PORTFOLIO
selective works 2012-2016
Guo Ge University of Hong Kong BA(AS)
01 Risen Art Laborer Housing for art laborer
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02 Housing Prototype Synthetic design of housing system
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03 Innovative Study Center Activity center for left-behind children
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04 A prison A house for criminal and his guard
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05 Corner House Conceptual to physical
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06 Circulation of Play Circulation design
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07 Pausing Theatre Movie theatre design
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08 To Disarrange Translation from conceptual word to substance
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09 Ballet A real installation construction
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10 Night School Renovation Practised project built in Xizhanggeng village, Shanxi province, China
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Risen Art Laborer -Housing for Art Laborers
HKU 2015 Spring ARCH3046 Architectural Design 5 Location: ShenZhen, China Program: Housing Instructor: Tao Zhu Individual To rise the art laborers in Dafen village both in life quality and social status. To solve the conflict between increasing paintings demand and poor living environment of the labors. To mediated between generic tower and new vertical street tower.
Guo Ge 01 Risen Art Laborer
Fake Painting Industry Dafen village is famous for its fake painting industry in China. Located in Shenzhen, it enjoys good transportation resource and labor resource. In 2005, the sales volume of paintings in Dafen village has reached 0.2 million. In 2015, the amount has surpassed 6.9 million. The paintings are sold in a rather cheap price to the hotel, restaurant all over the world. Meanwhile, the status of the artists there is low and so are their living condition. Most of the buildings are three-storeys high and ten people living in one room is quite a common phenomenon there. To meet the need of the fast development of Dafen village, high-rise buildings are going to be built. How to maintain the low-rise living style and habit in highrise building is what this project is going to discuss. At Dafen Village, painters taking their afternoon nap in the 12th corridor on the 3rd floor. Overlooked by the determined eyes of Van Gogh portrays. (Photo taken by Haibo Yu)
24:00 Sleep 22:00 Dinner
6:00 Start working 19:12 Sold one large painting
Vertical Street Studio Selling
Exhibiting
Drawing
Living
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Sel
16:56 Finish second painting
Living
10:23 Sold three paintings
16:09 Chat with other painter
15:15 Start working
14:00 Lunch
The painters in Dafen village occupy the narrow streets between bungalows to do their paintings. The different scale of street accommodated different activities. The exhibition, production, selling, sometimes living all happened in the street. The project is trying to maintain the horizontal living style for the art laborers in Dafen village. Considering the future development of Dafen village, more high-rise building is going to be built, the proposal suggest a new highrise building prototype. The new prototype allows all living and working activities happen in one building, the street is a place for painting, selling, and exhibiting. The street also invite public into the building.
A day of an art laborer
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01 Risen Art Laborer
Dafen Tower
Massing model, 1:500
Floor slab model, 1:200
Floor slab model, 1:200
Structure model, 1:200
Envelope model, 1:200
Model, 1:100
Market (“fake” art)
Dafen Museum (“real” art)
Activity Plaza
Urban Bridge The tower elongate the Dafen museum and transform the horizontal gallery into vertical gallery, as a way of both attracting people up and maintain the exhibition flow. The tower on the other hand connects long bar shaped market to create a bridge between so called “fake“art and “real“ art. The building hopes to allow for dialogue between different kind of art.
Main Road
Entrance (Both Dafen Museum and Dafen Tower)
To Merge The models explore the ontology of the building itself. The building is bridging the Dafen Museum and fake painting market, the building merged together to connect and to create a vertical high rise building. The building itself composed of a generic tower and a new street studio tower. The project discuss how the two buildings can merge together in the aspects of program, structure, facade, floor slab, and space.
Massing model, 1:500
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01 Risen Art Laborer
Vertical Gallery
Section, 1:100
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21F-Duplex Level Plan
22F-Duplex Level Plan
9F-Public Gallery Level
20F-Duplex Level Plan
Generic v.s. Street life The circulation is used as open studio and a place for showing and selling. Artists live inside the building and work in semi-public space or open street, for the buyers to appreciate the paintings and also their daily life. In this way, the paintings have more layers of information for the buyers. The paintings are not seen as pure labor work, but art. The architecture creates a tension between vivid street life and a common generic tower.
1F-Shophouse Level Plan
2F-Shophouse Level Plan
1F Plan, 1:100
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01 Risen Art Laborer
Duplex with viewing studio(125 ㎡ )
Free Plan (Periphery Column system)
Load-bearing wall(split to columns)
Track
Suit with “street” studio(85 ㎡ )
Space Division Core
(Load-bearing wall system)
Circulation as tie beam
Transitional Structure Split load-bearing wall-The structure is transform from load-bearing wall to periphery columns because of different space need of people. For people living in downstairs, a rigid division of shop house is needed, however, for people living upstairs, a free plan of unit layout is wanted. Slab-Folding slab to form weaving space-As new housing for artists, the space is weaved corresponding with the lifestyle. Workers can easily change their states from bedroom to studio to gallery. Tie beam-A wrapped circulation slab is also tie beam for the whole building.
Suit with indoor studio(35 ㎡ )
Structural Reinforcement (Side-column system)
Unit in Transition
Structure model,1:100
The building provides three types of unit for the art laborers. Suit with indoor studio, Suit with “street” studio, and Duplex with viewing studio. The load-bearing wall system gives medium size unit space division; the Side-column system gives small size unit structural reinforcement, and the periphery column system gives large size unit free plan arrangement, allowing for different unit types. All the units are different with indoor/public outdoor/private viewing studios, based on the preference of the dwellers. 6
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01 Risen Art Laborer
Vertical Artist Compound The tower is composed of three different compounds for different types of living. The living in extension of Dafen museum is vivid, the living in generic tower is convenient and the living in generic tower enjoys best view of the village.The project aimes to rise the art laborers in Dafen village both in life quality and social status; to solve the conflict between increasing paintings demand and poor living environment of the labors; and to mediated between generic tower and new vertical street tower.
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A, Concrete load-bearing wall B, Vertical service system (ducts, power wires, pipes) ďż˝$ C, Concrete beams D, Concrete slab (with horizontal service system) E, Horizontal ducts, wires, pipes F, Steel handrail G, Wood space frame H, Roll-up door I, Translusent membrane J, Translusent insulation K, Rotatable panel L, Structural envelope M, Lift rail N, Lift car
System Integration 7 Final model,1:100
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Housing Prototype -Housing prototype based on precedent study
HKU 2014 Autumn ARCH3045 Architectural Design 4 Location: No site Program: Housing Instructor: Yan Gao Team member: GuoGe & YangQi Conception 50% Model 50% Drawing 50% About a critic of building typology in Hong Kong About reconciling the conflict between the lack of communal space and high housing price in Hong Kong About a building system
Guo Ge
02 Housing prototype
Separate v.s. Continuous Public Space
Kanchanjunga apartment, Charles Carreo, India
Rethinking Public Space The project beings with the analysis of Kanchanjunga apartment by Charles Carreo. The study discussed the building in the realm of construction and tectonic. The space and the program arrangement is carefully analyzed. The design tried to learn from and critic this building to make it better fit Hong Kong. The design is also a housing project.
Housing Synthesis
Study model of Kanchanjunga apartment, 1:100
The design learns from Kanchanjunga apartment to make the whole building a synthesis. Different elements in the building, circulation, unit, public program, core, structure, facade all function interrelated with each other. One change of factor often result in the others changing because of the bounding of different elements.
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02 Housing prototype
PROTOTYPE A
PROTOTYPE B
-Massing Strategy
-Circulation & Public space
Dissolving the Solid
Inserting Public Space Public program as joints of compounds and each compound has equal accessibility to the public program. The circulation connects all the public programs together. Public program is defined as knot or pausing moment of the circulation as the program merges into the linear circulation. How circulation penetrate through the public program is decided by the public program’s publicity.
As a critic of building typology in Hong Kong, the project propose to exteriorize the interior service core (circulation space), to save the humid and dark space and provide new communal space for people living in Hong Kong. The models discover the massing strategy.
Warping circulation-
Circulation as balcony-
shop
gym
Circulation as program-
Passing circulation-
party room
reading room Concept model,1:100
Massing model,1:200
Generic tower
Split core
Wrapping circulation
Circulation connecting public program
Unit
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02 Housing Prototype
PROTOTYPE D
PROTOTYPE C -Circulation & Structure
-Circulation & Unit
Diverse Units
Circulation as Brace The main structure of the building is two cores and two load-bearing walls. Circulation space can also act as “tie beam” of the building. The “u” shape cross section ensures stable structure performance. The beam is supported by load-bearing wall and core, while providing support for the u-shape circulation at the same time.
For unit type, instead of using the whole flat as basic unit, the room is used as basic module. The grid system create different scale of rooms which can accommodate different programs. Because of the shape of circulation, pitched-roof space is generated and it is a double height living room.
Unit-45 ㎡
Unit-85 ㎡
Outward structure
Inward structure
Inward&outward structure Unit-125 ㎡
Structure model,1:200
Public program A-Lobby (1F)
Assembled model,1:100
Public program B-Gym (3F)
Public program C-Party room (6F)
Public program D-Shop (10F)
Public program E-Party room (11F)
Public program F-Study room (13F)
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02 Housing Prototype
PROTOTYPE
PROTOTYPE
-Synthesis
-Synthesis
Section AA’, 1:100
Section BB’, 1:100
Synthesis The building system is ultimately a coherent design, when everything comes together. The three factor(circulation, public program, unit type) is tightly correlated with each other. The location of circulation decide the type of public program, and the area ratio of the unit space while it influenced by the corresponding facade. The public program decide the shape of the unit and ultimately the facade of the building itself. The circulation space also serves as tie beam for the stability of the structure to take vertical and lateral load. The circulation, public program, unit, structure, facade and service core is interrelated with each other and altogether form a synthesis design proposal.
