E: yiningwa@usc.edu| C: (01) 2136189159 | A: Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + URBANISM Los Angeles, CA
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2021- 2023
URBAN AND RURAL PLANNING, Bachelor of engineering Xi’an, China XI’AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY 2014- 2019
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Surface 678
Sep 2023-Present (5 months) Durham, North Carolina
SHADE Institute Summer
Fellowship (Non-profit public interest design organization)
June 2023-August (3 months) Honolulu, Hawaii
Urban designer—Junior Level
Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute
Mar 2020 – Aug 2021(20 months)
Xi’an Office, China
Urban designer—Internship
China Northwest Architectural Design & Research Institute
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018 (4 months)
Xi’an, China
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Landscape Future Lab
(Directed by Professor Aroussiak Gabrielian at USC)
Design Research Assistant
Aug 2022- May 2023(10 months)
Los Angeles, CA
Main Work:
● Included site analysis, drafting designs in all phases, selects plants and materials, generating design package, and supports project coordination during phases
Involved projects:
● KÄNEHILI Community Association Park- Preliminary phase Involved projects:
● Comprehensive Ecological Planning and Design of Chan Ba Ecological Area
● Renewal Planning and Design Scheme of Qing Long Temple district
● Ecological Greenway Design Guidelines of Gansu Province
Main work:
● Assisted to initiate conceptual urban design plans and analysis diagrams, and documentations.
● Assisted to prepare design presentation packages.
● Visions & Voices Grant
Researched on bird dwellings & habitats along the LA River, created drawings, modeling and fabrication.
● Provosts Strategic Directions Grant Researched on green gravel strata & new bio materials of giant kelp, created drawings and video making.
SKILLS
Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign AutoCAD, Revit
3D Modeling: Rhino, SketchUp
Rendering: Lumion, Enscape, Twinmotion, Others: ArcGIS, Grasshopper Video Processing
REFERENCE
⚫ Alexander Robinson robinsoa@usc.edu 747-234-8222
⚫ Alison Hirsch alisonh@usc.edu
⚫ Aroussiak Gabrielian aroussig@usc.edu 818-7307780