ANNIE Z. WANG
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Undergraduate Works University of Waterloo 2020
Hi! My name is Annie and I am a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. My passion for architecture initiated from my inherent love for art and demand for logic. Through my educational and professional experiences, I strive to further decode the ways that architecture may evoke emotion, spark curiosity and improve our everyday lives. In my designs, I hope to inspire people to take a piece of my personal insight, creativity and culture to incorporate into their own lives. Please enjoy my selected works!
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WORK EXPERIENCE
B+H Architects Toronto
ONE Architecture and Urbanism New York
May 2018 - Aug 2018 + Design solutions maximizing circulation and storage in Manhattan townhomes + Feature glass fin spiral stair design in private penthouse suite in Manhattan
MORE Architecture Shanghai
Sept 2017 - Dec 2017 + Agile office design for Shanghai Fin-Tech office from SD to mid-construction + Display model for Beijing Design week in its famous art district, 798
EDUCATION SKILLS
University of Waterloo Cambridge, Ontario
Jan 2020 - May 2020 + Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency - Phased plan to protect Lower Manhattan from future sea level rise through a collection of flood mitigation techniques +LMCR Open House - Curated graphics and venue for community engagement + Joe Moakley Park Buildings - Worked alongside landscape architects on resilient Boston park plan to design and distribute both service and feature buildings
Haute Architecture New York
Stantec Toronto
OTHER
Current + UNITED Mixed Use Heritage Tower, Downtown Toronto - Design development trials as per requirements of the city, heritage department and client + Canadian Pavilion Competition for Dubai Expo 2020 - Concept development
Jan 2017 - Apr 2017 + Brockville General Hospital Construction Documents + IKEA Construction Administration
2015 - 2020 + Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Honours Co-op + President’s International Experience Award - 2017, 2018 + President’s Scholarship of Distinction 2015 + McPhie Family Architecture Scholarship - 2015
Digital
- Rhinoceros - Illustrator - Sketchup - Houdini
- Revit - Photoshop - V-Ray - Microsoft Office
- AutoCAD -Indesign - Grasshopper -Premiere Pro
Analog
- Hand Drafting
- Model Making
- Architectural Sketching
Digital Fabrication
- Laser Cutting
- 3D Printing
- CNC
- Fluent in English and Mandarin - Drawing, painting, sculpture-making - Cooking
-Running - Travel
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Merging Contemporary Outlook with a Historic and Cultural Roman Site
Reconnecting With the Self and Surroundings
Re-envisioning an Introverted Traditional Typology in Beijing Laneway Houses
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Redefining Flooding: A Resilient Plan for the Toronto Waterfront
Between Land and Water: A Floating Aquatic Oasis
Other Works: Professional, Personal, and Explorational
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01 A SITE FOR SECOND CHANCES Reconnecting with the self and surroundings
In the fast paced lifestyles of the city, it is becoming increasingly difficult to orient priorities, allocate time and even focus on a single task. The project scheme, building off Tommy Thompson park as a habitat, seeks to reorient to the basics and achieve two simple goals: reconnect with self and natural surroundings. The hill at the tip of the site helps promote this with a set of juxtaposed spatial conditions through carving, embedding and protruding from the topography. Embedded programs are bound by heavy architecture and eliminate t he visual distractions of the surface level – these spaces seek to ground the visitor and react intrinsically and meditatively. Conversely, the forms that emerge out of the hill, are naturally lighter, with the focus on externalities and climate’s appeal on the senses. The transitions between the two, then, become powerful transformative moments that redefine the purpose and slow the pace of circulation spaces.
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Various Hill Typologies 7
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Exploded Axonometric
Upper Floor Plan
Lower Floor Plan 9
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Section B
Residence Perspective
Transitional Space Perspective
Cafe Perspective 11
Sauna Perspective 12
Studio Perspective
Transitional Space Perspective 13
Water Collection/Distribution System
Section C - Externalized Climate Condition
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Lake Loop Heat Pump System
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Main Building Heavy Timber Framing
Studio Heavy Timber Framing
Concealed CLT/Glulam Connections 16
Residence Wood Frame Axonometric 17
02 ANASTYLOSIS DEL CELIO Contemporary Outlook on Cultural Sites
In a city dominated by both local culture and tourism, the Roman Caelian Hill site is one that is divided and underappreciated. Adjacent to one of the world’s most famous historical destinations, the site is in constant search for its own identity. The project proposes a collection of buildings - existing and new, interlaced - that will house a series of display pieces including the Torlonia Bust Collection, the Ancient Model of Rome as well as temporary sculptural exhibitions. The site strategy works with the natural hill topography to form a series of terraced piazzas, utilizing the scattered existing buildings as datums. New volumes are added - each with their own identity dependent on the exhibition they house - creating a loop circulation weaving in and out of contemporary and ancient buildings. While the interior is of a regulated circulation, the public spaces outside cater both to visitors of the museum and locals who enjoy the view. Sunken courtyards in the piazzas reveal existing ruins on site and relocated fragments which become a lush garden for visitors to explore. The axes of the project are re-oriented, paying homage to the ancient Temple of Claudius - of which the foundation still remains on the site.
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Site Section A
Site Section B 21
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Colosseum
Ancient Walls Temple of Claudius
Tempio Del Divo Claudio
Palatine Hill
Aqua Claudia Basilica Santi Giovanni e Paolo
San Gregorio al Celio Site Plan 24
0 Level Plan
+4 Level Plan
+8 Level Plan 25
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Section AA
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03 WEAVING THE FABRIC Re-envisioning a historical typology
Within the busy fabric of Beijing are inconspicuous pockets of courtyard houses along narrow laneways called Hutongs. These Hutongs, dating back to the 13th century, are an instant liberation from the city. Beijing, however, is facing a constant pressure to replace these historical communities with contemporary developments and most have already been demolished. Weaving the Fabric re-evaluates hutongs at its present scale to introduce new programmed structures that work symbiotically with the historic architecture while maintaining the gridded language of Siheyuan courtyards. The result is a circulatory yet programmatic system that introduces new planes and defines larger courtyards. The weaving nature of the new scheme provides opportunities to view and interact with hutong architecture from previously inaccessible perspectives. The traditionally private courtyard that housed daily rituals now expands to host rituals of the community. Preservation doesn’t always happen in imitation or replication – rather, preservation is about utilizing the artifact of the 13th century to educate on the value of tradition and the roots in which our current lifestyle is derived.
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Siheyuan homes have an inherent modularity in their grid orientations. Replicating the dimensions and modulating them in new programs would maintain the historic language and scale.
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Hostel
Calligraphy
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Street Food Stall 4m Teahouse
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Gathering Spaces
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Ground Plane
Sky Plane
Residential Courtyard 30
Meditative Courtyard
Roof Plane
Meditative Courtyard
Social Courtyard
Program Axonometric
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Ground Plane
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Roof Plane
Sky Plane
Plexiglass Model Photos
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Section Through Social Courtyard
Section Through Residential Courtyard 35
04 ONTARIO PLACE MASTERPLAN A resilient solution that embraces flooding
Rising water levels have become increasingly problematic around Toronto’s Lake Ontario. Hard embankments along the shorelines lack adaptability, failing to allow Torontonians to experience the lake at an intimate level. The response is a reimagination of Ontario Place and the Toronto lake front in its floating oasis nature. The inland landscape becomes a tool that serves multi-purposely: soft peaks of grass are built up to create wind and sound breaks from the nearby island airport while tapering channels are carved out to allow floodwaters to gradually creep into the island. Dynamic embankments with varying permeability are introduced, creating moments of aquatic experiences that adapt to changing water levels. The vision is to introduce Torontonians to the experiential possibilities that arise when the solid line between what is land and what is water is deconstructed.
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PROGRAM
LANDSCAPE
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Greenery
Cultural
Peaks
Tranquil
Channels
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SECTIONAL CONDITIONS
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Trail
Aquatic Path
Water Gardens
Arts and Culture Path
Landscape Integrated Pool 39
Cast plaster model with plexiglass, basswood and moss 40
Millboard negative spaces layered cast
Raw plaster cast
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05 BETWEEN LAND AND WATER An exploration of when aquatic meets recreation
The Ontario Place Aquatic Center, in coordination with the masterplan, is located on the designed disintegrating shoreline of the island. The concept of what is ‘land’ versus ‘water’ is challenged as island-like landforms extend out into the water. The building design also adopts this marshy quality, fluctuating between a state of emergence and submergence, adaptable to the lake’s water levels. The rectangular building forms are inspired by the landforms and serve to separate the programs. Individual blocks are pierced through by a corridor, introducing a circulation that passes through a series of thresholds. Between the program blocks are water channels that direct water inland for additional outdoor aquatic programs. The intent is to create a seamless divide whereby recreation and nature can coexist and intertwine.
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Program diagram
1. Utilize Landforms
2. Separate Programs
3. Adjust Block Size
4. Through Circulation
5. Establish Horizontality
6. Extend Oudoor Programs
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Exterior Perspective a. Entrance b. Cafe c. Change room d. Indoor pool e. Yoga room f. Training space g. Outdoor pool h. Boathouse i. Boat dock
j. Waiting room k. Educational space l. Event Space
Pool Overlooking Layers of Water
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Sectional Perspective
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06 OTHER WORKS Academic, professional and personal works
I began with the interest in art - a fascination in observation and the unique-ness in which one delivers artwork subjectively. No two people will document the same piece in the same manner. This holds true to design. The more I am exposed and experiencing design, the more I realize that the personal, academic and professional realm are interrelated. I am intrigued by the way that a design as light as fabric or as solid as stone can express the feelings, moods and mindset of the designer. The following is a journey into that subjectivity and the subtle ways that my personality is reflected through architecture.
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ACADEMIC
Aggregration| Cardstock
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Hillside Artist’s Residence| Millboard, Basswood
Parco Del Celio Model | Museum Board
Waffle Wave | Grasshopper
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ROME SKETCHES
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haute architecture dpc 134 w 29th street 806 new york ny 10001 +1 212 695 9638 haute-architecture.com
To whom it may concern,
Herewith we confirm that Annie Wang worked as an architectural intern with Haute Architecture DPC from May 14th, 2018 to August 24th, 2018. 12th september 2018
Letter of Reference
During her internship, she worked as a team member on projects of varying scale and size. The project scales ranged from custom furniture pieces to a townhouse project in Chelsea, NY and a 12,000 sft private residence in Midtown. From interior alterations to additions, Annie gained experience in all the architectural design phases: concept, schematic design, design development, and construction documents. She supported the senior staff of the firm and was able to enhance her knowledge base, especially on the interior fit-out of residences. With her exposure to architectural planning in New York, Annie familiarized herself quickly with the required software and skills required. She excelled in every aspect of her work, including architectural drawings, and 3D graphics. Annie carried out every aspect of her given tasks to a high standard. We and our clients valued her professionalism. Her team spirit and positive attitude resonated among her team members. At the end of her internship, Annie left Haute Architecture to continue her studies in Canada. We wish her all the best for her future professional career. Should you have any questions in regards to Mrs. Wang’s employment, please do not hesitate to contact us. Sincerely,
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Annie, Lo ; R.A.
Torsten Schlauersbach,
aia, principal
intl. assoc. aia, Principal
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THANK YOU! ANNIE Z. WANG t: 705.930.1838 e: anniezhaochengwang@gmail.com
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