Xiaoyun Li Design Portfolio

Education

Language

DepartmentalAwards

Tulane University

Chinese Madarin

Chinese Cantonese

English

Shenzhen Shiyan High School

5 Year Master Program in Architecture, Anticipated Graduation in May, 20136823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA, 70118

First Prize in Civil Creative Robotic Design2007

Presidential Scholarship2008-2013

Dean’s List - Academic Excellence2010, 2011, 2012

Third Prize in Tulane School of Architecture Design Contest “A-Week”2010

Project included in Tulane School of Architecture Publication “reView”2011, 2012

High School DiplomaNanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, 518000

Xiaoyun Li 415 Cherokee Street, New Orleans, LA, 70118504-655-0232 xli4@tulane.edu

ProfessionalExperience

Intern in the office of AECOM, Ltd.

Intern in the office of AEDS / Ammar Eloueini Digit-all Studio

Intern in the office of Shields Mott Lund, L.L.P.

Summer 2012Address: 14-15/F, Block B, East Tower, Coastal Building, 3rd Haide Street,

Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China, 518059Contact Number: +86 0755 8629 5027

Summer 2011Address: 365 Canal Street, Suite 1575, New Orleans, Louisisana, USA, 70130Supervisors: Ammar Eloueini, Registered Architect, Professor of Tulane School of Architecture

Jana Masset, AIA, Employee of AEDSContact Number: +1 504 599 2131

Summer 2010Address: 650 Poydras Street, Suite 2600, New Orleans, Louisisana, USA, 70130Supervisors: Lloyd N. Shields, Attorney at Law, Founder of Shields Mott Lund, L.L.P.

Elizabeth Van Kirk, Office Administrator of Shields Mott Lund, L.L.P.Contact Number: +1 504 581 4445

Lead Member in the Design Team of Guardians of the Flame Project2011, 2012, 2013Performance Pavilion and MuseumLeading Professor: Scott Ruff, Associate Professor of Tulane School of ArchitectureContact: sruff@tulane.edu Office: 504 865 5389 Cell: 315 581 4445

ProfessionalExperience

Member in the Design and Build Team of Sukkah Lantern Sukkah

Leader in the Design and Build Team 7 of “Architecture-Week”

Teaching Assistant in ATCS-3100/Technological Systems II

Teaching Assistant in APFC-4200/Professional Concerns II

Fall 2012Temporary Structure for Jewish Holiday Sukkot Leading Professors: Scott Ruff, Associate Professor of Tulane School of Architecture Judy Shade Monk, LEED APContact: sruff@tulane.edu Office: 504 865 5389 Cell: 315 581 4445

Spring 2011Art InstallationLeading Organization: Tulane Architecture Student Government / ASG

Spring 2012, Spring 2011Teaching Professor: Kentaro Tsubaki, RA, Assistant Professor of Tulane School of ArchitectureContact: ktsubaki@tulane.edu Cell: 504 314 2345 Office: 504 865 5389

Spring 2012/Revit CourseTeaching Professor: David Merlin, Adjunct Lecturer of Tulane School of ArchitectureContact: dmerlin@tulane.edu Office: 504 865 5389 Cell: 504 782 8464

Study AbroadExperience

ComputerPrograms

Tulane University

Pantheon Institute / Tulane University

Fall 2008 - Sping 20136823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA, 70118

Fall 2011The Pantheon Institute for University Programs Roma Inc.57 Via del Pantheon, Roma, Italia, 00186

AutoCAD

Revit

Rhinoceros

VRay for Rhinoceros / Grasshopper for Rhinoceros

Adobe Suite

Content Credit

LOOP

URBANSCAPEBIO-LINK

LCM

Guardians of The Flame

Performance Pavilion

Beetle Bus Stop

Louisiana Culinary Arts CollegeStudio Project

Water Management, Large Site PlanningStudio ProjectTeam Members: Xiaoyun Li, Ray Croft

Louisiana Children’s MuseumStudio ProjectTeam Members: Xiaoyun Li, Ray Croft

Design/Build ProjectTeam Members: Xiaoyun Li, Scott Ruff, Seth Welty, Zach Lamb, Emilie Taylor, Evan Amato, Alexandra Bojarski-Stauffer, Mary Catherine Bullock, Jerelle Carriere, Michelle Carroll, Sophie Dardant, Matt Decotiis, Alyce Deshotels, Natan Diacon-Furtado, Nels Erickson, Marianne Graffam, Mike Landry, Jake Lazere, Emile Lejeune, Jason Levy, Mary Beth Luster, Jeremy Maloney, Jordan Matthews, Oren Mitzner, Kathy Mu, Alison Rodberg, Cameron Ringness, Nicholas Sackos, Sarah Satterlee, Justin Siragusa, Nichole Woggon

Autodesk Revit CourseGroup ProjectTeam Members: Xiaoyun Li, Caroline Meyer, Arthur Ostrowski

Danaus

Selected Handrawings

Sukkah Lantern Sukkah

Design/Fabricate InstallationGroup ProjectTeam Members:Xiaoyun Li, Jade Jianbutr, Jazzy Li, Andrew Graham, Rachel Finkelstein, Michael Landry, Sean Fissher,Michael Murray, Kevin Franklin, William Trakas, Nick Gervasi, Cat Chanski, Ana Teran, Christopher Tellone,Alissa Kingsley, Zachary Sarandos

Study Abroad/ Travel

Design BuildGroup ProjectTeam Members: Xiaoyun Li, Nels Erikson, Nora Schwaller, Joshua Ungar, Ian Rosenfield

LOOP Louisiana Culinary Art College

Courtyard Typology Lifted Street Corner Two Continuous Paths Exterior Shaping Regular/Irregular Structure

Located within a historical neighborhood of New Orleans, the project is designed to sensitively address its context. Building width and floor to floor height are influenced by adjacent houses and light commercial complex. As a corner lot, the site offers the opportunity to inspire pleasant public impression approaching from both St. Claude street and St. Roch street.

In the resulted design, the lifted corner liberates the street corner to give the public an outdoor space surrounded by the various programs embedded within the building volume.

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Folding/Welding of Steel Plates

Glass Panel/Steel MullionFloor Plate View From Interior View From ExteriorMain Structure Glass Panel/Steel Mullion

Folding/Welding of Steel Plates

Metal Panel/Steel Mullion

LOOP Facade Construction

The interior circulation of the project are two intertwined paths. One path connects commercial elements of the program while the other connecting educational and institutional elements. To maintain continuous activities, sloped floor plates are incorporated with appropriate programs. The roof surface becomes part of the journey as well where vegetation are planted for culinary purpose, creating pleasant platforms for the students and faculty of the institution.

Instead of exposing the diagonal structure, perspective imaginary skewing is applied to the skin of the building. On the utmost exterior surface, glass panels printed with culinary related images are installed where needed. On the inside of the diagonal structure, perferated metal panels applied with inversed images are installed where light control is required.

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LOOP Floor Plans

CommercialEducational

1st Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor

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1 Lobby2 Bake Shop Storage3 Trash and Receiving Area4 Pastry Kitchen5 Wine Room

6 Restaurant7 Restaurant Kitchen8 Library9 Lecture Hall

10 Lecture Hall Lobby11 Classroom

12 Student Lounge and Staff Area13 Career Services14 Admissions Office15 Faculty Room17 Demonstration Lab18 Teaching Kitchen

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LOOP Model Photos

St. Claude Perspective Aerial View

1 Lobby2 Bake Shop Storage3 Trash and Receiving Area4 Pastry Kitchen5 Wine Room

6 Restaurant7 Restaurant Kitchen8 Library9 Lecture Hall

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12 Student Lounge and Staff Area13 Career Services14 Admissions Office15 Faculty Room17 Demonstration Lab18 Teaching Kitchen

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URBANSCAPE BIO-LINK Team Project, Large Site Planning

Circulation Surface Water Water Purifying System Intergrated SystemCommunal/Private Program

Inherent within the 25-acre site are the objectives of containing flood waters while handling and processing excessive water from the sur-rounding neighborhood. This project aims to bridge the gap between intervention of architecture and preservation of existing landscape.

Through the intergration of a complex water circulation system and an undulation architectural landscape, the project accommodates the required programs and support the communal activities, while preserving all existing live oaks and other valuable trees.

URBANSCAPE BIO-LINK Site Plan and Key Plans

Community Center Plan

The site is divided into four general zones. The north-west parcel of public program is comprised of a restaurant, a community center, a swimming

facility, and a natural pool filled with site-purified water via bio-remediation.

On the north-east corner, two large housing structures are surrounded by existing live oaks, filtering morning light. The south-west corner is

brown- and grey-water storage with a complex biological and mechanical water purification system. The south-east corner of the site houses farming

elements whose prodece serves both the on-site restaurant and the larger community.

Housing Plan Site Plan

URBANSCAPE BIO-LINK Sections

URBANSCAPE BIO-LINK Perspective Views

URBANSCAPE BIO-LINK Model Photos

LCM Louisiana Children’s Museum, Team Project

Gently placed above the natural lagoon in New Orleans City Park, the Louisiana Children’s Museum (LCM) project aims to intergrate itself with the beautiful landscape while minimizing its environmental impact.

To re-evaluate the common notion of a children’s museum, the building itself, both internally and externally, becomes part of the imaginative journey of various exhibitions. Interactive to the environment and its internal programs, the scales-like skin changes its opacity and its funtion accordingly.

West View

LCM Diagrams and Site Plan

The shape of the building expresses an analogy to the constant movement of a dancer. The active nature of kids is captured and solidified into a fluid architectural form.

When investigated in multiple sections, the form is respon-sive to its external conditions. The lifting and landing of the building shape not only supports itself but also creates dynamic interaction between the building, the pedestrians, and the natural elements.

LCM 1st Floor Plan

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1 Museum Entrance2 Office3 Ticketing & Admin4 Bookstore5 Nature Center6 Floating Classroom

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LCM 2nd Floor Plan

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7 Cafe8 Cafe Kitchen9 Childcare10 Literacy Center11 Multipurpose Rm12 Parenting & Teaching13 Follow That Food14 Play With Me15 Traveling16 Make Your Mark17 Dig Into Nature18 Show Your Move

Bridge View

LCM Sectional Perspectives

GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME PERFORMANCE PAVILION

The Guardians Institute: Donald Harrison Sr. Museum and Cultural Center is an outgrowth of The Guardians of the Flame

Mardi-Gras Indian tradition.

The relatively simple program masks the great ambitions of the facilities purpose in the community. Suspended from the ground a large metal sheathed

shell covers an outdoor performance space, an enclosed classroom, washroom/ changing room and support space.

On occasions when the performance is on the ground and in the streets the stage and the oversized stairs become seating for a captive audience. Behind a

double layered surface of white poly-gal is an environmentally controlledclassroom space equipped with counter space, bookshelves and cabinetry for

storage. This space is primarily used for the well- established literacy program and other teaching endeavors of the institute.

Like the Mardi-Gras Indian ceremonial “Mask” the structure is a beacon of inspirational light to the community, in which it exists, inviting all to join in a

celebration of collective culture.

GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME PERFORMANCE PAVILION

Site Plan

Set deep within a double residential lot the structure celebrates the front yard as a community space for gathering. The large performance pavilion celebrates the porch as an outdoor space, not just a transitional space between inside and outside. Its height and breadth is informed by the size of a fully “Masked” chief, which can reach heights of over 8 feet tall.

GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME PERFORMANCE PAVILION

Section Through Stage

Sukkah Lantern Sukkah Design-Build, Team Project

Palm Tree Leaves and Bamboo

Entrance

Fabric

Timber Frame

Plywood Panels

Sukkah Design is a week-long, design-build program that is held every year for the Jewish holiday Sukkot. As a simple structure built for praying

and festival during the holiday, the Sukkah Lantern Sukkah project aims to provide an isolated sanctuary on the crowded campus.

Beetle_Bus Stop Revit + Adobe, Team Project

The Beetle is a bus stop that is more than a shelter. The goal of its form is to create two diagonally opposite openings for arriving buses on both sides with one simple and continuous gesture.

Parametric constraints are used in the shaping of this design. All adaptable constraints are manipulated to maximize comfort, appropriate dimension on site and general aesthetic.

DANAUS Design and Fabrication

Panels for CNC Fabrication

Bright and stunning, Danaus is realized by various panels that are made of CNC milled dense foam.

This digitally-designed installation celebrates the entrance of the Tulane School of Architecture building. Starting with the perspective illusion of a complete cube, the geometry and size of punctures gradually grow and morph into a more organic and liberated form that eventually fuctions as a pamphlet shelf.

Morphing Logic

Geometry

Size/Extrusion

Density

Selected HandrawingsStudy Abroad, Travel

Selected Handrawings Pencil

CompidoglioRome, Italy

Sant’Andrea della ValleRome, Italy

LampAmsterdam, Holland

PantheonRome, Italy

Vicolo ScanderbegRome, Italy

Boat and TownUnknown

Selected Handrawings Water Color

Basilica di San MarcoVenice, Italy

Museo di CastelvecchioVerona, Italy

Museo di CastelvecchioVerona, Italy

Spittelau 10Vienna, Austria

UN HeadquarterVienna, Austria

Complesso del VittorianoRome, Italy

Selected Handrawings Water Color

Street SceneVenice, Italy

Villa FoscariMira, Italy

Villa FoscariMira, Italy

Xiaoyun Li 415 Cherokee Street, New Orleans, LA, 70118504-655-0232 xli4@tulane.edu