Yezi LI
Urban design portfolio 2017-2018
Yezi LI
E: tianshantonglao009@gmail.com T: +61 415791911 A: 1B Pearl Street, Hurstville 2220, NSW
is seeking a job in Sydney!
Urban designer/ Landscape architect
Skills Design software: AutoCad Photoshop Indesign SketchUp + Vray Illustrator Arc GIS (beginner)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yezi-li-86b4a3140/ Visa: Bridging Visa (Full permission to work)
Education 2017-2018
Master of urban development and Design University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Overall WAM: Distinction Focus on urban design and international development.
12 / 2017
International studio Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal Focus on waterfront revitalization Collaborate with an international team from China, Portugal, Brazil and Africa with multi-disciplinary background.
Hand Drawing Microsoft Office: Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint
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2009-2013
Bachelor of landscape architecture Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Overall GPA: 3.81/4.0 Last two years GPA: 3.9/4.0 Second-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Merits Awarded on 2011-2012 The 14th Student Research Training Program (SRTP) Excellent Awards, Zhejiang University Focus on landscape architecture, urban design, vegetation design and design of Chinese traditional garden.
Language: English and Mandarin
Experience 2014-2016
Urban designer Nanjing Academy of Urban Planning & Design Co., Ltd, China Published paper: LI, J & LI, Y 2015, ‘Exploration of the village construction and environment promotion’, Development of small cities and towns, No. 4, pp.71-76. http://www.naupd.com Focus on urban design and landscape design projects, involve local urban planning project and exhibition design as well.
7 / 2012
Assistant landscape architect Hoken Design, Hangzhou, China Summer intern http://www.hoken.net.cn Foucus on computer drawing and graphic layout design.
Selected Projects 01 Manhattan, Javits Center (New York)
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02 South Creek City (Sydney)
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03 Trafaria, Eco-city (Lisbon)
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Sketches
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Sydney Studio Cinematic Space, 2017
Manhattan, Javits City Making a city for people
Javits Center, officially known as the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, is located in the Hell’s Kitchen neighbourhood, which is the busiest convention centre in the United States. The existing issues include the low quality of waterfront that can be seen in the poor condition of activities space, flooding constraints and lack of landscape implementation. Nevertheless, in terms of surrounding blocks, the current big scale buildings demonstrate the disconnection to the surrounding neighborhood.
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Sydney Studio Cinematic Space, 2017
Site Javits Center
42n
dS
Hudson Yards
tre
et
Bryant Park
The High Line
Javits City Gourp: Li Yezi, Wang Xiaowei, Zhang Qingran
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Sydney Studio Cinematic Space, 2017
Manhattan, Javits City Making a city for people
Context and vision The project is aimed to retain the character of New York City in 1930s shown in The Fountainhead and to create a new neighbourhood in Midtown West Manhattan. The vision of the project aims to enhance engagement of a meaningful community and the connection of people’s value to the society. The project scope creates a stronger and more resilient Javits City to capitalise the essence of Manhattan characteristics and social value. The strategy of proposal is to rearrange the functions of the harbour to achieve a connection with the city and waterfront. In terms of improving the accessibility, the scheme continues the street grid and provides a new pedestrian crossing to connect the city and waterfront. To improve the vitality, the ground floor of buildings along the new avenue will be used for retails. Additionally, the redevelopment of No. 76, No.81 and No. 83 piers is proposed to redefine as multifunctional usage including restaurant, cafe, bar, swimming pool, new pier and innovation precinct. Finally, the extension of the High Line will act as a sky park that can attract more tourists and residents to achieve a greater connection with the harbor and waterfront.
