Qi Ji a Architecture Worksample
Qi Jia M.Arch II/ LEED AP Certified Southern California Institute of Architecture +1 213-587-3640 jiaqi0613@gmail.com 236 S. Los Angeles st. #B520 Los Angeles, CA 90012
Education Southern California Institute of Architecture Master of Architecture - expected GPA: 3.6
Sept. 2018
University Of Cincinnati
Bachelor of Science: Architecture - 2013 Minor: Economics - 2013
John & Norma H. Richards Scholarship Recipient Al Neyer, Inc Scholarship Recipient 2011 - 2012 GPA: 3.6
2010 - 2011/2012-2013
European/UK Foreign Study
Paris/Rome/Florence/Barcelona/London 2012 Autumn Independent Study on Retail Design - Paris Department Store Research
Central Michigan University
Bachelor of Science in Economics 2006 - 2009 GPA: 3.6 Dean’s List
Skills Modeling Maya, Rhino, Sketchup, Grasshopper, Processing Rendering Keyshot, Maxwell, Zbrush Drafting AutoCAD, Revit Graphic Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Animation After Effect Environmental Design Flow Design, Diva, Ladybug Basics Microsoft Office Languages Mandarin Chinese, English
Interests Travel, Photograph, Fashion, Art, Yoga, Spinning, Swimming
Portfolio link https://issuu.com/jiaqi613/docs/ jiaqi_arch_portfolio Website https://www.jiaqiplatform.com/
Experience CallisonRTKL - Designer
Dallas/Beijing/Dubai - 2013 - 2014/2014 - 2015/2015 - 2016
Focused on interior architecture, spatial design, and store planning. Mainly involved in commercial, department stores and retail projects. Project coordinations with consultants and suppliers. Experienced the process of entire project from conceptual design phase to construction drawings. Responsible for both major and amenity spaces design of the projects. Attended client meetings, as well as presenting project material selections.
(Key Projects: Neiman Marcus-Palo Alto, Bloomingdales-Standford, Bloomingdales-Ala
Moana, Mix C Shopping Mall Phase II-Zhengzhou, Pingxiang international Mixed-Used Mall, Luoyang Charmson International Department Store, Jinan Haier Greentwon
Shopping Mall, Nanjing Hongyang Plaza Renovation, Nanchong Wangfujing Plaza,The Avenues Riyadh Shopping Complex, Dubai Hills Shopping Mall)
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture - Intern Chicago, IL - Autumn 2011/Spring, Summer 2012
Worked on mixed-use highrise buildings curtain wall, lobby and pavilion design. Contributed to program studies, design modeling and technical drafting. Developed sustainable master plan design strategies and guidelines. Mediated and translated conferences with Chinese clients and consultants. (Key Projects: Great City Chengdu, Qintai International Tower, Wuhan Greenland center)
Teaching Assistant - Sci-Arc/University of Cincinnati Advanced Structure - Los Angeles, CA - Spring 2018
Environmental/Sustainability - Cincinnati, OH - Winter 2012
CD+M Lighting Design Group - Intern Los Angeles, CA - Summer 2011
Drafted lighting drawings based on architectural drawings. Worked on presentation renderings and layouts. Involved in lighting design for Casinos.
Academic Projects Design
Visual
Technology
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Th e SH A PE of K n owl e d g e - Modeled with Maya, Rhino - Rendered with Keyshot, Photoshop - Team of 2 students
Focused on an architecture that challenges the presumption of an architectural front and engages a design discussion centered on a multitude of orientations. The design involves a set of architectural profiles, seemingly unrelated, in order to create an architectural mass and volume(s) that oscillate between singular and multiple, hidden and exposed – to design a building that is all front. The existing relationship of Sci Arc’s historic building to it’s Arts District neighborhood is minimized by the surrounding industrial and large scale residential buildings.
The GIDDY City - Modeled with Rhino, Grasshopper, Maya - Rendered with Vray, Keyshot - Drawings are done with illustrator
My thesis investigates the potential for an alternative high-density urbanism that moves away from the conventional grid diagram. It explores a push-pull, interjectional urbanism that plays with the graphic forms of Roy Lichtenstein or Jeff Koons artwork, where abstraction and figuration converge. The Giddy city mediates between attracting and repelling urban programs, architectural elements, and landscape features to shift the urban diagram from static to dynamic. Also rather than solely focusing on the plan, my project seeks to exploit fully the section and other views. The Giddy city has to be experienced dynamically and cannot be comprehended from any single views.
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Parts to PLAY - Modeled with Rhino, Grasshopper - Rendered with Keyshot - Drawings are done in illustrator - Team of 4 students
The project is a new proposal for a museum in Cologne. The site extends between the river and the church with the train tracks running through the center. It starts with how different views of the same composition could be layered and recombined to produce symmetry and difference. 4 types of composition including, linear (A), puzzle, courtyard and random were explored. Two views of the same composition was placed together to explore ideas of doubling and near symmetry. The outlines from multiple views were swapped or combined to produce new ideas about containment, inside and outside (B). The outline in the scheme is about creating not only new space but separating and reformatting the figures in new ways. The outline figure acts as a boundary which performs in a variety of ways. It enclosed spaces, contains objects loosely, thickens objects or carves through. New ground was created sectionally to integrate with existing ground. Volumes are nested or embedded, subtracted, added and impressed within the site (C, D, E).
