Portfolio_Ximing Chen

Portfolio Ximing Chen

Seletcted Works from GSAPP MSAUD Program, 2013-2014 Master of Architecture Master of Science in Architecture & Urban Design

XIMING CHEN RESUME

Add: 44 Paul Place Apt.B Boston MA, 02118

Tel: +01 617 653 2953 henryhusky@gmail.com

EDUCATION May 2013 – May 2014

Columbia University, New York, NY ·Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design ·Honors: 3rd Special Award Bruns Nursery of 2014 IFLA Student Design Competition

September 2010 – May 2012 Northeastern University, Boston, MA ·Master of Architecture (accredited by NAAB) ·Honors: Graduate Dean's Scholarship, Fall 2010 – Spring 2012 NU Tuition Scholarship, Fall 2011 – Spring 2012 September 2002 – June 2007

Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China ·Bachelor of Science Degree in Architecture ·Honors: Excellent Student Scholarship, Fall 2004 – Fall 2005 Outstanding Merits Scholarship, Fall 2004 – Fall 2005 Third Prize of Landmark Design Contest of Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, 2003

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE November 2012 – May 2013 Project Architect

June 2008 – August 2010 Project Architect and Lead Designer August 2007 – June 2008 Assistant Architectural Designer

International Visionary Design, LLC., Newton, MA ·Raycom Golf Villa Resort, Hainan, China, 2012 Architectural and landscape design for a golf villa resort project.

Jingsen Architectural & Engineering Consultants Co, LTD., Guangzhou, China ·Panyu Number One Plaza, Guangzhou, China, 2008 – 2010 Project architect and lead designer for a 101,650 sm complex consisting of three condominium towers, retail shops, a supermarket and a restaurant. ·Changxindian Residential Community Planning Proposal, Beijing, China, 2008 Lead designer for primary planning scheme of a 286,000 SM residential site. Responsible for 149,000 sm master plan design and detailed housing design.

PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITIONS Upcoming 2014 2011 2008 2014 2013

Urban Inventions for Informal Settlements in Medellin, Colombia, GSAPP Alternative Futures for New Rochelle: The Next Generation Live/Work City, Urban Design Lab Civic Rooms for Rent, Northeastern University World Architects in Their Twenties (Chinese Version), University of Tokyo Magician: End of Year Show (Urban Design Section), Avery Hall, New York City Hand Drawing Post Card Exhibition, Avery Hall, New York City

SKILLS Computer Software: AutoCAD, Sketchup, Revit, Rhino, Maya, ArcGIS, Ecotect, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign.

Other Skills: Hand sketching and drawing, water color painting, physical model making.

Language: Native Chinese speaker(Mandarin and Cantonese), fluent English.

Portfolio

Seletcted Works from GSAPP MSAUD Program, 2013-2014

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Table of Contents:

01 - 02

Comm[unit]y

Summer Semester 2013

03 - 04

Re-orienting the Long Island Sound

Fall Semester 2013

05 - 06

The Loop

Spring Semester 2014

07 - 08

Five Boroughs

Research Works

09 - 10

Citis and Systems

11 - 12

Animation

Guangzhou, China Guangdong University of Technology B.S. in Architecrue

Urban Design Studio Works

Digital Works

Guangzhou, China Jingsen Design Lead Architectural Designer

Careers

Academic & Prodessional

Year:

Schools & Firms:

2013-2014

Columbia University

2013

IVD International Visionary Design

2010-2012

Northeastern University

2007-2010

Jingsen Design

2002-2007

Guangdong University of Technology

BOSTON, MA Northeastern University M.Arch

NEWTON, MA International Visionary Design Project Archiect

IVD NEW YORK, NY GSAPP, Columbia University M.S. in Urban Design MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA GSAPP, The Globle Studio IFLA Award-winning Project

Comm[unit]y

GSAPP Urban Design Studio III Medellin, Colombia | Spring 2014

San Cristobal, a special rural administrative unit of Medellin, has been confronted with pressure brought by fast-paced economic growth and population boom in recent years. These factors have been reflected in the living conditions at a regional scale. On one hand, defined as informal settlements from a legal perspective, local residents and new migrants constantly occupy land by building their own houses without formal planning. On the other hand, as the government began to supply the area with high-rise social housing, it is clear that these towers have little relationship with the physical and social context of the site. Through research, an evaluation can be made that both housing typologies are not only inappropriate for future development of San Cristobal due to their fundamental problematic logics of growth, but also cause and extend issues to environment and society: landslide, water pollution, farmland degradation and lacking of open space. The commUNITy project is a critique to the existing typologies, as well as a response to the quandaries of San Cristobal.

