Portfolio-25

YIMING WANG

PORTFOLIO.

Education

Northeastern University - Boston, U.S.

• Bachelor of Science in Architecture -- 2025

Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, U.S.

• Master of Architecture -- 2027 (Expected)

Experience

IE University - Segovia, Spain

• Architecture exchange -- 2022

HMFH Architects - Cambridge, U.S.

• Internship -- 2022

Grimshaw Architects - NYC, U.S.

• Internship -- 2024

Software Rhino Grasshopper Revit

Twinmotion Manual 3D Printing Woodworking Photography Linguistic Chinese English Spanish Skills

References

Alpha Arsano a.arsano@northeastern.edu

Iouyu Chen iouyu.chen@grimshaw.global

Tim Love love@utiledesign.com

Team:

01 Ethiopian Evangelical Church

Yiming Wang, Sara Ounijjar Mzali

(Only individual work shown)

Typology:

Adaptive Reuse

Time: 2024

Settings:

Studio - Prof. Alpha Arsano

The project aims to revitalize an Ethiopian church which currently resides in a renovated auto shop. The design addresses the community members’ concern with natural lighting, noise, and drainage. A central atrium anchors the redesign, connecting entry to the relocated sanctuary nestled against natural rock formations. The sanctuary placement maximizes natural light while providing acoustic shelter, as an innovative sloped roof channels rainwater to reflection pools below. A new secondfloor addition activates the space for community programs while prayer spaces are enclosed with glass brick to offer diffused lighting, creating a sacred space that bridges tradition and future needs.

LOUNGE FELLOWSHIP CLASSROOMS

PANELS

COLLECTION

USAGE

Roof Drainage

Drainage Design

The integrated drainage system harnesses both built and natural elements - the slanted roof works in concert with existing rock formations to guide stormwater into the reflection pools in between. This creates a 6,800-gallon reservoir system that sustains the building’s operations for up to three weeks for bathroom flushing and atrium irrigation while creating moments of spiritual reflection through water elements.

Social Spaces

The social spaces are designed for natural gathering and community building. The main staircase integration is a key feature - with 2-foot-deep treads that double as informal seating, it creates a natural amphitheater overlooking the fellowship area. This architectural move transforms a typical circulation element into an active social catalyst.

The upper floor lounge space employs sophisticated environmental controls through its operable facade system. During summer months, the facade provides essential shading, while in winter it can be adjusted to increase solar gain and natural ventilation. This adaptive approach gives the users flexibility of environmental control, creating comfortable, light-filled gathering spaces that respond to seasonal changes.

Parametric Façade

The street-facing parametric façade system merges Ethiopian cultural heritage with contemporary architectural expression. Inspired by the traditional Ethiopian painting “Defender of His Country,” the design translates historic mosaic patterns and cultural motifs into a dynamic, fragmented surface geometry. This interpretation creates a dialogue between traditional artistry and modern parametric design, resonating with community members who recognize their cultural heritage in its contemporary form.

Religious symbolism is subtly woven throughout the façade’s details - a rhythmic “crack” pattern abstracts the form of a cross across the panels, while refined elements like door panel indentations and cross-shaped handles provide quieter references to the building’s sacred purpose. These layered details transform the façade from a simple building envelope into a meaningful cultural touchstone that both protects and proclaims the building’s identity.

Team:

02 Musuem of Emotions

Yiming Wang, Roy Glick

(Only individual work shown)

Typology: Institution

Time: 2024

Settings: Competition

This competition entry translates the duality of human vdense forest, the cast-concrete structure operates as a double-helix pathway. One path—an open, sweeping ramp— facilitates positive, expansive states. The second—an enclosed, restrictive tube—forces a negative, isolating experience where wayfinding is obscured and the user’s line of sight is strictly limited to the immediate path ahead.

Parametric Generation

To resolve the complex geometry of the converging pathways, the structure was entirely generated using Grasshopper. The script mathematically controlled the sloping tolerances, the intersection of the sweeping curves, and the weaving width of the intersecting concrete shells, ensuring a seamless aesthetic transition from the ground to the observation deck.

The Convergence

Crucially, these two pathways continuously intertwine, illustrating that opposing emotional states do not exist independently. The physical journey culminates at a shared summit: a circular observation deck with a central glass floor. Here, users from both paths converge, allowing them to look back down through the core of the structure and perceive the entire, intertwined journey as a single unified system.

03 Industrial Site -- Translation

Yiming Wang

Typology:

Representation

Time: 2025

Settings:

Studio - Prof. Mae Dessauvage

This project challenges conventional representation by blending plan and elevation into a single, hybrid drawing. By shifting the orientation away from a traditional street-side view, it reveals a hidden “pocket space”—an active, intimate courtyard nestled within the heavy industrial complex that would otherwise go unnoticed.

