Portfolio A collection of Processes
GuanYi Chuah
Process Driven If my work is to be ever built, I would probably own none of it. What I can truly own is the process of design. I enjoy sketching on trace paper, gluing pieces of wood and paper together, doodling with various thicknesses and colors of marker, and debating with coworkers over opening size and material selections. I am interested in further exploring the different process of design at various scales, I think the dynamic understanding of these processes allow me to grow as a designer.
SHIGERU BAN ARCHITECTS 5-2-4 Matsubara Ban Bldg.1F, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo Japan Telephone：+81-3-3324-6760 Facsimile：+81-3-3324-6789
REFERENCE LETTER May 7th, 2018 To whom it may concern, It was a pleasure having Mr. Guan Yi Chuah work for our architectural office from June 1st, 2017 through August 25th 2017. During this period, he has contributed to several projects as follows: -
Kyoto City University of Arts, Schematic Design, Kyoto, Japan Ginza Façade Competition, Concept Design, Tokyo, Japan Science Park Kindergarten, Construction Development, Yamagata, Japan
Guan Yi collaborated with several senior staff and other team members in our Tokyo office. His dedication and enthusiasm were evident not only in the high-quality work which he produced but also in his attitude towards all assignments. He handled the pressures of working under tight time constraints and deadlines with calmness and rigor, performing all tasks asked of him efficiently and in many cases surpassing our expectations. He adapted well to his peers, provoking insightful conversation and innovative inputs and was greatly appreciated in his contribution on various projects. Guan Yi also handled well the challenges of relocating overseas, creating high-quality work of different scales, from master planning projects to detail development of architecture components. We thoroughly enjoyed having Guan Yi with us and I hereby certify his internship at Shigeru Ban Architects. Sincerely,
Shigeru Ban
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GUAN YI CHUAH
ABOUT ME
EDUCATION
WORK EXPERIENCE
Phone
New Jersey Institute of Technology [2013-2018]
Shigeru Ban Architects [2017]
973-489-9559
Email guanyichuah@gmail.com
Location Newark, NJ United States
Newark, NJ, United States B.Arch Magna Cum Laude Albert Dorman Honors College
Taylor’s College Subang Jaya [2012-2013] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
LANGUAGES English Mandarin Chinese Cantonese Hokkien
Yew Chung International School [2008-2011] Beijing, China
AWARDS
Volunteer [2015-2016]
School of Architecture Thesis Award [2018]
President [2012] Taylor’s Photography Society
Colao Family Scholarship for International Design Studies [2017]
SKILLS
Rosen Group Architecture Endowment [2016]
Software Photoshop Illustrator InDesign AutoCAD Rhino3D Maxwell Render Vray Revit Fusion 360 3D Printing (Ultimaker, Makerbot, Flux) CNC routing & CAM Tool paths
Others Photography Physical Model Wood Working
Completed 2 competition projects, an art university master plan and a retail store building facade from the beginning till proposal submission. Worked on design development for a childcare facility which involves drawing details from expansion joints to load bearing wall openings to model making.
Wiener Architecture Group [2016-2018] Newark, NJ, United States Architecture Designer (2 years & 5 months)
EXPERIENCE AIAS 3D Print Lab
Tokyo, Japan Architecture Intern (3 months)
NJIT Honor’s Scholarship [2015-2018] NJIT International Presidential Scholarship [2013-2018] Taylor’s Top Achiever Scholarship [2012]
COMPETITION Schindler Global Award Competition [2016-2017] Honorable Mention
Completed over 10 projects from schematic design through construction phase. Involved in over 50 projects ranging including restaurant build out, housing renovation and other small scale retail.
Think Cloud Design Lab [2015] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Architecture Intern (3 months) Completed a design competition for emergency shelter, schematic design with material research, pricing, and prototype construction. Worked on schematic designs for a master plan project for an island festival.
OPerA Studio [2015] Brooklyn, NY, United States Architecture Intern (1 week) Completed a schematic competition for a kiosk
CONTENT
Line.Plane.Volume
Future Foods
Owens Valley,CA,USA
Harrison,NJ, USA
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Armature Urbanismo
Village 8
São Paulo,Brazil
Concept
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pg 19
Micro Tower 2040
Prototype Retail
Jersey City, NJ ,USA
NJ & NY, USA
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pg 29
Emergency Shelter UPOP
Loro Piana Ginza Facade
Nepal
Tokyo, Japan
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pg 37
Kyoto Art University
Science Park-Childcare
Kyoto, Japan
Tsuruoka, Japan
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Line. Plane. Volume
This project is both a station for Hyperloop as well as a Museum for a National Park. The project uses walls, columns, and planes to create spaces that capture and frames”Nature” as an alternative experience, forming the intermediate transition between Hi-tech transportation and “Raw Nature”. Each space focus on a specific interaction with natural elements and materials such as water, sand, forest, grass, and rocks. This museum serves as a decompression experience for travels, a connection between urban areas and the wilderness.
