DESIGNING [VERSIONS OF REALITIES], Zirui Wang, Application Portfolio, admitted to Umich, Upenn, UCLA

Wang Zirui's Portfolio | Selected Works 2017-2020

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01 Infrastructure + New place for overseas Chinese

This project aims to design a new place for returned overseas Chinese for textile industrial reactivation.As the abandoned textile industry developed, the project uses the extention of bikelane as the main element to link newarising industry, local infrastructure and people's activity.

Location: China, Wenzhou Academic | Septemeber 2019 - December 2019 Fall Semester Individual work Tutor: Vincent Peu Duvallon (vincentp@wku.edu.cn)

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Because of the craftsmanship ( textile, fabric, retail, beer ) and hard-working spirit, Wenzhou, as the place for brooding the overseas Chinese, has shared the great reputation. With the booming of the economy, the large population of overseas Chinese is encouraged to come back to star t business in Wenzhou.The new tendency of migration cannot be overlooked.

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Site Information

Location Map

Future events and local industrial development

360 km

Present Situation

Shanghai

Abandon

BEER FACTORIES

Hangzhou

Migration Refulx

220 km Ningbo

SITE/OLD FACTORITIES 80 km

Infrastructure + Reactivation

Main road train station

Wenzhou

New Place

city range

Secondary road

city downtown main harbor

Walking path

3-4 hours 1-1.5 hours

New Producivity

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Waterway

shoe processing

Local Development and Migration Reflux

glass processing The despersion of Overseas business in Wenzhou

manufacture food processing

“I need to start up business abroad quciky. A lot of people are doing the same thing as me because of THE REFORM AND OPENING-UP POLICY. I have the skilled craftsmanship; I can bear hardships and stand hard work;I can work really hard!”

The Arising of High-rise Residence

“I should come back to my hometown to start up the new business, or open the BRANCH BUSINESS in there because of the ENCOURAGEMENT and CALL UPON from the government. I am familiar with the abandoned town.

Perhaps I can invest some money and utilize it......”

textile

The Appearence Industrial Atmosphere

River-front Residence

Devastation Occuring

Automation Textile industry is processed by steam engine. What workers do is operate the machine.

Craftsmanship Textile industrial was begun and developmented by manpower

NATURAL WENRUI TANG RIVER

The Arising of Education

CONSTRUCTION OF OUHAI AVENUE

DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-SPEED TRAIN

WHAT COMES NEXT ......

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What They Do

Who They Are 0-12 years old Students 12-18 years old

What They Need

Master Plan of Infrastructure +

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More space for entertainment, more socialize space, more fashion elements, more working and relaxing space EXISTING VILLAGE

Above 18 years old Native

Single elder Elders

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More space for gathering, more space for walking, more activities for the elderly, more quiet space

ORIGINAL ACTIVITY SPACE

BILINGUAL KINDERGARTEN

Elder couple

NEW ACTIVITY COLLECTION

Industrial developer

Workers

More space for business, more office, more space for communicating and advertising

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Overseas Chinese

Service staff

Area Plan Concept

Adding Access Space The project aims to provide the opportunities that people will interact with the Wenrui Tang river, which is the oldest infrastructure system.

Creating New Activity Area The original activity area will be released, seperated and clustered in the new area.

Integrating Textile Elements The textile elements as the catalyst are added to the site for enhancing the communication between native people and new/ old industry.

Creating Industrial Loop The project offers the chance for different industires cooperating together.

New industries will be encouraged to develop.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES HIGH SCHOOL

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Public Infrastructure

Plus Facilities

New Industrial Development loading area

public facilities

river-front area

walking path

office building

factories

new activities area

public stadium

bike lane

new residence

e-business service area : export trade/advertisement/product design

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PLUS New Industrial Development PLUS Activity Center

PLUS Office

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PLUS Public Plaza

Area Program Distribution

Area Components PLUS Office

PLUS New Industrial Development

Infrastructure Hub Parking Office Building Avenue Bike Lane

PLUS Public Plazas

Exhibtion Area Parking Bike Lane Open Meeting Area Factory

Public Plaza Riverfront Path Parking Bike Lane Services

Day Night

Office + Bikelane In Plan

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System Flow Diagram

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The Muti-type Office is customized by the potential workers.

Random access

Public Studio

Group-organized access

Regular access

Small Workshop/ Studio

Long-term Company

Exhibition + Bikelane In Perspective The Exhibition provides more chance of reminding of native fabric crafts and shows the potential of the textile product.

Interactive Exhibition

Overscale Fabric Exhibition 5

Traditional Fabric Exhibition

Activity + Bikelane In Relationship Office

“ICON” Park

“That is so cool !!”

Recreational facilities and the suspension structure identify the place

“Let us start business”

“I want to play more!”

Returned oveaseas Chinese will be encouraged to start business here.

Children and their grandparents will have own activities.

Communication + Bikelane In Section Flurescent dye Dyeing platform

Transparent glass LED lamps

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View From Dyeing Platform

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View From Children Park

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02 Transanctuary Skyscraper responding to a global disaster

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In 2020, as the COVID-19 influenced all over the world, as gaps in national emergency measures and gaps in emergency resources inevitably exist, illegal immigration has become a threat to epidemic prevention and national security.

The proposal is to build the sanctuary along the border between two countries, specifically, China and Vietnam.

This sanctuary becomes the hope for those refugees influenced by the global disaster, and becomes the platform for them to transit, from suspend life mode to fast forward life mode, from negative to positive, from the least social contributor to the disaster dispatcher, who will compensate the lack of manpower during global emergencies.

Location: the national border between China and Vietnam Competition | October 2020 - November 2020 Group work with Bo Wang 70% ideas + 60% digital modeling+80% representation Tutor:Xuyi Wu

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The Routine of Smuggling

Data Of Overseas Cases Serious Overseas Import China reported the first confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia imported from abroad on February 26. After that, the number of imported cases from abroad showed an increasing trend and the speed continued to increase.

Process

* Smugglers, or stowaways, are often described as the group of immigrants who illegally pass through national borders.

Before Diaster lighting tower Circular structure prefabricated plane

GUANGDONG.CHINA

Overseas cases

100

Domestic Cases

prefabricated core

GUANGDONG.CHINA 50

During Diaster

DESTINATION

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3.22

1. Existing Watch Tower- Suspend Mode Originally, a watch tower is built before any disaster. It aims to alert any illegal smuggle and stowaway.

FANGCHENG HARBOR GUANGXI.CHINA

install super production

install membrane

Until March 13, imported cases (7 cases) exceeded the number of new local cases for the first time (4 example).

install air condenser install super engine 9

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2. Installation Different components will be installed right away when global disaster is happened.

MAIN SMUGGLING ROUTE HAINAN.CHINA

"smugglers"

200

ark users transystem

0 2.26

3.22 disaster dispatcher

Potential Overseas Cases

3.System operation- Fast Forward Mode Transit-system will transform users to disaster disapatcher, who will compensate the lack of man power during disaster.

There are more than 20 million in Asia and nearly 4 million in Europe and the United States where the epidemic is severe. More than 60% of these overseas Chinese are from Guangdong and Fujian.

Malaysia

ORIGIN

Thailand

XIAN HARBOR VIETNAM

Usa Philippines Japan

After Diaster new community

leaving

4. Stay or Leave- New Future Disaster dispatcher has the right to choose to stay nearby transantuary, or leave carrying with own ark, back to the society in a new identity.

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Transystem

In Transantuary, living, working, and educating are three main parts. The upper part is mainly composed of the parking for Ark, and the productive circle, ensuring the supply of food. The middle part provides a place for education. Users, originally the smugglers or refugees, have the opportunity to enter the fast-forward mode, rather than the suspend mode during the pandemic. The lower part is where the Super Transcraper gets the sustainable energy supply, guaranteeing the building could work even though the pandemic continues more than people's suspect.

S-02 Ark Parking Super Production

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The ark parking could charge people's ark when they are working inside the tower. The exposed circular shape ensures people can find parking places conveniently. Super farming fulfills the supply of food when the long-term pandemic disaster is happening. People are required to learn how to do labor work and make a contribution to earn credit.

Slide Crane locates and lifts up the ARK in any location.

Super Parking Provides place for people charge and park the ARK.

Super Farming Fullfills the supply of food and requires some labor.

Structure

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Supports the upper part of building and stablizes it.

The super engine is installed f o r f u l f i l l i n g t h e e n e rg y supply. There are several floating buoys located in the bottom part of the super engine. These are also connected to the generator, converting the rotational motion into energy.

S-03 Super School

S-03 To become the official disaster dispatcher, the super school would make sure users get the required knowledge and enter fast-forward mode. By evaluating the performance of training and the result of the test, it would decide whether they could "graduate" or not.

Water Tanks

Air Condenser

Water Turbine Generator

Super School

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Teaches users required knowledge and training.

Super Engine

Mosaic Ceiling Allows more lights coming to the learning and relaxing space.

Garden Provide users with the experience of living in land.

Floating Buoys

S-04 Ark

Viewing Deck is the place for people talking, sharing and enjoying.

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9:00-11:00: farming

13:00- 17:00: schooling

17:00 - 21:00: free-time

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8:00-9:00: rising up

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Typical Plan

The Life Of Ark - Super Unit

1. Super school

1. Equipped facilities Crane lock

Maximum earning point: 10 pt / day

2. Reward mechanism

Navigational engine

Living space

"Smugglers" 0 pt Charging port

+ 2 pt

+ 1 pt

+ 1 pt

Formal ark users 100 pt + 2 pt

Side anchor Inflatable outer skin

+ 1 pt

The tower has its scoring reward mechanism. The higher the score, the higher the degree of freedom and the living environment will be upgraded.100 points means adapting to the life of the tower. After reaching 1,000 points, they will have the right to become the disaster dispatcher of the refuge center. The ark becomes its qualification.

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When the disaster happened, the ark can feel the sanctuary remotely through automatic navigation technology and quickly took its users near the sanctuary. The inflatable membrane can effectively reduce the influence of the external environment and can provide the user with short-term survival needs.

