Xilin Wang Portfolio uva mla 2023

XILIN WANG 2020-202 3 Selec ted Works of Landscape Architec ture

XILIN WANG

Contac t fc x8ad@virginia.edu Charlottesville, Virginia 4 34 249 9629

EDUCATION Universit y of Virignia, United States Master of Landscape Architec ture Nor thwest Agriculture and Forestr y Universit y - NWAFU, China Bachelor of Engineering, Landscape Architec ture, GPA: 3.65/4

09/2021 - 12 /2023 Charlottesville, Virginia

09/2017 - 07/2021 Xi’an, China

WORK E XPERIENCE EDS A , Inc .

Landscape Architec ture Intern

06/2023 - 08/2023 Baltimore, Mar yland

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Created 80% of 3D Models and rendered graphics for the pool design in China Sanya Resor t concept phase.

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Suppor ted shrub layers and hardscape design for 6 villas in Shurayrah Island Reception, The Red Sea Projec t .

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Assisted senior designer in plan layout and amenit y arrangement for Virginia Nor folk Water front concept design.

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Collaborated with Vir tual Design & Construc tion Team to help timely deliver y of design development documents.

Shenzhen Aoya Design Co.Ltd Landscape Architec ture Intern

10/2020 - 12 /2020 Xi’an, China

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Suppor ted the internal projec t team members in designing small installations.

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Conduc ted research on site analysis, user group, and construc tion material precedents.

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Adapted construc tion documents for a Sales Reception Area, ensuring projec t needs alignment .

L . A & Ar t Design Off ice Landscape Architec ture Intern

02 /2020 - 04/2020 Xi’an, China

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Assisted in developing planting strategy and produced schematic drawings for a Highway projec t .

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Created design graphics using AutoCAD, Photoshop, SketchUp, and other professional softwares.

TE ACHING & RESERCH Graduate Core Foundation Studio I, Univerisit y of Virginia Student Instruc tional Assistant

08/202 2 - 12 /202 2 Charlottesville, Virginia

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Developed and communicated standard operating procedures to team of 20 students.

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Prepared and presented instruc tional materials and ensured inventor y optimization.

“L angdong” Urban Village Communit y Engagement, NWAFU Research Assistant •

07/2019 - 10/2019 Nanning, China

Suppor ted the documentation of Oral Histor y from 5 local residents.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION Merit Award VA A SL A 202 2 Professional and S tudent Award Program • •

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INTIMATE PL AYGROUND: Convivial Public Space at Charlottesville’ s Downtown Transit Center General Design Categor y, Student Entr y

Graduate Merit Scholarship, Universit y of Virginia

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E xcellent Graduation Design Projec t at the Universit y Level, NWAFU

2021

Honorable Mention Award “L a Petite Ceinture” Competition Entr y, UNI Competition

2020

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URBAN VOID GARDEN COLL AB: Paris Abandoned Railroad Rennovation

SKILL S Design Softwares

Modeling and CAD

Analysis and O ther

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Adobe Suites: Advanced

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Rhino& SkechUp: Advanced

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Grasshopper : Advanced

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Office: Advanced

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Civil 3D & AutoCAD: Advanced

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ArcGIS: Intemediate

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Lumion: Advanced

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Revit : Basic

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Physical Model Making: Intemediate

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T

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Temporal Moisture

Graduate Core Foundational Studio I

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Intimate Playground

Merit Award VA A SL A 202 2 Professional and Student Award Program

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Dundalk Coastline Future

Chesapeake Bay ’s Natural Infrastruc tures Under Climate Retreat

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Urban Void Garden Collab

Honorable Mention Award “La Petite Ceinture” Competition Entr y

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Pop -up Ar t Galler y at K indergarden Shenzhen Aoya Design

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O ther Works

01 TEMPORAL MOISTURE Vernal Pools for Human & Non-Human Individual Work Info.

Site: UVA Obser vator y Hill Location: Charlottesville, Virignia Area: 10 acres Time: 202 2 Spring Type: Academic Instruc tor : Leena Cho Projec t Description This projec t draws inspiration from vernal pools, seasonal wetlands that emerge during spring and fall. These pools not only ser ve as vital habitats but also offer unique human experiences. The design emphasizes zones for human and non-human interac tion, where var ying ground materials dic tate water levels, creating different microclimates for diverse experiences for human and non-human.

1. Changing Moisture of Ground Materials 1min

5min

10min

20min

2 . Site A - Reveal: Movment and Ground Material Field documentation of site A , focusing on movement and ground material proper ties during a transec t walk .

3. Site A Catalog: Movment in Relation to Slope and Ground Material The fieldwork explored ground moisture’s impac t on human movement . This, combined with the study of materials’ water retention capabilities, inspired the vernal pool choice. The projec t aims to inter twine vernal pool ecology with human experiences, using pools as tools to modulate and accentuate ground moisture nuances.

4. Siteless Path Design: Diversed Microclimate

Design

Design

Design

n Ground Drainage

n Microclimate

n Water Retention

Sec tion Analysis

5. Natural Vernal Pool & Ecological Agents

6. Vernal Pool Net work Design S trategies

Ecological Benefits Vernal pools are ecological havens for amphibians like salamanders and vital water sources for animals like deer. They enhance habitat connec tivit y, aiding animal migration. The design, with varied ground materials, ensures some pools retain water longer, catering to different species’ needs, while promoting biodiversit y and ecological balance.

Spatial Parameter Through research into vernal pool ecology, I discerned the pool’s annual water level changes. Fac tors influencing moisture conditions and the surrounding food chain were studied. A network of pools, ranging from 15ft to 50ft , was found optimal for thriving ecosystems, guiding the projec t ’s ecological and design decisions.

7. Ideal Sec tions of Curated Vernal Pool

8. Site B - Distil

Network 1: Radial

Site B Selec tion

Outdoor Education

Hiking

Specific criteria are site selec tion: the si situated on a slope, water to maintain mo distanced from main to prevent disturban human species. The was chosen.

Walk the Dog Finding Small Animals

Runoff Analysis & Gro

+ Picnic

Obser ving

HP

E xcercise

Cl Tre

Network 2 : Continuous Research Protec t Wildlife Research

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HP

Gravel Vines

E xcercise

Hiking Walk the Dog

Outcrops Gravel Fallen Tree

V Leaf Litt Clay Li

l: Diversed Microclimate Planting Strategy Trees and shrubs were chosen for their height to strike a balance between openness and enclosure.

Grasses were selec ted for their abilit y to stabilize the soil and define the pool area, while also creating concealed niches for amphibians.

needed for ite should be proximate to oisture, and n facilities ces to nonnor th area

ound Material Design

Moss Tree Roots Leaf Litters

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Gravel Tree Roots

LP

Clay Liner Leaf Litter Fallen Tree

Clay Liner Outcrops

ay Liner ee Roots

Vine ters iner

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Moss Vines

Clay Liner Fallen Tree

Gravel Tree Roots

Gravel Moss

Clay Liner

Clay Liner Vines Fallen Tree

Clay Liner

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Low Poin t

Gravel Tree Roots Moss Leaf Litters Gravel

Clay Liner Vines Fallen Tree

Gravel Fallen Tree

Fallen Tree Clay Liner Gravel Clay Liner Moss Leaf Liters Outcrops Clay Liner Vines Clay Liner Gravel Clay Liner Gravel

Gravel Vines Fallen Tree

+ Gravel Vines

Clay Liner Leaf Litters Fallen Tree

Clay Liner HP

Clay Liner

Clay Liner

Clay Liner Tree Roots Moss

Outcrops Fallen Tree

LP

LP

Gravel

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HP

Gravel Outcrops High Poin t

Outcrops Fallen Tree

Clay Liner Outcrops Clay Liner Outcrops Tree Roots Gravel

Clay Liner Leaf Litter Fallen Tree

9. Design with Drainage Speed The design comprises networks of berms and depressions, stabilized by geogrids and livestock . Different ground materials, from clay liners to moss, are used, influencing water retention.

Night View: Non-Human Occupancy

10. Sec tion Perspec tive

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2 . Therm

I N T I M AT E P L AY G R O U N D

The deeper canopy cov points. It u Team Work :

Convivial Public Space at Charlottesville’ s Downtown Transit Center Merit Award VA A SL A 202 2 Professional and Student Award Program Individual Work Info.

Projec t Description

Location: Charlottesville, Virignia Area: 170 feet by 80 feet Time: 202 2 Spring Type: Academic Instruc tors: Elizabeth Meyer, Scott Mitchell

The design encourages play and physical intimacy by providing a series of hammocks within a field of tree groves, while long benches mixed with hammocks accommodate multiple persons, among and by whom the physical intimacies can be selec tively defined.

Thus intimacies can be intentionally reinforced or restrained. When various needs for social and physical intimacies are met , individuals with diverse cultural backgrounds may coexist in a way they feel comfor table and respec ted.

1. Area of Higher Heat Risk : Charlottesville Slope Topography S tudy

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Intended to reveal the Uneven Geography in Charlloteville’s topography and how it affec ts occupancy patterns.

Team Work : Xilin Wang, Maya Neal. Contributed to the waffle model, and the assembling process of the overall result .

mal Comfor t & Topography: Slope Analysis

r shades of red indicate elevated levels of direc t sunlight exposure. The diagram accounts for various fac tors, including ver, imper vious sur faces, and the urban heat island effec t , highlighting contoured regions that demarcate high and low nveils disparities in thermal comfor t and its relationship to occupancy patterns. : Xilin Wang, Maya Neal. Take credit for the representational strategy and 80% of graphics.

High Point

otunda, Univerit y of Virginia

High Point Charlottesville’s Cour thouse

SITE Downtown Transit Center and Lawrence Halprin’s Downtown Mall

Low Point Garrett Neighorhood

3. Historical & Geological Contex t : Charlottesville’s Uneven Geography & Relations of Power

Charlottesville’s Courthouse

Rotunda

Section A

The site notably shadowed by the power dynamics encapsulated by the cour thouse and the former forced labor market , both situated at a higher elevation, in stark contrast to an African American neighborhood nestled at a lower elevation. This geographic and symbolic divide has roots deep into a histor y marked by discrimination and segregation.

Freedom of Speech Wall

Charlottesville’s City Hall

AN INVITING PUBLIC SPACE? Section B

Downtown Mall’s Commercial Seating

Downtown Mall’s Pedestrian Walk

Monticello

Domolished Vinegar Hill Neighborhood

Garrett Neighborhood

4. Proposed Connec tions

The projec t strives to foster thermal comfor t , intending to create a warm, welcoming environment that invites public lingering and social interac tion, thereby knitting a socio-spatial fabric that transcends historical disparities and embraces collec tive future-making.

5. Aim: Create Connec tion for Charlottesville’s Uneven Geography The projec t aims to bridge these spatial and social divides by providing an inviting, inclusive space that encourages lingering and social interac tion. Hammocks are chosen as a principal design element , intentionally leveraging their inherent design, which naturally pulls individuals into a shared space, fostering a bubble of intimacy and shared experiences.

Higher Contour

Lower Contour

6. Planting Strategy

7. Seating Strategy

Groves Blocking Sight of Cit y Hall, From View Point *

Hammocks are chosen as a principal design element .

Provide Shade for Pedestrian, View From Cit y Hall

E xposed to Heat

Providing Shades and Hammocks

8. Plan Iterations Iteration “ Flow of Trees” Focused on the orientation of tree groves to provide good walking experience.

But iteration uses excessive paving materials that might not achieve convivialit y.

Iteration “ Big Central Gathering” Uses paving to organize space, but space was too fragmented and would negaticely affec t the hammock experience. Less paving compared to the previous one.

Iteration “ Trianglar Grids” Prioritized maximizing hammock space. Unit was defined as the space formed by three trees. The big hammock was moved closer to the street , making the spaces in the middle more intimate and private. Minimizing the paving area so that it ’s more play ful and welcoming.

Phases 1

Phases 2

Phases 3

9. Spatial Iterations and Testing This is a spatial prac tice at a standard Charlottesville bus stop, but many ideas have contributed to the final design at Transit Center. Seating arrangements have been redesigned to cater to the multifaceted needs of diverse user groups.

A: Changing of Ac tivit y and Movement

C: Gathering Under Shade

B: Enclosure & Openness, Light & Shadow

D: Intimacy-Considerate Seating

10. Master Plan

Public Building

“Friends’ Sofa”

Transit Center

“Bouldering Mat ”

“Encountering Bench”

“Secrete Grove”

“Gravit y Trunk ” A Shrubs and Grasses

A” *View Point

“Encountering Bench”

Bus Stop

11. Moments of Convivialit y

Leaning on Slope

13. Long Sec tion: Programs and Potentials

Lover ’s Saturday

Chit- chat with Frie

12 . Cross Sec tion A-A’: Big Hammock for Gathering

ends

“Gravit y Trunk ”

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2 . Dredge Material as Replenishment

DUNDALK COASTLINE FUTURE

Year 2100

Chesapeake Bay ’s Natural Infrastruc tures Under Climate Retreat Individual Work Info.

Site: Beer Creek Location: Baltimore, Mar yland Area: 11.5 acres Time: 2023 Spring Instruc tor : William Shivers

By 2100, a retreat has transpired, necessitating shoreline replenishment .

Projec t Description: This projec t investigates the impac ts of climate retreat on the Dundalk coastal communit y of Bear Creek by 2100, with a focus on designing shoreline spaces in respond to potential relocations caused by sea-level rise.

2105

1. Coastal Hard Infrastrucu tres The Dundalk communit y currently employs hard infrastruc tures like riprap and breakwaters against sea-level rise. However, these traditional, static defenses are revealing limitations as global sea levels continue to rise, prompting a critical reassessment of sustainable, long-term solutions for shoreline management .

Continuing to infuse the shoreline with dredge material, simultaneously shaping form throughout the process.

2110

Breakwaters capture sediment and dredge, consequently forming islands in specified locations.

2115

Dundalk Communit y Beer Creek

Site

Inundated Lands 2100

Duckboard walking system are installed, connec ting the islands to become new landscape.

3. E xecu tion Timeline

2023 Present

2100 Retreat happens, Building Breakwaters

2105 Building Laggons and Recreational Amenities

2105 Rplenish Dredge Materials

2110 Rplenish Dredge Materials, Plant Grow th

2115 Establish Walking System

2120 Maintainance

4. Projec ted Shoreline Form

5. Break Year 2120

Replenishment Points

The projec t draws from available dredged materials and fostering ecological and recreational spaces.

It envisions a dynamic, cohabitative shoreline where retreated neighborhoods transform into islands, construc ted lagoons, and evolving salt marshes, inter twining recreational spaces and natural forms, while promoting intentional, joy ful reoccupation of land for human and non-human inhabitants alike.

Lagoon

Lagoon

Reef Ball Breakwaters

6. Projec ted Fu ture Shoreline

Retreated Buildings ---> Small Islands for Human & Nonhuman Ac tivities

Inundated Street ---> Lagoons

water & Sediment Iterations

Retreated Backyard Lawn ---> Salt Marsh Area

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URBAN VOID GARDEN COLLAB Paris Abandoned Railroad Rennovation Honorable Mention Award 2020 UNI Competition Team Work (all graphics displayed are individual work) Info.

Location: Paris, France Area: 2 .5 acres Time: 2020 Spring Team Members: Xilin Wang, Kexin Song My Role: I was the Competition Team Leader and Main Designer, managing deadlines and producing key drawings, including renderings, plans, and sec tions.

Projec t Description: The Petite Ceinture, an abandoned encircling railway originally designed to supply Paris’s for tification walls, embodies a semi- enclosed, linear urban void within the cit y. Its latent potential can be illuminated through collaborative effor ts within the communit y.

