Architecture Portfolio_Chunghan Huang_master degree application

MIND Chunghan Huang Architecture Por tfolio

For the application to the Master of Architecture program

Prologue How can architecture mentally enrich people's lives? Rapid modernization and capitalism cause mental issues globally, and as a young generation, we are in a most prosperous and tenuous time.

From this perspective, my projects mainly concentrate on mitigating or healing these intangible mental disorders. In the portfolio, the five selected projects address these issues with a distinctive interventionist philosophy.

"Daily Mental Relief " creates remedial spaces for office workers by capturing the genius loci from drawings and poems. The works contain the emotions of depression and relief in my experience. As art and texts provide the global mental resonance, I have transformed my messages into space and hope that the office workers could mentally find a portion of my relief.

"Take Back the Peace" creates the modern dormitory by integrating with the school's aura of peace.

As students always stare at their phones, they often ignore the school's percious atmosphere. In my dormitory proposal, I maximally push the students to immerse themselves in the surroundings through an axial skywalk and a spreading-housing plan.

"Weaving" creates innovative spatially constructional methods to build people's connections. As a biological system is often highly accurately developed, I studied the spider's silk-forming process, seeking to create a new method to link space and people with organicismal space.

"Time museum" influences visitors' minds by making them notice a time lag. People will walk through a maze-like landscape with orderly arranged exhibits and will only realize the whole journey is an exhibit when they look back from the museum's main building.

"The hidden river" restores citizenship by revealing the covered river. Due to a lack of maintenance, the government covered the river full of collective memories. I designed a city activity center with a waterfront-like urban public space, hoping that citizens would find their memories, and even better, build a new one.

However, individual projects deal with local issues within regional boundaries. I expect the global impact they can have on people and ultimately bring attention to the importance of the sentimental perception to our society and the world.

Academic

0 1. Dail y M e ntal Re l i e f Survival plan for Tokyo’s stifled office workers in their routine lives Thesis Project National Winner The Taipei Institutes of Architects Thesis Competition 2017 Honorable Mention Award Tunghai Universit y Thesis Award

0 2. Take B ac k T he Pe ace Create a modern dormitory in Tunghai Uni. where filled with an aura of peace and poetry

03. We av i ng Develop the possibilities of form through the bionic-the structure of spider silk

04. T i m e M u s e u m Create a unique visiting and architectural exhibit with synchronicity and diachrony

05. T he Hi dde n R i v e r Strengthen the city cohesion by representing the collective memories about urban river

Professional

06. Xinlon g Pu bl i c Ho u s i ng Create a peaceful residence in the crowded Taipei City by simplifying the decorations and materials to mitigate sensory stimulation

07. J iufen Ho te l B u i l di n g Create a hotel in a mountain resort for tourists to rest by integrating with the surrounding geography and the neighboring tourist attraction- Jiufen Street

Personal

0 8. O the r s Selected works

01. Da i l y Me n ta l Re l i e f After a busy day, we get back home, lie on the soft sofa, and ask ourselves. ”Why am I so exhausted?”

“What am I working hard for?“

I have no idea what is pushing me and why I should keep going forward.

Immersed in tasks, overwhelm, and stress.

How do modern people find relief ?

We live in a stable system with definite orders.

Capitalism evaluated everything's value with its expense, no matter a person, memory, or sentiment .

Efficiency first , the cost-performance ratio and KPI are eliminating humanity.

Overwhelmed information irresistibly occupied our little attention and times.

People are mechanized and homogenized, making them more helpless and insecure.

We could only submit to the system and become a cog in the vast society.

Ultimately, we lose our soul and sentimental perception.

It is a stable but stifled world.

Year: 2016/09-2017/06 Location: Tokyo, Japan Category: Academic (Thesis Project) Instructor: Yoshawn Shieh Tool: Sketch, Acrylic Paintings, Poems, Physical Models, Rhino, V-Ray, Autocad, Ai, Ps, Id

Issue: How could architecture create a lifeline for the sentimentally stifled people?

Research: Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche • Definition:

• Definition:

The source of bodily

ID

Please the Id’s drive

EGO

SUPER EGO

• Definition: The internalization of

needs and desires.

in realistic ways.

• Principle: Pleasure

• Principle: Reality

• Principle: Perfection

• Metaphor: Person

• Metaphor: Balance

• Metaphor: Society

SUPE R EGO

EGO Disorientation *Modern people

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ays cultura l rules.

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SUPER EGO

ID EGO

Ideal balance

SUPER EGO

EGO

Self-absorption

Statement: Co-existence

To relieve, people have to examine and adjust the balance between EGO and SUPEREGO routinely.

We construct the community as the community builds us. Reach reconcili ation between a person and society is the only solution.

To draw out the boundary, removing either of the blacks will devastate the concept . They live for each other, and the blurry line will only reveal when we identify them as one.

Co-existing without changing the core is the principle.

Strategy: Create ritualized space in daily life by studying self-projection and city context Self-Projection S elf

Painting Poems

Genius Loci Mental Infection

Ritual

S ociety

Culture

Context

Capitalism

Tokyo

Office worker

Daily routine

Architecture Design

Self-projection: Capture the sense

Murmur

The H Building

Await

She says that I said He was telling her we talked about You showing me that his saying She was told I had told you His talking about her saying that I had said to him that She said something

In a holy blur and most dark night ,

In a dim room Through the circula

I will always find a home in the far, Surrounded by nothing but the dark.

As an ocean with rowing boats and An alone, burning lighthouse.

The dust is dancing While the light quie Painting a puddle of

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e of relief in paintings and poems

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in the beam etly sneaks in f black on the floor.

for mental infection

Nap with Luce

The Breaking Point

Lie on the blade of grass Immerse in the dew drops Close the eyes and ma rvel at the si lence.

What’s your problem?

What more do you want Can’t you do anything right?

What are you thinking?

How could you do that?

Is it that difficult?

What more can you need?

A voice waves with the grass in the breeze Hey! They are sleeping!

Culture: My life and dreams DAY 1 0.5F

as an office worker in Tok yo DAY 2 Shelter

Context: Tok yo’s central business district

Wa n d ering ( Mall)

Indu lg i n g (Ba r)

Res ting ( Pa rk, Plaza)

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Program distribution: Flexible and communal usage creates surprises in workin g time

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02. Ta ke B a c k th e Pe a ce Tunghai University is a masterpiece of revolutionizing the traditional Chinese garden and architecture with a uniquely western perspective. Also, it is a classic planning project and was designed by I.M. Pei and Chen Chi-Kwan. The campus exudes an aura of peace and poetry while masterly balancing the school's intense activities.

However, as the student enrollment increases rapidly, the school hungers for a new dormitory. The new building has to fuse into the unique atmosphere. Moreover, it should present the future of student dorms. Neverthe less, what kind of dorm life do the nowadays students need?

As cell-phones and all kinds of digital products occupying our attention, modern students have lost the capability to perceive the surroundings. It is a vast pity, especially for Tunghai University's students. School should not only instruct knowledge but also mature students' minds by mak ing them reflect from their surroundings. Therefore, as classrooms offer space to absorb, dormitories play a vital role in providing space to reflect .

The project is a group of dormitories that focus on letting students put down their phones and immerses into Tunghai University's inspiring surrounding. Hopefully, they will self-reflect and take back the peace.

Year: 2016/02-2016/06 Location: Taichung, Taiwan Category: Academic Instructor: Yoshawn Shieh Tool: Sketch, Oil Paintings, Physical Models, Rhino, V-Ray, Autocad, Ai, Ps, Id

Social context: Modern students often lack of self-awareness Nowadays, we wrapped everything. We spend a lot of time shopping for clothes, not improve our selves. We invent numerous decorating strategies for architecture and spend less time optimizing spatial quality. The kids that grow up in this generation tend to cover themselves. What is worse, they did it so subtly that they seldom notice.

