Portfolio long xu by Long Xu

2009-2015

LONG XU

Apply for New York Full-足time Positions Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Architecture is an art which conveys the ideology and opinions of the designer, whose rational and logical thinking was perfectly melted into the complicated spaces and forms.

CONTENTS Project 1 2015

SOCIALLY SMART SANTA CRUZ

D ense . M ixed U se . M ixed I ncome . V ibrant . Urban Design Project, densification in public space using the MCMV model in Santa Cruz, Brazil Project 2 2014-2015

PATCHING URBAN ECOSYSTEMS Urban Design Project, Connecting Municipalities through water, Newburgh, NY

Project 3 2014

INWOOD: UNLOCKING THE WATERFRONT Urban Design Project, large scale mix-used development along waterfront parkland in Manhattan, New York City

Project 4 2013

LANKA DIMPLE L anka L earning C enter , B atticalua , SRI LANKA Public Welfare Project, working with students and faculty from Uni-Stuttgart, GERMANY Project 5

2011-2012

BOND BETWEEN YARDS Design of Elementary school, circulation research about various functional blocks, BEIJING

Project 6 2012

LIVING PIXEL Residential housing project for Low-income population, the large scale construction, Chaoyang District, BEIJING

Project 7 2011

SOARING BOX Information center design, research of steel structure, 798 Art District, BEIJING

Project 8 2013

HIDE AND SEEK Individual project, An installation for special space exploration and research, BEIJING

Project 9 2014

ARCH TABLE Work in groups to design a product that will be the physical realization of our scripted protocol, NYC

SUPPLEMENT Hobbies Resume

URBAN DESIGN OF

SANTA CRUZ

Studio 3 from Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) USA / BRAZIL

SOCIALLY SMART SANTA CRUZ D ense . M ixed U se . M ixed I ncome . V ibrant . <GROUP WORK> Long Xu, Abdul Al-Ishaq, Bina Bhatia, Parul Sharma, <DURATION> 12 WEEKS <TUTOR> RICHARD PLUNZ

Socially Smart Santa Cruz proposes to catalyze new housing development in Rio de Janeiro’s Santa Cruz by strengthening its urban core with optimization of its existing social infrastructure and creation of vibrant, socio-cultural nodes of public space. Zones of influence characterized by conditions ideal for new infill housing will radiate from the nodes. Infrastructural improvements and the enhancement of cultural program will benefit the existing community while attracting new residents. This will enable a gradual densification, neighborhood by neighborhood, that allows for a unified core, strong public realm and an improved quality of life. The city of Rio de Janeiro is experiencing a gradual geographical population shift from dense urban centers like downtown Rio to more sparsely developed areas on the outskirts. Various factors have precipitated this shift, including the emergence of new industrial centers in the West & Far West Zone like Itaguaí Port and Seropédica; escalating land prices in Downtown Rio; and an increase in urban redevelopment spurred by the impending 2016 summer Olympics. Redevelopment has resulted in the widespread displacement of low-income favela-dwellers.

147,000

92,844 new residents

new jobs

in santacruz by 2030

in the west zone

santa cruz

itaguai port industrial area

land value tripled from 2008-2012

Emergent employment centers

Rising land value

Resettlement in Rio, 2009-2012

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A shift from east to west In recent years, Rio’s population has been migrating from urban areas like downtown Rio to the peripheral West Zone. Escalating land prices in Downtown Rio are forcing people to move to cheaper areas, as are new industrial companies like Thyssen Krupp and CSN which have created new employment centers in Itaguaí Port and Seropédica. The impending 2016 Olympics has led to mass urban redevelopment by the Government causing the displacement of low and middle income favela residents to social housing projects in areas like Santa Cruz. 86,000 units are needed per year to overcome Rio’s massive housing deficiency. The Government’s solution to this is the social housing program Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV). However, its 7.2 Billion Reais of federal funding have been invested in cheap sites on suburban farmlands which has resulted in the isolation of residents who are disconnected from social infrastructure, and the deterioration of buildings due to a lack of a sense of ownership by residents. Santa Cruz, a low-density urban area consisting mainly of farmland, has been a primary site for MCMV. Its urban core is minimal with large vacant areas but rich in social infrastructure. If it were enhanced, it would have a greater capacity to serve the existing and future residents.

66,000 MCMV units built

in rio in the peripheries

regional context

densifying santa cruz â&#x20AC;&#x2122; s core

vacant santacruz core

5.3 m sq ft = 52,444 mcmv units

2050

2025

2035

STRATEGIC DENSIFICATION OF CORE AREAS

Area 1: ‘Praça de Meia Noite’ (The Midnight Plaza)

After Densification

Area 2: ‘Praça de Ferinha’ (The Bazaar Square)

After Densification

The two main focus areas of the project are ‘Praça de Meia Noite’ and ‘Praça de Ferinha’. The development of the downtown area is critical and will have the greatest impact for the city’s residents. MC² provides homeowners with incentives that encourage infill within the neighborhoods by combining neighboring plots and cooperative housing. Existing home owners are given a combination of monetary incentives (tax breaks, subsidized construction costs, F.A.R leeway, etc.) as well as social value credits, including membership to sports facilities and free access to cultural centers to produce communityowned MC² units which shall be monitored by a new Land Bank agency.

Existing mcmv Strategy

Proposed mc² Strategy

REDEVELOPMENT THROUGH POLICIES To be eligible for these government incentives, new housing development must be accompanied by a percentage of essential services and/or affordable housing. Private developers and individuals can invest in the policy and gain similar incentives. The provision of market rate housing will subsidize the development of the affordable housing, making their location in the core feasible.

By creating a better-defined plaza we provide an extended, legitimate space, drawing out the temporary and informal markets that exist in the alleyways and define the character of the downtown area as well as leaving sufficient free space for the yearly Carnaval.

DESIGN STRATEGY Our proposal looks to enhance the distinct cultural heritage linked to the space and strengthens the commercial character by re-routing the BRT and freeing up the area for an improved pedestrian experience . This would re-inforce its identity as the PRACE DE FERINIA, a vital public space in all Brazilian cities.

programming : different uses

bringing back space for carnival (part of heritage)

eliminating the brt

DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES The building envelope shall be maintained at 7 stories on either sides of the Plaza to maintain a scale of space.

mid-to-high level of facade openings. shop entrances must be oriented towards commercial street

building height to open space ratio 2:1

The Shops must open directly to the plaza without extending onto the sidewalk to allow clear access to pedestrians. All shared spaces and balconies of the surrounding buildings overlook into the plaza creating multiple interaction levels.

street frontage: no building overhangs. shops must open directly onto sidewalk

Through street improvements, a catalytic cultural centre and retrofitting heritage buildings, this area, can become Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Praca de Meia Noite, filling the recreational gap in the city.

Our proposal includes addition of mixed use buildings which will bridge the division between open space and the built fabric. New programming will gradually see this hub as an activity center with a new arts and performance center in the middle of the plaza and the Big Side Walk featuring a permanent F&B Zone.

Pedestrian Priority zone and connectivity

Creating an anchor

Pedestrian Priority zone and connectivity

Programming : hierarchy of open spaces

DESIGN STRATEGY

DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES

The proposed neighborhood envelope respects the heritage buildings and gradually lowers in height to frame key buildings. The surrounding MC2 shall have 50% Market rate, 30 % commercial or social component and 20% affordable housing which shall be incentivized through FAR bonuses. The social component of the mixed use buildings shall reflect the character of the plaza to provide recreational and entertainment functions. Café’s will be able to purchase temporary sidewalk occupation rights and through this initiative public space shall be maintained privately.

High level of facade porosity is required and building entrances must be oriented towards plaza

building height to open space enclosure ratio 2:1

The buildings shall maintain a building height to open space enclosure of 2:1 and maintain 70% façade porosity, with all building entrances opening towards the plaza. All buildings must lease out lower two floors to small scale commercial establishments.and the desired neighborhood character shall be achieved through specially designed overhangs and canopies.

Street frontage -arcade & public space pockets (privately maintained by shop keepers)

URBAN DESIGN OF

NEWBURGH

Studio 3 from Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) USA

PATCHING URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

<GROUP WORK> Long Xu, Abdul Al-Ishaq, Bina Bhatia, Manuela Souza <DURATION> 12 WEEKS <TUTOR> JUSTIN GARRETT MOORE, SKYE DUNCAN

Leveraging water’s value in the region as a critical commodity (drinking water) as well as a critical ecological and recreational asset, this project envisions a new place for water in urban development in the region. Through a strategy of ‘re-patching’ urban and ecological fabrics we propose to: (1) Protect areas around critical drinking water resources; (2) Mitigate the most threatening impacts on water quality through new green infrastructure that reduce runoff; (3) Enhance quality of life by leveraging water; (4) Use water to catalyze new development, minimizing footprints around water and refocusing development in already urban areas to reinvigorate urban space and connect fragmented neighborhoods and resources.

