- Post Professional Master of Architecture, Princeton University School of Architecture
- Bachelor of Architecture, Pratt Institute
Profile
Zherui Wang is a designer and researcher currently conducting his doctoral work between CEBD Thermal Architecture Lab and the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design. His cross-disciplinary research spans between environmental building performance and form-finding, informed by architectural geometry, digital fabrication, and material.
Previously, Wang was an Academic Professional Researcher at CHAOS Lab in Princeton University Andlinger Center for the Energy and Environment, a Research Scholar at C-Lab in Columbia University GSAPP, and a faculty member at Penn, SUNY Buffalo, and Pratt Institute. He holds a post-professional MArch from Princeton University and a BArch from Pratt Institute.
RECENT ARTICLES
- Jung, Heesuk, Miaomiao Hou, Byungsoo Kang, Zherui Wang, Hyojeong Choi, Hyeong Won Lee, Yongju Lee, et al. “Large-Scaled and Solar-Reflective Kirigami-Based Building Envelopes for Shading and Occupants’ Thermal Comfort.” Advanced Sustainable Systems n/a, no. n/a (September 20, 2023): 2300253.
- Wang, Zherui, Xiaowen Yu, Kayleigh Houde, and Dorit Aviv. “A Design Stage, Multi-Objective Assessment: Material Selection with Environmental Life-Cycle Analysis, Labour and Material Health Considerations for Building Structure.” In Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Lausanne, Switzerland: IOP Publishing Ltd, 2023.
- Wang, Zherui and Masoud Akbarzadeh. “A Polyhedral Approach For The Design Of A Compression-Dominant, Double-Layered, Reciprocal Frame, Multi-Species Timber Shell.” In Proceedings of the IASS 2022 Symposium Affiliated with APCS 2022 Conference. Beijing, China: The International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) and Asian-Pacific Conference on Shell and Spatial Structures (APCS), 2022.
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
- 2023 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, US Department of Energy, National Harbor, Maryland, 2023.