Chuanwen Chen portfolio 2018 by 陳傳文

architecture

PORTFOLIO William Chen 2010 - 2017

02 URBAN STAGE GROOVING STREET

ORIYA

UNI-GALLERY

KAWA

-TAIPEI STREET DANCE CENTER

-CHAOMA BUS STATION

-SINGLE HOUSING OF CHINGMEI

-WINERY LA RIOJA

Type : academic/thesis Instructor : Hsieh Fu-Cai Period : 4 months Time : 2015 Location : Taipei, Taiwan

Type : academic/individual Instructor : Chen Guan-Fan Period : 2 months Time : 2014 Location : Taichung, Taiwan

Type : academic/individual Instructor : Peng Kang-Jian Period : 1 months Time : 2012 Location : Taichung, Taiwan

Type : academic/individual Instructor : Garcia Hipola, Maika/Hevia Ochoa De Echaguen, Juan Period : 3 months Time : 2014 Location : La Rioja, Spain

PORTFOLIO CONTENT

STUBBORN SOFT PLAYGROUND

IL SEGRETO GIARDINO

JIENXING FONGHUANG

ILLUSTRATION WORK

Type : academic/individual Instructor : Yang Xiou-Chuan Period : 3 months Time : 2015 Location : Taichung, Taiwan

Type : academic/ collaborate Team Member : Chen Wei-Jr Instructor : Luca Galofaro Period : 2 weeks Time : 2013 Location : Rome, Italy

Type : professional/ individual Company : Hsu Dan-Ho Architects Supervisor : Gu Jia-Zhen Period : 6 months Time : 2016 Location : Hukou, Taiwan

Type : professional/ individual Company : Freelancer Period : 1 ~4 weeks Time : 2016 Location : Hsinchu, Taiwan

-1 : 1 INSTALLATION IN THE XIAN SI FOREST

-THE ROMAN PRAYER CENTER

-HUKOU STUDENT DORMITORY

CONTENT

EX G A T S N A URB REET NTER ST NCE CE iwan G N OVI ET DA ipei, Ta

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As a German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”From this statement ‘Dance’ is a performance that expresses performers’ emotions and stories by simple but delicate body movements, hence, without words, audiences can explore a whole new world.

URBAN STAGE GROOVING STREET

N owadays, street dance becomes one of the most popular dance styles in the world. Unlike other dance

PROTOTYPES OF STREET DANCE PERFORMANCE IN THE CITY

styles, the spirit of street dance allows dancers to walk out of traditional stages and find their own stages in the city.

DANCER & DJ AUDIENCE

PARTY

In the street dance industry nowadays, it is not only a dancing activity for dancers, but also a full process that involves music making, training, performance, costume, and exhibition. In my thesis project, I tried to create a new form of performance and training center for street dancers in the city that gathered all of their needs while they could still find their original spirit of liberty.

PERFORMED AREA/STAGE

Let’s get down and battle !!

BATTLE

The project used the space elements derived from the analysis of a representative dancers’ movements, and different prototypes of street dance performance in a city environment as spatial notation to choreograph on the site.

Come join our cypher It’s party time !!

The site is located at an abandoned park nearby one of the most crowded walking streets in Taipei. Although people seldom use the space, there are still many

So cool to see flashmob

CYPHER

THE ANALYSIS OF A TYPICAL 8 BEATS DANCERS’ MOVEMENT FLASHMOB

MOVEME

GATIVE NT OF NE

VOLUME

OF RHYTHM

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BODY CE

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ION OF STRUCT

ACE BODY SP

URBAN STAGE GROOVING STREET

ELEMENTS FOR CHOREOGRAPH

DESIGN PROCESS

1.Seperated the different parts due to the existing programs. SPACE NODES

2.Extended the street into the park to create main circulation. SPACE FRAMES

3.Opened the circulation to main road and separated volumes for different programs. SPACE FORMS

4.Used the “space form” element to form volumes and created various scales of spaces for different uses.

SPACE RHYTHM To develop the project, there are were 4 kinds of main elements being used for the space choreograph as architecture ways.

5.Added on steel structures between buildings to create stages for temporary performances.

1. Space Nodes--Lighting for public activities 2. Space Frames--Structure system 3. Space Forms--Buildings for indoor use 4. Space Rhythms--Main circulation

6.Created different scales of lighting systems to define public spaces at night.

EXPLODED DRAWING

URBAN STAGE GROOVING STREET

SPACE FOR BATTLE AND DANCE PRACTICE

MASTER PLAN TEMPORARY PERFORMANCE ON FRAMES

PARTY / FLASH MOB ON THE STREET

PERSPECTIVE

During day time, residents and tourists could participate in the acivities that happen in the building.

SECTION-DAY

URBAN STAGE GROOVING STREET

1 3

4 6

4 8 12

9 21

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

PROGRAMS 16 18

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

18 19

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

1.MOTORBIKE PARKING 2.TOURIST CENTER 3.STREET ART SHOP 4.PARTY & ACTIVITY AREA 5.HIPHOP HISTORY EXHIBITION 6.FACTORY CULTURE EXHIBITION 7.DANCE PRACTICING SPACE 8.PUBLIC TOILET & LOCKER ROOM 9.CLOTHING SHOP 10.GRAFFITI STUDIO 11.DJ BAR 13.PERFORMANCE REAHERSAL ROOM & RESTROOM 14.OUTDOOR STAGE 15.DANCE STUDIO 16.PUBLIC AREA 17.TEMPORARY OUTDOORSTAGE 18.AUDIENCE & WALKING STREET 19.SHOP 20.INDOOR STAGE 21.VIP AUDIENCE SEATS 22.PUBLIC AUDIENCE SEATS

During night time, the lighting system provided safe public spaces and defined another kinds of activity usage.

SECTION-NIGHT

URBAN STAGE GROOVING STREET

ORIYA

-CHAOMA BUS STATION

construction studio, 2014, Taichung, Taiwan

ORIYA

The Chaoma bus station project was a 2 month-studio of

construction study in the 4th grade at Tunghai university. In the first 2 weeks, the project started from analyzing an individual abstract art work, afteranalyzing the art work by mimicking model, everyone had to decide a construction system which could mostly represent the original study.

Folded plate structure rooftop

I-bim and steel column

In the second phase of the studio, students had to utilize the construction system which they chose to address with real problems in the city-massive transportations, public activities, physical environment, etc. In this project, folded plate structure was the main structural system. By creating a continued space, passengers could fluently recognize the circulation of the bus station, which was more convenient and efficient for them to catch on their bus. The folding rooftop also provided special space experience by refracting natural lights and made it more recognizable for passengers in the city.

Concret structure for bridge

BUS STATION CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM

THE FLOW OF FORCES OF ROOFTOP CONCEPTUAL SPACE MODEL

The analysis and reformation of the art work turned out to be a conceptual model that combined with 2 main concepts used in the design process. 1.The refraction of the light THE FLOW OF FORCES OF AN UNIT

2. The continuity of the space ALL COVERED FOLDING STUDY

UNIT PROTOTYPE-1

UNIT PROTOTYPE-4

UNIT PROTOTYPE-2

UNIT PROTOTYPE-3

The Chaoma bus station locates in the central of Taichung City, where is next to main roads and facing massive transportation need.

ORIYA

EXPLODED DRAWING

STEEL ROOFTOP

STEEL COLUMNS

GLASS WALLS

CONCRETE VOLUMES

STONE FLOOR

DESIGN PERSPECTIVE

MODEL PICTURES

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

ROOFTOP PLAN

ORIYA

UNI-GALLERY - SINGLE HOUSING OF CHINGMEI academic project, 2012, Taichung, Taiwan

UNI-GALLERY

T he single housing project iwas located in an alley next to one of the most crowded shopping areas in Taichung City,

DISTANCE

Taiwan.

USERS

The street of the site is filled with creative shops that sell designed clothes and artificial art works that require public attention and places to be shown out.

Since there are many tourists and students who often visit the area, a lot of young people open their own shops and art studios within the alley. The project aimed to create a community for those young shop owners, whether how far they originally lived, every individual in the community could possess their own living unit combining with their own shop and resident. Moreover, the public space in the community could be employed as fashion runway during some specific seasons. Therefore, all of residents in the community could present their own works and products to promote their own shop.

CONTEXT

fashion runway

Since most of shop owners are living far from their working places. It is more efficient for their lives by to integrate their living needs and work needs.

The corridor between buildings provides a stage for people to exhibit their work.

third floor personal room second floor residential first floor shop

The unit of this project was formed by traditional building type of Taiwan that was built beside the site. The slope of rooftop created loft spaces and provided more opportunities for sunlight to come in.

By combining users, context and distance requirements, The prototype of one unit in the community eventually represents the efficiency of residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life.

UNI-GALLERY

RESIDENTIAL UNIT THREE

RESIDENTIAL UNIT TWO

SHOW BACKSTAGE AREA

RESIDENTIAL UNIT ONE

FASHION RUNWAY

SHOP & RESTAURANT

ISOMETRIC DRAWING

UNI-GALLERY

KAWA - WINERY LA RIOJA

Spain exchange studio, 2014, La Rioja, Spain

KAWA

In the exchange program of CEU San Pablo University,

students had to attend for a 6-months project by designing a winery. The project started from designing a wine bottle within a month, which could introduce the basic knowledge of wine production process in Spain to the students from different cultures.

WINE PRODUCTION SYSTEM TANK ROOM

The main project was actually comes after the first month, students had to design a winery. The site is located in one of the representative wine hometowns in Spain-La Rioja.