The project of commUNITy emphasizes the capabilities of units within the community, by attempting to compose a new development model with small, basic and systematic tools. The goal is to provide a method that can accommodate the growing density, and at the same time be sustainable and adaptable to a larger horizon in San Cristobal.

Through this project, two essential guides will be set up for the new development pattern. The first one being a basic toolkit is accessible, affordable, and applicable for local people to assemble their own houses and to improve their living environment. The second one is a strategic framework of growth that not only captures the passion and effort of individuals, but also can be combined with power and capacity of the government and upscale organizations. As a result, efficient collaborations among different groups in the society can be achieved.

In this approach, the first step is to design scalar landscape and architectural units at a conceptual level, extracting intellectual parts from local constructing practice (e.g. flexible growth) as well as imported innovative ideas (e.g. gabions). The next step is to reconfigure these incremental units to form a series of combinations which are applicable to conditions in urban, rural or in-between areas. Last but not least, in the physical environment these combinations can be manipulated and developed to create either site-specific moments, or an entire neighborhood composition. In the whole process of implementing this methodology in reality, it involves government constructed infrastructure like slope-stabilizing walls and terraces, allows self-built practices using local materials, and encourages social engagements preserving open space and local lifestyle to improve living quality.

Finally, with the components providing paradigms dealing with specific problems, these methodologies can be learned and applied to other sites with similar issues, whilst the proposed commUNITy design as a whole at a testing site that is between informal settlements and high-rise social housings offers an example to reserve social capital and mediate urban fabrics.

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Comm[unit]y

GSAPP Urban Design Studio III Medellin, Colombia | Spring 2014

Site Analysis

Site

INSUFFICIENT OPEN SPACE High Density Informal settlement Building New Development Road

FARMLAND DEGRADATION Desegregated Farmland Farmland Forestland Ecological Zone

WATER POLLUTION Floodplain Pollution Building in Flood Plain

LANDSLIDE Nonrecoverable Recoverable Slope above 50%

As economy and population of Medellin keep growing, more problems have also emerged. Particularly in San Cristobal, four typical problems can be identified based on former research and analysis of this project. They are landslide, water pollution, farmland degradation and insufficient open space. In the diagram, these problems are isolated and expressed on different layers.

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Problems in San Cristobal

Then by overlapping these layers, it can be found that the locations of landslide and those of water pollution concentrate around areas with creeks running through and with relatively sharper slope; the other two problems have more to do with human activities and urban fabrics. Farmland degradation happens mainly in the peri-urban areas while the situation of lacking open space mostly concentrates in high-density informal settlements.

As the diagram above shows, an area including all four problems is defined as the most problematic site of the region.

This most problematic area has been selected to be a pilot site to test out design interventions integrally. The logic is that if the strategies and deign can work well in a place with the most difficulties, other places with less problems then could have a great chance to take advantages of the precedent.

LOCAL ENGAGEMENT IN PROBLEM SOLVING

INCENTIVES

AMENITY CREATION ROOFTOP TRANSFORMATION

FUNDING

$

GOVERNMENT

FAR

PLANNING STRATEGY

REGULATIONS ≤5 F

≤ 2.5

PLANNER

Longterm and regional vision

RETAIL

FAR 15M 40

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FOUNDATION INFRASTRUCTURE

FARMING COLLABORATION EROSION CONTROL

$

DEVELOPER

INVESTMENT

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RAINWATER MANAGEMENT CREEK MAINTENANCE

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FUNDING INSTRUCTION

TRAINING

TRAINING

LABOR

RECYCLED BRICK

EDUCATION INSTITUTE

NGO +LAND VALUE UNEMPLOYED HOUSEWIFE

RECYCLED MATERIALS

SLOPE STABILIZATION ENHANCE BUILDING STRUCTURE

LOCAL LABOR Local engagement with the community design.

