PORTFOLIO OF XIN QIAN
Master of Architecture in Urban Design Harvard Graduate School of Design 2019 Candidate
Xin Qian xqian@gsd.harvard.edu Elmer St. #404, Cambridge, MA 02138 +1 857 361 8414
Project Four: Inverted Courtyards
INVERTED COURTYARDS GSD URBAN DESIGN CORE STUDIO, LOS ANGELES, USA 2017 TEAM MEMBER: XIN QIAN, XIAOYAN YIN ROLE: Conceptual Design(40%), Technical Drawings and Architectural Representation(100%) To digest the long site, we introduced a new typology with inverted courtyards towards the streets, creating different types of urban streetscapes and both inward and outward courtyard for residents, officers,retailers, artists and also tourists.
ACADEMIC PROJECT • INVERTED COURTYARDS 2017 GSD Urban Design Core Studio: Los Angeles, USA * Nominated GSD Platform 11
• Rural As Eco-system, 2016 Southeast University Urban Design Studio 2: Shanghai, China
• Landscape As Infrastructure 2016 Lund University Housing Program: Manila, Philippines
• Space As Power 2015 Southeast University Urban Design Studio 1: Nanjing, China
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Project Four: Inverted Courtyards
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Project Four: Inverted Courtyards
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Project Four: Inverted Courtyards
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Project Five: Rural areas as an eco-system
RURAL AREAS AS AN ECO-SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL CHARACTERIZED RURAL TOWN, SHANGHAI, CHINA 2017
ROAD ACROSS THE TOWN
Highway
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Rural Road
This project, Haiyong County, locates in Chongming Island, Jiangsu Province, near Shanghai, where remains lowest urbanization rate around due to a special policy that serves as backup land for Shanghai’s future use. In Jiangsu Province, north of Chongming Island, existed numerous villages and small towns mainly depend on agriculture. Haiyong County is a small town with population of 6235 and among whom, 82.6% are doing agri-culture. This is a very typical condition of China that the rural town needs to be retrofitted and upgrade to modern town. So it is an exemplary case of rural consolidation where village clusters are being transformed into a new modern agriculture town.
LINEAR RESIDENTIAL AREA Residental Area
THE WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD
DOTTED COMMUNAL FACILITIES
Industial Area
Community center Supermarket
School
Garbage Collection
Bank
Haimen
Qidong
INTERLACING MECHANISM Geography Texture
GRIDDED RIVER SYSTEM Hydrology
Park
VAST OPENING AREA
Basic Farming Commercial Farming Firm Ground
Chongming Island Shanghai
FLAT RIVERSIDE AREA Satellite Map
10000 M
Waterbody
Railway Station
Shipping Line
City
Ship Port
High Way
Village
Railway
Fast Road
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Project Five: Rural areas as an eco-system TYPE 1
TYPE 2
TYPE 3
SCENARIO 1
SCENARIO 3
SCENARIO 2
ANALYSIS OF EXISTING TYPES PROGRAM
FUCTION PLAN
Playground
Trees
Farming Flowering
Commercial Courtyard
RURAL LIFE AND THE EARTH
FAMILY STRUCTURE & RATIO IN TOWN
The lifestyle of people from the rural areas heavily relies on the earth, especially the earth near their home. The new types also deal with the relationship between their lifestyle and the earth. Elderly people living alone 22.1%
Young Adults renting houses 29.2%
Three-generation Families 46.5%
SPATIAL FUNCTION ISSUE
SPATIAL INTIMATE DEGREE Lacking places for leisure
Lacking places for socialising
Lacking household workshops
Public
WORKING MECHANISM Mechanized Farming
Private
Gathering
Farming
Gardening
Meeting
Household
PROPOSAL OF NEW TYPES
Cluster 1
Cluster 2
FROM THE MEMORIES OF THE PAST After the analysis of the existing houses, we can conclude there are mianly three types of housing programmes, with three different types of family patterns. However, nowadays, each existing houses cannot meet the need of their owners. So based on the three original types and new needs of their owners, I designed three new types for each kind, and I also offer different choices for each new type.
