Roof and Skylight Construction:

Floor Construction:

01 150mm Aluminium Sheet

Designed to function a 'Sitopia' well, the vertically developed growing farms in a similar form with greenhouse are arranged sustainably in light steel frame structure with lightgage steel joists fixed outside.

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15 40mm walnut timber floor finish 16 150mm timber keel

03 50mm x 30mm keel

10 400mm x 250mm I-section Steel rafter

17 120mm leveling blanket

04 Steel compressed belfast truss

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05 300mm x 200mm I-section Steel rafter

12 L-section steel keel supporting

19 180mm foam plate insulation

06 L-section aluminium keel supporting

13 Steel Drainage cover

20 500mm reinforrceed concete slab

14 Drainage gutterway with waterproof

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slant roof 07 Steel window frame

22 500mm x 300mm reinforced column and beam 23 300mm x 200mm reinforced column and beam

Nocturne 7 in November A Revival Project for Fairmount Water Works and An Educational Center for Sustainable Water System 2022.10-2022.12 | School Work

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Individual Work | Academic Design

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Tutor | Danielle Willems (dwillems@design.upenn.edu)

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Site Location | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Waterworks Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA

Nocturne is defined as a short composition of a romantic or dreamy character suggestive of night, normally has three parts. This project, ended at my 7th massing solution for 501 studio in November, shares the similarity with Nocturne. The water filtration system normally has at least three main processes, which is embodied at the three main levels of changes in the landscape for revealing the three main processes of water infrastructures. The main structure, with a relatively small volume, is a complex composition of a romantic or dreamy character suggestive of water, also has three main massings with the functional programmes of museum, educational center and boathouse.

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There are only two museums related to water while there are over sixty all over the world. Thanks to the Fairmount Water Works next to the site, this museum, aimed at being an educational center of water systems supporting the Schuylskill River water ecology and reviving the Fairmount Water Works coming into use again, challenges the conventional circulation of traditional museums and seeks for interactive experiences.

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Series of Orchestrated Spaces Challenging the Circulation of Traditonal Museum RESEARCH LABORATORIES & WORKSHOPS

The ground floor and the landscape is delaminated and the water infrastructure beneath is revealed. The ground level is almost opened up welcoming the visitors. The museum is also delaminated from the ground and gives the freedom of people’s movement.

MAIN SPACE OF EXHIBITION

MAIN CIRCULATION SPACE CONNECTING EXHIBITION SPACE AND EDUCATIONALCENTER

BOATHOUSE & STORAGE SPACE

Choisy | 01 |

The overall orientation and arrangement of the plan as well as the elevation and vertical organization of the design show the strong sense of diagonal information refined from the urban connection between the Benjamin Franklin Pkwy and the pathway leading to the site. It is continuous looping, linear but not simply linear from a single direction. The linear is knitted back and forth with ambiguity, assuming there is no end.

Conceptual Elevation Collage | 02 | UNDERGROUND WATER SYSTEM

Second Floor Plan | 03 |

EDUCATIONAL CENTER

Chunk Model | 04 | Exploded Tectonics | 05 | Short Section in Scale | 06 |

WATER FLITRIRATION SYSTEMS WITH INFRASTRUCTURES

WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS WITH INFRASTRUCTURES

Chamber of Hallucination A Complex Chamber Presenting Hallucinations from Envelope to Interior Integrated with Material of Carbon Fiber 2022.9-2022.10 | School Work Group Work | Academic Design Group Members | Wenyi Zhang; Song Zhang; Kodak Han; Sahil Shah Tutor | Danielle Willems (dwillems@design.upenn.edu)

This project is an investigation of the possibilities of hallucination in an architectural context. The overall geometry is based on three tunnels interlocking with each other and the solid members creating the hallucinated effects by means of several different applications of the mirrors, including the mirror reflecting the real world, the mirror reflecting the tunnel itself and creating the non-existing infinite space and the angled mirror reflecting single object to infinity. Integrating the weaving patterns created by the material of carbon fiber and the threedimensional drawing patterns designed upon the planar surfaces of the overall geometries, this installation is supposed to create an atmosphere of illusions so that a question of “whether it is real or fake” and “believe it or not” is thrown out to the audience.

