YUCHEN WEN Work sample 2010-2016
1-(215)-313-7287 rebeccaelizabethaa@gmail.com https://issuu.com/estrellas_eva/docs/beky_wen_work_sample 1
Break the wall My passion for architecture is rooted in my belief that architecture is influenced both by physical and cultural environment. I believe that a strong proposal should generate further relationships between the site and architecture? and a sense of belongingness to the users as a whole. In my project, every design tries to respond the voice from many stakeholders through creating a series of events on the site. My habit of joining outdoor activities frequently also provides me with the chance of exploring the streets, talking to people, and experience different community cultures. These have stirred my interest in exploring the relationship between environment and architecture.
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Content I. Flow
Hotel and bar interior design
II. Infinite Mountain
Havana resort hotel design
III. House Ten
Traditional Chinese villa design
IV. Whence and Wither
Traditional village renovation urban design
V. Time Machine
Renovation of cement production silos
VI. Seedlings ship
High-rise residential building in Manhattan
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I. Flow Break the wall of space along the interior sequence. It is a practical design for hotel and bar interior space. Team project | Professional project Software: Revit, Rhinoceros, Vary, Maxwell, AutoCAD, Photoshop, InDesign Director: Ali. Rahim Time: May - August 2016 | Intern Architect Site: Nanjing, China
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Second-floor plan
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The continuity of the curvature flowing through the interior facade would be the hallmark of the project, expressing the theme of flowing wine.
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Cigarshelf
Wall glass detail
LED light strip detail
Cigarshelf elevation
Cigarshelf section
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Cigar bench fabrication Underneath structure-profiled MDF 10MM
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Cigar bar
Cafe bar
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II. Infinite Mountain Break the wall of space between design and context. The project is a resort hotel design which locates in Havana, Cuba. Individual project | Academic project Software: Rhinoceros, Vary, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Lasercut Instructor: Paul Preissner, Jonathan A. Scelsa Time: August-December 2015 | Graduate Site: Havana, Cuba
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Master plan
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To emphasize the importance of swimming behavior, I put part of pools on top of the hotel, provide a private space to swim. Most pools are floating over the sea to have tight relation with nature. Hotel rooms are in middle of the hotel. 12
Hotel room typology Deluxe Suite
Restaurant Suites
Double room & Suites
Restaurant & Bar
Single rooms
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Havana is a city filled with colors. In the proposal, I extract three colors from Havana to identify different programs of the hotel rooms and different service they provide. After I stacked these rooms together, the whole hotel would be colorful as the city. 13
Portion physical model
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View from balcony of hotel room
The logic of the form comes from the shape of the kidney pool. Hotel rooms above ground are stacked into seven floors to create mountain shape, and rooms above seas stand on columns and are connected by bridges.
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Lee you have an amazing house!
Hi neighbor! Let's play in the garden.
I get lost, these houses look the same.
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III. House Ten Break the wall of space between interior and exterior. The villa locates in a traditional Chinese village. And the proposal is required to use the similar construction but better material in traditional architecture. Individual project | Academic project Software: Sketchup, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Instructor: Xiao Min Time: September-November 2014 | Undergraduate Site: Traditional village in Pearl River Delta, China
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Broaden existing alley Broaden alley visually 2m
ďźž 2m
Bring in vegetation
Broaden alley physically 2m
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MAIN STREET
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MAIN STREET
The main street on the north of this villa is 4-meter width, and the other three alleys are only 2-meter width. To produce a more comfortable walking experience for the pedestrian and bring in more space for the residents, I create a transition space, which breaks the boundary between the private and public space and has vegetation grow inside to make the border vague. 18
Close-up elevation
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1.ridge, with imbrex 22x11mm 2.roof, with imbrex 22x11mm, 3.brick wall, with brick 266x133x66mm 4.hollow wall, with air brick 190x190x90mm 5.wooden beam
6.wooden window frame 7.wooden beam 100x200mm 8.wooden pillar 240x240mm 9.wooden door frame 10.footstone 370Ă—370Ă—38mm
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Construction
Basement
Framework
Retaining structure
Ceiling and floor
Garden and balcony
Envelope
Void
Wood pilots hold the villa, which is different from the traditional villa, held by brick walls. With wood pilots, the envelope of the villa could be more open, further, the residents and pedestrian could share the transition space. The wood used in the villa are all under anticorrosive treatment to avoid damage of humidity. The basement and retaining structure are made of bricks. 20
Plan
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1. Living room 2. Dining room 3. Bedroom 4. Kitchen 5. Storage room 6. Washing room 7. Garden 8. Balcony
Wood joint
Sectional perspective
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IV. Whence and Wither Break the wall of time (past and current), and space (plazas and streets). This proposal is about an urban design of traditional village. Team project | Academic project Software: Sketchup, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch, Handcraft Instructor: Prof. Francesca Frassoldati, Prof. Feng Jiang Time: March-June 2014 | Undergraduate Site: Guangzhou, Guangdong
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The village used to have a long history of villagers with the same family name living together. The Ficus macrocarpa, the ancient ancestor halls, and the square in front of these halls are the left treasure for the villagers. 26
However, for the sake of the cheap rent of the housing inside the village, this place has become home to new immigrants from other parts of the country.
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Region concept
House entry Bike path Ancestors hall Sub-public Road
Section concept 0.00m public store
1.50m residential store
4.00m home entry 4.00m bike parking -2.00m cars parking
0.00m road
Considering the over-load space, I started the proposal with a strategy to put circulation into different height based on the speed. The village would also provide underground parking for the increasing number of vehicles owned by the residents. 28
Street rearrangement Street classification unit: meter Two-way lane
One-way lane
Street section unit: meter A
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Non-commercial street shelter from rain: A.Balcony B.Architecture C.Cantilever slab(plant)
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Commercial street commercial: D.Arch Street E.Rain Shelter
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House concept
House layout Future construction Terrace
Entry Storage
Public space Parking Type A total area=152m²
Activities in section 0 1
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Type B total area=70m²
Type D total area=95m²
Type C total area=83m²
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Master plan The proposal could be divided into three part. The gray part is the existing historical building, the ancestors' hall, which holds the traditional public activities. Moreover, the red part is the newly built public space to satisfy villagers' contemporary needs, such as grocery market. The rest white buildings are the residential buildings.
View in village
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1.Program location 2.Business district along canal 3.North joint
The village has its unique features. We would like to revive the traditional culture with our strategy and make the local keep pace with the development of the city at the same time.
Restaurant|Market Outside theater|Lawn
Apartment entry Store Parking (bike) Parking (car) Historical sites
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V. Time Machine Break the wall of time (past and current), and space (silos and exterior space). The project is an international urban design studio with University of California, Berkeley, which locates in an abandoned cement factory in Pearl River Delta. My responsibility is the renovation of cement production silos. Team project | Academic project Software: Sketchup, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch Instructor: Prof. Peter Bosselmann, Prof. Francesca Frassoldati, Ins. Su ping, Ins. Xu haohao Time: November 2013 | Undergraduate Site: Jiangmen, Guangdong
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Cement production line v.s visitor circulation 1.Gallery | Raw material yard (origin) 2.Entertainment silos | Cement production 3.Memorial park | Accessories production 4.Shopping mall | Cement warehouse 5.New village | Urban village (origin) 6.Villa | Dormitory 7.Riverside Barbecue | Port warehouse (destination)
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Section study Floor Open Wall Pocket
Final section strategy
The existing silos are hollow inside with an extreme height and sealed figure. It is essential to create division inside silos wisely to make full use of the enormous space. I did a research about floor, wall, exterior opening, and pocket, and create a section with a combination of these four methods. The final strategy has space with various size and hierarchy to hold different programs inside. 40
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VI. Seedlings ship Break wall of time between current and future. The project is a high-rise residential design which gets ideas from the cruise ship, where the vertical public space would be surrounded by countless seedlings-like rooms. Team project | Academic project Software: Maya, Rhinoceros, Vary, Keyshot, 3D printing Instructor: Ali Rahim, Ferda Kolatan, Nate Hume, Robert R. Neumayr Time: August-December 2015 | Graduate Site: Manhattan, New York
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Technique test models
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Elevation
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Residential A
Residential B
Residential C
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Residential D
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Plan Plan 3
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Plan 1
The center of the skyscraper is hollow, and vertical transportation is on the boundary. The void of the center is broken into four parts. The bottom part of the tower is for the public lobby and other residential facilities. Each element grows into a residential space, surrounding the tower center. The rest are the residential space, and the residents would share the void as a public space.
