Professional Profile
Dian Yu is an architectural drafter with five years of professional experience in New York City and Shanghai. She has worked on a diverse range of projects including commercial, residential, mixed-use, educational, and cultural buildings. Dian has developed mature skills in producing various drawings of different stages from construction documents to analyzing diagrams and communicating with different stakeholders. She looks forward to continuing to contribute her skills to future projects.
Chong'An Temple Block, Urban Renovation, Shanghai, China
Guanyun, Distillery Design, Suqian, China
391 Xiangyang South Road, Mixed-Use Transformation, Shanghai, China
Impression of Growth, Concrete 3D Printing, Shanghai, China
Baoli, Mixed-Use Community Design, Hangzhou, China
Marine World, Mixed-Use Community Design, Shenzhen, China
Chunfeng Li, Sales Office Design, Nantong, China
Beacon of Wuxi, Art Museum Design, Wuxi, China
What is Missing?, Multi-sited Memorial Project, Online Project
01 CHONG'AN
Temple Block Renovation
Jan 2021 - Aug 2023 (Built)
Shanghai, China
Plot Area: 45,400 m²
My Role:
Bidding - Site visits, regulations interpreting, concept generation, drawing sets and presentations
Construction - Preparing, editing and revising maps, technical drawings, specifications, and diagrams
Communicate & coordinate with the client, government, construction team, commercial operations, and landscape team
Master Plan Analysis
Motor Vehicle
Non-Motor Vehicle
Motor Parking
Non-Motor Parking
Transportation - Vehicles
Fashion Street
Bar Street
Catering Street
Wuxi Garden
Medication Street
Waterfront Hall
Shopping Street
Cultural Street
Blossom Street
Sunken Shopping Park
Space Structure
Transportation
- Pedestrians
Phase I Zone A - Ground Floor Plan
Phase I Zone A - Third Floor Plan
Phase
Phase
II - Ground Floor Plan
Phase II - Second Floor Plan
Phase II - Ground Floor Plan
Renderings
Phase II - Second Floor Plan
Renderings
Elevations
Elevations
Material Finishes
Material Finishes
Structure Detail
Elevation Decorating Guide
02 GUANYUN
Distillery Design
May 2021 - Ongoing
Location: Suqian, China
Plot Area: 236,457 m²
My Role:
Concept design - Preliminary sketches and model making, schematic drawings, technical drawing and diagrams
Carbon Neutral - Research & case study, prepare for sustainability analysis and visualization
Communicate with clients, coordinate on presentation
Master Plan Analysis
Transportation - Vehicles
Transportation - Pedestians
Greenery
Fire Protection
Sustainability Analysis
Rendering - Birdview
Explosion - Material & Structure
03 391 XIANGYANG SOUTH RD.
Mixed-use Transformation
Sept 2023 - Ongoing
Location: Shanghai, China
Plot Area: 538 m²
My Role:
Site visits and local regulations interpreting
Revise esidential floor plan, prepare the technical drawings
Assist with the exterior facade renewal of the first-floor retails, prepare renderings and facade guidance
Kitchen & Bath Layout Typology
Current Condition
Current Condition
Current Condition
04 IMPRESSION OF GROWTH
Concrete 3D Printing
Jun 2023 - Sept 2024 (Launched Twice)
Location: Shanghai, China
Plot Area: 30 m²
My Role:
Form design, 2D visualization, digital modeling, and coding
3D printing operation and physical assembly, exhibition layout
Post-processing of drawings and photos
Differential Growth Simulation
05 BAOLI
Community Design
Oct 2022 - Ongoing
Location: Hangzhou, China
Plot Area: 19,455 m²
My Role:
Prepare schematic drawings and model making for the kindergarton and sales office
Prepare technical drawings and units layouts for the residential buildings
Prepare presentation deck / booklet / board
Rendering - Kindergarten
Rendering - Sales Office
Rendering - Residential Building
05
MARINE WORLD
Mixed-use Community Design
Housing Arrangement
June 2022 - Ongoing
Location: Shenzhen, China
Plot Area: 50,759 m²
My Role:
Draw analysis charts on sunlight, ventilation,
ventilation, etc. Prepare presentation deck.
Sun Exposure Calculation Seascape Utilization
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CHUNFENG LI
Sales Office Design
Sept 2020 - Dec 2020 (Built)
Location: Nantong, China
Plot Area: 120 m²
My Role:
Technical drawings, publication drawing
drawing set.
Photo
07
BEACON OF WUXI
Wuxi Art Museum Design
Sept 2019 - Nov 2019 (Bid)
Location: Wuxi, China
Plot Area: 12,542 m²
My Role:
Technical drawings, diagrams, and post-processing
South East View - Day
post-processing of renderings
Water Management Analysis
Landscape as a tray that guides and holds the water. Texture and water experiment is done for the art park.
paper + watercolor + scrathed surface
Section
Expanded Section AA Looking East
Atrium
Rotunda
08 WHAT IS MISSING?
Multi-sited Memorial Project
Oct 2019 - Jun 2020
My Role: Conducting research and developing
visualizations for publication and presentation.
Mapping Visualization
Mapping Visualization
Mapping Visualization
