Xiaohuan Yuan
Master of Landscape Architecture University of Pennsylvania Major in Architecture, Bachelor of Engineering Southeast University 2011-2013 1801 Buttonwood St. Apt 513 Philadelphia, PA 19130 610.662.9495 xiaohuan@design.upenn.edu
Xiaohuan Yuan EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1801 Buttonwood Street # 513, Philadelphia, PA 19130 610.662.9495 xiaohuan@design.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Master of Landscape Architecture Chair Merit Scholarship
2014
Southeast University, Nanjing, China Major in Architecture, Bachelor of Engineering National Scholarship for outstanding student University Scholarship for outstanding student
2011 2010 2006-2011
CHORA London Urban Design Intern Book: Taiwan Strait Atlas: Reserach, Concept Design, Representation Smart City: Concept Design, Research Xia Men University Campus Design: Concept Design, Representation
London, UK 06/2013 to 08/2013
Lower Merion Township Merion Botanical Park Landscape Architecture Intern Site Survery, GIS Analysis, Design Proposal
Merion, PA 07/2012 to 09/2012
Base Engineering s.r.l, Italy, China Branch Landscape Architecture Intern Private Garden: Design, Construction Drawing Commercial Complex: Concept Design
Nanjing, China 07/2011 to 09/2011 07/2010 to 10/2010
Wujiang Architectural Design Institution Co., Ltd Architecture Intern Residential Development: Concept Design, Construction Drawing Factory: Construction Drawing
COMPETITION AWARDS
2013
Wujiang, China 02/2008
2010 Designing Competition for Southeast University Exhibition Center Second Place 2009 “Xian Dai� Cup Design Competition for North Ireland Consul at Birmingham Third Place 2009 Sino - Japanese Landscape Architecture Competition Excellent Achievement Award
LEADERSHIP
Southeast University School of Architecture Student Union Vice Chairman, 2007 - 2008 Conservation Volunteer Australia Team leader, Feb. 2010
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
3D Modeling: Rhino, Grasshopper Graphics: Adobe Suite, AutoCAD General: MS Office Suite
SELECTED ACADEMIC PROJECTS
University of Pennsylvania Urban Design Competition: ULI 2014 Urban Design Studio: Informal Settlement in Medellin Architecture Studio: A Modern Village Design for Indian Pueblo People Landscape Studio: Traversing Schuylkill -- The Indicators of Existance Landscape Studio: Mercurial Landscape -- Park Design Landscape Studio: Acupuncturing Reading Viaduct Paper: London Olympic Park Proposal Paper: Design Model and Self-Organized City
Data Analysis: GIS, RStudio, Eco-tect Computer Simulation: Netlogo
Southeast University Architecture Studio: Dream of Utopia -- Affordable Housing Community Architecture Studio: Townization -- Town Planning Competition: 2010 National Student Interior Design Competition: 2010 IFLA Student Competition
LANGUAGES
English, Mandarin
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
A MODERN VILLAGE DESIGN FOR INDIAN PUEBLO PEOPLE Site: New Mexico Date: Jan.2013 to May.2013 Advisor: Laurie Olin, Tony Atkin
Instead of superimpose an American Levittown model, we set up 3 basic principles at the beginning for designing the new village: first is to cherish the heritage of locate pueblo people, including traditional village settlement pattern, culture custom and life experience; second is to organize the whole community in a subtle yet harmony way towards the vast nature surroundings; third is to cooperate a modern and convenient system into the new settlement. Such goals are accomplished with an organic layout of different units across the site with individual adjustment to the environment and a landscape system reaches into the neighborhood that works with the annual flood of the river nearby.
