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Yarzar Hlaing

Yarzar Hlaing

New York, NY, US

 
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About 

I am Yarzar Hlaing, a multidisciplinary designer, 22, from Yangon, Myanmar, currently studying undergraduate Architecture at Pratt Institute. I treasure the notion of eccentricity that alters how we perceive the world through space and form making. My aspiration comes from uncovering the spatial performances of irregular geometries and proportions in architecture. In doing so, the ambitions should also align with reality and provide answers to the complex issues for the future. Whether designing a small furniture or a city masterplan, my focus is always to materialize the unreal as well as to provide alternative design solutions in our ordinary world. My intentions revolves around finding new opportunities to reshape the ways people occupy spaces as well as to advocate human well-being through architecture.

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Employment 

Michael K Chen Architecture, New York, Architectural Intern

• Generated architectural design iterations
• Facilitated with architectural working drawings diagrams and renders
• Produced physical models for exhibition

Jan 2022 - May 2022
 

WE-DESIGNS, New York, Junior Design Assistant

• Executed research on AI and digital structures
• Facilitated with architectural working drawings diagrams
• Created book layout and graphic iterations

Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
 

op-AL, New York, NY, US, Architectural Intern

• Produced facade studies for Italian American Museum
• Facilitated with architectural and construction documents
• Set up renderings and drawings for publication

Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
 

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), New York, Architectural Intern

• Assisted with architectural modelling and design development
• Facilitated with architectural working drawings diagrams
• Set up and rendered views for architectural views

May 2021 - Jul 2021
 

Education 

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, BArch, Bachelor of Architecture

Aug 2017 - current
 

International School Yangon, Yangon, High School, IB Diploma

Aug 2014 - May 2017
 

Awards 

2022
 

Degree Project Awards, Honorable Mention

2022
 

UA Advanced Distinguished Projects, Other

2020
 

International Merit Scholarship, Scholarship

2017
 

Areas of Specialization 

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