Portfolio Yuhuan Shen

RPG++

++THIRD-PERSON DREAM CORE++

What is “Kidulting”

Meaning of “kidulting” in Recent Time

The economist raises the word “Kidulting”: a nostalgia-driven trend becoming popular. Kidulting is a new cultural trend where adults participate in playful activities generally meant for children.

When Does “Kidulting” Start Rising?

Kidulting has seen a rise since the COVID-19 pandemic. Experiences that let adults act like children are booming. Even after the pandemic subsided, adults have continued to ‘kidult’.

Inspiration

We always look back at our childhood selves at some moment as we grow older.

Dissatisfied with the current situation yet afraid of change.

Afraid to show oneself, lacking confidence.

+SELF EXPLORATION

Wearing a mask in society to appease others.

Embrace new challenges.

Unfearing of others' gaze, bravely showcasing oneself.

Pleasing oneself, following one's own heart.

This design employs a third-person perspective PC game as the medium, crafting a journey for the player to traverse through time and rediscover oneself. The gameplay centers around collecting and throwing objects, using dream-core style settings to create a rich spatial experience and emotional engagement. The design of the game's scenes is based on the theory of wave function collapse, utilizing parametric modeling software to generate varied and intriguing spaces. Throughout the journey, the continual transformation of character appearances and scenes guides players to explore their self-identity and evoke emotional resonance.

Concept & Game Flow

Sometimes, the growth of our bodies, age, and experience can actually narrow our perspective. However, looking through the clear eyes of a child, we can see that we once had much more. Looking back is also a process of self-discovery. Through the game, we return to moments of radiance from the past, picking up the qualities we once possessed. They never disappeared; they just need a journey to awaken them.

Getting addicted to mindless short videos as a way to pass the time.

Always harnessing imagination to create something new.

Character Design Strategy

The character design corresponds to each level, linking the timeline of the story through five variations. The character's appearance and clothing draw inspiration from my childhood memories at different stages, also reflecting some era-specific features. The character's shrinking body symbolizes the reversal of the timeline.

24 years old

Dark circles under the eyes, messy hair, and sweat beads reflect the exhaustion from work, while the pajamas correspond to the bedroomthemed level.

14 years old

Completing the game allows me to reexamine everything around me and start anew with a sense of ease.

10 years old

Elaborate hair accessories reflect the custom in that era in China where parents often adorned their children.

7 years old

Dinosaur pajamas resonate with the bathroom theme and hold significant importance in my childhood memories.

Wave Function Collapse Grasshopper

The concept of wave function collapse originates from quantum mechanics, but the wave function collapse algorithm used here is not directly related to quantum mechanics; it simply borrows the idea of wave function collapse.

Sudoku Explaination

In this context, an object exists in a superposition of multiple states before observation, and after observation, it collapses into a specific state. The more possible states it can exist in, the higher its entropy. Lower entropy makes it easier to be observed.

Monoceros, developed by the Subdigital Team, makes wave function collapse visualization and implementation in Grasshopper more accessible. In Grasshopper, conducting WFC can be simplified into three main steps: defining modules, defining slots, and defining rules.

Slots Generation Process

24 years old after the journey

Heavy blush and exaggerated eyeshadow are iconic makeup looks from that era of Chinese schoolthemed dramas.

Precedents

Currently, this algorithm has been applied successfully in games such as "Bad North" and "Townscaper," achieving excellent results.

Townscape

Scale up some of the slots to improve the complexity and depth of the form.

Pipe-shaped modules are ready to be connected to form the circulation path.

Module Definition and Rotation Example Rules

Make every meaningful rotated shape of modules define the connectable and unconnectable surfaces

Blocks Replacement

Blocks matched with modules that can replace the modules in the slots to form the final structure.

Spatial Design

Level

1 - Bedroom

The inspiration for this level's space comes from my own room. By breaking this room apart, it symbolizes shattering the constraints of reality upon oneself, stepping into a world of fantasy to rediscover the true self." This translation captures the original metaphorical depth and introspective nature of your statement.

Bedroom

Level 2 - Stage

Fragments

Fragmented Bedroom

Progress bar

The Courage to Break the Status Quo Confidence

Bed: the start point

The second level, inspired by childhood stage experiences, focuses on regaining courage under scrutiny. The abstracted stage, split into major and minor areas, helps players confront fears through a metaphorical journey of performance.

Distribution of props to be collected

Mirror: Fake Exit

Mirror: Real Exit

Main Circulation

Minor Circulation Generation

Isometric Render

Minor Circulation for player to collect items

Minor Circulation Block Generation

Major Cirulation with 3 stages for player to place items

Isometri Render

Level 3

This level is inspired dinner parties, eyes depicting guests' duplicity. regain their innocence.

Original

Bedroom Spliting

Bedroom

- Banquet

inspired by childhood memories of my parents' parties, with hands representing parental restrictions, depicting others' scrutiny, and monsters signifying the duplicity. Defeating these monsters allows players to innocence.

Level 4 - Bath

This design is inspired by childhood fantasies of underwater worlds experienced during bath time. Nostalgic elements commonly used in baths, such as bath bombs and rubber duck toys, serve as building props. The world reflected in the mirror represents the projection of the little adventurer's fantasies in the real world, embodying the creativity of childhood.

Boss List

Platforms

Innocence Imagination and Creativity

Props

Level 5 - Tunnel

Bravery

This design represents the final transitional level leading to one's present self, drawing inspiration from childhood fears. Players are required to confront and overcome symbolic elements of fear, such as a hand representing school bullying, using items collected from previous levels. This process leads to the realization that all valuable qualities have, in fact, always been intact

Book Monster

Checkpoint 3

Hand Monster

Checkpoint 2

Clown

Checkpoint 1

Twist along axis

Lighting Render

Gameplay

In the initial concept, this game will be launched on the PC platform, so the following introduction will be based on keyboard and mouse controls.

Basic Actions

The overall space circulation design of the game is segmented into five primary levels and three intermediate levels.

Level 1 - Bedroom

The theme of the first level is the transformation of values, therefore, gold coins, which are rewards in other games, appear as obstacles in this level.Sometimes, gold coins may drop and roll, automatically being picked up when they approach the player. The player can also actively pick them up, but doing so will result in a decrease in movement speed and a reduction in jump height. Players can choose to discard the coins by throwing them away.

The sequence of the spatial organization is inspired by the actual layout of my real-life residence. Their placement also corresponds to the rooms in my home, each associated with different functions.

