CHARLES DONG 1023, 46th Street, Apt 2, Brooklyn, NY 11219/ charlesdongdong@gmail.com / (917) 868-2337 SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS A goal-oriented professional architect and urban designer with 6+ years of architectural and planning education at top-tier design schools; Dedicated to a career in architectural design and planning services; Exposed to all phases of high-end design, award-winning international competition and multiple project types across K12, Commercial, Residential, Office Building, Urban Design, Infrastructure, Guidelines and Land Use Planning; Finished pre-licensing courses on real estate license and LEED; Self motivated, enthusiastic, diligent worker and a strong team participant. EDUCATION Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University in the City of New York, US Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design “East Harlem Low Line”, exhibited in Studio-X in Urban Design Week 2012 NYC “Archipelago Itaquera”, presented to Sao Paulo City Department of Urban Planning School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China Bachelor of Architecture Scholarship awarded for academic excellence WORK EXPERIENCE Junior Architect, Stone Design Consultant, Inc. - Spider Towers/ Urban Aviary/ Tokyo Fashion Museum Assisted with schematic design, preparation of plans and specifications for construction drawings and coordinating bid process
Graduated May 2012
Summer 2011 Spring 2012 Graduated May 2011 2006- 2011
June 2012- Present Full-time position
Research Assistant, Urban Design Lab, the Earth Institute, Columbia University - The Sustainable Urban Planning of Gulin New City (Urban China Initiative, Joint organization by Columbia University, Tsinghua University & McKinsey) Conducted sustainable development research and rendering. Developed master plan.
Sep 2011- Present Part-time position
Assistant Planner, UK H&D Design Services Ltd - Concept Planning of Cuihu Science and Technology Park Collaborated with director in land use planning and urban design of core area
Dec 2011- Feb 2012 Freelance
Planning assistant, Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute - Thesis, The Master Plan of Yanggao County, Shanxi Province, China Participated in all phases of site documentation, negotiations, land use planning, new town urban design and regulatory reporting of a 300,000 population county.
Sep 2010- Jun 2011 Full-time position
Intern Architect, Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua - The Affiliated Middle School of Peking University – Pinggu, Built in 2011 Produced complete sets of construction documents of gymnasium and campus plan under instructions. Participated model making. Collaborated with structure engineers.
Jul 2010- Sep 2010 Internship
Intern Architect, RTKL Associates, Beijing - Urban Design of Shanghai ZhiFu CBD, International Competition 1st prize Handled floor plan of Complex, primary design of site plan and ecological strategies. Created hand drawings, renderings and analytical diagrams.
May 2010- Jun 2010 Internship
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS Publication Assistant, Design Proposal for Gulin New Town Plan Conducted graphic design, editing and translation between English and Chinese Author, Anti-seismic Farmhouse Design Chinese Dwellings, May Issue, 2009 LANGUAGE & SKILLS Mandarin: Native / English: Fluent AutoCAD, Sketchup, ArcGIS, Revit, Vray, Maya, Rhino Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Microsoft Suite, After Effects PORTFOLIO WEBSITE http://issuu.com/charlesdong/docs/worksamples
Sep 2011- Dec 2011
May 2009