Kailee Quang | Selected Works | 2022

KAILEE QUANG

ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

CONTACT

email: kjquang@iastate.edu

mobile: +1 (515) 669 8273

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kaileequang

I am a Third-Year Architecture student who is highly motivated and detailoriented seeking to gain a new, challenging experience working in environments that foster diversity and collaboration. I have a passion to drive my projects towards all aspects of sustainability and equity while preserving the value of human experience in design.

EDUCATION

Iowa State University

B. Arch Professional Degree

Minor in Sustainability

Graduation: May 2025

Cumulative GPA: 3.92 / 4.00

HONORS AND AWARDS

ISU Dean’s List

Fall 2020 - Present

Academic Recognition Award

Fall 2020 - Present

SKILLS

Modeling

Revit, AutoCad, Rhino, Grasshopper

Graphic

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Enscape, Acrobat, Revu Bluebeam, Microsoft Office

EXPERIENCE

SPS+ Architects — Architectural Intern

May 2022 - Aug 2022 | Phoenix, AZ

- Pursued projects in the Education field

- Maintained project files and conducted research on construction sites regarding zoning laws and regulations

- Worked with project team to determine specific programmatic criteria

- Formatted construction documents for clear communication and submittal

ISU College of Design — Peer Mentor

Aug 2022 - Present | Ames, IA

- Assist students throughout the semester with academic and college life skill-building by providing peer academic advising and academic support

ISU Learning Communities — Undergraduate Assistant

Aug 2022 - Present | Ames, IA

- Meet with 500+ prospective students and families at Experience Iowa State events and other specialized days throughout the academic year

EXTRA CURRICULARS

Chi Omega Sorority

Aug 2020 - Present

Social Justice Chair, 2021 | Personnel Chair, 2022

- Served on the Executive Board to enforce and upheld the Chi Omega Rules and standards for all chapter members

- Presented weekly information on global injustices in front of a chapter of nearly 150 women

Students Helping Our Peers — Volunteer

May 2021 - Present

- Volunteer to provide non-perishable goods for students suffering from food insecurity

Iowa Women in Architecture — Secretary

Aug 2021 - Present

- Plan and execute events for around 50 students and professionals to expand connections

the unification of a hybrid landscape

the study of representation, theory, and communication

the scrutiny of intimacy in architectural detail

ENCASED

the unification of a hybrid landscape

fall 2022 | third year academic work in collaboration with andrea muchori professor: consuelo nunez ciuffa

Addressing the issue of dying landscapes, the objective of Encased is to disrupt and merge the ever-growing surrounding vegetation. Unifying the three landscapes found on the site (farm/cultivated land, prairie, and forest), a meeting point is curated where the inherently different foliage thrives in unison. The stark contrast of the design within the surrounding landscape encourages visitors to stop, relax, and interact with the natural topography.

Placed in the deepest part of the ravine, the nature of the structure is noninvasive while showcasing various parasitic elements. Although starkly different, these elements firmly ground itself within the site, creating points of interruption and discovery within the building. There, vegetation is able to naturally inhabit the interior and exterior building space, reuniting the outdoors with the built environment. Bridging the surrounding vegetation, the site is fully engulfed and encased with Iowa’s reoccurring landscapes.

Above: Contrasting vegetation map

Original site research highlighting the drastically different landscapes separated by a physical barrier: P. Avenue.

Images on the left show organic, natural vegetation whereas images on the right show artificial, curated land.

Top: Native surrounding vegetation found in Ledges

Bottom: Vegetation intentionally merged on site

Above:

Central meeting point within the building where the exterior vegetation inhabits the interior to coexist as one.

Floor plans reveal additive and subtractive elements that frame the view of visitors, encouraging them to investigate the surrounding landscapes.

Left: Exterior Marketplace

Right: Floor Plans

Sections reveal the extruding elements grounding the building while merging the various landscapes.

Left: Stair trail and bridge section

Right: Materiality research

Above: Final mass design idealized in Photoshop

02 THE BEE SANCTUARY

the study of representation, theory, and communication

fall 2021 | second year academic work professor: nick senske

This project, entitled “The Bee Sanctuary”, expanded and pressed the abilities in architectural thinking via architecture representation. Using the floor plans from the Rolex Learning Center, designed by SANAA, I considered the orthographic drawings as a starting point and began to interrogate the representation of the project. Different conventions were explored in iterative and mechanical ways while searching for alternate realities/narratives.

Upon transforming the orthographic plan in both Rhino and Adobe Illustrator, I further challenged alternative ways of thinking about and representing an architectural piece. My developed concept focuses on the challenges and addresses problems within the ecosystem: the rapid decline of bees. This concept allows for a sustainable solution while simultaneously allowing for bees to live in harmony with one another. Creating a natural, hierarchical environment, the lifespan of the bees begins to be prolonged.

Top: Steps Toward Massing

Bottom: Plan, Section

DETAIL IN ARCHITECTURE

the scrutiny of intimacy in architectural detail

Through engaging the senses by slowing down, it forces and encourages us to pay attention by changing our awareness of the relationship of part to whole. By analyzing the autonomous detail found within architectural connections, I was able to express this intimacy in which the whole is assembled. Rather than studying its unique character in its conventional use, I instead began to scrutinize it in detail, determining size, scale, and raw materials.

Testing various unconventional connective methods on Old Chicago brick, these various methods called for a sense of brutality, yet delicacy found within stone. Various iterative processes investigated connection methods of brickwork. Impressing various types of ropes and gages of copper wire on brick, these inside-out techniques allowed for a sense of flexibility, delicacy, and purity on a material that is typically monolithic, durable, and crude.

Left: 1/8” and 1” copper tubing inset through chiseling method

Above: Unconventional rope weaving

Above Left: 1/8” copper wire gauge looped through brick

Above Right: 1” copper wire tube drilled through center