| JESSIE YAN Jessie is a practicing architect with multi-disciplinary design and project management experience. She had worked for top architecture design firms, CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc in Boston, USA (1997-1999) and Cook Hitchcock & Sargisson (now Cook Sargisson & Pirie) in Auckland, NZ (1994-1997), and was a Partner and Principal in DBLant (now AECOM Shanghai) in Shanghai, China (2002-2007). She also had served as Design Director for Zendai Group, a large development company, in Shanghai, China (2001-2002). She has diverse design expertise and her works have been featured in professional magazines and international exhibitions in recent years. Jessie emphasizes the essence of design and strives to achieve the integration of creative ideas and cost-sensitive strategies in solving design problems. She brings integrity, enthusiasm and design flair to each project and makes sure the design process a fun and enjoyable experience finalizing into a quality product. A native of Shanghai, Jessie considers herself architct without border. She thinks her years in USA, China and NZ as delightful. In her spare time, she loves creative writing, reading novels and painting in oil. Registration Registered Architect, MA, USA. NCARB certified. Professional Affliation ANZIA
Education MDesS 2000, GSD, Harvard University, USA BArch 1994, University of Auckland, NZ Featured Publications Persistence of Vision: Shanghai Architects in Dialogue Heather Loeffler (Editor), MCCM creations, 2007
Cultural Exchange Meghan Drueding, Residential Architect Magazine, 2006 Knitting between Multiculturalism: Design of Korean School in Shanghai XieYi, Ideal Space Magazine, 2005 Architects: Soul-searching Dance for Architecture - Global Architects Competing in Shanghai Ren Shaomin, Shanghai Financial Daily, 2002
Published Essays Essays have been published in: Construction Times Design Weekly Time+Architecture Magazine Architecture and Culture Magazine Liberation Daily since 2002 promoting creativity in design and effective project management. Exhibitions Art+Architecture Nanjing, China, 2005 Beijing Biennale Beijing, China, 2004 Bauen+Bauen Düsseldorf, Germany, 2003 Key-note Conferences Speaker Concepts behind Unbuilt Projects Pecha Kucha Auckland, NZ, 2008 Architects vs. Clients’ Rep Architects Construction Times Shanghai, China, 2004 Xintiandi Phenomena Architecture and Culture Shanghai, China, 2004 Collaboration between Different Cultures Construction Times Shanghai, China, 2004 Returnee Architects’ Practice Contemporary Chinese Architecture Forum Shanghai, China, 2004
| | Design Works Master Planning 2km2 Yinzhou District Government Administration Strip Ningbo, China, 2005 10km2 Sutong Highway Bridge Northern Pike Area (project) Nantong, China, 2002 1st Place, Invited International Competition
Mixed-use Yinzhou District Science and Technology Center Ningbo, China, 2006 Yinzhou District Credit Union Bank Building Ningbo, China, 2005 Yinzhou District Two Government Offices Buildings Ningbo, China, 2005 Academic Three School Buildings (Administration, Arts, Science) at ECNU's New Campus Shanghai, China, 2005 - 2006 Korean School Campus (project) Shanghai, China, 2004 2nd Place, Invited International Competition H. H. Richardson's Lancaster Library Addition Lancaster, MA, USA, 1998 Morison Hall Addition, Bentley College Waltham, MA, USA, 1997
Housing House Addition and Alteration at Mickle Street Waitakere, Auckland, NZ, 2009 Zhongkai Sheshan Villas (Under construction) Shanghai, China, 2004 - 2007 Windisch Stegbunt Villa (project) Switzerland, 2003 Guangfu Chan River New Housing Development (project) Xi’an, China, 2003 1st Place, Invited International Competition Zendai Mandarin place Villa Development (project) Shanghai, China, 2002 Kay Guest House Richmond, MA, USA, 1999 American Dream Home Design Competition Dartmouth, MA, USA, 1998 1st Place, Invited Competition Finlayson House Guest Wing Waiheke Island, NZ, 1996 Whelan Housing Development Remuera, Auckland, NZ, 1995 Pacer Housing Development Remuera, Auckland, NZ, 1995 Antree Place Residential Housing Development Newmarket, Auckland, NZ, 1994 Phatra Executive Training Center and Housing (project) Khaoyai, Thailand, 1994
Resort Zendai Mao’s Shanghai Garden Resort (project) Calabria, Italy, 2004 Landscape Zendai Garden Housing Development Stage 2 Shanghai, China, 2003 Interior Schepens Eye Research Institute Boston, MA, USA, 1999 DBLant Office space planning and furniture design Shanghai, China, 2003 | | Yinzhou District Credit Union Bank Floor: 37,080m2 / Levels: 21 / FAR: 2.5 
Administration Building at ECNU's New Campus Floor: 13,113m2 / Levels: 12 / FAR: 0.56  
Yinzhou District Science and Technology Center Floor: 26,500m2 / Levels: 11 / FAR: 1.5 | |