SELECTED SELECTED WORKS WORKS SHUFAN SHUFAN ZHANG ZHANG M.Arch Candidate, University of Michigan zhangsf15@gmail.com (510) 761 - 2803
SHUFAN ZHANG M.Arch Candidate University of Michigan zhangsf15@gmail.com (510)761-2803 http://cargocollective.com/shufanzhang
EDUCATION University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Master of Architecture September 2016 – Present
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA Bachelor of Art in Architecture Minor in Sustainable Design August 2012 – May 2016
SKILLS MODELING
RHINOCEROS SKETCHUP MAYA
DRAFTING
AUTOCAD REVIT
GRAPHIC DESIGN
PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR INDESIGN
COMPUTATION
3D PRINTING GRASSHOPPER RHINO PYTHON PROCESSING MAX MSP
DESIGN EXPERIENCES
PUBLICATION & RECOGNITION
AECOM, Shanghai, China
First Place Award, Taubman College Architecture Student Show
Intern, May 2017 - August 2017 Participated in schematic design of projects including an industrial park, a 300m skyscraper, a customs building, a hotel, etc. Produced plans, sections and diagrams. Designed layout for bid documents and presentations.
WeShouldDoItAll, Brooklyn, NY
Extern for Spring Break, Feb 2017 - March 2017 Helped design, model and render the 3D marketing materials for Nike’s Kevin Durant X campaign, including the storefront windows and product retail engagement zones. Produced multiple iterations according to the client’s brief. Worked on Nike New York Headquarter project. Modeled and rendered the tiled walls.
The Design Partnership, Oakland, CA
Intern, June 2015 - August 2015 Participated in several healthcare and justice projects. Work included construction documentation, detail drawing, signage plan, etc. Edited firm brochure for print and aided in basic office tasks such as organizing material collection, updating meeting notes, etc.
Jiangxi Province Architectural Design and Research Institute, Nanchang, China
Intern, June 2014 - August 2014 Built the SketchUp model for the initial planning for a mix-use district. Proposed facade style and cultural elements. Rendered digital models through Lumion after getting familiar with the software for less than two days. Processed rendered images through Photoshop.
Award, April 2018 The Fall 2017 studio work, “THE NEST”, is selected into the 2018 Student Exhibition as one of the projects selected by faculty and is elected to be the first place in the award.
Internet of Things towards Urban Sustainability
March 2017 The paper was published by Agora, the urban planning journal at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan.
RELATED ACTIVITIES ArchDaily China
Translator, September 2016 - August 2017 Translated English articles into Chinese to publish on the ArchDaily Chinese website.
Daily Californian Berkeley, CA
Illustrator, September 2014 - May 2016 Created illustrations for opinion columns and special issues with mix-media techniques.
Innovative Design, Berkeley, CA
Designer, February 2014 - May 2014 Designed flyers and logos for on-campus organizations. Adobe Illustrator and Indesign were used.
the NEST: Sustainable Housing in Detroit
Jiangsu International Waterway Distribution Center
Project Type: Residential Academic Project at University of Michigan Sept - Dec 2017 P4 - 5
Project Type: Governmental Professional Project at AECOM June 2017 P14
Experimental Floating Theater
Nike’s Kevin Durant X Campaign
Project Type: Cutural Academic Project at University of California, Berkeley April - May 2016 P6 - 7
Project Type: Branding, Retail Professional Project at WeShouldDoItAll Feb 2017 P15
Middle School in the Age of Information Technology
Nike New York Headquarter
Project Type: Institutional Academic Project at University of Michigan Sept -Dec 2016 P8 - 9
Project Type: Branding, Retail Professional Project at WeShouldDoItAll Feb 2017 P16
Urban Catalyst: A Vibrant Neighborhood in Brooklyn
Dimensional Flip
Type: Urban Design Graduate School Project Jan - Apr 2017 P10 - 11
Project Type: Design Computing Academic Project at University of Michigan Dec 2017 P17
The Anchor
Steel Helix
Type: Urban Design Entry for 2018 Hines Student Competition Jan 2018 P12
Project Type: Fabrication Academic Project at University of Michigan April 2017 P18
Wangjiadun Financial District Tower
Continuous Voids
Type: Office Professional project at AECOM July 2017 P13
Project Type: Fabrication Academic Project at University of Michigan Mar 2017 P19
the NEST September - December 2017 Course: ARCH 672: Studio System Project Location: Detroit, MI Collaborators: Ziyang Lin, Jugal Ahuja PROJECT LOCATION
This is a residential project located at the intersection of E Jefferson Ave and Jos Campau in the City of Detroit. Based on the greenway plan proposed by the City of Detroit, Joseph Campau is one of the greenways with enhanced pedestrian and community oriented designs. Our site sits on the prime intersection of such environments and could function as an Urban Node for the neighbourhood. We have taken advantage of the urban placement of our site by promoting a highly sustainable project which would not only act as a destination for future investments, but also be the pilot project for a sustainable approach towards construction as well as living conditions. The project relates to a strong sense of community harvesting as well. The podium is designed and programmed in a way that it enhances community activities and interactions ranging from semipublic to private zones.
