Yushan Pang portfolio MLA, University of Southern California, 2014 E-mail: pangyushan@gmail.com Phone: 213 806 0134
Yushan Pang 2353 Portland St, Apt 44, Los Angeles, CA 90007 Phone: +1 213-806-0134 E-mail: pangyushan@gmail.com Summary: An enthusiastic and hard-working landscape designer seeking a challenging full-time position to apply my design experience to create space for people
Education
University of Southern California Master of Landscape Architecture, May 2014 Thesis: Public opportunities for infrastructure - programming a performative Bolsa Chica Tsinghua University Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecutre, May 2012
Experience
SWA Group - Los Angeles Landscape design intern, May 2013 - Aug 2013, Feb 2014 - May 2014 Tasks performed in Pre-design and Design, including site analysis, schematic design, design development and construction document. Mainly participated in the EL Paso Pathway, San Jacinto, and Dalian Coast Resort projects. • Developed the paving pattern design and physical model of San Jacinto Plaza • Developed construction drawings • Created large-scale base map for slope and topography analysis for the project proposals using GIS software • Produced sketch proposals and renderings for Dalian Coast Resort project • Produced graphics and site analysis for board presentation to client MADA s.p.a.m - Los Angeles Architecture intern, Oct.2013 - Nov.2013 • Developed physical models for schematic proposal Architecture & Environment Art Institute - Beijing Design assistant, Oct 2011 - Dec 2011 • Prepared conceptual drawings and hydrology analysis for Weinan Master Plan DADA Architecture + planning - Beijing Architecture Intern, May 2010 - Jul 2010 • Developed alternative 3D proposals for Chang’an Bank project in Beijing • Developed renderings and perspectives for Dongba Master Plan • Created conceptual drawings for 7th Strawberry Symposium UCCA (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art) - Beijing Design assistant, Oct 2009 - Dec 2009 • Research and organize for Artists information
Academic research
Tsinghua University, School of Arts and Design Student, Oct 2010 - Dec 2010 Project name: Traditional Beijing courtyard hypothesis, • Observed and visualized Xi’si Hutong’s spatial character • Created five proposals for the future of Hutong Tsinghua University, School of Architecture Research Assistant, Jul 2009 - Aug 2009 Project name: Shanghai Linong Research • Conducted residential survey and visualized spatial character in PengPu Residential communities
Recongnition
2014 Finalist of AIM Competition 2012 China’s environmental school year reward 2011 National award of excellent student scholarship, Tsinghua University
Computer skills
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suit, Autocad, Rhinoceros, ArcGIS, and Microsoft Office Proficient in freehand drawing and handmade model
Others
Language: English, Chinese Served in Organization Committee of IMUSE (Initiating Mutual Understanding through Student Exchange) Served in Organization Committee of Sweden Day, a culture program of Tsinghua University
Design
Folding - Los Angeles River
vention/ Conceptial perspective
Programming a performative Bolsa Chica M.LA Directed Research
late spring Dec - March, May - Jun Disturbed habitat - enhance water exchange Salt marsh nursery cell
Minimum disturbance, low accessibility urban runoff treatment cell
Neo-habitat, AIM-competition
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Landform Choreography, Downtown Long Beach
mmer, March - May, Sediment treat cell - salt accumulating
“hard accessible� Sensitive habitat creation cell
High marsh cell
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Internship Work
Research - Courtyard Hypothesis
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colorfull salt cell for education mudflats
Maximum access and openspace
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remaining pipe and oil well as facility,
Research - Courtyard design
Others, Lighting Design, Media, Art
Folding - adaptive strategies for Los Angeles River The Army Corps is currently developing a strategic plan (ARBOR study) to modify the river channel in the Glendale Narrows area (the vegetated section of the river between approximately Griffith Park and the 110 freeway). This a landmark study for the river and is the most likely avenue to obtain the massive federal funding necessary to modify the river. The Army Corps mandate and the ways in which this project could be funded, allow for the restoration of the river as an animal habitat, but not an urban “revitalization”. Program is limited to basic passive recreation, such as a top of bank bike path and bird watching, as if it was a natural feature (e.g. Everglades). Any designed elements should be austere and necessary for maintenance, flood protection, and habitat. In other words in the current funding and policy environment a “High Line” design approach to the LA River is unlikely. As part of the study the Army Corps and their consultants are developing viable typical sections for a modified River channel. These sections reflect concerns for cost, habitat creation, and flood protection. These initial sections were provided to the studio as reference material. In general, one section proposes a set of vegetated terraces and the other proposes a permanent geo-textile matt. The studio seeks to design within these constraints. We must more or less justify their designs based on the Army Corps mandate and concerns (flood protection, habitat, maintenance, and cost) while at the same time create an attractive design that provides multiple values, including creating designs that may support “shadow” programs – informal programs that while not allowable in the current policy framework are likely to occur regardless (as they do now) and may be supported by the city or Corps in the future.
