2023WorkSample

RUXUAN ZHENG

Work Sample 2016-2023

Columbia University GSAPP MS Architecture and Urban Design

Syracuse University School of Architecture

Ruxuan Zheng (Roxie)

EDUCATION

Columbia University

Syracuse University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Architecture and Urban Research Office

MS Architecture and Urban Design

Bachelor of Architecture

https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxie15/

May 2022- May 2023

Aug 2016 - May 2021

Research Project: Urban Design on Contextualism by Professor David Grahame Shane

Research Assistant :

• New volume editing for the “Genealogy of Urban Design Network”platform.

• Research on history and theory of Urban Design practice based on Contextualism

Executive Architect: Yangtze River Urban Architectural Design Co., Ltd

Design Architect: GMP Architects, Hamburg Project: Alibaba Training Center, Hangzhou, China

Assistant Executive Architect:

• Preparation of construction drawings from design proposals by the designer team during SD.

Site Representative:

• Communication between architects and clients.

Architect: “Original Design Studio” of Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd Project: Maozhou River Community Station, Shenzhen

Entry Level Architect:

• Digital modeling, construction documents during CD

• Editing published drawings on Archdaily during CO.

Architect: “Original Design Studio” of Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd

Project: Guanlan Riverbank Restoration, Master Plan, Longhua, Shenzhen

Architecture Design Intern:

• Site analysis, master plan, “Bridge Library” digital modeling and rendering during SD.

• “Bridge Library” renderings, diagrams and construction documents during DD. Project opening 2023.

SCHOOL HONORS

King + King Integrated Design Studio Competition nomination School of Architecture Dean’s List

SKILLS + CERTIFICATION

Languages: English (Fluent), Mandarin (Native)

June 2023– Now

Dec 2021 – May 2022

May – Aug 2021

May – Sept 2020

2020 King + King Architects & Syracuse University

2020 Syracuse University Comprehensive Studio

Techinical: 3D Modeling: Rhino, Revit; 2D drawing: AutoCAD; Rendering: Vray for Rhino, Lumion; Graphic: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDeisgn, Premiere; Mapping: Qgis; Physical Modeling: Laser Cut, 3D Milling

CHAPTER 01- ARCHITECTURE AS INFRASTRUCTURE

01 Western Hudson Yard Line vertical highline within highrises

02 City on the Loop

flood resisting mega complex

03 Wood City self-sufficient housing system

CHAPTER 02-

04 Community Zero passive energy saving system

05 Baoan Maozhou River Station (professional work)

wood timber structure community center

CHAPTER

05 Beyond Borders

02 Dahe Bridge Library (professional work) adaptive reuse indiginous architecture

03 Alibaba XIXI Park Phase VII (professional work) welcoming training center

03- HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN

space of equity

FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION

01 Western Hudson Yard Line

west hudson yard master plan and architecture proposal

Columbia University GSAPP Advanced BIM

Work Flow: 1. Rhino+ grasshopper 2. Revit 3. CAD

Instructor: Joseph Brennan

Program: retail, office, hotel

Individual Work

The idea of this project is to function at two scales - urban scale and building scale. The goal of this project is to leverage new BIM processes to drive better-informed design, that leads to a concrete design idea.

The concept is to promote users’ horizontal circulations among highrises, to create a master plan of concept massing, hardscaping, softscaping, pedestrian access and programming. The Western Yard will be primarily designated for office and hotel use. In response to the High Line and to improve indoor circulations and connectivity, skybridges connect floors of each building, creating a more comfortable horizontal walking experience along the often-windy Hudson River.

The mixuse highrise closest to the Hudson River highlights the enjoyment of river views for different lengths of time.

SITE ANALYSIS

The site is situated at a certain distance from each subway line, and it is connected to the High Line. In order to optimize pedestrian circulations, public space utilization, and visitor stay time while providing an enhanced view of East Hudson Yard and Riverside Park, a smaller footprint design would be more suitable for this location.

To address the lack of long-term accommodations in the East, we propose that the West be primarily designated for office and hotel use. In response to the High Line and to improve indoor traffic efficiency and connectivity, a spiral corridor connects floors on the West Side, creating a more comfortable lateral flow along the often-windy Hudson River.

WESTERN YARD MASTERPLAN

WESTERN YARD

Office 3,200,000

Hotel 2,800,000

Retail 800,000

6,00,000 GSF

CONSTRUCTION

Dual Panel Glazing

Pre-Cast Concrete Slabs

Programs

Framed Tube Systems

DAYLIGHT AVALIABILITY

There are varying lighting requirements for different functional areas. In hotel spaces, it is crucial to have soft and indirect illumination. We utilize opaque glazing panels, shading devices and extended mullions to prevent excessive sunlight from entering.

Horizontal platforms were added on left. Right bank is retrofitted with blister flood detention zone and ecological planting ditch

ANNUAL GLARE ANALYSIS

Darker tinted window films are great at reducing glare but will still allow a portion of natural light to enter the room.

But interior blinds, sunshades and light shelves are needed additionally to provide better options for highperformance daylighting.

1. Dual Panel Laminated Exterior Glazing

2. Primary glazing unit- triple panel, low-E

3. Existing Structure

4. Extended Vertical Mullion Cap

5. Single pane insulating unit with PCM infill

6. Insulated laminated ceramic frit-coated spandrel panel

7. Automated Gray Aluminium Sunshadelouvers+structure

01 City on the Loop

flood resisting solutions for Jamaica bay

Syracuse

SOA ARC408 NYC Studio

Instructor: Angela Co, Lizzie Hodges

Program: Flood Resist

Teammate: Haoyuan Wang

Canarsie pier does not only call for barriers and protection; it also calls for design interventions that stem from a new visualization of the coast and coastal settlement. This project visualizes future settlement on the coast in a series of gradients between land and sea, structuring a loop along the coast that is diverse yet continuous. In the short term, the project solves housing problems caused by population growth. In the long term, it can become grounds for new settlement and ecologically sensitive infrastructure for coexistence of man and rising sea level.

The design is aiming to provide the community in Canarsie a long-term flood protection and a sustainable lifestyle with a profitable active urban edge. The project combines affordable housing, hotel, and commercial complex, and is divided to three phase that is profitable on its own. The first phase focuses on existing housing and Belt Park Way retrofitting; second phase and third phase would then provide job opportunities for local and a new tourist industry. The flood-resisting mega structure would eventually form an active waterfront for Jamaica Bay area and a continuing tourist industry along the coast.

The project combines affordable housing, hotel, and commercial complex. IIt is divided into three phases that is profitable on their own.

The first phase focuses on existing housing and Belt Park Way retrofitting; second phase and third phase would then provide job opportunities for local and a new tourist industry. The flood-resisting mega structure would eventually form an active waterfront for Jamaica Bay area and a continuing tourist industry along the coast.

BERM PHASES EXPLODED PLAN

The project proposes a new mode of coatal settlement, and a series of gradients between land and sea, structuring a loop along the coast that is diverse yet continuous. Living units, train connecting to JFK airport and various public spaces are provided within.

Image1: hotel in phase

Image2: public market

Images3: light rail and sea wall

Image4: vertical garden space

02 Wood City

a self-sufficient community based on collective ownership

Columbia University GSAPP MSAUD Studio

Instructor: Emanuel Admassus

Program: Housing and Workshop

Teammates: Chongyang Ren, Jiani Dai

The project is a framework for collective stewardship to reclaim power, autonomy, and agency by providing residents the tools to build and self-determine their own futures: the systemtic design plan links the displacement community with Georgia forest resources as a new bottom-up approach. Against the disposition of property and land speculation caused by mass media and the commodity-economy spectacle, we propose new forms of communal living and ownership through authentic means of production and micro industries native to Atlanta to encourage active relationships.

Instead of organizations building in Vine City, the residents form a co-op: “Wood-City Coop”. The co-op partners with local churches, provide wood training programs and temporary housing for the displaced population. Then, the Co-op uses funds to purchase vacant lots, as well as lumber from reclaimed wood companies and local lumber companies to build wood products and new wood-frame housing. A % of the revenue from wood products and rent will be reinvested back into the co-operative to build an autonomous and independent community.

Handicraft Artist

Consturction Worker

Furniture Maker

According to users of different age groups, we provide four types of woodshop: wooden home accessories; wooden art sculptures; wooden toy making; furniture millwork. Eventually build a living+ wood marking community of mixed ages to form a new wood spectacle through the connection between ground floor connector and woodshop

With the woodshops as nodes of a continuous circulation within the neighborhood, and the linear shared porch, the Wood city neighborhood became a shared community around the theme of wood learning, training,and self-built housing. After assembling each collective living complex together, the front porch acts as a linear continuation of the shared space, reinforcing the connection between residents through circulation and functional areas

04 Community Zero

design as passive energy saving system

Syracuse SOA ARC409 Comprehensive Studio

Instructor: Nina Sharifi

Program: Community Center

Teammates: Dhvani Doshi, Xinhui Zhang

Community Zero in the Winding Ridge neighborhood of South Campus at Syracuse University, aims to resolve the lack of amenities by offering students residential and recreational facilities. Poor insulation of the existing dormitory is to be improved by adding two structural modules with active insulation systems. New programs are designed in an open plan. Circulation using ramps follows site topography. There’s a “sustainable” market for second-hand items and a green kitchen-cafe offering fresh food from the community garden. Study spaces for individuals and groups also have a meditation garden for mental wellness. A gymnasium with indoor games, rock-climbing, fitness equipment reusing kinetic energy and a pool is provided for physical wellbeing. Solar sheds for electric bikes are located to promote sustainable transportation.

In conclusion, with various strategies from program and spatial design to the integration of environmental and structural systems and details, we aim to advocate a sustainable lifestyle through which both users and the environment can gain without a compromise.

DESIGN GROUND FLOOR PLAN

The project proposes a new mode of coatal settlement, and a series of gradients between land and sea, structuring a loop along the coast that is diverse yet continuous. Living units, train connecting to JFK airport and various public spaces are provided within.

TYPICAL STRUCTURE DETAIL

SCALE 1 1/2”=1’-0”

1 - 1” Solar Panels

½” plywood with roofing felt and water barrier membrane

2 layers of 2½” insulation,

5/8” sheathing

3/4“ Legend Ambiance radiant ceiling

½” Field Panels

2 - 6ӯ aluminium roof drain prefabricated aluminum rainwater filter

3 - 6” CLT beam components with holes made for radiant coil

4 - CLT column components

½” customized steel joint

2” tubing steel column water tube well:

2½”radiant coil supply and return

4Ø PVC Pipe

5 -¾” Flamed Basalt tile with 3/8“ joint

1/8” thin set mortar

10” reinforced precast concrete slab

2 layers 2½” insulation

12” gravel layer

6 - 8’x8’ precast reinforced concrete

2” tubing steel column

7 - precast reinforced concrete foundation precast reinforced concrete piles

EXPLODED MODULE ISOMETRIC

1 - PV panel

2 - Insulation with vapor barrier

3 - CLT beam structure

8 - CLT column structure

9 - Mullions

10 - Louvres

11 - Double pane glass

12 - Exterior wall finishing

13 - Wood frame

15 - Interior wall finishing

16 - Concrete floor slab

17 - Geothermal system

18 - Pump for hydronic loop

19 - Pump for geothermal loop

20 - Water tank / filteration system

21 - Hydronic loop system

22 - Water tube well

23 - Rainwater pipe

24 - Bolt connection

25 - Concrete foundation

PASSIVE SYSTEM

PASSIVE THERMAL SYSTEM

The passivve thermal system will provide hydraulic heat to make sure the interior has a comfortable temperature.

The community gym with swimming pool opens to all students in Syracuse University, gives students a healthy life syle in the extreme weather and a healthy social place.

DETAIL SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Garden surrounded by the community building is heated my the micro climate, fresh vegetable is planted by students.

Few center couryard will provide enough fresh air to the interior space and enabling enough air circulation.

MICRO CLIMATE STUDY ROOM

05 Baoan Maozhou River Linjingyi Station

Tongji Arcitecture Design-Original Design Studio

Project Manager: Ming Zhang, Zi Zhang

Project Team: Shu Qin, Xuefeng Li, Qingyuan Yang, Ruxuan Zheng

Site: Baoan, Shenzhen

Year: 2021

GFA Above Ground: 100 m2

Role: Diagram, construction drawings

Participation: Construction Documents, Construction Observation

Lin Jingyi is located in the north bank of Maozhou River, Baoan District, Shenzhen City, with Yangyong Road to the north and Maozhou Diding Road to the south, and adjacent to the landscape green space of Maozhou River on both sides. The total construction area is 100 square meters, single-storey building, building height is 4.4 meters.

Our design takes into account green space, maternity room, rest, cafe, public toilet, viewing gallery and other multiple functions. The design takes forest wooden house as the prototype, integrates each function and landscape site, runs through the view corridor, constructs the complex of landscape platform, exploration space and sunshade pavilion frame, forms the unique wooden urban post station, stimulates the vitality of the field.

The main structure adopts a small-scale building module of 3000mm, which makes a trusses of steel and wood composite frame present an orderly rhythm and rhythm in approachable scale. The main structure uses 100mm*60mm hot rolled rectangular tube; The longitudinal wood beam is 140mm*60mm glulam rectangular double beam; Transverse timber secondary beams are 40mm*120mm glulam rafters with 200mm spacing.

All single steel and wood components are standardized, factory prefabricated and assembled on site, so that we can still ensure the high degree of completion of Lin Jingyi under the extremely tight construction period.

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STEEL N TIMBER STRUCTURE

PREFABRICATED ASSEMBLE SYSTEM

The steel and wood frame composed of steel column, double wood beam, wood rafters and steel strand is used to carry out the combined force, and the steel plate flanges are effectively used to waterproof the end of the wooden structure. No ceiling is made on the whole, and all the stress system is displayed, showing the complete details of the construction language.

06 Beyond the Borders

on the contested island

Syracuse SOA ARC509 Thesis Project

Instructor: Elizabeth Kamell, Timothy Stenson

Program: International Convention Center

Individual Work

Nowadays, water is going out of control, while climate is changing dramatically, international boundaries are thickening, regional human conflicts are tensing, and cultures and spirits are depreciated. New architectural forms are needed in order to restore the wounded nature, reconcile the political contests, and re-structure the relation between human and non-human. We are designing architecture as an initiative to solve those problems, starting from one site and one marine creature, then extending ecologically, socially and culturally all over the Earth.

In order to deal with the political boundary and adapt to eco boundary, we design the now military occupied taiping island a sharing complex. Small oceanic islands are territories portraying clear boundaries and geographical isolation exhibiting human-environmental relations that foster greater social cohesion, community identity and resilience. It can be the starting point for us human beings to rethink about the boundaries we apply to nature.

RUNWAY YARD

Walkway is constructed using recycled runway material. It connects north to south side physically and visually.

N COLONNADE

Proposed complex connects existing military buildings while gives a narrative to the trip.

TIDAL POOL

A soft edge enriches the experiences on the wateredge while preserve the high tide control function.

The port would serve as an entrance which avoid damaging of the reefs.

Underwater lab provides chance of daily observation of the reef.

FORUM

PORT W REEF LAB

CO-LIVING PLAN N SECTION

Co-living space has a central courtyard, provide a nice living space for important politicians who com for meeting and scientists who live here.

07 Guanlan River Bank Restoration and Dam Redesign Tongji Arcitecture Design-Original Design Studio

Project Manager: Ming Zhang, Zi Zhang

Project Team: Shu Qin, Xuefeng Li, Qingyuan Yang, Ruxuan Zheng

Site: Guanlan River, Longhua, Shenzhen

Year: 2020

Design Area: 2,000 m2

Role: Site documentation, design, 3D modeling, diagram, rendering, construction drawings

Participation: Schematic Design, Design Development

Guanlan River is one of the four “veins” that run through the city and connect the mountains. It belongs to the “river-type urban area” and is also one of the five watersheds in Shenzhen. Located in the northern extension of shenzhen’s development axis, it is the future city center and ecological backbone. The hydrological characteristics of guanlan River are easy to cause security risks and hinder the organization of riverbank activities.

Our master plan starts with flood control and reinforcing circulation to connect the river to the urban fabrics.

Overall design is divided to periods, this certain part of guanlan river is surounded by local government plaza and dense residential buildings. Besides retrofitting existing riversides conditions, we reconstruct the water dam and wasted plaza as a starting point to revive the Guanlan River.

MASTER PLAN-PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION

MASTER PLAN-WATERWAY CIRCULATION

river side

promenade new ramp existing ramp break point break point new bridge existing bridge new stepping existing stepping

MASTER PLAN-ARCHITECTURE NODES

transfer station pier

biking track boat line

jogging track

MASTER PLAN-ECOLOGICAL NODES

skunken space green roof

green parking lot rainwater collect wetland sponge ground ecological slope buffer revement

SECTION 16-16

Horizontal platforms were added on left. Right bank is retrofitted with blister flood detention zone and ecological planting ditch

SECTION 19-19

Retrofitted with the gentle slope and blister flood detention zone, while the right bank with gentle slope.

SECTION 20-20

Add water-resistant shrubs and viewing platforms on the right bank

SECTION21-21

Floating island and gentle slopes will be added by the riverside; on right bank layered platform will be added

DAHE DAM DESIGN EXPLODED ISOMETRIC

DAHE DAM DESIGN SECTIONS

DAHE DAM DESIGN OVERVIEW

DAHE DAM DESIGN INTERIOR VIEW

08 Alibaba XIXI Park Phase VII Conceptual Design

Yangtze River Urban Architectural Design Co., Ltd

Design Architect: GMP Architects, Hamburg

Executive Architect Team: Hui Jiang, Yinfang Guo, Qinhan Gao, Guochen Chu

Site: Hangzhou, China

Year: 2021-2022

GFA Above Ground: 50,383 m2

Role: Site documentation, communication and feeback between architects and clients, meeting setup for client and architects.

Participation: Schematic Design, Design Development

South Facade view. Image by GMP Architekten

Large Classroom: 5

Mid-size Classroom: 15

Small Classrom: /

Large Classroom: 4

Mid-size Classroom: 14

Small Classrom: 1

RUXUAN ZHENG

Email: ruxuan980105@gmail.com

Phone: +1 929 634 5496

www.linkedin.com/in/ruxuan-zheng-47b04b252/