DAN LU
danlu@gsd.harvard.edu www.projectsofdl.com
EDUCATION 2021 2016 2015
Master of Architecture in Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design Bachelor of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Architecture Hani Rashid Studio, Exchange Program at Die Angewandte (Institute of Architecture, Vienna)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 2016 - 2019 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Junior Designer, Los Angeles Worked on a wide spectrum of projects with diverse scale and programming, ranging from urban master plan, mixed-use, and interior space planning. Gained experience on housing developments, mid-scale educational building design, and adaptive re-use. Primarily focused on creating design studies and managing coordination between clients and consultants. The various projects involved a highly collaborative setting and dynamic team structure with firms such as, Kengo Kuma Architects, Field Operations, SWA, OBJ Landscape Architects and Bestor Architecture. Large-scale Urban Development - 1111 Sunset, Mixed-use of Housing, Hotel and Commercial, Los Angeles - Olympia, Housing, Los Angeles - McNair Plaza, Mixed-use of Housing, Hotel and Office, Houston Mid-scale Architecture Projects - MWD Garage Adaptive Reuse, Housing and Office, Los Angeles - Howard Hughes’ Headquarter, Hotel and Office, Los Angeles - Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles - Pen Factory, Office, Santa Monica - Dreamworks Creative Campus, Office Campus, Los Angeles 2019
WHL Architects, Design Consultant, Bay Area Assisted senior designer with space planning and interior design - Google Campus, Office Development, Bay Area
2016
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, Intern, Los Angeles Gained experience in fast-pace competitions and designing adaptive reuse projects - Dynamic Medical Facility, Adaptive Reuse, Los Angeles - Mali Museum, Competition, Peru
2015
Coop Himmelb(l)au, Intern, Vienna Acquired experience in complex 3d modeling, fabrication and design - Russell Means Library, South Dakota
2014
GriffinEnright Architects, Intern, Los Angeles Developed high-end residential design and construction documents in compliance with building codes - Birch Residence, Los Angeles
FEATURED WORKS 2021 2018 2016
Druker Design Gallery at Harvard, “Mutating Threshold” Arch Daily, Dynamic Medical Facility SCI-Arc Entrepreneurs, Thesis Project
SKILLSETS Proficient
Rhino, AdobeSuite, Lumion, AutoCAD
Basic
V-Ray, Revit, Grasshopper, GIS, AfterEffect
REFERENCES Farshid Moussavi Thomas Luebke Paul Danna John Enright
Professor at Harvard, Principal of FMA, Royal Academician FAIA, Secretary of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts FAIA, Partner at SOM FAIA, Vice director at SCI-Arc
danlu@gsd.harvard.edu