Xiaoran Zhang Portfolio by xiaoranz

O Coexistence the

O PORTFOLIO O of

XIAORAN ZHANG

Master of Urban Design Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture

Contact Information Mail: xiaoranzhang619@gmail.com Address: School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213 Issuu: https://issuu.com/xiaoranz/docs/xiaoranzhang_portfoilio_202101

CONTENT 01

FROM OBSTACLE TO LINKAGE

CoVillage - East Village Development Proposal

FROM SINGLE-USE TO MIXED-USE

Bloomfield Neighborhood Place-making Design

03 FROM PAST TO FUTURE AR-based History District Regeneration Design

FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC

Artwork Free Port Creative Design

PROLOGUE In the struggle between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs in the urban reform, I can clearly see two completely opposite urban systems - one is a super-scale modern city with high-rise buildings on one side, and a harmonious community full of neighborhoods on the other. I cannot judge the superiority of one of these cities, but as part of ordinary citizens, I prefer to see the city retaining more people’s scales, people’s relationships, and people’s networks. Today, when urbanization is developing rapidly, our city ignores the importance of “people”. Between the icy tall buildings, what I see is more of a barrier to the city’s network. In my portfolio, I focus on reconnecting different levels of citizenship through urban design and working to create an urban environment that is more suitable for people to coexist harmoniously.

FROM BARRIER TO CONNECTION

Transit-Based Community Center Complex Design

FROM SEPARATION TO INTEGRATION

Rural Community Commons Creative Design

RESEARCH

OTHER WORKS

Community Transit Node

FROM OBSTACLE TO LINKAGE

CoVillage - East Village Development Proposal 2021 ULI Hines Competition Team Work Instructor: Prof. Ray Gastil, Prof. Valentina Vavasis Site: Kansas City, Missouri Duration: January, 2021 Team : Xiaoran Zhang, Siqing Ge, Wei-Ni Ting, Rutuja Dhuru, Osama Mohamed Role in Team: Team Lead, Development Strategy, Master Planning, Zoning and Program Proposal

Grocery Transit Node

Public Parking Node

Delivery Hub CoVillage is proposed based on three design principles: connection, co-existence and cocreativeness. This transformational mixed-use development contains a well-structured transit system that connects with the surrounding neighborhoods. With the creation of the various housing types and amenities, villagers are able to embrace healthy and even lifestyles in this inclusive place. Creative industries are combined in a unique way with sustainability, focusing on recycling waste and beautifying the landscape.

Central Plaza Node

The village will serve as a transition between Downtown Kansas City and the Paseo West District, enhanced by the micro-transit, solving the fragmentation of the two districts by the highway system. The Co-living lifestyle is encouraged in CoVillage, which celebrates the coexistence of nature and human, people of all kinds and all of the spirits that need to be treasured. The public spaces for planting co-cultivation will bond the villagers together to contribute to the sustainable development of the CoVillage.

Farming Garage Transit Node

By developing transit-based connection, flourishing the coexistence of all-background villagers, and inspiring the co-creativeness culture, CoVillage is able to grow a smart, livable and sustainable future.

Delivery Hub

Entrance Transit Node

Regional Analysis

Development Strategy

The existing condition for the public transit plan embraces the site. As activity centers are developing along the smartmove main corridor, new and exciting activities need to be programmed into the site. There are plenty of universities located around the East Village within an accessible distance. The new activities will flourish East Village and make it more welcoming for younger market.

Build up the Link Smartmove System

Link up the Mobility

Activity Centers Universities

Kansas City University-Medicine

University of Missouri Extension

Park University in Kansas City

Central Business District

Bus Stop Bicycle Lane Streetcar

Future

+ +

River Market District

Current

River Market District

CoVillage proposes to develop the public transit system to increase its mobility. The streetcar system for Kansas City will be connected to the site by improving the pedestrian and bikes trails experience and supporting the existing bus stops.

Link up the Community

East Village

Paseo West

Power&Light District

Crossroads Arts District

Art & Culture Amenity Retail Amenity Offices

Future

Current

18th&Vine District

The retail, art and cultural amenities and offices buildings are mostly located in the central business district. The site can work as a corridor to not only further develop the amenities into the Paseo West communities at a smaller scale but also serve as the meeting point of the communities and the businesses on the CBD.

Link up the Sustainability West Side District

0.25

0.5

1mile

Existing Green Space Highway

Future

Crown Center/ Union Hill District

Current

University of Missouri

The existing green spaces are segmented by the highway system and the streets across the site can serve as the corridors to connect people, the communities and green spaces with 12th St. as the connection to the downtown business district, the 10th St. as the link of the green spaces and the 8th for the residential areas.

CONNECTION

Master Plan

N Everyday Corridor

0 10'

50'

100' Landscape Corridor City Main Corridor

E 8th St

1 2

3 4

t. sS

lme

Green Parking / Co-Cultivating Garden Welcoming Junction Village Eye Junction ‘The Jade’ Bridge Common Garden - Village Edge Garden

COEXISTENCE

E 9th St

Condo

Charlotte St

Mixed-use

Co-living Mixed-use

Headquarter

Mixed-use

7 City Hotel

3 3

Jade Landscape BLVD (E 10h St)

4 6

Holmes St

70 George Brett Super HWY

5 Cherry St

Co-Living Apartment Civic Garden / Canopy Amphitheater 3 Amazon-Go Grocery Store 4 929 Holmes St, - Mixed-use 5 Central Plaza 6 ‘Village Heart’ - Local Market Center 7 ‘The Village’ Hotel 8 Headquarter Office 9 ‘Village Alive’ Gate Park 1

CO-CREATIVENESS Governmental Park

E 11th St

Central Plaza

8 6

Paseo Playground

7 1 2

E 12h St

A-A’

Master Plan

4 5 6 7

Inspiration Courtyard 3R’s Museum (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) 3R’s Fountain Plaza Village+ Creative Square Creative Industry Center CoVillage SpeStore Highway Lifelines - Co-Cultivation Row Planting Kemp Playground

Programming

Building Typology NODE

CoVillage Speciaty Store

3R’s Museum

retail

community

6,541 sqft

STEPPED TERRACE

COURTYARD

BOX

17,780 sqft

1001 Holmes St. Creative Industry Center community

29,237 sqft

retail commercial

8,705 sqft 34,819 sqft

restaurant 10,155 sqft other services 10,156 sqft office 14,508 sqft

commercial restaurant office

616 E 11 St.

Condominium

1009 Cherry St. 76,640 sqft

9,580 sqft 67,060 sqft

residential market rate affordable

grocery

Program and Phasing

retail 60,006 sqft commercial 353,019 sqft

118,128 sqft 72 units 8 units

Local Market Center

Co-Living

residential

commercial

residential

market rate affordable

restaurant 7,007 sqft other services 7,007 sqft office 21,3005 sqft

10,380 sqft

929 Holmes St.

retail

54,206 sqft

57 units 5 units

LAND USE Residential Retail Neighborhood Commercial Office Community Hotel

Retail

108,552 sqft

9,420 sqft 99,132 sqft

Office Headquarter office

PHASE PHASE I -ITHE - THE CORE CORE (2023) (2023)

