CELIA.XHE TRADITIONAL | DIGITAL | ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO 2015
HELLO :) MY NAME IS CELIA AND I AM A FOURTH YEAR STUDENT ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE. THIS PORTFOLIO IS A PEAK INTO MY MIND AS IT IS PREOCCUPIED BY STUDIO AND LIFE IN GENERAL. I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO BROADEN MY HORIZONS AND EXPLORE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, IN HOPES OF UNDERSTANDING THE STATE OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN CHEERS! CELIA.XHE
CONTENTS 00// CURRICULUM VITAE 01// ARTIST RESIDENCE 02// SHEFFIELD JAZZ 03// VISIONS OF RESETTLEMENT 04// WALL TWO.O 05// COLOMBIA RISING 06// WORK EXPERIENCE 07// ETC.
CURRICULUM VITAE
A 11259 80A AVENUE, DELTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA C +39 (328) 593.9627 ( ITALIAN NUMBER ) E CELIA.XH@GMAIL.COM
CELIA.XH HE PERSONAL SKILLS
TECHNICAL SKILLS
DILIGENT WORKER ABLE TO WORK UNDER STRESS TEAM PLAYER AVID LISTENER
PROFICIENT AT: ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE PHOTOSHOP INDESIGN ILLUSTRATOR
GREAT AT GIVING/FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS RESOURCEFUL QUICK TO LEARN, EAGER TO TRY NEW PROGRAMS ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS FLUENT IN ENGLISH CONVERSATIONAL MANDARIN
RHINOCEROS REVIT AUTOCAD SKETCHUP MICROSOFT OFFICE VECTORWORKS
HAND DRAFTING PHYSICAL MODEL MAKING HAND RENDERING
MIXED MEDIA INKS PENCILS COLLAGING
EDUCATION CANDIDATE FOR BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES (HONORS) UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA,
ERASMUS STUDENT, EXCHANGE SEMESTER
- SEPTEMBER 2014 - FEBRARY 2015
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM
HIGHSCHOOL DIPLOMA
SANDS SECONDARY SCHOOL, DELTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
WORK EXPERIENCE FEBRUARY
- AUGUST 2015
HDR|CEI ARCHITECTURE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT EXTENSIVE INVOLVEMENT IN BUILDING PERMIT SUBMISSIONS FOR RENOVATIONS TO ATHLETICS CENTRES EXTENSIVE INVOLVEMENT IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN SUBMISSIONS FOR MULTIPLE SENIOR CARE CENTRES
MAY
- AUGUST 2014
DE HOOG AND KIERULF ARCHITECTS, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT SCHEMATIC DESIGN VIA 3D MODELING DIGITAL RENDERING VIA SKETCHUP AND PODIUM ASSISTING WITH BUILDING PERMITS
WORK EXPERIENCE CONTINUED SEPTEMBER
- DECEMBER 2013
PERKINS+WILL, DUNDAS, ONTARIO ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT COMPILATION OF CONSTRUCTION DETAILS FROM PRESENT AND PAST PROJECTS INTO A MASTER FILE VIA REVIT REVIT EXPERIENCE EXPOSURE TO LEED V4 AND V5 PROJECTS
JANUARY
- MAY 2013
DIALOG (FORMERLY COHOS EVAMY), EDMONTON, ALBERTA ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT ABLE TO WORK WITHIN A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY OFFICE ENVIRONMENT: INTERIOR DESIGN, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, LANDSCAPING RENDERING - VRAY FOR RHINO/SKETCHUP, ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE PARAMETRIC DESIGN - GRASSHOPPER FOR RHINO PREPARATION OF DESIGN DEVELOPEMENT AND BUILDING PERMIT REPORTS USING ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE
JUNE
- AUGUST 2012
