WORK SAMPLE OF AORAN CHEN Selected Works 2016 ~ 2021
AORAN CHEN ac5rb@virginia.edu, (+1)434-466-8861 Master of Architecture 2021, University of Virginia
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Urban "Hills" Towards a Non-Hierarchical Architecture Advanced Research Studio ALAR 8010, University of Virginia, 2020 Fall Individual Work Instructor: Robin Dripps Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Scheme Generation
introduce hills-like foundation
place solid volume
pull out volumes
create connections
Vision I: different space being hang up separately but with different connection to keep continuity II: Spatially overlaid to generate in-between spaces to connect/ define different territories III: blur the boundary of different levels, and moving people around I
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classrooms and studios
theater apartments
outdoor exhibit residential hall school library
commercial
exhibit hall
health care center
community center
Program Analyze
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Section pe
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Section Perspective This rendering shows different levels of connection happening, not only the vertical inner connection between inner, outer exhibition space and theater, and between school classrooms and library, but also the connection between the different patio of the project to the nearby urban context.
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Exhibit Area Rendering
Plan The rendering shows the exhibit space for students to present their work. The exhibit space is also open to the public. While the plan shows the internal and exterior relationship between apartments, theater and classrooms. Inside the apartment, four boxes sharing a courtyard, through the roof of the rehearsal room, theater and school are connected.
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Bamboo Yard
The Countryside Parlor Design in Longyan, China
Finalist, 2017 Guyu Cup National Sustainable Architecture Design Contest Duration: 05/13/2017-07/12/2017 Individual Work Tutor: Yuxin Cui Location: Longyan, Fujian, China
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Design Description The site is located in Peixie village, Fujian, China. The village is famous for its abundant bamboo resources and a set of factories which are related to the bamboo producing. However, the local master plan does not take the advantage of these resources, the factories are just simply placed individually on the site. The design focus on the relationship between the tourism and local bamboo industry. It is the best way to make use of the two parts to establish a multi-function rural parlor which will develop the local tourism, as well as the whole economy.
Master Plan Site Analysis resources
problems
local residential factories area
bamboo resources
factories lack of contact with the environment
factory form lacks of organization
view appreciating
family vacation
functions
manufacturing
exhibition
original factory
exhibition room
space feature
Viewing platform
courtyard
space combination
Shape Generation Analysis
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Take the bamboo manufacturing industry as an exhibit, place it in the factory, and set up visitors' circulation to visit
Factory Setting Analysis
original factories
adding exhibition areas
Volume Generation Analysis
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connecting two parts
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1. Lake 2. Stage 3. Exhibition Room I 4. Storage Area 5. Office 6. Manager's office 7. Factory Exhibition Room
8. Plywood Production Production Line 9. Bamboo Chopsticks Production Line 10.Bamboo Mat Production Line 11. Exhibition Room II 12. Courtyard 13. Multi-functional Hall 13. Toilet
Ground Floor Plan
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2-2 Section
South Elevation
Section Perspective of Exhibition Room
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Factory Perspective
Entrance Perspective
original steel frame structure
second floor tourist corridor tourists' streamline second floor tourist floor
bamboo production equipment
workers' streamline
factory original enclosure
factory original ground floor
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Fiction LA THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE@ HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD Core Studio ARCH 7020, University of Virginia 2020,Spring Individual Work Instructor: Luis Pancorbo Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, the site itself has a huge quantity of population while lacking open spaces at the meanwhile. Take this as my starting point, the site can be design as the central point of loop of the only 3 parks nearby. In terms of the building itself, two systems could be mixed together to make the program works.
OUTDOOR THEATER two syste ms spirally going up
Concept Diagram
Early Model
Site Analysis
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Facade
Column
Truss
Concrete Core
Concrete Wall
precasted Bubbled Slab
Structure Analysis
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section
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Entrance Perspective Structure & Program Analysis
Core
Theater Experimental Theater
Theater Archive Library Funds Outdoor reading Space Library Research Office Publishing Office Outdoor space Exhibition and Store
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Library perspective
Facade Detail
Construction Detail
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Hybridized Towers PublicSURplus@NYC.edu Public School in the 21st Century in NYC Core Studio ARCH 7010, University of Virginia Duration: 08/27/2019-12/18/2019 Group Work Collaborator: Qingqing Zhou Instructor: Matthew Jull Location: Manhattan, New york, NY Contribution: site research, conceptual design, Physical model and drawing
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The topic of our project is calling back to the urban fabric and improving the public experience of the open space. In terms of the site, besides the observation that it locates at the boundary of two neighbors - the fabric of these two areas are creating two different spatial experience- and fences in there make the open space unavailable for people, we take density into our consideration and make it as our starting point. Also, the rezoning codes is calling for a higher utilization of the space within a limited land. we draw our conclusion to decide our strategy towards the site is to maximize the density while at the same time increase the experience of space quality.
Master Plan
Massing Generation
Site Strategies
Integrate the public spaces on the site
Axon
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Ground Floor Plan
Public Space Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
The main concept of our design is to create another system of public spaces together with its own circulation and insert it in-between the towers with different programs like residential, office, community center and school, in order to make it hybridized.
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Restaurant Multi-function Room Viewing Platform
Gym
Shared auditorium Library Exhibition
Entertainment Space Riding & Skate park
South Elevation
Playing Field
East Elevation
Residential Office
Beam Column Grid Core
School
Regular Circulation
Structural System
Program Diagram
Section perspective
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Rammed Earth Creation The Countryside Resorts Design in Longyan, China Studio Project Duration: 03/01/2018-05/01/2018 Team Work Collaborator: Ziping Ye Tutor: Wei Yan Location: Longyan, Fujian, China Contribution: site research, conceptual design, modeling and drawing All the drawings in this portfolio are produced individually by Aoran Chen
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Master Plan
Site information
Hotel Axon
Hotel Generation Prototype
original sloping roof pile dwelling Multiple Program Composition
sloping roof architecture
flat roof architecture newly designed side height window ring road roof second floor of the rammed earth house lobby roof
cafe
Spatial form
staff rest room and luggage room
Program Generation
o r i g i n a l ex te r i o r rammed earth wall as background
Ground Floor Plan
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Villa Axon
Mansion Axon The villa is relatively small in scale. According to the architectural form, the elements of the hanging foot was used to adapt to the variable height difference of the site. At the same time, we used the elements of the sloping roof and the rammed earth wall to design this rustic building. The villa has a variable interior with clear division of public and private partitions.
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Vila Plan
Mansion Plan The mansion has a relatively big volume. According to the architectural form, the elements of the hanging foot was used to adapt to the variable height difference of the site. At the same time, we used the elements of the sloping roof and the rammed earth wall to design this rustic building. The mansion has a variable interior with clear division of public and private partitions.
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Sacred & Warm The Chapel + Senior accommodation Renovation in Sanming, China
2019 Graduate Design, Fuzhou University Duration: 03/05/2019-05/25/2019 Individual Work Tutor: Weiguo Zhu Location: Sanming, Fujian, China
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Master Plan
3F Plan
1F Plan
Entrance Perspective
2F Plan
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roof shading system roof garden
dormitory terrace
dropped ceiling
terrace
curtain wall believer staff
kitchen the aged
Circulation
concrete wall
open floor
classroom
cafeteria
elevator core
Physical Model
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Chapel worship Perspective - blinds closed
Chapel Daily used Perspective - blinds opened
Multi-Function curtain wall
When worshipers worship, the shutters set up on the curtain wall are closed to block the east and west lighting. Only the south facade cross window is used as the light source to ensure the sanctity of the environment. When the believers perform daily activities such as singing, they open the shutters for east and west daylighting, making the space spacious and bright, satisfying the daily use of singing, social and other uses of the believers to provide sufficient natural light.
