Yuxuan Chen Portfolio 2008
2015
2008 - 2015
Yuxuan Chen | Portfolio
Table of Contents
City Texture Mergence
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Munari Mixed Menu
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Open-Air Stage
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Flowing Flow
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Special Care For Senior Citizen
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Bridge The Gap
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Hedgehog Spine
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Double transparency
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Round Back Chair
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Other Works
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Personal Resume
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Design Education Center Art Work Exhibition
Theater Design & Site Planning Eye Hospital
Senior Residence
Memorial Architecture Installation Design Facade Design
Furniture Design
Photography, Visual
City Texture Mergence
Artek-Vitra Design Education Center
Course: Architecture Studio, Helsinki Completed: May 2014 Instructor: Kimmo Friman, Pentti Kareoja, Matti Rautiola, Philip Tidwell
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Design Museum
Introduction
St. John Cathedral
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Site Plan
The Site of AVEC is located in the intersection of two different city textures (The YrjonKatu and Erottajankatu). All adjacent buildings are wearing in classical style envelopes. So I use the rotation of simple boxes as my design order to respect the surroundings and the city texture in this neighborhood. The joint of this two rotated boxes becomes the initial circulation center in this building. Two vertical staircases and the elevator are facing to the center along with an atrium. So I overhanging part of the first floor to allow people get into this building directly through the center atrium. Then I use a sunken plaza to link the design museum and the underground field of the nearby high school to active the underground level. Large openings of the building are facing to the open space in the city (the soccer field and red cathedral). Active programs are located near these large glazing faรงade so that all the Artek- Vitra furniture is displayed to the city space. Quiet programs (Classroom, Conference room, and studio) are set along the north edge. Windows on the east and north faรงade have the same dimension as the surrounding buildings. But to make the corner more like a solid block I use an even shading system to wrap around the two facades.
The project block is placed along the direction of adjacent buildings. The height of building is designed to respect the nearby school building.
The upper corner of building is taken off and create a roof garden which is facing the St. John’s Cathedral.
The lower block is rotated to face directly to the cathedral. The rotation also results in a paralleled block to the city fabric of Finnish design museum.
Program
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1. Cafe 2. Classroom 3.Library 4. Sauna 5. Office
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Several steps create a direct lower plaza for the high school. Cantilevered bar also helps to provide a covered space for entrance.
6. Conference Roof 7. Roof Garden 8. Studio 9. Plaza
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First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
South-East Elevation
Third Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
North-West Elevation 4
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Roof Terrace Roof Terrace is located at the top of box which is facing directely to St. John Cathedral. It provides an opportunity to appreciate aerial view of downtown helsinki.
Void Atrium Large Void space all the way from underground lever to the top level in AVEC positioned in the center is used to mark the rotation and also relieve the tension of space.
Lower Level Plaza Lower Level Plaza is on the same level of the adjacent high school and preschool building. It serves as a transition space between the street level and the underground level with stronger coherent connection.
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Envelope
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Structure
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Floor Slabs 12 19 4
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Construction Exploded Axon
Construction Wall Section
1. Perforate drain pipe 10cm 2. Gravel drainage bed 3. Geo-fabric wrap 4. Impermeable backfill 5. Slope away minimum 5% 6. 6mm polyethylene vapor barrier 7. Insect/termite resistant EPS foam insulation 8. 200mm concrete slab 9. Wood floor 10. Interior finish material 11. Concrete wall 12. Exterior thermal insulation 13. Gypsum board for suspended ceiling 14. Metal stud for suspended ceiling 15. Metal cap embed in mortor 16. Aluminum clad window 17. Triple pane glazing: 6mm glass, 14 air cavity, 4 glass, 14 air cavity, 6mm glass 18. 200mm concrete floor slab 19. Concrete reinforcing bars 20. 100mm light structure board 21. Angle steel for fixing window frame 22. Angle steel for fixing louver 23. Steel pices for fixing louver 24. Aluminun louver painted in yellow 25. Wood stud for floor finishing 26. Extrior finish material 27. Metal truss for roof structure warped insulation 28. Rigid roof insulation layer 29. Mesh to prevent loss if chipping 30. Concrete flags 31. Protective membrane 32. Bituminous waterproofing 33. Reinforced concete roof
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Interior Perspective
South-West Elevation 8
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Munari Mixed Menu
Exhibition Design of Bruno Munari Art Works Course: Architecture Design Studio VII Completed: December 2014 Instructor: Stephen Leet
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Introduction The project is the conception and design of three temporary structures in Milan, made for display of the work of Bruno Munari (19071998), the Italian Modernist artist and designer. Munari, a life-long resident of Milan, was one of Modernism’s great polymaths. He was at various times a sculptor, painter, film maker, furniture designer, graphic designer and maker of artist’ books. In 1966, Munari wrote: “Anyone who uses a properly designed object feels the presence of an artist who has worked for him [or her], bettering… living conditions and encouraging [anyone] to develop [their] taste and sense of beauty” The Three self-selected combination of geometry, art works and site in Milan is well developed after familiar with his multivalent works, and display the insight, through space and form, to his design philosophy.
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THREE COMBINATION
Square
Negativo Positivo Painting
Triennale Muzio Parco Sempione
Circle
Illegible Books
Rotonda della Besana
Triangle
Useless Machines, Traveling Sculptures
Galleria Vittore Emanuale
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cafe
courtyard
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corridor
cafe
Entrance
01 N/P Paintings | Square | Triennale Muzio Parco Sempione
Painting
Entrance
Slit
Corridor
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Triennale Muzio Parco Sempione
Space Theory in Negative & Positive Paintings
The Triennale di Milano is a center for contemporary art, architecture and design and has a reputation for being at the forefront on all of these disciplines. Rather than being a museum in the classical sense – one with a fixed collection – it is a space with continuously changing exhibitions. The site is located at the backyard of Triennale Milano, which already filled with many contemporary sculptures. With strong relation to contemporary art, my temporary structure for Munari exhibition is designed to respect these existing art works and the beautiful scenery of the Parco Sempione. A narrow corridor is used as the buffer zone between the design structure and nature environment in the courtyard. Two squares with same grids are response to the space dimension of the Triennale building.
Negative-Positive paintings explored the manipulation of colour within strict shape guidelines and played with each element’s role as part of the entire composition. Depending on the colour and shape chosen, areas could be considered as part of the foreground or background and the result was highly dependant on the viewers personal response. In some works the wall on which the painting hung could became part of the composition too, creating a heightened sense of 3-D. To respect the space theory in Negative and Positive painitngs, the difference between color is designed into different spaciality in the temporary structure. narrow slit of the painting is regarded as the leading corridor.
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Painting And People
Bow
Glimpse
Casual Stand
Still Stare
Metal Disk
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Steal Hook
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Steal Hinge Penetrated Rod
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Frame Combination
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02 Illegible Books | Circle | Rotonda della Besana
Mirror and 1/4 Circle By tracing the geometry composition of Rotonda della Besana plan, I found a profound connection between this building and the geometry circle. Since our site is located just at one fourth of the whole building, the concept of using mirror as an agent to fulfill the sense of a complete circle and the space in Rotonda della Besana came up with me.
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Geometry Composition Analysis
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Site Plan Mirror Installation Each mirror installation located at the intersection of a circle and a line of the mirror plan. The end point of mirror is extruded to where can reflect the site when visitors stand at the entrance of the center building,
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The Roof & Layers of Pages Roof of each installation is inspired by some Munari’s book concept. Translucent pages and thin lines are designed into the surface and structure of the roof.
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North Elevation
Turn the Page Off
North Elevation
The Mirror wall itself can be seen as the page of a book. Original books are sealed into a glass boxes and inserted into the mirror wall. From the mirror side, visitors can see the original books as reflection in the mirror. When they turn over the other side of the wall, they see the oringal edition and their open pages in the white studio wall. The movement of circling around the mirror can be seen as turning off the pages of a book.
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03 Design Objects| Triangle | Galleria Vittore Emanuale II
Galleria Vittore Emanuale II
Duomo di Milano Piazza del Duomo
Galleria Vittore Emanuale II
Folding and Uncovering
Galleria Vittore Emanuale II is adjacent to the most famous cathedral in the world, Duomo di Milano. Two intersecting streets make a cruciform plan with domed octagon at center. Glass-roofed arcade with shops and cafes - an early formal covered street. The north south street through Galleria is leading to an old theater, which shows Italian opera all the year round. Thus the north south street has heavy traffic going through. The prior aim of design is to slow down the traffic and create short stop to appreciate Burno Munari’s design objects.
Colorful patterns on the floor in Galleria Vittore Emanuale II is the closest details with visitors in this huge space. Structures which disturb this detail is an effective way to catch people’s attention from the overwhelming surroundings. The intervention is easily created by covering the floor pattern with metal triangle panels, putting together as tangram, and uncovering parts of the pattern by folding corners of these panels.
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Hanging
Seating Design Objects Based on different design objects, there should be two basic ways to display them, namely, hanging and seating. Therefore, the height of each folding panels need to be calculated accordingly.
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Folding & Objects
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Tangram Plan Foldings of the triangle panels create a triangle forest which slows down heavy traffic going through covered street in Galleria. White colored metal panels also generate a relief feeling from the colorful space around. Here, nothing is more important than just appreciating Munari.
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Open-Air Stage Entertainment Centre
Award of Excellence in Autodesk Architectural National Competition for College Students Course: Architecture design, Undergraduate Completed: June 2011 Instructor: Tang, Peng; Shen, Yang
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Residential Area Residential Area
School Campus School Campus
Green AreaGreen Area
Commercial Centre Commercial Centre
Timely activity survey
Timely activity surv
Morning Exercises Walking Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
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Site 8:00 Strategy
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Lunch Gathering chating
Lunch Gathering chating
Chessing
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10:00
Chessing Afternoon Tea
Chessing
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Chessing Afternoon Tea
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Dinner
Dinner Chatting
Dinner
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Movie Walking Gathering Exercises Music
Gathering Dinner Chatting Gathering
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Movie Walking Gathering Exercises Music
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Dance
Open Air Concert
Open-Air Retail
Restaurant
Cafe
Main Program
Rehearsal Loft
Small Theater
Social Dance
Bicycle
Exercises
Stage Cafe
Poker Room
Gallery
Serving Program
Large Theater
Program in the Stage Located at the city area with dense population and complicated traffic, the new entertainment center should be affable to the citizen. Translated into Architectural language, the character of affability should be a friendly dialogue between public buildings and the city environment. After studying the activities and their time from different groups of people, I proposed a concept of an open-air plaza which would reorganize the public activities within this block, the architecture and the city environment begin to be assimilated from each other then. The city plaza has various usage: morning exercises and dancing place for senior citizens, an open-air concert yard for fans, an open-air discussion yard for students, etc. Also, this plaza is also the connection to community commercial facilities. Entrances for main theatre and small theatre are facing directly to the plaza, and other supporting functions are also linked to the plaza by sub paths. By organizing the circulation system properly, this design would inspire the community vitality.
