PORTFOLIO Shi Xiaoyang
Program: M.arch II Email:shixiaoyang2017@gmail.com Tel:(310)666-0197 09/2018-Present University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA) Major in Architecture Suprastudio|Entertainment Master of Engineering to be obtained in June,2019
SHI Xiaoyang Phone: 310-666-0197 Email: shixiaoyang2017@gmail.com Address: 10853 Rose Ave, Los Angeles, CA Website: https://www.ashley-xyshi.com/ Zip code: 90034
Education
Bachelor of Architecture, Shandong Jianzhu University (Jinan, China) Duration: Sepember 2013 - June 2018 Major: Architecture Core Coursework: Architectural Design Studio, Architectural Mechanics, Chinese/Foreign Architectural History, Architectural Structure, Architecture Physics, Urban Design Studio, Building Energy Efficiency Technology & Design, Green Building Master of Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, US) Duration: Sepember 2018 - Present, expected June 2019 Major: Architecture (Entertainment Studio led by Jimenez Lai) Core Coursework: Advanced Topics Studio, Special Topics in Architecture and Urban Design
Experience
Intern Architect, Open Design Studio, 11/2016 - 01/2017 Provincial government building renovation Resign scheme for interior space exterior repair scheme Plan layout and section study 3D modeling and rendering Physical modeling Coordinated with builders and developers Volunteer Architect, Chinese Traditional Village Investigation, 02/2017 - 04/2017 Conducted by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of People's Republic of China (MOHURD), the project includes investigation of traditional village's population profile, plan layout, traditional building, history and culture, infrastructure, Industry format. etc.
Publication
"Building in Li Yuan", Co-author, 2017 "Street in Li Yuan", Co-author, 2017
Honors/ Awards
First-class scholarship awardee, Shandong Jianzhu University, 2014-2015 Second-class scholarship awardee, Shandong Jianzhu University, 2013-2014, 2015-2016 Outstanding Student, Shandong Jianzhu University, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 Excellent Graduate, Shandong Jianzhu University, 06/2018 Third prize, HaiYou media comic contest, 12/2016 Grade 10 (top Grade:10), National Piano Grading Examination, 2010 Grade 10 (top Grade:10), National Art Grading Examination (Speciality: Pencil sketch, 2008) Grade 8 (top Grade:10), National Art Grading Examination (Specislity: Quick sketch), 2008
Technical Skills
CONTENT [1] School History Museum
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year2, semester1,2015.10 Tutor：Yingying Jia Acadsemic，Individual Project
[2] Community Center
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year3, semester1, 2016.1 Tutor：Yun Xia Acadsemic, Individual Project
[3] Performance Center
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year3, semester2, 2016.5 Tutor：Cong Zhou Acadsemic, Individual Project
[4] Building and Street in Li Yuan
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year4, semester1, 2017.5 Tutor：Qipeng Mu Acadsemic & publication, in collaboration with Jinzhi Song Working scope: concept development, plan layout, digital modeling, rendering, drawings publication process
[5] Other Work
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Weird & Normal Made Default SUPRASTUDIO, semester2, 2018 Tutor：Jimenez Lai, David Jimenez Iniesta, Kevin Pazik Acadsemic，Individual Project
Professional
Other
2D: Autodesk, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects 3D: Rhino, SketchUp, Grasshopper, Vray, Revit, Maya, Unity, Cinema4D, Reality Capture
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[1] School History Museum year2, semester1,2015.10
TutorďźšYingying Jia
AcadsemicďźŒIndividual Project
The design requirement is to make a new history museum of our university based on the situation of the site. Between Yingxue Lake and Xueshan Mountain, the site has a beautiful scenery. The north area of the site is always filled with a large number of students especially during weekdays when they go to classes or go eating. Lacking a place for discussion or leisure near classrooms buildings, students live an inconvenient school life. To make better use of beautiful scenery of the site and to enable students to get benefit from this new architecture, my idea was to use the Chinese traditional gardening technique to make a quiet space for students' cultural life and study. As a multifunctional museum, the building has outdoor theater space, tea rooms, bookstores, discussion area and exhibition area. And the entrances of the building and routes of the exhibition were designed according to the people flow and traffic. In traditional Chinese gardening design, the host of a garden often changed, therefore the scenery of the garden was improved on the basis of its host's interest. Like the montage of the movie, each part of the scenery is linked with each other as time goes on. Also, ancient people in China often created delicate scenery in even the smallest garden. Inspired by those theories of the traditional design of gardening, I created various delicate parts of space according to people's feelings, and designed routes for visitors to feel the change of different inside and outside spaces varying with time. 3
Chinese garden——harmony between man and nature
key elements courtyard
The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. Gardens created by scholars, poets are made for reflection and escape from the outside world. They create an idealized miniature landscape, which is meant to express the harmony that should exist between man and nature. A typical Chinese garden is enclosed by walls and includes ponds, rock works, trees and flowers, and an assortment of halls and pavilions within the garden, connected by winding paths and zig-zag galleries. By moving from structure to structure, visitors can view a series of carefully composed scenes, unrolling like a scroll of landscape paintings.
