Chia-Chia Liu Architectural Design Portfolio University of Pennsylvania MArch 1 Candidate Cornell University B.S. Engineering
EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania
Stuart Weitzman School of Design M.Arch Candidate
EXPERIENCE 2018-2021
Cornell University
College of Engineering B.S. Material Science Engineering Architecture Minor Mechanical Engineering Minor
2014-2018
SKILLS Rhino. Grasshopper. ZBrush. Revit. AutoCAD. SolidWorks.
Modeling
Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Illustrator. Adobe InDesign. V-Ray. KeyShot.
Graphics
Laser Cutting. 3D Printing. CNC Milling. Metal mill and lathe work.
Fabrication
ANSYS Finite Element Analysis. SolidWorks Computational Fluid Dynamics. Visual Analysis.
Simulation
MATLAB. Python.
Coding
Sabin Design Lab Research Associate
2016-2018
+ Explored matrix architecture and auxetic materials with simulations and experiments on 3D printed kirigami matrices. Supervised structural finite element analysis, and produced structural + and material studies diagrams Cooperated with architects, engineers, and computer scientists in + designing geometries that are responsive to external stimuli.
PDF Solutions Inc. Industrial Design and Modeling Intern
May 2016-Aug 2016
+ Performed computational fluid dynamics simulations in resolving heating problems in a structural systems + Responsible in building both 3D models and physical models of an enclosure system in a scanning electron microscope.
EX.Atelier Design Architectural Intern
Dec 2015-Jan 2016
+ Shadowed under a team of two licensed architects in designing a residential house in Tainan, Taiwan. + Visited, measured existing sites, was responsible for site research and handling legal documentary paperwork.
LICENSE / HONORS Civil E.I.T. Licensure In Progress Passed NCEES Civil FE Exam
EXHIBITIONS / PUBLICATIONS 2019
Harlan Coornvelt Memorial Award University of Pennsylvania School of Design Merit Scholarship
2017 2019
2017
Matrix Architecture: 3D-Printed and Simulated Kirigami Matrices & Auxetic Materials Madeleine Eggers, Jingyang Liu, Chia-Chia Liu, Ben Norman, and Jenny E. Sabin
2018
University Rover Competition 8th in an international competition structural systems designer
Symposium on Simulation for Architecture (SimAUD)
Responsive Kirigami: Context-Actuated Hinges in Folded Sheet Systems Jingyang Liu, Chia-Chia Liu, Madeleine Eggers, and Jenny E. Sabin
LEADERSHIP Teaching Assistant
Studio_Arch 500 Danielle Willems Structures I&II_Richard Farley
MoMA PS1 2017: Lumen 2019 2019
Design team member. Responsible for building the physical model in proposal, and designing the misting system for the exhibition.
CONTENTS 01
Proximal Terminal Residential | Fall 2019
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Wind Into Manayunk Market | Spring 2019
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Theatrical Revival Museum | Fall 2018
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The Loop [Around the Block] Pop up Installation | Spring 2019
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Relay Installation | Summer 2019
Proximal Terminal | Housing | PennDesign | Fall 2019
PROXIMAL TERMINAL Residency Housing - Red Hook Grain Terminal Red Hook | New York, USA Fall 2019 Project Type: Academic Work, PennDesign Critic: Ben Krone Individual Work The word NIMBY (not in my backyard) is the idea that people tend to feel threatened when something or someone may encroach within certain proximity of the individual. NIMBY is commonly associated with the negative connotations of gentrification of neighborhoods, such as RedHook, the site of our housing proposal. My housing proposal is a mixed housing for both resident artists of Pioneer Work and the low-income groups. I attempt to tackle the notion of NIMBY by getting to the core of the issue of adjacency and attempts to celebrate proximity rather than to attempt to create boundaries or divide between socioeconomic groups. Translating from the analogue models, which focused on the study of spatial adjacency conditions, the “boot shaped� aggregation of my housing units create interesting adjacencies and gaps between residents, which lead to larger interior courtyards. There is no NIMBY in my project, every resident shares their backyard and are guided to interact and celebrate the adjacencies. The side program for Pioneer Works is a science lab, where the community of RedHook learn that art is inclusive that involves technology and science, which corresponds to the inclusive housing. Viewers are able to enter through a different entrance from the residence entrance, follow the catwalk to view the science labs as well as enjoy the industrial atmosphere of Grain Terminal, and enjoy the roof garden as the final destination.
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Proximal Terminal | Housing | PennDesign | Fall 2019
02. Concept Development
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ADJACENCIES
ANALOG STUDIES
To begin, four types of adjacencies were defined and studied.
Analog models start from studying puzzle pieces, as puzzles are about fit/unfit and proximities. Then the geometr drical pieces to fit the site - grain terminal. Proximites, linkages, and gaps were studied in different forms. Analog s physical models and digital models to achieve a better understanding in constructability and practicality.
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UNIT TYPES
UNIT AGGREGATION
Boot-shaped units were then developed to create unique shape linkages in plan. The shape also generates intriguing gaps between units.
NIMBY revolves around proximity. Aggregation rules were carefully considered to enforce interactions between residents, and to break the preconceptions of NIMBY.
Proximal Terminal | Housing | PennDesign | Fall 2019
FOR HOUSING RESIDENTS
Housing Residents and community have separate entries to ensure privacy. There are 35 units in the project, with three different unit types to condition for studio (single occupancy) and one bedrooms (2-3 occupancy for families). The design alterations to orginal grain terminal were subtle, but generate linkages and gaps between units and interior courtyards. Housing takes around 1/3 of the original building, and locates on the side facing inland. There are work studios inserted in between units for the resident artists of Pioneer Works. The facade materials were wrapped around units intentionally random, to create ambiguity and disguise the socioeconomic status of residents.
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05. Interior Courtyard Render
06. Unit Interior Renders
Proximal Terminal | Housing | PennDesign | Fall 2019
FOR RED HOOK COMMUNITY
The side program, targeted to the client - Pioneer Works, is a science lab. The lab takes the other 2/3 of the original building, and locates on the side facing ocean. There are work studios inserted in between units for the resident artists of Pioneer Works. Relating back to the housing with primary intention of breaking the notion of NIMBY and being inclusive, the science lab is designed for the Red Hook community to learn that art is inclusive and involves technology and science. Little alterations were made to the silo exterior to retain the industrial appearance of grain terminal. Visitors are able to enter the building and meander around the silos through catwalks, where science labs with different topics are placed in between as individual rooms, which winds up to the rooftop garden.
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08. Interior Courtyard Render
09. Roof Garden Render, Science Lab Render
Proximal Terminal | Housing | PennDesign | Fall 2019
10 . Chunk Isometric
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11. Transverse Section
Proximal Terminal | Housing | PennDesign | Fall 2019
12. Longitudinal Section
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Winding Into Manayunk | Market | PennDesign | Spring 2019
WINDING INTO MANAYUNK A Market for Manayunk Manayunk | Philadelphia, USA Spring 2019 Project Type: Academic Work, PennDesign Critic: Brian DeLuna Individual Work Throughout the history, Manayunk has always been a community with close connection to the transportation systems. While the town being recently gentrified, the transportation systems has connected the community to the great Philadelphia and other regions in Northeast America. Transportation systems in Manayunk, including but not limited to the canal, buses, pedestrian bridge, and the train, has greatly shaped the town today. Labyrinth, on the other hand, is a pattern with a long history dating back to the Cretan mythologies. With a single, undivided path winding through the site, traveler meander through the journey while taking in and absorbing the surrounding atmosphere. As transportation system is such an important feature to Manayunk, travel to/in this newly popular attraction town should be a pleasurable journey. The site in Manayunk is designed to be a labyrinth where visitors wander in the designed routes and visit certain sculptural-like follies with the implied representational meanings of center transportation hubs in Manayunk. The winding paths are to contemplate, to enjoy, and to under stand the town. Inspired by Neil Denari and Preston Scott Cohen, the market itself is an elevated long span structure with conic supports. The conic structure adds on to both function - bike storage system, and aesthetic. The labyrinth pattern winds up throughout the site and the market building, merging the figure ground and produce ambiguity. As Aldo Rossi said, ‘‘ One cannot make architecture without studying the condition of life in the city.’’By studying the conditions of transportation system as ‘‘artifacts’’, visitors are able to experience the town to the full.
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01.Render
Winding Into Manayunk | Market | PennDesign | Spring 2019
02. Figure Ground Studies
03. Site Transportation Analysis
04. Labyrinth Mapping
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Figural studies start from combining two simple cubes and understanding how textures and labyrinth pattern flows through figure and ground to create ambiguity and linking between the two. Then chunk studies were done with the same idea of unifying site and market with pattern wrapping. Site was first mapped with labyrinth pattern, then the market took the form of a rectangular box supported by cones. The labyrinth pattern then flows through figure and ground. The rectangular body is the main market, and cones either act as elevators for visitors, or housing for machineries for bicycle storage. 05. Figure Studies and Chunk Model
Winding Into Manayunk | Market | PennDesign | Spring 2019
06. Chunk Isometric View
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07. Chunk Choisy View
Winding Into Manayunk | Market | PennDesign | Spring 2019
08. Plan and Site Plan
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Winding Into Manayunk | Market | PennDesign | Spring 2019
09. Section
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Theatrical Revival | Museum | PennDesign | Fall 2018
THEATRICAL REVIVAL Archive Extension for Penn Museum Penn Museum | Philadelphia, USA Fall 2018 Project Type: Academic Work, PennDesign Critic: Cory Henry Individual Work The function of museum starts to lose its specificity as it comes towards the electronic age 21st century. Museums used to be spaces to showcase the gatherings of valuables, but as technology advances, the information of artifacts now exists online. What should museums in the 21st century be like? Museums of the new age should be well-connected to local community - they are to provide functions that the locals need. My proposed museum extension is a multi-functional building that incorporates theaters - the entertainment that West Philadelphia lacks.Theater is the main theme of the building, and the design revolves around theatrical experiences of visitors by playing with transparency, perception, and perspectives. Boundaries are blurred and light shed through seams. By changing lighting, angles of walls, and the opacity of partition, the museum becomes an ever-changing wonderland that invites residents of Philadelphia into Penn Museum.
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01.Choisy Axon
Theatrical Revival | Museum | PennDesign | Fall 2018
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT Penn Museum’s annual report shows that people tend to visit museums online instead of visiting museums in person. Virtual views are 88% comparing to the 12% physical visits. Similar analysis were done to several big museums in Philadelphia.
FORM DEVELOPMENT Mapping studies of Philadelphia museums draw out the form of ground plan. The project portraits a piece of jewelry standing alone in d. Precedent studies includes I.M.Pei’s Pyramid in Louvre and Jean Nouvel’s Expo.02. The oddity draws and invites visitors in. Solar studies were done to maximize the theatrial experience inside by creating apertures.
MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT Rough stone texture is the main material to portrait the “rock in a garden” image. The walls are embedded with polarizers, where the visitor movement can trigger and change the opacity of walls, revealing the artifact exhibitions inside wall pockets/blur the boundary between exterior and interior.
03. Museum Visitor Analysis, Mapping, and Solar Study
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04. Exterior Render
Theatrical Revival | Museum | PennDesign | Fall 2018
05. Serial Sections & Plans
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06. Interior Render
Theatrical Revival | Museum | PennDesign | Fall 2018
07. Plan
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Theatrical Revival | Museum | PennDesign | Fall 2018
EDUCATIONAL THEATERS
Visitors no longer come to Penn Museum merely for viewing the artifacts and galleries. The action of appreciating cultural and historical meanings of artifacts occurs naturally when On another side, the theaters incorporated in the museum extension can showcase educational videos, as well as popular cinema films. A combination of functions is the way to rev
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visitors are on the way to enjoy movies. vive Penn Museum.
