PORTFOLIO Yijian Chen Selected from 2016-2019
YIJIAN CHEN Work Experience
Forskarbacken 9, 11415 Stockholm, Sweden +46 729207924 yijian@kth.se
Sep.2019 to Dec.2019
Reflex arkitekter ab, Stockhom, Sweden Architect •Participated in the rooftop extension project of Katarina Huset. Delivered concept design of katarina pavilaion, katarina footbridge and a butik facing Stadsgården •Delivered an interior design of one office in Sjömansinstitute
Jun.2018 to Aug.2018:
Co-Struct Architects, Xi'an, China Intern Architect •Took part in 3511 Industrial park design competition, independently completed the design of one boiler room renovation project, finished the competition drawing •Participated in an office building design competition in Xi'an, accomplished the preliminary research, designed the layout and façade, and drew one part of the construction plan.
Aug.2015 to Sep.2015:
Muzuo Studio, Xi'an, China Intern Architect •Conducted research on the current facade of commercial buildings in the old town of Xi'an. •Documented the current situation of the east gate of Xi'an city wall, produced both physical and digital models.
Personal Skills Computer skills: Language Skills: Other skills:
Excellent at Auto CAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, V-ray, Illustrators Experienced in Archicad, Rhino Native in Chinese; Proficient in English; Primary in Swedish and German Photography, painting
Honors & Awards
Education Sep. 2012 to Jun. 2017:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Degree: Master of science in architecture Thesis: Modern Translation of Guanzhong Narrow Courtyard House
Sep. 2017 to Jun. 2019:
Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland Major: Architecture Exchange Study
Sep.2018 to Jan. 2019:
Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, China Degree: Bachelor degree of architecture Thesis: Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
•Special mentioned in the thesis project in KTH (2019) •One-year Scholarship in KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sep.2018-Jun.2019) •1st Award in Lighting Design Competition of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (2015) •3rd Award in Construction Competition of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (2014) •2nd Outstanding Students Scholarship of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (2013) •Excellent Award in 129 Design competition of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (2012) •2nd Outstanding Students Scholarship of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (2012)
Self-evaluation •Gifted in painting and photographing with uniquely personal style, had been selected as the head of the XAUAT Painting Association. •Excellent verbal and communication skills. •Strong learning capacity, willing to learn different software and languages.
Modern Translation of GuanZhong Narrow Courtyard Diploma Studio, Spring 2019 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Instructors: Thordis Arrhenius, Frida Rosenberg, Ori Merom
Site: Yue village, Xi’an, China
Guanzhong narrow courtyard （GNC）is a traditional architectural form of a family house in Guanzhong area in China. Such courtyard houses have existed in Guanzhong area for more than 1000 years. However, during the past 30 years, local villagers start to tear down the old building and build new ones to meet the needs of the rapidly increasing population. The goal of this project is to archive the traditional courtyard feeling as well as giving a response to the changing environment. This project ended up with a new type of countryside living-a house that contains a micro-community with both owner and tenants. This project is dedicated to my grandmother for that she always wants to go back to the village.
Muti-generation family
Landlord + tenement
The population structure is changing rapidly in the village, more and more young people go to the city to search for job while old people are left in the village. I used four carefully selected cases to study how the family structure is shaping the space and living mode. After that, I came up with a specific living concept for this project which is illustrated in the diagram below.
1. Site plan 2. Picture of the courtyard of a traditional GNC
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The living concept can be sum up as " a core + rooms". The core is for the owner's family and the rooms are for renting out. Though the local youth go out for more opportunities, there are still a huge amount of out comers coming to the village to rent places.
Gao's GNC house
Row House in Sumiyoshi
Company Housing for MUJI
Moriyama House
Daily Life in the Courtyard
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Having dinner in the yard
Making some handcraft work in the main yard
Chating with neighbors in front of the entrance
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I extracted several life scene from a moive shooted in GNC in order to undersatnd people's daily life in the past. Living in such courtyard house the outdoor activities are as important as the indoor activities. In this design, I am trying to capture the essential space feeling of GNCH.
