Landscape Architecture Portfolio: Chieh Huang

CHIEH HUANG MLA PORTFOLIO 2018

CHIEH HUANG Master of Landscape Architecture, 2015 University of Pennsylvania, School of Design chiehhla@gmail.com

Experience

EDUCATION

AWARD

PUBLICATION

Present

Landscape & Urban Designer, W Architecture & Landscape Architecture

2017

Guest Lecturer & Design Critic, University of Pennsylvania

2015

Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania

2014

Intern Landscape Designer, SALT Design Studio

2014

Production Coordinator & Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania

2012

Urban Design Assistant Consultant, Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan R.O.C

2009

Architecture Intern, Global Design Group

2015

Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, School of Design

2011

Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)

2015

ASLA Award of Honor

2015

The Eleanore T. Widenmeyer Prize in Landscape and Urbanism

2014

Honorable Mention, ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition

2014

OLIN Fellowship Nominee

2013

3rd Prize, Schenck-Woodman Design Competition

2017

Atlas for the End of the World

2015

LA+ Journal, Issue 2: LA+ PLEASURE

2014

Urban Regeneration: Foresting Vacancy In Philadelphia, Scenario Journal, Issue 4

2011

Spatial Analysis of Taichung Metropolitan Area

Atlas for the end of the world Research Project / Website, Ongoing Planet Earth / Team

Watermark Arch Out Loud Competition, 2016 New York, NY / Team

GROWING CHINAMPA Cuernavaca Railway Park Competition, 2016 Mexico City, Mexico / Team

EVERYONE BENEFITS Vertical Cities Asia Competition, 2015 Paya Lebar, Singapore / Team

REDRAWING THE COAST Regional Planning, 2015 Caribbean Coast, Colombia / Team

THE NEW REAL JILA Competition, 2015 Tokyo, Japan / Team

A WALK IN THE RIVER Suburban Park Design, 2014 Shanghai / Individual

FORESTING VACANCY Urban Design, 2014 North Philadelphia / Individual

FOUR QUARTERS

ULI Urban Design Competition, 2015 New Orleans / Team

CULTIVATING COFFEESCAPE Urban Design, 2014 Circasia / Individual

NESTING MUSIC ULI Urban Design Competition, 2014 Nashville / Team

04 Published and covered by media including National Geographic, Scientific American, LA Magazine

12 Arch Out Loud Design Competition

20 Represented PennDesign at the VCA Competition

30 Represented PennDesign at the VCA Competition

44 Independent Studio

58 Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture Design Competition, 2015

62 Presented to the Shanghai LA Design Institute

72 Published in Scenario Journal, Issue 4

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ULI Urban Design Competition

88 Published in local newspapers

94 Awarded Honorable Mention

Atlas for the end of the world Research Project, Ongoing Planet Earth Team: Richard Weller, Chieh Huang, Claire Hoch

Atlas for the Beginning of the Anthropocene Coming almost 450 years after the world’s first Atlas, this Atlas for the End of the World audits the status of land use and urbanization in the most critically endangered bioregions on Earth. It does so, firstly, by measuring the quantity of protected area across the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots in comparison to United Nation’s 2020 targets; and secondly, by identifying where future urban growth in these territories is on a collision course with endangered species.

By bringing urbanization and conservation together in the same study, the essays, maps, data, and artwork in this Atlas lay essential groundwork for the future planning and design of hotspot cities and regions as interdependent ecological and economic systems.

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Find out more about the Atlas at http://atlas-for-the-end-of-the-world.com/

What’s left: the world’s protected areas as of 2015 5

36 Biodiversity HOTSPOTS: CONSERVATION TARGETS

Meet the 17% conservation target Miss the 17% conservation target California Floristic Province North American Coastal Plain

Asia-Pacific East Melanesian Islands Himalaya Indo-Burma Japan Mountains of Southwest China New Caledonia New Zealand Philippines Polynesia-Micronesia Southwest Australia Sundaland Walacea Western Ghats & Sri Lanka Forests of Eastern Australia Europe & Central Asia Caucasus Irano-Anatolian Mediterranean Basin Mountains of Central Asia North America California Floristic Province Caribbean Islands Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mesoamerica North American Coastal Plain

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Caribbean

South America Atlantic Forest Cerrado Childean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Tropical Andes Africa Cape Floristic Region Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Eastern Afromontane Guinean Forests of West Africa Horn of Africa Madagascar & the Indian Ocean Islands Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Succulent Karoo

Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mesoamerica

Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena

Polynesia- Micronesia

Cerrado

Tropical Andes

Atlantic Forest Chilean Winter RainfallValdivian Forests

Caucasus

Mountains of Central Asia

Mediterranean Basin

Himalaya

Mountains of Southwest China Japan

Irano-Anatolian

Western Ghats & Sri Lanka

Philippines

Indo-Burma

Eastern Afromonane Horn of Africa

Guinean Forests of West Africa

Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa

East Melanesian Islands

Wallacea Sundaland

Madagascar Forests of Eastern Australia Succulent Karoo Cape Floristic Region

Maputaland-PondolandAlbany

New Caledonia

Southwest Australia New Zealand

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Indo-Burma | ConflICts Conflicts between 2030 projected urban growth areas and threatened species habitats

31 1 35 22 20 19

37 8

26 38 9

6 15 7 16 30 39 40 18 13

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104,563,000 Population

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36

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2015 urBan PoPulatIon 5

138,013,000 2030 urBan PoPulatIon

21 24 2 28

4 27

151 threatened mammal sPeCIes 23

25 3

major CroPs rice, cassava, maize, vegetables

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150

375

750km

BIodIversIty threats logging Conversation of Coastal habitats hydropower dams linear Infrastructure urbanization and economic Growth mining Pollution Population and migration

1. AizAwl, indiA

5. dA nAng, VietnAm PoPulation Projections:

PoPulation Projections: 2015:

2030:

323,000

461,000

2. BAngkok, thAilAnd PoPulation Projections: 2015:

2030:

9,270,000

11,528,000

3. CAn tho, VietnAm

2015:

2030:

952,000

1,365,000

6. dongguAn, ChinA PoPulation Projections: 2015:

2030:

7,435,000

8,701,000

7. FoshAn, ChinA

PoPulation Projections:

PoPulation Projections:

2015:

2030:

2015:

2030:

1,175,000

1,902,000

7,036,000

8,353,000

topography Water Body remnant vegetation Protected area threatened species habitat existing urban area urban Growth Projection Conflict Zone

4. Chon Buri, thAilAnd

8. gAozhou, ChinA

PoPulation Projections: 2015:

2030:

518,000

796,000

PoPulation Projections: 2015:

2030:

419,000

609,000

Extreme Conflict Zone

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Consumption and Emissions A mature tree can sequester up to 21.77kg (48 lbs) of CO2 equivalents a year.1 An average American today produces 21.55 metric tons (2,205 lbs) of CO2 equivalents a year, which takes about 1,000 trees to sequester.2

Average American Carbon Emission

28.4m

Single Tree Sequestration

2.8m 1.7m

1. U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report: 1990-2014, EPA, 2016 2. National Footprint Accounts, Global Footprint Network, 2016 3. International Carbon Bank & Exchange, 2014 10

Mt. Carbon : 52,500 m A world of 10 billion people living like today’s Americans would produce 216 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalents, a pyramid of CO2 that equals to 48 million Giza Pyramids in volume.3

Mt. Everest: 8,848 m

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Watermark Arch Out Loud Competition, 2016 New York, NY Team: Chieh Huang, Amanda Huang, Chi-Ying Lee

Administration Offices Social Gathering

Children’s Discovery Gallery Outdoor Public Terrace

The Cave Coral Reefs Gift Shop

Blue Whale Skeleton Exhibition Waterfront Park Overlook Plaza Research Lab

The Fish Ball Aqua Gallery

Underwater Viewing

Touch Pools Restrooms The Ocean Cafe

Dolphin Discovery

Gift Shop Entrance Mechanical Room

Amazon Rising

Theater

Marine Research Exhibition Area

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This aquarium is a museum of water, not an “aquatic zoo” Inspired by natural phenomena of water erosion and water ripple imprinted in the sand when water found its way back to the ocean, The “Watermark “Aquarium is not only a cultural place where people can peek into the mysterious and fascinating parts of the ocean, but also it offers the intimate experience between visitors and water by resembling the different states of water as it flows though different programs from urban land to the water’s edge along the East River in New York.

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Auditorium The Caribbean Reef & Jellyfish The River

Mechanical Room Research Facilities Observatory Marine Research Tank

Mechanical Rooms Loading& Storages Parking

VERNON BLVD

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DRIVE

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300 FT

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46TH

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Shoreline Linkage Queensbridge Park

Queensbridge Park

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Gantry Plaza State Park

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Gantry Plaza State Park

Hunters Point South

Hunters Point South

Hunters Point

Hunters Point

Tying Up

Weaving In

Tying up the Queens East River and North Shore Greenway to create a continuous riverwalk, bike trail and protection.

Weaving in the relationship between water and land into both the aqua experience and the urban context.

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Spliting

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Diverging

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Permeating

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Administration Offices Social Gathering

Children’s Discovery Gallery Outdoor Public Terrace

The Cave Coral Reefs Gift Shop

Blue Whale Skeleton Exhibition Waterfront Park Overlook Plaza Research Lab

The Fish Ball Aqua Gallery

Underwater Viewing

Eroded architecture

Touch Pools Restrooms The Ocean Cafe

Dolphin Discovery

Gift Shop Entrance Mechanical Room

Amazon Rising

Visitors is welcomed by a gigantic water tank sitting in the central atrium space with the Manhattan skyline view as the background.

The central water tank is the pivot point of navigation in the aquarium. Visitors circulating though different exhibition areas have an unique experience of flowing gradually from deep sea to sunlight zone, even to upland river zone when approaching to the outdoor plaza with direct sunlight.

The “Watermark” erodes one solid aquarium architecture to several pavilions intertwined with waterfront park and Marine Research center. It is not only reactivating the water edge, but turns itself into a new nature getaway where visitors and residents can discover and explore organisms from freshwater to marine ecosystems.

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Theater

Marine Research Exhibition Area

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Auditorium The Caribbean Reef & Jellyfish The River

Mechanical Room Research Facilities Observatory Marine Research Tank

Mechanical Rooms Loading& Storages Parking

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B Exposed Pier Glass Floor Lookout Fishing Pier Bike Trail

Multi-purpose Pool/Rink Ice Skating Rink / Pool Amphitheater Promenade

Watermark the seasons The new NYC Watermark redefines the meaning and functions of an aquarium. It is not only about fish, it is about water. Instead of being just another “aquatic zoo,� it is a civic ground for active human engagement with water. A series of waterfront landscapes optimizes the experiential, ecological, and resilient performances through constructing elevational changes and diverse programming.

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The park can be experienced year-round: In the spring, the see-through lookout with spring blossoms offer a great view of the Manhattan skyline as well as the industrial pier structure; During summer, you can rent a paddle board or kayak and cruise along the 11th St Basin; Swing back around October for the fall foliage on the riverbank boardwalk; And last but not least, the new ice skating rink in the winter that overlooks Roosevelt Island and Manhattan across the East River.

D TIdal WEtland

Kayak Launch

Saltwater Wetland Elevated Boardwalk Mist Fountain

Boat Launch Red Maple Allee Landform Garden

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DRIVE

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100

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VERNON BLVD

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300 FT

46TH

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GROWING CHINAMPA Cuernavaca Railway Park Competition, 2016 Mexico City, Mexico Team: Chieh Huang, A. Huang, C. Lee, Z. KH

A new linear park that grows with Mexico city Growing Chinampa envisions a safer, greener, and friendlier urban linear park that threads through and grows into the 22 diverse colonias touching the Cuernavaca Railway. A series of modular public spaces sized 3m x 12m are assembled together along the train track as “urban chinampas,” which draws inspiration from the one-of-akind agricultural practice that shaped Mexico City in PreHispanic time. The modules set up a flexible framework that allows the city to build its public spaces one “chinampa” at a time, tailoring to local community needs, and bringing the parks right up to people’s front doors.

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As one of the cradles of human agriculture, Mexico City was once a city massively covered and sustained by a food production system of floating chinampas and canal networks.

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Proposed Public Space Existing Public Space

CIVIC SQUARE

RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR

WAREHOUSE GARDEN

MERCATO

BIKE STATION

SUNKEN PLAZA Proposed Public Space Existing Public Space

Major Arterial Road Existing Signalized Intersection

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Proposed Signalized Intersection

Major Arterial Road Existing Signalized Intersection Proposed Signalized Intersection

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Existing Bike Lane Planned Bike Lane Cuernavaca Railway Bike Lane Proposed Additional Bike Lane Proposed Bike Station

RICARD O FLO RES MA GÓN MIGU EL AN TUNE Z

FAUSTO

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Subway Station

Existing Bike Lane Planned Bike Lane Cuernavaca Railway Bike Lane Proposed Additional Bike Lane Proposed Bike Station Subway Station

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Public Restroom: Every 250m

ESCOBEDO GRAL. MAR IANO

LAGO COM K

Street Lighting

LAGO MAS

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LAGO MAYO R

LAGO GUA NACAC

LAGO CONS TANZ

LAGO ONEGA

LAGO LADO GA

LAGO HIELM AR

LAGO WETT ER

LAGO WETTER

LAGO WENNER

LAGO FILT

LAGO BELGRANO

LAGO ESPEJO

LAGO SEUL

LAGO MANITOBA

PRIV. MIGUEL DE

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LAGO NEUCHANTEL

LAGO ZURICH

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CERVANTES SAAVED RA

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LAGO ISEO

LAGO TUS

WIFI & Charging Hotspot: Every 500m

Street Lighting

AFFACTED AREA MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA

500 M RADIUS BIKE PATH EJÉRCITO NACIONAL

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225

450

1000 M

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Native Garden $ 4,000 / module BIO-DIVERSITY WATER MANAGEMENT

Bioswale $ 4,500 / module WATER MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABILITY

A modular system for public civic amenities Transforming traditional floating gardens to highly adaptive “urban chinampas” that work intimately with modern urban conditions along the linear rail park, the modular system is designed with a palette of twelve modules with a footprint ratio of 1:4. Each “urban chinampa’ is constructed within an area of 36 square meters that house a wide range of public amenities from planted gardens, outdoor stages, shade structures, playgrounds, bioswales, plazas and bike stations, to community gardens, market stalls, restrooms and kiosks. Local materials, native plants, existing structures and street furniture are carefully integrated as part of the new park.

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Shade Structure $ 12,000 / module

Movable Stage $ 2,300 / module

WATER MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABILITY GATHERING SPACE

PERFORMANCE SPACE GATHERING SPACE

Sunken Plaza $ 25,000 / module

Permeable Paving $ 1,000 / module

Bike Rack $ 3,500 / module

Community Garden $ 1,200/ module

BRIDGING WATER MANAGEMENT GATHERING SPACE

CULTURAL IDENTITY GATHERING SPACE

TRANSPORTATION GREEN BUFFER

FOOD CHAIN

Deployable Market Stall $ 3,200 / module

Playground $ 4,800 / module

Public Restroom $ 4,200 / module

Kiosk $ 3,200 / module

FOOD CHAIN SMALL BUSINESSES

LEISURE FAMILY RECREATION

PUBLIC HEALTH PORTABLE ASSEMBLY

SMALL BUSINESSES PORTABLE ASSEMBLY

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EVERYONE BENEFITS Vertical Cities Asia Competition, 2015 Paya Lebar, Singapore Team: Chieh Huang, Yu-Han Chiu, Min-Suk Kwon

A NEW URBAN RESERVOIR FOR HARVESTING, LIVING, AND PLAYING The new 410-hectare reservoir and expanded canals is Singapore’s democratic and active water playground for everone to socialize and cool off in the tropical climate. Fully integrated into both the existing and new urban fabrics, these water bodies are designed to function as networks of mobility infrastructure and water capture. They are synthesized into a robust public realm framework, which in turn provides a mechanism to optimize performance and development opportunities for both the Paya Lebar airbase and its adjacent communities. The result is a higher density and increased quality of life for both new and existing residents alike.

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Punggol

Punggol Punggol

Sengkang

Seletar Airport Height Restriction Zone

Seletar Airport Height Restriction Zone

Pasir Ris

Seletar Airport Height Restriction Zone

Pasir Ris

Hougang

Pasir Ris

Hougang

Paya Lebar Tampines

Paya Lebar

Changi Airport Height Restriction Zone

Bedok

Tampines

Changi Airport Height Restriction Zone

Hougang

vs.

Paya Lebar

Paya Lebar Airport Height Restriction Zone

Changi Airport

Tampines Height Restriction Zone

Bedok

Revised Height Limit 280m

Changi Airport Height Restriction Zone

45m

Seletar Airport 45m

Revised Height Limit 280m

Bedok

Seletar Airport Height Restriction Zone

Changi Airport

45m

45m

Changi Airport Height Restriction Zone

45m

45m

PAYA LEBAR airbase

MONOCENTRIC

multivalent

max building height, 45m

isolated development at Paya Lebar

integrated development

A NEW URBAN RESERVOIR FOR HARVESTING, LIVING, AND PLAYING The proposal emerges from a simple observation: current height limits due to activities at the Paya Lebar Airbase limit development possibilities in adjacent neighborhoods, concentrating any future density increases only on the Paya Lebar site. In order to allow for greater integration of existing communities with the new development at Paya Lebar, we propose a simple land-swap in the early phases of development whose logic is rooted in an ambition to significantly expand the water catchment capacity and public realm network of both Paya Lebar and its adjacent neighborhoods.

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Sengkang

Revised Height Limit: 280m

Paya Lebar Airport Height Restriction Zone

Seletar Airport Height Restriction Zone

Revised Height Limit: 280m

Sengkang

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1 Water Playground 2 Paya Lebar Reservoir 3 Circle Bridge 4 Branch Canals 5 Bedok Reservoir 6 Sea Lock / Port

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1000m

Existing Transit Station Proposed Transit Route Water Taxi Route Urban Plaza

initial relocation: current density Total Floor Area: 580,282 m2 FAR: 7.7 Building Height: 12 - 15 stories Ground Floor Area: 52,455 m2 80% Residential

464,226 m2

10% Office /Retail

58,028 m2

10% Civic

58,028 m2

canals: moderate density Total Floor Area: 1,355,800 m2 FAR: 15.0 Building Height: 25 - 40 stories Ground Floor Area: 72,180 m2 55% Residential

745,690 m2

30% Office /Retail 406,740 m2 15% Civic

203,370 m2

reservoir: maximum density Total Floor Area: 1,694,300 m2 FAR: 20.0 Building Height: 50 - 80 stories Ground Floor Area: 51,215 m2 40% Residential 40% Office /Retail 20% Civic 34

677,720 m2 677,720 m2 338,860 m2

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AN URBAN PLAYGROUND Paya Lebar Reservoir is both a utility and a one of a kind democratic urban landscape that invites everyone to celebrate and engage with Singapore’s two great natural resources—its people and its water.