Pennsylvania Station
High Line
KPF Hudson Yards
Javits Center
Pier 76
Ferry Terminal Pier 79 Water Taxi
Pier 81
Pier 83-Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
Pier 84-Dog Park
Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum
Existing road network
Proposed road network
Existing green space
Proposed green space
Garment District
Theater District
Hell’s Kitchen
Existing waterfront
Proposed waterfront
Hudson Yards 35
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UL
Unzoned land
RE1
Public Recreation
RE2
Private Recreation
SP2
Infrastructure
SP3
Tourist
IN1
General Industrial
IN4
Working Waterfront
B3
Commercial Core
B4
Mixed Use
B5
Business Development
R3
Medium Density Residential
R4
High Density Residential
RU6
Transition City owned
Existing site analysis (Produced by Wang Xiaowei)
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Existing land use (Produced by Zhang Qingran)
Proposed land use (Produced by Zhang Qingran)
Sydney Studio Cinematic Space, 2017 A
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B
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Urban design framework Javits City Gourp: Li Yezi, Wang Xiaowei, Zhang Qingran
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A Scale: 1:2000
Sydney Studio Cinematic Space, 2017
Manhattan, Javits City Making a city for people
Retail Education Commercial Cultural Infrastructure Residential Public Recreation
Gating wall along High Line (Respond to the looding issue)
Section A-A’
Section B-B’
3 4 1 2
Aerial perspective of the Javits City (Produced by Wang Xiaowei)
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Sydney Studio Cinematic Space, 2017
Feasibility Total demolished: 16.07 Ha Area of each block: 0.65 Ha Total Gross Floor Area: 1367884 Sqm (Hudson yards scheme is not included) Residential Gross Floor Area: 1154625 Sqm Commercial Gross Floor Area: 95626 Sqm Educational institution Gross Floor Area: 16586 Sqm Cultural institution Gross Floor Area: 23267 Sqm Innovation precinct Gross Floor Area: 40056 Sqm Retails Gross Floor Area: 37724 Sqm Number of Jobs: 8530 Residential Population: 5422 Number of dwelling Units: 2711
Perspective of the Javits Avenue 3 (Produced by Zhang Qingran)
Montage of the Moving Image Museum 1
Montage of the Amphitheater (Produced by Zhang Qingran)
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Perspective of the central park of Javits City (Produced by Zhang Qingran)
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Javits City Gourp: Li Yezi, Wang Xiaowei, Zhang Qingran
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Sydney Studio Aerotropolis, 2017
South Creek City
Reconnecting green network & creating a green new city
Since the mid 20th century Badgerys Creek has been considered for the location of a second airport for Sydney. The enthusiasm surrounding the airport has resulted in a frenzy of speculation and development activity by existing developers and land holders along with a surge of newcomers onto the market. Current futures are shaped by these powerful interests in a developer driven process which Sydney is renowned for.
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Sydney Studio Aerotropolis, 2017
South Creek 100 year flooding buffer zone
Badgerys’ Airport
Site Proposed South Creek City
South Creek City Gourp: Li Yezi, Sun Mengzhen, Wang Ruoxi, Wang Xiaowei
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Sydney Studio Aerotropolis, 2017
South Creek City
Reconnecting green network & creating a green new city
Context and vision In 1948 the County of Cumberland Planning Scheme proposed for the Sydney metropolitan area, a major north-south green belt stretching across Western Sydney. While some elements of the planning scheme were implemented, the green belt was not. The County Council was abolished in 1963, and most of the land originally envisaged for the green belt was gradually encroached upon by urban sprawl over the next decades. A notable exception to this was a 5280 hectare area west of Prospect Reservoir that eventually became the Western Sydney Parklands. The project site is located east to South Creek between Elizabeth Drive and Bringelly Road, where South Creek forms part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment. The vision is to bring nature back to the city, creating a north-south metropolitan park that links fragmented green spaces along South Creek and connects to the Western Sydney Parklands, in part establishing the green belt first proposed in 1948.
Design strategies include promoting ecologically sustainable development, creating a green buffer zone along South Creek, using green fragments as urban parks and linking them with greenways. Medium to high density and mixed-use developments are concentrated along the South Creek axis and a light rail scheme is included to promote the establishment of a compact and sustainable city.
Creek and Flooding Buffer Zone
Existing Green, potential Links and Flooding Buffer Zone
Potential green network
South Creek Green Network with heritage sites
These strategies are presented as a direct critique of current government proposals for low density development on the project site with little commercial activity. This type of development it is argued is less efficient, less sustainable and encourages more urban sprawl. The indicative layout plan has been developed based on the most efficient way of connecting the green corridor; by examining and considering urban runoff and water flow; making connections with established urban precincts and exploring options for the proposed light rail.
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500m 1500m
m
Sydney Studio Aerotropolis, 2017
Surface water Existing green land Western Sydney Parkland Proposed green land Heritage Badgerys airport Potential link
South Creek City Gourp: Li Yezi, Sun Mengzhen, Wang Ruoxi, Wang Xiaowei 3500m
7500m
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Sydney Studio Aerotropolis, 2017
South Creek City
Reconnecting green network & creating a green new city
Urban design framework boundary
Indicative layout plan (Produced by Wang Ruoxi)
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Indicative layout plan (Produced by Wang Ruoxi)
Urban design fram
mework
Sydney Studio Aerotropolis, 2017
Feasibility
Green way
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Total Gross Floor Area: 35,428 Sqm FSR: 2.3 Number of Jobs: 117 Residential Population:642 Number of dwelling Units: 306
Base Case
Increase construction Cost
Increase Revenue
Construction Cost
$160,761,964
$182,368,320
$160,761,964
Revenue
$176,548,835
$176,548,835
$194,203,729
(Produced by Wang Ruoxi) Light rail and mix use
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Commercial and tower
Perspective of high street
L Education and culture
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Squares
Perspective of waterfront (Produced by Sun Mengzhen)
South Creek City Gourp: Li Yezi, Sun Mengzhen, Wang Ruoxi, Wang Xiaowei
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International Studio - Lisbon, 2017
Trafaria, Eco-city
Creating a sustainable new town
Lisbon
Almada
Trafaria
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International Studio - Lisbon, 2017
Site Trafaria
University Costa da Caparica
Eco-city Gourp: Huang Yawen, Li Yezi, Yu Mengxue, Wang Xiuzhu
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International Studio - Lisbon, 2017
Trafaria, Eco-city
Creating a sustainable new town
Context and vision
Concept evolution
Trafaria is located on the south bank of metropolitan Lisbon. The site is mainly a fishing village with a large cereal plant on the foreshore. Trafaria has an ageing population and is not growing because the north-south connections to central Lisbon are very weak. The current economic drivers of fishing and cereal production are not sufficient to maintain the economy of the town.In addition, an oil container facility is located beside the existing town. The former prison and the church are important heritage assets.
