RESUME C.V. WANG
XUANRENWANG0@GMAIL.COM (585)470-3020
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design
July. 2022 - May 2024
Master of Design: Adaptive Reuse GPA: 3.63/4.0
Savannah College of Art and Design
SKILL
Sept. 2019 - May 2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Interior Design GPA: 3.69/4.0
Rochester Institute of Technology
Sept. 2012 - Dec 2017
Bachelor of Science: Media Arts and Technology GPA: 3.30/4.0
EMPLOYMENT
Commencement and Reunion Assistant, RISD
Assisted in the coordination and collaboration of participants, students and faculties for all commencement and reunion events.
Teaching Assistant, RISD + Brown University
Served as the instructor’s assistant in preparing class-related materials, anwsering questions, and grade homeworks.
Commencement and Reunion Assistant, RISD
Assisted in the coordination and collaboration of participants, students and faculties for all commencement and reunion events.
Graphic Designer, Ho Communication, China
Undertook graphic design/digital advertising projects of Uniqlo, Dairy Queen, CacheCache (fashion), etc.
New Media Specialist, Yangtze Evening Post, China
Assisted in digital advertising for the company creating engaging digital posters and physical billboards.
May. 2024 - June. 2024
Languages
Mandarin Chinese: native; English: advanced; Japanese: medium
Softwares
AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Sketchup, Lumion, V-Ray, Enscape, Adobe PhotoShop, Illstrator, InDesign, Lightroom
Interests
Strategy, Planning, Reading (history or architecure history related)
HONOR & AWARD
Sept. 2023 - Dec. 2023
May. 2023 - June. 2023
Feb. 2018 - May. 2018
VIRESCENCE 01
According to a study in mid-March 2020, Savannah has been listed as the top ten metropolitan areas most at risk of job losses in the United States, where 24.7 per cent of the workforce are employed in industries most at risk from the global coronavirus pandemic. And it is possibly because Savannah is a highly tourist concentrated city.
Savannah is one of the oldest cities of Pre-independence America located on the South-East coast, with numerous
historic landmarks and city squares. It attracts numerous visitors across America and the world each year.
The global pandemic has changed our lifestyle drastically, and will continue to reshape our society including the way how we communicate and interact with each other every day. Thus the need for reconsidering how architecture and interior structure contribute to a positive as well as efficient way for our future in providing not only a comfort and
functional environment, but also promote well being for our society as a whole.
A set of form experiment process that I keep record during concept development phase using Rhino 3D. The main structure is formed inspired from classical elements such as arches or dorm while incorporating modern organic shapes inspired from plants.
SAVANNAH
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
Ever since the rapid spread of COVID-19, the world has been undergoing a drastic shift from regular social life to minimal social interaction due to the lockdown. While still struggling with the pandemic and its numerous variants, our society now desperately need to recover from its isolation.
Symmetry
Convey a sense of monumentality by bring a close reference to the tradition. Moreover, it fits perfectly with the original city layout as well as the style of my site choice, the Forsyth Park.
Green Safety
Due to the pandemic, we have to think about safety issues, such as how to maximize hea lth safety while maximizing audience interation with the building.
Green Safety
Due to the pandemic, we have to think about safety issues, such as how to maximize hea lth safety while maximizing audience interation with the building.
The Form
The main structure’s form is inspired from classical elements such as arches or dorm while incorporating modern organic shapes inspired from plants.
WOUND CAVITY 02
The site is in Hartford, Connecut, in the abandoned ruin of the former dominant force in the gun-making industry—Colt Armory, which manufactured the majority of firearms in the world. Especially during the American Civil War, Colt’s factory was a crucial supplier of firearms to the Union Army, boosting significantly production and innovation.
Despite its production miracle and its importance in U.S. history, with each firearm created every day, it also inevitably led to casualty and a disastrous memory of division and violence in society. Furthermore, the stirring debate of abuse of school shootings and domestic violence significantly increased due to the possession of firearms. We must face such a dilemma and possibly rethink the consequences of firms in our society.
Hence, though it was initially devised to be an anti-gun memorial museum, its controversy and benefit remain unclear, and I proposed a more neutral stance of the museum featuring both the production miracle, its contribution to winning the Civil War, as well and its massive casualty and social division led by it.
THEMES
CamilaEchavarria (Curator)
XuanrenWang (Designer)
COLL AGE
COLLAGE CONCEPT
The main idea of the firearm exhibit is to explore the multifaced cultural and historical significance of guns in America, examining their role in statebuilding and national identity, their representation in popular culture and art, and various ways in which they are remembered and memorialized by individuals and communities.
The entire building extension project took inspiration from the shape of the Colt Single Action Army, also know as the ‘Peacemaker’. While the interior key installation elements took inspiration from the cavitation effect as a bullet enters the body, creating a cavitation, or expansion of the surrounding tissue.
Camila
MONUMENTS 03
Savannah, Georgia, the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, is steeped in a rich and memorable history. As the first colonial and state capital of Georgia, it has witnessed numerous wars, man-made or natural disasters, and the loss of many lives.
Location 1: River Street, near the Savannah River.
Purpose: In 1893, the Sea Islands Hurricane triggered a tsunami that killed thousands of people, which is one reason Savannah became a ghost town. The theme of this museum is "drowning." The main colors are black, white, and gray, and the secondary main color is blue (symbolizing sea water).
Location 2: In the middle of Forsyth Park.
Purpose: Here is a small building with interior space embedded in Fort's main building. The theme here is "urban murder," various examples of bizarre deaths or shots in the early days. Based on the primary color black and white gray and the auxiliary main color red.
Location 3: Next to the historical cemetery in the urban area.
Purpose: Those buried here died in the war, whether it was the Civil War or the War of Independence. This is the theme of "war". The primary color is black and white gray, and the secondary primary color is darker yellow (symbolizing soil).
Used the local memory of savannah to create a series of monumental architectural installations which cherishing the memory of the past and dead.
The Site 1 was by the River Street closed to Savannah River. This will be a new architecture. In memory of the people who were dead in 1893 because of the Sea Islands Hurricane, the architecture will have the theme of Drowning. The tone of the architecture will be black, white and blue that representing ocean.
The Site 3 was located at the center of Forsyth Park, Savannah. The original architecture was served as a restaurant right now. With the theme of “City Murder”, the purpose of the architecture is to commemorate the people who were dead by murder and the tone of the architecture will base on black, white and red.
The Site 2 was closed to the Colonial Park Cemetery, The original architecture was served as a University Hall. The theme of the new architecture is War. In memory of the who sacrificed themselves both in Civil War and Independence War, the new architecture will base on the tone of black, white and earthen.
“D RO W N”
The Site 1 was by the River Street closed to Savannah River. This will be a new architecture. In memory of the people who were dead in 1893 because of the Sea Islands Hurricane, the architecture will have the theme of Drowning. The tone of the architecture will be black, white and blue that representing ocean.
“W AR ”
The Site 2 was closed to the Colonial Park Cemetery, The original architecture was served as a University Hall. The theme of the new architecture is War. In memory of the who sacrificed themselves both in Civil War and Independence War, the new architecture will base on the tone of black, white and earthen.
“M UR DE R”
The Site 3 was located at the center of Forsyth Park, Savannah. The original architecture was served as a restaurant right now. With the theme of “City Murder”, the purpose of the architecture is to commemorate the people who were dead by murder and the tone of the architecture will base on black, white and red.
Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the RISD Museum has a prolonged history. It was established in 1893 as one of the most prominent private collections nourishing the East Coast, an affiliation of the prestigious design school RISD. It had witnessed the past, endured the present, and was about to envision the future.
Each era has its taste, from the colonnade of Classical Antiquity to the towering Gothic cathedral of the Middle Ages, the flourishing domes and arches of the Renaissance, and the flamboyant decoration of the Baroque period. We have already witnessed the continuity of modernism in our architectural style to the present day. But what will be the
style that defines the future? The future of the RISD museum is still yet to be discovered. This renovation project will help the RISD Museum envision the future.
HISTORY
The foundation of Rhode Island School of Design by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf and a group of women.
1877
RISD Museum was officially established, but initailly only occupied few small spaces within the campus buildings.
1893
EXPERIMENT
The musuem moved to the Radeke Building, designed by architectual firm Stone, Carpenter and Wilson.
1904
The Radeke Building was expanded adding new galleries and facilities.
1926
FUTURE
CONTRASTAESTHETICMODULAR
ORGANICABSTRACTCORE
The addition of the Alumini Memorial Hall by Paul Rudolph to the Museum.
1958
The Chace Center, designed by architect Jose Rafael Moneo was bulit, which still serve as the main RISD Museum building today.
2008
The Museum continued to expand with a series of new exhibitions and events highlighting its past, present, and future.
2018
RESEARCHCONCEPT
The history of art and the true nature of museum itself is like a collection of PALIMPSESTS. Thus to reveal its beauty is like to UNVEIL each layers of its secret.
to PEEL to REVEAL
BEFOREAFTER
VISUALIZATION
INTERIOR
EXTERIOR
FABRIC OF LIFE 05
TThe site, an abandoned townhouse in the heart of Savannah, Georgia, is set to undergo a remarkable transformation. Our client, the versatile artist and designer Igshaan Adams, will soon have a vibrant home and studio space.
We were asked to design a sweet home and studio workspace combined to fit his needs as a young artist.
DIAGRAM FF&E
ORGANICGROWTHFABRIC
CONCEPT
The notion of “Fabric of Life” roots deeply in the extensive use of nature materials in the forms of woven facrics to create a space that draws close relationship with nature from whcih it is inspired.
The goal of it is to fabricate a space which is both cozy to live in and capable of stimulating inspiration of our clien’s work life.
The space will exmphasize the use of natural materials found in our client’s hometown that are unique to him and his own culture, and hence generate a feeling of connection between his textile work and nature.
Studied Fine art at Ruth Prowes School of Art.
Cross-displinary artist combining performance, weaving, sculpture, and installation.
Inspired by his own culture, his design features a variety of textile materials.
He has been to many places around the globe. Single Lives alone.
BUILDING ANALYSIS
DESIGN PROCESS
OTHER WORKS OT
