2019_Landscape Portfolio

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PORTFOLIO

Lizi Huang THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE


R E S U M E LIZI HUANG 614-397-3521 huang.2965@osu.edu

HONOR & AWARDS

EDUCATION 08/2016-present

The Ohio State University, USA

02/2019

ULI National Competition

06/2015

Second class prize in “Design of Low Impact

Degree: Master of Landscape Architecture 09/2014-06/2016

The Szchuan Agriculture University, China Degree: Master of Landscape Architecture

01/2016-06/2016

Graduation Research Project:

Community“ in the largest competition in China 11/2014

The Evaluation of Visual Quality of Landscape

“Yuanye Cup“ Second class of National Graduate Student Scholarship in Szchuan Agriculture University, China

PERSONAL STATEMENT

EXPERIENCE INTERN

CELEC Landscape Design Company, Szchuan

The landscape is a place to tell a story nonverbally by using different

06/2014-09/2014

Responsible for data collection; Edit projects brochure; Participate a design proposal for a residential village design and planning

design languages. I believe landscape architects could hold the pen to write down the hidden story after considering the social and environmental context. Ultimately create places that take an account of the well-being of the people who will use it, and how they form

PROJECT

Landscape Design and Planning for Hanzeng

10/2014-05/2015

Township, Jiangyou City, Szchuan Province Responsible for concept of project; Analyze site; Site plan design; Communicate with local government

a personal connection to the story. Due to the interdisciplinary of landscape architecture and the development of technology, it enables us to design from multiple perspectives. A well-designed place not only makes a connection between humans and the site but also has the ability to combine human civilization and ecological environment. Landscape architecture is the harmony symbol that humans and nature could live together. Moreover, I believe Landscape Architects

ROME STUDY PROGRAM

Study Abroad in Rome, Italy

05/2018-Present

The Rome Study Program is the first stage of Directed Research which is ongoing. The proposal of Directed Research is recalling the climate change in the past and using it for future climate challenge

have the responsibility to research potential environmental problems based on the understanding from the subject, in order to show the educational value of landscape, such as how to evoke humans to prevent exaggeration of global warming. After continuously learning in the Ohio State University, I have acquired

WATERMAN FOREST

Waterman Farm in Columbus, OH

and sharpened relevant skills in digital software, model-making, and

08/2018-Present

Our team propose to plant a forest for education. We are responsible for site preparation, purchasing and collecting seedlings, planting.

hand drawing, which support me to tell the land story. I have a long and

GRADUATE ASSISTANT 08/2017-Present

Assistant in Freshmen Studio, Eco-Tech course

passionate interest in design. Although I develop my own design style, I still look forward to improving myself and cooperating with dynamic firms.


C O N T E N T S

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PLASTIC LAND RESPONSIBILITY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

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FLOATING LAND SPACE CONSTRUCTION AND INTERACTION

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PRODUCTIVE LAND LIVING STRATEGY

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PULSE LAND CITY DEVELOPMENT

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MEMORY LAND DIRECTED RESEARCH

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EXHIBITION “MEMORY ABOUT CIVIL WAR” “INVISIBLE” “SCARLET JUNGLE”

A POSSIBLE WAY FOR CLEANING THE OCEAN Prudhoe Bay, AK 2018 A POSSIBLE WAY FOR CONNECTION IN THE CITY Columbus, OH 2017 A POSSIBLE WAY FOR LIVING ON THE EARTH Columbus, OH 2018 A POSSIBLE WAY FOR ACTIVATION IN CITY Cincinnati, OH 2019 A POSSIBLE WAY FOR RECALLING HISTORY Rome, Italy 2018-present TEAM WORK/ TIME MANAGEMENT/ COMMUNICATION Columbus, OH 2017-present


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A POSSIBLE WAY FOR CLEANING THE OCEAN

FUTURE STRATEGY PROJECT LOCATION: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska SITE AREA: 3000 ACRES

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DESCRIPTION With the development of human society, we share and enjoy the positive consequences of technology development. However, it is so unfair for the creatures to suffer from the negative consequence from the human. From past to future, the challenge they are facing, especially for the Arctic native creatures, is disappearing of sea ice, loss of food source, raising of temperature. At the same time, humans are facing the same challenge, as well as the erosion of the coastal line. What we can do for the native creature, to show the possibility of the future?

CONCEPT Water ring could be regarded as a station, functioning as a garbage treatment station and dock, visitors could walk on the bridge connected by floating islands, and then they could observe native creatures from distance. Sediment could be caught by the underwater construction, there are so many ropes and anchors underwater, which weave a net to catch sediments, Also groups of aquatic creatures could live between these nets. From a larger scale, the site choose of water ring will be built based on the different types of coastal line erosion.

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DISTRIBUTION OF TRASH IN THE OCEAN SITE

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rope could be reused and recycled. The way is to collect and recycle plastic, which is the largest part of ocean garbage. The compressed plastic is designed to be a number of

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line erosion at the same time.


COAST TYPOLOGY SAND AND GRAVEL BARRIER

The islands are narrow and long corresponding to the sea wave direction. There were almost formed by ice-pushed over-consolidated muds from the sea floor and waterwashed gravels and sands.

THE BEST LOCATION FOR WATER RING INSTALLATION

RIVER DELTA

River deltas are accretion process. Change of sea level brings countless deposition from the sea floor. Usually, the river delta is flat and deposits the sediments. After erosion, it displays varieties of shape and land form.

LAGOON-FACING BLUFFS The erosion that happened on lagoonfacing bluffs has been mitigated by the lagoon and barriers. Seawater is not strong to tear the coastal boundary, on the contrast, the boundary is modified by the seawater from different angles.

SEA-FACING BLUFFS

Without protecting, sea-facing bluffs are always been split by the wave and form a straight coastal line.

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CATCH SEDIMENT Water Ring helps river delta to catch more sediments

COLLECT PLASTIC Ship will move around the coastal line and to collect plastic and trash

TRASH STATION Building left by oil company is designed as trash station

LOCATION The location of Water Ring is related to land form along coastal line

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PLAN OF WATER RING

Bridge leads people to explore the ocean and floating islands

Islands far away from lands are regarded as habitat for Sediment could be collected birds. by under water construction.

Under water construction might offer variety of habitats for native creatures.

Products and visitors arrive to Prodhoe Bay by ships.

Local ship for collection floating trash and get plastic back for constructing floating islands Plastic treatment station

Water Ring not only could catch sediment around the coastal line but also could reduce the energy of sea wave, keep coastal line far away from been eroded. Moreover, this infrastructure offers a variety of ecological space for aquatic creatures. 06


PHYSICAL MODEL

WATER RING GROUND

SEDIMENT LAYER

SOIL LAYER

PERMAFROST

Disappearing of sea ice causes a fragment of the food cycle. ROCK LAYER

Plastic islands offer and aggregate habitats for birds, polar bear, whale, etc. The habitat islands are far away from human activity islands. The human could observe wild life from distance.

SECTION

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OBSERVATION PLATFORM Humans walk on the platform and explore the ocean and wildlife.

FIXED ROPE Fixed ropes are installed under water, which protects small aquatic creatures from been preyed by the huge predator.

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PLASTIC ISLANDS Floating islands simulate to sea ice. Seal and polar bear could climb on the top of islands. The energy of the sea wave will be also reduced by these artificial islands.


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A POSSIBLE WAY FOR CONNECTION IN CITY

Water Front Design

2017

LOCATION: Columbus, OH SITE AREA: 3.75 acres

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DESCRIPTION The Scioto River has played a role in connecting the city both geographically and historically. The intention of this project is to create a visible form to express the connectedness of underground infrastructures. Moreover, this project offers an opportunity for people intimately experience the dynamic quality of the river.

CONCEPT Scioto River is a natural boundary that divides the city into different parts. Humans built plenty of bridges to cross the river, isolating it from the basic urban structural pattern. However, the river collects most water run-off through the sewer system from the lands, making a sense that the city is an integral subject from an underground infrastructure perspective. On the other hand, the river also connects the past and future of Ohio; people found ways to extract the physical power from the river during the Industrial Revolution and environment-friendly ways to release waste into the river nowadays.

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DISCONNECTION

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CONNECTION


PROCESS OF CONNECTION

JOINTS OF BRIDGE AND RIVER

JOINTS OF SEWER AND RIVER

EXTENSION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURES

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Some important crossing points of infrastructure show the possibility to create a space above the river.

RAILWAY Site Underground Sewage Infrastructure

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The way to make a visible connection is to extend the underground infrastructure onto the surface, make the connection more visible for people to notice.


PLAN OF FLOATING LAND

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CIRCULATION

To Downtown

Proposed Residential Area

Pedestrian To Metro Park

Traffic

The site connects the surrounding by completing the transportation net. It might have the possibility to thrive with some negative space in urban.

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cubes. The dynamic Property of the river could be displayed in different scenery by combining the ups and downs of construction with the change of water level. 14


CHANGE OF WATER LEVEL Water flows into the construction naturally when the water level is high,

HIGH WATER LEVEL

creating water falls. In order to keep the dynamic sense and balance between exterior and interior water level, water will be pumped out and return back to the river.

Flows Flowsin in

Pumped out out Pumped

LOW WATER LEVEL When the water level decreases seasonally, the dynamic water falls would be kept by pumping the interior water up and returning it back to construction.

Interior Circulation

Flows in Pumped out

Interior Circulation Interior Circulation

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RECREATION This project is also expressing the idea that people living in Columbus are not merely live along the river, but also living above the river. Only if they have an opportunity that understands the river better, the river and people could be linked to each other more closely.

MEDITATION

READING

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PLAYING

NOITCES RELAXATION

FISHING

OVERLOOK

CLIMBING

SKATING

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RUNNING


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A POSSIBLE WAY FOR LIVING ON THE EARTH

COMMUNITY DESIGN PROJECT LOCATION: Columbus, OH SITE AREA: 48 acres

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DESCRIPTION This project aims at demonstrating the possibility that using existing elements on the site could organize and support a multi-functional community, which is the new Buckeye Village. The site is an agriculture field previously. The hidden relationship between agricultural field and buckeye village should be clarified and remembered rather than removing all the things from the farmland and rebuild a whole new residential area. Therefore, Buckeye Village is proposed to build a hybrid community and to remind people the land beneath them enables people standing on it and raising them up.

CONCEPT How to design Buckeye Village, the answer has already been given by the site. The site is defined by the forest and uncovered open space, which filled with the high quality of soil for cultivation. For the design language, it was borrowed two characteristics of farmland to stimulate the productive land, which is plot form and lines. The hybrid use of land stimulates the diversity of land which displayed as the form of mosaic.

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ANALYSIS OF SITE

EXISTING SITE

KOKOMO

CROSBY

OPEN FARMLAND

WATER TEXTURE

TYPE OF SOIL

The site is defined by the open farmland and surrounding

The water is managed by the land. The new design follows

Kokomo has higher permeability and nutrients. In case of

forest. It implies the potential value of the land.

exiting water features.

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PROPOSED SITE

LAND TYPOLOGY

FOREST

APARTMENT

+ AGRICULTURE

+ FOREST

MAINTAINED FOREST

The forest is maintained and will be extended in the later phase.

PARKING

APARTMENT

+ MARKET

+ MARKET

EXTENDED WATER

The new drainage system is designed to follow existing land form. Water will be distributed through productive land.

MAINTAINED KOKOMO SOIL

The high quality of the soil is used to define the farmland, as well as providing products to the community. 22

RECREATION

APARTMENT

+ FOREST

+ AGRICULTURE


PLAN OF NEW BUCKEYE VILLAGE

ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED SITE BUILDINGS

NATURE SWIMMING POO

Market/ Bar BLUE ROOM

Single Residents’ Buildings Multi-family’s Houses

AGRICULTURE FIELD

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Carriage Way Sidewalk Parking Lots

SPACE

Semi-public Space Public Space

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MULTI-FAMILY HOUSE

COMMUNITY CENTER GREEN HOUSE

MARKET

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SPRING When the productive land wakes from winter, students start to share the land in a different atmosphere. Small rooms are built in the field for them to find a peaceful place.

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SUMMER TIME Previous pond is designed to be a public pool, and a playground is attached to it. In summer time, this is undoubtedly will be the most attractive place. Sink place is designed in the center place and used for a group meeting. Students and outsiders could enjoy this moment during the time.

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FALL/WINTER Market place and the spaces around it could offer place for gathering and communication. It will attract more people to the land, as well as enables people to enjoying the farm scenery in urban.

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SECTIONS AGRICULTURE FIELD

Parking Lot

Coffee shop &Market

Forest

Drainage Greenhouse

MARKET AND PARKING LOTS

Water Catchment Area

Blue Room

Nursery

Sidewalk

COMMUNITY CENTER

Mist Cube

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Theater

AXON COMMUNITY CENTER

Outdoor Coffee

Mist Cube

Community Center Mist Cube

GYM

Outdoor Coffee

Theater

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A POSSIBLE WAY FOR ACTIVATION IN CITY

TEAM MEMBERS Sarah Lilly(Urban Planning) Andrew Rizkallah(MBA) Nicholas Carlson(Architect) Moones Mirbeygi(Architect) Lizi Huang(Landscape Architect)

MENTOR Aaron Domini (OHM Advisors Principal) Josh Helms (OHM Advisors Senior Designer) Daniel Ayars (NBBJ Principal)

ULI COMPETITION/TEAM WORK LOCATION: Cincinnati, OH SITE AREA: 49 acres

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DESCRIPTION The site at Queen City has plenty of existing constructions and infrastructures. Sasaki has already designed the Smale Park as the waterfront. Instead of using green space to connect the waterfront and downtown, parking lots are the main constructions. The hard pavement prevents people from hanging out, Our team wants to use the site as a pulse center to attract people to stay and enjoy the environment. Wellness is the significant core our team wants to articulate. The goal is to let people feel the pulse of the city and nature in this mixed-use development where community, entertainment, and wellness are in the rhythm.

CONCEPT Pulse is a mixed-use development that connects Downtown Cincinnati and the Smale Park. The project is a dynamic hub that accommodates different lifestyles, from the avid sports fan to the wellness-focused young professional to the empty nester who wants to live in the heart of the city. This place is not just alive during football or baseball season; there is something going on around the clock and through the year.

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SITE ANALYSIS EXISTING PARKING

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

LAND USE

Riverview Village

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HOTELS

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TANK SOUTH BANK SHUTTLE

OPEN SPACE

Stadium View Block

CINCINNATI BELL CONNECTOR

PULSE OF FORM

Cincinnati Sports Cl

Riverview Condominiums

Riverview Park

PULSE OF ACTIVATION

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Raised Land form

WELLNESS

Fountains

Retail Marketplace

Gallery Space

Sculpture Park

Outdoor Movies

Fitness Space

Skate Park

Climbing Wall

Playground Slide

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A POSSIBLE WAY FOR REUSING HIDDEN SOURCE IN HISTORIC CENTER

ONGOING PROJECT

2018

LOCATION: Rome, Italy

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DESCRIPTION Climate change is one of the biggest challenges currently facing the built environment. Plenty of applications and principles have been applied to face the situation. The hidden relationship has been revealed by reliable climate data, which shows there is a “Little Ice Age“ indirectly influences the public space design in Rome. The situation that lacking clean water is overcome by restoration of ancient aqueducts by Popes. Future study on continuously using existing water features to mitigate climate change is essential.

CONCEPT From the historical perspective, Roman’s attitude towards water is changing all the time, from a symbol of power to entertainment and health. This ongoing project is looking at potential space to induce the water feature implying the history element through Rome and enabling people to occupy public space where it is filled with cars.

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HISTORIC CLIMATE DATA IN ROME

Greater Storm and Unpredictable Climate Shifts

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Annual Temperature (*C)

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BEGIN OF ROMAN CIVILIZATION

REBUILD AQUEDU

Water was used for showing dominate of power

Water use for deco

ROMAN ENTERTAINMENT-BATH Water was regarded as entertainment symbol.

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LITTLE ICE AGE BEGINS Water was viewed as disaster destroying the city.


Global Warming begins

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The restoration of aqueducts enables the connection between the Little Ice Age and the change of urban space. The relationship could be examined to offer a hidden clue for supporting future public space design facing climate change. At present, global warming brings higher temperatures and exaggerates the urban heat island effect. These long-standing piazzas and intersections require a more comfortable urban climate under the Mediterranean climate.

UCT TO FACE LITTLE ICE AGE

oration and daily life.

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PUBLIC SPACE AND FEATURES CHANGES OF WATER WATER FEATURES IN ROME

From the history perspective, Roman’s attitude towards

Water features between 1500-1550

1590-1700

water is changing all the time, from symbol of power to entertainment and health. This on going project is looking at potential space to induce the water feature implying the history element through Rome and enabling people to occupy public space where is filled

1550-1590

Water Tank Stream

The dramatic increase of water features

Laundry

corresponding to the restoration of ancient

Public Drinking

aqueducts. It potentially testifies the Little

Sanctuary Drinking

Ice Age influenced humans spaces.

Garden Fountain Decoration Fountain Humans Drinking Cattle Drinking

Fountain Trevi Piazza Navona Piazza Del Popolo

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In Rome, the existing condition restricts a dramatic redesign of intersections. However, the restricted conditions and existing water source could help Rome to keep and strengthen their culture. The research aims at using existing water features and distribution of fountain

Fountain Piazzas in 2018

Fountain Piazzas in 1420-1490

piazzas to mitigate urban climate. In other layer, the

memories about the Little Ice Age would be reappeared and translated to landscape architecture language.

2018

1420

St. Peter

Piazza Spagna

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DESCRIPTION When the planet Krypton exploded, the city Kandor survived as a bottle city. Superman-Red and Superman-Blue managed to restore Kandor to normal and recreate the planet Krypton. This planet however was barren: the landscape, the cities and life forms were destroyed. In order to remediate the planet, SupermanRed leads a team of scientists—at super speed—to plant seedlings from Kandor’s botanical gardens. Under the yellow sun, the Kryptonian seedlings grew to maturity in mere moments, thus recreating Krypton’s famous Scarlet Jungle. This seminar explores, through imaginative projection and making, the introduction of nature (plants/biomass/organic life forms) into hostile humanaltered environments. While exploring the threshold between imagination and reality, students will be planting a “jungle” on Waterman followed by developing planting details for an idealized jungle.

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SITE PREPARATION

EXHIBITION PREPARATION

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DESCRIPTION Soil is an ‘invisible’ entity in our daily environment, its place underfoot causes it to be left out of mind. Hidden below buildings, lawns, paved surfaces, crops, and mulch, soil is an entity that though outside the realm of everyday perception and absent in discussions on the quality of the built environment. Yet soil is fundamental to supporting all of the life forms that make up the global ecosystem. Dirt passively cycles nutrients to plants while also storing water. Its relation to food security cannot be overstated and it plays a major role in maintaining a balanced global carbon cycle. This exhibition will shed light on the richness of soils here in Columbus, make subterranean life visible, and probe conventions; how can soil be experienced and initiate new ecologies? We hope to fully explore how one of the fundamental building blocks necessary for plant and animal life; dirt can be used as an actual building material: all while still retaining its life sustaining qualities until it can eventually be sustainably returned to the soil from that it came.

TEAM Paula Meijerink, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Andrew Davis Anuja Girme Bailey Moore Ben Kohls Clara Young Jennifer Fullenkamp John Bargiel Linghui Zhang Lizi Huang Paul Maginnity Ruby Yen Sam Haugh Sophie Pawlak Sicong Ma Yutong Wu

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I helped for installing the displaying constructions. Moreover, the images on the wood board were itched by Laster Cut and I was responsible for editing and cutting, painting.

