ME.
Hi! I'm Dorian Chen, a fifth-year architecture student at Pratt Institute with a passion for design that engages the environment, functionality, and avant-garde aesthetics. My academic work investigates the connection between human-built structures and natural systems, exploring how architecture can adapt, mediate between environments, and envision new spatial and visual possibilities.
EDUCATION.
Pratt Institute Bachelor of Architecture
GPA : 3.631 (Cumulative)
Pratt Rome Exchange Program
GPA : 3.750 (Semester)
Brooklyn, New York
Sept. 2021 - May. 2026
EXPERIENCE.
Rome, Italy
Jan. 2025 - May. 2025
Research Assistant of
Prof. Jason Vigneri - Beane
Brooklyn, New York
Sept. 2025 - Dec. 2025
Assisted in AI image generation, coding, and scripting for architectural and ecological visuals using Midjourney, Runway, Hunyuan, Forge, and Comfy UI; experimented with Loras, control nets, and multi-element workflows, with potential applications in 3D modeling and printing.
TECHNICAL SKILLS.
DESIGN MODELING
3D Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Revit
RENDERING & VISUALIZATION
VRay, Twinmotion, D5 Render, Enscape, Lumion
ADOBE CREATIVE SOFTWARES
Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Lightroom
OTHER SKILLS
Architectural Photography, Hand-Drafting, Physical Model-Making
P: 469.465.0054
Contributed to physical model making for housing complexes, 3D furniture and interior
material modeling in Revit, and supported interior construction supervision and completion.
Taipei, Taiwan
July. 2025 - Aug. 2025
CJ Studio CO,. LTD Architecture Interior
Design Internship
Assisted in developing 3D Rhinoceros Grasshopper scripts, designing and 3D-printing
customized holder to control a robotic arm for spray-painting repetitive dot-to-line patterns,
producing a series of modern paintings.
Brooklyn, New York
Jan 2024 - May. 2024
Research Assistant of
Prof. Jonathan A. Scelsca
Brooklyn, New York
Jan 2022 - May. 2022
Member of Pratt AIAS team, assisting in coordinating joint architecture events between
Columbia GSAPP and Pratt Institute.
AIAS Pratt Chapter
Taipei, Taiwan
Sep. 2020 - May. 2021
Contributed to physical model-making for the Taiwan Architectural Competition, including the
Taiwan National Military Museum and Hsinchu Science Park Software Building 1.
Ricky Liu & Associates
Architectural Internship
ACADEMIC AWARDS