Weiyi Wang Architecture Portfolio Selected works: 2019-2021 Application for MArch Architecture Application Number:22184430
Weiyi Wang
Baishan, Jilin province, China ∙ weiyiwang1999@163.com ∙ +8613818480979 Skills: Sketchup, Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD, Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator Basic: Grasshopper, Lumion, V-ray
Education Architecture BA (Part I) Manchester school of Architecture
In-Campus Practice 09/2018-06/2021
Experience Design Assistant Peng Cheng Construction Company
09/2021-Present
▪ Got to familiarize with the preliminary business, including site visiting and analyzing to collect information, communicated with design group about basic needs and concept, to convey the revising details. ▪ Communicated directly with designers to communicate changes, participated in the conceptual design part, and organized government documents for approval. ▪ Involved in land acquisition meetings, send the site information and demand to the design department, receive the design and review to see if there are any modifications, continue to deepen the final draft, and then start to do the structural design, all finalized and submitted to the planning bureau for presentation and bid.
Intern Peng Cheng Construction Company
06/2021-09/2021
▪ Participated in construction drawings, organized the drawing package for presentation, including drawings noted and layout design. ▪ Involved in several local residence renovation projects, primarily responsible for site analysis, communicating between residents and designers, passing on information for both sides.
Game Design, Group Project
10/2020-01/2021
▪ Involved in card game design for the purpose of popularizing and knowledge of infrastructure with the group members and participated in the selection process. ▪ After understanding the basic game design concept with the help of Manchester game studies network and mentors, we discussed and built our own game mechanics and rules with the group members, set up the rules and cards for the game, and put them together in the software. ▪ Improved communication and organizational skills completed the rules and additional design for the game and the actual output were completed on time.
High Street Renovation, All School Project
09/2019
2040 Carbon Neutral, All School Project
09/2018
Events Special Collection, All School Project
03/2019
▪ Be responsible for determining the potential of the high street and the possible functional areas to be covered. ▪ Designed the leisure part of the building, visited the site for research and communicating with the local residents to understand the needs, and completed the elevations and sections construction drawings. ▪ Completed the individual design part and helped the group with data analysis and site analysis, meanwhile practiced the communicating and collaborating skills.
▪ The project is set for the year 2040, when carbon neutrality has been reached. ▪ Conceptualized what the building should look like at 2040, participated in discussions and come up with a general development direction, added constructive details to the designed building. ▪ Responsible to the analysis part and completed the data diagrams for this project, meanwhile completed the proposal for final presentation.
▪ Involved in designing the maker space for the special collections of the school library. ▪ Visited the special collections of the library under the guidance of master students and went to other museums to learn the spatial relationship, and then proposed a movable interactive booth after brainstorming.
C ontents
01
Drag Center
02
Mayfield Community
03
Dreamland
04
Culture Renaissance
Architecture design of gallery Manchester, UK
Apartment building in central manchester Manchester, UK
Concept design of Emotions Science fiction
Architecture design of culture center Baku, Azerbaijan
01 Drag Center
Architecture design of gallery Tutor: Emily Crompton, Kate Stott Individual work Location: Manchester,UK 2020.11-2021.05(BA3) 1,596 sqm The giving site is next to the Pankhurst center, an iconic site of women's activism, past and present. The first meeting of the movement that became known as the suffragettes took place in this house! Taken on board the spirits of feminism, I have proposed a place where drag queens and kings can celebrate their cultures without being judged. A spiral ramp is placed in the building to act as the runway for drag queens and kings to showcase their dresses, makeup, and moves. Bring them back to the good old underground New York days to collect those tens from the panel. The right-wing of the building is an exhibition of drag history to let people know more about drag culture and view this group with a non-discrimination attitude. The left-wing of the building is a rehabilitation center that provides necessary helps for people who are struggling with their identities. This proposal is one of its kind and shall improve the situation of drag people.
Design background
Drag Culture research Early days
''My wife would not allowe me to wear this custom to Xmas party because it will embarrass the family.'' --Hedda Lettuce Dad of two
Bring it up
Pose
Drag culture was tied with theatre and religious rites to fulfill female parts in play.
''The general public think a man in the dress is not manly enough.''
1972
Drag queens began performing in bars and spaces that specifically catered to gay people, like the Black Cat in San Francisco.
Drag found its way into pop culture as Divine scandalized audiences with her filthy character and became an icon along the way.
1980s ''People call me slut just because I wear what I want and show my body off.''
--Courtney Act Teenage girl
''I got bullied by my peers because I wear makeups and it seems unreasonable in their opinion.'' --Naomi Smalls Teenage boy
Walk
Rae Bourbon, a popular drag performer of the "Pansy Craze" era.
1927
1950s
--Kim Chi Male celebrity
Serve the face
Te n s a c r o s s the board
The issues in Drag scene
“Drag” meant trying to look as much like a woman as possible. It was a peak time for balls with categories.
The Misogyny
The Neglected
1984
RuPaul went to the stage of the March on Wa s h i n gto n to perform his hit song: Supermodel.
Vogue
It poured out of balls and onto the streets of New York City, with the annual Wigstock festival kicking off. 1993 2009
RuPaul’s Drag Race premiered on Logo TV.
Drag kings do not seem as much in the spotlight as d rag q u een s . People just don't find girls in trousers are 'Abnormal.'
"People told me I did not belong here just because I am a girl. We are just here to embrace and be in charge of our own femininity like everyone else."
The
Site Analysis
Users + Programme
Couture
Shop
Exhibition
Family
Runway Performance Consultation
Design concept
Site layout collage
e Stereotype
Green space Main entrance
Private
Public
"People tend to think drag queens are all gay, male, but I am a hetero drag queen. " "I am a transgender drag queen and I do not want to be perceived as male."
training room
Main entrance Private
Public
Line
Twist
Mirror
Round up
Structures
Site plan
South Elevation
A-A Section A
A
B-B Section B
B
Ground floor plan
Ground floor
1.Reception 2.Ballroom 3.Exhibition 4.Washroom 5.Support center
3
4
2
3 1 5 2
5m
basement plan
Exhibition 1
Exhibition 2
1.Ballroom 2.Exhibition 3.Washroom 4.Support center
4
Dressing room
1
1.Dressing room 2.Washroom
1
2
Exhibition 3
Support center
Sustainable design
Rainwater harvesting system HVAC
HVAC
Water tank Pump
The ballroom part uses mechanical ventilation such as HVAC. The other part of the building uses natural ventilation. The air gap between the facade of the ballroom also helps the natural ventilation. The rainwater harvesting system can help with saving energy.
Photovoltaic panels
The whole building will use natural light during the day and artificial light during the evening, especially the ballroom part since all the exciting activities are happening in the evening. The whole building will install an underfloor heating system to keep the user warm during cold weather.
Structure detail Damp proof membrane Wool insulation Damp proof membrane steeldeck with concrete trusses
Wall to floor callout
Wall to floor slab callout 60mm polycarbonate panel 100mm cavity wall with RHS 60mm polycarbonate panel
Floor finishing 300mm steel cantilever beam
2 layers of plywood steel studs with wool insulation sheating board Wool Insulation c section hempcrete cladding
Floor finishing wool insulation damp proof membrane concrete slab dense soil
02 Mayfield Community Apartment building in central manchester Tutor: John wood Individual work Manchester,UK 2019.12-2020.05(BA2) 971 sqm In the center of manchester, the regeneration of Mayfield is undertaken and expected to be finished in 10 years. Mayfield is a 24-acre brownfield site packed with heritage and the River Medlock flowing through its core. The new Mayfield community will have a 6.5-acre park, office buildings, a car park, and a significant public realm. The given site is just on the edge of the new development, between the car park and the student dormitories. The site is next to the campus and office building. Recent graduates who work around this area would need a place to stay since the student dormitories are no longer a choice. Given the fact that there is a housing shortage around that area, I proposed to build an apartment building to keep up with the new Mayfield.