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The center of the skyscraper is hollow, and vertical transportation is on the boundary. The void center is separated into four parts. The bottom part of the tower is the public lobby, and other three parts are all space for residential facilities. Residential space are inside seedling-like rooms. 51
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YUCHEN WEN rebeccaelizabethaa@gmail.com 1-(215)-313-7287 https://issuu.com/estrellas_eva/docs/beky_wen_work_sample
EDUCATION Master of Architecture Post-Professional Degree University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | 12/2016 Member of PennDesign Real Estate Club Design studios: Asset Architecture, Future Skyscraper in Manhattan; Advanced Design Research, Haute Couture Store Courses: Project Management; Introduction to Property Development
Bachelor of Architecture South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China | 06/2015 Emphasis on architecture design (3 years) and historical preservation (2 years)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Intern Architect Contemporary Architecture Practice Studio, Shanghai, China | 05/2016-08/2016 Interior design of Hotel wine bar | Beijing, China Created drawings for floor plans, elevations, sections, construction details with Revit; Contacted suppliers of materials based on client’s needs, organized meetings with both to agree on construction material. Pharmacy factory public space design and office design | Nanjing, China Proposed preliminary design for three lobbies and canteen with Maya and Rhinoceros; Prepared material to render in Vary with Photoshop, including concrete, wood, tiles, metal mullions, and curtain wall, to express the atmosphere which architects would like to create in the design; Drew floor plans, sections for preliminary design, and created construction details drawings with Revit; Communicated with client through phone and email, translated documents and interpreted between English and Mandarin; Arranged bidding proposals, prepared presentations with design director and the team of local design; Attended all three bidding presentations, and the whole team was awarded the bidding.
Historical Architecture Research Assistant Institute of Architectural Culture and History, Guangzhou, China | 12/2014-05/2015 Collected history of ancient houses; mapped houses with Leica Cyclone; collected data with AutoCAD; Negotiated with the Principal, and completed research on the history of the local family and the house; Participated in schematic urban design of traditional village with sketching and physical model; Composed publications of the Institute with Adobe InDesign, mainly focused on the history of villages in southern China.
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YUCHEN WEN rebeccaelizabethaa@gmail.com 1-(215)-313-7287 https://issuu.com/estrellas_eva/docs/beky_wen_work_sample
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Graduate Student PennDesign Teaching Assistant Master of Science in Design Studio, PennDesign | 09/2016-12/2016 Prepared tutorials for Maya, Makerbot desktop, Meshmixer; Guide students to operate and fix 3d printing machines; Instructed students to mimic the forms of creatures from nature, change these forms into elements; Rearrange those elements into a skyscraper in Manhattan with the existing logic of nature.
Team Member The Best Student Design-Build Projects Worldwide 2016, PennDesign | 09/2016 Created pavilion construction design proposal with Rhinoceros; Provided proposal for joints between fabricated pieces; Chose physical material for construction; fabricated with forming, sanding, film inflating, and riveting; Archdaily website published the physical model of pavilion.
SKILLS 3D Modeling: Revit, Rhinoceros, Maya, SketchUp. 2D Graphic: AutoCAD, Drafting, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Sketching. Render: Vary for Rhinoceros, Keyshot. Other: Microsoft office Languages: Mandarin Chinese, English, Cantonese. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE Ali Rahim
Paul Preissner
Brad Williams
Jonathan A. Scelsa
Architect, Director | Contemporary Architecture Practice Full Professor | University of Pennsylvania ali.rahim@c-a-p.net
Architect, Principal | Paul Preissner Architects Visiting Professor | University of Pennsylvania preissner@paulpreissner.com
Architect, Project lead| Contemporary Architecture Practice Co-founder | Office Public – Architecture Landscape 00bradwilliams@gmail.com Lecturer | University of Pennsylvania jonathan.scelsa@gmail.com
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