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Associate / Office of James Burnett Master of Landscape Architecture / University of Massachusetts Amherst Bachelor of Landscape Architecture / Beijing Forestry University LANDSCAPE DESIGNER IS THE COORDINATIOR BETWEEN HUMAN BEING & THE LAND XIAO ZHOU

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Page 1: Xiao's Portfolio

Associate / Office of James BurnettMaster of Landscape Architecture / University of Massachusetts Amherst

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture / Beijing Forestry University

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1. Arboleda 2. Club House Green Roof 3. Station Landscape Design

1. Un-Fair 2. Bamboo Therapy

1. Healing Garden 2. Vople Residence 3. Envisioning Yantian Urban Greenway

1. Physical Models2. Greenway Lecture Series in China3. Other Projects4. Resume

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WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY.

COMPETITION

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ETHICApply design excellence into every stage of a project. Apply social, economical & environmental justice into every aspect of a project.Apply great passion, love, enthusiasm into every detail of a project.

UNDERSTANDINGLandscape design is about how to do with the land;Landscape planning is about what to do with the land;Landscape architect is the coordinator between people and the land.

GARDEN DESIGN

URBAN DESIGN

URBAN PLANNING

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[Academic] 1st Semester 09-10 Graduate StudioFreehand + AutoCad + Photoshop + Illustrator + Sketch UpLocation: Westfield, MAInstructor: Annaliese Bischoff

Western Massachusetts Hospital (WMH) was established in the year 1910. Owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Public Health, WMH is a 100 bed long term medical and specialty care hospital. There is a Program Committee to implement a healing garden in commemo-ration of this 100 year history. This studio is to propose a design to meet the hospital’s need.

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This is a memorial path, some important stories will be written on it. It is made of recycled concrete from the original site.

The pergola around the main building has created a transition from the building and the garden as well as a place for vines to live.

Clematis viorna

Wisteria floribunda

Chamaecyparis obtusa

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Kalmia latifolia

Spiraea japonica

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CENTRAL GARDENSOUTH GARDEN NORTH GARDEN

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MASTER PLAN

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ILLUSTRATIVE SECTION

STORMWATER TREATMENT

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1 House2 Garage3 Pond4 Trellis5 Stone Bench6 Wooden Deck7 Path8 Wash Line9 Screen10 Vagetable Garden11 Temporary Parking Lot

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[Academic]Design Studio / 1st Semester 09-10 Graduate Freehand + AutoCad + Physical ModelLocation: Amherst, MAInstructor: Joseph S.R. Volpe

VolPereSidence

This studio is to design a garden and a house for a client living in Amherst. The site lo-cates at the north of a busy road. And the soil is very well drained. The challenge of this design is how to create a quiet garden and retain most of the existing plants. Meanwhile, the client wants us to consider combining the wash line with the garden.

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arBoleda cluB houSe green rooF[Professional]2011-2012 / Office of James BurnettVectorworks+Cad+IndesignLocation: Monterrey, San Pedro, MexicoRole: Project Manager AssistantProject Manager: Dillon Diers

Club House is located in the center of the whole site. It will served as a model that shows the high quality and design aethetic of the whole Arboleda project. The Club House will be built in early 2013.

The two wings of the Club House will have two roof gardens. Those gardens not only provide resting area but also utilize rain water and help to cool the building in summer time. Benches, water features as well as canopy trees will create comfortable environment for visitors.

west wingdimensional plan

west wingconstruction plan orientation plan

legendeast wingconstruction plan

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[Professional]Summer Intern 2010 / AECOM D + P Photoshop+Cad+Illustrator+Sketch upLocation: Tianjin, ChinaRole: Assistant Landscape DesignerProject Manager: Matt Chu; Jane Huang

StationlandScaPe deSign

The old industrial port of Beijing is being redeveloped as a new city center southeast of central Tianjin City, and linked to the capital city and the Bohai Gulf shore by high-speed train. The Tianjin New Binhai Master Plan details a comprehensive infrastructure system permeating a mixed-use district of high-rises, and open spaces.

The terminal station designed by SOM will become an icon of the new city not only because of its unique outlook, but also because of this importance in transportation, its size and location. The landscape design round the station tries to echo its significance and provide unique departing and arriving experience.

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LEGENDA. The Terminal StationB. Entrance PlazaC. Minor Entrance PlazaD. Bus StopE. Small GardenF. Water FeatherG. Emergency EntranceH. Entrance to UndergroundI. Path to Underground Parking LotJ. Air Shaftk. Light Shaft

main pedestrianminor pedestrianway to entrance

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATIONVEHICLE CIRCULATIONvehicle directionway to parking lotbus stop

CONCEPTThe concept of this design focuses on the circulation, in order to guide people to the gigantic station, the circulation follows an eclipse pattern which centers at the station. In this way, the landscape plays a supporting role to the architecture harmoniously.

An small artificial lake is designed to the west of the station as a transition from the station to the entry plaza as well as a mirror to reflect the building.

BIRD'S EYE VIEW-01 BIRD'S EYE VIEW-02 BIRD'S EYE VIEW-03

Small gathering gardens are places along the main path to provide resting possibility.

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[Professional]2011-2012 / Office of James BurnettVectorworks+Cad+Indesign+Rendering ManagementLocation: Monterrey, San Pedro, MexicoRole: Project Manager AssistantProject Manager: Dillon Diers

arBoledamixed uSe deVeloP

Envisioned as a mixed-use development, Arboleda will be a premier model for sustainable development in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Latin America's most prosperous suburb serving as an important corporate center in Monterrey, Mexico. The master plan will create a new urban center on a 26-acre site next to the Campestre Golf Club with dramatic views of the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Renderings are supervised by me. Intense comments were provided during rendering process. Thanks to the rendering firms: Bezier in China and Gabriel in Agentina

Arboleda offers a diverse variety of site programming. Residents will live in three towers and smaller scaled villas in the residential area and two midrise apartment buildings in the commercial district. This lively, walkable district for business and entertainment will also include office towers, office gardens, restaurants, stores, café bistro, performance pavilion, a hotel and cultural center. The club house will link the commercial and residential zones and will be an amenity for all.

Highlighting the projects' emphasis on sustainable design, Arboleda will be compliant with LEED for Neighborhood Development, a system of design which integrates the principles of smart growth, urbanism and green building.

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At the core of the project, the leafed shaped park serves as a significant outdoor space; providing a distinct open space and a rich experience for the public and residents.

The continuous tree allee reinforces the "leaf concept" starts from the north public park. A playground and a dog park is designed for recreation considerations. On street parking spaces and pedestrian crosswalks are provided for people to access the park easily.

Continuous tree allee emphasises the "leaf concept" of the park and provide shade in summer.On street parking spaces are created for resident to drop or pick up friends from the park.

Club House offers an adult pool and a children's pool with cabanas and sliding structure that create various recreation possibilities.

1.8m tall hedge is designed around the pool area and children's playground for security consideration.

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The West Garden Office level 3 roof garden provides a relaxing environment with lush landscape for business meeting, office lunch, waiting and other possibilities during working hours.

Pedestrian friendly access is a huge concern. Tempary on-street parking spaces are created along the building. An auto court is designed at the south of the building. Pedestrian crossings are placed at the intersections for easy access to the building.

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A high-end restaurant is located in the center of the site. Outdoor dinning terrace is designed to the south of the restaurant with wood decking, water feature and modern movable tables & chairs. 1.25m tall hedge imbraces the terrace and provides soft separation between terrace & the Public Park.

An VIP valet parking & wating area is designed to the north of the restaurant. The underground garage entry ramp next to the waiting area is hidden in a lush planting area.

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A. A children's playground is placed in the north center of the Residential Area to provide multiple play structures for children to climb, swim, sit, jump and overlook from the top of an iconic treehouse.

B. To the north of the play ground is a dinning terrace with a pre-cast fireplace and a simple, modern trellis to give shade to the families that are enjoying a lunch with their kids and friends. Two waterfeatures are designed at the north edge of the terrace that create white noise to the whole site.

C. A resting terrace is placed on top of the garage entry to create possibility for gathering, waiting and siiting. Wood benches are placed along the centural pedestrian under canopy trees that allow people to take a rest after a walk.

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Official Landuse Proposal Proposed Landuse Proposal Water Transportation

Industrial

Commercial

Residential

Green Open Space

Storage

Tax-free zone

Tourism

Facility

Administrative

Education

10% of all land use Official Green Open Space Proposal

Suggested Additional Green Open Space

Suggested Mixed-use Residential Land

20% of all land use

Reduced to 80% of official proposal

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[Academic]Master Project / 2nd Semester 10 - 11 GraduatePhotoshop+Cad+Illustrator+Sketch up+IndesignLocation: Shenzhen, ChinaInstructor: Jack Ahern, Frank Sleegers

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The old industrial port of Beijing is being redeveloped as a new city center southeast of central Tianjin City, and linked to the capital city and the Bohai Gulf shore by high-speed train. The Tianjin New Binhai Master Plan details a comprehensive infrastructure system permeating a mixed-use district of high-rises, and open spaces. The high-density plan was developed according to key principles of sustainable design: providing accessible public transit, weaving a new generation of green spaces into the city, and promoting clean water. (Sources from SOM)

The terminal station designed by SOM will become an icon of the new city not only because of its unique outlook, but also because of this importance in transportation, its size and location. So the landscape design round the station must echo its significance.