The objective of the level is to collect the items featured in the photos based on the photo clues encountered along the way, and, following the guidance, find the correct exit to enter the next level.

24 years old

Level 2 - Stage

level, players will be threatened by spotlights figures in black. escaping from the spotlights, players must avoid having their stolen by the figures black.

Obstacles Coping Method

Players have the option to throw items to shatter the spotlights or knock down figures in black to retrieve stolen items.

Level 4 - Bath

Items for Forest Scene

Items for Castle Scene

Level 3 - Banquet

Scene 1: Castle

Place

Scene 2: Forest

Scene 3: Cabin

Items for Cabin Scene

14 years old

The goal of level 2 is to place the items picked up on the Minor Circulation into their corresponding scenes on the Major Circulation. Players can aim with the mouse and use the left mouse button to place items within the designated frames.

Be thrown to the next level by the final boss

Collect props

Throw in the target to defeat the boss

The pieces on the chess board reflect the location and status of the boss within the level.

Level 5 - Tunnel

The obstacle in this level is the hands representing parents.

7 years old

The increased difficulty in this level lies in the need to precisely aim and throw the items into the target containers. Consequently, the challenge of movement has been reduced, adopting a linear logic for this aspect.

gameplay in this level fundamentally differs from the previous levels, adopting a construction-based approach. The player's backpack will automatically be filled with various items, which players must use to build an underwater city in the mirror world.

The focus of this level is to apply all the skills learned in the previous levels to defeat the final enemy. This echoes the concept of using regained virtues to overcome one's inner demons.

If the player is caught by any of the hands will end the game. Image

10 years old

objective is to build a city that resembles the one depicted in the provided The degree of similarity will be indicated next to a mirror, and achieving the set standard will allow players to pass the level.

Use Construction Materials to Build "Fortifications"

Items Countering Clown

Items Countering Book Monster

Players need to attack the boss using interactive items found in the vicinity, and items retained from previous levels.

Use specific items from previous levels to deal critical damage.

10 years old

I'm so tired, I can finally go to sleep now.

What's going on? Where

Is my childhood self on the other side of the mirror?

After passing through the mirror space, I transformed into my childhood self.

There's an apple here, let me try to pick it up.

After

Such nostalgic clothes, so cute.

It looks like a fragment of a photo taken of me acting in a stage play when I was a child.

collecting all the pieces, the door to the world in the mirror opened.

Wow! Is he trying to steal my apple?

There's a groove over there, what if I put the apple on it?

It looks like the crisis has been averted, I can move on to the next level.

I've become younger again.

Where does this staircase lead to?

It seems like I'm supposed to go to the very top. And defeat these monsters.

But how?

Be careful of those eyes and hands.

Use RMB to collect items while escaping from hands by pressing WASD

I can try throwing the floating debris around into the cups in front of them.

Use LMB to throw the item to target

The monster got angry and threw me out.

This place is like the bathroom of the house I lived in as a child.

There's a painting there, with a mirror below it, and the mirror shows an illusion of the items placed here.

I'll arrange these items to match the ones in the painting.

Use mouse wheel to choose item to place

There is a whole different world beneath the sewer.

Now it's almost the same.

Through my past experiences, I have rediscovered the outstanding qualities I had lost and overcome the childhood fears that once haunted me.

I got sucked into a whirlpool and ended up in the sewer.

I am not afraid of you !!!

Use LMB to throw items to attack

Conquering

Sectional Perspective

This image is a sectional perspective of the entire game map, providing an overview of both the overall structure of the game map and its internal layout.

4

Banquet (Section)

This section depicts the interconnection between the various platforms along the main path of this level.

3

Stage (Section)

This section illustrates the vertical spatial relationship between the major circulation and minor circulation.

5

6

1

Bedroom (Section)

This section shows the junction or combination point of the exit for this level.

Tunnel

2

Bath Corridor

Actress Award

Yellow Duck

Underwater Dream City

Memorial Photo of the Stage Show SNOW WHITE

Items collected from each level are showcasinhg on the desk.

DESIGN FOR

A Startling Dream of Fallen Blossoms

Research of 'Jiangnan' Culture 2

Jiangnan Heritage

Hengtang Postage

This project focuses on the landscape design of Jiangnan Heritage Hengtang Postage, blending Jiangnan-style landscape architecture with Kunqu opera-inspired installation art. It aims to create a contemporary narrative of Jiangnan culture, a symbol of aesthetic refinement and collective memory over a millennium, while exploring the connection between traditional Chinese garden design and Kunqu opera.

What is 'Jiangnan' as A Cultural Symbol

"Jiangnan, originally a geographical term referring to the region south of the Yangtze River in China, has evolved significantly through history.

Over the centuries, Jiangnan transcended its initial recognition for its stunning scenery to become a symbol of beauty culminating in what is known as 'Jiangnan Aesthetics'.Throughout the ages, the region has been a favored subject in poetry and painting, endearing itself to scholars and artists alike. This preference has elevated Jiangnan to a cultural icon , representing traditional Eastern aesthetics.

Core Beauty of 'Jiangnan' Culture Architecture and Linguistic

The beauty of 'Jiangnan' lies in its combination of natural landscapes, cultural richness, and historical depth, with particular prominence in Classical garden architecture and linguistic culture.

From Cultural Symbol to A Collective Memory: The development of Jiangnan culture

771

to 476 BC: 'Jiangnan' as "Wu Yue Culture"

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, "Jiangnan" aesthetics profoundly influenced daily life, evolving into a romantic lifestyle. This era's fascination with the region's culture and nature was significantly shaped by the southern tours ('Nanxun') of Qing Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong, each visiting Jiangnan six times.

During that period, 'Jiangnan' was named after the prominent Wu and Yue states, marking the beginning of Jiangnan culture's significant role in Chinese history.

618-907 AD: The Narrative Era of 'Jiangnan'

The painting "Prosperous Suzhou" captures the zenith of Jiangnan culture, epitomizing the poetic infusion of daily life that characterizes this culture.

contemporary times: what concept is addressed when we discuss "Jiangnan"

The Inheritance of Jiangnan's Linguistic Culture

The dialects of the Jiangnan region have preserved ancient linguistic tones and inflections that date back a thousand years. This preservation is prominently reflected in the art of Kunqu, an art form that originated in

Ancient opera Cozy!

The Narrative Techniques of

Today, Jiangnan has evolved into an aesthetic symbol that is continually consumed and appreciated, gaining ever-increasing value in both cultural and economic terms. This evolution allows for the composition of new narratives.

EmotionalProjection Interlaced Viewpoints Chinese gardens like miniature, and revealing design, creating transitions and forms a network viewpoints, landscape.

The sequence of spaces : conclusion

Similar to Tao Yuanming's depiction of an idyllic world in "Peach Blossom Spring," Chinese classical garden designers blend physical landscapes with emotive storytelling, infusing their creations with emotional depth.

Miniature Scenery

Embellished Scenery

Revealing Scenery

Hello!

idyllic classical with with

opera stage

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Kunqu Opera as a vital carrier of the local linguistic culture

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Kunqu opera is a vital carrier of the local linguistic culture and expressive nuances of the Jiangnan region. Its significance in reflecting the region's language and sensibilities is multifaceted.

of Jiangnan Gardens

Viewpoints

gardens use techniques miniature, embellished, revealing scenery in spatial creating complex and occlusions. This network of interwoven painting a poetic

What is Jiangnan Heritage Hengtang Postage

The establishment time of Heritage Hengtang Postage is unknown and some expert reasons that this post was built during the Northern Song Dynasty, around thousand years ago. This post is a unit affiliated in Gusu Post and an important joint leading to Suzhou city from the canal of south of the Yangtze River.

Originated in the Song Dynasty, developed during the Qing Dynasty, served as a strategic point along water routes.

History Background and Location

The Hengtang Post Station, located at the intersection of Xu River and the Grand Canal, southwest of Suzhou's old city, stands as one of the only two remaining ancient post stations in China that have survived for over a thousand years. It is situated on a triangular island surrounded by water on all sides, with the island covering an area of approximately 5.02 hectares

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The Development of Jiangnan Heritage Hengtang Postage

Symbolism

In garden design, elements like rocks, trees, and pavilions carry deeper meanings.

Personification

The personification of flora as characters is common. Seasons and celestial phenomena also become distinct imageries, enriching the garden's artistic essence through emotional experiences.

Analysis of the Spatial Layout of the Lingering Garden in Suzhou.

Today, Jiangnan has evolved into an aesthetic symbol that is continually consumed and appreciated, gaining ever-increasing value in both cultural and economic terms. This evolution allows for the composition of new narratives.

Heritage Hengtang Postage in the painting "Prosperous Suzhou" in 1759

The Significance of the Geographical Location

Jiangnan Heritage Hengtang Postage is at the center of the ten planned sceneries along the canal of New Planning along the Suzhou Section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal released in 2019. It is intended to be the most representative segment of canal culture, embodying the quintessence of Suzhou's unique charm and character.

Ten Sceneries along the Jiangnan Canal

Wumeng Wangting

Xushuguan

Huqiu Tower

Fengqiao scenic spot

Stone Lake

Baodai Bridge

Heritage Hengtang Postage

Chuihong Bridge

Pingwang Yunpu Bay

Ancient Towpath

Jiangnan Heritage Hengtang Postage in the ancient painting "Prosperous Suzhou"

The sequence of spaces : begin

The sequence of spaces : climax

The sequence of spaces : continue

Immersive experience in Jiangnan culture of Heritage Hengtang Postagein 2030

Industrial factory and shabby post pavilion in 1955

Heritage Hengtang Postage under reconstruction in recent times

Kunqu Opera as Major Entertainment

In this ancient painting, it could be seen that the ancient opera stage was once important architecture in the Heritage Hengtang Postage site. The century-old painting reveals that the ancient opera stage shown were key venues for Kunqu opera, a major artistic entertainment in Suzhou, its birthplace in Jiangnan Region. This art form, known for its lyrical and poetic style, preserves ancient Chinese language, marking it as a valuable cultural heritage. A pertinent question arises in the fast-paced era: how can the slower-paced Kunqu opera art become more attractive to modern audiences?

ancient painting 'Imperial Southern Tour Scrolls of Emperor Qianlong'

Suzhou, Jiangsu

Heritage Hengtang Postage

Kunqu Opera Dream in Peony Pavilion

Kunqu opera is one of the oldest operas of China and has been existing for over 600 years listed in World intangible cultural heritage.

The Peony Pavilion is about a love story beyond life and death, time and space, a romantic masterpiece in the history of opera. This drama shapes a female image of Du Liniang who is bold to breach feudal ethics and pursue love. It also eulogizes genuine love and revolts against the cultural environment confining personality though narrating the dream-like love experience of Du and Liu.

3 Main Theme of the Drama Dream in Peony Pavilion

From physical space to spiritual space Emotional expression of “in-depth sentiment”

“With a clear sky and a light breeze blowing, the scent of spring is swaying in the courtyard, like a thin thread.”

Revolt to the cultural environment where the ardor is confined

“Love once begun will never end.” “The mainstay of social life is emotion, and the excitement of emotion gives rise to the impulse to create poetic works”

The multiple narrative space of The Peony Pavilion four-fold narration space, developing progressively

1st Layer of Narrative

Practical Garden Space

“With a clear sky and a light breeze blowing, the scent of spring is swaying in the courtyard, like a thin thread”

The practical space of garden is a natural scene with gorgeous flowers and green willows, is a place for spring scenery with pavilions. Well-known flowers and queer grass indeed make the space flamboyant, relaxing and leisurely. The garden in spring is beautiful but far from and untouchable for the miss who can just stay at the boudoir of the court.

2nd Layer of Narrative

Liniang‘s Spiritual Space

“A lifelong love of beauty is inherent”

The spiritual garden is imbued with Du Liniang’s sentiment for life. She signs about her favorable or unfavorable turns in life when facing with full of the vigor of springtime, endowing the individual garden with emotion. The landscape of garden in her eyes converts from physical space to spiritual space of characters. Throughout this life, nature recalls Du Liniang’s inner desire for love and passion, and she also responds to the nature, making garden a site full of live emotional interaction.

3rd Layer of Narrative Liniang’s Illusion Space

“Taking half a branch of the weeping willow in the garden”

The garden in Du Liniang’s dream witnesses the love affairs between her and the leading man Liu Mengmei, and carries all of her eager for love. Her self-consciousness outpaces the dreamland of back garden of societal and ethical space, which represents natural order.

