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An Architectural Monograph

LeoWang.

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Architecture, renovation, cultural heritage, and the slow renewal of village life.

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Fig. 01 — Self portrait2025

王洪宇 · 建築 · ARCHITECTURE

Based in

Auckland, NZ

Practice since

MMXIII

Languages

EN · 中文

Currently

Master Thesis · Rural Ritual

I — Profile§

An introduction

Authentic Architecture.

I believe great architecture is born from the balance between professional rigor and practical intuition.

Having navigated both the structured environment of major design institutes and the raw reality of local construction, I've developed a versatile perspective that bridges the drawing board and the site. I am a mature communicator who values the human side of the industry — adept at resolving conflicts between clients and contractors with empathy.

My goal is to design with purpose, ensuring every detail adds genuine value to the people who live and work in the spaces I create.

II — Experience§

Selected positions, 2013 — present

Experience— twelve years —

From institutional drafting rooms in Beijing to carpentry sites in Auckland; from a one-man village studio to a master's research practice. Read across, not down.

2024 – 2025№ 08

Research Lead — Master Thesis Project

Unitec Institute of Technology

·Field surveys in rural China documenting communal ritual spaces.
·Proposed “Dynamic Being” designs addressing multi-dimensional ritual presence.

Apr – Oct 2024№ 07

Student Intern

BESIX Architectural Design Ltd, NZ

·Residential concept, developed and detailed design.
·BC application and council RFI replies.

Nov 2023 – Feb 2024№ 06

Carpenter

Vitron Construction NZ

·Frame assembly, staircase installation; learned NZ construction process firsthand.

2018 – 2023№ 05

Studio Founder

Matsuo Design Studio

·Led design and construction from start to finish; permits, on-site, marketing.

2016 – 2017№ 04

Co-designer

Coohom Home Design

2015 – 2016№ 03

Junior Architect

BCKJ Architects

2014 – 2015№ 02

Assistant Architect

AVIC Architectural Design & Research Institute

2013 – 2015№ 01

Research Assistant

Ancient City Conservation Program, Yangzhou University

·Measured drawings of historical timber structures; co-edited the research monograph.

III — Education · Awards · Publication§

Education

Master of Architecture (Professional)

Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland

Conferred 2026

Bachelor of Architecture

Yangzhou University, Jiangsu

Conferred 2015

Awards

Finalist — Resene Student Design Awards 2025

NZIA · Project: Places in Time — Public Space Practices for Dynamic Being in Rural China

View on NZIA →

Top 8 Finalist — 1st National Coohom Design Competition 2015

Among professional designers, for high-speed 3D modelling, spatial planning and photorealistic visualisation.

Publication

Yangzhou Urban Historical Architecture

Edited by Yangzhou University School of Architecture and Yangzhou Urban Planning Bureau. China Architecture & Building Press, September 2015.

ISBN 978-7-112-18432-3

IV — Selected Works§

SelectedWorks.

Across five categories — Space, Residential, Commercial, Public and Rural — thirteen built and unbuilt architectural works from 2015 to 2025. Each opens its own detail page.

CONTENT

Space

“Space and time are not conditions in which we live, but modes in which we think.” — Einstein

Part 02

Residential

“Only if we are capable of dwelling, only then can we build.” — Heidegger

Part 03

Commercial

“The sun never knew how great it was until it struck the side of a building.” — Louis I. Kahn

Part 04

Public

“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.” — Mies van der Rohe

Part 05

Rural

“From the soil grows the only architecture that knows where it stands.” — after Fei Xiaotong

V — Beyond Architecture§

A second shelf

BeyondArchitecture.

Painting, physical models, published research, an award citation, and four small interiors — work that sits alongside the buildings rather than inside them.

Enter the second shelf5 works →