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XU YANYAN WORK SAMPLE & RESUME 2009-2017

Columbia University ,GSAPP, M.S.AUD Email: yx2384@columbia.edu

YANYAN XU / RESUME

Email: yx2384@columbia.edu Phone: (+1)646-696-8087 Address: 971 Amsterdam Ave. Apt. 4s, New York, NY 10027

EDUCATION 2016.06-2017.05 New York, U.S.

Columbia University, GSAPP M.S. Architecture and Urban design

2014.09-2016.06 NanJing, China

Southeast University, School of Architecture M.Arch Architecture Design

2014.06-2014.08 Berkeley, U.S.

U.C. Berkeley , [ADV] Architecture Studio Program

2009.09-2014.06 Zhengzhou, China

Zhengzhou University, School of Architecture B.Arch Architecture Design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015.11-2016.04 NanJing, China

Southeast university Design Limited Company Intern Architect Projects:Orpea Nursing Home (In construction) Role:3D modeling, plan and diagram drawing

2014.09-2015.09 NanJing, China

Southeast University, Prof. Leng Studio Junior Architect Projects:1.YiNan Cultural Centre (First prize in bidding, in construction) 2.NanJing YiWu Shoping-mall reconstruction (First prize in bidding) Role:concept design, 3D modeling and drawing

2012.09-2014.01 Zhengzhou, China

Zhengzhou Design and Research Academy Limited Company Intern Architect Projects:1.NanYang Normal University 2.MeiYuanLu Primary School (Constructed) 3.FuYouLu Primary School (Constructed) 4. XueFuLu Primary School (Constructed) Role:concept design, 3D modeling and drawing

PUBLICATION 2015.11-2016.04 NanJing, China

Magazine: “ Architecture and Cultural” Paper Title:”Exploration of market renovation strategy and method under urban renewal—taking three markets renovation in Barcelona as examples.”

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Rhino/ Revit/ Sketch Up/ AutoCAD/ ArcGIS/ Illustrator/ Photoshop/ In Design/ After Effects/ Premiere

LANGUAGES English / Chinese(Mandarin)

CONTENTS ACADEMIC WORKS 01

CITY OF MAST

Urban renewable & construction design, Xi'an, China 02

LIGHT WITHIN SHADOW

Shadow play musuem design, HeNan, China 03

FLUENT CITY

Urban fabric renewable design, Shenzhen, China 04

POUGHKEEPSEED

Modular Bioremediation Design, Poughkeesie, New York 05

REVITALIZING THE DEAD SEA

Water Urbanism, Dead Sea, Jordan 06

RETHINKING BIM

REVIT study & museum revonaion, GSAPP, New York

PROFESSIONAL WORKS 07

MEI YUANLUO SCHOOL

Primary school design, Zhengzhou, China 08

WITHIN THE CULTURE

Yinan cultural center design, Shandong, China 09

OPERA NURSING HOME

Nursing home design, Nanjing, China 10

YIWU COMMERCIAL RENOVATION

Shopping-mall reconstruction, Nanjing, China

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01 CITY OF MAST 2015 FALL TianZuoBei Competition Instructor: Prof. LengJiaWei Individual work Site: ShanXi, Province

Disappearance of boundary space between villages, focused on build public space to provide communication area and thus promote the relation and emotion among villagers. Multi-functional space linked through an vivid axis, reasonable flows.

STRATEGY

Renewed site is between two villages and is used to be transport terrace. It is a slope platform gradually down form the top of mountain to the river. The site hardly used by villagers and becomes a barrier between villages.

STRUCTURE DETAIL

PHYSICAL MODEL

outsider see the shadow just like visitors see the shadow play

02 LIGHT WITHIN SHADOW 2013 FALL Design Studio Instructor: Zhang Jiantao, Zhengzhou university Individual work Site: Henan, Province Shadow play is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque. Wu Tong Zhen, which belongs to Nan Yang, is famous for this traditional heritage. But now there is the problem that fewer people acquire this skill and it is endangered.

STRATEGY

several axis are related to the direction of river and local dwellings.

all fuctional spaces are in the “wall”

boundary is response to the surrondings, give ousiders chances to see the activities inside

visitors have complex walk lines, choose by different “shadow”

yards and space between walls are exhibition corridor.

visitors can see different scenes through the “wall”

Connect city & park

Reuse Buji River

Change function

03 FLUENT CITY 2015 GSA Competition Instructor: Leng Jiawei, Southeast university Team: Wang zhengchi; Gao Nan Role: concept design, 3D modeling ,digram drawing Site: Shen Zhen, China Sungang and Qingshuihe used to be a warehouse industrial area, now full of abandon buildings and urban village which caused plenty of problems. Reshap and renew the existing urban fabric (urban village and old industrial area) to new commercial and residence complex, this mega project will attract new revenue, company to develop this area, improve living condition, provide job opportunities.

Furthermore, the dam complex provide a new landscape among the original railway between city and Honghu river become a landmark. The bike line and several open public space make this area much more habitable.

STRATEGY

Transfer old industry to new commercial complex

Make conneciton among new complex , slum and new landscape

04 POUGHKEEPSEED Modular Bioremediation 2016 Fall Urban design Studio II Instructor: LEE ALTMAN/ CHRIS KRONER/DAVID SMILEY Team: Jinbao Liu; Wanpeng Zu; Linshu Huang Site:Poughkeepsie , New York In the Hudson Valley, there is a higher density of Superfund and browneld sites compared to the rest of the country. Poughkeepsie has 25 superfund or browneld sites. Polluted sites create environmental, health and economy injustice in both the neighborhoods and the region.

The strategy is based on the time of the bio-remediation process which divides into three periods: remediate, monitor and sustain.

At first, we focus more on the temporary exible design. As the decreasing of the contaminated level, we would gradually add more functions, such as training center, nursery and workshops. Finally, after cleaning up the sites and providing job opportunities, our

Interior

Investigation Participate Rewards Rewards

Outdoor

CURRENT CONDITION

WATER HARVESTING

SOIL & TERRACE

MEDICAL PLANTS

RETAINING WALL

WATER SYSYTEM

05 Revitalizing the Dead Sea 2017 Spring GSAPP water urbanism studio Instructor: Kate orff Team: lve Daiyue; Zu Wanpeng; Zhu Zhaoyu Role: concept design, 3D modeling ,plan drawing, model makeing Site: Dead Sea, Jordan Jordan is one of the most water-scarce country in the world. Its current water distribution system is centralized and of low efficiency, following a hierarchy that leads to the segregation between agriculture ,urban settlement and tourism systems. The project introduces medical plants which originally from the dead sea area into the large picture as a trigger to develop new types of agriculture and tourism economy. Medical cultivation and medical tourism are proposed to be expanded in the area and will be used to fill in the gap between these segregated systems and weave them together as a continuous, sustainable one piece landscape and a win-win economic chain.

Healing Hotels & Medical Farms The units located on the higher, Eastern area consist of healing hotels and medical farms. Run-off water from the upper terrace is collected by the retaining wall and gathered by the tank underground to irrigate the medical farms and preserve the area on the lower terrace. Healing hotels are built by the retaining walls, and narrow courtyards are inserted between the two for ventilation and cooling purposes.

Medical Pools Taking advantage of the Dead Sea’s unique healing properties, mud pools, salt pools and water pools that have different healing effects are arranged in different locations according to their distance from the Dead Sea shore. All of them are accessible to tourists as well as the local community. Retaining walls are used to redirect water and prevent water from entering the mud pools and sand pools. All the water from the pools will eventually return to the Dead Sea.

06 Rethinking BIM I&II 2016 FALL REVIT crouse Instructor: Brain Lee, GSAPP Team: Yang Haochen; Liu Jinbao Site: New Museum, New York

second floor corridor

07 MeiYuanLu Primary School 2012.10-2013.02 (Constructed) Instructor: Liu Lixuan, Zhengzhou Design& Research Academy Limited Company Team: Xu Yanyan; Li Qingyang Role: concept design, 3D modeling , plan& digram drawing Site: Ping Dingshan, Henan, China Total Site Area: 32153 M² Total Floor Area: 11260 M² Plot Ratio: 0.35 Green Ratio: 42 % Providing different levels of plantforms and open green space for students, this primary school has been much more attractive to students and give them more creative thinking and sports area. Divide ground into several cubes to provide different functions, the facade also follow the cube division rules to provide an vivid and innovation education space.

This is the first time for me participated in a real project from concept to construction design.

CONSTRUCTED BUILDING Photo taken by Yanyan XU, 2016.12.24

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400m runway playground

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1.office 2.class room 3.stadium 4.multu-function class room

Green Area

Car Entrance

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Main Entrance

Site Scope

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

08 YiNan Cultural Centre 2016.10-2016.12 (First prize in bidding, in construction) Instructor: Leng Jiawei, Southeast university Team: Pei Yifei; Gao Nan Role: 3D modeling, plan and diagram drawing, model making Total Site Area: 33500 M² Total Floor Area: 28035 M² Plot Ratio: 0.84 Green Ratio: 38 % Nine cultural function buildings has been combinated into one muti-centre. Responded to the surrounding environment, this cultural center is designed to merge the exterior and interior in order to provide people an continuously experience.

The second floor plantform and courtyards inside the building are like the "breath" space.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

09 OPERA Nursing Home 2016 Graduation Design Project (First prize in bidding, in construction) Instructor: Caowei, Hou Yanpu( Southeast university Design Limited Company) Role: 3D modeling, plan and diagram drawing Site: Nanjing, China Total Site Area: 13169 M² Total Floor Area: 24154 M² Plot Ratio: 1.22 Green Ratio: 30.5 % Based on the Xin Lin hospital, OPERA nursing home is design to be an medical-nursing combination buidling both in functional and physical. Considered elders and patients needs, building is designed to be soft, warm and wellenvironment.

10 YiWu Shopping-mall reconstruction 2016.02-2016.06 Prof. Leng Studio( in construction) Instructor: Leng Jiawei, Southeast university Team: Pei Yifei; Xu Yanyan Role: facade design, 3D modeling, rendering Site: Nanjing, China

YiWu Shopping mall used to be an chaos mall that less people would like to go. The fisrt step was following original fabrics. This commercial building connect with surrounding buildings and contains several functional uses. The second step was to redesign the office and residential area in the southwest.