I am Yiyang Liao, a current graduate student in the M.S. AAD program at Columbia University. My expertise extends to fine art installation and sculpture, where I explore diverse materials and textures, coupled with a keen focus on addressing sociological issues pertaining to women. Within this portfolio, you will find a compilation of both my academic endeavors and professional projects.
Please check my portfolio here:
https://issuu.com/yiyangliao12...
von Gerkan, Marg + Partners (gmp), Beijing, CN, Designer Intern
• Collaborated on multiple commercial architectural projects, actively engaging in SD, DD, and CD phases.
• Completed operational planning, construction modeling, and section drawings.
• Assisted presentation delivery with partner office.
Guo Ban Er, Beijing, CN, Designer Intern
• Contributed to the early-stage renovation of a concrete factory, including functional mapping, axonometric diagrams, and plan drawings in SD period.
• Maintained organization and presentation materials, ensuring effective communication within the team.
Beijing Lvfenglin Real Estate Consulting, Beijing, CN, Interior Designer Intern
• Led the design of a multi-function exhibition cafe, which received recognition as a finalist in the company.)
• Skillfully implemented designs through material selection and a refined color palette.
Libeiya Construction Engineering, Beijing, CN, Assistant Interior Designer
• Supported the Interior Design Director in a villa renovation project, contributing
conceptual models and interior layout designs in SD, DD phases.
• Delivered impactful presentations to an audience of four as a speaker assistant.
Columbia University, New York, NY, US, Masters, Advanced Architecture Design
The Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design is a three-semester, post-professional program that provides outstanding young professionals—who already hold a Bachelor of Architecture or Master of Architecture—the opportunity to conceptualize design as a critical practice that shapes the world’s technological, relational, and environmental evolutions. The program is viewed as a framework for exploring both academic and professional concerns through a set of inquiries and premises: architecture and its design practices are critical in addressing contemporary challenges; architectural specificity is the result of transdisciplinary cooperation; architecture’s future agency lies in the discipline’s capacity to mobilize realities across different scales and time frames. These ideas are explored through innovations in representational tools and the embrace of new probationary artifacts, inviting students to shift away from the specialized mastery of specific scales towards methods of “transscalarity.” By aligning new models of response to new architectural modes of practice, the Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design program strives to empower graduating students in the face of unknown future scenarios.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US, BArch, Interior Architecture