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With NYC’s temporary aqueduct shutdowns scheduled from 2016 - 2018, municipalities in the region are faced with an urgent need to find an alternative drinking water supply. Newburgh, NY currently has excess supplies of drinking water; however its sources lie in neighboring municipalities that are facing tremendous development pressures.

CITY

Leveraging water’s value in the region as critical commodity as well as an ecological and recreational asset, this project envisions a new place for water in urban development in the region. Through a strategy of ‘re-patching’ urban and ecological fabrics we propose to:

ACTIVATE ACCESS INNOVATE

PROTECT

* Minimize new development footprints around critical drink ing water resources. * Mitigate the most threatening impacts on water quality through new green infrastructure that reduce run off while enhancing quality of life.

STRATEGY Protect > Develop

* Refocuses development in already urban areas to reinvigorate urban space and connect fragmented neighborhood and resources.

Disconnected Urban fabric

Disconnected Industrial fabric

QUASSAICK CREEK: In need of protection

Proposed stepped wetland treating CSO outfall and connecting the Bluff to the Quassacik Creek

Quassaick Creek Chadwick Lake

Newburgh Town Emergence Source

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Abdul Al-Ishaq|Bina Bhatia | Long Xu| Manuela Souza Patton Brook

NEWBURGH CITY

Connected with Washington Lake

Washington Lake

Primary Water Source for Newburgh City

Brown’s Pond

NEW WINDSOR

Connected with Washington Lake New Windsor Emergence Source

High Traffic Roads

Big Boxes

Urban Fabric

PROTECT

MITIGATE

Suburban Fabric

MINIMIZE

ZONING Around drinking water sources

Locally this project repatches the shared fabric of Newburgh, New Windsor and Newburgh town by proposing to Preserve undeveloped pervious land around city’s key drinking water resource – while refocusing development in relation to water within the urban fabric of Newburgh and New Windsor to catalyze regional economies. Through a series of patched corridors between the two towns with the creek at their center, the watershed becomes the organizing feature to Activate a recreational hub, to connect to new livable development opportunities, and Innovate new green industry opportunities while reactivating the forgotten Quassaick creek waterfront.

LOW DEVELOPMENT ZONE

MITIGATION AREA

NO DEVELOPMENT ZONE

FRESH WATER

PRECIPITATION

BIG BOX

RUNOFF ROUTE 300

SWALE OVERFLOW PERCOLATION

GREEN PARKING

SSO SWALE OVERFLOW INFILTRATION

LAKE WASHINGTON

Participation ACTIVATE A Recreational Hub Mitigate Runoff Vegetated buffer East of the Lake. Retention Pond to capture runoff Financing: City of Newburgh.

Prepare for transformation Infill development & Plaza: Land Bank Rezone to mixed use - City of Newburgh Cleaning floating islands - QCWA

Transform Incremental transfer of existing establisment to infill development. Construction of mixed use development. Complete the buffer. Transfer ice skating business. Developer: HPD

Destination New developments finance green infrastructure projects. Kayaking school starts operation. Bikeway around the lake is developed by Scenic Hudson. Outdoor screen developed by Hudson Valley Film Commission

MANAGED URBAN SETBACK RUNOFF 15’ CONTROL 50’ 20’

UNDISTURBED 15’

HIGH WATER MARK

SITE ANALYSIS

Storm water outfalls Separate Storm Water System Runoff gets carried straight to Muchattoes Lake Concentration of Outfalls on the North part of the Lake Biggest volume of runoff comes from north, accross Broadway

Zoning C3 R3

Lack of visibility Buildings turn back to the lake No pedestrian access

Anchor Armory Ice Company Museum

OUTFALL RUNOFF Retention Pond

Topography Flood area North part of the lake

POLLUTED LAKES Floating Island

CONNECT A livable neighborhood INTERDEPENDENT NEIGHBORHOODS

Catalyzing Research Establishing the research Institute in a temporary building Financing: DEC, NSF Partners: QWA, OWA, BIRE, SUNY.

PHYSICAL CONNECTION

Connecting communities Armory extension to New Windsor Rezoning to increase density and provide neighborhood amenities

Upgrade

INTRODUCED HOUSING FABRIC

Research institute moves to Water St. Previous headquarters become a community training center. Training in water sensitive measures and incentives leads private runoff mitigation projects. New Housing developments are built on water sensitive design principles. GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

One Neighborhood Bio swale constructed by local contractors Increasing mobility between both sides of the neighborhood leads to pedestrian network construction across the creek. Increase in density makes TOD projects feasible.

