2013 protfolio

Landscape Architecture Protfolio

VERTICAL CHOREOGRAPHY GONE WITH THE WIND AGRO - FRAGMENT FARM SHIRE

Journey of Landscape Architecture

Chengwei Zhu (Peter)

Peter Zhu朱承伟

CONTACT WAY: Address: 22 Quentin Street, Forest Hill, Melbourne, VIC 3131 Phone: 0404666619 Email: zhuchengwei060633@ gmail.com Nationality: Chinese (Now in Australia) Portfolio: http://issuu. com/878441/docs/protfolio-1

EDUCATION BACKGROUND: Master of Landscape Architecture Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Australia ➢ Main courses of study: Landscape Research Studio, Landscape Research Seminar, Professional Practise of Landscape Architecture, Design Research Project ➢ Landscape Projects: Artlab, La Pavilion, Lara 3212, Graduation Project Bachelor of Landscape architecture Tongji University, Shanghai, China ➢ Obtain 1 years tuition grant from University for the top student scholars ➢ Main courses of study: Landscape Design Studio, City Planning Theory, Landscape Ecology and Architecture Design Studio, Design Programming; ➢ Landscape Projects: Street Park Design; Plaza Design; Park Design Graduation Project; ➢ Architecture Projects: House Design; Kindergarten Design; Chinese Classical Garden Design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Position: Graduate & Landscape Architect Assistant Company: Tongji University Architecture Design & Research Institute Job Content: ➢ Site Investigation ➢ Design Requirement Confirmation ➢ Elemental Information Collection ➢ Site Analysis ➢ Precedents Analysis ➢ Abstract Establishment ➢ Documents Formation ➢ Presentation, etc; Projects: ➢ Landscape Planning of Shanghai World EXPO; ➢ City Planning – Yakeshi; ➢ Jiang Xi De’an Waterfront Planning; ➢ Yintan Liberation Memorial Design; ➢ Handan Southlake Park Design; ➢ Xuancheng Bai Town Design;

TECHNICAL SKILL: Platform MAC/XP/VISTA/WIN 7 ➢ Software ➢ CAD ➢ Sketch Up and Vary, ➢ Adobe Series software: Photoshop, Illustrator, In design, PDF Professional, ➢ Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, ➢ ArcGIS, ➢ Rhinoceros,

LANGUAGE: ➢ ➢

Mandarin (Native) English (Fluent)

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I Love Landscape Design

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CONTENTS

VERTICAL CHOREOGRAPHY

闲居

GONE WITH THE WIND

RU SHAN PLANNING

AGRO FRAGMENT

FARM SHIRE

1 VERTICAL CHOREOGRAPHY

Is it possible to design a landscape project mainly from parametric design methodology which combines models making and site test?

Artlab ---- Vertical Choreography 竖直起舞 Chengwei Zhu, Stephanie Kumar, Charlie Allen In order to mediate between artificiality and nature, the design has worked on making organic design models and producing a new type of vertical garden – ‘vertical choreography’. This involves defining a new design methodology of parametric design. So that continuous modelling is not merely seen as a plug-in for design portfolio, but is integral to the generation of the design and the day to day activities of the building itself. That is, by embedding concept, site conditions and organic performances within structure and convoluted circulation processes, modelling plays as a main expression approach of whole design and construction.

Started from the 1900’s, the designers prefer to show their design by drawings especially in china and other developing country while modelling is descend to dispensable part. However my research is going to explore the possibility to achieve a design mainly by modelling. A core component is a connecting generation of models built for concept formulation, techniques exploration, site combination and final construction, which works corroboratively and successively to support the whole project. I located my research on the design expression approach which is fixed since industrial revolution.

What's more, modelling is used as the artificial, mechanical connotations of the term pattern; the word ‘choreography’ is a way to express a design of flow. It allowed us to work focus on the spatial condition and the material.

View of final result in RMIT , Chengwei Zhu, 2012

Modelling Technique 1: Tension Membrane

From model, the main property of tension membrane is infinite division.

Modelling Technique 2: Origami

The varying origami model is made from one simple piece of paper, one square modular and easy methods. The dynamic origami will help the concept model being instability.

Modelling Technique 3: Grid Shell At first, we all regard grid shell as the main structural support in concept model. However, what grid shell can do is much more than that. As shown in pictures, although it isn’t as dynamic as origami model, it can form amazing shape.

View of Final Concept Model

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30cm *30cm *30cm wooden cube frame Stocking used as tension membrane 5cm *5cm wooden supporting frame Dynamic origami with 5cm *5cm square Gluey grid shell String pulling whole construction Nail

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New Modular Model Layers Plants including Flowers and Vegetables

New Function: Vertical Garden

The model is also used as the planting pot. So flowers can be moved on the model.

Outer Layers: Silk Stocking

Inner Objects: Base Material for Planting

Except normal decorative flowers, vegetables can also be grown. First choice is the fastgrowing vegetables, like bean

sprouts. People can eat directly.

S econd choice is other vegetables which may need a relatively long period to grow.

All of them would be provided to students.

Inner Objects: Base Material for Growing Plants

Coconut fibre is the common-seen lightest base material. Every modular model is the container or pot for base material.

Fertilizer is another necessary material. As the container is covered with silk stocking, Solid fertilizer is better than other.

Normal mud can be mixed with other light material.

New Interpretation of Dynamic Model

As the site condition is been considered, the dynamic origami model is hard to release in “Introversion� solution.

Modelling Objects: 30-cm-long Irrigating Pipe

However, the same concept is transformed to pipes which can form hundreds of shapes. Then use the wooden support to fix the shape.

Structural Support: Wooden Support

Explorations about how would the model attached to the protected wall

Montage of “Introversion” Solution

2 GONE WITH THE WIND

How would a landscape project show the unique features of the site?

La Pavilion ---- Gone With The Wind 风中摇摆 Chengwei Zhu At Dockland, a red structure sites in public, that is made up of a series of aluminum strands, to show the performance of wind.

Strips of aluminum are shaped and fixed on the site allowed to swing and move in the wind which is one of the features of

Dockland. The idea generates from a twoday’s experiment. After that two days, it developed by mapping and modeling. The color comes from the red wall on the site because the designer wants to merge some original impression with his design.

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PlanofofLa LaPavilion Pavilion Plan Pavilion 1 1 LaLaPavilion Warehouse 2 2 Warehouse Lighthouse 3 3 Lighthouse Wood Plank Road Plank Road 4 4 Wood Seashore 5 5 Seashore Dockland 6 6 Dockland Bolte Bridge Bridge 7 7 Bolte Weeds 8 8 Weeds North Wharf Road Wharf Road 9 9 North

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View of site in Dockland, Chengwei Zhu, 2011

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Record of Site Test

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Dog Models for expressing the Inspiration of the site test

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Screenshot of the Model Test which practically reproduces the unique feature(agent) of the site

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Existing Site Condition

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Aerial View of La Pavilion

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Section of La Pavilion

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Multiply East-West Sections of La Pavilion

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Montage of La Pavilion

3 AGRO - FRAGMENT

HOW CAN FRAGMENTARY SPACES IN MELBOURNE CBD BE USED IN NEW URBAN FARMLAND DESIGN FOR RECONNECTION THE AGRICULTURE TO THE CITY LIFE, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE REDISCOVER THEIR FAMILIAR CITY AND FOOD?

New Urban Farmland ---- Agro - Fragment Chengwei Zhu City, as a growing element worldwide, lost in economic slowdown after 2008 and its impact has swept the globe following the globalization. Within this context, as a landscape architect, how to design the urban landscape when there is both opportunities and challenges?

The design seeks to create a new design strategy to urban through utilization urban fragmentary spaces. There are a lot of fragmented spaces in city block available for landscape regardless of the density and scale of city. Those fragmentary spaces can be looked as the virgin territory.

Agro-fragment is going to transform the fragmentary spaces from isolation to sociable urban farmland, which will then change the city façade by reconnecting the food and common life.

From one single production to supporting the whole city’s consume, there are many plans I have tried to create productive farmland in Melbourne CBD. However, like the city, the urban farm should also become multifunctional. Agro-fragment is a new model of urban farmland, which aims to innovate the city from the perspective of survivance as well as aesthetics, enjoyment, sociality and etc. The citizens would rediscover their city and food by this project.

