Portfolio
Chen Chen
2009-2014
B. Arch, China University of Technology
Add 11F-3, 188, Sec. 5, Minsheng E. Rd., Taipei 105, Taiwan Tel 886 916 820 007 E-mail chenchen740414@gmail.com
Education
Experience
09/2003-06/2007 Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design, China University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 05/2007 | Honorable Mention, 2007 Graduation Design Competition, Department of Interior Design
04/2014-present Designer, YHHY Studio | Taipei, Taiwan An architectural and product design company http://www.yhhy.com.tw/
| In charge of architecture and interior design for both residential and commercial projects; assist in model making 05/2014 | Won first prize in The 2014 Ximen Renovation Project, a conceptual design competition held by the Taipei City Government 03/2011-09/2013
Training & Skills 03/2010-12/2014 | Training: 50-session Eslite Forum on City Architects, Eslite Bookstore | Computer: Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCAD, Sketch up, 3DMax, and MS Office | Languages: Mandarin (native), English (professional working proficiency), Japanese (fair)
Library and Customer Service Assistant, Eslite Bookstore | Taipei, Taiwan The largest bookstore in Taiwan with 1600 employees and 250,000 book items http://www.eslite.com/
| Worked in the Xinyi Flagship Store, responsible for book shelving/displays, addressing customers’ inquiries/complaints, and cashiering 10/2012 | Awarded Service Star of the Year | Completed a cabinet system floor plan for the bookstore 10/2008-02/2011
Designer, House Interior Design | Taipei, Taiwan A design house with 14-year history, 16 partners, and 112 finished projects http://whouse.com.tw/
Personal | Fond of reading, music, movies, fashion, fine arts, exhibitions, photography, cooking, nature, science, and travel; have travelled to 11 countries and areas mainly in Asia and North America | A member of the film club, “No film, No life”
| Independently completed 6 projects (residential projects, public facilities, house samples) from conceptual design, presentation, to construction 07/2007-08/2008
Assistant Designer, AG Archcorp Design Group | http://www.cmcarchcorp.com/ Taipei, Taiwan | Assisted in the design of 4 congregate housing projects; main tasks included proposal / PPT preparation, design concept development, construction,and coordination
Academic Works I.
Mandala
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Lungmen Water World
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The Meteoroid Goalkeeper
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Impression of Ximen
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Shin-Ruenn Qiyan Model House
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Heirloom
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Between Black and White
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The Slow Movement
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Interaction
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The Reflection on the Lake
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Memorable Qoutes
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Professional Works
Other Works
Academic Works
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Mandala
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Lungmen Water World
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The Meteoroid Goalkeeper
I. Mandala Year: 2013 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Area: 9216 sqm Function: houses Project Director: Chen Chen Phases Undertaken: design concept, design development, model making, drawing, plan, elevation, details, lighting design
What is “Mandala”? Mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल Maṇḍala, ‘circle’) is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe. The term is of Sanskrit origin. It appears in the Rig Veda as the name of the sections of the work, but is also used in other particularly Buddhism.
In 2013, an art work caught my attention. At the beginning, the method of using electronic part as the material in this special totem attracted me that led me to know Leonardo Ulian, the creator of Technological Mandala’s series. He once explained that he wanted to use ordinary electronic parts to create an extraordinary work to awaken consumers to think the meaning hidden in this work and to inspire their curiosity (2). His successful use of ordinary objects has inspired my infinite imagination toward his design. In addition to feeling the power of the series works, most importantly, it inspires my ideas of design from a new perspective.