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1. Entrance 2. Main Yard 3. Leisure 4. Shaired Kitchen 5. Studio Apartment 6. Studio Apartment
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The relation between man and nature has been and always will be the most important living ideal for Chines A First Floor Plan
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Section A-A' a. Studio Apartment (1. Sleeping area 2. Toilet 3. Reading area) b. Private Yard For the Tentent c. Guest Bedroom d. Laundry e. Tea Corner f. Dinning g. Kitchen h. Toilet i. Guest Bedroom
Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine 12 weeks Studio, Jun. 2017 Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, China Instructor: Yuan Shi, Zhao Yu Site: XianYang, Shaanxi, China
The treatment of Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that doctors and patients should have a close trust relationship, patients should be close to nature to soothe the spirit, etc., while modern Chinese public hospitals are often designed for modern medicine so that they are not very suitable for Traditional Chinese medicine. This program is dedicated to exploring a form of architecture that can serve better for Chinese medicine concepts.
The scenery of Zhongnan Mountain is like an ancient painting. This design echoes this native landscape with the sloping roof. 1. Mountain and Cloud, Mi Fu, 1051-1107 2. Photo of the site
The project is located near the Zhongnan Mountain. The spatial layout is separated into small courtyards to increase the contact between man and nature. All the buildings are strung together by an open corridor, allowing people to soothe their spirit and feelings as they walkthrough.
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1.Ancient painting of a palace 2. Rendering of the open corridor 3.Rendering of central courtyard 4.Rendering of policlinic 5. Rendering of doctors' ofďŹ ce
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First Floor Plan 1.Policlinic 2. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment 3.Pharmacy 4.Reception area 5.Emergency department 6.Infusion hall 7.Inpatient department 8. Reception area of Inpatient department 9.Restaurant 10. Kitchen 11. Chinese Medicine Museum 12. Depository(undesign) 13. Administrative offices(undesign)
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Sculpture Museum
10 weeks studio, Jun. 2018 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Instructor: Rodrigo Muro, Markus Aerni, Isabel Dominguez Site: Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Work of Hertha Hillfon
“Oven is the mysterious heart" ——Hertha Hillfon The project is a museum of clay sculpture works from a passed Swedish sculptor-Hertha Hillfon. The design focuses on how the building as an environment builder creates the right light for different exhibits Like what Hertha said about oven , my intention would be also create some kind of heart for the building. I choosed the staircase to generate the whole space.
Staircase as the Core To make the staircase into a real core, it should play a important role in the walking route. I found two dofferent routes for the triangle shape. Both of them are giving people the impression that this staircase is actully trigering the whole space.
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A While walking towards the core, visitors can have a glimpse of the staircase without knowing what happening inside.
B While walking around the core, people are able to look through the core and get to know the space in the other side.
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a. Workshop b. Exhibition 3 c. Deliver dock d. Sculpture yard Hertha’s work ranges from large to small and different sizes often have different performance themes. In order to better display the work of each size, I designed a unique light environment for each size. A.Exhibition for medium size works B Exhibition for large size works C.Workshop
Construction Detail
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This speci ic corner is designed for one of Hertha’s most famous work- an empty chair. When the light leaking in from the designed opening in the back, the chair looks like sitting in another world waiting for its owner.
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1. 3mm copper coping 2. 62*250*120mm red brick 3. 10mm air space 4. 240mm insulation layer 5. 62*250*120mm white brick 6. double glazing 8mm glass 9mm argon-ďŹ lled cavity 10mm safety glass 7. wood block 8. silicon 9. insulation 10. wood block 11. aluminium covering
Urban Acupuncture 12 weeks studio Jun. 2016 Group work, collaborate with Rui Wu Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, China Instructor: PeiZhao
Art Musemum
Site: Shuyuanmen Walking Street, Xi'an, China
Public Space
This urban design project base in the city walls within the south gate of the old city. Xi'an is a historic city with a long history. During the past ten years, Xi'an has witnessed rapid economic development, urban expansion and building density to an unprecedented level. The rapid development of modernization also brings the old city of Xi'an a lot of new problems .
