Jessica Wang | University of Waterloo Architecture | Fall 2024 Portfolio

Hi, I’m Jessica Wang, and welcome to my portfolio!

I am a second-year Architecture student at the University of Waterloo, passionate in how Architecture connects the individual, the society, and the environment together in a sustainable, innovative fashion. I am eager to convey a cohesive narrative through creative problem solving and to collaborate to address multi-scalar world issues.

Thank you for your consideration,

Let’s get in touch!

j82wang@uwaterloo.ca 647-532-3343

linkedin.com/in/jessica11wang/

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Datum Onderwerp

3 June 2024, Amsterdam

IBAN: NL43ABNA0555222160

Datum Onderwerp

KVK: 86825283

BTW: NL864100437B01

IBAN: NL43ABNA0555222160

3 June 2024, Amsterdam

Letter of Recommendation for Jessica Wang

To Whom It May Concern,

Letter of Recommendation for Jessica Wang

To Whom It May Concern,

It is my great pleasure to write this recommendation letter in support for Jessica Wang.

It is my great pleasure to write this recommendation letter in support for Jessica Wang.

Jessica worked with us at FABRICations as an intern from January to April of 2024. During her time with us, she proved to be an exceptional colleague - demonstrating reliability, creativity, and motivation in her role as a designer.

Jessica worked with us at FABRICations as an intern from January to April of 2024. During her time with us, she proved to be an exceptional colleague - demonstrating reliability, creativity, and motivation in her role as a designer.

Jessica primarily contributed to a number of projects, producing diagrams, models, and renders, that spanned Architecture, Urban Design, and Landscape Design. She shows evident care and commitment in her work, taking on any task given to her with diligence and efficiency. Jessica was focused, enthusiastic, and well-organized, a quick learner and highly adaptable, with a strong drive and exciting potential.

Jessica primarily contributed to a number of projects, producing diagrams, models, and renders, that spanned Architecture, Urban Design, and Landscape Design. She shows evident care and commitment in her work, taking on any task given to her with diligence and efficiency. Jessica was focused, enthusiastic, and well-organized, a quick learner and highly adaptable, with a strong drive and exciting potential.

She first worked on IKDB creating colorful illustrations and diagrams of our design strategies and framework, translating conceptual information into clear visuals. She also made site models in preparation for community feedback sessions. In her work on the Tata Steel project, Jessica leveraged Grasshopper and Rhino to create comprehensive 3D models of the site from scratch. She employed Enscape to produce high-quality renders from different perspectives and scales, highlighting key concepts of sustainability and resilience. Later she worked on the Urban Sky Lab project, imagining a future scenario where drones are implemented in the network of the city of Amsterdam, for an exhibition at Arcam.

She first worked on IKDB creating colorful illustrations and diagrams of our design strategies and framework, translating conceptual information into clear visuals. She also made site models in preparation for community feedback sessions. In her work on the Tata Steel project, Jessica leveraged Grasshopper and Rhino to create comprehensive 3D models of the site from scratch. She employed Enscape to produce high-quality renders from different perspectives and scales, highlighting key concepts of sustainability and resilience. Later she worked on the Urban Sky Lab project, imagining a future scenario where drones are implemented in the network of the city of Amsterdam, for an exhibition at Arcam.

I recommend Jessica with no reservations and am happy to represent our firm in saying she would be a valuable addition to your team as well. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like any additional information.

Sincerely,

I recommend Jessica with no reservations and am happy to represent our firm in saying she would be a valuable addition to your team as well. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like any additional information.

Sincerely,

Ludovica Beltrami Architect - Office Manager

Ludovica Beltrami

Architect - Office Manager

education

Sept 2022 - Present

Cambridge, ON

June 2023

Virtual

Sept 2018 - June 2022

Markham, ON

skills

curriculum vitae

University of Waterloo

Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies Honors Co-op

Harvard Graduate School of Design

j82wang@uwaterloo.ca

647-532-3343

linkedin.com/in/jessica11wang/

Design Discovery Virtual, an online academic program exploring the disciplines of Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Planning

Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School

Ontario Scholar with 4-year Honor Roll Status

Core French Certificate

Technical

Rhino

Enscape

Adobe Creative Suite

AutoCAD

Revit

Grasshopper

Lumion

work experience

Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Analog

Model making

Hand drafting

Woodworking

Laser-cutting

3D Printing

CNC Milling

Languages

English

Mandarin

Fuzhounese

French (limited proficiency)

Sept 2023 - Present

Cambridge, ON

July 2023 - August 2023

Markham, ON

achievements

March 2024

April 2023, Dec 2024

Sept 2023

July 2023

April 2023

Sept 2022 - Present

Sept 2022

Sept 2022

Architecture and Urbanism Intern: FABRICations

– Produced illustrations and diagrams describing multiple facets of the framework for a new Innovation District, to be published as a book

– 3D modelled and rendered visualizations of large urban projects at varying scales – Built a physical model in preperation for community outreach and feedback meetings

University of Waterloo Work-Study Research Position: Planting Imagination

– Created a How-To-Guide sharing the co-design appproach developed for Chinatown community

– Designed illustrations to convey research on 3D scans, point clouds, and meshes of Chinatown in a comprehensive, visually compelling manner

– Translated executive summaries of Chinatown research Simplified and Traditional Chinese text

Renovation and Construction Assistant: Rui Chun Renovation and Construction

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Worked and assisted on-site for small scale residential renovation projects

– Conducted precise site measurements and documented existing conditions using analog sketching and photogrammetry techniques

Work Exhibited at the Amsterdam Centre for Architecture

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Urban Sky Lab – Designing for Drones in the City , under FABRICations

1B and 2A Term Dean’s Honours List

– Recognizes the top 10% of students of each class of the term

Winner for ArchiDots’ 2023 Freshman Category Student Showcase

Shortlisted for Buildner’s Yoga House in the Bog Competition

Selected for Canadian Architecture Student’s Association’s 2023 RAIC Student Showcase

Excellent Academic Standing at the University of Waterloo

Robert Kerr Scholarship Recipient

– Awarded to 1 outstanding undergraduate student entering first-year studies, alternating annually between the School of Architecture and the School of Planning

President’s Scholarship of Distinction Recipient

– Awarded to those with an entrance average of 95%+

anchor

fall 2023

fishing museum in Toronto, Ontario ARCH 292 Design Studio supervised by Lola Sheppard + Michael Fohring + Quan Thai

rhino // lumion // enscape // illustrator // photoshop

Located in the heart of downtown Chinatown, Anchor is a museum that revitalizes lost fishing cultures and traditions in Fuzhou, China. The museum establishes the relationships between fishermen, fish, and food, bridged between the environment of water. Light and intersecting sight lines re-establish these connections through an interior atrium. Elements of water are considered through lighting, dichotomies of horizontality and verticality, and the juxtaposition of dark and light atmospheric conditions, engaging the senses in an architectural representation of water and the deep, vast ocean.

parti

yin yang

- black - dark - water - passive

- white - light - fire - active

split & rotate

river-like path splitting the yin and yang; forms rotated to maximize daylighting towards the centre

adapt to site

shaped orthogonally to fit the rectangular site more efficiently

extrude & push/pull

entrance is pushed back and restaurant is pulled forward to blend with existing site context and street facades

vertical offset water circularity

offsetting floor heights and stacking of programming establish different viewing relationships

building collects and filters rain and grey water and recycles water used for gardens and water elements

fishermen's equipment display

fish display exhibition

cloud nine

selected for CASA’s 2023 student showcase winter 2023 library in Toronto, Ontario ARCH 193 Design Studio supervised by Isabel Ochoa + Rick Andrighetti

rhino // enscape // illustrator // photoshop

Cloud Nine, a public library, emphasizes the idea of an intergenerational community through a shared space for collective growth. Its unique form establishes the overlapping of both views and spaces that foster a pursuit for a stronger future together as a collective. The integrated café and child daycare facility provide convenience and comfort in this cloud of knowledge, with its curving book stacks climbing and tapering to invent framed views of the surrounding space. Skylights and domed drop ceilings allude to an uplifting pull towards the sky, encouraging the fulfillment of one’s dreams.