In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space, and as an aid to meditation and trance induction. In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any diagram, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; a microcosm of the universe (1).
a | "Mandala" by Nharipra
b | "Technological mandala 34" by Leonardo Ulian
I. Mandala
c | Site Condition Generally, a dwelling house simply defined as a building of shelter for man to live in. For me, in addition to being a shelter from the wind and rain, a dwelling house shall have the function of bringing family closer together. In the past, family members used to sit around a table to enjoy meals, watched the only one TV or exercised together, and the time people spent with family was usually not less than the time they were alone. As hi-tech progresses, however, the life of families which had just one TV or PC in the past is not a mainstream anymore. Aside from dining time, many people in today’s information era may stay in the room, study or gym to use consumer electronics, such as TV, PC, tablet PC or cellphone, after returning home as if consumer electronics are their family members. This condition is not at all surprising as our daily life is surrounded by high-tech equipment that gives rise to a sense of alienation among family members. In my point of view, hi-tech should not become a tool separating us
from others but shall be one making us stay close to people, especially our beloved family members, and I therefore want to change this condition. By means of technology assistance, just like Leonardo Ulian, I hope to incorporate the spirit of antique vocabulary into my design and endow the dwelling house with a new definition and value. The family heavily relies on consumer electronics, and records of long-term habit of living indicate that they almost use consumer electronics when staying at home. Just as other families, they spend at least two thirds of time using consumer electronics in their rooms that leads them to few opportunities to spend time with family members, and even boys spend less than 1/5 of their time at home getting along with family members, i.e. less than 1 hour. It’s not hard to understand that what problems cause fewer time to get along with family. Solving this problem facing residence requires strategic solutions.
Srategy We cannot stop people from using consumer electronics at home because it is an irreplaceable part in their life, but at least, what we can strive is to increase the time family can spend together in the public space, whether they use consumer electronics or not. From the flat surface of residence to a change of the use of consumer electronics is not the condition of separating them in their own space individually from family members anymore. a | (Passive regulation) Centralize the public space equipped with the function of getting consumer electronics used commonly (see Circulation Planning), and made it more comfortable to stay b | (Active regulation) Turn the space which has been most frequently used by people when using consumer electronics into a signal-free space to remove functions which can be used
Site Condition In this design, I set the self-use residence where a three-generation family of five live together as the subject of renovation located in Taichung City, my hometown. Taichung is a liveable city that located in Western of Taiwan. It is the thrid largest city in Taiwan, and it is warm and humid. There is a international airport, a sea port, and the BRT (Bus Rapid Transportation) System in Taichung. Unlike other large cities, there aren’t a lot of skyscrapers there, and people usually live in two or three story houses because of its lower land prices. Therefore, it is a great place to live.
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I. Mandala The formation of Mandala can be classified into basic characteristics, corresponding position, and material color.
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The widely known basic characteristic of mandala which symbolizes the universe, each wall of four walls in mandala has a doorway in the center leading to the outer world. Mahavairocana or Avalokiteśvara sits in the center inside the four walls that is placed in the position of master of the world. Additionally, there is a ring of fire outside the four outer walls to achieve functions of removing bystanders’ uncleanness and evil influences and protecting the interior. In the aspect of size, the common size of mandala is usually based on 4 or multiple of 4 as the principle of composition.
The second aspect is concerned with conditions to form mandala is the corresponding position. The deployment of mandala is based on five elements and directions and colors to which elements correspond. For example, the corresponding element to the east is wood while green is the color. But there are correlations of the functions of mutual generation and mutual restriction among elements, as if the principle of being closely or inseparably connected and everything has its vanquisher in the universe.
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Design Concept The mandala-oriented architecture framework: a | A focus at center in which the circular landscape is the center that symbolizes the center of universe b | The second layer of walls are erected respectively for east, west, south, and north inside the house, while the representative color in five elements marks off these walls c | The outer walls are not connected together because space is left in east, west, south and north deliberately, just like holes in four directions of mandala d | Planning of size, plan, façade, length and width, and dimension are implemented by multiple of 4 to echo the composition principles of mandala
Circulation Planning The circulation planning requires coordination with Strategy 1 to get the public space where family members can enjoy family time surrounding the circle in the center together, simply hoping that all family members, whether they stay in the dinning room, sitting room, entertainment room or gym, still can see each other and also can be near the atrium which represents the center of universe. Their respective private realms are the outermost space that explicitly separates public and private realms. Besides, projection screen and PCTV equipment are added in each public area, a total of 8 that secures to get family members gathering in public realm to use consumer electronics.
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According to the four directions, the roof features a design of inside out, high-low point, and opposite aspect to create difference of height that reflects sunlight into the home.
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Lighting Design From the inside out, there are three layers of lighting, just as the implication of the ring of fire in mandala. Aside from offering lighting outside the enclosing wall, lateral of carriageway, and landscape in the center of the building, evening lighting symbolizes entering the ring of fire in mandala and also shows symbolic meanings of removing evil influences, just like body cleansing, and protecting the interior of the building.
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In the respect of function, five-element directions set the tone as the spatial function for the interior. For example, east represents water in five elements, guest lavatory and bathroom space locate in the east of the space, while kitchen locates in the west of the house that represents fire. Garage and study locate in the north of the house which represents metal, and all functions are coordinated with five feng shui elements.
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In terms of color and material, most buildings based on the agricultural concept of mandala are temples or sanctuaries, and most decorations are Buddhist relief or statuary; stone materials are in the majority that mostly draws on local materials, and color is based on five elements.
Borobudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Indonesia. When viewed from above, it takes the form of a giant tantric Buddhist mandala. A survey conducted in 1977 revealed frequent findings of a ratio of 4:6:9 around the monument. The architect had used the formula to lay out the precise dimensions of the fractal and self-similar geometry in Borobudur's design. This ratio is also found in the designs of Pawon and Mendut. Archeologists have conjectured that the 4:6:9 ratio and the tala have calendrical, astronomical and cosmological significance, as is the case with the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
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In the aspect of material and color positioning for appearance and interior, I created a sense of serenity and clean power and steadiness for the appearance and a small world full of vigor and colors for the interior. Such contrast leads to an experience of taking on an entirely new look when they enter.
concealment value represented by Dehua white ceramics which is generally the material used in oriental countries to make Buddhist statues. In matching with stainless steel as the embellishment, I hope to use the rigidmaterial to signify the eternal circulation of mandala.
The appearance and style and color feature a modern and concise grey white color, and the metaphor technique is used as the packaging for appearance. The highlight of material is centered on four walls, and Dehua white ceramics in 40cmX36cm, 48cm and 72cm further has reproduced the scale 4:6:9 on the faรงade and the meaning of religious
The highlight of the interior is to usher people to pass through the lighting ring and the pool to feel the power of building before leading them to a feeling of vigor and affection of this small world after entering the house, not only feeling the field clad by four walls (black, white, red, green), but also a sense of cohesiveness and vitality in this family.
I. Mandala Characteristics of Bedroom The three practices encourage people to use consumer electronics in the public space: a | Room is same to that of the elevator, and six faces of the rectangular solid including the floor are metal materials b | The window sticker of anti-electromagnetic wave is paste on the glass to achieve a 99.9% electromagnetic wave screen coefficient c | The celling of bedroom is lower, so people will enjoy public space more when they are active
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II. Lungmen Water World
In most countries, whether people should continue to use or abandon nuclear power is always a controversial topic. The construction of Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant also called the Fourth Power Plant in Taiwan began in 1999. Even it has been fully built and passed all the safety inspections, the nuclear power plant has not yet operate due to amount of dissenting voices in the country. Taiwanese government does not want to against its own people; therefore, it chooses to seal the plant until further notice, and let 4,800 hectare of land continue to wait for its grand opening. Even if we put aside the debate, after 40 years, the recommended nuclear plant’s service time from the authority, the facility will be decommissioned. When there will be a large chance to reuse the land, shouldn’t we draw up some plans for future needs instead of sealing it permanently after years? The power plant located in Gongliao District, a famous tourist site for its bathing beach called Fulong Bathing Beach. During summer high season, besides the people who want to enjoy the natural scenery, the Hohaiyan Rock Festival also draws thousands music lovers to the town every year. Longmen Nuclear Power Plant
Continue its mission and combine summer high season to let the power station reborn. In order to fit in the need of tourists (water activities, sports and music), the facility could be reconstructed into a water park, a sports center, and a concert hall. Due to the possibility of future developments, in the second phase, hotels and ropeways should be taken into consideration.