Open-Air Stage
Theatre and Service Space
Rehearsal Loft
Restaurant + Gallery + Cafe
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Upper Level
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Ground Level
North Elevation
West Elevation
Theater Section
Section
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Flowing Flow Compact Circulation for Healthcare Architecture First-place award for excellence of undergraduate architectural design from the IPPR International Engineering Corporation of China Second-place award for excellence of undergraduate architectural design from HKS Corporation, Dallas, USA. Course: Architecture Design, Undergraduate Completed: November 2011 Instructor: Zhou, Ying Collaborator: Shen, Yuchen
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In-patient D&T
Gift shop
Surgery
retailer Café
Cashier Social services
Emergency
Out-patient Clinic
registration
registration
Reception and registration
Plastic surgery Optometry & glasses LASIK
Out-side space
Common Hospital Circulation
Examination Emergency
Café
Clinic
Surgery
Administrative
Inpatient ward tract
Cashier Retail Pharmacy
Plastic Surgery
LASIK Social Service
Registration
Reception
specialized Hospital Circulation Out-side space administrative D&T
Gift shop
Café
Cashier Registration
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Reception
Community services
Emergency
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Out-patient Clinic
retailer
Social services
In-patient Surgery
Plastic surgery Out-side space
Optometry & glasses LASIK
Compact Hospital Circulation
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1 administration 2 D&T 3 supply 4 communicate service 5 social service 6 emergency 7 inpatient ward 8 oparation room 9 disinfection center 10 clinic 11 retail gift 12 plastic surgery 13 LASIK 14 optometry hall
Program
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Structure Digrams
ADMINISTRATIVE & OFFICE D&T + IN - PATIENT AREA OPERATION ROOM OUT - PATIENT CLINIC VIRTICAL TRANSPORTATION + MECH
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Ground Plan
Program Exploded Axonometric
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Special Care for Senior Citizen
Senior Citizen Apartment Design
Collaborator: Yan, Shunkai Course: Architecture design, Undergraduate Completed: January 2012 Instructor: Zhang, Meiying
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underground garage entrance
Stores
Stores
Site Strategy
Stores
Stores
Bicycle Parking lots
Bicycle Parking lots Stores
Stores
Gallery
Stores
Stores
Restaurant
Bicycle Parking lots
Bicycle Parking lots
Restaurant
Community Service Bicycle Parking lots
Water Station Parking lots Gym
Bicycle Parking lots Stores
Entertainment Room
Tea House Stores
Stores
Stores Bicycle Parking lots
Stores
Bicycle Parking lots Bicycle Parking lots
Stores
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Activities for Senior
Shared Space Hierarchy
Elevations
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Living Room
Bedroom Kitchen
Bedroom
Bedroom
Living Room
Dining Room
Vestibule
Vestibule Dining Room Kitchen
Vestibule
Bathroom
Kitchen
Dining Room toliet
Vestibule
toliet Dining Room Bathroom
Bathroom
Main Bedroom Living Room
Bedroom For old people
Three Generations Apt
Bedroom For old people Living Room Kitchen
Balcony
Balcony
Balcony
Duplex Apartment With separate entrance, the two apartments were connected by an interior stair. The living room has enough space for all members get together.
Adjacent Apartment
Enough space is reserved for wheelchair in the bathroom. The coarse floor material is used to prevent slipping.
Proper space around the bed is reserved for easy nursing.
Proper dimension of the kitchen for the elder and disabled.
Larger balcony provides space for planting and sunbath.
Special Care Design for Senior
Sharing same dining room wall, the two apartments can be remodified as one to the owners' demand.
Kitchen toliet
toliet
Vestibule
Dining Room
Living Room
Balcony
Bedroom
Bathroom
Kitchen
Bedroom For old people
Nursing Apartment A nursing bed is set in the bedroom, so that nurse can live with disabled seniors and give close care.
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Bedroom
Balcony
Senior Single/Couple Apartment Most rooms have circle pathes. Provides more fluent circulation within senior's apartment.
Old People Live Alone Old People Live Alone
8:00-10:00
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Community Entrance
Out
Walking
Back Home
Community Courtyard
6:00-8:00
Taiji Dancing Singing
Walking Dogs Paking Opera
Chessing Playing Cards majong
Community Facilities
Playing Instrument
Classes Playing Cards Reading Majong
Classes Playing Cards Reading Majong
Common Corridors
Breakfast Planting
Living room Kitchen& Dining Room
14:00-16:00
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Out
Back
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Watching Operas
Sun Light
Sun Lights
Planting
Reading News Watching TV
Watching TV
Cooking Eating Sunlight Reading House work
Cooking Eating Sleeping
Sunlight Reading Watching TV
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Out Walking Walking Dogs Dancing
Watching TV Reading Cooking Eating
Bedroom
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Watching TV
Disordered Out to Hospital
Watching Movies
Chatting
Watching Movies
Exhibitions
Chatting Watching TV
Nurseing
Cleaning
Dropping Around
Sleeping
Sleeping
Old People Live With Family Old People Live With Family
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Community Entrance
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Community Courtyard
Taiji Dancing Singing
Caring Children Walking Dogs Paking Opera
Caring Children Walking Dogs Paking Opera
Chessing Playing Cards majong
Community Facilities
Playing Instrument
Classes Playing Cards Reading Majong
Common Corridors
Breakfast Planting
Living room Kitchen& Dining Room Bedroom
Dropping around Chatting
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Classes Playing Cards Reading Majong Chatting
Watching TV Reading Cooking Eating
House work
Watching Operas
Out to Hospital
Watching Movies Caring Children
Exhibitions
Nurseing
Planting Dropping around Watching TV Caring Children
Watching TV Caring Children
Watching TV
Sleeping
Sunlight Reading Watching TV
Housework
Disordered
Chatting
Sun Lights Chatting
Cooking Eating Sleeping
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Watching Movies Dancing
Reading News Watching TV Cooking Eating
Reading House work
Caring Children Walking Dogs Dancing
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Chatting
Dropping Around
Cleaning Sleeping
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Bridge The Gap
Between History and Peace | Menmrial Center Course: Architecture design, Undergraduate Completed: January 2011 Instructor: Tang, Peng
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Introduction overhanging structure pulled by Steel Cables hanging on the trusses
Post and beam structure supports the steel trusses
Steel frames provide extra support to the steel trusses
Retaining Walls enable the mass embeded deeply
The lake Pipa is encircled by the Nanjing ancient city wall. The lake expresses a sense of peace and the ancient city wall expresses 600 years turbulent history of this city. The connection between history and peace is the inspiration of this memorial design.
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Responding to Environment
Long Elevation
ALTAR ORIENTATION : directly facing the lake and wall VIEW : nice view from transparent material LIGHT : ample sunlight provides peaceful atmosphere
PUBLIC CORRIDOR SCENERY : transparent glasses invite good view DETAIL : equal space mullion emphasize order LENGTH : long path separates functional spaces
PRAYER SCALE : different scales of prayers and altar enforce the visual comparison of two different spaces. LIGHT : natural light coming from front leads to front.
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Hedgehog Spine
Digital fabrication with REVIT Collaborator: HAO ZHANG Course: BIM in Practice Completed: December 2014 Instructor: Andrew Petty
Introduction The whole shape of this small pavilion is treated as a hedgehog. We defined each spine on a hedgehog’s back as a generic adaptive unit in Revit family. The spines are adjustable by two features: the HEIGHT of spine and the ANGLE between each spine and the surface. By adjusting these two parameters, we can control the amount of sunlight going through into the pavilion. In this project, we refer to calculated parameter and conditional parameter to define the family. Shared parameter and schedule are applied to calculating total materials and compare the two proposals.
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Parameter Calculation Rule
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Variable ANGLE_panel 3D view & Schedule Yuxuan Chen
Hao Zhang
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Double Transparency
Building Facade Detail design and drawings Collaborator: HAO ZHANG Course: Advanced Building Systems Completed: December 2014 Instructor: Paul J. Donnelly
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Introduction This facade is designed using a double-glazing technique in order to increase the transparency between the inside and outside. The two layers of glass are separated by an air barrier and connected using metal clips. The glazing is a combination of plain and fritted glass sheets. Fritted glass is formed when an enamel image is fired on the surface of the glass. This rectangular patterned fritted glass adds an aesthetic value to this facade as well as reduces the solar heat gain by blocking the direct sunlight. The facade is assembled using glass pieces which have been stiffened and fastened using structural silicone, to bind the panels of glass. The mullions are attached to a cantilevered beam located at each floor plate. The metal clips supporting the outer layer of glazing are also connected to this beam. A secondary metal clip is hung from the first, using steel rods and attaches back to the glass mullions on the interior glazing.
