Amy Xiao Qin
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Translucent Zone It is my first project in cranbrook. I would like to talk about the surface and materials of architecture, based on the relationship between the light and shadow. Sketching Paper, Iron Wire, Wood 8’*4’*4’ Fall 2012
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Detial 1
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Detial 3
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Folding Wood After the first project, I started to think about the material’s performance. Understanding materials as active, whether compressed, under tension or flexed, is at the root of all craft traditions. So I tried to play with plywood, study its performance and use the same technic as folding paper. As a result, the brittleness is lower than the toughness since I cut lines and gaps on the surface of plywood. Plywood, Plastic Wire Auto CAD Laser Cutter 6’*5’ Fall 2012
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Trial Sub Stages
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Chipboard Experiment
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Overall Piece
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Details of movement
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Weaving Wood It is hard for people to imagine how to weave wood without wood-hot bending or metal joints. At this time, I designed a new pattern and a connection to make the plywood to be weaved. The key word is to use the same method that I played with the last piece--cutting lines and gaps on every pieces, and then, make it as flexible as fabric. Plywood Auto CAD Laser Cutter 8’*5’ Spring 2013
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Showing in office of Mercedes-Benz
Hanging in Studio
Details
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Paper in Summer I attended to the Paper Art class in Haystack at the end of the summer. I consider that paper art is the simplest but very helpful way to study more about the transformation from two dimensional pattern to three dimensional space. Summer 2013
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Cell Using digital tools should be looked upon a method to extend-but not replace or surpass-the designer’s ability to develop the design process from vision to reality. I designed a connection on every piece. I called them “teeth”. The“Teeth”offer a method of connecting different surface using their inflections. In this case, two curves are tangential to another or have coincident control points. Steel Auto CAD, Rhino Plasma Cutter, Laser Cutter 9’*6’*7’ Summer-Fall 2013
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3D Paper Model
Every unit has 4 surfaces, 5 units can be a circle, and 20 units can be a cell. Using the integration of this recursive feedback level, the project checks how the complex modeling of a distributed material system can be analyzed and understood as an emergent whole.
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2D Paper Model
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3D Paper Model-First Version
3D Paper Model-Second Version
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3D Printed Model
As a fiction based structure, each piece is bent into shape thereby pressing against one another and creating an internal friction. Design is using simple computational tools. At the same time, the structure is based on a mapping of material deformation.
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Scale At this time, I payed more attentions on the bionical architectural skin. Nowadays with the technology progress, architectural skin form became more complicated. As an isolated architectural element, It has a direct impact on architectural interest and quality. Competent understanding and knowledge of the language materials and forms can effectively promote the design of architectural skin. Experiment 1 and 2: Plastic Sheets, Rubber Bands Experiment 3: Rawhide, Steel Auto CAD, Rhino, Grasshopper Laser Cutter 36”*66”/18”*36”/ 20”*51” Fall 2013
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Paper Model 1
Paper Model 2
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Paper Model 3
Plastic Experiment 1
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Plastic Experiment 2
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Plastic Experiment 2
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Rawhide Experiment
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I tried to challenge some organic material just like rawhide. Rawhide is a reusable material which can be very soft when it is full of water, and hard after airing. Even though the organic material can not be used into a real project, I learned a lot from playing with the flexible and performative material.
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Mylar Man Mylar is a form of polyester resin which is used to make heat-resistant plastic films and sheets. It is electric insulative, high tensile strong, chemical stable and reflective. Mylar is playing the role of skin. It will shrink up after being heated by heaters. Steel, Mylar, Heater Auto CAD, Rhino Laser Cutter 8’*8’*8’ Spring 2014
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Showing in Cranbrook Museum
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Showing in Cranbrook Art Museum
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Process of making: Cut steel by laser--Clean--Blacken steel by gun blue--Clean and rinse--Assemble,-Laser cut Mylar--Put Mylar on--Heat up. 43
Special machinery may be used to draw the mylar film in both directions at once. More commonly, the film is drawn first in one direction and then in the transverse (orthogonal) direction. Heated rollers are effective for achieving this. Finally, the film of mylar is heat set by holding it under tension above 200 째C (392 째F).
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Each units understands its dependence on other units, and together to operate with an understanding of their overall structural and material performance. Integrating symbol into surface is going to be the most important characters in the media surface of contemporary architecture. What if the sunshine is strong enough to get inside the building through the architectural skin with mylar? Will mylar shrink up to get light in or stretch out to hinder the light?
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Heating up
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Details of Mylar
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Details of structure 1
Details of structure 2
Details of structure 3
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Using the computational tools to work with responsive and performative materials is the objective of this degree show. To address the challenges that arise from the complex interdependency of component in structure, my work is organized as a self-organizing system. In terms of playing with the geometric elements, I use digital fabrication as a method to extend the thinking process.
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THE EXPLORATORY ON THE ADAPTABILITY TO ACADEMY OF ART&DESIGN The project focuses on the application of survey-based facts into redesigning to adapt to the original spatial characteristics. It is hard to satisfy all because everyone working there has his own understanding and taste of the space. To tackle this problem, I choose to recreate a new spatial environment based on the characteristics with great flexibility rather than basing on some fixed model. The main entrance of the school building, where students pass by most frequently, is the transition of space and the elongation of time. A well-designed entrance could possibly stimulate people’s passion for acquiring new knowledge. As the old design did not quite qualify, a new and better design is extremely necessary. Auto CAD, 3D MAX Spring 2011 53
CURRENT SITUATION THE ENTRANCE HALL OF B AREA, ACADEMY OF ART&DESIGN, THU.
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Right: Left: 1. People who pass this space are 1. The window lights up the entrance always having conversation with the hall. others and watching the scenery out 2. The sloped line breaks the balance of of the window. the entrance hall . 2. The dead corner space is relatively u s e l e s s a n d n e c e s s a r y t o b e 3. Some relatively dark corner would make people feel nervous and improved into some function. unsafe which is opposite to the open 3. The stairs in the hall could provide atmosphere of the hall. more functions besides a simple pedestrain passage. "DOUBLE SPEED SPACE" Fast Space, The Route: The new entry of the hall would connect the elevator and the parking lot more directly and effectively than the original entry. Slow Space, Two Halls: By seperating the hall into two different areas, the entrance hall would function more adaptively. The route in the central space would provide a faster passage while people in the two halls could observe the streams of people in the entrance hall or concentrate on other activities such as having a conversation or appreciating an exhibition. 54
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Elevation Dividing
Distribution Density - Sections
Density - Evants
Density - Entrance
Density - Building
Density - Functions
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Traffic
Events
Function
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JEWELRY IN WONDERLAND This course is about the interior design for a commercial space. As we go through one space into another, I find out that we should pay more attention to the importance of the brand. In the meantime, the designer has to take the consumers’ demand into account so that the commercial indoor environment can not only reveal the brand but also satisfy the psychological needs of the consumers. This Jewelry store Modification Works is my first commercial interior design, which enables me to realize that I am very interested in commercial spaces. I choose this design object myself because I love jewelry design. Tom Binns is one of my favorite jewelry designers because of his style and unique idea. What’s more, during that period, the movie “Alice in Wonderland” was on, in which Tom Binns was the jewelry designer of those characters. I couldn’t wait to select his design as my object. Auto CAD, 3D MAX Summer 2010 61
DESIGN ANALYSIS
Television
Seasonal products Smaller products Other products Seasonal products Cashier Door
Present fashion matchings of costumes and jewelries
Provide a place for customers to try the jewelries on Exhibit all kinds of smaller products for customers to select
Secondary products displayed in cages Provide a place for customers to try the jewelries on Consumers would go to the cashier desk with their trophies Hint a more mysterious and attractive atmosphere
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storage space choose
try-on
sale space
cashier entrance
reception space
“Jewelry in Wonderland” is my concept in this process. After combining consumers’ psychology with the situation of the store, I transform the store while applying the mysterious modern elements from his design of the newest season and of the movie characters. The purchasing process of the consumers would like a wonderful journey in the movie.
