MINGYUE ZHANG M.Arch LEED GA 3749 38th Ave W Vancouver BC V6N 2Y3 c: (778)322-6218 e: mingyuez@outlook.com w: mingyuezhang.com
ED U C AT ION • Master of Architecture 2013.09 —2016.05 University of British Columbia, Canada • Bachelor of Architecture 2008.09 — 2013.07 Dalian University of Technology, China • Exchange to Department of Architecture 2011.09 —2012.01 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
WOR K EXP ER I EN C E • LWPAC Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Vancouver, BC 2015.05—2016.05 Student Intern. Developed parametric tool by using grasshopper in sustainable design and energy simulation; Model making; Worked alongside project architect being drawing assistance for various project. Project experience: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Renewal; R&D in Building Technology Research; Monad on Rupert; NLA New Ideas for Housing Competition; Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver Exhibition. • Architecture Computer Lab Assistant, UBC 2015.01— 2015.05 Provided printing, plotting and scanning technical support to students in the computer labs, reported to IT committee at monthly meetings. • Laser Cut Technician, UBC 2014.09—2015.05 Running laser cut machine at architecture school, optimized and troubleshoot AI and CAD files. • Graduate Teaching Assistant, UBC 2014.07— 2014.08 TA for Assemblages studio (Arch 544O), helped students with grasshopper and rhino questions, organize architecture tours around Vancouver. • MGA Design Build 2014 | TED Theatre 2014.01— 2014.03 Helped designed the project, fabricated and installed the stage in the theatre that TED had become. • C+Z Studio, Dalian, China 2013.03— 2013.07 Student Intern. Worked closely with project architect and principle during schematic design and construction-stage document phases. Helped build digital models by using Rhino, Grasshopper and Sketch Up, and prepare drawings in AutoCAD. Project experience: Panjin Shopping Centre.
WOR K EXP ER I EN C E( CO N TI N UED) • Fushun Architecture Design Institute, China 2012.03— 2012.12 Student Intern. Completed Drafting jobs in CAD, built digital models in Sketch up and Rhino, rendered 3D models and worked on construction documents for an office building. Project experience: Fushun Municipal Building; Fushun Hunhe Residential Plaza.
S C H OL AR S H I P AN D AWAR D • Special UBC Graduate Scholarship, Best Project of the Year- James Cheng Award • Best of Studio Prize- UBC SALA Projects 2014
SKILLS • Digital Software Revit, Rhino+Grasshopper, MicroStation, AutoCAD, DIVA, Sketch Up, Adobe. • Languages Chinese (Mandarin,Cantonese), English
P ROFES S I ON A L A FFI L I AT I ON S • LEED Green Associate
AC TIVITIES AN D VOL U N TEER EXPER IEN C E
• Mandarin Student Leader in Tandem Program at UBC 2013.09— 2013.12 Held language exchange meetings between English and Chinese twice every week, communicated with students and helped them learn Chinese with English. • Sea-Sky Design Build Studio 2011.05— 2011.07 Attended in Sea-Sky Studio, investigated Dalian city construction with professors from University of Tokyo and University of Technology, Sydney and then designed and constructed, took part in the publishing of the book Ronggou.