UC Berkeley Design Studio
Academic, 2023
Collaborate with Yabiao Guo
Instructor: David Jaehning
Academic, 2023
Collaborate with Yabiao Guo
Instructor: David Jaehning
UC Berkeley Design Studio
Academic, 2022
Individual Work
Instructor: René Davids, Greg Castillo
Collected in Dessau Effect 3 | 2022
Academic, 2022
Individual Work
Instructor: René Davids, Greg Castillo
Collected in Dessau Effect 3 | 2022
UC Berkeley Design Studio
Academic, 2021
Individual Work
Instructor: Eric Reeder
Academic, 2020
Individual Work
Tutor: Elliott Chieh
Kyushu University Design Studio
Academic, 2020
Collaborate with Tatsuhiko Hirata, Ishimoto Daiho, Masaaki Hiramatsu, Kido Togo
Instructor: Takefumi Kurose
Shortlisted | 2020 the 7th Urban Design and Town Planning Competition, 2020
Top100 | Fukuoka-Design Review, 2020
Collected in Design Review 2020 (pp.121, ID 44) & UD&TP Competition 2020 (pp.160-161)
Academic, 2019
Collaborate with Zhichen Gong, Congying He, Yingzhi He
Academic, 2019
Collaborate with Zhichen Gong, Yong Chen, Yingzhi He, Congying He
Collected in eVolo Skyscrapers 4 | 2021
Exihibited in Paradoxical, 4C Architecture and Design Innovation Exhibition | 2021
Academic, 2018
Collaborate with Zhichen Gong, Congying He
Third Prize | 3th "Tianhua"ART&TECH National College Students' Arch Design Competition, 2018
Academic, 2018 (Reworked in 2020)
Individual Work
Instuctor: Yiwa Shen, Elliott Chieh
Professional, 2024
Supervisor: Geoffrey Sorrell
Associated with
Professional, 2022
Supervisor: René Davids
Associated with
Associated with
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UC Berkeley Graduate Thesis
Academic, 2024
Indivudual Work
Instructor: Neyran Turan, Mia Zinni
Academic, 2024
Indivudual Work
Instructor: Neyran Turan, Mia Zinni
01. Somewhere Else
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Design Studio
Academic, 2018 (Reworked in 2020)
Individual Work
Instructor: Yiwa Shen, Elliott Chieh
Monologue
This is the earliest project included in my portfolio. It originated from a design studio during my time at HUST, and was later revisited and redrawn when I worked on my portfolio. The studio brief was to design a pavilion by East Lake in Wuhan. After visiting the site several times, I gradually came to realize that East Lake is a remarkably valuable and expansive urban park.
Wuhan has a population of around 11 million and covers more than 8,000 square kilometers (approximately 2,000,000 acres), making it a major city in both population and scale. It is also home to the largest college student population in China, totaling 1.68 million, and continues to attract significant migration. Within this high-density urban context, East Lake, which spans 33.7 square kilometers (about 8,000 acres), becomes an essential green space.
My design approach is rooted in childhood memories—eating persimmons in the courtyard of my family home and watching the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Moments like these, though seemingly ordinary, recur in my mind. I often feel as if I am observing myself from a third-person perspective.
Through this pavilion at East Lake, I aim to recreate that kind of experience—strengthening the connection between human and nature, encouraging visitors to slow down, become aware of their surroundings, and experience moments of solitude. Through simple interactions with nature, the design seeks to amplify subtle details: the smell of grass, the sensation of fingertips touching water, or quietly sitting with the trees in silence.
Axonometric
Rendering Perspectives
Rendering Perspective 1
Rendering Perspective 2
Rendering Perspective 3
Section
The house is situated on a gentle slope, with a 0.6-meter difference in elevation between the lower and higher points.
I lowered the concrete foundation by 0.9 meters to slightly lower the perspective of the interior. By doing so, the inhabitants gain a fresh view of their familiar surroundings.
Additionally, this sunken interior further distinguishes the inside from the outside, fostering an atmosphere of isolation from the world.