(408)921-8077
rtliang@usc.edu
Seeking an internship opportunity to fully contribute my architectural software skills and creative design capabilities to a growing modern firm. Committed to working with others and have great team working abilties.
University of Southern California | August 2020 - Current
• Bachelor ’s of Architecture (Graduate in May 2025)
• Minor in Real Estate Development
Rake 3D, Co-Founder | June 2023 - Current
• 3 D-printing business geared towards architecture students
• Hoping to expand the business to include sanding/priming, laser cutting, CNC, and more Meimei Express | September 2014 - January 2023
• Spent school breaks working with third party shipping: generating shipping labels, and reorganizing client packages to fit better dimensions for shipping/cost
• Did heavy duty work such as collapsing boxes, repackaging products, and loading packages onto trucks
English Tutoring, Teacher | February 2021 - May 2021
• Taught elementary students from China online
• Generated a curriculum by myself and engaged with students that have English as their second language
Gongcha, Barista | September 2020 - March 2021
• Worked as a barista at a boba shop inside a mall, dealing with customer service, handling food, and heavy duty work
• Learned how to work with others as well as communicate with customers effectively
• Rhinoceros 3D : 3D modeling experience in conceptual and design developmental phases
• AutoCAD : Proficient in making 2D drawings and cleaning up linework
• Adobe Illustrator : Full understanding of functions, how to lineweight and add color
• Adobe Indesign : Proficient in creating presentations and portfolios
• Adobe Photoshop : Able to edit photos, use gradients, overlays, and aesthetic representations
• V-Ray Rendering : Understanding in applying materials, Render IDs, and more
• Enscape : General experience with navigating software and creating renders
Chaotic 3 Dance Team, USC | January 2021 - Current
• Competitive hip-hop dance team; intensive practices 3 times a week
• Assistant social chair (December 2021 - May 2022)
Taiwanese American Organization (TAO), USC | August 2020 - Current
• General member engaged with the Taiwanese American community at USC
ACADEMIC TERM: ARCH 202A DESIGN STUDIO | 2021
PROFESSOR: RICK GOODING
RENDERED PERSPECTIVE SHOTS
HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT FORMS AND PUBLIC SPACES
ACADEMIC TERM: ARCH 302A DESIGN STUDIO | 2022
PROFESSOR: AMY MURPHY
TYPE: MIXED USE/RESIDENTIAL
Our goal for our Co-Op is to re-empower the demographics “unwanted” in the eyes of capitalism— foster youth and elderly—through intergenerational interaction and support. Our co-op will serve as an Oasis in that our residents are provided a lush habitat of resources in the midst of a desert with odds against them.
In our current environment in Los Angeles, teens transitioning out of the foster care system are in an increasingly vulnerable position both financially and socially. A lack of fiscal resources and support systems leave foster youth at a disadvantage, and at a greater risk of becoming unhoused and unemployed. At Oasis, we hope to provide youth with basic needs such as shelter and food, while also providing mentorship and career assistance that will allow them to confidently transition into adulthood with complete autonomy.
The second group we aim to focus on are the elderly, specifically those without family or the financial capacity to hire a caretaker. Like foster youth, elderly without support systems are a particularly vulnerable demographic in Los Angeles. Oasis will provide the elderly with an accessible, easily maintainable living environment along with caretakers and support networks.
Trained caretakers and career/lifestyle mentors for youth will participate in our Co-Op along with their families. Any community member and their family may join the Co-Op and live at Oasis after completing a training program and agreeing to volunteer time to help take care of elders or mentor youth.
For each of these groups, we want to instill a sense of community and belonging. For our residents, Oasis will not be experienced as a continuation of a regimented system or business model, but rather a neighborhood and safe space. The demographics will not be separated, and our spatial organization will mirror that of a diverse neighborhood in LA. Our model encourages intergenerational relationships and interaction, while also allowing for privacy and a sense of autonomy.
1. Housing units dispersed across Oasis have an emphasis in supporting motivated youth in a transitional period (ages 16-24) and the lonely elderly population, but also offer an affordable option for single parent families (children lacking strong support system are more likely to turn to gangs)
2. Youth will age out of the Oasis program, since there is is rehabilitation of self-development and self-determination to make it most out of the Oasis, but eventually you need to “leave the desert” and explore the rest of the world.
3. All residents are required to sign up for a community program that involves career development, community gatherings, give-back programs, and more. The youth will be required attend mandatory sessions for self-development in financial literacy and career development, and integrate with the elderly and accompany them, and receive mentorship from the elderly as well.
