Architecture Portfolio_Shangyou Jiang

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

EMAIL:sj797@cornell.edu

SHANGYOU JIANG

MArch Program · Cornell University

Bachelor Degree of Architecture ·Harbin institute of Technology

SELECTED WORKS . 2018-2023

CONTENTS

01 The Garden of Metabolism

Give Life to Historical Building

02 Weaving

Celebrating Everyday Life

03 Between "I" and "Me"

Make Residence Alive

04 Unfinished Urbanism: Civic Gaming Fairground

A Possibility to Treat the Scar of the City

05 Crypto Salvador Dystopia

A National Tube - Controlled Congress Narrative

06 Other Works

The Garden of Metabolism

Give Life to Historical Monuments

Instructor: Philip Zhao

Site: Gai Chun Garden, Beijing, China

Individual work

Date: Nov.2022

Nowadays, people's protection of historical sites is mostly concentrated in reconstruction, regenerate and preserve. However, with the development of society, people's aesthetic needs are also changing, and the current means are gradually unable to meet people's needs.

I aim to find a dynamic form of historical architecture. I hope that historical buildings can grow and have periodicity. It is able to change with people's needs and play a role in transmitting history and culture at the same time.

The number of geological layers will gradually increase with the passage of time. When we study it, we will be surprised at the thickness of time contained in it, and indulge in the stories contained in it. Instead of trying to restore the image of a historical moment, my building could dynamically record the past, present and future. It changes with time and people's needs, and has the attributes of renewability, sustainability, expression of history and inheritance of culture.

Concept Description

Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius(1822-1888)

Clausius proposed the law of entropy increase, and Clausius introduced the concept of entropy. Clausiusti believes that everything in the natural state has been in the process of entropy increase, that is, tends to chaos.

The unchanging buildings gradually become chaotic with the passage of time.

The process of ancient buildings turning into ruins is entropy increasing, and the unchanging ancient buildings can not meet the needs of people, so the sustainable renewal of buildings is a reasonable way to maintain order.

History is not a point in time!

History is not a point in time, but a period of time. Nowadays, the general treatment of historical sites in society is to try to fix historical sites at a certain time in the past or now for people to visit. However, if we interpret historical sites from the perspective of sedimentology, we will find that the protection of history is a dynamic record process rather than a static maintenance. Historical buildings may belong to a "growing" state, recording the past, present and future, It will also develop and change with the times.

Keep history statically

Methods:

Cases:

Preserve Reconstruct Regenerate Material

Record history dynamically

Keep the existing relics as far as possible, and repair and maintain them regularly.

Try to restore the relics to their original state and maintain them regularly.

Renovate the relics and endow them with new functions and forms for use.

Dynamize Narrative Fabrication

Aspects: Cases:

Materials have unique service life and characteristics, representing different meanings.

Narrative space makes relics more vivid and ideas easier to convey.

Different fabrication provide different spatial attributes and increase the diversity of sites.

Material Research

Different materials have different life cycles, different space feelings, can carry different functions and use scenarios, and also record the history of different periods.

Wei Xian Zhai Qing Ke Xuan

Typology

Wei Xian Zhai is a four storey, single family, axisymmetric building, which mainly provides recreational and educational functions.

Qing Ke Xuan is composed of two buildings connected by stairs, mainly for recreation and exhibition.

Yun Zheng Shang Qian

Yun Zheng Shang Qian is composed of three subjects with different functions, providing different vision and sensory experience.

Zhong Ting

Zhong Ting is is an independent completely symmetrical building, with its traffic and ornamental functions.

Liu Yun Ge Zhu Yun

Zhu Yun is composed of a long building and a shorter one. The former provides a long and narrow exhibition space, while the latter provides a beautiful resting space.

Liu Yun Ge is composed of a tall building and a small strip one. The former provides complex functions, while the latter functions as temporary exhibition area and transportation.

Building Section

The ground floor is the historical relics reserve and activity platform, providing people with garden as roaming space and historical experience space. The second floor is mainly a wooden platform and corridor, the third floor is a wooden leisure and exhibition space, and the top floor is mainly a viewing and temporary exhibition area.

The Tea House of Liu Yun Ge

Structural Diagram

The tea room is located on the fourth floor in a beautiful environment, surrounded by hollow wooden windows, through which you can just see the crowns of most trees.

The Corridor between Zhong Ting and Liu Yun Ge

The landscape corridor is in the form of an open frame, surrounded by trees, and many branches are within reach and the environment interacts well with the corridor.

The First Floor of Qing Ke Xuan

The wall made of steel wire cages contains historical relics, fragments and construction waste left over from past updates. People walk through the wall recording the history while wandering to admire the history.

