Archinect
Helen Kong

Helen Kong

Los Angeles, CA, US

 

About 

I am currently based in the Bay Area and specialize in life science projects.

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Folio Architects, Santa Clara, Junior Architectural Professional

I assist in tenant improvements for various life science projects for all project phases. My responsibilities include drafting and completing construction documents (AutoCAD and Revit), participating and notetaking in weekly meetings, coordinating with consultants, and submitting for plan check.

Oct 2020 - current
 

University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, Class Assistant

ARCH 105
• individually lead weekly 4-hour lab session as well as 5 office hours for a studio
of first-year Architecture students

Summer@USC Exploration of Architecture
• taught high school students skills in models, drawings, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Indesign tutorials, and assisted site visits to Bradbury building, Hollyhock house, etc.

ARCH 211
assist Materials and Methods of Building Construction class through office hours, emails, quizzes/tests

Architecture Perspective
• introduce LA Wilson High School students to architecture through perspective hand drawing.
• assisted the professor in the classroom once a week for a 1.5-hour class by working with students to correct their three-dimensional sketches.

Aug 2018 - May 2020
 

Architect Suns, Inc., Pasadena, CA, US, Part-time Architecture Intern

• created Preliminary Drawings (plans and door/window schedule) for Commercial
Building in Alhambra, CA in AutoCAD
• modeled site details in Rhino and created design iterations of circulation/ room
arrangement for Interational Architectural Design Competition of National
Concert Hall “Tautos Nami” in Vilnius, Lithuania

Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
 

OFICINA MARTINEZ ZELLNER LLC, West Hollywood, CA, US, Freelance Architecture Intern

• created as built field measurements on site for a 7 unit historic landmark
complex, Patio del Moro, using hand drafting and AutoCAD for a 5 day job

Apr 2019 - May 2019
 

AKA Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architecture Summer Intern

• created Sketchup model of indoor stadium seating, study room, and custom
book stacks for library renovation project and organized sheet set in Revit for
townhouse project
• created Sketchup, Rhino, and 3D print files for Star Tile company, along with 3D
printing and rendering bathroom interiors with Sketchup Twilight

May 2018 - Aug 2018
 

DLR Group, Pasadena, CA, US, Retail and Hospitality Marketing Summer Intern

• organized the marketing department’s collateral by updating master resumes
and project sheets in InDesign CC Libraries
• assisted marketing managers with packaging SOQ and RFP for Retail and Hospitality projects

Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
 

EWAI LLC, Los Angeles, CA, US, High School Intern

• learned AutoCad and SketchUp 8, organized materials library
• engaged in the day to day operations and tasks of a small architecture firm

Jun 2014 - Jul 2014
 

Education 

University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, US, BArch, Bachelor of Architecture

Aug 2015 - May 2020
 

Awards 

Ronald Altoon Leadership Award, Scholarship

2019
 

Anthony Marnell, II Italian Architecture Studies Program Scholarship, Scholarship

2019
 

Victor S. Sauer Scholarship, Scholarship

2019
 

KUAA (Korea University Alumni Association) Scholarship, Scholarship

2018
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills