Work Sample of RISD MLA_Landscape Architecture

Work Sample

PORTFOLIO

Yuxin Zhang 2018-2020

RESUME

YUXIN ZHANG Objective: Looking for Landscape architecture job

(571)523-5768

Providence, RI

yzhang17@risd.edu

Chinese, English

Education

Internship Experiences

Rhode Island School of Design Landscape architecture Providence, RI Aug, 2018 - Jun, 2021, MLA

i. Turenscape Design Institute, 05/24/2020-08/24/2020, Beijing, China Participated in the design of large commercial complex, helped our team to find reference images designed rooftop gardens ant other public arts independently; Participated in the design of urban riverside space conversion, did modeling, drew perspectives, found references, helped to plant design etc.; Participate in the design of urban riverbank conversion, complete the standard section design and modeling independently, and drew the perspectives; Participated in the lamp post design for a traditional style square; Participated in the design of urban riparian park upgrading, helped modeling and drawing perspectives, learnt how to configure plants etc.

Tianjin University Department of Architecture Tianjin, China Sep, 2014 - Jul, 2018, BLA GPA: 3.59/4.0

Skills Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe InDesign, Auto CAD, SketchUp, Lumion, GIS, Rhino

Student Honors i. TJU Fellowship for excellent student leaders 2014-2015

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A Motivated team player who has endless energy and passionate about design and eager to learn.

ii. YZscape Landscape Design, 12/17/2020-01/20/2021, Beijing, China Designed the street of the villa region in Hulu Wo, Tianjin, China; Participated in the construction drawing for Origin House B&B design in Fenghuang Village, Tianjin, China. Mainly drew the material, paving, size, and general plan CAD; Modeling a wind dynamic sculpture; Did a presentation on the company's internal forum about my landscape architecture education.

Research Programs i. Plant fiels trip at several state parks_09-12/2019 Providence, RI Analyzed the plant configuration from plant species, height, details and facilities.

Conducted researches of plant growing, identification and configuration of different seasons. Did a sound project for the thresholds.

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Regeneration with Yin & Yang

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Wind Palette

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Endless Music City

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The Second Identity

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Tidal Lab

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Public realm design to regenerate the old East Boston City, 2019. 09-2019.12 A device that translate the color of the wind, 2020.09-2020.12 A music park that combines people together, 2019.02-2019.05 Human-Otters Ha-ha thesis project, animals utopia, 2021.02-2021.05 Making a lab of revealing the site dynamics, 2018.09-2018.12

ii. Human-Otters Ha-ha thesis project_02-05/2021 Providence, RI A project that studies the proper distance between Singaporeans and otters that live there. A project that could be further developed about general human-urban animal interaction.

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Constructed Ground

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iii. TJU merit student 20152016

On-campus Experience

Other Works

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Interests

Teaching Assistance, 09/2019-12/2019 Transfered the professors the problems student had by a weekly basis. Hosted Q&A sessions on the weekends to help students with their projects.

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ii. TJU Fellowship for excellent student leaders 2015-2016

Photography, Vlog, Handicraft, Badminton, Traveling, Singing, Composing

Extracurricular Activities i. Director of Sports & Events in Student Government, Tianjin University, 09/201406/2016 Tianjin, China ii. Soprano, Beiyang Chorus of Tianjin University, 09/2014-09/2016 Tianjin, China

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 This is an urban landscape design project that basically focuses on the water's edge, and uses multiple architectural canopy to create different spaces for human activities.

The concept of yin and yang is not onlyrepresented by the canopy of the space. They also interpreted by the materialof the opposite layers; the landscape barrier made by the design. Meanwhile, asin and yang are mixed together, there will also be yin in the yang, and the same inthe opposite.

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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

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Privacy by Form and Use

Circulation

Market

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Moderation

Public ground definition+ circulation

Public Realm

Public Area Water

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Stimulation of public area

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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 a place Yang that feels like an extension of Yin surrounding neighborhood. the We will achieve this by creating Middle urban connections that strengthen the transportation infrastructure, culture, and commerce 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

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PLAN

PERSPECTIVE 13

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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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02 WIND PALETTE

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A device that denies the clarity of the environment and translate the color of the wind.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN + CODING INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Suzanne Mathew 2020.09-2020.12

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Our skin traces temperature spaces with unerring precision; the cool and invigoration shadow under a tree, or the caressing sphere of warmth in a spot of sun, turn into experiences of space and place.

Pallasmaa - Eyes of the Skin Blind people are excluded from the perception of the world arable to the sighted.

However, they compensate by developing the other senses, especially touch, to much greater degrees than most people. Similar compensations occur for those who cannot hear or speak. The extent to which the ' s eye' exists for blind people, especially those blind from birth, is difficult for sighted people to appreciate.

Simon Bell - LANDSCAPE Pattern 7

It’s a box that with two textures of iron sheet skin inside. I sticked the smooth sheet on the left, right and top wall of the box. The on the bottom I used the crumpled sheet to see how those different textures could reflect the light. There are also several reflection balls hanging at the top and spinning in front of my face.

After I took this device to the site, I found that it’s more like a device that absorb the light first, analyses the light form then reflect on the iron sheet. I found the environment light is misleading when I walk without the box, because my eyesight angle is wide, and I can see a lot of disturbing things. However, when I walk with the device, like the gifs showed, the thing I can only see is the narrow landscape in a small crop, and all the light my device absorbed are the light resources that around me. The light form changed clearly and suddenly, and it’s easily to see the light change through the whole walk.

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DATA VISUALIZATION

00:06 00:09 Anemometer [Input Data] Light Volumn

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Light Sensor

[Input Data] Wind Speed (m/s)

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[Input Data] Temperature (C)

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CONTEXT

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

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.

STORYTELLING 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

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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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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

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Music Hill for Buskers

Music Hill for Buskers

PERSPECTIVE

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Endless Music Park Plan 15

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SITE ANALYSIS - BISHAN PARK

04 THE SECOND IDENTITY Human-Otters Ha-ha thesis project, animals utopia, LANDSCAPE DESIGN THESIS INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Nick De Pace 2021.02-2021.05

Water Park Commercial Culture

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Otters Habitat Deck

Human Observation Deck Human Back to Back Station

I’m hoping they could live separately and collectively without disturbance, like the second sketch. People could hang on the bank, while at the same time, the otters are hanging inside their own places. Human, as a guest of their homes, could just stay far or take a boat to have a look.

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Otters Restaurant

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HUMAN - OTTER ACTIVITY FLOWRATE

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Mainly Residential - Bishan Park Community

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Otter Family scale: about 5-18 per family Crustaceans

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MatingMating Season Mating SeasonSeas

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05 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

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Sand beach

Spartina

Phragmity

Forest

Grass 22

DATA ANALYSIS

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06 Regeneration for Urban Ramain A design for regenerating the area around Baltimore river.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN INDIVIDUAL WORK ADVISOR: Suzanne Mathew 2020.3 - 2020.5

Hooper and Roacrose Park

Hooper and Roacrose Park

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Light Rail

Artist Plaza

Light Rail Station

Seasonal Platform Jones Falls

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Druid Park Neighbourhood

Light Rail

Light Rail

Artist Plaza

Light Rail Station

Light Rail Station

Landscape Bridge Jones Falls

Seasonal Platform Jones Falls

Parking Lot

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07 Other Works

GIS Data Analysis & Representation

Individual or group small projects.

2018.9-2019.2 Hybrid Media

Hybrid representation methods 2019.2-2019.5 Digital drawing, Modeling and casting, Printing and binding Part C Axons Overlay

Yuxin Zhang

Material Test

Material Feature Study

Wood Pedestrian Construction box

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.

1995

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

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Wetland Deciduous Forest

Hybrid drawing

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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Pavement Study

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Landscape Pavilion

Modeling and casting

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Internship Works

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