Portfolio of Xiaolin Liu -Selected Works2016-2020
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The undergraduate studies not only taught me fundamental knowledge and technical skills in the architectural design, but also cultivated my innovative thoughts to serve for our society through design works. While conducting so many design projects in the university, I never forgot my original ideas of building comfortable space to warm people who live in it. Thus, I tried my best to focus my works on humanistic care and add more warmness, emotion, and love to my design.
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Feminism Village Community Revitalization Design of Rural Women's Industry | Individual Work
Harmony of Boundary Multi-Experience Visitor Center Design | Individual Work
Connection Co-living Apartment Design with Activation Space | Individual Work
Urban Expressions in The Post-epidemic Era Imagination of Future Public Space Design | Team Work | Team Leader
Feminism Village Community Inspiring research based on the status quo of low feminism in rural China Type:Academic Project Site Location:Yunnan,China Date:2018.04-2018.07 Collaboration:Individual Work Supervisor:Yan Xu yanwsf@163.com
In China, as a large number of young rural laborers migrate to cities for employment, women who remain behind account for 65 percent of the total rural labor force and are the main force in agriculture. However, in a rural patriarchal culture, and to strengthen the gender discrimination, directly decide rural village of the allocation of resources under the influence, rural women in the level of education, land and property ownership, participation, etc, are at a disadvantage, rural poor women and impoverishment phenomenon increasingly prominent and severe. If women do not participate in wealth creation and do not control the means of production, they will inevitably have no voice in social distribution. How to better liberate the productive forces of rural women and stimulate their potential to build rural areas has become a major theme of China's development.
Location Lifang Village, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China Yunnan Province
Public Activity Space: The public space in the village is small and there is almost no place for villagers to chat after a meal.
Four village building types: Yi Tile
Tujiafang
Roads: The internal roads in Lifang Village are mainly cement roads, and the roadways are mostly paved roads.
Shanpianfang
Roads
"Yikeyin"
Texture
Original Texture: The settlement form of Li Fang takes the form of a mountain and a free form that develops along the river.
Others say we are not as good as male. We can create more value and wealth.
It’s good to learn a new skill. We also want to see their changes.
After school is too boring, I hope there is a place for entertainment.
The unique ethnic customs here attracts me, I hope to see interesting scenery.
Women's Daily Life
Feminism in China Rural women do not have their own main positions in the long 20th-century feminist movement.
Matching: Problems of intellectual women in contemporary Chinese cities. Ignore: the rights of the majority of vulnerable women in urban and rural areas.
Introduction of feminist works in Western Europe
Audience Analysis
Lifestyle Changing Before the 19th century After the Reform and opening-up
Boxing And Coxing
Go to cities!
We want to see unique scenery while traveling.
I am tired...
We want a good public space to relax. Now we are under great pressure.....
Kids..
The aged..
We want to have a place to play and rest freely.
Double burden……
We want people to know that we can change.
We need help!
Now
Pressure&Need
Lifestyle changes have brought great pressure and challenges to the lives of left-behind women in rural areas. Women are eager to work, and they don't want to live this secondary life anymore.
Rising Incomes Of Women Participating In Politics Establishing New Playground Raising Social Status
Infrastructures For Aged
Children’s playground
The Public Space
Accompanying The Elderly Rich Spirit World
Network Publicity
Through internet promotion, more and more tourists will come to Lifang Village for sightseeing. Women’s handmade products and textiles are also sold through the online store. Left-behind women can usher in a wider and more powerful embrace.
Vision of The Future Great changes have taken place in the village since the innovation experiment began....... So tired these days.
My wife has no income and I have to struggle. We can also do......
We can see a novel way of working! It allow us to create more ......
That is a good way to raise our income!
They will show us more respect.
Maybe we should go home.
Site Plan Different buildings are connected by bridges. There are five main areas: Folk Museum, Women's Factory, B&B in the Forest, Elderly and Women's Activity Centre, and Kids Playground. Women can choose their preferred job position and work style.
