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Saki Hayashi

Saki Hayashi

New York, NY, US

 

About 

Hi there,

I love architectural design, art and technology. 

Elsewhere:

Employment 

StudioKCA, New York, Designer / Creative Technologist

Assisted directly the principals for all the projects ranging from industrial design to spatial design scale with clients such as NASA, Governors Island, Biennial Foundation, and other private clients in concepting, designing, developing, fabricating, prototyping, and execution. Namely, led branding, graphic design, solar panel battery power system design, fabrication, and prototyping for project power-enabled mobile public seating and shading device, Mobile Information Unit. Assisted to concept, design, created presentation materials for a private townhouse renovation projects and art project for Bruges Triennial. Consulted their lighting fixture that won Interior Design Best of Year Award 2015, solving the manufacturing issue and making a different version, designed and prototyped the circuit, lighting patterns, and the shape.

Nov 2015 - May 2017
 

Adjaye Associates, London, England, Architectural Assistant

• Assisted Principals, Director and Project Manager in creating materials for projects, design contests and clients such as the Macallan whisky distillery competition and Gabon master planning.
• Responsible for 3D modeling, drawing, and rendering

Jul 2012 - Oct 2012
 

Toh Shimazaki Architecture, London, England, Intern

• Assisted Associate, Tomoyo Arimoto, in project-based, model creation
• Responsible for fabricating models (by hand) and computer drafting

Dec 2006 - Aug 2007
 

TV Asahi Create Corporation, Tokyo, JP, Design Assistant

• Assisted Stage Design department with drawing and drafting mock-ups for set design, clients, and musicians
• Created hand models for the stage sets, drawing and drafting with CAD

Jan 2003 - Aug 2006
 

STYLEX Architectural Design Studio Inc., Tokyo, JP, Design Assistant

• Assisted in processing project planning applications and proposed a planning concept for execution
• Responsible for preparing official documents for Licensing and Permits and CAD drawing

Jan 2004 - Feb 2005
 

Education 

New York University - Tisch School of the Arts, New York, Masters, Interactive Telecommunications Program

Master in Interactive Telecommunications Program

Studied:
The basic programing with Processing, Javascript, CSS, HTML, and Node.js

The basic physical computing with arduino Uno, arduino Yun, Arduino Micro, Bluetooth, Xbee, RFID, other sensors

UX Design for virtual and physical products and spaces including prototyping, wireframing, industrial design, product design, user research, inter interview

Lean Launchpad with Steve Blank

Sep 2013 - May 2015
 

Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), London, England, Postgraduate Diploma

Intermediate Unit 12 'Pop Vernacular' with Sam Jacob and Tomas Klassnik
Diploma Unit 9 'Iconic Fiction' with Natasha Sandmeier
Diploma Unit 3 'Troy X' with Peter Karl Becher and Matthew Barnett Howland

Sep 2009 - Jun 2012
 

Areas of Specialization