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YUXIN ZHANG SELECTED WORKS FROM 2018-2020
For applying the 2020 summer internship
RESUME
YUXIN ZHANG (401)-808-2650
Providence, RI
yzhang17@risd.edu
Chinese, English
Education Rhode Island School of Design Master of landscape architecture Providence, RI Aug 2018-present Tianjin University (TJU) Baelor of landscape architecture Tianjin, China Sep 2014-Jul 2018 GPA: 3.6/4.0 Class ranking: 9/37
Skills Photoshop (certified) Adobe Illustrator InDesign CAD SketchUp GIS Rhino
Student Honors ● TJU Fellowship for excellent student leaders 2014, 2015 ● TJU Fellowship for excellent student leaders 2015, 2016 ● TJU merit student 2015, 2016
A Motivated team player who is passionate about design and eager to learn.
Research Programs & Studio Experiences
● Public Realm Design Studio Sep-Dec 2019 Providence, RI Designed for a master plan in groups at first. Then choose one specific position to design for the publie realm; Designed a series of gray zones, to motivate and activate them ● Site/Ecology/Design Studio Feb-Jun 2019 Providence, RI Created a musical park to hold daily or annual musical events near Providence River with consideration of needs; Considered about different usages in variaious times and seasons. Set the itenaries for different uaser's ages ● Plant Field Trips Research Sep-Dec 2019 Providence, RI Analyzed the plant from plant species, height and details in different seasons; Made a set of videos to analyze the differences between the elements of edges, such as the transaction from forest to the grassland, the thresholds on the grassland and the salt marshes; Identified these changes through sounds, colors and times ● Design Principle Studio Sep-Dec 2018 Providence state parks, RI Used different linear material to represent meaningful models; Created a teaching lab focused on one natural element, by enlarging the threshold in the site to make it viewable and touchable ● Architecture Structure Studio Feb-Apr 2015 Tianjin, China Used snowflake blocks to build a full-scale room, adopted Mondrian's color theory and scale to divide the spaces; Studied the light and shadow effects from the assembled material wall
On-campus Experience ● Teaching Assistant Sep-Dec 2019 Providence, RI Hosted Q&A sessions on the weekends to help students with their projects. Shared students feedback with professor on a weekly basis.
Extracurricular Activities Interests Photography Handicraft Composing
● Director of Sports & Events in Student Government, TJU Sep 2014-Jun 2016 Tianjin, China Organized major sports contests such as college sports meetings, basketball games and leisure games; learned how to coordinate with other departments and clubs. ● Soprano, Beiyang Chorus of Tianjin University Sep, 2014-Sep, 2016 Tianjin, China Traveled with team members to other cities for competitions and performances. Gained better time management skills to balance studies and performances.
Contents 01 Regeneration with Yin & Yang
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02 Endless Music City
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03 Tidal Lab
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04 Constructed Ground
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05 Other Works
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Public realm design to regenerate the old East Boston City, 2019. 09-2019.12
A music park that combines people together, 2019.02-2019.05
Making a lab of revealing the site dynamics, 2018.09-2018.12
BEB Parking lot redesign, 2019.01-2019.02
Individual or group small projects, 2018.09-2019.12
01 REGENERATION with YIN & YANG Public Realm design, regenerate the old east boston community. LANDSCAPE DESIGN/ URBAN GROUP WORK(Master Plan)& INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Mike Blier 2019.09-2019.12
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GROUPWORK PAHSE: MASTER PLAN
INDIVIDUAL PHASE
Design Concept Diagrams
Yin & Yang Deduce Process
Deduce Process Parti
Zone by Program
Design Strategy Diagrams Permiability by Form
Existing
Extending
Slippage
Yang
Privacy by Form and Use
Circulation
Market
Corridor
Moderation
Public ground definition+ circulation
Public Realm
Public Area Water
Water
Stimulation of public area
Yin
Circulation
Circulation line
Residential
Parti Diagram Yin and yang definition
The site is underutilized at present and could be made more active through better programming.
Individual Site
Yin & Yang Definition
Context
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Our goal is to design place that Yang feels like an extension of the Yin surroundding neighborhood. We will achieve this by creating Middle urban connections that strengthen the transportation infrastructure, culture and com merce between Boston Proper and East Boston. In this way our proposal will create a dynamic, multifunctional district that harbors a lively public atmosphere, one that reflects and celebrates the cultural heritage of East Boston's residents.
Circulation Light Light Diagram
Vegetation
lights
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Trees
Light net
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Light Net
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PLAN
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No.6 Gray zone
No.3 Central Market
No.8 Landscape Bridge
No.1&2 Terrace Axis
No.12 Lecture Steps
No.4 Museum Garden
Programs 1. Trees corridor 2. Tidal terrace 3. Central Market 4. Museum Garden 5. Exhibition Lobby 6. Yin & Yand Hybrid 7. Rain Garden 8. Landscape Bridge 9. Playground for Children 10. Lagoon 11. Lecture Lobby 12. Lecture steps 13. Sculpture pier park
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The site is on the water edge of our masterplan, besides a driveway and includes two buildings and a landscape bridge. The concept of yin and yang is represented by the canopy of the space, the material comparision and the landscape barrier. There are four axis going from the city to the harbor, to bound these two destinations stronger.
