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Hsu, Chih-yu 2024-2026 Portfolio

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CHIH-YU Application number 925180

Name HSU, CHIH-YU 허지유

Nation Taiwan 대만

Birthday 2003/01/05

Mobile Mail

Selina92010540@gmail.com

D1038077@o365.fcu.edu.tw

+886 979-198-098

About me

As a graduating senior at Feng Chia University, I am currently dedicated to my thesis on the Huaguang Community, exploring the balance between historical fabric and urban renewal. During my studies, my experience at the ROSO (Robotic Solution Lab) ignited a deep interest in parametric design and digital logic. Combined with the international perspective gained from the Guangzhou South Station workshop, I am committed to exploring advanced methodologies, extending parametric thinking into intelligent urban analysis tools to seek development solutions that bridge humanistic depth with data-driven rationality during my graduate studies in South Korea.

Education

Feng Chia University | Bachelor of Architecture | 2021 – 2026

No. 100, Wenhua Rd., Xitun Dist., Taichung City 407102, Taiwan

Tsai Hsing High Schoo| High School | 2018 – 2021

No. 2, Sec. 4, Xinglong Rd., Wenshan Dist., Taipei City 116016, Taiwan

Experience

The 8th Cross-Strait Architecture School Urban Design Joint Workshop | 2023/11

Shi-E Interior Design | Design Intern 2024/6-2024/8

ROSO Lab (Robotic Solution Lab) | Studio 2024/9-2025/1

Skills

AutoCad

SketchUp

Rhino

Grasshopper

Lumion

ADOBE Photoshop

ADOBE Illustrator

ADOBE Indesign

ADOBE Premiere

Enscape

Urban Resurgence

Stitching Fractured Communities via Everyday Infrastructure

Year 3 Project

Individual Work

|02 | REBRICK-BY-BRICK

Digital Craftsmanship: Re-defining Masonry through Experimental Casting and Parametric Optimization

Rooted Mutation

Lichen Dynamics : A Symbiotic Metamorphosis of Historic Urban Anchors |04

Year 4 Project

Group Work

Hsu, Chih-Yu Chen,I-chen

POLYPHONY

Spatial Polyphony: Translating Urban Fractures into Dialogic Architectures

Year 4 Project

Group Work

Tu, Yi-Hsuan

Hsu, Chih-Yu Wu, Hsuan-Yeh Chen, Hsuan-Yu

Year 5 Project

Group Work

Hsu, Chih-Yu Chen,I-chen

01 | Urban Resurgence

Project info

Site : Liming Village, Taichung, Taiwan

Project Type : Market Redevelopment | Individual Work

Year: 3rd Year (2024/03-2024/06)

Garden City Rebirth / Urban Fabric Synthesis / Programmatic Catalyst / Landscape Permeability / Grid Re-interpretation Keywords

Can a rigid historical order survive the fluidity of contemporary life?

Market Rebirth:

Stitching Fractured Communities via Everyday Infrastructure

This project re-envisions the traditional market as a vital "Everyday Infrastructure" capable of mending fragmented urban fabrics. Focused on the Dawn Market in Taichung, the design addresses the physical and social fractures between aging residential blocks and chaotic market activities. By introducing a stitching strategy, the intervention integrates community services, public plazas, and flexible stalls into a unified structural grid. The architecture evolves into a Social Catalyst, transforming a marginalized space into a resilient community hub that celebrates the vibrancy of everyday life.

02 | REBRICK-BY-BRICK

Project info

Site : Taichung, Taiwan (ROSO Lab)

Project Type : Robotic Fabrication Research / Material Experiment | Group Work

Year: 4rd Year (2024/9-2024/12)

Individual Contribution

· Initial Geometric Morphology

· Experimental Casting

· Robotic Path Planning

· Modeling & Rendering

Voronoi / Robotic Wire-Cutting/ Subtractive Manufacturing / Toolpath Optimization / Material Plasticity Keywords

Redefining the 'brick': When ancient clay meets robotic precision.

Digital Craftsmanship:

Re-defining Masonry through Experimental Casting and Parametric Optimization

REBRICK investigates the evolution of traditional masonry through the lens of Digital Craftsmanship. By integrating Experimental Casting with Parametric Optimization, the project develops an automated assembly system that redefines the tectonic potential of recycled materials. The research focuses on translating complex Geometric Morphology into a seamless robotic workflow, allowing for the precise execution of non-linear patterns. This experiment challenges the rigid constraints of conventional brickwork, proposing a future where digital precision revitalizes ancient material traditions.

【Advantages】

EXPERIMENT

TYPE 1 TYPE 2 TYPE 3

WORKING PROCESS

Robotic Arm Fabricating

CONCEPT

Stacking order

DESIGN ITERATION

Utilizing parametric logic, the RE-BRICK system evolves into organic forms adapted to urban scales. This represents not just a structural insertion, but a soft intervention and reconfiguration of the existing urban texture.

The systematic porous design ensures natural light penetration and airflow. This translucent skin creates layers of visual depth within the city, breaking the sense of enclosure typical of traditional solid walls.

03 | Rooted Mutation

Project info

Site : Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan

Project Type : Cross-Strait Joint Workshop | Group Work

Year: 4rd Year (2025/03-2025/06)

Individual Contribution

· Environmental Site Analysis

· Spatial Strategy

· Digital Modeling

· Urban Connectivity

Keywords

Symbiosis / Memory Reconstruction / Lichen Dynamics / Environmental Responsiveness / Urban Parasitism

Can Architecture Grow Like Lichen?

Lichen Dynamics : A Symbiotic Metamorphosis of Historic Urban Anchors

This project explores the enduring presence of Juancun (Military Dependents' Village) culture in Hsinchu, even after its physical spaces have vanished. By adopting "Lichen" as a metaphor, the design utilizes its biological traits : attachment, diffusion, and adaptation to reconstruct the symbiosis between historical heritage and contemporary intervention. The architecture evolves beyond a static monument into an active historical medium, transforming past memory imprints into a porous, symbiotic interface for contemporary culture.

site development

concept development

Time-related Processes of Lichens

01 02 04 03

Green belt

04 | POLYPHONY

Project info

Site : Huaguang Community, Taipei, Taiwan

Project Type : Graduation Thesis | Group Work

Status: In progress (2025/09-2026/06)

Professor: Pao-Kuan Wu

Individual Contribution · Theoretical Framework

· Urban Morphology Analysis

· Computational Massing Strategy

· Digital Visualization

Spatial Polyphony: Translating Urban Fractures into Dialogic Architectures

This project focuses on the Huaguang Community in Taipei, Taiwan , an "urban fracture" where state governance intertwines with marginalized everyday life. Drawing upon Henri Lefebvre’s theory of the Production of Space , explore the contradictions between institutional "conceived space" and informal "lived space."

The architectural intervention does not seek to erase these conflicts; instead, it translates these fractures into a "Polyphonic" spatial form. By bracketing , transitioning, and restructuring historical traces, the architecture becomes a theater for continuous social experimentation, allowing marginalized urban voices to regain their resurgent potential within the framework of power.

Keywords

Urban Fractures / Production of Space / Spatial Polyphony/ Bracketing Strategy/ Dialogic Architecture

→ Concrete

Representations of Space

Conceived

Institutionalization, Abstraction, and Control.

Memories Superimposed Memories

Portion now repurposed as Rongjin Gorgeous Time park. The value of Huaguang Community lies not in the preservation of form, but in revealing how memory survives within the gaps of power. Cities are not built upon a single voice, but upon the polyphony born from their fractures. Superimposed

Huaguang
Huaguang CKS memorial Hall

Tree scale

Aiguo E. Rd.
Hangzhou South Road, Section 2
Old trees Remains
Huaguang Community was originally a residential community formed by the former Taipei Prison officers' quarters and dormitories.

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