Jiayi Xing portfolio selected works from 2012-2019 Cornell M.Arch I 2020
Jiayi Xing Education 2017.08-present
Cornell University, New York
Cornell University Birthdate：1994.10.07 Phone：+1(607)3793790 E-mail：jx276@cornell.edu
M.Arch I | Third Year | Degree expected in 12/2020
2012.09-2017.07
Chongqing University, China B.E. in Urban Planning GPA: 3.71/4.0 Major GPA: 3.91/4.0
2015.01-2015.07
Exchange Program Cardiff University, UK Faculty of Urban Planning
Professional Experience 2019.05-2019.12
Research Assistant, Ithaca
2018.08-2018.12
Teaching Assistant at Cornell AAP, Ithaca
2018.05-2018.08
Internship at gmp, Beijing
2017.03-2017.07
Internship at AECOM, Chongqing
2015.07-2015.09
Internship at at Atelier Archmixing, Shanghai
Wien Urban Design | Corb Cabin | Chongqing Housing Research Professor: Leslie Lok
2018Fall Mellon Seminar- SPATIAL TENSIONS:Mapping Global Spatio-politics Through China Professor: Andrea Bahner, Leslie Lok
Fengtai Train Station, China| 3D Model, Plan Drawing, Rendering Kunming Airport Design, China | Concept Drawings, Planning Design Drawings Reference: xiaoliu@gmp.com
CaiJia Ecological Town Design, Chongqing, China| Concept Design, Plan Drawing, Rendering Mulei Tourist Town Design, XinJiang, China | Concept Drawings, Graphic Drawings, Building Design Reference: Kenzo Hsieh kenzo-hsieh@gmail.com
Fuchun Residential House Project | Concept, Plot Ratio Calculation Zouma Ancient Building Renovation Project | Physical Model Making No. 13 Shanghai Metro Line Station Project | Technical Drawings, Graphic Drawings Reference: Wenxuan Yao design@archmixing.com
Academic Honors & Competition Awards 2016. 07
Second Prize in National Social Investigation Competition
2016. 07
Winning Prize in Urban Design Competition for National Urban Planning Students
Investigation: How Green Infrastructure Influences the Elder's Anxiety Revitalization of Factory Zone in Chongqing
Activity Experience 2015.10-2015.11
Participate in Beyond Architecture Exhibition in Chengdu MOMA (Why Office)
2016. 04
Participate in Research of The Revitalization Plan for Shazheng Street (Why Office)
Concept Design, Exhibition Item Making Concept Design, Technical Drawings, Graphic Drawings
Software Skills
Mapping: Arc GIS Rendering: Lumion, Vray
3D Modeling: Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUp Technical: Auto CAD, Air Pak Graphic: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Office Suit
Language English(Proficient)
Chinese (Native Language)
CONTENTS
1 URBAN REEF Architectural Design —— Explorations of Coastal Housing Typology
2 ON TOPOGRAPHY Urban Design —— Rethinking of Waterfront Possibility
3 VECINDAD WITHIN A VECINDAD Architectural Design —— Housing Typology in Mexico City
4 DEFORMING MODULARITY Architectural Design —— Installation Design and Animal Pavillion
5 THE WEAVING BREWERY Architectural Design —— Loft Factory for Craft Brewery
6 RAMBLE IN PAINTING Architectural Design —— Museum of Chinese Painting
7 PERMEABILITY Construction Design —— Cardboard Construction Competition
8 OTHER WORKS
1. URBAN REEF EXPLORATION OF COSTAL HOUSING TYPOLOGY 17 Fall First Year Core Studio, Cornell University Team Work, Partner: Rondell Amodovar From August 2018 to December 2018 Site Location: New York Instructor: Prof. Martin Miller & Prof. Andreas Anderssen T.
