UNSW__Jiajun Xiao__Portfolio by Ken Shaw

Session 2016 - 2019

University of New South Wales - M.A. Architecture 2016-2019

Opera House 2017, Sydney, Australia

My second hometown, Sydney, is an inclusive and multi-cultural city. I am familiar with diversity, and I like diversity.

JIAJUN XIAO

Hello, my name is Jiajun Xiao (KenShaw) and I was borned and raised in China. I have finished both Master and Bachelor degree of architecture in the Univeristy of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. This experience had shown me how to respect and enjoy cultural differences. It was an amazing journey to widden my horizon, which gave me a rare opportunity to know about architecture and design in a perfect system. This period helped me to improve and refine my critical thinking, theoretical knowledges and design skills.

About my personal interests, I am a passionate about photography and the power of visual arts, as much as in architecture and design. Moreover, I have strong curiosity in different local cultures and lifestyles. It helps me to open my mind to absorb new knowledges. Traveling is an indivisible part in my life, which is the combination of my two main interests, photography and architecture.

The following is a created collection of architectural, design and personal work which reflects my passion of creation and ambition to convert that passion into meaningful contents. As my lecturer Glenn Murcutt said 'You must put your work first effort, sencond love, and third of suffering'.

Sincerely

PHOTO: Hyde Park Sydney Summer 2017

EDUCATION

March, 2017 - December, 2019

March,2016 - December, 2017

March,2014 - November, 2015

University of New South Wales / Sydney, NSW, Australia. Master of Architecture / M.Arch.

University of New South Wales / Sydney, NSW, Australia. Bachelor of Architecture / B.Arch.

University of New South Wales / Sydney, NSW, Australia. Foundation Studies of Design Stream,

September,2010 - November, 2013 Foshan No'1 High School / Foshan, Guangdong, China. Senior High school Curriculum,

September,2010 - November, 2013 Foshan Huaying School / Foshan, Guangdong, China. Junior Secondary Curriculum,

WORK EXPERIENCE

December, 2019 - March, 2020

May, 2020 - August, 2020

August, 2020 - April, 2024

COMPUTER SKILLS

LANGUAGES

Heyday Wedding Photography / Sydney, NSW, Australia. Graphic Design,Photography Colorist,

Engineering / Foshan, Guangdong. China. Assistant, Capol / Shenzhen, Guangdong. China. Architect,

bicc / Shenzhen, Guangdong. China. Design Director,

SkethUp

V-ray

AutoCad

Lumion 3D

Photoshop

MS Office

Indesign

Revit

Premiere Pro Rhinoceros

Midjouney

Stable Diffusion

Cantonese Madarin

English

"Life is not about maximizing everything, it's about giving something backlike light, space, form, serenity, joy. You have to give something back."

- Glenn Murcutt

DRAWING: Sydney Opera House, Summer 2017

1 ETHIC winter 2019

ARCHITECTURE pg.1-14

2 BAMBOO winter 2019

MUSEUM

3 winter 2019

SPATIALISATION winter 2019

ARCHITECTURE pg. 29-40

4 HORIZON winter 2019

ARCHITECTURE pg.15-28

ARCHITECTURE pg.41-54

SKETCHING pg. 55-58

6 MURCURTT winter 2019 PHOTOGRAPHY pg. 59-60

ETHIC WORKSHOP CENTER

' How can the Ethic Workshop Centre help to solve the public mental health issues in the Bondi local community? '

New forms of the vision' Love over hate 'by Wayside will be in troduced. Sharing reflects inclusiveness and respects human dign ity. Therefore, sharing skills and producing affordable hand-made everyday items for community are the main approaches to help with local mental health issues. It can improve the social connection of Bondi local community and also offer opportunities to learn skills whichcanhelppeoplewhoneedhelpstoreintegrateintothesocietyquick er. Itaims to create the virtuous cycle to share and helps in the next 50 years.skills which can help people to reintegrate into the society and find jobs. Thus, it can create the virtuous cycle to share and help each other in the next 50 years plan.

Wayside Church View

Childcare Area

Office Lobby

The Ethic Workshop Center locates nearby the famous Bondi Beach. The ground floor plan was designed to attract tourists on the main street which is Roscot Street. Thus, building was pushed back to set the market and garden area to welcome the people flow. Reception and the elevator lobby were located in the middle of the building, so that it can offer two clear seperated volumns for different functions.

