Architect, sustainability expert, and technologist passionate about democratizing the decarbonization of the built environment.

Light-filled planted interior atrium beneath a glazed canopy at 550 Madison Avenue — 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY | Sustainability project lead @Atelier Ten

About

Sheena Zhang is the Senior Manager, AECO Sustainability Strategy at Autodesk, where she leads the sustainability strategy for AECO sustainability solutions such as Forma Carbon Insights. Prior to Autodesk, she was a sustainability consultant at Atelier Ten, where she successfully managed projects of all scales and typologies, including adaptive reuse, museum, healthcare, and masterplans with a wide range of sustainability goals like net-zero operational and embodied carbon, zero waste of resources, and net-zero water waste.

As a registered architect with LEED AP and Living Futures Accreditation, she has a record of delivering a multitude of sustainable design projects in professional practice and applies this expertise to shaping technology tools for the AECO industry.

Selected Work

Joslyn Art Museum expansion in Omaha, Nebraska — Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska | Sustainability project lead @Atelier Ten

Monochrome architectural drawing for Post-Apocalyptic Salk Institute — Post-Apocalyptic Salk Institute | @YSOA, with Elisa Iturbe, Justin Nguyen, Jon Swendris

Figure studies for Campo Statua — Campo Statua | @YSOA, Summer in Rome

Wood and pale blue tubular steel chair prototype — Symbiotic Chair | @YSOA, The Chair

Cover of A Guide to Alignment in the Built Environment — A Guide to Alignment in the Built Environment | Co-editor @Autodesk, with the WBCSD

Minnewaska State Park Preserve Visitor Center at dusk in snow — Minnewaska Visitor Center, Kerhonkson, NY | Architectural design @BKSK Architects

Architectural section studies for Forma Udibile — Forma Udibile | @YSOA, Advanced Studio with John Patkau and Tim Newton