PORTFOLIO 2021 - CHEN RAN by Ran Chen

A RCH I T E C T URE & DESIGN PORT FOL IO CHEN RA N

R ESUM E CO - CUR R I CUL A R AC T I V I T I ES

EDUCAT I ON Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUT D)

Singapore

Ma st er s o f A rc h it e c t u re

GPA: 4.5/ 5.0

Sept 20 20 to p re se n t

Ba c helo r o f E n g in e e r in g ( A rc hitec tu re a nd Su sta ina b le Des ign), Honour s

GPA: 3 .8/ 5.0

M ay 20 17 to A ug 2020

E x p ec t e d d a t e o f g r a d u a tion: Dec 2021

Zhejiang University (ZJU)

Hangzhou, China

M ay - Aug 2018

A si a n Le a d e rs h ip Pro g ra m m e ( A L P ) – oversea s exc ha ng e progr amme

IN T ER NSH I P E X PERIE NCE ·

Bro a d w ay M a l y a n

Sept 2020- A p r 2021

OK ASH IM O

M ay 2 019 - A ug 2019

T E CHN I CA L & SOF T WARE SK ILLS Rhinoceros

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Grasshopper Rhinoceros Adobe Illustrator Grasshopper Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Adobe Photoshop Microsoft Suite Adobe Indesign

AutoCAD SketchUp Vray AutoCAD Enscape Vray Lumion Enscape Lumion

Microsoft Suite

Mandarin LA N GUAGE PROF ICIE NCY English Mandarin English

CHE N RAN EMAIL: RAN_CHEN @ M Y MAIL.SUT D.EDU.SG/ CHENRANCDFGS @ GMA I L .COM MOBILE: +65 83458131

DANCE Member, Dance DerivativeZ (Hip Hop Dance Club)

M ay 2017 to Aug 2020 ·

Parti c i p ate d i n F re sh m ore C om p e ti ti on & Sh ow c ase “ I gn i ti on ”

17 No v 2 0 17

D an c e d i n four i te m s i n 1st dan c e p roduc ti on By te 1.0

12 A p r i l 2 0 18

F i lm e d a se ri e s of p ub l i c i ty v i de os for th e p roduc ti on (m e m b e r of c re ati v e m e di a te am )

M an agi ng i n te rn al an d e xte rn al ti c k i ng sal e s for th e p roduc ti on (m e m b e r of fi n an c e c om m )

Prop s an d c ostum e I C

Parti c i p ate d i n SUPER 24 C om p e ti ti on (Te rti ary C ate gory )

Logistics Head, Dance DerivativeZ (Hip Hop Dance Club)

Apr 2018 to MAY 2019

Organ i ze d j oi n t w ork sh op “ 3 - Pi n P lug” w i th T P D E D A N C E c om m i tte e

3 No v 2 0 18

Organ i ze d F re sh m ore C om p e ti ti on & Sh ow c ase “ Pl ug I n ”

17 No v 2 0 18

Parti c i p ate d i n se n i or sh ow c ase i n “ Pl ug- I n”

17 No v 2 0 18

THE WAVES: Connecting sports, nature & people A c ross th e ye ars, th e de f i n i ti on of sp orts h as b roade ne d to b e b eyon d j ust c om p e ti ti on . I n t h e pu r su i t o f k e e p i n g a n ac ti ve an d h e al thy li fe sty le ac ross age group s, sp orts h as graduall y b e e n ti e d to we llne ss a n d re cre a t i o n a s we l l. T h e si te i s l oc ate d at Te n gah D i sc tri c t, th e n ewe st h ousi n g tow n. A c c ordi n g to th e m aste r p la n , t h e t ow n w i ll b e surroun de d by lush gre e n e ry, n ature an d asse ssi b le to v ari ous am e n i ti e s. A m i dst the fast - p a ce d a n d d i g i t a li se d li fe sty le th at i s c om m on p lac e today, our p roj e c t ai m s to de si gn a sp orts sp ac e th at re m i n d s a n d d i re ct s v i si t o r s b a ck to n ature. A si de from th e h e al i n g p rop e rti e s that n ature offe rs, i t also gran ts op p ortuni t i e s fo r a p ro d u ct i ve la n d sca p e th at c ontri bute s to th e e duc ati on , soc i al re lati on shi p s an d sustai nab i li ty w i th i n th e n e i gh b ou r h o o d . By ‘pul li n g an d p i n c h i n g’ sp ac e s, our p roj e c t th us focuse s on th e i de a of w ave form s th at a llow s fo r a n o rg a ni c struc ture th at m i m i c s th e form of n ature. T h i s form also c om p le m e n ts th e i nte grati on of cl e a n e n e rgy h a r n e s si n g te c h n i que s w i th i n th e n e i gh b ourh ood, w h i c h stre n gthe n s th e c on c e p t of goi n g b ac k to n a t u re. T EA M CHEN RAN AUDREY CHAN JIA QI

MAY - AUG 2021

DRAW I N GS

SI T E CON T E X T & DE SIGN IN T E N T ION

F LOOR PL A N S

L E V E L 2 PL A N

1. Fa r mway a s t h e ma in s p in e that c o ng reg a t e p e o p l e w it h in the nei ghb our ho o d s

2. G reen nodes as at t r act ion point s to extend far mway along t he bay. Com p lement ar y progr amme spaces in b etween t he nodes as connect ion

2 . Act ive s paces fur t h e r di sp e rse d and int roduced int o t h e HDB b loc k s, act ivat ing t he whole si te L E V E L 3 PL A N

GROUN D L EV EL PL A N

GE OM E T R I C OPE RAT IONS

EN V I RON M EN TA L SUSTA I NA BI L I T Y DIAGRA M

L E V E L 4 PL A N

SEC T I ON S

A’

B’ A

SHOR T SE CT I ON A - A ’

REN DER

LON G SEC T I ON B - B’

THE DRONE HOUSE T h e drone m i c roh ouse i s l oc ate d 100m aw ay from th e c oastli n e i n th e n orthwe st o f S t . Jo h n’s I slan d. I t i s a gre at stayc ati on sp ot for di ve rs; th ey c an stay h e re for a day o r t wo, sp e n d i n g h ou r s di v i n g, sn ork e ll i n g an d th e i r re m ai n i n g ti m e sun b ath i n g on th e rooftop gard e n o r re la x i n g i n d o o r s w i th de si re d p ri v acy. To re ac h th e de sti n ati on , vol oc op te r i s th e on ly m e ans o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n . F o o d an d oth e r l i v i n g e sse n ti als c an also b e de l i ve re d to e ac h un i t by de l i ve ry d ro n e s. T h e s h a p e o f t h e m i c rohouse i s ge n e rate d by p aram e tri c de si gn i n re p onse to th e si te an d th e cli m a t e t o m i n i m i z e solar radi ati on an d p rov i de n atural ve n ti lati on . A s b oth th e vol oc op te r an d d e li ve r y d ro n e s p r a ct i s e ve rti c al lan di n g an d tak i n g off, th e dron e p ads sp re ad out to p rov i de suff i cn e t ve r t i ca l sp a ce c l e aran c e. T EA M CHEN RA N HA N J I N G SEP T - DEC 2019

CON CEP T DIAGRA M

DRAW IN GS

+7.40m

1. Ex p lo r ati o n o f new t y po lo gy of a vo lo p a d and a tr adi t io n a l h ou sin g b l o c k c om b ined

5 . Units a re fur t her s pread out around t he pad for b etter c ro s s vent ilat ion, viewing and pr ivacy +7.40m +7.40m

+7.40m

+7.40m +3.80m

+3.80m

+6.20m

+5.00m

+6.20m

D D

+5.20m +5.60m

+4.40m

2. Uni t s are sh if t e d t o c l e a r t he way for volo c o p t er la n d in g

UPPER F LOOR PL A N 1:25 0

6. Interla c ed st aircas e sy s t em t o minimiz e c ircu la tio n

+7.40m

UNI T PL A N 1: 100

+10.40m

+9.80m

+7.40m

+8.60m

+8.60m +9.80m

3. Push and pu ll u n it s ve r t ic a lly a b ove a nd be low the volo p a d fo r e q u a l ac c ess

7 . Roof of the wait ing area is made acces sibl e for the visito r s and as a viewing plat for m and a g reen roof

+1.40m

+2.60m

+3.80m +2.60m

+2.60m +3.80m +5.00 +1.40m

+1.40m +0.40m

D D

D D +4.40m

4. Wa i ti n g are a , t h e in - b e t we en sp a c e, is c rea ted and i t s sh ap e fo ll ow s t h e la n g u a g e of the vo lop a d

