RISD Landscape Architecture Portfolio 2018-2020 by Yuxin Zhang

PORTFOLIO

YUXIN ZHANG SELECTED WORKS FROM 2018-2020

For applying the 2020 summer internship

RESUME

YUXIN ZHANG (401)-808-2650

Providence, RI

yzhang17@risd.edu

Chinese, English

Education Rhode Island School of Design Master of landscape architecture Providence, RI Aug 2018-present Tianjin University (TJU) Baelor of landscape architecture Tianjin, China Sep 2014-Jul 2018 GPA: 3.6/4.0 Class ranking: 9/37

Skills Photoshop (certified) Adobe Illustrator InDesign CAD SketchUp GIS Rhino

Student Honors ● TJU Fellowship for excellent student leaders 2014, 2015 ● TJU Fellowship for excellent student leaders 2015, 2016 ● TJU merit student 2015, 2016

A Motivated team player who is passionate about design and eager to learn.

Research Programs & Studio Experiences

● Public Realm Design Studio Sep-Dec 2019 Providence, RI Designed for a master plan in groups at first. Then choose one specific position to design for the publie realm; Designed a series of gray zones, to motivate and activate them ● Site/Ecology/Design Studio Feb-Jun 2019 Providence, RI Created a musical park to hold daily or annual musical events near Providence River with consideration of needs; Considered about different usages in variaious times and seasons. Set the itenaries for different uaser's ages ● Plant Field Trips Research Sep-Dec 2019 Providence, RI Analyzed the plant from plant species, height and details in different seasons; Made a set of videos to analyze the differences between the elements of edges, such as the transaction from forest to the grassland, the thresholds on the grassland and the salt marshes; Identified these changes through sounds, colors and times ● Design Principle Studio Sep-Dec 2018 Providence state parks, RI Used different linear material to represent meaningful models; Created a teaching lab focused on one natural element, by enlarging the threshold in the site to make it viewable and touchable ● Architecture Structure Studio Feb-Apr 2015 Tianjin, China Used snowflake blocks to build a full-scale room, adopted Mondrian's color theory and scale to divide the spaces; Studied the light and shadow effects from the assembled material wall

On-campus Experience ● Teaching Assistant Sep-Dec 2019 Providence, RI Hosted Q&A sessions on the weekends to help students with their projects. Shared students feedback with professor on a weekly basis.

Extracurricular Activities Interests Photography Handicraft Composing

● Director of Sports & Events in Student Government, TJU Sep 2014-Jun 2016 Tianjin, China Organized major sports contests such as college sports meetings, basketball games and leisure games; learned how to coordinate with other departments and clubs. ● Soprano, Beiyang Chorus of Tianjin University Sep, 2014-Sep, 2016 Tianjin, China Traveled with team members to other cities for competitions and performances.

Gained better time management skills to balance studies and performances.

Contents 01 Regeneration with Yin & Yang

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02 Endless Music City

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03 Tidal Lab

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04 Constructed Ground

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05 Other Works

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Public realm design to regenerate the old East Boston City, 2019. 09-2019.12

A music park that combines people together, 2019.02-2019.05

Making a lab of revealing the site dynamics, 2018.09-2018.12

BEB Parking lot redesign, 2019.01-2019.02

Individual or group small projects, 2018.09-2019.12

01 REGENERATION with YIN & YANG Public Realm design, regenerate the old east boston community.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN/ URBAN GROUP WORK(Master Plan)& INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Mike Blier 2019.09-2019.12

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GROUPWORK PAHSE: MASTER PLAN

INDIVIDUAL PHASE

Design Concept Diagrams

Yin & Yang Deduce Process

Deduce Process Parti

Zone by Program

Design Strategy Diagrams Permiability by Form

Existing

Extending

Slippage

Yang

Privacy by Form and Use

Circulation

Market

Corridor

Moderation

Public ground definition+ circulation

Public Realm

Public Area Water

Water

Stimulation of public area

Yin

Circulation

Circulation line

Residential

Parti Diagram Yin and yang definition

The site is underutilized at present and could be made more active through better programming.

Individual Site

Yin & Yang Definition

Context

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Our goal is to design place that Yang feels like an extension of the Yin surroundding neighborhood.

We will achieve this by creating Middle urban connections that strengthen the transportation infrastructure, culture and com merce between Boston Proper and East Boston. In this way our proposal will create a dynamic, multifunctional district that harbors a lively public atmosphere, one that reflects and celebrates the cultural heritage of East Boston's residents.

Circulation Light Light Diagram

Vegetation

lights

Vegetation

Trees

Light net

Yang

Light Net

Yin

Spot Light

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PLAN

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No.6 Gray zone

No.3 Central Market

No.8 Landscape Bridge

No.1&2 Terrace Axis

No.12 Lecture Steps

No.4 Museum Garden

Programs 1. Trees corridor 2. Tidal terrace 3. Central Market 4. Museum Garden 5. Exhibition Lobby 6. Yin & Yand Hybrid 7. Rain Garden 8. Landscape Bridge 9. Playground for Children 10. Lagoon 11. Lecture Lobby 12. Lecture steps 13. Sculpture pier park

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The site is on the water edge of our masterplan, besides a driveway and includes two buildings and a landscape bridge.

The concept of yin and yang is represented by the canopy of the space, the material comparision and the landscape barrier.

There are four axis going from the city to the harbor, to bound these two destinations stronger.

