ALEX CHENPHENOMENOLOGICAL JOURNEYS

Chen, Chuan Hao (Alex)Resumé

Relevant ExperienceTrip Leader and Designer March ‘10 to currentAlternative Breaks, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY • Led 6 students on a one week spring break service learning trip • Prepared curriculum and facilitated weekly preparation meetings • Arranged housing and transportation and coordinated site activities • Oversaw the safety of the trip participants • Designed & curated presentation for non-profit clients • Created a poster advertising the program, illustrated ads

Intern January ‘11Kushner Studios • Interned alumni for two weeks as part of the Cornell Extern program • Made site measurements, drafted architectural drawings compiled company portfolio, organized office • Delivered construction material, handled incoming calls

Extern January / June to August 2010Cornell Urban Summer and Winter Extern Program, NY • Shadowed various Physicians and health administrator, Dr. Weber, Dr. Pannullo, Dr. Platt, Dr. Wilkin, Dr. Belfi, and Ms. La Tempa. • Assisted with procedures such as CyberKnife, history and physical examinations, infrared coagulation • Collected and input patient data for future study • Observed physicians at work in private practice, emergency room, clinic, inpatient, outpatient, and operation rooms

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Presentations & ExhibitionsCornell University, Ithaca, NY August ‘08 to currentCollege of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Major: Architecture. B. Arch expected 2013

• Cornell Traditions Service Fellowship • Cornell MMHESS East Asia Summer Traveling Program Travelled to China, Japan, and Korea to develop a manual of preservation strategies of traditional architecture • Cornell in Rome Program Visited architectural sites in Italy and throughout Europe

Peer Advisor and Student Assistant August ‘08 to CurrentDept. of Arch., Art, & Planning Career Services, Ithaca, NY • Critique resumes, communicate with alumni and employers • Perform administrative tasks, update database, assist with workshops • Receive mail, maintain office, design and post flyers and brochures • Worked about 6 hours per week for the past 5 semesters

Computer Lab Monitor August to November 2011Cornell in Rome Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY • Troubleshoot for computer and printing issues • Assisted with computer usage, maintained computers and supplies • Set up AV equipment for lectures

Farm Manager May to October 2009Dilmun Hill Student Farm, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY • Co-managed farm with two other managers • Grew 20+ varieties of vegetable, herbs, and fruits on 1.5 acres • Led volunteers during work parties, ran on campus vegetable stand, organized outreach activities, and coordinated website content • Worked 20 hr / wk for about 4 months, 10 hr / wk for 3 months

ABBR Presenter February 2012Thumbnail, Pecha Kucha Night, Cornell University • part of ten faculty / student presenters on the topic of abbreviation • Lectured to ~ 200 people

Circolo Art Show November 2011Rome, Italy • Exhibited photographs at contemporary art show

AutoCad, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, & Acrobatlaser cutting, 3D printing, wood and metal working, model-makingMandarin Chinese, fluent in reading and speaking

Publications • Elemental, Instrumental (2011), contributed works • Modulatory Effects of hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) tissue extracts on the in vitro growth of its pathogen, QPX (2008), researcher

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Table of Contents

FIREHOUSE

URBAN SIGNAGE INSTALLATION

KUNSTHALLE

ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH

LIBRARY EXTENSION

PHOTOGRAPHY

STRUCTURES MODEL

CORNELL FIRE HOUSEBuried Viewscapes

The firehouse is sited on a hill with visual access to surrounding interests such as the student or-ganic farm, vet school barn, and science research tower. The project sought to enrich the firemen’s daily schedule by creating a buried instrument to view the site. As the firemen carry out their dai-ly routine, they are always refreshed by the sights while having immediate access to the fire trucks

Comprehensive Design Prof. Vincent Mulcahy and Alex Mergold

Sketch Model Evolution

Views on the SiteFiremen Activity Correlation with Views

1F Apparatus Bay 2F Living / Working Quarters

Proposed Construction TimelapseHeatingSystem

Ventilation / ACSystem

DrainageSystem

S IGNAGE INSTALLATIONLayered Transformations

The Ithaca Urban Signage Installation reactivates the Ithaca parking garage by building a map of signs on its facade. The collected signage map is a site analysis product that directs visitors to in-teresting sites in the city. Overtime, the signage map becomes an anchor for advertisements that build layers upon the installation, creating a pochade of constantly changing lighting qualities

Design II Prof. Vincent Mulcahy and Alex Mergold

Existing Urban Signage and facade

Signage Map on facade

parasitic advertising layers

BUFFALO KUNSTHALLEUrban Gallery

The Buffalo Kunsthalle Art Gallery injects new cultural blood into the aged city. The mu-seum is designed as a series of terraced galleries facing the Buffalo city hall, acting as ur-ban bleachers to view the activities of the city. The terrace is enclosed by a large glass crys-tal that erupts out of a large underground hypostyle hall, activating large scale urban activities.

Design III Prof. Jerry Wells

The gallery is on terraces that look out onto the city. A large hall is buried underneath a large museum garden for sculptures and installations

MMHESS RESEARCHPreservation Strategies

MMHESS, or manual of mutant, hybrid, endangered, and super species, investigates the interplay of tradi-tional culture and global commercialized processes within China, Japan, and South Korea in the context of building preservation. The preservation strategies were collected and one discovered strategy, retrofit of traditional structures, is shown. Examples include a Chinese garden pavillion, a Siheyuan, and a Hanok.

Summer Travelling Research Studio Prof. Yehre Suh and Prof. Leondard Mirin

Yu Yuan, Shanghai China, wooden garden pavillion with gutted interior converted into a concrete museum space

Beijing Siheyuan remodelled for western expats buying a second home in old Beijing neighborhoods. total retrofit

Seoul hanok, tectonical preservation built with traditional structures and methods. minimal system modernization

Gradients of Preservation

RETROFIT

Pre-Condition Post-Condition

The Double Shell Sub-strategy

I. Original Structure II. Keeping the Roof III. New Foundation Laid and Basement Dug

IV. Installing New Steel Structure

over-courtyard-so-you-destroy-the-siheyuan-idea-Sub-strategy

Cosmetic Repair and Systems Replacement Sub-strategy

Fallen Tile Exposed Rafters Wood for ondol

Disused Hanok

Water HeaterReplaces Ondol

House is Occupied

Roof is Repaired

Radiant Heating Pipes

Windows Repaired and Walls Repainted

Damaged Wall

Exhibition Hall

Hanok

Siheyuan

ArchitecturalEconomical

HistoricalSocial

ArchitecturalEconomical

HistoricalSocial

ArchitecturalEconomical

HistoricalSocial

STOCKHOLM LIBRARYInterdiscplinary Hybrids

The Stockholm Public Library project sought to expand the amount of currently available space . The proj-ect was seen as an opportunity to find new ordering systems for knowledge. Here, the idea of nodes as subjects and edges as interdiscplinary searches was explored. Staircasese connecting different subjects were created in a gridded stack system, unleashing possibilities for the way fields of knowledge are united

Design VI Prof. Jim Williamson

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Cube as a Vehiclefor InterdiscplinaryConnections

Connection Strategies

Library as anAnalogy of theNode and EdgeSystem

8 subjects8 nodes8 floor plates

28 staircases28 edges connecting8 nodes

8 floors28 staircases

Temporal Occupany Snapshot of edge / node activation

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SWEDISHINSTITUTE OFCHILDRENSBOO KS

CAFE

STUDIOS

SMALL LECTUREHALL

TEACHING ROOMS

THE VOLUME

RESTAURANT

TEMP EXHIBIT SPACE

ADULTLEARNINGZO NE

CHILDREN’SLEARNINGZONE

LARGE AUDITORIUM

CAFE

Program & Longitudinal Section

3rd Floor Plan

2012 NOBEL PRIZE TO BE HELD ATTHE STOCKHOLM PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Cross Section

TAIPEI 101Mega Structures

Structural Systems Prof. Brett Schneider

LA BELLA FIGURAStreet Fashion

Taipei 101 was the World’s Tallest Building, with structural innovations that allowed it to stand on the earthquake prone island of Taiwan. My partner and I investigated the structural systems of Tai-pei 101 and soldered a structural model of the skyscraper (h: 1.2 m) The model consists of 191 floor beam plates soldered onto 16 core and 8 outrigger columns.The building rests on a pile foundation.

LA BELLA FIGURAStreet Fashion

The street fashion photography project explored the identities of the inhabitants of Rome, Tu-rin, Milan, and Naples. The Pictorial research expounded the Italian culture of a good first im-pression “La Bella Figura” as well as the regional flavors of the much sought after Italian style.

Exhibition Curated by Liana Miuccio

MILANO ROMA NAPOLI TORINO

Chen, Chuan Hao (Alex)

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