BONNIE
WANG PLANNING + DESIGN
PORTFOLIO
EDUCATION Master of Urban Planning University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Concentration: Transportation Planning, Physical Planning
Expected May 2016
Bachelor of Arts, major in Land Economics (Resource Planning Section) National ChengChi University, Taipei, Taiwan Overall GPA: 3.8/4.0
June 2014
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
BONNIE WANG bnwang@umich.edu 734-353-5088 2351 Lancashire Dr. Apt 1B Ann Arbor, MI 48105
University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Lines of Effort- Reinstating and Reinventing Public Space in the Fragmented City, New Orleans, LA - Conducted spatial analysis and calculated in financials and visualization (photoshop rendering)
Jan 2015
Relaunch- Envision the future of the riverfront, Detroit, Michigan - Analyzed current planning issues and proposed strategies for future development
Nov 2014
ArborBike Hub Analysis - Analyzed efficiency and OD matrix of current hubs - Creasted perceived demand index and proposed potential hubs
Sep 2014 – Dec 2014
SKILLS GIS, Rhino, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, CorelDRAW, CityEngine, Cube, Microsoft Office
National ChengChi University, Taipei, Taiwan Working Paper on Spatial Impacts of High-Speed Rail in Taiwan - Provided literature review, data analysis, and questionnaire design
English / Mandari
National ChengChi University - College Town Planning Research - Shaping NCCU College Town and Campus Culture – Connections Between Time and Spaces
Jan 2013
2013 College Student Research Scholarship, National Science Council - Conducted spatial analysis of community development around public sports centers
Jul 2013 – Feb 2014
Building a Sustainable City - Urban Renewal of Xindian, New Taipei City - Served as team leader / presenter - Analyzed current spatial and economic development - Facilitated Jing-Mei riverfront redevelopment project and provided transportation plan
Sep 2012 – Jun 2013
Wenshan District Comprehensive Plan, Taipei City - Served as team Leader / presenter - Analyzed spatial development with GIS and proposed TOD project for new metro station
Sep 2011 – Jun 2012
Mar 2013 – Aug 2014
RELEVANT EXPERIENCES Research Assistant, Department of Land Economics, National ChengChi University - Assisted Dr. Yu-Hsin Tsai on research of the spatial impacts of high-speed rail in Tiawan
Mar 2013 – Aug 2014
Project Assistant, 2013 International Urban Design Workshop, Taipei City Government - Facilitated analysis of current development, GIS analysis, art design
Apr 2013 – Oct 2013
Japanese Urban Planning and Urban Design Practice - Developed global perspective in a short-term urban planning exchange program in Japan
Aug 2013
Intern, ECG International - Managed questionnaire design, survey and analysis for Zhinan Villa Master Plan
Oct 2012 – Jan 2013
HONORS 2014 Taubman Scholars - Awarded to only 7 out of 60 urban planning students
Sep 2014
Lin Hsiung Chen Scholarship for Excellent Students - Awarded to only 50 out of 1200 students
Oct 2013
Certificate of High Distinction, 2013 National Planning Student Exhibition
Jun 2013
One Asia Foundation Scholarship
Jun 2013
1st Place, 2013 College Student Exchange Conference of Planning Practice
Jan 2013
Certification of President Award (2nd/ 135)
Fall 2011
Certification of President Award (1st / 133)
Spring 2012
Certification of President Award (1st / 128)
Fall 2012
Certification of President Award (1st / 127)
Spring 2013
CONTENTS
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Relaunch
Lines of Effort Reinstating and Reinventing Public Space in the Fragmented City
Relaunch Envision the Future of the Riverfront Detroit, Michigan
New Orleans, Louisiana
Arborbike Hub Analysis Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Building a Sustainable City XinDian Distrct Urban Renewal Plan
Wenshan District Comprehensive Plan
Sketch
Taipei City, Taiwan New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Lines of Effort reinstating and reinventing public space in the fragmented city
Lines of Efforts entails the different forces of New Orleans that act together to continuously shape the city, the way it is today. New Orleans is by no means, a constant – it is an ever-evolving city in all respects – social, political or cultural. Its historyis conflicted, dynamic and complex; the co-existence of multiple communities and ethnicities, diverse festivals of music and dance, active public life and “wild weekends”, is representative of its ability to continuously adapt to the changing environment. Lines of Efforts works towards celebrating this idea of constant change, struggle, transformation and co-existence of different aspects of the city. The design is centered on the idea of a Jazz Village, which is representative of the current culture. Located in a strategic setting of the largest African-American community, the French Quarters and other distinct ethnic communities, the Village respects all these boundaries and without trying to merge the boundaries together, it creates a common ground for “New Orleanais” to engage in public life. The intent is, to create a space for values and cultures that are inherent to the communities and the city, and also respect the historical heritage and significance of the location, while creating a common space for the otherwise fragmented parts of the city.
