daniel chen
DANIEL CHEN
daniel chen
aniel chen
DANIEL CHEN
ANIEL CHEN
DANIEL CHEN
DANIEL CHEN
Daniel Chen
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
2014 - 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESUME
01
Maverick Mills Urbanism
02
Berlin Baugruppe
03
Analysis of Dewey Square
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Dance and Art Studio
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WUSTL East Asian Library
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Penn State Stairs
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Athens Mapping
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For My Reader, My name is Daniel Chen and I am a fourth year architecture student at Northeastern University. This portfolio is meant to serve as a reflection of my experiences in academia and employment. Like many of my peers, my goal is to become an architect. In my short time, I’ve learned that it takes a deep understanding of a building’s site, environment, program, structure, and social impact in order to achieve a successful design. Here you will see my process and my effort to create wholesome designs that address multiple subjects. Enjoy.
DANIEL CHEN
DANIEL DANIEL CHENCHEN
49 Priesing Street Jamaica Plain MA, 02130 DanYuMing88@hotmail.com - 808.747.9765
ACADEMIA: Northeastern University, Class of 2017 Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Architecture GPA: 3.817 - Dean’s List STUDIOS: Berlin Co-housing Studio (Baugruppe), Urbanism and Infrastructure, Housing and Aggregation THEORY: Tectonics, Environmental Systems, Current Issues in Cities and Suburbs, Environmental Protection
PROFESSIONAL: Ann Beha Architects: Junior Intern: July 2014 - December 2014 Design: Responsible for the design and layout for the second floor renovation in January Hall, East Asian Library at Washington University in St. Louis. Details: Developed iterations of stair detail drawings for Penn State’s Old Main building. Consolidated critical detail drawings and modeled them in Sketchup for the construction of a mock up at NBMAA. Construction Admin: Updated floor plans and RCP’s in Revit to update bulletins for a project at MIT. Pre-Design: Created 3D massing models, detailed building models, and site models in Sketchup for multiple projects. Prepared these for design studies, client/office meetings, and for post production rendering. Presentations: Organized and consolidated information and graphics from the office, clients, and consultants to create project presentations, fee proposals, site survey reports, and DCAMM room data sheets. Bazazi Design: Intern: June – July 2013 FIELD WORK: Performed field measurements and developed “As Built construction” drawings for building Renovations. Restored components of a 3D town model in Sketch Up for the Higganum Vision Group and presented the model to the town planner. Northeastern University Architecture Office: Present - Spring 2013 CLERICAL: Manage documents for professors and designers. Welcomed prospective students and parents to the university and help them better understand the resources available at Northeastern University. Directed tours of the studio and presented the university program to large groups.
ATTRIBUTES: Software Skills: AutoCad SketchUp Rhino Revit
Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Microsoft Office
Hobbies: Drawing Hiking Cooking Book Binding
Photography Travel Baking Playing Guitar
ACADEMIC Urbanism and Infrastructure East Boston For this studio we were given a 12 acre site located in East Boston. The site was located in a unique position between two important bodies of water, Constitution Beach and the Chelsea River. On the site is the first reinforced concrete building ever constructed in Massachusetts. The building formerly operated as a cotton mill. Today it is a warehouse space for a Planet Fitness and other various retail stores. The rest of the site is left as surface parking. Our challenge was to place a minimum of 1 million sqft of program on a 555,000sqft site while dedicating 300,000sqft to parking and 1/3rd of the site to open green space. Given the site’s proximity to the water and the area’s vulnerability to flooding I found it to be my responsibility to respond to these environmental forces. My design is inspired by the local ecologies and landscapes that interact with flooding. Ultimately I devised a terraced landscape strategy that would not only mitigate floods up to 15ft but also reconnect the existing community to the unique ecologies and environments that define East Boston.
REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE GREATER BOSTON AREA WATER MANAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS Urbanism and Infrastructure East Boston
BACK BAY FENS Water Collector Geese HQ
BELLE ISLE MARSH Water absorber Wildlife Habitat
CHARLES RIVER ESPLANADE Scenic Waterway Cultural and Social Significance
MAVERICK MILLS SITE
LANDSCAPE PRECEDENTS
SITE STRATEGIES AND DEVELOPMENT SITE STRATEGIES Urbanism and Infrastructure East Boston
PRESERVE
Elements of the existing infrastructure to maintain the history and character of the East Boston Neighborhod.
ABSORB
Allow for water to flow into the site instead of creating a barricade. The water level will eventuall rise so lets work with it, not against it.
CIRCULATE
REACTIVATE + RECLAIM
Create entrances to the site into invite users to the new urban space and allow pathways to intersect and promote public interactions.
Reactivate the existing railway to extend the bikepath infrastructure and reclaim the river’s edge to expand the urban wilds program for the community.
SCALE: 1” = 128’
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION AND URBAN DESIGN Urbanism and Infrastructure East Boston
TOTAL PROGRAM AREA: 1,000,000sqft
40% is alternative co-housing
35% shared common rooms 65% learning space
Housing
Community
Commercial
70%
15%
15%
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY: STACKING
RESIDENTIAL
Total Site Area
COMMUNITY
550,000 sqft
Residential 82,500ft
Residential Commercial 132,000ft2
15%
24%
2
Residential Parking Green Space Community 55,000ft2 167,000ft2 113,850ft2
RETAIL AND OFFICE GREEN SPACE
WATER
100%
10%
30.3%
20.7%
BUILDING COMPOSITION STRATEGY: Building and Site Relationships
New
and
70’
The new buildings will be much larger than their well established neighbors.
Old
30’ 62’
The first step is to understand the scale between the two and to determine the proportions on the street Part of the solution was to have the new buildings step back from the street, allowing a freer space and a geometric for to deliniate program The last thing to do is to infill the buildings with program and to make any necessary changes to building geometries for special programs or urban goals.
40% of housing are traditional apartments
At least 30% of the site is given up to the terraced landscape which offers the immediate and surrounding community an abundance of outdoor programs to engage in.
45% retail 55% commercial or parking SCALE: 1” = 32’
URBAN STRATEGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE TERRACED LANDSCAPE Urbanism and Infrastructure East Boston
NORMAL HIGH/LOW TIDE
5 FOOT FLOOD SCENARIO
15 FOOT FLOOD SCENARIO
Present Day Conditions
20-50 Year storm conditions Future Landscape in 100+ years
100 Year storm conditions Future Landscape in 200+ years
ACADEMIC Baugruppe (Co-housing) Pankow, Berlin Germany During this study abroad studio we were exposed to an alternative type of housing called a “baugruppe” (co-housing). Unlike the typical process of a developer investing in a one-size-fits-all apartment building typology, a community of like-minded individuals and families coalesce their efforts and resources to create a home that caters to their unique lifestyles and needs. Given a completely new type of program and urban landscape we were challenged with designing a community complex that would accomodate a set of different clients’ requests while also responding to the historical urban context of greater Berlin. For this project we were put into pairs to develop the site. While developing the design we were also encouraged to explore different ways we could incorporate sustainable building practices into our hypothetical project. Inspired by the passive house trend in Berlin and the development of alternative renewable materials I devised a structural system that would lower the building’s embodied energy during construction while not compromising its thermal performace throughout the seasons.
BAUGRUPPE DANIEL CHEN AND BEN GARBOW SPRING 2015 SITE DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN RELATIONSHIP Baugruppe (Co-housing) Pankow, Berlin Germany
L CHEN AND BEN GARBOW SPRING 2015
SITE PLAN 1:200
SITE PLAN 1:200
During the initial massing phase my colleague and I developed a simple massing strategy to complete the urban corner then adjusted the building forms to refine the definition of space and movement through the site while also engaging the two building masses with one another.
PROCESS DIAGRAMS
Initial massing strategy
Exploration of unit type organization
Division between street and residential programs
MASSING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Baugruppe (Co-housing) Pankow, Berlin Germany
LANDSCAPE SITE PLAN SCALE: 1-500
LANDSCAPE SITE PLAN
PLANNING DIAGRAMS
PLANS AND SECTIONS
SCALE: 1-500
SCALE: 1-500
PLANNING DIAGRAMS
PLANS AND SECTIONS
LANDSCAPE SITE PLAN
SCALE: 1-500
SCALE: 1-500
SCALE: 1-500
PLANNING DIAGRAMS
PLANS AND SECTIONS
LANDSCAPE SITE PLAN
SCALE: 1-500
SCALE: 1-500
SCALE: 1-500
PLANNING DIAGRAMS
PLANS AND SECTIONS
SCALE: 1-500
SCALE: 1-500
SCALE: 1-500
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After developing the master plan together we were left on our own to further develop our individual buildings. I began to break down the large mass in order to extend the public sphere of the street into the site. During the development of the structure, the grid and organization of egress coreswas guided by the properties of the materials I chose to explore, cross laminated timber and compressed earth blocks.
FLOOR PLAN AND SECTION DEVELOPMENT Baugruppe (Co-housing) Pankow, Berlin Germany
ACADEMIC Revealing the Strata (Advanded Architectural Communication) Dewey Square, Boston The focus of this summer semester was to hone our graphic skills in representing architectural information. The site I chose to analyze was Dewey Square due to the unique adjacencies of program above and below ground. My final board was an attempt to contextualize and visualize the complexities of the underground networks and how they are integral to the activity above ground.
