PORTFOLIO OF XINYAN ZHAO Work Example 2013-2020 Delft University of Technology South China University of Technology
Xinyan Zhao
Master Student
PROFILE
Assiduous and ethusiastic landscape master student, have the knowledge in multi-disciplines, including architecture, urban design and landscape architecture, and capble of applying principles from different perspectives, interested in sustainable urban and landscape transformation.
EDUCATION
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
2018-Present 2013-2018
Birth : 21. 09. 1995 Mobile : +31 620828887 Email : metoo.yim@gmail.com Address: Prof. Schermerhornstraat 17-2, Delft, 2628PZ
Master of Landscape Architecture
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China 5-year Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Architecture (3.5/4.0)
INTERNSHIPS
Intern Landscape Designer, BNP Architect, Delft, The Netherlands
Oct. 2019 - Jan. 2020
Provided landscape design concept in regional planning projects Cooperated with architects and designed architectural layout
Apr. - Jun. 2018
Intern Architectural Designer, Longfor Properties Co. Ltd., Guangzhou, China Coordinated with design company and construction company Participated in site construction inspection
Jan. - Mar. 2018
Intern Landscape Designer, AECOM, Guangzhou, China Assisted with participating in part of the design, detail drawings, renderings, etc.
Aug. - Sep. 2017
Intern Architectural Designer, Architectural Design and Research Institute of SCUT, Guangzhou, China Investigated and selected effective information for designing Drew analysis diagrams, such as landscape design analysis maps
Feb. - Mar. 2016
Intern Landscape Designer, Guangdong DATHINK Architectural Design Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China Designed layout for project and landscape planting Communicated with rending company to guarantee the quality of design
EXPERIENCE
2017 Hong Kong-Shenzhen Urbanism/Architecture Bi-City Biennale
Aug. - Nov. 2017
Investigated TV as the survey object in the Nantouv Old Town in Shenzhen and analyzed TV under different scales, i.e, from the arrangement in a house to the influence of PRD Curated and made drawings and installations for exhibition
Oct. - Jan. 2016
Construction Competition with Wood Considered its feasibility and made concept model to adapt the construction area Selected and purchased different kinds of materials to build the wooden sketch for testing Awarded with "Excellent Prize" in the final presentation
Feb. - Mar. 2015
Superordinary Workshop Interviewed people from Longdong urban village about their routes to make comparisons Mapped interviewees' routes to discover some informal activities from their daily lives The activities attracted a lot of attention from the public, and were published in newspaper and broadcast on TV.
Feb. 2015 - Jan. 2016
Comparartive Analysis of Urban and Rural Biotope Mapping Studied researches and cases on domestic and international biotope mapping Based on field investigation, collected data and anaylzed effective information
ACTIVITIES
Minster of Students' Association Union of SCUT
Mar. 2014 - Mar. 2015
Dealt with all matters related to exhibitions Interviewed and managed volunteers, organized volunteers' work
2013 - 2018
Social Outstanding Volunteer Member of Volunteer Service Team in School Participated in many social voluntary activities, such as voluntary classes for children
SKILLS Manual Digital
Mandarin(native) & Cantonese(native) & English(fluent) Drafting, Drawing, Painting, Sketching, Model making, Laser cutting, Wood work Adobe Suite, AutoCAD, Sketch Up, Lumion, V-ray, Rhino (beginner)
CONTENT Academic Works Multi-scales
01. FOOD CENTERNISM Intervention Design in Communities Individual Work/ Academic/ 2019 Summer
02. SKYWALL Landscape Design of Nanjing CIty Wall Individual/ Academic/ 2017 Autumn Medium scale
03. TIDAL LANDSCAPE Leisure River Landscape Design Individual Work/ Academic/ 2018 Winter
04. ONE BELT ONE PATH Urban Quarry Ecological Park Design Team Work/ Academic/ 2017 Spring
05. CITY LAB Environment Renovation and Reconstruction Team work/ Academic/ 2018 Summer Small scale
06. BETWEEN GARDENS Entrance Plaza Design of Qinghui Garden Individual/ Academic/ 2016 Autumn
07. REVELATION Gravel Pit Garden Design Individual/ Academic/ 2018 Autumn