ROOF PL AN 1:2 00

LOW ER F LOOR PL A N 1:25 0

DRAW I N GS

ROOFTOP GARDEN +10.40 M UNIT NO.4 FL

+9.80 M

VOLOPAD&WAITING AREA +7.40 M

UNIT NO.5 FL +4.40 M

DIVING BOARD +2.60 M HIGH TIDE +2.00 M DIVING BOARD

LOW TIDE

+1.40 M

0.00 M

SE CT ION 1:200

10M SCALE BAR 1 : 100

20M

A XON OM E T R I C 1:200

REN DER

THE CONTINUUM T h e 207 0 fol k w i l l b e on e w h o i s e l de r, n i m b le, an d m ode rn . Si tuate d i n th e i n te rse c ti on of th e p re c i n c t ’s t r a n sp o r t an d ac ti v i ty n ode s, T h e C on ti n uum i s an exte n si on of th e soc i al li ve s of th e re ti re d an d th e e lde rly. Ra t h e r t h a n b e i ng c ast to th e p re c i nc t p e ri p h e ry and b e n e gl e c te d i n th e urb an j un gl e, re si di n g i n th e h e art of th e p re c i n ct fa ci l i t a t e s soc i al i n te grati on . T h e p i e c ew i se te rrai n e stab l i sh e s a c om m uni ty fram ework of m utual sup p ort an d i n t e r a ct i o n , w h e re b oun dari e s of p ri v ate an d sh are d sp ac e s are se le c ti ve ly i n te grate d, re sp e c ti n g th e ne e d for i n d i v i d u a l p r i v a cy an d i n te rac ti on w i th oth e rs. Soi l- le ss farm i n g an d harve sti ng are i n te grate d i n to th e l i v i n g e nv i ron m e n t t o i n t ro d u ce p hy si c al an d m e n tal sti m uli . M ul ti p le n ew groun ds sp rout from b loc k to b l oc k , c re ati n g a se am l e ss te r r a i n t ha t i s ac c e ssi b l e by al l. T h e re sul ti n g w alk i n g exp e ri e n c e v ari e s as th e te rrai n b ri n gs on e b e l ow, w i th i n , an d a b ove t he b l oc k s. T h e C onti n uum w i ll b e th e n exus of th e p re c i n c t – an all- e n c om p assi n g c om m un e for th e m aj o r i t y e ld e r ly i n hab i tan ts.

T EA M CHEN RAN Y EO KAI LIN

F EB - A PR 2020

SI T E T h e s i te i s l oc a te d o n a p ro p o se d art if icial polder island t o t he sout h of East C o ast Park . Th e n ei g h bo rh o o d level masterplan w i ll f i t w i thi n a larg er m aste r pla n d eve l o p e d by the Ong &Ong Archit ect Team. Wit hin t he designa ted prec i n c t, i t i s parc elled i n to seven s maller areas, to reac t to d i f feren t i m m e d i a te su r rou nd ing s a nd sp e ci f ic sit e condit ions. The land parcel of t he th i s housi n g pro j ec t i s si tuated at th e h eart o f th e prec i n c t an d o f i rreg u la r s h a pe. Give n the site co ndit ions, t he st epped design hopes t o vi s ually c o n n ec t th e 3 blo c k s as well as to s tan d out as a lan d mark o f th e p reci n c t.

MASSI N G

MASSI NG S T RAT E GIE S

CON ST RUC T I ON ME T H OD Pre fa b r i ca t e d CLT M o du le s A co m b i na t i o n o f p re fa b r i ca t e d Pre f inishe d Volum e t r ic C onst r uct ion ( PP VC) a nd M a ss E ngi ne e re d T i m b e r (ME T ) m e t hod s are p rop ose d t o co ns t r u ct t he bu i ldi ngs fo r m a x i m um e ff icie ncy. Pre fab r icat e d p ane ls a re co ns t r u ct e d o ff- si t e a nd t r a n sp or t e d and t he n asse m b le d on-sit e. I t i s t he n st a ck e d a nd s e cu re d o n t op of one anot he r and conne ct e d t o t he co ncre t e co re u s i ng t i m b e r p ane ls as com m on cor r id or s.

7m 7m 7m 7m

1. Re a c t to fou r va nta g e o ints ( L R T, Ne i g h bour ho o d Ce nte r, Ur b a n Farm, Wat erbody)

2. Divide space to fo cus

3 . Ex trud e blo c k s

T OP V I EW

5. Int roduce new g round s

6 . D i f fusi n g blo c k s i n to n ew g roun d s

F RON T V I EW

4. Va r y h e i g h ts with re sp e ct to e levat ed net work

EXA M PL E OF A PRE FA B UNI T

7. Rota ti n g u n i ts fo r b a la nce d so lar access and sha d i n g

8. Tapering t oward s South to o pen s ea v i ew s an d c reate mult i-plaform ro o f g ard en s

A XON OM E T R I C

0 5. 0 3.

0 3.

Co-living Type A (3 single room) 40

40 3.

Unit area: 97.4m2

1.0

10.2sqm

13.6sqm

10.2sqm

Living & Dining: 27.3m2

6.9sqm Ax3+B

Balcony: 23.8m2

Co-living A

Bedroom: 30.6m2

25 2.

0 85 4.

Co-living C

Co-living B

DRAW I N GS

0 3.

T h e ove r a rc h i ng m o tiva tio n b e hind t he fut ure living unit designs is t o have c o n si sten t an d s uf f i c i ent en g ag emen t between resi d en ts - w i thi n eac h f lo o r, a nd t hrou ghou t eac h bloc k . S ee ing tha t the ave r a ge folk living in t his development would be mi d d le- ag ed an d o ld er, a k ey fo cus i s to i n tro d uc e spac es th at w i ll d raw pe o p le t o ge t he r i n sere n d i pi tou s m o m e nts. I n t he c a s e of a co - living u nit, p e ople who are not relat ed by blood can live to g eth er i n a sh ared apartmen t, w h ere the c o mmo n sh ared spac e i s pri o ri ti se d eve n m o re so t ha n t h e i n d i v i d u a l b e d ro o m s. Am p le space is allocat ed t o t his shared living roo m, w hi c h h as suf f i c i en t c o rn ers to furth er break d ow n the area i n to zo n es, adde d a s e co nda r y layer of pr i v a cy. Ano the r im p o r ta nt branch of upkeeping t he human psyche as o n e ag es i s th e sustai n ed s en se o f i n d i v i d uall abi li ty, w h i c h th e L i ve-Wo rk u ni t e ncou r a ge s . Alm o st e q u i ta b le sp a ce is a ffo rd e d t o bot h “ living” and “working” zones. T he uni t ai ms to i nteg raate bo th li v i n g an d wo rk i n g i n to o n e, w h i le sti ll af fo rd i n g a p hy s i ca l di v i si o n fo r m ore profe ssio na l se tting s.

0 0 3.

F U T UR E L I V I N G UNI T CONCE P T S TAT EMEN T

Ax2+D+C

Toilet: 5.0m2

Kitchen: 10.7m2 E+G

Live-work A Live-work B

Area per pax: 32.5m2

Corridor

5.0sqm

9.2sqm

10.7sqm

Lift core

C+Ex2

Live-work Type A (1 single room)

Co-living Type B (2 single room, 1 master room)

Unit area: 80.5m2

Unit area: 95.9/m2

Living & Dining: 40.9m2

Ax2+B+C

Balcony: 20.4m2

Living & Dining: 27.3m2 Balcony: 20.4m2

A+B+C

Bedroom: 10.2m2

Bedroom: 34.0m2

Ax2+D+C

Toilet: 5.0m2

D+Cx2

Toilet: 5.0m2

Kitchen: 5.0m2

Kitchen: 9.2m2

E+F

Total living area: 27.3m2

Area per pax: 24.0m2

Total working area: 44.2m

Area per pax: 27.3m2

Live-work Type B (2 single room) Co-living Type C (2 single room) Unit area: 78m2 Unit area: 75.4m2 Living & Dining: 37.5m2 Ax2+B

C+Ex2

Ax2+B

Balcony: 6.9m2

Living & Dining: 20.4m2 Balcony: 20.4m2

Bedroom: 20.4m2 B+Dx2

Toilet: 5.0m2

Ax2+D

Kitchen: 5.0m2 Total living area: 30.6m2 Total working area:37.6m2 Area per pax: 15.3m2

T Y PI CA L F LOOR PL A N 1:400

E+F

Bedroom: 20.4m2 Toilet: 5.0m2 Kitchen: 9.2m2 Area per pax: 37.7m2

L I V E - WOR K UN I TS

0 0 0 3.

2.20

3.00

2.20

0 0 0 3.

0 0 .0

0 0 0 3.

0 80

2.20

CO - L I V I NG UNI TS

0 7.90 0

2.20

0 2.20

7.90 0

2.20

0 0 0 6.

0 0 0 3.

0 0 0 5.

7.80 0

0 0 0 9.

0 0 .0

0 0 0 3.

2.20

0 0

3.90

3. 4

0 0

0 0 0 0

0 0 3. 4

20 0

3. 4

0 20

0 0

3. 4

0 0

6. 8 3. 4

6. 8

0 0

0 0 6. 8

0 0 3. 4

0 0 7.1

0 20

0 0 0 3.

0 0 0 7.

0 80

0 0 7.1

9. 0 0 0

5 3.

3. 4

0 0 0 3.

5 3.

0 0

0 20

3.90

0 0 1.0

3. 4

0 0

0 0 0 3.

20 0

0 0 0 3.

T Y PE A

T Y PE B

UN I T PL AN 1:250

SE CT ION PE RSPE CT I V E 1:50

T Y PE C

T Y PE A

T Y PE B

UN I T PL A N 1:25 0

SEC T I ON PERSPEC T I V E 1:5 0

T Y PE C

SUS TAI NA BL E BUILDING SYS T E M S

EX PLODED A XON OM E T R I C

Wa ste Ma na g em ent Wast e are separat ed int o 8 ch utes an d fo o d w aste i s fed to th e ec o -d i g ester at th e bas ement w h ere i t i s g ri nde d, de co m p o se d w i t h t he p re s e nce o f m i cro b e s a nd ferment ed. It is t hen channell ed to a pro pi retary s lud g e man ag emen t system. Th e en d pro d uc t i s recyc led w a t e r, whi ch ca n b e i r r i ga t e t he gre e ns o n t he grou nd leve l of t he parcel, in t he social sp ac es i n th e upper levels as well as o n the multi -platfo rmed ro o f g ard en s .

Ra inwa ter Ha rvesting Rainwat er is collect ed via t he pi pes attac h ed to th e li f t c o re o f eac h blo c k fro m th e ro o f to p and c h an n elled t o sha re d re t e nt i o n w a t e r t a nk a t t he b a se m e nt l eve l . Af t er being t reat ed, it is re-purpo sed and pumped up to serv i c e th e apartmen t uni ts as well as s o c i al s pac e s a t t he u p p e r l eve ls i f ne e d b e w i t h t he p re s e nce o f boost erpump.

3 D Pu b l i c s pa c e Co-living A Co-living B Co-living C Live-work A Live-work B Lift core Upper level social space Lower level social space

Block 1 has t he lowest numbers o f sto reys an d f i rst 5 sto reys are c o n n ec ted to th e terrac ed urban farm. th e s he l t e re d sp a ce s w i l l b e m a i nly fo r s t o r a ge a s we ll a s commercial. Block 2 has t he longest horizo n tal span amo n g s t the th ree bui ld i n g s . I t i s d es i g n ated to be th e “ M ark et P lac e” o f t he b lo ck , gi ve n i t s m i ddle lo ca t i o n wi t hi n t he development , as well as it rec ei v i n g the Elev ated N etwo rk fro m th e parc el’s L R T. N aturally, th e un d erbelly o f t he b lo ck - - t he u nde r ne a t h a nd i n- b e t we e n t he resident ial unit s, will t ake t he fo rm o f a li vely, c o mmerc i al mark etplac e. W i th th e fo cus o n Urban F armi n g i n t he p re ci nct , t he m a r k e t p la ce p rov i de s s o ci a l i nt e gr a t i o n t o t he mainly elderly and ret i red resi d en ts v i a th e mean s o f so c i al farmi n g . Th es e resi d en ts c an parti c i pate i n t he co m m u na l a ct i v i t y t o s o ci a l i s e a m o ngst e a ch ot her, earn a side income, and c o ntri bute to the veg etable pro d uc ti o n c h ai n fo r th e es tate, by the es tate. A n o t he r m a i n fe a t u re o f t he pu b l i c s p a ce i s t he s t r i ngi ng o f t he elevat ed net work t hrough h alf o f blo c k 2 ’s un d erbelly s pac e. Th i s en c ourag es a ped es tri an traf f i c sourc e t o a nd t hrou gh t he m a r k e t p la ce, e nsu r i ng a co ns i st e nt liveliness t o t he heart of t he prec i nc t. Being t he highest block of t he prec i n c t, blo c k 3 d o es n o t d etac h resi d ents fro m th e street. I n stead , th e g rou nd i s b rou ght u p cl o se r t o t he re s i de nt s st ay i ng wi t hi n t he block. Elderly owned busi n ess w i ll o c cupy th e g round f lo o r an d s o c i al s pac es suc h as exerc i s e c o rn ers a s we l l a s we llne ss fa ci l i t i e s . S o ci a l s p a ce s fo r ga t he r i ng such as lounge rooms, comm un al d i n i n g ro o ms , rec reati o n al c o rn ers as well as ess en ti al sh ared fac i li ti es su ch a s la u ndr y ro o m s , gu e st ro o m s a re i nt ro du ce d a t every four levels. Highest ground w i ll be multi -platfo rmed s ky g ard en s w here th e resi d ents w i ll be able to e nj oy t he v i ews t ow a rds t he se a .

RE NDER