Shanice Lam's Architecture Portfolio

Shanice Chelsy Lam Carnegie Mellon University Bachelors of Architecture Class of 2022

Phone 412-726-6057 Email sclam@andrew.cmu.edu

Shanice Chelsy Lam

Phone 412-726-6057 Email sclam@andrew.cmu.edu

Education

Awards

Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) Bachelor of Architecture | Graduation 2022 Cumulative GPA: 3.73/4.0

Payette Prize in Building Science Winner | April 2021 Recognized for achieving exceptional performance in integrating the fundamentals of building science in design work.

International Christian School (Hong Kong) High School Diploma, | Graduation 2017 Cumulative GPA: 3.7/4.0

Activities & Leadership Student Academic Success Center (Pittsburgh, PA) Academic Coach | 2020-Present Individually coached undergrad and grad students on time management and study techniques through weekly consultations, helped them develop workflow methods and sustainable work habits AIAS Freedom by Design (Pittsburgh, PA) Head of Public Relations, Member | 2018-2020 Handled internal communication and external social media posts, co-hosted annual weatherization workshop days for local low-income communities, started design charettes for bus design project for local refugee population A Cappella Group (Pittsburgh, PA) Musical Director, Member | 2017-present Conducted musical rehearsals and concerts for 13-19 membered music group, wrote several A Cappella songs Carnegie Mellon Varsity Golf Team (Pittsburgh, PA) Student-Athlete | 2017-2018 Represented collegiate team for several home and away tournaments, winner of Carnegie Mellon Women’s Golf Spring Invite

Job Experiences Center for Architecture Explorations (Pittsburgh, PA) Student Instructor | January 2020 - Present Virtually taught elementary and high school students about the fundamentals of Architecture and Urban Design, including drawing techniques, history of Pittsburgh neighbhorhoods, and sustainable design. Utilized a variety of drawing and modeling media for students’ hands-on learning WDA Architects (Hong Kong) Architectural Assistant | June-July 2019 Curated site analysis reports for client meetings, drafted with AutoCAD for 3 residential schemes, attended regular meetings with real estate agents and engineers Architectural Assistant | June-July 2018 Created working models for client meetings, drafted with AutoCAD for a clubhouse and garden design, conducted site analysis to make circulation diagrams Architectural Assistant | June 2017 Wrote a paper on the Hong Kong youth’s struggle with housing affordability, assisted with sketching for the company’s project responding to increasing housing prices St. Joseph University Architecture (Macau) Research Intern | June-July 2016 Searched through archives, conducted interviews, and assisted with sketching to investigate how the government now utilizes a formerly culturally significant area

Center of Life UNEARTHED Campus UNEARTHED is the satellite “proof of concept” campus in Hazelwood Green, Pittsburgh imagined by the non-protfit organization, Center of Life. It seeks to be the temporary trial run of an environmentally sustainable campus, which will serve as a learning space, job training space, research lab, event venue, and business place for wholesalers to sell locally produced fruits and vegetables.

The project site and eventual site of its incarnation sits at an opportune location next to a community devoid of access to fresh foods, community gathering spaces and economic opportunities. Because of this, the vision was to design a campus that could provide promote urban farming practices, provide public amenities and involve community participation. Main goals of this project were to achieve sustainability in design, affordability in construction and structural simplicity so that community members could help with building the project and moving it in the future.

Challenges with temporality and energy efficiency led to the question of how to incorporate passive design techniques into the movable parts - a greenhouse, shipping containers and a large prefabricated steel structure.

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- will require slightly more heaঞng and cooling than with the smaller vents

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- minimal di@erence

One method to address this was using daylighting and thermal zone simulations to find the greenhouse form and figure out window sizes and placements. Another was through improving material and assembly. For the greenhouse enclosure, insulation was improved compared to the typical greenhouse by using phase-change material in the wall and roof and using polycarbonate for glazing rather than glass. Furthermore, the greenhouse attaches to the ground with ground screws to prevent leaving a big footprint on the site.