08. THE CUBE Campus Library Design Individual/ Academic/ 2015 Autumn
Research & Exhibition
09. SUPER ORDINARY Social Research in Longdong Urban Village Team work/ Research and Exhibition/ 2015 Spring
10. DECODING THE ROLE OF TV Mapping in Nantou Old Town Urban Village Team work/ Research and Exhibition/ 2017 Autumn
Construction Works
11. INVISIBLE WAVES Wooden Installation Team work/ Construction / 2016 Winter
12. RURAL PAVILION Bamboo Installation Team work/ Construction/ 2016 Autumn
OTHER WORKS
01. FOOD CENTERNISM Type: Optional studio work / Individual Instructor: Ollie Palmer Location: Dunkirk, France Duration: Apr. 2019 - Jun. 2019 The livability of the city is once again in the limelight of the world. The project takes Dunkirk as an example to improve this, this project mainly investigates into four aspects. First of all, the lack of social activities is dealt with by transforming the vacant places into public space, viz. entertainment facilities, fundamental service, etc. Second of all, the fossil fuel consumption is highly related to the sustainability of the city and the environment. To alleviate the problem, the concept of food center, located dispersed in the city has been put forward. Third of all, the decentralized food system has been integrated, namely the integration of processing factories and food distribution centers. Finally, the food production is promoted to be localized in order to achieve the goal of self-sufficiency. There are many vacant spaces in the communities we can make use of setting up the food centers. The food center would be constructed in a modular way with two functionalities. The space can be expanded depending on the demand of the community. It can be adaptive and flexible in the communities to form different spatial qualities in different size of space.
PROPOSED CITY FOOD SYSTEM
Recycle Harbor
Processing Center
Farm land
Wholesale Market Food Station
Food Center
500m
OVERVIEW
Office & Maintenance Food Production
Parking
Existing oil industry can be transformed into the distribution center.
Office Repair
Distribution Center
Wholesale Market
Processing Food Center
Parking
Experimental Farmland
Food Production
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
MODULE FOR FOOD CENTER Distribution/ Storage
Collection/ Leisure
SPATIAL QUALITIES
Adaptive and flexible form makes higher possibility of creating food centers in communities. In the future, these can also turn into more commercial space provide more convenience for residents.
MODULE FOR RECREATION
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1.Solar Panels 2.Water-proof Course 3.Insulation Course 4.Ceiling 5.Wooden Structure 6.Covering 7.Steel Structure 8.Organic Glass
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Stall
Kitchen
Rest
Exihibtion
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Exhibition
Stair
Small Cafe
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Bench
Community Farming
Restaurant
PROPOSED SITE 1
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3.shared kitchen 4. delivery truck
5.farming modules 6.seating
7.waste collection room 8.offices
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ROUTES
FLOW SYSTEM
Food center can provide a social space for residents and promote them to have more social and leisure activities in the communities in order to increase the social value.
feel bored
order food on FUN FOOD car logistics people waste
pour out the food waste
encounter with neighbors
chat with
sanitation man collect and put recyclable waste in the garbage room
Adaptive and flexible form makes higher possibility of creating food centers in communities. In the future, these can also turn into more commercial space provide more convenience for residents. Adaptive and flexible form makes higher possibility of creating food centers in communities.
Department of sanitary will collect the food waste outside the individual houses and collect the recyclable wastes in food centers. By using the same truck, waste is transported to the recycle harbour.
Raw meterial would be first processed and packed in suburb area and then through railway delivered to the food station. Specific trucks are used to transport fresh food to food centers in communities.
