MIin Yen Liu - Portfolio

Min Yen Liu

gary88426@gmail.com +44 7493940212 www.linkedin.com/in/min-yen-liu-4a088a3a0 NW5, London

Right to Work: 2 years Graduate Visa (valid until 28/01/2028)

Education

Experience

Skills

"A conscientious and resourceful UCL Bartlett graduate with a Master’s degree in Architectural Design. Adept at resolving complex project, from current circumstances to complete detailing, while combining extensive practical experience with an exceptional skill in interdepartmental communication.''

MArch, Architectural Design 2024-25 (1 year)

The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

Conducted merit-awarded research on material research, sustainable architectural casting techniques and their environmental impact.

BA in Architecture and Urban Design 2017-2022 (5 years)

Chinese Cultural University

Graduated with a 3.6/4.0 GPA, cultivated architectural expertise with a focus on the renovation and adaptive reuse of existing structures.

Junior Designer Jul. 2023- Aug. 2024 (1 year)

Cho-Lin Architects & Associates

Managed residential projects from plan design to construction documentation and detailing, ensuring clear communication of procedures and finishes for contractors."

Intern Jul. 2020- Sept. 2021 (1 year)

C-J LIU Architecture & Consultant Union

Supported the design team by creating architectural study models and space morphological development.

3D Modelling & Documentation

SketchUp Rhino

AutoCAD

ArchiCAD

Revit (learning)

Visualization

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Lumion

Enscape

Languages

Mandarin Chinese (native)

English (fluent)

Work

Master’s

Repackaged

Model making

Hand Cutting

Renew, Renovate and Rebirth

Future Residentail Form Experiment Section Model

White cardboard/ PVC Sticks/ Wooden Panel

80 x 45 x 80 cm (L*W*H)

Renew, Renovate and Rebirth

Future Residentail Form Experiment Section Model

Taipei Urban Renewal Competition

Casting

Concrete

Chair

Casting with Carton Box Mold and Concrete

Concrete/ Metal bar

45 x 45 x 65 cm (L*W*H)

Plater

Stool

Casting with Carton Box Mold and Plaster

Paster/ Metal Mesh

35 x 35 x 60 cm (L*W*H)

Casting Research Prototype 1

Casting with Carton Box Mold and Slip

Slip

Ø10 x 25 cm

Casting Research Prototype 2

Casting with Carton Box Mold and Slip

Slip

15 x 15 x30 cm (L*W*H)

Ceramic Vase

Casting with Carton Box Mold and Slip Slip/ Brown and Transparent Glazing

Ø15 x 25 cm

Multi-Material Columns

Casting with Carton Box Mold and Multi-Materila Columns

Concrete/ Plaster/ Slip

Traditional Type Experimental Type

Material Use and Conceptual Expression Contamination of Heavy Metal 2019

technology is a double-edged sword, in the 20th century, it rapidly developed to facilitate economic growth, also promote the quality of human life. however, humans must pay for the cost of contamination of technological development, such as water pollution, soil pollution, and air pollution. This project aims to use different materials to demonstrate how humans in industrial development procedures affect the natural circulation and individuals.

Concrete

The content of gypsum and concrete represents the extent of environmental contamination.

As humans at the top of the food chain, we swallow the most contaminated food, but this is all our own consequence.

Abstract Object

Animal

Animals that ingest microorganisms that accumulate heavy metals day and night and are eventually eaten by humans at the top of the food chain.

Fragment

Microorganism

Microorganisms absorb heavy metals from surface runoff. Animals slowly accumulated toxicity by ingesting then

Industrial component

The outcome of civilization.

The pure environment begins to be polluted.

Practice

Publication #Main Editor

2021

5 Ways to Explore Traditional Taipei

(Brochure/15x19.2x0.5cm/42 pages)

Cooperated with Department of Urban Development, Taipei City Government . Re-understand Taipei through these five ways such as street, temple, building, food and industry, and summarized those to a brochure and publish it, aimed to help people deeply explore old Taipei.

2022

Turn (sth.) Ariund

(Yearbook/14.8x21x2.5cm/224 pages)

“55th Chinese Culture University Architecture and Urban Design Graduation Design” is an year book which is integrate 45 graduator's work and classify by eight type such as religion, country, urban humanity, nature, ruins, life and other.

2023-2024

Taipei NGO Archi-Workshop Journal Vol.1, 2

(Yearbook/ Main Editor)

This diary records the results of a collaboration between a non-profit architecture workshop and the Taipei government.

Exhibition

Design #Design Group (Team Leader)

2022

(Exhibition/825m /3 Days)

“55th Chinese Cultural university Architecture and Urban Design Graduation Design Exhibition” is a three-days campaign which was held at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, as a main team leader, I leaded the artistic deisgn group and space design group to cooperate and generate the poster, invitation, guide flyer and visual exhibition board.

Renovation #Main Designer

2022

Local Development Association Office Design in Jinshan District, New taipei City, Taiwan (Office/75m /Renovation)

Assisted a small fishing town to renovate a ruin building became a base for youth entrepreneurship, employed his sense of space and imagination which were acquired from college, successfully turn this town's destiny around.

Forum #Participator

2022

International Forum for Architecture Design in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. (Forum/Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/12 Days)

Presented my graduate project to elaborate on recent experiences with the vernacular ground in Taiwan. Discussed potential utilisation of the “New Vernacular Ground” in future architecture to resolve uncertain circumstances.

Interest

I dedicate myself to architectural photography, collecing architectural elements and researching techtonic details as a means of documenting my passion. Through this process, I continuously refine my perception and cultivate a unique perspective on the built environment.

George Town: A century-old fusion of British colonial and Asian aesthetics. Defined by the iconic Shophouse—narrow, deep-reaching, and painted in various vivid colours.

The tile facades in Taiwan are a manifestation of climatic adaptation, colonial history, and aesthetic interweaving. Showing hundreds of distinct stylistic variations of tiles.