Yuchen Wen|Portfolio
Bachelor of Architecture, South China University of Technology Apply for M.Arch Post Professional Degree at University of Pennsylvania
1.CHANGE WALL-House Ten
country villa design using traditional material and construction
2.USE WALL-Flow
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3.BEYOND WALL-Whence and Wither
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4.BREAK WALL-Time Machine
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5.OTHER WORK
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6.RESUME
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student center for South China Univesity of Technology
urban design for a traditional village in the Pearl River Delta
urban design for an abandoned cement factory in Jiangmen
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Picture form DOGMA ARCHITECTS
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HOUSE TEN Country Villa Design Using Traditional Material and Construction Individual project, Academic project Site: Traditional village in Pearl River Delta Tutorial: Prof. Xiao Min Time: September-November 2014,Grade Five
Hello!It's HOUSE TEN.
WOW! This side is penetrating.
Look, we can enjoy their garden.
Where am i? The houses look the same.
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CONCEPT 2m
WALL DETAIL ＞ 2m
The house sits next to a main street with 4m width on north, the rest of sides face to a narrow alley with 2m. Considering the narrow width of the alley, I try to make the house partly shared by the pedestrian. Make it penetrating exc ept the north side, and remove the traditional brick wall, peripheral house is used as garden. And the charming view of the interior could be shared by the residents as well as the passer-by.
Broaden alley visually
Introduce plant inside 2m
Facade elevation
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Facade section detail
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＞ 2m
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Master plan
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10m
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ENTRY
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MAIN STREET
ENTRY
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 370×370×38mm
MAIN STREET 6
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CONSTRUCTION 3
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3 The structure of the house is almost the same as frame construction. The basement and retaining structure are made of bricks. Some of them are hollow bricks to reduce the weight. Rest of the structure is made of wood with anticorrosive treatment.
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Second floor plan
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Framework
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Ceiling and floor
1.living room 2.dining room 3.bedroom 4.kitchen 5.storage room 6.washing room 7.garden 8.balcony
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First floor plan
Retaining structure
5m
Garden and balcony
Enclosure
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WOOD JOINT
The joint consult to the traditional craftswork in Pearl River Delta. Te n o n a n d m o r t i s e j o i nt a re applied on the joint of beam and pillar. In the joint, I try to use the wood itself, without any help from modern material and technology. Most of the house is made of wood, except brick.
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FLOW Theater for South China University of Technology Individual project, Academic project Site: SCUT, Guangzhou, Guangdong Tutorial: Prof. Zhe Lin Time: September-November 2014, Grade Four
Time for drama class! The show is touching.
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SITE
ROLE OF THEATER
1950s
1950s
Activities Circulation Preserved building The design sites in the rectangular place which accumulates the most vital buildings of the university. It also locals next to the basic infrastructure of SCUT. Thus I was trying to make the newly theater modest foil to these historical building, and provide a space inside for community. 1930s A B C
1970s
1950s
A.Humanities building B.Gym D C.Administration building E D.Housing E.Metro station F F.Kindergarten
1930s
1930s
1930s
2000s
1970s
1990s
1930s
2000s
1980s
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THEATER|Technical drawing Concept diagram
Concept development diagram
Plans
Traditional way
Environment
1.stage 2.dressing room 3.storage room 4.auditorium 5.projection room 6.VIP room
My way
Without design
Plaza
7.equipment room 8.rehearsal room 9.multi-media room 10.exhibition hall 11.office 12.meeting room
13.cafe 14.plaza 15.outside theater 16.parking
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50m
A big plaza in front.
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No connection
Route
3 1 Most theaters turn to be huge block, independent from the outside .
Since architecture forms into space, I make them in little pieces.
Connect hill and ground
Blocked
A narrow rectangular plaza in front.
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Connect historical buildings
Connected
One plaza for three
3.2m ground plan
9.0m ground plan
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21.20 16.90 15.80 11.80
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No.1 building Gym
Road
1-1 vertical section 16
Theater
Office|Backstage
Road for cargo
Humanities building
units:meter
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THEATER|HISTORY View on route
Site profiles
I'm a GYM hundreds years old.
Let me take a photo of you and the theater.
section (theater|humanity building)
section (theater|humanity building and outside theater)
It's amazing to enjoy Hiphop in front that historical building.
section (theater|whole site)
It's free to rehearse at outside theater.
I heard this tree is much older than the buildings around.
