The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design | Delft, NL
Master of Science, Cum Laude
Syracuse University School of Architecture | Syracuse, USA
Bachelor of Architecture with minor in history, Summa Cum Laude Dean's List for Superior Scholarship 2017–2021
2022 James A. Britton Memorial Awards: citation for excellence in thesis design 2020 King+King Integrated Design Competition: nomination
professional practice
2022–2023
2021–2023
May–August 2020
June–July 2019
architecture intern | Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, NL
editor and translator | Subfictions, Xiamen, China
planned themes and subjects for Magazine into wrote articles; compiled, edited, and translated manuscripts and interview recordings participated in competitions and schematic design phases of different projects developed designs; produced drawings, diagrams, renders, 3D models, and booklets
architecture intern | Vector Architects, Beijing, China
participated in schematic design, design development, and construction phases of different projects developed proposals, drawings, and models; prepeared bidding documents, proprietary specification
architecture intern | GA Collaborative, Kigali, Rwanda
created maps, drawings, questionnairs, and objects for projects
academia and research
exhibition design: The Medical Complex | The Berlage
designed and constructed the thesis exhibition of Generation 33
publications | The Berlage
designed, edited, and organized publications related to course work at The Berlage Project NL: City Atlas, 2023; with Alfons Hooikaas Voices of the Recent Past: Six Conversations, 2023; led by Léa-Catherine Szacka Project Global: the Logistics of Olives and Marble, 2024
created drawings for Urban Autophagy, a paper by Hannibal Newsom Newsom, Hannibal. Urban Autophagy. A New Imaginary for Twenty-First Century Urban Growth. The Plan Journal, 7(1), (2022). https://www.doi.org/10.15274/tpj.2022.07.01.5
partnered research: Maps! Living with Ghosts | bachelor thesis illustrations for paper | The Plan Journal
Maps! Living with Ghosts: Alternative Landscapes in Ungoverned Spaces, mentored by Lawrence Chua working between architecture, history, and anthropology; investigated regions along the Heilongjiang in Northeast China, produced drawings, writings, maps, and a publication
teaching assistant | second year design studio, Syracuse University School of Architecture
assisted in organizing and preparing the course participated in critiques; offered software, fabrication, and representation tutorials
NewMarket research and design collective
observed, discussed, and wrote on contemporary architecture and architectural discipline established an online platform for writings and commentary in Chinese; participated in competitions Public Seating Design, A8 Design Center (Chengdu, China): third place Circle of Life competition, UNFUSE (Shanghai, China): editor's choice prize
independent research: The Market as Public Space | Kigali, Rwanda
recipient of the Syracuse University Undergraduate Summer Research Grant in 2019 The Market as Alternative Public Space in Kigali, Rwanda, mentored by Yutaka Sho working in the intersection between architecture, urban design, and public affairs; surveyed, mapped, cataloged, and wrote on traditional markets and their spatial organization in Kigali
collective research: Between Myth and Utopia | the Balkans
Between Myth & Utopia: Ideological Contours of Yugoslavian Seaside Resorts, mentored by Mitesh Dixit traveled, surveyed, documented, and wrote on the architecture of Yugoslavian seaside resorts
education
Ximeng Luo
city atlas contents
Amsterdam 2023
collective research project
City Atlas investigates mechanisms of urban transformation in Amsterdam from the late sixteenth century to the present. Through archival sources to satellite images, it produces an atlas of synthetic drawings. With the aid of digital tools, the project explores the possibility to overlay, compare, and annotate the built environment at different moments in time.
unfinished building the medical complex .01
The Berlage 2023 design master class led by Dyvik Kahlen with Rubén Dario Kleimeer
Unfinished Building is a twoweek design project that explores building proposals of unfinished and adaptable nature by making large, crude timber models in scale 1:25. The project experiments with scale and proportions and reflects on building elements, structural logic, and construction paneling. It concludes with selecting a setting and designing the composition of model (architecture) photography.
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Lyon 2024–25 collective post-master thesis
The Berlage
design
The Medical Complex is a collective thesis project examining healthcare for the twenty-first century, undertaken by twelve international students at The Berlage. It explores a comprehensive approach to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, wellbeing, fitness, and care, with each student designing specific departments or integrated systems within the complex. Set on the site of Tony Garnier's Édouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon, originally completed in 1933 and currently undergoing renovations, the project reflects on the modernist ideal of healthcare architecture and reconsiders the contemporary perception of health.
film
the probe
Syracuse 2019 design studio
Syracuse Architecture
The quarry hides in the woods, a feature artificially created then abandoned, an abrupt pit separated from the city by a highway. Routinized absurdity and absentminded surrealism created a sense of anachronism, turning the quarry into an unusual, futuristic relic. The project proposes the reuse of an artificially modified natural landscape in the context of a declining rustic-belt city.
