Portfolio Ximing Chen
Seletcted Works from GSAPP, Columbia University MSAUD Program, 2013-2014 Master of Architecture Master of Science in Architecture & Urban Design
XIMING CHEN RESUME
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Tel: +01 617 653 2953 Email: 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 - 14
Comm[unit]y
Summer Semester 2013
15 - 20
Re-orienting the Long Island Sound
Fall Semester 2013
21 - 28
The Loop
Spring Semester 2014
29 - 32
Five Boroughs
Research Works
33 - 34
Citis and Systems
35 - 40
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
Degree Project 3rd Special Award of 2014 IFLA Student Design Competition 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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Overview
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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
%
FOUNDATION INFRASTRUCTURE
FARMING COLLABORATION EROSION CONTROL
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DEVELOPER
INVESTMENT
$
RAINWATER MANAGEMENT CREEK MAINTENANCE
RECYCLED BRICK
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FUNDING INSTRUCTION
TRAINING
TRAINING
LABOR
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
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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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Pilot 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 Studio Project 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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Overview
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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Sectional Perspectives
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
Studio Project
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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Overview
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The Loop
GSAPP Urban Design Studio I - Final Lower Manhattan | Summer 2013
Concept
Existing Condition
Proposal ( Park + Canal )
Elevated Park / Sunken Canal
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Design Process
Peeling the Layers
Creating Connections
Forming the Loop
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Design Process
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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Renderings
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 (Size is based on exhibition board requirements)
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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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Cumberland River
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Animation
http://vimeo.com/71604299
Dynamic Scaold
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