PHASE I - THE CORE (2023) Residential For Sale

Hotel

restaurant

9,420 sqft co-working

TOTAL PROGRAM

Community

commercial

10%

17%

259,443 sqft

146,827 sqft

food market 40,687 sqft other services 33,970 sqft office 72,170 sqft

market rate affordable

retail

The Village Hotel commercial 18,532 sqft 2,368 sqft 412,503 sqft laundry fitness 3,550 sqft childcare 6,727 sqft 6,760 sqft other services 5,887 sqft

397 units 45 units

PHASE PHASE II - THE II - THE CONNECT CONNECT (2028) (2028)

hotel 344,597 sqft retail 8,183 sqft commercial 170,506 sqft restaurant 9,550 sqft other services 9,543 sqft office 151,413 sqft

PHASE II - THE CONNECT ( 2028)

Residential - For Sale Residential Co-Living

Residential - Rental

14%

Residential - Co-Living 2% Residential Rental

Commercial Retail Hotel

48%

Commercial Community

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Events & Activities

Programs Programs Market Market RateRate For Sale For Sale Housing Housing - 100% - 100% Affordable Affordable For Sale For Sale Housing Housing - 100% - 100% Market Market RateRate Rental Rental - 100% - 100% Affordable Affordable Rental Rental - 10% - 10% Commercial Commercial - 31% - 31% RetailRetail - 26% - 26% Community Community - 86% - 86%

Programs Sq.Ft. Sq.Ft. UnitsUnitsPrograms Market RateRate Co-Living Co-Living - 100% - 100% 371,252 371,252 72 72 Market Affordable Rental Rental - 90% - 90% 46,670 46,6708 8 Affordable Commercial - 69% - 69% 801,500 801,500 57 57 Commercial - 74% - 74% 81,490 81,4905 5 RetailRetail HotelHotel - 100% - 100% 344,597 344,597 Community Community - 14% - 14% 33,830 33,830 214,417 214,417 TotalTotal Buildout Buildout - 782,094 - 782,094 SQ.FT SQ.FT

Sq.Ft. Sq.Ft. UnitsUnits 371,252 371,252 442 442 46,670 46,670 45 45 801,500 801,500 81,490 81,490 344,597 344,597 242 242 33,830 33,830 TotalTotal Buildout Buildout - 1,673,920 - 1,673,920 SQ.FT SQ.FT

CENTRAL PLAZA

Anita - Single Mother “Anita is a single mother who lives in Paseo West. She is now working in the Market Center and the booming of the East Village improves her quality of life and income. She is also looking for a beautiful and safe place for her and her child to hang out and enjoy the sunlight near the neighborhood. The good connection from Paseo West to the CoVillage encourages her to come to the Kemp Playground and further to the Central Plaza. She and her little girl enjoy the movies played every Saturday night in Canopy Amphitheater.”

0 10'

50'

100'

The placement of residential buildings at the northern part of the site relates to the existing residential neighborhood along 8th street. The Co-living apartment is a new type of housing typology introduced especially for the growing millennial population in Kansas City.

Scenario

Casey & Donald - University Retired Professors “Casey & Donald just retired from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. They have been hired by the CoVillage to support art and design education in the Museum and Creative Industry Center. They live near the Center and the Museum in a condominium which is affordable and provides them with a community who are also passionate about art and design. They are now enjoying a peaceful life in the heart of downtown Kansas City. They also claim that the Amazon Go downstairs is super convenient.”

Rooftop farm allows residents to grow their own food and create a self-growing community. The food produced from the urban farm can also be sold at the seasonal farmers market at the Village Plaza.

Daniel - Pioneer Artist

Christopher - Startup Business Owner

“Rebecca just graduated from CUKC. She interns in downtown KC and enjoys the enthusiastic and colorful lifestyle in CoVillage. The affordable housing prices in CoVillage allow her to have a higher quality of life, and the Co-living apartments provide her with millions of chances to meet with peers and connect. She just got herself a piano and found a piano teacher who is also a friend of hers in the Co-living apartments.”

“Daniel is a pioneer artist. He is now working with recycled materials to build sculptures and holding exhibitions for his work. He believes CoVillage has been a strong support for his work since the 3R’s Museum (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) opened 3 years ago. Daniel has lived in CoVillage for 5 years and has built a strong connection with local residents. He holds a recycled workshop that is welcomed by local residents in Paseo. He is very happy that his work can help alleviate the trash burden on Paseo.”

“Christopher rents office space in CoVillage for his company because of the convenient public transportation and high-tech resources nearby. Christopher moved to CoVillage a few months ago. Even under the impact of the pandemic, the high-tech system still operates for delivery, and the shared car&bike system allows him to save money on parking. His company is working on a smart food delivery system during the pandemic.”

The Plaza is located at the center of the site, occupying the periphery of 3 blocks with 10th street, the new landscape boulevard, crossing in between. It is a public space for the local community to gather, a central hub where all activities meet, and a marking point for connections to be made between downtown and Paseo West.

Office building to create new employment opportunities. Rental housing with skylight on the top level.

Rebecca - Graduated Student

Buildings surrounding the plaza are lower in height to allow for natural sunlight into the space.

This elevated terrace provides the office workers an outdoor environment that is separate from the loud activities in the plaza.

Office building to attract young entrepreneurs and new startups to the village. Office

Village Hotel is situated on the 12th street, which connects to the surrounding governmental buildings and major amenities downtown. The surrounding governmental buildings as well as the new proposed offices will create demand for the hotel. The Village Hotel will be an unique place to stay at, with live jazz bands performing at the sky bar, and occasional art exhibits from the new Recycle Museum. Visitors will get emerged in the vibrant environment of the CoVillage. A new specialties store that sells goods made exclusively from the local community is located across the street from the hotel.

BBQ garden

Retail and community related commercial services are located at the first and second floor of the buildings to create a continuous storefront along the central spine, Holmes Street.