Fulong Beach Gingliao Station
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Year: 2014 Location: Gongliao, Taiwan Area: 4,800,000 sqm Function: sports center Project Director: Chen Chen Phases Undertaken: design concept, design development, model making, drawing, plan, elevation, details, lighting design
Longmen Park
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Hostels
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Ventilation Tower | The Indoor | Concert Water Park 2 Hall 2 | The Indoor Water Park 1 | Concert | The Sport Center Hall 1 | Outdoor Concert
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II. Lungmen Water World
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II. Lungmen Water World In order to fit in the need of tourists (water activities, sports and music), the facility could be reconstructed into water parks, a sports center, and concert halls. Due to the possibility of future developments, in the second phase, hotels ropeways, and tourist pier should be taken into consideration.
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a | 10% of the land could be installed the solar panels for powering up the park. Let us calculate the power by square meters. At present, the average efficiency of solar panels in the market is 200 watt per square meter, which makes the capacity reached to 96000/ kW (200x480000=96000/ kW). According to the duration of insolation, solar panels could generate electricity for 4 hours a day, and the average annual electric power would be 140160000, about one hundred million kWh, which could power up the whole Taipei 101,the tallest building in Taiwan, 2.7 times a year.
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b | Use exercise equipments to generate electricity. c | Adding power panels under the floor of the concert halls and connect to the interior lighting system, it could interact with the performers by turning on and off the lights. d | The possibilities of future techniques. By the time this plant can be reused, it maybe can add some new innovations for generating electricity easily and inexpensively . Take a new solar panel project in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. The Beam Down Tower at Masdar is a step forward in concentrated solar power (CSP). Unlike other plants, the system reflects sunlight twice, once from the heliostats to the central tower and once from the tower down to a collection platform at the system's base. [1]. The production of electricity would be enough to cover the park, and the extra electricity could be sent from the switchyard to Taiwan Power Company to provide other needs. By doing so, the Lungmen power station may carry on its duty.
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III. The Meteoroid Goalkeeper
Year: 2014 Location: Arctic, Antarctic, the moon Function: the Earth protection and space elevators Project Director: Chen Chen Phases Undertaken: design concept, design development, drawing
There are plenty of unsolved mysteries in the universe; therefore, you can let your imaginations run wild. For me, the Moon, which is an only Earth natural satellite, circles the Earth as a guardian and seems to have some mission. Perhaps this thought could turn to reality one day.
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In 2014, NASA held a contest, and the task for the experts was to prevent or stop meteoroids from damaging the Earth. When the news came out, I was thinking if we were in a future where technology could be beyond limits, there would be possibilities to make the Moon become our goalkeeper and save the Earth just like a super hero in the movies.
III. The Meteoroid Goalkeeper Hypothesis If there were some unique currents caused by electric, air, or other possible electromagnetic energy waves, and that could transmit energy and connect the Moon with the North and the South Pole of Earth. Moreover, this effect would last for more than 24 hours to defend Earth and to force the meteoroids turning away.
Purpose By transmitting this material, it could form a transparent bubble, which would achieve the goal to protect the Earth from the impacts from meteoroids.
Equipment Build space elevators at the two ends of the Earth’s axis (in Antarctic and on the Arctic Ocean), and then put receivers at the Moon.
How it would work Transmit the energy from the North Pole to the Moon to create the first energy arc, and the one transmitted from the South Pole would form another energy arc. With the help of the Earth’s rotation, these two tracks could surround the Earth in an electromagnetic energy bubble around the Earth for 24 hours.
Despite the fact that we do not have the technology to achieve this yet, I believe that the interrelationship between the Earth and the Moon would be more than just a planet with its natural satellite, and the developments would definitely bring our relationship closer in the future.
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Porfessional Works
I. Impression of Ximen
Awards: Ximen Representation by Taipei City Government, First Price (2014) Year: 2014 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Area: 70 sqm Client: Taipei City Government Company: YHHY Studio Function: public facility Project Director: Erika Lu Capacity: designer Phases Undertaken: design development, presentation and model making, site plan, lighting design a | Façade
In 1905 when Taiwan was still under Japanese rule, and the West Gate of Taipei was demolished by Japanese Government due to railway infrastructure. People’s protests stopped the other four gates be ruined, but the West Gate fell victim to Japanese government policies. In 2014 one hundred and thirty years after the gates and walls of Taipei City were built, the Taipei City Government initiated decided a project to commemorate this historical site and our team placed first in a design competition organized by the government. Nowadays, most of the main roads in this area led to the direction of Mt. Chi Shin, but old Taipei City faced toward the North direction in the past. I created this floor pattern by titles and bronze signs. Titles show those two directions at the same floor for comparison. Bronze signs represent the positions of old gates inside Taipei City.
b | Taipei City Gate Map, 1985
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I. Impression of Ximen Design Concept The façade of this new gate was reduced by 50 percent and was cut into pieces. Our goal is to remind locals that the original gate was removed by giving them an incomplete one through this transformation. This transparent gate, with its four benches, offers people an ideal place to take a break. In this design, we use the gray and red for the new gate on the back site so that it looks like the old gate. Then we turned the front site into a lighting system that looks brilliant in the evening and captures people’s attention.
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Lighting Design Because this project focuses on Ximending, a popular tourist spot in Taipei, we designed an intriguing lighting system in hopes of getting people stop and gather around. I turned the lighting system into a “Week Rainbow”, i.e. normal red lighting on Monday and orange lighting on Tuesday, etc., that visitors can just determine the day of the week easily by colors. Amazingly, it shows a rainbowand clock-like image every hour when each part changes to different colors.
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Bronze Signs Not only do these bronze signs show the positions of the gates currently but it also shows the changes to the city over the last century. I outlined the old gates and simplified them to trigger people’s memories of these historical buildings. In addition, another sign on this project explains our reason for designing this floor with two different axes.
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Model After awarding this project, the Taipei City Government went on to ask us to make a 1:20 scale model equipped with light. We presented it at a press conference. This model was not only displayed in public once but also selected to be part of a display for the city infrastructure exhibition. The media further gave our design a coverage title: “Vivid Gate in Taiwan.”
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II. Shin-Ruenn Qiyan Model House
Year: 2009 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Area: 1050 sqm Client: Shin Ruenn development Co.,Ltd Company: House Design Function: model housing Project Director: Moby Liu Capacity: designer Phases Undertaken: design development, presentation prepation, model making
Our studio had been in collaboration with Shin-Ruenn Development Co. in since 2000. Since we wanted to move our design skills to a higher level and to give the client a new experience, our director, Moby Lu, divided our design department into two six-man teams to compete for this project that located in Qiyan, Taipei. He asked each group to propose two options for this project in one week.
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Qiyan, which means “unique stones” in Chinese, was named for its spectacular environment that is famous for countless sedimentary rocks formed by water there, and this feature inspired us. As the presentation director, my goal was to deliver a message of this local history to the client and their future home buyers with rocks or water through our project. After a series of discussions, we decided to use glass and metals in order to illustrate the process of smooth moving water (Option A) and to use wood in stone-like coating to draw the outline of sedimentary rocks (Option B).
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III. Heirloom
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Year:2012 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Area: 248 sqm Client: Bryan Fang, Jennifer Lan Company: Chen Chen Studio Function: residential Project Director: Chen Chen Capacity: executive designer
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d | Second Floor In most cases, there is no need to keep outdated designs. However, the most challenging part of this project was my clients, my aunt and uncle, who asked that the walls, stone floor panels, and valuable objects in this house not be removed. Fortunately, there was an advantage: The living room had a high ceiling. In comparison, other spaces looked smaller than the living room, so I decorated the other spaces with metal and mirrors to balance spaces with its reflection. For instance, the design of the dining room is characterized by a titanium coated mirror finish stainless steel ceiling and tawny mirror walls. My clients were very satisfied with the space in the master bedroom. I incorporated a variety items including a door for bathroom, a thin case across the door, and some wardrobes look like a modern-and-uniform style scene. Since they moved in, they have told me how much they like to stay at home because of the atmosphere I designed.
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IV. Between Black and White
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Year:2010 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Area: 233 sqm Client: Chi Sen development Co.,Ltd Company: House Design Function: model house Project Director: Moby Liu Capacity: designer Phases Undertaken: site condition, design development, drawing, presentation, plan, elevation, details, lighting design, project management, construction document, construction tendering through construction supervision, furniture selected
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a | Plan This project is located in Mt. Yang-Ming, one of the most impressive landmarks in Taipei, and I was fascinated by its breathtaking scenes when first saw the view from the balcony. The interior is to a house what a canvas is to a painting, and I wanted to keep the main inside colors as low saturation as possible so that the outside view would be more eye-catching to future buyers. Nevertheless, black and white colors on the interior of the house can hardly be associated with the image of a sweet home. I decided to add a few other colors, as well as some warm materials, when we showed it during the winter home-selling season. The use of fur promotes a comfortable and avant-garde atmosphere. In addition, the master bathroom is the most attractive. Not only does it represent a wider space, but it also leads to an astounding view from a wooden window to outside. As a designer, I am mostly satisfied with the design of the guest restroom, and I hope that it gives them a pleasant surprise. The bathroom walls are covered with black fur and black glass, which go well with the black toilet, golden sink, and Philippe Stark suspension lamp. These items make it unique.
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V. The Slow Movement
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Year: 2009 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Area: 184 sqm Client: Chong-Hong Construction Co., Ltd. Company: House Design Function: housing model
Project Director: Moby Liu Capacity: designer Phases Undertaken: site condition, design development, drawing, presentation, plan, elevation, details, lighting design, project management, budget analysis, construction document, construction tendering through construction supervision
V. The Slow Movement
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Since 2005, the trend of a new life known as The Slow Movement has swept across the world that has certain influence on each realm ranging from diet to costume. In this design, I hope to extend this concept of going slowly and savoring life to residential space by creating a warm atmosphere just like the moment that time freezes despite being in a city of hustle and bustle. I used earth tone to outline the style of The Slow Movement and used leather to enrich the quality of furniture that represents a carefree lifestyle of “what more do you ask for”. Just as after listening to our proposal, the client gazed after us to take the elevator and said, “You go slowly to savor life and have a nice day”, a simple life attitude that easily touches us inside easily.
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VI. Interaction
Year: 2009 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Area: 188 sqm Client: Gary Luo, Annie Chang Company: House Design Function: residential Project Director: Moby Liu Capacity: designer Phases Undertaken: design development, drawing, presentation, plan, elevation, details, lighting design, project management, construction document, construction tendering through construction supervision
Annie, the client, has a number of blueprints in her mind for the design of her home. She hopes that not only does this space offer a warm and fragrant field but also bring a gallery-like vogue ambience of infinite interest to Annie who has a rich collection of works of art. During the design process, my discussions with her inspired my design in hopes of bringing her and her husband a sense of familiarity being in NYC, while the mottled brick walls and the exposed steel ceiling in collocation with a wide use of metal materials create an atmosphere of being living in a renovated attic. The most prominent feature in this design is that Annie has a large collection of paintings by contemporary artists and popular dolls. During the design process, the positioning to place each piece of artwork had certain influence on my design trend, such as one painting created by Carrie Chau, a Hong Kong artist, hung on the wall in dinning room. Chau used wooden windows dismantled from an old wooden house for her creation, while I gave up the original brick wall but used the weathered wood as the background in hopes of returning to the original environment of this painting to extend this story, and the sense of depth of weathered wood exactly echoes the dinning table remade from the wood dismantled from an old brewery located in NYC. For spatial perception, the amber-yellow glass separates the demarcation line of living room and master bedroom and achieves the visual effect of spatial extension. The overall spatial design collocates with furniture and decorations collected by Annie that brings people a pleasant amazement. For example, the gypsum rabbit placed on the dinning table just looks like to jump from gypsum suspension lamp on the dinning table andsuch a complementary ambience really captivates people that I was even reluctant to leave.
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Other Works
Memorable Qoutes
The Reflection on the Lake
I. The Reflection on the Lake
Year:2013 Function: fashion design Project Director: Chen Yu Capacity: designer Phases Undertaken: design development,design concept, garment making, runway assistant
In this creation, I collaborated with my younger sister who was majoring in Fashion Design at Shih Chien University. This design was inspired from movie Black Swan that we hoped to translate leading role Nina’s journey of the heart and change of thought in the movie as 5 sets of costume series. After my sister finalized rough draft of costume, I was responsible for in designing the third and fourth dresses detailed design and costume construction. I reflected on how to strengthen the softness and exquisiteness of feather in a hard and soft presentation through simpler lines to further express the leading role’s fragile mind and re-appear her frenzied imagination. The finished effect has gone beyond my expectations, as 20000 pieces of plastic rods just adhere to the model’s body and even erect when the model exerts her strength, and rods droop when the model loosen up her body, thus completely expressing the rhythm we have anticipated. “Enclosure” is the fifth work in this series that under my charge, as I created the simplified swan wings with decorative film frequently used in interior design and metal structure, and how to decrease weight of the costume is a challenge. Just as Fuller asked Norman Foster “How Much Does Your Building Weigh?” For the same reason in costume design, the work not only expresses the designer’s thoughts and ideas, but also lowers its weight to allow the model to carry it.
a|b a: Black Swan Poster (edited) b: Black Swan by Ana Fagarazzi (edited)
c | Sketch by Yu Chen
d | Garment a
I. The Reflection on the Lake
e | Garment b
f | Garment c
h | Garment c Vane Shaft Epidermis Quill
i | Garment e
The Plastic Rod The Punched Robber Sheath
a | The punched leather serves as the bottom layer (conversion for layer of leather) b | Use the plastic rod with 2mm in diameter and 120mm in length c | Add robber sheath for a fixing that symbolizes feathers d | Then cut the length of plastic rod based on the design
g | Detail Diagram
j | Garment c/d
k | Garment d
l | Garment d
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II. Memorable Quotes
Year:2014 Function: cover, font design Project Director: Chen Chen Capacity: designer Phases Undertaken: design development, design concept, drawing
I am always searching for more light and space.
----- Santiago Calatrava
The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building. ----- Louis I. Kahn
I am deeply impressed with the designer of the universe; I am confident I couldn’t have done anywhere near such a good job. ----- Buckminster Fuller
There is always anything specific that inspires designers’ creativity to bring people great works. To me, not just the great architecture those architects have created but quotes by them boost me to go forward in design. These quotes hold their attitudes, desires, and spirits. When I designed my portfolio cover, as a result, I decided to pay tribute to those architects, instead of using my own project photos. The concept to present these quotes is to picture them as if they have been painted in my mind already. Even if it looks like blurred binary codes, orange colored mosaic titles, or an unknown city map, it features a unique combination of these quotes. To give them a novel look, I began with a 4X4 mm square and used minimal geometrical pieces to assemble every alphabet. For instance, alphabet “B” was built by two rectangles and a triangle. The whole graphic may be too unique to be recognized for others, but its function just serves to remind me of the reason I chose to be a designer and also gives me faith to face challenges in the future.
I think buildings should imitate ecological systems.
----- Ken Yeang
I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do. ----- Frank Genry Architecture is bound to situation. And I feel like the site is a metaphysical link, a poetic link, to what a building can be. ----- Steven Holl I never use any ideas again. Once I’ve used them, that’s it.
A house is a machine for live in.
----- Arthur Erickson ----- Le Corbusier
I’ve said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world. ----- Peter Zumthor
Less is more.
----- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose. ----- A. W. N. Pugin If you think you can’t make the world a better place with your work, at least make sure you don’t make it worse. ----- Herman Hertzberger We’re always working with choreographers and directors, robotics experts and different kinds of scientists and researchers. We’re always interested in the links and crossovers between disciplines. ----- Elizabeth Diller ----- Glenn Murcutt
II. Memorable Quotes
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Portfolio
Chen Chen
2009-2014
B. Arch, China University of Technology
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