MLA Portfolio 2014 by Chieh Huang

CHIEH HUANG MLA PORTFOLIO 2014

CHIEH HUANG

PennDesign MLA Candidate, 2015 chiehh@design.upenn.edu (215)-460-2066 02

NESTING MUSIC

ULI Urban Design Competition, 2014 Nashville, TN

WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME Urban Design, 2014 North Philadelphia, PA

SHORE TO LINES Resilient Landform Machine, 2013 Staten Island, NY

THE RISING SUNKEN Landform + Grading Design, 2013 Philadelphia, PA

RISING TIDE

Resilient Landscape Design, 2012 Staten Island, NY

SUN & SHADE

ArcGIS Spatial Analysis, 2011 Taichung, Taiwan

PARIS: The City & Its Distractions Art Exhibition, 2014 Paris, France

Honorable Mention

Published in SCENARIO JOURNAL #4

12 Landscape as Storm Surge Protection

18 Landform Modeling and Grading

Presented to the NYC Planning Dept.

1st Prize in Taiwan University Conference on Spatial Planning

Exhibited at PennDesign 03

NESTING MUSIC

ULI Urban Design Competition, 2014 Nashville, TN

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA Team: Max Hsu, Ying Liu, Yadan Luo

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Performative Landscape

14 13

17 16

03 05

01 03

10 17

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08 15

01.

Ballpark as Highest Level Performace Stage

02. 03.

Mixed-Use Loft

04. 05. 06. 07. 08.

Nest Plaza Nest Park

09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

Rain Garden

17. 18.

Roof Garden

Office with Underground Structured Parking

Floating Amphitheater Green Way Renovated Bar & Restaurant Waterfront Parkway Music Deck Apartment Farmer's Market Hotel Affordable Apartment Upscale Apartment with15% affordable house Nashiville ballpark Perspective View Long Section Cut

17 ft

editing equipment 08 AM

New Mo d M u s i c P el s: M erf o u rm ltim an e ce d

g s hi n

roduction + Publi

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Music Row

7,200 ft

02 PM

04 PM

consultant

town wn

4,000 ft

12 PM

instrument rental

nce r ie n p e utio Ex t r ib ia D i s Facility + blic

Ind us try

10 AM

PRO MUSICIAN

further investment

START-UP INCUBATOR

NEW BUSINESS

ust

YOUNG ARTIST

147%

156%

89%

123%

100% 100%

194%

175%

New York Nashville Los Angeles US Average

12 AM

02 AM

04 AM

08am

06 AM

08 AM

10 AM

12pm 12 PM

02 PM

04pm 04 PM

08pm

06 PM

MUSIC Music industry

INDUSTRY Office Regular office

Restaurant

Resident Housing

Live Music Farmer's Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market Market

MODEL

Live music show

CONSUMER

Retail Retail

radio marketing

Renovated Waterfront Bar

% Earnings of U.S. vs Cost of Living

10 PM

Restaurant

publish album

Income

08 PM

Bar &Bar club

music production

THE MUSIC CAPITAL

06 PM

Visitor Visitor

Combined Combine

Rain Garden

Site

RHYTHM OF LIVING

recording studios

Co mm un ity

08 PM

12am

10 PM

12 AM

04am 08am 02 AM

04 AM

06 AM

Parking

Roof Garden

Green Amphitheater

Performative Landscape

PennDesign MLA

Chieh Huang

WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME Urban Design, 2014 North Philadelphia, PA

Vacancy

3rd Largest Land Use

10,600 Vacant Lots

40% City Owned

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA Individual

Schuylkill River

Nursery Canopy Urban Farm

Linear Park

Wetland North Philadelphia Train Station Bike Trail Network

Stormwater Management Delaware River

LAND BANK STRATEGY

PHILLY IN ITS HEYDAY

Philly in its heydays

FOREST SUCCESSION

POPULATION DECLINE

Population Decline

PROPERTY ACQUISITION

Property Acquisition

Land Bank Management

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA

Farmland

Meadow

Evenly Staged Forest

CSO Offline

Trail Network

Habitat Incubator

Neglected Empty Lot

Maintenance Cost

Priv ate

Under-used Street

An under-used street with vacant land and buildings. The city still pays to provide services.

