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EMPATHY

ZHU SHIRUI'S PORTFOLIO FOR THE APPLICATION TO MA ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM PROGRAM, MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

EMPATY Italo Calvino said cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears. My hometown, Shunde, a small city in southern China and a pilot area for China's economic development, now facing a dilemma after enjoying the economic leap brought by the reform and opening-up policy: the loss of empathy in space. Many other cities around the world have the same problem. Urban spaces should become the most important medium that cares for valuable feelings and inclusive social life. My solution is an empathetic social intervention design approach.

CONTENT CONSTRUCT COMMON FRAMEWORK (September 2023; 2 months)

01 REDEFINITION OF SPATIAL BOUNDARIES AND CULTURAL COHESION CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL EQUITY (July 2023; 2 months)

02 BASRA WATERFRONT RENOVATION DESIGN

SOLUTION OF HEALTHCARE INEQUALITIES (March 2022; 3 months)

03 CITY DESIGN FOR URBAN AUTOMATED EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER

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Project Site

02 Construction Of Social Equity

Basra in Iraq is located in the southern part of the country, adjacent to the Persian Gulf, and its geographical location is very important. However, despite its geographical advantages, there is a significant wealth gap in the social situation of the Basra region.

Fishermen $4250

Industrial Area

Business Area

Business Area

Basra waterfront renovation desgin

Residential Area

Historical Site

Site Industrial Area

Waiters $3800 Villa Area

Year: July 2023 Theme: Spatial equity research and urban renewal design Group work: Zhu Shirui, Shen Zhuoyue, Qu Baiheng Location: Basra Role: advance the design(35%), modelling (50%), drafting(30%) and documentation (80%) The site is located in Basra, the most important city in southern Iraq. After years of war and reconstruction, the city is reopening. This project re-plans and redesigns the various functional areas of Dakeer Island, revitalizing it and providing an inclusive place for communication between different social classes.

The island's main functions planned in this project include: fish market, yacht club, tourist activity center, central square, restaurants, and leisure marina. The fish market, yacht club, and tourist activity center are located on both sides of the island, serving fishermen and wealthy businessmen, respectively.

Villa Area

Historical Site

White-Collars $11500 N

Villa Area Business Area Historical Site Residential Area Industrial Area Drawer: Shen, Zhu

Time Line

Fisherman Manager Fish seller Visitor Dining Staff Drawer: Shen

Businessmen $41500

Master Plan

Desgin Strategy

A functional re-planning of the island of Dakeer with a harbour and public recreational spaces where traders, tourists, residents and fishermen from all walks of life can move and interact, thus building social equity.

In this design, we divided the site into three main functional areas and designed the corresponding flow lines for the corresponding groups of people.

B’

1.Functional Zoning

B

2.Public Space

Legend Upscale tourist area Common intersection area Fish market

A’

A

3.Streamline Analysis

0 20 60

140 Drawer: Zhu

Drawer: Zhu

Section A-A’

Section B-B’

Drawer: Shen

Drawer: Shen

Legend Public space Wharf Public greening

Legend Businessmen and tourists Local residents Fishermen

Architecture Typology Deformed balcony

Functional Zone Deformed arch

Deformed arcade

Deformed walls

Extracting Elements from Traditional Islamic Architecture

Scenarios for use in buildings with different functions

Summary We extracted four traditional Islamic architectural elements and abstracted them: balconies, arches, arcades, and walls, and applied them to our design. This not only allows the building to adapt to the local climate, but also to the history and context of the site. The last four small scenes depict people dining, repairing boats, chatting, and taking walks in the renovated building.

Drawer: Qu

Drawer: Qu

Drawer: Qu

Drawer: Qu

Restaurant

Dockyard

Most of the latest fish caught by local fishermen is used as a restaurant ingredient to provide more delicious food for local residents and tourists.

Forming an industrial chain with the fish market, the fish caught by fishermen is transported directly to the restaurant and the servants to taste.

The yacht club is divided into a high-end leisure area for tourist barges as well as a leisure and repair area for yacht repair and maintenance, as well as boat repairs for local fishermen, and is a meeting place for local residents and tourists.

Drawer: Qu

Drawer: Qu

Drawer: Zhu

Drawer: Zhu

Drawer: Zhu

Fish Market

Visitor Activity Center

Fishermen can immediately transport their catch to the shore for sale at the fish market, which is divided into two parts: the first is a high-end fish market with a supporting restaurant, where the fish can be processed on-site for visitors to enjoy on the spot; and the other is a fish stall constructed with wooden components, which is cheaper to sell and is mainly targeted at local residents.

In the design of the Visitor Activity Centre, arch elements from Islamic architecture were used. Meanwhile, the interior and exterior arcades were designed, and the floor was made of marble. With a domed roof, the building is presented in an elegant and holy manner.

People walking under this big dome will feel that the differences between people are dissolved.

Drawer: Zhu

Map of infection level and distribution of medical resources in L.A. Drawer: Zhu

Site:Central Alameda

03 Solution Of Healthcare Inequalities City design for urban automated emergency medical center

Legand hospital C.A. border Road Increase % for cases Over 3,000% 2,000% - 3,000% 700% - 2,000% under 700% Median family income($) under 30000$ 30000$-40000$ 40000$-60000$ 70000$-100000$ over 100000$ Central Alameda is a community where the quantity and quality of healthcare facilities are significantly challenged.