Cluster 3
CLUSTER CHART Although rural life differs from urban life, meeting points, recreational areas are also needed in each clusters, farming and gardening areas are unique in rural areas. P 13
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DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING ALONE
Courtyard 5%
Grey Space 33%
Courtyard 5%
Grey Space 33%
Courtyard 5%
Grey Space 33%
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE RENTING HOUSES
Courtyard 22.2%
Grey Space 13%
Courtyard 33.3%
Grey Space 9%
Courtyard 33.3%
Grey Space 9%
DIFFERENT SCENARIO FOR THREE-GENERATION FAMILIES
Courtyard 35%
Grey Space 5%
Courtyard 32%
Grey Space 5%
Courtyard 37%
Grey Space 5%
VARIETY OF HOUSING Oriented from the original housing types, new scenarios provide different possibilities. People in the rural areas can choose and revise the design according to their own needs. P 14
Project Five: Rural areas as an eco-system
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Farming
Meeting
River
Poultry Rearing
Flowering
Fields
Courtyard
Road
Trees
MAN-LAND RELATIONSHIP The lifestyle of people from the rural areas heavily relies on the earth, especially the earth near their home. The new types also deal with the relationship between their lifestyle and the earth. For example, the threegeneration family needs place for house-hold workshops to make money, elderly people may need semiprivate areas and young people are more inclined to open areas, so based on the three original types and new needs of their owners, I designed three new types for each kind, and I also offer different choices for each new type.
LIFE BETWEEN BUILDINGS The linear road can be the public space for the people in the village, different activities can happen on the road, such as talking, dancing, drying the crops and so on. P 15
Project Five: Rural areas as an eco-system
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RURAL AREAS AS AN ECO-SYSTEM The urban area was considered as the site of complex relations (economic, political, social, and cultural) , therefore, it requires an equally complex range of perspectives and responses that can address both current conditions and future possibilities. So is the rural areas. The rural areas in China are even more complex than the cities, because they are usually regarded as the " root" of Chinese history and the symbol of "Chinese" in some ways.
INTEGRATING WITH RURAL LANDSCAPE Embedded in the rural context, the buildings not only comply the needs of different types of families but also largely coordinates with the geographical features. P 16
Project Six: Landscape As Infrastructure
LANDSCAPE AS INFRASTRUCTURE
STEP ONE GREEN BAFFLE
LTH 2016 SPRING HOUSING PROGRAM, MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES
Green Baffle Factories
TEAM MEMBER: JONATHAN, WINNI ROLE:Conceptual Design(40%), Technical Drawings and Architectural Representation(100%)
The green baffle servs as a natural proctction against the pollution generated by the factories that are surrounding the stie
ISF (Informal Settle Families) Existing Trees
STEP TWO GREEN FINGERS
Planting Trees
The creation of the "green baffle" and "green fingers" is based on the existing trees located in the site. The location of the different types and trees species create the neighborhood structure. Green Finger
STEP THREE COMMON SPACES
Chapel
The common spaces such as chapel, basketball court, market are located separated to invite people to go through the whole neighborhood and not to concentrate them in one place.
Sports Hall
Bazaar
STEP FOUR SMALL COMMUNITIES
Cluster
The housing areas are defined by the green fingers. This type of strcture creates small communities within the neighborhood.
Cinema
School
Hospital
Cycling
Park
Church
Government
Vegetation
Office Building
Hotel
Perfumery
Woodworking
Playground
Farming
Office worker
Gym Court
Constructing
Business
Roads
THE LOOP'S ECOLOGICAL STRATEGY
Using the loop"s ecological strategy to reduce the effect from the industrial area and the process of the renewal of the ISF, and also create the potential green common space for the future. Keeping the existing trees and planting more new trees, using the green fingers to define the small communities. P 17
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Small Community
Small Community
Sports Hall
Chapel Vegetable Market
Existing Trees
New Trees
Factory
ISF (Informal Settle Families)
ADOPTION TO THE SITE
PUBLIC REALM
Using the loop's ecological strategy in the site, creating the framework for the renewal of the old industrial area, this strategy also helps to solve the problems caused by the gated community system
In front of the farmer's market is an outdoor plaza, where people living in the neighborhood can sell and buy things on weekends. P 18
Project Six: Landscape As Infrastructure
Residental Use
Planting
Residental Use Interface
Arcade
Chapel
Renovation Of the Creek
Interface
The creek was really dirty and has the flooding problems. Now we make the creek open to people, where people can know this place, so they can protect it
Sand dunes
To stablize the earth here, and to create a green place where people can pass different neighborhoods in this area
