MINDONG XIE OJECTIVE
Hard working and self-motivated 2nd-year MLA student with creative design approaches and analitical & problem-solving skills seeking to apply my abilities to the position of summer internship.
EDUCATION
Master of Landscape Architecture Texas A&M University, College Station, TX GPA: 3.88/4.0 Bachelor of Arts, Geography University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States GPA: 3.86/4.0 – Dean’s List 2012-2014 Bachelor of Urban Planning Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
AWARDS
Texas A&M University, LAUP Departmental Scholarship University of Cincinnati Global Scholarship Sun Yat-sen University Third-Class Scholarship
May. 2017 May. 2014 May. 2014 2014-2015, 2015-2016 2012-2013, 2013-2014 2009-2011
WORK EXPERIENCE
Jun. - Aug. 2015 Intern as research assisstant for master plan of Manchester Neighborhood, Houston Prepared site inventory of the Manchester using GIS. Visualized key findings by generalizing the infographic. Conducted land suitability analysis of the site. Jun. - Aug. 2013 Intern in Academy of Urban and Rural Planning and Design, Sun Yat-sen Univeristy, China Prepared site inventory of a village master plan in Xishui, Guizhou Province, China. Generated most of the analytical diagrams using Autocad, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Drafted preliminary land use plan which was applied. Drafted design guidelines for future detailed design.
SKILLS
2D Graphic: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, AutoCAD 3D Modelling: Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUp Animation: Lumion Rendering: V-Ray, Artlantis Analysis: ArcGIS Language: English, Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Cantonese
EXTRACURRICULUM ACTIVITY Volunteer Volunteered to accompany and show cares about 78 recovered old people from leprosy for a week. As a team leader, organized and scheduled various services including home visits, engineering construction, housekeeping, and entertainment activities.
Jan. 2012
Project time: MLA 2nd year studio in Fall 2015 Project location: College Station, TX Project length: 4 weeks Team: Individual work Instructor: Prof. Chang-shan Huang Medium: Photoshop, Illustrator, ArcMap, V-Ray, Sketchup
Narrative: The project began with the observation and analysis of the rapid growing demand on new community development, especically the retirement community in college Station, Texas. Starting with selecting the proper land and hearing the suggestion from the local developer, we decided to begin with the re-zoning and design process of this residential community, which included the continuing care retirement community design (CCRC). The possiblity of getting the project built was maximized by this way.
1st new home construction in U.S
4th best ‘unknown’ retirement destination
1st employment and home growth 1st domestic immigration Warm climate Low living cost
Excellent education system Excellent medical facilities Low crime rate Fast growing demand on CCRC
According to the land suitability analysis, the major area for building construction is decided (showed in funcitonal diagram). Moreover, with the user analysis and the concept programmed, the facing direction of the building, the functions assigned to each public facility and their connection are generated.
Community Center Central Garden Community Garden Chapel Health Care Center Activity Center 2-story Apartments Single Family Lots Dining Hall
Community Center
IndependentLiving
Fitness Center
Dining Hall
Health Care Center
Central Garden
Decoration zone Ilex opaca Prunus caroliniana Ternstromia Gymnanthera Zaysia species Bouteloua dactyloides
Preservation zone Ulmus crassifolia Quercus buckleyi Diospyros texana Cephanlanthus Occidentalis Carex planostachy
Streetscape zone Ulmus Americana Quercus Virginia Phaphiolepis indica Euonymus japonica Salvia Greggi Tradescantia fluminensis
The section shows how the drainage was designed to retain the water and let it flow back to the original drainage network.
Project time: MLA 1st year studio in Fall 2015 Project location: College Station, TX Project length: 4 weeks Team: Individual work Instructor: Prof. Chang-shan Huang Medium: Lumion, Photoshop, Illustrator, ArcMap, Sketchup
Narrative: The goal of this project is to create a water experiencing and water educational park on west campus of Texas A&M University. This project aims to provide various experiences related to water by offering playing, touching, sensing, and hearing activities. The preserved creek pattern will maintain existing drainage network with lowest impact development. Overall, various water experiencing areas will allow visitors to get close to both natural and man-made water featrues. In order to educate people about how precious the water resources are and what methods could be used to recycle water resources, a real model of sustainable water-recycle system is showed to the public. The model demonstrates BMP such as rainwater harvesting and permeable pavement.
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The project site is located on the west campus. It is part of the green corridor of Texas A&M University. This design should avoid massive development in order to preserve the existing ecosystem of this continued green corridor.
As the fisrt diagram shows, an existing creek goes through the site. The creek is the most important natural resource of this site.
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On the west of the site, a large parking lot indicates that the direction of potential visitors off campus. Meanwhile, most of the students and staffs will come from the northeast. This context indicates two major entrances of the site--west and northeast.
The site photo shows that there are many existing mature trees which should be protected. The existing landform also indicates the drainage pattern, which shoud be considered during site grading.
Conceptual Design Functions
Two major functional areas, water experiencing area and water educational area, are located according to existing topography and creek pattern.
Rhythm
For the water experiencing area, different intensity of activity is designed for different areas. This strategy will create a sense of rhythm of the spaces with rich experiences when people walk through the park.
Circulation
There are two trail systems on the site. One is the riverside trails which aim to provide opportunities for touching and getting close to water. The other is the park loop which guides people through the whole park.
Chinese Garden
Riverside Trails
Central Garden
Experimental Garden
Creek Rec
charge
Irrigation
Infiltration
Drip Irrigation
Permeable Pavements
Roof Rainwater Harvesting
Restroom Water
Collection Cistern
Project time: MLA 1st year studio in Fall 2015 Project location: College Station, TX Project length: 4 weeks Team: Individual work Instructor: Prof. Chang-shan Huang Medium: Photoshop, Illustrator, ArcMap, V-Ray, Sketchup
Narrative: The goal of this project is to creat an attractive temporary showcase for ‘Aggieland Saturday’, an open house for perspective students and their families. As we have five majors in College of Architecture, five color codes are used for way-finding signage system. Different functional areas include information area, exhibition area, social area and indoor exhibition of five seperate majors. Considering the rectangular form of the site, the design use the color-formation idea of Mondrain’s painting to form an attracitve, colorful temporary landscape with color code.
The site is located in the area among three major buildings of College of Architecture. Aggieland Saturday is the open house of the University for perspective students and their parents.The purpose is to offer an opportunity for them to know the majors, career opportunities and to socialize with professionals. The College of Architecture, as one of the biggest and most popular colleges, should have an attractive and special event representing the spirit of the whole college.
The design is inspired by the abstract painting by Mondrion. The reason is that the spirit of his paintings—“the virtual nature” fits the natrue of College of Architecture. Moreover, combining color coding method and way-finding system could better serve the event in terms of functions.
Landford B Architecure & Construction Science Indoor Exhibition
Landford C Visualization Indoor Exhibition
Landford B
Landford A Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Indoor Exhibition
Architecure & Construction Science Indoor Exhibition
Landford C Visualization Indoor Exhibition
Landford A Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Indoor Exhibition