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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EMERGENCY RESCUE FOR XINJIANG-MONGLIA BEAVER Landscape architecture design—Protect and create more beaver habitats in Qinghe County, Xinjiang
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The renewal of the low income community Urban design& Landscape architecture design—Community renewal and lift up the local economy in Apan, Hidalgo, Mexico
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The superlevee in Houston Landscape architecture design—Resilient levees for extreme weather in Houston
04
Explore new funeral rituals Landscape architecture design—Explore the new cemetery memorial landscape in Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province
OTHER WORKS Workshop with professor from Harvard
EMERGENCY RESCUE FOR XINJIANG-MONGLIA BEAVER
01
Balanced landscape of human activity areas and habitats Location: Qinghe County, Xinjiang Provience, China Date: 2022.05 Type: Individual Advisor: Zhang Zhengkai zkzhang@nwafu.edu.cn
BACKGROUND
In order to protect the Xinjiang-Monglia beaver, Xinjiang province established the Burgen Beaver Natural Ecological Reserve in 2013, which provides a habitat for the beaver to survive and reproduce. However, since 2019, the population growth of beavers has stalled. In recent years, Xinjiang has been continuously affected by extreme weather, with the water level of the Burgen River falling, many streams drying up, and the density of river valley forests decreasing. In addition, overgrazing has led to land desertification, the release of agricultural chemicals has led to water pollution, and manmade DAMS have hindered the migration of beavers. These reasons have led to a variety of wild animals, especially the Xinjiang-Monglia beaver, facing a serious survival crisis. The urgent task is to strengthen the protection of habitat, reduce the impact of human intervention, and isolate human activities outside the protected area. Then, in order to deal with the problem that the flow through the site in summer is far more than that in other seasons due to uneven local precipitation and summer snowmelt, the water retention and storage capacity of the site should be improved through terrain modification, riverbank consolidation, ecological planting and other means. In this way, the wetlands within the site can maintain sufficient water in other seasons, to provide a suitable living environment for beavers and other wildlife.
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The population of beavers in Xinjiang is decreasing Location Qinghe county Xinjiang Province Altai City
Batakbai
China
Village
Valley drying up
Agricultural land Valley habitat Stream habitat Shrub habitat
320 Provincial Road
Potential habitat Man-made Dam
Kumkareen Village
Statistics of drought and flood disasters in Xinjiang from 1980 to 2019
The Burgen River
300
Serious
Normal
Agarsh Aobao Township
200
Land desertification
100
County Road 876
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Statistics on the number of DAMS in Xinjiang during 2010-2017 700 680 660 640
The village of Jaraknur
620 600 580
Bolhambrak
560 540
320 Provincial Road
DAMS prevent beavers from migrating
Man-made Dams
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Beavers are under threat
SITE
River drying
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Overgrazing leads to desertification
Agricultural pollution
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Beaver habits
Typical habitat types
The Burgen River 40 m
Tributary 12 m
Wide channel
Valley forest
Underwater food storage
Building materials - branches and trunks
Woodlands and shrubland
Wet land
Beaver activity Secondary path - Hidden understory space
Permanent nest Beaver dam
Main route for seasonal migration
Food source - Shrub willow
Secondary active area Temporary nest
Restored stream
Primary active area Primary active area
Wide or fast-flowing water
Gentle and winding valley
Lush forests and bushes
Dense ecological wetland
Habitat plant species Salix cinerea
Ulmus pumila Neotrinia splendens Caragana halodendron
Salix saposhnikovii Populus cathayana
Air hole Isolate water and keep warm Primary space Underwater inlet
Beaver habitat is being destroyed The existing beaver habitat is facing a crisis caused by climate, water resources, and even human activities, among which the reduction of water resources and the decrease of river valley forest density directly affect the survival of the beaver.
