2015
PORTFOLIO Architecture XingchenLI
Academic Work 2012-2014 Selected
EXHIBITION INTRODUCTION The pavilion for the third annual architecture exhibition is designed by students. This exciting pavilion is designed using parametric design techniques learned during the spring semester. Digital production technique is used to produce the components of the pavilion and it is constructed also by students.
2014 ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
SELF CONTRIBUTION TO THE EXHIBITION First, I was the leader of the graphic group who were in charge of making exhibition panels and promoting booklet. I was also in charge of the negotiation with the material supplier and model maker. In the construction process, I solved the structure problem of the pavilion and fully got involved with the assembling process.
THE DESIGN PROCESS OF THE POVILLION
1. Design sketch
2. Model building in Grasshopper
3. Digital model in Rhino
4. Making physical model
5. Piece cutting in factory
6. Structure testing
7. Assembling the big pavillion
8. Small pavillion finished
2013
ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
SELF CONTRIBUTION I mainly participated in the assembling of the exhibition and the graphic design of student’s work. I also got involved with the promotion of the exhibition. For example, I was in charged with the making of exhibition booklet.
Autumn semester, 2014
BUILDING MUSEUM CLIENT:
Xiushu Street Community
This project is a master planning of a historic site in the downtown area of Ningbo. The main idea is preserving the abundant building typologies which were built 200 years ago to create a building library along the main street. At the same time different open courtyards for public activities are designed along the street as well to encourage more communication.
Building Museum
Building Museum
MASTER PLAN The different colors in the plan indicate different building typologies preserved within the site, creating a building library for the visitors. Along the street are several public courtyards for activities, which are the communal space for the community.
Building Museum
STREET PERSPECTIVES There is an open theater at the western side of the street, which is a first place to attract people to go along the street. At the eastern side of the street, the old building is demolished at the entrance but the main structure is kept, telling the story of this area to people.
Building Museum
THE SECTION SHOWING THE PUBLIC COURTYARD FOR ACTIVITIES
Building Museum
THE ELEVATION SHOWING THE BUILDINGMUSEUM
Spring semester, 2014
SPORT RECREATION CENTER CLIENT:
Xiaohe street Community
This project creates a new community centre that can support surrounding residents and compliment tourism to the Xiaohe historic district in Hangzhou. Design strategy involves recycling and reuse of the existing silos in the project site. The proposed community centre has a sport recreational focus and thus it provide a place for people to relax and de-stress from daily work by doing exercise and relaxing with their family. The community centre is designed to fit within the large factory site creating a memory of both old function and new adaptation, creating an ambience of rebirth and rejuvenation in both spaces and expressions.
Sport Recreation Center
Sport Recreation Center
DESIGN CONCEPT The main idea of this project is to combine the factory and subnature and transformed it into a place where people can explore. Subnauture is the idea contrary to artificial nature in which the bad influence like weeds, insects and mud are removed.
Sport Recreation Center
The dotted line shows the site area.
The colors indicates different functions. The green one means sport center The purple color represents restaurant; The blue one is children center.
The main population come to this site are from the road and the river bank.
The position of the silos are decided based on the function of entrances and view site.
Based on the circulation I formed the building shape. For each circulation, people will get through two different squares.
The bridge leads the people in the children center and the restaurant to the riverside.
Sport Recreation Center
Sport Recreation Center
MASTER PLAN There is a sport center at the middle and one restaurant and one children center on the north and south side of this area. The ground floor can be freely accessed and it is covered with nature elements, which can inspire people to explore.
Sport Recreation Center
MASTER PLAN The building construction system consists of two parts, steel frame with silo supports serve for the main sport hall and truss applied on the footbridge. For the footbridge, a prismatic truss of tubular members springs below it from one silo to another silo as the primary support structure. Aluminum deck will be placed above the truss for people to walk.
Sport Recreation Center
Spring semester, 2013
WATER TOWN CLIENT:
Xiaohe Street Community
The focus of this project in the historic area of Hangzhou was to design homes and small business that allow a group of nine friends to settle in and to make a living. Key consideration during the design process was about exploring a way to transform traditional spaces and its life style to contemporary spaces that are appropriate for modern community. Thus big courtyard and narrow alleyways were adapted to this new development to encourage interaction and develop a close-knit community. Homes were surrounded by pool to enhance the feeling of water town and its scale.
Building Library Water Town
ENTRANCE PERSPECTIVE The bridge connects the main road and the square for tourist, which can enhance the feeling of water town. The residential area is blocked by the water but visual communication is encouraged in this way. The pitched roof and timber materials are transformed in some way to give the identity of this historic area.
Water Town
DESIGN PROPOSAL The typical feature in this area like courtyard and alley way are adapted to indicating the identity of the historic site. The commercial area is separated from the living area and there are two public squares for activities, between which is a bridge above the water.
Water Town
Shanghai 2014
Shanghai 2014
Tibet 2012
Tibet 2012
Tibet 2012
Porto 2014
Tokyo 2015
Ningbo 2012