Dan Shen *** Copperline Dr, Apt D
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Tel: +1-213-***-****
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EDUCATION
M.L.Arch Landscape Architecture (GPA: 3.33) Aug 2014-May 2016 University of Southern California, CA, United State Award scholarships in both first and second years
Course include:
Landscape Architecture Design I, II, III; Global History of Landscape Architecture; Urban Landscape: Process and Place; Urban Landscape: Contemporary History and Prospect; Urban Plant Ecology: Environmental Perspectives; Urban Plant Ecology: Cultural Perspectives; Media for Landscape Architecture: 3D Design; M.L.Arch. Thesis, Option I; Cross Cultural Topics in Landscape Architecture History; The Natural Landscape; Landscape Architecture Practice; Landscape Construction: Assembly and Documentation Key design projects involved:
First Year: Linear Parkway Design, Location: Los Angeles; LA River Riverside Park Design: North Atwater Park, Location: Los Angeles; University of Southern California Campus Design, Location: Los Angeles
Second Year: FINAL YEAR DESIGN RESEARCH IN USC: Rethinking the San Joaquin Valley: 21st Century Agri-Urbanism.
Research Thesis Topic: Complexity of River Ecologies - Natural and Human Systems, Location: Kings River, Fresno, CA
MArch Urban Design (Pass) Sept 2013-Sept 2014
University College London, London, United Kingdom
Course include:
Overall Urban Design Project; Detailed Urban Design Project; Urban Design Report; History and Theory of Urban Design
Key design projects involved:
Relational Urbanism: Underground Urban Generation (One-year research and design project) BA Architecture (Second class, First division honours) Sept 2010-June 2013 University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Courses include:
Design Studio I, II, IV, V; Technology I, II; Humanity I, II Key design projects involved:
Final year exhibition; Final year project: “Water Museum”; 224 leaves pavilion; Gothic Museum & Gallery; Light Pavilion, etc.
WORKING EXPERENCE & ACTIVITIES
Internship
• East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd July 2009 Participated in designing team doing the project of Performing Art Center of Shanghai World Expo 2010.
• HONGXIANG Holding Group Co. Ltd July 2012
Took part in the Architecture Design Innovation Competition in HONGXIANG Architecture Design Institute and won the second place.
• JUJIANG Construction Group Co. Ltd Aug 2012
Participated in designing group doing the project of 1200 colleges and universities multifunctional theatre design.
• Shanghai branch of China Academy of Urban Planning & Design July-Sep 2013 Participated in design group doing the project of the landscape design of the site garden district, Meishan, Sichuan, China.
• Plasma Studio, Beijing May-Aug 2015
Participated in the Pingtan 10 parks design competition, Fujian, China. Dan Shen 304 Copperline Dr, Apt D
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Tel: +1-213-***-****
Email:*.********@*****.***
Group works & activities in University
• LIGHT PAVILION DESIGN Sep 2012 - Oct 2012
Participated in light pavilion project design for Ruby Lounge Manchester, UK
• 224P LEAVES PAVILION DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION Oct 2012 - Nov 2012 Pavilion Construction: Participated in a pavilion project for Dunham Massey Winter Garden, authorized by the National Trust
Manchester, UK
• B-PRO MArch URBAN DESIGN DEGREE SHOW Late Aug - Late Sep 2014 Participated in preparing exhibition for the degree show. Works involved physical and digital model making, 3D printing and CNC techniques
Royal Ear Hospital, Bartlett School of Architecture, London, UK
• VERTICAL WORKSHOP COOPERATED WITH LADoT SERVICE AND LA METRO October 2015
Participated in the design of a series of graphics for Los Angeles’ public transport system: bus, rail and metro
Los Angeles, US
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Project accepted by published article 2016
Kelly Shannon (2016) Amid shifting paradigms: teaching and research, Journal of Landscape Architecture, 11:2, 84-89, DOI: 10.1080/18626033.2016.1188577 Won the Scholarship at both first and second year 2014 – 2016 School of Architecture, University of Southern California
“224 PAVILION” project won the pavilion scheme in response to a live brief set out 2012 by the National Trust, UK
Manchester School of Architecture, University of Manchester
“IMAGINATION VILLAGE DESIGN” project won the second place in Architecture Design Innovation Competition 2012
HONGXIANG Holding Group Co. Ltd
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Sketch Up, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Rhino, Grasshopper, Autodesk Ecotect Analysis, V-Ray for Sketch Up & Rhino, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, ArcGIS, Mac + Windows Platform