Portfolio for MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, UCL

Architectural portfolio

Application for MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments

Chih-Han Liu

Chung Yuan Christian University Architecture(BA) Email: chihhan052923@gmail.com Application number: 24044386

Education

Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan BA in Architecture

02/2013-06/2018

Experience Work Freelancer 04/2022-Date Cooperated with AH International Architects, Taiwan Creating privately commissioned construction drawings, Australia Construction Artwork_Assisted a renowned artist in creating spatial artwork, Taiwan HME Architects Office 02/2020-03/2022 The company focuses on various types of public buildings, including urban and architectural design.

Wind to Land Architects 07/2019-01/2020 Invited to design and manage an exhibition on Circular City at Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab. Triple Film House 07/2018-05/2019 Work on the documentary transformation of Taipei Railway Workshop into National Railway Museum.

Chih-Han Liu Email: chihhan052923@gmail.com Phone: +886 912557602

The composition of cities is complex and fascinating. I am interested in discussing history, culture, and urban theory with people from different cultures to gain new perspectives.

Although Taiwan's history is relatively young, its architecture, alleyways, and urban fabric showcase a complex and diverse political history. Its charm lies in integrating historical layers into our daily lives and preserving cultural identity in the face of conflict. I am curious about how other countries address these issues in their cultural context, and how they are affected by the rapidly changing technological and cultural behavioral patterns. I am looking forward to exploring different possibilities.

Internship Field Office Architects 06/2017-09/2017 Analysed geography and culture of Jiaoxi, selected potential sites and planned flow of locals and tourists.

Yu-wen Chiu Architects 01/2015-04/2015 Created landscape installations representing various spatial images using composite paper and cables.

Workshop Setouchi Triennale, Japan Academic collaboration, Tsinghua University, China Chiayi Landscape Architecture Project Post-Disaster Architecture of the 311 Tsunami, Japan

08/2016 07/2016 11/2015-01/2016 01/2015

_Urban Sandy Island AR5 2018 Individual work _Dynamic structural intervention in Da Guan Yuan AR4 2017 Individual work _The Heart of Jiaoxi Living AR4 2017 Team work _Working Project City Flip-Flop Exhibition 2019 PM National Railway Museum DOCU 2019 PM Taiwan Power Company Building DDC 2023 Team work Matsu Auditorium CM 2020 Team work _Other works

China (People's Republic of China) 1937

Urban Sandy Island Advisor: Yen-Yin,Lin Location: National Central Library,Taiwan Taiwan has a young and complex history, and the cultural conflicts of identity are also reflected in the urban fabric. These include the Memorial Square, which represents both authoritarianism and democracy; the community that developed into a prison due to colonial history but became deserted due to urban planning; and the National Library, which represents the relocation of Taiwan's history. These places allow us to see the past and the contradictions of the present.

In a city that is changing behavior, are these rich and contradictory historical cultures like Sandy Island - mistakenly thought to have existed because they exist in carriers, and only need to be verified to prove their illusory nature?

1927、1946

1938 1955

1948 Taiwan (Republic of China)

Image Sources: Wiki, Umedia, hk01, NCL, CTS, NTU, TELDAP, UDN, and SETN, all of which are open-access online platforms.

The Sandy Island Fable, emphasises map presence/absence.

Program

school

The National Library - Liberty Square - Chiang Kai-shek Memorial park - Huaguang Community

Taiwan University was planned during the Japanese colonial period (1928), aligned with the former Government of Taiwan (1895), now the Presidential Office. Later, Chiang Ching-kuo arranged the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (1980) and National Central Library (1986) along the same axis.

The National Library(1986)

Connect and integrate. school

Library borrowing transforms book transportation into a dynamic underground display. school

Transforming storage system into a museum creates a route from the transmission path.

school

Move books to space beneath Freedom Plaza and install high-density automated storage.

school

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall(1980)

Books from storage sent to retriever via transparent pipelines.

Huaguang Community Taipei's road system reflects its political history in road names and planning.

school

Existing book warehouse and book conveyance areas become open space.

school

4M books need 27,155 cu. m. Space can expand to Memorial Hall for 60 years.

National political institutions.

The former Taipei city walls.

Ritualistic bodily dedication and deconstructing the library verifies new disciplines in space.

Attack!

Reverse?

For who?

Where are they?

GF Plan scale:1/5000

B1 Plan scale:1/5000

B2 Plan scale:1/5000

Case study - National Central Library, Taiwan

Carrier changes impact on behaviour and space.

Separate structural systems

Section

Source:Jenny Chung

452030

452030

Book storage and open shelf Restricted area

Areas for storage and access of information.

