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CATHY HUANG Master of Landscape Architecture Student
2017 | Yilan City, Taiwan Architecture Intern FieldOffice Architects
I have a wide range of skills across a number of computer based programmes that I am constantly seeking to improve. Most of my work begins in simple and diagrammatic drawings which I have a strong focus on in order to convey ideas, experiences and moments. The process from sketching to digital representation to modeling forms an important part of my design philosophy, and it has served me well exploring the infinite possibilities of landscape architecture.
Exhibited work from Studio 3 & Constructed Ecologies MSDx Winter [online]
Awarded2021
to high achieving international student applicants MSD Graduate Scholarship
QuantumOTHER GIS, Adobe Premiere Pro, Microsoft Office Suite English,LANGUAGESMandarin Chinese (speaking)
EDUCATION
OVP Associates Student Prize Winner
VOLUNTEER WORK
2022 | Melbourne, Australia
2020 Exhibited work from Studio 4 & Detail Design MSDx Summer [online]
2018 | Johannesburg, South Africa Architecture Intern Peter Rich Architects
Bachelor2019 of Landscape Architecture (Honours) with First Class Honours
2015 | Yilan City, Taiwan Student Architect FieldOffice Architects
1804 / 151 Berkeley StreetMelbourne, VIC, 3000 Australia
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Present (2020-2022)
Best Landscape Design portfolio in first year Master of Landscape Architecture Institute of Landscape Architects of South Africa Student Prize Winner
Master of Landscape Architecture
+61 cathyhuang95@gmail.com4485380035
Cathy Huang
The University of Cape Town
Best2019student
The University of Cape Town
The University of Melbourne
Exhibited work from Studio 5 MSDx Summer [online]
Students of Landscape Architecture (SOLA)
University of Melbourne SKILLS
AdobeGRAPHICPhotoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, AutoCAD, Diagram Making
Committee Member
SketchUp, Rhino 3D, VRay, Physical Modeling, Laser Cutting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
3D MODELING + RENDERING
in the first year of the Master of Landscape Architecture programme
Bachelor2014-2016ofArchitectural Studies
Plaza Design 05
Furniture Detail Design 04
Architectural
Work
Water Catchment & Waterbody Analysis 02 TYGERVALLEY
Art
CONTENTS BASIN HOSPITAL PRECINCT
01 NOORDHOEK
Public RAINGARDEN
University OTHER WORKS
Urban THE BREATHING ROOM
Multimedia Collage
Hospital Landscape Design 03 WATERWALL
Digital
NOORDHOEK BASIN
Since the start of urbanisation, the slopes surrounding Noordhoek and wetland systems being fed by mountain catchments has been under immense strain. There has been loss in natural ecosystems, habitats and biodiversity that once thrived in the area. This project seeks to evaluate the condition of the existing waterbodies of the basin and offer a solution in remedying these impacts.
WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA Landscape Systems Analysis | UCT BLA (Hons) | 2019 01
This analysis based project sought to practically explore the way we engage with landscape systems in service of achieving goals of sustainability and human wellbeing. The approach is to view ecosystems in an urban environment as ecological infrastructure, evaluate ecosystem functioning and processes in terms of ecosystem services.
NOORDHOEK,
TYGERVALLEY, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA UCT BLA (Hons) Studio III | 2019
Site Plan
Wedged between suburban life and the upcoming commercial business hub of the northern corridor in Cape Town, the 40 hectare site was historically a mining site for a brick factory. A quarry, patches of remnant vegetation and eucalyptus avenues are what remain of the site today where a development plan for a new hospital is in progress.
02
A new green interface for the anticipated hospital development was imagined in hopes of strengthening the existing ecological corridor as well as providing key public domain facilities to the new and existing communities in and around the site.
TYGERVALLEY HOSPITAL PRECINCT
A pre-existing drainage line was used as a design cue, with a new urban creek woven around the built structures and hard landscaping. New pedestrian paths emanate from the form of the creek, structuring movement and use and strengthening the relationship
Section A-A'
A C' A' B B' C D D' E E'
Raingarden
Healing GardensSeating
Plaza
COLOURFUL/AROMATICHIGH SCREENS LOW SCREENS AspalathusspeciesaugustifoliaSearsia Anthospermumaethiopicum brachypetalaSchotia Carpobrutusedulis miniataCliviaGymnosporiabuxifolia thunbergiiEuryops AgathosmagladulosaChrysanthemoidesmonilifera rubicundusAsparagus aethiopicaStachysLeonotisleonurum Section H-H'
Plaza SeatingPedestrian Walkway & Bikeway Section E-E' Physical Model Materials CorrugatedTriplexused:cardcardboardCorksheetsBalsawoodAcetate
Section C-C'
SIDNEY MEYER ASIA CENTRE, MELBOURNE MCLArch | Landscape Detail Design | 2020
03
This project explores the creative, practical and technical aspects of landscape architecture’s design process throughout to construction. The aim was to communicate design into the language of construction documentation emphasising the materiality and assemblage of hardscapes. This intervention outside the Sidney Meyer Asia Centre seeks to maximise the water runoff collected from the slope and roof to sustain a water feature and raingarden. Creating a moment of rest in the rush and bustle of university and city culture.
WATERWALL RAINGARDEN
Plan
Detailed
BuildingSpencer BuildingMSD
Site Masterplan
THE BREATHING ROOM LAWN,
MELBOURNE MCLArch | Studio V | 2021 04
UNION
Raymond Priestley Building
LEGEND 1. Lunch/Study Area 2. Boardwalk 3. Bioswales 4. Community Garden 5. Relaxation Lawn 6. Seating 7. Pavilion 8. Pop Up Market 9. Terraced Seating 10. Wetland 11. Sculpture Garden 12. ‘Play’ Area 13. Retention Pond 14. Reflection Pool 15. Stage Platform 16. Botanic Garden 17. Seating 18. Seating 19. Cafe Outdoor Seating 20. Amphitheatre
Union House
Baldwin
The University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus Union Lawn had once consisted of an area of wetland fed by a small stream. Initial development of the campus transformed this wetland into an ornamental lake, which was later filled in and replaced by a mixture of hard surfaces, plantings and other landscape features we see there today. The aim of the project was to concieve a new masterplan and detailed designed areas to transform this much-used space into a new and exciting area for students and staff, incorporating constructed wetlands, trafficable paved areas and vegetated spaces. An underlying theme involved sustainable urbanism, focusing on the relationships renewable energy, water, materials, waste, ecology and community has with sociable spaces and the heritage values that the site contains.
The walkway is located near the recreational ‘play’ area, and a fun form was imagined for the support structure and handrail to evoke the playful spirit of this space as the users walk up to the platform over the wetland.
POWDERALUMINIUMCOATED
S ection A-A’
WALKWAY DETAILING
decking mild steel
XerochrysumbracteatumRhodantheanthemoidesDianellaamoena
Hardy groundcovers and grasses are selected to ensure survivability whilst flowering and fragant plants enhance user experience and attract polliinators.
The terraced garden not only serves as a gathering spot, but also an area for relaxation and reflection. Planting at the edges will form safe pockets for people to retreat to and niches of planting of the inner areas break up the tough tactility of the bluestone steps and timber seating.
S ection B-B’
PLANTING TYPE 1
Lepidospermumgladatum
Model of Guan Pu Elementary School Foam Core, Balsa Wood, Acrylic Paint, 2017, Internship @ FieldOffice Architects
05 OTHER
Perspective of Woodstock Clinic Project Sketch Up, Photoshop, 2016, Academic WORKS
Model of Yuan-Shan Cultural Park Foam Core, Timber Dowels, Acrylic Paint, Sponge, 2017, Internship @ FieldOffice Architects
Sectional Perspective for Merchant House Project Sketch Up, AutoCAD, Photoshop, 2016, Academic
Freehand Charcoal Drawing, Photoshop, 2019, Academic
Freehand Charcoal Drawing, Photoshop, 2019, Academic
Personal Digital Art Paint Tool SAI, Wacom Pen Tablet, 2018
Sectional Collage Exploration
Freehand Drawing, Photoshop, 2019, Academic
Personal Digital Art Paint Tool SAI, Wacom Pen Tablet, 2018
Perspective Collage Exploration
Perspective Collage Exploration
CATHY HUANG
CATHYHUANG95@GMAIL.COM