1. Wayside Cafe

2. Kitchen / Restroom

3. Reception/ Entrancre

4. Showroom / Exhibition Area

5. Market / Garden

[ ground floor plan ]

building form strategies ]

1 Create

Push back to attract visitors on the street

3 Interact

Interact vistors by merging two volumns.

2 Seperate

Seperate the center into two parts according to activities

4 Strengthen

Applying the commual part to strengthen interaction

[ diagrammatic process ]

WAYSIDE CHURCH

[ program axonometric ]

Different floors of the building are set for different functions, such as public, workshop, relaxing, education,childcares level. This gesture aims to offer various experiences for specific groups of people, so that it can maximize the influences among the Bondi commnity. Furthermore, these levels are intersected which can help the communications between diffenent groups of people.

CHILDREN SPACE

SHOWROOM

RESTAURANT

GREEN GARDEN

FURNITURE WORKSHOP

WAYSIDE CAFE

[ short sectional perspective ]

Showroom / Exhibition Area

Workshop / Studio

Wayside Chapel 4. Weaving workshop 5. Childcare space 6. Reading area 7. Floral workshop 8. Lounge 9. Restaurant

[ weaving workshop perspective ]

[sectional model]

[section perspective]

[detail perspective]

[front perspective]

02. BAMBOO CENTER FOR RAW IMPACT

' How to assist the poorest rural communities by hands on building projects including schools, community buildings, housing as well as providing education for teachers, agricultural projects health, sanitation and water resources '

The Chalnea workshop design bases on the Khmer Village lifestyle, nature environment and climate system in Combodia. The main concept is designing a community service centre like a “home” in the village. It not only improves the passion of workers, but also provide opportunities to educate and entertain.

The inItial idea is to build simple open structure and space, which can create relationships between the local environment and humankind culture. Furthermore, curvy bamboo structure represent the material life meanings. It create the sense of walking in the forest. In conclusion, the workshop represent a “home” of the village, not only for works, but for live.

PHNOM PENH

[ phonm penh cargo shipping route]

BAMBOO CENTER

The site located on the EPM land which is owned by RAW IMPACT. It is near the capital city of Cambodia, Phonom Penth. The main transport on Cambodia are ships and car.Bamboo produced by the factory will shipped to Thailand and Vietnam by trucks Furthermore, if take the bamboo to Phom Penh,it will takearound 20 minutes car and 30 minutes ships.

Reast area perspective

Curvy bamboo structure represents the ‘life’ meaning of bamboo. Building should respect material itself. Moreover, it makes the sense of walking in the bamboo forest.

Long eave roof and corridor system can get rid of harmful sunlight from the north side. On the other hand, trees in the west and east offers protection from the sun as well. Open structure ensure the air flow in the building. It shows that the building respects local climate.

Cambodia is Buddhism country. The gesture of ascending platform respects the temple culture in Cambodia. Platform also can offer different sense of viewing angle.

Sturcture connection

Repeating bamboo structure emphasis the connection between dam, courtyard and the forest. It can make workers and visitors feel the site through this direct approach easily.

Low wall Entrance

Low corrugated stone walls offer the connection between exterior and interior. Beautiful surrounding environment can be fused with the visiting experience.

Entrance is blocked by trees. It can minimise the impact of the factory to the local environment in the visual way. It tries to blend buildings into the forest.

U shape plan creates country yard space which can offer the transition area through workers and public. This can definitely improve the passion of workers like working in home. Rest area does the same function.

Connecting point

Connecting point is the place for public resting. It shows connection through courtyard, factory and education spaces at the same time.

system

Corridor system direct the workers and visitors clearly. Simple walkway with different experiences is enough for working and visiting function.

housing area

1. Entrance

Rest area

Workshop / Studio

Education / Classroom

Office

01 Manufacture procress

[ long section

[ long elevation

courtyard workshop

[ short section BB' drawing ]

[ long section CC' drawing ]

[ construction drawing ]

[ structure detail ]

A. footing

column

truss

column

truss

connection

roof

[model photo]

[front perspective]

[structure perspective]

03. MARTIN PLACE MUSEUM

' How to integrate the concept of "shifting and engagement" in the Martin palce museum to create a brand new stage for diverse encounters within the Sydney urban.

Sydney is a multi-cultural city, which contains numbers of people of different races. It showsthe inclusiveness and variability of the local culture. Therefore, “shifting” and “engagement” can be the key worlds to represent Sydney. The martin place musuem plaza engages in multiple ways with the physical and cultural context, to create a stage for diverse encounters within the Sdyeny urban. This new icon will exhibit local urban history, offer education oppurtunities, and combine entertainments at the same time for the Sydney urban audiences.