View From the Foot of the Hill

We can see buildings and vegetation interweave and interact on the hillside. The building is integrated with the environment. Like the surrounding vegetation, the buildings seem to grow from the ruins.

View of the Strium From the Side

Buildings surround vegetation, and vegetation also surrounds buildings. People shuttle through the buildings, vegetation and relics to experience the pleasure of wandering garden and the influence of history.

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Weaving...

Celebrating everyday life

Instructor: Anna Dietzsch, Scott Ruff

Site: Buffalo, NY, United States

Team: Jiang Shangyou Collaborate with Jin Shijia (Without Leader)

My Role: Concept Design, All the Rendering, Diagram Drawing, Main Modeling Typology Drawing

Date: Dec.2023

By approaching architecture as malleable receptacle of everyday life, this project is conceived of as a vital community intervention that celebrate the daily community life. The architectural strategy of developing flexible public space with the notion of "weaving" indicates its potential to be applied to different scales. Therefore, the architecture is expanding to its surrounding, injecting vitality to the districts.

As both daily necessity and cultural heritage, textiles with the origin from Africa is common to see in African Americans. The weaving patterns of the textile featuring "off-beat" implies dynamic layout that can be translated to architecural plans.

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Between "I" and "Me"

Make Residence Alive

Instructor: Lifeng Lin

Site: Chengdu, China

Individual work

Date: Sept.2021

In modern Chinese society, a large number of commercial houses have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. They are identical and restrict our life and thinking. We live in the landscape society described by Guillerbo, and as the weak party, we are alienated by capital. We lack communication with the word and even ourselves, so do our residences.

I aim to find a new form of housing, whose functions and house types are highly related to the owner rather than the same, which can meet the physical and psychological needs of young people to a large extent, with temperature and personality.I try to use Mead's theory to re-interpret human and residence, and put forward the hypothesis of "I space" and "Me space", hoping to design living space with vitality and characters.

Chengdu is an inclusive and diverse city. The new generation of young people growing up here have their own ideas and expectations for life and work. However, the apartments they have lived in for the longest time are the same. The house type of homogenization in frame words restricts them to share with the world. I try to interpret the apartments from a new perspective and create a space that belongs to them.

George Herbert Mead

1863.02.27~1931.04.26

As the "self" different from the "body", Mead believed that the "self" could be decomposed into two interrelated and interacting aspects, namely "I" and "Me".

HUMAN

"I" "ME"

Also known as the "subjective self", it is the active response of the organism to the attitude of others.

RELATIONSHIP

It is the embodiment of social relationship of self-consciousness. It is the impression and evaluation of oneself and others.

I try to divide the living space into "I space" and "me space", and interpret housing from a new perspective to meet the requirements of the new generation of young people for "home".

RESIDENCE

"I" "ME"

"Uncertain fuzzy space" designed to meet the subjective needs of the owner.

RELATIONSHIP

Space meeting the basic functional requirements of daily life (bathroom, kitchen, storage room, etc.).

FEATURES:

1. From inner will

2.Difficult to speculate, full of unknow

3.Large differences among individuals, weak regularity

1. "Me" has constraints on "I"

2."I" has a direct impact on "Me"

3.There is "communication" between the two“

FEATURES:

1. Based on general social cognition

2.Relatively stable and easy to judge

3. Maintain the necessary image of social life

FEATURES:

1. It is arranged according to the owner's wishes, and the space boundary is vague

2.Full of possibilities and uncertainties, with relatively complete and open space

3.It varies from person to person

1. The "Me space" has constraints on the "I space"

2.There is a reaction between the "I space" and the "Me space"

3.There is possibility of spatial interaction between the two

FEATURES:

1. It is arranged according to the traditional functional requirements, and the space boundary is obvious

2.The functional form is clear and single, and the space is relatively constrained

3. Necessary space for maintaining basic living needs

The view is from a corner of the bedroom of a certain house type ("I space"). The owner is a person who likes green plants and when he gets up and open his eyes, he can see the vegetation on the balcony. Different places can be reached through the two-layer platform.

Perspective View from bedroom of a House Type Perspective View of

The main traffic space of the building is a huge broken line staircase, which is also a huge public space. Stairs connect with different public spaces and house types. The atrium space is formed under the stairs for residents to rest and communicate.

The "I space"is coherent, free and open and the "Me space" is completely wrapped by the "I space", with weak binding force

Character: egoistical Heigght：1.86M

Job：street singer Age：26

Pursue freedom. Go out early and return late, stay at home for a short time. Simplify the requirements for home, and hope to have a small stage for rehearsal and performance at home.

