WILLIAM ZHENG
FAVORITE SPACE & PLACE
THE MET - NEW YORK, NY
ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES
MODERNISM, CRITICAL REGIONALISM, INTERNATIONAL STYLE
TIME OF DAY I'M MOST CREATIVE
6:09 AM
HOBBIES
RUNNING, HIKING, AND URBAN EXPLORATION
FAVORITE ARCHITECT?
SNOHETTA
MY DREAM PROJECT
AN URBAN DESIGN PROJECT IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO, OR LOS ANGELES
WORK EXPERIENCE/CURRENT FIRM
CARPENTER SELLERS DEL GATTO ARCHITECTS
HIDDEN TALENT
IT WON'T BE HIDDEN IF I TOLD YOU
FAVORITE ARTIST
DONALD JUDD, AGNES MARTIN, AND RICHARD SERRA
IN MY FREE TIME I ENJOY RUNNING, HIKING, AND TRAVELING. RUNNING IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEANS OF EXPLORING CITIES. I AM AN AVID RUNNER WITH A GOAL OF QUALIFYING FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON SOON. ONE OF MY FAVORITE ASPECTS OF LIVING IN LAS VEGAS IS THE ACCESSIBILITY TO NATURE. ALTHOUGH I HIKED THE SURROUNDING PARKS NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGHOUT MY YEARS HERE, THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONTINUES TO SURPRISE ME WITH EVERY HIKE. SOME OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO TRAVEL TO INCLUDE NEW YORK CITY, LONDON, AND AMSTERDAM. I AM AMONG THE FEW WHO WERE BORN AND RAISED IN LAS VEGAS. I GRADUATED SUMMA CUM LAUDE WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE DEGREE IN 2017 AND I BEGAN MY MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE THE FOLLOWING FALL. IN MY UNDERGRADUATE CAREER, I DEFENDED AND PUBLISHED MY THESIS, SMART CITY LAS VEGAS, A COMPREHENSIVE MASTERPLAN ON TRANSFORMING LAS VEGAS INTO A SMART CITY. THROUGHOUT MY YEARS AT UNLV, I HAVE GROWN AN AFFINITY TO URBAN STUDIES. AFTER COMPLETING THE MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM, I WILL PURSUE A MASTER OF URBAN PLANNING DEGREE AND A CAREER AS AN URBAN DESIGNER.
BIO
"I WENT INTO ARCHITECTURE BECAUSE I LOVE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. NOTHING FRUSTRATES ME MORE THAN SEEING PROBLEMS GO UNSOLVED, OR EVEN WORSE – PROBLEMS SOLVED HORRIBLY. I WANTED TO TAKE A GREATER RESPONSIBILITY IN DETERMINING HOW SOCIETY FUNCTIONS AND ARCHITECTURE WAS THE IDEAL FIELD TO GO INTO. ARCHITECTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DESIGN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN A WAY THAT SOLVES SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST CRITICAL AND PRESSING PROBLEMS. THEIR WORK TRANSCENDS NUMEROUS AREAS OF STUDY, OFTEN GOING BEYOND THE ALREADY DIVERSE FIELDS OF ART, MATH, AND SCIENCE TO SOLVE INCREASINGLY COMPLEX PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY. I BELIEVE ARCHITECTS ARE CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS DRIVEN BY THEIR INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR CURIOSITY AND LEARNING. I MAY BE A RELENTLESS OPTIMIST, BUT PURSUING ARCHITECTURE IS THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT HOW FAR MY PASSION FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING WILL TAKE ME."
-WILLIAM ZHENG