Name : Juliana S.Y. Chan
Known as : North Swallow / Hoku Tsubameko. Currently renamed to NS Chan Studio
Occupation:
- Current: Architect
- Others: Freelance graphics designer and Illustrator
Societies:
- Alumni of NUS Students' Comics and Animation Society
- Artists Society of Singapore (ASOS)- Secretary
[Profile in ASOS can be view
here.]
Hobbies:
- Painting
- Drawing
[More Introduction can be viewed at my Official Website
here.]
: Achievements :
Year 2015
- Pencil Drawing “Young Memories” featured in American art magazine, “Strokes of Genius 8”. Oil Painting “Simple. Happiness” exhibited at “SG50 National Day Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition 2015”, organized by Ngee Ann Cultural Centre Ngee Ann Kongsi. Oil Painting “Sri Mariamman Temple in Chinatown, Singapore” selected for “Arising Star” FASS Artists Grand Art SG50 Exhibition, organized by the Federation of Art Societies (Singapore). Oil Paintings "Her Family" and "Still Life No.3 - Together with Joy" selected for "Blossom and Flourish" Singapore National Women's Art Exhibition 2015 (in conjunction with the celebration of SG50), organized by the Federation of Art Societies (Singapore).
Year 2014
- Pencil Drawing “Honesty of Time” featured in American art magazine, “Strokes of Genius 7”.
Year 2012
- Assistant Treasurer of Artists Society of Singapore. Works featured in art publication of Artists Society of Singapore.
Year 2010
- 2nd Prize Winner for Open Character Design Digital Category in Extravaganza - Graphite 2010 competition. Exhibition and Prize Ceremony held with Anime Festival Asia 2010 at Suntec Hall, 14 Nov.
Year 2009
- 2nd Prize Winner for Open Character Design Digital Category in Extravaganza - Graphite 2009 competition. Exhibition and Prize Ceremony held with Anime Festival Asia 09 at Suntec Hall, 21 Nov.
- Thesis project selected for City Exhibition (NUS Architecture Graduation Exhibition- "How does your garden grow?") held at Iluma Urban Entertainment Centre, 13 Jun.
Year 2008
- 2nd Prize Winner for Open Character Design Digital Category in Graphite 2008 competition. Exhibition and Prize Ceremony held with Anime Festival Asia 08 at Suntec Hall, 22 Nov.
- Exhibited individual installation for team exhibition “Site, Situation, Spectator” collaborated among Department of Architecture, University Scholar Programme and NUS Museum. Installation is exhibited in NUS Museum.
Year 2006
- Selected for Student’s Exchange Programme (SEP) to Lund, Sweden.
- Design Projects (Year 3 semester 1 and semester 2) selected for Department exhibition.
Year 2003-4
- Head of Manga Sub-Committee in NUS Students’ Comics and Animation Society.
- Pioneer as Head of 2004 “Graphite” Organising Committee to organise first TERTIARY manga drawing competition for 3 universities: NUS, NTU and SMU.
- Design Project (Year 1 semester 2) selected for Department exhibition.
Year 2001-2
- Assistant Secretary and Head of Publicity of Hwa Chong Junior College Chinese Orchestra (HCCO).
- Won gold medal in team competition (HCCO) in Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) 2001.
- Performed duet in HCCO concert at Victoria Concert Hall 2002.
- Awarded First in comic illustration for competition organised by HCJC’s Comics Club 2002.
Year 1997-2000
- Awarded Best in Art Elective Programme (AEP) subject in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
- GCE O’ Levels: 9 distinctions, includes Higher Art Distinction in AEP, 1997-2000.
- Selected by school NYGH and Ministry of Education to represent Singapore in 1999 to Atlanta, Georgia, USA for overseas summer programme in Atlanta College of Fine Arts.
- 3rd prize winner in Singapore Story – Youth Edition Art competition organised by National Youth Council in 1998.
- Merit Prize winner in Care-for-Nature Spot-Art competition at Sungei Buloh Nature Park in 1998.
Year 1996
- Awarded 2nd position for Lions International Peace Poster Contest in Southeast Asia.
: Career History :
Associate at DP Architects, 2014-Current
Architectural Executive at DP Architects, 2012-2014
Architectural Assistant at DP Architects, 2009-2012
Freelance Graphics Designer, 2008-2011
Internship at K2LD Architects, 2007-2008
- Completed interior project for renovation of apartment at Hillington Green, Singapore.