mirror flower, water moon
Fort Tilden 2021 comprehensive design studio
Syracuse Architecture
Mirror Flower Water Moon is a Chinese idiom describing things that can be seen but cannot be attained, like flowers in a mirror and moon reflected in water. The thermal baths project duplicates this sense of space-time displacement as visitors explore different programs and immersive themselves in varous scenes created by alternating materiality and transparency of the spaces.
la nouvelle vague
Chengdu 2020 competition
La Nouvelle Vague is a competition for public seating as a piece of urban furniture. We interpret The French New Wave through a wide shot in a film: while the camera proceeds smoothly, actors come and go in the scene, each a piece of information that constitutes the whole image. Free movements of individuals together create meaning for the collective.
models design design
design representation
An ongoing exploration of architectural representation through the construction of physical objects.
01 city atlas
Amsterdam 2023
collective research project
The Berlage collaboration with Andrea Ramos
City Atlas investigates mechanisms of urban transformation in Amsterdam from the late sixteenth century to the present. Through the lens of six emblematic sites, it traces physical changes resulting from processes of urban expansion and renewal, from the adaptation or renovation of buildings and blocks to the demolition and reconstruction of whole streets and neighborhoods.
The project gathers information from archival sources to live-time satellite images to produce an atlas of synthetic drawings that reflect spatial transformations. With the aid of digital tools such as Allmaps and Placemark, it explores the possibility to overlay, compare, and annotate the built environment of Amsterdam at different moments in time.
The research is compiled in the format of a published atlas.
The changes in homes in Uilenburg were triggered by large-scale mechanisms
The changes in homes in Uilenburg were triggered by large-scale mechanisms
mechanisms
unfinished building
2023
design master class led by Dyvik Kahlen with Rubén Dario Kleimeer collaboration with Yi-an Tseng
Unfinished Building is a two-week design project that explores building proposals of unfinished and adaptable nature by making large, crude timber models in scale 1:25. The project experiments with scale and proportions and reflects on building elements, structural logic, and construction paneling. It concludes with selecting a setting and designing the composition of model (architecture) photography.
09 the medical complex
Lyon
2024–25
collective post-master thesis
The Berlage
The Medical Complex is a collective thesis project that examines the spatial implications of twenty-first century prevention, diagnosis, treatment, wellbeing, fitness, and care through the design of a healthcare facility.
The project focuses on the existing Édouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon chosen for its rich architectural heritage, strategic position in the city's dense urban fabric, and its immediate accessibility to Lyon's citizens.
The Medical Complex seeks to integrate human-centered design principles and contemporary technologies while preserving the essence of Garnier's original "garden city for the sick" concept, reimagining the hospital as a civic architecture that enhances the well-being of all who interact with it, from patients and healthcare providers to visitors and residents.
Proposed
design
The surgical center serves multiple purposes: it is a workplace for surgeons, nurses, and various staff; a treatment and recovery space for patients; an accompanying space for friends and family; and an educational facility for professionals and students. It also functions as a hub for knowledge production and exchange, providing training to medical students and professionals both nationally and internationally while facilitating the exchange of ideas and innovation.
The design of the surgical center creates de-medicalized areas alongside critical surgical spaces that encourage the sharing of knowledge, experiences, and consolation. It is equipped with an observation theater, a surgerybroadcasting room, a public courtyard with various waiting spaces, staff resting areas, and study spaces for students. This multifaceted approach enables the center to foster innovation in the field of surgery while supporting both clinical practice and education.
Wooden wall divides space and serve as the surface to hang drawings
Key objects
a piece of furniture that helps to define each space formed between walls
Exhibition “rooms”, 1:1
Wooden walls define a series of spaces, or “rooms,” for the exhibition. Each space is defined by one key object––or one piece of furniture––accompanied by marks on the floor that indicate how they organize medical spaces, all in 1:1 scale.
Relevant triptychs and drawings of departments and systems are displayed around the key objects, and the 1:1 objects are distributed throughout the spaces between the walls.
BAC
collaboration with Sara Gohberg, Carlos von Bertrab exhibition
The exhibition is consisted of two parts, a series of exhibition "rooms" and a master plan with anatomical models that represent fragments from The Medical Complex. Through the juxtaposition of different scales across the spaces, the exhibition deconstructs the complex into various fragments in the 1:1 objects, 1:25 anatomical models, and triptychs, while simultaneously integrating all
Exhibition proposal
Sticker a mark on the floor that indicates clearance area around the key objects 1 1 2 3 2 3 5 1:100 4
floating pieces into a whole in the 1:50 footprint of the master plan and drawings in further smaller scales. It aims to explain the thesis project to a public audience from the master plan, organizational scale, to the object, experiential scale.