Lines of Effort
locial and temporal transformation
spatial transformation: Layers of recreated lifestyle
site plan
stormwater treatment and flood mitigation strategies
Lines of Effort
A4 A1 A9 A2
C5 A6 D2
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C4 A11
A10 B2
JAZZ COLONY
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Lafitte Greenway In front of Faubourg Housing
A Buildings A1 Faubourg Housing A2 Step-backs create pedestrian comfort A3 Architecture based on traditional shotgun house style of New Orleans A4 Green roofs manage storm water A5 Continuous street wall of buildings A6 Articulated street facades add detail A7 Outdoor living and amnity space A8 Canopies/overhangs for shelter A9 Large windows bring life to street A10 Active uses to animate the street A11 Articulated entrances and windows
B Mobility B1 Lay-by, Drop-off and parking B2 Bike lanes within Lafitte Greenway B3 Safe transit centers for bikes, bicycles, etc. B4 Secure bike-storage and eco-bike type rental station C Streetscape C1 Continuous, native trees C2 Porous paving materials and performance areas for street acts C3 Lighting that renders natural colors C4 Cafes, bars and restaurants at corners C5 Space for public art
D Accessibility D1 Accessible raised sidewalks with crosswalks to access neighborhood D2 Accessible sidewalks allow freedom of movement
Lines of Effort 27,300 SF Walkable Area
544,250 SF Affordable Housing
2,500 jobs created
Jazz Colony
217,440 SF Green roofs 450 new trees planted
Low-density Housing
76% Parking Efficiency
Street culture including street
Mixed-used Housing
Multiple office spaces
Museum of History
The Jazz Village is then a focal line, set within the urban city grid, which cuts and connects across the middle of the city, through the important historic locations and almost leads to Jackson Square, which is currently the most popular spot of New Orleans. The focal line feeds off into smaller Laces, which are the numerous activities taking place alongside and help activate the focal line and connect it to its neighborhood. The strategy is two fold: a) To create a hub around the MJ-Theatre by creating a Museum of History and a Cineplex with housing, retail and commercial office spaces. These functions are class-free and attract users from all segments to come together. This hub is more entertainment oriented, where one is supposed to “go� and enjoy. b) The Jazz colony is the heart of the city, which is just a large, walk-able, common space for the public to use at its will, and therefore, dynamic in nature. The colony is a place for music, dance, street-plays, celebrations, people-watching, public art and expression, etc. The colony, located on the Lafitte Greenway, can be used during Mardi Gras and other cultural and political events also. Its dynamism is in the way it shall be used differently during day (for office and hotels) and night (for informal activities) and different seasons. This space is then more public-oriented where one can just go without having an agenda.
Jazz Colony Between proposed hotel and other mixed use regions
Under I-10 highway Proposed activity spaces promoting street acts, street food, public art and acting as informal spaces.
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Relaunch Envision the Future of the Riverfront
The east riverfront neighborhood has begun to undergo a great transformation into the future. This area holds value not only in its location, but the potential to be a solid node to many other communities. Our specific loction reaps benefits of close proximity to the downtown central business district, direct riverfront access, and the Dquindre Cut Greenway which connects the riverfront neighborhood to areas as far as the Eastern Market. To market the new office units it would be beneficial to post the vacancies in various local publications. We intend on drawing small start-up business to the area; therefore, it is necessary to strategically place the ads in areas where young entrepreneurs will explore. There will be sixteen brand new offices in the existing structures on the riverfront site where we believe the industrial history will draw a variety of people looking to build their business in Detroit. The location will allow people to live near their work and also enjoy many amenities that it has to offer. The main marketing strategy to draw residents and tenants would be to provide rental incentives for the new construction units as well for the new offices and retail locations.
RESET Creativity
Relaunch
Eastern Market
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Comerica Park
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Sustainability - Green building/roof - Permeable pavement - Rainwater Recycle - Sewage Disposal - Greywater irrigation
Downtown - Porvide attractive services in order to attract potential consumers - Potential Groups Commuters: residential and retail Visitors: relax, retail, and recreation
Riverfront - Provide a place for people to stop by: Increase the time staying at river front - Increase accessibility - Maintain river and corridor views - Green way connection Open spaces, bike lane and pedestrianpathway - Potential Groups Excerciser, bikers, and walkers
People Mover
Site General Motors Cobo Center Bus Route
Stroh River Plaza Chene Park
Milliken State Park & Harbor Rivard Plaza GM Plaza
REACT Connectivity
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New urban life style - Mixed use development Residential - Increase residential density - Affordable housing units - Retail - Services within walking distance - Intense retail use - Increase the vitality of commercial thoroughfare
Community - Provide daily services for nearby communities - Place for recreational activity - Potential Groups Residents and families
Hart Plaza Cobo Center Joe Louis Arena
Road Network
Residential Area
Population Density
Open Spaces
Commercial Area
REALIZE Opportunity
Spatial Analysis
Individual - Job opportunities - Housing choices - New life style Reduce the use of motor viehcles Local - Increase propety value - Bring new forms of riverfront activity - New urban culture - Revitalize riverfront area
Innovative industry - Studio/Loft young professions - Cultural and creative product: music, art, etc.
Regional - Drive investment - create new market - lead growth - Promote major thoroughfares as attractive gateways to the city
Relaunch
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arborbike Hub Analysis
The Clean Energy Coalition in Ann Arbor, Michigan initiated a new bike share system, ArborBike, in 2014. ArborBike is a public transportation network for bicycle commuters that currently consists of six hub locations throughout Ann Arbor. Each hub contains a small fleet of bicycles that can be used for short-term commutes and can be accessed on a member-wide basis. ArborBike plans to expand their services to eight new hub locations in the near-future to improve connectivity among hubs and increase ridership. This study used ArcGIS and Network Analyst to examine the effectiveness of each existing and p lanned ArborBike hub, and included our proposals for new locations that could potentially serve as effective hubs in the future. Through our analysis, we found that of the existing ArborBike hubs, the service area surrounding the hub at Murfin and Hubbard has the highest perceived level of demand. We also found that the hub on Zina Pitcher is the most well-connected to other existing hubs. The locations that we selected as potential ArborBike hubs included: the Broadway Bridge, Ocker Field, the corner of Fourth and Madison, and the U of M commuter parking lot on the corner of Fuller Rd and Cedar Bend Dr.
arborbike Hub Analysis
service areas
OD matrix for hubs
percieved demand index
We made the assumption that the distributions of population and commuters were evenly spread across each block group, this assumption allowed us to analyze the smaller sections of block groups that intersected with the service areas of the various bike share hubs. We also made the assumption that the service areas surrounding each bike share hub covered ¼ of a mile. We based this assumption on the distance we believe people would be willing to walk to a bike share hub.
