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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Fangyu(Freida) Lin 2021-2026

FANGYU(FREIDA) LIN

PHONE: +1 2137565125 | EMAIL: freidali@usc.edu | LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA

Freida Lin - University of Southern California- Spring 2026

EDUCATION

University of Southern California Bachelor of Architecture/Minor: Connected Devices and Making

Los Angeles, CA 2021-2026

La Salle University(Spain) Study Abroad: School of Architecture

Barcelona Spain 01/2025-05/2025

Southern California Institute of Architecture Summer Program: Making+Meaning

Los Angeles, CA 07/2022

WORKING EXPERIENCE Curtis&Su Associates (Architectural Intern)

California, CA 07/2025-08/2025

AEDAS (Architectural Intern) · Participated project phases: Concept, Schematic Design(SD), Design Development(DD) · Worked on a mixed-use Medical Headquater (SD&DD), Competition for Community Center (CO) · 3-D Digital Designing(Community Sports Center), Realistic Rendering (Interior&Exterior),

Shenzhen, China 06/2024-08/2024

Teaching Assistant (USC School of Architecture)

Los Angeles, CA 2024-2026

TheY Architects (Architectural Intern) · Participated project phases: Concept, Schematic Design(SD), Design Development(DD) · Contributed to Civil Infrastructure (DD), Design Competition for Public Buildings (CO&SD) · 3-D Digital Designing(Design Competition), Concept Development, Site Research and Modeling,

Shanghai, China 06/2023-08/2023

· Contributed to 8+ projects across restaurants, luxury retail, private residences, and office interiors from early documentation through construction stages · Built as-built base models and site drawings, and supported designers with 3D modeling and high-quality renderings for client presentations · Coordinated with clients and material vendors to confirm specifications, finishes, and availability · Assisted with AutoCAD construction documentation for the Jessica House project, producing CD sets including plans, elevations, and sections

Architectural Drawings&Diagrams, Site Research & Analysis

· Class Assistant for ARCH102A&105 Architectural Design I · Teaching Assistant for Summer Exploration of Architecture (USC Summer Program) · Teaching Assistant for Design of Building Structures (Arch313)

Architectural Drawings&Diagrams

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

1. Liminal Space

2. Community Center

3. Meta Build - Art Studio

FREIDA LIN HAAS STUDIO

ARCH-302A | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN III | FALL 2023

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4. Union Housing

SITE OBLIQUE

5. LA 28 Public Library 1/16”=1’-0

6. Work Samples

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Axonmatric Drawing

HOUSING FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD

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LIMINAL SPACE -- JOSHUA TREE ART MUSEUM

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A Museum of Movement and Perception. This project challenges the conventional notion of the museum as a static container of art. Instead of organizing space through rooms and objects, it constructs an experience driven by movement, speed, and perception.

Located within the vast and cinematic landscape of Joshua Tree, the project reframes architecture as a device that choreographs vision. Circulation is no longer a neutral connector but the primary medium—guiding visitors through a sequence of compressed and expanded spaces, controlled light conditions, and framed views of the desert.

Rather than presenting artworks as isolated objects, the building itself becomes a continuous perceptual field, where structure, landscape, and motion collapse into a single spatial experience. The museum operates as both an instrument and an environment—blurring the boundary between observer and observed.

Check out the mid-semester feature on DEZEEN here: https://lnkd.in/gDbRBRW5 Academic Project Individual Work Time: Fall 2025 Instrcutor: Selwyn Ting School: University of Southern California Media: Rhino, Illustrator, Enscape, Photoshop, Model Making

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SITE LOCATION: The project site sits on the south side of the 29 Palms Highway. The immediate surroundings comprise of a relatively flat desert area with distant mountain ranges to the north and south.

Photography - “Frame under the Frame”

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Thermal imaginary

Daylight Strategy -- WINTER INTERIOR

Thermal imaginary

Second Floor Plan: Double-Height Exhibition Hall, Viewpoint Hallway, Restaurant&Kitchen

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The design separates circulation between visitors and staff, creating a more intuitive experience for guests while improving operational efficiency behind the scenes. A custom skylight system, combined with a dynamic form and metal fins, carefully filters daylight, allowing soft, indirect sunlight to shape the interior atmosphere throughout the day.

OUTDOOR GREEN -22500 SF

MIX SERVICES -- 1100/700/1200 SF

PUBLIC -- 7000 SF

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CIRCULATION -- 8505 SF

OUTDOOR HARDSCAPE -400*8 = 3200 SF

COLLECTION -- 7800 SF

GALLERY -- 10500 SF

Chunk Analysis

The design separates circulation between visitors and staff, creating a more intuitive experience for guests while improving operational efficiency behind the scenes. A custom skylight system, combined with a dynamic form and metal fins, carefully filters daylight, allowing soft, indirect sunlight to shape the interior atmosphere throughout the day.

: Gellary Circulation : The Bridge Viewpoint Circulation

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SKYLIGHT DESIGN STRATEGY:

: Dock and Receiving Circulation

Circulation Diagram

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Summer 12pm

Summer 3pm

Summer 6pm

Winter 9am

Winter 12pm

Winter 3pm

Winter 6pm

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Summer 9am

Summer 12pm

Summer 3pm

Summer 6pm

Winter 9am

Winter 12pm

Winter 3pm

Winter 6pm

Physical Model: Chunk

Technical Drawings

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Summer 9am

Physical Model: Site

Physical Model: Section Cut

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Physical Model: Interior Details

Physical Model: Exterior Details

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Freida Lin - University of Southern California- Spring 2026

Pasadena Community Sport Center

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is an adaptive reuse project located in the center of South Pasadena, CA, repurposing a former Bed Bath & Beyond commercial center into a community sports facility featuring three basketball courts. Reflecting the character of Pasadena, the design emphasizes family interaction, education, and sports. Most of the existing CMU walls are retained, with added insulation, waterproofing, and a new exterior façade. The original roof is cut into four separate sections and twisted to create varying heights, enhancing horizontal ventilation. The form of the roof responds directly to the interior programs. Structurally, two concentric rings of columns are aligned and connected with heavy timber beams, forming the project’s primary structural system.

Academic Project Individual Work Time: Spring 2024 Instrcutor: Christof Jantzen School: University of Southern California Media: Rhino, Illustrator, Enscape, Photoshop, Model Making

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Ground Floor Plan — Includes three basketball courts, restrooms, staff offices, and multi-purpose educational rooms.

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Second Floor Plan — Featuring an athletic lounge overlooking the courts, restrooms, a staff office, and a flexible educational space.

ETFT Film System

Metal Panel

Primary Steel Columns + Timber Strcuture

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Secondary Wood Rafter

Form Development

Facade Wood Strips

Ventilation&Sunshine Diagram

Windrose Analysis

Original CMU Wall

Exploded Structural Diagrams

West Elevation

Physical Model

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Secondary Structure

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Primary Structure

Rainscreen Facade

Flooring+HVAC

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Mixed-Use Heavy Timber Structural System

Finished

Furnishing

Chunk Model Perspective 1st floor -- Staff office 2nd floor -- Lounge

Interier Perspectives:

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Exterier Perspectives:

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MetaBuild - Art Rebirth from the Waste

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Art studios generate significant amounts of waste, including discarded materials such as ceramics, clay, paint residues, and other byproducts, which often end up in landfills, contributing to environmental degradation. There is a pressing need for sustainable practices that minimize this waste by repurposing and recycling it in innovative ways. One potential solution is to reuse waste materials from art studios in building construction, not only as recycled materials but also as aesthetic and functional components of the building itself.

VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/ZA1jqtp-q4M This studio explores the intersection of cutting-edge generative design and advanced constructability within the realm of commercial architecture. In this project, the designer employs a range of multimedia tools—including Grasshopper, D5 Render, Adobe Premiere Pro, and MidJourney—to produce a narrative-driven VIDEO. The VIDEO itself serves as the primary medium, telling the complete story of the project from concept to realization.

Academic Project Pair Project Time: Fall 2024 Instrcutor: Soomeen Hahm School: University of Southern California Media: Rhino, Grasshopper, D5, Adobe PremierPro, Photoshop, 3D Print, Runway, Midjourney

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The selected site for this project is strategically located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles—a vibrant and bustling urban center surrounded by commercial buildings. The site’s central location, combined with the minimal height restrictions typical of the area, offers a unique opportunity for students to explore a wide range of massing strategies. This freedom from conventional zoning constraints encourages bold and innovative design explorations, pushing the boundaries of traditional architectural forms.

The studio was divided into 12 groups, with each student responsible for two focus areas. In my analysis, I concentrated on light studies and site topography.

AGGREGATE(S)

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SITE ANALYSIS:

CHUNK(S)

During the initial design phase, I utilized Grasshopper to generate basic aggregate geometries, which served as references for exploring the project’s overall form and spatial composition.

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Birdeye view Rendering

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Key Features:

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Transformative Exterior as Installation Art: The building as a living installation art piece, made from layers of recycled trash like discarded canvases, plastic, and scrap metal. Over time, the façade evolves as new materials are added, reflecting the cycle of waste and creativity. This dynamic artwork turns the building into a continuously changing expression of regeneration and transformation.

Avant-Garde and Experiment: Instead of being a static, finalized structure, the building embraces an experimental approach where its form and materiality change over time through the integration of a robotic system that processes and repurposes waste from art production.

Engagement: This dynamic artwork not only serves as a visual statement on sustainability, but also invites community participation.

Reuse and Recycle: Art industry produced tons of waste in their daily design and prodcution.

This project reuses those waste produced inside of the building and make them into part of the building itself.

Program and Functions space : 300,000~ sqft Art space : 15300 Housing: 11500 Other: 7000

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Interier View -- MultiMedia Studio

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Interier View -- Lecture Hall

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04 HOUSING FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD HOUSING FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD

ARCH-302A | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN III | FALL 2023

Freida Lin - University of Southern California- Spring 2026

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Axonmatric Drawing

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Designing Maximal Housing: A Systemic Approach Since the 1970s, the focus on minimal dwellings has experienced an additional impulse through the emerging environmental movement. As one the main consumers of resources and producers of CO2, the construction sector has been increasingly confronted with concerns of environmental sustainability. Through this, the minimal use of space, energy, and resources, as well as a minimal production of waste and CO2 have become a self-evident, constant part for the construction sector in general, and for architects in particular.

As a result, issues that comprise building systems and resources have been predominantly addressed through rather universal, off-the-shelf technological approaces and systems than through parameters found in local climates, materials and design knowledge.

What are the minimal spatial and social needs a dwelling has to provide?

What are the maximal individual and collective benefits housing can provide?

Acadamic Project Individual Work Time: Fall 2023 Instrcutor: Eric Haas School: University of Southern California Media: Rhino, Illustrator, Enscape, Model Making

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HOUSING FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCH-302A | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN III | FALL 2023

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In this project, I designed a family-focused residential complex that offers facilities aimed at enriching the daily lives of local residents. The building incorporates its own co-op system to address the core needs of the community. Each unit is equipped with essential amenities—including a kitchen, private bathroom, and living area—to support the families living within the development.

FREIDA LIN HAAS STUDIO

HOUSING FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCH-302A | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN III | FALL 2023

Freida Lin - Email: freidali@usc.edu - +1 2137565125

HOUSING FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

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Second Floor

FREIDA LIN HAAS STUDIO

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Floor Plans

Scale: 3/32”= 1’-0”

HOUSING FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD

FREIDA LIN HAAS STUDIO

ARCH-302A | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN III | FALL 2023

East Elevation(Vermont)

East Elevation

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In this project, the building is divided along a diagonal line in response to the site’s complex conditions. This form not only addresses the spatial challenges but also offers residents a sense of privacy and retreat from the surrounding density of downtown Los Angeles.

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

HOUSING FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD

ARCH-302A | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN III | FALL 2023

Freida Lin - Email: freidali@usc.edu - +1 2137565125

Axonmatric Drawing

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Minimal Housing study model photos

Final physical model photos

05 LA28 BRANCH LIBRARY

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SITE OBLIQUE 1/16”=1’-0

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games are coming back to Los Angeles in 2028. In preparation for this turn on the world stage, Los Angeles will undergo an intense cycle of building during the years leading up to the games. Infrastructure will be upgraded, temporary venues constructed, and existing structures retrofitted, repurposed, and revitalized; much of this work, in fact, is already underway. This work ideally will provide lasting improvements with benefits extending beyond the duration of the event. Some of these structures instead will become relics of the games, underutilized physical remnants of their temporary usefulness. Other elements will simply be discarded.

This studio explores this confluence of representation and material, idea and making, through a pair of small speculative projects for LA28.

Work in the studio considers the multiple potential representations of the architecture of Los Angeles.

Academic Project Individual Work Time: Spring 2023 Instrcutor: Rob Ley School: University of Southern California Media: Rhino, Illustrator, Enscape, 3D Printing, Model Making

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In this project, I started by designing a single module, which was then repeated based on a clear parti. This system allows the building to be easily expanded or demolished in the future, making it flexible and adaptable.

Freida Lin - University of Southern California- Spring 2026

The studio looked at the history of both everyday and innovative architecture in Los Angeles to explore current issues in building. With the Olympics requiring a large amount of temporary construction, we focused on material assembly, resource conservation, recyclability, and reuse. Image, material culture, and environmental care were all treated as key parts of the design process in “Making LA.”

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PLAN 1 1/8”=1’-0

The design began with a single module, repeated according to a clear parti. This system allows for flexible expansion and easy demolition in the future.

The studio explored the history of both everyday and experimental architecture in Los Angeles to examine current challenges in construction. The scale and temporary nature of Olympic development raised key questions around material assembly, resource use, recyclability, and reuse. In Making LA, image, material culture, and environmental stewardship were treated as equally important design values.

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Design an approximately 5,500-square-foot “loose fit” building.

The structure will function as a local media hub during the Olympics and will later be adapted into a community library for long-term neighborhood use.

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Physical Model Photos

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06 WORK SAMPLES

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WORKING EXPERIENCE: Curtis&Su Associates (Architectural Intern)

· Contributed to 8+ projects across restaurants, luxury retail, private residences, and office interiors from early documentation through construction stages · Built as-built base models and site drawings, and supported designers with 3D modeling and high-quality renderings for client presentations · Coordinated with clients and material vendors to confirm specifications, finishes, and availability · Assisted with AutoCAD construction documentation for the Jessica House project, producing CD sets including plans, elevations, and sections

AEDAS (Architectural Intern)

· Participated project phases: Concept, Schematic Design(SD), Design Development(DD) · Worked on a mixed-use Medical Headquater (SD&DD), Competition for Community Center (CO) · 3-D Digital Designing(Community Sports Center), Realistic Rendering (Interior&Exterior), Architectural Drawings&Diagrams, Site Research & Analysis

TheY Architects (Architectural Intern)

· Participated project phases: Concept, Schematic Design(SD), Design Development(DD) · Contributed to Civil Infrastructure (DD), Design Competition for Public Buildings (CO&SD) · 3-D Digital Designing(Design Competition), Concept Development, Site Research and Modeling, Architectural Drawings&Diagrams

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Curtis&Su Associates (Architectural Intern)

BASEMAP MODELING & RENDERING

Freida Lin - University of Southern California- Spring 2026

· Contributed to 8+ projects across restaurants, luxury retail, private residences, and office interiors from early documentation through construction stages · Built as-built base models and site drawings, and supported designers with 3D modeling and high-quality renderings for client presentations

Construction Drawings

· Contributed to 8+ projects across restaurants, luxury retail, private residences, and office interiors from early documentation through construction stages · Drew construction drawings

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AEDAS (Architectural Intern) RENDERING

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DIAGRAMS

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DOCUMENTS

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TheY Architects (Architectural Intern)

Starry Visitor Station -- Architectural Drawings and Diagrams

The project is situated on a viewing platform atop Hongyan Mountain in Xiangshan, overlooking the Dongdan Fashion Beach and the sea. The station is nestled discreetly and humbly into the mountain rocks, like a shell among the seaside sand and stones. In this realm embraced by the starry sea, it creates a dialogue between humanity and nature, inviting visitors to listen to the sound of the ocean.

Yinian Healthcare Center -- Design and 3D Site Modeling

The four public buildings are the small auditorium on Huaniao Island, the small theater on Shengshan Island, the dock on Miaozihu Island, and the restaurant on Miaozihu Island. These four structures embody the diverse local culture and geographical features of Zhoushan. By reexamining the values related to the relationship between the old and the new, nature, humanity, and society, they revitalize the spaces, create value, and provide richer value experiences for both local residents and foreign tourists..

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RELATED ARTWORKS Acadamic Project Individual Work

Project two: Earring Time: 07/2022 Instrcutor: William Virgil School: SciArc M+M summer program Media: Zbrush, Redshift, Photoshop Project three: Drawing Time: 07/2020 At home Media: Procreate, Photoshop

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Project one: HYOERSPACE Time: 07/2022 Instrcutor: Julia Mcconnell School: SciArc M+M summer program Media: Cinema 4d, Redshift, Photoshop

The main goal of this project was to transform an imagined scene into a realistic visual experience. I used Cinema 4D to build the environment and rendered the final images using Redshift. By reconstructing the scene, I created a stage and placed various elements—such as snow-covered mountains, a platform, and an old train—into the composition.

The process began with organizing all the elements on stage, followed by applying materials to each object and rendering the final scene.

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“This is a train to nowhere.”

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Freida Lin - University of Southern California- Spring 2026

Fashion Design: Beyond Flying

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Overall Rendering

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