Fan Gao - Work Samples

Brno: Building Belvederes

Academic Work

Project Brief

2023 / Rehabilitation Unfolding the belvedere and rehabilitating a view.

Location Brno, Czech Republic

Instructor Kevin Adams & Louisa Butler

Synopsis

The project explores themes of architectural languages by proposing belvedere architectures within the context of Zluty Kopec in Brno. The experience of private accommodation, initially within the context of Edinburgh, is unfolded and reflected onto the Brno site as a series of belvedere fragments. Specific fragments are taken as initial moments through the making process. These are seen through the metaphor of words, forming vocabularies and gradually become phrases of a poem, reinventing and transforming themselves and ultimately, they constitute a complete spatial promenade.

Projections of Edinburgh memories and views shape the landscape and territory.

Veil of metaphors and belvedere moments promenading on the hill.

An investigation and iteration of tectonic moments that constitute belvederes through redrawing of physical model.

manual book - a construction study through model assemblage

1. laminated safety glass

2. galvanised aluminium sheet

3. welded steel slats

4. gutter

5. electrically-controlled vent

6. aluminium-sheet panel

7. anodised aluminium RHS

8. thermal glazing

9. preservative-treated lumber cladding EPS thermal ins. vapour retarder timber wall stud gypsum board

10. primary beam: glue laminated timber

Project Brief

2019 / Highrise

Synopsis

Project:

Eden eVolo Skyscraper Competition

An anti-utopian narrative in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Location China Sea, Pacific Ocean

In response to the socio-environmental challenges plaguing China’s coastal cities, the government embarked on the Eden project, which is a massive construction of series of high-rise complex with seawater desalination installations as structural cores. The project introduces a unique approach to architectural design through a narrative anti-utopian concept. Rather than envisioning an idyllic paradise, this project delves into the dystopian realm, reflecting the harsh realities of the post-apocalyptic setting.

Fade In Academic Work

Project Brief

2021 / Art Foundation Rejuvenating Ducie Street by a colorful street market.

Location Liverpool, United Kingdom

Instructor Ben Devereau

Synopsis

The new art foundation aims to combine the Granby Market with artworks and provide people around Ducie Street with an active space which allows everyone to experience artwork in various ways and exhibit their artworks on the market. The non-linear open public realm on the ground level breaks down the confines of the traditional street market, with diverse circulations being

1. Proposed Site

4. Permeable Market

2. Urban Morphology

5. Light Well

3. Green Boundary

6. Veiling

A permeable street market morphology shaped by a public realm that extends through the art foundation and renovated creative studios.

The open ground level creates visual permeability while preserving the urban morphology of Toxteth.

Toxteth - a grid-iron planned district filled with terraced house residences.

1. Aluminum Frame with Triple Glazing

2. Aluminum Gutter

3. Brick Facade

4. Interior Finish

5. External Window Reveal

6. Triple Glazing

7. Anodised Aluminium Window Cill

8. Brickwork Relaid

9. Floor Finish

10. Waterproof & Insulation

11. Brickwork Slip Cladding

12. Steel Ground Beam

13. Steelwork Supporting Outrigger

14. Steelwork Foundation

15. Screed

16. Reinforced Steel Beam

17. Glass Fibre Insulation with Waterproof

18. Floor Finish

19. Galvanized Aluminium Window Cill

20. Galvanized Aluminium Panel

Suzhou Children’s Health Center

Intern Work

Arts Group - Suzhou Huazao Architectural Design Co., Ltd.

Project Brief

2020 / Healthcare Center

Location Suzhou, China

Supervisor Weihua Sun & Hao Lin

Project Stage 0-3

Responsibility

Concept Design, Building Plan Drawing & Architecture Visualization