ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO - Guangmao Xu by Guangmao Xu

GUANGMAO PORTFOLIO

Studio Projects Long Now - 10,000 Years Library The Athenaeum Addition Aviopolis - Airport City The Bicycle City Habitat 67 Model

Professional Projects Xianghe Town Planning Rolls Royce Retail Whiteland Town Center Renovation Dresher Farmhouse Renovation Multiple Space Plannings

Guangmao Xu

xu_guangmao@yahoo.com http://www.guangmaostudio.com/ 814.321.8619

Education

Skills

Employment

Honors and Awards

Pennsylvania State University 2014-Present Master of Architecture China Agricultural University 2010-2014 Bachelor of Civil Engineering - Structure Design

Architect Intern at Kd2 Architect Inc. 05/2016-08/2016 Glenside, PA.

Rhino/Maya/3Dmax/SU Revit/AutoCAD/ArchiCAD Grasshopper/Python Space Plan Construction Drawings

Graduate Assistant at Penn State University. Third Place at New House Design Competition. Beijing, 2014

- Survey and Space Plan for multiple renovation projects (office, hospital, residence). - SD for the IEW office building, Ball corporation building, and Eastern warehouse. - DD and CD for retail and commercial buildings. - Rendering and modeling for multiple projects (office, commercial, industry, interior). - Proposal documents preparation. - Attended AIA lecture series

Architect Intern at SHEYUAN Design. 06/2015-08/2015 Beijing, China - SD and DD of Xianghe urban planning at the outskirt of Beijing. - Modeling and rendering.

Architect Intern at ZPAD. 06/2013-09/2013 Beijing, China - CD for Baidu Cloud Center office building. - SD for Mentougou Wine Cultural Center. - Modeling for multiple buildings (office, commercial). - Survey (residence).

Photoshop/ AI /Indesign Vray for SU/3Dmax/Rhino Model-making Rendering Architectural Survey

References

Kevin Dowell Principle at Kd2 Architects kdowell@kd2architects.com (215) 690-4238 x201 Darla Lindberg Professor of the Department ofArchitecture, Penn State. dvl2@psu.edu (814)865-1574

Long Now-10,000 Years Library Meadowcroft Rockshelter Designing a library that will last 10,000 years is actually not a dream. In fact, the Long Now Foundation has already built a giant clock in Texas which intends to last 10,000 years. However, a 10,000 years' library is a much bigger challenge for designers. In the 10,000 years time span, the most thing being concerned is what is meaningful. Today's technology and structure could be nothing compared with 10,000 years later. The idea is to create a meaningful space, a space with contrast that will impress people in the future and remind them the existence of us.

The library contains nine concrete boxes as book storage rooms at above gound, glazing volume as reading space and dining at underground, and a sunken garden to let the sunlight into the building. The upper ground is solid, private, and close; the underground is transparent, public and open. The journey from upper ground to underground is thoughts provoking and reminding time and existence.

The central box is turned to be a transportation box for circulation and the transparency of the central box makes it a lighting source for the building. The corners of concrete boxes are cut to gain irregularity and maximum the sunlight into the gaps.

Concept Model In the 10,000 years time span, the idea is to create a meaningful space, a space with contrast that will impress people in the future and remind them the existence of us. The upper ground is solid, private, and close; the underground is transparent, public and open. The journey from upper ground to underground is thoughts provoking and reminding time and existence.

1. The design starts from a solid volumn above ground and a transparent volume underground.

3. A sunken garden is added to guide more sunlight into the building and provides an alternative path to approach the building.

2. In 10,000 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; span, smaller volumn is less vulnerable. The large volumn is splited by grid into nine smaller volumns. The form is memorial.

4. The central box becomes a transportation volumn for circulation and the transparency makes it a lighting source for the building.

Section Perspective

Stairs and Fire Exits Reading Area Fire exits Main entrance

Book Storage

Eatery Area Conference Area

Private Reading Area Offices Mechanic Area

South Elevation

West Elevation

North Elevation

Structure

Egress and ADA Analysis

Library Stack Area (100 gross)

Elevator Accessibility

Exhibit Gallery and Museum (30 net)

Exit Accessibility

Kitchen and Commercial (200 gross) Fixed seats

Men Restroom Accessibility

Classroom Area (20 net)

Women Restroom Accessibility

Library Reading Area (50 net) Mechanical Equipment Room (300 gross) Business Area (100 gross)

(3237 SF) / (300 gross) = 11 (1494 SF) / (50 net) = 31 (3724 SF) / (100 gross) = 38 Total Occupancy 80

(1414 SF) /200 gross) = 8 (6614 SF) / (200 gross) = 34 (186 SF) /20 net) = 10 (4769 SF) / (50 net) = 96 Total Occupancy 241

Required Egress Width = 80 * 0.2/inch =16in (1005.3.1, IBC2012) Minimum Stair Width = 48in Design Egress Width=120in > 48in Maximum Travel Distance =135ft < 200ft (Table 1016.2, IBC2012)

Required Egress Width = 241* 0.2/inch =48in (1005.3.1, IBC2012) Minimum Stair Width = 48in Design Egress Width=120in > 49in Maximum Travel Distance =155ft < 200ft (Table 1016.2, IBC2012)

Required Egress Width = 192 * 0.2/inch =39in (1005.3.1, IBC2012) Minimum Stair Width = 48in Design Egress Width=146in > 48in Maximum Travel Distance =125ft < 200ft (Table 1016.2, IBC2012)

(900 SF) / (100 gross) = 9 (3354 SF) / (30 net) = 120 Total Occupancy 192

Athenaeum Addition Philadelphia Athenaeum of Philadelphia is an Italianate revival style building to collect drawings and books of Humanities and Fine arts. This project is to design the addition to the Athenaeum at Washington Square in Philadelphia. In particular, to express the importance of this historical institution and secure its importance for Philadelphia into the future. This includes spaces for a gallery presenting a city model of Philadelphia, a digital research lab, a lecture space for 320 people, and a researcher/artist-in-residence guesthouse.

The Italianate revival building has a stylish roof, featured windows and a clear "three parts" facade. The new addition is put in juxtaposition with the old building and follows the logic of the Italianate facade. The new roof mimics the rhythm of the old roof by using modern materials and structure. The mechanism of the roof pursues the integration of architecture aesthetics and technical systems

The building has an introvert characteristic. From outside it is heavy, solid and nothing special compared to the surrounding buildings. But from inside it is open, well-lighted and has very interesting space and tour sequence. The addition building respects and keeps old buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good features. It is designed to attract people to come in and guide people to explore the historical building in a new way.

The second floor of old Athenaeum building is the most open and stylish part of the building and entirely devoted to two spacious reading rooms. The new addition with a "step up" floors creates an atrium to extend the openness of the old building. The new second floor contains a display area of the Philadelphia city model, which can be viewed from both the second floor and the third floor.

The back side of the building contains coffee shop on the first floor; rare drawing display area and multimedia room on the second floor; and meeting room on the third floor. The first-floor space needs transparency and the second and thirdfloor space needs privacy.

Existing Athenaeum

The additionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s floor plates

New stairs and elevator

Program Conference Area Mechanic Area

Exhibition Multi-media Rooms City Model Display Coffee Area Auditorium Seperated Mechnic Area Book Storage

Envelope Glazing Facade with shading Glass Roof Aluminum Panels

Site Plan

Section Perspective

1 Office 2 ADA Guestroom 3 Guest Room 4 Recreation Area 5 Conference Room 6 Meeting Room 7 Platform 8 Bathroom 9 Open to Below

3rd Floor Plan

1 Exhibition 2 Chestroom 3 Reading Room 4 City Model 5 Media Room 6 Gallery Space 7 Open to Below

2rd Floor Plan

1 Main Entrance 2 Entrance Hall 3 Gallery 4 Reception Room 5 Board Room 6 Documentation Room 7 Gift Shop 8 Back Entrance 9 Cafe 10 Eatery 11 Stair Forum 12 Garden

G Floor Plan

1 Collection 2 Projector Room 3 Restroom 4 Auditorium 5 Audio Room 6 Corridor 7 Rare Book Room 8 Storage

-1 Floor Plan

1 Collection 2 Open to the Mechanic Room Below 3 Auditorium 4 Corridor 5 Changing Room 6 Storage

-2 Floor Plan

Upper: Front Elevation

Lower: Side Elevation

Wall Section and Details

Model

Auditorium Acoustic Analysis

Sound Reflection

Materials & Parameters

Room Absorption

Reverberation TIme

Noise Control

Ceiling is designed to reflect sound to seats. Side walls are concrete, which has good reflection of sound. Back wall is stonewool, which has high absorption to avoid long reflection.

Side walls: unpainted concrete,3150 sf State wall: plywood paneling, 900 sf Back wall: stonewool, 645 sf Ceiling: Gypsum, 5412 sf Floor: Heavy carpet on padding, 3125 sf Seats: Uphostered, 3730 sf Volumn: 54375 cf Absorption coefficient: Human speech has frenquency mainly around 250Hz. Since the primary use is for lecture, here only calculate 250Hz condition.

3150 sf * 0.44 = 1386 900 sf * 0.22 = 198 645 sf * 0.75 = 484 5412 sf * 0.10 = 541 3125 sf * 0.24 = 750 3730 sf * 0.74 = 2760 Total: 6119 Room absorption: 6119 / 54375 = 0.11 Farily good.

0.05 * 54375 / 6119 = 0.44 s, good

Auditorium area is seperated with other area by buffer zone, which includes restrooms, projector room, and stairs. Doors are sound insulating. Mechanic space below is isolated.

Aviopolis Airport City Air travel has significantly influenced human life and the urban form. Today, airport is becoming larger and larger, and the scale of airport is beyond control. The emerging high tech and other speed-sensitive industries are highly relying on the fast speed of air travel. Also the privatization of airport makes it involve more commercial space in its program. As a result, the program of airport is as complex as a small city. Conventional thinking of airport as simply a larger building is no longer echo the time. Airport should be an organic part of the city instead of being separated from the city. In response of it, the thesis is intended to give a solution.

For a long time, there is a contradiction between the airport and the city. On the one hand, the city needs the airport as far away as possible because of the noise and navigation safety problems. On the other hand, the city needs the airport as near and accessible as possible. Especially today, more and more industries rely on the fast speed of air transportation to win the international competition.

The project proposes to add walls in the middle of the city to separate the city and the airport. The walls are inhabitable by new airport programs. Those programs are based on three changing facts of the airport: the airport is being privatized; the airport is becoming an enterprise mode; and the globalization.

Those changing facts make a challenge to the conventional idea of designing airport as a large utility building and make new requirements to airport design.

The programs in walls are all speed sensitive - they are relying on the fast speed of air transportation. And they are all not noise sensitive - their operation won't be influenced by noise. The walls become a noise buffer for the city.

Crosswind and obstacles are two big issues of airport navigation. It's ideal for the airplane to take off against the wind direction. However, when there is crosswind or tailwind, the airplane taking off and landing would have safety problems. Most airports have a diagonal runway as an alternative way to deal with a crosswind. Thus the airplane can take off or land in the right direction at all the time. Within the wall, the effect of wind is minimalised. The lighting signage system mounted on the wall surface guides airplanes to move safely.

Taxiing refers to all the airplane movement on the ground. This includes airplane movements from runway to apron area through taxiway. Airplane maintenance, refueling, and the turnover before the next flight. The airplane could move with its own engine power or be towed by the truck. In big airports, there are hundreds of landings and taking off each day. All the movements happen on the ground level, which is very complex to operate and requires high cooperations between air teams and ground teams. The underground system is to make airport taxing more efficient

Airport arrival and departure all happen in terminal buildings. The passengers usually walk the longer distance and take more time to figure out sign information. This experience is quite tedious at the airport. The overhang design is to make the airport experience more romantic. Taking the airplane becomes a ideal urban life in the future.

The dimension of the airport is no larger than the central park. When the technology is strong enough to make commercial airplanes take off vertically. The airport runway will be demolished and become a part and return to the city.

Bicycle City Brooklyn, New York Developing housing that meets the needs of how New Yorkers live today is critical to the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future economic success. Bicycle City is a pilot program to develop a new model of housing to address the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changing demographics. Prefabricated and modular design techniques are strongly integrated into the project. Bicycling is now being promoted as an alternative to fossil fuel dependent public transportation, one that benefits New Yorkers physically, mentally, environmentally, and socially. The Bicycle City proposal builds upon the advantages of residential buildings placed next to bike lanes. The design will specifically address this bicycling habits.

One of the biggest issues of city housing is its high density. The idea is to separate floors to create void space, which is designed to be used as open public area and circulation corridors (people can take bicycles directly to home). Truss is used to supporting, which reflect the symbolic structure of Manhattan bridge. The overall building embraces the strong industrial smell of the Brooklyn neighborhood

Site Analysis The site is located in Brooklyn neighborhood, surrounded by the Brooklyn navy yard and several clusters of abandoned factories. Many residents live in Brooklyn work in Manhattan. The Manhattan Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge is their main ways to commute to work. The site has a strong industrial smell and the design is to embrace the industrial sense of the neighborhood.

Site Plan

The building has three types of units: 125 SF, 250SF and 500 SF. The units are plugged in the megastructure core - the concrete corridor. Fins are used to attach the units. The HVAC system is concentrated into three pipes.

Floor Plan

Structure: Concrete Core and Fins

HVAC: Concentration

Units Axonometric View

Units Floor Plan

The building is prefabricated. Units are the modular design. The units prefabricated in the factory and the core is cast on site. The structure of the units is designed to be plugged in the fins of the core structure.

Construction Process

Models

Model

Habitat 67 Study Stuckeman Family Building Habitat 67 study is to learn prefabricated and modular design approach. Units are cast by plaster in wood moulds. Structure and connections are carefully studied.

Xianghe Plannig Xianghe, China Xianghe is a small village at the outskirt of Beijing. The village is obsolete and lack of energy in its communities. The planning is to rebuilt the the village by introducing new industries and making full use of its geographical advantages

Perspective View 1

Perspective View 2

Professional Practice Rolls Royce Retail Building

Professional Practice Whiteland Town Center Renovation

Proposed Renovation Rendering

Existing Buildings

Professional Practice Dresher Farmhouse Renovation

Proposed First Floor Plan

Professional Practice Multiple space plannings