Portfolio for rmit by Chuck Gan

01 Rebuild Green Space in Southwest University for Nationalitive

Contents

02 Wetland Park along River Pi

03 Open the super block

04 Commercial Street Pavement Design

Rebuild Green Space in Southwest University for Nationalitives 3

There is a undregoing construction in the compus, connecting the two side of the school as one. To do so,the public road cross the school is replaced by a tunnal beneath it.

Chengdu site

gymnasium

Now

Entrance change

center cafeteria

muslim canteen

dormitory

dirction hospital

lake

Future

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play field academic building

crowd distrbution administration building

academic building

present situation dormitory

Function change

library

Mian Entry

Backyard

Mian Entry

theatre

Main Entry

Frontyard

Concept & Survey

site picture

wasted space

lack of bench

Landform

lack of privat space

others

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half hr

33.3%

25.9%

1-2 hrs

48.1% 3 hrs

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37%

5 mins

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70.4% like the green plants here

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18.5% think it is too far from the place they usually stay 59.3% enjoy the quiet

11.1% don' like the distraction of cars 18.5% go to here because they live or study nearby

Master Plan A

F 500m

waterside area (forum)

play field

Private study area

meadow

plaza

meadow （cafe）

waterside deck

lawn

waitting area（bosque）

plaza

waitting area(bosque)

1000m

1500m

2000m

threshold

threshold 6

Cyperus alternifolius

Camphora

Trachycarpus fortunei

hakonechloa

Osmanthus fragrans

landform

Lythrum salicaria wood bench

feather grass

stone bench

ginkgo

Willow

Taxodium ascendens

Grass planting pavement

Chinese ilex

Privet

Fountain

a typical day in the campus dabbling 11:30 am

conference 11:00 am

reading 1:30 pm

walk

Waitting

drinking

8:00 pm

9:00 am

6:30 pm

have a lunch

dabbling reading

table tennis

science student

at 12:00 pm

2:30 pm

2:00 pm

5:00 pm

exhibition 12:30 pm

leave school

meeting

at 6:30 pm

5:30 pm

dormitory

Waitting

rest

at 8:00 am

attend class

3:30 pm

at 3:30 pm

teach class

5:00 pm

at 10:00 am

rest

teacher

12:30 pm

attend class at 2:00 pm

have a breakfast walk

breakfast

7:00 pm

veiw 6:30 pm

art student

at 4:00 pm

borrow books

9:00 am

at 1:00 pm

skateboard

8:00 pm

at 8:30 am

work in office

attend art class at 10:00 am

dormitory at 8:30 am

have a lunch at 12:00 pm

Based on the survey and experience, come up with idea that how three types of people will use this site. Track their one typycial day, through their activities to show the college life connecting with the landscape

attend class at 9:00 am

Wetland Park along River Pi Jintang

Chengdu

Chinav

River Pi, located in Chengdu, used be a canal. Rignt now, it mainly serve as the source of the irrigation for the farmland along sides of the river. Also, it provides the drinking water for surrouding villages and flood discharge for adjacent rivers .

vision

â&#x20AC;˘ restore water quality and environment of the regionally significant wetlands. â&#x20AC;˘ Using rainwater collection and purification to irrigate the locate farmland

Site is in the gap between inner city with country, which give the advantage to build a wetland envoirnment without distraction. Meanwhile, a wetland park along the river,can bring more Tourism opportunity for the rural town, improving its economy.

River system

Transportation

landuse

Main stream

Railway

Natural

Secondary stream

Highway

Agricultural

Road

Urban

Rainfall 2000mm

100mm

Situation

Solution

road

Metallurgy Plant

urban layer

NO3 Village

Air pollution

NO3

Ground water pollution

chemical fertilizer

water pollution

The existing landform is the gentle, and south of the site is slightly higher the north. Considering the pollution from surrouding area, setting up the bio-swales for rainwater purification is valuable.

water layer

The water of the area flow slowly, quantity and sediment is limited, has no ice period, the water level in minor changes. WIth multiple varied small irrgation canals, changing the river water will benefit both the agriculture and wetland plants.

vegetaion layer Arbour Wetland plants Fruit Plant Agriculture The local agricultural yields grow slowly is due the low eifficiency of the traditional irrgation which easily allow the water to flow away.

