Portfolio of Haoyu Wang Selected works 2014 - 2017
Haoyu Wang Male; born in Zhengzhou, China, 1993 (+1) 916-281-5554 why19930708@gmail.com
EDUCATION
PUBLICATION
University of Miami
Tokyo Pencil Building
Bachelor of Architecture, GPA: 3.668 / 4.0
Initiator of the project (Jun 2016)
Minor: Art
Contributed in documentatoin; research; drawing; book editing
Coral Gables, FL, USA
work in progress
Aug 2012 - May 2017 Villas of Paradise Study abroad experience
Contributed in architectural drawings
Open City Studio 2015 - China; South Korea; Japan
Author: Thomas Lopez
Smart City Studio with IAAC - Barcelona, Spain
work in progress
Open City Studio 2016 - Tokyo, Japan
ABILITY Academic credits
Fundamental skills
Best Combined Approval of 3rd year: Fall 2014
Drawing - ink; pencil; charcoal
Best of Upper Level Project finalist: Spring 2016
Painting - water color; acrylic
Provost’s Honor Roll:
Physical model - hand model; digital fabrication
Spring 2016; Fall 2016; Spring 2017
Photography - DSLR
Dean’s List: Fall 2013; Spring 2014; Spring 2015;
Digital
Spring 2016; Fall 2016; Spring 2017
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Adobe Illustrator
Shigeru Ban Architects
Adobe After Effect
Intern - model making; rendering; drawing;
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
documentation, portfolio translation
Adobe Flash Professional
Tokyo, Japan
Autodesk AutoCAD
Aug - Oct 2017
Autodesk 3Ds Max Autodesk Revit
Cure & Penabad Architecture and Urban Design
Autodesk Ecotect Analysis
Architectural intern - drawing; digital modeling; rendering;
Rhinoceros;
documentation; model making
Sketchup Pro;
Miami, USA
Paint tool SAI;
Feb - May 2017; Nov 2017 - Present
V-ray Microsoft Office
Shangzhu Art Studio Expansion Project Personal commission - building expansion sheme design
Languages
Client: Yuebin Gong
Chinese - Mandarin, native language
Dali, China
English - Proficient
Jun - Aug 2014
Japanese - Basic
EXPORTABLE VILLAGE Academic - Experimental design
TOKYO PENCIL BUILDING Academic - Urban research & architectural design
INHABITABLE MANUFACTORY Academic - Architectural design
ARK Personal - Independent study
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SUPPLEMENT SHANGZHU ART STUDIO - Building expansion
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CONVERTIBLE OFFICE - Interior design
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HANGING NEST - Treehouse
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EXPORTABLE VILLAGE A constantly changing pattern Academic - architectural design UM Upper level studio Finalist of Upper Level Studio Award Instructor: Terence Riley; Manuel Rojo; Wesley Kean Individual work Site: Miraflores locks, Panama Canal, Panama Jan - Apr, 2016
In the progress of globalization, we increasingly share pieces of our lives with people from evey corner of the world. Exportation becomes a common word in most industries. However, as a significant part of our society, architecture still has most of its meanings limited to the regional monumentality which merely transmits to locals and visitors around its site. Meanwhile as we struggle to amplify the influence of architecture by bring people to the sites, shall we also take a step outward and ‘export’ our architecture? As part of Miraflores locks infrastructure, the narrow strip of concrete lying in Panama Canal emblemizes transition by witnessing ships passing through the canal on their ways to global destinations. The movements of locks and ships create dynamic scenes in the vast tropical landscape of Panama. Likewise, the project of Habitacion Miraflores on this unusual site is introduced with dynamic housing programs for various tenants moving in and out instantly. To resonate with transient patterns of both the program arrangement and the site context, I created a transformable village which, in addition to the fullfillment of designated programs, unceasingly produce and export temporary housings following the flows of people and shipments through Panama Canal.
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Semester at Sea students 1-week stay for semester orientation & assembly before cruise trip ‘During the orientation, we hope to see something that foreshadows our expedition! ’ number of people 200 50 JAN
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Road Triper 10-day stay as a short break on the way of the Latin American trip ‘Tracing Kerouac’s On the Road, we expect something different here to refresh our visions of the dynamic Lain America.’ number of people 200 50 JAN
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Rainforest researcher long-term stay to study and work in Soberania National Park ‘Work in the forest beyond human society can be frustrating, we wish our shelter to be the place where we can meet new people.’ number of people 200 50 JAN
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Additional opportunity The project should be capable to serve a broader ranges of people within and beyond the site with the advantage of Panama Channel shipping and ground transportation. In addition to ‘bring in’, we shall consider to ‘export’ something... number of people 200 50 JAN
DEC 1000ft
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Mountain
path
village
access
200ft
temporary kit-houses
10’x10’x16’ or 10’x15’x16’ capacity: 1-4 tenants max. 131 in operation
200ft on-site kit-house manufactory
23’x15’xc20’ productivity: 2 working bays 4 in operation
commercial units
10’x15’x10’ or 10’x15’x20’ capacity: varied max. 30 in operation
same-level conveyor
4’x10’x20’ capacity: 1 packaged kit-house 12 in operation
vertical / oblique elevator
10’x10’x20’ capacity: 3 packaged kit-house 6 in operation
monorail
50’x10’x15’ capacity: 6 packaged kit-house 1 in operation
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1. A new kit-house is manufactured at the on-site manufactory
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2. The kit-house is delivered to the assigned spot
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3. a resident moves in after the assembly of the kit-house
4. After used, the kit-house is packed and exported to the global market
The name ‘Exportable Village’ comes with the feature that exportable kit-houses are produced in the on-site manufactory and are sold to global market in addition to self-consumptions in the village. Packages of kit-houses are shipped via Panama Canal, Panama Canal Railway lines, and ground transportation. Exported kit-houses can be used as temporary housing facilities in variety of occasions. While the village keeps changing its pattern with assembly and disassembly of kit-houses and other facilities, the embedded exporting mechanism brings the Exportable Village to the vest global market as an international housing provider.
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Exportation of Kit-house
Exportable Village (0 km)
on site kit-house used kit-house package
railway shipping
Kit-house manufacturer
Biomuseo (9 km)
Bio-event shelter
Kit-house
UN refugee center in Congo (10600 km)
emergency shelter
global shipping via Panama Canal
Maldives beach (16700 km)
beach house
Order ID: 10010-9854780000012 Thank you for your purchase from Exportable Village! Ship to: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Case Postale 2500, CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt, Suisse Product detail
WE SHIP WORLDWIDE FROM THE VILLAGE
Product Dimensions: 10x10x16 feets (after assembly) Package Dimensions: 3x10.5x15 feets Domestic Shipping: Item can be shipped within Panama via ground shipping International Shipping: Item can be shipped via international ocean routes departing at Miraflores locks, Panama Canal
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To deal with the potential vacancy brought by discrete tenancy, kit-houses are disassembled when not in use. Upper levels of the village will turn into wind power stations with turbines; lower-level stacks will be used as container storages for cargo shipments. Although the concrete infrastructure is set to be a permanent piece, the village transforms with substitutable programs adapting to temporal scenarios.
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Transformation in between Kit-house; wind power station and shipping container storage
Jan 3rd 15 researchers settled for year-long study.
Jan 12th 250 students stop by before ocean trip
Mar 10th 50 road tripers moved in for week-long vacation
May 7th 315 residents on site including all potential tenants. 100ft
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TOKYO PENCIL BUILDING The wisdom under straitness Academic - Urban research & architectural design UM Tokyo Open City Studio Instructor: Teofilo Victoria; Adib J. Cure; Steven Fett Individual work Site: Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan May - Jun, 2016
Instead of monumental masterpieces, our cities are mostly composed of vernacular architecture which possesses spectacular adaptability under different urban scenarios. To a great extent, vernacular urban and architectural typologies represent the distinctive characters of life in different physical and social contexts of our built environment. Pencil building (ペンシルビ ル) refers to tall buildings in dense and irregular street blocks with extremely limited widths on their facades. In the old neighborhoods of Tokyo where lots become smaller due to increasingly frequent land redistribution, these skinny buildings are the spontaneous response to spatial and social pressure of life in Tokyo. Although many appear to be humble, pencil building become a significant typology in the vernacular architectural world of this intriguing city. Tokyo Open City Studio 2016 offered me an opportunity to study thoroughly on topics of Tokyo pencil buildizng. During the in-field documentation, I was fascinated by the variety of pencil buildings evolved in different neighborhoods and their harmonious existence within the urban contexts. 2 years after the initial study, I went back on this topic and rebooted a design practice of pencil building on a tiny site in Jimbocho. Practicing on this familiar typology with accumulated experience of living in Tokyo and refreshed ideas of architecture offers me new visions on the pencil building and its possibilities.
Phase 1: Research - The City of Pencil Building Walking through different neighborhoods of Tokyo and picking symptomatic pencil buildings to document shaped a valuable experience for typological research. With information regarding languages of facades, urban contexts, and program preference of pencil buildings in each neighborhood, the 61 samples documented in 7 neighborhoods provide a primary understanding of this typology for further study and design practice. In collaboration with several UM faculty and multiple architecture studios, including Atelier Bow-wow, this research will be continuously developed result in the publication of a bilingual book.
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18th Century - the force of nature
Early 20th Century - modernization
1950s - call for private land
The pre-modern street network in Tokyo had been organically shaped by topography before and during the Edo Period.
Regional plans started in Meiji period with the introduction of modern urban system. Lots evolved in various shapes and sizes.
Private landownership was established after the reassembly of the government. People started to rebuild the devastated city of Tokyo with houses on their own land.
1960s - more housings
1970s - bubbles arose
Post 1990s - dividing and going upward
The revitalization of Tokyo accompanied with rapidly increasing population, which brought high demand of housings and encouraged landowners to redistribute the lots.
The start of economic bubble increasingly shortened the life cycles of buildings and facilitated frequent redistribution of lots in order to fit more properties.
The increasing inheritance taxes became unsustainable. While lots are being sold and redistributed into smaller units, buildings get taller for space in vertical form.
Akihabara 秋葉原
Aoyama 青山
Ginza 銀座
Jimbocho 神保町
Kanda 神田
Shibuya 渋谷
Shinjuku 新宿
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Phase 2: Quick Design - Scholar’s Shelf Jimbocho, a neighborhood in the heart of Tokyo, is flourishing as a ‘scholar district’ with a large collection of bookstores; used-book markets; publishers and other educational resources. With vibrant scholars wandering and looking for affordable accomodations; exhibitions; books; coffee; and meditation spaces, the packed neighborhood has to squeeze every square inch in order to meet various needs of the community. In a cramped alley at the center of Jimbocho, a tiny parking space measures 20sqm can be an opportune site where a pencil building will provide a spetacular capacity including temporary dwellings, assorted living facilities, academic and cultural resources. 2 years after the initial study and design, I rebooted the project in May 2018 with experience of staying in Tokyo and refreshed ideas on architecture. In the strictly ordered society, Japanese youth are used to live within their self-defined rules without disturbing others or being disturbed. On the other hand, many have to live collectively in order to take a share of the limited spacial and social resources. For the sake of satisfying individual needs while maintaining a harmonious mutual living environment, a mix-used building has to, not only incorporate sufficient programs, but also adjust its character for new demands. Instead of a fettered monument on a tiny slot, incoming Jimbocho scholars need something like their bookshelfs where up-to-date resources present and replace obsolete ones. As variable and adaptable as the character of vernacular pencil building, my Jimbocho Scholar’s Shelf is an architectural cabinet where programs constantly update to fulfill instant demands of visitors and lessees.
the site is surrounded by various educatoinal resources
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In 1960s, Metabolists proposed their manifest in which our built environment consists of elements with different life spans. However, the temporal context put up certain limitations which obstructed their practices. Nowadays, In Tokyo where transitions of social and spatial needs constantly driving renewals of buildings in flexible forms, I am eager to reexamine Metabolists’ ideas on my project, symbolizing “permanent trunk” and “ephemeral leaves” with the pencil building framework and inhabitable cabins.
