traditional | digital
celia.xHE
| ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2012 |
Skills • High level proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator • Intermediate/High level proficiency with Rhino 4 + VRAY obtained through university courses • Quick learner and eager to pick up new programs, self-taught google SketchupAutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Suite 5.5 • Experienced with dealing with graphic related requests • Active team player, avid listener, able to take constructive criticism • Great at giving and following instructions and procedures; resourceful • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; conversational Mandarin
Work Experience Web and Graphics Designer, Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies; 2012 • Organized and managed graduate program websites via web publish platform • Set up meetings with department faculty discussing updates and migration of web info • Designed graphics to be used at conferences and advertisements with use of Adobe Suite • Learned intermediate HTML coding on the job, previous knowledge was self-taught Freetlance Artist, 2009-present • Digital art commissions based off clients wishes; genre: Japanese animation • Constant communication with client, usually long distance, to discuss criteria • Samples of my work can be found at http://celiaxh.daportfolio.com/
curriculum vitae CONTACT:
cell: +1 613 888 1204 email: Celia.xH@gmail.com skype: Celia.xHe
LOCAL ADDRESS:
62 george street N Cambridge, ON, Canada N1S 2N2 (613) 223-0019
PERMANENT ADDRESS:
11259 80a ave 112b st Delta, BC, Canada, V4C 7S7 (604) 591-8897
Education Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies (Honors) University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2011-2016
Relevant Projects
2A Studio Case Study: Arcadia Artist’s Co-operative Housing • Constant communication with Diamond & Schmidt Archivist, the Canadian Architecture Archives and Todd Smith Design via phone and email • Analyzed the living dynamics of the Cooperative as an alternative housing method 1B Studio: Extra Small • Integration of passive, active sustainable systems into a compact living space • Looked into methods of construction and assembly through prefabrication of modular pieces combined with customizable panels.
Volunteer Experience Grad Council Event Planner, Sands Secondary School, Delta, BC (2010-2011) • Organized and planned senior events. • Lead of a set-up team of 30, created advertisements for events Sands Yearbook Committee, Sands Secondary School, Delta, BC (2009-2011) • Cover Designer, Page Graphics Designer
Personal Interests • •
Travelling • Chinese Calligraphy Industrial Design • CSS Web Design
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Cooking
Re-learning how to solve the rubix cube every few months
CONTENTS
chess master’s house
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wind up pavilion
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false bridge
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symbiosis
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visions of settlement
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mixed media [personal works]
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Travels
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The building plan encompasses three different worlds of chess: Learning, Leisure and Professional
chess master’s house
studio 1a final | chess master’s house | independant
The residence is designed for a teacher of chess and is located beside the river in historic downtown c The building plan encompasses three different worlds of chess: Learning, Leisure and Professional
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cambridge, ontario. The bottom floor is public and split into
4 quadrants. Teaching, Living, Dining and the Garden.
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tournament formation
living formation
[above] dual purpose display case and seating
[above] diagrammatic program of transformable living space from living to tournament formations
[below] front elevation [above] the living area transforms to allow for two different programmatic uses.
1) regular living formation 2) tournament formation
the display case on the south wall holds the tables for the tournament. after the four tables are removed the empty spaces left over allow for the seating of the attendees
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[below] front elevation
inspiration for the ourdoor program of the garden comes from the public chess tables of new yorks central park.
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architectonics
studio 1a architectonics | wind up [pavillion] | independant
The pavillion is designed to mimic the path of a leaf that get blown upwards by the wind.
the slow meandering path changes into a smooth but steeply ascent before reaching a platform that allows the visitor to relax after the climb.
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false bridge
1b building construction | ssef competition|recycle partner: cecylia jiaxin yan
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objective: to incorporate the concept of recycling into
plan
port mann bridge pattulo bridge
lions gate bridge
elevation
| South
steel truss detail
chord connection detail
False Bridge is built on the foundations of the old patullo bridge in british columbia. it reclaims old infrastructure the steel sheets that made up three old bridge and folds the plates to form a pavillion that looks out onto the fraser river.
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Symbiosis
is a project that allows 4 small pods to operate i n d e p e n d a n t ly by depending on eachother.
The central core
of the building holds all the utilities and wet systems and is static while each individual living pod is easily customizable shape and size.
symbiosis 1b studio | extra small joint project studio
1b + enviro + bulding consruction
collaboration with: alice song
+ mina vedut + victoria ngai + mark wang + maddie hadley
objective: to create a livable unit equivalent to the area of a shipping container while incorporating sustainable strategies and methods of assembly
legend water storage unit
base utilities core
utilities core private living area
customizable unit
work office area
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unit section
unit elevation
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interior render of standard living pod
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site section
visions of settlement 1b studio final | independant objective: given a certain parcel in local churchill park, build to parcel b : [4000m2]
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1.2x density
interstitial spaces between old and new
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east-west sections through sloped units [top] and dense units [bottom]
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[above] In this project i chose to explore the various ways a living complex could be formed without compromising light and obstructing the view of the original houses on the site.
Each unit is made of two levels split into public and private and can house anywhere between 1-5 people
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MIXED MEDIA
selected works
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- 2010-present
last dance [right] included in the ap studio art exibit 2011-2012 the exibition included 30-40 works of art selected from over 900,000 pieces submitted that year. the art was displayed for 1 year in various art institutes across the united states
TRAVELS explore
2012 - New York 2012 - China - beijing, zhengzhou, louyang, kaifeng 2011 - Chicago 2010 - Italy - venice, florence, tuscany, rome
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thank you for your time - celia.xh
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