Portfolio of RUNZHI XU
Selected works from 2023-2024
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Education
Guangdong Poly echnic Norma Un vers ty (GPNU) Oct 2020 - Jun 2024
Bache or in Env ronmen a Des gn
Average Score: 85 34/100
Professional Development
Partic pant - Cornel Univers ty Summer Master Course Jul 2024 - Aug. 2024
Par icipa ed in a mas e c ass led by a Corne l Univers ty andscape a chi ectu e pro essor, conducted en ire y n Eng ish and gained n-depth knowledge of core pr nc p es in urban in ras ructure design and plann ng
Acqui ed sys emat c si e research methodo ogies;
Success ul y completed a comprehensive des gn projec encompass ng ini ial si e inves iga ion, conceptual developmen and f nal projec presen a ion.
Campus Exper ence
Volun eer - GPNU Recru tment Fair Mar 2023
Guided and managed ob seekers to ensure he order y execut on of ac ivi ies
Trainee - CAD Construc ion Drawing Des gn Tra ning Aug 2022 - Spe . 2022
Mas e ed CAD so tware and ndependen ly comple ed a comprehens ve set of construc ion drawings;
Awarded the “Red Brick Award” for ou s and ng perfo mance
Partic pant - Landscape Sof ware Learning Camp Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
Ga ned prof c ency in Pho oshop SketchUp and Rhino enhancing d g tal des gn capabi i ies;
Earned the “Black Br ck Award” or rank ng 2nd out of 40 par icipants
Deputy Student Leader - Youth League Committee Oct 2021 - Jun 2022
Coord na ed ogist cs fo majo events and superv sed dai y ac iv t es manag ng a depa tment of 30 members
Success ul y organ zed 8 major events w th at endance exceed ng 800 part c pants each rece v ng pos t ve feedback
Honours and Awards
F rst Place Men s Team Group Basketba l Col ege o
ECO-FACTORY
A SWEET VISION
LIVING WITH WATER
Guangzhou NanFang Flour Mill Factory Park Renovation
Location：GuangZhou, CHINA
Area：1.84ha
Type：Individual Work
Time：11/2024
Mentor：Xinwei He
The design for the abandoned Southern Flour Mill site in Guangzhou reopens the mill to the people, providing protection for the industrial heritage, while creating lawns and ecological wetlands in the urban green space, providing multi-functional public spaces, allowing the industrial heritage to co-exist in harmony with the city.
ABANDONED GUANGZHOU SOUTHERN FLOUR MILL ON THE URBAN WATERFRONT
Industrial
SITE ISSUES
DESIGN PLANNING CONCEPT
Open access to historical factories and unused green spaces with planned cultural and tourism activities restoration of vegetation making factories urban green spaces with historical
GRASSHOPPER GENERATES PATHS FOR SURFACE DESIGN
MASTER PLAN
The design connects the historical heritage with the natural ecological space, using the preserved factory site to build lawns and ecological wetlands, and re-linking the blocked-off factories into the city's public green spaces.
OF GREEN SPACES
Clearly define the areas that are currently abandoned and cannot be reused, and reorganise the green spaces based on the preservation of the historical heritage. Reintegration of currently closed areas into the urban space, where the future factory will become a public recreational space of historical significance
INTERNAL SITE FILL AND EXCAVATION
We broke the concrete surface, recycled soil and stone, and combined with generative algorithms to create multifunctional activity spaces at different heights.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
The designed factory area is reintegrated into the city in the form of a "post-industrial" landscape, combining water, humanities and natural environmental conditions to awaken the
HANDMADE MODEL:
Clearly define the areas that are currently abandoned and cannot be reused, and reorganise the green \the urban space, where the future factory will become a public recreational space of historical
DECLINE IN SUGARCANE PRODUCTION IN ETHIOPIA,THE NILE, DUE
A Sweet Vision
Sustainable Design for Sugarcane
Planting in Ethiopia
Location： Omorate, Ethiopia
Area：1300ha
Type：Individual Work
Time：05/2024
Mentor：Xinwei He
Due to the dry climate and poor soil, the sugarcane production in the Nile River of Ethiopia has declined. The design utilizes land rotation and inter-cropping to improve the soil fertility and creates a sustainable water irrigation system to increase biodiversity and the income of local farmers.
Sugarcane production has fallen by 48% over the past 70 years.
Sugarcane production has fallen sharply due to long-term intensive production resulted in decline in soil fertility, and extreme weather like drought and flooding
