[2014] Landscape Architecture Portfolio | Donguk Lee by Donguk Lee

D P O R T FOLIO

CONTENTS

01 / SHIFTING SAND - GROWING DUNE

2013 3RD YEAR DESIGN STUDIO ; RICHARD l. HINDLE

02 / MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE

2013 3RD YEAR SEMINAR CLASS ; CATHY MARSHALL AND KEVIN RISK

03 / DESIGNING SPACE, FROM ABSTRACTION TO FORM

2011 2ND YEAR DESIGN STUDIO ; VAN l. COX AND KEVIN RISK

04 / IN-BETWEEN SPACE ON CAMPUS

2011 2ND YEAR DESIGN STUDIO ; BRUCE SHARKY

05 / READING THE EPIDEMIC LANDSCAPE

2011 2ND YEAR DESIGN STUDIO ; VAN L. COX AND KEVIN RISK

06 / MEDIUM SIZE PARKLAND

2011 2ND YEAR DESIGN STUDIO ; BRUCE SHARKY

// DIGITAL REPRESENTATION

2010 1ST YEAR REPRESENTATION CLASS ; PETER SUMMERLIN

// HAND ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY

2010 1ST YEAR REPRESENTATION CLASS ; KRISTI CHERAMIE

// RESUME

An armature for capturing sand at the landscape scale as a design strategy to protect Far Rockaway beach area. To address this challenge, design layers two strategies: a “sand basin” that is a bold concrete structure will block blowing sand from South easten side of the beach, a “costal forest” that will capture blowing sand with heavy vegetation. These strategies will catalyze the accumulation of sand that helps restoring the beach condition and buffers from coming potential disaster. This design issues restoring the ecological condition of Far Rockaway beach, but also encourages vitalizing communities. As consolidate varied programs in the community pier, people that live in Far Rockaway and visit from New York City will gather together and enjoy the place.

Sand Basin Clay Model

INTRODUCTION

This studio focused on site design for 80+ acres of ‘undeveloped’ oceanfront property between 32nd St. & 56th Place, south of Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Far Rockaway, NY. The site is the largest parcel of subwayaccessible beachfront remaining in NYC, representing an important resource for city residents, New York’s ecological networks, and a highly sought-after development parcel. Late in the evening of October 29th, 2012 the storm surge and leading edge of Superstorm Sandy struck the Eastern seaboard of New Jersey and New York. The Rockaway Penninsula was one of the moreseverely impacted areas: More than 9,000 residents of the Rockaway peninsula had damaged assessed at greater than $20,000, and flooding affected the entire peninsula with the storm surge swelling not only from the Atlantic shore but also from Jamaica Bay. The studio explored site design for New York City’s barrier beaches where coastal and urban systems converge, overlay, and instigate new landscape scenarios. Catastrophic events such as Super Storm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina have brought issues relating to coastal development into stark relief and propelled dialogue about landscape resilience and global climate change to the forefront of news, politics, and daily life for people around the world.

SITE ANLYSIS

The site consists of approximately 81 acres of City-owned oceanfront property. The site fronts the Atlantic Ocean and is connected to the City’s central business districts, as well as JFK International Airport, by mass transit connections. The development site is bounded to the north by Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Edgemere Avenue, Rockaway Freeway and Beach Channel Drive; to the east by Beach 32nd Street; to the south by the Coastal Erosion Hazard Area [“CEHA”] Line north of the boardwalk; and to the west by Beach 56th place. Mass transit access is provided by the elevated “A” train line with station stops located along Rockaway Freeway at Beach 36th Street and Beach 44th Streets on the northern edge of the site. QM 17 and 22 buses run east and west Beach Channel Drive, a few blocks north of the site.

There is currently very limited access to commercial, economic and recreational centers adjacent to Arverne East. A small convenience stroe is located at Beach Channel Drive and Beach 59th Street. Some commercial development has occurred in recent years in conjunction with the development of Arverne by the Sea, including a Stop-and-Shop grocery store at Beach 69th Street, and YMCA that is currently under construction. Ocean Village additionally has a small convenience store on site for its residents. The peninsula includes a variety of neighborhoods with diverse housing types, ranging from sigle-family homes to high-rise apartment buildings. Breezy Point, Belle Harbor and Neponsit to the west are established, middle and upper-middle income suburban communities. Far Rockaway to the east has a mix of housing types along with the highest concentration of high-rise housing on the peninsula. The site is relatively flat, interrupted with small dunes throughout. Edgemere Avenue [and the associated northern boundary of the site] is approximately 4 ft above sea level as it approaches the site from the West, rises slightly to 6.5 ft near the northern center of the site, then falls back to 4 ft as it moves away from the site towards the East. Dunes along the beach front range from 10 ft to 15 ft above sea level.

Commercial area

Private residential area

Public area

Water pipe line

Noise from the elevated railroad Noise from planes landing and taking off Noise from wave action High density of black dots: High frequency of wind

depletion of sand

accumulation of sand

Direction of longshore drift

The Rockaway peninsula is a sand formation created by long shore wave action running from East to West along the Atlantic Coast of Long Island. A wind blowing through the Rockaway Peninsula has been moderate and variable. According to the wind history of Far Rockaway, the wind has been blowing to the Northwest; it shifts from the Atlantic Ocean to the land. The northwesterly breeze carries beach sand to the northwestern side of the beach. The Average wind speed is approximately 11.4 mph; The intnsity of wind, 10 mph, is able to shift sands.

N NW

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inspiration

With Sand and Water Vignettes, I investigated the mutable conditions of sand and water in relationship to static materials, forces, and time. The patterning and movement of sand inspired me to go further for the design. Whiling I was blowing wind with a hand dryer to a rolling chicken wire, especially, as the sand had been scattering by the chicken wire, it made a sound more like the hiss of soda enlighten me a characteristic of sand: the dynamic and transformative. Sand dune shows the characteristics of sand typically; sand-dune migrates about 115 feet per year (35 m/yr). A small dune could be disappearing and building up again a quarter of a day in a wuthering desert. The shape associated with a sand-dune will implicate the dynamism of sand into a design of Far Rockaway Beach Park. Far Rockaway beach has already connected with the sand, since “Rockaway” name comes from the later corruption of Lenape language—Lenape is one of traditional Indian tribes. It means “Place of Sand”

Conceptual Perspective Drawing

Conceptual Site Plan Drawing

100

100yrs surface water

COMMUNITY PIER is a huge pier and an armature structure as well. This armature will catalyze sand deposition as it controls wave action like a jetty. As the beach line will change by sand deposition, open beach will be extended dramatically. The pier will encourage vitalizing communities by serving various programs; event space, restaurants, kiosks, sheds, urban beaches, safe swimming pool, decking area.

SAND BASIN is an armature for capturing sand at the landscape scale as a design strategy to protect Far Rockaway beach area. It will accumulate sand from aerion transport. Based on the proposed system, it will implement the scheduled cycle; accumulation, excavation, and build-up dune. The system will be based on 5 years period time.

INLAND SALT MARSH is a man-made landscape that will play a large role with the habitat of birds and provide coastal protection as well. It will covered by: - Smooth Cord Grass (Spartina alternifolora) - Salt Hay (Spartina patens) - Common reed (Phragmites australis) - Salt Grass (Distichilis spicata) - Phragmites

Vegetation

Elevation

Boardwalk

Structure

COMMUNITY PIER SECTION

INLAND SALT MARSH SECTION

Sand basin

diagram

Pier

STRUCTURE

A diagram at the top shows where bold structures are located on the designed site and how to shape the entire space in the design language. A dashed line indicates the beach line of Atlantic Ocean. You expect where the landscape mediate the complex relationships between coastal and urban systems. connected to surrounding communities at the Red point in the second diagram. The last diagram indicates how the space will be used by residents and visitors frequently. It also describes how people will migrate on the site.

CONNECTION

FREQUENCY

OPEN BEACH

key feature - boardwalk

The resilient design for Rockaway provide a platform for dialogue on the subject of coastal change; the 100-year flood elevation ranging between 10-15 ft above mean sea level according to United States Geological Survey. The main boardwalk devatated by the storm surge of Superstorm Sandy, 2012, is redesigned to promote innovative solutions for coastal communities. It will work as the first line of defense from future stroms. The width of the boardwalk varies between 5-80 feets since it will be used with varied purposes. The main boardwalk is organically connected to the secondary boardwalk responded to the context of the surrounding community.

15’

10’

5’

18 UPLAND COSTAL

BOARDWALK

key feature - sandbasin

A â&#x20AC;&#x153;sand basinâ&#x20AC;? is an armature for capturing sand at the landscape scale as a design strategy to protect Far Rockaway beach area. It will accumulate sand from aerian transport. Based on the proposed system, it will implement the scheduled cycle; accumulation, excavation, and build-up dune. The system will be based on 5 years peiod time.

SANDBASIN SYSTEM

HIGH HIGH TIDE 2.41’ HIGH TIDE 1.688’ LOW TIDE

-2.82

100-YR SEA LEVEL ELEVATION 9.5’

OCEAN

OPEN BEACH

BEACH SAND DU

DUNE GRASS

SCRUB SHRUB

Perrennial grasses, followed by mosses and lichens, to tolerate salt spray, little to no fresh water, unstable substrates, occasional inundation during storms, low nutrient levels, and abrasion by wind water. The roots of these grasses hold the sand and dune formation in place, acting as a resilient barrier habitat, and serving as a reservoir of sand when beaches erode.

The scrub/shrub land adds strength to the dunes, acting as a spine or backbone. The scrub/shrub land serves as a transition area from the foredunes to the upland habitat like the the coastal forest. - Bearberry (Arctostaphylos) - Beach pin weed (Lechea maritima) - Bayberry (Myrica) - Beach plum (Prunus maritima)

- American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) - Sea oats (Uniola paniculata) - Bitter panicum (Panicum amarum) - Saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens)

UNE

SAND BASIN

LANDWARD SAND DUNE

COASTAL FOREST A coastal forest naturally succeeds from the scrub shrub lands when they are left undisturbed. The habitat is dominated by tress, with a minimal amount of herbaceous material due to competition for water. - Pich pine (Pinus rigida) - Red maple (Acer rubrum) - Canadian service (Amelanchier Canadensis) - Gray birsh (Betula populifolia) - Hacberry (Celtis occidentalis) - American holly (Ilex opaca) - Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD

CO NYC A TRAIN

NNECTION

key feature - community pier Community pier is huge pier and an armature structure as well. This armature will catalyze sand deposition as it controls wave action like a jetty. As the beach line will change by sand deposition, open beach will be extended dramatically.

This pier will encourage vitalizing communities by serving various programs; event space, restaurants, kosks, sheds, urban beaches, safe swimming pool, decking area. 24

Varied programs are consolidated at one massive structure—Community pier. Multipurpose Coastal Armoring will catalyze the accumulation of sand and shore up the cohesive strength of sand-bed. A group of “Sand wall”, made with stacking heavy logs, near Community pier will prompt the reinforcement of surface soil.

PIER

SAFE SWIMMING POOL

CONNECTS TO THE OPEN BEACH

WOOD DECK COMMUNITY PIER

SAND WALL

COMMUNITY PIER

10’

5’

KIOSK COMMUNITY PIER

10’

5’

TURF ZONE

TREE ZONE

construction document - far rockaway beach park

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                                        

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   

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  

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

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   

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construction document - far rockaway beach park

               

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 

   

 

  

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   

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 

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   

 

  

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   

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MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE

A theory and practice in the documentation, preservation, interpretation and management of historic cultural landscapes. It will combine focused readings and critical discussion of cultural landscape studies and preservation mythology with active field documentation, drawing, and archival research into specific case study landscapes in order to build a collective research/documentation framework for recording data. Case study drawing: Jefferson Island in Louisiana (Right)

A field trip for investigating a range of Louisiana Territories and typologies created through the layering of slow geological processes and/or shifting or semi-permanent cultural practices (ex. Settlement patterns, agricultural practices, industrial processes). The exploration will take the form of independent investigations, analytical and theoretical examination of existing methodologies and application of these techniques to products that document, observe, record and analyze particular natural and cultural patterns/process unique to the Louisiana Landscape. A drawing (Right) describes how I differently feel the landscape by the different light conditions that vary in the time scale. The drawing shows the techniques of representationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;mapping, projection, and notation.

