Landscape Architecture Portfolio | Yufei Zhao (GRACE) John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Yufei Zhao
606-38 Grenville St. Toronto Ontario, Canada, M4Y 1A5 902-471-8118 yufeiz.zhao@mail.utoronto.ca
EDUCATION BACKGROUND Master of Landscape Architecture
2018-Present John. H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design University of Toronto
Bachelor of Engineering in Urban Planning
2012-2017
WORK EXPERIENCE
School of Architecture and Urban Planning Wuhan Institute of Technology
Landscape Research Assistant
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
-Literature review relevant to urban and peri-urban forests ecological goods and services. -Enhancing and improving the manual graphics and develop new graphics for publication
Auto CAD Sketch Up Rhino Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Arc GIS Microsoft Office V-ray Grasshopper Google Earth Pro Teamwork Critical Thinking Flexibility Stamina Communication Patience
University of Toronto Toronto, ON
Intern Landscape Architect
- Conducted technological design drawings including wastewater management, rainwater management and urban water recycle
Urban Planner Intern
- Participated in the project Community Revitalization in ChangFeng Peri-Urban Village, and participated in urban planning part including data research, data analysis, site investigation and mapping drawing - Engaged in conferences about sustainable community planning and prepared the paperwork in the conferences
- Event Planner
2012-2013 2014-2015 2014-2015 2015-2016 2015-2017 2016
Gave helps to the children (whose parents are cleaning up the city but earning little money) on their life and taught them school lessons and some other design&art-based skills
06/2013-09/2013
Natural Resources and Planning Bureau, Wuhan City
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Organizer of YOU & ME Activity
06/2017-05/2018
JiaSifang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd, Wuhan City
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Girls Department, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Wuhan Institute of Technology
05/2020-Present
The School Outstanding Student The 3rd-class School Scholarship The School Outstanding Student The 2nd-class School Scholarship The 2nd-class School Scholarship Excellent Award(group work) of “National Space and Environmental Design Competition” Held by China Decoration Association
Trained as a landscape architect at the University of Toronto and an urbanist in China, the interactions between the man-made environment and natural ecology in today’s urbanized regions have always fascinated me. In this portfolio, all projects selected from my design journey are illustrated across scales. They have witnessed my enthusiasm for sustainable and inspiring landscape design within abundant regional scales, cultures, and ecological contexts.
CONTENTS [Large] 01 GREEN UP [Linear park design to vertically densify green space coexisting with rapidly growing urbanization in downtown Toronto]
02
Off the Road [Symbiotic Landscape Design for Snapping Turtle and Residents in Toronto’s Ravine System]
03
RETURN TO THE VITALITY [Urban Community park design to activate community vitality and enhance the interaction between urbanized open space and residents daily life]
[Medium] 04 WATER CEREMONY [Sustainable rain garden design inspired by once-thriving Taddle Creek in Toronto to celebrate the culture and history of Indigenous people]
[Small] 05 MEMORIES IN RAINY DAYS [Creating green infrastructure - on-the-ground subway station entrance to alleviate city water-logging in downtown Wuhan]
06
THE GREEN CANOPY [Multi-functional public square design to provides residents with a comfortable, sustainable green shelter ]
07
OTHER WORKS
[Models] [Big Picture] [Construction Drawings] [Hand Drawings] [Collage] [Photography]
01 Green Up Site: West Dundas Railpath, Toronto Time: 01/2020-04/2020 Comprehensive Studio Individual Work + Team Work Instructor: Megan Esopenko
Project Part1. Teamwork _ Project Description Individual Part: part of plans, site analysis diagrams, design strategies, perspectives Green Up is about increasing the green density in the amalgamating built form in the city of Toronto. There are numerous development projects that are actively growing in the city currently occupying land and vertical space. This increase in the built fabric leaves limited land for green space. The existing green space around the site is not enough for the people occupying the buildings. Given that the site is narrow and could only contribute towards so much green space it suited best to create multiple levels to increase green space vertically. When the development projects are completed there will be a greater need for green spaces. The goal of the design is to meet the required green space that can accommodate the people occupying the surrounding buildings. That would include the surrounding parks as well. The park would have two paths for cycling and walking. The idea of vertical expansion comes from city development; some design moves and material choices are directly influenced by the city. The elevated path is designed based on the city grid and the ground path is curvilinear to accommodate fast movement of bicycles. As the site varies in widths, five typologies are designed. These show the relationship between the two paths and the space it creates. The planting strategy is based on the shaded and sunny areas and consists of species from different layers of vegetation and includes both shaded and sun tolerant species. This design is created with a hope to resolve lack of green space and promote the importance of nature in the advancement of city life.
Atypical Site Plan for the West Toronto Rail Path Extension
Farm-to-Table Restaurant with outdoor Community Garden
Tree Top Walking within Elevated path and Ramp
Elevated Viewing Platform
Resting Platform with Bicycle Parking
Densely Planted Vegetable Garden
0
500
1500m
Site Analysis 90002
25855
City Projects
169000
Population
82ha
Green Spaces
2005
24500
102ha
2015
2020
Year
Effects of Increasing Vertical Density on Green Spaces in Toronto’s Ecology Loop Regional Building Development West Toronto Rail Path
Built Projects
Active Projects
Projects under Review
Site’s Adjacent Building Development and Green Spaces Existing Green Spaces = 513252m² Anticipated Increased Green Space= Total Increased Gross Floor Area
How much we need
How much we have
Required Green Space = 2100000m² Future Projects
Green Spaces
Anticipated Green Spaces
Design Concept
Design Strategy
Existing Site Condition
City grid
Future Site Condition Sun-shade Analysis
City grid + Sun Shade tolerant Vegtation
Introduction of Elevated Path
Spacing Slow Path
Circulation Vertical Green Densification
Slow Path
Planting Zone Fast Path
Sun Tolerant Planting Shade Tolerant Planting
Atypical Design for West Toronto Rail Path Extension
Farm-to-Table Restaurant with outdoor Community Garden Tree Top Walking within Elevated path and Ramp
Elevated Viewing Platform
Shifted Paths with vegetation in between
Elevated Slo Bicycle Trail
Typologies of Two Paths
Narrow Path
There would be two paths and the elevated path would be designed first, and the ground path would meander in the remaining spaces and connect to the surroundings to enhance flow and connectivity for cyclists. These paths would merge with residential streets and major streets like lansdowne, dufferin and queen street. The widths change throughout the site and that helped us design the spatial relationship of the two paths at each point. Based on spatial analysis, we came up with our 5 typologies. The first two would be applied to narrow spaces which are equal to and less than 13meters. The other three are for wider spaces which are greater than 13 meters.
Two-way Shift
Narrow Path Width ≤ 13m
One-way Shift
Shift + Extensio
Overlap + Shift
Shift + Extensio
Elevated Viewing Platform Extended Elevated Resting Lookout
Two-way Shifted Elevated Pausing Square
ow Path with underneath
h Width ≥ 13m
on
on + Merge
0
1.5
4.5km
Master Plan
Vegetation Strategy
Heavy Shade
Moderate Shade
Light Shade
Rendering of elevated one-way slow path with bicycle t
The elevated path is shifted to create more room for vegetation and sunlight. It creates a more open space in relation to the first typology between the two paths and layers of vegetation
Rendering o
Rendering of elevated two-way slow path with bicycle t
Rendering of Elevated Resting Lookout
The two paths are surrounded by vegetation on both sides and planting beds on the elevated path create another level of vegetation. It will be applied on those narrow spaces throughout the site. the two paths are in close proximity with each other and vegetation, creating a sense of envelopment for both cyclists and pedestrians.
trail underneath
of two Paths with layers of vegetation in between
The elevated paths are on both sides of the ground path. This allows for vegetation between the two paths and/ planters on the elevated path, creating density vertically and horizontally. It will be applied to wider spaces and forms an immersive experience for cyclists and pedestrians.
trail and vegetation in between
This typology Shift + Extension creates enough room for elevated planting and space for programming. So this typology works well for landscape nodes at some of the widest parts of the site. The elevated resting lookout is decided to be further detailed design in this project. The paths are shifting and the elevated path extends to a side and becomes a platform that is used as a resting place The ground path underneath connects with the surrounding street. The form of planter and pavement pattern keep the same language as the elevated path. Since this part of the site has the most sun we chose sun tolerant native species.
Project Part2._Individual Work _ Detailed Construction Drawings of Elevated Resting Lookout + Bicycle Trail Detailed Plan
PLANTING LIST YELLOW DAYLILY Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus BLACK EYED SUSAN Rudbeckia hirta COMMON NINE BARK Physocarpus opulifolius BLANKET FLOWER Gaillardia PURPLE CONEFLOWER Echinacea PRECAST CONCRETE PIER COLUMN
RED MAPLE Acer rubrum
CONCRETE SEATING STRUCTURE 600 MM WIDTH X 400 MM HIGHT X 2000 LENGTH
SUGAR MAPLE Acer saccharum HONEYLOCUST Gleditsia triacanthos
STRUCTURE WALLS/WATERPROOF MEMBERANE 200 MM THICKNESS STAINLESS STEEL VERTICAL HANDRAIL COMPONENT STAINLESS STEEL HORIZONTAL HANDRAIL 100 MM THICKNESS
EASTERN REDBUD Cercis canadensis
MATERIAL LIST DECORATED PLANTING
1200 MM X 1800 MM GLASS PANEL 200 MM THICKNESS
MAINTAINED GRASS PERMEABLE CONCRETE UNIT PAVEMENT
CONCRETE PAVEMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION 3000 MM WIDTH
GRASS PANEL FOR RAILING CONCRETE SEATING WALL CONCRETE COLUMN
CONCRETE PAVEMENT FOR BICYCLE CIRCULATION 3000 MM WIDTH
Element: Elevated Path with Extended Lookout Student Name: Yufei Zhao Drawing Number: D01.01
Detailed Section
PERMEABLE CONCRETE UNIT PAVING 300 MM THICKNESS DRAINAGE AGGREGATE 100 MM DEPTH PERMEABLE BASE MATERIALS 500 MM DEPTH DRAINAGE LAYER GRANULAR FILL 400 MM DEPTH ROOT BALL FOR TREE PLANTING 1000 MM DEPTH MULTCH LAYER FOR PLANTING 300 MM DEPTH
WASHED GRAVEL LAYER 1000 MM DEPTH DRAINAGE LAYER GRANULAR FILL 400 MM DEPTH PERFORATED PIPE RADIUS 75 MM
GLASS PANEL FOR RAILING 100 MM THICKNESS STAINLESS STEEL VERTICAL HANDRAIL 1400 MM LENGTH STAINLESS STEEL HORIZONTAL HANDRAIL RADIUS 50 MM STAINLESS STEEL ANCHOR BOLT MULTCH LAYER FOR PLANTING 200 MM DEPTH WASHED GRAVEL OR OTHER APPROVEDMATERIAL 350 MM DEPTH DRAINAGE LAYER GRANULAR FILL 510 MM DEPTHDEPTH PERFORATED PIPE RADIUS 75 MM HORIZONTAL REBAR PLACEMENT
PSI CONCRETE COLUMN VERTICAL REBAR PLACEMENT
CONCRETE PAVEMENT FOR BIKING CONCRETE BASE COURSE COMPACTED GRANULAR FILL TOP SOIL 1000 MM DEPTH STRUCTURAL SOIL 3000 MM DEPTH CONCRETE FOOTING 1200 MM x 3000 MM SUBGRADE 2000 MM DEPTH Element: Elevated Path with Extended Lookout Student Name: Yufei Zhao Drawing Number: D02.01
Detailed Construction Drawings of Elevated Resting Lookout + Bicycle Trail Railing Details
Planters and Pavement Details
10 MM TEMPERED GLASS GAR-M4 CHANNEL WITH P.V.C GLAZING CHANNEL VERTICAL STAINLESS STEEL POST HORIZONTAL STAINLESS STEEL SUB POST 50 MM RADIUS HORIZONTAL STAINLESS STEEL HANDEDRAIL
GAR-M4 CHANNEL WITH P.V.C GLAZING CHANNEL
200 MM STRUCTURED CONCRETE WALL
WATERPROOF MEMBERANE 30 MM THICKNESS STAILESS STEEL JOIST
MULTCH LAYER FOR PLANTING 300 MM DEPTH
ROOT BALL FOR TREE PLANTING 1000 MM DEPTH
WASHED GRAVEL LAYER 1000 MM DEPTH
DRAINAGE LAYER GRANULAR FILL 400 MM DEPTH Element: Elevated Path with Extended Lookout Student Name: Yufei Zhao Drawing Number: D02.02
Explosion of Elevated Resting Platform
RAILING
PERMEABLE CONCRETE UNIT PAVING SEAT WALL
DRAINAGE AGGREGATE PERMEABLE BASE MATERIALS DRAINAGE LAYER GRANULAR FILL MULTCH LAYER FOR PLANTING WASHED GRAVEL OR OTHER APPROVED MATERIAL DRAINAGE LAYER GRANULAR FILL
CONCRETE SEAT WALL VERTICAL REBAR PLACEMENT HORIZONTAL REBAR PLACEMENT
PERFORATED PIPE RADIUS 75 mm
TYP.NO.8 AGGREGATE IN OPENINGS PERMEABLE CONCRETE UNIT PAVING 300 MM BEDDING COURSE 100 MM THICKNESS
PSI CONCRETE COLUMN CONCRETE FOOTING
PERMEABLE BASE MATERIALS TYPICALLY NO.57 AGGREGATE PERMEABLE BASE MATERIALS TYPICALLYNO.2 AGGREGATE
CONCRTE PAVEMENT FOR BIKING
PERFORATED PIPE RADIUS 75 MM Element: Elevated Path with Extended Lookout Student Name: Yufei Zhao Drawing Number: D02.02
TOP SOIL 1000MM DEPTH STRUCTURAL SOIL 3000 MM DEPTH SUBGRADE 2000 MM DEPTH
Distribution
Threats! Severity High
Canada
02 Off the Road
the United States
Site Inventory
Low Water Level Management
Level of Conce Severity: reflects the
Site: Don River Valley, Toronto Time: 09/2020-12/2020 Individual Design + Team work( Instructor: Alissa North
Project Part 1. Individual Work _ Project Description With their prehistoric appearance, long life spans and histories, the Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) has endured as a species for 90 million years, but suffered tremendously at the hands of humans in the last centuries. As a North American creature, Snapping Turtles are found in the central United States and southern Canada.
1. Water Flow
Fast Moving Water
2. Land
Slow Moving Water Ravine Boundary
With increased urbanization, Snapping Turtles have to cross roads frequently, which pose its greatest threat. They need to travel extensively to reach suitable hatching areas. Toronto’s Ravine system has slow moving and shallow freshwater habitats ideal for Snapping Turtles, but the complicated and dangerous roads and rail lines prevent their necessary territorial movement. This design proposal uses Stitching and Crossing to de-fragment this urban territory. By evaluating the Snapping Turtle’s nesting habitat and analyzing their migration requirements, the site’s hazardous barriers were identified, and Stitched with a series of proven and inventive design solutions suitable for turtles. The design proposes overpasses, tunnels, and passages, over and under roads and railways, to connect fragmented habitats and topographies. Given that the site’s underdeveloped and disjointed trail system is insufficient for humans, the design provides desirable new routes, and combines these with the Snapping Turtle’s required movements, to create symbiotic Crossing throughout the site. Movable crossing channels elevate human trails from turtle overpasses in nesting season, but connect them during the rest of the year. This ensures that nesting grounds are inaccessible by humans during vulnerable incubation periods. Open-top crossing channels place human trails directly over the turtle’s crossing tunnels, with protective grates that allow people to view the moving turtles below. Shared terraced channels allow the Snapping Turtles to migrate on elevated passages, and can be sighted when pedestrians or cyclists pass by. The combined movement network benefits accessibility for both turtle and human, while perhaps, also improving mutual appreciation.
