Zihao has primarily contributed to projects in the Concept Design, Schematic Design, and Design Development phases, leveraging expertise in architecture and urban design to drive project progress. With active participation in multiple architectural competitions, valuable experience has been gained in competitive design.
• The Diego Rivera Theater - Architecture | Interior | Revit Modeling & Drawing | Rendering | Animation
• UC San diego Triton Center - Revit Modeling & Drawing | Sustainability Diagram
• Dallas Convention Center Expansion - Architecture | Plan Research | 3D Modeling | Presentation Diagram
• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium - Architecture | Landscape | 3D Modeling | Physical Modeling | Animation
• 900 Virginia Office - Architecture | 3D Modeling | Rendering
Studio Zhu-Pei | Architectural Intern | Beijing, CHN
• Majiayao Ruins Museum and Observatory - 3D Modeling | 3D Printing | Physical Modeling
• Langfang Art District Conceptual Planning - Urban Design | 3D Modeling | Master Plan | Presentation Diagram
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley
Tianjin University
05/2021 - 08/2021
• Master of Architecture | GPA: 3.96/4.0 08/2019 - 05/2022
• Bachelor of Engineering in Urban and Rural Planning | GPA: 3.65/4.0 09/2014 - 06/2019
CREDENTIALS
Registered Architect - Washington State Department of Licensing
AIA - The American Institute of Architects
NCARB - National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
LEED AP BD+C - U.S. Green Building Council(USGBC)
WELL AP - International Well Building Institute (IWBI)
Responsibility:design iterations; 3D modeling/rendering; physical modeling; flythrough animation.
THE DIEGO RIVERA THEATER
Cultural Heart of the City College of San Francisco
TOPAZ BLUE
GOLDEN WHEAT
CELADON GREEN
TERRA COTTA
LMN Architects, 2022 - 2023 Schematic Design & Design Development
Location: 75 Frida Kahlo Way, San Francisco, CA
Responsibility:design iteration; 3D modeling/rendering; interior design of the lobby, rehearsal room, and theater; utilizing Revit for floor plans and reflected ceiling plans; flythrough animation.
Responsibility: animations using Twinmotion; assisted in developing LEED certification strategies; utilized Revit for modeling and was responsible for drafting floor plans, RCP, and sections.
900 VIRGINIA
Efficient, Sustainable, Superlative, Evocative Office Experience in Seattle
DALLAS CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION (COMPETITION ENTRY)
The Next Generation Mega-Convention Center In Texas
The Lamar Connector bridges the convention center and its urban surroundings by gradually stepping down its massing to street level. It creates a sequence of green spaces and terraces, linking Downtown to the Cedars. A series of garden terraces cascades from the upper ballroom level, softening the building’s scale while establishing an iconic visual identity that unites Downtown, the Cedars, and South Dallas.
Retains Existing Hall F Structure and Slab Maximize Hall to 800,000 SF Centralized Circulation Spine Split Loading Scheme
Exhibit Hall Functionality
Our team provides a deep qualitative and quantitative approach to designing high performance mega exhibit halls for the delegate experience, operational excellence and marketability. Understanding the value of exhibit booth layouts, proximity to points of entry, and the limitation of human visual recognition is critical to the value of each experiment.
The Lamar Connector, as illustrated, can hold 4,649 booths; of which, 2,715 booths are within line of sight for the delegate.Maximizing the nominal square area of the site and with a clear centralized circulation spine provides a 58% leasable gross area.
The Lamar Connector
LMN Architects, 2024 Summer, Competition
Location: 650 S Griffin St, Dallas, TX
Responsibility: conducted plan efficiency and spatial accessibility studies; development of alternative design options; created analytical diagrams for presentations.
1. Contiguous 800,000 SF Exhibit Hall reusing Hall F
2. Covered entry with enhanced public realm off Lamar
3. "Breadcrumb" trail of retail spaces
4. Cascading terraces stepping down to Lamar
5. Lamar Street multimodal corridor
6. Shade trellis providing passive solar cooling
REVERSIBLE HETEROTOPIA
Recreating Otherness in Migrants’ Housing
PORTOLA GREENHOUSE
Tourist and Community Center of Protola District
770 Woolsey St, San Francisco, California
UC Berkeley, CED, 2021 Fall, Integrated Design Studio
Instructor: Dan Spiegel Group Work, Teammate: Jinghong Sun
UC Berkeley, CED, 2021 Spring, Graduate Option Studio
Instructor: Maria Paz Gutierrez & Peter Suen
Individual Work
ON THE BORDER
Housing Renovation in Post-War Reconstruction
LANTERNS OF COMMUNITY
Community Center & Intergenerational Affordable Housing in Elmhurst
The whole project is composed of square volumes of different sizes. They have translucent facades that allow them to look like lanterns at night.
In buildings of all sizes, the first and second floors are used as shopping malls. The third floors and fourth floors serve as community gatherings and the top floor serves as multigenerational housing.
South Oakland, CA
UC Berkeley, CED, 2020 Fall, Architecture & Urbanism Design Studio
Instructor: Rene Davids
Individual Work
SCHOOL BETWEEN WALLS
Elementary School Design
In the school, 9-inch thick walls are the structure system. And then, do the subtraction to the structure to create rooms, corridors, and view corridors. When do the subtractions, keep these fins to create small spaces for one or two people and to let people feel this structure system.
