Xinrui. Cai - Architecture Portfolio 2022 - A4

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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ACTIVE & PASSIONATE DESIGNER

ANGEL. CAI

RYERSON UNIVERSITY

2017 - 2022

Bachelor of Architectural Science (BArchSc) - Architecture Concentration

Education Courses Taken (outside of the scope of designing):

XINRUI CAI (ANGEL CAI) RYERSON UNIVERSITY CURRENT STUDENT

TECHNICAL SKILLS • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Rhino Sketch-up Revit SimFlow (CFD) Therm Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Lumion D5 Davinci Resolve Microsoft Office Laser Cut 3D Print

CONTACT •

School Email: xinrui.cai@ryerson.ca

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Personal Email: 745175433@qq.com

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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/xinrui-cai

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Canadian number: +(1) 613-981-6186 Chinese number: +(86)151-1238-4026

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Structure Envelope System Sustainable Design Architecture History Architecture Theories Site Development Urban Planning Project Economics Feasibility Analysis

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Building Code Material Behavior Energy Efficiency Project Management Detailing Construction Document Acoustic Design Light Efficient Design Small Building Analysis

Work Experience Urbanus - Architecture& Design 2018 Summer Architecture & Urban Planning Research • •

Study the Existing condition of ShenZhen (China) Examine the potential of Futian CBD Architecture & Human Activity Research

Meng Architects

2020-2021

Shenzhen General Institute of Architecture Design and Research Co. Ltd

Architectural Intern • • • • •

Green Architecture Research High-rise Building Research Scientific & Technological data reports 3D model making Physical model making

Awards • • •

Won Northern American competition “Celebrating Art” - 2016 + 2017 Season Nomination for the Contemporary Good Design 2021 Santa Pvt Ltd. Architecture Competition Third Place - 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

2018 - 2021

ARCHITECTURE: • Rethinking Tradition

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• Urban Village Design for Community Living

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• A New Vision Of Public Library • Factory For Everyone

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URBAN PLANNING • Enjoying the Cool Under the Grass

‘Daily Daydreams’

-- Xinrui (Angel). Cai

15 - 20

2020 Winter

2020 Summer

Rethinking Tradition

YUPIANLOU ART CENTER “At the end of the wood was fountainhead of the stream. The fisherman beheld a hill, with a small opening from with issued a glimmer of light. He stepped ashore to explore the crevice...”

-- The Peach Blossom Spring YuanMing. Tao

FuJian, China

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The Yupianlou Art Center locates in one of the most historic towns in the world. A place with rich cultural and architectural legacies.

China is a place filled with ancient memories. As the city expands forward, rapid urbanization juxtaposes with ancient sites...rises both challenges and opportunities.

Surrounding Context

Ground Floor

Second Floor 2

The project aims to explore the relationship between cultural heritage and modern life.

The building was partly ruined through time. It is a living record that carries memory and legacy from the past.

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The project maintained most of the existing building elements such as rammed earth walls, bricks, tiles, and wooden structures.

4

2018 Winter

Urban Village Design for Community Living

A view looking up (Central Void)

Social Hub:

DENSITY AS POSSIBILITY Housing is tied to everyday needs and resources. As urban density increases, architects and urban planners have been pushing better alternatives for share living.

Toronto, ON Canada 5

Public Social Space [Second floor]

Study Space

Section A - A

Reading space & Book Storage

Section B - B

Public Social Space [Second floor]

6

2019 Winter, partner with Fan, Mo

A New Vision Of Public Library

IDEA EXCHANGE The library reflects the spirits of times and the possibilities of the future.

One believes the future of library design should shift from “collection” to social “connection”.

Toronto, ON Canada

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Model Study:

Active learning environment

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Design is guide by environmental studies:

Sun Study - Buildings:

Spring

Sun Study Sun - Building Study - Building & Site: & Site:

Summer

Fall

Winter

Spring

Fall

Spring

Fall

Summer

Summer

Winter

Winter

Wind Rose 10AM - 8PM:

Psychrometric Chart:

20% comfort - Seated - Spring

20% comfort - Standing - Spring

20% comfort - Seated - Summer

20% comfort - Standing - Summer

Wind Rose - Spring

Wind Rose - Fall

Elevation:

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Architecture Model:

“Parti” Drawings & Diagrams

“Parti” Drawings & Diagrams

Solid and Void:

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•Indoor & Outdoor •Above to below •Connection with site

•Indoor & Outdoor •Above to below •Connection with site

Sectional relationship - Creates connection from multiple levels

Sectional relatio

Exterior Experience:

Interior Experience:

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North Pole 13

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Group Work, 2021 Summer with Zhiji Gou; Jin Zhang; XinTong Li

Enjoying the Cool Under the Grass

禾下乘凉梦， 稻生海田边 “I have always had two dreams: The first dream is to pursue high yield and higher yield of rice; the second dream is having hybrid rice planted throughout the globe.”

-- Yuan Longping The father of hybrid rice

Sea Level Rise and The Increase of Saline alkali Land

The Total Amount of Water On Earth

Sea-water - 97.2%

Land-water - 2.8%

Land water - Usable & Unusable Water

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Unusable water - 87% (Glacier, Ice Sheet, Permafrost)

Usable water for Human - 0.26%

The Increase of Population and World Hunger Unusable water - 87% (Glacier, Ice Sheet, Permafrost)

Usable water for Human - 0.26%

Cultivated Land Area per Capita

Yinkou, HaiNan, China

Sea-water - 97.2%

Land-water - 2.8%

Land water - Usable & Unusable Water

The Total Amount of Water On Earth

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

Cultivated Land Area

1999

2001

2003

*Most drawings included in this project are produced by the author.

Crops productions

2005

2007

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

Site Analysis: Yinkou ,HaiNan, China Local farmer were forced to leave their home in order to survive

The increase of saline alkali land on shore

Crops cannot survive in high-salinity environment

Rising sea level

Sea water intrusion

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Living Unite:

Research Center:

Skylight

Seeds Path

Seeds Transporter

Testing Area

Plants Observation Vertical Circulation

Living Unite A

Idea Exchange

Social Area Vertical Circulation

Underground Social Spaces:

Living Unite

Social Stage Large Seating Social Platform Stairs

Research Center

Seating Social Platform Stairs

Living Unite

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Exploded Axonometric + Underground Social Spaces:

Hybird Rice ‘Island’

Salt Concentration Level A Salt Concentration Level B Salt Concentration Level C Salt Concentration Level D

Vertical Circulation Hybird Rice Testing Field Testing Field A Testing Field B Testing Field C Testing Field D Testing Field E Testing Field F Testing Field G

Large Seating Research Center

Water Storage + Testing Land

Seating Stairs Farm Land Main Street

Social + Learning Platform

Living Unite

Three Type of Unites

Large Seating Social Platform

Seeds Shop Research Center Living Unite

Living Unite

Living Unite Large Seating Social Platform

Underground Social Spaces

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Land-use and its growing process: Land A

Land E

Land A

Land E

Land A

Land E

Land A

Land E

Water storage

Land C

Land G

Land C

Land G

Land C

Land G

Land C

Land G

Water storage

Land D

Land H

Land D

Land H

Land D

Land H

Land D

Land H

Land B

Land F

Land B

Land F

Land B

Land F

Land B

Land F

Seawater Hybrid Rice: F2 F1 x

Heterotic gene through GradePool-Seq mapping informs rice-improvement

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Core backbone germplasm

Eliminating hybrid weakness lines

Seawater hybrid rice can improve farm yields and turned implantable shores into soil rice land.

Other germplasm resources

Improve F1 line compared with core backbone germplasm

Molecular

Maker-assisted selection

It also has the power to naturalize saline-alkali land, besides seawater hybrid rice has the ability to survive in extreme environments, including deserts.

F2

GPS approach

Superior alleles Elite inbred variety

Experimental Site NO.1 Global Context

In recent years, the number and proportion of hungry people in the world have risen sharply, and have greatly exceeded the global population growth rate.

+ Local Issue

Arable land is disappearing on a large scale due to soil salinization.

It forced farmers to move to cities in order to gain income and survive.

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New experimental saline-alkali-tolerant rice field planning strategy to provide jobs and economical boots for all farmer; aiming to attract and maintain rural population in relation to local economy growth.

Watering system

Cotton

Red Bean

Green Peas

Raisin

Chickpea Sugar Bean

The increase of food production on naturalized saline-alkali Land

Rice

Future Outlook:

Asian Continent

Pumpkin

Potato

Corn

Sweet Potato

Tomato

Strewberry

Carrots

Almond

Salin-alkili Land around The World The increase of Salin-alkili land Sea-level Rise Sea-level Rise and the Impack of Salinity on Soil

North American

Salin-alkili Land around The World The increase of Salin-alkili land Sea-level Rise Sea-level Rise and the Impack of Salinity on Soil

Retaining and Attracting Residents in Rural Areas Seawater hybrid rice is not only a solution for global food security. It can also reduce food migration and provides job opportunities in rural areas.

This new way of farming creates a resilient agricultural structure with stable economic profits. It has the potential to retaining and attracting new residents to stay and continue to develop in the rural area.

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THANK YOU Hope you enjoyed my architecture journey

"Architecture is the thoughtful making of space" -- Louis Kahn

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely." -- Henry Ford