amis ABOUT ME Birth Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Relocation Beijing, China Relocation Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia President Taylor's Photography Society Relocation Newark, NJ United States Volunteer AIAS 3D Print Lab AWARDS Taylor's Top Achiever Scholarship. N4IT International Presidential Scholarship N4IT Honor’s Scholarship Rosen Group Architecture Endowment COMPETITION Schindler Global Award Competition 2016-2017 Nominee (1 of 12 Finalists) (Results TBA April 2017) GUAN YI CHUAH Phone 973-439-9559 Email guanyichuah@gmail.com EDUCATION Yew Chung International School Beijing, China Taylor's College Subang Jaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ, United States BaArch (May 2018) Status: Fourth Year CGPA 3.78 Albert Dorman Honors College SKILLS Software Photoshop aunen illustrator uonne InDesign one ‘AutoCAD, rr Rhino3D anon Revit . 3D Printing, oon (Ultimaker, Makerbot, Flux) Others Photograchy ao Physical Model wma Wood Working = am LANGUAGES Written & Spoken English Chinese Spoken Cantonese Hokkien Location Newark, NJ United States WORK EXPERIENCE OPerA Studio Brooklyn, NY, United States Architecture Intern (Spring Break) Project: Chicago Architecture Biennial lake front kiosk competition (Schematic Designs) Think Cloud Design Lab Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Architecture Intern (Summer) Projects Nepal Earthquake Emergency Shelter competition (Schematic Designs) Island Festival Project on Pangkok Island, Malaysia (Urban Planning) Wiener Architecture Group Newark, NJ, United States Architecture Intern (Part Time) Projects Fast food restaurants ‘Small scale retail Residential renovations (Construction Drawings, Retail Layouts, Site Visits)CONTENT ACADEMIC WORK Armature Urbanismo iicro Uni S80 Paulo,Brazil V ‘oul flooded Newark, NJ.USA, Jersey City, NJ USA PROFESSIONAL WORK Emergency Shelter UPOP Nepal icago Kiosk Tiffany Chicago. IL, USA Newark, NJ .USA,‘S40 Paulo, BrazilMicro Unit As land prices continue to go up, assuming that the cost of land will overwhelm the cost of mechanical systems used to manipulate the platforms Each Platform can be manipulated with a hydraulic piston.The ceiling is pushed up with two part shaft tracks with gears A ao a BOB c an Alternative Platform CombinationMicro Yards This housing project aims to provide the most characteristic spaces by giving a large front yard and circulation space infront of small units, simialr to the social housings in Singapore HBD Flats). The shared spaces are multiple sky gardens in the voids of the apartment block. Loaded Corridor ‘tacking unit ‘Types foreting ‘accessVillage 8 This housing project provides connection to all 100 units above around with interweaving circulation and shared spaces. The village compound has 4 smaller quadrants that each form aemalercounverdwhlealaaer el” N! i curgerdonssesevateseacc yy a2 IS formed by two halts of the project. >=Base unit A(Reflected) Base unit @ Base unit 8 Base unit A. fase unit A Thiec Floor i a Ground FloorWooded Court Newark, NJ, USA, A clinic that blurs the exterior of the building by submerging into a forest with the aim to provide a smooth transitional experience from inside to outside 3 Lf ey i GalUrban Clinic Newark, NJ, USA The linear program is bent into a wavy form on a long site to create interior courtyards as well as exterior buffer from the streetMicro Tower Jersey City, NJ, USA Micro tower houses two sizes of micro unit situated right next to the Journal Square train station with the aim to provide a reasonable price point for young proffesionals, The tower typology allows for adequate lighitng for all units and also creates focus points on the shared amenity floors. The porject adapts a classic base and tower typology with the separation of public and private programs by creating open spaces for the residetial program above the commercial floors 4== (CEE BEREmergency Shelter UPOP Nepal Design a small scale yet bia in idea mid-disaster emergency shelter for Nepal - Tibet. We explore lightweight materials that can be massively produced pre-assembled, collapsible, stored, transported when in need and easily assembled using minimum tools at site It is designed with humanitarianism for high flexibility, modularity and adaptability, complementing with upcycling possibilities after the shelter is no longer in use. We call the process ‘unfolding a new hope’ mppayaypeereecnes eeoeiad sagyrgnat perspective * HPSUNFOLDED PLAN RAToR a 0 PS aatt ® ge. a a ROOF PLAN 1 ELEVATION 2 aay 2 i ty t aa 7 Ai as BY | i A ELEVATION 1 m1MANUALChicago Kiosk Tiffany Chicago, IL, USA We explored the concent of kit of parts and came up with a project with 4 components and multiple forms. The idea is to give the participants the ability to change periodically and transform throughout the day, week month, or seasons will visually remind people of the “kiosk’s" presence, . Re, Ue — f aa a as POSSIBLE CONFIGURATIONS