PORTFOLIO Selected Works from [2013 - 2022]
CAI Qingyu Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD) 2023 Graduate School of Design | Harvard University
CAI QINGYU +13476538390, qcai@gsd.harvard.edu, 26 Everett Street, Cambridge, Massaschusetts
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Education Sep. 2021-
Harvard University | Master of Architecture in Urban Design GPA: NA (High Pass in Core Design Studio)
Sep. 2017-Apr. 2020 Tongji University | Master of Architecture GPA: 89.9/100.0 (Excellent in All Design Studios) Sep. 2012-Jun. 2017 Tongji University | Bachelor of Engineering (Architecture & Interior Design) GPA: 4.58/5.0 (Excellent in All Design Studios)
Professional Experience Perkins Eastman | Shanghai | Architectural Designer Design development for Chadwick International Ecopark School Project | Under construction Design development for Whittle Suzhou International School Project | Under construction Competition for ByteDance Shenzhen Headquater Schematic design for Modernland Shiguangli Senior Living Reconstruction | Under construction Competition for SUSTech School of Medicine & SUSTech Affiliated Hospital Supervisor: Weichi Chen, Principal Feb. 2019-Apr. 2019 Xing Design | Shanghai | Intern Architect Concept design & design development for NeoBridge Hotel Project | Complete Supervisor: Xiong Xing, Founder/Chief Architect Jun.2020-Jul.2021
Aug. 2018-Jan. 2019 gmp Architekten | Berlin | Intern Architect Competition for Russia Philharmonie, Beijing Tongzhou Yongshun Town, Shenzhen Complex Highrise Design development for Zhengzhou International Exhibition Center Project | Under construction Supervisor: Matthias Wiegelmann, Director | Nicolas Pomränke, Associate Partner Jan. 2018-Jun. 2018 AECOM | Shanghai | Intern Urban Planner Competition for Shanghai Yangpu Riverside Urban Design Supervisor: Anyu Fang, Associate/Senior Urban Designer Jan. 2017-Sep. 2017 SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL (SOM) | Shanghai | Intern Urban Planner Conceptual urban design for Greater Xi’an Axis, Tianjin Binhai New City Supervisor: Ted Yu, Associate Director
01 PARALLEL Combination of Service Apartment and Apartment Hotel with In-between Changeable Space 2020 Spring Master Graduation Thesis Project
02 BLOCK-CHAIN Reviving First Street of South Boston 2021 Fall Harvard GSD Urban Design Core Studio
03 TYPE & INDIVIDUALISM Housing with Diverse Clusters 2017 Li Dehua & Luo Xiaowei Chair of Design& Tongji-MVRDV Collaborative Design Studio Pubilshed in The Dwelling Diary: MVRDV Tongji Teaching Experiment
Apr. 2016-May. 2017 ARCH DAILY | Shanghai | Translator Translation for publishment on Wechat and websites Aug. 2016
DC Alliance | Shanghai | Intern Architect Concept design for Shanghai Yu Garden Renewal | Complete Supervisor: Yi Dong, Co-partner/Chief Architect
Jul. 2015-Sep. 2015 Atelier GOM | Shanghai | Intern Architect Hand-modeling, modeling and preparing for architecture exhibition Supervisor: Jiajing Zhang, Founder /Chief Architect
04 STROLLIG AROUND Vertical Life - Bring Urban Context to Highrise 2018 Spring Academy for Architectural Culture (aac) Workshop I founded by gmp Pubilshed in Concretegmp:Completed! Exhibited in The Qianhai Superposition Section I The 8th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture(UABB)
Design Workshops & Honors Mar. 2018
Nippon Paint & iColor “Design for Future” Asia Young Designer Communication Workshop | Kuala Lumper One of the two representitives of China
Feb. 2018-Mar. 2018 2018 Spring Academy for Architectural Culture (aac) Workshop | Hamburg One of the 16 students and young architects selected worldwide, team leader and project ranking highest score Sep. 2017-Nov. 2017 2017 Li Dehua & Luo Xiaowei Chair of Design& Tongji-MVRDV Collaborative Design Studio | Shanghai&Rotterdam Team leader Jun. 2017 Shanghai Outstanding Graduates
Publications Apr. 2020 Nov.2018
Wang Yi, Dong Yi, Ye Yu.The Dwelling Diary: MVRDV Tongji Teaching Experiment.Tongji University Press,2020 Detlef Jessen-Klingenberg etc..Concretegmp:Completed!.gmp von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects PR&Communications,21/11.2018:58-61
Exhibitions Jun. 2017
Works of 8+1+1 Joint Thesis Design 2017 Chinese Industrial Museum | Shenyang | China Dec. 2020 -Feb.2021 The 8th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture(UABB) The Qianhai Superposition Section | Shenzhen | China
Skills Chinese (Mandarin) | English (TOEFL 112/GRE v152 q169 w4.0) | German (1000 periods) Revit | Rhinoceros | Adobe CC | Twinmotion | Sketch up | Enscape | V-ray | Auto CAD | Figma
05 HYBURBAN Creating a New Model of Lifestyle 2021 Fall Harvard GSD Urban Design Core Studio Shortlisted 2021-2022 The Plimpton-Poorvu Design Prize
06 OTHER WORKS
07 PRACTICAL WORKS