EXTRA - ORDINARY Long’s portfolio 2013-2019
LONG XIAO B.E | South China Agricultural University e: littlorxl@outlook.com | t: 1-236-8655080 No.372, E 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC Canada, V5W 2G6
HOMETOWN GLORY
Vallige Center
PERFECT ILLUSION "Drama Box"
FOUR
Canton Museum of Art
ELEGANT BELT Wood pavilion
GOOD OLD DAYS
Canada Indigenous Housing
BUILDING BLOCK
Vancouver Inovation hub palnning and design
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Malawi Midddle School palnning and design
HOMETOWN GLORY Vallige Center Date: Aug-Oct, 2017 Location: Sichuan,China Instructor: Elliot Xie, Bao Jing Type: Villager Union Solo Work
Unfortunately, everything in my hometown has changed since almost all the young left to another city, and gradually the aged left to die. It means the disappearing of my hometown and its culture. While the aged who are now in the village has been living a very hard life. Sitting in their own yard, locking themselves in their house and waiting for their offsprings to come back home. While I and we do not have the ability to prevent the disappearing process of my hometown since it is the natural choice of social development, still, I try to let the elderly enjoy their life with their own social skills instead of waiting for the one who will not move back to homedown and live with them.
Population Loss of Sichuan Province in 30 Years Background: The Severe Loss of Inhabitants The Sichuan Basin is located in the southwest of China. Since the 1980s, the development of economy in policies mainly divided into two guidelines: one is the major cities in the eastern coastal area, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, who push the development of economy, trade and high-tech industries with their geographical advantages the other is many places in the western areas, such as Xinjiang province, Tibet and Qinghai province, who mainly rely on exploiting local resources forming a model of economic development based on industrial output. The inconsistency between economic growth and growing material and cultural needs is increasingly evident, which has led to the massive loss of labors. An crisis lies in the loss of labor force is that the collapse of social structure in many backward areas and villages. With the aging of population, the number of people in these villages is less and less, which will result in negative influence---fragmentation of social exchange , single social construction and the deterioration of social role cognition and social communication.
Village
Villages situated in Sichuan Basin, whose system of road and water network display on linear distribution. Their houses scattered randomly on either side of the road.
The left-behind elderly
My grandmother is talking with her pet dog when cleaning its wool. Although 150 villagers are registered, the permanent residents is less than 30 and the rate of housing vacancy is up to 30%.
Traditional handicraft
My grandfather is weaving an object with bamboo for farming. As the main production and living utensils, bamboo products have a long history in the local area. Bamboo handicrafts have been developed in the area and become an intangible cultural heritage.
Fallow
Waiting
Meeting
Bond
Education
Commerce
Group activities
History behind the site
1995 A simple farming village
1999 First and only factory was built
Village form and site location
2003 Destroyed in an unexplained f ire
2004 - now Idle and obsolescence
Concept development
Artif icial processing Born
Society sense
Reborn
Perish
Different scales of space based on research of bamboo
Selection and monomer deepening
2950mm
11500mm
4680mm
3200mm
3800mm
6500mm
16000mm
UNIT:mm
▽ GL+19600
▽ GL+8750 ▽ GL+8400
▽ GL+4500
▽ GL+3250 ▽ GL+2750
▽ GL±0
▽ GL+300
▽ GL+190
▽ GL+75
▽ GL+75
▽ GL+75
EXPLODED VIEW
chess room
assembly hall
store
bamboo studio
off ice
mini-market
storehouse
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PERFECT ILLUSION Excellent award, Guangzhou "drama box" competition Date: Jul. 2017 Location: Guangzhou,China Type: Construction/Team Work (50%) Feat. Jingyi Wu
This competition focuses on "drama box" to design a box device with the function of "performing stage" in the city. The whole device is required to cover the area between 5 and 8 square meters, and the height is unlimited, which can be combined, deformed and superimposed by single or multiple boxes. The design focuses on the relationship between the box and the venue designated by the competition (Guangzhou Banghua) and its surrounding communities. This box device also need to consider different usages of people in the city. It can be a creative studio for creative people and artisans, an outdoor pavilion for tenants or artists in the park, an interactive art installation, a transient pop-up garden or a combination of multiple functions.
The site is located in the yard of Guangzhou Yichuangshe in Haizhu district, and the surrounding area is a highly urbanized residential area. After our on-site investigation, we found that the residents here are accustomed to artificial living environment which consists of density constructions, developed business, inhabitant, working, education, etc. Extreme lack of natural elements such as vegetation, soil, wind and water lead to a decline in natural cognition, even numbness.
STEP 1: CHOOSE A BOX
Transparent box ?
Solid box ?
STEP 2: MAKE USE OF SUNLIGHT
Hollow box !
Evening
The device will be placed in a courtyard between two office buildings, which has plenty of sunlight every sunny day. The angle and intensity of sunlight varies over time in a day, producing many possibilities We took advantage of the basic properties of light-dispersion to scatter common sunlight into the rainbow spectrum, which increases people's visual attention. The diagram below is a study of the different effects of sunlight on different angles. This is the foundation of variation and interaction of the device.
Off ice building
Yard Office building
Morning
Prism&Shaft
STEP 3: CAPTURE THE RAINBOW 60
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7:00 AM
9:30 AM
12:30 PM
15:00 PM
The images above is a simulation experiment on 07/15/2017, which aims to explore the most suitable interior angle of the box. We experimented with boxes of 60 degrees, 90 degrees and 120 degrees interior angle during a day. By comparing the effects of reflection and the comfort of space, we found that the 120 degree is the ideal Angle, which is that when this box is hexagonal, the effect is optimal.
STRUCTURE DECOMPOSING
Cover. Ref lection outer face Glaze reflective coating Color&Brightness vary with weather
Inter Layer. Insulation gypsum board Fixed on the frame Maintain both Inside&Outside
Frame. Solid wood connected by tenon Modular cutting
Reflection Layer. Mirrors attaching to inter layer Modular Cutting
Foundation. Wood & Supportings Mesh laying
Tryin' to get control & Pressure's takin' its toll Stuck in the middle zone & I just want you alone My guessing game is strong & Way too real to be wrong Caught up in your show Yeah, at least now I know It wasn't law, it wasn't law. It was a perfect illusion Mistaken for law, it wasn't law. It was a perfect illusion You were a perfect illusion ——LADY GAGA<Perfect Illusion>
Rivet
Tenon
Ribs
Mesh skeleton
VERTICAL
Tenon
Base
SECTION
Steel anchor
Rivet
FOUR Studio Work Canton Museum of Art Date: Sept.-Nov. 2015 Location: Guangzhou,China Instructor: Chen Fanghui & Qu Hanfei Type: Cultural Architecture Team Work Feat. Zhang Wang Zhao Wenjia Gong Jinghong Individually Developed
Guangdong province has a rich artistic culture. The old art museum has been unable to meet the cultural needs of the new centur y in its function and form, so it has decided to rebuild the guangdong art museum. Exhibiting is the main way for the art museum to realize its social functions, and also the basic function of the museum. Studio requires that, in a certain space, it provides education, communication and aesthetic appreciation for the public. It should be able to display traditional works such as Chinese painting, oil painting, engraving and sculpture, or arts and crafts, folk fine arts and other traditional works of art, as well as various visual works such as installation art, new media art, design art and so on.
A COLLECTION OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE ART FORMS OF CANTON As one of the major cities of China, Guangzhou has a long history. After hundreds of years of development, Guangdong has achieved quite a brilliant artistic achievement. Especially after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Guangzhou has been in the forefront of reform and opening up. Boldly learn western art culture and combine with local traditional culture to develop diversified modern art form. Now the Guangdong art covers quite a diversified forms of art, So I have a comprehensive collection of the art forms that are on display here to have a comprehensive assessment of a provincial art museum display capability.
GRAPHIC ARTS
THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTS
This kind of art form mainly covers traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy and other paintings, and also paper cutting, plane art and other forms. When people are visiting this type of art, it's circulation is A---B---C, So this kind of art exhibition space should be a smooth, unimpeded space, like a serpentine gallery.
