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APXRTMENTS
mixed-use residential towers / fall 2025
B3 BIKE SHOP AND REPAIR
bicycle inspired performance / fall 2023
PIVOT HOUSE
a take on adaptive spaces / fall 2024
IN-FLOW VILLAGE
low-rise, high-density housing / spring 2023
MISCELLANEOUS
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APXRTMENTS
High-density multi-family housing is approached with a courtyard-based organizational strategy. While courtyards establish the primary spatial intention, their placement, orientation, and hierarchy are driven by site conditions, guiding how residential bars align, stack, and ultimately form towers. Conceived as a prefabricated system, units are deployed following site analysis and assembled on site, allowing a repeatable kit of parts to produce site-specific density.
X-shaped unit plans generate shared courtyards when four modules aggregate in a 2 x 2 configuration, producing collective open space at their intersection.
Through subtle manipulations of this primary massing logic, additional unit types emerge to support a range of occupants and living arrangements. Gaps of six or three feet between modules establish a layered horizontal circulation network, balancing connectivity with moments of separation.
Unit Circulation
The ground level defines the plinth as an urban mediator rather than a mere podium. It consolidates commercial activity and circulation into a continuous base that absorbs the scale of the street, allowing the towers above to emerge in a controlled and non-intrusive manner. By anchoring the vertical volumes to an active ground plane, the project grounds density within a legible and civic framework.
The plinth establishes the towers as extensions of an organized urban fabric rather than isolated objects.
Ground Floor Plan
integration of semi-private spaces at different levels
Massing Model
section model showcasing mesh facade
interior quality and balcony
ground courtyard condition
B3 BIKE SHOP
Using the bicycle as a precedent for structural logic and efficient assembly, the project develops a spatial system rooted in precision and calibrated relationships. The final phase involved producing a full construction document set including plans, sections, details, and specifications, requiring coordination of structure, envelope, and material systems. The exercise tested the project’s conceptual clarity against the demands of buildability and documentation.
1. The derailleur allows the rider to change gears, tuning performance to match terrain and capability. By selecting the appropriate gear, a steady cadence is achievable.
courtyard administration reception retail workshop
Optimizes sunlight and air flow, enhancing building performance while increasing the overall aesthetic and functional value of the project.
2. The chain is essential for the bike's operation, transmitting power from the rider to the wheels. Working in conjunction with all other components to ensure effective motion.
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Serves as the back bone of the building, allowing other program elements to shine and function as intended.
3. The pedals are the key point of contact between user and machine. It is through this interaction that allows for movement. The jagged edges are designed for traction.
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The drivers for circulation within the building, that set the rhythm for the flow of space.
S4A3 DESIGN RICKY XIONG
PIVOT HOUSE
Beginning with the design of a single room, the project evolves into a house structured around adaptability. Space is not fixed, but responsive — capable of expansion, compression, and reconfiguration through user agency. In this way, architecture becomes an instrument of ritual, shaping how inhabitation unfolds over time.
Room for Existing:
This project is a design for an adaptive room which blends poetry and architecture. With a hinged ceiling, the room can transform to allow users to ascend and connect with the outdoors.
Roof Plan
Mediating Boundaries
The house negotiates its relationship with the landscape through a sequence of adjustable edges. A pivoting wall allows the room to shift between enclosure and openness, dissolving the boundary between interior life and the surrounding context.
The architecture becomes less a fixed object and more a device for calibrating exposure, privacy, and connection to the environment.
Operable partitions transform the room from an enclosure into a spatial threshold, extending interior life toward the landscape. Transparency and movement allow occupants to control their relationship to light, view, and exterior space.
IN-FLOW VILLAGE
Housing is reframed as a productive civic system rather than a passive development. Conceived as a mobility hub, the site integrates transit, dwelling, and energy generation within a cohesive spatial strategy. Piezoelectric circulation paths capture kinetic movement, while wind trees and photovoltaic arrays supplement passive environmental performance. The neighborhood functions as infrastructure, transforming daily movement and climate into measurable civic output.
