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Design Collection 2012-2016

Design Portfolio

Xi Cao

Master of Landscape Architecture

Email: cao8@g.clemson.edu CellG: (864)-643-9606

Xi Cao

Second Professional MLA, Clemson University TEL: (864) 643-9606 Email: cao8@clemson.edu EDUCATION

COMPUTER SKILLS

School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China — Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII

Sep. 2010 - Jul. 2014

College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Clemson, SC — Master of Landscape Architecture Aug. 2014 - Present

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Adobe Illustrator CS6 Adobe InDesign SketchUp AutoCAD ArcGIS Rhinoceros Lumion Python

INTERN EXPERIENCE Sange Landscape Engineering, Guiyang China — Intern Designer

MANUAL SKILLS

Hand Modeling Sketching Watercolor Wood Carving

Jul. 2012 - Aug. 2012

• Participated in the materials collection, project research, sketch design etc.

• Completed the map of the present land-use, and the collective drawing of the planning

Beijing Forestry University, Beijing China —Student Assistant, Tutor: Dafang Li May. 2013 - Sep. 2013

• Participated in Shuyuan Hotel Design of Qingyan area, Guizhou • Complete the preliminary concept planning, scheme design, landscape planning of the first phase, the construction of the hotel is completed by Sep. 2015

AWARDS • Second-class Scholarship, Beijing Forestry University, 2013 • Third-class Scholarship, Beijing Forestry University, 2012 • Progress Scholarship, Beijing Forestry University, 2012

Content 2

Qingyanshuyuan Resort

Beijing Forestry University

Archiecture Design

May 2013

"Walking Together"

1

"Flow"

Landscape Design

Clemson University

Sketches and Crafts

Landscape Design

May 2015

Present

October 2015

December 2014

September 2013

September 2010

"Street Activation"

Landscape Planning

September 2014

Plus

5

3

4

"The Moment" Architecture Design

6

Defuse the City Core Landscape Design

@Life of Pix

Flow

Wudaokou Landscape Design

Time :

May 2013 (2nd Semester, 3nd Year Undergraduate)

Location: Wudaokou, Haidian District, Beijing, China Area : 35.8 Acre Instructor: Liu Cui

Living environment and people's life style are mutual dependent.

And the improvement of urban space could be a big lifting of living condition for the surroundding neighborhood. Efficient connection should be asured as well as delighting landscape settings .

Design Concept

+ Bridge

Spacial arrangement

+

+ Rhythm

Form

Problems & Solutions

Analysis

Plan and Perspectives

Qingyanshuyuan Resort Hotel Planning and Preliminary Design

Time : Sep 2013 ( 1st Semester, Senior) Location: Qingyan, Guizhou, China Site Area : 280 Acre Instructor: Dafang Li

Culture is the blood and soul of a society which carries the custom accumulated for several generations. That's also forms the values and aesthetic of local residents. Culture shock may appears when something new was invited to an ancient town, so that as a designer should balance the design and be aware of the risk of disharmony not only in the pespective of art, but also that in the culture.

Traditional Dwelling Forms

Inventory Reserved and Demolish buidings

Elevation Map

Reserved Demolished

Circulation

Functions

Guest Rooms

Cafeteria Recreations Shops

Lobby

Restaurant

^

Entrence

Plan and Elevation

South Elevation

Plan of Qingyanshuyuan Resort

Plans in Elevation Levels

上 下

+±0.00平面图 0.00 plan

1:500

+ +3.00平面图 3.00 plan

1:500

+ +10.00平面图 10.00 plan

+ 7.00 plan +7.00平面图

1:500

+ +13.00平面图 13.00 plan

1:500

上

Underground Level plan 地下室平面图 1:500

1:500

Perspectives ( Via Sketchup + Modo)

As an important connection of neighborhoods, universities, reginal center of bussiness and public transportation, the lack of properly guidance

@Joshua Zader

Walking Together

Planning of Reabilitation Center & Walking Trail System

Time :

Dec 2014 ( 1st Semester, 1st Year Graduate)

Location: Oconee, South Carolina Area :

280 Acre

Instructor: Matt Powers, Associate Professor This project aims to design a reabilitation center and wheelchair accessible trails for disabled people to enjoy with families.

Environmental and social data like population, cities, recreation and hydrology were collected and analyzed through GIS. Decisions were made base on the thorough analysis of both geographical information but also design deteils for disabled people.