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A COMBINED TOTAL OF 104 MILLION PEO TRAVEL UNDE DEWEY SQUA EVERY YEAR B CAR AND TRA
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DEWEY SQUARE REVEALING THE STRATA
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QUANTIFYING DEWEY SQUARE
MILLION PEOPLE
801,000 PEOPLE VISITED DEWEY SQUARE IN 2014
D 4.7 OPLE ER ARE BY AIN.
YEAR OF 2014
OF 287,100
13,100 5,344
10:00AM
11:00AM
THE REST
PEOPLE ATTENDED PUBLIC EVENTS AND FARMERS MARKETS
JUST USED WIFI AND THE CAROUSEL
43%
36%
21%
HOW CONGESTED IS THE CENTRAL ARTERY?
LE/HOUR
9:00AM
292,000
PEOPLE ATE FROM THE FOOD TRUCKS
PEOPLE TRAVEL UNDER DEWEY SQUARE EVERY DAY
ROWDED IS THE RED LINE?
M
353,000
CARS/HOUR
7,400
PEOPLE/HOUR
12:00PM
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2:00PM
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4’ The climate around Copenhagen can be described as one that is mostly cold. The city does experience all four seasons, however it is predominantly cool throughout the year. The Summer months rarely ACADEMIC go over 90 degrees. During the winter and some parts of the fall and spring temperatures can get well below the freezing point of water. Environmental Systems Therefore heating is the most important element in the building’s function. Dance and Art Studio in Copenhagen
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There are a couple elements that contribute to the unforgivingly cold The focus of weather this classinwas the studyOne of how local, regional, Copenhagen. is thebuildings relatively relate high and constant wind and global environmental systems. than think about buildings as closed that stand against velocity that Rather averages at 14mph annually. In the winter theresystems are nature this course students of buildings only 7 encouraged hours of daylight makingtoit think a precious resource.as open systems that interact with its environment and ultimately benefit from it. Despite these conditions there are ways for a building connect with With a holistic towards analyzing how buildings operate on different levels and scales, theapproach environmental system in a positive way to create comfortable from the choice of Ifmaterials the geometric hasthe in harsh relation living. designed to correctly, any spaceorientation can coexist it with andto the sun, we came to understand the for environmentally responsive architecture. coldfundamentals climate of Northern Europe. The purpose in the design of this program (art studio and dance studio) is to create a fully functional building sits in harmony with the environment while alsoto adapt an exiting structure to The final project wasthat an integration of these architectural strategies creating meaningful spaces for the speciďŹ c program. creating spaces that accommodate respond to an environment of our choice while simultaneously the assigned program: dance studio by day, art studio by night.
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CLIMATE RESEARCH Dance and Art Studio (Integrated Design) Copenhagen, Denmark Down
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1. Earth Coupling 2. Dance Studio 3. Art Studio 4. Service Core
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RATION NHAGEN, DENMARK
ENTAL SYSTEMS | DANIEL CHEN
RATION NHAGEN, DENMARK
ENTAL SYSTEMS | DANIEL CHEN
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PROFESSIONAL East Asian Library Renovation Washington University St. Louis, Missouri While working at Ann Beha Architects I had the opportunity to collaborate with one of the principal architects in designing an interior renovation for a library at Washington University in St. Louis. The former study space had a cluttered entrance and a cramped interior. The client wanted to incorporate some soft seating and to also open up the interior space. Although the client was amenable to replacing some of the seating and furniture, none of the books or literature could be moved. Together the principal architect and I came up with a simple plan to fit the clients needs.
1. Detection Gate
7. Study Tables
2. Special Exhibition
8. Seating Area
3. Reserve + On-Call
9. Perimeter Shelving + HVAC
4. Circulation Desk
10. Work Room
5. Info Commons
11. Photocopier
6. Reference (4’ ht)
12. Stacks
DRAFT
EXISTING CONDITIONS EAST ASIAN LIBRARY January Hall, WUSTL Sept. 3, 2014 1/8” = 1’-0”
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PROFESSIONAL Stair Construction Details Pennsylvania State University One of the oldest buildings at Penn State had a set of stairs that had suffered from generations of ware and tear. For this project I assisted another principal architect in documenting the construction of the existing stairs in the building. After initial documentation of the stairs I was then tasked with drawing the new stair details for the stair’s demolition and new construction.
PROFESSIONAL Transit Mapping Athens, Greece While working with the Athens project team at Ann Beha Architects I was responsible for creating a 1:1 metric model in Sketchup for study and presentation. I also organized and compiled reports from our consulstants. One of the reports needed a diagram that analyzed the site’s surrounding context. I was given the task to create a diagram upon our landscape consultant’s request and ensure that the desired general information was represented in a clear, diagramatic way. After submitting my site analysis diagrams, our landscape consultants adopted my graphic style for their report.