4. Nesting Habitat Open Space Sandy Gravel Soil Open space with sandy gravel soil Ravine Boundary
5. Rav
90 million years old
Road Network
Harvesting
Collisions With Boats
Fish Bycatch
Chemical Contamination
ern Localized Extent Widespread Extent population-level effect (High: very large population-level effect, Moderate, Low, Unknown).
ds Fast Moving Water Slow Moving Water Ravine Boundary
3. Soil Sandy Gravel Clay Silt Sandy Clay Silt Sandy
Snapper’s Nesting Migration Route Analysis Nesting and Hatching Habitats Ravine Lands Public Open Space Don River Trails Migration Route
vine Slope Edge(%) 0-5 45-50
6. Infrastructure Bridge and Underpass Highway Railway Major Road Trail
Migration Distance Road Barriers Bridge Barriers Railway Barriers
Stitching Barriers
Fragmentation of Nesting Habitats
Hazardous Barriers
Conceptual Diagram
Phase 1. Stitching Habitats Overpass
Overpass
Tunnel
From water to upland
Connecting hillside habitats
Crossing through the hills
Phase 2. Creating Symbiotic Crossings
Master Plan
Stage 1. Manipulating the Human Trail with a Turtle Migration Channel
Human Trail Movable Crossing Trail Migration Overpass Underground Migration Tunnel
Elevated Human Trail Snapper’s Migration Overpass
Migration Tunnel Crossing Hills Open-top Migration Tunnel Terraced Migration Passage Don River Nesting Habitats Ravine Lands 0
85
170m
Movable Crossing Trail + Overpass
Nesting Season May - June
Human Trail Snapper’s Migration Tunnel
Human Trail Snapper’s Migration Passage
Symbiotic Channel System
Development of Human Trail System
Open-Bottom Trail + Open-top Tunnel
Ground Trail + Terraced Passage Tunnel
Passage
Under the ground connecting linear habitats
Crossing with the cycling lane
Human Trail Movable Crossing Trail Migration Overpass Underground Migration Tunnel Migration Overpass Underground Migration Tunnel
Mating Season
Mating Season
January - April
July - December
Stage 2. Synthesizing Interactive Activities Natural Walks & Cycling
Pausing and Resting
Observing and Appreciating
Applicable Strategies to Toronto’s Ravine Loop
Ravine Boundary Fast Moving Water Slow Moving Water Snapping Turtle Location Examples
Water Flow Analysis 6
2
10 km 4
8
Snapping Turtle Location Examples Rivers and Creeks Ravine Boundary Migration Range 1 km Radius Open Space within 1 km Radius Sandy Gravel Soil Open Space with Sandy Gravel Soil within 1 km Radius
Nesting Habitat Evaluation 6
2
10 km 4
8
Ravine Boundary Fast Moving Water Ravine Boundary Migration Route Vehicular and Train Crossing Migration Range 1 km Radius Ravine Slope over 45% Migration Barriers
Snapping Turtle Migration Barriers Analysis
Access Point Trails and Cycling Lanes Distance of Access Points ≥ 20 Minutes Walk Closest Route of Access Points Forest Ravine Boundary Private Properties Most Disconnected Zones
Human Acessibility to Ravine Lands
Open Space Forest Ravine Boundary
Most Disconnected Zones for Human Migration Barriers for Snapping Turtle
Priority Zones for Snapping Turtle and Human
Open Space Forest Ravine Boundary Trails and Cycling Lanes
Most Disconnected Zones for Human Migration Barriers for Snapping Turtle Proposed Strategies Phasing1- Priority Zones for Symbiotic Stitchings&Crossings Phasing2-Widely Extended Shared Eco Corridors
