Alex Ching-Chen Liu

Alex Ching-Chen Liu (he/him) is a Taiwanese registered architect currently pursuing the Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design at Columbia University GSAPP.

Building upon a solid foundation in architectural practice, his work approaches architecture as an act of integration—engaging urban context, site history, and environmental conditions to reorganize the relationships between built space and human activity. Prior to joining GSAPP, he worked as a senior architectural designer at JJP Architects + Planners, one of Taiwan’s leading firms, contributing to projects including industrial adaptive reuse, office complexes, and university laboratory buildings. Through both built and speculative work, he continues to explore architecture as a tool for addressing environmental and social issues.

Beyond architectural practice, he actively explores graphic and visual approaches to representing design ideas. Through drawing, photography, publications, and mixed media, he continues to challenge conventional modes of architectural representation.

Education
Columbia University GSAPP (New York)
Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design, 2025-2026
National Cheng Kung University (Tainan, Taiwan)
Bachelor of Architecture, 2016-2021

Experience

Columbia University GSAPP (New York)
Teaching Assistant for Architectural Drawing and Representation I & II, 2025-
Student Photographer, 2025-

JJP Architects + Planners (Taipei, Taiwan)
Senior Architecture Designer, 2022-2025

Zhaoyang Architects (Dali, China)
Architecture Design Intern, 2019-2020

AMBi Studio (Taichung, Taiwan)
Architecture Design Intern, 2018

Publications

Among Things, B-SIDE(Columbia GSAPP), 2025
Production Editor

The Ideas of Ordinary Objects, Studio Tngtetshiu, 2020
Research Contributor

License
Registered Architect of Taiwan, 2024-

Contact
Email / alexchingchenliu@gmail.com
LinkedIn / Ching-Chen Liu
Instagram / alexdoublechen

© Alex CC Liu 2026

Thinking Through Field

Year
2025

Project Type
Academic Work (Columbia GSAPP)

Instructor
Foivos Geralis

Should we reconceptualize “field” not only as form-making, but as a way to mediate and connect networks across spaces, scales, and species?

This booklet, developed in the course Argument, examines how the notion of “field” can serve as more than a spatial metaphor—becoming a way to think across systems, scales, and relationships. Drawing on lectures by Stan Allen, Jingru Cheng and Chen Zhan, and Areti Markopoulou, it highlights quotes and layered cut-out forms to reveal how “field” is articulated differently yet interconnected. The result is both a reading device and a framework for reimagining design as a systemic, multi-scalar practice.