COVID-19 is more severe in poorer areas

The histogram displays data by area poverty, which is the percent of residents below the federal poverty level (FPL) in the census tracts where the home addresses confirmed cases.

AREA POVERTY

In LA County, the death rate in people living in the lowest-resourced areas is approximately four times higher than people living in the highest-resourced areas.

30%-100% area poverty 20%-30% area poverty 10%-20% area poverty <10% area poverty Mortality Rate (per 100k)

Year: March 2022 Theme: Urban automation solves the problem of unequal social services Group work: Zhu Shirui, Yu Kangni, Duan Xiteng Location: Los Angeles Role: preliminary analysis(100%), advance the design(35%), modelling (30%), drafting(30%) Covid-19 pandemic corrupted the ordinary pace of the world. Behind such a tremendous loss of people’s lives, it also shows a severe inequality of regional medical services. Communities of minorities with low incomes are always facing more challenges.

However, as one of the few cities in the US with many driverless vehicle tests and relative companies, Los Angeles shows a potential for urban automation against COVID-19. This project aims to maximize the possibilities of urban automation strategies, transferring the releasing spaces into quarantine spaces, medicare spaces, and supporting spaces, for the eventual equality of medicare in minority communities.

3,200

Number of cases

Shortage of medical resources

2,800K

hospitals in Los Angeles County

total cases of covid-19

134K

4.8%

hospitalization L.A. cases only

hospitalization rate

2020.03 Los Angeles is in lockdown.

2020.01 The first covid case was cofirmed in LA.

Central Alameda 164

Los Angeles 6,209

Covid-19 monthly case increases (Dec.22-Jan.21) Central Alameda 50,449

25,000

Los Angeles 858,514

20,000 15,000

Covid-19 monthly case increases percent change

10,000

Central Alameda 3,685%

5,000 Mar. 25 May. 19 Jul. 25

Los Angeles 1,600%

Sep. 17

(2021)

Timeline of Covid-19 outbreak in L.A. 2020.07 There are too many cases in Los Angeles.

Covid-19 monthly case increases (Nov.22-Dec.21)

2021.01 L.A. becomes first county to hit 1 million Covid-19 cases.

2020.05 Thousands gathered to protest the state-wide lockdown.

2021.12 The omicron variant of 2021.06 COVID-19 landed in L.A. Holding a memorial to honor died L.A.County coronavirus cases residents.

L.A.County coronavirus cases cases

deaths

1,003,923

13,741

2021.04 Everyone adult will be eligible to be vaccinated.

2020.12 The medical infrastructure is crumbling under pressure in Los Angeles.

cases

deaths

2,086,581

27,850

2021.07 The delta variant of COVID-19 rapid spread.

2022.01 L.A. hits 2 million Covid-19 cases.

Drawer: Zhu

Feasibility of autonomous driving

Assemble components

Motional

Tesla

Drawer: Duan

After a long period of development, there is already a database of autonomous driving in Los Angeles, so Los Angeles is in a position to apply more autonomous driving technology systems.

Autonomous driving

Waymo

Road testing and self-driving testing in Los Angeles

Drawer: Zhu

Small skeleton assembly display

Large skeleton assembly display

Lavatory

Large garden Lounge for doctors

Small garden

B-X *2

D-X *2

E-4 *2

Stairwell Corridor

Medium skeleton assembly display

Ward

Pharmacy Pollutant storage room

B-X *2

C-X *2

A-X *2

C-X *2

E-X *2

E-X *2

Medium garden

Testing chamber

Operating room Drawer: Duan

Assembly manual of autonomous anti-pandemic nodes The lack of medical resources and the untimely allocation of resources are the main causes of the outbreak. We try to use autonomous driving technology to quickly deploy resources.

Assemble skeletons and panels for driverless vehicles.

Align the internal grooves of the panel with the skeleton and fix it with expansion screws.

The crane at the transport destination hoistes the driverless vehicle to the specified location and forms a cluster according to the instructions, and the transport truck returns directly to the warehouse to wait for the next command to be issued.

Upon arrival at the harbor-style stop, the crane hoists the trolley through a magnetic suction cup to the designated location.

Once assembled, a crane will use suction cups to hoist the driverless vehicle onto the transport vehicle.

The transport vehicle will transport driverless vehicles with different functions to the designated location according to the demand, and there will be a harbor-style parking place at the transportation destination for convenient parking.

Drawer: Duan

The Planning Map of Central-Alameda

Site A: autonomous medicare and quarantine spaces

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Site A

Site C

Drawer: Zhu

Site B: autonomous healing garden Site B

Legend

Drawer: Yu Quarintine area

Medical area

Maintenance area

Parking area

Scope of services

Surrounding area

Community garden

Main road

Secondary road

Regional nodes Drawer: Yu

Site A

Site B

Drawer: Zhu

Site A

Site C: anti-pandemic supporting spaces

Drawer: Yu

Site C

Drawer: Zhu

Drawer: Duan

Drawer: Duan