SZU-YI WANG
王思懿 SELECTED PORTFOLIO
approaches to space, time, human, nature stroll, dwell, narrate
遊， 居， 詩。
Wang, Szu-Yi
szuyiwang.com
szuyi.sywang@gmail.com
+31 6 5769 5341
Rotterdam, Netherlands
EducationLanguage
English
Intermediate | speaking & writing
Dutch Beginner
Mandarin
Native | speaking & writng
Skill
Architecrtural & Spatial Design
Archicad, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Rhino
Visualization
Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign
Modeling & Paper Sculpture
Architecurtal, Experimental, Paper folding craftsmanship
With working experience in urban research—starting from Taipei Szu-Yi Wang (TW) has studied in Rotterdam and Amsterdam while developing her practice as an architectural designer, artist, and researcher for projects from site-speci昀椀c subjects to intercultural dialogues.
She looks into intimate, flexible gestures toward spatial issues on various scales from the domestic space to the urban realm
She excavates the unique qualities of each project and develops them as her visual-cultural research tool. While contemplating the interplay between translation and transformation, she condenses her sensibility into methodologies, forms, and aesthetics. Among writing, drawings and models, her works are poetic and narrative; they are her inquiries into more inclusive relationships between humans and nature, space and time, urban landscape & the environment.
Master Architecture (studying)
Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2022-now
Pre-master Architecture & Technology
Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2021
Master Interior Architecture: Research + Design
Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 2016-18
Industrial Design
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. 2009-13
Photography & Film Editing
Photoshop, Premiere
Generative Drawing & Coding
Processing, Arduino
Spatial Research & Writing
Artistic Research
王 思 懿
Working Experience
Md-2 Architects, Rotterdam
Assistant designer, 2022-23
Studio MAKS, Rotterdam
Freelance designer 2022, 2023 | assistant, internship 2018-19
3 Renovation & extension of residential complexs, Rotterdam | DO
Transformation of a single house (expansion & interior), Rotterdam | DO
Transformation from retail function to a residential complex, NL | VO
Aresidential complex with 12 昀氀ats, Poland | SO
Renovation of multiple appartments on one street, Rotterdam | PvE
Renovation & extension of public library, Swizland | competition
Architectual design in a historical garden,Austria | competition
Ganztagsvolksschule Dreyhausenstraße, Vienna | competition
Extension Park Vijversburg | modeling for EU MiesAward exhibition
Intergraal Kind en Expertise Centrum, Hoorn | competition & research
Inside Outside, Amsterdam Internship, 2020-21
architecture art & research
Studio Szuyi Wang
Independent researcher, designer, artist, 2018-now
(Granted by Stimuleringsfonds, the Netherlands / National Culture & Arts Foundation, Taiwan)
Studium Witte de With, Rotterdam
Class of '18, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, 2018
design & urbanism
AGUA Design & CITY YEAST, Taipei
Designer, project manager, programmer, 2015-16
(Clients incl. Taipei City Government, Taiwan Design Center, Yilan County Government, etc.)
Landscape design for a residential complex, Moscow | competition
Landscape design for extensions of public buildings, Brussels | competition
Urban reinvention for a public complex, Milan | competition
Sustainable material research | case studies & database
Curtain designs for housing | mock-up, production
Zi Zhu (Hanzi building practice) | research on human & nature, ongoing
Who wants to live in a world without magic? | exhibition plan for TENT
Zi Yuan (Hanzi garden), Rotterdam | research on human & nature
Non-reading Reading Group | educational event organizing
Following Your Ears | event organizing in Museumnacht010
Parent-child Market, Xinfu & Dongsanshui Street | urban revitalization
Signboard Design Speci昀椀cation of Taipei | 昀椀eld research & publication
Yilan Dream | educational workshops for local teachers
Taipei Issuuuue, expo for 'World Design Capital' | curatorial team
Selected Exhibition
Zi Yuan: A Spring Stroll in the City Garden
Narrative, paper installations, 昀椀lm | Motel Mozaique x DeVoedseltuin, Rotterdam, 2021
Wat Ik Je Nog Wilde Zeggen, TENT Rotterdam
Zi Xian, paper sculptures | TENT Rotterdam, 2020-2021
HOW & WOW, Dutch Design Week
San yu Shu | Crafts Council NL, Veem Eindhoven, 2019
Motel Mozaique Festival
The Hanzi Space | Theatre Schouwburg, Rotterdam, 2019
Excavating Empathy, TENT Rotterdam
Yi, Er, San, Si, research screening | TENT Rotterdam, 2018
Drawing Out: Material Dialogues with the Boyarsky
Collection, Flanders Architecture Institute
Water, Air, Ambience | deSingel, Antwerp, 2017
Courtyard House for/of Elms, interior view
selected projects
Courtyard House for/of Elms 榆樹合院叢屋
2023 | housing, research on living with other species | Mr. Visserplein in Amsterdam
Urban Factory
2023 | urban research & harbor transformation proposal | Maashaven in Rotterdam
Inside Out
2022 | Urban intervention | Amsterdam
Four-Folded Tennis Hall
2023 | tennis hall, technical design | Amsterdam
e River with Could Pieces
2023 | market hall, technical design | Waterlooplein Amsterdam
O / Lang h / H singel
2022-2023 | transformation & extension housing/mix-used projects at md-2 architects | Netherlands
e Lichenized Sculpture Park
2023 | speculative, urban research & landscape proposal | Noorder IJplas in Amsterdam
Practice of Hedging
2023 | farm landscape research, eco study proposal | Erve Kiekebos in Empe architecture & urbanism
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PART II
—Landscape research
e Lichenized Sculpture Park: Living with the Transmission Towers in the Sunset Hue
A series of kinetic sculptures—on which the lichen dwells— raising environmental awareness & the care of ora & fauna
2023
Type | speculative, urban research & landscape proposal
Location | Noorder IJplas, Amsterdam
e power lines serve as a “belt” for energy transmission which meets the needs of human activities. It, however, cuts through the skyline, the nearby habitats, and the migration patterns of species living around the Noorder IJpolder in both explicit and implicit ways. In response to the call of the environmental concern—the UV light ashing around the cables—and reconnection of the habitats on both sides of the powerlines, the project introduces a set of interventions working together with the pioneer species lichens.
escientistsproposedasculptureparkunderthe“lichenized” realm—introducing lichens as the mediator to reveal the invisible e ect of the powerline, to create a series of protective elements which also contribute to the environmental vision of the green belt in 2050—the park will present a series of lichenized architectures which aim in connecting enhancing existing ecological qualities while shining in its dreamy sunset hue.
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In 2033, a group of scientists looked for a test site to investigate the powerline infrastructure & adjacent habitats. e Noord IJpolder was assigned to this project.
It aims to experiment with new proposals among urban infrastructure, local inhabitants & micro species.
Study on lichen & Speculative scenarios of lichenized sculptures
Study on local biotopes & species research
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JOINING THE FUTURE PLAN IN 2050
from power line networks to lichenized green belts in 2050
Study: the in uence of power lines on local residents/species/environment
z1_Viewingz4_Laying
z2_Swaying
z3_Wandering
z5_Extending
Zoning: Lichenized Sculpture Park map
Viewing
Electric magnetic 昀椀eld UV light emission
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power line boat house planting water
Diagrams Zone 2&3:
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Instructions for the programs with lichenized sculptures & target species
Lichenized Sculpture Park, instruction for Zone 1 78 |
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Lichenized Sculpture Park, instruction for Zone 4
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Render collages: sculptures along the polder & in the sky
ey serve as environmental indicators, as protection from radiation & as breeding units for inhabiting. e new skyline then shows a symbiosis community between the species, the landscapes & the powerline.
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Render collages: sculptures under the power lines
Practice of Hedging —for Navigating, Networking, Nativing
A farm-landscape proposal derived from the study of the animals’ navigating behaviour.
2023
Type | landscape research, eco study proposal
Location | Erve Kiekebos, Empe
e hedging practice & the interrelation among species. Concept sketch.
It thinks about the notion ‘symbiocene’ through three aspects to respond to the idea of regenerative farms: navigating, networking
& nativing. e project started with the eld narrative focusing on the hedges (heggen) and hedge weaving/braiding (heggenvlechten). e narrative discovers the spatial qualities of hedgerows–which serve for navigating, habiting, exploring, nesting, etc.—and it is fascinated by their dynamic nature that constantly connects space (ecosystems) and time (seasons). Inspired by how the bats (common pipistrelle) and various species live in/with the hedgerows, the project takes ‘hedging’ as a tactic act to stimulate creative strategies for co-living with the creatures around the farmlands and contributing to better environments and biodiversity.
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Research local species of hedgerowsResearch the ecosystem & food chains Practice of Hedging | 83
VERTICAL SECTION OF HEDGEROWS—research collage
hedges in 2+ rows (to expand space for biodiversity)
hedges along the roads (to y safely; noise reduction)
hedges as corridors (to y alongside human passages)
hedges with niches (to nest, to rest)
TOOLBOX—the Typology of Hedgerows
Based on the study of bats’ navigating behaviours (such as meandering , up & down ) and the landscape condition of Erve Kiekebos,
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hedges with low openings (to y, to cross)
hedges as widened, curved banks (to turn, to search)
hedge above the waterways (to hunt, to explore new habitats)
the hedging elements become a set of the landscape design tool.
ebos,
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MANUAL MAP: e hedging landscape
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Site map with regional ecosystems
TEST
TEST
SITES 1: bird’s eye view
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SITES 2: bird’s eye view
TEST SITE 1
(1) axo view
(2) plan 1:1000
(3)&(4) plan details 1:200
3 4 2 1
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Erve Kiekebos - Groot Soerel: hedging from farmlands to natural reserves
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TEST SITE 2
Erve Kiekebos: hedging between humans & other species’ habitats
(1) axo view
(2) plan 1:1000
(3)~(5) plan details 1:200
3 4 5 2 1
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