The 2D/3D Theater Model

Mirroring the drawing’s hybrid nature, the physical model acts as a translation of dimensions. Constructed as a perspective theater box, the primary architectural facades are built in full 3D relief, while secondary elements like the central tree and distant landscape remain flat 2D planes. This forces a specific, curated perspective of the courtyard’s activity and industrial contrasts.

Analog Lens

The styling of the physical model deliberately incorporates a vintage camera and lighter. These objects ground the model, emphasizing how the industrial building has endured through time. Just as a camera shifts lenses to reframe reality, this theater model acts as an analog documentation of the site itself—shifting the viewer’s lens to uncover the hybrid nature of the space.

Team:

04 Volcanic Horseman Retreat

Yiming Wang, Roy Glick, Jacob Noznesky (Groupwork marked *)

Typology:

Nestled within an ancient Icelandic crater, this 1,600m² equestrian facility reimagines the historic relationship between Iceland’s horses and its volcanic landscape. The design carefully integrates into the caldera while preserving its natural walls, creating a contemporary shelter that echoes the site’s traditional use as a horse refuge.

Landscape Response

The architecture employs removable structures and local materials, maintaining a low profile never exceeding 8 meters. Built partially into the crater, the design creates a seamless dialogue between built form and natural landscape, offering visitors an immersive experience of Iceland’s raw beauty while honoring the site’s geological and cultural heritage.

Wall Assembly

The hut’s wall system draws conceptual and functional inspiration from its equestrian program through an innovative use of locally-sourced straw cladding. This material strategy serves multiple purposes: providing additional thermal insulation while creating a visual connection to traditional stable architecture. The assembly incorporates a unique contingency featurein emergency situations, the processed straw cladding could serve as supplementary feed for the horses, creating a building envelope that is both performative and potentially sustaining. The use of local straw reduces transportation costs and environmental impact while supporting regional agricultural practices.

COMMUNAL HALL

Program Integration

The retreat centers around a 700m² stable housing 50 Icelandic horses, complemented by a 150m² communal gathering space with traditional fireplaces. Supporting amenities include a 50-cover restaurant (150m²), equestrian shop (50m²), children’s play area (50m²), and varied accommodation offering 20 double rooms and 10 single rooms.

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01 Interlinked

Team: Yiming Wang Typology:

Studio - Prof. Tim Love

A modular housing design that responds to the diverse living patterns of graduate students and public tenants. The project employs a systematic yet flexible approach through repeating modules, each carefully configured to maximize spatial efficiency and adaptability.

Each module organizes around a central egress stair core connecting the first three floors, while fourth-floor units are accessed through internal stairs from the third level. The design creates a distinctive spatial hierarchy: streetfacing units follow traditional apartment layouts, while rear units adopt a more communal, dormitory-inspired approach. An innovative circulation spine between units enables the interconnection of rear spaces, creating the possibility for larger combined units as needs evolve.

Unit Composition & Flexibility

The typical module differentiates between street-facing and rear units. Street-side apartments offer traditional two-bedroom layouts, while back units feature duplex configurations with interconnected corridors that enable combination into larger four-plus bedroom units. This adaptability accommodates both individual student living and family occupancy.

Outdoor Living Strategy

Each unit type integrates dedicated outdoor space: ground-floor units connect to front gardens and private rear yards accessed via bamboo walkways, secondfloor units feature balconies, and upper-level street-side units include terraces. The massing incorporates light wells at both ends, while a half-level shift between adjacent units ensures privacy and aligns with egress requirements.

Natural Illumination

Despite tight urban conditions, the design prioritizes natural light through strategically placed skylights in ground-floor units and upper-level bedrooms. This approach, combined with the light well strategy, ensures bright, livable spaces throughout the complex.

02 Segovia Pavilion

Team:

Yiming Wang, Jacob Noznesky, Arseniy Petrov (Groupwork

marked *)

Typology: Installation

Time: 2022

Settings:

Studio - Prof. Maxon Higbee

*Drawing produced in collaboration. Personal contribution: 3d model, lineweight adjustment

A wooden observation and art pavilion that activates Plaza Jardín de Mauricio Fromkes through elevated drawing spaces. Taking cues from the SAIE pavilion’s structural language, the design features a series of elevated “pods” oriented at varying heights to frame unique perspectives of Segovia’s historic landscape. This layered viewing strategy transforms artists’ relationship with the city, offering new vantage points for artistic documentation and contemplation.

The pavilion’s base is articulated through tree-like structural elements that echo the site’s vegetation while creating intimate gathering spaces below. This design approach honors both the park’s namesake - American painter Mauricio Fromkes - and its artistic heritage, while providing a contemporary platform for artistic engagement with the urban context. The result is a dynamic public space that serves both as observation deck and creative incubator.

*Drawing produced in collaboration. Personal contribution: 3d model, lineweight adjustment

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