FINAL PRESENTATION

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About the footing issue last time, the cave dwelling has no footings, the structure is formed by compacting the yellow earth. But the new Bridging space has all modern construction methods.

DRAFT PRESENTATION REVIEW

DRAFT

RENDERING TRIAL

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The Town hall for the Zhang village functions as a sense of tradition and memory to their past through adaptive reuse and urban renewal of the existing cave dwellings. The design is based on the layout of the traditional cave dwelling residences in Shaanxi Province, yet also inspired by the design of old Beijing Siheyuan quadrangles, which are composed of a set of enclosed courtyards. The typical cave living aesthetic is maintained by keeping the urban texture of the cluster layout. The town hall also connects those residential courtyards via corridors, thereby emphasizing and enabling communication between neighbours.  It explores topics of metabolism and design potentials when East meets West, creating a cheerful aura and intimate atmosphere, blending western style with eastern traditions.

WK11 PEER EVALUATION

Anthony

 Zhang Yi

 Zhang Zehuan

 

Brandon Weiheng Chin

 

 Zhenxun Chin

Self Evaluation

CAVE DWELLING ANALYSIS

Settlement

Rudolfsky's reference of "the underground towns and villages in the Chinese loess belt" is what we call the Underground cave dwelling in China. The Cave dwelling contains the cave dwelling and the settlement of this kind of mode.
A settlement is a place where people establish a community. In western cultures, it contains to two concepts： the city and the village.

This project on the renovation of the cave dwellings focuses on the settlement of fully underground cave dwellings, which is not merely about the architecture itself, but the related environmental, social and cultural context.

Settlement Patterns

Harmony with nature

 

Typical Plans

Spatial arrangement

Spatial progression

Cave dwelling spatial progression diagram

Cave dwelling spatial progression analysis

Communication

Kiln face

There is only one side of the cave dwelling in exposure: the face. It is one of the most important decoration parts in underground dwellings. The owner would do everything they can to decorate the arch, window and door on the "face". All generations of craftsman devote to this only facade.