PORTFOLIO WEI BAI
Selected Works:2017-2020 Architectural Design
Inspiring Creative Intervention My university is located in Chengdu, a city in southwest China. As the cradle of the Shu culture, Chengdu has its unique history. The structure of western Sichuan is a unique structure developed in combination with its special terrain and cultural background, which in fact can be seen in many dwellings in Chengdu and surrounding areas. The combination of these ancient structural forms and the buildings and spaces deriving from the current life patterns has greatly aroused my interest in spatial design in historic cities. This kind of design is not only to create a space, but also to inherit and develop the culture, by means of connecting the old and new culture. Taking Chengdu as an example, the Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu Commercial Centre has well combined the traditional architectural form with the current business model, and used the form of corridor to connect several architectural units in series. The designer employed traditional pitched roof and perforated bucket structure to endow the business district with a strong sense of historical bias, bringing forward a new name card for Chengdu. This kind of intervention has played a positive role in the historical city, which, on one hand, carries forward the tradition; on the other hand, meets the modern market demand. This is consistent with my design goal - to make some active urban intervention based on the traditional region and culture, so that the historical city can have modern elements without losing its fundamental connotation.
CURRICULUM VITAE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Wei Bai Email: 2508618277@qq.com Mobile: +86 13947108771
Education Background
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Sep.2016 - Jun.2021 Southwest Minzu University Degree: Architecture - BArch (Jun.2021)
The real “Xanadu" is simple nature
May 2018 - May 2019
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Summarized different strategies for reconstruction work in different villages under different development backgrounds, analyzed the reasons, investigated the current situation and evaluated the development trend Investigated and studied the post-disaster reconstruction in the past ten years based on the layout of the village, the change of the spatial layout of the buildings, the spatial suitability of the reconstruction of the residential houses, and the evaluation of the residents' living conditions Responsible for team members' work arrangement and project integration and defense
"HUE"
05-08
Architectural Design of Climate Monument Cairo , Giza , Egypt Individual/Academic Project
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PUBLISHED ARTICLES Wei, J.C.&D.D.&H. F.&L.Renhe. A Research on Protection and Restoration of Qiang Architecture and Villages in Sichuan Province after Earthquake [J]. Premiere, 2018, (11): 251.
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Architectural Design of Ethnography Museum Wenchuan , Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture , Sichuan , China Individual/Academic Project
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES Team Leader, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students: Investigation and Research on the Comprehensive Status of Qiang Village in Aba Area of Sichuan Province Since the Earthquake Reconstruction Ten Years Ago
"Xanadu"
Jan. 2019
"Eternal Light"
09-13
Architectural Design of City Bookstore Shuangliu , Chengdu , Sichuan , China Individual/Academic Project
Use the “Hue" to commemorate the climate
Knowledge is the "Eternal Light" in a dark world
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Participant, Structure Construction
Jul. 2018
Participant, Surveying and Mapping in Guizhou Province
Jul. 2019
Participant, UCL Bartlett Summer School
Aug. 2019
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14-17
Urban Design of TOD for Huaikou South Railway Station Jintang , Chengdu , Sichuan , China Individual/Academic Project
HONORS AND AWARDS 3rd Prize, The Fourth "City Construction Cup" Professional Knowledge Seminar Competition
Jul. 2016
Honored as Excellent Youth League Member
May 2020
Take part in competition "Hourglass" and enter the shortlist
Jun. 2020
SKILLSET Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign
"Scenic City"
AutoCAD SketchUp Rhino
Lumion Revit Enscape
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Other Works
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"Scenic City" returns the landscape to the city
Record Life
"Xanadu" Architectural Design of Ethnography Museum
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Located in Wenchuan County, Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Ngawa, this project, a museum of ethnography, aims to show the cultural heritage and national spirit of Qiang nationality. Four display halls are designed, one fixed hall and three other specially designed halls. The fixed hall can display the traditional utensils and stone carvings of Qiang nationality, and the remaining three are combined with the base landscape and assisted by building installation. Besides, as human voice will affect the fluctuation of water surface, and the concentration of fog, visitors can control their tour with the sound decibel. The immersive installation draws the distance close between visitors and Nature elements, and enhance the national belief of Qiang people’s in Nature worship.
Location: Wenchuan , Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture , Sichuan , China Type: Individual/Academic Project Oct.2017 - Dec.2017 / Second Academic Year Time: Tutor: Chen Chen Email:54433469@qq.com
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CONTEXT
CONCEPT Distribution of museums in Sichuan Province
19 14 31 23
The selected base 11 683 12 33
7 15 24
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Museums at the provincial level are basically distributed in the east and south, and uncommonly seen in Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Ngawa with profound cultural meaning. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a Qiang nationality-themed museum in this area to publicize the local ethnic culture and characteristics.
Tourism resources around the base Wenchuan 16.6km 37min The selected base
Flint can form building blocks, and the deformation of clouds forms functions as the external components of buildings
The fireplace constitutes the core spiritual space of Qiang people’s houses
Three flints in the fireplace represent different ancestor gods
189min
The Dujiang Dam
ANCESTOR FIRE POND ANCESTOR ENTRANCE
ANCESTOR
THE MAIN HALL AUXILIARY ROOM
Four Maiden's mountain
60min
ANCESTOR
56km
AUXILIARY ROOM
156km
Rich surrounding tourism resources can support the development of museum.
The lines are straightened
The shape of clouds are extracted from ancient paintings and conducted with linearization
Base location analysis Confucious’temple
The selected base Residential area
The residential area around, mainly located in the south, has little impact on the base. A Confucian temple in the north, connected with the main road to the base, influences the main direction of the people flow.
1 Located between the valleys 2 The surrounding dwellings make use of local stone materials 3 Surrounded by mountains and nurtured by Minjiang River 4 Minjiang River is designed with fully-fledged dike system with a certain water level difference, which can ensure the safety of land use. site
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site
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MASTER PLAN
PLAN
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2.5m 0
0 10m 20m
40m
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Main Entrance H=10m 2F
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H=8m 1F
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0.400
0.400
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0.000
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-0.300
1 H=15m 3F
0.400
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First floor plan
2 Bookstore 1 Cafe bar 3 Consultation reception room 5 The first exhibition hall 4 Exhibition hall
4.000
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4.200
4.400
4.400 4.000
FORM GENERATION
4.400
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Floor plan 5 The first exhibition hall 6 The second exhibition hall
1.The red line of side is determined
2.Site deformation is conducted
7 The third exhibition hall
3.The size of the building base according to the concept is determined 8 10 9
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7.400
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Three-floor plan 4.Blocks are formed
5.External surface components are formed
6.Create a platform according to the shape
8 Meeting room 9 Office 10Storeroom
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GARDEN TOUR
ANALYSIS GRAPHICS
LI YIN
Sightseeing Streamline
Female Painter and Poet:Good at painting landscapes, flowers and birds. The experience about taking shelter from rain here impressed her deeply
Act One
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Double Image
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2 1
Location: Fence BYE!
Elements: Overlapping boundaries Scene:
Act Two
Li Yin comes to the overlapping glass walls, a boundary between the world inside and the landscape outside which arouses his curiosity
GO!
SECTION
1.Feel something 3.See something 5.Have a relax
2.General exhibition 4.Hear something
Functional Analysis
Entry
Location: No.1 hall Elements: Light band, Fog and Ramp Scene:
This space leads Li Yin to a completely different world. The long ramp, lined with luminous circles of rings, slowly sprays the fog. With fantastic reaction between the light and fog, the space, sacred and dreamy, seems like the forest in the early morning, and one sacrificial journey for the pilgrim. For the first time, Li Yin raves about the beauty of natural elements.
1-1
Exhibition space
Act Three Water Shadow Location: No.2 hall Elements: Water surface, Mirror, and Nature Scene:
Act Four
This space is designed with a fully open window which can completely frame and reflect the scenery outside the window on the water surface in the room. A symmetrical world is formed, in which people, insignificant enough, are completely wrapped up in Nature, which arouses Li Yin’s thoughts on human-Nature relationship once again
2-2
Leisure space
Sound Fusion
Location: No.3 hall Elements: Clouds, Bells and Sounds Scene:
Unlike the first two spaces, this space is not designed with much natural elements. What will come into view first is a cloud-shaped installation with bells. Just when Li Yin is lost in confusion, a gust of wind blows over, and the bell rings accordingly. Li Yin is quite amazed at the sounds of Nature and the fantastic fusion with his own sounds
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Service space
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"HUE" Architectural Design of Climate Monument As global warming has become increasingly serious, restoring the environment cannot be achieved by one person, but only by arousing group consciousness. This design aims to design a monument in the real-time and interactive manner. Through the “environment box” placed inside the building, the change of acid gas content in the air can be monitored in real time, and the corresponding color change will be reflected as the dynamic feature of the monument. The monitoring reagents added by visitors continuously can enhance the interactivity of the building. After all the continuous human participation will give full play to the functions of monument. Through the design of a building closely related to human behavior, architecture can also gain meanings. Besides, people’s participation in the core part of the building operation can better arouse their awareness of environmental protection, and further realize the significance of the monument. Location: Cairo , Giza , Egypt Type: Individual/Academic Project Feb.2020 - Mar.2020 / Fourth Academic Year Time: Tutor: Lu Wang Email:61752351@qq.com
