Stephen Chou Work Sample

SanteeAlley

LA Fashion Mart

CaliforniaMarketCenter

City Market ofLos Angeles

FashionDistrict2040

Tissue & OrganDistrict

JewelryDistrict

FarmingDistrict

Gamification DevicesDistrict

PersonalMobilityDistrict

CustomElectronics

District

CustomFabrication

District

FancyPackaging

District

Hi-TechGastronomy

District

LA FASHION DISTRICT 2010

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Fashion District 2010

Fashion District2040





Consolidation Diversification Densification

Lucia Tower31F, 200 units

1027 Wilshire48F, 402 units

Vibiana Lofts40F, 300 units

Concerto27F x 2, 627 units

City House and The Olympic60F & 50F

Figueroa South/West Tower34F, 324 units

Figueroa South/East Tower34F, 324 units

Zen Tower50F, 302 units

9th and Flower St.37F, 214 units

FIDM Tower19F

Hanover Tower27F

Elleven13F, 176 units

Evo South23F, 311 units

The Medallion11F x 2, 370 units

655 Hope St.17F

Block 8 Little Tokyo22F+6F x 3, 750 units

SCI-ARC Towers40F x 2, 400 units

Alexan Savoy Apartments4F, 303 units

Alexan Savoy Phase II+III18F & 25F, 497 units

Trinity Towers34F

The Met Lofts8F, 264 units

The Medici6F x 6, 632 units

The Piero8F, 225 units

City Lights on Fig5F, 100 units

The Orsini5F, 297 units

Bridge Lofts2F, 8 units

1010 Wilshire17F, 240 units

1100 Grand Lofts8F, 66 units

Hope Condos18F, 200 units

Olive St Lofts17F, 105 units

Glass Tower25F

Luma19F, 236 units

Teramachi Senior Housing8F, 127 units717 Olympic

28F, 156 units

Hikari6F, 128 units

Union Station Apartments5F, 278 units

Grand Ave PlanMixed use development, 2600 units

Metropolis Phase I53F, 548 units

Metropolis Phase II47F, 288 units

Bartlett Building12F, 139 units

El Dorado Lofts12F, 65 units

Higgins Bldg10F, 135 units

Reserve Lofts7F, 60 units

308 E9th St.5F, 38 units

Barker Bros. Convertion5F, 230 unitsSantee Court Phase II

4bldgs, 165 units

Rives Bldg10F, 60 units

Molino Street Lofts3F, 91 units

Roosevelt Building 16F, 222 units

Sixth Street Lofts2F, 63 units

Union Bank Bldg10F, 90 units

Biscuit Company Lofts7F, 104 units

Brockman Bldg12F, 80 units

Chapman Building13F, 168 units

East Columbia Lofts13F, 147 units

Pan American Lofts5F, 40 units

Rowan Bldg12F, 200 units

Shybarry Bldg12F, 84 units

Shybarry Tower12F, 84 units

Sky Lofts12-22F, 132 units

Broadway Plaza8F, 82 units

Mandell Bldg12F, 55 units

Library Court6F, 90 units The Milano

13F, 99 units

Security Bldg12F, 153 units

Main Mercantile Bldg6F, 40 units

Mercantile Arcade Bldg12F, 143 units

Packard Lofts7F, 116 units

Title Guarantee Bldg12F

Victor Clothing Lofts5F, 38 units

Santee Court Phase I12F, 64 units

Santee Court Phase III9bldgs, 445 units

South Village4 phases, 1190 units

Residential Real Estate Developmentsin Downtown Los Angeles(past decade, built+proposed)

Lengends:

New Developments

Adaptive Reuse

UNION STATION

REDONDO JUNCTION


ADVANCED STUDIO VFall 2010

Made in L.A., 2040Future Manufacturing Districts in Downtown L.A.

Critic: Laurie Hawkinson + Christian UhlSite: Los Angeles, CA

With the emergence of new manufacturing trends (clean, small scale, data-driven hyper-customization, service oriented), factories and spaces of material production could once again take advantage of the urban environment - not only as source of labor, but also for its connectivity, accessibility and proximity to markets, intelligence, and exchange.

Downtown Los Angeles provides a prime opportunity for a new center of future manufacturing with its existing and proposed infrastructural connections, its leading and growing importance in logistical flows and cultural production. A relatively under-developed and under-defined area, it is a site to experiment and exploit the new relationships between the city and the spaces of production and consumption, and call for new infrastructural strategies, building interventions, and urban experiences.

Stephen Chou Master of ArchitectureGSAPP, Columbia University

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3 Bender Ct., Dix Hills, New York, NY 11746631-241-8138

STUDIO

1 BEDROOM

2 BEDROOM

3 BEDROOM

STUDIO

2 BEDROOM

PUBLIC SPACE

3 BEDROOM

1 BEDROOM

CORE STUDIO III: HOUSINGFall 2010

Circulate, Delaminate, IncubateHousing for Entrepreneurship

Critic: Michael BellTeam: Stephen Chou Allison RozwatSite: Hoboken, NJ

The focus of “Circulate, Delaminate, Incubate” is exploring how architecture and spatial form may influence social interactions - a topic that has a long history in architecture discourse.We proposed to create a mixed-use development specifically for harboring startup companies and entrepreneurs in the master planning phase. As the scope concentrates onto housing, we seek to create a new spatial form - different from the existing hallway model - that not only adequately regulates public/private in an entrepreneurial, extrovert environment, but also respond more to the richness of human interactions.


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Scientists + Staff

Tourists

Visitors

Neighbors

VIP

Ad-Hoc Dry Lab

Stationary Dry Lab

Administrative Offices

Auditorium

Vehicle Garage

Principal Offices

Outdoor Observation Area

Monitoring Station

Rest Areas

Observation Deck

Library Stacks

Reading Room

Generator Room

Kitchen

Common Room

Deck

24hr Public Cafe

Convenience Store

Conference Room

Wet Lab

Materials Storage Hub

Photography Work Station

Data Storage

Lab Toilets

Elevator

Public Toilet

Public Elevator

Auditorium Toilets

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 230

Nighttime Public Open Space

Rain Screen/Filter Air Space/

Insulation 1 Polyurethane/Insulation 2 Vapor

Barrier

FanFilter

HeaterCooler

HumidityControl

Exterior/No Control

Interior/Full Control

Active Control

Passive Control

AHU

Exterior

Interior

FullControl

NoControl

Exterior

Interior

FullControl

NoControl

Rain Screen/Filter Air Space/

Insulation 1 Polyurethane/Insulation 2 Vapor

Barrier

FanFilter

HeaterCooler

HumidityControl

Exterior/No Control

Interior/Full Control

Active Control

Passive Control

AHU

Exterior

Interior

FullControl

NoControl

Exterior

Interior

FullControl

NoControl

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Materials

Storage

PublicToilet

3F

Wet

Lab

Wet

Lab

5F6F

4F

Wet

Lab

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Seminar

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RF

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Data

Storage

Equipment

Storage

Data

Storage

Rest

Area

1F 2F

3F 4F 5F 6F 7F

8F 9F 10F

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FAR = 61F

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Materials

Storage

PublicToilet

3F

Wet

Lab

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CORE STUDIO I: Degrees of UncertaintyFall 2009

AirlabThe Urban Science Research Institution

Critic: Janette KimSite: The High Line Chelsea, NYC

The Airlab aims to respond to the urban conditions of the site - as a science research institution, how to benefit from the high density of audiences on site; as a building, how to strategically share spaces to the public, while taking advantage of the surrounding opportunities.

CORE STUDIO II: Museum of DiasporaSpring 2010

The Museum of Diaspora provides curators an opportunity for an extra dimension of sensory experiences - the atmospheric environment - an experience that has long been neutralized with the wide-spread of air-conditioning technologies and notions of “modern” comfort. The project then seeks to disintegrate conventional air-conditioning technologies and building envelops to create and contain diverse atmospheric environments in the museum.

The Museum of DiasporaAn Exhibition of Atmospheric Environments

Critic: Mark WasiutaSite: Chinatown, New York, NY


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INPUT PARAMETERS

Orientation_AngleSRF_Ratio

Element_DepthTop_Panel_Depth_RatioOffset_TOPOffset_BTMOffset_LEFTOffset_RIGHT

OUTPUTPARAMETERS / EFFECTS

Output_AreaOutput_Volume

-30deg0.6

6ft1.20ft0ft0ft0ft

-15deg0.6

0deg0.6

15deg0.8

30deg0.4

30deg0.8-0.6-0.4

3ft1.20ft0ft0ft0ft

10in1.00ft0ft0ft0ft

6ft0.750ft0ft0ft0ft

4ft1.13ft0ft0ft0ft

4ft1.1-2ft0ft5ft0ft

2.942 m29.583 m3

PRARMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS

Change in overhang to introduce more sun exposure into element.

The width and height of the element are user-definable to create a variety of spaces for different uses and performances.

The percentage glazing can be controlled to meet desired conditions.

The buffer air space can either be inhabitable, or reduced in depth to form a double skin facade.

circulationefficiency

structuralefficiency

programmaticqualities

adaptabilityto existingfloor plans

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HEATING DRIVEN VENTILATION

HEAT HARVESTED FROMCAVITY AIR VIA HEATEXCHANGER

KNEE WALLS HOUSEDUCTS TO AHU

AHU AHU AHU

OPTIMAL CROSS-VENTILATION COOLING DRIVEN VENTILATION

WINTER CONDITIONS SPRING/FALL CONDITIONS

RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET RECIRCULATING AIR

SUMMER CONDITIONS

C-BIP Integrated Design Studio:Building Element DesignSpring 2011

ClimatriumOptimized Plug-in Sunrooms

Critic: Laura Kurgan

Related skills: Parametric design in CATIA

The Climatarium adds to the building envelope an inhabitable buffer space between interior and exterior climates. Environmental parameters (sun angle, orientation, building level, context, etc.), building parameters (window spacinigs, dimensions, etc.) and aggregation patterns were integral in the parametric design of these building units to suit different building conditions and effects.

C-BIP Integrated Design Studio:Building Strategy PhaseSpring 2011

Re-circulating 60 Broad St.Retrofit Strategy for New York Glass Towers

Critic: Laura KurganTeam: Stephen Chou, Collin Anderson Alexis BursonRelated skills:Parametric design in CATIA and schematic environ-mental analysis

Through double-skin cladding that houses perimeter stairwells and programmatic breakout nodes, the retrofit strategy for 60 Broad Street pairs new methods of inhabitant connectivity with passive ventilation and natural daylighting to recirculate people and recirculate air. The goal of the retrofit strategy is to positively alter the internal life of the building, drive down energy costs and decrease carbon emissions.


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18in Module Panel

CRINKLE

Crinkle!SURFACE, SCREEN, STRUCTUREFall 2011Instructor: Joseph VidichTeam: Stephen Chou Kelsey Lents Allison Rozwat

Related skills:Modeling and shop drawing production in Solidworks. Construction of physical prototypes. Design developed through physical modeling and Rhino + grasshopper.

Crinkle! is a sunscreen panel system developed for the Adidas Sports Performance Store on 610 Broadway. It consists of lasercut stainless steel sheet metal units that aggregate into a 3-dimensional, undulating, porous system that not only dissolves the severity of the original gridded facade, but also wraps around the building to accentuate the top levels of the street corner.

Filtro-Kiosk


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VISUAL STUDIES: FORMWORKSFall 2010Instructor: Josh DraperTeam: Stephen Chou Nicole Kotsis Chris Powers Jodie Zhang

Related skills:Rhino modeling + MasterCAM (CNC), material experimentation and concrete casting.

Filtro-Kiosk is a specially developed brick system to construct a wall that is able to carry the flow of water through cascading levels and multiple filtration units. These filtration kiosks are sited in a school in Malawi, where water infrastructure is under-developed and main access to water are through water kiosks. The goal is not only to provide for useable water, but to also visualize the filtration process, and create a visually and ambiently compelling space.

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Brooklyn Bridge

DELANCEYUNDERGROUND

Ippudo NYCount: 3,383Rating: 4

Katz's DelicatessenCount: 2,370Rating: 4

Lombardi's PizzaCount: 2,075Rating: 4

Pommes FritesCount: 1,942Rating: 4

Joe’s ShanghaiCount: 1,646Rating: 4

SewardPark

LowerEastSide

“awesome!”“fantastic!”

“fascinating!”

“ewww!”“terrible

!”

“wow!”

“bad!”

“dammit!”

Processing

1. Speech Recognizer

2. Determination Script(count good or bad exclamation)

3. Deliver data to Pachube

mic

4. Data Retrieval

5. Process to change output lighting pattern / color / intensity

InputSpoken words

OutputElevator mood change

elevatorstudio

OverheardVISUAL STUDIES: LIVING ARCHITECTUREFall 2009

Instructor: David Benjamin + Soo-In YangTeam: Stephen Chou Momo Araki Kyle Hovenkotter

Related skills:Programming in processing, building interactive installation with Arduino


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What drives urban motion, post Web 2.5?

STUDIO RESEARCHSpring 2012Instructor: Juergen Mayer + Marc Kushner

Related skills:Programming in processing to retreive and manipulate data from web APIs; Rhino + Grasshopper; GIS

Bar Height = Yelp Review Count x RatingWith abundant (and growing) amounts of publically shared experiences, accumulated opinions hybridized into pseudo-factual information, and the proliferation of hand held devices - this map starts to graph a data that starts to influence why we travel to a place in the city, how we get there, and what we plan to do there...

Through the integration of speech recognition technology, internet live feed services, and responsive architectural outputs, the “Overheard” project seeks to transform qualities of our physical space - such as mood and atmosphere - according to our spoken words, creating an environment that would actively respond and participate with the conversations of its inhabitants.

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