4th Layer of Narrative Emotional Space Connecting Dream and

“Having no interests in travel and appreciation due to being trapped in love and adoration”

After waking up, the garden becomes a concretion of Du Liniang’s dreamland and longing and a spiritual site harboring joy and sorrow, and also the connection of cruel reality and wonderful dreamland.

part 1

The bird caged in courtyard

part 2

Encountering Spring in the Garden

part 3

A Startling Dream in a Garden Stroll

part 4

The longing upon awakening

Activities within Heritage Hengtang Postage through Ancient Painting

The 'Imperial Southern Tour Scrolls of Emperor Qianlong,' a treasured collection of 12 volumes of Chinese ancient painting, depicts the scenes from Emperor Qianlong's first southern tour and his stays and leisure activities at the Heritage Hengtang Postage

Twelve Hours in a Day during Emperor Qianlong's Southern Tour

Revetment Of Outside Water: mainly reserved, partially solidified and constructed

Architectual Form Types

Relationship with Streets

Strategies to strengthen the revetments enhancing flood defence, integrating with pathways to prevent excessive barrier height.

Revetment of Inside Water: shallow pond and low bank, natural The line of revetment of landscape is smooth and most are natural revetments.

Site Generation

Traditional structure system

cultural display

book shop

modern structure system

cultural display

RestSpace Landscape

Transport Hub Landscape

Section

Corridor Space Landscape

Functionality Design

Architecutual Design

Contemporary Interpretation of Traditional Architectural Style

The design fuses Chinese traditional architectural features, like roofs and alleys, with modern functionality. Traditional materials such as brick, stone, and lattice, alongside modern glass curtain walls, adorn the facade. A palette of black, white, and gray creates a striking visual contrast, embodying Suzhou's essence. This blend of historic charm and modern innovation offers a fresh perspective on the region's architectural legacy, meeting today's functional needs.

Architectural Form and Essence: The Evolution of Traditional Styles"

Functionality

Heritage Hengtang Postage in 1759

The Heritage Hengtang Postage of that era was a comprehensive garden complex, complete with pavilions and towers, where envoys and dignitaries passing through Suzhou were invariably accommodated.

Installation

The distributive point of four installation art connects together, forming a flow line of Kunqu performance and providing a special experience in observing the garden from the perspective of The Peony Pavilion.

Recalling the splendid scenery of Suzhou and recreating the atmosphere of that time, the aim of the design is to showcase the culture of postal stations and transform it into a comprehensive water-based cultural service park along the Grand Canal in Suzhou and Hangzhou, serving various functions.

Canal post house

Daqing Bridge

Flood control barrage

Transverse Pond wharf

Canal hostel

Entrance of hostel

Cultural and Creative market

Hotel with garden

Hotel with elegant garden

This installation series embodies self-consciousness and arousal of female consciousness of Du Liniang by means of the linear order. Pink silk fabrics get through the series as a symbol of Du’s self consciousness, and the clue “peony pavilion” also hint at the development of the story.

Entrance of basement

Post garden

Cultural plaza

Skylight Yunyin Pavilion

Appreciating tea on the post boat

Gathering of docks

Canal hostel

Ancient post pavilion

Caiyun Bridge

Leisure trail

Ancient ferry on Xujiang River

Jiangnan Canal

Xujiang River

Ancient Painting 'Prosperous Suzhou

Installation Design 1 The Awakening of the Caged Bird

Form Generation

The design is inspired from Chinese birdcages and pavilions, using these elements to symbolize Du as a caged bird yearning for freedom and love.

Rose silk fabrics draped over window-like gauze curtains represent Du's awakening female consciousness, reflecting an indoor spring.

Interaction Process

" When gradually approaching the 'Peony Pavilion' at the center of the installation, I light up the ribbon step by step, being involed in the story atmosphere and feel the onset of Liniang's selfawareness awakening. "

Interaction Flow

The form of is the abstration of traditional Chinese furniture.

The Peony Pavilion located in the center of the installation

The hole in the middle is the shape of traditional Leak Windows in Gardens making appreciator’s eyes focus on peony pavilion at the center .

Arduino Code

Ultrasonic distance-measuring sensor detect the distance between people and sensors,, converting it into the illumination of lights.

Abstract Symbolism

Du Liniang, through her garden stroll and subsequent dream, completes the process of self-awareness awakening. Her distance from the Peony Pavilion in the garden actually symbolizes her journey of self-exploration.

Red silk fabrics

Chinese-styled Birdcage Abstraction

Structure derived from Chinese traditional pavillion

Ice-crack Lattice Window Element

Installation Design 2 Encountering Spring in the Garden

Form Generation

The abstracted architecture is composed of several cross-sections of prototype buildings, creating a sense of ruined walls and remnants.

The theme is interpreted using abstract elements from four representative architecture form from the Humble Administrator's Garden, Chinese most renowned classical Jiangnan garden. The technique of deconstruction reflects the inner desolation of Liniang, contrasted against the backdrop of blooming flowers on the water.

Interaction Flow

Arduino Code

Interaction Process

Red silk fabrics also symbolize Du Liniang’s visiting route of exploration into the garden.

Four representive architectures from the Humble Administrator's Garden.

Processing Code

"Originally, bright purples and vivid reds blossomed everywhere, yet now they seem to belong only to the broken wells and crumbling walls."

The animated projection on the water surface

" As I walk through the corridor towards the pavilion by the riverbank, the ribbons are illuminated, and flowers start to blossom in the projection on the water's surface.I feel the contrast between the atmosphere of blooming flowers, reminiscent of spring, and the sense of desolation from the broken walls and ruins above the water.

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Installation Design 3 A Startling Dream in a Garden Stroll

Form Generation

The originally heavy column of the pavilion was replaced by modern metal column grid, showing a lightweight feeling.

The Peony Pavilion, central to the installation, symbolizes the dreamy love between the two main characters. The top of the pavilion is deconstructed and suspended, with rose silk fabrics representing the climax of selfawareness.

Arduino Code

People Behavior Installation

Logic Transformation of Environment

Interaction Process

Silk fabrics connect column grid and eave

Detail of the entwining

Interaction Flow

People Behavior Installation

Logic Transformation of Environment

Silk fabrics, though, seem gentle and soft but act as a structural support to the entity.

"In the venue, the architectural structure of this pavilion is upheld by rose-red ribbons extending from bottom to top. As I walk beneath the structure, the ribbons illuminate upwards. Combined with the projected opera scripts and images on the gauze, it evokes the feeling of love emerging and developing like branches growing."

The imagery of architecture is rational and genuine, and embodies pressure and attack of reality on Du as the epitome of the reality.

Installation Design 4 The longing Upon Awakening

The fourth installation acts as a summarizing presence in the entire narrative that expresses Du’s reminiscence for the dream after awakening up. In the installation, silk fabrics turn to be countless threads betokening her arousal of self-consciousness. Physical garden, the garden tainted with emotions and dreamed garden are completely integrated.

Interaction Process

The sound of the wind blowing through bamboo leaves

Branch

Peony Pavilion

Silk Threads

Gauze curtain echos elements of installation 1 and figure changes represent Du’s transformed view on the world.

The sound of birdsong

The sound of fish in the water

As people move, the sounds of nature are amplified, offering a new perspective on the world in a very garden-like manner.

The frosted glass curtain walls on either side of the installation's circular doorways create a bright and airy space, preventing any feelings of crowding or darkness in the corridor. They also symbolize Du Liniang's changed state of mind while she remains secluded in her chamber.

The sound of raindrops falling on the eaves

The sound of rain striking banana leaves

The sound of falling leaves.

The sound of running water

Interaction Flow

Through her journey of selfdiscovery, the fair maiden completes her exploration of her spiritual space. After the dream ends, her perspective on viewing the world changes.

" As walk deeper into the corridor, I see the rose-red ribbons from the previous installations transformed into threads hanging from the branches overhead.

Touching them, my senses are opened just like the heroine's, amplifying the sounds of nature and prompting me to reobserve my surroundings. "

Form Generation

Arduino Code

Birdview

Birdview

persipective 1: the waterway entrance

persipective 2:

As a historical relics of Heritage Hengtang Postage, post pavilion was employed as design elements converted from two-dimensional character of “post” to a three-dimensional mark with architectural features.

The inspiration of bridge design is from Huaqiao, a historical relics of Heritage Hengtang Postage. The element of bridge is to break the neat composition of the picture, thus linking with water and sky in the background.

The second version of LOGO is a geometric extraction of the imaged one. The frame is inspired by plum shape on lattice window in the garden and hexagon is also originated from classical elements of door and window of Suzhou Gardens.

Experience Mode

Mode 1

Mode 2

Mode 3

Mode 4

immersive and full-cycle experience in virtual visit of Heritage Hengtang Postage

interactive exhibition garden of virtual world and realistic cultural and artistic exhibition garden of Heritage Hengtang Postage

experiencing cultural and artistic exhibition garden of of realistic Heritage Hengtang Postage purely

combining with special visit line of performance of Kunqu opera The Peony Pavilion

Start

IP Design

Idea Generation Collage

DESIGN FOR MELBOURNE VIDA LATIN FESTIVAL 3

EVENT +++

VIDA MELBOURNE LATIN FESTIVAL THEME +++

REUNION &REBIRTH

FORM/S +++

FULL DAY FAIR

This project aims to create a platform of communication between life and death existing in virtual space. The idea and the composing elements all respond to the day of the dead in Latin traditional culture. The space is also designed for people who lost someone important to place their yearning and have a reunion carnival each year. The theme celebrates life and represents a unique Latin view of life and death.

What is Melbourne Vida Latin Festival?

Who and What Does “Latin” Really Refer to in this Context?

Fig. 1: Melbourne VIDA Latin Festival Line-Up.

Fig. 2: Melbourne VIDA Latin Festival dates.

Fig. 3-5: Melbourne VIDA Latin Festival.

Fig. 6: Latinx and Hispanic Coutries- Venn Diagram

This day is also a family time. Families will come to the cemetery to light candles for their deceased loved ones, place their cherished belongings, and sing songs for their return.

On Day of the Dead, there will be grand celebrations in the streets. Music, dance and float parades will be indispensable activities. The carnival atmosphere will be reflected on this day

Examples of Famous Hispanic and Latin American Celebrations

- DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS (Day of the Dead, Mexico)

- CARNIVAL (also linked to Mardi Gras, Brazil)

- INTI RAYMI (Festival of the Sun, Peru)

- FIESTA NACIONAL DE LA VENDIMIA (Grape Harvest Festival, Argentina)

- FERIA DE LAS FLORES (Flowers Festival, Colombia)

- SEMANA SANTA (Holy Week, Spain)

These Examples have Informed Me of:

How the concept needs to be engaging enough; not only to entice visitors, but to provide a desire to admire as well as learn about these diverse cultures (even after the event).

All these festivals (that have inspired many other festivals) are known for their means of celebration (dancing, painting, parading, etc.) shared over space and time.

Calavera

All over Mexico, to celebrate the their ancestors necessity of death.

In Mexican culture, ed not only death,

The Calavera is life, death and rebirth.

Fig. 7-8: Marigolds and

In Mexican culture, people die three times and ultimately complete the cycle of life. Death is not the end, but the only way through the cycle, just like the metamorphosis of a butterfly, emerging from its cocoon and becoming a butterfly.

Calavera and The Day of The Dead:

The first time I heard about Day of the Dead was from the movie Coco. I am fascinated by the Mexican people’s optimistic attitude towards life and death and their view on human’s lifecycle. Through more research, I deconstructed the annual Day of the Dead celebration into three parts: celebration for death, love and memory, and life cycle. It includes traditional celebration activities such as face painting, parades, altar decorations, A path paved with marigolds and decorative element with butterflies. and

Rebirth and Reunion & The Day of The Dead:

Universal Symbols of Rebirth:

- Marigolds: In Latin American culture, marigolds are flowers thought to be the flower of the dead. Marigolds are the dominant flowers used during the Day of the Dead.

- The Skull

- Spirit Animals: In Latin American culture, spirit animals are believed to be a guide for the spirit and souls.

- Tree of Life

- Butterflies

The butterfly goes through a cycle of life underwent radical changes.

- lighthouse jellyfish

The lighthouse jellyfish represents eternal life

people paint their faces as intricately beautiful skulls

Day of the Dead. The skull face paint represents who have passed on and celebrates the beauty and death.

culture, these skulls are a positive symbol that representdeath, but also rebirth.

not just a mask. It is a symbol of the eternal cycle of rebirth.

Overall Concept

- I hope to design a space where life and death can be communicated that existing in virtual space. So people who miss each other could have a reunion carnival.

- The space also celebrates life and is a representation of A unique Latin American view of life and death. Visitors begin the festival as a ‘caterpillar’, they experience/cycle each respective area before reaching the “Butterfly Stage”.

