Education |
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Columbia University, GSAPP |
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| 2008 - 2011 | Master of Science (M.S.) in Urban Planning |
| 2007 - 2010 | Master of Architecture (M. Arch) |
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture and Art |
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| 2003 - 2007 | Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Architecture |
Employment |
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Articulate Design Office - New York, NY |
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| Jan 2016 - Present | Founder and Principle |
The Living, an Autodesk Studio - New York, NY |
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| May 2014 - Present |
Lead Designer and Principal Research Scientist Management and design of a variety of projects at a range of scales, from software and algorithm design to the design and programming of temporary installations and full-scale permanent buildings. |
Columbia University - New York, NY |
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| Dec 2012 - May 2014 |
Associate Research Scholar Lead researcher for the Advanced Data Visualization Project at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP). |
URBANUS Architecture and Design - Shenzhen and Hong Kong, China |
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| Aug 2011 - Dec 2012 |
Lead Architectural and Urban Designer Directing projects at various scales from product to architectural design, as well as urban design and planning. Participated in several international workshops and competitions. Led several research initiatives dealing with urban issues in China. |
Teaching |
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Columbia University, GSAPP - New York, NY |
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| Fall 2013 - Present |
Adjunct Professor of Architecture Teaching core classes in architectural representation, as well as advanced seminars investigating the application of Big Data, Machine Learning, and Generative Design to urban analysis, planning, and architectural design. |
Pratt Institute, GAUD - Brooklyn, NY |
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| Summer 2017 - Present |
Visiting Adjunct Professor Teaching core classes in architectural representation as well as design studios focused on generative design and advanced fabrication methods including robotics. |
University of Saint Joseph’s, Department of Architecture - Macau, China |
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| Fall 2012 |
Visiting Adjunct Professor Developed an original syllabus for teaching descriptive to complex curve geometry to undergraduate students in a class called Mathematics for Architects III: Introduction to Architectural Geometry. |
Publications, exhibitions, workshops, and conferences |
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| Dec, 2017 |
Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture (UABB) - 深港城市 \ 建筑双城双年展 - Shenzhen, China Design and installation of original exhibit in collaboration with Columbia GSAPP Studio-X and One Architecture. |
| Nov, 2017 |
Technology | Architecture + Design (Taylor & Francis) Published an original paper "The Buzz Metric: A Graph-based Method for Quantifying Productive Congestion in Generative Space Planning for Architecture". [PDF] |
| Nov, 2017 |
Autodesk University (AU) - Las Vegas, NV Presented a lecture and class session about the design process and technology behind the design of the AU2017 expo layout. |
| Nov, 2017 |
ACADIA - MIT, Cambridge, MA Published and presented an original paper "Beyond Heuristics: A Novel Design Space Model for Generative Space Planning in Architecture". [PDF] |
| Sept, 2017 |
Design Modeling Symposium - Versailles, France Published and presented two original papers:- "Nature-Based Hybrid Computational Geometry System for Optimizing Component Structure". [PDF] - "Survey-Based Simulation of User Satisfaction for Generative Design in Architecture". [PDF] |
| Aug, 2017 |
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism - 서울도시건축비엔날레 - Seoul, South Korea Design and installation of interactive exhibit Twin Mirror. |
| July, 2017 |
SIGGRAPH - Los Angeles, CA Presented a talk called "Nature-based hybrid computational geometry system for optimizing the interior structure of aerospace components" describing the generative design process behind the Bionic Partition. |
| July, 2017 |
GSAPP Summer Program - Shenzhen, China Co-organized a travelling workshop for Columbia architecture and urban planning masters students which explored the use of new technologies of big data and machine learning to understand the Urban Village typology in Shenzhen. |
| June, 2017 |
Moscow Urban Forum - Moscow, Russian Federation Co-organized with Sarah Williams of MIT's Civic Data Design Lab a week-long 'experimental data lab' to explore new methods of analysis and visualization of urban data. |
| May, 2017 |
Paradigm Shift - New Zealand Keynote speaker at major architectural conference which travelled to 5 cities in New Zealand in 5 days. [Recording] |
| May, 2017 |
SimAUD - Toronto, Canada Presented and published an original paper "Project Discover: An application of generative design for architectural space planning". [PDF] |
| Oct, 2016 |
UIST (Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology) - Tokyo, Japan Published an original paper "Crowdsourced Fabrication". [PDF] |
| Sept, 2016 |
X SUMMIT - San Francisco, CA Displayed an interactive installation project called "The Artificial Artist" and presented it during the keynote sessions |
| July, 2016 |
SIGGRAPH - Anaheim, CA Presented a talk called "The Hive: a human and robot collaborative building process" describing an interactive installation designed an inter-disciplinary team from Autodesk Research and the University of Stuttgart. |
| May, 2016 |
re:publica TEN conference - Berlin, Germany Displayed an original interactive installation project called "RobotWall" |
| Oct, 2015 |
Design Modeling Symposium - Copenhagen, Denmark Published and presented an original paper "Computational Brick Stacking for Constructing Free-Form Structures". [PDF] |
| June, 2015 |
Farm Think Workshop - Shenzhen, China Led a workshop about utilizing new technologies in Big Data and Machine Learning for measuring the effects of impact investment projects in rural China. |
| March, 2015 |
Techonomy: Bio - Mountain View, CA Participated in panel discussion about new bio materials and design. |
| Dec, 2014 |
Biofabricate - New York, NY Keynote presentation about the Hy-Fi project. |
| Aug, 2014 |
Architectural Design (AD) Feature article "Growing Details". [PDF] |
| Dec, 2013 |
Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture (UABB) - Hong Kong Designed and exhibited original installation based on the work of students in the Data Mining the City class at Columbia University. |
| April, 2011 |
Utopia Forever: Visions of Architecture and Urbanism (Gestalten) "Protocol Architecture" published as a featured project. |
| Jan, 2011 |
MADE UP: Design’s Fictions - Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA "Protocol Architecture" featured as project in joint exhibit. |
| Oct, 2010 |
ACADI@NY Conference - New York, NY Presented work on new processes in digital design. |