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES; WEB AND GRAPHICS DESIGNER ORGANIZED AND MANAGED ALL GRADUATE PROGRAM WEBSITES VIA WEB PUBLISH PLATFORM COORDINATED MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENT FACULTY DISCUSSING UPDATES AND MIGRATION OF WEB INFO
DECEMBER 2009 - PRESENT
FREELANCE DIGITAL ARTIST CONCEPT ART, CHARACTER ART, TATTOO DESIGN ETC. CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH CLIENT, USUALLY LONG DISTANCE, TO DISCUSS CRITERIA SAMPLES OF MY WORK CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://CELIAXH.DAPORTFOLIO.COM/
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS 2013-2016 2011 2011 - 2012
HRAI SKILLTECH ACADEMY CERTIFICATE HOLDER UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP FOR 95% AND ABOVE ENTRANCE GRADES SELECTED FOR THE AP STUDIO ART EXIBITION 2011 DISPLAYED AT VARIOUS ART INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE STATES FOR ONE YEAR CHOSEN FROM 120,000 PIECES SUBMITED BY 40,000 APLICANTS
2011
DOGWOOD DISTRICT AUTHORITY AWARD DISTINCTION IN THE FIELD OF FINE ARTS
- FINE ARTS
PERSONAL INTERESTS HTML - CSS CODING DIGITAL ARTS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CASUAL BLOGGING
HTTP://BECAUSEIWASMOVED.TUMBLR.COM
COOKING TRAVELING RELEARNING THE RUBIX CUBE SKYDIVING
SHEFFIELD JAZZ TYPE
// ARTIST RESIDENCE
// SIMON CHADWICK TONY BROOMHEAD YEAR // FALL 2015 EXCHANGE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR
PROGRAMS USED
// HAND DRAFTING VILLUSTRATOR PHOTOSHOP INDESIGN
OBJECTIVE // INSERTION OF A THEATRE PROGRAM OF OUR CHOICE WITHIN THE VILLAGE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHARROW VALE. PROPOSAL // THE AREA OF SHARROWVALE IS CULTURALLY ROOTED TO JAZZ. THE LESCAR HOTEL BESIDE THE SITE HAS HAD A JAZZ NIGHT THAT ATTRACTS MANY PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE PROGRAM OF THE SHEFFIELD JAZZ CLUB BUILDS OFF THE REPUTATION OF ITS NEIGHBOUR AND PROVIDES A PERFORMANCE STAGE AND CLUB SPACE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDS JAZZ CLUB. THE BUILDING IS A SIMPLE AND FUNCTIONAL SPACE BUILT TO EVOKE THE INTIMATE AND INFORMAL NATURE OF JAZZ. AN EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PUT ON MATERIALITY AND CONSTRUCTION DETAIL. THE MAIN GESTURE OF THE BUILDING IS IN ITS FACADE. A GIANT BLACK STAGE CURTAIN THAT HIDES AND REVEALS THE PROGRAMS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THAT TIME OF DAY. THE CURTAIN EVOKES THE SENSE OF CURIOSITY IN THE VISITOR. PASSAGE THROUGH THE CURTAIN IS MEANT TO BE AN INTIMATE ACT, LIKE SNEAKING IN BACK STAGE
00// EXTERIOR RENDER
01// FIRST FLOOR PLAN
02// SECOND FLOOR PLAN
03// SECTION DETAIL - CURTAIN
04// SITE SECTION
05// SPACIAL RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM
06// BRASS DETAILING DIAGRAM
00// SITE SECTION
ETCHING STUDIO TYPE
// ARTIST RESIDENCE
// SIMON CHADWICK TONY BROOMHEAD YEAR // FALL 2015 PROFESSOR
PROGRAMS USED
// HAND DRAWN, ILLUSTRATOR PHOTOSHOP, INDESIGN
OBJECTIVE // CREATING AN ACID ETICHING STUDIO WITHIN THE LOCAL HIKING ROUTE OF OF PADLEY GORGE. PROPOSAL // TAKING THE RAW CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SITE AS ELEMENTARY BUILDING STRUCTURES AND USING THESE BASIC FORMS TO CREATE A SACRED SPACE THAT COMPLIMENTS THE LANDSCAPE. THE BUILDING IS COMPRISED OF A LIGHT STEEL FRAME CAGE IN WHICH SITS THE SOLID AND HEAVY VOLUME OF THE STUDIO.