[ exterior perspective ]

Rest Area View

This proposal revitalises the historic role of Martin Place and ensures its distinctive character is conserved with all new work designed to improve the public domain. An important transport node is the Martin Place station and associated development that delivers a new urban environment for Sydney referred to in this report as the Martin Place Station precinct. With the transforn1ation of George Street as a pedestrian orientated experience integrating light rail public transport, the role of Martin Place as a special pedestrian experience is also enhanced.

02 [ distribution analysis ] [ transport analysis ]

1. Entrance foyer

2. Reception/ Entrancre

3. Elevator lobby

4. Gallery / Exhibition Area 5. Retail / Bookshop

MARTIN PLACE STATION CASTLEREAGH STREET

ELIZABETH

concepts diagram

1. Shifting shapes

2. Related to the site

3. Staircase facade

4. Circulation Diagram 5. Entrance 6. Space arrangement

Steel envelope Glass panel

Sandstone wall Timber stair

Transparent elevator Concrete floor slab 02

structure diagram ]

axonometric diagram

The Martin place musuem locates nearby the Martin place tran station. Shifting shapes reprensents as a welcoming gate and the muilti-culture icon to attract vistors to get into the building. Staircase facade also strengthen the communication between the site and the building. It becomes a new stage for the urban audiences to know about the city history and culture.

1. Martin place station

Entrancre foyer

Reception

Relaxing area

Grimshaw tower

1. Martin place station

Lecture room

Library

Entrance foyer

Elevator lobby

Entertainment area

Relaxing area

model photo ]

[ interior perspective ]

[ facade perspective ]

[ stair perspective ]

04. THE HORIZON

' How to use cultural, environmental and technological factors to impact on the complex site, Lightning Ridge? "

Lightning Ridge located 760km from Sydney and near the Queensland border, which elevated above sea level varies from 132 to 195 metres, which was close to the active opal-mining fields. Moreover, it is an important paleontological site with fossils that date to the Cretaceous period 110 million years ago. The design will focus on the exploration of landscape and the natural and constructed environment. For example, how to use the water of 1.5 metres below ground , which the temperature remains at about 22 degrees C to solve the issues of summers are hot and winters cool to cold. In the end, the building would offer a system of solutions that respond to the landscape, informed by a knowledge and appreciation of the cultural history of this particular place, for the astronomy researchers and local residents.

[ exterior perspective ]

Entrance

Gallery

Library

Restroom

Rest area

Cateen / kitchen

Decking

Tunnel corridor

Living room

Bedroom

Restroom

Balcony

Communal space

Malqaf

Communal garden Accomodation

Malqaf Entrance

long elevation A drawing ]

[ long elevation B drawing ]

Garden Canteen

Decking

[

Accomodation Corridor

Canteen

[detail section AA'

Communal garden

Accomodation

[detail section BB' drawing]

[detail section CC' drawing]

[detail section DD' drawing]

Gallery

AA' drawing]

Accomodation

Garden Canteen Malqaf

Malqaf

Office drawing]

MALQAF

The Malqaf can be defined as an architectural solution for the hot dry local climate. This wind-catcher device is ecological and sustainable to create natural ventilation and passive cooling in internal spaces. The basic principle can be described as a shaft rising over the building which faced to the prevailing wind to capture the cooling air flow into the building to offer thermal comfort for the human needs. This device is truly shaped to create comfortable conditions according to the avaliable natural sources and other environmental conditions.

[ interior perspective ]

[ malqaf detail drawing ]

[ detail section drawing ]

[accomodation perspective]

THE HORIZON

[canteen perspective]

[model photo]

02. ARCHITECTURAL SPATIALISATION

' The study of spatiality of the built environment will go through interpretive sketching and live architectural drawing. Theories of visual art and architecture inform an extended sequence of field studios at various sites around Sydney Harbour. '

The elective course of Architectural Spatialisation focuses on interpretive sketching and live architectual drawings. Sketching different building around Sydney Harbour helped us to know more the details of famous architectures, for example, Opera House. It can not be denied that sketching can train the brain and the skill of expression at the same time. Sketching is the basic skill to learn about and memorise the spatiality in a fast way. Enjoying learning sketching and memorising the loving home Sydneny give a lots of joy in this journey.