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The Loop [Around the Block] | Pop-Up | Competition | Spring 2019
The Loop [Around the Block] A Pop-Up Filter in Manayunk PennDesign Schenk Woodman Competition Spring 2019 Collaborator: Saina Xiang, Kevin He Manayunk is a newly gentrified neighborhood in Philadelphia. Traditionally a neighborhood occupied by families for multiple generations, Manayunk has seen an influx of new occupants and developments. To the longtime residents of Manayunk, the new developments can be seen to be a form of invasion into the culture of the neighborhood: developments are the intruding “pop-ups”. The Loop is a new pop-up installation that acts in the opposite direction. Formed by an inner and outer loop, the circular installation filters the view around the block according to whether the surroundings are new or old. The outer loop presents an uninterrupted panorama of the surrounding neighborhood through a glass façade. The inner loop’s filter incorporates the color palate of the old neighborhoods to bring new developments into hyper-contrast. The interior wall acts as a digital display of information regarding both Manayunk’s history and future development. The innermost area of the loop is exposed public space meant for residents and visitors to gather and discuss. After a period of time, the pop-up will move on to its next location in the neighborhood to engage with a new set of users. Each location is selected to be at the threshold of commercial and residential, as well as at the intersection of new and old development. Eventually, it will complete a loop around the block and give a more complete understanding towards the past, present, and future of Manayunk.
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01.Exterior Render
The Loop [Around the Block] | Pop-Up | Competition | Spring 2019
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Relay | Pop-Up Installation | Competition | Summer 2019
RELAY Plastic Monument - A Temporary Installation Young Architects Competition Summer 2019 Collaborator: Alan Fan People have the luxury of discarding their trash, and be ignorant of what happens next. People need to be aware of the environmental impact of indecomposable plastic waste. The great pacific garbage patch has been growing exponentially, and it is merely one example of human neglect. Relay, communicates this message by bringing the ugly reality to somewhere close to home. The project is a three-phase installation, with the primary goal of creating an itinerant architectural sculpture that travels around the world to raise awareness of plastic waste on the planet. Nets full of plastic wastes float near beaches first initiates public awareness to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Drones then pick up the nets and fly over urban areas, simulating the disastrous environment for marine life for public. The plastic waste nets then drop into the main installation - fountain. The archimedes screw in the fountain allows it to cycle the plastic wastes infinitely to raise awareness to the public.
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01. Fountain in Plaza Render
Relay | Pop-Up Installation | Competition | Summer 2019
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THREE PHASE INSTALLATION
Drawing from the great pacific garbage patch, a temporary installation of the project will be on a beach. To show the destruction of habitats, a net full of trash floats on water. In the second phase, drones pick of the nets and flies across urban environment. Clouds of trash gives people the eerie perspective of ocean life.
02. Phase 1 & Phase 2 Render
Relay | Pop-Up Installation | Competition | Summer 2019
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THREE PHASE INSTALLATION
The third and final phase of the installation is the fountain in a plaza. In the end of phase two, drones tilt and drop the plastic wastes into the fountain. The archimedes screw functioning inside the fountain allows the plastic waste to cycle infinitely, which continues to pass on the message in reminding the world of plastic wastes.
05. Phase 1 & Phase 2 Render
Relay | Pop-Up Installation | Competition | Summer 2019
LUMEN An Interactive Installation in MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program 2017 Spring 2017 Jenny Sabin Lab Team Project The project focused on creating a sustainable immersive environment where viewers can interact directly with the architectural gallery. The team has done immense environmental analysis and materials research, and created a responsive cellular canopy that adapts to the densities of bodies, heat, and sunlight. I worked on the proposal model and the design of the misting system. The delicate model making process includes laser-cutting, sanding & staining of site model, and powder printing & curing of the canopy models. The misting system is designed to respond to visitors’ proximity, producing a refreshing microclimate. Bridging between engineering and architecture, I helped create a structure and materials that transform throughout the day and night.
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01. Canopy Render
Relay | Pop-Up Installation | Competition | Summer 2019
02. Plan
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The interactive misting system was designed and tested with arduino boards, valves and pumps. The optimal water pressure, pumping height, and the distance range of infared sensor were set, and different programmatic systems and languages were lab-tested to reach the optimal situation.
03. Engineering testing in progress, powder-print 3d models
04. Night view
Relay | Pop-Up Installation | Competition | Summer 2019
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Selected Professional Work
PDF Solutions Inc. Stratasys Ltd. Cornell University Mars Rover Lab 2017-2018
01. Structural FEA and Computational Flow Analysis
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People have the luxury of discarding their trash, and be ignorant of what happens next. People need to be aware of the environmental impact of indecomposable plastic waste. Relay, communicates this message by bringing the ugly reality to somewhere close to home.
02. Mars Rover in URC Competition 2017
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