Now, with the city priovde more job oppitunities, local farmers depand less on the agriculture production. Therefore, using the fields to create a agriculture landscape become possible.

Agricultural field

Riparian

Savanna

Wetland

Play field

Wetland

Entrance

Woodland

A Motte Bamboo forrest

woodland

Pond

Riparian

Garden

For exsiting buildings' migration

Parking lot

B Entrance

woodland

Wooded Hill

Pond

Protection zone for Egret

Wetland Motte Agricultural field No Man Zone

100m

500m

Buildings

Hosta plantaginea

Boehmeria nivea

Parus major

Shrubs Dianthus caryophyllus

Aegithalos concinnus

Reineckia carnea

Fine Sand

Fruit plant materials haydite Tree bark

Cedar

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Motte

3 4

1 2

woodland

4 Rainwater Collection

B 1 . Rain falling on the canopy (fruit plants)and will be partially

Paradoxornis webbianus

evaporated 2 . Ultilizing shrubs and materials(gravel,mulch and ceramsite) between the rolling landform to text their permeability for infiltration. 3. Retaining wall holding the rolling landform. 4. Through decomposed layer, water flow into the pond Existing fruit plant as Canopy,also could serve as the ornamental plant to attract the tourists

Japan allspice

Pterorhinus sannio

Flowers

Phoebe zhennan

fragrans

Jasmine

Cycas revoluta Champac

masson pine

Vernicia fordii

ligustrum

Ficus virens

Pontederia cordata

Malus spectabilis

Water passer

C Scripus validus

Nerium indicum

Loosestrife

hygrophyte

Reed Arrowhead

Alder Metasequoia glyptostroboides

D riparian

motte

woodland

Wetland probe

â&#x20AC;˘ A set of timber boardwalks and viewing platforms weaves across the site, providing more opportunities for diverse landscape experiences through reed beds and metasequoia groves. â&#x20AC;˘The bird viewing corridor is designed to blend into its surroundings, and to reduce impact of pedestrian traffic on bird habitat and activity.

Camptotheca acuminata

Salix babylonica Eucalyptus myrtaceae

Holly

Platanus

Sophora japonica

Bamboo

Bird watching experience

zaocys dhumnade

Ficus microcarpa

Lepus sinensis

Leiothrix lutea

Ginkgo

Paddy Phylloscopus proregulus

E Paddy

Peach

Ample activities

Plum Pear Aythya nyroca

Fruit plants â&#x20AC;˘ Besides those sights for viewing, there are plenty of activities for the visitors, such as the playground for skatboard, the pond for fishing. Allowing people to change their mood during the trip â&#x20AC;˘Near the village, visitors could pick up the fruit directly from the trees by themselves, as one of the unique experience in the agriculture landscape.

Apodemus agrarius

Apple Orange Loquat

Paddy

Alcedo

Pelophylax nigromaculatus

Cinnamomum camphora

G Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Purification Procedure

Absorbing the heavy metal pollutants, to form a stable water ecosystem.

thridly In aerobic environment, the organic pollutants can be removed by aerobic reaction, and deposit those large particulate organic matter which is unabsorbable

Secondary

After receiving the rainwater, bio-pond through anaerobic reaction to remove the nitrogen and phosphorus in the subsurface flow wetlands,removing the organic pollution

paddy field

primary

ornamental pond

Rainwater Purification

Nuphar bornetii

stable enviornment

Using existing pond to build a rain water purification system, rainwater process through biological treatment in an artificial wetland system to achieve the rain water purification effect. Project is achieved by three different stages ,each stage cotain sevral bio-swales which are all conneted with pipe lines.Therefore,Making the rainwater pruification processes are visualized readable.

Juncus effusus

thridly purification

Acorus calamus

secondary purification

Thalia dealbata

primary purification

Cyperus alternifolius

Synergy

between Human and Wildlife

3 Leiothrix lutea

Aythya nyroca

Paradoxornis webbianus Water passer

Phylloscopus proregulus

Nest

Alcedo

Hibernation Pterorhinus sannio

Habitat

Aegithalos concinnus

Habitat(Winter) Chinemys reevesiis Spawning

Savannah

Pond

Field

Wetland

Motte

Riparian

River

Garden

1 Parus major

Egretta

Hylarana guentheri

Pelophylax nigromaculatus

zaocys dhumnade

Lepus sinensis

Apodemus agrarius

Frams Motte

Wetland

Bio-Swale River

Hill

Field

Solution

Original

Open the Super Block

To anwser the Chinese grovernment policy that will not bulid a cummunity with boundary, and gradually open the boudary of exsiting communities in the furture, is the mean purpose of this project. Boundary has many forms, such as fence, wall, door. Especially the wall, which Chinese think highly of (ps: refer to the Great Wall), will be a big problem to remove them mentally and physically. Apart from the emotional obstacle, how the community will be open, how to choose a proper position to open the boundary, how to rebuild the space after the open. 17

Beijing Business Distract and Traffic Network In Rush Hour

The Fabric in Different City

1. Traffic network shows the location of jams clearly. The main map is based on these two period traffic. 2. Business distract map could properly differentiate the complex state of the each area in Beijing.

New York

Paris

Barcelona

Tokyo

Beijing

Wider Main Line & Less Branch Line

Recently.with the rapidly development, the patten of “Super Block” (contains many neighborhoods in one block) has grown extensively in main cities of China. At the same time, to build the so called “Image Project” which needs wider path for cars, government always focus on building main lines of the city.

18 2 16

Weakness

To reach the other side of the blcok is making a detour , and not friendly for strangers from outside the block

- Accessibility

9 AM - 10 AM

- Intersection

Due to multiple main lines intersect, people have to spend more time to cross streets. Also it could be possible threat for olders and kids

Traffic Network in rush hour

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- Public Transport

Bus and subway can only reach the periphery of the block, which is inconvenience for resident

Business Distract

Current Traffic State In Beijing

Heavy Traffic ExtremeTraffic

Tokyo

barcelona beijing

shanghai

wuhan chengdu

Main Reason for the Traffic Jam - Sharply increase in Automobile - Underdeveloped road system - Insufficient coverage of public transportation - Lack of parking lots - Endless road construction

The "Super Block" is responsible for most of reasons below, holding back the development of city transportation. To relieve the stress on Beijing's traffic, to break the "Super Block" into smaller ones, to create more city landscape for urban space, are the purpose of the this project.

Scale: 18km2 Building Age : 80's-00's Location: 4th ring road

Scale: 30km2 Building Age : 00's-10's Location: 2nd ring road

Scale: 7km2 Building Age : 70's-90's Location: 3rd ring road and central line

Scale: 13km2 Building Age : 80's-90's Location: 3rd ring road

LiZeBrige

22 23 24 WuKeSong

WanLiu

ZhongGuanCun XiShan

OlymPic

18 19 20 21 XunYuanRoad

15 16 17 ZhiMen West

MaLianDao

YuYinQuan

MuXiYuan

FangZhuang

9 10 11 12 13 14

6 PM - 7 PM

10 km

GongZhuFen

new york chicago

CommercialStreet

km/km2

PanJiaYuan

WangFuJing CBD XinShiJie

5 6 7

ChaoWai

JuiXianB

2 3 ZhiMen East

1 15

AnDingGate

Ring Road & Central Axis

YanSha

XiDan

Road Network Density

Scale: 8km2 Building Age : 80's-00's Location: 2nd ring road

The reason for area traffic jam 1.functionless (for work): 4,8,22 2.functionless (for sleep): 17 3.narrow road: 15 18

ZONING ANALYSIS According to the map of Beijing business distract and traffic network, choose 5 typical CBDs based on the 3 main reasons which cause the traffic jams. Include 27 diverse blocks located on the main lines of the city. A1

(panjiayuan distract)

On the heaviest traffic 3rd ring road, connected with centralized residencial area which located in the southeast. A lot of people go to work through area A.

Conneted with southwest side of city, dealing with people who come to work and go out to work.