4. When enrolled in an earned equity program, such as a job within the development or in the mentorship program, rent money and communal resources maintenance fees will be withheld and the rest is given directly to their pockets.
RESIDENT DIAGRAM
SITE DIAGRAM
SITE A: INTERGENERATIONAL INTERACTION
3371 S VERMONT AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90007
Site A will house an even distribution of each group. Taking advantage of the large area, we will use this site as the main source of outdoor spaces and communal recreation and social areas.
SITE B: LIFESTYLE + AUTONOMY
681 W 37TH AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90007
Site B will house an even distribution of each group. Modeling after a Metro Foyer, site B will take advantage of the axial division to contain commercial program at the ground level. These public spaces will encourage interaction with the ouside community while allowing for job opportunities for youth and residents of Oasis.
SITE C: CARETAKER/MENTOR TRAINING
3685 S VERMONT AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90007
Site C will house an even distribution of each group. Classrooms and study spaces will be integrated into the site. The training programs for Oasis mentors and caretakers will take place on this site.
SITE D: YOUTH MENTORSHIP + RESOURCES
3671 VERMONT AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90007
Site D will house an even distribution of each group. The site’s program will have all resources, etc. for Oasis youth.
COMMUNITY IMPACT DIAGRAM
SECTION AA
NORTH ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
ACADEMIC TERM: ARCH 302B DESIGN STUDIO | 2023
PROFESSOR: DORA CHI
TYPE: ADAPTIVE REUSE
NORTHEAST ELEVATION
NORTHWEST ELEVATION
SECTION BB
ACADEMIC TERM: ARCH 402B DESIGN STUDIO | 2024
PROFESSOR: EUI-SUNG YI
TYPE: TEMPORARY EXHIBITION SPACE
THE PORFIRIATO DICTATORSHIP
Here, in the dip of the valley lies the center of the mural, contrasting its prestige and control by the bourgeois. Steel rods connecting to large plates slide back and forth, isolating specific characters in the mural.
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SCALE: 1/16” = 1’
THE CONQUEST
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After a steep incline in the trail, this space highlights the fight for independence and the nightmare of colonization. Thin steel strips are pulled down from a replica, fluttering in the wind to create a moving environment.
SCALE: 1/16” = 1’
THE REVOLUTION OF 1910
At the peak of the trail sits the replication of the revolution, highlighting its modernity with a view of modern LA framing the space. Made of thin strips of steel, this installation moves with the wind, rocking slightly back and forth.
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This space serves as the guide for viewers to gain an understanding of what lies beyond them in their path to the mural.
The final space displays the mural as a whole in two different ways. The first structure contains the mural on a privacy screen, highlighting the mural as viewed from right to left. The second structure holds the actual mural, allowing viewers to piece together everything they observed along the trail.
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ASCOT HILLS PARK IS A FAIRLY NEW PARK IN THE SOUTH WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD OF EL SERENO. IT’S DEVELOPMENT WAS FIRST PROPOSED IN 1930, BUT TOOK 81 YEARS TO ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION. BEFORE ITS OPENING, MOST OF THE OPEN SPACES SURROUNDING WERE CEMETERIES. IN THE 1920S, THE LADWP ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND AN EARTHEN DAM WAS USED TO CREATE A RESERVOIR, WITH THE AREA SURROUNDING USED FOR TRAINING. EVENTUALLY, THE RESERVOIR WAS TAKEN OFF-LINE IN 1987 AND WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW STORAGE TANK IN 1990.
THE ASCOT HILLS PARK GOT ITS NAME FROM THE NEW ASCOT SPEEDWAY, A CAR RACETRACK THAT OPENED AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE HILLS IN 1924. HOWEVER, IN THE SPAN OF 12 YEARS, 24 RACE CAR DRIVERS LOST THEIR LIVES, IT EVENTUALLY CLOSED DOWN AND THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED AS HILLSIDE VILLAGE.
THIS PROJECT WILL USE THE ASCOT HILLS TRAIL AS A MEANS TO CREATE A RITUAL TO VIEW THE MURAL, DREAM OF A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN ALAMEDA PARK . INSTEAD OF VIEWING IT FROM ITS INTENDED LEFT TO RIGHT (CLOCKWISE), VIEWERS WOULD HIKE THE TRAIL RIGHT TO LEFT (COUNTER-CLOCKWISE), ENCOUNTERING SPACES THAT HOST REPLICATED SECTIONS OF THE MURAL. THIS FORCES GUESTS TO EXPERIENCE THE INSTALLATIONS WITH BACKWARD STEPS, MIRRORING HOW SOCIETY HAS FALLEN BACKWARDS.
