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DESERT RENEWAL
New attempts at agro-pastoral symbiosis in the Sahel region
2023 Academy award- China Interior and Environmental Design Competition(Golden Award)
Year:2022
Location:Darfur,Sultan
Type:architectural design
Individual project
The Darfur region is located in the western part of Sudan in the Sahel region of Africa, where conflicts and wars are frequent, the root cause of which is natural disasters leading to competition between nomadic and farming peoples for land, water and other resources. Due to the arid and harsh environment, it is difficult for traditional forms of housing and industry to meet the needs of the people, and this program aims to design sustainable symbiotic buildings that can cope with the climate challenges.
The super high-rise complex integrates housing, farming, animal husbandry, and energy circulation, and through replicable unit modules, it takes into account the lives and production of farmers and herders, realizing self-sufficiency, resource replacement, and cultural integration, and emphasizing the values of human rights and equality. The building realizes sustainable energy circulation by collecting water resources, utilizing recyclable energy and purifying waste resources, which is a sustainable win-win situation for man and nature. The project responds to a complex awareness of the larger site and environmental context while considering the details of the building itself.
Africa Sahel
Located in the western part of the Eastern Hemisphere, spanning north and south of the equator, it is the second largest continent in the world.
The Sahel is Arabic, which means "edge". It is the Median strip and combination zone of nature, nationality and religion of the African continent.
After 1967, the rainfall in Sudan has been very low. Serious drought and famine occurred in Darfur, and a large number of nomadic Arabs with livestock poured into the heart of Fur people.
150 people in the Darfur region died in battles over land and pastures.
A three-year conflict began between the Arabs and the Masalites.
The crisis in Darfur has attracted the attention of the international community.
The Sudanese government is holding negotiations with the main opposition in Darfur.
Sultan Darfur
The Republic of Sudan, located in northeastern Africa, along the Red Sea and at the eastern end of the Sahara Desert. Sudan is a multi-ethnic region.
Approximately 80 tribes live in the Darfur region, and armed conflict frequently occurs between nomadic Arabs and the agriculturally settled black population.
Evolution of the Darfur Crisis
Precipitation fluctuations
Strong wind and cold air invasion Population increase
Backward production methods in agriculture and husbandry
SITE
Reduction in per capita resources
Fragile economic system
Poor risk resistance
Disasters causing the edge of the desert to move southward
Herdsmen moving south
Agricultural crisis
Coordination failure
Changes in the original regional pattern of agriculture and animal husbandry
Climate and vegetation changes Interlaced expansion of agricultural and pastoral areas
environmental change
Pressure application process
Strategy
Saving land
The competition for land and fertile soil is one of the important reasons for the outbreak of conflicts. attempted to install a super high-rise building to increase the land vertically.
Original land Existing land
The pressure and feedback process of human economic activity system.
Contact between immigrants and indigenous peoples.
Competition for survival resources
Violent conflict
Racial hostility
Long term confrontation
Generation of comprehensive action results
tracks between different building units for driving.
Root cause of conflict-Climate
Cultural integration
Farmers and herdsmen are not only two ethnic groups, but also represent two cultures. Placing two groups of people in the same building in a public area not only allows them to exchange food and engage in trade, but also promotes cultural integration.
Land Green
The main products in this building include food, meat, and energy. The cycle of energy, food, and fertilizer can be completed in a single building.
Self-sufficient Collect water
Water sources are scarce in the desert. It is necessary to collect rainwater and groundwater as much as possible. There is a rainwater collection device at the top of the building, and a groundwater collection device underground.
Circulation
What do we need
Home
Peace Food Safe Water
Greening strategy
Energy
Sandstorm
Set up the residential area near the center, surrounded by agricultural and animal husbandry units, and incorporate many greeneries to block incoming sandstorms.
Renewable energy
Direct cause of conflict-Race
The entire building energy is mostly renewable energy, such as wind and solar energy, and biogas generated from animal waste.
Main components of the building
Located at the very top of the building with a flared shape. Using tensioned membrane structure, it is highly resistant to natural environment.
Modular design, the module unit has a size, internal temperature, humidity, etc. can be independently adjusted.
