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Zixing He Academic Portfolio 2017-2020
Withering Background: Tree Memorial Master Final Project p. 4 - 13
Hidden Refuge: Center for Wellbeing GD II Net Positive Design Studio p. 14 - 19
Northwoods Timber Innovation Center GD II Design Studio p. 20 - 25
Berm Park on the Edge of Saint Peter Studio IV: Urban Design p. 26 - 31
Bell Museum + Planetarium Project Studio V: Redesign p. 32 - 39
Designing Rochester: Physical Activity GD III Research Studio p. 40 - 45
Withering Background: Tree Memorial Prof. Dzenita Hadziomerovic, Master Final Project, U of MN, Spring 2020 Architectural Thesis Statement What kind of relationship would people have with trees if they learned that some tree species will disappear completely in the future? This project brings the current issue of deadly tree diseases in Minnesota into attention while celebrating and honoring trees in the state. Using a series of paths above and underground connected by sunken rooms that display champion sized trees, the project creates rare connections between the people and trees in the center of Minneapolis. The path of experience created by connecting the sunken rooms allows the architecture to serve as a spatial environment for people to get close to the endangered giants in a unique way that is impossible without assistance. The spaces are places to pause, reflect, and observe the life of trees. The epidemic caused by the EAB was first found in Michigan in 2002 and found in 35 states, and 5 Canadian provinces, killing hundreds of millions of ash trees.
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Site plan with identification of tree species
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Site section revealing the topographic difference of the sunken rooms
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Spaces between the rooms provide opportunities for people to rest and think within an urban context (top left) The experience for the concrete texture is enhanced by the trace of rainwater (bottom left) Lighting conditions and texture can direct and invite people to explore between the rooms (above)
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The display of the root educate people and connect them with trees in a different way (top left) Intimate experience with a tree within an urban site (bottom left) The view of the exit of the underground path (top)
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Visual connections happen together with physical connections (top left) Seasonal change brings visual difference to the entire site (bottom left) Shadow is cast onto the concrete walls and provides a poetic and intimate environment (top)
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Hidden Refuge: Center for Wellbeing Prof. Mary Guzowski, GD II Net Positive Design Studio, U of MN, Spring 2019 The design is an attempt to create a safe and relaxing environment that encourages selfdirected exploration within the site. The exploration utilized biophilic design strategies from the beginning. • • • • •
Visual Connection with Nature Dynamic & Diffuse Light Connection with Natural Systems Material Connection with Nature Using material and landscape to create a refuge • Hiding the presence of the building and its entrances to create mystery
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5000 ft2 of PV
R-50 Roof
2x6 Glulam Rafters
U-0.15 Glazing
R-40 Concrete Wall
Building and site plans (top), design diagrams considering biophilic design strategies (left and above)
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Section perspectives showcasing the interior environment during different seasons
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Northwoods Timber Innovation Center Prof. Aaron Amosson, GD II Design Studio, U of MN, Fall 2018 The site is a 100’ by 100’ empty lot that locates in the downtown area of Duluth, MN. It is in between the dense traffic of the city’s main road Superior Street and Highway 35. This design exercise undertakes many challenges such as urban site design and programming, designing with a CLT post and beam structural system, and designing an innovative wooden structural facade. The building grows from a rectangular and dimensional shape into an organic form, showing the relationship between the traditional wood material and its new possibility. Its purpose is to illustrate a new future for wood as a sustainable building material in an urbanizing context.
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METAL CYLINDER JOINT R=3”
DOUBLE 2”x8” LVL ENGINEERED WOOD
9”x18’” GLULAM BEAM
SINGLE 2”x8” LVL ENGINEERED WOOD
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Structure study and diagrid detail (left), east-west section (top)
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RETAIL 100 psf
LOBBY 100 psf
CLASSROOM 70 psf
WOOD SHOP 200 psf
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LEASABLE 80 psf
EVENT SPACE 100 psf
Selected plans showing the forming changing progression (left), north-south section perspective view showing program layout (top)
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Berm Park on the Edge of Saint Peter Prof. Matthew Byers, Studio IV: Urban Design, U of MN, Spring 2017 The challenge of the project is that downtown Saint Peter is currently suffering from the heavy traffic on Minnesota Ave, a highway that goes right through the CBD. It creates an unfriendly environment for shopping, which is an important component of Saint Peter’s economy. Because of the lack of interest towards the Minnesota River, the riverfront environment has no vitality. Thesis: By relocating Highway 169 under an artificial berm, liberating Saint Peter’s downtown area from its heavy traffic, also setting up a stage for the riverfront area that can be established into a city park by raising the west floodplain into a berm.
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100 feet wide street
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Diagrams for the current conditions and plan for the downtown (above) Site master plan and sketches illustrating additions for pedestrians (right) Diagrams illustrating the manipulation of the entire site (right and below)
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Sections throughout the site showing the highway underneath the berm
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Renderings for the entrance of the relocated highway (top left), pedestrian-friendly side of the berm (bottom left), water access location of the site (above)
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Bell Museum + Planetarium Project Prof. Dave Dimond & Doug Bergert, Studio V U of MN, Fall 2017 The site is at the new Bell Museum and Planetarium near Saint Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota. The objective of the studio was to reinterpret the site and programs and redesign the existing building.
The idea of the design comes from the lacking presence of downtowns given the site’s unique location of being between them. The realization of the design for the addition depends greatly on the structure. The addition transfers most of its weight onto the Planetarium cylinder, and spans over the museum’s parameter to two directions pointing to the downtowns. Meaning to help people locate and notice the two downtowns from the site, the additional floors also serve as an educational gallery for people learn about human impact on the environment.
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Minneapolis 850 ft
St. Paul 760 ft
The site’s height above sea level is more than 100 feet higher than Downtown Minneapolis and more than 200 feet higher than Downtown St. Paul
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Site plan displaying that the box viewing Downtown Minneapolis has to have the elevation above the condo and trees
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Axon exploded diagrams showing the composition of the addition to the Bell Museum and its main circulation (left) Renderings showing exterior views of the building (right)
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The box facing Downtown Minneapolis (above) is more than one floor higher than the St. Paul box (right) due to elevation difference of the two views
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Framed view for Downtown Minneapolis
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A thinner strip of view for Downtown St. Paul overlooking St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota
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Designing Rochester: Physical Activity Prof. Catherine Malmberg, GD III Studio U of MN, Fall 2019 This design was a response after a period of research, through the focal lens of physical activity, for the unique developmental environment of Rochester, MN. The design of a transportation hub seeks to encourage all levels of physical activities from walking between commutes to training on a track. The design is intended for transient housing occupants on-site, commuting workers, and people in the surrounding community to utilize. The goal is to maximize on foot traveling distance between parking ramp, public transit bus hub, and the Mayo circulator. The opportunities for physical activities are merged into the on-foot routes.
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Vehicular circulation diagram, pedestrian circulation diagram, exercise circulation diagram, and residential diagram
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