Local Food Procution Distribution Center
produce food
Food Center
processing food
unload the food
collect ordered food deliver food Food Station
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drink coffee in cafe
distribute food people logistics recycle waste
waste
02. SKYWALL
Type: Competition / Individual Instructor: Xueshi Wang Location: Nanjing, China Duration: May, 2017 - Aug. 2017 City walls were used as a defense facilities in the history, and they are more a part of the city landscape in the modern life. After years of historical changes, the existing city walls of Nanjing are not continuousand and have become into parts. The design philosophy is to preserve the shape and continuity of the wall, with the design being a part of the wall. In the existing wall ruins, creating a public path in a series leading from the whole system can arouse the activites that take place around the wall, and can reshape a path of dialogue with history. Both the path and city wall will become part of the "community", in a light, transparent way compared to previous massive wall, which can increase the city's interface diversity.
03. TIDAL LANDSCAPE
DESIGN VISION
Type: Studio work / Individual Instructor: Frits van Loon Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: Nov. 2018 - Jan. 2019 The dutch landscape consists of a polder landscape, a cultivated landscape accommodating speicific water cities. Rotterdam situated in the Rhine- Meuse riverdelta of Europe is known as a large modern port city. The potential and function of the tiver for the city and inhabitants from a lerisure and ecological point of view are considered in this project. My design vision would be three parts. First, create the connection among urban green spaces, using the walking path, so these spaces on both sides of the river can be more related. Second, because of the existing residential buildings, it is necessary to create urban waterfront open spaces using different styles of edges where people can have many activities. Third, by using the existing island creates the ecological tidal park where the biodiversity will increase, and also people can enjoy the natural spaces and tidal influences, Besides, sedimentation can be caught in this area.
1.Connect urban green spaces
LEGEND 1.Future stadium 2.Existing stadium 3.Recreational pond 3.Residential Buildings 4.Tidal Park 5.Floating Houses 6.Viewing Platforms 7.Main entrance 8.Terrace 9,Port 10.Walking Path 11.Ecological ponds 12.Wetland area
2.Create urban waterfront open spaces
FROM LARGE TO SMALL
Rotterdam Central Univeristy
3.Create ecological tidal park
Stadium
FLOOD DEFENCE
TIDAL INFLUENCE Low Tide
High Tide
SEDIMENTATION
EDGES
EMBANKMENT DESIGN SEQUENCE Embankment are well-considered along the river Mass, near the residential area, there are two level walking paths. Edges use both soft and semi-hard methods. While on the west side, after designing a tidal park instead of the original open space, it becomes more public and recreational. Soft edges are used on the island, using vegetation to purify the water and also increase the biodiversity.
PROGRAMS Wetland Area
Tidal Recreational park Floating Houses
Urban Re Terrace
Many programs are On the east side is m recreational in order Wetland Area
Floating Houses
CONTINUOUS WALKING PATH
ecreational Area Urban Recreational Area
designed along the river based on the existing environment. more ecological especially on the island while on the west side is more urban and r to serve more people to have fun..
fish pond
floating houses
wetland area
urban recreational area
04. ONE BELT ONE PATH Type: Studio work / Team work Instructor: Yicheng Weng Collaborator: Shuman Chen, Jiayu Luo Location: Guangzhou, China Duration: Mar, 2017 - May, 2017
The site is located at the birthplace of the ancient Chinese Silk Road, Guangzhou, Nansha. There are two remaining quarries at the site, with a high elevation difference. In this project, I try to repair the mine pits and restore the natural ecology. In the design process, I reduce the destruction of the original terrain as much as possible, and in the original terrain, I adopt some minor adjustments are adopted at the site, using ecological restoration strategies and methods, such as slope stablization and soil improvement.
05. CITY LAB Type: Studio work / Team work Instructor: Weiguo Sun Collaborator: Jianqi li, Shaozi Zheng Location: Guangzhou, China Duration: Jan. 2018 - Jun. 2018 The site is located on the west side of Haizhu Lake on the central axis of Guangzhou, close to a buffer zone in the core area of the National Ecological Haizhu Wetland. Based on the existing good water network and green spaces, there is also an ecological corridor crossing the site. The land has recevied strict construction control and the location is not suitable to its ecological position, which result in an opportunity for renovation and renewal. In 2020, the design plans to transform the textile industry into a green industrial dominated by urban agriculture. The purpose is to introduce ecological landscape into the city where citizens can experience and have education inside. The waste from wetland and urban farming can be transported in the ecological substrate factory in order to realize the material circulation.
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1. Entrance 2. Modern flower market 3. Ecological substrate plant 4. Zero carbin museum 5. Orchard 6. Sunken green lawn 7. Urban farm 8. Greenhouses 9. Fish Ponds 10. Wet land 11. Bridge 12. Parking lot
SEQUENCE
INDUSTRY TRANSITION
LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT
fish pond
orchard
bird habitat
terrace
wetland
leisure plaza
URBAN FARMING Modular Planting
Indicator 1.44m2
2m2
10kg vegetable
42,070m2
100kg fruits
17,252m2
24,346(1month
20,702(1year)
APP Design
The urban farm adopts modular planting method and online APP management. Each person can come to the site by appointment with a planting grid of 1.2mx1.2m for free planting.They can choose to add arbour and plant climbing vegetables and fruits. 1.2mx1.2m planting grid can produce at least 10kg of vegetables every month.
STRUCTURE TRANSFORMATION
existing structure
introduce green wall
leisure modular
public space modular
GREEN WALL STRUCTURE
support system
drainage system
MODULAR FARMING
PUBLIC SPACE BETWEEN BUILDINGS
06. BETWEEN GARDENS Type: Optional studio work / Individual Instructor: Juanyu Wu Location: Foshan, Guangzhou Duration: Sept. 2016 - Nov. 2016
Qinghui Garden is one of the four most famous Chinese Garden in South China, located in Shunde, Guangdong. the site is considered as an entrance of Qinghui garden. In the original entrance plaza, there is an octagonal pool and also many of historic old trees, which I will preserve in my design. In this project, I want to show the spirit of the Lingnan garden——shallow the space before people enter the actual garden and create gardens in the sequence of entering. I start with the characteristic Lingnan Garden and create a streamlined series of gardens, thereby producing the a particular atmosphere at the entrance to the Qinghui Garden. Qinghui garden uses stones and pedestal to decorate the patio and enhance the sight of landscape content. In my dsign, these elements are used in different gardens to be compared to those in Qinghui garden.
07. REVELATION Type: Studio work / Individual Instructor: Denise Piccinini Location: Maastrict, Netherlands Duration: Sept. 2018 - Nov. 2019
I Nature
II Damage
III Recovery and Memorial
In general, based on the current situation in the gravel pit, the site can be experienced in three parts. First, it is a natural forest ,then the second is the open space at the bottom of the pit, and the third one is only the barren slope. The concept based on this experience, creating three stages on these three parts in the site, which is nature, damage and recovery. Through these three stages, people can experience the time process.
10 year
Garden Context Section
20 year
30 year
08. THE CUBE
Type: Studio work / Individua Instructor: Yicheng Weng Location: Guangzhou, China Duration: Feb. 2016 - Apr. 2
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LEGEND
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Second floor plan 1:600
Third floor plan 1:600
LEGEND 1. Lobby 2. CafĂŠ 3. Exhibition 4. Conference hall 5. Citation 6. Info. desk 7. Study room 8. Computer center 9. Storage room 10. General reading room 11. Comprehensive reading room 12. Lounge 13. Teacher's reading room 14. Professional reading room 15. E-reading room 16. Press reading room 17. Transition hall 18. Discussion area 19. Media room 20. Equipment room
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Forth floor plan 1:600
Fifth floor plan 1:600
2-2 Section 1:600
09. SUPER ORDINARY Type: Reseach & Exhibition / Group work Instructor: Jason Ho Collaborator: Xiaoyu Wang, Nengmin Luo, Xinyan Chen Location: Guangzhou, China Time: Feb. 2014
The method of drying clothes was quite special in Longdong urban village. In the streets, the self-built drying rods were everywhere, and some of the residents even dried their clothes on the wires, which was mainly caused by the inevitable spatial contradiction between immigrants(tenants) and landlords(villagers). To fight for more sunshine to dry their clothes, they developed their own wisdom and strategies in their daily lives. Through the regular patterns and logic of this "chaos" and "informality," we can creat strategies for today's cities or provide a complementary way of conducting government.
