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Tongxiao Shen

Tongxiao Shen

Los Angeles, CA, US

 

About 

Employment 

AC Martin, Los Angeles, Designer

Mar 2021 - current
 

Zaha Hadid Architects, Beijing, CN, Architectural Intern

Full-time Intern Architectural Designer
1.LIZE SOHO, High-Rise Office Tower, (DD& CD):
Participated in on-site meetings with construction companies and structure consultants, update construction detail drawings based on the on-site feedback and consultants' advice.
Developed sections, plans, and construction details from the rhino massing models using Rhino and AutoCAD.
Modeled interior space and furniture using Rhino, grasshopper, and Maya for the 5G Exhibition showroom, created and revised shop drawings for the interior furniture design.
Developed details for interior furniture with complex geometry based on feedback from contractors using Rhino, grasshopper, and AutoCAD.
2. Guangzhou Infinitues Plaza, Campus Buildings and Research Centers, (CD):
Modeled and revised detailed facade models, checked the BIM model for collision and conflicts using Rhino, Revit, and Navisworks.
Communicated with facade consultant for design updates, check project progress with construction team and manufacturing team, communicate and send feedback to the consultants.
Compared and revised program plans and detailed plans based on the onsite construction feedbacks. Checked the conflicts and updates between the BIM model and CAD plans.
Communicated with suppliers and manufacture companies for facade panel manufacture and updates.
Contacted suppliers for RFI and compare material samples for interior products.
3. SOHO New York office, Interior Design, and Furniture Design, (SD& DD):
Created construction documents and detailed drawings using Rhino and AutoCAD.
Fixed digital models for CNC milling using Rhino and grasshopper to provide shop drawings.
Modeled and render interior design schemes using Vary and Lumion.

May 2019 - Jan 2020
 

Büro Ole Scheeren, Los Angeles, Architectural Intern

Full-time Architectural Assistant
1. Confidential Competition Projects& Parametric Design Researches:
Defined the logics for the base massing and developed the corresponding grasshopper definition.
Detailed and developed grasshopper definitions into concept massing incubator tools.
Used grasshopper to create a series of definitions to generate façade options and details.
2. Yangpu Gateway Towers, Mixed used High-Rise Commercial, Hotel, and Office (SD& DD):
Developed podium massing and podium programs, proposing 3d massing options using rhino and grasshopper.
Program arrangement: laid out and developed program plans, calculated GFA, and adjusted the program, and massing arrangements to make efficient circulations and program distributions.
Developed tower and podium facade detail drawings and digital models using rhino and grasshopper.
VMU detail: Develop VMU detail drawings, digital models, and renderings using Rhino, grasshopper, Revit, and Enscape.
Presentations for client meetings and media release: Created renderings, drawings, and diagrams using Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
3. Fifteen Fifteen Vancouver, Mixed UsedHigh-Rise Residential, (DD):
Developed and detailed program spaces such as entrance lobby, ground-level retail, and basement parking with Revit and Dynamo. Fixed and further developed detailed construction documents with AutoCAD.
Produced interior renderings with Enscape and Photoshop, provided equipment lists, materials lists, and request RFI from suppliers.

Aug 2018 - May 2019
 

Education 

University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, US, BArch, BArch

Aug 2014 - current
 

Skills