Climate in a Natural Environment Mobility in a Built Environment
Climate analysis is pivotal as it informs the design process, ensuring buildings are aligned with environmental conditions, enhancing sustainability, energy efficiency, and occupant comfort.
The map evaluates the site's integration within the surrounding transportation network. Showing the accessibility of public transit and the continuity of pedestrian routes that link the project to the broader urban fabric.
introduce dual courtyards for spatial rejuvenation
facilitate circulation and breezeway dynamics
optimize south-facing facades for daylight
harmonize with urban context/human pattern
SOLAR PANELS
COMMUNITY DINING
PIEZOELECTRIC WALKWAYS
WIND TREE
METAL SHEET ROOFING
CEDAR SIDING
terrace for increased southern solar gain
slot structure for vertical and wind circulation
angle roof to increase daylighting
integrate dedicated private parking
MISCELLANEOUS
This section contains a variety of images from different projects, work, and competitions.
Restaurant Interior / Competition / 2025
Work Sample / Mavrovic Architects / 2023
ARCH 200A / Pivot House Model / 2024
ARCH 200B / Pavilion Model / 2025
ARCH 200A / Trail House Model / 2024
ARCH 200B / Early Massing Model / 2025
ARCH 200B / Adaptive Reuse Center Model / 2025
Education
Education
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
August 2024 - Present
August 2024 - Present
> pursuing a Master’s in Architecture
> pursuing a Master’s in Architecture
> President and Treasurer of Graduate Architecture Student Union (GASU)
> President and Treasurer of Graduate Architecture Student Union (GASU)
> Treasurer of Room One Thousand (R1K), Graduate Architcture Journal
> Treasurer of Room One Thousand (R1K), Graduate Architcture Journal
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
August 2019 - 2024
August 2019 - 2024
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
> minor in Studio Arts
> minor in Studio Arts
> minor in Japanese Language
> minor in Japanese Language
> undergraduate teaching assistant for architecture studio
> undergraduate teaching assistant for architecture studio
Work Experience
Work Experience
Mavrovic Architects
Mavrovic Architects
June 2023 - November 2023
June 2023 - November 2023
Architectural Intern
Architectural Intern
> rehabilitated digital organization to improve navigation on company server
> rehabilitated digital organization to improve navigation on company server
> collaborated with consultants & clients to achieve harmony on ongoing projects
> collaborated with consultants & clients to achieve harmony on ongoing projects
> standardized personal workflow for greater efficiency on drawings/revisions
> standardized personal workflow for greater efficiency on drawings/revisions
> analyzed international code to guarantee infallible design
> analyzed international code to guarantee infallible design
Tange Associates
Tange Associates
May 2024 - August 2024
May 2024 - August 2024
Architectural Intern
Architectural Intern
> produced physical models to support early-stage massing and spatial studies
> produced physical models to support early-stage massing and spatial studies
> analyzed existing site conditions to inform pre-design and landscape integration
GPA: 3.9
GPA: 3.9
Graduation
Graduation
Spring 2027
Spring 2027
Graduated on Dean’s List Pittsburgh, PA Tokyo, Japan
> analyzed existing site conditions to inform pre-design and landscape integration
> contributed to schematic design, schedules, and drawings of residential projects
> contributed to schematic design, schedules, and drawings of residential projects
Graduated on Dean’s List
Skills
Skills
Softwares:
Softwares:
Architectural Design: Rhino, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit
Architectural Design: Rhino, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit
Graphic Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Graphic Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Data Analysis: Climate Consultant, ClimateStudio
Data Analysis: Climate Consultant, ClimateStudio
Visualization: V-Ray, D5 Render, Enscape
Visualization: V-Ray, D5 Render, Enscape
Other: Excel, Sony Vegas, Premiere, After Effects
Other: Excel, Sony Vegas, Premiere, After Effects
Languages:
Languages:
Interagency Language Roundatable (ILR) Scale
Interagency Language Roundatable (ILR) Scale
English / Native
Mandarin / Fluent
English / Native Mandarin / Fluent
Japanese / Intermediate +
Japanese / Intermediate +
Pittsburgh, PA
Tokyo, Japan
