Architectural Work Sample by Zhou Zhang

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

ZHOU ZHANG

CERTIFICATES AWARDS

KTGY Group Inc. Project Associate

Southern California Institute of Architecture M.Arch II 3018 Traveler St Hayward, CA 94541 +1 626-342-7253 ntzhangzhou@gmail.com

SKILLS

Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) Master of Architecture GPA: 3.62/4.0 Suzhou University of Science and Technology (SUST) Bachelor of Architecture GPA: 3.33/5.0 Project Associate - KTGY Group Inc. - Contributed to the DD and CD phases for many single-family project like community master plan and multi-family projects like townhouses, stacked flats at Bay Area and cities around Sacramento. - Collaborated with design team on SD phase for several multi-family projects, refining 3D models and enhancing project visualizations. - Assisted in the production of design submittal packages including 3D renderings and construction drawings for BD submittal using Revit. Conducted research on building codes and accessibility requirements to ensure compliance. - Participated in framework on the site during CA phase for some projects, handling field revisions and RFI’s from client or other consultants. - Supported project managers with Project Management tasks including tracking submittal pieces, updating submittal log and project team coordination if needed. Associate Architect - Shanghai HYP-ARCH Architectural Design Consultant Co., Ltd. - Produced some parts of the conceptual design packages for an open tender for Renovation of Xiamen Academy of Arts and Design. - Worked on Schematic Design and 3D renderings for a Tourist Center Design and an Underground Commercial Design using Rhino, Lumion and Adobe Suites. - Presented design concepts to team leader and peers, receiving positive feedback. Architectural Intern - Tus-Design Group Co., Ltd. - Provided AutoCAD drafting and site analysis assistance for sereral residential projects from mid-rise to high-rise residential area master plans at SD and DD phase. - Contributed for 3D print physical models and digital 3D modeling using Sketchup Prepared client presentation files, effectively communicating project design intent. - Assisted in a schematic design for a Teaching and Practice Training Center for Suzhou Tourism School. Conducted some zoing requirement research and assisted in material selection and some product research. Architectural Intern - Nantong Urban Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd. - Generated programs and conceptual schemes during initial project research and Schematic Design. Prepared diagrams illustrating spatial relationships and functional adjacencies. - Analyzed existing site conditions and prepared site analysis diagrams to document the features and regulatory requirements for Sutong Science Park Planning. - Collaborated with various teams on projects such as a High-rise Office Building, a Commercial and Office Complex and a school Science and Arts Building. LEED AP Building Design + Construction

Los Angeles, CA 09/2017-09/2019 Suzhou, China 09/2011-06/2016 Oakland, CA 01/2020-Present

Shanghai, China 05/2018-08/2018

Suzhou, China 02/2016-06/2016

Nantong, China 06/2015-11/2015

11/2021-Present

National College Architectural Design Competition by NSBAE (National Supervision Board of Architectural Education), Excellence Award Project: Stitched Downtown—Restoration and Urban Design for Xuanmiao Temple Area, group work in three Took part in the preliminary investigation, including site mapping and analysis, conceptual and master plan design of southern blocks, and other drawings and modeling. Merit Academic Scholarship, the First Prize

2014-2015

Merit Academic Scholarship, the Second Prize Merit Academic Scholarship, the Third Prize Merit Academic Scholarship, the Second Prize

2013-2014 2012-2013 2011-2012

Digital - AutoCAD/Revit/Rhino/SketchUp/Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator/Enscape/ Lumion/Keyshot/Maya/Premiere/After Effects/Microsoft Office/Bluebeam Analog - Laser Cutting/Woodshop/3D Printing/CNC Modeling/Hand Drafting

05/2015

CONTENTS Project 01

Project 06

GREEN LIVING HABITAT

FLOATING HILLS

3-Story Townhouses & 4-Story Stacked Flats

Office Building Design as Prospect of West LA

Professional Work

Academic Work

Project 02

Project 07

A SECOND LIFE OF SHORELINE

HYPERCITIES

Alameda Marina Townhomes

Mixed Use Development in Downtown LA

Professional Work

Seminar Work

Project 03

Project 08

NEW NEIGHBOR AT XMAS TREE LN

CONTINUOUS SPACE

Single-Family Detached Home

Renewal Design for an Experiential Beer Garden

Professional Work

Young Architects Competitions

Project 04

Project 09

CULTURAL EXPERIMENT FIELD

VERTICAL LOOP

Renovation of Xiamen Academy of Arts and Design

High-rise Commercial and Business Tower Design

Professional Work

Academic Work

Project 05

Project 10

INVISIBLE VITALITY

STITCHED DOWNTOWN

Underground Commercial Design for Longjingyuan District

Restoration and Urban Design in Xuanmiao Temple District

Professional Work

Excellence Award, 2015 National College Architectural Design Competition by NSBAE

GREEN LIVING HABITAT

1139 Karlstad Dr - 3-Story Townhouses & 4-Story Stacked Flats Sunnyvale, CA 2021-2022 KTGY Group Inc, Professional Work Project Manager: Dallas Brown Collaborator: Rodie Campanilla, Nick Soi Role: 30% Schematic Design & Design Development, 50% Construction Documentation for Rec Center, all Drawings and Renderings in this Work Sample The living community consists of 135 condominium units dispersed amongst 16 buildings, six trash enclosure buildings, and a rec building. Three unit types are 3-story condominiums with direct-access private garages. Three unit types are 1-story stacked flat condominiums with corridor access and designated private garages. There are three 3-story building composites and two 4-story building composites. They are targeted to be certified Gold level by GreenPoint Rated which tracks green features incorporated into the home. So we took home size efficiency, perdestrian access, outdoor gathering places, social interaction, etc. into consideration and aim to create a green living habitat for people.

SITE PLAN

SECTIONS

TRASH MANAGEMENT

CIRCULATION

STREET SCENE ELEVATIONS 03

BUILDING A - 7 UNIT BUILDING PLANS BUILDING D - 9 UNIT BUILDING PLANS

MATERIAL BOARDS - SCHEME 1

DETAILS - BUILDING A, B & C 05

UNIT PLANS

DETAILS - BUILDING D & E 06

EXITING DIAGRAM - REC CENTER

EXITING DIAGRAM - SALES OFFICE

A SECOND LIFE OF SHORELINE Alameda Marina Townhomes

Alameda, CA 2021-2023 KTGY Group Inc, Professional Work Project Manager: Dallas Brown Collaborator: Rodie Campanilla, Jae Hwang, Min Bae Role: 20% Schematic Design, 30% Design Development and Construction Documentation, 30% Construction Administration, all Drawings and Renderings in this Work Sample

LANDSIDE 7-PLEX - REAR ELEVATION

Alameda Marina master plan located at 2033 Clement Avenue consists of Landside and Waterside townhomes. Landside is s privately funded development comprised of 98 attached R-2/U condominium dwelling units which are divided amongst 14 three-story buildings with occupied roofs at three unit types. Waterside is comprised of 84 attached R-2/U dwelling units that are divided amongst 17 three-story buildings with occupied roofs at all unit types. Throughout the decades, Alameda Marina has functioned as a working waterfront and underused public amenity, but it has also experienced substantial structural deterioration and failure along its shoreline edge and facilities. Identified as a housing opportunity and priority development area site by the City, Alameda Marina provides many opportunities for revitalization that include expanded access points, public amenities, in addition to commercial and residential focus. Universal Residential Design are also incorporated in order to provide every person no matter if he/ she has temporary, developing or permanent disabilities with equal access to the housing.

LANDSIDE 7-PLEX - FRONT ELEVATION

LANDSIDE 7-PLEX - RIGHT ELEVATION

LANDSIDE 7-PLEX - LEFT ELEVATION

UNIVERSAL DESIGN ORDINANCE SUMMARY

SITE PLAN 11

LANDSIDE 7-PLEX - BUILDING SECTION

PLAN 7 UDO & CBC 11A PLAN

PLAN 2 - OCCUPIED ROOF ELEVATIONS

PLAN 2 - ENLARGED OCCUPIED ROOF PLAN 13

PLAN 2&3 - OCCUPIED ROOF PLAN

PLAN 2&3 - THIRD FLOOR PLAN

PLAN 2&3 - SECOND FLOOR PLAN

PLAN 2&3 - FIRST FLOOR PLAN 14

PLAN 6 - EXITING DIAGRAMS

WATERSIDE 4-PLEX REAR RIGHT PERSPECTIVE

WATERSIDE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS

PLAN 6 - FIRE LADDER EXHIBIT 15

WATERSIDE PLAN 3 SECOND FLOOR

WATERSIDE 4-PLEX REAR ELEVATION

WATERSIDE PLAN 3 ROOF DECK

NEW NEIGHBOR AT XMAS TREE LN Single-Family Detached Home - 2001 Eucalyptus Ave

San Carlos, CA Spring 2020 KTGY Group Inc, Professional Work Project Manager: Amanda Mazzei Collaborator: Mohamed Eleraky Role: 30% Schematic Design, 80% Design Development and Construction Documentation, all Drawings and Renderings in this Work Sample As the tradition dated back to 1960s, Eucalptus Avenue residents draw revelers from around the Peninsula and beyond to see the street aglow with lights, ornaments, figurines and other Christmas decorations. Therefore the City and client request the new house style and size should fit for the neighborhood so that it looks harmonious when people drving or walking along the famous street with the holiday spirit. The exsiting residence is a one-story single-family house with a detached 1-car garage at the rear which are built in 1946 and totally out of fashion in the whole neighborhood. So we demolished the old ones and create a new 2-story single-family residence with 4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, an attaced 2-car garage and covered porch. The modern farmhouse also provides a large backyard and a courtyard on the side which are good places to enjoy the sunshine and have outdoor activities. White trim accents paried with soft sidingand beige color schemes with light windows give it an elegant exterior looking among the neighbors.

SECOND FLOOR UTILITY PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN

ROOF PLAN 19

CULTURAL EXPERIMENT FIELD Renovation of Xiamen Academy of Arts and Design Open Space between Old Auditorium and Laboratory Building

Perdestrian Access at Old Auditorium

Xiamen, China Summer 2018 Shanghai HYP-ARCH, Professional Work Project Manager: Tang Xiong Collaborator: Guangyu Sheng, Xuefeng Wang, Yichun Zheng Role: Research, Site Analysis, 25% Conceptual and Master Plan Design, all Drawings and Renderings in this Work Sample Gulangyu Island in Xiamen used to have a lot of history and a rich cultural heritage, but the rapid development brought the fast-food culture here. There are many people coming here, but there are very few people who want to stay. Therefore, in the process of creation, we have been looking at our design on the basis of opposition to the reality. We hope to create a place where culture and art can gather together. We don’t have too many scenes implanted here, but instead a site that mimics the original natural landscape. This site can become a place for artisans and sculptors to think about, and their works are randomly placed in the sands, allowing time to baptize. We try to keep the abandoned buildings as much as possible and make new circulations and functions infill the historic site. We hope that people who come here, even if they are tourists, can have a moment to calm down and have a good rest, quietly thinking and calming the hustle and bustle of Gulangyu Island.

Open Space at Old Multiple-use Building SITUATION VS RENOVATION 23

Circulation at Sculpture Garden

11# CIRCULATION Tourist Hotel Guest Art Visitor

Building Directory 1# Art Museum 2# Pioneer Theater Art Themed Restaurant 3# Department of Art 4# Art Workshop 5# Art Exhibition Center

Original Function Multiple-use Building Auditorium Canteen Academic Main Buidling (Newly Built) Sculpture Workshop

n ha

6# Art Service Center 7# Art Students Housing 8# Private Art Basecamp 9# International Art Basecamp 10# Premium Hotel 11# Tourist Center

(Newly Built) Dormitory Girls Dormitory Office Building Sijiruchun Hotel (Newly Built)

