BEIDI ZHAN TELEPHONE: 267-226-2398 EMAIL: beidi@upenn.edu
EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania (Upenn), Philadelphia, United States 08/2015-09/2016 Master in Architecture Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin, China 09/2010-06/2015 Bachelor in Architecture
PROFESSIONAL AND INTERNSHIP RNL Design (Headquarter, Denver)
06/2016-09/2016 Private Architecture Studio Head Designer Assistant
Worked in a team of three on a German Company Headqarter building competition project Responsible for model and space design and diagram producing Drafted building designs using Revit Documentation using Revit
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT 09/2014-11/2014 Head Designer Assistant
Worked in a team of five on a residential building project Responsible for model and space design and diagram producing Drafted building designs using AutoCAD, Rhino Documentation using Revit
SOFTWARE SKILLS PROFESSIONAL: RHINO, REVIT, PHOTOSHOP, INDESIGN, ILLUSTRATOR, SKETCHUP, MAYA, AUTOCAD WORKABLE: VRAY FOR RHINO, MAXWELL, VRAY FOR SKETCHUP
EVOLUSIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE Instructor: Marion Weiss
BELLTOPIA Instructor: Dan Wood
Z-HOUSE
Instructor: Stephen Kendall
PROJECT BLUE
Awarded Project for Evolo Skyscraper Competition
BREATH
Instructor: Shiliang Lu
ASSET ARCHITECTURE Instructor: Ali Rahim
01 evolusionary infrastructure BRIDGE CONNECTING ROOSEVELT ISLAND AND LONG ISLAND CITY FOR CORNELL TECH
Instructor: Marion Weiss Charactristic: Group Work
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SITE PLAN
Site Plan Logic: Step 1: Step 2: Penetrate road net Control the Green between two sides. Rhythm along axis. Step 3: Creat landscape connection.
Step 4: Fit the building into urban context.
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01 EVOLUSIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE
AERIAL VIEW
OPERATION
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CRITIC: MARION WEISS
TIME: 2016.01-2016.05
CONSTRUCTION HIERARCHY
Circulation equipments
Unit modules
Courtyard platforms
Slow movement
Fast movement
Tertiary structure
Secondary structure
Primary structure
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01 EVOLUSIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE
SPACE AND INTERIOR (Personal work after final review)
Long Island city (Lab) 5
Living Section+ Lecture Room
CRITIC: MARION WEISS
Exhibition+Library
TIME: 2016.01-2016.05
Roosevelt Island Ferry 6
01 EVOLUSIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE
Long Section Perspective
Roosevelt Island Part
Courtyard and Public Space
Courtyard and Living Quarter
Long Island City Part
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CRITIC: MARION WEISS
TIME: 2016.01-2016.05
Living Quarter Detail (Personal work after final review)
Living Quarter Detail ((Personal work after final review)
Construction Detail (Personal work after final review) 8
01 EVOLUSIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE
Section Perspective ( Campus part)
CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AND COMPONENTS
Barge
Framework
Unit
CONSTRUCTION PHASIS
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Movement System
Accessory
CRITIC: MARION WEISS
TIME: 2016.01-2016.05
Section Perspective ( Long Island City part)
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01 EVOLUSIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE
Campus Perspective View
Courtyard Perspective View
Series sections 11
CRITIC: MARION WEISS
TIME: 2016.01-2016.05
Physical Model
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02 BELLTOPIA PHOENIX SUBURBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROGRAM MIXED UTOPIA
Instructor: Dan Wood Charactristic: Individual Work
Each student should select one or two infrastructure to sustain the whole community, also a program to represent venacular characteristic.
Infrastructure: Solar Energy+ Water Storage
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Program: Bell Making Studio
Massing Disscusion Based on Arcosanti and Community
Massing Disscusion Based on Heat and Water Storage
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02 BELLTOPIA
park
canal
Site Plan
Ground Floor Plan
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CRITIC: DAN WOOD
TIME: 2016.09-2016.12
View from Bell Factory
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02 BELLTOPIA
Lower Level Plan
Higher Level Plan
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CRITIC: DAN WOOD
TIME: 2016.09-2016.12
1 water/ heat storage Infrastructure Tower
Composition
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02 BELLTOPIA
Section Perspective to Explain Infrastructure Working Process
Circulation for Visiting, Living, Manifacturing
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CRITIC: DAN WOOD
TIME: 2016.09-2016.12
Living Unit Type
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02 BELLTOPIA
Axon Section
Foundry 21
Lecture Room and Swimming Pool
CRITIC: DAN WOOD
Roof Garden
TIME: 2016.09-2016.12
Living Quarter 22
02 BELLTOPIA
Section Physical Model 1”:16’
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CRITIC: DAN WOOD
TIME: 2016.09-2016.12
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03 Z-HOUSE EXPLORATION FOR OPEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABILITY
Instructor: Stephen Kendall Charactristic: Individual Work
From
is the word which means neat and stable and the structure also like the traditional building skeletion
To
is the most flexible word in Chinese traditional language not only its grammar but also its pattern
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SITE AND CONTEXT: The site for this building is harbin, which was located in very north in China, very cold in the winter. The surrounding context is traditional courtyard house with a great community atmosphere. What I want to re-refine is a new living mode and new construction process.
OPEN BUILDING THREE ELEMENTS: SKELETON STRUCTURE
INFILL
BUILDING LIBRARY
FIXED COMPONENT STAIR, PIPE
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03 Z-HOUSE
OPEN BUILDING GROWING PROCESS
Living Store Public
Living Store Public
Living Store Public
Living Store Public
Living Store Public
Living Store Public
Living Store Public
Living Store Public
Living Store Public
Section Depth: 20’ 27
Section Depth: 40’
CRITIC: STEPHEN KENDALL
PLAN COMPOSITION
Section Depth: 60’
TIME: 2013.09-2016.10
PLAN COMPOSITION
Section Depth: 80’ 28
03 Z-HOUSE
COMPOSITIONAL AXON
PLAN GROWING PROCESS 29
CRITIC: STEPHEN KENDALL
TIME: 2013.09-2016.10
MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT
SECTION GROWING POTENTIAL 30
03 Z-HOUSE
What is ‘ Open building library’?
‘ Open Building library’ is a building installation list which was established after the time when the building was put into use. Residents are able to design or re-designe their home by selecting different components in this library. These components are produced in module so that all of them can be replaced by new product in same catagory. This building library shows the long-term responsibility from architect. 31
CRITIC: STEPHEN KENDALL
TIME: 2013.09-2016.10
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04 PROJECT BLUE HUNTING PM 2.5 AND TRANSFORMING INTO GREEN ENERGY
Instructor: Shiliang Lu Charactristic: Group Work
STEP ONE: HUNTING
STEP TWO: STORAGING AND TRAMSFORMING
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FORM GENERATION
BACKGROUND
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04 PROJECT BLUE
WORKING PROCESS BETWEEN CITIES
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CRITIC: SHILIANG LU
TIME: 2013.12-2014.01
PROJECT TARGET
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CRITIC: SHILIANG LU
TIME: 2013.12-2014.01
GRU UNIT WORKING PROCESS
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04 PROJECT BLUE
GRU Gaseous Reaction Unit
Function and Material
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CRITIC: SHILIANG LU
TIME: 2013.12-2014.01
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05 BREATH BIOMIMETIC GYMNASIUM DESIGN
Instructor: SHILIANG LU Charactristic: Individual Work
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We chose Qunli New District as the place where our site was located. Near our site, there is a wetland park, which is the core landscape of ecological zone. Around the site, the most significant strength is the perfect ecological environment, large area of wetland, not so far away from Songhua River, these are the elements we should focus on and take advantage of.
Site Climate
zoom in
zoom in
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05 BREATH
CONSTRUCTION PLAN 43
CRITIC: SHILIANG LU
TIME: 2013.10-2013.12
CONSTRUCTION PLAN
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06 ASSET ARCHITECTURE REDEFINITION FOR 432 PARK AVENUE: FASHION TOWER
Instructor: ALI RAHIM Charactristic: Group Work
432 Park Avenue is a super expensive luxury apartment which located in central Manhattan. But in the future, this building will become a so-called ‘Zombie Tower’ because it is a kind of asset building for rich people which means there is few resident live in these apartment for most of the year. In our project, we redefine the asset for this tower to shift the asset definition in the city and use a crazy non-linear shape to explore the new possibility of new urbanism.
We want to take advantage of the site located near Fifth Avenue, as well as New York as a fashion metropolis to enhance the value of our tower. our tower consists of the vertical mall on the bottom, the fashion show and restaurants in the middle , and the residential on the top. we want to highlight the part of the fashion show, on the one hand, it is the appropriate height that people walking on the street can easily see , so every time the fashion show is able to attract a lot of people which result in more customers to the mall. On the other hand, it can hold not only popular shows like the New York Fashion show but also some daily regular shows, so that people who shopping here have the chance to see different kinds of shows. For people who buy the apartment, they will have more advantages, firstly, they will be the first to know about the latest products. Secondly, they will be the permanent VIP audience, they can freely choose the shows and the position they like.
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Concept Operation
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CRITIC: ALI RAHIM
TIME: 2015.09-2015.12
Enlarged Section
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06 ASSET ARCHITECTURE
Store Section
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CRITIC: ALI RAHIM
TIME: 2015.09-2015.12
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INTERNSHIP
Internship Experience: 2016.06.06-2016.08.27
RNL Design, Denver
2014.08.06-2014.11.08
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Hit
Internship Work Project 1: Lake House 17th St. Main Work: Construction Drawing Software: Revit, AutoCad
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RNL DESIGN
Project 2: Colorado State Building. Main Work: Rendering Software: Rhino, Vray for Rhino, Photoshop
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INTERNSHIP
Project 3: 1050 17th Street. Main Work: Construction Drawing Software: Revit, AutoCad
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RNL DESIGN
Project 4: Viega. Main Work: Modeling, Diagram Software: Rhino, Vray for Rhino, Indesign, Adobe Illustrator
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BEIDI ZHAN TELEPHONE: 267-226-2398 EMAIL: beidi@upenn.edu