Section A-A’

FROM SINGLE-USE TO MIXED-USE

Bloomfield Neighborhood Place-making Design Instructor: Prof. Stefani Danes Site: Bloomfield, Pittsburgh Duration: September- December, 2019 Team : Xiaoran Zhang, He Su, Sameedha Mahajan, Yashasvi Tulchiya Role in Team: Site Analysis, Case Study, Modeling, Individual Project Design Bloomfiled is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh with a strong characteristic of diversity. It is a neighborhood with local and migrant residents. As time goes by, Bloomfield has become a multicultural neighborhood. It not only has unique history and culture, but also is a place encouraging commoning and emerging culture. Therefore, its unique culture and affordable housing has been attracting new residents. The Saturday Market in Bloomfield is a characteristic farmers market in Bloomfield. It is located by Liberty Avenue - the artery of Bloomfield and opens every Saturday on the site where is a parking lot on workdays. The high vitality has called Bloomfield Development Corporation’s interest in exploring the potential for replacing the parking lot with a mixed-use complex that includes a year-round market house, along with related businesses, and housing to provide more amenities to the whole neighborhood. In order to enhance the community culture and continue its unique characteristic in the neighborhood, we explored the potential models to develop different mixed-use projects that encourage Bloomfield to become a livable, friendly and energetic neighborhood in Pittsburgh.

Community Characteristic Research

Neighborhood Location

Market Typology Analysis

Residential Complex Markets

Market District Roanoke Market, USA

CONCEPT

Recreational

Outdoor

Great Market Hall, Budapest, Hungary

Recreational

Feria de San Telmo, Argentina

Semi-open Street Outdoor Performances

Columbia Flower Market,

Chatuchak Market, Thailand

CONCEPT CONCEPT Community Integration CONCEPT Concept CONCEPT Skating Plaza CONCEPT Park Design Concept Recreational Recreational EducationalEducational Outdoor Performances Recreational Residential

Recreational

Semi-openLondon, UK Design StreetConcept

Semi-open Concept Diagram Design StreetConcept Skating Plaza DesignDesign Concept Concept Design Concept

Park

Site 1

Street Markets

Multiple Building Markets

From typology analysis of existing market precedents, we are able to find out the models that fit for the neighborhoods’ development needs.

CONCEPT

Site Selection

Design Concept

Mixed-Use Markets

Performances CONCEPT

Detroit Eastern Market, Detroit

Design Concept

Recreational

StandAlone Markets Bloomfield is a plateau above the Allegheny River. This boundary is disputed – many residents believe that Bloomfield abuts the neighborhood of Friendship. Therefore, Bloomfield and Friendship interactively form a special neighborhood. As the community is adjacent to many communities including Shadyside and North Oakland where most university students are located, the neighborhood has a potential to attract more young residents and visitors if there are new complex projects developed.

Queen Victoria Market, Australia

DC Eastern Market, Washington

CONCEPT

District Market

Urban Market

Site 1 is a permanent parking lot in a mixed-use area. Nearby there are church, residential, institutional and commercial buildings. Outdoor Performances

Park

CONCEPT Display cooking

Residential Residential

Community Skating Plaza Classes onMeetings other topics FoodClasses resources classes Cooking Classes Ecology ClassesEcology Spacious Units Skating Plaza Park Shaded Seats Design Concept

Site 2 is used as ground parking lot in workdays and is used as a farmers market on Saturday. Shaded Seats

Public

Learn

Learn Semi-open Outdoor SharingSemi-open Community Community CONCEPT Indoor-outdoor interaction Easy walking access Seasonal spaces Street Street Performances CONCEPT Holiday Stallsactivity Outdoor Semi-open Shaded Seats Meetings Cooking ClassesCooking Meetings Classes CONCEPTStreet Performances Spacious Units Educational Educational Skating Plaza Residential Park Devide Diversify Integrate Residential Holiday Stalls Shaded Seats DesignDesign Concept ConceptDesign Concept Public Sharing

Public Sharing

Site 2

Design Conce

Park Workshops Workshops Small Gatherings Holiday Stalls

Small Gatherings

Public Sharing

New living style

Spacious Units

Public Learn Sharing

Vertical

Com Act

Skating Plaza Housing

Community Active

Vertical Ecology Community Market Improve Practice Housing Improve Active

Environmental Community Activity Environmental Shaded Seats AdvocacyEcology Advocacy Outdoor Spaces

Holiday Stalls Workshops Ecology Classes Fitness Classes Community service Great Units amenities Fitness Classes Small Gatherings Spacious Holiday Stalls Shaded Seats

Practice Practice Housing

Improved Amenity

Holiday Stalls

Outdoor Spaces

Liberty Avenue Characteristic

West West Penn Penn Hospital Hospital Pittsburgh Dance Center

Housing

Greater Pittsburgh Medical Associates Fitness Classes Small Gatherings

Vertical Ecology Community Improve Active

Environmental Advocacy Outdoor Spaces

Vertical Ecology

Outdoor Spaces

St Maria Goretti Parish

West Penn Cardiology Associates PC

US Post Office

Commercial Institutional Residential Green Park Parking Lot

As the main street of Bloomfield, Liberty Avenue is a major mixed-use corridor where most commercial and service buildings are gathering in the neighborhood. This brings favorable conditions for the new proposed mixed-use development in the two sites we choose.

Project 1: Site Analysis & Place-making Strategies

Site Impression

Site Analysis Peripheral Path Site Sight

FRI

HIP

PAR

The site forms a void in contrast to surrounded buildings. At the same time, there are accessibilities to the parking lot from various directions, and obviously the site has a wider sight range to the direction of Friendship Park.

There is a feeling of connectivity of the walls surrounding the site, which constitutes a great enclosure. Also,even though there are some pedestrian friendly facilities, the stop sigh in the front shows that the site is now a barrier between blocks.

Generating Process

Scheme Comparison

The massing of two proposed complexes can shape the open spaces between Friendship Park and the church, connecting the blocks directionally and creating more pedestrian-friendly streets in the neighborhoods.

The mixed-use function of the complex can connect the indoor and outdoor public space, providing a new recreational and gathering space for community that can both satisfy the need of community activities and attract new residents.

By forming the open spaces and arranging the function configuration of indoor and outdoor spaces, the parking lot can be transformed into a multi functional and attracting public space in the community.

By comparing multiple schemes of place-making, a lot of possibilities can be conceptualized to form those well-shaped ‘paths’ and ‘squares’. Through the comparison, I am able to explore more flexibilities of the open space based on different occasions(seasons, events etc.)

Ground Floor Plan

Project 1: Place Making Scheme

N 0

20m

Winter Funeral Home

N 0

1 Friendship Park 2 Entrance Square 3 Outdoor Stage 4 Central Market 5 Open Street 6 Market Square 7 School Playground 8 Church Square

36m

30m

1 One Bedroom Apartment 2 Two Bedroom Apartment 3 Shared Common Space 4 Vertical Garden

1 Market Parking 2 Housing Parking 3 Parking Entrance

2 2 1

1 2

1 1

4 2

1 2

1 1

3 1 1

1 1

-1 Floor Plan

2 3

4 2

2 Floor Plan

Entrance Perspective 4

7 5

Maria Goretti Catholic School

Garage Entrance 6 8

St. Maria Goretti

Project 2: Site Analysis and Concept Generation

Zoning Restriction Dimension

Setback

Parking

Height

The site area is 62,700 sq ft and the side along Liberty Avenue is 340 feet long.