Interactive Installation on Campus Because of the fancy black and white appearance and the interactive reflective mirror inside, Chamber of Hallucination shows its attractiveness on campus. Even there was a businessman from Warton asking us that whether it could be sold as interior furniture installation. Therefore, we all consider the importance of the public installations' interactivable characteristics should be emphasized.

Geometric Composition | 01 | Photos of Chamber Model on Campus | 02 - 07 | Elevation Hallucination | 08 |

Overall, the idea of the installation is manifesting architectural hallucination versus real world. We focus on how the tunnels could be better wrapped with carbon fibers and enclosed with partial solids, how the hallucinations could be developed in the interior void and finally how the façades could be ambiguously dizzy by means of the patterns.

Because the prefabricated pieces of the chamber are all operable and interlocking with each other perfectly, the move of this large chamber is easy and it could be pieced together quickly. Hence, we all think the logical process of disassembling the mass and well designed interlocking should be a interesting and important procedure in the design process.

"Lab It!"

A Bettered Educational System: Laboratory-Focued Spatial Typology

A Laboratory-Focused STEM Science High-School Lies in range of High Mountains

The original high school education system in Turkey follows the traditional timeline. Students of different grades occupy their own classrooms and share the common labs and workshops. The link between classrooms and labs show weak. The labs and workshops are 'sliced' by time period, which results the weak communication between students of different grades. Also, teachers often have their own office buildings and come to the classrooms until there are classes, which makes the interaction among teachers and students not vivid enough according to the top educational requirments of TUBITAK. Therefore, a laboratory-focused spatial typology is supposed. The labs and related classrooms are clustered into different groups and share a common public space, which enhance the link between classrooms and labs. Also, the shared public space can provide a suitable space of cross-grade communication of a specific subject. Moreover, clusters are also equipped with related office space to provide teachers a temporary office space when there is not class.

2021.11 - 2021.12 | Bid Project Group Work | Professional Work (Working at Darchi Architects Co. LTD) Group Member | Wenyi Zhang(Dominant Architecture&Landscape Designer); Xiancheng Xu(General Project Adviser); Yitian Tan(Interior Designer)

Space categories based on high school education system in Turkey

Site Location | TUBITAK Gebze Yerleskesi, Baris, Turkey

Students will share the labs

STEM Science High-School is designed for TUBITAK, which is Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. It is located at Gebze in Turkey among the mountains and next toTurkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology. Aimed at designing a top education insititution with the technical support of the surrounding high-tech institutions. A laboratory-focused spatial typology is proposed and clusters of compositive study and living space is illustrated arhitecturally. 'Lab It!' is aimed at forming a perfectly designed campus, which is more suitable for the lab life than traditional high school in Turkety.

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The clustered labs are more focused on their own subjects. They are re-arranged at a more suitable position closer to the classrooms and connecting the professors and the students according to the program analysis. This horizontal division is an embodiment of the combination and utilization of buildings. The movement and turning of the volumns encluse courtyards and form multiple senarios of public communication and activity spaces between different labs on campus.

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Occupants | Students: 450 / 4 Grades; Staffs: 50

Area | Approximately 30,850 sqm (Append: an outdoor sports ground, and surrounding landscape)

Site | Approximately 50,000 sqm

Clusters of Small-scaled Laboratries encouraging learning in nonlecture format, exposing the students to scientific method in action and featuring both hands-on and minds-on research components

Laboratry of Communitive Atmosphere

Functional space Connection for communication Circulation space

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DIAGRAMMING DESIGN PROCESSES AND THE STEP-BY-STEP MASSING SOLUTIONS OF THE PROJECT