The exhibition is consisted of two parts, a series of exhibition "rooms" and a master plan with anatomical models that represent fragments from The Medical Complex. Through the juxtaposition of different scales across the spaces, the exhibition deconstructs the complex into various fragments in the 1:1 objects, 1:25 anatomical models, and triptychs, while simultaneously integrating all floating pieces
into a whole in the 1:50 footprint of the master plan and drawings in further smaller scales. It aims to explain the thesis project to a public audience from the master plan, organizational scale, to the object, experiential scale. The exhibition includes contents on the historical and geographical context of Lyon, the legacy of Tony Garnier, master plan, system/
An exhibition booklet will serve as the "road map" to the exhibtion, with complementary information that thoroughly explains the project.
Shadow of a tree Patient bed Clearance area
Bench for waiting Regular and logistics corridors
Telehealth Cabin Preparation table Clearence Area Horse and turn radius
Historical landmarks, 1:25
We propose to collectively model the preserved historical landmarks to better enrich the story of the master plan. Current selections include the entrance pavilion, the chapel, one chimney, and a section of the periphery wall.
Anatomical models, 1:25
The 12 models of centers and departments present a collection of fragments by dissecting and isolating selected spatial moments in the complex.
Analogous to anatomical models in medicine and painted in glossy colors, these models form an anatomy of the complex through zoom-in analyses of old and new constructions, interior and exterior spaces, structure, and various services systems.
the clinical trial
film for the medical complex 2024
The Berlage led by Edwin Zwakman collaboration with Claire Demeyere
The clinical trial is a two-week representation experiment for the Medical Complex. Maquettes and scenography are designed to further elaborate on design aspects of select spaces in the healthcare facility. Building materials, lighting effects, colors, textures, patterns, and backgrounds are designed and tested through the lens of a camera, assuming a hypothetical gaze on the spaces.
Quick and easy material solutions are invented for mimicking real-life scenarios in a minature scale of 1:20. Post-production, including filters, sounds, and cuts complement the somewhat theatrical models to create a series of fragmented narratives for the Medical Complex.
https://vimeo.com/1030256856
mirror flower, water moon
Fort Tilden 2021 comprehensive design studio Syracuse Architecture collaboration with Luying Peng, Shihui Zhu
Mirror Flower Water Moon is a Chinese idiom describing things that can be seen but cannot be attained, like flowers in a mirror and moon reflected in water. The thermal baths project duplicates this sense of space-time displacement through varous scenes created by alternating materiality and transparency of the spaces.
People come for beach retreats, yet the remaining constructions of the past, half covered by earth and trees, pop out every now and then. Going through construction 220, a relic from a longterm preparation of a military operation that never happened, is like falling through a metaphorical rabbit hole which sends visitors to a mysterious landscape blurred by steam from the hot baths. As visitors float through spaces, they are constantly moving between different levels of lighting, sound, and enclosure, and at certain moments, through apertures on the facade, get a glimpse of the exterior “reality”. These moments of visual connectivity between the exterior and interior act as moments of reveal, as if peaking into the backstage of a theater.
1’ = 1/16”
1’ = 1/16”
= 1/16”
la nouvelle vague
Chengdu 2020 competition collaboration with Shihui Zhu
La Nouvelle Vague is a competition for public seating as a piece of urban furniture. We interpret The French New Wave through a wide shot in a film: while the camera proceeds smoothly, actors come and go in the scene, each a piece of information that constitutes the whole image. Free movements of individuals together create meaning for the collective.
Varing heights and widths of the net encourages any kind of "misuse" of the seating. Wider sections of the net allow two adults to lie side by side, narrower areas are better for sitting; children can go under higher sections, and the parts that are closer to the ground can be jumped over. The void in the middle could be completely meaningless, or can be converted into a temporary point of focus when actions such as discussions or performances take place inside.
the probe
Syracuse 2019 design studio
Syracuse Architecture
The quarry hides in the woods, a feature artificially created then abandoned, an abrupt pit separated from the city by a highway. Routinized absurdity and absent-minded surrealism created a sense of anachronism, turning the quarry into an unusual, futuristic relic. The project proposes the reuse of an artificially modified natural landscape in the context of a declining city in the rustic-belt .
As a remnant of industrialization, the quarry symbolizes the past glory and achievements of Syracuse. The project choose to flood the quarry with trees, leaving parts of bare ground. The pit, small warehouses, abandoned metal equipment and rocks covered with graffitti are deliberately left out, like archipelagos poking out of sea water, revealing the past of the site. The research center acts like a probe penetrating this artificially modified natural site. Observation decks are set at each different typological and vegetational area, taking "samples."
grassland
i. cafe + library
ii. cafe + library
iii. laboratory
iv. roof: tennis court
post-familial
coliving, 2019 collaboration with Yihan Yang
maquette for film
the Medical Complex, 2024 collaboration with Claire Demeyere
