Portfolio of Le Zhai
2009-2015
Bachelor of Architecture Harbin Institute of Technology
Master of Architecture University College London
Master of Environmental Building Design
University of Pennsylvania/Expected 2015.05
Le Zhai
LEED GA
lzhai@design.upenn.edu +1 267-206-6045
Education: 05/2015
University of Pennsylvania School of Design Master of Environmental Building Design GPA 3.84
09/2012
United Kingdom
07/2011
China
University College London Bartlett School of Architecture M.arch in Graduate Architectural Design Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) School of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture
Internships & Work: 03/2014-05/2014
Shanghai,China
12/2013-02/2014
Shanghai, China
05/2013-11/2013 Shanghai, China
2010
Harbin, China
AECOM, Junior Architect Provided schematic design drawing preparation report preparation
EUmake (UK), Junior Architect
Focus on a mix-use building facade design project. Responsibility for client contracts, design development, report and construction, documents preparation, perspective render production (Associate with rendering company)
AMA Architecture (France), Junior Architect
Focus on a government building design project, design development, digital modeling and preparation of reports. Other projects: Report preparation, a view tower concept design; rendering production (associate with rendering company)
Architecture Research and Design Institute of HIT Internship. Architect Assistant Provided construction drawing preparation, report preparation
Honors and Awards: 2010
Third Class award of “CUC Cup” Architectural Competition
2009 2009
China National University Students Architectural Design Competition
“Rebuild of HIT Campus Apartment "Competition Outstanding Award, Harbin, China
Win the honor of "Outstanding Young Volunteer" School of Architecture, HIT China
Extra Activities: 02/2015
Volunteer at "Getting to Zero" National Forum Washington D.C
09/2012
Graduation Exhibition, Bartlett School of Architecture Personal work, Organized by University College London (UCL) London, UK
03/2012
“By all means - digital experimental settings” Exhibition
2007- 2011
Member of the Young Volunteers Association of China
2008- 2010
UCL Group work, Organized by TU Graz, Austria
Regularly visited the Residence House of Harbin Senior Citizens to provide company. Harbin, China
Organized the “Snow Festival” Animation & Comic Club Harbin, China
Computer Skills:
3D modeling:
Image Process: Green building: Other
Language Skills:
AutoCAD, Sketch Up, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper Autodesk Revit Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator InDesign, Acrobat eQuest, DIVA, DesignBuilder EnergyPlus, HoneyBee, LadyBug, Processing, Arduino, Vray, Office Suite Mandarin Chinese English
Skilled Skilled Beginner Skilled Skilled Skilled Skilled Familiar
Symbiotic Roof - Net Zero Institution Tutor:
William Braham Rob Diemer Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari
Master of Environmental Building Design School of Design University of Pennsylvania 2015
Building Performance Simulation Tutor:
Yun KyuYi
Folding Bridge Tutor:
Mark Nicol Sameer Kumar
Symbiotic Roof - Net Zero Institution Studio Project Tutor: William Braham Rob Diemer Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari
The concept of this design is to apply building performance analysis and climate analysis to adjust design and improve the thermal performance. Meanwhile, try to use multi-methods to make the it Net Zero Building, form increase input to reduce consumption. We try to reserve public space on the roof, while use solar system to balance energy consmption and build a specially environment for people
LightTube Performance Simulation
Skylight Performance Simulation
Food
Info
Electric in Grid
Water
MECHANICAL
STORAGE
CEO OFFICE
Supplies
Landfill
Material& Labor
PROJECT MANAGER
Material& Labor
RESEARCH OFFICE
BULD& CONST
IT DEPART-
Equipment
Ecosystem
Trash Climate
PV
Sun Envelope
Rain
Window
Electric
Recycle
Interior Space
IT DEPART-
Heat
Lighting
Occupants
Economy
Info
Snow
Water
Equipments Water
Waste Water
Recycle
Shelter
Location Sitel&Location
Chenyang Lu & Le Zhai
ARCH 708 Studio
BIKE STORAGE
Air flow
Solar Duct
Cool Fresh Air
Summer
Cold Fresh Air
Winter
Inlet Flow Outflow Hot Waste Air
Warm Waste Air
Dec 21st Noon time
Solar Radiation
24 Degree Solar Radiation
PV Panels
Summer air flow inside envelope
Heat flow
Solar Duct
Inlet Flow
Outflow
Dec 21st Noon time
24 Degree
Heat Pump
Water Tank Water Mix and Storage
Water Flow
Heat Pump
Water Tank
PV Panels
Winter air flow inside envelope
Consumption Kbtu/sf 0501_natural ventilation r45
24.36
0501 new material everything+greenroof
22.89
0501 new materialeverything but no green…
26.49
0430m‐8m
23.99
0430M Le re do
23.99
0430+Setpoint80/68
28.06
0430m
28.06
Baseline with HP
37.60
Baseline without HP
Electricity from PV Trees and Roof
Electricity from PV Facade
57.77 ‐
18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 70.00
Ventilation Per Area Number of People per Area Lighting Density(W/m2) Infiltration Load(W/m2) Equipment Load (W/m2)
2,500,000.00 2,000,000.00 1,500,000.00 1,000,000.00 500,000.00 ‐
Cooling
Heating_HP
ElectricLighting
ElectricEquipment
Solar Power
Solar Heat recovery
Total kwh
Villa Design Tutor: Yun KyuYi Course: Building Performance Simulation
This course is focused on using weather analysis and energy simulation softwares to improve the building performance. In this project the small villa is located in philadelphia. With multiple analysis and modifications which related to wind, daylighting, and energy consumption, the performance of this villa shall be improved.
