No. 05 — F/W 2020
No. 05 —F/W 2020
No. 05 — F/W 2020
Selected Works
No. 05 — F/W 2020
Julie Niu
No. 05 — F/W 2020
Architecture Design Fabrication
Hello + CV [04 - 05]
01/ The Ribbon [07 - 17]
02 / WaterMark [19 - 27]
03 / York Residence [29 - 33]
04 / Play! [35 - 39]
05 / Diller Scofidio + Renfro [41 - 45]
06/ WXY Architecture + Planning [47- 53]
Hello, I am currently a fourth year student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. The following is a selection of professional, personal , and academic works up to date. Please enjoy.
Julie Niu Contact Info
604 - 726 - 6959 m8niu@uwaterloo.ca julie-niu.com
Education [2016 - 2021]
University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Cambridge ON Candidate for Bachelors of Architecture
Work Experience [01 - 06, 2020]
Diller Scofidio + Renfro /// Internship /// New York
[05 - 08, 2019]
MCM Partnership /// Internship /// Vancouver
[09 - 12, 2018]
WXY Studio /// Internship /// New York
[01 - 04, 2018]
Deutscher Architecture /// Internship /// Vancouver
Involvement [2017
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Waterloo Orientation /// Media Co-ordinator
2017]
[2015 - 2016]
Kindlers’ Society /// Regional Manager
[2013 - 2016]
FH Hip Hop /// Team captain
[2016
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2016]
FHMUN /// Under Secretary General of Marketing
[2016
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2016]
Wish Youth Network Society /// District Finance Manager
Languages
Rhinoceros 3D Grasshopper / Rhino Python Adobe Creative Suite AutoCAD Revit Sketchup V-Ray Maxwell Studio
English Mandarin
Programming
3D Printing Ceramic 3D Printing Laser Cutting CNC Mill
Software
Analog
Hand Drafting Physical Modeling Wood Working
D-Fab
Skills and Proficiencies
Python JavaScript Javascript.p5
Julie Niu Architecture Portfolio 2020
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No. 01 / THE RIBBON
The Ribbon is a platform that intersects a student residency and a library block, creating an elevated connection between the two buildings and establishing new relationships between programs and its inhabitants. Furthermore, The Ribbon has agency to transform the spaces it directly intersects, allowing those fragments to take on new dimensionality and characteristic that, ultimately, becomes a space of performance and theatrics. The residential area is comprised of student accommodation divided into intimate apartments units for one to four students, while the ground floor is occupied by commercial areas and cultural institutions such as cafÊ’s, lounges, student amenities, recreational spaces, and an art gallery. Scalloped open-air corridors provide miniature spaces of assembly for students to gather and exchange ideas.
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Unit A
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Residential unit for a single student. One bed, one bath.
Residential unit for four students. Four beds, one bath.
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Residential unit for two students. Two beds, one bath.
Residential unit for two students. Two beds, one bath.
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Residence Section A-A
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Residential Unit, Bedroom
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Residental Unit, Bedroom
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Residence Section B-B
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No. 01 / WaterMark
In collaboratin with Meghan Won
WaterMark is a series of iterative pavilions generated parametrically to respond to their specific locations along the flood wall. By creating shade, acting as screens, and providing cover to the public, they serve as markers along the waterside. They take their form through a computer script that analyses he site for anchor points, establishes boundary and shape by translating x,z,y points, and then applying a shifting dia-grid that activates the membrane. The project varies in shape throughout the year as different seasons yield rainfall and snow that distort the ETFE membrane, stretching and pulling the tensile steel structure and causing it to distort. The cells closest to 0° will sag the most in rainfall.
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Downtown Galt Context Axonometric
Downtown Galt Contextual Plan
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Site 01 Plan
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Site 01 Axonometric
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Parametric Form Explorations
Parametric Grid Explorations
Site 01 Section A-A
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01. Choosing anchor points on site
02. Establishing the pavillion boundary
03. Establishing shape by translating the midpoints of boundary curves in the X,Y,Z axis
Pin Cross Intersection
04. Applying a dia-grid that shifts in cell density to the surface
Tension Clevice
05. Extruding the curves to pipes
06. Offseting the boundary curve by a scaled relational factor and connecting points along it to provide structural support Pin Footing Connection
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No. 03 / YORK RESIDENCE
In collaboratin with Phil Carr-Harris and Nick Lupescu
The residence acts as the medium by which the students engage and integrate into society through a theatrical and exhibitionist lifestyle. This emphasis on transparency and casual visibility results in a self-regulating student society in which residents strive to perform exceptionally for their peers. With performance comes a degree of separation from our day-to-day lives that allows us to tackle the best and the worst of the human condition with an analytical furvert that would not otherwise be possible. The York residence aims to foster a community built around the ritual of performance, whatever form that performance ultimately takes on, people will be able to engage in open and productive discourse, live boldly, and face their fears. Performance is the catalyst for action.
