Curriculum vitae · 2027

Designing with
research, clarity
and care.

Ruoyu Yan is a designer working across research, spatial strategy, visual communication and content. She turns complex material into systems and stories that are useful, legible and distinctive.

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Education

09/2025—07/2027

Politecnico di Milano

MSc · Landscape Architecture — Land Landscape Heritage

School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering

GPA · 28.86 / 30

09/2021—06/2025

Huazhong Agricultural University

BSc · Landscape Gardening

College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences

GPA · 3.82 / 4.0

02

Professional experience

12/2024—03/2025

TLS Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture Intern

  • Supported lead designers through material research, report layout and analytical diagrams.
  • Helped finalize the Maozhou River area urban design in Guangming, Shenzhen, organizing report content and adding diagrams.
  • Supported design development for TP-LINK’s Liuxiandong and Hangzhou campuses, including landscape features, planting and rendering materials.
  • Produced competition renderings for Quanzhou Baiqi Lake, Hefei Shiwuli River–Swan Lake and an ASLA entry.

07/2024—08/2024

Shanghai Landscape Architecture Group, Wuhan

Assistant Designer

  • Developed design concepts, landscape drawings and proposal reports from gathered project materials.
  • Contributed to HIWAYSPACE, a 30,000 m² industrial campus landscape spanning three buildings.
  • Contributed to the 5 km Xiangyang Han River ecological improvement project with an RMB 180 million budget.
  • Worked across the project cycle, from tendering and proposal development through bid results.
03

Research

05/2023—05/2025

National College Student Innovation Training Program

Principal Investigator & Student Researcher

Ecological Benefits of Campus Plant Communities Using i-Tree Eco — HZAU Case Study

  • Examined how plant-community composition and environmental variation affect ecological benefits.
  • Collected economic data and calculated carbon storage and annual net tree carbon sequestration.
  • Compiled assessments and reports, proposed solutions and presented the final findings.
04

Honors & awards

06/2025

Outstanding Graduate; Outstanding Graduation Design

09/2024

Outstanding Student Leader · Top 5%

09/2023 & 09/2024

Merit Student, 2021–2024 · Top 20%

05/2024

First Prize, University Choir Competition · Top 7%

04/2024

National Silver Award, World Habitat Architecture & Environment Design Competition · Top 20%

09/2023

Academic Excellence Award, 2022–2024 · Top 10%

05/2023

Honorable Mention, Mathematical Contest in Modeling · Top 35%

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Software & languages

Design & visualization

AutoCAD · Photoshop · SketchUp · Illustrator · InDesign · D5 Render

Research & mapping

i-Tree Eco · ArcGIS

Language

English · IELTS 7.0