JASON WANG
Collection of Works 2009-2011
JASON SEAN WANG RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSITUTE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ‘14
462 S. Marginal Rd, Jericho, NY, 11753 wangj18@rpi.edu JasonSeanWang@gmail.com
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Elliptical Visions 1st Year Rensselaer Fall 2009 Landscape Emergent Housing 1st Year Rensselaer Spring 2010 1986 Field Rennovation 1st Year Rensselaer Spring 2010 Shaker Museum + Library 2nd Year Rensselaer Fall 2010 Redefine: Row House 2nd Year Rensselaer Spring 2011 Visiting Scholars Collective 2nd Year Rensselaer Spring 2011 Bio-Architecture Initiative 3rd Year Rensselaer Fall 2011
Name Address Telephone Email
Education
Experiences
Jason Sean Wang 462 S. Marginal Rd., Jericho, NY, 11753 1-(646)-491-2857 JasonSeanWang@gmail.com wangj18@rpi.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy , NY Bachelor of Architecture | Expected 2014 Minor | Electronic Media Arts Cumulative GPA | 3.39 Deans List | Spring 2009 - current
Material Witness Exhibition | Albany Internation Airport Gallery, NY Exhibition January 2010 - June 2010
The work of 1st year, 1st semester students that demonstrated the ideas about not only what material is but what it may become. Designed centerpiece with a team of 3 others, and helped construct the exhibit
Rensselar ‘86 Field Design Charrette | Troy, NY Spring Semester 2010
Project Leaders: David Riebe, Jefferson Ellinger Designer in a three day competition for a new design of a Rensselaer Football field that would respond to multiple factors. Responsible for aiding in design development and construction of final physical model.
Hyde Collection Charrette | Troy, NY Fall Semester 2011
Resume
Project Leader: Casey Rehm Designer in a three day competition for a new design of the Hyde Collection, Glen Falls NY. Responsible for design development and the creation of detail drawings.
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Proficiency Basic Knowledge
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint AutoCAD, Ecotect
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Ellipitical Visions
ELLIPTICAL VISIONS 04
Materials MDF, Fishing Line Studies My first exploration into cable net structure
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and the roles that tension and compression play within the system
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Materials MDF, Fishing Line Application The cable net system here is applied to one of our models in which a ring is suspended created by the tension inherent in cable net structures
Materials MDF, Fishing Line Application This model was created for the purpose of
designing to meet the demands of structure and efficiency as well as performing on a diagrammatical level. By suspending the model from the ground the forces were forced to be
Materials Acrylic, Transparent String, Lead Weights Location Albany International Airport Exhibition “Material Witness� Intent To become a spatial interpertation of a 2d diagram
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This “3 dimensional diagram“ is designed to discover the limits in which cable netting can be used in a design for a pavillion. The cable net provides certain lighting effects and transparency that I thought were extremely pertinent in designing the pavillion. Through multiple studies I began to attempting to achieve not only transparency, but a sense of weightless-ness in the pavillion to fully bring nature into the pavillion. The materiality of the model was also extremely important. All the materials had to pass a certain level of transparency in order to achieve my goal. The transparent string and the acrylic rings add to the illusion of levitation and weightlessness. The weights were chosen to be solid because it adds another layer of surrealism. The weights appear to be suspended by nothing and lead the eye to the final model as one looks upward.
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Landscape Emergent Housing
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Landscape Emergent Housing
Location Dunes around Sossusvlei, Nambia
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Photo Final Model
Photo Interior Space
LANDSCAPE
EMERGENT HOUSING
Axonometric Render
Section
Elevation
Being situated in the desert, the house incorporates the endless as well as the constantly evolving landscape. The horizontal slats that wrap give prominence to the horizontality of the desert landscape. The landscape would consume parts of the house at points obscuring views and opening others which gives the house a constantly renewable view as well as constantly changing the amount of light entering multiple parts of the house. Ideally the sand would fill and excavate itself from the interior courtyard creating different lighting situations depending on the amount of sand within the courtyard. This set of ideas would create a house that would “emerge“ or grow out of the landscape and the shift of the landscape would immediately and drastically impact not only the appearance of the house but also the spatial consequences of the changing light.
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1986 Field Renovation (Charrette)
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Photo Montage
Given site with proposed changes (Winter)
1986 FIELD
RENOVATION (CHARRETTE)
During this charrette we were challenged to redesign the ‘86 field at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The design is geared towards redirecting the flow of students on campus to a more efficient and more aesthetically pleasing route. Furthermore, in order to facilitate various outdoor activities, each section of the field was divided by the pedestrian paths for different activities from relaxing to sports. The dip in terrain formed by the field creates a visual break between the connectivity of the Union and the Hassan Square down into the Hudson River Valley. To remedy this issue a canopy a trees will be planted in order to “level“ the view so that there is no visual break a technique that is seen in Central Park, NYC.
Developed Hillside An area in which students may hang out, socialize and potentially do work. Utilized as a way to separate the academic buildings with the social center of the redeveloped field.
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Raised Landscape An area that although limits sport related activites provides an ideal area to socialize and relax within the field itself. A
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Open Field A integration of both hard and soft landscape to provide for both sporting events as well as other recreational events such as picnics.
