Portfolio 2011-2015
Xiaoxu Liu
Celestially Light Architectonics of Music
Layered Public Hotel design
The Museum of Natural History Museum design
Visual Profundity of Space Community center design
Born to Die Skyscraper design Xiaoxu Liu MS.AAD, class of 2015 GSAPP, Columbia University B.ARCH, class of 2014 School of Architecture, Tianjin University E: xl2456@columbia.edu M: +1(917)744-1469
Community Revival Parametric design
Productive Domesticity in Urban Enactment 432 Park Avenue renovation design
Caissen of Avalokitesvara Hall Ancient architecture measurement
Celestially Light Architectonics of Music Ueno, Tokyo, Japan Instructor: Steven Holl Dimitra Tsachrelia Academic work with Hao Li, GSAPP, 2015
Music reference: Rain Tree Sketch II by Toru Takemitsu
Language expression
Ground floor
Underground floor
Forum
Auditorium
Layered Public Hotel design Zhou Zhuang, Jiangsu, China Individuial academic work Tianjin University, 2013
Zhou Zhuang is famous southern town in China with thriving tourism. The site locates in tourist area of Zhouzhuang surrounding by two aqueducts. The design aims to build a minshuku-like guesthouse for tourist. Through layered spaces, it is hard to seperate public and private spaces. Yet they are coexisting harmonious. Discussing the profundity of space with flexible layers, this is the perspective of the design.
Ground floor
Folding walls and roofs creates spaces through layers. And public and privacy are reorganized.
Second floor
The Museum of Natural History New York, USA Instructor: Mark Rakatansky Individuial academic work GSAPP, 2014
Visual Profundity of Space Community center design Tianjin, China Academic work with Qiu Shi Tianjin University, 2012
The way we see the world depends on those things we can see. The design guide people’s behaviors in terms of visual effects. Exploring possiblities of spaces is the way we create a public space. Fenghu Park, Nankai District, Tianjin, China
activities of old people
green space
old people and children
children’s activities
Ground floor
Born to Die Skyscraper design Loess Plateau, Shann Xi, China Evolo competition with Jiteng Yang, Jingyi Zhang, Yuerong Zhang Tianjin University, 2013
The principle of check dam
Loess plateau is the unique landform of the world. Check dam is the fundamental technique implying to the management of the erosion of soil. Water-and-soil based inrastructures can be the basis for the formation of whole skyscraper’s micro-communities.
According to potential erasion paths, architectural entities block water-and-soil loss.
At the beginning, erosions are severe. The deposit of Yellow River is full of sand.
After several years, surrounding become less loss of water and soil. The riverbed has lower because of less erosions.
Eventually, the environment of architecture would be stable. The riverbed has became much lower than beginning.
Community Revival Parametric design Tianjin Old City, China Academic work with Hang Li Tianjin University, 2013
How houses grow house house house storage
How houses grow vertically
How yards grow house yard yard public
How industries grow
house planting
How yards and industies grow vertically
Transform between houses and industries
house cultivation Transform between industries house commercial
Community Revival
Community Revival
Community Revival
Productive Domesticity in Urban Enactment 432 Park Avenue renovation design New York, USA Instructor: Andres Jaque Patrick Craine Academic work with Yoonsoek Lee, Cristina Vargas GSAPP, 2014
Designing productive domesticity in the lens of urban beekeeping, lobster society and accelerated homes which are unique and highly active in the urban context of New York City.
Vertical gardens
inflation paths of bees
Analysis of potential buyers of 432 Park Avenue and luxury world Vertical garden of endangered plants for bees to pollenize
Lobster mini society
Accelerated home of coworking
Production line of extracting honey, market for selling and exhibition of urban beekeeping industry
Caissen of Avalokitesvara Hall
Hsi Lai Temple, Zhangye, Gansu Province, China