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Sichang Road Waterfront Park East Side New Town Resort Rockridge Shopping Center Creative Park Business Campus Yangcheng Lake Waterfront Tourism Area Master Plan Suzhou Canal Redevelopment and Preservation Plan Kunshan West High School Campus Master Plan Seattle Center Next 50 Competition Northern Capital Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor Competition The Civil Interstate
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Alessandro Colavecchio, Associate ASLA
3024 Deakin St. Apt. 6 Berkeley, CA 94705
415-525-6211 a.colavecchio@utoronto.ca
2010 Master of Landscape Architecture. University of Toronto [1st year completed at the University of British Columbia] 2007 Bachelor of Environmental Studies. University of Waterloo Honours Urban and Regional Planning specializing in Urban Design TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS • Accessibility Awareness Training Certificate, School of Planning, University of Waterloo. • Software background includes proficiency in Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, Adobe Creative Suite, Rhinoceros, Sketchup, V-Ray and Shaderlight; working knowledge of GIS software; basic coding abilities in the Python language. • Reading, writing and conversational ability in French and Italian. EMPLOYMENT 2011– Associate; IPD [Integrated Planning and Design Inc.]; San Francisco, CA PRES • Design and development of built landscapes for public parks, waterfronts, academic and corporate campuses, urban mixed-use developments and residential developments. • Production of contract documents from workshop phases to detail design. • Coordination and liaison with consultants, manufacturers, and IPD foreign offices. • Design, coordination, and submission of both open and invited landscape competitions. • Development of User Experience Systems and Environmental Graphic Design. • Coordination and production of proposals, publication packages, and successful award submissions. • Marketing, social media development and construction of a new website. • Delivered regular “brownbag” sessions on design process methods and software techniques to colleagues. • Establishment and maintenance of office systems (CAD standards, graphic standards, libraries). • Promoted from original title of Landscape Designer.
2010
North Design Office; Toronto, ON •
Design and coordination of competition entries in urban design and landscape architecture.
2007– Project Coordinator; NAK Design Strategies; Toronto, ON 2010 • Development of residential communities from municipal planning phases through design, implementation, and construction. • Contract administration duties including preparation and delivery of drawing revisions, tender documents, cost estimates, bid reviews, and as-built drawings. • Preparation and delivery of community design documents for private and municipal clients. • Creation of visioning imagery and diagramming for presentation, marketing and publication. • Preparation of proposals for landscape design and planning projects in various GTA municipalities. 2006
Technical Assistant; BA Group Transportation Consultants; Toronto, ON • •
Development and implementation of innovative TDCS [Traffic Data Collection Software] system for company use, including liaison with software engineer team. Management and supervision of field crew during on-site data collection, including preparation of briefings and debriefings.
PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS 2013 2010 2010 2009 2008+2009 2008 2006 2005-2006
Suzhou Canal, Finalist (ongoing). Suzhou Canals Cultural Preservation Competition Entertain Me, Finalist, John Street Ideas Competition Northern Capital, ASLA Student Honor Award, Analysis and Planning Category Garden Club of Toronto Scholarship Patrick J. Bennett Jr. Admissions Scholarship Shiftwall, Honourable Mention, Landscape as Identity Competition, University of Toronto President’s Athlete Academic Honour Roll, University of Waterloo Canadian Interuniversity Sport Academic All-Canadian
2010 2010 2009 2008 2008 2007
Outstanding MLA Thesis Projects: Ground 11: Restoration, Rehabilitation, and Repurposing. Ontario Association of Landscape Architects. Well on their Way: Landscape Architecture Magazine. American Society of Landscape Architects. Selected Student Works: Trace. UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture. Sketching Italy: Sitelines. British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects. Piazza Della Signoria and Gli Uffizi (essay and chapter): Sketching Italy. UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture. Davie Street: TransScape, A Public Gallery of Video Installations. SWARM - Festival of Artist Run Culture, Vancouver’s annual gallery hop.
ACADEMIA 2013 2010 2010 2009 2008 2006
Co-developer and guest critic, IPD Contemporary Landscapes Traveling Workshop, “The Civil Interstate” Undergraduate Landscape Studio (with Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan) Guest presentation, University of Toronto, “Innovative Methods of Constructing Greenfield Communities” Graduate Landscape Studio Guest critic, University of Toronto, “Landscapes of Resilience” Graduate Landscape Studio Guest critic, University of Waterloo, “Frozen Cities, Liquid Networks” Architecture Studio Coordinator and participant, University of British Columbia, “Sketching Italy Tour” Veneto/Toscana Exchange, University of Waterloo, “Planning and Urban Design in Southern England” with Oxford-Brookes University, Oxford, England
canal park:kunshan sichang road waterfront park IPD 8.5 ac 2012 Kunshan Construction and Investment Co. landscape construction completed 2012 education program features under construction (est. 2014)
sichang road waterfront park : KUNSHAN, PRC 1
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The northern section of Sichang Urban Ecological Park contains the environmental education component of the city’s park system. Through landscape programs, features and designed education programs the park is divided into four zones based on urban sustainability issues. Issues include resource preservation, consumer waste and nutrient cycling, consciousness of energy sources, and an alternative energy demonstration. Connections to the south section of the park and to the city’s large forest park to the north contribute to the city-wide canalside recreation system. Other connections to an adjacent school and a possible bike-share system in the forest park allow the educational mandate of Sichang Park’s north section to flourish. Through the use of overlooks and by winding paths among landforms visitors are treated to dramatic views of Kunshan’s historic canal system.
sichang road waterfront park : KUNSHAN, PRC 2
MaAnshan Road 马鞍山路
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E-BikeShare and charging station Landform and forest overlook Wind information plaza
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Kiosk retail Wind turbine demonstration Streetside bioswales
energy field
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Rain garden playground Viewing hill Solar-powered cafe
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Solar canopy Interactive playground - rotation Interactive playground - gravity
earth resource garden
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Recycling pavilion and accessible green roof Landform + compost demo garden
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Riparian walk Forest gardens
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Fish and bird habitat restoration Wetland/Marsh boardwalk Aquatic gardens
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Information / Arrival plaza
Sichan
wind forest
g Road 思常路
Qianjing West Road 前进西路
habitat patches
sichang road waterfront park : KUNSHAN, PRC 3
Personal Charging Station Current Charge Remaining Graphic Showing the # of common items available to charge Location of Power Outlets WiFi Access Point
12.5m Static Wall Kunshan Energy Supply
Real-time Park Energy Info Screen Current Energy Flow Direction Current Battery Charge Remaining Real-Time Wind Turbine Energy Production Graph Real-Time Wind Speed Graph
16m Dynamic Wall Charging Stations and Information
16m Static Wall Park Design Concept and Features
real-time park energy information wall sichang road waterfront park : KUNSHAN, PRC 4
Distribution Park Lighting Feature Lighting Bench Lighting Digital Display Boards Outlet Charge Indicator
Energy Generation
wind energy demo info wall sichang road waterfront park : KUNSHAN, PRC 5
Conversion and Storage Maintenance Room Batteries AC-DC Conversion Display Panel Control
terraced habitat islands sichang road waterfront park : KUNSHAN, PRC 6
park urban edge park energy information and solar-powered maintenance office
landform garden fishing deck and playground
sichang road waterfront park : KUNSHAN, PRC 7
east side new town resort:shenzhen east side new town resort IPD 14.7 ac 2012 Kaisa Group phase 1 (resort): completed 2013 phase 2 (mall): under construction (est. 2014)
east side new town resort : SHENZHEN, PRC 8
team size design date client status
A resort and vacation home complex located in the famous oceanside tourist area of Shenzhen, East Side New Town Resort includes residential, hotel and commercial components. Using the local landscape of peninsulas and shallow, shell-filled beaches as a model, the central pool is partitioned to create many different relationships between wet and dry. Shallow beaches, both hard and sand, and deep coves are formed by the deck peninsulas. Formed as concentric rings, the deck is bordered by a space reminiscent of the ring of tropical forest and vegetation bounding the beaches of the region. The outermost ring reflects the luxurious private hillside residences that face the forest and have small but beautiful views of the waterfront activities.
east side new town resort : SHENZHEN, PRC 9
east side new town resort : SHENZHEN, PRC 10
crossover bridge east side new town resort : SHENZHEN, PRC 11
outer ring, private gardens
middle ring, botanical garden circulation
inner resort east side new town resort : SHENZHEN, PRC 12
rockridge retail:oakland rockridge shopping center IPD 15.67 ac 2012 Property Development Centers LLC (Safeway) design development (est. opening 2015)
rockridge shopping center : OAKLAND, CA 13
team size design date client status
Located on the site of the former Bilger Quarry, the new Safeway store and retail complex stitches together two disconnected shopping streets in Oakland. The landscape provides an intimate shopping street environment that manages the site stormwater as well as grand vistas of the old quarry pond and rugged landscape beyond. A path along the pond edge, annotated with historical placards, leads visitors from the busy sidewalk deep into the site to an elevated viewing deck.
