Domenico Lio Senior Associate / Senior Designer NBBJ 2 Rector Street, 25th Floor New York, NY 10006
Yang Huang 752 West End Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY, 10025
25th July 2017 Dear Mr Lio, Please accept my application for the fall internship in commercial or healthcare group in NBBJ. My name’s Yang Huang, a recent advanced architectural design graduate from Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. In Columbia, I studied in three amazing studios: Juan Herreros, Bernard Tschumi and Atelier Bow-wow. I got High Pass in all three design studios, which represent tutors’ high recognition to me. I am willing to work in NBBJ because the designers in NBBJ always makes innovations based on the practical needs and living modes rather than form. It was shown clearly in the factory renovation project for Boeing Company and the Li Ka Shing Center in Stanford University. This faith wmatches my own belief. For example, in one of my undergraduate design studio: ‘Ningbo International Airport, Terminal 2’, I proposed an asymmetric configuration because of site condition and practical need for division of international and domestic flows. In order to make this innovation predictable, I completed plan drawings in a very specific way. In the end, this design was praised by my tutor, the designer of terminal 2 of Shanghai Pudong International Airport, as “ a very brave and wonderful design”. Please review this design in my attached work samples. I had a three-month intense internship which contains a biding project design of Shanghai Archives. I participated in the whole process of this competition, from project design to plan and diagram drawings. My team got second prize in this competition. I think we did a good job especially when consider that this team has only three members. However, this experience also confirmed my desire to work with more greatest professionals in NBBJ, because innovations are more likely to come true with the help of advanced technology, rich experience and open platform. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or require further information. I appreciate your time and look forward to further discussion with you.
Sincerely, Yang Huang (917)678-8201