Yen-Chen Liu Portfolio for UCL MArch Architectural Design by Yen-Chen Liu

PORTFOLIO Yen-Chen Liu Selected Works 2017-2021 Application Number: 22218424 Applying for MArch Architectural Design University College London

YEN-CHEN LIU Date of Birth: 28 May 1996 Email: luckyliu1838@gmail.com Tel: +886 912054077

EDUCATION Ming Chuan University, Taiwan 2014 - 2019 Bachelor of Architecture / Ranking: 2nd (2/56)

LANGUAGE SKILLS Chinese (Native) English (Fluent) Japanese (Fluent)

WORK EXPERIENCES Jun - Nov 2021 2D Computer Animator, DNAXCAT CO., LTD Jan - Mar 2021 Environment Artist, NYUST- Center of Sustainable Development and Social Practic Apr 2020 3D Paper Cut Box Designing - Piecework, Hidemeowmeow Animation Studio Nov 2018 Architectural Model Maker, Chi Ti-Nan Architects

TECHNICAL SKILLS Sketch Up Auto CAD Rhinoceros Lumion 3DS Max Unity

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES Mar - Jun 2020 Talent Development Program Offered By Taipei Comic Artist Labor Union Jan 2019 3DS MAX Rendering Workshop Jan 2018 Intern, Chi Ti-Nan Architects Nov 2017 Japan-Tokyo Studio Field Study Trip Jul - Aug 2017 Field Intern, De Shang Construction Company Aug 2018 International Exhibition of Architecture Graduation Design, Volunteer in reception group

Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Animate After Effects Clip Studio Painter

AWARDS AND HANORS Nov 2019 Graduation Design was published in Taiwan Architect Magazine vol.290 Aug 2019 Honorable mention award in 2019 Graduation Design of Architects Association Student Competition Apr 2016 On the shotlist for Container Park Design Student Competition Academic Achievement Awards and Scholarships Jun 2019 Being ranked top student of the class in the Second Semester of 2018-19 Academic Year Apr 2019 Being ranked second student of the class in the First Semester of 2018-19 Academic Year Oct 2018 Being ranked second student of the class in the Second Semester of 2017-18 Academic Year Mar 2019 Being ranked top student of the class in the First Semester of 2015-16 Academic Yea

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Real Fantasy-Filling a Blank Page with Creativity and Imagination Reinterprets Playground for Children's Experience Graduation Design / Individual Project / 2018-19 Academic Year

Intergenerational Living - Vertical Cohousing Community Building Design / Individual Project / First Semester of 2017-18 Academic Year

The New Resilient City - Infrastructure Meets Community Fabric Urban Design / Individual Project / Second Semester of 2017-18 Academic Year

Other Works

01 Real Fantasy-Filling a Blank Page with Creativity and Imagination Reinterprets Playground for Children's Experience Graduation Design / Individual Project / 2018-19 Academic Year

The world certainly looks different through the eyes of children; enormous, intriguing, and somewhat overwhelming, and it has long been believed that what we encounter as children shapes up our perspective of the world. The project was designed to create a “space of opportunities”, an abstract building for imagination and play that enacts a universal story. Our memories are products of our body’s experience of physical space. I wanted to create a playful piece of architecture that would stay in the memory of the children when they have grown up and design spaces that enable natural creativity and freedom of playing and exploring. The project is located at the Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung's most popular cultural spot with the collision of an old area and new fine art. I wanted to design not only a playground promote exchange and discovery but a place where its history can be experienced in a playful way.

I want to design a building from a child’s point of view. Spaces built for children should be scaled down to match their height and spatial needs, so that they are able to move around and interact with the space without the intervention or help of an adult.

8 Elements in Playspace

Hiding Space

The 8 elements in playspace opening up a wide variety of possibilities. The design provides multiple means of access to any location. These decisions produce escalating challenges for the kids; mitigating risk and ensuring the correct age-range have access to the more treacherous areas instead of withholding them entirely. Older kids climb over while younger crawl under. The child, the conscious adult, and the prepared environment, all joined together and codependent on one another.