concept diagram

legend 1. lobby 2. comput er lab 3. ca fé 4. meeting /flexible areas

8. administr ation room 9. break room ground floor plan underground floor plan

5. st udy areas

6. washroom

7. day care

longitudinal perspective section cross section

The library separates its programming into public and private floors, providing two lobbies for their respective uses. The lower floor is solely dedicated to the childcare facility, with a private entrance towards the outdoor play area. The main floor becomes increasingly public as one moves towards the other entrance, located on the opposite end of the building.

The main floor utilizes book stacks as semi-transparent partitions, providing a sense of shared space amongst the community as one interacts with it, revitalizing the idea of the commons. Each book stack is unique; using nooks and crannies to create secondary spaces with embedded seating and using tapering forms to create views.

wave

winter 2023

pedestrian bridge in Kitchener, Ontario ARCH 193 Design Studio

supervised by Isabel Ochoa + Rick Andrighetti

rhino // enscape // illustrator // photoshop

Wave takes the form of its namesake in multiple different ways: the circulation follows a sinusoidal wave; the elevations mimic the movement of the sea, gently rocking up and down; and the shading devices are visually inspired by them, creating loose, organic curves. This wheelchair-accessible bridge provides resting spaces protected by the sun from both east and west, with dipped lookout points opposite to them. Illumination of the pedestrian bridge at night provides safe access across the park as a new wayfinding landmark.

DN32 steel hand rail 1100mm above deck

DN32 steel guard rail

DN40 steel tubing

2700mm x 660mm x450mm maple wood bench

rest area with adjacent campanion seating and side transfer from wheelchair

38 mm x 89 mm glulam decking

45 mm tactile indicators

130 mm diameter waterproof LED floor embedded lighting

turning diameter of 1500 mm

sloped at 12%

maximum width of 3500 mm

tube to siding connection detail

cable to guard rail connection detail

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14. concre te footing

perforated metal cladding

DN40 st eel tubing with outdoor LED strip lighting

DN32 st eel hand rail 1100mm above deck

4. 5mm diame ter steel cables

5. DN32 st eel guard rail

6. 2700mm x 660mm x450mm maple wood bench

7. 45mm tactile ind icators

38mm x 89 mm glulam decking

150mm diame ter waterproof LED floor embedded lighting

30mm metal siding

200mm x 100mm H.S.S

310mm x 550mm wide flange beams

elas tomeric bearing connection

hestian oasis

winter 2023 residential house in Tampere, Finland

ARCH 126 Environmental Design supervised by Anna Beznogova in collaboration with Jessica Jia

rhino // illustrator // photoshop

Hestian Oasis provides a sustainable forest escape from the loud, urban world for a pair of sculpture and ceramic artists. Hestian Oasis maintains net-zero energy through the use of both a wind turbine and photo-voltaic panels, and maintains a net-zero water system with local groundwater sources and the filtration of rain and gray water. It is passively heated through the combined recycled heat of an anagama kiln, sauna, and pellet stove and retains heat through the curving cave-like walls and the thermal masses of the residence.

Hestian Oasis builds a connection between its spacious patios that connect the kitchen and access to the kiln room down in the basement. unique geological formations, notably mimicking These walls are built with local pine wood, abundant within. The floor, steps, and built in bench nooks though cut into modular hexagonal tiles to ease

roof plan

underground floor plan

its occupants and the outdoor environment, with the pottery room to the lake shore, while providing easy basement. The house itself garners inspiration from Tampere’s mimicking caves through its curving walls and stepped rooms. abundant in the lush forest where the house is situated nooks area also composed of this vernacular material, ease the construction process.

legend

living room

pottery room

luminara house

winner for ArchiDots’ 2023 Freshman Showcase shortlisted for Buildner’s Yoga House in the Bog spring 2023

residential house in Baltic Sea Coast, Latvia in collaboration with Renelle Handa + Jessica Jia

rhino // illustrator // photoshop

Luminara House is an idyllic retreat nestled within the lush forests of Latvia, immersing its inhabitants in the Baltic landscape through its tree-house-like design that mimics the surrounding vegetation. The arch is a recurring motif that frames these views, both externally through delicate metal cladding, and internally, where the wooden, central arched walls form an inviting atrium space that can be viewed from all levels. Extending to the greenhouse, inhabitants enjoy year-round access to native flora, while floor-to-ceiling windows offer panoramic views of lush landscapes - both bringing nature inwards.

