InaChen

InaChen

E D UCAT I O N 08/2013 - 05/2018

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Interior Design Pratt Institute, New York, USA 09/2016 - 04/2017

Bachelor Certificate: Practical Filmmaking MET Film School, Berlin, Germany 01/2016 - 06/2016

InaChen

Exchange Semester: Urban Planning DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavian, Copenhagen, Denmark

E XPE R I E N CE C O NTAC T www.inachen.com +1 3474092666

06/2018 - now

VUW Studio Designer & 3D Architecture Visualizer New York, USA 02/2018 - now

Anita Glesta Studio Freelance Artist Assistant 9 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn, New York, USA New York, USA 03/2017 - 05/2017

inasuyangchen@gmail.com

S K IL L S Rhinoceros AutoCAD SketchUp 3dsMax (Vray) Revit InDesign Photoshop Illustrator Premiere AfterEffect Grasshopper Arduino Enscape Lumion Cinema 4D Unreal Engine

LANG U AG E S Chinese Fluent English Fluent German Basics (A2)

MYKILOS Commision: Interior Videographer & Set Designer Berlin, Germany 05/2017 - 08/2017

Another Architect Intern: Urban design & 3D Architecture Visualization Berlin, Germany 06/2017 - 08/2017

BittenFruit Freelance: Filmmaker & Social Media Promotion Berlin, Germany 03/2017 -06/2017

ArchDaily Intern: Remote Translator & Editor for ArchDaily China 06/2016 - 09/2016

T9 Branding Graphics Shanghai, China

AWA R DS & C O MPE TITIO N 2018 Top Finalist: International Rifat Chadirju Prize "Baghdad Design Cetre" (Iraq) 2016 ASID New York: Education Legacy Fund (ELF) 2015 Mitigation, Adaption, Resiliency Greenweek Award 2015 Annual Harold LEED Scholarship

E XH I B I T I ON Gowanus Open Studio: "Quantumoji", multimedia installation. New York, 2018 Filmmakers Without Borders: "June Fourth Elegies", Award Winner. New York, 2018 New York 2 Paris Film Festival: "June Fourth Elegies". New York, Paris, 2018 Nasty Women Film Festival: "Dripping Identity", Award Winner. New Havens, 2017 Young Filmmakers: "Hi", Shortlisted. New York, Los Angeles, 2017 Nannuoshan Berlin: BodyWARE Photography Exhibition. Berlin, Germany. 2016

contents A rch it e ct u re The Rifat Chadirju Prize Finalist: "Baghdad Design Cetre" Østad Urban Wings, Copenhagen

In t e rio r D e s i g n We are Closed, Interior Design Thesis The Spoken Forest, Brooklyn

3 D Vis u al i za ti on VUW Studio: The New Farley Another Architect: Odintsovo 2020 Virtual Reality Studio: Pick Your Song

In s t allat ion Quantumoji, 2018 Gowanus Open Studio Aluminium Age

O bje ct s & M e di a 设跑 Designer, Run! A bag for designers, Crowfunding Project MYKILOS Promotion Video "New Sight" Magazine Cover Photo Commision

When Culture rises from Chaos, Freedom replaces Fear. (Top 20 Finalist) The Rifat Chadirji Prize is established as part of the Tamayouz Excellence Award program of celebrating the best of Iraqi achitecture.

Team member: Vardhan Mehta (Weiss/Manfredi), Shaguni Gupta (Gensler), Ina Chen (VUW Studio) Programs: Rhino, Vray, Maxwell, Photoshop, Illustrator Role: All phase of the comptition - concept, schematic development, modeling, rendering, diagrams, post-production

A rchitec t ure

Following the 2003 US invasion, the site of old Governorate Building, located in the cultural district of AlRusafa, was heavily damaged. The empty shell is now used as a meeting point by locals. We reimagine the site as a mixed-use complex of dual identities - a design center for the new-age Iraqi creative forces; and a culture hub for the local community. This intertwining of user groups and programs creates a space that can serve the larger community by providing a space for fellowship, education, and discovery.

