PORTOFOLIO PORTOFOLIO Selected Work of Graduate School, 2015-2018
SHAN XIAOTONG
Xiaotong Shan
| 4918 Berthold Ave. St. Louis City, Missouri 63110 | TEL:314-349-5632 | Email: xiaotong.shan@wustl.edu
2015~2019 United States, St. Louis 4 Years Washington University In St. Louis, Master of Architecture Master of Urban Design 2009~2015 Japan, Osaka 5 Years Osaka University, Bachelor of Architecture 1997~2009 China, Shen Yang 12 Years Elementary Education
Study Abroad Experiences
-EDUCATION2017, Feb. ~ May, Berlin, Germany; Comprehensive Architecture Design Studio 2018, March, Copenhagen, Denmark; Public Life Survey 2018, May~July, Johannesburg; South Africa; Urban Design Degree Project 2018, August, Kigali, Riwanda; Public Life Survey 2018, Sep. ~ Dec. Buenos Aires, Argentina Comprehensive Architecture Design Studio
-WORK EXPERIENCE2011~2015 Architecture Design Assistant @ Nikken Sekkei Ltd. 4 Years Responsibility: Part time, Site analysis / Modeling assistant. 2014~2015 Teaching Assistant @ Osaka University, Department of Global Architecture 1 Years Graphic Science and Drawing 2014~2015 Research Assistant @ Osaka University 4 Years Research Title:Public Perception and Stigma on Severly Contaminated Brownfield in Fukushima. Research Partners: ILS Dortmund (Institut fĂźr Landes); Reading University London Professor: Hirokazu Abe, Architectural and Urban Morphology Laboratory Responsibility: Data collection and analysis, Presentations at partners office
-EXHIBITIONS/PUBLICATIONS2013 The Far Eastern Architectural Young Talent Award @ Osaka, Twin Tower Role: Curator, Cordinator 2015 Sendai Design League @ Sendai, Mediatheque Role: Exhibition Participant Approach @ Sam Fox School Graduate Architecture Portofolio 2015~2016 Digital Pulication: Arch 317 Studio: Unfolding Landscape 2018~2019 Digital Pulication: Arch 611: Living Room 31 2017 Passepartout / Seven Rooms @Olive Street, Grand Center St. Louis Art Installation In Collaboration with Pulitzer Arts Foundation
Modeling/Drafting: AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit,Sketchup Research/Processing: GIS, Microsoft Office Graphic Design: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign Movie Editing: Adobe Premiere, AfterEffects
LANGUAGE
SOFTWARE
-SKILLSMandarin Japanese English French Spanish
-SCHOLARLY TRAVELSAsia:
Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Tokyo, Kanazawa, Sendai, Fukuoka, Hokaido, Kyoto, Kobe, Sapporo, Nagasaki, Phnom Penh, Bankok, Vladivostok
Europe:
Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Cologne, Dussedolf, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Munich, Prague, Vienna, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome
North America:
New York, Philadephia, Washington, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, Fort Worth, New Orleans, Seatle South America: Mexico City, Guanajuatto, Cancun, Rosario, La Plata, Brasilia, Sao Paulo
Africa:
Capetown, Kigali
TABLE OF C
TIME COLLAG
LIVING ROOM 3
COLOR CITY - @
A MULTIPLE ONE
BEYOND 22, BET
TROPICAL THRESH
OTHER WORKS - Mapping/Research/Mod
CONTENTS
GE - @St. Louis
31 - @Buenos Aires
@Dallas/Fort Worth
E - @Johannesburg
TWEEN6 - @Berlin
HOLD - @Puerto Rico
deling/Installation/Photography/Cartography
TIME COLLAGE Jan. ~ May, 2019 Degree Project Instructor: Phillip Holden Individual Project
How should we remember? A Primitive Approach To Confront Modernization
Project Discription: Whether industrialization has created more problems than it has solved is a conundrum. What is clear however, is that the wheel of modernization keeps spinning faster, that it continues to cause restless unease among mankind. We are made victims of this enormous machine by default. Where to escape? The future only gets more obscure if this cannot be stopped. The peace of mind however, always ingrains itself in the past. Nevertheless, the thickness of history insinuates controversy and bewilderment. We need absolute discreetness when extracting it.
This project seeks to navigate through the past, in search for some of the lost treasures of our civilization, and carefully stitch them back together. It may be a physical presence, or an intangible matter, by composing these obsolete traits into a new cosmos, the project challenges the authority of “progress� as the dominating ideology of our contemporary society. At the same time, it strives to bring a breeze of fresh air and a moment of tranquility to our otherwise chaotic life.
Elemental Pulse
Thesis
Exploring the reality behind TIME + MATTER
Transformation is a natural process that can not be stopped. It involves a change of energy level through a certain time period. It can happen spontanously, or it can be catalysed through violent intervention. The level of quality change is dependent on the form of action and the length of time it took.
Water Towers are the products of the modernization of our cities' water distribution To the City of St. Louis, these towers are of great importance. They speak to people system. The standpipe in the tower helps absorb the surge from the reciprocating water about the great history of the city as being one of the leading cities in the country to enter pumps and use gravity to pump water into households. However, the introduction modern age. They are the physical memory of St. louis. Although they are functionally of electrical pump into the water industry had dysfunctioned these standpipes, and diabled today, their presence alone tells how important history is to the people here. structural failures also aggravated the deconstruction of many of these monuments.
1850s
2019
6
423
Bissell Street Water Tower
Compton Water Tower
Grand Ave. Water Tower 1871 ~ 1912
1897 ~ 1929
1886 ~ 1912
3 Chicago New York Milwaukee 3 St. Louis
2’ Thick Masonry Sheathing
Wrought Iron Standpipe 6’ Diameter, 148’6” Height
Vertical Access
Inner Structure of Bissell Street Water Tower
148’ Level Observatory
36’ Level Balcony
Vertical Access Ground Level Entrance
Eduction of Water To Households Through Gravity Induction of Water From Water Treatment Plant Through Steam Pump
200'
Architectural Style
CONTEXT @ 38o40'13.8"N, 90o12'18.0"
30'
Urban Fabric
Material Construct
Existing Massing Scale Proposed Massing Scale
Above Ground Massing Existing Massing Scale
Undergroung Massing
Structure & Roof Studies A: Shell B: Mega-Beam C: Spine / Tensile D: Concrete / Brick Arch Conceptual Drawing
Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D
Once The Soul Is Given A Form, It Becomes The Sign Of A Place - Aldo Rossi
Wast
Site Section
Air Void Card Board Tube
Two-Way Beam Concrete
Roof / Arch Transition Concrete
Lateral Support Hybrid Arch (Brick & Concrete)
Structure Diagram
ter Water Treatment Plant
Mississippi River
10 17 11
4 9
13 1
16
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4
12
8
5
12
7 12 15
18
20
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1. Main Entrance 2. Reception / Bar 3.Open Pool / TV Area 4.Sauna 14
5. Restroom 6. Changing Area 5
7. Shower Area 8. Enclosed Pool Area 9.Sleeping Area 3
10. Spa Room 11. Vegetation Room ( Waster Water Recycling) 12. Outdoor Pool 13. Outdoor Ramp 14. Semi Out door Pool (Glass Box) 15. Water Storage (Metal Box) 16. Semi Out Door Pool / Vertical Access to Sleeping Area ( Wood Box) 17. Bakery 18. Play Ground With Water Fountain 19. Ramp Access to Tower Bath 20. Tower Bath
Program Diagram
Individ Entry Lobby / Bar 104F
98.6F
104F
Changing Room / Shower Room
Open Pool Area 82F
107F
98.6F 107F
+19'
-2'
+2'
Glass Box: Semi Outdoor Pool
Entry
0
98.6F
107F 98.6F
dual Pool
104F
104F
98.6F
Metal Box: Water Storage
+4'
Wood Box: Circulation
-2'
SPA / Individual Room
0 +8'
+8'
Concrete Box: Bakery Waster Water Treatment Vegetation Room
Neighbourho
Semi-outdoor Access / Wood Box
Semi-outdoor Pool / Glass Box
ood Anchors
Water Storage / Metal Box
Bakery / Concrete Box
Stone Block Paving
Rigid Insulation
Vapor Barrior
Metal Bar
Concrete
Brick Cladding
Cardboard Void
LIVING ROOM 31 Aug. ~ Dec, 2018 International Architecture Studio Instructor: Gerardo Caballero, Gustavo Cardon Individual Project
LINKS: The Quality Of The Connections Is The Key To Quality Per Se. Charles Eames
Project Discription: The project is located in the southern hemisphere, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sometimes named as the Paris of South America, the city itself is full of contradictions and conflicts. Villa 31 is a well-known and studied shanty town. It's sandwiched between an industrial waste yards and various railway tracks that lead to the regional train terminal: Retiro Station. Beyond the waste yard, is the shore of Rio de la Plata, where the first Spanish Conquerer were able to approach the city, and beyond the train tracks is the formal sector of the city laid out in the typical Spanish
colonial grid. The demographic is composed of foreign immigrants most of whom came from other latin american countries. And the population can be approximately 5000 people. A gymnasium is to be proposed on the edge of the villa as a community activity center that attemps to link the different urban fabrics together. Ralationship of site and program needs to be interpretated in a sensitive and cautious perspective concerning the complexity of the social tensions of the area.
