Architecture Work Samples

ARCHITECTURE WORK SAMPLES Yang Gao 716-697-6228 daidaisheep@gmail.com http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~ygao4

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION HALL My first constructed design

Partners: Linna Guo and Tianhui Guo Role: Major Designer and Construction Team Leader Construction with Arc202 Studio Students of Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.

BUFFALO AQUARIUM

Site

Water Drop The site is located at downtown Buffalo, = and the main program is aquarium Tension and secondary program is IMAX. The proposal is to design a tall iconic building to better integrated into the skyline of downtown buffalo. A giant water tank takes form of water drop at the center of building. The tank is important part Transportation = Dynamic of the design. In elevation, visitors will see it from miles away. In plan and section, it functions as a fragile spatial threshold between the Aquarium and I MAX. The water at the upper portion of tank is saltwater and lower portion is fresh water. This inspiration came from the tension created by saltwater meets freshwater at Saint Lawrence gulf.

Icon Building = City Billboard

City Center

Mesh

Glass Joint

Double Glazing

Longitude Section Prefabricated Concrete Floor w/ Heating Pipes inside Truss to conect main structure and Water Tank

Tension Ring

Mesh Connection

Inclined Bar to resist Wind Load

Ground Floor Plan

Single Glazing

Rib of Water Tank

Site Model Bird View

Base Structure

City Axis

ARTISTS APARTMENT The apartments have three separated residential bars and are connected by cross bridges. Each of the residential bar forms a small community. The cross bridges function as the main corridors.

The apartment is designated for local artists. Each of the apartment unit has a living space and a retail space. The retail space is only available to public on selective days for the purpose of safer living and working environment.

Each unit plan appears to be a “L” shape and two units form an “U” shape. The “U” shape plan allows social interaction between artists.

The placements of cross bridges and egresses were thoughtfully designed to create a spiral circulation to benefit the retailers and consumers.

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Ground Floor Plan 1 unit = 1 Living Space + 1 Retail Space 2 units = 2 Apartments + 1 Corridor 8 units = 1 Linear building + 3 potential corridors 24 units = 3 linear buildings + 2 alleies + 4 perpendicular corridors

4th Floor Plan 5th Floor Plan

NANSHI KINDERGARTEN CONCEPT DESIGN Site Plan N

Location: Heping District, Tianjin, China Partners: Qiang Liu, Da Ji, Yi Yang, Duo Yang and Yanzi Shang Role: CAD drafting, presentation rendering and diagrams

South Elevation

1st, 2nd and 5th Floor Plans Section 1-1 Render from Playground Side

COFFEE SHOP CONCEPT DESIGN

C&D. Elevations and Cross Section

COFFEE SHOP C AND D

Location: Airport Industrial Park, Tianjin, China Partners: Zhong Wang, Yiwen Sun, Hua Li, Yan Shi Role: Presentation Diagrams and Drawings, Handcrafted making, CAD Drafting and final files Organization and Development

A. Ice Cream Shop

B. Tea Shop

C&D. Coffee Shop

E. Wine Shop

Render from Lake Side

C&D. Ground Floor Plan

C&D. 2nd Floor Plan

TECHNICAL DRAWING KitSAP Building Designed by Miller Hull Architects

PROJECT: DRAWING-COLLAGEMODEL-DRAWING