01 COHABITATION WITH MONARCH BUTTERFLY

[ATMOSPHERE,COHABITATION,HABITAT RESTORATION]

TYPE : INDIVIDUAL WORK

LOCATION: COASTAL CALIFORNIA, VENTURA,CA

TIME : 2022 SPRING | PROF. AROUSSIAK GABRIELIAN

This studio's scale moves from the global scale into the territorial dimension and site scale and tackles existential threats of monarch butterflies caused by climate volatility. Looking into the global movement of airborne insects and territory conflicts between humans. Then overlapped monarch overwinter sites and migration paths with environmental risks. Working across scales, generating both site-specific strategies and replicable principles that can be deployed in multiple contexts. With knowledge of aerodynamics, this project worked on the material, the surface roughness, and the color palette to create air shaft elevators to aid monarch migration and find an innovative to cohabitate with humans.

Tracking the movement of airborne insects in the global region, whether by will or external factors such as wildfires or global warming, or human activities such as fast growing cities and intensive agricultural activities, these human footprints covered 70% of the land surface and have dramatically altered our planet's land.

Where can they move if their main home is no longer suitable for them? Explore the city or compete for the last wild space with human, as shown on the map. My ultimate goal is to work out how to share space more responsibly with them when our living spaces are overlaping.

Habitat Needs of Monarch Butterfly

Overwinter Habitat needs // Plant Preference // Life Circle // Migration

Migration of Monarch Butterfly in Coastal California Pollutats // Climate Impact Factors // Habitat Loss

Surface Dynamics Seen Through the Lens of a Monarch Butterfly MATERIAL// SURFACE ROUGHNESS// COLOR

Reconfiguration of Monarch Butterfly Habitat Overwinter Habitat needs // Plant Preference // Life Circle // Migration

Monarch Habitat Patches & Passage Restoration Framework Plan

Nectar corridors are a series of habitat patches containing plants that flower at the appropriate times during the spring and fall migrations. These patches provide stopping-off points for the migrating butterflies to refuel and continue their journey. The discontinuous patches of nectar sources are “corridors” that monarchs will follow, like stepping-stones across a stream to complete their migration.

Kintsugi - Golden repair strategy

02. RE-PURPOSING JINLING SHIPYARD

[INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE, REGENRATION OF OLD SHIPYARD, STORYTELLING]

TYPE : GROUP WORK

LOCATION: NANJING, JIANGSU, CHINA

TIME : 2017 SUMMER | PROF. DEGANG DUAN

This is a shipyard renovation project along the Yangtze River. The main focus would be on how to re-use industrial heritages and regenerate this shipyard. Focused on a certain group of people——retired old staff of this shipyard. New facilities will be installed to better serve them, old structures will be transformed to tell the story of this centennial shipyard, and wan educational and entertaining open space will open to the public by the river.

Population Demand Analysis

Site Analysis

Formal vs Informal Voices on The Ground

Master Plan

Riverbank Restoration Strategies

Viewing Platform

Riverbank boardwalk Riverbank Plant Deck

Set up viewing platforms by the riverside can be a great way to enjoy the natural beauty.

Multi-Functional Riverbank

Transform the industrial facilities ship unloading structure to make it a commemorative deck space.

Set up different activity space according to the new shoreline for fishing and other activities.

Planting along the riverbank can help stabilize the soil, reduce erosion, and improve the habitat for local wildlife.

Index:

Base area 33 h ㎡

Building area: 128462 ㎡

Building density: 23.77%

Plot ratio: 0.38

Greening rate: 15.62%

1 — River

2 — Coastal restoration

3 — Slow walk area 4 — Rainwater detention area 5 — Pedestrian area

— Walkway

03. SAFE LINE-

Emergency Evacuation Plan In Long Beach

[FLOODING, EMERGENCY SHELTER PARK SYSTEM]

TYPE : INDIVIDUAL WORK LOCATION: LONG BEACH, CA

TIME : 2021 FALL | PROF. JESSICA HENSON

Even well-maintained levees can fail or be breached by large floods. Levees mitigate risk, but they do not eliminate it. This project aimed to develop a community-based emergency evacuation plan in Long Beach. The design is to create a water-proof community through retention, resistance, and revival strategies. Developing microtopography to resist flooding in stages based on flood level and distance from river bank. Activate commonly used locations as emergency shelters and evacuation routes to connect different levels of centers and to connect with a larger area regional evacuation route.