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JADE TSANG

PORTFOLIO

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

HORTICULTURE

ARBORICULTURE

BIOLOGY

2023

Design Works

Career Works

+44 7575 46 7177

jade_tsang@outlook.com

/Working Experience

DEC 2020 – JAN 2021, APR 2019 – AUG 2020

Landscape Designer Aecom Asia Company Limited

AUG 2018 – APR 2019

Horticulturist

Muni Arborist Limited

JUN 2016 – AUG 2016

Summer Intern

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

/Education

2021 – 2023

MLA Landscape Architecture

Vectorworks Design Scholarship

The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL)

2020 – 2021

Postgraduate Diploma of Landscape Architecture

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

2014 – 2018

B.Sc. Biology

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

2008 – 2014

HKDSE

Heep Yunn School

/Professional Qualification

Certified Arborist of International Society of Arboriculture (CERT ID: HK-1756A)

/Activities

JAN 2018 – JUL 2018

Exchange Programme to Aarhus University, Denmark 30 ECTS

2016 – 2017

International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition GOLD MEDAL

2014 – 2015

Residents’ Association, the Student Union of CW CHU College, CUHK

DESIGN AND PUBLISHING SECRETARY

/Language

Cantonese (Native)

English (Professional)

Mandarin (Professional) /Skills

MS Office

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Lightroom, Bridge Rhinoceros 3D

V-ray, Grasshopper, Ladybug, Bison

Autodesk

AutoCAD, Maya

Quantum GIS

Physical Fabrication

laser cutting, CNC milling, waterjet cutting, 3D scanning, metal fabrication, wood crafting, droning

Driving licence Category B

Jade Tsang

Studio I

Bricks to Break

Freedom of expression manifested in bricks and mortar.

The project begins on the edges of segregated university campuses. Bricks, as building materials, embody the essence of both fluidity and rigidity. Their various permeabilities weave public and private spaces, bridge the gap between individuals and society, find harmony in the interplay of the organic and the artificial - and BREAK all the boundaries.

Demography of Bloomsbury

multicultural young workers students

Birkbeck

13937 students (69% undergraduates and 31% postgraduates); 9% international students

SOAS

5237 students (59% undergraduates and 41% postgraduates); 26% international students

UCL

43,900 students (45% undergraduates and 55% postgraduates); 53% international students

RADA

240 students LSHTM

4698 students (100% postgraduates); 28% London based, 72% Online Learning

Gordon Square

Gordon Street Torrington Square

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GROWING MEDIUM PERMEABLE & IMPERMEABLE MATERIAL

BIODIVERSITY

VERTICAL GREENING

DYNAMIC STRUCTURE

AIR-DRIED BRICK & WALL

SUDS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THERMAL COMFORT

IMPERMEABLE COLLECTION TIME CAPSULE CANVAS PERMEABLE TRANSFER & COLLECTION

IMPERMEABLE TRANSFER

PEDESTRIANISATION & PUBLIC SPACE IMPROVEMENT return spaces to people

Flimwell Park is where human and nature co-habiting. This project is to explore the opportunities around the chain of ponds and the wet woodland at the Flimwell site, where I picture it as a potential education space for people to immerse in and discover nature.

^ Land use zoning, school distribution and demography of Flimwell

^ Land use, timeline and climate of Flimwell Park

^ Section of the chain of ponds in Flimwell Park

Shore Up Canvey

Coastal Flood Defence + Memorials + Commons + Study Ground

Canvey Island has been prone to flooding for many years and now the site is surrounded by seawalls and lots of hard coastal defences. My project first looked into the geographical process of the site, some existing practices of beachcombing, and try to understand how deposition works and can be utilised by people. My final proposition is to form a new natural barrier and buffer land against sea level rise by modifying the topography and promoting deposition.

mud matrix

grassland grassland

concrete manhole concrete manhole concrete promenade concrete seawall

^ Material pattern extraction - mudflat and shore

Defence of our shores

Mounds untold

Deposition of our lives, what we know, transpose Memories live, with the tide’s ebb and flow

^ The Sieve

CREATE communal space of traditions and modernity for generations. CONNECT the district of drastic level change. CELEBRATE the past, present and future of the community.

A set of giant staircases will be built between Ladder Street and Hillier Street, embedded with one wider platform and one narrower platform. The iterative usage of local granite will highlight the history of Ladder Street and Hong Kong quarries. The platforms will be used as a marketplace or functional space for festivals and celebrations.

commemoration + leisure + nature

Silencer: The Post-Battlefield

The site is a paradox. On one hand, it is a historic military site for commemorating the deaths in a war. On the other hand, it is a newly built leisure place with a large lawn and barbecue sites.

In order to balance the nosiness and the quietness, this intervention of sound creates space in between the two extremes, and for people to meditate. Iterations were done with a combination of artificial shells and pits, and natural slopes, which would create interesting spatial effects by diverging, intersecting and juxtaposing things. They block away noises from human activities (e.g screaming, laughing, yelling) and amplify the sounds from nature (e.g. wind, birds, leaves). They would create special spaces and experiences for people.

Representing Terrains

Hong Kong is a City without Ground

Spatial Fragments

Transposing Landscape

Ridiculous Field

fragments of imagination into miniature worlds

Collage 03 Model

Representing Terrains

After taking pictures of materials, textures, and details from my surrounding outdoor context, the images are compiled and edited in Photoshop into black and white. An artifact map is used to establish rules (axis, connection, repetition, transparency, contrast, etc.) in laying out the collages. An imagined landscape is formed based on ideas of composition, abstraction and rule-based interpretation of information.

Transposing Landscape

An Old and Valuable Tree is represented in a variety of assemblages based on its situation within the environment, and being transposed to different scales of time, place and system.

1. TIME - Illustrate the tree through a series of different stages of its life cycle, seasonal cycle and daily cycle.

2. PLACE - Analyse the tree through widening zones of influence, from micro scale to macro scale.

3. SYSTEM - Highlight the physical and symbolic relationships between the tree, parts of the tree and its connected systems.

Hong Kong is a City without Ground

“This is true both physically (built on steep slopes, the city has no ground plane) and culturally (there is no concept of ground).”

• the campus of the University of Hong Kong

• the Ground = a series of 5mm acrylic slices, with underground details engraved

Spatial Fragments

A physical artifact with specific spatial articulation (i.e. confluence, divergence, juxtaposition) to reveal the dynamics and linked moments of landscapes. Each contains a 6x6m squared base.

Based on collaging B&W pictures of materials, textures, and details collected from my surrounding outdoor context, an imagined topography is formed. Imagine it is a large piece of agricultural field, with 2 mountains intersected and some depressions scattered. Via iterative modelling, spatial inspirations are stimulated.

Ridiculous Field

To test the light refraction and light reflection of the composite of two transparent materials, epoxy is chosen as medium and glass is chosen as aggregate. The composite can round off the sharp edges of crushed glass without losing its light-related properties. The material properties are tested with different sizes and colours of crushed glass.

This installation is combined of 2 types of materials that are totally di erent. One is articial and long lasting - the mixture of resin and glass at the top. One is natural and perish-

In this installation, the bamboo part draws an enclosed space, and its grid-like structure might attract growth of climbers or living of spiders. The resin part acts as an anchor point

When one is standing underneath, special moments will be experienced once looking up

The vegetation part seems short-lasting but the climbers or organisms clinging onto it might reproduce generation by generation. The resin part seems to be stronger and tougher, but it cannot replicate on its own, so it might last shorter across time in another

However, the two somehow nd their way to coexist at the moment, and both have their

Sunbird

4. Prepare resin according to instructions on package.

5. Add shreded glass into the mixed resin.

6. Add bamboo strips in 4 directions.

7. Wait for the mixture to cure.

[on-site installation]

1. Find a tree with sparse crown spread.

2. Tie an heavy object at the end of the metal wire.

3. Toss the heavy object across a crotch and tie back to the installation.

4. Adjust the orientation of the installation.

This installation is a combination of 2 types of materials that are totally different. One is artificial and long lasting - the mixture of resin and glass at the top. One is natural and perishable - the bamboo frame. In this installation, the bamboo part draws an enclosed space, and its grid-like structure might attract the growth of climbers or spiders. The resin part acts as an anchor point to support the whole structure. When one is standing underneath, special moments will be experienced once looking up and through the resin.

