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.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Clubbing Photos
ehz regarding the previous post, erm no no, sometimes it is not about serious quarrels or wat. But sometimes even a slightest difference in lifestyle can let one feel that the environment is not suitable. No No, not that kind of serious. I just think that sometimes I feel that the environment is controlling me becos like you dun wan to affect someone else or will disturb someone else, so somethings u cannot do and thus restricted. A simple example is.... we will occupy alot of space for our work la... then the whole house or room is not urs, you cant occupy everything or leave some things lying around. But of cos on the other hand, sometimes u will have someone who help u tidy abit. After the experience in Sweden, I find that if I am alone, sometimes i can control my own environment and grow more responsible for it, and I will tidy them more often than usual. Hmm.....
Ok remember the clubbing at Clinic I mentioned about in the "Thank You" post? If u missed it, juz scroll down to read. Well, shant repeat introduction about this amusing clubbing place at Clarke Quay. My first clubbing experience in Sg. But second time in my life. Actually my grp of frens and I juz sat there to drink la, never dance or what. Erm ok maybe except 2 of us who became abit high.
The entrance of Clinic:
They purposely contrast the brick building with white furnishes, white columns and having those bed screens as screens for the outdoor sitting clusters.
Yea, to make things look more real or theme-like, even water bags are not forgotten.... and they used red colour liquid inside.... to represent blood..... hahah it seems morbid but... haha
Ok, let's go inside. Mostly all blur photos but this is one of the few clearer ones. So, paiseh la.
This photo is taken from second floor looking over the dance floor area.
Ok, even toilets are not spared from the theme.... The signage for F and M toilets resembles the ones that opticians have. Yup, thanks Ying for being the model in the photo.
Looks cool huh, but it's not a super big space la. For those who like more exciting clubbing experience, i think Zouk etc those big big clubs will suit u. Yup, that's all for now~
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Independence
我想独立， 听起来像是在说：“我想要离家出走”。
这种话出于小孩的口，简直是叛逆。
但若是经过许多烤炉而处于一个年轻人的嘴，那种决定不是心血来潮，而是出于无奈。
当环境一直与你发生磨擦，彼此不能容忍对方，不能接受彼此的生活习惯，最好的解决方法不就是离开对方吗？改一点还算可以，但若是因为工作，性格，喜好的话，不是说改就能改。
减轻对彼此的伤痛，麻烦，烦恼，而还保持一定的联系，对我而言是良好的决策。
可惜此刻此时我没有这种能力，但一旦有机会，我会做出适当的决策。这么做就是不愿意伤害对方啊。没有不必要的冲突和纠纷，对每个人的健康都好。做这行的，再加个人的习惯， 我们越来越不受家人的支持和谅解，时时刻刻都是定时炸弹，等待摸摸情况的出现而爆炸。这种生活大家都厌倦了。当我不能接受环境时，你能还逼我一直留在此地吗？我会快乐吗？
请你帮我飞吧。
Monday, April 23, 2007
My model
Ok, as promised, I'll post photos of my design model I did for this semester's design. It's a super high rise mixed-used residential building at waterfront area near marina south. I named it
Edge Living @ Marina South. The tallest tower shown is 64 storeys.... Ah well this semester is a horrible rush so I didnt have clear renders and interior perspectives. well juz to let u see this monster model of mine.....
The overall render....
And so for the physical model which i spent days camping at Laser machine and piecing them up...
The front view:
The back view:
Well.... that's all for now~ so wat do u think? monster rite?
Thursday, April 19, 2007
2nd post of today
juz a quick add-on. A fren juz sent me a link of some quiz. To test ur "fluid intelligence". And to my amazement, I only tried it once and I got perfect score! hmm... So I am at 99% percentile. Here is the conclusion from the test. Hehehe~ u guys can go try.
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Visual Pattern Fluid Intelligence Test ResultsSir Francis Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin, first popularized the notion of measurable intelligence in the late 1800s. Charles Spearman later discovered that all mental abilities tend to correlate together when statistically analyzed. He called this G. Modern researchers tend to agree that there are two kinds of intelligence, crystallized intelligence (learned knowledge) and fluid intelligence (abstract processing ability). Most non-verbal intelligence tests measure the latter. Some research suggests that fluid intelligence may correlate best to G.
Congratulations, you obtained a perfect score. I am researching intelligence and personality so I would greatly appreciate if you would use the comment form below to answer the following questions.
What was your childhood IQ measured at? SAT score? GRE score?
