Portfolio Xi Cao Clemson a+h

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Xi Cao Healthcare Architecture Portfolio

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Xi Cao

Architecture + Health, 2019 (864) 643-9606 cao8@clemson.edu 811 Issaqueena Trl #416 Central, SC

COMPUTER SKILLS IIIII AutoCAD IIIII Illustrator IIIII SketchUp IIIII Rhinoceros IIIII Revit IIIII Photoshop

WORK EXPERIENCE NBBJ, Seatle, WA — Medical Planning Intern, May. 2018- Aug.2017 Supervisor: Gregory Swinton, Erin Kelley, David Owsiany

Participated in

• Medical planning of Sitka Replacement Hospital, AK

• Design competition for WUXI General Hospital, Wuxi, China.

• Site analysis phase of the Highline Medical Center expansion.

Clemson University, SC — Graduate Assistant, Aug. 2016 - Present

Supervisor: David Allison, Byron Edwards

•Assisting Byron Edwards,Chair of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, research initiatives

commitee for Case Study library.Generating aia/aah award winning project case studies.

•Generating aia/aah award winning project case studies.

Philips Design, Boston MA — Design Intern, Jul. 2017- Aug.2017 Supervisor: Sean Hughes, David Ruthven

• Support project team leads to deliver architectural design solutions.

• Produce project visuals to communicate design intent.

• Create workshop materials for client collaboration

Beijing Forestry University, Beijing China —Student Assistant Supervisor: Dafang Li

• 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

EDUCATION Master of Architecture, Clemson, SC

IIIII InDesign

Clemson University, Architecture + Health

Aug.2016 - Present

IIIII ArcGIS

Master of Landscape Architecture, Clemson, SC

Aug. 2014 - May.2016

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Beijing, China

Sep. 2010 - Jul. 2014

IIIII Lumion IIIII Python

Clemson University

Beijing Forestry University

TABLE OF CONTENT

GHS Cancer Center | Greenville, South Carolina

Maggie’s Center | Greenville, South Carolina

Hilltown Central Senior Living | Greenville, South Carolina

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2018 FALL

2018 FALL

2018 SPRING

2nd Year Healthcare

2nd Year Healthcare

1st Year Healthcare

WMC Campus Master Plan | Boone, North Carolina

Asheville Monastery | Asheville, South Carolina

Rest Area

Fountains

Asheville Urban Design | Asheville, South Carolina

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Street Arts

Diverse Pavement to define space

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2017 FALL

2017 SPRING

2016 SPRING

1st Year Healthcare

1st Year Architecture

2nd Year Landscape

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GHS CANCER CENTER | Greenville, South Carolina Design Collaboration with Hannah Shultz, Katie Hardwick, Alex Langford

A master plan for Greenville Healthcare system | Examining the relationship between healthy urban design and a medical center campus

The Greenville Cancer Care Center provides support services for those diagnosed with cancer in the upstate. The facility is planted on the edge of the Greenville Health System campus in an area that is densely covered with foliage. The aim of this project development is to emerge patients and visitors into nature through a transparent facade system, a daylight filled atrium, woodland chapel, and lightwells that carry light down into the linear accelerator vaults. The goals of the facility are to provide a sense of comfort and awareness throughout treatment areas.

Birds Eye View

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MASSING STUDY

Front Entrance

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DESIGN GUIDELINES

SUSTAINABLE PARKING

GARDENS WHICH LIVE

HARVEST NATURAL DAYLIGHT

WELCOMING ENTRY

COMMON AREAS AT HEART

NO.1

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

ENTRY NO.2

GROVE RD. ENTRY

SPACES FOR RESPITE

UND UNDERGRO PARKING

CANCER CENTER

OUTDOOR PARKING

MAGGIE’S CENTER GHS MAIN CAMPUS

Site Plan

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BUILDING SYSTEMS & DEPARTMENT ADJACENCIES

FACADE SYSTEM Facade System

Infusion

PLATES FloorFLOOR Plate

Clinics

BUILDING FRAMING SteelSTEEL Framing

Radiation Oncology

CONCRETEParking PARKING STRUCTURE Concrete Structure

Underground Parking

Building Systems

Stacking Diagram

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FLOOR PLAN

Linear accelerator 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4

3 2 1

Physics Storage & Lab

Lab

Office

Treatment Planning

Block Room

Office

Office

Office

Staff Elevator

Up Up

Staff Elevator

CT Control

CT Toilet

Staff

Linear Accelerator

Exam Conference CT Sim. Storage Staff Work Cancer Registry Retail Pharmacy

Computer

Exam

Elevator

Computer Check in

Changing

Changing

Exam

Consultation Gowned sub wait

Consultation Family Waiting

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Public Elevator Staff Elevator Stairs

Exam

Elevator

B

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HDR

Support

A

Treatment Support Staff Work Area Administration Public Amenities

Toilet

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Toilet

Staff

Cafe

Toilet Up

Level 1: Radiation Oncology + Patient Services

Chapel

Gowned sub wait

FLOOR PLAN

Main Lobby Looking South

Treatment Space Staff Work Area Support Administration Public Amenities Public Elevator Staff Elevator Stairs

Level 2: Medical Oncology Offices + Support Program

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FLOOR PLAN

View into the Courtyard

Treatment Space Staff Work Area Support

Public Elevator Staff Elevator Stairs

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Level 3: Infusion + Roof Top Garden

FACADE DESIGN 1.

2.

3.

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5.

6.

Building Structure Curtain Wall Structure Double Layered Glazing Vertical Wood Shading Fins Perforated Metal Panels Horizontal Wood Shading Fins

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The facade assemblies in this project are consisted of several standardized elements which can be manufactured in the factory. Each of them carries specific functions such as main structure, secondary structure, private screen, horizontal shading, vertical shading and etc. Different elements are chosen to form an assembly to satisfy requirements that are specific to that orientation. The method increaces building’s overall energy performance, lowers the cost in material manufacturing and management.

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GHS CANCER CENTER | Greenville, South Carolina Individual Project

An architecture design for Greenville Healthcare System | Establish a chain of support for cancer patients and families.

Maggie’s Centers provide informational and emotional/social support services to people with cancer and their families. My Maggie’s Center is located on the edge of GHS campus along Grove Road. The drastic change of grade across the site and the dense natural vegetation created challenges and opportunities for the design. The goal of this project was to bridge the divide between hospital and residential atmospheres to create continuity of care. The Maggie’s center sits on the west hill and opens up to the east to take advantage of downhill views, in addition to creating a strong visual connection to the future cancer center. As the core of all Maggie’s Centers, kitchens and dining spaces anchor all other spaces, and help foster a strong sense of community. Major functional spaces are located on the ends of the bars to maximize connectivity and views. Different edge treatments and sitting spaces provide options for the visitors so they have the freedom to interact with one another in a variety of settings.

ENTRY

PARKING

MAGGIE’E CENTER

Site Plan

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POTENTIAL CANCER CENTER

DESIGN GUIDELINES

Daylighting

Hearth

Respite Space

Encourage Communication

Welcoming Environment

Indoor-outdoor Transition

Parking in the Park

Stormwater Management

Exploded Axonometric View

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ELEVATION

Level 2 10' - 0"

Level 1 0' - 0"

Level B -8' - 0"

Level 2 10' - 0"

Level 1 0' - 0"

Level B -8' - 0"

East Perspective

Level 2 10' - 0"

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Building West Elevation

Level 1 0' - 0"

Building North Elevation

SITE PLAN

Legends 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Kitchen + Dining Library Large Room (Multi-Purpose Room) Offices Consulting Rooms Quiet Rooms Information Center

617 sf 608 sf 507 sf 210 sf 250 sf 81 sf

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Main Entry C

Main Entry 1

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Library

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Kitchen

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Multi-Purpose Room

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Welcoming Area Transition Zone Pause Pocket Destination Hub

Floor Plan

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SECTION

Kitchen and Dining Space

Kitchen and Dining Quiet Room

Mechanical Room

C-C’ SECTION PERSPECTIVE 1/4”=1’-0”

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Offices

Mini Garden

SECTION

Multi-Functional Space

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SECTION

Breat Out Space near Backyard Toilets Library

A-A’ SECTION PERSPECTIVE 1/4”=1’-0”

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Offices

Alucobond Panel Aluminum Supporting Structure Thermal Insulation Waterproof Membrane Sheathing Corrugated Metal Sheet Wide Flanges Ceiling Supporting Structure Wood Plank Ceiling

SECTION

Galvanized Steel Profile U Wood Topping Laminated Glass Double Glazing

Mullion

Gypsum Board Insulation Air Gap

Gutter Supporting Structure for Canopy Tempered Glass

Wood Plank Flooring Plywood Panel Radiant Floor Pipe Reflective Sheet Insulation Wood Stud (structure) Vapor Barrier Geotextile Reinforce Concrete Gravel Water Drain

Wall Section: Office

Edge: Office to Backyard

Wall Section: Entrance

Edge: Core Space to Backyard

Edge: Core Space to the Front

Edge: Large Room Looking Out

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HILLTOWN CENTRAL | Central, South Carolina Individual Project

Congregate Care for the Elderly | Design for Abilities, Not Disabilities.

Hilltown Central is a congregate care facility for low income senior residents in the Central, SC. The charge was to design a modular living unit to accommodate eight residents and one caretaker. The units were to be adaptable for different site conditions and contexts. This project sits on a triangular corner lot that slopes down to the east. Three units step down the hill and contain scenic views to nature as well as human activities. They angle along the streets and create dynamic outdoor spaces for social interactions.

Each unit is a separate building structure enabling for easy future expansion. The openness within the building frame and modular design of the rooms allow for flexible re-configuration. The variety of community amenities including family garden, amphitheater and center plaza encourage activities and communication. The top priority is to design a prototype for affordable senior living which could be applicable for a variety of sites and contexts, and capable of accommodating changing needs over time.

Public Spaces along the South Edge

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DESIGN DRIVERS

Park with Baseball-Fields

RANGE OF OPTIONS

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CELEBRATE SOCIALIZATION

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FLEXIBLE LAYOUT

Woo

SEPARATE STRUCTURE

Gaines Street

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Context Analysis

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MASSING STUDY

Site Birds Eye Perspective

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DESIGN DRIVERS

Kitchen and Living Room Soiled Linen

Toilet Mechanical Room 160 SF

49 SF Room

Room

Room

201 SF

201 SF

167 SF

Room Toilet

Toilet

167 SF

139 SF

45 SF Waste 47 SF

47 SF

55 SF

Toilet

Laundry

56 SF

Toilet

Toilet Room 155 SF

57 SF

Toilet

55 SF

47 SF

Room

Room

Room

155 SF

158 SF

158 SF

Room 116 SF

Vestibule 72 SF

Waste

Pantry

55 SF

63 SF

Typical Floor Plan

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SITE PLAN

B’

A’

Linen Soiled 45 SF

Toilet

ry

Laund

49 SF

139 SF

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Room nical

Mecha

Room

160 SF

Room 201 SF

Room 201 SF

167 SF

Toilet

Room 155 SF

Room

Toilet

166 SF

55 SF

87 SF Room

Room

158 SF

Room

ule Vestib 72 SF

55 SF

Room Toilet

166 SF

55 SF

Soiled Linen

Waste

54 SF

56 SF

DN

Luandry 158 SF

189 SF

55 SF

Toilet Room

Room

189 SF

189 SF

55 SF

Pantry

Room

58 SF

189 SF

Storage

48 SF

y

47 SF

Room 166 SF

Toilet

Storage

Room

Room 166 SF

96 SF Office

55 SF

Waste

Toilet 55 SF

Room

47 SF

Toilet 56 SF

Toilet 55 SF Toilet 57 SF

54 SF

66 SF

Waste 47 SF

167 SF

Toilet

Room

Toilet

93 SF Toilet

Toilet Room

Mechanical

Pantr

50 SF

63 SF

116 SF

158 SF

155 SF

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Pantry Waste

Vestibule Room

63 SF

118 SF Room 166 SF

Room Room Room

Toilet

Office

Toilet

161 SF 55 SF

46 SF Toilet

Luandry

Soiled Linen

48 SF Toilet

138 SF

52 SF

46 SF

Toilet

Room

161 SF 55 SF

61 SF Toilet 54 SF

84 SF

Waste

1288 SF

55 SF

166 SF

Vestibule

61 SF

59 SF

Room

Room Room

Room 160 SF

162 SF

199 SF

199 SF

Mechanical 138 SF

+ 32’

+ 20’ + 12’

+ 0’

Building Longitudinal Section A-A’

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Building Cross Section B-B’

SITE LANDSCAPE PLAN

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Therapy Garden

Family Farm

Bell Tower

Farmer’s Market

Amphitheater

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+ 20’

+ 20’

+ 12’

+ 0’

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Site Section C-C’

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Family Garden

Building Front Elevation Building Side Elevation

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Farmers’ Market at the Center Plaza

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WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER | Boone, North Carolina Design Collaboration with E. Malone Hopkins

A master plan for Appalachian Regional Healthcare system | Examining the relationship between healthy urban design and a medical center campus The major design concept for the Watauga Medical Center Master Plan is to establish clear site organization and reduce the scale of building massing on the campus. The design is driven by an effort to separate inpatient and outpatient facilities and create a natural setting between buildings that invites wellness activities to the healthcare campus in Boone, North Carolina. Community amenities include a large amphitheater for music festivals, an area for a farmers’ market, and retail space along a proposed greenway trail situated strategically between the campus and an adjacent wellness district. Four simple phases create the site potential which adds a new outpatient facility, cancer center, and inpatient annex. These additions make way for the selective demolition of the oldest parts of the existing Watauga Medical Center building, and a final addition for an education facility acts as a gateway to the campus. The future of Watauga Medical Center is set up to focus on and promote preventative rather than reactionary healthcare for the community of Boone.