In many areas of San Cristobal, local people decide to build additional constructions based on need. By setting up a series of construction guidance, the project attempts to provide a direction for the formation of physical space while reserving the freedom to build for the people. In this way, local labor force and local materials continue to play significant roles in the project but with higher efficiency.

On the other hand, based on financial calculations, it is convincing that government should invest into infrastructure construction rather than hiring developers and contractors to build the high-rise social housing directly. In the proposal, the government is responsible for creating principle regulations for self-built practice and incentives for investors.

INDIVIDUAL

Moreover, educational institutes or NGOs should also engage in the process to provide training and technology support.

For instance, a unit gabion (a metal cage structure that can be filled with different materials for various purposes) can be introduced by intellectual institutes.

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Actors in the Process

Comm[unit]y

GSAPP Urban Design Studio III Medellin, Colombia | Spring 2014

Unit Element

LANDSLIDE From the 1980s, the temperature increased 1C and the precipitation increased 25%, which makes the disaster like landslide more easily to happen.

SLOPE STABILIZATION

Landscape Unit

688 Homes LACK OF wastewater treatment.

Unemployed Employed

Agriculture Other

FARMLAND PROTECTION

WATER MANAGEMENT

Bioswale

Building as Stablization

Contour Ridging

Steep Slope

Clay and Loam

Geocell

Terraced Farmland with Gabions

Rainwater Garden

Steep Slope Loose Soil

Steep Slopes

Collect Rainwater and Fltrate Water

Overlapped Gabions

Vetiver Terracing

Wetland

Medium Slope

Medium Slope

Fltrate Water

Vegetated Gabions

Contour Cultivation

Retention Pond

Gentle Slope

Gentle Slopes

Fltrate Water Fooding Buffer

Units for slope stabilization: according to different slope degree and soil condition, we propose four types of units that help stabilize the slope.

Except for the function of slope stabilization, we also try to introduce more function to the units. They could also be housing, plantation and landscape at the same time. Besides, these units would have different variations in size an d material due to different situation.

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WATER POLLUTION

FARMLAND DEGRADATION

Units for farmland protection: we have four basic units that suitable for different slope and soil condition. We utilize different vegetation from crops that along the contour to vetiver grass that has a strong root system. We also introduce drainage system in the clay and loam area where the water amount is high, also, the gabion wall on the steep slope or the loose soil condition.

Collect Rain Water and Guide Water Flow

Units for water management: we introduce a system of rain water management and water pollution control. The bioswale could collect rain water and guide the direction to the rain water garden, the wetland would be used in the pollution area and the retention pond would act as the flooding buffer zone in the rainy season. All the four types of units would work together.

Incremental Unit INSUFFICIENT OPENS PACE

San Cristobal 2.22 % of the families share their houses , while the municipal City Wide average less than 0.8 %.

Single Unit

0.5 m/ inhabitant

4.01 m/ inhabitant

OPEN SPACE CREATION

Utilize the Space Under the Building

Utilize the Rooftop Space

SPACIAL COMBINATION Rooftop Garden

Open Space

Future Construction Connected the Rooftop with Street Upper Level Street

Introduce Recreational and Sports Filed

In many areas of San Cristobal, local people decide to build additional constructions based on need. By setting up a series of construction guidance, the project attempts to provide a direction for the formation of physical space while reserving the freedom to build for the people. In this way, local labor force and local materials continue to play significant roles in the project but with higher efficiency.

Commercial Space Lower Level Street

On the other hand, based on financial calculations, it is convincing that government should invest into infrastructure construction rather than hiring developers and contractors to build the high-rise social housing directly. In the proposal, the government is responsible for creating principle regulations for self-built practice and incentives for investors.

Moreover, educational institutes or NGOs should also engage in the process to provide training and technology support.