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Los Angeles River Studio, USC, Instructor: Alexander Robinson
Site impression
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Precedents and applied stratrgy
adaptability
morphology ecology
Studio Structure
Design Process
To facilitate this exploration the studio was structured in the following way:
1. Site impression 2. Precedents study in “transition”, adaptability, morphology 3. Develop sections based on Army Corps Engineers base section 4. Pre-design 5. Develop three section that accomodate different character and function 6. Master plan - integrating all the required feature as a whole 7. Detail plan - develop the component based on river bank morphology that optimized by designed three sections, detail design in construction is encoraged.
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Develop two to three typical section. Limited typical sections applied over long expanses would presumably greatly reduce the cost of implementation Develop transition between each section Sections must intercept and treat the urban watercoming out of three stormwater outfalls that flow into the river at the site. Design must accommodate for high volume wet-weather flows and highly polluted, lower volume dry-weather flows. Design should includ at least one wehicular access ramp, which is necessary for maintenance and safety in the river channel. Direct access to the river water is prohibited Maintenance road at the top of bank is required All of these elements were to be integrated and treated as design opportunities. Based on this, we were required to create a master plan for the entire Bow Tie site and adjacent river channel and then focus on the detailed design of an area with two typical sections and a transition between them.
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Los Angeles River Studio, USC, Instructor: Alexander Robinson
Phase I - pre design
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Los Angeles River Studio, USC, Instructor: Alexander Robinson
Folding as strategy - minimum intervention for habitat creation, recreation as well redirecting urban surface flow
Concept model
Strategic section
Section I - habitat creation degrad for 1:4.5 slope with planter terrace for bank surface habitat
Section II - flood protection fill bank with cut material for 1:2.5 slope as flood protection at flood risk areas
Section III - recreation & wetland degrade for 1:10 or 1:20 slope for public openspace and wetland creation
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Los Angeles River Studio, USC, Instructor: Alexander Robinson
Master Plan
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Los Angeles River Studio, USC, Instructor: Alexander Robinson
Detail design
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Los Angeles River Studio, USC, Instructor: Alexander Robinson
Perspectives 1. Detail zone 2. Winter - wet season 3. Summer - dry season
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Perspectives
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Los Angeles River Studio, USC, Instructor: Alexander Robinson
Process sketches
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Los Angeles River Studio, USC, Instructor: Alexander Robinson
M.LA thesis - public opportunities for infrastructure This thesis project started with discussion and research of the topic of interest - public opportunities for infrastructure, developed with a designed area including 350 acres of Bolsa Chica Lowlands in Hungtington Beach, California. It proposes a reconfiguration of the infrastructure at Bolsa Chica Wetlands to treat regional water runoff and provide an opportunity for biological productivity in local habitats to be greatly increased as well be preserved as a public open space. This restructuring of the site will also make key connections to the adjacent communities by utilizing existing infrastructure, drawing people in and fulfilling their innately human need to experience the wild and intricate forces at play in the environment. This paper presents the whole process of this project starting from research, precedents and site design. Keywords: infrastructure, urban artifact, coastal wetland
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Bolsa Chica historical timeline
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Site Design