Benefits

Activities

Plant Selection

Program

active passive

AN URBAN SPONGE Paya Lebar Reservoir will be able to provide 40% of the local water supply by harvesting Singapore’s abundant rainwater. The new district is built on higher ground created from the excavation of the reservoir, increasing its resiliency against storm events and sea level rise.

Benefits

Activities

Plant Selection

Program

active passive

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AN URBAN TRANSIT NETWORK Terrestrial public transit systems such as MRT and LRT are paired with a system of water taxis on the canals and reservoir to form an interwoven web of public transit integrated into the districts abundant open spaces.

Benefits

Activities

Plant Selection

Program

active passive

AN URBAN OPEN RESERVOIR A variety of unique urban waterfront experiences can be found in Paya Lebar, as well as in the surrounding communities along the newly expanded canals. The new high-density urban cores adjacent to these waterfronts offer a mix of urban fabrics, creating a diversity of living environments for Singaporeans, and yet another reason for visitors to stay a few more days exploring.

Benefits

Activities

Plant Selection

Program

active passive

Regional Planning, 2015 Caribbean Coast, Colombia Team: Chieh Huang, Diego Bermudez

FROM THE LINE TO THE REGION The main objective of this project is to propose a spatial structure that “redraws” the Caribbean coast in Colombia not as a coast “line” but as a coastal region, where urban development not only respects but responds to the unique geomorphological, hydrological, ecological, and cultural landscape.

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Redrawing the coast

THE CARRIBEAN DREAM WON’T LAST IF IT’S A CURTAIN WALL OF PARADISE UP FRONT... ...WHILE EVERYTHING ELSE IS LEFT TO BE FORGOTTEN IN THE BACK DROP

CITY AS A WALL - 2050 PROJECTION Population 5.771.000 Density: 10,000 people/km2

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Cienaga Grande

Magdalena River

Arroyo De Piedra

Ortega

La Boquilla

Cartagena

Playa Blanca

ACTIVITY 70 60 40 50

80

URBAN AREA

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LANDSCAPE

PLANTS

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REDRAWING COASTAL TRANSECTS Water does not stop at the sandy beaches, rather it bleeds into the land. Therefore, the coast should not be seen as only a coast “line” but a series of richly diverse and multilayered landscapes.

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Sierra

Tayrona

Taganga

Santa Marta

Rodadero

Pozos Colorados

Bello Horizonte

Cienaga

Salamanca

Barranquilla

Puerto Caiman

Puerto Colombia

Water Bodies

Marsh / Lowland

National Parks

Existing Vegetation

REVERSE URBANISM The regional plan uses the reverse urbanism process to identify suitable areas for urban growth.

Mountain Range

Existing Urban Areas

Economically Valuable Landscape

Developable Land

A Diverse Coast

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Patches of new development will grow around wide openings in the landscape that give space to the delta for water discharge. These openings will be managed through agricultural and agro-forestry projects that will help restoring the Tropical Dry Forest. According to “el Bosque Seco Tropical en Colombia” report, there is 4% of the original forest in the country. This means, the ecosystem would disappear in ten years if not taken care of.

The new urban areas need to be connected through a regional transportation system. This rail line has been proposed by foreign corporations and the Metropolis Foundation to transform the region into a development axis. In our proposal, this line has been pushed further back from the coast, in order to promote growth in the available areas, protecting future settlements from flooding and providing space for the ecological connections to succeed.

The line will function as a catalyst for investment through T.O.D’s drawing energy from the sea shore into the hinterland.

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Cienaga Grande

Magdalena River

TOTAL TRAVEL TIME 26 MINUTES

PUERTO CENTRO JARDIN BOTANICO 2.5

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MANZANARES RIVE

ZIRUMA RESERVE

LA LUCHA 2.5 KM 5 MINU TES

EL RODADERO 3 MIN STOP

BURECHE 1.5 KM 3 MINUTES

GAIRA

5 10 KM MIN UT

1 MIN STOP

GAIR

ZUCA

EXISITNG FARMLAND

2 MIN STOP

POZOS COLORADOS

Specific goals of this project are: 1. Preserve valuable and vulnerable natural assets.

2. Keep important landscape corridors connecting the hinterland to the Caribbean Sea. 3. Accommodate the rapid urban growth in floodproofed areas that are suitable for urbanization.

4. Encourage social interaction and urban diversity.

5. Make the region an economically sustainable and competitive tourism attraction to both the domestic and the global market.

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1 MIN STOP

The main objective of this project is to propose a spatial structure that “redraws” the Caribbean coast in Colombia not as a coast “line” but as a coastal region, where urban development not only respects but responds to the unique geomorphological, hydrological, ecological, and cultural landscape.