rockridge shopping center : OAKLAND, CA 14
quarry pond edge
rockridge shopping center : OAKLAND, CA 15
internal shopping street
rockridge shopping center : OAKLAND, CA 16
west pedestrian entry
rockridge shopping center : OAKLAND, CA 17
rockridge shopping center : OAKLAND, CA 18
creative park:shenzhen creative park business campus IPD 16.06 ac 2012 Kaisa Group phase 1 (streetscape): completed 2013 phase 2 (interior): under construction (est. 2014)
creative park business campus : SHENZHEN, PRC 19
team size design date client status
Creative Park Business Campus is a 6.5-hectare office park project in Shenzhen divided in two by the high-speed Xia-Shen Railway. Maintaining unity between both halves of the site was paramount, therefore the landscape strategy involved a unique approach to the north portion. The site slopes steeply downward toward the north but, given the main goal of connectivity, it was necessary that the central landscape remain at the same elevation, forcing the lobbies and first floor of the north buildings one storey higher than the street. The result is a unique sheltered outdoor space where a street level concourse exposes the building amenities to the visiting public. A second benefit to this strategy is the creation of a lookout deck at plaza level that overlooks an adjacent forested ravine, normally visible only from building floors 2 and higher. The central landscape is built along a green spine that connects north-south through the rail corridor. Each building is offered a pocket garden and plaza to develop their individual identity but the majority of space is devoted to collaboration and interaction in larger, central plazas.
creative park business campus : SHENZHEN, PRC 20
street and plaza level
concourse level
creative park business campus : SHENZHEN, PRC 21
creative park business campus : SHENZHEN, PRC 22
phase 1 construction
creative park business campus : SHENZHEN, PRC 23
yangcheng lake:kunshan Yangcheng lake waterfront tourism area master plan IPD 210 ac 2013 Kunshan Construction and Investment Co. municipal review
YCL waterfront tourism : KUNSHAN, PRC 24
team size design date client status
after many successful built projects located in kunshan, the city’s development agency offered IPD the opportunity to develop a cultural tourism master plan for the east shore of their famous yangcheng lake. the master plan has two parts, a waterfront trail and habitat restoration plan and a cultural tourism development plan. an area known for its agricultural heritage and production of the famous hairy crab, the development plan preserves existing farming villages and offers agricultural demonstration facilities. a boutique hotel, restaurant district, animal preserve and open stables diversify the local economy to establish the area as a truly unique tourism district.
YCL waterfront tourism : KUNSHAN, PRC 25
plan framework and evolution YCL waterfront tourism : KUNSHAN, PRC 26
Vineyard
YCL waterfront tourism : KUNSHAN, PRC 27
habitat trail and boardwalk - part of yangcheng lake shoreline recreation master plan YCL waterfront tourism : KUNSHAN, PRC 28
canal city:suzhou suzhou canal redevelopment and preservation plan IPD 350 ac 2013 City of Suzhou, China competition stage 2
suzhou cultural canal : SUZHOU, PRC 29
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the city of suzhou, preparing an application to designate their canal system as a UNESCO world heritage site, held an invited competition to restore the cultural heritage of the west canal system. the following rehabilitation and preservation master plan is the successful first stage of the competition. the master plan is equal parts new development, retrofit, and restoration. for the Xu River and an adjoining portion of the Grand Canal, a multi-scalar site inventory and analysis established the most effective means to restore a showcase portion of suzhou’s historic canal system.
suzhou cultural canal : SUZHOU, PRC 30
suzhou: canal city
the plan area: situated in an emerging creative core of the city
river and canal positioning
canalside zoning suzhou cultural canal : SUZHOU, PRC 31
TREATMENT WETLANDS 处理型湿地 To remediate stormwater and restore animal habitats 净化雨水、重塑动植物栖地
DETENTION BASINS 生态滞洪池 To reduce the water flow during flood events. 减少暴雨时的洪泛、并且沈淀悬浮物。
Rain Gardens 雨水花园 Collect rainwater from rooftops to be recycled as irrigation for green roofs 蒐集屋顶雨水，提供浇灌系统之再利用
Restored Habitat 生态栖地重建 Plant species and water flow design restores habitat for birds and amphibians 植栽与水流配置重建鸟类与两 栖类的生态栖地
Detention Basins Treatment Wetlands 生态滞洪池 处理型湿地 Water temporarily standing The final and most thorough stage drops the sediments that cloud of water remediation before water the canal water. Collected enters the city canal system sediments is used as fertilizer. 处理型湿地蒐集上游河水与周围雨 雨水经过暂时的滞留过滤掉沈积 水，净化之后排入运河系统。 物，沈积物可被再利用成为肥料
ecosystem retrofit strategy Suzhou Canal Future : Canal of Sustainability
RAIN GARDENS / BIOSWALES 雨水花园/生态草沟 To collect, direct, and infiltrate stormwater and greywater 蒐集、引导并且净化雨水与建筑物灰水 Bioswales 生态草沟 Building greywater and street stormwater is directed into bioswales to reduce the load placed on the city wastewater system 建筑灰水与街道雨水被引导至生态草沟，具有 净化与排水的功能，减少市政管道负担
Bicycle and Pedestrian Accessibility 完善慢行系统与人行系统 To promote alternative modes of transportation and work toward a lower carbon future 提倡替代性交通工具与低碳生活的未来。
“两河一江”环境综合整治工程- 胥江 两 岸 及 运 河 东 岸 景 观 绿 化 方 案 设 计 S U ZH OU C A N A L C I TY L ANDSCAPE MAST ERPL AN
未来的苏州运河：”可持续性的”运河
suzhou cultural canal : SUZHOU, PRC 32
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architectural upgrades strategy suzhou cultural canal : SUZHOU, PRC 33
bridge upgrades and landmark strategy
iconic
life
commercial suzhou cultural canal : SUZHOU, PRC 34
looking through south bank grove to clusters of restored historic buildings. suzhou cultural canal : SUZHOU, PRC 35
cultural education:kunshan kunshan west high school campus master plan IPD 49.4 ac 2012 Kunshan Construction and Investment Co. under construction (est. 2014)
kunshan campus plan : KUNSHAN, PRC 36
team size design date client status
In 2011, The City of Kunshan decided to form an education and outreach hub in the west end of the city. This involved relocating the elite Kunshan West High School in conjunction with the establishment of a satellite campus for Duke University. The school’s historic library is the physical and symbolic core of the campus; the adjacent landscape teaches the story of the school’s founding to the students and guests that congregate there. The landscape has the ambitious task of relocating the memories of a storied institution and creating an educational environment out of the classroom. It is organized around a water system designed for environmental performance. Given the strong mandate to encourage environmental education, dormitories and the Quanshi Lake outdoor recreation area are located near the city-wide canal system. With Quanshi Lake as the core of the water system, all of the campus water is either recycled or treated with landscape infrastructure prior to entering the city canals. Between the library and Quanshi Lake, connecting the school’s symbolic past and future, is a relocated traditional Chinese garden. The main landscape amenity at the previous campus location, this contemporary version of Suzhou’s regional garden is focused on the experience of water and bridges the formal and informal types of education available to students.
kunshan campus plan : KUNSHAN, PRC 37
kunshan campus plan : KUNSHAN, PRC 38
plan frameworks and evolution
kunshan campus plan : KUNSHAN, PRC 39
quanshi lake detail plan kunshan campus plan : KUNSHAN, PRC 40
quanshi lake
kunshan campus plan : KUNSHAN, PRC 41
forge field:seattle seattle center Next 50 competition IPD 9 ac 2012 Seattle Center Redevelopment Office submitted
seattle next 50 : SEATTLE, WA 42
team size design date client status
For most of its formal existence, public space has provided social and economic services. It has been a platform for social justice but remained economically undercover, offering only the secondary economic benefits of political forums, markets and meeting spaces. Future public space will need to adopt even more roles. First, growing land scarcity requires that public space generate revenue directly from the programs it provides. Second, public space should evolve from a place where ideas are exchanged to a place where ideas can be developed. Third, all public space must provide ecological services.
