Yue Xi 2024 portfolio - Architecture

Yue Xi

Application for Internship

Architectural & Interior Design Portfolio

Skills

Rhino

Revit

Auto CAD

Sketchup

Enscape

V-Ray

Illustrator

Photopshop

InDesign

Microsoft Suite

Hand Drafting

Model Making

Laser Cutting

3D Printing CNC Machine

Midjourney Blender

Unreal Engine

Premiere Pro

Electives

Color Theory

Textile Specifications

Digital Fabrication

Calculus I - III

Involvement

IIDA NEOCONSIN Volunteer Fall 2022

IIDA Bag Bash Volunteer Spring 2022

Language

English

Chinese (Native)

Architectural & Interior Designer

contact info

yxi124@g.ucla.edu

608-960-1679

www.linkedin.com/in/yue-xi-ivy

Education Background

University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

• Master of Architecture (NAAB Accredited) Expected Graduation: Jun 2026

• Overall GPA: 3.7/4.0

University of Wisconsin - Madison (CIDA Accredited) Madison, WI

• Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture Sep 2018 -Dec 2022

• Overall GPA: 3.7/4.0 (Honor: Dean’s List for 5 semesters)

Design & Work Experience

Beijing Institute of Architectural Design Beiing, China

Interior Design Intern Jun 2021 – Jul 2021

• Produced preliminary site, building, and culture analysis for large civic projects, such as convention centers, science forums, and libraries, and created attractive story-telling presentations

• Assisted in generating comprehensive floor plans in AutoCAD and corresponding diagrams with color labels and circulation and transportation in Photoshop

• Designed carpets for a convention center project using organic patterns and textures in relating culture themes, and collaborated with the manufacturer to produce sample carpets

• Performing assistive design works, including attending group meetings, researching about precedents, and managing clients’ meeting records

Center for Design and Material Culture

Madison, WI

Gallery Assistant Sep 2019 - Nov 2019 & Sep 2021- May 2022

• Organized visitor records, kept track of security and cameras, and replied to emails and phone calls professionally and quickly

• Kindly guided the visitors, helped them to contact with the curator, and introduced the exhibition contents so they have a considerate experience

• Actively assisted with gallery installation, including storing fabrics, painting walls and cleaning, as well as participating in school events such as the Day of the Dead at the school of Human Ecology and student exhibition reception as host and photographer

W&T design studio Nanjing, China

Interior Design Intern Jun 2021 – Jul 2021

• Made construction drawings and generated floor plans in AutoCAD from sitevisiting photos for residential and small commercial projects

• Brainstormed space design ideas, and generated sets of furniture selections and plans in AutoCAD

• Produced preliminary sketches and renderings in Sketchup and Enscape

• Attended clients’ meetings and office visits, and maintained a professional studio environment

SELECTED WORKS

ARCHITECTURE

The Zen | Proto-Architecture

Childcare & Spiritual Center · Los Angeles, CA

Graduate | Fall 2023 | UCLA AUD

The Gold Hill Observatory

Architectural exploration · Nanjing, China

Undergraduate | Fall 2022 | Self-lead project

INTERIOR DESIGN

The NEXT Cosmetics

Modern Office Design · Manhattan, NY

Undergraduate | Fall 2021 | UW-Madison

The Moon House

Student Wellness Center · Madison, WI

Undergraduate | Spring 2022 | UW-Madison

The Malaya Lolas Museum

Memoiral Museum · Kuala Lumpur

Undergraduate | Fall 2022 | UW-Madison

The Zen Proto - Architecture

Childcare & Spiritual Center

Course: Introductory Design Studio | UCLA AUD

Type: Individual Work

Instructor: Benjamin Freyinger

Software: Rhino, V-ray, PS, AI, Midjourney

Time: Fall 2023

First studio in a core sequence within the MArch I program at UCLA. This 3-parts studio explores issues that are central to the discipline – space, form, and representation.

The final design is a proto-architecture for a childcare and spiritual center located in Los Angeles. Gaining inspiration from abstract art, the creation of proto-architectural conditions examines ways of inhabiting and experiencing space, as well as considering environmental context and rain water collection.

Part A starts with orthographic studies of the toy of choice - a lattern I choose, and then is exchanged with another student to produce a compositional exquisite corpse drawing. Then the drawing is constructed into a physical 2.5D paper relief model which translates the implied spatial and formal configurations from the drawing into 3-dimensional space. Lastly, the 2.5D model is re-interpreted in AI software - Midjourney, to explore more variations and alternative images.

Choice of Toy Orthographic Drawing Drawing From Another Student*

Re-composition Process

Exquisite Corpse Drawing

Midjourney Variations

2.5D Paper Relief Model

Part B - Proto plan

Continuely, Part B starts with the analysis in Part A to further develop arrangement of figures, shapes, edges and spaces that are suggestive of relationships. Along with the analysis with O.M. Ungers’ plan typology diagrams, the artifact is redrawn as a prototypical plan, based on analysis, indicating walls, columns, poche, space and organizational logic. By recomposing and transforming the spaces, walls, thresholds, and edges to amplify the spatial and organizational qualities of historical precedents, a hybridized proto-plan is drawn.

Articraft - Painting by Robert Delaunay

Level 1 Plan

Level 2 Plan

As an extension of the plans from Part A & B, the final building is a programmatic and spatial hybrid for two different user groups - a childcare and spiritual center. The building is located at an imaginary urban site in urban Los Angleles, which is a flat ground with small hills strategically placed. The proto-building is designed within the 100ft by 100ft site boundary and 30 ft in height.

Ground

Perspectives

3D-printed Model

Yoga · Meditation · Water Tank

The Gold Hill Observatory Self-lead project

Type: Individual Work

Software: Rhino, Enscape, PS, AI

Time: Fall 2022

Architectural exploration

The Gold Hill observatory is my first architectural project, created by Rhino. Located at the Purple Mountain, Nanjing, China, the Gold Hill observatory scenic area is a tourist attraction including a observatory, an astronomy gallery, a watch tower, three airbnb units, and a courtyard style community living. The site has been used for astronomical studies since the Song dynasty, equipped with traditonal astronomy equipments like armillary spheres. Inspired by traditional elements, the design explored the combination and alternation of lines, shapes, patterns, and massings.

User

Design elements exploration

Traditional roof lines

aggregation rhythm angles

Pattern study of various angles

Window patterns

The Purple Mountain is located at the center of Nanjing city, adjacent to central residential districts Purple Mountain provides beautiful views to adjacent tourists attractions, water bodies, and forests in an urban setting. It has been used for astronomical studies since the Song dynasty, equipped with traditonal astronomy equipments like armillary spheres.

Xuanwu Lake

Confucius Temple

Nanjing Museum

Linggu Temple

National Park

Yangzi River

Traditional inspiration

Alley Roof line Community Courtyard Water

The Unit The Gallery

Tea House Watch Tower

Course: Interior design studio III | UW-Madison

Type: Individual Work

Instructor: Jennifer Meyers & Brooke Godfrey

Software: Revit, Enscape, PS, AI

Time: Fall 2021

Modern office design

The NEXT project is a office space design for a start-up clean beauty company that is based in Manhattan, New York. Flexibility, inclusitivity, sustainability, and privacy are achieved through a calming color palette, biophillic design, and dynamic circulation with in the workspace. The design of the space will create an unique identity rooted in Korean culture featuring a beauty spa and a meditation yoga studio.

To create a fully immersive and inspiring environment, multiple senses like olfactory, tactile, and visual stimulations are spread through the space. Considering the post-pandemic influences, personal spaces, community spaces, and vitural working spaces are carefully arranged with the aid of technology.

The Next Cosmetics

site - the Next Office

pedestrian bicycle

4 Columbus circle, New York bus stop subway stop parking

Museum of Art and Design hotel

dining

Central Park shopping

Five senses in concept

Natural

Bubble adjacency diagram

Legend

work space

meeting space

social space

resource & support

rejuvenation

Block & circulation diagram Level 7 Level 8

core element

primary adjacency

secondary adjacency

Level 8 room label

E-Beauty spa

F-Work Cafe

G-Meditation Yoga

South elevation

Resource Center

Enclave

Bookcase Open Shared Office Open Shared Office

Terrace Work Cafe

Wellness Room

Beauty Spa

Open Shared Office

Enclave

Kitchen

Reception

Medium Meeting Room

Private Office

Work Cafe Meditation Yoga

The Moon House

Student Wellness Center

Course: Interior Design Studio IV | UW-Madison

Type: Individual Work

Instructor: Lesley Sager

Software: Revit, Enscape, PS, AI

Time: Spring 2022

The Moon House is a unique and inclusive student wellness center located on the University of Wisconsin - Madison. It is a renovation project using the old Horse Barn located in the west lake district on campus. The Moon House will be a place of rejuvenation where students can enrich their connections to themselves, their surrounding environment and community, as well as feel a sense of place & belonging. The Moon House boosts a wellness cafe, evening bar, and a special performance area for student activities such as music and comedy. The pet therapy rooms, the wellness cafe, stduent work retail space, and the historical gallery are located on the first two floors, create a intimate, calming and healing atmosphere. As students move up to the third floor, the space becomes more dynamic, engaging, and mysterious. The Moon House bar and the Moon House show encourage students to develop creativity, socialization and contribution to a larger community.

structural columns old window

chimney truss system Tudor revival style gable porch

retaining design

3D Printing Model of the old building

Furniture plan level 1

1 lobby

2 student work retail space

3 history gallery

4 wellness cafe

5 kitchen

6 janitor's closet

22 monumnetal staircase

23 elevator

24 egress

25 gender neutral restroom

Furniture plan level 2

7 social lounge

8 open shared office

9 presentation space

10 resource room

11 study space

12 private office

13 therapy room

14 therapy check in

22 monumnetal staircase

23 elevator

24 egress

25 gender neutral restroom

26 locker

Furniture plan level 3

15 bar storage

16 community share zone

17 flexbile event room

18 music bar

19 audience seating

20 stage

21 backstage

22 monumnetal staircase

23 elevator

24 egress

25 ADA restroom

26 locker

The Wellness Cafe

The Music Bar

ROUND LIGHT STRIP

SEMI-TRANSPARENT GLASS

WHITE GYPSUM COLUMN

STEEL LOGO

SPHERICAL LIGHT SHADE

1" x 1" WOOD STRIP SPACED 7"

INCREASING 4" IN LENGTH

STEEL BOTTOM

BLACK LAMINATE FRAME

CURVE SHAPE STEEL PANEL

IVORY LAMINATE PANEL

SISAL PET SCRATCHER

GREY LAMINATE SEAT

BLACK LAMINATE PET PLAYING CABINET

The Moon House Show

original timber truss system repainted with black paint

Image Source: https://www.vqronline.org/photography/2021/12/malaya-lolas

The Malaya Lolas Museum

Memorial Museum

Course: Interior Design Studio V | UW-Madison

Type: Individual Work

Instructor: Erin Hamilton

Software: Revit, Enscape, PS, AI

Time: Fall 2022

This is the final thesis design studio for undergraduate, derived from an exsiting building and re-configured the interior. The Malaya Lolas museum is a museum and memorial designed as rememberance for comfort women who suffered from forced sex slavery during the WWII. It intends to reveal the stories of comfort women, provide social supports for victims, as well as appeal to compassion from the public.

The visiting experience transits from the main exhibition presenting dark and painful history, objects and paintings, to a brighter women’s art exhibition, and finally a contemporary exhibition space. The interactive memorial wall and courtyard is located at the center, providing a space for visitors to rest and contemplate. By accomplishing the tour, the visitors experience pain, sorrow, forgiveness, reconcilation, hope, and finally being fully cured.

Lola Lita & the Red House in Malaysia

Bubble

• A fixed path presenting historical images and stories.

• Incorporation of sound-absorptive and endurable materials.

fixed path - oppression

free-exploring - freedom

• A free exploring section with art work, sculptures, and installations.

• Specially curated with art works for comfort women.

• A narrow hallway created by the space between two curved walls.

• A change in ceiling height and materials to show a transition to the next phase.

• A women's art exhibiton specially curated with supportive female art wrok.

• A large skylight that allows light to come through.

Main Exhibition - Historical Content

Main Exhibition - Art work

Transition Hallway / Video Room

Women Art Exhibition

• Mimic the shape of a folding book, inviting visitors to come closer.

• A interactive memorial wall for people to commemorate with flowers.

• Use of natural elements to create a contemplative mood.

• Customized seating and pond in the shape of a leaf.

Memorial Wall