Space for Climbing

Nature

Space for Creating

Moving Space

Labyrinth

Tunnel

Space for Running

Trying to break up the traditional closed arrangement, improving indoor-outdoor relations, stimulating the desire to explore the unknown. Flexible spaces are designed to enhance children’s creativity and active participation. Interior spaces are scaled down to match their height and spatial needs, so that they are able to move around and interact with the space without the intervention or help of an adult.The spaces are accessible to adults, but have been shrunk in order to slow the adults, liberating the kids to fly through the spaces. The emphasis on natural lighting

02 Intergenerational Living - Vertical Cohousing Community Building Design / Individual Project / 2017-18 Academic Year

The demographic landscape of Taiwan is changing fast, as cities grow and the population ages. The goal behind the project is to essentially create age-friendly ‘community’ for intergenerational living , not only in terms of a physical collection of homes, but as a social collection of individuals. People of different ages can be shared amongst unrelated people, living independent, modern lives and benefitting mutually. Young adults can enjoy a spacious home at a discount. In return, they share their space and time with senior citizens, who often crave a meaningful connection. The project is located at Xindian Dist., New Taipei City, a residential district with high population density. For those used to living or working in an impersonal building where neighbors don’t even know each other’s names, an integrated vertical community can be life changing. The design combines private homes of different sizes and styles alongside shared facilities - gardens, gym, library, and a large kitchen and dining room that provide ample opportunity for intergenerational mingling.

Wheelchair ramp connect every floors

This project includes residential units of different sizes and styles for young adults and older adults, also has shared facilities which can either facilitate or hinder participation in activities and healthy behaviour. Some common problems with some of the existing old-age home designs are narrow entrances and staircases, which make accessibility with wheelchairs difficult. Walk-friendly infrastructures and access to destinations and services have been found to be positively related with higher physical activity and walking among older adults. I designed an external wheelchair ramp giving access to everywhere and wider doors and clear passageways to be accessible and appropriate for all members.

公共空間老人居住單元

Shared Facilities Residential Units for Young Adults Residential Units for Older Adults

Wheelchair ramps which connect different floors and public spaces for gathering and sharing time provide ample opportunity for intergenerational mingling, not only a physical collection of homes, but as a social collection of individuals.

青年居住單元

Shared Facilities

Residential Units for Young Adults

Residential Units for Older Adults

Entertainment and Recreation Space Community spaces that can be utilized for formal and informal events and gatherings throughout the year.

Sharing the Kitchen The current trend of having an open kitchen at home renders meal-making a social and fun process. In a space where the living room and kitchen co-exist, more possibilities of social relations can arise.

Vertical Green Space The building’s green space includes gardens and orchards. More green space in the neighbourhood and more visits to green spaces have been associated with lower mortality in the older population.

Residential Units for Young Adults Units consists of two floors and have two entrances on different floors to create connections and access to all of the building’s common areas.

Residential Units for Older Adults A large open room with a bedroom, living room, and kitchen in one space.There are no stairs, handicap accessible units for wheelchairs, and handrails in the bathroom.

Vertical Green Space More green space in the neighbourhood and more visits to green spaces have been associated with lower mortality in the older population. According to WHO assessments, the green space per person should be 9 square meters for a healthy life. Though studies on the older population are limited, exposure to green spaces has been associated with various health outcomes. Older adults living in neighbourhoods with more green space have reported to have a better general health, more life satisfaction, and less stress.

Residential Units for Young Adults

Shared Facility - Library

03 The New Resilient City - Infrastructure Meets Community Fabric Urban Design / Individual Project / 2017-18 Academic Year

Resilience has become an important goal for cities, particularly in the face of climate change. Every summer, sudden torrential rains from a tropical depression caused severe flooding across Taiwan. Thus urban resilience has become a pressing issue in the face of the multiplication of risks. The project was designed to reintegrate the river with the city and based on a floodplain concept, during rainy season the site works as a channel and, when the water level is low, the soft riverbanks can be used for recreation, allowing people to get close to the water. The project is located at Taoyuan City, which is cut by the Xiaokuai River. I try to find new ways of collaborating between public, private and civil society actors, and to promote social ties in cities. We remove concrete walls, create green areas which allow the river to flow freely, storm water to be absorbed, and wildlife to return, and design walkways to make the waterfront publicly accessible. So the river will no longer be a division but a connection.

SITE ANALYSIS Hydrologic Map

1898

Education

The 10-minute Walk

1924

Commercial Zone

1999

Mall

2018

Park Green Bycicle Lane and Station

Street System

Green Park by 10 mins walk

Public Utilities by 10 mins walk

High Congestioon Medium Congestioon Low Congestioon

Street System 6-lane 4-lane 2-lane

Street Planing

Figure-ground

Sidewalk and Bycicle Lane

Rivers have enormous potential to attract and activate public life in a city. The project encompasses the creation of attractive green areas and walkways. The green area that replaced the formerly inaccessible riverbanks improved the relationship between city residents and nature, inviting people to look at rivers not as obstacles, but as vital and connective urban components. So river will no longer be a division but a connection.

Green Areas

River

Master Plan

Plaza

Walkways

Lane and Parking Entrance

Green Belt

Water System River Pool Area

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation

Nolli Plan

After Figure 1: Simulation LBDATA 13.00.00 12.08.2017 x/y Cut at k=1 (z=3.0000 m)

Wind Speed below 0.71 m/s 0.71 to 1.42 m/s 1.42 to 2.12 m/s 2.12 to 2.83 m/s

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2.83 to 3.54 m/s 3.54 to 4.25 m/s 4.25 to 4.95 m/s 4.95 to 5.66 m/s 5.66 to 6.37 m/s above 6.37 m/s Min: 0.00 m/s Max: 7.08 m/s

Objects

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Figure 1: Simulation LBDATA 13.00.00 12.08.2017 x/y Cut at k=0 (z=1.0000 m)

Wind Speed below 0.81 m/s 0.81 to 1.62 m/s 1.62 to 2.43 m/s 2.43 to 3.24 m/s 3.24 to 4.04 m/s 4.04 to 4.85 m/s 4.85 to 5.66 m/s 5.66 to 6.47 m/s 6.47 to 7.28 m/s above 7.28 m/s Min: 0.00 m/s Max: 8.09 m/s

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X (m)

ENVI_met

Figure 1: Simulation LBDATA 13.00.00 12.08.2017 x/y Cut at k=1 (z=3.0000 m)

Air Temperature below 24.76 °C 24.76 to 24.91 °C 24.91 to 25.06 °C 25.06 to 25.21 °C

25.66 to 25.82 °C 25.82 to 25.97 °C above 25.97 °C Min: 24.61 °C Max: 26.12 °C

Objects

Y (m)

Mean Radiant Temp. below 14.61 °C 14.61 to 14.80 °C 14.80 to 14.99 °C 14.99 to 15.18 °C 15.18 to 15.38 °C 15.38 to 15.57 °C 15.57 to 15.76 °C 15.76 to 15.95 °C 15.95 to 16.15 °C above 16.15 °C Min: 14.41 °C Max: 16.34 °C

Objects

Residential Community

Y (m)

Objects

X (m)

Figure 1: Simulation LBDATA 13.00.00 12.08.2017 x/y Cut at k=0 (z=1.0000 m)

Mean Radiant Temp. below 14.62 °C 14.62 to 14.82 °C 14.82 to 15.02 °C 15.02 to 15.22 °C 15.22 to 15.42 °C 15.42 to 15.62 °C 15.62 to 15.83 °C 15.83 to 16.03 °C 16.03 to 16.23 °C above 16.23 °C Min: 14.41 °C Max: 16.43 °C

Plan of Residential Community N

Figure 1: Simulation LBDATA 13.00.00 12.08.2017 x/y Cut at k=1 (z=3.0000 m)

X (m)

High Rise Apartment

25.73 to 25.92 °C above 25.92 °C

ENVI_met

x/y Cut at k=1 (z=3.0000 m)

25.34 to 25.53 °C 25.53 to 25.73 °C

X (m)

Figure 1: Simulation LBDATA 13.00.00 12.08.2017

ENVI_met

24.96 to 25.15 °C 25.15 to 25.34 °C

Min: 24.19 °C Max: 26.11 °C

below 24.38 °C 24.38 to 24.58 °C 24.58 to 24.77 °C 24.77 to 24.96 °C

ENVI_met

Air Temperature

X (m)

x/y Cut at k=1 (z=3.0000 m)

X (m)

x/y Cut at k=0 (z=1.0000 m)

ENVI_met

Figure 1: Simulation LBDATA 13.00.00 12.08.2017

X (m)

2F Public Space

Y (m)

25.21 to 25.36 °C 25.36 to 25.51 °C 25.51 to 25.66 °C

ENVI_met

1F Public Space

Y (m)

ENVI_met

High-Rise Commercial Building

04 Other Works Professional Work/ Spring, 2021 3D Environment Art for VR Experience

Watercolor

International Botanical Architecture Conceptual Design Competition

Printmaking and Watercolor

3D Paper Cut Box Designing for Animation Studio Professional Work/ Spring, 2020