TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

Travel Experience

China & East Asia 1995 - 2012

Western United States & Canada Summer, 2007 & 2015

Central United States Winter, 2013

Eastern United States Summer, 2014

Chapter 6

Travel experience

International Perspectives Even though I was born in Taipei, Taiwan, I have visited 20 major cities in Asia, including Osaka, Tokyo, and Sapporo in Japan, Seoul in Korea, Manila in Phillippines, also Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Hong Kong, Macao, Harbin, Shenyang, Jilin, Xi'an, Chongqing, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Wuxi in China. It helps me have advanced cognition and experience in Asia.

Perception and Observation Travel’s meaning for me is building the knowledge and ability to combine both the Eastern and Western culture of architecture and arts in the world. so I also visited major cities in the United States and Canada such as Vancouver(BC), Seattle(WA), San Francisco, Los Angels, San Diego(CA), Las Vegas(NV), Portland(OR), Flagstaff, Tucson(AZ), and Albuquerque(NM) by car and train in 2007 and 2015.

Patience and Passion In the end of 2013, I visited some important cities around Texas, such as Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Lubbock(TX), Santa Fe(NM), Denver(CO), Salina, Wichita(KS), Oklahoma City(OK), and New Orleans(LA). The long-distance driving tested my familiarity of this environment and the passion for architecture. There are many famous architecture projects with local characteristics.

Aesthetics and Photography Eastern United States area has the most abundant architectural masterpieces, so I visited many cities and place in the summer of 2014. There are Little Rock(AR), Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville(TN), Lexington(KY), Cincinnati(OH), Columbus(OH), Pittsburgh, Philadelphia(PA), New York(NY), New Haven(CT), Washington D.C., Baltimore(MD), Durham(NC), Greenville, Clemson(SC), Atlanta(GA), and Mobile(AL).

Chia-Hsi (Tommy) Hsieh 1984.10.27 born in Taipei, Taiwan +1 979-422-6013 / tommy9396266@gmail.com 1601 Holleman Drive, Apt#1003, College Station, TX, USA, 77840