Primary Framework
25 - 50 years lifetime
Circulation System
15 - 25 years lifetime
Building System Pipe
10 - 15 years lifetime
Major Cabins
10 - 15 years lifetime
Temporary Cabins
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1 - 5 years lifetime
Kisho Kurokawa’s vision of architectural renewal (Proposed renewal for Capsual Nakagin Tower)
My experience of Tokyo architectural renewal (attached temporary bathroom on my shared house in Yoyogi-Uehara, completed in 4 days )
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
the primary framework takes shape with steel structure
the staircase; elevator; and integrated building system tube are assembled in the back
cabins with different programs are built on the ‘shelf’ with materials that are lightweight and easy to assemble
the Scholar’s Shelf should work with lessees and the neighborhood on updating programs with new cabins
9F - MUJI HUT+ (MUJI JAPAN) Japanese retail MUJI claims that MUJI HUT, a prefab wooden hut, can ‘immediately blends in with surroundings’ when put in any landscape. Then, how about putting it on the top of a pencil building in Tokyo? MUJI HUT+ aims to create a secrete teahouse in the flourishing neighborhood with a adapted MUJI HUT and a small garden on the top slot of the Scholar’s Shelf.
7F - Onsen in the Straitness (Shimizu-yu) Locating between the two Capsule Home floors, this bath cabin is designed with maximum efficiency. While most of the room is arranged for the sake of saving space, it still contains a classic Japanese bath where lessees are able to enjoy artificial onsen with snow outside and steam inside in cold winter days. Local bath such as Shimizu-yu will be in charge of design and operation.
5F - Open Kitchen (Atelier Bow-Wow) A kitchen and dining room shared by lessees. Apart from the plumbing wall on the west, the room is visually opened to the surroundings through curtain walls and sliding glass panels to the front balcony. Studios which persist in micro public space, such as Atelier Bow-Wow, will likely be interested in this small project.
3F - The Showcase (SANAA) This will be one of the most versatile slot in the Scholar’s Shelf. A 3.3m x 3.3m open-air deck will showcase sculptures; architectural prototypes; and tech-installations that are appreciated by the community. As Japanese designers, artists, and architects increasingly practice with interdisciplinary visions, SANAA might have something more than ‘Bubbles’ to exhibit...
1F - Lobby (Scholar’s Shelf Group) Mailbox; shoe racks; guest restroom; laundry facilities... this 11sqm space is packed with all you expect to see in a vernacular Japanese lobby. This seemingly ubiquitous design shapes particular daily routines, such as taking off shoes at the entrance while saying ‘ただいま’ (I’m back) to your roommate who is using the washing machine behind.
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Next F - Coming Soon? It is hard to know how the Tokyo Environmental Bureau will develop the planning and regulations regarding the building heights in the neighborhood. Although the Scholar’s Shelf is designed to be 24m tall which gives 9 slots vertically, the flexible steel structure promotes the building with potential of growing taller. Chances are the Scholar’s Shelf will get additional slots.
8F - Capsule ‘Jo 畳’ (Scholar’s Shelf Group) Comparing to the futuristic Capsule Home ‘Uchu’ for mens, girls living on 8th floor will have something more classic and cozy. With tatami, Shoji panels, and wooden finish, each of the 4 lessees will have her own little universe to read, meditate, and sleep in ambiguous light and shade.
6F - Capsule ‘Uchu 宇宙’ (Kisho Kurokawa Arc.) As one of the few remaining heritage of the Metabolism Movement, Nakagin Capsule Tower is waiting for demolition. Its prefab capsules once represented the cultural ideal and futuristic visions of Japanese architecture. With new materials and digital fabrication technology, the capsule that Kisho Kurokawa once expected will be found on the Scholar’s Shelf which links the past with the future.
4F - Paper Bookroom (Shigeru Ban Architects) Mini-architecture is always a field where progressive architects experiment their innovative designs. Working wih paper for decades, it will be a piece of cake for Shigeru Ban to design a mini bookstore with paper tubes. Afterall, Jimbocho is never lack of interesting bookstores. We might expect Ban-san to do something bolder if he would like to undertake this commission.
2F - Shipping Container Cafe (Starbucks) Embracing the tiny house trend, Starbucks has opened 45 mini coffee stores throughout the U.S. These mini stores are packed in ransformed shipping containers with minimum elements purely for a cup of coffee. As the Scholar’s Shelf offers excellent location and ideal slots for shipping container, coffee stores like Starbucks will likely to ask for a lease.
SCHOLAR’S SHELF JIMBOCHO
OPEN FOR LEASE
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INHABITABLE MANUFACTORY A trace from the past to the future Academic - Architectural design UM Core Architecture Design V Best combined approval of 3rd year Instructor: Eric Firley Team work with partner: Yang Liao Contribution: Pre-design; program analysis; design concept; graphic presentation Site: 19th Arrondisement, Paris, France Oct - Dec, 2014
Modernization progress and historical preservation are typically seen as opposite routes of architectural and urban design. However, there can be a designed trace penetrating time and promoting a promising future with a steady historical root. In the city of Paris where the profound history and the cutting-edge developments coexist, developments of street blocks with historical marks are in constant dispute with the involvement of ambitious developers and nostalgic citizens. The vacant lot at the intersection of the former Little Belt Railroad and Canal de I’Ourcq, previously occupied by a factory for long, is now being invested for student housing development in response to the demands of growing local design institutes in 19th arrondissement. The memory of local manufacturing industry may not bring contradiction against the investment. The project aims to revitalize the local industry with an inhabitable manufactory where students; faculties and design professionals live, study and work together.
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After the demolishment of the former factory, the site is full of possibilities with the canal view and the former railway structure to be developed. With the profound history of local industry, the project will bring significant public attention. By integrating a variety of programs including social housings, student housings, innovative manufactory, retails, design offices and public green space, the project of Inhabitable Manufactory Complex is designed to prompt a revival of local industrial development with a vision towards the future.
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The former factory and the Little Belt railways beside Canal de I’Ourcq nourished the inherent culture of industry.
Our new property fills in the block in a way pre-defined by rigorous Parisian context.
A Design Passage connects the canal walk to the neighborhood on the south.
A courtyard; roof loggias and sporadic green spaces contribute to an inhabitable environment.
Design Manufactory brings about a focal point to the complex which enriches the community with the reviving culture of industry.
Little Belt railway becomes Little Belt Park, which shapes a public attraction together with Design Manufactory and Design Passage.
In addition to residential facilities, the complex provides design and fabrication programs linked the Design Manufactory, including design offices, artware retails and experience centers which produce their products directly from the adjacent manufactory. The Little Belt Park transformed from the abandoned railway overlooks the manufactory as a view platform for the public to witness the culture of design and craft.
Housing
Design office / retail
Courtyard centered: 6 rowhouse units; 20 apartment units; 34 micro units
11 frontage units
Design Manufactory centered: 118 student dorms / micro units Canal view: 172 micro units
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17 Design Passage units 13 units with direct connections to the Design Manufactory
Circulation
Design Manufactory
7 cores
3 bays
aisles overlooking to Design Passage and Design Manufactory
21 storage units under Little Belt Park
The intriguing location of the site and the diversity of programs enriches physical and visual connections in between different sectors of the complex. Since most programs are oriented toward the public and Design Manufactory, movements and interactions of people in different zones become essential to the performance of the complex as an entity.
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canal - neighborhood The design passage that penetrates the blcok will transmit the canal experience to the neighborhood behind the complex.
courtyard - Design Manufactory The atmosphere of residential life and the creative working environment are not isolated from each other.
inside - outside The experience of Design Manufactory is brought to the public via Little Belt Park. The courtyard, on the other hand, is connected to the street.
revolving circulation On the upper floors, two parts for the block are connected by aisles and bridges, enhancing the sense of integration.
By positioning Design Manufactory between housings and the Little Belt Park, design and fabrication works are visually showcased to both the inhabitants and the public. Inhabitants, especially design students and design professionals will be attracted to involve in design and build as part of their study and life. Visitors will be amazed by this living cultural monument as part of their Little Belt park experience. After witnessing the production of certain interesting goods, they will also likely to walk down to the Design Passage for shopping.
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The complex
Design Manufactory
design professional
The public
product customization
learn & teach
order & craft customer
students learn from each other
order & design
consumption
craftsman manufactory cultural experience
order & craft
retailer
potential consumption
tourist
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ARK A city as a means of escape Personal - Independent study Design study on topics of: Infrastructure design; urban design; architecture design Site: Oceanic plates, Earth Apr, 2017 - present (ongoing project)
A conventional city is affiliated with a fixed geographic coordinate, from which the city develops itself within a limited physical capacity. Such city has to be passively defensive against environmental and social problems on the great premise of guarding its geographic site as the basis of its identity. In the context of environmental deterioration and social crisis throughout the world, our defensive proposals for the falling cities can hardly guarantee long-term effectiveness. By the time when irretrievable cities began to collapse, there will be ‘urban refugees’ compelled to escape from their hometowns. In addition to large-scale immigrations in between cities which may also be problematic, how about introducing a nomadic lifestyle with a city as a means of escape? Unlike a monument rooted on land which has to resist the external force reaching the site, when something is taken offshore, it can simply move along streams without countering formidable force. Every time when I see the skyline of Miami floating a few feet above water, I am reminded of Noah’s Ark in the Genesis flood narrative. What if we build settlements like Ark which take the enormous ocean as their site? Instead of necessarily searching for an unapproachable final destination like the legendary ship in the myth, our Arks may have the choice of constantly navigating themselves away from problems and altering their compositions for the benefits of the the newly born civilization in the sea.
The idea of Ark evolves among my living experience
Between 2007 and 2009, I created an ink drawing named Visionary City which does not take any specific site as reference. However, many buildings and street settings were drawn based on my impression of Zhengzhou.
Looking out of my window, I have to always renew my cognition of scenes with the ever-transforming urbanscape. If it is necessary for Zhengzhou to develop, then shall we take a bolder step beyond the geographic boundary?
P1: Hurricane Sandy in 201
Photo: scene beyond my window - Zhengzhou - China
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Public activities in the narrow alleys and streams of people walking through train stations in Tokyo offered me a sense that the ways these people live rely more on the density and great infrastructures than the fettered land underneath. Ark project is in progress...
P1: a parade in Ikebukuro
P2: Kita-senju Station - Tokyo - Japan
ARK - a global evacuation towards the sea in 2050 In the extreme scenario of 2050 when conventional cities are no longer capable of physically and socially sustaining urban life, urban refugees will have to leave their hometown in order to survive. In addition to the large-scale migrations between major cities, we might also consider an alternative settlement with a new nomadic lifestyle: a constant escape towards the next but not last desirable situation.
Ocean with its enormous resources can be a feasible platform for nomadic settlements. The highly developed sense and technology of marine navigation will help us establishing a movable city in the ocean. In addition, the abundant marine resources will support our settlements in a variety of ways.
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cities in danger of air pollution cities in danger of warfare cities will be affected by sea level rise cities with population toward thresholds cities with problem involving refugees mineral resources oil / gas resources
In 2015, I launched a conceptual proposal named City on the Sea after realizing how close Miami is to the sea level. To materialize my concept of Miami self-navigating on water, I created this micro-city with a huge aircraft carrier as its basement.
With frequent hurricanes and sea level rise issues, I can genuinely perceive the envronmental vulnerability of Miami. The skyline view from the port always reminds me of a huge ship on water. I occasionally wish it to be a real ship which can actively navigate itself away from disasters.
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2015 2017
In 2017, I revised my proposal of City on the Sea and created a new version named City Carrier after studying Metabolism and other avant-garde urban movements. Comparing to the previous proposal, this proposal highly emphasizes the evolvement of an integrated urban system on a nomadic artificial land.
Overlooking the devastated coastland of Ishinomaki which had been devoured by tsunami during the horrible March of 2011, I woundered if people were still optimistic on their seawall reinforcement. On the other hand, where should they go if they leave? Photo: post-tsunami coast - Ishinomaki - Japan
Miami Beach (mostly underwater) , 2050
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Ark can be an ever-evolving fleet consists of multiple interlocked platforms named Ark Units. While individual Ark Unit is capable of self-navigation, a group of linked units will provide power for the mobility of an Ark city. In addition to the neverending escape from problematic social structures and undesirable environment, Ark as a tabula rasa should also be free from other constraints that conventional cities suffer from. An Ark City should always adjust its master plan in response to social changes on board and environmental preferences in its temporal location. In some cases, Ark City may even dissolve and regroup into detached cities in order to deal with inevitable problems.
An Ark Unit may be navigate alone
It may be part of a connected Ark arrey
In addition to the self-sufficiency, Ark Units should also utilize their adaptability to help coastal cities solving their urban crisis. When applicable, they can attach to seaports as evacuation centers and artificial land for specific urban expansion plans.
It may be a small piece of an Ark city
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It may be part of the Manhattan Extension
Initiation Ark Units are floating platforms with power systems to sail in ocean, and linkages to connect with other units. Considering a primary transportation hub to be the spine of a start-up Ark City, the first unit should be an Port Unit.
Spine With 5 connected Port Units including 2 cap models (with airport terminals) at each end, a spine of Ark is shaped with an airport runway on the deck and a group of linear seaports beneath.
Evolvement The city begins to evolve on the two sides of the spine with several Inhabitable Units attached. These primary units provide artificial ground for urban structures.
Peak When a certain number of Inhabitable Units with a variety of urban programs connect to the spine, Ark reaches a periodical peak with a flourishing city and enormous population on board.
Rearrangement The linkages on each Ark Unit help instantly manipulating the master plan. In some case, Ark has to deal with environmental and social problems by rearranging its pattern. Ark might evolve into several cities by detachments of Ark Units.
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Inhabitable Unit 37 buildable lots; sea port; manufactory
Port Unit sea port; airport (terminals are on the cap model)
As a project in progress, I am designing alternative models of Ark Units alongside the overall concept development. At this stage, the primary Inhabitable Unit comes with an infrastructural frame on deck holding individual pieces of artificial land in stratiform. In addition to the 3D circulation system serving in-unit mobility, the frame also contains segments of monorails, and tunnels within underwater docks. When connected with other units, these segments will help creating an inter-unit circulating network. A series of infrastructural circulation promotes effeciency on the densely packed urban structure. While in progress of designing new models of Ark Unit, I am looking forward to explore new ways of living and moving on our future settlements.
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Roof 7 dedicated lots for public spaces; renewable energy station and agricultural production
Upper town 14 independent lots for urban development
Lower town 14 independent lots for urban development; 1 dedicated lot as public space; 6 ground openings toward Ark Manufactories beneath
Deck
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seaports on the two sides; Ark Manufactories at the center, processing imported goods and fabricating components for buildings and urban facilities
Primary Urban Unit: Length: 300m Width: 120m Height: 65m Draft: 32m
Commercial / mixed-use properties - rental; office; retail; mall; cinema; SOHO
Residential properties / production units - apartment; townhouse; single house; manufactory; agricultural production
Public facilities - museum; library; temple; market; swimming pool; greenery; roof garden with various pavilions
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lot - 30m x 36m; height limit: 17m
The distinctive features of Ark will bring interesting ways of urban development. In the nomadic context where frequent social changes and geographical relocation drive urban metabolism, designers and developers have to be wise and sensitive in order to provide instant response to catch up with rapid transformations. The demand of urban update offers great opportunities to explore the adaptability of design practice on Ark with its particular social and environmental context. Instead of being demolished and replaced, can urban facilities and architecture retain values in a constant progress of transformation? Can design offer a free yet safe start point from which architecture is able to spontaneously adjust itself and catch up with instant social needs?
original residential neighborhood ~ business district
business district detached residential neighborhood start to transform
new agricultural Unit attached food market ~ agricultural land
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1. Ark Transit Co. constructs an rental building in order to bring immigrants to live on the unit where a new monorail line operates.
2. In order to maximize the potential of the building, the designer creates an open-grid structure with attachable units.
3. For several years, continuous immigration brings tenants to the property where the number of attached units is increasing.
4. With the detachment of an adjacent unit. the company reduces trips of the monorail line. Tenants move out for job opportunities.
5. As tenants continuously move out, the property disassembles part of the building and creates green spaces for the public.
6. Eventually, the remained structure is transformed to be a herb center with plantation; farmer’s market and a organic restaurants.
Who is going to build Ark? What will it turned out to be?
administrative adjustment
within border
The City of Ark Country X Ministry of Ark
involves international waters
temporary refuge agreement
United Nations Ark Council
country of origin liability exemption
service by country
Ark International Cooperation
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cross-border service
diplomatic negotiations
Ark International Convention Ark International Free Zone
UN Stateless Certification issued political independence administration bunkrupt
Declaration of ROA Republic of Ark
political independence territorial debate
conflict Project failed
What does the next Ark Unit look like? Compact grid unit? Walking along streets in Manhattan of NYC and Ginza of Tokyo, a sense of density is delievered by narrowly packed lots with buildings spanning deeply for more space.
Photo: a street view in Manhattan, NYC, USA
Massive agricultural unit? Vertical farming system has been developed which increases the diversity of urban developments. When it comes to an ocean setting with high density of population, we have to take a bolder step on food production in response to potential food shortages.
Photo: vertical farming system in Singapore Public field unit? Although compact grid is significant in the concept of Ark, we have to think about public events that have to be done on a capacious platform.
Photo: Avaya Stadium in San Jose, USA Commercial street unit? Travelling in some small cities of Japan such as Kokura and Aomori, I saw the colossal arcades covering miles of commercial streets. They serve as urban cores where locals gather and spend time to walk around.
Photo: Shinsaibashi in Osaka, Japan Massive transit unit? My bullet train experience in China, Japan, and France offered me a sense of how efficient the massive transit is in a life involving frequent commuting.
Photo: the high-speed railway hub in Beijing, China
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SUPPLEMENT SHANGZHU ART STUDIO - Building expansion
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HANGING NEST - Treehouse
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SURVEY OF JAPAN - Sketch
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Supplement 1
SHANGZHU ART STUDIO The frame of the view Personal - Building expansion Practical project, personal commission Client: Yuebin Gong Contribution: Design concept; drawings & modeling Site: Dali Gongguan, Er-hai east bank, Dali, China Jun - August, 2014 Construction team: Jiawei Engineering, Dali Building construction: Jan, 2015 - late 2017 The commission is from my uncle Yuebin Gong who is an artist demanding a building expansion scheme to transform his lake-front house in Dali into an art studio. By directly discussing with Gong on site, the proposal evolved with his principles of art and my perception of the context. With Gong’s idea of ‘taking the lake view as pieces of mounted paintings revolving around my desk’, we designed a steel and glass structure attaching to the original house. While the transparency of glass blurs the sense of space and openness; sliding panels instantly adjust the actual openness. 60
5m
Original house
Jun 2014
Preparation
Jan 2015
Expansion
Aug 2016
Finalization
Nov 2016
Openness adjustment
Mar 2017
Supplement 2
HANGING NEST A shelter as part of the forest Academic - Treehouse design Upper level studio Instructor: Terence Riley; Manuel Rojo; Wesley Kean Individual work Site: Parque Nacional Soberania, Panama Jan, 2016 A harmonious way of viewing birds in a rainforest is to embed oneself into the forest like a bird in a nest. As a bird-viewing treehouse for hikers in Panama, my proposal is a nest-like shelter hanging on trees. Instead of stair or ladder which seems too interruptive in the environment, a winch system with cables allows dwellers to lift themselves within the nest from ground to their desired height. To further minimize its artificial appearance, the nest is hidden inside its twiggy coating. During a summer night when hanging nests twinkle in the canopies like glowworms, you may only hear the sounds of winches rotating, zippers of tents tugging, in addition to wind and songs of cicadas. 62
Mr. Hiker
Mr. Parrot
This is gonna be great...
A new guy?
Is that a red parrot?
Why can he elevate without wings?
Need to take a nap...
He stopped flying...
Good night, Mr. Parrot!
Good night... well, I’m just imitating...
Supplement 3
Tohoku (Sendai; Ishinomaki; Fukushim
Kanto (Tokyo, Yokohama, Karuizawa),
SURVEY OF JAPAN Instant impression on sketchbook Academic & personal - on site studies Kyoto Open City Studio & trips afterwards Instructor: Jorge Trelles; Carie Penabad Individual work Site: Japanese Archipelago May - July, 2015; Aug - Nov, 2017 Travelling to sites and recording the instant impression of architecture and scenes of built environments offers me a primary consciousness of how an architectural and urban culture is shaped. In summer 2015, Kyoto Open City Studio brought me to Japan for the first time and offered me opportunities to investigate the imperial world of Japanese architecture by documenting traditional architecture in Kyoto with ink on a sketchbook. In fall 2017, an internship at Shigeru Ban Architects enabled me to deeply investigate the archipelago of Japan with the same tools and a new emphasis on moments of urban lives. 64
Kansai (Kyoto, Nara) Summer 2015 (O
Kyushu (Fukuoka; Kumamoto; Kagosh
ma; Aomori), Oct, 2017
, Aug - Oct, 2017
Open City Studio)
hima; Ngasaki), Nov, 2017
Haoyu Wang Address: 6600 SW 57th Ave, Apt D301 South Miami, FL 33143 Phone: 916-281-5554 Email: why19930708@gmail.com