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Zhoufan Chen, AIA

Zhoufan Chen, AIA

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

Zhoufan Chen is a co-founder/design partner of UNFOLD PLANE and a registered architect in United States. Gigantic data center advanced by robotic automation infrastructure, and innovative texture/structure/height of conventional material yielded by robotic printing technique are his research projects during his time at UCLA_A.UD. He used to work at Perkins&Will, Yazdani Studio of CanonDesign, Original Design Studio of Tongji Architecture Design, and SXY Architects Studio.

Employment 

UNFOLD PLANE, Co-Founder/Design Partner

Aug 2021 - current
 

Perkins&Will, Los Angeles, CA, US, Designer II

Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
 

Perkins&Will, Los Angeles, CA, US, Designer I

Oct 2018 - Apr 2020
 

Perkins&Will, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Intern

Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
 

Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design, Los Angeles, CA, US, Arch Tech Intern

Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
 

SXY Architects Studio, Qingdao, CN, Assistant Architect

Oct 2012 - Jun 2015
 

Original Design of Tongji Architecture Design (Group) Co., Ltd. (TJAD), Shanghai, CN, Intern Architect

Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
 

Architecture Nest Magazine of SOA at QUT, Qingdao, CN, Editor

Sep 2013 - Mar 2014
 

Education 

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, US, MArch, M.Arch I

Sep 2015 - Jun 2018
 

Qingdao university of Technology, Qingdao, CN, Bachelors, Urban Planning

Sep 2010 - Jun 2015
 

Awards 

Merit Award_The Phil Freelon Design Competition_Perkins and Will, Award

Team project with Boyu(Max) Hu and Qian Yu

2020
 

Continued Student Award_UCLA_A.UD, Award

2017
 

Continued Student Award_UCLA_A.UD, Award

2017
 

Scientific and Technical Innovation Scholarship_Qingdao University of Technology, Scholarship

2014
 

Excellent Student Scholarship_Qingdao University of Technology, Scholarship

2013
 

Final List Award of the TRC International Architecture Competition, Nomination

Team project with Jia Shi, Jianliang Zheng and Lu Wang

2013
 

Membership Certificate of Collaborative Design Workshop by OTH Regensburg, Other

2013
 

Excellent Student Scholarship_Qingdao University of Technology, Scholarship

2012
 

Areas of Specialization 

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