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REGIONAL TRAIN

IROTAMA 1 MIN STOP ALTO

2 KM 4 MINUTES

BELLO HORIZONTE 1 MIN STOP 2.5 KM 5 MINUTES

SIMON BOLIVAR 3 MIN STOP

EXISITNG OPENING

9 KM 8 MINUTES

5 KM 10 MINUTES

TRAMWAY TOTAL TRAVEL TIME 43 MINUTES

ALCATRACES 3 MIN STOP

ALCATRACES

LOCAL SCALE - POZOS COLORADOS At a closer scale, following the same process, topographic features, natural assets and opportunities were identified.

Those features, coupled with existing urban fabric and infrastructures unveil opportunities for intervention and new connections for ecosystems.

REGIONAL COASTAL PARK

>50 M

RUN OFF / CREEKS

REGIONAL LANDSCAPE CONNECTION

VALUABLE RESOURCES TROPICAL DRY FOREST AGRICULTURE WATER SOURCES

POLLUTED RUN OFF UNTREATED SEWAGE POLLUTED BEACHES MAIN TOURISTIC ASSET

DETAILED AREA

CORRIDOR

1. WATER POLLUTION

REGIONAL RAIL STOP LOCAL SCALE TRANSECT REGIONAL LANDSCAPE TRANSECT

WATER MANAGEMENT SPECIES PROPAGATION

PASSENGER / CARGO REGIONAL TRAIN

REGIONAL TRAIN STOP T.O.D

REFORESTATION - AGRO FORESTRY TROPICAL DRY FOREST CONSERVATION

MOUNTAIN TOURSIM NEW LARGER BEACH FLOOD PROTECTION

LOCAL PARKLETS SCHOOLS LIGHT RAIL STOP

REPURPOSED TRAIN LINE COASTAL OPENINGS

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2. ESTABLISH CORRIDORS

CORPORATE CAMPUSES HOSPITALS INDUSTRIAL / COMMERCIAL JOBS RESIDENTIAL INFILL HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE

HOTEL + HOUSING HOUSING + COMMERCIAL HOUSING + OFFICES

AIRPORT

3. DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

CREEK PARK

CONDITION: 75 METER STREET + PUBLIC PLAZA + WATER MANAGEMENT

El Corredor In urban areas, smaller watersheds are transformed into stormwater management facilities that are coupled with other public amenties such as school, churches, plazas and mixed use streetfronts. This robust infrastructural corridor will reinforce the landscape connection between the hinterland and the sea, as well as the social connection between the separated communities.

FUTURE REDENSIFICATION

VALUE CAPTURING

LANDSCAPE RE-INTRODUCED Along the public landscape corridors, native plant species are re-introduced back into the urban environment. With the support of local actors such as the botanical garden, schools, businesses, and communities of Santa Marta, public engagement will take place.

Tropical AcaciaAlmond Roja Tropical Acacia Acacia Tropical Almond Roja Roja Almond Terminalia Catappa Terminalia Delonix Regia Catappa Delonix Delonix Terminalia Regia Regia Catappa

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BLOOM BLOOM NATIVE /NATIVE EXOTIC / EXOTIC SHADE SHADE Fibrous Fibrous ROOT SYSTEM ROOT SYSTEM

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Fibrous Fibrous Fibrous Fibrous

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Nov. Nov. Dec.

Acacia Roja Delonix Regia Dec.

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Acacia Araguaney Acacia Roja Roja Araguaney Araguaney Kayush Kayush Kayush Araguaney Araguaney Araguaney Kayush Fofoti Kayush Kayush Fofoti Fofoti Tabebuia Cereus repandus Erectus Delonix Tabebuia Delonix Regia Chrysanta Regia TabebuiaChrysanta Chrysanta Cereus repandus Cereus Tabebuia repandus Chrysanta Tabebuia Tabebuia Chrysanta Cereus Chrysanta repandusConocarpus Cereus Cereus repandus repandus Conocarpus ConocarpusErE Nov. Mar. Feb.

Mar. May

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JILA Competition, 2015 Tokyo, Japan Team: Chieh Huang, Kordae Henry, Yadan Luo

新しい現実 The New Real “Here; anywhere; everywhere”

Where is the city? Where is technology? Where is the park in 2105?

Our answer is here; anywhere, everywhere.

In traditional Japanese Zen gardens, a rock represents a mountain, and a field of sand is reinterpreted as the ocean. If our ancestors were able to redefine their world in a garden, can we reimagine our city in a park? Or even further, the city becomes the park?

With modern technologies we begin to explore the ability to augment, simulate, and possibly in the future, transcend digital materials into the real world. This raises the question: “What is real?”

