urban design & planning portfolio

Qinyang Zhu (Aland)Urban Design, Planning, Landscape & Architecture

Portfolio of academic works2011-2012

001 Opening The Window Grattan Street- Town & Gown, Melbourne, 2012(Urban Planning & Design)

002 HumblenessUniversity Lawn, Melbourne, 2012(Landscape Design)

003 Urban Wholeness & IndividualitySwanston Street transect, Melbourne, 2012(Spatial Analysis)

004 IntegrationStudley Park Boathouse,Melbourne, 2011(Urban Design, Planning & Architecture)

005 GrotesquePrinces Highway Gateway, Wyndham City, 2012(Land Art, Architecture)

CONTENTSDesign Portfolio

Docklands:Financial, insurance service and recreation

melton

werribee

sun shine

Epping

BroadmeadowsGreensborough

Ringwood

Camberwell

caueld

Dandenong

Frankston

Sydenham

Doncaster

airport

Footscray: Urban dencication and multiculture pricinct

Parkville/carlton:Education and health pricinct

CBDcentral pricinct

Southbank:Arts, recreation

ST. kilda:Business service

OPENING

Subject: Urban Precinct Studio: Grattan Street-Town & Gown

Location:Grattan Street & its associated university & south Carlton blocks, Melbourne

Group Member: Bond Chong, Iris Ding, Jane Wong, Qin Yang Zhu (Aland)

Year: 2012

THE WINDOW:

Culmination

Culmination

Anticipation

Anticipation

Entrance

Entrance??

Development Strategies:

Phase 1:2012-2020

Grattan ST

Phase 2:2020 +

Traffic Strategy:

A window (Grattan street and its south universi-ty precinct) in a house (university) is a relationship between the inside of the house and the outside world (surrounding suburbs as well as Melbourne metropolitan). It transmits light and air, and it allows glimpses between the public and private realms. When it fails to operate in these ways, it becomes a mere whole in the wall. Kunstler (1996: 83)The study area (university main campus and the Parkville sub-urb along the Grattan street transect) is located 1.3 km north of Melbourne CBD. As the inner city suburbs, Parkville & Carlton possess very strong character of knowledge and health pre-cinct. However, these two key characters are limited within the university area(house). At the same time, the Grattan street car-rying heavy traffic is acting as a wall isolates university with the surrounding suburbs. University has viewed this challenge and started to develop university expansion, which integrated surroundings in its pre-cinct. Recently, in 2001, the creation of university square, which was a private owned land formerly occupied by a bowling club, is one very significant move transforming the Grattan street and its southern blocks to a universitys window. The vision seeks to reinforce the strategy, focusing on blurring the boundary between town and gown, opening up university and integrated it with the general public.

A. Shifting Melbourne into a polycentric city, con-necting Parkville to the polycentric Melbourne

Identity

B. Filling city-wide traffic gapC. Making more reliable public transport, reinforce precincts as a important transport nodeD. Enriching and activating inter pedestrian and cycling links

Movement

H. Diversifying functional useG. Activating a 24 hour city/campus

Function/Activity

E. Establishing a more enclosed, fine grain ur-ban fabrics cooperated with soft edgesF. Creating a more pedestrian-friendly urban environment, enhancing streetscape vitality and robustness.

Built forms

Royal Park

Parliament

Flinders St

Shrine of Remebrance

East Richmond

North Richmond

Colling Wood

Victoria Park

Clifton Hill

Flinders St

Flemington Bridge

New Market

FootscrayREB

REB

Melbourne Central Flagsta

Southern Cross

North Melbourne

Melbourne Uni

Melbourne Uni

Public Transport Network

Public Transport Network:

Legends:District distributor

Local distributor

Grattan St

Collector (minor local road)

New city wide distributor

Local distributor (evened traffic)

Main traffic node

Legends:

Train line

Tram line

Bus line

New Train line (Caufield-Footscray)

New Train line (Doncaster-Suthern Cross)

Main Transport interchange point

New/enhanced interchange point

Reinforce the identical character of each precinct. Increase the variety within the city. Allow people to access opportunity efficiently. Reinforce movement connection between pre-cincts as a way solving urban traffic issue.

A Polycentric City

City Scale: New tunnel linking Eastern Fw, Western Ring Rd &

Citylink filling city-wide traffic gap Opportunity to improve public transport priority & street

amenity on the surface.University Scale: Break down uni superblock, opening up Tin Alley. Encourage traffic along Bouverie St, Pelham St. Lighter traffic allows street activities to thrive on Grattan St.

Railway:New CBD rails link West Footscray & Caufield, Doncaster &CBD.This provide fluid east-west access &mitigate the east-west traffic congestion.New train station provide base for activity to thrive at the uni-versity square.

Movement

Urban Precinct Studio ABPL 30052

Course Coordinator: Barrie SheltonGroup 9 Team Members: Bond Chong, Iris Ding, Jane Wong, Qin Yang Zhu (Aland)

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Proposed bicycle lane

Proposed informal bicycle path

Existing bicycle lane

Existing informal bicycle path

Legends:

Existing crossing

Existing pathway

Internal pathway

Proposed crossing

Proposed pathway

Proposed internal pathway

Major/minor transport interchange point

Enriching Internal Cycling and Pedestrian Links

Proposals:Larger scale: More routes connecting inner suburbs. More and better connected bicycle & pedestrian priority routes to ensure traveling safety and enlarge choices. More bike sharing and parking facilities along key routes.

Issues:University:1. Some paths are visually imper-meable, which undermines usage.2. Some areas within uni are disconnected with streets.

Gtrattan St south:3. Most small laneways are underused with low level of physical permeability.4. Roof top space is underused.

Grattan street area: Enhance direct internal connection within blocks. Thus, contributing to inclusive campus and grattan St area. Connect transport nodes, activity nodes, incooperat major historic & public buildings. Increase permeability of small laneways(Xjunction and intermediated markers). Encourage deformed grid in laneways to relate topologi-cal features and enrich spatial experience. Few secondary laneways for informal cycling paths could bring life to small lanes. Create a seconday roof top landscape as a tranquilizing space allowing more dynamic of public use.

Roof top semipublic space

Roof top connections

External access point (Roof garden)

Cyclist Network

Cyclist Network

Pedestria Network

Intensive Green Roof Network

PedestrianNetwork

Cyclist Network


Course Coordinator: Barrie SheltonGroup 9 Team Members: Bond Chong, Iris Ding, Jane Wong, Qin Yang Zhu (Aland)

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Legends:

Existing crossing

Existing pathway

Internal pathway

Proposed crossing

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Cyclist Network

Cyclist Network

Pedestria Network


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Existing crossing

Existing pathway

Internal pathway

Proposed crossing

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Cyclist Network

Cyclist Network

Pedestria Network


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Phase 1:2012-2020

Grattan ST

Phase 2:2020 +

Royal Park

Parliament

Flinders St

Shrine of Remebrance

East Richmond

North Richmond

Colling Wood

Victoria Park

Clifton Hill

Flinders St

Flemington Bridge

New Market

FootscrayREB

REB

Melbourne Central Flagsta

Southern Cross

North Melbourne

Melbourne Uni

Melbourne Uni

Public Transport Network






Existing crossingExisting pathwayInternal pathwayProposed crossingProposed pathwayProposed internal pathway


Gated activity precinct

Enhanced existing activity precinct

New activity spine

Health/medical

Education

University general

Business

Residential

Public park

Mixed

City Scale: New tunnel linking Eastern Fw, Western Ring Rd &

Citylink filling city-wide traffic gap Opportunity to improve public transport priority & street

amenity on the surface.University Scale: Break down uni superblock, opening up Tin Alley. Encourage traffic along Bouverie St, Pelham St. Lighter traffic allows street activities to thrive on Grattan St.

Railway:New CBD rails link West Footscray & Caufield, Doncaster &CBD.This provide fluid east-west access &mitigate the east-west traffic congestion.New train station provide base for activity to thrive at the uni-versity square.

Bicycle network- a step further contribute to inclusive universityLarger Scale: More bicycle priority routes to ensure cycling safety. A better connected network connecting inner suburbs &

promoting accessing to university.Grattan Street Area: Enhance direct internal connection within university blocks. Few secondary laneways for informal cycling paths brings

life to small lanes.

Establish a more permeable, legible pedestrian network en-hance town-gown connection Pedestrian priority along Grattan street, Wilson ave, Leices-

ter street, pelham street. Integrate Barry street as a part of university square.

Vitalize direct internal connections at southern area and uni campus.

Public space, transportation nodes & activities precincts will be better connected with enhanced street amenity.

The strategy is to take the advantage of existing activities precincts, places with activities potentials & pedestrian prior-itized routes extending and linking them together forming a activity network. Major focus will be located on central north-south transect and Grattan St establishing a new ac-tivity spine connect royal Melbourne hospital, Swanston St intersection and Lygon St.

Adding active university units at south campus with frequent exhibitions and performances.

Diversifying the function mix, especially along Grattan St & university square.

More active small units at ground level of large build-ings.

Remove the ID access, extend opening hour of cer-tain uni buildings to encourage public access.

Movement Function & Activity

Urban Fabricsa. Subdivided large blocksCreate intimate character/basis of intense urban culture and economic ex-change.b. Vary the block sizeA range of block size to facilitate great diversity of building types &land uses.c. Selectively maintaining some large block;Primarily important public buildings/Heritage buildings/Major open space

Proposed new building

Existing building

Active soft edge

Passive soft edge

Hard edge

Building Interface:Establish a more intimate streetscape Integrate with transitional space to blurring the boundary between

public and private. Higher staircases are restricted Add more direct opacity on the secondary laneways. Arrange more active frontages along pedestrian prioritized street.

Existing formal sitting space

Proposed formal sitting space

Effect Lighting

Very bright area

Bright area

Dark area

Very Dark area

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Street Sitting More physically comfortable & psychologically protected sitting space. More reloadable sitting space More sitting space arranged to facilitate group interaction In formal sits with whole range of heights to enrich users experience. Arrange some sits with back rest, making a place usable for everyone. Making street furniture with double function

Surface Material Replacing asphalt pedestrians and cyclists paving materials. The

new paving will be in consistent with most used existing ones (yel-low brick & blue stone).

Use distinctive pedestrian friendly pavement to indicate the priority of pedestrians.

Through carving, surface paving could also add artistic value, giv-ing stronger local character.

Landscape & Vegetation: Increase vegetation diversity among southern precincts. Arrange ground cover and medium height vegetations along

pedestrian prioritized street to create a buffer for pedestrian, while offering certain ecological function.

Remove elegant & absolute clarity of space. Enhance the sense of progression. Extensive grassland will be partially maintained to accommodate various social activities.

Night Lighting: Laneways in general should be better illuminated. Adding more effect lighting along the street and open space to en-

hance the spatial character at night. The colour of effect lighting should be more distinctive from normal lighting.

Adding more warm and friendly lighting. Consider street furniture as a family of items, to provide a coherent

sense of identity.

Grass Cover

Shrubs Cover

Tree Cover

Tree cover (small trees)


Course Coordinator: Barrie Shelton

Group 9 Team Members: Bond Chong, Iris Ding, Jane Wong, Qin Yang Zhu (Aland)

Asphalt

Green Space

Concrete Paving

Other Materials (Sandpatch, stones, concrete bricks)

University Grey Brick Paving

Issues:The pedestrians and cyclists not only share the path but also use the same material.

Strategies:1. Change dierent paving materials for pedestrians and cyclists2. Remove the street car parks and extend the footpath

Issues:Well connect east and west physically, but not visually accessible and comfort-able for pedestrians and cyclists

Strategies:1.Pedestrian paving-Use uni grey bricks2. Permanant Street sign-Pedestrian& cy-clists only

Trac Intersection Issues:This is major problematic trac intersec-tion where pedestrians , cylcists and cars meet each other. It is unsafe and not uid.

Strategies:Use uni grey bricks for the crossing paving to slow down the trac and increase the priority of pedestrians

Asphalt Asphalt Asphalt University Grey Bricks Asphalt University Grey Bricks

Concret Paving Stones Concret Paving Uni Grey Bricks Vegetation Uni Grey Bricks

Objective 3 Creating more attractive, fuid, safer streets

Grattan Street

West-east Laneways

Asphalt

Green Space

Concrete Paving












Grattan Street

West-east Laneways

Asphalt

Green Space

Concrete Paving












Grattan Street

West-east Laneways

1. Change dierent paving materials for pedestrians and cyclists2. Remove the street car parks and extend the footpath

Use uni grey bricks for the crossing paving to slow down the trac and increase the priority of pedestrians

1.Pedestrian paving-Use uni grey bricks2. Permanant Street sign-Pedestrian& cyclists only

Making Intimate, Human Scale EnvironmentBEFORE

Asphalt

Green Space

Concrete Paving


Proposed changing streets


Existing Street Furniture Grass cover

Shrubs cover

Tree cover

Tree cover (small)

Modification area

Proposed Sitting Areasture

Proposed Bicycle StationstureProposed other Street Furni-tures (Bins, Drinking Water)ture

1. Increase vegetation diversity along the university square.

2 Increase medium height vege-tastion cover makes square psy-chologically protected. enhance the sense of progression.

3 Plant more trees and vegeta-tions along the small laneways and major pedestrianzed street.

Objective 4

Creating a more stationary, Sitting in the Sun

Sitting in the ShadeSitting Alone

Sitting in Groups

Sitting Up Front

1 More Socially Comfortable Sitting

2 Physically Comfortable Sitting & Visually Attractive Seats

ISSUES:There are not enough sittings in the public space, especially when the proposed pedestrian networks and builtform are introduced.Presently, only a few options of sit-tings ; sitting environment and furni-tures are uncomfortable either.Not enough basic facilities for pedes-trian to use.No vital street lighting in the univer-sity square to facilitate the night ac-tivities

3 Bike Shelters and Other Basic Facilities

4 Pedestrian-friendly Street lightings

Benches with backrests or well-contoured chairs can make the people feel more comfortable.Use colourful or innovative sittting to attract pedestrians.

Drinking water, bins and bike shelters can be placed close to each other where the major ac-tivities occur the most (Square, laneways etc.)

Use colourful or bright lighting to create a hub-like enviornment and facilitate the night activityUse lighting to lead pedestriansLighting should be used along the laneways (safety isses)

Existing Street Furniture

Proposed Sitting Areas

Proposed Bicycle Stations

Proposed other Street Furnitures(Bins, Drinking Water)

Objective 4



Sitting in Groups

Sitting Up Front













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Asphalt

Grassland

Blue stone Paving


Others (Sand-patch, stones, Concrete bricks)

Built Form

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Grattan Street:Secondary Laneway: Pelham Street:

Based on the proposal of: New city-wide traffic tunnel connecting city east and

west; Two new railways feeding city scale traveling needs; Better connected pedestrian and cycling networks, Grattan street will receive substantial traffic reduction by 2020. These then rise the chance of giving priorities for cy-clists and pedestrians along the Grattan street as well as its surrounding local streets.

The placement of new train station not only feed the po-tential pedestrian flow, but also brings more people into the south precincts. Huge potentials for south precinct to devel-op as an new activity hub will be given. The streetscape ac-tivation strategies could be implemented along the Grattan street and university square, which connect the university main campus as well as its surrounding blocks.

The secondary rooftop landscape network act as an alterna-tives provide a tranquil space for pedestrians, after university becoming fully activated. Meanwhile, this system also con-necting north and south blocks together.

According to this overall strategy, by the time of phase 2, Grattan street and university will be fully transforming to uni-versitys window, where town and gown could integrated as an entity.

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Laneways

Finer Grain- More permeable campus

Create closure & making space character

Intermediate marker along laneway junction

Delivery:

HUMBLENESS:

Subject: Landscape studio 3: Urban Open Space

Location:University Lawn, University of Melbourne

Year: 2012

University Is Not The CityCities possess major influence on human society. The university also does so. However different from the way that city does, university changes the society more unobtrusively and imper-ceptibly.The universitys identity differs from global metropolis like To-kyo, New York, Singapore and Melbourne, which is outward, broadcasting, showing off and fashionable, the university is more inward, sedimentary, subtle and academic. If Melbourne is flower, then, the university is leaf, if the city is tree , then the university is soil.

University Is A Humble Place:The central concept of Union lawn redevelopment is Hum-bleness.The analogy diagram shows the Organic Horizon of soil with rich organic matter. Although the soil is never eye-catching, it nests all sorts of life and human civilization. Thus the soil is humble.In the drawing, eucalyptus leaves, barks and wood clips rep-resent the typical local soil in Australia. Eucalyptus tree is the commonest tree in Australia. Although it may not possesses as much visual aesthetic value as exotic ones, it plays significant role in supporting local fauna, such as native forest and wood-land birds(especially in city, which supplies heaps number of local species). The eucalyptus tree therefore offers much more opportunities than itself. The eucalyptus tree is humble.The universitys characteristics is just like the soil. The form of soil connects this abstract meaning to the real physical form, which gives me the inspirations.

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Active formIrregular/bold foli-age/ visual energy

Active formPalm tree

Defend-ing form

Medium form regular/medi-um foliage size / normal visual energy

Steady form small foliage size/low visual energy

Medium texture

Fine texture, steady form

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Legends:Tree planting:

Shrubs:

Carpeting plants:High grass as-cending form

Vine

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Landscaping Objectives: More native plants, stronger locality. Contribute to ecological function, biodiversity

and supporting local fauna. Make coherence with play, study, relaxing,

informal meeting, public events and other activities.

Diverse types of plants contribute the concept of humbleness, providing rich multi-sensory experiences.

Integrate with the surrounding building, cre-ate the sense of wholeness.

Added Plants:Analogy:

Landscaping & Surface Texture Plan:

Fastigiate & columnar forms:

Callitris23

Banksia Integ-rifolia25

Erect or ascending Forms:

Xanthorrhoea Australis

Cordyline Australis17

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Cissus Antartica

Pandorea Jasminoides 1

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Backhousia Citri-adora

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Focal point, events:


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Making Focal Points-Articulate Public Events:

Accessibility movement Circulation:


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Tranquillizing Space, Enclosure:

Quiet place- noise place active spaceVisually open, physically open

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Added Plants:

Fastigiate & columnar forms:

Callitris

Dome form:

Eucalyptus Polyanthemos24

Irregular line:

Banksia Integ-rifolia

B r a c h y c h i t o n populneus

Elaeocarpus re-ticulatus

Pendulous line:

Pittosporum Angustifolium26

Sowerbaea Juncea

Shrubs & herbaceous plants be-low knee height (low planting):

Dendrobium Speciosum

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Planting above eye level ( tall shrub / small tree planting):

Pennisetum Villosum

Anigozanthos Calostemma Purpureum

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Erect or ascending Forms:

Xanthorrhoea Australis

Cordyline Australis

Coarse texture:

Hymosporum Flavum

Acacia Caer-ulescens

Acacia Prom-inens

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Grevillea Robusta

Melia Aze-darach

Tr istaniopsis Laurina

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Irregular line:

Cissus Antartica

Pandorea Jasminoides

Coarse Texture:

Proiphys Amboinensis3

Hummock Forms:

Persoonia Chamaepitys

Pultenaea Altissima

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Agyrodendron Actinophyllum

Backhousia Citri-adora

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Brachychiton Acerifolius

Eucalyptus Mannifera

Eucalyptus Sideroxylon

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Courtyards Facing Major Buildings:

Opening up The Public Space:

Good Access Is Good Design:

Map 1:Functional Mix

Map 2:Major Heritage Buildings, Blue-stone Pavement, Tram Network

Annotations: Educational use

residential use

Financial

Food

Fashion

> 1 functional use

Annotations: Tram network

Bluestone Pavement

Major heritage public building

Map 3:Urban Blocks, Primary Street Network

Analogy: The Rules Governing Urban Wholeness

Subcity a

Subcity b

Subcity c

City as a whole

Regularities, Urban WholenessRHYTHM

:WHOLENESS &

Subject: Morphological Mapping

Location:Swanston St, Melbourne

Year: 2012

INDIVIDUALITY

Definition:The elements inside urban environment, which repeat by themselves to some extent. However, these elements also hold subtle changes through temporal or spatial scale (e.g. the formation of local character), that allow observers to perceive them as a whole(city).

