Architecture Portfolio 2014

田欣颖 LISA CHAN A R CHITE CTUR E P O R TF O L IO S E L E C T E D W O R K S 2 011 - 2 014

L IS A SHIN YIN G CH AN S Y R A C U S E U N I V E R S I T Y S C H O O L O F A R C H1 ITE CTUR E l s c h a n 01 @ s y r . e d u

田欣颖 LISA CHAN

lschan01@syr.edu | +44 07835 224785 | 2 Exmouth Mews, London, UK, NW1 2HT I believe that architecture is a process where design attempts to tackle issues of the current social and physical needs of our times which are are influenced by the tradition and filaments of our past. By pushing through the constrains and conflicting interests towards an ideal balance of practical solution and aesthetic beauty, the arduous journey is what makes it all the more worthy, influential and inspirational.

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EDUCATION

Syracuse University Bachelor of Architecture | Syracuse, New York | GPA 3.86 Study Abroad | London Program | Spring 2014 Raffles Institution (Junior College) General Certificate of Education (GCE) A-Level Vice-Chairperson Arts &Crafts Club Honors RenÊe Crown University Honors Program | 2012- Currently Dean’s List | 2011- Currently Singapore Ministry of National Development EDGE Overseas Scholarship

EXPERIENCE Professional Training

Look Architects Internship | Spring 2011 Developed site maps of the Punggol Promenade Riverwalk project for the general public. Graphic design for client communication. Attended site visits and project management meetings.

ReACT: Really Architecture JTC Challenge | Summer 2011 Facilitated a design competition for students to generate innovative and sustainable infrastructure solutions and concepts that will be developed into master plans for the site.

Urban Redevelopment Authority Singapore Work Attachment | Summer 2013 Design development through physical and digital working models for urban planning area, hand sketching perspectives of proposed ideas. Documenting existing site conditions, and archiving for website database. CAD Drafting and developing architectural base plans for reconfiguring existing flats slated for conservation.

Portfolio Workshop | Fall 2013 Assistant to Professor Timothy Stenson, Chair of Undergraduate Programs, to formulate a low-tech guide and sample portfolio to applying candidates.

Leadership & Affiliations

Syracuse University Architecture Student Organization | 2011 Peer Advisior | 2012 Student Liaison Team | 2011-2012 American Institute of Architecture Students Freedom by Design | Executive Committee: Secretary & Fund Raising | 2011-2013

CAPABILITIES

Digital Production Adobe CS . AutoCAD . Rhino . V-Ray . SketchUp . Laser Cutting . Photography Model Building Laser Cut. Conceptual Models. Presentation Models. Construction Details.

Hand Drawing Ink . Graphite . Watercolor . Colored Pencil . Oil & Acrylic . Acetone Transfers.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 REHABILATING THE THAMES FISH HATCHERY & EDUCATIONAL CENTER, INTEGRATED WITH THAMES TIDEWAY TUNNEL INFRASTRUCTURE

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02 URBAN MIXER MARRIED STUDENT HOUSING FOR THE EASTMAN SCHOL OF MUSIC ROCHESTER

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03 LIVE MAKE CINCINNATI DESIGNER WORKSHOP & RESIDENCE WITH PUBLIC BEER GARDEN

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04 LIGHT INTENSITIES VIDEO ART INSTITUTE & GALLERIES , DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE

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05 TOPOGRAPHICAL FOLDING TRANSPORT HUB FOR SRYRACUSE, IN CONNECTION WITH THE MEGABUS & NATIONAL RAIL SERVICES

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06 RECONSTRUCTED SEAM EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, PUBLIC PARK & MARKET ADDITION TO THE HIGHLINE, NYC

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07 DESIGN + ARTWORK PROFESSIONAL, ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION & PHOTOGRAPHY

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This project is done in collaboration with Winnie Tu

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ORGANISATION

EXTENSION OF URBAN GRID

CIRCULATION

PROGRAM 1.

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Visitor’s Center Child Play Area Boat Docking Area Hotel Lobby Floating Platforms Courtyard Monitoring Laboratory/ Office Generation/ Filtration Modules

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Pub/ Fish and Chips

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ELEVATION: VIEW FROM RIVER AT LOW TIDE

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MAJOR VIEW CORRIDORS

ACCESS POINTS

MOVING COMPONENTS

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ECOLOGICAL DISRUPTION

HABITAT: REVIVING THE THAMES ECOLOGY

DUE TO CURRENT ON-SITE LIGHT POLLUTION

FISH FARM & HATCHERY Sustainable activation of Blackfriar’s Foreshore for both ecology and people.

VIEW OBSTRUCTION

MIGRATION DELAYS

REPRODUCTION CHANGES

DEISGN STRATEGIES PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR USER-SITE INTERACTIVITY

To allow people experience conditions necessary for fish cultivation, these habitats are dynamic and changing according to the different life stages and breeding seasons of the fish.

Therefore, our hatchery is reconfigurable to accommodate this need.

Fish instinctively seek out crevices as shelter from stronger water and to hide from predators, correspondingly, our structure acts as a reef with various coves, to which independent floating stations are attached. Fishes and humans are integrated and “embedded” within the environment for a seamless educational experience of the fish life-cycle.

People are encouraged to experience the river through movement on floating barges throughout the site. Terrain is sculpted to mimic rocky reefs and create surfaces for vegetation to grow. Shallow water is also provided for children to wade and play in. Climate control façades for the building collect solar energy power the filter and bubble system that oxygenate the various hatcheries.

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GENERATION

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Solar Hydroelectric Generation Revenue Slowing Down Water Panels Generator & Storage Generation Water Speed Cleaning

FILTRATION Water Filtration

Energy Economy

Bar

+ Fish & Chips

REHABILITATION Fish Breeding

Ecology Environment Recreating Green Space Views Education Habitats

LAYERING DOUBLE SKIN FACADE Rainwater collection Ventilation Operable Sunshading

Ecology Water

Education TANK Rainwater Storage Allows for raising and lowering of Interior Platforms

FLOATING PLATFORMS S : Filtration-Generation Units M: Hotel Pods L: Floating Platforms

FIXED STRUCTURE Wrapping around CSO Vertical View Shafts Acts as “backbone” to which floating modules are connected

CSO Air Treatment Chamber CSO Drop Shaft Connection Culverts Access Points for Maintenance

SITE AERIAL

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IMAGINED SITE INTERVENTIONS

POROUS HARDSCAPES Porous Walkways that weave around habitats for ventilation and exposure to sunlight

SUSTAINABLE ACTIVATION OF BLACKFRIAR’S FORESHORE FOR BOTH ECOLOGY AND PEOPLE

LIGHT INTERVENTION These stilt houses sit lightly on the landscape, resulting in minimal disturbance on the riverbed ecology.

LOW TIDE AT SOUTH BANK

LOW TIDE AT NORTH BANK

WAVES CAUSED BY PASSING BARGE

HIGH TIDE AT NORTH BANK

IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES Children and adults are encouraged to explore and enjoy the riverside in creative ways.

INK TESTS Exploration of various flow barriers through the use of masking fluid, water and ink.

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PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN STUDIES Initial idea of project resembling a series of modifiable glass flasks.

MASSING MODEL

APPROPRIATED FOR FLOW STUDIES

MODULAR SYSTEM

PROCESS DIAGRAMS:

The visitor is embedded into the landscape to allow viewers to experience different fish habitats.

Water flows through the site and breaks down while reshaping the terrain as time goes by.

Changing terrain to shape conditions needed for different fish habitats.

These glass modules are modifiable through changing conditions over time.

How our project works with the tide. Sitting on the existing CSO infrastructure reaching out extendable and reconfigurable branches to which modules and flotation-generation units are connected.

Allocation of various programs according to various corresponding site conditions.

Initial plan for progress of water flow through site, fast and dirty water slowing down through filtration into fish hatcheries.

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STUDY PROCESS MODELS

INITIAL SITE CONECEPTUAL MONTAGE

FLOTATION-GENERATION UNIT TIDE HARVESTING AND WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM Flotation modules use the tide flow to generate energy from the tension in the cords.

OUTGOING TIDE

INCOMING TIDE TENSE (HIGH TIDE)

Photovoltaics Electro-magnetic Generator coil Reverse Osmosis Biofilter Suction Pump due to up-down motion Tension Cord

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SLACK (LOW TIDE)

TENSE (HIGH TIDE)

ELECTRICAL GENERATION & WATER FILTRATION

FINAL DESIGN RENDERING

EXPANSION/ CONTRACTION

SPRING Acts as hatchery, close control and monitoring of fish habitats. Expansion of flotation platforms as barrier from high water speeds.

SUMMER Lengthened walkways to accommodate increased visitation numbers. Increased surface area exposure to water and sunlight. Expansion, to create safe harbors with slow water to shelter fish. Solar collection. Flourishing of vegetation. Fish dispersal from the site.

PROCESS SKETCHES:

FALL Reeds and plants acting as protective barriers. Water speed is pretty low. Contraction of the floating components from summer condition.

WINTER Contraction of site into a compact structure. Protection from climate. Temperature control. Increased sheltering of ecosystem

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SITE PLAN: LEVEL +1: ROOF PLAN OVERVIEW

LEVEL 0: GROUND LEVEL

LEVEL -1: CSO INFRASTRUCTURE

LEVEL -2: EXPANSION OF PLATFORMS AT LOW TIDE

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VISITOR’S CENTER: SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

RAINWATER COLLECTION, ROOF DRAINAGE FISH FARM MODULE FLOATING PLATFORM DOCKING

MODULE: HOTEL PODS ROOF PLAN

INTERIOR

CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF EXPANDING FLOATING PLATFORMS

Massive: to block water flow, yet able to channel and direct it and slow down/ hold back the water.

Movement: Free floating/ fixed, moves up down, left and right.

DETAILS OF FINAL MODEL

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MODULE: FLOATING PLATFORMS

FACADE DETAILS ARMATURE MECHANISM

WATERFRONT PUB

FRITTED GLAZING ALUMINUM ARMATURE RUBBER GASKET CLAMP

STEEL TENSION WIRES

“OPENING” OF FACADE

FINAL SECTIONAL MODEL Ventilation through airwells

Moveable facade panels

Sunlight reflecting off on river wall

RENDERING OF FACADE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF “OPENING”

CSO shaft

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Platform rising up and down from water collected in tank

CONSTRUCTION SECTION

CSO INTERACTION WC IN VICTORIAN SEWER

EXHAUST PIPE “FOREST”

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URBAN MIXER

Married Student Housing for the Eastman School of Music

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FINAL DESIGN IN SITE MODEL

PROJECT STATEMENT The thesis of this building is that it acts as a mixer, with a finely calibrated layering of people, events and spaces. It is a machine that can reconfigure relationships between people, control and amplify certain behaviors, or increase/ decrease the velocity of human movement. A good mix has a strong rhythm and sends impactful waves through the population, it has points of high energies and peaceful lulls. A diverse mix results in a richer outputs of human interaction and music production. A good mix is antifragile because it adapts to embrace unpredictable events and occupants benefit through the flexibility and fluidity the space. This mix is where the city, students, musicians, and producers to bounce ideas off each other in experimentation and cooperation to enhance music production to the benefit of all.

LOOP

INTERLOCK

CITY SCHOOL PERSON

URBAN STRATEGEY

TEST MODEL

Spatial Response to Context

Derivate Angles from Site VIEWS OF FINAL MODEL IN SITE

SITE: ROCHESTER, NY

Lowered Back of Site

Dividing paths

“LOOP” Enclosed Courtyard

Building Density

Extension of Garden

Planted Surfaces

MAPPING PROGRAM

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3RD FLOOR PLAN

SITE PLAN

HOUSING UNITS AND CORES

GROUND FLOOR AND SURROUNDING SPACES

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B A

SECTIONS THROUGH PROJECT: A-A

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EXPERIMENTAL

ZERO ROOM Apartment Unit

MASSING MODELS

Bath Entry

Kitchen Dining Area Living Room Winter Garden

ONE ROOM Apartment Unit Bath Entry Bedroom 1

Kitchen Dining Area Living Room Winter Garden

TWO ROOM Apartment Unit Kitchen Dining Area Living Room Winter Garden

Bath Storage Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

SECTION: B-B

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PROGRAM RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM

EXPERIENTIAL VIGNETTES

Practice rooms facing the eastman school of music.

Multi-purpose hall with retractable siding converting to a stage area in summer facing outdoor seating on terraces.

Winter garden with plantings

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Dining space facing internal courtyard.

BUILDING COMPONENTS

FLOOR PLATES

GARDEN TERRACES

WALLS AND STRUCTURAL FRAME

STRUCTURAL GRID

HOUSING UNITS: Floors 2-6 Zero bedroom units One bedroom units Elevator cores Fire stairs Practice rooms

CIRCULATION ARMATURE Fire stairs + Elevator cores Corridors

LOWER FLOOR PROGRAMS Dining Hall Kindergarten TWO bedroom units

GROUND FLOOR PROGRAMS Resident support space Resident Facilities

Multi purpose/ Auditiorium Space Dining hall storage space Academic Retail space Gym Parking lot

BUILDING MASSING

CIRCULATION

FACADE AND BUILDING IN SITE

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LIVE MAKE CINCINNATI

SITE PLAN

The proposal for Constructed Landscapes is situated on the site of an existing factory at the edge of what was once the beer district of Cincinnati. Since the 80s, the manufacturing in the area has moved out, and baby boomers moved out to the suburbs leaving behind the empty shells of industrial buildings and a vacant city. However, in recent years, we, children of that generation, has seen a trend of returning to the cities as hubs of creativity and vitality. This project acts upon to this movement, proposing a mixed program of live-work, creating an environment where designers, artists and entrepreneurs can mingle and reactivate the city. In the spirit of the old breweries that populated the area, the roof of this project is acts as a beer garden, where outdoor movies are screened in the warmer months.

Public Cccess up the Hill

Carving Out the Hllside

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Inhabitable Thickness

Interior Throughfare

EMBEDDING

SURFACE

HOUSING UNITS

WORKSHOP

SECTION A-A

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THICKNESS

WRAPPING

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PROCESS SKETCH

VIEW FROM TOP OF SITE

VIEWS OF CITY FROM HILL SIDE, POROUS ROOF TO LET SUNIGHT IN

SURFACE FABRIC

HOUSING UNITS AND GALLERY SPACE

GROUND FLOOR PLAN CUT MADE AT 4FT ABOVE GROUND

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GROUND FLOOR WORKSPACE

ROOF SECTION

EXTERNAL CIRCULATION

PUBLIC- PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION

offices

roof seating area

live

gallery park

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Storefront

PROGRAM

INTERNAL CIRCULATION

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PROCESS SKETCHES

FINAL MODEL IN SITE

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CUT-AWAY MODEL

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LIGHT INTENSITIES DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES

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MAPPING DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE STREET LIGHTS ROADS OCCUPATION DENSITY

CLINTON SQUARE

NY STATE OFFICE BUILDING

FAYETTE PARK

ARMORY SQUARE

CIVIC CENTER

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CEPTUAL MODELS

ANALYSIS

Photos of NYC before / after Hurricane Sandy

NIGHT-TIME RENDER OF FRONT VIEW

Times Square, NYC

Paris

syracuse

Photo credit: Derek Shin

Tokyo

MOVEMENT traffic and reflections

REACTION signifiying presences downtown

PHENOMENON Snow Dawn & Dusk

PROJECTION Light emission in different ways

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VIEW OF LIGHT CHANGES AT UPPER FLOORS

PROCESSES

FLOOR PLANS light cloud

LEVEL 3

diffuse light

filtered light distillation of light

trickling down

meandering/ still light infiltration

reservoir of light

LEVEL 2

RESPONSE TO ON-SITE CONDITIONS collecting sunlight adjustable louvres for light diffusion

projection of videos on facade

LEVEL 1 direct access of light and air

cafe in the bottom, extending under sidewalk

GALLERY: ENTRY CONDITON

DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION panels textured with perforations solid concrete walls panels punctured with glass cut-outs louvered panels floor mesh glass objects foreground video archive curtains

