Portfolio-MLA Landscape Architecture-Jiang Han

2019-2022

MLA-Landscape Architecture

HANJIANG

CONTENTS

The mark of the industrial age Industrial site renovation

A project on the use of cinematic elements to inspire the transformation of abandoned urban factories.

Elephants still here!

Conservation area construction

Exploration and construction of existing issues regarding protected areas arising from the irregular northward migration of elephants.

INTRODUCTION

Saving the last "tears"

Rural planning and construction

Ecotourism construction for seasonal water shortages in specific remote ancient villages.

Name: HANJIANG Education：Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology 09/2018– 06/2022

Major: Environmental Design

EMail：1796233168@qq.com Tel：19801328180

A whale falls and all things came to life

Installation design

An installation project about ecological research on whale landings, the project aims to raise awareness of the importance of protecting whales and thus reducing the occurrence of commercial whaling.

Other works

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Eelephant still here! AGE THE MARK OF THEINDUSTRIAL Industrial wasteland reconstruction, urban planning Ecological survey, landscape construction of nature reserve LOCATION:BEIJING CHINA PROJECT TYPE:INDIVIDUAL WORK TIME:2021.7-2021.10 INTRODUCTINON In recent years, environmental pollution and damage has become an increasing problem worldwide, and with the increasing expansion of cities and changes in production methods and industrial patterns, many formerly thriving industrial areas have become urban wastelands.

The main starting point for this project is to transform the site of an abandoned urban factory (the former Beijing Coking Plant), using cinematic elements to stimulate the specific historical value of the abandoned factory in the urban space. It also addresses the environmental issues of soil contamination and waste of resources through landscape design.

Location Analysis

Site

History of the Site 1958 Beijing Coking Plant wasestablished as the largest independent coking plant in China.

Bus station

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greennery

Beijing

green coverage

Transportation route

In 2007, the Beijing Coking Plant was relocated to the south-eastern suburbs of the capital for environmental shopping mall

Happy Valley

reasons.

Residential area

Shopping centre

Residential area In 2013, the resettlement houses

1km

built on the original site of the coking

Beijing Coking Plant

plant were officially occupied by the residents of Yanbao Pridong Home.

school

Road Main Roads Secondary Roads Minor Roads

Educational site

Mind Map

Greenland

Solutions

Challenges Divide the surrounding area into 12 equal parts and walk along the marked paths while recording the information in each part for integration.

Higher ecological restoration costs Site building in disrepair Unclear functional system in urban positioning Inadequate infrastructure

Morning Peak

Transportation

Evening peak Greenery

Opportunities

Restoring the ecosystem with low restoration costs Ecology Location Architecture

Using film elements to invigorate industrial heritage Improve the surrounding facilities to form a distinctive area with the coking plant as the core

Activities

Resident population Non-resident population

In 2020, the former site of

People Flow Line High transport accessibility

Water system

Building Skyline

Industrial heritage carries the values of the times Green City Development Needs

Immersive experience Eating Shopping Accommodation Resting space

the Beijing Coking Plant is now an urban wasteland, but people still like to "explore the city" and "take pictures" there.

Film Elements

Building Situation Analysis

Plot: The Piano of Steel tells the story of a father who works hard for his daughter's musical dream in an industrial city in the northeast of China in the early 1990s. The story of a father who works hard for his daughter's musical dreams and finally builds a steel piano for her with the help of his friends.

Since the coking plant was moved, the land has been left unused for a few years, and I think it's a run-down piece of

sometimes I walk past it and sigh.

wasteland that takes up a lot of space.

Minor damage can be repaired and altered.

2

1

3 The building is in a dilapidated state and needs to be demolished.

Damaged parts can be repaired and finished preservation of historical remains.

4

1.His factory

6

2.Borrowing

3.The workmates

closed down,his money to buy

were caught

wife divorced

a piano for his

stealing the piano at

him.

daughter.

night.

4.Colleagues

5.Difficulties

6.Chimney

build pianos

that forced the

defended to the

from steel in a

stoppage of piano

death is brought

blaze of glory.

manufacture.

down, hinting at the

5

Photographs of the Current State of the Site Coking plant

Recycling workshop

7

end of an era.

