2024 Metropolis Future100, Meixi Xu

Meixi Xu

Selected Work 2021- 2023

MEIXI XU

SC H O O L O F V IS U A L A RT S , B FA INTERIOR DESIGN: BUILT ENVIRONM EN T S AS I D St u d e n t Membe r mxu13@sva.edu (646)-244-1106 125 W 31st ST, New York, NY 10001

Skills & Languages

EDUCATION

Skills : 3D Computer Modeling: AutoCAD, Rhino, Enscape, Ad Microsoft Office, Revit, Model Making, V-ray, CNC Rou 3D Printing, Hand Sketching.

Sc h o o l o f Vi s u a l A rts

New York, NY Sep 2020 - Present Expected Graduation: May 2024 BFA i n Interior Design Cumulative GPA: 3.86 Honored Student

Languages : Mandarin — Native English — Fluent French — Intermediate.

Awards & Competition

Interviews & Press Features & Invi

SARA 2023 National Design Award Design Award of Excellence

Sep. 2023

Inspireli Awards 2023 Finalist

Aug. 2023

Core 77 Design Award 2023 Jun. 2023 Student Runner Up Built Environment Aw ard SARA 2023 New York Design Award Design Award of Excellence

Jun. 2023

2023 Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship Final Recipient: $5,000

May. 2023

2023 The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Portfolio Competition Mar. 2023 Semi-Finalist World Architecture Community Award Interior Design Student Award

Mar. 2023

SARA 2023 California Design Award Design Award of Merit

Feb. 2023

Architecture & Design Collection (ADC) Awards 2022 Jan. 2023 Gold Winner SARA 2022 National Design Award Design Award of Merit

Sep. 2022

Modular Home Edition #2 Shortlisted Project Winner

Jul. 2022

Featured Member in “New People, New Faces ASID DESIGN Magazine, ASID NY Metro, Fall 2022 Is Interviewed by Emma Tessler, Chair of ASID NY Metro Communications Committee (https://www.designquarte com/anyq/0322_fall_2022)

2023 Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship Final Recipient Interviewed by Gensler, featured on Gensler official we youtube channel, INTERIOR DESIGN magazine websit www.gensler.com/newspress-releases, https://www.you https://interiordesign.net)

2023 DIFFA by Design at ICFF+Wanted Design NYCxDESIGN Group Group project by Wenxi Liu, Xueyi Wang, Qian Wang, M Cyberpunk Hot Air Balloon installation featured on Des Foundation Fighting for AIDS (DIFFA) official digital bo INTERIOR DESIGN magazine, YRB magazine, intervie International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) offici interiordesign.net/nycxdesign, https://yrbmag.com/diffa https://diffa.org)

Gensler Student Design Exchange (SDX) Scholarship 101 Discussion Panelist Invited to discuss the design challenge, share persona about the summer internship program at Gensler Shan

Exhibition

Staten Island Community Justice Hub Group project by Brianna Tousaint, Ju Hyung Jeon, An Vilchis, Meixi Xu, Qian Wang, Yuhan Wang, Chuyan Zh Visual Arts Flatiron Gallery.

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Work Experience Gensler Shanghai, China Summer Internship Program, Work 3 Studio Assistant Jul. 2023 – Aug. 2023 - Collaborated with Work 3 design manager and junior designers on multiple high-profile projects, contributing innovative design solutions and concepts.

- Attended and actively participated in client meetings, presenting design proposals and receiving feedback to refi ne and enhance designs.

- Contributed to 3D modeling and visualization of architectural concepts, enhancing client presentations and pitches.

- Engaged in continuous learning through workshops, and mentorship, gaining insights into design trends and practices.

Champalimaud Design New York, NY Design Assistant Oct. 2022 – Dec. 2022 - Assisted the project teams in developing hospitality related documentation production through all phases on various projects, in all aspects of space planning and interior architectural detailing.

- Assist the project teams with the coordination and production of presentation materials in all design phases, includi ng planning, material / furnishing selection and presentation.

- Worked on FF&E specifications, collaborating with vendors to align with design concepts and aesthetics.

School of Visual Arts, Interior Design: Built Environments New York, NY PreCollege Student Teaching Assistant Jul. 2022 – Aug. 2022 - Provided guidance to pre-college students on 3D modeling techniques, utilizing Rhino to help them realize their design concepts.

- Assisted professor to ensure pre-college students in understanding design principles and translate their ideas into physical models and sketches.