- Performance area 2 - Storage room 3 - Toilet 4 - Bedroom 5 - Rest area 6 - Fitness

Five Kinds of People & Five Kinds of Spaces with Different Personalities

The "I space" is d ivided into spaces with different attributes by the "Me space", and the two shape each other's form.

Character: common Heigght：1.77M

Job：private bar owner Age：27

He likes to make friends. He often invites friends to open a party at home. He hopes there is enough room for social gatherings and a small wine room at home.

1 - Friendship area 2 Toilet 3 - Rest area 4 - Brewery 5 - Party area 6 - Balcony

The "Me space" divides the "I space"into a friend making space and a rest and gathering space. The friend making space is directly open to the outside world.

The "I space" is divided into multiple levels by the "Me space", and the "I space" loses continuity and tends to fragments.

Character: humble Heigght：1.70M

Job：Programmer Age：25

He works hard and loves green plants. He is keen on reading in his spare time to broaden his horizons. His goal is to keep healthy, and he hopes that his home can maintain clear zoning while being accessible

1 - Reception area 2 Working equipment room

3 - Fitness area 4 - Kitchen 5 - Library

6 - Bedroom area 7 Toilet 8 - Balcony

The "I space" is divided into many pieces by the "Me space", but there are various interactions between each other.

The "I space" is constrained in the middle, and is affected and limited by the "Me space" on all sides, which also has less reaction to the "Me space".

Character: Social phobia Heigght：1.62M

Job：Cultural and creative worker Age：24

She likes to be alone and quiet. She often indulges in her own small world and needs enough space to stack and display her works.

Storage and exhibition 2 - Toilet

The “I space” is completely wrapped by the "Me space", but the sandwich platform becomes the extension of the "I space", enabling the "small world" to communicate with the "Me space".

Type

A small amount of "I space" is wrapped by "Me space", and most of it is free.

Character: Easy-going Heigght：1.67M

Job：Artisit Age：26

Her life is casual and working hours are uncertain. She hopes that there will be room at home to display her works of art , at the same time, she requires a quiet meditation space.

1 - Circular gallery 2 - Sleeping area 3 - Storage room 4 - Meditation space 5 - Toilet 6 - Large storage room

The outer main "I space" is connected to form a circular exhibition area, and the meditation room is arranged in the middle of the "Me space" to enhance its privacy.

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Public green leisure space:

Provide a place for residents to rest close to the nature.

Semi public corridor space:

Connect public stairs and private space, and arrange according to the needs of the nearest residents

Meeting space:

A public space for young people to meet and play.

Public corridor space:

Used for secondhand goods trading and rest

Parcel Service & Parking:

Provide parcel receiving and dispatching service and provide a few parking spaces

The whole

is mainly divided into

including the public atrium on the ground floor, public stairs, semi public corridors, public activity areas and apartments with different personalities. From the atrium to the stairs, the residents return to their homes through the semi public corridors. The changes in public-private relations are gradual and easy for residents to communicate. The diversified public and private spaces meet the needs of different people, enabling residents to get rid of alienation and find their true selves.

Meditation space:

Provide a quiet and pure space for young people to reflect on themselves, meditate and think about their gains and losses.

Public corridor space:

Reading enthusiasts exchange old books and exchange reading experience here.

Exercise space:

A place for young people to exercise, wash and change clothes.

Property Service Center:

Providing various services and property management personnels work here.

The owner of the apartment is a man who lives alone. He occasionally invites friends to his home. He likes sunshine and hates the feeling of depression. Each "I space" is connected to each other, meeting functional requirements and full of fun.

The owner of the apartment is a street performer, who often invites friends to watch him perform. The "I space" of the room is completely connected, and the "Me space" is in the middle.

The apartment adopts the reinforced concrete frame structure system, and adopts the construction method of cast-in-situ concrete, which is the most popular in China at present, with low cost and high reliability.

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Unfinished Urbanism: Civic Gaming Fairground

A Possibility to Treat the Scar of the City

Instructor: Kefei Yan

Site: Tripolil Lebanon

Individual work

Date: Sept.2022

The urban design scheme is located in Tripoli, Lebanon, a city with a long history but plagued by religious conflicts, refugee problems and the gap between rich and poor. The site has been abandoned as an island of history due to previous civil war, politics and other reasons.

I hope to reactivate the site, explore a urban model of inspirations, games and serendipities, to solve the complex conflicts around and the existing problems in the city,.

