KAI WANG
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SELECTED WORKS F23
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‘Flâneur’ Collage I
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Kai Wang
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CAMPO MARZIO GRAND PRIX
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THE ARK
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HELIX
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ON THE EDGE
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MELTING POINT
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6401 WATERS AVE.
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MOMENT FRAME
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ALGORITHMIC FORMALISM
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FABRIC INFLUENCE
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AIRCRAFT UNKNOWN
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THE OCULUS REVERSE ENGINEERED
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SWRIL
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PERSONAL ILLUSTRATION
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CAMPO MARZIO GRAND PRIX ADVANCED STUDIO 1 FALL 2023 INSTRUCTOR: MICHAEL GAMBLE
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“On the rand stand over the pit lane, the audiences can hear the roaring engine, smell the burning gasoline as the race cars pass by, and sense the vibration of the historical city wall of Campo Marzio. By taking a walk through the Pits into the Workshop, they find themself surrounded by these high-speed machines, stripped down and taken apart, showcasing the power and the beauty behind this industrial madness.”
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A 4.6-mile-long racetrack, a mixture of the newly constructed professional racing road surface and the historical street takes the race through the iconic scenery of Campo Marzio. The heart of the project, located in Circus Domitian, is the starting and finish point of each race. Adjacent are the pits, which are connected to a vehicle workshop with elevated moving platforms.
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The project consists of a series of infrastructures constructed through the imaginary city to support the racing events held in Campo Marzio. With the performance racing being the spine, topped with related activities, the project serves as the Recorder of the automobile culture.
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The Gardens of Steel is where the car scraps are recycled. The scraped materials go through a process of melting and reforming, to become parts of the new infrastructure of Campo Marzio.
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Generally, two main systems form the project: the steel truss system and the original city texture. To be more specific, the steel truss system, on the one hand, is newly constructed in Campo Marzio to serve as a reinforcement to support the load from extremely high-speed racing. On the other hand, masses are taken from the existing Campo Marzio architecture, deconstructed, and recombined, to form a tectonic system with the pattern borrowed from the historical Campo Marzio. These two systems alternately serve as the core form and the symbolic form, in other words, the skeleton and the skin.
Tectonically, these two systems function together through the actions of merging, penetration, insertion, locking, inter-growing, etc. The geometric order discusses how the contrasting systems become a whole through co-functioning. Through the media of performance racing, the project brings motion into the still Campo Marzio. It then masses, and thickens the surfaces. It introduces experiences of shuttling back and forth between different dimensions.
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MANHATTAN INSTITUTE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
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Manhattan, New York, NY
Partner: Tristan Mattox Professor: Nina Cohen I dcohen@ufl.edu I (352) 392-1418
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DIAGRAMETIC ANALYSIS FOR LAZER CUTTING
A community and educational institution specialized in renewable energy science and environmental technologies. MIRE seeks to unite the sectors of housing, industry, and education into a single closedloop system of living; meeting the rising demand for NYC’s clean energy initiative.
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SITE ANALYSIS
Education: To prepare, educate and accredit students to meet the emerging demand for energy alternative careers.
Sustainability: To embody the ideas of sustainability both spatially and industrially, becoming a symbol for a self-sufficient microcosm in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. To utilize architectural design to integrate systems that influence reduction, re-use, and recycling of energy intensive consumer goods.
Community: To provide an educational hub open for the local community to engage in NYC’s pursuit of a cleaner, more efficient energy system.
Local Context: To engage spatially with the immediate physical systems of the site (Hudson Yards, High Line, Hudson River) while simultaneously networking with the local industrial supply chain to form a united and integrated production organization.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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SUN STUDY
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Residencial
Shared Residential Common Area
PROGRAM LAYOUT
Student Housing
Institution of Renewable Energy
Student Common Area
Energy Farm & Facilities
Vertical Movement
Entrance & Public Space
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WINTER PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY
HELIX Winter Park Public Library Winter Park, Orlando, FL
Professor: Alfonso-Mendez Perez I alfperez@ufl.edu I (352) 294-1473
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The new Winter Park Public Library serves as a community center for the local. It also takes the reponsibility as a protection from the rail way to the comercial street, as well as a welcoming center for tourists coming from the Sunrail Railway. It brings a modern energy to the historical town, which is able to draw attention and interests from younger generation to the area. In the public space, sharp angles are in contrast with the curve of the railway, but still follows the curve. As a result, it shows how different systems collide and interact with each other. I focused on the layering effect. It firstly gives the thickness of the public space by showing the material underneath. Secondly, the layers created steps going down with a very slight angle. It is a demonstration of the urban beach concept, which means the gentle slope in a square that people tend to seat on.
