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Construction Management
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Lane Folk House Villa Design in Line with the Texture
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Stone Slabs Travel Mall Design for Phase 1 of Xili Plaza
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Slabs to Sky Gardens Office Building Design for Phase 2 of Xili Plaza
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N Angle Courtyard Strategy to Integrate Fragmentary Community
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Rotation and Overlay Bamboo Struts Composition
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Dun Mu Hall Survey and Drawing
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Drawing
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Photography
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Resume
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Construction Management Work Experience on Site I have 5-6 years of experience in construction management. After architecture and urban design study in university, I listened to seniors' advice and worked at the main contractors to learn how to build a building. I know what happens after drawings came out and before buildings been delivered to users. During my work experience, I worked on three big projects: Fire Service Training School, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, and Pak Tin Estate Phase 11. I took part in small projects, such as the renewing of dormitories of Hong Kong University and Linnan University, etc. Construction Progress There are three most essential points of construction management: time, money, and quality. I mainly took part in quality control and record progress. Matters were numerous on-site, and sometimes I also need to handle the transaction problems of workers. I need to know the progress of architecture. To build a building, workers tie rebars, erect mouldboards, pour cement, and demolish mouldboards. After erecting the walls, I would go to check the quality of the concrete surface. Only the surface of the concrete is fair and neat can apply upper layers to the walls. According to the orders of a specific trade, I would contact different subcontractors to start construction and installation on time. The progress was designed into different phases, base, underground, transfer floor, and above ground. Project managers called it milestone progress. Every floor had a schedule. The time of trades also needed records. Every week, progress meetings were held. On a workday morning, the foreman reported new conditions of the site: the subcontractors on-site and the workload of the workers on their duties.
Construction Schedule
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A Site Wak Defects Record
A Concrete Defects Rectification Schedule
Quality Control
Methodology of Curb Installation
In 2019, I took part in the whole progress of construction. In a drawing, only two lines mean a set of procedures on site. Before starting a new trade, I must make sure architects approve the drawings; the materials' certification is available and recognized; the methodology is practical. Colleagues of QS told the project team the chosen subcontractors. In addition, I would check if there were enough workers got license issued by the council of construction. When starting a new trade, I would fill record the date in the progress file. A methodology meeting is a must thing. Telling coordinators and subcontractors details of contractor got twice the result with half the effort. A methodology meeting includes instruction of materials and facilities, preparation, construction flow, accepted standard and rectification measure. Safety officers and environment officers must be present. If the trade used materials about green architecture, I would also report it to QS Department, and they could apply supernumerary fees from the government. Because the site lack human resource, sometimes safety officers can't be present in methodology meeting. I got a certification in safety supervision. Safety is the top priority of a project. I would not only held methodology meetings for quality control but also take photos and record the procedures. On the site, new quality problems and solutions may occur. If any new foreman entered our project team, I would transfer the information to newcomers.
11 Items of Inspection Methodology meeting is a critical way to improve quality. Some trades need a long period of construction. Sometimes, holding just one meeting is not enough. When quality problems happened repeatedly, I would call foremen, subcontractors, and workers to held meetings twice, even more times. When I did the site walk, I would also check a worker randomly to ask if he or she knew the must-know knowledge about quality control. When workers finished work, I would check the quality. Foremen are good partners, and they would tell the details and condition of the site. If quality problems happened, I need to find someone to do rectification and make a schedule. If the subcontractors delay, I will issue a formal alert letter. When contractors impacted the whole progress and had a bad performance, I would negotiate with the project manager to change a subcontractor.
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Architecture Coordination In construction, problems are numerous every day. Sometimes I would go to the site by myself. Sometimes foremen help to check. Problems happened every day. One detail may conflict with another. Some design looked good in drawings may be a big problem of the whole construction. In the site office, I worked among civil engineers and building service engineers. I always have meetings with clients and project team staff. Purchasing staff, safety officers, and environment officers also need to work together. A project was a giant nest. We are all involved and try our best to build a building together.
This is a drawing combined ceiling and layout plan. I discussed with the building service engineer and QS staff to modify the details.
On the right, there is a shop drawing depicts the components used in the construction of precast walls. In Hong Kong, precast walls are also called "drywall". On the site, workers call it "cookie wall." I asked industry manufacturers to figure out the function of each component. There are a lot of shop drawings different from bidding drawings.
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Material Submission Form
Specification lists the requirements of submission Material Management According to progress, the coordination team would choose the appropriate material for use. Before submission, I would check specification documents and drawing requirements. Then I would ask suppliers to provide needed information for approval. Only approved materials can be used on site. There are four steps of material management: purchase, deliver, store and use. Every step has its own requirements of the materials.