seattle next 50 : SEATTLE, WA 43
seattle next 50 : SEATTLE, WA 44
northern capital:inuvik CITY OF INUVIK NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN independent n/a 2009 academic submitted 2010 awarded and published 2010
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2010 ASLA Student Honor Award, Analysis and Planning to view the full project visit: http://www.asla.org/2010studentawards/107.html
northern capital : INUVIK, NWT 45
this project uses landscape architecture as an agent to combine resource-extraction infrastructure with a community’s social and economic development. imagine Inuvik’s growth through this century as stimulus-spending ends, gas extraction decreases and a population influx attempts to settle. arguing that node-based mobility will overtake route-based mobility in the arctic’s warmer future, a fundamental change must occur in the arrangement of infrastructure relative to landscape processes. inuvik’s function as a hub city will be translated into a coast-based fabric of barge ports, clustered development, and connective infrastructural tissue. the project begins by breaking apart the landscape into key systems of topography, water and snow, wind exposure and sun exposure. program options are derived from the combination of these systems and they are activated by the placement of infrastructure. the overarching goal is to remove the burden of inefficiency and intensive maintenance that is adopted along with southern canadian forms. to this end, the project investigates possible adaptations to natural gas mining infrastructure, namely a pipeline and processing facility. I call for a massive change up front, moving the locations of the pipeline and facility from their proposed locations 20 km away to sites in the city. industrial operations can continue in the present but buildings and pipelines are then at strategic locations for reuse, minimizing land disturbance. emergent industries can then evolve around the infrastructure left behind as present needs fade, changing the northern frontier from an importer to an exporter.
northern capital : INUVIK, NWT 46
northern capital : INUVIK, NWT 47
northern capital : INUVIK, NWT 48
northern capital : INUVIK, NWT 49
northern capital : INUVIK, NWT 50
Inuvik’s production node northern capital : INUVIK, NWT 51
51% permeable:LA Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor Competition North Design Office 2,000 ac 2010 Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency submitted
51% permeable : LOS ANGELES, CA 52
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downtown los angeles is a contiguous layer of concrete and asphalt. immediate action can be taken to remedy this situation. by transforming marginalized and abandoned sites as well as incorporating vacant sites and parking lots, an urban ecology network can be rapidly realized. the later conversion of rail corridors and the vehicular grid into this system will declare this corner of los angeles a no car zone, completely transforming the function and image of the cleantech corridor. the first civic action on these lands was the building of a ditch – hand to shovel to dirt – which allowed water to infiltrate the soil, holding it in this arid environment. the permeability of the soil permitted viable use of the land and a strong connection to the river. the paving over of los angeles has changed this balance, and this project posits that a reconnection to the soil is the first step toward renewal. lands that were once marginalized, with overworked infrastructures, now drive the change that puts ecological function into the existing urban fabric. the green network will act as the spine of the cleantech district, providing the cultural image necessary to fuel successful transformation. it will also be the production zone for clean energy, and serve as a supporting testing ground for economic initiatives. when accounted, the margins, vacancies, river channel, and soon-to-be-obsolete infrastructure create a figure that occupies 51% of the ground. opened to the soil and transformed as a cohesive framework, the new network at 51% permeable has controlling interest to guide the cleantech district toward a resilient and intertwined ecological economy.
51% permeable : LOS ANGELES, CA 53
51% permeable : LOS ANGELES, CA 54
51% permeable : LOS ANGELES, CA 55
The Civil Interstate:San Francisco IPD Contemporary landscapes travelling workshop IPD 26 ac 2013 Chung Yuan Christian University completed 2013
contemporary landscapes workshop : SAN FRANCISCO, CA 56
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contemporary landscapes workshop : SAN FRANCISCO, CA 57
in 2013, IPD had an exciting opportunity to host undergraduate students of landscape architecture from Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan for a 4 day intensive workshop. students spent 2 days touring recent landscape projects in san francisco followed by 2 days preparing proposals for an underused site below the I-80 in SOMA. the studio asked students and mentors to consider the sheltered outdoor spaces under raised highways and the potential that these structures have, if any, as they near the end of their designed lifespan. though professionals have come to understand sustainability as having three parts, environmental, social, and economic, this has not been translated into the built objects in our cities, which, though aiming at sustainability, are still onedimensional. the guiding principle of the studio is to bring design proposals forward that match the current landscape discourse on sustainability.
2-day workshop in studio after 2-day tour of san francisco landscapes contemporary landscapes workshop : SAN FRANCISCO, CA 58
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