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JIA LAN CHOW Selected Architecture Works 2017-2020 Iowa State University

BLURRING BOUNDARY PROJECT | Concept Manifesto

JIA LAN CHOW

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E D U C AT I O N Iowa State University

Ames, IA, United States 2017 - 2022 Expected Graduation Date: Dec 2022

Online Portfolio

EXPERIENCES Sep 2021 Dec 2021

NAC Architecture | Architectural Intern Los Angeles, CA, United States

• ELAC Facilities, Maintenance & Operations Building

CGPA

Assisted in preparing FFE package, site visits to assess FFE asset audit, and facade design iteration and development

3.85

• Mental Health Outpatient Clinic & Wellness Center

Major

Developed interior material concept, material boards, and finish schedule and finish plans for DD drawing set

Bachelor of Architecture

• Restorative Justice Village Master Plan

Minor

Compiled scoping document and created graphic illustrations

Urban Studies

SKILLS

Jun 2021 Jul 2021

Performed construction tasks on job site under supervision: jackhammering for plumbing installation, installing drywall, sawing and installing furniture backing, installing and netting insulations, caulking and foaming joints

Rhino, Revit, Sketch Up, AutoCAD, V-Ray, Enscape

Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Dreamweaver

Mar 2017May 2017

Design, visualization and fabrication of assigned architectural theory-based study projects such as 9 Squares

Others Bluebeam, Newforma, BIM 360, Unifi

Fabrication

Andrew Ballard , AIA Iowa State University Associate Professor of Practice, Architecture ballard2@iastate.edu | (510) - 499 - 4633

L E A D E R S H I P + I N V O LV E M E N T Aug 2020 Present

ISU Memorial Union Art Gallery | Art Exhibits Staff

Aug 2021 Present

International Student Ambassadors Club

Aug 2019 May 2020

College of Design BUILD Multicultural Mentorship Program | Peer Mentor

Janica Baker , AIA, LEED GA NAC Architecture Associate Principal jbaker@nacarchitecture.com | (323) - 475 - 8025

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Involved in research, site analysis and production of digital massing study models using Sketch Up

Rhino Climate Studio, Grasshopper, Ladybug, IESVE, MIT Coolvent

REFERENCES

Innotech Design Architects | Architectural Intern • Desa Farm Development Project Master Plan

Energy Modeling

Casting, Laser Cutting, 3D printing, CNC Milling

San Diego Habitat for Humanity | Construction Regular Volunteer San Diego, CA, United States

3D Modeling + Rendering

RESUME

| Marketing Officer

HONORS 2020

Architecture Studio Competition: BWBR Prize, Nominee NCMA Unit Design Competition, 3rd Place (Local IA Level)

Sie Hong Sim , Registered Architect

Studies in Creativity Art Exhibit

Innotech Design Architects Sdn. Bhd. Principal/Director macsim1965@gmail.com | +6 012 - 828 - 7030

Architecture & Design Exhibition: SAY IT LOUD - NOW Virtual Exhibition 2017

Design Ambassadors Club Scholarship

BLURRING BOUNDARY - LOOP

E R A S I N G / B L U R R I N G / E X PA N D I N G C U L T U R A L B O U N D A R Y I N C H E L S E A , N Y [ B W B R P r i z e n o m i n e e ] [ S AY I T L O U D - N O W V i r t u a l E x h i b i t i o n ]

SYNOPSIS N e w Yo r k C i t y h a s a l w a y s b e e n r e p r e s e n t e d as the “melting pot” of America, but how true is it within the city’s context? Demographics s h o w t h a t e v e n t h o u g h N e w Yo r k C i t y i s f i l l e d with people of various ethnicities and cultures, they tend to stay within their own boundaries boundaries that have been socially constructed for many years The LOOP is a project in Chelsea, NYC that sought to break the boundaries of cultural d i v e r s i t y. B y b r i n g i n g i n a r t i s t s o f d i f f e r e n t backgrounds from all around the world, we start to attract and encourage the Chelsea community to be open to cultural diversity through works of art that influenced Chelsea’s cityscape. Artists will

stay

temporal

housing

incorporated

in the main art museum program allowing for collaboration

producing

meaningful

arts.

Different programs intersected through links and connections in the form of ramps, sky bridges, and decks, provide spaces for people and cultures to intermingle. With the artworks and exhibitions brought together by various artists, we hope that LOOP would be the starting point for celebrating the vibrancy of cultures in Chelsea that are forgotten.

L o c a t i o n | 5 6 5 W e s t S t , N e w Yo r k , N Y

Project created with Ruth Sarastia Kuswara 4

CONCEPT O b s e r v a t i o n o n t h e c u l t u r a l b o u n d a r i e s b e t w e e n C h i n a t o w n a n d L i t t l e I t a l y i n N e w Yo r k C i t y h a s inspired our approach to erasing, blurring, and expanding boundaries by creating opportunities f o r p e o p l e o f a l l c u l t u r e s , r a c e s , a n d b a c k g r o u n d s t o i n t e r m i n g l e w i t h o n e a n o t h e r.

SITE MANIFESTO

CONCEPT MANIFESTO

SUMMER D AY L I G H T I N G 6AM / 9AM / 12PM / 3PM / 6PM

Residential Floor/ 3F

Residential Floor/ 1F

EGRESS / ACCESSIBILITY

PROGRAM DIAGRAM

WINTER D AY L I G H T I N G 6AM / 9AM / 12PM / 3PM / 6PM

Above HighLine Level

High-Line Level

Residential Floor / 1F Plan

Ground Level

High-Line Level Plan

PROGRAM The project consists of an art museum program at the ground level to the above High-Line Level and residential units on floors beyond the above High-Line level up to the rooftop with intersecting pathways, decks, and gathering spots weaving through them.

V E N T I L AT I O N / D AY L I G H T I N G Vo i d s a t d i ff e r e n t l e v e l s a l l o w h e a t t o e s c a p e a n d i n c r e a s e s n a t u r a l l i g h t i n g i n t h e i n t e r i o r s p a c e s . Movable vertical louvers on the facade function as shading devices for the residential units. 6

GALLERY VIEW The decking system intersects different programs and has seatings for people to gather and encourage conversations.

RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR An open void that brings in natural lighting. The corridor allows artists from different cultures living there to interact with one another and collaborate.

M A N U FA C T U R E D L A N D S C A P E

LANDSCAPE MARK MAKING DISCOVERY AND PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

SYNOPSIS The study of architectural patterning and mark making

reveal

compositional

and

spatial

hierarchies from landscapes form the basis of our manufactured landscapes. The beauty of natural landscapes, layered with human fabrication and construction came forth as a language that would inform architecture. We continued this language to our site at t h e R i v e r f r o n t H e r i t a g e T r a i l i n K a n s a s C i t y. B y analyzing what was there and determining the story that we want to preserve, we developed an added layer of a manufactured landscape - the KITE CLOUD to enhance the existing landscape. KITE CLOUD serves as a rejuvenating layer of the site that responds to the environmental elements such as the wind and water to create a spatial and interactive experience given back to t h e c o m m u n i t y. I t i s a g e n t l e a d d i t i o n l i k e a c l o u d but also takes on the new possibilities of the riverfront like a kite taking on the strong winds.

L o c a t i o n | R i v e r f r o n t H e r i t a g e T r a i l , K a n s a s C i t y, M O

Project created with Brenna Fransen and Katie Drewlow 10

LANDSCAPE MARKMAKING DISCOVERY

C N C PA N E L D E S I G N A N D L AY E R I N G I D E A S

Edward Burtynsky stated that “If the human experience can be considered a manifestation of dreams, and desires, mines can be thought of as the source for the raw material of that experience”. By analyzing the image o f S i l v e r L a k e O p e r a t i o n s a t L a k e L e f r o y, W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a b y E d w a r d B u r t y n s k y, w e o b s e r v e t h e r i c h n e s s i n the different depths and organic contours of the natural landscape. Contrasting to it is the strong presence of g e o m e t r i c g r i d s a n d t h o s e s t r a i g h t e r f l o w s o f l i n e s . N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e y e x i s t i n h a r m o n y, c o m p l e m e n t i n g e a c h other just right.

A CNC panel was designed using Rhinoceros 3D software as a physical manifestation

S i l v e r L a k e O p e r a t i o n s a t L a k e L e f r o y, W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a . I m a g e b y E d w a r d B u r t y n s k y.

M A R K M A K I N G A N A LY S I S

of the mines’ landscape. Different layering strategies - forming, contouring and folding, tesselation, and tensile, were experimented with to emphasize the contour of the mines, a b s t r a c t i o n o f t h e o r g a n i c p a t t e r n s , m a t e r i a l i t y, a n d g e o m e t r i c s h a p e s ( h u m a n f a c t o r ) i n the landscape.

B A S E PA N E L

1.FORMING

2.CONTOURING / FOLDING

3 . T E S S E L AT I O N

4.TENSILE

FINAL DESIGN

MANIFESTO Drawings and physical 3D manifestations of the landscape image analysis start to derive architectural compositions and language that are integrable into the group project.

