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Bong Hei (Billy) Wong bh.wong1992@gmail.com (347)-209-6686

Currently a fifth year architecture student at Philadelphia University. Previously received an Associate degree in Architecture and Engineering Technology at SUNY Alfred. Born and grown up in Hong Kong, I was influenced by the cityscape. Developed a passion for design at a young age, I enjoy dedicating time and energy into designing spaces. Other fields of interest include industrial design, interactive design, game design, and coding.

Bachelor of Architecture

Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA Expected December 2015

AAS Degree - Architectural Engineering Technology SUNY College of Technology at Alfred, Alfred, NY May 2012

BP Architects, New York, NY Intern June 2014 - August 2014

PLAY-ASIA.COM, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong Intern in Media Production / Web Design June 2013 - August 2013

Learning and Advising Center, Philadelphia University, PA Peer Tutor in Computer Visualization, and Japanese August 2014 - Present

Honors and Awards

First Place in BLT Architects Student Competition (October 2014) Dean’s List at Philadelphia University (Spring 2013 - Present) Dean’s List at Alfred State College (Spring 2011 - Present) Outstanding Student Award Architecture (AAS) at Alfred State College (April 2012) 4

Skills Traditional Sketching Marker Rendering Drafting Model Building Photography Digital Photography Film Photography Presentation Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Lightroom After Effect

Programs Coding Arduino Processing Python Architectural Revit AutoCAD Rhinoceros Grasshopper Firefly 3D Studio Max Mental Ray V-Ray SketchUp Autodesk Ecotect

Languages Cantonese Chinese Mandarin Chinese Japanese Spanish 5

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN VISUALIZATION 6

Point Breeze Market Place Site Strategy

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The Caterpillar Project Construction Tectonics

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Tucson, AZ Geographical Context

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Magnetic Levitation Research and Development Building Systems

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Sketchbook

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Digital Graphics

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Point Breeze Market Place S 17th Street & Tasker Street, Philadelphia, PA The Point Breeze Market includes market place, bike hub, institution, and urban farm. It is also a public center of gathering for the neighborhood.

Encompassing an entire city block, pedestrian and bike circulations are taken into account. By introducing pathways into the site, circulation on the existing street will expand. On-site traffic as well as safety can be improved once users find convenience using the building as another means of a journey.

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Diffused Light

Greywater Reuse

1. Green House 2. Outdoor Farm 3. Agricultural Lab 4. Grocery 5. Food Court 6. Outdoor Cafe 7. Bike Storage 8. Indoor Market 9. Second Bike Hub 10. Outdoor Market 11. Bike Store 12. Bike Maintenance 13. Auditorium 14. School Lobby 15. School Admin 16. Market Office 17. Restaurant 18. Dance Studio 19. Classrooms 20. Shower & Locker 21. Bike Hub Office 22. Bike Hub Reception 23. Bike Classroom 24. Indoor Bike Track

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Point Breeze Market Place

Passive Ventilation

Point Breeze Market Place

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The Caterpillar Project Paine’s Park, N 24th Street, Philadelphia, PA The city of Philadelphia is rich in history. This historical context can be highlighted and celebrated through one of the most popular commuting device in Philadelphia, BICYCLES. Bicycles are often used by the public in the city for commuting and recreation activities. By bringing a cyclist club into the city will gather attention to the site and history.

The cyclist club is a private club that benefits its member with services such as secure parking, personal locker spaces, and professional maintenance. The bicycle parking space is designed to secure bicycles from theft, and protect them from erosion. Public facilities such as bicycle shop and the cafĂŠ are located along the central bicycle circulation.

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First Floor

South Facade

Second Floor

Original Contour

Building Skin Design

Multi-functional

Modularity The Caterpillar Projec

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Tucson, AZ Residential / personal trainor / 720 square feet / passive façade design Design Team: Suvir Hira, Veronica Magner, Bong Hei Wong The annual climate in Tucson, AZ is hot and semiarid. With an annual average of only 12 inches of rain, the hot and dry environment does not make interior living conditions comfortable without cooling systems to support it. In addition, the client’s use of this apartment to hold daily personal fitness classes in the morning and evening presented a challenge, as the heat released from exercising bodies provides additional loads for the cooling system to mitigate. The design team further investigated the heating and cooling degree days of Tucson.

Although the demand for cooling is the largest factor, heating is still necessary during the winter

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when temperature may drop to 32°F. As a result, the design of the apartment envelope serves as both a passive heating and cooling system. The versatile thermal mass combines the indigenous rock, caliche and water catchment into a façade whose thermal mass may be varied according to season and subsequent need for cooling and heating.

The top portion of the façade acts as a vent which speeds up air circulation and exhausts it since cool moist air can quickly turn into warm filthy air during a training session. The induced ventilation provided by the façade draws air into the apartment via the building’s evaporative cooling towers, and thus complete the circuit of passive conditioning.

Ceiling shells are designed to speed up consumed air, and defuse natural light.

Cooling and heating strategies are necessary throughout a year.

Tucson, AZ

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Magnetic Levitation Research and Development 1717 E 39th Ave, Denver, CO Denver was a city known for its history on railroads and mining. Today, major and local railroads still operate throughout the city of Denver. With the ever increasing traffic, the highway system is not sufficient for transportation. Magnetic levitation train is one of the solutions that the city of Denver is exploring. Maglev trains use magnets as a substitution for traditional wheels. Magnets are

installed along guideways (tracks) and the bottom of the trains. Guideways maneuver the direction of the train. Magnets below the train act as propulsion members. This system is far more efficient than the traditional railroads. Establishing a research and development facility in the city of Denver can introduce to the public this new technology and implement it in the near future.

Manufacture Residence Education Dining Lobby Office

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Residential

Commercial

Existing Railroad

Activity Clock

Climate Study

Skylight Options

Magnetic Levitation Research and Development

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Sketchbook

Sketchbook

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Digital Graphics

Digital Graphics

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