Wang Mengdie - Landscape Architecture & Urban Design Portfolio 2018-2021

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN

WANG MENGDIE

EDUCATION 10/2020 09/2018

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

09/2019

Mobility Concept 2030

Master of Landscape architecture-land landscape heritage Final mark: 110/110 RWTH Aachen University/IDEA League Summer SchooL Aachen - Germany

12/2016 02/2016

Konkuk University, South Korea

06/2018 09/2014

Shenyang University, China

Exchange Program of Architecture&Landscape architecture Bachelor Program of Landscape gardening Avg:3.61/4

WORK EXPERIENCE 07/2021 01/2021

Landscape architect

09/2020 03/2020

Research assistant

05/2018 01/2018

De Molfetta & Strode, Lugano, Switzerland Project Topic: Il Lungolago - Masterplan of Lugano waterfront and city center Supervisor: Prof.Mattia Previtali, DABC, Politecnico di Milano, Milan,Italy Project A GIS and Remote sensing approach for desertification sensitivity assessment in Puglia region

Assistant Landscape architect

Guangzhou urban planning & design survey research institute, Guangzhou, China Sector: Landscape office Project topic: Regeneration of urban public space and design of slow traffic system

ACADEMIC TRAINING 02/2021 12/2020

Introduction to Digital Humanity

01/2021 09/2020

Virtual Reality Specialization

06/2020

Cybernetic Ground: Information, Imagination, Impact

Harvard University, HarvardX, edX Online Courses

University of London/Goldsmiths, University of London,Coursera Online Courses

21st Annual International Digital Landscape Architecture Conference, virtual conference 07/2019

Il Lungolago di Verbania

Politecnico di Milano Workshop, Verbania - Italy 12/2014 09/2014

Computer aided designer training course Shenyang University, Shenyang - China

AWARDS 2018

wangmengdie917@gmail.com +39 333 8160537

Excellent graduation thesis(1st)

Shenyang University 2017

First Award

National University Student English Competition 2015

Second class Scholarship

Shenyang University

QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE Certificate of computer information technology Computer aimed designer

CONTENTS

SOFTWARE

01 RIVA VIVA

Autodesk CAD Rhinoceros SketchUp

Urban Rivival & Lakeside Mobility

Blender Adobe Photoshop

02 WHITE ECOLOGY

Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Premiere

Urban Transformation & Sustainability

Adobe After Effect QGIS

03 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

SNAP Unity

Narrative Landscape Poetry

Microsoft word Microsoft Excel

04 TOUCHING MOMENTS

Microsoft PowerPoint

Rural Landscape Perception

LANGUAGE Chinese

Mother Tongue

English

C1

Italian

A2

Korean

Elementary

05 EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Gamification for Landscape Heritage Conservation

PROGRAMMING C# Python

RESEARCH INTEREST Virtual reality & Gamification GIS & Mapping

06 OTHER WORKS Model & GIS & Drawings

01 RIVA VIVA

Urban Rivival & Lakeside Mobility

Location: Lugano, Switzerland Time Period: 01/2021 - 06/2021 Competition Winner Collaboration with Atelier De Molfetta & Strode (Lugano)

Background: The landscape and cultural image of Lugano and its lakefront are characterized by the particular natural conformation of the Gulf of Lugano, between Monte San Salvatore and Monte Brè. The strong topographical presence of forested mountains and lake water contribute to a cultural image of a city that is inseparable from its shores. The proposal of a renewed waterfront or lakefront for Lugano today must necessarily include both historical and cultural aspects, as well as environmental, leisure and socialization issues.

Design Concept: The Lugano lakefront redevelopment project aims to consolidate its role as the city's main public space, consisting of a continuous network of green spaces overlooking the water. The priority intervention will therefore address the moderation of private motorized traffic and the consequent strengthening of public transport and slow mobility as the main vectors of mobility on the lakefront. In this way to redefine the soul of Lugano, looking to quality tourism and to the redefinition of the “Lungolago” as catalyser for the future of the city.

Type: Landscape design and Urban design

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RIVA CACCIA

DYNAMIC STREET DAYTIME

NIGHT

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TOUR FACILITIES

FESTIVAL/WEEKENDS

KIOSK

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RIVA CACCIA BOTANICAL GARDEN

RENATURALIZED BEACH

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CENTRO

CITY HALL PLAZZA

CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

SUMMER MARKET

WATER THEATRE

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PIAZZA REZONICO - CHRISTMAS NIGHT

PIAZZA REZONICO - SUMMER MARKET

CITY HALL ELEVATION

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CENTRO

WATERSIDE PLAZZA

VIA MAGATTI

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PIAZZA INDIPENDENZA

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SHARE STREET AUTUMN VIEW

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PONTE DEL DIAVOLO BOSSI

SWIMMING DECK

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02 WHITE ECOLOGY

Urban Transformation & Sustainability

Location: Carrara, Italy Time Period: 03/2020 - 09/2020 Master Graduation Project Supervisor: Hope Ives Strode, Sara Protasoni Collaborator: Deng Yutong & Toriyama Natsumi

Background: As a consequence of this long-lasting marble extraction activity, the Carrara landscape and society reshaped. A series of environmental and social problems occurred, white water in Carione river, the population loss and more abandoned quarries and factories. Besides, the high disturbance of human activities of mineral extraction requires a lot of effort of restoration both on environment and landscape.

Design Concept: This project hopes to solve the social, economic and environmental problems by landscape planning and design. A new industry chain is proposed following the principle of cradle to crdle to realize the sustainability of the city, and the landscape and urban design is based on this new industry chain. First, a series of hydrological infrustructure are built in the quarry area to seperate and deposit marble waste material by using rain water. Second, blue and green infrustractures are built alongside the river channel to archieve resilience of the city. Third, the waste material collected in the quarry will be recycled and reused in the production of new industry. After the whole process, Carrara will realize sustainability with a " Cradle to Cradle" transformation.

Type: Urban Planning and Landscape Design

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TREE OF CARRARA Carrara's urban sprawl is like the growth of a tree. Which is correspondent to the cherry tree that described in the book Cradle to Cradle of William McDonald, that no waste produced in the whole life circle.

The main goal of the design is to collect marble waste from quarry areas in the river basin, through a series of Hydralogical system design, to purify the water in Carrione river and provide raw materials for the new industries to realize the"tree of Carrara".

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STRATEGY

QUARRY A

SEDIMENTATION BELVEDERE

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RAMP-PLATFORM AQUEDUCT AMUSEMENT AMPHITHEATRE

DESIGN NODE 1

B B HIKING PATH BRIDGE HYDROPOWER SHUTTLE SMART PARKING

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C HYDROPOWER REST ZONE HERITAGE PLATFORM RECLAMATION RETENTION POND

WATERFRONT

D MEANDER

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GREEN PARKING RAINGARDEN GREEN ROOF PERMEABLE PAVEMENT CANAL RETENTION

E GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD

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DESIGN NODE 2

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GREEN ISLANDS RENATURALIZED BANK FESTIVAL URBAN AGRICULTURE

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WINDMILL GREEN CANAL GREEN PATH VERTICAL WETLAND GREEN ROOF RAIN WATER COLLECTION

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DESIGN NODE: QUARRY

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AQUEDUCT

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DESIGN NODE: INDUSTRIAL PARK

VERTICAL WETLAND

Solar panels are built on the roof to geberate electricity for the factory's production

The windmill will pump up the eccessive water in the river during the storm to the sedimentation tank

Rain water collected from the roof top and rain garden are stored in the wetlind for reuse The sedimentation tank is to purify the rainwater collected in the river and be the source for vertical wetland

The water will finally flow back to the tank

Rooftop garden for rain water collection

Rain garden for rain water retention

Abandoned building used to build an elevator

Reconstruct the abandoned building to build a series of water tank in different height level

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Regenerate the abandoned land

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03 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Narrative Landscape Poetry

“Two roads diverged in a wood,and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference”

-- Robert Frost, The road not taken

“Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve”

-- Christina Rosetti, Remember

Location: Isola Brissago, Switzerland Time Period: 04/2019 - 06/2019 Politecnico di Milano Design Studio Supervisor: Burgi Paul Luther, Longo Antonio Emilio Alvise Collaborator: Ding Xitong & Zhong Hongfei

Background: The Brissago Islands are not only the only Swiss botanical garden on an island, but also a landmark of the region. Over 2000 plant species grow here from the Mediterranean and subtropical regions of all five continents. The island witnessed the love story of the Baroness Antoinette de Saint Léger and being adapted by the German merchant Max maden, and today a popular destination for boat trips, an oasis for families and a sought-after place to celebrate weddings in a charming setting.

Design Concept: The first design concept is about “the road of time”, tourists are encouraged to follow the footprint of history, to explore and discover the history of this island. The second concept is about remembering and forgetting. Waterside landscape design are based on 4 important timepoint of the island. Sometimes these timelines will be submerged by water or covered by sand, this is just like history been forgotten by us, and one day these timelines appear again, so these memories will be discovered by tourists.

Type: Landscape design

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20m

40m

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HINT OF MEMORY TIME CORRIDOR AND THE HIDDEN ROCK

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A - A'

B - B'

C - C'

D - D'

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MEET BY CHANCE

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THE SUBMERGED FOOTPRINTS

What a beautiful botanical garden look! do you notice the small icons on the ground! what are they?

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Here I find the same elements with what I saw in the time corridor

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What are they?

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and go to the platform.

Ummm

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In 1885, the Russian lady use boat to carry seeds to this island

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footprint to see what happens!

hidden stories.

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04 TOUCHING MOMENTS Rural Landscape Perception

Location: Vignale Monferrato, Italy Time Period: 09/2019 - 02/2020 Politecnico di Milano Design Studio Supervisor: Fontana Carlotta, Roberta Mastropirro, Irene Toselli Individual Work

Background: Vignale Monferrato is one of the UNESCO recognition of the serial site "Wine Landscapes of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato. As a world cultural heritage, the vineyard landscape in Vignale Monferrato reflects the result of the interaction between people and land. While the main road passes through the village is the fundamental need for th evillagers.

Design Concept: The design site, a rural road, is a link that connects people with the land. Villagers pass through this road to work in the fields every day. Tourists pass this road to explore the culture here. This road is the origin place of all feeling. The road is a place where people go to see, hear, smell and feel every touching moment.The main purpose of this design is to improve the road space. the road use experience is improved, to creating the idyll of Vignale Monferrato.

Type: Rural Landscape design

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INFORMATION

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STRATEGY

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DAVINO

C B A

REST ZONE

JAN

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FEB

MAR

APR

2 GUIDING

SHADOW AT 2 PM

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FEB

MAR

APR

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MAY

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MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

D 3 SEAT

4 RUMBLE STRIP

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JUL

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SEP

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NOV

DEC

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05 EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Gamification in Promoting Public Participation for Landscape Heritage Conservation

2.3 Detail Design Proposal : E plore t e gar en an in t e trees In the app we provided 3 basic level of trees and let the visitors to find them in the garden.the visitors are also encouraged to create their own path and mark it in the map.

Proposal 2: A opt a tree We encouraged citizen in Cinisello to adopt a tree, to make this place both a historic garden and a eductional park, and also help Relieve pressure from lack of budget.

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Location: Vignale Monferrato, Italy Time Period: 09/2019 - 01/2020 Politecnico di Milano Coursework Supervisor: Alberta Cazzani, Nicola Noe Type: Research and Design Individual Work

Background: Villa Ghirlanda Silva is a 17th-century noble villa in Cinisello Balsamo. As the first English garden in Italy, it is rarely known by the public. Due to the municipality's lack of awareness of heritage conservation, some facilities were built in the villa without matching the temperament and hindered the growth of the historic trees. The large area of the park and the wide range of users brought a certain degree of difficulty to the supervision work. In addition, due to shortage of funds, some facilities in the park are old and lack of maintenance, causing potential safety hazards.

Design Concept: A mobile phone application is proposed to allow people to participate in the conservation process. The application provides three main functions: (1) increasing the user’s motivation to protect the historic trees; (2) providing a platform allowing people to adopt a tree; (3) publishing information of the activities in the park to increase the Villa’s popularity. With the increasing social attention and public participation, everyone could contribute to the conservation of Villa Ghirlanda Silva.

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MASTERPLAN

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STORYBOARD The history is quite interesting.

Wo w, t h e r e i s a c o n c e r t t h i s weekend! I'll book a ticket!

Yeah! I find the right tree, let me see where is the next...

It's an honor for m own tree in Villa G I will look after m Thank you for your tr

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2.3 Detail Design 2.3 Detail Design Proposal : Proposal :

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you are invited to explore the trees that Ercole Silva described in his book about English garden. here are 3 levels waiting for you to explore, the first level is about the rares species which have fewer than 5 plants in the garden, level 2 is the species planted very concentrated and you can find them in groups! and if you have interest you can also challenge yourself with level 3 to find the trees plantedin a very large amount in this garden.

my chidren would get hurt when map. playing!