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Art Gallery of York University Centre for Film and Theatre Scott Library Department of Design
York Context Plan
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Perspective sketch looking down the Green Way to the North from the outdoor amphitheatre
Perspective sketch showing typical shared car and bike street with residential access
Perspective aerial sketch showing the logic of the masterplan in relation to the existing context
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Street Section E-E
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Massing Model Aerial Photograph
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No. 04 / PLAY!
In collaboratin with Salman Rauf and Kevin Kunnappilly
PLAY! is an interactive modular wall geared towards encouraging children to explore, navigate, and challenge ways they can engage and play with their environments. Through contrasting textural spheres with the basic smooth block, the wall aims to spark a tactile and visual sense of curiosity. With options for customization regarding colour, texture, uniformity/non-uniformity, and assembly, PLAY! is designed to fit a variety of different environments and purposes. Examples of possible functionality include: acting as a screen for shading and lighting, a play structure that exists on the playground or inside of a classroom, and a partition wall that separates rooms for youth facilities.
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Assembly Photographs
Wall Assembly Render
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Wall Assembly As Building Blocks
Wall Assembly As Interactive Playing
Wall Assembly As Screen/Shading
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No. 05 / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
During my last co-op from January to June 2020 I was empoloyed at Diller Scofidio + Renfro as an architectural intern where I assisted with competition, schematic, and design development phases of multiple projects, ranging from cultural to institutional. The next few pages features drawings, perspectives, and model pictures for phase one of a project I was heavily involved in.
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Prayer Courts Perspective
Gardens Perspective
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05 /// Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Womens Mosque
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Model w/o Roof
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No. 06 / WXY Architecture + Planning
From August to December 2018 I was employed as an architectural intern at WXY Architecture + Planning. During my time there, I took part in conceptual design, schematic design and design development phases for various projects, competitions and proposals. I developed design ideas through a variety of representational media including conceptual diagrams, design drawings, and visualizations. The following are samples of my work under the employment of WXY.
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W X Y architecture + urban design 224 Centre Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013 Tel 212.219.1953 Fax 212.274.1953 Web wxystudio.com
September 12, 2019 RE: Julie Niu, Letter of Recommendation To whom it may concern: Julie spent August-December 2018 with the WXY team. I received extremely positive feedback from the Associates and senior staff under whom she worked. Julie consistently performed at a very high level and was a great asset during her four-month period here. Julie worked several competitions and urban design projects during her time here. For the Colgate University Master Planning competition, she prepared a series of site sections that proved critical to our understanding of the relationship between site topography and program. In addition to these analytical site sections, Julie also created program diagrams to illustrate new facilities on site. Our Times Square Alliance project, which leveraged the energy of Time Square to activate the Broadway Plazas (between 47th - 53rd Streets) also benefitted significantly from Julie’s close attention and illustrative skills. Julie created a series of annotated diagrams and plans to explain our streetscape strategy along the Broadway Plazas. Julie was a valuable team member for two of our Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) projects in New Rochelle and Downtown Brooklyn. DRI is an intense community-based design process that seeks to prioritize capital projects for funding by the Department of State. Julie’s work on the project helped to reinforce a transparent community engagement process that empowered stakeholders and community leaders to identify and design catalytic projects that advance the community’s vision for revitalization. In both Downtown Brooklyn and New Rochelle, she developed a number of baseline condition maps and other graphics to support our geospatial analysis. She also supported the creation of clear and informative community engagement graphics for a number of public workshops. In addition to these core projects, Julie was also a great asset on our Captiva Master Plan team, where she developed research and baseline assessment drawings. Julie was a reliable and efficient member of both Detroit Greenway proposal and Gansevoort Peninsula competition teams, where she created diagrams, photocollages and renderings to depict proposed future conditions using Rhino and Photoshop. Her involvement at WXY was often on intensive projects that required quick edits from a large group of clients, consultants and stakeholders. Seeing through tasks, Julie willingly worked extra time to complete on her own accord, working well independently and as a part of larger project teams. Julie has a good work ethic and was a collaborative team member. She is a dedicated individual who understands and appreciates the value of challenging projects. Julie was a pleasure to work with and would be a valuable addition to any design team. Sincerely,
Claire Weisz, FAIA WXY architecture + urban design
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The Shed
Waldo Cottage
Garage Studio
Fish House
Weeks House
Curator House
Beach House
Laika Studio
Print House
Bay House
Garage Office
Main Studio
Axonometric drawings of Robert Rauschenberg’s Captiva Island Residence.
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Main Studio Section, Fish House and Bay House in view At present, the varying patterns of settlement across Captiva Island do little to trace the dynamics of its physical location. In other words, the parameters of livability are less considered than real estate value — distance to the beach is worth more than elevation. While there is an allure to the position of Captiva at the edge of a narrow slip of sand, the question remains how that settlement can develop in response to the risks, vulnerabilities and strengths that are inherent to the landscape. Given this island reality, any dialogue on environmentally-induced adaptation must consider de-growth, de-investment and retreat as viable spatial alternatives, putting additional pressure on the role of the designer to accommodate such possibilities. The Monochrome No-image, Harvard GSD
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Diagrams of streetscape strategy along the Broadway Plazas for WXY’s Times Square Alliance Project
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