DESIGNING SPACE, FROM ABSTRACTION TO FORM

In the site visit, we walked around the site, looking, listening, smelling, and feeling. We paid careful attention to our experience rather than analyzed what we experience. We simply allowed ourselves to have impressions. The studio used impressions studies as a catalyst for the project context and concept. The site is a courtyard of the Shaw Center: opened in 2005 and covering a full city block in the heart of downtown Baton Rouge, offer opportunities for artists, organizations, students, scholars, visitors and the community to form an experience of vibrant and diverse visual and performing arts for the purposes of education, entertainment, interpretation and discovery.

SITE ANALYSIS According to the result of observing the sunlight condition all day, it indicated that the sunlight condition is drastically poor. The design for the courtyard of Shaw Center has to propose a solution about subservient problems caused from the poor sunlight condition. Based on the site analysis, we found that the drainage system, dripped line and reflecting light crowded in the center of the site. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Central Axisâ&#x20AC;? will provide the countermeasure with well-designed water features.

11.05.12 09:00 am Reflected sunlight

11.05.12 12:00 pm Direct sunlight

11.05.12 03:00 pm Penetrated sunlight

There is not a quiet place to talk, read, and relax near the Shaw Center. Client wants to have some quiet place. The site is surrounded by very tall building so people feel the sense of enclosement at the site. The clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need and condition of the site correspond to the eye of typhoon: surrounded by very tall could wall, calm, and quite. The characteristics of a zen garden: a static and private place, understated vegetation and gravel pattern, variable curved shapes. These features of a zen garden are reflected in the design.

FUNCTIONS of CENTRAL AXIS

Reflecting on the window glasses

Heating energy stays longer

Creating water sound on rainy days

Collecting rain water

Reflecting on water in a reflecting pool

COLORS in CENTRAL AXIS

PROGRAM

PERSPETIVE DRAWING: PHYSICAL MODEL + COMPUTE R GRAPHIC

in-between space on campus

In this studio, we were asked to look for a small parking space that is located between campus buildings and develops a design considering site analysis, programming and circulation. Nicholson parking lot--between Howell Russell Complex and Nicholson Hall--is one of small in-between space. its width is about 100 ft and length is 360 ft. It works as a transitional space for LSU students since it connects two monumental space of campus: the Quad and Union building.

SITE ANALYSIS

CIRCULATION

17 CIRCULATION - HUMAN

CIRCULATION - VEHECLE

EXCISTING VEGETATION

DRAINGE

15 POSSIBLE PARKING SPACE

DETAILS OF PHYSICAL MODEL

Based on the observation during two hours in lunch time, a circulation diagram indicates that students tend to migrate horizontally in general, but also vertically. Students had to cross the parking space even though crossing the parking space is dangerous. Unless pedestrians abided the risk of potential accident, they should go around the long way. For the pedestriansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sake, design provides an island on the middle of the parking lot; it protects pedestrians from passing cars safely and brings an unexpected touching from the magnificence of surrounding tall buildings.

BIRDS EYE VIEW OF PHYSICAL MODEL

INITIAL DESIGN SKETCH

LAND USE DIAGRAM

DESIGN STRATEGY FOR DIFFERENT PARKING ANGLES

READING THE EPIDEMIC LANDSCAPE

The endemic landscape is comprised of landforms and native plant associations that are prevalent in or restricted to, a particular locality. Mary Ann Brown Preserve is located along the eastern boundary of the Tunica Hills, in West Feliciana Parish, between St. Francisville and Jackson, Louisiana. The Preserve exhibits a range of landforms and plant associations that have evolved over time as the result of human cultural activity, natural processes, and disturbances. It also contains roughly 2 miles of walking trails. In this studio, we were asked to map out a new site journey with a certain theme.

