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XIAO JIN Student ASLA LEED Green Associate

PROFILE

CERTIFICATE

Phone: 979-676-7300 Email: jinxiao19920707@gmail.com

Received the certificate of LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE | 2016 Received the certificate of ITAT PHOTOSHOP | 2013

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

HONOR

09/2014 ~ 05/2017

Texas A&M University GPA: 3.60/4.0 Candidate of Master of Landscape Architecture

09/2010 ~ 06/2014

Nanjing Forestry University GPA: 3.60/4.5 Bachelor of Engineering in Urban Planning

LAUP Graduate Program Competitive Scholarship | 2014 ~ 2016 Outstanding Graduate Award | 2014 Nanjing Forestry University Excellent Cadre of Student | 2013 Nanjing Forestry University Merit Student Scholarship | 2010 ~ 2012 Nanjing Forestry University

06/2016 ~ 08/2016 Houston, Texas

07/2013 ~ 08/2013 Beijing, China

01/2012 ~ 02/2012 Nantong, China 2013 Team Leader

INTERNSHIP Murr Incorporated Landscape Consultants

Major Project: WCID132 Water Conservation Garden; WCID114 Trail Project; Cypress Champion Park Design, Rendering, Illustrating, Research

China Academy of Urban Planning and Design

Major Project: Comprehensive Planning of Urumuchi City and Guilin Study of Urbanization Project Research, Document Revision, Data Collection, Mapping

Student Volunteer of ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO | 10/2016 Volunteer of Nanjing Volunteers Association | 2011 ~ Present

SKILLS Computer-aided Design: Auto CAD | Photoshop | Illustrator | Indesign | Land F/X 3D Modeling and Rendering: SketchUp | V-Ray | Lumion | Rhino | Grasshopper Mapping: Arc GIS Microsoft Office: Word | Excel | Powerpoint | Outlook Web Design: HTML | CSS

Nantong Planning Management Bureau

Document Revision, Map Revision

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE National Urban Planning Survey Competition

Focused on the using status of the three landfills in Nanjing and came to the conclusion on how to solve the public nuisance of garbage siege through interviews with the people and some departments concerned and consulting of professional literature.

2012 Co-principal Investigator

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Student Innovation Training Program (SITP)

Focused on the subject of energy-saving methods of residential architecture in the city of Nanjing, Xiamen, Urumchi, Beijing in China, the city of Barcelona, Madrid, Seville in Spain and the city of Lisbon, Porto in Portugal.

REFERENCE 1. Jon Rodiek, Ph.D, FASLA Professor j-rodiek@tamu.edu 970-845-7059 2. Galen Newman, Ph.D Assistant Professor gnewman@arch.tamu.edu 979-862-4320 3. Chang-Shan Huang, Ph.D, RLA, AICP, ASLA Associate Professor changshan.huang@gmail.com 979-845-7873


XIAO JIN Hi, I’m Xiao Jin. I am majored in Landscape Architecture. I had an urban planning background during undergraduate study. I have a habit of seeking out and absorbing the beauty in a city, a park or simply somewhere around the corner. That is the reason I love landscape architecture. That is the way I feel about landscape architecture. That will be direction for me to explore landscape architecture. Intrigued by design, traveling, photography, music, food, and people. Check out my personal website: https://jinxiao19920707.wixsite.com/xiaojin


I believe a well-built interaction with people and environment, nature and urban development, diverse technical strategies and inventive creativity in the design process will create impactful spaces.


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Extract | Elevate

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Eco Park

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Live-in Farm

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Go Creative

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Sea Level Rise Community Design League City, Texas

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Nature-Oriented Community Design College Station, Texas

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Thompson & Grace Medical City Phase II Akwa Ibom, Nigeria

27 -- 28

Temporary Landscape Design College Station, Texas

Internship Project

29 -- 30

WCID132 Water Conservation Garden Rehabilitation WCID114 Trail Project Cypress Champion Park

Construction Drawings

31 -- 34

LAND 641 LAND 642 Internship in Murr Incorporated Landscape Consultants

35 -- 38 Other Works Green Roof Project Practice Rhino Modeling Sketching Photography



Extract | Elevate Sea Level Rise Community Design

Requirement Overview This project seeks to apply the resilience scorecard developed by Berke, Newman et al. (2015) for League City Texas and determine what design/planning strategies can promote better integration between local plans and losses from hazard events, including sea level rise. The process for effective visioning of local climate change will depend on a combination of examining variables pertaining to the planning, design, policy and health impacts of sea level rise.

Site Introduction The site is 97 acres. It is located in the north part of League City. According to the League City Comprehensive Plan, the future land use will be enhanced auto dominant residential and urban low. 17% of the site is within the flood plain.

