ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
XIAOYI CAO
Selected Works From 2020-2023
London, England, United Kingdom Portfolio | LinkedIn
E-Mail : xiaoyicao.work@gmail.com | TEL : +44 7579011872
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A professional, creative and innovative Part 2 Architectural Assistant with 2 years of experience, effective schedule management, quick adaptability to emergencies, and a track record of delivering high-quality results within deadlines. Extensive experience in sustainable design and retail projects, additional expertise in customer service enhances interpersonal and problem-solving skills. With fervent interest in the evolution of future architectural forms and advancements driven by contemporary technology and data-driven insights
EDUCATION
09/2021-06/2023
University of Edinburgh
Major: Architecture - ARB/RIBA Part2 (MArch)
Degree: Master of Architecture (MArch)
Classification: Merit
Course Description:
During the 2-year Crossing Panama Program, I focused on urban infrastructure design and urban public space creation. I conducted a methodical analysis of community public space requirements, with a specific focus on the utilization of regional materials, which integrated with the existing landscape, to build a sustainable infrastructure.
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
06/2020-06/2021
China Northwest Architecture Design And Research Institute
Architectural Assistant
Leaptop Wisdom Collection& Crystal Vally Project - RIBA Stage 0-3
Beijing Chaoyang East Bridge Headquarters Project - RIBA Stage 1-3
Organize project documents.
Ideas submitted as part of the early stages of the design process.
Complete site situation assessment and submit investigation report for review. Prepare drawings using computer-aided design programs. Facilitate client involvement in the design process through direct contact and support.
01/2020-04/2020
TMS Architectural Design Firm
Architectural Assistant
The Yan'an Riverside Commercial Area Regeneration - RIBA Stage 1- 3
Yanxiang Road Primary School Campus Design - RIBA Stage 1- 3
Produce digital and physical concept models. Read the project plan and estimate costs. Organize project documents and reports. Complete on-site measurements and collect details for accurate component design.
PROFICIENCY & SKILLS
LANGUAGE: Mandarin Chinese (Native)
English (Fluent)
09/2016-07/2021
Chang'an University (China Mainland, Project 211)
Major: Architecture
Degree: Bachelor of Architecture
GPA:3.52/5.00 (Top 10% of Class)
Course Description:
During my 5-year undergraduate education, I gained a strong thought of architecture through the study and practical application of fundamental knowledge and design theory. This cultivated my architectural thinking and professional skills, with a focus on developing proficiency in hand drawing and architectural software.
AWARDS:
1.2nd Prize in the 2019 World College Students Bridge Design Competition
2.Excellence Award in the 5th China Federation of International College Students Competition
3.First Prize of 2018 Indoor Environment Design Competition of Stadium of Weishui Campus of Chang 'an University
IT & SOFTWARE:
Drawing software: AutoCAD, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.
Modeling software: Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUp
Others: After Effects, Microsoft Office, Lumion, V-Ray, Enscape
REFERENCE: Professor Mark Dorria - Forbes Chair in Architecture
Email: mark.dorrian@ed.ac.uk
XIAOYI CAO
FLOWING SHELTERS DECOLONIZING SQUARE
Urban Energy Hub, Performance Space And Market
Decolonizing Urban Public Spaces In Sevilla
Location: EL Chorrillo, Panama City Location: Torre, Sevilla, Spain
THE WORM BOX
Walrus Rescue Station Hidden In The Rocks
Location: Wrangel Island,Russia
Individual Work Individual Work Group Work
LEATOP INTEL-CRYSTAL
Internet Thinking and Multivariate Scale
Location: Guangzhou, China
Working Project
BEIJING CHAOYANG EAST BRIDGE PROJECT
China Rongtong Real Estate Group Corporate Headquarters
Location: Chaoyang, Beijing, China
Working Project
01 02
03 04
PG SEM2-SEM4 PG SEM1 UG Stage 0-3 Stage 1-3
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CONTENT
FLOWING SHELTERS
Urban Energy Hub, Performance Space And Market
Location: EL Chorrillo, Panama City, Panama
Individual Work
Subject: Culture, Art, Cities, Mix-Used
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FLOWING SHELTERS, FOREST AND SKYLINES
MASTER PLAN
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SITE ANALYSIS