Green open spaces are scattered, not connected, not systemetically considerred. This is not beneficial to stormwater management, habitat protection as well as pedestrian circulation.

Water system is located at the east and south edge of the site, not very well incorporated into the site.

Pedestrain path system is not considerred into the overall transportation system wihich makes the site not pedestrian friendly.

Proposed urban land use tries to provide solutions to the challenges mentioned above. Adding more green open spaces to make them connected. Rerouting the water system and consider pedestrian system in the site.

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WutongShan national ForeSt Park

Building with Special Use

Proposed Buildings

Green Open Space

Paved Open Spcae

Water

Pedestrian & Bikeway

Service Center

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Pollution Types / Pollution Level Serious Normal Little Pollutants

Industrial Sewage

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THE MOATXi'an’s city wall and moat was initially built during Tang dynasty (618-907) and was extended during Ming dynasty (1368-1644). The wall stood 12 meters tall, 12-14 meters wide at the top and 15-18 meters thick at the bottom. It covers a length of 13.7 kilometers with a moat of 14.7 kilometers. The moat has an average width of 27.6 meters and an average depth of 6.5 meters. Initially designed as defensive structure, the moat now acts as a heritage site combined with flood storage, water storage and sewage discharge function.

THE CITyXi'an is the capital of the Shaanxi province in China and it is a sub-provincial city. Xi'an has been the capital (under various names) of some of the most important dynasties in Chinese history. The city is the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and home of the Terracotta Army which was made during the Qin Dynasty.

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POLLUTANTS IN THE MOATThe moat was once a pleasant place for people to visit and play. However, in recent years, the water in the moat has become heavily polluted because of rapid urbanization and enormous growth of population. The stinky smell from the dark water keeps people away from the moat.

According to a recent survey, there are three kinds of pollutants in the moat: domestic sewage, industrial sewage, and stormwater runoff. Domestic sewage is the wastewater of daily life - a constant source of pollution. Industrial sewage is generated by industrial production processes, adding specific chemicals and compounds to the water. Stormwater runoff flows from rooftops, paving and other urban surfaces, accumulating various contaminants along the way. Generally speaking, industrial pollution and stormwater are the most significant sources of pollution.

THE MOAT AND THE REGIONBecause of fast development and population growth, the use of water has increased significantly. The underground water level has dropped from -6.93m in 1983 to -12.65m in 2003 and almost -19m in 2009. In conclusion, a clean and nice moat would be a great treasure for people. A creative approach that can make the moat sustain itself is strongly needed.

In this project, we proposed a remediation system for purifying the moat of Xi’an city. This proposal creatively applies traditional methods of using bamboo and bamboo products. By innovatively integrated the system with the historic moat, a sustainable “green infrastructure” is established, the value and spirit of the site are cherished and a pleasant environment is provided for people to visit and play.

The objective of this project is to change the traditional way of dredging the waste and refilling the moat with new water and providing a new sustainable way of dealing with the pollution in the moat. In addition, this project also celebrates the unfailing value of traditional Chinese culture – featuring the bamboo. By these methods, the project ultimately responds to the competition theme: Harmony and Prosperity – Traditional Inheritance and Sustainable Development.

[Competition]2010 / IFLA Student Competition Photoshop+Cad+Illustrator+Sketch up+IndesignLocation: Xi'an, ChinaPartner: kuang XinInstructor: Jack Ahern, FASLA

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By means of a pyrolysis process, bamboo will be transferred into five different products(indicated by the diagram):1) Bamboo charcoal – an environmentally functional material that has excellent absorption properties; 2) Bamboo vinegar – a special liquid that can purify polluted water; 3) Bamboo tar – a special liquid that can detoxify pathogens; 4) Bamboo gas – for providing heat; 5) Waste gas.

Besides the benefits provided by those products, the bamboo family is also one of the most effective plants for phytoremediation. Bamboo can take up the contaminants from water and purify it through a biofiltration process.

