michael luyuan ren
designer & project manager · san francisco bay area
about me
- associate project manager @ PMA— owner's rep, Google CRE advisory and strategy
- prev architectural designer @ SOM and IwamotoScott Architecture
- architecture & development @ UC Berkeley, design @ University of Melbourne
- chinese 🇨🇳 australian 🇦🇺 living in the states 🇺🇸
projects
building scale
Berkeley Ferry Terminal
a ferry terminal for the berkeley marina — an aerodynamic etfe shell over a concrete podium, built on the theme of material imposters and structural expression.
Baishizhou Phase IV
a mixed-use renewal of shenzhen's baishizhou urban village — a cluster of supertall towers up to 400 m, stitched into a multi-line transit hub along shennan avenue.
urban scale
Jinqiao Subcenter
a masterplan for shanghai's jinqiao golden bridge subcenter — turning a thirty-year manufacturing base into a crown of towers around a central park, with an innovation testbed at its core.
Cleveland's Spark
a transformative redevelopment of cleveland's lakefront on the site of the former lake shore power plant — a mixed-use neighborhood for workforce training, recovery, innovation, and connection, phased across 2026–2034.