B&B in The Forest
Folk Museum
Bridge
Women's Factory
Kids' Playground
Elderly and Women's activity centre
Model The tourist route: Folk Museum······Women's Factory······B&B in the Forest The children’s route: home······school······Kids' Playground······home The elderly's route: home······Elderly and Women's Activity Centre······home The women's route: home······Women's Factory(B&B)(Folk Museum)······Elderly and Women's Activity Centre······home
B&B in the Forest Most of the staff at the hotel are leftbehind women. Not only are they warm and hospitable, but they also cook delicious meals. Tourists can experience the feeling of home here.
Folk Museum Tourists can experience activities such as wearing traditional Yi costumes, making handmade tea, and hand embroidery. They can also enjoy the beautiful scenery on the outdoor bridge.
Elderly and Women's Activity Centre This is a new Public Activity Space. Women and old people in the village can vote, give speeches, read books, perform cultural performances and other activities here.
Rammed Earth
The traditional materials in the village have been improved and new pouring methods are available.
Outside the Factory In the past, they wanted to express their opinions on village affairs, but they never had the opportunity and anyone came to solicit women’s opinions. The establishment and development of the factory have increased the income of rural women and has gained confidence in speaking. After working, women think more about exercising their expressive skills. They said: "With strong expressive skills, we can go out of the village and mobilize more women to organize."
Crafting Workshop Women adopt the model of cooperative organization and concentrate on production. Women’s income is based on “workload” instead of “quantity”. They believe that if income is distributed by “quantity”, novices who are unskilled will be excluded.Women here carry out all kinds of productive activities and create their own income.After having a job, they also have emotional sustenance, and they like to have their own world.
Exhibition Hall
Outdoor Playground
Section of the Factory
Functions It not only provides a gentle circulation for leftbehind women but also expands and creates the space to cultivate the spontaneity and connectedness of local women's production and life.
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B&B in The Forest For me, LiFang's Guest House feels like a home away from home.
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Women's Factory It's time to work!
10:30
Folk Museum We can let more people know the traditional folk culture of our village through the Folk museum.
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Elderly and Women's Activity Centre Next to my daughters are working, they see the more serious ah!
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Kids' Playground We like to play out after school.
In The Factory Women have raised their gender awareness and are also aware of their responsibility to promote gender equality in rural areas. Although the road is still tortuous, they understand that as long as they work hard together and grope slowly, and the road will become wider and wider.
Harmony of Boundary Flamingo Habitat Design Based on Bird Imprinting Research Type:Academic Project Site Location:Wathba,Abu Dhabi Date:2019.11-2020.01 Collaboration:Individual Work Supervisor:Wonjae Lee jeeum.w@hanmail.net
The Al Wathba Wetland Reserve in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi is home to a branch of wildlife, the most famous of which is its flamingo population. The magnificent waves of the pink flock to the reserve every autumn to spend the cooler winter months residing in the wetlands until spring, as many as 4,000 at a time. The selected site for the Abu Dhabi Flamingo Visitor Center is located in the North of the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve. People, flamingos, and the environment are the three factors that design a visitor center. From different perspectives in the building, different views can be viewed without disturbing the flamingo, which is the core of my design.I hope that the sky and the lake, people and animals, architecture and the environment can reach a harmonious state.
Al Wathba History Originally the area is a small village surrounded by desert.In the late 1990s the Al Mafraq water treatment facility hit capacity and flooded the surrounding land,before long reeds shot up and a flock of flamingos decided to make a go of it. In 1998 the Sultan declared the newly formed wetland a protected area now home to 260 species of birds.
Site Analysis The Al Wathba Wetland Reserve is a nature reserve consisting of both natural and man-made bodies of water located 40 km southeast of central Abu Dhabi. The selected site for the Abu Dhabi Flamingo Visitor Center is located in the North of the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve.
Photos of The Site
SITE
Tourists' Demand
Parking
New Cafe
Having Fun
Safe And Clean
More Convenient
Good Infrustruction
Timeline of One Year This is the main behavior of the flamingo throughout the year, as well as the timing and route of its migration. The problem is that thousands of flamingos are seasonal landscapes, and the best viewing period is from November to March. During the low season of viewing, there are many things people can do here.
Imprinting In psychology and ethology, imprinting is any kind of phase-sensitive learning that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior. More flamingos will hatch here in the coming days. This building may have an impact on the new generation of flamingos.
Lorenz scared!
peaceful!
Average Weather In Abu Dhabi Tourism Score
Average Monthly Rainfall 2.0in
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In Abu Dhabi, the summers are long, sweltering, oppressive, arid, and partly cloudy and the winters are comfortable, dry, windy, and mostly clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 60°F to 104°F and is rarely below 55°F or above 111°F.
Model Processing and CLT
According to the development model of the line of sight, finally, achieve the goal of seeing different landscapes from all angles. These cross-laminated wood materials are professionally called cross-laminated timber (CLT). The tree itself is an extremely cheap and efficient purification machine.
Section
About The Visitor Center
Roof Typology Research Anodized aluminum roofing material selection, visitors i n t h e ro o m c a n s e e t h e reflection of roof wetland scenery. The shape of the roof merges with the surrounding nature and is built in the low season. Flamingos will not be frightened.
Floating Above The Salt Lake In the bird view, the roof merges with the distant water surface a n d s k y, c r e a t i n g a pure feeling. Anodized aluminum roofing material selection, visitors in the room can see the reflection of roof wetland scenery. The shape of the roof merges with the surrounding nature.
Wood Components
Different Viewfinder Different angles set different viewing methods: floor-to-ceiling windows, horizontal long windows, cross-frame ...
Entrence Emergency Access
Outdoor Cafe
Sightseeing Staircase
Site Plan 20 4
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1 Lobby 2 Open Office 3 Cafe 4 Rest Space 5 Toilet 6 Gallery 7 Seasonal Exhibition 8 Student Co-creation Space 9 Screening Room 10 Researcher Studio 11 Children Entertainment space 12 Wetland Plant Exhibition Area 13 Underwater Simulation Area 14 Outdoor Sightseeing Area 15 Flamingo Exhibition Hall 1 16 Wetland Reptile Exhibition Area 17 Flamingo Exhibition Hall 2 18 Comprehensive viewing area 19 Souvenir Shop & Reading Room 20 Parking
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3 Floor Plan
Exhibition Space The Exhibition Space is topped with a plank fair-faced concrete slab, which rough texture and cement color ties back to nature, and echoes to the fair-faced wooden fence wall one first encounter before entering the house.
Underwater Paradise As a metaphor for the journey of descending from land to wetland, textile-clad ceiling panels reference the colors of a sunset dropping into the underwater, accompanying one’s passage down the stairs.
Visitor Center Hall Visitors can see the wetland scenery through the huge glass curtain wall, or watch the flamingo flocks while drinking coffee. After the visit to the visitor center, visitors can go back to the lobby through the huge spiral staircase.
Sunbathing And Shadow The sunshine in Abu Dhabi during the tourist season is just right. People can enjoy the sun and embrace nature.
Connection An Activation Space Based on The Current State Of Depression In First-Tier Cities In China Type:Academic Project Site Location:Shanghai,China Date:2020.9-2020.12 Collaboration:Individual Work Supervisor:Yuan Shen syarchitecture@126.com
We o b v i o u s l y l i v e i n a p e a c e f u l a n d p r o s p e r o u s environment, but the number of depression patients is steadily increasing. I am afraid this is the biggest irony of this peaceful era. With the advocacy of modern development myths, people have become accustomed to equating advanced material life with all the pursuits of life. In contemporary China, with the economic and housing reform, collective architecture has undergone adaptive changes. The high housing price and life pressure in big cities cause people to feel depressed, and people need places to rest their hearts. So the new collective life building prototype must innovate itself constantly along with the social development demand. With the advent of the post-socialist era, there may be a new archetype of collective living space, integrating social and spiritual healing Spaces as well as Living Spaces. In fact, compared with the ancestors, the real survival needs of human beings have not changed fundamentally. What we need is not takeaways that arrive in 20 minutes, nor an 80-megapixel mobile phone, nor endless clothes and shoes, but as Johann Hari wrote in the book*: Connection. We are all in this lonely world. Luckily, we are in this world together.
