About — yan xin huang

Yan is an architectural designer.

Education:

University of California, Berkeley. Master of Architecture. May 2016

University of California, Berkeley. Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Honors. August 2010

Relevant Experience

Junior Architectural Designer. Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects. San Francisco, CA. September 2016 – January 2019.

Architecture Designer & Consultant. MESH Design Build Studio. Oakland, CA. December 2016 – January 2019.

Architecture Intern. MESH Design Build Studio. Oakland, CA. August 2015 – August 2016.

Interior Design Assistant. Center for Environmental Design Research. Berkeley, CA. July 2015 – August 2016.

Architecture Intern. KB Design & Consulting, LLC. South San Francisco, CA. April 2012 – August 2015.

Built Project

Nest We Grow. Hokkaido, Japan. November 2014.

Field Research

Kanagawa Institute of Technology (KAIT) Workshop Lighting Performance Research and Recommendations. Collaborators: Takenaka Corporation (Japan), Mae Lab of University of Tokyo, Carlos Martinez-Horta, and Kit Elsworth. Tokyo / Kanagawa, Japan. May 2015

Awards and Recognition

2017 Zumtobel Group Award, “The Young Professionals Award”, Honorable Mention. http://www.zumtobel-group-award.com/nominees.html.

2016 Society of American Registered Architects, New York Council (SARANY) Design Award, “Award of Excellence”. “Nest We Grow”. http://www.sarany.org/2016-winners.

2016 US WoodWorks Wood Design Award, “Green Building by Nature”. “Nest We Grow”. http://www.woodworks.org/project-gallery.

2015 US Vectorworks Design Scholarship for Architecture. “Nest We Grow”.

2014/5 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP). Nomination. “Nest We Grow”.

The 4th LIXIL International University of Architectural Competition (2014). Grand Prize. “Nest We Grow”. http://newsrelease.lixil.co.jp/news/2014/070_company_1125_01.html.

2016 UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design Bakewell/Brown & Bakewell/Weihe Prize.

2015 UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design Chester Miller Traveling Fellowship.

2013 UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design Architecture Department Fellowship.

Exhibition

“Nest We Grow”. LIXIL Galleries. Tokyo, Japan.

Publications

“Nest We Grow” published in Print, authored by others:

· Celebrating Excellence in Wood Architecture, 2015-2016 Wood Design Award Winners (Ottawa: Canadian Wood Council, 2016) p. 322-5.

· FuturArc 49 (2016 Jul-Aug) p. 32-9.

· Garden Design Journal (2016 March) p. 15-9.

· Toyota優活誌 44 (2015 Winter) p. 18-9, in Chinese (Taiwan); http://www.toyota.com.tw/magazines.aspx

· Wired UK (2015 October) p. 22 + http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/10/start/japanese-hanging-garden;

· 新假期 Weekend Weekly issue 822 (8 June 2015) p. 6-7, in Chinese.

· Green [Taiwan] vol. 035 (2015 June) cover + p. 16-7, in Chinese.

· Mark 56 (2015 June/July) p. 42-3;

· Arquitectura Viva 174 (2015 May) p. 64-7, in Spanish.

· Architect (2015 May) p. 72 + http://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/detail/innovative-detail-nest-we-grow-moment-connection_o;

· Le Moniteur du btp (2015 April 24) p. 11, in French;

· Interni China (2015 April) p. 36-9, in Chinese;

· Taiwan Architect no 484 (2015 April) p. 110-5, in Chinese;

· LegnoArchitettura 19 (2015 April) cover + p. 20-7, in Italian; video included in 2016 LegnoArchitettura Forum.

· Frameworks (Fall 2014) + http://ced.berkeley.edu/frameworks/2014/lixil-international-university-competition-nest-we-grow/;

· A+U (2014 July) p. 2-3; (2015 March 2015) p. 2-3, in English;

· Shinkenchiku (2014 April), p. 36; (2014 June) p. 31-2; (2015 January) p. 44-7, in Japanese;

· Press packages also requested for publication by Timber iQ; Viewpoint; Márgenes Arquitectura, L'Espresso, Garden Design Journal.

· Local news in Hokkaido, Japan: Kōichi HIROSE / 広瀬浩一、「米国学生が近未来住宅 [ House from the near future by US students]」十勝帯広 [Tokachi-Obihiro] (2014 November 24) p. 25; 関根弘貴 / Hiroki SEKINE「最優秀の住宅お披露日[Unveiling of the Grand Prize House]」十勝毎日新聞 [Tokachi Daily News] (2014 November 24) p. 14; and 関根弘貴 / Hiroki SEKINE「 LIXIL 国際大学建築コンペ [LIXIL International Universities Architecture Competition], 十勝毎日新聞 [Tokachi Daily News] (2014 November 25) p. 12.

Digital only, original content:

· www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2017/02/14/food-hub-nest-we-grow-in-japan-built-under-the-supervision-of-kengo-kuma-unites-the-community/#2c91b931500d

· archdaily.com/592660/nest-we-grow-college-of-environmental-design-uc-berkeley-kengo-kuma-and-associates/;

· archello.com/en/project/nest-we-grow#;

· archilovers.com/stories/7103/uc-berkeley-students-designed-a-wooden-community-food-hub-with-the-help-of-kengo-kuma.html

· beforeitsnews.com/watercooler-topics/2015/01/beyond-shelter-nest-we-grow-agricultural-research-center-2441258.html;

· curbed.com/archives/2015/01/30/kengo-kuma-nest-we-grow-hokkaido.php;

· divisare.com/projects/283550;

· Domus www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/2015/01/15/nest_we_grow.html;

· Home Is (Fall, 2015) no. 3 p. 35-44. http://home-is-mag.com;

· knstrct.com/architecture-blog/2015/2/9/kengo-kumas-nest-we-grow-opens-at-uc-berkeley#

· milimet.com/2015/01/nest-we-grow-design-by-college-of-environmental-design-uc-berkeley-kengo-kuma-associates.html;