Existing Facade

Fabric Trellis

Existing Facade Amphitheater Individual & Collaborative Studio Space

Exhibition (indoor)

Courtyard

Courtyard

Cafe

Exhibition (outdoor)

Inside/Outside Flexible Exhibition Space

Frame

Gateway

Colonnade

Enclosure I

Trellis

Seating

Aqueduct

passage

Enclosure Ii

Traditional Arch Typologies

Traditional Vault Typologies

New Hybrid Typologies

Individual and Shared Startup Offices

Existing Facade

Passage

Library

Suspended Water Feature

Restroom / Services Seating

Admin Offices Existing Facade Lobby

Public Circulation Loop through the site via internalized reflections of the Facade

Side Entrance / Cafe

Outdoor Exhibition

A rchitec t ure

Pathway to Water Feature

Amphitheater

A rchitec t ure

When Culture rises from Chaos, Freedom replaces Fear.

Østad Urban Wings. A Public Activator A minimalistic, sustainable and flexible temporary structure embraces Copenhagen's extreme weather conditions. Located 15 minutes from Nørreport Station, Østad station benefits from the flexibility of the new installation programmatically and structurally, extending the traditional Scandinavian market from the centre to the region of Østad.

Programs: Rhino, Vray, Photoshop, Illustrator

A rchitec t ure

Copenhagen has extreme weather conditions, thus it is crucial to minimize the existing "wind tunnel" under the station platform. Most users only enter the nearby shopping mall directly after they exit the station. How to attract more people to stay around the station and appreciate the nearby 8-House, VM Mountain, Bella Center, and other fascinating views?

"A rainy afternoon..."

Hide and grab some food.

A rchitec t ure The pond next to the station has been abandoned years ago. Instead of taking away the whole pond, a costly and environmental unfriendly endeavor, a flexible "wing" structure connects the pond and station.

Acting as a public activator, the wing cleverly connects all the programs. It can be stretched and retracted according to the demands of the season or special events.

"A sunny afternoon..."

Running to the markets

Section: Human Scale

Interior view Looking out to the urban jungle

One walks under the stretching wing, looking out into the urban jungle, savoring a cup of warm coffee in his hands.

One walks out from the retracting wing, wondering around the gallery, music and markets on a rare sunny day.

“We are Closed“ Office by day. Speakeasy at night.

a discussion on state of total surveillance

“We are Closed.” is a 9-months thesis BFA Interior Design project (Pratt Institute). A semester research was conducted first. This project is critical on many current social and political discussions. The aim of this thesis is not only using design strategy to bring up such awareness, but to potentially evoke bigger conversation and visions.

Programs: Rhino, Lumion, Revit, Photoshop, Premiere, AfterEffect, Illustrator

I nte r ior Design

In a dystopian totalitarian future, this project exploits visibility and temporality to liberate freedom of expression. Corporations surveil and impact every aspect of people’s lives.

This project occupies sites of symbolic corporate power in NYC. The program veils and exposes: a speakeasy (a space of free speech) veiled by a club at night exists as an office of tomorrow during the day.

Speculative Future Monopolised corporation impacts and watches every aspect of people's life by storing data and governing.

To address visibility and temporality by means of liberating freedom of expression, occupying numerous sites stands for symbolic power in NYC. Act as beacons, these sites challenge the idea of being veiled and exposed.

United Nations

Trump Tower

MetLife Building

Rockefeller Center

Bank of America Tower Empire State Building New York Life

Flatiron Building

Prototypical Site: MetLife Building

Bus

Cycling

Rail

Accessibility: Entrance & Elevator

Office = Bar Co-working = Dance Floor

Existing Site Programs

Proposed day / night program shifts

office during the day

speakeasy/club at night

If (one lives in a dystopian surveillance totalitarian future) { return “ monopolised corporate working conditions “ } elseif (one escapes from a dystopian surveillance totalitarianism future) { return “ freedom of expression in a sensual/immaterial condition “ }

"We are Closed" contains a series of animation, films, sound, VR / AR and research studies.

For full experience, please visit: http://www.inachen.com/we-are-closed/

"The way to control people is not with pain, but with pleasure."

