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Minna Choi

Minna Choi

New York, NY, US

 

About 

Employment 

LTL Architects (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis), New York, NY, Extern

I worked in a team of three on the Houston Light Rail design competition, created diagrams for the final submission using Illustrator and helped lay out the presentation boards using InDesign

Jan 2012 - Jan 2012
 

Laboratory of Environmental and Urban Design, Seoul, KR, Intern

I organized and presented case study research for potential projects, sat in on meetings and did AutoCAD work.

Jul 2011 - Aug 2011
 

Education 

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Bachelors, Architecture

GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE BRIGADES at UVA
Co-founder + President [ 11/2009 - 03/2012 ]

Global Architecture Brigades (GAB) is a student-led volunteer organization which works to better the standard of living in developing areas in rural Honduras by designing and constructing locally sustainable and needed infrastructure such as, school buildings, community centers, public health centers, etc.

Most Recent Project:
- participated in a design competition for a public health center for the rural community of El Canton in Honduras - achieved top five ranking by community for proposal

Construction Experience:
- traveled down to Honduras to continue construction on a secondary school in Santa Rosa, Honduras - built up the foundation, built up CMU walls, cut rebar cages, cut and erected wooden roof trusses, and dug trenches for the foundation for the last addition to the building

VIRGINIA WOMEN’S RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Match Secretary [ 12/2009 - 12/2011 ]
- organized the team’s match schedule against other universities and was in charge of contacting referees, making hotel reservations and organizing rides/rooms for 30+ players

Aug 2008 - May 2012
 

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA, US, High School, Honors

Sep 2004 - May 2008
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills