Selected Architecture Works
Nai Hua Chen
p o r t f o l i o
2015 | 2018
C EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
HARRISON ATELIER - brooklyn,ny intern | feb 2018 - present
rhino maya autocad 3ds max
PRATT INSTITUTE - brooklyn,ny
graduate design assistant | aug 2017 - present
NTU BUILDING & PLANNING FOUNDATION - yilan, taiwan intern | jun 2017 - jul 2017
NAI HUA CHEN naihua.a.chen@gmail.com +1 347-819-8924 | +886 922-223-900
PRATT INSTITUTE - brooklyn,ny structure teaching assistant | aug 2016 - may 2017
National Taiwan University - taipei, taiwan spanish teaching assitant | sep 2013 - dec 2014
HSNU Alumni Association, NTU - taipei, taiwan
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coordinator of alumi evets| sep 2011 - dec 2014
EDUCATION Pratt Institute - brooklyn, ny m.arch i, architecture | aug 2015 - may 2018
Technical University of Madrid - madrid, spain exchange program | jan 2015 - jun 2015
photoshop illustrator indesign aftereffect maxwell v-ray mental ray keyshot
LANGUAGE & OTHER PROFICIENCY chinese taiwanese english spanish C / C++ java python PHP / HTML
National Taiwan University - taipei, taiwan
b.s., computer science and information engineering minor in civil engineering | sep 2011 - jun 2015
HONORS Architecture Merit Scholarship
pratt institute | aug 2015 - may 2018
HONORABLE MENTION
design competition “SHELTER 48: FIRST AID KITS” eleven magazine | jan 2018
PUBLISHMENT WILLAMSBURG HOUSING PROJECT InProcess 2018, pratt institute
STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL PROJECT InProcess 2018, pratt institute
DETROIT SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT InProcess 2019, pratt institute
CONTENTS project 01 | williamsburg housing project ESTRANGED
project 02 | DETROIT SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT AUTOMOBILE HOUSE
project 03 | STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL PROJECT REVERSE
project 04 | pier 14 school project UNDER THE BRIDGE
project 05 | 140 broadway pavilion project MEET AT GROUND 'What are you thinking?' 'I'm thinking about people, city, and architecture.'
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WILLIAMSBURG HOUSING PROJECT ESTRANGED
Master of architecture Fall 2016 Critic: Erich Schonenberger
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'Explore the place we live, experience the daily scene when they are potential in every sense. The simple obejct could be developed into unexpected and surprising quality. And we live in here, with new attitude.'
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illiamsburg has a complex history for its location which is near the East River. Historically, the population grew with the thriving goods transportation industry. Because of different backgrounds of immigrants, the vast and various builidngs have been 'co-living' in Williamsburg . This project is therefore aim to rethink the diversity of Williamsburg community, and to design with the potential of daily architectural moment. The adaption of 'estranged' talks about the rich layers in the neighborhood.
site school
dinning / store
bank
supermarket
residential
recreation center
main transportation
bus stop
secondary transportation
population density
pedestrian path
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N 4th St. & Driggs Ave, Williamsburg
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Ebrownstone staircase, gradually losing it
xtracting the moment from the original
_OBJECT MOMENT
orginal definition.
Cmaintaing the details, meanwhile having
ontinuing the formal study emphasizing
_ESTRANGED
_AGGREGATION & COMPLEXITY
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estranged process in each dimension with different strategies.
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ggregation forms the massing regarding Williamsburg neighborhood, considerď€ ing its circulation, porsisty and the connecď€ tion between each unit.
MASSING STUDY
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third floor plan
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ground floor plan
CIRCULATION A
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he idea of estrange is also introduced the interior, as there is no more boudary between inside and out side. The irregular walls enable dynamic organization of the plan, section and circulation. The units coul adapt the concept to their unique layout of the interior: the curve follows foyer, clothes room, or formed as a bath tub.
balcony
untis plan detail
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ANGLED PLATE EMBEDDED WELDED STEEL WOOD FLOOR FINISH FIRE STOP 8" CONCRETE SLAB CONNECTION ROD POLYURETHANE VAPOR BARRIER SUSPENDED GYPSUM BOARD CEILING REF.
DETAIL 1
LENTIL THERMAL BREAK
wall/flush glazing
BACKER ROD AND WEATHERSEAL METAL FLASHING MULLION 1" INSULATED GLAZING GLASS
TRANSVERSE SECTION 2
A-100
WALL TO FLUSH GLAZING DETAIL
METAL FLASHING EXTERIOR WATERPROOF ANGLED BRACKET CONNECTION
BACKER ROD AND WEATHERSEAL INTERIOR METAL FLASHING CONNECTION ROD
FIRE STOP
slab/curved wall connection
ANGLED PLATE EMBEDDED WELDED STEEL
LONGITUDINAL SECTION 3
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A-100
SLAB TO CURVED WALL CONNECTION DETAIL
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INTERIOR RENDERING
NIGHT RENDERING | ENTRANCE
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DETROIT SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT automobile house
Master of architecture Fall 2017 - Urban Relation Critic: James Garrison
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‘Detroit, once the greatest automobile city in the world. Let’s find its potential in housing design. As devoting in economical, structural and efficient implementation, we find its dynamic appeal to this rising city.
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Dwith the development of industries, the immigrants etroit has been an automobile city for a long period,
mixed use program
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adaptive reuse
are gradually rooted here. The concept of the proposal focuses on bringing density to the community, and the unts could be adpated in any condition, interwaving different groups of people.
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section A-A’
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ADAPTIVE REUSE | ROOF TOP
unit plans
1'-0"
0'-11"
0'-9"
1'-0"
4'-1/4"
17'-1/4"
28'-1/4"
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2 bds
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1'-0"
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A COMMERICAL STREET B
ADPATIVE REUSE
C OPEN PROGRAM
1 bd
studio
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D PRIVATE PROGRAM E COMMUNITY AREA
NEIGHBORHOOD PROPOSAL | 3RD FL PLAN 25
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modulAR connection details
Unit SECTIONS 9'-0"
4'-1/4" 4'-1/4"
2'-6" 2'-6"
12'-0"
12'-0"
1'-6"
1'-6"
12'-0"
12'-0"
9'-0"
28'-1/4" 28'-1/4"
channel column
grout adhensive bolt connection
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MODULAR ASSEMBLY
pillar beam
4”D CHANNEL BEAM & COLUMN
4’ balcony offset for shadeing and acoustic blocking
INTERIOR CORRIDOR SYSTEM
elevation allows MEP SYSTEM
main framing structure module
BATH ROOM PIPING SYSTEM 18”
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30”
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INTERIOR RENDERING
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STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL REVERSE
Master of Architecture Spring 2017 CAP/IBS Studio Critic: Alexandra Barker Cooperate with: Michael Lu, Yu-Wei Wu
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'Buildig with the context, we appreciate the space, we appreciate the surroundings as well. Stockholm with its thriving energy embraces the public space, the concert hall is now with multi-definitions, a culturally aggregated point.'
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avg. month temperature
psychrometric chart: heating required
winter sunlight hours
summer sunlight hours
FINNBODA, STOCKHOLM
Tal context with the special condition of the site: it faces north he design intention is to take consideration the architectur
with two cliffs up to 150 feets high standing behind. As well with the high latitute where Stockholm is, the thermal perfro mance and the introduction to natural light are the most cu rial bases for us to design the concert hall into a reverse fashion.
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GENERATIVE MASSING ELEVATE UP TO HILL LEVEL SITE AREA
SHAPE
CONNECT TO THE HILL
MASSING STUDY
Ccade is designed with steel frame system in order to co-
onsidering the form and volumne of the massing,the fa-
operate with structure for pinning back to the floor plates.
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retention basin
sea level access
bicycle access public area
COATROOM
DN DN DN
BOX OFFICE DN
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UP
DN
CONTROL ROOM DN
DN
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STORAGE
OFFICE
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OFFICE
STORAGE STORAGE MEETING ROOM
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PERFORMER ACCOMMODATION ZONE
DINNING SPACE
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PERFORMER’S SUITE CONDUCTOR’S SUITE OFFICE
MAIN HALL LEVEL PUBLIC : LOBBY PRIVATE : BACKSTAGE A
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PUBLIC LOUNGE
AIR ROOM 1
Supply Air
Return Air
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DN
DN
DN
DN
DN
parking lots Supply Air
AIR ROOM 2
Return Air
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UP UP
ramp
SITE PLAN | ROOFTOP
outdoor hall main entrance
REHEARSAL HALL LEVEL A
B
MEP : AIR ROOM 1 MEP : AIR ROOM 2
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INTERIOR RENDERING | MAIN HALL
A
B
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ROOFTOP 125' - 0"
LOBBY LEVEL / BALCONY 76' - 0"
5TH FLOOR 61' - 2"
4TH FLOOR 52' - 10"
3RD FLOOR 27' - 0"
2ND FLOOR 16' - 0"
TRUCK LOADING AREA
1ST FLOOR 3' - 6" GROUND LEVEL 0' - 0"
WATER TABLE - 10' - 0"
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truck parking lot aperture | balcony loading area air room
SECTION A-A’ 1
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ROOFTOP 125' - 0"
LOBBY 80' - 0"
LEVEL 5 61' - 2"
LEVEL 4 52' - 10"
LEVEL 3 27' - 0"
LEVEL 2 16' - 0"
CRAWL SPACE
LEVEL 1 3' - 6" GROUND LEVEL 0' - 0"
WATER TABLE - 8' - 0"
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loading area air room main structure main hall panel layers main entrance
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SECTION B-B’ 5
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translucent facade | patterned mesh
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he materials are cement panel and glass. On the outthere are mesh panels installed as the first surface. The patterned mesh could provides semi-transparent effect for the whole building and make it lighter visually. It also blurs the hard boundary between opaque and transparent skin, for having more openness to the surrounding when experience the space.
