CORAL XINTING HE 2008-2015
Selected Works
CONTENTS 01
THESIS mla3
2015 Spring
02
BAM Studio MLA3
2014 fall
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T.O. SuperStudio MLA2
2013 fall
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Studio work MLA1
2013 spring
05
Research/Hand drawings/model makings/Photos CAD Drawings/Research/Hand drawings/models/Photos
MARKHAM COMMONS-Cultural Identification in Landscape Save Chaotianmen Dufferin Redux Riverdale Park Other Works
01 Thesis MLA3 | Individual
2015 Spring
MARKHAM COMMONS:
CULTURAL IDENTIFICATION IN LANDSCAPE - Cultural diversity - Cultural Identification - Commercial V.S. Community - Immigrants’ psychological needs
Site
Chinese (%) 25-49.9 50-82.3
South Asian (%) 25-49.9 50-77.7
Italian (%) 25-49.9 50-81.5
Jewish (%) 25-49.9 50-81.5
Portuguese (%) 25-48.2
Non-Caribbean Black (%) 25-31
Caribbean (%) 25-30.2
0
Ethnic Enclaves in Toronto, 2006
Toronto Open data
1.5
3
6
9
Kilometers 12
[Cultural Identity] a process of knowing what a certain culture is consisted of, what is its characteristics, and sensing the uniqueness of this cultural group through which people gain a positive sense of belonging or supportive.
Immigrant-based demographics (
Immigrant Status
Age at immigration
(among 5,521,235 residents)
10%
8% 2% 2% 4% 17%
46%
52%
When Chinese immigrants come to Toronto, for example, the population density around them drops drastically; the pace of life slows down; the architecture and public spaces looks different; and familiar rituals and habits like shopping are totally altered. These changes leave many feeling lost in their new home. Drawing on this observation, this thesis strives to use landscape as a medium to bridge the gap between an immigrants’ native culture and their experience living in Toronto, thus providing them with a greater sense of belonging. Taking cues from the important and diverse role that the commercial market place holds in daily life in China, this thesis re-envisions an existing shopping center as a hybrid shopping and cultural district. Such a neighborhood could also provide an exotic experience for second-generation immigrants and locals. As such, landscape can facilitate the cultural identification.
7%
8% 5%
10% CHINESE
10%
53%
Immigrants Non-immigrtants Non-permanent residents
Toronto has the second-highest percentage of foreignborn residents among global cities. Due to its rich ethnic diversity and economic power, Toronto has the potential to introduce people from different cultural backgrounds to the charms of different cultures. However, the existing ethnic districts are not always that successful, usually because they are only tied to commercial activities and lack innovative planning.
47%
IMMIGRATE OLDER THAN 25
(among 2,794,765 who speak non-official languages)
42% 23%
Background
Non-official languages spoken
7%
28%
52%
52%
46%
IMMIGRANTS
Visible Minorities
(among 5,521,235 residents)
(among 2,537,405 immigrants)
2%
Under 5 years 5 to 14 years 15 to 24 years 25 to 44 years 45 years and over
15%
7%
18%
Not a Visible Minority South Asian Chinese Black Filipino Southeast Asian West Asian others Visible Minority
4%
NON-OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN ARE CHINESE
6%
6%
8%
5% 5%
5%
5%
8%
18%
Italian Portuguese Spanish Russian Hindi Panjabi (Punjabi) Urdu Tamil Cantonese Mandarin Chinese, n.o.s. Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) others
Toronto
NHS Profile, Toronto, CMA, Ontario, 2011, Statistics Canada
Age at immigration
Immigrant Status (among 300,140 residents)
12%
Non-official languages spoken
Visible Minorities
(among 173,890 residents)
1%
(among 300,140 residents)
8%
(among 200,505 who speak non-official languages)
7%
7%
58%
38%
IMMIGRATE OLDER THAN 25
55%
CHINESE
43%
58%
22%
Immigrants Non-immigrants Non-permanent residents
5% 3% 4%
14%
55%
IMMIGRANTS
4%
28%
15%
41%
3%
3%
3% 2% 3%
Under 5 years 5 to 14 years 15 to 24 years 25 to 44 years 45 years and over
72%
38%
19%
Not a visible minority South Asian Chinese Black Filipino West Asian others Visible Minority
3%
58%
NON-OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN ARE CHINESE
14%
58%
10%
30%
Italian Gujarati Hindi Panjabi (Punjabi) Urdu Persian (Farsi) Tamil Cantonese Mandarin Chinese, n.o.s. Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) Others
