1 THE TEXASENTAUR
The Embassy of the (New) Republic of Texas

I used the pick-up truck toy kits to assemble the prototype of the embassy space. By overlapping the photos and the projections, I create the embassy atmosphere of this misty and fictional world.

Year: Taubman College, Fall, 2022
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Type: Embassy Design
Instructor: Neal Robinson
Role: Individual Work

02 THE THIRD RUINS
The Deconstruction of Humboldt Forum

The purpose of museum collections has shifted, and the architecture of museums has changed, along with the meaning of what a museum represents. But when visiting history museums, have you ever wondered why these artifacts are there?

Year: Taubman College, Fall, 2024
Location: Berlin, Germany
Type: Building Reconstruction
Instructor: Lars Gräbner
Role: Individual Work

03 THE PERPLUXHAUS
The Collective Housing Project

Through this project, we seek to discover approaches that enable individuals to transform their spaces and create an environment beneficial for both themselves and others sharing collective spaces.

Year: Taubman College, Winter, 2023
Location: Hanover Park, IL
Type: Collective Housing Design
Instructor: Laura Peterson, Adam Miller
Collaborators: Valeria Velazquez, Brendan Tsai, Austin Harne

04 DRAINING THE SUBURBS
The Urban Strategy to Stop Suburbanization

Van Buren Township sits between Ann Arbor and Detroit, along the I-94 corridor and the Huron River. Much of the available land is zoned for single-family homes. Is it possible to stop, reverse, and redirect urbanization through open space?

Year: Taubman College, Fall, 2023
Location: Van Buren Township, MI
Type: Urban Design
Category: Academic Project
Instructor: Gabriel Cuéllar, Salam Rida
Collaborators: Cameron Blakely

05 THE [GREEN] CIRCUIT CITY
The New UMich's Center for Innovation

The new proposal has the potential to foster essential, accessible connections throughout Detroit, enhance its transportation network, bridge educational gaps, and reconnect surrounding residential neighborhoods to downtown.

Year: Taubman College, Winter, 2024
Location: Detroit, MI
Type: Urban Renewal
Instructor: Cyrus Peñarroyo
Collaborators: Trevor Hibbs, Dongjiang Jiao

06 THE FOLDING CITY
Longshan Temple MRT & Park Redesign

When urban planning needs to develop new buildings and facilities in old areas, there is often a fracture. Therefore, I try to establish a new and harmonious relationship between the new development and the old context.

Year: CYCU Thesis Year, 2020
Location: Wanhua District, Taipei
Type: Building Reconstruction
Instructor: Yen-Ying Lin
Role: Individual Work

07 FROM PROTOTYPE TO ARCHITECTURE
An ecology co-housing community

The design hopes to build a permanent community on the site, and through phased efforts, integrate the abundant surrounding community resources to build a comfortable and autonomous island for the household suffer from violence.

Year: CEU San Pablo , Fall, 2018
Location: Alsacia, Madrid
Type: Community Renovation
Instructor: Valerio Canals,
Auxiliadora Gálvez
Collaborators: Kenibath Ruiz,
Monika Smorąg

08 THE HORIZONTAL PATIO & VERTICAL ARCADE
Mixed-use apartment around the historic district

This project is a mixed residential and commercial apartment, hoping to reproduce the spatial concept of "street house" in the high-density city adjacent to the historic district.

Year: CYCU, Spring, 2018
Location: Dihua Street, Taipei City
Type: Residential Design
Instructor: Hou, Yen-Hui
Role: Individual Work

09 ASKING ALICE
The Interdisciplinary Performance

This project is a stage performance that combines students from several disciplines in the Art Engine Program at the University of Michigan, including Performance Arts, Dance, Music, and Architecture.

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Year: Taubman College, 2022-2023
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Type: Performance Stage Design
Collaborators: SinYu Deng, Kara Roseborough, Adam Schmidt, and Jessi Carlson, among many others

10 THE GIFT OF ARCHITECTURE
The Taubman College Workshop

The workshop, held by Taubman College and TUM, focuses on the topic of architecture becoming a gift and the issues between the receivers and givers behind this phenomenon.

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Year: Taubman College, Spring, 2023
Location: Munich, Germany
Type: Exhibition Design
Instructor:Dr. Damjan Kokalevski, Prof. Lukasz Stanek.
Collaborators: Ilyas Kerem Yilmaz, Josephine Amakye, and others student from UMich and TUM Munich

11 THE PERFECTLY IMPERFECT

The Taubman College Course Assignment

This tableware design is the final assignment of the elective course that mainly focuses on the projects and attitude of Carlo Scarpa.

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Year: Taubman College, Winter, 2022
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Type: Tableware Design
Instructor: Neal Robinson
Role: Individual Work

12 DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS

The Taubman College Workshop

This workshop is an experimental practice that transforms ordinary building details into new, collaged digital details, representing their identity and role in architecture.

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Year: Taubman College, Fall, 2022
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Type: Workshop
Instructor:Nick Safley, Caitlin Cashner
Collaborators: Cristina Bara, Mollie Davis, Wenqing Zhong, Yifan Ma, Lindsey Lu, Jared Jenkins, Kraig Sims, Tim Jockers, William Kirsch, Koami Amegnran, Yalan Zhang

13 ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Architectural photos taken by Tao Chou

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Year: 2018-2024