Adaptive Reuse for Hasten 21
OPPO Headquarter
Architect Intern at Zaha Hadid Architect | 2019
The OPPO Headquarters project, located at the heart of the Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters, represents a bold vision for the future of urban development. The centerpiece of this project is the oval tower, which is inspired by OPPO's brand image. This design element captures the spirit of OPPO—elegant, forward-thinking, and dynamic. The fluid, oval form symbolizes connectivity and innovation, reflecting OPPO's commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology and design. By echoing the curves and sleek aesthetic of OPPO's products, the building embodies the brand's dedication to seamless user experiences and cutting-edge design.
Adaptive Reuse for Hasten 21
Adaptive Reuse for Hästen 21
Building re-use based on structure innovation and circular economy tool | 2022
Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE) | diploma project | Prof. Thordis Arrhenius, Prof. Mikael Bergquist
The reuse project focuses on sustainability in architecture. It investigates the adaptive reuse possibility for the Hästen 21 building, which is to be demolished in 2022.
I conducted a circular economy analysis via Tally on Revit for the current building. The result shows that the embodied carbon of the building continues to rise because of annual ventilation system maintenance and energy loss from heating and illumination. Therefore, adaptive reuse targets passive ventilation, daylight introduction, and better thermal performance for the building. I proposed a translucent tensegrity membrane for the building's inner atrium that improves the permeability and the lightning/ventilation condition of the building. I then developed an algorithm in Grasshopper to find a form for the atrium tensegrity membrane taking the Tally analysis and the daylight calculation into account. From the Grasshopper form-finding result, I fabricated a 1:10 demo to test the membrane's material options.
With the help of a structure consultant from Tyréns, I devised conjunction details of the new and old structure.
∞ O Pavillion
Team: E. Lagrasta, K. Longo, Meng Wang, Meng Wang, Tuzhou Yi, Xiaozhen Xu, Yu Lin | 2021
Accademia di Architettura | integrated digital fabrication workshop | Prof. Oesterle Silvan, ETHZ
Paris Cenotaph
individual | 2019 | bachelor diploma: subterranean solution for Paris reinventing
Univeristy of Dundee | Prof. Joseph Thurrott, Prof. Lorens Holm
The urban structure of Paris was constructed by the urban artefacts. Those architecture constituting the multiple axises of Paris includes Musee du Louvre, Hotel des Invalides, Ecole Militaire, Arc de Trionphe, Place du Trocadero and Ecole Militaire. The key points were connected by Haussmann in the late 19th century, since when the skeleton of the six buildings established the foundation of Paris boulevard system.
The urban growth has been accompanied by the population growth. As the strategies for the population growth, height limit and public housing projects have been conducted for the controlling and settlement of the growing populace respectively. But the two solutions per se have become new setbacks for Paris urban development.
Haussmann set the tone for Paris in terms of building style, street environment and city skyline. The preservation of Haussmann standardization is the display of architecture nostalgia. To go with the nostalgia while create public space for socializing, a subterranean cenotaph in the form of archaic prototype becomes a new socializing realm.
In response to Koolhaas’ call for ‘authentic architectural expression’, the Dom-Ino system with hybrid programme incorporated as a representative of modern form is exhibited above the ground. While to satisfy Paris’ nostalgia for historical paradigm, archaic prototype is hidden underground for memorization and reminiscence. The tip of the underground dome pops out of the building, indicating the connection between modern and archaic.
Circle is the continuous language throughout the design. On the ground floor, the circle takes the form of arcade , enclosing the central garden. Above ground floor level, the circle takes the form of arch-beam, supporting the structure. Underground the circle takes the form of vault and dome, echoing with the archaic language.
Programme, function, activities and spatial experience change when descending from above ground to underground. The building functions as a machine, encompassing casual events and memorial events, on daytime and nighttime respectively.
The design language is purely geometrical. By constantly altering the shape and form of what circle could be, spaces of contrast qualities are created. The contraction conveys the illusory solution to the Paris dilemma, out of an ironic attitude.
Centralized is the sphere which takes up 60% of the whole volume of the building composite. The sphere is the core of the dilemma, burying underground but at the same time popping up and being visible on the group level.