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Inequality is the 21th centuries' curse on our civilization. While the phenomenon is a consequence of multiple contemporary theories, a response from the materialization aspect is the task of an architect. Informality is found in many countries in the southern hemisphere today. It challenges the profligate pursue of capitalism and individualism, and brings the notion of "sharing" to our attention. To extract the quintessence of collectiveness, we start from the public realm.
New social housing projects under construction
New Highway under construction
Proposed Gymnasio
New Ministry of Education under construction:(Relocated from city center)
1. Main Enntrance 2. Football Field 3. Multi-Purpose Room 4. Teacher's Room 5. Shower Room Men/Women 6. Men's Bathroom 7. Women's Bathroom
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8. Public Plaza 9. Roof Drainage Gutter
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4 9
2 5
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8
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C'
B'
A'
Section A-A'
Section A-A' Detail
a. translucent fabric
b. tensile structure
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c. metal panel A (t=100mm)
e d c
h d
b a
h
d
a
Roof Detail
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e. metal bar, fixed on to panel A
f. metal panel C-01 (t=10mm) g. metal panel C-02 (t=10mm)
g f
d. metal panel B (t=20mm)
c
b
a
h. reinforced concrete (t=2000mm)
Section B-B'
Section C-C'
Roof Enclosure Translucent Fabric
Roof Structure Metal Panel
Structure Concrete
Sports Field Enclosure Glass
Class Room Enclosure Terra Cotta
Structure & Material Composition
Color City January ~ May, 2018 Urban Design Studio Instructor: Ian Caine Individual Project
FROM DENSITY TO INTENSITY: Growth Strategies For A Polycentric City
Project Discription: Contemparary urban expansion pattern in North America had evolved far beyond the traditional incremental growth model which is hinged aroung the existing historical cores. Each month in Dallas Fort-Worth metroplex, which currently ranks as the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States, 12,000 people are migrating into the metropolitan area looking for a place to live and work. Along with the high population growth rate comes with a extremely decentralised territorial growth. The re-locating of employment centers and capital clusters from periphery to the beyond, demonstrate great polycentricity on the Texas terrain. The dissolving distinctions between urban, suburban and exurban makes the established program - form relationship increasingly obsolete. Pure quantitative measurement of urban environment using density could no longer tell the full story of this development senario.
To fully understand the tensions and dynamics, this project starts from Plano, an edge city located 20 miles north of downtown Dallas. With the investments from State Farm, the area is connected to the city through highways(30mins) and a metro link(50mins). Being distanced from the resource center of the city, the act of dwelling in the context is reduced to a TV-asphalt-grocery routine. The monotonously programmed zones forecast the ephemerality of the life expectancy of this development model. To seek for a more sustainable strategy towards future expansion, this project examines the currently built form, in the pursue of a material logic behind the senario, and reconstruct a type that can eventually commensurate both the contemporary economic development and a manner of dwelling that's socially and environmentally sustainable.
- The Engergy of A City -
Agency
Activity
Time
Public/Private
Life/Work/Fun
Day/Night
City Line/Bush Station City Of Dallas Collin County Dallas County Dart Iine Highway
Mapping of Existing Condition
The development of the site area was mostly invested by State Farm, which is going to incorporate its leasing offices in other parts of the country into the new headquarter here. With the existing number of employees being 7,200 currently, the convergence will bring up the number to 17,000.
