Portfolio - Xiaotong Wang - Academic works only - 2020 by Xiaotong Wang1994

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Academic works only 2012 - 2020

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XIAOTONG WANG xw527@cornell.edu +86 152 1026 2404 Personal Website: www.xiaotong-wang.com

[ EDUCATION ] 2018.06 - 2019.06

Cornell University Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (Former M. Arch II), GPA : 3.867 / 4.0

2012.09 - 2017.06

Shandong University Bachelor of Architecture, GPA : 85.74 / 100

2015.02 - 2015.06

Feng Chia University Exchange Student of Architecture, GPA : 83.25 / 100

[ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ] 2019.10 - 2020.09

Junior Architect, Shulman + Associates, Miami, the USA -Buoyant City: Historic District Resiliency & Adaptation Guidelines | Rendering & Graphic design -Lot 199 Development | Schematic Design, Diagrams, Rendering & Graphics, Presentation -Renovation of the Internation Inn | Schematic Design, Presentation -Official Website Design,Holiday Card Animation Design, AIA Awards presentation design

2018.03 - 2018.05

Intern Architect, Dedej Architects, Beijing -Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone Project | Concept design & Rendering -Wuhan Hanyangzao Industrial Factory Renovation Project | Concept design & Collage Reference: Tao Jiang, dedej@vip.sina.com

2017.12 - 2018.03

Intern Architect, Vector Architects, Beijing -Beijing Changying Passive Architecture Museum | Rendering & Presentation Preparation -Tianjin Nankai University Student Center | Digital Model & Presentation and Preparation Reference: Gong Dong, info@vectorarchitects.com

[ ACADEMIC HONORS ] 2018.05

Natian Cup International Design Competition Waste-Energy-Life, Third Price

2016.09

Canopy Workshop - “Animal’s Home” Overlapped Interface, Excellent Award

2015.11

Design Competition of Shandong University’s New Gate Moutain and Sea, Nominee Award

2014.06

Shandong Physical Space Building Competition Excellent Award

[ SOCIAL EXPERIENCE ] 2014.07 - 2014.08

International Volunteer in Nepal -Teaching local primary school students Chinese -Providing assistance for local architecture maintenance

2013.07 - 2013.08

Volunteer Teacher in Guizhou Province of China - Teaching local primary school students physics and art

[ SOFTWARE SKILLS ] 3D Modeling: Rhino, Grasshopper, Google Sketch Up, Revit(Entry Level); Rendering: Enscape, V-ray for Rhino, V-ray for Sketch Up; Graphic: Auto CAD. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign; Video: Adobe Aftereffects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Encoder; Physical Modeling: Lazer Cut, CNC Milling, 3D Printing, Robotic Arm Fabrication.

[ LANGUAGE ] English, Chinese(Mandarin)

CONTENTS PROFESSIONAL WORKS(Confidential) 01

Buoyant City: Historic District Resiliency & Adaptation Guidelines

Lot 199 Development

Changying Passive technology Architecture Museum

Holiday Card Animation design

Shulman + Associates

Vector Achitects

Shulman + Associates

ACADEMIC WORKS 01

Overlapped Interface

Architectural Migration

03 04

Home for Leopards

Tourist Lodges

Waste to Energy

Recycling Electricity Plant

Weaving the Life Youth Apartment

33 39

City Heritage Commercial Street

Digital Fabrication - Spider Web

Kinetic Facade

LosMart

Robotic Arm Fabricated Installation

Architectural Mechanism Research

Future Market

ACADEMIC WORK

OVERLAPPED INTERFACE HOME FOR LEOPARDS

When talking about architecture, we first think of its sociological attribute. However, with the rise of the OOO theory in recent years, more and more people began to pay attention to non-human architecture. I questioned the human nature of architecture. Should the center of the zoo be human? But if the user of the zoo is animals, compared with the natural environment, the zoo itself has lost its meaning of users. Through the analysis of the leopard user, it also helps me sort out the significance of architecture to human beings. Therefore, In this design, I treat people and leopards equally as users, I would like to further investigate what kind of exposure the wild animal could have within a building. Can they naturally break into each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily life and have interaction? What level of equality we could allow in the building? I think these will be very interesting questions to look at. 5

Scientific name: Leopard Type: Feline mammal Feeding habits: Carnivore Living Temperture: -25℃ (-13℃ ) to 40 ℉ (104 ℉ ) Distribution: Asia, Africa Average weight: 28-90kg Feeding quantity: 5 Living age: 15 years 175 cm (5 feet 8 inch)

57-70 cm (22-28 inch)

90-190 cm (35-75 inch)

Observing

Hiding

Starting with the research of the leopard, I check its average size and the space scale it might need in order to ensure the living space is suitable for them. Then I further investigate its habits to create space they will enjoy living in rather than a prison, which is actually what traditional zoo seems to be, only for surviving. Then I found something really interesting which can be concluded into three characters.

