Yangan Xia
Address W12 0AS 70 Milliet st London Contact 1838628851@qq.com +44 7541539217
A lighting lover during architectural study, always passionate to use sketches for storytelling lighting idea, and self-motivitated to learn new things.
Example of individual work
The Runway: Public amenity or Fashion’s Night
In order to memorize the bombed out church in World War II, the Runway is also an important part of temporary design inside church. It consists of colorful glazing facade, lightng system for catwalk and wooden chair. In the daytime, it’s a public open space for local residents outside the studios and showing room.
Art Hubs at St luke's, permanent design, 2020
Temporary design in St luke’s fashion stage light (not in this portfolio)
During the fashion show, the colorful facade of church and elegent mod els show their beauty under the light at the same time. It bring vitailty for church in some point.
Organ factory, daylight-lit workshop
Education
Mysterious, landscape lighting
2019-2021 University of Liverpool, UK, Bachelor of architecture
2021.9 -2022.9 Univeristy College London (current studying) Msc light and lighting
Experience
2022.2- current (Part time) Designer technican, Light perception
Fluent in photoshop, handdrawings, Autocad, Rhino, Dialux, sketchup and vray rendering
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Underground light testing process Arch light testing process
could be... grasshopper photoshop
Heritage Related Design Studio Art Hub at St Luke’s
Our client, the Bombed Out Church Garden Bar, have secured an extended lease for the site including permission for a per manent intervention in principle. In line with the requirements of our client, the Art Hub will have a focus on community engage ment and learning via access to a multifunctional hall, workshop and café, as well as keeping the grounds open to the public. Studios will provide a space for local creatives to develop their ideas in the rich context of St Luke’s as a heritage asset and memorial. The project also includes a multifunctional hall serv ing the community by staging events such as talks, exhibitions, as well as wedding and other activities including yoga. Public and community access is further encouraged via a café and shop. The aspiration was for a high quality contemporary and contextual, low maintenance, low carbon, low energy building.
The church was bombed in 1941, suffer the loss of its historic roof.
Our client, the Bombed Out Church Garden Bar, have secured an extended lease for the site including permission for a permanent intervention in principle. In line with the requirements of our client, the Art Hub will have a focus on com munity engagement and learning via access to a multifunctional hall, workshop and café, as well as keeping the grounds open to the public. Studios will provide a space for local creatives to develop their ideas in the rich context of St Luke’s as a heritage asset and memorial. The project also includes a multifunctional hall serving the community by staging events such as talks, exhibitions, as well as wedding and other activities including yoga. The St luke’s church is located at city centre of Liverpool, and has close relationship with surrounding urban environment. The architectural design concept is to intergrate the original historic construction and rediscover the material and architectural form of this church.
Architectural moment courtyard and workshop
Courtyard CGI rendering
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A try of drawing to record the light
During the visit to Norwich Cathedral, the indirect light in hallway and lady chapel gave me some inspiration. The soft, light glow uplit the vault and bounce back to the ground. The light sources was hidden using the location of the pillar and lintel. There were no glare light spot concious from eye levels of visitors. while the space is illuminating by combinations of light sources.
Light up the structure
The architectural design concept is to memorize the world war II and lost historic structure. The column and church roof were regenerated by the alternatives in wooden and semi transparent ETFE cushions. During the day, generious daylight luminated the nave. To enhance this the night view of this architectural concept, was the start point of this lighting design.
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Regeneration of Bombed Out Church Nave from concept sketch to Rhino modelling, CGI rendering
sections details 1:20
1. ETFE inflated cushion
2. aluminium cliamping
sheet-metal gutter
100/ 150mm laminated softwood double
300/ 150mm laminated softwood double
slotted sheet-steel
dowels
50/300/100 mm laminated timtvvber
larch
with larch
Reflected ceiling plan 1:300
LS75-LS80 C1.11 LS67-LS74 C1.10
LS61-LS66 C1.09 LS45-LS60 C1.08
LS33-LS38 C1.07
LS20-LS26 C1.05
LS39-LS44 C1.06 LS27-LS32 C1.04
LD01-LD20 C1.01 LS01-LS09 C1.03 LS10-LS19 C1.02
LS01 to LS74 LD01 to LD20
5 Meyer lighting Monospot 3 vario optics 11°-57° 3000K 36w 2281 lm iGuzzini BV43 Fixed Wide Flood 54° 31W 4500lm
13 Underground light testing process Arch light testing process Test number, location of light with ies file in vray
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“The nightscape design is an important part to welcome the visitors to Mysteria as well, which consists of three parts: car park,entrance and back yard, facade and green landscape...”
FACADE CONCEPT
1.Red and white as main hue of colour light
2. using Turnable RGB floodlight en hance verticality of facade
3.Lintel and column lit by in-ground spot light
4. Ground recessed uplight modelling chair and greens inside park
02 Mysterious exterior lighting, facade
7 Scale 1:200 180 S8 S8 S5 S5 C03 026 C03 026 C03 026 C03 026 S5 S5 C03 026 C03 026 C03 026 C03 027 C03 027 EE C03 028 C03 025 C03 025 C03 025 C03 025 L9L9 L9L9L9 L9 L9 S10 S10E C03 029 C03 029 C03 028 C03 028 20 180 120 L9 Ground surface mounted linearlight 1:51 L3 Wall surface mounted linear light 1:52 C03 029 L9 C03 029 L9 C03 030 L3 C03 030 L3 S5 C03 025 S5 C03 025 Facade elevation 20° 3°
Fill the workshop with light
EVERTON ORGAN WORK
EVERTON ORGAN WORK NEW ORGAN FACTORY FOR HENRY WILLIS AND SONS ORGAN BUILDERS
NEW ORGAN FACTORY FOR HENRY WILLIS AND SONS ORGAN BUILDERS
A More Transparent Form of Organ Factory
A More Transparent Form of Organ Factory
In previous assemble workshop with limited area of window, there are more potential needs to have access to daylight in John Henry Builder. The assemble area in organ factory is the space need large amount of sunlight to satisfy the visual needs during making organs pipes. The long and thin organ pipes with reflective mental surface reminded me of sunnel tunnel. inspired by form of organ pipes, daylight can be introduced into interior through roof light and large transparent light tunnel and reflect the light down to workshop. According to the light forms of pipes, the roof will mainly composed by ETFE cushion. With 85% G value and can tranmit most of daylight, it is suitable to bring more sunlight into the space.
The Henry Willis and Sons Organ builder in Everton is one of most famous companys producing some best pipes organs in the world. However, the old working environment for those creative craftman in present factory are not so satisfying. The main workshop is a box enclosed by heavy brick walls while multiple stages of making differ ent parts are in the same room, which might be not corresponding to creative works here.
When beginning with a cluster of pipes, it had trys to cut pipes in different angles and directions the volume. And finally cutting by site boundary was taken to give a uniform appearance similar to arrangement of pipe organ. It is a simple cut in vertical and horizonital direction but give the building a strong edge in visual experience both from outside and inside, which is also corresponding to the surrounding environment.
When beginning with a cluster of pipes, it had trys to cut pipes in different angles and directions the volume. And finally cutting by site boundary was taken to give a uniform ap pearance similar to arrangement of pipe organ. It is a simple cut in vertical and horizonital direction but give the building a strong edge in visual experience both from outside and inside, which is also corresponding to the surrounding environment.
As metioned before, the inital idea is aimed to maximize the daylight to satisfy the visual comfort. How ever, rectangular array in skylight could lead overexposure of direct sunlight and adversely harms the staff health due to the disppointing glare. Therefore, the original layout of roof light need the adjustment, in cluding the changes in the dimension and layout of skylight. During processing of test, the daylight factor is recorded to assess the results. Compared to Figure 1, Figure 4 in the corner has avoided large area of plan exposed in extreme values of daylight, thus reduce the possible direct sunlight to the workshop
A More Transparent Form of Organ Factory
When beginning with a cluster of pipes, it had trys to cut pipes in different angles and directions the volume. And finally cutting by site boundary was taken to give a uniform appearance similar to arrangement of pipe organ. It is a simple cut in vertical and horizonital direction but give the building a strong edge in visual experience both from outside and inside, which is also corresponding to the surrounding environment.
Design process: from handmodelling,sketches to photoshop college
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Location London latitude
51.3 N, longtitude 0.5 W
Time June at 12:00
Location London latitude
unentation 1.2 CW
51.3 N, longtitude 0.5 W
Time June at 12:00
unentation 1.2 CW
Sky condition CIE overcast sky calculated height 1500mm
Sky condition CIE overcast sky calculated height 1500mm Target value range 2.0 < DF < 5.0
Target value range 2.0 < DF < 5.0
original layout
original layout
Reduce size of rooflight
reduce the size of sky light
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reduce the number of skylight
reduce the number of skylight
Scatter the location of rooflight
scatter the skylight
reduce the size of sky light scatter the skylight
reduce the size of sky light
scatter the skylight
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