Application Number：23156975

CHAO DONG PORTFOLIO

B.Arch Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Apply for UCL Architectural Design MArch

Application Number: 23156975

dongchao990819@outlook.com

PROLOGUE

My passion for architecture study originates from a kind sense of responsibility. I think that architects should assume their own sense of social responsibility and create architecture to bridge the historical rift in the long human society development. Although architecture is a materialized way of expression, the connotation contained is a virtual bond linking the history and culture of a nation and its future development. This kind of self-identity recognition bolstered by the feature of architecture helps ethnic groups trace back to their origins and establish their own value systems, which are vulnerable to the mainstream value system in the wake of globalization. The history and culture of one ethnic group can be reflected in architecture. However, ordinary people often fail to realize the significance of self-identity.

I have studied architecture's influence on urban and rural area especially in ethnic minority areas development for a long time. Therefore if I have a chance for conducting a research project, I will choose to study Wuhan. I will explore the architecture influence left by Wuhan's history of colonization by recording and researching the architectural form and layout of Wuhan's old neighborhoods. I am also going to finish site interviews for understanding old residents' perception of self-identity and their city, as well as new residents' desire of this city. I will summarized the shared feature of the space typology of Wuhan old city's traditional street and alley, and formulated a repair plan for the existing urban street space to awaken the Wuhan citizens for their own identity.

In addition, I wish to investigate the relationship between architecture and culture in the minority areas of Hubei, China. Unlike some of China's cities, which are the product of public policy, the development of the countryside is mostly the result of natural development and therefore the structure of the rural areas will be more reflective of the cultural and historical traditions of the ethnic group. By studying the historical development of the countryside and the factors that have influenced its formation, I hope to find the core culture that belongs to this minority region and to help China overcome its existing rural dilemmas through new interpretations of traditional culture using new technologies.

1. The Flow of Art and Culture

Architecture Design& Urban Design-- Next- Gen Urban Platform

2. The Continuation of ‘Huo Tang’

Architecture Design-- Design of the Tujia Culture Market

3. Vertical Integration Parlor

Architecture Design-- University Incubator Design

4. The Mobility of Nursing

Architecture Design-- Design of the ALS Patient's House

5. Other Work

Architecture Design-- Community Renewal and Transformation

Architecture Design& Practice-- Community Renewal and Transformation Construction

Architecture Design& Practice-- Ecological Low Intervention Design and Construction

Architecture Design& Urban Design-- Urban Renewal Design

"Architecture Connotation is the Lighthouse that Guides the History"

The Flow of Art and Culture

Next- Gen Urban Platform

Project Type

University of Applied Arts Vienna, Direct Tomorrow Lab Studio

Individual Academic Work, 2021- 2022 Second Semester

Date: Jun 2022

Location: Vienna, Austria

Instructor: Kaiho Yu, Wepa Zhou

E-mail: kyho.yu@gmail.com

Author: Chao Dong

Contribution: Work on all design, simulation and drawings

Statement:

The design provides the pedestrians intact walking experience by overheading the platform of the city over ground. The urban platform uses the trans units as architectural space to interact with human. It is different from the traditional static view of architecture. With the development of computer science and technology, the movement of architectural elements changes people's experience of architecture and urban. People have the opportunity to give new meaning to architecture and urban from a dynamic perspective with the help of autonomous driving technology.

The transportation hub is raised to return the ground level to public use, avoiding the mixing of traffic, pedestrian and units. At the same time, the transportation hub is designed to echo the surrounding buildings and the square through the next- gen urban platform.

View In The Street.

Analysis-

Vienna is a city of culture and art. In the main city of Viana, not far from the site, there are many cultural and artistic festival sites. The art and culture has a spatial spread. The transport hubs can be used as a starting point for the dissemination of culture and art as well as a place for citizens to experience culture.

In the urban landscape of Vienna, nature and the city intermingle. The city is wrapped in strips or blocks of natural resources. But people can not really get close to nature due to the constraints of traditional building forms. The design of the transport hub should be integrated into the natural resources of the site.

The site locates at the intersection of three urban areas in Vienna and the Vienna's metro station. Close to the site is Vienna's railway station. It is also the intersection of the city which has a complex traffic situation. The design of the transport hub needs to meet both the demands of the use and the current complex situation.

-Program& Site Geometry-

Study& Form Translate-

The design of the transportation unit starts from a single transportation unit prototype. The façade and internal arrangement of the prototype unit is designed according to the functional requirements and the function of the transportation hub. This results in the evolution of five functional units. People can communicate and carry out various activities within the units.

-Site Information& People Behavior Translate- -Unity Simulation-

People Behavior Translate Unit Behavior Translate

The units are relatively evenly distributed, but the orbit utilisation is uneven. Some of the orbit units run congested, but some orbir are not used.

The activities of the crowd are divided into three time periods according to the time of day, and the time spent in each activity location was sorted out.

-Trans Unit Behavior Editor-

Take the activities of the crowd as a starting point, translating the activities of the crowd into a translation of the activity patterns of the unit, forming the activity patterns of the unit on the urban platform.

The type of unit and the people using the unit are determined. the number of units and the people are determined according to the three time periods of morning, noon and night, as well as the high and low seasons. The analysis of the behavioural tree in the Unity is used to simulation the crowd of units and the distribution of units on the orbit, to simulate the form of the orbit, to observe the activity of the units and the crowd, and to choose the most suitable orbit form.

Some of the orbits functions overlap, resulting in poor orbit utilisation. The design of the orbit can therefore be calibrated and modified by unity simulation.

Unit moves evenly on the orbit.

Each part of the orbit can play its part.

Inappropriate orbit design exacerbates crowd in unit operations when parts of the orbits are used as the main place of activity.

Uniformity of unit operation and full use of the track.

Type 1-Scene1

Type 1-Scene1

Type 1-Scene1

Type 1-Scene2

Type 2- Scene1

a complete walking experience and space to interact with the units.

Exhibition Auditorium Platform

The raised urban platform gives pedestrians

Using the mobility of the transport hub to expand the previously static art exhibition into a multi-dimensional art experience.

The relationship between the urban platforms interspersed in the exhibition space is used to transform the previously onedimensional view of the exhibition into a multi-dimensional touring experience.

The design of the urban platform responds to the surrounding site and the form of the track echoes the surrounding site.

The urban platform is designed to form a multi-dimensional space for communication. The design of the units caters for complex combinations of forms and activities, allowing for a wealth of ways of movement and communication for those on the platform. Depending on the combination of the units and the design of the platform, people can perform and enjoy performances in the units.

The exhibition space is not only designed to be a static space for exhibits, but the performance units can also be moved around the exhibition space, allowing people to perform or participate in activities in the units, providing a multidimensional exhibition experience for the public. The high building space also allows for a vertical spatial interaction with the external urban platform.

The design of the urban platform activates the previously unused open space of the site. The site and the platform form an interactive relationship where people can form new connections with the urban platform. At the same time the units extend from the urban platform into the vacant site, providing a new function for the site and activating the existing urban plaza.

1. Performance Platform

2. Vertical Transportation

7. Faculty Office

4. Plaza

5. Food Court

6. Live House Platform

3. Culture& Artistic Exhibition

8. Culture& Artistic Performance

9. Urban Subway Station 10. Railway Station

Urban Performance Platform

Art Exhibition Gallery

City Performance Plaza

Trans Unit& Food Unit

Performance Unit

Performance Unit

The design of the city's new transport hub takes advantage of the mobility of the units to change the traditional definition of architecture and its elements. The building is no longer designed and built from a static perspective.

