PORTFOLIO XU YAO
Wuhan University
CONTENTS Project 01
2010
GREEN SLOPE
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Creativity Center
Project 02
2012
LIFTING CENTER
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Exhibition Center
Project 03
2011
CITY PLATFORMS
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District Office
Project 04
2010
FUTURE FOREST
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Tree House Village
Project 05
2011
URBAN ACUPUNCTURE
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Street Renovation
OTHER WORKS
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SUPPLEMENT
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Photography Drawings Sculpture Model
RESUME
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GREEN SLOPE CREATIVITY CENTER DESIGN individual work 2010 Type: Academic Key Word: Landscape Flow Connection Area: 3700 m2 This project is located in Wuhan University. In the south of the site is the Shizi Mountain. The symbol of WHU, the old library, is located on the top of the mountain. This site calls for a building that embraces the public activities rather than privatizing another piece of land. My idea is to let the building be disappeared and merge with its surroundings. It rises gradually from north to south, so pedestrians can still be able to see the old library. The mass becomes a green slope and people can walk along the roof of the building. Meanwhile, the design also provides a new shortcut for students. This will create more communication and interaction opportunities for both students and the users in the building. Each group of users, pedestrians and students can translate the boundless building into their expression.
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Faculty of Engineering
Wuhan Dormitory Area
Staff Dormitory Area
E 114°36′ N 30°54′
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Main Road Branch R oad
The site is at the foot of the Shizi Mountain. On the site there is a furniture factory but soon will be moved out. A new creativity center will be built there to provide a new place for college students to work, communicate, play and gather. In the north side, it is the main road of the faculty of engineering. Beside the site there are labs and factories constructed with red bricks for study use.
PRINCIPLE 1 This site is near one of the main accesses between the faculty of engineering and the faculty of arts and sciences of WHU. The site provides a new shortcut in order to attract more students to come into the site and building.
Original flow
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New shortcut
Expected flow
Site attraction
PRINCIPLE 2 The site is very cramped. The new creativity center leaves a plaza on the north side to provide a buffer space from the main road. Every side of the site is different. And in order to have a well connection with the boundaries, each facade of the new center is parallel to each of the four boundaries.
PRINCIPLE 3 The building rises up gradually from ground to provide an unobstructed view towards the old library on the top of the Shizi Mountain.
FACTORY
TEACHING BUILDING
FACTORY
OFFICE
ROAD
ROAD
ROAD
GREEN SLOPE
LABS
SHIZI MOUNTAIN 04
Meteorological Analysis Wuhan is a city where it is extremely hot and humid in summer. In order to have a better and comfortable living condition with lower energy consumption, lighting and ventilation have to be considered initiatively. Average Temperature
Optimum Orientation
Solar Radiation
Wind Frequency
Humidity
PRINCIPLE 4
Day-light simulation for shadow study
This site is relatively long and narrow from the south to the north. To have most sunlight, the mass is divided into several parts so that each part can receive direct sunlight. On the other hand, this detached mass also makes it easy to let wind pass by and lose heat.
At most time of a day, each part of the creativity center has a well sunlight condition.
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Master plan
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Car entrance
Main entrance
Entrance
Mass evolution
Mass
Bringing in light
Shortcut
Separation
Adjustment
View consideration
Connection
Communication space
Central bridge
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Plan
08 display area 09 studio 10 courtyard 11 internet bar 12 idealab 13 storage
01 office 02 meeting room 03 lobby 04 book store 05 cafe 06 auditorium 07 exhibition hall
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First floor plan
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Second floor plan
Program Analysis
Auditorium
Management
Cafe
Exhibition
Idealab
Studio
Section
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Rendering
Modeling
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LIFTING CENTER EXHIBITION CENTER DESIGN individual work 2012 Type: Academic Key Word: Lifting Wandering Open space Area: 12400 m2 As the Xiangyang Lake District Culture Exhibition Center, the project is designed mainly under three following aspects: First is the organization of exhibition spaces. The design puts the exhibition halls around the two-story high center atrium, which is also the main traffic and communication space. The exhibition halls are put dispersedly in the building, so visitors can choose their routes freely. Then it is the lifting mass. As a core and public building near the new celebration plaza, the whole center is suspended and the first floor is free for pedestrians and visitors. The third one is the various open spaces. Exhibition center is a kind of public building that has to meet all kinds of needs. Under this goal, the design provides many open spaces, thus offering visitors the possibilities for various activities.