01// FORM DIAGRAM
02// PARTI
03// INTERIOR AXONOMETRIC
ADMIN
GENERATOR
TOILET
HEATING
GALLERY
UTILITIES
NH3
HCl wax
PREP
ETCH
STRIP
INK
ETCHING PROCESS
FRAME
04// SITE PLAN
04// SECTION
05// WEST ELEVATION
06/ SOUTH ELEVATION
WALL TWO.O TYPE
// INSTALLATION
// JENNIFER LIM, AMANDA PARKINSON, TAMARA POALATTO, JONNO BUCKERIDGE, JOSH BENTLEY PARTNER
PROFESSOR // ANNE BORDELEAU YEAR // SUMMER 2013 PROGRAMS USED
// WOOD WORKING
OBJECTIVE // GIVEN A SITE, BUILD A WALL, CANOPY OR OCCUPIABLE SURFACEINSTALLATION SHOULD BE SITE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL // THE INSTALLATION SEEKS TO DEFINE THE GROWTH OF NATURE WITHIN A PLANNED MANNER. EACH MEMBER RISES FROM THE GROUND, GROWING TALLER AND WRAPING AROUND THE TREES, DRAWING THE EYE FROM THE RECTILINEAR ORGANIZATION OF THE SITE TO A NATURAL PLAYFUL, MEANDERING PATH INSPIRED BY THE TORQUED GROWTH OF THE TREES DESPITE THEIR LINEAR FORMATION.
DRAWING AWAY FROM LINE
VISIONS OF RESETTLEMENT TYPE
// MID-SIZED RESIDENTIAL
PARTNER // N/A PROFESSOR // DON MCKAY YEAR // SPRING 2012 PROGRAMS USED
// HAND ILLUSTRATIONS HAND DRAFTING PHOTOSHOP, SAI GRAPHICS TABLET
OBJECTIVE // GIVEN A PARCEL OF LAND, INCREASE DENSITY BY 1.4X DENSITY BY BUILDING WITHIN THE EMPTY SPACES OF EXISTING LOTS. PROPOSAL // THE DESIGN IS DRIVEN BY THE PRESERVATION OF VIEW TO THE FIELD BELOW FOR THE ORIGINAL HOUSES OF THE LOT AND PROVIDING AMPLE NATURAL LIGHT FOR THE NEWLY BUILT COMPLEXES. THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE A LIGHT ATMOSPHERE THAT COMBATS FEELING OF OVERCROWDING THAT ACCOMPANIES AN INCREASE IN POPULATION DENSITY. THE PROCESS BEGAN WITH INSPECTING THE VARIOUS BUILDING TYPES IN SECTION TO CREATE A MODULAR BLOCK THAT CAN BE REPEATED ALONG THE SLOPE OF THE SITE. THE RESULTING BLOCK CONSISTS OF AN ALTERNATING CASCADING AND BLOCK HOUSE FORMATION ALLOWING FOR PORFORATED VIEWS THROUGH THE NEW COMPLEX.
