WENGIAN MAC PORTFOLIO . SELECTED WORKS 2018 - 2022 wengianmac0806@gmail.com . 7349250405 7577 Campbell Street, Taylor Michigan, 48180 USA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TINY HOME FOR TINY TOTS
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YPSILANTI COMPETITIVE BOATHOUSE
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FLEXIBLE COMMUNITY HOUSING
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SPATIAL STUDIES
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IKEA REPRESENTATIONS
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HAWTHORNE FOOD MUSEUM
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TINY HOME FOR TINY TOTS Winter 2018 . Henry Ford College . Instructor: Chad Richert
TINY HOME FOR TINY TOTS
In collaboration with RE/MAX, LLC, Henry Ford College’s architecture, energy technology, interior design students and faculties all joined to design and construct the tiny trailer home. This project was built to benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Under the assistance and direction of Chad Richert, HFC’s
architecture
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coordinator,
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classmates and I took part into building the home from scratch throughout the semester. This tiny home is a single story house with a loft that totals a footprint of 202 square feet. Our trailer house was auctioned off for more than $47,000 in July, 2018.
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
1. DECK 2. READING NOOK 3. LIVING ROOM 4. KITCHEN
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5. BATHROOM 6. STAIRS TO LOFT 7. FOLDABLE TABLE 8. WASHER BENEATH COUNTER
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YPSILANTI COMPETITIVE BOATHOUSE Winter 2020 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Yojairo Lomeli
YPSILANTI COMPETITIVE BOATHOUSE
Designed around Ford Lake in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the boathouse is designated to competitional use due to its rapid flow. Located alongside of Ford Lake Park, the Ypsilanti Competitive Boathouse is also opened for local residents to use for kayaking and provide boat rentals for daily usage. This building is found immediately next to the Ford Lake Park’s parking lot, which provides easy access to the boat storage and the dock. Towards the right side of the building located a shelter provided by the park and a barbeque station that attracts local residents to visit besides competitors. The boathouse has two separate buildings, where one side is enclosed and a full boat storage with a boat repair station, and the other building is more open and has is will include a gym, an indoor tank, a courtyard, and a community meeting room.
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SPATIAL FRAGMENTS
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YPSILANTI COMPETITIVE BOATHOUSE Winter 2020 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Yojairo Lomeli
The design process begin with spatial fragments, where these column type pieces act as cells that repeat in a hormonious pattern to curate the design. A total of five fragments were carefully designed to define the spaces for the structure. These fragments are mirrored, stretched, and rotated to create a unique space for each desginated programmatic space. The combination of these fragments then create the spatial bays. These spatial bays are a structural system and the bone structure of the building. Two types of spatial bays were designed for each side of the boathouse: enclosed (a) and opened (b). Each of the spatial bays are then arrayed and arranged to create the final skeleton for both sides of the boathouse.
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(b) SPATIAL BAYS
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LONG SECTION
FIRST LEVEL PLAN
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YPSILANTI COMPETITIVE BOATHOUSE Winter 2020 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Yojairo Lomeli
1.BOAT STORAGE 2. BOAT REPAIR 3. GYM 4. COMMUNITY MEETING ROOM
SECOND LEVEL PLAN
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1.LOCKER ROOM 2. GYM 3. INDOOR TANK
SHORT SECTION: ADMINISTRATION AND GYM
SHORT SECTION: STORAGE
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YPSILANTI COMPETITIVE BOATHOUSE Winter 2020 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Yojairo Lomeli
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YPSILANTI COMPETITIVE BOATHOUSE Winter 2020 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Yojairo Lomeli
The conceptual design of the competitive boathouse is to mimic the intense waves each team faces as they race on a rapid lake. The multiple slanted roofs angled towards the middle of the walkway on both sides of the building act as if waves are colliding into each other. The final arrangement of the spatial fragments have the same language across both sides of the boathouse to unify them as a one. The structure is partially lower between the topograhy to mimic the waves alongside the oarsman as they row. As opposed to the enclosed side of the boathouse, the opened side is wrapped up and is also used for its many window and skylight placements, which curated a specific natural lighting throughout individual programmatic spaces. The intention for the opened building is to be able to see into other programmatic spaces no matter which part of the building a person is at. The exploded axonometric for the opened side of the boathouse can be seen as the entire design process from the beginning. The circulation of the opened structure gives easy access for both competitors who can head straight to the gym and indoor rowing tank, while local residents and visitors can enter through the main entrance to visit the main lobby. The main boat storage is located within the enclosed side of the building, which can store up to thirty-two rowing shells. Despite its original enclosed spatial bays. Skylights capture the sun from the south side and windows for the western sunlight.
