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Wang Xinyao|Tokyo University of Science

|B.Engineering

|Inspiration from a piece of paper

Canal Tone Museum

When you roll and crumble a piece of paper, one can get mul-tiple shapes and spaces.

This is my design inspiration for the Canal Tone Museum.

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SummaryLocation: 349,Higashifukai,Chiba,JapanOverall building surface: 578.6M² Construction area: ~ 1,000 m2Construction ratio: 58%Ratio of construction volume: 121%

Structure: concrete structureStructure: concrete structureFloor: two (one floor below the ground level and one above)Building height: 7 m (1.5 m below the ground)

Design ConceptAs the museum will be used to exhibit the history of the canal, the outside of the museum is in the shape of waves.

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Design ConceptThe inside and outside space of the museum is connected by the canal--the inside canal and the outside canal. This is the core of the design.

With respect to the construction space, as With respect to the construction space, as shown by the blue arrow in the left figure, the canal element is present throughout the entire museum, from the entrance to the exit. There is a waterfall at the entrance.The water used for the waterfall is from the Canal Tone on the other side of the building, which allows the water to flow through the museum--the “inside water to flow through the museum--the “inside canal”. The inside of the building is used for exhibition. The underground level, in the shape of the canal, will host exhibits of the canal for visitors to learn about the canal’s his-tory and stroll along the “inside canal”.

Walking outside the exhibitions, visitors may come to the Cafeteria and Terrace to enjoy the real canal--the “outside canal” and the nearby scenery.

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ZEN

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Zen in Shinjuku@Kabukicho　

While many people consider Zen to be religious, it is actually directly connected with Japan’s traditional culture and history.

Therefore, I choose to design a ZEN Therefore, I choose to design a ZEN style Kabukicho at the center of the city to allow visitors from all over the world to enjoy a special moment here --to connect the histo-ry with our modern life, a joyful and peaceful moment in the mist of the fast-paced dynamic city. fast-paced dynamic city.

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Location: 1-19 Kabukicho,

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo,Japan

Overall surface area: 13,000M²

Construction size: ~ 1,000M²

Ratio of construction: 60%

Structure: Reinforced ConcreteStructure: Reinforced Concrete

Building height: 54 m

Floor: 18 floors

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　　　　　　　▶Building functions:

Japanese gardens,

tea houses,

Calligraphy learning

center,

Zen library, Zen library,

Zen practice center,

etc.

About KabukichoKabukicho is an entertainment and red-light dis-

trict in Shinjuku,Tokyo, Japan. It is often called the

"Sleepless Town”.

Design ConceptIn order to spread of sprit of Zen, I found the ele-ment of CIRCULAR through my research (see right picture).In calligraphy, there is a special skill called “dry stroke,” in which empty space is purposefully left where the brush run out of ink. II considered the empty space left by“dry stroke” as the openspace,which connect the inside building and the external building.I also intend to use these streets as the “dry strokes” to con-nect the surroundings so that the building natu-rally expands into the neighborhood.

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◀The buildings can be divided as A, B, C.The fine line that connects the three buildings is over-bridge. The passers-by can go across the over-bridge. The buildings and overbridge intersects, taking on CIRCULAR.

|My house after 20 years

Build the house I want to live in at age 40. The site is specified in an actually existing lot in Ogikubo,Tokyo.

Considering the limited resources Considering the limited resources and the high cost for the land, I an-ticipated that in 20 years my future home would be very efficient in terms of land use.

Therefore, I decided to design the space to be a place for both living and professional work, aka SOHO.I assumed I was a photographer who enjoyed working at home and gardening.

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　　　　　　　　SummaryConstruction area: 118M²

Construction ratio: 46.8%

Ratio of construction volume: 74.8%

Structure: Wood & Reinforced concrete

Floor: Four (one floor below the ground level)

Building height:8.4m (3m below the ground)Building height:8.4m (3m below the ground)

Location: 1 Chome-10-4,Amanuma,

SuginamiTokyo,Japan

Building Area: 55.23M²

Overall building surface: 111.6M²

3F: 21.815M² 2F: 38.41M²

1F: 28.018M² -1F: 23.38M²

Design ConceptInspired by the shape of film negatives,which are frequently used by a photographer, I designed the bird’s view of

the house to be in the shape consists of hexagons.In order to maximize the sunlight exposure in the high density

building environment, each floor is rotated 15° counterclockwise .The space left from the rotation will be used as

terraces and garden(the green part of the illustration).Along with the indoor green plants and trees from outside the

building, I could enjoy the green and gardening amongst the fast-paced busy city.

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One Bedroom My Bedroom

Addtional Room

3F--The two terraces/gardens are connected by the kitchen

and dining room.

2F--The walls for the bedroom area utilize Chinese Pingfeng

and movable book shelves to divide space, block

droughts.This will provide flexibility for space use such as an

additional room for guests and other uses. (See picture above)

2F and 3F will be the living space.

1F 1F--be shared for both my office to meet customers and the

living area.

-1F--studio, as well as change rooms and storage area.

To maximize exposure from

the sun light, the walls facing

the south will be made of

glass.

Giving the house a sense of

space expansion.

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畵 |Drawings As the first step of being an architect, I think it is important to learn to draw. Drawing is not only a necessary skill to

show the idea, but also a way to feel how every part of an architecture is related to each other, which cannot be fully

expressed by photos.

▼The first and second year in university, we have practiced a lot on how to express the architecture by pen, some-

times water color pen. These are some of them.

The John Hancock Tower,Mass.San Diego

California Temple,

California

MetropolitanMuseum,

New York

Tokyo Station,Tokyo

Otaru,Hokkaido

Asama Jinja,Tokyo

Light Cave,Tokyo

Osanbashi Yokohama International

Passenger Terminal,Yokohama

Gyeongbokgung Palace,Seoul

Ihwa-Dong Mural village,

Seoul Gate Gwanghwamun,Seoul

Shanghai

Old Town of Lijiang,Yunnan

Forbidden City, Beijing

Suzhou Museum,Jiangsu

Potala Palace,Tibet

Namsto Lake,Tibet

Wuzhen Water Town,Zhejiang

PAPERARCH.像 |Photos

An old saying in China goes that ‘In order to attain wisdom, it is not enough merely to read books, you must be well travelled as

well.’The same meaning could also applies to the study of Architecture.

I always believe that architecture has its own soul. Buildings should have their distinctive characters,either connected with the

background,site,context, or have some relationship with its own function.These characters make buildings unique in this world.

I always consider Architecture as the frozen poem.

And thank you for reading the poems of mine.

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