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Work Samples 2014 Summer - 2017 Fall Illinois Institute of Technology - Harvard GSD Weijia Wu

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Education Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA Master of Architecture in Urban Design 2016 - 2018

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL Bachelor of Architecture 2011 - 2016

TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands Exchange student at WHY Factory / TU Delft 2014 Fall

Experience

Skills

Harvard ChinaGSD - Cambridge, MA

3-D Programs:

President, 2017-18 • ChinaTrip 2017, 2018 • Beer&Dog, Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival • Lecture "Repositioning: From Broker to Value Creator" by Homelink Ltd • Asian Business Conference 2017, 2018 • International Real Estate Mixer • Perkins + Will office tour • Jinmao Workshop • Harvard GSD Student Groups Fair

Rhinoceros, Google Sketchup, Revit,Grasshopper, V-ray, 3ds Max, Unity 3D, Maya

Harvard University Graduate School of Design - Cambridge, MA

Machinery:

Fablab TA (Woodshop), 2016-Now • Help students with model making • Fix and check machines and tools

Wood working, Manual working, Laser cutting, CNC cutting, 3D Printing, Hydromorphological Model Tool

Master of Architecture in Urban Design - Cambridge, MA Class Representative, 2016-17, 2017-18 • Held meeting with program coordinators • Interviewed and collected suggestions from MAUD and MUP students

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP - Chicago, IL Architecture and Urban Design Intern, Summer 2017 • Wuhan Yangchun Lake Master Plan • Wuhan Yangchun Lake Parcel A Project Concept Design

Elston Window & Wall, LLC - Chicago, IL Assistant Project Manager Intern, 2015-16 • Assisted Project Manager • Communicated with China • Worked with Engineering Department • Oversaw the installation of materials • Prepared project close-out documents

AECOM Design + Planning - Los Angeles, CA Design Intern, Summer 2014 • Nanjing - Lishui Master Plan, Nanjing, China • Replanning of Las Vegas Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas, NV • Conceptual Master Plan of Dachang District, Beijing, China • Client Project Reference Book of Jiashan, China

Awards/Activities • ULI Hines Student Competition • STEM for Harvard GSD MAUD program advocate • Student Representative of Harvard GSD Visiting Committee meeting session • Jinan Changqing University Project with MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning • CTBUH Student Design Competition • George Danforth Traveling Scholarship • Peterhans Visual Training Project Prize • IPRO Award - College of Architecture Dean's Choice • 4YR CBD Spring Awards - Students Award, Best Project • "Ignorance and Surprise" by Matthias Gross translation • College of Architecture Dean's List • International Student Scholarship • American Mathematics Competitions12 - Honor Roll of Distinction • Professional Level in Piano Playing

2-D Programs: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Lightroom, ArcGIS, QGIS, Adobe After Effects, Processing

Art: Pen/pencil sketch, Watercolor, Photography, Filming

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2017_Fall: Oil+Water × New LA Living

Individual Work | Professor: Chris Reed

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Intermodal Hub

Spine - Civic

2017_Spring: From Edge to Edge - Hybridizing Infrastructure and Service Programs to Revitalize Domestic Life Segr

c Services

regated by Railyards

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Community Services

Linear Park / Recreational Programs

Group Work with Tianhui Hou | Professor: Felipe Correa

Finger-typology Housing

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38 sqm 256 Units

A38 sqm

B55 sqm

55 sqm

A38 sqm

B55 sqm

C72 sqm Circulation System

72 sqm

A38 sqm

B55 sqm

C72 sqm

D75 sqm 75 sqm

A38 sqm

B55 sqm

C72 sqm

D75 sqm

Openings

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2016_Fall: The Embeded Campus as an Urban Amenity

Group Work with Billy Schaefer | Professor: Felipe Correa

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Residential Bars

Design / Retail

Light Manufacturing

Public Access

Manufacturing Flow

New Waterfront Piers

Hardscape

Softscape

Market-Rate

Gateways

Site Area: 50 Acres Total FAR: 0.7 Housing Units: 360 Units Light Manufacturing Area: 50,000sqm

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2015_Fall + 2016_Spring: Station Mutation

Group Work with Yoeun Chung, Seung Won Seo | Professor: Robert Bracken, Mark Nagis

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Ground Plan 1:500 1. Main hall 2. Restaurants 3. Retail 4. Core 5. Kiosk 6. Ticketing 7. Park

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1’-10 1/4”

5’-4 1/4” ALUMINUM FRAME, HORIZONTAL LOAD RESISTANCE

AIR SPACE

OUTSIDE: DOUBLE LAYER OF LOW-IRON GLASS UNITS WITH TRANSLUCENT INSULATION

INSIDE: LAMINATED HEAT STRENGTHENED LOW-IRON GLASS WALL SYSTEM

MARBLE FINISH ACOUSTIC INSULATION BOARD 2” THERMAL INSULATION BOARD 2” THREE LAYER CLT PANEL 4” PLYWOOD 1/2” THREE LAYER CLT PANEL 6 1/2”

4 1/2” 7 1/2” GLULAM TIMBER GIRDER 7 1/4”*7 1/4”(6)

GLULAM TIMBER BEAM 7 1/4”*1’-9 1/2” (6)

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2’-8 1/2”

R E S T A U R A N T

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LEARN GATHER

P T A O R K

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COFFEE

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W E L C O M E GLULAM TIMBER COLUMN, 7 1/4”*7 1/4” (9)

LEARN GATHER

ARCHIVE

P T A O R K

E X I T

ARCHIVE

COFFEE

W E L C O M E

CLASSROOM

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2015_Spring: Harold Washington Library Renovation

Group Work with Yoeun Chung, Jihun Kwon, Xu Zhang | Professor: Peter Landon

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2017_Summer: Wuhan OCT Yangchun Lake Parcel A Project Concept Design (SOM)

Thomas Hussey, Juntaek Kim, Yan Zeng

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2017_Summer: CTBUH Student Design Competition

Group Work with Yuchuan Zhang

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Farm City

Farm Block space required in Chicago

Farm Block space required in Delft

Space required for 10,000 people Space required for Farm Blocks (Water, Production & Waste) and people (Water, Production & Waste)

Space required for all 39 Farms

Detailed space required for Farm Blocks and people with Water, Production & Waste

Water flow

Food Production flow

Fodder flow

Waste flow

All flows

Farm Block space required in Rotterdam

2014_Fall: Farm Block (WHY Factory / TU Delft)

Group Work | Professor: Winy Maas, Ulf Hackauf, Bryant Pitak

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2014_Summer: Conceptual Master Plan of Lishui District and Core Area Urban Design (AECOM) Bicen Ye, Stephen Nieto, Wenji Ma

Vaughan Davies,

Thank you Weijia Wu (312)532-4755 wwu@gsd.harvard.edu