Meng Wang University of Texas at Austin| School of Architecture Master of Landscape Architecture | AP Candidate 2017 2009-2017
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EDUCATION MLA, University of Texas at Austin Nanjing Forestry University (NFU.), Nanjing, China
May 2017 June 2013
Bachelor of Agriculture Major in Landscape Architecture Rank: 2/27 Students Leader
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TBG Partners (Austin, TX)
Summer Intern May.2016-Aug.2016 • Hand-sketching conceptual plans/sections and produced design development drawings in AutoCAD. • Modeling(Rhino/Sketchup) and creating perspective renderings and illustrative plans. • Diagraming for site relationships and case studying.
China Shanghai Architectural Design & Research Institute(CSCEC) Landscape Intern • Produced design development drawings in AutoCAD. • created perspective renderings and illustrative plans(Lumion).
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Feb.2015-May.2015
Suzhou Industrial Park Design & Research Institute Co.,Ltd.(SIPDRI) (Suzhou, China)
Landscape Architect Jun.2013-Oct.2014 • Hand-sketch conceptual plans/sections and produced design development drawings in AutoCAD. •Created perspective renderings and illustrative plans and performing background analysis diagrams and maps. • Drew construction details in AutoCAD, modeling complex exteriors and logo designs in Sketchup/Rhino. • Editing firm annual publication. 2016-2017 Review Jury ISSUE* Publication(UT Austin, TX)
ULI Competition: First Place among UT Submissions Honorable Mention in the national round Design Excellence Nominee
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May. 2016
The Best Execution Design Award of Yuan Ye Award
Sep. 2013
Graduate with Hornor of Nanjing Forestry University
Jun. 2013
Qianjing Landscape Scholarships(First Prize)
Dec. 2012
Outstanding League Cadres
Mar. 2012
NFU.(awarded to 3% students leaders in L.A. Department)
Excellent Members of Design Star Club
2011
Model Student of Academic Records
2011
L.A. Department (awarded to 10% members) NFU.(awarded to 10% students in undergraduate program)
SKILLS Visualization: Handrawings, Sketchup, Rhino, 3Ds Max, AutoCAD Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Premiere, AfterEffects Rendering:Lumion, Vary, Grasshopper Geological Information Analysis: ArcGIS
PUBLICATION ISSUE 13
Mar. 2017
ULI Competition: 24h Tech Town Midtown Atlanta Revolution Urban Design
04.
Landfill Revival Landscape Architecture Design /Urban Design
05.
Ningbo Airport Highway Transformation
06.
Suqian Hotel Entrance Practice Work
NFU. (30% of graduates being awarded)
NFU. (awarded to Top 3% students in L.A. Department)
Growing Together Dallas Elementary School playground Landscape Architecture Core Studio
Feb. 2016
Growing Together UTSOA
Pilgrimage: Mt. Everest Advanced Studio: Landscape architecture& Architecture joint studio
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AWARDS
International Landscape Architecture Graduate Student Design/Thesis Competion(top 3 in design performing)
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Urban Design/ Landscape Design/Urban Planning
Landscape Design/Urban Plaza
01 PILGRIMAGE: MT. EVEREST Joint Studio with Architecture Instructor: Hope Hasbrouck, David Heymann Team work Fall 2016
Since its first recorded summit in 1953, the pilgrimage to Mt Everest has consistently outgrown its means of supporting both the sheer number of those seeking the mountain, as well as the diversity of desired experiences within that growing population. Nested within this empirical problem lies the need to protect what it means to reach the summit of Everest, all the while serving the experiential, emotional, and spiritual needs of the burgeoning number of Everest pilgrims. With this responsibility, architectural and landscape architectural outcomes must respond to the constant tension between the towering glory of the world’s highest mountain, the everpresent specter of loss, and the shared reverence that binds them together.
Nepal Glacial Melt Flow
Five Day Trek to Everest in Sagarmatha National Park Region
Territory Analysis
Trek to Base Camp and Summit Route
Base Camp
Everest Summit
Existing Pilgrimage Route
Blackrock Analysis
Base Camp Everest Peak
MT. EVEREST, NEPAL
7.1 Miles 40 days 800 attempts / year
Nepal Glacial Melt Flow
Five Day Trek to Everest in Sagarmatha National Park Region
Five Day Trek to Everest in Sagarmatha National Park Region
Trek to Base Camp and Summit Route
Trek to Base Camp and Summit Route
Site Discovery
Site Discovery
19.8 Miles 5 Days 30,000 + Visitors / year
Base Camp
Namche
Base Camp
Territory Analysis
Territory Analysis
Everest Summit
Everest Summit
Base Camp
Base Camp
Everest Peak
MT. EVEREST, NEPAL
Everest Peak
Five Day Trek to Everest in Sagarmatha National Park Region
29,000 ft
7.1 Miles 40 days 800 attempts / year
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19.8 Miles 5 Days 30,000 + Visitors / year
Climb to Everest Summit
Everest Summit 19.8 Miles 5 Days 30,000 + Visitors / year
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Central Axis Section
View Analysis
Site Plan
Site Plan
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Perspective
Program
Spatial Diagram (transformation)
Architecture
Platform
Lake
Lake
Burning
Platform
Site Plan
Celestial Viewing
Detail Plan for Arrival
Perspective
Program
Spatial Diagram (transformation)
Architecture
Platform
Lake
Compress-Release
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Spatial Diagram (transformation)
Program
Lake
Detail Plan
Perspective Burning
Platform
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Praying Memorial
Celestial Viewing
Compress Channel
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Detail Plan for Arrival
Architecture
Axis to the building
Platform
Lake
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Diverse experience
Base cammp
Lake
Pilgramage Route Section
Platform
Burning
Ascending March
Peak View(Interior)
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Praying Memorial
Celestial Viewing
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Praying Memorial
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Detail Plan
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Gorak Shep (16942feet)
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1st night: Peak Hotel
Gorak Shep (16942feet)
People(tourists or climber) arrived at the first night and spend the rest of the day here, where you can see Mt. Everest directly.