Modular design, distributed around the traffic nucleus, the modules are square hexagonal with alternating closed and open spaces.
Located between the agricultural and pastoral areas, it is smoothly shaped, where people conduct commercial transactions and cultural activities.
Located between the public area and the pastoral area, it concentrates installations such as energy creation and waste treatment.
Modular design, located at the lowest end of the building, with modular units of different sizes according to the breeding needs.
Energy Flow Chart
This is an area with a predominantly agricultural civilization located above the entire building, so most of the residents here are farmers. The inhabitants here grow crops such as peanuts, sorghum and corn. Agricultural area effect Activity analysis
Farming Nomad
Aquaculture Poultry Farming
Animal husbandry
The temperature and humidity inside the unit can be adjusted independently.
Several of our families share one planting unit and grow different crops. Our family grows wheat.
There are peanuts grown by neighbors upstairs, and we exchange crops. met my neighbor on the way to the farm...
Human being
Livestock and agriculture
Circulate
Energy equipment
We check the equipment condition in the energy area every day to ensure its normal operation.
In public areas, people achieve resource sharing.At the same time, it also promotes the peaceful coexistence of agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization.
Energy system
Water system
Power system
Solar system
Bioenergy system
Rendering of agricultural area
Public space rendering
I'm going to the market to buy some beef. Goodbye.
Mia and Allen met in the elevator...
Hi Mia, what a coincidence! was just about to go pick up my kids for dinner.
THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL
Year: 2023
Location:Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province, China
Type:Architectural design
Individual project
The traditional Buddhist temple complexes are
and have a single function, which belongs to the traditional "sacred" space. With the development of the times, traditional religious activities have become more and more daily and secularized, and modern Buddhist temples should also carry more "secular" functions of religious activities. Therefore, based on the study of comparing the religious life in China and the West, the project needs to rethink the relationship between "sacred" and "secular". Therefore, based on the study of religious life in China and the West, the project needs to rethink the rationality of the dichotomy between "sacred" and "secular" religious space in modern society.
Bamboo is a building material closely related to the Dai culture, low-carbon and renewable, and a metaphor for religious culture. This project aims to provide another possibility for Buddhist architecture. By using the most common bamboo resources in the region, different types of bamboo are selected and combined with a variety of jointing methods to complete the construction, realizing the sustainability cycle of human beings, architecture, religion and nature. The project aims to create an architectural complex that balances religious activities with traditional culture.
residence waters roads contour line
Xishuangbanna is located in the northern edge of Asian tropics, with warm and rainy year-round tropical monsoon climate. The average annual temperature is 18-22 degrees Celsius, the annual rainfall is 1200-1900 millimeters, and the average annual relative humidity is 85%, so the natural conditions are excellent. The region belongs to the IndoMalayan flora and is rich in plant resources, of which bamboo plants are an important part.
In the Dai area of Xishuangbanna, the masses generally believe in Hinayana Buddhism, and most villages have their own Buddhist temples, and children are destined to be Buddhist believers from birth. Every man, from childhood onwards, has to spend a period of time away from his family in a monastery, for a few months or a few years. Every man, from childhood onwards, has to spend a period of time away from his family in a monastery, ranging from a few months to several decades. In this way, Hinayana Buddhism has widely penetrated into all areas of the social life of the Dai people. In this way, Hinayana Buddhism has widely penetrated into all areas of the social life of the Dai people.
Fine Buddha activities are frequent religious activities held by the followers of Dai Southern Buddhism, including offerings to Buddha and monks, sacrifices to ancestors, the dead, ghosts and gods, and almsgiving to Buddha and temples and various public places, etc. The contents are very extensive.Temple and all kinds of public places, such as alms giving, etc., the content is very extensive. Fine Buddhist activities have multiple social functions, such as collaboration and integration, mutual assistance and sharing, festivals and gatherings, and artistic performances and inheritance. social functions. The socialization of fine Buddhist activities makes the influence of such individual and regional Buddhist activities constantly enlarged and expanded, transforming from individual behavior to village behavior, upgrading to regional behavior, and becoming a link between the individual and regional Buddhist activities. It has been upgraded from individual behavior to village behavior and from village behavior to regional behavior, and has become an important link between the Dai followers and the Dai society.
Sacred
C.K.Yang
Émile Durkheim
Sacred
Bamboo Resource Analysis
Bamboo has the advantages of light weight, high strength and toughness. Its tensile and compressive strength is twice that of wood, and it enjoys the reputation of "plant steel". Bamboo can grow fast, replacing some wood with bamboo can avoid the transitional deforestation, and can be completely decomposed after the demolition of the building and join the ecological cycle to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality; Bamboo branches and leaves, developed roots, with the regulation of air quality and maintain soil and water conservation, good function, conducive to the ecological balance. Reasonable felling of bamboo materials will not damage the ecological environment, but can promote the metabolism of bamboo forests.
Bamboo produces whips, whips produce bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots grow bamboo, and bamboo feeds whips" by asexual reproduction.
7.Sanding and coating of bamboo
6.Cutting and molding of bamboo
5.Fire and moth proofing of bamboo
while molding processes bamboo into specific products and building materials of different sizes.
4.Drying and preservation of bamboo
4.Drying and preservation are very important parts of the bamboo manufacturing process.
1.Selection and cutting of bamboo
1.Generally 5-8 years have been timber can be harvested to winter and spring is the best. Winter, the weather is dry and cold, when the bamboo physiological function activity is rapidly weakened, the water content is also very little, and the bamboo material organization structure is close, the texture is tough, the strength is big, the moth is difficult to infringe. This is the golden season to cut bamboo.
2.Bamboo harvesting and collection
2. The manufacturing process of bamboo timber begins with the harvesting and collection of bamboo. When harvesting, care should be taken to protect the roots of the bamboo to avoid damaging the bamboo's growing environment.
3.Handling and splitting of bamboo
3.The top and bottom of the bamboo are first removed, and then the bamboo is cut to the desired length using a saw. During this process, attention needs to be paid to the cutting direction of the bamboo so as not to affect the subsequent manufacturing process.
Translation process
The phoenix is one of the four heavenly kings in Buddhism and is considered a symbol of good fortune and a sacred animal. In Buddhism, the phoenix is seen as a symbol of nirvana, representing the cycle of life and the realm of nirvana. The phoenix is enshrined in Buddhist temples to pray for peace and happiness.
Structural Exploded Drawing
Bamboo roofing for bamboo buildings
Bamboo construction
The process of building a Buddhist temple
Bamboo platform strips
Bamboo platform boards
Bamboo support rafters
Bamboo Staircase
Bamboo support beam
General Layout
Bamboo supported grid beams
Bamboo supporting columns
You are the salt of the earth.
If the salt has lost its flavor. how can we make it salty again?
It will be of no use.
It's just thrown out in the open. And be trampled upon.
——《Bible - Gospel of Matthew》
Year: 2023
Location:Terra Instituteerra Institute,Dorsey River basin,Brazi
Type:Architectural design
Individual project
This project translates the works of photographer Salgado into a tragic narrative architecture, extracting tragic archetypes from the photographs. The work is summarized into six journeys, refining the inner activities, emotional values and connotations of each journey, and six different spaces are constructed through different combinations of materials and light, so that visitors can feel the mapping of the photographer's feelings in different periods of his photographic career when they travel in the building, which is aimed at telling a truth: human ingenuity pushes itself further and further, out of Africa towards the world, out of the jungle towards civilization, but the selfishness, greed, cruelty, and the lack of human ingenuity are not the only factors that can make the building more and more interesting. However, the selfishness, greed, cruelty and violence of human beings will ultimately lead to their own destruction, and human beings should reflect on this and open up self-redemption. This is a tribute to Mother Earth, a rediscovery of human nature, and full of hope for the rebirth of the planet.