Identity is about self-similarity, but it is also about differenti-ation; in other words it is about being able to recognize similarity and difference simultaneously. Rhythm is about understanding the regularity within a heterogeneous environment. this part (rhythm) is to comprehend, what elements that govern the system(i.e. city) so that after distinctive waves(subcities) adding together, other than become chaos, the eventual waves still maintain its regularity (the urbn wholeness).

Map 1: Entertainment, work, rest and culture areas provide different moods, and hence lending support to the need for mixed use and development. The shared experience and frequent contact between locals, visitors, tourists, renters and different ownership partners help to form common identity and therefore a city with a strong sense of wholeness. Along the whole region the mixed function glues parts into whole.

Map 2:Many historical urban spaces provided an emotionally nourish-ing environment, the optimization of their visual, acoustical and tactile signals transmit rich content(in terms of meaning culture value and historical importance) and bond city as a whole, in which all parts share a mutual history and collective memory. Bluestone pavement and tram network become the logo of Melbourne, which promotes the reorganization of similarity of those 'subcities'.

Map 3:Melbourne maintains gridiron system. The heterogeneity among the the regular block pattern and the rigid, straight, utilitarian primary street network, then could be expressed into an order.

Main Map:The elements aforementioned, the regularity and rhythms of the city could be perceived. These 'repetitive' elements glue other identical parts together and for the city as a whole.

Map 1:Functional Mix

Map 2:Major Heritage Buildings, Blue-stone Pavement, Tram Network

Annotations: Educational use

residential use

Financial

Food

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Annotations: Tram network

Bluestone Pavement

Major heritage public building

Map 3:Urban Blocks, Primary Street Network

Analogy: The Rules Governing Urban Wholeness

Subcity a

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City as a whole

Regularities, Urban WholenessRHYTHM

:WHOLENESS &

Subject: Morphological Mapping

Location:Swanston St, Melbourne

Year: 2012

INDIVIDUALITY

Definition:The elements inside urban environment, which repeat by themselves to some extent. However, these elements also hold subtle changes through temporal or spatial scale (e.g. the formation of local character), that allow observers to perceive them as a whole(city).

Identity is about self-similarity, but it is also about differenti-ation; in other words it is about being able to recognize similarity and difference simultaneously. Rhythm is about understanding the regularity within a heterogeneous environment. this part (rhythm) is to comprehend, what elements that govern the system(i.e. city) so that after distinctive waves(subcities) adding together, other than become chaos, the eventual waves still maintain its regularity (the urbn wholeness).

Map 1: Entertainment, work, rest and culture areas provide different moods, and hence lending support to the need for mixed use and development. The shared experience and frequent contact between locals, visitors, tourists, renters and different ownership partners help to form common identity and therefore a city with a strong sense of wholeness. Along the whole region the mixed function glues parts into whole.

Map 2:Many historical urban spaces provided an emotionally nourish-ing environment, the optimization of their visual, acoustical and tactile signals transmit rich content(in terms of meaning culture value and historical importance) and bond city as a whole, in which all parts share a mutual history and collective memory. Bluestone pavement and tram network become the logo of Melbourne, which promotes the reorganization of similarity of those 'subcities'.

Map 3:Melbourne maintains gridiron system. The heterogeneity among the the regular block pattern and the rigid, straight, utilitarian primary street network, then could be expressed into an order.

Main Map:The elements aforementioned, the regularity and rhythms of the city could be perceived. These 'repetitive' elements glue other identical parts together and for the city as a whole.

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Map 1: Map 2:Concentration of Urban Character &Public Activities

Major Public Spaces: (Public accessible space+ quasi public space + vertical accessible public space)

Map 3:Distribution of Attractive Spaces: (Attractive places + public art)

Analogy:

The Formation of Identical Waves

Subcity a

Subcity b

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Argyle square, Suburb

City Bath, Hardrock, RMIT

RMIT

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China Town

City Square, Town Hall

Federation Square, Flinders Station

Yarra

Victoria Gardens

Melbourne Centeral, State Library

Longsdale Stconstruction site

Bourke St

Cafe & Graffiti laneways

NGVMelbourne Arts Centre

MTC

Lincoln Square

Graffiti lane

Annotations: Very pleasant place

Pleasant place

Public art

Concentration of pleasant place & public art

Annotations: Vertical accessible public space

Quasi-public space

Public accessible space

Concentration of public space

Annotations: Location of photo taken places (Urban character)

Location of photo taken places (Public activity)

Concentration of photo taken place

Subcities Within The CityCHARACTER Definition A distinctive atmosphere of certain

urban environment, which differs it from others.

This part is aiming to outline those characteris-tic 'subcities' within the transect. And understand those elements, which help to shape these distinctive 'waves' (i.e. heterogeneity and irregularity within the city ).

Map1:The photos taken locations indicate strong spatial concentrations. The image of certain atmosphere within a place, dominates the whole surrounding areas. Places with strong local images, express the spatial 'individuality', which differentiates itself from others.

Map 2:Major public spaces concentrate population, and give opportunities for large group activities to thrive, therefore, the formation of place characters.In the qusi-public space and some vertical accessible public space, because of private owned land, users will own more control on the space, and forming strong local characters.Many subcities, shares certain visual impermeability. The spatial isolation allows self-expression. At those visually less permeable secondary laneways, the spontaneous local images often surprise visitors, adding local charac-ters.