Savings vs. Baseline 85%

Metal Snap-on Ba en Cladding Wind Barrier Plywood Sheathing Rigid Insulaঞon PCM Layer Plywood Sheathing

WATER AT A GLANCE Annual Water Use 19,296 gallons Annual Roo op Collec on (80% efficiency) 104,521 gallons Monthly Water Use 1,608 gallons Monthly Roo op Collec on Range 1,800 - 14,000 gallons Cistern Size 4.2’ diameter x 7’ high WATER AT A GLANCE (MARKET & ROOF DECK) Annual Water Use 15,984 gallons Annual Roo op Collec on (80% efficiency) 128,378 gallons

ExTECH Polycarbonate

Monthly Water Use (with drip irriga on) 1,332 gallons Monthly Roo op Collec on Range 2,263 - 22,205 gallons Cistern Size 4’ diameter x 7’ high BUILDING ENVELOPE Roof Type SIP plywood panels with rigid insulaঞon and phase change material, exterior PAC-CLAD metal snap-on ba en cladding Overall R-value 29.6 Walls Type SIP plywood panels with rigid insulaঞon and phase change material, exterior PAC-CLAD perforated metal cladding Overall R-value 19.6 Glazing Percentage 33% Foundaঞon Type two types of gravel on concrete perimeter slab, bolted down with GeoTech ground screws Windows Type ExTech polycarbonate translucent wall R-value 5 Orienta on South ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES Phase Change Material the material absorbs heat when it melts, and releases heat when it solidifies (from liquid/gel to solid), will naturally absorb heat during or air condiঞon the building during the day and warm the air at night.

Water Thermal Mass Columns has three ঞmes the thermal storage capacity of concrete, can be connected with roof rainwater collecঞon and cisterns Passive Ven la on operable windows supply cool air and let go of warm air that rises to the top of the greenhouse, reduces the use of mechanical systems for cooling needs

Concrete Perimeter Slab GoliathTech Ground Screws

Metal Perforated Panel Wind Barrier Plywood Sheathing Rigid Insulaঞon PCM Layer Plywood Sheathing

The project ties in parts from companies that the studio had been in close communication with throughout the semester, such as prefabricated steel parts from Sunward Steel for the flexible event venue and steel greenhouse components from Growspan.

The campus uses shipping containers as the primary unit and prefabricated steel parts as the secondary for convenient construction and demounting.

Phillips Park Environmental Learning Center The Phillips Park Environmental Learning Center sits in the heart of a steep park in Carrick, Pittsburgh.

This project aims for nature to take center stage by situating the building below grade, allowing the lanscaping to guide to its humble entrance and occupiable green roof. The material choices transition the building from the solid mass of the ground to the light and air in the park, blurring the boundary between indoors and outdoors.

Furthermore, the promenade through the central ramp of the building brings visitors through an immersive experience, opening up the rest of the park in an exciting and unique way.

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The driving form of the project is an ellipse divided into sections responding to solar orientation and views of the park.

Daylighting, glare, thermal and EUI simulations influenced the iterative design process. These test results contributed to the program of the rooms and aeshetics of the facade and its shading decives.

Parti Diagram GLARE ANALYSIS

SPATIAL DAYLIGHT AUTONOMY

Column Placements

ANNUAL SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE

EUI: 113 kWh/m2/yr SDG: 28.4% SDA: 28.0% ASE: 14.2%

Beam Configuration

AVG LUX: 933

ILLUMINANCE ANALYSIS

D1 Summer Solstice D1

Passive Ventilation

Winter Solstice

Metal Studs Soil Drainage Layer D2

Rigid Insulation (R-19) Rootstop CLT Decking

Classroom

D2

Wood Interior Wall Panels Wood Studs Exterior Gypsum Board

Secondary Beam Primary Beam

D3

Air Barrier Insulation (R-11) Air Gap

Column Classroom

Rainscreen Wood Cladding Glu-Lam Timber Beam D3

Wood Baseboard Cementitious Rendering Wood Flooring Concrete Slab Rigid Insulation (R-15) Concrete Footer WALL SECTION 1” : 1’

DETAILS ¾” : 1’

Damproofing below Grade

Six Mile Island Weather Museum This Weather Museum on Pittsburgh’s Six Mile Island is an instrument to experience the turbulent and dynamic climate conditions on the Allegheny River.

This project explores the development of universal form from conditions of the island and the surrounding site, as well as the dynamism of local form and facade to react to changing light and wind qualities.

The building’s sculptural form was manifested through a series of generative diagrams on intensity of sun, wind and vegetation. Three main programs: the gallery, educational space, and research spaces, are configured in a triangular formation enclosing a wetland courtyard rich in biodiverse material for learning and research.

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PROGRAM

TOPOGRAPHY

VIEWS

CIRCULATION

SIX-MILE ISLAND STUDIES

Sun Intensity

Exaggerated extrusions of the island, pushing down unbuildable areas and pulling up ideal buildable areas.

DYNAMIC TRELLISK FOR COURTYARD

Wind Intensity

Privacy vs. Publicity

Extracting intended area to build on based on the privacy that that side of the island has.

Buildability based on Vegetation

Taking extruded information and placing it on the island topography to drive form

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EPIC Metals Mobile Eco-Lab The annual CMU School of Architecture Steel Deck Competition working with EPIC Metals called for Mobile Eco-Labs to give the community an opportunity to learn about pedagogies important to the Environmental Learning Center - connection with nature, efficient water use, air purification and energy efficiency.

The mission of this mobile eco-lab is to educate the community about the five pedagogies through direct engagement with plants. This project also pushes the boundaries of the typical uses of EPIC metal structures, creating unique features such as rolling vertical gardens supporting flexible spaces, rain water collection on the roof, and sloped PV panels to collect energy to run the mobile.

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FLEXIBLE SPACE WITH ROLLING VERTICAL GARDENS

Initial Layout

Lab Day

Classrooms

Maker Space

Gallery

PLANT HANGING DETAIL

ROOF HOOD HINGE DETAIL

ROLLING VERTICAL GARDENS WHEEL DETAIL

Adaptive Reuse Spring Garden Hostel An adaptive reuse project, this Urban Hostel located on 931 Spring Garden Ave honors an abandoned brick shell and its rustic qualities. It brings visitors into a space characteristic to Pittsburgh as a post-industrial rust belt city.

The hostel uses the brick shell for a shared living room space to promote interactions and chance encounters between visitors. The hostel units are kept minimal and form a long strip at the back of building, lined with a corridor that offers views into the interior courtyard.

The materiality of the brick building is left exposed and complemented with new wood.

Retrofit Notebook This notebook was given to a home owners of a 4-story brick house in Oakland, Pittsburgh to help them learn about their home and to improve the energy efficiency of their home.

The book is split into five parts: site analysis looking at climate conditions, drainage and environmental programming, heat loss calculations for all parts of the building enclosure, home energy use by looking at existing gas and electricity bills, retrofit recommendations such as adding weatherstripping and using setback thermostats, and passive solar redesign to suggest alternative spatial layouts based on passive solar strategies.

Heat Loss Sources All of the floors are heated and conditioned except for the piano room on the living room and the basement. The basement is fully underground, so it is treated as below grade floors and walls that do not appear in heat loss calcuations. The attic is unconditioned and vented.

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The material assembly types of the house relatively simple, mainly brick and wood stud exterior walls, double glazed windows and an uninsulated roof.

R1

G1

G1 1F Plan

Section A

F1

W1

F2

W2 R1 GF Plan

D2

D1

R2 W1 W2

F1 BF Plan

Section B

F2

Summer Sun & Wind

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The summer sun shines from a high angle, so shadows casted are shorter.

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The summer winds come in from the South. Because of the many trees and adjacent buildings, the breezes accumulate between buildings, so they are stronger in those areas. This is helpful for cooling housing spaces.

Piano Rm

Living Rm

Total Monthly Gas & Electric Use GAS

Stair Tower

$ Estimated Total

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Multipurp Rm

(fu) (fo)

Redesign g - Perspective p v V View w

Jan

373.95

82.63

456.58

Jan

645.75

300.14

82.63

382.77

Feb

374.78

Mar

263.23

82.63

345.86

Mar

429.19

Apr

132.27

82.63

214.90

Apr

243.87

May

49.64

82.63

132.27

May

52.89

June

11.76

82.63

94.39

June

July

4.57

82.63

87.20

July

52.17

Aug

6.21

82.63

88.84

Aug

48.66

108.43

Sept

25.80

82.63

108.10

82.63

190.73

Oct

202.13

214.57

82.63

297.20

Nov

442.88

Dec

292.95

82.63

375.58

Dec

520.40

1783.18

991.56

2774.74

Total

3,099.86

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ELECTRIC

$ Cooling

$ Lighting

$ Appliance

$ Estimated Total

0.00

$20.94

124.79

145.73

Jan

0.97

$20.94

124.79

146.70

Feb

Mar

1.46

$20.94

124.79

147.19

Mar

111.25

Apr

13.59

$20.94

124.79

159.32

Apr

123.72

May

55.82

$20.94

124.79

201.55

May

167.78

June

91.74

$20.94

124.79

237.47

June

277.91

July

128.14

$20.94

124.79

273.87

July

477.68

Aug

110.18

$20.94

124.79

255.91

Aug

362.63

Sept

73.29

$20.94

124.79

219.02

Sept

306.46

Oct

18.44

$20.94

124.79

164.17

Oct

138.39

Nov

2.43

$20.94

124.79

148.16

Nov

123.87

Appliance

2.04

12.01

Annual GAS in mmbtu

196.17

42.36

Percentage of Total Energy (%)

76%

17%

Totals

17.96 238.53

2%

1%

5%

100%

131.05 Lighting g g Appliance 5 5% 1% 2% %

DHWater (17%) Heating (76%)

Dec

0.00

$20.94

124.79

145.73

Dec

148.47

496.05

$251.28

1497.48

2244.81

Total

2,493.08

EUI for all fuel use: 92663.65 BTU/ft2/yr

Using Setback Thermostats

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Price: $249 Quantity: 1 thermostat Purpose: This setback thermostat helps customize heating temperature and times, which reduces unecessary heating when paces are typically unoccupied.

Instructions: Set the Nest schedule according to your typical times at home and out of the house. Set the degree Fahrenheit you feel most comfortable for times you will be at home, then set the degree you feel comfortable sleeping with, and finally set around 55 degrees for times you will not be home, to ensure that pipes and systems don’t freeze up and can still continue to work. Below is an example of what your schedule could look like, with the assumption that 60-65 degrees is comfortable enough.

$249.00

New HDD Base Calculation: [60(66 hrs) + 55(48 hrs) + 65(50 hrs)] /(7 x 24 hrs) = 59

2 AM

4 AM

6 AM

8 AM

10 AM

60

12 PM

2 PM

Unconditioned Air Space (fu)

1.01

Exterior Air Film (fo)

½” Plywood

0.63

Roof Covering

6” Insulation

19.00

½” Plywood

0.63

½” Gypsum Board

0.45

6” Insulation

19.00

Interior Air Film (fi)

0.68

½” Gypsum Board

0.45

Total

21.77

Stucco Ceiling

0.15

Interior Air Film (fi)

0.68

Total

21.08

0.17

8 PM

60

55

65

Tue

60

55

65

Wed

60

55

65

Thur

60

55

Fri

60

65

55

65

60 x

HDD

10 PM

65

65

=

Monthly Heating Load

/Efficiency

=

(mmbtu)

R Value

6 PM

Mon

BLC

Roof over heated room space (View Section B)

4 PM

55

Sat

Material

Lighting

3.91

123.87

Total

0 AM

R Value

Cooling

Actual Electric Bills

Jan Feb

Sun

Material

DHW

Energy Use in mmbtu

Total

(fi)

R2

Heating

Annual ELEC in mmbtu

36.83

Oct

Nest Learning Thermostat

Roof over unconditioned air space (View Section A)

Energy Distribution of Your Home

50.31

Nov

(fi)

R1

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Dining Rm Kitchen

Roof

$ Domestic Hot Water

Feb

Sept

GF Bath Rm

$ Heating

Monthly System Demand

x

cost/ mmbtu

Monthly Heating Cost $

(mmbtu)

This grass-covered area is currently unused space. It can become a backyard space for the residents. Bushes are blocking the entrance, but they can be removed to connectt to the new relocated living room space.

New windows are added to the South facade of the new living room, allowing in sunlight during the day.

Exterior Walls

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Before (HDD Base: 65)

34,491.36

5460

188.32

0.96

196.17

9.09

1783.18

After (HDD Base: 59)

34,491.36

4128

142.38

0.96

148.31

9.09

1348.16

Mode Diagrams

Savings after using setback thermostat

435.02

Payback time

6.9 months

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Scale: 1⁄32" = 1'

(unvented attic) ic

(fo)

(fi)

(fo)

(fi)

solar shading blocks sun hot air rises and escapes

solar shading blocks sun

direct gain direct gain

Winter Day

W1

Brick over wood stud wall (View Section B)

Material

R Value

W2

Brick over two wood stud walls (View Section B)

Material

hot air rises and escapes cr e solar storage emits heat concrete

R Value

Exterior Air Film (fo)

0.17

Exterior Air Film (fo)

0.17

4” Brick Veneer

0.80

½” Plywood

0.63 11.00

1 ½” Air Space

Summer Day

1.00

3 ½” Insulation

½” Plywood

0.63

½” Gypsum Board

0.45

3 ½” Insulation

11.00

Interior Air Film (fi)

0.68

½” Gypsum Board

0.45

Total

12.93

Interior Air Film (fi)

0.68

W2 + W1

27.66

Total

14.73

ac ces Southern breeze cools spaces Southern breeze cools spacess

night insulation used to prevent heat loss

Winter Night

Summer Night

These are mode diagrams that show the winter and summer conditions of the redesigned house. The ground level multipurpose room, first floor study room and second floor bedroom walls are now replaced with glazing. These design decisions will not only allow the sun to warm up the spaces during winter, but also provide a nice view of the trees outside and bring in the Southern summer breeze. During cold nights, residents can pull down night insulation blinds to prevent heat from escaping the rooms. During hot days, the solar solar shading I included can block out the summer Southern sun coming in at a high angle.

Construction Drawings This project looks into a typical building assembly from foundation to roof. It shows the structural components of a building and the details of a building envelope, including the panel, vapor barrier, fiberglass insulation, air gap and corrugated metal siding.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL KEY:

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EPDM ROOFING RIGID INSULATION STEEL DECKING STEEL PRIMARY BEAM W16X45 STEEL SECONDARY BEAMS W8X21 @ 6'-0" CENTERS POLISHED CONCRETE SLAB 3/4" DIA. ASTM 325 BOLTS WELDED WIRE MESH TREATED WOOD BLOCKING STAINLESS FLASHING STAINLESS DRIP FLASHING 3/4" THICK ANODIZED ALUMIMUM FASCIA THERMAL BREAK STEEL DECKING KAWNEER WINDOW 451T SPACED 4’-0” O.C. STEEL COLUMN W8X24 @ 24'-0" O.C. STEEL SECONDARY BEAMS W8X21 @ 12'-0" CENTERS 24. 5/8" DENSGLASS GYPSUM BOARD SHEATING COLD ROLLED METAL FRAMING @ 16” O.C. SPACING CONCRETE SLAB W/ WELDED WIRE MESH VAPOR BARRIER 3/4" THICK ANODIZED ALUMIMUM FASCIA GRAVEL BACKFILL 1/2" TK. FIBER CEMENT PANEL CORRUGATED METAL SIDING 1/2" DIA. ANCHOR BOLTS RIGID INSULATION 18" WIDE CONCRETE PIER VAPOR BARRIER 1 1/2" TK. RIGID INSULATION STAINLESS STEEL FLASHING W/ SILL SEAL 10" TK. CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL #4 REINFORCING STEEL @ 6’-0” O.C. REINFORCED CONCRETE FOOTING WATERPROOFING GRAVEL BACKFILL FOUNDATION DRAIN

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Shanice Chelsy Lam Carnegie Mellon University Bachelors of Architecture Class of 2022

Phone 412-726-6057 Email sclam@andrew.cmu.edu