Moodboard Colors, Materials, Textures & Vibe

Background Inspiration

Fig.1: Bright colours and geometric patterns.

Fig.2: “La Mariposa”, the butterfly.

Fig.3: Traditional Spanish paper/Fig.4: Seville Fairs/Festival street vibes.

Fig.5: All different countries represented by flags and colour.

Fig. 6: Scaffolding, marquees, stalls and flags; metals, woods and plastic material.

The colour palette I choose to use is picked from the Latin American graphic pattern image from the moodboard. The colourful, bold, and fun vibe of this image reflects the energy of the Vida Latin festival.

Although this project is designed based on virtual space, I still hope to respond to the more representative landscape in Mexican culture in the context. Therefore I chose Chihuahua desert as the context of the design, which is located in the northwestern part of Mexico. The Chihuahuan Desert may be the most biologically diverse desert in the world as measured by species richness or endemism. So many lives blooming in the barren land given this site a tension of life, which fits the theme of this design quite well.

the Day of the Dead.

Cycle of Life and Death

Representation

Circulation And Function

Symmetrical Shape

Infinite Lifecycle Abstraction

Infinity Sign

E1

EXPERIENCE &PERFORMANCE

ELEMENT USED IN TOTEM

Two circulations intersect in the 3-dimensional perspective.

Scissor Stair Life and Death meet in the middle

MAIN STAGE

E2

Outdoor Stage with seating as well as standing area to celebrate the rebirth and reunion.

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Workshops & Installation Exhibition

COLLAGE OF IDEAS

-a centrally symmetrical figure totem - composed of traditional patterns in Latin culture like skull, butterfly, and marigolds. the Möbius strip to show the view of life and death that em -

Upper Circulation

Main Circulation

Lower Circulation

FOOD & ART CARNIVAL & FAMILY

STREET FOOD

Vendors of Latin traditional street food are located here.local celebrity Latin cooking shows happen.

F1

F2

Altar

Handcraft street

F3

Salsa workshop

F4

Latin dance workshop

F5

F6

People enjoy skull facial patinting here to be part of the world of spirit.

DANCING CARNIVAL

People experience traditional Latin dances and feel the optimistic attitude towards death in Lattin culture

C3

People bring the belongings the people they miss them on the altar.

F7

C1

C2

FACE PAINTING WORKSHOP MAIN

Souvenir Paper workshop

Children handicraft marigolds, be placed decoration.

Performers costumes of installations tour the Installation Exhibition

Installations of 'Latin spirit animals' would be exhibited here.

CYCLE OF BIRTH (PARADE CYCLE)

ALTAR

Souvenir Paper folding workshop

belongings of miss and place Children experience a handicraft class on folding marigolds, which would placed on the altar as decoration.

Performers in traditional costumes and exhibitors installations regularly Cycle of Rebirth. Installation Exhibition

'Latin would

StoryBoard

Yolanda and her grandfather who passed away go to a carnival and reunion every year from their different worlds.

After walking through the time tunnel, both the living and the dead enter the venue through the carnival gates. Marigolds paved their way forward, connecting the two worlds, allowing people who missed each other to go for this reunion full of hope.

Suddenly Yolanda and Grandpa noticed that the crowd was gathering in one direction. They followed the crowd to the center stage, where a grand carnival performance began.

" I WILL ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR OUR NEXT REUNION."

After the encounter, Yolanda and her camegrandfather to the FACE PAINTING WORKSHOP . The artist beautifulcompleted face painting for Yolanda, making her and her grandfather look alike.

F7

After the performance, the carnival reached its climax. People left their seats in joy and came to the CENTRAL DANCE FLOOR to start dancing.

Yolanda and other people who came here entered the venue from the time tunnel. They closed their eyes in the tunnel and missed their loved ones.

Yolanda came to the MAIN ALTAR of the Tree of Life, placed a photo on the branch, and waited for her grandfather to arrive. Eventually, the two embraced under the altar, as did the people around them. During the walk, both Yoland and Grandpa felt very hungry. They came to the traditional Mexican FOOD STREET and ordered some tacos, Chilaquiles and Pozole.

Afterwards, they went among the PARADE teams to feel the carnival atmosphere. This year’s skeleton float parade seems to be grander than in previous years. The dancer dressed as Katrina performed beautiful dance with Latin traditional music.

The Day of the Dead celebrations was finally over, Yolanda said goodbye to her grandfather. But this is not a sad moment, because all the people embracing each other knew that as long as the memory lasts in the world, love will never disappear, and the person they miss will never be far away. And the most importantly, they will always be prepared for their next reunion.

F1

F6

E2

E1

C3

Extronometric View

Amidst the carnival songs and the splendid bloom of marigolds, this design encourages the continuation of life's journey with courage and how flowers of humanity blossoming upon the ruins of the soul.

Perspective View

Medium

Virtual Reality (VR) offers a uniquely immersive way to experience virtual spaces, setting it apart as a medium of unparalleled engagement and interactivity, it makes a sense of presence that other digital experiences cannot match. This immersive experience is achieved through sophisticated headsets and motion tracking technology, allowing users to look around, move within, and manipulate virtual spaces with intuitive movements and gestures.

The Meta Quest 3 emerges as the latest breakthrough in the realm of virtual reality, offering an unparalleled gateway to immersive experiences that redefine our interaction with digital spaces.

VR Device Example: Meta Quest 3 VR Headset & Controllers

Marigold petals carpet the path of arrival.

I applied skull-style face painting to blur the distinction between myself and a departed loved one.

Bone flowers in bloom!

Graphic Design

BANNERS

La Mariposa (The Butterfly) is the short narrative we used to tell the story of ‘rebirth’ that conceptualises this festival. The audience can read this story on the boundary gates leading to the entrance, preparing them for their ‘rebirth’ experience.

ADVERTISEMENT & PROMOTION

NFTs

The Guitar of Death

The Requinto Guitar is a symbolic instrument in Mexican culture, which is slightly smaller than a classical guitar. As a virtual outfit and prop, I drew inspiration from the Ukulele, exaggerating the contrast between the sound box and the headstock to make it appear even smaller. The number of strings has been reduced, and the headstock features a painted skull; The sound box is encircled by ribs, and the guitar's face is decorated with patterns created through graphic design.

NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens of the VR experience purchase as virtual souvenir to dress up their virtual

This knit hat features painted skull design. techniques to make design personalizedramatically the pattern highly individualistic. usable within the event hat allows players' avatars version of the face accessory even after the

Skull Knit Hat

that people can virtual avatar.

features an abstract, cartoonish design. It employs exaggerated make the overall skull dramatically whimsical. Players can pattern to make each hat individualistic. The face paint is only event venue. However, this avatars to sport a simplified paint as an alternative the event concludes.

OFFLINE VENUE DESIGN

4 back cushions designed based on the patterns, it also serves to promote the event.

PHYSICAL MERCHANDISE

Entrance & Boundaries

Stage

Stalls Seats and Flags

DESIGN FOR QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET 2040

2024 Melbourne Be Like Population Growth

The trends of population growth shows a rapid increase which means there will be more public space need in the future.

This project is a transformation design for the traditional Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne for 2040. It responds to the increasing requirement in the futrue and incorporates imagination of a more iconic,connected,sustainable and experiential market. The design aims to make it a landmark adapted to the future that combines tradition and modernity.

Economic Need

The unemployment rate in the City of Melbourne rises in 2021 to 5.4% from 3.9% in 2020.2

Covid does have great impact on the unemployment which was a reoccurring issue for residents in the City of Melbourne.

“Businesses are in need of the city to come back to how it used to be . There is a need for more events to attract people to Carlton and celebrate its diversity especially through food and culture.”

Mental Health

Restricted social gatherings and inperson interactions during lock down.

One in five residents of the City of Melbourne in 2022 had been diagnosed with depression or anxiety.

"Many people are struggling especially after COVID lockdowns and shows decrease in sense of community"

"The growth of population may leads to inadquate access to open green space in daily life."

Food security anxiety

Melbourne’s Foodbowl can currently provide enough food to meet 41% of the city’s food needs, but urban sprawl is putting this city-fringe farmland at risk.

According to the data from Health and Wellbeing Report 2020, the proportion of residents who reported experiencing food insecurity has increased a lot.

“Access to supplies and food options, like a general store would be a vital addition.”

“Us citizens would have more opportunities for multi-cultural experience.”

Bond to the Heritage and

The majority of supported theCity Melbourne being up of different (95%) in 2021. According to level of understanding inadequate compared and visitors place Strait Islander

Variety

of residents theCity of being made different cultures

would like to opportunities multi-cultural

the Aboriginal and Culture

the data from Health and Wellbeing Report 2022, the understanding about Melbourne’s Aboriginal heritage was compared to the importance residents, students, workers place on the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres people and other Australians.

“Melbourne's Aboriginal culture is pretty much ignored. I know it’s there, but I know very few Aboriginal people in North Melbourne.”

Respond To 2024 Voice

What Kind Of Market It Could Be In 2040?

A more connected market

rebuild the connection of different parts of the market. increase community engagement and participation

Design Strategy

Melbourne's new meeting spcae

create open communal space of different fucntionality program to satisfy the gathering demand of the growing population in Melbourne CBD

Extended Business Hours and Reasons For visting QVM

By 2040, the operating hours of qvm will not be enough to support its economic needs and functional needs. I considerit as a 24-hour market to adapt to the ever-extending life hours of society.

According to the survey, QVM still performs traditional market functions.I hope that in the future, QVM will penetrate into people's lives as a new market complex, giving people of different ages more reasons to visit QVM.

Sustainable future market

use ecologic strategies to reduce the market's environmental footprint

provide opportunities of natural experience in the communal space

Immersive experience of art and multiculture

create multiple variable fuctionality progam to provide an art journey with exhibition, street performance and handcrafts

Addition of Dining and Resting Space

Activation of the Carpark

Urban Farming Therapy

Programmatic Development

Productive Public Space

Free Space for Street Art and Small-scale Exhibition

Ecologic Strategies

My name is Tom and I’m a travelor to Melbourne city. I have great interest in Melbourne market history so I come to this greate culture heritage. I went to the tour centre to get some introduction on this old market. I got through the sheds and experienced buying food and local merchadise as suenirs. also had a lunch in the street shops.

My name is Julie and I am a mother of my little girl. usually take my child to QVM by car at the weekend. I buy daily goods for my family and also help my child relax from school work.

I also come to see some fabrique for making dresses for I love fasion. I also talke my child to a dessert shop for some delicious cake.

My name is Nancy and this my best friend Amy. We always go to QVM together to get some daily goods. We enjoy shopping together because we talk a lot to each other. We have lunch and cute desserts in the street shops. Walking down Qeen st, we always enjoy the performance by street artists for relaxation.

My name is Luis and am a university student. Actually, us teenagers do not go to QAM a lot. The only reason I would go there is that I love the food there.And i also like to watch the street art in Queen St while having the sandwiches in my hand.

Tuesday Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

My name is Peter. I am too old to do sports like young people. So when i go shopping at QVM, I also take a walk for my health. meet with my friends and have lunch together.

QVM Opening Hours

My name is Harry. I work nearby so I simply have lunch and some snacks while rest at QVM.

I really like the street shops.

Visitor Experience

London Plan Patanus

The London plane can grow to 35m and live for several hundred years. The bark is olive green to grey, with large scaly plates that peel off to reveal a creamy bark beneath. Young twigs are greenbrown.

Mature Trees Semi-Mature Trees

Research and Analogous Precident：A Case Of Beijing City

Is it possible to find a balance between urban efficiency and humanity?

As a child, I vividly remember the vibrant street vendors and bustling back-alley eateries, filled with joy. The crowded streets, though not always orderly, radiated a sense of community harmony and contentment, bringing happiness.

During my teenage years, I developed a keen interest in street art and underground music, which led me to skateboarding. At that time, bar streets, known for their ubiquitous neon lights, were fashionable in Beijing.

The Aattribute of Stability

The stability nature of hexagon structure makes it a great construction unit.

The 2008 Olympics, symbolized by fireworks above the Bird's Nest, sparked Beijing's urban transformation. In my youth, a period of artistic dreams and a longing for liberty, I witnessed the decline of street culture: bar streets were dismantled and alley vendors faced eviction by city authorities.

In 2023, surrounded by skyscrapers, frequently reflect on the vendors, eateries, street artists, and underground music from my youth. Modern cities now appear to provide only clean streets, concrete buildings, and excessive artificial light. I mourn the disappearance of this vibrant urban culture, the city's sou.

Hexagon in Space Utilization

Efficiency Street Patterns Based Upon Hexagon

The Efficiency In Space Utilization

Only

squares and

Modular Equity Circulation

More possibilities in utilizaiton with the 6 edges

Allowing people to use the space and resources equally.

More choices of circulation experience

Application of Hexagonal in Design

Efficiency: Application of Hexagonal comparison

Regular Layout Hexagonal Tessellation

Regular Layout Hexagonal Tessellation Comparison

Shorter Travel Distances

Hexagonal road networks offer more direct with angles closer to straight lines, enabling quicker travel to destinations and reducing distances.

Higher Space Efficiency

Hexagonal grids allow for denser layouts, maximizing space use, unlike traditional 90-degree streets can create irregular, hard-to-develop areas.

Enhanced Traffic Flow

Hexagonal paths optimize pedestrian flow offering multiple routes, reducing congestion. allow easy detours around accidents or closures, improving urban traffic flow and minimizing delays.

Improved Pedestrian Experience

Hexagonal paths improve building visibility business exposure by guiding sightlines effectively. They connect areas seamlessly, enhancing pedestrian flow and street vibrancy, thereby improving the overall pedestrian experience.

Flexibility and Scalability

Small-scale hexagonal path designs offer flexibility and easy modification, ideal for temporary events and road layouts. They integrate well with hexagonal buildings, optimizing space and enhancing environments.

Walkway Form Development

Bond Vitality Fluidity "One of the principal disadvantages of the rectangular grid is the difficulty of diagonal movements, which make up a large proportion of urban trips. "

The six sides of its shape create strong bonds that each shape interlocks to reveal one cohesive equally.

Hexagons divide the site into various functionality program in an efficient way.

The property that hexagons could be closely conneted makes it composition of curve forms.

Structure Analysis - NE Axo

Parametric Design Analysis

Ornamental Frame

Hexagonal Pavement

Greenery

Plant Box

Seat

Bench Facade

Hexagonal Pavement Seats 'Shuttle' Paths

With plant box

Roof Support Structure

Tree Planter

Sunken Square

For events, exhibitions, performances and rest

The installation of roof panels with deliberate spacing enhances interior illumination by allowing controlled natural light ingress.

The architectural framework comprises trusses, beams, and junctions strategically positioned to provide robust support to the roof structure.

Polyporous Facade

Support Structure

Trusses and joints for the suspended facade

Support Structure

Columns supporting trusses serve a dual purpose within the design, imbuing the structure with dynamic aesthetics while also serving as prominent indicators of shop or restaurant locations.

Hexagonal Pavement

With plant box and seats

Pattern

The framework routinely accommodates glazing panels, solar panels, vertical greenery panels, and advertising panels, seamlessly integrating them into the architectural design.

The gradient hexagonal pattern on the ramp and shades serve multifunctional purposes.

Hexagonal panels encompass various functionalities: some form the structural framework for vertical greenery, others act as glazing components, while the segments with smaller perforations delineate pedestrian pathways, facilitating ease of movement.

Platform Shade

Platform

In the design and fabrication process of the exterior cladding and paving, I utilized Grasshopper as a design tool to implement the fundamental principles of hexagonal design. Through the creation of multifunctional hexagonal perforations of varying sizes and depths, I adhered to the core hexagonal design concept. These hexagonal perforations serve multiple purposes: they can function as climbing frames for vertical greenery on elevated walkways, act as planting troughs for greenery when incorporated into ground paving, and even accommodate solar panels and advertisements when integrated into the facade of a food hall.

By controlling the sizes of these hexagonal perforations, a naturally dynamic pattern emerges, enhancing the visual appeal and aesthetic interest of the building envelope. In areas where pedestrians walk, the perforation size is designed to be smaller than the average footprint to ensure pedestrian safety and prevent wheelchair entanglement during normal movement. The larger hexagonal sections are dedicated to greenery, seamlessly merging landscaping with paving, resulting in a fluid and harmonious transition between the two.

The explanation provided here pertains to the scripting and design process within Grasshopper.

Generation of Paving and Cladding Pattern

Adjust Height

Set the height of cells based on the gradient. The larger the opening, the higher the cell.

Generate Hexagons

Generate hexagonal matrix by defining extents and size of each cell

Move

Move the mesh to the designated position

Merge

Merge the surfaces to make a complete brep

Bake

Bake the mesh

Move

Move the mesh to the designated position

Generate Gradient

Generate gradient by setting the pull points which minimise the planting box on the pedestrian path.

Construct Surface

Make surfaces based on the outline of pavements and voids

Support Structure

Accessible Ramp Stairs

Find the central points of the hexagons and determine the distance between these central points and the pullpoints.

Set Pullpoints

abstract the points on the curve and make them the pullpoints for the generation of gradient.

Outline Openings

Abstract the edges of the openings, ready to be used for the frame of glazing or planting box.

Loft the opening outlines and the hexagon border to make solid part of the walkway.

Generate Hexagons

Transform the SubD object to triangular mesh and abstract edges from the triangles to form the shape of hexagons.

Generate Gradient

Generate gradient based on the distance between central points and pullpoints. The longer the distance, the smaller the scale of hexagonal opening.

Construct Mesh Bake

Bake the mesh

Edible Community Garden Design

Vegetation Pallete

Design Strategy

Vegetation Species Analysis

Activity Analysis

Extronometic Plan

After parking my bike, I sat on the steps of the sunken square enjoy the street artist’s guitar performance and feel the lively the QVM market.

The vertical greenery everywhere adds a natural atmosphere to the market. I like to sit on the seats under those greenery and read quietly while waiting for my friends to visit the QVM market.

I attended an open-air dance party in the square of QVM. Today's celebration was very great.

Today there was an exhibition of aboriginal art in the market. I walked on the pedestrian bridge to watch the exhibition and buy some souvenirs.

Today, I tried to hold an outdoor meeting with my colleage in the QVM market. We all enjoyed the atmosphere here. When we look up from the hexagonal seats under the pedestrian bridge, we could see the sunlight shining through the holes of the paving.

The addition of new market areas adds cultural diversity to the QVM. I enjoyed more street art performances and non-traditional crafts for sale here. The dark brick red color fits the traditional shed form of QVM. The indoor projection of patterns gives the market more space for cultural display.

The facade of the newly added vertical market is covered with vertical greening, giving the indoor space an ecological feel. It’s really a wonderful experience to walk around and buy products in the light and shadow.