Portfolio of Wenjuan Li

WENJUAN LI Landscape Architecture + Urban Design Portfolio Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design Columbia University GSAPP | 2020-2021 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Penn State University | 2016-2020

TABLE OF CONTENTS URBAN + LANDSCAPES 01

Trio

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Bonn, Germany

Reviving Classical Music with Beethoven

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The Yazoo Sponge

Bonn, Germany

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Democratized Diffused Networks of Nature-Based Flood Mitigation

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Dynamic Riverfront

Pittsburgh, PA

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Riverfront Design Reactivating Strip District

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A Resilient Future with Water

Baltimore, MD

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Climate Resilient Design in the Era of Pandemic

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Playground City

Honolulu, Hawaii

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Autonomous Transportation Orientated Design

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No Trash, All Treasure

Kingston, NY

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A New Waste Collection and Recycling System

OTHER WORKS 07

A Day in the Life of A Street Vendor

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Video Animation of Economic Corridor Design

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Music Visualization

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Python Programming

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The Puzzle Garden

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Planting + Construction Drawings

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Stormwater Management

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Drawings & Photography

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01 Trio Reviving Classical Music with Beethoven Time: PSU Study Abroad Spring 2019 Location: Bonn, Germany Individual Project Studio Advisor: Bruno Röver

Bonn, the former capital of Germany, is famously known as the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven. In 2020, Bonn will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven. With historical precipitation of art, Bonn is also the cradle for several famous operas. However, due to the fragmentation of musical infrastructure, classical music seems just a symbol in Bonn instead of blending into residents’ daily life. Therefore, in order to revive classical music and integrate music into people’s everyday activities, this project is intended to create a musical network, conferring a new musical atmosphere from downtown to riverfront. The network extracts the rhythm of Beethoven’s representative music--Moonlight Sonata--and integrates it into the landscape. With various spatial experience, this music network will create interactive spaces for musicians, local residents, and visitors. The network intends to bring the musical atmosphere back to Bonn.

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MUSIC FRAGMENTATION

DESIGN GOALS

SOCIAL PROBLEM Bonn is famous for Cheery Blossom.

In April, tourists will take a Day-tirp to Bonn for this amazing view.

Music Store

No idea tbh.

Beethoven Music Hall

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5 Beethoven House 1 City Center 0 Train Station

Church

Music Store

You know who that is?

Beethoven! This great composer was born here.

Really?! I would never have noticed that if you hadn’t told me!

River

Music Academy

Theater Bonn Opera House

Rhine

Beethoven Haus

Music Store

Cheery Blossom

So pretty! Anything else we can do besides taking photos?

Music Academy

City Center of Bonn

3 Beethoven Music Hall 4 Riverfront

Theater

A Network for Tourists

Let’s bring the musical atmosphere back to Bonn!

It’s so romantic to dance to classical music!

Theater Theater

The policy of street performance is so strict here.

It is such a lively destination to relax!

We need a better place to perform!!

We love engaging with street arts.

Academic Art Museum

PHYSICAL PROBLEM MUSICAL NETWORK COMPOSITION

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Light Installation

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City Center

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Lack Visual Connection

Unpleasant Walking Experience

Isolation

Street view is blocked by building facade and parallel parking.

Sidewalks are narrow and the tram goes too close to pedestrian.

Due to elevation change, Beethoven Music Hall lacks easy accessibly.

Performance Stage

Music Education

Corridor

Apartment for Musicians

Rhine River

Amphitheater

Recreation Park

Beethoven Music Hall

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Music Rhythm

DESIGN CONCEPT Walking through Moonlight Sonata

This project integrates Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata into landscape. By extracting the rhythm from three movements of the music, people will walk in the landscape with various musical experience.

1st Movement

2nd Movement

3rd Movement

Calm, Gentle

Flexible

Powerful, Stormy

Pixelized Paver

Dynamic Paver

Visualization into Landscape

Element 1: Pavement

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Repetitive Paver

Element 2: Spatial Experience

Flat Space

Terrace

Slope

Stairs

Light Installation as Visual Guide

Terrace as Performance Stage

Walk through Grass Slope with open view

Amphitheater

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WALK WITH MUSIC A Network Connecting Downtown and Riverfront

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Beethoven Music Hall

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River Rhine

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Legend:

Section AA’ Detail:

Current Condition

Glass Panel

Glass Panel

New Strategy Visual and Physical Access to Beethoven Hall 07

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Wood Deck

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Outlook Platform

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Performance Terrace

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Canopy Sitting

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Music Education Building

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Underground Parking Entrance

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Sitting Stairs

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Lawn

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Amphitheater

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50m

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MUSICAL NETWORK STORY

This PLATFORM provides an open view of music plaza.

LIGHT INSTALLATION serves as a visual guide in the network.

TERRACE becomes a stage for outdoor performance.

GRASS SLOPES provide urban green spaces for residents to relax.

GREEN CORRIDOR on the ridge of grass slope leads people to riverfront.

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This abandoned building is turned into APARTMENTS and PRACTICE ROOMS for musicians.

UNDERPASS provides a visual and physical connection to Beethoven Park.

The terminal of this network is RIVERFRONT of Rhine.

AMPHITHEATER in front of Beethoven Music Hall is a formal musical space.

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BEETHOVEN PARK

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People dress up at Oktoberfest--the annual folk festival in Germany--and enjoy themselves with music at Beethoven Park.

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02 The Yazoo Sponge Democratized Diffused Networks of Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Time: Columbia GSAPP Studio III Location: Yazoo/Vicksburg, MS Group Members: Ahmed Al Yaseen, Lonas Chiu, Scarlet Tong Studio Advisors: Kate Orff, Dilip Cunha, Geeta Mehta, Justine Holzman Located in the lower regions of the Mississippi Delta, The Yazoo Sponge provides an ecologically and socially driven alternative to the currently planned controversial Yazoo Pump Project. The project will cost $300 million to relieve floods for 30 farmers in the Backwater Area. The pump will also dry out 67,000 acres of wetland habitat and increase the flood risk for 31,000 residents who are already vulnerable. Our design proposes to reinvest the funding to establish a democratized diffused network of natural and nature-based features for flood mitigation. This would be a potential solution instead of the single-use infrastructure currently being considered. The goal of the project is to 1) reconnect the land to its sponge heritage and 2) create a just transition to a new sustainable economy through the restoration of wetland habitats in the backwater area. All this will be achieved through the Yazoo Sponge Alliance, a collaborative, including the US. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Audubon chapter and National Wildlife Federation. Ultimately to restore the Backwater Area’s wetland ecosystem.

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COPING WITH FLOOD IN THE BACKWATER AREA A

PUTTING END TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE

Leading a collective effort towards resilient transformation for the Backwater Area.

A Flooded Agricultural Fields MEMA USDA

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FEMA

FARMERS

YAZOO SPONGE ALLIANCE

B Single Family Communities BACKWATER COMMUNITY

To restore wetland in the backwater area by matching funding and support

VICKSBURG COMMUNITY

MEMPHIS, TN

C USACE ERDC

C Delta National Forest THE YAZOO PUMP PROJECT Location of the Yazoo pump projct

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VICKSBURG MAYOR'S OFFICE

AUDUBON, MS

MRCTI

GREENVILLE, MS

Yazoo Pump

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Yazoo Backwater Levee

Pump Location

Connecting Channel

Steele Bayou

Legend

D Eagle Bend Community

Steele Bayou Drainage Structure

Pump Inlet Channel

Pump Station Site

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2019 Flood Levee Wetlands

Pump Outlet Channel

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Yazoo River

Vicksburg

Pump Station Site

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200 m

Yazoo Backwater Levee Pump Outlet Channel

Pump Inlet Channel

6 MILLION gallons of water/min 15

Yazoo River

This 300 Million dollar project is designed to protect the cropland of only 30 farmers, who are funded by large investment corporations.

While artificially draining 67,000 acres of wetland and increasing the flood risk of around 31,000 residents in the area.

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MULTI-SCALE SPONGE LANDSCAPE Interacting with water cycle in different scales.

TRANSPIRATION

CONDENSATION

FARMLAND FLOODPLAIN FOREST

CHANNEL

DWELLING COMMUNITY

WETLAND

EVAPORATION EVAPORATION

PRECIPITATION

INFILTRATION

5 ft

PERCOLATION 5 ft

GROUNDWATER

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5 ft

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LAND TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE

ZOOM IN: MOSAIC OF FARMLANDS + WETLANDS

During the high-water season, the wetlands work with the oxbow to absorb and retain the heavy rainfall, thus protecting the cropland and living areas.

These mosaic of wetlands increases the land’s capacity to absorb the significant projection of rainfall due to climate change.

EXISTING FLOODPLAIN FOREST AGRICULTURE

WETLAND

CREATING SPONGE LANDSCAPE BY INCREASING WETLAND FOOTPRINTS

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Allocate 50% of farmland for restoration.

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Place wetlands adjacent to existing natural features.

Water channels connecting units with each other.

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Dwelling cluster on high grounds.

EAGLE BEND OXBOW LAKE

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REGIONAL SPONGE FOR BACKWATER AREA Low Water Season: Farming units benefit from water purification and biodiversity from wetlands nearby.

High Water Season: Alternative revenue such as recreation and fishing is possible in this new landscape.

FORESTED WET LANDS

WET LAND UNIT Bald Cypress

COMMUNITY

FISHING WATER CHANNEL RESTORED HABITATS FARMLAND UNIT Soybean Crops

Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum

GUIDED PATH BIRD WATCHING

WET LAND Black Willow Salix nigra

Sugar Berry Celtis laevigata

HABITAT

TERP HOUSING

WET LAND HOLDS WATER

CHANNEL PROTECTS FARMS

Silver Maple Acer saccharinum

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NEW RIVERFRONT FOR VICKSBURG Basketball Court Bioswales

Viewing Deck

Skating

Mural

Seating Skatepark

Kayak

Skatepark expansion to the Catfish Art Park provide crucial public space for the community to gather.

Floating Wetlands

WETLANDS

GREEN ROOF

BIOSWALE

RAIN GARDEN

Water Retention Pond

During heavy rainfall, the space double as a water retention pond.

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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 24

03 Dynamic Riverfront Riverfront Design Reactivating Strip District Time: PSU Fall 2018 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Individual Project Studio Advisors: Ken Tamminga, Tim Johnson

Strip District is a unique area located in Pittsburgh, PA. With a long industrial history, Strip District preserves most of its industrial heritage and turns the old warehouse into business.

Besides, one of the most principal rivers in Pennsylvania-Allegheny River--passes through the Strip District and plays an important role in connecting the society with nature.

However, the south side of the Allegheny River located at the Strip District is not actively used and loses its connection to a larger scale. This studio is based on The Three Rivers Park Planning accepted by the City of Pittsburgh. Within the largescale planning of riverfront system, the planning is aimed at doing a better connection of Pittsburgh. The area of 26th Street is surrounded by residential communities and office buildings. This project is intended to create a public riverfront space for everyone to use. In the meantime, highlighting the industrial heritage, reactivating the riverfront, and using green corridors leading people to enjoy the place.

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Transmission Tower

Vehicular Circulation

Office

Dog Park

Proposed Bikeway

HISTORY OF STRIP DISTRICT

1830 Immigration Immigrants from Europe came for jobs and provided labor in America.

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1860

1820

Industrial Hub

Increasing number of labor stimulated the growth of steel business in Strip District.

Industrial Hub

Immigrants from Europe stimulated the growth of steel business in Strip District.

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1906

Transformation

Removal of rail tracks in Liberty Ave helped to attract produce merchants to this area.

Transformation

Removal of rail tracks in Liberty Ave helped to attract produce merchants to this area.

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1920 Wholesale Produce

Strip District became the heart of the wholesale produce business.

Today

Industrial Business Today

Taking advantage of historical factories and warehouse, restaurants have a unique style.

Wholesale Produce

Industrial Commercial

Strip District became the heart of the wholesale produce business.

Taking advantage of historical factories and warehouse, restarants have a unique style.

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PROBLEM

ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS

Inefficient Traffic

Lack Bike Lane

Blocked Riverfront

Goals

Weston, Sean and I worked as a group to communicate with local people and stakeholders.

The design charrette is aimed to get ideas and feedback from local community and stakeholders.

In the beginning of the semester, the studio went to Pittsburgh and collaborate with local people for design ideas, as well as their concerns.

Strategy

+ Smallman Street

Bikes and cars share the one-lane road.

Vehicles behind the bike had to go slowly.

Railroad Street

Less vehicular traffic attracts bikers on this undesigned street.

Riverfront

View to the river is blocked by vegetation.

EXISTING SECTION PHOTO ELEVATION Historical railroad is abandoned.

The local shared their ideas and concerns of riverfront area.

Sticky Notes

Feedback Sheet

Photos credit to Professor Tamminga

DESIGN CONCEPT Connecting Riverfront and Creating Vibrant Public Space Circulation

Dog park is the only green space in this neighborhood.

Space Program

Major Pedestrian Circulation Secondary Circulation Bike Circulation

Natural Green

River

Semi-Public

Urban Green

Public Space

Entrance Plaza

25th St.

Section AA’ Office building provides potential users but there lack public spaces.

Transmission Tower is a visual attraction.

Office

Office

26th St.

To Outlook Platform

Section BB’

Residential

There lacks green spaces for residents in the neighborhood.

Plants at riverfront provides greenery for community.

To Residential Community

27th St.

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Railroad Street

Rhamnus frangula

Acer negundo

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Rhus typhina

Acer saccharinum

Phytolacca americana

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Acer rubrum

Virginia Creeper

Pokeweed

Glossy Buckthorn

Staghorn Sumac

Common Boneset

25th St

Hypericum perforatum Common St. John’s Wort

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26th St

27th St

The Yards at 3 Crossings Residential

Burns and White Office Burns and White Office

Box Elder

Silver Maple

Red Maple

0 10 20

40 ft

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STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

DYNAMIC RIVERFRONT

Riverfront becomes a vibrant public space for everyone.

Surface Runoff

Surface Runoff

Impervious Surface

Impervious Surface

Infiltration + Purification

Pipe Drainage Impervious Surface

Current Polluted Underground

The design at Railroad Street sustainably highlights the industrial heritage.

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26th Street serves as a transition zone to the riverfront.

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04 A Resilient Future with Water Climate Change Resilient Design in Era of Pandemics Time: PSU Spring 2020 Location: Baltimore, MD Group Members: Emily Bernhardt, Frank Mader, Austin Martin Studio Advisor: Lisa DuRussel Contribution: Design Concept 25%, Interact with Water 100% Historically, Baltimore has been a slow-developing harbor city.

However, with the threat of rising sea levels and increasing intensity of flooding, coastal and urban areas in Baltimore City need to plan for the future. Climate change is a serious problem affecting the urban landscape. Global warming not only creates ecological disasters such as sea level rise and flooding, but also brings concern for public health. In order to meet the future challenges posed by sea level rise and plan for future pandemic outbreaks, the reimagined lifestyle alongside water will bring a new lifestyle that adapts to and accommodates changes in water level to Baltimore’s urban realm. Water is an essential element that connects Baltimore from the coastal region of the Patapsco River to the more urbanized inland. Through this design, it is conceptulized for the 22nd century through urban, terrestrial, and aquatic habitat. With the idea of protecting water, interacting with water, and living with water, the Risk-Resilient Lifestyle with Water is intended to create a resilient safe environment for residents in Baltimore. This project is intended to use landscape to solve the problem of sea level rising and flooding, as well as public health issues in the era of pandemic.

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CLIMATE CHANGE HITS BALTIMORE

CURRENT INUNDATION ZONES

GREENHOUSE EFFECT

> 10 ft 4-10 ft

URBAN POLLUTIONS By

0-4 ft

2100

Baltimore’s climate will be like

Pharr, Texas

Flooding Zone Green Space

Summer will average

Winter

will average

96°

49°

Credits to Emily Bernhardt

Credits to Austin Martin

Site

DESIGN CONCEPT A Resilient Future with Water LIVE WITH WATER

LIVE

CANAL + SUPER BLOCK

INTERACT

PROTECT

INTERACT WITH WATER

Patapsco River

SOCIAL INTERACTING

SOCIAL DISTANCING

PROTECT WITH WATER

BREAKER

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HABITAT

ISLAND

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URBAN AREA

LIVE WITH WATER INTERACT WITH WATER

TRANSITION AREA

Breaker

Habitat

Juncus roemerianus

Bolboschoenus robustus

Habitat

Spartina alterniflora

Playground

Canal

Borrichia frutescens

Quarantine Island

Wetland

Distichlis spicata

Gega Forest

Magnolia grandiflora

Super Block

Magnolia grandiflora

Rhizophora mangle

Canal

A RE-IMAGINED FUTURE WITH WATER

PROTECT WITH WATER

COASTAL AREA

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POP-UP HOSPITAL

FLEXIBILE USE OF ISLAND

MODULAR BOX UNIT 9ft

COMBINATION

9ft

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CO2, Pollution

+ +

9ft

O2 GEGA FOREST

MODULAR BOX

FOLDABLE

COMBINE

BEDROOM

SHARED KITCHEN

GYM

PROTOTYPE I: ISLAND OF POP-UP HOSPITAL 50,000

Square Meters

1,000

Hospital Beds

Sick Patient

+ Testing Center

+ Hospital Rooms

ICU

PROTOTYPE II: ISLAND OF QUARANTINE ROOMS 30,000

Square Meters

600

Hospital Beds

Canopy trees with high standardized isoprene emission rates help to reduce air pollution and heat-island effect, cooling down the city of Baltimore.

Plantings: Gleditsia triacanthos, Nyssa sylvatica, Populus alba, Robinia pseudoacacia

OUTDOOR SITTING Light Symptom Healthy People

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Quarantine Rooms

Shared Kitchen

Gym

Outdoor Sitting is broken into single pieces by shrubs, promoting social distancing.

POP-UP HOSPITAL

WATER CIRCULATION

Temporary pop-up hospital could be built on the open space during the pandemic.

CANAL SYSTEM

RESERVOIR

PLAYGROUND The open space shits from social interacting playground to pop-up hospitals based on necessities.

Water stores in the reservoir can be pumped out to quarantine islands during pandemic.

CONTROLLABLE WATER QUARANTINE ISLAND QUARANTINE ISLAND

SEA WATER

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NORMAL TIME

INTERACTING LANDSCAPE

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PANDEMIC PERIOD

QUARANTINE LANDSCAPE

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05 Playground City Autonomous Transportation Orientated Design Time: PSU Fall 2020 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Group Project Members: Xintong Tan, Shiyuan Wang Studio Advisors: David Goldberg

Autonomous vehicles become a popular trend and will greatly change people’s lifestyles in the future. The Hawaii studio intends to explore the potential change of urban cities under a fully autonomous vehicle environment. This studio performs anticipatory design scenarios in Honolulu, Hawaii based on the current TOD plan. The airport area serves as a transit hub in Honolulu, connecting west to east. It also gives the first impression of Honolulu to visitors. However, the airport area still needs development. The future of autonomous vehicles brings the opportunity for streetscape revolution.

Inspired by Bjarke Ingels Group’s idea of the plastic city, where cars move free and no regular lanes on street, our concept is to create a new adaptive transit system that could be applied to different sites. Under the connected smart system of transportation, this project is aimed at transforming the urban area from a car-dominated structure to a pedestriandominated structure. And make the city into a playground for people to enjoy.

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SITE CONTEXT

DESIGN BACKGROUND Anticipated Changes of Autonomous Mobility

Legend Low Population Density

Test of Level 3 Autonomy

High Population Density

Autonomous vehicles share the road with normal cars.

Railroad

Sidewalks are narrow.

Major Street

Parallel parking takes a lot urban space.

2020 Phase 1

Level 4 Autonomy Autonomous vehicles require fewer road spaces.

Pearl Harbor

Smart device communicates with AVs for safety.

The cost of shared AVs is very cheap.

Drop off zone

2030

Phase 2

Honolulu Airport

To Downtown

Parallel parking turns into green space.

High-efficient commuting Autonomous tech is connected with traffic system and could select the most efficient route.

Traffic lights are removed.

Charging station

More public space

More urban space for pedestrian due to the reduce of vehicle lane.

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Important Places

Final Suitability Map

Suitability Model

Station Public School Hotel Open Market

The suitability model shows the suitable area by elevation based on the density of suitable dots. The higher the elevation, the more suitable the area.

Airport Dropoff

Population Density

SUITABILITY ANALYSIS

Important Elements

Crossing

Least Suitable

Tsunami Zone

Bus Accident Count

Land Use

Major Streets

Most Suitable

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Coordinate System Projection for all GIS maps: NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Hawaii_3_FIPS_5103_Feet

Major Streets Secondary Streets Other Streets

Suitability Hotspots Other Park Industrial Residential Commercial

Based on the density of suitability dots

<2 2-5 >5

Secondary Crossing

Least Suitable

Airport Dropoff

Most Suitable Evacuation Zone Extreme Tsunami Evacuation Zone

Coordinate System Projection for all GIS maps: NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Hawaii_3_FIPS_5103_Feet

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SITE I: AIRPORT DROPOFF/PICKUP

SITE II: SECONDARY CROSSING Ala Napunani Street

DESIGN CONCEPT: Archipelago Creating a pedestrian dominated space

SITE CONTEXT

Break Road Structure

Current Linear Circulation

Circulation

Land Use

Connect with Island

Commercial

Residential

Public Facilities

Public School

Secondary

Major Circulation

Tertiary

DESIGN CONCEPT: Adaptive Transit System

New Streamline Circulation

The smart paving is connected to autonomous vehicles.

Re-purposed Parking Building

Camera

Airport Ternimal 0 10 20

50ft

Force Sensor

Led Panel

DESIGN DETAIL

Credit to Xintong Tan

Re-purposed Parking Building

Green Space Strategy Sitting Sitting Pedestiran Pedestiran Island Island Pedestrian Island

Sitting

Green Space Green Space Green Space

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Sunlight Strategy

Anti-slip Glass Island

Anti-slip Glass Island Anti-slip Glass

Provide Sunlight for Floor1

Provide Sunlight for Floor1

Floor 2

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Traffic System

SMART CONNECTION

Floor 2 2 Floor

Major Street

Adaptive Transit System

Rush Hour

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Floor 2

Floor 2 Floor 2

Floor 1

Floor 1 1 Floor

AVs System

Public Transist

Secondary Street Activities

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ADAPTIVE TRANSIT SYSTEM

Shared Used

Residential Street No Car Lane

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ADAPTIVE TRANSIT SYSTEM Prototype A: Public Transportation Dominated

Vehicular Dominated

STREET BECOMES A PLAYGROUND 7am

The adaptive system provides interactive landscape for people to enjoy.

Green Space

Shared Used

Drop Off / Pickup PUBLIC TRANSIT

Pedestrian Dominated

Food Truck Food Pickup Line

Autonomous Bus Station School Drop Off

Public Transportation Lane

9am

Prototype B: Flexible Used Green Space

Movable Sitting

12pm

Outdoor Eating

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

Food Truck

Drive Through Food Line

Autonomous Bus Station

10pm

11pm

12am

9pm

1am

2am 3am

8pm

3pm

4am

7pm

Outdoor Eating

Prototype C: Pedestrian Dominated

Exhibition

5am

6pm

6am

5pm

6pm

7am

4pm

8am 3pm

Detecting Technology

9am 2pm

No-lane Zone Drop Off / Pickup

Event Space

7pm

Car-free Zone

Pop-up Food Truck

Planter + Movable Sitting

Charging Station

Performance

Autonomous Bus Station

Officers

10am 1pm 12pm 11am

Business Owners

Students

Seniors

Kids

Smart Crosswalk

Drop Off / Pickup

0 10 20

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11pm

Farmers Market

Art Festival 54

06 No Trash, All Treasure A New Waste Collection and Recycling Infrastructure Time: Columbia GSAPP Studio II Location: Kingston, NY Group Members: Lonas Chiu, Yuqi Tian, Xindi Wang Studio Advisors: Kaja Kühl, Lee Altman, Anna Dietzsch, Shachi Pandey, Thaddeus Pawlowski

More than ever, Zero Waste needs to be achieved if we want to reduce the overwhelming volume of greenhouse gas emissions produced by solid waste. As a way to promote waste reduction, this project envisions a system that is based on everyone’s contribution to increase the awareness of material resources and reduce municipal solid waste carbon emissions. This project introduces a new type of waste collection infrastructure and broadens the existing recycling programs. With a focus on reuse, repair, and resource recovery education, the design is not only applicable in Kingston but also duplicable throughout the region by implementing community-engaged collection nodes and a municipal central hub.

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CONCEPT: DECENTRALIZATION OF WASTE COLLECTION

Recycling center and community nodes work together to promote community engagement.

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COMMUNITY NODES

Curbside drop-off for daily residential wastes.

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Using recycled materials for site furnitures.

FLEA MARKET

SECOND-HAND MARKET

FLEXIBILITY: WEEKEND EVENTS

EDUCATION PAVILION

RECYCLING CENTER AS ACTIVITY HUB

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SHARED BIKELANE

RECYCLING NODE

FLEXIBILITY: REGULAR WEEKDAYS

DROP-OFF

RECYCLING CENTER AS COMMUNITY PARK

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07 A Day in the Life of A Food Vendor Video Animation for Economic Corridor Design Providing street infrastructure for street vendors to better achieve social equity. https://vimeo.com/503938450

207th St

Isham St

Group Members: Dhania Yasmin, Luchen Liu, Ishita Ghosh

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Fixed Business Local Business Informal Business

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Street Car Business Street Car Washing Car Repair

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Activity Plaza

Informal Business

Language Education Street Artist Business Outdoor Dining Movie Theater

Street Business Kids Playground

8AM: Informal Business

Providing rush hour breakfast near subway entrance.

10AM: Education Workshop

Learning language and business skills at activity plaza.

3 PM

FIND POT H O TS

Smart-Tech Connection

Using the Hotspot App to find the next street business location.

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3PM: Car Washing Area

Providing snacks for car washing vendor colleagues.

8PM: Activity Plaza

Selling street snacks at night market.

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08 Music Visualization Python Programming

Rondo Alla Turca “Marche Turque” Rhythm: Cheerful

Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement Rhythm: Gentle and Calm

INTRODUCTION

WORK FLOW

CODING

This project is aimed at using python programming to

Step 1 [Music Score]

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs import math

visualize the beauty of classical music and attract people to learn more about music. The concept was inspired by the classical musical atmosphere during my studying abroad in Germany. By transforming music into various form, the audience could visualize how the music sounds like. This project uses programming to create shapes based on music rhythm. The same code generates various shapes with different music scroes. Thus, even the audience without a music background could understand the music styles among music and composers.

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Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement Rhythm: Powerful and Stormy

Exporting the electrical music sheet into musicxml file.

Step 2 [Excel]

Converting musicxml to xml, cleaning the data in Excel, and exporting it to csv file.

Step 3 [Python for Rhino]

Importing data into Python for Rhino, and visualizing the music by programming. · Circle Location: (default_x/Staff, default_y/Staff) · Circle Distance from the center: Step · Rotation Angle: Octave · Circle Size: Duration · Color: Location · Color Transparency: Note Type

filename = rs.OpenFileName(“open csv file”, “*.csv|”, None, None, None) file = open(filename, ‘r’) lines = file.readlines() file.close() def cart2pol(x,y): r = math.sqrt(x**2 + y**2) theta = math.atan2(y,x) return(r, theta) del lines[0] pointR = [] pointTheta = [] pointDuration = [] notetype_list= [] for line in lines: #get rid of \n in the list line = line.strip() #split each line by commas noteinfo = line.split(‘,’) step = float(noteinfo[0]) octave = float(noteinfo[1]) duration = float(noteinfo[2]) notetype_data = float(noteinfo[5]) staff = float(noteinfo[6])

x = (float(noteinfo[7]))/staff y = (float(noteinfo[8]))/staff r = cart2pol(x,y)[0] pointR.append(r) theta = cart2pol(x,y)[1] pointTheta.append(theta) pointDuration.append(duration/8) notetype_list.append(notetype_data)

rs.DeleteObjects(notecircle) material=rs.

AddMaterialToObject(noteCircleSurface) i = i+1 a = 196/(len(zipped))

if noteType <= 0.0625: rs.MaterialColor(material, (r-a*i,g,b+a*i,0.4)) zipped = zip(pointR, rs.MaterialTransparency(material, pointTheta,pointDuration,notetype_list) 0.4) elif noteType == 0.125: r=255 rs.MaterialColor(material, g=0 (r-a*i,g,b+a*i,0.5)) b=0 rs.MaterialTransparency(material, i=0 0.5) for i in range(0,len(zipped)): elif noteType == 0.25: deltaPhi = math.radians(360/ rs.MaterialColor(material, len(zipped)) (r-a*i,g,b+a*i,0.7)) radius = zipped[i][0] rs.MaterialTransparency(material, theta = zipped[i][1] 0.7) circleradius = zipped[i][2] elif noteType == 0.5: rs.MaterialColor(material,(rnoteType = zipped[i][3] a*i,g,b+a*i,0.8)) phi= i*deltaPhi rs.MaterialTransparency(material, 0.8) x=radius*math.sin(theta)*math.cos(phi) else: y=radius*math.sin(theta)*math.sin(phi) rs.MaterialColor(material,(ra*i,g,b+a*i,0.9)) notecircle = rs.AddCircle((x,y,0), rs.MaterialTransparency(material, circleradius*2.5) 0.9) noteCircleSurface = rs.AddPlanarSrf(notecircle)

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09 The Puzzle Garden

Planting Design + Construction Drawings

psu

Platanus x acerifolia

3.5" Caliper Hole Root Ball

QTY KEY

Tree

Tree

CA Shrub

2'

2.5" thick Concrete Paver

2" thick Tree Grate

4" thick Sand Setting Bed

4" thick Aggregate Subbase Geo Txtile Fabric Engineered Soils

4" thick Aggregate Subbase

Plastic Cells

Compacted Subgrade

Root Ball

3

1/4" = 1'-0"

Cercis canadensis Cercis canadensis 1

20' hgt,B&B 4" Cal Eastern redbud Eastern redbud20' hgt, 4" Cal

SIZE CONDITIONCONDITION REMARKS REMARKS multi-stem; pre-selected

by LA

by LA B&B multi-stem; pre-selected

Shrub 7 CS

Flowering quince 8' hgt Chaenomeles Chaenomeles speciosa speciosa Flowering quince 7

8' hgt #15

CSe

6 CSe

Red twig dogwood 6' hgt Cornus 6 sericea Cornus 'Cardinal' sericea 'Cardinal' Red twig dogwood

6' hgt #15

1 HV

Hamamelis virginiana Hamamelis virginiana 1

hgt, 3" Cal 15' hgt,B&B 3" Cal Common witch Common hazel witch 15' hazel

multi-stem; pre-selected

by LA

by LA B&B multi-stem; pre-selected

IG

5 IG

Ilex glabra 'Shamrock' Ilex glabra 'Shamrock' 5

Inkberry

#5

AC

91AC

Inkberry

4' hgt

4' hgt #5

#15 8' OC

8' OC

#15 7' OC

7' OC

Achillea 91 'Coronation Achillea Gold' 'Coronation Gold'Yarrow

Yarrow

4' OC

4' OC

#1

#1 24" OC

24" OC

AD

133 AD

Aster 133 divaricatus Aster divaricatus

White wood White aster wood aster

#SP5

#SP518" OC

18" OC

BA

178 BA

Baptisia australis Baptisia australis 178

Blue false indigo Blue false indigo

#1

#1 18" OC

18" OC

DE

169 DE

Dicentra 169 eximia Dicentra eximia

Cutleaf bleeding Cutleaf heart bleeding heart

#SP4

#SP418" OC

18" OC 18" OC

GM

220 GM

Geranium 220 maculatum Geranium maculatum

Wild geranium Wild geranium

#SP3

#SP318" OC

HH

232 HH

Heliopsis helianthoides Heliopsis helianthoides 232

Oxeye sunflower Oxeye sunflower

#1

#1 18" OC

HT

508 HT

Hepatica transsilvanica Hepatica transsilvanica 508

Hepatica

#SP3

#SP38" OC

8" OC

LS

24LS

White gay feather White gay feather Liatris spicata Liatris spicata 'Floristan White' 'Floristan White' 24

#1

#1 18" OC

18" OC

PD

66PD

Penstemon digitalis Penstemon digitalis 66

BeardtongueBeardtongue

#SP4

#SP418" OC

18" OC

Black eyed susan Black eyed susan

#SP312" OC

12" OC

Hepatica

5 RH

Rudbeckia hirta 5 Rudbeckia hirta

VN

34VN

Vernonia 34 noveboracensis Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed New York ironweed

#SP4

#SP420" OC

20" OC

VV

30VV

Veronicastrum Veronicastrum virginicum virginicum Culver's rootCulver's root 30

#1

#SP3

#1 30" OC

30" OC

Grass

SH

68SH

Sporobolus heterolepis Sporobolus heterolepis 68

Prairie dropseed Prairie dropseed

#1

#1 24" OC

24" OC

ST

71ST

Stipa Stipa tenuissima 71 tenuissima

Mexican feathergrass Mexican feathergrass

#1

#1 20" OC

20" OC

N.T.S

Tree Plants Notes: 4 See L01

2

PLANTING PLANTING SCHEDULE SCHEDULE 2

Tree (Platanus x acerifolia) 6' CLR.

1" thick Tree Grate

Tree Trunk 2.5" thick Concrete Paver

2' typ.

1'-6"

1'

4" thick Sand Setting Bed

1" thick Aluminum L-Angle Edge with Mill Finish

2.5" thick Concrete Paver

Geo Txtile Fabric 2" thick Tree TreeGrate Anchor

4" thick Sand Setting Bed

4" thick Aggregate Subbase

Root Ball

4" thick Aggregate Subbase

Root BallSoil Detail: Section, typ.

Engineered

Platanus × acerifolia

Ideal Soil Volume per tree Actual Soil Volume per tree

Scale: 3/4" = 1'-0"

4

4

12

12'

12'

723 ft3

723 ft3

1662 ft3

1319 ft3

Soil Volume Calculation

DATE: 03/13/18 DRAWN BY: Wenjuan Li

L-02

6' CLR.

4" thick Sand Setting Bed Geo Txtile Fabric

Upper Plaza

4" thick Aggregate Subbase

Engineered Soil Cell

Plastic Soil Cell

Tree

Platanus × acerifolia

Platanus × acerifolia

Tree QTY

Engineered Soils

Tree Canopy Radius

Compacted Subgrade Mound

Ideal Soil Volume per tree Actual Soil Volume per tree

Compacted Subgrade

Scale: 3/4" = 1'-0"

4

Lower Plaza

Soil Strategy

Soil Volume Calculation

4

12

12'

12'

723 ft3

723 ft3

1662 ft3

1319 ft3

LARCH 335

2.5" thick Concrete Paver

TREE PLAZA

1" thick Aluminum L-Angle Edge with Mill Finish

STATE COLLEGE, PA

6'

3

1" thick Tree Grate

1'

DATE: 03/13/18

BA

Baptisia australis Baptisia australis BA

DE

Dicentra eximia Dicentra eximia DE

GM

Geranium GM Geranium maculatum maculatum

HH

Heliopsis Heliopsis helianthoides helianthoides HH

HT

Hepatica transsilvanica Hepatica transsilvanica HT

LS

Liatris spicata Liatris spicata 'Floristan 'Floristan White' White' LS

PD

Penstemon Penstemon digitalis digitalis PD

RH

Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia hirta RH

VN

Vernonia Vernonia noveboracensis noveboracensis VN

SH

Sporobolus Sporobolus heterolepis heterolepis SH

ST

Stipa Stipa tenuissima ST tenuissima

LEGENDLEGEND 3

DATE: 02/11/18 DATE: 02/11/18

DRAWN BY: Wenjuan Li JOB NUMBER:

DRAWN BY:DRAWN Wenjuan BY:LiWenjuan Li

L-02

JOB NUMBER: JOB NUMBER:

1

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Aster Aster divaricatus AD divaricatus

N.T.S

Tree Plants Notes: 4 See L01

1'-6"

AD

JOB NUMBER:

Compacted Subgrade

Plastic Soil Cell Detail

Achillea AC 'Coronation Achillea 'Coronation Gold' Gold'

MIXEDLARCH PLANTING 335 BED STATE COLLEGE, PA

3

1/4" = 1'-0"

Plastic Soil Cell

Platanus × acerifolia

Tree Canopy Radius

Soils

Compacted Subgrade Mound

Engineered Soil Cell

Tree Tree QTY

Compacted Subgrade Mound

Lower Plaza

Soil Strategy

AC

LARCH 335

2

Upper Plaza

Compacted Subgrade

Plastic Cells

Compacted Subgrade

Geo Txtile Fabric

4" thick Aggregate Subbase

Engineered Soils

Geo Txtile Fabric

Engineered Soils

WENJUAN LI

2.5" thick Concrete Paver

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

4" thick Sand Setting Bed 3.5" Caliper

STATE COLLEGE, PA

6'

Root Ball

LEGEND LEGEND NAME NAME KEY SCIENTIFIC KEY SCIENTIFIC

psu LARCH 335

Platanus x acerifolia

Set Tree Plumb

3.5" Caliper Hole

TREE PLAZA

1" Tree Grate

psu psu

18" OC

RH

Grass Compacted Subgrade

Plastic Soil Cell Detail

COMMON NAME COMMON NAME SIZE

HerbaceousHerbaceous Perennial Perennial

Soils

Compacted Subgrade Mound

Engineered Soil Detail: 3D Extruded Axonometric

WENJUAN LI

3.5" Caliper Geo Txtile Fabric

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

4" thick Sand Setting Bed

1 CA

QTY SCIENTIFIC SCIENTIFIC NAME NAME

HV

CS

2.5" thick Concrete Paver

2'

1

KEY

WENJUAN LI PENN STATE UNIVERSITY WENJUAN LI

1" Tree Grate

MIXED MIXED PLANTING PLANTING BED PLAN BED PLAN 1

Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0" Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"

L-01 L-01 68

LEGEND:

RETAINING WALL

1104

+

BC 1108.17 CC 1108.19

+

+

+

12 11

1111

0% 2.0

TC 1111.11 BC 1110.51

2.00

%

TC 1110.17

TC 1110.23 BC 1109.73

+BC 1109.67 + TC 1110.78

BC 1110.28

TC 1110.10 + BC 1109.60

1110.25 1110

+

1110

+

2.00

+

+ 1110.25

1109.60

+

2.0

8%

+ RDI 1109.48 + CC 1109.49

+

+ RDI 1109.50

1109

+

1109.55 CC 1109.49

+

+ CC 1109.60

+

+

+ 1109.60 +

+

+

+

+

+

2.00%

TS 1104.74 BS 1104.24

+

1109

+ ++

+ 1104.61

TS 1101.24 BS 1100.74

+

BW 1100.28

STAIRS

2.00%

+ 1100.52

TS 1101.51 BS 1100.61 8R@0.5each 9T@1.0each

HPS

HIGH POINT SWALE

LPS

LOW POINT SWALE

FFE

FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION

TW

TOP WALL

BW

BOTTOM WALL

TC

TOP CURB

BC

BOTTOM CURB DRAIN INLET RAISED DROP INLET TOP STAIRS BOTTOM STAIRS

DI

1100.55

+

1109

TS + 1100.55 + 1100.53

+

+ 1100.53

BS

SCALE: 1" = 20' - 0" 0

10

PLAZA

2.0

0%

RETAINING WALL

+ TW 1103.90

CC

SPOT ELEVATION CURB CUT

RDI

CC 1108.07

+

TW 1101.50

+ BW 1100.08

09

11

+ RDI 1107.80

1109

+

TS 1100.85 BS 1100.35

+

+

1109.20

1108

TW 1103.90 BW 1100.35

1109.97

1109.71

% 2.00

+

TC 1109.42 BC 1108.92

1

2

++

1109.38

TFFE=1111.00 LFFE=1101.00

% 2.00

+

+

LP 1108.30

110

110

1103 +

1110

GREEN SPACE

+ CC 1108.93 + RDI 1108.90

+

LP 1108.85 2.00% +

+

+1109.24 +1109.02

+

09

1109.83

SIDEWALK

1108.70

+

11

TS 1105.38 BS 1104.88

1109.67

+

CC 1109.24

11 04

8 %

+

HPS 1109.30

9R@ 0.5each 10T@1.0each TS 1105.25 BS 1104.75

TS 1104.85 BS 1104.35 TW 1106.90 BW 1103.35

+ 1109.30

LP 1108.50

+ +

09

+

DROP OFF

1109

11

+

1108.70

1109

LP 1108.10

ADA RAMP

CC 1109.04 +

+

1108.95

DI 1109.10 1109.11 +

% CC 1109.54

1110

BC 1109.63

TC 1111.33 BC 1110.83

+ + 1110.83

1110

LP 1108.85

1111

2

+1110.25

1109

+

1112

+

%

0 .0

+

+

+ TC 1110.13 + CC 1109.60

CC 1109.23 3R@1.5each 4T@3.0each

1109

TC 1109.41 BC 1108.91

TC 1109.58 BC 1109.08

+

TS 1105.40 BS 1104.90

2.00%

+

CC 1111.32

+

RDI 1109.20

TC 1109.58 BC 1109.08

TC 1110.75 BC 1110.25

+ 1108.70 +

1109

TW 1106.90 BW 1106.40

5%

21.0

1109.30

+ +

+

+ RDI 1108.52 11 + LP 1107.80 08

00

5% 2.2

TC 1110.50

+ BC 1111.00

+ 1108.70

CC 1108.62

09

1113

TC 1109.62 BC 1109.12

+

+

+ 1108.93

11

1111

+

HPS 1112.70

CC 1108.83 + DI 1108.82 +

11

%

2.00

%

+

+

TW 1109.90 BW 1106.40

LP 1107.80

BC 1108.32

+ BC 1108.64 + 1108.93

DRAIN INLET

TW 1109.90 BW 1109.22

2.00%

+

+

LP 1110.50

10

1111.70

1111

+

11

+

11

11

+ 1111.70 1111.70

09

11

LP 1108.05

00

+ TC 1108.82

TC 1109.14

+

BC 1110.17

LPS + 1100.50

TS 1109.40 BS 1108.90

2.

+ TC 1110.67

2.75%

19.84%

%

4 19.8

TC 1108.85 BC 1108.35

+

+

RUNNEL FLOW SPLITTER

+

1101.50

2.08 %

08

+

1108

+ LP 1107.10

11

%

2.00

+

05

11

04

11

03

11

9%

02

11

01

11

00

11

98

+ 1107.30

+ 1107.30

+ 1107.30

11

10

+ LP 1105.80

+ + RDI 1107.03 + LP 1105.80

.3

06

99

2.00%

2.85%

1106

14

07

11 CC 1107.06

1107

+1107.30

LPS 1105.10

11

10

08

1108

TW 1101.50 BW 1097.98

LARCH 336

%

2.00

+ LP 1107.10

CC 1108.07 +

20

40

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

+

1108.50

2.

+ 1108.70

LP 1108.50

CC 1109.03

LP 1109.90

TC 1108.24 + BC 1107.74

TC 1109.32 BC 1108.82

+

+

+

11

EXISTING VEGETATION +

08

11 09

+ 1109.63

RIDGE LINE

+

1107.68

TC 1108.18 + BC 1107.68

+

+

1110

BC 1110.45

.50

11

11 09

LP 1108.50

2.

+ TC 1110.95

06

CC 1107.39 + DI 1107.38 +

2.

CC 1109.11

+

11

TC 1109.43 + BC 1108.93

+

% 00

+

+ LP

1105

.10

% 00

EXISTING 1' CONTOUR

1107.68 + 110 7

TC 1109.54 BC 1109.04

BC 1109.52

CC 1110.21 +

+ 1107.58 +1107.58

CC 1107.56

08 11

LP

+

+ TC 1110.02

1111

+

+

08

2.73%

TC 1109.26 BC 1108.76

+ 1109.50

TC 1109.74 BC 1109.24

1109.80

+

PROPOSED 1' CONTOUR

6

09

SWALE CENTER LINE

+ 1107.60

LP 1106.50

110

11

+

+

7

+

11

5.03%

09 11 +

TC 1110.06 + BC 1109.56

110

TC 1109.29 BC 1108.79

+

CC 1109.07 +

1110

+

1107.68

CC 1107.67

+

ROAD, PARKING LOT

+ 1107.70

+

BC 1108.90

1109

7

LP 1106.50

+ TC 1109.40

1108

STAIRS, PLAZA, RAMP

110

1107.79

CC 1107.78

110

1107

+

+

+ TC 1108.67

N 80

STATE COLLEGE, PA

+

LP 1107.50

TC 1108.75 + BC 1108.25

1107

LP 1107.02

1107

+

TC 1108.37 BC 1107.87

1107.80

2.00%

13.0

1106

+

+

CSL EDUCATION CENTER

+

+

1108

PROPERTY LINE

1106

1107.80

0%

1105

1112

BUILDING OUTLINE

1105

FINAL PROJECT

10 Stormwater Management

STROMWATER & GRADING DATE: 12/01/18

SHEET: 1/2

FILE NAME:

STUDENT CODE:

116_FinalGradingPlan.pdf

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