Functional separation

Space Function Distribution

Internal spatial relationships

無目的 定位 瀏 覽( 方向 ) 路徑 具吸引力路徑 ( 有驚喜的過 程)

Collection

452030

Information borrowing and takeout can be without contact.

Roaming to find.

Bending down to extract.

Right, take. Wrong, put.

Center for ChineseMatteo Ricci & Studies Studies Materials Pacific Reading Room Reading RoomJapanese/ Korean Collection

Government Information/ Law Collection

Rare Books Room

Internet Services Area Microfilm/ microfiche Reading Room

Periodicals Room

Theses,CurrentGeneral Information Service Counter; Circulation Desk Chinese PublicationsReference Services

452030

捷徑 - 過程在空間上被省略

Office Convenience Store Study Room

and Restaurant Breastfeeding Room

Intersection-based positioning of number indexing.

Vertical and horizontal spatial sequence

Shortcuts. paths are omitted.

Click, and receive.

編號 樓層 類別

有目的 編號 尋 找( 已知 ) 順序 最短路徑 ( 最高效率)

Vision

Space

Cognition

Perceiving the world.

Vision shaping spatial cognition.

Carriers impact behaviour and space.

The Sandy Island fable.

Deconstructing the library

B2 Plan scale:1/2500

Books will be centralised in an underground mechanical warehouse, creating an unreadable book museum. The mechanical book warehouse has a suspended bridge and a blank wall that extends to the disappeared Huaguang community. A narrow corridor at the end of the visit.

B1 Plan scale:1/2500

A large square connects the parking lot, metro station, library basement, and elementary school behind. Citizens can see how books are retrieved and visitors entering the museum space through a transparent transmission wall.

There are only three secret openings in this building for visitors to access another area.

GF Plan scale:1/2500

The first-floor entrance was replaced with a platform and screen wall. Sensory experience was deconstructed in the space as visitors on the platform can see the screen but not hear the music, while those below can hear the music but not see the entire screen.

Once depicted on maps and charts, Sandy Island was discovered to be fictional in 2012, casting doubt on maps as objective arbiters of truth and existence.

The future we envisioned

Fritz Lang, Metropolis

Kenzō Tange, Expo 70' Park

Steven Spielberg, A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Vision dominates perception, shaping spatial cognition.

James Turrell, Open Field

Alejandro, Birdman

Ari Fulman, The Congress

The design approach responds to the detachable state between the image and the space in the beginning. We break down the event, generate absence, and read it using a lost interface. Different daily paths are chosen depending on the role, and only by discovering an opening can we escape.

Section scale:1/1500

Dynamic structural intervention in Da Guan Yuan Advisor: Yu-wen,Chiu Site: Taoyuan City, Taiwan Keywords: asymmetric structure/installation intervention The formation of form in space and time, through the complex interaction of different factors, creates an overall system that has a decisive influence on the observer.

-Aldo Rossi.The The Architecture of the City As available land for development becomes increasingly scarce, the demand for complex multifunctional spaces is on the rise. Flexibility in spatial arrangements and functions could be the solution to this problem. However, we must consider how to achieve such flexibility in practice, construct spaces that are truly adaptable and integrate these spaces into the urban fabric.

Here, I propose one possible direction for addressing these challenges.

In 1945, after Taiwan was given to the Republic of China government from Japan, the US military were stationed in Zhongli District, making it an important military base.

1895 1949

In 1955, the US military decided to transfer its military bases to the south of Taiwan, resulting in the gradual withdrawal of the US military from Zhongli District. Some veterans settled in the community now known as Da Guan Yuan. Due to weak family structures and high mobility, most houses have now been abandoned.

1970

BCE

Once were all ponds.

This place used to be After the U.S. military left The settlement began The settlement a military base, and the Taiwan, road construction to take shape along the organically developed military dependents' commenced in the vicinity. surrounding constraints. within this small base. village began to develop.

Asymmetric Structure

Gravity can be used as a force that is simultaneously constraining and controllable to bring about changes in a spatial arrangement through rotation, creating structures with variability and scalability.

These structures can be replicated and expanded by sharing components and extending them infinitely to meet changing needs.

Model Experiment: Material, Components, Stability Steel rod, Cable

Bamboo, Rope

Unit assembly

Adding elastic fabric blurs the boundary while maintaining the singularity of a single spatial entity.

User participation changes the space to signal outsiders.

elevation before outsider participation

elevation after outsider participation

Internship Experience_ Fieldoffice Architects

The Heart of Jiaoxi Living Organizer: Location : Year : Status :

Jiaoxi, a tourist town in Northeast Taiwan, is like a museum that allows visitors to experience mountains, rivers, the sea, and plains at the same time. The plan aims to address issues related to the environment, water, green infrastructure, and the impact of tourist traffic.

Yilan County Government Yilan County, Taiwan 2017 Planning

Yuanshan Township Yilan City

Zhuangwei Township

Jiaoxi Township

Taipei CIty

Freeway

Toucheng Township

Inventory of local public spaces.

Analysis of distribution and circulation routes of local people and tourists.

Transportation and overall planning vision

Military training center to be transformed into a public park.

Site Plan scale:1/6000

The Heart of Jiaoxi Living Vision

Completion photo

Site Plan scale:1/10000

Photo credit by a+tec magazine

Work Experience_ Windtoland Architects

City Flip-Flop Exhibition_ Project manager In response to the theme of the circular city as a continuous flow of connection, regeneration, Organizer: Location : Program : Year : Status :

Taiwan C-Lab Taipei, Taiwan Exhibition 2019 Planning, Detail, Construction

and usage, I used recyclable materials and reusable metal components . The main structure was composed of steel cables with a series of continuous paper sheets, which are presented in various forms to create changes in viewing rhythms. The exhibition space presents a gentle, yet powerful, spatial atmosphere. The paper sheets float between lightness and tension, creating a state of balance.

To make the exhibition itself an exhibit, emphasis is placed on details.

Photo credit by Poem Design

Balanced using active and passive pulleys and the material's weight, the key focus is aligning continuous sheet information with the audience's view. All objects are not fixed, reflecting an environment on the edge of balance. After the exhibition, they can be repurposed for true recycling in other venues.

Detail

Photo credit by Poem Design

Photo credit by Poem Design

Work Experience_ Triple Film House

National Railway Museum DOCU_ Project manager The entire Taipei Railway Workshop complex was designated as a national historic Organizer: Location : Year : Status :

Ministry of Culture Taipei, Taiwan 2018 Assistant director, Project producer, Film planner, Script

site. In 2016, the Executive Yuan approved a plan to transform the area into a national railway museum and park. The preparatory office was established in August 2019 to initiate the Taipei Railway Workshop's ten-year project.

This Documentary records Taipei Railway Workshop and museum formation processes. It also started with contemporary cultural constructions in Taiwan and discussed cultural visions with multiple consultants.

Contemporary Taiwanese culture and vision Inviting five professionals and five members of the public to embark on a journey to Taipei Machine Factory from five historically and culturally significant locations in Taipei using five different modes of transportation. Throughout this process, they explored cultural issues in Taiwan and expectations for the Railway Museum.

Start walking from The Department of Railways Park.

Start biking from Treasure Hill Artist Village.

Take a taxi from JingMei White Terror Memorial Park.

Take a bus from Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology.

Depart on the first Taipei MRT line.

Documents Taipei Railway Workshop and museum formation processes.

We recorded the pre-restoration architectural appearance of the Taipei Railway Workshop established during the Japanese colonial period, as well as the space and equipment of the wooden mold warehouse. We also documents the gatherings of people who had previously worked here.

Taipei Railway Workshop location

Wood mold warehouse

Invite retired employees back

Work Experience_ AH International Architects

Taiwan Power Company Building DDC _ Project manager Miaoli, Taiwan Residence, Office 2023Construction, Permit drawing

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Work Experience_ HME Architect Office

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Matsu, Taiwan Auditorium 2020Construction, Permit drawing

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Matsu Auditorium CM _ Project manager

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Section scale:1/400

Work Experience_ Ting-Tong Chang x Tak-Cheung Hui`s Project

Remains for Those Remain_ Production assistant Organizer: Location : Year : Status :

YIRI Arts Taipei, Taiwan 2022 Construction

‘Remain’ comes from the art documentary ‘Twin Temples, Mazu's Hair, and Hong Immortal’, which uses hair collected from salons to create a landscape installation resembling human remains. Visitors enter through a narrow, low entrance and walk through a bright white room and a hair landscape.

Photo credit by YIRI ARTS

Internship Experience_ Yu-wen Chiu Architect

X-Site: The Texture of Uncertainty_ Production assistant Organizer: Location : Year : Status :

Taipei Fine Arts Museum Taipei City, Taiwan 2015 Construction

Winning project of the second X-site competition at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, this installation employs 240 sheets of composite paper and 740 meters of cables to create a landscape installation representing 139 spatial images of mountains, cities, rooms, etc. As visitors walk through the installation, they encounter unknown people and things, creating an experience of ‘encounter’.

My photographs were published in ta Magazine Vol.238, by invitation.

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