experience
PICKARD CHILTON
2022, 2 months
New Haven, CT
Projects: mixed-use towers, CLT office building, medical labs
Responsibilities: finalized SD, DD & CD sets, conducted massing studies, enclosure studies, space/ layout planning, enclosure workpoints, enclosure details, plan/ section/ elevation coordination
YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
2022, 12 months
New Haven, CT
Role: TA for Anti-Slavery in Building & TA for Tall Buildings
Responsibilities: coordination and communication with students, organized course materials, fabricated site models, designed lecture presentations
YALE UNIVERSITY
2022, 24 months
New Haven, CT
Role: Yale photographer
Responsibilities: documenting special events, social media contributions, coordination with Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communication, and creating strategies to engage with the Yale community
EXD-LAB
2020, 36 months
New York, NY
Projects: modular furniture, apartment rennovations
Responsibilities: shop drawings, fabrication, and installation of designs, measured drawing coordination, iterative space planning, and specification analysis
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL
2016, 2 months
Hong Kong, SAR
Projects: urban masterplanning, design competitions
Responsibilities: massing studies, specification analysis, postoccupation analysis, volumetric modelling, space optimization, space/ layout planning, urban masterplanning, physical modelmaking, rendering, diagram development
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
2023, 5 years
New York, NY
Role: photographer, director, videographer, editor
Responsibilities: Photographic and Instagram partnerships with various brands, such as Uber, Sony, Huawei, Leica, Amazon, Nike, BMW, Empire State Building, and HYPEBEAST
education
YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
2019-23
Master of Architecture
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
2013-17
Bachelor of Fine Art
COLUMBIA GSAPP
2012
Pre-College 5-week summer program
publications & awards
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY
2021 Nairobi, Kenya
Winning Entry for Ecological Living Module displayed at the 5th U.N. Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya
PASSION PASSPORT MAGAZINE
2017
New York, NY
Interview and photographic feature in multiple articles regarding my international travel photography
MARIE CLAIRE MAGAZINE
2016
Spain
Article feature as photographer and social media person of the week
proficiencies
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
LANGUAGES
English (spoken & written) Mandarin (spoken & written) Cantonese (spoken)
646 915 5151
kevinwonka@gmail.com