- Completed interior project for creation of wedding banquet showroom at G-Hotel, Penang.
Internship at DP Architects Pte Ltd, 2006
- Participated in A&A works for Saint Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore.
Internship at The Design Studio of Colin K. Okashimo and Associates, 2005
- Model-making
Freelance Graphics Designer, 2004 - Current
- T-shirt design for NUS Students’ Comics and Animation Society.
- 2 Website Interface designs for NUS Students’ Comics and Animation Society, working with programmer.
- Poster Design for Graphite 2005 Competition.
- Costume designs for University Scholar Programme Rag Day 2004.
- Banner and nametag design for 3rd Great Asian Streets Symposium held in NUS, Department of Architecture.
- Logo and T-shirt design for Hall XI, FOC 2004 “Ignixion”, in Nanyang Technological University.
Multimedia Artist (contract-based), and Graphics Designer (freelance) at AsknLearn.com Pte Ltd, 2003-2004
- Participated in website competition.
- Developed illustrations and digital graphics for website layout or interface design, character design, stories illustrations, logos and icons, brochures, product covers, banners, posters, and simple computer-based animations.
- Participated in computer animated e-Learning softwares for educational uses.
: Qualifications/Education :
- Registered Architect - Qualified Person (QP) from 2012 - current.
- University Scholar's Programme, NUS, Singapore, 2009.
- Master Degree in Architecture, NUS, Singapore, 2009.
- Bachelor (Honours) Degree in Architecture, NUS, Singapore, 2003-2007.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Cold
Sweden getting cold.. and I haf to wear 4 layers...I would be complaining if i wear 2 layers in sg.now, days get dark after 4:30pm.... n daylight savings has started... i cant get much work done when the sky is dark n weather is cold. brain n body freeze ... slow down.... n stone. n here are all dim orange lights... i cant see properly the lines n words lor. crap...
Last Sat night, something terrible happened. I think the grp of swedish corridor mates who went for halloween party juz came back. And there is this guy who was living here last time came back and wanna say hi to us. It was a freaking 4 o'clock in the MORNING and he juz went banging on everyone else's door to wake us up to have a meet up or gathering. The first time he banged on my door, I was deeply asleep and tot I heard wrongly. After some time, the banging started again and I was shocked, and jumped out of my bed really fast, thinking if something bad happened. I opened the door and saw this swedish guy who intro himself as Simon... I tink I got up too fast before my blood circulation could adjust itself. and so after a few seconds talking to him, I felt my heart thumping weirdly and I began to feel really dizzy with the world swaying before me. Yellow and green stars appeared and they blurred out my vision. I could barely stand straight and told him that I need to lie down
fast. A word of apology and ran back to my bed. 5-10 mins and I felt better. however once I got up from my bed again, I had this terrible stomache pain that made me scurrying to the toilet and spent like 20 min there. The pain was so different and so intense that I was squirming and gripping on my stomache, almost shrivelled up. So much in pain that I tried to bang my head on the wall but i controlled myself from banging too hard though. I was like screaming weakly for help or somebody to save me but I know this would be impossible. After a long time when I think I could stand up a while, I grabbed this chance and frantically searched for this tiny bottle of powder meant for stomache pains. I was peeling off the paper on the floor and grabbed a ladle (cos this is the nearest to sight) and knocking the powder out from the bottle. And the last lap was to rush to toilet and get water to dissolve
the power. after that was throwing everything aside and laid down on bed til the sun rises. A few hours later when I got up, things seemed to be back to normal. this whole episode seemed to last like ages then. And I am as good as new. I know I drank alot of milk added with choco powder that day. And I only had 2 sandwiches for brunch. hmm wat caused the pain i wonder. but still, the whole thing started off with the 4am knocking on my door. Was the stomache pain juz so happen to coincide with the whole incident of dizziness or was it somehow linked to it?
