Druk Lotus shcool

This school was recommended by Prof. Dowling at my final presentation. Ladakh, India, Druk Lotus School

final design of my Hol Xil

2 days later, we are going to have the final presentation of this residential studio project. Model's done, posters were already submitted, and ppt is 80% done.

Love this project, even we started the planning late, however, with a large quantity of research, design became a juicy fun, especially the hand drawing! sucks!! hard!!! but interesting, enjoy!

Good luck for myself!

merry high-tech to historical

Because of SSAB’s Prelaq Energy the Swedish pavilion’s energy consumption will be lowered by up to 15 percent in 2010 Shanghai Expo. This means the steel is dramatically reducing the need for energy consuming cooling during the hot summer days of Shanghai. Prelaq Energy is a pre-painted sheet steel material that can be used for walls, ceilings and roofs, both on the inside and the outside of a building. The material enables the energy consumption for both heating and cooling to be reduced, and also offers better thermal comfort than traditional pre-painted sheet steel. 


In the development of Prelaq Energy, nature has been a source of inspiration. The qualities of the material can be compared with leaves on trees which act as a heat transfer medium in times of strong solar radiation. Sweco wants the pavilion to reflect the interplay between both nature and the city and the possibilities of this interaction.Prelaq Energy Exterior is based on the incident solar energy being reflected and on the energy that is nevertheless absorbed by the building being later emitted. The thermal properties of the exterior coating are determined principally by the proportion of the solar NIR (NIR = Near Infra Red) radiation that is reflected by the sheet surface. A part of the absorbed solar energy is emitted as IR (infrared) radiation. The material in the walls and the roof can contribute to saving energy for cooling and ventilation, and thereby lead to a reduced impact on the environment.

kekexili

Kekexili       

Hol Xil (kekexili) is fit only for exploration. It is Qinghai-Tibet altiplano rare and precious wild animal gene storing place. It is located on the west of Qinghai and north borders on Xinjiang and Tibet. In Mongolian, the meaning is "the green mountain ridge". 

It stretches from northwest to southeast with the length of 300 kilometers and the width of 200 kilometers. The area occupied is 45,000 square kilometers with the core area fluctuate slightly in the area approximately 25,500 square kilometers for the center, the high elevation, the mesa and the plain. 

The environment and climate is bad so the place is not fit for permanent human occupying purpose. Thus, it retained its primitive ecological environment and the unique natural landscape. 

The modern glacier is broad with a total area of 2,000 square kilometers. There are frozen mound on the surface, frozen tent, stone forest, stone circle, multi- colors high land moor as well as modern steaming glacier, and hot springs and so on forms the unique traveling resources of this area.

Yak dung: one piece of golden mushroom

    Cow dung, cow dung, cow dung valuable,

　　You are more precious than gold;

　　Do you burn yourself,

　　Dedication to the people warm and bright.

In this work the first few songs, the cow dung in the minds of the status and role of the Tibetan people, has no doubt the show. In Tibet, cow dung is not only as fuel, but also many other uses including a symbol of precious and good luck in the eyes of cattle herders .  

The above pictures show a very famous ancient Tibetan restaurant, using cow dung as wall decoration. 

Jokul's legend

In Tibetan, people believed in there are fairies living on the top of Jokuls. People pray and make wish while facing Jokuls. And I'm interested in the the similarity of the Jokuls and the Tibetan temples, houses, especially the Potala Palace.

Tibetan stone house generally are make of wood beams, wood columns and rafters. With Flat roof, wooden beams, pillars have bright colors together with stone walls supported the structure of the house. And glass windows were designed for effectively use of local full sun. The use of stone conform to the plateau harsh natural condition, agriculture production including , beliefs Lamaism and self-defense needs.

Windows generally are painted around in black  into a trapezoid, which is an imitation of the shape of horns with the role of evil.

elements in elevation

color under Tibetan sky

Tibetan architecture is colourful to an extent almost overwhelming to the first time visitor. Traditional symbolism of colour in Tibetan art and architecture relates each of the five colours: blue, white, red, green and yellow- to one of the five main elements. Blue symbolizes air or space, white symbolizes the Buddha-condition or absolute emptiness, red symbolizes fire, green symbolizes water and yellow symbolizes the earth. Especially white by interpretation symbolizes luck, gentleness, good fortune, and good deeds for the benefit of others. White makes people feel peaceful, clean and beautiful. The colour red symbolizes power, strength, dignity and honour in memory of religious leaders and heroes and consequently is more restricted. 

Tibetan Furniture

Tibetan Furniture vitality is evergreen, has a unique personality. Furniture personality, this is like the personality of furniture, furniture, personality is a reflection of personality. In the size of the Tibetan hotels, restaurants, teahouses, and the Tibetan people, Tibetan furniture, prominently marked in the Chao own personality. Tibetan furniture on the personality, the biggest feature is the three "real" - simple, strong and practical.

Simple: Tibetan Furniture in the form monotonous narrow range. Because most of the Tibetan people like to sit cross-legged on the floor, so there are no traditional Tibetan furniture, the benches, chairs, only boxes, cabinets and tables three categories. Tibetan furniture never like making a fuss in form, its form is not "beat around the bush", or rectangular or square. There is no "feet" for the box, there is no cassette for the table, the two are all cabinets. In the increasingly numerous types of furniture, Tibetan furniture, simple look cute.

Strong: the Tibetan furniture, cedar or common materials, mostly pine, require the use of rare furniture, carved hardwood plateau. As with all solid wood, so the selection of Tibetan furniture, the weight ratio of heavy plywood made modern furniture. In many Tibetan people, Tibetan box at home, the Tibetan cabinet less there are decades of history. Barkhor Tibetan furniture, many old houses in old age just like at home as long as the age.

 Practical:Tibetan Furniture space and more space, you can store the size of debris, so it need not worry about who it moved back home. Such as the Tibetan cabinet, more than one meter high, two door, two floors, the top layer can zoom in a small bowl, below the big box can hold clothes, quilts and so on. And hidden cabinets are usually two together, and now a popular combination of two and a half, the middle can be used as TV goes smaller cabinet, which can put a lot of things. Small size, "magnanimous" is not small, it makes up less monotonous style. 

In addition to the three "real" character, there is a feature of Tibetan furniture, calm yet lively. Boxy is calm, reflected in its lively colors and patterns on it. Tibetan furniture, the color just like a woman's skirt is so gorgeous pastoral. It is more choice of the background red, yellow and brown in three colors, as the color pattern matching and pattern style is even more enriched.

Tibetan furniture, patterns and more with religious overtones, a common pattern of "auspicious eight Swiss", "birthday chart" and so on. It is also unique in the decorative techniques, including painting, jewelry, mosaic, iron spike Edge and sculpture, mosaics and other animal skins. One of the most decorated ethnic characteristics of the way, when the number of skins mosaic. Into account the size of the bins used leopard third to one-fifth of a square leather pieces, set in the dark cabinet surface, simple and generous, wild and free. 

Environment, local culture key to Yushu reconstruction

The Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu is at the headwaters of three major rivers - the Yellow, the Yangtze and the Lancang rivers. As an important nature conservation area in China, Yushu's ecological system is pretty fragile.


Therefore, environmental protection and the maintenance of local traditions should be given priority in the reconstruction of earthquake-ravaged Yushu. And any good solution for Yushu's reconstruction should include due consideration of the natural and cultural characteristics there.The rebuilding process should be local and adaptive. In fact, local people know best,it is very important to draw from the experiences of the local Tibetan people who have inhabited the area for thousands of years.The reconstruction should take local residents' lifestyle and culture into account. And the style of the structures must be in line with Tibetan characteristics so that they can match the local culture and traditions.


With such a high altitude and comparatively low population density, the construction style and materials should be different from that normally adopted in third-tier cities.Using safer and environment-friendly materials should be a major issue for planners.



The reconstruction should be carried out with due concern for the prefecture's distinctive ethnic characteristics and geological conditions.

 As a part of plateau energy efficient building demonstration project, some decorative feature rich and environmentally friendly eco-energy saving building built in the Qinghai Lake. With full use of abundant local solar, wind, biomass and other renewable resources o effectively address the agricultural and pastoral areas of Qinghai Province with building energy efficiency and energy issues for the nomadic population in Qinghai Province, the construction in progress to improve the quality of pastoral life, providing a comprehensive eco-energy saving building system of the plateau.