Name Sebastiao Salgado
Nationality Brazil
Professional | Photographer
Photography Category | Documentary Photography
Salgado integrates photography with his political commitment, religious beliefs, and hometown sentiments to form his unique and vast baroque image style. Salgado's birthplace, Brazil, is a country whose economic development is limited by geography, a long history of colonization, and the maintenance of a political system of big farmers and elites, which makes the gap between the rich and the poor always become the focus of Salgado's attention. As a young man, Salgado's participation in left-wing political movements led him to pay more attention to the voices of the underprivileged. He rebelled against injustice and became involved in many non-governmental, transnational, and nonprofit organizations in hopes of achieving the ideal blueprint for a more equitable society. "I am from an underdeveloped country and through photography, try to shed light on this exploitative world in order to give it back the dignity it deserves. Through my photographs, hope to show this dignified yet exploited world to the European community."
Brazi Dorsey River basin Hermes Terra Institute
The program is based in Salgado's hometown of Emores, Brazil, in the rainforest where the photographer grew up, and where his family built the Terra Institute to save the rainforest, which was once barren due to climate and deforestation.
It expresses Salgado's homesickness and love of the South American landscape.
For the second filming project, Salgado was involved in covering one of the largest famines in human history to date.
The History of Human Archaeology in the Industrial Age. Photographed refugees and displaced people in 43 countries on six continents, including those leaving the countryside for the cities.
A rainforest planting program. A Love Letter to the Earth. Salgado made the transition from social documentary to landscape and animal photography.
Deforestation and fires are a growing problem in the Amazonian forest zone, and Salgado visits dozens of local indigenous tribes.
His son Juliano was born, with Paris, and grew up to become the director of Salt of the Earth. He was introduced to photography and fell in love with the art of the moment.
He is acquainted with his wife. His wife has since aided his photographic vision.
Salgado has witnessed the darkness of the world firsthand, and as a result he begins to question his photography program, as well as his own role in this holocaust of humanity. He joined Médecins Sans Frontières.
Peaceful Frustrated Desperate Healing Hopeful Cheerful
The building can be seen
The building can't be seen River Land River
Pyramids,
The path of photography was explored and from there multiple portfolios were born.
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The salvation of the heart keeps him climbing to touch the light.
Nature
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Traffic flow
Site Plan
The Tragedy of the Unconscious Archetype
Jung's theory of archetypes
Individual self
Conscious self Acquired by heredity, it is an objective existence that is not under the control of the individual.
Unconscious collective subconscious
1.The child prototype
2.The mother Archetype
In ancient Greek mythology, mother is always associated with the concepts of earth, lake, nature and reproduction, and she is synonymous with "greatness", "love" and "protection". The mother archetype is more likely to inspire care and compassion.
is one of the striking paradoxes of all children's myths that on the one hand the child is delivered helplessly into the power of a terrible enemy and is in constant danger of destruction, while on the other hand he is endowed with powers vastly superior to those of ordinary men. demonstrate demonstrate
3.The Death Archetype
Death is like the "Sword of Damocles" that always hangs over human beings, and its shadow accompanies every human being from birth until the end of life. Death is feared and talked about, but at the same time, it is also a soothing agent, allowing people to relax in the midst of frustrations and lows.
permeate
The journey from two dimensions into three, down the ramp and into the "inside of the pyramid" begins.
Translated in two works, Human Hands and Exodus, this was the worst phase of the photographer's psychological state and he was depressed. Exodus was Salgado's last social documentary photography project. The space simulates the structure of a burned down building after a fire, with rough materials and a mirrored floor, so that a person descending the stairs can look across the space to the people on the other side of the room. The light from the ceiling is blocked by pillars, making the space dark and
Gradually from underground to above ground, the protrusion of the walls on both sides becomes thinner and thinner. The pillars of light from the ceiling become more and more within reach, and the visitor gradually sees light and hope.
SEWING FOLDED CITY
Re-planning of historic districts on the basis of traditional urban landscape and cultural heritage
Year: 2024
Location:Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong Province,China
Type:Urban design
Individual project
As China gradually enters the era of transforming from incremental expansion to stock optimization, this project attempts to reconcile the conflict between preservation and renewal of the heritage of the old city of Jinan, China. Rapid urban development has led to severe gentrification in the old city, which has resulted in the alienation of public space, poor preservation of spring water heritage, and an imbalance between public space and people's daily needs due to a variety of factors. The spatial and social segregation between the old city buildings and the modernized new city is gradually formed.
