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RUQING LYU

University of Cambridge MArch RIBA Part II Selected Works 2018-2024

Application for RIBA Part II Architectural Assistant

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Ruqing Lyu

Phone: +44 7421898756 | Email: Ruqing.Lyu@outlook.com

EDUCATION

University of Cambridge Master of Architecture (Pass with Distinction)

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)

BEng Architecture (China) / BEng Architecture (First Class (Honours)) (UK)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ILI Architects

Part II Architectural Designer

· Contributed to residential and retail projects, including house extensions, interior renovations, and shopfront designs, from concept to construction.

· Worked across all RIBA Work Stages, managing tasks such as feasibility studies, detailed design development, and planning submissions, including Listed Building Consent and LTA applications.

· Demonstrated strong attention to design details, focusing on material selection, built-up details, and technical resolution to ensure high-quality project outcomes.

MAD Architects

Part I Architectural Assistant

· Participated in public sector 95,290 sqm YIWU Grand Theatre project, working with a specialized sub-team resolving structural and interior design coordinations.

· Streamlined design and production processes for high-profile architectural publications.

· Developed and implemented innovative design solutions, balancing technical constraints and client objectives, and delivering design options under tight deadlines.

XJTLU Design Research Centre

Part I Architectural Assistant

· Collaborated on a variety of design projects, ranging from competition entries to practical implementations, with diverse functions and scales across different locations.

· Contributed to site surveys, conceptual designs, and structural coordination, ensuring project deliverables aligned with technical specifications and client expectations.

AWARDS & EXTRACURRICULAR

2022 RIBA China WIA "She is an Architect" Exhibition Undergrad Final Year Project Selected

University Academic Excellence Award

Top 5% in Department

2019 SEU Chinese Contest of Rookies Award for Architectural Students Y2 project won Top 100 among Y1 - Y3 candidates from China

GRID, XJTLU Architecture Student Magazine

Co-founder and Chief Visual Editor

XJTLU International Workshop "Between Architecture and Landscape|2nd Edition"

Designed a waste collection and recycle system for local slums; collaborated with Balkrishna Doshi's Studio

Bartlett Summer School

Created a wearable device visualizing emotional impulse process

SKILLS

Languages

Software

Other Skills

Suzhou, China

2017.9. - 2021.7. Cambridge, UK 2022.10. - 2024.7.

London, UK 2024.10. - now

Beijing, China 2022.3. - 2022.5.

Suzhou, China 2020 / 2022 / 2023 Summer

Beijing Adventure MY DEAR NEIGHBOURS Hutong Community Regeneration | Independent Design Work Beijing, China

Shanghai, China 2022.7. - 2022.8.

XJTLU 2018 / 2019 / 2020 Southeast University 2019.8.

Suzhou, China

2020.7. - 2021.3. Ahmedabad, India 2020.1.

Beijing, China 2018.8.

Mandarin (Native), English (Proficient) Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, Revit, Enscape, V-ray for Rhinoceros, Blender, Lumion, Grasshopper, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Rowing (crew member of Queens' College Boat Club), Photography, Zentangle

02. DYNAMIC INTER-CONNECTION

Migrant Community Design in Shanghai, China | Undergrad Final Year Project (2021.2 - 2021.6)

03. BE PRODUCTIVE!

Convent Recycled Paper Factory and Museum in Reute Bad Waldsee, Germany | Undergrad Y4 Studio Work (2020.9 - 2020.12)

Modeling: Rhino Rendering: Enscape Drawing: Rhino, Illustrator

04. BEIJING ADVENTURE - MY DEAR NEIGHBOURS

Hutong Community Regeneration in Beijing, China | Independent Design Work (2021.8 - 2021.10)

Modeling: Blender, Rhino Rendering: Blender Drawing: Rhino, Illustrator

05. RESTARTING WITH A RING

Abstract Translation of Beijing "RINGS" | Independent Urban Study (2021.11 - 2021.12)

"RINGS"

Beijing urban context is famous for its "rings".

Together with rectangular streets, the road network forms a circular radioactive system.

"SURFACES"

Surfaces are urban domains formed under same function.

URBAN DOMAINS

Urban domains are regions defined by boundaries (include both realistic and abstract versions). Within one individual urban domain, there could exist different functional facilities. The nowadays word "district" is a realistic being of urban domains.

Here in the abstract version of Beijing urban context, urban domains are forms by network boundaries. There are also differnent levels of urban domains, depending on the intensiveness of its network.

ABSTRACT CHANGES

The whole city is not the same as it was decades ago. The process of changing never stop under modernism. However, the original planning of cross axis and rings never change. The urban replacement has been undergone within the orginal structure.

The "Rings" here are totally changed due to different influential forces. The changes are shown as different curvature dragging from the boundaries, or cutting through the actors.

FORCES

The forces influence the deformation of those rings. These depend on the functions of surrounding points, compactness of networks and the purposes of activities. The most obvious results are the sunken and bulge of the original boundaries.

The original axis are also deformed because of differnet forces. This also shows that the city is transformed thoughout the development. Some particular important points may have huge forces.

BOUNDARY POINTS

Boundary points define the new curvature forming the urban domains. These points are firstly considered in the organization of "surfaces", which means that they are already important to urban context formation. These points can also be affected by forces.

Each of these points are not only points or locations, but are considered as circular influential regions. Within these regions, there are activities, translations and connections existing.

JUMP POINTS

These points are close to the loops, providing shortcuts for boundary points. They have strong connections with trend points, that may lead the dynamic activities towards them. This will form movement traces and will become direct forces when being too strong.

There are also consideration of the changing of jump points when utilized by surrounding boundary points, as their importance may grow and lead them to become influential points.

TREND POINTS

These points are not part of the deformed rings, since they are not essential in the creation of the loops. However, they do have regional guidance which may further pull the edges of the cyclic links.

The trend points can be both realistic and abstract, which may depend on the specific locations they stand.

Mapping: Rhino, Grasshopper Drawing: Rhino, Illustrator