portfolio for the University of Edinburgh

P O R T F O L I O PORTFOLIO Rejuvenate

work selected from 2020-2021

Jiang Youjia programme: MLA Landscape Architecture of The University of Edinburgh

Jiang Youjia，Bachelor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

YOUJIA JIANG

Education

13871461613 jiangyoujia@yeah.com

Student Work

After graduation, I aim to seek an internship in big practices with successful numeric design works like Dreiseitl and Sasaki. Obtaining practical experience will enable me to apply my knowledge more flexibly.

After acquiring some job experience, I intend to return to large Chinese cities in order to continue promoting urban transformation and enhance the quality of life for citizens. I believe that pursuing a degree in landscape architecture at your institution will be a beneficial phase of my career.

2018-2019 Head of Xiayu Poem Association Student Association of School

2018-2019 Vice Head of Student Department Student Union of School

Personal Statement

Because my undergraduate education experience in China makes me unable to design research in a strange cultural environment, I will cherish my study experience at the University of Edinburgh.

I a m l o o k i n g fo rw a rd to p a rti cipating in the Scottish Highlands and other places, especially in undeveloped areas. And based on my intent of working in local public institutions and my personal academic interest, I will devote more enthusiasm to courses like context foundation, terrain, and ecology.

In my spare time, I will actively look for internship opportunities. In the second academic year, while I am engaged in curriculum practice, I will choose a satisfying job or internship and prepare a portfolio of the selected design practices.

school of Architecture and Urban Planning major: Environmental Design gpa(3.5/4.0)

Hubei,Wuhan

As a student grew up in Wuhan, a city which is called the city of thousands lake. On the other hand, My city faces flood crises in every rainy season. So I am interested in waterfront design, to be more specific, the water-resilient landscape design. I am interested in landscape approaches to solve flood issues.

2017-2021 Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Honor

2018 Outstanding Vice Head of the Student Union 2020 Outstanding Student Cadre of Student Association 2021 Outstanding Graduates

Social Experience

2018 Take Part In Zigui Countryside Supporting Education

Acdemic Experience

2020 National college students computer technology competition

Teach students Chinese in the poor countryside.

Third Prize of Hubei Province

Design a little game with a classmate to call on the protection of red crown crane with my classmate.

2021 Internship in Wuhan Central South Architecture Design Institute Design Assistant Help drawing the graphic for the institute. Have drawn the plan for the projects.

2021 UIA Hyp-cup International Student Competition in Architectural Design Group Leader Use progressive insertion to solve country hollowing out. We use grasshopper to complete the design, analysis process. I am in charge of the rendering making, the model making, and 50% analysis digram.

Interests

Software Rhino Grasshopper Vray Autocad

Photoshop Illustrater Indesign Premiere

Singing, Water Color, Playing Violin

Language Chinese (native), Japanese(N2), English

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Urban Coverngence

reconnect the waterfront space and the urban space

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waterfront design in Chongqing

Injection&Activation&Degradation

solve the countryside hollowing out by digital approaches

architecture design in Yichang

Rememberance of Yunmeng

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purify& restore the local ecology by applying the acient topography to the site

werland design in Wuhan

Urban Rejuvenate

RejuvenateHistoric Communities

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agricultural design

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Other Works

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URBAN CONVERGENCE WATERFRONT DESIGN Individual work, October 2020 Site: Niujiaotuo station， ChongQing, China

Design Intent: Through the design of the waterfront space in Chongqing, this design eliminates the gap between the urban space and the water body due to various reasons, improves the local land utilization rate, and provides a new activity space for the citizens.

Supervisor Ting Song

12312356225@qq.com

Site Analysis

Masterplan

The plot is located in Chongqing, China and is an important economic city in China.

The plot is adjacent to Jialing River, and the This section is located in Niujiaotuo subway change of flood and dry water level is 7m. station in Chongqing, with a large passenger flow.

Existing Site Pictures

The accessibility of The space under the bridge is a The elevation difference of the There are two bridges around the base, existing Niujiaotuo park is large, Jialing River Bridge and yu'ao bridge, with hydrophilic space is poor. resting place for residents. so it is inconvenient to move. heavy traffic.

Existing Population Analysis

A A'

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6:00

Comments

I pass here every day at work, but I don't know the scenery below. It might be good to have breakfast if you have time to look at the scenery here.

I dare not come here at night.

There may be criminals looking for trouble.

The terrain is too steep. Our parents don't allow us to come here because it's too easy to fall.

12:00

18:00

It's too troublesome to go fishing. I just want to play mahjong on it.

Use time Analysis 24:00

children

N

adoloscence middle ages olds

Crowd Analysis 0m

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100m 子供

Design Intent:

As one of China's municipalities directly under the Central Government, Chongqing is an important economic center in central China. Once, the Yangtze River and the Jialing River divided Chongqing into a unique pattern of "two rivers and four banks", which gave birth to Chongqing's rich dock culture. Now, with the development of new technologies, concrete viaducts and roads have reshaped the urban texture of Chongqing, greatly increasing the transportation efficiency of the city, while also splitting the urban texture of the waterfront.

The plot is located at Niujiaotuo Subway Station, which is known as one of the most scenic subway stations in China, and it also has a huge flow of people. Contrary to the prosperity of subway stations, due to poor site accessibility and serious ecological degradation, like many waterfront spaces in Chongqing, the space under the bridge in Niujiaotuo has become a corner forgotten by the citizens. Arouse the vitality of urban gray space, and pull in the relationship between citizens and nature.

The design set up functional areas such as overlapping water area, ecological island, tidal pool, water platform, volley plank road, rest area, etc. in the waterfront area, aiming to provide local residents and tourists with a rich waterfront experience.

utilization

中年人

utilization

utilization

老年人

Vertical generation

Functional zoning diagram

step1

RESTING SITS

step2

Remove the waste steel structure, fill in the original ladder structure and plant trees on it

knot A

Build a park on a relatively flat beach.

knot B

Waterfall Area

knot C

Water level analysiss

Dry Season Flood Season The traffic flow lines of various dimensions give people different play experiences in different seasons.

Plane generation sis

step1

knot A 1

step2

LAWN OF ACTIVITY

WATERFRONT STEPS

SPORTS FIELD

knot B 2

3

4

1

FLOATING ISLAND

knot C 2

3

4

1

2

3

4

step3

Refine the mountain trend and Classify the intersection blocks Design the route according to intersect the line segments. by height difference and set the functional zoning and site functional zoning. elevation difference, and connect the site functions in series.

1 buffer zone 3 tidal pool

2 beach 4 expressway

1 cinematic stair 3 expressway

2 walkway 4 fishing platform

1 bridge 3 fishing platform

2 seats 4 waterfall

A - A Section subway

expressway elevator paved area

soil

Camphor tree

Janan Fatsia

Ryegrass

Platanus

Euonymus japonicus

Red wood sorrel

Calamus

Water caltrop

Picnic

Reeds

Metasequoia

Resting

Wandering

1500 9000

3000

15000

Design Intent:

Aiming at the problems of ecological degradation in the site fluctuation zone and soil erosion in the shoreline zone, the greening of water bank is designed. According to the distance of perennial inundation area, trees, shrubs, herbs and other plants are planted in turn to strengthen the coastline, so as to restore the site ecology, reduce land loss and improve the urban greening environment.

In the middle of the Dieshui area, Dieshui pool, wooden plank road, grassland, fishing area, etc. are set up in order to enable visitors to experience the fun of fishing, boating, lookout and so on, which is in line with the tourists' psychology of being close to nature and being in close contact with the water body. Moreover, the artificial floating islands set in the site work together with the site greening to purify the water quality and provide citizens with a clean and hygienic water playing experience.

Bad Minton

Making sand castle

Over looking

Boating

Watching Movie

Fishing

Under Bridge Perspective

Large areas of grassland provide people with sufficient places to relax. People can have picnics, leisure, nap and other behaviors on the grassland.

Under Bridge Perspective The transparent wall of the water drop pool allows children to see the plant structure of the plant island in the water, which plays a role in education Waterfall Perspective

Waterfront Bridge Perspective Taking the pier of Jialing River Bridge as the projection background, people can enjoy the film in the evening.

Bridge Perspective

Waterfront Steps Perspective The trestle provides people with new streamline and new angle to enjoy the scenery of the whole park.

Waterfront Stairs Perspective The wide seats provide sufficient space for the elderly performers to form their small concerts, and the flowers and plants are their natural audience.

The height of the trestle is gradually lowered in the water playing beach section, and acts together with the beach coastline to form a tidal pool.

Waterfront Bridge Perspective The man-made island purifies the water quality, provides a relatively private space for adults, and meets the children's curiosity.

REMEBERANCE OF YUNMENG WET LAND DESIGN Individual work, September 2021

Site: Dugong Lake, Wuhan, China

DESIGN INTENT This site is at Dugong lake in Wuhan. This lake is at the suburb area in Wuhan, so it is polluted by the surrounding fishery pounds and fields. On the other hand, the design need to perform the ecology, education, entertainment and cultural transmission functions because of the location. So I design five knots and four kinds of the topology to meet the needs and solve the problems.

Supervisor Ting Song

12312356225@qq.com

Site Analysis

N

A

A

Location

High degree Middle degree low degree

Wet Land degradetion Analysis

amphibious animals and beasts birds wet land plants

Biology Resources Analysis

B

Yinbai Road Wuhan Express Citian Road

Sight Line Analysis

B

Industry Fishery Agriculture

Pollution Analysis

Site Picture

China 1.the site is located on the one of the routines of migrant birds in China.

Hubei Province 2.the site is located on the area which was a huge swamp in the acient time.

This area is called Yunmengze.

Wuhan 3.Wuhan government delineates four wedge-shaped land to prevent the expansion of the city. And this site locates at one of the wedge-shaped land.

Airport Economic Development Zone 4. The site is located in Wuhan economic development zone where is near to the air port.

C There are fishery ponds in this area which pollutes the water with Phosphorus compound and ruins the wet land. It is emergecing to restore the local ecology.

C D

D

0m 25m

75m 100m

Strategy

1.active degree

Design Intent In the acient time, the site Dugong Lake is in the area what we called Yunmengze( 曇夢沢 ). Yunmengze is a large swamp in Hanyang plain and there are also a lot of poems and historical documents recording about it. We abstract the texture of ancient Yunmengze into these four patterns Ze( 泽） Pao（泡） Cuo( 错） Chi( 池）, and apply these patterns to the site as a landscape mean to restore the local ecology.

low degree

middle degree

high degree

The site is divided into three active degrees to protect the habitat of local creatures.

2.transportation average water level

A-A Section Ze

parking lot

high water level

The fishery pound at the exsisted site is dug through to create the mudflat that can become to animals’ habitat. parking lot

Anaerobic pool

parking lot

parking lot parking lot

parking lot

There are four roads crossing the site, how to interact with them is carefully considered in the transformation design.

3.knots

Drop weir

B-B Section Pao

average water level

C-C Section Cuo

average water level

high water level

Pao area is at the place that is being heavyly polluted by the fishery pounds. So Submerged plants and Emergent plants are chosen to remove the Phosphorus in the water.

Water Front Passage

Steps to the lake

Education& Ecology Center

Water Front Passage

dock

The knots is desided acoording to the sight line analysis and sight line analysis.

4.typology

high water level

Cuo area is located at the area with sufficient bird resources, so large amount of reed is planted to meet the need of the birds to cover themselves.

chi area cuo area

pao area

ze area

D-D Section Chi The fish pond in the site is dug through to let the still water flows again.

According to the existed typology, these parterns are distributed.

Chi area is connecting with the outer river, and the trees with stronger stem is chosen to help the silt to settle.

average water level

high water level

Ecology&Education Center

Design Sequence

STAFF

CAFE

1.Make the topology,and there are three hills to make sure the enough space for the halls.

2. Extract the contour, and choose the ones at 4 meters' high to decide the location of the halls and the corridors.

3.Design the building according to the selected contours and raise up the edge of topology to make the entrance.

4. Design the side walk above the topology, add bird watching platform. Raise up the edge of topology to make the entrance.

ECOLOGY HALL

BIRD HALL

There are abundant bird resources in the site, including some really rare species. So this site need to perform the educational function and the ecological function. There are three halls conveying the knowledges about the plant, the bird, the ecology function of the wetland to raise the citizen's awareness about the environment.

PLANT HALL

Site Plan

Ground Floor Plan 0m

Pespective of bird watching platform

25m

50m

75m

100m

Site Plan

SIDE WALK

Children can get closer to the purified water, which satisfies the natuare of being closed to the water.

CORRIDOR

The corridor linking the birds collection hall and the wet land plants hall is going down slowly into the water. Through the glasses,

WATER PASSAGE

People can reach each platform by the passages between the islands. Many activities can happen in these semi enclosed spaces.

STEPS TO THE LAKE

People can overlook the skyline at the steps, and get close to the water.

Injection&Activation&Degradation Countryside Renewal Based on the Progressive Insertion Method of Customized Modular Space collaborators: Hu Wenshu, Wang Xiaotong Group Work, 2021 Role: Concept Proposing, Model Making, Rendering(vray+photoshop), Writting Gh Script, Analysis Diagram(60%), Texting, Composition Supervisor Jingyi Li

14578467893@qq.com

Design Intent Zhouping Village is located in Zigui County, Yichang City, Hubei Province, 45 kilometers away from the county seat. The whole village accounts for a large proportion of agricultural land, mainly forest land.

Its development mainly relies on the tourism economy brought about by the cultivation of citrus, tea, walnut and the location advantage of Jiuwan River rafting.

Countryside dilemma: countryside hollowing out At present, the development dilemma facing Zhouping Village is mainly the hollowing out of housing and population that has been continuously serious since the 1970s. A large number of abandoned residential buildings and unfinished buildings have destroyed the rural landscape and caused a waste of land resources. At the same time, the outflow of young and middle-aged people caused by the widening urban-rural development gap has brought about the problem of village population decline and population imbalance.

In order to promote the future development of Zhouping Village, the problem of rural vacant houses should be solved under the premise of protecting the environment, and the quality of rural life should be improved at the same time. Secondly, the industrial structure of the village should be adjusted, and agriculture and tourism should be continuously developed.

History of Zhouping

District Analysis

Data Population Analysis popolation

10years now before 56.5% 82.4% age proportion

The general plan of Zhou Ping Village

age of 60+ 18%

unfinished buildings

middle age 71.6%

age of 0~14 10.4%

job proportion

industrial area agricultre non -agricultre 82.4% 17.6%

residential area

Industry Analysis

This place is located in the center of the village, with the only school in the town to the south.

Compared with other places, the economic conditions are better. There are more small and high-rise buildings, and the hollowness is also obvious.

Crowd needs analysis

Want to escape the hot temperature of the city Want to buy real estate at a low price

The village becomes more vibrant

Can better experience rural life Want to have fun drifting

Want to buy real estate at a low price

Want more sanitary living conditions

Stay in a more cozy hotel

Make a valuable investment

Hope to have more job opportunities

Functional Block

Design Strategy Integral Idea

Comprehensive Strategy

Swot

Procession phase1

The first stage

is mainly to insert small blocks for tourism and accommodation, so that the tourists can have some contact with the left behind people in the building because of the same traffic core, so as to reduce the loneliness of the left -behind residents.

phase2

In the second stage, the planting box is introduced into the mass group. Tourists can rent a residence of their own for a long time and equip them with their own planting boxes next to them and spend money to ask someone to take care of them, in order to produce sticky consumption effects.

The distribution of format

stage1

phase3

The third stage After the economic benefits of tourism and planting develop to a certain scale, commerce will appear in the mass group, and the industrial structure of the entire mass will become more complicated.

phase4

In the fourth stage, all the residential functions of the original buildings are replaced by masses, and only the original load-bearing and traffic functions are retained.

