Liu (Sharona) Sha Nationality /// China
sharona.shala@gmail.com +1 (401) -935-7866
March 1, 2016
Education Dear Mr./Ms. ,
09. 2015 /// Master of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-arc), Los Angeles, CA 07. 2011 /// Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
I am writing to express my interest in an architectural designer position. I am from China, and graduated from Southern California Institute of Architecture(SCI-arc) in September, 2015 with an M.Arch degree. I previously interned at Hodgetts + Fung and Jones Partners Architecture for more than one year, and has been working at H+F as a junior architectural designer for 5 months, participating in projects of different scales from design-build to commercial mixed use. My performance has been applauded by my supervisors and colleagues as “ self motivated and responsible”. Studying at SCI-arc also equipped me with capabilities of quickly learning and excelling at new technologies as needed. Based on my academic and professional experience, I have confidence to accept challenges. After more than three years study of architecture and continuous explorations, I found out that I am interested into designs that are more about providing smart strategies to solve practical issues. Through the whole process of solving problems and be considerate to users, an innovative design could emerge intentionally and convincingly. Moreover, culture oriented designs always attract my attention. Architecture is the science about how to place people in the world, why shouldn’t architect place the locals into an evironment that can present their local culture? I believe if the culture could be concerned and fused into design, the result would be risen to another level. Attached is my resume and work samples for your review. I can be reached at sharona.shala@gmail.com or at (401)935-7866. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely,
Honors & Awards 2013, 2015 /// Work exhibited at the end-of-year Spring Show, SCI-Arc, US 2012 -2013 /// SCI-Arc Continuing Student Scholarship, US 2010 /// Excellent Award of Chinese National Interior Design Competition, China 2008 -2010 /// Scholarship of China University of Mining and Technology, China
Experience 10.2015 - Present /// Hodgetts+Fung : Junior Designer Responsible for developing the concept design of a commercial project though 3D modeling, renderings, and study models Preparing various presentation materials for meeting with clients 05.2014 - 04.2015 /// Jones Partners Architecture : Intern Cohesively worked on a design-build project for exhibition, Helsinki Guggenhem Museum competition and a residence Responsible for 3D modeling development, fabrication, project background studies, diagrams, drawings and physical models. 05.2013 - 08.2013 /// Hodgetts+Fung : Intern In charge of diagrams, CAD drawings, renderings, physical models and archiving.
Liu (Sharona) Sha
01.2013 - 03.2013 /// Michael Folonis Architecture: Translator Translate English Project Brochure into Chinese 09.2012 - 12.2013 /// SCI-arc: Teaching Asistant In charge of grading and management of teaching data
Skills & Abilities Software Skills /// Maya(MentalRay), Rhino(Grasshopper, Vray), 3Ds Max(Vray), Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Auto CAD, Revit, MS Office Fabrication /// Lasercut, CNC Milling, 3D Digital Printing, Wood Shop Machinery Languages /// English, Mandarin(Native speaker)
TH Urbanism is a consistently developing organism. Architecture is its meat and bone, recording the evolution of the city and narrating stories of the people living there. It is the carrier of local culture. Yet, as a tangible substance, architecture decays. Aging architecture loses the ability to serve new generations in the way it did the previous generations when it was newly built. The phenomenon of demolishing historical buildings and redeveloping the site for new high-rises seems to be the simplest yet the most crude way to serve the contemporary generations, but typically this mode is driven by profit and mostly disinterested in cultural inheritance.
New (Hu)Tong 05. 15 - 09.15 Beijing, China
This thesis delves into Beijing’s traditional neighborhood— the “Hutong”—proposing a “humble” solution for housing the increasing numbers of new residents. This humility derives from accepting the unique characteristics of the site and their inherent limits, which paradoxically forces the new buildings upward in order to preserve—and extend—the spacial properties of the Hutong and Si-He-Yuan. In this way, not only does the new high-rise project become part of its context but also forms a unique landscape which echoes the traditional culture of Chinese architecture and landscape.
Instructor /// Wes Jones https://youtu.be/c527thXHx0w Video ///
Old Beijing City Scape
Site Plan As the source of Oriental Culture, Chinese Culture is famous for its profound and richness. Architecture is one of its important components, recording the evolving of urbanity, narrating stories of people and reflecting the internal logic and beliefs. Unfortunately, things happened in last century changes Chinese destiny. After Opium War, Chinese lost confidence to their culture affected by Western powerful armament. Since 1919, the New Culture Movement, creating a new culture based on global and western standards, critically shocked traditional Chinese Culture. After hundred years learning from the West, we completed the preliminary modernization, at the expense of our own culture. Now it is about the time to make a balance between them.
As a living example of ancient Chinese city planning, Beijing faces the dilemma of turning into a modern metropolis or preserving the traditional cityscape that may be archaic to the contemporary urban life. In contrast to the court life represented by the Forbidden city, Hutong is considered as the most typical cultural element of the city of Beijing. Following the fate of Chinese Culture, since the mid-20th century, the number of Hutong has dropped dramatically as give way to wide boulevards and high-rises. But good thing is, recently the remaining Hutongs has received attention from government and the whole society, a number of them have been designated protected areas. Although old neighborhoods survive today, how to revitalize them become a big challenge.
From 1966 to 1976, during the Cultural Revolution, the Beijing City Planning Office was closed down, resulting in the uncontrolled occupation and development of land.Large numbers of people drifted into the city during this period, sowing the seeds of today’s over-population in residential courtyards. As a result, Hutong area has to house the additional residents by dividing the court yard houses and building extension structure in the court yard. Since then, Sihe-yuan, which originally designed for single family, become to compound occupied by many households. The living environment is getting worse and worse. Gradually, like people say, “Hutongs are becoming the slum of the local, the haven of the wealthy, the theme park for tourists.”
In order to achieve the goal of preserving the Hutong Culture, bringing back the spacial qualities and experiences is the right thing to do. On the other hand, facing the population pressure, Hutong has to keep the current density. Now the problem is about where to create the extra living space. Accepting all of the limits come out of the site , new buildings have no choice other than going up to the sky.
Solution 1 Following the logic of old city planning, in order to bring out the monumentally historical architecture on the site, the buildings around them should be as low as possible. In this case, superimposing another layer on top of the context buidings seems to be a good idea. However, in this way, not only the nature lighting but also the traditional cityscape has been blocked by the new structure . This would be the last thing we want. Solution 2 Since our goal is preserving the Hutong area and the courtyard residences, we should keep the context as possible as we can, so that the land is extremely limited. A group of tower with footprints as small as possible naturally comes into being the proper strategy. Based on a serious of height limit (the Fobbiden City, the Drum and Bell Tower .etc. ), the extra living area needed is distributed to towers with various heights. Following the logic of the context, a unit with a courtyard would be one floor, which constitutes the high-rise by stacking up in a way exposing each courtyard to daylight. As for the circulation, because of the tight budget of floor area, only a core with one elevator and one safety stair can be built inside of the building. Therefore, double helix stairs wrap around outside of the building body are needed, which simultaneously increases the intricacy and evocatively symbolizes an image of traditional Chinese architecture. By connecting to some of the existing buildings, the new high-rise expands the lobby area without taking down any surround buildings for crows of residents dispersing. Just like the relationship between Si-he-yuan and Hutong, these stairs could also be conceived as extending Hutong space that wraped up the Si-he-yuan units in the sky. Not only the new high-rises project become part of its context but also forms a unique landscape which echos the traditional culture of Chinese architecture and landscape. Solution 2
Future Beijing City Scape
The cultural property of architecture has to be conveyed by form. Yet form influenced by the underlying culture and construction technology. As a result, architecture shows features of times and regions. As this project shows, although the steel structure and high-rise building typology is a product of this age, the entire spacial experiences come out of the inner logic of the traditional Chinese residential neighborhood. Meanwhile, thanks to the modern construction technology, these towers add a contemporary color to the ancient cityscape. In the mixed condition - the ever-changing lifestyle, construction material and tectonics intertwined with the constant culture and ideology, what the architecture should look like and how to serve the new generation is a real challenge. This project might not be the best response, and surely not the only approach. As an experiment, it’s aiming to initiate the attention to the cultural aspects of architecture.
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Building Cost Calculations: Total $194,733,3300
Design Development 01. 14 - 04.14 Rio de Janeiro Envelope Material GFRC exterior Fiberglass Panels
#SqFt 211,941 83,970
Price #200 #400
Total$ 42,388,200 33,588,000
Fiberglass Aperture
300#
#300-900
230,000
Mega Fiberglass Apture
7#
#20,000
140,000
Complex Glass System
82243
#450
37,009,350
Secondary Structure
#LF 8,237 15,355
Price #120 #120
Total$ 988,440 1,840,200
Primary Steel Ribs
8,500
#120
1,020,000
Secondary Frames
10,067 15,045
#120 #120
1,208,040
Tertiary Frames Column Support
Floor Plate Support
13,536
#120
1,624,320
Column Support
3,316
#120
397,920
Ground Floor Plan
Structural Steel A
B
B
A
Material Primary Structure A C
D C
1,805,400
D D
Programmatic Project Division A. US Embassy: Building 1&2, Floor 1-10
D. Flexible Circulation Structure: Building 4
A) Steal primary structure B) Reinforced concrete floor slabs C) Fiberglass aperture inserted into insulated envelope
A) Steal; Framing system B) Fiberglass Panel Envelope C) Concrete floor slabs
B. Public Gallery and Restaurant: Building 2, Floor 1-4 E. Foundation and Underground Parking: A) Steal primamy structure P1-P2 Max occupancy 550 cars B) Reinforced concrete floor slabs C) Fiberglass aperture inserted into insulated envelope
C. Theatre: Building 3, Max occupancy 350 A) Steal primamy structure B) Reinforced concrete floor slabs C) Fiberglass aperture inserted into insulated envelope D) Interior acoustic walls and ceiling
A) Reinforce concrete footplates B) Concrete retaining wall C) Concrete columns
Structural Steel Material Floor Plates Columns
#SqFt 308,766 100,567
Price #100 #100
Total$ 30,867,700 10,056,700
Mega-Column Cores
90,487
#100
9,048,700
130,101
#100
13,010,100
Foundation
256,849
#100
25,684,900
Instructor ///Herwig Baumgartner Collabrate with /// Sierra Helvey, Yen-Po, Chen Kirill Ryadchenko, Matt Grossman
A1.6
A1. 3D Chunk
C1. Theatre Detail
A1. 1. Large Aperture Rooms: 30-50ft tall
C1. 1. Acoustic Ceiling:
8” Steel egg crate internal structure is coated with black fiberglass skin. Apertures connect to surrounding primary structure. Curved glass glazing inserted into the fiberglass form has 6”steel mullion reinforcement.
4’x4’ Acoustic Panels CNRC 9.0 up to 1,0. SAA .86 (see A5.0)
A1.2
C1.2
C1. 2. Roof Truss:
A1. 2. Medium Aperture Window: 3-8ft dim
H300x300x10x15(mm) H-200x200x8x12(mm)
4” steel egg crate internal structure is coasted with black fiberglass skin, specially shaped gutter line the aperture.
C1. 3. Acoustic Int. Wall (See A6.0)
A1. 3. Small Aperture Light Holes: 6in dim A1. 4. Envelope: (see A2) A1. 5. Concrete Slab Floors:
C1.1
2 layers of 1/2” GSB 6” Steel Tube (3’ oc) 7/8” Hat Channel 16”oc, 1/2”
C1. 4. Exterior Wall
Concrete, composite metal deck reinforcement, I beam primary structure
20GA Galvanized Metal Rigid Insulation W.M.P 2” GFRC Panels
A1. 6. Steel Structure A1. 7. HVAC
A1.7
C1.3
C1. 5. HVAC
A2. Envelope Detail A2. 1. Medium Aperture A2. 2. Small Aperture A2. 3. Egg Crate Aperture Framing 8”*2” A2. 4. Specialized Aperture Framing 12”*4” A2. 5. Secondary Steel Frame 8”*2” A2. 6. Primary Steel Frame 24”*24” A2. 7. Rigid Insulation A2. 8. GFRC Exterior Envelope Panells A2. 9. W.M.P A2. 10. Galvanized Metal Sheet A2. 11. Interior Wall Wood Stud Framing A2. 12. Site Beam : W18x119 A2. 13. Concrete Floor Slab, 1’ thickness A2. 14. Composite Metal Deck
A1.4 C1.5
A1.3
C1.4
A1.1
Steel Structural System
A1.5
1. Aperture Primary Frame Structure: 24”x2” Steel Frame 2. Primary Envelope Framing: 24”x24” Steel Frame 3. Secondary Envelope Framing: 8”2” Steel Frame 4. Primary Column System: Core Reinforcement W40x235 5. Secondary Column System: Reinforced Column W10x112 6. Site Beam W18x119
A3. Aperture Detail
A2.10 A2.6 A2.1 A2.2
A2.8 A2.5 A2.11 A2.7
A2.13