The film Matrix explored this concept of the real: “What is real? How do you define 'real'? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” By redefining “real” as experiences, the idea of “park” is also liberated from occupying a minimum amount of physical space with trees and paths that separates itself from the rest of the city. Instead of saving and claiming a piece of “nature” in the built environment for people to escape to, the project is reimagining parks to dissolve overtime as micro landscapes into the city and take place from here, to anywhere, and eventually everywhere. You will no longer feel the need to escape to a park. It will follow you as you jog along the streets, and it will be yours to keep or to share. All of this will happen simply in the palm of your hand.

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Augmented realities will provide new forms of access to Japanese parks. New levels of education, of culture, of identity can be reappropriated in many locations. This will become the catalyst in empowering all individuals to move through our terrain again; to interact with both the technological world as well as the physical world once again.

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Suburban Park Design, 2014 Shanghai, China Individual work

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IN ACTION The design is to create a series of spaces for people to explore, to reveal the park one piece at a time, making a perception of “more.� By revealing the park one small piece at a time, the intention is to lure one into losing oneself in space, free from the rest of the world for a brief moment, immersed in the dynamic forces generated from the actions, so to re-enter/perceive it not as we see it, but as we imagine it.

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Shipwrecks Extending into Interfaces

Rivers and Lakes, Life

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Unfolding Stories

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EXTEND Smoke extends from the chimneys and the canals extend from the river, like the intentional blank left on a Chinese painting extends the space and imagination beyond the canvas.

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IMPRINT The imprint of the canals and the docks as well as the reflection of the skyline on the water surface are like the red stamps at the end of a Chinese calligraphy.

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Industrial Ruin

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Concrete & Bamboo

View Across the River

The repetition of the the post-industrial decay scattered on the site, from old factory warehouses to abandoned shipwrecks; The stacking of the cargoes and the multiplying of the trees in the nursery visualize the rapid growth of China.

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We are the consequences of our actions. A noun is only a name we give for things in the world, but a verb is an action, an on-going process of change. As landscape architects we should not simply define space with names but construct landscape with verbs.

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CRAB FISHING DECK A platform to fish crabs and meet people alike

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Urban Design, 2014 North Philadelphia, PA Individual work

Urban Farm Linear Park

HOW TO GROW A CITY SMALLER? “More vacant property than can be filled in Lower North Philadelphia.”

-PlanPhilly.com Instead of trying to fill up the “black hole” of vacancy, Urban Regeneration: Foresting Vacancy in Philadelphia envisions a different future for the city of Philadelphia — one that not only embraces, but expands vacancy.

With the assistance of a proposed Philadelphia Land Bank, the system accumulates and transforms vacant property as well as under-used infrastructure into an adaptive and productive urban forest, not only increasing the biodiversity of the urban environment, but in the long run, also lowering maintenance costs and balancing the real estate market for the city.

Canopy Wetland

North Philadelphia Train Station

Bike Trail Network

Stormwater Management

Delaware River

Existing: Sprawling Vacancy

13% VACANCY 10,600 Vacant Lots

Proposed: Organized + Adaptive Vacancy

3RD LARGEST “LANDUSE” Upon acknowledging that there is “more vacant property than can be filled,” the question is no longer “how to fill up the void?” but rather “how to utilize the void?” Under the complex settings, this project proposes a landscape planning and land management strategy that adapts both spatially and economically to a shrinking population.

A PHILLY LAND BANK Unlike a conventional land bank, a proposed Philadelphia Land Bank is set up not only to acquire and manage vacant property but to take them permanently off the market for urban forestry, allowing the population to concentrate in livable areas. By cutting down the housing supply to match the low demand in the area, a balance in the real estate market will be achieved. Once the physical conditions of the areas have been improved and the market structure been restored, the remaining lands in North Philadelphia can begin to recover in market value.

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“REWILDING” A CITY Through a series of interwoven operations, inputs of energy, material, and planting, vacant lots and underused streets yield in a host of beneficial products and services, ultimately resulting in a remediated, replanted, and expanded interactive and productive urban forest for the city.

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f ur quarters ULI Urban Design Competition, 2015 New Orleans, LA Team: Chieh Huang, Yadan Luo, Ying Liu, Yi-Ju Tseng, Jessica Jauw

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DESIGN FOR THE LOCALS, THE VISITORS, AND THE FLOODS The Four Quarters aims to design a vibrant lifestyle that amplifies the variety of cultural flavors in New Orleans and develop a socially and physically resilient urban environment. By building on existing amenity in and adjacent to the neighborhood, Four Quarters introduces an infiltration park, a cultural hub, and a pop-up plaza full of flexible programs that can improvise according to everyday use and large-scale venues and flooding. This project creates a resilient neighborhood for the locals and a new public ground first for the locals. Visitors will naturally be drawn to this dynamic neighborhood.

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10. TREME COMMUNITY CENTER 11. GROCERY 12. POP UP GARDEN 13. HOTEL 14. PARKING STRUCTURE 15. RAIN GARDEN 16. RESIDENTIAL

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Streetcar Station Riverside Promenade Harding Dr Bridge Crescent City Farmers Market Bayou Square

ELYSIAN FIELDS/ N.CLAIBORNE LINE (PROPOSED)

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Community Garden

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BBQ Area

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Bike Trail N. Broad Intersection

Pop-Up Incubator

Sports Field

Quarter Theater

Basketball Courts

Mahalia Jackson Theater

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Municipal Auditorium Congo Sqaure

Playground Sojourner Truth Community Center

Covenant House

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BIODISTRICT

St. Louis Cathedral Jackson Sqaure

Toulouse Station Steamboat Natchez Woldenberg Park Bienville Station

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Audubon Aquarium

A “NEWER ORLEANS” The project presents a new vision for the future of New Orleans, one that utilizes the Lafitte Greenway as a thread to weave through the city fabric, connecting communities from City Park, Mid City, Treme/Lafitte, French Quarter, all the way to the CBD. BThese three new quarters of the city -- an infiltration park for the floods, a cultural hub for the locals, and a pop-up plaza for the visitors -- unite with the existing French Quarter to make a whole.

This framework altogether creates a “Newer Orleans” that is both safe and exciting to live in.

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CULTIVATING COFFEESCAPE Urban Design, 2014 Circasia, Colombia Individual work

COFFEE’S HOMETOWN Circasia is a small but fast-growing town located in “Zona Cafetera,” the world-famous coffee zone in the Colombian Andes. It was designated by UNESCO a World Heritage Site, as a “Coffee Cultural Landscape.”

Cultivating Coffeescape is an urban design project which copes with the rapid influx of growth and protection of the cultural landscape that is being replaced by shortterm lucrative but unsustainable businesses, such as kettle farms. The project proposes a new set of urban organization strategies that promotes interaction between the city and the landscape surrounding it.

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GROWING WITH TOPOGRAPHY By creating promenades with public amenties along the coffee fields on slopes and streets that turn the building orientation around facing the natural valleys, the city will grow in an innovative way that utilizes topography and landscape to its advantage, maximizing views and opportunities to engage with the culture and natural landscape. A series of public spaces are designed along the promenade network for both local residents and eco-tourists to discover and immerse in. Future urban growth will then organize itself around the city’s new robust cultural spines.

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amphitheatre

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micro coffee farms

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temple of freedom

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ULI Urban Design Competition, 2014 Nashville, TN Team: Chieh Huang, Yadan Luo, Ying Liu, Max Hsu, Hao Sun

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MUSIC LANDSCAPE Nesting Music aims to design a vibrant lifestyle that amplifies the music culture of Nashville and develop a resilient urban environment with flexible programs.

By introducing a new business model for the music industry and performative landscape to the city, the project makes music visible and public space interactive, transforming Nashville into a global music center with a unique local urban living style.

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MAKING MUSIC VISIBLE Designed to make music visible, the project is like a music hall, where the buildings are the seating and the landscape is the stage. Hence, the design emphasizes the integration of architecture and its surrounding landscape. While the proposed new business model encourages music start-ups to thrive in lofts blended with mixed uses, the performative landscapes will facilitate the musical activities.

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SHORE TO LINES Resilient Landform Machine, 2013 Staten Island, NY Team: Chieh Huang, Ying Liu

BREAKING WAVES By mathematical definition, divergence represents the volume density of the outward flux of a vector field from an infinitesimal volume around a given point. Counter to divergence, convergence is the act of approaching a limit, such as a point or a line. In oceanography, convergence and divergence zones are frequently marked the boundaries of currents, and their position can be used to model the interaction of different oceanic current systems.

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Rooting Reef

Main Structure Wave Attenuation

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Aquaculture Wetland Habitat

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THE RISING SUNKEN Landform + Grading Design, 2013 Philadelphia, PA Team: Chieh Huang, Yadan Luo, Ying Liu

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

SEQUENTIAL SECTIONS

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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SUN & SHADE ArcGIS Spatial Analysis, 2011 Taichung, Taiwan Individual work

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

07:30

SPATIAL STRUCTURE

10:30

Space Syntax

Sun & Shade

Wind Flow

SHADE ANALYSIS 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.

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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

Solar

Morning

Afternoon

Avg. Sunlight

Indoor

53.59%

52.66%

7.70 hr

Outdoor

53.83%

54.82%

7.86 hr

% of area in shade

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Elevation Angle

16:30

PARIS: The City & Its Distractions Visual Essay, 2014 Paris, France Individual work

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.”

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Landscape Representation, 2014 The City of Sounds Individual work

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STRUCTURAL DETAIL Detail Design, 2014 Philadelphia, PA Individual work

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.

PLAN Scale: 1”= 8’

CONSTRUCTIVE LANDSCAPE Hand Drawings 2012 Philadelphia, PA Individual work

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CHIEH HUANG

Master of Landscape Architecture, 2015 University of Pennsylvania, School of Design chiehh@design.upenn.edu (215)-460-2066