YANG XINHAN PORTFOLIO APPLY FOR UCL

PORTFOLIO Selection of Works in University Apply for the Bartlett, UCL

Yang Xinhan Student number: 20137541 xxhh_yang@hotmail.com

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Something About My Portfolio

-“What is the best design of our surroundings?”

This is the original question that I have ask to myself when I first approach to the Landscape Architecture.

When I was a freshmen in my university, I used to regard the majority as an astistic subject.

As long as I learned, I knew that solving the problems of original site and think more about people behaviour can make the bored site more senseful.

I’d like to think new relationship between people and cities or villages, which could make both of them better.

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RUNWAY TO THE FUTURE

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TAI O LINK

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CITIES IN THE CREVICE

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REBORN: FRAGMENT

When advanced technology meet the city's vacuum zone where imaginative experiment face to the future

An unique infrastructure which designs for the fishing village's people's living environment

Junction zone design which hope that people across the strait could understand each other more deeply

Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Design for the suburb which are looking to build

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RUNWAY TO THE FUTURE Reclaimation of Nanjing Dajiao Airport Team Work in Open Project Co-worker: Hui Wei Team Role: Concept Generating,Master Plan Design,Perspective Expression Adviser: Xu Le , Wu Xiaofan Time: 2019.7-2019.9 Location: China , Nanjing , Qinhuai Area Square: Approximately 0.61 km² Reading List: Luo, Y. D. (2019). From Transportation Infrastructure to Green Infrastructure — Adaptable Future Roads in Autonomous Urbanism. Landscape Architecture Frontiers, 7(2), 92-99. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-LAF-20190209

Brief Introduction The project is a modification project for Nanjing Dajiao Airport.

Our team focused on how to design a site which can be in phase with the development of driverless technology. In each level of technology, the traffic system of the site can change and satisfy the needs. We also discuss how the relationship between pedestrians and vehicles.

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RUNWAY TO THE FUTURE How driverless cars work:

Landscape modification for driverless technology Nanjing, the ancient captial where 6 dynasties built within, has a long history and unique culture. Locating in the center of Nanjing our base used to serve as a military airport.

Unfortunately, it had been blocked up since the war between Japan and China.

Completely steered by human being.

Radar

Asisted by comouter,mainly steered by human being.

Southwest University Laser range finder

Nowadays, Nanjing plays the charactor as an economic hub as before.Due to the excellent status of Chinese transport system, It become sthe pioneer of new economic reform and attract edge-cutting technologies all over the world.

Mainly steered by computer, emergencyprocessed by human being.

Camera

Completely steered by computer.

Nanjing University

As the train station of high-speed rail has been built already, nothing can keep Nanjing away from the pace of turning into a popular city for people to view. In one hand our base locates in the center of those celebrated spots, in the other hand the traffic connection of surrounding economic entities .

How driverless technology can improve our lives:

Nanjing Technology University XINJIEKOU

Car accidents death will reduce from 33 thousand to 11.3 thousand.

FUZI Temple Colleges of Science & Engineering

Car accidents will reduce from 6 billion to 1.3 billion.

Cars on roads will reduce to 30%.

The disabled and old will be able to drive by their own.

Nanjing University of A&A

Nanjing's famous Attraction YU HUA TAI Nanjing's H&N Technology industry

High & Technology Industrial Nanjing University of S&T

Acadamic supporting Technology supporting

High & Technology Industrial

Population supporting

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Four levels of driverless technology:

Nanjing South Railway Station

No more parking lots Driverless cars can find available place to park by themselves. .

Greenhouse gases output by cars will reduce by 300 billion tons.

Driverless technology can provide drivers all over the world 10000 billion hours a day.

Build roads for the future: LEVEL 1 Route of human being is isolated from cars.

Green belt serves as boundary.

Traffice order is mainly harmonized by facilities.

LEVEL 2 Gap appears on the green belt.

Human being walk across roads without the assisst of facilities.

LEVEL 3 Human being and cars can share the same pace.

Green belt serves as ecological function.

No facilities remain.

LEVEL 4 Wideth of the road reduces.

Area of green increases.

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ROADS FOR THE FUTURE Water plan

Transportation

Architecture

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HOW ROADS CAN CHANGE WITH THE DRIVERLESS TECHNOLOGY

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Two roads one system There are two kinds of road together form the road system of the design.

How roads interweave Those two kinds of road interweave together and provide various experience of acrossing.

They will phase with the development of driverless technology.

With the phasing of the technology, the function of those two kind of road will change. The road system will be able to fit each level of driverless technology.

Road of isolation The first kind of road is for those cars in present stage of technology.

Now In current level of technology, Human beings are isolated for cars by plants.

Future Sorghum When the driverless technology develop to level 4, this kind of road will no longer be used by cars. Instead, specific kinds of plants will grow there. They can be changed into fuel of cars.