00// SITE PLAN
01// PROCESS
04// SAMPLE FLOOR PLANS
05// SECTIONS
EXISTING CONDITION
VIEW GOVERNS
HYBRID
DENSITY GOVERNS
02// OUTCOME OME
REPETABLE SECTION ALLOWING FOR A DIRECTED VIEW
03// SITE SECTION
SECTION A
00// SITE AERIAL
COLOMBIA RISING TYPE
// ADAPTIVE FLOOD PROOFING SYSTEM ENTRY FOR ONEPRIZE2013
PARTNER // DANIEL ABAD PROFESSOR // ELIZABETH ENGLISH YEAR // FALL 2013 PROGRAMS USED
// RHINO+VRAY, ILLUSTRATOR PHOTOSHOP, INDESIGN
OBJECTIVE // STUDY AND THEORETICAL APPLICATION OF AMPHIBIOUS SYSTEMS OF HOUSING IN RURAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS AROUND THE WORLD PROPOSAL // TO BUILD UPON EXISTING METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION TO ALLOW FOR AN EFFECTIVE AMPHIBIOUS SYSTEM THAT WILL PROTECT THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR BELONGINGS FROM DAMAGE CAUSED BY LONG LOASTING YEARLY FLOODS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE MOMPOSINA DEPRESSION PEGION, PARTICULARILY SAN BENITO ABAD AND SUCRE AND IN EXTENTION, ALL OF COLOMBIA. THIS SYSTEM WILL EXTEND AND ADAPT TO AMPHIBIATE THE MANY BUILDING PROGRAMS THAT MAKE UP THE CITIES AND TOWNSHIPS OF SUCRE. BUILDINGS INCLUDE: CHURCH MARKET MIXED USE HOUSING+COMMERCIAL RURAL HOUSING THE STRATEGY INVOLVES THREE ELEMENTS: SOLID SHELL - EXISTING OR NEW BOUYANT FLOOR COUNTER-WEIGHT SYSTEM
01// TARGET REGION
02// CURRENT CONDITION
03// VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
MAGDELENA RIVER
04// PROPOSED STRATEGY - ELEMENTS
SUCRE
MOMPOSINA DEPRESSION
SAN JORGE RIVER
3m 2m 1m
CAUCA RIVER
01// CONCRETE SHELL - STURDY VERNACULAR
01// BOUYANT FLOOR - ADDITION
01// COUNTER-WEIGHT - ADDITION
06// SECTION OF SYSTEM
ALUMINUM PANELS ROLLS UP AS WATER LEVEL RISES GIVING WAY FOR DOOR FRAME AND PRESERVING HEAD CLEARANCE OF 2.2M AT MAX.
2.4M HEAD CLEARANCE
PLATFORM IS GUIDED BY A VERTICAL RAIL SYSTEM
POSITION OF FLOOR AT EXTREME FLOOD HEIGHT
1.5M EXTREME FLOOD HEIGHT
1.5M
0.5M 6” AND 4” CAPPED PVC PIPES (2-3 LAYERS)
2.3M EXTERIOR BUOYANT PLATFORM PLATFORM CONNECTS TO OTHERS AROUND IT TO CREATE A BUOYANT SIDE WALK
07// BEFORE
CONCRETE CORNER FOOTINGS SUPPORTS SYSTEM AT REST
08// AFTER
09// PROPOSED MODEL TOWN
01// MARKET WAREHOUSE
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02// MULTISTORY SCHEME
03// SINGLE STORY SCHEME
00// REVIT WORK - SKYLIGHT DETAILING
PERKINS+WILL ARCHITECTURALL STUDENT ST ENT CO-OP STUD
, -
LOCATION /// D DUNDAS UNDAS ONTARIO YEAR /// SEPTE SEPTEMBER TEMBER DECEMBER PROGRAMS MS USED
2013
/// REVIT 2013, CITRIX SERVER INDESIGN, PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR AUTOCAD
RESPONSIBILITIES RESP PON O SIBILITIES // COMPILATION C OMPILATION OF CONSTRUCTION DETAILS FFROM ROM PRESENT AND PAST PROJECTS INTO A MASTER FILE VIA REVIT. ASSISTING A SSISTING IN CREAITNG GR GRAPHICS GRAP APHI HIC CS FOR INTERIOR D IN DESIGN ESIG ES IGN N SSECTION ECTION. ASSIST ASSISTED STED E IN CREATING PRESENTATION DRAWINGS DRAW AWINGS FOR AWARDS APPLICATIONS AND AN ND MARKETING EXPO P SED TO THE PUBLIC PRIVATE EXPOSED PARTNERSHIP PAR RTNEERSHIP PROCESS OF BUILDING. RESEAR RESEARCHING ARCH CHING MUNICIPAL ZONING BYLAWSS, LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING R RE GARD DIN ING DOWNTOWN HAMILTON N. EEXPOSURE EX POSU PO OSU SURE RE TTO O LE LEED ED D V4 M MECHANICS ECHA EC HANI N CS CS AND A AN D LE LEED E V5 MECHANICS CS A ASS WE WELL LL A ASS PROJECTS PROJ PR OJEC ECTS TS THAT FULLY UTILIZE LEED ASS A GREEN GREE GR EEEN DE DESIGN DESI SIGN SIGN SI NP PROCESS RO R OC CEESS S .
