PORT FOLIO by
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I'm Xiaoyan Zeng , a Spatial Designer from China. With a strong desire for inspiring personal potential to advance the design ability. This portfolio focuses on the relationship between the environment, architecture, space and the individual. The cognitive feelings generated by people in architectural space have always been the focus of my attention.
P e r s o n a l · Name Age Date of Birth Nationality
Xiaoyan Zeng 26 07th, Apirl, 1993 China
· XIAOYAN ZENG ·
Introduction ·
E d u c a t i o n ·
I am a designer who graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor’s degree in Environment Art Design in 2015, the academic knowledge and internship experience have prepared for my career. After working in J&A Design for 3 years, I realized the large room for my self-improvement in order to achieve more in this fastdeveloping field. Therefore, I believe that the Built Environment-Interior at Politecnico di Milano will be a crucial step for my future career development.
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China (2011-2015) Architecture Design and Arts School-Environment Art Design Bachelor Degree of Arts
S k i l l s · The study experience in the Academy of Fine Arts has cultivated my great aesthetic accomplishment of spatial and divergent thought by participating in various artistic activities. During my undergraduate study, I focused on the cognitive feelings of people within the structure. I have worked on various commercial projects during my three years work experience. I am a responsible and persistent person. I never compromise with difficulties to give up my original idea. I found appropriate solutions by active communication and cooperation with different departments. During the implementation of these projects, design became more than just paper talk. I believe that I can learn to maintain clear logical thinking and firm faith through the postgraduate courses of Politecnico di Milano.
S p e c i a l t i e s ·
Adobe Photoshop
AutoCAD
Adobe Illustration
SketchUp
Adobe InDesign
3D Max
Adobe AfterEffect
Enscape
P r o f i c i e n c y ·
Chinese Calligraphy
Art Sculpture
Painting
Making Coffee
Cantonese
English
WORK EXPERIENCE //
Nov 2015 - Dec 2018 Design Work (designer) J&A Design . LTD - SZ CHINA Sep 2011 - Sep 2012 Part-time Art Teacher RENYI Art Institution - GZ CHINA
Mar - Apr 2014 Four School Design Workshop - SH CHINA
Responsibilities :
Responsibilities :
Provided help for students to pass the entrance examination of art colleges. portrait drawing, gouache, character sketch
Discussed how to reactivate old campus. Researched and proposed renovation strategies. campus renovation
Responsibilities : Involved in design of many large office buildings and cultural buildings. Such as Shenzhen Free Trade Building and Shenzhen New Exhibition Center. Responsible for the design of interior space, including proposal, further development and construction. Independently took charge of some residential and commercial projects, and acquired valuable experience through the communication with clients and contractors. hotel, residential, office, public buildings, commercial interiors,
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Jun - Aug 2012 Summer Intern (Assistant Designer) CUNMO Design . LTD - GZ CHINA
Jun - Oct 2014 Summer Intern(Assistant Designer) Guangtian Design . LTD - SZ CHINA
Responsibilities :
Responsibilities :
Involved in research of Industrial buildings; Production of physical models; strategy of renovation. Urban planning, Renovation of abandoned factories
Prepared the program document and enriched knowledges in the whole process from concept to final construction, and acquired the construction details. commercial interiors, hotel, residential, office
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Campus Renovation A renovation deisgn in Shanghai University
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Office building design of clothing company
Interior Renovation Abandoned factory renovation deisgn
Interior Design A milk tea shop deisgn
Residential Design Seaside villa design
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01 CAMPUS RENORATION
A Renovation Design in Shagnhai University
Four Schools Joint Design Camp - Shanghai Workshop Spatial Design Studio , Team work Date : March-April 2014
Collaborator: Huang Yanna
Site : Shanghai , China
Jia Zhenzhen
Tutor: Xu Muchuan
Zeng Xiaoyan
The project is planned to renovate Shanghai University as there are many historic buildings were abandoned. After investigating the whole campus, we selected the "small west building", which is located at the entrance of the school dormitory and near by the residential area. The historic building has preserved value and interior decoration in the old Shanghai style. Our plan is to keep the building as much as possible and remove the fence to break down the barrier between the campus and the surrounding residents.Through the addition of the square and the student activity center, the use value of the historic building was reactivated, and the communication between the campus and the surrounding residential area was also activated.
CONCEPT // Activity
Function Setting : The renovation area is located at the entrance of the school dormitory building, close to the residential area, and consists of the guard building and historical buildings. Through investigation and analysis, we found that there is a lack of activity space around residential areas and schools for people to entertain and communicate. The idea of the project was to remove the rough guard house in order to open up a small multi-functional square, and then to add a recreation and communication center in the open space behind the historic building.
Mall
Exhibition
Teaching area
Fitness
Dormitory
Discussion area
Restaurant Recreation
RESIDENTIAL
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Become a button to activate communication between the outside world and the school
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"BUTTON" Entrance
Residence
Domitory
3F-4F student activity center
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ANALYSIS //
multy-functional square
Thinking : 1.How to increase the utilization of the square? 2.How to move indoor activities outdoors? 3.How to make the site meet the needs of holding various types of activities?
A moving square
Square Plan Deliberation: The original intention of the design is that the modules on the ground can not only move, but also produce a sense of rhythm in a flat state.Therefore, under the premise of considering the flow route, try to make some curve changes.
1. Exhibition
2. Film Screening
4. T-show
3. Performances
Change of Form: Five popular activity functions were extracted and put into the square. Different activities were held to attract people and enable the surrounding residents to participate in the activities which is held by the school.I hope to activate the communication between the campus and the outside world through this way of organizing activities
Exhibition
The principle of motion The square is made of a combination of concrete square boxes with dimensions of 500*500*1200 and electric brackets underneath.
T-show
Film Screening
SITE
ANALYSIS // board game room
Add two layers of high electronic display screen. The lower layer can be set as the game area to provide interactive play. The second layer can be set as the video playof movies and activities.
Thinking : There is a lack of space in the dormitory area for students to get together and com-municate after class. As a result, students spend most of their time in the dormitory rather than going out, which is not good for social communication among students.
Touch Games
Appointments 1 floor plane layout
2 floor plane layout
Table Games
A game hall on the ground floor
Physical Games
Minority Party
A discussion area on the second floor
SITE
ANALYSIS // coffee shop
Thinking : How to connect the old building with the new one? How to create a space with quiet and open ? A place where professors and students can communicate privately.
3 floor plane layout
4 floor plane layout
According to the trend of the open-air platform, it forms a certain height difference with the first f l o o r, a n d U S E S t h i s h e i g h t d i f f e re n c e to make different glass blocks, making the first floor more transparent.
A cafe on the fourth floor
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RENDERINGS //
The Student Activity Centre
Old Builing and Student Centre
Square and buildings
02 OFFICE BUILDING DESIGN
Office Building Design of Clothing Company
Category: Team work, J&A Design Company Date : Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Collaborator:
Site : Ningbo , China
Zeng Xiaoyan
Position : Project Designer
Fang shangbing
Detail Drawing
Pang zhi
The project is located in the high-tech industrial district of ningbo, China, where new buildings are being built and old ones are being demolished. The building is set as the headquarters of a clothing company. "What kind of office environment does a young, stylish, dynamic clothing company need?" We want this company to be powerful -- like "the birdman spirit" . So what creates flight, what makes it happen? "Heat flow" - this form is "free flow" and "efficient". This movement became the catalyst for the conceptual design of the space and the core of our design plan.Therefore, the core of the whole building is to design a dynamic space around the "heart", and to transfer this vitality to the exterior of the building and the landscape site through pulsing. Interior space is to extract various clues by studying the "Dimensions". To extract the elements of "line". The line is the natural order, is the clothing working procedure, is the communication cooperation.Finally, the associated elements are extracted step by step.
CONCEPT // The project is located in the high-tech industrial district of Ningbo, zhejiang province, China, where new buildings are being built and old ones are being demolished. The building is set as the headquarters of a clothing company. "What kind of office environment does a young, stylish, dynamic clothing company need?" We want this company to be powerful -- like "the birdman spirit" . So what creates flight, what makes it happen? "Heat flow" - this form is "free flow" and "efficient". This movement became the catalyst
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for the conceptual design of the space and the core of our design plan.Therefore, the core of the whole building is to design a dynamic space around the "heart", and to transfer this vitality to the exterior of the building and the landscape site through pulsing. Interior space is to extract various clues by studying the "Dimensions". To extract the elements of "line". The line is the natural order, is the clothing working procedure, is the communication cooperation.Finally, the associated elements are extracted step by step.