Dimension 60M x 120M Number of Ownership 1 FAR 4.4 Number of Units 260 Area of GreenSpace 350M2 Parking Lots 400
Units
Main Massing
Texas Donut
Core/Access
Barcelona Donut
Units
Dimension 113M x 113M Number of Ownership 20 - 30 FAR 4.7 Number of Units 250 Area of GreenSpace 7000M2 Parking Lots 10
Parking/Green Space
Core/Access
Main Massing
Green Space
Formal Operation
1,523
( people per km2 )
90 m2 1.6
16,000 ( m2 of city park per person )
( number of cars per person )
6.3 m2 0.8
Barcelona
Texas Block Typology
A:
Office:68K sqft Residential: 310 units Parking: 435 Spaces Commercial: 48K sqft Public Space: 21K sqft
Office:48K Residential: 570 units B: Parking: 550 Spaces Commercial: 64K sqft Public Space: 29K sqft
Office:430K Residential: 200 units C: Parking: 570 Spaces Commercial: 57K sqft Public Space: 35K sqft
Program Diagram Office: 1620K sqft
Residential: 4000 units
Parking: 5350 Spaces
Commercial: 300K sqft
Public Space: 300 sqft
A
Ground Floor Plan
A'
Site Section A - A'
Public Space Detail Plan
Public Space Detail Section
BEYOND 22 BETWEEN 6 Feb. ~ May, 2017 International Architecture Studio Instructor: Johanna Meyer-GrohbrĂźgge, Jan Trutz Individual Project
Vertical Consolidation, Berlin's Third Dimension
Project Discription: Already in 1912, the history of German high-rise buildings was linked to the city of Berlin. Although the idea of desifying the city through vertical expansion was well received, the process had been rather inconsecutive and sometimes disruptive to the larger urban context. Under the pressure of population growth and engergy consumption, a new approach of vertical densification is called upon: Hybrid Mid-rise building. The studio site is in Moabit, a centrally located area in the city of Berlin. Most parts of the area are traditional working class residential neighbourhoods where
all the buildings are built up to the 22m height restriction. A site of 6500 sqm is taken as the test ground for this project to explore the possibility of building mid-rise hybrid buildings in a typical residential neighbourhood. Adjacency to the Moabiter Markthalle, one of the most beautiful and historical architecture of Berlin; sandwiched between the city grid and the backyards of the existing housing, and the relatively large size of the plot are the challenges of this project.
Site Analysis
Street Side Access
Street Side Access
Main Entrance/Market Access
Backyards of Adjacent Buildings
Backyards of Adjacent Buildings
Detail Section
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a. Aluminum honeycomb panel t = 30+30+40mm
b
b. Concrete Panel t = 100mm
c. Wall Insulation t = 220mm
a h c
d. Flooring Insulation t = 60mm
e. Polished concrete t = 300mm
f. Polished concrete t = 80mm
d
e a c
g. Double glazing glass t=15+22+15mm g
h. Vapor barrier
i. Structural concrete f
i c
Ground Floor Plan
A'
1. Shop / Resturant/Office 2. Gymnasio 3. Core to Upper Floor Residential Units 4. Pop-up Store 5. Theatre 6. Bookstore
A
East Side Elevation
A-A' Section
MULTIPLE JOBURGS May ~ August, 2018 International Urban Design Studio Instructor: John Hoal Individual Project Project Discription: District Planning In Johannesburg
Investigations In Urban Fragmentations & Indeterminacy Among African Cities. The Right To The City?
Project Discription: 21 st century has been, and will continue to be an intense urban century when human condition needs to be addressed upfront. Regardless of the methodological validity of the Urban age project, and its projected number on the future urban population by 2050, reality is that in most parts of Asia and Africa, population will grow significantly maybe beyond their own circumstances. This project takes on the challenges that are facing Johannesburg, South Africa. While the city is built on the fortune of gold and often regarded as one of the most stable city in Africa with the largest economy
within the continent, the city is still scarred by its complicate history in many aspects. Among one of them is the site of this project - Newtown neighborhood. Located in downtown Johannesburg, where the entire city were torn apart by the aparteid governance, revitalization of such landscape is indispensable. From the perspective of global connection, to the design of a single street corner, this project aims to search for an urban form that speaks for sustainability, inclusivity, as well as prosperity.
Global Scale Analysis World Demographic In 2015
Population 2015
Population Growth Rate Country 2015
Population Density 2015 (people/Sqkm)
Social Structure (European Colonization In 1800s)
City Scale Analysis Urban Fabric / Demographic / Economy
Mining
Belt
M1
Rosebank One of the earliest suburbs of Johannesburg. Brammfontein Fordsburg Mayfair
Alexandra Township in the Gauteng province. Hign population density and high poverty rate.
Hig nwa
y
Edge city of Johannesburg. Since the decline of downtown, Sandton had been the economic center of the city's formal Santon business. The most expensive piece of land in the country.
Old Chinatown Hillbrow CBD
Maboneng Jeppe Town Mining B
elt
Soweto Township in the Gauteng province. Important role in fighting against aparteid government.Currently going through upgrading from informal to formal. Mixture of differnet wealth level.
Railway
Prevailling Religions
Continental Scale Analysis Social Diversity In Africa
Muslim
Catholic Christianity Number of Languages
Natural Religion
Language
Protextant Christianity
1 2 >3
English
Arabic
Number of Religion Composition
Single Multiple
African Language
French
Building Scale Analysis Block & Building Density Study
FORDSBURG 220'X220' 6-10 Buildings
HILLBROW 220'X220' 3-5 Buildings
DOWNTOWN 220'X220' 1-4 Buildings
NEW TOWN 160'X670' 15-21 Buildings
BRAAMFONTEIN 320'X250' 4-8 Buildings
Spatial & Social Diversity Manifestation
a M o d e rnis m Lo n d o n TE
RO GEN
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fr ic
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D u b ai
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The making of African cities up until today has been western-centric.
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wYo rk of Africa
"Unify, exclude, and control" are the principles.
Spectrum of Cross-Scale Economy Model Most achievable form of economy by individuals
2 M2 Mobile Economy
5 M2 Migratory Economy
Spectrum of Cross-Scale Space Ownership
Most desired form of economy by city planners
10 M2 Established Economy
25 M2 Established Economy
Regional Planning Using regional anchors to establish connections through public transit
Anchoring Landmark Buildings
Pedestrian Connection
BRT Connection Vehicular + Pedestrian Connection
Re - Blocking
District Massing/Zoning Southern area redevelopment based on multi-modal transit station
2050 Vision A City of Diversity
Detail Intersection Deisgn Merging various scales of trading to bring up population diversity Lobby 25M2 Store 15M2 Store Club / Bar
5M2 Store Stalls For Street Trading
Resturant Seating Service Yard Kitchen Market Access
Plaza / Park
Tropical Threshold Aug. ~ Dec, 2016 Architecture Studio Instructor: Monica Rivera
When the Clinic of Modernity Fails.
Project Discription: The liberation brought by the US legislation allowed Puerto Rico to be opened up to the world in 1951. Since then, policies had been geered towards embracing modernism, introducing concrete as building material, use segregation, etc. Accompanied by the escalating of crime rate during the 1970s, more people choose to close off all the openings of their houses in seek for security. Notwithstanding the fact that Puerto Rican's are well-know for their
communicative and sociable character. This project seeks to recover the pleasures and social advantages of communal living in the city, as well as permeable boundaries and expanded thresholds. With an average anual temperature of 80o, and east wind all year round, the warm climate of San Juan should be shaping what a tropical building would look like.
Prologue: I remember running upstairs. After a whole day of school, the last few minutes before I hide into my own home, feels like a prelude for me. Entering the lobby, I’m no longer outside anymore; there’s five floors of stairs waiting for me to step up, elevator was a luxury for us back then. The darkness of the stairwell always scares me a bit, as a 7-year old girl. Thus, I always try to run up to the 5th floor within one breath. What calms me down, however, is the sense of my neighbors’ being. 1a is frying fish, I can smell it; 2b’s kid is playing piano, I can hear it; 3b’s couple are having a fight, I can hear it; 4b is making beef stew, I can smell it… Now that 20 years had passed since we’ve moved out of that building, I cannot remember how do things look like any more. But the harmony of life that were put together by my neighbors, had always stays clear, my first memory of a place called home.
Ground Floor Plan: Street Access
Street View
Inside/Outside Relationship Diagram
Original relationship in San Juan is more hostipable where communication from inside the house is possible
Modern age relationship where communication is shut down by the shutters for safety and privacy reasons
Proposed relationship where a part of the house can be a more open and inviting space while privacy is protected by interior walls
From this relationship forms a neighbour connection where people can interact with each other from inside their home
Further strenghthen communications by adding other people in the building into the conversation, circulation between two units
Organization of the elements in the core to form a comfortable entry space for each unit and a hospitable staircase for the neighbours.
Unit Types & Privacy Zones
Bed Room Area
Circulation Space
Bath Room Area
Kitchen Living Room Area
Kitchen View
Bathroom View
Core/Unit Interaction Diagram
Ventilation Diagram
East Elevation
Operatable Louver System For Flexible Shading During Different time Of The Day
O u t s i d e La y e r O f G l a s s Protecting The Rain; Inside Layer Of Louver Providing Shade
Window Detail
A
A'
Section A-A'
OTHER WORKS - Mapping/Research/Mod
deling/Installation/Photography/Cartography
Mapping / Resear
rch / Cartography
Model /
/ Sketch
Photography
/ Installation
Washington University In St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design & Art Architecture & Urban Design Shan Xiaotong xiaotong.shan@wustl.edu