The design of the static building becomes part of the overall architectural design, providing a platform for the active architectural elements while providing part of the building's function. By relying on the mobility of the units, people can experience architecture in a dynamic way. The experience of architecture is no longer a static one, the architectural elements become active, people can participate in the experience of architecture in a new way and their interaction in the building becomes completely different. In this context, architecture also becomes a medium for accessing information and for responding to the actual use of the building in a more dynamic way.

The Continuation of ‘Huo Tang’

Design of the Tujia Cultural Market

Project Type

Hust Ancient Architecture Practicum

Individual Academic Work, 2020- 2021 Second Semester

Date: Aug 2021

Location: Enshi, China

Instructor: Shaobo Hao

E-mail: haoshaobo@hust.edu.cn

Author: Chao Dong

Contribution: Work on all design, model and drawings

Statement:

The site is being developed for the tourism industry, but the lack of traditional culture and the lack of self-identity of the local people is causing the ethnic minority people in the area to suffer from the loss of their traditional culture. This project aims to explore the culture of fire space in the local traditional architecture and apply it to the design and layout of the buildings, in this way making the tourism development more compatible with the culture and traditional life of the time.

The formation of the settlement is closely related to the river, and the form of the settlement first follows the river and then gradually divides into street spaces within it, with significant changes to the local built form as a result of the demolition. The original architectural form of the area was the Hanging House but due to the deterioration of the buildings,some of them have been converted into reinforced concrete buildings.

-Actor Network Analysis-

The local area still retains some of its traditional architecture, which contrasts greatly with the new buildings. Also due to its isolated location, the area still retains some traditional ways of life which can be explored and applied in this project.

An analysis of the site's original network of actors reveals that the local market-based mode of life is still a relatively traditional and inward-looking mode of operation. The existence of regular local marketplaces and the emergence of catch-up fairs at regular intervals, catch-up fairs as a special kind of marketplace are worthy of further exploration.

With the local market as the core, the traditional market is enriched and renewed, and the local traditional culture is discovered. In developing tourism, the normal life of the traditional inhabitants is ensured, and by including various traditional cultures in the market, the exploration and experience of the local traditional culture can be satisfied by the tourists.

-Market Prototype Research-

The traditional market can be seen as an intersection of the service unit and the served unit combined. By analysing the different vegetable market stalls, it can be found that there is a different relationship between the service and the served in different stalls, and this change in relationship will be reflected in the design of different spatial forms and spatial sequences.

-Fire Space Prototype Research& Application-

Spatial Prototype Translation

As the core space within a building, the fire space, firstly in terms of the transformation of the spatial sequence, acts as a bridge from outdoor space, semi-outdoor space to indoor space, and in terms of function, it is the core space within the whole space although it does not have a fixed spatial function.

-Roof Form& Structural Research-

Roof Prototype Translation

The roof form of the local building is a traditional sloping roof, and the structural logic of the roof is to first determine the structural form of the individual roof frames, which are then linked together by beams to form the overall roof form structure.

Market Roof

Public Activity Roof

The market roof uses a single piece in the form of a sloping roof, emphasising the openness of the market.

Cultrue& Creative Roof

The structural changes create large, column-free spaces in the interior for a variety of activities.

Restaurant Roof

The roof has been simplified to reflect the cultural characteristics while being appropriate to the usage.

The combination and variation of roofs meet the needs of large spaces while increasing the openness.

The design of the entire site focuses on the relationship between the site and the existing main street and river, and the relationship between the site and the surrounding residential areas and river through the definition of the axes. The site is designed to form a relationship with its surroundings.

-Site Design-Form Generation-

Placed volume

-First Floor Plan-

Determining volume relationships and axis relationships.

It will establish the roof connections in relation to the their surrounding environment.

corridor

Formation of flow lines that bridge the different functions as a whole

It will establish the relationship between the fire space and the surrounding volumes.

Volume relationship Insert box Handle terrain

Establishing physical use of space under the roof. The project treatment of the existing topography of the site through measures such as ramps and stairs.

