PETER ZHOU ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2023

“I see myself as a MEDIATOR that has a fondness of, but not limited to, the serenity of local architecture through time, and its link to today’s human life.”

“I am a MEDIATOR with a misson in mind: a mission of rejuvanating the pieces and weaving them to a whole better piece than it had ever been.”

“As a MEDIATOR, while open to endless solutions, my goal is everlasting - to enrich built environments for the good, the positive, and the beautiful.”

ENNEAD ARCHITECTS LLP

To whom it may concern,

I am pleased to recommend Peter Zhou for an architectural intern / full-time position

I worked very closely with Peter through a collaboration of my firm (Ennead Architects) while he was an intern at Ballinger Architects (June-August of 2021) on a new large-scale, multi-campus hospital in Northern Viriginia that I was PA for. Given the fast nature of healthcare projects, particularly in the early planning and conceptual phases, Peter became an instrumental team member and was able to dig into a lot of different issues and provide valuable contributions that were incorporated into the design and documentation of the concept package.

I know that Perter is a dedicated and diligent worker. He is thoughtful is his approach and strives to think through all of the details of the issue at hand. I have full confidence that he will make a vaulable contribution to any project and team that he works with.

Please consider this reccomendation when reivewing Peter Zhou for a position.

Please reach out to me directly by e-mail or by phone should you have any questions. My e-mail address is ckaul@ennead.com, and direct phone is 212.792.5906

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Sincerely,

Clayton Kaul, AIA

Clayton Kaul AIA Associate

ENNEAD ARCHITECTS LLP

1 World Trade Center 40th Floor

New York, New York 10007

T: 212.807.7171

D: 212.792.5906

www.ennead.com

EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCES

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, Missouri

Master’s Degree in Architecture (-2022)/Construction Management (-2023)

Recipient of the Konzen Family Scholarships (2020-22)

Fall Travel Stipends Awardee (2022) to Croatia, Slovenia, and Trieste, Italy

Steedman Student Summer Research Grants

Awardee (2022-23) on Stone as a Structural Material

- Intensive travels to Italy, France, UK with firm visits, interviews, and archiving by sketching and InDesign Teaching Assistant, Structures I and II

- Assists students and faculty in Structures coursework

- Participates in coordination with instructor, grading, compiling statistics, etc.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, Maryland

Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Architecture

Field Work in Castellamare di Stabia, Italy (2018)

- Field experiences on Roman archaeology and architecture

- Documented ancient walls with AutoCAD, FaroScene, LIDAR, EDM, and Photoshop

MONTGOMERY COLLEGE, ROCKVILLE, Maryland

A.A.S. in Architectural Technology

Renaissance Honors Scholars Recipient

- MCHC Conference Speaker on Ethiopian Architecture

2020GPA: 3.70

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROFESSIONAL

HOK, St. Louis, MO

- 2 justice projects in NY, 2 residential developments in CA and MO, and 1 urban project in Saudi Arabia

- Conducts massing, facade design, and landscape design for 1 justice project using Rhino, Enscape, Photoshop, AutoCAD, InDesign, and Affinity Suites accompanied with intensive precedent studies

- Contructs topographies and site context for both justice projects in Revit and Rhino (inc. Grasshopper)

- Planning, layout, and parking modeling for 1 justic project using Revit, Affinity Suites, and InDesign

- Masterplan studies in both development projects on layout schemes, site modeling, parking studies using Rhino, and AutoCAD

- Intensive massing modeling for Saudi Arabia project with Rhino and Enscape

- Prepares AIA submissions for HOK projects using Powerpoint, Affinity Suites, Photoshop and Illustrator

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN

Ballinger, Philadelphia, PA

2018-2020

GPA: 3.79

Dean’s List All Terms

- Works on an INOVA healthcare project in Virginia in partnership with Ennead in New York, NY

- Conducts massing studies of public space and garage using Revit, Illustrator, InDesign, and Rhino

- Performs planning studies of building core, operation rooms, emergency department, MSK labs, and offices with Revit, InDesign, hand sketching, and Bluebeam

