Young Architect Talk Series
Ping-Hsiang Chen Lecture:
Architectural Tectonics and Information Integration of the Future
18:30-20:00, Mon. 2018.12.10
HA105, HA Building
Graduate Institute of Architecture, NCTU
Ping-Hsiang Chen is a UK registered and RIBA chartered architect. He currently works as computational designer at Applied Research team in KPF. He specializes in data-driven design, complex geometry, multimedia and digital fabrication in architecture. He has worked on a wide range of architectural projects covering all RIBA stages as an architect, as well as being a computational designer providing highly technical solution for projects across various fields. Ping Hsiang Chen completed his RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 at AA School of Architecture, and has a second master degree in Architecture and Digital Media and Part3 at the University of Westminster.
Professionally, he has worked as both architectural and computational designer in KPF, ShaGa studio, A+T Partners and Mamou-Mani Architects in London. Academically, he is a computational course tutor at the Bartlett school of architecture, University College of London. He has taught at Shih Chien University in Taiwan, the AA Visiting School in Israel, Dorset and with the Digital Prototyping Lab at the AA. He has contributed to various journals and conferences such as Smart Geometry (2013), London Build Conference (2016) and MEED – Middle East Business Intelligence (2017), and has given talks on the topic of advanced computation in architecture and digital fabrication in both Taiwan and UK. He has 10 years experience providing computational solution and training to various companies including Foster+Partners, Gillespies, CHAM, Forpeople, ASTHEIMER and more, covering across urban, architecture and product design.