ZIXIN
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
(work collect from 2020-2023)
Website: https://zixin.cargo.site
Email: Zli18@alumni.risd.edu
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2 Studio Project/Group Work Studio Project/Individual Work Elective/Individual Work Practice From Work Elective/Individual Work Competition/Group Work Studio Project/Individual Work 03 09 13 18 24 27 31 BORDERHOOD UNBLOCKING THE "VESSELS" OF PHILLIPSDALE REGENERATION OF GUIYU OUTSIDE WORK SPACE DESIGN ASAKURAROBINSON WORKS OTHER WORKS FLOATING BUBBLES 01 02 03 04 05 05 05 CONTENTS
BORDERHOOD
RE-IMAGINING THE CANADA-U.S. BORDERLANDS
FALL 2021
Advanced Elective Studio Project, Individual Work Instructor: Sonny Meng Qi Xu
The studio prompt invites us to rethink the concept of a border, considering the unique context of the Canada-U. S. relationship. Given that the two countries share the longest undefended border in the world and have historically enjoyed a close and friendly connection, we are challenged to explore new possibilities for what this border could look like.
In my view, one potential approach is to envision the border as a shared resource corridor that serves both nations, providing an opportunity for collaborative problem-solving.
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RESEARCH ON BORDER CROSSINGS
CATALOG OF EXISTING CROSSIGNS
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NODE 19 BRIDGE 24 SHARED ROAD 04 TUNNEL 02 ABANDONED ROAD 36 RAILWAY 39 FERRY 10 AIRPORT 03 ONE-WAY PORT 02 BOTTLENECK 63 SHARED FACILITY 06 PEACE PARK 02 PARALLEL ROAD 02
TAPICAL BORDER CROSSING TYPE
STITCH SISTER CITIES TOGETHER
BUILD THE WASTE CORRIDOR SYSTEM
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Shared Road
Parallel Road Shared Road
Peace Park
Shared Facility
Shared Facility
Sharing
Mirroring
Sharing
Mirroring
WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS
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Border Crossing
Trash Collecting Center
Parking Lot
Sorting Station
Melting Tanks
Plastic Plaza
Plastic Products Produce Company
Education Square
Recycled Plastic Products Selling
Railway Garden
Waterfront Corridor
Plaza
Water Wastes Collecting System
Water Waste Collect Station
Dock
Ambassador Bridge
7 0 500ft
Waste Collect Waste Sorting Plastic Melting Recycled Plastic Products Produce Recycled Plastic Products Selling
Waste Treatment Process
1. Community garbage collecting and sorting
2. Abandoned railway landscape reconstruction
3. Abandoned carriages are injected with a neindustry of plastic products
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4. Organic waste sorted from waste is composted on site
FLOATING BUBBLES
CONTEMPORARY CONSERVATORY DESIGN
September 2019
Studio Project, Group Work
My position: Concept regeneration, master plan and spacial expression
Instructor: Manus Leung
The Shanghai Botanical Garden, established in 1980, has experienced a decline in popularity over the years with the construction of a new botanical garden. To address this issue and revitalize the site, the project aims to design a modern conservatory that provides a new identity and purpose for the space.
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MASTER PLAN AFTER DESIGN DEMANDS
Strengthen connection
The original two uneven conservatories are divided into multiple units to strengthen mutual connection and form a harmonious layout.
Micro-climate manufacturing
The special structure of conservatory regulates the micro-climate in the site, which is suitable for the growth environment of various plants.
Glass surface ensures sufficient sunshine.
The skylight controls the humidity and air circulation in the room.
Arch Bridge
Lake Plaza
Underground Entrance
Rain forest Plants
Insectivorous Plants
Orchid
Palm
Rich space experience
Strengthen the interaction between space and tourists to create immersive experience.
Succulents
Vines
Bromeliads
Psammophytes
Underground Insect Exhibition Tunnel
Fern
Trestle
Lawn
Sequoia Groves
Botanical Garden Secondary Road
Flower Rack
River
Botanical Garden Main Road
1 10 2 11 6 15 3 12 7 16 4 13 8 17 19 5 14 9 18 20 21 18 15 14 13 12 19 17 16 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 20 21 Bird singing Floral fragrance Insect activity Plant texture Dew on leaves Tropical fruits Sunlight Soil texture Pavement material Insect noise Fruit aroma Plant growth Stream
Waterfall
sound
The ball shape keeps warm.
