Professional Projects by WenluGuo

WENLU GUO ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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THE AVENUES RIYADH TOWERS SOM / 2023

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PHILADELPHIA 30TH ST STATION SOM / 2022

CHARLOTTE GATEWAY SOM / 2022

200 E BROADWAY SCB / 2021 04.

23RD ST + JFK STREET SCB/2020 05. PERSONAL WORKS 06.

THE AVENUES RIYADH TOWERS

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA Designer at SOM

SD - 30% CD Phase / May2023 - March 2024

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.

Selected Material Sample

Typ. Floor Plan

Sky Garden Section

Facade

Interior

Canopy

Enlarged Plan

Enlarged Wall Section

Material Palette

Storefront Floor Plan

PHILADELPHIA 30TH ST STATION

PENNSYLVANIA, USA

Designer at SOM

CD Phase / Sep 2023- April 2024

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.

Concourse Level Plan

Generator/ Fuel Tank Enlarged Plan

• Minor repair and replacement of damaged stone possible.

• Retaining existing truss minimizes extent of impacts to adjacent construction.

• 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.

Fuel Tank Room N/S Section

Fuel Tank Room E/W Section

Opt 1 - New Escalator on Existing Truss

Opt 2 - New Escalator on New Truss

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.

Bird eye View

BLOCK C

BLOCK B

BLOCK A

TRAIL

CANOPY

Train Platform Canopy Section

structural support

Photovoltaic array

Prestressed steel cables

Light Rail Canopy Axon Transit Hub Program Axon

Light Rail / Trail View

200 E BROADWAY

SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 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.

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

Panelize Facade Study 1

Panelize Facade Study 2

Pool Level Wall Section

N-S Building Section

Copper texture Precedent

23RD ST + JFK STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA

Designer at SCB

SD-CD Phase /2020-2021

Nestled between JFK Boulevard and the Elevated Septa Tracks, 2301 JFK will anchor a gateway to Center City. The building draws inspiration from the railroad and the convergence of movement surrounding the site and blends that with a soft flowing form inspired by the Schuylkill River banks.

The building aligns with the SEPTA tracks on the north which creates a form that pulls away from JFK creating a distinct Office form at the base. Copper fins articulate the facade as its flows around the curv -

ing floors further enhancing the sense of movement. A combination of simple window wall and metal panels make up the facade. Outdoor spaces were articulated to overlook the river front and culminate at the top of the building with a pool deck that takes advantage of the views up and down the river. The site area is 53,102 SF and the total GSF is 291,580 SF.