Map 3:The richer the meaning of a physical space, the deeper our cognition of it and hence, the easier its memory and its re-cognition.(Ayssar Ardia) Land arts possess very powerful image, which symbolizes and enlarge certain identical character of a specific place.The distribution of pleasing place indicate those environ-ment, which attract people to go and linger. These spaces normally contain idential characters as well.

Indicated in the map, proposal is aiming at revitalizing routes for pedestrian and cyclist access based on existing public transport routes and activities hubs.Theses routes are where imporvements on street perme-ability, variety, legibility and robustness will concentrate on.

Churchs-believers

Hospitals-Patients

Educational Institute-teenagers

Residence

Childrens farm

Paper factories: Polluted Urban Waterway

Arterial Road

Minor Street

Railway Line

Tram Line

The various groups of park users requires design not only flexible for everyone but also meets the needs for specific users. The public transport along the key routes maintaining the connection between site and surroundings.

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In general, the streetscape west to boat house site un-dermines pedestrians wiliness to walk. The streetscape at east is more pleasant containing various self-display-ing front gardens. Except for east-west streetscape imbalance, the image this area is fragmented. But, the Studly park in fact ex-hibit this potential.

Extensive View

Program Organization

Proposal

Existing Site Condition

Existing Boat House Car Parking Car Access

Circulation Pattern

Access with topo-graphic challenge

The central goal of the new boat house proposal is integra-tion, which represents the integration between natural, ur-ban and semi-urban (semi-rural) contexts. Under the natural landscape, Mies tends to fully open the interior to embrace nature. This idea is further explored and implemented in a large scale manner.

Externalize the Interior:Separating function zones into individual buildings. Thus each zone could possess larger contact to nature. Externalize the original interior circulation (stair cases and path) to minimize the sense of enclosure.

Internalize the Exterior:This group of buildings is treated as one entity(Boathouse).The exterior space (space between buildings) is modified to define the sense of interior. (e.g. consistent travertine pave-ment, glass handrail & steel beam with white). Create an organized artificial landscape.

Create New Spatial Identity & Spatial Separation:This entity possesses different identity by comparing with the adjacent natural context at northeast and urban context at southwest, defined as semi-urban entity. This entity acts as transitional space in-between (creating the spatial continuity), emphasizing the goal of integration.

SPATIAL INTEGRATION:

Natural Context

Semi-natural Con-text

Urban Context

Spatial Integration

Physical Attributes

Streetscape Analysis

Revitalized key Routes

Integration:

Subject: Architectural design studio 2 WaterLearning from master: Mies Van der rohe

Location:Studley Park, Melbourne

Year: 2011

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Annotations:Buildings:1 Cafe bar and main dining, (kitchen and toilet at-tached)2 Restaurant bar, main dining and kiosk. (Kitchen and toilet attached)3 Boat storage and office4 Barbecue area5 Viewing deck6 Jetty

Path:7 Travertine block ramp, accessible for diverse us-ers. 1800mm width, grading: 1:14, 1.2m landing for each 9 meter run.8 Travertine block staircase 180 mm riser 500 mm tread a 1500 mm landing for each 1500 mm rising height, grading:1:2.89 Informal access with topographic challenge. 10 Travertine block ramp with glass and steel handrail 850mm.26 Mini lift with circular stair case.

Landscape:11 Existing contour line12 modified contour line13Constructed wetland14 Sediment basin15 Open grass land (organic curved area)16 Water features17 Gabion retaining wall with plantsTrees planted at the back of Cafe and resturant help to draw cool summer breeze from southwest.

Drainage:18 Storm water flow direction19 Underground drainage channel20 Storm water pit ( primary inlet)21 Storm water pit ( intermediate inlet and outlet connected to constructed wetland and sediment basins)22 Storm water drain outlet

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STUDLEY PARK MASTER PLAN:

Annotations:Buildings:1 Section of boat storage2 Section of cafe3 Exterior wall for spatial separation (cafe)

Landscape:4 Existing contour line5 Modified contour line6 Extensive view7 Vine (horizontal shading)8 Deciduous tree9 Evergreen tree(regular)10 Evergreen columnar tree (regular)11 Oval shrubs(regular)12 Evergreen tree (irregular)13 Shrubs(free form)

Community:14 Extended wall sitting chair, semi-enclosed by wall and high vegetations to provide privacy. Di-mension:450mm, 400mm,1800mm(rise/ run/ depth)15 Bench along street (formal seating) Dimen-sion: 400mm/400mm/1800mm, back 400mm in height

Utility:16 Lift with circular staircase, dimensions of lift : 1800mm in diameter for wheelchair users. Dimen-sion of staircase: 180mm/ 325mm/1100mm17 retaining wall18 Ramp, width 1800mm, grading 1:1419 Arterial road

RESTAURANT & KIOSK

CAFE

WATER FEATURE

BOAT STORAGE & OFFICE

BARBECUE

Mies Van Der Rohes formal prin-ciple: Embrace with nature, controlled view to urban; Nature is structure Nature is ultimate reality, nature is what must be, and nature is fate. Intentionally arrange house to separate different surrounding con-text; Create sense of community, classless society (Waldheim, 2004);Create order. Order creates a balance between the individual and society as well as between the forces of matter and spirit. Order provides the medium in which everything can grow and unfold organically

Building Arrangement & Street Pattern:The master plan is aim to order units in themselves and in their relationships to each other. Specifically, the underlying intentions is to seek harmony and continuity between the individual and society, relate whole to parts and parts to whole.

Buildings are not repetitive, but in a more flowing constellation. The building arrangement follows contour line and flowing river. Large openings faades maintain the sense of presence in the community.

The street pattern besides each buildings is with grid plan which reinforce the order. Gridiron structure is taken in larger measure, but the elements are not in the grid, they are subdivided organically and modified irregularly. The central public space is given with greater flexibility through its organic shape. This is designed with shaded but open landscape to incorporate the sense of open-ness and freedom. The organic street pattern seeks to create frameworks for emergent forms and organizations, in which individualities can realize the order themselves. The ultimate aim is to impose integration between social wholeness and individuality.

Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart

Gridiron structure is taken in larger measure, but the elements are subdi-vided irregularly.The fluid arterial street informs the sense of freedom in a larger manner.

Lafayette Park, Detroit

Gridiron Street pattern reinforce sense of order.Curved pathway in middle allows everything to grow & unfold organically.The open space situated in the centre is with the intention of constructing an epoch of new humanity, a society with mutual understanding.

Spatial Balance & Proportion Analysis :

Brick Country House:

Extension of interior wall in three directions. The arrangement of wall reveals the integration between

order and irregularity, as well as the proportion at two ends. Two Larger rooms are located at two ends. Connection between two ends with a stripe in middle.

Restaurant and Kiosk:

Extension of interior wall in two directions contributes to spatial balance between Northwest and southeast.

Parametric wall settings in two direction, balance the order and irregularity.

Stripe (floating second floor) connecting two zones at end.

Master Plan Theme:

Conceptual Diagram:

Proposed Master Plan:

3-D wall Extension

Void Space

Overhanging Floor & Free Standing Wall

Roof Extension / Structural Beauty & Clarity

Contrast : Freedom & Control

Create Continuous Spatial Experience

Extruded Wall & Floating Wall

Floating Ground Floor

Structural Beauty

National Theatre Mannheim

The clear I beam structure allow interior to free span, which create great openness and flexibility.

Thgendhat house

The continuous window opening (large opening facing the view and tight opening facing back) rein-force the spatial context continuity.

Resor house:

Use ground level void space to great sense of openness and in-tegration.

Brick Country house

The externalized internal wall enhances the spatial continuity between interior and exterior.

Barcelona Pavilion

The extreme roof extension in-tensify the connection between interior and exterior.

Elevated ground floor creates the sense of floating & defines the iden-tity of building through separating the building with ground.

Farnsworth House

Barcelona pavilion/Museum for a Small City Project & Resor house:

The artistic The water feature ex-press to glass and structure, the sense of order and irregularity.

Lafayette Park

Buff-colored brick, referring to the urban context at back & give identity of building.

Mies Van Der Rohes formal principle: Universal style, simplicity and flexibility -Less is more (Blake, 1960). Structural beauty and clarity; -Logic leads to truth, truth leads to beauty. Openness; Spatial arrangement (mentioned above); -Architecture not just serves for purpose, but a sense, and it submits not only the function but also an expression.

Form:These set of buildings possess the consistent characteristics, 1) creating openness and spatial continuity. The free span and free floating roof and ground floor slab enhance the exterior and interior connection. These externalized internal walls also create the continuous transitional space from outside to inside. The elevated ground floor on the steep slope strengthens the sense of floating and openness. The large openings at facade also possess continuous connection with the small openings which enhances the sense of continuity.

2)Integrating exterior and interior through spatial arrangement and division. While the faades facing natural context, greatest sense of openness is given by using ground-to-ceiling window and offset open walls. Meanwhile, priority of view in different directions is also well considered. By contrast with the north side (front), which is designed to incorporate extensive natural scenery. The back (south and west) side are given more sense of enclosure through limited opening and horizontal exterior walls.

Materiality:Under the natural context, all materials are in light colour, thereby the beautiful colour of the landscape: trees, bushes, river, sky and seasonality can be distinctively expressed in harmony. Buff-colored brick are utilized at the back of each building which reference the urban context. Buildings are supported by exposed I shape steel beams painted with white colour. Clear 6/12/6 low-E double glazing windows are equipped at the south and west side. It is also adopted in the skylight. The north and east side are in-stalled with 4/6/4 low-E double glazing windows. Pre-cast large light-weight concrete is installed at the top. The floor, walking path and stair cases is paved with travertine blocks.

Structural Clarity and Flexibility:Mies van der rohe is known as the master of structure. The beauty and clarity of struc-ture is one of the goal this design trying to achieve. Exposed clear structure is adopted as the solution for this steep landscape. Heightened cantilever structure has effect to lighten the buildings. Cross shaped steel beam will be adopted for the interior. Due to little space it occupied, building will appear to be simple and light.