*：《Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions》
Depression in the World In fact, technology and money just build a beautiful shell. In catching up with the high-efficiency and multi-productive life cycle, it is increasingly easy for people to ignore the spiritual needs as a price, and lash them at full speed.
Covid-19
1990-1992 Recession
Ebola virus The 1997 economic crisis The 2008 financial crisis The 2000-2002 economic crisis
China has the most people with depression in the world.And the rate is only going to increase.
This city is so indifferent...
In all countries, the median estimate for the prevalence of depression is higher for women than for men.
The History of The Baths
The History of Shanghai Apartment Mohenjodaro
In 1800 BC, the earliest bathing place
Ancient Rome Dwelling container
The song dynasty China Linan has "bath three thousand", a considerable scale.
Carlton House Normandy Apartment
In the past, when bathrooms were not widely available in ordinary families, people would take a bath in Sentō.
Modern Japan
Rooftop
The old public house
Garret
Coffin house
Modern China Living machine
Residential building
Now
Shelled oysters are the heart of adults. Modern LOFT Apartment
Social activities: chatting, playing chess, drinking tea... After the marketization of the economy in the 1980s, most of the baths were demolished. In 2010, most of the houses in the community were equipped with single bathrooms, and Chinese baths declined.
Site
Future Community
Lane 980, Siping Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China
China
Shanghai
Teachers, IT workers, designers, and artists are prone to depression. The site is next to Tongji University in Shanghai, and the main buildings around are the design institute, the school, and the electronics industrial park.
Surrounding Texture
Tongji Design Institute
Hudong Science and Technology Park
Affiliated School of Shanghai International Studies University
To n g j i U n i ve r s i t y, Siping Road Campus
Landian Environmental Art Design Company
Siping Science and Technology Park
Yangpu Senior High School
Affiliated Hospital of Tongji University
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
The bank of China
First Floor Plan
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1 Lobby 2 Reception 3 Cafe Area 4 Common Bathing Pool 5 Toilet 6 Yoga Room 7 Chocolate Workshop 8 Retail 9 Restaurant 10 Women‘s Dressing Room 11 Men‘s Dressing Room 12 Children Area 13 SPA Area 14 Warehouse 15 Kitchen 16 Rest Room
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Unit Type&Section
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Type B
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Type D
One System,Many Languages By providing a new condense model of co-living, it condense for people to live together.
Public Rest Area
Type C
Glass Box
Type D
The Roof
7F
Type B Roof Greening Psychological Counseling Center
Roof Greening
5F
Unit Types Public Office Aera
Meditation Room Type A
Traffic core
3F
Type D The Bath Chocolate Workshop
Functional Boxes
Yoga Room 1F
Playground
The Slopes
Restaurant
Pubilc Spaces
Warm Greenhouse RF
Public Rest Area
Meditation Room
By providing a new condense model of co-living, it condenses for people to l i ve to g e t h e r. I t co r re c t s t h e traditionally antagonistic relationship between collectivism and individuals to form a strong power to support the mind, thus reducing the incidence of depression. This new collectivist housing model can in turn affect the space and the mind.
Psychological Counseling Center&Public Office Aera People can have connections with themselves. Here, people can talk to psychologists and free their minds.
People can have connections with society. The open office area makes people more efficient.
The Bath
Warm Greenhouse
People can have connections with others. While bathing relaxes people, it is also a great way to make friends.
People can have connections with nature. Under the shining of the sun, let people's minds and nature become one.
