Yixin Xu Portfolio- Summer 2017

YX Yixin Xu eileen3110@gmail.com 917-498-2944

Education

09/2011-06/2015 Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Ar College of Architecture and Urban Plann Tongji University, Shanghai, China

08/2015-now Master of Architecture Graduate School of Architecture and Urb Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Application for Summer Internship 2017

Work History

06/2014-08/2014 Full-time Intern CCDI Architecture and Urban Planning, S

02/2015-06/2015 Part-time Intern Landscape and Recreation Planning and Shanghai, China 06/2016-09/2016 Graduate Assistant Pratt Institute GAUD, Brooklyn, NY 09/2016-12/2016 Design Studio Teaching Assistant Pratt Institute GAUD, Brooklyn, NY

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ban Design

Skill Set

Drawing and modeling with AutoCAD / Sketchup / Rhinoceros / Maya

Rendering and post-production with V-Ray / Maxwell / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign

Video-making with AfterEffects / Premiere

Academic Merits

10/2013 JWDA Travel Scholarship

12/2013 Tongji University Scholarship for Social Contribution

08/2015 & 08/2016 GAUD Merit Scholarship (Cumulative GPA: 3.793)

Shanghai, China

d Research Center,

Leadership Experience 09/2012-07/2013 Founder and Coach Tongji English Debate Society, Shanghai, China

10/2012 Organizer and Judge 1st Wujiaochang Open Tournament, Shanghai, China 09/2013-07/2014 Head of International Department CAUP Student Union, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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GAUD Studio SP2016 Elementary School Design Critic: Theoharris David

GAUD Studio FA2015 Spatial Event Investigation Critic: Philip Parker

GAUD St Urban Hou Critic: Jona

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tudio FA2016 using Design as Coersmeier

CAUP Studio SP2014 Chinese Garden Design Critic: Min Wang

CAUP Studio SP2012 Art Gallery Design Critic: Guangping Qi

This design for an elementary school takes advantage of the

01 GAUD Studio SP2016 Elementary School Design Critic: Theoharris David

site’s strategic location along the busiest strip of East River waterfront and its historic function of a pier to envision a project that embraces the educational opportunites of the river, expanding the boundaries of an otherwise anchored school.

wooden pier base

1 sailing boat (montly excursions)

6 water taxis (daily transportation)

streamlined ‘mothership’ hull

window ‘sails’

kinetic components

roof plan

2F plan

1F plan

section (in clear weather)

elevation (when under precipitation)

deck activities room kitchen maximum capacity: 120

30 students + 2 supervisors

Through investigating the im-

02 GAUD Studio FA2015 Spatial Event Investigation Critic: Philip Parker

pacts of the forces of water and temperature fluctuations on a chunk of ice, an animated digital space of force and motion is produced, in which a multiplicity of vectors give form to a series of surfaces.

sediments water volatile equilibrium stable safe

animating

dynamics frame 91 80 frame 124 80 frame 274 80 frame 520 80 rame 609 80 frame 714 80

patching

stalactites-mite

erosions

excavating

surface quality stacking folding gaping

architecturalizations platforms enclosures ventilation passages

stages of erosion & reformation

architecturalization

surface sections

porosity of social behavior

paper folding aggregation and morphology

03 GAUD Studio FA2016 Urban Housing Design Critic: Jonas Coersmeier

This urban housing project employs the ‘bed-sitting’ concept favorable to young, free spirited new arrivals of a community, of which there are many in Williamsburg.

Through folded geometry and interplay of clusters, the possibility of social integration is further explored.

one cluster

bed-sitting apartments

family duplex

cluster multiplied

bed-sitters are never segregated from duplexes due to the inherent circulaton property of the cluster

sightviewing escalator aerial arts training

80’

family duplexes have direct access to courtyard

building section 1’=1/16”

1F unit plan (duplex) site summer sunlight study

site winter sunlight study sunlight studies inform how high the tower rises and how tall the vertical courtyard for aerial arts activities should be the aim is to have the courtyard comfortably receive sunlight in winter

3F unit plan (bed-sitters)

1F plan (duplexes)

10F plan (bed-sitters) + 3F plan (bed-sitters)

circulation diagram

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SW elevation 1’=1/32�

NW

trees in Century Park

By designing a Chinese garden

04 CAUP Studio SP2014 Chinese Garden Design Critic: Min Wang

in Shanghai’s Century Park, my objective was to explore the possibilities of merging ecological bio-design with traditional Chinese garden methods, and to configurate a garden incorporating both ecological science and traditional aesthetics.

For this project, the focus of ecology is on bird attraction and habitat creation, to return to gardens the sight and sound of birds, which is commonly missing due to the lack of suitable natural bird habitats in industrialized Shanghai.

birds in Century Park

Century Park, Shanghai

stone hill-making

water-making

stone hill-making

plan

05 CAUP Studio SP2012 Art Gallery Design Critic: Guangping Qi

This art gallery design aims to achieve an unusual user experience through simple, integral structural solutions, as a landmark and celebration of the innovations going on in Shanghai’s university district.

situated within KIC, an up and coming residential area for entrepreneurs

surrounded by universities

conveniently accessible by metro

within 15min walking distance from CBD

designated height: 6 storeys

girder suspension

breakdown

ascending open entrance

structural grid

grid to girder

4F plan

open gallery space

storage

basement floor plan

mechanical rooms restrooms

section

cafe cafe seating reading room

3F plan

suspended spaces