Upenn M.Arch 2020 by Xinyu Wang

Xinyu Wang Upenn M.Arch 20 Selected Work 2017-2019

Upenn M.Arch Candidate Phone: +1 267-334 8347 E-mail: wanxinyu@design. upenn.edu

Education

Internship/ Work Experience

08/2012-07/2017 Tsinghua University Degree: Bachelor of Science Major: Structural Engineering GPA: 86.5/100

03/04/2019-03/08/2019 Architectural externship -- Warren Techentin Architects, Los Angelos, The United States -Working on a competition -- African School Project, Education for the future

09/2015 -05/2016 Columbia University (New York/ Paris Program) Degree: Non-Degree Program New York/Paris program (Architecture) 07/2017 –Now University of Pennsylvania Program: Master of Architecture GPA: 3.88/4.0

Software Skills Advanced: Rhino, Vray, Grasshopper, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Excel, Word, Python, Matlab Intermediate: Revit, Sketchup, Maya, Zbrush, C

Language Advanced: English, Chinese

05/2018-08/2018 Architectural Internship—Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo, Japan -Human Pavilion Project, Schematic Design, New Deli, India /Making physical models, rendering, fixing technical drawings -Water Garden Restaurant, Schematic Design, Awaji, Japan /Making physical models, photoshopping plans and sections -Sky ZenDojo, Schematic Design, Awaji, Japan /Making physical models, photoshopping renderings, plans and section -VAN (Volunteer Architect’s Network) /Working in Okayama to set up paper-tube partition systems for people who suffered from the heavy rain 05/2016-08/2016 Architectural Internship—Mozhao Atelier, Shenzhen, China -concept design of a kindergarten project -assist junior architect with further developing the design -physical model making

Honors & Recognitions 2018-2019 Dales Award, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania 2017-2018 Warren Powers Laird Award, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania 2012-2013 Second Class Scholarship for Social work, Tsinghua University 12/2014 Second Prize for Economic Analysis on Green Dwellings competition, Tsinghua University

Preface Architecture has always been a place where sense and sensibility interwined with each other. It is not only about creating space and atmosphere but also about creating an aesthetics that might represent the age we are in. We

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are now witnessing the unprecedent speed of computing, the power of 3D printing and the explosion of data. Will and where architecture be taken to while all the other fields are somewhat under revolutions? Long been interested in the intersection of computation and design, the porfolio is expected to illustrate an idea of how architectural designs could be implemented in a way to manifest the beauty of math and the spirit of this Information Age.

The project intended to modify the existing is-

managed to cancel out part of the visual ef-

land where Statue of Liberty was located and

fects and helped neutralize the possible incom-

to design a museum that could document im-

patibility between the statue and the building.

portant moments of civil right movements. While the exterior was designed to be simple The challenge we saw in the project was

in order to respect and accentuate statue as

how to create a building that could create its

a monumental object. We hoped the interior

own presence while still respecting the con-

of the building could be different and it could

text around it as well as how the building and

become a space that was fun to explore.

the island could together provide visitors innovative and diversified ways of learning

The interior is created by the interest of removing

and experiencing around Statue of Liberty.

the most stressed volume of TSO solution and generates a series of exhibition pockets. On the

Both the designs of the island and the exteri-

other hand, the removal of the structure is rein-

or facade of the building conformed to idea of

forced by the structural ornament members which

simplicity, to emphasize the Statue of Liberty.

constitutes the aesthetic ambition of the project.

We desided to minimize the island and only maintain the central aixs. We also relocated the whole island to be at the front of the statue. The building was designed as another artifact whose presence was declared by its defined geometry. However, the reflective facade still

01 Intrinsic Matters Instructor: Robert Stuart-Smith Team: Xinyu Wang, Tsuilun Wang Site: Statue of Liberty 2019@Penn

Frontal Image

One of the most intriguing part about this project is the misuse of current advanced technology. Design, after all, should be a stringent but fun process. All the other design fields are somewhat Load Case: Concentrated force = 3N, Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 4/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Concentrated force = 3N, Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 5/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Concentrated force = 3N, Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 8/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Concentrated force = 3N, Unsymmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 3/ Unsymmetrical

under revolutions. How might the fruits coming out of them be applied to architectural design? Autodesk Fusion 360, for example, is a blackmagic for industrial designers. It is the first cloud platform that untilizing design and simulation. In this project, we mainly used the shape optimazation function which could optimize parts to make

Load Case: Concentrated force = 3N, Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 4/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Concentrated force = 3N, Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 5/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Concentrated force = 3N, Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 8/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Concentrated force = 3N, Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 3/ Unsymmetrical

them light weight and structurally efficient based on the load and boundary geometry. Taking the building as a product and applying loads where we would like walls to happen, a series of exhibition pockets were generated as the results.

Load Case: Distributed force = 3N/1N Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 4/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Distributed force = 3N/1N Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 5/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Distributed force3N/1N Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 8/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Distributed force = 3N/1N Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 3/ Unsymmetrical

Load Case: Distributed force = 3N Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 4/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Distributed force = 3N Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 5/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Distributed force3N Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 8/ Symmetrical

Load Case: Distributed force = 3N Symmetrical Load Number of Constraints: 3/ Unsymmetrical

Left : Form Explorations Right: Plans

Ceiling

Exploring the intersection between structure and ornament, the project went on identifying and detailing the structural elements from the last step with a self-made algorithm. Taking the form from the last step, the food is cre-

Field Food

ated according to the initial geometry. Then given the start condition--the starting point and the initial condition, an organic substruture is created.

Reflective Ceiling

Interior Diagram

Start Condition

Initial Geometry

Food and Start Condition

Agent-bades Simulation

Bespoke Geometry

Chunk Model

The removal of the structure is reinforced by the structural ornament members. The substructures further added definition to the space by shattering the concrete form of the structure and provided new ways of framing and seeing. which constitutes the aesthetic ambition of the project.

Left (Top): Exhibition Left (Bottom): VR room Right: Facade

Glazing

Mirror Panel Primary structure

Joint cast-in-place Metal Roof Frame Precast concrete panel Finishing Plaster finishing

Insulation Layer moisture prevention

Precast Column

sand

Foundation

Detail Drawings

Structure Model

Section

Structural Model_ Fabrication Process

Chunk Model Front

Interior Geometry

Interior Sneaking Out

Elevator

Chunk Model

This is a project sitting somewhere between being academic and practical. Locating at The Sant Bertran Dock, which is an interstitial space with extremely different edge conditions on each of its sides, in terms of both physically and programmatically. The existing building was supposed to be divided into 12 slices. Together with other 11 proposals, the project aims revitalize neo-classic structure within the site. Focusing on the intersection of computation, ecology and design, the project starts with its form finding process using a series of analytical and generative techniques. By researching on the site conditions, the ultimate result of the project aims to be a hybrid system, with a combination of standard and non-standard building components that speaks to the site and the city.

02 Multifamily Housing in Barcelona Instructor: Anna Pla Catala Site: Barcelona 2018@Penn

Facade

Interior View

Roof View

The residential building, located at one of the most important and bustling corner of the city, was supposed to create an escape for its residents as well as the pass-byers. Two Roof Angle= [.001,.785] Rotation = 0 Cell Size = 1

of the most important strategies to achieve that goal are cornering and sculturing, which creates shades and a continous void leading to the roof terrace. The form is first defined by smaller cell of the size 1 by 1 by 1 to have

Initial Geometry

Sculpturing: Punching and Scaring

Mixing large and small cells

Melting ground

more definitions to it. Then cells of the size Roof Angle= 0.270 Rotation = 0 Cell Size =[1,3]

3 by 3 by 3 are introduced to provide more convenience in terms of later rationalizing.

Roof Angle= 0.270 Rotation = [0,90] Cell Size = 1.5

Roof Angle = 0.270 Rotation = 0 Cell Size = 1.5 Relative Location of Attractors

Roof Angle = 0. Rotation = 0 Cell Size = 1 Combination of different Attractors

After the overall form is settled from the last step, a massing analysis was done on all X, Y ,Z axies. From the analysis, a continous void could be observed through the whole massing, creating a secrete garden that could lead and providing chances for green and open space to happen on all the levels and to all the units.

Ground Plan LEVEL = 0.0m

Massing Analysis

Plans

Typical Floor Plan LEVEL = 11.0m

Model Picture: Scar as roof

Model Picture: Transition to ground

Model Picture: Long elevation

Model Picture: Facade transition

Cornering Condition 1

Cornering Condition 2

Conering condition 3

Site Model

What is an archive? What is the first image that

museum. The extension is expected to be lo-

pops into your head when you are trying to pic-

cated in the Stoner Courtyard adjacent to South

ture an archive? Is it a dark place, like the De-

Street, which presents a unique opportunity to

partment of Mysteries in Harry Potter? At least

challenge the withdrawn nature of the archive

that was what I had in my head. But why does

space. The project, by stretching and weaving

it have to be that? Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it exciting to reveal it, to

based on a deformed grid system, creates a

pass around this sense of mystery around the

porous and organic skin, partially exposing the

space, to have the space as an item on display?

archive to visitors, exhibiting the space like an object on show. On the other hand, by alternat-

This project aims to challenge the traditional

ingly arranging the public and private space, the

typology of archive as a private and enclosed

project still attempts to secure the storage space

space. Penn Museum, founded in 1887, was the

while allowing people to fell the interweaving of

largest university museum in the United States

the two different types of space while navigating

as well as one of the most important archeol-

them throughout the whole volume.

ogy and anthropology museum in the world. The archive, as a space for the orderly retention and disposition of all historical records, is a most active yet a most reclusive element of the

03 Interlace Instructor: Daniel Markiewicz Site: Penn Museum 2017@Penn

View from Street

The project attempts to get the idea of form from the inventiful grid. By placing the negative attractors with different 3-D spherr forces in the grid, the grid would reorganize itself based on Singe Direction N Attractor: N = 1 Force ->

the force of each attractor. The variables include direction of the grid, locations of attrators, numbers of attrators and their forces. The strategy transfers 2D shape from 3D volume that could be redesigned as a building. The reorganized form also has gaps of different widths, which provides a chance to define private and privacy

Singe Direction N Attractor: N = 2 Relative Location

with a consistent but innovative strategy.

Multi-direction N Attractor: N = 1 Force ->

Multi-direction N Attractor: N = 2 Relative Location

Multi-direction N Attractor: N = 4 Relative Location

Form Illustration

Grasshopper Diagram

Elevation

Ground Plan

Floor Plan

04 Solar Facade Study

Solid Solid Flexible

Trasparent

Solid

Flexible

Trans -parent

Installation Photo

Flexible

Transparent / Window

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05 Research Projects Agent Trajectory

Layering

Toolpath

Interpolated Mesh

Contour

Form

Simulation

Clay

Transcoding

Instructor: Robert Stuart-Smith Team: Xinyu Wang Tsui-Lun Wang Neng Zhu Xiangyu Chen 2018@Penn

Left: Collage Right: Fabrication Process

Printing

Instructor: Masoud Akbarzadeh Site: Pennovation Team Work: Class of 16 2018@Penn

06 Professional Work Firm: Shigeru Ban Architects Project Name: Pasona

Supervisor: Yasunori Harano Team: Shigeru Ban Yasunori Harano Jun Fugisaku Xinyu Wang (Intern) Anthony Chu (Intern) Main Duty: Physical Modeling/Rendering/ Making Presentation drawing

Firm: MOZHAO Atelier Project: Kindergarten in HuiZhou Team: Guansheng Zeng Zhihui Zhang Yinghui Huang Xinyu Wang (I nlern) Su Zheng (Intern) Main Duty: Conceptual design/Making presentation drawings

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