Tea Shop
Vistor Center
Acupunture As Design Method
When the body has some problems in the subtle, the doctor will puncture the needle into the patient's body to stimulate the specific parts of the human body to achieve the purpose of treatment of disease. This urban design is trying to discuss weather we can use acupuncture method to do some adjustment to a city.
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Photography of the site
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Transformation Strategy The two selected buildings are in good condition. I try not to change its facade and structure of the old buildings when adjusting its function. I opened up the part between two buildings and make it into a landscape courtyard. In the courtyard, people can take a bystander to appreciate the old buildings. Office
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Toilet View of the courtyard between two old buildings
Reconstruction Design of Two Residential Buildings
Library
Although the cultural value and research value of these buildings are considered extremely high, the local government has never taken any protection measures, and they even planed to tear it down several times . The transformation point selected two Republican buildings to transform. I hope to transform it into a city exhibition in order to remend the public of the high value of this site.
This transformation point is located at the end of the sub-street of Shuyuan Walking street, and there is a commercial street locate near to it.
Gift Shop
This picture shows the stairs on the roof - visitors on the roof of the site and the ancient city of Xi'an Ming Dynasty wall standing face to face , the modern city and historical sites at the same time in people's eyes. Such a picture is exactly what I want to say about this design - a dialogue between history and modernity.
Boiler Room-Hotel Renovation
8 weeks studio, Feb. 2016 Instructor: An Li Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, China Site: 3511 Industrial Park, Xi'an, China
This design is located in the 3511old factory park and is a boutique hotel. The building itself was converted from a boiler house built in the 1950s. The design concept for the renovation of this building is based on the fusion and contrast between "new" and "old". When I converted the boiler house into a hotel, I decided to keep the original concrete structure, coal tunnels, chimneys and other architectural elements and made them the features of the new hotel. This gives the building a unique historical and local culture background.
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1.Entrance Hall 2.Lobby 3.Cafe 4.Elvator Hall 5.OfďŹ ce 6.Exhibition 7.Linen Room New Columns
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Walking into an old building is a way we understand the past. In this design, I retain the characteristics of the original building elements, adjust the original functional structure.
The route to the top-roof restaurant is independent of the hotel and does not interfere with the hotel rooms. Drain towers retained from the old building can be seen at the entrance hall B.
A. The Reception of Hotel B.The entrance of Roof-Top Restaurant
Growing . Living . Recyling A New Concept for Elderly Housing 10 weeks studio, Dec. 2018 Aalto university, Helsinki, Finland Instructor: Pekka Heikkinen Site: Jatkasaari, Helsinki, Finland
Electricity
Food
Cloth Medium
Light
Money
Nutrient-Rich Mist
Public space for city
Management
Social Life
Today, the topic of the circular economy is being discussed more frequently for environment and population problems. In this design, I’m trying to achieve an energy cycle inside a housing project by implanting vertical farming in an urban residential project. The house will operate like a big tree. The domestic garbage generated by people will come underground through the pipeline. After the treatment, they will be applied to the vertical farming in the building in the form of water and bioelectricity, while the vegetables and fruits produced by vertical farming will be placed directly on people's tables.
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Lamp With Novel Luminous Mode
Rammed Earth Light
The light we see in our daily lives shines in the same form-- directly from a bulb or through the lamp sahde. Is there any new way to transport light? In this design, I tried to make light irradiate from the earth. So I put a flashlight in the earth block and guide them out through optical fibers.
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Selected from 2016-2019 Forskarbacken 9, 11415 Stockholm, Sweden +46 729207924 yijian@kth.se