Architectural + Landscape Designer Urban Design + Environmental Syst

HANCONGDAVIDSONDING

New York Metropolitan Area Hong Kong Beijing +1-607-***-**** ******@*******.*** Architectural + Landscape Designer dinghancong.com Authorized to work in the U.S. under F-1 OPT Available full-time and in person in New York profile Architectural and landscape designer trained at Syracuse University and Cornell University, with professional experience at BIG, Junya Ishigami + Associates, and Martha Schwartz Partners. Works across building design, mixed-use public realm, ecological infrastructure, environmental analysis, 3D modeling, physical prototyping, and visual communication.

education Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ithaca, NY Aug 2024-May 2026 B.S. in Landscape Architecture, Cum Laude, with Distinction in Research

Minor in Science Communication & Public Engagement Relevant coursework: Urban Design Studio; Site Engineering; Landscape Futures; Creating the Urban Eden; AI in Organizations.

Syracuse University, School of Architecture, Syracuse, NY Aug 2021-May 2023 Bachelor of Architecture coursework, four semesters (transferred to Cornell)

Architectural Design I-IV; Representation; Building Structure Systems I-II; Structures I; History & Theory of Architecture I-III.

Harvard University, Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA

Feb-Jul 2025 CS50 Machine Learning with Python, Certificate of Completion. professional Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen, Denmark Feb-Jul 2024 Landscape Design Assistant

Supported Gelephu Mindfulness City, a 2,500 km2 Bhutan masterplan, through 3D modeling, process diagrams, sections, and bio-corridor studies linking settlement with animal migration. Built a 1.2 x 3 m detailed site model; contributed to six living-community axonometrics and section studies for the Al-Numan Island competition; supported a Lapland cabin-hotel planting plan.

Junya Ishigami + Associates, Tokyo, Japan

May-Jun 2023 Summer Intern

Supported early design development of the 2,000 m2 UAE Pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka through four conceptual model iterations, process diagrams, exhibition-lighting studies, and spatial tests for a jujube-tree structural field. Martha Schwartz Partners, Shanghai, China

Jul-Aug 2023 Remote Landscape Design Intern

Contributed two masterplan updates and a planting study for a 40,000 m2 Shenzhen Bay headquarters; refined sky-deck public-realm options for internal design review. IARA Architecture Office, Beijing, China

Sep-Nov 2023 Architecture Intern

Conducted six household interviews and produced annotated site and risk-mapping diagrams for Fengwu Village. Supported three resident-centered micro-intervention proposals for a local-government report.

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design Migrate Nest YAC Competition, 2025 Team project Developed the master plan, building plan, sections, and three renderings for a wetland observatory extending from land into the sea; coordinated architecture, landscape, and movement across multiple scales.

Symbiotic Rhizopolis HIA-HYP Cup, 2023 Team project Responsible for modeling, prototype, column section, plans, sections, and final master axon. Applied slime-mold network logic to organize suspended platforms and integrated water filtration, vertical farming, and public occupation. Re: Play Alchemy Cornell Urban Design Studio, 2025 Individual Mapped schools, pedestrian-injury corridors, historic water lines, traffic, and impervious surfaces; developed a depaving masterplan converting asphalt into play streets, gardens, and stormwater infrastructure.

Fog is More Cornell Site Assembly, 2025 Individual Designed and fabricated an atmospheric prototype using ultrasonic atomization, temperature and humidity sensing, Arduino components, and scenario testing to study visibility, microclimate, and public interaction.

research Harvard University, Cognitive Aesthetics Media Lab, Cambridge, MA Jul-Aug 2025 Research Intern

Produced measured drawings and digital reconstruction models for Jamal Garhi archaeological structures ranging from 1,000-4,000 m2 and 17-30 m in height; supported visual-interface development.

Tsinghua University, The Future Laboratory, Beijing, China Oct-Dec 2023 Research Assistant

Conducted on-site spatial and environmental analysis across two projects; produced seven diagrams; contributed three Robot House design iterations and a 200 m2 exhibition layout with installation logistics.

Cornell University, Design + Augmented Intelligence Lab, Ithaca, NY Feb-Jun 2025 Research Assistant

Supported a biometric and virtual-reality wayfinding experiment through participant protocol administration and research documentation. leadership Topia Rural Art Redesign Initiative, Gejia Village, Ningbo 2019-2024 Co-Lead

Led a 25-day workshop with 22 international participants, coordinating surveys, interviews, co-design, and daily production. Co-designed and built a 6 x 2.5 m bamboo-and-steel public installation; oversaw material testing, construction sequencing, fastening, and on-site assembly.

skills CAD + Modeling: AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUp Visualization + Graphics: V-Ray, Enscape, Lumion, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects; hand sketching, watercolor, multimedia collage Site + Computation: ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, OpenStreetMap, USGS Earth Explorer, Python, OpenAI API, CSV, JSON, JSONL, Google Colab

Fabrication: physical model making, 3D printing, bamboo and steel construction, hand tools

Languages: Mandarin and Cantonese (native); English (professional); Japanese

(intermediate)

awards Cornell B.S. Cum Laude and Distinction in Research; 2025-2026 BSLA Honor Thesis; Syracuse Dean’s List Scholarship, 2021-2023.

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