Contemporary Bamboo Usage

Phyllostachys bambusoides

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english name: Japanese Timber BambooJapanese name: Madakemax Height: 23 mmax diameter: 15 cmminimum temp: -15°Light exposure: Full sun

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nitrogen / n Petroleum Phosphorus / P Sulphur / S

Bamboo charcoal is placed in a large, landscape-scale filter that can purify water efficiently; bamboo vinegar is sprayed into the dirty soil to detoxify the pollution in it; bamboo tar is used to deal with the pathogens; bamboo gas provides heat to produce these products and the waste gas is treated with bamboo charcoal. These elements together serve as a self-sustained system.

Water PurificatiOn traditiOnaL cHineSe medicine cuLturaL metaPHOrCHARCOAL FIRE

Traditional Bamboo Usage

BANk TREATMENTOn the upper bank, there are bamboo plantings that remediate sediment from the moat, while the lower bank will be a bamboo charcoal purification system. The whole system is powered by bamboo gas in order to achieve a renewable energy objective.

DAM IMPROVEMENTWe use bamboo charcoal on top of the dam, taking advantage of gravity to filter the polluted water flowing over the dam. The mesh structure could buffer mass wastes and collect them into sediment tank, while soluble contaminations will be easily captured by the bamboo charcoal.

BRIDGE SCENARIOEnclosed by a glass floor, the educational structure illustrates the remediation process from pumping and recharge to the public. The residents could also participate in bamboo planting, enhancing public-municipalities connection by holding ceremonies.

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The last 200 years has been a period of rapid and destabilizing demographic, political, and cultural change. The vast migration toward the city, the ensuing construction of national identities, and the restructuring of cultures have all followed on a wave of successive and overlapping industrial revolutions. The history of the world’s fair, like the larger history of all modern centralized planning, is the history of swiftly industrializing societies, booming populations, and the desperate attempt of nations, municipalities, and planning agencies, to summarize these changes, to present a coherent image of the modern world, and to craft a normative vision of some future equilibrium toward which all this madness is proceeding.

We envision an American fair rooted in reality. Human societies, like the planetary ecosystem of which we all constitute one part, exist in a state of dynamic non-equilibrium. This balance is maintained only through constant motion and competing forces. The vast quasi no-man’s land, industrial waste areas, and paved expanses of stadium parking is NOT a blank slate. It is instead a record of 250 years of American trial and error. These careless spaces at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill River, were once marshes, low lying wetlands, islands, all vital constituents of an ecological and hydrological systems that connected the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. This location provided a vital function as a passage for anadromous fishes, like sturgeon, shad, alewife, and striped bass, and it acted as a filter, scrubbing excess nutrients and particulate from the river and tributaries before they flowed into the bay.

Our proposal had been selected as the 2nd price for this competition. For more information, please check: http://philadelphiacfa.org/competitions-bacon-student-design.php

Eco-Tank Area

Community Park

Entertainment Area

Urban Farm

Tank Farm

Constructed Island

Wetlands

Cultural Area

kayak Port

Wetlands

Fishing Area[Competition]2010 / 5th Ed Bacon Student Competition / 2nd PlacePhotoshop+Cad+Illustrator+Sketch up+IndesignLocation: Philadelphia, PAPartner: kuang Xin; Bryan ObaraInstructor: Frank Sleegers

un-FairCanal Restoration

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Colorful awnings suspended from interstate soften interior space. Highway provides shelter from rain. Runoff from highway is guttered and directed to raised ornamental gardens for infiltration. Food stalls and vendors line the interior space beneath the interstate.

Pavement is ripped out and replaced by a meadow and a series of pervious walking paths. Stadiums are used for the largest festivities. Parking lots are consolidated through parking structures. Aggregate from the removal of pavement is mounded against the garages, covered in topsoil and planted.

An aggressive reforestation program establishes a young forest of native hardwood species, growing around the ruins of abandoned industry and discarded housing. Ancient naval vessels, become museums, exhibition space and temporary hotels Existing structures are repurposed as exhibition space and public sculpture. The vast parking lots become populated with bright tents, temporary structures, and stages.

DURING THE FAIR

DURING THE FAIR

IN THE FUTURE

IN THE FUTURE

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PhYSical model[Academic]Design Studio / 1st Semester 09-10 Graduate Instructor: Joseph S.R. Volpe

Building physical model helps to develop a sense of scale, texture and holistic idea about how the design could be realized.