Energy Consumption compare Electric Consumption (kWh) (x000) 3.0
The origional design is a house with one garage, three bedrooms, one main bedroom, one kitchen, one restroom and a living space. The total area is 2920ft2(2205ft2 for main building and 715 ft2 for Garage). The baseline energy consumption is 21.76kwh per year. All these rooms are in the same floor and the pitched roof has an attic region beneath.
2.0
1.0
0.0 Jan Jan Run 1.
Feb Feb
2.8 5
Mar Mar
2.4 8
Apr Apr
2.0 9
May May
1.5 9
Jun Jun
1.2 5
Jul Jul
1.4 2
Aug Aug
1.7 5
Sep Sep
1.6 3
Oct Oc t
1.4 4
Nov Nov
1.3 7
Dec Dec
1.4 6
Tota l 2.4 6
21 .78
Run 2. Run 3.
Generally, improvements are focused on enlarging window ratio, improving insulation, and modifying glazing materials. Meanwhile, the villa has been changed into a two-floor building, in order to bring natural sunlight into more rooms.
Run 4. Run 5.
1 . P rojec t 2 - Bas eline D es ign (10 /1 2 /1 4 @ 1 9 :5 7 )
Electric Consumption (kWh) (x000) 4
Electric Consumption
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3.5
2 1
3 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oc t
Nov
Dec
Tota l
2.5
Run 1. Run 2. Run 3. Run 4. Run 5.
Run 1.
0 Jan Jan
Feb Feb
3.2 4
Mar Mar
2.6 8
2.2 8
Apr Apr
May May
1.8 7
1.7 0
Jun Jun 2.0 7
Jul Jul
Aug Aug
2.5 1
2.2 7
Sep Sep
Oct Oc t
1.9 7
Nov Nov
1.7 7
1.7 7
Dec Dec
2 Tota l
2.8 8
27 .00
Run 2.
1
Run 3. Run 4. Run 5. 3.65.7163 eQUEST
1.5
Monthly Total Energy Consumption
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1 . as s ignment 4 A ll E lec tric ity - Bas eline Des ign (10 /1 2 /1 4 @ 2 0 :1 4 )
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Origional
Jul
Aug New
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Climate Analysis Monthly Ambient Air Temperature (IP) Phialdelphia Philadelphia
Min
95.0
93.0
90
86.0 81.0
Comfort Band
77.1 70.8
70
64.9
68.7 59.0
53.1
51.4
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE [°F]
45.6
39.9
40
34.5
31.8
29.8
55.1 45.0
41.5
30
60.1
57.9
48.9
48.0
50
79.0
74.2
62.5
60
30.9 25.0
21.9
21.0
20
15.1 10.9
10.9
Monthly Incident Radiation (SI)
10 0 250
Atelier Ten
Max
93.0
84.9
82.0
80
Average
Average Annual Temperature = 53.6 °F
100
Jan
Feb
Mar
Diffuse [kWh/m²]
Apr
May
Jun
Direct [kWh/m²]
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2014/9/13
Incident Radiation [kWh/m²]
200
150
146
134
125
142
121 120
118
120
100 95 88
77 63
50
85
83 53
75 57
35
28
0
84
66
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
43
Oct
34
28
Nov
Dec
Month
%Clear % Partly Cloudy %Cloudy
%Cloudy Atelier Ten% Partly Cloudy
2014/9/13
sky cover condition
%Clear 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% s
50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Baseline Building Analysis
Illuminance on Dec 21st, Noon time, Overcast Sky
Illuminance on Jun 21st, Noon time, Sunny sky
Daylight Autonomy
Daylight Factor
New Design Analysis
Illuminance On Dec 21st, Noon time, Overcast Sky
Illuminance On Jun 21st, Noon time, Sunny sky
Daylight Autonomy
Daylight Factor
Dec 21st Noon, Sunny DGI 24.4
Summer Wind
Dec 21st Noon,Overcast DGI 19.3
Winter Wind
Glare Analysis
Folding Bridge Group Project Course: Material Structure Intelligence Tutor: Mark Nicol Sameer Kumar Partner: Di Meng
This course is trying to develop architectural ideas that are intimately informed by and centered on knowledge of structure and materiality. Our project starts from material combination and performance simulation, and finally results in a design in real context.
Concept Model Test
Transformation Simulation
19’-0”
Plan
Plan
Connection Joint 21’-0”
Fabric Connection
Elevation
Elevation
Section
Section
Rotation Joint
Extended Position
Platform Cable Joint
Retracted Position
Beam Head Joint
Connection Joint
Platform Panels
Professional Work In Shanghai 05/2013-02/2014
1-1
1-3
1-2
1-4
艺术中心剖面透视
Perspective Section of an Art Center Shanghai Disneyland Core Area Transitional development project - Creative Village 上海市迪士尼核心区过渡性开发创意街区方案
Shanghai Disneyland surrounding Creative Zone competition. Major responsibility: Art Center concept design, 3D modeling, perspective design.
1-1 Bird view perspective 1-3 Art Center concept
1-2 perspective on roof platform 1-4 Art Center function diagram
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2-1, Master plan
2-2, Perspective of modern style 2-3, Section
HeFei Binhu commercial center facades design, China Major responsibility: 3D modeling, elevation drawing, rendering
Qi`ao Island nature park design Major responsibility: walking system design, bird Observe tower design,3D modeling
Urumuqi Wanda Plaza, commercial mix-use & hotel facade design competition Leader: Sheng Cheng, Tomas Labanc EU Make (UK) Major responsibility: concept design, 3D modeling, rendering quality control, client contraction.
Academic Projects
Graduate Architectural Design Bartlett School of Architecture University College London 2011-2012
Swarm behavior, is a collective animal behavior, which produced by similar groups of animals or insects which gather together and reacts to the environment. Bacteria and cells also have the same characteristics. All units inside the swarm are autonomous.
We built a link between swarming and subdivision, and used swarming agents to control subdivision. The context was defined in the far future.With the development of science, people will rely more on high-tech while communication will rely more on the remote telecom system. The relationship between people becomes weaker, both emotionality and physically, which reflects on the transformation of the nano-suit.
Swarming Nano-suit
Group project in term1, associated with Vasilis Chlorokostas. Use swarming nano agents to define a space and connect it with the surface subdivision on a suit
ArChimera
Term 2 group project. Applying personal styles to the model`s tranglated surface. Inspired by corals
This project is for an exhibition in TU Graz, All members applied their form test into those trangulated pieces and installed on the monster-like structure. The general shape is defined by the exhibition space, as a monster reacting to the space.
Swarming Building Apply swarming simulation to define additional exhibition space for an existing building
Swarming agents move out of the building and interact in the open area, which are affected by the surroundings
Academic Project
School of Architecture Harbin Institute of Technology China 2006-2011
Urban Square
Course: Complex Space Design in Urban Environment Tutor: Guoyou Li 2009 This project is based on an old block in the center city of Harbin. A new tube station will be constructed here. Improvements shall be applied to this region. The key point of this design is to re-define the function and organization of old buildings, by adding new constructions to switch it into a new attractive region for young people.
Commercial Path
The region, in front of the metro entrance, will be changed into a commercial zone for relaxing, eating and shopping. Nearby apartments will become offices, which will lead to more activities.
Civic Center
Public space between old buildings has the potential to be more attractive Public stage, leisure center and roof square will bring more communications