- Projects appear in Reverse Chronological Order -

National Gallery of Digital Art

National Mall, Washington D.C.

ARCH 8020 Studio

“Ghost within the Algorithm”

Professor Shiqiao Li

UVA — School of Architecture

Step 1 - Prosthesis

Research into computation and digital art to develop a prosthetic device.

“Book of Rights” - The text of the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, broken into their base alphabetical units. Preserved in acrylic for the future AI Government. Layered upon the text of the Declaration of Independence, readable only through the gaps. Text as generative design. When viewed straight on the layers compound into unreadable noise.

Generative Mass Timber System

Campbell Hall, UVA

ARCH 8010 Research Studio

“Non-Standard Mass Timber Architecture”

Professor Ehsan Baharlou

Project Team: Ziwei Shen, Yuwen Zhou, and Christopher MacDonnell

UVA — School of Architecture

Recognition! Our team received an Honorable Mention from FAST COMPANY’s 2022 Student Innovation by Design Awards! See more at the link below.

“Performance”

Campbell Hall, UVA

ARCH 6500

“Architecture Beyond Repair”

Professor Jose Ibarra

UVA — School of Architecture

“Performance” is a short looping film and immersive experience into both the Chesapeake Bay, and the viewer’s role in restoration and colonization.

(Headphones recommended for full experience.)

“Hidden Histories Museum”

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

ARCH 4020

“Thesis”

Professor Peter Waldman

UVA — School of Architecture

The history depicted at Colonial Williamsburg is only one slice in time. There are many stories left untold, and even covered up. This project seeks to uncover those narratives while keeping them encapsulated, below the earth. Working on this project was an incredible exercise in the exploration of architectural theory and placemaking. The result is a space where materiality and styles clash, and concepts of man, intuition, reason, logic, and nature converge.

Conceptual Sketches

3-D Massing Model Studies