portfolio 2.0 xiao chen
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architecture work during syracuse universityTRANSCRIPT
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PORTFOLIOX I A O C H E NARCHITECTURE
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Cultural Infrastructure GREEN SOCIAL HABITATIONEDUCATIONAL URBANISM
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SPACECULTURAL RECREATIONECOLOGY SOCIAL INSTRUMENT
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C O N T E N T
01 Culture Connector - Connection of Highline Park and 7 Train Extension Collaboration: Wanjing Xiao Instructor: Gregg Pasquarelli, SHoP Architects
02 South campus Green Dormitory Collaboration: Bruno Ma Instructor: Anda French
03 The Underground Railroad Museum Instructor: Arthur McDonald
04 LightScienceCenter-ExtensionofUffiziGallery Instructor: Marissa Tirone
05 Onondaga Lake Ecology Education and Research Center Instructor: Clair Olson
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06 Seneca Falls Recreational Hotel Instructor: Emily Pellicano
07 House as Site, Site as House Instructor: Richard Rosa
08 Busan Otkorum Opera House - International Idea Competition Design Internship StudioTEKA, New York, NY Collaboration: Nicholas Reiter, Michelle Fowler, Tiffany Jin Principal: Vanessa Keith
09 COOE Showroom for Shoes Interior Display Design Internship R&D, Shanghai, China Collaboration: Wayne Tseng, Ben Lin Principal: Steve Shih
10 Sketches and Painting
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Situating between the end of highline and 7 subway extension, adjacent to Javits Cen-ter, the site will be challenged by the large flow of aimless pedestrian in the future. To optimize the circulation, a culture connector is designed to collect inefficient pedestrian and pump them back through efficient path, providing an intuitive circulation. The culture connector hybridizes recreational culture and information culture into this transportation hub. The Highline Park will directly connect the 7 subway as a promenade. The biggest laundry bar and bike rental form a major cultural route on opposite sides to encourage the new social life. Other supporting pro-grams, such as technology exhibition and fit-ness also attach along the theme route. The social green void dominates the intersection of routes. Above the ground, the recreational feature flows into a new boutique hotel, ex-pressing the new life, new culture.
10 Final model production: collaboration with W.Xiao
Problem or OpportunityDiagrams Produced by W.Xiao
CULTURE CONNECTORCONNECTION OF HIGHLINE PARK AND 7 TRAIN EXTENSION New York, NY Collaboration with Wanjing Xiao
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SECTION 1=16
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SECTION 1=16Longitudinal section collaboration with W.Xiao
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B1 PLAN 1=32N
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1. Wash Pool2 Wash Bar3. Reception4. Book and CD collection5. Reading Area6. Gym7. Lounge8. Bicycle Rental9. Subway Station
1. Highline Entrance2. Hotel Lobby3. Highline4. Swimming Pool
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1. Wash Pool2 Wash Bar3. Reception4. Book and CD collection5. Reading Area6. Gym7. Lounge8. Bicycle Rental9. Subway Station
1. Highline Entrance2. Hotel Lobby3. Highline4. Swimming Pool
GROUND PLAN 1=32
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Plan drawing production: collaboration with W.Xiao
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B2 PLANN
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1.Wash Bar2. Wash Pool3. Media Center
1. Media Center2. Store3. Bicycle Rental4. Bicycle Exhibition
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1. Media Center2. Store3. Bicycle Rental4. Bicycle Exhibition
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Study models produced by Xiao Chen
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Study models produced by Xiao Chen 10 models production: collaboration with W.Xiao
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10 Final model production: collaboration with W.Xiao
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Exchange of Interior and Exterior Flipping volume to optimize environment
Concept Diagrams produced by B.Ma
The South Campus area of Syracuse University exists with a set of conditions distinct from those of the central campus. Hosting mostly dormitories on the wide open landscape, South Campus has seemingly grown as a community with green distribution. The new dormitory will mash up the typologies from green house and student dormitory to optimize the environment of dormitory. The students will enjoy study within the house with greenery.
