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XING ZHANG WORKING SAMPLE Selected Works 2014 - 2018

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Master of Science in Design ( Advanced Architectural Design ) University of Pennsylvania School of Design

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< MULTIFARIOUS FUTURES - LES HALLES 2030 > - FUTURE RETAIL CENTER DESIGN UPenn 701 Studio - Fall 2018 - Team Work Instructor: Robert Stuart-Smith Responsibilities: Design / Modeling / All the drawings in this portfolio Softwares: Maya / Rhino / Rhinoscript / AutoCAD / Keyshot / Adobe Suite The studio aims to design an urban park and future retail and transport centre, exploring urban space and mobility as a dynamic, posthuman field of active matter. The studio speculates on whether a Posthumanist architecture could be developed that operates as a flat ontology (flattened hierarchy), and whether it is possible to design buildings that are amenable and desirable to people without being anthropocentric. This commences with a speculation on the needs and desires of things, and the environments and economies they are situated within. The studio also explores an inner city plaza in Les Halles, Paris and its integration with a future retail and transport hub. Not particularly anthropocentric in nature, designs will embrace a social, environmental, economical and technological opportunity for Posthuman commerce.

The design proposal is to create an artificial nature landscape made of water-permeable concrete and light floating but cultivable concrete, etc for Paris citizens to shopping and exercise. It also introduces a future retail experience that encourages customers rent products to have a trial for free before purchase. And the whole trial process is based on a sideways-moving elevator system.

New Transport Infrastructure > Retail Infrastructure Retail centres require a constant influx of people and goods, and therefore tend to be located in close proximity to supply and demand, both reliant on transportation routes and hubs. Emerging modes of distributed urban transportation may be seen as a disruption or as an opportunity for rethinking urban retail. Companies such as Waymo, Uber and Tesla are undertaking pilot developments for autonomous vehicles that will provide unprecedented convenience and speed, and exciting opportunities for ride-hailing services, goods and public transport. In parallel Uber, kitty-hawk and Audi are developing autonomous aerial taxis that utilise vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) or quadcopter technology to rapidly move people across dense city scapes. Uber has just committed $24 million to build a new research centre in Paris that will address airtraffic logistics for low-altitude, high urban density flying. AirBus and Audi are collaborating on a modular design that provides a passenger cabin that can clip into aerial and wheel-base frames to provide a multi-modal transport solution. These technologies also enable retail operations to shift to more dynamic supply and demand logistics, potentially shrinking the scale of urban shopping centres or allowing them to diversify their value experience to customers. Recent zero-infrastructure â&#x20AC;&#x153;floating transportâ&#x20AC;? of e-scooters, bicycles and cars on-demand are also augmenting our notion of public transportation and possibilities for urban open space, with promises for more green and pedestrian spaces, and the dynamic time-sharing of space between various modes of transport and pedestrians.

Airtaxi

Driver-less Car

Delivery Bot

E-Bicycle

Sideways-Moving Elevator

Site Plan

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G-Floor Plan

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< ROBOTMORPHIC PARASOL > - FUTURE TERMINAL DESIGN UPenn 703 Studio - Fall 2017 - Team Work Instructor: Nate Hume Responsibilities: Design / Modeling / / Physical Model / All the drawings in this portfolio Softwares: Rhino / Grasshopper / Maya / AutoCAD / VRay / Keyshot / Adobe Suite

This studio speculates that a new airport typology can help sustian New York's financial global leadership in the world. To maintain its leadership, export opportunities to and in developing economies are more likely to fuel growth. In addition there are new oppprtunities driven by technology and growth opportunities in the emerging markets like China and UAE. Long haul flights are needed and there is an increased demand from travelers flying to Asia and other emerging markets. Airports should neogotiate these growth opportunities with more luxurious and efficient travel experiences. At the same time the rise of a technologically driven retailgiants such as Amazon uses distribution networks that channel materials and goods to remote locations that are delievered through existing delivery networks including DHL, UPS, USPS and FedEx. Currently JFK is ranked 16th in the world with the number of travelers that move through the airport each year and 21st in cargo traffic. The airport teminal that deals with passenger and cargo traffic will contribute towards reducing the disparity between cities vying for financial global leadership.

The site is at John F Kennedy Airport. In particular we are designing a new Gateway Hub which is the entry sequence to the airport and combining it with a cargo terminal developing a new typology for New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s airports. JFK is uniquely equipped to speculate on the Gateway Hub into a precise and novel architecture and urban proposal that are unprecedented that links global and local conditions.

As we re-think the typology of the airport, we will also explore the four types of long span structures that use tensile and compressive forces. The four types we will investigate through the course of the term are form that include cable and pneumatic structures, sectional that include framed and slab structures, vector that include multi-dimensional splitting structures and surface that includes folded and shell structures.

POCKET SPACE As like a parasol, some smaller, subordinate and also hierarchical parallel pockets are generated to surround, nest and embed the main pocket, which are used for cargo racks, package fulfilment hubs and passengersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; boarding gates.

Form based structural systems are systems whose structure itself forms the interiority of the building. Cable structures like Denver International Airport are good examples of form based structural systems.

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Departure Floor Plan

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irisbus

RENAULT KAROSA

KAROSA

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< THE ORCHID PAVILION > - CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY MUSEUM DESIGN Undergraduae Core Studio - Fall 2014 - Individual Work Softwares: Rhino / Sketch Up / AutoCAD / VRay / Adobe Suite

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Calligraphy,as one of the Chinese quintessence,is devided into five fonts:regular scripts,clerical script,cursive script,rapid cursive script and seal character.All the calligraphic fonts are based on an elementary component of every single Chinese word-Bi Hua (strokes of a chinese character).

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There are 28 kinds of strokes in Chinese calligraphy and they can be simplified into 8 forms.These 8 forms combine together to compose a Chinese word " 永 "(Yong).Therefore,methods of writting Yong's eight strokes are summarized as Eight Principles of Yong,named as: 策 (ce) 勒 (le) 弩 (nu) 提 (ti) 策 (ce) 掠 (lve) 啄 (zhuo) 磔 (zhe)． My design work seeks how to translate Eight Principles of Yong to architectural space by analysizing every stroke of the word.

Then shape various circulation spaces to match its strokes.

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< NEW NOBEL CENTER COMPETITION IN STOCKHOLM > - MUSEUM DESIGN Spring 2014 - Individual Work Softwares: Rhino / AutoCAD / VRay / Adobe Suite

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Using box as the very first form to explore the geometry possibilities. There are several operations I use to define the process and each opeartion has a certain intention to show the purposed like to lift, lighten, voiden and so on.

compress

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The Old Style House

< BETWEEN OLD AND NEW > - SHANGHAI SHIKUMEN RENOVATION Competition in Lin's Studio - Fall 2016 - Team Work Responsibilities: Research / Design / Modeling / / Physical Model / All the drawings in this portfolio Softwares: Rhino / AutoCAD / VRay / Adobe Suite

1870 - 1910

Gongshunli

The New Style House 1910 - 1919

Huiyueli

Jianyeli

The Garden Style House Shangfang

1919 - 1930

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Architctural space can be updated or replaced, but how do people feel about space and memory with space will not change with the time goes by.

This competition aims to reserve Shanghai historical and typical residential form, Shikumen, by renovation design. And the positioning of the site in the lane 1034, Lujiangbang Road, Shanghai has become a long-term leased house, which reminds comtemporary tenants of â&#x20AC;&#x153;old Shanghai Shikumen living styleâ&#x20AC;&#x153;.

Our design proposal is to maintain four old pediments and insert new advanced programs into them so that we could create a comparision between old brick walls and brand new programs that is made of different materials to emphasizes the interaction with history.

Refreshing Memory in Patio Patio was the core space of the old Shikumen: it was the entrance for tenants living in the north(right) side to enter their narrow rooms and a shared kitchen where residents cook and eat with each other, which finally shapes a mental space to help those people in poverty pull through at that time.