At the heart of the yoga house is a commitment and biophilic design that can withstand Latvia’s with its surroundings, leaving a minimal ecological as you practice yoga on the outdoor deck, bathed with natural light, where the sun’s gentle energizing your practice.

floor plan

commitment to sustainability, utilizing locally-sourced materials Latvia’s humid, coastal climate. This house harmonizes ecological footprint. Immerse yourself in the elements or the greenhouse in colder months. Step into a world gentle rays illuminate every corner, uplifting the spirit and

second floor plan

third floor plan

fourth floor plan

exterior pine wood siding

continuous air barrier

vertical wood strapping

building paper

rigid insulation

wood studs with batt insulation

interior vertical pine wood framing

interior horizontal pine wood framing

detailed building wall section

plywood

gasket

chamomile

yar row

juniper medicinal plants 1

longitudinal perspective section exploded material axonometric greenhouse legend

ribw ort plantain

cucumbers

toma toes

cabbag e above ground vegetables 2

strawberries

cranberries

blackberries fruits 3

onion root vegetables 4

turnips

beets

pota toes

professional works: urban sky lab

exhibited at ARCAM Urban Sky Lab winter 2024

Design Exhibition in Amsterdam, Netherlands completed under FABRICations

illustrator // photoshop // lumion

Urban Sky Lab takes to the sky and explores spatial planning of the airspace above Amsterdam, in a future where drones become major transportation facilitators. Drones move between hubs and through corridors that are organized into categorical layers by drone type, located along main highways and roads.

professional works: Innovatie Kwartier Den Bosch

rhino // illustrator // enscape // photoshop winter 2024

Innovation District in Den Bosch, Netherlands completed under FABRICations

IKDB takes the former industrial district next to Den Bosch’s central railway station, and transforms it into a vibrant innovation district full of life and technology. Blending high-tech company workspaces, new residential apartments, green public spaces, and more with existing historical buildings, the districts tells an exciting story of new and old.

professional works: tata steel to tata city

winter 2024

Urban Intervention in IJmuiden, the Netherlands completed under FABRICations

rhino // grasshopper // enscape // photoshop

The site transformation of Tata Steel IJmuiden, a major steel manufacturing company, into a bustling intercity space open for public recreation, aims to clean the soils and waters from over a hundred years of pollution emissions. Now, the site aims to educate the public and restore natural heritages, all while revolutionizing industrial processes in a more sustainable and circular way. Through new hydrogen processing plants, glass production, steel production, electric transformer stations, and timber manufacturing stations, Tata Steel will assemble pre-fab, modular housing blocks for Tata City across the river, port, and restored dune landscapes.

Existing Site at 4m and 8m of Flooding

other works:

Yanghwa Hangang River Park

summer 2023

landscaping project in Seoul, South Korea

Design Discovery Virtual rhino // illustrator // photoshop

Yanghwa Hangang River Park, located in Seoul, South Korea, faces yearly flooding due to heavy seasonal rainfall and a myriad of climate related issues. 1.5 to 1.3 billion EUR is projected to be spent annually in repairing damages from riverline flooding in South Korea, with estimates of 0.9 to 4.5 billion EUR in costs by the end of the century. Specific design interventions using bioretention techniques are proposed to better divert flooding away from busier infrastructure, effectively using the park as a barrier against the urban setting of Seoul.

Morphology Diagram Proposed Site at 4m and 8m of

other works: digital and analog fabrication

j82wang@uwaterloo.ca

linkedin.com/in/jessica11wang/