Chloe Tang portfolio

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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CHUANCHUAN (CHLOE) TANG UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

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Education Background

08/2012 - 05/2014

University of Southern California

MLA

Los Angeles, CA, US

09/2005 - 06/2010

Ningxia University

BLA

Yinchuan, Ningxia, China

Working Experience

02/2015 - Present RPALA Group, Inc. San Juan Capistrano, CA, US Position: Landscape Designer / Job Captain • Produced complete landscape plan packages including construction, irrigation and planting plans, details and specifications, cost estimates and bid documents.

• Prepared illustrative landscape design booklets with preliminary plan and color rendering.

08/2014 - 02/2015 DIG:designitGREEN, Inc. Ventura, CA, US Position: Landscape Drafter / Designer • Produced preliminary / finalized CAD construction documents.

• Created conceptual design plans, plan development and package submissions.

• Built SketchUp models with Lumion / Photoshop rendering to illustrate design elements.

05/2013 - 08/2013 cultureNOW, Inc. Los Angeles, CA, US Position: Intern • Collected geospatial data using ArcGIS and plotted a LA interactive cultural map 04/2010 - 07/2012 Yaxin Landscape Planning & Design, Inc. Yinchuan, Ningxia, China Position: Landscape Designer • Assisted in conceptual and construction design for commercial and mixed-use projects.

03/2009 - 03/2010 Kurt Bluemel, Inc. Baldwin, MD, US Position: Intern • Managed the production, propagation, development and sale of plants in 30 greenhouses • Designed and installed residential gardens and commercial plantations

Skills

• AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Rhinoceros, ArcGIS, Lumion • Architectural model-making, Freehand drawing, Photography • Native speaker in Mandarin Chinese, fluent in English

CONTENTS Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Works Los Angeles State Historic Park Design

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Los Angeles River Bowtie Site Revitalization Design

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Hollenbeck Park Design

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Los Angeles River Downtown Industrial Site Design

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Architecture Works Student Activities Center Design

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Other Works Construction Drawings

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Construction Drawings

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Los Angeles Now Map

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Site Suitability Analysis for LA River Park

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E-mail: chuanchuantang@gmail.com | Tel: 213(880)-6680 | Address: 24501 Los Alisos Blvd, Apt286, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 2

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urban ecotones - transitional spaces for culture and nature

Location: Los Angeles chinatown Studio Time: 08/2013 - 05/2014 Instructor: robert harris Charles Anderson aroussiak gabrielian

URBAN ECOTONES TRANSITIONAL SPACES FOR CULTURE AND NATURE

design objective Create a cultural landscape to bring people into the Chinatown, a natural landscape to bring residents out of the Chinatown to the LA River, and connect the two with a green corridor in between to provide smooth transition and safe passage, producing a network of combined cultural and natural landscape.

design objective

Natural Ecology

Urban Ecotones

urban ecotone

Sub-cultural center along the River and Alameda street Elysian Park Residential

Cultural Ecology

Not a Cornfield

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Residential

Green Catalyst

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Cultural Landscape

Ecotone: A transition area between two biomes

Chinatown

El Pueblo

Little Tokyo

Natural Landscape LA State Historic Park

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Existing green space along the River and Alameda street

Griffith Park Silver Lake Park Elysian Park

In this study, I want to form an urban ecotone, to provide a smooth transitional landscape between nature and urban culture.

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site map

land uses

design strategies 15-20 Year Forming

1-5 Year Preparing

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Stepping Stone Connectivity

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Warehouses Packaging Production Manufacture

Single Family Townhouses Apartments

Collect and reform vacant land into green spaces

Connect local communities with commercial and public districts

The River Park

10-15 Year Blending

5-10 Year Processing

The Natural Park

The Agricultural Park

The site is located near downtown between Chinatown on the west and the River on the east, within walking distance of City Hall. However, this significant location of Chinatown Cornfield makes it even more isolated and segregated fitting into the greater Los Angele.