70-100 cm (27-40 inch)

Running

Prototypes of Space

1. Tube How human enter the leopardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s area

2. Penetrate How leopards enter the people's area

3. Observe How leopards observe people outside

4. Moutain How leopard hide to observe people

5. Territory How these two become oppsite

6. Ramp How interaction happened on the ramp

Wire Mesh Glass Wall Soil & Vegetation Steel Frame Water Proofer Concrete Plates 9

ACADEMIC WORK

ARCHITECTURAL MIGRATION TOURIST LODGE IN GREENLAND ISLAND

Duration | 2018 Autumn Semester, September to December Solo Work Tutors | Dorte Mandrup, Mariane Hansen Location | Kangerlussuaq, Greenland Software|Rhino, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Vray for Rhino 10

For thousands of years, we have always had a stereotype of architecture, its fixedness. Once the building is built, it becomes a place that carries the behavior of the users. But what if the building is no longer the place, but the behavior itself? In this project, I created a track system in Greenland that allowed all building components to move on a track parallel to the hillside. People can create their own spatial form anytime, anywhere based on climatic conditions and their unique lifestyle. In Greenland, Inuit people have always had a tradition of migration, and I hope that through this project, a new type of architectural migration will be realized, allowing people to find the lifestyle that suits them best. 11

Step 1. Building on slope with modified ground

Step 2. Building on slope with original ground

Step 3. Boxes on a track above the slop that can move freely.

Step 4. Further develop the details of each boxes.

0 1

20m

Plan

Section 12

07:00 | Sunrise

08:00 | Detaching the boat

10:00 | Fishing

11:00 | Unloading the fish

12:00 | Having the lunch

14:00 | Preparing for hunting

Out for a few days | Hunting

17:00 | Preparing the skin and meat

18:00 | Having the dinner

19:00 | Enjoying the sunset

20:00 | Having the Bonfire party

22:00 | Enjoying the aurora 13

INDOORS

OUTDOORS

INDOORS

SUMMER | 12 â&#x201E;&#x192;

OUTDOORS

INDOORS

OUTDOORS

WINTER | -25 â&#x201E;&#x192;

Mechanism System

Lower Common Garage

Upper Common Garage

Lodge Box

Gears

to control the movement and be used as brake

Wheels

to take the weight and decrease the friction

WASTE TO ENERGY RECYCLE POWER FACTORY

ACADEMIC WORK

Within an expanded understanding of ecology, what are the architectural and infrastructural possibilities that emerge from the close examination of intersecting systems of waste and energy? How might we harness, redirect, or otherwise engage the metabolic processes within these systems? Our interest here is specifically in the waste and infrastructure systems that are part of the ecology of the city. As there intertwined systems encounter each other, opportunities emerge as conflicts are negotiated, leading in turn to a more nimble and opportunistic design approach.

WASTE TO ENERGY PROCESS The project is considered the logistics of waste from the beginning as input from residential and commercial buildings to the output as electricity in relation to the city context and the site.

LEISURE PLEASURE The leisure, which is opening to the public, is intertwined with the infrastructural system. The loop of water, gas, and the variation of water temperature designate the activities. For example, Sauna and Spa room uses the heat and steam generated by the combustion process while a vegetable farm consumes the Carbon Dioxide created by the combustion.

ACADEMIC WORK

WEAVING THE LIFE YOUTH APARTMENT DESIGN 24

What is the most important thing for life? A gorgeous house? A decent job? Or living in an arbitrary life style? Perhaps for most of the people, there are not so many choices, but in the primary stage of life, everything is uncertain, a youth apartment could be a transitional house which purpose is to serve young people to pursue their goals without too much financial burden.The future belongs to the young , and life should be choosen by themselves, and also be their own creation. 25

Runway + Recreation room The runway goes through the above area of the recreation room, the residents can come down and play with neighbors at any time.

Roof Garden + Study Room There are several small study rooms in the roof garden. The rooms are not fixed, people can adjust their location to ensure their privacy while enjoying the peace of nature.

Garden + Swimming Pool At the edge of the garden, there is a diving platform which is connected to the swimming pool. Meanwhile, residents can run by this poolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side and see the people swimming side.

Runway + Library People can run into the library through a tube that can keep the noise inside, joining the reading if they want.

Spiral Runway There are several spiral runways as the vertical connection of floors. These outdoor experience can provide different running experience to residents.

Eve tor roo ca livin

Freedom ! 26

odular Dormitory

DJ ! Drop the BEAT !