There is a 15 foot required setback from adjoining residential properties.

Parking and loading shall not be located within 15 feet of residential properties.

Building height shall not exceed 45 feet or three stories. One more story is allowed if it is 50 feet from residential property.

Space Forming and Functioning By forming the spatial and functional indoor and outdoor spaces, the complex can play as a connector between the front street and backyard, in order to create a community place for gathering and sharing.

COMMUNITY MARKET 19

Market

Community Garden

Open Spaces

CO-WORKING

Forth Floor - Uplift

Third Floor - Retreat

Second Floor - Gather

First Floor - Cross

Co-working Space

Rentable Offices

Shared Kitchen

CO-LIVING

Shared Rentable Living-room Bedroom

Roof Garden

CO-LIVING CO-WORKING

Shared Living-room

Rentable Bedroom

Roof Garden

Rentable Offices

Project 2: Place Making Scheme N

Ground Floor Plan N

4 Floor Plan 0

30m

20m

Retail Unit

Retail Unit Food Market

Food Market

Food Hall

Restroom

Kitchen

Restroom

3 Floor Plan

Apartment Lobby

Apartment Lobby Food Hall Extended Seats

Mailroom Living-room

Shared Courtyard

Mailroom Living-room

Manager Office

Community Growing Garden

2 Floor Plan

Market Entrance Perspective

Food Hall Perspective

-1 Floor Plan

Project 2: Place Making Detail

Project 2: Future Vision

Shopping Square

Pedestrian Friendly Street

Roof Terrace

Shared Courtyard

Community Growing Garden

Public Space Connection

Backyard Activities Farmers Market

Community Party

Art Festival

Backyard Model & Sketch Scenario

Neighborhood Growing Garden

Future Vision The site is located in a developing district in Bloomfield-Friendship. In the future, the successful market might lead to more commercial development and public spaces around the site. In addition, it is a good way to develop growing gardens among neighborhoods. There is a vision that house owners on the south of the site can spare part of their backyard as common growing area and shared backyard. This can greatly encourage communication among neighborhoods and provide healthier food for community.

Tales of the neighborhood

FROM PAST TO FUTURE

AR-based History District Regeneration Design Instructor: Dandi Ma Site: Shanghai, China Duration: June- August, 2018 Team Work Team : Xiaoran Zhang, Yanran Lu Role in Team: Preliminary Investigation, Concept generation, Diagram drawing, Architectural representation Under the influence of urban renewal in Shanghai, the Old North Station Shikumen Historic District has become an important renovated area. Undergoing tremendous changes through urban renewal and development, the site became a neglected place that is difficult to be defined due to the conflict between historical conservation and gentrification. In the process of balancing historical protection and future development, it is an emerging opportunity to utilize new technologies to protect historical culture from a new perspective. This project aims to protect the integrity of Shikumen District’s history and living culture by creating AR technology and its installations without compromising construction intensity due to urbanization, and satisfy residents’ living demands, in order to create more valuable historical blocks and realize urban tradition and city.

Memories of old objects in the street

Since Early in 20th Century...

Urban Research

Site Analysis

Phenomenon - “In Between”

Site Problems Caused by Demolition

In the process of urbanization, skyscrapers are gradually replacing the traditional urban places. Extensive demolition and construction activities have caused historic communities become undefined negative urban spaces, The Shikumen historical area in Shanghai is undergoing this issue that has been affecting cities internationally.

Old Town

Old North Station District

Shanghai N 0

DEMOLISHED

3km

Early Shikumen District Mid-term Shikumen District Late Shikumen District

Space Deficiency

Old Town 1846 British Concession

PRESERVED Vitality Lack

Walking Obstacles

1848 British Concession 1863 International Settlement 1899 International Settlement 1847 French Concession 1861 French Concession 1900 French Concession 1900 French Concession 1914 French Concession

Modern Style

Traditional Features

JIANYELI

XINTIANDI

Reformed as Commercial Center

Reformed as Superior Hotel

TIANZIFANG

Reformed as Creative Industry Park

Conflicts In History Districts of Shanghai Located in Shanghai, many Shikumen History District are under the process of regeneration. Through this process, many modern styles are added into reconstruction of history buildings, which causes the new-built environment incongruous with the conser vation of traditional district.

Abandoned

Preserved

History Residence

Flow

CBD

Obstacle

high

low

Integration

The status of the site can be divided into two categories: demolished and preserved. The parts that have been demolished greatly interfere with the block space texture of the reserved part, resulting in three problems: space deficiency, vitality lack and walking obstacles.

Concept Generation

Strategy Formation

Reconstructing Strategies Based on AR Technology According to the status quo of left Shikumen buildings in Jiqing Lane, historic buildings are divided into five categories. Each of the categories can represent an obvious feature of Shikumen Buildings in Jiqing Lane. Based on these five types, five reconstructing strategies based on AR technology were given in order to regenerate this historic district.

N 0

100m

Celebrity Monuments Block Impression

Historic Buildings Community Center

3 1

Life Scene 4

Public Square

Central Space 5

Integrity

The Possibility of AR Technology The AR Technology creates an opportunity for both residents and tourists to get closer to scenes in history district years ago . Through diverse screens in movable and immovable devices can people see virtual scenes directly. From this innovative method, old scenes can be reverted.

1 Heritage House 100% left

2 Collective House 75% left

Nest

Merge

3 Private House 50% left

4 Abandoned House 25% left

5 Demolished House 0% left

Real Scene

AR Technology Regeneration Concept

Construction

Status Quo

Screen

Visual Perception Digital Device

Historic District

Pollution

Intelligence Combination

Eyes

Demolishment

Information Sharing

Reconstruct Process

Mobile Device

Insert

Offset

Structure

Actual Effect Incomplete

AR Combination

Future Community

Traditional Construct

Complete

Plan & Space Generation

Master Plan

Space Generation

ground floor &roof combined

According to the trend of the lanes and alleys and the configuration of public facilities around the site, the street texture of the site is reconstructed, forming a public space system corresponding to the surrounding area. The axes of east-west direction and north-south direction divides the site into four functional areas, including new community areas, public service area (consisting of commerce, culture and education parts), residential areas, tourist areas (consisting of shikumen residence experience part and exhibition part).