For instance, a unit gabion (a metal cage structure that can be filled with different materials for various purposes) can be introduced by intellectual institutes.

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Architectural Unit

Comm[unit]y

GSAPP Urban Design Studio III Medellin, Colombia | Spring 2014

Combined Applications Rural Condition - Farmland Urban Condition - Commercial Street

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY CIRCLE

Self-grown Fruits

Left over food transfered to market

Rooftop Farmland to Grow Daily Food Take advantage of the rooftop to build farmland and support daily needs, and the left over food would be transfered to food market held every weekends to engage the public

Weekly-Use Food Market Farmer

Residential

Sell or Exchange Second-hand Daily Necessities

Seasonal Event: Flea Market Residential can also engage the seasonal market by selling or exchanging second-hand daily necessities to their neighborhoods.

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Urban Condition - Commercial Street

Local People

Road Condition Sport Fields Creek Condition - Leisure-Parks

Road Condition - Sport Fields

CROPS BENEFICIAL FOR SOIL EROSION CONTROL

Cassava

Calopagonium

Macroptillium Atropurpureum

Pueraria Phaseoloides

PLANTS FOR SOIL EROSION CONTROL

Vetiver Grass

Cogon Grass

Napier Grass

Tussock Grass

SYMBIOSIS AND SOIL EROSION CONTROL Support Maize

Vetiver Grass

Vetiver Grass

Bean Squash

Gabion Wall

Nitrogen

Pest control

South America traditional agriculture utilize the symbiosis relationship between crops , like maize, bean and squash to establish a relative large yield in the sustainable way. The agriculture in and near the community could draw the experience from the traditional practice. Except for the large yield, it also require less pesticide , fertilizer and maintenance.

VEGETATIVE TECHNIQUES

N Vetiver terracing utilizes the strong root system of vetiver to stabilize the slope, suitable for medium slope.

Contour cultivation that cultivate the crops along the contour is suitable for less steep slopes.

Strip cropping is an inexpensive, large-scale agri-industrial technique to improve the poor soils. Fast-growing plants can be repeatedly grown and then plowed into the soil to create a green manure, adding organic matter and depth to the soil over time.

ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES

$ $2 per square meter Easy to acquire the material Create job from recycling Easy to manage by the local

Terraced farmland with gabions is suitable for steep slopes.

Contour ridging that with mounds and dredging suitable for clay and loam who’s drainage quality is low.

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Rural Condition - Farmland

Comm[unit]y

GSAPP Urban Design Studio III Medellin, Colombia | Spring 2014

Combined Applications

ndition - Farmland

Creek Parks RoadCondition Condition--Leisure Sport Fields

SOCIAL GROUP NEEDS Increased Open Space And Program

Activity

Open Space

Social Group Interaction

Circulation

Communication/Activity

Social Group

Programs for Various Groups

Open Space

Circulation

PLACE AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT Social Group

Need

Place

Exercise Child

Recreation

Sports Field

Women

Accessibility Barrier-free access

Disabled

Communication Eldly

Plaza

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Road Condition - Sport Fields

TOPOGRAPHY AS WATER MANAGEMENT

Rain

Let the Gravity to Do the Work

From Upper Terrace

RAINWATER MANAGEMENT

Bioswale

Rainwater Collection & Filtration

Rainwater Garden

Rainwater Filtration

Water Cistern Grey Water Preliminary Treatment

GREY WATER TREATMENT

WATER RECYCLE

Wetland

Medellin peopel daily consuption L/day Recycled Water 60% =127L/day

Water Filtration

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Texsting Site：900 people =

Retention Pond Water Storage &

100000L/day

RAINWATER COLLECTION Average Rainfall days Testing Site: 100000m

Recycled Water for Irrigation & Househood Use in the Lower Terrace

2

16.6mm/day

Collecting Area: 40000m

Daily Rain Water Havesting：

MEDELLIN ANNUAL RAINFALL

Rainfall 1,672.9mm/year

250 200 150 100 50 0

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PLANTS FOR WETLAND AND RAINWATER GARDEN

Big Blue Stem

2

6640L/day

Lythrum

Greater Bur-Reed

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Creek Condition - Leisure Parks