On the 2nd ring road and central axis, containing seveal tourist attraction, plus the narrow road built in early years. B1

(gongzhufen distract)

Located in the business distract, car and people coming in and out makes the area C crowded naturally.

massive residence in the area E, make the area basically a "sleep zone". People only come to there at night and leave in morning, which cause the traffic jams in the rush hour. 1

Base on the zoning, distract A can be esaily chosed as the target because of the residencial area proportion.

4 5

(anding gate distract)

Residence

2 5

Commercial D1

Beijing

Green Land

(chaowai distract)

Education Government

1 2 3

Hospital

Transportation E1

(olympic distract)

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500

1000 m

Focus

Distract A

Beijing Main Line

City Road

Secondary Line

Commerical Residencial

Land Use

Mix Use

A2,A4,A5 neighborhood located on the same main line, but only one suitable line can cross all three of them. Through the research, two potential lines could be built, and to do so is to clear 9 crucial joints

Institution Vacant Land

Neighborhood & Community

Neighborhood Community

Community Road Community Street

A5 Potential Path

Potential Path Exsited Line

Potential Line

Potential Point

Situation

Solution

Situation

Solution

Situation

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Solution

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Gate

Building

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Fence

situation

Building situation

Fence situation

Gate

situation

commercial street pavement design

INITIAL IDEA: VISUAL LANDSCAPE 30° 5°

The project is trying to work a distinguish pavement for the commercial street, which could impress people stand on both the ground and the high levels builiding. Intend to find the solution, approaching the idea from different angles, such as patten, color, dynamic, scale of the pavement.

-10° -25° -40° comfortable rage

10 Floors 30° 5° 5° 30° best rage

fuzzy rage

1 Floor

How to determine the pavement, is based on some ergonomics data. Like the rage of people's eyes, and how far and wild they can see clearily. Also, it is important that considering the graphics people will see when they stand on a higher floor. 23

PAVEMENT IDEA 1. Pattern

EXISTING CONDITION building fuction

pedestrian flow

main entrance area

building entrance

office building

Different geometric elements provide people distingusih experience, while the continous of these graphics will bring more impact on the eye.

parking lot entrance

residence

taxi stop

commercial building

2. Colour

bus stop

hotel

main flow

use pavement change to guide the predestrian

resident shopping officework

piazza

with movable outdoor furnitures, allow people to rest and have fun after shopping

With the contrast color, even simple graphics could stand out. Using color properly to make the plane two-dimensional graph become stereoscopic.

3. Dynamic

pedestrain mall entrance Shifting the shapes , the directions, the ways of the graphics line up, could create different atmosphere and guide the pedestrian

using the pavement change to guide the flow. Huge circle lights and the matrix of the light structure, will attract more people

4. Scale

garden

Formed by quantity small triangles and some of them are grass, some of them are tiles, rest are wood bench. The combination become a garden let people relax from the tense work. looking it at high levels will see the pattens made by the path.

unique structure

idea is to allow people walk through the street under the strcuture, which is colorful and lines up like Tetris.

people wallk on different size tiles will have different feelings , and choose right scale of the tile could associate with the surrouding to create the pleasant landscape

dynamic pavement

allow people to walk with appreciating the

pavement. At meantime, the pavement ,the plants and the furnitures divide the space into different area, which enrichs the streetscape

400mmx200m

400mmx400mm

h=1000mm d=1155mm

2000mm

D: 2000mmx2000mm E E: 400mmx200mm F

4000mm

A: 2000mmx2000mm

G: h=3464mm d=3000mm

B: 400mmx400mm

B C

F: 400mmx200mm

C: 2000mmx2000mm

H: h=1000mm d=1155mm

4000mm

compact pavement

Concept

wild open space

creat sense of rhythm

Outdoor Furniture A set of movable bench allow people to interact with. Each bench tallies with the pavement, people could move those

2828mm

3100mm

1000mm

basic bench shape 3400mm 2444mm

400mm

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through the slide tracks below into any combination. 1100mm

woodern bench slide track

pedestrain mall entrance

using the pavement change gives the eyes illusion, which can guide the flow subconsciously. In the meantime, the uge circle lights and the matrix of the light structures, will attract more people