Xindi Su





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In the Sketchbook


Projects
 21/22 Rebirth
 21/22 Metamorphosis
 22/23 Dwellings for a Dancer
 22/23 Walkway
 23/24 Urban Stitches
 23/24 Temporal Weavings
 23/24 Passage through the Shadows
 25/26: Vaulting the Cordiner’s Edge: Crafting Lost Grounds
In Practice
→  Lorn Macneal Architects
→  Caukin Studio

Graphics
→  EdinArcSoc

Pictured
→  Robin Hood Gardens
→  Alexandra & Ainsworth Estate

Writings
→ APWL Essay (91%): What relevance does the heritage of modernist architecture have to contemporary professional practice?
→ Dissertation (78%): Working through its Remains: Reframing the absence of Robin Hood Gardens
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Urban Stitches




Location: North Phuoc Thang, Vietnam 
Date: September-December 2023
Competition:  Reimagining Cities Towards Carbon Neutrality (ISCM) 3rd International Design Competition by ISCM/ UEH University. Awarded 3rd Place Prize.
Project: Urban Stitches - bridging the gaps



This competition project is based on the redevelopment of the underdeveloped area of North Phuoc Thang, in the “Global South”, for creating an Urban design researched new masterplan and regeneration of the identiy of North Phuoc Thang, Vung Tau City, that allows for reconnec tion to the surrounding cities, and shifting the area away from being a thoroughfare. Our design proposal was centralised around three key “Threads” we identified and explored, whilst ensuring complete sustainability.

 This translated into the Social Thread (ensuring continued integration and access to socioeconomic functions for existing residents), the Blue Thread (reim agining the current flooded region which required extensive strategy to mitigate risk from rising water levels) and the Green Thread (proposing a strategic soft green technological landscape that actively worked to restore and protect the border between land and water from erosion whilst increasing the biodiversity of the city, the river facilitating mangrove restoration to become the structural framework of the infrastructure, and the land). We were driven by the current res idents, rather than a detached masterplan, and aimed to tackle degradation and increase social integration whilst developing the city to become significant in the Ho Chi Minh region.

Our strategy of interpreting our protagonist, a young boy born and raised within the site, and interrogating the different changes to his life and the people that are connected with him throughout his life formed the pathway of our master plan. Extensive research on the local and wider economies, as well as analysis of the current and projected environment guided our approach to achieve net carbon zero, whilst enhancing the lives of the residents. Every decision made throughout the hermeneutical process was a product of a complete collaborative ques tioning, research, and debate of both my own and my group members ideas, allowing further revision and refinement to reach our end proposal.


Recognition from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art here






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