In order to measure the connectivity of each bike share hub, we measured the average distance between each hub and all of the other hub locations (OD matrix). According to a bike sharing implementation guide created by the Federal Highway Administration, bike share systems should generally be placed approximately ½ of a mile apart from each other. (FHA, 2012).
We created a Perceived Demand Index (PDI) that was used as a metric of the perceived demand for bike share use in Ann Arbor. Using the PDI, we measured the perceived demand for bike share of every hubs’ service area and every census block group in Washtenaw County. Using data from the 2008-2012 American Community Survey, we created the PDI by ranking five different critical factors for demand and weighing the contribution that each factor imposes on the overall PDI as we saw fit.
Through our analysis, we found that of the existing ArborBike hubs, the service area surrounding the hub at Murfin and Hubbard has the highest perceived level of demand.
Among the existing hubs, the hub located at Zina Pitcher is the most well-connected with an average distance of 1.09 miles between Zina Pitcher and all other existing hubs. Even so, the Zina Pitcher hub is much more disconnected than the Federal Highway Administration’s recommendation of a 0.5 mile distance between bike share hubs.
1. Population density 2. % of commuters who commute by bicycle 3. %of commuters who commute on foot 4. % of commuters who commute in less than ten minutes 5. % of commuters who commute by bus
arborbike Hub Analysis
potential hubs
prercieved demand index for all hubs Ocker Field - percieved demand index: 2.577 - number of bus stops: 16 - average distance to existing: 1.89 miles - average distance to existing or planned hubs: 1.49 miles - average distance to existing, planned or potential hubs: 1.54 miles Cedar Bend - percieved demand index: 3.003 - number of bus stops: 2 - average distance to existing: 1.15 miles - average distance to existing or planned hubs: 1.34 miles - average distance to existing, planned or potential hubs: 1.42 miles
Brodadway Bridge - percieved demand index: 2.755 - number of bus stops: 16 - average distance to existing: 1.12 miles - average distance to existing or planned hubs: 1.06 miles - average distance to existing, planned or potential hubs: 1.11 miles
Fourth and Madison - percieved demand index: 3.317 - number of bus stops: 22 - average distance to existing: 1.31 miles - average distance to existing or planned hubs: 0.94 miles - average distance to existing, planned or potential hubs: 1.02 miles
university property
AAATA bus stops
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WenShen District Comprehensive Plan Taipei, Taiwan
WenShen District Comprehensive Plan was to createto guide the future development of the city until 2035. WenShen Distrcct is located at the Jing-Mei riverfront.This area holds value not only in its location, but the potential to be a solid link to many other communities. WenShen District reaps benefits of close proximity to the central business district in downtown Taipei City, direct river walk access, and the Mao-Kung recreational park, which attracts a lot of tourists every year. The Comprehensive Plan includes providing strategies for social and economic development, improving accessibility for all modes of transit, sustainable development for environmental fragilty.
WenShen District Comprehensive Plan
Background
Current Land Use
WenShen District located near MaoKong mountain area and Jing-Mei River, therefore becoming one of the best-known leisure attractions in Taipei.
Legend co mme rci a l a re a re si d e n ti a l a re a
However, by its early development, thereare a lot of old residential and commercial areas which need to be renewed immediately. Our planning target is to regenerate these areas, ultimately, to create a high quality living environment for all citizens.
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Suitability Analysis Potenti al Lands l ide
Potenti al H azard
Legend Slope level 1 level 2 level 3 level 4 level 5 level 6
G rou ndwater R ec harge A rea
Legend potential hazard-L1 potential hazard-L3 potential hazard-L2 no potential hazard
Water Protec ti on A rea
Legend permeation rate-L1 permeation rate-L2 permeation rate-L3
Legend water sensitive area water quality quality&qantity water qantity not water sensitive area
WenShen District Comprehensive Plan
transit-oriented development around the station Center Commercial Area
Pedestrian Path
The highest densities within each community are located closest to the station, which provide higher quality service with lower cost.
