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Yafei Zhang
Associate Principal and BIM Lead, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) & Regional Lead,
Women in BIM
Yafei is a licensed New Jersey architect, educator and project lead with over a decade of experience leading corporate interiors, mixed-use (retail + residential) and institutional projects from concept through construction.
As an Associate Principal and BIM Lead at Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), she directs multidisciplinary teams and oversees all phases of design, documentation, and construction administration for complex, large-scale workplace and commercial environments. Her leadership integrates design excellence with technical precision, ensuring projects meet client objectives while adhering to budget and schedule requirements.
Yafei’s expertise spans the full project lifecycle, including feasibility studies, design development, consultant coordination, bidding, construction administration, and post-occupancy evaluation. With her critical knowledge, Yafei has served as one of the project leads for a large team executing a 1.2 million-square-foot interior office fit-out for a well-known multinational technology company at 50 Hudson Yards in New York City. Her other notable work includes the Bund Fosun Center and the University of Michigan Center for Innovation, each demonstrating her critical ability to translate complex programmatic and technical requirements into cohesive, functional, and inspiring spaces.
As an Associate Principal and BIM Lead at Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), she directs multidisciplinary teams and oversees all phases of design, documentation, and construction administration for complex, large-scale workplace and commercial environments. Her leadership integrates design excellence with technical precision, ensuring projects meet client objectives while adhering to budget and schedule requirements.
Yafei’s expertise spans the full project lifecycle, including feasibility studies, design development, consultant coordination, bidding, construction administration, and post-occupancy evaluation. With her critical knowledge, Yafei has served as one of the project leads for a large team executing a 1.2 million-square-foot interior office fit-out for a well-known multinational technology company at 50 Hudson Yards in New York City. Her other notable work includes the Bund Fosun Center and the University of Michigan Center for Innovation, each demonstrating her critical ability to translate complex programmatic and technical requirements into cohesive, functional, and inspiring spaces.
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