Shut down people when they question.

Ignore the surroundings.

Difficult to empathize with others.

Express the wrong emotions.

Modern students spend less time reflecting and evaluat ing thoughts. For this reason, they often blindly follow others. To exemplify, a student believes that he needs to take the expensive courses due to his idol’s strong recommendation without thinking about value and gain personally.

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“To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.”

To instruct students comprehensively, the schools should provide spaces to reflect . The campus should have places guiding students to put down their phones and start thinking about what they have learned, the meaningful goal, and how they will pursue it . Therefore, they could significantly build their own identity from the time they spend with themselves.

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Strategy: Create a dorm for students to reflect

Students

Survey

Activity

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S elf

S chool

Personal

Genius Loci

Experience

The aura of

Painting

the pure campus

Analysis

Planning

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Existing dorms

Architecture Design

Survey: When and how do students lose their attention?

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Research: Simulation, projection and empathy • Simulation: People define others' mental states by t racking or matching these states with resonant conditions of one's own.

• Projection: People defend themselves against their unconscious impulses or qualities by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others.

• Empathy: People understand another person's experience or feeling as if they were experiencing it , but without the self experiencing.

Genius loci: Capture the aura of the campus’s peace t

hrough my personal experience in Tunghai Univeristy

Site: Tunghai University planning analysis

Site

Aca de mi c Are a 2

A men ities Acad imic Are a1

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District

Major Axis

Circulation

The main active zones and

The main concept of

The entrance and walkways

their characters

Tunghai Uni. master plan

in Tunghai Uni.

Neighboring Programs

Plant Density

Circulation in the dorm

The intersection of the two

The open and enclosed

The entrance and the walk-

academic ares and amenities

boundaries around the site

ways connecting to school

Court

Mal e Do rm Male Dorm

Te a chi ng B ui l di ng s Fa cul t y Ho us i ng

Caf e teria Nursing House Fac ul t y Fe m ale Housi ng Do rm

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Context: Tunghai University’s existing dorm form analysis

Strategy

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Privacy and Multi-level Belongings

The east-west skywalk leads the students to

Everyone owns a private and personal sanctu -

watch sunrises and sunsets every day; the endless

ary (reading box); multi-publicity (roommates &

walkway makes students slow down and reflect .

dormmates)creates a wide range of belongings.

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2F Plan - Entrance floor - Dining area - Public kitchen

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reflecton corners

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3F Plan - Quadruple room: sleeping (chatting) - Quadruple room: studying (sanctuary) - Public toilet and a small terrace

4F Plan - Quadruple room: sleeping (chatting) - Quadruple room: studying (sanctuary) - Public toilet and a small terrace

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03 . We a v in g Organicismal space could free the restriction of people's minds. Also, it subverts the hierarchy of form and concept .

Traditionally, western philosophy emphasizes logocentrism and phonocentrism. Its excludability and uniqueness restrict the freedom of thinking. For example, we often prefer direct talking instea d of indirect writing, which is often regarded as incomplete representation. In other words, we usually choose the design concepts rather than the forms, which are often considered as a tool for presenting the ideas.

At the end of the twentieth century, deconstruction criticizes western philosophy's fundamental conceptual distinction by challenging modern architecture's functionalist aesthetic.

For instance, Frank Gehry used radical geometries, irregular forms, and complex, dynamic constructions.

Based on the experience and the advancement of technology, this project develops a new de sign strategy through the computation and the observation of spider silk's molecular. Hopefully, we could subvert the tradition and search for the leap of people's minds.

