UCL MArch Design for Manufacture application Portfolio of Yang Ge

Portfolio of Yang Ge Selected Works from 2020-2023

Application Number: 24100627 Programme: MArch Design for Manufacture Tel: +86 15867172022 Email: Geyang0118@163.com

Yang Ge

Contents

Born Address Interest

05/12/2000 Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China Photography, Travel, Cycling

Proficiency

Rhino Sketchup Auto CAD Photoshop Lightroom Illustrator Indesign

01 Re- Born

Lumion Enscape V-Ray Grasshopper Premiere Processing Handmade Model

Sanssouci on the ruin Aug. - Sep. 2023

02 Bound of Proliferation Natural construction: from furniture to architecture Sep. - Dec. 2022

Education Bachelor Major WAS

School of Architecture, China Acadamy of Art Architecture 85/100

Sep. 2019 - Jun. 2024

Exploring Personality through Architecture Aug. - Oct. 2023

Work Experience 2022 2023

Zhejiang Jianda Planning and Design Co., Ltd. Atelier RenTian

Jun. 2022 - Sep. 2022 May. 2023 - Jul. 2023

Extracurricular Activities 2019 2021

Member of the Publicity Department of the Student Union Volunteer at Hangzhou Yanglingzi School

Participated in the Basque Country International Architecture Biennial 2023 CIFST-Third "Three Squirrels Cup" Innovation Competition Nomination Award

04 Outside the Involution Circle Atelier design Apr. - Jun. 2022

05 Akasha in a Bottle Sep. 2019 - Sep. 2020 Oct. 2021

Religious building design Mar. - Jul. 2022

06 Other Works

Achievement Major General

03 Archtype Lattice

Oct. 2023 Aug. 2021

re- born Sanssouci On The Ruin Individual work August - September, 2023 Hangzhou, China

Hangzhou is renowned for its rich history and natural beauty.

However, newcomers to Hangzhou may not imagine that it was transformed into a heavy industrial city in the mid-20th century, with factories scattered throughout the northern part of the city, emitting polluted air. During my childhood, all the major polluting factories were finally relocated from the city. As the city expanded, some of the remaining factory ruins gradually approached the center, and people hoped to preserve a portion of them and transform them into urban parks.

The core of my design is memory fragments, where the transformed factories will exhibit the history of Hangzhou, especially its industrial history from the last century, in order to protect the increasingly fragmented and dissipating urban memories under the impact of a large influx of population. The fragments of factory components symbolize fragments of memory. After being reassembled, they are placed in the ruins of the site, making the architecture as complex as the entire factory while preserving the original relics as much as possible and allowing visitors to safely explore them up close.

history of site: Hangzhou North Industrial Zone Hangzhou Iron & Steel Group Company (HISGC) is located in the former north industrial area of the city, surrounded by factories. Like other factories, it was relocated to other cities during the urban transformation that began at the turn of the century, leaving behind a part of the factory site that has survived undemolished to this day.

Original HISGC area

Road Dwelling

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The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

Mount Banshan

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Modernisation Beginning

First railway

city planning

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Steel works establishment

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Urban transformation

Decision to relocate

Chimney Blasting

Rehabilitation of sites

Gongchenqiao was opened as a Japanese concession and factories began to be built nearby.

As the starting point of the first railway, Gongchenqiao facilitated industrial transport.

The Hangzhou zoning plan specification designates the area around as an industrial zone.

Hangzhou was reorganised as a city of heavy industry, and many factories were built.

17th May Furnace No.1 of the steelmaking workshop smelted the first steel.

HISGC made its first profit since it was built, earning 2.87 million yuan that year.

Hangzhou is gradually transforming, and factories are being shut down .

By decision of the Government, HISGC began preparations for relocation.

Construction of the Hangzhou Iron & Steel Works, organised by the government, was completed.

remains of hisgc factory

River Vegetation

BLAST FURNACE

After the closure of the steel works in 2015, the chimney of the old No.1 blast furnace was blasted.

The old industrial areas are ready to be transformed into centres of art and culture.

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Component deconstruction By researching the site and studying the literature on ironworks and blast furnaces, I obtained a simple model of the plant and broke down and grouped the building and equipment components by material and type.

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Sightseeing platform

Restaurant & Cafeteria

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The first four units consist mainly of permanent pavilions introducing the history of the city, which are accessed through the main entrance from the west; the rest of the building consists mainly of temporary pavilions for holding exhibitions, which can also be accessed through the second entrance from the east. The remaining catering, lounge and administrative spaces are distributed throughout the units.

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Each unit is connected by pipes to form a complete flow line.

Multiple viewing platforms allow visitors to see the original industrial facilities up close and enjoy the views of the city.

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Stage 1 Furniture: Fixed Linkage

Stage 2 Installation: Rapid Build

BOUND OF PROLIFERATION Natural construction: from furniture to architecture September - December, 2022 Group project comprising 3 students Role in team: Conception design (most), Subdivision modeling (average), Technical drawing (average)

Stage 3 Architecture: Meandering Theater

Although traditional Chinese building structures and furniture are made of wood, there is little connection between them. The former being known as the big woodwork (building houses) and the small woodwork (making furniture). The natural construction course required us to think about the connection between architecture and furniture, so we chose wood as the main material to investigate possible ways of joining them together. Midway through the course we needed to showcase a wooden installation to the public,

so we chose the theme of optimised storage and rapid construction to investigate movable structures in order to achieve our design goals. After designing a new linkage structure, we expanded it to serve as a tea table, a pavilion-like installation and a theatre structure in turn, learning about the effects of scale on structural strength, economy and craftsmanship, and trying to find a sweet spot and boundary between mere scaling up and mere duplication.

Stage 1/Furniture: Fixed Linkage Structure Study

Software simulation

We studied the bending characteristics of 20 x 10mm sticks as a material, looking for ways to form large spans from smaller pieces of wood. After experimenting with a fixed structure with diagonal cross tenons and a link structure that could be folded in one direction, we decided to delve into the force and movement characteristics of the link structure.

As the connecting rod in the software has no thickness to fully expand, we accidentally discovered another form of this structure. This randomness resulted in a trajectory whose movements could not be overlapped.

Beam and post construction fixed by diagonal cross tenon

Repetitive quadrilateral linkage structure

Starting from the structure of umbrella, we find that the shrinkage of parallelogram linkage structure is much larger than that of ordinary quadrilateral.

And we began trying to use software to simulate its movement.

Common quadrilateral linkage

Folding umbrella linkage

Software interface

Based on the results of the software simulation, we have designed a new linkage structure. Compared to the original parallelogram structure, the new structure has more freedom of design.

Compared to the original parallelogram structure, the new structure has more freedom of design. However, the new structure takes up more space as it shrinks and needs to be improved by adjusting the size of each component.

New linkage opening form

Parallelogram linkage

New linkage closing form

Linkage contraction

Linkage reverse contraction

Linkage reverse tensioning

Stage 1/Furniture: Fixed Linkage Structural Application 1 - Canopy

Structural Application 2- Tea Table

By studying the trajectory of the new structure, we have designed a canopy that can be flipped and folded. A joystick operates both the unfolding and the overall rotation of the structure in order to allow the structure to unfold forward from the back of the canopy. Angle irons were used to limit the structure to prevent it from over-extending.

The structure can also be retracted by simply pulling the joystick when it is retracted.

Due to the dangers of enlarging this structure, further research has led to the development of a new form that can be contracted or expanded to save space when stored, and fixed by crossbars when needed. The new form can be extended not only horizontally but also vertically, and we have made a coffee table out of it.

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Extension of linkage to three units

Structural folding state

Second layer reversed lapped

Structural unfolding state

Elevation

Stage 2 /Installation: Rapid Build Construction instruction We have enlarged the structure so that the viewer can get a richer viewing experience from the bottom up with more components. The new design resembles a stacked arch and becomes a pavilion where pedestrians can take shelter from the rain. The installation will be more ornamental than functional, to serve the neighbourhood.

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4. The structure in front of the limit can be folded or stretched for transport

5. Fitting of short limit rods

3. Each level of the structure is symmetrical to each other

6. Fitting of long limit rods

7. Loading the next layer of structure and so on

Fabrication Briefing

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Material Statistics

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Stage 2 /Installation: Rapid Build Design to Fruition

Partial Rendering

Final Result

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Overall Effect

1:20 Model Making

Model Detail

Stage 3 /Architecture: Meandering Theater Hejia Village is located under the corner of the mountains in the southwest of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The reservoir built in the 1950s has provided the village with a pleasant environment and beautiful scenery. The village economy is based on tea growing and has recently gained popularity with young people for hosting a market using the main road by the reservoir. We have designed a theatre using the woodwork studied to enrich the lives of the villagers and attract more visitors.

The theatre is situated at the foot of the hill to the east of the reservoir, in close proximity to the two villages.

The building rises naturally with the terrain and the steps for seating are raised in the direction of the mountain, similar to the theatres of ancient Greece. However, this leads to problems with the entrance being oriented in the opposite direction to modern theatres and with the flow of audience and actors interfering.

We have solved this problem with an optimised circular passage with different openings.

The functional spaces surround the theatre, from east to west, the entrance, the actors' room and the café for relaxation, before reaching the top of the staircase, which overlooks the entire theatre and offers a view of the reservoir. A large timber dome shields the building from the rain and a transparent hydrophobic roof ensures that the interior is well lit during the day, resulting in energy efficiency.

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ARCHETYPE LATTICE Exploring Personality through Architecture August - October, 2023 Group project comprising 3 students Role in team: Outdoor space design, Subdivision modeling, Technical drawing

The urban-rural transformation in China has occurred very rapidly, with Hangzhou being a typical representative. Due to the influx of migrant populations, the urban population of Hangzhou has increased nearly tenfold over the past 40 years, with a corresponding result of a large amount of speculative construction. As a result, most residents live in high-density high-rise communities. This "high-density sprawl" leads to homogenization that suppresses people's individuality and vision for life, thereby affecting residents' mental health. We hope to explore an improved approach.

Different people have different personalities, and their space needs are also different. Therefore, starting from the psychological classification of personality, we correspond different personality factors with architectural elements, so that we can evaluate design to meet different people's needs. In order to unify the design style, we integrate different loose and dense structures as a whole by referring to the atomic arrangement of crystal lattice, so that it can meet the needs of extroverts for open space and the needs of introverts for enclosed space. We have also designed a large number of corridors in public spaces and semi-public spaces to enrich residents' social interaction.

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This phenomenon of "high-density sprawl" has hidden dangers for people's lives.

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Personality and Architecture

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We combine Spaces with different characteristics to achieve different functions, and make them evenly arranged to meet the needs of different personalities.

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The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) is a self-report personality test by Raymond B. Cattell

In order to ameliorate the effects of this living situation on the mental health of the residents, we decided to use the 16pf research model to guide the design.

Openness to experience

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3 - pool

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We translate the Five-Factor model of personality into 8 architectural elements that allow the design to take into account different groups of people.

There is a sparseness and density in the composition between different atoms in the lattice, which constitutes the corresponding space. I chose three orientations from which to arrange them and used them to form the three spaces from sparse to dense, which correspond exactly to the extrovert, eclectic and introvert personalities of people.

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Interior of public space

I - type building

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E-type spatial organization 01

Using the same analysis, we designed two types of buildings, one for extroverts (E - type) and one for introverts (I - type).

Interior of public walkway

E-type spatial organization 02

Each of these buildings has its own semi-public space to facilitate social interaction and provide access to outdoor public Spaces.

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OUTSIDE THE EVOLUTION CIRCLE Atelier design Individual work April - June, 2022 Hangzhou, China

The professionalisation of consciousness-focused modern art has influenced the public perception, and ultimately suspected by the them and even by art educators. That led to a reliance on traditional realistic art which has inevitably fallen into involution in the art universities admission criteria. Consequently the role and pressure of the entrance examination has been infinitely amplified in this involution, even to the point of creating a traumatic memory for students.

This design is a way of an experiencer’s self-healing who attempt to envision a comprehensive art studio in a valley which intended to break through the phenomenon of involution by enriching functions of the studio and strengthening the connection between the public and the art studio, revive the humanistic spirit of observing nature and preserve the diversity of artistic creation.

BACKGROUND

I didn't go downstairs all day yesterday...

Problem:involution in art education

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I don't want to sketch plaster every day...

Binjiang District

CAA Xiangshan campus

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Zhuantang Street

Site I want to try to innovate, but the cost of failure is too high.

Fuyang District

I'm too tired, but others are still practicing...

My performance on the practice test dropped...

With the development of the Hangzhou city, China Academy of Art (CAA) moved its main campus to Zhuantang street, and the art block especially educational studios moved southeast.

educational studio

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The site is close to a national highway, with a bus stop and metro line 6, and the main city can be reached in half an hour by car.

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Plagued by the brutal competition for higher education, most art students mechanically sketch day after day, not daring to depart from the stylistic innovation of the model.

The site is located in a small village, surrounded by residential houses and factories, with a good range of amenities such as shops and clinics.

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TERMINOLOGY RESEARCH

Natural setting

Dam Reservoir

Development of the meaning of involution

Facility

Site

The site is at the downstream end of the reservoir and the flowing water from the creek provides a view of the building. Surrounded by large areas of farmland, the beautiful scenery of the valley is conducive to artistic creation.

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Expansion

Leibniz used the term evolution in 1714 to describe the development of individual organisms.

Goldenweiser uses the term 'involution' to describe a cultural model that, having reached a certain final form, only complicates itself internally.

Immanuel Kant 1790

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Social complexity replaces technological or political change, a process also known as 'involution' by Geertz.

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Kant's critique of Leibniz's theory of evolution suggests that the main meaning of 'Involution' is entanglement, degenerative recovery, etc.

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Alexander Goldenweiser 1936 The Chinese term for involution is " 内卷 ", which consists of "within" and "roll" and suggests a process of inward curling that involves its participants in what anthropologist Xiang Biao describes as an "endless cycle of self-flagellation". It is acceleration without destination, progress without purpose.

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According to the survey, due to excessive competition, the daily teaching time of the studio is generally 11 to 12 hours. In addition, due to psychological pressure, students' sleep time is generally shortened to 6 hours and delayed until after 12 p.m., and private relaxation time is reduced. Unclear consciousness affects the efficiency of learning.

The right height distribution allows 4-5 rows of people to paint at the same time

Sitting at different heights affects the perspective of objects in the picture. Changing the painting position not only allows the same object to be seen by more people, but also serves the purpose of exercise.

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2. Open one side of the rectangle as a gallery, break the ring with external forces.

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EXPLODED VIEWS Water Design Ⅰ

Water Source

Tower

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A place to climb up to the top and rest for the tired.

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Fine waterways

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Upper floor of the work room for washing up and sleeping.

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Water Source From the upstream reservoir water gushes from the centre of the pool and spills naturally over the curved edge.

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Fine waterways The shallow pool is divided into a large number of thin waterways at a safe distance by the undulating seating area, translated from a traditional Chinese literati event.

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Consists of squares of different heights to provide a more flexible and sketching perspective.

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The water flowing outside is made into small waterfalls due to the difference in height, creating

A common sink allows for a potential connection between all the separate private

a white noise that shields the creating people from the outside world.

studios.

Separate work room ⑦

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A place for artists to work independently and support the transport of large paintings.

Shared Studio Grouped table work, while facilitating communication between different rooms.

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General level A collection of offices, a library and a café.

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Atrium This large lawn is the centre of traffic and leisure activities.

Storage Insider

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Dormitory Close to the classroom, with views of the mountains.

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Gallery Convenient for external communication, with fast access to move paintings.

Elevator

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IN A BOTTLE 瓶中 「空界」 Religious Building Design Individual work September - December, 2022 Hangzhou, China

This project aims to explore the design goals of contem-

so I believe that the spirit of Zen Buddhism can bypass

porary Zen architecture. As a contrast, we have analysed

the symbols and intervene directly in the architecture,

the formal origins of ancient Zen temples. Although there

influencing the spatial design of the building. Based on

is a clear difference between Buddhism and Zen in moral

research, I believe that the mind of an enlightened Zen

terms, in many areas such as Hangzhou, where I live,

master is pictorial and can be expressed in a number of

they have been conflated architecturally. In general,

topological shapes, which provide the conditions for

Buddhist architecture in ancient China was modelled on

translating it into space.

the forms of buildings of the same period, transforming

We have also drawn comics to represent the study of Zen

Buddhist symbols into decorative elements embedded in

thinking, due to space constraints only some subplots

the architecture.

can be put in here, however it influences the style of

Modern architecture is opposed to decorative elements,

presentation of this project.

