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Yuqi Tian

Yuqi Tian

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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Employment 

HLW International, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architecture Internship

Worked in the core design team of the project as the main designer
- The project has been published in major architecture magazines, and won Southern California Development Forum 2020 Honor Award
- Set up and finalized the design proposal, including concept development, design strategy, program development, facility proposition, and site strategy
- Designed the decontamination and gowning zone, proposed ideas of spatial and program organization for hospital, staff housing, and amenity buildings
- Designed and delivered drawings and project visualizations, including section perspective, axonometric diagrams, program distribution diagrams, technical drawings, and interior renders
- Led the weekly presentation of the design progress; supported other colleagues on Rhino and Sketch-up model, exterior renders, material selection, and color theme

May 2020 - Jul 2020
 

John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK), Los Angeles, CA, US, Architecture Internship

Assisted projects with principals
- Supported principals across three major projects in the period of three months: CSULB Alumni Center, Wells Cheang Residential Housing, and Crossroad Theater project
- Contributed to the program distribution and form analysis, illustrated different schemes through drawings and transformed them into physical models for discussion
- Built digital models and 10+ physical models for demonstrating program distribution, and created documentation for communication with clients

Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
 

Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, 2a2 Studio, Beijing, China, Architecture Internship

Designed the façade system of the theme gallery
- Designed the form and the façade of the sales office and theme gallery in Changsha Bailian Shopping Center
- Assisted in designing, drawing, and documenting over 15 projects in three months, helped with sharing project details with clients and contractors through illustrations and drawings

May 2018 - Aug 2018
 

Beijing General Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute, Beijing, China, Architecture Internship

Participated and assisted in TOD project
- Participated in the Beijing Tongzhou Subcenter Station TOD project, and made Rhino model to show the spatial detail of the project and to help to understand the position of station and subway lines
- Designed the envelope of transformer substations in the subcenter project

May 2017 - Aug 2017
 

Education 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, MArch, M.S. Architecture and Urban Design

Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
 

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

Aug 2015 - May 2020