Selected Works 2022-2024
Hongyi Wang
HONGYI WANG
EDUCATION
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CONTENTS
INTERNSHIP
2023.12-2024.02
Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU), Wenzhou, China
2021.08-2025.06 : Second Class Dean's Scholarship, 2022&2023
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies (fully English taught)
GPA: 3.83/4.0 | Rank: 3/42
Honor
IPPR (Hainan) Engineering Design & Research Institute Co.,Ltd.; Sanya, China
Assistant Architect
Contributed to the design and construction project of the Sanya Yuan Yang Da Mao Ecological Village Art Installation
Carried out on-site study and research on the living habits of residents, and examined the characteristics of local building materials
Applied the construction method for structures primarily made of bamboo, wood, and steel
DESIGN COMPETITIONS
2023.12 The Architect TEAMZERO Award
International Architecture Design Competition for College Students
Individual Project: “Roman Baths: A New Tide”
Objective: Renovate the ruins of Hadrian's Villa to bring back the charm of Roman baths as focal centers for social and recreational activity.
Studied the background of Roman bathing culture, and considered how urban bathhouses in contemporary society are presented to people
Extracted architectural elements, internal circulation (such as the bathing routine of ancient Romans), and spatial logic from precedents, and translated these into my design
2023.07-10 UIA-HYP CUP International Student Competition in Architectural Design
Group Project: “Urban Carpenter”
Objective: Transform an unfinished building into youth apartments
Conducted preliminary analysis of the site, the population, and their psychological conditions
Completed 60% of the conceptual design, 80% of the interior design drawings and rendering
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
2024-2025 Project: Rethinking Sight in Architecture: Theory, History, and Experimentation
Principal Investigator: Daein Cheong
Joined this Student Partnering with Faculty Research Program as a core research member
Received a proposed funding of 30,000 yuan
2024 Project: Travel (individual) | Outcome: Honor Student
Advisor: Graham McKay
Analyzed the transportation and topographical features of Chongqing city Generated renderings, and fabricated solid models via 3D printing and hand-drawn techniques
Winner of InAward RED Design Contest - Project: Serpentine
Participant - Jijiadun Art Exhibition in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
Researcher - Taobao Villages and Rural Revitalization Research Project
Vice President - American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) WKU Chapter
Outstanding Volunteer - Chen Tianlong Art Museum
Nomination - WKU Yuankou Village Farmers' Market Renovation Design Competition
Nomination - WKU Gate Design Competition
CAPACITY
Software: Photoshop, InDesign, Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Lumion
Interest: Drawing, Photography
Language: English (TOEFL 93 ); Chinese (Native)
01
Rethink Contemporary Bath
Renovation and renewal based on the ancient Roman baths.
Defamiliarization
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
Design starting from the façade with theory of defamiliarization.
About Time
Transformation of high-density urban neighborhoods.
Infrastructure in Oil Spill Areas
Placement of infrastructure to mitigate oil spills.
Installation Project
Serpentine.
Furniture Project
Irregular chair with material attached to it.
Exhibition Project
Exhibition boards and peripheral product design.
Academic Workshop Project
Stacked Frames Workshop.
Rethink Contemporary Bath
Re-design of historic sites
Individual Work Site: Villa Hadrian, Rome, Italy Summer 2022
In the 2nd century BC, the Romans turned bathing into a social activity, building huge public baths with gardens, saunas, swimming pools and other ancillary facilities, and the baths are arguably the greatest building in Roman history. Nowadays, due to the fact that most people have a relatively private bathing space, in addition to the impact of global infectious diseases, people have gradually forgotten the bathing culture. Long-term self-isolation has increased the distance between people, and people's understanding of the bathing culture is not very profound.
In order to re-educate people about public baths as an indispensable way to socialize, I transformed the ruins of Hadrian's Palace, which has a rich cultural background of baths, to rethink urban baths in contemporary society.
The architecture here is a kind of node connecting the past and the present bath culture.
General Mapping of Villa Adriana
Above The Ground
The shape of the building is similar to that of the Serapeum and Canopus adjacent to it, and I have three main entrances. There are corridors and walkways on the surface, and people can enter the pavilion space on the mezzanine level through the entrance on the ground.
Main Entrance
Platform Entrance
Museum Entrance
Footpath
Pool
Praetorium
Large Baths
Serapeum
Canopus
Uphill Entrance
Column & Vault
The interior of the building uses a twelve-sided reinforced concrete structure as the main support structure. And on one side of each column there is an arched corridor with supporting columns the vault and supporting columns are made of reinforced concrete.
Viewing from the platform corridor towards the main body of the bath
Viewing from the einterior space of the bath under the pool
Reinforced
Concrete
Viewing from the exhibition hall on the mezzanine level
Defamiliarization
——Musuem in a speculated reality
Individual Work
Site: Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Spring 2024
The concept of "Defamiliarization" seems convoluted. But to put it simply is to emphasize that something in content and form is contrary to what people usually think is reasonable and reasonable in life. The antagonism and conflict created the phenomenon of "Defamiliarization". In architecture, "Defamiliarization" strengthens the sensory experience brought by architecture. When you are in the scene, you will be uncertain about the space or the facade you see.
I have made a theoretical study on the concept of "Defamiliarization", and made a detailed study of the concepts of "Ambiguity" and "Transparency" in architecture, and thought about how to apply them in the design of facade and space. The overall design starts from the perspective of the facade, because I think the facade of the building can bring the most intuitive feeling to people. The collage of opposites is misinterpreted and transformed to generate a new facade, and the technique of facade defamiliarization is continued to generate the interior space of the building.
About Time
——An Exploratory Travel to Light Utopia
Individual Work
Site: Chongqing,China Summer 2024
What is traveling? Traditionally, people travel from a permanent place of residence to a definite destination for recreation, relaxation or to perform various activities. People may derive pleasure from the process and relax physically and mentally. Thinking about it another way, if traveling could be a slow exploration of a miniature utopia from the existing environment. That is to say, those who are dissatisfied with the current state of their living environment, how would they imagine and think about the ideal living environment?
My site is in Chongqing, China, a city known as the "City of Mountains" because its main buildings are built on hillside terrain. This pattern makes urban planning and internal transportation very complex and threedimensional. The city also suffers from a high density of buildings and a lack of commuting. The people living in the city also lack long time contact with nature, and I want the ideal city to be coavered with green. Therefore, I chose a neighborhood with urban characteristics to transform and experiment with, creating a light utopian natural space for the people living in the neighborhood.
Infrastructures in Oil Spill Areas
—— Responding to the Nigerian Oil Crisis with Infrastructural Urbanism Theory
GroupWork:
Site & Theroy Research 33% Basic Drawings 33% Rendering Drawings 33%
Site: Oil spill area in southern Nigeria Summer 2024
In Ogniland, southern Nigeria, where the discovery of oil should have brought prosperity and rich natural resources, an intricate web of conflicts between local residents, capital, and government has intensified, binding the land tightly in corruption and poverty.
To face the complex challenges of the Ogniland region, we adopted Stan Allen's theory of Infrastructural Urbanism as a design framework. Focusing on the structural, functional, and transformative nature of infrastructure, we aim to mitigate the environmental problems of the oil spill and promote sustainable community development through innovative infrastructure systems.
We propose different solution strategies based on four representative scenarios We propose different solution strategies based on four representative scenarios. Soil Purification System, Water Purification System, Environmental Monitoring and Management System and Needle Aquaculture System. We also propose spaces and functions that are compatible with these systems.
Through these innovative infrastructure systems, we hope to bring substantial changes to the Ogniland region and promote the comprehensive development of the local economy, society and environment.
06 Furniture Project
2024 Winter Sanya
Participated in the sanya physical build program
07 Exhibition Project
2024 September Shanghai Rpdc Design Week
Participated in an award-winning and exhibited physical build project. Mainly responsible for the production of exhibition board drawings and the creation of art products.
08 Academic Workshop Project
2024 August Stacked Frames Workshop
Innovative design techniques were attempted and relevant drawings such as rendered sections were completed.