Runway + Playroom The runway will go through the indoor playroom area. The residents can come down by sliding through a huge slide or jumping to a huge trampoline directly.

Garden + Dormitory There are several small gardens facing the city in the building, which can serve as a transition zone to resist the noise and also provide landscape view to the public.

City Stage With a huge stage in the front of the building, the boundary between inside and outside here can be blurred. Residents can show what is going on here to the public.

ery four residents will share one dormiry combined with four different personal om and one living room. The dormitory an be designed in their own needs and ng style.

The highest runway can serve the people who just want running in the same height without slope.

The middle runway will go through the entertaining areas. People can enjoy engaging in interaction with the community.

The lowest runway can be used for walking, and it will go through the dining room, and library.

CITY HERITAGE COMMERCIAL STREET

This project intended to redesign Xianxi Street of Jinan city. This street is at the middle of historical site and modern commercial zone. So I intended to redefine the boundaries between traditional and contemporary urban components, in order for them to merge naturally. It is important for traditional culture to be well reflected within an emerging business center, manifest for heritage within the city.

ACADEMIC WORK

Shops facing street

More shopping route

COMMERCIAL Sight accessibility

Neighborhood

Alleyway

TRADITION Brick texture

Public squares

Roof terrace

SPACE Spatial sequence

Alleys within the pedestrian streets can customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory of the traditional H in Jinan. The connected platforms can people enjoy exploring at different levels

The public space can be used as an open-air cinema which allows customers to have a rest in the square.

The traditiona transformed promote the h more past me

arouse Hutong also let s.

Among the buildings, there is a square that plays the role of serving the local residents, allowing them to meet friends or dance here.

There are little trams running on the pedestrian streets, which not only make transportation more convenient but also attract more tourists to have fun with them.

al ancient temples have been into small museums that can history of Jinan, trying to evoke emories of the city.

DIGITAL FABRICATION - SPIDER WEB ROBOTIC ARM FABRICATED INSTALLATION Duration|2019 Spring, February to May Team Work|Cooperate with Cun Zhang Tutor|Jenny E. Sabin Location|Abu Dhabi, UAE Software|Rhino, Grasshopper, Enscape, Robotic Arm, Ardunio, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere 34

ACADEMIC WORK

Darwin’s Bark Spider

In the field of digital fabrication, more and more people are turning their attention to nature, which has become a new trend to achieve some fantastic structures by imitating biological construction techniques. In this project, I focus on a very amazing creature, Darwin’s Bark Spider. It can weave the world’s largest web, which can be as large as 2.8 square meters. We firstly read all the paper we could find and learn living habits of it, and try to find out how the actually weave the web step by step.

Scientific Name: Caerotris Darwini Type of Web-Weaving: Orb-weaver Spider Family: Araneidae Found Date: 2009 Found Area: Madagascar

Stiffiness (GPa)

Stiffness(Gpa)

Darwin's Bark Spider

25 24

Average of other Spider

0.69 0.66

0.60 0.57

19 18

11.5

0.63

8.8

0.48

0.45

0.52

0.54

0.2

0.51

0.42

Strength (MPa)

12 11

Toughness(MJ/m3)

0.39 0.36

Darwin's Bark Spider

0.33

Darwin's Bark Spider

10 9

Average of other Spider

0.30

0.24

0.21

0.15

0.12

0.09

1652

0.18

Average of other Spider

0.27

878

520

107

0.06 0.03

150 225 300 375 450 525 600 675 750 825 900 975 1050 1125 1200 1275 1350 1425 1500 1575 1650 1725 1800

Strength(Mpa)

Web Area (cm2) Radii

100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425

450 475 500 525 550 575 600

Toughness(MJ/m3)

Uloborus glomosus

Web Area(cm2)

Cyclosa conica Mangora maculata Metepeira labyrinthea

208

Darwin's Bark Spider

200

Average of other Spider

192

Araneus marmoreus Zygiella x-notata Micrathena gracilis

184

Araneus trifolium

176

Neoscona arabesca

168

Lecauge venusta

160

Araneus diadematus

152

Argiope trifasciata Gasteracantha cancriformis

144

Argiope aurantia

136

Teragnatha

128 120

Nuctenea umbratica Nephila clavipes

112

Verrucosa arenata

104

Larinioides cornutus

Neoscona domiciliorum

Neoscona crucifera

Eustala sp.

Herennia multipuncta Herennia etruscilla

Nephila ardentipes

Nephilengys malabarensis

28000

40 32

972

Nephila inaurata Nephila pilipes Nephilengys borbonica

Average

Caerostris darwini(field)

Caerostris darwini(lab)

Average of other Spider

0.72

22 21

Darwin's Bark Spider

0.75

Exstensibility (ln(mm/mm))

Extensibility (ln(mm/mm)) 0.78

0.04 0.08 0.12 0.16 0.20 0.24 0.28 0.32 0.36 0.40 0.44 0.48 0.52 0.56 0.60 0.64 0.68 0.72 0.76 0.80 0.84 0.88 0.92 0.96

Mesh width(mm)

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2400 2600 2800 3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400 4600 4800 5000 5200 5400 5600 5800 6000 6200 6400 6600 6800 7000 7200 7500 8000 8500 9000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500 10000 12000 1400016000 18000 20000 22000 24000 26000 28000

For full video of this project’s design process, please refer to the link below: Digital Fabrication - Spider Web - Xiaotong Wang, Cun Zhang - Cornell University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bKEPzkuyiQ

Weaving Procedure

Translation from Nature to Architecture

We finally choose the robotic arm as the equipment to perform the weaving. By setting the tool path, we use the robotic arm to mimic the weaving procedures. And We have tried various possibilities in this step, such as creating membrane structure by mixing yarn and silicon rubber; the hot glue sticks interfering with each other to imitate the web effect. And we have finally developed two patterns of translation.

Pattern. 1 Weaving Procedure Environment Given Input Image

Generating Hubs Number Populated

Hubs Moving

No Reduction Seed 60

No Reduction Seed 40

Generating Radii No Reduction Seed 20

Reducing Radii

1/4 Randomly Reducted Seed 20

1/3 Randomly Reducted Seed 20

1/2 Randomly Reducted Seed 20

100

Pattern. 2 Weaving Behavior Input Image

Time Passed

10 Spiders

8 Spiders

6 Spiders

4 Spiders

2 Spiders

1 Spider

Lying Down - Flat

Jogging

Hard Material

Shading

Lying Down - Curl Up

Walking

Hard Material in intervals

Hide and Seek

Human-based Interaction Lying Down - Lie prone

Jumping

Sitting - Temporary

Sitting - Relaxing

Input Input

10060 Points

Points

40 Points

80 Points

Totally Soft material

60 Points

20 Points

40 Points

45 Seconds

After setting a pattern which can be controlled by the grey scale picture, we then try to introduce the actual situation to the parameters. By doing the force analysis of several human positions, such as flat lying, curl up lying, lie prone, sitting and etc, the density of the pattern can be controlled by these analyses and then change the different partsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; elasticity of the surface weaved depending on human behaviors. In that case, the web could have more interaction with the users and bring more fun.

20 Points

35 Seconds

60 Seconds

15 Seconds

45 Seconds

End Effector Design After selecting the glue gun as the way of fabricating, we developed the end effector several times. We met lots of trouble due to the accuracy of 3d printing and other errors in this step. However, we eventually achieved it by setting a stepper motor controlled by the remote that can push the trigger of the glue gun. And the outcome finally met our expectations. 38

3D Web

Twisted Web

Canopy Web

By tons of operation with our end effector, we finally had three successful prototypes of the web, which have different spatial characters and possibilities of interaction with users.

For the video of this projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design process, please refer to the link below: Digital Fabrication - Spider Web - Xiaotong Wang, Cun Zhang - Cornell University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bKEPzkuyiQ 41

KINETIC FACADE

ACADEMIC WORK

Mountain

Valley

In this project, we try to obtain knowledge from origami and then develop a pattern of the dynamic facade. By simply folding, the hexagon pattern we choose can shrink into a 3D structure or expanding to a 2D surface, which has a lot of potentials to be developed with.

Umbrella Structure

Tracking System

Gear System

Screw System 43

Final prototype

3D Printing Structu Stepper Motor Arduino Sets & Re

In order to control th automatically, we sel per motor as the way system. With several proving, the final faca can shrink and expa control of the remote 44

ure;

emote

he movement lect the stepy to drive the times of imade prototype and under the or light sensor. 45

HOLIDAY CARD ANIMATION Firm|Shulman + Associates Duration|2019 Winter, December Location|Miami, Florida, the USA Solo work Software|Rhino, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Encoder

PROFESSIONAL WORK

MODELING

LINEWORK

GRAPHIC

ANIMATION

EXPORTING

LOSMART

FURTURE SUPERMARKET

ACADEMIC WORK

Gallery of Tomihiro Museum

Okurayama Apartment

Exeter Library

In this project, we are assigned to select three existed classical plans and combine them together to create something new. We try to create an interesting maze that can be used as a market floated in the skyscraper forest in the future city. By controlling the density among different areas, the space in the building could be more flexible and full of surprises for the visitors to explore. 51

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