Featured in:
– The Columbia Daily Spectator in September 2016
– The Columbia student newspaper in October 2016
– The 2018-19 edition of the Asia Pacific Affairs Council journal
– And the Columbia College alumni magazine in spring 2020
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A map of campus
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This ink and watercolor drawing shows every building, window, and architectural detail on campus. The number of windows on each façade are faithful to reality. There are at least 2,000 windows. The perspective was formed from Google Earth satellite and street view images. The image measures 26 by 40 inches and is framed in my dorm room. I wanted to create a souvenir of my four years at Columbia. Years from now, I will look at this image and remember.
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Ink sketches of campus
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College Walk
College Walk and Broadway
Van Am Quad
Low Library
Fayerweather Hall (History Dep’t)
Faculty House
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Columbia in a Box
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Before my first year at Columbia University, I assembled this tiny model of the campus out of painted and folded paper. Each building was measured out on a flat sheet of paper, decorated, painted, cut out, and then folded. Each building is made with no more than one sheet of paper. This creation folds out of a vintage cigar-box. Dimensions: 5 inches wide, 9 inches long, and 3 inches deep.
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Music: Columbia University Fight Song
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Morningside Campus
Columbia University in a box
Low Library
Lerner Hall
Barnard students
Student with mattress
Hamilton Hall
Butler Library
Panorama of Low Library
Philosophy Hall at Columbia University
Riverside Church
Grant Memorial
Riverside Church
Low Library at Columbia University
Van Am Quad at Columbia University
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Philosophy Hall at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University
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Timelapses of Morningside
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This project features six time-lapse sequences of Columbia University’s campus. I mounted a camera above my desk as I drew and painted each watercolor.
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Music: Columbia University Fight Song performed by Justin Zhao
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College Walk
Alma Mater
Van Am Quad at Columbia University
Butler Library
Hamilton Hall
Van Am Quad
Low Library
