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[ Lichen Zhu ] Work Sample 2015-2022 B.ARCH, Southeast University, China MSD.AAD, University of Pennsylvania, PA

2930 Chestnut Street· Philadelphia, PA·19104·2679392909· lilyzhu@upenn.edu www.linkedin.com/in/lichenzhu

LICHEN ZHU lilyzhu@upenn.edu （267）939-2909 2930 Chestnut Street,Philadelphia, PA www.linkedin.com/in/lichenzhu

EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, Aug 2021- Aug 2022 Master of Science in Design (MSD) Advanced Architectural Design (AAD), Architecture School of Architecture, Southeast University Bachelor of Architecture Sep 2015 – Jun 2020 (GPA:3.93/4.0 Percentage Mark: 98.25/100 Rank: 5/100)

Nanjing, China

WORK EXPERIENCE TIANHUA Architecture Planning & Engineering Ltd. Shanghai, China Architect Intern Jun 2020 – Nov 2020 •Assisted the lead architect to deepen different types of projects with Rhino and Grasshopper •Created concept diagrams, CAD plan and section drawings, structure detail proposals for a museum design project •Designed and Delivered PowerPoint presentation for clients •Produced Enscape rendering images and videos for a company competition and won the first prize OFFICEOFFCOURCE Architect Intern •Assisted the lead architect in project deepening •Made wooden models for a museum project •Produced Lumion renderings for a bidding park project

Hangzhou, China Jun 2019 – Sep 2019

Nanjing UAG Design Office Nanjing, China Architect Intern Nov 2018 - Feb 2019 •Collaborated with 5-person team to design for a bidding school design project (won the bid and under construction) •Designed the teaching building and the student activities center with concept diagrams, detailed CAD drawings for the bidding project •Prepared report text for the bidding project

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE School of Architecture, Southeast University Nanjing, China Deputy Minister of Department of Public Relations Oct 2016 – Sep 2019 •Responsible for planning and organizing activities for Inter-school joint activities. (e.g., seminar and debate) •Planned and organized several communication activities, symposium among schools in three provinces.

•Found Commercial sponsorship for school events SOCIAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE •2017.07-2016.09 Eco-Environment and Biodiversity Survey of Water Sources in the Southto-North Water Diversion Project-Participated in the "Hanjiang Wetland Biological Research" service team of Southeast University •2016.06-2016.08 Investigation and Study on the Status of Coal Mine Housing in Tongchuan City, Shanxi Province HONORS & AWARDS •2017.10.12 Best Design Award in the "Micro Update, Micro Happiness" Design Competition of Nanjing Public Space •2018.06.22 Excellent plan for the pilot project of "Suzhou Riverside Approach Bridge and Bridge Space" in Shanghai Urban Public Space Design (under construction) LANGUAGE & SKILLS Language Mandarin (native), English (fluent) 2D Graphic Photoshop, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign 3D Modeling Rhinoceros (SubD), Grasshopper, Maya, SketchUp, Revit Rendering V-ray for SU/Rhino, Enscape, Keyshot, Lumion Programming & Film Editing Pythton, Premire, After Effects

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ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE 1-8

ATRIUM &GAP 9-18

FLOWING SURFACE 19-20

IN AND WITH 21-30

INSIDE AND OUTSIDE 31-40

URBAN FARM 41-50

COMPETITION AND WORK 51-60

01 [ Reduced-waste: Assembly Structure ] A Design Research In Building Prefabrication and (Dis)Assembly for Future

Academic Studio Design Spring 2022 (unfinished) Group Work With Joonhyuk Yun Role in Team: Design(50%),Drawing(50%),Model making(50%) Instructor: Masoud Akbarzadeh (masouda@upenn.edu) Teaching Asistant: Yuxuan Wang

Considering the worldwide serious waste problems which the architecture and construction industry should be responsible for, recycling and reusing construction materials from existing sources of waste or demolition is considered a viable design approach. This studio aims to investigate innovative design methods, assembly , and disassembly of prefabricated parts in the construction of mid-rise buildings to reduce the waste and push the exploration of structure and material.

Learning from the Bracket Set (Dougong system) - an ancient Chinese structural system, this design takes the strategy of stacking and branching structure, explores simple and effective structural forms with polymesh analysis, and then reduces the use of materials through changes in material size and corresponding spatial scales , making the structure more efficient.

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ASSEBLE STRATEGY FROM ANCIENT SYSTEM Bracket Set (Dougong) system is a unique structure of ancient Chinese architecture. It can be traced back to more than 2,200 years ago. The oldest existing Dougong system is a temple building in the Tang Dynasty.

Dougong is a type of struture at the junction of the column and the beam. By stacking and interlocking, the load transmitted from the roof to the foundation through Dougong. The structure is so powerful that a large part of the huge roof can be cantilevered and supported only by a single column.

STRUCTURAL EXPLORATION WITH POLYMESH

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After confirming the basic geometric shape, the design uses Polymesh as a tool to analyze and explore the three-dimensional force of the structure of different shapes and proportions, and select the most concise and powerful structure to further develop the space

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More iterations are created based on this recent design. We try to change the level and the shape of the floor to create different forms and space experience. We also try to use similar strategy but different ratio volumes to connect with the initial design, to make the whole structure more stable and make larger span in horizontal direction.

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02 [ Atrium X Gap ] A New Typology of Stock Exchange and Mining Facility

Academic Studio Design Fall 2021 Group Work With Chenglu Xue Role in Team: Design(50%),Drawing(50%),Model making(50%) Instructor: Hyojin Kwon (hkwon@gsd.harvard.edu) Teaching Asistant: Angela Huang

Considering New York City's leadership in global finance being challenged and the prospect of virtual currency booming, a new type of virtual currency-based transaction system and structure is believed to help maintain New York's leadership in global finance.The studio are designing a project with three programs, a cryptocurrency particularly Ethereum (NFT) mining facility, a museum to explain blockchain technology with examples of NFT’s and am cryptocurrency exchange developing a new hybrid typology for NYC. The existing Stock Exchange is uniquely equipped to speculate on the future of its development into a precise and novel architecture and urban proposal that are unprecedented that links local finance with global market demands.

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© Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

© Roland Halbe

Technique from Hybrid: Gap and Atrium The design extracted two space archetypes from the Guggenheim Museum and the Rosenthal Center—gap and atrium.The design try to form visual aesthetic impact by constantly creating contrasts between the two space archetype, such as narrow and integrated , curved windings and straight extrusions.

Mid-term Iteration The mid-term design pays more attention to the form iteration developed from the precedent, and gradually establishes the connection and interaction between the two by continuously strengthening the surrounding of the “gap” and the extrusion of the “atrium” space.

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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

INSTRUCTOR: HYOJIN KWON TEACHING ASSISTANT: ANGELA HUANG

WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN MSD-ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE DESIGN FALL 2021

STUDENT TEAM: CHENGLU XUE LICHEN ZHU

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INSTRUCTOR: HYOJIN KWON TEACHING ASSISTANT: ANGELA HUANG STUDENT TEAM: CHENGLU XUE LICHEN ZHU

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN MSD-ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE DESIGN FALL 2021

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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN MSD-ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE DESIGN FALL 2021

INSTRUCTOR: HYOJIN KWON TEACHING ASSISTANT: ANGELA HUANG STUDENT TEAM: CHENGLU XUE

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN MSD-ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE DESIGN FALL 2021

LICHEN ZHU

Circulation Circulation— stairs, is one of the important design elements in the space. Through the organization of stairs in different forms and directions, some special-shaped spaces can be fully utilized.

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03 [ Flowing Surface] Athetic Exploration through Image Computation Seminar Design Fall 2021 Group Work With Hui Mi Role in Team: Design(50%),Drawing(50%),Model making(50%) Instructor: Ali Rahim Teaching Asistant: Cindy Zheng

This seminar explores contemporary aesthetics through facade iteration with the tool of image computation(Ostagram). Producing complexity and integrating digital design and fabrication techniques into the design process the design explores new formal and material possibility by machine learning, which is believed can lead to a contemporary aesthetic.

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04 [ In and With ] Reconstruction and Expansion of The Old Stadium Update of Collective memory

Academic Studio Design Fall 2018 Individual work Instructor: Prof. Yu Chen (873441486@qq.com)

This design is to reconstruct and expand an old building. This old stadium has more than 90 years of history and glory. However, with the continuous updating of campus equipment and the changes of students' daily activities,the old gymnasium is incompatible with modern campus life.In addition to the exterior facade, which is Beaux-Arts Style, its internal partitions and used sports equipment have been constantly updated. In a sense, aside from the historical meaning of its architectural style, the functions of the old stadium also count alot. Therefore, in order to adapt it to the development of the modern campus, I use the two space forms and usage modes of "open" and "closed" to maximize the public space and make it an open "fluid space" and at the same time creating a contrast in appearance so that both the old and the new building can be identified.

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There is a tree on the north side of the old gymnasium with an age of more than 1,500 years.

The design plan incorporates the space around the ancient tree into the design scope of the daily activities of teachers and students, and establishes the line of sight between the ancient tree and various indoor and outdoor activities.

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The design also uses grasshopperPython to explore a variety of combinations in the space, and select the best result for spatial development.

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1 Class A fireproof light transmitting film 2 C-type light steel keel 3 transparent concrete 4 Class A fireproof light transmitting film 5 light tube 6 flame retardant board 20mm 7 main keel dedicated to Class A membrane 8 secondary keel 9 expansion bolt 10 galvanized Hanger 11 main keel accessories 12 lintel 13 sintered brick 120mm 14 ventilation cavity 20mm 15 insulation 80mm 16 reinforced-concrete structure 80mm 17 insulation 40mm 18 waterproof materials 19 copper-zinc alloy plate 20 structural layer of profiled steel plate concrete 80mm 21 slope-finding layer 30mm 22 gas barrier 23 insulation 80mm 24 waterproof materials 25 isolation layer 10mm 26 tile veneer 20mm

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1 soil compaction 2 C15 fine stone concrete layer 100mm 3 1:3 cement mortar screed 20mm 4 the base treatment agent layer 5 coil waterproof layer 6 C20 fine stone concrete cover 40mm 7 reinforced concrete structure layer 200mm 8 face brick layer 9 structural layer of profiled steel plate concrete 80mm 10 slope-finding layer 30mm 11 gas barrier 12 insulation 80mm 13 waterproof materials 14 isolation layer 10mm 15 tile veneer 20mm 16 secondary keel 17 flame retardant board 20mm 18 light tube 19 Class A fireproof light transmitting film 20 main keel dedicated to Class A membrane 21 expansion bolt 22 galvanized Hanger 23 main keel accessories 24 brickwork structure 25 I-beam 26 hollow concrete block 27 sound insulation layer 28 floor tiles 29 keel cushion 30 wooden keel 31 wooden floor

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05 [ Inside X Outside ] Design of Nanjing 4th City Wall Heritage Park Reconstruction of Interaction

Academic Studio Design Summer 2018 Group Work With Xing Yan, Yueyan Gao, Mengzhu Tao Role in Team: Investigation and Analysis(60%),Conceptual Design(85%) Instructor: Sunan Tu, Ying Bai [All graphics have been redrew by myself unless otherwise credited.]

Nanjing's 4th city wall has lost its identity because of its functional decline. In order to reconstruct the spirit of this relic site, this interdisplinary project attempts to reconstruct the interactive relationship between people and the environment by creating structural units "inside and outside the wall" and connecting them in series, so that visitors can unconsciously experience "inside" and "outside" of the ancient city wall during the tour, thus establishing a new understanding of the lost spirits.

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06 [ URBAN FARM: FROM T.O.D TO E.O.D ] Environment Oriented Development on industry legacy

Academic Studio Design Fall 2019 Teamwork With Mengxi Li, Yiming Lei Role in Team: Investigation and Analysis(75%),Conceptual Design(50%), Technical Drawings(95%) Instructor: Prof. Li Bao, Benjamin

This area was once the first and largest railway station in Nanjing, because it was close to the Yangtze River, it also became the first ferry terminal. However, with the continuous development of transportation technology, this land has gradually lost its role. This project attempts and explores from the direction of landscape urbanism, trying to integrate industrial sites with environmental ecology, and through organizing its internal processes and systems, making this place an ecologically sustainable and vigorous place.

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COMPETITION: URBAN SPACE RENOVATION Left: "Micro Update, Micro Happiness" Residential community public space renovation, Nanjing Group with: Changming Liu, Yaoxuan Wang Prize: Best Deisgn(plan to be built)

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Top Right: "Suzhou Riverside Bridge Space" in Shanghai Urban Public Space Design Competition Group with: Changming Liu, Yaoxuan Wang Prize: Best Deisgn(plan to be built)

Bottom Right: Beijing Hutong Renovation Competition Group with: Yihe Wang, Zechuan Yang Prize: The Thrid Prize

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INTERNSHIP : Nanjing UAG Design Office Nov 2018 - Feb 2019 Role in team: Design, Technical drawing, Interior Render, Presentation Text Status: Under construction

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INTERNSHIP : Officeoffcourse

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Jun 2019 – Sep 2019 Role in team: Design, Technical drawing, Model making Status: Partialy constructed

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浙江省古建筑设计研究院

文物设 甲字 0101SJ0012 建

筑 乙级 A233014120

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大窑龙泉窑遗址保护整治工程

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浙江省古建筑设计研究院

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文物设 甲字 0101SJ0012 建

筑 乙级 A233014120

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龙泉市“海上丝绸之路.中国史迹”申遗工作领导小组指挥部

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大窑龙泉窑遗址保护整治工程

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INTERNSHIP : TIANHUA Architecture Planning & Engineering Ltd. Jun 2020 – Nov 2020 Role in team: Design, Technical drawing, Communication with cilents Status: Partialy constructed

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