The academic projects in this portfolio are proposed on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people and I wish to acknowledge them as Traditional Owners.
I pay my respects to their Elders, past and present, and to Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may read this portfolio.
Steve Wang
xdw a ngsteve @gm a il.com +61 478107821
Education
02 / 2022 - 06 / 2024
University of Melbourne
Mas te r of Ar c hit ec ture
02 / 2018 - 11 / 2020
University of Melbourne
Bac h e lor of D es ig n , Major in Ar c hit ec ture
Experiences
08 / 2022 - 06 / 2024
Project Coordinator
S h a n gh a i New Yo rk Uni ve r sity
01 / 2022 - 02 / 2023
Architectural Graduate EI N S tudio
03 / 2021 - 07/ 2021
Architectural Graduate A JA Life D es ig n e r s
Skills
Archit e ctura l Design ( Rhin oceros 3 0 & Grass h op per)
Document a tion (Adobe Su ite & Autodesk Revit )
Construction M a n a g e m e nt
Digit a l Rend e r ( E n scape / \!-ray / U nrea l E ngin e )
Digit a l Fa bri ca tion ( Laser Cu t / 3 0 Prin t )
An Adaptive Reuse of an Existing Heritage Building in Sunshine North l\I. ARCH. 2nd Year Design Studio E Sewester 2, 2023
Individual Work Advisors: Ji111 Stewai1 & Eve Li
Priwary Technical Solutions: Rhinoceros 3D
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe In Design
Adobe Photoshop V-Ray
Autodesk Revit
The Heritage Building
Co n s tru c te d in 1972, th e two-s toty ' C it y W es t Wa t e r
Admini s trati o n Buildin g' is a n o t a bl e exa mpl e o f Brutalist a rc hit ec ture with it s c rea m bri c k a nd co n c re t e faca d e fea turin g lin ea r, a n g le d w indows. It 's include d in Brimb a nk's H e rit age O ve rl ay, cove rin g th e buildin g, p a rkin g, a nd fr o nt age trees, w ith no p o te nti a l for a dditi o n a l s t o ri es.
The Inactivated Community
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It a im s t o serve res ide nt s wi th a m e niti es a nd o p e n s p aces but is hind e re d b y a lac k o f n ea rb y publi c tran s p o rt , limitin g access. It li es in a n inactivated zo n e w ith n o publi c tr a n sp o rt w ithin 1km , w ith n ea res t bu s a nd train se r vi ces b eyo nd th a t , hi ghli ghtin g a n ee d for impro ve d co nn ec ti vit y to full y ac ti va t e th e a rea.
A Journey of Continuous Learning
Life is a j o urn ey th a t re quir es perpetual learning , a nd w ith n ew j o b rol es o ft e n re quirin g co ntinu a l e du ca ti o n , th e re's a s ig nifi ca nt imp ac t o n co ll a b o ra ti ve lea rnin g, p a rti c ul a rl y for se ni o rs p os t -re tire m e nt. To e nri c h th e e m e rgin g co mmunit y, g uide d b y th e robu s t e du ca ti o n sec t o r a nd und e rsco re d b y th e d e m a nd o f loca l res ide nt s, thi s p roj ec t h as th e p o t e nti a l t o ca t a lyse a life lo n g lea rnin g up o n th e h e rit age buildin g. With a p os t -p a nde mi c s hift t owa rd s bl e nde d o nlin e a nd
o fflin e ac ti viti es, t oge th e r w ith th e co mmunit y's fa vo ur for fl ex ibl e lifes ty les, th e re sh o uld b e a s p ace w h e re b o th di g it a l a nd in -p e rso n lea rnin g ca n coex is t sea ml ess ly a nd a d a pt th e
co ll ec ti ve s pirit , a nd th a t sp ace is b e li eve d t o b e a life-long co- learning precin et.
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The Learning Nexus
T hi s lea rnin g prec in c t a im s t o b e a biophilic hub , e nri c hin g produ c ti vit y a nd co mfort throu gh n a tur e 's e mbra ce, fo s t e rin g b e lo n g in g a nd co ll a b o ra ti o n.
T h e proj ec t w ill build th e bridge b e twee n hum a n s a nd n a ture throu gh th e idea o f ''Nexus " , in w hi c h th e d yn a mi c lea rnin g pro gra m s a nd s t a ti c o n es int e rt w inin g t oge th e r, w ith th e n a tur a l e le m e nt s in b e twee n , c rea tin g a di ve rse j o urn ey for a ll age group s, w h e re th ey ca n n o t o nl y ge t cl ose t o th e n a tur e, but a lso e n co unt e r va ri o u s lea rnin g o pp o rtuniti es a lo n g th e j o urn ey.