1000 pt Disaster dispatcher

+ 1 pt

2. Garden

4. Attachment

3. Adaptation

electricity

On sea

On land

The ark has good adaptability and can meet the basic survival needs of smullger at sea during a disaster. After the disaster, stowaways can also bring it back to the original community as a residential module.

Rising up!!

In the charging!!

electricity

After the ark arrives near the tower, the suspension machine on the tower will match the link port of the ark to hoist it to the parking area. Charging piles will be provided in the parking area to supplement the power.

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S-04 89days / 862points

156days / 1000 + points

67days / 645 points

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03 Song Muchang Memory a memoriable community center in the land of no-monumentality

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Song Muchang, as the old memor y for all elders in Hangzhou, is gradually losing its identity and facing the challenge of destruction and renovation.

It has become a land of no-monumentality due to not only the sporadic left-over boxes along the street but also the lack of monumental space.

This project is to build a community center that provides memorable space and activities. It focuses on the structural representation of those left-over boxes, the structural rhythm of the street elevation, and the flow of people. Furthermore, its programs fix the lack of monumentality and create a new memory, Song Muchang Memory about local history, the life of people and the city.

Location: China, Hangzhou Academic | July 2020 - August 2020 Summer Semester Academic/Individual work Tutor: Vincent Peu Duvallon (vincentp@wku.edu.cn)

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Design Process

Urban Condition

Preserve street flow memory

1. Original Condition

2. Remove The Boxes

3. Add The Loadbearing

Lead to new memory

4. Generate The Program

5. Adjust The Form/Opening

6. Link Facing Plaza 15

Song Muchang is a old district that lives hundreds of elder in Hangzhou. The elder who lives here mostly were ex-solider. Although there are urbanized movements happening around the site, this district remains old. Many left-over boxes were left on the one side of street, while on the other side has lots of grocery stores, lots of stories to tell.

Shape street view memory

Program

Shape Origin structural bay rhythm

floor slab rhythm

Exhibit structural memory load-bearing flow

ROOF PLAZA ROOF PLAZA MEMORY HALL -TION EXHIBITION EXHI EXHIBITIONEXHIBI- LIBRARY MEMORY EXHIBITION HALL PLAZA MARKET MARKET PLAZA PLA PUBLIC GALLERY LIBRARY CIRCU LATION CIRCU LATION CIRCU LATION

public flow

PUBLIC PLAZA to MONUMENTAL OBJECT

EMOTIONAL GENERATOR to SCAN QR CODE to SELECT MEMORIAL ITEM to PROJECT TO TV MEDIA

Create urban memory

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04 Swarm Metabolism Swarm Metabolism begins with the Bat House, the interdisciplinary competition. The result is innovative when the architectural thinking combines with the biolab method. The design becomes the assumption and the test, not a unique solution. Since the living condition and environment for bats in unknown in scientific study, the Bat House tried to apply three different housing condition: villa, tower and housing complex, to fullfill every possible needs for bat community.

Furthermore, Swarm Metabolism applys this massive typological thinking to human house. How different people's activity, religion, perference could influence the space. Finally, by inserting those possibilities into abandoned building, a new urban condition is formed.

Location: China, Wenzhou Academic | August 2020 - September 2020 Fall Semester Competition/Individual work Tutor: Vincent Peu Duvallon (vincentp@wku.edu.cn)

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Typological exploration of human houses in future

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T H E R E M U S T B E MANY POSSIBILITIES A N D C O M B I N AT I O N S

THE BUILDING IS CRAZY AND I AM NOT SURE IT WILL WORK!!

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UNUSUAL FLOOR PLAN

SYMBOLIZE THE BUILDING

THE BUILDING LOOKS SO INSPRING AND VISUALLY PLEASING!!

COPORATE THE LANDSCAPE

MAKE IT SPIRAL!

RANDOMIZE LAYERING ROTATE BOXES

HAVE THE ROOF GARDEN

NOT FOLLOWING GRID

UNUSUAL ENTRANCE

LAYERING TO BE APARTMENT

COMMON LIVING VILLA

FORM THE CENTRAL YARD

THE BUILDING BECOMES S O B O R I N G AT T H E END OF EVOLUTION !!

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2017-2020 #CXX- the serial number of all combinations #PXX- the serial number of all possibilities

#C27 High-rise Garden The level of restriction: The influence on the structure: The difficulty of renovation: #P02

#C14 Vertical Housing

#P07

The level of restriction: The influence on the structure: The difficulty of renovation:

#C36 Alien Space The level of restriction: The influence on the structure: The difficulty of renovation:

#C24

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#P09 Micro Office The level of restriction: The influence on the structure: The difficulty of renovation:

#C16 #C25

#C19 High-rise Channel The level of restriction: The influence on the structure: The difficulty of renovation: #P04

#P01

#P05

#P03 Standard House L The level of restriction: The influence on the structure: The difficulty of renovation:

WHAT IF

All possibilities and combinations can be inserted into city's abandoned building......

Left

Middle

Right

Renovation I Block Type

Renovation II Tower Type

Renovation III Apartment Block Type

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05 Otherwork

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BIGBUILD bamboo construction workshop Duration: 42 days Design + Material Supply + Assembly