Chelsea Mei Lee
Mar 09, 2016
Chelsea Mei Lee
Chelsea Mei [email protected]
www.chelseamlee.weebly.com
Barclay and Crousse_Lima, Perúhttp://www.barclaycrousse.com/
09.2011-present_architecture intern
Habitat for Humanity_Bridgeport, Connecticut, USAhttp://www.habitatcfc.org/
09.2010-07.2011_construction and volunteer manager
Hope for Ariang_Ariang, South Sudanhttp://hopeforariang.org/
12.2011_freelance 3D vizualization
Carlton Architecture_New York, New York, USAhttp://www.carltonpc.com/
11.2010-05.2011_junior designer
Operation Helping Hands_New Orleans, Louisiana, USAhttp://www.ccano.org/programs/operation-helping-hands/
05.2009-08.2009_construction and volunteer manager
KSI Architecture and Planning_Seattle, Washington, USAhttp://www.ksiarchitects.com/
07.2008-08.2008, 06.2007-07.2007_architecture intern
EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
MARCH_Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA09.2005-05.2010
LEED Acredited_USA, 2009
Tulane Architecture Rome Program_Rome, Italy09.2008-12.2008
Tulane Architecture Japan Program_Southern Japan travel_New Orleans studio05.2008-07.2008
Universidad Internacional del Menendez Playo_Santander, Spain07.2004-08.2004
Proficiency: Auto-CAD, Archicad, Revit, Rhino, Flamingo Renderer, Maxwell, Artlantis, Adobe: Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Working knowledge: Maya, XSI, Vray, Sketch-UP. Languages: English_native, Spanish_advanced
Schematic Design
single family home_Ica, Perú
This project is currently in the beginning design phases and will soon be presented to the client. I have been responsible for the architectural drawings, virtual model, and renderings.
practiceBarclay & Crousse_PUCP Science and Architecture Library 2012.
Visual Presentation for Contest Entry
Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología_Lima, Perú
Participated in visioning design and produced several presentation drawings and images for final contest submission.
practiceBarclay & Crousse_UTEC Campus Building 2011.
Visual Presentation for Contest Entry
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú_Lima, Perú
For this project I became envolved at the stage of presentation, readying images and drawings for the entry boards.
practiceBarclay & Crousse_PUCP Science and Architecture Library 2011.
Made of recycled paper pulp, this blossom’s petals were individually formed on wine bottles and hand dyed. With a hard coat satin finish, the blossom emits a soft glow.
glowblossom of light 2011.
Constructed from construction refuse, these dresses were produced for the Hearts and Hammers Gala, the primary fundraising event of Habitat for Humanity in Coastal Fairfield County, Connecticut.
constructfashion for funds 2011.
terra BONDThesis Project _ Social cohesion through shared experience 2010.
Thompson Hayward Chemical Plant closed 1982
AIR CONTAMINATION
GROUND CONTAMINATION
Lafarge Cement Yard
Program Occupation by Time
Elevating Eye-Level | Raising Ground
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Plan View 8 am 10 am 12 pm 2 pm 4 pm 6 pm 8 pm 10 pmkindergarten elderly teen adult
To strengthen a community suffering from pollution and disrepair by establishing connections through shared experience. Here landscape serves dual purposes: remediating pollution and catalyzing intergernerational interface to achieve a community of investment and ownership.
Kindergarten + Community CenterThesis Project . Spring 2010
Gert Town, New Orleans
night rendering (above) dining hall (below)
Landscape Interaction
germination pots - planted by kindergarten, placed by teens
hanging tomatoes at kindergarten enterance mock-up of vegetated screen and hanging tomatoes community garden and vegetated screen for dining hall
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AIR CONTAMINATION
GROUND CONTAMINATIONEARTH BERM:Creates areas of depositionProtection from polluted soil
WINDBREAK:Slows and filters air of particulatesCreates solidified mass protecting from contaminated soils
WIND SCREEN:Filters air of particulatesRe-establish a healthy soil base
reOCCUPY Bayou Bienvenueyear 5 . Fall Semester 2009
Working with the Make It Right organization, 6 studentsworked for 6 weeks on a proposal for rehabilitatingthe bayou and renewing interest in the area. A fund-rais-ing installation of ‘pink houses’ using the samematerials as the original Make It Right installation isused to raise money for replanting the bayou wetland.As funds become avialabe, pavilions are to be placed inthe water as un-programed access points.
What happens ‘meanwhile’?
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vinessteel framewood slats
pink fabric expanded metal
reOCCUPY
buildurbanBUILD _ Make It Right 2009.
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