A Contemporary Explanation of Zen:

Translate

③ BUT THE SENTENCE

Some scholars have argued that the mind of an enlightened Zen master is an anti-verbal

ITSELF IS ALSO

An Existential Pragmatism Committed to Shatter Transcendental Illusions

into a space

pictorial mind, so we can translate Zen koans into some spatial topology, such as a Klein

VANITY...

bottle: there is no difference between inside and outside the Klein bottle, and one may mistakenly think that one has entered the bottle, but one eventually finds oneself still in the original space.

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④ I NEVER SAID THAT. THIS IS JUST YOUR ZEN IDEA...

②

B

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SO, I'M SORRY MY FRIEND, REASONING DIRECTLY WITH YOU WILL NOT HELP YOU TO BECOME ENLIGHTENED, SO I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU SOME KOANS...

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A. How long has Mt.Shou existed?

B. As long as akasha.

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C. How long has akasha existed?

Site: Where tradition meets modernity

ALL IS VANITY!

①

Main axes Secondary axes

About

:

(禪) is a school of Buddhism, which emphasizes perceiving the true nature and nature of things /

. As such, it favors direct understanding through spiritual

practice. (For example, discussing a public case /

with the Master)

Koan: a collection of words and deeds of the enlightened

Public buildings Private buildings for monks

Main buildings: ① Vajra Hall ② Mahavira Hall ③ Medicine Hall ④ Depositary ⑤ Huayan Hall ⑥ Arhat Hall ⑦ Guest Hall ⑧ Drum Tower ⑨ Bell Tower

Location: Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China ⑤

HUSH!

②

⑥ ⑦

HE ANSWERED.

ICAL COMMITMENTS OF QUINE.

LOCATED ON THE NORTH PEAK OF THE WEST LAKE,

“HOW LONG HAS AKASHA EXISTED?”

A THEORY IS ONTOLOGI-

“AS LONG AS MOUNTAIN SHOU.”

CALLY COMMITTED TO AN ENTITY IF THAT ENTITY MUST

THE MASTER ANSWERED.

EXIST IN ORDER FOR THE THEORY TO BE TRUE.

Willard Van Orman Quine

*

means void in traditional Indian cosmology.

VEGETARIAN NOODLE TASTE!

⑧

SO THE QUESTIONER ASKED:

Simo Liu

HOW NICE THE

“AS LONG AS AKASHA*.”

IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONTOLOG-

I DON'T WANT TO MEDITATE...

③

“HOW LONG HAS MOUNTAIN SHOU EXISTED?”

WE CREATE METAPHYSICAL ILLUSIONS.

SUBHUTI THUS A BODHISATTVA SHOULD GIVE ALMS WITHOUT A MIND ABIDING IN FALSE NOTIONS OF FORM...

(CHANTING)

④

A ZEN MASTER WAS ASKED: FOR ZEN, EVERY TIME WE SPEAK

Visit routes Other main routes

OH, COME ON!

①

LINGYIN TEMPLE IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TEMPLES IN HANGZHOU!

WELCOME TO LINGYIN TEMPLE! THIS ISTHEMAIN ENTRANCE.

⑨

Site

Translation Process

1.

Klein bottle

2.

Orthogonality

3.

Deformation

4.

Scaling

Function Division

5.

Connection

6.

Proliferation

Circulation Analysis Main entrance, which leads to the Dharma hall, in addition to the above-mentioned inspirational ef fect also allows for a more natural transition between the interior and exterior of the building, opening up the distance between the three main spaces.

Road To Dharma Hall

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4

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As the teahouse is also open to the general public, the access route needs to be separated from the Dharma Hall, while ensuring that the preparation room next to the Dharma Hall also has an access route to the teahouse.

Road To Tea House

5 4 1. Dhama Hall 2. Preparing Room 3. Tea House 4. Meditation Abode 5. Aisle

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Grand Floor Plan

Road To Meditation Abode

The entrance to the Zen room is located in the middle of the active line, making it more secluded. In order to ensure that the Zen room can be divided into more courtyards, the two Zen rooms are divided below the tea room and connected by an additional semi-underground route

2 1

5 4

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Courtyard View The meditation abode faces the courtyard and is distanced from the teahouse and the road to the outside world, protecting the privacy of the residents.

