ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
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ACTIVE & PASSIONATE DESIGNER
ANGEL. CAI
RYERSON UNIVERSITY
2017 - 2022
Bachelor of Architectural Science (BArchSc) - Architecture Concentration
Education Courses Taken (outside of the scope of designing):
XINRUI CAI (ANGEL CAI) RYERSON UNIVERSITY CURRENT STUDENT
TECHNICAL SKILLS • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Rhino Sketch-up Revit SimFlow (CFD) Therm Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Lumion D5 Davinci Resolve Microsoft Office Laser Cut 3D Print
CONTACT •
School Email: xinrui.cai@ryerson.ca
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Personal Email: 745175433@qq.com
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/xinrui-cai
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Canadian number: +(1) 613-981-6186 Chinese number: +(86)151-1238-4026
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Structure Envelope System Sustainable Design Architecture History Architecture Theories Site Development Urban Planning Project Economics Feasibility Analysis
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Building Code Material Behavior Energy Efficiency Project Management Detailing Construction Document Acoustic Design Light Efficient Design Small Building Analysis
Work Experience Urbanus - Architecture& Design 2018 Summer Architecture & Urban Planning Research • •
Study the Existing condition of ShenZhen (China) Examine the potential of Futian CBD Architecture & Human Activity Research
Meng Architects
2020-2021
Shenzhen General Institute of Architecture Design and Research Co. Ltd
Architectural Intern • • • • •
Green Architecture Research High-rise Building Research Scientific & Technological data reports 3D model making Physical model making
Awards • • •
Won Northern American competition “Celebrating Art” - 2016 + 2017 Season Nomination for the Contemporary Good Design 2021 Santa Pvt Ltd. Architecture Competition Third Place - 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
2018 - 2021
ARCHITECTURE: • Rethinking Tradition
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• Urban Village Design for Community Living
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• A New Vision Of Public Library • Factory For Everyone
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URBAN PLANNING • Enjoying the Cool Under the Grass
‘Daily Daydreams’
-- Xinrui (Angel). Cai
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2020 Winter
2020 Summer
Rethinking Tradition
YUPIANLOU ART CENTER “At the end of the wood was fountainhead of the stream. The fisherman beheld a hill, with a small opening from with issued a glimmer of light. He stepped ashore to explore the crevice...” -- The Peach Blossom Spring YuanMing. Tao
FuJian, China
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The Yupianlou Art Center locates in one of the most historic towns in the world. A place with rich cultural and architectural legacies. China is a place filled with ancient memories. As the city expands forward, rapid urbanization juxtaposes with ancient sites...rises both challenges and opportunities. Surrounding Context
Ground Floor
Second Floor 2
The project aims to explore the relationship between cultural heritage and modern life. The building was partly ruined through time. It is a living record that carries memory and legacy from the past.
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The project maintained most of the existing building elements such as rammed earth walls, bricks, tiles, and wooden structures.
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2018 Winter
Urban Village Design for Community Living
A view looking up (Central Void)
Social Hub:
DENSITY AS POSSIBILITY Housing is tied to everyday needs and resources. As urban density increases, architects and urban planners have been pushing better alternatives for share living. Toronto, ON Canada 5
Public Social Space [Second floor]
Study Space
Section A - A
Reading space & Book Storage
Section B - B
Public Social Space [Second floor]
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2019 Winter, partner with Fan, Mo
A New Vision Of Public Library
IDEA EXCHANGE The library reflects the spirits of times and the possibilities of the future. One believes the future of library design should shift from “collection” to social “connection”.
Toronto, ON Canada
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Model Study:
Active learning environment
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Design is guide by environmental studies:
Sun Study - Buildings:
Spring
Sun Study Sun - Building Study - Building & Site: & Site:
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
Fall
Spring
Fall
Summer
Summer
Winter
Winter
Wind Rose 10AM - 8PM:
Psychrometric Chart:
20% comfort - Seated - Spring
20% comfort - Standing - Spring
20% comfort - Seated - Summer
20% comfort - Standing - Summer
Wind Rose - Spring
Wind Rose - Fall
Elevation:
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Architecture Model:
“Parti” Drawings & Diagrams
“Parti” Drawings & Diagrams
Solid and Void:
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•Indoor & Outdoor •Above to below •Connection with site
•Indoor & Outdoor •Above to below •Connection with site
Sectional relationship - Creates connection from multiple levels
Sectional relatio
Exterior Experience:
Interior Experience:
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North Pole 13
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Group Work, 2021 Summer with Zhiji Gou; Jin Zhang; XinTong Li
Enjoying the Cool Under the Grass
禾下乘凉梦， 稻生海田边 “I have always had two dreams: The first dream is to pursue high yield and higher yield of rice; the second dream is having hybrid rice planted throughout the globe.” -- Yuan Longping The father of hybrid rice
Sea Level Rise and The Increase of Saline alkali Land
The Total Amount of Water On Earth
Sea-water - 97.2%
Land-water - 2.8%
Land water - Usable & Unusable Water
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Unusable water - 87% (Glacier, Ice Sheet, Permafrost)
Usable water for Human - 0.26%
The Increase of Population and World Hunger Unusable water - 87% (Glacier, Ice Sheet, Permafrost)
Usable water for Human - 0.26%
Cultivated Land Area per Capita
Yinkou, HaiNan, China
Sea-water - 97.2%
Land-water - 2.8%
Land water - Usable & Unusable Water
The Total Amount of Water On Earth
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2001
2003
2005
2007
Cultivated Land Area
1999
2001
2003
*Most drawings included in this project are produced by the author.