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ELEVATIONS
Elevation B
Storefront
Elevation C
Elevation A
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In order to create a mysterious atmosphere, I chose the rabbit-hole in the movie Alice in Wonderland as an element for the storefront. The new design would enhance people's curiosity to enter the shop. The concave entrance and brown color glass would make the storefront an unique image in the street. The curves on the entrance would hint a potential center and make the atmosphere more mysterious and attractive.
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Lan This course is intended to provide new adornment plan of one’s own room with diverse decoration skills and color matching techniques. The fact that whether this design is good or not depends on the color, the utilization and the ratio of the space as well as the selection of decorations and furniture.Comparing with public space, the decoration design of living space is more personal. Auto CAD, Photoshop Spring 2010
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Perspective Principal Bedroom
The design was combined with several styles such as pop style and recovered classic style to illustrate the uncertainty of modern life. The total atmosphere of the design was modern, but one could find elements which would go beyond normal understanding of modern culture. The uncertainty of the design came from the complexity of our realistic world. The design would provide the owner a cozy home and also a mirror to the reality.
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Perspective Saloon
The femininization of the design reflected from the colors of the furnishings I chose. Purple and peacock blue were the primary colors and some golden color was added as decoration. I chose these colors to make the interior atmosphere more elegant and harmonious.
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HAND DRAWINGS
Freehand Drawing, A Corridor in THU. Material: Pen Course: History of Architecture and Gardern
Drawing Practice, Suzhou Museum Material: Pen, Watercolor Course: Presentation Technique
Freehand Drawing, Notre Dame de Paris Material: Pen, Watercolor Course: Presentation Technique Time:11/2008
Sketch, Life Drawing Material: Pencil Course: Sketch
Painting, Pond Material: Toner Course: Color Painting
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Drawing Practice, Classical Entrance Material: Pencil, Watercolor Course: Presentation Technique Time: 10/2008
Rawhide, Wax Handmade 8”* Φ4” Spring 2014
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CV
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Xiao Qin (Amy)
Email: qinxiaoshenqing@gmail.com Tel: (774)-284-3464 Add: 39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48304, US Xiaoqin.jimdo.com
Education
MARCH: Architecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, US. (2012-2014) BFA: Interior Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. (2007-2001)
Intership
Beijing Adixin Decoration Art Co., Ltd (2011) Xilinmen Furniture Co., Ltd (2010)
Skills
Basic Wood Working, Metalwork Fabrication, Digital Fabrication (Laser cutter, Plasma cutter, CNC, 3D Printer), Welding and soldering Skills, Basic Electronic Prototyping (Arduino), Basic Mechanical Skill, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Premiere), Office Suite, Auto CAD, Rhinoceros, 3D MAX, Sketch-up, Peking Opera Performance.
Activities
Architecture Department Assistant. (2013-2014) Workshop Held by FIELD and Cranbrook Academy of Art. (2013) Summer Workshop in Haystack Mountain School. (2013) Forum Gallery. (2012, 2014) Mercedes-Benz Gallery. (2013) Academy of art & Design Graduate Design Exhibition, Tsinghua University. (2011) “Power of Copying”, 2010 International Contemporary Design Festival.(From selected art academies. (2010) The 8th China International Interior Design. (2010) “Into Kunshan” Cultural Night. (2010) Investigation of Suzhou Historic Gardens. (2009) Workshop held by Politecnico di Milano and Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University. (2009) Peking Opera & Kunqu Opera Enthusiast Association, Tsinghua University. (2009) Zijing Newspaper, Tsinghua University. (2008) Construction Investigation, Shanxi Province, China. (2008) 73