P O RT FO L IO Planning+Design XIAO WEI Candidate for Master of City Planning, Urban Design 2015’ University of Pennsylvania
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CONTENTS Education L
01 From the Eclectic to the Informal to the Sustainable:A Park for Informal Settlement
Internship L L
02 Shanghai Zhangjiabang Wedge Park Urban Design
03 Zhenjiang Central City Redevelopment Urban Study and Design
Competition M
04 Petty is Ready: For a 21st Century Regional Park and Urban Resilience
Education M S
05 Banzhuyuan Township 20-Years Planning and Design
06 Neighborhood Empowerment: A New International Market in Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Market
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07 Xiamen City Waterfront Region Urban Design: For a sustainable and green lifestyle
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08 Chengdu City Residential Community Planning and Design
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09 Urban Highspeed Line Area Urban Design
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[ Project Description ] Valparaiso is the main port of Chile, which locates in the middle area of the nation and 2-hours drive from its capital city. The port-city entered a period of economic decline after the construction of the Panama Canal in 1914 further affected by the 1929 depression. And throughout its history, Valparaiso has experienced the destruction of different urban areas, impacted by severe earthquakes frequently followed by tsunamis, as well as impacted by fires which have quickly spread through districts of constructions built predominantly in wood and located on the steep slopes.
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Project Type: Informal Residential Urban Design Area: 258 Hectare/ 637 Acre Metropolitan Park Reforestation (Phase One)
Location: Vapalraiso, Chile
Reforestation (Phase Two)
Proposed Trails
Our main goal is to address issues of urban sustainability dealing with lower income communities of a very special city that presents a weak economic base, and which were recently affected by a major fire. Our group project is to create a new comprehensive plan for the city, including increasing connnectivity and public transportation. Besides, a new metropolitan park is proposed to protect land and restore ecological system in the up mountain area.
Metropolitan Park Recreation and Camping
To Metropolitan Park
Neighborhood
[ Concepts ]
Informal Market
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Neighborhood Daycare Center ia Ave
Water Management Park
3rd A leman
Community Education Center Church
Community Library
University (Stewards) Fire Buffer as Community Productive land
University-owned Green Space Future Potentia Private Development
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To Informal Neighborhood
Reforestation
Fire Buffer ( Community Productive Land)
New Informal Neighborhood
Neighborhood Garden
[ Current condition ]
500-525
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3. Green and Service Core For Formal and Informal
Potential Private Development Proposed Metropolitan Park Proposed 3rd Alemania El Vergel Road
Fire Buffer ( Community Productive Land)
Reforestation
Plaza For Informal
El Vergel Road
Water Management Park
Community Education
Plaza
New Informal Neighborhood
Fire Buffer ( Community Productive Land)
Reforestation
[ Project Description ] Zhangjiabang Wedge Park is located in Pudong, Shanghai and is the biggest open space in the fringe of Shanghai City. The land around the park has already been developed into hotels, recreation and residential. Shanghai cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new metro line which is under construction now, goes through urban design site. The development of wedge park and its surrounding land has a significant meaning to Shanghai city. Ecologically, it will become an open path for wind and fresh air into the city. Functionally, it also has the potential to be a city park for leisure and recreation. Main design issues include redefining open space edges, creating urban frontage against the Green Wedge, introducing transit-oriented development, creating dominant public uses in the wedge park, elevating the wedge park as urban ecological infrastructure and studying development typology in adjacent parcels.
Shanghai Zhangjiabang Wedge Park Urban Design Project Type: Urban Design Project, Shanghai AECOM Internship, 05/2014-08/2014 Development Type: Office, Residential, Commercial, Mixed Use Planning Area: 842.9 Hectare/ 2,084 Acre Urban Design Area: 258 Hectare/ 637 Acre Location: Pudong, Shanghai, China
KEY CONCEPTS:
[ Design Approaches ] From a urban design perspective, we tackled the site by studying its edges: will it become a park with hard edges, like central park in New York City or one with soft edges, like the Emerald Necklace in Boston? Based on this two assumptions, we propose two different design themes. The study of scale and typology is based on case studies and development requirement. Building density and FAR( Floor Area Ratio) are in a proper range to create better living environment. Most proposed development is residential.
City Open Space TOD Development Scale and Typology Study Urban Eco Infrastructure Shanghai Center City
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Zhenjiang Central City Redevelopment Urban Study and Design Project Type: Zhenjiang Urban Planning and Design Institute, 09/2012 Planning Area: 490 Km2 / 189 Square Mile Location: Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China
KEY CONCEPTS: City Open Spaces Study GIS Analysis Conceptual Plan
[ Current Landscape ]
[ Potential Landscape ]
[ Mountain and River System ]
[ Potential Facility Influence ]
[ Develop Potential ]
[ Landscape and Feature ]
[ The Urban Design and Study for Zhenjiang Central City Development ] Zhenjiang is a national nominated historical city with 2000 years history. Located in the most developed metrolopitan line of Hu Ning ( Shanghai and Nanjing) area, two crucial rivers---the Long River and Yun River--- destinate the unusual developing path for Zhenjiang. The tremendous view of the Three Mountain shows Zhenjiang’s momentum as “ First River and Mountain”. And the rich history resource gives Zhenjiang a quite deep culture atmosphere. The project aims at achieving “ Ecological Garden City” as a goal and from the aspect of city environment, we discuss physical feature in this new development stage. Living condition becomes better and landscape is reasonably arranged. All these methods are used to demonstrate the river, mountain, lake and city as unique features of Zhenjiang in order to guide harmonious and sustainable city development. In the GIS analysis, natural landscape factor can be divided into three levels according to difference of landscape influence. The influence scope is defined by 200m. Other factors are given: Comprehensive Evaluation= First Landscape Factor* 0.5+ Second Landscape Factor*0.3+ Third Landscape Factor*0.2
PETTY IS READY
For a 21st Century Regional Park and Urban Resilience Project Type: 2015 Great Philadelphia Urban Design Competition Development Type: Research Campus, Recreational Park, Office Partners: Soyoung Kim, Yonna Ahn Site Area: 218 Hectare / 538 Acre Location: Philadelphia, PA, U.S.
KEY CONCEPTS: City Resilience Climate Change Ecological Restoration
As a response to the Bacon Challenge 2014, this project seeks to give a direction on where Petty Island’s future should be based on its past and present conditions. “Petty is Ready” proposes to make Petty Island as the place that can embrace upcoming future changes. The proposal largely addresses the following three future life issues: Global Warming, Sustainability, and Technology. Under these three branches, there are a number of secondary issues that directly influenced the programming and technical solutions of this project. These include the issue of sea level rise, the change in how we consume food in the future, the unexpected weather changes in our daily lives, the development of green energy sources, the changes in public transit and infrastructure systems, and lastly, the potential for new architecture/landscape architecture. To ensure that this can result in the least negative impact onto Petty Island’s existing conditions, it will be transformed into an art industrial park using the remnants of the past development, a research campus devoted to natural biology industry and food industry, and a private research company at the Philadelphia site to support the previously mentioned campus. The utilization of oil tanks for public’s artistic activity will provide a way to reuse the existing infrastructure of Petty Island.
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[ Concepts ] FUTURE LIFE
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Boat / Train Walking and Biking
Private Company
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PETTY ISLAND
PRIVATE RESEARCH COMPANY
Phytoremediation
Art Studio/ Exhibition Impervious History/Biology/Ecology Surface Remove and Restore Research Campus Greenworks Phialdephia 2015
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RESEARCH CAMPUS BIOLOGY INDUSTRY Greenworks Phialdephia 2015 RESIDENTIAL FOOD INDUSTRY
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VALUE Walking and Biking Contaminated
Soil Recreation
Landscape Architecture
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OIL TANK
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Green Energy
TECHNOLOGY
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Creative Economy HUMAN
SUSTAINABILITY
NATURE
ECOLOGICAL VALUE
Food Source Change Extreme Weather
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ECONOMICAL VALUE
Sea Level Rise
GLOBAL WARMING HUMAN
2060
Ecology Restoration Infrastructure
ELEVATED BUILDING
FLOATING BOARD
MOVABLE UNITS
Ecology Restoration Infrastructure
SHORT TERM
TOURISTS
RESEARCHERS
ARTISTS
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PRESENT LANDSCAPE RESTORATION
RESILIENT FUTURE
TOURISTS
NATURE
LIVE EDGE
2060
HUMAN
NATURE
Contaminated Soil
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LIVE EDGE
HUMAN
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SECTIONS
PRIVATE INVESTORS
RESEARCHERS
ARTISTS
HUMAN
LONG TERM
In 50 years, there will be private companies, hotels, and green public parks Contaminated at Philadelphia’s Delaware Riverfront. The art industrial park and the research Soil campus will be developed in Petty Island. The effort to preserve and encourage Phytoremediation Natural Succession nature in Petty Island will result in naturally growing forests, shrubs, and wetImpervious lands, which will create the basic context of the island. In 50 years, the oil tanks Surface Remove and Restore Natural Succession will become a platform for artist’s exhibitions, public art park, and connection points for the newly proposed boardwalks.
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NATURE
SECTIONS
INFRASTUCTURE
Impervious Surface PAST
Phytoremediation
Natural Succession
Remove and Restore
Natural Succession
RESILIENT FUTURE
[ Campus in 50 Years ]
PRESENT
FLOATING BOARD
OIL TANK
SHORT TERM
LONG TERM
ELEVATED BUILDING
The research buildings and the small housing units will be designed MOVABLE UNITS to become ELEVATED BUILDING FLOATING BOARD a subtle addition to the landscape, thus enhancing the idea of coexistence with the nature. The clusters of these physical buildings will result in common gathering areas, which are shared among the tourists, researchers, and Petty Island residents.
MOVABLE UNITS
[ Campus in 100 Years ]
[ Oil Tank Park in 50 Years ]
[ Oil Tank Park in100 Years ]
Ms L, bought her apartment in Banzhu Yuan two years ago. Although working in Chengdu, she takes public transit to center city everyday. After work, she needs to pick up her children and goes to market on the way home. After dinner, She usually goes to the square near her neighborhood and dances with her friends.
Mr.R likes spending weekends with his family at Banzhu Yuan. They arrive here around noon by driving and have their lunch at local farmer’s restaurant. In the afternoon, they go to visit the bridge park and drink tea at the riverfront tea house. They choose to live at local hotel at night. Mr.R and his family will go to the LeGo Land in the north town.
Banzhuyuan Township 20-Years Planning and Design Project Type: Barchelor Graduation Urban Design Studio, Southwest Jiaotong University, 02/2013-06/2013 Development Type: Residential, Commercial, and Mixed Use Partners: Xuexue Peng, Xiaoyang Liu, Shichao Rong Site Area: 184 Hectare / 454.7 Acre Location: Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
KEY CONCEPTS: Chinese Rapid Urbanization life and Spaces Edge, Road, Landmark, District, Node
Banzhuyuan Town is located between Chengdu city and countryside. It was developed based on Pi River and expanded from north to south. Our urban design site is southern part of the river. In Chengdu City’s comprehensive plan, Banzhuyuan Town will become part of it metropolitan area and a new livable town connecting country and central city. There are several challenges facing Banzhuyuan in recent years: Land use is quite singular; public amenity is distributed very separately; public spaces are also in short and not matching population increase; competition exists between nearby towns in order to develop economy. Based on site survey and baseline research, we tackled the site by analyzing who currently lives and who will live and work here. This is categorized as spatial demand. After defining needs from people, we conclude several spaces’ function, typology and features as main principles and guide new land development and spatial structure.
Farmer X lives in affordable houses. He usually gets up in 7 am and goes to the market. After shopping, he walks with his grandson to elementary school and then walk back home. After lunch, he often goes to the community cultural center and hang out with other seniors. Before picking his grandson up from school, he prefers to practising at the trail along riverfront. He spends his evening at the riverfront park.
Miss W, lives in the center city of Chengdu but commutes to Bnazhu Yuan everyday for work. In the morning, she takes subway here. At noon, she eats lunch in the nearby stores with her colleages and has a rest in the corner park.
Residential:
Office:
Commercial:
Cultural:
Recreational:
Apartments
Towers
Street Retail
Community Center
Recreation Center
Market
Municipal Building
Tourists Center
Single Family Houses Affordable Houses
[ Section & Skyline ]
Market Rate Residential Area
Affordable Housing
Community Center
Central Square Municipal Building Waterfront Trail
Landmark Commercial Walking Street
High end Single Family Detached Houses
[ Urban Design Birds Eye View ]
Community Cultural Square
[ Public Space Perspective ]
Buildings
Water
Green Spaces
Streets
Pavement
[ Cultural ]
[ Commercial + Office ]
[ Residential ]
Curb Markets
1910s
1880s-1900S
Early European Immigrants Settlement
Italian Super Market Chains
1920s
Known as Famous “Italian Market”
1930s
1940s
Second largest Italian Community
1950s-1960s
1970s-1980s
Second Largest Italian Community
Vietnamese and Combodian Refugees
1950s-1960s
1990s Diverse Immigrants “Gateway”
Antonio Palombo South Ninth Street Business started business in Men’s Association his boardinghouse
Neighborhood Empowerment
Immigrants Social Mobility
A New International Market in Philadelphia’s Italian Market Project Type: Public Realm Studio, PennDesign, 09/2014-12/2014
ITALIAN MARKET
Development Type: Residential, Commercial Site Area: 18.4 Hectare / 44 Acre Location: Philadelphia, PA, U.S.
KEY CONCEPTS: Flexible Market Patterns Economic Oppotunities Immigrants
Demorgraphic Composition
Other Hispanic
17% 4% 2%
15% 5% 8%
18%
Asian Non-Hispanic White
77%
19% 6%
72%
24% 24% 11%
57%
56%
2000
2010
Culture Mix
Source: Census D
1980
1990
2000 High Vacancy Rate in Storefront
Data
[ DESCRIPTION ] This project is about empowering the current “ Italian Market” neighborhood by creating a “ New International Market”. The new market is about helping old immigrants and new comers all doing entry level business together, about expressing their various cultural background and about a place of community that is flexible enough to hold the market.
2010 Certified by Planning Commission as Blighted
Chinese Market Night+Pushcart
Shelter
Handcart
Economic Oppotunity
Vietnamese Market
European Market
Pushcart
Mexican Market
Mobile
Tent
Informal
Food Truck
Storefront
3M 3M 2M 0.8M
Old and New Immigrants Doing Easy Business
Flexible Spatial Elements
3M
3M
3M
3M
3M
6M
Various Market Patterns 6M
6M
Place of Community
6M
Cultural Signifier [ DESIGN APPROACH ] The three approaches proposed is, first to encourage handcarts, pushcarts, tents, or food trucks doing business in the market. Second is to use various market patterns, extracted from different cultures to organize the market. These include shelter market, informal market, moving market and night market. Lastly, the designated space for the market should contain flexible elements, which are grids and columns, to hold these different types of markets.
[ Market Conditions ]
[ Market Elements ]
[ Mobile Market ]
[ Shelter Market ]
[ Mixed Market ]
Waterfront Region Urban Design For a sustainable and green lifestyle
Project Type: Urban Design Studio, Southwest Jiaotong University, 09/2012-12/2012 Development Type: Residential, Commercial, Office, Recreation Site Area: 40 Hectare / 99 Acre Location: Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China
KEY CONCEPTS: Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design Water Purification and Reuse Solar Energy
Chengdu Residential Community Planning and Design For a sustainable and green lifestyle
Project Type: Urban Design Studio, Southwest Jiaotong University, 09/2011-01/2012
KEY CONCEPTS:
Development Type: Residential, Commercial
Open Residential Community
Site Area: 29 Hectare / 71.6 Acre Location: Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China Residential Developing Area: 40.29Ha / 4,336,779.5 Square Feet Commercial Developing Area: 7.64 Ha / 822,362.75 Square Feet Residents: about 11200 Number of Households: 3500 FAR: 1.83 Building Density: 27% Green Density: 40%
Human Scale Public Space Walkable Neighborhood
Analysis
Process case study
site condition Analysis
surroundings
structure
Vitality
form
Process
concept
function Project Master Plan
Prospective
[ Current Situation ] The 2.5 ring road of Qing Yang is located in fringe of Chengdu central city so it is comparatively compatible. Qing Yang District is in the west of Chengdu and has total 14 street blocks. The area is 68 Km2 and population is 460000. The surrounding building are mostly residential buildings and are almost 6 oors. In the south is Qing Shui River and a waterfront park. The rich landscape can be fully used. Along the Qing Yang Road lies several commercial business.
Analysis
Process
[ Case Study ]
Four Seasons Garden Wanke Corporation Shenzhen, China The buildings have an enclosure composition and every residential unit is comparably blocked up but are all close to open commercial space and recreation places. Near the entrance lies the open business space, unique feature shopping street and other public facilities.
[ Bird eye view ]
Inspiration : 1. Create open ground or shopping street and other public spaces to attract people.
[ Master Plan ]
2. These open spaces should provide site or facilities to keep people stay. 3. Consider the relationship between community and surrounding city environment and also be open to big city to make use of city landscape.
[ Land Use ]
[ Surroundings ] H ≥60m 35m≤ H ≤60m H≤35m
Urban Highspeed Line Area Urban Design Project Type: Urban Design Studio, Southwest Jiaotong University, 09/2012-12/2012 Development Type: Residential, Commercial, Office, Recreation, Site Area: 40.5 Hectare / 99 Acre Location: Pixian, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China
KEY CONCEPTS: TOD Mixed-use Development Connnection Between Old and New Town Continuous Pedestrain Path
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Xiao Wei Candidate for Master of City Planning, 2015â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Department of Reigional and City Planning School of Design University of Pennsylvania Email: xiaowe@design.upenn.edu Phone: 215-422-2557
Planning and Design Studios Urban Design Research Studio ( Interdisplinary Studio with Landscape Department): Informal Settlement in Valparaiso, Chile
01/2015-05/2015
Public Realm Studio: City Civic Space Design and Neighborhood Empowerment, University of Pennsylvania
09/2014-12/2014
Plan-Making Workshop: King of Prussia 2035 Vision Plan, University of Pennsylvania
01/2014-05/2014
Banzhu Yuan Township Planning and Urban Design, Southwest Jiaotong University
02/2013-06/2013
XiaMen Waterfront Area Urban Design,Southwest Jiaotong University
05/2012-07/2012
Hanyin City Comprehensive Plan,Southwest Jiaotong University
03/2012-05/2012
Urban Highspeed Line Area Urban Design, Southwest Jiaotong University
11/2011-01/2012
Xipu Town Zoing Plan, Southwest Jiaotong University
09/2011-11/2012
Chengdu Residential Community Plan and Design, Southwest Jiaotong University
09/2011-01/2012
Architecture Design Studios ( Kindergarden Design, Hotel Design, Apartment Design, House Design, Coffee House Design )
09/2008-07/2011
Internship AECOM Shanghai Office, Shanghai, China
05/2014-08/2014
Project: Shanghai Zhangjiabang Wedge Park Urban Design Zhenjiang Urban Planning and Design Institute, Jiangsu, China
08/2012-10/2012