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Dimensions : Spatial dimensions are similar to the dimensions of nature and the dimensions of the human body. Connecting these three factors, the relationship between the independent layers of the building is connected through the design. Achieve a complete architectural streamline and design concept. Various linear elements, or straight lines or curves interweave in the space.
line is needle work line is natural order line is communication
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"Fashion exists in the sky, in the streets. It has to do with ideas, lifestyles and changes." -- Coco Chanel
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Architectural space layout: "Heat Flow" along the garden form a standard form of planar spiral upward, formed a very strong architectural circle, introducing you to pass the entrance and lead you to a smooth, meandering flow journey, through the spiral line upward movement, heat load you finally through internal space of the headquarters to building roof garden. Architectural voids and vertical circulation Spaces in the form of "super stairs" penetrate and rotate the architectural space, creating spectacular interior Spaces while introducing and shaping natural lighting.These openings and atriums provide more air flow to the building and increase energy efficiency.
The formation of architectural form & the vertical passage of the core 5F - Office Administraive
General plan of the building
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System diagram of the building 1. Main Entrance 2. Car Entrance/Exit
3. Garage Entrance/Exit 4. Outdoor Car Park
5. Central Garden 6. Roof Garden
7. Park 8. Office Building
9. Residents Area 10. Office Buiding
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Central Garden: As the "green lung" of the building, the central garden of the building ring endows the building with a sense of vitality, providing a landscape for the office space as well as a place for employees to have a short rest and relax and recharge their creativity.
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The central garden thus becomes more transparent, and its design adopts the same overall design as the office space, shuttling between the two floors of the building through the streamline.It can also be used as an outdoor amphitheatre, like a garden, for functions such as fashion shows, outdoor BBQ or staff cinemas.
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A.waterscape B.Linear landscape C.Curvinglandscape
Color-mixed -monochrome Hrad-mixed-soft
Linear landscape Curving landscape Concave/Convex Landscape
B. Linear Landscape
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-1F Multi-functional Banquet Hall: Located directly below the central garden, it continues the main concept of the building, spreading outward from a central point.In the middle of the ceiling of the press room is a huge circular luminous shed, simulating the sky light.The circular axis net of the ground divides stone material, wall body is like helix same bend extend extend. New product release conference can be combined with media technology, projected on the wall, or directly paste posters on the wall.
Stream lines / Floor pattern Fixed element & structure
-1F column network structure
Flexible element & furniture Smi-fixed elements
Ceiling strategy
-1F press conference mode
The Elevator Hall : LED electronic screens are used throughout the walls and ceiling of the elevator hall. Users scan the QR code on the wall to get the specific content of the activity. 1. Daily mode -- the use state is ordinary luminous film. 2. Activity mode -- play activity video on the wall.
Office Area : The office floor plan filters the spatial transition from the exterior (relatively private office space) to the interior (building communication community) by creating a "threshold of the ring".
Due to the large building area, a track is set up along the atrium to allow employees to exercise and use a scooter to reach their destination quickly.
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RENDERINGS //
Lobby when entering the lobby, people can fully feel the open space (five storeys in height) and see the garden at the core of the building without any barrier.
Entrance An entrance to the building that resembles a "ring valve."The layout of the interior cannot be clearly seen when looking at the entrance from the outside of the building, and the interior can only be clearly seen when entering the lobby through a relatively small gate.
03 INTERIOR RENOVATION Abandoned factory renovation design
Category: Spatial Design Studio , Individual Project Date : May-July 2014
Collaborator :
Site : Guangzhou , China
Huang Yanna
Tutor: Zhu Yingxin
Jia Zhenzhen Zeng Xiaoyan
The project is located in an old textile factory that the government plans to turn into a creative park. This building is a large factory with a typical steel girder structure and a sloping roof. As the outdoor environment of the building is designed according to the unified planning of the park, the renovation content is only in the indoor part. Through bold and colorful interlayer, this design forms an office communication space with rich layers and strong sense of flow. On the one hand, the curves in the space enhance the fluidity of the whole space, and at the same time create more interactive possibilities for each space.
CONCEPT // This office space design combines the special base of the old workshop, and further deduces the company's concept through the new elements, forming an office communication space with rich levels and a sense of flow.The curves in the space, on the one hand, promote the fluidity of the whole space, and at the same time, create more possibilities for each space to interact. It emphasizes the free communication, the flow and penetration of human and natural environment, the changeable and extraordinar y space, and explores new aesthetics and new forms through incomplete morphological structure and irregular surface feeling.
NATURAL / ENVIORNMENT / COMMUNICATION
environment dialogue
Vein honeycomb
Transparent light glass box
1〠The wetness of the water and the dryness of the old brick 2〠The quietness of water and the vicissitudes of old brick
Follow the natural way to bring thinking enlivened excitation
Changing the integration space and the natural environment
In order to meet the demand of office function, mezzanine is added in the space. Due to the lack of illumination in the interior space, the skylight on the roof allows sunlight to enter the interior, through the floor slab on the second floor
A. Toilet Area
The scene setting of interior space
Avoid the embarrassment of the same line of sight
See no end in sight and add privacy
D. Reception area and training area
B. Active Region
C. Work Area
The middle spiral staircase can be used as a training area or for activities
Flexible discussion functions in the workspace
E. Spiral staircase and main walkway
F. The entrance to the office area
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Reception Hall: Reception hall is an enterprise "facade", the first visual effect that the space gives a person is very important. The design of the space takes nature as the theme, extracts the modeling elements of green leaves and selects the jumping color -- red, hoping to show the vitality and passion of the enterprise. The layout of the waiting area allows customers to feel at ease while waiting. The back of the front desk is the staff activity area, casual furniture, can be used flexibly.
Reception Hall
Acivity Area
Wairting Area
NATURAL JUMPING ENERGY 1st Floor - Reception hall plan
The spce effect of reception hall
Spatial profile of reception hall
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ANALYSIS //
Curved composite metal curtain wall
Toughened laminated LOW-E Glass
THE MEETING ROOM It is an "EYE" that rotates from the inside up.It is a medium that exists on the outer and inner edges to "SEE" the landscape outside.Through the "EYE", the people and things inside are projected out, allowing the outside world to focus on this eye.It keeps users from getting bored in the meeting room, making it "Alive."
The interior space of the conference room
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The developing surface of the wall of the office area on the first floor
Strip shutters and roof voids are installed to increase light and air flow in the interior space. Those outdoor plants can block out the strong sunlight. 1 Floor
The spatial effect of the staff office area
04 INTERIOR DESIGN Milk tea shop design
Category: Team work Date : Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
Collaborator:
Site : Shenzhen , China
Zeng Xiaoyan
Position : Project Leader
Lin Xiaoxuan
Project Designer
Lin Hongjing
Detail Drawing This project is located in shenzhen city, guangdong province, a layer of a mall, covers an area of 237 ㎥ . HETEA is the most famous milk tea brand in China, the brand management is very perfect, and constantly innovating the product. We found that there are many similar milk tea shops in the market, so we should design different style. This design focuses on how to achieve differentiation and highlight the characteristics of the brand. The main concept of the space are revolve around the core idea of the brand: Truth, Inspiration, Cool. Since the site is limited, how to maximize the space? I plan to make the space appear towering effect through the extension of vertical direction and the setting of curved ceiling.
CONCEPT // M A T E R I A L
Thinking :
Volcanic stone
steel
Dark stainless
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Terrazzo tile
ARCHITECTURE
Galvanized sheet
Dark fire plate
The introduction of classical architectural language enables the customers who go to this space to taste milk tea to become eternal in a certain period of their life, making them feel as if they are in an art museum and achieving the perfect -"Encounter between Time and Space".
Sanded stainless steel
How to make it different from other milk tea shops? How to emphasize the characteristics of the brand: Truth, Inspiration, Cool ?
The tone of the material remains the same: Grey Smooth metal contrasts with rough stone; The unique texture of galvanized sheet can enrich the visual effect of the space, while the rough texture of volcanic rock can break the cold feeling of metal and bring warmth to the space. The most used space area is galvanized sheet. The surface of galvanized sheet has a special pattern, the thinnest can reach 0.25mm, the bending effect is similar to the ordinary sheet steel, the special is that the surface of galvanized sheet will change slightly with time color.
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One hour?
An afternoon?