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Master of Architecture
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University of Michigan
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Class of 2018
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zhangsf15@gmail.com
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(510)761-2803
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https://cargocollective.com/shufanzhang
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EXPERIMENTAL FLOATING THEATER April - May 2016 Course: ARCH 100D: Architectural Design VI Project Location: Berkeley, CA
This is an experimental theater that mainly anchors in the Berkeley Marina and that could be towed to various Bay Area cities to present diverse performances. The theater aims to nurture excellence and innovation in the performing arts through a wide array of artistic productions oriented towards new modes of performance devoted to hybridity of social and political awareness. Theater is a incubator where creativity is generated and passed on from drama producers to the audience. Thus, although the theater is a relatively enclosed and static space, it should be of dynamic spatial qualities. With the idea of creating a vibrant and artistic-inspiring theater space, my project seeks to address the experimentality of the theater in terms of both form and function. Because the theater is a floating structure on the water, the shape corresponds to this property by having a free-flowing yet materially pure form. Functionally the theater space is capable of different configurations to bring the audience closer to the state and actors.
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University of Michigan
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Class of 2018
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zhangsf15@gmail.com
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MIDDLE SCHOOL [IN] September - December 2016 Course: ARCH 552: Studio Institution Project Location: Ann Arbor, MI
The project proposes a model of middle school in the age of information technology, that technology should not be an add-on but an integral part in the curricular system. With the specific context of Ann Arbor and the location, the proposal is both a prototype with replicable features and a flexible model adapt to specific contexts. The proposed system seeks to combine traditional subjects as “core classes” with a new mode of project-based learning: In the core classes, student study under an individually tailored program that combines virtual education and in-person teaching from teachers on site; in Program MERGE, students get a deeper understanding of course material and enhance collaboration skills through interdisciplinary activities tutored by teachers on site. The programmatic idea is translated spatially into a cluster of large open spaces as core classrooms and smaller spaces as program MERGE classrooms. Particularly, the spatial arragenemnt of the school emphasizes interactivity among different programs to create a diverse and integrative learning environment. The project rethinks about K-12 institutional spaces in relation to the evolving technological context by addressing a series of issues, i.e.: the disappearance of the traditional heavy-stocking library replaced by a community reading space; the open, 1-on-1 virtual education study space in place of the conventional class-based classroom; the spatial interactivity among different programs due to the specific needs of projecct-based learning, etc.
GYM + FIELDS
AUDITORIUM CAFETERIA OFFICE
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
programs in vertical space
English Reading/Writing Foreign Languages
Ball Games Exercise Health
ANCIENT DRAMA
LANGUAGE CORE
natural lab
6TH GRADE
REDEISGN ANN ARBOR
Visual Art Performance Art Music
English
7TH GRADE
Theater Art
8TH GRADE
6TH GRADE
History
7TH GRADE
ART CORE
8TH GRADE
LIBRARY STUDY SPACE
Social science Visual Art
6TH GRADE
7TH GRADE
8TH GRADE
6TH GRADE
7TH GRADE
8TH GRADE
Science
VIRTUAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM ancient drama
SCIENCE/MATH CORE Math Physical Sciences Computer
SOCIAL CORE Math
Visual Art
Culture
ACADEMIC FACILITIES
History Culture Civic
ART MARKET
redesign ann arbor
Science Geography Exercise
NATURAL LAB
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AUDITORIUM
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Master of Architecture
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University of Michigan
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Class of 2018
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1. Atrium + Library 2. Gym 3. Cafe 4. Admin + Offices 5. Student lounges 6. Virtual Education Classroom 7. MERGE Program: REdesign Ann Arbor 8. Laboratory 9. MERGE Program: Natural Lab 10. MERGE Program: Ancient Drama 11. Studio Art Classroom 12. MERGE Program: Art Market 13. Auditorium 14. Performance Art Classroom 15. Greenhouse 9
URBAN CATALYST IN BROOKLYN January - April 2017 Course: ARCH 562: BQE City - New York Urban Design Studio Project Location: New York, NY PROJECT GOALS: • Creating a high-density, mixed-used neighborhood that promotes healthy living and walkability. • Turning the BQE into an effective and vibrant urban space by proposing incubator programs beneath and along the expressway. • Connecting the BQE to the neighboring area through spatial and programmatic links radiated from the BQE.