What is your career or what career do you plan on pursuing?
How has your intelligence affected your life?
Do you think intelligence correlates negatively with physical attractiveness?
Did you have any problems with any of the questions on this test, was it challenging, easy?
Your overall percentile is 99% which means you scored higher than 99% of the people who have taken this test. The internet population tends to be more intelligent so your percentile might be higher if the test taking sample was perfectly random. Keep in mind, taking this test more than once will render your percentile score inaccurate because the percentile score assumes these questions were fresh to the test taker.The point of this test is to challenge you and show you how you compare to other test takers on a set of novel questions.
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Thank you!!
I would like to express my sincere thanks to my ah ba, ed and Lav for their effort in helping me to review my critical reivew essay~ If not for them, my paper can be a below B grade lor, with so many mistakes and unclear sentences. I didnt know what i had tyoed since i did it throughout the night without sleeping on tues morning. Well, i think at least my paper quite presentable after they helped to edit .... but overall whether my essay meets the standard of my tutor's expectations will be another issue... whew~~ thanks manz, give u all each a hug~ *hugz*
Well well now abit of my life.... yesterday, me and my design studio gang went to clarke quay for some drinking/clubbing.... as ying has been wanting it so much hhhaha~~ and last night was ladies night, so we went to "Clinic" and they have free admissions for gals plus 5 free drinks. And the free drinks for the gals contained much more concentration of alcohol than the guys' who paid for them. What a vast vast difference!!! So poor me struggled with the vodka drinks that tasted so bitter... that I had to drink it slowly.... thankfully.... I only drank 3 glasses and gave the rest of the coupons to one fren. Though I think i am sober, I felt super heaty and "sae" (shag in hokkien). At first when we got up from our seats to leave, I could not balance myself.... and things are floating abit but I am sure I am quite sober. But i became more daring to talk or make some funny statements... like abit more hyper and laughing abt... but quite mild la. I hope I didnt spoil my image, and I dun think i did.... I didnt say anything too weird i guess... but some of my frens still think I was acting abit different then. As for kelly, wj and yy, they are more high.... and minlee felt like puking but didnt. We went for supper somewhere nearby... and eating certainly help in detoxifying the alcohol... And to think I drank such high concentration alcohol that amount without having dinner and plus I already have slight headache and sleepiness b4hand, 3 glasses of vodka (lime, orange and craneberry) is enuff to worsen my headache at the back of my head so painful that I dun feel like being sane and felt shag and floating and getting me abit wooohooo (wild?) ..... nah nah me still a decent me :p ok la, once a while.... not suited to the clubbing atmosphere but thankfully the place wasnt too smoky.. Either I am more trained after the overnight smoker cabin I had from Germany or the place has better exhaust system, that i think the place isnt too smoky. ~~
After supper, most of the gals went to yy place to stayover.... thanks wj for driving us ard again... haiz~~though he drove after drinking but he's not drunk la.... the guys didnt drink much. wat a wild night, first time in sg for me. my first clubbing experience was at KL zouk... for gals who love drinking, u can try Clinic at clarke quay. dance flr aint big but rowdy enuff at late night. btw, as their theme is ' clinic', their furniture for outdoor dining is amusing with those screens used in hospital... very metallic looking colour scheme and even haf those hanging blood bag at the sides of the screens with some red coloured water inside!!. HAHAHA!!! damn cool. will post photos soon oso.
k la, shag shag... immediately came home and rushed to sch after having Ya Kun breakfast at Junction 8 (near yy place)..... cos last minute in the late morning my dissertation supervisior Prof Chan called me to change my consultation from tml to today's evening ... so it explained the rush. Finally got home to rest now.... damn shag. hmm my hair still got a very very faint smell of smoke though i washed it like hell.... yucks....
Right, i think more activities coming up so stay tune. ok ok will promise to show u all photos!
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Post Crit
Last Thurs had my design crit... and becos my surname is Chan, I was the first to present... as expected.... Yea... my model is damn huge, will post a few photos of it next time n dun be too stunned when u see them. Dun say i never warn u. And before i began my speech, i accidentally poked my model at the strings and it wavered or shook so hard that I gasped aloud... My tutor laughed out loud somemore... wat a hearty, warm start.... haha >.<
Well I think my crit was average with a huge pile of problems on the structure so much that I felt truly ashamed of myself for not spending some time on it... Generally most of us no time to think abt the structure.... and not to mention, how the rubbish chute runs etc.... haiz.... Btw, in case some of u still wondering, I am designing a super high-rise mixed use condominium.... near a waterfront area at Marina South.... :p No worries, sch projects are not to be realised in real life.