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Feel Taste
Smell
MAIN CONSERVATORY PLAN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 N 20m 10 0 1 7 13 19 2 8 14 20 3 9 15 21 4 10 16 22 5 11 17 23 6 12 18 24 11 Aromatic Plants Aromatic Plants Economic Plants Economic Plants Lobby Air Corridor Air Corridor Waterfall Secondary Entrance Underground Tunnel Exit Plunge Pool Lounge Aromatic Plants Lobby Underground Tunnel Entrance Palmaceous Plants Main Exit Tropic Fruit Plants Main Entrance Lobby Exhibition Room Plunge Pool Carnivorous Plants Palm
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE SPACE
Air corridor
Tube bridge
Sunk fence
Arch bridge
Suspension platform
Slope green space
Stepped green space
Stairs
Hill
Flower bed
Steps over water
Sinking trails
Underwater tunnel
Waterfront platform
Climbing plants
Flower rack
Steps over grass
Underground tunnel
Waterfall Pergola
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As the leading role, plants create various immersive spaces for tourists.
UNBLOCKING THE "VESSELS" OF PHILLIPSDALE
SITE | ECOLOGY | DESIGN STUDIO
Spring 2021
Studio Project, Group Work
Instructor: Johanna Barthmaier-Payne
Over the past century, the coastline of the Upper Narragansett Bay and Seekonk River have been transformed: the marshes have been filled in, the coastline hardened, and the coastal ecology dramatically altered in the service of industry. This area of the waterfront has significant challenges in terms of fragmentation, access, likely contamination, low functioning ecology, and identity.
In this studio, we think beyond the boundaries of the site to consider how this habitat can extend throughout the sites context and along the waterfront to create a more resilient urban ecosystem.
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INDUSTRIALLZATION POLLUTION
The Abundant Mother
How shall I describe you?
My abundant mother;
Like the pumpkins in fall, that color the fields. Like the milk from the mountain top, that feed the rivers. Like the ripe stars in July, that keep my eyes peeled.
I pick up your fallen hair to build my home, I collect your tears from the sky to quench my thirst, I grow food on your skin to feed my family.
You never take, but you always provide. So I pile up stones to pray for you; Bury salmon in the soil to nourish you; Look at the vast starry sky to remember you.
The things I took from you nurtured me, And also became me.
Whenever I walk barefoot on the wet spring soil, I am the rain in your hands.
Interaction Similarity & Difference
Ally
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Conflict WAMPANOAG TRIBE
NARRAGANSETT TRIBE
The site is located on the junction of two indigenous tribes.
BACKGROUND RESEARCH
15 1. Fish passage 2. Filled Mount 3. Wetland 4. Soften edges 5. Depression 6.Water treatment 7.Spartina indoor cultivation 8. Ribbed mussel cultivation 9 Tourist center 10.Mussel Reef net Industry 11. Plaza/Square 12. Wooden bridges 13. Stone bridge 14. Platform 15. Handicraft shop 16. Community kitchen 17. Weekend market 18. Boathouse 19. Cafe 20. Community farm 21. Storage building 22. Rest pavilion
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No place for fishes to stay
Small habitats as fish shelters
Eggs are released into water
Nursery tank
Reef net industry
Ship it to suitable shoreliine
Grow with Spartina
(1) Soften the Edge
(2) Fish Passage
DESIGN MAIN GESTURES
(3) Mussel Breeding
The main food for indigenous people here are corn,beans and squash,together they were called three sisters.
They support each other and become a self-sufficiency system, which makes them don’t need extra fertilizer, it’s good for the soil and ecology.
Corn -
Skeleton
BeansGiving corn nitrogen
Squash-shading the soil for moisture resisting the pests and weeds
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Location
(4) Indegenous Farm
Stucture of drying food
Three sisters mound
Compost pits
Planting chestnut trees
Original trees on site
for beans
REGENERATION OF GUIYU
REBORN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF GARBAGE
January 2020
Studio Project, Individual Work Instructor: Hongfei Ji
Guiyu is home to the world’s largest e-waste dump, where the local ecological environment has been severely impacted by the manual disposal of electronic waste using acid and the subsequent discharge of acid into rivers, leading to health problems for residents.
The aim of the project is to enhance the local ecological environment by implementing measures such as landfilling and cleaning up the river on the site. Additionally, the project seeks to provide a space for local residents to engage in outdoor activities.