INDUSTRY HUB
PROJECT FEATURES: • Utilizing the existing spatial features of BQE to create new outdoor spaces featured for cycling, social gathering and community engagement programs. • Providing housing and working opportunities for workers’ from the Navy Yard through the diverse types of housing and the vendor spaces underneath BQE. • Adding various types of public spaces with different public/privacy hierarchies. • Advocating the idea of walkability by proposing “living alleys” that create shared and pedestrian-friendly circulational pathways through the neighborhood.
ACTIVITY HUB
ACTIVITY POINTS FROM BQE PUBLIC SPACE IMPACTS
NODE 6: MCCARREN PARK
EDUCATION HUB
EDUCATION-ORIENTED ACTIONS RESIDENTIAL-ORIENTED ACTIONS
INDUSTRIAL-ORIENTED ACTIONS
RE GR NOV EE AT N E SP EX AC IST ES IN
STR E EXIS NGTH E PRO TING B N THE MEN ROO ADE KLY N
NODE 3: HILLSIDE PARK RECREATION HUB
NODE 5: DIVISION AVE TRANSIT HUB
SPA CES
PROPOSED
ATO R
EXISTING
EXISTING
PROPOSED
EXISTING
PROPOSED
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PROPOSED
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EXISTING
NODE 4: COMMODORE PARK RESIDENTIAL HUB
INCUBATOR
SPACES
STR IP EN GRE
INC UBA TOR
STR IP
NODE 2: VAN VOORHEES PARK
EXISTING
PROPOSED
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PROPOSED
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Shufan Zhang
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Master of Architecture
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University of Michigan
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Class of 2018
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zhangsf15@gmail.com
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(510)761-2803
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PHASE 2:
- Establish the high density identity of the neighborhood through high-rise residential projects.
- Use the revenue gained from the high-rise residential projects to build the plaza and the community center as a major landmark to attract people living nearby and working in the incubator spaces.
- Build mixed-use blocks with a variety of programs such as neighborhood retail and services to ensure livability and walkability. - Keep the existing church and school and build a library across from the expressway.
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- Renovate the existing storage buildings into new incubator spaces for rental. Build the second series of incubator spaces and mixed-use blocks. - Arrange the container stores and food trucks underneath BQE to introduce more diverse commercial activities.
PHASE 3: - Introduce mid-rise residential blocks to increase the diversity of housing types in the neighborhood. - Add two shopping centers across from the BQE to create a commercial district accompanying the plaza. - Build the last set of incubator spaces to draw connection to the south towards the rest of Brooklyn.