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Section A

Section B

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Section C Public Realm

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SECTION

Section D Public Realm

Section E Public Realm

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SECTION

Section F Public Realm

Section G

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VIEWS

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POP-UP ROUTEBOOK

Central Market entrance everyday

Central Market entrance spetial festival

Lagoon by the water daytime

Lagoon by the water at night with lecture

River bank everyday

River bank high tide 17

02 ENDLESS MUSIC CITY A music park that combines people and their musical life together.

CONTEXT Design Concept

LANDSCAPE DESIGN INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Jacob Mitchell 2019.02-2019.05

Music is a form of cultural expression that can bring people together.

As the capital of Rhode Island, Providence should have a place that can let people share their music together, as the communication center of music. This is an amazing place to develop a concert venue to connect the two culture, the American culture and music history in one place and create a music park on the water, which I’m calling it the endless music city, means the endless possibilities of music and facilities.

Itenaries

Grass Promenade

Music Hill Secret Stage& Mountain steps

The Gient's Field Stage Secret Stage& Mountain steps

Employer Beach

The Cove Stage

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Great Lawn

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DESIGN PRINCIPLE

Hill: block, seperate

Hills: reflection, block

Ridge: block, divide

Depression: gather

Hill: centural, diverging

III. Work with topology to divide spaces and manipulate sound.

I. Make this site can be arrived by many ways such as boating, driving, walking, biking. And each way should have their own path and parking lot.

II. The relationship between human and nature, which includes the wetland, the salt marsh and the habitat of snow egret and blue mussel.

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Hot, Open

Quiet, Solemity

Fresh, Open

Light

Energetic

Metal Dub DJ Jungle Drum Big-beat

Electro Rhythm & Blues Soul Disco Rap

Acappella Piano Solo Blue

Folk Orchestra Classical pop Chamber pop

New age Bossa nova Instrument Light music

IV. Define spaces with multiple types of characters of the music.

V. The use value of those outside program events structure.

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Endless Music Park Plan

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01. Entrance 02. Yearlong Parking Lot 03. Great Lawn 04. Pretty Stage 05. Ferry Dock 06. Kayak Rental Facilities 07. The Cove Stage 08. Music Beach 09. Flower Field 10. Seperate Hill 11. Grass Promenade 12. The Giant’s Field Stage 13. Rest Hill 14.Explorer Beach 15. Eco Bay 16. Music Hill 17. Forest Camping 18. Grass Camping 19. Secret Stage 20. Mountain Path 21. Snowy Egret Home 23

SECTION The Cove Stage

Road

Pedestrian

Kayak Rental Facility

Music Beach

The Cove Stage Lagoon

The Cove Stage

The Promenade Stage

The Grass Promenade 24

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SECTION The Giant’s Field Stage

The Giant’s Field

Music Hill & Camping Area

Pathway

Camping Area 26

Pathway

Music Hill for Buskers

Pathway

Music Hill for Buskers

Pathway

Recreation sunny grasland 27

SECTION

Snowy Egret Home

Pedestrian

Isolated Island

Secret Stage

Secret Stage

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Pathway

Pathway

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PERSPECTIVES

MODELS

Contour Model Forest Camping

The Cove Stage

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Flower Field

Salt Marsh

Fresh Stage

Secret Stage 31

03 TIDAL LAB

DESIGN CONTEXT

A lab to show people the tidal dynamic change of RISD Farm in Barrington, RI. LANDSCAPE DESIGN INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Helen Kongsaard 2018.10-2018.12 Hand Drawing Soft Filter

Rigid Filter

Sea 32

Sand beach

Spartina

Phragmity

Forest

Grass 33

DATA ANALYSIS

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DESIGN INTENTION Angle Study

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Strategy

Tide study

Secondary road

Test model

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DESIGN DIAGRAMS

Original Route

Original Vegetation

Surprise Moment

Tide

Slope

View

Designed Route

Designed Vegetation

Texture

Pavement

View

Gathering Space

SECTIONS

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SECTIONS

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MODEL PHOTOS

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People and water People and landform People and water People and landform flat ground

04 Constructed Ground

People and water

Bayard Ewing Building parking lot redesign.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Adrian Flores 2019.1-2019.2 CAD Drawing, Digital Drawing

People and landform

People and Water

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People and landform

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Section A: 1"=4'

Section B: 1"=4'

Section C: 1"=8'

Section D: 1"=8'

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05 Other Works

Plants & Botany

Individual or group small projects.

2018.9-2019.2 Hybrid Media

The study of plant species, seccession, threshold and edges.

2019.9-2019.12 Hand drawing, Sculpture

Threshold Material Feature Study

Wood Pedestrian Construction box

Pavement Study

Material and pavement design

Seccession Study

Gray Birch Branch Sculpture

Plants in the City

Landscape Pavilion

Stone Texture Sketching 50

Edge

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GIS Data Analysis & Representation

Almighty Arms

Hybrid representation methods

Future devices for people living in space. Human Cyborg.

2019.2-2019.5 Digital drawing, Modeling and casting, Printing and binding

2020.1-2020.2 Industrial Design

Part C Axons Overlay

Yuxin Zhang

2011

The acreage of wetland becomes very small in 2011, however the acreage of deciduous forest maintains a relatively wide area. Now the acreage of forest is far more than wetland.

2004

The acreage of wetland decreased a lot during 1995 to 2004, however the acreage of deciduous forest increased a little bit.

Final set 1995

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Wetland Deciduous Forest

Hybrid drawing

The forest decreased a little, however the wetland mainly kept the same acreage than 1988.

The wetland and forest seems live together mostly, and there is more wetland area than desicuoud forest in Providence in 1988.

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2004

2011

Axon Analysis Prototype II

Prototype I

Modeling and casting 52

Atlas

Sketch Concept 53