How long does it take a customer to go to the store for a cup of tea? After drinking a cup of tea time will pass, do not stay, can not catch. But the event of drinking tea can recall, thinking. The functional combination and area of the space
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Outdoor area: The daily flow of people in this shop is huge, and there are often long queues. T h e re f o re , t h e d e s i g n of outdoor areas needs to great distinguish the flow of people in order to avoid the flow of people crossing.
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Waiting area for deliverymen
Drive-through Windows
Waiting area for customer
Outdoor dining area
The study found that many deliverymen stand at doorways waiting for food, and that high tables and chairs allow them to rest and adjust.
A separate take-out window can not only facilitate customers' quick purchase, but also relieve the pressure of indoor flow of people.
The bar counter extends to the outdoor space, visually achieving the continuous effect of indoor and outdoor space.
The material of furniture and stage are unified, concise and heavy square stool design can avoid the furniture that often appears in use to put confused condition.
DETAIL ANALIYSIS //
Construction Node Diagram The structure of arc smallpox, conceal the lamp belt detail
Indoor Seating Area 1. The fixed seat can maximize the utilization of space, leaving enough space to walk. 2.Centralized long table can shor ten the distance between people.
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The second entry
Rest area
TECHNICAL DRAWING //
Detail construction drawing of wall Material: silver galvanized sheet 400mm*2400mm
PHOTOS //
Time of completion of construction : Jan - Mar 2019
05 WINDING WATER Seaside villa design
Architecture Design Studio , Individual Project Date : June-July 2013
Tutor: Keming Zeng
Site : Shengzhen , China It is a virtual-themed project: the owner is a retired professor of traditional Chinese painting. Only the couple live in the villa on a daily basis, their daughter and grandson will visit there on weekends. The location is set on a hillside near the sea, and the villa is built according to the topography. The design concept extracts the traditional Chinese element "curved water flowing wine cup". The villa, built on the basis of the shape of the hill, is surrounded by plants, allowing the whole building to blend into the hillside.
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流觞曲水
sitting room
As the owner is a professor of traditional Chinese painting, so the concept of the extraction of reference to the traditional Chinese garden design techniques The exterior of the building integrates with the surrounding environment, while the interior also forms the illusion of wandering between mountains and rivers. Taking the public space -- the living room as the center of the building, the rest auxiliary space is arranged in the form of wedge cutting.
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Scratchable latex Set square to the main functional space rotate 45 °
daughter children swimming pool
Use a covered bridge to connect each space Divide the ditch and lawn
lobby guest elder sitting room entertainment studio
entertainment
restaurant car park warehouse toliet workers
The rest of the space is arranged in a complementary relationship with the center
BUILDING MODEL // The user parks the car on the first floor and then walks up a sloping staircase to the entrance on the second floor.They walk along the stone path above the pool to the entrance hall, change into home shoes and enter the central living room, where they can invite friends to the recreation room on the second floor. On either side of the living room are the bedrooms and the dining room.Cross the living room to the lawn and pool, where the family can have a barbecue party. There is a study beside the pool, which is provided for the elderly. The elderly can see the children playing in the pool when they are in the study, which can increase the interaction between families.
06 ART CREATION
Chinese Painting Year: Dec 2014 Size: 300mm diameter Materials: Rice Paper / Brush Chinese painting pigment
Calligraphy Year: Nov 2013 Size: 420mm*840mm Materials: Rice paper / Brush / Ink
Chinese Painting
Digitial Painting
Year: Dec 2014 Size: 300mm diameter Materials: Rice Paper / Brush / Chinese painting pigment
Year: Sep 2018 Size: 297mm*420mm Materials: Hand painted screen
COMPRIHENSIVE PRINT CREATION //
Comprehensive Engravings Year: Jun 2015 Size: 297mm*420mm Materials: Comprehensive materials / Ink / Paper Jam
Formal language Year: Sep 2012 Size: 594*297mm Materials: stapler Deconstruct reorganize sketch
Comprehensive Engravings Year: Jun 2015 Size: 210mm*220mm Materials: Comprehensive materials / Ink / Paper Jam
Comprehensive Engravings Year: Jun 2015 Size: 594mm*320mm Materials: Ink / Paper Comprehensive materials
Comprehensive Engravings Year: Jun 2015 Size: 210mm*297mm Materials: Comprehensive materials / Ink / Paper Jam
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