TYPOLPGY 1
Typology 1 Second Floor Plan
Community Plaza Community Agriculture Open Space Rain Water Collection Pueblo Extension Family Units
TYPOLPGY 2
Typology 1 First Floor Plan Family Type: Pueblo Extened Housing Location: Community Plaza Size: 2-Story, 4 Bedrooms, Indoor Garage
Pueblo extension family units flood protection landscape
TYPOLPGY 3
new pueblo rent units family garden flood protection wild landscape
Typology 2 Plan Family Type: Pueblo Extened Housing or Visitor Housing Location: Facing Landscape or Agriculture Size: 1-Story, 3 Bedrooms, Indoor Garage
Typology 3 Plan Family Type: New Pueblo Family Housing Location: Near Train Station Size: 1-Story, 3 Bedrooms
NEW FRONTIER BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN MEDELLIN Site: Medellin, Colombia Date: Sep.2013 to Dec.2013 Advisor: David Gouverneur, David Maestres
Collection/ Production Center Community Center Market
Church
School Library
Commercials Metro Cable Station
Collection/ Production Center
By the year of 2030, the number of population living in informal settlements of Medellin will reach 0.95 million with a 0.32 million increase from 2013. Those people, who have very low income and limited assets, are very likely to live as informal settlers at the mountain edge of the city where land has no value and not suitable for construction. N
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Informal Settlement With Collective Fram Area
The project is to envision the city’s challenge to establish a new development where the informal settlers can carry their identity and be economically independent. Social and environmental problems are both big challenges that directed the design.
Informal Settlement With Productive Forest Area
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND DESIGNED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Collection COLLECTION/ / Production PRODUCTION CENTER SCHOOL School
Community Center COMMUNITY CENTER MARKET Market
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND DESIGNED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Center
COMMERCIALS Commercials
CHURCH Church
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ARMATURE PROGRAM TYPOLIGY
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Metro Cable METRO CABLE CLINIC Clinic STATION Station PoliceSTATION / Fire POLICE/FIRE Station
COLLECTION/ PRODUCTION CENTER Production Center
ARMATURE PROGRAM TYPOLOGY PRODUCTIVE FOREST DEMONSTRATION
COMMUNITY FARM
PLAYGROUND
LOOKOUT
ARMATURE ZONES AND PROGRAMS ARMATURE ZONES AND PROGRAMS IRRIGATION SYSTEM
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
PRIMARY ARMATURE -Creek flood buffer zone
PRIMARY ARMATURE Creek flood buffer zone
PRIMARY ARMATURE -- Centrality SECONDARY ARMATURE
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PRIMARY ARMATURE Centrality SECONDARY ARMATURE
and Community Farm on Armature Playground and Community Farm on Playground Armature
Plaza for Productive Forest CollectionPlaza for Productive Forest Collection PRIMARY ARMATURE -PRIMARY ARMATURE Connecting existing informal with proposed Connecting existing informal with proposed New Open Space into Existing Informal Settlements New Open Space into Existing Informal Settlements Lookout Space Lookout Space
View On Main Street
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ACUPUNCTURING READING VIADUCT A NEW DESTINATION Site: Philadelphia Date: Sep.2012 to Dec.2012 Advisor: David Maestres
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Plan 1�=800’ Reading Viaduct was a major infrastructure in Center City Philadelphia. After the decline of industry in Philadelphia, it was abandoned in 1980s and the surrounding factories it served are now mostly vacant. The area is awaiting regeneration. A rail line used to act as an infrastructure to allow people to pass by, is transformed into a destination for people to stay. The project is to use the viaduct as open space armature to catalyze urban development with minimum intervention. Specific places are picked as acupuncturing points to stimulate the reaction of a whole system. The viaduct, as the armature of this nerve system, connects to all the acupuncturing points and magnifies the results.
1”=480’ 1”=120’
Section A 1”=30’
Section B 1”=120’
Section C 1”=120’
Section D 1”=120’
MERCURIAL LANDSCAPE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE Site: Philadelphia Date: Jan.2012 to May.2012 Advisor: Ellen Neises
Bridesburg, Philadelphia is a place full of history but always changing. Bridesburg witnessed the change of Delaware river, growth of the community and boom of industry and its decay. The site is now a brownfield has been in remediation for couple decades, and the community is now ready to move toward waterfront. Changing history of Bridesburg is the character of the site this design aimed to keep and enhance. The armature allows room for the growth of community to have direct dialog with open space, and the programs of open space are expected to changed when they are at different relationship with the community.
PHASING PHASE 1:
[+] SKATEPARK
A minimum investment is made to construct the skating court and pathways under the highway to attract teenagers and young adults as pioneers to start exploring and occupying the place. Remediation and small amounts of open space is made in the existing brownfield to bring attention from the community.
[+] BROWN FIELD REMEDIATION [+] CANOE CLUB
[+] TRAIL
PHASE 2: A main armature is made to connect all the constructed and future pieces of open space. The armature is joined to the Delaware waterfront trail as part of the city wide open space system. More areas are claimed as open space with community scale programs.