The survival of the beavers is affected Threat of natural enemies
Loss of shelter and food sources
A-A' Wetland desertification Threat of natural enemies
Existing land types and improvement potential
Establish habitat exclusion zones
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Loss of shelter and food sources
Agricultural land C
Nest entrance exposed
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Local settlement
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B-B' Falling water levels and degraded forest land
The Burgen River
Tributaries dried up in many places
River Valley Forest - Habitat of beavers Pesticide and fertilizer pollution
Major traffic flow lines
Overgrazing leads to desertification Beavers are frightened
C-C' Influence of agriculture and animal husbandry
B
Restore dry river channels Create more river valley forest habitats B'
Replace DAMS in a more ecological way
Separate human activity areas from beaver habitat D'
Man-made dam
A strong concrete dam
Beavers' seasonal migration is blocked
High water level gap
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Riverbank restoration
D-D' Artificial levees prevent beavers from migrating
Local settlement
Strategy:Widen, add river channels and conserve groundwater Existing site condition
Topographical design
Wetland desertification Fence netting
Wider river channels Elastic river channel Preset beaver dam
River restoration and widening
Protect riverbank trees
Future potential water level Initial water level
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Ecological planting
The beaver migration pathway
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Conservation of water resources Initial water resources situation
Step1 Conservation of groundwater by plants
Step2 Widen the river
Step3 A virtuous cycle of more rivers, more plants
Groundwater resources
Groundwater resources
Groundwater resources
Groundwater resources
Master Plan
Step 1
Restore the original river system within the site and establish a buffer zone around the site Agricultural land Buffer area Burgen River
Dam
Buffer area
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Wetland plant:Willow, poplar and shrub willow
250m
Linear green space: Separate the human activity area from the beaver conservation area
150
Beaver habitat: Slow stream,Valley forest,Suitable water depth (>5m)
Step 2
Human activity space is set up in the buffer zone along the river line, and the river network within the site is expanded according to the river dynamics
Main road
New water network
Migration Corridor: Hidden valleys, narrow waterways and plenty of food
Landscape corridor
Step 3
Wetland habitats will be established in the river network to plant willows and other trees and shrubs
Man-made dam: Hard DAMS prevent the beavers from migrating Burgen River: A tributary running north to south
Village: Frequent human activity
Beaver habitat
Dense river valley forest Ribbon wetland park
Beaver migration route
Linear green space: Composed of landscape corridor, belt forest block wetland, and Ha-ha wall Desert: The surface is bare and prone to soil erosion
Suitable location for beavers to nest Possible location of the beavers' dam
Topographic strategy Beaver migration route Beavers nesting area Beaver activity area
Belvedere Viewing area
Slope protection tree Submerged vegetation The long, narrow river channel flows faster and helps the beavers migrate. Wide water and gentle water flow suitable for beavers to nest.
Streams with different functions
Wide, fast, deep water
Flood planting and slope protection trees can reduce the impact of river banks and prevent soil erosion.
The stone cage dam is more stable than the boulder dam, which is used for the place where the height difference is large in the site.
Ecological river bank
Gabion box
Waterfront Viewing Walk
Narrow, fast, shallow water
Wide, gentle deep water
Flood planting Width: 12-15m, depth ≥5m Width >15m, depth >5m
Natural stone
Data for different streams
Overbarden
Overbarden
Width <12m, depth <4m
The undulating waterfront walkway offers a variety of viewing angles.
Gabion box
Slope protection planting
Reinforced concrete structure bearing column
The stone cage filler is made of local materials, using the original gravel in the site.
Use the original stone and soil in the site to pile up, and plant submerged plants to consolidate the bank after covering the soil.
Earth and rock banks
Steel structure Concrete pile
Wide, fast, deep water
Gabion dam
Waterfront walk structure
Village Ecological wetland patch
Agricultural region
Waterfront exclusion zone Waterfront Viewing Walk
>5m >15m
<4m
<4m <12m
<12m
≥5m 5m 12-15m
>5m
Model: CNC model presents detailed terrain Sequence This sequence is formed according to the steps of the project construction, from start to finish there are four steps.
The excavation of new river channels allows the site to store more water resources and conserve underground water sources during the summer rain season and the snowmelt of snow mountains, so that the site gradually changes from a narrow oasis along the river to a broad wetland patch. The exclusion zone keeps people out of the habitat reserve, but the elevated waterfront walkway gives visitors an unobstructed view of the entire wetland reserve and the wildlife that live within it. New stream excavation
c Wetland patch
b Artificially added streams a Isolated planting area
d The waterfront walk
Topographic change CNC(Terrain)
Isolated planting belt
Wetland cluster
The beavers live in harmony with the local residents The edge of the beaver reserve is separated from the outside world by streams and plant dividers to minimize the impact of human activities on the habitat. The habitat also provides an oasis for birds such as cranes and whoopers to rest and breed. At the same time, the rich fish resources in the habitat provide sufficient food sources for birds, and continue to create economic value for local fishermen.