We can watch the show in the afternoon and excercise after that. These collage pictures mainly show the connection between theater and historical buildings around, also the connection betweent the outside theater and concret one. The entrance plaza and outside theater could provide a comfort distance for students and other people to enjoy the view of humanity building and gym. 18
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THEATER|PEOPLE Study and entertainment program insertion parking
exercise
rest garden
drama class play ground weekend drama class
students teachers
entertainment
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1.entry of auditorium 2.plaza and college of humanities 3.outside theater and gym 4.office and rehersal room 5.plaza
office home| dormitory
the aged children
kindergarten
stuff
subway| bus|car 8 a.m 10 a.m 12 a.m
14 a.m
16 a.m
18 a.m
20 a.m
Program analysis
Different sizes of space is designed for different aims for people. Considering the position of this public building, it should also function as a congregation plaza, a cafe house. What's more, since it locals in the university, it should also provide adequate space for students activities. That's why the free outside theater and rehearsal room is in need. Size
units:m
People held
46.83
Position in site
65.63
Outside theater
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Office
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Big group 16.94
Entrance plaza
Parking lot 20
28.99
17.00
4.82 2.66
Garden
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18.00
Cafe house
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Small group
3-4 people
one people
no people 21
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WHENCE AND WITHER Urban design for a traditional village in Pearl River Delta Team project, Academic project Site: Guangzhou, Guangdong Tutorial: Prof. Francesca Frassoldati,Prof. Feng Jiang Contribution: rearrange traffic, south and east resident district design, waterfront design Time: March-June 2014, Grade Four
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LIJIAO-a traditional village with migrant workers flow in Past Lijiao
Present Lijiao
Site analysis Traffic analysis
Water system analysis
transport joint
Alley
traditional trasportation
water joint
waterside village less water
bike loop
tricycle loop
parking
water system
active part
non-car space
underground parking
pedestrian path broaden river
tear down building
public space
Too many walls
Public space analysis
soft boundary
Texture analysis
Ancestors' hall
Microcapa through wall 24
Airscape of the urban village
ancestors' hall | trees
high dense of building
present texture
design texture
plant trees
four pulic joints
previous and present water
decrease building dense
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STREET REARRANGMENT Street classification unit: meter
two-way lane
one-way lane
Street section unit: meter
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non-commercial street shelter from rain:A.Balcony B.Architecture C.Cantilever slab(plant) 26
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commercial street commercial: D.Arch Street E.Rain Shelter
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MASTER PLAN
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HISTORICAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT Region concept
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View in village
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1.new resident district 2.business district along canal 3 3.north joint 4 4.outside theater 5 5.program location
house entry bike path ancestor hall sub-public road
Section concept 0.00m public store
1.50m residential store 4.00m home entry 4.00m bike parking
Restaurant|Market Outside theater Lawn
-2.00m cars parking
0.00m road
Region design analysis
Apartment entry Store Park (bike) walking path
preserved building|public space Park (car) Historical sites
main path 28
1.5m deck|4.0m deck
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HOUSING House concept
Residential district
Building typology
future construction
terrace
entry storage
parking
public space
New district white collar South district local native Wei
Type A total area=152m²
Type B total area=87m²
Considering the climate in Guangzhou, the first floor is for parking storage, and public activities. The residents go back home on the second floor. Terrace are introduced to bring in sunlight. And the resident could grow plant on terrace. Type C total area=70m²
ACTIVITIES IN APARTMENT 30
Type D1 total area=83m²
Type D2 total area=95m²
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TIME MACHINE Urban design for an abandoned cement factory SCUT-UC Berkley Architecture Joint Studio Team project, Academic project Site: Jiangmen, Guangdong Tutorial: Prof. Peter Bosselmann,Prof. Francesca Frassoldati,Ins. Su ping,Ins. Xu haohao Contribution: silo reuse, promenade reuse, waterfront design, sustainable analysis Time: November 2013, Grade Four
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FACTORY RIVIVE
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1.anthropology museum 2.cement museum 3.education hall 4.mall 5.commercial complex 6.restaurant 7.hotel 8.plaza 9.waterfront park
How to make factory revive?
Entirely tear down
Mixed building and chaos distriction
Reuse the building and rearrange the site
AIM:
Introduce people and capital.
Activities hierarchy program Introduce funny activities inside.
Tradition learning
Skills
Education complex Sports facility
Creativity learning Open space
Commercial Club 34
Abandoned Cement Factory
Legacy Museum complex People
Meditation Hall Community Hall Communal Garden Facility Conference Hall Observation Tower
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TRAVEL LIKE CEMENT Visitors circulation overlaps the cement 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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REUSE THE SILO Ideas about silos
Layers
LOOP
FACADE
Silo section study
Holes Board
Inside division LIGHT Silos are different from common architecture, with extreme hight and sealed figure.