Rationale

Site Sslection and Regional Master Plan

Site Inventory

Spacial Analysis

Master Plan

Master Plan in Trail Accessiblity

Trail Design with Analysis

Trail Design with Analysis

Performance Drawings ( Via Sai)

@Jonas Parnow

The Moment Japanese Teahouse Design

Time : Apr 2015 ( 2st Semester, 1st Year Graduate) Location: Clemson, South Carolina Area : 600 Sqf Instructor: Annemarie Jacques, Senior Lecturer

Japanese tea ceremony is not only a social activity but can also be perceived as a process of Zen. They believe that every single ceremony is a 'once in a lifetime' experience and the environment plays an important role for helping people concentrate and selfcleanning so that they are able to appreciate the bueaty of this ceremony itself as well as the bueaty of nature.

Plan and Elevations

10 feet

Pllan and Sections

West Section

East Section 10 feet

Performance Drawings ( Via Sai)

Trail Design with Analysis

As an important connection of neighborhoods, universities, reginal center of bussiness and public transportation, the lack of properly guidance

Street Activation Asheville Street Reform and Landscape Design

Time : Oct 2015 ( 1st Semester, 2nd Year Graduate ) Location: Asheville, North Carolina Area : 5.8 Acre Instructor: Hyejung Chang, Associate Professor The name of my project is ‘Street Activation’ and it concerns about the urban vitality and pedestrian accessibility. In order to achieve that in the city of Asheville, the existing problems result from city sprawl and poor planning have to be solved. Aiming at the disconnection of the important streets in the core area, this design would propose a fluent flow throughout the corridor as well as making the site itself to become an attraction to draw the attention from both the residents and tourists. By increasing the pedestrian accessibility and creating interesting spaces, the downtown is able to invite people to enjoy the attractive city.

Rationale

Regional Overview

Case Study and Analysis

Concept and Principles

Site Plan and Site Model

Perspectives (Via Sketchup, Vray, Photoshop )

Perspectives (Via Sketchup, Vray, Photoshop )

@CRODRIGUESC

Defuse the City Core Xizhimen Square Design

Time : Feb 2016 (2nd Semester, 2nd Year Graduate) Location: Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing, China Area :

4.62 Acre

Instructor: Hyejung, Chang

It's never easy being a pedestrian in some big cities like Beijing. All the crowding, congestion, disorder and safety issues are lowing user experience in every minute. City centers are overwhelmed with all of transit modes clustered, so do the tired commuters. It's the timing for the designers to do there job, like a explosives expert defuse a bomb

Site View

Site Overview

4.62 Acre Train Station Bus Station Subway Station

Bicycle & Motorcycle Parking

Shopping Mall Subway Entrence

7 Entrances 3 Metro Lines 16 Bus Lines 59 Trains/day

Metro + Bus

XizhimenStation

DAILY TRIPS PEAK DAILY TRIPS

118,200 Ridership /day

2.0

LINE 2

LINE 4

5:00 A.M. 11:00 P.M.

5:00 A.M. 11:00 P.M.

1,140,000 2,080,000

750,000 1,160,000

2.5 Million Trips

1.5

1.0

0.5

0.0

Line2

Line2 Peak

Line4

Line4 Peak

LINE 13 5:30 A.M. 12:00 P.M.

780,000 940,000

15 Bus lines 3 Stops Line13 Line13 Peak

User Groups

Entertainment

Commuting

Social Activities Shopping Schooling

7.7 9.0%

60%

14.6%

Chart 1 : Trip purposes by transit in Beijing , 2005

52%

Non-Commuting

Commuting

48%

Chart 2 : Rate of commuting and non-commuting travels in Beijing, 2007

*Sources: Ye Sun and Xinmiao Yang, (2011)."Investigation of commuting and non-commuting travel features for the popularization of public transportation system". International Journal of Compu 1318

Main User Groups

Commuting 60%

Shopping 9.0%

Schooling 14.6%

Time

Highly Sensitive

Not Sensitive

Sensitive

Peak

7:30-9:00 a.m.

5:45-7:20 p.m.

Long Distance (59mins)

Friday Evening Weekend Moderate Distance Walk a lot

Other

utational Intelligence Systems, Vol. 4, No. 6 (December, 2011), 1307-

7:00-7:30 a.m.

4:00-6:30 p.m.

Short-Moderate

Section + Elevation Analysis

Metro

Train

Line 13

Line 2 Line 4

Section

Design Principles

1 Human scale

2 Simple and intuitive navigation 3 Equitable for all users 4 Soft edges

@CRODRIGUESC

A Little Bit of Everything Drawings and Sketches and Crafts

Drawings and Handcrafts

Oct 2013 in Hangzhou, China

Apr 2011 in Beijing, China

Nov 2011 in Beijing, China

Jan 2015 in Clemson, South Carolina

Thank You !

Email: cao8@g.clemson.edu CellG: (864)-643-9606