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Historical Renovation
The Protection and Renewal of Zhu Zifang Historic District in Fuzhou, China Studio Project Duration: 05/03/2018-07/03/2018 Team Work Collaborator: Ziping Ye Tutor: Wei Yan Site: Fuzhou, Fujian, China Contribution: site research, conceptual design, modeling and drawing All the drawings in this portfolio are produced individually by Aoran Chen
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pingshan mountain
subway west lake
site yushan mountain
wushan mountain
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urban roads
Urban Transportation System
Urban Landscape Structure
bad
Building Quality Analysis historic relics residential public
Pedestrian Streamline
Vehicle Streamline
Program
school
commercial
historic relics
historic residential area
residential area
bus station
city garden
hospital
public traffic sphere
tourism activity sphere
hospital sphere
urban residential area
Site Analysis
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Problems
Strategy
Vision
original narrow street space on the site
expand & extend
three dimensional expansion of space on the site
blankness space on the site
add new open space
Activate the venue with a points
connect
Interpenetrates with the city and co mplement each other
lack of contact with the city
functional disorder of space
integrate
Agglomeration the scale to maximize benefits
Minimize the interference functional interference
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infrastructure defect
separate the streamline
mend and reconstruct the poor quality buildings
Full functioning historic district
Sunken Plaza on Xueyuan Street Perspective
Jintai Street Perspective
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The Green Roof
The Campus Badminton Court Design in Fuzhou, China Studio Project Duration: 03/01/2016-05/12/2016 Individual Work Tutor: Yuxin Cui Location: Fuzhou, Fujian, China
physical model
Renderings
Ground Floor Plan (Competition use)
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1. Entrance 2. Sunken Plaza 3. Badminton court 4. Athlete lounge 5. Office 6. Timer Room 7. Broadcasting Room 8. Lighting Control Room 9. Equipment Room
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10. Dispensary 11. Toilet 12. Exercise court 13. Track 14. Gymnasium 15. Reference Room 16. Specialty Store 17. Mobile Auditorium 18. Test Chamber 19. VIP Reception
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The site is located in a garden inside the campus of Fuzhou University which is surrounded by lawn. Therefore, an arched truss structure is used which can not only react and integrate with the surroundings but also attract local and campus population with its fascinating shape. In order to maximize the integration with the site, I extended the site to the downwards, with sunken courts as the main venue together with an exercise court, the design could meet the local demand of exercising and getting together with friend in campus.
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Design Description The site is located in a garden inside the campus of Fuzhou University w h i c h i s s u r ro u n d e d b y l a w n . Therefore, an arched truss structure is used which can not only react and integrate with the surroundings but also attract local and campus population with its fascinating shape. planting roof
In order to maximize the integration with the site, I extended the site to the downwards, with sunken courts as the main venue together with an exercise court, the design could meet the local demand of exercising and getting together with friend in campus.
planting roof
tubular truss structure
I-steel grid
jogging track
badminton court
training court
Explosion Diagram of The Badminton Court The campus badminton court consists of two stories, entering from the ground floor entrance there is a track for jogging connected with the mobile auditorium which can be hide into the equipment room when needed to meet the demand of badminton training. The main entrance for audience and athletes is on the -1 floor.
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Gradation: From Human to Nature The Parliament of Things
Advanced Research Studio ALAR 8020, University of Virginia 2021 Spring Individual Work Instructor: Shiqiao Li Location: Washington D.C. This design is an attempt to create a soft bridge between human life and animal lives, also an attempt to emphasize the existence of nature. Starting my design with an installation which visualize and emphasize the relationship between humans and nature. It is also a way of understanding the tectonic, spatial, and material transition. The second part of this project includes several towers that serve as different assemblies for human and nature, as well as the hall of equality and re-orientation area where people can take the advantage of the facilities. Also, because of the abundance of the non-human species on the site, a building catalog is introduced to design towers for non-humans.
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INSTALLATION
The idea of this installation is to discuss a gradation from human to nature, and the status in-between this two pole. So the main body of the project would be a concrete column as a man craft product, with the smooth and regular surface at the bottom, the material gradually takes over and speaks for themselves with a agenda on the top as it erodes and breaks itself down and giving way to others.
Whole piece (Human)
On-site Non-human Species
Scheme drawing- Stretch the Spectrum
Scattered pieces (Nature)
Operation
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PLANS
1st Floor Plan
Over Water
Human+Non-Human
On Ground
Holes
Building Category Analyze
Section 1-1
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Equality Hall 1st Floor Plan
Re-orientation area 1st Floor Plan
Non-Human
Human Human+Non-Human Non-Human
Observe Soil
Exhibit
Tower for Non-Human
Plaza Rendering
General Debate Chamber Rendering The campus badminton court consists of two stories, entering from the ground floor entrance there is a track for jogging connected with the mobile auditorium which can be hide into the equipment room when needed to meet the demand of badminton training. The main entrance for audience and athletes is on the -1 floor.
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Ancient Architecture Surveying and Mapping Team work with Xiaoyu Chen, Chaojin Ruan , Insturctor: Yongchun Zhu June, 2017, Fuzhou, China
Photography Individual Work, 2016~2020
September, 2016, Huangshan,China
February, 2020, Los Angeles, CA
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August, 2016, Hangzhou,China
Grasshopper Spatial Practice Individual Work, Instructor: Lucia Phinney 2020 Fall, Charlottesville, VA
Waffle and random trees practice
WeaverBird mesh operations
ELK & wasp operations
WeaverBird mesh operations
ArcGIS Pro Mapping Practice Individual Work, 2020 Fall
Detroit topographic and hydrological network
Detroit Population Density
Washington D.C. Square
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