Slope protection planting
Plant root systems can enhance the resilience of river banks, enhance the water retention capacity of soil, and effectively reduce the impact of water erosion.
Habitat margin zone
Separated by streams and plants, limiting human activity.
Diverse species
There are also a variety of protected wildlife and rich fish resources in the habitat.
Agricultural activity Wetland patch
Xinjiang-Monglia beaver
Fishing is also part of the economy Beavers depend on streams for their activities
The renewal of the low income community
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Improve water scarcity and poor living conditions
Location: Apan, Hidalgo State, Mexico Date: 2022.01 Type: Individual Advisor: Gao Tian tian.gao@nwsuaf.edu.cn
BACKGROUND
This project is located in a low-income community in Mexico's Apan Basin, and like Mexico City, this low-income community is also next to the middle and high income community, in comparison, this community is like a slum, although the local government regularly provides cement and paint, which makes the community out of the tin houses and grass huts, but the community's infrastructure is seriously lacking. Water supply facilities, in particular, still require multiple households or even one street to share a water source. In addition, crowded streets and dirty sanitary conditions are also harmful to the health of residents.It is understood that agriculture, as the pillar industry of the community. However, the poor living conditions lead to the outflow of the population, and the shortage of water resources hinders the irrigation of farmland. These two major problems have led to the development of agriculture in the community and need to be solved urgently. In this project, I improved the community environment by changing the building layout, reducing the building density, and increasing the productive landscape and rain garden of the community. The new production garden can also make the community self-sufficient and provide more employment opportunities. In addition, modular building forms were introduced to cope with possible future population growth in the region. In agriculture, the terrain is transformed to maximize precipitation harvesting, reduce evaporation, and conserve groundwater through terracing.
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Current distribution of water resources in the Mexican basin
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Uneven distribution of water resources Apan is not well developed in industry, so industrial water accounts for a small proportion
Hidalgo Mexico
Basin of Mexico
But with the development of industry, the demand for water is bound to rise
SITE
L. Zumpango
Apan is desperately short of clean water and lacks water purification and storage facilities
Hidalgo Tiaxcale
L. Xaltocan
Poor infrastructure development
The climate is dry and agriculture needs a lot of watering
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Mexico
Approximate extension of the former lakes in late prehistoric times
Mexico Ciudad de Mexico N
Mexico City metropolitan area and adjacent urban areas in the early twenty first century
L. Xochimilco
Mexico-Temochtitlan in the early sixteenth century, now Mexico City historic center
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ZUMPANGO CERONIMO
Zumpango
EARLY 19th CENTURY
ZUMPANGO
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TEOTIHUACAN
S. Cristobal
TEXCOCO
TACUBA
TACUBA
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TLALPAN XOCHIMILCO
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TLALPAN XOCHIMILCO TLAHUAC
Rainfall (mm)
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160mm
160
S. Cristobal TEXCOCO
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172mm
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MEXICO
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Industrial water
Average Rainfall-Hidalgo, Mexico
TACUBAYA
TLALPAN
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Domestic water supply
Xaltocan
GUADALUPE
TACUBAYA
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Hydroelectric power generation
ZUMPANGO
TEOTIHUACAN
CUAUTITLAN
MEXICO
TACUBAYA CHALCO
Xaltocan
S. Cristobal TEXCOCO
TLANEPANTLA
TLANEPANTLA
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YEAR 1889
ZUMPANGO S. CERONIMO
TEOTIHUACAN
TLALPAN
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Surface and groundwater used for agriculture
EARLY 16th CENTURY
DILUVIAL PERIOD
TLAHUAC
22% Both
State boundaries
Reduced surface water area
TACUBAYA
29% Underground water
Hydrological divide of the Basin of Mexico
kilometers
CUAUTITLAN
Agricultural production water is the most important part of Apan's water consumption
20 0
35mm
10mm 13mm Jan.
Feb.
6mm Mar.
Apr.
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Jun.
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Aug.
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Site Status - Fragmented agriculture and community
Land use
commercial district
industrial estate
Middle and upper income community Agricultural institution
highway
Overland runoff Agricultural area I
farmland I
farmland II
farmland III
mountain
urban green land
residential area
commercial area
industrial area
Road network and building
Underground water
Low-income community Poor transportation, poor living conditions, high unemployment, lack of vital infrastructure and domestic water
SITE Agricultural area II
building
highway
main road
lane
contour line
run off
Water resource
Natural forest
Economic forest
Runoff
Valley area catchment
04:Lack 04 :Lack of facilities to store and purify water resources
01:Over-exploitation 01 :Over-exploitation of groundwater by industrial development
02:Agricultural 02 :Agricultural fertilizers and pesticides pollute groundwater
03:As 03 :As temperatures rise, surface water evaporates faster
Unsaturated soil layer
permeation permeation
river
permeation
underground water level
Aquifer
Aquiclude Aquifer Aquiclude Aquifer
Strategy:Topography, catchment and agricultural landscapes Water resources treatment
Existing site condition
Ecology and agriculture
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The transformation of community and agricultural landscape 1. Traffic flow Traffic flow based on terrain The two sides of the river are connected by the flow of the road
Legend 1. Dwelling district 2. Community production garden 3. Community service center 4. Central garden 5. Activity square 6. Linear green space 7. Terraced fields 8. Waterfront wetland 9. Wider rivers 10. Hillside cropland 11. Low-lying land 11
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Rainfall flows into community green Spaces, fields and rivers
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Productive landscape not only refers to the transformation of agricultural landscape, but also includes the provision of public productive green space for residents in new residential blocks to improve the living environment, and hopes to bring the neighborhood closer through cooperative planting.
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Ecological Revetment & Plant allocation
Wetland distribution
Pine oak mixed forest
Terraces & Slopes
Ecological Revetment
Pine forest
Oak Grove
It forms a majority in the community and forms a mixed forest with oak trees.
A forest consisting of angiosperms or broadleaved species, of which quercus predominates.
The main species are: Pinus teocote Pinus ayacahuite Pinus pinceana Pinus pseudostrobus Pinus arizonica Abies religiosa
Terraced drain
Terraced drain
Cupressaceae The main species are: Taxodium mucronatum Quercus crassifolia Cupressus lusitanica
The main species are: Quercus corrugata Quercus crassifolia Quercus gambelii Quercus grisea Quercus lancifolia Quercus laurina
Acacia farnesiana It has the function of antibacterial and antiinflammatory, detumescence and pain relief, and the e ff e c t o f t r e a t i n g w a i s t and knee sour and soft. The extract has special fragrance and is used to make fragrance.
Community agriculture distribution
Community Agriculture & Types of agricultural products
Central open orchard The intermediate area is suitable for orchard production, while agricultural irrigation creates a microclimatic moist environment, which makes up a sunken garden suitable for residents' activities
Greenhouse
Greenhouse
Moisture accumulation
Farmland
Farmland
Central open orchard
Farmland
Mixed Garden
General crop
Economic crop
Ornamental plant
Bonsai plant
A staple of the Mexican dinner table, self-sufficient through a community garden.
It refers to crops that can create higher economic benefits per unit area.
Plants whose main value is ornamental can effectively enhance the beauty of the community.
Indoor ornamental plants that can be transplanted indoors.
The main species are: Solanum lycopersicum Zea mays Capsicum annuum Cucumis sativus Triticum Saccharum
The main species are: Agave americana Persea americana Fragaria × ananassa Solanum melongena Rubus idaeus
The main species are: Hibiscus syriacus Glebionis coronaria Viguiera laciniata Cosmos bipinnatus Salvia farinacea Helianthus annuus
The main species are: Portulacaria afra Epipremnum aureum Portulaca oleracea Aloe vera Dracaena fragrans
Community gardens have more than just aesthetic functions Community gardens can also be productive, providing for self-sufficiency within the community, and shared agricultural work leads to greater harmony among neighbors.
Community Farmland
Street shops
Agricultural production & Ecological management By means of terrain transformation and plant allocation, the site can obtain stronger water retention capacity and reduce water and soil loss along the riverbank. Meanwhile, the better ecological environment also provides comfortable places for residents to self-activity.
Walking troll Farmland
Swale
The superlevee in Houston
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Coping with extreme weather through landscape approaches Location: Houston, America Date: 2021.05 Type: Cooperation Team: Li Kejing, Xu Xuezhu Advisor: Yang Zushan yangzsh@126.com
BACKGROUND
In the past 50 years, Houston has been attacked from time to time by storm surge. The heavy rainfall, hurricanes and short-term sea level rise brought by storm surge have caused great damage to coastal cities, especially the heavy industrial areas along the coast, which has attracted great attention and attention. In order to cope with potential flooding, urban waterlogging and sea level rise, a resilient embankment is needed to cope with rapid flooding. Using storm surge disasters in the Houston area as an example, the project aims to improve the resilience of coastal areas to extreme climates through landscape and ecological means.Combining landscape and ecological means, we mainly designed the site from the two aspects of protecting the waterfront embankment and dividing the inundation area. By constructing oyster reefs near the shore and planting submerged plants, the impact and damage of extreme waves on the banks and waterfront areas can be reduced. In addition, through the combination of slopes and steps, wetlands and rain gardens, different levels of inundable areas are created to cope with sea level rise in extreme weather and protect important industrial parks.
CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE: 75% Carried out preliminary positioning analysis and site determination, mainly carried out logical derivation and drawing style determination, and the drawing output was 70%
EXTRAM WEATHER AND SURGING SEAS IN HOUSTON Surging Seas
Transport
10FT 6FT
Others
Airport
Critical Industry
Port
Houston Ship Channel
1FT
Addicks Reservoir
Houston
Critical Industry
Buff alo Bay ou
SITE
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Location
Critical Industry Galveston Bay United States
Scenes from the floods in Houston
Texas Gulf Of Mexico
Critical Industry August 28th
Houston Ship Channel
2017 Category
4
Maximum Wind Speed
HURRICANE HARVEY
Galveston
8 a.m. Aug. 25 The Houston area is beginning to record hurricane
Trend
0.4 0.2
24
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1-6 a.m. Aug. 27 13.8 inches of rain fell in five hours, and flooding began to be reported in the area
4 p.m. Aug. 29 It has accumulated 51.8 inches of rain, a record for the mainland United
Prediction
16 12
-0.4
8 4
-0.6
Hurricane Harvey
2.5
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10 p.m. Aug. 25 Harvey made its first landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Rockport
Rainfall (FT)
Sea level altitude(M)
TD TS H1 H2 H3 H4
Average
Hourly changes in observed water levels in Puerto Lavaca From 2017/08/23 00:00 GMT to 2017/09/05 23:59 GMT
Rainfall during Hurricane Harvey From 2017/08/25 08:00 GMT to 2017/08/29 16:00 GMT
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Height in meters(MLW)
Altitude
Catergory
STORM SURGE
RAINFALL
Frequency and trends of Atlantic tropical cyclones From 1878 to 2008
Number of occurrences
EXTRAM WEATHER
Trajectory of Hurricane Harvey From 2017/08/18 to 2017/08/31
Houston
212km/h
2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0
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SPECIFIC HAZARDS DAMAGE ON THE SITE
DAMAGE ANALYSIS Economic Losses
Vehicle loss
House damage
Factory equipment damage
Shut down
Chemical gas release
Water pollution
Oil spills
soil pollution
Medical deficiencies
electric shock
Drowning
Traffic accident
Traffic barriers
Power cut
Communication blocking
Lack of clean water
Environmental Pollution
San Jacinto River
Death By Flood
Ho ust on Sh ip
SITE
Sediment Type Silt Sand
Barge Type
Critical Infrastructure Impact
Soft Hard
Others Site Spillway
Tansport Houston Ship Channel Railway
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY SURGING SEAS LEVEL
INTERTIDAL ZONE
COASTAL AREA
TRANSITION AREA
URBAN AREA Slow Soak Spread
2000 3FT
Surging seas Intertidal zone Costal area Transition area Urban area
Oyster reef
Sea dike level 1 Temporarily removable facilities
Bioswale & detention
LID system
Horizontal dike
Sea dike level 2 Dike park
Wetland
Relocation & Transformation
Artificial floating islands
Sea dike level 3 Super dike
Tributary
Lift & Dike
Aquaculture
Eco-tourism
Habitat
Purification
2050 9FT
Surging seas Intertidal zone Costal area Transition area Urban area
2100 15FT
Surging seas Intertidal zone Costal area Transition area Urban area
2150 20FT
Surging seas
Master Plan
Generation of design
Weaken
Against
