Diana Jih MLA l 2018
ACADEMIC 06
WATERSHED / TERRITORIAL ECOLOGIES
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GARDEN FOR ALL SEASONS
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WATERFRONT / PUBLIC LANDSCAPES
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URBAN FOREST / FR ANKLIN PARK
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GR ADING PLAN
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GR ASSHOPPER PATTERNING OPER ATIONS PROFESSIONAL
Index
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CHILDRENS’ MUSEUM
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GREEN ROOF ART / CR AFT
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MATERIAL EXPLOR ATION | STUFF-TO-SCALE EXHIBIT
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WOODWORKING COMPETITIONS / WORKSHOPS
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LINEAR TUNNEL PARK | INFR ASTRUCTURE ADAPTATION
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GRID STRUCTURES MODULAR BUILDING
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Final Exhibit for Guantanamo: Land Between Rivers, Redefining territory and its local economy through the empowerment of the watershed (Collaborators | Madeleine Aronson, Mariel Collard, Kevin Jin He, Hanying Li, Nick Lynch, Ann Salerno, Rhea Shah, Na Wang, Ziwei Ye, Min Yeo)
Guantanamo Watershed, Cuba: Aquifer + Estuary conditions + processes (rain shadow effect, dams, industry, storms, mangrove + algal habitats) (Collaborators | Madeleine Aronson, Rhea Shah)
Watershed Topography, Guantanamo
MLA I Core Studio (spring 2017) Territorial Ecologies Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Pierre B elanger , B elinda Tato Collaborators | Madeleine Aronson , Rhea S hah , Nick Lynch
Salinity + Sedimentation Core Strata (made collaboratively with Nick Lynch)
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Watershed, Guantanamo
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MLA I Core Studio (spring 2017) Territorial Ecologies Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Pierre B elanger , B elinda Tato
Lost Coastline of Guantanamo Bay (wood etching)
MLA I Core Studio (spring 2017) Territorial Ecologies Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Pierre B elanger , B elinda Tato Collaborators | Madeleine Aronson , Rhea S hah
Mangrove salinity tolerance
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Mangrove morphology + sedimentation (drawings done collaboratively)
Vegetation, parking, + paving 1:300 (site model made colaboratively with Andy Park)
Landform + parking study model (site model and topo made collaboratively with Andy Park)
Toyo Ito Tokyo Studio (fall 2017) Garden for All S easons , Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Toyo Ito, Jun Yanagisawa , Julia Li
Landform sketch
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Site aerial
Tree Species
Spread
Height
Spring
Summer
Fall
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5
folly, screen
Japanese Crepe Myrtle, Lagerstroemia fauriei
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10
screen
Japanese Stewartia, Stewartia pseudocamellia
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9
folly
8
30
screen
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light screen, light branching
yellow leaves
Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum
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5
folly
red leaves
Chinese Juniper, Juniperus chinensis
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12
screen
Japanese Locust, Gleditsia japonica
Mochi Tree, Ilex integra
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6
folly
Unshu Mikan, Citrus unshiu or Citrus Trifoliata
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10
screen
Japanese Black Pine, Pinus thenbergii
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8
folly
Japanese Red Pine, Pinus densiflora
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9
folly
Summer
Winter
red leaves
Cherry Plum, Prusnus cerasifera ‘Krauter Vesuvius’ or ‘Newport’
Japanese Poplar, Populus maximowiczii
Spring
Density / Habit
flowers
orange, mottled bark
flowers
flowers
red, yellow leaves
grey, orange, mottled bark
yellow leaves
white bark
sculptural branching
evergreen
flowers
flowers
evergreen
fruit
evergreen
evergreen
evergreen
Height
Density / Habit
Frangrant Olive, Osmanthus fragran
3
3
screen
Downy Cherry, Prusnus tomentosa
3
2
folly, irregular
Spotted Laurel or Gold Dust Tree, Aucuba japonica
1.5
2
screen
Orange Osmanthus, Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus
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3
screen
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1
folly, twisting branches
Sacred or Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina domestica
Autumn Sunset Azalea, (Autumn Sunset Encore)
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1
screen
Japanese aralia ‘Spider’s Web,’ Fatsia japonica
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2
folly
Eight Handed Plant, Fatsia japonica
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2
folly
Box-Leafed Holly, Ilex crenata
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2
screen, compact, upright
Spreading Yew, Taxus cuspidata
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3
screen
Japanese Garden Juniper, Juniperus procumbens
2
2
folly
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
aromatic scent
flowers
orange, mottled bark
dense massing flowers
flowers
spotted leaves
fruit
flowers with aromatic blossoms
flowers
flowers
flowers
fruit
flowers
evergreen, white speckled leaves
flowers
flowers
evergreen
evergreen
flowers
evergreen
evergreen
Toyo Ito Tokyo Studio (fall 2017) Garden for All S easons , Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Toyo Ito, Jun Yanagisawa , Julia Li
Spread
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Shrub Species
Materialembankment collection + nano-scale images taken with SEM microscope by all team members at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Seawall + BBQ seating 1:100
Toyo Ito Tokyo Studio (fall 2017) Garden for All S easons , Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Toyo Ito, Jun Yanagisawa , Julia Li