LEVEL 0

ENVELOPE TEXTURE

LEVEL -1

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DIAGRAMMATIC AXON

PROGRAM

SECTIONAL MONTAGE

SECTIONAL MONTAGE

(VIEW FROM STREET)

(LONG CUT THROUGH SITE)

1. CAFÉ 2. GALLERY SPACE 3. SCREENING ROOM 4. LOBBY 5. OFFICE 6. CLASSROOMS 7. ARCHIVES

STRUCTURE

VIEW OF SCREENING AUDITORIUM

STEEL FRAME STRUCTURE WITH SHEET CONCRETE SLABS FOR FLOORS AND WALLS.

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TRANSPORT HUB

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SYRACUSE, NY

DEMOGRAPHICS

CENSUS 2010

HISTORICAL MAP

SYRACUSE 1920

CENTRO

ROUTES

MEGABUS

ROUTES

AMTRAK PASSANGER TRAIN ROUTES

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SCHEMATIC DESIGN

CONDITIONS IN SYRACUSE

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TEMPLATE OF MODEL

SHADOWS CAST EACH HOUR AND DURING THE EQUINOXES

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TEST MODELS

SITE ANALYSIS

EXTRAPOLATED SYNTHETIC LANDSCAPE

PROGRAM LONG TERM WAITING AREA

GALLERY

TOILETS

CAFE

KITCHEN

SHORT TERM WAITING AREA

TOPOGRAPHY

CIRCULATION WITHIN SITE

PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT THROUGH SITE

PROGRAM ALLOCATION LIGHTING ON SITE

LARGER GONTEXT

SECTION THROUGH SITE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AROUND SITE

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IN ACCORDANCE WITH CORRESPONDING DEGREES OF LIGHTING

GEOMETRIES

GLAZING

LIGHT/ DARK AREAS

STUDY MODEL

LIGHTING CONDITIONS VIGNETTES

COMPOSITE DRAWING OF FINAL DESIGN

The proposal is to group existing parking together and then transform the unused lots into green parks. This increases the amount of public space and increase public transport use through a new travel hub. This intervention creates opportunities for increased user interaction & ‘messiness’, thereby activating the locale.

CUT-AWAY SECTIONS

LONG - TERM WAITING AREA

SHORT - TERM WAITING AREA

ENTRANCE LOBBY &CAFE

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SECTIONAL STUDIES

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM, NYC HAND DRAFTED, PENCIL ON MAIDSTONE

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CONCEPTUAL MODEL

STUDY MODELS

MICRO URBANISM ON THE HIGHLINE

LASER CUT PLEXI GLASS

MAPPING

SITE AND DEMOGRAPHICS NEAR THE HIGHLINE

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RECONSTRUCTED SEAM MUSEUM BOARD, PLEXIGLASS

PRESENTATION MODEL

RECONSTRUCTED SEAM:

RECONSTRUCTED SEAM: HANDRAFTED, PENCIL ON MAIDSTONE

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PLANS

HANDRAFTED, PENCIL ON MAIDSTONE

SECTION, ELEVATION

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DESIGN WORK TUTORIAL FOR UNDERGRADUATE APPLICATION PORTFOLIO WORKSHOP

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PERSONAL DESIGN WORK

TEXTURE PROJECT DONE FOR HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN CLASS

SKETCHBOOK INK STUDIES

“FALL” THEME WATERCOLOR

KINGS COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE

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THANKSGIVING BREAK VISUAL DIARY FOUNTAIN PEN

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DIGITAL PAINTING SINGAPORE SKYLINE

CHARCOAL STUDY

TEXTURE STUDIES, PHOTOGRAPHY

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TRAVEL SKETCHES:

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LONDON

‘LIGHT PAINTING’

DRAWING WITH PROCESSING

ACRYLIC AND PROCESSING (OPEN SOURCE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)

OPEN SOURCE JAVA-BASED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

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WATKINS GLEN, NY

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HAGIA SOPHIA, ISTANBUL

BRIGHTON, UK

UTRETCHT, NETHERLANDS

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

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