Site Overlook
Site Analysis
Demographic Analysis
Building height
Age chart
Average age 48+
Piccadilly station
Under 30
Mayfield park
Natural fature
Population chart People/km2 10000+
Under 50
Sun
Graduates salaries in Manchester area
£20K Low
Phase 1(finished)
£26K Average
£33K High
Phase 2(in 5 years) Phase 3(in 10 years)
Wind
Rail Station
Spending habbit Current
Use service area
40%
Ideal
30%
Residential Education Office commercial
North campus
Plot O
Rent
Traffic
Shopping
Leisure
Others
Ten Elements
Design Principles
Reception
Gym
Coffee
Lounge
Green space
Interaction with nature kitchen
Common area
Office
Rain water harvesting
Individual bathroom Convenience store
Form iteration
puclic Residental
Site
Common area
Glazing for common area
Extrude
Photovoltaic and wind power
Entrance
Offset
Sustainable development
Circulation
Entrance
Ground Plan
A
Common Area
A 0m 6m 12m
Section
n A-A +61.25 +57.5 +53.75 +50 +46.25 +42.5 +38.75 +35 +31.25 +27.5 +23.75 +20 +16.25 +12.5 +8.75 +5.00
+0.00
Plan for 5th and 6th floor
Plan for 8th and 9th floor
5
2
4
House garden
5
6
Plan for 13th and 14th floor 4
3
1
1. One bedroom studio 2. Two bedrooms studio 3. Three bedrooms studio 4. Garden 5. Common area 6. Lift & staircase
Entrance Bedroom
Common area
View over riverside
Sustainable Strategy Rain water harvesting
Photovoltaic
Wind power
Plants
Irrigate
Elevation
Construction Detail
filter layer drainage material roof membrane 25mm fiber board 150mm rigid foam insulation 300mm concrete slab steel deck 2 layers of 12.5mm plasterboard steel studs with 150mm insulation 12.5mm sheating board 50mm rigid foam Insulation c section Brick cladding
10mm ceramic tile 75mm screed with subfloor heating coils 50mm rigid foam insulation 300mm reinforced concrete slab
Cureain wall: triple glazing with 6mm toughened glass +13mm cavity + 6mm toughened glass + 13mm cavity + 6mm toughened glass with low-e coating 94/230mm aluminium profile facade bracing: 8mm welded flat steel
03 Dreamland Concept design of Emotions
Individual work 2020.06-2020.09(Self-motivated) 2,500 sqm
We a l l d r e a m , b u t w hy d o w e d r e a m , a n d why do we dream like that? Is there a high intelligence creature behind this manipulating it? Are our actions being controlled as well? As technology developed, humans seemed to trap into electrical products, and they immersed themselves in the emotions it provided. They laugh at it, cry over it, and even unleash their anger towards it. Are they being manipulated by the creator of the internet? As an architect of higher civilization, I am trying to use the same way to control humans by architecture. I compress all the emotions extracted from the internet to this skyscraper- the dreamland. It will give humans the ultimate experience of different emotions through the changes of spaces. Those emotions will root into their heart and change their behaviors.
Design philosophy Issues on social media
The mastermind
Transfer into emotions
Anger make people to lose their mind. Anger
Pride let people to worship themselves and eventually fall because of their ego
Sloth
Lust make them addicted and inseparable from certain behaviors Lust
insert different emotions to theta waves to change the content of dreams
Sloth let people forget how to think and trapped into the small space
Emotions determines human reactions thus we can control human Greed
G re e d m a ke s p e o p l e want things that are out of their league.
Generation of form
Extract neurones cell
Generation of Voronoi cells
offset to form thickness
project to the inner structure
Populate random dots
extract surfaces
generation of structure lines
Extract the new structure
Connect to form net
populate in 3D
Extract structure lines
Form final shape
Section of dreamland
Interior space
Section of anger
Always have something to say
everythiing shattered when you release the temper
The heart broke cause anger to grow
Form development
Extract
Twist
A warrior behind the key boards
Form
Section of Pride
Interior space Feed on your ego
1
Worshiping yourself and feeding on your own ego. 2
2
The holy land
Yo u r e g o makes you firmly believe i n y o u rs e l f, but worse, arrogance comes in.
1
3
Eventually, We all fall because of our own ego.
3 The ultimate fall
Form development
units
units
Form
04
Culture Renaissance Architecture design of culture center
Individual work Baku, Azerbaijan 2021.05-2021.07(Switch Competition) 25,213 sqm
As one of the most critical trade exchange channels, the Silk Road was also a “cultural bridge” between Asia and Europe. Trading activities along the Silk Road over many centuries facilitated the transmission not just of goods but also ideas and culture, promoting a socio-cultural economy. Today, we have diffused the idea of identity, culture, roots, and traditions, forgetting the ‘past’ and focusing on the idea of ‘future’ not realizing the damage that is being done to the ‘present’. To bring back the booming scene, I proposed a cultural center that includes places to trade and rest on the given site. Traditional Islamic architecture and modern style have been combined to link the past and the future. This center is standing on the silk road’s center to remind people never to forget where we come from and set new visions for the future.
Site Analysis
N
Islamic architecture analysis
Masterpla
Generation of form
N
N
Arch
Window
Arch
Extrude to form a basic mass. Main Road
Street
Pavement
N
Dome
Column
Arch
Rearange these masses to form a better circulation and visitors can get to the destination right away. Shop Residential
Restaurant Greenery
N
Summer solstice
Winter solstice
N
W
Devided it into 9 horizontal mass. This form will cause unnecessary circulation.
N
E
Trade center S
User service center
Hotel
A 2
1
Entrance
B
6
7
5
3
8
B
4
A
Exit
an
1 Main reception 2 Lecture room 3 Lobby 4 Hotel 5 Dining halls&spa 6 Shop 7 Meeting room 8 Shop
Axonometric drawing
Perspective
Roof
Structural system
Second floor
First floor
Ground floor
The central dome
Section A-A
Interior of the waving space
Outerior of the waving space
Elevation B-B