Yiyang qian landscape architecture portfolio 2017

yiyang Q. Master of Landscape Architecture Rhode Island School of Design

WanderLand, 2016

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EDUCATION

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Master of Landscape Architecture Rhode Island School of Design

2014 - 2017

Bachelor of Urban Design and Planning Wuhan University, China

2009 - 2014

SKILLS Computer AutoCAD Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Lightroom SketchUp, Rhino, Lumion ArcGIS Microsoft Office Language English, Mandarin

Excellent Excellent Good Good Good Fluent

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Department Gallery Assistant Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA

09/2016 - 05/2017

- 2017 Landscape Architecture Graduate Exhibition - “Scale Shift” BEB Exhibition Gallery spatial arrangement of landscape design exhibitions Printing and mounting

Landscape Intern Takano Landscape Planning, Hokkaido, Japan

yiyang-q.com

08/2016

- Satomigaoka Camping Ground Entrance Park Construction drawings Initial concepts proposals and schemes

Landscape Intern & Community Coordinator RISD DESINE-Lab, Providence, RI, USA

06/2015 – 07/2015

- UNNU Central Falls Community Cultural Park Spatial strategies On-site construction Community investigations

Architecture Intern Switzerland Playze Studio, Shanghai, China

08/2013 – 11/2013

- Mantis Island Planning - Sanjiakun Restaurant in Jiading Analysis diagrams Presentation preparation Model studies Document translation

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Yiyang Qian +1 401-3681937 yqian01@risd.edu

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2 College Street Providence, RI, 02903

Graduate Student Project Grant, RISD

2017

Award Nomination National Conceptual Design Competition of Green College Campus

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Architectural Association Visiting School Shanghai Long Data-Trends with Benefits Land Use Research in Wuhan, China The True Facts of Villages Renovation after Urban Expansion

07/2013 03/2013 – 06/2013

As a foreign student in this country, my identity urged me be more sensitive to social diversities. I expected the United States to be one of the most open countries, yet, complicated racial and cultural conflicts were exposed to due to America’s difficult past were exposed to me as I traveled. I hope that effort on those cultural challenges will be made by designers working in the public realm.

My personal philosophy is this: No matter how different as we might be as individuals, we all inextricably share the same longings for the natural world as humans. Nature is our bond. Landscape is my attempt to realize this manifesto through space-making.

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Contents

LANDSCAPE architecture

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Bio-cycle Boulevard

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Look Up, City Skygazers

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Inherit Waterfront Vibrancy

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Flow with Tides at Indian Point

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Get Involved in Communities

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Urban studies

Long Data: Trend with Benefits

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Mantis Island Planning & Design

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Other works

Planting/ Textile/ Construction drawings/ Phtography

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bio-cycle boulevard

Queens, NYC

Biking Safety/ Compost Recycle/ Biodigester Type: Street Prototype Design Studio, Individual Term: 09/2016 - 12/2016 Instructors: Johanna Barthmaier-Payne, Matthew Donham

The main concept of this project is based on findings from observations and research studies of Queens Boulevard, which is known as “ the Boulevard of Death�. The commuting system in Queens is very deficient because of frequent traffic accidents caused by wide vehicle lanes and large amount of cyclists biking on unprotected roads. With the city of Great New York undergoing capital street projects, the future population of cyclists in Queens borough will increase largely in a short time. Effective streetscape designs are desperately expected to provide safer and friendlier biking networks through the entire boulevard. Design strategies should be taken in response to both social needs and environmental issues. The idea of cyclists collecting organic waste from residences and shops is intended for improving street sanitation and enhancing bike culture at the same time. Bike-powered compost collection services will bring more employments to the neighborhoods along with Queens Boulevard.

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Biking Population Increased by Street Improvement Projects

Bike Commuters Growth (2010-2014) +41,800

NYC Population Growth (2014-2015)

(based on GIS) Commuter cycling in Queens was up over 68% from 2010 to 2014, thanks in part to innovative designs that improve drivers’ and cyclists’ sense of safety. The number of cyclists’ population will increase largely with the overall population growth.

Capital projects Priority area Fatalities & Injuries 0%

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Cyclist volume

Biking Population Growth

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Traffic Fatalities & Injuries

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Commuting Time Comparison between Public Transit and Biking (based on GIS)

More Efficient

Low Cost

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Job Hotspots

Biking Time

Bus Routes

Queens Boulevard

Existing Biking Lanes

Green!

Bike-Powered Compost Collection and On-site Compost Recycle Biodigester

1000 ppl

Optional Gas Storage Tank

Waste

43 ft3 x 50 2700 lbs

Electricity Generator Biogas

Drop-off

Drop-off

Electricity Outlet

Biogas Outlet

To Fertlization Compost Inlet

complex substrates

Effluent outlet

CH4 +CO2

ACTIVE SOLID

Compost Rider

Site 3

Site 2

Site 1

Site 3

Site 2

Site 1

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Site 1: BioCycle System in Residential Neighborhoods

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Site 1 is located in Forest Hills, the south-east side of Queens Boulevard. Sizes of biodigesters are determined to be smaller than residential buildings standing at both sides of the boulevard. The BioCycle system will provide site 1 enough green fields for families and pet owners. Features in this area include bike stops, compost drop-off plazas and rain gardens with biodigesters.

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Site 1 Plan Space Typologies

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Bike Stop

R= 9’, H= 15’ ENERGY = 50000kj

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BIKE STATION/ 64000 kj

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Compost Drop-off Plaza

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Rain garden with Biodigesters

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BIKE SHOP

1A-1A Section Perspective 1B-1B Section

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Perspective of Site 1: BioCycle System in Residential Neighborhoods

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Site 2: BioCycle System At The Shopping&Commuting Center

R= 9’, H= 15’ ENERGY = 50000kj

Several shopping malls are centralized at site 2, including Queens Center, Target, Macy’s and Best Buy. Bank services also concentrate at the north side of this area. Subway E, M, R lines stop at the nearby Woodhaven Blvd station, running through Queens Boulevard, Midtown Manhattan and Downtown Manhattan. The BioCycle System will provide site 2 lunch break spaces, bike repair stations and biking speedways for people working and shopping in the area.

Site 2 Plan 2-2 Section

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R= 18’, H= 30’ ENERGY = 264528kj

R= 18’, H= 30’ ENERGY = 540078kj

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BIKE SHOP / 3.8 x 10^6 kj

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SHOPPING MALL

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Site 3: BioCycle System in Retail Area

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Site 3 is located in Sunnyside where many local shops and restaurants gather together. Sunnyside has the largest population of residents compared to other studied sites. The area is already considered as a popular neighborhood center that has impact on nearby communities and farther communities, which will be a ideal location for educating biking and recycling culture in Queens. Key features of the BioCycle System at Site 3 will be a recycle plaza, bike&bus stations and retail

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spaces powered by biodigesters.

Site 3 Plan 3-3 Section

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R= 18’, H= 25’ ENERGY = 330660 kj

R= 9’, H= 15’ ENERGY =50000 kj

BUS STOP / 25920 kj

BIKE STATION / 64000 kj

COFFEE SHOP/ 2.8x 10^6 kj

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LOOK UP, CITY SKYGAZERS!

Central Park, NYC

Interactive Installation/ Time Instrument/ Astronomical Monument Type: Thesis, Individual Term: 02/2017 - 06/2017 Instructors: Suzanne Mathew, Matthew Donham

This is a research-design project looking for tools to rebuild the lost connection between city dwellers and the cosmos through visual effects, spatial experience and materials implemented in public spaces in a modern city. Disturbed by high-rises and their neon lights at night, New York citizens tend to look around instead of looking up. The sky has become unfamiliar to most people. Without seeing the same vastness above us, people forgot how small we are compared to the universe, as well as how much we resemble each other. This project started with a wish that everyone could remember our commonalities, rather than our differences, so that we can abandon bias towards any culture. The question of this project is: How can the visual connection to the sky be rebuilt in a diverse metropolitan city that interacts with buildings and streets through public landscape?

Part 2 : Astronomical Meaning and Form in the World Research Question: If the same worship of the universe rooted in most cultures expressed in public landscape will encourage New York citizens from different background realized the similarities that everyone shares?

Tropic of Cancer

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Equator Tropic of Capricorn

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Inspired by The City High-rises framing the sunset is like the megalith forming the Stonehenge.

One direction of Manhattan street grids is

Empire State Building, 1,454ft 34th Steet

Chrysler Building, 1,046ft 42nd Street

Bank of America Tower, 1,200ft 42nd Street

Park Hyatt New York, 1,004ft 57th Street

almost aligned with summer solstice sunrise/ winter solstice sunset, when sun light is

Photos of Manhattanhenge

perfectly framed by buildings and attract

photos are from google search

people stop to watch. Signature buildings in Manhattan give city identity when they frame

Concept Diagram from Phase 1

the summer solstice sunset twice every year in late May and early July.

Empire State Building

Chrysler Building

Bank of America Tower

Park Hyatt New York

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Celestial Alignments, Forms and Materials of Ancient Astronomical Monuments We are not only linked materialistically – through financial transactions or social medias. There is one more profound subject that all our ancestors responded to: the sky. Before modern concrete cities were built, humans looked up at the day sky and night constellations, and used the sky to inform the layout of cities, the building of monuments and the organization of civic activities according to certain celestial phenomena. Different cultural design strategies are still commonly seen in modern designs. This typology chart of ancient monuments a design toolbox for this project.

Form, Alignments and Material Acient Astronomical Monuments

The Crucuno Rectangle

Location and Culture Origin

Borobudur

Cahokia

9th Century, Indonesia

Neolithic, France N

1400 CE, USA N

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Peace

Celestial Phenomena and Alignments Summer Solstice Sunset

Summer Solstice Sunrise

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Monks Mound

the Heavens

Equinox Sunset

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Equinoxes Touch of the Earth

Wisdom

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Grand Plaza

Winter Solstice Sunrise Earth

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Compassion

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Twin Mounds Model of the Cosmos

Purpose Use

Monument Geometry Ratio

Temple, Statue Gallery Terrace + Repeating Element

Cardinal Orientation

City City Axis

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Andesite

Material Megalithic Pillar

Grass Mound

Basaltic

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Newgrange

ChichĂŠn ItzĂĄ

Stonehenge

850 CE - 1150 CE, USA

Neolithic Age, Ireland

AD 600 - 900, Mexico

Neolithic and Bronze Age, England

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Winter Solstice Sunrise 15 min

Cardinal Orientation

Village, Living Space Kiva

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Altar or Grave Pinhole

Stone Masonry

Observatory (possible)

Stairs and Platform

White Quartz Cobblestones

Religious Worship or Observatory

Defined Space with One Center

sarsen stone Limestone

Wood Ladder

Engraved Kerbstones

bluestone

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Form and Material Tests in Central Park To understand view corridors towards summer solstice sunset are formed in Manhattan, the research started with studying where and why people choose to stop and watch while Manhattanhenge goes on in Central Park. These two street axes, The 72nd Street Transverse and the 106th street, represent two very different spatial conditions and surroundings that can be discussed with further design solutions.

The model studies of targeted street axes showed basic intended alignments and some space divisions.

Form and Space of Model Tests the Time Instrument

the 106th street

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the 72nd street

the 72nd street

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Gnomons, Patterns, and Dimensions The design phase was determined to build a yearlong narrative of time change instead of celebrating one phenomenal day. Therefore, the north - south axis was crucial for forming spaces, because positions of the noon sun always follow this direction. Gnomons in triangular shapes and linear sticks were used as the main sundial forms of time recording in the design. To involve the Manhattan street grid in the space, gnomons were arranged in a grid of the same dimensions of street width and average building heights.

Concept Plan of Shadows and Time Study The Gnomon Grid

Spring / Fall

sunrise 7:00

noon 13:04

sunset 19:08

noon 12:58

sunset 20:32

noon 11:58

sunset 16:42

Summer Solstice

sunrise 5:25

Winter Solstice

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The central gnomon grids of the Time Field is arranged with a ration 3: 4: 5, at which the diagonal line indicates the direction of summer solstice sunset, same us the angle of street grid in Manhattan.

All astronomical calculations are based on local latitude 40.7829N and longitude 73.9654W.

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A Whole Year Narrative of Seasonal Light and Shadow Sequence A Time Instrument of Gnomons The installation was designed as a naked-eye observatory for visitors interacting with shadows cast by structures as well as shadows cast by themselves. Location-specific astronomical calculations of sun positions needed to be made to determine the scale of each instrument piece, that relatively responds to summer solstice, spring/fall equinox and winter solstice. Complete understandings of daytime length, light volume and shadow directions helped to define parameters for building the basic boundary and main orientations.

The shadow length of gnomon stick as a sundial will change as the sun moves. It is the basic design principle of deciding locations and dimensions of gnomons in the installation.

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Light Room

Time Field

Great Hill Henge

Installation Model Long Section of Yearly Phenomena

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The Time Field: Pattern and Shadow Functioning as a naked-eye observatory, the time field uses a series of walls to amplify shadow phenomena so that people’s attention would be captured. Shadows casted by gnomon sticks are projected on walls and the ground, creating moving patterns through daytime changes and seasonal changes. Every day at noon, those walls will not be projected with shadows until they meet certain time periods between equinox and solstices. Considered within the whole installation, those walls function as gates, spatially dividing the whole narrative into seasonal chapters that guide visitors moving forward to the true North.

Winter Solstice, December 21st 7:00 a.m.

Winter Solstice, December 21st 12:00 p.m.

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Winter Solstice, December 21st 10:00 a.m.

Winter Solstice, December 21st 5:00 p.m.

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Summer Solstice Sunset at The Great Hill Henge If the Time Field tells the main story of light, shadow and time of daily life, the top of Great Hill plays as the spectacular ending with the summer solstice sunset, extending Manhattanhenge into Central Park. The central lawn at the hilltop provides a high point of overlook and pleasing space for crowd gathering. The rest of this installation is formed with the same design language, combining linear sticks and triangular sundials that indicate sun positions at noon on solstice or equinox dates. Dimensions of those pieces vary according to different altitudes of the noon sun.

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Time Field on Main Axis, Looking Up to The Great Hill Henge

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Inherit Waterfront vibrancy

Watertown, MA

Waterfront Accessibility/ Intersection Design/ Commercial Center Type: Urban Design Studio, Individual Term: 02/2016 - 05/2016 Instructors: Robyn Reed, Tao Zhang

Watertown Square was the center of the whole city since industrial development. Like many other industrial cities sitting next to a river, Watertown took its geological advantages and developed along with the water body, but declined with the end of the industrial era. In the past people utilized the Charles River for docks or for generating power for mills. Now they have much less interaction with the water. Wild trees and bushes grow freely along the river bank, blocking views and keeping people away. The connection has been lost for a long time.

The unkempt look of the river side is not the only problem that was left by historical industrial development. Watertown Square area is the center where five directions connect to other neighborhood cities, a messy and complicated intersection. Multiple crossings and the high volume of traffic have resulted in safety problems for pedestrians, which is the main reason why people would feel reluctant to come to the existing landing or the riverside greenway.

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The Past and The Present of Watertown Square

Historical Birdview Crossings & Riverside Trouble Intersection

Watertown Square

River Landing

Watertown Yard

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A New Center with Reorganized Spatial Forms and Land Uses Watertown Square lacks the vibrancy brought by the waterfront attraction that was lost after its industrial period. To regenerate the old city center, a new atmosphere needs to be defined by inheriting and utilizing its riparian resources. Watertown Square already established a commercial area for life’s errands and grocery shopping. The concept is to recreate the center for Watertown by adding various waterfront programs and commercial types, requiring reorganizing spatial forms and land uses to build connections and break existing obstruction.

The design will also keep the railway trails left by the Green Line in memory of Watertown Yard.

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Space and Land Use (before) Space (after)

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Central River Crossing

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Watertown Yard Park

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Pedestrian Mall

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Watertown Yard Park

Perspective A-A Section

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Central River Crossing

Perspective B-B Section

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Flow WITH TIDES AT indian point

Providence, RI

Structural Sequence/ Salt Marsh Reservation/ Tidal Change Type: Ecological Design Studio, Individual Term: 01/2015 - 02/2015 Instructors: Adam E Anderson, Emily Vogler

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Stop and Move Movements flow with curves and straight lines. Curves define spaces where visitors pause, while concrete walls lead people to walk with tidal changes. The heights of the three points vary, so that visitors will experience different scenes of Providence.

Concept Diagram Plan

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Water Cleaning

Erosion Control

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Biodiversity

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get involved!

Central Falls, RI

Low-income Community/ Children’s Playground/ Socioeconomic Empowerment Type: Internship, Group Term: 06/2015 - 07/2015 Employer: Elizabeth Dean Hermann, DESINE-Lab, Providence

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Build and Plant

Model Studies

After Planting

Children’s Entrance Garden Canopy

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Long Data: Trends with benefits

Shanghai, China

Urban Morphology/ Future Projection/ Data Speculation Type: Research Studio, Team Term: 07/2013 Instructors: Nathan Melenbrink Team Partner: Yichao Wang

The objective of this studio was to utilize parametric tools to analyze the dynamic trends in Shanghai’s urbanism over the course of its history, and then to apply this long data to project future urban growth patterns. Through mapping the historical adaptivity of a particular urban area, the unit would develop a lens through which to interpolate from the present into the near and distant future.

Using the swatch samples, we extracted data and found trends in the spatial and urban development with parametric tools. Depending on the self-determined design concepts, we looked at program distribution, clustering, floor area ratio, trends in preservation zoning, etc.

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Commercial

Office

Residential

Driving Parameter: Percentage of Open Space

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We tried to control the height of new buildings

R=50m m R=50

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by the distance between them and the nearest open space with a high dgree of agglomeration.

Therefore, we can find several possible trends of vertical morphology of our site.

Set a radius

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Sum up

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Open Space

Extrapolation of Recent Trend

Open Space

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First Variation: High density 1

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Second Variation: moderate fluctuation 1

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Mantis island planning & Design

Shandong, China

Landscape Planning/ Tourism Development / Recreational Architecture Type: Internship, Team Term: 08/2013 - 11/2013 Team Members: Meng jia He, Pascal Berger, Javier Paz Taibo, Dongliang Ye, Yaqi Zhao, Jingyi Cai

According with the terrain of the island, it is divided into northern, central, and southern, three parts. The planning axis runs north to south, along with golden beaches, hotels, marina, club house, and villas. The main functions were developed along the axis from east to west. The after-design topography forms an implicit flow from the marina, leisure club to the catering on the top of the hill.

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Master Plan

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Sections

Marina and Main paths The entire island is planned to be used by electric cars and pedestrians. The spaces are more intimate and private when the paths become narrower. Various paths and the dike of the marina form the traffic system of the island.

Paths Along the coast there are different kinds of pedestrian paths that let the people go arround the island.

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OTHER WORKS

Osmunda regalis, Royal Fern

Planting Design

Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Gre

Textile Construction Drawings Photography

Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brillianc

Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal Flowe

Rhododendron Viscosum, Swam

Sporobolus heterolepis, Prairie D

Andropogon gerardii 'Red Bull', R

Eutrochium purpureum, Joe Pye

Lonsdale Marshland Planting Design :

The planting strategy is focused on creating spaces allowing coexistence of human activities and protected habitats. Riparian plants are planted densely with lower plants in order to keep people away and provide shelter or food for birds at the same time. At a higher elevation, the inner part has a flower field, which changes in and heights and seasonal colors (from yellow to green and yellow to purple) to give visitors multiple experience. At a leower elevation, the “forest” line is another choice of habitats for different species. The flower field is protected by surrounding trees and high grasses, becoming a “human habitat”. The planting plan is indicating all seasonal colors.

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< 3ft 3 - 10 ft 10 - 30 ft

30- 60 ft 60- 80 ft

D Nyssa sylvatica, Black Gum Tupelo

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n Taxodium distichum, Bald Cypress

een Ash

ce', Autumn Fern

Maianthemum stellatum, Starry False Solomon's Seal

Osmunda cinnamomea, Cinnamon Fern

Alnus incana, Speckled Alder

wer Acer saccharinum, Silver Maple

mp Azalea

Betula nigra, River Birch

Dropseed

Panicum virgatum, Switchgrass

Red Bull Big Bluestem

e Weed Diervilla sessilifolia 'LPDC Podaras', Cool Splash

Larix laricina, American Larch

Lindera benzoin, Spicebush

Sporobolus heterolepis, Prairie Dropseed

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Ox-eye Daisy

Rudbeckia hirta, Black-eyed Susan

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Sri lanka , northern vision Local Dance Translation/ Leave Weaving Type: Traveling Studio, Group Term: 01/2016 - 02/2016 Instructor: Elizabeth Dean Hermann

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Dye, Warp and Weft

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Permeable Academic Plaza Permeable Paving/ Sustainable Design Type: Technology and Material Lecture, Individual Term: 11/2016 - 12/2016 Instructor: Kellie Connelly

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A place

Providence, RI

Film Photography/ Urban Observation/ Traces

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Photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Statement: A city is filled with streets of various kinds of spaces. Streets are filled with people, where human emotions flow in the air. I would rather capture moments here than directly take portraits of people. It is the space which influences people that interests me, not muscle lines revealing emotions. I look for traces and marks left by humans,

Tales of this world have been written with poems, paintings and music pieces, and then cameras came. So I want to tell stories of my version.

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Animal City

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