At the present times, tenants will absolutely not cook in the open air, but the essence of patio to be an inner public space inside a private house will never change.

So in our proposal, the southern households will enter their north rooms through the corridors while the northern households open their home doors in the patio. This will lead to a circulation intersection between them in the public space and potentially promote a dialogue between neighbors.

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< THE MEDITATION CHAIR > - CEMEX WORKSHOP Academic Workshop About Concrete - Fall 2018 - Team Work Responsibilities: Design / Physical Model Status: Completed in Biel, Switzerland

1.1 prototype simulation - concrete

1.2 prototype simulation - concrete

2.1 prototype simulation - lime

2.2 prototype simulation - lime

3. CNC plywood framework

4. Cut Geo-tactile into the shape of the framework using paper template

5. Place the shaped Geo-tactile under the plywood framework

6. Added edge along framework outline to prevent concrete form spreading off the framework

9.1 Concrete casting

9.2 Concrete casting

MAIN CHARACTOR Meditation -- Comfortable seating Nature -- Recycled water system Structure -- Branching span structure 7. Taped & stapled stretched-cotton on the edge of the plywood framework

8. Marked up cable locations on the framework

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URBAN RURAL V.2 - IZMIR SARAPHANE COMPETITON Intern Project in Eray/Carbajo, 2018 Summer Responsibilities: CD phase , All the drawings in portfolio Status: 2nd Place Winner

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Photovoltaic Panels

Water Storage & Filters

30,24 kW MAX

Efficient mechanism for water circulation

Sustainable Energy

Water Efficiency

35% elect. saving

30% Water Saving

Rain Water Collection

Irrigation System

314 tons/yr MAX

Cavity slab system for water collection and circulation

Grey Water Circulation System

Green Roof Carbon Sequestration :

40% of water consumption is reduced

3121,13 kg/m2 co2 146,25 kg/m2 of carbon sequestration

Indoor Water Use

Shading System

50% efficiency

Cooler in Summer Warmer in Winter

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URBAN RURAL V.2 - IZMIR FUTURE TOWER COMPETITON Intern Project in Eray/Carbajo, 2018 Summer Responsibilities: CD phase , All the drawings in portfolio Status: 2nd Place Winner

435 BROOME STREET, MANHATTAN Intern Project in Eray/Carbajo, 2018 Summer Responsibilities: Zoning Study

Lot Area: 2,517 SF (24.92’ x 101.08’) Number of floors: 5 Existing Building Area: 12,742 sp ft (as provided on oasis.nyc) Existing Building Area: 10,738 sq ft (as provided by initial drawings) Existing Building Area: 10,769.6 sq ft (as provided by additional drawings) Building frontage: 25’ (Building frontage along the street measured in feet.)

Primary zoning: M1-5B Commercial Overlay: None Max. Allowable Residential FAR: 0 Max. Allowable Commercial FAR: 5 Max. Allowable Facility FAR: 6.5 Landmark Status: L - LANDMARK Min. Rear Yard: 20 ft [ZR 43-26] Initial Setback: 20 ft [Narrow Street < 75 ft] [ZR 43-43] Maximum Base Height: 85 ft or 6 stories,whichever is less [ZR 43-43] Sky Exposure Plane - Vertical: 2.7 Horizontal:1 [ZR 43-43] Maximum Building Height Above Curb Level: 32 ft [ZR 43-61] (for residential use)

The total amount of residential floor area permitted on any zoning lot shall not exceed a floor area ratio of 1.65. [ZR 43-61] The maximum number of dwelling units shall equal the total residential floor area provided on the zoning lot divided by 675. [ZR 43-61] No side yards shall be required. However, if any open area extending along a side lot line is provided at any level it shall have a width of not less than eight feet. [ZR 43-61] No such development or enlargement shall be permitted within 30 feet of the rear lot line. [ZR 43-61] (for residential use) No building containing joint living-work quarters for artists shall be enlarged. [ZR 43-17]