Architecture portfolio for UCL MArch Architectural design

Weiyi Wang Architecture Portfolio Selected works: 2019-2021 Application for MArch Architectural design Application Number:22184430

Weiyi Wang

Baishan, Jilin province, China ∙ weiyiwang1999@163.com ∙ +8613818480979 Skills: Sketchup, Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD, Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator Basic: Grasshopper, Lumion, V-ray

Education Architecture BA (Part I) Manchester school of Architecture

In-Campus Practice 09/2018-06/2021

Experience Design Assistant Peng Cheng Construction Company

09/2021-Present

▪ Got to familiarize with the preliminary business, including site visiting and analyzing to collect information, communicated with design group about basic needs and concept, to convey the revising details.

▪ Communicated directly with designers to communicate changes, participated in the conceptual design part, and organized government documents for approval.

▪ Involved in land acquisition meetings, send the site information and demand to the design department, receive the design and review to see if there are any modifications, continue to deepen the final draft, and then start to do the structural design, all finalized and submitted to the planning bureau for presentation and bid.

Intern Peng Cheng Construction Company

06/2021-09/2021

▪ Participated in construction drawings, organized the drawing package for presentation, including drawings noted and layout design.

▪ Involved in several local residence renovation projects, primarily responsible for site analysis, communicating between residents and designers, passing on information for both sides.

Game Design, Group Project

10/2020-01/2021

▪ Involved in card game design for the purpose of popularizing and knowledge of infrastructure with the group members and participated in the selection process.

▪ After understanding the basic game design concept with the help of Manchester game studies network and mentors, we discussed and built our own game mechanics and rules with the group members, set up the rules and cards for the game, and put them together in the software.

▪ Improved communication and organizational skills completed the rules and additional design for the game and the actual output were completed on time.

High Street Renovation, All School Project

09/2019

2040 Carbon Neutral, All School Project

09/2018

Events Special Collection, All School Project

03/2019

▪ Be responsible for determining the potential of the high street and the possible functional areas to be covered.

▪ Designed the leisure part of the building, visited the site for research and communicating with the local residents to understand the needs, and completed the elevations and sections construction drawings.

▪ Completed the individual design part and helped the group with data analysis and site analysis, meanwhile practiced the communicating and collaborating skills.

▪ The project is set for the year 2040, when carbon neutrality has been reached.

▪ Conceptualized what the building should look like at 2040, participated in discussions and come up with a general development direction, added constructive details to the designed building.

▪ Responsible to the analysis part and completed the data diagrams for this project, meanwhile completed the proposal for final presentation.

▪ Involved in designing the maker space for the special collections of the school library.

▪ Visited the special collections of the library under the guidance of master students and went to other museums to learn the spatial relationship, and then proposed a movable interactive booth after brainstorming.

C ontents

01

Drag Center

02

Mayfield Community

03

Dreamland

04

Culture Renaissance

Architecture design of gallery Manchester, UK

Apartment building in central manchester Manchester, UK

Concept design of Emotions Science fiction

Architecture design of culture center Baku, Azerbaijan

01 Drag Center

Architecture design of gallery Tutor: Emily Crompton, Kate Stott Individual work Location: Manchester,UK 2020.11-2021.05(BA3) 1,596 sqm The giving site is next to the Pankhurst center, an iconic site of women's activism, past and present. The first meeting of the movement that became known as the suffragettes took place in this house! Taken on board the spirits of feminism, I have proposed a place where drag queens and kings can celebrate their cultures without being judged.

A spiral ramp is placed in the building to act as the runway for drag queens and kings to showcase their dresses, makeup, and moves. Bring them back to the good old underground New York days to collect those tens from the panel. The right-wing of the building is an exhibition of drag history to let people know more about drag culture and view this group with a non-discrimination attitude. The left-wing of the building is a rehabilitation center that provides necessary helps for people who are struggling with their identities. This proposal is one of its kind and shall improve the situation of drag people.

Design background

Drag Culture research Early days

''My wife would not allowe me to wear this custom to Xmas party because it will embarrass the family.''

--Hedda Lettuce Dad of two

Bring it up

Pose

Drag culture was tied with theatre and religious rites to fulfill female parts in play.

''The general public think a man in the dress is not manly enough.''

1972

Drag queens began performing in bars and spaces that specifically catered to gay people, like the Black Cat in San Francisco.

Drag found its way into pop culture as Divine scandalized audiences with her filthy character and became an icon along the way.

1980s ''People call me slut just because I wear what I want and show my body off.''

--Courtney Act Teenage girl

''I got bullied by my peers because I wear makeups and it seems unreasonable in their opinion.''

--Naomi Smalls Teenage boy

Walk

Rae Bourbon, a popular drag performer of the "Pansy Craze" era.

