xieyu | portfolio 2021 | SUTD by xie yu (fish)

xie yu street name | fish yu_xie@mymail.sutd.edu.sg xieyu.design@gmail.com Tel: 90171280

EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

SKILLS

10/2018 06/2019

Architecture Associate HYLA Architects Design private houses, run projects and co-ordinate with contractors to ensure projects are on track.

05/2017 08/2017

Intern Arc Studio Master planning, design of small houses and offices.

05/2016 08/2016

Intern Architology Helped out in various projects including design of back facade of shophouse and initial proposition of projects.

05/2015 08/2018

Singapre University of Technology and Design SUTD Bachelor of science under the Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) course. Awarded with SUTD Undergraduate Merit Scholarship.

Strong Rhino, Vray, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign Familiar Grasshopper, Diva, AutoCad, Sketch up Processing, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro Languages Fluent in English and Chinese and SiChuan dialect

Photo taken by me on Inujima Island, Japan

Contents AUG 2016 - AUG 2018

Future Generic Siteless

[Left] Concept spatial diagram

DESCRIPTION | This studio was partly ran as a research studio on the topic of high-rise, high-density housing. The subjects of exploration and critique covers flexibility of units in terms of expansion and division, the treshold between the public and private domain, the vertical heirarchy of the building and as well as the way the building touches ground. DESIGN INTENT | The premise of the studio is based on the need for flexible units and as well as a conducive spatial experience that encourages people to gather, bond and grow together as a closely knitted community. EDTORIAL DESIGN | The studio collectively curated a booklet, a design manual, illustrating the rules and regulations, datas and statistics on the topic of housing contextualised in Singapore. I was in charge of the editorial design of the booklet.

1:200 Sectional Model 9

Progression of the diagram

Diagram

relational thinking of access and denial, open and close, public and private. My project began as a post rationalisation process after having drawn the diagram of the misaligned walls. Through this operation, units

The main medium of design and exploration is done through the use of diagram. A form of abstraction that helps to crystalise the spatial and

can expend endelessly or shrink to the scale of one room. This solved the equirement for the units to be flexible. Not only that, it nables the residents a dual access into certain spaces

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Nuclear Family

Nuclear Professional Family Flatshare

Nuclear Mul�-Genera�onal Family Family

Nuclear Live/ Family Work

Nuclear Nuclear Family Family

Nuclear Single Single Family Parent Family

Professional Flatshare

Mul�-Genera�onal Family

Live/ Work

Nuclear Family

Single Single Parent Family

Professional Flatshare

Mul�-Genera�onal Family

Live/ Work

Nuclear Family Single Live/ Parent Work Family

Single Single Parent Family Nuclear Family

Senior Flatshare

Professional Flatshare

Couple w/o Children

Senior Flatshare Nuclear Family

Nuclear Family

Senior Flatshare Nuclear Family

Nuclear Family

Couple w/o Children

Nuclear Family

Single Live/ Parent Work Family

Nuclear Family

Unit Ribbon

Senior Flatshare

Professional Flatshare

Unit Ribbon applied to cluster

Nuclear Family

Professional Flatshare

Unit Interface

Single Live/ Parent Work Family

Couple w/o Children

Nuclear Family

Senior Flatshare

Nuclear Family

Couple w/o Children

Nuclear Family

Live/ Work

Single Parent Family

Typical Floor Plan

Cluster Interface

Vertical Hierarchy Diagram

Interface Threshold Private Semi-private Elevator Stairs Corridor Shared/Semi-public

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Long section across circulation path

Can the generic tower be so generic that it can even be used as a low-rise high-density model came as an after thought. Maybe it could, maybe it works even better as a horizontal element. The future generic always inspired me to think about architecture from the lens of biology because generic has the root word gene in it. A genetic model for the the future of housing, one where it is able to adapt to different context, socially, politically, economically and culturally, does sounds enticing and promising as a design research. In this case, architecture is likened to a conscious being that can continuously adapt and reinvent itself to suit the needs of the people and its local context, much like any other biological being’s ‘body’. By that logic, we will be designing the ‘dNA’ of housing where architecture will become the vessel and we architects, will be playing God...

Printed booklet 20

pa rk in g = h e ada c h e pu b l ic s pa c e = 1 5 % ho u se ho l d s he l te r = 2 . 6 m gu id el i ne ! = r ule s

pa rk in g = h e ada c h e pu b l ic s pa c e = 1 5 % ho u se ho l d s he l te r = 2 . 6 m gu id eli ne ! = r ule s

FALL 2018 FAL L 2 0 1 8

edi tor ia l d es i gn = xi e y u st ud io ma s t e r = o l iv er h ec k m an n

edi tor ia l de s i gn = xi e y u st ud io ma s t e r = o l iv er h ec k m an n

pa rk in g = h e ada c h e pu b l ic s pa c e = 15 % ho u se ho l d s he l te r = 2 . 6 m gu id e li ne ! = r ule s

a d e s ig n m a n u a l

a d esign manual

netflix & chill socialise future = ??? rooms play breathe nuclear family = 4 rooms airbnb = shared rooms activities sleep eat net f lix & chill socialise fu tu r e = ? ? ? r o o ms play b r e a th e n u cl e a r f a m ily = 4 r o o m s air b n b = s h a r e d r o o ms a ct ivit ie s sleep eat

a d e s ig n m a n u a l a d esign manual

FALL 2018 FAL L 2 0 1 8

Gallery N.A Kallang Way 2

DESCRIPTION | This project challenges the traditional notion of a room (a space with 4 walls, some windows and a roof over). What it proposes is to use N and A building blocks to form the entire gallery. This gesture of completely opening up two of the opposing walls, is perhaps a move towards bringing the exterior into the interior. Inviting landscape into the man-made space. PLAY | The proportions of the N and A module are played with to cater for the programmatic and lighting needs. It is through the shearing, misalignments and intersections that of these modules that creates spaces that are connected to each other and to the nature around it.

[Left] Basic Building blocks of Gallery N.A

N and A family members

d.N.A of Gallery N.A

H = 2.65m

ROOF = OUTDOOR SEAT = LIGHT MONITOR

H H

H = 3.20m

H = 3.75m

ROOF = OUTDOOR SEAT = LIGHT MONITOR

H = 2.65m

H = 3.20m

ROOF = OUTDOOR TABLE = LIGHT MONITOR

H = 3.75m

ROOF = INDOOR TABLE

ROOF = LIGHT MONITOR

Lighting Experiments

Ground Floor Plan

Level 2 Plan

Roof Plan

The Pebbles Group Research Study

PROPOSAL | We present the results of research work on contemporary methods for architectural design materialization within digital media. The project documents the development of an additive manufacturing process based on coarse aggregate materials held together primarily by compressive forces and small amounts of high performance adhesives. Perhaps unavoidably, due to its materiality, the process revisits one of the most archaic methods of building technology, namely masonry, and suggests for a digital perspective for structures and landscapes made from stone. We developed a process inspired by notions of layered manufacturing, where material is first spatially deposited as thin films followed by selective localization using self-fusion or binding materials. Here, we deposit layers of stone aggregates followed by dispensing epoxy adhesives using an industrial robot as a versatile spatial indexer. Unlike conventional 3D printing, instead of fine layers of controllable material, our process deploys sizable and coarse grains of stone. The objective targets leveraging physical scale and time to produce large enough artefacts, fast enough to evoke spatial qualities. Accepting the consequential loss of resolution was never seen as a compromise but an opportunity to investigate the aesthetics of loosely coupled randomized assemblies and the technical challenges pertaining its control. [Left] Photo of artefact 39

Initial material propoerties exploration The following sets of experiments are a means for us to understand how the materials behave under different conditions. We injected 2 materials (epoxy and concrete) into several different material beds varying in size and physical properties. This gave us new insights about the materials’ behaviour and as well as helped in framing the direction of further experimentations. Overall, the products dripped in reisin are stronger than the ones made of concrete. The ‘impurities’ weakens the structural integrity of the concrete mix and therefore it shatters easily. Reisin can also flow through more consistently in a straight linear path as compared to concrete With this information in mind we decided to use reisin as our main choice of material to explore and went ahead and performed several other quick experiemnts to understand the viscosity of the reisin. 40

Salt

Concrete Drip

Reisin Drip

1~2mm fine sand

Concrete Drip

Reisin Drip

2~4 mm rocks

Concrete Drip

Reisin Drip

4~6 mm rocks

Concrete Drip

Reisin Drip

[Above] Photo of other experiments.

Design Process I wrote a custom grasshopper script to facilitate the need for the rapid prototyping phase. This script allows us to control

several variables with sliders (input geometry, scale, rotation and position of the cross sectional curves) hence be able to create huge amount of design exploration to help us understand the geometric oprations that we were play-

ing with.

Fabrication Process

Add in first layer of pebbles

Add in next layer of pebbles

Robotic Arm drips reisin based on designed path

Exhibition in SUTD library 47

Exhibition in SUTD library 49

Self Branding

Branding and Design Philosophy Aug 1 - 10 Personal Project | Summer 2018

DESCRIPTION | Out of curiousity, i wanted to explore if the design philosophies and skills learned from architecture can be translated to branding design. The objective is to design a logo that is simple and minimal while expressing the geneaology, philosophy and creativity of the client. CONCEPT | The idea is to merge english words with chinese characters to create a logo that have a distinctively chinese look, but can still be read as an english character. DETAILS | After finalising on the massing of the logo design, i went on to furnish it with chinese strokes to tie the whole design together.

