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Siyuan Xi Portfolio
Siyuan Xi Portfolio
奚思远
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI 2022
BoYaXiYuan 16-2-202
Haidian, Beijing, China 100193
Tel: +86 156 5249 9694 (CN)
E-Mail: xisyust@gmail.com
ACADEMIC WORKS PROFESSIONAL WORKS
HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER? A MUSIC SCHOOL HOUSING IN DTLA ARANYA ART AND COMMERCIAL MOUNTAINTOP THEATRE
COMPLEX
Harvard Graduate School of Design Harvard Graduate School of Design Harvard Graduate School of Design Work at Vector Architects Work at Vector Architects
Spring 2019 Option Studio Architecture Core Studio 3 Architecture Core Studio 4 Project Type: Art and Commercial Project Type: Theatre
"An artist commune rethinking Co-living base on "A performing art center engaging the public in art creation" "A high-density residential reinventing Main Program: Gallery, cafeteria, shop, restaurant Main Program: Theatre, restaurant, VIP suite, public park
the theory of Roland Barth" Instructor: John May free plan to cultivate diversified living." Location: Guangzhou, China Location: Beijing, China
Instructor: Inaki Abalos Project site: Boston, MA, US Instructor: Jeannette Kuo Responsibility: Led a team of 4 to conduct PD, SD, and Responsibility: As a team, conducted PD, SD, and interior
Project site: North Easton, MA. US Project site: Los Angeles, CA, USA DD. Coordinated with LDI on CD and BP. The project is design.
currently under construction.
PROFESSIONAL WORKS
FUZHOU BRIDGE RESTAURANT QUZHOU SPORTS CAMPUS SHENZHEN BAY SQUARE CHENGDU YIPIN TWIN TOWER HYPERLOOP DESERT CAMPUS
Work at Vector Archtiects Work at MAD Architect Work at MAD Architects - Competition Work at MAD Architect Independent work - Competition
Project Type: Restaurant Project Type: Sports campus Project Type: Masterplan Project Type: Tower Project Type: Research campus
Main Program: Restaurant Main Program: Sports and recreational facilities Main Program: museum, Residential, retail, education, Main Program: Residential, retail, hotel, leisure Main Program: Laboratory, office, museum, visiting center,
Location: Fuzhou China Location: Quzhou, China office, leisure, public space Location: Chengdu, China residential, public space, restaurant, school
Responsibility: Led a team of 4 to conduct PD, SD, Responsibility: Working as a core team member on Location: Shenzhen, China Responsibility: Schematic design, modeling, rendering, Location: Las Vegas, NV
and CD. schematic design and presentation. Responsibility: Working as a core team member on all presentation Responsibility: Working in a team of two on all phases of
phases of schematic design and presentation. schematic design and presentation.
Work at Dorell. Ghotmeh. Tane Architect Work at The LADG Work at WeWork VDC Team
Project Type: Exhibition Project Type: Exhibition Project Type: Office, retail
Location: Hong Kong, China Location: Chicago, IL Location: US, Canada, Israel
Working period: May. 2015 - July. 2015 Responsibility: Model making Responsibility: BIM management for projects in US region.
Responsibility: Research, mockup building, fabricating Developed automation tools on Revit.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
ARANYA ART AND
COMMERCIAL COMPLEX
WORK AT VECTOR
ARCHITECTS
LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, CHINA
PROGRAM: GALLEY, RESTAURANT, RETAIL,CANTEEN
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PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — ARANYA ART AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX
BRIDGE RESTAURANT
WORK AT VECTOR
ARCHITECTS
LOCATION: FUZHOU, CHINA
PROGRAM: RESTAURANT
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PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — BRIDGE RESTAURANT
MOUNTAINTOP THEATRE
WORK AT VECTOR
ARCHITECTS
LOCATION: BEIJING, CHINA
PROGRAM: THEATRE, RESTAURANT, VIP SUITE, PUBLIC PARK
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — MOUNTAINTOP THEATRE
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PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — MOUNTAINTOP THEATRE
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QUZHOU SPORTS CAMPUS
WORK AT MAD
ARCHITECTS
LOCATION: QUZHOU, CHINA
PROJECT TYPE: SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
SITE AREA: 699,040 SQM
BUILDING AREA: 337,500 SQM
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SHENZHEN BAY SQUARE
COMPETITION
WORK AT MAD
ARCHITECTS
SITE: SHENZHEN, CHINA
PROGRAM: MASTER PLAN, MUSEUM, RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL,
EDUCATION, OFFICE, LEISURE
SITE AREA : APPROX. 51,000 SQUARE METERS
BUILDING AREA : 182,000 SQUARE METERS
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PIAGET INSTALLATION IN
WATCHES & WONDERS
WORK AT DGT
ARCHITECTS
LOCATION: HONG KONG, CHINA
PROGRAM: INSTALLATION, EXHIBITION, RETAIL
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Existing condition model
Clash detection
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — DIGITAL DESIGN (BIM)
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ACADEMIC WORK
‘‘ROOMS’’
HOUSING IN DTLA
GSD ARCHITECTURE CORE STUDIO 4, 2018 SPRING
INSTRUCTOR: JEANETTE KUO
COLLABORATE WITH JONATHAN YEUNG
SITE: DTLA ART DISTRICT
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PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — “ROOMS” - HOUSING IN DTLA
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PRECEDENT SCHEME STUDY
- homogeneous - modular
- loose - dense
- communal - private
- flexible... - repetitive...
SCHEME ALTERNATION
“A MODULAR FREE PLAN”
1.circulation core
2.double-height rooms unit
3.semi-duplex unit
4.meandering unit
5.duplex unit 6
6.complete aggregation
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — “ROOMS” - HOUSING IN DTLA
1 2 3 4 5
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Insert vegetated public space among mega urban structures. Integrate building massing and program with the public space.
A field of columns as the building’s structure system creates a porous landscape. Mountain-like roofscape allows public access creating an elevated park.
Terrace pockets accommodate common spaces in the community, which also facilitate
air circulation in the building. Outdoor living with panorama view of DTLA.
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — “ROOMS” - HOUSING IN DTLA
Hollywood
City Center Skyline
Ocean View
Mountain View
East LA
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N 0 5 10m N 0 5 10m
Plan - ground floor with retail programs Plan - lower density floor with roof scape
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — “ROOMS” - HOUSING IN DTLA
N 0 5 10m
Plan - high density typical floor 18 different units on the typical floor
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Section - homogeneous room-to-room relationship
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — “ROOMS” - HOUSING IN DTLA
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MASS, MASS, MASS
A PERFORMING ART
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — MASS, MASS, MASS - A PERFORMING ART CENTER FOR BERKLEE MUSIC COLLEGE
housing
retail
black box
opera
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Recording
Digital lab
Library
School
Detachment
Rehearsal
Room
Black Box
BOH
Studio
Parallel
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Exhibition
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — MASS, MASS, MASS - A PERFORMING ART CENTER FOR BERKLEE MUSIC COLLEGE
Devouring 6
Opera House
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4
Convertible
BOH
Auditorium
Intrusion 1 2 3
Loading Dock
Retail Fabrication
School
Lobby
Opera Lobby
Different structure systems are used at different level of the building to accommodate heterogeneous plan configura- Section
tions, facilitating an altering relationship between public creative infrastructure and professional art space.
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OPERA HOUSE LOBBY
1. Main auditorium
2. Stage
3. Side auditorium
4. Main BOH
5. Side BOH
OPERA HOUSE 6. Grand staircase
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2 5
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3 2
N 0 10 20m
6 4
N 0 10 20m
1. Amphitheater
PUBLIC SKY LOBBY 2. Cafeteria
3. Exhibition space
4. Fly tower
5. Gathering space
6. Lookout
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BLACK BOX THEATERS
5 1
5 6
N 0 10 20m
1. Auditorium
2. Classrooms SCHOOL 1
3. School sky lobby
4. Common rooms 5
5. Recording rooms
6. Digital editing rooms
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PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — MASS, MASS, MASS - A PERFORMING ART CENTER FOR BERKLEE MUSIC COLLEGE
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1. Office
3. Library
N 0
5. Light well
2. Classrooms
4. Media rooms
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3
20m
4
2
5
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SCHOOL 2
HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER?
AN ART COMMUNE
GSD OPTION STUDIO, 2019 SPRING
ADVISOR: IÑAKI ÁBALOS
SITE: NORTH EASTON, MA
Public — Private
Idiorrhythmic — Communal
Self — Otherness
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REFERENCE PRECEDENT
9 palaces
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GARDENS
11 OPEN BOUNDARY
Joy of disengagement
There is no clear boundary
1 between the commune and
the nature surrounding. One
A cigarette break from work
can stand on the patio and
look into wood surrounding
with infinite depth.
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Discovering a secret
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CLOSED LOOP
Meandering of curiosity
GARDENS BELONG TO
NO ONE
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Communal
Idiorrhythmic
LEAD
ABSTRACT
The light at the end of the
Light well leads the natural workshop leads people
light into the workshop. to move forward. Passing
It diffuses the light to the through a small kitchenette
soft gradient in the working with a lower ceiling, one
space, creating an abstract ends up in the patio and
ambient for art creation. immerses in nature again.
FRAME
REFLECT The Bathroom stands
between the exterior
Light casts on the building patio and the interior
exterior and bounces into living space. The large
the interior of the living opening makes it a viewing
space through the slit, instrument, framing the
creating a moment of pictorial view of the outside
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REFERENCES
A A’
1 4
B 2 3 B’
1 - Artist Studio
2 - Kitchen & Dining
3 - Outdoor Patio
4 - Bedroom
PORTFOLIO SIYUAN XI — HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER? AN ART COMMUNE