A3. 1. Black Fiberglass Skin A3. 2. Steel Egg Crate Reinforcement A3. 3. Steel Connection Fin A3. 4. L-Bracket Connector A3. 5. Aluminium Gutter A3. 6. Secondary Steel Frames A3. 7. Exterior Envelope:
GFRC, W.A.P Rigid Insulation, Primary Steel Structure, Secondary Steel Structure, Interior Wall
A2.3 A2.10 A3.6 A2.9 A3.4 A3.3
A2.14
A3.5
A3.1 A2.4
Egress/ ADA
A3.2
Core 1 Max Load: 200 Stair Width 5’, fl 1-10 Embassy Controlled Accesses
HVAC System Core 2 Max Load: 200 Stair Width 5’, fl 1-10 Embassy Controlled Accesses
Core 3 Max Load: 200 Stair Width 5’, fl 1-7 Gallery + Resturant Public
Core 4 Max Load: 450 Stair Width 10’, fl 1-3 Theatre Controlled Accesses
Blue: Supply Red: Return
1. Cooling Tower 2. Boiler 3. Air Handling Unit 4. Office Space Diffuser: Square 12”x12” 5. Gallery Space Diffuser: Square 12”x12” 6. Theatre Seat Diffuser: Side Wall 6”x12” 7. Air Return Terminal: 12”x12”/Office 24”x24”/Public Space
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Art Museum 01. 15 - 04.15 Los Angeles
Exterior Perspective on Silver Lake Blvd
This project is aiming to explore the cultural meaningness of different materials. Every material has its history and story, e.g. the brick, the brass, the red straw wall. Through the materiality and color how could a tangible architecture touch the spirits? How could a space calm us down in order to talk slowly?
Instructor \\\ Coy Howard Site \\\ Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA Video \\\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTk8Urcs7sQ
Collage Practices
Texture Mockup 40”x9”
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SCI-fi Urban Design 09. 14 - 12.14 Future
Driven by the interest of urbanism, in the 3rd year, I choose the SCI-fi studio which instructed by Wes Jones. Holding an idealized vision of a harmony society, started from the possibility of urban transportation evolution, our team proposed a future Utopian city section. In this studio, what I learned is profound. The architectural design and urban planning are so important and influential that might lead dramatic changes to human’s life.
Instructor /// Wes Jones Collabrate with /// Shao-Wen Tou Video /// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYNH-dertxE
to have a smooth mobility
in a metropolis?
Is it possible
City Massing Studies
architecture.
So that we could move around
Video Screenshots /// The Big Claim
Distribution Of Cities
completely free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYNH-dertxE
Living Blocks Arrangement In Cities
Transportation Hierarchy Transportation System Concept
Is it possible to have a smooth mobility in a metropolis? Everyone wants to go fast... But, sometimes we should ask life to slow down in order to experience it. Could the metropolis be capable of condensing all the activities within densely inhabited blocks to foster social connections between people? Meanwhile be capable of releasing large open spaces on the outskirts? What if there is no difference between vertical and horizontal mobility? So that we could move around completely free not only in the metropolis, but also in architecture. The Fastest Transportation System_swing rings
Stops of The Fastest Transportation System
Slower Transportation System_The Gears
Public Space for Pedestrian which created by the gear cases
Video Screenshots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYNH-dertxE
Typical Cerda Block Analysis ///
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120‘ 90‘ 60‘ 51‘ 39‘
FAR: 3.4 Height: Max. 120’ Volume Ratio: 0.48
0‘
Overall Arrangement
Floorplates
Roof Deviation
Horizontal Arrangement
Lighting Facilities
Housing Design 01. 14 - 04.14 Barcelona
Core 1 Serves 3 Volumes
Core 2 Serves 2 Volumes
Core 3 Serves 3 Volumes
Core 4 Serves 4 Volumes
Core 5 Serves 4 Volumes
In order to bring the project back to the urban conversation, the massing was applied 7 different types of fenestration systems based on a 3D subdivision.
Massing Parti Diagrams
Secondary Core
3D Subdivision Courtyard Perspective
Instructor \\\ Ramiro Diaz-Granados Site \\\ A traditional Cerda block located in southwesten area in Barcelona Collaborate with \\\ Eiko Tsushiya
Typical Floor Plan_8th Floor
By inspired from the concept of Tetris, the overall arrangement of the units is based on a module system. Each unit is consists of serveral blocks in 10’*10’*10’. There are 6 different types of units in this project, micro appartments, studios, one-bedroom appartments, two-bedroom appartments, penhouses, and live-works.
As the massing is consisted of a series of bars, some of them stay at the ground and some fly into the sky, which generates an open yet conservative courtyard, in the meaning of that the public can see through the courtyard but cannot walk. Each type of fenestration system has different affects to the units: various of ways to operate windows, different interior space and etc. However, no matter how weird they are, all the systems are matching to the interior floor and spaces.
Site Plan
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One thing needs to mention is that the egress stairs are located around the courtyard in stead of the usual place like in cores, thereby avoiding dead ends in the building. Protected by the double-layer glass curtain walls(which also provides the day light for the office space), the egress circulation guarenteed enough time for people escape the fire.
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U.S. Embassy Design 09. 13 - 12.13 Rio de Janeiro
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6 1. Embassy Entrance 2. Security 3. Reception 4. Core A 5. Embassy Office 6. Kitchen 7. Conference Room 8. Escalator
9. Egress Stairs 10. Lounge 11. Core B 12. Theatre 13. Food Court 14. Auditorium 15. Stage 16. Black Room
17. Parking 18. Exhibition 19. Gallary 20. Sculpture Garden
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Embassy Office Plan
Theatre Plan
12
Instructor \\\ Devyn Weiser Site \\\ Located beside the Copacabana Palace facing to the Copacabana Beach
IN Jones,Partners: Architecture 05. 14 - 08.14
1. Embassy Entrance 2. Security 3. Reception 4. Core A 5. Embassy Office 6. Kitchen 7. Conference Room 8. Escalator 9. Egress Stairs 10. Lounge 11. Core B 12. Theatre 13. Food Court 14. Auditorium 15. Stage 16. Black Room
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17 Long Section
17. Parking 18. Exhibition 19. Gallary 20. Sculpture Garden
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20 The prospect of the “urban nomad” has long beguiled the design world. The idea goes like this: the nomad figure, enabled by the digital revolution—the connectedness of the internet, mostly—would not be tied down to a singular residence or particular place of work, and instead would be free to wander the city, following his sense of the cool to whatever pop-up opportunity might present itself. This has resulted in a variety of existenz-minimum designs for dwelling and working, including public charging stations, capsule hotels, entrepreneurial hubs and “hotelling” work environments, pop-up retail and flash events.
The exhibition will consist of one trailer, supplied by KANEKO, fitted out as an urban-nomad mobile dwelling support structure (MDSS). This MDSS will include prefabricated modules supporting the typical range of dwelling activities, including food storage, preparation and cooking, dining, health maintenance and hygiene (shower, toilet, sink), dressing, and working. A sleeping hammock will be accommodated in the trailer space vacated by the program modules when they are deployed. The power for the MDSS modules will be supplied by four solar panels that when deployed form a canopy over the surrounding donut of space from which the modules are accessed in normal operation. A battery pack stores the power for use at night. Needless to say, all of the modules and equipment (including the solar panels) stow away on the trailer for easy secure transport and are effortlessly redeployed in the next new site. Easier even than pitching at tent, requiring no more effort than dwelling “normally” in a fixed house, this is not “camping,” but active lifestyle dwelling. ——Wes Jones Though the propocal adopts the advised arrangement of pedestrian and vehicular port traffic, a better idea might be to switch the relative positions of the vehicular traffic and pedestrian/bicycle traffic, putting the latter on the port side, and moving the former next to the existing street traffic. Something to be explored in phase two? Two large unprogrammed areas are left by the scheme for the citizens of Helsinki to make use of on a seasonal basis, or the museum to stage large scale outdoor sculptural events. Marked on this plan with large circles, these could be trees in mobile pots, to be rearranged to make outdoor rooms or pools of water to become personal ice rinks in winter.
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Hodggets + Fung 10. 15 - 03.16