I think my dreams are reflecting signs of me hurting myself in a way... Last night, I dreamt I was in this chaotic era which is darn violent. I was one of the victims being killed. How was I killed? I was being stabbed to death and blood was everywhere. The worse thing is, I was trying to wake up from this dream but the weather was so cold that it gribbed me and sent me back to sleep and continue the dream. And this happened multiple times and each time I went back to the dream, I took on a different role but all were victim roles. So basically I have to go through many different ways of death. and once, I had to face this guy where he
threw a long knife onto me from afar and it stabbed on my upper left chest. Of course the cut is deadly and I bleed profusely but there is no pain. Crap. why do I have to dream of such and I have to 'die' so many times.... when I am not dreaming abt architecture, I got this kinda dreams? eeek...
before this I was actually thinking if one would bleed internally if one got too work up or angry over something...
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Copenhagen (København) - 16-17th Sept
Haha paiseh, seems abit outdated but hey I'll catch up soon. And yes, this time round will consist of photos of people, including myself inside :) ehehe
When we first arrived, we were greeted warmly by activities around the city. yesh, more ppl! More life! And so... I spotted this building across the road of Radhus (huge open space of the city). Can u spot my NAME!? Yes! MY NAME is up there!! muahaha~ amusing. A shop with such a 'common' name? hmm...
So we started walking along the streets and passed by interesting shops and places... We saw Guinness World of Records! And this tall statue stood at the entrance. Yingyi, Jiajuan and me posed with the statue and you can gauge how tall this guy is...
And we came across this circular garden with pretty flowers and there were panels of photography exhibits surrounding this park, kenna interesting ...
We visited The Royal Palace and took abit of walk around.... It has a garden in front ... and there are huge granite/stone balls on the lawn.... and I was forced under peer pressure to pose beside one of them.... What's with the ball? Ask cw and yh... cause they said I come from Mars (to them i dun behave like an earthling...) and so this is a miniature of my home planet.... and somewhere else we spotted a tree with huge splitting gap that was meant to be my spacecraft.... see cheewee's post on Copenhagen if u wanna see and know what I mean....haiz, think they are juz bored la...
We proceeded to Amalienborg Palace to see changing of the guard ceremony. Everyime The Royal Guard will leave Rosenborg Castle at 11:30pm and reach this palace at noon. Their furry hats are cute... hehe
We started to walk along the sea where the winds were chilly and strong. We saw the Copenhagen Opera House at the other side, yea the one with cantilevered roof in the photo. I would like to go in there to take a look but didnt expect it to be across the sea...
And how can we miss out the statue of Little Mermaid! Yea we walked a long way and finally saw this bronze (or is it brass?) statue. Actually nothing much, but it's one of the major tourist attractions. And everyone would crowd ard the area trying to pose with the Mermaid... hmm... Well, the writer of this story (the original one and not the Disney one k) came from this country mah.
We continued and see this Gefion fountain in front of Skt. Alban church. It features a large-scale group of animal figures being driven by the legenday Norse goddess, Gefyon. It is said to be the largest monument in Copenhagen, and is used as a wishing well, donated to Copenhagen by the Carlsberg Foundation on the occasion of the brewery’s 50 year anniversary.
We went back to the city centre where the shops are and we stood at the entrance of Museum Erotica... If you havent know, this is a s*x museum. I think alot of photos inside showing.... anyway, we didnt go in k... anyway it's expensive to go in.
We went in Louis Tussaude's Wax Museum where it showcases alot of political figures and famous celebrities like The Beatles etc. They also have Disney figures like Snow White and sleeping Beauty. The bottom floor showcases some horror stuff that the guys ended up laughing at them instead ...
Hey I am standing next to Bush and Tony Blaire! Or do I look like one of the wax figures haha~
Another one~ Which one is fake? hehe. The guy sitting on the chair reading the newspaper is pretty realistic from afar and we all didnt realise until one of us looked closely. The only thing that is not so realistic would be the hair.... look too fake le. let's peek into what he's reading...
I love to see buskers around and along the streets and these people got standard one k~ darn pro and almost each of them have their own CD albums! Pro. And I like this new age tribal music (by the red-indian looking ppl) that I mentioned long ago that I felt like being absorbed into a imagery world with clear blue sky set on boundless greenery while doves fly by. It is really nice and I was almost tempted to buy their Cd...
Ok this one is interesting too. This old man dressed in clothings that seemed to have some wires inside so that they could 'stand up' at corners or folded in a way as if they are flying like what u see in this picture. Realistically looking as though some strong winds were blowing against him. He placed a tag on the floor that said "Gone with the Wind".
