YAO XIAO DESIGN ARCHIVE
ALONG THE PASSAGEWAY

2025 Spring (Paris Semester)

Advisor: Didier Rebois, John Casbarian

Partner: Shaelyn Parker

Project Type: Academic


The peach walls speak to a long history of horticulture in Montreuil, where the walls stored thermal inertia, providing a microclimate for species that normally would not thrive in the area. This form of cultivation has a large impact on the organization of land, leaving a typology of long and narrow plots around contemporary Montreuil. Many of these long and narrow plots are used for parking by the residents of nearby residential buildings, and some of these lots are comprised of warehouses. This project reimagines this lot typology as a corridor that connects, providing opportunities for large urban blocks to be better adjusted for pedestrian traffic and offering an alternate type of corridor where engagement of activities outweighs the efficiency of traffic. The site is organized as a series of voids that unveil themselves one by one. The built volumes provide various civic and communal functions while simultaneously acting as thresholds that guide the pedestrian traffic through the corridor.





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Yao Xiao is currently a graduate student studying architecture. This website serves as an archive of work and his relating interests.

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  • Rice University, M.Arch (currently enrolled)
  • Univeristy of Virginia, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Minor in Urban & Environmental Planning




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