portfolio by katherine chan
Resume
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Time
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Movement
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Form
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Space
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Time + Movement + Form = Space
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A Family Portrait
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expression in the continuum
kinetic art
exploration through photography, metalwork, and sculpture
Index
visual exploration of New York City
without time, movement, and form, space has no context
the notion of ancestry and form
Move to Shape
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Set Design
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Observational Drawing
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an experiment in movement and shape
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail: space through moving forms over time
drawings from life
Studies of Architecture
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weekly drawing assignments exploring New York City
Drafting
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interpreting space through section and elevation
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KATHERINE CHAN
kmc2167@columbia.edu ∙ 203‐621‐8600
EDUCATION Columbia University, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, New York, NY Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, May 2012. Relevant Coursework: Making the Metropolis, Structural Design, Urban Infrastructure Systems, Basic Drafting, Western Architecture, Design Fundamentals Using Advanced Computer Technologies, Principles of Economics, Introduction to Statistics, Uncertainty and Risk
WORK EXPERIENCE Buro Happold Consulting Engineers New York, NY 2013‐Present Graduate Structural Engineer – Facades o Develops facades details with energy, structural, and fabrication principles with project architect and team members. o Completes structural analysis of ETFE in cushions in NDN and thermal analysis in LBNL suite. o Projects include Atlanta Falcon’s Stadium (GA), Singapore Jewel, small residential specialty projects Buro Happold Consulting Engineers New York, NY 2012‐2013 Facades Full‐Time Intern o Attended weekly coordination meetings with clients and managed multiple projects simultaneously. o Performed calculations, designed, and developed facades details and systems with associates and technical director. o Projects include 435 West 50th Street (NY), Lynn University Business School (FL), WTown Biomes (China).
Art Smart Marketing and Social Media Intern New York, NY Spring 2012 o Developed content for custom art and architectural excursions for New York City and international cities. o Created presence on social media platforms and reach out to press and media weekly.
SpecSimple Research Intern o Conducted architecture and civil engineering industry research. o Developed search engine for material characteristics and specification numbers.
New York, NY, Summer 2010
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Civil Engineering Research New York, NY 2011 Team Member o Developed concrete mixtures with recycled aggregate and natural fibers in a team of three. o Tested models with stress and strain tests every week.
LEADERSHIP American Society of Civil Engineers Social Chair New York, NY 2010 ‐ 2012 o Organize events and fundraisers on an executive board of five, specifically to promote student‐professor interactions. o Serve as a mentor to two first‐year students interested in Civil Engineering.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Art Director/Set Designer New York, NY 2011 o Designed and built all the sets while managing a team of eight designers i.e. lighting and sound. o Directed weekly design meetings and attended and work shopped rehearsals three times a week. 116th and 115th Varsity Show (the oldest student‐run theater production at Columbia University) Prop Designer New York, NY 2008‐2010 o Designed, produced, and purchased all props and set dressing pieces. o Selected as one of a 10 person design team out of more than 50 students.
SKILLS Cantonese (Fluent) and basic written Chinese, Spanish (basic), AutoCAD, SJ MEPLA, LBNL (THERM, WINDOW, OPTIX), NDN, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,
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Time
"I am a part of all that I have met," Lord Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses Collage 2008 This line from Tennyson's poem embodies the idea of time, a concept nested in moments we experience as a collected whole. Every moment is experienced as a compilation of past experiences. We affect every person we come in contact with and vice versa. Our hearts are shaped by the lives of others.
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Movement Wall Collage
Collage Mural 2008 Kinetic Art: A study of color and movement. When the viewer walks past the collage, the papers flutter exposing their white backs, contrasting with the colors.
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Form
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Exploration through Photography, Metalwork, and Sculpture 2010 Organic shapes of grapes on a vine inspired form of soldered rings. Those contours are expressed through vellum woven together with fish wire, presented on a linear plane and hung in the air, allowing for translucency and form. Katherine Chan
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Space 'Twas a Rainy Day
Multimedia on Paper, 2009 An illustration out of a children's book exploring New York City as a dreamscape, a visual adventure through space.
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Time + Movement + Form = Space
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Inspired by Chinese calligraphy, the intention to present the familial structure transformed from traditional 2-D characters to 3-D sculpture.
A Family Portrait Sculpture of Foam Core, Paint, Glue, 2007
A Family Portrait
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Exploration of Movement and Shape 2011
The contours resulting from pulling the elastic blue putty embodies movement. To explore the concept of contours and shapes representing movement, the contours were discretized with geometric parallelograms. This translated to dance and the human form, as moving the body is to truly experience and feel the shape.
Stills from Pull-Apart 2011
Series of Oak Tag Models 2011
Move to Shape
Stills from Movement Exercise with Gillian Rhodes
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Plywood, Rope, Castors, Paint, Stain, Nails 2011
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The set for The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail was conceived by positioning a moveable platform at different parts of the playing space and coordinating music and lighting.
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Set Design
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The Boat: Platform pulled across the stage with ropes by actors to present movement
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Transition from the field to the jail cell
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The Jail Cell: Boat is overturned to be a bed
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Dream: a psychedelic nightmare created with light show and music sequence
Courtesy: Ajit C. Pillai
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Leaves, Chalk Pastel on Bristol 2007
Figure Drawing, Chalk Pastel on Butcher Paper 2007
Observational Drawing
Observe: Binder and Marker, Pencil on Paper 2008
Light and Mirror, Chalk Pastel on Butcher Paper
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Notre Dame (119th Street and Morningside Drive) Studies, Pen on
Introduction to Western Architecture:
Weekly drawing assignments to buildings around New York City, related to classroom material focused on context, style, and genre.
Convent of the Sacred Heart (E 91st Street and Fifth Ave) Studies,
Studies of Architecture
Guggenheim Museum Study, Pen on Paper 2011 Katherine Chan
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Final Project in a Basic Drafting class at Parsons the New School for Design:
Hotel Lobby. Digital image. Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago. Trump Chicago. Web. 9 July 2011. <http://www.trumpchicagohotel.com/Hotel_Overview/Hotel_Overview.asp>.
Analyze a space from a photograph into a set of elevation, section, floor, and reflected ceiling plans. The space here is the lobby of the Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago.
Drafting
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Final Project in a Basic Drafting class at Parsons the New School for Design:
Hotel Lobby. Digital image. Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago. Trump Chicago. Web. 9 July 2011. <http://www.trumpchicagohotel.com/Hotel_Overview/Hotel_Overview.asp>.
Analyze a space from a photograph into a set of elevation, section, floor, and reflected ceiling plans. The space here is the lobby of the Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago.
Drafting
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