Yang Shuzhi Architecture Portfolio

BEIJING SWIMMING CENTER RENOVATION YEAR: 2013 LOCATION: Beijing STATUS: Concept Design PROGRAM: Sports Center CLIENT: Gensler TEAM: Caide Deng, Shuzhi Yang, Qibin Jiang ROLE: Architect | Concept, 3D model, Technical drawings Divided into five large volumes to metaphorize the Olympic spirit (five rings). Sunken square can be a leisure place for all the people around the venue. The open ground space is coordinated with the large sunken plaza and the surrounding environment, and infiltrated, allowing the landscape to flow along the space around the building. Freedom, vivid changes, giving people a sense of space experience. The massive buildings on the ground are inspired by the imagery of the stones by the water, and with the unique construction of the building membrane structure, the building has its own personality, but it is not unobtrusive, fully integrated into the daily life. YANG SHUZHI @ H+M DESIGN INC

A BLOCK COMMUNITY + PUBLIC SPORTS PARK

HELSINKI LIBRARY YEAR: 2013 LOCATION: Helsinki, Finland STATUS: Competition PROGRAM: Library CLIENT: Helsinki Government TEAM: Caide Deng, Yang Shuzhi , Jiang Qibin ROLE: Architect | Concept, 3D Model, Perspectives For a plot of 150m length and 32m width, the building is contained primarily in 2 rectangular boxes and a Grand Slope. The upper one - B box being raised over the lower one - Box A, hypothetically the gap sandwiched in between A & B is used as the transition floor. In conjunction, the projection of B Box shifts 20m south and 5.6m east over A, which enables A’s roof as a terrace, this terrace is further bridged by the 65m long Grand Slope to the south end of the site boundary. In addition, there are 2 funnel shape atriums penetrating through levels of Box B, this provides sufficient natural light to all floors. Box A is the Main lobby and Staff facilities Box B mixing Collection areas and Learning & doing. The gap in between will be used as External services space. Library logistics & material handling and Service spaces are located immediately above/underneath ground floor of Box A. Event spaces predominantly are located at -2 level. Structure Proposed structure systems for Box A, B, and the Grand Slope are independent from each other. In Box A: steel beam and column type arrangement, 6.6m x 6.6m grid; In Box B: 4 Y-shape steel beams to support the roof immediate floor slabs are overhung by steel cables from the roof structure Grand slope: double layer steel construction of flat bars, interwoven to form a complete piece. YANG SHUZHI @ H+M DESIGN INC



DORMITORY OF BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY YEAR: 2013 LOCATION: Beijing, China STATUS: Competition PROGRAM: Dormitory and its ancillary facility CLIENT: Helsinki Government TEAM: Caide Deng, Yang Shuzhi , Jiang Qibin ROLE: Architect | Concept, 3D Model, Perspectives YANG SHUZHI @ H+M DESIGN INC

DORMITORY COURTYARD CANTEEN & PUBLIC SERVICE STORAGE PARKING

FENGYUAN ST. SHOPPING & LEISURE - TANGSHANG YEAR: 2013 LOCATION: Tangshan, Hebei, China STATUS: Concept Design PROGRAM: Commercial CLIENT: Tangshan Land Development Group TEAM: Caide Deng, Yang Shuzhi , Jiang Qibin ROLE: Assistant Architect | Concept, 3D Model, Perspectives YANG SHUZHI @ H+M DESIGN INC

PALM HOTEL YEAR: 2013 LOCATION: Sanya, Hainan, China PROGRAM: Hotel TEAM: Caide Deng, Yang Shuzhi ROLE: Assistant Architect | Concept, 3D Model, Perspectives

WUHAN UNIVERSITY WANLIN MUSEUM 1. HIDDEN · CONCEALED ·BLENDED In order to minimize the conflict between natural environment, our design YEAR: 2012 takes advantage of existing platform and forest land, to \"hide\" most of the mu- LOCATION: Wuhan University, Hubei seum function under natural landforms, to greatly reduce the massing above STATUS: Built ground. PROGRAM: Museum CLIENT: Wuhan university 2. THE RHYTHM OF ROCKERY TEAM: Pei Zhu, Edwin Lam, Zheng Wang, Fan He, Mingming Gao, Yang Shuzhi The form of architecture reflects the natural characteristic of campus, to bal- ROLE: Intern | 3D Model, Diagrams, Plans, Interior Perspectives, ance with its surrounding buildings, forest, rockery and landforms. 3. PUBLIC SPACE The museum itself is not only a building, but also a venue. It will become a student activity center with sufficient outdoor space. 4. BORDER-LESS The continuous and similar spatial experience indoor and outdoor makes visi- tors feel border-less. YANG SHUZHI @ STUDIO PEIZHU



WUHAN UNIVERSITY WANLIN MUSEUM LEVEL 1 01 01 01 Main Entrance 02 05 02 Hall 03 Information 03 04 Multi-functional Box 05 Cloakroom 04 06 VIP Lounge 07 Cafe 06 07 LEVEL 3 09 10 09 Gallery III 10 Temporary Exhibition 12 11 Gallery IV 11 12 Video Exhibition 13 BOH 13 13 YANG SHUZHI @ STUDIO PEIZHU

LEVEL 2 08 08 Gallery I 09 Gallery II 10 BOH 11 MECH 12 Cafe 10 10 11 09 12 10 LEVEL 4 14 14 Temporary Exhibiton 15 Terrace 15 16 16 BOH 18 17 17 MECH 18 Gallery ( History Of University) 19 Gallery V 19

WUHAN UNIVERSITY WANLIN MUSEUM PHOTOS YANG SHUZHI @ STUDIO PEIZHU

TYPICAL EXHIBITION HALL CAFE ATRIUM / TEMP EXHIBITION AT LEVEL 2 TYPICAL EXHIBITION HALL OPENING CEREMONY



ACADEMIC WORK

CCHHAARRLLIIEE HHEEBBDDOO PPOORRTTAABBLLEE PPAAVVIILLIIOONN YEAR: 2016 LOCATION: The project can travel to all over the world STATUS: 2nd Prize Winner | https://charliehebdoportablepavilion.beebreeders.com/ PROGRAM: Gallery, Multi-functional CLIENT: Bee Breeders | https://beebreeders.com/ TEAM: Yang Shuzhi, Liwei Yu, Yupeng He ROLE: Leading Architect| Concept, All Perspectives, Technical Drawings, Layout YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION



CHARLIE HEBDO PORTABLE PAVILION The purpose of design is to emphasize the importance of freedom of speech. When people stand in the distance and see the structure, they would be attracted by the huge white helium balloon immediately. This light balloon would give people a free and positive impression, which is also a super mascot of the pavilion, just like the Rubber Duck. However, when they see the black steel roof which is hung by the balloon close- ly, they would have a rational and limited feeling. Thus, people would be afraid to go inside the pavilion because they may worry that the roof may fall down and cause injure due to the balloon's being break or having air leaks. This sense of tension is simulated by the structure design. It can deliver the similar feeling when the citi- zen’s right of speech is restricted or threaten by the government, terrorist attacks or religious taboos. Also, it is very essential to keep people safe here. Thus, the structure is definitely low-risky with the refined cal- culation of mechanics, people could be totally fairly safe when they are having activities under the pavilion. We believe that this structure could attract more attention and give confidence to people to defend the right of speech. If I don’t share my voice, if I don’t act as I believe, then I am dead already. YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

NEWS: THE WAX ART OF AI WEIWEI “If I don’t share my voice, if I don’t act as I believe, then I am dead already.” Ai Weiwei. The famous Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei is kidnapped by the Chinese authorities and detained at a secret location. After 81 days of solitary detention, he is finally released to house arrest. Shak- en by the detention, the man the world knows as an unstoppable fighter for freedom of speech is merely a shadow of himself. With a new lawsuit (‘The Fake Case’ of the title) awaiting him and the concrete risk of further imprisonment for his actions, for the first time Weiwei is forced to drastically question his choices. Is art the right tool to fight oppression? IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY, BEIJING

CHARLIE HEBDO PORTABLE PAVILION 7 ROOF DETAIL SECTION | 1:20 6 Solar panel Why is my daughter so strong? Drain Hole Because I didn’t clip her wings. 5 mm Waterproof layer 25 mm Board 5 LED 3 8 mm H-Section Steel 30 mm Transparent Concrete 2 YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

NEWS: THE STREET SPEECH OF YOUSAFZAI Pakistani educator Ziauddin Yousafzai reminds the world of a simple truth that many don’t want to hear: Wom- en and men deserve equal opportunities for education, autonomy, an independent identity. He tells stories from his own life and the life of his daughter, Malala, who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 simply for daring to go to school. \"Why is my daughter so strong?” Yousafzai asks. “Because I didn’t clip her wings.\" IN THE LOUVRE, PARIS

CHARLIE HEBDO PORTABLE PAVILION CONSTRUCTION Balloon Material: Weather-resistant ETFE, Helium Weight: 2495 kg Buoyancy: 72649 kg Size: 50 m Diameter Tray Material: Aluminum Alloy | Weight: 1637 kg Size: 12.8 m Diameter Inhaul Cable Material: Steel Strand Weight: 342 kg Size: 35 mm Diameter Solar Panels Material: Mono-crystalline Silicon Weight: 16 kg of each, 1920 kg totally Size: 1892 mm * 892 mm * 35 mm Transparent Concrete Panels Material: Concrete, Optic-Fiber Weight: 108 kg of each, 12960 kg totally Size: 1984 mm * 984mm * 30 mm H-Section Steel Frame Material: Steel, Black Metallic Paints Weight: 17322 kg totally Size: 500 mm high, 8 mm thickness BUOYANCY: 72649 kg TOTAL WEIGHT: 36676 kg YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY The solar panels can provide electric energy for the pavilion. Daylight Not only the energy is self-sufficient, but also almost all of the Energy materials could be recycled and used for a long term: The he- lium can be deflated to a certain cylinder, and the balloon can Energy be inflated from it. The transparent concrete panels and solar Light panels could be dissembled easily, and they will be installed when the pavilion will be built in other locations. MECHANICAL ANALYSIS Tensile Force Force Balance Full Of Helium Buoyancy Prefabricate irregular sphere Be pulled to a sphere Weight & tensile force PORTABLE Balloon Deflate Package Roof ( Solar panels & transparent concrete panels ) Package Dissemble

CHARLIE HEBDO PORTABLE PAVILION ROOF PLAN | 1:200 7 CEILING PLAN | 1:200 6 ORIGINAL GROUND PLAN | 1:200 4 1. Reception 5 2. Cafe 3. Workshop & Advice 3 4. Conference Room 5. Gallery 6. Transparent Concrete 7. Solar Panel 21 YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

THEME 1 CHARLIE HEBDO OFFICE This theme aims to reproduce the scene of the event by simulating Charlie Hebdo Office, a gun dropped on the table and red blood-like floor make people think about the boundary of freedom of speech. THEME 2 TED By enclosing the pavilion with curtain and set up a plat- form at the center, this pavilion can be a TED studio. THEME 3 PURE ART The topic of the art show is confinement of animals, the exaggeration size of these tiny animals attracts attention of freedom, and let people think about the relationship between human and animals.

IN BETWEEN ARCHES YEAR: 2015 LOCATION: Shekou District, Shenzhen STATUS: 18 of 616 in competition PROGRAM: Exhibition, Cafe CLIENT: Young Bird Plan | http://youngbirdplan.com.cn/ ROLE: All Works YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

IN SUDDEN SHOWER

IN BETWEEN ARCHES BACKGROUND: FAST DEVELOPMENT VS SPACIAL MEMORY Shenzhen, one of the fastest-developing cities in China, has changed dramatically in economy and environ- ment in the last 30 years. Most of the population in Shenzhen comes from other cities, they come here for a better life. However, with significant rise in house prices and lack of public space, many people don't get the sense of belonging and instead treat the city as a temporary space. The purpose of design is to offer publicity and spatial memory. The site is located at the beginning of a green area and is close to the sea. The ground floor is fully opened, like a pavilion, offering a 24 -hour semi-public space, which can keep out rain and bright sunlight. The second floor is a cafe and a multi-func- tional hall, with low-iron glass, providing perfect transparency to display the object inside. YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

1. Open-floor 2. Cafe & bookstore 3. Corridor 23 2 3 1 1 IN HOT WEATHER

IN BETWEEN ARCHES Arches are a complex, yet reasonable solution to the building structure, since the structural load decreases as you go up, the number of intersections between floors and arches is reduced. Arches are also an identi- ty and a definition of space, the multi-functional hall is a 25 m long equilateral triangle, enclosed by three arches. STRUCTURAL CONCEPT Change of number of columns Continuity of force transmission Regular columns STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION Roof Roof Swinging glass doors 1F 100*100 steel columns Ceiling Fixed glass doors Ground Semi-public space 1000*1000 Concrete columns Semi-public space YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