Comm[unit]y

GSAPP Urban Design Studio III Medellin, Colombia | Spring 2014

Testing Site N

WATER MANAGEMENT

REINFORCED FARMLAND

SPORTS FIELDS GREEN LAND

PROPOSED BUILDING Greening Rate: 60% Building Density: 45%

local fabric

local fabric

local fabric EXISTING INFORMAL SETTLEMENT

STABLIZED SLOPE EXSITING HIGH-RISE STREET BUSINESS OPEN SPACE

EXSITING HIGH-RISE Greening Rate: 30% Building Density: 60%

RETENTION POND SELF MANAGED CONSTRUCTION

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT Greening Rate: 30% Building Density: 35%

STRATEGY 1 -Local Access & Circulation -Proposed road system

-Terraced landscape -Water management

STRATEGY 2 -Terrace as Framing Agent -Terraced landscape -Water management

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Polit Site & Methodology

STRATEGY 3 -Self-built Housing Strategy -Housing platform -Incremental housing

STRATEGY 4 -Green land -Water recreation -Urban farming

STRATEGY 5 -Propagation of Unit System -Circulation -Introduce landscape unit -Incremental Housing unit -Open space

Existing

Proposed Dry

Wet

Landslide Potential Self Managed Construction Wetland Rooftop Space

Insufficient Opens Pace

Bioswale

Rainwater Garden

Rainwater Garden

Filtered Water Water Pollution

The testing site is located in between the fabric of new development and informal housing which also have the specific site problems like landslide, agriculture degradation, water pollution and insufficient public space. We are trying to intertwine various combinations of incremental units to mediate the urban fabrics and at the same time to provide mixed-use housing and efficient landscape to reserve the local lifestyle.

The project also addresses the time based strategy; the drawing represents the comparison between the existing condition and the proposed one and the way how we transform the problematic site into a new vibrant community. Besides, our project allows various scenarios based on different urban conditions and address the flexibility of the usage of space.

In the dry season, the bioswale and the rain water garden could be used as open space for people to use; in the wet season, they perform the role of rain water collection and filtration, forming a different landscape. In addition, the unfinished building structure is proposed to be used as open space and rooftop garden; with the density increases they could also be transformed into residential use.

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Tim Based Scenarios

Comm[unit]y

GSAPP Urban Design Studio III Medellin, Colombia | Spring 2014

Testing Site STABLIZED SLOPE ROOFTOP FARMLAND

SPORTS FIELDS GREEN LAND

EXISTING INFORMAL SETTLEMENT

WATER TREATMENT

WATER TREATMENT

COMMUNITY EXTENSION

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CISTERN

BRIDGE

CISTERN FOR REUSE WATER WOODLANDS SLOPE STABLIZATION

INCREMENTAL HOUSING SECTION

OPEN SPACE

RETENTION POND REINFORCED FARMLAND

EXSITING HIGH-RISE

SELF MANAGED CONSTRUCTION

WATER MANAGEMENT

OPEN SPACE

STORAGE

WETLAND

WATER TREATMENT

CISTERN FOR REUSE WATER

CISTERN

WATER INFILTRATION ROAD

WATER RECREATIONAL AREA

CISTERN

CISTERN

BRIDGE

RAIN GARDEN

HOUSING

GREEN LAND

OPEN SPACE

ROAD

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Application & Mediation

Re-orienting the Long Island Sound Project Design Given that New Rochelle and East Harlem belong to the same ecological path, The Long Island Sound, a major estuary in the country, and its tributary The East River, our proposal is to engaged their major asset, the waterfront, as a gate for Healthy Development, winch means a balance in ecological, economic, and social practices.

Along the increasing investment on new “working -living” communities on the waterfront (Stamford, Willet Point, Hunters Point, Queens Waterfront, etc.), our proposal sets a framework for a complementary growth on the region, based on a healthy flow of water, as a mayor opportunity to growth.

CULTURE | NATURE | ACTIVITIES East Harlem - Bioswales along the impervious pathways.

- Detention tanks, Wetlands CSO treatment.