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Form 2
Form 1
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Hard materials
Wave impact 4 5 3 6 11
Soft material 7
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Levees combined with oyster reefs
Level 1
Modular temporary flood dam
Level 2
Dam combined terrain
Level 3
Dyke combined with landscape living
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Oyster reef
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Site protection
3
Underwater planting zone
4
Pontoon bridge
5
First class flexible dike
6
Secondary composite dyke
7
Tertiary landscape dike
8
Trade area
9
Transformation of railway station
10
Lid low-impact urban areas
11
Water purification wetland
12
Wetland park
13
Lawn activity area
The composition of the super levee system Flood control planting
Temporary dam The waterfront walk
Shoal
Oyster reef
Submerged planting pond
Rain garden + Step + Slope
Rain garden + Step
Artificial lake
The four parts of the superlevee
Submerged cultivation
Flexible dam
Sand and gravel Deposition of organic matter
Sand and gravel
The lawn penetration
Carbon fiber layer
Drain
Clay layer
Shunt
Shellfish population breeding device Wetland flow interception
Permeable pavement Infiltration Submerged cultivation
Drainage
Purification plant Dam combined landscape
The plant configuration Sequoia sempervirens
Sequoia sempervirens
Liriodendron tulipifera Linn
Liriodendron tulipifera Linn
Taxodium distichum
Rhizophora apiculata
Rhizophora apiculata
Hibiscus hamabo
Potamogeton perfoliatus
Pistacia chinensis
Pistacia chinensis
Thalassia hemprichii
Ceratophyllum demersum
Taxodium distichum
Taxodium distichum
Hibiscus hamabo
Hibiscus hamabo
Hibiscus hamabo
Potamogeton perfoliatus
Ilex cornuta
Thalassia hemprichii
Ceratophyllum demersum
Vertical site design
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Site inundation control
A B
Dam combined terrain
C
Oyster reef
D A' B' C' A-A'
D' E
2000 3FT
B-B' 2050 9FT
C-C'
2100 15FT
D-D'
2150 20FT
E-E'
The formation of a super levee
Oyster reef cultivation device Get ripereef oysters Oyster
Running water and nutrients
Concrete base
Planter terrace
Flexible dam
Steps combined with planting pool
Water inlet
Discharge of sediment
Oysters are attached
Invisible dam structure
Vegetation coverage Rock structure Sand and gravel layer
The water infiltration
Planting soil
Retaining wall
Drainage piping system
Organic precipitation Activated carbon purification layer
When the storm surge comes Resilient levees can be more resilient in the face of extreme weather such as storm surges. Terrace steps and rain gardens effectively reduce the impact of extreme precipitation and sudden sea level rise caused by storms, while oyster reefs and submerged vegetation reduce the impact of tidal waves on the shore.
Explore new funeral rituals
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After death, the soul sublimates and the body returns to nature Location: Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province, China Date: 2021.10 Type: Individual Advisor: Feng Jing fengjing@nwafu.edu.cn
BACKGROUND
This is a project about death. I came across Katrina Spade's speech on advocating a new kind of funeral at TED. Compared with the large area of traditional burial and the pollution caused by cremation, Katrina's idea is to let people return to nature after death, and based on this, I explored a new cemetery landscape form.The project site is located in Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province, a city with a long history, where funeral customs have a very complete inheritance, but in recent years, urban development has made many traditional funeral rituals no longer suitable for urban funerals, and the current popular cremation has been criticized for its environmental pollution. This calls for a greener and more innovative form of burial to cope with urban funerals. New form of burial: Powered by microbes present in the human body and environment, the microbes transform the body of the deceased into a soil amendment at the molecular level, using artificial soil to return the person to nature after death.Based on this, I removed the graveyard, tombstones and other forms in traditional cemeteries to create a completely natural understory habitat, where the dead sleep, turn into nutrients to return to nature, and help the trees and vegetation in the site to thrive. At the same time, the new cemetery will be more open, so I designed a number of dynamic and static landscape places for relatives and friends to remember and commemorate the dead, and amplify its characteristics as a memorial landscape.
CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE: 100% Sort out the project logic and main line, explore the inspiration direction of the project design, determine the drawing style, and output the drawing
Outside the city of cemeteries - the lack of awareness of death Location
History of cemetery development Mid-19th century
Cemetery landscape area
Cemeteries were introduced into China.
Shaanxi province
The first cemetery, "All Nations" cemetery was built.
Cemetery landscape area 1956 "Burial reforms" Planning and design of cemeteries nationwide.
City green belt Xi 'an city
1966—1976 During the Cultural Revolution, celebrity cemeteries were destroyed and the construction of cemeteries came to a standstill. The classification is clearer, the responsibility is clearer, the construction is more
After the 1990s
SITE The yanta district 1976—1990
Urban green space
Cemetery landscape area
Cemetery construction recovery period. The cemetery began to be managed by law.
Urban green belt
Cemetery
Urban land use Urban water system Urban freeway
Local funeral customs
NOW
Urban trunk road Urban secondary road
Bands play sad music, and the harsh noise often affects the lives of the surrounding
Cemetery landscape function is single, not well into the city landscape
Traditional funerals involve burning paper money, which objectively only damages the environment. A shrill noise Ecological damage caused by the use of non-sustainable materials in cemetery constructiongreen Spaces
Funeral processions often disrupt traffic in the city.
A guide to the soul
The marks left by the burning
Today, the early stage of funeral includes encoffination, notification of death and condolence.
The existing cemeteries lack humanistic care Surrounding environment of the site Qujiang Creative Valley
Tang City Wall Ruins Park
Circular flyover High Line Park
Residential
Xi 'an Botanical Garden
SITE Qujiang Ruins Park
Middle school
Qujiang Youth Park Residential
Hospital
Chinese people have the traditional idea of burial in peace
Tang yuan garden
The park, which abuts the cemetery grounds, is roughly walled off
Three million village Cemetery Planting 2
Cemetery Planting 3
Cemetery Planting 1 Present situation of site burial form
Parking lot status
Cemetery core scenic area, is still seen everywhere, copy the form, lack of spiritual core
Business district General Science Museum for Disaster Reduction
The entrance space Memorial places
The entrance of the cemetery, is difficult to distinguish from the temple landscape
Symbolic square
Entrances and exits can be added Existing entrances and exits
Wind Hill Crematorium "Creating a complete sense of the universe might be more meaningful for a shrine."
Princess Diana Memorial Fountain It tells the story of Princess Diana's life
Landscape needs the《Passages》 spirit of place "It is more difficult to remember the unknown than the famous. The construction of history is dedicated to the memory of the nameless." "Beyond the confines of death, a wider world will be discovered."
Explore new forms of burial
Rearrange the body to return to nature
Design Concept The center of the site is Recompose forest, which aims to recompose human compost into natural succession and circulation in the form of soil. Surrounded by gardens, avenues and serious landscapes, visitors can enjoy leisure activities and experience the concept of life and death.
Traditional earth burial
Cremation
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Natural organic reduction
Powered by beneficial microbes that naturally exist in our bodies and our environment.
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The body was placed in a container surrounded by wood shavings, alfalfa and straw and began to transform the soil.
STEP 3
Changes in the power of microorganisms at the molecular level result in the formation of nutrient-dense soils.
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Each body produces one cubic yard of soil amendment, which is removed from the container and cured for two to six weeks.
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Created soils return nutrients from our bodies to the natural world.
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Burial of the dead
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Recompose, and get a new life in nature 1.The main entrance 2.Integrated Service Building 3.Integrated Entrance Plaza 4.Peaceful water space 5.Strip planting square 6.Hedge matrix 7.Entrance Plaza 8.Memorial sculpture 9.Sunken Memorial Plaza 10.The quiet avenue 11.Memorial gallery 12.Eternal forest 13.The eternal garden
LEGEND： Evergreen tree of the coniferous family
Metal and clay sculptures
Evergreen hedge
Color leaf tree species
Pour concrete paving
Lawn and ground cover
Large evergreen tree
Brick pavement
Mirror pool
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On the soil structure, memorial walls of the dead seem to grow out of it. The sunken square makes the site slightly separated from the surrounding environment, providing a place for people to remember.