1927

1950s

--Kim Chi Male celebrity

Serve the face

Te n s a c r o s s the board

The issues in Drag scene

“Drag” meant trying to look as much like a woman as possible. It was a peak time for balls with categories.

The Misogyny

The Neglected

1984

RuPaul went to the stage of the March on Wa s h i n gto n to perform his hit song: Supermodel.

Vogue

It poured out of balls and onto the streets of New York City, with the annual Wigstock festival kicking off.

1993 2009

RuPaul’s Drag Race premiered on Logo TV.

Drag kings do not seem as much in the spotlight as d rag q u een s .

People just don't find girls in trousers are 'Abnormal.'

"People told me I did not belong here just because I am a girl. We are just here to embrace and be in charge of our own femininity like everyone else."

The

Site Analysis

Users + Programme

Couture

Shop

Exhibition

Family

Runway Performance Consultation

Design concept

Site layout collage

e Stereotype

Green space Main entrance

Private

Public

"People tend to think drag queens are all gay, male, but I am a hetero drag queen. " "I am a transgender drag queen and I do not want to be perceived as male."

training room

Main entrance Private

Public

Line

Twist

Mirror

Round up

Structures

Site plan

South Elevation

A-A Section A

A

B-B Section B

B

Ground floor plan

Ground floor

1.Reception 2.Ballroom 3.Exhibition 4.Washroom 5.Support center

3

4

2

3 1 5 2

5m

basement plan

Exhibition 1

Exhibition 2

1.Ballroom 2.Exhibition 3.Washroom 4.Support center

4

Dressing room

1

1.Dressing room 2.Washroom

1

2

Exhibition 3

Support center

Sustainable design

Rainwater harvesting system HVAC

HVAC

Water tank Pump

The ballroom part uses mechanical ventilation such as HVAC. The other part of the building uses natural ventilation.

The air gap between the facade of the ballroom also helps the natural ventilation. The rainwater harvesting system can help with saving energy.

Photovoltaic panels

The whole building will use natural light during the day and artificial light during the evening, especially the ballroom part since all the exciting activities are happening in the evening. The whole building will install an underfloor heating system to keep the user warm during cold weather.

Structure detail Damp proof membrane Wool insulation Damp proof membrane steeldeck with concrete trusses

Wall to floor callout

Wall to floor slab callout 60mm polycarbonate panel 100mm cavity wall with RHS 60mm polycarbonate panel

Floor finishing 300mm steel cantilever beam

2 layers of plywood steel studs with wool insulation sheating board Wool Insulation c section hempcrete cladding

Floor finishing wool insulation damp proof membrane concrete slab dense soil

02 Mayfield Community Apartment building in central manchester Tutor: John wood Individual work Manchester,UK 2019.12-2020.05(BA2) 971 sqm In the center of manchester, the regeneration of Mayfield is undertaken and expected to be finished in 10 years. Mayfield is a 24-acre brownfield site packed with heritage and the River Medlock flowing through its core. The new Mayfield community will have a 6.5-acre park, office buildings, a car park, and a significant public realm. The given site is just on the edge of the new development, between the car park and the student dormitories. The site is next to the campus and office building. Recent graduates who work around this area would need a place to stay since the student dormitories are no longer a choice.

Given the fact that there is a housing shortage around that area, I proposed to build an apartment building to keep up with the new Mayfield.

Site Overlook

Site Analysis

Demographic Analysis

Building height

Age chart

Average age 48+

Piccadilly station

Under 30

Mayfield park

Natural fature

Population chart People/km2 10000+

Under 50

Sun

Graduates salaries in Manchester area

£20K Low

Phase 1(finished)

£26K Average

£33K High

Phase 2(in 5 years) Phase 3(in 10 years)

Wind

Rail Station

Spending habbit Current

Use service area

40%

Ideal

30%

Residential Education Office commercial

North campus

Plot O

Rent

Traffic

Shopping

Leisure

Others

Ten Elements

Design Principles

Reception

Gym

Coffee

Lounge

Green space

Interaction with nature kitchen

Common area

Office

Rain water harvesting

Individual bathroom Convenience store

Form iteration

puclic Residental

Site

Common area

Glazing for common area

Extrude

Photovoltaic and wind power

Entrance

Offset

Sustainable development

Circulation

Entrance

Ground Plan

A

Common Area

A 0m 6m 12m

Section

n A-A +61.25 +57.5 +53.75 +50 +46.25 +42.5 +38.75 +35 +31.25 +27.5 +23.75 +20 +16.25 +12.5 +8.75 +5.00

+0.00

Plan for 5th and 6th floor

Plan for 8th and 9th floor

5

2

4

House garden

5

6

Plan for 13th and 14th floor 4

3

1

1. One bedroom studio 2. Two bedrooms studio 3. Three bedrooms studio 4. Garden 5. Common area 6. Lift & staircase

Entrance Bedroom

Common area

View over riverside

Sustainable Strategy Rain water harvesting

Photovoltaic

Wind power

Plants

Irrigate

Elevation

Construction Detail

filter layer drainage material roof membrane 25mm fiber board 150mm rigid foam insulation 300mm concrete slab steel deck 2 layers of 12.5mm plasterboard steel studs with 150mm insulation 12.5mm sheating board 50mm rigid foam Insulation c section Brick cladding

10mm ceramic tile 75mm screed with subfloor heating coils 50mm rigid foam insulation 300mm reinforced concrete slab

Cureain wall: triple glazing with 6mm toughened glass +13mm cavity + 6mm toughened glass + 13mm cavity + 6mm toughened glass with low-e coating 94/230mm aluminium profile facade bracing: 8mm welded flat steel

03 Dreamland Concept design of Emotions

Individual work 2020.06-2020.09(Self-motivated) 2,500 sqm

We a l l d r e a m , b u t w hy d o w e d r e a m , a n d why do we dream like that? Is there a high intelligence creature behind this manipulating it? Are our actions being controlled as well?

As technology developed, humans seemed to trap into electrical products, and they immersed themselves in the emotions it provided. They laugh at it, cry over it, and even unleash their anger towards it. Are they being manipulated by the creator of the internet? As an architect of higher civilization, I am trying to use the same way to control humans by architecture. I compress all the emotions extracted from the internet to this skyscraper- the dreamland.

It will give humans the ultimate experience of different emotions through the changes of spaces.

Those emotions will root into their heart and change their behaviors.

Design philosophy Issues on social media

The mastermind

Transfer into emotions

Anger make people to lose their mind.

Anger

Pride let people to worship themselves and eventually fall because of their ego

Sloth

Lust make them addicted and inseparable from certain behaviors Lust

insert different emotions to theta waves to change the content of dreams

Sloth let people forget how to think and trapped into the small space

Emotions determines human reactions thus we can control human Greed

G re e d m a ke s p e o p l e want things that are out of their league.

Generation of form

Extract neurones cell

Generation of Voronoi cells

offset to form thickness

project to the inner structure

Populate random dots

extract surfaces

generation of structure lines

Extract the new structure

Connect to form net

populate in 3D

Extract structure lines

Form final shape

Section of dreamland

Interior space

Section of anger

Always have something to say

everythiing shattered when you release the temper

The heart broke cause anger to grow

Form development

Extract

Twist

A warrior behind the key boards

Form

Section of Pride

Interior space Feed on your ego

1

Worshiping yourself and feeding on your own ego.

2

2

The holy land

Yo u r e g o makes you firmly believe i n y o u rs e l f, but worse, arrogance comes in.

1

3

Eventually, We all fall because of our own ego.

3 The ultimate fall

Form development

units

units

Form

04

Culture Renaissance Architecture design of culture center

Individual work Baku, Azerbaijan 2021.05-2021.07(Switch Competition) 25,213 sqm

As one of the most critical trade exchange channels, the Silk Road was also a “cultural bridge” between Asia and Europe. Trading activities along the Silk Road over many centuries facilitated the transmission not just of goods but also ideas and culture, promoting a socio-cultural economy. Today, we have diffused the idea of identity, culture, roots, and traditions, forgetting the ‘past’ and focusing on the idea of ‘future’ not realizing the damage that is being done to the ‘present’.

To bring back the booming scene, I proposed a cultural center that includes places to trade and rest on the given site. Traditional Islamic architecture and modern style have been combined to link the past and the future. This center is standing on the silk road’s center to remind people never to forget where we come from and set new visions for the future.

Site Analysis

N

Islamic architecture analysis

Masterpla

Generation of form

N

N

Arch

Window

Arch

Extrude to form a basic mass.

Main Road

Street

Pavement

N

Dome

Column

Arch

Rearange these masses to form a better circulation and visitors can get to the destination right away.

Shop Residential

Restaurant Greenery

N

Summer solstice

Winter solstice

N

W

Devided it into 9 horizontal mass. This form will cause unnecessary circulation.

N

E

Trade center S

User service center

Hotel

A 2

1

Entrance

B

6

7

5

3

8

B

4

A

Exit

an

1 Main reception 2 Lecture room 3 Lobby 4 Hotel 5 Dining halls&spa 6 Shop 7 Meeting room 8 Shop

Axonometric drawing

Perspective

Roof

Structural system

Second floor

First floor

Ground floor

The central dome

Section A-A

Interior of the waving space

Outerior of the waving space

Elevation B-B