Food, as Carolyn Steel said, once shaped our honourable cities is abandoned by the city itself. ‘One of the great ironies of modern food systems is that they’ve made the very thing they promised to make easier much harder.’

As the economy slowdown proves the failure of our modern model of city development, the re-connection to food is a viable option.

Cuba has shown its potentiality. How will agriculture reshape our concrete forest? The first design method is productive urban farmland.

The Process of Site Location

The Fragmentary Spaces in City

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Permanent/ Temporary

Low Rent

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Wasteland

Car Park

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Available Now Available Later On the Ground Interior Space

The diagram shows how the fragmentary spaces located in city

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1 Car parks will be unused when people start to use public transportation.

2 Offices are futile after the companies bankrupt.

3 The facade could be a thriving vineyard in the near future.

4 The rooftop could be productive.

5 The pathway is desolate when people are leaving city.

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The Location of forms of fragmentary spaces in a digital urban scene

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3 Testing Designs

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Dollar Project: Mushroom City

Calory Project: Macadamia Orchard

Victoria Project: CUB Site

Montage of Macadamia Orchard

Montage of Mushroom City

Locations of Mushroom City

Montage of CUB Site

Locations of Macadamia Orchard

Locations of CUB Site

Full Sun Area

Part Shadow Area (Actually, It is only available for growing mushroom inside ba-

Shadow Area

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Shadow Simulation

Table of Productive Vegetables Potato

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Sequence Farming Cycle DECEMBER

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Vegetables

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Flexible Patch Design

1 Tree Pot Function 2 Water Storage Function 3 Farming Tools Storage Function 4 Biopesticide Function 5 Organic Fertilizer Function 6 Rest Function 7 Mushroom Pot Function

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Node Plan

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Cultivation Module

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Pedestrian Module

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Active Leisure Module

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Food Enjoyment Module

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Group Activities Module

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Field Path Following the Boundary Intersection Becomes Cultivation Nodes Shortcuts Connecting Attracting Points Cultivation Nudes Becomes Pedestrian Nudes Hierarchy of Pedestrian Nudes Curve Used as Runway More Curves to Extend the Length Intersection Becomes Active Leisure Nodes Inspiration Broaden the Pedestrian Space Forming Pedestrian Module Farmland Becomes Open Space for Group Activities

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Conceptual Master Plan of Agro-Fragment Field Path Pedestrian Runway Farmland Cultivation Nodes Pedestrian Nodes Active Leisure Nodes Diet Space

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Open Spaces for Group Activities Site Section during Spring and Autumn

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Nut Trees

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Diet Space for BBQ

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Site Section during Summer

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Tomato, Bean

Activities Space

Corn, Bean

Activities Space

Diet Space for BBQ

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Site Section during Winter

Onion

Nut Trees

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Nut Trees

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Nut Trees

Montage of Agro-Fragment

4 FARM SHIRE

Farmland urbanism is a design methodology that combines high density residential buildings with productive agricultural landscapes.

Farmland Urbanism ---- Farm Shire ç”° éƒĄ Chengwei Zhu, Angus Durkin, Liang Shan Farmland urbanism is an urban design methodology that combines high density housing and productive agricultural landscapes. The design process has been based around an ongoing exchange of knowledge and personal experience from both China and Australia. Farm shire is the result of applying the model to the small semi-urban town of Lara in Victoria.

The master plan has developed through the consideration of several simplistic design principles which we have used to spatially organize the site.

This methodology enables the concept to be applied to another place in another state or country.

The design employs several systematic aspects that facilitate the construction and expansion of the development over a period of time. These include: a modular architecture system, which responds to an economic framework and prevailing population growth, additional, we have implemented an agricultural programme which is based on natural Ecosystem cycles.

Key Cafe/ Foodstand

Public Toilets

Picnic Area

Car Parking

Foot/Bicycle Paths Small Irrigation Line

Arterial Irrigation Line Train Line

Public Housing Buildings Windmills Retained Areas, for existing and displaced Homesteads.

