YA J I E Z H A O SELECTED WORKS 2015-2018
YAJIE ZHAO T +1 785-317-5753 E zhaoyajie628@gmail.com 2740 Brittany Tr, Apt 2 Manhattan, Kansas, 66502 EDUCATION
WORK EXPERIENCE
Kansas State University | Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Bachelor of Arts Master’s of Architecture College of Architecture Planning and Design, NAAB Accredited 5 Year Master of Architecture program
Ming Yue Architecture Inc | Shanghai, China Internship, Design Assistant Photography, Model Making
New Century Financial Advisory Co | Shanghai, China Construction Manager Assistant Making timetables, Scheduling workers
Xemission LLC | Denver, Colorado Graphic designer Exhibition design, Logo design
HONORS
Augest 2013 - Present
Winter 2015
Summer 2016
Summer 2017
Ted & Sue Knapp Delineation Competition 1st Place
2016
APDesign Student Video Design Awards 1st Place
2017
4th Year Final Project US Stone Competition 1st Place
2018
AFFILIATION
National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMAS)
2014 - Present
SKILLS
Computer Software Proficiency in: Rhino | Revit | 3DsMax Adobe Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign Premiere | After Effects Microsoft Office Suite
Other model building | hand drafting sketching | woodworking laser cutter | 3D printing photography | Videography
01
Live/Work Incubator Studio Michael Grogan | Fall 2017
02
Wichita Dance House
03
Barcelona Youth Hostel
Studio Genevieve Baudoin | Summer 2018
Studio David Sachs | Spring 2017
04
Egyptian Exhibition Studio Peter Magyar | Fall 2016
05
Other Works
01 Live/Work Incubator Studio Michael Grogan | Fall 2017 The combination of flexible business, production, and domestic spaces have a long history, in this country dating back at least to the 18th-century colonial farmhouse. People are getting more and more wanting to reintegrate into the possible future of their work and family life, collectively shaping the individual space to suit their specific needs of life and work. As suburban sprawl has taken over across the country, many farmlands have been transformed into neighborhoods. The Incubator located on suburban farmland within the urban growth boundary in Manhattan Kansas. The building combined traditional materials and built form with modern architectural technology created the reflection between local culture and future development of the city.
Site Plan
Exploded Axonometric
The design separated the public space and private space, also provided spatial continuity between all the elements and using outdoor space as extension or transformation between living and working space.
The ramps and steps at multi-levels allow dynamic connectivity and spatial exploration. The galley extends over the field, estranged from the main structure and integrated into the surrounding environment.
02 Wichita Dance House Studio Genevieve Baudoin | Summer 2018 “Dance is most deeply concerned with each single instant as it comes along, and its life and vigor and attraction lie in just that singleness.� —Merce Cunningham, choreographer Dance is both a fleeting and intensely intimate experience between performer and viewer, and it can have a profound interaction with its environment. As filmmaker Wim Wenders suggests, our interactions with places are powerful and can be felt even without our presence in them. The Dance House located in the Old Town district of Wichita, KS. The site is both urban and tight and is intended to be the community outreach arm of the Wichita Contemporary Dance Theater. The location offers both performance and teaching venue for contemporary dance. The design intends to create different spatial experiences for Inspiring the creation of dancers by creating different lightings, dynamics, and Volume of the spaces.
The south wall of the building, facing the parking lot, is a party/fire wall and cannot have windows – it is anticipated that future development will occur. Directly north of the site is a pedestrianized alley that has been maintained and access into the site. Windows and outdoor space has been located all long the north edge of the building.
Process To Form
Circulation
Studios & Natural Light Sources
Outdoor Space & Balcony
Ground Floor Plan
Meeting Room View
Second Floor Plan
Main Studio View
Third Floor Plan
North Alley View
Wall Section
Building Structure
Section
4” Limestone Panel Support Frame & Hanger System 3” Rigid Insulation Fair-faced Concrete Wall
Gravel Sheet Metal 3” Rigid Insulation 6” Insulating Concrete Cellular Roof Decking 16” Castellated Steel I-Beam Ceiling Plaster
Insulated Tempered Glass Aluminum Welded Cover Curb Metal Flashing Aluminum Hanging Frame
Oak Floor Board 3” Rigid Insulation Site Cast Concrete Waffle Slab Interlocking Joint Channel Honeycomb Core Composite Stone Panel
Oak Floor Board Vapour Barrier 8” Concrete Slab 3”Polystyrene Foam Insulation Gravel
6” Limestone panel Hidden Dranage Channel 2” Sand Setting Bed 4” Compacted Aggregate
Waterproofing Membrane Mineral Fiber Insulation Concrete Foundation Wall Concrete Footing
Roof Detail
Floor Detail
03 BARCELONA YOUTH HOSTEL Studio Divad Sachs |Spring 2017 “There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.”
- Antoni Gaudí The Barcelona Youth Hostel is located on the coastline, inserted between existing adjacent buildings and facing toward the ocean. The Hostel is mainly designed for students or travelers, provide affordable accommodation options around popular tourist attractions. To achieve profitability, The hostel not only provides maximum capacity but also create a comfortable, friendly environment for people to gathering. The facade’s ambition is to attract young people in this new space made for them. The facade design is inspired by Spanish Architect Antoni Gaudí. The design expresses the traditional Spanish architectural style in a more modern, simpler way.
Space management Natural light
Customized wall module
Rooftop Bar Guest Rooms Restaurant & Lobby
Circulation
Precast concrete module
Lobby View
Ground Floor Plan
Restaurant View
Second Floor Plan
Atrium View
Room Floor Plan
Rooftop Bar View
Roof Plan
04 EGYPTIAN EXHIBITION Studio Peter Magyar | Fall 2016 The Egyptian exhibition is designed for a Egyptologist with large antiquities collection. The building is used as a mutifunctional space for Egyptologist to work and display his collection. The intention of the design is to use simple form, traditional craftsmanship, and massive stone to recreate a sense of Egyptian culture and also create complexity in the space by the play of shadow and light.
To recreate the materiality of the building and to simulate the traditional crafts, The model is carved out from solid wood.
Massing
Parti
Studio View
Exhibition hall View
Bottom view of the model
Floor Plan
Model
Elevation
Model
Night View
05 Other Works
Models
Pencil Rendering
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