Advisor: Brandt Knapp
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Exploded Isometric
Sectional Perspective: Reflection Pool
Sectional Perspective: Sandpit Amphitheater
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Ground Floor Plan
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Section
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Future Foods Soft Infrastructure • Consumption Typology • Social Aesthetic Group Thesis Project Protocols for tactical urban development possibilities with food in mind. Speculation on creating dynamic network of accessible food resources by means of food production, processing and distribution, reworking perception on the value of food in urban development.
Collaborators: Chit Yee Ng, Alexis Luna Advisor: Jesse LeCavalier
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Relativity of Protocols Six pieces of development are interconnected to one another even if the deployment and implementation varies in scales, time frames, costs, and functions. Each piece function as a dynamic addition that can be interactively as a network.
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Armature Urbanismo Group Studio Project The departure of the CEAGESP market, the major wholesale market that serves the city of São Paulo, is treated as an opportunity to critically examine its assets and their impact, influence, and relationship with the site. The revitalization of the site begins by identifying existing resources, distinctive activities and convergences of energy. A framework of linked strategies induces growth and development during and after the market’s transition, and envisions a more dynamic site capable of openly involving its users as active participants in the production of the city. The physical outcome of an Armature-based Urbanism is one with ramifications of resiliency for the site, fostering opportunity for growth, involvement, innovation, and cultural exchange through a hybridity of networks and spaces that enables flexibility and adaptability for the unpredictable nature of the city.
Collaborators : Spoorthi Bhatta, Thomas Dores, Alexis Luna, Brian Mourato, Brandon Muir, Chit Yee Ng, Pier Paolo Pala, Kanisha Patel, Elliott Perez, Vinh Phung, Liliana Torres, Chau Tran, Christopher Santos, Roman Schorniy Advisor: Jesse LeCavalier
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Catalyze Armature Growth
Cultivate Adaptibility
Foster connections between renovated and repurposed structures; incorporate developing areas into evolving infrastructural network. Providing an initiative for investors to construct new buildings on the site and incentivize construction of public squares for community use.
Anticipate varying density scenarios and encourage hybrid programming. Armature runs through selected points which reflects upon context and adds new program to accommodate a projected density influx, in turn creating a new atmospheres within the site after the market’s removal.
Sponsor Hybridity
Expand Multimodal Mobility
Promote mixed-use and hybrid typologies to generate resilient urban activity by renovating existing structures and transforming them for public use. Facilitate new modes of work, live, and play through diverse, interdependent exchange and interaction with emerging structures that operate at an urban scale.
Connect to existing transit networks, including Av. Dr. Gastão Vidigal, CPTM L09, Estação Imperatriz Leopoldina, enable newly emerging forms of mobility, such as bike sharing, and establish efficient transportation hubs linked to the Armature. Shuttle networks mobilize resources and large groups of people across the site while bike lanes and pedestrian walkways allow for interaction at the urban scale.
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Warehouse Gym An existing warehouse employs the skinning strategy and is stripped down to its framework, capable of providing lighting, sound, temporary cover, and other functions. An outdoor field occupies the space, creating a public athletic complex supported by the framework’s infrastructural capacities and supplied by the Armature’s pedestrian population.
Feira Leopoldina To retain the existing spirit of the market, the integration and renovation of existing buildings is proposed to become absorbed by the Armature. The Space is envisioned as a nexus of cultural and social interaction with mixed programs including retail, leisure, restaurants, and transit services.
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Urban Pavilion Along Av. Dr. GastĂŁo Vidigal, collaborative working offices for the incoming USP students and entrepreneurs are instituted, along with the O-Court retail shops and pavilions. The Armature runs adjacent to the lot, supplying an increase in density. Developers invest in the vacant land and provide a public square amenity; after investing in a dense area the developers then supply the Armature with a public park for the community
Nested Incubators By introducing new housing, this lot is transformed from retail only to a hybrid catalyst that keeps the essence of the location. Incubator spaces for startup companies are nested in the courtyards to create different levels of workspaces that range from individual office modules to small production warehouses.
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Process: Planned Population Growth
Process: Free-form Population Growth
As a response to rapid population growth scenario, planned neighborhoods emerge as a replacement to the existing market. A balance between density, open space, and height is evenly spread out across the site while maintaining existing businesses that are not tied directly to the market. This process was to understand a top-down approach with major developers as the main driving force.