Concept The concept is to create a community, which is heavily reliant upon green infrastructure, ecosystem services, and strategically placed new flood-proofed development to attenuate the effects of sea level rise. It is less concerned with structural mechanisms to mediate flooding and more focused on non-structural techniques which allow for flooding to occur. Main concept will be extract and elevate to fulfil efficient design strategy.

Final Study: 2016 Fall and 2017 Spring Instructor: Galen Newman Individual Project


background: global sea level rise TOTAL LANDMASS BELOW THE LINE (1,000 SQ. MILES) 36-86 24-36 12-24 8-12 1-8 <1 unaffected

league city


site inventory


opportunities & constraints Commercial Cluster Nearby Neighborhoods Nearby Neighborhoods

Historic Trees Existing Water Body

Flood Hazard

Barren Land

Lack of effective riparian buffer area Nassau Bay City Park Lack of Connectivity

Schools Powerlines

Church


extract | elevate Dredging

Stacking

Clumping

Mounding

Scraping

Sculpting

Lower the floodplain Places and protects new development

After Before


master plan

EXTRACT DESIGN 1. Dredged Water Body 2. Grove Parking 3. Rain Gardens 4. Bird Sanctuary 5. Event Lawn 6. Sand Pit 7. Multi-use Trail

Vehicular System

Pedestrian System

10.4%

Building Footprint

Sidewalk Trails

ELEVATE DESIGN 1. Single Family (0.5 acre) 2. Townhouse 3. Commercial Building 4. Formal Garden 5. Artist Gallery 6. Water Treatment Plant 7. Office Building 8. Single Family (0.25 acre) 10. Library 11. Museum 12. Parking

Land Use

Single Family (0.5 acre)

Residential

23.4%

Single Family (0.25 acre)

Mix-use

17.6%

Townhouse

Industrial

1.9%

Commercial Building

Institutional

1.9%

Industrial Building

Green Space

37%

Institutional Building

Water

7.8%

Office Building

Transportation

10.4%


bird’s eye view

Current Water Level

2050

2100

4 ft

6 ft


park CURRENT WATER LEVEL Within current water level, the park has many functions: recreational space for residents, ecological shelter for wildlife and natural restoration space for trees.

FLOODED SCENARIO When the flood hits the site, the park will act as a natural guard to urban development nearby. The natural rain garden can holding the water of 628, 970 ft3 capacity.


townhouse (CURRENT WATER LEVEL)

townhouse (FLOODED SCENARIO)

single family module

50 to 75 73,000 to 110,000 5k to 10k

gallons a day per person gallons a day per person gallons capacity

Gutter:

Collecting roof runoff and transiting water into rainwater harvesting cisterns

On-grade Cistern:

Connected to an irrigation system or infiltration system for recharge

Basement Cistern:

Connecting greywater or potable water with filtration system


cut & fill calculation


green value calculation

economic value calculation


Multiple Housing Products

Community Center

Commercial Space

Health Care

Open Space


Eco Park

Lick Creek Community Development

Requirement Overview The project was to develop a residential community in the Lick Creek site which is 540 acres in College Station. At the team level, the design guildelines were to preserve the flooding plain area as natural park, to make the most of existing natural resources, and to maximize the land value of each lot.

Site Introduction The site has a flood plain area of 149 acres taking 26.7% of the whole site. It is covered by forest vegetation. In the focal point of site, there is an excellent open water area which gives good aesthetic potential.

Concept The community consists of five functional districts: commercial district, continuing care retirement community (CCRC), home-based business district and residential community. These districts provide various spaces and opportunities for multiple generations, enhancing community interaction and vitality. The plan preserves the most of existing natural resources to create a nature-oriented sustainable healthy community. The concept is to build harmonious relationships among nature, wildlife, and human beings. Academic Project: 12/2015 ~ 12/2015 Instructor: Chang-shan Huang Master Plan: Teamwork (Team Leader) Partner: Zixu Qiao, Yimeng Zhang, Mindong Xie, Xin Zhu Eco Park: Individual Project


location

design orientation 1

Nature-Oriented Community

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Multi-Generational Community

Home-based Business District

dallas

college station austin

houston san antonio

site context

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Contining Care Retirement Community

Residential Community Health & Eco-educational Park

Recreational Community

Commercial District


master plan

Health & Eco-educational Park Forest Village

Commercial District

Parkland Village

Home-based Business District Lakeside Village

Contining Care Retirement Community Garden Village

The master plan was designed and rendered by team collaboration. Individual contribution: Concept + CAD drawing + road system rendering.