01// REVIT WORK - TENNIS BUBBLE CODE ANALYSIS PLAN
CEI ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT CO-OP LOCATION // VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA YEAR // FEBRUARY AUGUST 2015
-
PROGRAMS USED
// SKETCHUP REVIT PHOTOSHOP
RESPONSIBILITIES // WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PROJECT ARCHITECT FOR CREATION OF BUILDING PERMITS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELEOPMENT PERMITS AND CODE ANALYSIS REPORTS FOR MULTIPLE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITHIN THE GREATER VANCOUVER AREA. EXTENSIVE FIRE AND EXITING CODE ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH DONE FOR EXISTING NON-CODE-COMPLIANT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. WORKED CLOSELY WITH CLIENT VIA PHONE CONFERENCE AND EXTENSIVE EMAILS TO LAY OUT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR FOUR SENIOR CARE CENTRES IN THE GREATEER VANCOUVER AREA. WORKED ON MULTIPLE INTERIOR RENOVATION PACKAGES. ON SITE VISITS MADE TO BETTER ANALYSE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND CORRECT INCONSISTANCIES WITH RECORD DRAWINGS.
DIALOG
01// RENDERING AND GRAPHICS WORK FROM PREVIOUS WORK TERMS (COHOS EVAMY)
ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT CO-OP
,
LOCATION // EDMONTON ALBERTA YEAR // JANUARY APRIL 2013
-
PROGRAMS USED
// RHINO+VRAY, GRASSHOPPER AUTOCAD, MINOR REVIT ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOSHOP INDESIGN
RESPONSIBILITIES // WORKED WITHIN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY OFFICE WITH ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR, LANDSCAPE AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING TEAMS
3D MODELING AND RENDERING USING RHINO 4.0 + SKETCHUP PRO + VRAY PREPARING DOCUMENTS/DIAGRAMS/ RENDERS FOR THE DESIGN DEVELOPEMENT REPORT COMMERCIAL RETAIL ASSEMBLING COLOR BOARDS/ORDERING MATERIAL SAMPLES FROM SUPPLIERS
DHK ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT CO-OP
,
LOCATION // VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA YEAR // MAY AUGUST 2014
-
PROGRAMS USED
// SKETCHUP + PODIUM VECTORWORKS PHOTOSHOP
RESPONSIBILITIES // WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PROJECT ARCHITECT IN SMALL GROUPS TO SPEAR HEAD THE 3D VISUALIZATION OF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE OF VARIOUS PROJECTS.
3D MODELING AND RENDERING USING SKETCHUP PRO AND PODIUM RENDERING PLATFORM DESIGN - FACADE AND MATERIAL SELECTION FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
960 YATES STREET
de Hoog & Kierulf
AP STUDIO ART CONCENTRATION TYPE
// MIXED MEDIA DIGITAL
YEAR
// 2009 - PRESENT
MEDIUM
// MIXED MEDIA INKS, GUACHE COLORED PENCILS CHARCOAL CHINA MARKER GRAPHITE
AP CONCENTRATION (RIGHT) SERIES OF 12 PIECES EXPLORING A SPECIFIC THEME. THEME: TRANSITION DEALING WITH CHANGES WITHIN LIFE; DECISION-MAKING AND WHERE THOSE DECISIONS LEAD AND ALL THE VARIABLES IN BETWEEN
LAST DANCE (LEFT) 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
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