When: Thursday 23 July 2026 @ 18:00 - 19:00 pm

Where: Online

Speaker

Qitong Liu, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP

Event Description

In this webinar, we will explore how to scale your portfolio and how to present your work in today's highly competitive architectural profession.

The lecture introduces portfolio preparation as a process of selection, transformation, and narration. It will discuss how students can identify valuable project experience, including studio works, professional projects, competitions, and other practice-based experiences.

Through Qitong Liu experience and thinking, we will explore global opportunities in early career. Special attention will be given to how different types of experiences can be rearranged for different audiences, from academic reviewers to hiring managers.

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify potential portfolio projects
2. Recognize key differences between academic and professional portfolios.
3. Apply narrative strategies to communicate the project intents
4. Introduce practical layout skills, organization strategies and other visual design principles.