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ANNA DU 2015 PORTFOLIO

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This square is called the Heart of Chinatown because Chinatown started along one side of the square and now extends around and beyond it. The purpose to rebuild the square is to create a brand new urban plaza which shares the space both for the local residents and nearby officers.

The challenge of this project is to reconnect the high and low street level, encouraging citizens to access the open space. Meanwhile, the park has an underground garage and cafe, providing more function to the people with a limited land resource.

Year: Spring 2014 Site name: Portsmouth Square Site location: San Francisco, CA Size: 1.8 Acres

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The concept comes from the paper folding which adapt to show the contour of the site.

Conceptual model was used throughout the process to explore ideas and relate them metaphorically to the site with the intention of gaining new insights and developing concepts in a physical sense.

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Park and underneath garage

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Year: Fall 2014

The City Council of Alameda will consider a plan which transform the former Alameda Belt Line rail yard into a passive park with community garden, picnic areas, walking and bike trails, community gardens and playgrounds.

Site name: Alameda Beltline Site location: Alameda, CA Size: 22 Acres

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The site was used for a rail yard 100 years ago, and a large amount of contaminant was left on the site. In order to recovery the ecological environment, I chose to remove the contaminant by phytoremediation. After 3 phrases, Alameda belt line park would be the sanctuary and heaven both for the wildlife and residents.

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Concept of merging the railway road as a park trail into the park as a historical memery.

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Overlook wood deck

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Vegetation

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Sand Wetland

Gravel Bioswale

Connect to neighood

Recycle There are some deserted concrete platform from the fomer use of railroad yard on our site, and one way to develop the sustanable strategy is to recycle the exsiting material on site. So I propuse to use those waste concrete for creating the new paving. for the

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Normal water table High water table

Rock

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Year: Fall and Spring 2015 Site name: Qingxi Country Park Site location: Shanghai, China Size: 480 Acres

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PROGRAM Create harmonious living for local farmers and city Visitors

Non- point Pollution Lake Eutrophication

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STRATEGY 1:

WATER

Most of the water area is highly polluted and has reached level V water pollution grades in China’s river pollution grades. It is because the non-point water pollution and lake eutrophication by farm fertilization. The farm fishing industry is a major cause of the lake eutrophication, and other non-place pollution comes from the raw sewage and dumping litter.

The local ecosystems have been damaged and destroyed fearfully. In order to support healthy function of aquatic ecosystems for fish, other wildlife, and human being, recovering and restoring aquatic ecosystems is extremely urgent.

Issue 1: Water pollution

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Provide vegetables & fruits during annual growing seasons

Issue 2: Decline of wild fauna and flora

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Issue 3: Single variety agriculture production Issue 4: Challenge of the different user groups-- local farmers and city dwellers

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Pedestrian Circulation

Observation Tower Pedestrian bridge

Amphitheater

Pedestrian bridge Major pathway Secondary pathway

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Baoguo Temple

Happy Village

Visitor Center

Park

Community Garden Orchard

Service Educational program

Private boat rental recreation area Boat shuttle stop Boat route

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Peach orchard and rape flower field in spring

Preserving the existing orchard and designing a new community garden for the local people is the approach for providing on-site food production. It also can bring economy benefits to the local people.

Providing vegetables and fruits during annual growing seasons will improve human health and well-being.

Community involvement and education about food production and nutrition will be improved by designing and managing food production on site.

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Wild Rice Shoot

Peach

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Wintermelon

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Cabbage

Mushroom

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Water Treatment Phasing Diagram

Water Treatment Diagram Overall

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Fish pond Area with level 4-5 pollution Water flow

1. Comprehensive purification zone

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Dredge blocked canals

Create wetlands

Enlarge water areas

Remove fish pond

2. Segmented purification zone

3. Water quality stabilization zone

Nutrient Removal

Water Aeration

Wildlife Reversed Area

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The gabion structures help to reduce water speed, thereby increasing the time of absorption of the pollution by the wetland vegetation. The selected aquatic plants such as Chinese celery, meadow foxtail and reed have strong purification capacity to remove nitrogen and phosphors in the lake eutrophication water body.

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Local folk performance in the visitor center

The proposed visitor center maintains some existing buildings and builds a new service center for a large amount of visitor from Shanghai, as well as providing the local folk performance at the central plaza. The existing buildings maintain the ancient architecture style of the Jiangnan Village which keep the function for the local residents for running retail stores or restaurants.

The new building will play a multifunction such as a museum and a community center in the Qingxi Country Park which will both welcome to the visitors and the locals.

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Year: Fall 2013 Site location: Pleasanton, CA Size: 6 Acres

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CONTACT E-mail: xiaoduzi90@gmail.com Phone: 415-7389744 Address: 1511 12th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122

ANNA DU MFA. LA Landscape Designer

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ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY/ 2012-2015

SWA GROUP/ 2015 JAN-AUG

- San Francisco, CA, USA

- Sausalito, USA

- Master of Fine Art in Landscape Architecture

- Assisted with case study and site analysis

- Thesis: Agritourism Recreation Park

- Perspective drawing and rendering

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EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY/ 2008-2012

BENJAI ARCHITECTURE/ 2013 JUN-AUG Intern

- Shanghai, China

- Shanghai, China

- Bachelor of Fine Art in Landscape Architecture

- Perspective drawing and rendering

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- Thesis: The Roof Garden in the Urban City

DC ALLIANCE/ 2011 Nov-DEC

Intern

Mandarin:

Fluent

- Shanghai, China

English :

Working Knowledge

- Data input, Project Research

Shanghainess:

Fluent

SGP ASSOCIATES PTE LTD/ 2011 JLY-OCT Intern - Shanghai, China - Assisted with program planning

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