CSO Overflow

Low Market Value

YEAR 01

Prop erty

30’

Side

wa lk

8’

1.2 2’ ’ 3’

Ro adw ay

24’

6’

Asp Ele halt Wa ctricity ter Mai n CSO

Side

wa lk

8’

Vac

ant

Land

30’

Lan

dB ank

30’

Pro per

LandCare Cleaning

Vacant property and empty street are taken offline. Grow fast-growing, shallowrooted pine trees.

Shallow Root Trees

Off-Market Property

YEAR 05

ty Side

wa lk

8’

Tree

6’

Pits

24’

Side

wa lk

Tra il

8’

Vac

ant

Land

30’

Rezone

Primary Succession

Break Asphalt

Road structure destructed and soil ready for secondary succession. Adjacent lots are transformed into productive landscape.

CSO Reduction

Carve Out Interior

YEAR 15

bita t

Inc

30’

YEAR 50

Deco

nst ru c tion

30’

8’

Spaci ng Ca nopy

24’

Limi

cing

Secondary succession matures, the interface transitions from forest to clearing/farm to park to urban fabric. Trail network links nature to the city.

6’

Clos

6’

Spa uba tor

te d

8’

Tem

por

ary

30’

Ca nop

35’

1.2’ 1.2 2’ ’ 3’ y

6’

Cle a

To Rep Soil Elemoved Wa ctricityAsph ter alt Main CSO

ring

15’

Tra il

5’

Inte

rfac

15’

Use

SHORE TO LINES Resilient Landform Machine, 2013 Staten Island, NY

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA Team: Ying Liu

Growing Reef Marine habitat Sedimentation

Rooting Reef

Main Structure Wave Attenuation

Floating Reef

Aquaculture Wetland Habitat

DIVERGENCE

ENERGY SCENARIO High Energy

Tidal Simulation

(Fluctuating surface)

Tidal Simulation

(Fluctuating surface)

High Energy

SHIFT Flexible geotextile Adjust to sea level rise

COMPRESSION Multiple layers Absorb surge energy

FILTRATION Gather sediments Filter water

Currents Low Energy

Currents

Low Energy

Surge Surge

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA Wave Energy

Shore Line

Secondary Rooting Reefs

Urban Development

Water Filtration

Foating Wetlands Floating Reef Roofing Reef Growing Reef Fixed Anchor 16

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA

Growing Reefs

Primary Rooting Reefs

Floating Reefs

Aquaculture

Storm Protection

Marine Habitat

THE RISING SUNKEN Landform + Grading Design, 2013 Philadelphia, PA

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA Team: Ying Liu, Yadan Luo

TW 30.0 BW 22.0

TW 26.0 BW 26.0

22 TW 28.0

BW 22.0

TW 26.0

BW 32.0

BW 26.0

22 20

TW 29.0 BW 23.0

BW 22.0 18

TW 20.1 BW 20.1

26 24

TW 22.0

TW 32.0

TW 28.0 BW 20.0

28 TW 36.0

24 34 26

TW 16.0

28 TW 26.8

26 TW 46.0 BW 20.0

22 12

TW 32.0 BW 24.0 24

BW 26.8

TW 20.0 BW 20.0

TW 16.0 BW 16.0

24 22 20

8 6

14 24

4 10

2 0 4 0

TW 22.1 BW 20.1

BW 26.0

TW 17.0 BW 17.0

BW 16.0

TW 20.8 BW 20.8 16

TW 30.0

BW 34.0

TW 20.2 BW 20.2

14 TW 14.0 BW 14.0

2 0

0 2 4 6 8

TW 20.0 BW 22.0

16 18

14 16

10 12

18 22

14 16

TW 24.0 BW 22.0

22 24

TW 32.0 BW 24.0

SCULPTING LANDSCAPE 01 / Constructing Skeleton Initial Idea: Develop a series of triangles with various slopes Material: 33% MDF triangles Technique: Using these units to create the seleton of landform