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Light diagram
Introduce different sorts of windows to satisfied different need for the illumination.
SWIM POOL
STRUCTURE MUSEUM
LTHEATER IBRARY
MUSEM
HOTEL DRAWING
CHURCH
GARDEN
ROCK CLIMB
Program diagram
Educational activities Recreational activities Sports activities 38
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OTHER WORK Mainly concerned with my love for traditional Chinese architecture, including drawing, physical model, photograph, and geomatics engineering.
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1.Sketch in Suzhou 2.Sketch in Huangshan 3.Photo in Sunan 4.Photo in Datong
Content: Photography Time: July 2012,Grade Three Site: Sunan, Gansu, P.R.China
Content: Sketch Time: July 2011,Grade Two Site: The Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou, P.R.China
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Content: Watercolour Time: January-March 2011,Grade Two Site: Huangshan, Anhui, P.R.China
Content: Photography Time: July 2014,Grade Four Site: Datong, Shanxi, P.R.China
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WEI ANCESTOR HALL Academic,Team project Project: Ancient Building Survey Time: January-March 2014,Grade Four Site: Lijiao, Guangzhou, P.R.China
I was touched by the sense of the history through the villagers' stories, as well as my hands. Building survey is more than a way to know buildings as we are taking a tour. The true construction leads to my deeper thinking of the amazing craftswork. I could get a true sense of buildings when measure these buildings.
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Tenon-and-mortise work 5
Facade
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Axonometrical drawing 45
YUCHEN WEN
Chinese Add:Xiqi 206, Wushan Rd, Tianhe Dist. SCUT, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Zip code:510640 E-mail:wenyuchen@yeah.net TEL:+86-15602257721
EDUCATION South China University of Technology|Bachelor of Architecture Landscape Design curriculum Architecture Design curriculum AWARDS/HONORS Pubang Architecture Scholarship|Special Award Outstanding Student Leader of the University Youth League SCUT Scholarship|Third Prize Kinlong Architecture Scholarship|Third Prize Excellent Member of the University Youth League Gammon Construction Scholarship|Third Prize L’ sea Scholarship|Third Prize SCUT Merit Student ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE SCUT-UC Berkeley Joint Urban Design Studio (Renovated the Cement Plant in Jiangmen City) Reading Club of Le Corbusier’s Works|Leader (Organized activities regularly for peer discussion and learning) The Impact Subway Construction Made on Old District in Guangzhou (Carried out research in one of historic regions, collected and analyzed data) Recommended List of Historic Buildings in Guangzhou (Government project|Gathering information and preparing document) WORKING EXPERIENCE China Northwest Architecture Design and Research Institute Co. LTD|Intern ( Factory reconstruction|Proposed concept design, 3D modeling,technical drawing) Research Center of Architectural History and Culture – SCUT|Intern (Urban design|Participated in schematic design of Lijiao village renovation)
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09/2013-present 09/2010-09/2013 09/2013-ongoing 12/2014 06/2013 10/2013,2014 12/2012 06/2012 01/2012 11/2011 06/2011 06/2013 11/2011-Present 03/2013-03/2014 2012
Summer 2012
PUBLICATION The Comparison between Xiguan Bamboo House And Kansai Row House|First Author Northwest Finearts, Volume 1, 2015, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts (In Chinese|Study similarities, and learn protection method from Row House) LEADERSHIP Monitor, Commissary in Charge of Studies Member of SCUT Archiphilia Association (Presented academic lectures, Initiated exchange between architecture schools) Students Association Union|Etiquette Member, Office Secretary and Director Member of Debate Team|Prime Minister (Participated in University Freshmen Debate on behalf of the School) Volunteer at Welfare Home for Children, Interpreter for foreign teacher
01/2015
09/2011-09/2014 09/2012-09/2013 10/2010-04/2012 10/2010-04/2012 Summer 2011/2012
RELEVANT SKILLS 2D Graphic: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Adobe Illustrator 3D Modeling: SketchUp, Vary for Sketchup Sustainable Analysis: Ecotect Survey modeling: Leica Cyclone Languages: Mandarin Chinese(Native), English(Fluent), Cantonese(Limited) INTERESTS Sketch: Studied in Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts for five years National Children's art of calligraphy art photography exhibition|Silver medal Piano: Studied for eleven years, 10th amateur level Singing: Member of Chorus in High School Backpack travel: Visited most of China and Cambodia
09/2011-09/2014 09/2012-09/2013 10/2010-04/2012 10/2010-04/2012
06/ 2014 12/2014-present
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