Work Sample 2024

WORK SAMPLE

HAO MA

03 1 – PERSONAL RESUME

04 2 – PROFESSIONAL WORK

16 3 – URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS

38 4 – ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS

46 5 – PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

HAO MA

LEED Green Associate

Education

Columbia University | New York, NY

06/2021-06/2022

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design

China University of Mining and Technology (CUMTB) | Beijing, China

09/2015-06/2020

School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering

Bachelor of Architecture

Graduated with Distinction, GPA: 3.86/4.0, Rank: 2/36

UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA

College of Environmental Design Summer Program: [IN]ARCH ADV

Honors & Awards

Most Research Driven Honor

07/2019-08/2019

“Deep Time” Pavilion Design Competition (4/32), Columbia University GSAPP

Outstanding Merits Scholarship

Top 5%, 4 times, CUMTB

School-board Scholarship

Top 1%, CUMTB

First Prize

Beijing Architectural and Structural Design Competition

Honorable Mention

National Green Building Design Competition

National Scholarship

Top 1%, The Minister of Education of P.R.C

SKILL SETS

Modeling

Revit, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, SketchUp, AutoCAD

Visualization

Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, After Effects, Premiere); Affinity Suite (Photo, Designer, Publisher); V-ray, Enscape, Lumion; Bluebeam, Newforma

Mapping

ArcGIS, QGIS

Fabrication

Physical Model Making, 3D Printing, Lazer Cutting

Language

English (fluent), Chinese (native)

hm2891@columbia.edu 929.317.8166

812 3rd Ave N, Apt A4, Seattle, WA 98109

Professional Experience

Urban Designer

GGLO Design | Seattle, WA

06/2022-Present

Participate as an integral member of Urban Design team of key projects including multifamily housing, mixed-use facilities, single-family residences, sustainable TOD, and retail centers, from Master Plan Design to Building Design. Notable projects include: Overlake Village South Master Plan, Spring District TOD Master Plan, Redmond Town Center Redevelopment, Timber Yards Master Plan, Chateau Ste Michelle Master Plan.

Deliver thoughtful, careful and inspiring design work through Feasibility Study, Concept Design to Schematic Design, balanced with the accuracy and attention to detail for all projects. Coordinate directly with Design Principal and Project Manager to put efforts to be timely, clear and cohesive. Assist Marketing Team with project proposals/pursuits, rosters and final documents/deliverables.

Responsibility includes: Feasibility study, Concept Design, Master Plan Design and Schematic Design; Revit SD sets; Digital Modeling; Physical Modeling; Graphic and Diagram Illustration; MDP (Master Planned Development Package) Documents; Proposal/ Pursuit/Roster Documents.

Architecture Intern

12/2019-08/2020

MHS Studio, Architectural & Research Institute of Tsinghua University | Beijing, China

Participate as an integral member of the design team of key projects including four architectural and urban design projects for within a large urban context. Notable projects include "3/4" Hospitality Renovation, Shandong Art Institute, Yanqing Ecological Farm Urban Planning & Design.

Responsibility includes Preliminary Research and Analysis, Concept Design, Physical Modeling, Diagrams Illustration and Rendering, and Final Booklet Design.

Assistant Designer

09/2016-10/2016

International Design Week “Encounter Shichahai” | Beijing, China

Designer

CUMTB Campus Media Studio | Beijing, China

10/2015-12/2017

Participate as an assistant designer of the design team to design and renovate a traditional courtyard house at Shichahai Historial District in Beijing. Design layout for CUMTB campus magazines; conduct interviews and interview drafts; provide software training and workshops for college freshmen.

Timber Yards Master Plan | BEND, OR

Clients:

Kennedy Wilson Multifamily Investments

Statistics:

170 hotel keys

20,000 sf of office

200 senior housing units

1300 multifamily units

70,000 sf of retail

My Work:

Master Plan Update

Graphic

Redmond Town Center Redevelopment | REDMOND, WA

Clients:

Hines

Fairbourne

Statistics:

21 acres

450-950 units

38,000-535,000 sf office/retail

My Work:

Feasibility Study and Concept Design

Master Plan Update and Rendering

3D Modeling

Graphic Illustration and Rendering

Existing Masterplan

Southwest Axon View

Noutheast Axon View

Proposed Masterplan

Ground Floor Plan

Overall Phasing Plan

Adjacent Developments

Proposed Open Space

Town Center Zoning

Proposed Bike Route and Pedestrian

Phasing Plan — Phasing 4 and 5

Phasing Plan — Phasing 3

Chateau Ste Michelle Master Plan | WOODINVILLE, WA

Clients:

One Clearlake Centre

Statistics:

west parcel:

-single family dwelling units: 90 DU

east parcel:

-townhomes: 50 DU

-hotel: 120 key

-office: 38,000 sf

-market hall: 57,800 sf

-tasting room/restaurant/retail: 116,945 sf

-green house: 8,500 sf

-music venue: 156,000 sf/5,450 capacity

My Work:

Feasibility Study and Concept Design Master Plan Design and Rendering 3D Modeling

Spring District TOD Master Plan | BELLEVUE, WA

Clients:

Sound Transit

Statistics:

6 buildings

501 units

928,514 sf building area

1,263 stalls of parking

My Work:

Master Plan Update and Rendering

Graphic Illustration and Rendering 3D Modeling

Factoria Mall Renovation | BELLEVUE, WA

Clients:

Kimco Realty

Statistics:

486,935 sf of retail

2,595 stalls of parking

My Work:

Feasibility Study and Concept Design

Master Plan Design and Rendering

Graphic Illustration

Overlake South Village Master Plan | REDMOND, WA

Clients:

Link Logistics Real Estate

Statistics:

16.47 acres

1,900 DU of residential

50,000 sf of retail

Services:

Feasibility Study and Concept Design

Master Plan Design and Rendering

3D Modeling

Graphic Illustration

EsterraPark

SeritagePark

"3/4"Hospitality Renovation | CHENGDU, CHINA

Clients:

The Piggy Hospitality

Services:

DD Phase and CD Phase Drawing Documents

3D Modeling

Material Analysis

Design Iteration

Facade and Material Analsyis

Shandong Art Institute | TSINGTAO, CHINA

Clients:

Shandong Art Institute

Services:

Concept Design and SD Phase

3D Modeling

Graphic and Diagram Illustration

Campus Main Axis Diagram

Exterior Open Space Analsyis

Interior Open Space Analysis

Chongli Residential Design | CHONGLI, CHINA

Clients:

Design Competition

Services:

Concept Design

3D Modeling

Floor Plan Drawing

REEF/MAX

Community Land Trust Model As The Future Of Ambergris Caye Development

Urban Design Studio III

Spring 2022, Columbia GSAPP

Location:

Ambergris Caye, Belize

Instructor:

Kate Orff, Geeta Mehta, Lorena Bello

Gomez, Adriana Chavez, Thad Pawlowski, Tori Vuono (Teaching Associate), Johanna Lovecchio (Center For Resilient Cities)

Group Work with:

Curran Zhang, Jiamin Huang, Shinan Liu

My Work:

design (35%), drawings (35%, including all the renderings and collages)

Located along the coast of Belize, Ambergris Caye is one of the many cayes that profit from the livelihood of the Belize Barrier Reef. As a hub of resorts and natural landscapes, Ambergris Caye is currently a playground for foreign development and tourism. Through the manifestation of an illogical and unnatural grid system of development, the existing ecological fabric is completely ripped out. The prospect of a shrinking tourism industry and volatile climate change means that Ambergris Caye needs an alternative developmental framework that is more sustainable and resilient.

To ensure Belizean livelihood on Ambergris Caye, the current Re/MAX model of development must stop. Our project provides an alternative street-based urban design framework to the existing parcel-based development. We propose an urbanization that focuses on mangrove restoration and creates an urban pattern using existing roads. By stopping the current model of extractive development and implementing a community land trust model, our design provides maximum protection to the reef through sustainable development and nature restoration.

01 High Density Zone

Located on the high land, the highdensity zone focuses on densified communal co-housings and celebrates local communal life through programs like agriculture courtyard, local market, and onsite waste management. The ground level of housing is open to create better accessibility to the landscape and provide shaded space for community gatherings and local markets. The agriculture courtyard at the center helps communities to live a self-

02 Low Density Zone

The low density area consists of prefab co-housing, individual housing and environment restoration courtyards. Each communal housing includes three living units, a shared kitchen and a shared living room. Inside the courtyard, the community could take advantage of the sea water to develop mangrove-based farming to support their livelihood. The elevated structure protects residents from flooding, as well as creating spaces for transportation infrastructure like golf cart charging stations.

03 Re-Nature Zone

The re-nature area is located at lowland, which will suffer from sealevel rise in 20 years. In addition, mangrove forests in this area have suffered from severe damage by Remax in the past several years. Therefore, we proposed that mangrove restoration is the priority in this zone while tourists would have access to the visitor center and explore mangrove forests with kayaks. In addition, restored mangrove areas are not isolated but connected, which would benefit mangroves’ growth and wetland sustainability.

Nature Education

Mangrove Nursery

Kayak Storage

Mangrove Restoration

Mangrove

04 Wild Nature Zone

The wild nature zone contains a large area of mangrove forests and wetland outside the grid. Most of the activities are focused on nature restoration programs. Therefore, the predominant programs relate to eco-tourism, such as bird-watching and kayaking. Building within this area would be regulated by the credit system that limits developable square footage.

Mangrove Conservation

Watch Tower

BirdEco-Tourism

INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE ZONE

Envision A Stable Economic And Social Future For Willets Point

Urban Design Studio I

Summer 2021, Columbia GSAPP

Location:

Willets Point, New York City, NY

Instructor:

Nans Voron, Sagi Golan, Jae Shin, Galen Pardee, Austin Sakong

Group Work with:

Avani Agarwal, Surabhi Dahivalkar

My Work: design (40%), drawings (35%, including 3D model, renderings and collages)

New York City has been upzoning industrial land for years, and most recently, it has passed the resolution to rezone and redevelop Willets Point. However, although labors in Willets Point have created a thriving economy of auto repair shops that provide essential services for New York City, the city has been neglecting their basic needs to create a condition of urban blight for a long.

It is time to embrace, celebrate and leverage local labors' strength to achieve longterm socio-economic viability for Willets Point through incremental growth. Our vision seeks to integrate the local community as a collective power, remediate the lack of infrastructure, empower labors for long-term resiliency, and expand broader networks with NYC. Through the power of ownership of industry which includes not just labor and production but also education, creativity, and social services, self-independence can be achieved and local community can thrive.

Year 0 - Year 2

Mixed-Use Street

Section of Physical Infrustructure

Expo Center

Section of the Heart of Willets Point

Year 2 - Year 5

Experimental Hub

Section of Experimental Hub

IN[EFFICIENT] SYSTEMS

Urban Design Studio II

Fall 2021, Columbia GSAPP

Location: Atlanta, GA

Instructor:

Emanuel Admassu, Nina Cooke John, Chat Travieso, Lexi Tsien

Group Work with:

Kimberly Ramirez, Lianghao Cheng, Lipeng Zhu

My Work:

Team Leader; design (45%), drawings (40%, including master plan, detailed plans and section drawing)

Property can be described as a system of power within hyper-efficient business models and societies that establish efficiency and time as exploitation tools. Efforts towards efficiency have fixed an individual’s value directly to he or her work ethic, reducing subsistence or maintenance work to “leisure” or second-hand work.

In challenging hyper-efficient logistical systems, it is essential to challenge time as a tool of exploitation. Instead of the value systems imposed by companies like Amazon or Walmart, which are based on hyper-efficiency, we imagine a world that is built on various forms of inefficiency - everyday relationships and engagements between people that produce outside of the profit margins of these companies.

When the current exploitative system collapses, people can retrofit the original infrastructure for daily life, like using the conveyor belt as the dinner table. Or further, more activities can be introduced, centered around the needs of these new communities as they arise. We imagine that this 20 year plan is only one example of the way these activities can change over time.

After-Property Warehouse Layout

BEYOND THE STAGE

Re-imagine A New Campus For College Art Students

February - March, 2020

Location:

Tsingtao, Shandong Province, China

Instructor:

Kanda Song

Individual Work

Nowadays, campus in China is becoming increasingly similar since that students’ demands are often ignored by designers, which would directly limit the development of student's personal interests and personalities.

In this project, the campus with buildings in split-level form, platforms of different heights, and lots of open space, is designed explicitly for art college students, aiming to provide them with more public space to learn, perform and communicate. Considering that they often need lots of broad space to hold concerts, performances, and exhibitions, numerous platforms are created in teaching buildings and the library. The students could take advantage of the stairs to reach different platforms. Meanwhile, the campus also provides students with enough open spaces to loosen up and hold various activities.

Regional Scale Mapping

Activities Challenges

Current Challenges

Increasingly Demand for Performances

Spatial Form Analysis

Circulation and Function Analysis

Typology Analysis

CITY AS A SPONGE

Digital Technique

Summer 2021, Columbia GSAPP

Location:

Flushing Creek, New York City

Instructor:

Richard Chou, Eric Huntley, Paul Kamuf

Group Work with:

Rae Lei, Tanuja Dhanasekaran, Praditi Singh

My Work:

design (30%), drawings (35%, including GIS analysis, mapping and renderings)

While Flushing has been a "sponge" for diverse factors ranging from social, economic to ecological ecosystems throughout its history, its growth has taken place under the shadow of ecological neglect. We intend to study the role of this "sponge" and the layers contributing to its neglect - consequently identifying regions where these layers overlap the most.

The layering of maps indicating different types of pollution - water, soil, air, and noise - in correspondence to the existing zoning conditions of Flushing in New York City, we can identify the specific areas around the Flushing Creek wetlands where the maximum impact of pollution has occurred. This, in turn, helps in the site construction process as the study reveals the sites in the Flushing wetlands that have been most polluted, abandoned, and neglected.

UNDER THE CLOUD

April - May, 2018

Location:

Daxing District, Beijing, China

Instructor:

Yingxue Feng, Lijie He

Group Work with:

Ninghui Wang

My Work:

design (60%), drawings (45%, including site analysis, rendering, physical model)

First Prize In the 7th Beijing Architectual Structual Design Competition For Collage Students

How can the natural conditions and characteristics of the original site influence the design? How to retain the users' original activities and behaviors in the design?

Focusing on these two fundamental questions, we analyzed the target users and their daily behaviors on the original site and considered the surrounding unique natural conditions, hoping to reveal traces of the original site in the design.

To show respect for the original site, we retained the concept of "woods" and users' function of "wandering and resting" by devising a vast curved roof and a branch-like structure system. The design of the building structure is inspired by the branches of the tall and dense woods on the original site. Meanwhile, to reduce the sturdy volume of the auditorium, we devised the shape of the roof as a light and fluid cloud. The broad curved roof creates a quiet and solemn atmosphere together with the "branch" structure system.

DEPRESSION THERAPY

November - December, 2020

Location:

San Francisco, California

Instructor:

Hewen Jiang

Individual Work

In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic swept the world. People are struggling to deal with physical problems, but at the same time, they overlook their mental health. A study completed by the U.S. Census Bureau found that one-third of all Americans are suffering from depression amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In this project, the activity center is located in San Francisco, one of the cities with the highest rate of depression in America. It consists of nested boxes in different sizes with a series of activities, which help patients with depression relieve their negative emotions and gradually soothe themselves. Walking along the ramp, patients would experience continuous activities with a transition from intense to serene ones, and their postures of doing these activities change from standing to lying. I hope the activity center is an outlet for their negative emotions and a therapy for their mental depression.

Symptoms of Depression

People with depression suffer from mixed emotions and sentiments every day. The symptoms of depression can last for months or years and can make it difficult or impossible for patients to carry on with their daily life.

Daily Changes of Emotions and Moods of Patients With Depression

Activities in Boxes

FACADE DETAILING

Building Science & Technology

Spring 2022, Columbia GSAPP

Location:

New York City, NY

Instructor:

Kevin Schorn

Group Work with:

Jiafeng Gu, Duo Xu

My Work: design (30%), drawings (35%, including facade and roof detail drawing)

Detail Sketches

GREENSAPP WEEK

Community Engagement

Fall 2021, Columbia GSAPP

Location:

Columbia Unversity, NY

Instructor: Kaja Kuehl

Group Work with: Rongxin Tang

My Work: design (50%), drawings (50%, including timeline and poster design)

GreenSAPP is a student organization at Columbia GSAPP aimed at engaging with and combating the climate emergency. As members of GreenSAPP, we step into our roles as leaders in shaping the built environment in the context of global climate change.

GreenSAPP Week is an annual GSAPP event featuring a design competition for the sustainable transformation of Avery Hall, including workshops, lectures, and construction.

-The event will begin at first week of every spring semester.

-The design topics include sustainable cafe, energy-saving AC, energy-saving elevator, and waste recycling system, etc.

-The event is hosted by GreenSAPP, and the institutional knowledge will be passed on through members.

By enhancing students’ communication and participation in the projects passed from one generation of students to the next, we hope to raise Columbia students’ awareness of climate justice and let them contribute to climate change.

GreenSAPP Week Schedule

GreenSAPP Week Year-round Timeline

HAO MA

hm2891@columbia.edu