ARCHITECTURE
WANLI GAO
SELECTED WORK MASTER IN ARCHITECHTURE OF THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
WANLI GAO
LEED Green Associate National Junior Planner of China
Email : gaowl1011@gmail.com Tel : 470-494-8383 Address : Atlanta, GA, USA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES Junior Planner | China Architecture Design Institute Co., Ltd, China
- Top 3 Architecure Company in China - Main Designer of 15 Projects from Different Scales, Director of one Master Plan Project - Passionate in Design; Skilled in Softwares; Capable of Collaboration; Focused on Efficiency and Productivity - LISCENSE : National Junior Planner (ID: 2016080013)
2015 - 2017
Intern | Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design Co., Ltd, China
2014
Intern | China Academy of Urban Planning and Design Co., Ltd, China
2014
Intern | Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Co., Ltd, China
2013
- Associate Organizer of An Exhibition about Pedestrian-Friendly Urban Design - Associate Designer of Two Strategic Plans in Yunan Province, Total 800 km²
- Associate Designer of the Master Plan of Nanyang Science Park in Beijing, Total 2 km²
EDUCATION Master in Architecture | Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA
2017 - 2020
BE. in Urban Planning | Tianjin University, China
2010 - 2015
- GPA: 3.75 (Full A of Design Studios) - CREDENTIAL: LEED Green Associate (ID: 11378644-GREEN-ASSOCIATE) - Top 3 Architecure School in China - GPA: 3.68
AGD: 02 MAY
AWARDS Honorable Mention | ULI Hines Student Competition
2020
Honorable Mention | ULI Hines Student Competition
2019
First Prize | Urban Design Competition of Tongzhou (Sub-Center of Beijing)
2016
Seond Prize | Excellent Urban Design Project of Beijing Planning Association
2015
Best Participation | Urban Design Project of Singapore Institute of Planners (SIP)
2015
Second Prize | National Urban Planning Student Competition
2013
- Main Designer, Living Rooms, Miami, USA
- Main Designer, Looping the Banks, Cincinnati, USA
- Main Designer, Urban Design of No.4 District in the Sub-Center of Beijing, China
- Main Designer, Urban Design of Thermo-Electric Plant Area in Yuyingba, Sichuan, China
- Associate Designer, Urban Design of Thermo-Electric Plant Area in Yuyingba, Sichuan, China
- Team Leader, Cycling and Pedestrian Oriented Renewal Planning of Dongqian Lake, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Summer Program | Modern Architectures and Modern Cities in Europe
2019
Summer Program | Chinese Ancient Building Measuring and Mapping
2012
- Visited Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Malmo, London, Manchester, Paris... - Did an Independent Research of Playful Spaces - Measured Two Buildings in the Mountain Resort in Chengde, China - Made Plans, Elevations, and Sections by AutoCAD
SKILLS Graphics: Adobe Suite, AutoCAD 3D Modellings: Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUP, DepthmapX, Lumion, Vray, ArcGIS Languages: English, Mandarin Portfolios: https://issuu.com/gaowl1011
PRACTICAL PROJECTS Work and Interships
“The code of urban landscape planning of Duoba, Qinghai”, 2016, major designer and final drawings maker “The competition of stormwater planning of Tianshui, Gansu”, 2016, design assistant and final drawings maker “The competition of the underground space utilization planning of CBD in Jiangbei New District, Nanjing”, 2016, major designer “The suggestion for the urban design code of Beijing ”, 2016, research assistant “The urban design of the west of the new town in Laishui, Hebei”, 2016, team leader “The competition of the urban design in the economic area of Beijing-Daxing International Airport”, 2016, final drawings maker “The competition of the urban design of the sub-center of Beijing”, 2016, major designer and final drawings maker “The completion of the master plan of the new ecological town in Hefei, Anhui”, 2016, design assistant and final drawings maker “The overall urban design of Shunyi district, Beijing”, 2015, design assistant and final drawings maker “The competition of urban landscape planning of Jiuquan, Gansu”, 2015, design assistant and final report maker “The master plan of Love For Life residential in Xianghe, Hebei”, 2015, major designer and final drawings maker “The urban design of thermo-electric plant area in Yuyingba, Sichuan”, 2015, major designer and final drawings maker “The terminal area design of Xiang’an Airport in Xiamen, Fujian”, 2015, design assistant “The competition of the strategy development plan in Xiao Tangshan, Beijing, 2015, major designer and final drawings maker “The competition of the underground space utilization planning in Jiaozuo, Henan”, 2015, design assistant and final drawings maker "The master plan of Baoding, Hebei", 2015, final drawings maker "The strategic plan of central cities in Yunnan province", 2014, final drawings maker "The strategic plan of Chuxiong economic development zone, Yunnan", 2014, final drawings maker "Exhibition of 'Walking Poetically' in Beijing", 2014 , coordinator
Undergraduate
