DAI LE S e l e c te d Wo r ks | 2 0 1 8 - 2 0 2 3
DAI (BILL) LE Bachelor of Architecture - Iowa State University |arch.daitanle@gmail.com | +1 641.436.1708
WORK
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
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2D Revit Rhino 3D 3D Studio Max Grasshopper Vray Enscape
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Auto Cad Adobe Creative Suite Bluebeam Microsoft Office
AWARD ACHIEVEMENT
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Young Architects Competition - Moon Station - Finalist Gaepo Library Competition - Fifth Place Delá Sol Shade Design Competition - First Place 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 Concrete Masonry Unit Block Design - Third Place National Rethinking Pavilion Competition - Honorable Mention Iowa State University Dean List Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Dollars For Scholar Scholarship
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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
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture | Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa | 2017 - 2022
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Shelby Doyle
Bosuk Hur
AIA Stan G. Thurston Professor in Design Build and Associate Professor of Architecture| Iowa State University, ACADIA 2023 President doyle@iastate.edu
Design Principal| Folio Architects folioarch@gmail.com
Shy Khalilahmadi
Shawn Barron
Design Director, SER Design Experience Co-Lead| Gensler shy_khalilahmadi@gensler.com
Designer II | Studio Gang sbarron@studiogang.com
Nathan Scheidt Project Manager, Senior Associate| Gensler Nathan_Scheidt@gensler.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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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 - Built
Partner: Shunzhi Yao | Yanjiu Bai
BLACK HOUSE (W.CASA) Part-time work - South Korea
Project Designer at Folio Architects
SNOOPY PLACE Part-time work - South Korea
Project Designer at Folio Architects
SNOOPY ISLAND Part-time work - South Korea
Project Designer at Folio Architects
ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT Full-time work - Atlanta
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. 1
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. 2
Bathhouse 3
Loom Room
Garden
Meditation Area 4
Bathhouse section
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Rendering views show the traces of activities in the ruin 8
(1) Floor Plan View (2) Side view 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: Architecture Studio 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.
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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.
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Site Grid Layout
Core Extrusion
First Tower Mass
First Tower Massing Process
Second Tower Mass
Second Tower Massing Process
Ground Floor Connection Mass
High Line Level Extension
Complete Form
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. 20
Ground Level Floor Plan
Second + Third + Fourth + Fifth Level Floor Plan 21
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.
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(1) Art Exhibition Space (2) Residential Unit
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(3) Interactive Art Space (4) Birds Eye View Exterior
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RIPPLES “BIG FISH” [COMPETITION - BUILT]
Location: Johnston, Iowa, USA Work Type: Competition with Reinaldo Correa LLC Program: Exhibition Area: 540 sq ft 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.
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(1) Close-up Artwork’s scale (2) Artwork Interior
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SYNERGY [COMPETITION - BUILT]
Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Work Type: Competition Program: Exhibition Area: 1,543 sq ft 1st Place - De lá Sol Shade Design Competition After conducting thorough studies of the site conditions, our team recognizes the potential challenge of introducing a shading device to an area with an already thoughtfully designed layout. Despite this, we perceive an opportunity to establish a meaningful dialogue between the existing design and our innovative proposal. Dubbed "Project Synergy," the initiative aims to not only augment the design language but also enhance the functionality of the shading device. Our proposal embraces the existing conditions, seeking harmony and coexistence. In this way, the new design language seamlessly integrates with the undulating top and gracefully attaches to the current design, fostering a harmonious visual continuity. Crucially, the intention behind the proposal is not to dominate or overshadow the current design but rather to show deep respect and enhance its inherent elements. The focus is on a collaborative approach that respects the aesthetic integrity of the initial design while introducing subtle yet impactful improvements to elevate both form and function.
DESIGN AREA
Area of Design We give back the other areas to the existing condition.
The area of design focuses in the central space aiming to bring people together, and maintain as much original design’s footprints as possible.
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DESIGN LANGUAGE
8 Points
Existing Language
Our Proposal Language
Learning from the existing design language, we try to incorporate similar gestures to the new design. By using the points system on a circle, we are able to shift 8 points up, and then shear 2 points. The undulating tops portrait both familiarity and difference with the original design.
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DETAILED VERSIONS ATTACHED VERSION
Cylindrical STL Connector 20 Ga Sheet Metal OR Polycarbonate
19 mm S.S Tubing 11 Ga Wall Thickness
Customized S.S Connector 01 Customized S.S Connector 02 S.S Circular Clamp Hex Bolt Screw
STAND-ALONE VERSION
20 Ga Sheet Metal OR Polycarbonate 19 mm S.S Tubing 11 Ga Wall Thickness
Cylindrical STL Connector
19 mm S.S Tubing 11 Ga Wall Thickness
Hex Bolt with Washer Anchor Screw Connector STL Base Plate Continuous STL Base Plate
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MOCKUP MODEL
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Day Time
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BLACK HOUSE (W-CASA) [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
Location: Pyeongchang Dong, Jongno Gu, Seoul, South Korea Work Type: Practice with Folio Program: Private Residence Area: 12,701 sq ft Year: 2021 W CASA, a residential haven crafted to ignite inspiration for living and relaxation. Our design process revolves around addressing fundamental questions: How can the space elegantly mirror the owner's lifestyle? What constitutes the perfect environment for unwinding? How can we stimulate the creativity of the residents? To achieve this, we ingeniously blend diverse programs across multiple levels, blurring the boundaries between the indoor and outdoor realms. This fusion creates an ambiance of seamless relaxation, seamlessly connecting with nature while still providing the essential privacy for personal living. In our endeavor to enhance the outdoor experience, we meticulously curate a variety of plants and vegetation, embracing the beauty of the natural surroundings. The house itself is adorned in a soothing black tone, effortlessly complementing the outdoor atmosphere and accentuating the owner's individual pursuits. We believe that light and air play a pivotal role in creating a harmonious living space. Hence, we have strategically incorporated large openings on different levels, ensuring an abundance of natural light and refreshing airflow throughout the dwelling. To optimize brightness, we have thoughtfully designed light wells, adding an extra touch of brilliance to the space.