Markham NHS Profile, Markham, Ontario, 2011
Immigrant Status (among 625,930 residents)
Population By Age Group
Visible Minorities
Non-official languages spoken
(among 625,930 residents)
(among 625,930 Residences)
(among 217,250 who speaks non-official languages)
1%
15%
17%
8%
1% 6% 1%
17% 23%
31% 10%
59%
40%
19%
14%
IMMIGRANTS
CHINESE
28%
59%
Immigrants Non-immigrants Non-permanent residents
0-14 Years old 15-24 Years old 25-44 Years old 45-64 Years old 65+
26%
69%
19%
24%
Not a visible minority South Asian Chinese Black Filipino Latin American West Asian others Visible Minority
39%
2%
16%
NON-OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN ARE CHINESE
4% 4% 5%
13%
6% 10%
39%
Tamil Cantonese Mandarin Chinese, n.o.s. Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) Urdu Gujarati Benali Persian (Farsi) Others
Scarborough
City of Torono. http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/City%20Planning/Wards/Files/pdf/C/CCA_ESC%20Census%20Profile%202011.pdf
Immigrant Status
Population By Age Group
(among 300,140 residents)
Visible Minorities
(among 173,890 residents)
1%
17%
Non-official languages spoken
(among 300,140 residents)
12%
1% 4% 1%
21%
9%
(among 200,505 who speak non-official languages)
2% 1% 1%
12%
14%
72%
57%
IMMIGRANTS
CHINESE 31% 72%
Immigrants Non-immigrants Non-permanent residents
25%
0-14 Years old 15-24 Years old 25-44 Years old 45-64 Years old 65+
88%
6%
2%
5%
4%
57%
4%
16%
Not a visible minority South Asian Chinese Black Filipino Latin American West Asian others Visible Minority
79% 25%
37%
NON-OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN ARE CHINESE
17%
79%
Tamil Cantonese Mandarin Chinese, n.o.s. Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) Urdu Gujarati Benali Persian (Farsi) Others
Markham Ward 8 + Toronto ward 41 & 39
Statisctics Canada, 2011
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Program Typologies
Selected Typical Chinese Programs
Spatial and Seasonal Compatibilities Night Market
Snow Sculpture Park
10118 sqm
42432 sqm Winter Summer
Birds Walking Park Ping Pong Table 1489 sqm 950 sqm
Morning Daytime
Sun Island, Harbin
Spacial and Noise Level Compatibilities
Miaokou Night market, Jilong, taiwan
Night Market
Snow Sculpture Park
Sanlitun, Beijing
10118 sqm
42432 sqm
Skate rink
Lieshi Park, Changsha
Lieshi Park, Changsha
Lieshi Park, Changsha
Taichi
Kong Fu
Plaza dance
4231 sqm
2716 sqm
4231 sqm
4231 sqm
Plaza dance Skate rink 4231 sqm
2716 sqm Loud Open Space
Calligraphy Plaza Birds Walking Park Ping Pong Table 1903 sqm
Tea House 1850 sqm
Time 6:00 Loud
Quiet Semi-Open space
8:00
10:00
12:00
Medium Semi-Open space
950 sqm
Chess Table 964 sqm
Quiet -
14:00
1489 sqm
Semi-Closed Space 16:00
18:00
20:00
22:00
Market
Taichi
Strip
Ungrouped program
Open
Kong Fu
Snow Sculpture
4231 sqm
4231 sqm Medium Open space
Plaza Dance Kongfu Exercise Tai Chi Taoran Pavilion Park North Gate Beijing
219 Park, Anshan,
Bird park , Huancheng Park, Hefei
Calligraphy Plaza
Winter swmming
Birds Walking Park
1903 sqm
Lieshi Park, Changsha, Out door Pingpong
Ping Pong Table
Chess Table
Tea House 1850 sqm
1657 sqm
1489 sqm
Glendale Chess Park, Glendale, Carlifonia Plaza Calligraphy
Tea House, Tianxinge, Changsha
Winter swmming
950 sqm
964 sqm
Skate Rink
1657 sqm
Ping Pong
Semi-open
Birds Walking Tea House Chess
Programs Calender
Quite
Semi- closed
Winter Swimming
Time 6:00 Loud
8:00
10:00
12:00
14:00
16:00
18:00
20:00
Month
22:00
1
Market Strip
Loud
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Market Strip
Snow Sculpture Snow Sculpture Plaza Dance Plaza Dance Kongfu Exercise Kongfu Exercise Tai Chi Open
Tai Chi Open
Plaza Calligraphy Plaza Calligraphy Skate Rink Skate Rink Ping Pong
Semi-open
Ping Pong
Birds Walking
Semi-open
Birds Walking Tea House Tea House Chess Quite
4
Semi- closed
Winter Swimming
Month 1
Loud
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Market Strip Snow Sculpture Plaza Dance
Chess Quite
Winter Swimming
Semi- closed
LINEAR PLAZA - SEASONAL EXPERIENCE
Non-events time
Events time
5
Winter - Snow sculpture space
Structure for Market Event as Booth supporter and electricity and water supplier. Usually used as drinking fountain and canopy.
PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE PLAZA GATEWAY EVENT TIME
CULTURAL COURTYARDS
BIRDS WALKING PARK AND CALLIGRAPHY PLAZA 6
Pacific Mall
White Walls at Boundary
CULTURAL COURTYARDS PING PONG COURTYARD
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02 BAM Studio MLA3 | Individual
2014 fall
SAVE CHAOTIANMEN -Chongqing, China -Urban Context -Urban Complex -Landscape Identification
Old Chaotianmen Dock and Market Collage
A
Concept plan A’
1. Cruise Dock 2. Silt Park 3. Linear Park 4. Garden 5.Cargo Dock 6. Logistic Center 7.Cargo/ Resturant docks 8.Main Road 9. Subway Entrance and Stage 10. Plaza
1
2 3
188 m Flood Line 175 m Flood Line Green Space Building
5
B
B’ 4
6
7
8
9 B
B
A
B
10
A
B
N 1
60m
Background
The site for the studio is Chaotianmen -located in Chogniqng, China. This faraway city is one of the greatest city It is the original primary gate to the city at the junction of the two rivers. The site is not only at the physical junction of the two rivers, but at the junctions between river ecology and hyper urban growth, national infrastructural goals and local culture, historic urban identity and future ambitions. Yet interestingly enough for such an important site it garners almost no attention from either the Chinese or International audience. This studio has deemed this site extremely important in beginning to forge a more productive relationship between the city and the river, a relationship which has been severed as a result of the infrastructural and economic boom.
GATE TO THE WESTERN China
GATE Of The City
Problems
The main problem of the site is the flooding issue which fluctuate more than 30 meters between drought and flooding time, and the severe changed terrain on both side of the peninsula. At the same time, in this project, a 200,000 square meters multi-function mall is required to meet the needs of the users on the site, based on a research in the first part of the studio work. Therefore, how to meet all these requirements and also express the historical and cultural heritage of the site are the concerns in this project. Chaotianmen, Chongqing
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Travel along Yangyzee River
Three Gorges Dam, Yichang
C’
Unique Physical Condition
A-A’
Jialing River
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Ya
2
B’
C-C’
3
Site Section of water levels Water level 158 Water Level 158188 Water level
4
0 0
200m 200m
Water Level 175
C
Water Level 188
100m
Huanghe Tower, Wuhan
Zhuozheng Garden, Suzhou
The Bund, Shanghai
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Main Road
Section A-A’ 12
Subway Entrance
Subway Station Entrance
Section B-B’ 13
02 T.O. SuperStudio MLA2 | Individual
2013 fall
DUFFERIN REDUX -Neighbourhood -Connection -Transition -Urban Design
Perspective 1 Look East To The Community Center
Bloor street
The site is located at Dufferin neighborhood at Toronto which consists by two properties, Dufferin Mall and Dufferin Grove Park, facing each other across Dufferin Street in Toronto. Dufferin Mall is a big box complex with concrete surface and underground parking on the west side. Dufferin Grove Park consists of a thicket, lawn and a small community center.
Toronto
Dufferin Grove park Dufferin street
SITE
Dufferin Mall
EXISTING BUILDINGS
LOCATION
PROBLEMS
Commercial Schools Retail
Churches Residential
The main problem of the site is the big box building, which is like a big concrete monster without proper connection to the neighborhood. Site area: 272111 sqm
from PUBLIC to PRIVATE 1. COMMERCIAL 2. COMMUNITY 3. RECREATION/ LEISURE 4. OFFICE 5. RESIDENTIAL
1. 2. 3
STRATEGIES
I proposed a transition from public/ commercial to private/residential across the site by scattering the retails close to the main road, and introducing multiple usage buildings to the area. After that, I proposed to weave the green space with buildings using a green axis, and make full use of the open spaces between the building, thus creating an organically combined community.