Another famous tourist attraction - Tvoli Gardens. It is a huge amusement park and garden with roller coasters, arcades etc. We went in at night, paying freaking 75DKK 1-day entrance ticket. We didnt play anything but watched the guys play some jackpot machines and 'horse racing' game. We get to see a performance played out with huge puppets, displaying characters from many fairytales.
Night shots were taken by cw here: This is one of the buildings within the park... beautifully lit up.
One of the huge puppets. Recognise this character? This is the King from The King's New Clothes (did I get the title right?)
Well that's all for Copenhagen~ next will be Germany ones... haha :p
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
I'm back in Sweden~~!
whoa, this 10-day travelling/backpacking (10.5+3kg of load) is darn tiring i must say... walk, snap photos, walk, snap photos. And of cos, living on loaves of bread with jam/peanut butter. Life's hard eh? but occasionally we would buy nice pasta, pizza etc for dinner. And for italy, we cannot miss out their gelato!!! For every 200-300 metres, you will DEFINITELY see a (gelato) ice-cream store. definitely i tell u. shiok rite? well the price ranges from $3 to $5 for small/one scoop. hehe... it will make you broke if u eat them several times in a day. Well,
italy is a land of ice-cream.After Italy, we went to London and met up with Ed to put up in his apartment. Thanks ed and also his frens for the accomodation, nice breakfast and sorry for any inconveniences caused. >.<
oh oh, we went to watch a musical!! Yesh!!!
Les Miserables! paid for abt $66, for a upper circle seat at half price. hehehe... Broke... very broke but very worth it.
London, a land of musicals!! I can understand why ed burst his budget to watch so many musicals.
Now back to the solemn and chilly lund... haiz~~~work is piling and waiting for me... Came back this afternoon shagged. The only delightful thing happened is I saw a cat outside the laundry room! At first damn scary cos no one was ard and I was booking my slots at the screen. Suddenly something abit hard yet warm... and moving! touched my legs and rubbed against it. Luckily I didnt get too shocked to jump or scream. I simply looked down and saw this grey-striped cat!! OMG, my favourite type with white paws and underneath! It followed me around and kepet scratching and rubbing against me and the steps of the spiral staircase... so i think it's not that clean afterall. Well I get to touch it abit before asking a guy to carry it up to the ground floor. I got out of the block via the door and turned back to look at it through the glass....It looked at me and got frantic and it came running to the door and stood up on hind legs to 'piak' on the glass to look at me, and trying to get out. The sight was sooo cute yet heartaching and I had to squat down and looked at her up close. We were so close face to face, only to be separated by the thin glass. She wanna follow me badly... still I had to go... and I feel as though I have abandoned a child while he/she is desperate to reach me. Argh... wish i can keep her. She's so pretty....
Ok peeps, look forward to photos!! I think italy and london photos will take much time to sort out.... but will post copenhagen and germany ones first :p
Friday, October 13, 2006
Italy and London!!
sorry sorry people~~~
I juz had my presentation this wed, then settling and getting some rest.. hence i didnt have time to post copenhagen and germany photos!! argh, maybe will do it at london... see how...
Yup, setting off this evening to Italy~~ will be vising venice, florence, pisa, rome! Then going to London and putting up at Ed's place. yup~ poor ed has to squeeze out some space for the 4 of us (as wc wont be joining us for london) despite his tight space. Ed, sorry for the trouble!! >.<
So the whole trip starts from 13 Oct to 22 Oct. reaching back lund in the morning on 23 Oct. So during this time.... hopefully can get internet somewhere...yea, bringing my laptop to do some work of cos. haiz....
all right, going off liao~ cya ppl!! Take care and stay tune!
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Stockholm, Sweden
Haha, I better clear stockholm photos first~~
Hmm soon after Malmo, we (me, lw, cw and yh) went to stockholm (26-27 Aug) as it is the main capital of sweden. Heard nice stories about it having good scenery etc but I think... maybe those bird-eye views of the city captured and placed on internet are misleading or the people who went there managed to see something nice that we missed out. But yes of cos, some sceneries are nice with very very peaceful surroundings....
Welcome to Stockholm! The first train station left an impression on me with its rugged cave-like texture, painted with some blue patterns... so as to heighten this undergrd tunnel feeling...
