Xinyi_Liu_Portfolio2024

Xinyi Liu PORTFOLIO

Email: xl3339@columbia.edu Tel: +1 9176028096

Xinyi Liu

+1 9176028096 xl3339@columbia.edu

NY, NY Junior Level Designer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/xinyi-liu-6469aa291/

Education Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation(GSAPP)

The 4th Hunan Dreamers Construction Festival (HunanPlanning Bureau) (Province Level) May 2023 — May 2024

M.S.Advanced Architectural Design Hunan University

September 2018 — May

Bachelor of Architecture, Gpa 3.6(4.0)

May 2021

Teamwork: A construction project for Changsha Special Education School. Led modeling, drafting, and designing physical construction details. "The Glowing Ears”, First Prize

The Second Virtual Design Competition-Mars Virtual Design Competition (National Level)

October 2020 — January 2021

Teamwork: Led the modeling, drafting, and Storyboards narrating. “Seeker”, Second Prize

Internship HuaLu Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd

June 2022 — August 2022

1. Assisted in research, technical drawings, and rendering for the Hubei Central Control Room project.

Certification & Association LEED Green Associate

July 2024

Student Union of Hunan University 2. Designed facades and elevations for diverse factory structures, ensuring compliance with client requirements.

October 2020 — October 2022

Head of Practice Department; Organized and led a field trip (200 students in scale), Rural Practice Design Competition, book club, podcast, and other events to cultivate a vibrant campus life..

3. Employed Revit to facilitate seamless communication and collaboration among departments.

Swimming Team of School of Architecture, HNU

September 2018 — September 2020

Team Leader; Oraganized weekly exercise.

Design Competitions & Awards SKYRISE 2022 International Architecture Competition (Impact Design Competitions) (International Level)

Volunteer of Hunan Art Museum October 2022 — January 2023

Individual, “Vertical Street Fair”, Best Creative Award

Supported curation of the exhibitions.

Skills

Individual, “Purge Island”, Best Student Award Design Competition for Street Around (Urban Planning & Design Institution of Shenzhen) (National Level)

October 2019 — October 2020

September 2022 — December 2022

Rhino Revit AutoCad Grasshopper

Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premiere Pro

V-ray Enscape Hand Drawing Model Making

CONTENT

01 Soft Blind Barcelona Rooftop Renovation Design

02 The Living Armory Armory Renovation and Extreme Scale Design

03 Rising Wings Arena Large-Span Architectural - Stadium Design

04 1884 Complex Residential Complex Deisgn after Epidemic

05 Harbour O Macau Waterfront Design

06 Other Works Competition, Construction, Models and Drawings

Farmer's Market

Herb Garden

Exhibition Playground

Stage Leisure Rooftop Movie

01 Soft Blind

Barcelona Rooftop Renovation Design

Reusing Rooftops Barcelona 2024 International Competiotion ( In Collaboration with Simin She) Roles: Architecture Design, Modeling, Diagrams Softwares: Rhino, Grasshopper, Enscape, Revit, CAD, Site: Eixample, Barcelona

Soft Blind [soft space arrangement] [soft sensation during extreme weather] [soft connection between species] Green space is highly valued in Barcelona due to the city's dense urban environment and increased tourist activity. This shared usage between tourists and residents limits green space access for citizens. The proximity of Eixamples makes it difficult for senior citizens and those with limited mobility to access these spaces, especially considering Barcelona's aging population. Additionally, the separation of residential areas from green spaces limits outdoor community activities.

Barcelona’s Mediterranean climate, characterized by severe droughts and high temperatures from June to August, exacerbates these issues, making distant green spaces less accessible during summer. Climate projections indicate that these conditions will worsen, impacting biodiversity and human well-being.

The Eixample district, with buildings over 50 years old, offers an opportunity to repurpose rooftop spaces to address these challenges. Our proposal introduces flexible, easy-to-install features inspired by traditional local sunshades—lightweight screens made of interwoven wooden reeds. The "soft blind" is a new facade element that functions as both a roof and a partition, adaptable to different seasonal needs, enhancing rooftop flexibility.

Barcelona Whole Year Dry Bulb Temperature

Eixample District Rooftop Prototype Plan Arrangement Mild, Wet Winter (Indoor Restaurant, Greenhouse Farming, Hot Tub)

Hot, Dry Summer (Outdoor Restaurant, Container Farming, Pool)

The design includes various space modules combining blinds and wooden structures to support diverse activities in Eixample communities. These modules create vibrant spaces such as outdoor movie areas, sunbathing zones, festival performance spaces, farmers' markets, herb gardens, tomato greenhouses, water collection systems, and bird nests. Connected by walking paths, these spaces encourage physical activity and enhance community wellness and local biodiversity. The design also considers accessibility for senior citizens, promoting active lifestyles.

The soft blind offers a simple, adaptable typology applicable to every rooftop in the Eixample district. By choosing and placing modules based on preferences and roof conditions, we create opportunities for human and ecological interactions, strengthening community bonds and enhancing urban life in Barcelona.

Wooden and Blind Structure

Blind Vertical Position

Blind Pulled Up Position

FLEXIBLE EXHIBITION SPACE

MULTI-FUNCTION STAGE

TOMATO CONVERTIBLE GREEN HOUSE

Contemporary exhibition, allowing different sizes/ forms of exhibit.

Before the show, the blind would keep vertical and act like a stage curtain.

After frost season: late April, allowing the tomatoes gain more heat and sun-pouring during the day, and offering opportunity for natural watering

Enjoy the leisure time alone, reading, dringking, maditating. Blinds creates semi-private space.

After the exhibition, bicycles and people can walk through.

During the show, the blind would keep pulled up so as not to distract the audience.

During frost season: February - March,the unique detail of the transparent membrane blind allow fully enclose during Barcelona’s frost season, protect the tomatoes seed from low soil temperature.

Pool party! Using the water from rainwater gathering and filtration system.

From another rooftop's perspective view

BATH

HANGING INSECT HOTEL

1. SOIL 180MM FOR GRASS PLANTING 2. WATER RETENTION 3. FILTER FABRIC 5. INSULATION 6. DRINAGE MAT 7. AIR VAPOR RETARDER 8. BUILD-UP 9. CONCRETE EXISTING SLAB

An insect habitat blind, easily made with local bamboo, is environmentally friendly and lowcost. It provides a home for pollinators, creating an eco-cycle on the roof.

HANGING BIRD NEST A great habitat for the European goldfinch and greenfinch, which are non-migratory long-term neighbors of humans, but are undergoing a serious decline. They nest at rooftop height.

The hanging bird nest can be easily installed and removed, with drainage included, and won't be harmful to the parapet wall.

Outdoor Movie: The three-meter gap between the rooftop platforms creates steps for the sitting area and a nice form for the movie.

WATER-GATHERING A rooftop water gathering and filtration system efficiently collects rainwater, filters out impurities, and provides water to roof planters.

Temporary Exhibiton: The community could hold a temporary local art show by hanging art pieces on the wooden blind.

02 The Living Armory

Armory Renovation and Extreme Scale Design

GSAPP Academic Studio Design Work ( In Collaboration with Preethi Ganesh) Roles: Architecture Design, Sustainability Design, Rendering, Technical Drawings (Floor Plans)

Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, ladybug, Enscape, CAD Site: Kingsbridge Armory, Bronx Sep.-Dec. 2023 Instructor : Laurie Hawkinson

Jerome Park Reservoir

What if the Armory could Bring the Outside in?

The kingsbridhe High School

What if the armory could bring the outside in?

Imagine a sanctuary where the boundary between exterior and interior dissolves, revealing a harmonious coexistence between nature and architecture.

“The Living Armory” is an architectural endeavor that transforms the conventional notion of an armory into a dynamic living space.

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Three unconditioned vessels, inspired by organic forms, serve as immersive outdoor environments, blurring the boundaries between nature and architecture.

These vessels act as extensions of the surrounding conditioned spaces, creating a seamless transition between the built environment and the outdoors.

The upper floor becomes a canvas for the unpredictable, allowing the outside city elements to infuse the spaces with life and spontaneity. Through our proposal, imagine open adaptable areas that respond to the pulse of the city, harmoniously integrating the energy of the streets with the tranquility of the surrounding natural vessels.

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Sports Block Swimming pool (pool + deck): 1500 m2 Dancing: 1000 m2 Sports: 1000 m2 Locker rooms + showers: 500 m2

Inside Market

Event Entrance

Programs Outside Stage Outside Cafe Library

Health Care Waiting rooms + medical cubicles: 1000 m2

Other Offices: 500 m2

Outside Play Outside Market

Cultural Block Art studios: 1000 m2 Exhibition: 1000 m2 Library: 1000 m2 Theatre: 1000 m2 Outside Market Collective Café / living (‘3rd space’): 1000 m2 Restaurant: 500 m2 Large event space 3,000+/people

Pool

Offices

Art Studios

Market Entrance

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Theather Entrance

Main Entrance

Ground Floor Plan

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Basketball courts

Dancing Room

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Art Studios Ground Floor

Exhibition

Perspective View of the " Think" Vessel From the open parking lot, visitors could see and approach the giant, bright center cafe vessel and access the sports area.

Underground Floor

Flexible Activities

Perspective View of the " Perform" Vessel Open performance will be held in the perform vessel, other close performs and practice rooms are placed around this vessel.

Top Level

theather

Exploded Model Analysis

Perspective Views of the Vessels at Night The vessels will be lit at night, and special events, such as discos and dancing events, will be held for locals and visitors to enjoy on the informal floor.

Big Trusses

Informal Plane

Sustainability Analysis of the Vessels Formal Programs Summer: Stack effect

Winter: Greenhouse

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03 Rising Wings Arena

Large-Span Architectural - Stadium Design

Academic Studio Work ( In Collaboration with Xinmin Liu) Roles: Architecture Design, Modeling, Rendering, Plan Drawings Softwares: Rhino, Grasshopper, Enscape, Revit, CAD, Site: Changsha, China Sep.-Dec. 2022

Formation

Ascend Stadium: Where Sport Meets Sky Function "An eagle soars in the vast sky, fish swim in shallow waters, myriad beings compete freely under the frosty heavens."

The gymnasium is a place where students exert themselves, build their physical strength, and showcase the beauty of youthful athleticism. We aspire to provide a bright, lively, and comfortable space for sports activities, meeting the flexible needs of integrated teaching and providing ease of use for everyone.

Rest Room

Teaching and Research

Locker Room Fitness Room

Sports Scoring Room

Event Room

With its northern face against the Yuelu Mountain and southern view of the Hohai Lake, the gymnasium enjoys a favorable natural environment nestled between mountains and lakes.

The overall design of the venue is abstracted from seagulls in nature, with the main arena resembling the body of a seagull and the auxiliary facilities on either side representing its wings.

Rest Room Pantry Room

Competition Athletes' loungen

Gym Event Room

Equipment Room

Staircases

VIP Room Rest Room

Offices

The design of the terrain mimics the posture of a seagull, with variations in elevation on the two wings suggesting the bird poised for flight or returning to rest.

Infirmary

Public Activities

Event / Competition Room

Functional Facilities

Vertical Circulation

White metal roof panels (Purlin structure omitted)

Anti-impact translucent material

Three independent lattice shell structures Side high window/grid shell connection hanging Roof trusses and prefabricated integrated gutters Main roof truss support (The lower beam resists lateral thrust)

Main Stadium Game Perspective

All glass curtain wall

The grid shells on the north and south sides

All glass curtain wall

Section 1-1

First Floor Plan

South Elevation

West Elevation

04 1884 Complex

Residential Complex Design after Epidemic

Academic Studio Work Roles: Architecture Design, Modeling, Rendering, Section Softwares: Rhino, Grasshopper, Enscape, Lummion, CAD, Site: Changsha, China Sep.-Dec. 2021

Sharing Level by Level Public Space

During the period of home isolation prompted by the epidemic, people's yearning for social interaction, exchange of information with the outside world, and the need for external validation to ascertain their own stability are continually heightened. However, in today's densely populated urban environments, these needs often go unmet.