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Xianning
E 114°17′ N 29°53′
New urban planning of Xiangyang Lake District
Images of Xiangyang Lake District
The project is located in Xiangyang Lake District, Xianning city, Hubei Province. Jingzhu Expressway passes the district. The site has an extremely good environment condition. On the east of the site, there is a reservoir called Wangjiazhai. Along the lake, there is much wet land.
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Pedestrian flow analysis
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Surrounding analysis
PHASE 1: Mixed programs With the development of the society, traditional exhibition programs can no longer fit the needs of visitors. The new culture exhibition center provides mixed programs to expand the possibility of various activities.
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PHASE 2: Lifting mass The lifting mass leaves passageways for the passers-by, and provides a covered space for people to gather and rest. As for the visitors, they also have a better view around the site up in the center.
Site
Mass
Adjustment
Barrier
uplift
Programs
Integration
Subtraction
Skylight
PHASE 3: Various space experiences The design creates various kinds of spaces to enrich people’s visiting experience. Those spaces make the simple visiting route more interesting and dynamic.
ROOF FLOOR THIRD FLOOR SECOND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR
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1F plan
2F plan
3F plan
Roof plan
Flow analysis For visitors For passers For stroll For conference For staff For cargo
ROOF
3F
2F
1F
-1F
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Sections
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Dynamic spaces can create different kinds of space atmosphere. In this way, these spaces will increase visitors’ interest to explore the exhibition center.
Section A-A
Section B-B
Section D-D
Section E-E
Images of exhibition halls
Section C-C
Section F-F
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Space analysis First floor
Entrance
Open auditorium
Passageway
Atrium
Light well
Terrace
Outdoor gallery
Void
Balcony
Second floor
Third floor
Interior rendering
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Facade analysis Transmittance
Openness
Programs
50% transmittance
open
30% transmittance
semi-open
office, meeting room, research, studios
10% transmittance
semi-closed
temporary or removable exhibition
rest room, corridor, cafe, reading-room
North elevation
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CITY PLATFORMS DISTRICT OFFICE DESIGN individual work 2011 Type: Academic Key Word: Platforms Openness Variation Area: 28500 m2 This site is located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea. It is the residential uptown of Seoul and dwelling place for young university students from provinces. Since this is a district office project, how to deal with the openness becomes the key issue. The city’s democracy lies in the openness of its government. So I put out the idea of “City Platforms” whose aim is to dispel distinguish between citizens and officials, bounds between exterior and interior and independence between landscape and building. The new district office provides many platforms for different uses. It is a vertical city garden that welcomes citizens to come and get involved into the city business.
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Site analysis Seoul
site
E 126°58′ N 37°33′
Traffic flow
site
Gwanak Mountain
Environmental factor
site
Residence Public service
The site is at the corner of Ssukgogae Street and Gwanang Street which leads to Seoul National University on the southwest of the site. On the north, it is Seoul National Univ. Station of Seoul Subway Line 2.
Commerce
Concept
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The platforms allow for generous open space, with floors overhanging rather than encroaching into an interstitial area, encouraging an active and open engagement between the citizens and the city.
Master plan Ssukgogae
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Entrance
Main entrance
Gwanang Street
Car entrance
I want to create a "place" for public politics but not an "object" for official use. Gwanak Mountain
Nature Condition of Gwanak
People Oriented
Vision of Gwanak District
Residential High Density
Site Condition of Gwanak Office
Participatory Democracy
New Trend of Public Politics
Expected events on the platforms
>meeting/gathering
>party
>courtyard
>gallery
>dancing
>garden
>pool
>outdoor lunch
>walking
>basketball playground
>flea market
>kite flying
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Footprint restriction
Variation
Considering the concept of the project, I firstly draw the 60% footp use the chosen basic unit to study the 2D and 3D variation of differe
According to the requirement, the footprint of the new district office should be no more than 60% of the whole site area.
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sliding in one direction (X=0.5M, Y=0.0M)
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sliding in one direction (X=0.0M, Y=-0.5M)
Module study The basic module is 7200mm*7200mm. On the basis of the footprint restriction and the possibility of the variation, I choose the basic floor with the length of 50400mm and the width of 36000mm.