By studying Steffen P. Walz's game theory, I divided people's game behaviors in cities into six types and designed special space forms for them. I also research the daily life of the surrounding people to plan the most suitable road network and functional zoning, and finally reassemble the original broken urban space and re-establish the connection between people.

Country Profile of Lebanon

Lebanon， a country with a long history， was colonized by many powerful countries in history, so different religious cultures were introduced into Lebanon. Since entering the modern society, with its geographical advantages, port resources and beautiful natural environment, the transportation industry, finance and tourism have developed rapidly. The good times are not long. In recent years, the country has been troubled by civil war, economic crisis, foreign forces and refugee flows. The contradiction between rich and poor, religious hostility, refugee problem have become important factors restricting national development.

Tripoli's History and Urban Problems

Rich and poor distribution

very poor poor middle upper

Site Analysis & Strategy

The Phoenicians founded Tripoli. It originally comprised three neighbourhoods situated in the current location of Al Mina. It was the centre of a Phoenician confederation with Sidon and Tyre and Arados Island. Christianity prevailed due to the Roman Empire.

The Fatimid Caliph Al-Muiz conquered the city. It became an independent province encompassing Lattakia (Syria), experiencing a commercial and cultural boom that rendered it a significant centre of Shiia. Islam was popular in Tripoli.

Tripoli was successively occupied by Franks, Mameluks and Ottomans. As a result, religious culture and architectural style become complex and diversifieFarming culture also made different groups form in the city.

On November 22, 1943, Lebanon formally declared its independence from the French mandate and established the Lebanese Republic. In December 1946, all British and French troops withdrew from Lebanon.

Because of the contradiction between religious forces and the inducement of external forces, a comprehensive civil war broke out in Lebanon, which lasted for more than ten years, causing more than 100,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries.

Since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011, a large number of Syrian refugees have poured into Lebanon, most of whom live in refugee camps. At present, about 150 refugees are stranded in Lebanon. Refugees vie with citizens for jobs.

Attract

Many large cities in Lebanon held demonstrations, accusing the privatization of public space and calling for the return of urban space that should belong to citizens not just for the rich.

Public space distribution available public space unmanaged green area

Project intends to create a urban labyrinth to integrate the seperated urban spaces. Meanwhile, it provides the largest public activity area in Tripoli and connects the lives of different people.

coastal landscape commercial area

Peripheral function distribution residential area

office area slums

Infrastructure distribution

medical facilities

educational facilities

medical facilities

educational facilities

Project tries to guide convenient circulations to facilitate the life of the surrounding people, and create a scene of gathering and encoutering. In addition, the programs shall be supplemented according to the surrounding infrastructure.

The site has been abandoned since the civil war, just like a scar in the city. projetc aims to put interlaced green space and activity space in the site, bridgeing people's everyday life, breaking the urban structure blocked by layers, and reconnecting the surrounding programs, different groups and the whole city.

Typology

Rashid Karami Fairground was built in 1963, and was abandoned in 1975 due to civil war

Define Heritage Buildings.

Define 7 programatic zones.

Design Development

Autocratic governance, different communities, diverse social and urban environment let the site seperate the city

Connect inland and coastal ， everyday and leisure ， city and nature through green axis

Design the primary road network according to the needs of the groups and urban transportation.

Naturalize the road network to create more natural playful experience in the monotonous city.

Generate building forms in relation to programs and public space.

Diversify natural landscape on the two main axes to create oasis.

Define distribution of different groups with their needs.

Create connections between communities through activity axes.

Design the secondary road network according to enhancing the accessibility.

Create diverse and pedestrian-friendly paths

Insert infrastructure such as hospitals and schools according to the service radius.

Insert diverse space for sport and sharing on two main axes.

Refine the program zoning，mix different clusters and public spaces to increase the possibility of interaction and playfulness.

Special buildings are placed at key junctions to meet the needs of the groups.

Add roofscape to maximize green and sharing space.

Master Plan

Green space, activity sites, game scenes and functional buildings are staggered in the site, forming a special urban maze, and connecting the surrounding areas into a whole.

Perspective View of Office Area

The multi-level and diversified greening provides people with more opportunities to get close to nature. Urban farms and urban gardens provide opportunities for people to plant by hand, and enhance people's sense of participation and interaction.

Perspective View From the Roof of the Corrider

The numerous activity venues and game scenes distributed in the area greatly enrich people's daily life, and also provide more opportunities for people to meet and communicate.

The diversified and multi-level urban space fully meets the physical and spiritual needs of the surrounding groups. The labyrinthine urban layout greatly improves the interest of urban space, increases the chance of "encounter", and breaks the shackles of everyday life. Scattered game scenes, numerous activity places and green spaces enrich people's spare time life. Life, work, leisure, different people meet here. Game, communication, encounter, and different stories happen here.

