1. Siyu Hou
255 the Preserve Drive, Apt 322, Athens, GA 30606 | 706-255-2141 | siyuhou0814@gmail.com/siyuhou@uga.edu
Education
UNDERGRADUATE | TILL MAY , 2017 | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
·Major: Landscape Architecture
Skills & Abilities
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
·Fluent in: AutoCAD / SketchUp / Hand Rendering/ Photoshop / Microsoft office/ Google Earth
·Good at : Illustrator / InDesign / Public Speaking / Sketching and drawing
·Decent at: Rhino/ Grasshopper / GIS / Hand models/
COMMUNICATION
· Graphic: Ability to express ideas through trace layers and simple sketching
· Digital graphics
·Verbal: Ability to write main concepts or statement of designs.
·Nonverbal: Ability to communicate with clients and provide concepts and technical support within the team.
MANAGEMENT
·The ability to manage time flow in different design stage.
LANGUAGE
·Fluent in English and Chinese
References
Danny Bivins Senior Public Service Associate Carl Vinson Institute at University of Georgia dbivins@uga.edu
Douglas Pardue Associate Professor University of Georgia douglaspardue@gmail.com
Experience
STUDY ABROAD IN COSTA RICA | SEP.2015—DEC.2015
One semester design experience in Costa Rica.
Helped design the Artist –Residence in Montverde, CR.
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Learned about the sustainable design including water management / wildlife diversity preservation/ Bio- digester /
wetland planning etc.
This experience enables me to think deeply of sustainability.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ASSISTANT| SHANNXI ORIGIN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECURE LTD | MAY,2015-AUGUST
2015
Internship last summer back in Shannxi, China.
Helped design various scale of projects from residential to urban design and campus design.
Learned more graphic skills and business structure.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SUMMER INTERNSHIP | CARIL VINSON INSITITUTE OF GOVERNMENT, ATHENS,
GA | MAY,2016-AUGUST 2016
Assist with Monroe city economic development director and Georgia Cities Foundation Board of Directors.
Assist to do the downtown planning and more detailed design.
DEAN LIST | UNIVERSITY OF GOERGIA | 2012-2015
Performance good standing academics in College
“PARTIAL MUSEUM OF THE NEWS” –ART EXHIBITION | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA | OCT.2016
Designed and crafted the physical model (pepper spray) based on the news. contributing to artist Dave Stein’s exhibition.
http://www.davidmstein.com/a-partial-museum-of-a-day-in-the-news/
PARTICIPATION IN ATLANTA BELTLINE WEST TRAIL REGREEN CHARRETTE | 2015 ATHENS-ATLANTA
A week charrette experience in UGA, dealing with the BeltLine west trail design.
More focusing on recreational facilities along the trail and flood plan management.
USGBC MEMBER | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA | 2014-PRESENT
Help hold weekly meeting and semester activities. / Used to help graphic design part of the HOUSE THE HERD design
competition in campus.
GEROGIA LANDSCAPE MAGAZINE, COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT + DESIGN | 2016
Responsible for article layouts and photo collecting.
CSA（CHINESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION） MEMBER | UGA | 2013-2015
Used to be core member of the organization. Mainly responsible for the graphic design part of the various activities,
including poster design/ website management/ stage design/ PPT and video making.
Had experience of event planning.
DESIGN FUTURES: PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERNCE | UVA| MAY.2016
Participated in the conference discussions and workshops.
