Jisu Yang is a current 5th-year architecture student at Rhode Island School of Design. Her strength as a designer is to be truthful to the process of exploring architectural language and gestures on the site. With her background in art and design education, she has creative energy in employing multi-media, both the use of hand and digital software in designing and representing a project. Among her five internship experiences in professional offices, she has experience in both large-scale firm and small-scale offices.
BriggsKnowles D+R, Providence, Architect Intern
Researched and designed experiential light bricks for vertical greenhouse
Organized meeting with Providence Government for public installation
Designed interior kitchen and living room for a house in Connecticut
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, New York, Architect Intern
Created masterplan for Hudson Valley Artist Community
Constructed concept and circulation diagram on Illustrator
Prepared presentation with hand sketches and collage on InDesign
3SIX0, Providence, Architect Intern
Created massing models to test the light quality of a residential house for artist
Used AutoCAD and Rhino for construction documentation
Organized presentation for Community Music School client meetings
Maharam STEAM Fellow X The Parks Department, Providence, Design Fellow
Created a website that maps the urban farming system in Providence for the public
Designed new interactive signage for community gardens
Published writings from interviews with urban farmers and social organizations
LineSync Architecture, Wilmington, Architect Intern
Created experiential rendering for Parks&Recreation 2018 publication and saved $4000
Revised construction documents using SKP and Revit
Designed interactive facades for Student Dormitory in NH
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, BArch, Architecture
B.Arch 2021
Teaching Assistant, Sophomore Design Studio, Fall 2020
European Honors Program in Rome, Fall 2019
Student Representative in Architecture Department, 2018 & 2019