View from seawall embankment (site model made collaboratively with Andy Park)
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Seawall embankment seating ramp detail
Material collection nano-scale images taken with patio SEM microscope by all team members at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Seasonal vegetation+for dining area + open engawa 1:200
Toyo Ito Tokyo Studio (fall 2017) Garden for All S easons , Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Toyo Ito, Jun Yanagisawa , Julia Li
Parking detail (site model made collaboratively with Andy Park)
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Parking lot + museum vegetation detail
Boston Seaport: Permeability diagram
Study model: low tide
MLA I Core Studio (Fall 2015) Typologies of the Urban Public L andscape , Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Gary Hilderbrand, Jane Hutton , Luis Callejas
Existing conditions
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Boston Seaport
Hand drawn 1/2 scale (Collaborators | Charlotte Leib, Ahran Won)
Estuarine mixing of fresh and salt water
MLA I Core Studio (Fall 2015) Typologies of the Urban Public Landscape, Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Gary Hilderbrand, Jane Hutton, Alistair McIntosh
Wetland planting of cattails (Typha)
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Study model: freshwater runoff
Franklin Park (Boston) final model: Urban Forest
Old + New Growth
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MLA I Core Studio (S pring 2016) Typologies of the Urban Public L andscape , Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Anita B errizbeitia , S ilvia B enedito, Jill Desimini
Detail model
Franklin Park (Boston)final model: Planting plan + Circulation 1:200
Playstructure final model: puddingstone slide
Playstructure: puddingstone slide 1”=2’
MLA I Core Studio (S pring 2016) Typologies of the Urban Public L andscape , Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | Anita B errizbeitia , S ilvia B enedito, Jill Desimini
New pine tree growth: 1”=1’ + 1”=2”
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Old to new growth transition: 1”=30’
MLA | Ecologies , Techniques , Technologies ll (S pring 2016) Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructors | L aura Solano, Thomas Ryan Collaborator | Charlotte Leib
Landform Grading Plan 1�=40’ (I designed and graded berms and path. The model was made collaboratively.)
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MLA I Pre -S emester Core Studio (Fall 2016) Urban A ssemblies | Grasshopper Workshop, Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructor | Jonathan Scelsa
Patterns made through operations of proximity, scale, rotation, + distribution in a phylogenetic tree
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Existing void lobby condition + outdoor exhibit opportunities for connecting interior programs
Old + New Growth
Existing main entrance (above) + ba
DaVision Design E xternship (winter 2017) National Taiwan Science E duction Center 1st floor exterior + Green Roof, Taipei , Taiwan Principal | Chung -H sun Wu
Proposed green wall (above) + interactive LED wall (below)
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ack entrance (below) facade analysis
Viewshed analysis on roof
Green roof surface diagram
Tilted plane and r
Perspective study o
of decking material Proposed deck, urban farm, meadow, lawn
DaVision Design E xternship (winter 2017) National Taiwan Science E duction Center 1st floor exterior + Green Roof, Taipei , Taiwan Principal | Chung -H sun Wu
Tilted plane + urban agriculture study model (base model made by previous interns)
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ramp study model
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CRAFT
Material collection + nano-scale images taken with SEM microscope by all team members at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
fortyK Gallery E xhibit (2017) stuff -to - scale Collaborators | S u -Yeon Choi , Nathalie Mitchell
Study sketch + model
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Plan for interactive design laboratory + immersive installation
Immersive installation of material research of “banal� materials at the nano-scale which inspired forms built with same materials at their 1-1 scale
Process photo: foam + trace paper
Process photo: plywood
Process photo: cardboard
Material exploration fortyK Gallery E xhibit (2017) stuff -to - scale Collaborators | S u -Yeon Choi , Nathalie Mitchell
USB microscope + projector
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Interactive design lab
Woodworking coarse project: “breadboard” door detail
Finger joints detail
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B uild -A-B ox , or The Whale Tail (2013) Materials | sapele mahogany,brass fixtures
Process photos: constructed at StaakMoore Woodworking (Philadelphia)
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WORKSHOPS
Ramp “Folds� into tunnel for access + light (I worked on plan, sections, light + paving patterns, + entrance rendering)
Tunnel plan: existing vents, proposed perforations and plantings
Phase 1: Light installation
Philadelphia Center for Architecture 2016 Competition E ntry | Transforming the Tunnel | The R ail Park Collaborators | Ana Cristina Garcia , Matt Moffitt
Phase 2: Entrance grove
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Light + paving patterns
Outdoor installation designed by Andres Sevtsuk. I helped build this in the backyard of the GSD’s Gund Hall and participated in the workshop to learn Python based Rhino script for generating grid-structures, which are inexpensive CNC -milled panels that are suited for fast assembly. (Photos by Maggie Janik)
Workshop models of structures designed collaboratively.
Process photo: assembly
Process photo: construction
Process photo: assembly
Grid -Structure Workshop (Fall 2016) City Form L ab , Harvard Graduate School of Design Instructor | Andres S evtsuk
Detail photo
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Process photo: fastening bolts
“genuine Joy of Painting forgery� (2012) Found landscape painting covered in gold spray paint.