PORTFOLIO OF YIDING HAN
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Selected Work 2018-2025
Professional Works 01
StudioOutside, Dallas, TX
Surface Deisgn Inc. San Fransisco, CA
ReedHilderbrand, Cambridge, MA
Lab D+H, Shanghai China
Selected Works from2021-2024
Type: Design+Construction
This section documents projects of my career practice at different companies. It contains projects of multiple types and scales, historic district, post-industrial park, campus landscapes, and resorts. These projects document my career development and my understanding of the profession practice.
As an entry level designer, I can be proficient in a variety of skills and efficient communication to help the manager to complete the tasks in all phases.
I primarily used Rhino, Lumion, AutoCAD, LandF/X, Revit, Adobe, ArcGIS, and other software as needed.
Caesar
Resort CD Drawing
Sheets set documenting, details, grading design, and material/furniture selection
Planting sheets on pocket parks, use LandF/X to document massive of planting infomation
Garden curb detail
Retaining wall and planting detail
Pocket park enlargement plan with grading, material/furniture, and planting information
Villa typical wall details
Power Revival, Huazhong Power Plant Landscape Design, Shenzhen
Concept design, Model making, Rendering
Rendering views
Actual view of completion
South Dallas has suffered from decades of disinvestment, largely due to redlining and policies that denied the community access to capital. The construction of major highways further isolated the area from downtown, deepening economic stagnation. As businesses closed and residents left, vacant lots and abandoned buildings became common, leading to urban decay and rising crime. This cycle discouraged new investment and worsened the area’s decline. Despite these challenges, South Dallas residents remain resilient, advocating for revitalization and seeking to unlock the area’s potential.
Forest Theater, South Dallas
Collage of community streetlife
Forest Theater Renaissance
FOREST THEATER: A Reflection of South Dallas’s Rise, Decline, and Hope for Renewal
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: Serve As Catalyst for Redevelopment
The Forest Theater will be positioned as the pionior that drives broader redevelopment efforts across South Dallas. By transforming the theater into a community and cultural hub, it will become an anchor for investment in the surrounding neighborhoods, demonstrating the potential for revitalization.
Connecting Ecologies
Albrook as a Transformative Engine
Urban Planing, Panama City, Panama LARP 704
2024.2-2024.5
Weitzman School of Design, UPenn Instructor: David Gouverneur Group Project
Albrook, a former U.S. military airbase, now serves regional flights and connects Panama City with the Panama Canal and key ecological corridors. This proposal integrates ecology, economy, and community engagement to reconnect urban spaces sustainably.
Key strategies include restoring ecological links between Metropolitan Park and Cerro Ancón, improving water management, and mitigating flooding. Real estate development stimulates economic growth while funding green spaces.
Community-driven programs foster social engagement and smooth urban-ecological transitions. A transportation hub enhances connectivity, supporting major city events. This vision transforms Albrook into a sustainable, vibrant, and inclusive urban core for Panama City.
Studio collaborative sketch
GONDOLA PLAZA: Transportation-oriented multicultural center
Mobility center connects the university city and the ecological corridor
ECOLOGICAL CONNECTION: Deal with Massive Flooding Issue and Create Ecological Culture Experience
Sustainable Strategy | Urban run-off capture and filtration
Ecological Connection | Public access and ecological education
Events | overflow space and safe access
Emergency
Paths&Pockets
Public Space Design in Eakins Ovals, Philadelphia LARP 701 2023.9-2023.12
Weitzman School of Design, UPenn Instructor: Christophor Macinkoski Group Project
Eakins Oval is a significant landmark in Philadelphia with a rich history. At the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, it serves as a prominent public space and has been a focal point of the city since its establishment.
Eakins Oval's future in Philadelphia encompasses adapting to transportation shifts and pioneering an accessible, engaging urban space. This historic site is poised to evolve as a community and cultural hub, enhancing its role in the city's core.
Our design has the following objectives. Levate the Pedestrian Experience. Exaggerate existing topography to enhance important sceneries. Diversify landscape types to create more variety of experiences.
Our design seeks to transform Eakins Oval into an accessible, place-specific and engaging public realm. This is where history meets modernity, where every path tells a story, and where every corner offers a new experience.
Physical Model
Section | Topography Change to Frame Important Sceneries
PLAYGROUND | Tranquil Woodland Play Space for All Ages
Playground Entrance
Regraded Lawn and Preserved London Plane
Exhibition Platform | Extention of the Museum of Art
Community Action for Urban Life
Group Project
Urban Design Strategy in Kingsessing, Philadelphia LARP 602 2023.2-2023.5
Weitzman School of Design, UPenn Instructor: Jae Shin
Development without displacement means a shared understanding and balanced ownership between different entities, and the built environment is the outcome of the negotiation.
This project focuses on how designers in real development process, can achieve a balanced and efficient use of funds to build catalyst areas through skillful negotiation and development strategies. These actions require the combined efforts of community members, government, and developers, and it is the role of the designer to help all of them achieve their goals through the design of physical spaces.
Catalyst areas developed first will stimulate the economic recovery of the community, provide a favorable living environment, and ultimately help the community acquire additional funds to build their community
Co-developed public spaces for all ages
SEPTARegionalLine
SchuylkillRiver
Bartram’s Garden
FreightRail
ChesterAve.
KingsessingAve.
GreenwayAve.
WoodlandAve.
Rrtail
Rrtail
Residence
RailwayAve.
S49th.St.
Weekday: Fast passby, Access to buildings, Lunch break
Weekend Evants: Weekend market, Children’s activities
SITE 3 SECTION: Elevation Change of the 49th Commercial Corridor
Holiday Event: Performance, Markets, Procession
SITE 3: 49th Commercial Corridor Model
Toward A Green Industry
Weitzman
The Piedmont region is home to many eastern united states tree species. But since European settlers set foot on the land, agriculture and industry have eroded the forests, particularly in Coatesville, Chester County, once the most developed steelproducing region in the United States, where industrialization led to urbanization but also caused deforestation. However, after the steel industry disappeared, the forest still did not return to the land.
Coatesville faces the dilemma of both urban transformation and forest restoration, and my vision is that can we bring new opportunities to the city with radical tree planting strategies as we consider the forestry could become a new green industry
A Radical Afforestation Program, Coatesville LARP 601 2022.9-2022.12
School of Design, UPenn Instructor: Ellen Neises
Independent Work
Study Model
Section2-2
Section3-3
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Formation of A Well-Developed Forest System and Plants Community
Natural Buffer Zone
Flooding Wall Control
Flooding Control Strategy by Using Buffer Forest
The Return of Production
Independent Work
Redefinition of Waterfront Industry, Philadelphia LARP 502 2022.1-2022.5
Weitzman School of Design, UPenn Instructor: Yadan Luo
Philadelphia has a long history with the Delaware River, and the city's development cannot be separated from the piers built on the banks of the Delaware River. But now, piers are no longer prosperous, and the riverfront that once brought glory to the city has now become broken and even hindered the development of the city.
Reviving Philadelphia's waterfront requires not only connecting the waterfront to the urban grid and creating more accessibility to the water, but also giving a new definition to an industrial legacy
In order to achieve this design goal, the site needs to be redefined. CPUL (continues Productive Urban Landscape) will bring activities back to the site again.
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PECO BUILDING 2. FIELD 3. GARDEN 4. LANDFORM
5. WATERFRONT PLAZA
AMPHITHEATER
NURSERY
PLAYGROUND
PLATFORM
10. FILTRATION WETLAND
11. GREAT LAWN
FISHPOND
KAYAKING AREA
VISITOR CENTER
PARKING LOT
MEADOW
WETLAND
Community Garden
Waterfront Plaza
Post & Punch 08
Precast Concrete Design and Fabrication Architecture Elective 2023.9-2023.11
Weitzman School of Design, UPenn
Familiarity with a variety of materials is crucial for architects and designers in transforming theoretical designs into tangible, functional spaces. This segment of my portfolio showcases the entire process of constructing precast concrete panels and explores various innovative technologies that transform design concepts into reality.
The casting process of a mockup for a concrete building curtain wall. By studying the material properties of concrete and its construction techniques, I conceived the form of the curtain wall and devised the casting process. The project involved designing construction drawings, on-site casting, and ultimately, I completed a 1:1 scale real-life design of a concrete curtain wall. This handson experience allowed me to apply theoretical knowledge to practical application, deepening my understanding of concrete as a material and its potential in architectural design, especially in facade construction.
Concstruction Process