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FLEXIBLE COMMUNITY HOUSING Winter 2021 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Eduardo Mediero
FLEXIBLE COMMUNITY HOUSING More often than not, the architectural field has been one piece of this issue by designing merely for profit and neglecting what the users actually need in space. There should not be a reliance on a homogenous group of people to design spaces for the diverse world, and there is a need for various voices to create spaces that are suitable for people of different backgrounds. Creating suitable housing for the community should not be a privilege and architects cannot allow Capitalism to take over our human needs. There have been many projects and many attempts to create housing and public spaces that are accessible to people regardless of socioeconomic status, but many had not been sucessful. This project aims to eliminate gendered and corporate dominated spaces as well as create a project that is designed by the community itself. Inhabitants become shareholders and are able to have agency over the space and greater control over their rents and management. Fundings that not only come from the tenants but from souces like grants, investments from local businesses can help supplement the financing to keep the building running. Architectural firms can partner with inhabitants to ensure their homes are efficient and sustainable while also maintaining the homogenous field.
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My partner Maria Garcia Reyna and I designed a scaffolding structure and a courtyard space using three different elements: residential massing, a scaffolding structure, and a courtyard. The goal is to develop a model that is replicable at any given site. All of these elements are reconfigurable without being modular. The outer ring is the residential portion that is more private. As one gets closer to the courtyard, the more open it becomes both in its structure and program, which allows bigger gatherings of people. The scaffolding and the courtyard portions reflect a more sparse and porous design, and the massing reflects the more dense, more private, residential space. While the residential massing focuses more on reproductive work, the courtyard is seen as a space dedicated to community development and economic growth. The courtyard space is flexible depending on what the community needs the most, and this includes the first level of the massing. It could be a restaurant, an event space, or even a care center, the community can program the space to whatever they need at that location. It will ultimately be a program that helps bring in income to supplement shareholders as well as provide a space for the shareholders/tenants to gather and meet after hours as well. Not only the residents can benefit from this space, it is open to the outside community as well to eliminate the stigma of “affordable housing” and further bring the city together as one.
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FLEXIBLE COMMUNITY HOUSING Winter 2021 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Eduardo Mediero
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FLEXIBLE COMMUNITY HOUSING Winter 2021 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Eduardo Mediero
The unit is divided into three parts: private,
semi-private,
and
public
space.
The private spaces reside
on the back of the unit while semiprivate spaces like the living room and the kitchen are shared amongst the tenants of the unit or even the entire strip. The public space would be the scaffolding balcony and the courtyard. The three private rooms are all equal in size to eliminate gendered spaces and go against the typical real estate homes that usually involve a master bedroom with two other rooms. There is no designated use and they can function as playrooms, office spaces, or whatever the tenants desire. Each unit is designed to fit 1-3 people in which they are also connected to another on either side. A set of double sliding doors act as dividers between the units are placed. The double set doors allow the people in the individual units to open and close them as they please and it requires both units to choose to open them. When they are open, multiple units can be connected, creating one large unit fit for large families and/or friends. It all depends on the needs of the people inhabiting the space.
WENGIAN MAC Partner: Maria Garcia Reyna
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FLEXIBLE COMMUNITY HOUSING Winter 2021 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Eduardo Mediero
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SPATIAL STUDIES Fall 2019 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Mireille Roddier
SPATIAL STUDIES This class mainly focused on creating unique spaces and structures. It is an iterative process of investigation, proposal, testing and revision. Methods of making spaces are explored through model making. The main focus of the brief was to translate a piece of designated artwork into a three dimensional model while maintaining its original language. To begin, the process was separated into three parts to understand the solid and voids within the artwork.
The image of the artwork was
traced than recreated into a three dimensional fragment, then recreate the voids of the model into another model.
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MARTIN ROTH 2016 UNTITLED (DONALD JUDD II)
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TRANSLATION This project is to develope an understanding of formal translations and explorations (seeing and conceiving space) through additive and subtractive processes. The intention is to recreate space while maintaining the same language artist Donald Judd is using for his work. Using Judd’s sculpture Untitled (Stacks), his peice has been recreated into an architectural model. This process began with a volumetric fragment (a).
