Contact Number _0422 885 236 E-mail _shentianhong.alex@gmail.com Postal Address _2001/9 Waterside Place, Docklands 3008 Languages _English _Background proficiency in Mandarin _Limited professional proficiency in Japanese
Education Qualifications University of Melbourne, Master of Architecture 2019 - 2020 (anticipated); Bachelor of Environments (Architecture) 2016 - 2018 Hale School 2010 - 2015, graduating with ATAR 99.25 Graduated with a Certificate of Commendation. Achievements and Awards _University of Melbourne Dean’s Honours Award 2017 - placed in top 3% of cohort for the academic year. _Completion of AA Melbourne Visiting School 2018 - successfully completed intensive visiting design studio coordinated by the Architectural Association.
Professional Experience/Volunteering Intern, Professional Building Group, 2018 _Worked within a small office that offered comprehensive building services, assisting in design and documentation. Architecture Intern, Brearley Architects & Urbanists, 2017 _Worked under a team of architects and urban designers to envision design solutions. Secretary, Melbourne University Mahjong Club, 2017 - 2018 _Performing administrative tasks for the club’s operation, organising club functions and liaising with the Student Union/eternal bodies. Storeman, Glengarry IGA, 2016 - 2017 _Taking stock, receiving deliveries, replacing labels etc. At other times worked checkout. Waiter, Bayside Kitchen, 2016 _Worked at a popular cafe over the winter break, doing dishes and serving customers.
Skills _SketchUp
_Digital fabrication
_Revit
_Adobe Photoshop
_Rhino
_Adobe InDesign
_Grasshopper
_MS Office Suite
_AutoCAD
_Photography
_Physical model making
THE PRECINCT Design Studio Fire, 2018 University High School, Parkville Studio Fire is the final design studio within the undergraduate program. The brief calls for a new VCE study centre and stadium to be added to UHS. My project is founded upon the idea of a constructed landform, where the students engage with the community and sports to stimulate learning and activity. The building focuses on recycling its footprint as high-quality green spaces with optimised Northern sun exposure.
newOrder Design Studio Air, 2018 Northcote Town Hall, Northcote Studio Air was a third year design studio focusing on parametric design. The brief was to generate a new facade and order for the Northcote Town Hall. Both column and facade were inspired by the Prostrate Blue Devil - a native shrub. The column form is symbolic of the role of the town hall as a unifying centre for the community. Meanwhile the facade builds on the spikiness of the seed, reflecting the hardiness of the Northcote community.
AXOMETRIC STUDY Construction Design, 2018 EBSS, Parkville Construction Design is the final undergraduate construction unit. Our task was to study a section of the EBSS through 1:20 drawings and models. The first stage involved interpreting documentation drawings and drafting an axometric view of the construction details. From this we produced 1:20 cut-away models. This exercise was a test for drafting skills, construction knowledge as well as physical modelling.
SKEWERED Design Studio Earth, 2017 Herring Island, South Yarra Studio Earth was a second year design studio based on formal and conceptual studies. The brief was to construct a ‘pavilion of secrets’ on Herring Island. SKEWERED is a design in two parts pavilion and secret gallery. A marriage of De Stijl influence and modular forms, my design is based on a 4x4 matrix for easy adaption and re-configuration. The platonic forms of the pavilion contrast with that of the crevice, evoking curiosity. The entrance of the gallery is concealed during high-tide.
PROLOGUES to what is possible Architecture Association Visiting School Melbourne, 2018 Prologues to what is possible was a AAVS studio that focused on exploring architecture through the medium of avant-garde postdramatic cinema. Under the tuterlage of Spanish filmmaker à lvaro F. Pulpeiro, we were exposed to a range of radical films which went beyond mere storytelling. To complete our experimental films, we spent one week meeting and interviewing strangers. The week was capped with a filming trip to Lake Tyrell. The finished product encapsulates a belief that architecture doesn’t need to be physical, that one can inhabit an immaterial, emotional space. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=jZeB7T6JAb4
BOATHOUSE Design Studio Water, 2017 Studley Park Boathouse, Kew Studio Water was a second year design studio in which we studied master architects. My master was Tadao Ando and our brief was to redesign the Studley Park Boathouse. The steep and wooded site is similar to many of Ando’s. Relying upon platonic geometries, my proposal orchestrates a journey unique to the site. By inserting the built form into this landscape, I sought not to control nature but to create contrast and enhance its presence.