The solution I propose involves the creation of hierarchical public spaces within a compact square area. By exploring a range of public spaces of varying sizes and catering to different capacities, we can address these needs and adapt to the challenges posed by the epidemic. Implementing a "levelby-level defense" interactive activity space allows us to facilitate interactive communication throughout various stages of isolation.

The 'out' space integrates site analysis and laneway prototype extraction to establish a tiered park with varied elevations, accompanied by larger-scale activity areas such as canteens, restaurants, and vegetable plots, essential during epidemics.

1. Isolation due to epidemic, craving for social interaction

2. High density housing

3. Simple and limited spatial potential

4. Lack of sharing/ gathering/ public area

5. Village neighborhood space

6.Taditional lane space

7.Insert various sharing activities/ space

8. Convert some private space into semi-public/sharing.

The 'in-between' space, informed by crowd analysis, aims to foster a multi-generational, interdependent community structure. Based on group dynamics, households are categorized into units: '8' denotes that every eight households correspond to 1 'in-between' space, while '4' indicates that every four households correspond to 1'in-between' space

Plans

Plaza

Parking

Property Office

Parking Hotel

3rd Floor

Parking Storage Plaza Storage

Entrance

Sunken Plaza Climbing Shop

Children Playground Shops

Shops

Shop 2nd Floor

Entance

Shop Shop

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24 mm silver fir, pre-grayed with silicate coating 24 mm battens;40 mm ventilatedcavity

horizontal fire barrier of 3mm corten steel sheet

facade behind sliding shutter:8 mm laminate board

27/50 mm battens

sliding shutter:500mm silver fir,in frame of steel

8 mm toughenedglass safetybarrier

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05 Harbour O

Macau Waterfront Design

Individual Academic Work April.-Jun. 2020 Site: Macau Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Enscape, CAD Advisor: Suqi Jiang

Formation

1. Site Location

2. Water Pollution

3. Biological Treatment

The port is located in the southernmost part of Macau, where residents have ease access.

Due to the problem of backfill and sewage discharge, the water pollution in the port area is severe.

Plant aquatic plants to improve water quality and form clean zones and transition zones.

4. Current Situation

5. Rebuild the Coast

6. Three Loops

The harbor is not working now and has been used as a negative parking lot for years.

A park and the main plaza are decided to be welldesigned to attract residents to come and stay.

Based on the simple and elegant shape, three loops with different functions are put on the sea.

7. Better Views for the Restaurant

8. Create a Bridge for Canoes

9. Reduce Sunlight for Sunbath

To provide better sea views for customers, Lift one side of the big loop. The shape also recalls the graceful waves.

Consider the primary function of the second loop is to store canoes and let them pass by, lifting 1/3 of the surface to make way.

The Sunbath area needs adequate but not too much sunlight. Lift part of the cover to creat shade for more activities.

Add Fun into Water Treatments Macau is one of the wealthiest cities in the world, relying on its casino industry, and its modern lifestyle, highquality shopping experience, and diverse cultures attract millions of travelers to visit it every year. Despite the fact that it is well known as a paradise for tourists, Macau offers little social space for its local residents to enjoy.

Harbour O is an innovative port generation project aimed at transforming under-employed docksides and polluted water into an open, fun plaza where residents can experience a great deal of socially interactive programs.

Harbour O contains three building units -- a restaurant, an ingredient-selecting island, and a bathhouse. Besides a soothing bath experience, residents could take part in seafood breeding, harvesting, and selecting and finally enjoy a fresh and delectable feast that comes straight out of the sea.

