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Graduate School Works
(University of Michigan)

2026 Winter
Thesis: Beyond Metabolism -
A Living Metabolic Architecture for Hong Kong

2025 Fall
Proposition Studio: Aether Ground Canopy
Sustainable and Affordable Architecture
Adv Dig Fab
Health By Design

2025 Winter
Collective Studio: Junction TAB

2024 Fall
Institution Studio: Urban Espionage
Representation

2024 Winter
Situation Studio: Cardboard Outlook
Fabrication

2023 Fall
Form Studio
Construction

2023 Summer
Foundation Studio

Personal Design Works

2025 Summer
Yi Tower

Application Portfolio Works

2022
Farm Slow Life
Huike Supermarket
Ataraxia
Elapse of Texture

Undergraduate School Works
(School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
2022 Spring
Capstone Studio: Perfume Chimney

2021 Fall
Studio 5: Greenblock Stack

2021 Spring
Studio 4: Rampant Flow

2020 Fall
Studio 3: The Little Italy Spine

2020 Spring
Studio 2
Light & Space

2019 Spring
Studio 1
Mater & Material

Personal Artworks

Watercolor Paintings


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ARCH 516 Representation Class Project & Assignments Final Project


This project is called “Constructive Documents for Humankind.” Each student from the class section picked a topic about general knowledge of the world and human civilization and utilized architectural drawings and construction documentation methods to represent the topic.
My topic is the Great Lakes. The overall goal is to help people understand the scale of the Great Lakes by comparing the area of the lake with a country of similar size and the depth of the lake with famous landmark buildings. I then compare the number of freshwater resources that the Great Lakes reserved with the global freshwater resources to help people understand how important the Great Lakes are to humanity.





Assignment 3 Oblique Key Spatial Moments
Assignment 1 Plan Assembly
Assignment 2 Section Assembly



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