Chiang Cheng Wei_Interior Design Portfolio

Chiang Cheng Wei Fashion Institute of Technology interior design, class of 2017

PORTFOLIO

[ preface ]

There are couple snapshots of me happened in different times and spaces in my life that ultimately serve as deeper motivations to push my projects forward. Some are narratives, some are thoughts. I have included all of them in my portfolio under the title “journal.� Although some of the snapshots seem unrelated in the first glance, they somehow managed to find each other’s connections along the way. And it finally dawned on me that how all those unrelated moments came together and influence me not only as a person but as a designer.

table of CONTENTS

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project: ONE

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type: society project: 6

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type: hospitality

project: elleggage

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type: retail

project: play it again type: corporate

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Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 2015

[ journal ] - 2012, Cairo I found myself the only person walking in the street because everyone else is praying either at home or in the mosque. There was just me, and the sound of prayers from the loudspeakers.

- 2013, Jerusalem I saw kids playing soccer together happily in the streets. They were Arabs and Jewish kids.

- 2013, Taiwan Sitting on my sofa, enjoying Saturday morning Sun. Saw the news on TV, the president of Egypt was overthrown, 638 protesters were dead.

- 2017, New York I was assigned to design a society project that aims to resolve conflicts and promote peace through shared experience, the prayers from the loudspeaker in Cairo, the kids in Jerusalem’s street, the Sun on that Saturday morning and the tragic news on TV, all those little moments came up quietly but so powerfully that I couldn’t ignore them during my design process.

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type: theatre society big idea: Eliminating individual differences through theatre experience.

theory

Every person in this world is unique, and can be distinguished generally by one’s gender, color, race, personality, character, occupation, social economics status, culture, and etc. However, people also share the same life experiences, emotions, and the love for stories. Especially when people are in the theater, immersing themselves in the same story performing on stage. Although each one of the audience has a different background, they tend to focus on the same performance on stage, and it is from that moment they become identical individuals.

inspiration

If most of the conflicts result from the lack of understanding differences between each other, would there be less conflicts if the differences between individuals be eliminated? And if by experiencing the same thing can possibly eliminate all or part of our differences, how can a theatre society achieve that goal in terms of interior architecture? concept description

concept sketch

ONE ONE

what is ONE?

who is ONE?

how ONE works?

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01. auditorium 02. control room 03. green room 04. classroom 05. library 06. mechanical room

lower level

level 1

primary users: teacher, student, staff, actor, volunteer, producer

primary users: receptionist, salesperson, visitor, community member, staff

primary activities: workshop, theatre programs, performance, lecture, backstage

primary activities: greeting, shopping, observing, circulation

07. storage room 08. ADA restroom 09. vestibule 10. reception 11. waiting lounge 12. gift shop 13. mezzanine

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14. cafe’ 15. member’s lounge 16. glass lounge 17. executive office 18. working space 19. meeting area 20. pantry

level 2

level 3

primary users: society member, staff

primary users: executive, staff, administrator

primary activities: socializing, cocktail reception, breakfast, luncheon, dinner, meeting

primary activities: work, administration, conference, presentation

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see-through floor plan, nts

level 4 primary users: visiting educator, performer, society member primary activities: accommodation

21. guest room 22. meeting room 23. skylight 24. guest lounge

The interior spaces throughout the entire building is planned in the same language, starting at one focal point. The ultimate purpose of floor planning is to connect each level architecturally and create spaces to encourage both ONE’s members and visitors to engage in a variety of activities.

floor plan / total 144,414 sq. ft.

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level 4 / guest room

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site plan

visitor professional actor

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mezzanine

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professional actor playwrite teacher

skylight

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visiting educator

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staff executive

interaction in auditorium level 3

society member

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local artist

interaction in classroom

community member

program student

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lower level

interaction in green room

concrete

oak

carpet

MOMA PS1, New York, 2017

[ journal ] - 2012, Cairo “I’m Mohsen.” I introduced myself to people in the village. They seemed confused.

“Do you have a real name?” one of them asked.

2016, New York: First time in New York City, every nationality and ethnicity, every look and color is welcomed in this city.

- 2016, New York “My name is Chiang Cheng Wei; you can call me Will, or Wei,” introducing myself to the class on the first day of school.

“I’ll call you Wei, because that’s your real name, isn’t it?” the professor said.

- 2017, New York I didn’t strive that hard to blend in other cultures anymore. I have been introducing myself as “Wei” not as “Will.” And I started to accept my accent. I did so not because in a negative way, but because I just started to understand what it really means to be a “foreigner” and proudly recognize my culture and my identity as Taiwanese.

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type: Taiwanese beef noodle soup restaurant big idea: 6 elements merge together to form something new.

theory

Beef noodle soup is a Chinese and Taiwanese noodle soup made of stewed or red braised beef, beef broth, vegetables and Chinese noodles.