The Architectural Language:

EXPLORATION

Subject: Architecture Design Studio 3 Air: Digital Ar-chitectural Design

Location:Wyndham City, 45 Princes Highway, Werri-bee, Victoria

Group Member: Bond Chong, Di Song, Qin Yang Zhu (Aland)

Year: 2012

GROTESQUE

Werribee:According to general research and site visiting we defined Werri-bee as : A hidden place, heaps tourists come to Melbourne. But, very

few of them actually coming and exploring Werribee. A passing-by place, while people traveling between Geelong

and Melbourne and passing through Werribee.Wyndham City s logo City, Coast, Country,precisely expresses the condition and the wishes of Werribee. Technically, Werribee is a city, but it has not been recognized by general public. It is regarded as a subordinate place to Melbourne, where nothing exciting occurs. Because of this, the potentials of this place are restricted. This ex-plains why, the word city goes first. Werribee people want it to be recognized, they want its characters to be understood and its attrac-tions to be explored. Meanwhile, city also embedded the meaning, that Werribee is evolving with the modernization and globalization. Many new characters are constantly adding on. Coast and coun-try represents what Werribee has, the natural scenery, pastoral life and strong local heritages. This then forms, City, Coast, Country.The intent of west gateway project is to make Werribee a more stationary place, attract people to stay and explore.

The Grotto From (French ceramicist) Bernard Palissys grotto ideology, this

stands for complete imitation of nature. In 15th to 16th centuries. The grotesque was referring to the

sense of discovery. Grottoes represented the reverse of rationally organized ar-

chitecture. This was the irrational realm of the underworld, in which rules ceased to apply. The constructed nature- grotto architecture really express the intimacy between human and earth, human and nature.

Due to the special meaning behind it, grotesque possesses strong visual image connecting the abstract goal as well as the natural landscape. In the Werribee gateway project, the grotto effect that we are aiming to create is to inform the idea of exploration, local natural environment and cultural environment.

Circulation Pattern & Sun Angle Analysis

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Responding To Landscape- Shell Generation:

Circulation Pattern & Sun Angle Study-Culling:

View Analysis-Culling:

Grotto EffectConcept:

ExplorationArchitectural Language

Grotto

A. Inform the sense of nature and country

B. Express the growth of na-ture and the development (in-vasion) of city

C. Provide rich spatial experi-ence, giving the sense of ex-ploration

D. Create enclosed space, con-trol the light

1 Secondary artificial landscape2 Ecological function3 Timber as main construction material

1 Change the arrangement of plants,Steel and copper box through time.2 The growth of native plants3 The rust of copper

1 Varying the size of base geometry2.Gemotry arrangement3 Various aperture of base geometries

1.Create closure in contrast with openspace2.Framing view towards YouYangs3.View towards Werribee

Plants Box

Copper Box

Pylons

Culling pattern

Site

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Steel Box

Sense of Entrance

Anticipation

Continuation

Culmination

Definition Matrix

Contour Loft

Outer Shell Generation

Inner Shell Generation

Solar Penetration Culling

Circulation Culling

View Culling: YouYangs, Werribee & Open Landscape

Cube Generation: 6m > 3m > 1.5m > 0.75m

Shell: Enlarged Existing landscape

Cube Generation: 6m > 3m > 1.5m > 0.75m

Steel Box, Copper Box, Planting Box Arrangement & Variations

Fabrications & Labelling-Laser Cutting (1:50 model, Part)Base Geometry Referencing & Aperture Variation (1:50 model)

Mesh Generation-3D Printing(1-1000 model)

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Plants Box

Copper Box

Steel Box

DESIGN MODEL COLLECTION

Studely Park Boathouse Site Masterplan

Subject: Architectural Design Studio 2 WaterLocation: MelbourneTechnique: Handmade

Princes Highway Gateway

Subject: Architectural Design Studio 3 AirLocation: Wyndham CityTechnique: Laser Cut

Piazza del Duomo

Subject: Urban Design StudiesLocation: Pisa, ItalyTechnique: Handmade

University Lawn Development Plan

Subject: Landscape Studio 3: Urban Open SpaceLocation: Melbourne

Technique: Laser Cut

Starry Sky??

Activity With Little Stimulations

Activity Stimulate Activities

Self-Expression

VehicleS CongestionS & Cyclist

Advertisements, Entertainments & Consumptions

URBAN CHARACTER

Urban Character & Public Activity

Subject: Morphological MappingLocation: Swanston St, Melbourne

The Spontaneous City

Exotic People + Exotic Species = Metropolis??

Advertisements, Entertainments & Consumptions

PUBLIC ACTIVITY

Education:Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, 2010-2012 (Melbourne, Australia)Exchange student at University of Stuttgart, 2011, Winter (Stuttgart, Germany)Bachelor of EnvironmentsMajor in Urban Design & Planning

Competition:Learning from a Success Story, The feasibility applying to Melbourne Sponsored by the Department of Planning and Community Development (Melbourne)One of best Entrants(Unranked)

Works Captured or Exhibited by University: By subjects:Architectural Design Studio 2 WaterArchitectural Design Studio 3 AirCities from Local to GlobalLandscape Studio 3 Urban Open SpaceUrban Design Studies

Digital Skills:Preliminary: Photoshop, GrasshopperIntermediate: Auto-CAD, In-design, Illustrator, Rhino

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