PORTFOLIO FANYIN XU
Bachelor of Engineering of Beijing Forestry
University selected work from 2021-2022
Applying for MLA Landscape Architecture Programme in the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
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EDUCATION
Beijing Forestry University 09/2019-07/2023 (expected)
- Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Architecture, School of Landscape Architecture GPA:88.98/100
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Second Prize Award for Beijing Capital International Airport Economic Zone Innovation Design
- Second-Prize and Third-Prize Scholarship at Beijing Forestry University
- Audience Choice’s Award for the 28th Guangzhou Garden Exposition Competition for college students - Merit Student at Beijing Forestry University
RELEVANT RESEARCH
- College Students' Innovative Entrepreneurial Training Plan Program Research on water usage in traditional settlements of the Yao nationality of Guangxi Province, China
SOFTWARES AND SKILLS
The Stream of Space tradition cuulture geographic pattern economic structure siite history natural environment social relationship cultural heritage CULTURAL ECOLOGICAL PLACE OF IDENTITY SOCIAL page 1-6 page 7-12 page 13-18 A Landfill of Landscape Reviving Oasis In searching for place of identity xufanyin831@126.com
Analysis and Production Relevant Skills ArcGIS Microsoft Suites Free-hand drawing Video editting Filming Photography Handmade models Rhino Grasshopper SketchUp AutoCAD Lumion V-ray Blender
Indesign Illustrator Premiere Modeling and Rendering Visualization
Photoshop
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of Content Xu, Fanyin
THE STREAM OF SPACE 1
public
space renovation in old inner-city of Suzhou, China
Individual work-2022 summer
Knowing for its distinctive feature, the Scholar's rocks is widly applied in traditional Chinese garden. The beauty and diversity of the Scholar's rocks has inspired people, artists and poets throughout history, therefore creating a profound culture of the rock.
As the most important place of origin of the stone, the Taihu Lake stimulated the development of nearby city by making the Scholar's rocks irreplaceable in economics, art and literature.
The project aims to apply the structure of the Scholar's rocks into city environment, meanwhile connecting the nearby traditional gardens, adding cultural atmosphere for the vicinity.
Inspiration
-The Scholar's Rocks
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Discovery and Transportation of the Scholar's Rocks Site Location
Conflict and Strategies
ineffective parking space gravitating and reorganizing opening up for a public space
blocking of connection isolation of water
creating spaces nearby river
lacking cultural characteristic sale/exhibition of the stone
place of origin of the stone traditional Chinese garden route of water transportation highway
applying the feature of the Scholar’s Rocks
[Spacial] [Cultural]
LEGEND 2
Topology of Space Characteristic Space
To study the form of the Scholar's rocks, the rock is abstracted to a cube while the waterflow is abstracted to tube, ellipse and ball. By testing different relationship between the cube and the geometry, we can create various of archetype of spaces. Then I made four models with the archetype, all of which are characteristic of different Scholar's rocks' features.
place and arrange intersect and splite make hole
tilt and bend
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LEGEND
1.pedastrian bridge 6.minor basement entrance
2.tuunnel 7.underground parking lot entrance
3.major entrance 8.minor basement rntrance
4.patio 9.resting area
5.still water surface 10.water engagement area
Plan of the Ground Floor
Design Analysis Diagram
The southern area is an undergrond parking lot, mainly for tour bus, serving tourists from every corner of the world to admire the nearby traditional Chinese gardens.
People are able to enter the undergrond square from parking lot and ground entrances, then reaching the water.
tension penetration connection ripple
route of cars pedestrian flow characteristic space
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Design Master
Plan
Multiple Spaces
tension penetration ripple
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6 space
section connection
A LANDFILL OF LANDSCAPE
Snow mountain garbage landfill in Nepal
Individual work-2022 fall
Mt. Everest has a reputation of the world's highest mountain. However, it is also the world's highest wasteyard with tons of garbage lefting by climbers. If not cleared out properly, the garbage would cause the pollution of the glacier melt water and pollute the source of drinking water of Asia continent.
The Syangche Airport is an abandoned airport in Namche Bazaar, the last large-scale village on the way to Mt.Everest. By turning into a landfill, the airport can eliminate parts of the mountain garbage and provide job offers for local people. The landfill wouuld lies in the mountain, telling the story of people and the environment to people passing by.
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-Glacial
Inspiration
Landform 2
airport major trekking road
village minor trekking road water
garbage leaving area 8
garbage disposal route
river
design site contour border Sagarmatha national park
10km
base camp LEGEND mountain highway
Mt. Everest: Threatened by Increasing Garbage
Landfill Site: transportation and nearby village
Study of Glacial Landform
LEGEND
river field 100m
As part of the route to the summit of Mt.everest, Namche Bazaar is the last village for trekkers to get everything they need. The Syangboche Airport, located in the north of Namche Bazaar, is an abandoned airport.