CONCEPTUAL DRAWING - THERAPEUTIC JOURNEY

EXISTING TRAIL

PROPOSING TRAIL

EXISTING VEGETATION

PROPOSING VEGETATION

At the beginning stage, we should choose three distinct places in the Mary Ann Brown Preserve that speak to us; but there should be some underlying concept that connects them. After maping out a new site spatial sequence for the site based on the inital site impressions, we selected one of the special places and through design intervention create a newly imagined spatial sequence. According to a Japanese scientist, if a cancer patient spend time in a forest more than two hours per day, patient will overcome cancer with their strengthen immunity system. In addition, since waling and relaxing in a forest are dramatically helpful to relieve stress, the Therapeutic Journey of Mary Ann Brown Preserve will provide healthy life to Baton Rouge residents with varied program. PROGRAM

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CONCEPTUAL MODEL

MEDIUM SIZE PARKLAND

This studio focused on site analysis, programming, functional coordination, and site design with emphasis on spatial organization and circulation. We provided site design for Children Musuem based on the in-depth site analysis. Baton Rouge City Park 1515 Dalrymple Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70808

DIGITAL REPRESENTATION

This studio intended to present contemporary digital representation methods specific to landscape architecture. There were exploration of methdologies, techniques, and theories occurring in digital representation in contemporary practice. The goal was to tool us with digital techniques for both measures and diagrammatic drawings that facilitates a more mature design process.

PHOTO COLLAGE : The field trip along with historic cultural landscapes in Louisiana

Existing inventory map with Auto CAD

New section drawing with Auto CAD

New site plan drawing with Auto CAD

New site plan drawing with Adobe Photoshop

New section drawing with Adobe Photoshop

New perspective drawing with 3ds MAX & Photoshop

Digital rendering with 3ds MAX & Photoshop

Pinecote pavilion 3D rendering with 3ds MAX

Video making with 3ds MAX

HAND ILLUSTRATION & PHOTOGRAPHY

In the first year of college, I focused on handconstructed pieces (and primarily graphite drawings) as a means of honing, first, the ability to see space dynamically and, second, cultivating the confidence to represent a range of ideas in a single media. As I used various methods of drawing to build a visual language allowing me to explore perception, analysis, and composition.

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Donguk Lee 03. 23.1987, Gwangju [Korea] Baton Rouge, LA [USA]

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+82 10 9694 3455 dlee59@tigers.lsu.edu duehee

// EDUCATION

// EXPERIENCE

// VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

// SKILLS

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA - Bachelor of Landscape Architecture - Chencellor’s Honor Roll - GPA 3.934

Aug 2011 - Jan 2014

The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia - Bachelor of Information Technology

Mar 2006 - Nov 2007

Gwangju Inseong High School, Gwangju, Korea

Mar 2003 - Jan 2006

CTOPOS, Seoul, Korea - Landscape Architect Firm, 2011 Honaor Award in General Design ASLA - Intern, Assisted a manger with working on the construction drawing and digital drawing

Jun - Aug. 2012

SPOTLESS, Melbourne, VIC, Australia - Maintenance & Cleaning Service Company - Full Time, Achieved strong responsibility and varied skills

Dec 2009 - Jul 2010

Republic of Korea Army - Sergeant, Served armed force service and assisted a commander with managing human resource

Nov 2007 - Oct 2009

United Nation Online Volunteering - Assisted with designing graphic work for a non-profit organization

Mar 2013 - Present

World Vision, Gwangju, Korea - Organized an English class, “Let’s learn English with reading fairy tales”, for children in poverty and teched English

Jul 2011

“Bomulseom” Flea Market, Gwangju, Korea - Conducted a flea market for charity and encouraged participation with advertising activities

2009

- Highly experienced with computer software: Auto CAD, 3ds MAX, Sketch Up Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Microsoft Office - Highly experienced with architectural drawing, model making, and laser-cutting

- Proficient in visual hand graphics: Pencil, Micro Pen, Charcoal, Watercolor and Chinese Caligraphy - Language: English, Korean