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chao sun

architecture & urban design

fine art & photography

car dealership 1

photography 34

selected drawing 31

yushan landscape 13

regong museum 7

villa 19

urban renewal 23

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studio: arch 605project: car dealershiplocation: 4925 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX

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Allen Parkway

The key elements for a c i ty are buildings and infrastructures.

As far as the two sides of a city, buildings represent the static aspect while the infrustractures shows the dynamic part. And cars are the angels that connect them.

My project--a car dealership at the cross of west loop and westheimer road--is another layer of infrastructure. It is an awsome car scenic route as well as a high speed car test loop. Blending infrastructure into a building gives my car dealership an energetic building, so that it could gives people the energy of life.

In the ocean of cars, bugatti r e p r e s e n t power.

As shown in the p ictures, all the nuances on the car indicates energy. Life needs inspiration just as what this brand give us.

And to comb ine the cars , fash ion , i n frastructures and building is a combination o f c u lt u r e s . S o m e t h i n g are necessary in l ife, l ike infrastructure, like fashion. But people start to lose the sense of evaluate the beauty of architecture. To combine architecture with them could recall all the wonderful memeries about the fabulous architectures. And make people reflect what is going on in the world of architecture.

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Allen Parkway

The key elements for a c i ty are buildings and infrastructures.

As far as the two sides of a city, buildings represent the static aspect while the infrustractures shows the dynamic part. And cars are the angels that connect them.

My project--a car dealership at the cross of west loop and westheimer road--is another layer of infrastructure. It is an awsome car scenic route as well as a high speed car test loop. Blending infrastructure into a building gives my car dealership an energetic building, so that it could gives people the energy of life.

In the ocean of cars, bugatti r e p r e s e n t power.

As shown in the p ictures, all the nuances on the car indicates energy. Life needs inspiration just as what this brand give us.

And to comb ine the cars , fash ion , i n frastructures and building is a combination o f c u lt u r e s . S o m e t h i n g are necessary in l ife, l ike infrastructure, like fashion. But people start to lose the sense of evaluate the beauty of architecture. To combine architecture with them could recall all the wonderful memeries about the fabulous architectures. And make people reflect what is going on in the world of architecture.

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Analog Model

Location

Prototype Model

Insperation

Location:cross of west loop and wes-theimer road

Insperation:Tron & Bugatti

Idea:Conbination building with in-frustructure and fashion.

Call for more attention to architecture.

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1. Car testing Loop2. Scenic Route3. Exterior Public Space4. Entrance Lobby5. Theatre 6. Restaurant/Bar7. Showrooms

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date: 05/2010--09/2010project: museumlocation: tongren, qinghai, china

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9general plan

lotus is a holy flower in buddhism.

regong is an area where most of the people are buddhist. this museum is designed for those people. for them to treasure their culture, their religion.

symbols of traditional buddhism buildings are used in this design

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(1) office(2) duty room(3) reference room(4) technical room(5) assembly room(6) souvenir store(7) hall(8) reception room(9) multimedia(10)temp storeroom(11)storeroom(12)firehouse(13)other equipment

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ground floor plan

exhibitionhall

exhibitionhall

exhibitionhall

exhibitionhall

exhibitionhall

exhibitionhall

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second floor plan

south facade

west facade

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renderings

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date: 01/2011--03/2011project: yushan landscape location: lantian, xi'an, china* this design is from internship in M.A.D.A s.p.a.m.in xi'an. The superviser is named songhao zhang. email adress: zhangsonghao@madaspam.com

sketch: qingyun ma

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china

apple

persimmon

megranate

peach

elm

zanthoxylum

silver chain

gleditsia

zizyphus

topographty

architecture water

road

location

plant site analysis

xi'an

lantian

yushan zhen

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site

wall

room

courtyard

typical village 1

typical village 1

typical village 2

typical village 2

typical village :ground around well and milling is the location for activities.

typical village :relationship between building and plants

alley

volume

lay out

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decoration

substance

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date: 06/2010--07/2010project: villalocation: weiyang, xi'an, china

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date: 06/2008--09/2008project: urban renewallocation: huiminjie, xi'an, china

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location:around the drum tower, with complicated social and culture background, "xiao pi yuan" has become "the forsaken land".

it is so close to the north grand mosque that the building altitude in this zone should be restricted.

reality

low space utilization rate,

living around the mosque,

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culture become the shackles of development,

where is the combination of culture & better living condition?

1998 3000families 264 houses

264 houses

264 houses

1327 houses

4900families

7500families

12955families

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development of courtyard in xi'an

house and yard

structure grey scale

age grey scale

superposition

morning noon evening

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texture flexibility grey scale

ownership and subordination

essence

reality

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protect the essence

--------living pattern of courtyard

old texture cannot afford

the need of light

architecture language

plan

structure

5 floors5 floors

new building

remove those deeper than 150

rationalize the heigh

4 floors

3 floors

use the limited 15m to fill the interspace

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building altitude 12m 9m 6mbuilding density 0.7 0.6 0.5plot ratio 2.8 2.4 1.8

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with the increase of building density, the problem on another dimension arise:

increase ofbuilding storey

use ratio of the courtyard

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using roof would help to release some inner space

old building new building using roof

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