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Front View (Autumn)
Front View (Winter) 54
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04 Courtyard 05 Lounge / Kitchen 06 Wine Storage 07 Home Theater
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Wine Lounge
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Parking Lot 56
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04 Library 05 Practice Room 06 Guest Room 02
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Master Bedroom
Library 60
Master Bathroom View - 1
Master Bathroom View - 2 61
Stair + Skylight 62
SNOOPY PLACE [BUILT]
Location: Busan, South Korea Work Type: Practice with Folio Program: Restaurant + Retail Area: 1,206 sq ft
Drawing inspiration from the idyllic beaches of Pusan city, our coffee shop is envisioned as a charming haven where Snoopy and friends can gather and relish the refreshing ocean breeze. Embracing the serene blue hues of the beach, the main color palette of the coffee shop sets the perfect seaside ambiance. Reflecting the gentle waves of the sea, we have thoughtfully designed continuous arches using ecofriendly, recyclable materials. These arches not only add a touch of artistic beauty but also serve as clever dividers, carefully segmenting the various spaces within the coffee shop. Moreover, strategically placed lights between the arches create an inviting glow, illuminating the interior space. Our coffee shop is a harmonious blend of two essential elements: prefabricated and onsite constructed components. While the stairs and second floors are skillfully reconstructed on-site to ensure precision, the display shelves and arch panels are thoughtfully prefabricated to guarantee both efficiency and aesthetic appeal.
Program Layouts
Material Study
Concept Proposal The client asks to renovate, and redesign the existing cafe into a Snoopy theme cafe. The project proposes arch panels to devide the spaces for different uses. In addition, the panels also function as shelves, partitions, and display areas for food and fgures. The arches are made of recyclable plastics to approach a more aesthetic feel, and sustainable aspect of the design. Moreover, the arch form is inspired from the waves of Pusan's beautiful beach site.
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On-site Constructed Elements
(1) Second Stairs
(2) Floor
Prefabricated elements
(1) Goods Display
(2) Cafe Counter
(3) Bakery Display
(4) Stairs
(5) Arches
(6) Tray Display
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SNOOPY ISLAND [ONGOING]
Location: Gyeongju, South Korea Work Type: Practice with Folio Program: Museum, Tea House, Outdoor Event Space Area: 246,235 sq ft The business site in Gyeongju's Bomoondanji area combines Snoopy's unique perspective with the city's essence. It's a designated tourist zone, enhancing leisure and cultural experiences. The island location offers a harmonious blend with nature, providing picturesque lake views and various event spaces. The architecture consists of two main buildings: the Dog House and the Tea House, inspired by the spaces depicted in Peanuts comics. The Dog House serves as a leisure and cultural facility housing exhibitions, shops, cafes, and event spaces. Five Snoopythemed house-shaped structures are arranged in a continuous manner, each offering unique programs and spaces. From the entrance perspective, we designed the facade to showcase the five different programs, allowing visitors to preview each space before entering. The site creates a gateway to the Snoopy-themed park and captures a nostalgic ambiance with modern design. The sloping roof allows visitors to enjoy a fresh perspective of nature.
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Top: Main Entrance / Bottom: Gallery, Exhibition
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ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT [UNDER DEVELOPMENT]
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Work Type: Practice with Gensler Program: Retail, Office, Mixed Use, Hospitality Area: 678,560 sq ft 1st Place - Entertainment District Design Competition
The central ambition of this project is to fashion a bridge that transcends its physical form, acting as a potent symbol of unity and connectivity within Atlanta's diverse populace. It aspires not merely to link geographical spaces but to catalyze neighborhood development, instigating both economic and social flourishing. Beyond its architectural significance, the project is dedicated to elevating residents' quality of life by incorporating purposeful amenities and encouraging outdoor pursuits. Embracing a steadfast commitment to sustainability, the project meticulously integrates environmentally conscious practices in its construction and longterm maintenance. In essence, this undertaking transcends the conventional role of a bridge, aiming to intricately weave together the social, economic, and environmental threads of Atlanta's tapestry, leaving behind a resilient and impactful legacy for generations to cherish.
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West View Looking Towards the Arena
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Top: Top of Retail Spaces / Bottom: Central Courtyard Looking at Arena
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