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Civil

Children's

National

Lebanon

Gallery

Public

04

Cryoto Salvador Dystopia

A National Tube - Controlled Congress Narrative

Instructor: Yu Yan

Site: Conchagua Volcano, El Salvador

Team: Jiang Shangyou Collaborate with Wan Zijun (Without Leader)

My Role: Concept Design, Investigation and Research, Diagram Drawing,Typology Design, Main Modeling, Axonometric Drawing

Date: Jul.2022

The narrative project was inspired by El Salvador's announcement that Bitcoin would be used for cryptocurrency as a legal coin, including a plan to build a "Bitcoin City" at the Conchagua Volcano. In order to achieve the goal, the President Nayib Bukele even ordered the military to break into the parliament. The gamble, however, has become crumbling because of the recent collapse of bitcoin.

In this design, "tube" is the core concept and form element.

On the one hand, it is used as a dromological media cybernetics for financial control; on the other hand, tube is a financially hacked "tripartite" political system metaphor as a whole. What's more, news are transfered to spaces, which illustrate the relationship between cryptocurrency, power, architecture and citizens' living condition.

El Salvador: A Magical Empire

El Salvador, known as the murder capital, has the highest murder rate in the world, with 105.2 murders per 100,000 people in 2015. El Salvador has a population of more than 6 million, of which more than 1 million are gang members, and the number of troops is only 40,000. It is one of the "low- and middle-income countries" in the world, with a total GDP of less than 70 billion US dollars.

Geographical and Cultural Environment

El Salvador's domestic terrain is dominated by mountains and plateaus, with many volcanoes. It is known as the "country of volcanoes". The active volcano of Santa Ana in the territory is 2385 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in the country.The El Salvador region was originally inhabited by the Mayan Indians.Legend has it that the Mayans began to build religious buildings in 1000 BC.It had became a Spanish colony in 1524, and the building has the characteristics of Spanish architecture. Now this country implements a representative democratic republic with the separation of powers.

Architecture Concept & Design Strategy

Historical Evolution of Power, Money and Architecture

Worldview Settings

Ⅰ

Rostrum of Dictators Camera and Film

Ⅱ

Enchance and Lobby

Our great leaders are giving speeches.

Cast your vote and the losing half will be flushed down the drain

Media Center

Look at the identity information board ahead of you, don’t move if call to you, or you will be exposed on the Internet

Currency Exchange Center

Every transaction has to be stamped, and so do you If you don't want to be crushed, jump to avoid each attack

Car Engine Roller Coaster

Virtual Exhibition Center

A large amount of NFTs are on display, so rush to purchase your favorite and be careful with the ubiquitous drones!

Gambling House

You came here to be enslaved, so please stare at the holy President's eyes and run as faster as you can

The appoint and dismiss of civil servants are random, and our salary coins are easily forked, so enjoy playing with us!

Playground Ministry of Personnel Lounge

All kinds of entertainment facilities for you to enjoy, So please be relaxed. Actually I know your money very well

Hospital

Our cabins change at any time,

Welcome to stay here under the supervision of our doctors

Other Works:

Rotating Leaves

Jun.2019

Instructor: Minghui Xue

Group work(with 5 members)

My role: concept design, conceptual model, construting

Second prize of 2019 Tongji International Festival Vortex

The construction materials of the project are plastic hollow plates and plastic rivets. The construction time is 2 days, and the construction is purely manual. Our scheme is to capture the beautiful scene of blades whirling and fluttering in the wind in the deep courtyard, and uses parametric technology to simulate, generating corridors and courtyard spaces. It reflects the aesthetics of the oriental garden.

Dec.2019

Instructor: Minghui Xue Group work(with 7 menbers)

My role: concept design, conceptual model, construting

First prize of 2019 International snow construction competition

The whole project is made of a piece of 3 * 3 * 2.5 cubic meters of snow, which takes two days to build. Inspired by Klein bottle, our team try to explore the relationship between internal and external space. We designed intricate passages and openings inside the snow block, combined with stairs, slide platforms and other elements to increase the interactivity and interest of the scheme.

Chengde Cultural Center

Apr.2021

Instructor: Dake Wei

Individual work

Site: Chengde, China

Scale: 10000 m²

The cultural center is located in Chengde City, surrounded by mountains and waters, with superior natural conditions. Chengde Summer Resort is particularly famous in the city. The art of landscape combination has become a topic discussed by many ancient garden designers. As the cultural symbol of Chengde City, the architecture extracts the elements of landscape and conforms to the context.