P U B L I C A R C H I T E C T U R E - R I V E R F R O N T H E R I TA G E T R A I L In developing a new landmark piece of “public architecture” for Kansas City at the Riverfront Heritage Trail site, we strive to design sensibly and be mindful of the different historical and emotional attachments there are to the site. By integrating and implementing essences from individual projects, we reflected upon designing a piece of “architecture” that would bring people together. Our past projects’ monumentality and contouring qualities were further abstracted and incorporated to complement our design.

We try to incorporate the existing concrete slabs on the river edge that happens to be the foundations remains of the Gillis House Hotel back in the 1850s and t h e e x i s t i n g To w n o f K a n s a s B r i d g e with love locks on its deck into our design. We were also determined to utilize the potential kinetic quality that the strong North wind brings to the site. A kinetic facade with movable kite panels controllable by the Kansas city communities evolved as our best solution, which we named it - KITE CLOUD.

GILLIS HOUSE HOTEL Built around 1850s

O B S E R VAT I O N D E C K

To w n o f K a n s a s B r i d g e

PONY TRUSS

To w n o f K a n s a s B r i d g e

LOVE LOCKS

To w n o f K a n s a s B r i d g e

ART PROGRAMS

Held weekly in downtown

K I T E I T E R AT I O N After several iterations, we find that irregular triangular fabric cutout with strips of openings through its surface works best as our kite element. The kites rest on a mesh layer until it catches wind coming from below and g o u p i n t o t h e a i r. A x o n b e l o w i n d i c a t e s t h e g e n e r a l c o m p o s i t i o n s a n d t h e cranks mechanism used to control the movement of the kite.

W E S T E L E VAT I O N

N O R T H E L E VAT I O N

D AY T I M E R E N D E R

I N T E R A C T I V E K I T E FA C A D E

K i t e C l o u d i n t e r v e n t i o n a s v i e w e d f r o m b e l o w t h e To w n o f K a n s a s B r i d g e . P e o p l e a r e d o i n g various activities along the Riverfront Heritage Trail.

C o n t r o l l a b l e k i t e p a n e l s t h a t a r e p l a y a b l e b y t h e c o m m u n i t y. T h i s i n t e r v e n t i o n s i t s o n o n e o f t h e foundations remains of the Gillis House Hotel.

NIGHTTIME RENDER

O U T D O O R A M P H I T H E AT E R

T h e i n c o r p o r a t i o n o f l i g h t i n g f e a t u r e s a l l o w s t h e To w n o f K a n s a s B r i d g e t o b e a c t i v a t e d a t n i g h t . Daytime art programs and events held downtown are continued here afterward.

The amphitheater stage sits on the foundation remains of the Gillis House Hotel. Amphitheater s e a t i n g s e x t e n d o u t i n t o t h e r i v e r. 14

ARCHITECTURE INSIDE OUT

THE GROUND AS AN INTERSTITIAL THICKNESS: R E D E S I G N I N G F O U R M I L E C O M M U N I T Y R E C R E AT I O N C E N T E R

SYNOPSIS The project started with a methodology toward a conception of the ground as an interstitial thickness. Understanding of the Mound as a form of thickness within the Earth informed the outcome of this project. Different tactics and

W E S T E L E VAT I O N

exploration with the idea of the Mound were proposed for the transformation of

the

recreation

center

within

the

expanding floodplain of Fourmile Creek. The weaves of bricks surrounding the existing

recreation

center

speak

the

same language as the Mound and our incorporation of the “Inverted Mound” -

the

inverted

glass

Mound

speaks

the language of dreams, hopes, and memories in embracing the new future that lies beyond the Fourmile Creek area. Our proposal for redesigning the recreation center hopes to play a role in building and supporting the communities while being a part of the expanding greenway along the creek.

Location | Fourmile Creek, Des Moines, IA

E A S T E L E VAT I O N

Project created with Jen-Ni Lin

INTERIOR - NIGHTTIME The Community Recreation Center can be used during nighttime, serving different needs of the Fourmile Creek c o m m u n i t y. T h e e x i s t i n g brick wall is kept, with the new addition built on top of the existing walls.

SITE PLAN

S U N A N A LY S I S D I A G R A M We tested our placement ideas for the inverted Mound through sun analysis. Our final resolution to have the inverted Mound sitting right on top of the existing recreation center footprint maximized natural lighting and access to greenery during wintertime. Summer Solstice

Winter Solstice

I N T E R I O R - D AY T I M E View of the double-height i n t e r i o r b a l c o n y, s h o w i n g a glimpse of the structural system used. 3F

Exhibition Space

EXTERIOR The clear and clean structural system of the inverted Mound creates a floating effect.

Double-Height Interior Balcony

Main Recreation Program

NCMA UNIT DESIGN COMPETITION MAXMIN

[3rd Place, Local Competition (IA level)]

ORGANIZER

: Masonry Institute of Iowa

p l a c e i n t h e x , y, o r z - d i r e c t i o n . T h e z i g z a g f e a t u r e c a n

PA R T N E R

: Brenna Fransen, Jihoon Kim,

either be expressed on the facade or turned on their

Ruth Sarastia Kuswara

SYNOPSIS The Unit Design Competition aims to enhance student’s understanding of the relationship between a specific material and the form made using that material. The emphasis is placed on understanding the implications of decisions and on making a series of related decisions about a form and its material. Exploring alternatives while trying to understand the trade-offs of each decision is the goal. MaxMin is a CMU design with maximum use and v e r s a t i l i t y w h i l e u s i n g m i n i m u m m o r t a r. T h e z i g z a g shape joinery design allows for different configurations and minimizes mortar use due to the blocks locking in

Breezeblocks - natural ventilation system

s i d e t o r e v e a l t h e i n n e r v o i d s f o r a i r f l o w, a e s t h e t i c s , or use as an infill. The

MaxMin

blocks

allow

for

environmental

features such as the design of breezeblocks (passive

Design & Measurement

strategy for ventilation) and greenery infills. Greenery infills utilize the variation in the CMU voids for pavement, allowing grass to grow through, or act as a trellis, allowing plants to climb on to when placed v e r t i c a l l y. T h e u n i q u e g e o m e t r y o f t h e z i g z a g d e s i g n allows for variety in atmospheric qualities such as

F a c a d e Va r i a t i o n s

light and sound. By placing the zigzag feature outward in a staggered arrangement, maximum surface areas are created on the walls to reduce sound. Colored and semi-transparent inserts into the voids change the mood of the natural lighting entering the space.

Outdoor pavilion - support for climbing plants

Flexible Connection

Zigzag shape - sound absorbency in loud pool

Sustainable Function

Color inserts in blocks - change in atmosphere 18

OTHER WORKS

C O M P U T E R A P P L I C AT I O N S I N A R C H I T E C T U R E

CASE STUDY

: 10 House

L O C AT I O N

: Dique Luján, Argentina

ARCHITECT

: Luciano Kruk

STUDIES IN C R E AT I V I T Y S T U D E N T JURIED EXHIBIT | Fall 2020

SYNOPSIS

The Memorial Union invites

In the ARCH 334 course, we learned how to

Iowa

use Revit in modeling an existing building

through

renders, and applications of BIM data. We used

Adobe Dreamweaver to create Web pages that s u m m a r i z e o u r w o r k f o r t h e s e m e s t e r. The course was organized into four modules. First, we learned Web page design and then started researching architectural drawings and construction documents of an existing building

students

from

of art in any media annually

there, we also learned how to output drawings,

then further import into Revit for site plan and

State

any major to submit works

as accurately and detailed as we can. From

AutoCAD to generate topography which we

AWARD & ART EXHIBITION

this

exhibit.

The

juror will select around 40

Southwest Elevation

pieces to participate in this show held in the Art Gallery of

Memorial

Union.

submissions are from works that I have done in different

C i r c l e a n d F l o w ( Tr i p t y c h ) 2018

art and architecture studios

W AT E R C O L O R O N G E S S O E D PA P E R

in my program.

24 X 19 X 0.5 IN (EACH)

t h a t w e w o u l d l i k e t o m o d e l d i g i t a l l y. N e x t , w e went into Revit modeling, followed by rendering, a n d f i n a l l y, B I M d a t a a p p l i c a t i o n f o r g e n e r a t i n g building budget sheets, doors and windows schedule, and floor plan space labeling.

DESIGN AMBASSADORS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP SUBMISSION ($1000) | 2017-18 Academic Ye a r A Portfolio-based award given annually to an undergraduate student entering the College of Design. Award(s) decision will be made by the Design Ambassadors Club and the College

Design

Honors

Floral Series: “Flora No.1”

Zen

2014

of high artistic ability and

POSTER COLOR

S O F T PA S T E L

academic excellence.

38 X 28 CM

28 X 38 CM

and

Award

recipients

Board. will

The those

who best combine evidence

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