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DAI (BILL) LE
Bachelor of Architecture - Iowa State University |arch.daitanle@gmail.com | +1 641.436.1708
Work
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Gensler | Atlanta, Georgia | Jul 2022 - Jul 2023
Junior Technical Designer
• Produce high level renderings, diagrams, and graphics for different commercial mixed-use projects and competitions
• Actively participate in the design process of competition, and work on schematic design for winning proposals
• Model existing condition, and design interior fit out for various retail projects & franchisee
• Create, submit permit drawings, review shop drawings from the engineers, and update construction drawings
• Produce presentation package for client meeting, and actively communicate project progress to clients
• Share computational design interest and practice to the design technology team at regional level
Folio Architects | Seoul, South Korea | Jun 2021 - Jul 2023
Junior Project Designer (Part Time)
• Participate in the design process, propose, and develop different design options for retail and residential projects
• Create massing designs for residential and museum projects
• Create high level renderings, walk through videos, and animated diagram for client presentation in various projects
• Participate, design, create production for library design competition in Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea
Iowa State University College of Design Computation & Construction Lab | Ames, Iowa| Jun 2020 - May 2022
Undergraduate Research Assistant
• Maintain the lab equipments such as 3D printers, CNC machine, plasma cutting machine, 3D ceramic Potter-bot
• Update and troubleshoot problems with the lab equipments, assist students with lab equipments
• Develop grasshopper definitions for different ways of printing ceramic for Potter-bot
• Create workflows for new ceramic printer, and assist with any lab works
Iowa State University College of Design| Ames, Iowa | Aug 2020 - May 2022
Teaching Assistant for Digital Communication Course (Basic + Advance)
• Assist the teaching of basic softwares such as Auto Cad, Rhino 3D, Adobe Creative Suite, and Grasshopper
• Teach different workflows for high level of graphical representation, and provide feedbacks to students’ works
Reinaldo Correa LLC | Ames, Iowa | Feb 2018 - Sept 2021
Artist Assistant + Designer
• Participate in design proposals for art installation competition, work on schematic design and design development
• Create construction document, fabrication and shop drawings
• Assist with on-site installation, and document the installation process
Softwares
• Revit
• Rhino 3D
• 3D Studio Max
• Grasshopper
• Vray
• Enscape
• Auto Cad
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Bluebeam
• Microsoft Office
AWARD ACHIEVEMENT
Young Architects Competition - Moon Station - Finalist 2023
Gaepo Library Competition - Fifth Place 2023
Delá Sol Shade Design Competition - First Place 2022 - 2023
2022
2022
2021
2020
2020
2020
2020
H. Kennard Bussard Award - Honorable Mention
Substance Architects Design Award - Honorable Mention
Young Architects Competition - Arctic Hotel - Finalist
BWBR Architects Design Award - First Place
Calling All Artists Exhibition - Honorable Mention
Johnston City Hall Sculpture Competition - First Place
NOMA Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition - Top 7 National
SKILLS
LANGUAGE
2020 Rethinking Pavilion Competition - Honorable Mention
Concrete Masonry Unit Block Design - Third Place National
2018
2017 - 2022
Iowa State University Dean List
2017 Dollars For Scholar Scholarship
Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2016
• Architectural building information modeling (BIM), rendering, visualization, 3D modeling, shop drawings reviewing, project presentation, design competition, construction document updates
• Physical modeling, 3D printing, CNC cutting, ceramic printing
• English
• Vietnamese (fluent)
• Mandarin (beginner)
EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture | Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa | 2017 - 2022
REFERENCES
Shelby Doyle
AIA Stan G. Thurston Professor in Design Build and Associate Professor of Architecture| Iowa State University, ACADIA 2023 President
Shy Khalilahmadi
Design Director, SER Design Experience Co-Lead| Gensler shy_khalilahmadi@gensler.com
Nathan Scheidt
Project Manager, Senior Associate| Gensler Nathan_Scheidt@gensler.com
Bosuk Hur
Design Principal| Folio Architects folioarch@gmail.com
Shawn Barron
Designer II | Studio Gang sbarron@studiogang.com
My name is Dai Le, though I prefer to be called Bill Le. An architecture enthusiast at heart, I have an unwavering passion for delving into the varied aspects of architecture, and I find joy in seeking out designs that promote the concepts of community, collectivity, and cultural identities. This diverse portfolio comprises not only my academic architectural endeavors at Iowa State University but also my professional experience as a project designer in South Korea, and my participation in competitions.
I firmly believe in the profound positive impacts that thoughtful design can bring to our world, and I am eager to contribute my skills to create meaningful improvements in the spaces we inhabit.