1 Retail

RESERVED RESIDENTIAL AREAS

COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER Ladder Stand Cube Sports Cube

2 Homestay Room

Partially Demolished Totally Demolished

Incomplete

AR Implantation Point Building Repair Texture Repair

NEW COMMUNITY 12F 1-3F Shopping Mall 4F Public Platform 5-12F Stacked Apartment

HERITAGE CONSERVATION EXHIBITION AREA Former Residence of Wu Changshuo Former Residence of Mr.Liang

Repair

New Built

Construct 1

1 1

Height Rise

1 1

2 2

2 2 2

Lift

2 2

2 2 2

Installation Insert

Implant

COMMERCIAL CENTER 19F 1-2F Shopping Mall 3F Public Platform 4-19F Hotel

COMMUNITY CULTURE CENTER 5F 1F Public Reading Room 2-5F Tanggu School

SHIKUMEN RESIDENCE EXPERIENCE AREA Homestay Restaurant

LANE CULTURAL EXHIBITION HALL VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE HALL N 0

50m

Complete

AR Scenarios

Spatial Experiences From Three Perspectives

THE WORKS ON SHIKUMEN <WINTER OF THREE HAIRS> <IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE> CHANGSHUO WU 1844-1927 PAINTER CALLIGRAPHER

New Community Entrance

Vista of Historic District

Former Residence Celebrities

East-West Axis

Street View of East-West Axis

50m

Conservation Schemes & Activities

Activities Based on AR Structures In the strategy of AR space implantation mentioned above, the buildings are divided into five levels according to the integrity of the reservation, and the reconstruction modes are put forward respectively. The following axonometric maps are the morphological expression and crowd activities of five modes.

FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC

Artwork Free Port Creative Design Instructor: Chenchen Hu Hao Chen Site: Shanghai, China Duration: June- August, 2017 Team Work Team : Xiaoran Zhang, Yanran Lu Role in Team: Site analysis, Concept generation, Diagram drawing, Sectional Drawing, Modeling With the prevalence of art trade, the art market continues to grow, attracting more and more wealthy people use art trade as a method as personal asset accumulation. The Art Free Port is a trading and storage area for art that is exempt from large transaction taxes. Therefore, when an artwork becomes a personal property and a private property through transactions, it is stored in a warehouse and gradually disappears into the public field of vision. It leads to the question whether the value of art is determined by price or by value. Is art closer to the public more conducive to the value of art? This design intends to propose a future art ‘free port’ that forms a new art exhibition, creation, warehousing and transaction complex, which gives better access for citizens to promote public art activities.

'Closed' Free Port Site Analysis & Research

Three formal artwork free ports in the world have something in common with each other that they are far away from downtown and keep isolated from the public,which makes them mysterious places for most citizens. - Are this kind of free ports really free? - Neither for the artworks nor for the rights of people.

Geneva

City Center

Railway

Art Free Port

Airport

Art Free Port

Airport

Art Free Port

Luxembourg

Main City

Singapore

West Bund’s Location Advantages The site has the possibility of sea, air and land transportation at the same time. This riverside apron is isolated from its surroundings, located on the West Bank of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. In addition, the site is at the important node of the cultural corridor on the West Bank of Xuhui where creative art space cluster. Therefore, this site is suitable to cater to the support of the government and build the first international art bonded service platform in Xuhui, the free port on the West Bund. Main City 39

Concept Generation

Strategy Formation

Artwork as Cargo

Artwork as Stock

Art Street Unit

Reserve

Mesh

Systematise

Artwork as Commodity

Scales

By using the plasticity of grid and conforming to the surroundings, the block is divided into homogeneous modules, and different functional zones are delineated according to the status quo. The structure, activities and spaces can intervene and form an organism that welcomes citizens to participate in creation activities.

Artwork as Exhibit

Formation Strategy

Trading Process Tank Art Park Unit

Artwork trade makes more and more artworks stored in those warehouse in free ports. From the museums and galleries to warehouses, the role of artworks is changing all the time. In this process, artworks is gradually disappearing from the multitude, making it harder to be viewed as a symbol of culture, but only a commodity, which is against the historical trend of the openness of art works. Distribute

Timeline of Artwork Innovation Process The beginning of Renaissance brought about revitalization of classical art. Religious occupation of art is a typical phenomena at that time.

The emergence of baroque art is facilitated by monarchy autocracy, entailing nobility take possession of arts.

The construction of the Pompidou Centre provides a platform for the public to approach art.

Implant

Subdivide

40m

Warehouse & Transport Unit

Under the influence of contemporary art, everyone has the chance to take part in various art activities.

Modern Art Center

Street Art

52m

New System

Royal Art Studio

Work of Marcel Duchamp - Fountain

149

Warehouse

Combination

New Centers

Green Places

Transportation

Route

Form

160

Art Street

198

191

Concept - Grid as a Form As for the form, we conclude it as a grid, which is most suitable and footloose for many activities .The work of art is abstracted into an equal unit, in which the role of the work of art can be safely transformed.

Cargo

Storage

Exhibition

Transportation

Master Plan

0 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

100m

Plan & Vertical Space Design

Sections

Auction Center Blocks Bonded Warehouse Exhibition Center on Water Transportation Exhibition Center on Arts Exhibition Center on Air Transportation Museum on Process of Artwork Transportation Port Art Experience Center

Section A-A

Section B-B A

Section C-C

E C

Section D-D

0 43

50m

Section E-E 44

Goods Arrival Layer Distribution Layer Check Layer Repair Layer Administration Layer Delivery Layer Show Layer Flow

Warehouse Art Street Node

4 2

2 3

Section Layer 1 1 Art Street Activity Route r

ke Wor

Routes & Stories

rk Wo

Story of Public

rk Wo

ris

u To

1 Public Spots

1 Owners’ Spots

There is a square. Wow, what a huge warehouse, we like this unique structure.

The best scenery i have ever seen on such a freight port. Never thought about it, right?

So amazing! We can both see the freight process and the artworks in this museum.

ist

Art

ris

u To

Passing through the creation blocks which are enclosed by warehouses, we see so many display modules.

5 The planes are transporting artworks.

I can feel artworks in containers are 'walking' under my feet!

After finishing watching the display, let’s make an artwork by ourselves!

Architecture Layer Walking to the end of the glass trestle,we arrive at a museum.

Story of Owner 1

Today i want to go to the trade center for a price assessment of my own artworks.

Structure and Activity 45

Ground Layer

Am i supposed to just put all my collections in a warehouse. Is it better to put them into an exhibition?

There are a lot of people, they are holding an auction!

And, the creative process is also valuable, just because of these artists, i can have more collections. So why not promote this activity?

I want to have a look at my own collection. Oh, what are they doing, so many artists show their creative process, the display is fantastic!

It is a really great idea to put the warehouse and art activities together. In this place, i can enjoy both various service on artworks and the art display. It is really a good platform to share our viewpoints on artworks collection together.