Vivid School Life in Campus with Slopes and Corridors

Horizontal Dimension: Openness and Enclosure

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1 | Interlacing Corridors: Say 'Hi' to your friends in the Courtyard 2 | Slopes: Enjoy the Rampway outside 3 | Courtyard: Spend your Spare Time here 4 | Distant Interaction: A Quick Pathway to Other Buildings 5 | Vivid Corridors: Perfectly Arranged Circulation among the Buildings 6 | Rooftop: Intersection of Massing and Dynamic Roof Space 7 | Look from Distance: A Birdview to Observe Vitality of Campus Life 8 | Platforms: Open Space outside Laboraties for relax 9 | Enclosure and Flowing Space: Circulation is Flowing because Space is Flowing

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THE MASSING PROPORTION OF BUILDING PROGRAMMES

SITUATED PROGRAMMES WITH SUITABLE ORIENTATION; ADJUST AND COMBINE

LOCATE CIRCULATION AT THE JOINTS AND CORNERS

SPAN CORRIDOR

MODIFIED MASSING

VACANT SPACE

DEVELOP MORE HORIZONTALLY CIRCULATION WITH SPAN CORRIDORS

ADJUST THE PROPORTION AND LEAVE THE TERRACES ON THE SPARED ROOFTOP

LIFT SEVERAL MASSING UP AND LEAVE VACANT SPACE FOR VIEW, WIND AND CIRCULATION

ARRANGE ROOMS

CLUSTER ROOMS

BALCONY AND SLOPE

ARRANGING DORMITORIES; CLASSROOMS; LABS; OFFICES WITH HALLWAYS SURROUNDED

CLUSTER ROOMS IN DIFFERENT PAIRS AND LEAVE CORRIDORS BETWEEN EACH

LOCATE BALCONIES FOR VIEWS AND SLOPES BASED ON CIRCULATION REQUIREMENTS

The cloisters of the courtyard, the overhead stands, and the lifted ground floors seek to furthe break through the traditional decentrialized buildings.

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The clustered-lab system is composed by several specific rooms and open laboratoies with patition walls. The suitably matched void of the overall massing make a bright laboratory and the surrounding landscapes form the view of the labs.

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The design suitably fits on the site with detailed analysis and can function well in the valley as a bridge. The landscape can be arranged following the contour and make the courtyard more interesting. Also, the concept takes the sight into consideration with the specially designed platforms facing the Aegean Sea.

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A Bettered Educational System: Laboratory-Focued Spatial Typology

Study of different space in high school

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The cloisters of the courtyard, the overhead stands, and the lifted ground floors seek to furthe break through the traditional decentrialized buildings. Students could spend their spare time at central courtyard. Circulation is flowing because space is flowing, The semi-enclosure of the courtyard provides the sense of safety for the students and facultiess.

Therefore, a laboratory-focused spatial typology is supposed. The labs and related classrooms are clustered into different groups and share a common public space, which enhance the link between classrooms and labs. Also, the shared public space can provide a suitable space of cross-grade communication of a specific subject. Moreover, clusters are also equipped with related office space to provide teachers a temporary office space when there is not class.

Dormitory Combination

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This is a typical cluster plan of the laboraties. Two labs share a preparing room and public space for relax. The whole cluster shows an envelope of glass for the mountion viewing and the broaden horizon in the beatiful surroundings.

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2nd Floor

Computer Lab and Robotics Lab are shared by all grades students. Also, these labs can be a good presentation of lab-focused campus life. Therefore, these labs are enlarged.

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GREENBELLY OF CHINATOWN

Uban Farming Stages and Self-sufficient Community The proposal develops following the certain subdivison spatial conditions, including stage (1) Residential + Greenhouse; stage (2) Restaurants + Greenhouse and stage (3) Roof Greenhouse + Tourist Leveled-up Corridors.

An Existing-Context-Based Urban Revitalization Methodology in Philadelphia

PCDC decides to set few plans fighting against gentrification, which has happened in Chinatown North and is happening all around Chinatown. An Urban Farming Plan to build a “Sitopia”, using food to protect the Chinatown and build an anti-gentrification bubble, is proposed by PCDC.

2023.1-2023.4 | School Work

Afterwards, PCDC collaborates with Grounded in Philly to open the opportunity for Chinatown residents to urban farming on their land. This proposal is supported by Grounded in Philly, which provides a lot of skill supports. Afterwards, an Urban Farming Plan in Chinatown North Developed by PCDC and Grounded in Philly, Supporting the Restaurant Industries in Chinatown (RICE) as a Food Resource Backhouse.

Individual Work | Academic Design Studio | Penn Architecture 502 studio | Architectures of Commoning V.4: De-Gentrified Futures

Isometric | 01 | Urban Farming Stages | 02 | Close-up of Roof Greenhouse | 03 |

Professor | Eduardo Rega ( erega@design.upenn.edu) Site Location | Chinatown, Philadelphia, USA

This project proposed an urban methodology revitalizing the community and commoning the property around the site without extensive construction work and gentrification. Instead, the new structures are carefully built above the existing buildings or addtionally constructed externally based on the existing facade. Then the “Greenbelly of China” proposed as follows after taking the local organization into overall narrative: An Urban Farming Plan in Chinatown North Developed by PCDC and Grounded in Philly, Supporting the Restaurant Industries in Chinatown (RICE) as a Food Resource Backhouse A Sustainable Botanic Restaurant with Solar Energy System, Food Growing Greenhouse and Food Manufacturing Kitchen A Self-sufficient Community Integrated with Clean Energy System, Farmhouse and Food Distribution System

A SELF-SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY ACTIVATED BY AN URBAN FARMING PLAN SUPPORTING THE RESTAURANT IN CHINATOWN AS A FOOD BACKHOUSE

1. The existing rooftop provides the best site for solar collection. The

6. the roof pattern could also show a tendency of gradual change.

Greenbelly Embracing Central Oasis

7. The central oasis will be starting from the seeding and sapling.

The spatial strategy leaves the central of the site vacant for developing the central oasis. The structures are mainly proposed on the exiting buildings around the site, maximum utilizting the rooftop and the facade, building the additional structures above the existing buildings.

frame structures are proposed as a possibility of growing. 2. These frame structures could be the green facade and corridors connecting buildings. 3.

These frame structures could also be the site for additional

residential blocks. 4. The roof appearance is supposed as solar panels facing south and west while remaining the vacant frames facing north. 5. The roof pattern could be following a certain pace.

8. The common algriculture products will be mature following the period and the small tree will be growing. 9. Central Oasis wil be finally formed, which also could be the water

Urban Developing Stages | 01 | Perspective from Leveled-up Corridor towards Central Oasis | 02 |

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Added Structures across two existing buildings with Urban Farming | 04 |

SNOW FALLING IN THE LANE

A Rest Pavilion on the Highway among the Snowy Alps A Ice-and-Snow Art Gallery with the Most Existing View of Continuous Snowy Mountain 2021.7-2021.9 | Individual Work Personal Work | Architectural Design Competition Site Location | Ju;ier Pass, Graubunden, Swiss

This project is situated on the Julier Pass among the Alps in the country of Switerland. Aimed at designing a rest stop on the endless highway in the mountainous area, this project following the inspiration from the constitution of the snowflake pattern creates a pyramid of trangluar combinations. Furthermore, in order to present the natural landscape and the ambient view of the grand snowing mountain, a three-sides corridor is arranged amonst the double-layer skin and an extra circular outdoor pathway on the second floor. The shape of the centrall space is flowing and welcoming all kinds of art exhibition and three viewing platforms are extended out the pure pyramid for sight viewing and flexible activities. Moverover,it could be supposed that travelling visitors will enjoy the relaxing time in this art pavilion while the devout visitors wil express the faithful respect to the grand landscape.

DIAGRAMMING DESIGN PROCESSES AND THE STEP-BY-STEP MASSING SOLUTIONS OF THE PROJECT

PYRAMID CATCHING THE TRANGULAR ELEMENT FROM THE SNOWFLAKE; THEN FORM A LARGE PYRIMID

Inspired by the strong symmetric characteristic of the snowflake pattern, two trangular elements become the essential formation members of this project. After the experiment of the spatial change and typological transformation, there forms a central space and the surrounded triangular corridors. Furthermore, welcoming a circular trail for the most beautiful sight scenery, its possible position both planar connection with the trigon and its vertical location according to the whole structure is also tested for a most suitable massing and planar graphic harmony.

