The portfolio includes the projects in my master’s period in RISD and senior period in SWJTU. The works are arranged in scale, from smallest building scale design to the planning scale projects. Some concerns exist throughout from the very beginning to now and gradually become my interests in research and professional practice, such as the spatial introductory, morphology and topology, and urban identification.
shot at Avignon, 2015
shot at New York City, 2014
Being as the most controversial urban development project in NYC, after years’ debating, the project need a comprehensive design that can solve the disorder around the site and unite the seven neighborhood around. Its unique history track caused the disparity and segregation around Pacific Avenue, and the site locates exactly at the joint of those complicated conditions. After fulfill the plot ratio requirement, the design is no longer pursuing a very strong form to lead and impact the surroundings as some of the previous schemes did, but instead try to soften the edges and embrace the surrounding conditions. Based on the analysis of figure and ground patterns, the proposal set up its morphology standard by exposing the site’s hidden requests and view guidance. The neighborhoods around, the traffic, and even the sight of Empire State Building are all the considerable factors to this urban design scheme.
shot at Nanjing, 2014
XIAOYU YU 4013687058
xyu@risd.edu
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)
Aug.2013-May.2015 Sept.2008-Jun.2013
Candidate for Master of Landscape Architecture B.S. in Landscape Architecture
HONORS
Architectural Studies Travel Award, 2015.02 Southern New England American Planning Association(SNEAPA) Conference: At the Exhibition, and the winners of Student Display Competition, 1X1 Design Collaborative & The Central Falls Master Plan Project, 2014.10 AECOM Urban SOS Competition, At the Exhibition, 2014 Towards A New Industry, 2014.09 Excellence Award, 2010 National College Students Green Buildings Design Competition, 2010
EXPERIENCE
1X1 Design Collaborative Jun.-Oct., 2014 Co-founder and Designer
Architects& Engineers., Ltd. of Southeast University Sept.-Dec, 2012 Landscape Architecture Department Designer Assistant
Ancient Architecture Analysis Jul.-Aug, 2011
Three-Su Temple (a paradigm of Sichuan classical gardens) in Meizhou, Sichuan Province (Cooperation Project of School and Local Government).
Singapore SCP Consultants Pte Ltd.
Jan.-Feb, 2011
Landscape Architecture Department Designer Assistant
National Campus Undergraduates’ Innovative Practice Apr.2011-Apr.2013
Study on the improvement of ecological pavement in the urban area of Chengdu—upon the relations between the permeable pavement and rainwater infiltration as well as surface runoff.
SKILLS
Photography Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Rhino, Sketchup, Auto-Cad, ArcGIS, Pencil/Charcoal Sketch, Watercolor Painting, Marker Pen Painting, Vray, Artlantis, Lumion