FROM BARRIER TO CONNECTION

Transit-Based Community Center Complex Design Instructor: Prof. Yuli Wei, Zhou Xu Site: Nanjing, China Duration: March- June, 2018 Individual Work As the city continues to expand, the Old Xiaguan District has been gradually integrated into the urban planning, being transformed from the original industrial area into an developing area integrating residential, commercial and service functions. As a transportation hub of the old Xiaguan area and Nanjing, the development of Nanjing West Railway Station is going downhill. With the relocation of the Nanjing West Railway Station in 2012, the station building and railway lost their original functions and gradually became an urban brownfield, blocking the development of the station and the connections nearby. Despite the railroad outage, the demand for transportation in this area has not diminished: the construction of subway stations, the opportunities for tourism and the need for commuting. At the same time, the historical value of Nanjing West Railway Station and the planned tram line have brought development opportunities. This project aims to reshape the Nanjing West Railway Station into a community center based on a transit hub, thereby transforming the original barrier into a connected open zone and gradually being integrated into the urban development.

Background Information

Planned Connecting Line Analysis

Sectional Barriers and Activities

Highway

N 0

Residential

250

Station and Track

Traffic Node

500m

Moat

Subway Station Landscape West Station Branch Line

Freight

Mixed Use

Water

Crowd Gathering Node

Resident Tourist

Residential

Commercial Scenic Commercial

Old Freight Station

Service Station

Nanjing West Station

Zhongshan Pier

Pukou Pier Resident

Resident

Worker

Tourist

Transportation

Worker

Resident

Obstacles

100m

Ceiling

Nanjing West Station Subway Station

Ancillary Buildings

Tourist

Resident

Highway

Transfer Point Water Road

Railway Station & Platforms

The abandoned Nanjing West Railway Station and its tracks will be reused to integrate into the regional public transportation lines. There are favorable traffic elements such as subway stations, docks and expressway entrances and exits around the blocks. The abandoned stations and surrounding buildings form the track and surrounding areas as a traffic barrier for the district.

Worker Tourist

A continuous section of the site and its surroundings shows the obstacles that Nanjing West Station and its ancillary buildings bring to people around the site, including transportation, sight and continuity. 50

Strategy & Plan Formation

Layers & Functions

Status Quo

Requirement Connection Tram Station

Buildings

Commuting Sightseeing Daily transportation

Commercial Residential Mixed Loft

Museum

Resident Worker

Linked Commercial Complex

Tour Exhibition

Market

Cultural & Creative Office

Resident Worker Tourist

Selling Shopping Entertainment

Apartment

Accommodation Activity Communication

Office

Worker

Integrated Service Station Railway Culture Museum Expansion Museum Office & Warehouse

Tourist Worker

Working Business Meeting

Generation Process

Main Channel Corridor

Complex Channel Museum Channel Park Entrance

Residential Entrance

Conserved

Ground Floor Plan 1 Nanjing West Station Museum Main Building 2 Tram Station Entrance 1 3 Nanjing West Station Museum Deputy Building 4 Souvenir Store 5 Restaurant 6 Tram Station Entrance 2 7 Cultural & Creative Office Entrance 8 Shopping Mall 9 Retail 10 Commercial Residential Mixed Loft Entrance 11 Boutiques 12 Retail

Tram Station

Attraction Entrance Museum Entrance

Museum Underground

Vertical Exit Platform Exit

Plane Exit

N 0

100m

Station Entrance

Commercial Complex

Transfer Area

Restaurant

-4.8m Floor Plan Shared Office

Display Gallery

Boutiques

Leisure Space

Theme Exhibition Hall

Restaurant

Office & Storage Room

Market

0 10

100m

+12.0m Floor Plan

+31.5m Floor Plan

Continuity & Node Analysis

Perspective

Perspective Point 1: Overlook the tram station from the museum interior

Perspective Point 2: Open Space at the junction of the corridor

Perspective Point 1

Perspective Point 2

Nanjing West Station Railway Culture Museum

Tram Station

Commercial, Cultural & Creative Complex

Section A-A

40m

Master Plan N

FROM SEPARATION TO INTEGRATION

50m

Rural Community Commons Creative Design Instructor: Prof. Renchao Luo, Zhou Xu Site: Nanjing, China Duration: March- June, 2017 Individual Work Due to the national reformation of rural policies and the expansion of cities, villagers have moved away from their original homes due to the need for land intensive use. It is also a fact that their original joint labor and common life are gradually weakening. The vast land which they depended on was gradually replaced by mechanized production. Such issues are existing in Gaoli Village, a suburban village in Nanjing. Residents are isolated from their farmland. The gradual depression of the farming industry also causes issues including unemployment , low income, and the problem of aging. By reconnecting villagers and citizens through the reconstruction from the residence to the environment, the new commoning system can link their living space and working space more closely. Meanwhile, by exploring the surrounding tourism resources, it create the opportunity to provide the living space for both travelers and local residents. By these methods, the villages can develop a homestay economy based on traditional rural living experiences and preserve the local traditional culture at the same time.

Background Research

Strategy Formation

Gaoli Village

Public Space Structure

Village Scope

Natural Tourism Resources

Dri

rive

Construction Land to Farmland Ratio

D 30min

Gaoli Village is a village based on traditional planting industry. It is surrounded by abundant natural tourism resources and suburban conditions. However, the current situation indicates that there is a problem of villages’ isolation from farmland.

Community Unit Composition Typology

Water Farmland

Location Traffic

River North New Center

Main City Center

Amber Spring

West Ridge Lotus Park

Crossing River Channel

Old Mountain Forest Park

Construction Land

Fish Pond Basic Farmland Community Range Railway Land Road Rivers & Ditches

Farmland

0.25

0.5

1km

3 Main Entrance

4 Landscape Trail

Landscape Farmland Park

Village Status Map

North Part

2 Granary

Standard Grain Field

Tourist Attraction Natural Resource

Old Mountain

1 Waterfront Landscape

Central Mixed Landscape Farmland

Multi-crop Farmland

Village Status Analysis

3 Landscape Central Belt

South Part

Activity Line & Point

Construction Land Farmland

North Part

Current Status Data 1-18

other

9% 29%

unemployed

18% Age Distri-

Age Distribution

bution

62% over 55

19-55

go out for work

45%

28% agriculture

South Part

Urban Development Brings Change

Central Test Field

Walking Corridor

Inserted

Encircled

Sided

Type & Position

Spacial Structure

Vertical Recreation Pavilion

Residential Group and Monomer Urban Expansion & Village Location

Co-living between Villagers & Tourists

Urban Per Capita Annual Income

Urban & Rural Income Gap Mechanization reform to increase production!

Seek for better job and more income in big city!

The house is gradually vacant and decaying!

We enjoy working together!

1970s

People's Commune Movement

Household Contract Responsibility System

1980s

Reform and Opening

Main Plan

Ground Plan

Main Plan

Ground Plan

Main Plan

Group Enlargement Layout

Co-living for Generations in One Family

1960s

Ground Plan

Rural Per Capita Annual Income

More labor, more harvest!

