tsun chun chen portfolio
contents about me
04_contact detail 04_professional skill 04_academic background 05_work experience 05_case experience
spatial installation
spatial projects
product and furniture
06_'fruitmotion'
14_cat_woman 20_korea clothes shop 26_layers
33_bamboo 37_Laozi
Farnsworth House (Mies van der Rohe, 1945-51)
purity and simplicity
'Mies here fashioned his own explicit credo for the reform of architecture in capitalist society, directed not toward changing that society but toward the symbolic control of its exploitation of nature, its blindness to the past, and its destruction of freedom through unrestrained mechanization. (Schulze, 1990)
'Less is More.' (Mies van der Rohe, 1907-1969 )
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about me
contact details
professional skills
academic background 09_2016-09_2017 UCA MA Interior Design, Canterbury Campus 07-08_2016 UCA Pre-sessional course, Farnham Campus
0981-858-112 jerry19930818@gmail.com jerry820818 Chen,Tsung-Chun Chen,Tsung-Chun 0981-858-112
09_2011-06_2015 Product design, Department of Art and Design National Taipei University of Education 09_2008-06_2011 National Zhongli Senior High School
AutoCAD, Sketchup, 3ds max, Vray Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
09_2005-06_2008 Art Class, Taoyuan County Zhongli Junior High School
work and soho experience 04_2014-06_2016 Xinlin Interior Design Co.,Ltd. design assistant, plans/layouts drawing, 3d renderings 07-09_2014 ChiSun Interior Design Co.,Ltd. design assistant, plans/layouts drawing, 3d renderings, models making, photographs retouching 07-09_2013 Pro_Art Interior Design Co.,LTD. design assistant, plans/layouts drawing, 3d renderings
case experience 04_2016 Taoyuan City_suite design 03_2016 Taoyuan City_community and flats design 11_2015 Sijhih, New Taipei City_mezzanine and flat design 10_2015 Taoyuan City_single-family houses design 09_2015 Jhongli City_clothes shops design 08_2015 Jhongli City_korea clothes shop design 09_2014-07_2015 Luzhu, Taoyuan City_single-family houses design 07_2014 Sijhih, New Taipei City_ single-family houses design 05_2014 Taoyuan City_suite design 02_2014 Taoyuan City_flat design
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'fruitmotion' fruit+motion/emotion installation
07_inspiration 08_bibliography 09_concept 10_making process 11_prototype04: purchase behaviour 12_virtual work 13_interactive process
Fruitmotion is a compound word for fruit and motion as well as emotion, which is about rotation, movement of fruits. Fruitmotion includes three main subjects: emotion, movement and paradox. They are all inspired and extracted from different images, theoretical resources and bibliographies, having relationships with one another.
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01_sketch of Sainsbury's shelves 02_analysis of customers' trails in Lidl 03_enquiries for customers and staff in supermarkets 04_location recordings 05_photographs of ceiling, lightings and customers 06_photographs of colours and shapes of logo 07_photographs of structure of shelves in Sainsbury 08_photographs of paper box in Lidl
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sketches and analysis photography recording
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empirical study and shelf life 04
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inspiration
starting design in daily life, daily place and daily behaviour By visiting several supermarkets and street markets in Canterbury, a lot of recordings and enquiries were made and tested customers’ reaction in reality that help this project combine personal experience and real perception together. Understanding a common thing in our life sounds really easy, however, a plenty of details can be explored and justified via our own five senses and recordings that compare and evaluate theoretical thinking with reality.
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01_Emotional design: Why we love (or hate) everyday things 02_Visual merchandising: Window and in-store displays for retail 03_Point of purchase 04_Why we buy: The science of shopping / Buy ology: Truth and lies about why we buy 05_Emotion Design, Emotional Design, Emotionalize Design: A Review on Their Relationships from a New Perspective emotion related reference resources purchase related reference resources display related reference resources
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emotion and design 05
purchase behaviour
methods of displays
bibliography 04 inspired by theories and reference resources Based upon theoretical developments in project development course, researches and studies focus on three main subjects: emotion and design, purchase behaviour and methods of display. Relationships among these three main subjects are commercial spaces and customers who behave and interact with products in a space. As customers have purchase behaviour, they will have specific emotions or feelings with those products and influenced by many factors, such as displays, in specific commercial space where spatial perception and impression are created by interior designers.
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01_emotion and movement customer's behaviour is based on their emotions 02_emotion and paradox paradox creates different emotions for beholders 03_paradox and movement they are both according to first term's idea (archimboldo's painting and rotation)
emotion
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paradox
concept From teapots, spoons to flowers and common daily objects, emotions are embedded in normal things in our life, which evoke us via our memories and associations as well as different senses. Extracted literally from science fiction’s plots, the notions of illusions and paradoxes are made up and connected to properties of different objects in daily life. Owing to the reason that we live with our own values and experiences via our senses, relationships between us and daily objects create subtle behaviours for humans and attract people with different characteristics.