-Civil Life& Tourism Perspective Section-

-Market& Civil Life Perspective Section-

-Market Design& Scene-

Pre and post relationship Meat Stall

-Box Design& Scene-

Simultaneous relationship Vegetable& Fruit Stall

Exhibition relationship Grocery

The design of the market continues the logic of the roof design. The design of the stalls is arranged to fit under different forms of eaves, taking advantage of the nature of not using the stalls to serve and be served.

The building Culture& Creative Store Box

The building Restaurant Box

The building Activity Box

The design of the functional boxes makes use of the spatial relationship between the functional boxes to create a new spatial relationship under the original roof frame system, enriching the activities of people under the roof frame.

-Semi- Outdoor Scene-

-Restaurant Structure& Detail-

The entire institutional system consists of three aspects: the foundation, the floor and roof system and the maintenance system. The main structural system is based on timber construction. In addition to the traditional roof system there are also systems for different functional boxes, forming a link between the two structural systems using interspersed structural relationships.

The market is in the open space under the roof, using the change in height of the terrain to create a rich vertical space in the semi-open space, and using the spatial cascade of the connecting corridor to bring a rich spatial experience.

The buildings also create an interactive spatial relationship with the surrounding terrain, using the overhang of the building blocks, the site creates a new interaction with the river and the surrounding landscape.

Vertical Integration Parlor

University Incubator Design

Project Type

Hust Architecture Studio

Individual Academic Work, 2020-2021 First Semester

Date: Dec 2020

Location: Wuhan, China

Instructor: Lei Peng

E-mail: penglei@hust.edu.cn

Author: Chao Dong

Contribution: Work on all design and drawings.

Statement:

Chinese university education is still unable to avoid the problem of lack of social practice for university students when it comes to improving the quality of education. In the design of this incubator, taking advantage of the site's location at the border between campus and city, the traditional horizontally distributed building functions are transformed to form a vertically integrated urban parlor on campus. This is used as an opportunity to create a more open campus and to provide more opportunities for communication between the city and the university.

-Problem of the Relationship Between Campus and Society-

-The System of Education, Research and Production-

In the traditional university education system, teachers focus more on imparting theoretical knowledge. The students' acquisition of practical knowledge also comes from the teachers' teaching. Although universities have established a relatively complete system of study and research due to the disconnection with business and social practice, it is still difficult for students to gain a complete experience of the system of education, research and production through their own practice, which will play a key role in the future.

-Relationship Around the Site-

The site is located at the boundary between the city and the campus, with one side close to the educational buildings of the campus and the other side close to the commercial plots of the city, which provides opportunities for interaction and practice for both the community and the campus respectively.

By introducing a university incubator between the campus and the community and using the incubator as a link, the community and the university can cooperate and exchange ideas during the industry-academia-research process. An integrated industrial system is formed in which positive feedback

-Subject Setting& Spatial Topological Relation-

The incubator has been chosen for the subjects of the university. The design analyses the role played by different subjects in different scales and communication to society and the campus. The internal spaces of the subjects are also decomposed and their interrelationships and connections are analysed.

-Spatial Translation& Transform-

-Form Generation-

Determination

massing Functional division Division of vertical traffic Formation of traffic flow lines Place landscape windows

-Circulation& Spatial Organization-

The prototype of the architectural design begins with stair space. The most basic double run staircase is changed to a scissor staircase.The stair landings are screened to form the final vertical stair flow.

Spatial Prototype Translation Spatial Prototype Transform

-Vertical Green Structure& Details-

The design of the university incubator project responds to the traditional vertical traffic pattern of vertical lifts in buildings in the design of the internal space of the building. With the introduction of a coherent vertical traffic flow, the traffic space is given a different function and forms a better match with the horizontally distributed research and study space, forming a new kind of total and spatial system for teaching and social interaction in universities. The building is designed to integrate with the rich vegetation of the site through the design of the external skin, with the mirrored stainless steel skin and vertical green allowing the building itself to become part of the greenery of the site.

The façade of the building is constructed as a double curtain wall and ventilation is provided on the inner side of the double curtain wall. In order to improve the quality of the indoor microclimate, planting boxes and are installed outside, creating a vertical greening of the building. The building is maintained in mirrored stainless steel, which echoes the vegetation of the surrounding area, allowing the building to better match the natural surroundings. The floor and ceiling construction also takes into account the need for a quiet and appropriate physical environment for the office buildings.

-Indoor Scene-

Vertical Green Detail

Vertical Green Structure

The Mobility of Nursing

Design of the ALS Patient's House

Project Type

Hust Architecture Studio

Individual Academic Work, 2019-2020 First Semester

Date: Oct 2019

Location: Wuhan, China

Instructor: Ting Zhang

E-mail: 149029120@qq.com

Author: Chao Dong

Contribution: Work on all design, and drawings.

Statement:

Unlike a typical person with a disability, a person with ALS disease faces a gradual loss of physical muscle energy and eventually dies in a disabling condition. They will slowly lose their physical abilities and therefore need to provide a spatial design and spatial relationships that meet the changing needs of the person with ALS and the needs of the family to care for the person with ALS disease and their own lives.The relationship between flow and space is handled in such a way that patients with reduced mobility can still continue to maintain a sense of space and home.

-Physiological& Psychological Changes in ALS Patients-

-Site Plan-

The site is located in the old part of Wuhan and the surrounding buildings are mainly old neighbourhoods and old bungalow buildings in the old city.

As ALS patients develop, they will gradually lose all kinds of body functions, including the physical functions of movement and various senses. In addition to the changes in physical functions, due to the loss of physical movement ability, they will also gradually deviate from society and eventually lose all social activities.

-Character Settings& Timeline-

The site is located in a predominantly residential area with a number of ground floor shops, a lively night market in the evenings and a major residential activity centre nearby, so that living here, even if it is difficult to go out for physical reasons, they can still fully experience the activities and urban atmosphere of the city.

-Form Generation& Circulation Organization-

Form Generation 1 2 3 4

A couple live in this house. Before the man's illness, the man enjoyed exercising and gardening. After the man's illness gradually worsened, the couple chose to work on their own media from home, so the house became a combination of home and studio. The husband mainly helps the woman with video editing during the day, and by exercising to alleviate her symptoms, and the woman mainly produces videos, works out with her husband, and cares for him as he gradually becomes incapacitated.

Set Space Organization Alignment of Sightline Circulation Organization Supplementary lighting Circulation Organization

Three spatial patterns are summarised through the changing relationship between the couple during the course of the illness, and they are organised using line of sight relationships, with different forms of flow placed for the different activity patterns of the male and female owners.

-Circulation& Space Relation-

Ramp& Space Relation

The ramp and staircase are placed not in a localised position within the whole building volume, as in traditional buildings, but as a whole through volume in the centre of the building. In its role of linking spaces, it serves as a flow line between spaces to meet the needs of patients with reduced mobility for active and convenient access, while at the same time providing a more efficient form of building flow for families with normal mobility, providing a wealth of opportunities for communication and exchange while meeting the needs of use.

At the same time the ramp, as part of the building, helps patients who have gradually lost their physical mobility to maintain a sense and experience of the overall building space in their daily lives.

Garden&

Vertical Traffic

Vertical through the space to achieve the sightline communication and landscape vision.

The staggered movement of ramps in vertical space and the addition of stairs form a rich flow line and sightline.

Spaces located on both sides of the ramp form sight connections.

Spaces located on both sides of the ramp form sight connections.

The landscape window interacts with the bedroom in line of sight.

The sunlight from the skylight creates a peaceful atmosphere.

Sightlines and smells transmit information in vertical space.

Section-

-Situation 1 Scene& Storyline-

The studios are linked by vertical traffic, with the upper and lower floors creating gaps in the vertical space through the rotation of the floor plates between them, enriching the vertical communication in normal living situations.

The negative space under the ramp forms a meditation space, where meditation and communication can take place in normal conditions

A studio with a relaxation function is set up to discuss the progress of work and daily life in a normal way.

A planting garden has been set up in the gap of the building to satisfy the husband's hobby of planting.

The husband will help his wife to shoot some of the material for the video production and help her to edit the production together.

-Situation 2 Scene& Storyline-

Two Circulation

The two sets of interior flows are designed to meet the needs of different living conditions for traffic space, but also to provide platforms for the two sets of flows to connect with each other.

-Perspective Section-

Sightline links

The circulation in the room helps the husband and wife with reduced mobility to have better communication.

The meditation space set up next to the husband's bedroom meets the need for communicative meditation after he has become less mobile.

Holes have been provided in the solid walls of the building to meet the needs of the husband with reduced mobility for viewing and resting.

The service space and the space to be served are organised through a staggering of flows and blocks.

-Structure& Detail-

The overall construction of the building is dominated by fair-faced concrete, which creates a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. Warm wood is used in some spaces to provide a sense of intimate living atmosphere, and the building is lit by various forms of light, with natural light matching the texture of the wood and concrete materials to create a rich sense of light and shadow in the interior space.

-Situation 3 Scene& Storyline-

Through the combination of staggered interior vertical traffic space and building use space, the vertical studio on one side of the ramp has an adequate realisation of the relationship to the activity space on the other side, allowing for a rich exchange of sight lines for work and leisure. At the same time people on the ramp can also feel a unique sense of space.

A vertical space is set up in the living space to satisfy the communicative relationship of sight lines and to spread information through the smell.

The sunlight from the roof skylight, refracted on the fair-faced concrete and wood, and the greenery inside provide a peaceful atmosphere.

Cook& View

Work& View

Farewell at the end of life

Other Work

Selected from 2018-2022 Studio& Building Practice

-Davinci Bridge- -Wood Pavilion-

Community Renewal and Transformation

Hust Architecture Studio

2021 Spring

Instructor: Qiuyu Chen

Collaborator: Chao Dong, Zemin Yan

Location: Wuhan, China

Contribution: 50% Conception, 50% Drawing, 50% Model

Ecological Low Intervention Design and Construction

L&A GROUP, NWAFU, G.CTSEIA Building Practice

2022 Summer

Instructor: Lin Lifeng, Xu Qianfei

Collaborator: Studio Team

Location: Gannan Tibetan Area, China

Contribution: Participate in Construction, Drawing, Model

-Crane

Community Renewal and Transformation Construction

Hust Architecture Studio Building Practice

2021 Autumn

Instructor: Qiuyu Chen, Lei Peng

Collaborator: Studio Team

Location: Wuhan, China

Contribution: Participate in Construction, Drawing, Model

-Suture-

Urban Renewal Design

Hust Architecture Studio

2021 Autumn

Instructor: Hong Chen

Collaborator: Chao Dong, Zemin Yan, Laien Yin, Yao Xu

Location: Wuhan, China

Contribution: 50% Conception, 30% Drawing, 30% Model

Pavilion-

CHAO DONG

B.Arch Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Application Number: 23156975

dongchao990819@outlook.com

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my deep gratitude to all the people that have helped me during my school time, including my teachers, advisors, friends and parents, who ran into mylife and accompanied me during my preparation for this portfolio. At the same time, I am also grateful that in this era when the world is undergoing great changes, the good and bad things it presents to me have deepened my understanding of society and humanity, and made me eager to explore the role of the connotation of architecture in this era of rapid change.

Born in the information explosion era, we all need to find their own lighthouse, under the guidance of the lighthouse, to explore and advance towards the unknown continent.