Timeline

Isometric

Shared Open Space

1990s

2000s

Farmer Migration

Intensive Farmland Planting Field

Residence

Co-living in Labor Group

Commoning Struture Design

Residential Node Space Structure 1 Co-living in Labor Group 1

2 Co-living for Generations in One Family

1 Basic Residence Group 2 Fish Pond Path 3 Granary 4 Landscape West Avenue 5 Multi-crop Farmland 6 Landscape East Avenue 7 Standard Farmland 8 Recreation Farmland Park 9 Main Entrance of Village 59

3 Co-living between Villagers & Tourists

Ground Plan N

60m 9

The basic structure of the village layout consists of a windmill-like public space and a surrounding living base unit. In each residential base unit, three residential space prototypes provide a good space for production, living and communication for all types of residents.

Group Activity Space Design

Life Scenes in Countryside

1 3

Shared Residential Work & Life Scene

4 5

Village Avenue Space

1 Collective Residential Leisure Corridor 2 Farmland & Sunbathing Grounds 3 Family Home Center Courtyard 4 Residential Entrance and Exit Paving 5 Central Landscape Seedling Cultivation Base 6 Aerial Corridor Vertical Entrance

20m

Residential Base Unit Floor Plan 62

Commoning Scenario Our har vest can fill with public granaries e a c h y e a r, w h i c h greatly encouraged our production enthusiasm!

Fish pond is both our industrial base and our activity park. It improves our working environment!

We work together to develop various crop products in the experimental field.!

There are lots of interesting activities here, fantastic!

Axonometric Activities

Nice scenery! Walking on the Landscape Avenue, I can feel the changes of various landscapes.

We live here together, sharing common activity space and enjoying our daily communications. 64

RESEARCH

Recultivation Cooperative Framework

Chongming Re-cultivation, Urban Commons Thesis Research Website link: https://issuu.com/xiaoranz/docs/chongming_recultivation_xiaoran_zhang

Graduate Thesis Instructor: Prof. Stefan Gruber Prof. Jonathan Kline Duration: September, 2020 - Present Chong m i ng Re c u l ti v a t io n s e le c t s Chongming Island as a model to explore the possibility of reshaping cooperativebased rural communities through bottom-up commoning practices. By reviewing the evolution of village community’s socio-physical changes at different stages of development in China and exploring emerging involvement opportunities into village community reformation, the proposal focuses on how commoning can intervene into diverse forms of localized economy in village communities. By stressing the importance of actors’ interaction within the transition system, the thesis explores structural typology and bottomup participation in changing villages’ physi ca l a nd so c i al e n v iro n m e n t . Through developing various scenarios, it builds up models for a knowledge and skill sharing system for Chinese villages.

A System Emerging with Farming Culture ǐ Plow (Tool/Skill）

Farmland (Land/Place)

Cultivation

People Design as a method of seeking balance

Households

Commons

Households

Commons

Based on traditional form of Chinese cultivation system, it explores a future model of self-organized, cooperative-based urbanrural community system that can support a healthier growth with greener e c o n o m y, s h a r e a b l e resources and humannature harmony.

Intervention Typology & System Change

Community Open Spaces

The three intervention structural typologies can engage into a commoning system in Chongming villages. By experimenting the rebalance system on a typical pattern in Sanxing To w n , i t b o t h f o r m s a recultivation system and multiple place-making scenarios.

STEP 1: ROOT

STEP 2: CONNECT

STEP 3: PROLIFERATE

Rebuild localized social network based on existing villagers to form mutual support relationship.

Connect design professionals and participants to village communities to promote urban-rural community interaction.

New villagers bring more social innovation projects to encourage more events and engagements.

Rebalanced Triangle & Programs

Cultivation System

Neighborhood Committees Community Open Spaces Cultivation System

Farming Cooperation

Farming Cooperatives

Based on the rebalanced triangle model, three types of programs are proposed in Reclutivation Cooperative Framework, in order to encourage the diverse forms of engagement into Chongming village communities, including Farmers Market & CSA(Community Supported Agriculture), Tour & Co-housing and Industries & Workshops.

RESEARCH Neighborhood Study

Soot and the City, Pittsburgh Air Quality Based Environment System Research Website link: https://pittsburghair.cargo.site/

500

1500m

Downtown

Studio Group Research Instructor: Prof. Nida Rehman Duration: January - May, 2020

“I will never forget the first time I experienced that smell” “We need to operationalize actions we can take now to address this problem”

“There are so many statistics in here I was floored with. I’m shocked to learn how bad this problem is”

BRACKENRIDGE TARENTUM

EAST DEER

Micro climate formed by built environment

Traffic caused diesel PM2.5 pollution

Lawrenceville

SPRINGDALE SPRINGDALE

CORAOPOLIS

EMSWORTH NEVILLE

“It’s getting pretty bad” “The smell is definitely noticeable”

VERONA MILLVALE

BELLEVUE Brighton Heights

STOWE MCKEES ROCKS Esplen Fairywood Chartiers Sheraden Windgap

Northview Marshall-Shadeland Heights Spring Perry South Hill-City Fineview View California-Kirkbride Manchester

PENNSBURY VILLAGE

CARNEGIE

SHARPSBURG

Upper Lawrenceville Morningside

West End

PENN HILLS

Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar Larimer

Homewood Homewood West North Point Breeze Homewood South East Hills North

WILKINSBURG

Pollutant absorbed into water

Shenango Plants

South Shore Mount Washington

Pollution caused by steel foundry

Neighborhoods and schools affected by downwind pollution of factories

Allegheny cemetery topography can trap the polluted air

MONROEVILLE

Allentown Beltzhoover Arlington Arlington Knoxville Heights Hazelwood St. Bon MOUNT Clair Air Glen Hazel

OLIVER

Carrick

“I didn’t have asthma when I moved to Pittsburgh, I have asthma now”

Garfield

Upper Hill Bedford Dwellings Terrace Middle Hill Crawford-Roberts West Oakland Oakland Bluff

INGRAM Heights Elliott

CRAFTON

ETNA

“My family often wakes up feeling ‘foggy’ in the head, with burning throats and eyes”

Hays

Overbrook

SWISSVALE BRADDOCK HILLS CHALFANT HOMESTEAD RANKIN BRADDOCK NORTH TURTLE CREEK PITCAIRN BRADDOCK WHITAKER EAST PITTSBURGH WILMERDING EAST MCKEESPORT

BALDWIN Lincoln

DUQUESNE

BRIDGEVILLE

“The windows were open and it smelled like Shenango was in my room ”

DRAVOSBURG

PORT VUE GLASSPORT

MCKEESPORT

“I had run two marathons, and I couldn’t get up and down the stairs without my inhaler here”

“It was dangerous to sleep with the windows open at night because you didn’t want to be awoken by the stench”

LIBERTY VERSAILLES

133k

SOUTH PARK

283k

This map overlays median income with childhood asthma rates, and we see a pattern of environmental injustice happening along the river and around the hill district.