Road of interwine The second kind of road is for the future, when those cars have level 4 driverless technology.

Now In current level of technology, This kind of road serve as the footpath of human being.

Future When the driverless Carpet grass Velvet grass technology develop to level 4, cars will share this kind of road with human being. The technology will enable the cars to run in a certain path, which means plants can grow under the cars.

Exhibit center Inside the site, there is an exhibiton center about the history and future of the driverless technology.

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CHANGING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEDESTRAINS AND VEHICLES As the driverless technology changes with time, functions of sections will change.

The change also can reflect the relation between pedestrains and vehicles.

The form of spacedivider is abstracted from the cabin door.

Cabin door By setting spacedivider on both sides of roads. The sense of separation between pedestrains and vehicles will be stronger.

Now When the driverless technology is not well enough, pedestrains will have to go through the brige to cross.

Lounge bridge Form of the bridge is abstracted from the lounge bridge of airports.

Future When the driverless technology develop to level 4, cars will no longer use the road under the bridge. Instead, they will share roads with pedestrains. The road under the bridge will be used to plant vegetable like cotton. People will feel like walking above the cloud.

Now When the driverless technology is not well enough, pedestrains will have to go through the brige to cross.

Crossing bridge The outside of the bridge is made of mirror, which can reflect the sky.

Aiming at shorten the distance between people and the sky.

Future When the driverless technology develop to level 4, cars will no longer use the road under the bridge. Instead, they will share roads with pedestrains. The road under the bridge can be changed into riverway.

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STRCUTURE OF FUTURE

How plants distribute Land division

Land of the site can be divided by functions: plant area, residential area and exhibition hall area.

Magnolia denudata

Pterocarya

Pear blossom

Road system

Chinese parasol

Peach blossom

Ginko

Pyracantha

Maple

Malus spectabilis

In our site, we set roads for the future. Nowadays, they can be used as walkway. When the driverless technology reaches level 4, those roads can be used as car roads.

Carpet grass

Velvet grass

Ginko

Ficus virens

Water system

In our site, we set bio-canal as the water system. We drive the water of Qinhuai river to the site to irrigate plants and guide the pedestrian routes of the whole site.

Cotton

Canola

Corn

Sorghum

Sugarcane

Planting Regulation

Some of those plants can be transformed into fuel of cars.

People can go through the site conviniently by the road system.

In the future, as the driverless technology can minimum the area of the road, those space can be used to grow plants.

In the open area beside the roads, we grow local plants in groups.

Beside the walkway in the site, we grow border trees and large area of grassland. People can enter this area freely.

Beside the main roads of the site, we plant border trees in group of four and keep the spatial sequentiality.

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PERSPECTIVE

View of the roads at night.

Main view of park

The crossing bridge.

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TAI O LINK

Infrastructure Design for the traditional fishing village Individual Work in Senior

Adviser: Guo Yipeng , Yang Ran Time: 2019.10-2019.11 Location: China , Hong Kong , New Territories Square: Approximately 6000 m² Reading List: Floating Module for Floating Town 2012.9.21, Chinese Landscape Architecture

Brief Introduction Climate change is a general topic that respect to everyone on the earth,With more climate disaster like typhoon has damaged so much as for people who live near the ocaen.

Tai O is a tpyical fishing village with kinds of complex culture elements,facing lack of native population and natural disaster.

So we need a special form to defend the attack and offer the necessary fuction for Tai O’s people.

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Tai O’s fishery including salt industry and food processing started

Tai O’s fishery had booming since 1960s

The Contemporary Age

Various acient temples signed Tai O’s people had lived here for over 400 years

New Territories had been rent to the UK for 100 years by Qing Government

Before 2000s

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GuanDi Temple was the oldest building in Tai O

Morden Times

Tai O is an important part of Hong Kong,which is an ancient fishing village owned over 400 years history.Fishing culture is the most essential elements in this old village.

Nowadays,climate change and transformation of popluation structure are vital challenge for Tai O residents.

So I try to design an infrastructure with landscape architecture that could help Tai O people.

HISTORY OF TAI O

Tai O has become a new tourist destination

Fishery has became immaterial mark in Tai O,many people left this village

More frequently climate diasater attack

CONDITIONS OF TAI O DESIGN

Walking solo bridge

Ancient salt farm

Tranditional house

DaYu Mountain

Business building

Buildings Elements

Landform Influence

Traffic System

Tai O village’s main buildings are classical shanty alone the shore,the height of them were below 8M.

The landscape in Tai O is wanderful because of three mountains which surround the village.

Tai O is an acient village that modern transportation cannot use in the core village.

Traffic rely on foot and boat.