7.The piano was finally built with the combined

Blast furnace

Chimney

efforts of everyone and the daughter finally played it.

The Main Line of the Film Part1 Main Story

Guilin builds the piano

Chen Guilin and his workmates form a wedding and funeral band

90's Steel mill closures

His wife, Xiao Ju, is overwhelmed and runs away with others

Going to the pig killing stall to borrow money

Asking the second sister of the hairdresser to borrow money

Borrowing money to buy a piano

Fighting with his wife for custody of his daughter

Stealing a piano from school

Discover the literature

Part2

Sub Line Story

Design Concept

Asking a mahjong hall worker to borrow money

Mobilisation of public friends to build a piano

road1 Disbanded the piano building team

Shopping

Pangtou daughter's unexpected pregnancy

road2 Immersive tours

Mr.Ji for economic crimes Service of divorce summons

Eating

father dies Mr .Wang beschermt schoorstenen

Decline of heavy industry in the 1990s

Chimney faces demolition

People's joint petition rejected

Heavy industry declines in the 1990s as factories close down

Preparing new ideas for chimney renovation

End of the chimney down era

Finalising the construction of the piano

Daughter arrives ready to play Playing the piano

Accommodation

Visit the park

Industrial museum ticket office 90s Living scene experience

Chen Guilin borrows money to buy a piano for his daughter

Surrounding

Workmates steal the piano from school

Landscape bridge space

Out-of-town

Mobilising workers to build a piano

Coking machinery scene experience

road3

Part3

Interior space

The piano-making team was forced to disband Chimneys fall down The end of an era The piano is finally finished The daughter performs

Outdoor Space

Landscaped outdoor viewing platform

Landscape ruin space The space at the end of the experience

Design Process Landscape spaces Excursion space

Soil Purification Illustration

Landscape spaces Excursion space

Commercial space

Landscape spaces Excursion space

Commercial space

Commercial space

Buildings

Part1

Part2

Buildings

Spary Application

Pump

Part3

buildings Buildings

Flushing Additives

Buildings Road

Part1

Ground water Treatment

Part2

Part3

1.Solid waste present on site but

2.Removal of solid

relatively high soil density.

waste from the site.

Planting Configuration

Sophora japonica Linn

Pump Mentha canadensis Linnaeus Ginkgo biloba L

Spatial turning point

Spatial turning point

Buildings

Means of Soil Restoration

Water Table

3.Loosening of compacted soil

4.Scattering of nitrogen-fixing plant

and guest soil for some severely

seeds and microbial remediation of

damaged soil.

light soils.

PopulusL. Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng Prunus cerasifera f. atropurpurea

Contaminated Area Road 1 Immersive tour routes

Road 2

Road 3

Shopping and sightseeing itinerary

Rhus Typhina

Groundwater Extraction Well

Park tour route

Leachate Collection

5.Artificially assisted natural

6.The ultimate harvest of a healthy

succession, giving weak

and sustainable plant growth process.

ecosystems time and space to

Cortaderia selloana Ligustrum × vicaryi Rehder Magnolia denudata

grow.

Place Node

Low Permeability Zone

Sweet) Nakai Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Elements and scenes from the film are integrated into the venue to form seven immersive spaces, with different routes giving visitors a different sense of experience.

Cotinus coggygria Scop.

Buxus sinica (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) M. Cheng

1. Industrial museum of the 90s

2.Dream impressions

3.Iron-framed landscape bridge space

5.Nodes of the times

4.Coking machinery scene

6.Ruined space

7.Piano "space"

Floor Plan 7 Shopping spaces

4 Viewing platform

1

5

Viewing platform 2

3 Shopping spaces

6

Shopping spaces

Public spaces

Residential areas

Residential areas

100m 0 200m

Sabina vulgaris Antoine

Forsythia suspensa

Design Generation Process

Scene Description Travels

(through the grasshopper)

A display of how workers travelled in the 80s and 90s.

Model Description

Barber shop

Tricycle

Morning street market

The route of the tour

The scene is a polygonal, three-dimensional depiction of life in the 80s and 90s in all its forms, allowing visitors to experience the sweetness and sourness of life at the time.

The three-dimensional space is randomly divided into eight main spaces, with the four aspects of clothing, food, housing and transport as the dividing line, creating a variety of different spatial scenes for visitors to experience.

Clothes

A display of barbershop scenes from the 80s and 90s.

Foods

A display of old-fashioned restaurant scenes from the 80s and 90s.

Accommodations

A display of old residence scenes from the 80s and 90s.

Landscaped Viewing Platform

Viewing Platform

Landscape Space Elevation

The use of the gear element as a prototype for the road node not only

The use of iron cages and frames to combine

echoes the industrial heritage elements of the space, showing the

greenery in the form of suspensions or inserts creates a unique landscape effect, meaning "life

atmosphere of the times, but also serves as a road node linking the

in concrete".

architectural spaces within the whole park.

Concept

Gears

Combine

Extraction of prototypes

Copy

Extraction of prototypes

Forming spatial nodes

part1

part2

part3

part4

Coking Machinery Scene

White Model Display Dividing this space into two parts, the outdoor viewing platform and the lift space.

The Lifting Platform: The outer glass space allows visitors to experience a gentle ascent into the sky.

The spatial viewing platform: a large platform for visitors to explore the park, where they can experience a progression from height to height, overlooking the entire park.

The combination of the two allows visitors to experience a high latitude multi-sensory immersive experience.

Conversion of former industrial site

Spatial viewing platform

Lifting platform

Soil purification devices

Soil nutrient replenishment equipment

Conversion of former industrial

Former desulphurisation

site

equipment at coke plant

Nodes of the Times

02 ELEPHANT STILL HERE! Ecological survey, landscape construction of nature reserve LOCATION:YUNNAN CHINA PROJECT TYPE:INDIVIDUAL WORK TIME:2021.10-2022.1 INTRODUCTINON Having learned through large-scale news that an unseasonal northward migration of elephants took place in 2020.

This project started by exploring the reasons affecting the northward migration of elephants and the problems faced by the reserve, with an embedded transformation of the reserve territory. Intervening in natural ecological change through small-scale design.

Habitat Suitability for Elephants (through GIS big data analysis)

Location Analysis Elephant Migration Tracks In March 2020, a total of 16 elephant herds entered Pu'er city from Xishuangbanna prefecture and continued northward, finally returning safely to their habitat on September 10.

China

Elevation analysis Two elephants turning back Yunnan

482-750m 750-850m 850-950m 950-1050m 1050-1150m 1150-1250m >1250m

Kunming

Yuanjiang Xishuangbanna

Eshan Mojiang

The best places for elephants to live.

Yuxi

Slope analysis

Shiping

0-5° 5° -10° 10° -15° 15° -20° 20° -25° 25° -30° >30°

Pu'er

Why do Elephants Migrate

Elephants maybe Looking for new habitats.

The Asian elephants breed almost without natural predators, populations have gradually grown and spread beyond their habitat's capacity.

Why do elephants migrate ?

Vegetation cover index

Many animals on the planet are guided by geomagnetism to migrate long distances seasonally from week to week.

Excessive deforestation and destruction of forests leads to shortage of food for elephants.

Eco-sensitivity Very low low relatively low Medium

Persistent drought in the south.

Relatively high high Very High Rainforest degradation or low productivity of ground grasses.

Resulting in squeezed space for elephants to survive, with smaller and smaller ranges.

<0.1 0.1-0.2 0.2-0.25 0.25-0.3 0.3-0.35 0.35-0.4 >0.4

Ecological Research on Elephants

Introduction to Endemic Populations in Ecological Reserves Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti)

Living habits 1.Phytophagous animals,and eat a lot of food.

2.Elephants need frequent bathing or resting as they have less hair.

3.Elephants often eat rocks or soil rich in mineral salts for salt and nutrients.

4.Prefer to live in groups.

Chevrotain (Tragulus kanchil)

Blue Peacock (Pavo cristatus) White Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) Cymbidium (Paphioedilum spicerianum)

Analysis of Existing Problems in Elephant Migrationand Habitat Environments.