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Diagram Longitudinal Section after Modifications
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Diagram Section AA
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Shaker Museum + Library
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Render
Original Artifact
Details
Final Model
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MUSEUM + LIBRARY
Among the many Shaker artifacts, I analyzed a broomcorn bin and was able to extract performative information from it. The high efficiency, compartimentalization, continous work pattern and densities of the broomcorn bin as it was sorted led me to a series of performance diagrams. The diagrams eventually informed the final shape of the Museum that is developed to house Shaker Artifacts, The repetition of the movement and the compartments in the original artifact are analogous to the flow and the segmentation of the museum. The galleries are separated by shafts of light, which allows for a continuation of space physically as well as being visually separated.
Materials Photos
Basswood, Chipboard, Cardboard Final Model
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Analysis A series of analysis that were abstracted from the original artifact. These generative diagrams would be the conceptual basis for the final project.
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01 Diagrams the tilt of the dividers over a set period of time. 02 Diagrams the relationship between densities of material as per the tile of the dividers. 03 Diagrams the combination of both densities as well as tilt as material begins to compile over a course of a day.
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1.68’
Reception Area
14.96’
Diagram
Longitudinal Section
12.69’
Gallery
18.04’
Model in Context
Details
Interior View of Model
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Auditorium
27.41’
Loading Area
Plan
Ground Floor
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Redefine: Row House
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Analysis These diagrams were generated from the original house as designed by Peter and Alison Smithson. 01 The floor plan of the House of the Future.
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02 This diagrams displays how the dynamic roof compresses and decompresses the space within as well as changes the way light penetrates the interior. The diagram also aims to display how a person diffuses through the space as the day progresses.
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Analysis This diagram demonstrates the circulation of people with-
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in the space in relation to the linearity of the movement of the person throughout a period of a day. Furthermore, it aims to demonstrate the shift in spatial affects as an individual traverses the interior of the house. The space contracts and expands around the individual through this journey
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Render House of the Future
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Night Render House of the Future
REDEFINE:
ROW HOUSE
Using tropes discovered through analysis of Peter and Alison Smithson’s House of the Future, I attempted to redefine the typical row house. The House of the Future by Alison and Peter Smithson attempted to redefine the house typology. From the extensive plans and sections detailing the work I redefined their work in my terms. The ideas of compression affecting the space within and the idea of diffusal of zones and “endless flow“ were ideas that I felt were the most pertinent in order to redefine the typical row house. I applied the logic of the tropes into a specific unit in which I replicated and morphed resulting in a building that compresses and decompresses due to programmatic uses and a circulatory logic that attempts to encompass a flow that not only provides fluid passage through all floors of the house but also deals with a diffusion of space for multiple inhabitants.
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Circulation 01 In order to accommodate multiple inhabitants I developed a intertwining spiral circulation which catalyzes interaction but does not force prolonged Development exposure. 02 The spaces demonstrate which areas are communal living areas and which are more private. 03 Using previous studies the skin is then applied to the circulation.
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Kitchen / Dining
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Library / Study Lounge / Living Room
Plan Communal Floor
Diagram
Longitudinal Section, Transverse Section, Long. Section Opposite View
Pathway from Street to River
Render
Interior View of Model
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Site
Troy , New York
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Visiting Scholars Collective
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Visiting Scholars Collective
Model Visiting Scholars Collective
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Render Visiting Scholars Collective
Model Visiting Scholars Collective
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Developed as an attempt to bridge together the busy urban landscape with the calming effects of the Hudson River the building acts as a hub that not only draws in visitors and potential residents, but the Hudson River as well. This idea is most evident in the cores as they divide the building into two sections. The cores encompass not only circulation but a blend of public and private space. The cores open themselves to both ends of the building in an effort to draw in both environments and creating this interstitial space within. The landscape is constructed to invite visitors to enter down into the landscape and under the building in order to absorb nature in a peaceful and controlled setting.
Render Site Plan
RIVER VIEW
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Study
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Render View from Park
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Apartment Units +3’
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Study +3’
URBAN LANDSCAPE
Visiting Scholars Collective
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Plan Floor 4
Diagram Section Perspective
1/8” = 1’ Section A|A Through Atrium | Core
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Diagram Longitudinal Section
Diagram Transverse Section 10’
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1/8” = 1’ Section B|B Through East Facing Units
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Sectional Cuts
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R RIVE
VIEW
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URBAN LANDSCAPE 10’
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Bio-Architecture Initiative
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Studies 01 The first day of experiments within the control cube. Air bubbles were given in order to inhibit growth.
02 The seventh day of growth in a cube with sugar added as a food source in order to speed up bacterial growth, which results in a quicker result in terms of spatial growth. 03 Fifth day of growth in cube with
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sugar. Exterior has solidified and provided a thick solid surface however interior appears to be constantly shrinking at a different rate. 04 Third day of growth in a test with sugar coated string in order to achieve a sense of direction and control over bacterial growth.
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BIO-ARCHITECTURE INITIATIVE
Given the premise of a Biological Future, this studio was challenged to design for the future using a biological material, in this case gelatin. This project uses the inherent information within E. Coli, to create space within a cube of gelatin. The E. Coli. grew within the limitations I created in order to guide the bacteria to grow in the direction I chose in order to implement some sort of control in a system of chaos. The experiments resulted in spaces that were carved out by the bacteria that may affect how architecture is approached and viewed through the lens of nature. The bacteria followed its genetic programming to produce the space and the result is truly biological architecture. To develop an idea of how to approach uncovering architecture instead of creating it is explored through these processes.
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Cube with Interior He
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Cube with Interior He
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Cube with Sugar Final Result
eating Result
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eating Final Result
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Bacterial Implantation
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