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The Dialogue Between Old And New rethink the city developing in Wenzhou, one city of China

Name
Jiayi Xia
Education degree
Master
Study programme
Spatial Design - Architecture, Design and Interiors
Institute
Architecture and Design
Year
2021

This project is about the transformation of urban village in Wenzhou, China. Transform the extra floors which added by local residents into a continuous roof garden system, and introduce roof planting garden and community activities spaces to connect the whole community. This modest way of urban renewal is also a criticism of the government's current demolition strategy.

Perspective section drawing
Grand drawing
Community strategy
Compared with the government's current strategy, this strategy retains residents’memories of their birthplace. Even though lose the indoor space of top two floor, it becomes safer to move the informal added load-bearing weight and to fill lighter materials. At the same time, the use of the original building structure is also more sustainable compare with the government's strategy of tearing down the whole community. This strategy also takes into account the heritage of the the traditional vernacular approach to space, in line with the local regional characteristics. At the same time, the development of local residents ' planting habits, the introduction of community activities can connect people together, placing greater emphasis on the role and characteristics of the community.
Different activities are separated by inner circle and outer circle. The outer circle of the roof garden is mainly semi- public area. Residents can only access the roof through stairs inside the building, but the roofs of different buildings are connected by a bridge, forming a circle. It also means that residents in the building can reach other people's roofs via a bridge. Each building has a similar function, mainly divided into planting areas, activity rooms and storage rooms.
For the outer circle, I position the external staircase connecting the central plaza and the roof garden which will allow people to enter the roof garden directly from the ground. The buildings surrounding the central plaza are connected to each other.
The Royal Danish Academy supports the Sustainable Development Goals
Since 2017 the Royal Danish Academy has worked with the Sustainable Development Goals. This is reflected in our research, our teaching and in our students’ projects. This project relates to the following UN goal(-s):
Reduced inequalities (10)
Sustainable cities and communities (11)

CV

CV Title

Telefon
52829521
Professional Work Experience
2017
2019

Office for Urban Renewal, Shanghai, Assistant Designer

Participated in the overall transformation design of Yan'an high School, including courtyard landscape design, interior design of multi-function classrooms, and building façade renovation, did construction drawing, involved in the project presentation, communicated with government and school assistants. Analysed the historical building design of Lijiang city, made 3D models, helped improve the overall planning and design of Lijiang tourist town. Conducted industry analysis and research of Chengdu Erxian bridge heritage protection design, assisted to make diagrams and final presentation slides. Guided two interns to complete one-month internship and taught them to use basic software such as Autocad, Sketch up.
IT skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Auto Cad

Sketch Up

Rhino

Lumion

Language skills

Fluent in English

Basic user in Japanese

Native speaker of Mandarin