Rachel Lin

Based in London

Education

Imperial Collage London
2024-2026, United Kingdom
Msc Innovation Design Engineering
Royal Collage of Art
2024-2026, United Kingdom
MA Innovation Design Engineering
The University Auckland
2020-2023, New Zealand
Bachelor of Architectural Studies

GPA 8.3/9.0 Top 2% of cohort

Experiences

Atelier I-N-D-J
2024 May - Aug (4 months)
Spatial/Manufacturing Designer & On site building coordinator (Intern)

+ Concept design, structural design, procurement and site building coordination of the NZCBIA exhibition pavilion for the largest Chinese Building Expo of New Zealand 2024
+ Graphics design and logistics coordination for awards exhibition pavilionStructural design and on hands building of mechanical installation

Kengo Kuma And Associates Beijing
2023 Jul - Sep (3 months)
Spatial/Interior/Landscape designer (Intern)

+ Spatial and structural design modeling and visualization of interactive exhibition space for Yuanli Technologies
+ Design concept and visualization for large scale landscape project WenShuYuan

The University of Auckland
2023 Feb - Jun (4 months)
Design studio teaching assistant (Part time)

+ Independently tutoring a group of 16 students, constructing design workshops and providing feedback
+ Taught student awarded with NZIA top student of the year level 2023 & top of design class.

The University of Auckland
2021 Dec - 2023 Feb (1 year 3 months)
Design studio teaching assistant (Part time)

+ Prototyping and model making from ideation to final presentation stage for residential and commercial projects
+ Drafting full set of presentation drawings published on ArchitectureNZ for award winning project “HomeGround”
+ Drafting building consent drawings for HomeGround

SkillSets

Native in Chinese and English

+ Undertaken duo-education since primary school in China and New Zealand

Project Management & Event Coordination

+ Head of Planning and Operations (AUCSS), Lead coordinator of university welcoming events with a team of 80 staff
+ Choir Leader and Dance Performance coordinator 2018-2025Volleyball team player and dance crew member for over 10 years

Software and Hardware

+ Photography, scripting, filming and editing: Freelance Event photographer since 2023
+ 2d design & 3d modeling with: Rhino, Adobe suite (Ps, Ai, Id, Pr, Lr), 3D printing, laser cut, CNC, enscape/keyshot, archicad, revit.
+ Additional: Arduino, Processing, Wekinator (Machine Learning), python, C/C++

Awards & Recognitions

Academic Awards
+ The University of Auckland Warren Trust Award for Top 3 Graduating student of the cohort
+ First in course award: 5 in Design, 1 in Media, 1in History, 1in Technology (2020-2022)
+ National Top 5 Design visual communication scholarship winner (NCEA 2019); Top Achiever award for top 3% of year level (Epsom Girls Grammar School), graduating with top 0.3% nation wide.

Competitions
+ Winner @SANNZ 24h story telling design competition (team entry)
+ Best Awards Silver Pin Winner for Student Spatial Design Category (2023)
+ SODEXO Design for food competition top 9 (2024 Team Entry, on going)
+ China National Robotics Competition Gold Medal (2014 Team Entry)