William Hailiang Chen
陈海亮
Born in Hainan China, William Hailiang Chen graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 2006. He has been awarded Alvin Boyarsky Scholarship in 2004 and gained Nicholas Boas Travel Award in 2002 where he resided at The British School in Rome, to study natural lighting conditions in churches & cathedrals. Past exhibitions include a solo photography exhibition, ‘The Penetration of Light’ at The AA Photo Library in 2003. He has worked with Wilkinson Eyre Architects in London, where he was part of the design team for the Guangzhou West Tower (completion by 2010). His research project ‘Reef Surface Mobile Island’ creatively adopts the fabric casting concrete has been highly recommended by the judges of International Concrete Design Competition 2006 and has won 1st prize on ‘Environmental Tectonics V2.0’ competition. In 2007, his collaboration project ResoNet won 1st prize on Bright LED competition for Gwangju Biennale, Korean. His interests are on the interplay between geometry, material and digital fabrication. Currently he is working for Populous (Formerly HOK Sport Ltd.) on London Olympic 2012 Stadium design. His works have been exhibited in UK, Spain, Korean and China.
- Hainan, China
- AA Dipl, Architecture Association
- whchen.com
RESONET (2007)
For the FRED 07 Event sponsored by the Arts Council.
Designed by William Hailiang Chen, Mark Francis Tynan and Shireen Hamdan.
ResoNet visualises the resonant frequencies inherent in the natural environment, via the interaction of the public and surrounding elements detected by a LED net. ResoNet explores the boundaries between nature, art and technology; to create emergent physical & ephemeral conditions. ResoNet won 1st prize in Bright LED international competition co-organized by Designboom and Gwangju Biennale Foundation, Korea.
Left: ResoNet concept rendering images
ResoNet Project video
Designed by: William Hailiang Chen, Mark Francis Tynan and Shireen Hamdan
Film Edited by: Simon R. Odonnell;
Sound design: Tiantian Zhu(CDR member)
AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE
For Get It Louder 2007
By William Hailiang Chen and Chong Boon Pok