Open Space at Ecological Park

LOCATION AND ACCESSIBLITY

Jis

Street around site Main Street Scene Xi

Main Public Access

OPEN SPACE Green Roof Ground Landscape Landscape Path

Kangtai Rd

n she

Prep. Room Tourist Center Outdoor Exhibit

Art Themed Restaruant Gift Shop

Bathroom

Art Service Center

Gift Shop

1st Floor Plan

additional stairs additional elevators

Dormitory Lobby

additional space

Entry

Art Bookstore

restrooms Restroom

original staircase Atrium Coffee Shop

Art Store Management

Security

1st Floor Plan

Projector Room

additional stairs additional elevators

1st Floor Plan

additional space restrooms original staircase

Exhibition Hall

Skylight

Pioneer Theater Roof Garden Lecture Hall

additional stairs additional elevators additional space

Lobby

restrooms Sculpture Exhibit

original staircase

Green Roof

Green Roof Artist Gallery

Oceanview Bookstore

Terrace

Atrium

Cafe

Restroom

Security 2nd Floor Plan

4th Floor Plan

Management 2nd Floor Plan

(office)

(Due to the erosion of the river bank, this section receded 10 meters)

(north sunken plaza)

INVISIBLE VITALITY

(bookstore)

Underground Commercial Design for Longjingyuan District Taizhou, China Summer 2018 Shanghai HYP-ARCH, Professional Work Project Manager: Tang Xiong Collaborator: Xuefeng Wang, Shiqi Fan Role: Research, Strategy and Concept, 30% Schematic Design, all Drawings and Renderings in this Work Sample

(HVAC room) (storeroom) (HVAC room) (trash room)

(middle sunken plaza)

(restaurant)

(kitchen) (HVAC room) (restroom)

(equipment room)

(gym) (restaurant)

(staff rest)

The civic park above the site is facing a problem that few people are willing to stop by because of the old and broken infrastructure. Due to the limited room for improvement of the existing landscape resources, the implantation of commercial formats is the only way to drive the vitality of the entire block. The client asked to preserve the status quo of the park, so it is our strategy to put the commerce underground so that it becomes the stripe connecting the north and south of the park. The wooden canopy at the commercial entrance shows a welcome gesture to people and it has a harmonious relationship with the park’s environment at the same time.

(kitchen) (HVAC room)

(corridor)

(office) (storage)

(retail)

(HVAC room)

(retail) (storage) (science museum)

(HVAC room) (logistics corridor)

(Number of parking: 80)

(south sunken plaza) (restroom) (logistics corridor) (supermarket)

(control room) (HVAC room)

(storage) (HVAC room) (equipment room)

(loading only) (Number of parking: 43)

(LOT A)

(JINGWU RD)

(LOT B)

Due to the erosion of the river bank, this section receded 10 meters (LOT A PARKING GARAGE)

(LOT B COMMERICAL PARKING GARAGE)

1-1 SECTION

Xi er Riv

(LOT B COMMERICAL)

(LOT A)

(JINGWU RD)

(LOT B)

river protection line

(LOT A PARKING GARAGE)

(LOT B PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE)

2 barrier gate (separation for the commercial parking garage and public parking garage)

2-2 SECTION

Outdoor View of the North Entrance Plaza

property line parking block

(LOT A)

(JINGWU RD)

(LOT B)

FUNCTION 3 Commercial

(LOT A PARKING GARAGE)

(LOT B PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE)

Public Parking Commercial Parking

no access area

3-3 SECTION

Due to the erosion of the river bank, this section receded 10 meters

Riv

Outdoor View of the North Sunken Plaza

COMMERICAL TYPE Bookstore Restaurant Retail Science Museum Gym

river protection line

CIRCULATION Customer Access

Supermarket

Sunken Plaza

Restroom

Logistics Corridor

Section Drawing of the North Plaza 32

(LOT A)

(LOT B)

(JINGWU RD)

(middle sunken plaza)

(LOT A PARKING GARAGE) dn 10R

(women restroom)

(LOT B COMMERICAL PARKING GARAGE)

(janitor) RESTROOM

(men restroom) Gym

(equipment room)

1-1 SECTION OF MIDDLE SUNKEN PLAZA

Interior View of the Rest Area

(south sunken plaza) up

(men restroom) dn

EAST ELEVATION OF SOUTH SUNKEN PLAZA

WEST ELEVATION OF SOUTH SUNKEN PLAZA

(women restroom)

escalator #2

(elevator #3) dn 7R

SOUTH ELEVATION OF SOUTH SUNKEN PLAZA

Interior View of the Commercial Area

Outdoor View of the South Entrance 33

Outdoor View of the South Sunken Plaza

Interior View of the Skylight Area 34

FLOATING HILLS

Office Building Design as Prospect of West LA W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles Spring 2019 SCI-Arc, Vertical Studio Work Instructor: Eric Owen Moss Collaborator: Zedu Luo Role: Strategy and Concept, 60% Architectual Design, all Drawings and Renderings in this Work Sample, 30% Physical Modeling Because the lack of land resources and the limitation of urban planning, most of the office buildings have little outdoor public space for people to interact with each other. What’s more, there is a railway next to the site, so it is important for people to have a good continuous view when riding on the train. Therefore, we want to make the office building floating in the air in order to not block the city view to the train. At the same time, it can return the ground space as much as possible to the city and attract more and more people to come. Finally, bringing in the topography of LA which is hilly is to mix the element of landscape into the architecture.

Concept

Section —— cutting through the core 37

rest area exhibition private office

negotiation discussion

multi-function open office rest area

restaurant

library

discussion

conference

courtyard roof garden private office

conference

sightseeing

stepped office

private office gallery

theatre

gym

private office

courtyard open office

private office

Lower Publc Space Floor Plan

conference

training negotiation

Upper Office Floor Plan

Outdoor View from the Railway

Section Study —— relationship between towers and box

Physical Model —— upper floors 41

Physical Model —— lower floors

Physical Chunk Model 42

HYPERCITIES

Mixed Use Development in Downtown LA Downtown, Los Angeles Fall 2018 SCI-Arc, Design Development Seminar Work Instructor: Herwig Baumgartner & Brain Zamora Collaborator: Mariya Bandrivska, Rhett Heuer-Rubalcava, Guangyu Chen, Like Zhang Role: 50% Stuctural Design, 30% Facade Detail Design, all Drawings and Renderings in this Work Sample The mixed use development is in a way a counterfeit object, as it attempts to re-create elements of world-making or citymaking with cliche nods to city elements like community, nature, and commerce. We will attempt to level up the mixeduse development to the status of a specific object or “world”. Our approach will be to literally “build” a set of cities, including ancient cities and city-states, dense contemporary city districts, and possibly imaginary cities, to create a menagerie of raw material to work with. We will treat these like Japanese dioramas or snow-globes, reducing them all to the scale of toys, defamiliarize them and reconstruct new cities from their parts. Therefore, we take the hotels in Las Vegas and the subway systems in London as the prototype to create a world within a world. And we aim to make this unrealistic complex to be buildable and real in the future.

Waterproof Membrane Thermal Insulation Concrete Filling Steel Deck Folded Metal Coping I-Beam

MEP

Two-layer Frosted Glazing Truss System

Mullions for Glazing Bolt Based Cable End Stainless Steel Cable

Two-layer Glazing Clamp Bracket FLOOR A Concrete Filling B Steel Deck C I-Beam D Column E MEP F Hanged Ceiling FACADE

Facade Chunk

01 Metal Panels 02 Mullions for Metal Panels 03 Catwalk 04 Bracket for Catwalk 05 Two-layer Tinted Glazing 06 Mullions for Glazing

Concrete Roof Detailed Chunk

Two-layer Glazing Metal Roof Panels

Fixing Bracket Waterproof Membrane Thermal Insulation Concrete Filling Steel Deck

Clamp Bracket Stainless Steel Cable

Metal Gutter I-Beam Metal Wire for Ceiling

Concrete Floor Finishing

MEP

Interior Floor Support

Channel for Ceiling Gypsum Ceiling Two-layer Tinted Glazing Mullions for Metal Panels

Bolt Based Cable End Mullions for Glazing

Mullions for Glazing

Exterior Floor

Metal Facade Panels

Exterior Floor Support Waterproof Membrane Concrete

Metal Roof Detailed Chunk

Ground Detailed Chunk

Primary Structure Drawing

Reflected Ceiling Plan

Sun Shading and Passive Systems

Section Drawing

The southern facade shows to have the greatest impact of solar intensity. Photovoltaics facing the south side will be placed on the roofs. Solar shading is important on this facade.

