Esther Xie Portfolio Spring 2017

SELECTED WORK OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN 2017

CONTENTS

RESUME

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MARTIN Y. TANG WELCOME CENTER

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TULUL ABU-EL ALAYIK ARCHEOLOGY PARK

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SPECITIES: FIT LOOP DESIGN

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OTHER WORKS

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ESTHER (XUEZHEN) XIE

XX59@CORNELL.EDU +1 6072629032 +86 13989317027

450D, HANDS BETHE HOUSE CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA NY, 14853

EDUCATION CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NY

2015 - 2019 College of Architecture, Art, and Planning; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Majors: Urban and Regional Studies and Lanscape Architecture GPA: 3.43 ZHENHAI HIGH SCHOOL, ZHEJIANG, CHINA, 2015 ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION VISITING SCHOOL, SHANGHAI, CHINA 2016 Summer School

DESIGN CONNECT, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY RELEVANT Team Elmira, 2017 EXPERIENCE Team Geneva, 2016

Performed research and site analysis; Conducted site visit and community outreach; Made several design options for city council, Presented the design with renderings in community meeting.

SKILL

Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Lightroom), Rhino, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Grasshopper, Microsoft Office, Physical Modeling, Hand drawing, Graphic Design, Technical Planting Plans, Soil Volume Calculation.

Knowledge of Python and Web Design Proficiency in Chinese and English

CONCENTRATION

URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE URBANISM. I believe that landscape architects should take the lead in urban spatial design. We must realize that the best way to organize city is to consider city as a whole landscape, rather than the sum of single buildings. Spatial constructions in urban environments should no longer be attached to intractable functions or intent on isolation, but instead integrate into the fabric of the city. Spatial fragmentation that deteriorates social injustice should be prevented, including the unprecedented gentrification taking place in many cities.

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MARTIN Y. TANG WELCOME CENTER LA2010 Medium in Landscape Architecture. Prof. Valerie Aymer Cornell

Located in Ithaca, Cornell University impresses people with its magnificent scenery offered by global leader in sustainability research, teaching and engagement, the university perfectly b which inspires the principal design of this project. The building is designed to present visitors un Lake in interior space and on the green roof. Some details are inspired by the existing architect center will serve as the start of various campus tour and a relaxing place for students to enjo

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ITHACA, NY University

2016

y nature at first sight. As a blends its campus to nature, nobstructed view over Beebe ture on campus. The welcome oy the beauty of Beebe Lake.

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MARTIN Y. TANG WELCOME CENTER SITE ANALYSIS >> CIRCULATION

>> VEGETATION

>> VIEW

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>> TOPOGRAPHY

ITHACA, NY DESIGN CONCEPT

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MARTIN Y. TANG WELCOME CENTER

>> COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

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ITHACA, NY

>> PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

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TULUL ABU EL-ALAYIQ ARCHEOLOGY P

LA2020 Medium in Landscape Architecture.II Prof. Kathryn Gleason Cor

Known locally as Tulul abu el-alayiq, the site was the iwnter home of King Herod the Great once became a desert and was inhabited by Bedouin and refugees until the last 30 years, whe brought development close to the site. This project explores the tension between the modern ing on the West Bank versus the obligations of the international cultural heritage preserva for an archaeological park that employs Palestinians. This scenario involves the preservatio to model how the housing and archaeological site might co-exist, preserving and displaying th

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PARK

rnell University

JERICHO, PALESTINE 2017

t and his predesessors, but en modern water technology n need for Palestinian housation, and provides a vision on of most informal housing he ruins for tourism income.

>> COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

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TULUL ABU-EL ALAYIK ARCHEOLOGY P

>> SITE ANALYSIS

>> CONCEPT DIAGRAM

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>> HOUSING PLAN

PARK

JERICHO, PALESTINE

RECONSTRUCTION PLAN OF RUINS

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speCITIES:

FIT LOOP DESIGN

ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION VISITING SCHOOL, SHANGHAI

SHANGHAI,

SUMMER, 2016 GRO

AAVS Shanghai commits to the very serious ways in which today's young generation al design systems applied to urban questions, issues and problems. The project focus quickly changing, expanding and transforming urban organism, within the context of ta Metropolitan Region, of a population exceeding 90m. In this scenerio, we use grassho tial relationships between green spaces and urban villages along the Suzhou River, and t the urban village dwellers by considering various scenerios and allocating these arcihtec

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, CHINA

OUP: ESTHER XIE, ZETAN QIN, WEICHEN PAO, ZIYUE WANG, ZHUO CHEN

n plays with computationses on Shanghai - a vast, the Yangtze River Delopper to analyze the spatry to design a fit loop for cture along the river bank.

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speCITIES:

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FIT LOOP DESIGN

SHANGHAI,

, CHINA

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OTHER WORKS

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FORM IN DESIGN

Esther XIE

RECTANGLE

ANGLES

CIRCLES

>> ASSIGNMENT: FORM IN DESIGN

LA2010, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

>> PROJECT 2: REDESIGN OF URIS EYEBROW, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

LA2010, CORNELL UNIVERSITY 19

OTHER WORKS

>> PROJECT 1: DESIGN ART QUAD, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

LA2010, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

>> MODEL: RECONSTRUCTION OF SUNKEN GARDEN, JERICHO, PALESTINE

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LA2020, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

>> PROJECT: ITHACA WATERFRONT SWIMMING/ SKATING COMPLEX

>> CASE STUDY: SANBO-IN, KYOTO, JAPAN

LA1420, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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Thank you!