{"id":35890,"date":"2025-03-18T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=35890"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:27:42","slug":"shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaping Student Living: Zi Zhuo\u2019s Approach to Higher Ed Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Zi Zhuo is a higher-education-focused architectural designer at NAC Architecture in Seattle, specialising in student housing, mixed-use developments, and housing master plans. With a design philosophy shaped by early creative interests and his father\u2019s influence, along with degrees from Chongqing University and the University of Virginia, he views architecture as both a profession and a way to enhance everyday experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zi Zhuo Q1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My name is Zi Zhuo, and I am a higher education-focused architectural designer at NAC Architecture in Seattle, WA, specialising in student housing, mixed-use designs, and housing master plans. Previously, I worked at Ayers Saint Gross in Washington, D.C.. I hold a bachelor\u2019s degree in architecture from Chongqing University and a master\u2019s degree in architecture from the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since childhood, I\u2019ve been drawn to creative activities like building blocks and painting. Additionally, my father\u2019s work in the architecture industry greatly influenced me and naturally led me to the field of architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NAC Architecture is a multidisciplinary design firm with over 170 professionals across offices in Spokane, Seattle, and Los Angeles. The firm specialises in architecture, planning, interior design, and engineering, with expertise in education, healthcare, civic, cultural, and hospitality projects. At NAC, I primarily work on student housing and campus planning projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To me, design is both a profession and a way of life. It\u2019s about observing the details of daily life and applying creativity to optimise and enhance them, bringing convenience and joy to others. Design has also profoundly shaped my perspectives and aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Architectural design is undoubtedly my favorite because it poses challenges while making a meaningful impact on society and people\u2019s lives. Among architectural projects, I\u2019m particularly passionate about museum design, as it offers the opportunity to express ideas in the most creative and impactful ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good design stems from innovative ideas, a broad perspective, practical experience, attention to detail, and strong teamwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(read more here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zi Zhuo is a higher-education-focused architectural designer at NAC Architecture in Seattle, specialising in student housing, mixed-use developments, and housing master plans. With a design philosophy [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":35891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[372],"tags":[360,528,382],"yoast_head":"\nInterview with Zi Zhuo | French Design Awards Winner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zi Zhuo is a higher-education-focused architectural designer at NAC Architecture in Seattle, specialising in student housing, mixed-use...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interview with Zi Zhuo | French Design Awards Winner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zi Zhuo is a higher-education-focused architectural designer at NAC Architecture in Seattle, specialising in student housing, mixed-use...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Muse.World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musedotworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-18T09:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-13T02:27:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Zi-Zhuo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sylvester\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@musedotworld\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@musedotworld\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sylvester\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/\",\"name\":\"Interview with Zi Zhuo | French Design Awards Winner\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-18T09:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-13T02:27:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/d499ec6e7bd9ebf267768e3387d5eeeb\"},\"description\":\"Zi Zhuo is a higher-education-focused architectural designer at NAC Architecture in Seattle, specialising in student housing, mixed-use...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shaping Student Living: Zi Zhuo\u2019s Approach to Higher Ed Design\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/\",\"name\":\"Muse.World\",\"description\":\"MUSE Creative Awards | Vega Digital Awards | TITAN Awards\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/d499ec6e7bd9ebf267768e3387d5eeeb\",\"name\":\"Sylvester\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9dd1d0f26e448a7e010549437e1a66b8?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9dd1d0f26e448a7e010549437e1a66b8?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sylvester\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/author\/kclee\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Interview with Zi Zhuo | French Design Awards Winner","description":"Zi Zhuo is a higher-education-focused architectural designer at NAC Architecture in Seattle, specialising in student housing, mixed-use...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Interview with Zi Zhuo | French Design Awards Winner","og_description":"Zi Zhuo is a higher-education-focused architectural designer at NAC Architecture in Seattle, specialising in student housing, mixed-use...","og_url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/","og_site_name":"Muse.World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musedotworld","article_published_time":"2025-03-18T09:10:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-13T02:27:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Zi-Zhuo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sylvester","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@musedotworld","twitter_site":"@musedotworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sylvester","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/","url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/","name":"Interview with Zi Zhuo | French Design Awards Winner","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-03-18T09:10:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-13T02:27:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/d499ec6e7bd9ebf267768e3387d5eeeb"},"description":"Zi Zhuo is a higher-education-focused architectural designer at NAC Architecture in Seattle, specialising in student housing, mixed-use...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/shaping-student-living-zi-zhuos-approach-to-higher-ed-design\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shaping Student Living: Zi Zhuo\u2019s Approach to Higher Ed Design"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#website","url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/","name":"Muse.World","description":"MUSE Creative Awards | Vega Digital Awards | TITAN Awards","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/d499ec6e7bd9ebf267768e3387d5eeeb","name":"Sylvester","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9dd1d0f26e448a7e010549437e1a66b8?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9dd1d0f26e448a7e010549437e1a66b8?s=96&r=g","caption":"Sylvester"},"url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/author\/kclee\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35892,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35890\/revisions\/35892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}