Yiding wang portfolio_2

PORTFOLIO of Yiding WANG Master of Architecture University of California, Los Angeles Bachelor of Architecture School of Architecture, South China University of Technology

2008

2014

CONTENTS Library Design

GROWTH

03

Exhibition Center Design

COURTYARD

07

Elderly Community Design

INTERACTION

14

3rd Prize in 2012 International Student Competition on Open Building, Beijing, China

High-rise Flats Design

Material Analysis

AIR HOUSE

19

BACKBONE

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3rd Prize in 2010 Construction Competition of SCUT, Guangzhou, China

Fold & Assembly Furniture

Other works

SUPRACUBE

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GROWTH ---- UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DESIGN IN SOUTH CHINA, GUANGZHOU

ROLE_ Individual academic work LOCATION_ Guangzhou / China DATE_ Feb/2011--- Apr/2011 SUPERVISOR_ Jianyun Zhou ECONOMIC INDICATORS site area_ 9160m2 built area_ 8670m2 far_ 0.95 building density_ 26.57% green rate_ 37.1%

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CONCEPT

PLAN & ROUTES

Ground Floor

As an important architectural node of the traditional planning of South China University of Technology, the site is intensly impressed by the existed axis.

Both the peripheral buildings and the surrounded environment show a symmetric order. In the site plan, the library adopts a layout of homocentric square, which guarantees the respects to the original axis.

In the meanwhile, divide the whole building into two separate parts. It allows the idea of making differences in a united situation and makes it more convinient to discriminate different functions. origin

abstraction

5th Floor

2nd Floor

4th Floor

3rd Floor

FORMATION PROCESS

Library is somewhere inspires students to obtain knowledge, in other words, it is just a place which provides all kinds of possibilities for the “growth” of students. This word immediately reminds me of the bamboos, dougong and something else whose growth just like the process of our students’ study.

•Forming

•Paring

•Differentiation

•Dislocation

•Overhang

•Roofgreening

To keep respect to the existed axis in the original campus planning, the project thinks highly of symmetry.

Divide one block to two parts, distinguish them by the differences in their height.

Use the method of overhanging to create more comfortable space for students to read and get rid of being influenced by the sunshine.

Respond to the courtyards around, escavating a courtyard from the original block. It is also beneficial to build up quiet atmosphere.

Dislocate the two independent part in different direction, break the traditional symmetry in a respectful attitude.

Because of the weather in south China, cultivating shrubs on the roof is advantageous to decreasing temperature.

Experiment Center

29th Building

RESOURCES UTILIZATION

summer winter Faculty’s Entrance

Civil Engineering Building

Telecommunications Building

5F re-use

Lecture Hall’s Entrance

reservoir

re-use

--Water Cycle

--Sunlight Utilization & Resistance

Use the planted roof and the water cycle system to re-use the rainwater inside the library and urban space.

The overhang resists the intense sunlight in summer from harming the students’ eyesight. The roof absorb heat to keep the indoor space suitable for studying.

ENTRANCE SQUARE DESIGN 1F

3F

Main Entrance

•Axis

Designing Institute

Yifu Science Hall

•Influencial factors

N Main Road

East Lake

•Privacy

SITE PLAN

COURTYARD ---- EXHIBITION CENTER DESIGN IN QINGXIUSHAN SCENIC SPOT, NANNING

ROLE_ Individual academic work LOCATION_ Guangzhou / China DATE_ Feb/2013--- May/2013 SUPERVISOR_ Yan Zheng, Zhong Yan ECONOMIC INDICATORS site area_ 9750m2 built area_ 5780m2 far_ 0.59 building density_ 21% green rate_ 41%

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134.5

133.363 130.00 129.01

132

128.6

127.32

15%

130.35 123.87

129.21 129.56

INTENTION Qingxiu Mountain has become one of the landmarks in Nanning since its remarkable natural scenery. However, the surrounding facilities hamper its further development. Therefore, the local government decided to construct some buildings not only providing some leisure places for the citizens but also exhibiting their own culture and scenery to the visitors from all over the world.

130.5 127.86

126.07 131 124.98

128.26

135.00 127.89

129.86

20%

128.27

132.5

132.81

129.26

131.59

139.50 137.72

131.67

143 145.87

131.97

127.16

132.6

139.57

133

131.52

126.53

132.91

132.53

135

The trend of the site is higher in the southeast and lower in the northwest. And there is a valley through the westside. The maximum height difference has reached nearly 30 meters.

Meanwhile, the north and southeast of the site is relatively flat terrain with a slope less than 10%; while the middle section is with a steeper slope of about 20%.

127.4 130.5

126.40 128.09

SITE

132.6

126.14

128

118.23

5%

8%

135.91

135.72

131.06

145.92

134.74

22.5%149.71 147

132.99

135.83

133.08

139.68

138.96

133.05 142.44 133.22

138

50%

138.31

143.62 140.4

135.57

140 30%

134.4

147.33

25%

142.54

25%

138.27

150

8%

147.47 148

16.5%

> 150M

149.75

133.05

133.47

138.71

144.57

144.16

144

131.74

149 151.14

146.55

138.79 141.82

144

147.7

148.8

12.5%

145M—149M

155

140M—144M 135M—139M

133.7 139.8

130M—134M

133.14

138.30

125M—129M

139.19

< 124M 10M

50M 20M

CONCEPT -Courtyard: Create space and eliminate elevation difference.

-Locality: The site is in the minority region with a special form of architecture.

-Ecology: Design should create a harmonious relationship with the site.

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REFERENCE 7

ORDER

TRADITIONAL

HERITAGE MODERN

6

AXIS

5

6

4 3

2

5 4

3

2 1

1

-1 stairs -2 incense burner -3 bell tower & drum tower -4 guardian lion sculptures -5 memorial archway -6 altar -7 apse

As a group of buildings, Fubo Temple set a series of nodes in order to emphasize the axis and provide the visitors a correct guide.

-1 pool -2 observation tower -3 old tree -4 fountain -5 sunken plaza -6 screen wall

With similar methods, set different nodes in different positions of the axis not only control and guide the audience in a proper way but also strengthen the order of it.

SITE LAYOUT 3F

---AXIS

2F

STORAGE ENTRANCE

2F

2F

2 axises: Entrance axis, east-west direction; Interior street axis, north-south direction.

---COURTYARD

Form a group of buildings and provide more enclosure space.

2F

MAIN ENTRANCE

---CONNECTION Bridges and Flatforms make the buildings into a whole and ensure the continuous exhibition.

OFFICE ENTRANCE 2F

3F

pedestrian route is almost a circulation and the car route is along the sites perimeter.

2F

---FUNCTION

2F

SITE PLAN

---ROUTES

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Divide the site into two parts, one for the exhibition and the other for receiption.

---ELEMENTS

National cultural has a great influence in this area, like the totem.

PLAN DESIGN

COURTYARD TYPE

---inner sight

internal courtyard increases the possibility of the communication between visitors.

---route

the form also provides successive tour route.

---connection

the connections between each building assure the continuous visit.

CORNER

---view

plan of homocentric square farthest use the positive factors.

---rain-proof

using of glass roof provides more space without the influence of the weather.

---sunlight

sunlight going through the roof promotes the growth of plants.

THROUGH cafe & bar

FUNCTION DIVISION

reception

service area

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visitors

exhibition faculty

exhibition area

consumers

academy area

office area

audience

DOUBLE

1

5

5

2

2 4

3

1 1

3

1

1 storeroom 2 equipment room 3 exhibition room 4 terrace 5 courtyard

4

3

3 3

basement level plan

2

1

4 3

2

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1

1 1 1

1

1 office 2 exhibition room 3 lounge 4 plaza & courtyard 5 pool

2

2

ground level plan

2 1

3

1

2

3

1 1

4

1 exhibition room 2 restroom 3 balcony 4 cafe

2nd floor plan

1

3 4

1 exhibition room 2 balcony 3 cafe 4 conference room

3rd floor plan

PLANS & ACCESS DESIGN This group of buildings is mainly used for exhibition and receiption since it is in the entrance zone of the whole area. From an overall view of point, the layout of the buildings is in a circle style and divided into two seperate parts. The northeast, north and west part is used for the exhibition and there are connections between each two buildings so that the visiting access is more continuous. In the meanwhile, the southeast corner is used for receiption. main visiting access

basement visiting access

upper visiting access

receiption access

FRAME

STAIRS

TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS DETAILS

In the field researching process, I was impressed with the traditional elements of the local dwellings and decided to use them into my design. The wooden structural frame and the outdoor stairs not only provide more space inside the building but also fit it into the surroundings.

ELEVATION

INTERACTION 2012 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION ON OPEN BUILDING, BEIJING, CHINA

ROLE_ Team work, Leader LOCATION_ Beijing / China DATE_ Jul/2012--- Aug/2012 SUPERVISOR_ Shaopang Zhuang, Jie Tao PARTNER_ Xulu Bai, Haoling Zeng Hongyu Chen Qiaoyun Huang Zhiyuan Li CONSTRUCTION AREA_ 73443M2 BUILT AREA_ 201641M2 FAR_ 2.75

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GENERAL SITUATION

--FORCAST & ANALYSIS

The KEY points about the competition is “elderly community” and “opening”, our group interprets it in the following way.

The design of the new elderly community should show more about sociality and naturality. People, especially the senior citizens, need to get easy access to nature, which is of human instincts. Further more, with the development of the society and the other words, serves as an indicator that the design of the sociality space and activity space should meets the demand of the elderly.

New design takes landscape and environment into consideration.

--SURROUNDINGS --PEDESTRIAN FLOW

--PUBLIC SPACE GATHERING

The population of the aged changes, which requires the high flexibility of apartments.

With the educational level increases, spiritual needs of the old will arise correspondingly.

High-rise apartment

SITE PLAN & STATISTICS

category

01

total land area

02

gross floor area

road area

above ground underground

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

plot ration site coverage open space ratio greening rate building

number

73443 9634 201641 176865 24776 2.4 29% 71% 35% 80.5

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m m2 m2 m2 m2 / / / / m

height(cornice)

Maximum building stories(above ground )

23

Maximum buliding stories(underground)

2

story

900

vehicle

motor

vehicle

MAIN ENTRANCE

measurement

story

3F

3F 3F

6F 6F

underground

11

non - motor vehicle

underground

3F

12F

3F

15F

15F

3F

14F

14F

3F

3F

12F

3F 3F

5F5F

5F5F

5F5F

5F5F

5F5F

5F5F

Research center/ Hotel

2F 3F PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE

3F

12F

7F 7F

2F

20F

20F

7F 7F 7F 7F

2F

12F

7F 7F

2F 7F 7F

Health care center

5F 5F 3F

0 900 500 500 0

5F

vehicle vehicle

storage above ground

17F

17F

3F

storage above ground

19F

19F

22F

22F

Recreation complex

SECOND ENTRANCE

3F

vehicle

5F

N

2F

2F

3F

Multiple dwelling

STEP 2: URBAN PHENOMENON AND THEORY MERGED IN A MEGA-CITY.

SINGLE

At present, it is harder to spot one place consisting of only few types of function. Thus, catering to the social needs, SOHO and HOPSCA come into being.

COUPLE

NUCLEAR

•SHORT-TERM PLANNING

3 GENERATION

BIG FAMILY

……

X

N

•LONG-TERM PLANNING

02

STABLE BUT FLEXIBLE UNIT EXPANSION

01

03

MULTIPLE DWELLING

UNIT

MOST FLEXIBLE OF THEM ALL-TRANSFORMED INTO HOPSCA HIGH-RISE FLAT

9M PATH

RESIDENCE

RECREATION

LIVING SPACE

Unlike many old people in China, the person intended to buy the apartment here must have obtained social status to a certain extend. Though regarded as aging group, the old needs being treated respectably, not only verbally but also architecturally. In other words, the design must be in accordance with specification, while at the same time, the whole proposal should include challenging elements such as slopes, roof gardens, outdoor stairs and etc.

RESEARCH

HOW WE VIEW THE SENIOR CITYZENS SUPPOSED TO BE SETTLED HERE.

+ 9M * 2M GRID

C-R COMPLEX H-R CENTER

STEP 1:

COMMERCIAL

4*2=8M

LIVING SPACE ADAPTION

For the high-rise apartments in west adopt in core-tube structure, which makes the buildings more flexible for various kinds of functions, being illustrated as follows, we are sure it is an appropriate way to define open architecture and transformation in this perspective.

East-west axis

With the development of our economy and the increasing of the population, the exploration of new living mode for elders will continue. According to the reduction of the available land, we should make our design more efficient and three-dimensional. That is our initial and insistent goal.

Residential corridor

West entry of the yard

Intersection park

East entry of the yard

Activity1--

Activity2--

Activity3--

morning exercise 6:00a.m--10:00a.m

afternoon break 2:00p.m--4:00p.m

entertainment 7:00p.m--10:00p.m

1 4

2

6 4

3

1 4

2 3

3

5

3

1

3

2

1

1

1 aerobics 2 tea

3 Taiji 4 walking

5 chess 6 walking dog

1 tea

2 chess

3 walking

1 dancing 2 walking

2

5 3

2

4

3 walking dog 4 chess

5 singing

LIVING

1st to 3rd floor

1st to 2nd floor

CENTER YARD HIGH-RISE APARTMENT

RECREATION

1st to 7th floor

Landscape road

In the elevation design, we choose this latticed form since it can satisfy the fundamental requirement of the daylighting and be adapt to all kinds of devision in the meanwhile. Moreover, this design can be achieved through jointing the components together so that it is easy to dismantle and recombine.

MULTIPLE DWELLING

LIVING

SECTION ANALYSIS

1st to 5th floor

PUBLIC SPACE

OFFICE (available)

2nd FLOOR TYPICAL FLOOR

HOTEL (available)

AIR HOUSE HIGH-RISE FLATS DESIGN A.UD 403C Suprastudio of Gehry Partners/Gehry Technology

ROLE_ Team work LOCATION_ Los Angeles / USA DATE_ Mar/2014--- Jun/2014 SUPERVISOR_ Craig Webb, Dennis Sheldon, Kiduck Kim, PARTNER_ Yuhao Zhu, Yi Zhang Yiwei Wang CONSTRUCTION AREA_ 3450M2 BUILT AREA_ 15600M2 FAR_ 4.5

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ART/GALLERY/THEATRE

CULTURAL INFLUENCE

METRO NODES

The site is on the Bunker Hill and next to the cultural axis of Los Angeles, several cultural nodes, like the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Broad Museum, the MOCA, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, create a cultural atmosphere in this area. Therefore, it becomes an essential element in our design process.

METRO LINES APARTMENTS LOFTS

FWY101

DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION

FWY110

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

THE MOCA

BROAD MUSEUM

PRESENT SITUATION

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

---TRANSPORTATION Since the site is inside Downtown LA, the public transportation in this area is very convinient. As the graph shows, there are several metro stations around. In the meanwhile, the site is also close to Freeway 110. What particularly worth mentioning is that the street beside the site, Grand Ave, is a double-layered road. Therefore, we think it is a advantage for us to seperate the two entrances of our design.

PARCEL Q

To Fwy 110

---DEMOGRAPHIC The data in the Downtown Los Angeles Demographic Study 2013 confirms Downtown Los Angeles is a growing community that hungers for more of just about everything that a big city center traditionally offers. The Study not only solidly indicates positive and sustainable trends, it also reveals that the Downtown population continues to grow, is highly educated, affluent, and employed at levels that exceed city and county averages.

BROAD MUSEUM

TUNNEL PORTAL

DATA

STRATEGIES

Highly-educated residents --- Cultural Activities Advantages: Disney Concert Hall, Broad Museum, MOCA, Parcel Q

RESIDENT ENTRANCE

71% renting residence

PUBLIC ENTRANCE

TUNNEL PORTAL

56% working in DTLA

Half of the residents work in DTLA --- Private & Public Transportation

80% education degree earned

Young residents --- Service group, room type

34% home as office, SOHO

Single households --- Studio, 1 Bedroom

52% single MOCA

N

17% employed in arts and entertainment

Rent: Own = 7:3

Living & working --- SOHO

TRANSFORMATION ORIGIN

THROUGH

HALF-ENCLOSURE

CORNER

NEIBOURHOOD!

LESS COMMUNICATION

LESS PRIVACY

FORMATION PROCESS

BLOCK VS INTERWAY In modern society, people are more and more accustomed to living in their own space. However, a real and healthy society need a more positive neighbourhood. Barcelona Eixample give us a good reference.

ISLAND

INTERWAY FLOORS

BREAK

TWIST

DISLOCATION

PUBLICITY

PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SPACE

A. Terrace Gallery pool & spa

Considering most residents living in this apartment work in art, a gallery is necessary which may give them more inspiration.

art studio media room B. Cafe

restaurant

art studio fitness club

Since the amount of cafe in this area is not enough, we set several cafes inside the building. In the meanwhile, they provide more communication space.

restaurant

C. High Bridge

technology center

The high bridge between the two towers not only make them into an integrate system, but also create a continuous neibourhood.

office restaurant

D. Entrance Platform Because our site is next to the Broad Museum’s Plaza, we set an entrance platform on the ground level to extend the public atmosphere.

STRUCTURE&MOVING SYSTEM

1

4

2 3

5

1 CORE 2 ENCLOSURE FRAME STRUCTURE 3 SPACE TRUSS 4 PROTECTED STAIRWAY 5 CORRIDOR

DETAILS

STEP1: ROTATE

PIVOT ON ROTATING PANEL

STEP2: ROTATE

PIVOT ON ROTATING PANEL

STEP3: PAN

MOVING RAIL

WORKING PRINCIPLE

VIEW ANALYSIS Accompanied with the rotation of the panel and the movement of the unit, the view inside the apartment will also change. It not only satisfies the consideration of fairness among all the residents but also brings some feeling of freshness into their daily life.

PLANS

Plan @ Elevation 60m

Plan @ Elevation 119m

Plan @ Elevation 119m

Plan @ Elevation 45m

Plan @ Elevation 98m

Plan @ Elevation 38m

Plan @ Elevation 79m

Plan @ Elevation 15m

Plan @ Elevation 70m

Ground Plan Plan @ Elevation 64m

SECTION

UNIT DESIGN According to the data of the dempgraphy and the current situation of the apartments in Downtown LA, we put 3 different types of rooms inside our design, studio, 1 bedroom and 2 bedrooms. The proportion is based on the research. All of these room types have one wall clinging to the rotating panel with all the infrastructure going through.

SIZE 6M*6M HEIGHT 3M 1 FLOOR SINGLE

STUDIO

SIZE 9M*6M HEIGHT 6M 2 FLOORS FAMILY

2 BEDROOMS

SIZE 12M*6M HEIGHT 3M 1 FLOOR COUPLE

1 BEDROOM_A

SIZE 6M*6M HEIGHT 6M 2 FLOORS COUPLE

1 BEDROOM_B

BACKBONE MATERIAL ANALYSIS

2010 CONSTUCTION COMPETITION OF SCUT, GUANGZHOU

ROLE_ TEAM WORK, LEADER DATE_ NOV/2010--- DEC/2010 SUPERVISOR_ Gang Song PARTNERS_ Yidi Yao Haoxiang Yang

MATERIAL_ WAX

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INTRODUCTION The MAIN purpose of this competition is to discover a new characteristic of some kind of material under a creative processing technic.