Costa da Caparica
Illegal
settlement
Illegal settlement
Old town
OZ oil
container station
factory
Siliop cereal
The vision is to create a sustainable new Trafaria, using clean energy industry as a catalyst to enable the whole area to develop economically and socially. The project aims to improve the quality of the old town, create new towns that provide dwellings and jobs and to relocate the residents of the illegal settlement to new housing.
1870 1929 1957 1966 1972 2001
The coastal area of the south bank (Produced by Huang Yawen) Potential energy generation calculation Cereal factory
Siliop cereal factory
Waste/year Transfer Energy Generated (ton) rate (kwh) 70,400 24 1,689,600
Trafaria households
223,580
Oil station
Existing two industrial elements
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Total energy generated (kwh)
894,320 2,583,920
Energy consumption Proposed biofuel industry
Trafaria population 2016 Energy Consumption / capita (kwh)
Trafaria total energy demand
5696
139,552
24.5
Combine to be biofuel industry
Proposed High-tech park Bring about new dwellings
Working with high-tech park
Proposed faculty Bring about new dwellings
Site Context (Produced by Huang Yawen)
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Developing the hill town
Proposed transport connection of metropolitan Lisbon
International Studio - Lisbon, 2017
Sustainable approach A - Feedstock Preparation
Waste F
rom C
Wind corridor and view corridor
Primary syngas purification
Purif
Solids
icatio
(electricity)
n Ca taly Reac tic Wa sh tors Towe ing r Wate r
Cooli
ng S
ystem
ouseh
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B - Gasification Conversion of Carbon-rich residues into synthetic gas
Trea tm
ent Sep e of re ration sidu es
Air/ O
xygen
(biofuel)
(ele
ctri
city
)
(biofuel)
The sustainable system
rom H
C - Cleanning and Conditioning Process
Elec
tricity
actory
Waste F
D - Catalytic Synthesis & Product Trucks Purification Conversion into liquid fuel
TechTown & illegal settlements
Sorting, shredding, drying (if required) and feeding
ereal F
e
torag
els S
Biofu
Ga s (Bo Stat ats ion )
Old Town & Hill Town
The process of biofuel industry
Structure
Phasing development
Tech town
Industry precinct
Old town
Hill town
Seection AA’ (Produced by Yu Mengxue)
Eco-city Gourp: Huang Yawen, Li Yezi, Yu Mengxue, Wang Xiuzhu
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International Studio - Lisbon, 2017
Trafaria, Eco-city
Creating a sustainable new town
Feasibility
Current situation
Total Site Area: 96 Hectares Total Gross Floor Area: 196,906 square meters Proposed residential Gross Floor Area of Hill Town: 73,609 square meters Proposed residential Gross Floor Area of Tech Town: 33,913 square meters Proposed population: 3359 Proposed jobs: 1400 Liquid natural gas generated: 989,641.50 kw.h Electricity generated: 989,641.50 kw.h
10-year coastal line
50-year coastal line
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100-year coastal line Sea level rise and phasing development
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International Studio - Lisbon, 2017
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50 100
200
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Urban design framework Eco-city Gourp: Huang Yawen, Li Yezi, Yu Mengxue, Wang Xiuzhu
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International Studio - Lisbon, 2017
Trafaria, Eco-city
Creating a sustainable new town
Adaptive transformation
Green space for sea level rising
Sandless beach for social activities
Piers for Local Resident
The turbine could generate energy for Trafaria
With sea-level rising, the beach will turn into new edge of waterfront
Green buffer zone between the factory and leisure beach of new town.
Without the rising sea level, this area is a leisure beach for new town residents.
Plants could enhance the permeability of the waterfront.
Steps landscape could provides the capacity of sea level rising after 100 years.
Tide energy generation Produced by Huang Yawen
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Perspective 1 1
(100 years later)
International Studio - Lisbon, 2017
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Aerial perspective of the Trafaria Eco-city
Perspective 2 2
Perspective 3 3 Produced by Huang Yawen
Eco-city Gourp: Huang Yawen, Li Yezi, Yu Mengxue, Wang Xiuzhu
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Sketch
A graphic sequence in Martin Place
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