portfolio Zhenhuan Xu
Master in Architecture II Harvard University Graduate School of Design
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Zhenhuan Xu Mobile: E-mail: Address:
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617-433-0840 xuzhenhuan12@gmail.com 8 Perry Street, Somerville, MA 02143
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Site, Space and Form 1. Courtyard house
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2. High-rise & High-density ---------------------------
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Material and Construction 40 6. Urgent Construction ---------------------------------------
7. Oragami Folding ---------------------------------------
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Practice 8. SZTV Headquarter ---------------------------------------50
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courtyard house
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traditional living mode with courtyard Three Connecting Courtyard House Design 8-week project / 2009 Personal project Tutor: Zhu Lei
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Spatial Characteristic Courtyard housing has been the basic type of buildings in Beijing for more than two millennia. There is a central coutyard with a close connection to nature, which is an important space prototype in traditional Chinese houses. It is normal for the four rooms positioned along the north-south and west-east axes.
Si heyuan courtyard
Main houses and side houses are private areas, but corridor is public which serves as a connection of family members and between interior and courtyard. main house courtyard side house
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corridor guest house
courtyard study
I research some traditional types of courtyard houses and try to find ways to connect the family activities by means of a circle living mode and at the same time guantee the privicy of each family members.
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Operation Process
1. Traditional corridor connection
2. Abstract the circle living corridor 3. Retain guest space and entrance
4. Continuous public living space with courtyard
5. Private space with courtyard
6. Slope roof for sunshine and draining rain water
7. Growing neighbor units
Model study 7
Circlr Living Mode
First floor plan
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Living With Courtyard Interior space is connected closely with the yards. Meanwhile, the interactions between central court yard and the small yards contribute to enhence the communication of family members.
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A'-A 'section
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1. Living room 2. Courtyard 3. Dining room 4. Entrance yard 5. Bath room 6. Bed room 7. Working room 8. Play room
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Courtyard
Traditional Chinese brick is used to Construct the new residential house.The corridor house is aimed at integrate traditional living mode into modern houses. And the courtyards serve as a connection between people and nature.
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2 Highrise & highdensity Living high with courtyards
High-rise housing design GSD Option Studio 1316 Individual project Instructor: Stephen Bates, Jonathan Sergison
Downtown Boston Site
New York residential building Survey The Riviera 790 Riverside Dr, New York, USA 14
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Ground floor plan
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East Elevation
North Elevation
Units Section
Street view
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Interlocking units
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Units and courtyards
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Unit 3rd floor
Unit 4th floor
Interior Model 1:20
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Interior & Exterior
Various types of apartment units are interlocked together and each of the units has double-high living space inside and a courtyard at the entrance. The green courtyard space in each unit not only offers accessibility to nature, but also provides an opportunity for social activities with family members, neighbors, and friends. In addition, various units are suitable for different kinds of multifamilies. The living high with courtyard is trying to explore a prototype to recall the spirit of living close to nature. Units Model
Interior Rendering 20
Exterior Rendering 21
3 Unfinished work III Office collaborative prototype
Head Office for 3M in Amsterdam, Netherland GSD Fall Semester 2013 Personal project Tutor: Ben Van Berkel, UN Studio
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Programatic Research & Site
3M company structure research
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Site
Program and public atrium research
Model study
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Building Context
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Ground floor plan
5 m level plan
25 m level plan
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Collaborative Space
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4 Countryside as a city Typology reinvention
Rural Urbanization in China, GSD Fall Semester / 2014 Tutor: Christopher Lee Collaborators: Feng Shen
Model Photo: Street Section 30
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Reinvention Of Typology
Existing Building Typology
Consolidating Villages into new town
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Housing and Amenities The new rural community can be built to suit different familial needs without ending up in a chaotic built environment. Each amenity structure consists of two parts. The first part is a series of scattered boxes that are indifferent to program. By avoiding a massive volume, it's able to maintain the permeability of the spatial experience at the ground floor.
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Collective Living
Fragment Plan - Grove and Retreat Houses
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Spring - Sowing in the Garden
Summer - Orchard Picking around Retreat for the Tourists
Autumn - Harvesting in the Courtyard
Four seasons scenes Winter - Resting for the Slack Farming Season
Amenity and Houses 35
5 sulphur dell revival corridor
Ecological infrastructure as a resilient way to accece healthy life
2014, Honorable mention, ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition 2-week project / 2014 Other team member: Xie Jie, Yujun Yin, Jiaqivvvv Wang, Zhiping Liu My role: concept design, modeling, drawing
Bird view
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Site Plan
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View on the community street Productive-scape
Active Design
“Productive-scape “ address the concerns of economic, human, education and social perspectives by creating an alternative cycle of food system to UHFRQ¿JXUH DQG VWLPXODWH WKH VRFLDO DQG SK\VLFDO fabric of the city.
Active Design is environmental design that encourages stair climbing, walking, bicycling, transit use, active recreation, and healthy food and beverage consumption. Street Railway Primary Street
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Limited Access Street Existing Bike Lane
Sport
New Bike Lane
Culture
Garage
Green Food
Parking Ramp Access Bus Stop
REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY
SPACE STRUCTURE
CONNECTIVITY Open Space
Mixed Use Residential
Semi-public Open Space
Mixed Use Commercial
Pedestrian-oriented Street
Retail and Other Commercial Residential 2I¿FH Hotel Civic Garage Existing/Planned Building
BUILDING PROTOTYPE
PUBLIC REALM The upgraded food market start from it’s old location through the corridor to provide diversity in service and selling activity
Nashville Farmers’Market
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Capitol mall,as a public plaza servers the city and as a important node for the corridor, which connects the markect the new area
Bicentennial Mall State Park
LAND USE The museum and archive building provide a culture node to to the linear public space
Sulphur Museum
View inside the Corridor Resilient Infrastructure
Healthy Community
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By mixing up the program, enhancing the public activity in the community, providing access to health food and increase the connection to the periphery area,the commuter making the healthy choice easier and more affordable.
PHASING
PHASE ONE - 2017
Sport activity concentrate around the stadium but spread by the corridor to the water front.
TOTAL SQF - 1,331,064
Mix use Program enable different class and people to live and work here
PHASE TWO - 2019
TOTAL SQF - 1,917,169
PHASE THREE - 2021
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TOTAL SQF - 2,342,166
PHASE FOUR - 2023
The public space support its tradition of sports and country music
TOTAL SQF - 821,681
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6 URGENT UrgentCONSTRUCTION ConstrUCtion
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unit prototype Basic units are combined to create various forms.
SpAce flexibility One type is chosen to design a house for famaly use. Five small units form bigger space after using them as temporary shelters.
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7 Oragami folding textile and aggregation
LANDSCAPE AND DIGITAL MEDIA COURSE 12-week project / 2013 Fall Tutor: David Mah, Harvard GSD My role: concept design, modeling
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ORIGAMI PLAN GENERATOR PERFORMANCE BASED MORPHING
FABRICATION BASED ADAPTATION
DIGITAL FABRICATION PROCESS Real time folding simulation
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Fabrication process : Water-jet and folding
Joint and holes study
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Application of 20 origami plans : understanding geometry between 2D plans and 3D forms
Modular Fabrication
Assembly
Final Design
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8 SZTV headquarter Geomtrical facade design
FCJZ Atelier, 2012 My role: digital & physical model making, detailed construction drawing, 1:1 Construction experienment
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Facade Design
Shading Analysis of South Elevation with an interval of 1.5h The entire facade design provides adequate shading, fulfilling the shading requirement inS the summer and als HADING
Modular Form
Shading Analysis of South Elevation with an Inter The entire facade design provides adequate shad
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120mm Composite deck 400mm steel beam Diagrid steel column structural system with cladding Aluminum curtain wall framing system Strategy of North andsystem South Elevations Finish floor
Axonometric Drawing of South and North Curtain Wall Unit
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The ecological strategy of a green Expansion of East and West Curtain Wall Unit skyscraper is basedDrawing on maximizing harvesting new energy.reduce 226 energy usage and waste and conservation of energy resources.
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Structural tripled glazed system with low- E coating and fritted glazing
Shadind Form
Building Integrated Photo-Voltaics glazing system (BIPV ) Building integrated Photo-Voltaics (BIPV technology)
Building Integrated Photo-Voltaics glazing system (BIPV )
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