- Conducts MEP studies and documentations of drawings for CDP reviews, reports, and a pricing package

2016-2018

GPA: 3.93

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN

Shenzhen General Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co., Ltd., China

- Contributes to a residential bidding project with site analysis, site development, and entry-level design using AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator

- Compiles construction documents for a high-rise residential tower with InDesign and Photoshop

- Assists in surveying, communications, and schematic designs of a hotel development project

2021

2021-

2019

MEDIATOR

My Journey as an Architecture Enthusiast with a Mission

SOCIAL EXPERIENCES

FUNDRAISING DIRECTOR

AIAS Maryland

A LEARNING RESPONSE TO THE GENERATION

BETWEEN THE SKY AND EARTH

Children’s Library Addition to L. Kahn and Noguchi’s Levy Playground, NYC

2019-2020

FRAMEBOX

- Discovered events to get money for the organization

the

- Coordinated with Treasurer to ensure feasibility in fundraising

- Coordinated with general body and E-board members to help with events

VOLUNTEER

Meals on Wheels, College Park, MD

- Coordinated for food delivery for underserved seniors during COVID-19

VOLUNTEER

Habitat for Humanity, MD

- Volunteered in Habitat ReStore, Silver Spring, MD

SKILLS

2020-2021

Sustainable Innovation Center at the University of Maryland

REJUVENATING THE CITY FABRICS

BREATHING QUARTER

Suburban Adaptation and Reprogramming in San Juan, Puerto Rico

LOGISTICS ++

Logistics and Trade Center, St. Louis, MO

2018-2020

EMANCIPATION

Master Planning of Central Mariupol, Ukraine and Building Rehabilitation

MY INSPIRATIONS

A STRUCTURAL STONE REVIVAL

Steedman Student Summer Grants Research, UK, France, Italy

SHADOW IN THE VESUVIUS

Archaeological Field Work, Italy

FIRM WORK SAMPLES

SKETCHES

BETWEEN THE SKY AND EARTH

Children’s Library Addition to L. Kahn and I. Noguchi’s Levy Playground, NYC

AutoCAD, Rhino, Illustrator, InDesign, V-Ray, Photoshop, Model Making, Hand Drafting

Sept-Dec 2021: ARCH611, WashU Comprehensive Studio Manhattan, New York City; Mentor: Robert McCarter

In the early 1960s, sculptor I. Noguchi reached out to famed architect L. Kahn to collaborate on a proposed Levy Playground in North Manhattan which, despite Kahn drafting a few designs, never came into fruition. This studio tailored off from here and, assuming that the playground has been constructed, proposes an addition of children’s library to complement the scene. Here, a very meticulous design is conceived: the building optimizes on the superb views of the playground and the

Hudson River, splintering into three towers of different age groups from infantry to pre-teen. Using three dimensions as devices to nagivate the children througout the interior into a journey of mystical discoveries, it still stands as a complementary contrast from its complex exterior context in line with the genius loci of New York City.

(Levy Playground physical model and archive drawings provided by Robert McCarter, studio mentor.)

3RD FLOOR

2ND FLOOR

ROOF TERRACE

ROOF TERRACE

1ST/ENTRY FLOOR

1ST BASEMENT

2ND BASEMENT

PROMENADE

3RD BASEMENT/ GROUND FLOOR

CAFE COURTYARD

GROUND TERRACE

FLOOR PLAN STRATEGIES: INWARD & OUTWARD LOOKING

RIVERSIDE PARK

NOGUCHI’S LEVY PLAYGROUND

FLOOR PLAN STRATEGIES: THREE TOWERS

EXAMPLE OF CURCULATION (DIFFERS BETWEEN EACH FLOOR)

KINDERGARTEN

BASE FLASHING

2” ROOF TOP PAVERS, 4’ x 4’ 1/2” MEMBRANE

4” ACOUSTIC AND WATER INSULATION VAPOR RETARDER

8”x16” CAST CONCRETE BEAM

2” PLASTER CEILING COVER

18”x18” CAST CONCRETE COLUMN w/ STAINED CONCRETE FINISH

1” COMPOSITE WOOD SUBFLOOR

3” CAST CONCRETE TOPPING SLAB

3/4” dia. RADIANT HEATING PIPE WOVEN POLYETHYLENE RADIANT BARRIER FOIL

6” CAST CONCRETE SLAB w/ STEEL REINFORCING

1. 2” STAINLESS STEEL COPING @ 18” height

2. 3’ GUARDRAILS w/ BOLTS INSERTED IN PARAPET @ 8” height

3. METAL FLASHING

4. METAL WINDOW FRAMING, PAINTED IN WOOD COATING

5. DOUBLE-PANED INSULATED GLASS, CRYSTAL

6. CONCRETE CANTILIVER SLAB w/ PRECAST CONCRETE CLADDING

7. 3” RED PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS w/ FIBERGLASS HINGES

8. 4” ACOUSTIC AND WATER INSULATION

9. WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE

10. STRUCTURAL CAST CONCRETE WALL w/ STEEL REINFORCING

11. DOUBLE-PANED INSULATED GLASS, STAINED TURQUOISE

12. 5” WHITE PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS w/ FIBERGLASS HINGES

13. METAL SUNSHAING DEVICE, PAINTED IN WOOD COATING

14. 2” TERRACE CONCRETE PAVERS

15. 3’ GUARDRAILS w/ BOLTS INSERTED IN PARAPET @ 8” height

REINFORCED CONCRETE GRADE SLAB w/ STEEL REINFORCING

GROUND LEVELMETAL FLASHING

18” RETAINING WALL

4” ACOUSTIC AND WATER INSULATION

MEMBRANE DRAINAGE MAT

GRAVEL BACKFILL

6” dia. PVC PERFORATED DRAIN

1. ADJACENCIES: SITE STRATEGIES

3. THREE TOWERS: SOLID AND VOID

5. THREE TOWERS: DEVIATION BY AGE GROUPS

2. MASSING BY AGE GROUPS AND VIEWS

4. THREE TOWERS: LINKAGE BY BRIDGES

6. THREE TOWERS: LINKAGE IN VERTICALITY

& RIVERSIDE

3RD FLOOR PLAN

2ND FLOOR PLAN

1ST BASEMENT PLAN

EAST-WEST PERSPECTIVE

FORM FINDING, MASSING AND USES

PILOT PROJECT for Children’s Library Addition: 33’ x 33’ Physical Model of Abstract Reading Spaces

Form finding, massing and understanding the functionality of the library according to children experiences are key to constructing an educational building that aligns with children’s needs and bahaviors. To build up a good foundation of those sensibilities, a 33’ x 33’ abstact cube project was conducted as a pilot project for the children’s library.

Multuple massing and interior shaping were tested in order to find out what a children reading space would be. The final model shows a very intriguing, one-way, tower-esque cube building in which children ascend to the top through multiple devices of bookshelves, structures, and niches. Some of these ideas are preserved in the final building.

FRAMEBox

Sustainable Innovation Center at the University of Maryland

AutoCAD, Revit, Illustrator, InDesign, Enscape, Lumion, SketchUp, Photoshop, Model Making, Hand Drafting

Oct-Nov 2019: ARCH403, UMD Integrated Design Studio College Park, MD, Mentor: Rayya Newman

FRAMEBox

Sustainable Innovation Center at the University of Maryland

FRAMEBox is determined as a sustainability-centered building linking Baltimore Avenue, the major towards the University of Mary-and, College Park, and the campus, notably the iconic Memorial Chapel built in the century. FRAMEBox takes advantage of the unique location to create a conversation within and beyond the school, and applies sustainable strategies to educate and the context.

FRAMEBox is determined as a sustainabilitycentered building linking Baltimore Avenue, the major artery towards the University of Maryland, College Park, and the campus, notably the iconic Memorial Chapel built in the mid-nineteenth century. FRAMEBox takes advantage of the unique location to create a conversation within and beyond the school,

and applies sustainable strategies to educate and energize the context.

To envision this, the very parti, FrameBox, is achieved through three “Frame” approaches: Framing the View; Framing the Landscape; and Framing the Pathway.

FRAMING THE VIEW:

A conjunction of motor traffic, student circulations, and visitor routes, FRAMEBox’s major access is detached from Baltimore Avenue; rather, it utilizes the artery as a vital therehold in terms of viewing the building embedded in the landscape, overlooking the chapel on the hills to its west. The glazing and envelope system is also conceived by such.

FRAMING

The building’s que view the landscape. and carves of the water

FRAMING THE VIEW:

FRAMEBox’s major access is detached from Baltimore Avenue; rather, it utilizes the artery as a vital threshold in terms of viewing the building embedded in the landscape, overlooking the chapel on the hills to its west.

FRAMING THE LANDSCAPE:

FRAMING THE LANDSCAPE:

The building, entrenched into the landscape, makes uses of the topographic rise and carves out a retention pond, taking advantage of the existing drainage on-site and enhancing it, helped by plants for infiltration.

FRAMING THE PATHWAY:

conjunction of motor traffic, student circulations, visitor routes, FRAMEBox’s major access is detached from Baltimore Avenue; rather, it utilizes the as a vital therehold in terms of viewing the building embedded in the landscape, overlooking chapel on the hills to its west. The glazing and envelope system is also conceived by such.

student circulations, access is derather, it utilizes the viewing the landscape, overlooking glazing and en-

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FRAMING THE PATHWAY:

FrameBox maintains a strong existing axis, which offsets into smaller paths, creating thresholds to engage people in layered experiences whereas maintaining a dominating circulation pattern.

The building’s orientation, which frames a picture que view toward the major streets, is entrenched into the landscape. It makes uses of the topographic rise and carves out a retention pond, taking advantage of the existing drainage on-site but further emphasize water management, helped by shrubs, trees, and as means of infiltration.

Located on a busy walkway between the the campus. FRAMEBox embraces the existing further it into fragments. A strong aligning with the building orientation, offsets

Located on a busy the campus. FRAMEBox further it aligning with the building smaller paths, thus people in layered

1. FRAMING THE VIEW

2. FRAMING THE LANDSCAPE

3. FRAMING THE PATHWAY

SOUTH ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION

BREATHING QUARTER

Suburban Adaptation and Reprogramming in San Juan, PR

AutoCAD, Rhino, Illustrator, InDesign, Enscape, V-Ray, Photoshop, Model Making, Hand Drafting

Jan-May 2021: ARCH403, WashU Comprehensive Studio

San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mentor: Monica Rivera

Levittown housing, a suburban residential project in the 1960s in Puerto Rico, is a result of the 1934 New Deal with the United States. With massive use of concrete, over time the Levittown suburbia’s inability to adapt to the safety crisis, food shortage, and hazards has urged for change in terms of design. In this studio, focus is put upon adaptability to various

programs, self-growth, hazard-resistance, and humanity in relation to environment. The original concrete house is extended to the side, aggregated on top, and opened on the corners. It is densified to allow for multiple programs, and the voids such transfromation create open for chances of urban agriculture, planting, and social gathering in the liveliest.

1. LEVITTOWN ORIGINAL

4. FRAMING ON TOP OF EXISTING ROOF

7. OPENING/ENCLOSING THE FRONT

8. THE BACK CORNER AS A VOID

9. FINISHED HOUSE - A BREATHING QUARTER

2. EXTRACTING NON-STRUCTURAL WALLS

5. ROOF AS A MULTI-USE DEVICE

3. FILLING IN THE SIDE

6. WOOD PANELS AS FINISHING

LANGUAGE SCHOOL W/ BOOKSTORE KINDERGARTEN/ DAYCARE

KINDERGARTEN/ DAYCARE

CLINIC

HOUSES

HOUSES

3 HOUSES W/ SHORT-TERM STAY

LOCAL CRAFTSMAN CENTER W/ LIVE-WORK

LANGUAGE SCHOOL W/ BOOKSTORE

LANGUAGE SCHOOL W/ BOOKSTORE

KINDERGARTEN/ DAYCARE

KINDERGARTEN/ DAYCARE

CLINIC

HOUSES

3 HOUSES

LOGISTICS ++

Logistics and Trade Center for Industrial Goods

AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Illustrator, InDesign, Enscape, V-Ray, Photoshop, Hand Drafting

Jan - May 2022, Degree Project

St. Louis, MO, Mentor: Julie Bauer

This project leads to a revisit of an often undefined project types - logistics center. While city authorities and developers have put enormous efforts to reverse St. Louis’s decline, more and more businesses are citing their exit or closure due to lacking local supply and access to outsiders. The project proposed, located between the Union Pacific railroads and I-64 highway in St. louis, has both a public, civic facade and an internal, logistical functionality

to accommodate logistics and trade. Connected to an efficient distribution center is a mall for trading and business of machinery, manufacturing supplies and industrial equipment, while a personalized rest center, recreation area, auditoriums, and cafeteria hovers above the bustling scenery reinvent a space of comfort for workers, truck and train drivers, and the residents in a total upgrade and diversification of logistics businesses.

3. STRUCTURAL FRAMING

2. GRID EXPANSION

1. FUNCTIONAL DISSECTING

6. CONTEXTUALIZATION

5. AXIAL PARTITIONING

4. PROGRAMMATIC SKYLIGHTING

PHASING AND PLANNING

CAPSTONE PROJECT for LOGISTICS ++: Constructability Report on Site Conditions and Foundations

Upon the completion of the Logistics and Trade Center project, a Capstone endeavor, offered by the Construction Management program of Washington University in St. Louis’s Engineering School, tacking possible constructability issues of the project. A Phase 2, succeeding the project (assumed in this case as Phase 1) was considered, and the subsquent analyses

included demolition of existing site conditions, recycling, waste removal, as well as paving and foundation construction. Upon the completion of those studies, an estimation process, using the Consturction Handbook, and a scheduling process, using Microsoft Project, was conducted to quantify and assess the construction issues of the project.

PHASE

A STRUCTURAL STONE REVIVAL

Steedman Student Summer Grants Research

Interviews, Site Visits, Firm Visits, Photoshop, Hand Drafting

May 2022 - Jan 2023

St. Louis, MO, United Kingdom, France, Italy

I was fortunate to obtain the precious opportunity to visit several European locations in a search for structural stone as a material in today’s world. This research initiative was inspired by the contradiction to stone’s present absense in architecture and some of the most prominent buildings now and then that are indications of structural and aesthetic excellence of masonry.

This thesis research includes intensive site visits to prominent past and modern stone buildings with firm visits encountering the latest technology of stone beam, stone floorings, and freestanding stone staircases, as well as hybrid, composite stone walls. The findings were encouraging in reviving stone as a loadbearing element but also for its prospective sustainability.

SHADOW IN THE VESUVIUS

Archaeological Field Work, Italy

AutoCAD, Faro Scene, LIDAR, EDM, Photoshop, Hand Drafting

July 2018

Castellamare di Stabia, Italy

I reflect on my trip in Italy, Summer 2018 as educational, horizon-broadening, and friendship-binding. During my fiveweek stay in Italy, I was overwhelmingly impressed by the hospitality of the Italians and the on-site experiences with both traditional and modern tech-

niques to document and restore the heritage of Villa Arianna in the Vesuvius region. Besides the field studies, I was fortunate to make trips around Paestum, Rome, Siena, Salerno and Sicily as well.

SKETCHES

“MEDIATION IS AN ATTITUDE. IT IS THE DIALOGUE OF COLLABORATIONS, THE UNDERSTANDINGS OF VARIOUS FIELDS, AND MOST OF ALL THE PHILOSOPHICAL DELIBERATIONS AS TO ANY ROOM OF CONTEXTUAL IMPROVEMENTS.”

PETER ZHOU peterzh7788@gmail.com