YAO XIAO DESIGN ARCHIVE


MITOCHONDRIA
2026 Spring
Formal Inventions in Landscape of Logistics.



LANTERN HOME
2025 Fall
Off-Grid Living, On-Grid Construction.



ENFILADE
2025 Spring
Long and Narrow Lot as a Connecting Device



100 COLUMNS
2024 Fall
A Passive House in Houston’s Hot and Humid Climate



VERTICAL ROGI
2024 Spring
A Fusion of Community and Personalized Living



OUT OF THE GROUND
2023 Fall
Buildner Iceland Beer Spa International Design Competition



BARS!
2023 Fall
Architecture as a Frame of Communal Activities



THE STEPS
2023 Spring
Vertical Urban Community Space that Improves Health



THE VOICE
2022 Fall
Art as a Medium for Expression and Community Bonding



COVER-PARK
2022 Spring
New Frontyard of UVA and a Bridge Between Communities




INTERLOCKING OASIS
2021 Fall
Cliamte Insitituion and New Dimension of Street




SCALE OF INTIMACY
2021 Spring
Rethinking the Social Dynamic of Urban Living



INTROVERT HOUSE
2021 Spring
Verticalization of Traditional Chinese Courtyard 

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This website serves as an archive of work for Yao Xiao and his relating interests.

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  • Rice University, Master of Architecture
  • Univeristy of Virginia, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Minor in Urban & Environmental Planning




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