Two nodal point growth from major train stations and highways, the unplanned growth can be seen more as a development of shanty towns. There is a lack of planned urban shared spaces and lack of mobility, this process was a way to analyze how the mobility of different means of transport can spark urban development from a bottom-up perspective.
Process: Armature Growth
Armature Urbanismo
Using a spine like a network that can connect and adapt to multiple points to initiate urban growth. By connecting existing established areas to new vacant and abandoned industrial sites, it opens up the old market for further development. The Armature is not only a transportation network but a series of open spaces that will support further higher density growth as the market area is being developed.
The final iteration of our design process, a framework of linked strategies induces growth and development during and after the market’s transition, and envisions a more dynamic site capable of openly involving its users as active participants in the production of the city.
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Village 8 Group Project with Elliott Perez This housing project provides connection to all 100 units above ground with interweaving circulation and shared spaces. The village compound has 4 smaller quadrants that each form a smaller courtyard while a larger courtyard and an elevated track is formed by two half of the project. While each unit is a micro unit, the housing compound is designed for more interaction between residents outside of their own individual units. The two halves of the housing project are connected with a ring bridge that doubles as an elevated track that overlooks the central courtyard.
Unit Aggregation
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Elevated Connection
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View of Courtyards and Unit Aggregation
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Top View: Site Plan
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Micro Tower 2040 Jersey City, NJ, USA Micro tower houses two sizes of micro unit situated right next to the Journal Square train station with the aim to provide a reasonable price point for young professionals. With a 20 F.A.R limit and a reduced min. square footage per unit, the tower typology allows for adequate lighting for all units and also creates focus points on the shared amenity floors. The project adapts a classic base and tower typology with the separation of public and private programs by creating open spaces for the residential program above the commercial floors.
Studio Unit Model
Studio Unit Plan
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Studio Unit Model
Perspective from Bergen Ave.
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Extruding the outer band into Commercial base and the inner volume into Residential tower
Pushing the solid massing of the commercial base up with setback columns and curtain wall
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Creating new plaza and street
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Extending the tower further up to reach the unit count in the previous residential slab
Dividing the towers into smaller volumes
Rotating vertical volumes 90° to horizontal and stacking them, this reduces the overall building height
Lowering the tower entrances to a maximum base height of 75’ and minimum of 55’
Extending the core from the tower all the way down to the ground thus supporting the Residential tower
Sliding the North portion of the tower slightly towards the west, giving view to the units as well as more sun exposure
Puncturing the base to bring light into the space between the commercial and the residential entrance and also to create covered open spaces. Utilizing roof tops as gardens and parks
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Bathroom
Kitchen
Bedroom
Dining
Balcony
Studio Unit 250 Sq.ft.
Bedroom
Bathroom
Dining
Kitchen
Balcony
Sectional Perspective
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1 Bedroom 350 Sq.ft.
Tower A: 5 (1 Bedroom Units) 1 (Studio Unit)
Pool at Skydeck
Tower B: 5 (1 Bedroom Units) 1 (Studio Unit)
Typical Floor Plan at Tower
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Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Shop 241 Myers Corners Road, Wappingers Falls, NY. 2130 Sq.ft. This project is a restaurant conversion from an old bank building with a drive-thru. The town zoning requires the franchise prototype to be drastically modified to fix the existing context, a fake mansard roof needed to be built. A new drive-thru window was moved to the opposite end where new wood structure meets existing steel structure, Majority of our work at Wiener architecture group deals with renovations of various scales for restaurant fit-outs. I spent over two years with Wiener Architecture Group, over time I have handled more than 10 projects from initial site visits to completion of construction documents like the project above and have been involved in over 50 projects at various stages.
Service Area
Project with Wiener Architecture Group
Walk-in Box
Back of House
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Kitchen
Customer Area
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Prototype Restaurants
Walk-in Box
Kitchen
With over 50 projects or various scales of these type of projects, I am able to efficiently plan out retail and commercial spaces from large seating areas to 1/2 inch clearance for pieces of equipment.
Service Area
Burgerim
A selection of some of the projects that I have handled while working at Wiener Architecture Group. We convert existing spaces into restaurants from franchise brands such as Dunkin’ Donuts, Taco Bell, and Burgerim. A design prototype is given by the brands and we apply those pieces of equipment and designs to existing space with fine-tuned adjustments. Sometimes we would have to drastically modify the prototype to fit existing zoning or landmark requirements.
Customer Area
98 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ 1670 Sq.ft.
Projects with Wiener Architecture Group
Back of House
Walk-in Box
Customer Area Kitchen Service Area
1235 West Chestnut Street, Union, NJ 2040 Sq.ft.
Back of House Customer Area Walk-in Box
Kitchen
Service Area
39 Nathaniel Place, Englewood, NJ 2630 Sq.ft.
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Dunkin’ Donuts
Back of House
Walk-in Box
Kitchen
Service Area
Walk-in Box
Customer Area
1-49 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 2550 Sq.ft.
Back of House
Customer Area Kitchen
Service Area
352 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 1200 Sq.ft.
Walk-in Box
Kitchen
Service Area
20 Eastport-Manor Road, Eastport, NY 1675 Sq.ft.
Back of House
210 West 38th Street, Manhattan, NY 880 Sq.ft.
Customer Area
Kitchen Service Area
1878 Third Avenue, Manhattan, NY 1215 Sq.ft.
Back of House
Kitchen
Customer Area
Service Area
1167 Webster Avenue, Bronx, NY 1415 Sq.ft.
Service Customer Area Kitchen Area
2424 Broadway, Manhattan, NY 595 Sq.ft.
Back of House Walk-in Box
Customer Area
Back of House
Kitchen
Service Area
Customer Area
Walk-in Box
Service Area
Customer Area
Back of House
Kitchen
Back of House
850 8th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 550 Sq.ft.
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Emergency Shelter UPOP Nepal Design a small scale yet big in idea mid-disaster emergency shelter for Nepal – Tibet. We explore lightweight materials that can be massively produced, preassembled, collapsible, stored, transported when in need and easily assembled using minimum tools at site. It is designed with humanitarianism for high flexibility, modularity and adaptability, complementing with up-cycling possibilities after the shelter is no longer in use. We call the process ‘unfolding a new hope. Competition Entry with Think Cloud Design Lab
Assembly Diagram
1. Waterproof 2-way Zip
($8)
6. Glowing Paint
($2)
2. Waterproof Canvas
($4)
7. Strapping Buckles 16 pcs
($10)
3. Insect Net
($3)
8. Weather Seal Tape at all Folds and Joints
($15)
4. 9mm Hollow Polypropylene Sheets ($120)
Material Cost Total
($148)
5. Hook and Loop Velcro 18m
Estimated Cost Total Including Labor
($180)
($10)
*Prices stated are in USD$ 33
Unfolded Plan
Sectional Perspective 34
Adult 170 cm
Shelter 160cm
Teenager 140cm Child 80cm
Unpack
Lift and Attach Front Panel to Side Panels
Open and Unfold Main Panel
Put Aside Side Panels
Lift and Attach Front Panel to Side Panels
Lift and Attach Roof Panel to Side Panels
Buckle and Fasten all Straps
When Shelter is No Longer Needed, Pop Out Furniture Pieces and Assemble by Interlocking
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Tape Center Joint
Life Side Panels
Attach Side Panels to Main Panel
Pop Open Connection Windows, Attach to Next Shelter
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Loro Piana Ginza Facade Tokyo, Japan A facade design for Loro Piana retail store. The concept of the design includes large pieces of float glass with wooden blinds insert that allows for the ability to manipulate light intake and the store appearance depending on the weather conditions. I was part of a team that developed the concept drawings for the design proposal. Competition Entry with Shigeru Ban Architects Tokyo Office
Schematic Plan
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Section through Facade
Front Elevation
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Kyoto Art University Campus Plan Kyoto, Japan A master plan concept design for a new campus for Kyoto Art University. The floors of the campus plan are separated by the type of research of arts, from music to sculptures. Outdoor workspaces are located on the top floors that allows for natural light to reach lower floors along the interior courtyards. I was part of a team that focused on diagrammatic drawings and concept model making. Competition Entry with Shigeru Ban Architects Tokyo Office
Program Diagram
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Section
Overall Views
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Science Park-Childcare Tsuruoka, Japan This is a childcare building situated in a complex of the science park. The ground floor of the building house all the essential program spaces as well as the classrooms, cafeteria, and offices. The second floor, connected with a curved slope, is the main playground area underneath a dome. Design Development with Shigeru Ban Architects Tokyo Office
2nd Floor Plan
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Roof Plan (Dome)
1st Floor Plan
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Expansion Joint Study Models The ramp that leads to the playground must be structurally separated from the perimeter wall due to earthquake code requirements. We did a series of study models to find the best aesthetically pleasing solution for the expansion joint between the two elements.
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Elevation Developments
Nursing Room Elevations
While I was working on this project, I spent some time designing specific elements within the interior spaces with elevation drawings. This set of elevation drawings helped us to see how different materials and slope interacts with the program spaces.
Playroom Elevation
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