FOCUS AREA
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THE ANCHOR January 2018 Entry for 2018 ULI Hines Student Competition Project Location: Toronto, Canada Collaborators: Emily Burrowes, Eric Krohngold, Kate Blessing-Kawamura, Yongjoon Kim
The Anchor development builds on the existing East Harbour plan and reweaves and solidifies the urban fabric of Eastern Toronto. By creating a dense and programmatically diverse development, The Anchor ties together the otherwise divergent neighborhoods and developments of the area. The design supports the safe and seamless movement of pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit throughout the site. The site programming -- which features a world-renowned museum devoted to Canadian immigration history and centres focused on workforce development, the performing arts, and community activities -celebrates the diverse and rich history of Toronto. The Anchor creates and activates space for families, visitors, and commuters to live, work, play, gather, and mingle. The Anchor contains multiple affordable units and workforce housing and enables residents to live comfortably and easily without a vehicle. 12
Shufan Zhang
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Master of Architecture
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University of Michigan
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Class of 2018
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zhangsf15@gmail.com
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(510)761-2803
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https://cargocollective.com/shufanzhang
WANGJIADUN FINANCIAL DISTRICT (Project during internship at AECOM Shanghai in Summer 2017) Project Type: Office Project Location: Wuhan, China Gross Floor Area: 958000 sqft My Work: Digital modeling , perspective rendering, site plan, sectional diagram
NIGHT RENDERING
SECTIONAL DIAGRAM
low zone
DAY RENDERING
mid zone
high zone
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JIANGSU INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY DISTRIBUTION CENTER (Project during internship at AECOM Shanghai in Summer 2017) Project Type: Governmental, Logistics Project Location: Suzhou, China Gross Floor Area: 1,652,000 sqft My Work: Digital modeling, programmatic diagram
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Shufan Zhang
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Master of Architecture
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University of Michigan
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Class of 2018
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zhangsf15@gmail.com
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(510)761-2803
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https://cargocollective.com/shufanzhang
NIKE’S KEVIN DURANT X CAMPAIGN (Project during externship at WeShouldDoItAll in February 2017) Project Type: Retail Design My Work: Providing Design Iterations, Digital Modeling Project Detail: https://wsdia.com/work/nike-kevin-durant-x
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NIKE NEW YORK HEADQUARTER (Project during externship at WeShouldDoItAll in February 2017) Project Type: Office Space My Work: Arranging wall tiles in digital model Project Detail: https://wsdia.com/work/nike-nyhq
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Shufan Zhang
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Master of Architecture
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University of Michigan
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Class of 2018
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zhangsf15@gmail.com
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(510)761-2803
DESIGN COMPUTING EXPERIMENT
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https://cargocollective.com/shufanzhang
Make a digital model of the room, paying particular attention to the positions and proportions of different objects.
ARCH 591: Generative Design Computing (Fall 2017) Tools: Rhino Python and Grasshopper Collaborators: Yanhao Liu, Dongfang Xie
Use the “Box Mapping” in Grasshopper to map a texture image onto the objects. Adjust the scales of each object groups in the Box Mapping method by scaling the box that the mapping is based on.
Define a “movement” function in Grasshopper python component that controls the movement and rotation of the camera. Variables are: X-axis, Z-axis, position, room objects, Camera rotation factor, camera distance factor.
Inspired by Esther Stocker’s spatial reconstruction with geometries and David Hockney’s technique of recomposing images in a shaky way, we aim to explore the relationship between 3-dimensional space and 2-dimensional pattern. We modify the iconic scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey to study the outcome of destabilizing and recomposing an image of such a space when a textural mapping is added to the surface. How will the action of adding a texture mapping alter the characteristics of a space? How does the transition between the 2D and 3D take place?
Produce a series of snapshots from different camera angles determined by the previous step.
Use the photomerge function in Photoshop to compose the images automatically. 17
FABRICATION - STEEL HELIX April 2017 Material: Steel sheet Tool: Waterjet Machine Collaborators: Xiyao Hu, Kayser Kwaili. Tamara Murek)
This project aims to bring the 2D into the 3D through a series of strategic folds and cuts. A spiral pleat is made by dividing a strip of steel into equal linear sections, and each section is folded along a diagonal axis to generate a waving effect. The steel sheet is cut through the waterjet machine and be folded into several helixes.
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Shufan Zhang
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Master of Architecture
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University of Michigan
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Class of 2018
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zhangsf15@gmail.com
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(510)761-2803
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https://cargocollective.com/shufanzhang
FABRICATION - CONTINUOUS VOIDS March 2017 Material: Foam, concrete Tool: CNC Router Collaborator: Sean Kim
FORM DEVELOPMENT
This fabrication project asks us to make a wall tile module that can be patternized and repeated on the wall. The product is a module that can be rotated and repeated in random ways, while the void space among the neighboring tiles can always form interesting patterns. The formwork is fabricted through the CNC mahine, and then the tile is casted with concrete from the formwork.
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SHUFAN ZHANG M.Arch Candidate, University of Michigan B.A. Arch, Univerity of California, Berkeley zhangsf15@gmail.com (510) 761 - 2803