This design explores the possibility of new housing typology at coastal areas, which suffers from severe sea level rise and flooding crisis. The site is located at the Rockaways, with a sea level rise of six feet, which is anticipated sometime in the early part of the next century, most of the Rockaway peninsula could be underwater and it's also at the most frontier location facing the storm water flow. The design draws the idea of tetrapods. Tetrpods are used at varies coastal defensive design. It has been used as infrastructures and ornaments. Besides the basic water breaks to distribute water flows, the tetrapods have also been used as the foundation for many constructions. Considering the ornament value of the tetrapods, the design tries to combine its ability as structure and ornamentation.
The units in the project are designed to accomodate different size of housing. The combination of several units cater to multipul size of residential needs. Meanwhile, the prototype of the units are also used as the foundation of the project. The foundation solves the problem caused by storm water flows. The perameability of the prototype allows water to flow into, thus distribute the water energy, creating calm water area in front of the coast to protect the inner coast and create safe area for activities and community center.
tetrapods as structure, facilities and ornaments
Coastal Crisis Sea Level Rise
In New York City's coastal neighborhoods is being affected by severe sea level rise and flooding. With a one-foot rise, the Rockaways will be impacted. With a sea level rise of six feet, which is anticipated sometime in the early part of the next century, most of the Rockaway peninsula could be underwater and it's also at the most frontier location facing the storm water flow. Storm Water Flow
Housing as Tetrapods Site Planning
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The project takes reference from tetrapods, which are a type of structure in coastal engineering used to prevent erosion caused by weather and longshore drift, primarily to enforce coastal structures such as seawalls and breakwaters. Tetrapods use a tetrahedral shape to dissipate the force of incoming waves by allowing water to flow around rather than against them, and to reduce displacement by interlocking.
Aggregation Deformation
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Module Catalogue
Base Development
The base takes the combination of two geometry, which are the plan section of square and hexagon. This combination enables the modules to aggregate along the grids. While the grid gives the modules space to aggregate, the base grid can also aggregate themselves in multiple directions.
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Floor Arrangement The floor arrangement is designed according to the division of the unit envelope. Floor plates were inserted at the coner where geometry changes. There are single unit housing and double unit housing for different residents.
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2. ON TOPOGRAPHY RETHINGKING OF WATERFRONT POSSIBILITY Studio Work, ChongQing University Urban Design Individual Work From March 2016 to April 2016 Location: Baixiang Street, Chongqing Instructor: Prof. Wei Haoyan With the advent of the ongoing construction of infrastructures, cities seem to be much more convenient. Cars travels faster with the expressway, buildings grow higher due to the advanced building technology. But the seemingly flourishing development put planners and architects into question. Do these booming infrastructures really create better quality of citizen’s life? Chongqing as a typical vertical city, the characters of its infrastructures are quite different from others due to its huge disparity of elevation and landscape. As it is surrounded by two rivers, one of which is the mother river of China, the waterfront space is the most special feature of Chongqing. However, in the fast construction period around 1970, all of the city waterfront space is encircled by the inner ring expressway. Therefore, the waterfront space that used to be an active part of city environment now becomes a dead space because of the inappropriate design of the expressway and buildings. The high-speed city development met the demand of the vehicle transport but split the close relations of river and city. The design aims to provide a different organization of urban space, thus to discuss new possibilities of re-connection of city and waterfront space.
The Dividing History of the Relation between River and City in Chongqing As the infrastructure develops, the relation bewteen river and city are being drifted apart in stead of being closer.
A.D. 780 Tang Dynasty
A.D. 1707 Qing Dynasty
A.D. 1978 Reform Period Courtesy of Yuhui Xu -From Study of Central City Development of Chonqing
Abstract Image of Relations between River and City
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Location and Connections Regional Overview
Transportation Network of Chongqing Yuzhong Peninsula
Jialing River
Yangtze River rivers basin boundary province boundary east ocean
Yangtze River Basin
Site Location Map
Change of Architecture Morphology Based on Slopes in Chongqing
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The People's Park
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Site Plan To form an concordant city environment, the design is planned based on the existing city grids, public space, difference on elevation and the existing city infrastructure, especially the city inner ring expressway. First, the site is divided into different scales based on the appropriate pedestrian length. Second, based on the existing elevation difference, it is assigned different functions. Small scale is for retail and commercial use due to its permeability while large scale is for mixture use of residential, commercial and office space. At last, the pedestrian, vehicle and public space system is designed to strengthen activity.