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The unique interior space movement is celebrated by the skin. The forms of the main facade follows, as well as emphasizes, the landscape between floors. Other than that, the facade is broken down into triangular geometries that register with the public space. It also expresses the difference between scale by having pieces that are small, medium, large arranged this way. It gets more broken down around the entrance to create a cave effect. A second system of façade is layered under the first one, which is composed of reflective panels. Due to the North facing facade, there’s barely going to be direct sunlight into the front face. Thus, the 2 second skin, firstly, reflect sunlight from sky into the interior; secondly, serves as enclosure. One large scale skylight to maximize the interior lighting. A unique function of this indoor railway is that when it rains, it creates an indoor waterfall that goes into the drainage system, due to the slope of the public space, the rainwater flows back to the reflecting pool just with the help of gravity.
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The same idea applies to the interior. I wanted this architecture to become a welcoming and enjoyable space. With that being said, I wanted to continue the slope into the interior spaces. There are 2 main slopes that form the space inside the library. The slopes not only serve as the connection between floors, but also provide a space where people can also sit on it casually. The Second Slope usually serves as a reading area as the first slope . When needed, it can be used as a auditorium. When combine the two slopes, they resulted in the anti clockwise up hill circulation experience. Thus, walking through the library becomes a pleasing adventure.
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PUNTA SANTIAGO RECOVERY PROJECT ON THE
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Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico Professor: Nancy Clark I nmclark@ufl.edu I (352) 294-1472 26
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FLOOD ZONE AND EVACUATION
Punta Santiago, a small town located on the east coast of Puerto Rico, is exposed to a serious threat of flooding due to its poor geographic location.
INSTITUTIONAL ASSETS
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ECO-TOURISM ASSETS
The town, unfortunately, became one of the most damaged locations during Hurricane Maria. Sadly, the Puerto Rican government decided to evacuate Punta Santiago by cutting the funding for the town’s post-hurricane recovery. The project discusses the importance of rebuilding Punta Santiago due to its dedication to education. It also introduces a system, consisting of artificial landscape and the natural landscape along with architecture, to not only defend the town from flooding but also encourage education and eco-tourism.
Study Center Protecting Promenade Eco-Tourism Itinerary Mangroves & Other Vegetation
REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
PRAMENADE B
PRAMENADE B
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An elevated study center is planned to be built on the shore in between the two parts of the PuntaSantiago. Designed as an extension of P.E.C.E.S. and primarily serve the students, it includes classrooms, a lecture hall, labs, reading rooms, oceanic workshops, etc. Secondly, it can be used as a studying resource on the oceanic environment for higher education sectors or other organizations.
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Thirdly, the study center is also expected to service the residents and tourists as a public space for resting and activities. If a natural disaster takes place, the center can be used as an emergency resting space with pre-stored food and water.
Level 2 Floor Plam
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ARCTIC HOTEL
MELTING POINT Ronaviemi, Finland Partner: Jing Li
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The design concept is inspired by the various forms of water which happen annually in the site when the season changes. The one skin that serves as the roof and the facade mimics the dynamic of melting ice. The matte finish of the skin, respecting the texture of the ice full of air bubbles, diffuses the light while protecting privacy. The hotel is enclosed with a unibody of roof and facade. The translucent enclosure not only maximizes natural indoor lighting but also makes the building glowing at night, like a beacon corresponding to the phenomenon of northern light. The maximized skylight opens up the view of the night sky to the occupants. A sweeping canopy arising right above the hot spring pool provides an opportunity for people to gather while enjoying the night sky.