Port and Wind Turbine Solar
Panal Tower
Office and Publice Space
The Energy Hub
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HYPHEN PROJECT METHANE PLANT(SEM2)
TIMBER TOWER AND CONNECTION AREA SECTION
Originally produced at 1:50 at 3000*2100mm size (Rescaled for digital format)
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CONNECTION AREA AND GREENHOUSE SECTION
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Originally produced at 1:50 at 1500*1000mm size (Rescaled for digital format)
Steel
Foot Bridge and Green House Connection Details
Brick Wall and Floor Connection Details
a. Steel Beam
b. Stainless Steel Extruded Top Rail
c. Safty Glass
d. Concrete Slab Protection Layer
e. Stainless Steel U-shaped Groove
f. Timber Floor Slab
g. Screed Layer
h. Waterproof Layer
i. Concrete Floor Slab
j. Timber Beam
Corten Steel Facade Details
Office Revolving Wood Door Detail
a. Stainless Steel Extruded Top Rail
b. Safety glass
c. Concrete Slab Protection Layer
d. Stainless Steel U-shaped Groove
e. Timber Board
f. Screed Layer
g. Waterproof Layer
h. Concrete Floor Slab
i. Steel Column
j. Polychoprene
k. Glass Roof
l. Cushion Block
m. Timber Beam
1 40mm Black Sandalwood Frame Filled With Gravels
2 Profiled Steel Plate Composite Floor
3 H Beam
4 50mm* 5mm Adapting Steel Plate With Anti Corrosion Paint
5 5mm Steel Plate With Anti-Rust Cover, Deep Matte Gray Paint, Fully Anchored To The Weathering Steel Roof
6 W Eathering Steel Trimmings And Drippings
7 Wooden Bamboo Strips
8 10mm Weathering Steel Iron Plate
9 10mm Weathering Steel Ribs With Anti-Corrosion Coverage, Painted In Matte Deep Gray Paint
10 I-Beam Topped With Lights
11 Wooden Bamboo Benches
12 40mm Calcite Overhead
13 5mm Weathering Steel Plate
14 40mm* 80mm Steel Keel
15 8mm Steel Ribs
16 Broken Gravel Bricks Backfill And Ballast
17 Embedded Pipelines
18 Steel Ground Beam
19 Gravel Ground
20 Led Light Strips
21 Drain Hole
1 40mm black
2 Profiled steel
3 H beam
4 50mm* 5mm
5 5mm steel plate fully anchored
6 W eathering
7 Wooden bamboo
8 10mm weathering
9 10mm weathering painted in matte 10 I-beam topped 11 Wooden bamboo
12 40mm calcite
13 5mm weathering
14 40mm* 80mm
15 8mm steel ribs
16 Broken gravel
17 Embedded
18 Steel ground
19 Gravel ground
20 Led light strips
21 Drain hole
a. Steel Block
b. Corten Steel Sheet Roof
c. Insulation aluminium Panel
d. Timber Roof
e. Timber Facade
f. Insulation
g. Corten Steel Construction
h. Metal Connect Member
i. Steel Colomn
j. Corten Steel Facade
a. Door Frame/ Steel Beam
b. Axial Rotating Member
c. 5mm Radius Screw Kit
d. 40mm Thick Wooden
Door Panel
e. 5mm Radius Screw Kit
f. Axial Rotating Member
g. Floor/Door Frame
a b c d e h k m g a b c d e h g a b c d e h g a b c e g d
Column and Floor Connection Details
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RESIDENT FOOTBRIDGE ENTRANCE(SEM4)
FACTORY WORKPATH VIEW(SEM4)
CAFE VIEW(SEM3)
GREEN HOUSE VIEW(SEM3)
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RESIDENT FOOTBRIDGE VIEW(SEM2)
Skteching
Physical Models
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DECOLONIZING SQUARE
Decolonizing Urban Public Spaces In Sevilla
Location: Torre, Sevilla, Spain
Group Work
Culture, Art, Cities, Mix-Used
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Archive Node Junction 2 Culture Exhibition Embassy Office Node Junction 2 Hydrophilc Platform SCENARIO ARCH PROTOTYPE EXTRACTION Cathedral de Sevilla Tininess Accessibility
Cautious Randomness
Royal Palace of Sevilla
Nervous Disorder
Town Hall
Constrained Stroll
Plaza of Spain
Square Archives Inhibition Depress Enclosed Controlled Possibility Free Openness Room 10
University of Sevilla Shipyard Bullfighting
0m5m10m20m 50m 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 15 14 ±0.00m ±0.00m ±0.00m ±0.00m ±0.00m 1.20m -2.50m -5.00m -0.30m ±0.00m ±0.00m -2.50m -5.00m -5.00m -5.00m -2.50m 3.60m 0.30m 0m5m10m20m 50m -5.00m -5.00m -7.20m -7.20m -7.20m -5.00m -5.00m -5.00m -5.00m -5.00m -5.00m -5.00m -5.00m -5.00m -7.20m -5.00m -5.00m -5.00m 2 3 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 BF PALN 01. Swimming Pool 02. Yacht Marina 03. Museum Office 04. Museum Auditorium 05. Toilet 11. Confessions Room 12. Warehouse 13. Exhibition Gallery 14. Toilet 15. Theatres 06. Restaurant 07. Lift 08. Bar 09. Activity Square 10. Handicraft Workshop 16. Staff Office 17. Archive Museum 18. Corridor 19. Gallery 20. Square