Related to spatial and site-specific relationships between people’s purchase behaviour and commercial space in life, buying colourful fruits in supermarkets is regarded as common as breath. Movement of customers, trails of people and picking-up behaviour in the supermarkets are well noticed as the relationships are discussed among consumers, spaces and installations or fixtures.
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timeline
prototype development prototype01: gears and chains prototype02: linear version prototype03: curvy version prototype04: combined version
making process arduino button
stepper motor SM-42BYGH011-25
GND
D7
5V
Mini Infrared PIR HC-SR505 output 2
arduino cable
Following the time line, the installation started with gears and chains, paper and rubber belts, wood structures researches. Motors and sensors are used with arduino codes and wire connections to transform code language into real movements of plastic fruits.
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12V _ power + supply
power supply arduino board
motor driver
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01_ two different kinds of gear units 02_perspective view of gear units 03_trail of rubber belts 04_process of using screwdriver and screws 05_top view of units 06_one kind of gear unit perspective view 07_details of combination of gears, bearings and belts 08_wood structure making 09_30x30x30mm wood sticks 10_front view of prototype04 11_side view of gear units 12_reusing first semester's painted banana with magnet
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prototype04: purchase behaviour
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ø22mm bearings with mdf gear
2mm mdf gears*2
shaft coupler
ø8mm wood stick
stepper motor metal piece
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virtual work 30 x30mm cube wood sticks
This prototype includes a 50 x 100 x 75 cm table with wood sticks, three different types of units of gear structure, rubber belt with magnets and black fabrics covering the side of the table. Several gear structures are designed to solve some problems of movement of magnets, rubber belt compatibility with gears and motors and dimensions of wood structure.
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stepper motor guiding MDF gears and rubber belt below the table
passive infrared sensor (PIR) are fixed under the table
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Combining with emotion, paradox and movement together, the installation is designed to let participants experience the moment as they are buying things in commercial space. They may hesitate and think a lot before buying something, so the installation emotionalize that hesitation on fruits to show the specific emotion among customers, commodities and commercial space.
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overall path first return from 01' to 02'-1 back to 01' second return from 01' to 02'-2 back to 02'-1 third return from 02'-1 to 02'-3 back to 02'-2
stepper motor guiding MDF gears and rubber belt below the table
fourth return from 02'-2 to 02'-4 back to 02'-3 fifth return from 02'-3 to 02'-5 bavk to 02'-4 sixth return from 02'-4 to 02'-5 sensor range 'checkout' box
01_hand out of sensor's range 02_hand activates the sensor 01'_the position responds to 01 02'_the position responds to 02 02'-1~5_ the changes of positions
As participants see the induction on the table and stretch their hands cross the sensor range, the fruits on the table will move with emotion and behave like they are alive. Different returns show the process of emotions of the fruits are fearful and timid, which reveals a fact that customers always hesitate as they are purchasing products in commercial space due to several possible considerations.
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mezzanine library
meditation area bathroom
art gallery
porch
elevated carpentry
AA’ section
cat_woman empty wooden box design
15_concept 16_space detail 16_user analysis 17_plans 18_elevations 19_renderings
Wooden box represents a warm-material residence for people to live in as well as heart-warming belongingness; “empty” stands for space oriented meaning, which means that furniture is not predominant share of an interior space but “open space” is the key element. Thus, choices of furniture are various and up to residents, who can create their own atmosphere depending on their preference.
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concept return “Return” in Chinese word is “ 回 ” which means going back to somewhere or original place. Words are best shapes to demonstrate concept because of combination of meanings and outlines, which can clearly explain context and ideas. For example, catwoman is a compound word with cat and woman that it can well show features of the both things above. By making good use of the features of words and combining shapes with ideas, new conceptual results are formed.
Using scale and shapes as prototypes of spatial design is connected to the essence of objects’ meanings or outlines, which can emphasize what are connections between conceptual ideas and design results. Moreover, where is designed in space by this method is important because concisely retrieving some elements can be highlights of environmental influences between users and spatial atmosphere.
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writing reading ceiling
visitors
kitten
residence meditation wine tasting wall
oil painting
user occupation
opening
floor
space detail
user analysis age_30 years old Married status_single Occupation_manager of an advertising company Interests & pastime_oil painting, reading, writing, meditation, wine tasting, chatting with friends, kitten raising and so on.
01_location_Taipei_ Taiwan 2 02_spatial area_100 m 03_materality_maple wood, polished marble (Ariston) 04_space type_one room apartment 05_design date_05_2016
Overall_house owner is keen on pursuing silence also harmony of her spirit and mood, therefore, meditation is required and necessary when she is along. Moreover, belongingness and warm feeling are core concept of this project as well as the ideas of “empty boxes� that would be mentioned in page.
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mezzanine
plans
01_entrance 02_porch 03_living room 04_art gallery 05_stairs 06_dining room 07_kitchen 08_staircase 09_bathroom
10_meditation platform 11_reading area 12_multifunctional cabinets 13_stairs 14_bedroom 15_atrium 16_stairs 17_shoes cabinets
Rectangular overlaps are the main idea of ground floor, which includes boundary definitions, material choosing and functional areas design. Furthermore, cabinets are another key point of this floor due to preferences and habits of users, who immerse themselves in reading books, collecting gadgets and storage. Based on abundant books demands of users, enough cabinets for storage are necessary, thus, a mezzanine library is created to accumulate a lot of things not only books but personal clutter. Simultaneously, boundary is set up to distinguish private areas from public ones by height differences.
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B ceiling
bedroom
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beam
A’ mezzanine library
bedroom
mezzanine library
meditation area
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dining area
bathroom
art gallery
living room
porch
elevated carpentry
elevated carpentry
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AA’ section
beam
ceiling
beam
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beam
study area
reading mezzanine
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bedroom
bedroom
mezzanine
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art gallery
art gallery porch
plantss
tairs
fridge
bathroom
elevated carpentry
elevated carpentry
CC’ section
DD’ section
elevations
AA'_porch and meditation area BB'_dining area CC'_mezzanine DD'_bedroom
AA' section Receiving sunlight by facing extensive openings, meditators can get inspiration as much as possible. The process of going upstairs from porch to meditation platform is just like pursuing silence and worshiping a sort of religion or God, which is pure and step by step.
BB' section Heights are calculated carefully at this area because of considering that users stay here temporarily for eating meals and just sitting. There are two different forms of seats can be chose due to height differences: first one is dining chair 45 centimeters in height another one is bar chair 90 centimeters in height. The above kinds of chairs are set at the opposite of dining table, catering for users and visitors’ preference.
CC' section Space above porch and living room is for reading, writing and storage as well as enhancing a sense of interest. When spectators stand in front of the glass guard rail, they can look at “box” at the opposite side of mezzanine or have interaction with people inside bedroom.
DD' section “Wooden empty box” refers to bedroom because it is a space to take a respite and refreshing oneself as well as serving as bedroom for guests. A container floats in the air is similar to the concept of building appearance that this building is a wooden box in concrete jungle.
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renderings porch Spacious porch is arranged in this space, and washbasin, plants as well as light provide a best backdrop for the porch. At the right hand side of the porch, mirrors are set to double magnification of space, behind which are a row of storage cabinets for users to conceal stuff. meditation area Light is energy resource of a day and meditation. When you receive light from dawn, you get ready for new challenges in life. Mirrors serve as an important part of meditation that reflection is done every day and is a virtuous circle to get improvement and progress. Reflection is just like yourself in the mirrors you look at.
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korea clothes shop simplicity varies a space
Lines made of molding decoration on the walls reveal neat and plain style; the basic colour is white either bringing out various also colourful clothes in the shop or making customers more obvious in the mirror. By simple arrangement in plan, sliding door is used as full-length mirror and leads customers to walk to the counter trying on different clothes, accessories and bags.
21_concept 22_space detail 22_client analysis 23_plan 24_elevations 25_renderings
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concept
Simple lines and white geometric shapes are two main elements in this case, accenting the space with clear and extensive atmosphere in modern style. Simplicity varies space with purity and possibilities that gives beholders a strong impression of visual experience. Main role in this case is clothes, thus, space should be taken as a container or showcase to display them in unconscious way.
Limited by small areas in city centre, this clothes shop aims at providing a fast experience of young Korea clothes for customers, including picking-up, trying-on and shopping behaviour. Plan is arranged in a loop by middle cabinet which provides the function of display and storage, and all dimensions are well-concerned for pathways and movements of customers.
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space detail
client analysis
age_25 years old married status_single occupation_clothes shopkeeper 01_location_Taoyuan_ Taiwan 2 02_spatial area_9 m 03_materality_white paint, mirror, wall paper (art stone pattern), maple wood floor, steel piece 04_space type_commercial space 05_design date_08_2015
overall_clients are two 25 year-old young lady and gentleman who are keen on internet shopping and selling. After few years sales, they have got enough money for their physical shop in Taoyuan city and decided to increase different kinds of commodities in their shop for female customers.
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01_entrance_new carpentry door 02_hanger area 03_display and storage cabinet 04_accessories area 05_bags area 06_fitting room 07_counter 08_fixed
Although the space only has 9 square meters, functionality is wellorganised and considered so as to satisfy customers’ requirements, including cabinets, hangers, shelves and fitting room. Another point is about the pathway in the shop that is at least 100 centimetres in width in order to let customers go through and shop around the shop more easily.
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elevation index
A elevation
B elevation
D elevation
elevations C elevation
A_entrance and door B_accessories and bags shelves C_hanger area D_counter E_sliding door and mirror F_display and storage cabinet
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renderings
Although this space has some limits, including big beam on the ceiling, narrow space and electric arrangement, white colour and simple lines are used to expand the space. In order to decrease sense of existence of the beam grey paint is coated on the beam to create visual effect and layers in space with shelves and cabinets.
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layers mezzanine suite design
27_concept 28_space detail 28_client analysis 29_plans 30_elevations 31_other layouts 32_renderings
In Taiwan, lots of buildings are designed as communities and flats for residents due to small areas in residential district in cities. Taking good use of the small areas in the cities becomes the most important consideration for designers and clients, which leads to specific spatial types for people living in Taiwan.
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concept
Layers, different spatial understandings for occupants, give a space different expressions and connections that accents relationship between residents and spaces. As a space is separated by height, it is equipped with diverse possibilities and various definitions for areas as well as those connections between one space and another. Stairs are key elements between space and space, linking unexpected spatial possibilities together and enhance decent spatial atmosphere.
The stairs not only provide a bridge for residents climbing up but also separate private and public areas in the space. As this en-suite apartment is designed for two people as maximum, the stair also give an opportunity for residents to invite their guests.
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space detail
user analysis
type of residents_young couple with children
01_location_Taoyuan_ Taiwan 2 2 02_spatial area_ground floor 5.4 m _mezzanine 2.1 m 03_materality_white oak veneer, grey mirror, steel, white paint 04_space type_mezzanine suite 05_design date_05_2014
overall_client own a lot of suites for rental that need renovation and 2 redesign. However, the space areas are lower than 10 m and have certain daylight problems, which need to be solved by designers. Based on the conditions of the space, one living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen should be included and designed for proper living aesthetics, ergonomics, dimensions and necessities.
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elevations 面貼灰鏡 清玻+貼模隔間牆 內藏LED燈帶
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A_living room television wall, kitchen and bedroom B_living room sofa wall, bedroom wardrobe and reading area C_living room side view, bedroom mezzanine and stairs D_bedroom partition and wardrobe arrangement
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renderings Daylight and depth are another key elements in small space that can create spacious and comfortable perception and feelings for residents. By using grey mirrors on several walls in part of the space, reflections can also expand the visions for people and give beholders sort of roomy impressions.
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bamboo lamp and shelf design
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Bamboo is a specific material used in several places, such as furniture, faรงade, decorations and so on. These projects are the first time that I used bamboo as main materiality of my project, which were a new experiments and experiences.
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bamboo leaves
light bulb
concept Trying a new work with unused material, I decided to face challenge just as the concept of this bamboo shelf. When you appreciated this shelf in different directions, you could find out changes of bamboo. Except that specific views can be observed in three elevations, shadow and light effect are concern and coming from criss-cross veins of leaves. Intuitive thinking structure is adopted in these two furniture designs so as to reflect original outlines of things. From bamboo leaves and light bulb to shelves and lamp, simple connections can be easily perceived , also using direct observation is an easy method to integrate intentions and works.
With embedded LED lights on inner side of bamboo strips, the craft reveals bamboo stripes in an artificial outline, bulb- shaped. Combined with easy idea and shape, simplicity of style and function are emphasised.
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making process
It was the first time that I tried to use natural material to create new craft with craftsman who comes from other city in his bamboo workshop. From communication to practical producing, detailed revision and finishing touch, everything is novel and interestingly unexpected for me.
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exhibition
The exhibition called ‘Be Yourshelf’ was a final exhibition in my third year of university in Taiwan. Light and shadow effects are unexpected at the moment because spotlights were different in the exhibition and varied in specific situation, giving special impression not only the shelf itself but also interaction among shelf, beholders and exhibition space.
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Laozi cultural and creative mug design
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Extracted from Tao Te Ching made by Laozi, this project derives from Chinese character ‘為’ that means great achievement of a person. Those achievements are based on people’s behaviour which are handled by the people themselves.
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concept
The key idea of this project is to let people rethink meanings of achievement that are controlled in their hands and their own abilities. Using outlines of Chinese character ' 為 ' as an inspiration to create shape of mugs, the project also need people’s hands to finish the shape of Chinese character ' 為 ' to represent success is grasped by people’s hands.
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details
01_concept and use 02_double sides for right and left hand users 03_colour plan 04_package design
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