This kind of art form mainly covers sculpture, installation art and even architecture. This kind of art has abundant space scale, which demands space for different scales. When watching, people's mobile space vary according to the scale of the exhibits. Because people have to walk around those artworks to see the whole picture
PERFORMANCE ARTS
ART OF SCIENCE
There are quite a few performing arts in Guangzhou, such as Cantonese opera, lion dance, dragon dance and so on. These art forms are derived from the folk, The essence lies in the free relationship between the performer and the audience. Acting and watching are spontaneous. In other words, as long as there is a stage, the world is in the audience
This art form is the youngest of the four art forms, It appears with the development of science and technology, including photography, film and television, and VR. Advanced science and technology have brought our senses into the virtual world. In this case, the display space of artwork is blurred, no longer need unique display space, but need to accommodate all possibilities.
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
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Gallery 2
Gallery 1
Gallery 3
Connect all the galleries with one single circulation.
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Exhibition 1
Exhibition 3
Exhibition 2
Integrate different scales of exhibition space.
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Stage
Audience hall
Stands Preserve traditional space elements and restore the traditional atmosphere
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Inf inity
Inf inity
? Inf inity Create an uncertain space
SECTION 1
URBAN PUBLIC SPACE
CONCESSION
CONNECT
The site is between the Pearl River and the central park of Ersha island, which is a very strong overspace in the city Guangzhou.
The building are completely overlaid, retaining the transitional effect of the site in the city. Then dispersing blocks, allowing the sunlight to enter the underlying public space
The scattered building block core traffic space.
ks are connected by the
SECTION 2
ADJUST
VIEW
According to the landscape demand of different parts, block adjustment is made to achieve the best view of the landscape.
Float window setting tries to bring the city scenery of different angles into the building to bring a better viewing experience.
EXPLODED VIEW
Mobile epidermis&Regional mechanism The epidermis is inspired by the unique husk - consuming house in Guangdong province. This is a skin with good physical properties such as moisture-proof, anti-corrosive, and anti-wall corrosion. Through the analysis, I extracted the basic form of the shell and tried to combine the traditional husk unit with modern technology. In the case of retaining the original physical properties and mechanisms, the new and more effective non-physical properties are excavated. The mechanisms presented by the epidermis imply a strong regional presence.
ELEGANT BELT Studio Work Summer Program in Vancouver Date: Jul. - Aug. 2016 Location: Vancouver,Canada Instructor: Professor. Mari Fujita Professor. Blair Satterfield Type: Construction/Team work Feat. Tian Yijia/ Zhang Jinzi Individually Reworked
During the Vancouver Summer Program course named Wood as Process, I have a better understanding of wood as a very unique and useful building material. Especially when we were shown the manufacturing process of several aspects of constructing, I was totally shocked by the potential of wood, which beyond my imagination before. Then I began trying boldly to create some f lexible, suitable and complex spaces with wood.
activity zoning prototype
subsection customization 1
forming shape
FLAG SQUARE - VARIOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
customization 2
GROVE - PEACEFUL PLACE FOR BREAKING
bypass the trees
LAWN NEAR KINDERGARTEN - PLAYING KIDS
FOUNTAIN PLAZA - FOOD & CHATTING
LIBRARY - STUDYING SPACE
ROSE GARDEN - SIGHTSEEING
original circulation
integrate
LEFT TOP
After further study of people's behaviors and activities within the site, I take some natural elements into consideration, such as the path, trees and so on. On the top of that, I get a initial outline of the structure, and then cut it into several segments and shape them according to the study mentioned before. Finally, integrate them together
LEFT BOTTOM
After researching and analyzing people's activities in different distribution spaces along the main mall, I have a better understanding of the particularity of the site.
RIGHT TOP
During the process of studying how soft brand structure can create different spaces, which are able to accommodate various people and their activities or behaviors, I was inspired by several potential shapes. They become the basis of further design.
