L.A. River Bowtie Studio, 2013

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L.A. River Studio SP.2013 USC Landscape Architecture

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Special Thanks to: Charles S. Dywer, Alison Lind, Erin Jones of Amy Corps of Engineers Los Angeles Office Los Angeles River Project Office | City of Los Angeles | Department of Public Works | Bureau of Engineering Final Review Jury Hadley Arnold (Aridlands), Peter Arnold (Aridlands), Linda Taalman (TaalmanKoch), Ira Artz (Tetratech), Charles Dywer (Army Corps), Brian Whelan (Army Corps), Takako Tajima, Frank Escher (Escher GuneWardena), Ben Feldman (Mia Lehrer & Associates), Kate Harvey (Osborn Architecture), Jennifer Samsom (LA Revitalization Corporation), Travis Langcore (USC), Megan Whalen (LA BOE)

CONTENT Introduction Student Work Samples Yushan Pang Folding Landscape, 6-11

Ah Ram Yang Controlled Edge Ecotone, 12-17

Gongzuo Zhao Rebirth of Urban River Bank, 18-23

Shimeng Ma

From Structure to River, 24-29

Ying Huan Weaving, 30-35

Zhuohan Yu Elegant Curve, 36-41

Zhehao Yu City Nest Regeneration, 42-47

Yan Hou

Sliding Ecotone, 48-53

Chuanchuan Tang Reassembling Ecologies, 54-59

Chen Song Home for THEM, 60-65

Bowen Qi

Textile System, 66-71

LOS ANGELES RIVER BOWTIE STUDIO Landscape Architecture 542B, 6 units // Spring 2013 Semester Studio Background The Army Corps is currently developing a strategic plan (ARBOR study) to modify the river channel in the Glendale Narrows area (the vegetated section of the river between approximately Griffith Park and the 110 freeway). This a landmark study for the river and is the most likely avenue to obtain the massive federal funding necessary to modify the river.

Generally speaking, the Army Corps mandate and the ways in which this project could be funded, allow for the restoration of the river as an animal habitat, but not an urban “revitalization”. Program is limited to basic passive recreation, such as a top of bank bike path and bird watching, as if it was a natural feature (e.g. Everglades). Any designed elements should be austere and necessary for maintenance, flood protection, and habitat. In other words in the current funding and policy environment a “High Line” design approach to the LA River is unlikely.

As part of the study the Army Corps and their consultants are developing viable typical sections for a modified River channel. These sections reflect concerns for cost, habitat creation, and flood protection. These initial sections were provided to the studio as reference material. In general, one section proposes a set of vegetated terraces and the other proposes a permanent geo-textile matt. Students were also provided with a schematic plan for modifications along the Bow Tie site (which is currently owned by CA State Park).

Studio Objective The studio seeks to design within these constraints. Students must more or less justify their designs based on the Army Corps mandate and concerns (flood protection, habitat, maintenance, and cost) while at the same time create an attractive design that provides multiple values, including creating designs that may support “shadow” programs – informal programs that while not allowable in the current policy framework are likely to occur regardless (as they do now) and may be supported by the city or Corps in the future.

Studio Structure To facilitate this exploration the studio was structured in the following way: • Each student was asked to create two to three typical sections (based on the ones provided by the Army Corps). Limited typical sections applied over long expanses would presumably greatly reduce the cost of implementation.

• Between each section they must design transitions. In order to create a hydraulically viable design it is necessary that the profile and “roughness” of the river changes gradually.

• They must intercept and treat the urban water coming out of three stormwater outfalls that flow into the river at the site. They must accommodate for high volume wetweather flows and highly polluted, lower volume dry-weather flows.

• They must provide at least one vehicular access ramp, which is necessary for maintenance and safety in the river channel. They cannot otherwise generally provide direct access to the river water.

• They must provide a maintenance road at the top of bank and they cannot (generally) provide pedestrian circulation below the half-way mark on the river channel.

• All of these elements were to be integrated and treated as design opportunities.

Based on this, students were required to create a master plan for the entire Bow Tie site and adjacent river channel and then focus on the detailed design of an area with two typical sections and a transition between them.

The site was the state owned Bow Tie parcel.

Alexander Robinson August 2013

Folding Landscape Yushan Pang

1-1 Yushan Pang

Proposed Perspectives

Above: Proposed perspective showing the site in storm weather.