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SITE ANALYSIS
BACKGROUND
VISUAL REGION ANALYSIS
Changes in Arctic sea ice 1980
1985
1990
1995
Highway
1 Great Egyptian mus.
1 A viewpoint height:10m Radius:3600m
Giza Pyramids
2000
2005
2012
2019
Major Roads
2 Great Egyptian mus.
Arctic sea ice reaches its minimum each September. September Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of 12.85 percent per decade, relative to the 1981 to 2010 average. This graph shows the average monthly Arctic sea ice area of the Arctic in September from satellite ob-servations every ten years since 1979. The animated time series below shows the annual Arctic sea ice minimum since 1979, based on satellite observations. The 2012 sea ice extent is the lowest in the satellite record.
Giza Pyramids
Minor Roads
3 Great Egyptian mus.
Changes in global carbon dioxide content
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375
385
395
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2 A viewpoint height:30m Radius:3600m
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3 A viewpoint height:70m Radius:3600m
Giza Pyramids
Sep. 2002
Sep. 2004
Sep. 2006
Sep. 2008
Geography
4 Great Egyptian mus.
4 A viewpoint height:90m Radius:3600m
Giza Pyramids
Sep. 2010
Sep. 2012
Sep. 2014
Sep. 2016
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important heat-trapping (greenhouse) gas, which is released through human activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels, as well as natural processes such as respiration and volcanic eruptions. The time series below shows global distribution and variation of the concentration of midtropospheric carbon dioxide in parts per million (ppm). The overall color of the map shifts toward the red with advancing time due to the annual increase of CO2.
Changes in global temperature 1885
1905
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Map projection
5 Great Egyptian mus.
5 A viewpoint height:110m Radius:3600m
Giza Pyramids
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1945
6 Great Egyptian mus.
6 A viewpoint height:130m Radius:3600m
Giza Pyramids
1965
1985
2016
2019
Temperature data showing rapid warming in the past few decades, the latest data going up to 2019. According to NASA data, 2016 was the warmest year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. The 10 warmest years in the 140-year record all have occurred since 2005, with the six warmest years being the six most recent years.
The building is close to the Giza Pyramids and The Great Egyptian Museum, and located in the land with complex terrain and many changes. Therefore, visual domain analysis is carried out to determine the height of the building and obtain the range of sight at different heights. As can be seen from the above figure, the sight effect is tending towards stability if the building is higher 6 than 110m.
MASTER PLAN 0 25m 50m 100m
At first, what you see is a building that is surrounded by gas. At first, what you see is a white frame that can be changed because of different angles Until you come near. You know that all these changes are related to you Until the night falls. Suddenly a pyramid composed of light appears in the lonely desert. The story is about to begin
250m
Main Entrance
Main Entrance
ELEVATION 5m 0
PLAN
20m 10m
East Elevation
50m
N
3m 0
12m 6m
30m
Standard Floor plan of stele
Standard Floor plan of core tube
First Basement plan
Second Basement plan
-9.000
-6.000
-9.000
-3.000
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REACTION PROCESS
PROFILR MAP
VISITING STREAMLINE Look at the white obelisk. It is immersed in red gas.
1: Throw the litmus kit into the reaction tank at the bottom of the pyramid
It is amazing! Let’s take a closer look.
2: After the reagent box enters the reaction tank, the external water-soluble film breaks and dissolves in water, and the internal litmus reagent is released
Come on! There is the glass floor under the roof on which we can see the underground clearly. This is an inverted pyramid! There is a big slope here! Come on, I am going inside!
3: Heating the bottom of the reaction tank can accelerate the dissolution rate of litmus solid. The solid litmus turns into liquid litmus and enters the “environment box” through the hole at the bottom. Finally the litmus solution is further heated to vaporize to enter each “environmental box”
I am coming. Watch your steps. At the entrance, the staff gave me a white reagent ball and a candle, and I found that everyone had these two things in my tour.
The building appearance will change as people change their viewpoint. The changes between the virtual and the real forms a dynamic architectural appearance.
THE COLOR OF THE BUILDING CHANGESmline LITMUS PH 0
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8.3
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When there are more people, the light pipe beside the ramp will become more and more red. I suddenly understand that the acid gas released by the burning candle changed the color of the light tube.
4: Holes in the upper, lower, left and right sides of the “environment box” can ensure the upper and lower transmission and outward flow of litmus steam. The old steam is discharged from the side holes, and the new steam is transported through the upper and lower holes. There is a stable relationship between old and new steam
Look at our feet! Under the glass floor is the reaction tank with red and blue gas. This is the place to put the reagent ball!
THE STRUCTURE EVOLUTIONmline
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CHANGES TO THE BUILDING'S SHELLmline
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Determine the main Deformation of block the blocks at the bottom
The litmus solution that people first put in was alkaline and turned blue accordingly. As the litmus steam floated through the “environment box”, and encountered acid gas, it gradually turned red. The above figure shows the colors of litmus reagent in different acid-base environments, which can help determine the range of color changes of the monument.
CHANGES IN BUILDING'S PATTERNS mline
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Inward shrink of the blocks
Lift the surface to form the roof
5 Generate horizontal and vertical structural components
6 A triangular cone of light is formed at the top of the blocks
Monuments show different states at different times. During the day, it functions just as a monument to send information, while on the normal evening, the top components will give out light to emphasize its presence. When the climate change is great enough and warning is needed, the components at the top will emit light to form a luminous pyramid, so as to increase the visual effect and achieve the warning function.
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"Eternal Light" Architectural Design of City Bookstore
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Have you ever heard of someone reading by the light of bagged fireflies or the reflected light of snow? To pursue knowledge, those poverty-stricken young people made full use of the bright light reflected by the snow. Good at discovering the mysteries of Nature, they even put fireflies into their white-silk pocket as the light source to read books. In this project, the book in my hand will function as a lamp to illuminate Nature and serve for people to explore and learn the world. Besides endless mysteries are waiting for people’s exploration. Therefore, I hope I could build a library in this vast land, taking books as the prototype to build up a bridge between the world inside and outside. It can bring light to this land, and the numerous books inside can provide a shade for people who come to study and cultivate themselves.
Location: Shuangliu , Chengdu , Sichuan , China Type: Individual/Academic Project Jul.2018 - Sep.2018 / Third Academic Year Time: Tutor: Chen Chen Email:54433469@qq.com
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SITE ANALYSIS
28.5km 31min 59min 127min
The selected base 463.20 464.00
The selected base Citywide park
470.44
The selected base
The bookstore is located in Xinglong Lake Park, a municipal service-oriented park with large people flow. Therefore, the bookstore here can serve the whole city in a large service radius.
Xinglong Lake is located in the south of Chengdu, and the analysis of pedestrian flow shows that the vast majority of people flow come from the north.
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The lake is surrounded by three levels of roads, with convenient transportation.
SITE
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The Xinglong Lake Bookstore, near the lake, embraces good landscape, but the elevation difference is quite serious, which affects the entrance mode and the design of hydrophilic platform according to the data of absolute elevation.
The competition aims to endow the lakeside bookstore with ecological values and humanistic spirits to create a name card of “City of Bookstores� for Chengdu. Therefore, Chuan-dou type wooden structure unique in western Sichuan is used for the design, and the combination between regional characteristics and modern techniques can better design a bookstore that truly represents the region.
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Based on the above analysis, determine the final site within the red line
CONCEPT
1 Tile the book
2 Lift up the middle to create the space
3 The corner is opened as the entrance for visitors
4 A corner is left for building blank. Communicate with nature.
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FORM GENERATION up upup
cut down cut down
push
Site selection
Blocks filling
Cutting of blocks
Top lifting
up
push push
Inward pushing of wall
extrude
Roof deformation
MASTER PLAN
INTERNAL PERSPECTIVE
A parameterized form is used for the walls of the building's glass blocks, giving an irregular gradation to the arrangement of the glass blocks.
For the interior bookshelves, we use Chinese mortise and tenon structure. Use the space between the rods to store the books.
Here's a little peek at the other projects.
Private reading space also adopts mortise and tenon structure. The interior is designed in the form of tatami MATS, allowing the reader to relax more freely.