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4 1. Dhama Hall 2. Preparing Room 3. Tea House 4. Meditation Abode 5. Aisle 1st Floor Plan

Lengquan River 0

3

Preparing Room Teahouse

Dharma Hall* Meditation Abode

6

9

Meditation Abode 12

15

*Dharma Hall: a place for monks to practise collectively.

Mountain View

1

The outward-facing teahouse faces the Feilai Peak, a geological formation of limestone that is very different from the surrounding hills and is dotted with Buddhist cave statues from the Five Dynasties onwards.

4

3 1. Dhama Hall 2. Preparing Room 3. Tea House 4. Meditation Abode 5. Aisle

Mt. Feilai 0

5

10m

2nd Floor Plan

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Facility Description

Meditation Abode

Dharma Hall

Meditation Abode

Dharma Hall

Teahouse

For guests who come to experience the practice, a total of 8 rooms, divided into open type and closed type, independent of each other.

The body of the Klein bottle, symbolizing the akasha, for the practice of the people, the Buddhist teachings, can lead to all the other rooms

There is an independent main entrance for experiencers and visitors to taste tea and experience tea ceremony, which will not interfere with the practice of other monks.

Teahouse

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View The picked out terrace makes it easier to enjoy the view from afar.

Northwest elevation

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Privacy To prevent the activities of the residents from being seen from the road.

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5

10m Southeast elevation

0

5

10m

Practising In the Bottle

THIS CHANNEL MIGHT LEAD ME TO ANOTHER SPACE. THERE MUST BE

EPISODE 0 FIND THE BOTTLE

SOME DEEP THEORY IN THIS SPACE...

THERE IS SUCH A

EPISODE 2 LOST IN THE BOTTLE

EPISODE 1 ENTER THE BOTTLE

STRANGE BUILDING IN THE TEMPLE...

THIS IS THE SPACE INSIDE THE ENTRANCE.

I'M CURIOUS

I WAS FOOLED!

ABOUT WHAT THE

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND?

FINISH LOOKS LIKE...

MEANING IS SOMETHING YOU TAKE FOR GRANTED...

I DON'T UNDERSTAND...

MAYBE I SHOULD SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT THAT...

EPISODE 4 AKASHA IN THE BOTTLE

EPISODE 3 TOWARD THE END

Other Works

Sketches of construction diagram

Plan

Rendering

Site

Grasshopper Canvas

Isometric diagram

Model detail

Axial force diagram of original model

Bending moment diagram of the original model

Axial force diagram of optimized model

Bending moment diagram of the optimized model

This was an independent project I worked on during my internship at the Atelier RenTian, used to exhibit carbonated concrete bricks as a material in an exhibition. The requirement from Mr. Ren was to use stress line analysis and linear brick designing.

After learning the relevant Grasshopper plugins, I created a series of models, and this was the one that was finally selected. I sent the model to the structural engineer for feedback and modification. In order to achieve the final effect, steel bars needed to be added between the two layers of bricks, so this design violated the material characteristics of bricks, and it was difficult to be affirmed by everyone at school. However, in the commercial design, it was attractive enough to catch people's eyes and ultimately helped the atelier get this project. Unfortunately, due to the lack of bricklaying experience of the local construction team and the tight schedule, the final implementation was a simpler solution.

Other Works

Woodworking

Masonry (Group Work)

Model Making

Cross Halving Joint Chair

Three-centered Arch & Lattice Wall

Amalgamated Dwelling

2020.02

2020.07

2022.01

Oil Painting & Woodcut

Pastel & Rendering & Drawing

Phenomenon Sketch

Photography

Delacroix Memorial

Residential Inspection

Campus Reconstruction

The Wind Rises

2020.10

2021.10

2021.04, 2021.11, 2021.12

2021.03, 2022.08, 2023.08

Thank you for reading.

Dec. 9, 2023

Application Number: 24100627 Programme: MArch Design for Manufacture Tel: +86 15867172022 Email: Geyang0118@163.com