And the incredible beauty lies in unpredictability.
That is emergence,
which isn't a way to create form, but is how form happens.
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Master of Architecture, post-professional degree
2010 – 2011
Worked on studio projects with emergence theory and nonlinear method-ology; inspired by the new design philosophy;
Studied and practised programming skills in Processing, building emer-gence simulation systems for pattern, geometry and space research;
“Web Morphogenesis” the studio project was exhibited at Centre for Ar-chitecture in Philadelphia, chosen in school’s publication New Normal, and nominated to be featured in the school’s WORK 10 11 book;
“D4U” the partition wall design project for Building Product Design course was featured in the school’s WORK 10 11 book;
Studio filed trips to San Juan, Puerto Rico and Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan.
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Bachelor in Architecture
2005 – 2010
Formed a solid foundation in profession, a well knowledge in theory, aes-thetics, structure, construction, and a strong sense of design.
Developed proficiency in CAD and graphic programs with intensive use and self-study. Trained for hand drawing and water-color painting.
GPA: 85.1/100 (87.7/100 in professional courses);
Teaching assistance of Residential Planning & Housing Design course;
Participated in “8-university united graduation project” in 2010 and work “Complex Hypothesis” was selected in publication Step out of the Old Southern City Quarter.
Worked as group leader in joint studio with Hong Kong University in 2009. Studio trip to Hong Kong.
Worked in surveying and mapping of Xi Yue Temple for its application for UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Experience
Architectural Intern
XWG Architecture Studio
May 2009 – June 2010 (1 year 2 months)
Construction Documentation (working drawings architecture) of a 6-story apartment building, signed as designer and draftsman.
(1) A 20-story office building;
(2) An 80,000 Sq. Ft exhibition centre;
(3) A 200,000 Sq. Ft bank building.
The work included floor plans, modelling, rendering, and presenting mate-rials.
Designer. Individually worked on:
(1) Six residential buildings: four 6-story and two high rise;
(2) Canopy of an existing building.
(3) Two villas in a tourist attraction.
The work included modelling in Sketch Up as well as plan and section drawings in AutoCAD.
Developed entry level professional skills and learned collaboration with structure engineers and rendering company.
Design Assistant
Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning & Design Institute
July 2008 – Oct 2008 (4 months)
⋅ Assistance designer of Planning of CBD of Urumqi, Xinjiang Province.
⋅ Assistance designer of Planning of "Huaguoshan" Avenue, Lianyungang, Shandong Province.
Skills
Design, modeling and rendering
AutoCAD (Advanced, 5 year experience)
Sketch up (Advanced, 5 years experience)
Rhino (Advanced, 3 years experience)
Maya (Intermediate, 1 year experience)
3D Studio Max (Intermediate, 3 years experience)
ArchiCAD (Beginner, less than 1 year experience)
Vray (Advanced, 3 years experience)
Maxwell (Beginner, <1 year experience)
Programming, algorithmic and parametric design
Rhino Grasshopper (Advanced, 3 years experience)
Processing (JAVA) (Intermediate, 1 year experience)
Eclipse (JAVA) (Beginner, <1 year experience)
Graphic design and web design
Photoshop (Advanced, 5 years experience)
Illustrator (Intermediate, 3 years experience)
InDesign (Advanced, 1 year experience)
HTML, CSS (Intermediate, <1 year experience)
Dreamweaver (Intermediate, 1 year experience)
JavaScript, jQuery (Beginner, <1 year experience)
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