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Portfolio

Selected work 2020-2023 Zhen Cheng

Table of Contents

Bachelor of design University of Melbourne Tle: +86 13806175308 E-mail: 1537882453@qq.com

01 Eco-corridor Community design

02 Foc School School design

03 Falling wing 04 Garden library 05 Water way Pavilion design

Library design

Pavilion design

01

Eco-corridor

Isometric

key moment

Massing

Typology

Community design

The project aims to integrate the relationship between nature, architecture, and residents using green areas. The neighborhood will form an area that blends with its surroundings and connects different parts of the community. On top of this, the green roofs compensate for the loss of green space and also serve to protect the environment. Also, the project’s visual design will have a certain coherence, integrating the internal circulation of the buildings with the external circulation of the streets. Utilizing green roofs and eco-corridors to maintain the actual ecological value of the site, and adding the circulation of the water system within it, allows for a more low-carbon and environmentally friendly lifestyle.

Plants

Studio name: Epsilion Level: Year 3 Year: 2023.08 Tutor name: Stephanie Wills steph.wills@unimelb.edu.au Type: Group work for analyse part Individual work for design

Place requirement

Personality Processing

Ensure population capacity throughout the community

Reduce footprint increased height.

Make the part into the whole.

Segment zoning by function.

Generate draft massing.

Room requirement

Final isometric

Overall plan

Exploded diagram Green roof

Sustainable systems

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Interior Lighting

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Legend 1. Town house 2. Laundry

Room plan

3. Bicycle parking 4. Shared kitchen

5. Shared living room 7. Garden 6. Apartment

Overview Section

02

FoC School

Site analysis

Programmatic diagram

Strategy site partitioning

School design

Because of the pandemic’s impact in the last two years, many districts have had online classes conducted to continue students’ programs. After investigation, it was found that there are certain prerequisites such as equipment and technology to conduct online classes. Some poor or backward areas cannot afford this method. Therefore, this project aims to design a school in an economically underdeveloped area that can satisfy the student’s education and help the local economic development according to the local situation. It also ensures that the education model in these areas can develop in line with the rest of the world.

Level: Year 3 Year: 2023.10 Tutor name: Qinyun Yang ciciqinyunxiqb@gmail.com Type: Individual work

Left-right zone Main Road connections Circulation

Plan

Basic houses

Basic houses Basic houses

Meeting room Classrooms

Classrooms

Library

Seasonal Patterns: Southern Africa, often experiences a summer rainfall pattern.

Animal area Basic houses

Functionality

Teacher office Classrooms

Director and secretary office

Multipurpose space

Classrooms

Renewable resource

Culture and history Special education

Basic houses Basic houses

Tropical Climate: Much of Africa lies within the tropics, resulting in a predominantly tropical climate.

Concept

Pastoralist area Orchards

Basic houses

Strategy

Basic houses

Tropical Climate: Many regions experience high temperatures throughout the year.

Public place Wall painting

Basic houses

Laboratory

Computers room Basic houses Students dormitories

Basic houses

Students dormitories

Dry latrine

Storage room

Basic houses

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02

Original site Detail

Bricks Bamboo

Near the road

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Use of colours Adaptation to the terrain Seismic defences Air circulation

Original site

Multi-functional learning area

Near the road

Processing

Teaching area Accommodation Multi-functional houses

Zones

Zoning

Street lights Determine the location of Multifunctional table

the functional layout

02 01Zoning Determine the location of Original site layout the functional Near the road

Breeding and planting areas

Space flexibility

Existing policy Space flexibility

Space flexibility Encourages a close connection to the community, history and landscape with reference to the surrounding streetscape. Encourages social interEncourages a close connection to the communiaction and outdoor learning Flexible teaching ty, history andfor landscape reference to the spaces allow a variety with of teaching practices. surrounding streetscape. Encourages social interaction and outdoor learning Flexible teaching Encourages a close connection to the communispaces allow for a variety of teaching practices. ty, history and landscape with reference to the surrounding streetscape. Encourages social interaction and outdoor learning Flexible teaching spaces allow for a variety of teaching practices.

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Original site Near the road

Environmental Teaching Environmental Teaching

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Zoning

Determine the location of 01 Original site the functional layout

01site Near the road Original Original site Near the road Near the road

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03

Roof

Massing

03 of different Build massing Massing to heights according 02Build Zoning of different 02massing differentheights kinds of houses according to

02 Determine location of the Zoning different kinds the of houses Zoning Determine the location of functional layout Determine the functional layoutthe location of

04 The roof form was determined Roof according to the natural The roof form was determined

climate of the time.

03 according to the natural Massing climate of the time.

Massing

Build massing of Build massing of different heights according to different different kindsheights of houses

the functional layout

Environmental Teaching Inspires teachers and students to inhabit the space in a variety of creative ways to foster children's curiosity for learning. Focuses on conservaInspires teacherssoil and students to inhabit the tion agriculture, regeneration and sustainable space in a variety indigenous timber.of creative ways to foster children's curiosity for learning. Focuses on conservation agriculture, soil regeneration and sustainable Inspires teachers and students to inhabit the indigenous timber. space in a variety of creative ways to foster children's curiosity for learning. Focuses on conservation agriculture, soil regeneration and sustainable indigenous timber.