6 is a Taiwanese-owned New York based restaurant specializes in beef noodle soup.

Located in Chelsea Market, the site has been full of energy of hustle and bustle.

The name of the restaurant is inspired by the 6 main elements that complete the dish, which are beef, noodle, soup, green onion, bowl, and chopsticks.

inspiration

When having beef noodle soup, one will experience the richness of ingredients including beef, noodle, vegetable, green onion, white carrot, and soup.

Although each element has its own characteristics, when they are contained in one bowl, they tend to influence each other’s flavor, shape, and color. This is also similar to the experience of having a beef noodle soup since all ingredients are merged together that one will taste all things in one bite.

When dining in 6, the customers will not only be exposed to different materials, textures and geometric shapes, but experience the interior of 6 as a whole at once. concept

2nd element:

bar counter

light wood

green marble

red marble

1st element:

communal table

concrete

dark green glass

leather

pendant

6th element:

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reception desk

banquette water

4th element:

dark wood ingredient chart

5th element: flooring

waterfall & pool

restroom circulation diagram

main dining area / bar / booth banquettes

kitchen aisle / circulation

lounge / intimate area

pos area

reception

site plan

west 16th street

9th avenue

10th avenue

block diagram

west 15th street

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01. reception 02. pos area 03. wait station 04. lounge 05. communal dining area 06. bar floor plan / 6,248 sq. ft.

07. banquette 08. male restroom 09. female restroom 10. kitchen 11. waterfall & pool 12. coat closet 0’

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reflected ceiling plan

waterfall & pool

ceiling feature

bar counter reception desk

banquette

communal table

section perspective

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entrance sketch

water feature sketch

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key plan

2 lounge

Petra, Jordan, 2011

[ journal ] When I travel, I like to take photos, write journals, or sketch when I see something interesting in the streets. I did them mainly because I like to, but I believe there’s a deeper meaning to it.

Maybe they are the most effective ways to keep records and prove that I was once exist in this world.

Amazingly and easily, those moments, are captured and preserved, although not forever, last longer than the memories. And when someday I’d like to look back, there’s actually something to review.

Luis Buñuel, a Spanish filmmaker, once put it this way: “Life without memory is no life at all.”

Maybe that’s what travel is all about, to create timeless moments.

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elleggage type: luggage store

big idea: Capturing traveling moments in New York City

theory

luggage display sketch

reception counter sketch

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“Long-exposure photography” or “time-exposure photography” is a photographic technique, which is used to capture the movements of moving objects, just like how we capture moments by taking photos, sketch, and write journals when we travel.

Upscale luggage retailer elleggage tries to capture movements of traffic on the roads, people on the streets, and air in the sky, in an elegant way using architectural language in its newly designed Manhattan flagship. concept

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1. window display 2. entrance 3. main product display 4. customize station 5. hand bag display floor plan, 3,024 sq. ft.

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facade elevation

bronze

rendered elevation

color glass

color lucite

copper

black marble

white marble

color glass

clear lucite

product display sketch

display panel sketch

column section sketch

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lighting diagram

2'-0" ceiling panel elevation

custom fiber glass panel

suspended linear light

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recessed mannequin diagram

[ journal ] I remembered when I was a kid, it was easy to make me laugh, as if everything in this world is interesting.

And then I grew up, trying to adapt to this world, obey rules, study hard.

As I grew older, I started to question myself: what is this all about?

Since when everything comes with a purpose, stats, scores, plans, money?

Why did I forget how to simply have fun?

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p l a y it again type: gaming office

big idea: Playing with geometry through segmenting and deforming objects.

theory

Play it again is a Manhattan-based manufacturer and distributor of innovative games and puzzles for adults and children.

client profile

seg路 ment a part of a figure cut off by a line or plane intersecting it, in particular.

de路 for路 ma路 tion the action or process of changing in shape or distorting. concept

existing plan

46th st. & 10th ave. international style building 10th floor

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block diagram

floor plan / 2,092 sq. ft.

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1. reception area 2. sales area 3. mail / copy area 4. pantry 5. conference room

6. playroom 7. owner’s office 8. restroom 9. maintenance closet

custom ceiling

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reflected ceiling plan

reception counter

[ postface ] I had 4 different names.

“Wales” was the first English name given by my Mother.

Then I changed it to “Will” because it had a more similar pronunciation to my Chinese name “Wei.” Well, also because Will Smith was one of my favorite actors.

When I studied Arabic in college, my Saudi professor named me “Mohsen.”

“What is your real name?”

Sometimes I was asked this question.

Do I have a real name? Do I need to have a real name? I still don’t know the answer.

But after staying in New York for 2 years. I started to realize that the real name issue is actually an issue of self-identification.

I guess what they’re really asking me is: “What is your story?”

If you asked me now, I’d say: “This is it, you just read it.”