In the meanwhile, use this characteristic to establish a new formation.

WAX, being easy to burn, insoluble in water, with a low melting point, seems to be fragile.

BACKBONE, the main component of one’s skeleton, supports the whole body with its solidness and strength. Eventually, we find a effective way to combine these two opposite objects together.

•Material

•Flammibility

•Meltability

Wax is generating from lipa distilled from animals, plants and minerals.

Candles are the most common form of wax which proves its flammibility.

The melting point of wax is low so that it can be easily transfered into liquid.

•Exploration

•Origin

•Experiment

Find some other characteristics after looking up some materials on the Internet and books.

As an organ to support human’s body and cushion severe pressure, the structure of backbone is stable.

Attempt to make the wax similar to the shape of backbone so that it can present a stable form.

•Water absorbing Use needle tubing to absorb water from beaker.

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•Injection

•adhere

•draw off

•Segmentation

•Melting

Divide the candle into some small parts.

Melt the small parts of wax into liquid form.

•forming

•Adhering Place the balloon into the melted wax and wait for a few minutes.

•Cooling Use water to cool the wax into solid form.

SUPRACUBE FOLD & ASSEMBLY FURNITURE A.UD 289 LEC 8, Suprastudio of Gehry Partners/ Gehry Technology ROLE_ TEAM WORK, LEADER DATE_ NOV/2010--- DEC/2010 SUPERVISOR_ Kiduck Kim Andrew Witt

PARTNERS_ Yi Zhang Chao Weng Yuhao Zhu MATERIAL_ STEEL

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PRODUCING PROCESS CNC ---- cut

UNIT LAYOUT

22 .2

22.29

15.76

15.76

15.76

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27.71

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13.8

16.00

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16.00

13

16

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16.00

16.00

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Use CNC to cut the steel plate into the shape we want. The zigzag edges are designed for the matching between two pieces. The holes are reserved for the rivets.

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16.00

16.00

ROBOT ARM ---- fold

UNIT TYPE A

The design consists of 4 different components. Since the steel plate is difficult to fold precisely, so we accomplish this step under the help of robot arm.

B 16”

16”

16”

mirror

16” 16”

C

16”

D 16”

16”

16” 16”

CATALOG 1

2

3

4

DETAILS ---- assemble 5

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HINGE & RIVET

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In order to combine these folded pieces together, we find some rivets.

Also, we use hinges to make the rotation as the catalog shows possible.

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16”

16”

SUPPLEMENTARY WORKS From 2008 to 2014

LIGHT DRAWING WITH ROBOT ARM Role: Team academic work Location: Los Angeles, A.UD 289 LEC 9 Date: Mar 2014 Tutor: Ozel Guvenc

02 HOUSE WITH PASSIVE DESIGN Role: Individual academic work Location: Los Angeles Date: Oct 2013 Tutor: Kiduck Kim, Craig Webb, Will Fox

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WEARABLE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN Role: Team academic work Location: Los Angeles Date: Jan 2014 - Mar 2014 Tutor: Kiduck Kim, Craig Webb

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FINE ART & PHOTOGRAPHY URBAN DESIGN Role: Team academic work Location: Guangzhou Date: Jun 2012 Tutor: Jun Miao

04 OFFICE BUILDING DESIGN Role: Individual academic work Location: Guangzhou Date: Oct 2011 Tutor: Jun Miao

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Photographs Jul. 2009 - Jul. 2012

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MOVE ON

MOBILE NUMBER: 424-666-4423 E-MAIL: wangyiding0813@gmail.com SKILLS: CAD, Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Maxwell, Artlantis, Microsoft Office, Watercolor, Gouache, Chinese Painting, Photographing