Rythem of movement
Division of scale and function
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Under-bridge public belt Above-bridge public zone
The water fluctuation due to Sanxia Dam varies from 186m to 165m in different season, requiring different vertical functions of the site.
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Resilient Design for Waterfron Space
As the Site located in the upstream area of the Sanxia Dam (the biggest dam in China), it goes through huge water fluctuation every year. Therefore resilient design is considered in the urban design to better serve its users.
Latitude Function Arrangement The function arrangement is designed according to the different elevations and the surrounding need for activities. In the waterfront area, the buildings are mainly for recreational purpose and are designed in small scales to increase permeability. When the elevation goes higher, blocks with mixed functions appeared based on the demand from crowds.
1. High density mixture of commercial and residential use zone property: mixture, mainly residential use function: residential/shopping center/ office space rate of capacity: 6.0
2. Medium density mixture of commercial and residential use zone property: mixture, mainly commercial use function: residential/shopping center/ office space rate of capacity: 2.6
2. Low density of commercial space and recreational industry zone property: commercial use function: retail/restaurant/ exhibition/recreational industry rate of capacity: 1.7
2. Water front commercial and public space belt zone property: public space function: park/square/waterfront space/wharf rate of capacity: 0.3
Evolution on Vertical Elevation While functions varies according to the elevation of site, each building also has multiple functional purpose with different height. In the mixed function zone, buildings have shares carpark site and commercial layer in the lowest level. When the level goes higher, their function varies into residential and office space.
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View Point of Art Musuem and Retail Center
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Measures to convert vertical viarations With an insert and connect process, the exterior and interior of the buildings are turned into an active public space to enrich the possibility of activities and events. After the extension of the building, the site becomes accessible to visitors from different elevations
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Measures to increase accessibility Turning huge vertical viarations into slopes enable visitors to travel across different height in the shortest transverse direction. Buildings on second elevation are elevated and bridges are added alongside the buildings to increase the accessibility of different direcrions.
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3. VECINDAD WITHIN A VECINDAD HOUSING TYPOLOGY DESIGN IN MEXICO CITY 19 Fall Third Year Core Studio, Cornell University Team Work, Partner: Reuben Posada From August 2019 to December 2019 Site Location: Mexico City Instructor: Prof. Lily Chi.
Colonia Obrera began as an informal settlement in the late 19th century and was later integrated by the city at the beginning of the 20th century, despite not having basic municipal services. From the early planning of Colonia Obrera, public spaces were not reserved. During its peak, it was home to many textile factories and its workers, employing a third of Obrera’s population, however, the earthquake of 1985 damaged more than 800 workshops and killed 1,600 employees. Since then, many of the factories have closed except for a few and the area has continued to decline in population. The site we selected for our proposal is adjacent to the former factory and is currently an industrial site that is closed off. Inside, it is used as parking. The surrounding context further demonstrates a depleted zone. Our site is situated in this isolated zone, one which is neither la colonia obrera to the south nor el centro to the north. The vacant lots are the factories that remain, both vacant and occupied. The abundance of large vacant lots, allows us to generate a housing prototype that responds to these challenges.
Under the Mexican Constitution of 1917, title six mandates that all industrial, agricultural, mining, or similar enterprises must allocate housing for a required percentage of workers. This requirement gave rise to the vecindad as an easy housing model for the working class. Consequently, they are portrayed as housing for the most economically challenged, however some of these are still being formed.
Vecindad Typology in Mexico City
Informal Settelments of Colonial Obrera The site is situated in this isolated zone. In white, we show the vacant lots and in gray are the factories that remain , both vacant and occupied. The scale of these blocks is large and the only solution seems to use these as parking lots. The abundance of large vacant lots, allows us to generate a housing prototype that responds to these challenges.
The History of Working Class Colonia Obrera
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By 1920, the informal neighborhood was recognized and integrated as Colonia Obrera, despite not having basic municipal services.
In the 50s, the lots all had water, sewage, and electricity. The streets were also paved and street lighting was installed.
Many factories in the area were dedicated to textiles. Majority of the employees were females.
Colonia Obrera had a population of 45,483, of which 35.6% worked in a factory.
On Dec. of 2000, the city passed El Bando Número 2, which would repopulate the city center. From 2000 to 2007, 111 construction permits were granted in Colonia Obrera.
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Urban Fabric: Vecindad These vecindades should be re-evaluated to create a new housing typology, which experiments with the arrangement and aggregation of vecindades to create an infill for these large vacant lots - a master vecindad, in other words, vecindades within a vecindad. These new typologies will then be inserted into this isolated zone.
The vecindads derived from 17th century maintain the same principle, multi-family housing that encloses an open patio. Variations of the vecindad can be seen in the proportion/size/distribution of patios and its relationship between the housing and commercial on the street front.
Macro Vecinndad with Multi-Patios
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The project selects a few variations to experiment with its arrangement and aggregation. These vecindades are stitched together and arranged about a central patio, an open space that mirrors the site of the collapsed factory. Within this macro vecindad, patios are nested within. Z贸calo1:3000
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The patio as an urban space is inherent in the urban fabric of Mexico city. Our site continues the notion of an urban patio at the scale of colonia Obrera. While each patio within this macro vecindad, serves the domestic scale.
Colonia Obrera 1:3000
Macro Vecinndad as an Infill Prototype The patio, an open space, is erected around and organizes the life of the residents. The architectonic configuration of the patio influences the cohesion of the community. Our aim is to provide a prototype housing to the other empty lots, where the parking, abandoned warehouse and factories are. Thus to bring the vitality and identity back to the street.
Macro Vecindad - Patios and Sharing Space as Rooms
Unit Structural Framework
Mixture Based on Parti Wall System The vecindades are organized internally by a similar parti wall system. The basic requirements for housing are wet cores and living spaces. wet cores are moved towards the back edge to gain more sunlight into the living spaces. From this minimum requirement, additional bays can be added to create different variations, where the additional bays can be used for extra bedrooms, a patio, or an open space to setup work-live unit.
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The retail units respond the school at the other side of the street, it also serves as a partition between the patio and the street to guarantee the privacy of the vecindads. The sharing space is half open, to better serve as a transition and to facilitate the activities in the patios.
4. DEFORMING MODULARITY INSTALLATION AND ANIMAL PAVILION DESIGN 17 Fall First Year Core Studio, Cornell University Individual Work From August 2017 to December 2017 Location: Ithaca, New York Instructor: Prof. Sasa Zivkociv & Prof. Aleksandr Mergold Published on AAP website Architecture is a complex field of study that encompasses a multitude of disciplines, concepts and skills. In the first studio to this field, we engaged a sequence of exercises that begin with exploration of very basic architectural considerations (such as light, air, gravity, inside, outside) at a 1:1 scale. At the same time the language of architectural representation, considerations of materiality and detailing that surround the physical making of architecture, was explored. As the semester progresses, the project sequence began to shift into a larger scale that will open further issues associated with architectural production: site, context, narrative, scaled representation, etc. The project investigated worlds bounded by enclosures at various scales and with an emphasis on exploring relationships (sometimes reciprocal, sometimes conflicting) between beings, things, and their environments. Skin is a fundamental constructed interface between worlds, as a threshold, and as responsive medium. Form, on the other hand, is malleable, soft, and adaptable. Together skins and form define enclosures that have interiors and exteriors; with thickness, porosity, and as systems that address complexly intertwined programmatic and functional relationships. Tectonic organizations give structure to skin and form. Exploring how defined enclosures materialize architecturally, we investigated their potential for a re-organization of program, circulation, structure, social relationships, and spaces of inhabitation.
PART I. Sphere An initial exploration into architecture as performative interface is followed by an introduction of a programmatic element. The sphere case integrated the feature of pigeon. Pigeons move while their head stay in a consistent line. Based on this, the sphere changes inside but the outside stays in a smooth condition.
Datum and Movement
Datum and ModuleDeformation
Stability and Variety
PART II. Modularity in Pigeon Pavilion Based on work in previous phases, scale will be shifted for the first time, allowing for empathic prelateship with an interior and an exterior of an architectural object. Based on stability and variety, "Gothic" concept is integrated into the pavillion design. The site is located in the dam of Beebee Lake, the form grows out of the dam and deforms in itself from loose to dense.
Pigeon scale
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Gothic Deforming Repitition Derived from stability and variety, "Gothic" concept is integrated into the pavillion design. The site is located in the dam of Beebee Lake, the form grows out of the dam and deforms in itself from loose to dense.
Systems for Both Human and Pigeon Based on work in previous phases, scale will be shifted for the first time, allowing for empathic prelateship with an interior and an exterior of an architectural object. Based on stability and variety, "Gothic" concept is integrated into the pavillion design. The site is located in the dam of Beebee Lake, the form grows out of the dam and deforms in itself from loose to dense.
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5. THE WEAVING BREWERY CREATIVE FACTORY FOR CRAFT BREWERY 19 Spring Core Studio, Cornell University Individual Work From Feb 2019 to May 2019 Location: New York City Instructor: Prof. Dana Getman & Prof. Steven D. Garcia This project is for a local craft brewery who is looking to expand both its manufacturing capabilities and tasting room spaces in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn. This brewery is currently in the process of growth from a micro-brewery into a regional craft brewery. The brewery's program requirements will not be able to fill up the full buildable rights , so they will pair the brewing program with flexible creative office space which has been in high demand in the area to help offset the cost of the building day one and give them flexibility to expand on site in the future. The concept of the project starts from the maximized size of the tanks. The huge size of the brewery tanks provides the opportunity of various experience and constructions around the tanks. Working and visiting circulations are weaved in the walking bridges, thus to emphasize the brewery experience.
The weaving circulations of the project will be a key component of the program. In some of the newest breweries in the area these weaved proprams of visiting and working have become the informal places in the neighborhood where friends and families gather, not a far leap from traditional beer halls of central Europe. These mainly informal spaces are an opportunity for the brewery to grow its audience and are typically packed on any given weekend in the city. As part of initial research in the studio we will dive into the historic, cultural and policy implications of the brewery program and explore how this new site can take advantage of its location to create a new social center in the neighborhood.
Site Conditions The design process mainly went through three different stages. The first stage explores the location of the input and output directions based on existing street. Then the grid is settled aligning with the border of the street. Thirdly, the main program of the tanks is settled to be the dominant part of the building.
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Weaved Circulation Working, visiting and maintenance circulations are weaved together around the tanks to maximize the experience of the brewery and build a creative space for office and factory
Different strategies are applied around the tanks. Working, visiting and maintenance circulations are weaved together around the tanks to maximize the experience of the brewery and build a creative space for office and factory
While the tanks support themselves, the platforms and bridges are supported by the primary steel columns and the secondary columns. The primary columns go through the whole building. The secondary columns are supporting structures around each tank.
Glass curtain wall as the enclosure for the main building
Contrast between solid brick wall and glass curtain wall
brewery tanks
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interactive brewery at office zone
brewery experience at visitor zone
6. RAMBLE IN PAINTING MUSEUM OF CHINESE PAINTING Architecture Design Studio Work, Chongqing University Collaborator: Cheng Zhu 60% Concept, 60% Drawings From March 2015 to April 2015 Location: Xinsha Island, Zhejiang Instructor: Prof. Liu Yanjun Fuyang city is famous for the painting of mountains and villages in Fuchun River. Dwelling in countryside painted by Huang gongwang presents the most profound and spectacular view of the world aesthetics, which we called Shanshui ( ĺąąć°´ ). Living in Shanshui conveys a kind of concept and attitude which calls for returning to the nature and living a halcyon and simple life. The museum emphases the building narrative through programming the scenic spots. People rambling in this museum can enjoy the tranquil nature and artistic environment of Chinese painting. The Chinese paintings use cavalier perspective to draw contents. This means the figures are tiled on the paiting. It enable painters to show complete scenic to viewers. The painting of mountains and villages around the Fuchun river is presented in such method of paiting. It includes the scenic spots of surrounding mountains and villages. In memorial of the painter Gongwang Huang, the museum aims to present the oringinal views in the painting. Thus, the museum is formed in a circle to best present the surrounding views. As the circle represents the flowing circulation, massing of buildings were added as fixed circulations. Moreover, each buildings are opened with windows facing different directions, which is considered as indication of the scenic spots.
sketches of the concept and development process of the design
Flower Moutain 小花坞
Xinsha Village 新沙村
Spring Mountain 春山 Marabou Moutain 鹳山 Apricot Garden 杏园
scenic spots around the site
Xinsha Island Site
Fuchun River
The painting of mountains and villages in Fuchun River ( 富春山居图 ) is a traditional Chinese painting by Gongwang Huang, which dated back to Yuan Dynasty. The contents in painting is about the surrounding scenery of Xinsha Island, where the site is located. To provide best view presented in the painting, the museum is located at the south side of Xinsha Island, which is at the center of the surrounding scenery
Strategy Based on Cavalier Perspective
The mechanism of traditional Chinese painting is based on cavalier perspectives. When the painting is bent into a winding circle, the sight from different spots forms a range of circle on the Xinsha Island, which shaped the basic form of the museum.
Scenic Spot in the Painting
Volume Generation The sight from the scenic cast on the grid upon the inside of the circle, which decide the spot point of the museum. Massing and Placement of the boxes are designed based on the cross point of the grid and sight. In order to have best experience, the roofs are cut into ramps, thus to point to the scenic spot. To connect each massing, the corridors are added, attaching to the circle to complete the walking line.
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Ground Floor 1-600 1. Hall 2. Lobby 3. Corridor 4.Exhibition 5. Administration 6. Exhibition 7. Lounge 8. Meditation Space 9. Viewing Window 10. Exhibition & Workshop 11. Circle Corridor
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7. PERMEABILITY AN EXPLORATION OF THE PERMEABILITY OF SPACE Cardboard Construction Competition, ChongQing University Third Prize Team Work, Role as Team Leader Participation: 80% Concept, 70%Design Development, 40%Caculation, 40%Construction From May 2013 to June 2013 Location: Chongqing University Instructor: Prof. Huang Yong This design explores the possibility of permeable space when faced with extreme situations. The area of the design is restricted in the rectangle of 3mX4m, using cardboard as the material. Cardboard constructions in the competition have to stand for more than 8 hours, which requires thorough considerations of structure and characristics of the material. Beyond the challenge of the material, the design manages to create flexible space for its users and visitors. The following three sketches show the development process of the notion: The first one is the prototype of the permeable space. The whole space is seperated into three parts of exterior, interior and tunnel. The gap between every two frames enables visitors to walk from the exterior to the interior. While creating the interior space, the frame itself also forms a walkable tunnel. The tunnel is open to both the interior and exterior. The second one is the mutation of the structure and space. The widened entrance offers another choice of entering the construction. The different sizes of the frame break the homogeneity of the oringinal space. Apart from creating different feelings for people walking through the tunnel, the gradual changes in the frame respond to the variable needs of human bodies, thus to enrich usages of the construction. The third one is the final plan indication. Based on the structural foundation, this plan aims to amplify the variety of the space properties. The spiral circle forms the main tunnel, meanwhile defining the exterior and interior space. The interior circle forms a center of the construction that enable users to focus on the central events. It also extends its space into the spiral circle through vertical open doors formed by pillar like structures.
prototype of permeability
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final plan indication
Frame, Covering and Sructure Development
The design process mainly went through three different stages. The first stage explores the prototype of frames under the main concept of permeability, changing the monotonous space into space with gradual changes both in interior and exterior space. The second stage discussed the possibility of covering changes to multiple the sense for space. The third stage explores the structural mutations to better support the construction.
frame development
covering development
structure development
primary roof component connective roof component
structural component
secondary interior foundation
primary foundation
Structural Detail
Space and Structure Arrangement
Space Arrangement
center concentration
boundary extension
tunnel exploration
boundary extension
Four parts consist the whole construction, including the center, extended boundary, tunnel and gate to the exterior space. With the difference of shapes and positions of each parts, their spatial patterns serve various functions and create multiple possibility for activities.