SITE DIAGRAM
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DESIGN SKETCH
LEVEL 1 FLOOR PLAN
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BUILDING RENOVATION
6401 WATERS AVE. Client: Option Care At DAG Architects
The contract scope is for delivery of design for exterior renovation of the single-story subject property, to provide a cold dark shell suitable to repositioning it for a medical lab tenant occupancy of approximately 22,000 sf. The tenant’s separate interior designer and engineers will, within a separate agreement, be responsible for providing design for all interior spaces including restroom and mechanical space layouts and for the mechanical, electrical and plumbing needs of the interior build-out.
EXISTING BUILDING
Despite the relatively small scale of the project, it is valuable experience to take the major ownership of it form the conceptual design to the documentation.
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FINAL SCHETCH
Site Drawing
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LEVEL 1 FLOOR PLAN
ELEVATIONS
SECTIONS
WALL SECTIONS
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TOWER PROJECT MOMENT FRAME INTERGRATED BUILDING SYSTEM FALL 2023 INSTRUCTOR: KAREN JENKINS
Thomas Bordeaux, Matt Bean, Kai Wang, Brian Lachnicht, Anna Wiles
Create a structure that withstands strong moment forces in relation to the tower’s height and weight. Initial Ideation Process: - Utilize strong/rigid materials such as metal to create frame - Establish strong joints at the floors - Shed unnecessary weight by staggering structure at the base
Material Components Main Structure: ½ inch Aluminum C-Channel Supports: ½ inch Aluminum L-Brackets Connections: #6 Screws #6 Nuts
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Total Weight: 6.4lbs Maximum load: 111 lbs 4 lb Weights: 23 8 lb Weights: 2 3 lb Board Strength Ratio: 17.3
The tower failed as a result of lateral torsional buckling after withstanding a total supported weight of 111 lbs. The top right image shows the vertical members of the first moment frame/floor buckling from compression. Lateral Torsional Buckling occurred within the columns causing the tower to rotate. The individual “beams” and “columns” of the tower had a stiffness irregularity that aided this lateral torsional buckling - they were shaped like a “U” causing the members to have a propensity to rotate and buckle. This rotation caused the tower to fail.
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ALGORITHMIC FORMALISM 2D/3D INFLUENCE MEDIA & MODELING 2 FALL 2023 INSTRUCTOR: EMILIO HERNANDEZ
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FABRIC INFLUENCE CHICAGO MEDIA & MODELING 2 FALL 2023 INSTRUCTOR: EMILIO HERNANDEZ
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AIRCRAFT UNKNOWN MEDIA & MODELING 2 FALL 2023 INSTRUCTOR: EMILIO HERNANDEZ
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THE OCULUS REVERSE ENGINEERED MEDIA & MODELING 2 FALL 2023 INSTRUCTOR: EMILIO HERNANDEZ Kai Wang, Brian Lachnicht
SCRIPT LOGIC & FACADE PROCESS
COMMAND: RECTANGAL
COMMAND: POINT ON CURVE
COMMAND: ARC 3PT
COMMAND: CONSTRUCT PLANE & CONSTRUCT VECTOR
COMMAND: PLANE/CURVE
COMMAND: LINE SDL
PURPOSE: SET THE SITE LIMIT
PURPOSE: DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF THE STRUCTURAL MODULES & SET THE BASELINE FOR THE TOP FINS
PURPOSE: DETERMINE ANGLE OF THE MAIN BODY OF THE BUILDING
PURPOSE: PROJECT THE SITE BOUNDARY TO THE TOP FIN BASELINE
PURPOSE: CONSTRUCT THE BODY OUTLINES
PURPOSE: SET THE BASE FOR INDIVIDUAL FIN STRUCTURE
NORTH SOUTH ALIGHED & HEIGHTENED
COMMAND: MOVE
PURPOSE: CONSTRUCT MORE DETAILED OUTLINES
COMMAND: FILLET & JOIN CURVES
PURPOSE: CREATW THE ROUND CORNERS AND COMPLETE THE OUTLINE FOR INDIVIDUIIAL FINS
COMMAND: EXTRUDE
PURPOSE: CREATE THICKNESS FOR EACH FIN STRUCTURE.
CARDINALLY SKEWED & SHORTENED
FIN ANGLE VARIATIONS
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LUMINAIRE
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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