Proposal 2: Proposal 2:

Now more and more people are aware of the historical value of the villa and do some contribution.

Everyone could enjoy the fun here!

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Do you know that some trees in the garden are very special? There is only one tree of the species here! Do you trees in the garden are injured? Do you want to be the owner of these frees?

We lack funding and volunteers here, these trees are endangered. Choose to ADOPT A TREE and help protect Villa Ghirlanda Silva!

2.32.3 Detail 2.3 Design Detail Design Detail Design Page 19 Page 19

me to have my Girlanda Silva, y tree myself. rust.

more about the app in this video: https://youtu.be/SjhRzTcTd3E Proposal Proposal 3: 3: 3: Proposal

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06 OTHER WORK "Carpet" Model

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06 OTHER WORK GIS Research - Desertification assessment of Puglia

The municipalities boundary and area

Calculation of Model

Data Preparation

Data Collection

table join

precipitation/temperature/day length

shp file from geopartale Puglia

Climate station Location coordinate table from climate website

Classificat

Spatial Interpolation

Climate data in Puglia

precipitation /average daily temperature /day length /number of days in the month /12 monthly mean temperature

Crit

<-2 -2 - -1 -1 - 1 1-2 >2

reclassify

ordinary kriging raster calculator

Potentential Evapotranspiration(PET) Thornthwaite equation (1948)

Drought Index

calculated in Excel

Classificat

Reconnaissance drought index (RDI) reclassify

Monthly precipitation data in the past 20 years table from climate website

0-0.2 0.2-0.4 0.4-0.6 0.6-0.8 >0.8

Monthly temperature data in the past 20 years table from climate website

Number of livestock at municipality level

Spatialized livestock data in Puglia

table join

calculate in attribute table

Classificat

Overgrazing Index(CAIA )

<-0.51 -0.51-0.41-0.30>-0.14

MSAVI

total surface area /numbers of livestock

Red Band/NIR band

Albedo

table from ISTAT

reclassify

Blue band/Red Band/SWIR1/SWIR2/NIR band

Slope between Albedo and MSAVI Weight and coefficient of a fully grown unit

Classificat

Vegetation Index(Albedo-MSAVI)

statistic from website

Salinity Index(SI)

Different band of the satellite image Sentinel 2 image of Puglia region satellite image from Copernicus Open Access Hub

Blue Band/Red Band raster calculator

subset in SNAP

Blue Band/Green Band /Red Band/Near InfraRed SWIR1/SWIR2

Salinity Index1(SI1) Green Band/Red Band

Salinity Index2(SI2) Green Band/Red Band/NIR band

Salinity Index3(SI3) Green Band/NIR band

Official RUSLE model raster file from ESDAC Dataset 44

reclassify

reclassify

0-0.2 0.2-0.4 0.4-0.6 0.6-0.8 >0.8

Classificat

<0.075 0.0750.15-0 0.225>0.3

1 means no desertifica

teria Table

Result

tion

IDI MODEL

Reclassified score 1 2 3 4 5

DROUGHT INSEX

VEGETATION INSEX

OVERGRAZING INSEX

SOIL SALINITY INSEX

SOIL EROSION INSEX

FINAL RESULT

(Integrated Desertification Index, IDI) Compare with the official ESAI model

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4 6 8

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1 -0.41 -0.30 -0.14

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tion

4 6 8

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5 -0.15 0.225 -0.3

Reclassified score 1 2 3 4 5

Reclassified score 5 4 3 2 1

The area most affected by overgrazing is the middle part of Puglia region, in Bari and Taranto provinces

The most desertified area is the coastal area of Foggia province according to drought index

The most vulnerable area are the mountainous area in Foggia province which leads to a high desertification possibility according to Rusle model

Reclassified score 1 2 3 4 5

Reclassified score 1 2 3 4 5

ation and 5 means severe desertification

The vegetation condition in Foggia province is relatively bad and also in some area in the Brindisi and Lecce province

The most serious land salinization problem is also in the Foggia province and some coastal areas

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06 OTHER WORK Mix-Approach Drawing - Rural landscape of Jixi

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