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[Professional]Summer Intern 2010 / AECOM D + P

Photoshop+Cad+Illustrator+Sketch upLocation: Harbin, China

Role: Asisstant Designer at Conceptual Design StageProject Manager: Stephen Suen

StreetScape deSign for haxi new city

conceptual design for green exhibition in zhengzhou

landscape design for christ hospital

landscape design for Hall arT cenTer

[Professional]2009 / Assistant Landscape Designer / Auburn Design Group

Photoshop+Cad+Illustrator+Sketch up+IndesignLocation: Zhengzhou, China

[Professional]2011-2012 / Assistant Landscape Designer / Office of James Burnett

Photoshop+Cad+Illustrator+Sketch up+IndesignLocation: Cincinnati, OH, USA

[Professional]2012 / Assistant Landscape Designer / Office of James Burnett

Cad+VectorworksLocation: Cincinnati, Dallas,TX, USA

other Work

greenWaYlecture

Pearl River Delta Greenway System is a 1,690km long greenway project which will be developed mainly in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The PRD Greenway system was initiated in 2010. BLY design institute is one of the appointed local design institute to generate design work of the project.

Because of a solid relationship between me and Mr. He, the CEO of BLY. Professor Jack Ahern and I were invited to give a series of lectures to the designers, government officials as well as all other related consulting firms.

The lecture series were a great sucess and more activities between the city of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and UMass Amherst LARP had been generated. Professor Mark Lindult of UMass LARP had been invited to Beijing for Greenway lectures. Guangzhou government offical members visited UMass Amherst and had a greenway tour guided by Professor Jack Ahern in 2012

[Lecture Series]2011.05 Location: Shenzhen & Guangzhou, ChinaRole: Lecture Coordinator and Organizer, Sole Translater for Professor Jack AhernSupporting Firm: BLY Design Institute in Shenzhen

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SkIllSComputer-aided Design & Drafting: Auto CAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Vectorworks3D Modeling & Rendering: Sketch UpTypology: Adobe InDesignApplication: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS ExcelAnalysis: ArcGIS10

TEACHINGUrban Site Design 11/2010-12/2010Instructor : Elizabeth ThompsonUrban Design 9/2010-10/2010Instructor : Frank Sleegers Planting Design & Housing Design 1/2010-5/2010Instructor : Joseph S. R, VolpeGraphics 9/2009-12/2009Instructor : John Taylor

AwARDSSecond Place of 5th Ed Bacon Student Competition (http://www.edbacon.org/usa250/winners.htm) 2010Third Place of Student Competition - IFLA APR 2009

ACTIvITIESVolunteer of Youth Landscape Architects - Leader of writing team. 9/2009-Nowwww.youthla.orgHelp to edit Joseph S.R. Volpe's new book. 9/2009-12/2009 "Given by earth, shaped by human hands"

ARTIClESFrom Natural Landscape to Artificial Landscape– The spatial integration of traditional Japanese garden and minimalism gardenPoster Presentation at the IFLA World Congress 2011 (2nd Author)

Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities for Landscape Architects / 生物多样性给风景园林师带来的挑战和机遇

Sole Translator, Landscape Architecture, 2011,Vol.3, 风景园林杂志(中国)

Greenway PlanningTheory and Methods / 论绿道规划原理与方法 Sole Translator, Landscape Architecture, 2011,Vol.5, 风景园林杂志(中国)

EDUCATIONMaster of Landscape Architecture 9/2011 Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning, UMass Amherst, MA, USAGPA 3.75B.A. Agriculture, Major in Landscape Architecture 9/2004-7/2008School of Landscape architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, ChinaOverall GPA 3.69 Major GPA 3.79

wORkINGAssociate 8/2011-Now Office of James Burnett, Solana Beach, CA, USA

Arboleda Mixed Use Urban Development / San Pedro, MexicoProject Manager Asisstant- Working through SD to CD phase, prepare all essential drawings- Coordinate with client, all other consultants in every aspect of the project- Help project manager organize meeting schedule & notes and set up presentation & web meeting

Christ Hospital / Cincinnati, OH, USAProject Designer- Provide drawings through SD to CD phase under project manager's direction- Prepare presentation show and slides

Hall Arts / Dallas, TX, USAProject Designer- Provide CD drawings under project manager's direction

Sofia / San Pedro, MexicoProject Designer- Provide CD drawings under project manager's direction

kylde Warren Park / Dallas, TX, USAProject Designer- Provide CD drawings & CA documents under project manager's direction

West Citedal Winery / Beijing, ChinaProject Designer- Provide SD presentation under project manager's direction

InternAECOM, Beijing, China 6/2010-8/2011

Tianjin New Binhai City Terminal Station / Tianjin, China- Overall conceptual design- Perspective & section drawing- Participate in presentation

Haxi New City Streetscape / Harbin, Heilongjiang, China- Overall conceptual design- Arrange documents for presentation

reSume

http://www.ojb.com/team/25-Xiao-Zhou/