School of Visual Arts, Interior Design: Built Environments New York, NY Studio Assistant Mar. 2022 – May. 2022 - Assisted students in the interior design department on 3D printing, modeling, and VR equipment.

- Collaborated closely with interior design faculties, preparing presentation setups, testing equipment and facilities to enhance the overall learning experience.

01 HYDROASIS

Design Studio IV, Spring 2023 School of Visual Arts Interior Design: Built Environments Instructor: Carol Bentel Site: Chelsea, New York, NY Individual Work Awards: Inspireli Awards 2023 (Finalist) SARA 2023 National Design Award (Design Award of Excellence) Like a lost traveler in the desert who longs for an Oasis, Hydroasis is an idyllic utopia located in the heart of Chelsea, New York, that supports the users through metaphysical and emotional dimensions in a journey of water.

Hydroasis aims to celebrate natural energy. Water is the origin of life. The Hydroasis runs like a city thriving on the resourcefulness of water. Hydroasis makes water become the extent of life by including a comprehensive strategy for improving the uses of available water while serving an educational purpose on water cycling.

“The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.” By analyzing this quote from Marcel Duchamp and moving beyond the mono-functional approach for distributing and controlling the water, Hydroasis becomes a water infrastructure that creates its natural ecosystem by integrating water cycling paths, educational and cultural activities, and ecological systems within the space.

So many great local restaurants here! Hard to decide which one...

So convenient!

Pet Friendly!

Wow! I know!

Let’s go!

This neighborhood!

Hangout with friends!

This neighborhood is so chill, I love walking my dog and say hi!

Welcome!

We’re such a diverse neighborhood!

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Neighborhood Conversation

Site Analysis

Hydroasis is on 200 W 18th St, Chelsea, New York.

Chelsea is located along the Hudson River in Midtown Manhattan, with Lower Manhattan to the South and Hell’s Kitchen to the North. It stretches north from 14th Street to 34th Street and from River East to 6th Avenue.

Exterior Concept Design Sketch

Interior Concept Design Sketch

Water Screen Elevator

Rooftop Playground

Hydroponic Stairs

Corner Cafe

Hydroasis Structure Analysis

Walking Circulation

Green Space

Fire Egress

Residential Units

Public Space Circulation

Grand Stairs

Residential Units View

Sun Path

The Hydroasis is like a blueprint with pieces exposed in the space that offers a perceivable connection of either similarity or contrast. Inspired by the fictionalized cities in Invisible Cities

by Italo Calvino, Hydorasis celebrates the pattern of repetition and testifies that memory has a way around repetitive patterns. The users from Hydroasis follow repetitive routes in the space, but at the same time, the structure of the space is retained differently. Every spectator recalls their own memories by looking at various details of the space.

Ground Floor Plan

Residential Floor Plan

Ground Floor Lounge

The Grand Hydroponic Stairs

Fish Tank

View of The Grand Stairs

Perspective Section

Residential Unit Section Rendering

Loft Plan

Ground Floor Plan

The pipe system is included in each unit, and the task of this system is to spread water over the whole building. Liquids are applied by small channels in the pipe system. The pipe analysis chart and diagram help people easily understand how the system functions. Through simple illustration, everything is explained in a playful way.

Unit Structure Analysis

Residential Unit Section Rendering

Residential Unit Physical Model

02 Red Rooster Mart 125 A Social Bridge in an Invented Tradition

Design Studio III, Fall 2022 School of Visual Arts Interior Design: Built Environments Instructor: Jack Travis Site: Harlem, New York, NY Individual Work Awards: SARA 2023 California Design Award (Design Award of Merit) World Architecture Community Award (43rd Cycle Interior Design Student Award) SARA 2023 New York Design Award (Design Award of Excellence) Core 77 Design Award 2023 (Student Runner Up Built Environment Award) This project investigates the significance of cultural aesthetics in the creation of an interior in the community of Harlem, in upper Manhattan, in New York City. The project creates strategies for defining and applying cultural themes relative to an African based cultural dynamic and proposals for this three-story interior space.

As a social bridge that raises racial consciousness, the restaurant is a place to see and be seen. Even as Harlem has changed over time, with its slick restaurant and fancy bars, our design of the restaurant will remain itself and become part of the history as legendary in the future: friendly, elegant, diverse, yet vibrant.