Mutual aid in society Mutual aid in society

In order to make it possible for students in backward areas to have the same standard of teaching and learning as those in other parts of the world, and also to provide employment for the local people, a comprehensive open campus was designed, in which a school with space for computer labs, a small farm, and accommodation for the teaching staff was provided.

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Mutual aid in society Reduces distance to school issues. Resources for local civic gatherings and bricks to build the school are made on-site by local masons, providReduces distanceand to school issues.

Resources ing employment training opportunities in for the local area.civic gatherings and bricks to build the school are made on-site by local masons, providing employment and training opportunities in the Reduces distance to school issues. Resources for area. local civic gatherings and bricks to build the school are made on-site by local masons, providing employment and training opportunities in the

Massing

Build massing of different heights according to different kinds of houses

04 Roof04 Roof The roof form was determined The roof form was determined according the natural according to thetonatural climat 03 climate of the time.

Massing 03 Build massing of different Massing

0505 Green space Green space plants on both sides 05 Add native 04 Green space of theRoof road and 04 around open The roof form spaces.

Roofwas determined

according toroof the natural The form was determined

06 Detail 06 Detail furniture 05Add06 Detail Green space details to the

interior.

Section B

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B

Plan

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Section C

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Final axonometric drawing

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Rendering

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Legend

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1. Information room 2. Meeting room 3. Library 4. Small meeting room 5. Classroom 6. Restaurant 7. Director and secretary office 8. Teacher office 9. School medical center 10. Bathroom 11. Dormitories 12. Storeroom 13. Animal area 14. planting area 15. Open-air amphitheater 16. Football pitch 17. Multipurpose space 18. Laboratory 19. Computers room

Classroom

Atrium of the teaching area

Section A 3

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4

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Entryway

Entryway

Dormitories

03

Falling wing Pavilion design

My concept of this pavilion is to give people a comfortable and free space and to have different feelings in different time periods.

The inspiration for this pavilion comes from the wings of birds. The metal frame is used as the structural support of the exhibition hall, so that the entire design can be placed on the ground smoothly. And use these frames to connect the surrounding layers of glass. Sunlight can also pass through these gaps to produce different light and shadow effects on the ground, giving visitors a different feeling. Small lights are installed at the top and bottom of the pavilion, allowing listeners to have a better visual experience when watching the quartet at night.

Studio name: digitail design Level: Year 2 Year: 2022.05 Tutor name: Saran kim saran.kim@unimelb.edu.au Type: Individual work

Computation workflow

Design matrix 1.0 Basic Geometry

Internal scale

1.01-Speres Radius 16 1.02-Cube Edge Length 10 1.03-Cone Radius 16 Height 15 1.04-Pyramid Edge Length 18

XY Rotation

Lasercut nesting of XY and radial waffles

5.01-Internal scale 0.2 5.02-Internal scale 0.6 5.03-Internal scale 0.9

2.0

External scale

2.01-XY Rotation 0.0

6.0

6.01-External scale 5

2.02-XY Rotation 0.2

6.02-Internal scale 8

2.03-XY Rotation 0.5

6.03-Internal scale 13

2.04-XY Rotation 0.8

Point Attractor

Waffle and massing

5.0

6.04-Internal scale 16

3.0

Boolean Result

3.01-Point Attractor -0.65,-1.36,0.09,0.50 3.02-Point Attractor -0.74,0.85,-1.05,0.98 3.03-Point Attractor -1.47,0.00,0.083,-0.72

7.0

7.01-Boolean Intersection 7.02-Boolean Difference 7.03-Boolean Difference 7.04-Boolean Difference

Z Rotation

7.05-Boolean Difference

4.0

7.06-Boolean Difference

4.01-Z Rotation 0.0

7.07-Boolean Difference

4.02-Z Rotation 0.3

7.08-Boolean Difference

4.03-Z Rotation 0.6 4.04-Z Rotation 0.8

Surface and waffle Computation workflow

Because it has There is an empty area

become a waffle

There are many openings

running through from

structure, the

Although the light

on this design wall, and

top to bottom, which can

effect of light and

seen from the left

visitors can have different

ensure that the entire

shadow will be

and right sides

visual experiences

model can be illuminated

more obvious.

has not changed

through different opening

so that visitors can feel the

These blank spaces

much, the wall

positions. At the same

changes in illumination at

in the upper part

structure is not as

time, these openings can

different times.

allow more light

flat as the original,

also make more changes

to pass through,

so the shadow on

in light and shadows.

making the visual

the wall will also

experience of

make the design

visitors richer.

look richer.

This iterative exercise allowed me to test multiple times and make further improvements and choices. In this process, you can change the geometric shape, size, rotation angle, point attract or, and other conditions often and then cut out a model that conforms to your concept. The concept of selection is based on the relationship between solids and gaps and the influence of these conditions on the quality of the space, such as compressibility and porosity.