XINGLONG LAKE
Main Entrance
Time Entrance
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0 10m
20m
40m
100m
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ELEVATION
0 3m 6m
12m
30m
SECTION
0 3m 6m
12m
30m
PLAN
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Section 1-1
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0.300
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0.000
0.300
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Section 2-2 13
0.000
0.300
N 1 Entrance
2 Reception area
6 Reading area 9 Equipment
3 Bar
4 Cafe
7 Reading area/Spectator saets
10 Office
11 Reading area(private)
5 Exhibition area 8 Washroom 12 Sculpture
13 Stage
0 1.5m
3m
6m
15m
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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
DYNAMIC AND STATIC ANALYSIS
FUNCTION DIVISION
Purlins
Noisy
Quiet
Truss structure
White aluminium plate
Glass brick
Leisure area
Exhibition area
Reading area
Viewing area
Directly reach the reading area Enter the reading area after passing through the exhibition area Direct access to leisure area
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"Scenic City" Urban Design of TOD for Huaikou South Railway Station It is the urban design project combining the railway station and station square with TOD as background and high-rise buildings. It is planned to build a comprehensive traffic junction with the integration of international railway hub, regional railway hub, state-level aviation hub and convenient linkage highway system. The combinations of buildings for traffic and commerce can activate the architectural vitality through mutual promotion, and form a powerful central area to inject great impetus to the development of the whole region. The project, with the design concept of “landscape city�, combines natural form with the front heartland, blends architecture into Nature and lets Nature shape architecture. The increasingly serious urbanization still cannot stop efforts in showing the natural features to people. Mountains, just like houses and water, just like people can complement each other for the landscape suitable for both movement and stillness. Location: Jintang , Chengdu , Sichuan , China Type: Individual/Academic Project Jul.2019 - Sep.2019 / Fourth Academic Year Time: Tutor: Lu Wang Email:61752351@qq.com
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SITE
Railway
SITE
Water way
SITE
URBAN CONTEXT
LAND INFORMATION
SITE
Main road
SITE
Highway
Railway Bus&Taxi Bike Walking Pedestrain Network Advanced ICT Governance
Public Transit Integrated Concept
Sustainability
City Building Infrastructure Station
Urban Development
TOD Actual data forecast
Daily passenger throughput
High-speed Train
Long-dis. Bus
Subway
Bus
SCENIC CITY
Environmental Financial Social
Taxi
Social Vehicle
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
Else
In 2025 In 2035 In the future
Extract the structure
CULTURE
DESIGN CONCEPT
Qianli jiangshantu Extract the relationship
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MASTER PLAN
FUNCTION DIVISION
Creative office work Business office Center business Intelligence office Business hotel Bus station Long dis. bus station South Station of Huaikou
The shape of wave is extracted for the design of railway station appearance and processed with linearization to complete the last step for designing a “Scenic City�
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The interlaced mountains in ancient paintings will affect the tower height
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The mountain structure in ancient paintings forms the tower skin
The relationship between the tower and the central square is reflected by the relationship between mountains and rivers
A central platform is added to complete the core link of TOD
The roof of the central commercial building is adjacent to the land, symbolizing the houses hidden in the mountain
N 1 43F H=170m 5 7F H=25m
2 47F H=190m 6 8F H=30m
3 30F H=120m
7 4F H=15m
4 36F H=145m
8 5F H=20m
9 2F H=30m
0
10m 40m 20m
100m
FORM GENERATION
Determine the building volume
Form the structural line according to the volume
Generate the volume according to the structural line
Deformation of the volume
Generate the underground ramp
Create the commercial blocks
Creates square platform
Creates commercial corridor on the second floor
Increase the green belts
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EXPLOSIVE VIEW
SECTION
Platform
External Corridor
2
2
14.550
Ground Floor
5.550 0.000
-0.450
-6.450 -10.450
1 subway platform 2 store 3 private car park to the bus stop to the bus platform entrance&exit (taxi,online taxi) -2 to -1 to the high speed rail to the private car park to the subway platform
3 2 The First-floor Underground
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3
2
1
The Second-floor Underground
-6.550 0.000 -0.600
-0.450 -0.250
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Other Works Photography Works
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1 Media: Mobile Phone Time: Sep.2018 Location: Chifeng , Inner Mongolia , China 2 Media: Camera Time: Nov.2019 Location: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , Sichuan , China 3 Media: Camera Time: Jul.2020 Location: Mount Wutai , Shanxi , China
UCL Bartlett Summer School
Calligraphy practice in Mongolian
Time: Aug. 2019 Subject: Used hemp rope, starch, glycerin, water and gelatin as materials to make a garment based on a weaving technique by heating and drying The number of team: 6 My part: Determine a topic , Experimental Materials , Make mold , Material production Tutor: Carlos Jimenez , Alex Anderson , Florence Bassa , Jasonpaul McCarthy
Media: Calligraphy Time: Jul.2020 Size: 0.45m x 1.2m
The teacher taught us how to make it
To study the properties of materials
Cook for material
Make the mould
Report the results
The final result
Manual Model Display Time: Sep. 2017 (Sophomore year) Project Description: The first goal of the project is skin design, which inspires students to think about the application of building materials while designing the skin
Sketch
Material: Wood Acrylic plate Color stone Mosaic tile Silver sand
Media: Pen Size: A4
Duration: 15min
Media: Pen Size: A4
Duration: 20min
Media: Pen Size: A4
Duration: 30min
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