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public
semi -public
private
public
Restaurant
Restaurant
Gallery
Urban Management Office
Finance Office
Residence Office
Administration Office
Auditorium
(X=0.5M, Y=-1.0M)
Head Office
Council Office Children Care Library Congress Hall
Public Service IT Office Cafe Shop Bank Gym
Parking
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Equipment
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Mass evolution
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Footprint restriction
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Module
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Program Variation
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Publicness & Privateness
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First floor plan
Second floor plan
Third floor plan
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Fourth floor plan
Eighth floor plan
Ninth floor plan
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Structure analysis
slabs
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core-tube
pillars and trusses
skin
Section A-A
Facade details
Pictures of four seasons Spring
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Autumn
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Winter
1. Double glazing
5. Plant groove
2. Aluminium frame
6. Auto-feed pipe
3. Window blind
7. Ventilation duct
4. Stainless steel net
8. Suspended ceiling
slab MEP
glass
groove metal frame mesh green plants
Opening study E 37%
S 50%
W 28%
N 42%
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FUTURE FOREST TREE HOUSE VILLAGE DESIGN team work 2010 (partner: Wan Mai) Type: Academic Key Word: Nature Sustainability Tree house Contribution: Main designer, Diagrams, Modeling Maohuo village was among the trees. Under this kind of view, our designs of the building types, spaces and architecture details develop from the trees and their development. The organic form is throughout the whole project. Trees are the symbol of the spirit of Maohuo village, from people to objects. We hope the new buildings can merge together with the nature and have a sustainable development. We hope to reconstruct and improve the site carefully in order to deal with the relationship of people and nature. Tree houses can provide people a place to think about nature and human, past and future. This project is also a push and response to sustainable architecture and low-carbon lifestyle.
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Site scenes
Urban expansion
Proposition
With the development and urbanism of the society and the increase of production and buildings, the original village will become very crowd. On the other hand, since the boom of the cities around the village, industrialization will erode the balanced village, thus causing the imbalance of the ecological structure and the deficiency of per capita resources. In the end, the village will lose its spirit, history, nature and beauty.
Pictures of tree houses
Concept
tree houses
living within nature
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Master plan
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Entrance
Ningbo
E 121°56′ N 29°88′
Main entrance
Entrance
Maohuo village is located in Simin Mountain area, suburb of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. The village was built along the hillside from west to east. Villagers’ houses were built with rocks, which are the traditional building materials in that area. The village is famous for many old trees.
Group of tree houses
Public buildings
Landscape nodes
Contour lines
Area of old trees
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Patterns of tree
Evolution of the network
Original roads
Integrating the original roads and keeping the main roads
Organic transformation
New roads network
Layer analysis
Trees layer
Tree houses layer
Public buildings layer
Network layer
Ground layer
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The organic network is designed on the basis of the structure of the original village. It divides the village into five layers and each layer has a strong relationship with the network. People have access to each layer though the network.
Analysis of the network
Layers of different heights
Overlaping
Connection
Energy recycling system
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Tree houses
Type A
Type B
Type C
A: Elevation
B: Elevation
C: Elevation
A: First floor
B: First floor
C: First floor
A: Second floor
C: Second floor
Greenhouse
Entertainment Check-in Tree house area
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Construction analysis
Type D
Type E
1. framework 2. beam 3. wooden platform 4. prefabricated unit 5. ladder
D: Elevation
E: Elevation
Interior analysis
TV D: First floor
E: First floor
courtyard kitchen
bedroom D: Second floor
E: Second floor
terrace
Restaurant Tree house area Health care Management
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Public buildings
West elevation
East elevation
1F plan
2F plan
West elevation
East elevation
1F plan
2F plan
Activity center
Tea house
Landscape analysis
Under the holes of the network, we develop several organic “Green Islands”, which have a figure-ground relationship with the network. The “Green Islands” enrich the microrelief of the site.
A: Ridgy organic vegetation mound makes flat ground more interesting.
B: Ridgy organic vegetation mound provides access to different levels.
C: Sandpit offers people a place to gather in an open ground.
