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Xinxin (Cheryl) Lin

Xinxin (Cheryl) Lin

Cambridge, MA, US

 
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Employment 

Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Boston, MA, US, Architectural Designer

National Museum of Forest Service History Conservation Legacy Center
- Architectural drawings and diagrams
- Physical models fabrication

Harvard Music Study
- Concept design for feasibility studies

May 2023 - Jul 2023
 

Gehry Technologies, Los Angeles, CA, US, Digital Design Consultant

Forma Toronto | King Street West by Gehry Partners
- Twin tower: 73 & 84 stories, 2,034 Condominiums, 85,000 SF Retail, 115,000 SF Commercial
- Manage and coordinate BIM data with local and overseas architects, consultants and contractors
- Parametric modeling with scripting in Digital Project and Revit, strategize and identify best practice
- Facade panels (shaped metal panels and faceted glazing system) geometry rationalization
- 3D studies implementation to facilitate design and architectonic solutions
- Team management, leading a team of four digital design consultants from Gehry Technologies
- Provide BIM software training to the architects team
- Milestones and bi-weekly submission/issuance, project scheduling and coordination meeting

Metaverse Building X by Gehry Partners
- 680,000 SF total, 351,000 SF Office and Lab
- Full building parametric BIM production from Design Development to Construction Documents

8150 Sunset Blvd by Gehry Partners
- 333,000 SF total, 203 units, 20,300 SF Retail
- Interior parametric modeling in Digital Project for Construction Documents

Oct 2019 - Jun 2022
 

Patterns, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Designer

Mute Icons: & Other Dichotomies on the Real in Architecture
- Book typeset and content editing

Shenzhen Mangrove Wetland Museum (International Tender)
- Concept design, modeling and visualization

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
 

Eric Owen Moss Architects, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Designer

{W}rapper
- Grasshopper (data visualization, structural solution optimization, analysis diagrams, UI)

Dali City Convention Center
- Facade and enclosure design including solar study and louvers design iteration

Highland Park Kid Center
- Site context modeling, site analysis, drawings and diagrams

May 2018 - Aug 2018
 

Spinagu, Los Angeles, CA, US, Design and Fabrication Team

Exhibition "THICK" by Spinagu at SCI-Arc

May 2017 - Jul 2017
 

Education 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US, MArch, MArch II

Club Leadership: Womxn in Design (Co-Chair), Harvard GSD Real Estate Club (Director)
Courses: Introduction to Real Estate Finance, Development, and Management
Entrepreneurship and the Built Environment
Real Estate Private Equity and Capital Markets
Managerial Finance, Entrepreneurial Founding and Teams (MIT Sloan)
Game Theory and Strategic Decisions, State and Local Economic Development (HKS)

Sep 2022 - May 2024
 

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

Graduation with Distinction, Merit Undergraduate Thesis
Continuing Student Scholarship, Carlos Dinas Scholarship

Sep 2014 - Sep 2019
 

AA Berlin Laboratory Visiting School, Berlin, DE, Architecture Summer School

Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
 

Awards 

2023
 

Viewport of the Fjords, Honorable Mention

2019
 

European Velo Stops, Honorable Mention

2018
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills