Adobe Creative Suite (Ps, Ai, Id, Pr, Ae), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Ppt), Laser cutting, 3D Matterport
Analog: Hand Drafting, Sketching, Model Making, Power tools trained, G Driver’s License Languages: English, French, Mandarin Chinese
Education
Masters of Architecture
University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Cambridge, Ontario September 2020- April 2022
Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Honours Co-op
University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Cambridge, Ontario September 2015- August 2020
Awards + Publications
Issue 04: PAUSE/PLAY - Published galt Magazine, November 2021
Berlin Techno Club Bee Breeders Competition - Shortlisted Bee Breeders, October 2021
Barry Bell Scholarship Honourable Mention 2021
Eating: Alternative designs for restaurantsFinalist and Published Non-Architecture, December 2017
Nuclear Landmarker For A Waste Isolation Site competition - Honorable Mention arch out loud, October 2017
References available upon request.
B+H Architects
Intern Architect
Nov 2022 - Current
Type: Residential, Commercial
Location: Toronto, Canada
Tools: Revit, Bluebeam, Rhino
-Drafted, 3D-modeled, and produced a range of drawing sets for submissions related to planning, particularly emergency department, core and shell, façade, enabling works within a short timeline. I designed specific elements of the project including the ramp design, elevator machine room/overhead design, heliport design, placement of mechanical, telecom, and electrical rooms, mechanical shaft locations to be compliant with NBC and the engineers’ requirements. -Was recognized on this project as a primary point person for handling many of the day-to-day Revit tasks and organization. Coordinated with the team to execute complex BIM tasks within Revit files as well as helped on-board newer team members. Regularly conducted quality control reviews of the drawing set and model to ensure a high level of graphic standards.
Halifax Infirmary Expansion
Design Workshop Architects
Intern Architect
Mar 2022 - Current
Type: Residential, Commercial
Location: Toronto, Canada
Tools: Revit, AutoCAD, 3D Matterport, Bluebeam
-Drafted and coordinated drawing submissions for permit, tender, and construction for a sixstorey condominium. Worked in collaboration with two other designers.
-Organized and managed the glazing schedule, enlarged floor plans, partial elevations, and the RCP drawings.
-Drew typical construction details while coordinating with brick study to ensure openings were precise.
-Coordinated louvers, lighting, and plumbing fixtures with mechanical consultants and planned facade updates.
-Managed wall and door schedules and followed OBC SB-3 guidelines to design new wall types.
Collingwood Condominiums
Design Workshop Architects
-Led the design of a small elevator addition in a type D two-story building in North York.
-Coordinated the drawing set with structural and mechanical engineers, specifically changing the elevator shaft construction from steel stud to concrete block construction which led to updating the floor plans, sections and details.
Location: NYC, USA Tools: Revit, Rhino, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
-Worked closely with a senior associate on multiple projects ranging from affordable housing to early massing concepts for urban planning proposals.
Model Photos Model Photos, Option 1 Massing
-Prepared a design poster for the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge Competition, drew mapping analysis and diagrams to explain a proposal for a more pedestrian and bike-friendly bridge.
-Oversaw updating the presentations for urban design responses with different options for building form in expanding neighborhoods such as Williams Point NYC and the Bronx.
-Worked primarily in Rhino 3d, Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, as well as Grasshopper 3d to automate FAR calculations and setbacks.
-Collaborated with other architectural designers to produce the SoundHub, a five-story office space catered towards young music professionals.
-As one of the only team members proficient in both Revit and Rhino, my responsibilities included updating the drawing set for permit and modelling custom details such as the atrium stairs, the meeting rooms, and the atrium seating spaces.
-Designed a custom ETFE roof for the SoundHub’s atrium, which involved researching the material’s capabilities as well as discussing its limitations with the structural engineers.
Front View
Atrium View
Ground Floor Plan Atrium
LAVA Laboratory for Visionary Architecture
-Worked closely with the principal to produce drawings for the Urban Production Centre, a technology campus in a former industrial building site somewhere in Germany.
-Drew and organized the floor plans in Rhino3D for weekly design presentations and the final competition panel.
-Furthered my experience and skills with drawing complex curvilinear forms before bringing them into 3D form, which meant designing strict and organized parameters.
Interior View Into Light Well
Manufacturing Floors
Public Floors
Office Floors
Aerial View Onto The Urban Production Center
(RE)CREATION
Graduate Thesis Studio, Individual
Project: Fitness Gym & Community Center
Location: Junction Triangle, Toronto, Canada
Tools: Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, Vray
The final phase of my thesis was community centre located in West Toronto which explored how can the gym as a building have a more active role in not only improving one’s experience with physical exercise, but also empower people to feel comfortable while working out. My thesis explored the architectural and cultural borders of the fitness gym, a contemporary typology that most individuals today have encountered on a mundane basis, but have been fairly neglected by designers. The program of the gym makes it an ideal site for experimenting with the connection between mind, body, and space but many think of the gym as an intimidating and uncomfortable place.
Case Study of Richie’s Gym, Brooklyn NYC
Daily Schedule Diagram
from MOCA
from Bike Railpath
from Bloor St W / Bloor GO
Gym Interior View
Main Entrance View
Stretching Spaces
The Body As a Building
Running Track
Phenomenologym
Working Hard or Hardly Working?
People work out for different reasons: to feel empowered, to be seen, and to be happy. It is a form of simulated labour we condition ourselves to enjoy as a unique blend of work, leisure, and pleasure. When commercial gyms, yoga studios, and community centres were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, many resorted to alternative exercise options such as running outside or performing calisthenics at a local playground. However, most conceded to working out at home, squeezing in cardio and bodyweight exercises between online office hours, school hours, or housework.
When our spaces become less defined, so should the boundaries of our bodies. The phenomenologym reinterprets the home gym by questioning the rituals of everyday life, work, and working out that are typically separated by physical spaces and scheduling. Rather than being composed of strict partitions, this collection of apparatuses behave similar to flowing cloth; its form shifts and adjusts to the user’s needs. Inspired by Arakawa and Gins’ writings on phenomenology, the gym proposes the idea of a landing-site: “a place for learning an attitude toward perception, a location for developing a craft of open attentive awareness.” The phenomenologym is not simply for physical exercise, but for living in a state of connectivity between the mind, the body, and the surround. Here, perceptions are not simply visual, but transcend encompass bodily experiences. Feel the floor’s curving topography forcing your body to compress and stretch while traversing from one point to the other. Your hands and feet grope for stability, a contrast from the prescribed standards for the built form of gym spaces. The railings guide you while doubling as a tool for calisthenic workouts. Gradually curving and shifting in elevation, they force your body to adjust, heightening your awareness as you reposition yourself within the space
The phenomenologym is only the first step towards deconstructing notions of beautiful and desirable bodies. The obsessive need to control every aspect of our body is still very much existent, reflected through prescribed rigid workout schedules; precise, regulated equipment; and the monitoring of one’s every movement.
