YUYI SI
EDUCATION Master of Design in Interior Architecture Rhode Island School of Design
ysi@risd.edu
2019 - 2021
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Environment Design Tsinghua University
SKILL SET
WORK EXPERIENCES
Language | Chinese, English
David Monn, LLC, NY, US Production Assistant 2021 Work on on-site event setup, scenic element production, design drafting, product/material research, and accounting.
Digital modeling and rendering Rhino, Revit, Sketch Up, Layout, AutoCAD; Basic Grasshopper, Lumion, V-ray. Other Softwares Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator; Microsoft Suite: Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Excel; Basic Processing, P5.js, Dragonframe. Drawing and fabrication skills Hand /digital drawing; Professional Illustration skill; Manual/digital fabrication with CNC Router, Lazer Cutter, 3D Print, UV print.
AWARDS & EXHIBITION RISD IntAR 2021 Award of Excellence
2021
IntAR 2020 Waterman Gallery Show
2020
2014 - 2018
RISD Museum, RI, US Exhibition Design Assistant 2020 - 2021 Assist in planning and design of museum exhibitions. The graduate assistant creates floorplans, elevations, and 3D scale models (with SketchUp and Layout), and materials for museum exhibitions. Rhode Island School of Design, RI, US Program Assistant
2019 - 2021
Work on the graphic design and fabrication of the department’s Biennale Show. Work on the implementation of IntAR department’s exhibition and collaborative study program: “Don’t You Sit Down -- Shades of Jim Crow 1960-”. Advised by the department’s professors, this project also integrates teamwork, communication, research, curation, interview, and design. Beijing Zanyi Art Design Co.,Ltd., China Assistant Designer Intern
2019
Assist with Rhino modeling, concept design of the interior space, and interaction. Communicate with collaborators of multi-disciplinary (architecture, structure, landscape design, graphic design, and media design, etc. ) Specific Projects:
Excellent Graduates of Tsinghua Academy of Arts; 2018
CCTV Animation Pavilion, 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Expo, China 2019 Triennale di Milano Collage Work - Millennium Residence Beijing Gehua Department Office Area Transformation Project
Evergrande Scholarship of Tsinghua University, Academic Excellence Award;
Shui’an Space Institute of Beijing Tsingshang Architectural Design and Research Institute Interior Design Intern
2016
Guanghua Scholarship Literature and Art Award; 2016 Triennale di Milano Group Installation “Nosleeping”;
2016
2017
Assist with furniture modeling and preparation of design concept of a hotel.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS Termianl -- Through the “Windows” of A Tram Car Thesis Project Short-listed in ARTSTHREAD Global Design Graduate Show 2021
2021
Student Representative 2020 - 2021 of IntAR ENE program Class of 2021
In the design of the tram city museum, the DL6WA carriage is transformed into a collective way for residents and visitors to enhance their understanding of Dalian City. This participatory and interactive exhibition project focuses on people and perspectives to critique the typical frozen city museum program.
Hutong Beijing Design Week, Baitasi Neighbourhood Volunteer
Rhode Island School of Design, RI, US Research Assistant 2020 Research on European holocaust museum cases and diagram the space.
INVOLVEMENTS
2018
Tsinghua Student Musical Theatre Club, Actress & Backstage & Scenic Design 2014-2019
Tsinghua University Chorus, Soprano 2015 -2017
HOBBIES Painting, singing, acting.
“Kin” -- Connect with Nature in the Providence Public Library 2020 Using Rhino for modeling, and Lumion, Enscape for rendering, this proposed redesigning of the Providence Public Library's first floor into a permanent educational space for daily learning and practice integrates architecture and library function with interactive, live camera and hologram technology. Shore Stream Inn 2017 -- Rural Reform and Landscape Construction, China A building reuse project transforming a traditional building into a hotel, focusing on the relationship with nature and tourists’ experience. Use Revit, SketchUp, Photoshop to produce model, drawing and rendering.