Generating ideas through process

Final axonometric drawing

Rendering

Diagram

Design Iterations

I first chose pufferfish as my pavilion. By modifying the shape of the curve, comparing different iterative cutting effects, I selected a preliminary assembly similar to my ideal. Due to the complexity of this complex, I manually selected some areas for modification and made a more simplified pavilion. Taking into account the problem of my material selection, I made a frame inside this pavilion, and finally came up with this model.

04

Garden library

First Floor Plan

Site Analysis

Exploded Isometric

Library design

The library designed here is an adjacent project to Greenline, on the edge of the CBD and the South Bank.This piece of Enterprize Park is the primary location for contrasting Melbourne's CBD and Southbank. It is also a practical first step for the Greenline project.

Forecasts show that the Greenline is expected to generate more than $1 billion in economic activity and create up to 1,000 jobs over the project's life.

Mayor Sally Karp said the Greenline would deliver one of the city's most significant transformations since the completion of the Southbank Promenade in 1990 and the opening of Federation Square in 2002. Regarding the facade, I referenced a Korean dream king project whose facade of this project has a wave shape that fits well with my wave inspired by this arc of the river's waves.

Studio name: Delta Level: Year 3 Year: 2023.02 Tutor name: Virginia Mannering virginia.mannering@unimelb.edu.au Type: Individual work

Concept

Second Floor Plan

Site

Processing CONCEPT- Build a garden library in the middle of the viaduct by the river in accordance with local greenline policy. The shape is that of a water wave, made of glass.

A garden is built in the middle to increase the green area.

Site

Circulation

Wave

Shape

Greenline

Detail

Children reading area

Reading Lounge

Facade

Rendering

Detail

Study area

Isometric

Bookshelves maze

Section A

Section B

Indoor Garden

05

Water way

Analysis

Plan

Pavilion design

In the design of this area, the planning is relatively neat. Both the pavilion and the green area use square and square graphics, and there is no curve. The entrance of this pavilion is in the south, at the location marked on the map. There will be roads around all the pavilions, making it easy for visitors to walk. At the same time, each exhibition hall is connected to a green area, ensuring that this area has a good ecology and enough space for tourists. The greenspace area that receives sunlight is divided into several situations, and different light areas can be provided according to different seasons, different time periods, and different preferences of tourists. Let visitors have more choices.

Plant

Studio name: Beta Level: Year 2 Year: 2022.02 Tutor name: Dylan Newell dylannew@unimelb.edu.au Type: Individual work

Collages

Layout plan

Sun analysis

Render

Legend

Exploded diagram

Isometric

Seasonal render

Sectional persepective

Wind Analysis

Other work Title: M2&M4 Studio name: FoDR Level: Year 1 Year: 2020.06 Tutor name: Mitchell Ransome mitchell.ransome@unimelb.edu.au Type: Individual work

Title: M3 Studio name: FoDR Level: Year 1 Year: 2020.06 Tutor name: Mitchell Ransome mitchell.ransome@unimelb.edu.au Type: Individual work

Title: Lake Wendouree House Studio name: CA Level: Year 2 Year: 2022.06 Tutor name: Lisa Cummins lisa.cummins@unimelb.edu.au Type: Individual work

Title: Dandenong Ranges Studio name: EBS Level: Year 2 Year: 2021.09 Tutor name: Nancy Mase masen@unimelb.edu.au Type: Individual work Client Profile:

The Henrys is a family of two adults and three children. They want to have an environmentally friendly home in Dandenong Ranges. Their family is very environmentally conscious and hopes to avoid the use of fossil fuels as much as possible. In terms of travel, the Henrys family like to ride bicycles everywhere, which can reduce carbon emissions and actively participate in the recycling activities of surrounding recyclables.

Legend

Wind in summer

Title: School Studio name: CD Level: Year 2 Year: 2022.10 Tutor name: Aleks Baltovski aleks.baltovski@unimelb.edu.au Type: Individual work

Wind in winter Sun in summer Sun in winter Total height

Roof

19.087

FFL. 17.890

Dust

GROUND FLOOR CONCRETE SLAB FLASHING INSULATION MESHING PANEL BRICK

Noise GARDEN BED

Second floor

FFL. 13.890

1A

First floor

1D

1C

1B

1A

1B 7500

1D

1C 7500

7500

1E 7500

1F 7500

1G 7500

7500 7500

FFL. 9.410

7500

1-1 7500

STEEL LUG

2-1 7500

7500

10mm THK PLAST STEEL WINDOW SILL

1-2 1-3 7500

7500

2-2

Natural Ground

FFL. 5.010

CONCRETE SLAB

4.985

WATER PROOF MENBERANE

1-4

2-3 7500

BRICK WALL Ground floor

2-4 2-5

7500

Title: Deck Studio name: Alchemy Level: Year 1 Year: 2020.09 Tutor name: Paul Di Nello paul.di@unimelb.edu.au Type: Individual work