Under Water Structure and Seafood Breeding Methods

1. Base plate made of lightweight composite material, each module is a 1/12 ring.

2. Each base module consists of panels - steel brackets airbags.

3. The skeleton is formed by steel and the airbag combination.

4. In order to be firm, upper and lower double-layer steel ribs are adopted.

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9.Gallery&Exhibition

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2.Out door Dining Area

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19.Seating

4.Serving Counter

12.Box

20.Shallow Pool

5.Open Kitchen

13.Canoe Storage

21.Pool

6.Staff Only

14.Dive Storage

22.Sauna

7.Closed Kitchen

15.Locker Room

23.Vending

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5. A breeding net can be hung on the bottom iron frame to breed shellfish and shrimp.

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Cement Self-leveling 4mm Protective membrane 1.5mm Plastic film seal 120mm thermal insulation vapour barrier 90mm Reinforced Concrete Structural Slab 10.800

Steel Structure & Ceilings

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Floating Equipment & Structure

Layer Analysis of Structure

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Outdoor Bath Perspective

Swimming Pool Perspective

Marine Waste Disposal Skyscraper Design

Purge Island

Individual International Competition Work SKYRISE 2022 Competiton Best Creative Award Apr.- Jun. 2022 Advisor : Ting Song

Software: Rhino, CAD, AI, PS, Enscape, Vray, Grasshopper

Eco - deck Perspective Survived wildlife comes out of the indoor habitats to take a walk and enjoy the fresh air.

Core Area Perspective Offer various pubic activities to encourage different groups to communicate and share space.

Main Tank Perspective Survived marine wildlife lives in the big tank to rehabilitate while tourists could interact with them.

Section Design

Shuncheng Street Renovation and Ceremony Design

Citywall Fair

Individual Competition Work 'Celebrate! Bravo! Cheer!' Summer Workshop Aug.- Oct. 2022 Site: Xi'an citywall Professor: Jennifer Birkeland

Software: Rhino, CAD, AI, PS, Enscape, Vray, Grasshopper Prize: Design Competition for Street Around Best Creative Award

Moon Festival's Celebration Image

Enemy Broadcasting Station

Moon Tower

Division Curtain

Bicycle Rack

Ceremony Fair

Entrance

Individual GSAPP Academic Work Jun.- Aug. 2023 Site: Kensington Professor: Fuminori Nousaku, Mio Tsuneyama Software: CAD, Rhino, Enscape, AI, PS,GIS

Soil- Friendly Cohousing Community and Small Scale Design

Multi-Storage

[Gardening Tool Storage]

[Compost] Compost is decomposed organic material.

Compost is made with material such as leaves, shredded twigs, and kitchen scraps from plants.

Menu

[Compost Toilet] A composting toilet is a device that turns solid waste into compost. It creates an oxygen-rich environment enabling aerobic bacteria to break down waste.

[Rain Water Storage] Catch Rain water using a chain and save the water for the gardenings and other plants.

[Garden Watering Sy

Use the storage rainwat

[Plant Septic tank] A septic tank is a buried, watertight tank designated and constructed to receive and partially treat raw domestic sanitary wastewater.

[Gravel Shed Foundation] Gravel shed foundations make it much easier for water to escape into the ground compared to a concrete slab. Water will move away from shed and the runners it sits on.

1-1 Section

Step 1 Step 6

Step 2

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[Solar Panel]

Step 3

Step 4

[Outdoor Stone Oven]

Mycelium Lifecycle

Neighbors could cook and share pizza and beer around the outdoor stone oven which uses timber as energe.

[Mycelium Wall Construction]

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Storage

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Mycelium Wall Construction

Highrise Design Group Academic Work Role: Model, Grasshopper Facade Design, Section Drawings

RE-THINKING BIM Group Academic Work Role: Revit model, Grasshopper Facade Design

The 4th Hunan Dreamers Construction Festival “The Glowing Ears”, First Prize Team Leader: modeling and drafting, construction detail design Model