Master Plan
Project Part 2. Team Work _ Hybrid Creature
Individual Part: part of ideas, part of mappings drawings
Snapping Morel Bison (Serpentina morchella bison)
Spanning 1.5 m long and 1 m tall, the snapping morel bison is an omnivore that is a mix of the black morel fungi, snapping turtle and plains bison. It is mostly a solitary creature living in riverine habitats during the winter and spring, while later assembling in herds in open meadow and prairie habitats during the summer to mate. In the fall the creature moves into forested areas where it releases spores that are produced in its morel skin under its shell for reproduction. The spores connect to the creature’s underground mycelium network to germinate that spans the ravine forest system. The adult creatures connect to this intelligence network through their feet which provides the creature with ecological knowledge of its surroundings for survival. Diet Plains Grasses
Shrubs
Herbs
Twigs
Plants
Fish
Snakes
Frogs
Smaller Turtles
Seasonal Habitats & Migration
Release spores in the forest
Water is its primary habitat
Fall
Winter
Lifecycle
Water is its primary habitat Spring
Mate in open space, grassland, meadow Summer
1800 CREATURE WATERCOURSE HABITAT NETWORK Longitudinal Map | Creature Inventory Map
2020 HUMAN BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN RAVINE SYSTEM Longitudinal Map | Human Inventory Map
PROPOSED 2200 LOST RIVERS DAYLIGHTING Longitudinal Map | Creature-Human Analysis Map
1800 CREATURE TERRITORIAL CROSSING CONDITION Lateral Map | Creature Inventory Map
2020 HUMAN CROSSING CONDITION Lateral Map | Human Inventory Map
PROPOSED 2200 CREATURE-HUMAN SHARED CROSSING Lateral Map | Creature-Human Analysis Map
1800 CREATURE RAVINE UNDERGROUND NETWORK Vertical Map | Creature Inventory Map
2020 HUMAN RAVINE ABOVE&BELOW GROUND TOXIC CONDITION Vertical Map | Human Inventory Map
PROPOSED 2200 RAVINE MYCOREMEDIATION ZONES Vertical Map | Creature-Human Analysis Map
03 RETURN TO THE VITALITY Site: Wuhan, China Time: 09/2015-06/2016 Individual Work Instructor: Huifang Song
Project Description In 2015, the new residential policy “Open Community” in China had issued with a huge impact on city dwellers. Faced with the huge social pressure in the process of urbanization, residents are desperate for the use of urban public open space. The new residential construction regulation gives this demand more possibilities. In order to explore what is the most suitable urban public space for local residents and how to relate this public space to the new community, this project reveals the historical, cultural and social status of the site. The design is to activate community vitality and enhance the interaction between urbanized public open space and residents daily life by creating urban farming and four types of connections to the surrounding communities. This design strategy promotes reasonable urban life and urban ecology by introducing different sustainable and environmentally friendly community activities, a variety of ecological elements, which changes the previous boring, depressing lifestyle, and makes urban life full of energy.
