HAIHUI ZHU EMAIL / hz2920@columbia.edu TEL / +1 315-992-5813 Address / 788 Columbus Avenue, Park West Village, New York, NY 10025
EDUCATION
08/2018-05/2023
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY / SYRACUSE, NY - Bachelor of Architecture, GPA: 3.815 out of 4.0 - Six times named to the Syracuse University School of Architecture Dean’s Citation of Excellence - Syracuse Beijing Visiting Critique Studio, Architecture Program, Spring 2021 - Syracuse Shanghai Visiting Critique Studio, Architecture Program, Fall 2021 - Part-time faculty as teaching assistant for ARC107 studio 2021, architecture design summer program 2022
06/2023-06/2024
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GSAPP / NEW YORK, NY - Master of Architecture, Advanced Architecture Design Program (AAD)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
08/2022-10/2022
ASSISTANT EDITOR OF ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE A+U / ONLINE - Worked on translating and editing the articles and interviews for the professional architecture magazine A+U of the journal “Emerging Architects in China, Non-Architecture Architects”.
07/2022-08/2022
ARCHITECT INTERNSHIP AT WILD CREATIVE CO. / ONLINE - Worked on a landscape design and branding design for “Garage Art Museum” in Shenzhen, China.
06/2022-07/2022
PART-TIME FACULTY FOR SYRACUSE ARCHITECTURE SUMMER PROGRAM / SYRACUSE, US - Worked as a TA for Professor Matthew Ragazzo to inspire high school students from all over the world about the architecture discipline with their passion.
11/2021-01/2022
RESEARCH INTERNSHIP AT SANAA ARCHITECT / SHANGHAI, CHINA - Worked as an assistant for research and project docking between design and construction for SANAA’s underconstruction project “The Suzhou Opera House” in Suzhou China.
09/2021-10/2021
ARCHITECT INTERNSHIP AT F-A-N ARCHITECT / SHANGHAI, CHINA - Worked on the conceptual design, digital modeling, and analysis drawing of projects and competitions like Ruian art installation design, Nanjing small island competition, Shanghai Oil Can Art Center exhibition design.
08/2021-11/2021
TEACHING ASSISTANT FOR 1ST YEAR STUDIO ARC107 / SHANGHAI, CHINA - Worked as a TA for Professor Francisco Sanin to assist and teach the 1st year architecture students of their first architectural design course ARC 107.
05/2021-07/2021
ARCHITECT INTERNSHIP AT ATELIER CN'S / GUANGZHOU, CHINA - Worked on the conceptual design, digital modeling, and analysis drawing of projects such as Beijing Road Building Renovation, Dongshankou Temple Street Porcelain Bureau Exhibition Hall, Gualing Village renovation plans, etc.
02/2021-05/2021
ARCHITECT INTERNSHIP AT DRAWING ARCHITECTURE STUDIO / BEIJING, CHINA - Worked with colleagues on several large-scale architecture digital drawing such as “Learning from Macau,” “Still-Life In the Windy City,” exhibition drawings for Pudong City Exhibition Hall.
06/2019-08/2019
ARCHITECT INTERNSHIP AT ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INSTITUE OF SCUT / GUANGZHOU, CHINA - Researching and designing Dongguan City Center with Chinese Architecture Academician He Jingtang.
COMPETITIONS & EXHIBITIONS
COMPETITIONS 2022
Gold Award, Temporary and Movable building Competition of the 20th Asian Design Award (furniture project “Iterative Shapeshifters”).
2022
Silver Award, Ecological, Healthy, and Sustainable Competition of the 20th Asian Design Award (architecture project “The Buffer Zone”).
2022
Finalist, Syracuse University School of Architecture King+King Integrated Design Competition 2022 (architecture project “The Buffer Zone”).
2021
Shortlist, Drawing Prize, World Architecture Festival 2021 (Beijing VC Studio Work – Complete Map of Beijing).
2021
Special Mention, One Drawing Challenge, Architizer (Beijing VC Studio Work – Complete Map of Beijing).
EXHIBITIONS 11/2022-03/2023
Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale 2022, Future Shenzhen - International Low Carbon City, architecture project “Emu Gathering Organization” exhibited in area C3.
09/2021-12/2021
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021, “Still-Life In the Windy City” architecture drawing by Drawing Architecture Studio was exhibited in the Chicago City Exhibition Hall.
08/2021-09/2021
Challenge and Opportunity, Education Innovation in the Pandemic Exhibition, Bamboo Art Center, Shanghai, China.
08/2021-09/2021
Cities Of The World Exhibition, held by the cosmetic brand Harmay, “Still-Life In the Windy City” by Drawing Architecture Studiowas exhibited at its flagship store in Shanghai, China.
06/2021-PRESENT
“Learning from Macau” Drawing Exhibition by Drawing Architecture Studio, collected and exhibited by Macau City Exhibition Center, the drawing was painted on the façade of the city center permanently.
05/2021-07/2021
“Copied in Beijing, the Complete Map of Beijing” architecture drawing of Beijing VC Studio, project exhibited in Wind H Art Museum, Beijing, China.
SKILLS
LANGUAGE
English-fluent, Mandarin-native, Cantonese-native, Japanese-conversational.
TECHNIQUE
Rhino+Grasshopper, Revit, Sketchup / Vray, Enscape, Twinmotion / Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, AutoCAD / Laser-Cut, 3D Printing & Scanning, CNC Milling, Woodworking.
REFERENCES
Fei Wang / MS Program Coordinator, Professor, Syracuse SOA / fwang100@syr.edu Ziyue Liu / Project Architect, SANAA Architecture / zy.liu@sanaa.co.jp Han Li / Founder of Drawing Architecture Studio / lihan@d-a-s.cn