GUANGYU WANG PORTFOLIO Selected Works 2013-2018
Preface What is architecture? Is it a machine that serves for specific functions? Is it something about our mind and spirit? Or is it a beautiful sculpture that attracts people? There are many questions, and so many answers. Our world is always about paradoxes, tradition vs. modern, play vs. work, luxury vs. ordinary, planned vs. impromptu, vertically vs. horizontality, and architecture is the most direct space for these contradictions. It is about balance, about nature.
CONTENTS
Selected Projects Value or Junk?
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Culture
From 0 to Infinity Infrastructure
In-Between Education
One home for all Superblock Residence
Intersection Transportation
Project i-Yard 2.0
Finished Project (Team Project)
Researches Cantilever Chair Generative Design
Redesign of Nakagin Capsule Tower Architectural Analysis
Waste Collection Circulation NYC Urban Analysis
Renovation of Lever House Revit Modeling
Other Works
GUANGYU WANG
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Selected Works
Chapter I
Courtyard Culture Location: Beijing, China Instructor: Galia Solomonoff 'If space-junk is the human debris that litters the universe, junk-space is the residue humankind leaves on the planet. The built (more about that later) product of modernization is not modern architecture but Junkspace. Junkspace is what remains after modernization has run its course or, more precisely, what coagulates while modernization is in progress, its fallout...(Junkspace, Rem Koolhaas, 2001)'. Words by Rem Koolhaas are a critique of the homogenization space of contemporary cities. Today in Beijing, the inevitable development of residential and commercial complexes gradually encroaching on public space and turning them into the same 'Junkspaces.' Then comes the question: How do we save our city? How to eliminate the junk and bring something valuable for the city? For local residents? Therefore, the project focused on the life of local residents, the ancient style of Beijing. Hope this courtyard could bring respect and memories for our old time.
A city with(out) memory Beijing, one of the most important cities in China as the political and economic center for hundreds of dynasties, the master plan, and the territory of Beijing has expanded more than 20 times. The growth of the population and the growth of urban functions bring value, opportunities, and a series of other benefits. However, we are also losing something at the same time. We have beautiful skyscrapers, attractive landmarks, and fancy commercial buildings but we can hardly find anything for Beijing itself, for the residents living there. Modernism has made Beijing a city losing its most crucial memory, tradition, and culture.
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Site Our site is located in the 'most developed' area is with 'the least' living quality. There being large scaled residential and commercial development everywhere which encroach the public spaces.
Also, most of the street is over 50 meters in width that makes the city quite unwalkable. We are losing a city for its people. Therefore, two keywords for our program came up- Public space and Walkable city.
Street and Public Space How to define public space? I turned into the old Beijing Area for an answer. I found that traditional public space does not have a clear definition. It could be the table on the side of a street, a balcony that provides a beautiful view or a courtyard with trees. It is about the nature of the city. The streets are the memories of the city, and now it will be bring back to the city,
The famous drawing Along the River during Qingming Festival shows us with an exceptional public space. The street itself became a perfect place for people during the festival. And it also made a balance between private and public spaces. The main street activates the city, activates the people.
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Time and Function What could happen in public spaces? It is the first question to be solved. I focused on the connection between time and activities. The extended-diagram of three sides of the site shows the relationship between space, time, and the flow of residents during the day. The combination of different scaled areas creates a multifunctional culture complex.
Urban and Street In ancient times, China’s cities and streets have always had a subtle relationship, and they complement each other to form part of urban life. We bring this street atmosphere into the building, creating a street atmosphere that connects different sizes of space. At the same time, the street itself exists as a social space.
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Level 2 1- Arts and Crafts Shop ; 2 - Passages ;3 - Exhibition Center ; 4 - Art Gallery ; 5 - Retail ; 6 - Help Kiosk ; 7 - Catering ; 8 - Amphitheater
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Vertical Street as Major Circulation
Renovation of block typology
Minor Circulation
Renovation of Traditional Street Public Spaces in China has now become a word for developers and tourists. It only serves for economical benefits but not the residents living there. Therefore, what I aim to do is to renovate the public space in the way of the old typology - Street. By combining the street with traditional small scaled spaces, the building itself will become a walkable vertical street. It not only provide general functions such as catering and shopping. It is also a community center and a place for traditional arts and crafts. Aiming to find back the memories for Beijing. Open Public Spaces
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Units of Different scales
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Cultural Complex Architecture in modern China always has to face a series of paradoxes, tradition vs. current, old vs. new, public vs. private. What should be focused on is not to eliminate on the side but to make a balance when we are facing a choice. This proposal is a place for stability, for communication, for the public. Also, I hope it can also be a small step forward for the development of our neighborhood and our city.
Chapter II
From 0 to Infinity With Yining Lu
Infrastructure Location: Exposition Park, Los Angeles Instructor: Laurie Hawkinson, Alex Mann Waste has always been a severe problem for large cities, especially for towns like L.A. From the mayor office we got the information that because of the Olympics L.A. will welcome 40 million visitors a year. Forty million visitors will produce lots of trash. Therefore, they raised the aim of a sustainable 0 waste Olympic. Therefore, we are proposing to do something for the 0 waste Olympic, aiming to construct a system that can reuse, recycle, and compost over 90% percent of the waste generated by the Games. As a result, we can solve the landfill problem and save lands for the future of L.A.
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Waste Handling Problem California’s population continues to grow at accelerating rates each year. To sustain this increasing population, new forms of infrastructure must grow. Most of this new growth must go into existing urban areas: What are the unique opportunities for alternative waste management together with cultural production that could catalyze the site?
Waste has always been a severe problem for large cities, especially for towns like L.A. From the mayor office we got the information that because of the Olympics L.A will welcome 40 million visitors a year. Forty million visitors will produce lots of trash. Therefore, they raised the aim of a sustainable 0 waste Olympic.
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Refernce: http://www.laalmanac.com/environment/ev04.php
Solutions for Landfill In 1984 Olympic Game in L.A., 6.5 million pounds of garbage were produced during the 22 days Game. Moreover, it is expected that there will be more garbage generated in the year 2028. However, there is not enough space for landfills.
If we take the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, which will produce over 527 tons of trash every day as an example, we will save 200 tons of waste from landfill per day. Therefore, we can reduce 15,400 kg of methane from L.A. Memorial Coliseum every day.
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Site The Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles is in the south region of Los Angeles, California. It is home to Exposition Park, which includes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Banc of California Stadium, Exposition Rose Garden and three museums: the California African American Museum, the California Science Center and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. It is also home to a Science Center Academy.
We choose the Exposition Park as our site not only because it includes three stadiums for the 2028 LA Olympic Games, but also for the diversified urban environment which provides us with a suitable place for a multifunction 0 waste Olympic Park. We believed that this park could be an example to create a sustainable strategy for the future city.
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Refernce: Trash in America Moving from Destructive Consumption to a Zero-Waste System
New System for Waste We are proposing a new system that can realize the 0-waste plan, starting from the Olympic, which includes the waste produced by visitors and different amenities. We tried to use an environment-friendly and efficient method to collect trash, such as a pneumatic system. Also, then make use of the energy that emerged during the processing and recycling for different products from small scale like paper and bottles to XL programs like the public open spaces and infrastructures, which will finally benefit the local communities.
The new system aims to improve the current waste stream and garbage handling efficiency. Data from the LA recycling report shows that the most amount of waste is organics, paper, and plastics. The way of dealing with the trash, however, is mainly by landfill, only 25 percent of them are recycled. The main problem is the low efficiency of recycling. If we can increase the recycling rate, with recycled waste to 41% and make 35% of the trash can be composted and the others are remanufactured and landfilled, and finally only a few of the waste is incinerated.
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New urban strategies We focus not only on the LA Memorial Coliseum but also the Exposition Park where several venues are located in. We tried to start the research about the activities of people around Exposition Park. From google API data, we got the heat map of weekdays and weekends in exposition park and tried to figure out which area produces the most waste during the 15 hours from 6 am to 9 pm. Then we place our new water and trash stations depending on the amount of trash produced in this area. It is a public restroom combined with waste collection infrastructure.
Garbage is collected through the trash bin at the bottom of the facility, The water tanks will be deployed to the site based on the heat map, then we connected the new infrastructure to the existing venues and museums and set up a water circulation network. Finally, the wastewater collected from Olympic will be reused for Xeriscape and sites and facilities. There also is a drip irrigation system that is built above the current parking lots and green areas.
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New Urban Typology Based on the framework of trash transit and water circulation network, we built permanent and temporary facilities such as the Olympic press center, the trash museum, public sports center, agricultural learning center and so on. We take waste from them and reuse the byproducts produced during the waste handling process which will meet with our aim of 0 waste. We can build a completed network for urban waste handling and reuse, which will finally reduce the carbon footprint and make more environmental-friendly urbanism for the city.
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Chapter III
In-Between Education Location: East Village, Manhattan Instructor: Dan Wood These days, with smartphones, flexible work options, cloud storage, and our increasing mobility, it seems that work has invaded every aspect of our lives. What used to be considered the bedroom is now an office, what used to be a leisurely afternoon at a cafÊ is now a meeting, what used to be public space is now a convention center‌Far from liberation, however, this invasion increasingly looks like submission. Where are the areas for creativity? For dreaming? The concept is to explore methods of making space for play and education within a continuous circulation network. Different colors represent different spatial functions. Red demarcates classroom spaces, and orange represents the playground area; architecture is conceived throughout the entire building as "in-between" education and play. Classrooms are designed with a greater sense of regularity with traditional stairs and flat flooring while the playground areas include ramps and slopes to provide children with richer spatial experiences. We are going to reinvent the future!
Playground We are beginning with the research of how to organize a place for children. I tried to use different elements to create different spatial experiences. First is the curve which creates continuous space; the second one is the blocks; each block will have different functions.
The third one is like a piece of small scale furniture, which has a series of functions. Then I tried to combine the three different elements to create a continuous spatial experience for the playground and at the same time, creating a world for children to explore.
Vertical Playground And just when things are getting cozy and comfortably situated on the ground, we are going to take the playground into its urban future. We will start to think about play in the section – spaces can be connected with slides, zip lines, netting, climbing walls, auditoria, etc.
This vertical playground will form the basis for the final design problem, the creation of a preschool entirely based on notions and spaces for play. The emphasis will be on creating a new school typology based on play, but also on creating wholly unimagined new types of spatial and sectional experiences.
The north elevation of the vertical playground is designed to be the entrance for the playground. Also, it is the only side facing to the street. Therefore, I would like it to show as many possibilities as possible, climbing, jumping, sliding, running, all these activities created this vertical playground. It is a design for children.
The south side of the playground is designed to provide maximum sunshine for the interior spaces. With the limination of the surrounding buildings, the south elevation looks like a huge stair, with each floor above pushed back a little, it is easier for daylight coming through the entire playground.
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Vertical Playground School The creation of a preschool entirely based on notions and spaces for play. The School integrates programmatic elements such as indoor classrooms, spaces for teachers and parents etc. The emphasis will be on creating a new school typology based on play, but also on creating entirely unimagined new types of spatial and sectional experiences. 3
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Floor Plans An in-between of play and education The Floor plan shows an in-between of play and education. The red areas are classrooms, auditorium while the yellow areas are the playgrounds for children. By using the ramps as the element, a lot of activities can be attached to the elements, and it brings different experiences in a continuous space at the same time. The school is more like a largescale toy for children.
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Conceptual Section The concept section depicts a convergence of four different sections that illustrate the project from different directions. It explores methods of making space for play and education within a continuous circulation network. Different colors represent different spatial functions. Red demarcates classroom spaces and orange represents the playground area;
Architecture is conceived throughout the entire building as "inbetween" education and play. Classrooms are designed with a greater sense of regularity with traditional stairs and flat flooring while the playground areas include ramps and slopes to provide children with richer spatial experiences.
Chapter IV
One home for all Residential Location: Beijing, China Instructor: Haishan Xia Beijing, as the capital of China, has experienced large-scale population movements during the development of the past decade. The development of the city provides an unlimited number of opportunities, constantly attracting the influx of migrants. People come here and seek a place to live. So how do our cities cope with such population growth? How do we use to accept and integrate populations from all over the world? This project is based on the rapid development of real estate in China. I hope to meet the demands of different people for living space through a way of integration and coexistence. With the increasing complexity of social networks, homes are no longer confined to the most basic housing needs. It takes on the different functions of the community, from social space to day care, each of which is indispensable for modern life. This is a family for all.
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Composite City & Diverse Population The project is located in the southwest corner of Beijing and surrounded by a complex urban environment. From 2007 to 2017, Beijing had come through a series of developments. And the site witnessed the different stages of residential changes in Beijing.
Till now there are still various residential buildings around the site including the old masonry buildings and the highrise residential buildings. All these make us introspect the future of residential buildings in big cities.
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Living Conditions The structure of our families has changed a lot in recent ten years, from young graduates to families with several generations together. The change from Si He Yuan to highrise apartment reflects the increasing demand for personalized living space.
It is also related to the adaptability and variability of different families. Therefore, I propose to create a neighborhood that each different families could find a sense of belonging. It is the next generation of the Chinese community and a home for all.
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Multifunctioned Neighborhood Corresponding to the public space functions needed by different living patterns, we combine libraries, communities, schools and other functions with residential buildings, and link them together to form a unified whole, which makes housing more comprehensive to meet different requirements.
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“C'est la vie� We hope that different patterns of living correspond to the growth of families, from relatively functional single single apartments to functional and specific apartments for the elderly, which correspond to different stages of growth.People of all ages have their own patterns of life in the community which will keep the community sustainable.
Chapter V
Intersection Public Transport Location: Beijing, China Instructor: Zhongzhong Zeng The project aims to creat a flexible space to meet the demand of the growing population. Under the conditions of the urban area in the last program, we found that the existing station is not able to cope with the rapid growth of population mobility in Shangdi area. Therefore, what we aim to do is to focus on the different speed of people in the station and provide them with the most suitable form of space. Through the survey we found that the functions of a railway station and time we spend on them are deeply connected, and this relationship could be directly translated into different form of space we need. This is about how architecture would be.
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Site Shangdi district is located to the northwest of Beijing. The whole area is divided into two parts by the north-south city highway and the railway. With the development of Internet Companies and the expansion of the "Zhongguancun" area (which is known as the high-tech industrial park of Beijing), more and more headquarters have moved into the western part of Shangdi district.
While the area was not prepared for those exotic elements of the city, In 2002, Shangdi district is mostly composed of farmland and idle land. In the next few years, with the construction of the Bejing-Tibet Expressway, the density of the road network in the area is much improved and at the same time.
In the business areas, buildings look huge, and each building will occupy a large piece of land as their courtyard. Therefore, what we aim to do is to provide public space for complex urban behavior to enhance communication between people and break the invisible segregation wall at the same time.
In the residential area existing a lot of temporary buildings and an old residential area which looks dilapidated but crowded and always meets the primary demand of people living nearby.
The structure of a railway station is always considered to be a large span structure which has always been a combination of a same structure. In this project, a single plane is used to be the prototype of the structure. By pulling up one or two corners of the plane, different types of spaces are created.
Then we mirrored the structure in different directions and combine them in pairs. In this way, we got 45 kinds of arched structure with different slope. Since the characteristic of each space structure is distinctive, we choose eight typical structure as the prototype structure of our railway station after referencing to their different attributes.
Time, as one of the characteristics of architecture, can be used to abstract the movement of people in space and the functions of it. While people move in the space with different requirements of function, time also moves with this kind of movement.
This movement can be compared to the movement of sand inside a hourglass, time goes with the running of sand. It is this feature that we used to shape the space with.
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Curve - one of the basic elements of the space - not only determines the form and boundaries of space but gives a variety of different attributes for the space. One important characteristic of curve is that it could show the trend of movement in a particular three-dimensional space and at the same time, provide a more intuitive sense for people in the space. Space is the carrier of movement and at the same time, it also contains all the characteristic of movement such as direction and speed.
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Time, as one of the characteristics of architecture, can be used to abstract the movement of people in space and the functions of it. While people move in the space with different requirements of function, time also moves with this kind of movement. This movement can be compared to the movement of sand inside a hourglass, time goes with the running of sand. It is this feature that we used to shape the space with.
Flow over the city Transportation buildings always occupy an important part of the city. I use the station as a symbol of the new city, and as a platform to display the urban landscape while dissolving the huge volume. The transportation architecture is no longer in a single function but is integrated into the flow of the city.
Chapter VI
Project i-Yard 2.0 With Team BJTU Solar Decathlon 2018 (Participated in designing and Revit model building) Finished Project Sustainable Housing Location: Dezhou, China Instructor: Haishan Xia, Junjie Li, Aiming to design the new modular house for next generation, TEAM BJTU developed the next generation of module house products called i-Yard 2.0, the design takes “Industrialization, Individuation and Intelligence� as the core strategy to deal with the problems of urban pension in China.
Utilization of a House in Whole Life Cycle
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Units of different scales
Concept of sustainable house In China, the quality of life has always been a popular issue among people. While the young tend to find job and live in the center of large cities, the aged or retired prefer a leisurely and quiet living environment. Therefore, our house focused on the suburban areas where provides the convenience of large cities and the comfortable environment at the same time.
Our aim is to provide a sustainable way of life that not only includes the whole life cycle of different generations of a family, but the environmentally friendly living environment at the same time. Beginning with the concept of traditional courtyard housing,We decided to use the modular way as the solution for a house for all and a house for the future.
Solar photovoltaic system on the roof of the building
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Photothermal system Steel frame structure Deck and the courtyard around the house
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Circulation-house for the aged The open and reciprocal layout of our plan not only greatly reduces the shape factor of the house, but also improves the insulation performance of the house.
At the same time, it also forms three returning lines in the room, and gets the most care in the barrier-free use and the line of sight.
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A house for a family I - yard is not only a prefabricated modular residence, it also showed us a possible future for residential houses in China. By gathering a family together in this 'yard', this house promotes family feelings. And it forms a sustainable, humane care mode of living. It allows us to take a short break in a troubled society and learn to enjoy life with our family.
Researches
Chapter VII
Cantilever Chair (Team Project with Yifan Deng)
Generative Design Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Karamba, Discovery Instructor: Danil Nagy The project aims to design a chair by creating a cantilever structure in such way that maximizes stiffness and stability while ensuring that no members exceed their structural capacity. Our workflow is firstly define the geometry shape of the cantilever chair. Then find nodes on the outer surface and populate inner line in the geometry to control the position of inner nodes. After that, we used different ways to define inner nodes, and merge the inner and outer points as one group. We set up a limination for the longest component and connected the nodes which finally became the structure of the chair.
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Parameter study Our model includes three different parameters which are the number of inner points, the longest component, and the inner point distribution. The number of inner points has a linear relation with the displacement that showed up a great change on the performance of the structure.
Our first performance metric is the total weight of the structure because we believe that a chair should be at a moderate weight that is easier to move. Our second metric is the displacement of the structure since we are proposing that the structure should remain stable within the allowable range of displacement.
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Calculation
Design Outputs
The models is calculates and optimized for 100 generations with 25 different designs in each. And we find that most of the design models concentrates on the weight range from 2.6 to 3.6 kilograms and the displacement from 15mm to 20mm. The optimal value often appears in several concentrated areas such as 15mm displacement, and the two objectives exhibit a linear inverse relationship.
Both of the objectives showed a better result with time and generation adding on. And both of the optimal value areas of them tend to be fixed. This is because the structure is becoming more and more stable. When the size of the components and the number of inner nodes present a convergence trend, the structure will inevitably converge to a limited number of form.
Chapter VIII
Renovation of Nakagin Capsule Tower &
Waste Collection Circulation NYC (Team Project with Yining Lu & Jie Hu)
Data based design Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Ldaybug, DIVA, Human UI, Design Explorer, Instructor: Luc Wilson, Jason Danforth Data is the language of cities. This data is inherently spatial, and as designers and planners we are uniquely suited to leverage it for informed decision making, and the improvement of buildings, public spaces, and cities. These two projects use Grasshopper for Rhino with a range of plugins for architectural and urban design, as well as urban planning. Aiming to find a smater solution to our current problems.
Workflow
Parameter
Generate Model
Design Explorer
Analysis
Renovation of Nakagin Capsule Tower (Team Project with Jie Hu & Yining Lu)
Built in 1972, Nakagin Capsule Tower has long been popular among people. It provides us with a new possibility of future residence but is also questioned by the public. Nowadays, with the fast development of the city, the
Capsule tower is surrounded by a totally different environment with modern highrises. Therefore, our proposal is to improve the quality of the residence with the Design Explorer.
Design Explorer
Five different benchmarks
Comparison and Optimization
Highest Score
Highest Score of Privacy
Highest Score of View
Highest Score of Noise
Highest Score of Daylight
Highest Score of PU/PR
By increasing the distance between each floor, adjusting the number of units on each floor, rotating two towers separately and changing the position of two towers, we can get the scores of daylight, privacy, FOV(field of view), noise and Ratio of PU(Public Area)/ PR(Private Area).
At the same time we can provide the residents with a better view and sunshine duration. It enables us to find a balance among various outputs and better solutions to improve the living quality of Nakagin Capsule Tower with limited urban space.
Waste Collection in NYC
Proposed High Efficiency System
NYC 311 Data Collection
Waste Collection Circulation NYC (Team Project with Jie Hu & Yining Lu)
Is there any improvement we can do for the of current trash collection system in Manhattan? Based on the research of current trash collection system and policy in New York, we are proposing several new trash lines in Manhattan.
Negative influence on the surroundings and transportation time will be analyzed. We will try to figure out several trash lines that have minimum influence on the surroundings and best schedule for waste transition.
Chapter IV
Renovation of Lever House (Team Project with Yining Lu)
Revit Modeling & Environmental Analysis Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Ldaybug, DIVA, Vray Instructor: Jared B. Friedman Lever House has been the landmark for an extended period. We are going to rethink and redesign the Lever House into its future. We propose to preserve the original structure system of Lever House and renovate the facade. The new facade not only benefits the people who work in the Lever house but also contribute to a more diversified urban landscape.
Design Iteration
Facade Test 1
Facade Test 2
Facade Final Design
Rendering
Generation
Not Just a facade The renovation not only changes the facade of Lever House but also leads to the expansion of the interior space. When we walk along Park Avenue, we have access to a more colorful and vivid facade. The new facade not only benefits the people who work in the Lever house but also contribute to a more diversified urban landscape. Daylight
View
Noise
Generation
Daylight & Distance
View & Scale
Noise & Depth
Interior & Contrast
Current Tower
Push Back
Axonmetric
Offset
Double Facade
South Elevation
Level 4 Plan
Level 13 Plan
Level 20 Plan
Section Perspective
Other Works
Academic Works and Installations
Participated Professional Projects and Exhibitions
Acknowledgement: I would like to express my deep gratitude to my parents, my instructors, my friends and all the people who have helped me, worked together with me and encouraged me during my school time.
GUANGYU WANG PORTFOLIO gw2371@columbia.edu 917-822-4941