View from the Ecological Revetment
Design Concept
Site Analysis
C Farmer Stude
Farmland Community Green Space Urban Green Space
Agricu
Finance a Industry
Let’s grow vegetables, f share them neighb
I want to be closer to the natural elements during the holidays
Preference of A Day
Commuters Students
T
Sedentary Lifestyle
Children
Physical exercise Mental interaction Psychological relax
Health Labor Vitality
Master Plan
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2
Children Commuters ent
3
8
12
1
7
ulture
10 9
and Services 13 5
our own fruits, and m with our bors
6 4 Dismentle
Lawn Flower Garden Orchard Lake Shore Stepped Platform Ecological Lake Shore Seating Areas Community Market Painted Road Water Corridor Platform Air Corridor Connection Pavement Appreciation Field Educational Garden
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13
Transition Space
14
0
20
Nature Circulation Connectivity
Dredging
Revetment Creation
Connecting Natural Revetment to the Surroundings
Ecological Habitat Revitalization
60(m)
Accessibility Elevated Corridor
Stepped Waterside Platform
Painted Path
Ecological Connection
Revetment Design
Main Path
Educational Garden
Main Path
Lake Shore
Water Corridor
Section A-A
Secondary Path
Ecological Revetment
Main Path Secondary Path
Pollinator Garden
Section B-B
Main Path
Ecological Lake Shore
Water Corridor
Lake Shore Stepped Revetment
Vegetation Strategy Trees Trees
Shrubs Shrubs
Herbaceous HerbaceousPlant Plants
1.Citrus reticulata Blanco. 2.Pyrus, i, f. 3.Amygdalus persica L. 4.Osmanthus fragrans 5.Sect. Camphora (Trew) Meissn. 6.Magnolia Grandiflora Linn. 7.Cerasus pseudocerasus (Lindl.) G. 8.Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm. 9.Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. 10.Cerasus sp.
1.Loropetalum chinense var.rubrum 2.Ligustrum lucidum Ait. 3.Buxus megistophylla 4.Rhododendron simsii Planch. 5.Rosa chinensis Jacq. 6.Fatsia japonica (Thunb.) Decne. et Planch.
1.Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.. 2.var. ramosa Hort. 3.Raphanus sativus L. var.radculus pers 4.Brassica pekinensis Rupr. 5.Spinacia oleracea L. 6.Zea mays Linn. 7.Amaranthus tricolor L. 8.Solanum tuberosum L. 9.Dendranthema morifolium (Ramat.) Tzvel. 10.Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.
evergreen deciduous semi-evergreen
perennial annual biennial
ERs. AF. ALf.
FG. Orchard
Energy Circulation Absorption Purchase
Cooking Vegetables
Seedling Selection Conveyance
Harvest
CO2
O2
04 WATER CEREMONY Site: Hart House Circle, Toronto Time: 01/2019-03/2019 Individual Work Instructor: Liat Margolis, Elise Shelley
Project Description The project is to create the sustainable rain gardens for the Hart House Circle revitalization. This idea is inspired by the lost Taddle creek that was once-vibrant and running through the Hart House Circle that is Indigenous heritage of Toronto as the potential urban landscape, which have been shaped by millennia of land-based Indigenous Knowledge and accomplishment. In fact, Taddle creek is the one of many lost and buried creeks in the urbanized regions such as Toronto which is commonly understood to be a Wendat or Haudenosaunee term that translates to “where the trees are standing in the water”. The design makes the water flow an aesthetic experience, to retain and clean stormwater runoff, and to provide students and staff of University of Toronto with gathering and seating spaces on two sides off the main east-west corridor.
Nine rain gardens connected by fifteen centimeters linear runnels and each rain garden is encircled by several planters. The location of rain gardens takes into account the existing trees that I want to preserve. The rationale of preservation is the consideration of trees’ life expectancy.
Master Plan
Design Diagrams
B
Grading Plan
2 1
Sections 4
3
C
6 B A
A
5
Section A-A C
1 Student Union 2 Pedestrian Pavement
3 Main Path 4 Public Lawn
5 Vegetation Planters 6 Entrance Ramp
0
5
15m
Vegetation Strategy The plants in planters are selected from Toronto’s Indigenous rain garden vegetation list, which takes seasonality in to consideration. The color of vegetation is expected to show bright scenes and leave a deep impression on students and staff. The water can be noticed on runnels along blooming flowers and trees all the way.
