Yixin Xu Architecture Portfolio 2018

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P R AT T G A U D 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 1 8 ArchitecturePortfolio Y i x i n X u ; E i l e e n


2015-2018 MasterOfArchitecture P r a t t I n s t i t u t e B r o o k l y n , N Y

2011-2015 B a c h e i n L a n d To n g j i S h a n g

l o r O f E n g . s c a p e A r c h . U n i v e r s i t y h a i , C h i n a

S i d e P r o j e c t s

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C o n c e r t H a l l

Elemen S c h o

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G a r d e n o f S o n g

Co n t e m p ArtGal

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F e n ê t r e F e t i s h

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O f f i c e Invasion

A e r i a l Ho u s i n g

N e w Wa r h o l M u s e u m

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2015-2018 MasterOfArchitecture P r a t t I n s t i t u t e B r o o k l y n , N Y

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01 GAUDStudioSP2017 N e w O r l e a n s M u s i c i a n s ’ A g g l o m e r a t i o n Critic:KutanAyata Site:NewOrleans,LA Te a m : Yu k i H e , A y s e I s l i k c i


This concert hall design adapts itself to the traits of New Orleans’ French Quarters by studying its special climate conditions, its tradition of architectural embroideries, and the importance of voids in the event of musical gatherings. Intended to be an agglomeration of musicians with an emphasis on grand theatrical effects, the formation first disperses its volumes only to bring the music itself down as a centerpiece.


auditorium process

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ground floor plan



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ENTRANCE FOYER SHOP AUDITORIUM EXHIBITION SPACE PRACTICE ROOM BREAK AREA PRACTICE ROOM ADMINISTRATION OFFICE MACHINE ROOM

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RANCE ER P TORIUM BITION SPACE CTICE ROOM AK AREA CTICE ROOM INISTRATION CE HINE ROOM

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first floor plan


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First Floor S = 1' : 16"


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roof plan & sections


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short section cut



WATER FLOW

WIND DIRECTION

WATER FLOW

environmental & mechanical systems

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DUCTWORKS

AHU

VAV

ELECTRICAL SERVICE ROOM

FIRE PUMP ROOM

INCOMING WATER ROOM

INCOMING DATA ROOM


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STEEL REI

CONCRET

structural system


METAL PANEL

STEEL TRUSS

CCONCRETE WALL

CONCRETE SLAB

INFORCEMENT RING

TE STRUCTURAL RIB

STEEL COLUMN


physical & digital renditions of edge conditions



ground vitalization







02 GAUDStudioSP2016 ElementarySchoolDesign Critic:TheoharrisDavid S i t e : P i e r 1 4 , N Y

This design for an elementary school takes advantage of the site’s strategic location along the busiest strip of East River waterfront and its historic function of a pier to envision a project that embraces the educational of the

the

opportunites

river,

boundaries

expanding of

an

otherwise anchored school.



wooden pier base

streamlined ‘mothership’ hull

morphology diagram

1 sailing boat (montly excursions)

window ‘sails’


6 water taxis (daily transportation)

kinetic components


roof

2F

1F

morphology diagram plans



the water taxi holds 30 students + 2 supervisors

sections


deck activities room kitchen

the sailing ship has a maximum capacity of 120


section & elevation


in clear weather

when under precipitation


detail section







03 G AU D S t u d i o FA 2 0 1 5 O f f i c e I n v a s i o n Critic:PhilipParker Site:345ParkAve,NY

Through

investigating

impacts

of

water

and

the

forces

the of

temperature

fluctuations on a chunk of ice, an animated digital space of force and motion is produced, in which simulated vectors give form to a multiplicity of

surfaces.

The

surfaces

invade an existing high-rise office building and impose porosity in social context.


sediments water volatile equilibrium stable saf safe

animating

dynamics frame 91 80 frame 124 80 frame 274 80 frame 520 80 rame 609 80 frame 714 80

patching

stalactites-mite

erosions

excavating

surf rface ace quality qualit stacking stacking folding folding gaping

architecturalizations platforms enclosures ventilation passages


an event of forces



erosion, reformation & architecturalization



plans



before

sections


after


integrated plan







04 G AU D S t u d i o FA 2 0 1 6 A e r i a l H o u s i n g Critic:JonasCoersmeier Site:Williamsburg,NY

This urban housing project employs

the

‘bed-sitting’

concept favorable to young, free spirited new arrivals of a community, of which there are many in Williamsburg. Through a

morphology

of

folding

geometry and an interplay of

clusters,

the

of

mixed-use

possibility

and

mixed-

user housing is expanded.



one cluster

cluster analysis


cluster arrayed

bed-sitting apartments

family duplex

housing distribution based on Williamsburg demographics


the movement arts

mixed-use program research


aerial school martial arts school yoga studio Williamsburg is booming with creativity of all kinds and is not lacking in movement-based schools and people interested in it. A public training and exhibition platform would serve well to boost the local community life.


site summer sunlight study

site winter sunlight study

building formation


bed-sitters are never segregated from duplexes due to the inherent circulaton property of the cluster

sightviewing escalator

aerial arts training

vertical courtyard height of 80’ is determined through sunlight studies ensuring that the courtyard receives full sunlight at a moment of winter solstice, and is mostly shaded mid-summer

family duplexes have direct access to courtyard


elevations & plans



80’

elevations & section



circulation diagram



1F unit plan (duplex)

3F unit plan (bed-sitters)

close-ups



vignettes





“I thought that perhaps the way that a picture controls the speed of its observer’s gaze, the course of that gaze’s scan, and the subsequent control of information flow might match well with the artists’ concepts... It was from that hypothesis that my theory of Superflat was born.” -- Takashi Murakami

05 G AU D S t u d i o FA 2 0 1 7 NewWarholMuseum Critic:HinaJamelle S i t e : To k yo, J a p a n



original

artwork:

World of Sphere Takashi Murakami

color tearing technique

unit tear



transformation of tears



programmatic array



formation process


Situated at the heart of Harajuku, one of Tokyo’s most populated

cultural

land-

marks, this museum mirrors the avant-garde of the flamboyant Harajuku fashion statements with its own bold

couture

formation.


program diagram


A continuous spiraling ramp around a sky-lit atrium brings visitors effortlessly through the chronology of Andy Warhol’s life and art.


1F plan



4F plan



elevation


A controled tilt across the sum of evolving, growing tears afford the eye a different composition at every angle while maintaining a forceful skyward direction, engaging the Japanese “Superflat� movement in the form of architecture.


vignette


With an aluminum finish, the building skin reflects its surroundings, absorbing the integral popular culture of Harajuku as well as the dynamic skyline around the site into the museum’s expession.




The spiral offers different moments of fresh air on every floor as visitors are brought out of the loop onto terraces and cafes with views of the city. Structural columns cascade from the sky, and tear open as they flow into the ground, modulating

interior

natu-

ral lighting as gallery spaces up high spiral down into bright

public

spaces.



2011-2015 B a c h e i n L a n d To n g j i S h a n g

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06 CAUPStudioSP2014 ChineseGardenDesign C r i t i c : M i n W a n g Site:CenturyPark,Shanghai trees in Century Park

By designing a Chinese garden

For this project, the focus of

in Shanghai’s Century Park, the

ecology is on bird attrac-

objective was to explore the

tion and habitat creation,

possibilities of merging ecolog-

to return to gardens the

ical bio-design with traditional

sight and sound of birds,

Chinese garden methods, and

which is commonly miss-

to configurate a garden incor-

ing due to the lack of suit-

porating both ecological sci-

able natural bird habitats

ence and traditional aesthetics.

in industrialized Shanghai.


birds in Century Park

Century Park, Shanghai


site plan



detail drawings





07 CAUPStudioSP2012 ContemporaryArtGallery Critic:GuangpingQi Site:WujiaoChang,Shanghai

This art gallery design aims to achieve an unusual user experience through simple, integral structural solutions, as a landmark and celebration of the innovations going on in Shanghai’s university district.


situated within KIC, an up and coming residential area for entrepreneurs

surrounded by universities

conveniently accessible by metro

within 15min walking distance from CBD


designated height: 6 storeys

girder suspension

smaller spaces

ascending open entrance

structural grid

grid to girder

morphology



plans


4F open gallery

suspended spaces

storage

basement

mechanical rooms restrooms


cafe cafe seating reading room

section & vignettes





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08 G AU D E l e c t i v e FA 2 0 1 7 F e n ê t r e F e t i s h Critic:PhilipParker This

is

an

inquisition

into

the transparency of the ‘window’ and the relationship between observer and observee.



Halston, Madison Ave 1975

Warhol called it street theater, New York magazine called it mayhem. Leaned toward the Grand Guignol, this work of brutal eroticism uses mannequins as a site for melodrama and violence, behind a shopwindow that acts as the b

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between viewer and performer.

window as new medium


Save Humanity Assignment on transparency

A gorilla, female by assumption from the baby in its arm, sits behind a frosted glass window pane. Its outreached hand prints against the glass an elegant human hand. The barrier between man and animal has become the m

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of the message, by means of calling attention to what transparencies conceal and reveal.


A glass case stashed with pink plastic ‘female’ objects, this work harnesses the trappings of femininity that have so long defined and confined women. The glass participates in the piece by rendering the c o n f i n e m e n t obvious, verging on the explosive.

"The determining male gaze projects its phantasies on to the female figure which is styled accordingly"

Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, 1975 Laura Mulvey

a ‘look’ at the ‘female’


Her Coffin, 2016 Portia Munson

Prints of Barbie, 2018 Artist Unknown


Barbie, a plaything usually styled to specific fantasies, is in this case stripped down to the bare figure, an ‘obscene’ state rarely found in the innocent site of children’s playmaking. The i

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n

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of her on transparent membrane is a violent process that yields smooth surfaces displaying the universally mass-fabricated contours and proportions of the ‘ideal’ female figure.

one panel


The

window

pane,

intended

to

be visually nonexistent, is turned into

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volume s

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that s

the gaze instead of disperse it, and commands attention unto itself

instead

of

what’s

beyond.


fenetre fetish



Viewers are invited to see through this pane by peering through the female form, a process which d e - o b j e c t i f i e s this ing

a closer look

heavily sequence

objectifyof

panels.





09 G AU D E l e c t i v e FA 2 0 1 7 C a n y o n P l a y Critic:RobertCerverllione



cutting section

robot setup



design process


organic inspiration

cut lines

cutting result


moments



liquid ingraining





10 HarrisonAtelierSU2017 F o r e s t C r e a t u r e Supervisor:ArianeHarrison S i t e : G o v e r n o r ’s I s l a n d T e a m : S p r i n g W u

There was an

with wild hic

chestnut trees

called Nut Isl

Governor’s Isl


island so dense

Forest Creature is a pavilion

ckory, oak and

that conjures the enchant-

s, that it was

ed landscape of Governor’s

land. That was

Island’s ecological heritage.

land in 1530.


The form of the pavilion begins with the form of rudimentary shelter – the outline of a house—yet curves around itself, recalling a creature curled at the foot of a large tree.

plans & elevations



1. wood frame foundation

construction diagram

2. foundation connection

3. structural ba


amboo frame

4. reeds infill

5. reeds roofing

The reuse of invasive species of reeds such as bamboo and phragmites achieves a net zero construction. These materials also point to humans’ status as the most successful invasive species, and recall the ecological responsibilities we bear as such for preserving other species in our habitats.


reed connection




Forest Creature seeks to provide a space of contemplation for the fragility of our ecological heritage.

It is built from invasive species (bamboo and phragmites) for an invasive species (humans) specifically to highlight the tensions that underlie species co-existence. The non-native form of the reed Phragmites australis displaces native plants and lowers local biodiversity, yet it also provides nesting sites for many wetland birds. Similarly, golden bamboo can form dense monocultural thickets that displace native species, yet it’s a versatile and sustainable material for scaffolding and light construction.




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05/2017-08/2017 F u l l - t i m e I n t e r n H a r r i s o n A t e l i e r B r o o k l y n , N Y

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