Aldous Huxley, "Brave New World"

The Spoken Forest. A Teen Library Re-invent an existing branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in New York. Targeting teenagers as the primary client and user group, the proposal responds to contemporary issues of the library typology in existing cultural settings.

Programs: Rhino, AutoCAD, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator

I nte r ior Design

The existing Brooklyn public library Bedford branch is not serving its purpose well - issues including poor lighting and reading environment, homeless people sleeping over, outdated choice of books, etc.

How to re-invent a teenager-friendly space that stimulates, motivates and speeds up learning? How to accomodate the partly conflicting interests of adult and teenager users?

The Brooklyn Waldorf School The Bedford Village School Bedford library

Site Condition

"Pavilion"

Exhibition Screening "Dome"

Entrance Book Storage

Construction Documents (Selected)

I nte r ior Design

Construction Documents (Selected)

I nte r ior Design

3 D Visua lizat ion The New Farley, Moynihan Train Hall (ongoing) VUW Studio collaborates with SOM and Future Green Studio on visualization & documentation aspects.

Role: Curating scenes, lighting, furniture, materials, mass crowds and traffic simulation, render set up. Develop marketing animation proposal, 360 renderings and videos, post-production.

Programs: 3dsMax, Vray, Anima, Rhino, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Unreal Engine (Animation & VR)

Role: Curating scenes, lighting, furniture, materials, mass crowds and traffic simulation, render set up. Develop marketing animation proposal, 360 renderings and videos, post-production.

3 D Visua lizat ion

Programs: 3dsMax, Vray, Anima, Rhino, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Unreal Engine (Animation & VR)

3 D Visualizat ion Virtual Studio Virtual Reality space design & animation Programs: Rhino, 3dsMax, Enscape, Premiere, Photoshop

Odintsovo 2020 Another Architect Berlin designs a strategic masterplan for a satelite town of Moscow, in collaboration with TDI Moscow and TH landscape Hamburg.

Role: Master schematic planning, modeling, rendering, animation Programs: Rhino, Lumion, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop

Quantumoji Exhibited as part of 2018 Gowanus Open studio, Brooklyn, New York.

Installation, Exhibition, Film Media “Quantumoji” presents an office happening media installation by practising immersive Audio Visual experience towards various activities and happenings: laughing, commuting, sleeping, sex, death and so on. Video mapping “Quantumoji” onto huge scale inflatables, it invites you to an alter space cognition trip.

I nstallat ion Eighty years ago, Ludwig Wittgenstein had a brainwave: “a face with closed eyes and a half smile�. Our descriptions towards emotions would be much more flexible and various than they are as expressed by adjectives.

While consciousness and cognition is shaped by language and communication- can our consciousness enter a quantum process of emoji as the only pictorial interaction?

Aluminium Age Installation, Photography, Film Media Recycling used aluminium sheets that are going to the trash can - using it one last time and bringing meanings and life for the specific material: The Age of Aluminium. To build a smallest room for one inhabitant. mimicking the wall as buildings, buildings as city, but city is just a small room, disconnecting human from nature.

I nstallat ion

Grown out from the wall, with traces of commercial prints on the skin. It is seducing us, devouring us.

With dazzling colors, new structure, favored ergonomic form. Oh human... Stop being spoiled.

Designer, Run! 莞衑 Project commissioned and supported by T9 Graphic Studio in Shanghai, 2016.

Role: All phase - Concept, design, prototype, crowdfunding, manufacture sourcing

Ob je ct, Media

"A bag for designers who likes running." The bag is not simply designed as a "sport bag",, but expressing the attitude. Inspired by Japanese traditional kinchaku bag - simplicity, flexibility, knobs, curvature - two materials with a combination of 3 colors are applied to the final design. Opacity, translucency and texture are combined for a series of artsy and hipster design with the notion of sports.

MYKILOS: Define New Classics Collaboration with MYKILOS, Berlin based Interior Design and Product Design studio, and Swedish Filmmaker Rebecka Ekholm on the creative team.

Role: Producer, art director, editor, set designer

Ob je ct, Media

"New Sight" Cover Photo: Li Zhenghua Commisioned by "New Sight", photoshoot was followed by an interview with Zurich based artist / curator Li Zhenghua.