GATHERING
In this part, people accumulate meeting, playing, dancing and entertaining. The structure lower pure sense itself, creating more space for numerous people and activities.
RELAXING
Between the path and the trees, deeply hiding in the grove, this part is relatively quiet and peaceful. It is a chance to make use of this space by offering people a chair or a bed.
HIDING
While no obvious approach to this place, people who come here must need a very hidden space, lying down and meditating.
GAMING
Next to the GATHERING space, I intend to offer children a twisted structure, where they may play in and around, so that the spaces for adults and kids will be integrated.
GOOD OLD DAYS Canada Indigenous Housing Competition Date: Nov. 2017 Location: Berens River, Manitoba, Canada Instructor: Linshen Xie Type: Housing Design Solo Work
There are over 600 Indigenous Communities in Canada with over 60 ethnic groups located in diverse landscapes, many with remote access. Current housing is provided by Indigenous Communities or with funding from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Housing demand can exceed supply causing overcrowding. The purpose of this competition is to raise awareness of Indigenous Housing in Canada and improve opportunities available to design, deliver and maintain housing for remote access Indigenous Canadians.
CURRENT SITUATION In the survey of the living conditions of Canadian indigenous people, I found that they faced with several problems in their living environment-most families live in a limited space in a family unit, which causes many inconveniences. Independent and private spaces are extremely demanded in their living conditions. In addition, because most of the reservation is in remote areas, traffic is inconvenient and complex construction projects are difficult to achieve.
CONCEPT Those discoveries in the survey made me think about the possibility of a house, which can be easily constructed using local materials, keep warm and comfortable and grow with the growth of the population.
COMMUNITY MASTERPLAN
BATHROOM Area: 2.8m*2.4m Accommodate: 1-2 people
SINGLE BEDROOM Area: 2.8m*2.4m Accommodate: 1-2 people
STUDY Area: 2.8m*2.4m Accommodate: 1-2 people
KITCHEN+DINNING ROOM Area: 3.6m*3.6m Accommodate: 2-4 people
ACTIVITY ROOM Area: 3.6m*3.6m Accommodate: >4 people
BEDROOM+BATHROOM Area: 3.6m*3.6m Accommodate: 1-2 people
PARLOR Area: 3.6m*3.6m Accommodate: 1-5 people
This diagram shows that, during the growth of the house, the interior of the building can be flexibly changed on demand. The size 3.6m*3.6m is chosen as the modulus of the smallest unit, because in such area, the living spaces are just comfortable for private usage.
BEDROOM+STUDYING ROOM Area: 2.8m*2.4m*2 Accommodate: 1-4 people
BEDROOM+STUDYING ROOM Area: 2.8m*2.4m+2.8m*3.6m Accommodate: 1-5 people
LIVING ROOM+KITCHEN+ DINNING ROOM+BATHROOM Area: 3.6m*3.6m*2 Accommodate: 2-4 people
BEDROOM+BATHROOM+ CLOAKROOM Area: 2.4m*2.4m*2+2.8m*2.8 Accommodate: 2-3 people
PARLOR+KITCHEN+ DINNING ROOM+BATHROOM Area: 3.6m*3.6m*3 Accommodate: 2-4 people
2 BEDROOM+BATHROOM+ STUDYING ROOM Area: 2.4m*2.4m*3+2.8m*2.2 Accommodate: 2-5 people
After expansion, two or more units can make up a bigger room, which can serve as a public space for a big family.