Waterbodies

Watercourses Educational Grounds

Vegetation

Open space Parkland Sports Fields & Recreational Facillities

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Master Plan of Farm Shire

Section of Farm Shire

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Agricultural Landscape Patterns

Shepparton, North East Victoria, Australia Werribee, Middle Victoria, Australia Nantong, Jiang Su, East China Shenyang, Liao Ning, North China

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Rules to Generate Form

Agglomeration Green Core Density Circulation Hierarchy

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Master Plan Layers

Buildings Roads & Paths Hydrology System Land Use Grid and Flooding Flatt

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Natural Cycle

Sequence

Farming

We have developed a 20 year farming cycle that combines periods of different agricultural types, including 8 years of nursery planting, 3 years of livestock, and 3 years of grain or vegetable crops.

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Apartment Digital Model and Potentiality of Apartment Development

Basic on the investigation of high density apartment precedents, the building has small physically footprint building for more area to plant. The other advantage of the building is the density growing from 2L 8 APARTMENTS 16 PEOPLE to 4L 16A 32P and 8L 32A 64P.

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Plan of Farm Land and High Density Building

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Existing Woods Meadow Weeds Wheat Farmland Woods in Plan Central Lake Existing Houses

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New Designed Apartment in Plan Level 1 Road; Main Road Level 2 Road; Minor Road Apartment Car Park Farm Track Viewing Platform in Farm Service Point

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Public Green Spaces Park Track Wharf Bridge on Main Road Wetland

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Plan of Central Park Land

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Apartment Farm Track Meadow Livestock Woods in Plan Wheat Farmland Windmill for Irrigation Water Tank Farmers Existing Woods

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5 闲居

How would a Chinese classical garden fit one of the famous poetry?

Chinese Classical Garden ---- 闲居 Living in Leisure Chengwei Zhu 《过香积寺》 王维 不知香积寺，数里入云峰。 古木无人径，深山何处钟。 泉声咽危石，日色冷青松。 薄暮空潭曲，安禅制毒龙。

Toward the temple of heaped fragrance

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Wang Wei Not knowing the way to the Temple of Heaped Fragrance, under miles of mountain-cloud I have wandered.

Through ancient woods without a human track; But now on the height I hear a bell.

A rillet sings over winding rocks. The sun is tempered by green pines.... And at twilight, close to an emptying pool, Thought can conquer the Passion-Dragon.

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临眺 Overlooking Pavilion 咽危石 Rockery 回望 Retrospect Pavilion 竹里馆 Bamboo House 松风山岳 Mountain Pavilion 暮空潭 Matinal Lake 终南山 South Mountain 月间亭 Months Pavilion 寒翠阁 Dark Green Pavilion 绮窗亭 Window Pavilion 佛龛 Niche 窗花 Window Decoration

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6 RU SHAN PLANNING

How would a tourism area be made under the new economy condition and serious official goals and tasks?

Tourism Area Planning ---- Ru Shan 乳 山 Chengwei Zhu Under the condition of the new background, the Ru Shan planning is to promote the development of Ru Shan tourism economy, to carry out Ru Sha “tourism cities” urban development strategy, to actively build “a mother’s love the holy land, happiness Ru Shan mountain” as the image of the city. Under the analysis of tourism resources and tourism market and the basis of comparative study, the planning is to rich cultural connotation of tourist area, adjust the structure of planning space and improve the quality of tourism products as the main planning content.

This main idea of Ru Shan planning is to create a pleasant coastal landscape environment as the key point, with characteristic culture industry as the guide, with happiness to promote tourism development in an all-round way.

Planning determines building a national 5 a-class tourist scenic spot as the goal; “Fu culture” as the core, “the lucky big health Ru Shan mountain” as the tourism theme image. “Happy life” is the project mainline, “Maternal love culture, health fitness, human harmony” is the three major planning Themes. Planning forms four big zone and nine functional partition on the general plan layout.

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乳山 Ru Shan 烟台 Yan Tai 威海 Wei Hai 青岛 Qing Dao 淄博 Zi Bo 济南 Ji Nan

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Plans of Ru Shan Planning

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Spatial Layout Function Zoning Tourism Project Planning Tourism Organization Planning Staged Construction Planning Vegetation Planning