Haimei Li
Designer | 2022.07 - 2025.11 Perkins Eastman, San Francisco, CA, USA
Licensed Architect - CA | LEED AP BD+C | WELL AP 781-491-4756 | San Francisco, CA | berrysaver369@gmail.com
Professional Summary California Licensed Architect with 6 years of experience and a strong academic foundation from Rice and Harvard, combining professional expertise with a deep interest in healthcare and science & tech design.
Education 2020.08 - 2022.05
Harvard University, Master of Architecture in Urban Design | Cross-Registration at MIT
2017.08 - 2019.12
Rice University, Master of Architecture | Full Tuition Scholarship
2011.08 - 2016.07
South China University of Technology, Bachelor of Architecture | Historical Conservation Diploma
Skills Softwares Revit & BIM 360 AutoCAD Bluebeam Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign Adobe After Effects Excel PowerPoint Rhinoceros
Sketchup Enscape V-ray Keyshot Grasshopper
Arc GIS & Arc GIS Pro Affinity Power BI Revizto Newforma
Project Deliveries Site Analysis Design Studies
Test Fits Development Code Research
Building System Research Detail Development
Spec Collaboration Day-to-day CA Coordination
Professional Experience Project Architect | 2026.03 - Present CannonDesign, San Francisco, CA, USA
- gRED Center, South San Francisco, California A 1.25M GSF life science research facility, including laboratories, workplace, logistics, storages, vivarium and amenities. It supports interdisciplinary innovation and collaboration. Participated Planning and SD Focused on core and shell design. Major responsibilities: 1. Retractable fire partition detail design for fire seperations in public space - product research, vendor coordination, code research, and joint attachments design. Coordination with design architects to achieve code compliance and aesthetics at the same time. 2. Roofing geometry and detail design for labs, hubs, and bridges - slope design for tapered insulation, lab planners and consultants coordination (AHU & EHU, pipe riser, drain, and furred column locations), insulation vendor coordinations. 3. Courtyard maintenance access design - product research for scissor lift, window washing boom and facade replacement crane, landscape coordinations, turnstiles research, and logistics design. Prepared diagrams for client meetings. 4. Master sheet list management and coordination and typical sheets drafting (partition schedules and details, stairs, floors, ceilings). 5. Site security and IT weekly meeting coordination and follow-up, design charette pin-up & discussion, and project schedule updates.
Medical Planner | 2025.12 - 2026.03 SmithGroup, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Sutter Health Emeryville Hospital, Emeryville, California New hospital tower, participated Planning and SD Focused on shell design. Major responsibilities: 1. Entitlement package delivery, including program calculations, site analysis, and code research. 2. Shell design, including easement and setback design, seismic joint design, and foundation and underground utilities coordination. 3. Site survey, including topography analysis and 3D modeling for representation purposes.
- Stanford Health Care: Hospital General Bed Renovation & Addition, Palo Alto, California Pod D & E & F &DX & EX: Renovation and addition including ACU & ICU nursing units, participated from CD to CA Public Space & Signage: Renovation, new egress and way-finding, participated from DD to CA Responsible for producing scale drawings, renderings, consultant coordinations, reviewing RFIs and Submittals - Stanford Health Care: Fixed Fluoroscopy Renovation, Palo Alto, California Design services for a 24,400 sf Cath Lab Department, including the renovation of 8 imaging rooms, IR MD Hub, Staff Support Areas, participated from SD to CA Responsible for Concept Book, code research, producing scale drawings and diagrams, consultant coordinations, producing test fits, reviewing RFIs and Submittals - Stanford Health Care: Simp2.0 Remodel, Palo Alto, California Chilled Water and Electrical Room Relocation, participated from CD to CA Responsible for producing scale drawings, consultant coordinations, reviewing RFIs and Submittals, managing change orders - Sutter Memorial Medical Center, Modesto, California Evaluation of spatial requests for emergency rooms and ICU, participated in SD Responsible for site visits, data collection, preparing plans, supporting user group meetings with visuals and meeting notes - Covington Retirement Community Renovation Renovation for Independent Living / Assisted Living / Memory Care Units, participated in SD Responsible for layout mapping, unit and floor area calculation, massing studies, atrium renovation studies, site accessibility studies
Intern | 2022.01 - 2022.03 Safdie Architects, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Project Crystal, Shenzhen, China Biophilic mixed-use retail design for Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, participated in SD Responsible for 3D modeling, design studies, and producing scale drawings
Teaching & Researching Assistant | 2021.01 - 2021.11 Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, USA
- STU 1505, Xiamen Studio (Taught by Professor Joan Busquets and Dingliang Yang)
Intern | 2020.04 - 2020.07 Ennead Architects, Shanghai, China
- Lingang New Area Financial Headquarters Office Design, Shanghai, China Four office towers connected by a ring skyway in Lingang Free Trade Zone Participated in SD, responsible for plan drawings, 3D modeling, facade design, renderings
Intern | 2019.05 - 2019.08 Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Shanghai, China
- Fuzhou Teahouse, Fuzhou, China Teahouse enclosing a historical Chinese wooden structure, participated from SD to DD Responsible for design options of facade, skylight, and roof garden. Assisted in preparing DD package and vendor coordination.
Intern | 2018.05 - 2018.08 David Chipperfield Architects, Shanghai, China
- City Hall Shanghai Historical Architecture Renovation, Shanghai, China Mixed-used renovation for a courtyard historical building in West Bund, participated in DD Responsible for design studies, preparing presentations, translation, coordinating with local design institutes, and physical models
Honor and Volunteer
- DNA Paris Design Awards 2026 - Green Architecture (Collaboration with Yangqi Yang) The Circling Nest. https://dna.paris/social/zoom.php?eid=71-95580-26 - I2SL Northern California Chapter - Communications Co-Chair Board member overseeing committee-related request, social media updates, and contacts registration. - 2025 AIA AAH&ACHA Summer Leadership Summit Next Generation Scholar One of the only two selected scholars receiving complimentary registration and serving on the 2026 SLS planning committee.