Master Plan Showing optimized habitat types redirected by landform, freshwater flow, key connecting area will be utilized as treatment pond for grey water before they went into the sea, creating maximum salt marsh and salt panne area along the way. To mesh with the Bolsa Chica General Plan, this transformation will also incorporate open space for active recreation. This open space will take the form in two main corridors that will link the wetland to the more traditional inland parks of Bolsa Chica. Key connections will be made to the community of Bolsa Chica by opening up the site to bicycle and pedestrian traffic. The infrastructure required to accommodate these connections will include bridges and raised boardwalks. Much of the steel and concrete required to build these structures will be recovered from the abandoned oil field. The circulation network with feature a series of viewpoints along the trail, some of which are mounds elevated to give a 360 degree panoramic view of the site. Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Taking consideration of the three aspects, I’m proposing a layered strategy of site hydrology, habitat and infrastructure, overall programming a performative system. For the hydrology aspects, flucuating space as tidal levels rise with high tides and decrease with low tides, redirecting, taking three sources of freshwater, redirecting through salt marsh in a meandering form, to create the maximum amount of salt marsh. Terrain creation - I also create this site terrain by cut and fill, overall to create this topographic diversity for biological productivity. For the infrastructure aspect, taking considerations of three layers , sensitive area, terrain, hydrology to create a diverse walking experience, explain colors first, representation of infrastrcture elements and path of design, green,,,red,,,I choose to uncover the hidden infrastructure to show the performative function as well as to capture the performative experience of the place. elevating them with tidal level to program a performative use. Furthermore, for a long term consideration, incorporating with existing operational sequence and different scale of operation, I propose this 4 phase performative timeline over the next 30 years. It start with reintroducing. Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Section intervention/ Conceptial perspective
Full Tide - Winter and late spring Dec - March, May - Jun Full Tide - Winter and late spring Dec - March, May - Jun Salt marsh nursery cell
Full Tide - Winter+7ft and late spring Dec - March, May - Jun Cell route Water level Designed topo Water level Designed topo
Water level Designed topo
High marsh +5.5 - 6ft Urban runoff +5ft +4ft routelevel Low marsh +7ft +3ft Cell - ground High marsh +5.5 - 6ft Urban runoff +5ft +4ft Low marsh +3ft - ground level +7ft Cell route High marsh +5.5 - 6ft Urban runoff +5ft +4ft Low marsh +3ft - ground level
Disturbed habitat - enhance water exchange Minimum disturbance, low accessibility urban runoff treatment cell Disturbed habitat - enhance water exchange
Salt marsh nursery cell
Minimum disturbance, low accessibility urban runoff treatment cell
Salt marsh nursery cell
Minimum disturbance, low accessibility urban runoff treatment cell
Disturbed habitat - enhance water exchange
Middle tide - Early summer, March - May, Middle tide - Early summer, March - May,
High marsh cell
Sensitive habitat creation cell +7ft Cell route High marsh +5.5 - 6ft +5ft +4ft routelevel Low marsh +7ft +3ft Cell - ground High marsh +5.5 - 6ft +5ft +4ft Low marsh +3ft - ground level +7ft Cell route High marsh +5.5 - 6ft +5ft +4ft Low marsh +3ft - ground level
Water level tide - Early summer, March - May, Middle Sensitive habitat creation cell
Water level
Water level
Sediment treat cell - salt accumulating
“hard accessible”
Sediment treat cell - salt accumulating
“hard accessible” High marsh cell cut “hard accessible”
Sensitive habitat creation cell
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Fill Sediment treat cell - salt accumulating
Highcut marsh cell
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cut
Low tide - Summer, Fall Low tide - Summer, Fall +7ft Cell route
High marsh +5.5 - 6ft Water level +5ft +4ft routelevel Low marsh +7ft +3ft Cell - ground High marsh +5.5 - 6ft Water level +5ft +4ft Low marsh +3ft - ground Yushan level +7ft Cell route High marsh +5.5 - 6ft Water level +5ft +4ft
colorfull salt cell for education mudflats
mudflats
Low tide - Summer, Fall
Maximum access and openspace
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Maximum access and openspace
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colorfull salt cell for education
colorfull salt cell for education
remaining pipe and oil well as facility, mudflats
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Maximum andHarris, openspace Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu access Hung, Bob Alex Robinson remaining pipe and oil well as facility,