Above: Proposed perspective showing the site in sunny weather.

Above: Proposed perspective showing site design features.

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1-2 Yushan Pang

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Physical Model of Proposed Design

1-3 Yushan Pang

Proposed Key Programs & Proposed Master Plan

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1-4 Yushan Pang

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Planned Sections

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Design Diagrams & Orthographics

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Controlled Edge Ecotone Ah Ram Yang

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Proposed Perspective

Proposed perspective showing the river walk.

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2-2 Ah Ram Yang

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Physical Model of Proposed Design

2-3 Ah Ram Yang

Proposed Master Plan

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2-4 Ah Ram Yang

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Planned Sections, Design Diagrams & Orthographics

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REBIRTH OF URBAN RIVER BANK Gongzuo Zhao

3-1 Gongzuo Zhao

Proposed Perspectives

A. Proposed perspective at dawn view.

B. Proposed perspective at dusk view.

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3-2 Gongzuo Zhao A. Physical Model of Proposed Design View (1).

B. Physical Model of Proposed Design View (2).

C. Physical Model of Proposed Design View (3).

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Physical Model & Proposed Master Plan

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3-3 Gongzuo Zhao

Above (Left): Sections and Corresponding Plan Views of Proposed Design.

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Above (Right): Orthographics of Proposed Site Design.

Planned Sections, Design Diagrams & Orthographics

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From Structure to River Shimeng Ma

4-1 Shimeng Ma

Proposed Perspectives

A. Proposed perspective view (1).

B. Proposed perspective view (2).

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4-2 Shimeng Ma

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Physical Model of Proposed Design

4-3 Shimeng Ma

Proposed Key Programs & Proposed Master Plan

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4-4 Shimeng Ma

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Planned Sections

Note: Sections are NOT TO SCALE on this page.

4-5 Shimeng Ma

Design Diagrams & Orthographics

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Weaving Ying Huan

5-1 Ying Huan

Proposed Perspectives

A. Proposed perspective view (1).

B. Proposed perspective view (2).

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5-2 Ying Huan

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Physical Model of Proposed Design

5-3 Huan Ying

Proposed Master Plan

A. Detailed Plan (Partial).

B. Partial Tiling Detail.

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5-4 Ying Huan

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Planned Sections, Design Diagrams & Orthographics

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Elegant Curve Zhuohan Yu

6-1 Zhuohan Yu

Proposed Perspectives

A. Proposed perspective sunny weather view.

B. Proposed perspective stormy weather view.

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6-2 Zhuohan Yu

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Physical Model of Proposed Design

6-3 Zhuohan Yu

Proposed Master Plan

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6-4 Zhuohan Yu

Planned Sections

Left: Section reference. Above: Proposed sections and corresponding plan views.

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Design Diagrams & Orthographics

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City Nest Regeneration Zhehao Yu

7-1 Zhehao Yu

Proposed Perspective

Proposed perspective of River Activities.

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7-2 Zhehao Yu

Detailed Master Plan.

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Proposed Master Plan & Detailed Plan

Proposed Master Plan.

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7-3 Zhehao Yu

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Planned Sections

7-4 Zhehao Yu

Design Diagrams & Orthographics

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A. Orthographical View of Proposed Design B. Site Materiality C. Flow Analysis

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Sliding Ecotone Yan Hou

8-1 Yan Hou

Proposed Perspective

Proposed perspective showing design’s topographic intervention.

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8-2 Yan hou

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Physical Model of Proposed Design

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Proposed Master Plan

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Reassembling Ecologies Chuanchuan Tang

9-1 Chuanchuan Tang

A. Proposed perspective view (1).

Proposed Perspectives

B. Proposed perspective view (2).

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9-2 Chuan chuan Tang

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Physical Model of Proposed Design

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Proposed Key Programs & Proposed Master Plan

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9-4 Chuanchuan Tang

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Home for THEM Chen Song

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Proposed Perspective

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10-2 Chen Song

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Physical Model of Proposed Design

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Proposed Key Programs & Proposed Master Plan

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10-4 Chen Song

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Design Diagrams & Orthographics

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Textile System Bowen Qi

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Study Model

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11-2 Bowen Qi

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Proposed Key Programs & Proposed Master Plan

11-3 Bowen Qi

Proposed Sections

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Detailed Plan, Design Diagrams & Orthographics

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