The masses will become a three-dimensional aerial community.

stage3

Design Description

stage2

stage4

Design Intent The design uses the “injecting method" to put the plug space into the abandoned buildings for realizing the reuse of the rural vacant houses. The inserted plug space is sized according to the modulus of the old building, and different plug spaces carry different functions such as agricultural product processing, living, shopping, and public services. The design used the gradual renewal of vacant residential buildings and unfinished buildings, and inserts different functional modules into the old buildings at different stages to adjust the local industrial structure, promote industrial upgrading, and at the same time improve the local public service level and improve the living environment. In order to finally realize the solution to the hollowing out of the countryside.

Unit plug & Composit block

Crowd analysis

Unit plug & Composit block

Composite block distribution simulation Families can randomly select the insertion point of their composite block house on the facade of the building according to their preferences and submit an application to the conveyor belt system. The system will use the entered building-volume data to perform lighting analysis and give lighting recommendations. Here we use an iterative algorithm to simulate the evolution of the sunlight on the facade of the building. a loop Preparation

step1

Divide the 20 meter high and 24 meter wide building facade into 15 * 6 cells.

step2

Calculate the sunshine duration of each cell on the winter solstice and divide it into ten levels.

step3

According to the needs of the crowd, the unit plug is combined into a series of composit blocks.

step1

Randomly select a composit block and insert it into the cell with the highest sunshine score.

step2

step3

With the addition of the new When the sunshine rate of the cell is < 5, the cell cannot be inserted into the combination, the sunshine score composite block. When there is no space of the cell. changes for the entire elevation to insert the unit block, the cycle ends.

Section

The Formation of Conveyer's Appearance

For the morphological generation of the conveyor belt, we use the ant colony algorithm to find the most efficient and most influential transportation route.

Ant Colony Optimization Ant colony algorithm is an algorithm that simulates the behavior pattern of ant colony. Find the best path for action by setting launch points and points of interest in space by using the optimization.

1.Set up food points at schools and public buildings, and set up launch points at intersections.

Exploded View Usually, it is mainly in charge of transporting agricultural products and other living materials. And move the unit plug.

The air corridor connecting the conveyor and the building is the carrier of daily contact between residents.

2.Randomly generate various results

3.Choose the route that covers the most tall buildings.

Different plugs carry different functions such as agricultural product processing, housing, shopping and public services.

Link Up Details

Modeling

Push

Compelet Plank

Machine Cutting

Plug in

Mass Production

The old building body retains the vertical transportation and loadbearing functions that can serve the entire systemthe place where the construction of a house costs the most. In addition, functions such as kitchens and toilets that require plumbing are also retained in the old buildings.

The Applying of Apps HOW TO MOVE YOUR HOUSE? STEP A

STEP C

STEP B

submit the application of moving your block.

STEP D

check in your block ID and fill the chart.

the system will get the data of your block and offer your some choices after calculating the sunlight rank.

reserve the transport system.

HOW TO BUILD A BLOCK OF YOUR OWN? STEP A

STEP B

STEP C

book the factory.

make a combination of you like.

choose a location of you like.

HOW TO FIND A CULTIVATOR TO HELP YOU? STEP A

STEP C

STEP B

The system will help you match the right cultivator by your preference.

When you get your cultivate box, an ID will be formed.

HOW TO HOLD THE LIVE OF YOUR OWN? STEP A

STEP B

open your Bluetooth, and connect the camera beyond every live box.

begin your own live show!

STEP D

choose a cultivator you are interested in.

chat with the cultivator, and make the deal when you reach the agreement.

Other work

URBAN REJUVENATE

AGRO-LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN HISTORICAL COMMUNITY Individual work, December 2021

Site: TongXing Lane Community， Wuhan, China

Design Intent The community, Tongxingli, is evaluated as a historically outstanding community

by Wuhan government. But over time, the community's infrastructure gradually deteriorated, and the community became a gathering place for low-income people.

This project meets the needs of community 's residents and surrounding residents through the development of roof space, and introduces agriculture into the roof space to enhance the cohesion of the community.

Location Analysis 0m

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750m

1000m

1250m

1500m

1750m

2000m

2250m

2500m

2750m

3000m

3250m

3500m

3750m

4000m

4250m

0m

4500m

4750m

5000m

Subway tation

x2

Outstanding Historic Building

250m

x23

Hospital

x6

Government

500m

x1

Subway Station 750m

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Public Green Space

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Public Green Space

1000m

Historical Neighborhood

1250m

1500m

1750m

2000m HISTORY LINE OF TONGXING LANE texture

1907

extrac

tion

skyscraper Jianghan guan

Jianghan guan

Jianghan guan

Jianghan guan

Jianghan guan

high-rise low-rise The site is located in Jianghan District, which is the economic and cultural center of Wuhan City. During the period of the Republic of China, Jianghan District was occupied by Russia, the United States, Germany and other countries as a concession area, thus leaving a large area of ​​historical buildings. During the new China period, the construction of Jianghan Distric was quite chaotic due to the failed urban planning. There are many high-rise buildings interspersed in the large historic district, seriously destroying the historical character of Jianghan District.

In 1907, Belarusian businessmen built the Tongxingli community here.

1908

Shanghai Merchant Chengzhong buy Tongxing Lane in the French Concession (Hankow) and invests in building the houses

1913

2019

Zhan Tianyou founded The Tongxing community the Chinese Society of h a s b e e n t r a n s f o r m e d into a residential area for Engineers here. civilian use.

Site Analysis

Datas

Income Analysis（rmb)

Household Analysis two generations

one generation

33% 42% Population Analysis

skyscraper 30m~

four generations

three generations

33%

4%

age>63

35<age<63

age<35

46%

42%

12%

Space Types type1

average income

type2

4000

type3

Bird-Eye Site Pictures There are quite a few old trees Witnessed the development of Tongxing Lane.

type4

type5

type6

The roof is badly damaged, and there are a large number of illegal buildings on the roof.

6000

type7

8000

type8

The road is very narrow. The community lacks public space for activities.

high-rise building 9m~30m

Demands of Residents low-rise building

young resident

relax

seniar resident

social

3m~9m old resident tourists

produce air drop clothes

commercial zone

agricultural zone

public space

shop surrounding residents

overlook

roof space

Air Drying Space

Roof Garden Design Strategies

plants:grape,carrots,cactus,aloe, etc...

individual cultivate

o2

co2

and phosporus compound

Eye Sight Analysis

Public Spaces with People before

tourists

roof garden

street

surrounding residents

street steps air drying space

seats

green space

air drying space

rain garden

Tongxing Lane is now a residential area in the form of collective housings. The roof space provides a semi-private space for the residents living in the same houses. The roof garden changed the connection between residents and public space. But the appearance of the new roof garden will not spoil the façade.For tourists who come to Tongxing Lane, the roof garden cannot be seen from the lane which protects the integrity of the building's façade. For residents living in the surrounding high-rise residential buildings, the roof garden allows them to enjoy the best overlooking view.

The water containing phosphorus compounds dripping from clothes during the drying process can nourish the green roof. Residents can choose their own planting boxes to participate in community farming.

The Steps cooperative cultivate

The Seats plants:Chinese pennisetum, wheat

cooperative cultivate

plants:orchard

o2

co2

The broken part of the roof is transformed into a staircase, and residents can sit on the steps to take a rest and overlook.

Playing chess in the shade, picking the fruit from the fruit trees, drinking tea by the roots, people's activities revolve around the fruit trees. Fruit trees thus have the ability to unite people in the community.

Other Works

Water Color model making

1:50 Chen Ancestral Hall 2018 in Wuhan Surveying and Mapping Practice

Dong Nationality Tower Watercolor Practice 2019 in Wuhan

Water Color Farm houses

Watercolor Practice 2019 in Wuhan

sketch

farmhouses

Watercolor Practice 2019 in Wuhan

Marker Painting 2018 in Wuhan