Alan Chan Architecture & Urban Design Work Sample

A L A NC H A NA r c h i t e c t u r eU r b a n D e s i g nW o r k S a m p l e s

M . A R C H + M U PU n i v e r s i t y a t B u f f a l o2 0 1 3 - 2 0 1 7

A L A N C H A N30-55 Linden Pl. Flushing NY, 11354

[email protected]

www.linkedin.com/in/achan5

EDUCATION

ACTIVITIES

AWARDS & RECOGNITION2016 Shortlisted for Gates Cricle Architecture Competition (results pending)2015 Beijing Design Week2015 BUGAIK International Architecture Exhibition2014 Western New York APA: Outstanding Student Project2014 Intersight Magazine2013 UB Celebration of Student Academic Excellence: Excellence in Research2012 Intersight MagazineACE Scholarship

FASA Executive Board | Buffalo, NYManaged the Filipino-American Student Association which had over 100 active membersForesaw a $14,000 budget and helped fundraise $10,000 through sales and events

Habitat for Humanity | Buffalo, NYAssisted with the framing phase of construction on 3 new build projects Constructed scaffolding, wall assemblies, staircases, floor assemblies, and roofing

2010-2013

Summer2013

Summer2012

State University at Buffalo | Buffalo, NYBachelor of Arts in Environmental DesignMinor in Architecture

State University at Buffalo | Buffalo, NYMasters Candidate for ArchitectureMasters Candidate for Urban and Regional Planning

2013-2017

2013-2017

American Red Cross in Greater New YorkIntern for the Emergency Preparedness TeamDevised and designed innovative outreach methods: recognized as a best practice modelDesigned the American Red Cross Newletter layout and American Red Cross brochuresRepresented the Greater New York Chapter at community meetings

SKILLS

EXPERIENCE

REFERENCES

LANGUAGES

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign AutoCAD, Rhino, Sketchup, Revit, ArcGIS, CityEngine, CommunityVizV-Ray, Lumion, GrasshopperModel Making, Pepakura, Hand SketchingMicrosoft Office

EnglishChineseVietnamese

Hiroaki HataNicholas RajkovichShannon Bassett

FluentConversationalConversational

716-829-5891415-441-4251716-829-6911

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RTSPC Pinnacle | New York, NYIntern for an Architecture FirmAssisted in drafting construction documents for Monster Worldwide HQ in Florence, SCdrafted construction documents for gastrointestinal facility renovations

Apollo Builders | New York, NYExpeditor for a Construction FirmObserved several stages of construction on a mixed use apartment building in ChinatownAssisted the head architect and engineer in drafting revisions for the apartment building

Adelhardt Construction Corporation | New York, NYAssistant Project Manager Intern for a General Contracting FirmProvided assistance to Project Managers on two Citibank renovation projects in ManhattanInvolved in the dialogue between architect, contractor, and clientWeekly on-site visits with client to make sure construction stays on schedule

Turenscape | China: Xixinan Village, Anhui & BeijingStudy Abroad at Peking University and Landscape Architecture firm, TurenscapeWorked with Turenscape on conceptual proposals for Xixinan VillageDesign exhibited in Beijing Design Week & 2015 BUGAIK International Architecture Exhibition

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Summer2010

Summer2009

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X Y Z M U S E u MThe project brief was to design a museum on an urban site in Buffalos Allentown District.

The design takes the philosophy that the observation of movement of people throughout each space is just as essential to the museum experience as the artworks themselves.

The form Integrates a series of intersecting tubes extruded along the X, Y, and Z axis, creating spatial geometries that curate a holistic experience. The attention of the user becomes a dialogue between artwork, indoor movement, outdoor movement, and framed views. In this team collaboration, my contributions were the designs, 3D model, and all of the major graphics.

Project Team: Alan Chan, Brian Ravinsky, William Pople

Building Site Object Street Wall

Stack Intersect & Push/Pull Lift & Push Final Form

Indoor Public Outdoor Public Galleries

Office + Education Servant Spaces Core

Ground Floor First Floor

Accessible Elevator

Accessible Ramp

Shared Route

Accessible Entrance

Handicapped Parking

60 Turning Circle

Accessible Elevator

Accessible Ramp

Shared Route

Accessible Entrance

Handicapped Parking

60 Turning Circle

Accessible Elevator

Accessible Ramp

Shared Route

Accessible Entrance

Handicapped Parking

60 Turning Circle

Typical X Gallery Typical Y Gallery Convention Space

l i f t B o a t h o u s eThis proposal introduces a community boathouse on an underutilized park space by Buffalos downtown.

The design blends together a boathouse, social resiliency, and a community center into folded landscapes, while taking advantage of contextual assets.

Contextual FrontageUrban Connect Socia l Resi l iencyFold

Water Col lect ion Circulat ion Programming

O P P I A N L I B R A R YThe library of tomrrow should embrace the dynamic form of knowledge; spaces must be flexible and easily adaptable.

The geometries of the building first extrudes the private spaces. The masses were then shifted and rotated to accomodate for light and circulation. The spaces between the masses then became open public spaces, allowing for flexible programming.

Integral to the design is the circulation through the book stacks, which also double as the structure, thus resulting in a dynamic experience between open and enclosed spaces.

Private Spaces Public Spaces Final Form Bookstacks as Structure

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THE MUSIC CITY LOOP

Conceptual VisionIssues & Challenges

E C O S T R E A MThe Gerald D. Hines competition hosted by ULI called for proposals to transform Sulpher Dell, a neighborhood north of Nashvilles downtown. The challenge was to create a healthy and resilient community while considering river flood events.

EcoStream is a multipurpose infrastructure system disguised as an iconic public park for visitors and locals of Nashville. The design is ubiquitously composed of three elements: History, Health, and the Environment.

Central to the design is a daylit stream that not only channels flood waters and cleans Cumberland River, it also activates and completes a pedestrian loop, connecting Sulpher Dell to Downtown. Aside from my contributions as team leader, I worked primarily on design, research, diagrams, and graphics.

Project Team: Alan Chan, Brian Ravinsky, Di Chen, Tino Goo

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Fresh Produce

PedestrianInfrastructure

Food Access

EconomicActivity

Tourism

Critial Mass

LICK BRANCH STREAM

Flood ControlSustainabilityStormwater

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Critial Mass

EconomicActivity

Tourism

Public Space

StormwaterManagement

Flood Control

Fresh Produce

PedestrianInfrastructure

Food Access

ENVIRONMENT HEALTH

HISTORYHISTORY

HEALTHENVIRONMENT

Existing Figure-Ground Proposed Figure-GroundPublic Transit NetworkPedestrian Access

Existing Bike LanesComplete Street Network

Proposed Bike LanesBike Share

BRT LineOne Way Streets

New Street ConnectionsMusic City CircuitsProposed Circuit Extension

Arts & EntertainmentResidential

CommercialInstitutionalMixed Use Residental

Future ConstructionProposed ConstructionPreserved / Renovate

Lick Branch Commons12 Sulpher Dell Springs3 Bicentennial Mall State Park Basin4 North Lick Plaza5 South Lick Market & Rooftop Beer Garden6 South Lick Condominiums & Hotel

8 South Lick Arcade9 North Lick Market & Condominiums

10 North Lick Rec Center11 Mixed Use Residential with Work Force Housing

12 Office Buildings13 Residential Building14 Mixed Use with Parking Garage

15 Parking Garage with Rooftop Farm16 State Museum with Pedestrian Roof Access from Lick Branch Stream

17 State Library Archives

7 South Lick Restaurants

18 American Indian Museum19 Museum of Natural History20 3rd Avenue Gateway 21 5th Avenue Gateway

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Datum LineConstructed WetlandEvents Lawn

Food Forest

ParkingUrban Park

Datum Line & Access Zones Paths

RESILIENT NETWORK

DESIGN DIAGRAMS

Controlled Flood

Protective Berm

Water Runoff

Protection from Hazards

Social Nodes

Social Cohesion Education

Nature

Wetlands

Food

Wildlife

Hazards

F l o o d s c a p eProject Team: Alan Chan, William Pople

As a reaction to climate change, this project was a collaboration between architecture and planning students to come up with a resilient masterplan for an underutilized and overgrown park along Buffalo River.

The goal was to rebrand the site as a model for resilient park design and a safe destination for the neighborhood, emphasizing on social cohesion, education, and protection from environmental hazards.

Floodscape features boardwalks and an elevated canopy-walk throughout the site.The gesture curates a dynamic and rich experience with nodes to encourage social cohesion. Constructed wetlands were utilized for bank stabilization and water retention doubling as natural park features. Lastly, the proposal features a food forest, providing equitable food access. My contributions was design, research, and renderings.

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Due to extreme population density in Chinas major cities, there is a growing trend to move back into the villages. In collaboration with Peking University and landscape architecture firm, Turenscape, our team developed a conceptual proposal to integrate tourism into Xixinan, an ancient chinese water village, while being sensitive to local culture and traditions.

Our proposal envisions agritourism and an artist community co-living with the locals. The masterplan emphasizes a connection to the water, proposing a mix of uses to activate paths along the canals.

In addition, the masterplan requires architectural interventions; thus urban acupuncture was used to rehabilitate vacancies. The concept aims to design typological conditions that can be applied throughout the sight. Using existing vacancies, the idea is to expose traditional chinese structures with flexible programs that emphsaize co-sharing of knowledge between locals and visitors.

Project Team: Alan Chan, Dan Kleeschulte, Gary Chung

X I X I N A N V I L L A G E

Bridge

Hotel Developement

Pedestrian Bridge

Huangshan Mountain

Agriculture

Historic Center

Entrance into Village

Artists Community

Small Shops

Tourist Destination

Housing Development

Resort / Hotel

Agricultural Tourism

Parks

Retail

Educational Facilities

Historical Landmark

High Speed Rail 200 kphHigh Speed Rail 300 kphUnder Construction

WaterAnhui ProvinceHuangshan City

RailroadsWater

Huangshan CityMountains

Major Roadways

RailroadHigh Speed Rail

WaterXixinan Village

Anhui Province Huangshan CityRegional Scale

Opportunities

Reconnect to the Water Interconnectivity

Proposed Land Use

Incision Expose Integrate Old & New

UNDERGROUND CAR PARKING

HIGH CAPACITY

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ABOVE GRADE

BELOW GRADE

UNDERGROUND CAR PARKING

PRT MANUAL OPERATION ZONE

METRO

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BIKE / PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE

GROUND LEVEL BIKE PARKING

PARK LEVEL BIKE PARKING

The Shengzhen Bay Supercity competition brief required a new 170-hectare financial district for the city, including three high-rise structures, cultural buildings, and a large green space to connect the district to the surrounding city. The hope for the masterplan is to create a new iconic financial district for Shenzhen.

