Vol. 2
Ying (Anissa) Chak PORTFOLIO
ANISSA
YING CHAK
“ Design do not only mean to make things pretty, but more importantly is to design for the community to have a better quality of life, and to enhance a better future. ”
Email: ychak@uw.edu
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Instagram: a.y.chak
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin. com/in/anissa-chak-110589222/
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Portfolio | Ying Chak
EDUCATION
University of Washington
Master of Architecture
Sustainable System Design + Design Computing & Lighting
Certificate
09 2022 - Present
Washington State University
B.S. in Architecture
08 2018 - 05 2022
EXPERIENCE
Integrus + YGH Architecture
Seattle, WA
Architectural Intern
06 2022 - 03 2023
WSU Facility Operations & Safety Services VCEA Pullman, WA (Hybrid)
Architectural Facilities Designer
01 2021 - 10 2022
Morphogenesis Lab Pullman, WA (Hybrid)
Architectural Research Assistant
01 2021 - 05 2022
Metaamo Studio Portland, OR
Architectural Intern
12 2017 - 06 2018
SKILLS
Modeling
BIM (Revit), Rhinoceros 6/7 + Grasshoper & Python, Sketchup, AutoCAD
Rendering
Enscape, Lumion, V-ray
Adobe Suite
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Lightroom
Analogue
Model Making, Laser Cutting, Woodworking, 3D Printing, CNC
Languages
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
UW Department of Architecture Achieved Project Seattle, WA
Project: Rainier Local
09 2022 - 12 2022
1st Place in WSU Senior ARCH Capstone Pullman, WA
Project: I.C.O.N.
01 2022 - 05 2022
Eunoia Vol. IV Magazine, Published Pullman, WA
Project: I.C.O.N.
01 2022 - 05 2022
ORGANIZATIONS
American Institute of Architectural Students
Washington State University Freedom by Design Director
08 2021 - 05 2022
Hong Kong Students Association
Washington State University President
08 2019 - 05 2021
International Students’ Council
Washington State University Public Relations Chair
08 2019 - 05 2020
INTEREST ACHIEVEMENTS
Art Music
Exercise
Crafting, Sketching, Photography
Cello, Piano, Bass, Drums
Gym, Hiking, Biking, Badminton, Volleyball
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CONTENTS
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RAINIER LOCAL | 2023 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 I.C.O.N. | 2023 RAINIER MINI GROW | 2022 PETALS | 2022 FUTURE OF HOME IN HK | 2023 OTHER INTERESTS | 2023 04 Selected Works
Introduction
The COVID-19 Pandemic was an unprecedented period that will leave an unpredictable lasting legacy; however, the time of extreme isolation disrupted the conventional workspace which led to a new wave of technological Innovation. Connections were made that bridged time and space enabling the formation of new communities on social media, redefined the workspace, and forced us to us to reevaluate our interactions in favor of a tech-aided dialogue. The evolution of telecommunications in times of Zoom provides a foundation on which underrepresented voices can be projected into the shared space and truly be heard for the first time. The Seattle I.C.O.N is a workspace that embodies this new relationship.
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Undergraduate Academic, Capstone Studio | Spring 2022 Teamwork Competiton, Sustainability, CD South Lake Union, WA, USA
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I.C.O.N. - Innovation Center On Ninth
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Credits: Zach C
PROJECT TYPE Undergraduate Academic, Capstone Studio
DATE Spring 2022
LOCATION South Lake Union, WA
INSTRUCTORS Omar Al-Hassawi, Marti Crown
TEAM Ying C, Zach C, Kevin L, Jake M, + CMs
ROLE Renderings, Animation, CDs, Office Interior, North Exterior Facade
08 First Place in Senior Capstone + Published in EUNOIA Vol. IV Magazine
Office Interior Design
Summer Solstice
Winter Solstice
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Facade Studies
Wall Section Model 1 = 1/2” 10 I.C.O.N. | Selected Works
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12 I.C.O.N. | Selected Works Living Building Challenge
Introduction
Rainier Local is a Mixed-Use Residential Building located at the intersection of Rainier Ave S and S Henderson St. The focus of this design is to promote more local businesses with having a healthier environment to both residents and to the community. In Rainier Beach, there is only one farmer market located near to the lake, and this building’s ground floor is designed for open market in the day time, and night time will serve as a gathering space like open theater, music night, and more that bring the local community together. The proposed plan allows visitors to enjoy the open market with a nice south facing courtyard. In particular, the presence of the local stores brings a more welcoming environment that enhances the visitors’ experiences. The design of the roof’s area for potential planting opens up opportunities for residents to grow crops, potentially allowing residents to sell their own product in the open market. To create a better connection and healthier life for the community
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Graduate Academic, Institution Studio | Autumn 2023 Housing Design, Community, ADU Rainier Beach, WA, USA RAINIER LOCAL
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PROJECT TYPE Graduate Academic, Housing Studio
DATE Autumn 2022
LOCATION Rainier Beach, WA
INSTRUCTORS Rick Mohler
SCHOOL University of Washington
SOFTWARE Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
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INTRIGUE INTEGRATE
UW Department of Architecture Achieved Project
2 Bedroom (Type A) Open 1 Bedroom 1 Bedroom (Type A) 17 Portfolio | Ying Chak Level 02 Floor Plan
to Below Ground Floor Plan
Open
OPEN MARKET
LOCAL BUSINESSES
RESIDENTIAL USE
STUDIO
STUDIO: TYPE A
1 BEDROOM
1 BEDROOM: TYPE A
2 BEDROOM
2 BEDROOM: TYPE A
3 BEDROOM: LOFT
3 BEDROOM: TYPE A
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Level
Loft Unit
3
Bedroom
3
Bedroom (Type A)
2 Bedroom
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Introduction
Food and the city are inextricably linked. With Site B located at the Rainier Valley Food Bank, this new food bank will become one of the busiest food banks in Seattle. Since the creation of cities have been formed by food production, logistics, processing, and trading/ donating. With more than half of the world population lives in cities, the interconnectedness of cities with their food supply is more important than ever. With Seattle have around 7.739 million (2021) population, the city is highly valuable for commercial development and thus the question of allocating space for agricultural and food bank development is a complex one. With the site located at the Rainier Valley Food Bank, this food hub development will become a big impact in the city by helping the low income or any people who are in need of help to have a healthier life, as well as having enough food to work.
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Graduate Academic, Institution Studio | Winter 2023
Sustainability,
Environment, Aqriculture
Rainier
Beach, WA, USA
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RAINIER MINI GROW
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PROJECT TYPE Graduate Academic, Institution Studio
DATE Winter 2023
LOCATION Rainier Beach, WA
INSTRUCTORS Myer Harrell
SCHOOL University of Washington
SOFTWARE Revit, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
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Shade Requirements: Full Sun with Tolerate Partial Shade Spinach Lettuce Chives Arugula
Shade Requirements: 6-8 Hours Daily Require Shading
Shade Requirements: Full Sun Oregano
Size / 1-12 inch Tall, 0.4-5.9 inch Wide Water Requirements / 1 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 4-6 inch Bloom Season / Early Spring Shade Requirements / Full sun with Tolerate Partial Shade Size / 1-2.5 ft Tall, 3 ft Wide Water Requirements / 1 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 6 inch Bloom Season / Late Spring or Early Summer Shade Requirements / Full sun with Afternoon Shade Size / 3-6 inch Tall, 2-12 inch Wide Water Requirements / 1.5-2 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 4-6 inch Bloom Season / Late Spring or Early Summer Shade Requirements / Full sun Size / 1-2 ft Tall, 1-2 ft Wide Water Requirements / 1-2 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 6 inch Bloom Season / Late Spring to Early Summer Shade Requirements / Full sun with tolerate partial shade Size / 1-2 ft Tall, 1-1.5 ft Wide Water Requirements / 1 inch water per week Rooting Depth / .5 inch Bloom Season / Early Spring to Late Spring Shade Requirements / Full Sun with Light Shade in S & SW Size / 10-15 inch Tall, 8-12 inch Wide Water Requirements / 1 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 3 inch Bloom Season / Mid Spring to Early Summer Shade Requirements / Tolerate Light Shade (6-8 hours of sun daily) Size / 3-4 ft Tall, 9-12 inch Wide Water Requirements / 1-1.5 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 8-10 inch Bloom Season / Summer Shade Requirements / Full Sun with Tolerate Partial Shade Size / 3-10 ft Tall, 2-3 ft Wide Water Requirements / 1-2 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 8-10 inch Bloom Season / Summer Shade Requirements / Full Sun Size / 2-3 ft Tall, 8-12 inch Wide Water Requirements / 1 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 6-8 inch Bloom Season / Spring Shade Requirements / Afternoon Shade (6-8 hours of sun daily) Size / 3-4 ft Tall, 15-18 inch Wide Water Requirements / 1-2 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 2-3 ft Bloom Season / Late Spring to Early Summer Shade Requirements / Full Sun Size / 3-6 inch Tall, 2 inch Wide Water Requirements / 1 inch water per week Rooting Depth / 6-12 inch Bloom Season / Late Spring to Early Summer Shade Requirements / Full Sun (6 hours or more) Size / 1/2 inch Tall, 1/2 inch Wide Water Requirements / 0.3-0.4 inch water per day Rooting Depth / 2 inch Bloom Season / Late Spring to Early Summer Shade Requirements / Full Sun
Kale
Tomato
Paper Onion Chard Basil Cilantro
Solar & Air Flow Section 26 Rainier Mini Grow | Selected Works
27 252k Gallon Water Filter UV Filter Mixing Tank Cistern Annual Per Round
Water Pump Round
Water Treatment
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Pepper
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“The Intimate Relationship of chair design and architecture”
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Graduate Academic, Scan Design Furniture Studio | Spring 2022 Craftsmanship, Detail Thinking, Relationship Home
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Furniture design have an intimate relationship with architecture design. With chairs often involves wood, and wood is one of the unique material and universally loved in the architectural world; and since wood have a lot of types, there are a lot of way to design and understand the type of wood itself in a detail way. It is also an opportunity to understand the process of design, design development, analysis, modeling, and production will follow a typical building design process. Where Toromanoff once said that, “architects often turn to chairs because people can have a more intimate relationship with them than they can with one of their buildings”.