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STRUCTURE DIAGRAM
boundary trusses secondary trusses
main trusses
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steel cable
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concrete floor slab
w. steel beam w18x60
hall trusses core | egress
STRUCTURE SYSTEM
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he structure and facade have been designed with an unď€ conventionally fashion with the supertruss as the main structure holding the entire building, and the use of caď€ bles enable floors plates and facade could be hung by them. The cables give the space a lighter feeling with the contrast to truss member, and also solve the problem of installation of giant colums.
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INTERIOR RENDERING | VISITORS LEISURE LEVEL
INTERIOR RENDERING | LOBBY LEVEL
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PIER 14 SCHOOL PROJECT UNDER THE BRIDGE
'Enjoy the waterfront. With the powerful space standing right beside the riverside. We see the scenary from different points of view. The bridge above is like a natural frame, to picture the New York City that we imagine.'
Master of architecture Spring 2015 - Context Critic: TheoHaris - David
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Pis East River in the front and FDR in the back. The iconic photo
ier 14 is located in the financial district, lower manhattan, where
taken from the site represents the secnario formed by the frame. The design is inspired by this powerful gesture, trying to create an architectural language which could form a framed space, which is the combination of horizontal elements and vertical component.
PIER 14
CONTINUE SPATIAL QUALITY FROM FDR
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MASSING GENERATING
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D E C
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top level
CIRCULATION RAMP
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middle level
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bottom level STAIR / ELEVATOR
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STRUCTURE EXPLOSION The site is near the water, the accessibility to open space for students is considered. The deď€ sign of each room hung in the middle is aim to create a open circulation for experiencing different sptial quality. Lifting the classroom also increases the playground area for stuď€ dents to do exercising and enjoy the play time.
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A B C D E a b e c d
rooftop playground restaurant / cafe music / dancing classroom auditorium administrative offices viewing platform gym basketball court science classrooms library 60
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bottom level
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middle level
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PROGRAMS:
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basketball field classrooms administrative office public space gym viewing platform ramp 62
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chool is a place for education and enjoyment. If architecture itself is a media which teaches the students the ways to perspect the surrounding, it would serve its best funcionality. Therefore,the design enhaces the contact with mixture of simplicity and complicity, provides the children an active way to interact with the society
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C-C' TRANSVERS SECTIONS | FRAMING
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RENDERING | GROUND ENTRANCE
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140 BROADWAY PAVILION meet at the ground
Master of architecture Fall 2015 - Introduction Critic: Peter Macapia
'What can geometry do? Look at that piece of work, the aggregation of elements is full of life! That is what geometry does.'
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m+s+m
s+p+s
MODULE GENERATION
Tgeneration the geometrical forms. The reduction of result from he project starts from stuying of how mathematical parameter could
mathematica maintains its main edges for the potential folding types.
s+p+m
Stion. The behavior of different elements performs differection study is one of the focus for geometry aggrega-
ently to form a unique sptial condition. The folding enables the diversity of a geometric unit to twist or combine with others, making it possible to have unlitimed geometry form.
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MODULE CONNECTION & SECTION STUDY
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FOLD & ATTACH 71
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Membrane : M
Panel : P
Structure : S
INTRO TO PLANE
Wenclsoure
e could start to take more about when when introduce plane into out system. The combination of structure and panel starts having clearer definition of archtiecture
Nrise. People start occupy space higher and higer;
owadays, manhattan has been occupied by high-
therefore, the concept of the pavilion project is try to bring people back to ground, re-sense the modern city. 3RD FLOOR PLAN
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S1 S2 P+P F+F E+E
S1-ATTACH
S2-FOLD E+E
COMBINATION
personal studio
expo room
personal studio
office access entrance
lounge
main hall meeting point
PLAN | SECTION underground path
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'I think I found my ugly beauty. It is what makes architecture great.'
COLLECTION MEDIA
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PROJECTS
&
PESONAL
WORKS
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Robatic Arm | FLOATING PAVILION Critic : Brian Ringley
Achitecture, the robatic arm technique also opens a new
s the rising of application of computer science on ar-
door for design. The project is to operate the robatic arm with parametric input, and then recording the form of the pavilion generated by the emitted particles. The project is also designed with unity interactive interface for detailed exploration.
interactive unity program
MOVEMENT RENDERING
PLANKTON Mechanics
Tredefinition of a gonddum model. Analyzing its me-
he animation proejct focuses on the dissambly and
chanical function and structure as exploring its potential. The object generates a series of movements according to the micmics of plankton. The project is designed with animation.
PLANKTON Mechanics: EVOlUTION
Fration of unit into another dimension. The application of grassollowing the previous study, the evolution is taking the explo-
hopper enables the units to perform under control. With three stages of operation, the final object could result in a different mechanical performance.
DANCE
Tgle element. The idea of generating forms in an logical he project is an experiment for the deformation of a sin-
mannar is inspired by the nurture of the nature, espicially the create like flower or microbe. They all give dynamic but organized forms, which could be further exploreed as architecture elements.
TO BE CONTINUED....
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