Edbert Cheng, RA, NCARB

ARCHITECTURE | DESIGN TECHNOLOGY | FRONT-END DEVELOPMENT
CONNECT
Email  
​Cell 
Linkedin
edbertcheng@gmail.com
​available on request
​​www.linkedin.com/in/edbert-yh-cheng
WORK EXPERIENCE
WeWork, New York, NY — Senior Design Associate
OCTOBER 2019 - JUNE 2020
  • Project Architect for 255 Greenwich; Construction administration & project closeout; Manage client design changes
  • Project Architect for 750 Lexington P2; Oversee coordination with external consultants for construction documentation
  • ​Layout & Programming for 2021 Locations, Chicago & New York
FXCollaborative, New York, NY — Project Designer
SEPTEMBER 2018 - OCTOBER 2019
  • Project Designer for David B. Rockefeller Creative Arts Center; ​Programming to construction documentation; client presentations, consultant coordination, and BIM management 
  • Design Team, Confidential Tower Study, New York, NY​
  • Project Designer for Pocantico Greenrock Master Plan Feasibility Study
Arrowstreet, Boston, MA — Architectural Designer
JUNE 2016 - APRIL 2018
  • Project Designer for Chelsea Forbes Court, 18-acre Residential Development in North Boston; programming to permit approval
  • Project Lead, Choteau Greenway International Competition, RFP 
  • Project Designer for 180 Broadway, 26-Unit Micro-Apartments
  • Project Designer for Atlantic Terminal and Center Repositioning
  • Architectural Designer for King Open and Cambridge Upper School, design development
  • Architectural Designer for BKBX Rock Climbing Facility and Brooklyn Boulders Bushwick; schematic design and design development
LAAB Architects, Hong Kong — Architectural Intern
JUNE 2015 - JULY 2015
  • Architectural Designer, Malin+Goetz Popup Store, Harbour City, Kowloon
  • ​Architectural Designer, "Flying Roof" Swing Pavilion, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
  • Design Team, "Playable Journey" Master Plan, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Gensler, Chicago, IL — Architectural Intern
MAY 2014 - AUGUST 2014
  • Summer Intern Project: Fulton Market Visioning Master Plan
  • Architecture Intern, Kansas University Central Business District Master Plan
  • Architecture Intern, Lakeview Food Pantry RFP 
CERTIFICATION & EDUCATION
​NCARB Massachusetts Certification — April 2020
  • Registered Architect in the State of Massachusetts​
  • ​Fulfilled AXP Hours and ARE Requirements
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY — B. Arch ‘16
AUGUST 2011 - MAY 2016
  • Undergraduate Thesis: Public Passages
  • ​School of Art, Architecture and Planning (GPA: 3.77)
  • Cornell in Rome Study Abroad Program
  • Rand Hall Fabrication Shop Assistant
  • Cornell East Asian Studies Travel Grant
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL — ECP '10
JUNE 2010 - JULY 2010
  • Early College Program 
  • Merit Scholarship - Interior Architecture
AWARDS & GRANTS
Bee Breeders European Velo Sheds 
1st Place, Accordion​, International Competition, 2018
ABX Design Technology Throwdown
1st Prize Team, Ladybug Design Hackathon, 2017
Cornell East Asian Studies Travel Grant
Tale of Three Chinas: Hong Kong, Taipei & Guangzhou, 2015
Jacques Rougerie Competition for Innovation in Space
Honorable Mention, 2014​
Cornell AAP Travel Grant
Sustainable Neighborhoods Nicaragua, 2013
Cornell AAP York Prize
Honorable Mention, 2012
CORE PROFICIENCIES
  • Revit Documentation and BIM Management
  • Bluebeam Drawing Review and Consultant Coordination
  • ​Workplace Interiors Programming
  • ​Urban Planning and Design
  • Architectural Visualization 
  • Digital Fabrication
SKILLS 
SOFTWARE
Autodesk
​Revit 
BIM 360
AutoCAD
Basic ReCap

​Adobe
​Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
​Premiere

Project Management
Bluebeam
Fieldlens
​​​LANGUAGES
English (Fluent)
Chinese Cantonese (Conversational)
Chinese Mandarin (Elementary)

​3D Modeling
Rhinoceros
Grasshopper
Ladybug
Sketchup

​Rendering
V-Ray for Rhino
Enscape for Rhino, Revit

Front End Development
​HTML5
CSS
Javascript 
React (Elementary)