With this studio being a scan design foundation studio, Danish style of craftsmanship and design excellence infulence this project a lot. With Danish furniture design gained internaional recognition during the mid-20th century, as well as the principles of Danish design also extended to architecture. Architects like Jorn Utzon, and Arne Jacobsen, was both an architect and a furniture designer, left a lasting impact on global architecture.
By that, this chair design was designed with ideas from my cultural background, Danish craftmanships and design, as well as United State craftmanships and materiality. The chair was designed and crafted in multiples ways, with a lot of sketching, calucations, craftsmanship, and teamwork.
PROJECT TYPE Graduate Academic, Furniture Studio
DATE Spring 2023
LOCATION Seattle, WA; Copenhagen, Denmark
INSTRUCTORS Erling Christofferson, Kimo Griggs, Steve Withycombe
SCHOOL University of Washington
SKILLS Woodworking (Both Hand Tools & Machine Tools), CNC, Rhinoceros, Sketching
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Photo Credit: Bella Batson
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Introduction
This project is a flower shop located in the Volunteer Park, Seattle, WA. Given the site condition, there are no adjacent buildings nor surrounding trees that provide shading. More importantly, the client requires 2 specific daylight requirements for different flower groups (G1: 300 - 3000 lux; G2 3000 - 7500 lux).
Therefore, we incorporated the idea of the flower petals, the modified leaves surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers, as the language for the design, and the main shading devices for the building, with clear glazing between the petals as skylight for the interior daylight access.
Additional daylighting control will be achieved by the landscape design and materiality.
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05 Computational Lighting Design Research | Spring 2023 Lighting Research, Energy Simulation, Materiality Volunteer Park, Seattle, WA 38 Petals
Group 01
Climate Based (Annual) Simulation -avg UDla
Climate Based (Annual) Simulation -sDA & ASE & Avg Lux
The goal of using Climate Studio in this project is to improve the UDla with the materials, different ceilings design, and landscapes different design and materials on Climate Studio, this is the best results we have got. Since the exterior lux in Seattle winter the lux reqired in winter for group 02, and next step will be adding interior lightings to help improve the avg. UDla. However, clients will not need to worry too much for any additional lighting to group 01 flowers.
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Group 02
Climate Based (Annual) Simulation -avg UDla
landscapes choices. After running more than 200 simulations with winter is aroun 5,000 lux, it is very hard to achieve avg. UDla of 75% However, the results for group 01 is in a very good condition, and the
INSTRUCTORS Mehlika Inanici
TEAM Ying Chak, Kakit Chiu, Kristy Xie
ROLE Materiality, Climate Studio Research, Interior
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June 21, 12:00PM, Clear Sky December 21, 12:00PM, Overcast Sky March 21, 12:00PM, Intermediate Sky September 21, 12:00PM, Clear Sky
Climate Based (Annual) Simulation -sDA & ASE & Avg Lux
Can two “Homes” merge together?
Daily Life Style (Home)
Housing (Home) +
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Future of Home in Hong Kong
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Graduate Academic, Future Visions Studio | Autumn 2023 Research, Story-Telling, Housing (Home) Hong Kong, SAR
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“Home is where love resides, memories are created,
But there are a lot of things that Hong Kong people are dealing
Life Style Changes Due to Redevlopment
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friends always belong, and laughter never ends.”
with in their life, and the definition of Home is starting to loss...
Score
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PROJECT TYPE
Graduate Academic, Future Visions Studio
DATE Autumn 2023
LOCATION Hong Kong, SAR
INSTRUCTORS Elizabeth Golden
SCHOOL University of Washington
SKILLS Sketchup, Rhinoceros + Grasshopper, Photo shop, Illustrator
55m Average sleeping time
created,
6h
Average Happiness
of 6.57 out of 10
hours Average working time per week
45% Coffee 20% Tea 12% Chocolate 8% Cigarettes 22% A cuddle 49% Checking emails Caffeine-addled & Email-junkies? Yes. 8.5% Alcohol 44 Future of Home in Hong Kong | Selected Works
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Other Interests
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Other Interests 48
SKILLS Photography, Website Design, Grpahic, 3D Printing + Grasshopper, Charcoal Drawing
A.Y.C.