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Rachel Chen

Rachel Chen

New York, NY, US

 
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Employment 

Columbia University, New York City, NY, Woodshop & Maker Space Mentor

Facilitated shop machine operations, oversaw facility management, and provided consultancy services for model making, leveraging technical proficiency and advisory capabilities to optimize project workflows. Conducted inventory tracing and organization to operations.

Feb 2023 - May 2024
 

Combined Architecture and Interiors, Brooklyn, NY, Architectural Designer (Residential, Workplace)

Contributed to surveying and design efforts, actively participating in diverse project developments. Assumed responsibilities as a project assistant, managing tasks pertaining to design, renovation, site documentation, and Department of Buildings filings. This encompassed material procurement, delivery coordination, and overseeing the organization of the material lab. Additionally, prepared materials for presentations.

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
 

Combined Architecture and Interiors, Brooklyn, NY, Architectural Designer (Residential)

Contributed to surveying and design efforts, actively participating in diverse project developments. Assumed responsibilities as a project assistant, managing tasks pertaining to design, renovation, site documentation, and Department of Buildings filings. This encompassed material procurement, delivery coordination, and overseeing the organization of the material lab. Additionally, prepared materials for presentations.

Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
 

Ease-House Architect, Shanghai, China, Architectural Designer (Residential, Retail, Mixed-Use)

Provided innovative concepts, image proposals, and digital models, completed bid proposals through rendering and finalization, and contributed to effective project bidding and presentation.

Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
 

China-Cambodia Youth Development Foundation Organization - Beijing Division, Remote, Architectural & Interior Designer (Education, Universal, Cultural)

Collaborated with architects based in Cambodia to design a Tree House program for a Siem Reap public school. Provided creative input in early stages, supporting site analysis, weather considerations, and cultural factors for precise development.

Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
 

China-Cambodia Youth Development Foundation Organization - Cambodia Division, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Architectural & Interior Designer, Construction Assistant (Education, Civic + Cultural, Mixed-Use)

Contributed to Siem Reap's "Elementary School Infrastructure Construction" program. Managed construction and commissioning issue resolution, implement operations, maintenance programs, and assisted with interior design for the organization's base campus.

Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
 

Education 

Columbia University, New York, NY, US, MArch, Master of Architecture

Columbia GSAPP’s Master of Architecture program is a three-year accredited professional degree program and is regularly ranked one of the top architecture graduate programs in the country. At GSAPP, architecture is understood as a form of knowledge inextricably linked to a broader context of environmental and global action—one that is oriented not towards what architecture is but towards what it could be. Today, the Master of Architecture program pushes this understanding of architectural experimentation and re-invention forward, with faculty and students weaving together critical discourse with technological skill, disciplinary expertise with expanded modes of practices, and design speculation with engagement in the issues of our time.

Aug 2021 - May 2024
 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Bachelors, BS in Architecture

The 4 years program, Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree prepares students for future work in a myriad of areas.

Aug 2017 - May 2021
 

Awards 

Wallenberg Studio Award, Award

The Wallenberg Awards are made possible through the generosity of the Benard L. Maas Foundation and recognize the best conceived and executed studio work by one or more Taubman College seniors. The funds are disbursed in the form of a stipend for international travel to a country of the student’s choosing. Wallenberg Award winners engage in the culture and people of the country they visit, exploring how these shape the experiential qualities of architecture.

2021
 

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