Working Sample_Shengrui Xu

SHENGRUI XU WORKING SAMPLE selected works 2014-2019

Master of Architecture UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design 2020 Candidate

SHENGRUI XU

Education

Telďźš510-345-7884 Email: shengrui_xu@berkeley.edu

University of California, Berkeley

Expected 05/2020

College of Environmental Design, Berkeley, CA Master of Architecture, Overall GPA:3.97/4.00,

Beijing University of Technology

09/2014-06/2019

School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Beijing, China Bachelor of Architecture, Overall GPA: 3.77/4.00, Honor Award for Excellence in Design

Professional Experience

Aletier NOR

06/2019-07/2019

Intern Architect, Shanghai - Asisted with scheme design, design development phase for small scale house, bus stop, created extensive digital models and technical drawings.

- Prepared presentation and submission drawing packages.

Beijing Urban Construction Group Co.,Ltd.,

03/2019-05/2019

Intern Architect, Beijing - Created a conceptual scheme with digital models, rendering, diagrams, for a subway station renovation, which is selected to be further developed in scheme design phase.

- Conducted on-site surveys for the design team and provided mapping data.

China Construction Design International (CCDI Group)

09/2018-12/2018

Intern Architect, Beijing - Asisted with design development for 3,000,000 sq.ft. commercial complex, asisted in making detailed model and drawing of curtain wall.

- Asisted with concept design of a competition of high school renovation, winning 2nd prize.

- Created digital models, rendering, diagrams, technical drawings.

Academic Experience

Regeneration of Urban Micro Spaces of Mutton Hutong Alley

06/2018

Researcher, Beijing - Conducted on-site surveys and mapping for the research team.

Skills and Languages

Software Auto CAD, Rhino, Grasshopper,Sketch up, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign,Modo,V-ray, Enscape,Reveit, Microsoft Office Suite.

Languages English (proficient), Mandarin Chinese (native)

Exhibitions

2016 Beijing International Design Week

10/2016

Construction volunteer WikiHouse Dashilar Pavilion, participated in construction process

Honors and Rewards

Activities

1st Prize

Beijing University Students Architecture Competition

06/2018

Prize for Excellence

2016 Beijing Construction Competition

09/2016

Honor Award for Excellence in Design

Beijing University of Technology

Volunteer Service

Dadu Museum of Art, filmed auctions and lecture, delivered tourtorials to visitors

2014-2018,4 times

10/2014-12/2014

CONTENTS

Professional Guoxin Commercial Complex Financial Complex Design in Qingdao. China.

Bus Stop & Self-service Store Bus Stop Design in Ayana Apartment Complex,Chengde, China

Academic The Structure Sports Center Design in Beijing, China

The Shelter Research of 3D-Printed Clay Vaults & Domes in Dafur, Sudan

The Slope City Commercial Complex Design in Quzhou, China

The Boxes Administration Center Design in Xicheng District, Beijing, China

The Facade Redesign of Page House, 3D Printing Clay Panel Design, Berkeley, US

The Walls Revival of Beigongmen Market Xicheng District, Beijing, China

Other Works WikiHouse Dashilar Pavilion Exhibition in 2016 Beijing Design Week

Tectonic Study of Louver-Lens by SANNA Assignment in Elementary of Construction, Beijing University of Technology

Guoxin Commercial Complex Financial Complex Design Intership in CCDI (China Construction Design International), September- November 2018 , Site : Qingdao, Shandong Province Design development phase, curtain wall design, modeling&drawing.

The Guoxin Financial Center project is located in Laoshan District,Qingdao. The total construction area is about 280,000 square meters. Including office, conference, hotel and business facilities. Among the three towers, the highest one is 31 stories and 142.5 meters high. The financial center project is planned to be a complex with industry headquarters, conferences, supporting hotels, high-end shopping. It is not only an important carrier of the Jinjialing New Financial District, but also a hotel and conference center function A useful supplement to create a new financial and commercial landmark in Laoshan District. During the internship, I was mainly responsible for assisting the project architect to deepen the curtain wall design and participated in the layout and modeling of curtain wall nodes.

-North elevation, CAD drawing

-Ground floor plan, CAD drawing

-Curtain Wall Node Details,CAD drawing

Bus Stop & Self-service Store Bus Stop in Ayana Apartment Complex Intership in Aletier NOR, 2019 May- July, Site: Chengde, Hebei Province Schematic design, design development, modeling, detial drawing

Anaya Jinshanling is located in Chengde, Hebei Province, about two hours’ drive from Beijing. Anaya is a high-end holiday residential complex, including villas and high-rise residences; commercial buildings such as hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, and vegetable markets; and cultural buildings such as art galleries, yoga rooms, and libraries. Atelier NOR is entrusted with the design of the bus station.

During the internship, I mainly participated in the schematic design and detailed design, participating in the process of modeling and drawing of the details.

The Structure Sports Center Design

Site: Beijing, China TimeďźšSeptember-October, 2018 Individual Work Adviser: Robert Jiang

Due to special functional requirements, including large spaces such as basketball courts, stadiums need to design long-span structures. The usual practice is to place a large-span space on top of it and place it on top of other spaces. In this design, the long-span space is placed underground, and other functional spaces are suspended above the long-span space by using large trusses. The design arranges the fitness space in a staircase shape, facing the wide view of the large glass curtain wall.

Fitness people can have a better landscape when running on the treadmill, and the dressing area is placed under the large staircase. Because of the span to be overcome, the roof requires a very high truss, and the height of the truss prevents functional areas in small spaces.

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The Shelter Research of 3D-Printed Clay Vaults & Domes Site: Al Malam, Dafur, Sudan Time: December, 2019 Team Work, Co-worker: James Zheng Instructor: Ronald Real, Sandy Curth

This project explores the design of vaults and domes through the development of non-planar toolpaths, through 3D printed clay models for temporary shelter, which is protected by a thatched roof with structure made of wood in Sudan, Africa.The Nubian vault, a vernacular construction method originating in what is today southern Egypt and northern Sudan, was adopted by the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy as a building technique to create housing for the poor.

Our research explores the printing of Nubian Vault. Beginning with the initial starting point for creating such a vault, which typically relies on a wall to lean the adobe bricks upon, we are developing methods to begin the vault directly on the ground, making this wall support unnecessary.Using the Nubian Vault also makes shuttering,unnecessary. 3D printing also opens up the possibility to explore non-linear vaults. We are exploring vaults that take the shapes of curves which potentially creates more spatial possibilities.

Clay, as an insxpensive material that can be sourced locally in anywhere in the world, is very cheap and has very good thermal insulation properties. Although currently it is merely an exploration at the model stage, these models fully prove the feasibility of 3d clay printing.

The research process of this model provided our team with rich experience to exploring large-scale 3d clay printing.

The result will be shared with Malam Darfur Peace and Development, an organization that aims at establishing peace and erasing in Darfur.

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- Interior Perspective Combining two vaults makes an enclosure space. One is for sleeping, one is for gathering. The roof structure protect the interior from rain.

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- Exterior Perspective The pattern created by the toolpath makes a decorative facade. Public activities happen in the outside space, like cooking and chatting.

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The Boxes Administration Center Design

Site: Beijing,China Time: 2017 September-December Individual Work Instructor: Ning Li

In Xicheng District, Beijing, the agents of each bureau are scattered in different parts of the city and the procedures to handle affairs concerning with governmental agencies are very complicated.One has to visit many scattered places to do one thing.A lot of time is wasted on the road. The project propses an new strategy: placing different administrative parts in different boxes, attaching them to a large box, and organizing different functions with parallel streamlines can clearly distinguish them.This avoids chaos.

Nine streamlines are arranged between two walls to guide visitors to different management departments.

They correspond to different staircase forms. There are openings of different shapes in the wall of the atrium. The shape and location of the openings indicate the direction of streamlines, and are related to the form of stairs. Different administrative departments are put in different boxes. The shape of different boxes should be changed according to the functional characteristics of administrative departments, so as to achieve higher efficiency.

Traditional Distributions The agents of each bureau are scattered in different parts of the city. Because many procedures need approval from many departments, people have to travel in different places repeatedly and waste a lot of time on the road.

All in one The proposal adress the issue by placing different administrative parts in different boxes, attaching them to a large box, and organizing different functions with parallel streamlines.

- Bureaucracy agence distrubution in xicheng district, Beijing

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-The Second Floor Plan

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9.Human resources and social security bureau bureaucongress.

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Atrium Perspective Nine streamlines are arranged between two walls to guide visitors to different management departments. The nine streamlines correspond to different staircase forms. There are openings of different shapes in the wall of the atrium. The shape and location of the openings indicate the direction of streamlines on the one hand, and are related to the form of stairs on the other.

-Sectional PerspectivePeople enter the atrium first when they deal with affairs, and then choose different stre amlin e s to re ac h th e g ov er nm ent departments that need to do business according to the needs. Different departments are placed in different boxes and attached to the atrium.

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The Facade Redesign of Page House, 3D Printing Clay Panel Site: Berkeley, California, US Time: 2019 September- October Individual Work Instructor: Ronald Real, Sandy Curth

This design explores a cladding system for the façade using the dimension of an existing house. As a ceramic artist, the client’s desire is to integrate working space, a ceramic studio as well related exhibition shelves into his house. The facade made of ceramic can not only reflect the identity of the owner of the house, but also act as part of ceramic collection itself.

Utilizing the 3D printing clay methods, I intended to propose a brick cladding system that can be seen through from both sides. The openings on the bricks letting light to coming in as well as letting people to see through. Through double-curved openings, the transparency varies according to the position you are in, the angle you perceive the openings. By making a rotation of the interior of the house, owner’s streamline in side house is forced to change when moving. As a result, the vision of the owner is changing accordingly.

Through double-curved openings, the transparency varies according to the position you are standing in. While you are opposing the faรงade, you are facing the large openings, so that the openings look translucent. While you are standing near the faรงade, the openings is blocked so that your view is blocked.

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7.Toilet 8.Kicthen

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1.column 2.primary beam, fluorocarbon spraying 3. aluminu frame 4.water proof 5.lnsulation 6.reserved pipeline 7.profiled steel bracing 8.light roof sheathing 9.carpet,screed, reinfored concretdeck 10.mineral fibre board 11.sand & cement

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The Walls Revival of Beigongmen Market Site: Beijing,China Time: 2018 June-August Individual Work Instructor: Bing Hu

The relationship of residents in Hutong are very close to each other. Hutong is like a ‘city living room’. Although the streets are limited by the exterior walls of the miscellaneous courtyard, it is still recognized by the residents as their territory. Hence, a variety of activities will occur spontaneously, like chatting, shopping, walking dogs, opera singing,etc.

In this project, such relationship is enhanced and expressed by making the building itself to be a segment of the street. By publicizing the building, the first floor will be used as a freefunctional space, and activities in Hutong will be introduced into the space enclosed by the red wall. The upper floor of a building will not only a public space, but also a heterogeneous place linking to the street, yet not separated from the original site.

- Juxtaposed Public Activities In Hutong

- Strategies: Turning Boundaries to Connections

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- Upper Level Market Perspective The wall creates a heterogeneous place in the alley. Although the wall is a kind of shadowing, the torning allows people to see what happens inside the place while walking in the alley.

- Lower Level Community Center Perspective The wall's dislocation creates two levels of courtyard: cross of walls, and between walls and box. These courtyards blur the relationship between interior and exterior.

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Continuous sections show the rich space created by the dislocation of the walls.

These spaces are caused b y e l e v a t i o n d i ff e r e n c e , courtyard, openings,etc.

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- Oblique Drawing Of Morning Market Public space in streets offer new possibilities for the formation of spontaneous markets, which are more recognized and accepted. The space enclosed by the wall itself is a stretch of the street. askdanskd

WikiHouse Dashilar Pavilion 2016 Beijing Design Week Site : Dashilar, Dongcheng District, Beijing Time: October, 2016 Construction volunteer, team work

WikiHouse is an open-source building system. It is initiated by WikiHouse Foundation in UK. It aims to make the construction process more convenient for everyone by using digital technologies. WikiHouse is open to anyone and everyone via a Creative Commons license. The template drawings, models, instructions, budget and construction manual are all shared at GitHub, the biggest web-based Git repository hosting service. As the design is distributed online, everyone can use the WikiHouse system freely, modify it and share it with the community (https://github.com/wikihouseproject). This model of “free software, user-generated content, contribution to the open source community� has been proved to be effective in software development. Dot Architects has designed a Pavilion using WikiHouse open construction system in Dashilar, Beijing during the Beijing Design Week. The pavilion was assembled on site in seven hours. The construction team was consisted of 12 volunteers.

Tectonic Study Louver-Lens by SANNA Assigment in Construction course, Beijing University of Technology.

September- November 2017, Team work, leader in design and construction

The Louvre-Lens is a new satellite museum for the Louvre museum in Lens, a former mining town in the north of France. SANNA uses this historic landscape as the strategic starting point for the design: the museum is a series of single story boxes that follow the calm contours of the land. The aluminum glass curtain wall blurs the surrounding landscape onto the architectural theme, while the double-layer glass curtain wall shapes the light and floating construction of SANNA's transparent architecture. These are clad alternately in lightly reflective aluminium and glass, creating a play of reflections and allowing the building to dissolve into its surroundings. The building is animated by the colours of the sky and the vegetation, its appearance changing with the season and the time of day. Our group studied the tectonic and make the model to represent it.

Shengrui Xu UC Berkeley, Master of Architecuture Tel: 510-345-7884 Email: shengrui_xu@berkeley.edu