CHENG GONG WORK SAMPLE 2014
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01 MEGA CHURCH IN GARDEN GROVE 02 (RE)CONFIGURED GROUND LOS ANGELES THEATRE CENTER 03 FERAL LANDSCAPE ROOSEVELT ISLAND CORNELL NYC TECH CAMPUS
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04-08 UNStudio 09 COOPHIMMELB(L)AU 10-11 Michael Maltzan Architecture
01. MEGA CHURCH IN GARDEN GROVE SCI-Arc Vertical Studio Instructor: Nanako Umemoto, Jesse Reiser Fall 2012
Context As a respect to the existing slope of Meier’s church, the site design extends the landscape and benefit it as the seating area of “amphi-theatre church”; main entrance is also shaped following the slope direction, visitors are intended to be received at a lowerground level. this church chooses a low-profile gesture with the same height of Meier’s building, producing an alternative/ opposite standpoint with stronger communication with the surroundings. Geometry Through growing, bending, bifurcating, twisting, fading and looping surfaces, a continuous geometrical and spatial concept is conceived and at the same time programs are consistantly arranged; massing is naturally defined with the performance of inside/outside surfaces; costumized program as chapel underneath the double hollow roof surface not only stimulate another public space but also provides an iconic view from different angles; back stage is centrally oriented to provide an efficient staff area connecting two stages of drive-in and amphi-church. Structure The column-less public space is created through the subdivision of roof surface, variations of “cutting” techniques that abstracted from the massing mean curves are applied on massing and surfaces. spaces are consistantly subdivided, following the mega vertical structure. visual/formal/sturctural performance is embedded.
02. (RE)CONFIGURED GROUND LOS ANGELES THEATRE CENTER SCI-Arc Graduate Thesis Instructor: Marcelyn Gow Summer 2013
One conventional understanding of the ground/building relationship could be “content”(every ingredient within the facade) vs. “envelope”. The efforts of this thesis are focused on the process of how to construct a reconfigured ground. Different levels of interpretation of “Reconfiguration” are embraced: One way to read this is through a programmatic reshuffling; the other way is through a hybridized formal/spatial generative process. In this thesis, the suggested building envelope performances aim to approach two alternative definitions: “massing=envelope” and “massing=structure”. A figural façade directly reflects the “content”, the sectional qualities of the programs embedded within; Intersections of surface extrusions produce oblique slabs (spatially) or densely populated geometries(structurally), which three dimensionally sub-divides the pocket spaces in between the figures. The conventional system of “structure, program, envelope” is challenged with the “deep surface” operation. Specifically, a figural and literal hybrid of an “outside>in” and an “inside>out” modeling process is tested. Dialogues between “context and massing”, “foyers and stages”, “positives and negatives” are conceived, reconfigured and re-operated within an urban perspective but they also perform on an architectural scale.
CHENG GONG cgong0828@gmail.com +1.213.270.3046 Skype: gongcheng828
EDUCATION Southern California Institute of Architecture Master of Architecture | 09.2010 - 09.2013
South China University of Technology Bachelor of Architecture | 09.2005 - 06.2010
WORK EXPERIENCE Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles, US Architectural Intern | 10.2013 - present Winnipeg Art Gallery - Inuit Art Center, Winnipeg | Schematic Design (40,000 sq.ft museum extension) Photoshop rendering entourage; Physical model 1: 50 (Lasercut output, Hand make); Rhino 3D modeling
Wilshire Courtyard, Los Angeles | Construction Document Photoshop rendering entourage; Rhino 3D modeling; Assit AutoCAD drawing set for CD submission; Material studies for rendering iterations
mOrphosis architects, Culver city, US Architectural Intern | 05.2013 LGV Urban Design, Rabat, Morocco | Competition entry (1,000+ acres urban design for Rabat Agdal Station) Urban research in AutoCAD and Illustrator: mapping existing infrastructure, parks, programs, main roads; compare train stations
COOPHIMMELB(L)AU, Vienna, AT Architectural Intern | 05.2012 - 08.2012 Exhibition Adedes Berlin | Exhibition layout concept Physical model 1:10 (Lasercut output); Rhino 3D modeling; Illustrator diagramming exhibition display layout
European Central Bank, Frankfurt | Construction Administration (184,000 sqm 220m office high rise) Rhino 3D modeling for design investigation; AutoCAD preparation of 2D documents in plan & section; Landscape design studies; Interior 3D modeling updates
UNStudio, Amsterdam, NL Architectural Intern | 05.2011 - 05.2012 SOHO Sipinglu & Caojiadu, Shanghai | Invited competition 1st prize (112,132 sqm 130m office tower & 5 retail pavillions) Physical model (Lasercut output); Landscape drawing set for competition booklet; Illustrator circulation diagram
Central Business District, Beijing | Concept Design (1 million sqm mix-use including office & residential tower, hotel, retail podium) Rhino Grasshopper parametric model for GFA, FAR & daylighting management; Rhino 3D modeling for massing studies
The Scotts Tower, Singapore | Design Development (18,500 sqm 153m residential high rise) Rhino 3D modeling updated design proposal for landscape pavillions, rooftop canopy & security screening; AutoCAD assist drawing set for DD submission; Illustrator diagram
Villa Bergen, Netherlands | Construction Administration (private single family house) Rhino 3D modeling updated landscape geometries; Material studies for landscape design; visualization for updated design proposals
Hanjie Wanda Square, Wuhan | Interior Schematic Design & Design Development (22,630 sqm luxury shopping mall, completed 09.2013) Rhino 3D modeling for design iterations of corridor skylight, corridor bridge, railings, escalator cladding, glazing frit, etc.; AutoCAD assist drawing set for interior DD submission; diagram
AUBE Conception, Shenzhen, CN Architectural Intern | 09.2009 - 03.2010 HongKong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge boundary crossing facilities | Open competition entry Competition board & booklet layout; AutoCAD assist section drawings; Illustrator circulation diagram
Masterplanning, Yu’An | Schematic Design ( mix-use including office tower, theatre, retail) Sketchup 3D modeling for 2 200m+ office high rises, service apt, hotel and 500 seats theatre; Illustrator digram for design proposal; VRay rendering; Physical model (hand make)
HONORS & AWARDS 4th Prize of SCUT Scholarship | 11.2008 3rd Prize of Peng’s Scholarship, SCUT School of Architecture | 12.2008 Honorable mention, “ISMOF” competition entry | 08.2011 Design studio work selected for SCI-Arc Spring Show | 04.2011, 04.2013
SOFTWARE AutoCAD (6+ years) Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, VRay, Maxwell (4+ years) Maya, MentalRay (3+ years) Adobe CS Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (5+ years) Digital Project basic (< 1 year) Revit basic (< 1 year) Digital Fabrication file output, .STL, CNC, Lasercut (3+ years) MS Office
LANGUAGES English (Pro Proficient) Mandarin Chinese (Native) Cantonese (Pro Proficient)
REFERENCES Nanako Umemoto: Principal of RUR, nanako@reiser-umemoto.com +1.212.421.8880 Marcelyn Gow: partner at SERVO LA, SCI-Arc Design faculty, marcelyn@servo-la.com Ger Gijzen: Senior Architect/Associate at UNStudio, g.gijzen@unstudio.com +31.20.570.2040 Timo Carl: Associate at COOPHIMMELB(L)AU, carl@coop-himmelblau.at +43(1)546.60