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URBAN ACUPUNCTURE STREET RENOVATION team work 2011 (partner: Yang Li) Type: Academic Key Word: Acupuncture Pattern Renovation Contribution: Main designer, Concept, Modeling Historic site and old residential zone always play significant role in the identity of the urban environment. However, they suffer from crisis of being replaced by new buildings, especially bigscale ones, to fit for today's urbanization. In that case, city life in the original street will be lost and there will be no places to remember the past of city. In this dilemma, we think of Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy Method-- "Acupuncture" and it offers us inspiration of urban revitalization. "Acupuncture" is a technique to let patients recover and regain energy by inserting needles at specific and tiny points of their body. Therefore, the concept of “Urban Acupuncture� is a sustainable strategy for not only preserving the identity of urban environment but providing current and future urban possibilities from pinpoints of city.
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Wuhan
E 113°53′ N 30°35′
World location Site location
Dongting Street Area
Wuhan historic and cultural regions
Zooming in the site
Site analysis
DONGTING STREET
original buildings
historic buildings
residential buildings
residential historical commercial storage industrial green
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high rise buildings
Goals and steps diagram
CITY IDENTITY
HISTORIC SPOTS OLD RESIDENTIAL ZONE
GOAL SUSTAINABILITY
PRESERVING REVITALIZING
SITE ANALYSIS
ACUPUNCTURE POINTS
URBAN STREET ACUPUNCTURE
PINPOINTS OF THE STREET CLASSIFICATION OF THE POINTS
ADDITION
ACUPUNCTURE METHODS
SUBTRACTION DISPLACEMENT
STEP LOCALS
PROGRAMMING
TRAVELERS LOCALS AND TRAVELERS
POINTS FORM DESIGN
A SERIES OF DESIGNS
Facade analysis
Northwest facade of Dongting Street
Southeast facade of Dongting Street
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Concept Acupuncture
PHASE 3: Acupuncturing City Every tiny acupunctured point will catalyze urban development sustainably and harmoniously by preserving and revitalizing urban identity.
Urban acupuncture
PHASE 1: Acupuncturing Street
PHASE 2: Acupuncturing Area
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START FROM POINT
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TARGET AT AREA
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Find the pinpoints
By analyzing the traits of physical spaces on Dongting Street, we classify five major types of points: HUB, SPOTS, INTERSECTIONS, VOIDS and HIATUS. We overlap these pinpoints and prepare them for future "acupuncturing".
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Overlap pinpoints
The triangle-planned Bagong House in the center of the site was built in 1901 by Russians, which plays an important role in Wuhan's history and culture.
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SPOTS
On the Dongting Street, historic buildings, places of interest and newly built buildings are treated as original points, which need to be preserved.
INTERSECTIONS
The long north-to-south Dongting Street is linked by 10 west-to-east streets. The intersections between them consist of pinpoints on the Dongting Street.
Acupuncturing methods Original northwestern Dongting Street
Original southeastern Dongting Street
Subtraction
Subtraction
Addition
Addition
Displacement
Displacement
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On Dongt some void land, u forbidden the street
Layers analysis
Newly built buildings over past 15 years
Old residential zones and buildings
Acupuncture pinpoints with programs
VOIDS
ting Street, there are d spaces: unplanned unprogrammed zone, yards open to and so on.
HIATUS
Historic and cultural spots
The trait of the old residential zone is that it is organized by village, called Linong in Chinese. Their "gates" are in front of Dongting Street like hiatus between buildings. Preserved points New points Displaced points Acupunctured points
Acupunctured green spaces
Revitalized road system
Acupunctured underground transportation points
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Programmin
Through reana and travelers vi "acupuncture poi
History and culture square
Forms of acupuncture points 0 Curve by four controlling points in a square
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These series of "acupuncture points" are designed for individual clients, including chain stores. The "acupuncture points" are adapted to all sites and spread from street, to area and even the whole city.
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CULTURE ZONE
Green park and the complex
ENTERTAINMENT ZONE
Transferring program
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Gallery Office Cold Store
Place of Interest
Office
Garden
Office
Hair Shop
Gymnasium
Shopping Mall Community Health Posts Souvenir Shop
Plaza
Place of Interest Residential
Hostel Newsstand
Place of Interest Grocery
Club
Cafe
Restaurant Church Park Restaurant
Post Office Courtyard kindergarten
Historic Building
Public Service Center
Garden Shop
Central Plaza
Courtyard
Place of Interest Music Center Theater
Canteen Residential
Green Park Office
Complex
Park
Shoppping Cafe
Gallery
Community Health Posts Tea House Book Store
Newsstand Residential
Hotel
Office Exhibition & Studio
Art Square Cafe Folk Museum Office
Office Office
Garden
Greeting Plaza
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OTHER WORKS
Interior Design Academic work (individual) Time: 2010
Chinese Culture Research Center Academic work (individual) Time: 2009
Luojia High Rise Tower Academic work (individual) Time: 2010
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Hi-tech Research and Development Center Academic work (individual) Time: 2010
Graphic Information Center Academic work (team work) Time: 2011 partners:Shang Wenhao, Weng Guanyu Contribution: Main Designer, Concept, Plans, Diagrams
Urban Design: Social Interweaving Academic work (team work) Time: 2012 partner:Wu Di Contribution: Main Designer, Concept, Modeling
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Dawangjing Urban Design, Beijing Professional work Internship in URBANUS Architecture and Design(Beijing) Time: 2012 Mentor: Wang Hui, Wu Wenyi Contribution: Master plan, Architecture design, Modeling
Greenfields
Theme park
Amusement
According to the site condition, the long land is divided into three parts to fit the different needs around. The aim of the design is to create a natural place, existing in an urban environment. Citizens can enjoy themselves with various activities. This place will become a nature landmark of the whole area.
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Typical floor 1
Lakeside Apartment, Wuxi Professional work Internship in URBANUS Architecture and Design(Beijing) Time: 2012 Mentor: Wang Hui, Wu Wenyi Contribution: All Typical floor 2
Sixia Middle School, Tongshan
General Hospital of Panjiang Investment Company
Professional work
Professional work
Internship in Panghong Studio, China
Internship in Central-South Architectural Design Institute, China
Time: 2010 Mentor: Pang Hong Contribution: All
Time: 2012 Mentor: Wang Xuelong Contribution: CAD plans, Analysis graphics
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Pavilion: Folding Space (team work 2010)
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Parametric wall design: The Dragon Skin (team work 2012)
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SUPPLEMENT Photography Drawings Sculpture Model
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Photography 01
Photography 02
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Drawings
WATERCOLOR These series of pictures were drawn in Fenghuang, Hunan Province. This old town is famous for its suspended buildings along the river.
SKETCH These series of drawings were finished in Hong Village, Anhui Province, where there are many traditional Chinese buildings.
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Sculpture
(team work 2010)
Model making
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(team work 2008)
Resume BASIC INFORMATION Name: Family name: Xu, Given name: Yao Gender: Male Birth: Aug 5th, 1988 in Wuhan, China Mail address: Room 402, Unit 2, Building 8, Hospital Community, Xingxin Street, Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P.R.CHINA Zip code: 430200 Cell phone: 86-13628670966 Email address: aaaxuyao@hotmail.com EDUCATION BACKGROUND Undergraduate: B. Arch of School of Urban Design, Wuhan University GPA: 3.3/4.0 for overall courses, 3.6/4.0 for architecture courses
2012.06
AWARDS & HONORS Excellent Graduate Award of Wuhan University 2012.06 National Scholarship 2011.11 REVIT National Architecture Competition, Winning Prize 2011.08 Outstanding College Student Award of Wuhan University 2010.09-2011.06 Scholarship of Wuhan University 2009.09-2010.06 Excellent College Student Award of Wuhan University 2009.09-2010.06 Web Page Design Competition of Wuhan University, Second Prize 2009.12 Outstanding Individual in the Summer Social Research Activity of Wuhan University 2009.12 EXPERIENCE Internship URBANUS Architecture and Design (Beijing), China Central-South Architectural Design Institute (CSADI), China Panghong Studio, China
2012.08-2012.10 2012.02-2012.04 2009.10-2010.12
Exchange experience Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
2011.03-2011.06
Workshop International Workshop 2012, Studio X, Beijing, China Parametric Workshop held by WHU and HKPDA, Wuhan, China NCF Parametric Design Studio, Hunan University, China LANGUAGE English: TOEFL IBT: 101
2012.08 2012.05 2012.01
GRE: 520+800+3.5
COMPUTER Software Skills: Very Proficient: AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Office 2007, SkechUP, Rhino, Atlantis Render, V-ray, Keyshot, Podium Proficient: REVIT Architecture, Ecotect INTERESTS Chorus: Member of School Chorus Team Badminton, Table tennis, Tennis: Leader of the School Badminton Team Painting Photographing Writing Traveling
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