Tree Planter Figureground
Pedestrian Pavement Lawn Vegetation Planter
Hydrological Circulation Stormwater Sewer Surface Runoff Subsurface Runoff
The material of pavement is concrete and the gathering land is grassy. The changing grading and significant moments of outdoor activities including reading, eating and celebrating are shown on my sections. In each key moment, the main trees in each rain garden command the visual focus as they are witnesses to the commemorations and ceremonies for thousands of years.
Section C-C
Section B-B
05 MEMORIES IN RAINY DAYS Site: Wuhan, China Time: 09/2015-09/2016 Individual Work
Project Description In June 2016, BBC news reported the serious urban flooding in Wuhan. Chinese people were jokingly chatting on micro blogging: “let’s go to Wuhan to see the sea.” Almost every other year, Wuhan will suffer heavy rains. A large number of houses and infrastructure were damaged. Roads and public space were paralyzed due to the flooding. The water poured out the community walls and even took away the life of pedestrians. Especially, the flooding has an adverse impact on urban transportation which is closely linked with urban life. This project is to create green infrastructure - on-the-ground subway station entrance to alleviate city water-logging in Wuhan City. The rain gardens with local vegetation absorb and filter showers in short term and long term. The resting structures combine with vegetation layers offer sustainable utilization for residents. Potentially, in city scale, the rain gardens allocated on each subway station entrance form a green network to mitigate the severe urban flooding in Wuhan..
Energy Analysis of Circulation Water-logging
Metro Line 1 Metro Line 2 Waterlogging Plot
Design Strategy
Master Plan of Jiyu Qiao Station
Rain Water
Rain Gardens Development in City Jianghan Road Subway Station
ZhongShan Subway Station
Jiyu Qiao Subway Station
ZhongJiaCun Subway Station
HongShan Square Station
WuChang Railway Subway Station
Making Friends with Showers
Function Typologies Bioretention Pond Stairs Walkway
Walkway
Rain Pond
Proposed Rainwater Recycling System-Short Term
Walkway Stairs Shaded Lawn
Seasonal Poems - Proposed Rainwater Recycling System-Long Term
During the hot summer, plants has grown faster, providing shades for pedestrians waiting for subway.
Meanwhile, during the rainy season, the restoration pond will collect rainwater for later dry season.
During the dry season, plants cultivated by water collected in rainy season.
Planting Strategy The planting strategy is to use the growth characteristics of plants throughout the year to create a incubator for various plants of rainwater gardens.
Firmiana platanifolia (L. f.) Marsili Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino Iris pseudacorus L. Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. Miscanthus sinensis cv. Liriope platyphylla Wang et Tang Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm.
Perspective Location
06 The Canopy Site: John Street Square, Toronto Time: 09/2018-12/2018 Individual Work Instructor: Pete North
Project Description Public squares or small urban parks often reflect the evolving life and character of a city. The site of this project is situated at John street square, an area undergoing an extraordinary transformation and requiring a comprehensive redesign to better serve and leverage the strategic location. This project focus on the relationship between the surrounding green system and human comfort in terms of local climatic feature and seasonality. Considering the site as a bus station with multi-functional potentials, a large canopy installation provides residents with a comfortable, green shelter for resting and playing function while enriching and continuing the green spaces of the city streets.
Rendering of “The Canopy” at the John Street Square
Site Analysis
Canopy Formation
Legend
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
Green Canopy Tree Planters Pedestrian Pavement Seating
Public Square Painted Bicycle Trail Pedestrian Crossing Metro Hall
8
6
2
2 1
4
3 7
Master Plan
0
10
30(m)
Canopy Sections
Programs in Winter
Section A-A
Section B-B
Metro Hall Entrance Section C-C
5
Street Car Station
Other Works
-3D Printing “Painting Smear”
-3D Printing + Laser Cutting -Teamwork -Base Model for Hart House Circle
-CNC Modeling -Halifax Citadel
Illustrative Drawings From Left to Right: Halifax Citadel Plan;Halifax Citadel Section;Big Picture; Narratives
Courtyard Design
Promenade Collage
Photography