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SPATIAL STUDIES Fall 2019 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Mireille Roddier
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LAYERING/CARVING The volume metric fragment is then closed up and becomes one part solid and one part void. The final stacked model is built with ninty-six layers of 4-ply museum board to illustrate the first part of the project (b). REITERATION The second part of the project is a continuation of the stacked model. This model is the solid version of the void from it (c). Through many reiterations and simplifications, it is now more clear and shows a more direct translation of Judd’s artwork.
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IKEA REPRESENTATIONS Work Duration: Jan.2022 - Jun.2023
IKEA REPRESENTATIONS As a visual merchandiser at IKEA, I create and maintain displays in my designated department while expressing their Swedish identities. To best present the product range, I implement and innovate the store layout consistently in an orderly manner and execute effective merchandising strategies. As new collections arrive and discontinued items leave, it can be difficult to keep an organized shopping experience for customers. Another part of my role occasionally pertains redesigning the department to not only provide a fresh and updated space for customers to shop, but also to reorganize spacing for each product area. Our Swedish Food Market was one of the biggest remodeling projects this year. I was in charge of redesigning the space and rearranging the product range.
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SWEDISH FOOD MARKET Project duration: 04.01.2022 - 11.04.22
SWEDISH BREAK: FIKA [fee-ka]
SNACKS AND TREATS: Tilltugg och godis [til-tuug ok go-dis]
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IKEA REPRESENTATIONS Work Duration: Jan.2022 - Jun.2023
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IKEA REPRESENTATIONS Work Duration: Jan.2022 - Jun.2023
KRÖSAMOS Implementation date: 08.26.2022 The KRÖSAMOS collection is a seasonal range created towards food preservation and discovering the art of creating flavors through pickling and canning jars directed towards the autumn season. Along with other IKEA products outside of this collection, a media was designed in the Cookshop department in the Markethall to highlight the entire collection and maximize exposure to customers.
The glass canning
jars are placed repeatedly throughout on both kitchen islands to showcase it as the main product in this media and convey the message of food preservation.
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HAWTHORNE FOOD MUSEUM Fall 2020 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Peter Halquist
HAWTHORNE FOOD MUSEUM Vacant and abandoned properties present many challenges to communities. They drag down local economies, impede population and property value growth, increase crime, and inflict heavy cost burdens on local governments. Hawthorne Plaza Mall has been vacant since 1999 and as of now, the vacant property is being seen as an opportunity for productive reuse. My partner Vlora Marku and I proposed a food museum that involves the community as a whole, with the main focus on the youth in Hawthorne, California. Our design is geared to influence lifestyle choices and educate in hopes of reconnecting youth with food by teaching them how to grow, cook, and enjoy real food. We want to empower children to be active in their food choices. In parallel, we hope to come up with a way to reuse the vacant building that would also enhance the attractiveness of the city of Hawthorne, with possibly opening other opportunities of growth.
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The design of the renovation is inspired by the state flower California poppy. Its quatrefoil shape created the central courtyard that allocated the programs as an element to help create order. The uniformed circulation that metaphorically narrates the journey of the food system and the life cycle of a plant while revolving around the centralized courtyard. Different programs from each floor have its own visual access point to the courtyard, which deployed the elevation changes between them.
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HAWTHORNE FOOD MUSEUM Fall 2020 . University of Michigan . Instructor: Peter Halquist
A community garden requires more than planting a seed into the soil. As the main focus is the youth of the community, which makes up thirty-two percent of Hawthorne, they will gain organization, planning, problem solving, and science and mathematics skills. If they choose to participate in the farmer’s market, they will learn financial management, communication, and marketing skills. As children participate in these activities, they are contributing to their development in many ways that will be beneficial. This program furthermore could correlate with the school’s educational system that will complement their academic studies in the classroom. The community represents a diverse set of individuals and its strength directly relates to the individuals that make up that community. By using design, we will organize a space for education and be part of a green movement that directly correlates with establishing a stronger community of unity and providing diverse experiences to the specific individual as well. In order to succeed, we must investigate the existing structure with opportunities in mind rather than the failures that have enveloped it.
WENGIAN MAC Partner: Vlora Marku
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6. LIBRARY 7. GIFT SHOP 8. STORAGE 9. ADMINISTRATION 10. LOADING DOCK
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MAIN CIRCULATION
HALLWAY TO GALLERY SPACE
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
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