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Xiaodi Xu Ann Arbor, Michigan xiaodixu@umich.edu (734) 773-7334 EDUCATION University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Master of Urban and Regional Planning, 2019 Hefei University of Technology Hefei, Anhui, China Bachelor of Engineer with Honors in Urban Design, 2017
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Urban Design Intern
Anhui Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute | Hefei, China | 05/2017 – 08/2018
• Proposed the ideas for redesign a brownfield to an innovative cultural park and an elder community. Analyzed the feasibility and suitability by ArcGIS. • Designed its function divisions, public space system and placemaking. And developed barrier-free facilities and green stormwater infrastructure. • Produced design diagrams by adopting Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. GIS and Zoning Intern
Anhui Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute | Hefei, China | 07/2016 – 04/2017
• Analyzed geospatial data and evaluated the land use suitability of Xiage Town in South east China using ArcGIS. Used AHP to analysis the factors that influence the land use, and built the model for weighting the factors. • Adopted Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and SketchUp for designing and modeling the township planning maps and detailed design diagrams of Xiage Town.
Winning Team, UN-HABITAT 2018 International Urban Design Student Competition 12/2018 Gold Award, 7th IdeaKing International Landscape Planning & Design Competition 10/2017 2nd Prize, National Social Report Competition for 3rd-year Urban Planning Undergraduates. 10/2015 National Merit Scholarship, Ministry of Education of People Republic of China 10/2014
Passionate urban designer and planner with more than two years of experience. Have strong interested in sustainability, people-oriented mixed-use design and plan. Now I am doing a green stormwater infrastructure project for two Detroit communities.
TECHNICAL SKILLS Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS, QGIS)
Architectural Design Intern HONORS AND AWARDS
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Anhui Zhongzhou Architectural Design Studio | Hefei, China | 05-09/2015
• Completed training in AutoCAD and mastered the code for fire protection design. • Used AutoCAD to draw the building’s plans and sections. And used Sketch Up and V-ray for modelings and renderings. Urban Planning Externship at Stantec, Boston Stantec | Boston, Massachusetts | 03/2019
• Compared and summarized equitable planning strategy with a focus on community benefits and affordable housing • Found examples of place-based economic development branding campaigns for retrofitted suburban places. Urban Planning and Design Assistant
Hefei University of Technology | Hefei, China | 03-08/2016
• Employed the green infrastructure and micro climate landscape to solve waterlogging in the site, and refined designs for architecture and landscape node. • Designed the ecological slope protection facilities and the eco-conserving division for lake shorelines and river banks.
Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) Modeling and Rendering (SketchUp, AutoCAD, VRay, Lumion) Scenario Modeling (Urban Footprint, CommunityViz) Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
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Graduate Works I. Competition: Redevelopment of Nananzui Area, Wuhan ...... 4 05-08/2018, Team Work (my role: GIS analysis, modeling and mapping and layout) Winning Team, UN-HABITAT 2018 International Urban Design Student Competition
II. Workshop: Redevelopement of Tetuan Area, Madrid ...... 8 01-05/2018, Team Work (my role: GIS analysis, modeling and mapping) III. Acedemic: Planning for an Industrial Neighborhood in Ann Arbor ......12 09-12/2018, Team Work (my role: modeling and mapping)
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Undergraduate Works IV. Acedemic: Redevelopment of a Rural Area ...... 14 01-06/2016, Individual Work V. Competition: Urban Retrofit Project ...... 18 03-09/2017, Individual Work VI.Acedemic: Mapping and Surveying for a Histrical Village ...... 22 06-11/ 2014, Team Work (my role: surveying, modeling, AutoCAD drawing, mapping and film-making)
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ArcGIS Works VII. Workshop: Redevelopement of Tetuan Area, Madrid ......26 01-05/2018, Individual Work VIII. Research: Detroit’s Food Security and Its Urban Farming Application ...... 28 09-12/2018, Individual Work
Analytic (Stata, AHP, R) Python (Beginner)
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AHP & GIS Analysis
Wuhan Wild Heart
Formula: a1·x + a2· y + a3· z = A (a represents factor, x,y,z represent weight, A represents outcome.)
Made in Hanyang to Made in Wuhan: AHP Oriented Central Cultural District Design With passage of time and the rapid development of society, the land function has undergone tremendous changes in the last 80 years. On the one hand, we need to pay attention to changes in land function and population, and add new functions in our site to meet the needs of different groups of people. On the other hand, we need to inherit the history and characteristics of our site. Let culture become the most unique feature of this site, making the land recognizable in Wuhan. We propose the concept of CCD, which defines our site as Center Cultural District in Wuhan.
Optimize the viewing line design on the original texture of the site.
Protect and renovate identifiable buildings and structures as well as historic buildings.
Create different types of buildings at intersections to define spaces and create rich public spaces.
Traditional cities pursue “upward growth” and become concrete forests. Buildings that have historical memories are ignored, and result cities become uncharacteristic.
Discover the value and features of existing buildings, and strengthen the functional development and streamline design inside the building, making the entire site more diverse with ablility to meet multiple needs.
Most of the buildings are evenly distributed in the site. Not paying attention to public space design makes the space uniform and lacks recognition.
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Conduct fabrica analysis of the site, enclose the gray space, connect the physical space, enhance the spatial diversity, which can attract and gather people.
A blunt border can limit space, but it limits the diversity and freedom of people’s activities.
Make cross flexible process to boundaries in order to inspire more activity at soft boundaries.
The main traffic stream is not convenient. The traffic distance between the main nodes is too long.
Consider the traffic connection of different functional blocks, and design streets suitablt to pedestrian scale.
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Creation Base: We imitated the shapes and materials of these factory building, and devices and buckets while building the entertaing tools.
Old Photos for industrial times in Hanyang District.
Cotton Weaving Devices
Natural Cooling Units
Since Wuhan is one of the hottest cities in China, people need to have a cool rest while going on a trip. We set up a series of places on the mountain for people to escape heatwave during summer time. The reason we choose to locate our shading units on the mountain is that the temperature is lower compared to the bottom, and also Guishan mountain is close to many famous cultural sites so that residents and tourists can get to the natural cooling places easily.
Industrial Entertaining Units
Top View: People can get to the top of the exhibition
Cylinder Space:Those cylinder-shape places are just like
unit along the slope for resting, breathing fresh air and sightseeing.
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Old-Photo Exihibition: We put some famous old photos to show a splendid industrial times duirng 20 century.People will walk through those fluent walls to experience different stories.
Cotton Factory Buckets
Our site is related to Hanyang steel plant, therefore, there are some industrial relics located among residential buildings. So weare going to build up entertaining units on the base of those relics using old metal materials and structural steel frames.
buckets in factories. Children can climb into it and make echo voices to communicate with each other.
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Sightseeing Railway and Steel Frame: Those facilities are built by local meterials to keep the site’s identity.
TETUAN-ING Neighborhood Redevelopemnt Project
The proposal is focusing on the three major areas of identity, connectivity (Networking) and environmental sustainability (Greening). The proposal addresses the six individual areas of opportunity distributed along the Paseo de la Dirección from North to South. The opportunity presents specific connection points between the neighborhood and Agustin Rodriguez Sahagún Park. All connection points integrate the heritage of the lower canal as a key identity component. They flow into and through the viaduct arches at every point they are exposed along the neighborhood edge. This strengthens the connection between the historical development of the canal and its importance of being located here in the Valeacederas neighborhood.
INCREASING CONNECTIVITY
The proposal also highlights the park connectivity not only with Valeacederas, but the other surrounding neighborhoods. One of the most important aspects of the development proposal is to make the Paseo de la Dirección into a parkway, creating a more attractive and safe passage for pedestrians in and from the park. The proposal focuses on a complete landscaping alteration, providing a tree canopy along the roadway on both sidewalks and by creating a planted median as well. The project also incorporates mixed-use development into the new structures. Opportunities exist between the city district real estate properties and the private sector. With the high amount of pedestrian street activity, the project anticipates shop fronting should not be an issue along the green corridors that are created in and around the Valeacederas neighborhood and along the Paseo de la Dirección.
Bike Hub
Greener District
GREENING THE DISTRICT
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Bike Sharing Hub
New Green Space
Westside Shading
Bus Stop
Green Streets
Solar Panel & Thermal Tube
Narrowing Paseo
Park
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Bike Lane
Views
Pedestrian Access
Ramp
Pedestrian Crossing
Slope and Building
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Bo-In
A Neighborhood Rooted In Industry The development project’s name, Bo-In, embodies the combination of two main concepts guiding the design and implementation: Botanical & Industrial. From 1916 to 1962, the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens was located near the site on Iroquois Street. In the following years, our site has become Ann Arbor’s “primary office, research, and light industrial corridor.” Paying tribute to the history of gardens and respecting the industrial quality that’s taken over the site, this design hope to establish a cohesive ‘botanical industrial’ identity within the development.
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The Green Network 12 | Graduate Works
Connectivity
The Neighborhood Hub 13 | Urban Planning Academic
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These four maps are part of a series of ArcGIS analysis for the urban redevelopment of Tetuan, Madrid project. The selected four maps show different levels of analysis: city, district, and site, to help planners and designers to better understand the relationship between the site and the surrounding area.
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Parque de la Ventilla
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Legend 5 minute Walking Radius around Grocery Store 1 km Radius around Police Station Metro Stop The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit: 62min.
The percentage of transit riders who ride public transit for more than 2 hours every day: 13%.
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1 inch = 400 feet
DISTRICT SCALE_WELL BEING MAP
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SITE SCALE_ (P)FUNCTIONS
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SITE SCALE_TRANSIT, COMMERCIAL& PARK
This set of maps is a part of urban agriculture planning research. The combination of ArcGIS analysis and poster design is trying to show Detroit‘s food security condition and promote the benefits of urban farming in a city like Detroit.
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29 | Urban Planning & Urban Agriculture