Anyway after my submission I was helping Bren with hers. And so finally Friday marks the end of overnight stays in sch. And now it is bloody 3 am and I am trying to work on an essay, a critical review of someone's dissertation. It is to be handed up tml 12 noon. What the hell.... staying up late for this but bo bian, it's graded for me!! Argh~~ I wish I am damn good in writing essays... with powerful command of language. I hope I can finish this in 3 hours' time.... @_@
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Home sweet home~~
finally home yesterday and damn tired with all the recent sleepless nights or nights of unquality sleep... haiz, but ok la at least the mood is getting happier though still unhappy abt my unfinish work.
well, yesterday when i finally stepped into the house, i received very comical greetings from my family haha. "oooh! you have came back!!" in mandarin.... "ya ya...." and my sis is the most comical one. Immediately after that she told me " come, this bottle of 7-up is for you~ and do u wan sweets, i got this packet of gummies etc etc" haha..... awwww i am so touched.... After a while it's almost midnight, and I had some instant noodles for dinner....i had like 1 meal for every 2 days for the past few days.
Things have no ended lor. but now is at least we can "whew" liao, meaning can relax abit. I am an essay due soon though.
yk juz mentioned abt how he wans to see more of my posts on dreams haha. Indeed i have weird dreams alot of times. ok la since he said it, i shall share one with u that i had last week. i think it's tues night or wed night.... I dunno if it is due to the 9pm channel 8 drama show titled "homecoming" or "thirteen canes" in mandarin. Well, for some reasons me and 2 frens were caught for something. And we are to be punished. Somehow I was not severely punished compared to my other 2 archi frens. i am not sure if there are juz 2 or more. Anyway my punishment is.... they pulled my tooth out. Den I heard that the other frens were to be sentenced to death. And the whole episode is so real that I cried. (yes i woke up with tears) I was like "omg, please dun do this to them". Somehow I witnessed their process.... i think it is hanging.... I was so screaming and crying madly as they die before me. So after the punishment, I was to go home.... i was so lost and zoombie like.... and took the mrt back home... trying to accept the new world without them. ... anti climax? anyway those frens getting punished with me are from archi ones la. dunno why i have such dreams.... but i found myself tearing alot when i woke up... too real i guess.
k tml is my crit. very nervous... hopefully things will go on well >.<
03:
The NUS Architecture Graduation Exhibition- "How does your garden grow?"
I am grateful and honoured that my Thesis Project is selected for this exhibition. Honestly speaking, the process had went through multiple changes, and many horrible late nights, stayovers in the computer studios, having Macs for almost every day towards submission period... Much worse is the physical tiredness, mental tireness and depression and all.... Every bit of progress is difficult, full of obstacles and never a smooth path. I won't be able to pull through without encouragement and help from friends and family. Thank you so much!
Opening Day
Date: Saturday, 13 Jun '09
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Iluma Urban Entertainment Centre
201 Victoria Street Singapore 188067, Level 7 (@Sky garden for the opening ceremony)
02:
My Exhibition Installation @ NUS Museum, UCC - from 7 March to 7 May "Site, Spectator, Situation"
This exhibition project is collaborated among NUS Dept. of Architecture, University Scholar Programme(USP) and NUS Museum for my USP Final Year Project. The opening ceremony and presentation on 6 March was a success! Thanks to Noora (NUS Museum), Lilian Chee (Supervisor from Archi) and the departments for their support and those who turn up and those who visited my installation! :)
My installation is a collage of maps collected during my travels. It is a "Mind" map that existed in my mind based on experiences and memories of places. Hence, it's a cognitive map that is subjective to everyone. Hopefully, this installation will be placed somewhere else later and I'll inform you if it happens. If you drop by UCC, feel free to take a look!
3 other students' works are at NUS Arts Canteen, Kampong Glam and lastly in Museum (level 1).
01:
Kaleidoscope 2007 Exhibition 27-28th Oct 2007
@ Suntec-MY. PLAYGr0und
It was kinda rush as I only had a sunday to colour up the whole thing. Thanks to my anime friend who encouraged me all the way as I felt like giving up halfway several times then. There are other students and studios participating in this exhibition, such as Imaginary Friends Studios (IFS). Many wonderful artworks. Hopefully more NUS ppl take part!!
Photograph with courtesy from NUS Students' Comics and Animation Society
