Selected Architecture Works
Nai Hua Chen
p o r t f o l i o
2015 | 2019
NAI HUA CHEN assoc. aia, leed ap
naihua.a.chen@gmail.com +1 347-819-8924 | +886 922-223-900
http://naihuachen.com https://issuu.com/naihua.chen
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EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
HARRISON ATELIER - brooklyn,ny designer | feb 2018 - present
rhino revit autocad 3ds max sketch up
PRATT INSTITUTE - brooklyn,ny
graduate design assistant | aug 2017 - may 2018
NTU BUILDING & PLANNING FOUNDATION - yilan, taiwan full-time intern | jun 2017 - jul 2017
PRATT INSTITUTE - brooklyn,ny structure teaching assistant | aug 2016 - may 2017
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY - taipei, taiwan
spanish teaching assistant | sep 2013 - dec 2014
HSNU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, NTU - taipei, taiwan coordinator of alumni events| 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
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY - taipei, taiwan
b.s., computer science and information engineering minor in civil engineering | sep 2011 - jun 2015
photoshop illustrator indesign aftereffect premier pro maxwell v-ray keyshot
LANGUAGE & OTHER PROFICIENCY chinese, taiwanese english spanish c / c++ c# / python css / html
PUBLICATIONS WILLAMSBURG HOUSING InProcess 2018, pratt institute
HONORS ARCHITECTURE MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
pratt institute | aug 2015 - may 2018
HONORABLE MENTION
DESIGN COMPETITION “SHELTER 48: FIRST AID KITS” eleven magazine | jan 2018
STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL
InProcess 2018, pratt institute
DETROIT SOCIAL HOUSING
InProcess 2019, pratt institute
URBAN CANYON
SOE 2017-2018, pratt institute
'What are you thinking?' 'I'm thinking about people, city, and architecture.'
CONTENTS
PROJECT 01 | STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL REVERSE
PROJECT 02 | DETROIT SOCIAL HOUSING AUTOMOBILE HOUSE
PROJECT 03 | WILLIAMSBURG HOUSING ESTRANGED
PROJECT 04 | PIER 14 SCHOOL UNDER THE BRIDGE
PROJECT 05 | PROFESSIONAL DESIGN WORK POLLINATORS PAVILION
PROJECT 06 | SHELTER 48 COMPETITION FIRST AID KITS
COLLECTION
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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 In charge: Massing, 3D modeling, structural design, detail drawings, rendering, model making, PM
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'Building with contexts, we appreciate spaces, we appreciate the surroundings as well. Stockholm with its thriving cultural energy embraces the public space, the concert hall is now with multi-definitions, a culturally aggregated point.'
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FINNBODA, STOCKHOLM
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avg. month temperature
psychrometric chart: heating required
winter sunlight hours
summer sunlight hours
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he design is carefully considered with the architectural context and the unique traveling condition of the site: it faces north with two cliffs up to 150 feets high standing behind. As well at the high latitute where Stockholm is, the thermal perfromance and introduction to natural light are the most curial bases for designing the concert hall with a reverse fashion.
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EVOLUTION
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nspired by the form and volumne of the building massing, the facade is specially designed with steel frame system in order to incorporate with the main structure with the floor plates pinned back to the facade.
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retention basin
sea level access
bicycle access public area
parking lots
ramp
SITE PLAN | ROOFTOP 8
outdoor hall main entrance
MAIN HALL LEVEL
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REHEARSAL HALL LEVEL
M-106 MEP : AIR ROOM 1 MEP : AIR ROOM 2
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INTERIOR RENDERING | MAIN HALL
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boundary trusses secondary trusses
main trusses
steel cable concrete floor slab
w. steel beam w18x60
hall trusses core | egress
STRUCTURE SYSTEM
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he structure and facade systems are designed with an unconventionally strategies that the supertrusses as the main structure, sustaining the entire building, and the use of steel cables allows floor plates and facade to be hung by trusses. The cables give the space a lighter feeling with the contrast to supertruss members. Meanwhile, they provide smooth circulation.
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cable to facade detail
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TRANSLUCENT FACADE | PATTERNED MESH
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nterior facade materials are cement panel and glass. Mesh panels are installed at the outter layer to provide shading. The patterned mesh performs 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 experiencing the space.
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truss to hill connection detail
parking | loading area aperture | balcony air room rehearsal hall main hall
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INTERIOR RENDERING | LOBBY LEVEL
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DETROIT SOCIAL HOUSING automobile house
Master of architecture Fall 2017 - Urban Relations 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 to economical, structural and efficient implementation, Detroit social housing redefines the value of automobile.’
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T Y S E L BAG N TOW AN C I MEX
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UNIT PLANS
A B C D E
COMMERCIAL STREET ADAPTIVE REUSE OPEN PROGRAM PRIVATE PROGRAM COMMUNITY AREA MAIN CIRCULATION
2 bds
COMMUNITY CIRCULATION
OIT ETR D WN NTO DOW
1 bd
studio
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MODULAR ASSEMBLY
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INTERIOR RENDERING
UNIT SECTIONS
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MODULAR CONNECTION DETAILS
channel column
grout adhensive bolt connection
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URBAN STRATEGIES COMMERCIAL
adaptive reuse
STAIR CORE
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mixed use
URBAN SECTION - MULTIPLE USES
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ADAPTIVE REUSE | ROOF TOP
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WILLIAMSBURG HOUSING ESTRANGED
Master of architecture Fall 2016 Critic: Erich Schonenberger
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'Explore the place we live, experience the daily scene when they inspire us in every sense. A simple object could be developed into unexpected architectual quality. And therefore we live in here, with the whole new attitude.'
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illiamsburg has a complex history for its location close to the East River. Historically, the population grew with the thriving goods-transportation industry. Because of different immigrants' backgrounds, the vast and various builidngs have been 'co-living' in Williamsburg. This project therefore aims to rethink the diversity of Williamsburg community, and to design with the potential of daily architectural moments. The adaption of 'estranged' talks about the rich layers of architecture in the neighborhood.
site school
dinning / store
bank
supermarket
residential
recreation center
main transportation
bus stop
secondary transportation
population density
pedestrian path
N 4TH ST. & DRIGGS AVE, WILLIAMSBURG
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_OBJECT MOMENT
_ESTRANGED
_AGGREGATION & COMPLEXITY
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xtracting the moment from the original brownstone staircase, gradually losing it orginal definition.
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ontinuing the formal study, emphasizing architectural details, meanwhile having estranged process in each dimension with different strategies.
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ggregation forms the massing regarding Williamsburg neighborhood, considering its circulation, porosity and the connection between each unit.
MASSING STUDY
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INTERIOR RENDERING
ground floor plan CIRCULATION A
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third floor plan
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he idea of estrange is also introduced into the interior, as there is no more boudary between inside and outside. The irregular walls enhance the idea of loosing dimensions in plan, section and circulation. The units could adapt this concept to their unique layout of the interior: the curve follows foyer, clothes room, or formed as a bath tub.
balcony
enlarged units plan
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wall/flush glazing
slab/curved wall connection
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TRANSVERSE SECTION
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
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NIGHT RENDERING | ENTRANCE
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PIER 14 SCHOOL UNDER THE BRIDGE
Master of architecture Spring 2015 - Context Critic: Theoharis David
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'Enjoy the waterfront. With that powerful FDR standing right beside the riverside. We see the scenes of city from different points of view. The bridge above is a natural frame, to picture the New York City that we imagine.'
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PIER 14
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ier 14 is located in the financial district, lower manhattan, with the East River in the front and FDR in the back. The iconic photo 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 dynamically frame the spaces, combining horizontal elements and vertical components.