        

                               The top energy-saving with solar collectors are fixed on every house.

anti earthquake building

There are two main types of anti-earthquake technology: "Quake resistance", which refers to strengthened columns, and using beams and walls designed to be resistant against quakes, and "seismic isolation" which are structures installed in foundations to absorb vibrations from the ground. If a building is directly connected to its foundations, it is also directly vulnerable to seismic vibrations. Seismic isolation structures are like a buffer that provides protection for the building. Illustrated are THK's quake-absorbing seismic isolation devices that use crossed LM Guides to greatly reduce the amount of vibration transmitted from the ground to the building above.

Single or two story wood-frame domestic structures built on a perimeter or slab foundation are relatively safe in an earthquake, but in many structures built before 1950 the sill plate that sits between the concrete foundation and the floor diaphragm (perimeter foundation) or studwall (slab foundation) may not be sufficiently bolted in. Additionally, older attachments (without substantial corrosion-proofing) may have corroded to a point of weakness. A sideways shock can slide the building entirely off of the foundations or slab.

Often such buildings, especially if constructed on a moderate slope, are erected on a platform connected to a perimeter foundation through low stud-walls called "cripple wall" or pin-up. This low wall structure itself may fail in shear or in its connections to itself at the corners, leading to the building moving diagonally and collapsing the low walls. The likelihood of failure of the pin-up can be reduced by ensuring that the corners are well reinforced in shear and that the shear panels are well connected to each other through the corner posts. This requires structural grade sheet plywood, often treated for rot resistance. This grade of plywood is made without interior unfilled knots and with more, thinner layers than common plywood. New buildings designed to resist earthquakes will typically use OSB (oriented strand board), sometimes with metal joins between panels, and with well attached stucco covering to enhance its performance. In many modern tract homes, especially those built upon expansive (clay) soil the building is constructed upon a single and relatively thick monolithic slab, kept in one piece by high tensile rods that are stressed after the slab has set. This poststressing places the concrete under compression - a condition under which it is extremely strong in bending and so will not crack under adverse soil conditions.

There are some anti earthquake materials could help to increase building's anti earthquake ability, such as Vibration damping mechanism and anti-earthquake wall material.

In some earthquake-prone countries and areas such as Japan,there are currently three main technologies aimed at making buildings earthquake-safe. The first is “quake- resistance”, which means making a building strong enough to withstand vibrations. The second is “vibration-damping”, which means incorporating damping elements into the structure to absorb vibrations. The third technology is “seismic isolation”, which employs inserted elements to isolate the building from its foundation in order to prevent vibrations from being transmitted directly to the building.

Rural Water Supply in Tibet

In Tibet, some area like the Shigatse region, the dry season can last seven to eight months and winter weather is extreme. Before the project began the water supply systems in villages were limited. Many villagers relied on polluted surface ponds, often located far from their homes. One or more members of a household (usually women or children) could spend large parts of their day collecting water for drinking and cooking. Often little water was left for bathing, laundering, growing vegetables or providing for the needs of stock. In these conditions the provision of reliable, readily accessible, and adequate supplies of water was a priority.

However, tap stands providing filtered water were built in villages, greatly reducing the distances water needed to be carried. Known as the ‘back-happy’ tap stands, the resting shelf and high tap make lifting and loading water containers much easier and reduce lower back problems.
Water and Primary Health Care for Tibetan Villagers

ruins in heaven

April 14, 2010, an earthquake registered a magnitude of 6.9Mw(USGS, EMSC) or 7.1M_s (CEA, CENC) originated in Yushu, Qinghai, China at 7:49 am local time. 

Homes have simply been erased; all that is left is a jumble of bricks and wood falling down the slopes. But for many in the area the damage to their culture is at least as painful as their homelessness and personal bereavement. "Of course I care about losing my grandchildren, but it's not so bad. The worst thing is the monastery," said Sonam Duden. "It's 800 years old, has so many treasures the monks and ordinary people all respect and protect. It is the most important thing for our lives."

At least 11 schools were destroyed in the earthquake.Over 85% of buildings in Gyegu, mostly of wood-earth construction, were destroyed, leaving hundreds trapped and thousands homeless.

The Yushu fault forms part of the Yushu-Garzê-Xianshuihe fault zone, one of the most active fault zones in eastern Tibet.