SOUTH CAMPUS GREEN DORMITORY Syracuse, NY Design Collaboration with Bruno Ma
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Digital model and rendering produced by Xiao Chen
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Ground Level00
Auditorium Level-36
First Level150
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Second Level250
Third Level350
Fourth Level450
Highest point678
Fifth Level550
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Cross section produced by Xiao Chen
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Diagrams produced by B.Ma
Landscape integration
Social envelope layer
Digital model of room layout produced by Xiao Chen Interior rendering produced by Xiao Chen
Rendering of detail section produced by Xiao Chen
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footing drain of perforated drain tiled 6 diameterprotect top of pipe w/ lter fabric
3/4 thick drainage protection mat with waterproong membrane
rigid foam insulation
steel column
steel beam 6 x 12 with intumescent paint, shear connection
3 diameter metal handrail
3 concrete oor slab hydronic radiant oor
1/2 oor nish
6 cover of gravel13 x 36 concrete footing
6 reinforced cast-in-place concrete w/ reinforcement
ashing
2 insulation
2 air gap
3 x 6 solid brick premolded, backer rod
and sealant
3/16 tie of corrosion-resistant metal
cavity masonryy wall
anchor bolt
sill ashingreglet-type gasket
head ashing
1/2 wall nish with 1/2 insulation
1 air gap
1 gypsum board
1/2 thick drop ceiling panelshanger wire
4 diameter water pipe
3 x 6 brick
heating cablenish ooring
1/2 glass double glazing
support wall
metal ashing
rigid foam insulation panelsribbed roof decking
aluminium curb
operable window
metal window frame, mullion bolt connection
operable glass window
perimeter channel
thermal insulation sub-ooring
34 height glass panels
escutheon with cast-in-place sleeve
3 diameter metal handrail
Single duct VAV outtake airSingle duct VAV intake air
air handlerair duct
electric wires
non load breaing partition wall, cut through the entrance door
sprinkler
smoke detector
34 height glass panels
1/2 drop ceiling accostic panels
mullion w/ tie-back
operable window
1/2 thick glass
trombe wall
Hydronic Radiant oor supply from geo-exchange heat
plants on lightweight soiltop to bottom layer:sloped blacony with rain water pipe running
lter fabricretention layersheet barrierwater membranethermal insulation and vapor retarder
vegetation balcony and 4th roof
Ground Level00
First Level150
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Second Level250
Third Level350
Fourth Level450
Fifth Level550
Roof Level650
highest point
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Detail cross section production: collaboration with B.Ma
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Diagrams of building systems produced by B.Ma
Envelope
Metal decking
Steel I-beam frame structure
Volume
North-Brick cavity wall
South-Double glazing framed glass curtain wall
Room service area
Water distribution
HVAC System-VAV
Circulation
Rainwater collection
Recreation services
Service Cores
Partition non-load bearing wall
Bathroom
Bathroom
Cooling tower
Hall way and main stair
Water path to bathrooms
Dining hall
Core
Thermal mass/ trombe wall
Kitchen
Kitchen
Shaft
Air intake
Air outake
Auditorium
Brick wall
Living room
Verticle shaft
Gym
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Ground floor plan
2nd floor plan
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Plan drawings produced by Xiao Chen
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3rd floor plan
4th floor plan
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6th floor plan
5th floor plan
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Plan drawings produced by Xiao Chen
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Final model produced by Xiao ChenPlan drawings produced by Xiao Chen
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THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM Syracuse, NY
When the importance of the INFRASTRUCTURE is challenged by the his-tory of freedom in the city, the demands of the different infrastructure, such as Erie Canal, Railroad, Highway 81,Connective Corridor, become the CATALYSTS of city growth or decline.
The effect of infrastructure generates the EVENTS of city through time.It heavily affects the citizens daily routine.The new museum of Underground Railroad will play a fundamental role for one of few Civic Space-Clinton Square as public and cultural node in Syracuse. Rather than considering the museum as an isolated architec-tural objectalong the approach to Clinton Squares larger public apparatus, I choose to intensify the relationship between the museum and the public space around it.
The Underground Railroad Museum thus would become the extension of greater civic space with Clinton Square and the destination of civic event space.
Route and intervention approaching to Museum
Programs Mapping
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Front view
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Underground railroad mapping
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Longitudinal section integrated with ground plan
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B1 floor plan
2nd floor plan
3rd floor plan
4th floor plan
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View from southeast corner
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Photos of model with site
Interior renderingsView from the stairsFront entrance view
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LIGHT SCIENCE CENTEREXTENSION OF UFFIZI GALLERYFlorence, Italy
Hand drafting exploded microscope
There is an increasing need to educate pub-lic science in public. The site opens toward a deadly piazza space. The existing slanted ground as an exit of Uffizi gallery connects art gallery and piazza Grano. The slanted plane will become space for gathering and educating science to public while fostering movement. There are three core program areas within science center: exhibition, edu-cational, and demonstration. Everything else is arranged around this central core where admit light (translated from microscope), creating a new intuitive and educational sequence of arts and science. Thus new sci-ence center will act as scientific instrument, allowing performance of science exposing to visitors.
Sketches for floor plans
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East Elevation
Cross section
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Longitudinal Section Cross Uffizi
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Final Model
ONONDAGA LAKE ECOLOGY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER Syracuse, NY
This project locates in the Onondoga Lake Park with great view of both lake and green. In order to maintain the original beauty and harmony of the park, the research center will be created through lifting and extruding the ground, thus dif-ferent layers of ground is suspending in the air to allowing the view and air in the facility center. New educational activities is inserted with original landscape with all the labs in the extruded layer. With architectural landscape form blended into surrounded green and water, the research center creates architecture harmony between human and nature.
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Ground Structure
Roof Detail
Without Roof Final Model
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SENECA FALLS RECREATIONAL HOTEL Seneca Falls, NY Seneca Falls is a town witness the transformation from industrial age to recreational age. So does water lock. Water locks transform itself from industrial water traffic to a chan-nel of recreation. The hotel which carries recreational trend with industrial look is chosen to sit next to the river. A floating bar consists of hotel rooms and private recreation is lift in the air to allow the plaza below the bar fills with public activities.
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Mapping: from Industrial to Recreational
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House as Site, Site as House Virtual site (translated from painting analysis)
Painting Painting translated to physical model
Painting formed landscape Study model Study model
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Frame model Final model Final painting board
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Otkorum Opera House_Twist/Fold/ConnectBusan, Korea International Ideas Competition For Busan Opera House Design Internship - StudioTEKA, New York, NY
The new opera house in Busan connects the mountains with the sea, bridging local and international scales and connecting Busans past with its future. Building upon the evolution of Busans shoreline, we adopt the vocabulary of the harbor pier as a reference for the import and export of local and international culture and exchange. The result is a conceptual knot: two becoming one.
The building sits upon a landscape plinth, or ribbon, which forms a grand public gesture surrounding the opera house, activating the site with outdoor concerts and theater events, a public pool, yacht club and marina, urban parkspace, caf, restaurant and retail space. The undulating planes of the ribbon transition three dimensionally to create both interior and exterior spaces. The opera house has two primary access points located at either end of the rib-bon. The city entrance sits at the edge of the new island and is accessed by way of a ramp which also connects to the plinth, while the seaside entrance is accessed by way of a protected marina and a pedestrian bridge which ties back in to the city. The city entrance opens upon a large public lobby containing an open performance stage, the volumes of the opera and multipurpose theaters, two restaurants, a bar, gift shop, exhibition space and a multimedia music library. The outdoor amphitheater and public pool/recreation space can be accessed from the lobby by way of a gently sloping ramp, which joins a stepped seating area with a view of the entire harbor.
Accessed by way of the lobbys grand staircase, the balcony level affords visitors breathtaking views toward the city and the sea, as well as overlooking the activated gathering space below. The plinth level sits above, linking the two major theater spaces, a 2,000 seat performance venue for opera and a 1,200 seat multipurpose arena with the outdoor space of the ribbon. At the crown of the theater complex sits the special events level, here envisioned as a space containing a VIP lounge, high end restaurant and banquet hall with stunning 360 degree Busan city views.
The facets of the knot are enveloped in translucent, transparent and opaque panels, the placement of which is dependent upon program as well as elevation. The buildings structural skin is revealed through the panels, creating a dramatic glowing volume which provides a cultural beacon on the harbor. A series of gently shifting columns move up and through the building, while internally, the volumes of enclosed spaces reflect the buildings dramatic form. At the plinth level, two arms reach out from the knot to connect to the ribbon, in a culminating gesture that represents the harmonic union of opposites and a symbol of the citys emerging status as an important international cultural destination.
Building upon the evolution of Busans shoreline evolution, we adopt the vocabulary of the harbor pier as a reference for the importation, exportation and interaction of local and international cultural exchanges. The result is a conceptual knot: two becoming one. The proposal links the land back to the sea while celebrating culture with dramatic choreography.
ELEVATE TO CELEBRATE
INTERTWINE:the MOUNTAINS
INTERTWINE:the SEA
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Concept Evolution CULTUREABROAD
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Cross Sectionproduced by Xiao Chen
Collaboration with Michelle Fowler
Exterior view from water arm Exterior view from approach ramp
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TICKET/INFO DESKREHEARSAL ROOMSTUDIOSTORAGE
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MULTI-MEDIA PURPOSE THEATER ENTRANCEOPERA HOUSE ENTRANCECREATIVE WORKSHOPRECEPTION AREA
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TICKET/INFO DESKADMIN OFFICEPERFORMERS LOUNGEDRESSING ROOMPREPARATION ROOMMECHANICAL ROOM
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RESTAURANTBARRETAIL SHOPPERFORMANCE STAGEMULTI-MEDIA LIBRARYCOURYARD GARDENEXHIBITION SPACE
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Plan production: Collaboration with Dongsuk
Culture diagrams produced by Michelle Fowler
CULTURAL EVENTS IN BUSAN _ 2011CULTURAL EVENTS IN BUSAN _ 2009CULTURAL EVENTS IN BUSAN _ 2008 CULTURAL EVENTS IN BUSAN _ 2010 CULTURAL EVENTS IN BUSAN _2008-2011
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Longitudinal Sectionproduced by Xiao Chen
Interior view from lobby Exterior view from water
Rendering production: Collaboration with Michelle Fowler and Tiffany Jin
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Rendering production: Collaboration with Ben Lin, Wayne Tseng
Display furniture design and production: collaboration with Ben Lin, Wayne Tseng
COOE Showroom for Shoes Interior DisplayShanghai, China Design Internship R&D Collaboration: Wei-yi Tseng, Ben Lin
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Rendering production: Collaboration with Ben Lin, Wayne Tseng
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Painting: Industial Blur
SKETCHES AND PAINTING
Vigevano: Piazza Ducale
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Drafting: Dancing mapping
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Torino: Urban Sketch
Pavia: Certosa di Pavia
Villa Emo
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Xiao Chen | [email protected]
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