2024 Select Works

HENRY CHU SELECT WORKS Selected Works 2017 - 2024

“HYDRANTIS” IRWINDALE REIMAGINED Design of Cities | Fall 21’ | SCI-Arc Urban Design Studio Thom Mayne/Eui-Sung Yi

LANDERS WRITER’S RETREAT Arc 4013 | Fall 20’ | Cal Poly Pomona Graphic Representation Studio Wendy Gilmartin

ARCOLOGY INSTITUTE Arc 4011 | Fall 19’ | Cal Poly Pomona Cataloging Super-Structure Studio Andrew Kovacs

SOUTH PARK DATA PARK Arc 4021| Spring 21’ | Cal Poly Pomona Senior Thesis Michael Fox

PROFESSIONAL 2021-2022 | MORPHOSIS M3 Publication Thom Mayne/Hallie Black

PROFESSIONAL 2023 | MORPHOSIS Undisclosed Competition Urban Planning/Design

PROFESSIONAL 2021-2024 | MORPHOSIS Projects Under NDA with NEOM Urban Design

PROFESSIONAL 2023-2024 | MORPHOSIS Projects Under NDA with NEOM Competition

“HYDRANTIS” IRWINDALE REIMAGINED Design of Cities | Fall 21’ | SCI-Arc Urban Design Studio Thom Mayne/Eui-Sung Yi In Collaboration With Artem Panchenko, Charlie Allen, Ricardo Rodriguez Exhibited in SCI-Arc Symposium

NORMAL STATE RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL 100,000-250,000 Population 100,000-250,000 Population

INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE MOBILITY MOBILITY

Promoting mass transit Promoting mass transit micro-mobility to reduce micro-mobility to reduce Carbon footprint by 4.6 Carbon footprint by 4.6 metric tonmetric per person/year ton per person/year

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ass transit ty to reduce print by 4.6 ar er person/year

FLOODED STATE COMBINATORY GF

COMBINATORY GF

Densification of Commercial of Commercial PublicDensification Facilities to allow for Facilities to allow rest ofPublic Irwindale to go into for rest of Irwindale to go into Reforestation/Afforestation Reforestation/Afforestation

BIOSWALES

BIOSWALES

Reduced runoff: reduces

Reduced runoff: reduces approximately 25% of approximately 25% of total rain runoff total rain runoff

Passes Passes 5-105-10 inchesinches of rainof rain per per hourhour

LANDERS WRITER’S RETREAT Arc 4013 | Fall 20’ | Cal Poly Pomona Graphic Representation Studio Wendy Gilmartin

We initiated this project by deconstructing a shoe, meticulously disassembling it into individual components which were then digitally documented. Departing from the conventional “IKEA” cataloging approach, I envisioned the shoe disintegrating from above, with each piece descending based on its weight. This approach allowed me to explore concepts of time, space, movement, and emotion.

The subsequent phase involved a case study on Afro-Futurism artist Rasheedah Phillips.

This exploration culminated in a “cosplay” assignment, which significantly influenced the medium and style of the final presentation drawings.

WORM’S EYE VIEW PLAN Not To Scale

Remnants of the shoe pieces live within the final product, fading away in one drawing only to reappear in the next.

(6:36 AM Pacific Standard Time) Monochronic. They come. To escape the construct of time. The social confinement of mind. The restriction of individuals to be one’s self. She leaves behind.

She walks with anxiety. A tunnel-vision. Not be able to tell time. Visions blur as she leaves behind the state of mind. With past behind, future unknown. Materials blend with lines. Lights bend to see what is ahead.

(1:00 PM-ish) Reflect. She awaits the future, but dwells in the past.

Let go of schedule.

Let go of restrictions.

Let go of the irony of productivity.

Let go of the quote unquote Panacea we constantly search.

Move freely like the earth intended. Like the shifting of planes in distant memories.

Familiarity. To see what they left behind. A story of reflection. The slippage of lines, the faulting of time.

Present, future, past shift of self in a space formed by recollections.

Clarity. To experience space, texture, mood. Defying the norm to see clearly. To think, reminisce, imagined.

(Dawn) Relinquish. Liberated by merging of the past, future, present. Empowered.

(Sometime in the near future) Time… No more.

ARCOLOGY INSTITUTE Arc 4011 | Fall 19’ | Cal Poly Pomona Cataloging Super-Structure Studio Andrew Kovacs In Collaboration With Julio Rodas Exhibited at Cal Poly Pomona Interim Gallery

Within this narrative, the sublime is a unique experience of grandeur and beauty folded within the technological and psychological forces that operate within three different levels of awareness of the preconscious, unconscious, and conscious mind. Within these states of the mind, the preconscious and unconscious mind occupy the spiritual connections to the intensity of space and form. The technical definition of the sublime is grandeur and beauty yet ironically originating from the same source. However, the sublime also referrers to dark and perhaps ominous ages. In creative pursuits it’s more an emphasis on the heavy weight of material, dark color, and the immensity of certain spatial relations. Within these abstract spaces are embedded subliminal messages that direct the subconscious through Classical forms that influence the behavior of the individual. Within the mind of the individual a renaissance of emotion and visceral awareness overwhelms the physical senses trouncing the conscious objectivity of the viewer.

PLAN (CONSTRUCTION TIME-LAPSE) Scale: HO 1:87 Scale Physical Model

This final model stands at 10 feet tall. Construction time was 30 days from start to finish. All objects were a combination of found and made objects that are somewhat manipulated from its original form. The construction focused on a modular system that enabled for easy disassemble/assemble for transportation.

S. ELEVATION

Scale: HO 1:87 Scale Physical Model

SOUTH PARK DATA PARK Arc 4021| Spring 21’ | Cal Poly Pomona Senior Thesis Michael Fox

"People aren't going to change, for better or for worse. Technology's going to be so cool. All in all, the future will be okay!"

— Randall Munroe

LOCAL NETWORK LONG HAUL NETWORK UNDERWATER CABLES

METRO LOS ANGELES FIBER OPTIC NETWORK

“People aren’t going to change, for better or for worse. Technology’s going to be so cool. All in all, the future will be okay!”

— Randall Munroe

“One impulse from a vernal wood.

May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sage can."

— William Worsworth

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PROFESSIONAL 2021-2024 | MORPHOSIS M3 Publication

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PROFESSIONAL 2023 | MORPHOSIS Undisclosed Competition

SITE AREA 59 HA

PLOT 2 WAREHOUSE AREA 350,000SQM

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PROJECT VISION The design concept of the food trade center embraces the principles of culture, innovation, attraction, sustainability, efficiency in logistics, and iconicity. Our approach for integrating these principles and to the overall organization of the site is inspired by ethos of traditional bamboo weaving, which combines disparate strands to form baskets of strength, functionality, and beauty. At the Food Basket Trade Center, different spaces, activities, architectural elements, and site conditions are interwoven to create a dynamic culinary and logistical hub that celebrates the art of food, drives progress, attracts diverse audiences, and contributes to a sustainable future.

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PROFESSIONAL 2021-2024 | MORPHOSIS Projects Under NDA with NEOM

Image Extracted from NEOM Website

PROFESSIONAL 2021-2024 | MORPHOSIS Projects Under NDA with NEOM

Image Extracted from NEOM Website

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