This is how the streetscape looks like... aiya, no difference rite? I took this photo while we were in the bus... hmm great, no reflection of myself on the glass. well done... The day was beautiful with puffy clouds - a great day to take gd photos~
We visited some museums and one of it was VASA Museum, where it holds this huge ship that was sunk during its first official launch in Sweden... It is like another Titanic story.... The king wanted the job to be done fast and beautiful... yesh, with those heavy ornaments and decorations..... We watched a video showing how the ship was rediscovered and dug up from the deep sea.... and all the efforts to clean and assemble this ship as well as to the extent in using some laser points throughout to maintain the moisture, humidity and temperature so that it can adapt to the environmental conditions in the museum. Too cheem. Sorry abt the blur photos.... my cam is not working properly in the dark environment....
We actually walked around the Old Town area but nothing interesting... And then finally we went to the New Town area with bustling activities and more people moving around. We came to this place with a huge sculptural piece. The building behind is some Cultural Centre or something cos I saw this swedish word that seems to mean cultural building... Anyway we walked around til night and captured this plazza and building in night scene. rather beautiful.
We went up to a tower or bridge to see Stockholm's skyline during the sunset. We stood there and see the sun goes down.... how exciting. But we were glad to capture the hot air balloons in our photos.... And for me, I captured a bird flying by~ juz when I hoped it will happen.
We went to a couple of palaces: The Royal Place and Drottingholm Place where the latter is somesort of a summer house for the royal members to stay once a while.
The Drottingholm Palace and the Library inside... (we were not supposed to bring cameras in... illegal photo eh...)
Finally the last building we saw is the Stockholm Library done by Asplund, a Swedish architect... someone told me to take a look at it.... and claimed it is beautiful, however the exterior proved otherwise. Maybe it is the interior that is nice but we have no chance or mood to go in anyway. :p
All right, that's Stockholm! Look forward to Copenhagen ones coming up!
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Back from Germany~
yoyo! Yea, I'm back~ And hell lots of work to do, homework and laundry...
The trip was generally packed with things to see within a short time. A pity that I couldnt explore more of the
Jewish Museum (Berlin) due to rushing to catch the train back to lund. The travelling didnt turned out exactly what we have planned but still, very enriching one. Munich was fun as we went for the
Oktober fest where people gathered at this large theme park to play and drink, make merry and so on. We also visited the
Olympia Stadium as well as
Allianz Arena, and not to forget, the dancing clock at the New Town Hall that ed has told me abt. Yes, it is nothing fanstatic with juz the figures going round and round, but many people juz stood and waited for it to move and then "Ahhhhh~" in chorus when it started. How amusing.... As for Berlin, alot of architectural and serious stuff... for eg.
The Reistag by Norman Foster, memorial places such as the
Concentration Camp where the Jewish were tortured and killed.... We had a good and informative tourguide who described vividly how the terror system was like and how people were tortured in several ways. The atmosphere was gloomy then... and when we got to the part to see each cell from the outside with the photos of each occupant, and flowers were being placed on the floor, my emotion got the better of me. It's very heartaching.. and the last part, each of us were to pick up a stone from the stone pit and placed it on this white bench as an offering to the uncountable jewish victims who had no proper burial. It was another emotional peak. Before we ended off the tour, the german guide said, "As a german, I do not feel guilty of the past. But I feel we must be responsible for it. And to educate the future generation of the history so as not to let such things happen again." Agree.
I hate wars.
My IBM laptop went for a little fix as it had fan error. The monopoly computer store in town is a daylight robbery centre. Abt $66-$88 for a new normal (non-IBM) fan, and charge about $154 for the installation. So I was prepared to pay abt $222 for the new fan and installation servicee. In the end, they only cleaned and lubricated my fan as well as adding a silverpaste inside, thus charging me only the installation fee. what the hell... that is considered installation huh. but guess no choice...
Ok, pretty busy this week and next as a presentation is coming up soon... and alot of stuff to do before the next trip.... which is so soon! Italy and london! From next friday to next next Monday... which is a 10-day trip starting from 13th Oct. Jeez, how cramped can i be...
Wonderful bicycle collision again today. Superb head on. Why? Becos one gal and a guy were blocking the way with their bikes by standing there and talking on the phone. I couldnt stop in time cos it is a down slope and I am making a steep turn down to cross the road. Couldnt make a 135 degrees turn in time to avoid the guy. So bascially another crash la. My poor bike has to suffer so much becos of me.
Ok, think will post photos this weekend, so pls bear with it til then~!
