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xiaolu song

xiaolu song

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

 I am now pursuing my master degree at the University of Southern California and hold a Bachelor of Environmental Design which provide me with skills and knowledge in landscape architecture and interior design. With my comprehensive experience in landscape design, coupled with my enthusiasm and dedication to achieving success, I believe I could swiftly surpass your expectations for fulltime position in landscape architecture design.

I have previously completed summer internships in dwg. Through this experience, working on professional software and putting knowledge into real-world practice, I have gained more essential practical skills such as completing construction sheets in AutoCAD, composing presentation documents in Indesign and producing digital models in Sketchup and Lumion.

In my previous experience of learning landscape architecture, I used to make small scale projects, like the program in my portfolio called Majiagou River Waterfront device. During my master learning process, I have learned more academic knowledge about how to deal with urbanism and large scale design. Not only using computer-aided design software, but I am also talented in hand drawing which can make my idea and perspective directly to be understood and explained.

Furthermore, I have learned landscape architecture construction, and it will become a bridge to connect professional knowledge with real-world practice easily.

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Employment 

dwg., Austin, TX, US, landscape architecture intern

● Construction Sheet Documentation:
Applied software: Auto CAD
◎ Revised the markup on the sheet page and helped with 100% CD sheets of multiple projects.
◎ Drew detailed construction sections and dealt with the layout of the construction sheets.
◎ Calculated simple data on the grading plan, drainage plan and planting plan.
● Digital Model Build:
Applied software: SketchUp, Lumion
◎ Helped with 3D shade structure model design and build.
◎ Imported Sketchup model in Lumion, added decoration elements: tree, people, and then rendered the perspective view.
● Graphic & Layout Design:
Applied software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign
◎ Dealt with the graphic design of plan, elevation, section and analysis diagram.
◎ Composed the presentation pages and refined the markups.
◎ Came up with some design ideas of landscape structures by hand-drawing and edited them into digital files to present.

May 2019 - Aug 2019
 

Education 

University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, US, Masters, landscape architecture

I have learned landscape architecture + urbanism in this program and during my master's learning process, I have learned more academic knowledge about how to deal with urbanism and large scale design.

Aug 2018 - current
 

Dalian University of Technology, dalian, liaoning, China, Bachelors, environmental design

I have learned interior design and landscape architecture design in my undergraduate study.

Sep 2013 - Jun 2017
 

Awards 

2017 the 3rd China Living Environment Design Annual Award, 3rd Place

It is a national landscape architecture competition for students.

2017
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills