P O R T F O L I O O F Y I YA N G - Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate, 2020 -

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

Studio Projects

01

CONEY ISLAND

02

LAND BEYOND

03

P R E S E N T-T E N S E

Professional Internship

04

LU HU RESORT

Personal Skills

05

PROFESSIONAL DRAWINGS

06

EXTRACURRICULAR WORK

1 W H I C H .W AY Fall 2018 Studio Instructor: Jennifer Birkland Individual Work

Coney Island has a long history of being the entertainment escape from Manhattan. Once it was a landscape littered with paper facades scattered with lights. A sea of attractions, woven with history entertainment and wonder. This landscape has experienced a frequent renewal, fires clearing the environment and new dreams sprouting from the ashes. The pressures on Coney Island as a development capitol to Manhattan, with housing projects and exposure to the outer bay makes is susceptible to flooding during storms, but mostly from the creek side of the island which was filled in to connection with Brooklyn. This is about a new future for Coney Island.

Dynamic Ecology - City’s in Fog

Coney Island Overview

Site Location

Historical Amusement Park

Dissecting and anticipating flows and movements of fog is one of the approach to understand the current pysical conditions of Coney Island.

Space Interlacing In Delirious New York, Rem discusses the many developments and links from Manhattan to Coney Island which drive it’s success in becoming the respite of the city. “Coney Island is forced to mutate: it must turn itself into the total opposite of Nature, It has no choice but to counteract the artificiality of the new metropolis with its own Super·Natural.”

Private Institution Analysis

Testing Examples

Place-making Experiment - Interactive Model

Type 1 Chaotic Flow

Private Space Interaction Studio + Resiential + Public Green Space

This interactive model is to test possible spaces created by the “Whichway� plate, accompanied by different types of housing. Here presenting the combination of residential houses and small art studios.

Type 1 Green Space Oriented

Interactive Model - Diagonal View

Detail

Type 3 Directional Mode

Front

Studio Sharing Space

Type 4

Back

Residential Sharing Space

Private Space and COmunication

Site Location

Master Plan

Concept

Future Target

Artists

Community

Economy

The Whichway was one of the most popular programs in Steeplechase Park back in 1920s. The playfulness and unpreditability decide the landscape form making in site.

Turning Plate Typology

Studio Townhouse

Commercial Store

Small Garden

Section - South to North

Medium Park

Large Park

Apartment

Public Plaza

Section - West to East

Gallery Space The new art studios, as one of the most important element presented in the future Coney Island, are used to support Coney Island art development and also attract outcomer artist population. The area is dedicated to local art culture developement and tourism development. The dynamic of space turns the normal structure into a outdoor gallery.

In the future, sufficient green space will be provided to the communities. In addition, private space within residerntial area, studio area and commerical area will also accomondate different uses of people.

In public gallery mode, studios and residential houses could be turned into a huge ourdoor gallery. Utilized the directional function of the site to control and modefied the flows.

Land Connectivity

Artist Studio Commercial Space

Residential Townhouses

Local Community Event Mode and Farmers Market will be located right next to the engine of the island. The opportunity is given to local economic development.

Large public event could be held several times per year, which intents to bring in large revenues to the local business and proliferate tourism, and also create a diverse and vibrant community.

Space Interaction

When different types of space meet, various interaction of land were created by different direction and composition of the architecture. Since houses are the major sources of population, it is chosen as the major element to est the interaction between houses and commercial are and art studio.

The New Community In the future, the commnunity in Coney Island will transform itself from a lifeless cage to a welcoming place. With sufficient green space and private space in the community, the vigor is regenerated with improved safety.

2 LAND BEYOND Fall 2017 Competition Instructor: Conner O’Shea Group Work: Yi Yang, Wei Zeng, Xia Yang, Sijia Yang, Xinyuan Lu

This project by studying the ecological infrastructure in the landscape design practice, committed to combining temporal industrial sites, cultural and historical background and the potential ecological restoration ability, giving the site based on the dynamic relationship between the natural and industrial. Mine, farmland and forest together organically as a means of repair and productive landscape, giving impetus to the development of tourism, explore a new mode of industry and provide diversified activities experience for local residents and potential.

Personal Contribution: - Generated core idea of “productive landscpae”and “infrastructure as interface” - Gathered GIS Mapping information - 3D Modeling - Created analytical diagrams and sections

Population: 982,100 Area: 1701km2 City Population: 23,000 City Area: 54.68 km2

Wuhan

Ruichang Location

HUANGMEI

Jiujiang

Chang-

Nanchang

Local Economic Structure

Tanxiang Zhuzhou

City Area: 120 km2 City Population: 167,000 Area: 2780km2 Population: 1,070,000

YANGXIN Wanghu Lake Yangtse River Jiangzhou Shipyard City Area: 14km2 Chihu Lake Primary target market -- core tourist market

一级目标市场——核心客源市场

JM Machinery Plant

City Area: 120 km2 City Population: 167,000 Area: 2780km2

Area: 1427.23 km2 Population: 450,000 City Population: 130,000

Population: 1,070,000

SWOT Analysis

Major Tourist Resources Type: 100%

The Copper Mine Relic

Sub-Major Tourist Resources Type: Basic Tourist Resources Type:

Jiangjia Ancient Village 459 Machinery Plant Ruichang Lixin Garden

Legend

People’s Machinery Plant

Nanchang

ChangTanxiang Zhuzhou

9304 Machinery Plant

JIUJIANG

RUICHANG Jiujiang

industrial heritages

hignways

Niupi Lake

Excellent Tourist Resources: 39%

site

waterbody

Saihu Lake

Xiangjia Lake

Wuhan

mainroads

Regional Condition

Lushan Scenic Spot

minorroads

Classification of Scenic Spots

Secondary target market -- major tourist market Population: 1,070,000 二级目标市场——重点客源市场 City Population: 167,000

land scenery

City Area: 120 km2

water scenery

Area: 2780km2

Beijing

biology landscape

Shanxi

weather wonders

Tianjin

Shanxi

cultural heritages

Henan

architectures

DEAN

Sichuan Chongqing

Jiangsu Shanghai Boyang Lake

Zhejiang

Guizhou Guangxi

Market Targets Primary target market -- core tourist market 一级目标市场——核心客源市场

Secondary target market -- major tourist market 二级目标市场——重点客源市场

Thirdly target market -- potential tourist market 三级目标市场——机会客源市场

Heilongjiang

Beijing Shanxi

Tianjin

Xinjiang

Shanxi

Wuhan

Henan Jiujiang Nanchang

ChangTanxiang Zhuzhou

Sichuan Chongqing

Gansu Jiangsu Shanghai Zhejiang

Guizhou Guangxi

History of Ruichang, China

Thirdly target market -- potential tourist market 三级目标市场——机会客源市场

Heilongjiang

Xinjiang Gansu Xizang

Secondary target market -- major tourist market 二级目标市场——重点客源市场

Beijing Shanxi Shanxi Henan

Tianjin

Qinghai

Neimeng LiaoningJilin Ningxia

Xizang

Ruichang is located in a combination zone of Jiujiang, Nanchang, Wuhan, Changsha and other big “metropolitan areas”. Its tourism market tends to homogenized and led toward a great development potential and advantages. The City of Ruichang is rich in natural reources and cultural landscapes with distinct features, such as refreshing air, mountain forest, wetland, cultural heritage, etc. The formation of its industrial site in the urban area is prominent in its natural landscape, which is distinctive from other regions.

Qinghai

Neimeng LiaoningJilin Ningxia

Concept Mine, farmland and forest together organically as a means of repair and productive landscape, giving impetus to the development of tourism, explore a new mode of industry and provide diversified activities experience for local residents and potential.

Design Phasing

Site Analysis Street

Mountain Water Body

Buildings (Abandoned)

Buildings (Industrial)

Buildings (Abandoned)

Mining Location

Mining Location

Mining Location

Geographical Condition

Stakeholder Typology

Street System

Building Condition

Strip Mining Location

Schematic Landscpae Typology

Potential Music Festival Site

Amphitheater

Commercial District and Farmer’s Market

Children Playground

LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT LANDSCAPE INFRASTRUCTUE

Architecture Framed Argiculture with Activities

Argiculture and Aquaculture with Activities

Constructive Wetland Based Habitat

Quarry as Aeration Tank

PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPE INFRASTRUCTURE

Invigorating Abandoned Infrastructure as Overlook Platform

Industrial Trail

Hostel (community ) Renovation

Colorful Elevated Jogging Path

INDUSTRAIL HERITAGE RENOVATION LANDSCAPE

forest trail

Quarry Camping Campus

Ruin Adaptive Landscape

Waterfront Pedestrian

NATURE EXPERIENCE LANDSCAPE

Ecological restoration, our use of energy and material needs of mining, the mine into positive rooted in natural ecological pool, according to the location of different mines, functionally divided into aeration tank and artificial wetland. Farmland, as the product of ancient survival needs, is introduced into the landscape as a secondary purification zone, which will be rebuilt on the abandoned industrial building framework. The combination of agriculture and farmland as tertiary purification area is a productive landscape on the edge of chaohu lake. Combined with the minimal intervention of landscape intervention, jiangzhou shipyard and other sites may be linked as ecological corridors in the future.

NATURE EXPERIENCE LANDSCAPE INDUSTRAIL HERITAGE RENOVATION LANDSCAPE

NATURE EXPERIENCE LANDSCAPE PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPE INFaRASTRUCTURE

INDUSTRAIL HERITAGE RENOVATION LANDSCAPE PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPE INFRASTRUCTURE

PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPE INFRASTRUCTURE NATURE EXPERIENCE LANDSCAPE LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT LANDSCAPE NATURE EXPERIENCE LANDSCAPE LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT LANDSCAPE INDUSTRAIL HERITAGE RENOVATION LANDSCAPE

INDUSTRAIL HERITAGE RENOVATION LANDSCAPE

Architectual Facade Plan View

Architecture Hierarchical Diagram & Sectional Perspective

ROOF

THE RUNWAY

ENERGY RUNWAY GALLERY & PERFORMANCE CENTER

NURSERY TREES

STRUCTURE TERRACE

STAIRS

WALL

OUTDOOR THEATER

VEGETATION

ENERGY RUNWAY

VEGETATION

NURSERY TREES

PRODUCTIVE FRAMWORK Farmland, as the product of ancient survival needs, is introduced into the landscape as a secondary purification zone, which will be rebuilt on the abandoned industrial building framework. The combination of agriculture and farmland as tertiary purification area is a productive landscape on the edge of Chao Lake. Combined with the minimal intervention of landscape intervention, Jiangzhou shipyard and other sites may be linked as ecological corridors in the future. The design take advantages on geographical topography to integrate post-industrial infrastructure with the surrounding environment and revitalize local economy through ecological and social practice.

ARCHITECTURAL FACADE

Attachment design is generated to celebrate the future tourism development of the area. The new logo is a simplification of the ecological and social based design concept. The line of mountain represents mountainous geography, and the tree represents the emphasis on ecological system balance. The frame of house represents our site as a post-industrial infrastructure which we used as an interface for ecological restoration and tourism development. The logo is embedded with a vision of designing a resilient, resistant and adaptive environment and reaching a balance between human development and healthy ecology.

Branding Strategy LOGO DESIGN

Tour App Design HOME PAGE

DINNING

TOUR

ACCOMMODATION

SHOPPING

New Infrastructure Direction Board

SOUVENIRS

FRONT

Outdoor Furniture

TABLE

FRONT

LEFT

CHAIR

FRONT

LEFT

LEFT

Gift Shop & Cafe Pavilion

The gift shop and cafe use the same design language of bars and grids that mimic industrial infrastructure. We implement transparent glass instead of opaque wall to maximize the use of natural lighting and blur the boundary between inner space and outer space.

Planting Design

Productive Landscape

Agricultural Plant

Decorational Plant

LAND PERCEPTION Four scene montages - in annular bridge industrial area, the landscape in the farmland around the lake, in the center of the wrong layer vitality on the runway, the glass greenhouse - embodies in the wetland of south site, the brought entertainment landscape design for the old industrial area, economy, productive one of the tourist resort.

SCENATIO 1

SCENATIO 2

"THE MOMENT WHEN YOU TAKE A BREAK FROM TRANSPLANTING THE RICE"

"THE MOMENT WHEN THE TRAIN ARRIVED"

On the lake's farmlands, visitors can experience both the joys of farming and the views of the fishing pools and the distant hills.

On the ring of the industrial zone, visitors can overlook the frame structure of the landscape walkway and industrial buildings as well as the distant mountains and lakes.

SCENATIO 3

SCENATIO 4

"THE MOMENT WHEN YOU ARE PATICIPATING AN EXPO "

"THE MOMENT WHEN YOU STAND ON THE RAINBOW "

In the greenhouse glass of the southern wetland, different climatic zones can provide different visual experiences to visitors, and also have a education effect on students and children.

On the dynamic runway at the center of the fault, different pavement and landscaping devices are used to provide the children and adults with the space for parent-child play. The "ART&PLAYGROUND" exterior walls of industrial plants can be used to provide climbing venues for children.

3 P R E S E N T-T E N S E Fall 2017 Studio Instructor: Stephen Sears Individual Work

“Public open space belongs to everyone and no one at once. It is a sacred space - finite and fragile. It is organized as legacy to our best and worst ideas and actions, a palimpet of conseuences.� - Professor Sears New York City is one of the most diverse cities in the world. Due to its diversity and inclusiveness, the protests in New York represent the voices of the world. The protests also covered a variety of topics, which are often international issues. The investigation examined a period dating back to 1863, the frequency and participants of protest over that time continued to grow. The protests in the city has been relatively peaceful, however, the size of protest has became a major problem. Streets and parks are the two most popular city protesting locations. The dynamics of race distribution, income level, crime rate, transportation and park distributions were among the urban factors that led to a experiment on finding the balance between public space and protests.

NYC Protestor Analysis

This investigation examined a period dating back to 1863, the frequency and participants of protest over that time continued to grow. The protests in the city has been relatively peaceful, however, the size of protest has became a major problem. There are five times when the number of the protest participants reached, and far exceeded 80,000 people. Streets and parks are the two most popular city protesting locations.

NYPD Strategy

NYC Protest History

The NYPD has adopted the techniques of pushing and squeezing, which, allows for protest demonstrations, while aiming to control the crowds and maintain traffic. Under the human-right-sensitive atmosphere, protestors in the New York City tend to use their own body as a powerful weapon against enforcement and to demonstrate their causes.

Public Protest Site Analysis

The dynamics of the city’s race distribution, income level, crime rate, transportation and park distributions demonstrate a centralized power in Manhattan, which further shows an impartible relation between the social hierarchy and race; and accessibility and population.

PUBLIC PLAZA

STREET - LINEAR

PUBLIC PLAZA

STREET - LINEAR

PUBLIC PARK

STREET - CROSSROAD

PUBLIC PARK

STREET - CROSSROAD

Concept

Master Plan The new design re-identifies the functions of zones, introduces new forces and circulations which support daily utility as well as providing equal opportunity for the police and protestors on special events.

Disect

Re-zone

Combined

Re-form

Re-move

Starting by dividing zones with orginal flow. Slightly twist the angel of flow, as well as introduce new forces, which form a new circulation on site and create zones that support omniform activities. North Plaza

Site Selecion

Lookout Grove

Central Plaza

Section - N to S

LOOKOUT GROVE

NORTH PLAZA CENTRAL PLAZA

The site contains 2.3 acre near the civic center, and is covered by an half-half soft surface and hard surface. The design concept is to re-identify the functions of zones, introduce new forces and circulations which support normal day utility as well as equal opportunity for the police and protestors on special events. The design contains four key layers: trees, grass mount, facilities and hard surface. The simplicity of site elements and continuous surface secured the sustainability of the site, making it more durable and easy-maintained.

Master Plan

Vegetation

Softscape

The design contains four different layers. The simplicity of site elements and continuous surface secured the sustainability of the site, making it more durable and easy-maintained.

Accessibility

Vegetation + Leisure Space

Water Draining

Crowd Density

Water System

Hardscape

Proposed Analysis

Viewing Location

The design provides a more enjoyable experience for tourists and office workers. It is also sustainable achieved by its lowland water recycling system.

Book Making

Space-using Simulation

Daily Use

Participants have worked together to assemble fifteen proposals into this remarkable volume. As a collective work it offers potential frameworks for fostering equitable and resilient twenty-first century urban design standards. - Stephen Sears, May 2018

Public Event

BOTTOM DESIGN ANALYSIS The design provides a more enjoyable experience for tourists and office workers, and is sustainable in its lowland water recycling system.

CENTRAL PLAZA IN NORMAL DAY A view standing in the center of the square, looking towards the giant LED screen broadcasting latest events or community news.

NORTH PLAZA IN NORMAL DAY The north plaza accomondates tourists, lunchtime workers, and protest events.

PROTEST DAY DYNAMIC On a protest day, the southwest side is the major flow contributor, especially the subway entrance on the lower corner of the site.

4 LU HU RESORT Summer 2017 Internship Company: T.R.O.P Individual Work

TROP, also called terrain + open space, is a landscape architectural design studio with a team of designers and construction supervisors. Led by Pok Kobkongsanti, who graduated from Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design. The Luhu project is located in Sichuan, Chengdu, China. The site sits as a waterfront and two buildings designed by other architecture firms will function as office building and residential building. The team started the design at its very beginning, which is what they called ‘the concept stage’. I have drawn out several design options and after discussion with the principle designer Pok, the final plan comes out with sophisticated and comprehensive consideration and a practical form that we used it to present to our clients as the Option 2.

Concept Development

Hand-drawn Detail

Option 2 Design Plan

Option 1 Design Plan

Option 1 Rendered Plan

The Luhu project is located in Sichuan, Chengdu, China. The site sits as a waterfront and two buildings designed by other architecture firms will function as office building and residential building. We started the design at its very beginning, which is what they called ‘the concept stage’. We have drawn out several design options and after discussion with our principle designer, the final plan comes out with sophisticated and comprehensive consideration and a practical form that we used it to present to our clients as the Option 2.

Option 2 Render Plan

THE design idea of the Option 2 is aimed for creating natural form of water edge which reduces the impact of the wave strike created by the passing boat and purify the water and also for the aestheic purpose. As soon as we finalized the plan on paper, we scaned the tracepaper and import the image for making it into professional plan for further graphic making. When the AutoCAD plan was finished, it was imported into Sketch Up Pro to make the 3D model. We need to coorperate with the architecture team from another company to decide the design. Since the large quantities of the work, our team have been continued working for over 15 hours everyday for two weeks. After the concept plan has developed, another intern and I was assigned to refine the option 2. During the backand-forth discussion, the design has been modified several times depended on the requirment from the Project Stakeholder and finally successfully deliver a satisfying design and its related graphics.It tooks us a days from learning how to use this new tool to generate all these image and the outcome is quite cheerful. The project was a whole success after the client presentation.

5 PROFESSIONAL DRAWINGS Individual Work

All works in this section is generated from studio course, including site construction, environmental design studio and regional design studio.

CAD Drawing

Watercolor Traditional Chinese Architecture Section

PLANTING LEGEND 1. Honeyvine Milkweed 2. Fountain Grass 3. Hardy Geraniums

YI YANG 1'-0" PT CYPRESS STRIP (FINISH SURFACE), 1" * 2"

4"

STEEL FRAME 2" WIDE

53 4" 1"

CONCRETE WALL, 4000 PSI 18" COMPACTED SOIL

APR 28

FINISHED GRADE CONCRETE

7" 1'-58

PVC WEEP HOLE, 3" O.C.

2017

Black Powder Coated Steel U-BOLT

Project 3A

1" 4" COMPACTED FINE GRAVEL

NO.4 VERTICAL REBARS, 3" CLEAR, 24" O.C.

6"

11" 1'-1016

3"

NO.4 HORIZONTAL REBARS, 3" CLEAR, 18" O.C.

4'-0" BELOW GRADE

TYP

2" X 4" KEY

1'-3"

1'-0"

DRY, FIRM, UNYELDING SUBGRADE

NO.4 REBARS, 3" CLEAR, 24" O.C.

SECTION DETAIL

SEATING SECTION

1

SCALE:

1" = 1'

0

1/4

L301

3'-6" 1/2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign LA343: Site Construction

18" TOP SOIL

1 FEET

YI YANG

1'-0"

MAY 7

4" 3'-0"

CONCRETE WALL, 4000 PSI

FINISHED GRADE

PVC WEEP HOLE, 3" O.C. NO.4 VERTICAL REBARS, 3" CLEAR, 24" O.C.

1" DRIP ON BOTH SIDES

2"

5.46%

METAL TIES NOMINAL CMU BACKING WEEP HOLE 2" AIR SPACE

4'-0"BELOW GRADE

NO.4 VERTICAL REBARS, 3" CLEAR, 24" O.C. NO.4 HORIZONTAL REBARS, 3" CLEAR

3'-6"

2'-8"

1'-0" 2'-0"

DRY, FIRM, UNYELDING SUBGRADE

RETAINING WALL SECTION SCALE:

1/2" = 1'-0"

2

BRICK VENEER WALL SECTION SCALE:

1/2" = 1'-0"

LA343: Site Construction

TYP

1'-3"

1'-0"

1

5.46%

Project 2

BRICK WYTHE

NO.4 HORIZONTAL REBARS, 3" CLEAR, 18" O.C. 2" X 4" KEY

NO.4 REBARS, 3" CLEAR, 24" O.C.

5.46%

2017

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1" CHAMFER ALL SIDES FINISHED GRADE

5.46%

2% 1.14% Section Cutline

1.38 %

2%

2%

RETAINING WALL SECTIONS 0

1

2

4 FEET

L301

2% 2%

1%

Krannert Art Museum Plaza Design

The site is a parking lot that located right next to the Krannert Art Museum in the campus. It was being used by people from nearby area who dintended to visit the museum. For the future good of the museum, this project aims to bring back people’s attention to the museum and rejuvenates the nearby recreatinoal environment.

6 EXTRACURRICULAR WORK Individual Work

All works in this section is generated from my extracrricular time and volunteering work. These include sketches, oil painting and Ads design.

“Hobbiton”

Bamboo and Birds

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