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Wetland 4 Wetland 1 Wetland 2 Wetland 3 Surface runoff Stormwater reservoir 19 Vegetation(25%/70%) Britain 166.5 Russia 210.7 Japan 333.6 Korea 361.3 China 1105.5 America 996.6 India I436.3 Germany 225.0 Brazil 206.9 France 163.7 Italy 139.5 Canada 99.6 Austrilia 65.7 Respiratorydiseases(68%/12%) kidneystones(70%/2.5%) Child lead poisoning(62%/8.1%) Skin disease(46%/30%) Pb(soil: 200times) Cu(water:50times) Fe(water:12times) PCB(3times) Dixin(6times) Waste electrolyte Exhaustgas Organicwaste Wasteacid Heavy metal salt Other solid waste Organic pollution Wasteplastic Wastemetal Waste plastic Radioactive Main polluted area Serious polluted area Lightly polluted area River Main green space Electronic waste production Contaminated content Health hazard extent Agricultural Production Preliminary pollution remediation Electronic waste industry development Flood Recycling Industry Appears The Peak of E-waste Recycling 80% Residients recycle E-waste Agricultural Crisis Recycling industry peak Starte recycling Foreign E-waste Government Intervention Private garbage dumping is still serious 1920 1928 2000 2001 1978 2006 2004 2012 2016 2019
CAUSED BY E-WASTE TREATMENT GUIYU E-WASTE RECYCLING INDUSTRY TIMELINE
PROBLEMS
STRATEGY
OVERALL PLAN
SECTIONS
Continuous wetland Temporary wetland Greenland Shallow water Deep water Residential district Landfill area Pavement B B C C D D E E F F G G H H I A A 20 SECTION A-A SECTION B-B SECTION C-C SECTION D-D SECTION E-E SECTION F-F SECTION G-G SECTION H-H SECTION I-I Grassland landscape Dense forest River course Landfill unit Pedestrian road along the river Rivwefront Greenway E-waste dismantling village N 500m 250 0 VILLAGE CENTER WATER TREATMENT AREA LANDFILL SITE GREENWAY NODE
POLLUTANT TREATMENT PROCESS
ACIDWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Limestone
Obsorb heavy metals
Landfill Recycle Filter out solid particles
LANDFILL MODES SUITABLE FOR LOCAL TERRAIN
HILL LANDFILL
Exhaust facility
Surface runoff
Surface runoff
Salphites
Recyclable material
Unrecyclable waste
Into the river
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PROCESS
Compress
Compress
In view of the two outstanding problems existing in the site, two sets of treatment schemes are proposed, and then the solid wasted generated is buried in the site.
Gutter
SLOPE STEP LANDFILL
Exhaust facility
Surface runoff
CANYON LANDFILL
Gutter
Surface runoff
Exhaust facility
PIT LANDFILL
Gutter
Exhaust facility
Surface runoff
Gutter
Compare four modes of landfill, three of which are suitable for landfill.Therefore, I refer to current site conditions to fit different forms of landfill.
Plastic dismanting workshops Recycle plastic waste
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Hilly topography
Stepped topography
Dry river course
Canyon pit topography
ANALYSIS OF SITE CHANGE OVER TIME
Lawn activity Walking tour Outdoor theatre Wetland Playground Agricultural landGarden&Park Forest area Run Bicycle Drive Play sports Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 3 Stage 3 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 22 ARBOR GARBAGE TYPE CONSTRUCTION SHRUB HERB AREA 1 AREA 1 AREA 1 AREA 1 AREA 1 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 2 AREA 2 AREA 2 AREA 2 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 3 AREA 3 AREA 3 AREA 3 AREA 3 Landfill Closing Maintenance Dig up contaminated soil Appearance stage Growth stage Prosperous stage Electronic parts Other parts Clean soil Protective layer Contaminated layer Rock layer Other parts Electronic parts LANDFILL YEAR VEGETATION ACTIVITIES 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 2050
Landfill site transformed into children's botanical paradise
LANDFORM MODEL
LANDFORM
The landfill site contains several landfill units with slightly different shapes, all of which come from the same prototype. The prototype has been adapted as a new venue for multiple purposes.
Landfill unit provides various activity spaces for citizens
After landfilling, plants grow and evolve on it, eventually forming a rich plant space and becoming children's favorite place to do outside activities in nature. Families from surrounding cities can come here for camping and family activities.