BARREL STORAGE

In this project, the way people dealed with the relation between nature and the wine production chain was very crucial. For my design, three volumes were placed between the river and the field that represented the cycle of wineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life-from grapes to bottles. Furthermore, volumes were lower at the river part to show humble through the nature, which could also create a comfortable corridor for visitors to enjoy their wines beneath the river.

BOTTLE STORAGE

shipping out wines

input grapes

TASTING ROOM

WINE SHOP

BOTTLE STORAGE

keep in touch with mother river

BARREL STORAGE

LOBBY/ MEETING

TANK ROOM

KAWA

A-A’ SECTION

B-B’ SECTION

A’

B’

C-C’ SECTION

C’

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

MAIN ROAD

GARDEN

ROOFTOP GARDEN

RIVER

ROOFTOP PLAN

KAWA

1 : 1 experiment studio 2015, Taichung, Taiwan

STUBBORN SOFT PLAYGROUND -1 : 1 INSTALLATION IN THE XIAN SI FOREST

STUBBORN SOFT PLAYGROUND

Can a fabric own the property of stones? In the projectâ&#x20AC;? Stubborn Soft Playgroundâ&#x20AC;? the boundary between soft and hard materials is starting to be challenged.

The project started from a personal drawing by every student that enrolled in the studio, each student had to find the material that most matched with their drawings, and tried to make a 1 : 1 installation to talk about the stories of their own study. In this project, several experiments were used to find out how to demonstrate opposite properties on fabrics. After those studies, the fabric was hung in a forest for public activities, due to the combination of different materials, the fabric could provide multiple space experiences for users. The hierarchy of light penetration and diversity of height it created provide a special playground for passengers.

JOINT UNIT 1

JOINT UNIT 2

LIGHT EFFECT

SPACES BETWEEN HIGHT

PATTERN DIFFUSION

STUBBORN SOFT PLAYGROUND

SOFT-HARD

HARD-SOFT

In the SOFT TO HARD experiment, I picked two kinds of soft materials-paper and stockings as the body that were going to be changed in their properties by muds and ink penetration. When the penetration happened, some larger particles would coagulate on upper part of the fabrics. Due to the difference of thickness, lights would penetrate in diverse strengths, hence, created a special sequence of shadow.

In the HARD TO SOFT experiment, I tried to use fabric as the mold to cast concrete, as the result, the concrete piece demonstrated the stretchable visual effect as fabrics., However, it still kept its own load bearing ability.

STUBBORN SOFT PLAYGROUND

In the one-month workshop in Rome, local Italian archi-

tects spent 2 weeks taking students to walk around the city in order to expand students’ realization of Italian culture and indigenous architecture thought. After two weeks of walking tour, participants had to work as a team to create a praying center by collage and model making. The designing project “IL SEGRETO GIARDINO” means “The Saint Garden”, which is the main concept of the work. The project was located in a tourist center of Rome which is surrounded by ancient city wall relic. The location provides a desirable context for people to separate themselves from the bustling city. In the design, we utilized white marble as the material to create a shorter wall around the original relic. In contrast with the huge and cultural city wall, the new wall showed the humbleness of diverse religions in its scale and pithy form. Moreover, we planted multiple scales of local pine trees as the icon of ancient chapel dome, which could also create favorable condition for users.

Natural Dome New Marble wall Origial City Wall

IL SEGRETO GIARDINO - THE ROMAN PRAYER CENTER

Tunghai Architecture Rome Summer Workshop, 2013, Rome, Italy Team Member : Chen Wei-Jr, Contributes on half of model making and collage work.

IL SEGRETO GIARDINO

uring 2016, I had a chance to work in Hsu Dan-Ho Architects as a designer, which allowed me to face the practical world of architecture. The project â&#x20AC;&#x153;JIENXING FONGHUANGâ&#x20AC;? was a 6-month individual work, which is under construction now, and it will be finished around 2018 summer. This building was designed as a dormitory for students, since the site is located in a tiny area, designers had to face the limitation of scale but they still created enough spaces for resident use. Therefore, in the design, each residential unit has its own balcony and restroom, furthermore, the public circulation is placed as the center core of the building, in order to create minimum public use and maximum private spaces. On the other hand, the facade of the building was designed by different materials, in contrast with other buildings in the community, showing the energy of students.

JIENXING FONGHUANG - STUDENT DORMITORY

Individual working project, 2016, Hukou City, Taiwan

JIENXING FONGHUANG

MATERIALS/ RC Columns and Walls

Face Bricks Close Lightly Pebbles

Brick Walls Dry Walls

KITCHEN

PARKINGLOT

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

BEDROOM

SECOND TO FORTH FLOOR PLAN

SOUTH-WEST ELEVATION

TERRACE BEDROOM

BEDROOM

TERRACE

ROOFTOP TERRACE FIFTH FLOOR PLAN

ROOFTOP PLAN

NORTH-EAST ELEVATION

UNIT : cm

JIENXING FONGHUANG