Newburgh Ferrry

Newburgh City

Lake Street

StreetTown NewMill Windsor

Water Street

Devitt's Nursery & Supply

Ruscitti Park

New Windsor

Vails Gate High Tech Magnet School

Hannaford Supermarket

MINIMIZE RUNOFF Green Roofs + Rain Gardens

Salisbury Mills-Cornwall

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

BUFFER ZONE COMMUNITY TRAINING CENTER 100â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD

NEW HOUSING TYPOLOGY Minimize Impact and leverage water

URBAN DESIGN OF

MANHATTAN

Studio 2 from Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) USA / NEW TORK CITY

INWOOD: UNLOCKING THE WATERFRONT <GROUP WORK> Long Xu, Abdul Al-Ishaq, Cezar Nicolescu <DURATION> 12 WEEKS <TUTOR> Kaja Kuhl

We focus on 10th Avenue through Inwood, which is currently situated as a barrier but can potentially be transformed into a connector between the existing community and the adjacent waterfront, while being purposed as an armature for development of inclusive housing and commercial activity. We identify several “hard” obstacles that deny a contiguous experience of the neighborhood: the elevated IRT line, the Consolidated Edison next to Sherman Creek, the MTA rail yards, and the sanitation and bus facilities to the north. The “soft” obstacles of the site are the voids created from the obsolete zoning of the site as manufacturing; the majority of privately owned lots east of 10th Avenue are parking lots of single story structures.

SITE CONDITION The site was originally zoned for manufacturing when industry required waterfront access. The 1895 Harlem River Canal opened up the area to this type of role. Today that requirement is no longer present, and the lots have become severely underutilized.

Strategies: a. Opening up specific portions of the MTA rail yards. b. Connecting all waterfront parkland. c. Adding housing with storefronts over reconfigured intersections to generate public plazas. d. Consolidating and containing the transformer substation. e. Consolidating the functions of the bus and sanitation depots, and moving them above the MTA yards. f. Using landscaping and figure-ground configurations to generate corridors between the community and water. g. Proposing an order of phasing that constructs space for all present and proposed neighborhood amenities.

PHASE 1 : Waterfront unlocked by stitching across 10th Avenue

PHASING

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New Commercial

New Residential : Affordable and Marketable

New Cultural

Inclusionary Zoning

HOUSING TYPOLOGY Our proposal stitches across 10th Avenue with several strategic insertions, and at the same time, rezones the area to the waterfront as mixed use residential and commercial.

UP ZONING

PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP

20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING

UP ZONING

DEVELOPING PUBLIC SPACES WITH PRIVATE FINANCING

PARAMETRIC REALIZATION

Seminar from Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) USA

ARCH TABLE Parametric Realization

<GROUP WORK> Andrew Hite, Long Xu, Zeyuan Qian, Zhengyang Wang <DURATION> 12 WEEKS <TUTOR> Mark Allan Bearak

Parametric modelers are commonly used in the development of digital architectural models, but they are rarely taken to the point of becoming physical realities. This course will look at the process of generating parametric algorithms then turning those models into physical realities. Students will work in groups to design a product that will be the physical realization of their scripted protocol. Project Students will work in groups to design and fabricate a product that will be the physical realization of their scripted protocol. Groups will develop mathematical algorithms using parametric modelers such as Rhino.script and Grasshopper. Concurrently students will be testing modeling techniques in order to create a prototype for their final physical system. Students will then take their digital models, rationalize them, and physically construct the system using a material process from their prototype.

Archery Hall & Boxing Club FT Architects Sports Architecture Tokyo, Japan 2013

CONCEPT We are intrigued by the repetitive units that could be designed to adujust within different forms. With the same joints between each piece, the unit could easily be assembled as furniture with different functions. Grasshopper works as a tool to set the perimeter of the form that the units would fit into as well as the component dimensions for each unit to achieve a more flexible design purpose.

JOINTS STUDY

We started with the cube formula and after some discussion we decided to use the joints as a unit rather than the cube itself to simplify the assembling process between different units. The three dimensional joints that we developed from the precedents keep the form of the joints and help reveal the construction process to us, for a better understanding of the connections.