Open Space Profile

Agriculture System

Water system

Tai O is seriously lacking in open space which reduce chance of people who want to relax or exercise.

Water farm are main mode of Tai O agriculture,which is ouppy most proportion of food production in village.

There are 3 river cross through the village which make Tai O’s water transport developing well.

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FUTURE CHALLENGES OF TAI O VILLAGE

STRATEGY I. PROTECTION AGAINST CLIMATE DISASTER

The main ocean current to

Making a solid to block water

Adding soft landscape

Where does storm coming

Reducing some of risk

Weaken most of damage

STRATEGY II. CONNECTING THREE PARTS OF TAI O VILLAGE

Tpyical Shore Section.A with Plants

This type of revement form could be seen in the northern of Tai O, with the plants’ protection, they can tolerate more extreme climate disaster, reducing the risk of losing wealth.

The solid could link the shore

Adding other fuction on it

Tpyical Shore Section.B without Plants This type of revement form are generally exist in the Tai o core zone which is a symbol of Tai O’s unique culture.But it is so weak that can’t bear the bad weather.

To be or not to be, this is a question

Double coast cannot relate

Triple “bridge” connection

Spliting the middle of it to let the boat through

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WHAT CAN WE DO IN TAI O LINK

Deck Stringer

Free market

Control House

Mangrove Island

Alterable Bridge

Relax Cabin

Dock

Swimming Pool

Playground

STRUCTURE OF SANSHENG LINK Walking line

-Transportation Analysis

Entry Square Sailing line

Defensive line

-Defensive Fuction Analysis

Disaster Coming

Open Greenland

MASTER PLAN

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Wooden Platform Free Market Complex House Board for Boat Mangrove Island Central Plaza Relax Cabin Open Space Public Swimming Pool

Isolated Greenland

Public Building Fuctional Building

-Greenland Usage Analysis

-Archeciture Model Analysis

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PERSPECTIVE IN THE TAI O LINK

Scene 1.The North Part

Scene 2.The South Part

People could walk on the bridge and watch beautiful scenary of Tai O, or have fun on the board. Fishmen could get to their house faster.

Tai O people can do anything in wide open space. There are also some free fish markets both for tourists and fishmen.

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IN THE CREVICE OF CITIES Urban Planning of Hetao Region between Shenzhen and Hong Kong Team Work in Open Project Co-worker: Hui Wei Team Role:Concept Generating,Master Plan Design,Perspective Expression Adviser : Guo Yipeng Time: 2019.11-2020.1 Location: China , Shenzhen , Hetao Area Square: Approximately 0.61 km² Reading List: Jumping between the systems-A Study of the Challenge the Shenzhen Hong Kong Cross-bounary Students Facing 2012.5.10, Nanjing University , Graduate Thesis

Brief Introduction This project focuses on a special area: place between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. As the conflict in Hong Kong being more and more intense, we want to build a site that can ease this situation. Instead of traditional way of planning, we put more emphasis on how not to make the site seems similar to Shenzhen.

We want to blend the form of both sides and make people from no matter Shenzhen and Hong Kong have sense of belonging.

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IMBALANCE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN Imbalance of development:

Different in densities of building: Shenzhen In Shenzhen Futian, there are high density of buildings.

1981 The Futian district were set in Shenzhen.

1997 The Guangshen expressway was open.

Hong Kong In Hong Kong Xinjie, there are mainly agricultural lands.

Different in educational resources In Shenzhen Futian, there are more schools than Hong Kong Xinjie.

Consequently, students have to go across border to achieve education.

Schools

Rise in price of house:

2010 Many hightech companies are built along the river in Shenzhen.

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Different in densities of population: Average house price in Shenzhen today is four times of ten years before.

Shenzhen Futian Region 1.33 million people / 78.66 km²

Background information:

Hong Kong 1.4 million people / 740 km²

People cross broder freuquently:

59.4 thousand officers

28 thousand students

Futian Port

72.6 thousand travelers

160 thousand

people go across the border and back at night.

Futian District

Sham Chun River

Lok Ma Chau Wetland Reserve

Lok Ma Chau Control Point

Because of China's special political policies, the site is in a very special situation. Shenzhen is a young city that hosts most of China's famous Internet companies and high-tech zones. At the same time, more and more people choose to go to shenzhen for development because of the jobs created by these industries.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the shenzhen river lies Hong Kong, whose unique historical background and geographical advantages once made it one of the leading financial centers in Asia. But the city now faces a dilemma, with development on both sides of the shenzhen river so uneven that many choose to cross the border frequently. However, there are some difficulties in the planning of Hetao area. The ordinary planning method will lead to the similarity between the whole area and Shenzhen, and the sense of separation from Hong Kong.

Time line of Shenzhen: N 200 m

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OVERLAP OF TWO CITIES: Difference in Texturesďźš Due to the difference in development purpose, Hong Kong Xinjie area is full of paddy cultivation. Yet, Shenzhen Futian is occupied by buildings.

Such distinction invokes dilemma of planning. We solve the problem by overlaping two textures.

Macro Water System

Cropland Layout

Micro Water System

Add Buildings

Road System

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PLAN AROUND WATER:

Commercial District

Residential Area

Educational District

Ecotope

Water deck

Urban promenade

Slight Grade

Mangrove edge

Plaza

CVS

Outdoor Classroom

Building Outlook:

CBD 35478 m²

Service 13570 m²

School 26880 m²

Residence 90508 m²

Park

Hong Kong New Territories Paddy Field

By the overlap of cropland and building, the site can make people from both Shenzhen and Hong Kong feel sense of belonging. What's more, with the set of schools, CBD and residence.

Shenzhen

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PERSPECTIVE OF CORE DISTRICT New urban district mixed with river and texture of farm land. People could use boats to go anywhere they want and enjoy natural life in school and other functional buildings.

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REBORN:FRAGMENT Urban Design and Landscape Planning on outskirt of Hefei Individual Work in Junior for Curriculum Design Excellent Work Prize. National Competition of Ecological Wisdom Inspired UR Practice Excellent Work Prize Adviser: Guo Yipeng , Zhang Luhong , Yang Ran Time: 2019.5-2019.7 Location: China , Hefei , Xinzhan Area Square: Approximately 6.4 km² Reading List: The Spatial Restructuring Effect of Land Use in the Context of Transition Period 2011.3.1, Zhangjiang University , PhD Thesis

Brief Introduction With Chinese rapid urbanization,many provincial capital has explored speedy,they had eaten thousands of original village that make to the satellite town.

There is a vital problem is that numbers of traffic lines like highway and railway would go through,Dividing the complete land into fragmented zone which break the ecological effect and lead to the plenty of wasted land usage.

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WHAT MAKES THE FRAGMENTED ZONE IN CITY

Forms of Fragmented Zone

Breaking by Double Railway Bridge

Breaking by Overpass & Multiply Railway

Breaking by Intricate Overpass

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Hefei City adheres to the overall strategy of developing the city of science and technology in central China.

In the past decade, the economy has developed rapidly, the city has expanded rapidly, and its transportation network is dense and complex. Towards a "super city" in all directions.

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Brief Intruduction of Hefei's Development

However, the central area of ​​the city, with the old city and the University of Science and Technology of China as the core, is becoming increasingly crowded. Through the concentrated construction of urban subway lines and the laying of viaducts, it has caused a lot of waste of land in the city, especially in the border area near the city. Due to the interweaving of railways, urban highways, and viaducts, urban space creates an embarrassing situation in which empty space is idle and good plots perform limited functions.

Hefei is a vast city intertwined by two water systems and surrounding surrounding reservoirs. The local block is selected for development in the northeast direction of Hefei. It also contains complex roads and largescale water systems. The city design enhances the ecological functions of the city's periphery, forms a green wedge on the inside, and re-plans the idle land to create a small "satellite city" to ease the pressure of urban congestion.

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MASTER PLAN

STRUCTURE OF PLAN

1. Hedong Reservoir 2. Entry Plaza 3. Waterfront Path

Planting Plan

4. Soccer Courts 5. Public Square 6. Residential Zone 7. Central Stadium 8. Public Parking 9. Business Zone 10. Huainan Railway Retained Condition

Water System Plan

Buildings Plan

Road Plan

Altitude Plan

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EVOLUTION OF NEWBORN SITE Position Explaination

Ecologic Bridge

Reborned Waterfront

Connected Fishpond

Section Explaination

Original Phase

Final Phase

Road was divided into 2 parts

Connecting with ecological bridge

Both animals and peolpe can walk

Land below the Bridge was dying

Aquatic plants start to develop again

Wasted land turn to public spcae

Wasted fishponds had no animals

New water link make fishpond live

Make river become waterfront landscape

Replanning for old outskirts' street

New satellite town starts

The original Highway

The Original Water System

The Original Fishpond

Old street carried little function

New Urban Zone

Modification Phase

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PERSPECTIVE OF CENTRAL PARK

PERSPECTIVE OF FRAGMENTED ZONE

Section and Plants Design I

Section and Plants Design II Tree

Tree

Cedar

Metasequoia

Camphor

Sabina Chinensis

Chinese Photinia

Gladiolus

Zoysia Matrella

Hypericum

Gladiolus

Manila Gvrass

Gardeniav

Koelreuteria Paniculata

Gingko

Oriental Cherry

Gingko

Palm

Chinese Parasol

Willow

Cedar

Metasequoia

Camphor

Chinese Tallow

Shrub Tufted plant

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