Portfolio Chen Fang
EDUCATION
Resume Clemson University
Master of Architecture - May 2013
Charles E. Daniel Center for Building Research and Urban Studies Study in Genova, Italy - Spring 2012
Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston Study in Charleston, SC - Fall 2011
Zhejiang Sci-tech University
Chen Fang Email: chenreadsemail@gmail.com Phone: 626.297.7733 Address: Issaqueena Trl. Apt. 127 Central, SC 29630 Website: http://chenfang.wix.com/ design Portfolio: http://issuu.com/wuxinfc/ docs/0528
EXPERIENCE
Bachelor of Engineer in Architecture - June 2011
Intern - LOA Linkfuture Office Architects Inc.
Generated a masterplan design of Silver Beach in Dalian, China. Summer 2012 in Hangzhou, China
Blog Editor - Charles E. Daniel Center for Building Research and Urban Studies
Maintained the blog for the study center - Spring 2012 in Genoa, Italy
Part-time - John Tarkany Associates, Inc.
Translated documents of an international race course design in Beijing, China - Fall 2011 in Charleston, SC
Workshop Assistant - Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston
Helped students use equipments in the wood and metal shop - Fall 2011 in Charleston, SC
Intern - Cheng Taining Architecture Design Research Institute
Participated in the design of the Sightseeing Tower and the campus master plan of Hangzhou Normal University - Spring 2011 in Hangzhou, China
Intern - China United Engineering Corporation the No.1 Architecture & Engineering Institute
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SKILLS
Involved in the design of the Ruihai Garden, a residential neighborhood in Weihai, China - Summer 2009 in Hangzhou, China
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Autocad Photoshop Ilustrator Indesign Acrobat
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Sketchup Revit Rihno Vray Maxwell
Others
Premire eQuest Microsoft Office Hand-drawing Model Making
Awards
AIA (American Institute of Architects) Fellowship Graduate Assistantship Forrester Grant
Languages
Chinese - Mother tongue English - High proficiency
Personal interests
Travelling - Travels to 14 countries and more than 60 cities Performance - Stand talk show and drama Photography and filming - Personal architectural photography blog Sketch - Sketch book is available Cooking - As exciting as design
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What is architecture? Thinking this question means being open to any possibility and being very critical to every move at the same time. I always ask myself this question throughout each project.
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CAC.C 2011 Fall. New Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston. How to establish the presence of Clemson University at a historical town?
Art Zone
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2012 Fall. A library in Pendleton, SC is proposed as a future library. How to accomodate a community in rural area in an information era?
Student Housing
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By working in workshops, I understand materials and design in a different scale. It is always interesting to accomplish projects as a builder.
2012 Spring. Renovation of an abandoned castle on the top of mountain in Genova, Italy. How to take advantage of the rich history and culture of Genova to provide amenities for communities?
Garden Library
Craftsmanship
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2013 Spring. A student housing project of Clemson University. How to establish a community that blend within the landscape and foster interaction between individuals?
Sketches
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I like sketching as a way of observing and perceiving the architecture and cities. It is a useful tool for me to both understand and present.
Other works
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I also participated in various kinds of design in terms of filming, poster, smart material and kinetic structures and professional practice.
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CAC.C
New Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston. [CAC.C] How to establish the presence of Clemson University at a historical town? Location: Charleston, SC Project Year: 2011 Fall Project Area: 31,500 sqft Professor: Ray Huff Collaborator: Samantha Mabe
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Site In this project, we did a series of research throughout the semester to truly understand the history and urban context of Charleston and the site. We also focused on how to design a studio environment for interdisciplinary collaboration. The basic strategy of our group is to enclose the site with stroble house to show respect of the scale of the context, protect the Spoleto Garden from the traffic of Meeting Street and to arrange all the studios on the same floor so that all programs form a close community with a rich culture of collaboration.
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maintaining the atmosphere of spoleto
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Connection to spoleto and strobel
DATABASE DATABASE - SITESCALE - SITESCALE MAP MAP
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Meeting Street as transition
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1. FORUM 3. OFFICE 9. WOODSHOP 10. HP LAB 11. RESTROOMS 12. STAIRS 13. ELEVATOR 14. SUPPORT
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13. ELEVATOR 14. SUPPORT passway that connects to spoleto Garden 15. PARKING
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Art Zone
Renovation of an abandoned castle on the top of mountain in Genova, Italy. How to take advantage of the rich history and culture of Genova to provide amenities for communities? Location: Genova, Italy Project Year: 2012 Spring Project Area: 100,000 sqft Professor: Henrique Houayek Collaborator: Calvin Wright
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fort sperone
Genova, italy
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Buildings Roadway Footway Parking
As we developed our project for the renovation of Fort Sperone, we quickly realized the geographic, military, and historical importance of the site. In order to create a space that would attract people from the city to the mountain top, we programmed the fort as an 'Art Zone', which extends the cultural center to the outskirts of the city. The Art Zone is more than a place to display art, though that is a primary function of the project. It is a place to explore, browse, shop, work, drink, and enjoy the unique ambience of a historical military fort.
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ground floor of the keep
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Circulation of events Circulation of commercial
Gallery Commercial Flexible Display
Studios Auditorium Terrace
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Garden Library
A library in Pendleton, SC is proposed as a future library. How to accomodate a community in rural area in an information era? Location: Pendleton, SC Project Year: 2012 Fall Project Area: 16,000 sqft Professor: Ufuk Ersoy
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Pendleton, SC
The existing Pendleton Branch Library Pendleton Branch Library is located at the 0.5 mile south of the town square. The existing library represents itself with a neo-classical faรงade and stands next to the ruins of Tanglewood house which had burned down at 1970s. The ruins have been treasured by the community of the historic town. In respect to this community value, my intention has been to integrate the ruins as part of the program.
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Reading
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Flexible Quiet study Computer Kids
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Phase 1 The existing library All the activities are compacted in one building. No outdoor space for users. The views are limited by simple relationship between the building and the ruins.
Phase 2 Divide Divide the existing building into a series of pavilions each of which represent different function.
Phase 3 Join Join the dispersed pavilions through various “in-between� spaces which would enable visitors to walk through the library as if they were in a garden.
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Phase 4 Garden library The new library can attract people not only as building to be used but more as a landscape to be explored and bolster more activities and personalized experience.
Ourdoor library
Reading Hall
Lower level of the ruin 19
Passway
At the initial stage of the design, reinterpreting the program of the library, I divided the existing building into a series of pavilions each of which represented different function. This gesture drew parallel to the concept of garden library. Then the second step was to join the dispersed pavilions through various “in-between� spaces which would enable visitors to walk through the library as if they were in a garden. In this way, the library can attract people not only as building to be used but more as a landscape to be explored.
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1. Entrance 2. Office 3. Counter 4. Magzine/foyer 5. Book stacks 6. Open-air library 7. Flexible 8. Study 9. Computer 10. Kids 11. Exhibition 12. Cafe 13. Courtyard 14. Square Interior space In-between space
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Interactive Hybrid
A student housing project of Clemson University. How to establish a community that blend within the landscape and foster interaction between individuals? Location: Clemson, SC Project Year: 2013 Spring Project Area: 88,400 sqft Professor: Ulrike Heine, Ufuk Ersoy, Dustin Albright Collaborator: LeRone Smalls
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Establish a community that will seamlessly blend within the existing beautiful landscape and foster interaction between individuals, families and nature to create a cohesive environment for the free exchange of knowledge and recruitment of top graduate students. To bring people into close proximity that allows for high visibility with one another and where there is a strong likelihood for chance occurrences. These units are designed to promote a high level of interdependence between individuals and the natural environment. It is hoped that they might help one another to adjust to the unique Clemson lifestyle.
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street view
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Terrace
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sun study Volume Strategy
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four-bedroom UNITS
3 bedrooms 4 bathrooms 2.5 terrace 2 inrerior sq feet 1200 exterior sq feet 400 total sq feet 1600
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section model
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mechanical system Perspective ROOF SYSTEM Vertical load[wind, snow, rain]
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[a] Roof Construction 1. EPDM layer 2. SSTL flashing 3. 2.5” Rigid insulation 4. 8” Cross laminated timber
[a] Parapet Construction 1. SSTL parapet cap 2. SSTL flashing 3. CLT 4” vert. panel 4. perforated metal screen
[b] Floor Construction 5. 6” Cross laminated timber 6. 13” Service space 7. Suspended ceiling system 8. Sound attenuation layer 9. 5/8”G.W.B horizontally hung
[b] Rain Screen Construction 5. perforated metal screen 6. alum. top hinged outswing window 7. metal screen support strut 8. waterproof membrane 9. SSTL flashing 10. sloped rigid insulation 11. intermittent stl tube 20” o.c.
[c] Facade Construction 10. Heartwood pine 11. Heartwood pine 12. Battens 13. Waterproof membrane 14. Rigid iso insulation 15. 4”Cross laminated timber
[c] Roof Terrace Construction 12. 3” Pavers 13. drainage grate 14. sloped rigid insulation 15. 6” CLT panels-5 layers 16. drop ceiling
[d] Foundation Construction 16. 6” Monolithic slab 17. Rigid insulation 18. Gravel 19. 1’2 Footing
[d] Demising wall Construction 17. 5/8” G.W.B 18. 1/2” sound attenuation panel 19. 4”clt panel-3 layers
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Craftmanship
By working in workshops, I understand materials and design in a different scale. It is always interesting to accomplish projects as a builder.
Game Box In this project, I designed a box based on a traditional Chinese game which is played by moving blocks in a big box. I transformed that into a series of boxes that hold different items but can be used as a game box at the same time.
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Renovation of Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office By building a moveable panel and moveable cabinets, the director's office was renovated into a neat space with storage. In this group project, the tricky part is how to get a balance to make the pulley system works smoothly.
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Sketches
I like steching as a way of observing and perceiving the architecture and cities. It is a useful tool for me to both understand and present.
Piazza di Ferrari
Museo di Castelvecchio 36
Church di San Lorenzo 37
Other works
I also participated in different kinds of design in terms of filming, poster, smart material and kinetic structures and professional practice.
Video: Living Section By showing videos taken at different time and different locations in one section and at the same time, the openess of Lee III become easy to perceive. Professor: Martha Skinner Website: https://vimeo.com/59045218
Research Poster: Landscape as an attitude As architects, how to understand the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;landscapeâ&#x20AC;? both as a professional and as a defination of dynamics in nature? What are the benefits and barriers to integrate landscape and architecture? To investigate the relationship between landscape of architecture, a research is conducted by literature review, interviews of both architecture and landscape people and a survey about landscape and buildings on campus. Professor: Dina Battisto
Competition design: define:[Re]:define the UNIT In this project, a new way of defining brick is explored by employing brick and wood mixed structure. Professor: David Lee
Competition design: Straw Bale Trailer A possible solution for trailer homes to save utility bills by improving R-value significantly with cheap and local material. Professor: Ulrike Heine, David Nocella Collaborator: Minglu Lin, Shuo Yang, John Bartlett
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Poster: Architecture Manifesto
In this assigment, I presented a traditional Chinese painting is a digital way to show my belief of architecture - it is not the vision but the perception. Professor: Robert Silance
Video: Body Camera By using smart phones as extension of bodies, five of us recorded the tour around the campus with different parts of our bodies. Professor: Martha Skinner Collaborator: Daniel Hutcherson, Jingjie Zhao, Joshua Atria, Vanesa Ewais Website: http://urbanctscan.blogspot.com
Design: Smart material and kinetic structure We proposed the ruin in pendleton as a interactive exhibition space by employing smart materials and kinetic structures. Professor: Vincent Blouin Collaborator: Daniel K. Han
Internship: Summer 2012 Participated in a masterplan design of Silver Beach in Dalian in Dalian, China. I was in charge of the appearance of the main building. Website: http://www.loaarchitects.com.cn
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During the two-year graduate study, I kept exploring the outer world, but also exploring myself as an architect and as a human being at the same time. Sometimes, this two kinds of exploration are the one. I enjoyed this journey and I will keep doing this in next one.
Thank you
Chen Fang Email: chenreadsemail@gmail.com Website: http://chenfang.wix.com/design Phone: 626.297.7733 Address: 843 Issaqueena Trl. Apt. 127 Central, SC 29630