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Cherrie Hu

Cherrie Hu

New York, NY, US

 
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About 

Cherrie Hu is an architectural and interior designer based in New York, with a focus on commercial, hospitality, and cultural projects. Hu is a Certificated Passive Housing Designer and holds a master degree from Columbia University (Advanced Architectural Design). Hu worked on large cultural, hospitality projects in Steven Holl Architects and Vector Architects. Hu's academic works were focused on concept, program and spatiality. Hu believes that architecture is from micro to macro, from detail to unity. She prefers non-digital methodologies and humanized interpretation. She has a good understanding of scale, proportion and materiality.

Employment 

Fogarty Finger, New York, Intermediate Designer

Apr 2019 - current
 

Circular, Brooklyn, NY, US, Junior Designer

Mainly working on multiple projects includes institutional, residential and cultural projects both in architecture and interior design. Facilitated in producing design options, 3D modeling, 2D drawings, renders, and graphics. Familiar with materiality study, sourcing specifications, construction administration, construction drawing, coordinating.
Projects mainly involved: •OH Residence (Project manager) • Vasi Residence (Project Manager) •DDC-Manhattan Courthouse Restroom Renovation •RSPCA Centre Competition, Awarded•Zovak He Residence(Passive Housing)

Oct 2017 - Apr 2019
 

Steven Holl Architects, Intern

Mainly worked on cultural, public sector and hospitality projects. Facilitated
in producing 2D drawings, design options and precedent studies, finalizing
rendering and diagrams, collecting presentation materials, physical modeling
presentation model, and resourcing material and product manufacturers.
Projects involved: •Taiwan ChinPaoSan Necropolis •Qingdao Culture and Art
Center •Tianjin Eco-city Ecology and Planning Museums •Shan-Shui Hangzhou

May 2014 - Aug 2014
 

Vector Architects, Intern

Mainly worked on hospitality and cultural projects. Facilitated in different phases
includes Conceptual Design and Schematic Design.
Projects involved: •ALILA Yangshuo Hotel •Suochengli Neighborhood Library
•Pingshan Cultural Center

May 2013 - Aug 2013
 

Education 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Masters, Advanced Architectural Design

May 2016 - May 2017
 

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, US, BArch, Architecture

Aug 2012 - May 2016
 

Beijing University of Technology, BArch, Architecture

Sep 2009 - Mar 2012
 

Awards 

2016 Michael Hollander Drawing Excellence Award, Nomination

2016
 

2016 Undergraduate Architecture Degree Project Award, 1st Place

Pratt Institute 2016 Undergraduate Architecture Degree Project Award, Project: Flux City: Cultural Memory in the Transition Zone of a Vertical City

2016
 

UG Architecture Scholarship 2014-15, Scholarship

2014
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills