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Chenyang Yu

Chenyang Yu

Brooklyn, NY, US

 

About 

Employment 

3XN, Brooklyn, Designer

-Mazza Gallerie, Residential Complex in DC: From Concept design to Construction, including massing, facade design, material analysis, interior design, unit layout, scripting, drawing, modeling and visualization of Mazza Gallerie (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-first-look-at-the-residential-transformation-for-dcs-mazza-gallerie-mall/19897)
-Educational Building in Toronto: Schematic design for a 91,000 SF educational building including 3D design, 2D drawings, physical model, coordination with clients consultants, suppliers, cost estimators and sustainable consultants
-Residential Complex in Toronto: Concept design, including massing studies, site analysis, code research, program analysis, drawing production, and in charge of the landscape design for a 1.5M SF residential project
-Masterplan in Toronto: Concept design, including massing studies, site analysis, sustainable strategies facade design, program analysis, drawing production, and landscape design for a block of several mixed use office and residential
-Hotel in West Palm Beach: Concept design & RFP, including massing studies and visual productions, in charge of all space planning including all the room layouts, vertical circulation studies, amenity space planning, and all the plans
-Baltimore Harborplace, Competition: Assisting in winning the competition as a major member in design team. Responsibilities encompassed the production of design options, final deliverable drawing sets, and diagrams, as well as management of background and site research, programming, and the integration of sustainable strategies.
-Office Tower in Chicago: Producing 3d model and renderings for a marketing package-Office Tower in San Jose: Competition&Concept, scripting, code analysis, interior design and final package delivery

Jul 2021 - Oct 2023
 

Polyhedral Structures Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, US, Design Fellow

-Producing diagrams for Professor Masoud Akbarzadeh’s book 3D Graphical Statics
-Designing funicular polyhedral structures and generating parametric models of complex spatial designs through Rhino, Grasshopper, Maya and V-Ray

May 2020 - Aug 2020
 

studio skaggs kennedy, Berkeley, CA, US, Externship

-Handsketching to generate schematic design of a multi-purpose garage extension that can be transformed into two guest rooms when necessary as part of a residential housing renovation
-Designing and detailed modeling in Sketchup

Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
 

Education 

University of Pennsylvania, MArch, Master in Architecture

With Real Estate Design and Development Certificate

Jun 2018 - May 2021
 

University of California, San Diego, Bachelors, International Business

Double Major in International Business and Management Science

Sep 2014 - Jun 2018
 

Awards 

2023
 

Metropolis Future 100, Award

Top 50 interior design and 50 architecture students graduating this year in North America, chosen to be the inaugural Metropolis Future 100 by Metropolis Magazine

2021
 

Dales Travelling Fellowship, Scholarship

2020
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills