JINGYUAN GAO WORKING SAMPLE SELECTED WORKS 2012-2018
CONTENTS
RESUME 01 TOKYO WALLS
AN URBAN SCALE PROJECT ALLOWING THE ELDERLY TO HAVE A NEW SOCIAL IMAGE
02 PARADOXICAL EFFICIENCY
AN AIRPORT WITH FLIPPED HIERARCHY
03 HYBRIDGE
A CULTURAL CENTER ACROSS THE BORDER
04 UNIVERSITY LEARNING CENTER CONVERGENCE SPACE FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD
05 FIVE PIECES OF PUZZLE
ART CENTER DESIGN
06 EPITOME BOX
A COMMUNITY CENTER IN AN OLD DISTRICT
07 ILLUMINANT
AN INCUBATOR FOR ARTISTS IN AN OLD HARBOUR
08 MINNAN DACUO RENOVATION
HISTORICAL BUILDING RENOVATION & WORKSHOP DESIGN
09 FOMO MAP
Jingyuan Gao
Address: 30 Newport Parkway, Jersey City, NJ E: jingyuangao1@gmail.com T: 646-421-9931
Education
Columbia University, New York, NY
06/2017 - 05/2018
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design Studio critics: Andres Jaque, Marc Tsurumaki, Sarah Dunn & Martin Felson
Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
08/2012 - 05/2017
School of Architecture and Civil Engineering Bachelor of Architecture, Honor Award for Outstanding Graduate
Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
09/2015 - 01/2016
Department of Architecture Exchange student
Professional Experience
Bluarch Architecture, Interior & Lighting
08/2018 -10/2018
Junior Architectural Designer + Worked on CM & CD drawings for interior design + Prepared renderings
China Machinery TDI International Engineering Company, Luoyang, Henan, China
07/2016 - 09/2016
Intern Assistant Designer + Assisted in creating digital models and technical drawings for low-rise and high-rise residential buildings + Prepared presentations
Academic Experience
Research on Rural Construction, Sustainable Development and Innovation Based on Ecommerce in Southern Min Area , Xiamen University
01/2016 - 05/2017
College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program Lead Designer
+ Led a local primary school renovation project and two landscape design projects + Co-led a historical building renovation project + Created a new business model for the local community by balancing tourism and culture
Gulangyu Island Renovation Workshop
07/2015 - 08/2015
Researcher and Designer + Completed renovation strategies for 170 historical buildings with co-workers + Coordinated local residents, vendors and the government + Design adopted and completed in 2015
Honors and Awards
Honor Award for Outstanding Graduate, Xiamen University Finalist, 2016 TEAM20 Architecture and Urban Planning Competition Honor Award for Excellent Student, Xiamen University
05/2017 08/2016 12/2013, 12/2014, 12/2016
"Yixin" Scholarship for Excellent Student, Xiamen University
04/2015
3rd Prize, Fabrication and Construction Competition, Xiamen
04/2014
First Prize, Architecture Design Competition, Xiamen University
06/2013
Certification
LEED Green Associate
Skills
Softwares AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Rhino, Grasshopper, Revit, SketchUp, V-Ray, Lumion, Artlantis, Python, Ecotect, Microsoft Office Suite
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TOKYO WALLS
AN URBAN SCALE PROJECT ALLOWING THE ELDERLY TO HAVE A NEW SOCIAL IMAGE Academic Work Columbia University, AAD program SPRING 2018, Advance VI Design studio Individual Work Critic : Sarah Dunn & Martin Felson
Aging Society In ancient Japan, there was a tradition that the elderly would be sent to remote mountains and wait for their death. They were considered as the burden of the society. But is this all that they deserved, being useless and being ignored? Same problems exist in modern Japan. Japan now has an aging society. More than 20% of the population is composed by people over the age of 80. Care Crisis Compared to the mass population of the elderly, the number of care facilities are really small, which is half of the national average. It cannot meet the huge demands for care facilities from the elderly in Japan. Meanwhile, since the best medical care can only be found in Tokyo. Elderly people across the country are willing to come to Tokyo for better medical care.
The urban figures will exist across Tokyo.
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Social Image To ease this problem, Japan government proposed to send some of the elderly in Tokyo to other regional cities across the island, which was not ethical. These pressure made me think about the social image of the elderly in Japan. Are they just considered as people being sick in hospitals and relying on others, or participating in various social activities, or taking great responsibilities? What If ... we expand the idea of care, apart from medical care, Then ... there may be a new social image of the elderly in Japan. Urban Figure The new "care" space will exist as crossing walls extending along train tracks and roads and above existing transportation centers. The urban figure will be composed of four L shape walls. The number of programs will gradually decrease according to the distance to the station, so does the height of it.
1 & 3 Buddhism 2 Christian 4 Learning Center 5 Park 6 Medical Care Next Page: Residential Units
Patches The urban figure as a whole will be composed of various baisc patches. Each patch will have its own social structure and work as a neighborhood.
Photo Montage
Park
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PARADOXICAL EFFICIENCY
AN AIRPORT WITH FLIPPED HIERARCHY Academic Work Columbia University, AAD program Fall 2017, Advance V Design studio Individual Work Critic : Marc Tsurumaki
Circulation in Modern Airports With the increasing amount of passengers, modern airports are taking up more and more square footage and are becoming more like a transfer station where people may transfer among various means of transportation including airplanes, trains, subways, buses, cars and so on. In fact, most of the space in modern airports is occupied for circulation use. Waiting in Modern Airports To catch planes, people usually have to be in the airports several hours in advance. Much time will be spent on waiting in lines and circulating. And the possibility that delays may happen can not be overlooked, which will lead to longer waiting time.
An Airport with Flipped Hierarchy The dominant narratives of optimization in relation to airports are using inner trains, buses or conveyors to speed up the process of circulating. In the Airport with Flipped Hierarchy, the time spent on the sequence peole will go through after arriving the airport, which includes checking in, security check, immigration check sometimes, waiting in the lounge and boarding, will be greatly reduced by gathering the space for these procedures in one single unit and replicate it. The space for boarding process will no longer be the dominant space. Space to accomodate various programs will take in charge and the programs will be arranged in spiral configuration according to the duration of delays.
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GROUND FLOOR 1.Waiting Area 2.Retailing Store 3.Video Room 4.Library 5.Gallery 6.Gym 7.Cafe/Restaurant 8.Office&Storage
Programs are arranged in spiral configuration according to the duration of delays.
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SECOND FLOOR 1.Departure 2.Arrival 3.Office&SW 4.Public Working Space 5.Library 6.Gym 7.Hotel 8.Meeting Room
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Departure lobby
Arrival lobby
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The central courtyard & the third layer
The central courtyard
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HYBRIDGE
A CULTURAL CENTER ACROSS THE BORDER Finalist, 2016 TEAM20 Architecture and Urban Planning Competition Team Work Collaborator: Yang Bai & Junjie Deng Instructor : Jie Han & Liangliang Wang All the drawings, physical models and text in the portfolio are personal work.
Situated above the river, which is the borderline between country A and country B, the cultural center aims to help the two countries to communicate in a more convenient way. In "Hybridge", space for country A and country B will be independent and will work independently with basic programs. Meanwhile, the two independent systems wil intersect and interact at several spots, creating interesting situations when people from the two countries can see each other while being in different space. Here, without the complicated procedures to enter another country, people from country A and country B may communicate with each other, using culture as media. Hopefully, the "Hybridge" will help the two countries to understand the other more and alleviate the gulf between them. The old broken bridge beside "Hybridge" which recorded the history will be preserved as part of the exhibition.
The old broken bridge is preserved as part of the exhibition.
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Deck of Country A The old broken bridge is preserved as part of the exhihition.
Deck of Country B
Performance Space This is the place where people from the two countries meet.
Exhibition One of the two countries provides exhibition for the other.
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UNIVERSITY LEARNING CENTER
CONVERGENCE SPACE FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD Academic Work Xiamen University, Spring 2017 Team Work Collaborator: Yang Bai Instructor: Shide Ling
The key concept of this project is to ease the problem that there is a serious shortage of studying space and laboratories on the campus of Xiamen University. The high-rise building will be composed of space for three group of people: students, university faculty and residents in the neighborhood. Space for the first two group of people will be connected by public space. Space for local residents will be arranged around ground floor, which will also provide students with opportunities to communicate with people outside of academic fields. Hopefully, this building will be the place where university and its neighborhood finally meet and interact.
A high-rise building
Axis of the campus
Courtyard
Fast path, slow path and traversing path
A-A Section
Offices for university faculty
Sharing area
Workshops & Laboratories for students
Entrance & Commercial space serving the neighborhood
Public area
First Floor Plan
Eighth Floor Plan
Basement Floor Plan
Basement Parking Floor Plan
Sixth Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
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FIVE PIECES OF PUZZLE ART CENTER DESIGN Academic Work Xiamen University, Fall 2014 Individual Work Instructor : Zhiye Li
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Situated in Zhangzhou, an old town waiting to be developed, this art center aims to promote traditional culture and encourage people to learn from it, so that the old town may preserve its uniqueness while being transformed into a modern city. In response to the generic patterns of the old town, the building is divided into five parts. The gaps between the five parts function as open yards and entrance to the building, opening the art center to the city. A platform is inserted into the gaps, floating above the ground, which will connect the five parts and double the open space for public activities.
1. Cafe 2. Classroom 3. Exhibition 4. Workshop 5. Store 6. Tea house 7. Dressing room 8. Costume room 9. Property room 10. Quick-changing room
11. Storage 12. Office 13. Meeting room 14. Fire control room 15. Practicing room 16. Lobby 17. Lighting control room 18. Sound control room 19. Rehearsal room 20. Public activity area
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EPITOME BOX
A COMMUNITY CENTER IN AN OLD DISTRICT Summer 2016 Individual Work
Rooftop Swimming pool
Skateboarding
Library University for the elderly Lecture hall
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An Old Harbour The site is located in an old harbour in Xiamen, Fujian, China. Many different traditional spatial forms reflecting history and culture, such as zonary bungalows and acrades, are preserved within this area. As time goes by, the forms become more and more diversified and the density of buildings grows. This heterogeneity of traditional and modern space causing "chaos" in the old district. These "chaos" may reflect the generic patterns in this area and reflect local residents' baisc need for living space. Genius Loci The key concept of the building is to rediscover the identity of the old harbour and then interpret it in ever new ways, to respect Genius Loci. The traditional spatial forms are analyzed and translated in new ways and are able to exist in the new community center. Thus, the building may blend in the district and local residents may have a sense of direction and recognition from the site.
1 Territory An area between street and water 2 Solid boundaries and open boundaries 3 Corridors connecting all the rooms 4 Transition between public and private space 5 Patios
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ILLUMINANT
AN INCUBATOR FOR ARTISTS IN AN OLD HARBOUR Academic Work Xiamen University, Spring 2015 Team Work Collaborator: Yang Bai Instructor: Qiuda Lin
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MINNAN DACUO RENOVATION
HISTORICAL BUILDING RENOVATION & WORKSHOP DESIGN College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Trainning Program Team: Wencan Huang, Yali Gao, Changqing Wang, Hui Shi, Weihong Ke, Hanjian Lv, Qiang Ren Instructor: Jie Han, Liangliang Wang, Suyu Li
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FOMO MAP Academic Work Columbia University, AAD program FALL 2017, Data-mining the City Team Work Collaborator: Jujie Xu, Siman Huang Instructor: Violet Whitney FOMO _ Fear Of Missing Out Anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on a social media website.
the amount of time that the user will spend traveling from their current locations to the destined events’ locations. Larger radius indicates longer transit time. Different types of events are represented in various colors.
Why a FOMO Map? Nowadays, people are overwhelmed by large amount of information about ongoing events provided by social medias. It has been much harder to make choices in our daily life. A FOMO map is badly needed to help relieve the Fear Of Missing Out (or exaggerate the fear? ) and guide people to decide when faced with numerous choices of ongoing events.
Also, the popularity of ongoing events differs, which may influence people’s attitudes towards these events. Actually, most people tend to participate in events that are more popular. In the Fomo map, the dots will be attracted towards the center and the circle will be distorted if the events the dots represent are more popular than others.
How does FOMO Map work? We choose concentric circles to form the map. The center point is the user’s current location. All ongoing events are arranged on these concentric circles. The relative locations of the user’s and the events’ are based on longitudes and latitudes in reality. The radius of different circles represent
To help users visualize how much time is left for them to catch an event, from an event’s starting time to the ending time, the dot and its circle will become more and more transparent until it disappears in the end. Software Processing, Python