My background
BA: Exhibition design, Shenzhen University, China (2004)

My expertise
Concept design
Exhibition design

My focus
Spatial interventions in museum, retail, and landscape environments

Mentor: Paul Baker (Wilkinson Eyre Architects)
Placement: Imagination

Major Project
Gifts to the Tidal Thames
3D Designer

In ancient times people gave gifts to the river to thank their river god for food, water and life. This project was inspired by the idea of giving something back to the river Thames and by the diversity of the communities that live along it. In order to emphasise the importance of diversity, both racial diversity and bio-diversity, and to build a mutual respect of both, I developed a 12 month programme of family learning events linked to the Thames for the residents of Hounslow borough. At the end of each year the participating towns leave a record of the events in gift boxes on the banks of the Thames and then begin a new cycle of events.










Contact
ariel_chen515@hotmail.com

Collaborators
Concept Development: Ming-Jung Wu, Kelsey Snook & Ying Gao
Workshop tutors: Laura McAleer & Lucy Cole
Animator: Huong Ta
Script Writer: David Erskine
Special thanks to: Climbers & Creepers, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Thames Explore Trust & Hounslow Council