Selected Works

Towards the New Architecture

Selected works from the portfolio (2020–2026): renders, drawings, and studies in full color, focused on spatial clarity, precise material language, and coherent urban response.

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Projects

Studio Projects

2024 / Culver City, California

The Loop

An extension over four existing buildings using intersecting vertical and horizontal rings to connect old and new fabric.

2025 / Lower Manhattan, New York

Oblique Vines

A diagonal industrial-urban machine where wine production, structure, and public access are organized through oblique infrastructural frames.

2021 / Speculative Urban Context

Dystopic Future

A speculative urban proposal that fuses indoor agriculture, AI-driven form exploration, and a civic knowledge hub.

2025 / Quarry Context

The Archeology of Section

A study of stereotomy and sectional logic that repositions stone extraction as both material process and architectural generator.

2023 / Miami, Florida

Community Center

An open, climate-responsive sports center designed for ventilation, accessibility, and community-scale use.

2023 / SCI-Arc Extension, Los Angeles

The Void

A SCI-Arc extension exploring void, folding, and cross-programming to choreograph privacy and openness.

2024 / Malibu, California

Unstably Off-Center

A playful yet rigorous study of multiple shifting centers, translated into a wobbling architectural ensemble.

2025 / Side, Turkey

Side Museum

A museum proposal that weaves new galleries and public space through the layered ruins of an ancient coastal city.

Works

Other Works

Additional studies, experiments, and independent projects beyond the studio sequence.

2025 / Independent Study

Deployable Structure

A study in hinged modular assembly exploring how repetitive units fold into a dense, deployable spatial envelope.

2025 / Independent Study

Revit and Tectonics

A study of digital modeling and tectonic assembly in Revit, linking parametric documentation to material and joint logic.

About

Dawson Zhang

Education: SCI-Arc: Bachelor's Degree of Architecture University of Pennsylvania: Master's Degree of Architecture in Advanced Architectural Design

Contact

xinyuzhang93@outlook.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dawson-zhang-a19636335