CLAIRTON

39k 2.3%

Childhood Asthma

Median Income

ELIZABETH

13.5%

FORWARD

18.0%

Income & Health Map

The wind direction and lack of trees can concentrate pollution on the west side

Mononghela Valley

“US Steel acts with impunity. God forbid that the unhealthy air we breathe would be put upon them and their families”

“I’m scared one day when he does finally get it, it might be too late if I’m not around” “I have lost a grandfather, a father, a sister, a daughter, and a son to cancer ”

Credit by Harvest Su (Group Researched)

Air Pollutant Matrix Reduced birds due to decrease in food availability

Acidification of water and soil Dry deposition NOX, NHX, SOX

Wet deposition H+, NO3-, NH4+, SO42-

Cheswick and Springdale Boroughs

“Living next to a coal plant is like a neighbor from hell just moved in”

“It’s like hell. Living in hell. It’s filthy; it’s dirty; it’s noisy—it’s unhealthy”

N2O

“Dirt on my windowsills, dirt on my furniture. It’s a constant cleaning. Filthy. It’s a filthy place to live, and we’re breathing this in”

Organic Aerosol, PM2.5

Acidification of water + eutrophication Wastes expelled into river

River

Downtown

Factory

The Vicinity Area

“The smoke is always there. Wherever you go, you see it”

Soil Process NO3-, SO42-, NHX

NOx, SO2, H2S, NH3, C6H6, PM2.5 O3, NOx, CO, VOC’s, PM2.5

NOX

Restaurant & Retail

Residence

Significant increase in bulk density and decrease in porosity

The pollutants penetrate the ground water reserves and contaminate drinking water

OTHER WORKS Yangtze River Ferry + Shared Bicycle Transit System Feasibility Analysis and Spatial Optimization Design Competition Work - Third Prize of Urban Transportation Innovation Practice Competition Instructor: Prof. Dongmei Li Duration: February- July, 2017 Average Hourly Traffic Volume Change

Research Scope

The problem of slow system connection on both sides of the Yangtze River in Nanjing has always existed. This study aims to combine the existing characteristics of ferry operations and propose a new intelligent connection system to alleviate related traffic problems.

2k m

0.1 0.08

3k m

0.06 0.04

0.02 1.5 k

Zhongshan Pier Time Tunnel

Bridge

Waterway

Individual Work-Innovative Technology and Urban Characteristics Research Program, Europe Duration: July- August, 2017

Percentile

Pukou Pier

Urban Characteristic Study Route & Photo Record in Europe

10 11 12

13 14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22

Brussels, Belgium Manneken-Pis

Heidelberg, Germany The Old Town

Commuting Population O-D Intensity Distribution Map

Bavaria, Germany Swan Castle Panorama Stuttgart, Germany A look in Mercedes Benz Auto Museum

Proportion For Each Hour of A Day

Traffic Volume Per Hour

Heidelberg, Germany Ancient Castle Ruins

250km

River South- River North

River North- River South Residence

Work Place

5km

5km 5k

Work Place

Residence

Due to the differences in economic development between River North and River South, most of the commuters are middle and low income earners, and they have obvious separation characteristics. The terminal provides convenient transportation for people who are separated from the area within about 5km.

Germany Prague, Czech The Performers on the Charles Bridge

Belgium Cologne

Operating Mode Brussels

Frankfurt

Jena

Prague

Luxembourg

Luxembourg Paris

Czech

Heidelberg

Stuttgart

Munich Vienna

Saved Time

Traffic Streamline Design

France

Innsbruck

Vienna, Austria Schonbrunn Palace in the City Background

Austria

Reduced Detours in Specific Areas O-D Route 2

Route 1

Route 2 Route 1 Pukou Park - Xiaguan Buiding

Transportation

Bus

Ferry

Total Time

32min

64min

O-D Distance L1 2.1km Actual Distance 2.7km L2 Winding 1.3 Coefficient L2/L1

2.1km

Luxembourg Bird View From City Center

Innsbruck, Austria The Silent Alps

Paris, France Pompidou Center in City Paris, France In Versailles Palace

Paris, France Notre Dame De Paris

Vienna, Austria Evening on the Danube

16.5km 7.9

To Be Continued...

OTHER WORKS Environment Simulation For Bloomfield Parking Lot Lab Work - Media Lab Work For Studio Instructor: Prof. Marantha Dawkins Duration: November, 2019

Shenzhen Urban Village Ecology System Case Study Issuu link: https://issuu.com/xiaoranz/docs/term_project_urban_ecology

Coursework Instructor: Prof. Christine Mondor Duration: January - March, 2020

System Features & Stakeholder System Changes

Green Space

Tiled All Direction Accessible Distributed Green Space

27.1%

Sunlight Analysis Latter

Green Space

High-rise Restricted Entrance Concentrated Public Space

53.0%

From Form to Social Relation Building Footprint

Roads

Basic Unit

Commercial Space

Organizing Style

Management

Villager Street Office Villagers’ Joint Stock Company

Self Organized

Neighborhood Committee

Developer Street Office Community Workstation Residential Based

Neighborhood Committee

OTHER WORKS Downtown Pittsburgh Green Space System Optimization Design Issuu link: https://issuu.com/xiaoranz/docs/xiaoranzhang_urban_design_media_project_2020

Lab Work - Urban Design Computation Design Instructor: Prof. Nico Azel Duration: January - May, 2020 Walking Accessibility Network Evaluation

Current

Current Green Space Recreation Green Space Filtration Green Space

Current 5-minute Walkshed Recreation Space 5-minute Walkshed

Current Isovist View Range Recreation Isovist View Range

Filtration Space 5-minute Walkshed

Filtration Isovist View Range

Filtration Space Center Point

Traffic Green Space

Traffic Space 5-minute Walkshed

Traffic Isovist View Range

Traffic Space Center Point

Green Space Center Point Recreation Space Center Point

Isovist View Range Evaluation

Scenario

Current

Scenario

Overlook Platform Recreation Stairs ft

30 30ft

Recreation Green Space

Hierarchical Landscape

Existing Green Space Components

In this scenario, more accessible entrances can and recreation components can reform the walking and cycling trail along the river. Existing Green Space

Installed Mini-labs Filtration Tower ft

Filtration Green Space

60ft

Exhibitions

Filtration Road Light

In this scenario, filtration components can reduce the air pollution along the river and bring more renewable energy installations. Existing Green Space

Smart Isolation Belt

Traffic Green Space

Components

90ft

Components

In this scenario, filtration components can reduce the spread of air and noise pollution along the highway.