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View to Inpatient Facility

ESTABLISH CLEAR SITE ENTRY & ORGANIZATION

TEBO FAMILY MEDICAL PAVILION - BOULDER, CO

REDUCE THE SCALE OF BUILDING MASSING

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL’ AIRPORT

CREATE A PARK-LIKE SETTING WITH PAVILION BUILDINGS

OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER

INVITE WELLNESS ACTIVITIES TO THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS

NORTH

PIEDMONT NEWNAN HOSPITAL - NEWNAN, GA

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In order to implement the key concepts, we started with the existing site by defining an axis to respond to Deerfield road, and using the same form to unify the different elements in our design.

1. DEFINE AN AXIS RESPONDING TO SITE

2. SEPARATE STRUCTURES ON SITE

Then we relocated the cancer center to clear the space close to the hospital for expansion.

3. RELOCATE CANCER CENTER

Then we separated the inpatient and outpatient services, so the I occupancy and B occupancy buildings can be independent from each other. And we also introduced a parking garage on the back of the outpatient building to serve the staff working in the new facility and also prepare for the public parking for the following steps.

Next we massed the new inpatient building based on the square footages of the departments that will be move into this building, instead of attaching it to the hospital, we bridge it over back to the hospital to leave some room for breathing between structures.

4. MASS AND BRIDGE INPATIENT TOWER

Next we connected the hospital and the inpatient facility with a volume as a landmark entry space.

Afforded the opportunity by moving some services like inpatient surgery, inpatient beds and imagining into the new building, we selectively demolished the oldest portion of the hospital.

6. DEMOLISH HOSPITAL AND RENOVATE LANDSCAPING

After that we bent inpatient and outpatient facilities responding to the axis we established in the very beginning in order to create an embracing welcoming entry condition.

7. BEND BUILDINGS RESPONDING TO SITE AXIS

Then we subtracted building volumes to incorporate daylighting and access to nature.

8. SUBTRACT ATRIUM, PUBLIC, AND GREEN SPACES

Looking into the future, the structures of inpatient and outpatient facilities allows vertical expansions. It will be easy to add inpatient beds or clinics because of the modular design.

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We also provided amenities like education and retail functions along the edge of the campus closest to the wellness district to again invite the community.

10. EXPAND VERTICALLY FOR FUTURE GROWTH

Operative Verbs

Design Phasing

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NEW OUTPATIENT FACILITY + PARKING DECK

NEW CANCER CENTER + DEMO OLD CANCER CENTER

NEW INPATIENT FACILITY + SELECTED DEMO AND RENOVATION OF WMC

NEW EDUCATION CENTER

Site Potential JOHNS

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Modular Concepts

INPATIENT UNIT MODULE INPATIENT FACILITY LEVELS 04 & 05 1

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INPATIENT UNITS ADMINISTRATION

INPATIENT MED/SURG UNITS SERVICES

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EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SURGERY / CATH LAB OUTPATIENT SURGERY

Work Core

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LEVEL 04 DEPARTMENT PLAN (duplicated on Level 05 in inpatient facility)

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OBSTETRICS PHARMACY

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ADMINISTRATION INTERSTITIAL SPACE

SLEEP CENTER

OUTPATIENT CLINIC MODULE

PHARMACY

OUTPATIENT CLINICS

SLEEP CENTER

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DINING/KITCHEN EDUCATION / RETAIL

LEVEL 03 DEPARTMENT PLAN

Work Core

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Staff Circulation

WOUND CARE

Reception

Public Circulation

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STORAGE/SUPPORT/MECH. OR

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Waiting Area

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PHYSICAL THERAPY

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OUTPATIENT SURGERY

CANCER CENTER LAB

OUTPATIENT CLINICS OUTPATIENT CLINICS ICU

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OUTPATIENT IMAGING EDUCATION / RETAIL CAFE

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SUPPORT / MECH. HEALING GARDEN

INPATIENT FACILITY FLOOR 02

ENERGY PLANT

Patient Entry

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Storage /Supply

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PUBLIC SPACES

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