Cao Wenjie
Portfolio 2010 - 2015, B.Arch.
CONTENT TABLE ACADAMIC 01 EMBRACEMENT house design 07 LOITERING museum design 13 BLOCKS AND PLAYGROUND kindergarten design PROFESSIONAL 19 COLOMBO HUB transport hub design + urban design
Statement of Authorship
I Cao Wenjie, hereby certify that the work submitted in my portfolio for review is entirely of my own hand, or, where produced in collaboration with others, has been clearly identified as such. Signed: Dated: P.S. Cover photo was shot in front of a acient temple at the peak of Mount Tai, China, at four o'clock in the morning, with the red light of lanterns refracting faintly in fog.
RESUME
Education
09/2010~06/2015 School of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University (in Project 985&211) Degree: Bachelor of Architecture Major: Architecture
Internships Internships in UA Design, Beijing Contents: Assisted with design and representation
2013.07~2013.10
Language English, Mandarin & Cantonese
Academic Researches Research on Public Spaces in Conservation Area Research on Ancient Architecture in Shanxi Prov Research on Transportation of Nanluoguxiang Lane
Technical skill Rudimentary drawing : Sketch, Drawing, Marker, Gouache, Water Colour Design softwares : Sketchup, AutoCAD, PS, AI, ID, Vray, Lumion and Mindjet Amateur skill Piano & Street Dance
Academic Activities 2014.04-2014.10 UC-BITU International Workshop Program Group leader, school to school program 2013.08-2014.08 Solar Decathlon China 2013 Contest Team member, worldwide contest 2012.07-2013.07 The 6th National Real Estate Planning Contest Chief designer, nationwide competition, won first award
2011.09~2013.07 2013.07-2013.08 2013.09-2014.01
Type: Villa Design Location:Rural Area Yanqing, Beijing, China. Acadamic Started Date: 09 2011 Duration: 8 weeks
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A. Garden Shaping 1. fully inner garden 2.traditional Chinese style 3.created by the slope and the building B. Shaping Building on the Slope 1. highly raised building body (X) 2.building body placed on the slope 3.building body inserted in ground 4.with 3 stories (tranformed form 3) 5.combining 2&3 and adjusting
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C. Site Photographies D. Building Blocks and Driveway Diagram
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E. Photo of the Site Model
INTRODUCTION This is a family house sitting on a hillside surrounded by flourishing plants. The forest at the bottom of the hill and the urban area further away can be seen from the site. The concept of embracement has double applications. One suggests that the house are embracing the mountain slope as a C-shape while it is surrounded by the moutains around.The other is that the design also concerntrates on strengthening the communication between families and even their guests; all the activity spaces are surrounded by the bedrooms while they are also connected to each other. The vague space without specific function placed between the large window on south side and the rooms can be used in various ways and provide a very relaxed and casual atmosphere for daily life. 02
Elevation Strategies Northen - Large WIndows Southern - Square Windows Focus Point: 1.Elevation comparasion; 2. Sceneries framed by windows.
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↓ Spacial Connection between Activity Spaces both indoor and outdoor - Section Diagram
Inner Spaces - model pictures ↑
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Exploded Axon Spaces and Relationship
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As the diagrams suggested b e l o w, a l l b e d r o o m s a r e organized around families' gathering spaces such as living room, entertianing room, courtyard and gazebo. In these spaces, their degrees of privacy and quietness are varied from low to high. So some of the spaces are more public and welcome more families or guests, while some not.
Spaces and Relationship ourdoor gardens activity apaces bedrooms
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Type: Museum Design Location: Conservative Area Xicheng, Beijing, China. Acadamic Started Date: 09 2012 Duration: 10 weeks
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Introduction The museum is designed for those enterprises with hurdreds of years history. It aims to introduce their unique profound history and culture to the public for attracting visitors and customers. It is located on the east of South Xinhua Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, where is one of the Twenty-five Historical and Cultural Protected Zones. South Xinhua Street is one of the most prospective boutique markets in Beijing. Also, there are many famous galleries or art museums located in the neighbothood, the majority of which are located in the ancient buildings.
1. diagram about driveway & cultural spaces
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2.residential area in the neighborhood 3.approachability of pedestrian
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The site have about 6800 square meters' area with a traditional Beijing courtyard inside. Background TIME-HONORED BRAND (Laozihao in chinese) means the enterprises that has products, skills or services passed from generation to generation as well as a distinctive background of traditional Chinese culture and profound cultural foundation, obtaining the social widespread recognition with a good reputation. The enterprises with time-honored brand are mainly distributed in the food and beverage, retail, food, pharmaceutical, and other service industries. It's the glorious civilization of our business results and a treasure of TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE. At present, Beijing has Time-honored Brand of nearly 300 enterprises. However, under nowadays market impact, these brilliant, traditional enterprises are DYING OUT AT A RATE OF 5% PER YEAR because of the outdated business philosophy, the lack of business strategy and the dropping product attractiveness.
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Rufuxiang clothings Tuye dolls see through door Hutong
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Rufuxiang museum tea shop street seller boutique market
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mirror shop roast ducks tricycle boutique market 08
↓ visitors can see the ancient building wherever in the site
The main body of museum is camouflaged in colors and shapes , carpeted with calligraphic plants skin that covers the building as a whole. It is in order to adapt to the irregular boundary of the site, to respond to the preservation and also to consolidate the place from both formal and dimensional points of view, with special attention to integration into the surrounding and its vision from the courtyard. On the upper floor, the showrooms are arranged in a closed and guarded place, which is only open in a careful way to the best views of the garden and the centered building. Then, the museum is also turning into a observation point; a window comming out of the building gets outdoors pieces framed to be grasped.