DIAGRAMMING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE BEGINNING INSPIRATION FROM SNOWFLAKE

SURFACE AND BAR

TENSENGRITY

KEEPING THE ENTIRE TRANGULAR PYRAMID; CHANGE THE UNIT FORM INTO SURFACE AND RIGID BAR

CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE OF TANSPARENCY AMONG THE CONTINUOUS MOUNTAIN, A RIGID BAR AND TENSION BAR SYSTEM IS CREATED

8-SNOWFLAKE LINE-PATTERN

6-SNOWFLAKE LINE-PATTERN

6-SNOWFLAKE FIGURE-PATTERN

SNOWFLAKE CIRCULAR PATTERN 1

6 BASIS OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT VERSE PYRAMID

SHAPE MODIFICATION

VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT

SEVERAL VIEWING PLATFORMS CAN BE ADDITIONALLY DESIGNED;KEEPING THE PYRAMID ELEMENT IS POSSIBLY A GOOD CHOICE

TAKING THE SPATIAL EFFICIENCY INTO ACCOUNT, THERE COMES SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SHAPE

MAKING A MORE FILEXIBLE AND ACTIVE SPACE FOR A BETTER SOLUTION OF EXHIBITION AND TOURISM

STACKABLE DOUBLE-TRIANGLE FIGURE

INNER FIGURE TO BE A WHOLE SPACE; OUTER FIGURE A TRAIL

THE SHAPE CHANGE OF SPACE

KEEPING THE THEME OF 'DOUBLETRANGLE'; TESTING THE CENTRAL CIRCULATION

WELCOMING THE CIRCULAR PATTERN AND GETTING HARMONY WITH TRANGLES

REVERSING THE CIRCULAR SHAPE

RELATION OF CENTRAL SPACE, VIOD SPACE AND CORRIDORS

7 1 DOUBLE HEIGHT VIEWING PLATFORM 2 UPWARD CENTRAL EXHIBITION 3 DOWNWARD CENTRAL EXHIBITION 4 CORRIDOR 5 VIEWING PLATFORM (TO THE OURDOOR

VIEWING TRAIL)

VIEWING TRAIL

HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL

HARMONY

A CICULAR VIEWING TRAIL IS DESIGNED FOR THE MOST OVERALL VIEW OF NATURAL LANDSCAPE

TAKING SIGHTVIEWING OF THE WHOLE 360° PANORAMA, ATTEMPTING TO FIND A MOST SUITABLE LOCATION AND SCALE OF THE VIEWING TRAIL

EXCLUDING THE SITUATION OF TRAIL BEING TOO HIGHT AND TOO RIGID COMPARED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE, THIS DIAGRAM CAN BE A MOST SUITABLE MASSING SOLUTION

6 ATRIUMS 7 OUTDOOR VIEWING TRAIL

+34500 ENROLLING AN OUTOOR VIEWING PATH;

SEEKING FOR GEOMETRICAL HARMONY

CONSIDERING THE EXISTING NATURAL LANDSCAPE

A COMFORTABLE RESULT

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02 ELEVATION

12m

16m

Diagram of Design Processes and Massing Solutions | 01 | Rendering | 03 |

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Elevation | 02 |

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Aimed at creating a sacred space without interupting the natural landscape, this snow-and-ice art gallery functions as the rest stop for the Julier Pass, the viewing platforms at all heights for the entire sightviewing of the Alps. Nevertheless, a sacred space for people to pray for the safe travel without the natural disasters and show their respect to the Mother Gaia.

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The gradually Developed Spatial Composition | 04 |

Conceptual collage | 05 | Second floor plan with details | 06 |

4 3 A

4 2 1

02 1

1 ENTRANCE 2 CORRIDOR 3 CENTRAL EXHIBITION 4 PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

1 CORRIDOR 2 CENTRAL EXHIBITION 3 VIEWING PLATFORM 4 ATRIUMS

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

4 2

1 1 OUTDOOR VIEWING TRAIL 2 VIEWING PLATFORM 3 CORRIDOR 4 CENTRAL EXHIBITION

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

1 OUTDOOR VIEWING TRAIL 2 CORRIDOR 3 CENTRAL EXHIBITION

3 2

| 01 | The isometric view illustrating the spatial relationship of the central space and the pyramid | 02 | The section line on the plan | 03 | Sectional perspective 1

FIFTH FLOOR PLAN

1 OUTDOOR VIEWING TRAIL 2 CORRIDOR 3 CENTRAL EXHIBITION

ROOF PLAN

4m 8m 12m 16m

Central exhibition space is keying and interlocking with slopes made by the aluminum plates, creating the viewing platforms at different heights facing to three orientations. These three orientations with the intersection angle of 120 therefore the splendid surrounding landscape can be accommodated and stored carefully. These interlocking space interlaces with the corriodors at different levels and then the atrims are left.

'Mr. Darkness' If you are a 'Mr. Darkness', will you love the Bright?

Surveying and Mapping Detailed representation of villagers' Activity Centre in Dongziguan

2018.06 - 2018.12 | Group Work

2020.10 - 2020.12 | Group Work

Assuming that I was a gloomy optometrist who loves the dark and one of my friends were an optimistic weaver. The optometrist brings the umbrella to avoid the sun everyday while the weaver wants to cheer her friend up and help the optometrist get out of the dark.

Dongziguan village, located in Fuyang, Hangzhou, a city in east China, has conducted a rural revitalization trial in order to improve the villagers’ living quality and its situation of economic depression caused by rapid urbanization.

After the patient guaidance of the weaver, Mr. Darkness finally decides to open up himself and enjoys the Bright. If you are a 'Mr. Darkness', will you love the Bright? The answer is, definitly, yes.

The combination of different types of space, the use of vernacular materials and the collaboration with local craftsman bring the village a new vitality. I participated in the research of vernacular construction and represented it detailedly.

Images (Space); Moving Body (Activities); Interaction (Interactivity)

Grey Bricks; Grey Tiles; Grey Clinkers

Static space formed by the installations; Dynamic body languages of optometrist; Interactivity between occupants

Vernacular Construction and Materiality; Vernacular Environmental Methodology

My Brush

My Shutter

If I have the brushed and the palette, I will record the dulcet moments. I also like to record the dulcet moments during travel and sudden moments that came into my life by means of the brushes and palette. The colours represent my mood and the express the memories in my mind.

I prefer to take my camera almost everytime, recording the sequence of architecture, the wonderful lighting effects and every impressive moments of my life. Bringing the camera with me when travelling aimlessly, Recording the sequence endlessly

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Black tile ridge Roof construction: 10/11 mm black under and over tile roofing 50 mm bed of mortar 1.5 mm bitumen felt 20 mm cement panel 20 mm bamboo plywood 3 200/200 mm steel T-section rafters 75/180 mm squared pine 200/250 mm steel I-beam 4 75/210 mm squared pine Drain pipe 5 650/410/50 mm grey granite slabs 6 Wall construction: 240/115/50 mm blue-grey brick 7 20 mm cement mortar 100 mm reinforced concrete wall 20 mm cement mortar 240/115/50 mm blue-grey brick Floor construction: 400/400/30 mm black clinker paving slabs 8 20 mm cement mortar 250 mm reinforced concrete 240/50/50 mm blue-grey brick slip Window construction: 10 mm steel frame 9 50/70 mm timber window frame fixed to steel 10 55/70 mm timber window frame to opening light 7mm single glazing Floor construction: 400/400/30 mm black clinker paving slabs 20 mm cement mortar 11 250 mm reinforced concrete foundation Hardcore fundation Stairs construction: 100/200 mm steel channel 20 mm steel plate Metal gutter 12 Stairs Construction: 100/200 mm steel channel 20 mm steel plate 13 Matel gutter

DIVERSE PAINTING SKILLS Oil painting and acrylic painting could tell the stories of the moments in their own way. Thick paint of the alpaca can represent the feeling of the fur. The thin paint of the sunset glow can show the depth of the clouds.

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