PORTFOLIO Nikky Dian Zhang
Nikky Dian Zhang 5325 Ravenna PL NE Apt 9 Seattle, WA
dian2012@uw.edu; 206-495-5319 Linkedin:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nikky-zhang/64/207/82a
OBJECTIVE: Full time intern position in 2014 summer and fall contributing my design abilities. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: • Advanced user of Adobe Creative Suite, Rhinoceros, SketchUp, AutoCAD and other software in the process of design • Outstanding collaborative skills with co-workers, self-motivated in a fast-paced environment • Fluent in Mandarin; Highly proficient English; Basic in Japanese • Fast learner on new skills, eager to apply skills and new capabilities EDUCATION: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA • Master of Landscape Architecture - School of Built Environment • GPA: 3.4 / 4.0 UW Study abroad: Gehl Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark • Two-weeks Travel-Study program Shenyang Architecture University, Shenyang, China • Bachelor of Agronomy - College of Architecture & Urban Planning • GPA: 3.5 / 4.0 INTERNSHIP & WORK EXPERIENCE: UW Creative Communications, Seattle, Washington, USA Student Assistant, Graphic Designer • Designed and edited quarterly posters and certificates for UW Medical • Effectively coordinated project participants of diverse cultural backgrounds Yizhu Zhongtian Landscape Architecture Design, Shenyang, China Associate Designer • Involved in conceptual design and landscape design • Contributed to creating and revising report book and posters
RESUME
Expected 2015 9/2013 2008-2012
1/2013-7/2013
7/2011-9/2011
Tian Zuo Architecture Institute, Shenyang, China 5/2010-7/2010 Preliminary Design Coordinator • Assisted design team with conceptual improvements at Shenyang Architecture University Students’ dormitory design • Developed and implemented digital and physical models VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: • 2013 Seattle Design Festival, Seattle, WA 9/2013 • WASLA (Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects) 2013 Conference, Tacoma, WA 5/2013 • Danny Woo Community Garden Orchard Stewardship, Seattle, WA 5/2013 • Youth Landscape Architecture, website 2011-Present RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: • Renjie Lake condition research, Shenyang, China 9/2011 • Street scape of Hunnan Road design strategies, Shenyang, China 5/2011 • Benxi Central Plaza site analysis, Benxi, China 11/2010 • Northwest side of Panlong Mountain drainage system, Tieling, China 9/2010 • AFFILIATIONS: • Member, GPSS (Graduate Program Student Senator) of Landscape Architecture Department, University of Washington 9/2012-Present • Editor, D1 magazine, Shenyang Architecture University 2009-2011 • President, Architecture Brain Storm Union, Shenyang Architecture University 2010 AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS: • LAF (Landscape Architecture Foundation) Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarship 2014 • WASLA (Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects) Student Scholarship 12/2012 • First year Tuition Waiver scholarship, University of Washington 2012
CONTENT URBAN PLAY FLOWING BETWEEN WETLAND OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, NEW LIFE MASKING THE ALLEY OTHER WORKS
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University Way
Brooklyn Ave
URBAN PLAY Active Design Improves Health The 50th Street
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INDIVIDUAL PROJECT, 2013 FALL
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University Way
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skateboarding
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URBAN PLAY | Public Spaces Public Life for Seattle’s University District
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URBAN PLAY | Public Spaces Public Life for Seattle’s University District
BIRD VIEW
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Skill set: Sketch up + Photoshop
DYNAMIC AND MULTI-USE OF FACILITIES The diagrams show a 24-hour use of space for city people. The PLAY facilities can be regarded as shelters for homeless people.
OUTDOOR CAFÉ
CHILDREN’S CONTINUOUS PLAYGROUND SHELTER
SKATING PLAYGROUND
OVERALL PERSPECTIVE SECTION
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1. out-door café
5. Wall climbing and parkour
9. Water spray from ground
2. parkour facilities
6. Swing
10. Amphitheater seating
3. Skating playground
7. Sliders and rope play facilities
11. Shelter
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8. Trampoline
12. Retail stores 13. Safeway
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MASTER PLAN
FOCUSING ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PLAY SOCIALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY the value of integrating playground into public can be infused with a deep understanding of the role in youths’ involvement.
PARK FACADE
MULTI-FUNCTION PARK CONTINUOUS PLAY
PARKOUR FACILITIES
MAIN PLANTINGS SKATEBOARDING RAMP
PLAY ACTIVITIES ANALYSIS
MATERIALS PALETTE
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FLOWING BETWEEN WETLAND Environmental health design in Meadowbrook Community Center INDIVIDUAL PROJECT, 2013 SPRING
PERSPECTIVE
Skill set: Sketch up + Photoshop
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
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Horizontal relationship Thornton Creek Watershed and Communities
Vertical relationship Meadowbrook Community Center
Meadowbrook ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER area attempts to be used as a way to serve the neighborhoods and communities around. Further, the project is designed to provide students from ELC, neighborhoods around, as well as citizens a place to experience the creek, earn awareness of wetland protection and involve into the process of this area’s growth.
PROCESS OF HUMAN INTERACTIVE WITH NATURE
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4 1. Environmental Learning Center 2. Outdoor classroom 3. Wetland species observation
4. Orchard 5. Ball field 6. Tennis field
7. Stream flow experience area 8. Wetland experience 9. Pond experience 10. Main gathering area
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BUILD AN ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM
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WATER EDGE RESILIENCE DESIGN
The design aims to take full advantage of the landscape, offer people rich open space to walk and have a rest, and enjoy the waterfront view as well. Skill set: Markers +color pencil Photoshop
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REJUVENATING HISTORICAL TOWN Cultural health design in Shenyang Tiexi Community TEAM PROJECT, 2012 FALL MY ROLE: SITE ANALYSIS, RESEARCH, MASTER PLAN RENDER
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MASTER PLAN
HOW TO PROTECT?
COMPARISON OF BEFORE AND AFTER
POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY
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MASKING THE ALLEY 8 hours urban experiment in U-district Seattle TEAM PROJECT, 2014 FALL 1-WEEK PREPERATION/ $50-BUDGET/ 5-STUDENTS/ 1-ALLEY/100+ TAPE GRAFFITI
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Auto-CAD CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT Design Implementation Winter 2014
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1. L2.0 Layout and Materials 2. L3.0 Grading plan 3. L4.0 Planting plan 4. L6.0 Details
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WATERCOLOR DRAWING
This is my architecture design studio in 2009. I appreciated the beautiful scenery in the site, so I created a corridor over the water. I used watercolor to show my respect to nature and landscape.
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Dian (Nikky) Zhang
Jan, 13, 2014 HANDMADE MODEL-TERRARIUM
TERRARIUM
• Final product
• Remove the interior tube from the side, and pull out any remaining wires with the pliers.
LARC 503 DESIGN ACTIVISM STUDIO
• Remove the black glass.
This is my part of design studio in 2014 Winter. I used light bulb to create a toy for people to play and observe, and I hope the toy an cultivate kid a sense of living creature.
CONCEPT MODEL
This is my urban design studio in 2012 Winter. I used white and black boards to demonstrate Seattle city grid, and wires represents highway I-5 The tree shape street also shows the growing of a city.
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Nikky Dian Zhang University of Washington 206-495-5319 dian2012@uw.edu