PURCHASE
DELIEVER
STORE
USE Four Steps of Material Management Material Submission Schudule
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Lane Folk House - Villa Design in Line with the Texture Wu Zhen, Zhe Jiang Province, China Individual Work In canal towns in South China, uneven terrain made roads and streets tortuous like streams. Unlike strictly planned layout in flat ground Western China, the roads in the south area are naturally grown, winding and non-parallel. The folk houses scattered along roads, creating a non-rectangle shape garden and courtyard. In this project, the small modern villa preserves the form of tortuous lanes. By an arrangement of rotating walls and blocks, non-parallel motion flow and gardens are introduced into this design. Also, in limited space, views are set from high and low. The rich spatial experience evoked historical culture memory. Texture
Prototype
Generating Scheme - GF
Generating Scheme - 1F
Panel Roof Sheathing
Roof Interior Finishing Panel
Rafter
1F Enclosure
1F Slab
GF Enclosure
GF Slab
The walls are bearing walls without columns. So the rooms are neat and clean. Walls create rooms and also define the void part - garden in the space. Rafters sustain the weight of roof panels. There are three parts of the function. The living room and dining rooms are on the Ground Floor. And the studio is on the second floor. The bedrooms are most private and on the upper level. In the view of separation, Steps indicate and distinguish the three different parts. 6
N 0 1 2
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4M
Front Elevation
Right Elevation
Back Elevation
Left Elevation
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Ground Floor
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Garage Maid Room Storage Living Room Dining Room Kitchen Wash Room
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1st Floor
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Study Room Bed Room 1 Bed Room 2 Bed Room 3 Bed Room 4 Wash Room
The courtyards and green areas are inserted into the house. When flowing through space, no matter where you travel, you can enjoy harmony with nature. Landscape design doesn't mean a different design of architecture. Architecture and landscape get along swimmingly with each other. When being gravel, stone, and soil, green area are defined.
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Stone Slabs Travel - Mall Design for Phase 1 of Xili Plaza Shen Zhen, Guang Dong Province, China Individual Work The site is located in a new development zone. There are urban express railway and bus station on the north side. Streams of people hustled and bustled, flushing out the transportation junction, walking into the mall, rushing into the office building. The residential community settled on the west and south side. The side had a favorable view of the river on the north and a park on the east. The height level between east and west is 5 meters. Shopping crowds visitors can approach the park along with the stone slabs when they go shopping. In the atrium, water flows as an indoor scene. Ascending the slabs, and the visitors reached the upper level of the mall. The traveling experience brings people into a relaxing and unraveling pedestrian street. Generating Scheme
Lift for Mall Lift for office Building for Phase 2 Project
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N 0
50M
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2
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Ground Floor Plan
General Plan
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1 Stone Slabs Mall 2 Urban Express Railway Station
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View from Atrium
Stone Slab Steet in Hong Kong
Commercial Street in the Summer Palace
Outdoor pedestrian streets and shops along the river are the original exchanging place in traditional space. 13
The river across the road
water pump
irrigation into ground flushing cleaning fire fighting
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B1 Floor Plan
B2 Floor Plan
Mezzanine Floor Plan
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1st Floor Plan
2nd Floor Plan
3rd Floor Plan
4th Floor Plan 16
East Wing Shopping Route
visitor entrance
to park
visitor entrance staff entrance
West Wing Shopping Route
visitor entrance good entrance
staff ntrance visitor entrance
office entrance
Section 1-1
Section 2-2
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Stone Slabs break down the stagnant sensation of floors.
Facade Design The greyscale presents the permeability of the block materials. Darker color means the facade covers views. However, lighter color means the facade has an open view. Combinations would weaken the building's volume sense, and interlocked facade has a more friendly face to the urban.
glass
double glass
glass & metal cladding
white wall
white wall & metal cladding
metal cladding
South Elevation
East Elevation
North Elevation
West Elevation 18
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Slabs to Sky Gardens - Office Building Design for Phase 2 of Xili Plaza Shen Zhen, Guang Dong Province, China Individual Work The tower building is located in the east wing of Xili Plaza. In the morning, office workers reach the 43-floor office building via a bridge when taking the urban express, vehicle roads, and pedestrian path. The gardens which set at intervals resolve verticle height. Ramps connect different levels. People in the split level get access to the office building gardens and public space, such as lecture room, multi-function room, gym, etc. The green area and water view in the gardens respond to the hills and rivers across the streets, making the landscape design communicate with the views of the city.
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Selection of modeling
Gardens & Ramps
Refuge Floor High Zoom Core of High Zoom
Refuge Floor
Middle Zoom
Core of Middle Zoom
Low Zoom Refuge Floor
Core of Low Zoom
Mall
Park
Fire Lift Freight Lift Low Zoom Lift Mid Zoom Lift High Zoom Lift
Diagram of Lifts 22
8th Floor Layout Plan
20th Floor Layout Plan 23
36th Floor Layout Plan
40th Floor Layout Plan 24
Soil Filter Drainage Root Barrier Protection Waterproof Membrane Insulation Vapour Barrier Draining Slope Structural Concrete
Detail A
Detail A
Tile Tile Adhesive 2 Layers of Waterproof Membrane Structural Concrete
Lighting
Water Stop Bevelved Edge
Detail B Detail B
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N Angle Courtyard - Strategy to Integrate Fragmentary Community Nanping, Fujian Province, China Group Work with Lu Peiqi and Huang Chunyan There are lots of places in China that are called shantytowns. They fall behind for different reasons while the modern city is developing. They become the forgotten corners of cities. The physical environment is dominated by chaos: fragmentary low buildings, fragmentary public space and the problems of dilapidation, overcrowded houses against regulations, disordered transportation, poor public security, inadequate ventilation, and abysmal lighting condition. The aboriginal people with low income desire to regenerate the community from the deplorable living environment. Daokou Community of Shuinan District in Nanping is a typical shantytown. The public space organization is fragmentary and trifle. The plan aims to create a new open sharing public space and provide a more vigorous lifestyle. Meanwhile, we discuss the renewal mode of the fragmentary space integration for applying to similar cases.
Before Regeneration
Remnant
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Existing house
Dot
Line
fragmentary house
Plane
create courtyard
fill the gap
N=3
N=4
N=5
N=6
N=12
N=17
N=21
N=7
The strategy to deal with fragmentary houses and public spaces is to make fragment parts integrated. Make arrangements to help the outline and texture of the overdispersed, disordered settlements concise, centric, and organic organized. Public services and facilities replace the forgotten garbage dump, such as flower beds, mailbox, recycling center, road lamp, etc. Path space becomes broad and accessible.
N= ∞
N means the number of fragmentary houses. N houses connect and become as N angle courtyard. This mode is suitable in similar communities which lack public space. Generating Scheme
Origin
Demolish
Fill in the fragmentary space
Design courtyards
Diagram of Sight in courtyards
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General Plan
Community Elevation
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Aerial View
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Diagram of Slope
Slope
Slope Flat
Before
Flat
After
Diagram of Road Before
Main Road
After
Main Road
Diagram of Parking Plots Before
Parking Plots
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After
Vehicle Flow
Parking Plots
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Rotation and Overlay - Bamboo Struts Composition Individual Work Module - One Layer Two Surfaces
Division
Rotation
One Layer Unit
Two Layers Overlay
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Four Layers Overlay Turn Over and Cut
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Dun Mu Hall - Survey and Drawing Group Work with Huang Chunyan, Yu Shuiyu and He Xiaoli
210 x 150 ceramic brick 245 x 54 smoked brick
Front Elevation
painting 245 x 54 smoked brick
white plastering wall
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Section
Drawing Copy Works
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Photography
Eiffel Tower
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Notre-Dame de Paris
Louvre Palace
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Views in City University of Hong Kong
WENJIE GUO E-mail: wjginhk@gmail.com / Mobile: 5681 7242 Availability Date: Immediate
[EXPERIENCE] 12/2019 - 05/2021
11/2017 - 11/2019
11/2016 - 09/2017
12/2014 - 07/2016
07/2012 - 01/2013
Freelancer • Self-study on Architecture and Prepared Architecture Portfolio • Volunteer Technical Co-ordinator (Architectural), Chun Wo Construction & Engineer Co., Ltd Pak Tin Estate Phase 11 • Architecture Quality Record and Site Walk Inspection • Trained Foreman Quality Standard and Held Methodology Meeting • Material Submission and Material Management • Made Progress Schedule and Control • BIM Modeling to Find Discrepancy between Architecture and Structure Assistant Designer, Ming Kai (Asia) Limited • Interior Design and Landscape Design • Drew Shop Drawings and Other Shop Drawings • Government Documents Procedures Assistant Engineer, Design Team, China Overseas Limited Hong Kong Fire Services Training School & Hong Kong Children's Hospital • Drew Internal Fitting-out Drawings and Modified Details • Coordinated with the Consultants, Project Team, and the Subcontractors on Details • Attended Progress Meetings Architect Trainee, Nanping Architecture Design Institute • Drawing and Modeling
[EDUCATION] 09/2013 - 10/2014 09/2008 - 06/2013
Master of Urban Design and Regional Planning City University of Hong Kong Bachelor of Architecture Xiamen University of Technology
[CERTIFICATION] 08/2019
Safety and Health Supervisors (Construction) Occupational Safety & Health Council
[AWARD] 11/2011 01/2011
Third Prize in National Structure Design Competition for College Student Top Scholarship (Top 2/350 Students in Architecture Department)
[SKILL] SOFTWARE LANGUAGE OTHERS
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Vray for SU, Photoshop, In Design, Rhino, Revit, Lumion Mandarin, Cantonese, English Freehand Sketching, Watercolor Painting, Photography
[OTHER INVOLVEMENT] 06/2018 - 11/2018 12/2016 06/2013 - 02/2018
Organizer and Host, the Great Bay Area Conference from Transportation Development Lecturer, "Guo Ke" Youth Club in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Movie Critic, Hit Rate up to 300K+
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