Sectional model,1:50
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Innovative Study Center -Activity center for left-behind Children
HKU 2014 Spring ARCH2048 Architectural Design 3 Location: Shanghai Program: Education Instructor: Yuyang Liu Individual About providing a space suitable for both academic study and left-behind children’s activity About a new methodology of exploring urban relationship in an opening area About the balance children’s educational need and student’s academic need
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03 Innovative Study Center
Steel factory
Flour Mill
Storage
Communal workshop
Bungalow
Playful studio
Transportation
Structure exposed office
Flour Mill
Movable exhibition
Suspended circulation
Studio with slide
Reality v.s. Imagination The conceptual drawing is the speculation of current factories. The inspiration comes from children, the imaginary drawing is in the eye of a child, how she would perceive the factory and the world around her. The imagination is surreal, but some of the ideas carry through the design process.
Factory+ School + Children = Innovative Study Center
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03 Innovative Study Center
Studio
Cad-lab Site analysis Children’s play room
Exhibition
Intersection with market
Program linked by floating circulation Workshop
Confront the waterfront
Playground for Children
Lobby
Children’s video room
Exhibition Three Courtyard
Children’s small library
Open public space toward water
Meeting
Site map, 1:100
Massing model, 1:100 Children’s playground
Leisure space for students
Resting space for visitors Site map, Oil painting, 1:200
Massing model, 1:200
To Compose The building’s solid and void relationship within its urban context(river, road, market, warehouse...) is explored. The left space is tested to have the most proper usage for the children and the students of the center. Based on the merit of different geometry, the geometry carries the program. The layout of the geometry ensures proper circulation and program arrangement so that the building can function well within itself.
Children Visitors Students
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03 Innovative Study Center
Move playfully between Floors The space of the studio is round, with a slide connecting different floor, for more convenient communication within the building and a more playful experience for the students. The openings of the studio creates frame for the beautiful views.
Ground floor plan, 1:200
Visual Connection
1F plan, 1:200
2F plan, 1:200
The space in the cafe is created for the visual communication between students and the playing children. The children can interact with architectural student and the students can observe the activities of the children to get more inspiration. 16
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A Prison -A house for criminal and his guard
GSD 2014 Summer Architecture Design Studio 12 Location: Boston Program: Housing Instructor: Taraneh Meshkani Individual About to see and not to see About architecturally mediate the tension between criminal and his guard About view
Guo Ge
04 A Prison
light and space, model, 1:500
Height
Angle
Openings
Material
Enclosure, conceptual model, nonscale
Architecture of Surveillance
Wall thickness
Circulation
Light
The guard needs to see the criminal all the time, the criminal should not notice the guard or being aware of him being watched. The architecture is about view. During investigation, the regular view for human being is 45 degree right and left, 45 degree down and 30 degree up. Based on the understanding of human habit, how the height, angle, openings, material, wall thickness, circulation pattern and light can influence the interrelationship of the criminal and his guard is explored. Surveillance, model, 1:200
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04 A Prison
3F
The Overwatch Based on the discovery and exploration of the factors influencing human’s view, the corresponding space is engendered for the purpose of watching and being watched. The moment of these actual space tells the story between the criminal and his guard, being represented in the models as well.
Section, 1:100
Aperture
Model, 1:100
The aperture of the architecture release light into itself. The aperture is not only a window, but a way of seeing and being seen. Criminals are constantly need to be seen by his guard, whereas the guard need to hide himself from the criminal’s view. The aperture gives tension to the two people and effectively mediate the conflicts between them. The aperture also let the outside view in for the criminal and the guard. Small apertures creates a sense of mystery and security for the people living inside. The architecture tries to create a warm environment for the criminal, not the cold steel bars and dark cell.
Model, 1:100
Light Chimney The light chimney introduces light into enclosed cell of the prison. The celestial light comes from the sky lights up the cells as salvation for the prisoners. The prisoners are not only watched by guards, but also by god.
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Corner House -A House about corners
HKU 2013 Spring ARCH1026 Architectural Design 1 Location: Guangzhou Program: Housing Instructor: Thomas Tsang Individual About rediscovering an element in architecture About space in relationship with human daily activity About discussing corner in relationship with wall, slab, stairs, envelop etc.