Currently, the wetlands are adversely affected by the terminus of the East Garden Grove Wintersburg flood channel that dumps trash filled and contaminated urban runoff from a sub-watershed of over 27 square miles. The effects of urban runoff on this sensitive coastal ecosystem will be remedied with an extensive freshwater treatment marsh. The East Garden Grove Drainage channel will be redirected to the former oil field site. The form of this reconfiguration will be dictated by the sites current geometric organization. Rather than attempt to recreate a natural geomorphic condition, the new landscape will be transparently artificial and uncontrived. The first step of the treatment process will be to remove suspended solids and oxygenate the water in a series of oxidation ponds separated by inflatable damns. The contaminated water will then be cleaned further as it will be pumped out to a reservoir and allowed to meander through a network of micro –topographies containing soil, vegetation, and gabion structures(for filtration). When the water reaches the final storage reservoir, it can be pumped out as needed into the muted-tidal zone where it will be mixed with salt water bringing life to the salt marsh habitat.
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Habitat space for the larger bird species in the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, such as the Heron and Egret, will be provided by clusters of large trees such as the Black Cottonwood and the Western Sycamore. This will mainly be concentrated in the vicinity of two main bioswales on the north and south sides of the tidal basin where collection points will be established to collect runoff coming from the adjacent neighborhoods. Here, water will be retained and cleansed by the soil and vegetation. The south swale will simply allow water to infiltrate back into the soil. The north will act as an overflow for the channel and can be allowed to flow into the muted tidal zone if necessary.
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Transforming existing infrastructure I - pipes
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Transforming existing infrastructure II - panoma structure
Transforming existing infrastructure III - Tidal furniture
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Seasonal moment I
Seasonal moment II
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Performative timeline
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Directed Research Desgin, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung, Bob Harris, Alex Robinson
Neo-habitat:reconstituting a life-cycle panda village
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, AIM-competition Post Earthquake Reconstruction
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, AIM-competition Post Earthquake Reconstruction
Urban landform - Long Beach Civic Center
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Long Beach Civic Center Studio, USC, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Long Beach Civic Center Studio, USC, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Long Beach Civic Center Studio, USC, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Long Beach Civic Center Studio, USC, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung
Site model I : reinterpretation
Sections
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Long Beach Civic Center Studio, USC, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung
Perspectives
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Long Beach Civic Center Studio, USC, Instructor: Ying-yu Hung
Internship work 场地信息 / SITE CONDITIONS In collaboration with Ning Deng, generating GIS analysis on slope, orientation, create diagrams illustrate site condition
朝北/NORTH FACING 可建设区域 /BUILDABLE 不可建设区域 /NONBUILDABLE
朝东/EAST FACING 朝南/SOUTH FACING 朝东/EAST FACING
植被/VEGETATION
坡度/SLOPE
朝向/ORIENTATION
山谷 水线 / VALLEY WATERLINE
山脊线 / RIDGE
地形/TOPOGRAHY 5M INCREMENTS
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Dalian urban design, work done at SWA group, Team work with Ning Deng, Tina Chee
Construction drawings
Paving pattern design
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, San Jacinto 95% Construction Drawing, work done at SWA group, Team work with Trent Takuma, Nara Park
Research - Beijing traditional courtyard hypothesis (sample)
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Courtyard Hypothesis, Tsinghua University, Instructor: Wen Liang
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Narrative of Traditional Garden, Tsinghua University, Instructor: Yunjia Guan
Courtyard design (sample)
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Reseach
Others, media, lighting design, art
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, landscape media, USC
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Hyatt lighting design, USC
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Art drawing
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Art drawing
Plant study
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Art drawing
Fungi Garden
Yushan Pang 2014 Work sample, Art drawing