[+] COMMUNITY PARK [+] BIKE PATH [+] ARMATURE
[+] JOIN TO DELAWARE WATERFRONT TRAIL
PHASE 3: Shore stabilization and CSO treatment is added to the waterfront. Branches of vehicle and pedestrian access are made from the community. The space between the open space structure is left for future occupation from the community.
[+] EXTENSION PARKS TO COMMUNITY [+] CSO TREATMENT
[+] WATERFRONT STABILIZATION
Experiment the different organizations from basic geometry to test out how abstract forms can be expressed in designing physical landscapes. The terrain is expressed with different texture captured from CNC milling to represent different planting conditions and possibilities of water flowing.
DIGITAL FABRICATION
GIS ANALYSIS
Travel Potential High
Using GIS as tool to experiment the site selection for certain projects and finding potential influential zone. From studying the data of transportation facility, demographics, income, urban and rural influence of southeast Pennsylvania region, a map is created to show the travel potential of this area.
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Construction Process
CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS 1'-0"
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9'-0"
New Ground Level
3" 1'-9"
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1'-6"
2'
1'-8"
3" 9"
New Ground Level
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5'-5"
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secondary steel reinforcement
1'-6"
main lansion reinforcement
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4” diameter field drain 3’ high starter bars 3’’ mud slub compacted soil
Scale 1”=3’ Scale 1”=12’
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5'-5"
1. contracor set out wall and set position and levels 2. set up batter boards 3. bulk excavation 4. trench excavation - for base and tow of wall 5. sails engineers excavated earth for base slab - signs off 6. contracter case mud slab 7. steel fixes set steel reinforing bars for base and toe 8. engineer checks steel “rebars” + sign off 9. concrete base cast - 3 test cylinders 10. test cylinders checked 11. carpenters set rear framework 12. steel fixers set reinforcing steel for wall 13. engineer checks steel - writes up/off 14. carpenters set front framework 15. wall concrete cast (3 test cylinders) 16. remove framework 17. lay field drain (with outlet pipes) 18. set geotectile dranage mart, filter mat ect 19. backfill - compacting in plus/minus 12” layers
Maintenance:
Regular cleaning on wood seating area. Small shrub and vine is suggested to be planted between retainning walls. To avoid possible damage to walls and cause of unstability, large trees should not be planted between walls.
OTHER WORKS X_3
Food Reanimation ACTION PLAN
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RECYCLING PROGRAMME
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Lifestyle Changes
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SMART CONSUMERS
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Circular Economy
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ECO WC
RECYCLING- NATIONAL PILOT PROGRAMME 2011 -70% of renewable resources in 55 cities are being collected for recycling, up from the 40% in 2006. Under the project, 1.75 billion yuan has been invested in the establishment of 33,000 community waste recovery sites, 181 sorting centers and 36 large regional terminal markets for the recovery of renewable resources, and has triggered the development of a large number of waste recovery companies, estimated to total around 100,000.
TYPE : International / Cross Strait SECTOR : Waste Management
TYPE : National Government Policy SECTOR : Waste Management
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XIAMEN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
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Ma.19 Piezo electrics street Piezoelectric panels are placed on the sidewalks of busy streets absorbing energy from pedestrian traffic. Linked with the panels is a screen installed on the street, that broadcasts informationion about the food on sell, its origin, data about the food system and energy levels, etc. The system can also be used by street vendors to power basic electrics.
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Circular economy is a generic term for an industrial economy that is, by design or intention, restorative and in which materials flows are of two types, biological nutrients, designed to reenter the biosphere safely, and technical nutrients, which are designed to circulate at high quality without entering the biosphere. TYPE : International / Cross Strait SECTOR : Economic Development
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FARMERS
Greater information and awareness make citizens more conscious in their purchase choices. When buying a product, smart consumer don’t limit themself to consider its price, but also look at other factors, such as its origin, mode of production and environmental cost. TYPE : Proposal SECTOR : Natural Environment
SOURCE : The Indipendent
SOURCE : http://www.chinadaily.com.co/ APX.2.15
STAKEHOLDERS
b Simple actions - like turning down the AC, reduce the use of car, or limiting the consume of meat would have significant effects on CO2 emissions. A US study showed that benefits would be greater and easier to achieve than reducing to zero the emissions from the petroleum-refining, iron and steel, and aluminum industries.
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LOCAL BUSINESSES
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ECO WC
a Farmers are big characteristic of China, China is a large agricultural nation, the rural population is close to 900 million, accounts for the 70% of the population. The agricultural population arrives 700 million. The nation energetically support farmers to develope order agriculture, characteristic agriculture, ecological agriculture and carry out the tax cuts, increase farmers’ income.
Xiamen is a secondary province level city and one of the earlist special economic zone of China. The special policies allowed Xiamen local government has the direct right on local affairs and policies. Due to its special location with Kinmen and Taiwan Strait, attracting investment from Taiwan has been one of the main focuses of the
TYPE : Communities SECTOR : Primary Sector
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The frame focuses on the way food is produced, distributed, consumed and disposed of. Smart food systems ensure food safety and high standards of animal health and welfare. They operate within the biological limits of natural resources and priviledge local production, thus reducing transport costs and emissions and supporting rural communities. The production of biofuel and fertilizer from food waste is integrated in the system, thus creating a metabolic cycle of energy and resources . Equally important is to increase awareness among the public, enabling them to make conscious choices that factor food’s economic value, environmental and social cost, quality and wholesomeness .
TEXT SOURCE : http://www.sme.gov.cn IMAGE SOURCE : http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/
TEXT SOURCE : http://english.xm.gov.cn/ IMAGE SOURCE : http://www.shutterstock.com/
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As the economic development’s “the most dynamic factor”, small and medium enterprises promote the growth of the economic development of Xiamen and it have played an irreplaceable role in the social wealth, technical innovation, rich sources, providing employment opportunity and the construction of a harmonious society . TYPE : Other SECTOR : Economic Development
TYPE : Local Government SECTOR : Governance and Planning
TEXT SOURCE : http://baike.baidu.com IMAGE SOURCE : http://winchesterwhisperer.blogspot.co.uk/ Xi_S 5.1
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PROTOTYPES
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DATABASE
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PLACE FOR ADVERTISEMENT
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XIAMEN OLD CITY
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CITY SHOPPING/ZHONGSHAN ROAD
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STREET MARKETS
The old city of Xiamen is characterized by Asian style arcade buildings, a cultural heritage of great value not only for touristical purpose. Due to constructional implementations nowadays the original style of certain facades is modified. This area is a very lively part of the city, as it is used by residents and tourists alike as a place for shopping and leisure.
Urban Gallery Processes
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Zhongshan Road is the oldest commercial street in Xiamen, with two different characters: the modern and historical city. The street is a place of leisure for citizens and tourists.
The Southeast Asia style arcade buildings in the old city are heritages for Xiamen. They are a good way to show special Southeast Asia culture to visitors. But nowadays some shops transformed the facade of the building, destroying the original style.
SECTOR : Tertiary Sector
SECTOR : Economic Development
SECTOR : Governance and Planning
SECTOR : Secondary Sector
TEXT SOURCE : http://www.zslxm.com IMAGE SOURCE : http://www.xwcbj.xm.gov.cn
TEXT SOURCE : http://baike.baidu.com http://www.zslxm.com IMAGE SOURCE : http://www.zhuna.cn
TEXT SOURCE : http://english.xm.gov.cn IMAGE SOURCE : http://www.mafengwo.cn
TEXT SOURCE : http://hyifang.pixnet.net IMAGE SOURCE : http://news.163.co
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Physical Model
Hand Drawing
Netlogo Simulation
Similar kinds of vendors usually gather together and forms different kinds of street markets. Food street markets and clothin markets are the two most popular kinds in Xiamen, some of them open both daytime and night. Some of the big street markets include: JIangtou Business Zone, Malong market, Huli market.
Zhongshan Road is a good place for advertisement, because is always crowed of turists and citizens especially during the weekend or holidays.
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b Nc.05 Food waste cycle Food waste is collected separately and brought to the biogas plant. Through anaerobic digestion is processed and transformed into biofuel. The material that remains after the process is rich in nutrients and can be used as fertilizer. The model creates a cyclical system, that feeds energy and resources back in the loop, instead of wasting them.
Professional Experience
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Timeline a
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