design concept

user analysis Users Children

Residents

Adult

Activities

Spaces

Learning Natural exploring

Educational park Woodland Base

Exercising Relaxing

Fitness trail

Walking Exercising

Wood trails

Enjoying family

Learning Natural exploring

Seniors

Family

design goals Business

Morning exercises Lunch break

Wildlife

Office Stuff

Inhabiting

Health garden

Nature forest Creek


layers

landscape typology breakdown

Landscape Typology System Prairie Riparian Zone

Ravine 2.75 Acres

11%

Riparian Zones

5.09 Acres

Woodland

16.98 Acres 5.09 Acres

14%

Woodland

Prairie Trail

Wooden Trestle Fitness Trail Ravine Trail Normal Trail Wildlife Shelter Stations System

section Woodland

Creek

Woodland

Prairie

Creek

Woodland

Wildlife Shelter Stations

Water System

Existing Creek

Overall System

Prairie

Woodland Ravine Riparian Zone

Creek

47%

Creek

East Ravine

Woodland Trail

8%

20%

3.90 Acres

Trails System

Prairie


wildlife matrix

habitat ecosystem service

Wildlife Watching Shelter Stations

plant matrix fitness trail system

Fitness Trail Fitness Station Drinking Fountain Station Restroom

UPLAND FOREST

UPLAND PRAIRIE

BOTTOMLAND FOREST AQUATIC: MARSH OPEN WATER


Woodland Educational Zone

Riparian Educational Zone Hiking Trail

Prairie Educational Zone



Live-in Farm

Thompson & Grace Medical City

Requirement Overview The planning of the Thompson & Grace Medical City is to propose a self-sustained mixed-use community sepcialized in health care development. As an important part of the master planning, live-in farm is required to meet basic need for local people. At the same time, it could be helpful for local economy development.

Site Introduction The site is located in Akwa Ibom City of Nigeria with total area of 15 acres. In order to solve issues on poor education, behindhand industry development, the proposed planning was developed from primary, secondary, and tertiary industy.

Concept In order to promote local economy and improve the quality of life, the concept for live-in farm is to invite local people to live in the farm so that people can live there, work there and sell there.

Academic: 02/2015 ~ 05/2015 Instructor: Chanam Lee Individual Project


site plan

value chains 03 02

04

produce

process

profit

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06 01

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08

01 02 03

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Farm Store Food Processing Factory Live-in Units Farmland Festival Plaza Orchard Raffia Plam Tree Farm Medicinal Farm Raffia Palm Museum Lab Flower Field

Project Statement: The farm separated the farmland in terms of different directions for use. Farmland for self-sustained purpose is closer to live-in units to ensure the convenience and efficiency for living and working. By introducing multiple value chains, the live-in farm will be connected as a whole. The chain has internal relationship among physical spaces as well as external relationship with restaurants, malls outside the farm.

industrial plan

Learning advanced experience and approaches

Integrated local resources

Combined with local traditions and culture elements

Develop local business

Revisse for better strategies and reuse the facilities and resources

Market profits


sowing calendar JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

Yams Cassava Maize Soybean Cirtus Plantain Costus spectabills Strelitzia Amaryllis Gloriosa Zantedeschia aethiopica Plumeria

seasonal festival scheme

Farming Festival Homemade Drink Fishing Festival Jan -- Mar

Feb -- Apr

Mar -- May

Trading Festival Flowering FestivalFruits Festival Jun -- Sep

Jul -- Sep

Spe -- Dec

Photo Festival Sep -- Nov

Fireworks Festival Dec


Storage Windmill Farm Store

Farmland Festival Plaza


Raffle Palm Museum Live-in Units

Farm Trail


Go Creative

Enjoy

Creation

Recycly Inspiration

Art

Partticipation

Academic: 12/2014 Instructor: Chang-shan Huang Individual Project Project Statement: In the College of Architecture, students and faculties deal with creative ideas everyday. This event is a showcase of the college students advocating creativity.

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The garden of creativity is divided into four main functional zones, including the spectrum gateway, the bottle garden, the virtual walkway and chalk painting area. All the spaces could be set easily with recycle materials, conveying the principle of participation, recycle and artistic creation.

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Bicycle Art Area Spectrum Gateway Bottle Garden Virtual Walkway Artistic Sculpture Chalk Painting Area Photography Area Dining Car Graffiti Wall

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materials catalogue

Chalk

materials catalogue

Aluminum

Rice Paper

Cord

Colored Tape

Rubber

Hardboard


Internship Works 06/2016 ~ 08/2016

Site Location:

4107 Evening Trail Dr, Spring, TX

Project Size: 0.65 Acres Project Type: Site Rehabilitation Overview:

132’s Water Conservation Garden showcases efficient, sustainable water techniques and practices, which are aimed at providing solutions applicable to suburban landscapes whose owners desire to conserve water while sustaining beautiful plant materials.