"The strategic plan of Jiazhen, Inner Mongolia", 2014, drawing corrector "Tourism and renewal planning under the cycling and pedestrian oriented concept of Dongqian lake, Zhejiang", 2013, team leader "The research of humane settings of seating space in urban public area", 2013, major investigator and report maker "The master plan of Nanyang Science Park in Zhongguancun, Beijing", 2013, final drawings maker "Investigated the viable options for seniors housing in urban planning and architecture design", 2012, researching assistant
3
CONTENTS
PROJECT 1
WAITING ROOM Beltline Extention, Atlanta, GA Advanced Studio Work 2018
Area: 29400 sq2
05
Area: 30150 sq2
15
Area: 53900 sq2
25
PROJECT 2
IMMERSIVE FOREST Downtown, Boston, MA Portman Student Competition 2018
PROJECT 3
THE BUILDING OF TIMBER South Boston, Boston, MA Portman Student Competition 2019
OTHER WORKS
CONSTRUCTION TECH II Modelling Capitol Park Museum
Revit
MEDIA & MODELLING III Modelling CCTV Headquarters
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS II Analysing Daylight, Electric Light, and Ventilation
Grasshopper Ladybug, Honey Bee DIVA, Archsim
CORE STUDIO III Design for Drones
OTHERS Douglas House, Nordic Pavilion
Grasshopper Sketches Hand Models
35
4
PROJECT 1
WAITING ROOM TRAIN STATION DESIGN Individual Work
SITE PHOTOS
Railroad
On-Site Parking Lot
Dead-End Bridge
Under the Bridge
The site is located at Atlanta, near Georgia Tech campus. It is at the southwest of Means Street NW and Northeast of Brain Train Rail. The site now today is a public parking lot serves for Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and other companies around it. The Bankhead Bridge is at one corner of the site, today abandoned with approach spans at one end removed, remains an skewed truss bridge.
CONTEXT MAP SHOWING REGIONAL CONNECTIONS
5
CONCEPT
A CAVE-SAHPED WAITING ROOM THAT CREATES A SENSATION OF THE CHANGING OF TIME
The Benagil Sea Cave, Portugal In ancient times, people lived in caves, and what they did everyday was waiting, waiting for a good weather, waitting for sunrises and sunsets. The concept is to create a cave-shaped waiting room where people can have a deeper experience of waiting by the changing of time.
CONSTELLATION PLAN WITH CIRCULATION AND VIEWS FROM THE BRIDGE AND CAVE
6
GROUND PLAN AND UNDERGROUND PLAN WITH PROGRAMS
SECTION OF THE WAITING ROOM
7
8
AXONMETRIC SECTION WITH CONTEXT
9
When people are in the cave, they can see the sky and the bridge partly hidden by a tall tree, which increases the depth of the view. They can also see the refIection of the sky from the pool. Water fades away at the edge and fIows into the fIoor, but people moving on the platform will not be seen due to the 8 ft height level. When people are on the bridge, before they walk down the ramp, they cannot see the huge window of the cave directly, because it is also partly hidden by the tall tree. What they can see are peole waiting, moving and trains coming, going. 10
SECTIONS SHOWING THE UNDERGROUND UP-SIDE-DOWN CAVE
section A-A
Jun 22nd
section B-B 11
12
SUN PATH DIAGRAM OF ATLANTA
The building is precisely oriented in order to get a single sunbeam that marked the daily arrival of midday through the oculus, which provides the only top light in the building. On summer solstice, Jun 22nd, which is a special day of the Cave. Sun rise will illuminate the narrow doorway and sunlight will come through the hole on the ground fIoor then light up the pool underground at 12pm.
SUN PATH DIAGRAM OF ATLANTA
13
CONTRADICITONS - Hemispheric volumes in a regular boxed shape. - Circular outdoor ramp implies indoor circular spaces. - Rough texture on exterior walls versus smooth texture on interior walls. - A natural element (cave) built with an artificial material (concrete). - A hidden underground space that is a refIection of the waiting room. - A directly entrance with a narrow door.
14
PROJECT 2
IMMERSIVE FOREST COMMUNITY CENTER DESIGN Individual Work
SITE SITUATION The project is within the historic South Downtown area of Atlanta, part of the Newport US RE redevelopment project. The overal site encompasses upwards of 18 blocks of the city of Atlanta. While there are 40+ buildings and/or sites under redevepopment, this project only considers one site which is located on 0 Mitchell Street.
STATEMENT The design is a medium-scale public-oriented building, an urban community center, in an urban setting with varied programs and functions. Safety, attractiveness, and cohesion are three important issues for this project. To guarantee safety, lights will be turned on at night and brighten the streets like a beacon. Colorful decoration on the exterior walls will create positive atmosphere and activate the building. In order to attract more people, the ground fIoor will be used as a public theater and open day and night. 15
ELEVATIONS
16
THE IMMERSIVE WALKING EXPERIENCE The six existing trees in front of the building are preserved. The whole structure is supported by a large amount of tree-shaped slim columns (pilotis), where, together with the existing trees, people can get an immersive walking experience and cannot be able to figure out which is a real tree and which is a column.
Inspiring Photo - Forest
Inspiring Photo - FirefIies
Existing Trees
Tree-Shaped Columns
PROGRAMS AND AREAS The building is a community center with different types of DIY workshops, such as painting, photographing, baking... It is a good opportunity for different people to learn new skills and work with others. Each class room is organized in a separated box and is connected to others slightly, which is like fIoating in the sky. There is also a ground fIoor cafe, a roof bar, and a underground cinema. People on street will be interested in seeing other people sitting and walking inside of the building, and will also like to join in the active “performance�.
17
FLOOR PLANS
18
SECTIONS SHOWING MULTI-ACTIVITES
19
EXPLODED ISOMETRIC DRAWING
20
PHYSICAL MODEL
Ground Floor Public Theater
21
Immersive Walking Experience and Blurred Facade Patterns
22
DIVERSE SPACE TYPES
Roof Bar
Open Spaces
Ground Floor
Secondary Stairs
Major Stairs
Immersive Walking Experience
23
FACADE PATTERNS
The cladding is made of transparent glass. There are a lot of blurred patterns on it. Some little holes are cut off at the open spaces, where fresh air can come in.
FLOATING BOXES
24
PROJECT 3
THE BUILDING OF TIMBER MIXED USED MARKET AND HOTEL DESIGN Individual Work
SITE ANALYSIS The site is located at the convergence of South Boston, Fort Point, and the South End areas of Boston, Massachusetts. The building lot lies between West 4th and Traveler Streets along the rail sidings that line the Bass River.
CONCEPT
25
THE QUESTION IS HOW TO COMBINE THOSE TWO INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS BY STRUCTURE AND SPACE? WHICH ONE IS BETTER: SHOWING CONTRAST OR KEEPING CONTINUOUS?
WHAT IS THE BUILDING ABOUT? 1. The building is about showing a simplicity behind a complexity. 2. The building is about combining two independent programs by both showing the contrast and keeping them continuous. 3. The building is about defining different spaces by a single element. 26
GROUND LEVEL PLAN SHOWING THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING The building is a mix-used building with two different programs. One is a farmer’s market opened to public that attracts people from nearby neighborhoods. The other is a short-term stay hotel with different types of private rooms. Different people can find their rooms depending on their personalities and social demands.
27
28
UPPER FLOOR PLANS SHOWING THE CIRCULATION AND STRUCTURES
There is another program at the middle part of the building that brings both senses of community and privacy. It is a connection of downstairs mark which has a few rooms, hotel facilities and shops.
The three feet deep interlaced beams serve as a fIoor at the main entrance on Foundry Street, and as a roof at the entrance on Fourth Street and two buildings on Foundry Street. There is also a middle level between the first fIoor and second fIoor, where people can walk on the top surface of and look at the market dotwnwards. At north side of the building the beams turn into a wavy landscape, and at the end of the site they fade away
Middle Level Plan 29
ket and upstairs hotel,
the alley between the f the interlaced beams into the ground.
Fourth Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan 30
31
The building structures are made of two parts. The main building is made of a CLT frame. The structure has a ten feet module grid and a shear wall core at the center. Downstairs there is a curved surface made of three feet deep interlaced glulam beams, and supported by timber columns. The faรงade of the building shares the same grid of the cured surface, where it is a six feet wide balcony of the hotel rooms. 32
SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS
B-B Section
A-A Section 33
Eastern Elevation with Doors Closed
Eastern Elevation with Doors Open
34
OTHER WORKS
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY II MODELLING OF LOUISANA CAPITOL PARK MUSEUM Individual Work Software: Revit
CONSTRCTION DRAWINGS
Key Model
Gallery Subject Area
Exterior Wall and Glazing
Mullion Connection
Mullion Connection
Sky Light
35
MEDIA & MODELLING III MODELLING OF CCTV HEADQUARTERS Individual Work Software: Grasshopper, Rhino CCTV Headquarters / OMA Media & Modelling III Fall 2018 Wanli Gao
ELEVATIONS AND PLANS
→
→
→
→
→
CCTV Headquarters / OMA Media & Modelling III Fall 2018 Wanli Gao
CCTV Headquarters / OMA Media & Modelling III Fall 2018STRUCTURES FACADE AND Wanli Gao
03_2D Parti
11_System 1 Production
36 08_System 1 Production
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS II ANALYSING DAYLIGHT, ELECTIC LIGHT, AND VENTILATION Team: Wanli Gao, Yuhang Li, Shantanu Vijayakumar Software: Grasshopper, Ladybug, Honey Bee, DIVA, Archsim
37
38
CORE STUDIO III DESIGN FOR DRONES IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE Individual Work Software: Rhino, Grasshopper
DESIGN ITERATIONS
39
40
OTHERS Hand Models
NORDIC PAVILION - SVERRE FEHN, DOUGLAS HOUSE - RICHARD MEIER
41
OTHERS Sketches
PENCIL SKETCH, PEN SKETCH, AND WATER COLOR PRACTICE
42