With three villages surrounding, the airport is able to provides lots of job opportunities for villagers if transform to a landfill.
original landscape: mountain
original landscape: hillside
original landscape: plain
building design site 9
road trekking route economic forest
Satellite Image of the Site
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Glacia l Landform / Design Prototype / / / Landscape Deduction /
Snow Moutain Garbage Compacted Sealed Wrapped Construction sorting organic 39.7% cush the selected rubbish and compact into units sealing the units with recycled textiles and plastic wrapping the units with card board to maintain the form Gabion Retaining Wall Pavement stairs and seats to maintain soil and slow down runoff smash and reuse the waste piling up the units into land scape form glass 5.2% recycled landfill material landscape material metal 7.7% textiles 3.6% cardboard 22.4% PET bottle 7.6% plastic 13.8% 10 Landfill Phase 1 Construction Route Landfill Phase 2 Construction Route Revegetation Visitors' Route Current-2022 Landfill phase1-2035 Landfill phase2-2050 abandoned airport the first layer of waste the second layer of waste Revegetation-2060 Accomplish-2070 the closure of landfill opening as tourism site subgrade low permeability Clay Liner Working Face Retaining Wall Protective Layer Waste Layer Refuse Gas Monitoring Probe Intermeditate Cover Compacted Clay Geocomposite Protective Cover Vegetation Cover Resuing the Garbage Designed Route Landscape Transformation
Model from Different Perspectives Design Mster Plan
100m vegetation grass soil design road design tree LEGEND 11
Upward View of Model Opposite Perspectives
The landscape crawling its way down the slope to the cliff where planes used to take off. People can see the mountains in the background.
Looking upward, people can see the terrain, layer by layer, like a stair toward the mountain peak.
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REVIVING OASIS
urban design of Yangguan town, Dunhuang, China teamwork with Xuejing He-2021 winter personal contribution: design planning, image-making
The Dunhuang City is one of the most famouse city along the Silk Road with multiple cultural heritage. However, the city and the heritage has been threatened by desertification due to the deforestation of Yangguan Forest Farm. To save the city, we have to save the forest.
The slime mould is a eukaryotic organisms who has the ability to plan a most effective route for transportation. By functioning different route simultaneously, the slime mould could avoid the situation of a total failure.
Inspiring by the slime mould, we build a forest belt in Yangguan Town with a pattern of slime mould, protecting Dunhuang City from the sand meanwhile transporting irrigation water with the most effective way,prompting the development of local economy.
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Inspiration -The Slime Mould
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Deforestation of Yangguan Forest Farm Caused Severe Problems
· Land Changes in Yangguan Forest Farm
Forest and native plants reduced significantly in past 20 years to reclaim more fields to grow and sell grapes without the forest belt, Dunhuang is suffered from desertification causing sand erosion of the heritage, environmental degradation, and decline in tourism
· Crucial Location of Yangguan Town located in the southeast of Dunhuang City, Forest of Yangguan is responsible for defending sands from the desert for the city.
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guide force agent food CA(Chemoattractant) LEGEND 15 · Rules of the plug-in for Slime Mould Agents to Emerge · Design of Grasshopper Batteries Rule 1 Agents releases chemoattractant Rule 2 Agents go to where chemoattractant is dense Rule 4 Chemoattractant diffuse within time Rule 5 Agents avoid obstacles Rule 6 Agents would move towards our assigned direction Cite: PHYSAREALM / Ma Yidong Rule 3 Agents dies or reproduce according to density of other agents PHYSAREALM is a grasshopper plug-in for agent-based modelling based on Physarum Polycephalum, a kind of slime mould to solve the shortest path problem. 1.1 release CA 2.3 digress 2.2 aging 2.1 sense CA 2.5 memorize 2.4 refresh 3.1 degrade surface runoff current protective fertile area current settlement current field current road water area targe t agent 4.1 diffuse 3.2 reproduce 5.1 avoid 6.1 guide Irrigation system shelterbelt network starting point planning town agricultural field residential area and road Planning Process by Layer Design Modelling Method
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POINT-water source LINE-water transporting routes FIELD-areas with different functions
Design Content
Prospective Planning Multiple Usage of the Land
LEGEND
highway towns farming area
water protective forest sand 2km 17
river water pipe filed
Buiding Process
Firstly the water sources, including current waters and runoff pool was connected by major protective forest belt. Then connecting the minor protective forest belt and finish building farm system. Finally imputting areas with various functions, such as revegetation and agrotechny.
Phase Three connecting water sources completion of irrigation system and grape field placing multiple areas
Phase One Phase Two
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