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site plan
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ground level plan 1.Main Entrance 2.Entrance Hall 3. History Exhibition 4. Exhibition 5.Warehouse 6. Reception 7. Lounge 8. Community Area 9. Stage 10.Equipment
level 2 plan 1.Temporary exhibition hall 2. Reading area 3. Office 4. Research room 5. lounge 6.exhibition
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forms guided by exhibition circulation
elevating & descending
opening guide people from plaza to outer courtyard
cutting & rotation
inner courtyard & greenbelt
vegetation in the courtyard
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朝 暮 自 凝 思， 已 慣 風 兒 炫。 多 少 光 陰 雨 雪 中， 坦 蕩 何 知 倦。 全 鋒 雖 未 露， 半 藏 已 曾 轉。 說 有 陋 裴 頠， 談 無 笑 王 衍。 願 如 處 士 , 臥 看 孤 山 梅 月。 當 年 壯懷曾烈 亦 , 邊關走 馬 踏 , 冷 霜 寒 雪。 撰 寫桃源夢 臨 , 摹瀚海 雲。 幾 番 舒 卷 釋 仇 恩 , 壹 盞 竟 氤 氳。 楚 楚 杯 中影 纖 , 纖 指 上 痕。 蒹霞瘦了又逢春 何 , 必 怨 紅 塵。 共 惜 流 年 留 不 得， 且 環 流 水 醉 流 杯。 無 情 紅 艷 年 年 盛，不恨雕零卻恨開。 風 來 疏 竹， 風 過 而 竹 不 留 聲， 燕 渡 寒 潭， 燕去而潭不留影。
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Tang Danasty. The poem describes the most normal but touching scenery at Xian city which were the capital of nation at that time.
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The poem above is written by a great Chinese poet Dumu from
Four most representative phrase are reinterpreted spatially through section to reall the most unique, distinctive and cherished memory of the place.
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exterior brick curtain wall study Rock has an important position in the design of traditional chinese garden . Rock appeared often in the courtyard or watergarden. Due to its organic form, sense of nature can be added to the space. The organic form is simulated with bricks on the exterior facade design.
rocks used in Chinses garden Sine curve harmony
local grey bricks
Cosine curve harmony
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insulation
embedded weld plate plate angle support
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[2] Community Center year3, semester1, 2016.1 TutorďźšYun Xia Acadsemic, Individual Project
The site is located at the historical urban area of the Qingdao city. The area once was a highly-developed special economic zone. Its development records the integration of foreign and local culture. Although the area began to wane after the municipal government moved eastwards and rapid development of urbanization, it has an important position in the mind of Qingdao people. The design task for the project is to infuse new vitality to the declining area and provide convenience for locals. According to the history of this area, I created a story to represent it by metaphors-- a loner is chased and always in danger, and finally, he is pushed over a cliff. Once this area had a glorious history and unique inner courtyards, but it could not avoid the damage by urbanization. Based on the story, I designed different structures across the old buildings on the site. Also, lacking places to having a shower or cooking, local people lived a difficult life. Children do not have any places to play or study, so they have to chase and play with each other on the road with many cars. On account of the poor infrastructure of local residential areas, the design brings certain functions to meet their basic requirement to enhance their life quality. 8
street activities due to lack of public space
Besides the area's glorious history and unique inner courtyards building type , it could not avoid the decadence caused by fast urbanization. According to its historyďźŒI created a story to represent it by metaphorsďźš “a loner is chased and always in danger, and finally, he is pushed over a cliff.
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street play
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haircut
site condition commercial
commercial closed
local gathering area
tourist gathering area
church
shopping
dining
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parking
hotel
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hospital
health check
dancing
The site on Zhongshan Road, with a rich city culture, once was the most important shopping district in Qingdao. Though the bustling old days are still in the minds of locals, Residents have a contrary feeling for this area. On one hand there is precious living memory for them. On the other, they want to leave the community due to the poor infrastructure. site plan
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[3] Performance Center year3, semester2, 2016.5
TutorďźšCong Zhou
Acadsemic, Individual Project
The design requirement is to design a theater in order to enrich local people's spiritual and cultural life. Located in the new city center of Jinan, the site is surrounded by newly built office buildings and new living quarters. Lacking sound infrastructure, office workers and locals almost do not have a place to have a meal, go shopping or even take a walk, which means their life is monotonous. To make a positive impact on the surroundings activate the neighborhood, my idea was to improve the infrastructure and function for both office workers and locals and to attract more people into the site and hold various kind of public activities, such as exhibition or showing of films. Also, inside the theater, I designed various kind of space. Some of them lead people's routes, others make them stay and interact with them. The theater has an ellipsoidal form held by three main columns, bringing about space on the ground for people's activities as well as outdoor theater space. The ellipsoidal space of it is the main theater space, while boxes surrounding it are the exhibition, shops, coffee shop and cinemas spaces. I also designed space truss structure to provide long - span space without columns. And a gallery bridge can link the boxes with each other, bringing different kinds of experiences in the architecture.
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Located in the middle of new deveoped center business district of Jinan city,auditorium the site hall is in the shape of a big oval with The performance center's main always hassteel a heavy trafficThe andworld's people flow. stainless facade. most famous show would be staged inside the oval. Onradius its reflective a more isstation playing. The show is Within 400m distancefacade, to the site are exciting show Jinan railway about everyone's life in at thenorth city. Besides, the Jinan railway station and the it is a 24/7 non-stop release. city's hitorical commercial port at south. The site serves as a bridge connecting the old site culture newinternet development. Mr. A, aand small based company founder, went to a
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As a major city in the mid-east part of China, Jinan attracts more and more people to work and live. The newcomers, no matter who are small business entrepreneurs, new graduates or blue-collars, work as hard as they can to earn themselves a place in the city. However, reality is always cruel for them. With various life pressures, most of the newcomers are experiencing serious psychological and economical difficulties. Our design concept is to create a co-working and co-living community for such newcomers. The community would help the newcomers reduces unnecessary expenditure, meet new friends and opportunities. Mr.A, a small internet based company founder, went to exhibition city and choose to stay after graduation, working more than 12 hours a day without weekned, office/storage/backstage cafe outdoor theatre/plaza hoping to achieve his success in business.
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Going to exhibition is the best way for him to get relaxed
Mr. B is a taxi driver. Although he is not interested in the performance played in the performance center. He passes ll internet based company founder, founder, went to went to there everyday. He is familier with the city reflected on the A, a small internet based company nan and city choose stay after graduation, ege city in Jinan andto choose to stay after graduation, big oval. e than 12 hours a day without weekned,
king more than 12 hours a day without weekned, hieve success business. ing tohis achieve hisinsuccess in business. Going to exhibition is the best way Mr. C thought himself as a great musician. Looking the oval, he dreams to have his personal concert inside itďźŒ although his current stage is the street corner.
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It is another tough day for Mrs D, the street vendor. Looking at the big oval, she didn't feel that much pain, for she knows there are thousands people like her, fighting for living in the city.
SHOW NAME: LIFE LEADING PERFORMER: YOU AUTHOR: YOU FREE main traffic
the 15 sqm bedroom cost him 1/3 of his salary the 15 sqm bedroom cost him 1/3 of his salary
site visual connection with historical commersial port
Working out twice a week help him maintain health and active
The loft house is both his home and office
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Playing cards with friends is the most happy thing for him after work
Mr.B, growed up in a small town, come to Jinan with his friend with the dream to make a better life in the big city, currently have a construction job.
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he goes to the local bookstore in the ding skill-teaching books weekend, reading skill-teaching books
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Oval volume becomes a violent invasion of space, forming a unique space experience. Events including gazing, touching happened.
The interior of the building is diverse, creating "violence" on the path of people's walk, guiding and directing people's behavior and forming a walking event.
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Violent intrusion has impeded the simple route of moving to a certain extent ."Barriers" make it possible for people to stay and active.
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[4] Building and Street in Li Yuan year4, semester1,2017.5 TutorďźšQipeng Mu in collaboration with Jinzhi Song
AcadsemicďźŒ2 people group work
Located in the historical urban area, Zhongshan Road area was once a colony of foreign countries during the world war and a commercial center of Qingdao. Currently, the texture and facades were relevantly damaged. The design task is to infuse new vitality to this area, to optimize urban space, and to renovate old buildings, containing conservation, restoration and revival. For No.2 Baoding Road, we heightened the building by the addition of a second story. As an open tearoom, the additional part uses light steel structure, linking with the No.2 Baoding Road yard to serve visitors and locals. As for the No.4 and No.6 Baoding Road yard, we redesigned the entrance and routes in order to enhance the relationship of residents and stores. For those irreversibly damaged facades, our idea was remaining the existing opening but changing the windows and doors with materials different from old ones. Also, we changed the old parking lots to a public square for morning or night market to provide more leisure space for locals. The nearby building is opened as a shopping mall with decoration of advertisements for contrast with historical buildings as well as diminishing its huge dimension sense. The newly designed galleries can make the maximum use of the space and provide evacuation space as well.
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1.Baoding road elevation Qingdao
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With various scales, streets in Qingdao have their own characteristics. Zhongshan Road, for example, gives a wide open feeling, while the Dagu Road gives a narrow and quiet feeling. The streets impression are not just made by roads; buildings on both sides of the road are also important components of the street. The scale, height, material of the building, etc. also affect the spatial perception.
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shopping plaza local product store snack shop restaurant drink shop fastfood convenient store fashion motel watch jewlery glasses office education print shop furniture hospital pharmacy fruit GYM cellphone service barbershop Photography shop culture police office unused
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non-motorized vehicle lanes and green belts added/seats added on the sidewalk
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moving out existing parking area/converting the street to a pocket park serving for the neighborhood
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moving out street parking/ , strengthening the pedestrian system/adding green and street furniture/ forming quiet neighborhood park.
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Combining with the vacant space on the north side of the street/ building larger space for public activities rather than a simple sidewalk.
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Planning roadside parking/ setting rest point with vegetation and street furniture
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Three traffic modes in then route map Comparison charts showed the scale before and after the renovation. Due to the designed bicycle lanes and the widened sidewalks, the space of the street is changed, which attracts more people to stay there and do varies activities. Also make the community more activite.
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We heightened the building by the addition of a second story. As an open tearoom, the additional part uses light steel structure, linking with the No.2 Baoding Road yard to serve visitors and locals. As for the No.4 and No.6 Baoding Road yard, we redesigned the entrance and routes in order to enhance the relationship of residents and stores. For the damaged facades, our idea was remaining the existing opening but changing the windows and doors with materials different from old ones. Also, we changed the old parking lots to a public square for morning or night market to provide more leisure space for locals. The nearby building is opened as a shopping mall with decoration of advertisements for contrast with historical buildings as well as diminishing its huge dimension sense. The newly designed galleries can make the maximum use of the space and provide evacuation space as well.
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[5-1] Weird & Normal year6, semester2,2018.10 TutorďźšJimenez Lai, David Jimenez Iniesta, Kevin Pazik AcadsemicďźŒIndividual Project
The weirdness and normality of architecture depend on the degree of power and freedom, and their interconnections are varied under the swift between oppression and political intent. When power dominates the building, there would be two extremes of weirdness and normality based on the control of policy. When politicization intentions are extremely low, the power center tend to establish a series of rules and regulations on each individual to manage buildings. In this case, the shape of the personal buildings become extremely normal and show a homogenous form. To be specific, the shape of buildings is embodied in a uniform appearance, standardized planes and elevations, space for maximum utilization, and so on. However, when the political intent is extremely high, the purpose of the building is transformed into a propaganda function. The shape and the weirdness of the building act as a symbolic tool to express the strength of the power. In this case, the building tends to be spectacular, that is weird. The building appears in the form of a huge sculpture or a landmark in the city. The enormous volume of the building shows power of the strength of the power, and the strangeness of the shape of the building is used as a tool to promote the power of the center. When oppression from power is reduced and thus the building is given enough freedom to design, the building also tends to be both normal and weird based on the degree of policy. When the political intentions are obvious, the lack of power allows the design of building to develop freely. In order to show the individual power and wealth, weird buildings would be established. The great extent of freedom brings about disorder and randomness, and it loses the constraints of regulations and norms. A great number of personal tastes and requirements are applied into the design of the building. The building will have a random and quirky appearance and shape. The order of the interior space will also become chaotic and disordered which is weird. On the other hand, when the degree of political intentions is minimized, the maximum of freedom bring about self-control and for the building. Order arises spontaneously and applies to architecture, and as well as guides the development of it. In this case, the space utilization appearance and the shape of the building tend to be rational and logical. The whole building would be defined as a comfortable place arranged by the real requirement of live. The whole building would become normal. 23
[5-2] Made Default year6, semester2,2018.12 Tutor：David Jimenez Iniesta, Kevin Pazik Acadsemic，Individual Project
The chair would be act as a multiple-function object in a bedroom. Generally speaking, the center of the bedroom would be literally the “bed“, however, almost in every bedroom, there exists a chair which serves as the most important part of the room. For example, every morning people get up and finish their breakfast, they might need to sit in the chair to think about their life(...). Or maybe they would work or study on their chair. In the night, people put their clothes on the chair, and in the morning, people move their clothes from their chair to their beds. Since people spend too much time in their chairs, people even design chairs which can both keep them healthy (standing chairs) and make them comfortable while working. Or when looking at the illustrators’ chair which can satisfy their need to watch anime or manga through multiple screens and to draw on their tablets or to use their laptop in their chairs, I can strongly feel the importance of chair. Even with the most normal sofa chair, people are not easily to seat still in it. People are willing to change their gestures to make themselves comfortable in their chairs, which even conflicts with the original design of designers. When taking a close look at those chairs, it is easily to find something weird in the most normal chairs, which leads me to think about how to make a new chair to satisfy people’s need in their bedroom in daily life or to re-define the character of the chair. 24
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