Jiahui Chu

Jiahui Chu is a Chinese designer, she likes to challenge herself and she also enjoys trying things she has not done before. So, her projects include interior design, furniture design, and installation design.

Jiahui Chu completed her BA in Interior Design at Hebei University and the University of Central Lancashire (2016-2020). After that, she worked for a museum design studio in Beijing, focusing on exhibition design for museums in northern China.

"Challenge" - That is why Jiahui Chu chose the SuperRuse Platform. In SuperRuse Platform, she has explored the contrasting relationship between ruin and new use. Then, she developed a proposal to transform the ruin of Nettleham Hall, Lincoln, UK - Domestic Archaeological Museum.

“Lincoln was the center for a large Medieval pottery industry which flourished from the 9th to the 15th century. ”

The site of the ruin is proposed as a Domestic Archaeological Museum. Visitors can view domestic pottery artifacts from Lincoln, while they will know the ruins' past experiences through the long journey.

Over the past few months, I have focused on my response to the ruins, which is also the concept of a Domestic Archaeological Museum. I have been thinking about how to insert the new order into the disordered ruins.

Missing - Unbalanced - Disordered / "New Leg" - Balanced - New Ordered – A flower pot without one leg will no longer be balanced. It is called disordered. Given it a "New Leg", the flower pot can balance and stand up again. It is called ordered.

Flower pot with a new leg – Disordered Flower Pot / "New Leg" / New Order

Site Analysis

"Entrance" changed – Original Entrance - The original entrance to the Nettleham Hall is located on the east side of the building, which has been in a state of ruins since the fire. "Entrance" changed - Visitors cannot distinguish the original use of the Nettleham Hall and do not know where the real entrance is. Everything becomes incomplete, so the entrance for visitors to enter the interior of the building has also changed

Lost in ruin

North - Sourth Service Corridor

Disordered Space – The ruin is a disordered Space, give it a new order.

The British archaeological collections consist of artifacts collected within the historic County of Lincolnshire through systematic archaeological fieldwork and through casual finds made by members of the public.