INFORMAL CLOTH DRYING IN URBAN VILLAGE
SUPER ORDINARY EXHIBITION
10. DECODING THE ROLE OF TV Type: Reseach & Exhibition / Group work Instructor: Jason Ho Collaborator: Caterina Scarpino, Dario Zimmitti, Su Fang, Zifan Zhang, He Su, Haifang Cao Location: Shenzhen, China Duration: Aug. 2017 - Dec. 2017 In today's society, the source of information is abundant, while television is no longer the only source of information in people's lives. To a certain extent, television is widely affecting people's emotions, behavior and communication patterns, and has become an integral aspect part of people's daily lives. TV itself has become a mirror, reflecting the people's lives. On the scale of the city, TV networks and interpersonal networks in the village in the urban villages have an isomorphic relation. Old television’s analog signal network and linear network signal are interweave here, and the ends of these cables have become a stronghold of the village neighborhood. People carry out various active or passive communicative activities around the TV. Television also reveals many interesting interplays between other objects in people's rooms. In different communication activities, television occupies different ways of spaces, and plays different roles in the corresponding scene of life. In this mapping research, we hope to use television as a mirror to examine the real lives of the people in the village, and to explain the complex relationships in the living settlement of Nantou Old Town urban village. Through this pratice, we are forced to go outside of the "wall", and try to understand the real life and the deep reasons for the order arising form a variety of appearences while focusing on the ordinary people in the urban village. Before the design phase, we should see the unknown stories behind all the scenes and should use these invisibles site characteristics as design tools to design for people.
TV IN A MAHJONG STORE
11. INVISIBLE WAVES Type: Competition / Group work Collaborator: Jianqi Li, Yixuan Fan, Shen Chen, Weikai Jiang, Yuqing He Location: Guangzhou, China Time: Oct. 2016 - Dec. 2016
This competition is titled " Modular Wooden Installation Cluster Design for Exhibition", and our project emphasizes the space experience and the formation of exhibition inside and outside the sketch. Therefore, we create a changeable active atmosphere for the exhibition. When people view exhibitions inside, they themselves become exhibits from the outside. The appearance seems to be normal, while the inner atmosphere is flowing.
12. RURAL PAVILION Type: Construction / Group work Collaborator: Students in SCUT & Students in TJU Location: Chonghua, China Time: Aug. 2016 (7 days)
In response to the needs of local farmers in a Chonghua village, we were asked to build a pavilion near the farmland that could provide a shelter for farmers in the rainy season. Throughout the whole process of construction, we communicated with the local villagers for many times and designed with their actual needs in mind. We tried he possibility of bamboo as an actual building material and carried out serveal continuous experiments.
PROFESSIONAL WORKS Internship at AECOM
OTHER WORKS
Mantao River West Bank Design [Landscapel Design] Location: Yangzhou, China Duration: Jan.2016-Mar.2016 Type: Competition/Team work(6) Student Start-up Center [Architectural Design] Location: Guangzhou, China Duration: Sep.2015-Oct.2015 Type: Competition/Team work(5)
Community Cultural Museum [Architectural Design] Location: Guangzhou, China Duration: May.2016-Jul.2016 Type: Acadmic/Team work(2)
Transformation of City Old Town [Urban Design] Location: Guangzhou, China Duration: May.2017-Jul.2017 Type: Academic/Team work(3)
Location: Guangzhou, China Date: Jan. 2014 Location: Fujian, China Date: May 2015
Location: Suzhou, China Date: Jun. 2016
Location: Zengcheg, China Date: Jul. 2017
Location: Fujian, China Date: May 2015