The main design strategy is to organize the whole visiting route as a consistent trip. It resolves the accesses through ramps that settle accessibility and the integration of the piece in the environment. The ground floor has not only public but also commercial calling as it sends out open to neighbors and the commercial space. Its great steel lattice-worked walls, sometimes sliding, and those rooms rudely built with concrete show simply bare that provide shelter and connects to the outside. And it is a place in the shade, attracting people's touring.
visitors from all direction have perfect routes ↑
The Leaving Space Are Turned Into A Garden For Both Visitors & Neighborhood 09
loiter around in the site - ground floor diagram 10
Loiter Around in the Museum - Upper Floor Diagram
Loiter Around in the Museum - Diagram
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Type: Kindergarten Design Location: Haidian, Beijing, China. Acadamic Started Date: 03 2012 Duration: 12 weeks
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DESIGN WITH THE FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS LIKE A KID a-1
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teaching units
place them interlacedly to form a atrium
open special units to the atrium
THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE CRUCIAL AREA OF THE COMMUNITY ↓
INTRODUCTION The project aims to use assembly units to design a kindergarten, which must conclude four unit-classrooms with both teaching and sleeping functions and several speciallised teaching rooms for courses such as music, art and science. For identification and entertainment, classroom units are organized seperately around a sunny atrium. Meanwhile, the special classroows are open spaces to increase participartion and usage. A spacious atrium is also provided for special events or indoor games.
pedestrian-only community ---- to the drive way ---- take a walk to the river
↓ HOW DO KIDS RECOGNIZE EACH UNITS
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add supplementary units a-5
add a glass corridor
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lift the main body for passing and leisure
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have individual entrances for different usage
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SCHEDULE As known, the kindergarten operates in the same schedule. The schedule is designed by educationist to taking care of children's physical and metal health and enhancing their all-around abilities. It is also an effective way to teach them to have betterorgnized habits of life. At total, there are 5 classes for kids in different aged groups. And their classrooms need to be seperated to simplize the process of teaching management and safty guardiance. However, other teaching spaces are also provided and required. In this case, the viod between each special classes are broken down in order to increase not only the communication betweem kids but also the connection of different activities.
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Typical Unit Plan teaching and sleeping
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Type: Transport Hub Design + Neighborhood Infrastruture Design Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka. Professional Started Date: 06 2014 Duration: 20 weeks Roles: main designer (with one co-worker)
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THEORY:
Functions Of Transportation Hub
a-1 Beijing to Sri Lanka
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a-2 Colombo in Sri Lanka
INTRODUCTION The station halls lead passengers to different bus routes. Restaurants, cafeterias and boutiques are arranged in the halls while the escalators are leadings the passengers towards the upper floors of the mall. At the east end of the terrace, a boutique hotel provides about 200 guest rooms. With a direct connection with the Transport Hub, this location protects the hotel from the noisy surroundings when the Beira Lake along the side promotes the quality the hotel view.
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commercial bus terminal railway station
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At the south side of Sky Terrace, four restaurants provide the space for waiting, meeting and resting. At the southern end of the terrace, with a direct view for the people from the grand stairs, two anchor stores seduce and encourage consumption behaviors. From the old station building into a local cultural center, the transformation of the buidling adds new activities to this organic transport cluster. The canopy covers the whole building and creates a half-outdoor space, enabling multiple functions such as exibition, performance and outdoor cafeterias. A grand stair with escalators increase the accessibility of the sky plaza. The new station building over the railtracks replaces the old building with comfortable space and better accessibility.
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Traffic System in Colombo MmTH is a Integrated Terminal for All Transport Mode for All Directions, located in the Centre of Colombo Metropolitan Area (Pettah/Fort) MMC is a Integrate Terminal with Monorail and Buses on a Major Corridor. (Kelaniya, Malabe, etc.) P+R is a Stations with Parking Facilities. Station Plaza and Bus Stand are also installed. Proposed Transport Hub MmTH (Multi Modal Transport Hub) Inter/Intra Provincial Bus Terminal for all directions Main Railway Station New Transport Mode (Monorail) Station BRT Station, etc.
monorail + inter/intra provincial + railway
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MMC (Multi Modal Centre) Intra Provincial Bus Terminal for a corridor New Transport Mode Station or Upgrading Existing Station ABOUT GROUND FLOOR
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The ground floor is divided into a bus bays and a parking lot with other necessary service. Pedestrians are seperated from the vehicles to avoid the dangerous circumstances. A central reserved parking lot divides the land into the intraprovince bays and the inter-province bays. Each part has its own circulation and management. Independent staircases and elevators are arranged along the outer edge of the site, these vertical transportation cores are isolated from the bays.
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pedestrian route vehicle route the vertical tranport
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FUNCTION DIAGRAM Ground F
FUNCTION DIAGRAM 1F
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Th e old s t at ion building is pr es er v ed and transformed to a local cultural center with a canopycovered outdoor area. A new station over the rail tracks is built to make the entrances both from north and south of the railways possible. The sky station plaza is connected with the Sky Terrace to make the transfer passengers accessible. 23 27
The overall layout respects the surrounding tissue of Colombo city, a huge volume of integrated transport hub everywhere in China is definitely not a good solution for the monsoon Asian cities. The building is naturally divided into a relatively independent volumn with user-friendly scale and comfortable sense. It also keeps the visual contact of the function space. The open space between buildings are for the circulation of natural air, through which the airflow from the ocean can pass to the city. These areas also provide visual connection between the city and Beira Lake.
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