Guo Ge
05 Corner House
House in Corner The project looked into architecture from its tiny element-its corner. The study try to discuss corner formally, programlly, functionally, two dimensionally and three dimensionally. The corner actually covers most of the topics in architecture: lighting, function, material. The house itself is an open corner confronting with the existing surrounding house.
Study-Corner as aperture, non scale
Study-Corner and space, multiple scale
Site plan, 1:500
Model, 1:100
Corner House plan, 1:100
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05 Corner House
Spatial Corner In architecture, corner is a forgotten element. The project looked into architecture from its tiny element-its corner. The study tries to discuss corner formally, programmaticly, functionally, two dimensionally and three dimensionally. The corner actually covers most of the topics in architecture: lighting, function, material. The transformation of two dimensional corner to three dimensional corner allows the corner inside the building to take up different function according to the human scale and spacial experience. Corner can be a place for people to lie down, to sit, to hide, to read, to cook. The corner is also an aperture to let nature in. It frame the view of the outside light. There’s much more to be discussed about corner. The tiny element in architecture is a small miniature of whole architecture. The discussing and study of the corner reveals itself not only a jointing element in architecture, but also space.
Wall with functional corner
Spatial moments
The Corner House, Unfold Section, 1:100
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06 Circulation of Play
06 Conceptual Design
Maze of Play
Circulation of Play
Based on the conception, the following process tries to design the sequence of human experience. Different types of circulation are designed by modules to allow them to be composed freely. A circulative routine is designed inside this maze of play. In the maze, to move is not simply working, but fully body interaction with the environment.
GSD 2014 Summer Architecture Design Studio 12 Location: none Program: Circulation Instructor: Taraneh Meshkani Individual
For swaying
For climbing
For sliding
For jumping
For climbing
For sliding
For jumping
Move Playfully How many possible ways are there for a person to go from one place to another? With an intention to bring more happiness, the project tries to exhaust typologies of playful movement for people. The space and installation are designed according to human body interaction. Finally, a matrix with a playful circulation is created. For swinging
Model, 1:200
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07 Pausing Theatre
07 Conceptual Design
Pausing Theatre GSD 2014 Summer Architecture Design Studio 12 Location: Boston Program: Theatre Instructor: Taraneh Meshkani Individual
Void of Pausing Moment The project explores the possibility that architectural form can be defined by site. Based on the data collection of the frequency of pausing moments on site, the void is generated accordingly. The fluid canopy works as public space and the curtain screen at the same time.
Model, 1:100
Process model, 1:200
Unfold Section, 1:200
Higher topography for public shows
View from open market
View of the open theater
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Open Cafe with greenery
Pausing moment created by building, topography, rooftop and light
Guo Ge 08 To Disarrange
08 Study/Word translation
To Disarrange HKU 2012 Autumn ARCH1025 Intro to Architectural Design Location: None Program: None Instructor: John Lin Individual
Controllable
Uncontrollable
Inserting a brick
Knocking down a brick
Subtracting a brick
Interfering the Order The project uses layout of bricks and drawings to explore the idea of “to disarrange�, one interesting conception in architecture. The way of disarrange is a dialectic thinking between making a controllable interference and the uncontrollable outcome. Section, 1:100
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09 Ballet
09 Study / Motion
Ballet HKU 2012 Autumn ARCH1025 Intro to Architectural Design Location: GuangZhou Program: Installation Instructor: John Lin Team: WangYing, Stanley (group leader)
Models, 1: 200
Dance of Bricks The project is trying to use bricks to capture the motion of “Chaine� in ballet. The circle arrangement of brick is a imitation of the spin in ballet, and the bricks shift gradually to make the gentle and elegant motion of Chaine.
Interaction with Children The brick oval is pushed back and forward, creating circulative and different levels on the top. The form gives the installation sense of movement. The concept model is constructed on site with local workers. We lay cement and bricks in person. The result is satisfactory. Children start to occupy the leaning occupy in different ways out of our expectation.
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10 Night School Renovation
10 Practice/Construction
Night School Renovation Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University Work practice Location: Shanxi Program: Vernacular Housing Instructor: Chang Qiang Team: YangQi, DangYutian, DaiShuyao
Section,1:100, Drawn by GuoGe
Welding the roof of children’s library
Steel frame for cement reinforcement
Knocking down the wall under the window
Interior furnishing of Night School
New brick gate of Night School
Constructing children’s library (All photos taken by GuoGe)
Local Craftsmanship
Plan,1:100, Drawn by GuoGe
The construction used local craftsmen and the farmers living in the village came to help us voluntarily. During the 5 months of construction, we search for local material, talked with local workers, and used local craftsmen to renovate the night school. We cultivate a team of local construction team and the skills that left to them can ensure that their village can continuously build good quality housing in the future.
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