Urban Expressions in The Post-epidemic Era Creative Research on Tokyo Urban Public Space
Type:Academic Project Site Location:Tokyo,Japan Date:2020.10-2020.11 Collaboration:Team Work Team Member:Jianan Li Hanfang Deng Xiaolin Liu Supervisor:Rujia Lin（Architect） arch.rujialin@gmail.com
The development of electronic devices has allowed some people to meet during coVID-19.The current form of life has changed dramatically, the internet is overwhelming every detail of human life. Actually, when people getting closer to the internet virtual space, at the same time, they will get more alienation from the surrounding real public space. The proposal firstly questions the daily use mode of public space in Tokyo during the post-pandemic era：Can we redefine the public space, and suggest a new public behavioral mode? In the face of the next isolation that may come at any time, people can accomplish what they want in a limited space (a street). People in each street are also restricted to perform various activities in their own street. Using Tokyo as a prototype, we conceived a new urban expression in the post-epidemic era.
Changes: Individual activities in different cities are restricted
The development of electronic devices has allowed some people to meet during coVID-19.
Behavior Typology Study in Different City Urban people's activities and space requirements under normal conditions before the epidemic, especially the type and scale of space.
By studying the type of different behavior and the size of these activity spaces, their demand for space can be obtained.
Through the principle of ergonomics, we can get the minimum range of each human behavior and activity, so as to infer the required size of each space, which can help us to arrange the space in the subsequent design.
20 Representative Activities Can the space required for different activities be combined through modularity? We came up with the idea of creating modules through steel frames.
Kabukicho Ichiban Street 160-0021 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Kabukicho
Meat Futago Shinjuku
Karaoke hall
Hair Salon
Coffee&teahouse
Izakaya
7-Eleven Convenience Store
ESPACE Nittaku Shibuya Slot Hall
Cooking Class
City Street Facade: The proposal firstly questions the daily use mode of public space in Tokyo during the post-pandemic era： Can we redefine the public space, and suggest a new public behavioral mode?
Spatial Pattern of Neighborhood Interaction
By investigating the neighborhood space types and neighborhood activities, and applying t
this inspiration to the design, we can find the long-lost neighborhood interaction in the city.
New Expression Home isolation may become the norm in the post-epidemic era. When the quarantine begins, people's activities will be divided into blocks and restricted to blocks. There will be urban facilities that meet all basic needs in the block. If all these roofs can be used under certain conditions, they can serve a great function of providing public space and mitigate the pressure of civic open space. With the addition of different facilities, Tokyo's urban expression will continue to undergo new changes.
New Facilities The traffic of the entire block is closed in a loop, and people can easily reach any place in their block during the isolation period. The information in each area will be displayed on outdoor neon signs. People can check the number of people in the area at any time to decide whether to go to this area.
Temple
Cable Car
Izakaya
Sky Corridor
Platform
FREEDOM
Torii
Sky Garden
Chess Pavilion
Teahouse
Cable Car
Suwa Shrine
A cable car is an extremely sustainable public transport system. It is a very fast and green way of traffic, which is attractive for cyclists, commuters, students, and residents. It is expected that this fast and frequent connection between two buildings. The cable car departs every 10 minutes, and people can enjoy different scenery in the air.
Just like the scenes in Hayao Miyazaki's movies, the shrine is hidden in the reinforced concrete of the urban forest. People can see the torii gate through the long sky corridor. Together with these sites, the connecting pilgrimage routes, and surroundings form a cultural landscape that reflects the fusion of Shintoism with the ancient tradition of nature worship in Japan.
Sky Izakaya
FREEDOM
Izakaya offers a selection of sake, as Kiyomizu is known as the place of pristine water. By providing a sake-tasting experience, Izakaya brings all customers a profound opportunity to feel relaxed, together with sufficient single seats in the restaurants eating alone is no longer impossible during the daytime. At night, indoor lighting on the Ukiyoe curtain will attract and guide customers into the restaurant.
After a long period of home isolation, people's hearts long for freedom. The curved shape of the curved installation adds three-dimensionality and experience to the urban expression in the post-epidemic era. We rebuild a ‘FREEDOM’ in post-Covid, intended to spark the imagination of passers-by with simple arresting confidence and joyous optimism.
Other Works Date:2016.10-2020.10
Xiaolin Liu linlin-archi@hotmail.com +8617685581357
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