Blooming City proposes a 160-story megastructure, broken into several programs to a create variety of spaces to to serve public, commercial, residential, and cultural programs. Sitting on an urban retail landscape, the roof becomes a green network that integrates ecological principles, transportation hubs, and public life.

There were three design teams that participated in this submission: Tower, Transportation Hub, and Urban Design / Planning. I was a part of the Urban/Design Planning team and served as a liaison between the three teams.

TrafficHighwayUnderground Parking

Above GradeBelow GradePRT ZoneUnderground Rail

Traffic

Ground BIke ParkingPark Bike Parking

FunctionWater Infrastructure Transportation Hubs

Car Transportation PRT Transportation Bike / Pedestrian

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Commercial - Level -1

Commercial - Ground

Park Level

Project Team: Alan Chan, Brian Ravinsky, Vivek Thomas, Moath Rababah, Yan Duan, Xinjian Liao, Ian Liu, Tino Goo, Cody Cot Faculty: Jin Young Song, Hiroaki Hata, Bumjoon Kang

B L O O M I N G C I T Y

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N H U B

Single Pedal Added Veins Primary Fold Final Form

Diagonal grid structure is an extension of 3D park main design scheme on tower face. It provides less number of vertical columns and creates open views from tower to landscape.

Connect with Sky Bridge

Sharpen Form

Extrude Towers

Diagonal Grid Structure

Convention CenterRestaurantCultural Center Lobby

Commercial & Transportation Hub

Retail

Office

Residential

Convention / Cultural Center

Hotel

Underground Parking

Cultural Center

2 0 M o t t s t.20 Mott Street20 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10013ICM Global DesignJohn ChenJHC Consulting Engineer, P.C.2010

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20 Mott Street was an 8 story mixed use office building located in Chinatown. At Apollo Builders, I helped the architect draft revisions for the project.

Outline Specfications1. Foundation

2. Ground Floor at Open Office

3. Ground Floor at Prep/Storage

4. Structure at Ground Floor

5. CMU Construction for External Wall

6. Structure at Second Floor

7. Second Floor at Open Office

8. Second Floor at Conference Room

9. Second Floor Exterior Wall Construction

10. Roof

11. Glazing

12. Sunscreen System

- 8 inch cast in place concrete strip footing, 2 #5 rebar continuous in footing, 2 #5 rebar in stem wall at 16 inches o.c. #5 rebar vertical at 24 inches o.c. at center of wall

- 4 inch crushed gravel- R-10 rigid insulation at perimeter and underslab-Vapor barrier- 4 inch cast in place concrete slab on grade- 2 inch concrete topping slab with fiber mesh reinforcement at areas with radiant heating system

- 4 inch crushed gravel- 2 inch sand- R-10 rigid insulation at perimeter- Vapor barrier- 4 inch concrete slab on grade- 14 inch raised floor system

- 18 inch cast in place architectural concrete columns, 8 #5 rebar, #5 coil at 3 inch pitch- 36 inch X 32 inch cast in place concrete beams, 12 #5 rebar

- 8 X 8 X 16 CMU Wall- Building paper- 4 inch metal studs at 16 inches o.c.- R-11 batt insulation- 14 inch raised floor system


- 8 inch hollow core concrete slab- 2 1/2 inch cast in place topping slab- 14 inch raised floor system

- 8 inch hollow core concrete slab- 14 inch raised floor system

- 5/8 inch gypsum white board- Vapor barrier- R-19 batt insulation- 6 inch metal studs- 5/8 inch gypsum sheating- 1/2 inch cementitious boards

- 8 inch sloping hollow core- 2 1/2 inch cast in placeconcrete topping slab- R-30 rigid insulation- Single ply vented roofing membrane

- Aluminum curtain wall system- Insulated glass

- 2 inch X 24 inch horizontal aluminum grilles- 2 inch X 18 inch vertical aluminum tubes- Pre-engineered aluminum sunshade system










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P I E Rc E C O U N T YE. S. B U I L D I N G

These drawings are a graphic representation of an existing 2-story office building. They outline the different building specifications through peeled back layers in axonometric view.

Pierce County Environmental Services Office BuildingMiller/Hull PartnershipUniversity Place, WA

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U R B A N S K E T C H I N GI like to sketch anywhere and everywhere. I find a lot of value in the coordination between space and perspective, and translating those hierarchies and experiences with a pen and a piece of paper. These sketches were studies on different spaces in rural China.

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