PORTFOLIO 2012 Danwei Wang
SCHOOL PROJECTS Public Stage Floating Theater Desert Observatory Cantilever Test Montessori School
PUBLIC STAGE Location: Program: Size: Status: Affiliation: Award:
Tucson, Arizona Theater Renovation 93,800 SF SD finished Undergraduate School 2 Person Team Project from University of Arizona ABA Portfolio Winner
Project Description: The task of this project is to rebuild the Marroney Theater in the University of Arizona. The options vary from keeping the existing stage and the back of house and rebuilt the house and public spaces to taking down the entire theater and build a new one.
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A: Roof view showing the renovated theater part and public space B: Photo of the Existing theater showing the fly tower and the garden space
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C: Photo of the College of music D: Photo of the ramp with the College of fine art’s gallery E: Photo of the ramp with the College of the music F: Site plan 1: College of fine art 2: Gallery 3: College of music 4: College of architecture and landscape architecture
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EXISTING FLY TOWER
OFFICE LEVEL COSTUME SHOP CONTROL BOOTH EXISTING SHOP
STORAGE
ORCHESTRA PIT
BOX OFFICE
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METAL PANEL
NEW THEATER ENVELOPE
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ROOF FRAME
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INTERIOR FINISHING
OFFICE LEVEL TRUSS SYSTEM
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GLASS FACADE
DOUBLE THEATER SHELL
OPEN TO BELOW -10.00 FT
2 SEATING AND CIRCULATION
GLASS FACADE FACING NORTH AND EAST
EXISTING FLY TOWER AND WORKSHOP
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A: Section perspective B-E: Concept Diagram showing the renovated part of the theater, accessibility, new public space and the new roof system F-G: Exploded diagram showing structure system H: Theater level floor plan 1: +0.00 ft level 2: -12.00 ft level 3: Stage 4: Back of Stage and shop
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PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Location: Program: Size: Status: Affiliation:
Phoenix, Arizona Performing Arts Center 46,800 SF CD finished Undergraduate School Project from University of Arizona
Project Description: The concept of this project is to create a dynamic connection between the earth and sky. In order to achieve this, the theater part has been lifted and sit on a glazed box served as classrooms and offices. And the geometry of the building is also come from this concept and served as a shading device in the site to draw more people to the exterior public space.
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CONCRETE LOAD BEARING WALL PLENUM SPACE
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STEEL COLUMN
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DETAIL B-1
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OPERATABLE WINDOW
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A: Section Perspective showing theater space and black box theater. B: 3D Program concept diagram C: Diagram showing sinking plaza
CONCRETE PAVERS
D: Diagram showing the connection between the campus and the city E: Diagram showing the concept of the mechanical layout F: Wall detail section through the ground floor lobby classroom and the lobby for the theater
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A: Theater level floor plan 1: Lobby 2: Control booth 3: Stage 4: Food preparation B: Longitude section 1: Office 2: Green room 3: Data service room C: Cross section 1: Classroom 2: Meeting room 3: Sky lobby D: Aerial view of the Performing Arts Center and the whole Gateway community college campus E: Photo of the physical model showing the sky lobby and the entrance of the parking lot F
F: Rendering of Sky lobby showing the opening towards the IEB building and the campus
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A: View of the observatory tower from human perspective B: Site plan C: East elevation showing the height of each deck D: Aerial view of the observatory tower D
E: Aerial view of the observatory tower with context
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A-C: Diagram showing the installation of the beams supporting the deck, the footing of the stairs, and the beams supporting the roof deck D-G: Detail of deck, main column, stair footing and column footing H: Detail of the deck and the cable connection
OBSERVATORY TOWER Location: Program: Size: Status: Affiliation:
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Tucson,AZ Desert Observatory 2,100 SF CD finished Undergraduate School 4 Person Team Project from University of Arizona
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A: Photo of the cantilever on the testing table B: Photo of the front loading bearing hook C: Force concept diagram D: Exploded diagram E-G: Photo of detail A-C H: Detail drawing and material diagram of Detail A-C
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3/16” Ferrel’s patch reinforcement 1/4”
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Glue will be used to join together all the pieces
3/16” Steel Rope
Patch Reinforcement 1/4” Responding to the expected fragmentation on the edge of the tensile member caused by and the horizontal grain orientation
1” Popler Glulaminated with cross grain
Bracing prevents pin connection from slipping
1-1/2” D. Washer 3/16” Ferrel’s
Wooden Pin
1/2” 2” 1-1/2” 2” 1/2”
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CANTILEVER TEST Location: Program: Size: Status: Affiliation:
Tucson,AZ Structure test 10’ Long Cantilever Test finished Undergraduate School 4 Person Team Project from University of Arizona
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1. 3RD YEAR CLASSROOM 2. 2ND YEAR CLASSROOM 3. 1ST YEAR CLASSROOM 4. EXISTING TREE A 5. BATHROOM 6. EXISTING TREE B
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A: Section through the classroom showing the exterior space and the garden space B: View of the exterior activity space C-D: Concept model E: The roof system whose concept comes from the concept model showing how the module control the light of the exterior space F: Existing school site plan G: Site plan showing the location of the site and relationship between the pre school and the rest of the campus. And the relationship between the campus and the city.
EXISTING PRESCHOOL
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MONTESSORI SCHOOL Location: Program: Size: Status: Affiliation:
Tucson,AZ Pre-school 5,300 SF SD finished Undergraduate School Project from University of Arizona
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS Twin Office Tower - Gensler Shanghai Office Reference: Shamim Ahmadzadegan (Senior Architect) 86-13402099646 (Cell Phone) Xiaomei Lee (Studio Director) 89-13916218178 (Cell Phone)
Sports Theme Park - Smithgroup JJR Phoenix Office Reference: Mark Roddy (Principle Architect) Mark.Roddy@smithgroupjjr.com
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D A: Aerial view of the office towers (rendered by ICON rendering company) B: Aerial view showing context of the site C: Aerial view of the office towers (rendered by ICON rendering company) D: View of the lobby entrance from human perspective (rendered by ICON rendering company) E
E: Screen shot of the Grasshopper modeling window F: Screen shot of the baked Grasshopper model in Rhino
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OFFICE
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Circulation Analysis 竖向交通分析 - Scheme I建筑设计 - 方案一
Basement Vehicular Circulation 地下室交通流线 VVertical Circulation Analysis 竖向交通分析
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Basement Vehicular Circulation 地下室交通流线
Commercial Circulation 商业交通流线
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Commercial Circulation 商业交通流线
RETAIL
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A: Exploded diagram showing the program strategy SUPERMARKET
B: Parking lot circulation diagram
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C: Podium circulation diagram D: Office tower vertical circulation diagram PARKING
E: Podium entrance and circulation diagram G: Site plan showing set back height change
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H: Site map
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Vertical Circulation Analysis 竖向交通分析 - Scheme I建筑设计 - 方案一 Tenant Circulation 办公交通流线
Atrium Circulation 环中庭交通流线
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Vertical Circulation Analysis 竖向交通分析 - Scheme I建筑设计 - 方案一
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ROAD CENTRAL LINE
Tenant Circulation 办公交通流线 Xingsheng Avenue 284.00
Atrium Circulation 环中庭交通流线
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PROPERTY LINE
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Huanghuayuan Bridge 272.00 87
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Jialing River Bridge
TWIN OFFICE TOWER Location: Program: Size: Status: Affiliation: My Role:
Chonging, China Office, shopping mall 1,920,000 SF Competition Winner 2010, Under Construction Now Professional 3 Person Team Work with Gensler Shanghai Office Junior Architect, Graphic Designer (worked on site strategy, program, facade design, digital modeling, diagrams, rendering and physical model coordination)
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A: Aerial view of the sports park. B: View of the mall, showing the retail stores on the right side and the view towards the main training facility C: View of the main entrance of the park showing the view towards the main training facility
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PARKING LOTS AND VEHICLE CIRCULATION
SPORTS FACILITIES AND PEDESTRAIN CIRCULATION
RETAIL STORES AND PEDESTRAIN CIRCULATION
A: Diagram showing the parking lots and the vehicle circulation, the training facilities and the public circulation retail and the public circulation B: Aerial view of the main training facility C: View from the bridging lobby towards the mall D: View of the drop off area in front of the bridging lobby
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SPORTS THEME PARK Location: Program: Size: Status: Affiliation: My Role:
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Phoenix, AZ Sports training facility, retail 149,500 SF SD Finished Professional 3 Person Team Work with Smithgroup JJR Phoenix Office Junior Architect, Graphic Designer (worked on master planning, program, digital modeling and renderings)
SKETCHES
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A: Live sketch of a set of objects, 2002 B: Live sketch of a plaster sculpture, 2008 C: Sketch of a plaster sculpture, 2005
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A: Sketch of an ancient tower in Suzhou, 2003 B: Sketch of a residence housing in Anhui, 2006 C: Sketch of a residence housing in Anhui, 2006
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D: Live sketch from the top of the Bisbee Hill, Arizona, 2011
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RESUME AND PROJECT CHRONOLOGY
DANWEI WANG E-mail: Cell phone: Address:
Davidwdw@email.arizona.edu 408.888.5538 3700 North 1st Avenue Apartment 1124 Tucson, AZ, 85719
EDUCATION 2008-2013
Bachelor of Architecture at University of Arizona, Tucson
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE 2011.6-2011.8
Gensler Shanghai Office
2012.5-2012.8
Smithgroup JJR Phoenix Office
AWARDS 2012
Arizona Builders’ Alliance Portfolio Award Winner
COMPUTER PROGRAM AND FABRICATION SKILLS +++ +++ + +++ +++ ++ +++ +++ ++ +++
Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe Flash Adobe Indesign AutoCAD Revit 3DS MAX and Vray Rhino Grasshopper Sketchup and Vray
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Laser Cutting 3D Printing CNC Router Wood Work Metal Work Casting
LANGUAGE SKILL +++ +++ +
Chinese English German
INTERESTS Drawing Traveling
10 years of sketch and watercolor painting Traveled to majority of the cities in China, Paris, London, texas and the majority of the cities on the west coast of the USA
Cluster Housing 2009
Montessori School 2009
Tucson Environment Center 2010
Lyceum Competition 2010
Earth-ware Factory 2011
Desert Observatory 2011
Twin Office Tower (Gensler) 2011
Xiamen Hotel Entrance(Gensler) 2011
EACC Theater 2011
GWCC Performing Arts Center 2011
Cantilever test 2011
Public performance study 2012
Performing Arts Center 2012
Block 23 (Smithgroup JJR) 2012
Integrate Education Building (Smithgroup JJR) 2012
Sports Theme Park (Smithgroup JJR) 2012
College of Medicine Plaza Renovation 2012
College of Medicine Donor Wall 2012