The simulation experiment of different water level shows the regulation of rainwater and flood on the site.
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Hard pavement is laid on some landfill units. The original garbage mountain disappears, and replaced by good public leisure sites.
OUTSIDE WORK SPACE DESIGN
COMFORTABLE LANDSCAPE FOR OFFICE WORKERS
November 2019
Individual work
Instructor: Bingqin Huang
Chicago is a big city where people are constantly on the go. The towering skyscrapers and gusty winds create an atmosphere of pressure and urgency. Picasso square, once a popular gathering place, now requires a new purpose and identity to cater to the needs of the modern generation. The square is situated amidst numerous office buildings, with countless office workers traversing through it daily. The aim of the project is to provide a space that caters to their needs after work.
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SITE PROBLEMS AND STRATEGY
SUNSHINE
BAD WEATHER
NOISE
Cause deafness
Lack of sunshine
Find the place with the longest sunshine.
Use buildings to block the wind.
Street conversations Traffic jam noise
Low temperature
Raise the site to get enough sunlight.
Shelter the wind with structures. Use structures to form a quiet space.
Terrain design to block the wind. Use terrain to block noise.
Destory nerve cells
Neurologic impairtient Little influence
noise
Shade the wind with plants. Use plants to block noise.
9：00am Shadow area
from Januare
December. 12：00pm Shadow
Januare
December. 18：00pm Shadow area
from Januare
December. Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Feb Apr Jun Aug Oct Dec Humidity (%) Temperature (℃） Temperature (℃） Temperature (℃） Humidity (%) Humidity (%) 80% 90% 27℃ 36℃ 30℃ 90% -15℃ 6AM 12PM 6PM 500wh/m²:-750wh/m² Above 750wh/m²
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Wind
Car traffic noise Elevated subway
Noise pollution
AERIAL VIEW OF THE SITE
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Outdoor dinning
Outdoor dinning Meditation play in the pond Fitness activities
Party with friends
Small theater Meeting Relax in the forest
Music club Group meeting
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Small theater Section A-A
SELECTED FROM WORK
PERSPECTIVE RENDERINGS
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SELECTED FROM WORK
LUMION RENDERINGS
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
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GRASSHOPPER APPLY ON PROJECT
15 gallon tree
Height: 4'-6'
Distance: 6' OC
Diameter: 2'
Trangulate arrange tree script
30 gallon tree
Height: 6'-8'
Distance: 12' OC
Diameter: 4'
65 gallon tree
Height: 10'-12'
Distance: 20' OC
Diameter: 8'
Random arrange tree script
100 gallon tree
Height: 14'-16'
Distance: 24' OC
Diameter: 12'
15 gallon tree
Height: 4'-6'
Diameter: 2'
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4' 8' 12'
2'
GRASSHOPPER APPLY ON PROJECT SITE ANALYSIS
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Height analysis Surface runoff analysis Direct sun hours analysis
OTHER WORKS
COSTRUCTED GROUND
Griding Practice
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OTHER WORKS
MOUNTAIN HOTEL DESIGN
Mountain Hotel Design (Hand Drawing)
CHINESE TRADITIONAL GARDEN DESIGN
HongYan Garden
The garden is designed for Shen Fu and his wife, Chen yun. Shen Fu was a writer in Qing Dynasty, he wrote a book Six Chapters of Floating Life to record his lovely life with his wife. The garden is designed base on their beautiful love story and tragic ending.
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OTHER WORKS
GRASSHOPPER APPLY ON OTHER DESIGN
Application of 3d printing technology and modeling, achieve developing prototypes quickly and accurately.
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Structure the furniture by mimic the most efficient connecting method that slime mold works.
3D Printed Fabric Furniture Design
OTHER WORKS
FILM&VEDIO INSTALLATION
( Document video please check https://zixin.cargo.site/Floating-Library)
Share memories like how we share our knowledge in library. When you move, pass, running though, get near to the balloons, the energy around you move around as well.
Plastic waste is very difficult to decompose. It usually takes more than 200 years to degrade, and 80% of plastic waste will eventually going into the ocean. Many marine animals are entangled or choked by plastic waste. This piece is trying to talk about the environmental pollution caused by plastic wastes.
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Floating library
Plastic Waste Cube
( screenshot of the documenting video, to check the video please check https://zixin.cargo.site/Trash-cube)