Commercial Area
Transit Access
Giving incentives for developers to build near stations and planning highest development densities around stations.
Residential Areaw In the 500 m TOD walking radius, giving density bonus in order to encourage higher level residential.
Bicycle Routes
WenShen District Comprehensive Plan
Increase Bicycle Routes Connectivity
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500 meters radius of service area for parks
Improving Waterfront Landscape Waterfront Buildings Regulations
service area parks planning area
1. Building area 2. Building dimension 2. Building height 3. Building color 4. Public open spaces reserving
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Building a Sustainable City XinDien District Urban Renewal Plan New Taipei City, Taiwan
The goal of the plan is to redevelop the industrial area of XinDien District. There are a lot of warehouses clustered in this area.The focus of the design is to highlight the progress that has been made in rebuilding the industrial land in XinDien Distric, overcoming the obstacles and advancing future visions for the city; as well as on exploring the possibility of the emergence of a reconstructed XinDien District as an exemplar. Issues concerning environmental ethics and sustainability, master planning, water management, housing equity, contemporary design and green building, cultural landscapes, citizen activism, and the right to the city have been addressed.
Xindian Diestict Urban Renewal Plan
Target Planning Area
Planning Objectives Our goal was to invigorate formerly industrial land that is now idle, and turn it into a sustainable and livable place. Establishing a high quality living space, we provided a friendly environment for pedestrians and bicycles, creating small parks, open spaces and a riverside green area in accordance with the government’s garden city policy. Our regeneration plan not only aimed to increase the usage rate, it also called people’s attention to the place.
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Xindian District Urban Renewal Plan
H UM A N
ENVIRONMENT
To Create Pocket Parks
To Create Better Environment for Traditional Market To plan and redistribute selling spaces for vendors. Create cleaner environment in order to attract visitors
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Urban Renewal program
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Within 500m walking radius: highest residential and employee densities
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Improve City Image To create more green spaces To increase more public arts To provide multi-functional spaces for the citizens
ACCESS To Probide Bike-Share System To Establish public share-bike system and change people's travel preference, in order to create a sustainable city. M gJin
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To Improve the Connectivity of Bicycle Routes To design different bike routes that coordinate with differentroad types and then connect with routs along Jing-Mei riverbank
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RIVER
TECHNOLOGY
To Create a Better Ecological Envrionment Reconstruct Water Channel for Liu-Gong River
Superblock Development Multi-Industries Area
To create detention pond and to construct ecological . corridor, in order to provide an eco-friendly environment for biological diversity. To build horizontal and vertical green belt alone Liu-Gong River, and improve its accessibility with nearby community.
Office 1. Headquarter, International Bussiness 2. Commercial Hotels 3. Creative Industries
To Improve the Accessibility of Jin-Mei River Landscape Embankment Open Sapces Ground: Park Underground : Road Connect with nearby 1. Vertical use of land shopping centers, in 2. Increase green spaces order to increase 3. To separate human using rates. and vehicles
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Business 1.Bussiness: Shopping Center, Retail 2.Enterntainment: Movie Theater, Sport Center, Exhibition Hall Inner Dike: Park 1. Connecting in and out of the embankment 2. Increase public preference to Jing-Mei River
Residential River front Residential, located along Jing-Mei River, regulating building’s height.
Old Industrial Park Revitalization Using the concept of eco-friendly to reconstruct industrial park.To remove the fence in order to improvethe interaction with nearby communities.
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Sketch Since 2006
Taipei Student's Art Contest Graphic Design Third Prize 2008
Water Color Painting 2008
Water Color Painting 2008
Graphic Design 2006
Poster Design 2010
Sktech
Book Cover Design 2009
Taipei Student's Art Contest Chinese Ink Painting Third Prize 2008 Taipei Student's Art Contest Chinese Ink Painting Third Prize 2009 Graphic Design
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