Year: 2015/09-2016/01 Location: Category: Academic Instructor: Jeongder Ho Tool: Sketch, Physical Models, Rhino, Grasshopper, V-Ray, Autocad, Ai, Ps, Id

Prototype: The molecular structure of spider dragline silk Spider silk is a composite material with a hierarchical structure. It is thought to be composed mainly of four proteins. The silk could possess various ca pabilities, such as strength or elasticity, by slightly adjusting the silk's proportion and construction.

The construction process, forming analysis, and space strategy

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04. T i me Mu se u m Art is an abstraction.

Architecture is an art .

Architecture is an abstraction.

(Milton Stricker, 2010) Many relationships between abstraction and architecture have always been through nature.

The abstraction process gives a way to see nature and how to build a connection to architecture. The process is based on the spirit of nature. The complex power of natural phenomena can be stripped down through abstrac tion, simplified, studied, and shifted into dynamic design possibilities.

In this project , my architectural design concept was transformed from the concept model, which captured the time's instant and permanence. To be more specific, I let the tree branch burn in a mold while pouring polyeste r resin to cast . By doing so, I could layer the moments by collecting the ashes that were converted at different times. At the same time, the polyester resin froze the burning branch. Eventually, I designed a museum using the concept as a visit ing route. This project also integrated the landscape design and the urban design to empower the visiting experience- notice the time.

Year: 2015/03-2015/04 Location: Taichung, Taiwan Category: Academic Instructor: Haohsiu Chiu Tool: Sketch, Physical Models, Casting Polyester Resin, Rhino, V-Ray, Autocad, Ai, Ps, Id

Concept Model: Capture the moments and the whole process of burning the branch

10 mins

30 mins

50 mins

100 mins

Steps: 1. Located the branch at the center of the empty mold and fired.

2. Pour the polyester into the mold about 1cm thick every ten minutes.

3. The wind slightly blew the ashes away from the branch, and they landed on the polyester's surface.

4. The scattering ashes covered the polyester's surface.

5. Repeated from step 2-pour the next round of polyester- until the fire went out .

6. Ashes were layered in the polyester and marked the particular moments.

Notation

Continuing and Instant

Versatile Instants

Time Web

The red part is the continuing

The sizes were precisely no-

Each black web presents a pe -

element . The black points are

tated from the concept model.

riod of pouring, while the red

the instant elements, and the

The inner were often bigger,

net indicates a moment losing

darker means newer.

while the outer were smaller.

a big piece of scorched barks.

Site: The blocked view and the view through gaps

Surrounding Buildings The

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the site. I linked the specific

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side. The darker region indi-

spaces and created a unique

verse programs.

cates a more oppressive area.

route as a visiting walk path.

buildings

by

The

neighboring

The view through Gaps

Concept: Visit the time

Maze with the Landscape

The Grid-displayed Exhibits the

exhibits

in

Pavilions from the Main Building

Create a time lag by walking

Display

a

In the main building, people

to a place with an unexpected

grid-arrangement that could

could look down at the maze

time due to the maze and then

be the references helping visi-

and notice they had already

realizing the time lag.

tors measure the distance.

been on the time journey.

Concept: Maze in the grid -> Time lag

GF Plan - Maze landscape - Exhibits in grid - Experi ence time

Concept: Mirror exhibition center with missing cubes -> Notice the time

B1F Plan - Entrance plaza - Service desk - Toilet - Storage

1F Plan - Museum - Classroom - Preparation room - Storage

2F Plan - Musuem - Multipurpose room - Big meeting room - Storage

3F Plan - Museum - Resting area - Storage - Toilet

4F Plan - Cafe and bar - Kitchen - Meeting room - Toilet

Section A - Cross visiting path

A

05. T he H id d e n Riv e r Central District is an urban district in Taichung City, the western of Central Taiwan. Although it locates at the heart of the city, it has declined in recent years, and the collective memory has seen removal.

In the Japanese era, the area saw mass development . The government adopted a grid plan at a human scale and built the central train station. Also, recreational activities were available at the riverside. The riverbank was framed in trees that brighten up the natural landscape, and the citizen enjoyed night walk and boat tours. However, under the Republic of China, the roads are too tight to accommodate for modern growth. Therefore, new districts to the west proliferated, and the Central District has declined. In 2010, Taichung City Hall moved away from the Central District to the West District . The river in the Central District was lack of maintenance and even caused an unpleasant odor. Additionally, the government constructed roads above the stinky river to avoid the issue. What was worse, they hid the precious river and eliminate d the urban public spaces at the riverside.

The project is a community activity center, located at the intersection of the city main road and the hidde n river. The project reveals the hidden river and creates various kinds of urban river landscapes to reconstruct its collective memory. Hopefully, the citizen could find their childhood memory here and build the new one.

Year: 2014/10-2015/01 Location: Taichung, Taiwan Category: Academic Instructor: Mengchi Hsueh Tool: Sketch, Physical Models, Rhino, V-Ray, Autocad, Ai, Ps, Id

Urban Context: Taichung City's Central District

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1910

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Hi d d e n r ive r

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Ex hib it ion

O u td oor ga rd en Theater

5m

Underground River

River Path's History

Urb a n ga rd e n

Re s o u rce

The Past River Uses

O u td o o r Cre a t ive Com m unit y e n t ra n ce ce n te r center

District Plan

Massing development

Reveal

Urban Garden

Link

Insert Program

Urban Path

View the Comm unity

Community Terrace

Weaken the Massing

Diagram Ho te l / Restaurant

Co mmu n i ty c e n te r

Gym Swi mmin g p o o l

St a i r p l a z a Wa te r p l ay i n g s p a ce

Co m m unit y- op en p e r fo rmance corner

Ex h i b i tion center

To u ri s t c e n te r

Ci ty the a te r

En t ra n ce p o o l

Urb a n im age p laz a

Program

Circulation & Urban Space

Concept: Urban river landscape-> R A

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06 . X i n g l o n g Pu b l ic H o u sing The project creates a peaceful place for tenants by simpli fying all the decorations or materials to mitigate sensory stimulation.

Year: 2017/08-2020/08 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Category: Professional Company: Yo Shawn Shieh Architects Tasks: Plan development , Elevation development , Landscape design, Rendering

Plan

GF Plan

2F Plan

3F Plan

SF Plan

Facade Details glass set to a minimum depth 9,9nn㾔テ⒥匯▗䕊䘒虃䇿虄 of 80mm, then pointed with silicone ⪥䏕5/6y:/6dn棱䩩虃O8/3虄 hydrotect ceramic tile, 45x95mm, stripe, gray ⪥䏕5/6y:/6dn棱䩩虃21S!6023虄 hydrotect ceramic tile, 45x95mm, stripe, brick red 㮢ⷳ佩 F.L.

alum. composite panel, 3/6u!摐㤎䉳䂕 2.5mm, dark gray hydrotect ceramic tile, ⪥䏕5/6y:/6dn棱䩩虃O 5虄 45x95mm, stripe, dark gray hydrotect ceramic tile, ⪥䏕5/6y:/6dn棱䩩虃O8/3虄 45x95mm, stripe, gray extruded stainless steel hand㐅㏚!QM.6nny211nn⵻ᾜ斌撋㤎 rail, satin finish, Φ40mm 5dnȼ.3uᾜ斌撋䴰虇㵪企棱埤䖕 laminated glass 9,9nn㾔テ⒥匯▗䕊䘒虃䇿虄 =8mm Gray FT +0.89mm SGP +8mm Gray FT balustrade, stainless bar, 䱚㨎!QM.:nnᾜ斌撋㤎 brushed finish, 15x50cm, t=9mm hydrotect ceramic tile, ⪥䏕5/6y:/6dn棱䩩虃O9/6虄 45x95mm, stripe, light gray

㮢ⷳ佩 F.L.

alum. U-profile channel D.71y41y21y3/4nn擜摔⤚撋 60x30x2.3mm hydrotect ceramic tile, ⪥䏕5/6y:/6dn棱䩩虃21S!6023虄 45x95mm, stripe, brick red

溪㗵

Diagram 䶇⻡䮰㋮㨀 RF: Rooftop garden 䔆ㄲ㋮㨀例 Cohere the community by 䶇⋽憶㋮㨀˚⟡✗ῄ㰛㋮㨀˛ learning from the garden

ⰲ ⰲ

㸂⻉㋮㨀例

4F-20F: Residence &2 㸂憶㋮㨀˚⻉㢫䉐㸂憶㋮㨀 ˛ The surrounding and private 䮧僤㋮㨀例 balcony in all 340 dwellings 㗌⸟䮧僤㋮㨀 ⣽㮣䮧僤˚䩡媦 䮧僤˚䅎㗵䮧僤 ˛ ⁌⺞㋮㨀例

3 F: Administration ⮋ⅎ䒗⡪㋮㨀˚㰛岮㹷㋮㨀˚㱀㰛 The public housing adminis❪✥㔠╫㋮㨀 ˛ tration for storag e and re 㙡ㅎ⻡䮰㋮㨀pairment 㙡ㅎ䶇䤥⌧㋮㨀

✗ ἶ ᷧ ṳ ᷰ ⅘

3F: Artifact 㙡ㅎ曢塏˚㙡ㅎ㰛塏˚㙡ㅎ䆪㰊塏˛ Gym, laundry, and 䮧僤䮈䏭㋮㨀 multipurpose room

僤㹷䮈䏭䳢䵘˚㙡ㅎ䅎㗵䳢䵘˛ 岮姱态Ὲ䳢䵘

2F: Social Bu reau ⻊⟆䶙巖㎌⎽˚㛰䷁曢好˚ Caring center for kids under ⅓⅘⻊㒔˚䤥⌧岮姱䛲㝦˛ 12 in the neighborhood 䶃⏯Ἧ䷁㋮㨀

䳢䵘Ἧ䷁㕛⏯˚曢ῈἯ䷁˚岮姱Ἧ䷁˚ ℰ乽檏⹠Ἧ䷁˚㛰䷁曢好Ἧ䷁˛ GF: Residence lobby Mailbox area, lounge, and 䳢䵘㕛⏯㋮㨀 reception Ḕ⤕䛊㎎䳢䵘˚⼘曢䳢䵘㕛⏯˚ 僤㹷䮈䏭䳢䵘˚⁃庱⠛䮈䏭䳢䵘˛

GF: Community center The community hall and the village's chief 's office

✗ 䤥 䤥 惤

✗ 䤥 䤥 㕮 ⮝

✗ 䤥 䤥 䤥 ⯍ 㯸 㕮

0 7. J i u fen H otel B u il d in g The project create a hotel in a mountain resort for tourists to rest by integrating with the surrounding geography and the neighboring tourist attraction- Jiufen Street .

Year: 2019/02-2020/08 Location: New Taipei, Taiwan Category: Professional Company: Yo Shawn Shieh Architects Tasks: Facade system development , Detail design, Landscape design, Rendering, Supervision

Landscape

Detail C

D e ta i l A

D e ta i l B

L o b by Re s ta u ra n t

GF Plan Facade and lighting

Entrance Day

Facade Day

Entrance Night

Facade Night

Detail D

Facade details

laminated glass =8mm Clea FT +0.89mm SGP +8mm Gray FT

15.0

baluster bracket, brushed finish, 6x10cm,

stone tiles 30x30cm, 3mm

engineered soil with plantings, 50cm seperation fabrication drainage gravel 10cm drainage cell panel, 5cm cement screed, sloped 1.5%

U-profile slotted stainless handrail tube, 20x22mm

U-profile slotted stainless handrail tube, 20x22mm

cement screed, sloped 1.5%, 3-5cm

laminated glass =8mm Clear FT +0.89mm SGP +8mm Gray FT

bituminou seal 5mm vapor barrier and insulation

balustrade, stainless bar, brushed finish, 15x50mm

insulation reinforced concrete

126.0

7.0

CBU

156.0

alum. composite panel, black

15.0

4.0

31.0

45.0

drip edge, 15x15mm

93.0

15.0

4.0

reinforced concrete 75.0

ceramic tile, 45x95mm, stripe, light gray

78.0

engineered soil with plantings, 60cm seperation fabrication drainage gravel

18.0

32.0

parapet capping with drip edge

natural stone 60x120cm

15.0

cement screed, sloped 1.5%, 3-5cm

drainage cell panel, 10cm cement screed, sloped 1.5% insulation reinforced concrete

sand layer vulcanized rubber mat bituminous seal PU-expanded plastic slab vapor barrier

85.0

15.0

155.0

5.0 4.0

31.0

close lightly peddle, 5cm drainage pipe Φ12cm

51.0

reinforced and filling concrete, recessed tray covers sewage pipe, Φ25cm

18.0

45.0

engineered soil with plantings, 60cm seperation fabrication drainage gravel drainage cell panel, 10cm cement screed, sloped 1.5% insulation reinforced concrete

15.0

18.0

U-profile slotted stainless handrail tube, 20x22mm laminated glass =8mm Clear FT +0.89mm SGP +8mm Gray FT

10.0

85.0

15.0

155.0

parapet capping 5.0 with drip edge balustrade, stainless bar, brushed finish, 15x50mm 51.0 close lightly peddle 15.0

reinforced concrete

Detail D

15.0

baluster spider, glass supporter

drainage pipe Φ12cm

30.0

reinforced concrete

Detail C

85.0

95.5

Detail B

18.0

reinforced and filling concrete, recessed tray covers sewage pipe, Φ25cm

15.0

baluster spider, glass supporter

Detail A

reinforced concrete

242.0

alum. composite panel, gold

ceramic tile, 45x95mm, forest side, light gray

close lightly peddle, 5cm cement screed, sloped 1.5%, 3-5cm

157.0

ceramic tile, 45x95mm, forest side, dark gray

15.0

vulcanized rubber mat bituminous seal PU-expanded plastic slab vapor barrier

4.0

extruded alum. ceiling system

parapet capping

sand layer

78.0

false ceiling shadow gap, 15x15mm

82.0

natural stone 60x120cm

5.5

exhaust air pipe Φ10cm

246.0

32.0

4.0

10.0 25.0

outdoor ceiling recessed lights

78.0

alum. composite panel, gold

ceramic tile, 45x95mm, forest side, gray

15.0 60.0

filling with concrete

ceramic tile, 45x95mm, forest side, dark gray

alum. composite panel, black

126.0

cement screed, sloped 1.5% 3-5cm

drainage, gravel Φ3-5cm

15.0

ceramic tile, 45x95mm, forest side, light gray

15.0

30.0 10.0

Academic works

2016 Immigrant Center Concept

2015 City Library

2015 City Image Installation

2015 City Center

2014 Housing Park

2013 Exhibition Pavi llion

2014 Bridge Concept

2014 Bridge Structure

2014 Temporary Livin g Unit

2013 Bookstore

2013 Interactive Installation

2012 Conceptual Installation

Professional works

2020 Social Media Workspaces

2019 Social Media Workspaces

2019 Housing Sales Office

2019 Jiufen Resort Complex Park

2019 Startup Workspace

2018 Social Media Workspaces

2018 Communal Workspaces

2018 Lin Residence

2018 Lin Residence

2017 Private Ashes Retrieval Room

2016 Hotel

2016 Restaurant

Chunghan Huang +886-973-092-874 chwong0314@me.com Taoyuan, Taiwan