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CV

Runyu Ma
 

Born in Chengdu, China

Lives in Blacksburg, VA   USA

marunyu@vt.edu

Education

 

Virginia Tech

University Honors

College of Architecture and Urban Studies

Bachelor of Architecture

Minor in Industrial Design

 

Shude Highschool

School Representitive Squad

First prize in Asahikawa Environmental Map Contest

 

 

 

Experience

Hi - Coffice
Served as head designer of the Hero Island Coffice and was in charge of interior design;
Oversaw brand design of their logo, website, public image, style and uniforms;
Was invited to work on venture capital and participated in invest a short film and comic book company.

Robert M. Gurney, Architect
Interned at Modeling Bhatia House by a series of foamcore study models, Gewirz House by museum board and building gypsum base, Bahadore House by a series of foamcore study models, and Calkins House by wooden detail mobilizable models;
Did site visits to the White residence and Wissioming Residence;
Participated in photography of the 15th Street residence, Washington D.C.

Jiakun Architects
Helped design Chengdu Metro Station Entrance, independently designed a City Plaza Entry, and cooperated with my team to design a Historical Block Entry;
Participated in the schematic design and text production of Yunyang Moonlight Grassland’s main entrance service building in Chongqing;
Helped with design development and construction documents for the Yunyang Feifengti Immigration/Start-up Platform Service Building in Chongqing;
Participated in schematic design for the Songzanlin boutique hotel.

Chengdu Urban Design Research Center

Facade Design of Residential Twin Tower at Dacisi Commercial District, Chengdu

Urban plan for Mianyang Hi-Tech Industrial District, Mianyang

Analysis Report of Dong Lake Residential Area ,Chengdu

Analysis Report of Qingyang Palace Area, Chengdu

 

China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Corp LTD

Chuankai Group (CCK) Zhengbei Street Project Presentation, Chengdu

Design of the Building Entrances at Metallurical Corporation of China (MCC) World of Country Side, Chengdu

Design and Construction Drawings of Yitai Group Tianjiao Residential Tower, Chengdu

Design of the Iconic Tower in Song Dynasty Town, Luxian

Weekly Lectures about Architecture Design

Field Study at Construction Sites

HongKong I&S International LTD

Co-founded a startup interior design company with three classmates and established office regulations, financial systems, and future business plans
Completed an interior design project for the West Cultural Silicon Valley Club

 

 

 

 

Involvement

 

Washington Alexandria Architecture Center
Studied at the center during a 4-month exchange


Architecture Exchange, Richmond
Had photography work included in an exhibition at ArchEX


National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
Prepared an exhibition entitled “Around the World in 80 Paper Models”


OMA Design Workshop
Attended a workshop held by Professors Kaoru Suehiro and Shohei Shigematsu


Europe Travel Program
Traveled 3 months on an architectural grand tour from Stockholm to Madrid


TapUs Campus Information System Project, Virginia Tech
Worked on an NFC technology project on behalf of the Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology


Toastmaster International (TM), Chengdu
Helped to organize the weekly meeting and make presentations


Chengdu Motor Show, Chengdu
Volunteered as a welcoming ambassador and translator

China Bear Rescue Centre

Volenteer as a Breeder, and worked in administration office.

Skills

 

Computer Modeling

AutoCAD 2015

Rhinoceros 5

Autodesk 3DsMAX

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Fusion 360

Google SketchUp Pro

Solidworks 2015

 

BIM

Revit 2015

Visari Beta3

ArchiCad

 

Graphic Design

Photoshop CS5.5

InDesign CS5.5

Illustrator CS5.5

 

Animation

Flash CS5.5

Premiere CS5.5

After Effect CS5.5

Final Cut Pro 10

 

Fabrication

Lasercamm

3D Printers

 

Rendering

V-Ray

Thea

Maxwell

Flamingo nXt

 

Extended Modeling

Unreal Engine 4

Roomeon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel
Tokyo (2011) – Kyoto (2011) – Sapporo (2011) – Asahikawa (2011) – Bangkok (2011) – Dalian (2011) – Yantai (2011) – Qingdao
(2011) – Singapore (2012) – Washington DC (2012) – New York City (2012)– Shanghai (2012) – Dali (2012) – Kunming
(2012)– Lijiang (2012) – Boston (2012) – Baltimore (2012) - Brooklyn (2013) – London (2013) – Hangzhou (2013) – Suzhou
(2013)– Wuxi (2013) – Changzhou (2013) – Nanjing (2013) – Yangzhou (2013) – Shaoxing (2013) – Huangshan (2013) – Norfolk
(2013) - Philadelphia (2014) – Putian (2014) – Chongqing (2014) – Beihai (2014) – Taipei (2014) – Yilan (2014) – Kaohsiung
(2014) – Taichung (2014) - Lhasa (2014) – Linzhi (2014) – Guiyang (2014) – Charlotte (2014) – Atlanta (2014) – St Petersburg
(2014) – Miami (2014) – Dubai (2014) – Stockholm (2015) – Copenhagen (2015) – Amsterdam (2015) – Berlin (2015) – Ronchamp
(2015) – Bassel (2015) – Zurich (2015) – Bregenz (2015) – Munich (2015) - Salzburg (2015) – Vienna (2015) – Graz
(2015) – Ljubljana (2015) – Venice (2015) – Verona (2015) – Milan ( 2015) – Como (2015) – Florence (2015) – San Gimiano
(2015) – Siena (2015) – Rome (2015) – Naples (2015) – Athens (2015) – Budapest (2015) – Prague (2015) – Paris (2015) – Firminy
(2015) – La Tourette (2015) – Lyon (2015) – Nimes (2015) – Barcelona (2015) – St Sebastian (2015) – Bilbao (2015) – Madrid
(2015) – Pittsburg (2016) – Denver (2016) - Yellowstone (2016) – Salt Lake City (2016) – Phoenix (2016) – Grand Canyon
(2016) – Las Vegas (2016) – San Francisco (2016) – Los Angeles (2016)

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