Crops productions
2005
2007
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
Site Analysis: Yinkou ,HaiNan, China Local farmer were forced to leave their home in order to survive
The increase of saline alkali land on shore
Crops cannot survive in high-salinity environment
Rising sea level
Sea water intrusion
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Living Unite:
Research Center:
Skylight
Seeds Path
Seeds Transporter
Testing Area
Plants Observation Vertical Circulation
Living Unite A
Idea Exchange
Social Area Vertical Circulation
Underground Social Spaces:
Living Unite
Social Stage Large Seating Social Platform Stairs
Research Center
Seating Social Platform Stairs
Living Unite
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Exploded Axonometric + Underground Social Spaces:
Hybird Rice ‘Island’
Salt Concentration Level A Salt Concentration Level B Salt Concentration Level C Salt Concentration Level D
Vertical Circulation Hybird Rice Testing Field Testing Field A Testing Field B Testing Field C Testing Field D Testing Field E Testing Field F Testing Field G
Large Seating Research Center
Water Storage + Testing Land
Seating Stairs Farm Land Main Street
Social + Learning Platform
Living Unite
Three Type of Unites
Large Seating Social Platform
Seeds Shop Research Center Living Unite
Living Unite
Living Unite Large Seating Social Platform
Underground Social Spaces
Seating Stairs Living Unite
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Land-use and its growing process: Land A
Land E
Land A
Land E
Land A
Land E
Land A
Land E
Water storage
Land C
Land G
Land C
Land G
Land C
Land G
Land C
Land G
Water storage
Land D
Land H
Land D
Land H
Land D
Land H
Land D
Land H
Land B
Land F
Land B
Land F
Land B
Land F
Land B
Land F
Seawater Hybrid Rice: F2 F1 x
Heterotic gene through GradePool-Seq mapping informs rice-improvement
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Core backbone germplasm
Eliminating hybrid weakness lines
Seawater hybrid rice can improve farm yields and turned implantable shores into soil rice land.
Other germplasm resources
Improve F1 line compared with core backbone germplasm
Molecular
Maker-assisted selection
It also has the power to naturalize saline-alkali land, besides seawater hybrid rice has the ability to survive in extreme environments, including deserts.
F2
GPS approach
Superior alleles Elite inbred variety
Experimental Site NO.1 Global Context
In recent years, the number and proportion of hungry people in the world have risen sharply, and have greatly exceeded the global population growth rate.
+ Local Issue
Arable land is disappearing on a large scale due to soil salinization. It forced farmers to move to cities in order to gain income and survive.
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New experimental saline-alkali-tolerant rice field planning strategy to provide jobs and economical boots for all farmer; aiming to attract and maintain rural population in relation to local economy growth.
Watering system
Cotton
Red Bean
Green Peas
Raisin
Chickpea Sugar Bean
The increase of food production on naturalized saline-alkali Land
Rice
Future Outlook:
Asian Continent
Pumpkin
Potato
Corn
Sweet Potato
Tomato
Strewberry
Carrots
Almond
Salin-alkili Land around The World The increase of Salin-alkili land Sea-level Rise Sea-level Rise and the Impack of Salinity on Soil
North American
Salin-alkili Land around The World The increase of Salin-alkili land Sea-level Rise Sea-level Rise and the Impack of Salinity on Soil
Retaining and Attracting Residents in Rural Areas Seawater hybrid rice is not only a solution for global food security. It can also reduce food migration and provides job opportunities in rural areas. This new way of farming creates a resilient agricultural structure with stable economic profits. It has the potential to retaining and attracting new residents to stay and continue to develop in the rural area.
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THANK YOU Hope you enjoyed my architecture journey
"Architecture is the thoughtful making of space" -- Louis Kahn
"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely." -- Henry Ford