This project tries to reverse the imbalance between commercial and traditional cultural development. I hope to take the traditional cultural heritage as the background, extract the traditional elements and forms of the old city, and apply the folding theory to design diversified spatial forms to satisfy the needs of different people's lives. Folding theory is also applied to the macro scale of urban planning, creating multi-level transportation to make the space more mobile, and arranging the public space with the spring vein as the core, restoring the unique spring street scene, and ultimately generating sustainable and adaptive architectural clusters.
Ⅰ Spring
Ⅲ Format
Construction Forms
With the construction of new towns around them, the buildings are getting taller and taller, and the perception of even the limited height old towns is declining in the midst of this rapid urban development.
Existing Businesses
Continuing the historical spatial pattern, the spring-centered style of the old town is generated on the basis of the central axis of the spring city.
The public spaces of the springs vary in scale and flexibility.
Spring water resources are rich and diverse in type. Comparing from the scope of Jinan city, there is a high density of springs in the ancient city and a high proportion of famous springs. However, some of the spring veins have been turned into culverts due to later construction, which has broken the spring canals.
Spatial perception of springs by the public is poor due to the dispersed nature of the springs in the old city.The better known buried springs and spring canals occupied by buildings are in urgent need of restoration.
Ⅱ Transportation
Businesses dominated by commercial and Netflix commodities occupy a large proportion, the functional structure tends to be single, and the uniqueness of the ancient city has not been fully utilized.
Ⅳ Cultures
Jinan Traditional Folklore
Traditional folklore such as embroidery, clay sculpture, spring water festivals and shadow puppets have not been well developed and there is a lack of understanding by outsiders.
Five-minute walk
Major streets and alleys are generally spaced 60-120 meters apart, while minor alleys are more flexibly distributed and generally spaced at intervals of no more than 225 meters.
Inadequate slow traffic system
Due to the rise of underground springs in summer, the amount of rainwater increases and untimely drainage, water can accumulate in the streets and alleys by about 200-300 millimeters.
Fifteen-minute
Ten-minute walk
High density of cultural resources, but no functional advantage immovable cultural relics and historical buildings: concentration of resources, but low degree of openness and insufficient protection and display.
Ⅴ Dwelling
Distribution of springs in the compound
The traditional courtyard is presented in the form of a compound. However, at present, the building density is high, the combination form between the courtyards is chaotic, and the unauthorized additions and deletions of building blocks are confusing.
Population Analysis
Demand space
Learning & Innovation
Residents（aboriginal） Residents （immigrants） Tourists Traders Scholars
The indigenous residents of the old town, mostly retired senior citizens, need more space for recreational activities.
Newcomers to the Old Town, mostly young people who work in the neighborhood, rent houses here.
The Old Town, a new transformation of culture and commerce, attracts many tourists, including photographers, youtubers, and more.
The old town needed a blend of commerce and culture, so people were allowed to start their own businesses and put their products up for sale.
Old craftsmen and non-geneticists set the tone for the culture of the urban area, creating a culture-led transformation of the space.
Cultural need
Recreation needs
Housing needs
Transportation needs
Concept Generation
Urban development
Background
Incremental expansion Stock optimization
Anti-gentrification Gentrification
Historical and cultural factors
Commercial factors
Urban space City Urban morphology
Tourism Development Factors
Public Service Factors
Methodology
Public space Spatial isolation
Demand imbalance
Everyday lives
Alienation of Public Space
Social isolation
Strategy
Constructions
Negation and innovation in sociological concepts
Chaos theory Monadism the Fold
Macro
Meso
Micro
2D and 3D
Continuity & Permeability
Integration & Reinvention
Folding City &
Folded buildings
Linking public spaces with springs
Multi-Level transportation connecting urban areas
Bridging the gap between the old city and the new city
Creating a multifunctional, culturally oriented, intermixed public space
Creating a multi-people living space in the form of a courtyard
Memory elements preserved from the architectural elements of the old city, elevations, roofs, gables, patios, doors and windows, are extracted and integrated into the new public space to unify the architectural language with the old city.