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TOPOGRAPHIC RASTER This mapping will cover the creation and use of elevation data in two parts. The first half will show how to turn point data into a raster file, and the second will show how to generate polyline contours from said raster information. In this mapping, I was taking surveyed spot elevation data provided by New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OpenData portal and generating a topographic elevation raster and topography contours.

OPEN CARTOGRAPHIES Delve deeper into a specific mapping tool and through a final project, will map and analyze urban phenomena and create a series of interactive visualizations that will address and harness new mapping technologies.

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CHINESE PAINTING DATE: 12.2009 SITE: Central Academy of Fine Arts

CHARCOAL DRAWING For me, practicing charcoal drawing can help me to improve the observation, modeling ability and performance capabilities, everytime when I attentively observe the details, I need to looking for the nuances between different objects and try to restore the original attributes of the objects, the process make me a delicate person from a rough man.

CHARCOAL DRAWING <1> DATE: 12.2009 SIZE: A1 SITE: Central Academy of Fine Arts

CHARCOAL DRAWING <2> DATE: 02.2010 SIZE: A0 SITE: Central Academy of Fine Arts

CHARCOAL DRAWING <3>

CHARCOAL DRAWING <4>

DATE: 02.2010 SIZE: A4 SITE: Central Academy of Fine Arts

CHARCOAL DRAWING <5> DATE: 09.2014 SIZE: Letter size SITE: Columbia University, GSAPP

LONG XU

Columbia University in New York City

E-mail: lxuarch@gmail.com Tel: +1 3475831069

EDUCATION •

Columbia University in New York City, GSAPP Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design Expected Graduation Date: May 2015

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Central Academy of Fine Arts Bachelor of Architecture Graduation Date: June 2014

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University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Exchange Program Graduation Date: August 2013

517 West, 113 Street, Apt72 New York City, NY, USA NY 10025

GSAPP Projects •

Our proposal stitches across 10th Avenue with several strategic insertions, and at the same time, rezones the area to the waterfront as mixed use residential and commercial.

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Reorienting growth based on watersheds by limiting development around dringking watersupply while activating Newburgh’s frogotten Quassaick creek watertront.

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Rethinking the Social Housing typology in Rio di Janerio to catalyse growth in a peri-urban area.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE GSAPP, Urban Design Studio Jan. 2015 - Feb. 2015 Project: ‘My house, my life, my community’ Site: Santa Cruz, Rio di Janerio, Brazil Professor: Richard Plunz • teamwork with students from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro • start conversation with local government to try and find solutions for the future development of Santa Cruz • Propose future scenario for Santa Cruz Stuttgart University, IRGE Studio Apr. 2013 - Jul. 2013 Project: Lanka Learning Centre Site: Sri Lanka, Batticaloa Professor: Allmann Sattler • teamwork with students from University of Stuttgart • conversation with different people in Batticaloa to understand the lifestyle and culture of local people CAFA, Architecture School Apr. 2012 - May. 2012 Project: Remodeling Tulou Site: He Gui Lou, Fu Jian Professor: Zhou Yufang, He Wei • teamwork with students from Central Academy of Fine Arts to simulate the building process of Tulou

HONOR/AWARD • • • • • • • • • •

Chinese Government Scholarship | China Scholarship Council, 2014 National Endeavor Fellowship | Central People’s Government, 2013 Third-Prize of B.I.A.D Scholarship | BIAD, 2013 Excellent Student Works of Institute Third-prize | CAFA, 2012 National Endeavor Fellowship | Central People’s Government, 2012 Outstanding Students Scholarship | CAFA, 2012 National Endeavor Fellowship | Central People’s Government, 2010 Social Practice Award | CAFA, 2010 Best Fun Award, ‘Recovery of childhood’ | CAFA, 2010 The Darts Competition of CAFA First-Prize | CAFA, 2011

SOFTWARE SKILLS • • • • •

Painting: Traditional Chinese Painting, Calligraphy, Charcoal Drawing 2D Graphic: AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, ArcGIS 3D Modeling: MAYA, Rhinoceros, Google SketchUP Rendering: V-Ray, Keyshot, Lumion Video: Adobe Aftereffect

Publications • • •

GSAPP Abstract 2014-15, 2015 Lanka Learning Center---taking the next steps, 2013 CAFA Architecture in 10 Years, 2013

Language Skills • • •

Chinese English: TOEFL/104, 2013 German: A1+, 2013

LONG XU E-mail: lxuarch@gmail.com Tel: +1 3475831069 517 West 113th Street Apt 72 New York City, NY, USA NY 10025