N 0 m 5 m 10 m 1. Multi-functional hall 2 2. Cafe & bookstore 1 3. Kitchen 4. Washroom 4 5. Storage 4 6. Corridor 7. Open-floor 5 3 6 7

IN BETWEEN ARCHES Seven arches with multiple heights and spans support the two-floor building, mimicking the branches of a tree house. The arch form is lively and unique, providing not only a structural function, but also an iconic feature of the house. In order to support the roof better, there are some mullion-like steel columns, con- cealed in swinging glass doors. To take advantage of the pleasant environment, the second floor is designed as a panorama deck where all the swinging doors can be completely opened. As Shenzhen is a hot and rainy city, the fully opened doors also bring in wind, taking away hot air and supplying fresh air. The deep overhanging eave could provide shade and shelter to adapted to the climate. YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

SOUTH ELEVATION CAFE INDOOR

IN BETWEEN ARCHES The second floor is 5.1m high, reaching the maximum possible height under Shenzhen’s commercial building specifi- cation, offering quite a high space that is capable of adapting to variable function. The first floor is 4.5m high, and the maximum height of the ceiling is 1.5m, which means the space here is much lower than the second floor’s, hence lead to a transformational experience. Because of the open-floor layout, the house offers double the area than it required for emphasis on publicity. A succes- sion of concrete arches connect the upper and lower space sensuously. Semi-public space is the most interesting part to create publicity and spatial memory because it can bring a territorial sense without any behavioral restriction, and it could run well under publicity supervise and the proprietor. The ceiling of the ground floor simulates dynamic stress, like waves of the sea, which could really reflect the sea waves on smooth concrete. DETAILED SECTION Roofing Membrane Insulation To Roof Vapor Barrier +9.600 Metal Decking To 2F Ceiling 100mm Concrete Roof +9.000 300 300 W12 GIRDER To 2ND Floor +4.500 Concrete Arch Light To 1F Ceiling +3.300 4500 5100 3700 Low-Iron Laminated Glass To 1ST Floor 900 300 1100 100mm Topping Concrete +0.000 150mm Concrete Floor YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION Cavity Of Wells Steel wire mesh 30mm Shotcrete Concrete Stair 3300 150mm Concrete Floor 750 750

AT NIGHT

DAFT PUNK PLACE YANG SHUZHI @ INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DESIGNED DAFT PUNK PLACE THE STAGE FOR US. THE DESIGNER AC- CURATELY TRANSLATED THE SENSE OF YEAR: 2018 PROGRAM: Concert Stage, Landscape OUR MUSIC INTO THE SCENE. TEAM: YANG Shuzhi, Zhang Wenyin ROLE: All Works THE PLACE REMINDS ME THE SPACE, GALAXY, BLACK HOLE, MOON... AND OUR ALBUM “FRAGMENTS OF TIME”.

DAFT PUNK PLACE WE'RE GOING TO PLAY OUR MUSIC IN IT... IS... THIS CRATER. AND THERE WILL BE SO... 3 VIRTUAL PROJECTIONS TO SHOW THE MUSIC TO ALL THE AUDIENCES VISUALLY. YANG SHUZHI @ INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ FAMILIAR FACES I’VE NEVER SEEN... LIVING THE GOLD AND THE SILVER DREAM ♭ ♮ ♯

DAFT PUNK PLACE T YANG SHUZHI @ INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

TESTING...

INFLATABLE STRUCTURE YEAR: 2017 LOCATION: Hong Kong STATUS: Completed PROGRAM: Architecture Research, Computational Architecture Tutorial CLIENT: CUHK TEAM: Yang Shuzhi, Kristof Crolla YANG SHUZHI @ CUHK

CUHK Computational Design Tutorial: Inflatable Structure Surfaces Mesh strips Mesh strips outline Tools: Kangaroo, Kangaroo2, Weavebird, Mesh Edit, Mesh+ 01 MESH TO SURFACE 1. Use “surface from 3 or 4 point” to draw a complex geometry. Make sure all of the surfaces are point-to-point connected. 2. Manually uniform the UV direction of these surfaces by \"analysis direction\". (The UVs of surface affect the direction of the result mesh strips) 3. Divide surfaces into mesh strips Tips: The UV Count would better be the multiple of 2 or 3 for futher combining of strips. 02 RESHAPE THE POINTS ON THE NAKED EDGE 1. Draw the objective curves and move them to coordinate the mesh 2. Use Kangaroo2 to move points on the naked edge to objective curves by setting rest length=0 Tips: For unknown bugs, when we directely adjust the rest length=0 the mesh would explode. So at first we need to reduce the rest lenth times to a small scale (such as 0.2 or 0.3), then reset the Kangaroo, then adjust it to 1. CUHK Computational Design Tutorial: Inflatable Structure Tools: Kangaroo, Kangaroo2, Weavebird, Mesh Edit, Mesh+ 04 STRIPS COMBINING 1. Vertically combine every 2 strips Tips: Be careful with mesh loading order. Use \" Label Face\" of \"Mesh+\" to obeserve the mesh orders, make sure the numbers of mesh in every combining strip are continously 2. Horizontally combine every 3 strips Tips: Because the hyperboloid meshes can't be unrolled to plannar meshes, we need to rebuild combined meshes to single-curvature meshes. Original: 198 strips After combining: 90 strips Grasshopper Course Notes v8.0 - YANG Shuzhi The Chinese Unvierstiy of Hong Kong, School of Architecture

WA-BRELLA YEAR: 2017 LOCATION: Hong Kong, China STATUS: Special Entry Prize PROGRAM: Shade CLIENT: Sunbrella TEAM: Yang Shuzhi, Wang Sining ROLE: Concept, Rendering, 3D Modeling YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

N Lower tiles Upper tiles Supporting bamboo structure Sunbrella water proof fabric Rebar Steel joint Hong Kong, a fast rhythm, multicultural and subtropical city, has very good public transportation systems. People mainly travel by MTR and bus. However, most of those bus stations are exposed under the sky, people who are waiting for the bus have to suffer from strong sunlight and sudden shower. The project located at a bus station that nearby Fortress Hill subway station where has great crowds go and forth. The north point church is behind the subway station without an entrance. We want to build a complex fabric shading roof, which is a marriage between traditional Hong Kong culture and modern spirit. The WA ( it is a smart traditional roof structure that we want to salute, but with new SUNBRELLA technique, which is not only a sun shading but also is lightweight, water and wind resistant. The form of it is like a green wing that continues the color of Fortress Hill Subway interior tone. We want it to be a city shelter that can really provide public value. 400 mm Rebar 200 mm Bending force Sunbrella fabric Traditional hand tie Resin fill Bamboo edge Metal clip Sunbrella fabric Scew Bamboo edge 400 *400 Retangular 400 *400 Parallelogram Mutiple parallelogram 820 parallelogram grid

BAMBOO BENCH STEAMER 蒸笼 YEAR: 2017 LOCATION: Shenzhen, China LACK OF STATUS: Special Entry Prize PUBLIC SEATS PROGRAM: Furniture 缺乏公共座椅 CLIENT: UABB ROLE: All Works 350 YANG SHUZHI @ ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

BAMBOO PAVILION YEAR: 2017 LOCATION:Chong Qing, China STATUS: Concept PROGRAM: Pavilion CLIENT: Wuzhiqiao ROLE: All Works

A NEW SCENIC CITY YEAR: 2018 LOCATION: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China CHAPTER 1: STATUS: Student Work URBAN SCENARIO PROGRAM: Urban Strategy, Architectural Renovation REN MIN NAN AREA - DOUBLE LEVEL SYSTEM ROLE: All Works CONTEXT 600M The site is located in Guangzhou, China. In a word, this area is dominated by commercial activities, mainly for cloth wholesaling. The New China Tower and the Thirteen Factories Street are the most active places. To its south is the Pearl River, and the Ren Min Nan overpass divides the site to pieces. ISOLATION SITE 600M Isolation is the biggest issue of the site. First, for the city, the site was used to be the icon for trading and tourist resort before 2000. However, because the business shifted from high-end to low-end and the spatial quality decreased, the site is not attractive anymore. People rarely go here except they pass by. The site is a like a isolated island of city only for monotonic commercial activities.. Second, because of the overpass and vehicle driving traffic, the site is not suit for pedestrian now. Not only for visitors, but also for people work there. Pe- destrians are isolated by vehicle driving passes. Third, The pearl riverside is not connected well with the thirteen factories. The two parks - the Cultural Park and the Children Park are disconnected as well. The landscapes, public spaces are isolated. YANG SHUZHI @ THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (HKU)