TING YU CHOU
CONTACT
bestuna0419@gmail.com (510)928-2204
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tingyu-pratt-chou/ https://calunamakeday.wixsite.com/caluna_ makeday
EDUCATION
Arizona State University
Master of Architecture
Tempe / Online, AZ 06/2024 - Present
Diablo Valley College
Spring & Fall semester Architecture program
Pleasant Hill, CA 01/2022 -12/2022
Chinese Culture University
Equivalent to a Bachelor of Art in Architecture
-Architecture and Urban Design
Taipei City, Taiwan 09/2014 - 06/2019
SKILLS
Tool & Software:
Adobe Photoshop CC
Adobe Illustrator CC
AutoCAD
SketchUp
BIM- Revit Architecture
Lumion
Twinmotion
D5 render
Aurora Solar
Microsoft Office
Techniques:
Architectural Design
3D Modeling
Sketching
Exhibition Spaces Planning
Drawing / Landscaping
3D Rending
School Library Design
Mural Painting
Customer Service
Pet Care / Portraits
PROFILE
An enthusiastic architectural designer, with specific focus on people’s needs and connect with local environment. Always looking forward, continuously tracking deadlines, collaborating with teams, contractors, and ensuring compliance with design. I love a challenge, and pride myself on my self-discipline and consistency. I’m always open to hearing new ideas, caring for and understanding the team's needs, helping each other, and take full responsibility for my projects.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Rover - Pet Care 10/2020 - Present
-Deep love for animals ; on going part time house sitting & Pet sitting since 2020.
-Feed animals, facilitate outdoor experiences and exercise. Administer medication as required.
PetSmart - Pet Care Specialist 12/2024 - 04/2025
-Take care of pets from the store, check their health, feeding, cleaning their habitat.
-Identify customers needs and provide products best suited for them and their pet family.
-Collaboration with other teams to check pets health, medicaion and water quality for the fish tanks and space organization.
-Complete customized designs and generate proposals for residential solar panel systems.
-Used aurora solar software to draw out custom roof plans for solar panel placement while meeting New Jersey/ New York/ Connecticut requirements.
TJMAXX - Retail Sale Associate 06/2021 - 03/2022
-Collaboration with other teams to organize product spaces.
-Identify customers needs and provide which products are best for them. -Learning a second language, and communicating with teams and customers.
Myharchitects - Architectural Designer
-Design of commercial building elevations.
-Design of townhouses and remodeled apartments.
-Prepared 3D renderings and document packages for presentation.
-Ensured compliance with residential design standards and regulations.
Archera.Chen & Associates - Interior/ Exhibition designer
-Remodel of school library interior design.
Momentum Solar - Solar Designer 08/2022 - 01/2024 04/2019 - 12/2019 01/2018 - 08/2018
-Maintained and organized blueprint files and plans.
-Zhu-Zi-Hu ponlal rice foundation field story house design of exhibition.
-Ensure compliance with design standards and regulations of public facilities.
Chinese Culture University
02/2016 - 05/2018
-Event General Coodinator
-I care earth - Graduate exhibition scheduling. (School)
-Vendor contact; stakeholders and suppliers.
-Exhibition schedule planning. (Department)
-Collection students of works and survery.
-Student association of activities department
-Management of outdoor activities scheduled.
-Maintained and organize schedule files and documentation.
-Collaboration with other department teams to organized exhibition spaces.