LIST OF WORK

1/WINGS OF WONDER
2/REBIRTH OF BAMBOO
3/A CRACK IN SPACE AND TIME
4/PUPPET ART DRAMA THEATER
5/ROBOTANICA 
6/WATER SOURCE HEAT PUMP














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A CRACK IN SPACE AND TIME
“Capturing cosmic echoes through the rift of fiction, re-energizing the urban memory.”

Science Fiction Archive Architectural Design
March - October 2023
Birkenhead, England, UK
Individual work

Key Words:

BIPV
Active Fissure
Narrative Infrastructure
Within the urban fabric of Birkenhead, UK, I have crafted an apparatus that exists beyond its own time: a Science Fiction Archive and Research Center. The project's design philosophy aims to "capture" spacetime and energy on both physical and narrative levels. Inspired by John Wyndham's sci-fi classic, The Day of the Triffids, I deconstructed and reassembled the novel's narratives of light and shadow, collapse, and connectivity using Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory, imparting an unstable, dynamic rhythm to the architecture.

As a narrative anchor for Birkenhead’s transition from industrial decay to a digital future, this project redefines urban infrastructure. The geometric protrusions derived from the surface of the cracks use a Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) system to provide a steady stream of life support for this sanctuary that guards fictional memories. By converting historical "negentropy" into future energy through the "Rift Apparatus," it injects surreal vitality into the city, transforming stagnant memories into a dynamic, energy-generative lifeform.


Tectonic Energy Capture
The core breakthrough of the design is the translation of the physical concept of "cosmic cracks absorbing transformation energy". The core feature of the building is the vertically running "Energy Rift". This structure serves as both the visual anchor and a functional component based on the concept of "cosmic energy absorption." The crystalline protrusions rising from this rift carry a dual mission: they function as high-efficiency solar photovoltaic arrays and as a physical manifestation of a "Cosmic Rift." These structures act as conduits, absorbing and transforming energy from the environment.

Location & Space Function and Layout




Architecture Generation and Massing

Spatial Layout Concept


Building Drawing


Section drawing



Design Results