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Section D Public Realm
Section E Public Realm
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SECTION
Section F Public Realm
Section G
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VIEWS
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POP-UP ROUTEBOOK
Central Market entrance everyday
Central Market entrance spetial festival
Lagoon by the water daytime
Lagoon by the water at night with lecture
River bank everyday
River bank high tide 17
02 ENDLESS MUSIC CITY A music park that combines people and their musical life together.
CONTEXT Design Concept
LANDSCAPE DESIGN INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Jacob Mitchell 2019.02-2019.05
Music is a form of cultural expression that can bring people together. As the capital of Rhode Island, Providence should have a place that can let people share their music together, as the communication center of music. This is an amazing place to develop a concert venue to connect the two culture, the American culture and music history in one place and create a music park on the water, which I’m calling it the endless music city, means the endless possibilities of music and facilities.
Itenaries
Grass Promenade
Music Hill Secret Stage& Mountain steps
The Gient's Field Stage Secret Stage& Mountain steps
Employer Beach
The Cove Stage
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Great Lawn
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DESIGN PRINCIPLE
Hill: block, seperate
Hills: reflection, block
Ridge: block, divide
Depression: gather
Hill: centural, diverging
III. Work with topology to divide spaces and manipulate sound.
I. Make this site can be arrived by many ways such as boating, driving, walking, biking. And each way should have their own path and parking lot.
II. The relationship between human and nature, which includes the wetland, the salt marsh and the habitat of snow egret and blue mussel. 20
Hot, Open
Quiet, Solemity
Fresh, Open
Light
Energetic
Metal Dub DJ Jungle Drum Big-beat
Electro Rhythm & Blues Soul Disco Rap
Acappella Piano Solo Blue
Folk Orchestra Classical pop Chamber pop
New age Bossa nova Instrument Light music
IV. Define spaces with multiple types of characters of the music. V. The use value of those outside program events structure. 21
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Endless Music Park Plan
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01. Entrance 02. Yearlong Parking Lot 03. Great Lawn 04. Pretty Stage 05. Ferry Dock 06. Kayak Rental Facilities 07. The Cove Stage 08. Music Beach 09. Flower Field 10. Seperate Hill 11. Grass Promenade 12. The Giant’s Field Stage 13. Rest Hill 14.Explorer Beach 15. Eco Bay 16. Music Hill 17. Forest Camping 18. Grass Camping 19. Secret Stage 20. Mountain Path 21. Snowy Egret Home 23
SECTION The Cove Stage
Road
Pedestrian
Kayak Rental Facility
Music Beach
The Cove Stage Lagoon
The Cove Stage
The Promenade Stage
The Grass Promenade 24
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SECTION The Giant’s Field Stage
The Giant’s Field
Music Hill & Camping Area
Pathway
Camping Area 26
Pathway
Music Hill for Buskers
Pathway
Music Hill for Buskers
Pathway
Recreation sunny grasland 27
SECTION
Snowy Egret Home
Pedestrian
Isolated Island
Secret Stage
Secret Stage
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Pathway
Pathway
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PERSPECTIVES
MODELS
Contour Model Forest Camping
The Cove Stage
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Flower Field
Salt Marsh
Fresh Stage
Secret Stage 31
03 TIDAL LAB
DESIGN CONTEXT
A lab to show people the tidal dynamic change of RISD Farm in Barrington, RI. LANDSCAPE DESIGN INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Helen Kongsaard 2018.10-2018.12 Hand Drawing Soft Filter
Rigid Filter
Sea 32
Sand beach
Spartina
Phragmity
Forest
Grass 33
DATA ANALYSIS
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DESIGN INTENTION Angle Study
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Strategy
Tide study
Secondary road
Test model
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DESIGN DIAGRAMS
Original Route
Original Vegetation
Surprise Moment
Tide
Slope
View
Designed Route
Designed Vegetation
Texture
Pavement
View
Gathering Space
SECTIONS
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MODEL PHOTOS
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04 Constructed Ground
People and water
Bayard Ewing Building parking lot redesign. LANDSCAPE DESIGN INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Adrian Flores 2019.1-2019.2 CAD Drawing, Digital Drawing
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Section A: 1"=4'
Section B: 1"=4'
Section C: 1"=8'
Section D: 1"=8'
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05 Other Works
Plants & Botany
Individual or group small projects. 2018.9-2019.2 Hybrid Media
The study of plant species, seccession, threshold and edges. 2019.9-2019.12 Hand drawing, Sculpture
Threshold Material Feature Study
Wood Pedestrian Construction box
Pavement Study
Material and pavement design
Seccession Study
Gray Birch Branch Sculpture
Plants in the City
Landscape Pavilion
Stone Texture Sketching 50
Edge
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GIS Data Analysis & Representation
Almighty Arms
Hybrid representation methods
Future devices for people living in space. Human Cyborg.
2019.2-2019.5 Digital drawing, Modeling and casting, Printing and binding
2020.1-2020.2 Industrial Design
Part C Axons Overlay
Yuxin Zhang
2011
The acreage of wetland becomes very small in 2011, however the acreage of deciduous forest maintains a relatively wide area. Now the acreage of forest is far more than wetland.
2004
The acreage of wetland decreased a lot during 1995 to 2004, however the acreage of deciduous forest increased a little bit.
Final set 1995
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Wetland Deciduous Forest
Hybrid drawing
The forest decreased a little, however the wetland mainly kept the same acreage than 1988.
The wetland and forest seems live together mostly, and there is more wetland area than desicuoud forest in Providence in 1988.
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Axon Analysis Prototype II
Prototype I
Modeling and casting 52
Atlas
Sketch Concept 53