Developing a repeatable sketch-to-render process for early-stage architectural design using generative AI.
- Role
- Architectural Intern
- Method
- 10+ models, 600+ render iterations
- Scope
- Prototyping, evaluation, team feedback
PORTFOLIO / 2026
SELECTED PRACTICE
I designsystems, spaces& interactions.
I am a Bachelor of Architecture student at Carnegie Mellon University, pursuing an additional major in Human-Computer Interaction and exploring computational, sustainable, and human-centered design.
00 / POSITION
I work where computation meets construction and human behavior. Across each scale, I ask the same question: how can rigorous making turn complex systems into meaningful experience?
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Selected practice
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Four works / three scales
Helping transition a research prototype into a full-scale constructed greenhouse system for Pittsburgh’s Homewood community.
- Role
- Research Assistant
- Research
- Wind/gravity testing and six user interviews
- Partners
- Intertek, USDA, city and community
An independent study of post-industrial urban transformation through the AIA COTE Ten framework.
- Format
- Faculty-guided independent study
- Focus
- Environmental performance and design strategy
- Output
- Drawings, diagrams, and renderings
Supporting first-year designers through hands-on technical guidance, weekly desk critiques, and project reviews.
- Role
- Undergraduate Mentor
- Tools
- Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite, physical modeling
- Record
- Selected work exhibited in CMU X-Change
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Profile / Record
A career is not a list of roles.
It is a trajectory in motion.
YOUR
PORTRAIT
PORTRAIT
Hello, I’m Zihe Huang.
I am a Bachelor of Architecture student at Carnegie Mellon University with an additional major in Human-Computer Interaction.
My practice combines computational and sustainable design with digital fabrication, 3D printing, structural mechanics, and a rigorous human-centered approach.
Download full résumé ↓2026
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Assistant, CFA
2026
AIA COTE Ten
Independent Study
2025
Carnegie Mellon University
Undergraduate Mentor, CFA
2023
Hong Kong Huayi Design Consultants
Architectural Intern
2029
Carnegie Mellon University
B.Arch + Additional Major in HCI · GPA 3.88
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