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Chao-Wei Su

Chao-Wei Su

Arcadia, CA, US

 

About 

Employment 

Shanghai Interior Design and Construction, ltd., Shanghai, CN, Project Designer

Provided coordination and space planning services to corporate and commercial clients such as MathWorks and American Apparel

Coordinated design requests between MathWorks client and Cushman & Wakefield; resolved design and FF&E issues on-site

Managed and coordinated project design requests on behalf of our company with local design institutes (LDI) and rendering studios

Served as direct contact with Honeywell Shanghai clients, including but not limited to heads of HTEC & HBS departments in Pudong

Created illustrations, visual diagrams, and construction site layout diagrams to be incorporated as part of RFP’s for Honeywell, ltd.

Jul 2012 - May 2014
 

zerolaboffice, Shanghai, CN, Designer

Served as client/consultant liaison and project designer for 5000 sq. m. Montessori pre-school master plan

Responsible for creating schematic design renderings and interior space planning for nightclubs, gov’t. projects, and schools

Shared design responsibilities including: drafting architectural plans, sections, details, and organizing drawing sets

Oct 2011 - Jun 2012
 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Graphic Artist

Illustrated design posters on a monthly basis

Created marketing materials for opening events; Taubman College Posters Lecture Series 2009; Gerald Frug; Michael Kyong-il Kim; Jefferson Han; John Ochsendorf

Provided typographical editing, event photography, and photo archiving

Sep 2009 - Jun 2011
 

Trahan Architects, Baton Rouge, LA, US, Intern Architect

Responsible for precedent studies, schematic design/research, including AIA Award Submissions; Rhinoceros Digital Modeling

Team member on Baton Rouge Municipal Dock Project Proposal; assisted in graphic design and layout | Published in ARCHDAILY

Team member on University of Iowa Hancher Replacement RFP (FEMA); participated in initial site planning charettes

Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
 

HMC Architects, Ontario, CA, US, Intern Architect

Revit team member of CSU SF Sutro Library renovation project, Phase 2; involved in CAD to Revit project transition

Assisted in the schematic design of Kaiser Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga Water District DD Phase & Sutro Library RFP

May 2008 - Sep 2008
 

Education 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, MArch, 2G - Master of Architecture

Sep 2009 - Apr 2011
 

Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, BArch, Bachelor of Architecture

Sep 2004 - Jun 2009
 

Awards 

Publication - Personal Work Exhibited in Revenant: The Undeath of Ideas in Architecture, Other

Personal Work Exhibited in Revenant: The Undeath of Ideas in Architecture, presented by XMANIFOLD A.D.R.L., Honolulu Hawaii, 2013

2013
 

Henry Adams Medal, Other

"general excellence in architecture throughout the four-year course to graduating students of architecture schools recognized by the Institute."

Awarded for Highest Academic Achievement

2009
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills