Landscape Architecture Portfolio---yawen

YAWEN DENG LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Yawen Deng Email: yawendeng97@gmail.com

Phone: +1 (229) 778 1712

EDUCATION 2015-Present

College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

WORKING EXPERIENCE Intership May - July 2018

CSWADI (China Southwest Architectural Design and Reserch Institute) • • •

Chengdu, China

Data Researching and Analysing Site and Program Reserching Photo Editing and Graphic Design

May - August 2019

Tongji Architectural Design Group, Chengdu Branch • • •

Site analysing and designing Model Buidling and Rendering Design Devloping and Formatting

SKILLS Proficient • • • • • • •

AutoCAD Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign SketchUp Microsoft Office Hand graphics

Working Knowledge • • • •

Lumion ArcGIS Laser cutting Rhino

LANGUAGE/INTERESTS Proficient in • •

English Chinese

Interested in • •

Photography Sketching

I have had a strong interest in nature since my childhood. My family loves to spend time adventuring in the mountains and woods. Through my studies and design experiences in this field, I have found greater interest and passion in designing.

Landscape architecture excites me because it provides the opportunity to create a space for people, where functional and aesthetic value within the design helps improve the sustainability and public health. My passion is to create public places that promote social engagement and ignite communities, and help people live life harmoniously with nature. This is the goal I wish to challenge and achieve in my career.

Arts and photography have influenced me to be creative and empathetic. They inspired my life and way of thinking. This also applies to landscape design. I look forward to creating meaningful places and better environments for people to live in.

CONTENTS

01

YUNFENG FEATURED SCENERY TOWN

06-11

02

JINSHAN HOSPITAL LANDSCAPE REDESIGN

12-17

03

THE NORTH OCONEE RIVER GREENWAY ---RIVERSIDE PARK

18-21

04

SOUTH CAMPUS BROOKS MALL REDESIGN

22-25

01

YUNFENG FEATURED SCENERY TOWN LOCATION: YUNFENG, GUIZHOU, CHINA The project site locates in the An’shun city of Guizhou province, China. Guizhou is known for its natural landscape and historical spots. And An’shun as a tourism city, connects almost every other scenic spots within the province. Which means rest area development by the highway is essential to the tourism improvement, as the population of road trip increased. The goal is to create a destination for tourists with parking, gas station, convienent stores, more than that, including hotel, restaurants and business for tourist to stay.

Mountains

Villages

Farmlands

DETAILED DESIGN Multiple groups of minority live in this province, bringing different local culture and regional culture together. An’shun as the concentration area of Karst landform, formed its struction of mountains, villages and farmland. The historical humanistic culture gives the local architecture historical and aesthetic values. While designing the servise area, combine the local cultures and existing landforms would be intriguing.

The goal of this design is to enhance the local encomy by taking the advantage of the scenatic landscape and historic culture of the local area. Bringing visitors from road trip and travelling to stay in the YunFeng scenery town. The town also provide local people employment opportunities, like restaurants for local food, and souvenir store for local specialty.

DETAILED SKETCHES The aerial view shows more detailed plan for the town, like resort and parking area. Along with the highway in the center, there are shopping areas for visitors to shop for local souvenier and restaurants for people to relax and enjoy authentica local food. The resort area is available for road trip visitors to stay, they can park in the assigned area, and then choose either staying in the camping area or in the hotel. The two rendered perspective view show the local shoppers including restaurants, entaintament shops and local cultural souvenier store.v

02

JINSHAN HOSPITAL LANDSCAPE REDESIGN LOCATION: SHANGHAI, CHINA The project site locates in the Jinshan district of Shanghai, China. It is a general hospital. There are six gates for pedestriant and vihcles use, where transportation is friendly and convienient. There is a river come cross the hospital, creating a relaxing and enjoyable view. This redesign project mainly focused on the planting design, arrangment of the parking lots and some specific design, like the corridor by the river and sunken garden. The site’s previous design is disordered and did not take the advantge of the landform to create a better place for doctors and patients.

LOCATION MAP

SITE

DETAILED DESIGN

Sunken Courtyard A small garden on the lower level ground serving as relaxing and siting area.

Corridor by the river The river crossing the hospital creats a relaxing and enjoyable view. A covered cooridor provide sitting and walking avaibility helps improve the landscape in the hospital as well as the spirit of patients and their families.

Rotary Island

Mountain sculpture in the roundabout is to demonstrate the meaning of Jinshan, golden mountain.

03

THE NORTH OCONEE RIVER GREENWAY

---Riverside Park

LOCATION: ATHENS, GEORGIA The site locates on the outskirts of downtown Athens which bordering the North Oconee River. The site connects current North Oconee Greenway trail, Firefly Trial. It is a mix-use area including apartment building, small town houses and a resturant existing on site. The site is enclosed by North Oconee River and Wikerson Street that provides both pedestrians and vehicles access.

ATHENS CLARKE COUNTY

GEORGIA NORTH OCONEE RIVER GREENWAY

DETAILED DESIGN Parking Pergola

Side walk

Bicycle side path Seatings under canopy Path over water

NORTH

Skateboard Field

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Basketball Field

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RI Main Walkway

Runway

The mission of the North Oconee River Park is a greenway that providing recreational spaces within the urban environment.

With the left side of Wikerson St, and right side bordering with Oconee River, the riverside greenway is a space provides numerous events and outside activities. It provides pedestrians walkway and aling the side is the bicyle path. Communities have access to the runway for jogging and basketball field for fun. Skateboard field can concregete students and kids together. The site also provide passive recreations through pavilion, open green spaces, and riverfront seatings. Paths for running and bicycling. People can enjoy the river view along the runway, and relax under the canopy along the river side.

Driveway & Parking

Riverfront seating benches

04

SOUTH CAMPUS BROOKS MALL EXTENSION REDESIGN LOCATION: UNIVERISITY OF GEORGIA

The site locates at the south campus of University of Georgia. From the site inventory, we found the exiting problems includes pedestrian and vehicles coming into conflicts, very few congregation places and water drainage issues. Which demonstrate our goals for the design are provide easy access for pedestrian and vehicles, more green spaces for people gathering and relaxing, also use grading to resolve the drainage problem.

This redesign project hinges on the concept of edaphic manipulation, which refers to the manipulation of soil and earth in reference to agricultural practice. The project focus on turning the pavement back over to the people and drawing its visitors into the center of the site in order to address both the circulation problems as well as the lack of aesthetics on site. By doing so, to create a space that can become a congregational space for students and a highlight of the historic campus.

DETAILED DESIGN

CONNOR HALL GREEN SPACE TERRACING

CENTER QUAD AND NATURE WALK The Connar hall area is the highest point on site. We want to use radiated terrace to spread out, and create the congregational space. Based from our concept, we want to emphasis the man made versus nature. The circle represents the nature aspect, and linear and rectilinear represent man made. By using those design elements, to create a space that students can enjoy and relax.