WENLU GUO ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
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THE AVENUES RIYADH TOWERS SOM / 2023
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CHARLOTTE GATEWAY SOM / 2022
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PHILADELPHIA 30TH ST STATION SOM / 2022
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200 E BROADWAY SCB / 2021
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DANCING ON THE EDGE ARC701 Graduate Level Studio /Fall 2019
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PERSONAL WORKS
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THE AVENUES RIYADH TOWERS Designer at SOM SD - 30% CD Phase /2023
The first construction phase of The Avenues – Riyadh entails building a full-fledged mall, with parking lots, gardens, and internal roads. The project is anticipated to become a new retail icon in Saudi Arabia. The project will cover an area of 1.9 million sqm, and will feature a shopping mall with an area of 400,000 sqm and more than 1,300 stores, in addition to five towers with com-
mercial and residential facilities and four hotels: the Walford Astoria Hotel and Resort with 350 rooms, the Conrad Hotel and Resort with 400 rooms, the Hilton Garden Inn with 500 rooms, and the Hilton Canopy Bay with 150 rooms, which will also be the first hotel by the Canopy Bay brand in the Middle East.
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Typ. Floor Plan
Sky Garden Section Facade Interior
Canopy Selected Material Sample 03
STACK JOINT
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D
600MM DATUM DEPTH
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Enlarged Facade View
T.O.F
OPAQUE
1450 MM
STACK JOINT
Enlarged Wall Section T1-5
T1-6
9000 MM B
INSIDE
A
Enlarged Plan
OPAQUE
VISION
OPAQUE
2250 MM
6675MM
2250 MM
OUTSIDE
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FLOOR TO FLOOR
4300 MM
1300 MM
500MM FIN DEPTH
CEILING HT
INSIDE 3000 MM
VISION
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OPAQUE
1450 MM
CURTAIN WALL UNIT
OUTSIDE
2850 MM
4300 MM
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T.O.F
Lobby Interior View
Canopy Pattern Study Drop - off View 05
CHARLOTTE GATEWAY North Carolina, USA Designer at SOM Planning Design Phase / April - June 2023 The critical goal for the site design is to seamlessly connect this transit infrastructure with the city grid. On Blocks A and B, this transition occurs in a signature public space: a skylit, 60 - foot wide public concourse that connects the transit hubs to the main entrance on Graham Street. This transition defines the “Gateway” to the city. Blocks A and B are each anchored by a clearly defined transit hub. On Bloack A, a bus
station accommodates local and regional buses; on Block B, a train station lays the groundwork for a dramatic increase in regional and national rail travel. Alongside the rail tracks, an elevated trail provides an exciting new public space for the city of Charlotte. The trail expands on Charlotte’s strategic mobility plan, unifying the efforts of the city and county to expand the bike and green network connectivity across the area. 06
BLOCK B BLOCK C BLOCK A
CANOPY
TRAIL
Bird eye View
A Grand Gateway - Transit Hub
Innovative Public Space - Trail 07
Photovoltaic array Previously designed structure
PV Panel Heavy Timber
New structural support
Concrete Column
Prestressed steel cables Train Platform Canopy Section
Light Rail Platform Canopy Section
Station Building Section 08
Train Canopy Axon
Light Rail Canopy Axon
Transit Hub Program Axon
Light Rail / Trail View 09
PHILADELPHIA 30TH ST STATION Pennsylvania, USA Designer at SOM CD Phase / Sep 2023- Jan2024 In 2021, Amtrak, Plenary Infrastructure Philadelphia, and SOM embarked on the first major action under the District Plan—the transformation and reimagining of the station building. Scheduled to begin construction in 2022 and to finish in 2025, the project will bring the historic structure to life, making the station a destination for all Philadelphians and a model for 21st-century transport hubs. The project scope in-
cludes restoring the historic interiors, adding new customer amenities, reinvigorating the station’s retail and food and beverage offerings, improving and expanding office space on the upper levels, and enhancing transit and pedestrian traffic flows.
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Concourse Level Plan
N/S Building Section 11
Fuel Tank Room in site condition
Generator/ Fuel Tank Enlarged Plan
MECH space current condition
Management Office
Mechanical / ELEC
Back of House/ Service
BOH space current condition
Platform Service Level Plan 12
Fuel Tank Room N/S Section
Fuel Tank Room E/W Section •
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Minor repair and replacement of damaged stone possible. Retaining existing truss minimizes extent of impacts to adjacent construction.
Opt 1 - New Escalator on Existing Truss •
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Opt 2 - New Escalator on New Truss • •
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Opt 3 - New Escalator on New Truss (Standard) 13
Some demolition of stone wall required to remove and reinstall truss. Minor demolition and repair of historic stone may be needed around pit. New escalator customized to fit existing dimensions to minimize impacts significant demolition of stone wall required. Modification of historic stone and reconstruction for truss. Significant demolition and impact to structure and historic floor to extend pit.
200 E BROADWAY Salt Lake City, USA Designer at SCB SD-DD Phase / 2021 Salt Lakes City has one of the worlds largest copper mines. Copper is used as an inspiration for the exterior expression in color and texture informed and by microscopic patterns found in the material. The design’s massing developed from the site constraints and a merging of two residential tower typologies:: the “L” shaped corner block condition and the efficient slab tower. The interlocking of the two typolgies created a natural
space for a residential community fostering social interaction. It uses both indoor and outdoor programed amenity spaces. The client expects a thoughtful and advanced level of detailed documentation at SD. The exterior wall was informed by the copper color texture and microscopic patterns.
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1. Zoning Envelope 2. “L” Shape Building Holds Street Corner 3. Slab Tower Height + Mamimize East West Views 4. Slab Intersecting “L” Shape Corner Building
Amenity Level Floor Plan 15
Panelize Facade Study 1
Panelize Facade Study 2
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Pool Level Wall Section
Copper texture Precedent
N-S Building Section 17
West View
DANCING ON THE EDGE ARC701 - Individual Work/ Prof. Marcelo Spina, Georgina Huljich / FalL2019
The concept of the project is to challenge our notion of unit, whole, figure, and ground. By finding the potentials between the single part and the aggregated assemblage, the design experiment emphasized the way of aggregating and the relations between the part and the whole. Located in Downtown Barcelona, Spain. The original site is next to the railway, close to Barcelona Zoo and two blocks away from the beach. The current site serves a twofold purpose. On the one hand, it is used as a gathering space independent of interaction with the context. Meanwhile, it functions as a public hotspot to reflect on the existing energetic urban environment. The main program is a mixeduse performing arts center, which will be the place to highlight
art, music, education as one of the major components of the city. The overall form was inspired by the idea of overhang. It represents the silhouette of a dancer casting the shadow on the ground. The perforated metal skin creates a light-weight feeling to act as a threshold bridging between complex urban context and natural environment. The idea of grounding architecture is what I explored. The elevated entrance, sunken plaza, and rooftop green space are the few moves that demonstrate what experience visitors can have when navigating through these key moments.
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Thearter
Exhibition
Residentail
Dinning
Education
Lobby / Thearter Plaza
Aggregation Study 19
Site Plan Rooftop View 20
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Longitudinal Section
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Northeast View 1/16” Final Model
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JUNE
Year: 2021 Digital drawing
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DRAGON ARMOUR ARC742 Function of Fashion in Architecture / Teammates: Yangxunxun Zhou, Hang Zhang / Prof. Danielle Willems / Spring 2019
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WENLU GUO wenluguo@alumni.upenn.edu