Simin Chu Interior Architecture Portfolio by simin chu

RE-experience Simin Chu Interior Architecture Portfolio 2016-2018

SIMIN CHU

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ISOZAKI+HUQIAN PARTNERS

schu02@risd.edu 401-527-7739

ARCHITECTURE INTERN Residential apartment/Offices/Temples/Urban planning • Schematic Design: Diagrams/Technical drawings/Renderings/ Physical models/Digitai models • Design Development: Making technical drawings/Preparing presentation and submission drawing packages

PUJI DECO

EDUCATION RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN Interior Architecture Master of Design 2016-2018 Scholarship/Assistantship

TONGJI UNIVERSITY Civil Engineering Bachelor of Engineering 2010-2014

KAIST Civil Engineering Exchange Student 2011

INTERIOR DESIGN INTERN

HKG DESIGN GROUP

2015

INTERIOR DESIGN INTERN Hotel/Temple/Tourist center/Historic park • Schematic Design: Diagrams/Technical drawings/Renderings/Digital models • FF&E: Selecting materials/Making FF&E material board • Coordination with material suppliers and artists • Preparing presentation and submission drawing packages • Documentation for Chinese Code For Fire Protection Design Of Buildings

SHANGHAI MECHANIZED CONSTRUCTION GROUP CO LTD

2013

STRUCTURE ENGINEERING INTERN CBD underground commercial street • Construction Document: Reviewing construction document • Coordination with architects and workers • Controlling project schedule and site safety inspection

RELATED EXPERIENCE

AutoCAD

TEMPORARY OUTDOOR THEATER CHARETTE 2ND PRIZE

Adobe Illustrator

2016

Garage adaptive reuse/Container adaptive reuse/Co-work office • Schematic Design: Measuring buildings/Diagrams/Technical drawings/Renderings • Design Development: Technical drawings/Preparing presentation and submission drawing packages • FF&E: Selecting materials/Making material board/Making estimate sheets

SOFTWARE Adobe Photoshop

2017

PROJECT LEADER Schematic design/Rendering

Adobe Indesign Rhino

RISD 2017 GRAD SHOW INTAR SECTION

Grasshopper

CURATOR Detail design/Material selection/Construction

3dsMax

2017

Sketchup Vray

RISD INTAR

Revit

TEACHING ASSISTANT in a required course “Structure and Materials” Giving lectures/Giving traing courses/homework correcting

Adobe After Effects

2017

Unity Twinmotion Sculptris Microsoft Office Suite

LANGUAGE English(Proficient)/Chinese(Native)

STUDENT INNOVATION TRAINING PROGRAM RESEARCH User-defined Plane Skylight

2013

RESERACH LEADER Schematic design/Modeling/Optimizing/Analyzing/Reporting

TONGJI UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE COMPETITION Long-span Spatial Structures TOP 20 STRUCTURE DESIGNER Designing/Calculating/Modeling/Experimenting

2011

I.M.PEI WEYBOSSET HILL

REGENE

Public M Adaptive Reuse of M 20

ERATION

Market McVinney Auditorium 018

ISOLATED URBAN ISLAND The Cathedral Square, located between Downtown and Upper South in Providence, was the center of the pedestrian-oriented urban fabric. But now it has blocked the two areas entirely because the I-195 has interrupted the circulation. There are only a few bridges connecting both areas now. The McVinney Auditorium, with two entrances facing to two opposite directions, was almost demolished by the government. But it has the potential to reactivate the square and help this area to be regenrated.

This area has been redesigned many times, most recently by I.M.Pei, who attempted to create a “funnel” between two areas in order to make the square dominant in the downtown. A new project in this building must imply the historic importance of the Cathedral, continuing Pei’s intention and initiating new intervention.

