Form Studio — Sean Chen Portfolio

XINLEI CHEN’S
PORTFOLIO

Graduate School Works
(University of Michigan)

2025 Fall
Proposition Studio: Aether Ground Canopy
Sustainable and Affordable Architecture
Adv Dig Fab
Health By Design

2025 Winter
Collective Studio: Junction TAB

2024 Fall
Institution Studio: Urban Espionage
Representation

2024 Winter
Situation Studio: Cardboard Outlook
Fabrication

2023 Fall
Form Studio
Construction

2023 Summer
Foundation Studio

Personal Design Works

2025 Summer
Yi Tower

Application Portfolio Works

2022
Farm Slow Life
Huike Super Market
Ataraxia
Elapse of Texture

Undergraduate School Works
(School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

2022 Spring
Capstone Studio: Perfume Chimney

2021 Fall
Studio 5: Greenblock Stack

2021 Spring
Studio 4: Rampant Flow

2020 Fall
Studio 3: The Little Italy Spine

2020 Spring
Studio 2
Light & Space

2019 Spring
Studio 1
Mater & Material

Personal Artworks

Watercolor Paintings

About

ARCH 412 Form Studio Design Project

In this project, the idea is to develop the project from the form aspect of the building and apply the program to the building. There is no physical actual site. The site's condition is an imaginary condition that simulates Detroit's vacant neighborhood blocks.
In my project, I first introduced a connecting piece to connect all the existing buildings on the site and then expanded the structure of the existing buildings to a new form. After applying the program and actual function, the connecting space will be used as a greenhouse for the Edible landscape, and the expanded structure will be used as co-living housing.

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