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Educational Civic religious Governmental

Office Buildings Hotel Shopping Malls Retail

Parks Recreational Facilities

The Cultural Park

The design of the project creates a range of parks from cultural to agricultural to ecological and to the river

Diversify district borders for dynamic experience

Establish activities and cultural programs in community

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master plan

section a-a’ Alameda Street Perspective View

Access hill top park and lawn from Broadway street via pedestrian bridge over rail roads C’ A

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Broadway Street

Rail Roads

Pedestrian Bridge

Hill Top Park

Ramp

Community Plaza

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Great Lawn

Side Walk

Alameda Street

Side WalkRestaurant

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Wetland Perspective View

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section b-b’

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Diversified cultural and natural experience in urban parks beside Alameda Street 8 9

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Museum

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Visitor Center

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Rock Garden

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Cultural Park

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Cultural Plaza

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New Commercial Center Botanical Garden Eco - Agricultural Farm Farmer Market

Urban Forest

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Pedestrian Bridge

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Community Plaza Wetland

Lake

Main Plaza Rain Garden

Alameda Street

Lake

Pavilion

Lake

Lake Garden

Community Plaza

Ginko Grove

Rock Garden

Pavilion

Visitor Center

Art Gallery & Museum

Cultural Park Perspective View

Transitional spaces from urban park and green space to ecological wetland and riparian park 1’’ = 100’

The Park design blends culture and ecology with design elements ranging from history, agriculture to the Los Angeles River, expressing a relationship between downtown LA and the River.

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Bridge

section c-c’

Great Lawn Hill Top Park

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Grove Promenade

Urban Forest

Community Plaza

Botanical Garden

Agricultural Farm

Hill Top Park

Mount Platform

Urban Forest

Community Plaza

Urban Forest

Wetland

Alameda Street

Bridge

Riparian Corridor

LA River

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planting diagram

A Transitional Space From Culture to Nature Supportive Plants Selections

Riparian Corridor

Riparian Plant Communities

Common Birds of The Los Angeles River

The design goals of park are interpretive, ecological and social, expressing the park as a unique cultural landscape

Wetland Ambrosia psilostachya

Alnus rhombifolia

Baccharis salicifolia

Platanus racemosa

Rosa californica

Salix lasiolepis

Coast Live Oak Forest and Woodland Ambrosia psilostachya

Open Lawn System

Artemisia douglasiana

Quercus agrifolia

Baccharis salicifolia

Mimulus cardinalis

Quercus Sambucus engelmannii

Urban Agricultural Farm

Juglans californica

Street Tree System

Cultural Plants Selections

Salix laevigata

Salix lasiolepis

Cinnamon Teal

Green-winged Teal

Bufflehead male

Bufflehead female

Cultural Park

Muscovy female

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Mallard

Urban Agricultural Park

Great Lawn Park

Rock Garden

Farm

Resting Yard

Museum

Education Center

Picnic Zone

Dog Park

Farmer Market

View Point

activity scenario

Rock Garden

Balloon Festival Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Cultural Center

Green Heron

River Plaza

Jogging

Art

Museum

Walking Movie Festival Hill

Agricultural Farm Herb Garden

View Platform

Citrus Groves

Neighborhood Park

Cultural

Horticultural

Agricultural

Ecological

Ginkgo biloba

Chinese pistache

Bambuseae

Liquidambar formosana

Magnolia champaca

Lagerstroemia

Nandina domestica

Prunus cerasifera

Urban Agricultural Plant Communities sity s Diver Specie

Target Threshold

Target Species

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Kiwifruit

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Lycium barbarum

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A variety of natural habitats are created for upland and aquatic life through different plants communities that treat water as the living organism above, beneath, and within its surface matter.

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Apricot

Citrus sinensis

Citrus

Prunus persica

Long-billed Curlew

Cliff Swallow

American Coot

Red-tail Hawk

Black-necked Stilt

Visitor Center

Urban Forest Park

Citrus limon

Kiwifruit

Hooded Merganse Greater Yellowlegs

Hill Top Park

Botanical Gardens

LA River Tour Strolling

Mix-use Lawn

Wetland Park

Forest Area

Oak Woodland

View Point

Picnic Zone

Jogging

Habitat

View Point

View Point

Wetland

Citrus tangerina

Urban Street Tree Communities

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Ginkgo biloba

Tipuana tipu

Liquidambar styraciflua

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Alameda Street Perspective View

hill top park perspective view

alameda street perspective view physical model bird’s eye view of the site

This model is made by card board, chip board, white paper and plastic

farmer market perspective view

botanical garden perspective view

Farmer’s Market

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Vegetation

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REASSEMBLING ECOLOGIES - From protected to Natural River Bank

Location: Bowtie Parcel, Los Angeles river, Los Angeles Studio Time: 01/2013-05/2013 Instructor: Alex Robinson

existing conditions

Bowtie Site located in Taylor Yard lies within the Elysian Valley, framed by the hills of Elysian Park on the west and Mount Washington on the east. The main strategy is to regenerate a living landscape along the river with constructed wetland and ecological flood control, integrated into an overall restorative design to treat polluted river water and provide more riverfront open space.

Los Angele River

Highway System

Street Grid

Vacant Space

site impression

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Design Goal

base schematic master plan

design strategy Increase Habitat Diversity

SECTION A

“ Army Crops” Master Plan

Design a multi-purpose riverfront park

Oak Woodland

Sage Shrub

Trail

Bike Path

Vegetation Terrace

Vegetation Terrace

Willow

Enhance Water Quality Wetland

Riparian corridor provide river habitat

SECTION B

Riparian Corridor

Willow Grid Oak Woodland

Control Flood Ecology

Create soft edge as wetland, marsh area

Trail

Bike Path

Vegetation Terrace

Wetland

Safe continuous pedestrian and bike trails Coastal Prairie

River Beach Create Recreation System

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SECTION C

Transition

The concrete bank has been removed along the river, and a naturalized channel edge functioning as riparian corridor has been established, which is highly resilient and rebounds quickly from flood and flow damage.

River Terrace

Hand Sketch of Initial Design

1’’ = 100’

Oak Woodland

Trail

Bike Path

Vegetation Terrace

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bird’s eye rendered drawing

circulation

hydrology

habitat

program

Multiple access points are established to create access to this hidden resource.

Urban run off is collected and cleaned, supporting the surrounding plant life.

Restores existing habitat, encourages natural settlement, rehabilitates natural corridor.

The river landscape creates a diversity of activities according to the distance to the River.

Railroad

Main Water Flow

Upland Oak Habitat

Secondary Water Flow

Sage Habitat

Upper Park Wetland Park Lower Park

Vehicle Path Stormwater Outfall

Chaparral Habitat

Wetland

Coastal Prairie Habitat

Willow Grid

Riparian Habitat

habitat diagram Chaparral

Terrance

Growing evergreen shrub oak and other drought-resistant habitat plants

Bike Path River Beach

Sage Shrub

Ramp

Low-growing drought-deciduous adapted to the semi-arid area

Vegetation Terrace Upland Chaparral Habitat Coastal Scrub Habitat Riparian Habitat

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bird’s eye “skeleton” drawing

Riparian Cottonwoods and willow typically dominate the landscape

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program diagram

physical model

rip-rap beach perspective view

1’’ = 40’ scale physical model Upper Park Offer gathering space and grand view of river

Pedestrian Trails

hand drawing of gabion wall

Provide biking, walking and jogging trails

Lower Park Resting, Fishing Birdwatching

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circulation diagram Bike Trail

hand drawing of river terrace

Offer continuous and uninterrupted movement along the River

Pedestrian Walk Provide safe public access to the River

Adventure Walk Create public space and direct river access

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GREEN CATALYST - Hollenbeck Park Design

Location: Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Studio Time: 08/2012-12/2012 Instructor: Tiffany Beamer, Jennifer Jones, Jennifer Toy

Located at the edge of a dense residential zone, Hollebeck park incorporates active recreation including a great lawn, trails, water features and picnic areas in native habitat landscapes.

It is conceived as a continuous and inter-connected matrix of topography and infrastructure that provides the movement of water decorated with wildlife, habitat and plants.

figure ground

city grid

topography

green open space

Downtown LA site

Boyle Heights

30 min 50 min

10 min 20 min

Hollenbeck Park is a city park in the Boyle Heights of east Los Angeles. It is an important node that connects the western downtown area and eastern Latino Community.

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Currently, the outmoded park is lack of attraction to people. It is also unsustainable because of artificial infrastructure and simple species planting.

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elements & issues

new sustainable park

Using Hollenbeck park as a opportunity to sprawling the green space, creating a new user-friendly green space in human and urban wildlife scale.

MASTER PLAN People

Culture

Environmental Health

Urban Canopy Urban Patches Backyard Stepping Stones Unattended Fragments

Society

Sustainable Oasis Sustainable Oasis

Social and Ecological Health

Hollenbeck park design strikes a new balance between human needs and environmental friendliness towards sustainability. To accomplish this goal, the plan embraces and tracks sustainability in five major categories: Nature, Water, Energy, Materials and People.

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Wetland

activity study

age study

the flow of people

KEY

design scenario Chaparral

8am Walking

Exercising

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12pm 2pm 4pm

6pm 8pm

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Meadows

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27% 50 and up 11% 31-49 30% 16 -30

Playing

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Oak Savannah

Coastal Sage Scrub

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1 Entrance Plaza 2 Pedestrian Bridge 3 Education Center 4 Wetland 5 Big Lawn 6 Gardens 7 Picnic Area 8 Shade Structure 9 Adventure Play 10 Park Loop

32% 15 or less

Gathering

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section A

hand drawing

section b

perspective view

section c

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CONFLUENCE - A Flowing Together of People and Water

Location: Los Angeles River Downtown Industrial Site, Los Angeles Studio Time: 08/2013-12/2013 Instructor: Charles Anderson

site map

now

future

The site borders downtown and residential neighborhoods with a culturally rich history and vast potential for development. However, because of layers of infrastructure, river, rails, and freeways, the site is disconnected from neighboring areas. The aim is to allow for significantly increased access to the river and diversify social and ecological life along the river.

Industry & Cultural Diversity

Riverfront Park

constraint Los Angeles River downtown industrial site is seen as the catalyst for urban renewal in adjacent neighborhoods, connecting the Boyle Heights community and the emerging Arts District to the river’s edge.

Layers of Infrastructures

Vacant Space and Parking Area

Rails on both Sides of River

Wall and Dead End Street

“NOBODY KNOWS LOS ANGELES WITHOUT KNOWING ITS RIVER” JOAN DIDION, WRITER

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Site Analysis - Infrastructure

building outlines

circulation

design motive

master plan

Neighborhood Park Riparian Corridor Green Space

Pedestrian Bridge

Residential properties border the industrial area to the east of the River

Green Space

Highway

Freeways and rail meet at the site, and the River are tightly intertwined with them

Rail Yard Park

Bike Path

Flowing Natural River

Flowing Tea Terrace

River Terraces

Chinatown Civic Center

Rip Rap Beach

Highway

Entrance Plaza

Subway Little Tokyo

Staples Center

design process Vegetation Terrace

Line 1

Highway

Simple

park and open space

rail system

Commuter Rails

Discontinuous open space at LA River downtown Industrial area

Active rail and rail-storage facilities cut off the River from adjoining development

Line 2 Change

Line 3 Soft

The Project examines the relationship between landscape and infrastructure. The design proposal seeks to regenerate a living landscape, converting the large concrete channel into a green corridor with riparian, sage shrub, woodland and chaparral habitat.

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detail site plan

Plant Community

Riparian Scrub could be typically dominated by willows and cotton wood trees. Riparian vegetation is highly resilient and rebounds quickly from flood and flow damage.

River Bank Terraces could be planted with riparian vegetation to create connections between in-river habitat and habitat adjacent to the channel.