Invocation of Time in Woods

Media

We have all developed our own conception of Time in nature. I think it exists as 4 elements - network, scale, cycle and conversion. Inspired by Lefebvre’s Rhythm-analysis, the concept of time might be graphically represented. For the time being, I explored the way we posit our existence in reality, and experimentally tested new mediums, new perspectives and new forms of communication between man and the environment.

“Tree Risk Assessment”

Crown cleaning, Crown reduction, Brown root rot, Decay

To deliver quality Tree Risk Assessment for tree management works.

Oversaw safe removal of dead wood throughout the crown to enhance public safety. Provided advice on clearance of space for vehicles, lamp posts and pedestrians. Carried out lab test and mitigation by biological control. Assessed tree condition and health by mallet, resistograph and tomography.

“Landslip Prevention and Mitigation Programme”

Agreement No. CE27/2012 (GE), CE46/2014 (GE), CE52/2014 (GE), CE24/2016 (GE), CE25/2016 (GE), CE43/2017 (GE), CE45/2017 (GE), CE47/2017 (GE)

To implement necessary landslip prevention and mitigation works to man-made slopes and natural hillside catchments.

Provided advice on landscape treatments as far as practicable, i.e. replacement of existing hard cover, preservation of existing trees

“Working Paper”

Agreement No. CE 20/2019 (CE)

To review the treatment of the 5 nos. of OVTs along the Fanling Highway under North East New Territories New Development Study and CE13/2014(CE) and propose an alternative proposal.

(A) Planting Schedule

Code

Botanical name

Chinese name

Specification

Spacing

Density in square pattern

Density in stagger pattern

Type/growth form

(B) Basics

Annual/binennial/perennial

Mature height

Mature spread

Shape

Leaf/leaflet size

Origin ref. HK

Region

Climate

Evergreen/semi-deciduous/deciduous

Lifespan

Growth rate

Function

Flowering period

Fruiting period

(C) Specials

Bear thorn/prickle

Dense canopy

Profuse flower

Invasive root system

Variegated/coloured foliage

Seasonal colour change

Bark

Scent

Wildlife attractiveness

Carcinogen

Poisonous parts

Specimen/high landscape value

Conservation status

(D) Site requirement

Insolation requirement

Usage

Soil texture

Soil depth

Suitability of transplanting

Tolerance

Cultivation details

(E) Extras

Supplementary info

All botanical synonyms

All Chinese synonyms

Common name

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

Cultivar

Enlisted in HK herbarium

Arranged more than 400 nos. of plant species ranging from ferns to trees according to a standardized system. It aims at providing planting designers with every information they need for making an all-round planting design, and more.

“Plant Library”

New Territories East Cultural Centre in Area 11, Fanling (Site Area 17,740 m2)

Planting Design

Planting Design

Development of Kwu Tung North and Fanling North New Development Areas, Phase 1 (Visitor Centre, Site Area 50,000 m2) Agreement No. CE13/2014 (CE)

“Landscape Visual Impact Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment”

Agreement No. CE 65/2018 (CE), Revised Austin Road Flyover

I assessed the study area in accordance with the criteria and guidelines as stated in the Technical Memorandum (TM) and the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) Guidance Note, in terms of Baseline Study, Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Mitigation Measures and Residual Impact.

“Site Trial Proposal on the Health Conditions of Trees and Undergrowth on Fill Slopes

Upgraded by Fill Replacement Method”

To investigate and compare the performance of different fill types for the health of the retained trees and undergrowth on fill slopes

In this study, I

(1) Plan, design and supervise a site trial based on the recommendations of Phase 1 study report;

(2) Review and assess the health conditions of vegetations and the performance of different fill types.

Biology is the study of living organisms from viruses to humans. Fundamental to the study of life is unfolding biological organization at many levels, from molecular architecture to ecosystem structure. Throughout my study of training in scientific thinking and problem solving, I have become more environmentally aware in terms of biological conservation and other environmental issues. Some of the projects may offer insights for my further development in the field of landscape architecture.

Biodiversity Laboratory

Experimental Aquatic Ecology

Singapore Field Trip

Kazakhstan Field Trip

< Dissection drawings of turtle, frog, shark, earthworm, cockroach and squid.

Panorama model on local vegetations along stream >

< Microscopic observations (green algae, asexual rhizopus, strobilus, cone)