Architectural designer and researcher

sue.x.zhang@outlook.com
@sueorxu


I am an Architectural Designer specialising in research-driven adaptive reuse and interior transformations within historic buildings. My practice is defined by a blend of academic rigour and hands-on execution, holding a Master’s in Architecture and Historic Urban Environments from UCL Bartlett and a BA in Interior and Spatial Design from UAL.

Since 2025, I have been contributing to the team at Each Design, where I apply my focus on spatial narrative and historical context to professional projects. My background is diverse: from site-based heritage repair works at Cody Dock in London to a three-year tenure at TOAST, which refined my sensitivity to interior atmosphere and material execution.

From circulation strategies to material detailing, my work prioritises how inhabitants—both human and non-human—genuinely interact with space. Whether developing shared pathways for urban biodiversity or integrating habitats within heritage ruins, I am committed to preserving both ecological and historical layers. I am driven by the challenge of translating complex research into designs that are functional, sustainable, and deeply rooted in the living ecosystem of a place.





Education
University College London
Architecture & Historic Urban Environments MA
2023 – 2024
  
University of the Arts London
Interior and Spatial Design BA
2018 – 2022 
  
Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing)
Spatial Design (Foundation/Diploma)
2017 – 2018 




Employment Each Design 
Junior Interior Architect
Shanghai, China
2025 –

TOAST
Sales Assistant
London, UK
2023 – 2025
   
Cody Dock
London, UK
Heritage Construction Restorer
2023 – 2024

CIGIS (China) Limited
Assistant Architectural Designer
Beijing, China
2019 – 2020




SkillsAutoCAD
Rhinoceros 3D
SketchUp

Twinmotion
V-Ray
Enscape
ArcGIS

Adobe Photoshop
InDesign
Illustrator
Premiere

Microsoft Word
Excel
PowerPoint

English 
Japanese 
Chinese (Mandarin)      




Exhibitions
‘Urban Fabric’
Graduation projects
Student Lead Curator
Bilbao, Spain/London, UK
2022    




Press ‘BA Interior and Spatial Design students collaborate with IED Kunsthal University, Bilbao’
by Georgina Lampen
2022




Awards Outstanding Student Scholarship
2018




Referrals
Shibboleth Shechter
Course Leader
BA (Hons) Interior and Spatial Design
s.shechter@chelsea.arts.ac.uk

Darren Farrell MA(RCA) BA(Hons) Dip.Graph PG Cert.TL FHEA
Senior Lecturer 
BA (Hons) Interior and Spatial Design
d.farrell@chelsea.arts.ac.uk









Last Updated 2026.01
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