Urban trunk road
Strip planting pond
The soil structure layer of the central forest is exposed. As more and more people are transformed into soil after death, people can clearly see the renewal and accumulation of the soil structure layer from here, and clearly perceive the contribution of the deceased's life in this place.
Rectangular hedgerow
Site entrance and exit
Place one cubic yard of soil into the field
Decomposition of container，plant rooted site
Plants thrive in the field
CENTRAL FOREST
Succession forms a dense forest
SITE 1 MATRIX HEDGE
Privet
Leucanthemum paludosum
Bellis perennis
China rose
Petunias
SITE 2 Peaceful Garden
Rudbeckia laciniata
African lily
Leucanthemum paludosum
Allium giganteum
Zinnia peruviana
Acorus calamus
Lily
OTHER WORKS
3D Screening: Experimental Storytelling towards Design of the Future Date: 2022.03 Type: Cooperation Team: Chen Zhennan, Wan Zijun, Si Mengjia Advisor: Gabriela Bila & the dtl Lab team
BACKGROUND
Professor Gabriela Bila & the dtl Lab team tried to assume that people's life forms would undergo drastic changes 50 years later, hoping that we could imagine a logically complete life form and adopt diversified forms (cartoons, landscapes, etc.). Virtual exhibition, etc.) to express an interesting little story that takes place under this imagined form of life. Inspired by Foucault's intention of "Heterotopia" Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, we envision and create a global construction concept -- "super library" based on the connection between uterus and embryo. Based on this, we discuss how this construction, which theoretically contains global knowledge and information, will affect the future human beings.
CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE: 40% Participated in the idea of the story, mainly carried out the story logic deduction, and the output of drawings was 30%
BACKGROUND
CONCEPT DESIGN
When 2050
Premise All people work underneath a shell , because the shell can provide people with advanced knowledge.
Where Earth
What are the things that make this place awesome to live in? And what makes it terrible? Awesome: All people are accessible to advanced knowledge and get it quickly, and live a relax and rich life. Terrible: Normal people have to repeat the daily routine everyday, and have no chance to go across the class gap.
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Most important: Why is this theme attractive to you? We create a world that have a super library which all people can visit, imagining what the world will be like and if there is some conspiracy behind it. How can this story help us gain perspective and be critical about our current situation? We give some tips to illustrate what's happening behind the "super libraray", people accepting advanced knowledge and being satisfied with the progress, but the class gap solidifies. Where is your character moving? How will this space help tell the story and set the mood? We are showing the usual life of protagnist and setting pathetic mood.
REFERENCE Starting from the metaphor of the uterus, Sloterdijk points that human being cannot leave with their mothers' uteri. Even if we are born in the world, we still need the protection of this spherical space. Therefore, we should create a sphere, a uterus that can create a protective membrane against a dangerous world. From Sloterdijk's perspective, a baby dropped from mother's uterus is very tragical, who comes to a world that fulling of risks from a warm and comfortable sphere. In this way ,we see a contrast in worldview from it, this is to say, at the moment of birth, the being has a fundamental dichotomy: mother's warm uterus/ risky earth. Therefore, although our birth from the uterus means a loss of original comfortable sphere space, we can imitate it to shape a man-made sphere and let it to provide us with a shelter against the danger of world. Internet ---- Warm; Circle People surrounded by warm ---- People surrounded by Internet physically
Background: To meet the demand of overdevelopment of internet, A project called“super library” came out. “Super library” is a device that covers the whole surface of earth and floats in the air in order to explore the space in the atmosphere. "Super library" contains millions of thousands of services in the air, which can totally improve people's surfing experience. The project gives people possibility to gain the advanced knowledge through plugs beneath "super library". People who plug in the system are accessible to acquire advanced knowledge.
Work: Since the first day the project finished, people kept building companies underneath the inner face of "super library" and set up a brand new system for work. People can operate with the dashboard and control the robots on earth to build up cities. They commune by huge elevators connecting“super library” and earth. The effectiveness of work increased.
DATA NETWORK ABOVE THE CITY
GREENHOUSE FOR UPPER CLASS
DATA NETWORK INTERIOR
APARTMENT INTERIOR