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Applicant: Zhang Ziying Student Email: ziyingz25@163.com
Selected Works from 2022.08 - 2024.11
Applying for Urban Design MArch at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL)
01 Light in the Cave: Zabaleen Prosperity
Time: 2024.03 - 2024.05
Author: Zhang Ziying
Type: Individuals Type: Academic Tutor: Li Ziheng Tutor's Email: liziheng9816@gmail.com
In the Egyptian capital of Cairo, there is a city that only collects rubbish, and the Egyptians call the people in this place Zabbaleen, which means ‘rubbish man’ in Egyptian, who recycle rubbish manually, and recycle rubbish more efficiently than they can overpower the part of Fulford that specialises in recycling rubbish, but they live in an environment where they eat and live with rubbish, which leads to many daily problems. which leads to many everyday problems.
Cairo, Egypt, Africa
Landfills carry out harmless treatment and decomposition in order to reduce the environmental hazards of waste piles, while the negative impacts of waste on the environment can be effectively controlled through scientific design and operation, e.g., by preventing leachate from contaminating the groundwater and by reducing the harmful effects of waste gases (e.g., methane) on the atmosphere.
Porocess of Recycling Garbage in Zabbaleen
Renderings
Provide functions such as rubbish sorting in this place, to a certain extent, to reduce the Zabulin people in the life of the rubbish hit the two environmental problems, and the rubbish disposal process to the mine to increase the environmental ventilation to a certain extent to reduce the spread of disease. This will improve the efficiency of the Zabulin people in waste disposal and recycling, and at the same time improve the sense of well-being of the Zabulin people.
02 Wetland Path: Haizhu’s Water Renewal
Time: 2024.05 - 2024.08
Author: Zhang Ziying
Type: Individuals Type: Academic Tutor: Li Ziheng Tutor's Email: liziheng9816@gmail.com
On April 26, 2024, Guangzhou has been experiencing heavy rain for more than ten days, which is several times more water than in previous years. This continuous strong thunderstorm has brought many problems, such as urban waterlogging, floods, tornadoes and Hail, etc., caused serious losses, and some cities were even submerged in floods, causing serious life problems to citizens. The attention to precipitation has attracted the attention of citizens with daily updates, and here we pay attention and update.
Distribution of cities with the highest precipitation in the world in 2024
Global climate changes are unpredictable, and between March 9 and April 27, 2024, the city of Guangzhou in China has the highest precipitation in the world, followed by Nairobi in Kenya, then Bandung in Singapore, and finally Iquitos, Brazil.
Guangzhou, China
Iquitos, Brazil Singapore Bandung Nairobi, Kenya
The highest precipitation in Guangzhou reached 1,400mm, the highest in the world, followed by Nairobi with 600mm, Bandung with 550mm, and Iquitos with 520mm.
Comparison of rainfall in Guangzhou in two years
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2023.04.26 23:00
The top three cities in China with the highest rainfall from January to April in 2024
Guangzhou, Guangdong Nanning, Guangxi Guiyang, Guizhou
Situation of The Disaster
Heavy flooding in various areas and the poor functioning of water flow diversions and river backups have a serious impact on urban traffic, civic life and have a negative impact on commercial shop padding.
Section View
By showing the direction of flow and inundation through multiple profiles, the link between the inundation zone and the transition zone can be more closely examined, and the hazards and impacts of inundation and river siltation can be reduced through the design.
Renderings showing the effect of the plants after application to the skin, including the effect of residents walking and playing on it, to meet the buffer against flooding and at the same time meet the needs of daily life
Wetland
Wetland
Modelling Making
In the model slice to show when the site flooding, the water level through the means of terrain sculpture will be reasonable diversion of water flow to reduce the impact of flooding on the local people, while the residents can also be in the undulation on the wandering and sightseeing, in the slice can be seen in the undulating terrain in order to reduce the speed of the water flow, to give a buffer area for the river, in the proximity of the residential area to slowly slow down, thereby reducing the damage to the residential area
Site Analysis
Located in Duanzhou District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, China, Yanqian Village is now lagging behind in terms of development innovation. The village is rich in tourism resources and local culture, but it does not bring better economic value to the village. There have been local attempts to renovate and renew the village, but the results have been minimal.
The development of local science and education culture under the data statistics is relatively small, and innovation of science and education culture is a necessary process.
03 Heritage Bridge: Yanqian’s Revival
Time: 2024.08 - 2024.10
Author: Zhang Ziying
Type: Individuals Type: Academic Tutor: Li Ziheng Tutor's Email: liziheng9816@gmail.com
China
Hong Kong
Yanqian Village
Qixingyan Scenic Spot
Yanqian Village Residential Area
Looking into the residential area
The water area is vast and disconnected
Qixingyan Scenic Spot
The village of Iwamae echoes the settlement across the road and Seven Stars Rock, but there is a lack of connection between them.
Design Assumptions
With the isolation of the mountains, homes and lakes in this area, it was decided to link the three areas in this place, obtaining the most rational and scientific roads and positioning through an urban planning grid.
Exploded Diagram
Section Analysis Diagram
Interpretations
Mainly show the relationship between landscape nodes and mountain corridors, residential areas and natural mountains and water
Nodal Nodal Lake View Perspective Shift Mountain Landscape Perspective Shift
Landscape Perspective Shift
Nodal Lake View Perspective Shift
Aerial View of Hill Area
Local bamboo and wood were selected for the construction of the materials. The main display design is combined and compatible with the landscape on the hill, and combined with the inheritance of non-genetic heritage, the non-genetic inheritance of technology in this place, to enhance the development of culture.
Form Generation of Constructions in Hill Area
Distortion
Morphing and distorting regular rectangles to produce new spatial forms
Reorganisation
Reorganisation of simple elements, positions in different spaces generate new spatial forms
Classification of forms
Inclusion
Covered relationships at landscape nodes
Classification of forms
Symmetries
In the form of rotational symmetry usually produces many rich spatial distributions
Subsidence
The hill node takes the form of a sunken space from which a richer external view is observed
Subsidence
Renderings
The main display of local mountainous terrain combined with art and cultural nodes, in the promotion of local culture at the same time to be able to walk into the local nature, while making earth art installations on the water, quite high visitors and natural contact, make full use of the local terrain, in the layers of the mountain under the see more landscape.
There are fewer cultural activities in this area, so the selection of cultural activities integrates the intangible culture of Zhaoqing, combined with personal experience activities to deepen visitors' understanding of local culture.
Clothing industry (materials, fabrics, buttons, etc.)
Other industries (car dealerships, accommodation, convenience stores, etc.)
Analysis
In the village of Datang, Guangzhou City, the survey data found that the local population density, resulting in a strain on residential resources, while in the case of rapid economic development, the local economy but the development of a large demand for but no good space for development.
Woven Space: Aerial Design 04
Time: 2022.08 - 2023.03
Author: Zhang Ziying
Tutor: Li Ziheng
Type: Individuals
Tutor's Email: liziheng9816@gmail.com
Type: Academic
Located in Datang Village, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China, the village has a complete garment industry chain, but is situated in an urban village with a worrying environment. During the fieldwork, it was found that the workers live in crowded environments next to the production environment, the roads are congested, electric bicycles are crowded with pedestrians in the alleys, and the garment wastewater is discharged into the sewers with a pungent smell. This seriously affects people's daily lives and causes serious physical and psychological harm to them. For this reason, we investigated the production process of the complete garment industry, and made design and renovation in combination with the workers' daily life process.
Site Analysis
Form & Function Generation
Basic Geometry & Delineation of Basic Functions
Basic geometry, delineation of basic functions (work/ life/transitional rest)
Primary & Secondary Functions
Main clothing chain: production, marketing and transport, etc.
Cross-Selection
Basic community functioning guarantees (including work, life and excessive rest)
Renderings Analysis Diagram
Renderings mainly show the transformation of some of the nodes and after the transformation of the people and the new environment to get along with the integration of the scene, in the new renovation can ease the pressure of traffic and clothing industry, storage space, production workshops and transport functions divided into areas of management .
Author: Zhang Ziying
05 Future Birth Hub: Redefining Reproduction
Massing Generation
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Section View
In the profile mainly shows the epidermal style of the building, in the profile function from bottom to top from the consultation to the extraction of sperm and egg to the culture of fertilised egg, developing to the culture of embryo, helping women to detach themselves from the difficulties of surrogacy, and relying on the machine in the future to cultivate the embryo, and cultivating more excellent embryo through the regulation of data with the assistance of the machine.W
The main break down is to explain the internal structure such as the shell structure, the internal transport system as well as the transport system and operating space regarding the nutrients needed for the embryo culture.
Internal teardown analysis