Existing Problems:

Inaccessible entry design Damaged stone pavers Tripping hazards Temporary shade structure Broken amenities Non functioning exhibits

Suggestions:

Replace deck with accessible ramp Clean and restripe the parking lot Rerun stone path Add permanent shade structure Repair and clean broken amenities

WCID132 Water Conservation Garden Rehabilitation Individual Contribution

Site observation and documenting CAD Drawing Master Plan rendering Presentation files preparation


WCID 114 Trail Design Site Location: Cypress Project Type: Trail Overview:

The trail is designed to provide exercising opportunities for residents nearby. The trail system includes complete signage package design.

Individual Contribution: Research Signage Design Perspective Rendering Conceptual Drawing

Cypress Champion Park Design Site Location: Cutton Rd, Cypress Project Type: Park Overview:

The park is located in two sides of Cherry hills Rd. The park is designed with several fitness stations to promote healthy living and water plaza to provide outdoor gathering spaces.

Individual Contribution: Site Visit CAD Drawing Conceptual Design Master Plan Rendering


Construction Drawings Internship Work: 07/2016 Instructor: Michael Murr

Note: 1. Remove all chain link fence and install new 6” wood fence with 6” rot board. 2. Check deed restrictions. 3. PA = Planting Area 4. Q = BBQ Area


Academic: 09/2014 ~ 05/2015 Instructor: Ming-Han Li Grading and Drainage Plan

Water Budget and Maintenance Plan

Irrigation Plan

Irrigation Schedule


Construction Drawings Porous Paver Brick Veneer and Joint

Concrete Steps Detail

Living Wall Detail

Brick Veneer Wall Detail


Intensive Green Roof Detail

Bioswale

Extensive Green Roof Detail

Rain Garden


Green Roof Academic: 09/2016 ~ 12/2016 Location: Rooftop of Langford Building A Instructor: Bruce Dvorak Teamwork | Practice During this practical learning, I was involved in active participation of living wall and green roof design, installation, measurement and maintenace on campus.

During the first four weeks on green roof, we have been working on the removing old plants and setting up for new plants. When we were working on setting up the trays, we divided them into different groups based on different levels of water needs of plants we were going to plant. We poured gravels into the trays and used tape to control the height levels of the gravel layer, half inch or one inch. Then we put the filter fabric layer on top of the gravels and filled the trays with soil. Now we are ready to plant the plants!

For the fabric living wall, we just did slight changes. We removed the previous plants which are already gone and replaced with new species which may be more appropriate for the fabric living wall system. Most part of the system is going very well. The system has its irrigation line on top of each row and the fabric can easily absorb water which is a good aspect for irrigation. Each fabric pocket can hold a plant. We need to carefully wrap the plants and give them enough soil for them to grow. The design is quite easy for planting.

We also worked on living walls. First, we removed the old modules from the wall. We noticed that the old environment created a great living surroundings for small insects which increased the eco-biodiversity. After taking all the modules off the wall, we cleaned them in prepared for new plants. We filled the module with soil(half volume of the module size) and planting the plants. After put fertilizer on top layers of each module, we filled the module with extra soil. At last, we settled 100 modules.


Rhino Moedeling Academic: 09/2016 ~ 12/2016 Instructor: Wei Yan Individual Project

Project: Beijing Phoenix International Media Center Blog: http://archjx.blogspot.com/

Step1: Create a circle and set up the trace for the elliptical section surfaces. Use the Perp Frames to generate 40 equally spaced, perpendicular frames along the circle.

Step2: Use the Pi, Range, Rotate tools to arrange the ellipses along the curve gradually, rotating them with different angles.

Use Loft to bake the mass.

Step 4: Use Divide Curve on every ellipse, and we will get equally arranged points on them. Then we need to use Shift List and Flip Matrix to offset those points for outer skin.

Step3: Use List Item to copy previous orders to refine the interface. Then Merge.

Step 5&6: Use Interpolate on outer skin as well as inner skin to create curves for them, and use Pipe to get the thickness. We can use Number Slider to adjust the thickness.


Sketching

Color Painting, A3, 11/2012

Hand Drawing + Photoshop Rendering, 12/2014

Pen Drawing, A4, 10/2011

Pen Drawing, A4, 10/2011


Photography

Spain

Portugal

Sprout

New York

Spain

Bloom

Dallas

Defoliation

Spain

Rebirth



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