Designed commercial and residential spaces, including banquet halls, hotel lobbies, and apartment ground floors. Self-learned rendering software, trained colleagues, and reduced outsourcing costs.
Achievements & Honors
Jewell Memorial Scholarship
Awarded by Washington State University to students demonstrating academic excellence and financial need.
Internat’l Merit Award
Recognized for high academic achievement or exceptional service as an international student at Washington State University.
Profile
Passionate architectural designer with a strong focus on innovative design and building technology. Proficient in digital modeling, BIM, and parametric design, bridging aesthetics with technical precision.
Education
Washington State University
School of Design & Construction Voiland College of Engineering and Archutecture
Architecture Program Construction Management Program
GPA: 3.6
\01 Summit Shelter
Individual Project/ 2024 Fall
Typology: Supportive Housing & Community Service Center
This building is designed to serve individuals experiencing homelessness, providing essential services such as vocational training, basic health check-ups, and job counseling. The design prioritizes efficiency in restocking supplies for vans, ensuring seamless operations.
Internally, the space focuses on spatial experience and user interaction. Since unfamiliar environments can feel uncomfortable—especially for those facing homelessness—the design incorporates multiple spatial layers to create a sense of exploration. The interior evokes a cave-like journey, encouraging curiosity and discovery to replace discomfort with intrigue, fostering a more welcoming and engaging atmosphere.
Foundation Structure Detail
Wooden Column
1” ThicK Grout
Stub Column of Reinforced Concrete
Wooden Rafter
Wooden Truss
Holding Down Bolt in PVC Sleeve
4” x 4” Anchar Plate
Concrete Footing
Site Information
This site offers key advantages. Its location—between two communities along a major road—helps mitigate the common “not-in-my-backyard” stigma associated with homeless shelters.
Situated on a hillside with dense trees, it provides natural privacy and security. Additionally, nearby hospitals and churches ensure access to essential healthcare and community support.
Design Strategy
To minimize environmental impact, the foundation follows the natural slope rather than leveling the ground. The ground floor serves as a loading and access area for vans, while the main structure is elevated above it.
The Movement Routes of Vans
The placement of openings in Summit Shelter is carefully designed based on the sun’s movement, ensuring optimal natural lighting throughout the day. Additionally, these openings are oriented downhill, taking full advantage of the site’s natural topography to provide expansive and unobstructed views. This strategic positioning not only enhances the connection between the interior and the surrounding landscape but also creates a sense of openness and tranquility for those inside.
The building is designed to integrate architecture and art. The intricate double-layered roof creates dynamic light and shadow effects, making the building itself an artistic experience both inside and out. The gallery spaces are carefully curated, with the main exhibition areas separated from public zones to maintain focus while providing distinct spaces for rest and interaction.
As a large public building, accessibility is a key design consideration. Ramps and elevators are incorporated at both the front and rear entrances, while corridors are designed to accommodate wheelchair turning diameters (over 5’). This ensures an inclusive and seamless experience for all visitors.
Site Plan
Parti Diagram
The roof design enhances spatial experience through the interplay of light and shadow. Using triangles as the primary geometric element, it creates a dynamic and immersive atmosphere that engages visitors’ perception of light.
Set against the Vietnam War, The Things They Carried explores the soldiers’ physical and emotional burdens, symbolizing fear, guilt, love, and memory. It challenges the glorified view of war, revealing its contradictions and emotional complexity. The narrative blurs truth and fiction, reflecting the fragmented nature of trauma and its lasting impact on identity.
This spatial composition explores psychological transition through three interconnected levels, symbolizing PTSD, recovery, and redemption. Contrasts between weight and lightness, as well as light and shadow, evoke emotional depth.
Massing Diagram
Circulation Diagram
Exploded Axonometric Drawing
Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”
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Woodland Haven
Group Project/ 2023 Fall
Typology: Single-Family Home & DADU
Location: 310-312 & 320 NW Olsen Street, Pullman, WA 99163
The second floor of the main house connects directly to the sloped road, with the garage and office facing the street to serve as a sound barrier. The remaining spaces are designated for family living. A central corridor links all areas, creating an open and expansive upper level.
Massing Concept
The first floor, accessed via a connecting staircase, prioritizes wheelchair accessibility with key communal spaces placed on this level. Situated below the slope, it offers enhanced privacy with no direct exposure to vehicles or pedestrians.
For the DADU, the music room has a separate entrance from the main entry, with a corridor acting as a buffer. This layout minimizes noise transfer and prevents piano students from accidentally entering private areas.
Lower Floor Plan
Upper Floor Plan
Section D Section C
Scale: 1/16” = 1’-0”
The first floor consists of five residential units specifically designed for individuals with ALS. Each unit includes an accessible shower area and a dedicated space for caregivers or family members, ensuring comfort and support for both residents and their companions.
The second and third floors offer similar layouts, accommodating small families or residents with special needs. Throughout the building, accessibility is a primary focus—each floor is designed to be level and barrier-free, promoting ease of movement and inclusivity in all living spaces.
Matt place 4.0
Matt Place 2.0 & 3.0
In this design, the community space is conceived as a semi-open environment, centered around an atrium structure that extends from the ground level through and beyond the roof. Rather than being directly attached to the building, the atrium is supported by extended structural arms, creating intentional gaps between the atrium and the main building.
These gaps maintain natural airflow, even though the atrium is enclosed with triple low-E glazing (which Enhances insulation, reduces energy loss, and improves comfort) —effectively forming a thermal buffer zone that supports passive ventilation throughout the year. The atrium floor is slightly elevated at the center, guiding water to surrounding vegetation and integrated rainwater collectors, reinforcing the project’s sustainability goals and its connection to nature.