HISTORY & FUTURE

DEMOGRAPHICS

Located between high and low population density areas

Old people living nearby

Very few cars owned by people living nearby

school conference room

school superintendent

school business office

school office

reception

cemeteries

cemeteries director

hispanic ministry director

hispanic ministry youth ministry

youth ministry director

vault

FORM SIMILARITY WITH OTHER MARKETS

bathroom

school storage room copy room

mail room

bathroom

receiving

conference room

bathroom

balcony

bathroom

balcony

waiting room priest secretary room

bishop conference room

waiting room

foyer

secretary offices

secretary office

chancellor office

priest waiting room

secretary room

bathroom

dressing room

balcony

black Catholic ministry

bathroom

dressing room

general office

file room

chancellor office

general office

official’s office

library conference

vault waiting room

bishop office

storage aux bishop office

storage

waiting room

storage

vice chancellors office

aux bishop office

men

conference room

assist chancellors office

waiting room

court room defensor room

Bathroom

Bathroom waiting room

women

upper part of platform

unassigned

ramp

ramp up

ramp

auditorium

closet coat

coat

women

men

lobby

ante

foyer

ante

foyer

office

vestibule

balcony

balcony secretary

secretary file room

lay director

secretary waiting

kitchen

priest director

conference room

space office

sound room waiting

file

space office

interview

director office

director waiting

storage

cafeteria

storage general office

men

priest director

space office

storage

janitor

waiting

space office

secretary storage

women

display

private director office

office men

women

upper stage

auditorium

“2/1

Boston

Rotterdam

Rome

London

Building Prototype

Public Market

Quincy Market

MVRDV Markthal

Trajan Market

Borough Market

Potential Market

Open Market Artist’s Colony Market

Enclosed Market Quincy Market

Semi-open Market Theaterplein Market

Potential To Adapt To Seasonal Needs

FOOD ACCESSIBILITY

WINTER MARKET More enclosed More still

Feb

Mar

Dec Apr

12pm

6am 8am

Nov

May

Jun

Oct Jul

8pm

Aug

Sep

6pm

SUMMER MARKET More open More fluid

10am

Jan

MASSING

Current situation

Cut through

Strengthen penetration

VIEW Current Condition Blocked

Design Concept Penetrated

Current Condition Enclosed

Design Concept Open

Current Condition Inactive Square

Design Concept Active Square

Repetitive elements

PLAN 1 2

Offic

Ind Ma

Resta

Stage for big theater (Curtain open)

Resta Small theater (Curtain closed)

Ind Mar

Cooling

Reception

Lobby

door arket

aurant

Outdoor Market

obby

aurant

door rket

g storage

Cathedral

SECTION In summer, the outer wall of the first floor will be entirely open, making the whole building become the â&#x20AC;&#x153;funnelâ&#x20AC;? between the two areas. The gentle downslope of the main ramp, the continuous material and the welcoming opening will naturally lead people directly to the square, not to mention a grocery market will turn to a new directional pull in this food desert area. 1

PERSPECTIVE Lobby

PERSPECTIVE Exterior & Interior market The complete Cathedral Square will be reactivated again, restoring the original role of the Cathedral and creating a center once more for the neighborhood. People living in this area can buy fresh food from stalls and enjoy lunch and dinner in the restaurants during the daytime. Performance events will fill Cathedral Square with activity at night as well. Also, the market will remind citizens of the old foot-friendly path when pedestrians can easily go through the building to walk from one side to the other.

ANIMATION SCREENSHOTS

MATERIAL SELECTION

Corten steel, serving as the main material in the new intervention, can not only imply the connection between both sides, but also interpret the original brick walls in a modern way.

