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Application for The Manchester School of Architecture / MA Architecture and Urbanism -Tel : (+886) 0937530216 -Email : louie831024@gmail.com
/ JUN WEI DU /
JUN-WEI DU
JUN-WEI DU
No.702, Section 5, Zhonghua Road, Xiangshan District, Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan (R.O.C.) louie831024@gmail.com / +886 9 37530216
EDUCATION
National Taipei University of Technology*, Taipei, Taiwan BS Architecture
Relevant Coursework: Special Topic of Urban Design, Architecture Thesis Design Graduation Thesis Design Project: Who’s Pulling Your Strings: Space of Perceptually Domesticated
Sep 2013 June 2015
Sep 2015 June 2018 Chung Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (Transferred to National Taipei University of Technology) Architecture and Urban Planning Freshman & sophomore year GPA:3 8/4 0
* Ranked 9th in Taiwan, 469th worldwide, QS World University Rankings 2022
WORK EXPERIENCE
Project Designer, CHANG YIH CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD., Hsinchu, Taiwan
In charge of designing site plans and managing construction drawings
Decide on building materials and manage the budget for projects
Supervise construction and control the progress of projects
Discuss with different teams (interior design, landscape, and electric) to integrate ideas
Project Designer, HIGHWEALTH CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD., Taipei, Taiwan
Designed site plans and managed construction drawings
Conducted construction supervision to control the progress of projects
Communicated with different teams to solve problems and integrate ideas
Project: Okura Prestige Taichung
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Humanitarian Architecture Project The Core Plan 6
This project aims to build infrastructure for minority groups. After understanding the need for a learning environment for Atayal children in the Slaq Tribe, we designed and built a wood pavilion The area can be used as both an outdoor art classroom and a playground for students
Lutheran Indigenous Tribe Library Designed and Executed Project
Joined the Teaching Practice Research Program offered by the Ministry of Education, in which our team designed and built a local library for an indigenous tribe The library’s visual design recalls the semiotics and morphology of the Atayal tribe.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Taipei Tech Architecture 2017 -2018 Thesis Design, Taipei, Taiwan
General Events Coordinator/Host of Opening Ceremony
Conceived the name and visual presentation of the exhibition Designed the route and immersive experience for the exhibition
Student Association of Department of Architecture & Urban Planning, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Chief of Event Planning
Organized various events to improve the relationship between students in our department
Planned “Freshman 24 Hours Architecture Experience Camp” to help first year students develop basic knowledge and experience of architecture
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
1st Place in Architectural Design Exhibition, Chung Hua University
Mar 2021
Present
Feb. 2019 Mar 2021
Aug. 2015
June 2015
June 2018 July 2018
Sep 2014 June 2015
Apr 2015
Excellence Award in Bionics Land Art Exhibition, Chung Hua University May 2014
Academic Excellence Award in 1 s Semester, 2013/2014 Academic Year, Chung Hua University Feb. 2014
01 Space of Burial at Sea
02 Space of Perceptually-Domesticated 03 Okura Prestige Taichung
04 Palais De congregate house
CONTENTS
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SUSTENANCE IN TIME SERIES
Space of Burial at Sea
Subject: Special Topics on Architectural Design / 2017.03
Studio Individual Project
This project aims to discuss the prospects of burial at sea. The Taiwan authorities formulated regulations for burial at sea and asked people to bury their deceased offshore, about 6000 kilometers from the coastline. I redefine this line that separates the living and the dead as the 'memory line'. The project helps people to rethink the modes of memory by transferring the ceremonies of burial at sea to the architectural design. The precision of longitude and latitude for burying as well as the perceived change of spaces will help the family and friends to sense the reality of burial at sea. Their love and memory for the deceased will become the power to protect the sea.
Bachelor
Longitude and Latitude Memorial Space Observation Deck for Healing
Ceremony Space for Burial at Sea
Water Wall for Soothing the Soul Commemorative Space for Sympathy
Analysis of Space Schematic diagram of the port for burial at sea
Feeling the influence of water boundaries can make people slow down and absorb the things surrounding them.
A space for meditation when people need to soothe their hearts.
The guide from the light will bring peace to the living and calm their souls.
A dusky space will strengthen the sense of hearing. The sound of water will purify the souls of families.
Pray in a space with the natural sound of waterflow; feel more close to the true purpose of burial at sea.
Uses space to create visual compression, which symbolizes the spirit and soul after feeling relief from sorrow.
Use large tread stairs and roundabout ramps to slow the speed of people.
Feel the tidal variation; feel like the deceased is still next to you.
Separate spaces can help people enjoy peace and convey their feelings to the deceased.
Observation deck to see the sea view will help people feel relief from the visual compression and expand the mind.