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1- Laminated safety glass 19mm toughened glass 2- Ă&#x2DC;125mm stainless-steel point fixing 3- Ă&#x2DC;35mm stainless-steel tension cylinder 4- Ă&#x2DC;14mm stainless-steel tension rod 5- Laminated safety glass fin: 19mm toughened glass 6- internal glazing 10mm obscured toughened safety glass 7- stainless-steel glass fixing piece 8- steel plate 9-1.6mm sheet steel fixed with 2x50/50/3.2mm 10- Galvanized steel ventilation grating 11- 10/110/10mm sheet angle 12- Steel Beam height: 850mm 13- roof construction: roof sealing layer, 50mm thermal insulation, 130mm lightweight concrete 14- floor construction: 25mm concrete finishing, 60mm metal deck, 25mm suspend ceiling 15- fire-resisting cladding 16- secondary steel beam 17- sheet-aluminium covering 18- Silicone joint 19- heating/ventilation duct 20- mechanical room 21- Skylight glass: double layers of 8mm toughened glass
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Ventilation Design The double-skinned facade on the south facing the main street breathes like the human skin while it acts as a passive climate control system. During summer, the upper and lower opening mechanisms are released to generate ascending air current inside the double-skinned wall; this function provides an air barrier that cools the wall surface and reduce the need for forced air conditioning. During winter, the opening mechanisms are closed so that the trapped air inside the double-skinned wall can function as a layer of insulation, which reduces the heating needs.
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Round
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Prototype for Bent Plywood Arm Chair Design
Course: Furniture Design Completed: May 2014 Instructor: Julie Tolvanen
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Concept Introduction The Round Back Chair is a prototype for a bent plywood arm chair. It is not only inspired by traditional Chinese armchair, but it also translates the rigid form into a contemporary simple shape. The seat and back of the chair is made from one plywood piece and bent in two perpendicular directions. The back frame and front legs are also made from one hollow metal tube, which generate armframe on both sides of the chair. The design and prototype were constructed in a period of four months, when several digital and physical iterations were explored.
Component: Seat: A 9mm Bent plywood seat / back Legs: B 10mm Stick bracing C 19mm Hollow tube leg D 19mm Hollow tube fame and leg
Attachment: E M6 Tee-Nut connector wood block (2X) F M6X26 Socket head screws (X2) G M6 X30 Socket head screws (X4)
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Plywood Gluing
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PĂŠrez Art Museum, Miami
Digital Photography Olin School, WUSTL
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Digital Photography 63
Collins Avenue. Miami
Graphic Design Poster for Movie
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Yuxuan Chen Contact:
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Phone: Email:
LEED Green Associate
+1 314 478 5674 juliel0902@outlook.com
Professional Experience 2014 June-August
2013 February - May
2012 July - September
2011 August
Intern in HKS. Inc, Shanghai, China · Detail drawings for a hotel project in Kunming, Yunnan. · Infographics design for HKS Hospital presentation booklet. · Site plan design and presentation for a resort and villa project in Changbai Mountain, Jilin. Intern in Suzhou Institute of Architectural Design Co.,LTD, Suzhou, China · Schematic design for a housing project in Nantong, Jiangsu. · Schematic design for a wetland resort and hotel in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Intern in Studio Pei_Zhu, Beijing, China · Construction drawings and analysis graphics. · Work models and presentation models. · Schematic design drawing for a residence community, Beijing. Mapping historical preservation building, Shanxi, China · Ancient Chinese courtyard mapping in Taiyuan. (All the mapped drawings and artwork were kept by Taiyuan institute of architectural design for the purpose of rehabilitation later on.)
Academic Background 2015 (Expected in May) 2014 2013 2012
Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA. International semester in Aalto University, Helsinki,Finland. Bachelor of Architecture from Southeast University, Nanjing, China. Joint studio with Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Honors 2013 2012 2011 2011
Honor of Excellence for Degree Project, Southeast University. First-place award for excellence of healthcare design, IPPR International Engineering Corporation of China. Award of excellence in Autodesk Architectural National Competition. Second-place award of excellence for healthcare design, HKS Corporation of USA.
Skills Software Language
Rhino / Autodesk CAD / SketchUp / VRay / Adobe Creative Suit / Microsoft Office Autodesk REVIT / Adobe Premiere / Adobe After Effect English(Fluent) / Chinese (first languge)
Reference Ray Bai
Adrian Luchini
Vice President Managing Director of HKS Architects (China) Ltd. +011.86.021.5298.6611 Chaired Professor Washington University in Saint Louis, Mo., USA. (314) 935-6251
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Yuxuan Chen School of Architecture Sam Fox School of Design . Visual Arts Washington University in St. Louis TEL: 314 478 5674 EMAIL: juliel0902@outlook.com