01. Torre 02. Swimming Pool 03. Yacht Marina 04. Square 05. Platform 11. Theatres 12. Archive Museum 13. Church 14. Memorials 15. Chapel 06. Embassy Office 07. Activity Square 08. Viewing Platform 09. Tourist Center 10. Viewing Platform 11
GF PALN
NEW ARCHIEVE AND PUBLIC PLAZA EMBASSIES OFFICE AND RIVERSIDE PLAZA 12
THE WARM BOX
A Walrus Rescue Station Hidden In The Rocks
Location: Wrangel Island,Russia
Individual Work
Scientific Research Facilities
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THIRD FLOOR PLANE
SECOND FLOOR PLANE
FIRST FLOOR PLANE
GROUND FLOOR PLANE
25% 25% 1. Restaurant 2. Kitchen 3. Storage room 4. Storage room 5. Male dormitory 6. Female dormitory 7. Gym 8. Toilet 9. Activity room 1. Garage 2. Walrus ambulance operation room 3. Machanical repair workshop 4. Storage room 5. Storage room 6. Toilet 7. Rest area 8. Hall 1. External platform 2. Hall 3. Bar 4. Hall 5. External platform 1. Activity room 2. Observation equipment storage room 3. Observation equipment storage room 4. Laboratory 5. Laboratory 6. Storage room 7. Office 8. Office 9. Office 10. Meeting room 11. Toilet 12. Library CONCEPT SNOW THICKNESS AND ENTRANCE 1. Box on Site 2. Arrange Box to Bear Snow Loads 3. Establish Vertical Transportation 4. Consider External Facade and Internal Views 5.Determine Main Entrances 6. Winter Entrance Snow Cover 50% snow cover line Entrance 100% snow cover line Lessly snow 3 entrances used normally No snow, main entrance Lower part normal snowfall 2 entrances can be used normally Moderate snow thickness, middle entrance scale Snowstorm only highest enterance can be used Snowstorm thickness, highest entrance scale
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LEATOP INTEL-CRYSTAL
Internet Thinking and Multivariate Scale
Location: Nanshan, Guangzhou, China
Working Project, Stage 0-3
Mix-used, Retail, Cities, Commercial Property
WORKING EXPERIENCE
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Project Design Concept
Actual Required in the Task Book sqm sqm sqm sqm sqm sqm sqm sqm sqm sqm sqm Standalone Office Area sqm Total Area sqm Commerical Area sqm Podium Office Area sqm sqm sqm sqm sqm Underground Garage and Utility Rooms sqm Commerical Area sqm Office Area sqm C2-22-01 and C2-22-05 B1 Office Calculation Volume Rate Total Area sqm sqm sqm sqm sqm Vehicles Vehicle Parking Spaces 1480 Floor Area Ratio 4.19 Including Plot C2—22—01 Including Plot C2—21—11 Including Plot C2—22—05 7.50 7.5 1.40 1.4 4.30 4.3 Excluding Calculation Volume Rate Total Area 63437.45 Green Ratio 30% 30% 152497.2 152498 Including Plot C2—22—01 Including Plot C2—21—11 Including Plot C2—22—05 75914.42 75915 17655.87 17656 58926.91 58927 Including 64368.79 3224.06 C2-22-01 and C2-22-05 B1 Commercial 1839.89 Underground Building Area 69432.74 Including Plot C2—22—05 3833.61 Underground Commercial Area: 868.2; Total Commercial Area: 4,701.8 3000-5000 2799.38 Underground Office Area: 908.5; Total Office Area: 38,151 35000-37000 Tower Office Area 3443.63 Standalone Office Area 16073.53 17000-19000 Total Area 71695.89 Including Plot C2—21—11 17655.87 17655.87 17000 57150.15 Above-Ground Building Area 146501.91 Including Plot C2—22—01 Commerical Area 5642.61 Underground Office Area2355.6,Total Office Area:79985 8000-10000 Podium Office Area 2030.6 Underground Office Area: 931.3; Total Office Area: 66,984 63000-67000 Tower Office Area 64022.68 Total Area 8.67% Total Building Area 215934.7 Building Density 10% 40% Including Pedestal Area of Podium Building 5446.56 Podium Building Density 14.95% Tower Building Pedestal Area 3158.71 Building Density Including Plot C2—22—01 Including Plot C2—21—11 Including Plot C2—22—05 10122 12612 13704 Technical and Economic Indicators Table Name Quantity Unit Remarks Total Land Area 36438 sqm 4. Circulation and Transportation 3. Environmental Analysis 2. Hierarchy and Approach 1. Functions and Space
Master Plan
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BEIJING CHAOYANG EAST BRIDGE PROJECT
China Rongtong Real Estate Group Corporate Headquarters
Location: Chaoyang, Beijing, China
Working Project, Stage 1-3
Mix-used, Retail, Cities, Commercial Property
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VERTICAL SPACE SECTION VOLUME GENERATION 1. Volume and Public Space Ratio 3. Massing Play to Establish Hierarchy Level 5.
Space with Sustainable Design 2. Courtyard Design Applied to Site 4. Establish Functions with Internal Views 6.Mixed Use
ROOF GARDEN HEADQUARTERS A HEADQUARTERS B MEETING ROOM RENTAL OFFICE LOBBY BUSINESS OFFICE SUPPORTING GARAGE 18
Hispitaliy
Commerical Block with Sustainable Contemporary Design.