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Chunk Model
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A - Perspective View Overlooking Los Angeles Downtown B - Detail Render Of Openings C- Facade Chunk Detail D- Elevation E- Section
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Rep lic a - Modeled with Maya, Rhino - Rendered with Keyshot - Texture and voxels produced with processing - Team of 2 students
In this case study, starting from a Thonet chair, which has fundamental geometries that derived from a series of tangent curvilinear wood elements, the research approaches the object in its spatial organization first and functional definition after. Our specific interest relies on the relation, combination and misalignment of the splines with straight lines. Whereas, surfaces are derived from the thonet curves. Deep skin with voxels that are produced from the texture scarifications, creates new understanding of the surfaces which also blend with the structural tubes at certain locations. Texture map is carefully placed based on the programs and functions of the interior space.
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A - Wall Section B - Wall Section model C - Building Section D - Mega Building Chunk
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Design Deve l op m e n t - Modeled with Rhino - Rendered with Keyshot - Team of 5 students
Investigates the issues related to the implementation of design including technology, the use of materials, systems integration, and the archetypal analytical strategies of force, order and character with the understanding of basic and advanced construction methods, analysis of building codes, the design of structural and mechanical systems, environmental systems, buildings service systems, the development of building materials and the integration of building components and systems. B
Professional Work Commercial
Highrise
Interior
ECTION 1
The Avenues Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mainly participated in the shopping mall part of the project. Responsible for main atriums space design from Concept phase to 100% SD phase, as well as coordinating with multimedia entertainment Moment Factory and MEP, Lighting, Structure consultants from AECOM, landscape consultants from CDM lighting etc. Drawings are produced in Revit; renderings are outsourced with Sketchup model and material selections provided.
The Avenues Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
AIR VENTILATION
Responsible for delivering the 100% SD package, as well as several main atriums design from Concept phase to 100% SD phase. Drawings are produced by Revit, Photoshop, renderings are outsourced with Sketchup model and material selections provided.
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AIR VENTILATION GRILLE
Neiman Marcus Renovation, Palo Alto, California I am responsible for all department design including fixtures design from concept phase to DD phase, along with the design lead, team includes one design lead, one project manager, one job captain and two designers.
Drawings are produced by Sketchup, Vray, AutoCAD and Photoshop, renderings are outsourced to rendering company with Sketchup model and material selections. The opposite page shows the outcome after the store completed its renovation.
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Dubai Hills, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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It will encompass a gross leasable area of over 2,000,000 sq ft. This will be used as space for 750 retail and dining outlets.
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A non-traditional approach create a community-oriented mall using a “streets and squares� strategy, effectively bringing the exterior streetscape into the interior via shopfront detailing, lighting, canopies and other elements reminiscent of a traditional European shopping district to form an urban market.
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I m responsible for shopping street facade, skylight and paving design for the Concept phase.
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Renderings are outsourced with Sketchup model and material selections provided.
MALL PUBLIC AREA I 商业公共区
Main Atrium Typical Bulkhead I 主中庭标准拦河侧壁
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JINAN HAIER GREENTOWN B
MALL PUBLIC AREA I 商业公共区
Jinan Haier Greentwon, Jinan, China
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Responsible for studying how to maximize the leasable areas for clients ,as well as the design of main atriums, entrances, bulkhead, ceiling, paving and storefront from Concept phase to 100% SD phase. Drawings are produced in AutoCAD, Sketchup and Photoshop; renderings are outsourced with Sketchup model and material selections provided. The design team contains one director architect, one senior designer and 2 designers including me.
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Program diagram
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Tea Pavilion Section
Qintai International Tower, Wuhan, Hubei, China This highrise mixed use tower has a total constructed area of 146,000 square meters, including a 5-star hotel and office space. The tower is connected via a plaza and an above-grade pedestrian bridge to the podium, which will contain retail, restaurants and a conference center with a ballroom. I am responsible for Lobby design, diagrams and tea pavilions design, as well as coordinating with Landscape Consultants. Drawings are modeled by Rhino and AutoCAD, rendered in Maxwell Photoshop and illustrator. Team consists of one director, 2 senior designers and 3 designers including me.
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Pingxiang international Mixed-Used Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China. Responsible for Office tower lobby and interior design, Plus shopping mall amenities design including, entrances, concourse, elevator lobbies and sunken garden Drawings are produced with Sketchup, AutoCAD and Photoshop, renderings are outsourced with sketchup model and material selections.
A - Kids Floor Elevator Lobby B - Luxury Floor Elevator Lobby C - Office Tower Lobby D - Elevator Lobby E - Elevator Cab
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Luoyang Charmson International Department Store Responsible for the design of amenity spaces including food and beverage areas and restrooms Drawings are produced with AutoCAD and Photoshop, renderings are outsourced with Sketchup model and material selections.