LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO / C.W. KUO CLEMSON UNIVERSITY MLA 2012 - 2015
RESUME PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
Teaching Assistant
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Clemson University Department of Landscape Architecture JAN 2015 - MAY 2015
Clemson, South Carolina, USA
- Completed Documents for Lake City Public Housing Project.
- Collaborated Students’ Work and submitted to ASLA Student Award 2015. - Made Site Maps by AutoCAD and Illustrator. - Answered Questions and Gave Comments in Design Studio.
Master of Landscape Architecture MAY 2012 - MAY 2015
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Taipei City, Taiwan
Graduate Assistant
Bachelor of Science - Geography SEP 2006 - JUNE 2010
Clemson University Department of Landscape Architecture JAN 2014 - DEC 2015
SKILLS
- Produced Digital Drawing with AutoCAD and Adobe Suite. - Produced Maps for site analysis with ArcGIS. - Made Site Survey by Photography. - Researched for Classic Gardens. - Completed Site Plans with Hand Drawing.
Summer Internship Lowcounty Open Land Trust, Charleston, South Carolina JUN 2014 - AUG 2014 - Made Conservation Documentations with ArcGIS. - Monitored Conservation Fields in Lowcountry Area. - Completed Johns Island Open Space Project. - Continued and Refined Conservation Ranking Project. - Tracked and Recorded GPS Data for Conservation Sites.
Reserved Military Officer - Platoon Leader Taiwan Army Mechanized Infantry JUL 2010 - JUL 2011 - Led Platoon in Maneuvers. - Learned and Drilled Infantry Tactics. - Learned Military Martial Arts. - Learned and Produced Military Maps. - Learned First Aid Treatment. - First Aid Treatment.
- Photoshop - Illustrator - InDesign - AutoCAD - ArcGIS - Rhinoceros - SketchUp - Google Earth Pro
LANGUAGE - English - Chinese - German - Japanese - Taiwanese
CONTACT gso1203@gmail.com 864-722-3272
CONTENT FEED + SEED Urban Farm / Public Square / Retail Station
WILLIAMSTON REVITALIZATION Historic Downtown / Community / Rail to Trail
PENDLETON GATEWAY Gateway Park / Community Park / Building Restoration
MUSCAT REGENERATION Urban Design / Community Park / Traditional Housing
HISTORIC SURVEY Seneca Historic District Preservation Project
DESIGN DOCUMENTATION AutoCAD Drawings for Site Design
MODEL & DRAWING Models / Drawings / Sketches
COMPLETE STREET DESIGN
COMPLETE STREET DESIGN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA STREET DESIGN TOOLS PARKING SPACE
STREET SPACE
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RESIDUAL SPACE
SITE ONE PENDLETON ST AT WEST VILLAGE
- HISTORIC COMMERCIAL STREET IN MILL DISTRICT AND ART VILLAGE - 2 LANE STREET - 2013 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT: 7200
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100
SITE TWO PENDLETON ST AT WEST END
300
- PLACE BETWEEN HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC HIGHWAY AND WEST END DISTRICT - 4 LANE STREET - 2013 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT: 8500
SITE THREE AUGUSTA ST AT FARIS INTERSECTION
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- HIGH VOLUME COMMERCIAL STREET SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL AREA - 4 LANE STREET - 2013 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNT: 19700
COMPLETE STREET DESIGN PENDLETON ST AT WEST VILLAGE
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COMPLETE STREET DESIGN PENDLETON ST AT WEST END
COMPLETE STREET DESIGN AUGUSTA ST AT FARIS INTERSECTION
FEED + SEED
920
FEED + SEED
TRUSTEES OF CITY SCHOOL
Group Project with Page Tarleton MAP OF THE SITES
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MASTER PLAN
FEED+SEED URBAN FARM
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EXIT
SPINX STATION 896
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE
IDE S L L I H LA UR EN S
SITE ANALYSIS
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EAST PARK BAPTIST CHURCH
URBAN FARM
BUILDING AXISES
ZONING
TOPOGRAPHY
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ELEMENTS
FOOTPRINTS ENIGMA CORPORATION
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EXIT
LAU REN S
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ENTRANCE
EAST PARK BAPTIST CHURCH
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OVERLAPPED
AXISES
ENIGMA CORPORATION
HILTON REAL ESTATE LLC
CROP FIELD
GREENHOUSE POND
LULLWATER SYNDICATE INC
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FARM
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ORCHARD LULLWATER SYNDICATE INC
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FEE
FEED + SEED SECTION VIEW
SITE MODEL
CAR WASH SPINX STATION COMMUNITY GARDEN
BIO PONDS
PENDLETON ST
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WATER PLANTS FOR MULTI-PONDS SYSTEM
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Purify Water by Water Plants and Ponds Aquatic plants play an important role in maintaining a healthy water garden or pond. They not only absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the water, improving the environment for fish, but absorb nutrients from the water as well. This reduction in nutrients results in clearer water and less algae. Use a variety of plants, including flowering and grass-type plants along the edges, a few floating plants and two or three dozen bunches of submerged plants.
Flowering Shoreline Plants
Grass-Type Shoreline Plants
Floating Plants
Submerged Plants
Golden cannas (Canna flaccida), some canna hybrids and lanceleaf frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) are efficient nutrient-removing aquatic plants that bloom from spring through fall. Golden cannas are hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 to 11. They grow to 4 feet tall with large, paddle-shaped leaves. The “Bengal Tiger” canna hybrid (Canna x generalis “Bengal Tiger”) is hardy in USDA zones 8 to 12 and grows to 5 feet tall. Its leaves have pale yellow or creamy white stripes and its flowers are bright orange. Both of these cannas grow along the muddy shore or in water up to 6 inches deep. Lanceleaf frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) grows naturally in
Bulrushes (Scirpus spp.) and rushes (Juncus spp.) are excellent water purifiers. They remove excess nutrients from the water as well as oil and bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella. Rushes also eliminate heavy metals such as copper, nickel and zinc. They grow to between 1 and 5 feet tall and bloom in the summer but the flowers are not showy. Bulrushes are hardy in USDA zones 3 to 9 while rushes are hardy in zones 4 to 10. They grow along the shore in up to 3 inches of water.
Water lilies (Nymphaea spp.) and water poppies (Hydrocleys nymphoides) help to purify the water by absorbing nutrients. Tropical water lilies are hardy in USDA zones 10 to 12 while hardy water lilies are hardy in USDA zones 4 to 10. Water poppies are hardy in USDA zones 9 to 11. Water lilies and water poppies bloom from late spring to mid-fall. Water poppies have yellow flowers, while water lilies are available in a variety of flower colors. Tropical water lilies grow in 9 to 16 inches of water while hardy water lilies grow in 1 to 4 feet of water. Water poppies grow in 6 to 10 inches of water.
Canadian pondweed (Elodea canadensis syn. Anacharis canadensis), also known as waterweed, and American wild celery (Vallisneria americana), also known as eel or tape grass, are very good water purifiers. They are native to California and most of the United States. Canadian pondweed plants grow branches covered in small oval leaves while American wild celery plants grow long, strap-type leaves from the base. Both plants purify the water by absorbing nutrients. Canadian pondweed can be planted in water from 6 inches to 5 feet deep while American wild celery can be planted in water from 6 inches to 4 feet deep. Canadian pondweed can become invasive and should only be used in smaller ponds or water gardens where it can be easily controlled.
wetlands throughout California and most of the United States. It grows on the shoreline or in water up to 3 inches deep to a height of 2 feet and produces clusters of small pale pink or white flowers.
FEED + SEED FEED + SEED STATION & MILL SQUARE PLAN VIEW
BIRDEYE VIEW
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TRUCK LOADING DECK
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FEED+SEED STATION
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MILL SQUARE
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PEDESTRIAN RAMP
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ADA PARKING
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PARKING ENTRANCE
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FEED+SEED STATION & MILL SQUARE
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CONCEPTUAL DRAWING
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FEED + SEED STATION & MILL SQUARE
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MATERIALS
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WILLIAMSTON REVITALIZATION
WILLIAMSTON REVITALIZATION Group Project with Yue Ren & Sheida Moin RAILROAD CONNECTION
AERIAL MAP
SITE ANALYSIS
Pelzer
Williamston
Abandoned Railroad
Williamston was named for West Allen Williams, who owned several thousand acres of land in the area. Williams discovered a natural mineral spring on his property, and the town grew up around it. As news of the medicinal water spread, the town grew and became a major resort when the railroads arrived in 1851. Soon it became known as the "Saratoga of the South", which was a referral to a similar spring in New York.
Belton
KEY CONCEPT
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P Existing Condition: - Abandoned Shopping Stores - Historic Main Street Building - Abandoned Railroad - Huge Parking Lot In the Middle of Town DEVELOP STRATEGY
Grid System and Complete Street Design for Downtown Area.
Backstreet Parking and Devide Single Parking Lot Into Small Lots.
Introduce Railroad Back and Make it as a Trail, Create a Square for Public.
Infill New Buildings into the Square to Form a New Town Center.
WILLIAMSTON REVITALIZATION GREEN SPACES
BUILDINGS
NEW BUILDING
EXISTING BUILDING
URBAN SQUARE
Green Space
Existing Comercial Area
New Comercial Area
The RailwayTrail
WILLIAMSTON REVITALIZATION PHASES FIGURE GROUND
PERSPECTIVE DRAWING
SITE PLAN
PENDLETON GATEWAY
PENDLETON GATEWAY AERIAL MAP
SITE ANALYSIS
PENDLETON GATEWAY
DOWNTOWN PENDLETON
CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS
DESIGN PROCESS
PENDLETON GATEWAY SITE PLAN
SITE MODEL
MUSCAT REGENERATION
MUSCAT REGENERATION SITE MAP
BUILDING FOOTPRINT NEW EXISTING
The Architecture of Oman varies and depends on the location. The most important building materials used in Oman consist of stones, baked bricks, mud bricks, palm trees, mangrove poles and lime which is mainly used for plaster and mortar. Traditional housing in Al-BÄ ášinah often consists of palm-frond huts, in contrast to the mud-brick structures of the interior. More recently, however, such homes have largely been replaced by more modern dwellings of concrete, though elements of traditional regional architecture have been retained.
MASTER PLAN
BIRDEYE VIEW
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT PLAN
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT PLAN
HISTORIC SURVEY
HISTORIC SURVEY SENECA SOUTH CAROLINA SITE MAP
HISTORY OF SENECA Seneca was founded as Seneca City and named for a nearby Native American village and the Seneca River. The town was located at the intersection of the Blue Ridge Railroad and the newly built Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad. Both lines are now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway. A. W. Thompson and J. J. Norton, who were locating engineers for the Air Line Railroad, purchased the land from Col. Brown of Anderson, South Carolina. A stake marking the center of town was driven into the intersection of the railroad tracks and the current Townville Street. The land was divided into lots for one-half mile from the stake. An auction was held on August 14, 1873. The town was given a charter by the state legislature on March 14, 1874. In 1908, the name was changed to Seneca. Seneca is a relatively young town having celebrated its centennial in 1973. Seneca’s historic district contains a variety of architectural designs which blend together to produce a cohesive and homogenous unit. Included in this setting are examples of late 19th century domestic architecture, pre-World War I dwellings, houses of the mid-1920s, and church architecture of the first half of the twentieth century. Seneca developed as a marketing and shipping point for cotton. During the harvest, wagons bringing cotton would line up for blocks from the railroad station. A passenger terminal, several hotels, and a park were built near the railroad tracks. Recently, this park was named the Norton-Thompson Park in honor of its founders. The first school was built in 1874. The community was the home of the Seneca Institute - Seneca Junior College, which was an African-American school from 1899 to 1939. Textile mills came into the area with the construction of a plant-and-mill village by the Courtenay Manufacturing Company in Newry on the Little River in 1893. W.L. Jordon built another textile plant and mill village east of Seneca. This village has been called Jordania, Londsdale, and Utica as the ownership of the plant changed. The J. P. Stevens Plant, which was later called the Westpoint Stevens Plant, was a large integrated textile mill built on Lake Hartwell. Many other textile mills came to the area. These plants were the main industry for Seneca for the first half of the twentieth century. Nearly all these textile plants have been closed. With the construction of Lake Hartwell in 1963, Lake Keowee in 1971, and Lake Jocassee in 1974, Seneca and the area saw dramatic changes. The Oconee Nuclear Station was built on Lake Keowee. The recreation provided by the lakes and other attractions such as nearby Clemson University brought many retirees from other parts of the country. Retirement communities have been built in the area Architectural styles and types include Victorian, Classical Revival, Bungalow, Tudor Revival, and Four-Square. The district is made up of two areas, which together include three churches and twenty houses. Seneca’s historic district is an excellent example of the growth and development of a community. Many of the structures nominated belonged to the leading families of early Seneca. Listed in the National Register December 31, 1974; Boundary increase April 23, 1987.
SENECA HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BOUNDARY MAP
SENECA HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PARCEL MAP
SENECA HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PARCEL MAP
SENECA HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MAP
DESIGN DOCUMENTATION
DESIGN DOCUMENTATION
MODEL & DRAWING
MODEL & DRAWING
MODEL & DRAWING
MODEL & DRAWING