My design is an exhibition center in the island.

This creates spectacular viewing points of

Yarra River and Herring Island. My design

also resolved accessibility on site by creating

a bridge facing to the north. By doing so,

this quick access enables the people to more

engage in the surrounds. It not only greatly engage in the surrounds. It not only greatly

enhanced the people’s experiences on site but

also created a better means of connection with

the public.

source:

1.http://sensingarchitecture.com/1836/new-ways-to-bring-nature-into-architecture/

2.http://www.rudi.net/books/4701

Architecture ties structural elements and

spacestogether to achieve cohesion.

Connections in urban design link three

distinct types of elements with each other:

natural elements, human activity nodes,

and architectural elements. Examples of

natural elements include a riverbank, a natural elements include a riverbank, a

group of trees, a large boulder, or a patch

of grass.

CONNECTIONS IN ARCHITECTURE Unearthing discovery center design

Architecture Embraces Nature

A conceptual garden designed to demonstrate how any available space in

an urban setting has the potential to be used to develop new local and

sustainable food growing spaces while enhancing urban greening.

The central structure embodied environmentally sustainable features

including a hydroponic wall fed by a borehole via a water tower and power

to irrigate provided by a wind turbine and photovoltaic wall converting daylight

into electricity.into electricity.

B&Q Show Garden 2011

The B&Q vertical garden is prepared for the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show.

there is an emerging art movement that is exploring mankind's

desire to reconnect to the earth, through the built environment.

referred to as 'natural architecture', it aims to create a new,

more harmonious, relationship between man and nature by

exploring what it means to design with nature in mind.

source:

1.http://www.rudi.net/books/4701

2.http://sensingarchitecture.com/1836/new-ways-to-bring-nature-into-architecture

3.http://chetwoods.com/portfolio/bq-show-garden-2011

‘la tonnelle’ 1996

'clemson clay nest' 2005

a sustainable high-rise "concept garden"

The B&Q garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2011 included a 9 meter high tower

that is the positive urban way of the future

The glass box stands five stories tall,

can fit just two or three people at a time

on each floor.The show may be superficially

about plants and people living in harmony

with nature in straightened times.By consent,

the most appropriate show garden exhibit was

said to be the Australian Garden, brought over said to be the Australian Garden, brought over

from Melbourne. With London having received

less rainfall in May than Alice Springs, its red

sand, salt sculptures, water hole and dry

riverbed may just be the future of gardening

in Chelsea.

source:

1.http://chetwoods.com/portfolio/bq-show-garden-2011/

The b&q garden at night timeThe structure to the left of the tower is the "insect hotel".

B&Q Show Garden 2011

Collaborating with Nature

When architecture and the natural world combine, both are transformed.

“The exterior and interior connections between buildings

and private and public spaces provide a rich environment

where an emphasis on livability prevails.”

Wang Shu's Amateur Architecture Studio

is known for incorporating recycled

building materials from torn-down

structures in new ones. Wang Shu often

works with construction workers directly

to incorporate discarded bricks, roof tiles

and other detritus into elegant, and other detritus into elegant,

streamlinedbuildings that incorporate

the past via beautiful and highly tactile

textures.

source:

1.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/arts/design/pritzker-prize-awarded-to-wang-shu-chinese-architect.html

2.http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2012/jury-citation

3.http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_0802/gol/index.html

The museum, which includes recycled architectural materials

from the area, “is one of those unique buildings that while

striking in photos, is even more moving when experienced,”

the jury said. “The museum is an urban icon, a well-tuned

repository for history and a setting where the visitor comes

first.”

“Everywhere you can see, they don’t care about the materials,” Mr. Wang said in an interview.

“They just want new buildings, they just want new things. I think the material is not just about

materials. Inside it has the people’s experience, memory — many things inside. So I think it’s for

an architect to do something about it.”

Ningbo History Museum