a sample of academic and professional work from 2011-present
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Beijing, China jackhenrythomas@gmail.com +86 13146137937 (CN)
contents Curriculum Vitae....03 Tuanbo Eco-office....07 Edible City....11 Tiantuo Innovation Factory....19 Independent Research....23
pages 07-10, 19-22 professional work at Archiland International pages 11-18 academic work at Department of Architecture, University of Oregon
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bio d.o.b hometown current location
11/22/1990 Paradise, California, USA Beijing, China
I was born in the high desert of Southern California then moved to the wet, green Pacific Northwest to study architecture in 2008. Somewhere along the way, I packed up a backpack and flew to China for a summer to study architecture and sustainable urban-rural development with an interdisciplinary group of architects, urban planners, and sinophiles in Fujian and Sichuan provinces. After returning to Oregon and graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon’s White Stag Campus in Portland, I flew back to China to continue my architectural practice. Upon arriving in Beijing, I first took a part-time intern position with C/AA before accepting a full-time position with Archiland International in the spring. My interests lie in social architecture, informal built environments, design in the developing world, housing, critcal regionalism, language, food politics, urban agriculture, and urban-rural development. When I am not in the office, I am perusing outdoor markets, eating “chuanr� and hotpot with friends, riding my bike, or reading. I am currently based in Beijing, but looking for my next adventure...
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education University of Oregon 2008-2012 University of Washington Summer 2011
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) Eugene/Portland, Oregon, USA Urban Design Studio Abroad Fujian/Sichuan Provinces, China
experience Archiland International May 2013 - present
Junior Architect Beijing, China As part of the concept development team, I participated in design charettes, created presentations, met with clients, and developed schematic drawings through to design development phase.
C/AA August 2012 - April 2013
Intern Beijing, China My time spent as an intern at C/AA was spent working on presentations, developing schematic drawings and discussing concepts and with others in my design team.
skills software
professional
language
Adobe Creative Suite AutoCAD SketchUp Rhino + CAM Revit Climate Consultant concept design programming sustainable design design research masterplanning hand media laser cutting / physical modeling English (native) Spanish (limited working proficiency)
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masterplanning
urban design
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landscape
architecture
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tuanbo eco-office year site type
2013 tianjin, china office, urban design
A Tianjin-based company came to the Archiland office in interest of having their own office redesigned in addition to an attached exhibition space focused around sustainable best practices to be built as a model for future sustainable architectural design in China. The client hopes to achieve LEED certification and aims to implement a wide range of innovative green technologies from a photovoltaic facade to digitally controlled smart sensors throughout the building. My role on this project was in its schematic design phase and visualization. I helped produce drawings, develop the facade concept, create 3D and physical models, create presentations and sat in on meetings with the client and design team throughout the project.
foam building studies
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交通分析 设计理念 MASTERPLAN DESIGN CONCEPT OPTION 2
office exterior; outsourced rendering
Window Daylight factor guide.
窗户-采光因素。
CHINA WINDOW ZERO CARBON TUANBO
天津团泊零碳办公基地
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HVAC SYSTEM WITH NO CFC REFRIGERANTS NE CORNER DESIGNATED FOR RECYCLING PLAZA
thermal control
ventilation
smart lighting natural light green surface
solar energy
200 LUX
+STORMWATER TREATMENT & REUSE
GREEN PAVERS LOWER SOLAR REFLECTIVE INDEX AND IMPROVE DRAINAGE
BOTH COMPUTER AND MANUAL CONTROL
rainwater
LEED-SPECIFIED BUFFERS BETWEEN LANDSCAPE AND BUILT STRUCTURES
natural light
mirco climate
利润
smart lighting
rainwater natural light
biomass
natural light
green surface
natural light 风能
市场
mirco climate
CO 规
insulation
seawater cooling shading
insulation heat pump
smart lighting green surface
smart lighting
mirco climate heat pump
mirco climate
性
智能照明 natural light
seawater cooling
green surface ventilation smart lighting
前景
wind energy ventilation rainwater wind energy ventilation green surface
碳
遮阳
green surface ventilation smart lighting smart lighting heat pump mirco climate rainwater rainwater wind energy
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则
正面能量
mirco climate wind energy green surface shading
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heat pump rainwater ventilation insulation
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shading seawater wind energy cooling
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rainwater
ON 低
insulation
OCLIM
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MARK
mirco climate
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SS 可
ACCE
MICR
CARB
KWH/m2/YR
heat pump biomass
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smart lighting
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wind energy
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heat pump
shading heat pump energy positive biomass
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shading
green surface
mirco climate insulation efficient glazing
material reuse
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seawater cooling
material reuse rainwater
insulation smart lighting
mirco climate ventilation natural light energy positive
seawater heat pump cooling
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KWH/m2/YR
solar energy
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solar energy
seawater cooling green surface
ventilation
efficient glazing
shading
insulation
团泊零碳办公基地
CHINA WINDOW ZCT
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wind energy
heat pump wind energy biomass
生物量
smart lighting
mirco climate
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rainwater
material reuse natural light
green surface
smart lighting wind energy natural light
heat pump
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solar energy
shading rainwater energy positive
shading
biomass
CYCL
绿地 natural light
insulation efficient glazing
green surface rainwater
ventilation
通风设备 insulation
energy positive seawater cooling
LIFE
solar energy
seawater cooling material reuse
ventilation
SOCIAL 社会
CO
natural light
国内典型建筑
CHINA TYPICAL
smart lighting efficient glazing
biomass
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wind energy
seawater cooling green surface material reuse
energy positive
周期
rainwater
自然光
ventilation solar energy
ECONOMIC 经济
efficient glazing
地源热泵
样
雨水回收
biomass natural light
生命
wind energy
energy positive
biomass material reuse
smart lighting
性
rainwater
efficient glazing
energy positive solar energy
green surface
争
material reuse
efficient glazing
ventilation mirco climate
竞
solar energy
material reuse
wind heat energy pump
容性
natural light solar energy
biomass
SPEAR DIAGRAM
ION 包
rainwater shading
energy positive
Y多
insulation
natural light
分析图 efficient glazing smart lighting
IT
seawater cooling
natural light
material reuse green surface
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solar ventilation energy
INCL US
wind energy
naturalbiomass light
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rainwater
energy positive
DI
efficient glazing
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material reuse
TARGET
FUTU
solar energy
目标
shading mirco climate
微气候
heat pump seawater cooling
solar energy
mirco climate seawater cooling insulation
solar energy material reuse
太阳能
natural light
seawater insulation shading cooling
RISK 风险
shading heatinsulation pump
heat pump mircoshading climate
保温材料
material reuse efficient glazing energy positive energy positive biomass efficient glazing
ECOLOGY 生态
biomass
高效能玻璃
rainwater
rainwater wind energy
wind energy ventilation
ventilation green surface
seawater cooling
seawater cooling insulation
insulation shading
shading heat pump
green surface smart lighting
smart lighting
OPTIMUM 最佳状况
analysis
heat pump mirco climate
WORST CASE 最坏状况
mirco climate
CHINA WINDOW zerO CArbON TuANbO
天津团泊零碳办公基地
交通分析 建筑体验 MASTERPLAN LEARNIG FROM
1 floor program.
一层功能
CHINA WINDOW ZERO CARBON TUANBO
天津团泊零碳办公基地
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office interior; created in SketchUp, rendered using VRay and Photoshop
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A G R I C U L T U R E A R C H I T E C T U R E
edible city year site type
2012 dujiangyan, sichuan, china urban design, cultural
China’s western province of Sichuan, rocked by the devastating Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, is undergoing large-scale transformation, giving testimony to China’s speedy, often “devil-may-care” attitude regarding urban and rural development. Dujiangyan, neighbor to Sichuan’s largest city of Chengdu, is a city with a stunning landscape which, despite centuries of urban growth, has continued to seep into the urban fabric. This project is an attempt to help stabilize a rapidly changing landscape through blurring the lines between urban and rural, both physically and culturally. In sum, Edible City is about food security, regeneration, urban agriculture, and strengthening a Chinese community through food. Edible City was a undergraduate thesis project done in my last year with the University of Oregon Department of Architecture under the supervision of Dr. Hajo Neis.
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market interior courtyard; created in Revit, rendered using Photoshop and watercolor
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W
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T I B E TA N
beijing
XINJIANG
AUTONOMOUS REGION
QINGHAI shanghai lhasa
TIBET
dujiangyan
PLAIN
chengdu
hong kong
china
sichuan
sketch (indian ink)
process models
chengdu
CHENGDU
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urban design model
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market exterior; created in Revit, rendered in Photoshop and watercolor
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plans + sections; created in Revit, rendered in Illustrator and watercolor
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aluminum coping cast in place concrete mass wall intensive eco roof (12”+) gravel at parapet perimeter filter fabric drainage panel drainage mat root barrier 2” rigid insulation irrigation fluid-applied waterproofing slab 1.5” air space steel stud cavity wall filled with loose batt insulation (foil-faced) 5/8” gypsum board shim window
1 1/2” : 1’
wall section; created in CAD, rendered using Illustrator and Photoshop
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winter
summer
sustainable systems; in-slab heating & cooling, proper building orientation, wall assembly and high performance glazing keep building energy consumption low throughout Southern China’s hot summers and mildly cool winters.
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tiantuo innovation factory year site type
2013 tianjin, china commercial, heritage, urban design
Six 1940s-era factories lie on a site in the heart of Tianjin. Originally built to produce agricultural materials in the days of Mao’s Great Leap Forward, the buildings have been used to produce John Deere tractor parts for the last 10 years. The Tianjin City Urban Design Board has set out to repurpose these old buildings in hopes of developing a new commercial core. The project was the first phase in a competition between several international offices to explore the potential for this rich heritage area. My role in the project was to produce schmatic drawings, help in the urban design concept development, create 3D models, and compile the materials into a presentation to be sent to the mayor of Tianjin.
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the site
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commercial street; outsourced rendering
existing structure new
below grade linkages
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masterplan; created in CAD, rendered using Illustrator
long section
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ongoing independent research year site type
2014 kwun tong district, hong kong sar, china urban design, collective housing
The concept for this project catalyzed after reading “Portraits from Above”, the architectural and photographic investigation into Hong Kong’s rooftop communities by Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham - informal settlments of scrap metal, concrete, and plastic that fight for a space in a city with one of the highest costs of living in the world. After some site analyis and an independent design charette, the project has become a research proposal entry for the 2014 International Association of China Planning publication.
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ROOFTOP
(“bare minimum design”) communal terrace garden garden
1 KWUN TONG DISTRICT
(pressure point 1)
2 KOWLOON ISLAND
(creating a network)
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HONG KONG SRA
(an urban acupuncture system)
4 SOUTH ASIA
(a prototype with regional nuances)
thank you 谢谢
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thank you 谢谢 谢谢