Pond
Passing Road Creek
Planting
To reduce the influence from the busy motorway
Water Stage
Private Green dunes River Band
Planting
The interface area is the place where people can entertain, make money or just for relaxation
Visibility
Public
Public
Motorway
Outdoor Commercial Areas
Rain Water Gathering Creek
Building Extension
Residental Use Private
Residental Use
People in this relatively high rise builiding can enjoy the veiw from the river
Lane
Residental Use
Near the pond or river where people can walk or play on the lanes
Residental Use
Residental Use Pedestrian People can see the outdoor areas and commercial shops when they passby
Commercial Use
River Band Creek
Pingpang Table
Recreation
Finger Three： Waterfront Finger
Recreation
Interface
Public
Finger One： Street Finger
Public
Chapel
Manila has a half-year raining seanson, this green space also serves as soil conservation
Pond
To create the lifehood stuff for the residents here, to earn money to support family
The water front area creates a place of devotion, where people can meditate in the chapel
Passing Road
Soil Conservation
Green dunes
Commercial
Civil Use Planting
Sand dunes
Lane
To stablize the earth here, and to create a green place where people can pass different neighborhoods in this area
Between the small “hills”, people can walk or play on the lanes
Planting Green Roof Accessible green roof for everyday use
Interface The interface area is the place where people can entertain, make money or just for relaxation
Civil Use
Motorway
Outdoor Stage
Bridge from the Road
Pingpang Table
Public
Cantilever Structure
Civil Use
Sand dunes
Sand dunes
Recreation
Public Chapel
Park inside the neighborhood
Philippinal people are really religious and the chapel is the necessity of their life
The outdoor sports area can be used by people during sunshine days. This area can also be served as muti-purpose usage, like the weekend plaza, holiday celebrating place and etc.
Finger Four： Passing Finger Pedestrian
Interface
Small pass roads in the neighborhood
Outdoor Bazaar
Vegetation Area
PUBLIC
Tricycle Terminal
Outdoor selling&buying Area The outdoor commercial area can be used by people during sunshine days. This area can also be served as muti-purpose usage, like the weekend plaza, holiday celebrating place and etc.
The interface area is the place where people can entertain, make money or just for relaxation
Bazaar
To create high-quality public life for the people living in the neighborhood.
Civil Use
PUBLIC
Planting To create high-quality public space, reducing the influence from the busy road
Topography Keep the existing trees and remianthe topography
Pingpang Table
Recreation
Outdoor Sports Area The outdoor sports area can be used by people during sunshine days. This area can also be served as muti-purpose usage, like the weekend plaza, holiday celebrating place and etc.
Motorway
Public Stage
Passing roads outside the neighborhood
Using the exsiting typology to create a public stage, people can gather or watch movie here in the nights during a holiday. Also some community meetings can happen here, people in the community can participate in desicion making periods
Finger Five： Commercial Finger
Finger Two： Sports Finger
INTERACTION BETWEEN GREEN FINGERS AND ARCHITECTURE Landscape interacts with the buildings, the green fingers can be the extension of the buildings. These fingers are muti-functional and people in the neighborhood can entertain, celebrate or even earn a living in the open place. P 19
Project Six: Landscape As Infrastructure PHASE ONE 5 YEARS
Undeveloped areas
ENVIRONMENTAL
The area where the site is located will be developed into a residential area. Therefore the main aim is to use the green loop's strategy as a growing strategy that can be used for the future. Loop's Strategy
Small Hills
Jogging Trail
Observation Tower
Kayaking
Music Festival
Chapel
Amphitheater
Water Cleaning
Dams
Sewage Disposal
Fitness Ground
Swimming Pool
Skate Park
Linear Farming
Community Garden
Urban Farming
Community Center
Movable Services
Farmer's Market
GATHERING
Application
PHASE TWO 10 YEARS The strategy can be applied by the developers who are going to develop the surrounding areas. The connection between different sites give the possibility to generate a flow of people that can be transformed into clients for the different income generating activities.
Outdoor Cinema
MUNICIPAL
Activities
Combustion Power
PHASE THREE 15 YEARS
Walking Paths
When the green loop's strategy is used in different sites, these sites can be connected by walking paths. These connection promote commercial activities, gather people and change the sense of small communities into a whole.
SPORTS
Children's Ground Green Channel
PHASE FOUR 20 YEARS
AGRICULTURE
Communities Eco-basin
One of the main purposes, to break down the barriers completely, can be implemented in the last phase. In an indirect way the concept of "gated communities" can be changed. The green structure can be used instead of the concrete walls. Commercial and social activities located in the red points will improve the life and income of people in the neighborhood.
