London: JCA lecture event in Ravensbourne

Topic | Designing in Asia, designing in Taiwan, the philosophy of
East meets West
Speaker | J.C.Architecture founder - Johnny Chiu
Time | 23rd November at 6:30pm
Venue | Ravensbourne college in Room 804

Very looking forward to seeing London Ravensbourne college, and the lecture event sharing with their students.
All our friends from London, you are very welcome to join us on 11/23 at 6:30pm, get to know more about JCA exciting works, see the development of a project, how the progress that the team went through to get to the final design.

2016 INSIDE awards gala dinner in Berlin

At INSIDE 2016 heart is a global awards program, these three days, JCA go head-to-head before international super jury to present our H&M Taiwan Office project. 

Super excited to join this gala dinner with many distinguished designers and editors from around the world!

H&M Taiwan Office

Awards record

American Architecture Prize, Workplaces, Silver
INSIDE World Festival of Interiors, Offices, Shortlist
Beijing Design Expo, Top 10 Innovative Design Figures of the Year

Announce JCA be the shortlist of WAF INSIDE 2016 awards!

Be the shortlist of WAF INSIDE 2016 awards, JCA is going to present to the world today!

We are really excited to announce that one of JCA work - H&M Taiwan Office being the shortlist for the 2016 INSIDE awards. The standards were excellent making judging even harder. Now, we are in Berlin, ready to share our thoughts to international juries and people comes from all different countries.

Wish all the best!

Presentation taking place in Arena Berlin this year.

Meet the star judges -

Karim El Ishmawi, Founder of Kinzo

Virginia  Lung, Director of One Plus Partnership

Robert  Backhouse, Managing Director of Hassell

H&M Taiwan Office

A day to be the chef in Halloween!

Halloween is a fantastic time to encourage our JCA team interest in cooking. Today we're doing three kinds of foreign cuisine- Russia, French, Taiwan, and make time spent in the kitchen together fun!

Agathe and Tim as a teamwork

Dear is serious but Charles is playing...  

Everybody is busy at their own cooking

Agathe, Ildar or Nora? Who will be the today's CHEF? 

Make your Halloween feast and eat it!

Location at JCA Kitchen

10/27 The date we crazy together!

2 special hours experience

15 guests, you and 14 friends

3 foreign cuisine, Russia, French, Taiwan

Cooking game, give you a chance to be a CHEF!!!

Are you ready to enjoy today's JCA Halloween feast...?

JCA Halloween feast menu

French - Quiche lorraine & Cake with tomate et feta

Russia - Bliny

Taiwan - Three-cup chicken

Welcome Taipei International Design Award jury!

Thank for CSID board director, Kung, Shu-Chang, trust and opportunity for JCA to host Taipei International Design Award jury visiting event!

From left to right, Layton Reid, Matthijs van dijk, Suzie Attiwill, Johnny Chiu, Nora Wang, Shu Chang Kung, Shashi Caan

JCA living room

Our inspiration wall

Our inspiration wall

Little gift for everyone! 

Let's get "OUT" and get back sharing lecture!

OUT Scholarship 旅遊獎學金至今已送出80萬元與集結專業建築背景老師等教導，集合所有力量及資源，帶領台灣建築設計學生出國旅遊並帶回更多啟發性的旅遊分享演講會。

這次分享會特別邀請到柏成設計 邱柏文、十彥建築 林彥穎 & 陳彥伶為大家介紹，憑藉著建築專業設計背景與豐富異國的工作及旅遊經驗，帶領學生進行一對一深度Q&A講座，一起發掘學生在旅程中所獲得新知變成嘗試解惑的線索。

主講人:
柏成設計 負責人 | 邱柏文
十彥建築 主持建築師 | 林彥穎 & 陳彥伶

設計旅遊國家:
俄羅斯、義大利、德國、英國、印度

四大主題:
劉易昌 | The uncertainty of the living
黃思寧 | Public space in Europe
黎士瑄 | Transportation, Transformation, Contrast and Cross-culture
袁苡溱 | The storytelling expert- the humanistic value of curating design in British museums

贊助公司:
J.C. Architecture 柏成設計
Yen Partnership 十彥建築
Dumas 大塊設計
Envision Engineering Consultants 築遠工程顧問

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活 動 | OUT Scholarship 第一場分享會 (WDC台北世界設計之都響應活動)
時 間 | 2016.10.16(日) 13:00-15:00
地 點 | 台北松菸 北向菸廠
費 用 | 免費入場 (現場備40人座位) 

OUT Scholarship Web

OUT 1st Sharing Event on FB

欲參加 2017 OUT Scholarship同學歡迎當日前來詢問，活動負責人會於10/16協助諮詢

東海大學 建築系 黃思寧 | Public space in Europe 俄羅斯、義大利、德國

東海大學 建築系 劉易昌 | The uncertainty of the living 印度

實踐大學 建築設計系 黎士瑄 | Transportation, Transformation, Contrast and Cross-culture 英國

中原大學 室內設計系 袁苡溱 | The storytelling expert- the humanistic value of curating design in British museums 英國

Paper Space is for change and evolution

" Paper, sure it's constantly and closely tied to our daily life. "

Paper undoubtedly performs multiple functions in our lives - from when we wake up and read the newspaper in the morning, for materials such as documents, books, paper moneyand even as toilet paper in the bathroom! 

Paper Space is a place for change and evolution, where people feel comfortable but also are key attributes to the space. We imagined it as an art installation, given the lease was granted for only six months, something perhaps temporary, nonetheless imaginative and playful.

We want to create the space is not formed of floor, wall, and ceiling distinctly. There is a flow and continuity between materials and boundaries that efficiently transforms the space. As a result, paper became a simple tool that records the change of the space, giving people the opportunity to share with each other and creating the feeling of intimacy, also to leave memories as a collective whole. Once we challenge the traditional, it helps people be aware of the space and surroundings.

" It helps break habits and re-think what we do and who we are. "

As natural resources, paper is infinite, flexible, it seeps through the whole space.

" Review of past and recent developments in the dynamics, using paper is an ideal scheme to allow everyone to express, build, and adjust the environmental according to their mood. "

Project: Paper Space
Lead Designer: Johnny Chiu / Nora Wang / Maria Isabel Lima
Location: Taipei City, Taiwan
Function: Cafe Sapce
Built area: Indoor 315 m2  Outdoor 212 m2
Finish date: 2015
Photographer: Zachary C. Hone

Friday Design Meeting: When artistry and carpet meet together.

Including the 17th century soumak flatweave in golden metallic yarn, to a richly layered and highly complex pattern never seen before in modern flooring.

" The result was not just a weaving tour de force, but a design that evoked and captured that magical moment at dawn and twilight, when light first dances on water. "

While touching wild silk, we were so fascinated by the soft feeling, amazing painting, breathtaking watercolor – refined carpet in art – Mel who is the introducer of Fort Street Studio for today's Friday Design Meeting. 

Mel, the introducer of Fort Street Studio

After a miraculous discovery of the source, we learned that the carpet set about to use it in a modern design that updates this luxurious quality fit for an Emperor.

Tear sheets

Each carpet is handmade.

Johnny, Charles & Sera quiet enjoy feeling the samples touch

Fort Street Studio always try to find the highest quality silk yarns, ensure careful color matching, and retraining weavers to read an entirely new type of pattern chart. Brad, the founder of Fort Street Studio, often says,

“It was like teaching Classical musician to play Jazz.”  

We are so happy to have Mel visit JCA and we all true believed that something magical occurs when artistry and risk are allowed to commingle.

Find more about Fort Street Studio- http://fortstreetstudio.com