Habitat Section

Coast Live Oak Forest and Woodland could be associated with upland areas that are on raised banks and terraces.

Open Program Lawn System

Rain Gardens will filter run off pollution, improve water quality and create habitat for birds & butterflies

Semi-dry Habitat

Wetland Habitat

River Habitat

Wetland Habitat

Semi-dry Habitat

Upland Habitat

1’’ = 40’

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bird’s eye view

Creation of riverfront parks on the east side of the River, connecting the Boyle Heights community to the water’s edge with terraces. The park allows and encourages sports and leisure activities, form walking to running, biking, skateboarding and a series of performance and relaxing areas connected by a network of paths or activity zones.

activity scenario

perspective view of river plaza

River Plaza

Art

Balloon Festival

Gathering

Biking

Walking Bird Watching Open Space

LA River Tour

Movie Festival River Plaza

Fountain Plaza

perspective view of river bikeway

The revitalization and restoration of the River in this special location re-establish visual, physical, social, and ecological connections to the Los Angeles River. What’s more, it should also address more than just a great open space, but also a place full of programs and activities that everyone could find their way to explore the urban river as well as the natural habitats.

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VIBRANT HUB - University Student Activity Center

Location: Northwestern a&f technology university, xi’an Studio Time: 03/2008-12/2008 Instructor: duanyuan gu, gang lou

The student activity center sits in the middle of the campus of Northwestern A&F Technology University and Ling Residential Neighborhood.

It strengthens a hub of student life and activity, designed to cater to the increasing needs for sports and social activities from the rapid growing student population.

limited space in the campus

existing condition

design process

With the fast expanding school enrollment, the campus has become much more crowded than ever. More spaces are demanded for a comfortable campus life.

creating space with architecture

The student activity center follows the architecture style of most buildings in the campus, choosing square box as its general shape. From this starting point, boolean subtraction operation is used several times for better space manipulation.

Student Activity Center is built following the shape of a lake to the north.

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space concept analysis

the building will breathe

master plan

Inside and Outside

Mix and Split Site Analysis

Landscape Analysis

Road Analysis

Dynamic and Static

The design follows the traditional Chinese philosophy of Yin-Yang, splitting the building into two separate parts with contradicting design concepts. The inner court encloses its contents from the outside, while the outer garden openly connects with nearby landscape.

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

architectural scale analysis

architectural sketch

The design and model are developed together. The model help me understand the relationship between architecture and space, as well as inner and outer space.

the interests of people 7*7 homogeneous grid

first floor layout

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rearranged column grid

second floor layout

traffic spaced is on axis

third floor layout

insert the vitreous

fourth floor layout

the vitreous and the stairs

space relationship

the walls

south elevation

east elevation

final floor layout

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bird’s eye view perspective

perspective view

The student activity center design emphasizes on bright elements. The lake facing side of walls in the north are all made with huge glasses reflecting the blue color of the lake. The center is divided into several sections with different functions. The north side of center are designed mostly for recreational and relaxing purposes. Students can enjoy the beautiful lake landscape view through the glass wall.

north elevation

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west Elevation

section 1

section 2

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construction drawings - construction details for urban plaza in yinchuan

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construction drawings - collection of various works

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other work - aia | los angeles 2013 internship

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other work - the site suitability analysis for la river

In this study, I tried to find location for new parks in low-income areas near the LA River using GIS (Geographic Information System)

Income Distribution

Population Density

LA County Parks

Building Outlines

gis intermediate processing results

The purpose of this study is to find the most suitable sites for a park along the LA River, targeting mostly low-income population, with a few other location restrictions. In the end, six candidate sites are selected and ranked using several geoprocessing tools. Three of them are good choices as open spaces satisfying all the conditions.

Los Angeles Now map 6

The main objective of my internship program is a mapping project called “MapLA�. It is a map database initiated by the LA branch of American Institute of Architects, trying to include iconic landmarks, important addresses, Los Angeles architects and historical or cultural buildings within the Los Angeles area.

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gis model builder flow chart

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