Alex Ching-Chen Liu (he/him) is a Taiwanese architect currently pursuing the Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design at Columbia University GSAPP. His work explores architecture as a continuum bridging past, present, and future, with a focus on adaptive reuse, urban regeneration and climate consciousness. Before joining GSAPP, he was a senior architectural designer at JJP Architects + Planners, one of Taiwan’s leading firms, where he contributed to a wide range of projects, including industrial adaptive reuse, office complexes, and sustainable laboratory designs. Beyond architecture, he is also an passionate photographer, using the lens as another medium to explore space, memory, and everyday life.
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, 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
License
Registered Architect of Taiwan, 2024-
Contact
Email
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cl4735@columbia.edu
LinkedIn
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Ching Chen Liu
Instagram
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alexdoublechen
© Alex CC Liu 2025
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.
© Alex CC Liu 2025