COMMERCIAL
Green Structure Plaza
EVOLUTION WITH THE TIMELINE As time goes on, the strategy is used in the whole neighborhood, then the concept of "gated community" is changed in an indirect way.These connection promote commercial activities, gather people and change the sense of small communities into a whole.
ACTIVITIES ON THE GREEN STRUCTURE Different types of activities happen on the green structure, including commercial activities, sports, farming, municipal facilities and etc. P 20
Project Seven: Space As Power
SPACE AS POWER SEU 2015 SPRING URBAN DESIGN STUDIO, NANJING, CHINA INDIVIDUAL PROJECT The site is located along the edge of the city walls of Nanjing, where the downtown and the north area meet. While it is next to the main axis of Nanjing, the east of this site is Xuanwu Lake, and the north is Mufu Hill. The site contains villa area owned by the army, the old industrial plant and the original factory`s residential area. Through the interpretation of the project, the evolution of spatial politics in the surrounding area of Shence gate is used to determine the vision of the surrounding area. Starting from the urban form and the spatial structure, this project discusses how to reshape of the VALUE OF PUBLIC SPACE through urban design.
Public Space
Courtyards Site Plan
Axis for Local Memory City Gate
People
Loop for Public Life
FROM POLITICAL POWER TO CULTURAL POWER Through adding an loop for the public life and fixing the old axis in front of the city wall gate for the local memories, I try to fuzz up the boundary between political space and cultural space. P 21
Project Seven: Space As Power
SPACE AS POWER
URBAN FOR THE PUBLIC
The re-opening of the SHENCE GATE is a symbol of the transition from political rights to public rights in the north corner of Nanjing, which brought the possibilities of the revitalization of urban vitality in the site..
The design takes an axial space of the gate as a core and combines a series of open spaces to sort out the complicated and chaotic historical urban space. P 22
Project One: Baima Characterized Town
BAIMA CHARACTERIZED TOWN MASTERPLAN AGRICULTURAL CHARACTERIZED RURAL TOWN, NANJING, CHINA 2017 TEAM MEMBER: XIN QIAN, LIAHUI LI, YIN YE ROLE: Conceptual Design(40%), Technical Drawings and Architectural Representation(100%) Baima characterized rural town is selected by the National Development Department as the first 100 characterized rural towns in China, the project is my graduation thesis and also a practical project, it won the first prize in the comptition and now it’s construction period.
PROFESSIONAL PROJECT • Baima Characterized Rural Town Masterplan, Nanjing, China 2017
• Dali Urban Design, Yunnan, China 2017
• Niushou Mountain, Scenic Resort Plan, Nanjin, China 2016
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Project One: Baima Characterized Town NEW FRAMEWORK
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Project One: Baima Characterized Town
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Project One: Baima Characterized Town
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Project Two: Dali Urban Design
DALI URBAN DESIGN DALI, YUNNAN, CHINA 2017 TEAM MEMBER: XIN QIAN, XUEPENG HUA, JINMING DING ROLE: Conceptual Design(40%), Technical Drawings and Architectural Representation(60%) Dali Urban Design is a residential project, the site is near the historical core of Dali, close to the Er Ocean, which makes this site very desirable. During the intern in GOA, My teammates and I came up with different proposals to text the possibility of maximum the FAR which without losing the quality of Dali environment. PROPOSAL ONE
PROPOSAL TWO
PROPOSAL THREE
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Project Three: Niushou Mountain Resort Plan
NIUSHOU MOUNTAIN RESORT PLAN NANJING, CHINA 2017 TEAM MEMBER: XIN QIAN, XUEPENG HUA, JINMING DING ROLE: Conceptual Design(30%), Technical Drawings and Architectural Representation(30%) The Nanjing Niushoushan Cultural Park has been established to collectively exhibit and preserve the cultural treasures of Niushou Mountain – a centuries-old sacred Buddhist site in southern Nanjing containing historic monasteries, pagodas, and relics of the Ming Dynasty. My part in the team was analysing the site and doing the concept planning of this resort, after our team won the competition, I also participated in a building design.
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Project Three: Niushou Mountain Resort Plan
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Xin Qian xqian@gsd.harvard.edu Elmer St. #404, Cambridge, MA 02138 +1 857 361 8414