Portfolio_Shixun Lyu by Shixun Lyu

Shixun Lyu | PORTFOLIO Selected Work 2014 - 2019 | School of Architecture | UVA

Shixun Lyu

sl9cy@virginia.edu

+1 434 227 9726 | +86 186 2228 2314

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL Architecture Intern

Charlottesville, VA Jul 2017 – Present

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Master of Architecture Candidate, Expected graduation 2020 GPA: 3.87 / 4.0 | Path 3 Architecture

Participate in 50% Design Development of 1725 Tysons Blvd, Arranging RCP layouts & light configuration, Produce Revit sheets of 400 series and staircase sections. Calculated Daycare Exposure and adjust level heights. Rendered elevator lobby and entrance soffit by Enscape.

Teaching Assistant of ARCH 3240/7240 Intro to Structural Design from Sep 2018 to Dec 2018, Responsible for Assignment Review, Project Feedback.

Setup Sheets for 50% DD of Montgomery County Justice Center. Developed connector between existing and annex by creating diagrams, section perspectives, collage & interior renderings. Participated in Interior design of courtroom iterations.

Teaching Assistant of SARC 2710/6710 3-D Geometrical Modeling & Visualization from Sep 2019 to Current, Responsible for Assignment Review, Project Feedback.

TIANJIN CHENGJIAN UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Bachelor of Urban and Rural Planning. Concentrations: Urban Design

Washington D.C. Jun 2019 – Aug 2019

Tianjin, China Sep 2012 – Jun 2017

Worked on Schematic Design of Miami Dade Courthouse, Conceptual Design of National Landing in Crystal City, Seventh & Tryon Master Development and more projects.

GPA: 3.3/4.0 | Ranking: 3/76 | Dean’s List (2013, 2014 & 2016)

SHALOM BARANES ASSOCIATES Architecture Intern

Awards: Masterpiece Award in National College Urban Design Competition | Prize Scholarship in School of Architecture | First Prize in Tianjin Real Estate Planning Competition

Washington D.C. Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

Calculated occupiable space area of Weston Town Center Block 5 at Arlington, VA for Silver Certified LEED Pursuing using Bluebeam Revu. Participate in Construction Administration of 2100 K Street NW, Accompany with project manager to check and accept the construction site of IFC in D.C.

President of Photography Association: participated and organized the 6th Collage Photographic Exhibition, led college photography competitions, redesigned the association logo. Vice Colonel of Instrumental Group: organized and performed in the 3rd & 4th New Year Concert, led the Department of Folk Music ensemble in the Tianjin Art Performance Contest, won group award. Member of College Debate Club: actively participated in the 14th College Debating Contest, coached 15th Debating Contest team.

HOLMES MILLER ARCHITECTS Architecture Intern

Guangzhou, China Jun 2018 – Aug 2018

Developed detail and section drawings of Huafa Incubator Center. Built 3D models and modified plans and elevations of the project. Laid out roof panels and lighting in the open floor area and entrance. Assisted in producing 80% Façade Design Report. Tested and rendered façade designs in a range of material. Assisted in producing 100% Façade Design Report of Hengqin International Transaction Center. Participated in the schematic design of Tibet Linzhi Tourist New Town. Developed different schemes for the master plan. Researched Tibet culture and building styles. Designed residential villas and apartments in the west town.

Dissertation:

History Street Space Environment Perception and Preference Study in Tianjin (2015) (Published) Explored the relationship between the historical street space, environment factors and people’s environmental preferences by through a study of the environmental preference prediction matrix of the environmental psychology model.

SKILLS & INTERESTS

TIANJIN UNIVERSITY, URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN INSTITUTE Urban Design Intern

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Shanxi, China Apr 2016 – Jun 2016

Participated in the urban design of Taichi City in Xunyang County. Assisted with planing the road organization. Modeled the landform of the city by capturing data from Google Earth. Completed field investigating into the building styles and road structure of the ancient city in Shanxi Province. Analyzed the open space, traffic and industrial structure of the city. Drew analysis diagrams. Calculated FAR of particular blocks.

Modeling: AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, Sketch Up Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Lightroom Render Tools: V-ray, Artlantis, Lumion, Keyshot, TheaRender Others: ArcGIS, Google Earth Pro, Bluebeam Revu, Sefaira, Energy 2D, etc.

VISUALIZATION MEDIA SKILLS:

TIANJIN ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INSTITUTE (TADI) Architecture Intern

Hand Drafting, Watercolor, Charcoal Drawing, Handmade Model Construction, Architectural Photography, Laser Cutting & 3D Printing Capable, etc.

Tianjin, China Jul 2014 – Sep 2014

Analyzed the plan and 3D models of the Zhuoer Science and Technology Industrial Park. Designed the entry of the park and the connecting corridor between sections.

PERSONAL INTERESTS: Classical music (started play the piano since 5-year-old, participated in various competitions and concerts and won many prices); Self-taught violin and classical guitar. Portrait photograph especially by arranging lighting to reveal the most alluring part of model’s face.

Drafted sections and rendered perspectives of the ticket office of Jixian National Park. Drafted function division diagrams. Collected basic site information and made Power Points to assist the Project Manager in reporting the stating of the Tianjin Pharmaceutical Industrial Park.

[Street Lives in a Block]

[Celestial Implantation]

Hybrid Residential Design

Residential District Design

[From Core to Heart] Art Gallery Design

Hybrid Library Design

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[Alteration of Eternity]

STREET LIVES IN A BLOCK This project is a Public-Private Partnership project with a school, residential units and public programs in it. It aims to improve the current condition of the Chelsea site by using the alphabet massing system. After studying the site, we found several problems and decide to solve them through the following design strategies. Condensing urban programs and Layer them, Three-Dimensional circulation network, Themed partition of ground landscape topography. Visually connect the block to the neighboring High Line. Besides, this design uses the alphabet massing strategy to offer a high-density multi-units housing with plenty of light access and open spaces. By writing our own alphabets with this system, we could not only adjust the massing with current urban context but also let enough sunlight to go through and get to the ground. Last but not least, by using multi-residential unit modules we offer high-density neighborhoods with enough shared open spaces for the community in the block.

Hybrid Program Design Under Public-Private Partnership Location: Manhattan, NYC Fall 2018 / Collaborator: Audrey Liu

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LISTENING

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Layering

Theming

Hypernetwork

Alphabetize

Starting vertically layering the existing program within FAR max, Open floor line up with High Line

Bring in and bring up the Chelsea Park in to the block and divided them into different theme

Hyperlink the circulation in the block and create 2 Art Loop weaving through the residential

Using Alphabet strategy to maximize land use and providing enough light & sky open terrace

Public-Private Partnership Applicable Sites

PROGRAM

Jacqueline Kennefy Onassis High 120 West 46th Street Year built: 1893, 1991 City Owned Zone: C6-5.5 Existing FAR: 3.30 Allowable FAR: 12.0 Delta: 8.7 FAR Growth accessible Urban Fabric Type: Dense Urban Core

Shattered Space

Divided Blocks

Layered City

Web Connection

Linear Intersect

Geometric Extension

Vertical

Loop + Vertical

Network

Isolated by the High Line

Condensed on One Side

Located Along Art Loops

FAR 3.68

FAR 5.66

FAR 9.78

OPEN SPACE

P.S. 33 Chelsea Prep 281 9th Avenue Year built: 1960, 1985 City Owned Zone: R8 Existing FAR: 1.30 Allowable FAR: 6.0 Delta: 4.7 FAR Growth accessible Urban Fabric Type: Dense Urban Core Increase Public Housing Project Edge Condition

CIRCULATION SYSTEM

P.S. 137 327 Cherry Street Year built: 1966, 1982, 2009 City Owned Zone: C6-4 Existing FAR: 1.08 Allowable FAR: 6.5 Delta: 5.42 FAR Growth accessible Urban Fabric Type: Public Housing Project Edge Condition

ART CULTURE

GENERAL MAP AND SECTION SERIES PUBLIC SCHOOL EXISTING BUILDINGS ALLOWABLE ZONING HEIGHT IN SCHOOL DISTRICT

ALPHABET STRATEGY

PIPELINE DATA (CURRENT PERMITS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT)

AREAS OF INTEREST INVERTED ZONES PUBLIC SCHOOL EXISTING BUILDINGS COLLABORATOR: JONAH PRUITT, KATIE LAROSE

Alphabet Massing Strategy We use the Alphabet Massing Strategy to contain the network circulation system with Art Loop in the residential layers. It could offer a high-density multi-units housing with plenty of light access and open spaces. Louver system covers the residential part and it allows to rotate to maintain the best lighting environment. We have tested different letters and layout of letters through cloud-based computing software to verify the best environmental performance combination. Besides, we also using software to analyze ventilation condition through the alphabet to determine the location of operable windows. By writing our own letters and arranging the alphabet, we could find a balance with FAR and light condition. And this could become a system that could apply to other metropolitan sites. We could develop high rise or middle rise residential prototypes that show different dwelling compositions with their corresponding variation of volumes and landscape.

From the Section, we layered programs with the order of existing programs but vertically. Residential on the top, open floor in the middle and Elementary school + Art Gallery on the bottom. The Art loop that start from the gallery weave through the residential ( showing as red ). Those shop front space could help artist who living in this block to show and sell their artwork. Meanwhile it enrichs the experiences in residential space.

The Roof of the ground level, which is occupied by the elementary school and art gallery, is also the portico of the open floor. It is constructed with market infrastructure and it allows the street artist could exhibit and sell the artwork, just like the artist on the High Line. And all of this could become multiple traction points that draw attention to the visitor from the Chelsea Park. Besides it also becomes a branch of the High Line that allows visitors to explore the site and also connect to the front park.

The Sixth Facade As we bring in and bring up the Chelsea Park, the ground floor becomes dynamic. Terrains and ramps occupy the in between space from the fingers which is school located. The ultimate height of ground floor is exactly the height of the High Line, which helps to guide the view from the Frame. The ground topography is divided into 4 different themed parks. It includes Listening, where the school could hold an outdoor class; Playing, where kids could play ball games like Basketball or Tennis. Exhibition, where Art Gallery could extend their exhibition to outdoor terrain; Multifunctioning, where it could hold a Conference or a Fashion T-stage Show or becomes a part of the Art Gallery.

CELESTIAL IMPLANTATION In China, with the situation of ever-growing population growth and the land shortage, The demanding of the residential district at the urban gradually increased. However, modern residential district contributes little to the community interactions, and also lacks delightful scenery viewing space. The design took fully the advantage of current resources around the site that adjoined to the urban river as well as landscape park along the river. Extended the precious urban green space from three dimension. The facade of the whole area derived from the sculpt of mountain, connected the low-rise residence and the high-rise residence and controlled the height of the buildings organizationally. Used the semi-enclosed form of the frontier commercial complex as reference, applied it into the residential district and created place of community communication through four semi-enclosed group.

Residential District Design Location: Tianjin, China Spring 2015 / Collaborator: Xin Liu

Zoning

Interlacing

Aggregation

Swing

Divided the area into 2 districts to create a passageway leading to the river for both visual viewing and traffic

Interlaced the four stripe of building to avoid the sight block and to provide more scenery for the habitant

Encircled the four semi-enclosed aggregations to build space for community communication and interaction

Activated the enclosed group by swing the boundaries and improved the daylighting hours

Green Space Extension The landscape along the river usually becomes connection of urban greening system, exploited the space along the river as landscape stripe. The site of this design happen to located at a riverbank park in Tianjin, so the priority mission was to fully utilize the natural resources surrounded the base. Besides, open space for the residents to relax and play is also indispensable, it provides recreational areas for residents and helps to enhance the beauty and environmental quality of neighborhoods. Extended the green space into the entire plan of the site, then implanted plants in vertical direction and formed the original concept. The platform that covering soil to carry the green plants provides a celestial space which could be utilized for scenery viewing and for communication with neighbors.

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Planning Outline The 26 ha site area should satisfy the demand of commerce, dwelling and office. As a result, the three buildings of commercial center are located front to the street. At the interior region arranged four residential congregated group and implanted community complexes at the outer flank of each groups. The community complex contains various function including Health Center, Convenience Stores, Banks, Nursing Home, Medical Station, Child-care Center, Kindergarten, Youth Center and Small-sized Gymnasium.

Residence Type Analysis At the distribution of the residence types, implemented diversity design to satisfied various demand of different people. Set the office and residence as main function of type in low-rise building area. People from all the types could entered the celestial garden by walk under 2 levels. Arranged vertical transportation core every 35 meters in this large span residence architecture. Minority of types possess its own vertical stairs connected to the garden or the other types.

Holistic Approach During the planning of the project, divided the base site into two zones, the west one and the east one. The central of this residential district resembled the canyon that lead the people from outside the district stepped into and reached the river landscape park. The double zones are close to the symmetrical and each zone was consisted by two semi-enclosed aggregated group. The opening orientated to the central landscape. Buildings in the groups set the tunnel hole at the ground floor so as to connect the outsides or the other group. The tendency sculpt of district facade mutate the form of mountain, gradually declined the height from the flanks to the center and dramatically climbed at the central area. Interlacing the parallel high-rise residence to insure the adequate daylighting and to open the wonderful horizon of the inside buildings.

FROM CORE TO HEART In this art gallery design, based on the principle of harmony with the environment, surrounding situation of the site could be investigated and analyzed firstly. The location of the site is adjacent to the urban central square. The square is not only provide the insufficient city green space, but it also plays the role of transfer stop to converge and disperse people. In this sense, I tried to transplant this function into the art gallery, arranged the courtyard space as the core of the architecture, in order to attract the pedestrian flow to converge at the core and then spread the traveler flow into the heart of the architecture. Besides, the circular architecture could also preserve an existing tree at the center of this site. The tree could also be the visual center of this building that guide citizen to walk in the courtyard.

Art Gallery Design Location: Tianjin, China Spring 2014 / Individual work

Entitative Center Geometrical Center

Concentration

Segmentation

Openness

Daylighting

Distinguish the Entitative Center by the Geometrical Center, highlight the core of the architecture

Divided the entity of the art gallery into two parts on according to the direction towards the crossing

Removed some massing and opened it to create the excellent viewing platform

Maximally reduced the direct sunlight by the means of combined side -top lighting system

Street

Plaza Faces Sense of Privacy Constriction Noise Level

Faces Sense of Privacy Constriction Noise Level

Courtyard Faces Sense of Privacy Constriction Noise Level

Tunnel Faces Sense of Privacy Constriction Noise Level

Glass Cube Faces Sense of Privacy Constriction Noise Level

Sequences Into the Core

Solid Cube Faces Sense of Privacy Constriction Noise Level

Sequences Into the Heart

Plaza

Street

Tunnel

Courtyard

Glass Cube

Solid Cube

Process of Experience The whole process of the experience is divided into two sections. At the first section, people experienced starting from the open space of urban square, after stepped into the narrow space of the street, finally through the tunnel space gathered at the core of the architecture. At this point, one could get a clue of the general shape of this gallery so that they could choose their visiting way. The second section begin from the courtyard, after entering the semi-open space of the vitreous lobby, individual eventually enclosed by the solid architectural space, which is the invisible heart space of the gallery. Visitors could directly get into the permanent exhibition area or step in the temporary exhibition area, or just listening a lecture in the public auditorium. Two sections of the experience reappeared the role of the square to the city.

Daylighting Analysis Sky light

Sun light

Circulation Analysis Sky light

Sun light

Second Floor Top lighting

Top-sided lighting

Ground Floor

Side window lighting

Combined lighting

After analyzed the four type of lighting above separately from both direct sunlight and indirect skylight, the combined lighting could be determined finally. It bears the merit of avoiding all the direct sunlight and making full use of space.

Converged people from the street to the core and disperse the flow to the different exhibition and the auditorium, forming diversified touring routes.

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1. Lobby 2. Temporary Exhibition 3. Temporary Storeroom 4. Instrument Storeroom 5. Switching Room 6. Photographic Studio 7. Maintenance Studio 8. Workshop

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9. Restroom 10. Chief Office

16. Outdoor Exhibition

11. Collection Storeroom

17. Basic Exhibition

12. Souvenir Shop

18. Restroom

13. Auditorium

19. Outdoor Exhibition

14. Staircase

20. Coffee Bar

15. Reception Room

21. Theme Exhibition

ALTERATION OF ETERNITY Chicago is a unique city for its modernization and historical standing. Within this metropolis, complex interweave happened between systems. As the time goes by, some of the systems have been demolished and some have been renovated. Infrastructure system and building system are one of them. The bridges that lie on Chicago river have spanned there for decades although the city buildings and landscape changes over years. This inspired me of thinking eternity and transience in this city. In this site, a hybrid library will be erected at the intersection of Upper Wacker Dr and Lake St. One of the challenges is to connect complex multiple levels around this corner. There are 3 transportation levels, including Lower Wacker Dr, Riverwalk level, Upper Wacker Dr, and Metro Line level above the ground.

Hybrid Library Design Location: Chicago, Illinois, United State Spring 2018 / Individual work

Platforms

Activation

Insertion

Stretching

Creating 4 main structure levels act as platforms that allow masses to be attached

By modify the general shape of each of the platform, apply different function to each platform

Adding functioned masses to the library and keep the renovation possibility to meet the future requirement

Overlapped and interlaced functioned masses enable them to stretch out to have a peep at the city

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Acoustic Environment Mapping

Early Scheme 1 Section N - S

Early Scheme 1 Section E - W

Early Scheme 2 Section N - S

Early Scheme 2 Section E - W

Acoustic Environment Mapping Public Library Walking Dominated Area Fire Department Aboveground Metro Line Underground Metro Line Railroad Line

Infrastructure Platforms The principle of this design is creating infrastructural structure platforms that would allow maximum flexibility for the interior function and also keep the possibility of future renovation. Newly functioned masses would add to the library to satisfy the requirement of society. To accommodate the contemporary housing problem in the downtown area of Chicago, currently, those masses are mostly apartment. In terms of the library, It is a place that not only for reading or research, it should meet the increased need for social, interaction, practice, and expression. Those functions are embedded in masses that could be hanging or stacking on platforms which would be the main reading space in the library. And these masses could be added or subtracted due to the function requirement changes based on time. In this way, this infrastructure-liked city Library could last long enough (like the bridges) to serve the public as a hybrid architecture.

Circulation Analysis Model - I

Circulation Analysis Model - II

Insertion Massing Study Model

11th Floor Plan

8th Floor Plan

7th Floor Plan

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Perception of the City After 1900 Chicago pollution abatement of Lake Michigan, the city has been raised about 3 meters. This give the city intricate and interesting multiple levels that could alleviate the ground traffic problem. So it is important to help people perceive the multiple level structure . Using stairs and escalator guide visitors flow from Upper Wacker Dr either to the Riverwalk level or going up to the hybrid library. Another strategy to perceive this city is to stretch out housing units. Due to the Chicago downtown area is build in grid manner, it is hard to see this city from the building that lie in the grid. The best way is to break the grid from the sky, by stretching and interlacing units, the resident could get different viewing angle of this city. Every unit could perceive (peep) the street or the riverside view from their own corner of the house.

Email: sl9cy@virginia.edu Phone: (+1) 434 227 9726