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Water boundary
Light in crevices
Prayer space
Path
Separate space
Meditation
The sound of water
Visual compression / Tidal variation / View of Sea
Sprinkle the ashes at the designated latitude and longitude
Precipitation after cremation Get on board
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Distributionoftourists Walkingroute Populationdensity Terrain Climate
Process of Burial at Sea Analysis of Distance
Then, sprinkle the petals for the funeral Write down the latitude and longitude [ Step I ] [ Step II ] [ Step III ] [ Step IV ]
Step V
Site Burial Site 6000 km Site Analysis
Cemetery Analysis of Taiwan's Northeast Corner
① ② ⑤ ⑥ ③ ④ ⑥ Light and shadow room ⑤ Entrance ④ Wraparound landscape ③ Viewing platform ② Corridor ① Water wall First Floor Plan
/ Step I. Mourning
Through the emotional transfer after grinding the ashes, I developed a space that allows people to sprinkle the petals into a pond. The high ceiling design and light emanating from the area above will make family members feel relief and hope while in the dark.
/ Step II. Memorizing
After sealing the ashes, the living will carry the ashes and walk through a road with water walls; they will be led by the sound of water to the next stage.
/ Step III. Remembering
In the ceremony of burial near the end, the living can note down the date and the latitude and longitude, which symbolize the direction for memorization; there is a memorial space under the sea level in this building that allows people to stay and remember the deceased.
/ Step IV. Missing
Family members can return to the space for meditation and heal the scars of the soul during each Qingming Festival.
⑥ ④ ⑤ ③ ① ② ⑥ Port ⑤ Latitude and longitude space ④ Floating aisle ③ Lounge ② Ashes storage space ① Ceremony space
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WHO'S PULLING YOUR STRINGS
Space of Perceptually-Domesticated
Subject: Architecture Thesis Design / 2017.08 - 2018.06
Bachelor Studio Individual Project
In an urban environment that lacks critical thought, people become rationalized by the rules of the space without understanding their underlying features. I define the phenomenon as “users domesticated by space”. The phenomenon appears because people have adapted to the place they live in; they are manipulated by routine. In an urban environment that lacks critical thought, people become rationalized by the rules of the space without understanding their underlying features. I define the phenomenon as “users domesticated by space”. The phenomenon appears because people have adapted to the place they live in; they are manipulated by routine.
The project uses an objective point of view, a drama script, and a Metro Station area as a "domesticated space" to discuss the manipulation. We set the routes for both rushing passengers (domesticated) and notrushing passengers. I developed the space from the position of a third party (domesticator). Under the status of domesticated, this space is not a container for activity but rather affects the choice of people who are inside it; people can select each path and find their own scripts.
I selected Taipei’s Yuanshan Metro Station area in 2060 as the space for my project. This area of Taipei is close to an airport that is due to close and become part of the City Central Garden. I selected this area because the axis of the channel of airplanes changes the skyline in this area, which is also a symbol of a domesticated city.
Under the basis of urban design, I try to transfer the invisible channels to the axis on the ground and make the intermediary point for the space. I also reserve the lower building volume on both sides of the spaces to help people remember the traces of history, because this trace is the most important domesticated trace of this city, and its people and will become the axis after this city changes its appearance.
LOBBY1 LOBBY3 LOBBY2 TAXI STATION TICKET STORE PLATFORM PLATFORM LOUNGE LIBRARY AND BAR CAFE
2060
Urban Axis In
Spatial Diagram Climate Site Analysis
There are three entries on the ground floor—two of them are more covert so that the rushed passengers may use them as a shortcut to the platform.
The last one is for people who are in no rush. They can walk on these paths and find themselves manipulated by the surrounding space. They can also see the people who are rushing yet find themselves on the wrong paths. There are additional visible spaces that cannot be entered. The purpose of this piece is to remind ourselves to think carefully before deciding which path we want to walk through to enter the next space; do not be domesticated by the environment.
① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑥ Lounge bar ⑦ Shared room ⑤ View tower ④ Restroom ③ Locker space ② Ticket counter ① Lobby First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan Third Floor Plan
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OKURA PRESTIGE TAICHUNG Work Experience
Company: Highwealth Construction / 2019.04
Highwealth Construction Okura Hotel
The project is a twenty-nine-floor composite building that combines office space and a hotel. The location of the building is in the central area of Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone. As the most representative zone of Taichung, the geographic environment is suitable for business trips, sightseeing, and shopping.
Molu Lane is one of the narrowest streets in Taiwan. So narrow, two people cannot pass without touching one another. It was and still is customary for the gentleman to allow the woman to pass first, adopting the name Gentleman Alley. Concept Diagram
Room model Lounge
Desk/Lounge Day bed Shower Bathroom Powder room Mini bar Wardrobe
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PALAIS DE CONGREGATE HOUSE Work Experience
Company: Chang Yih Construction / 2022.04
The design concept of this congregate housing project is mutualism with nature. For the exterior, I used wood grain grilles and strong stone walls on both sides. The night lighting utilized the natural lights from the stars as decoration, revealing a different view of the night sky. For the interior design, I select Orientalism as the central concept, and used different metal colors to define the stone grains.
Lobby GYM
Japanese room
Handmade Models
Rendering