In the summer, the southern facade does not receive as much solar radiation as it does in the winter. The summer sun does not directly penetrate the interior of the building due to the metal shading panels on the facade.

CONTINUOUS SPACE

Renewal Design for an Experiential Beer Garden Castel Maggiore, Italy Young Architects Competitions Instructor: Lifeng Lin Individual Work

Spring 2017

Beer has always been a part of human history. Drinking a glass of beer does not simply mean drinking a beverage, but interacting with a millennium-old history and culture. The center that Villa Zarri intends to create, within a beautiful mid 16th-century villa, will be a sanctuary for all beer lovers – a place where beer tasting will meet delicious food, culture and entertainment, within the framework of architectural beauty. Therefore, I don’t want to ruin this old cellar with memories and history and try not to change anything including the structure, the roofs, the walls, etc. Based on that, I inserted a new continuous and changeable tubular space into the former aging cellar in order to create multiple experience from different senses. When people walking along the new modern space, the old cellar plays an exhibition role to tell people its stories. At the same time, people can also enter the historic space to be part of the cultural experience.

Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

A-A Section Drawing 55

Interior View of the Exhibition Space

Interior View of the Education Area

Interior View of the Restaurant

Interior View of the Wine Making Area 58

VERTICAL LOOP

High-rise Commercial and Business Tower Design Suzhou, China SUST, Architecture Studio Work Instructor: Wei Hu, Xi Zhang Individual Work

Summer 2016

In most people’s eyes, the high-rise business tower is an impersonal huge glass box, where many white collars repeat their tedious work day after day. Meanwhile, more and more customers often complain about their boring shopping experience without other outdoor activities nowadays. The high-rise tower is an important component to shape our city and it need to have a close relationship with our urban context. But the terrible situation is when people entering the shopping mall and business tower, they usually feel like entering to another closed space that is separated from our city. I believe it is not a healthy and comfortable environment for both no matter how attractive the interior design is. Therefore, I tried to create a spiral loop outdoor space around the tower, which not only makes the tower a lively place for businesses with the chain of terraces, but also brings customers a continuous view pathway or another shopping experience with different types of exhibitions or stores on each level.

STITCHED DOWNTOWN

Restoration and Urban Design in Xuanmiao Temple District Suzhou, China Spring 2016 National College Architectural Design Competition Instructor: Xi Zhang, Mengyong Wang Collaborator: Jiasi Lin, Yifan Chu Role: Research, Concept, 30% Conceptual and Master Plan Design, all Drawings and Renderings in this Work Sample, 60% Physical Modeling Guanqian Street is one of the most prosperous business district in Suzhou, and it is filled with cultural value because of the existence of the Xuanmiao Temple. However, with the disorderly arrangement and serious culture destruction, this area has been losing its popularity. A lot of new unharmonious buildings pop out in this historic district with time passing which destroys the original context and separate the function system with close interactions in this district. The unorginized transportations also worsen the development and protection of this area. So from the perspective of culture, we start to reconstruct the urban area in order to stimulate its commercial energy and protect its cultural feature. As a result, it will be a district with modern and traditional elements engaged with each other and will bring the old folk city life experience to modern people.

Outdoor View of the Fish-Bird-Flower Market

Outdoor View of the Central Square in front of the Temple

Outdoor View of the Courtyard in the Commercial Area 71

Physical Model of the Xuanmiao Temple Religious Area

Physical Model of the Commercial Area 73

Physical Model of the Fish-Bird-Flower Market 74