[Left] Logo Design on black

Conceptualisation The challenge of this project is about bringing together four topics of interest and creating a well balanced, coherent and characteristic de

sign. The four main topics are the two initials (x&y) and street name of the client (fish), water and chinese characters.

Hierarchy of Information Initial X

Initial Y

Abstract figure of fish

The ‘tail’ of the fish will be debossed in prints to convey the message that it is submerged under the water.

Water elements

HOME

CORRIDOOR

HOME

CORRIDOOR

[Above] Concept Diagram

Space Invasion Bras Basah Complex

SEP 4 - SEP 14 Academic Project | Autumn 2017 | SUTD ASD | Core Studio 3 Professor: Teo Yee Chin | Student : Xie Yu

DESCRIPTION | This project questions the linear, monotonous relation that the private has with the public and ultimately, is about the play and design of the threshold between these two domains. PROGRAMME | Given the free will of choice, i have chosen this to be an lderly house, housing a 6 bedroom unit with 3 bathrooms, a kitchen, a small pantry and living paces. CONCEPT | Researches suggest that one of the favourite past time of eldery is to watch children play, so the main intent was to bring the playground from the outside to the inside and form some sort of interaction between the elderly and the children. To achieve this, the threshold beetween the public and the private has to be rethought and ‘invasion’ of the public realm into the private realm is used as a guiding theory in designing this household. This gesture invites activies that usually happen along the corridoor and brings them into the living spaces and the role of rchitect is no longer restricted to mere designer of spaces but orchestrator of events and activities.

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Second Floor Plan

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First Floor Plan

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Artificial Design Gallery Orchard Road, SG

DESCIRPTION | This studio asks for the design of a building to house the Artificial Design Gallery, in the intersection of Orchard Road and Carinhill Road. Programmatically, the building houses a series of cultural spaces, including a main space for exhibition and events, working and reading spaces, an enclosed theatre for lecture, a cafeteria and admin offices. CONTEXT | Located along Singapore’s most commercialised street, its neighboring buildings all have a clear emphasis on verticality with the common podium-tower typology.

[Left] Short section model

CONCEPT | This project proposes a different spatial experience where the emphasis of space is on the horizontal and the diagonal, instead of the vertical. On top of that, a central closed loop circulation is introduced to connect all the different programs together.

Site Analysis and Observations Verticality The neighboring buidlings along Orchard road are buildings with spaces that are all vertically related. All of which provides a similar experience when users go through the buildings. Visual Connectivity As many of the buildings are the result of vertically stacking boxes up, it does not provide for a spatial experience whereby users can have a intuitive visual understanding of the programs located in the buildings. Transparency Most Buildings are framed with glass to allow passerby to have a clear vision of the prgrammes that are situated inside the building, to maximise the commerciality of the building interm of its ability to attract passerby in.

Incumbent Most neighboring buildings have a clear vertical emphasis in their form.

Topple By toppling the original structure, a volume that speaks more of a horizontal language is created.

Split To create a more dynamic space, the big volume is cut up into 3 smaller parts

Misalign The misalignment creates a hald level relationship between different programmatic spaces.

Misalignment This creates another space through the negative of the center block. This space will become a sheltered exterior public space.

Intersection Misaligned boxes are pushed inwards to craft overlapping geometires.

Reduction The overlapped geometries are removed, creating void spaces and allows for visual connection between spaces.

Circulation Ramps/ staircases can now be installed in the voids that are vreated from the intersection, froming a circulatory program flow.

SS1

3D Spatial Joint Digital Fabrication

DESCRIPTION | We are tasked to design a 3D grid shell node. The challenge of this project is to focus on mediating between the aesthetic and the functionality of the spatial joint. SKILLS ACQUIRED | Waterjet: 2D cut drawings were produced according to the instructions provided in class. Because our joint needs the pieces to have a perfect fit, special attention were given to preping the cut files to account for the cutting tolerance. Wood working: Plywood were cut and drilled to fit the aluminium joint. Concept | Starting from the basis of an interlocking joint, we took references from wood-joining techniques to create a simple and clean design that relies only on intersecting geometry.

[Left] First prototype model

Fabrication Process

Water Jet aluminium sheet

Assembly Diagram

Laser cut plywood

File off tabs on the aluminium sheet

Assembly

FIN

Photo taken by me on Inujima Island, Japan