Austin Li Selected Works 2019-2022

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River of Green

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Musicians’ Residency

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Mission Road Robotics Center

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Resume

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RIVER OF GREEN Design Excellence Nomination | Spring 2021 Located on the corner of 22nd and Pearl, “River of Green” explores the intersection between mass housing and green space. In a world where interaction with nature has become increasingly uncommon, “River of Green” seeks to bring trees into daily life.

Each unit has access to a shared or private green space that residents must navigate to reach their apartments. Additionally, the curved form of the units and ground condition encourage movement through the courtyards framed by the surrounding vegetation and structure.

In the hot summers, these gathering spaces are shielded from the heat of the sun through the shading created by the trees and units above.

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Planes, Rooms, Endless Design

Unit Density Field

Concept Development 06

Unit Designs 07

Unit Variability 10

Natural Voids

Circulation Network

Natural Void and Circulation 11

First Floor

Second Floor

Plans 14

Courtyard Render 15

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MUSICIANS’ RESIDENCY Design III | Fall 2020 The Musicians’ Residency is a retreat for aspiring musicians seeking to grow their careers through digital platforms such as Youtube and Spotify. These platforms have fostered an idea of self-dependence which the residency incorporates through the integration of practicing, recording, and editing spaces.

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customization of the space to the need of the musician. With a variety of different-sized rooms, musicians can choose a space that best fits their performance.

The editing spaces provided within the building are located around the central lightwell to

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residence. For a more quiet focus workspace, there are desks in every room as well as a private workroom.

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Massing Aggregations 22

Selected Aggregation 23

Ground Floor 24

Second Floor 25

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Second Floor Living Space 28

Recording Studio 29

Mission Road Robotics Center Design V Speculative | Fall 2021 Located along the riverwalk of San Antonio, the

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Mission Road Robotics Center seeks to create exhibition, education, and working spaces for robotics. The center reuses an old powerplant, transforming the plant’s open interior into a series of visual and hands-on classrooms as well as testing and workshop spaces.

Leaving the iconic smokestack and red brick facade, the louver system that surrounds the center highlights its robotic nature, adapting to the weather and solar patterns.

The existing boiler frame was converted into an exhibition space equipped with robotics testing platforms located above and a large stadium on the ground floor.

The test platforms of the exhibition space can move independently, allowing for the creation of variable robotic testing spaces.

The Mission Road Robotics Center works in conjunction with programs such as FIRST to bring robotics to lower-income communities.

The working spaces on the basement level of the building are built for the FIRST TECH Challenge fields and FIRST Robotics Challenge fields to encourage students to experience and learn about engineering.

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Programmatic Collage

Site Analysis 34

Existing Building Exterior

Existing Building Photographs 35

Developmental Transverse Section 36

Developmental Longitudinal Section

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Site Plan 38

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Axonometric Diagram 39

Ground Floor 40

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Basement Floor

Second Floor 42

Third Floor

Fourth Floor 43

FLOOR 0 ELV 5’

FLOOR 1 ELV 19’

FLOOR 2 ELV 33’

FLOOR 3 ELV 63’

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Building Renders and Model 46

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The Mission Road Robotics Center hopes to inspire the next generation of engineers by providing a place to discover and invent. The existing smokestack and boiler frame have been and will continue to be an icon in the San Antonio sky that brings creators who will power the future.

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BEAU Property Management Architecture Intern Summer 2021 Developed designs for residential, infrastructural, and commercial properties, completing weekly projects.

Architecture Construction Engineering (ACE) Member 2018-2019 Designed and physically modeled a highrise building under

American Institute of Architecture Students Firm Liaison 2021-Present Connected AIAS to local and international architecture firms. Organized firm tours, talks, and weekly highlights.

Led biweekly AIAS meetings.

Project Pipeline NOMA Student Leader 2021

commercial and programmatic constraints.

Lead small groups of elementary school to high school

AIA Force Majeure Design Competition Participant Summer 2020

constructing architectural drawings.

Led a team in designing an Austin middle school focused on preventing COVID-19. Filmed and edited the building overview video.

EDUCATION

ORGANIZATIONS

EXPERIENCE

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austinli@utexas.edu (469) 954 6588

University of Texas at Austin Bachelor of Architecture (Expected May 2024) University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne Pre-College Architecture Program 2018

students in architectural exercises. Guided students in

Re:Sound A Capella Video Editor 2021 Edited music videos for the 2021 Spring show.

Undergraduate Architecture Student Council Member 2019-Present Participated in UASC meetings and activities.

PESH Bots Lead Builder 2018-2019 Alumni Mentor 2019-2021

SKILLS

Directed the design process for the FTC Rover Ruckus

Digital Rhinocerous Enscape Photoshop Illustrator SketchUp AutoCAD Revit Premiere Pro Indesign Grasshopper Wasp Microsoft Office

Physical Model Building Woodworking 3D Printing Laser Cutting Hand Drawing Sketching Photography Languages English (fluent) Mandarin (fluent)

Competition. Mentored the design process for the FTC Skystone Competition. Awarded the Collins Aerospace Innovate Award for robot design. Qualified for the Rover Ruckus World Championships.

EPIC Movement Outreach Leader 2019-2020 Small Group Leader 2020-2021 Core Team Leader 2021-2022 Planned and led organization wide events. Volunteered at the Houston Food Bank, Dobie Thanksgiving Dinner.

Fundraised to support minority groups.

Helping Our Community Youth Foundation Co-Founder 2015-2019 Organized meetings, rehearsals, and performances for senior living centers. Performed at the Parker City Festival.

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