Population increase

Migration northwards

Natural factors Lack of natural enemies

Foods River valley degradation

Main factors

Ecological values

Population distribution

1.Destroying plants while promoting faster plant.

2.Promote effective proliferation of other animals.

3.The droppings help the seeds to spread and can also be used as food for other animals. succession.

4.Digging for water during the dry season to provide water for other animals.

Growing crops that elephant like

Elephants mostly inhabit forests, grasslands and river valleys with river valleys being more predominant.

Excessive felling of tree

Elephant

s

Human factors

Planting of sand nuts

Collecting bamboo shoots

soulation: Reduce excessive human intervention in the habitat and gradually restore the understory species structure so that the upper rainforest is renewed.

Various Routes of Movement for Elephants

soulation: Increase elephant food supplies and grow an appropriate amount of elephant-friendly plants.

Migratory routes of elephants.

Elephants' foraging routes.

Directions for finding water.

Elephant herd strongholds.

soulation: The surrounding villagers can develop a beekeeping sideline.

Elephants hate bees and beekeeping will prevent them from destroying farmers' fields.

Analysis of Factors Associated with Elephants on the Site

Prediction of Site Evolution Patterns

site: Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve(mengyangSub-protected areas)

By making predictions from the data now known, it is possible to approximate what would have happened if no intervention had been made on the site.

-30years

Lancang river

-20years

-10years

(2021) Nowadays

Elephants' range of movement Warm temperate climate Hot climate Warm thermal climate

Road

Changes in the range of elephant food available

Tropical monsoon climate

Elephant food growing places

Variation in the extent of human cultivation of sedge

Elephants' main activity sites

Veg

eta

tion

Changes to the water system within the site

Changes in the level of human disturbance Mengman town

101° E

Water system catchment Manjingkan village

Changes in temperature within the site

Sunlight Analysis Summer solstice

Changes in precipitation on the site

101° E 22° N 22° N Winter solstice 101° E

22° N

+10years

+20years

Floor Plan

Mind Map

Wind direction Wild Elephant Valley

6

Public space Bridge Forests

Farmland

Planting Roads Planting

Functional zones Part2 4

Design Process Mountain line

Stretching

Bridge Main routes Viewing routes

Split

5

Forest Routes 7

Connection section Plantain plant

Withdrawal line

Reorganisation

8

Large landscape nodes Small landscape nodes

Public spaces Elephant action route

Abstract reorganisation

Bending

Platform for watching elephants Plait

Extraction of shapes

2

Reorganisation

Sunlight

3

Part1

Barrier space Elephant range

Unevenness

Deformation

1

Elevation Part1

Light and shadow space

1.Elephant platform 2.Weaving 3.Wave space 4.Aerial platform 5.Barrier fences 6.Light and shadow space 7.Bridge in the woods 8.Planting 1m

0

Wind direction Part2

5m

2m

Site Development Process

2years

Grow basic plants Establish infrastructure

6years

4years

Paved roads Build a platform

More planting banana

Improve the tourism infrastructure

Gradual improvement of the ecosystem The beekeeping industry developed gradually

10years

8years

Building an interactive space for elephants

Bringing economic development to the surrounding townships

Increase in the variety of organisms

Excellent service facilities

Ecosystems tend to be complete

Increasing income

Ecological Cycle Prediction State key protectionanimals.

Banana

Maize

Panthera tigris ssp. corbetti

Broussonetia papyrifera

Bamboo

Chinese sugarcane

Lophura nycthemera

Famers develop beekeeping industry.

Panthera pardus

Cuon alpinus

Initial investment Rhinopithecus

Pavo muticus

Tragulus kanchil Rhinopithecus bieti

Garrulax bieti

5years

10years

15years

20years

Renderings

Details

Light and shadow space

Space under the bridge（1）

Space under the bridge（2）

03 SAVING THE LAST TEARS ecological landscape,Rural planning LOCATION:BEIJING, CHINA PROJECT TYPE:INDIVIDUAL WORK TIME:2020.3-2020.5 INTRODUCTINON In March 2020 the school took us on a field trip to a remote ancient village in the Mentougou district of Beijing, the village is rich in spiritual and cultural heritage, but its ecological damage makes people reluctant to stay here.

So I started with the ecological aspect, capturing the village's severe seasonal water shortage, and built an ecological landscape for the village to improve its ecology while generating income for tourism.

Project Description Hi,Specialist!

Hi, Village chief!

01 Issue output

02 Strategy generation De-alkalised.

Today we need to discuss the ecological planning and management aspects of the village of malan.

Construction of reservoirs.

Uneven spatial and temporal distribution of water resources.

The village has a relatively good infrastructure, but has low road access, is surrounded by mountains and has a high seasonality of rainfall.

The village will get better and better with the improvement of its water problems and ecological environment!

Low comprehensive utilization of water resources, waste and pollution.

Water governance strategies.

Trans-basin water transfers.

Digging underground wells.

The village suffers from a shortage of water resources and serious water pollution.

The mountainous area is dominated by a gully ecology with a thousand ravines and the type of rocks in the village of Malan are of volcanic origin.

03

Storage of seasonal rainwater, and surface runoff.

Strategy generation Planting trees and grasses to nurture water and create a good ecological environment.

Water purification.

Centralised treatment of effluent before discharge.

05

Design results

The creation of a waterfront open space with the main purpose of reusing water resources and interspersing the water feature with the main artery of the village to regulate and improve the climate of the village.

Zaitang Reservoir

Lower River Reservoir

Focus on conservation of existing resources, supplemented by development and exploitation.

04 Strategy generation Excellent geological type and rich forest resources.

A good environment nurtures a diverse range of creatures.

The surroundings need to be improved and the ecology is fragile in places.

Focus on water shortages!

Repairing ecological chains, enriching biodiversity and increasing environmental sustainability.

Conservation and restoration of the characteristic landscape resources of the village of Malan.

Recycling of water resources through biological purification technology.

Evaporation Agree!

Come on!

Hurry up!

Through a series of processes and links, such as evaporation (including plant transpiration), water vapour transport, precipitation, infiltration, surface runoff and groundwater runoff, the various bodies of water on Earth organically link the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere to form a vast 'water cycle system.

Value of Output

Traditional agricultural output

Total output

Tertiary sector output Industrial output Time

The scenery is so beautiful!

Surrounding and Transporetation

Location

Site Analysis and Definition of Keywords Zaitang town

China

Beijing

Mentougou District

The village is located in the remaining Taihang Mountains, surrounded by mountains, close to the Zaitang Reservoir in the north, overlooking the Xidamo Natural Scenic Area in the west and separated from the Shuanglong Gorge Natural Scenic Area in the east. It has a favourable pattern of having mountains reliably behind it and water surrounding it in front of it.

Ma Lan Village

Shuanglong gorge natural scenic area

History

Zaitang reservoir

Ma Lan woodland

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Stone

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Sour date plantation apricot growing areas

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Wild walnut growing areas

Road

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Wheat growing areas Headq

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Ma Lan 100m 500m 0 200m

Building

Road system

Building

Time line

The village was first built in the Yuan Dynasty, more than 700 years ago.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was a place for horses, hence its name.

Elevation

Main roads Secondary roads Village lane

Drainage system

Village area

the JigjichaAdvancing Army in Zaitang.

tion

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la pu

Po On 7 November (1937), the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to establish the Jijiecha Military Region.

In March (1939), the Communist Party of China created the Wanping County AntiJapanese Democratic Government in the western part of the territory of the Mentougou District, with Zaitangchuan as the centre, and established the first branch of the Party in the village of Malan.

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shelte r

theatre

Speciality tree growing areas in Beijing(lacquer tree)

Water supply system

Domestic Sewagetreatment lines Flood relief lines

On 1 October 1949, when New China was founded, the village began to gradually regain its productivity.

In February (1938), General Xiao Ke formed

vancin

Building

Primary school in the village

Mountains

la

jicha ad

Site

Lower river reservoir low utilisation, used only as water for fire fighting

So

of the jig

In 1981, the government of Mentougou announced the site of the former headquarters of the Jigjicha Advancing Army as the first batch of cultural relics protection units in Mentougou District.

Cistern Water supply lines

Activit

ies of

Functional zones

the vil

lagers

Agricultural and forestry land Residential sites Ecological landscape sites Historic buildings

On 26 August 2013, Maban Village was announced as the second batch of Chinese Traditional Villages by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Finance.

Rest and communication with others After-school activities Walnut growing

Wheat cultivation

Villagers walking Fishing at the lake

The Water Cycle WATER FOR DOMESTIC USE

GREY WATER CYCLE

SURFACE RUN OFF

GERY WATER BIO-FILTRATION STORAGE TREATMENT

showering

bio-filtration

absorbing

surface runoff

Design Concept

cooking

water quality testing

running out

drinking

RAIN WATER USAGE

evaporating

GERY WATER USAGE

preserving in plants

bio-filtration

pump pool

water quality testing

sewerage

water grey water quality storage tank testing

Transportation routes

evaporating

flushing

The original flood relief channel was tied to the Lower River Reservoir and multiple action routes were installed in the former Lower River Reservoir area, while connecting to the main road in the village.

landscape water watering

washing

Vegetation The vegetation is divided into four main zones and points, namely the shallow waterfront plant zone, the deep water plant zone, the terrestrial plant zone, the waterside plant zone and the self-cleaning plant group.

Water system The water system is generally divided into a clean zone and a storage zone.

The water is firstly filtered by selfpurifying flora, then monitored according to biological monitoring techniques and, once the standards are met, stored in a storage area for centralised supply.

Public spaces There are four main pointlike sitting areas, which constitute different levels of sitting space and are designed for people of different ages.

7 Precipitation (mm)

500 400 300 200 100 0

ultraviolet sedimentation decomposition aquatic mixture plant disinfection of organic and dilution purification matter

Building

Collection of surface runoff from water streets in the village.

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Circulation

Level of surface runoff pollution

25% 60% 15%

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Design Process

The pedestrian walkway connects the different landscape nodes to form a main road and the final design is a park that combines terminal tourism and water purification to promote local economic development while improving local water scarcity and ecological fragility.

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35% 40% 25%

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Road

Storage

2

Reservoir gates Water level line

1.Facilitate the release of flood water 2.Regulates surface water in the village 3.Increase air humidity

8 6

Impermeable surface EA

5

Irrigation

1 1.Old lane water street 2.Plant rock walls 3.Floating island 4.Wandering trails 5.The gallery of hundred flowers 6.Sunset gallery 7.Playful lawns 8.Waterfront wooden bridge

wetland biofiltration

Shallow water plants

Self-cleaning flora

floating island

Domestic water Lotus

GERY WATER Plant purification layer Sand and gravel filter layer Biofiltration layer

100m CLEAN WATER STORAGE

Clean water storage

500m

0 200m

Landscape Tree Species Distribution of trees shrubs and grasses

Allocation of trees shrubs and grasses

Ginkgo

Day Lily

Fir Abies

Magnolia

Distribution of aquatic trees and shrubs

White Clover Dianthus

Distribution of aquatic plants

Allocation of aquatic trees and shrubs

Willow White Birch Metasequoia

Iris Aquatica

Reed

Canna

Configuration of aquatic plants

Lythrum Salicaria

Water Lily Acorus Calamus

Anthurium Biflorum

Fragrant Cattail

Lotus

Aerial View Role of gates:

A gate is added at the connection between the ditch and the recirculation basin, which opens during the high water period for storage regulation.

In dry periods the gate closes to store stored rainwater and surface runoff in the village flood channel, creating a water body landscape, while evaporation of water vapour improves the village climate.

Limestone seam

Gallery public space

Water-friendly interactive platform

Stepped water flow Plank road

Waterfront terrace plant area

Recirculation purification tank

Renderings • Old Lane Water Street

• Sunset Gallery

• Floating Island and Wandering Trails

04

A WHALE FALL ANG ALL THINGS COME TO LIFE Ecological research ， installation design LOCATION: TOKYO, JAPAN PROJECT TYPE:INDIVIDUAL WORK TIME:2021.4-2021.6 INTRODUCTION The project was prompted by a news story about whaling in Japan, and I wanted to explore the importance of whales to the ecology and warn the world that hunting whales is more harmful to the ecology than economic gain.

I chose the site of this installation in Wada-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, south of Tokyo, Japan, which is the birthplace of large-scale whaling in Japan.

I have used literature to understand the value of the natural ecological process of 'whale fall' and, using my own interpretation, I have reproduced a 'tangible version of the process of whale fall' in order to raise awareness and protect the whales, and to use irony to warn countries that whaling is contrary to the laws of nature.

Background

What isWhale Fall Whale fall: refers to the carcass of a whale that has fallen into an ocean basin or abyss.

Because the huge bodies of animals such as cetaceans cannot be broken down quickly enough by scavengers, they fall to the bottom.

The carcasses can fall to the sea floor for months to years, providing food for all types of consumers in the food chain, including deep-sea fish, crustaceans, polychaetes, and a variety of tiny organisms.

Nowadays, some countries are hunting whales with no regard for the ecological environment.

This has led me to think about the relationship between whales and ecology.

What is the significance of the whale to the environment?

What is the significance of the whale to the environment and how can it make a difference to the ecology?

What is the significance of the whale to the environment?

Conditions of Whale Fall Natural death

Living environment

Hunting scene

Human trapping

Situation of Whale

Physiological disease

Countries which kill whales The three countries with the most

Bacterial effect Salinity Depth

Body size

Temperature

Seawater pressure

0m

Blubber content

Whale density is greater than seawater density

Density

Ocean Depth and Whale Habitat 400m

Killerwhale Orcinus orca

264m Weddell seal Modern natural whale fall In the South China Sea Modern natural whale fall Artificially sunken whale fall Fossil whales

Whale caught Large+Belugas+Nnarwhals 1800 1700 1600 1500 1400 1300 1200 1100 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0

Leptonychotes weddellii Long-Finned Pilot Whale

741m 828m

Globicephala melas Short-Finned Pilot Whale

10 19m

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris

1048m 1453m 1653m 1777m

Canada Greenland

2035m

Kongeriket Norge

Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus

Speam whale Physeter macrocephalus

Physeter macrocephalus

Japan USA USSR+Russia Iceland Korea Indonesia

1986

1989

1992

1995

1998

2001

2004 2007

2010 2013

2016

st.Vin.+Gren

DEPTH(metres)

2092m

Elephant seal Odobenus rosmarus Baird"s beaked whale

Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris

A Whale Fall Process

As the whale carcass sinks to the bottom, blind eels, sharks, some crustaceans and others feed on the soft tissues in the carcass. This process can last from 4 (at least) to 24 months (depending on the size of the individual whale). During this time 90% of the carcass will be decomposed.

Crab

Lycenchelys

Sea lice

Killer whale

Sea spider

Shark

Blind eel

Opportunists (opportunistic species) are able to reproduce rapidly by adapting to the appropriate environment in a short period of time. The environment referred to here is the whale carcass and whale bone. During this stage, some invertebrates, especially polychaetes and crustaceans, are able to use the remnants of whale carcasses as habitat, living there while eating them, constantly changing their own environment.

Lyrocteis imperatoris

Deep-sea octopu

Clam

Eel

Osedax jubiplums

Large numbers of anaerobic bacteria enter whalebone and other tissues, breaking down the lipids therein and using the sulphates dissolved in seawater as oxidants to produce hydrogen sulphide. Chemoautotrophic bacteria, such as sulphur bacteria, use this hydrogen sulphide as a source of energy, using dissolved oxygen in the water to oxidise it and obtain energy. The organisms that live in symbiosis with the chemoautotrophic bacteria are thus energised.

Polychaete

Anaerobic bacteria

Mussel

Blind shrimp

Worm

Collage of Installations

Elements Fishing net

The element of red fishing nets and bloodstained hands is used to convey a dark satire on the social phenomenon of whaling.

Over-hunting Whaling fork

Using dark blue textured elements to characterise the first stage of the sea.

Using tangled lines and whaling forks as elements to convey the overfishing of whales.

Ocean Jellyfish

Ecological environment

Using flesh-pink textured elements to express the state of the environment in the second stage.

Using transparent bubble elements to show the state of second stage organisms.

Enwind

Anaerobic bacteria Whale bone

Using whale skeletal elements to express the muscular state of the third stage of whale fall.

Using colourful-black to convey the environmental state of the deep sea.

Deep sea environment Mesh fabric

Using irregular mesh elements to abstractly represent the state of anaerobic bacteria.

Matelrials Experiences In the pre-production phase of the installation, it was understood that whale communities undergo three main temporal processes and produce different ecosystems at different stages.

Mobile-scavenger Stage White gauze

The selection of materials for the experiment was therefore based on factors such as the colour, state, biomorphology and population characteristics of each ecosystem layer.

The characteristics of the materials were experimented with by analogy, by assigning different forms to the same material, for example the existence of a curled state, a stretched state, a resting state, a folded state.

Normal

The materials chosen for the first layer are based on simulated seafloor habitats.

Colour: blue to represent shallow seas.

Material morphology: curly forms to represent the state of the organisms.

White netting to represent the state of the whale when it is caught.

I

Coloured plastic tube

white yarn

Plush wire

II

III

Enrichment opportunist Stage

Coloured ribbon

The material chosen for the second layer is used to simulate the state of creatures such as mussels and deep-sea octopus.

Colour: flesh pink to represent the mid-course.

Material morphology: coiled form to represent the state of the creature.

Flesh-pink mesh material to represent the whole Ecology.

Decorative wire

II

Fabric

I Colourful yarn

bend

Cotton Black- hard -yarn

Squeeze

II III

Sulphophilic stage The material chosen for the third layer is used to simulate the state of microorganisms such as anaerobic bacteria.

Colour: Use colorful-black to express the later process.

Material morphology: scattered dots to represent the state of the organisms.

Cotton material to represent the abstract form of microorganisms such as bacteria.

II

I

III

Device

Details

(human perspective view of each ecosystem layer)

Mobile-scavenger stage view

whale

Mimicking the state of hunted marine life.

Mimicking the life characteristics of blind eels.

Mobile-scavenger stage

Mimicking the flow state of the ocean.

Mimicking the life of crabs.

Enrichment opportunist stage view Mimicking the life of a deep-sea octopus.

Enrichment opportunist stage Mimicking the life of the clams and mussels.

The life of oseax jubiplums is imitated.

Sulphophilic stage view Mimicking the environment of the deep sea floor.

Sulphophilic stage Mimicking the life of anaerobic bacteria.

Mimicking the life state of a worm.

OTHER WORKS Project This project is a post-epidemic isolation shelter for an epidemic outbreak. The design uses a container house as the main part, which can be erected in a short time, and a public space with isolation functions to ensure the physical and mental health of the isolated people during the isolation period.

Structures

Competition In memory of the Roma and Sinti (together known as Gypsies) who were massacred in the Bohemian Holocaust. The memorial will be located in the village of Lety u Písku and the new memorial will be the design of a link between three sites: the location of the "Gypsy" Camp, the cemetery where the camp prisoners were buried after the sudden outbreak of typhus, and the pig farm built near the former camp in the 1970s. Thirteen pigsties (60 x 18 m each) and other parts of the pig farm will remain for the time being.

Floor plan 5

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B 2

4

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6

7 1 10

D

11

8 9

C

50m

200m

0 100m 1.Jungle pontoon bridge 6.Floating pavilion

Cutaway view

Drawing

2.Light and shadow pavilion

7.Abyssal church

3. Prayer corridor

8.Escape route

4.Ground floor pavilion

9.Memorial park

10.Car park

5.Broken walls

11.Green view

We started with the design of a small timber structure, produced the construction plan according to the design drawings and linked the timber structure with a steel frame by ourselves. We completed the entire timber structure design and adjustment independently without the assistance of any construction team.