Sarah Zhang 510-717-5351
sa08@berkeley.edu
Education 2021 2025
University of California, Berkeley Bachelor of Arts Major Architecture Bachelor of Arts Minor Sustainable Planning
2017 2021
Bishop Strachan School High School Diploma Distinguished scholar
Othe r s 2022 July
Architecture Association Art and Architecture Summer Program
2019 June
The Cooper Union of Science and Art Architecture Summer Program
Competitions a n d Vo l u n t e e r i n g
E xperiences 2024 January - Present Research Assistant on the Collective Comfort Project Working under the guidance of Professor Liz Gálvez, responsibilities include conducting site analyses and assisting in the creation of building programs for the designing of a cooling center to address the challenges posed by extreme heat and limited electrical supply in the city of Phoenix. 2022 - 2023 May Research Assistant on Mapping Infrastructures in Medieval India Used ArcGIS to generate user an interactive map of the inscriptions in medieval India. Evalu-ated and entered data entries into spreadsheets, attend weekly meetings to discuss meaningful trends and statistics. 2021-Present Freelance Photographer Spend 5-10 hours per week on taking and processing portraitures and graduation photos for mostly students in Berkeley. Took professional photo-shoot for varies student groups, including the Berkeley Chinese Student and Scholar Association, the Tiny Theater. 2022-Present Member of the Professional and Social Committee of Alpha Rho Chi Participated in weekly brothers meetings. Roles include inviting guest speakers, connecting and reaching out to Berkeley alumni, or-ganizing social events. 2022 Editor of student run publication Caliber Published photo series, such as “The Life and Death of Architecture”, to invite thoughts for discussion.
2023 Summer Participant of architecture competitions Lead a team of college students to participate in the Art temporary installation competition by NewArch, and the Museum of Emotion competition. Organized weekly meetings, faciliated conversations. 2016 - 2019 Art Initiative and Fundraising Fundraised for the sick kids by seeking for peers that share the same vision, planning an art auction together to allow the communi-ties’s artist’s work to be seen and purchased.
A w a r d s an d Re c o g n i t i o n s Architecture New Arch Competition 2023 Finalist Arts Scholastic regional silver award - Mix media Scholastic regional gold award - Photography Business and Technology Technovation: North American Region winner for the 2019 Technova-tion Award. Interest expressed from the WHO to the app MyVenus.
Languages Mandarin English (moderate) French Others Python (intermediate level)
Softwares Rhinoceros, Revit Enscape, Vray, D5 Midjourney Adobe Creative Suites