STEP1: CULTIVATION
STEP2: SEED
STEP3: GERMINATE
STEP4: ACCRESCENCE
Laying Modular Foundation Participants: Construction team afford by the government Season: Warm Time required: Each unit/ 2 days Equipment: Excavator, Concrete mixer and Welding Materials: Concrete, Steel
Cover Temporary Layer Participants: Construction team afford by the government Season: Warm Time required: According to the size of foundation Equipment: Crane Materials: Man-made soil
Starting construction Participants: The indigenous Season: Anytime needed Time required: 1 unit/ week Equipment: Hand-built tools Materials: Timber, Hardware
Forming Frames Participants: The indigenous Season: Anytime needed Time required: 1 unit/ 3 weeks Equipment: Hand-built tools Materials: Timber, Hardware
Concrete foundations can be buried in the ground for a long time
The temporary soil covered is obtained from the gathered waste
Fixing columns and foundation with steel
STEP5: FORMING
STEP6: MATURITY
STEP7: GROWING
Roof Construction Participants: The indigenous Season: Anytime needed Time required: 1 unit/ 1 weeks Equipments: Hand-built tools Materials: Timber, Hardware
Exterior and Interior Renovation Finishing Participants: The indigenous, Furniture Company Season: Anytime needed Time required: 1 unit/ 3 weeks Equipment: Hand-built tools Materials: Timber, Hardware, Insulation Materials
Adding Space Participants: The indigenous Season: Anytime needed Time required: 1 unit/ 8 weeks Equipment: Hand-built tools Materials: Timber, Hardware, Insulation Materials
Modular wood structure linking node
Multi-layer roof insulation
Plug-in insulation can be convenient for expansion and recycling
Structure of floor
STEP8: COMMUNITY Grow Into a Society Participants: The indigenous Season: Short term Time required: Hopefully Fast
Multi-layer windows and doors insulation
Woo doub FL4+
3.6 1.2 Ridge beam: 105×150mm@450mm Purlin: 45×75mm@450mm
Upper surface of cross beam height ▽ GL+3600
Cross beam: 125×150mm Plaster board t=9.5mm Puttied cheese lath acr ylic emulsion paint f inish ceiling joist 30×45mm@275mm Glass wool t=100mm Beam: 125×150mm Cedar siding: 12×150mm Natural resin varnish finish asphalt roof ing 18kg Vertical furring strips 45×30mm@900mm Glass wool t=50mm Structural plywood t=9mm Lauan plywood t=5.5mm Sandpapered texture, wax f inish Structural plywood t= 12mm Floor joist 45×60mm@450mm Rigid insulation foam t=30mm Floor height ▽ GL+275
▽ GL±0
Floor joist: 45×60mm@450mm
Sleeper: 100×100mm preservation t
Frost penetration depth ▽ GL-1200
VERTICAL SECTIO
oden skylight ficed ble glazing +A12+PW6.8mm
Plaster board t=9.5mm Puttied cheese lath acrylic emulsion paint f inish ceiling joist 30Ă&#x2014;45mm@275mm Glass wool t=100mm
treatment
ON PERSPECTIVE
Window fram: western hemlock 20Ă&#x2014;155mm paint f inish
Slate board t=6mm Acrylic emulsion paint f inish
BILDUNG BLOCK Innovation hub planning and design Date:Sep.- Dec. 2018 Location: Vancouver,Canada Type: Regional planning, landscape design & architectural design Studio work/Solo Work
Cities are shaped by multiple and diverse forces – natural, human and technological. This studio is about understanding the nature of these forces, how they inf luence the shape and fabric of the city, and learning how architecture can embrace and evolve these forces as the city matures and changes. In other words, what kindof architectural responses to this critical moment in Vancouver’s evolution, can embrace and support the changing urban circumstances to enhance the city’s future? The Studio will have a specific focus on how buildings and public realm together provide the framework for public life. Working across urban scales from building to block to district, the Studio will explore the interdependencies between these scales and how each supports transformation of the city’s image. Industrial evolution in the Core The architectural focus of the Studio will be on three blocks of a 9 acre area recently designated as ‘The Innovation Hub’. Part of the former industrial area known as False Creek Flats, the Hub is intended as a model for evolving approaches to city-building- in its diverse mix of uses from industry to art to food production to technology, in its focus on resilience and carbon neutrality and in its future as a f lourishing community for working, living and creating.The site is the current focus of an international competition(C40 Reinventing Cities), the parameters of which will be consideredin the work.
Regional planning strategy - The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green Beltâ&#x20AC;?accomplishment
By improving the streamline network of bicycles and pedestrians, we can take this as an opportunity to connect the scattered public Spaces and form a complete urban green belt. It will be a transition zone connecting industrial areas with urban functional areas and surrounding residential areas. Under such circumstances, the surplus idle land and railway tracks in the original industrial areas will be utilized to attract more urban residents for outdoor activities, games and communication. Old industrial blocks that had been neglected have also opened up new possibilities.
Community planning strategy - Customizing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green Beltâ&#x20AC;?
Programming
Urban transportation networking
Passing way
Horizontal cutting street
Break moments
Greenary
The emphasis of the green axis deepening and the special point is how to connect the surrounding public green space together. Since the street scale around the base still retains the industrial compact sense, I tried to open up a new semi-open green corridor, which runs through the whole community and connects all the courtyards. In this way, the organic combination of architectural open space and urban public space can not only solve the pattern that architectural space is independent of urban public space, but also effectively connect the surrounding public space with an appropriate scale.
Community Master plan
Residential pedestrian friendly garden
Commercial platforms lifting view
Art plaza open to public participation
Community Ground floor plan
A-A Section
B-B Section
C-C Section
D-D Section
READ : SHARE : GROW Malawi Midddle School palnning and design (International Competition) Date: March. 2019 Location: , Malawi Type: Educational Planning and Design International Competition Teamwork (30%) feat. Zhong Ji Cai, Yating Wei
Universal education, gender equality and empowering women are vital components of the mission in developing countries. Educating children helps reduce poverty and will give the next generation the tools to fight poverty and conquer disease. School also offers children a safe environment, with support, supervision and socialization. Here they learn life skills that can help them prevent diseases, including how to avoid HIV/AIDS and malaria. Children may receive life-saving vaccines, fresh water and nutrient supplementation at school. The aim of this project is to provide a better education to the youngest citizens of the country by giving them the opportunity to access a decent secondary school infrastructure. The school must be designed to accommodate four academic years. At first only one classroom per academic year will be constructed, but participants will have to take into account that the school could be extended in the future to three classrooms per academic year, which means twelve classrooms could be build at some point.
Library tower & Main entrance
Teacher housing & Thatch canopy
Floor plan
Central courtyard
OTHER WORKS I
NOVAPLAN - NINE VILLA COMPLEX Italy Student intern in Ruggero Baldasso Architects / Studio RBA (Guangzhou) Team work | Supervisor: Ruggero Baldasso Duties: Modeling, Section and Construction details
OTHER WORKS II
DESIGN MEDIA - FROM MAKING PARCTICE
RESIDENTIAL STADIUM
Time: Mar. 2019 Type: Course work Team work (50%) feat. Grace Morazzani Software application: Rhino+gh Plug-ins: Pufferf ish+kangroo+ladybug+vary for rhino
Time: Dec. 2018 Type: International Competition Team work (25%) feat. Zhong Ji Cai, Yating Wei, Cicily Du Result: Finalist (30/300)
CORBEIL Time: Oct. 2017 Type: Handcraft / Bamboo knit Solo work
SCAU SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE MODELING Time: May. 2016 Type: Modeling competition Team work/Team leader Feat. Shi Qican/ Yuan Xiaoming/ Wu Wenguo
PAVILION Time: Aug. 2016 Type: VSP studio in UBC sala Team work Feat. Tian Yijia/ Zhang Jinzi
2017 SCAU GRADUATION EXHIBITION
FOSHAN CANTONESE OPERA THEATER
Time: Jun. 2017 Type: Modeling Team work/ Team leader Architecture Designed by Shi Qican Modeling team member: Zhang wang Wang Yuanda/ Li Zhichong/ Fan Minong
Time: Feb. 2017 Type: Public bidding Team work(50%) Role: Intern architect Responsibility: Scketching, architectural design, visualization, technical drawings
ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHES Time: Dec. 2014 Type: Marker color&Pen line draft Instructed by <Fengkuang Shouhui> Solo work
FAIRY'S FRET
STILL LIFES
Time: Jun. 2015 Type: Watercolor Solo work
Time Jun. 2014 Type: Pencil sketch Solo work
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