EXPANDING SPATIAL QUALITY FROM FDR
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MASSING EVOLUTION
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CIRCULATION RAMP
middle level
STAIR / ELEVATOR
STRUCTURE EXPLOSION The site is near the water, the accessibility to open space for students is therefore carefully designed. The rooms hung in the middle of the building aim to create an open circulation for experiencing different sptial quality. Lifting classrooms also increases the playground area for students to do exercising and enjoy the play time.
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top level
bottom level
A B C D E F G H I J
rooftop playground restaurant / cafe music / dancing classroom auditorium administrative offices viewing platform gym basketball court science classrooms library 53
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PROGRAMS:
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basketball field classrooms administrative office public space gym viewing platform ramp
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chool is a place for education and enjoyment. If architecture itself is a media which teaches students the ways to perceive the surrounding, it would serve its best funcionality. Therefore, the design enhaces the experience of space with the mix of simplicity and complicity, provides children an active way to interact with the society.
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PROFESSIONAL DESIGN WORK POLLINATORS PAVILION
Professional Project at Harrison Atelier Construction in Spring 2019 Stone House Farm, Hudson, NY In charge: SD/DD, CD, fabrication & visualization
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‘How can we build habitat for the species that are foundational to our food production? Much remains unknown about the 4,000 species of solitary bees in America, we are here to explore more and co-live with these special strangers.’
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STONE HOUSE FARM, HUDSON NY 62
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1 A-501
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STRUCTURE
SOALR PANELS ROOF PANELS BATTERIES ROOF COMPARTMENTS BASE INNER RING ENTRANCE ARCH ROOF ORNAMENT
DOWEL STRUCTUAL MIDDLE RING
OUTER RINGI RIBS
SIMPSO
Collaborated
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ARUP
DECORATION COMPONENTS
FULL SCALE SECTION MODEL
CONCRETE FOUNDATION 4’
ON A34
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casting: panels prototype Collaborated with Ductal by LafargeHolcium
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ollinators Pavilion focuses on provid-
ing habitat for bee species. Panel design is essential for bees research. With UHPC, panels can be controlled within 3/4" thick and shaped like canopies to shelter bee nest. In the middle part of the pavilion, micro sencors and cameras are embedded on panels for tracking bees' behavior. With machine learning technology, the photos captured are sent to database for documentation and scientific research, which are in the collaboration with Miami University and American Museum of Natural History.
canopy: bee’s view VR rendering
1 A-501
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NIGHT RENDERING | AERIAL VIEW
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shelter 48 competition firtst aid kits
Competition :Eleven Magazine - Honorable Mention Jan 2018 Cooperate with Sunah Choi In charge: Concept design, topology drawings, main rendering
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‘When shelter is not only shelter, life after disaster has become stronger. Engaging in rebuilding our own home, even it is temporary, we are here to regain the strength, reimagine our community and we are ready to embrace recovery.’
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PACKAGE MANUAL & MULTIPLE USES
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he first aid kits could be assembled with great flexibility by users, depending on the size of family and needs. Such package comes with basic housing compoenets but could be utilized to maximum variation. Given manuals, the ideas of how people react to disaster can be translated into customized designs, so as to help reconstruct family both physically and mentally.
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COMMUNITY DWELLING UNITS : TOPOLOGY 76
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'I think I found my ugly beauty. It is what makes architecture great.'
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COLLECTION MEDIA
PROJECTS
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WORKS
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ROBATIC ARM | FLOATING PAVILION Critic : Brian Ringley
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s the rising of application of computer science in architecture, robatic arm technique also opens a new 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
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he animation proejct focuses on the dissambly and redefinition of a gonddum model. Analyzing its mechanical function and structure as exploring its potential. The object generates a series of movements according to the micmics of plankton's behavior. The project is designed with animation.
PLANKTON MECHANICS: EVOLUTION
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ollowing the previous study, the evolution is taking the exploration of unit into another level. The application of grasshopper enables the units to perform under desired control. With three stages of operation, the final object results in a different mechanical performance.
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