2% 5% 8.33% 20% 30%

02 / Infilling Volume Practice: Giving the structure volume by filling in clay Material: Clay + MDF Triangles Technique: Fill

03 / Eroding Landscape Refinement: Sculpting the landscape using the idea of erosion Material: Clay + Plexi Triangles Technique: Fill + Cut + Sculpt 20

Chieh Huang

SEQUENTIAL SECTIONS

PennDesign MLA

TIDE + FLOODING 04 / Grading Landform Final Model: Testing final grading plan with a contour model Material: Chipboard Technique: Contour Overlay + Lasercut + Handcut

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+20

RISING TIDE Resilient Landscape Design, 2012 Staten Island, NY

1985

2011

1894

1954 2003

1821 1938

2012

1972

2004

1999

1944

1976 1994 1991

NYC Hurricane History

Sandy

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA Individual

URBAN FABRIC Resilient Housing Buffer Pocket Parks

CREEK Drainage System Wetland Habitat

DUNE Windbreak Lookout Point

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA

BULKHEAD + TERRACE Storm Surge Protection Linear Park

RIVER BANK Decks Open Field

ARCHIPELAGO Wave Attenuation Convergent Zone

SUN & SHADE ArcGIS Spatial Analysis, 2011 Taichung, Taiwan

SPATIAL STRUCTURE Space Syntax

Longitude: N 24o 09’27” Latitude: E 120o 40’48”

07:30

10:30

Sun & Shade

SHADE ANALYSIS Wind Flow Taichung is a city going through vast expansion without a clear vision for the future. The city is now facing urban issues such as inequity in infrastructure accessibility and urban heat island effect.

Accessibility

The project examined the spatial structure of a typical local community through a sustainable lens that focuses on basic human rights to access sun, air, and public transportation.

Solar Azimuth Angle

Sola

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA Individual

Morning

Afternoon

Avg. Sunlight

Indoor

53.59%

52.66%

7.70 hr

Outdoor

53.83%

54.82%

7.86 hr

% of area in shade

13:30

16:30

ar Elevation Angle 27

PARIS: The City & Its Distractions Art Exhibition, 2014 Paris, France

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA Individual

One-Point Perspective: A Systematic Construction of Space: The “Invention” of Perspective “One-point perspective is a simulation of what the eye sees from a human being, therefore when it comes to natural landscape, it is almost impossible to use one-point perspective to capture the sublimity of nature. Everything is too much larger than human scale and too far away from the viewer that the eye can see almost nothing converging to a single point.”

STRUCTURAL DETAIL Detail Design, 2014 Philadelphia, PA

3'-0"

2'-0"

water-proofed wooden seating 6"

indirect lighting fixture water pipe, 3” diameter

8'-0"

horizontal reinforcement sloped, serated surface vertical reinforcement porous filter fabric 9" 6" 6 1/2"

new ground level

1'-2"

inserted steel plate (stairs) water catchment area field drain, 4” diameter starter bar, 4’ high

Scale: 1”= 8’

mud slab, 3”

1'-6"

ELEVATION

SECTION 2'-9"

2'-5 1/2"

6'-0"

Scale: 1”= 8’

DESIGN INTENTION A functional retaining wall with a set of “floating” stair cases and water features that not only create a physical connection between the two sides of the wall but enlighten the visual experience of the space. 30

PLAN Scale: 1”= 8’

HAND DRAWING

Chieh Huang

PennDesign MLA Individual

Constructive Landscape, 2012 Bartrams Garden, PA

CHIEH HUANG

PennDesign MLA Candidate, 2015 chiehh@design.upenn.edu (215)-460-2066