- Strengthening connectivity from inland to the waterfront bike and pedestrian paths.

- Activate ferry line with surrounding hubs (Astoria, Hallet Point, and Randall’s Island).

ARTS | SPORTS | RETAIL New Rochelle - Network of Bioswals that direct surface water to upland retention pond.

- Waterfront wetland as flood protection and storm water filtration system.

- Wild life habitat (Davenport Park and David’s Island).

- Strengthening the public accessibility through bus routes, bike paths, ferry line connections.

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GSAPP Urban Design Studio II - Final East Harlem & New Rochelle | Fall 2013

Randall’s Island

Astoria East Harlem

Hallet point

Bike path

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Waterfront Scenarios

Re-orienting the Long Island Sound

GSAPP Urban Design Studio II - Final East Harlem & New Rochelle | Fall 2013

East Harlem

Section C

Wetland + Pedestrian Pathway

Randall’s Island Connection

Section B

Water Treatment Process

Community Spaces

Social Activator

Section A

Social Activator, Community Spaces

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Plans & Sections

110st Sectional View Wetland Park

116st Sectional View

Recreational Center - Outdoor / Indoor

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Re-orienting the Long Island Sound New Rochelle

Marina Section

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Plans & Sections

GSAPP Urban Design Studio II - Final East Harlem & New Rochelle | Fall 2013

Day Time Activities

Night Time Events

Natural Hub Section

Season-based Activities

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Scenarios

The Loop

GSAPP Urban Design Studio I - Final Lower Manhattan | Summer 2013

Project Design

The Project attempts to improve Lower Manhattan’s resiliency, while triggering local activities and connecting the segmented sectors at the same time.

Lower Manhattan is one of the most critical parts in New York City.

It is not only the business center of the country, but it is also starting to develop some residential neighborhoods as it witnesses a rapid increase in the number of its in habitants. This increase was not accompanied by necessary growth in services and amenities for both residents and tourists, seeing that it is also one of the biggest touristic destinations.

The area between Battery Park, Battery Park City and the business center is witnessing, in addition to its venerability to natural occurrences, a huge gap in connection between different parts with varies sets of user groups as well.

The Loop is an elevated multi-functional project that acts as an attraction point and connector in bringing these distanced parts together. It also helps in bridging the gaps between different sets of users while providing the area with much needed services and amenities, which will improve the quality of daily life and real estate value of its surroundings.

At the same time, during the natural disaster, it would also act as the city’s drainage system and flood wall for a better-protected Lower Manhattan.

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The Loop

GSAPP Urban Design Studio I - Final Lower Manhattan | Summer 2013

Design Concept

Existing Condition

Proposal ( Park + Canal )

Elevated Park / Sunken Canal

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Peeling the Layers

Creating Connections

Forming the Loop

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The Loop Axonomertics

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GSAPP Urban Design Studio I - Final Lower Manhattan | Summer 2013

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The Loop

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Rendering

GSAPP Urban Design Studio I - Final Lower Manhattan | Summer 2013

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Master Plan

Five Boroughs

GSAPP Urban Design Studio I - Phase One Lower Manhattan | Summer 2013

Constructing Site

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Lower Manhattan Site Analysis

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In-10-year Scenarios

Five Boroughs

GSAPP Urban Design Studio I - Phase Two Lower Manhattan | Summer 2013

Policy & Fabric Transportation

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System Analysis

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Design Scenarios

Cities & Systems

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Animation Dynamic Scaold

http://vimeo.com/71604299 Reading New York Urbanism Summer 2013

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Modelled & Rendered with Maya

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Screen Shots

Animation Studio Project Intro

http://vimeo.com/81451755 GSAPP Urban Design Studio II East Harlem & New Rochelle | Fall 2013

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Edited & Rendered with After Eects

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Screen Shots

Animation Modelling Tutorial

http://vimeo.com/90797181 Re-thinking BIM Class Project | Fall 2013

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Adaptive Component

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Portfolio Ximing Chen

Seletcted Works from GSAPP MSAUD Program, 2013-2014 Master of Architecture Master of Science in Architecture & Urban Design