T h e d es ig n prin c ipl es fo c u s o n engaging learning , community integration , a nd heritage adaptation , c ulti va tin g j oyo u s life lo n g lea rnin g.
Empowering Engagement through Learning
The learning nexus will provide diverse spaces for community education facing all age groups, with shared areas like study halls and computer labs, alongside specialised zones for children, seniors, and a distinct online study hub for working adults.
The learning environments are categorized into static, structured areas and d ynamic, interactive spaces. These interwoven elements create a balanced educational ecosystem for all ages, offering flexibility and a blend of quiet and collaborative opportunities throughout the precinct.
Programs for All Age Groups
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Online S!udy Booth
Online Study Hub & Nexus Garden
Seamlessly Connecting the Precinct and Nature
The interior learning spaces prioritise a biophilic environment, integrating nature for engagement. Aside from greenery, two natural patterns enhance the ambiance. Undulating timber veneer aids wayfinding, guiding learners through the space. Stiff patterns at interfaces offer diverse functionalities - standing, solo or collaborative studying- fostering an immersive learning atmosphere. Across this area, learners directly engage with nature via lightwells, intertwining static and dynamic programs. These spaces feature bench seating and learning stations, merging with the building's functions. These elements converge, crafting a biophilic learning haven, seamlessly connecting inhabitants with the outside world.
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Project 06 "Revive" with Music
A Museum Renovation Project Located in Melbourne CBD
M. ARCH. 1st Year Design Studio D Semester 1, 2023
Individual Worh
Advisors: Ariani Anwar, Thomas Proctor & Michelle Gan
Primary Technical Solutions: Rhinoceros 30
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe lnDesign
Adobe Photoshop V-Ray
Autodesk Revit
The Existing Immigration Museum
Comp leted in 1876, the Immigration Museum in Me lb ourne showcases the diverse stories and imp acts of migrants to Austra li a through exhibits and artefacts.
An examination of the current Immigration Museum showed that its exhibit ion method, which primarily consists of reading and viewing artefacts, is unidirectional and lacks int eractivity. This sty le can seem too simp li stic, simi lar to an IELTS test, especia ll y for immigrants. The suggestion is to adopt a more interactive, multi-directional approach to exhibitions, enhancing engagement and facilitating better communication and learning among immi grants and other visitors.
The History of Museum
The origins of museums trace back to ancient Egypt. Throughout their evolution, particularly in the Renaissance era, museums were viewed as theatres for learners. This perspective has inspired further exp loration of museums ' potential within the arts sector.
Immigration Museum and Music
The Austra li an government has launched a national cultura l policy named ''Revive" at the beginning of 2023, aimed at supporting and promoting the arts within society. Music thus was se lected from an array of artistic activiti es, noting it s universal presence in ce lebrations, yet with unique tonal and rhythmic differences among cultures. T11is highlights music's globa l reach and unique cultura l identity. Different cultures have their own musical traditions, and we can communicate the cultures through music.
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Situated directly opposite the Yarra River, the site is characterised by a natural riverbank, resulting in a significant elevation difference of nearly 6 metres. Pedestrians must ascend 25 steps from the north to reach the museum. Consequently, the existing landscape has undergone modification and form a new museum entrance facing the city.
Additional programmatic spaces, such as theatre and office, have been incorporated beneath the restructured exterior landscape, elevating the north entrance to align with street level. This alteration provides access to the building from all four sides, thereby enhancing its interaction and connectivity with the broader urban context.
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Visual I mmersion E xpenence
To enhance a multi-sensory experience, the museum's design integrates educational music spaces beyond the main hall, instantly immersing visitors in a multi-cultural musical atmosphere visually and audibly. Further into the building, the Immigration Museum emphasises exhibition methods that foster multi-sensory interactions. It features sound booths in the gallery, allowing visitors to engage with diverse cultural music, often played live in the museum 's practice studios. This approach deepens the visitor 's experience, connecting them more intimately with various cultural expressions through music.
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Celebrating the Multi-culture Contribution
To honour the diverse cultures of Melbourne through music, the city's overseas-born residents are grouped by continent, together with their traditional instruments, which are often hand-crafted or intricately designed, and can reflect their nations' identities - polished finishes denote established countries, while raw materials symbolize newer communities. This contrast informs the museum 's new timber expansion.
The building's timber facade features vernacular horizontal awnings, ingeniously serving as both shading and acoustic enhancements for studios, further acknow ledging the city's multicultural fabric.
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East Entrance and Expansion
Project 07
Centralised Contemplation
A Public Libraty Project Located in Melbourne CBD
B. DES. 3rd Year Design Studio Delta Semester 1, 2020
Individual Worh Advisor: Joseph Gauci-Seddon
Primary Technical Solutions: Rhinoceros 30
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe lnDesign
Adobe Photoshop V-Ray
Enscape
A Contemporary Library
A contemporaty library concerns more on sociability nowadays. It gradually transitions from Collection-Centred to User-Centred. Seattle Central Library by OMA is considered as the pioneer of this idea, in which Rem Koolhaas and his team applied a ' Function Re-allocation' design technique, making rooms for social programs. After 15 years, we can do more on this.
A Centralised Library
A contemporaty library must be centralised. People should be guided by specific circulation paths to the specific function areas, for efficiency and acoustic reasons. It shouldn ' t be 'one size fits all'. We don't only need 'F unction Re-allocation', but also 'Function Transition'.
A Contemplative Library
A contemporary library on this site must be contemp l ative as well. The site is surrounded by restaurants. The restaurants already share a part of the sociability function of the contemporaty library, and this fickle community needs a place for contemplation. Library as 'space for contemplation' was the initial idea since the libraty was given birth during medieval.
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To be Centralised
A contemporary library is gradually focusing more on sociability, rather than merely book collection nowadays, following the idea of abandoning Collection-Centred and choosing User-Centred. A contemporary library should be centralised for efficiency and acoustic reasons. The basic solution is to have a 'circulation core' at the centre.
To be Contemplative
Inspired by The Hajj in Mecca as contemplative architecture and prayer 's activity of walking around it, and also Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum, a spiral ramp space will be designed inside the building volume, manipulated from purely ramp to continuous stairs in order to attach some chill programs such as galle1y, resting, cafe, etc.
The Circulation
Circulation is the key to this project. The setback from the adjacent buildings and the cul-de-sac on the east of the site have limited the contact with outside. The entrance of the library would be located at the intersection of street networks. Two distinct circulation systems are designed for the purpose of contemplation and the function of a library: one is for leisure and spiral, the other is direct and urgent. The two circulation systems get separated straightly on the ground floor, in order to quickly respond to various needs of the visitors.
Defining Stepped Spaces
A spiral ramp space as a 'circulation core' is designed inside the building for contemplation purpose, manipulated from purely ramp to continuous stepped spaces. Therefore, another key aspect of this project is to have as various programs as possible in these spaces. In this case, the stepped space on the fourth floor works as a recreation lounge. A 3d-print prototype study went along with the design of the space.
Radiating from a Central Contemplative Core, Diverse Programs Flourish at the Periphery.
Interaction with the City
There were two problems found during the material study. One was how to make the library fit in this crowded community, and the other was how to make this public facility more 'accessible ', under the circumstance of having many ' setbacks ' around the site. The polycarbonate facade solves these two problems by giving the building a lightweight feeling and allowing people to see through the translucent wall, both from inside and outside.
Library in the City
Project 08
Dissolvin g Isol a tion
A Cohousing Project Located in Northcote, Melbourne
B. DES. 3rd Year Design Studio Epsilon Semester 2, 2020
Individual Worh Advisor: Huiseung Song
Primary Technical Solutions: Rhinoceros 30
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe lnDesign
Adobe Photoshop V-Ray
Enscape
Cohousing & Social Isolation
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s ub s t a nti a l p a rt hum a n d eve lo pm e nt.
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th e built form s. Ma n y rea l life exa mpl es h ave
b ee n pro ve d th a t co h o u s in g ca n h e lp so lve th e
soc ia l probl e m s s u c h as urb a n s pr aw l a nd hi gh
li vin g cos t , w hil e I fee l social isolation is o n e
o f th e m os t urge nt probl e m s a m o n g th e m , as
soc ia l iso la ti o n ca n n o t o nl y a ffec t o ur d a il y
b e h avio ur, but a lso is eve n h a rmful with o ur
h ea lth co nditi o n s.
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s h o uld fir s t unde rs t a nd w h y th e re is soc ia l iso la ti o n From th e lit era tur e, th e a uth o r
co nclude d four ca u ses o f b e in g iso la t e d , a nd
soc ie t a l ex clu s io n co uld b e th e prim a r y o n e.
A Communal Activity
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a profil e o f a n h a bit a nt , a vis u a l a pp eara n ce
o f a p e rso n a nd a li s t o f int e res t s a nd o th e r
p a rti c ul a r s d e finin g th a t im agin ary indi vidu a l , formin g a fi c ti ve co mmunit y.
A n c ie nt Ro m a n h a d th e h a bit t o h ave b a th co ll ec ti ve ly in publi c b a th , ca ll e d 'thermae '.
So m e resea rc h es h ave pro ve d th a t 'b a th s pro vide d m o re th a n s impl e h yg ie n e; th ey we re vibr a nt n o d es o f soc ia l a nd c ultura l int e rac ti o n th a t crosse d es t a bli s h e d b o und a ri es o f cl ass o r p os iti o n '
T h e d a il y b e h avio ur a nd routin e o f th e res id e nt s fr o m th e fi c ti ve co mmunit y we re s tudi e d , a nd co nclude d in th e ' a d ay in th e life di ag ram ' T h e di ag ram revea ls th e ir a ft e r wo rk tim e, in fa c t , lac k s a rr a n ge m e nt , a nd 'taking shower' is th e thin g th a t eve tyo n e will d o durin g a d ay, w hi c h h as a p o t e nti a l t o b e a co mmun a l ac ti vit y a round th e co h o u s in g.
A 'Thermae Cohousing '
H e re co m es w ith th e d es ig n int e nt. Soc ia l iso la ti o n is b eco min g a n e m e rg in g probl e m , n o t o nl y a ffec tin g d a il y b e h avio ur, but a lso threa t e nin g p eo pl e 's h ea lth S oc ie t a l exclu s io n is o n e o f th e ca u ses. Co h o u s in g as a preve nt a ti ve m eas ure, in th e la n g u age o f a rc hit ec ture, co uld fi ght aga in s t thi s soc ia l
iss u e. T h e T h e rm ae Co h o u s in g' w ill brea k soc ie t a l ex clu s io n prim a ril y b y communal bathing and shower programs , w hi c h is inh e rit e d fr o m th e p o pul a r soc ia l ac ti vity in
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The building features two 'voids' for a staircase/lift and a lig lit court, with the latter's oversized space offering potential for conversion into different functional programs.
In each unit, individual shower spaces were eliminated, compelling residents to utilize a shared 'communal shower room' for bathing purposes.
The individual shower rooms have been consolidated within th e original lig lit court area, now bifurcated into two sections: one for enjoying views during showers, and the other for natural sunlight exposure.
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Housing Adaptability
After all it is a 'housing' project, indicating the design of each housing unit is a important aspect as we ll. Adaptability has a lways been regarded as an essential spatial quality and has a lways been the goal pursued by architects. In order to reduce the living cost for the potential residents in this ' thermae cohousing', the changing needs of them must be taken into deep consideration.
Scenario 1
The sliding door in the kitchen is opened , and the 'adaptable space' will be used as dining room.
Scenario 1
The sliding door in the bedroom is opened , and the 'adaptable space' will be used as study room.
An ' adaptable space ' is designed for each type of housing unit. For double-bedroom units, the idea of creating an 'internal ring' is applied. Closing off either openings will result different programs in the adaptab le space. Whereas for the singlebedroom space, the 'adaptable space ' is located in the bedroom, and can be turned into a study room, or a temporaty bedroom with the help of the foldable desk and sliding door.
Scenario 2
The sliding door in the kitchen is fully closed , and the 'adaptable space' will be used as another bedroom. Dining will be on the island kitchen.
Scenario 2
The sliding door in the bedroom is fully closed , and the 'adaptable space' will be used as a temporary bedroom.
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Typical Single-Bedroom Unit
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Adaptable Space in Single-Bedroom Housing Unit
Project 09-11
Miscellaneous
Selected \I\Torks from Design Studios and Construction Case Studies 2019-2022
Group & Individual Worh
Priwary Technical Solutions:
Rhinoceros 3 D
AutodeskAutoCAD
Autodesk Revit
Grasshopper
l\lodel Fabrication
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe lllustrator
V-Ray
co mp ass in g pre mium o ffi ces, a lux ur y hot e l, a nd publi c spaces w ithin a 50-level st ru ct ure reac hin g 223 meter s in h e ig ht. The to we r 's podium spa n s thr ee leve ls , ho s tin g offices , h o t e ls , a nd di s tin c t e nt ra n ces cate rin g to va ri e d fun c tion a liti es . Th e tower's s tru c tural sys te m , a co mp os ite tub e- i n-tube d es ign , opt imi zes load distributi o n an d latera l res is t a n ce. Glass faca d es and s h a ding sys tem s e n s ure n atura l li g ht , ve ntilation , a nd e n ergy effi c ie ncy across diffe re nt tower facades, comp le m e nt e d b y so la r PV p a nels for p ass ive e lec tri c it y ge n era tion. T h e detailed study m ai nl y focus es o n th e s tru c tura l a nd facade syste m s o f the sky lobby leve l, w hi c h is a double-height featured s p ace situated b e t wee n t h e offi ce a nd hot e l leve ls.
Project
A Case-Study Project on Victor ian Co ll ege of the Arts Secondary Schoo l
Substructure
Superstructure
B. DES. 3rd Year Construction Design Semester 1, 2020, Individual Worh Advisor: Jim
Roof Structure
Wilmot
Project 11 Residential House Construction Analysis
A Case-Study Project on Lake Wendouree House Foundation Systems