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A community of free blacks called “Canada” is established in Charlottesville, Virginia

1863

NEW HAMPSHIRE MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN

RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT

NEW YORK

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IOWA ILLINOIS

WEST VIRGINIA

The Story of a Forgotten Community

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MISSOURI

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Migration of Free African American During Reconstruction

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Downtown Charlottesville

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1993

University of Virginia

Outline of Canada Community

Old Cabell Hall is built at the University of Virginia to block Canada from sight The Foster property is sold to white developers Canada disappears as the area’s increasingly valuable land is purchased by white speculators

Archaeologists discover about a dozen graves associated with Foster’s property at the University of Virginia's South Lawn

Twenty more graves are discovered in the area

Kitty Foster’s Property 2011

Canada FLORIDA

Final destination of runaway slaves, also a derogatory nickname used by early students and faculty to denote something geographically close but culturally foreign

After the end of the Civil War, newly freed slaves migrated and reestablished their lives in both the North and South, building careers, acquiring property, and forming communities.

2005

Upon Foster's death,the land is subdivided among some of her children and additional houses are built

2012

Graves Depressions in the ground mark the home burial site where Kitty Foster and her descendants are assumed to be buried

Reviving Memory in Charlottesville, Virginia

MAINE

VERMONT

Shadowcatcher Kitty Foster’s homestead is preserved as a one-acre park near the University of Virginia. A polished aluminum roof at the archaeological site of the Foster House projects a shadow outlining the home’s original footprint onto the ground, referencing history without unearthing its artifacts

A free African American woman named Catherine “Kitty” Foster buys a property near the University of Virginia, where she works as a seamstress and laundress

SHADOWCATCHER

1833

University of Virginia president dedicates a small park and memorial to Foster Shadowcatcher by Hood Studio is completed

SHADOW CATHER Boards designed by Lizi Huang

Walter Studio Georgia

Georgia Cotton Production(1860) Cotton Valued By County (400 Pound Bales) 100,000 or Below 100,001-330,000 330,001-650,000 Above 650,000

First Baptist Church of Christ St Joseph Catholic Church is Macon's oldest African American church

Arbor

Market

Grant’s Lounge Historic Obelisk

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Armory Ballroom

Market

Cotton Bale Inspired Seating

Stepped fountain running the length of the yard with seating areas squared off by concrete benches

Antebellum Cotton In the years leading up to the Civil War (1861-1865), cotton growing was immensely profitable for thousands of Georgians. During this period entire towns sprang up to serve the needs of a successful cotton-producing area.

Redefining Space Through Memory in Macon, Georgia

10,001-20,000

Obelisk

Bio-retention Zone Playground

MACON YARDS

5,001-10,000

Situated at the top of Poplar Street's hill, this Confederate monument is the focal point of the landscape

Yard This familiar American spatial typology is taken from behind buildings and placed in the street, creating greater comfort for current residents by celebrating what they do in their backyards and refocusing the street into small, identifiable spaces for social interaction and leisure Raised white cubes designed as abstractions of cotton bales reference additional facets of history

Design Elements on Poplar Street

2,001-5,000

Poplar Street This wide boulevard located in the heart of Macon is lined by historically significant buildings with housing, retail, restaurants, and civic functions, many of which had fallen into decline

HYBRID LANDSCAPE

The Geography and Economy of Slavery in Georgia

COTTON INDUSTRY

Number of Slaves (1860) 2,000 or Below

Conscious Hybrid Landscapes Deliberate collisions of differing points of view which fuse the un-fuseable

Macon Yards and their surrounding urban fabric hold both history and culture in their collection of diverse uses. Bars and clubs like Grant's Lounge are home to Macon's rich African-American music heritage. Buildings like the Armory Ballroom hold memories of the city's Civil War history.

Looking up and down the street you see black and white alike, eating, playing, parking, walking, talking, and just hanging out in the yards Hillock

Walter Hood

MACON YARDS Boards designed by Lizi Huang GLIMCHER SEMINAR Walter Hood: Conflict, Memory and Landscape We are very glad to have a seminar with Walter Hood and Kristen Cheramie. We discussed the memory about the Civil War, and choose a cemetery located in Columbus, Ohio. This exhibition is to display the conflict between reality and history. We interpret some Walter’s project at the same time.

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Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.