Soul food presents a strategically simplified narrative of African American cooking that serves the goal of unifying diverse and numerous communities into a political and cultural whole, evoking a sense of pride and achievement in its members. In this way, food was a connector that bridged the social differences between the residents to create a collective sense of community in Harlem.

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Site Analysis

The role of food as a social bridge particularly accented in 1950s and 1960s, when the Black Power Movement began to take hold. The Civil Right Movement, which began to find momentum in the 1950s, together with other factors, played a vital role in racial consciousness of the community.

Food was part of this collective racial sentiment. For this reason, the conciseness of the culinary tradition as part of the movements led to the creation of “soul food” in the 1960s, an invented tradition that unified diverse and numerous communities.

Site Location

Existing Red Rooster Restaurant Existing Condition in Hand Sketch

The client is interested in a very strong cultural aesthetic throughout the space and is asking that the design team add an event space for performing and showcasing art, sculpture, lectures, dance, comedy, music, hosting small local craft artists or exhibitions as part of the dining experience.

African Kuba Cloth Fabric Pattern Study

Facade Design Inspired by African Kuba Cloth Fabric

Restaurant Atmosphere Concept Sketch

Red Rooster Mart 125 Axonometric

As an emblem of Harlem glamor and timelessness, nestled in the heart of the upper west side, the restaurant uses its distinct style of food and art, connecting people with its invented tradition and unified diverse and numeral communities. Harlem as the rebirth of jazz, the restaurant becomes the next rising star in this community with its extensive culinary art, whimsical art pieces created by local artists, and the jazz band that can intuit the mood of the audience.

Interior Circulation Analysis

Red Rooster Mart 125 Exterior Rendering

Interior Concept Design Sketch

Facade Concept Design

Interior Concept Design Sketch

Soul food presents a strategically simplified narrative of African American cooking that serves the goal of unifying diverse and numerous communities into a political and cultural whole, evoking a sense of pride and achievement in its members. In this way, food was a connector that bridged the social differences between the residents to create a collective sense of community in Harlem.

People suddenly fall into the nostalgic conversation in this restaurant, an isle of joy. As a social bridge that raises racial consciousness, the restaurant is a place to see and be seen.

Interior Rendering

Interior Rendering

03 Modular Collective Housing: The Neighborhood & Housociety

Design Studio I, Fall 2021 School of Visual Arts Interior Design: Built Environments Instructor: Darrick Borowski Site: Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY Individual Work Awards: Architecture & Design Collection (ADC) Awards 2022 (Gold Winner) SARA 2022 National Design Award (Design Award of Merit) Modular Home Edition #2 (Shortlisted Project Winner) The Neighborhood is a modular housing system that focuses on unifying a diverse community of people by utilizing common spaces that encourage interactivity. The Neighborhood is a prefabricated residential system that provides custom services for the multi-family modular units.

Each design is a great representation of the versatility and wide range of customization capabilities of The Neighborhood housing system. Operating as a building block that is part of The Neighborhood integrated system, Housociety is a combination of well-oriented, and multi-functional modular construction that promote a wellness experience for users who live in this community.

The project is located at the cross of Blake Avenue and Hinsdale Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Brownsville is a residential neighborhood located in eastern Brooklyn, New York.

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Site Analysis

Home to an estimated 129,000 people, Brownsville’s demographic consists of a major-minority populace, About 68% people identify as Black, while 25% identify as Hispanic.

Multi-generation Daily Time Schedule Analysis

Housociety has the potential to make the users have more interactions in reality instead of virtual connections, and it promotes wellness through the individual unit and communal space by making users share moments and activities through physical connections.

The Neighborhood Axonometric Drawing

Residential Unit Interior Layout

Residential Unit Living Room

Residential Unit Balcony Party

Residential Unit Bedroom

Constuction Process Market

Store

Pet Products

Plant

Bar Resting Area

Ground Floor

Space quality is our priority when we design a space: exploring the in-betweenness of publicity and privacy

Private Garden

Green public space is the vital element of people’s living

Living Units

Glass

Public Access

The glass elevator ensures residence a journey to the private garden space

Residential Units

Swimming Pool

Gym Yoga

Wellness Space

There is sufficient light in each space, and people have access to the outdoor terrace in various locations within the modular home

Resting Area

Plant

Spa

Members of the unit can enjoy themselves and do a variety of activities in the wellness center.

Rooftop

A gathering space allows the residence to social while enjoying the rooftop view in Brownsville

Private Garden

Rooftop Swimming Pool

Meixi Xu

Selected Work 2021- 2023