Andrea Tse With one more class left until I attain a professional architecture degree at California College of the
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Arts, I hope to be able to hone some of my technical and conceptual skills in a design-related field. I am seeking a full-time consultation position with different architectural tasks.
EDUCATION 2011 – 2015 expected 2009 – 2011
California College of the Arts Major: Bachelor of Architecture—GPA 3.72 University of California, Los Angeles Major: Studio Art
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Feb 2015
July 2014 – Aug 2014
May 2013 – Dec 2014
Sept 2013 – May 2014 2012 – Present
Architectural Intern—Faulders Studio, Oakland Fabricated the permanent public art installation, Flow-Zone, which consists of 2000 metal plates that light up and adhere to the underside of the proposed light-rail bridge in Portland, Oregon Architectural Intern—AECOM, Beijing Designed various architectural projects in their schematic and design development stages by collaborating with coworkers, supervisors, and clients; used grasshopper, rhino, v-ray, and sketchup Office Assistant—California College of the Arts Organized documents and incoming information for the Business, Financial Aid, and Student Accounts Office Events and Project Assistant—California College of the Arts Assisted in architectural exhibitions to ensure proper coordination AIAS Member—California College of the Arts Collaborated with other students to bridge the gap between the academic and professional architectural world
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS April 2015
April 2015
May 2014 May 2014 2011– Present
IMPACT Award Winner Collaborated in a team of six people to win a $10,000 grant for a cause that exemplifies interdisciplinarity, innovation, and social impact Market Street Prototype Festival Participant Made Market Street a more vibrant public space by designing and building a mobile art gallery that exhibits artwork by the homeless youth of Larkin Street Advanced Architecture Studio Jury Nomination Voted strongest project in the class and selected for school-wide exhibition Maker Faire Exhibition Participant Chosen to showcase studio project in a festival of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness CCA Faculty Honors Award Scholarship for hard work and artistic talent
SKILLS/INTERESTS • Presentation: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign • Physical: hand drafting, sketching, model making, woodshop, laser cutting • Digital: Autocad 2012, Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper plug-in, 3dsMax 2012, Sketchup 8, V-ray plug-in • Data: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, ArcGIS:ArcMap 10.1, Climate Consultant 5.4, Revit • Interests: Origami, Knitting, Arts and Crafts, Swimming, Comedy
Maker Tower
CREATION STATION
Location: San Francisco, Treasure Island Instructor: Thom Faulders Fall 2014: Advanced Studio; Airborne
Challenging the typical tower typology of separated floor plates, this maker tower encourages a collaborative environment by bridging the spaces together for makers to connect. To create a continuous horizontal connection for the people, the floor plates are staggered and connected by ramps so that users can peer into other floors and gradually walk onto them. To enable visibility and ease in the exchange of materials, a system of transparent, enclosed slides (inspired by pneumatic tubes) wrap throughout the building. With every possible permutation of routes between the floors, makers can drop items into the sending stations and have them appear in another floor, ready for the next maker to use.
CONVEYER BELT AND SLIDES FOR MATERIALS
SENDING AND RECEIVING STATIONS
CONTINUOUS FLOORS AND STAIRS FOR MAKERS
CORE AND CANTINLEVERED FLOORS
Mobile Urban Activator
THE MIGRATING NEST
Location: The Children's Museum, San Francisco Instructors: Neal Schwartz and Chris Haas Spring 2014: Advanced Studio; Puppets
Drawn to the ability of puppets to be a secondary identity, I designed a bird puppet that is lightweight and collapsible. It extends out into the sky to create distance between the puppeteer and the puppet; so that when operating the puppet, people are able to have less anxiety when interacting with strangers. With just one movement, the bird opens up in many different directions. Folding patterns and material studies are investigated to enable the form to be easily movable, structural, and collapsible. For the second part of this folding study, there is further experimentation to scale up the folding strategy. A collapsible screen is designed to create a loosely defined space for people to play with the birds.
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Immigrant Exhibition Center
SHAPING THE PRESENT
Location: San Francisco, Angel Island Instructors: Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones Partner: Eva Jin Fall 2013: Comprehensive Building Design
There is tension in the site between the history of past and the present. This building modulates the two emotions that you feel when you realize the history of the site. It balances out empathy for the immigrants' hardships and appreciation for the freedom you have today. In order to relate the two emotions, there are two parts in this building which interlock. One part is the winding pathway, which represents the immigrants who experienced hardship. The other part is the volume that the pathway wraps around, which represents the people today whose lives are shaped by the immigrants. There is a dialogue between the two parts to show that even though our lives are different, as people we experience both times of hardship and relief. While we are each individuals with different experiences, our shared history connects us to each other.
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2. Spaces Formed by Pathway
3. Interlocking Concept
Circulation Diagram The circulation is adjacent to the lively spaces.
lively quiet Open Space Diagram Courtyards alternate between lively and quiet ones, and they influence the placement of public and private spaces within the units.
CCA Student Housing
SHIFTING THE BOUNDARY
Location: San Francisco, Mission District Instructors: Antje Steinmuller and E.B. Min Spring 2013: Studio 4; Housing Studio
In the Mission District, even though there is a lot of open space, physical boundaries such as fences and walls create a psychological effect of an unwelcoming space. Because of this, spaces are underutilized. This project uses different methods of subtraction to shift the boundary inwards so that the public can utilize the open space. As a result of these shifts, four courtyards, each with a distinct characteristic, are created. They alternate between being a lively and quiet courtyard. The circulation shapes the characteristics of these courtyards because they are placed inside of the most social and lively courtyards to make them more populated. All the units are aggregated to face these courtyards. Within the units, the living room faces the social side while the bedroom faces the quiet courtyard. The public program is placed on the bottom floor to allow for student interaction with the community.
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Analysis for RÊsidence Étudiante by LAN Architecture
POROSITY
Instructor: Antje Steinmuller Partner: Nhat Vo Spring 2013: Architecture Analysis
With 143 units embedded in an area of 13,000 square feet, the Student Residence designed by LAN Architecture speaks to its urban elements. Composed of several different buildings, the project uses different methods of subtraction to create various scales of gathering spaces; an inner courtyard serves as the main gathering space. The idea of pairing the towers unifies the project and economizes the circulation. Internally, the unit type layouts are designed with fixed and variable components to fit a diverse group of inhabitants. Externally, a transparent filigree metal facade on the ground floor links the interior and the exterior, enabling interaction among activities between the two environments.
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HighLine Hotel
PROGRAMMATIC EPICENTERS
Location: New York, HighLine Instructor: Andrew Kudless Fall 2012: Studio 3; Urban Highrise Studio
In the site, the neighborhood is broken up based on program. With every area of program, there is an epicenter where tax values are higher, showing how the center of each location is the most desirable. As a method of separating eat, sleep, play, and circulation, the programs are divided into two different directions. Vertically, they are divided up into private, semiprivate, and public; so that the semi-private play section works as a buffer between the High Line and the sleep area. Horizontally, they are divided up into different categories of play: food, art, and body. This division results in the creation of three separate hotels, so each category of play is concentrated in its designated area. Since the play categories flow throughout the playing and living spaces, once the residents exit their rooms, they can smell and hear their favorite hobby occurring in the adjacent play space.
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FOOD ART BODY SCALE: 1 - 0’ = 1/256”
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Art Exhibition and Library Center The Art Exhibition and Library Center, design of the form. Since the space abundant lighting, the word ‘interlock' brighter space and the darker space sunlight.
INTERLOCKING LIGHT
Location: Californa College of the Arts, CCA Nave Instructors: Matt Hutchinson and Amy Campos Fall 2011: Studio 1; Massing Studio
located at the end of CCA's Nave, explores the potential for a word to guide the requires two separate types of conditions: one with minimal lighting and one with guided the design process. The ladder structure is designed as a central point for the to interlock around. It is used as a circulation system, a bookshelf, and a filter for
1. Copper Wire Sculpture | 2008
2. Acrylic Self-Portrait | 2007
4. Glazed Ceramic | 2011
5. Acrylic Abstracted Still Life | 2011
Artworks
3. Pencil Still Life | 2006
6. Oil-Painting Outdoor Still Life | 2011
7. Pencil Poem Interpretation | 2009