1. Ceiling-White Paint 2. Floor-Black Limestone 3-1/3-2/3-3. Table & Chairs-Walnut/Oak/Maple 4. Curtain-Linen 5. Utensils-Rattan 6. Screen-Straw Mat 7. Doors & Walls-Corten Steel 8. Windows- Slat Textured Glass 9. Exterior Wall- Brick

4 1

5 3-2

3-1 9 3-3 6 2

RECONN

Educatio Adpative reuse of Bro 20

NECTION

on Center oad Street Synagogue 017

UNEMPLOYMENT BY AGE

UNENROLLMENT BY AGE 15-17

16-19 20-21 25-29

INCOME

OCCUPATION Food

Manufacture

10%

Health

18%

11%

20% 22% 23%

20%

Education

23.1k

Site

1000ft

22-24

18-19

46%

20-24

61%

62%

25-34

Educational Institution

ACCESSIBILITY Location

88%

50k

Average Income

Site

EXISTING FUNCTION Pedestrain Flow CHIOR ROOM+ RABBI’S OFFICE

KITCHEN

OFFICE

PLATFORM

STAIRS

CHOIR GALLERY

OFFICE

STAGE

STAIRS

AUDITORIUM

STAIRS

MIKVEH

FLEXIBLE SPACE CLASSROOM

CLASSROOM

STAIRS

VESTIBULE

STAIRS

STAIRS VESTIBULE

STAIRS

PORTICO

MEN’S WOMEN’S

MAIN STAIRS

Bicycle Lanes

RIPTA Bus Lane 1

BALCONY

1 2

STUDY ROOM STAIRS

2 2 3

2 10

1 1

BALCONY STAIRS

STAIRS

The Broad Street Synagogue is located in a low-income neighborhood. Young people, mostly aged from 20 to 24, have no jobs after graduating from high school. As the center of three areas in Providence, the Synagogue is proposed to change into an educaiton center for providing education and job opportunities. The original disconnected circulation was designed for confined space. However, in order to organize a new educaiton center, all the connections should be strengthened because it is better for people to choose which space they want to go instead of providing a fixed path.

OFFICE CLASSROOM CANTEEN CLASSROOM LIBRARY

KITCHEN

BATHROOM

GALLERY

AUDITORIUMLECTURE

BATHROOM

The circulation should be extended based on the original logic accordingly, leaving these tracks as new space characters. The existing building has strong hierarchy, sequence and proportion. These can still accord with the new functions by reorganizing the space. Big space like auditorium can still be the center of the building and easy to access while small space like classrooms and offices can be on the upper levels at each side of the atrium.

To reconnect the platforms around the atrium, some “bridges” should be created in the center. The existing 45 degree platform axes stick out the existing building, implying new potential functions on these”bridges”.

New closed space can be created by extruding these axes, adding new space for new functions. New open paths can also be created by offsetting them, adding new connections between functions. The shape broke the facade where there were glazed glass, The open french windows has made the building become more open to the public.

CLASSROOM1

LOBBY

LECTURE A

A’

GALLERY

AUDITORIUM

B’

1st FLOOR

Almost all the parts of the existing building was kept, however, the order has changed. The entrance has moved to the side. Instead of going through an enclosed corridor to enter the atrium, people can easily enter the center of the building because the sequential order has been weakened. The front facade changed into an auditorium by making use of the existing stairs.

SECTION A-Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

The original atrium has turned into an interesting space where people on each level can have eye contact with each other from each side. The lecture hall is at the center of the space on the first floor while the classrooms and the offices are on the top floor. Good view would be necessary for the library and the canteen so they are on the second floor.

WALL DETAIL

CANTEEN VIEW

SECTION B-Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

LIBRARY VIEW

2nd FLOOR

CLASSROOM2

LIBRARY

3rd FLOOR

OFFICE1

CANTEEN

CLASSROOM3

MEETING ROOM

OFFICE2

LECTURE HALL VIEW

Start from the entrance on the right side, people can easily get into the lobby and the gallery is just beside it. The lecture hall is hidden behind the glass wall. Then you can choose whether to go different classrooms or canteen on the different upper levels.

This center is also accessible for people who are physically challenged. The elevator and the ramp at the entrance and on each level can provide convenience for them.

REINCAR

Buddhist Redesign of Niushou Mount 20

RNATION

t Temple tain Buddhaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Relics Palace 016

GIVEN CONDITION To keep the relics of Buddha, the Buddhists built the underground palace. Generally they will build a "STUPA" on the palace for worship ceremony. In this project, I designed a temple on the palace with the 'STUPA' as the prototype. Each step of the worship ritual is the soul of each room. After the visit of this stupa, the visitors can complete the worship ritual to the Buddha unintentionally.

Underground palace for Buddha's relics -0.450m -8.000m -15.000m

PERSPECTIVE

Stairway

Terrace

Stairs

Meditation Space

Prototype-Stupa

Developed Form

Incense Space

Revolving Space

Terrace

Meditation Space Water Space

1st Basement

Stairway

Square

Flower Space

1st Floor

2nd Floor

PROCESS OF BUDDHIST WORSHIP The five steps of Buddhist worship derives from the traditional Indian ways of entertaining guests.

Step5: Meditation and chanting scriptures.

SECTION

Step4: Revolve around the stupa for three times.

Step3: Light the joss sticks to the Buddha.

Step2: Flowers for oblation.

Step1: Pure water for oblation.

F2 F1

F2: Flower space. The perforated panel can create the flower-like shadow. F1: Incense space. The cloud of smoke dominates the whole building and the fragrance linger around. B1: Revolving space. By going down the spiral ramp, people will finish the â&#x20AC;&#x153;three-times revolvingâ&#x20AC;? worship naturally and finally get close to the underground palace.

REFLEC

Urban Exhibition a Adaptive Reuse of 20

CTION

about 9/11 Attack Waterplace Tunnel 017

CURATORIAL STATEMENT Wall of Hope, the hundreds of hand-painted tiles have been removed from the Waterplace Tunnel in Providence due to the tear and wear. In memory of the September 11 Attack, these tiles have stayed here since 2002 but only a few people knew the significance behind the facts. The mental projection, rather than the fact itself, has more impact on the public while the tiles cannot convey it. The Reflection explores this internalizing psychological process by presenting both the objects themselves and the space where they are exhibited.

The reflected surface, both physically and mentally, will be emphasized in the analogous gestures. The form, the shadow and the material of the selected objects showed the stereotype and subjective impression of the Attack, which stimulates critical thinking among the public. “We may be afraid but we will not live in fear.” This was the epigraph of Wall of Hope. Rather than explanation, the exhibition is to help people experience themselves. Only with the understanding of feelings behind the tragedy can we have the real “ Hope” in our mind.

MAIN EXHIBIT WALL OF HOPE The tile panels were covering both sides of the Waterplace Tunnel. As the connection between the Square and the river, the tunnel stays at an important location. The concentration will be attracted to the center in the Square but shred beside the river.

EXHIBITS SELECTION

FACT In this stage, the art pieces were selected to imply 9/11 attack gently.

As the beginning of the exhibition, The Twin Towers lighting installation emphasized the negative impression we had by introducing an infinite concave space which similar with the footprints of Twin Towers. Both the people in the Square and on the bridge can immediately have a basic understanding of the main subject, which is quite important to an urban exhibition.

Iván Navarro, Untitled (Twin Towers), 2011

2 Jacin Giordano, Cube, 2010

Erich Hauser, 19/81, 1981

Joan Serra, ME-PP-A2-3, 2013

The Cube Series are all explorations of unstable or uncontrolled condition which can abstract the collision narratively. Although they are from different artists, they are created in the same form language. The cube by Jacin Giordano was created after multiple damages: pouring, scraping, cutting and tearing. The rough and straightforward result implies the damage on the structure. The cube by Erich Hauser is in a risky balance. Divided lengthwise, he transformed basic elements.The unstable result implies the damage on pipes. The cube by Joan Serra collapsed under the high pressure. The irreversible result implies the damage on decoration details.

REFLECTION In this stage, the art pieces were selected to interpret the fact both objectively and subjectively. After reflecting on our past attitudes, new criticized opinions will be generated.

The main art piece, Wall of Hope, set the tone for this stage: Looking back is for looking ahead while looking around is for looking inside.