ACADEMIC
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COMPETITION
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PART TIME
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MONUMENTAL LIFE
Studio Work
Partner: Cameron Walhberg | Sam Nordmeyer
INTERTWINE
Studio Work
Individual
RIPPLES - BIG FISH
Competition - Built
Artist Assistant at Reinaldo Correa LLC
SYNERGY
Competition - Under construction
Partner: Shunzhi Yao | Yanjiu Bai
BLACK HOUSE (W.CASA)
Part-time work in South Korea
Project Designer at Folio Architects
SNOOPY PLACE
Part-time work in - South Korea
Project Designer at Folio Architects
SNOOPY ISLAND
Part-time work in - South Korea
Project Designer at Folio Architects
Monumental Life
Location: Serjila, Syria
Team Work
Work Type: Architecture Studio
Program: Multi Program Intervention
Area: 40,276 sq ft
Honorable Mention - Substance Architects Design Award
Honorable Mention - H. Kennard Bussard Award
Creating a new infrastructure for monumental sites of abandoned ruin or architecture that re-engages their history and potential futures by analyzing their layers throughout time. Utilizing the updated programmatic use as an act of care, and preservation, which in turn create a new monumentality that ebbs and flows with the rituals and occupation of life rather than an untouchable object. The ruin site is ever-evolving, and never finished. Therefore only snapshots of its moment in time can be seen. Only as long as life is tending to and making with the ruins of Serjilla will its collective memory, preservation, and status remain. Its ability to become flexible in how we see it and engage with it allows it to become a new form of monument. Storytelling in specific placeness, and making new memories, not for the sake of a statue or infrastructure but because the little things, the mundane, the sharing, and the beauty of old and new in the time of life are important. A monument to the living.
Ideation
For a site that is highly sensitive regards to the political spectrum. We have to carefully ask ourselves certain questions, and thoughts during the ideation process. We go from asking the question of monumentality to what it means to the site, and to what kind of designs can considerably respect the context.
Site
Serjilla’s location and proximity to villages and towns such as Al-Bara, Hantoteen, and Kafr Nabal make it accessible to a variety of locals and visitors to the site. All of the ancient programs are still present in modern-day Syria. Common bathhouses, agricultural areas, the traditions of craft, specifically of textiles are still presenting until today on the site. These programatic typologies connect and thread together the past and present in the basis of our intervention.
The photos illustrate one of the designs on the site. This design is the garden room area, where people harvest the grown produces. This is also where they will share the memories of growing and sharing food. The design is emphasized to intertwine with the existing ruins.
Intertwine
Location: NYC, New York
Work Type:
Program: Collective Art Center & Housing
Area: 70,276 sq ft
1st Place - BWBR Architects Design Award
New York City, renowned for its dynamism and diverse opportunities, attracts people from all walks of life to gather and call it their home. As the population grows, the demand for housing intensifies, leading to the development of residential areas. However, in the process, many public spaces have been sacrificed. Examining the Chelsea area in NYC, I find a vibrant neighborhood steeped in artistic culture, with open galleries welcoming tourists. Despite this, there's a noticeable lack of spaces that foster interactions between tourists, artists, and locals. The absence of common areas sparks my inspiration to merge public spaces with residential apartments. My vision is to create a third space—a communal area that encourages people to connect and interact. This unique space will bridge the gap between private and public realms, designed to nurture a shared passion for observing and creating art.
Site Inspiration
The street of NYC is currently filled with the production of infrastructures. The apperance of the construction sites have become a norm in NYC. As a result, the new buildings are growing to increase the private spaces and take away the public areas. These modular structures are built as a response to the growth of population in NYC. However, these new projects take over the public areas that are very important to the locals as they feel the lost of identities and cultures when these new projects take over their neighborhood.
Blurring Boundary
The manifesto illustrates the blurring boundary concept. The project takes on the idea of the boundary between the private and public ownership. To me, the ownership is about the characteristic of the people in the space, which should not be bounded by the property lines. Therefore, I choose to blur the boundary of the private and public space by introducing a third space connecting the private and the public, I wish to open the oportunities for the interaction between humans.
Massing Sequence
The form of the project is derrived from the dynamic of the area. There are a lot of flows happening around the site. Therefore the form attempts to blend itself with the site by having one level as extension with the High Line. Moreover, the form encourages the use of common space that is a transitional space between the private and the public areas. These common spaces will illustrate the human interactions with the landscapes, and the urban charateristics of the site. In addition, the massing strategy encourages the diveristy of interactions of people from different background.
Unit A
Unit A is a two-bedroom unit with big living room space.
Unit B
Unit B is a two-bedroom unit with bigger living room space than Unit A
Unit C
Unit C is a one bed room unit, and the smallest unit of all three type of unit.
RIPPLES “BIG FISH”
[COMPETITION - BUILT]
Location: Johnston, Iowa
Work Type: Practice with Reinaldo Correa LLC, Competition Program: Exhibition
1st Place - Johnston City Hall Art Installation Competition
The Mississippi River, North America's second-largest drainage system, serves as both a protector and a connector between humans and nature. Similarly, Saylorville Lake and Terra Park share these attributes with the river. Saylorville Lake plays a crucial role in safeguarding the residents of Johnston City from flooding, while Terra Park serves as a central hub where people can explore various activities and enjoy unique experiences. Water, essential for all forms of life, holds a special place of embedded and created memories. Both Saylorville Lake and Terra Park have been witnesses to the formation of these cherished memories. From fathers teaching their kids to fish along the boardwalk and pier, to families sharing a picnic lunch at the open shelters, or the exhilarating moments of sailing boats on the waters, and even the serene strolls along the shore encountering the gentle tail flap of the famous largemouth bass fish. These are the subtle "ripples" that resonate with us.