3. 4
FAR: 0.911
5
Pubilc Semi/partly public Private
green space
AXIOM: TRANSITION & WEAVE
SECTION A-A’ thoughout the site
FAR: 0.911
Commericail[12.13%] Office[5.03%] Parking[6.92%] Residential 26.67%
Civic[6.29%] Recreation[8.19%] Openspace[34.05%]
DESIGNED METRIX & SITE INFORMATIAON
MASSING PLAN A'
B'
BLOOR STREET
1
1. Retail facing to Bloor Street
2
3
2. Retail plaza 3. Big box retail 4. Terraced residences
B
5. Community center 6. Retail facing to Dufferin Street 7. Mixed-use building. Residences at the base and ofces at top
1
5
4
6
DUFFERIN STREET
8. Community concert hall 9. Water feature, and a skating sink in winter 10. Sunken amphitheater
21
M
11. Sports eld
LE
VE
LP
12. School
LA
N
13. School building
7
7M
8
VE
LP
LA
N
Perspective 2
10
9
LE
Perspective on cover page
3.5
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C
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VE
LP
LA
N
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0M
LE
12
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LP
LA
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5M
N
A 01 02 04
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08
0
130M
Master plan 1:4,000
LE
VE
Commericail
LP
LA
N
Ofce Civic Residential
19
PERSPECTIVE 2 Look south through the axis
DETAILED SECTIONS the Commercial plaza
SECTION B-B’ 1:400 commercial plaza
SECTION C-C’ 1:400 retail street
21.5m
5m
Cortyard
4m
7m
Padestrian path
7m
Type 1: Sidewalk/road/sidewalk/ outdoor cafes or restaurants
3m Type 2: Service lane
3.7m 3.5m
13m
3.5m 4m
Type 3: Green space/sidewalk/road/sidewalk/greenspace
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Models: 1.Central Axis 2.Residential Area 3.Strip Retails 18 4. Whole site
RIVERDALE PARK 03 Studio Work MLA1 | Individual
2013 spring
Evergreen Brick works
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-Flood -Landscape on Slope -Landform
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Plater Estates
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DON VALLEY CONTEXT PLAN
SITE
ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY
The Riverdale Park is located at the south part of Toronto’s Don Valley, an important ecological corridor that meanders across the city.
Community Center
Ice Hockey Rink Stairs going down from the roof
PROBLEMS
+99.00
100m
100m
N
N
Existing slope as barrier, more than 24m sloppes
Make tereaced landform Baseball Diamond
+85.00 Children’s Playing Field
+103.00
B
STRATEGIES
+81.00
C
Baseball Diamond & Skating Sink in the Winter
Shop& Changing Room
E
100m
+88.00
C
The first problem is addressed by providing terraced landform, so people don’t need to walk down the 24 meters interval at once. And I proposed to make the west side as a natural shaping park with wetland and landform, using floodresisting material. So even the park flood every year, it could still been used, meanwhile people can observe the changes caused by the flood year by year.
Swimming Pool
A
B
Both the east and west sides of the park are enclosed by deep slopes of about 24 meters in RIverdale Park, forming bowlike shape. The deep slope makes it hard to access the park. Also, the site is flooded every year, which calls for special consideration of what can resist this condition.
A
Tennis Court
N
Limited access
Running Track & Soccer Field
Bleacher
E’
Reasonalble access +76.00
+78.00
+77.00
Legend Buildings Water
E
Wetland
Canopy
E
Small Mountains
D
Slope
+96.00 Pond
Activity Area D
Wetland Plants Pubilic Roads
2 years flood line
Slope Direction
Natural shaping and active gardens
Entrance
N
20
MASTER PLAN1:7500
0
50
150
200m
WHOLE SITE SECTION E-E’ 1:2000
SECTION A-A’1:500 Entrance through the roof of the community center
The wetland at east side of the park
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OTHER WORKS 05
-Photos
-CAD Drawings -Research Panels -Hand Drawings -Models
1
2
1. Boundary Island, Hainan, China, 2014 2. Dafo Temple, Zhangye, China, 2014 3. Fenghuang, Hunan, China ,2014
3
05 Other Works
2013-2014
Hand Drawings Fountain Pen Drawings 1.2 Sydney Opera House, 2012
Pin Pen + Markers Drawings 3.4 Perspectives from Project The Story of Changsha, 2012
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
05 Other Works
2008-2014
CAD Drawings 2013 Internship at L&A Design Group
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
Huizhou Zhongxin City, Huizhou
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
05 Other Works
Models
2013-2014
Physical Model 1. Roof garden. Milll board, Glue, Plexi Glass, Dried Plants 2. Don Valley @ Rosedale Valley Avenue, Toronto PDM, Acrylic paint, Plexi glass, Glue | Group work 3. Conceptual model of Courthouse Square, Toronto Foam, Plexi Glass, China markers, Glue | Individual work
计模型 材料： 干枯植物 millboard 树脂玻璃 白乳胶
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计模型 2 材料： 干枯植物 millboard 树脂玻璃 白乳胶
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3
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Coral Xinting He 647-867-0208 hxth2018@gmail.com
Photo by Coral. 2014