Objectively speaking, all the records, texts or images, all witnessed the whole tragedy. However, they were actually reflections of some political and cultural problems . The Front Page, collected by Hans-Peter Feldmann, can be seen as a meditation in front of historical representation.

Rhode Islanders, Wall of Hope, 2002

9/11 Artefacts, 2001

4 Identity

Michelangelo Pistoletto, Uomo In Piedi, 1962-1982

Beloved

Subjectively speaking, the selected 9/11 Artefacts were exhibited not only in memory of the 7 victims from the Rhode Island, but also to initiate a deep conversation with our inner world. Daily life still goes on so new willpower, motivation and courage have to be found. These artefacts are reminders of existence, not lost. The Mountain and Sea is a simple tight hug between two people. The most simple gesture is the most quintessential expression of our emotions. Now strong inner heart connections have been set up before entering the meditation space.

Hans-Peter Feldmann, Antony Gormley, Front Page, 2008 Mountain And Sea, 1987 - 1988

The mirror painting Uomo In Piedi by Michelangelo Pistoletto, criticizes these news. When you look in the mirror, a life-sized image of a man is standing in front of you with his back to you. The reflection is so genuine that you can hardly tell it’s fake.

Property

MENTAL PROJECTION In this stage, all the perceptional pressure are released and people finally get a pure land where they can focus on their own opinions.

John Margaritis, Walking On Water, 2017

As the final step of the psychological process, this piece is for triggering the final meditation. Walking on water by John Margaritis is using void to fulfil the volume. It is not only a new layer of the water, but also a new layer of the impression in people’s mind.

STAGE

IDENTIFICATION

III

SEQUENCE&RELATIONSHIP

Subjective Audience

MENTAL PROJEDCTION

Abstraction

Victims

Subjective

Abstraction

REFLECTION

Witnesses

Subjective

FACT

Objective Audience Abstraction

EXHIBITION WAY

CEILING GRID & ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS

A A A A A

B B B BB

C C C C C

D D D D D

Partition & Zone

EXHIBITIS ORIENTATION

MATERIAL SELECTION PILKINGTON Transparent Mirror

JALI HIVE 80% clear-clear-zari dusk-bronze

THE RUDY ART Product #04415T

THE RUDY GLASS TTSWING01

Original Texture (Artificial Light)

Reflection (Artificial Light)

Reflection ( Sunlight)

Transmission ( Artificial Light)

Transmission ( Sunlight)

Sculpture Base

Ceiling

Large Podium Skylight Partition Wall

Column

Floor(Tunnel)

Podium Floor (Square)

Floor (Water)

SOLYX SX-3050

REPATTE

ERN Mahogony wood table Changeable pattern 2018

Wax, paint or oil are all used for protecting the wood and revealing the authentic wood texture. One type of wood can have various textures when we apply different finish on different grains. Here is the design of a game table that each wood block on the surface has its own unique texture. The user can switch the location of wood â&#x20AC;&#x153;tilesâ&#x20AC;? and redesign the new pattern. To achieve the noteworthy color differences on the mahogany, these blocks were covered by three layers of milk paint and three layers of glossy polyurethane.

These legs are an experiment of using woodturners to make four table legs at one time. Four legs were glued together with one piece of newspaper in between at first. Then, with the side view of the leg in front of the turner, four huge wood blocks were turned together so then each of them can be exactly symmetrical. The flat surfaces of these legs were faced to the center so that some simple joints like dominos can still be applied. This table is 28â&#x20AC;? high, 2 inches lower than normal desk but suitable for a group of people playing games on it.

4” 23”

47”

28”

2.5”

23”

OTHER WORK

ISOZAKI+HUQIAN PARTNERS, SHIKUZI APARTMENT

ISOZAKI+HUQIAN PARTNERS, LONGHUA TEMPLE

HKG DESIGN, ZHIYECHAN TEMPLE

Illustration Furniture Photography