Structure Analysis
main supprtive frames
Activity Possibility
secondary supprtive frames
accessible frames
8. OTHER WORKS 01. WALKING INTO THE FUSION TOURIST ACCOMMODATION CENTER DESIGN Architecture Design Studio Work, ChongQing University Individual Work From May 2014 to July 2014 Location: Shaping Park, Chongqing Instructor: Prof. Nie Xiaoqing
Elevation
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With the form of the zigzag shape, the building lies its different part along the different elevations as well as its function. The layers facing directly to the lake has the best view but lowest disturbance from the site, and was used for hostel rooms. The layers with more interaction with the sites accept visitors and are served for activities. As the building is inserted harmoniously into the landscape, the boundaries connect tightly with the site. Visitors are able to walk into the building through different angle and entrance. However, as building has accommodation purpose. The way it connects to the site is increased to meet different need for functions. The accommodation area is inaccessible while the others are open.
02. MICRO EMPIRE 'HIGH-RISE FATORY' OF GARMENT INDUSTRY Architecture Design Personal Design Work Individual Work November 2016 Location: Garment District, New York
irculation
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Exploration of System Rearrangement
Vertical Connection on Plans
Ground Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
- Material Stores
- Showroom & Exhibition - Media Exhibition
Sixth Floor Plan
Seventh Floor Plan
- Factory & Workshop
- Design Studio - Factory & Workshop
Nineth Floor Plan
Twelveth Floor Plan
- Management & Storage - Delivery to Lounge Layer
- Lounge - Party & Ball & Exhibition
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iron community green belt iron primary school
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residential area
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green belt commercial street
factory residence
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community park factory residence
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viewing platform A
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railway theme park
railway park green belt
creative industry area
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viewing platform B
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hill park
iron industry museum
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iron industry art exhibition area
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viewing platform C
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community green belt cultural exhibition area
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city platform
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industry studio
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viewing platform D residential area
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creative office area
03. LINKAGE Revitalization of Factory Zone Urban Design Studio Work, ChongQing University Collaborator: Simin Yan 70% Concept 70%Drawings From May 2016 to July 2016 Winning Prize, National College Urban Design Competitoin Instructor: Prof. Wei Haoyan
4+n Passages to Local View public space to link community and waterfront revitalized factory zone
ancient spot
community park
play ground
linear park
commercial area
city park
transportation infrastructures play ground
linkage point
04. CITIES IN ENVELOPE Exhibition Design (Why Office) Collaborator: Jian Shan, Zili Pang, Liwen Geng, Qinge Yu 50%Concept Design, 40%Item Making From October 2014 to November 2014 Exhibited in Beyond Architecture, Chengdu MOMA
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05. WATER FLOW PARK Urban Park Design Studio Work, ChongQing University Individual Work From November 2014 to December 2014 Instructor: Assistant Prof.Xing Zhong
Entrance The main entrance of the park faces the city traffic artery. The Secondary entrance faces the West Lake spot, therefore to attract visitors. Different entrances are organized to attact visitors from different directions.
Themes of Water purify facilities sculpture pond plant pond
Based on the existing landscape, insert stream from the southeast corner. Themes of water area are organized according to the position and the need for functions of different dimensions.
viewing pond play area
Connections With the themes of the water, the park is divided into tranquil area to active area. The connective bridges are added to connection and division of these areas. tranquil area tranquil & active area active area
Jiayi Xing Cornell University Birthdate：1994.10.07 Phone：+1(607)3793790 E-mail：jx276@cornell.edu