The envisioned system is designed for collaboration. It can be replicated and aims to establish a platform integrating urban agriculture, thereby inspiring individuals of diverse identities to engage along the abandoned railroads.

1. Site Potentials Connec t Outer Paris

Communit y

Economics

Resolve vacancy

A vital spot to access areas outside Paris.

The railroad space connec ts neighborhood.

Potential of Economic grow th.

Vacancy results in high crime rate.

2 . Site Demographic

3. Site Analysis & Potential Users Traffics

Leisure Ac tivities

Demographic Densit y

Sense of Community Leisure Time Potential Interest

100m N

To Produce?

To Process

4. Programs Considering the site conditions, three distinc t spatial designs have been developed to adeptly navigate the challenges presented by the narrow site, each intended to cater to different population groups.

Commuting Ac tivities

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Utilizing scaffoldings as fundamental elements, the struc ture can be construc ted and modified within a relatively brief timeframe.

A A 2

Mode 1: Collaboration 3

B B The pavilion enables people from local communities to per form multiple ac ticities such as gardening.

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Mode 2 : Connec tion Local Collaborative Area 6

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C C

1 Pedestrian Bridge 2 Market Place 3 Workshop 4 The Pavilion 5 Animal House 6 Community Center 7 Sharing Rooms 8 New Entrance 9 Passage Way 10 Old Station

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To Buy ?

The produc tion of the collaboration will be collec ted and stored in the side-rooms.

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Mode 3: Commerce

Sharing rooms will be a space for passangers to relax and to share their stories, encouraging them to join the collaboration.

5.Categor y for Produc tion

6. Links

Buildings

The Pavilion Side Rooms Shared Rooms

Circulation Link: Support Link: Attraction Link: Supply Community Area Collaboration Area

Roads

Sub Direction Main Derection Contact Area

Open Area

7. Plants Selec tion

Gathering Area Linear Walking Area

8. Ac tivities

9AM-2PM, Nor th

2PM-6PM, Nor th

Nor th

South

9AM-2PM, South

2PM-6PM, South

DIY Chess Crafting

Communication

Tea Reading

Urban-Agriculture

Communit y-Collaboration Shop Service Showcase

Aquarium Pet Beehive

9. Cross Sec tions

Section A-A

Section B-B

Section C-C

10. Scenarios

11. Paving Categor y

gravel ballast sub-ballast rammed earth

soil base ballast sub-ballast rammed earth

wood paving concrete gravel-soil cushion ballast sub-ballast rammed earth

wood paving cement mortar concrete gravel-soil cushion rammed earth

05 Pop-up Art Gallery at Kindergarden Installation Design + Construc tion Team Work Info.

Internship Program: Shenzhen Aoya Design Location: Xi’an, China Area: 20 feet by 30 feet Time: 2020 Fall

Built Projec t - View from West

My Role: I ac tively suppor ted the design of small installations by brainstorming ideas, facilitating on site sur veys and ensuring effec tive communication between field and design teams. I conduc ted research on site analysis and construc tion materials, and assisted in detailed numbering of struc tural par ts, contributing to informed material selec tion to optimize design and sustainabilit y.

Moreover, I par ticipated in the construc tion process and gained valuable experience.

Design S trategy I played an impor tant role in design process of the installation. In the brainstorming session, the design team developed models based on some of my ideas. My design helped the team moved for ward efficiently.

The design plays with addition and substrac tion of wooden frames -a simple but play ful strucutre for children to sit on, run around, and enjoy the displayed objec ts.

Built Projec t - View from Nor thwest

Occupied by K ids

06 O ther Works

Info.

Location: Xi’an, China Time: 2020 Fall Medium: Pen, Black Ink

Wei River Wetland Park , Xi’an

Marker Sketches

Summer Design Institu te, UVA

Quick Prac tice

Banyan Tree E xperiential Collage

Layering Prac tice

Representational An

Final Outcome: Wate

nalysis

er front Recreation Architec ture

Undergraduate Design Projec t, NWAFU Chinese Camellia Park Design, Nanning