2nd day: Circled Walk It is a long upward walk. It offers people opportunity to explore the large landscape after staying one night at hotel. N
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It is the location where you are facing a choice: either go to the burning platform or go to the celestial view platform
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2nd day: Ascending March
2nd night:Burning& Celestial Platform
3rd day:Back Channel
It is a stone pier connecting the two platforms. The material and linear direction suggests 'every step counts'.
It is the place that you can burn belongings from your love or watch the sky during night.
It is a narrowed channel going down, where you can see the footprint wall as witness of your pilgrimage.
1 Peak Hotel 3 Burning Platform 4 Celestial Platform 5 Footprint Wall 6 Back Channel Field Entrance
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Field Entrance
Models
Burning Platform
Cross Sections
Celestial View
02 GROWING TOGETHER Comprehensive Landscape Studio School Playground Instructor: Jason Sowell Team work with Jason Melling Spring. 2016
This design sought to answer the question: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can we redefine the relationship between learn and play by designing a playground of elementary school?â&#x20AC;? We are inspired by the fact that the school is an urban plot located within a larger natural contaxt-close to trinity river and forest. Therefore, we decided to use natural rolling landforms as a respond to the environment. Kids are usually separated into different grades in school. We want to break this age barrier and let them play together, grow together. The idea behind it is a new exploration of Montessori education philosophy: allow kids to learn from other older or younder kids through playing.
Study Models
Sections
Site Plan
Site Analysis
Movement Study of Kids obstacle
obstacle
high speed
slow down
speed up
slow down
obstacle
obstacle
speed up
slow down
speed up
Space Transition
Site Model
From Wooden deck to Open Field G1-G6 Classroom (2nd flloor)
Education Green Roof
K1-K3 classroom (1st floor)
Library
From Blue path to Chamber P.E. Classroom
logs&balance
open field
Dinning
From Outdoor Reading to Outdoor Classroom
main entrance
Administration street
From Balancing zone to Outdoor Lab
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street
Learn while Playing
Play while learning
03 TECH TOWN ATLANTA ULI Competition Team work Jan. 2016
The site is located at Midtown Atlanta, Geogia. It is a transition zone between northern art&industrial district and southern medical district. The concentration of young professional nearby and Geogia Tech implies its high potential of transforming into a high-tech district. Therefore, we developed three nucleus to develop this district into a high-tech district. The hub, the gatway, the edge. We believe this combination of mixed use high-rises and information hub will activate the district and formed a new urban typology.
Urban Context
Site Plan
The Gateway
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OPEN TERRACE
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Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
BOA PLAZA Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata
Shumard Oak Shumard Quercus shumardii Willow Oak Quercus phellos
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MATRA RAIL WAY
South Bridge Section
04 Landfill Revival Landscape ecological planning studio Instructor: Rui Yang Inidividual work Fall 2012
According to a survey of 2010. 67% of cities in China are facing a severe waste problem, producing nearly 1.6 tons of waste per year. Each person annual produce 44okg waste, which keeps growing 10% per year. Only 40% of the waste will be disposed naturally. The common way to dispose waste is burning and natural degradation. But it also cause the problem of air pollution and time-consuming. In this design, waste was dealt through being buried in the existing pits and disposed by biodegradation. It will dispose estimated 0.5 tons of waste per year. The planting-covered landfill could also become public space for residence to enhance social engament.
Regional Map
Landfill Cycle
Existing Sections
Site Programs
Analysis
Phasing
Landfill Section
Perspectives
05 NINGBO AIRPORT HIGHWAY TRANSFORMATION Practical Work/ Individual Synthesize Instructor: Rui Yang Inidividual work Summer 2012
The site is located on the northwest of Ningbo, China. There were a few villages before 1880s. The main life-supporting water source is the mother river - Yuyao River. Ningbo Airport Highway started to being built since 2008. It is the main connection between downtown and suburbs. The city starts to show fragmentation due to the high-speed urbanization especially fly-over system. It is no longer walkable for people like that small village. Streets are flooded during rainy seasons because of the impermeable surface. Space under highway become horriable during night. A lot of questions are spinning on poeple's heads, they are seeking for solution to live a better life to balance the developement of fly-overs. The design solution here is to think in system. Using two basic systems to solve problems: propose green infrastructure system including rain gardens, greenway and pocket parks to deal with stormwater issue; propose bicycle system to engage the fly-over.
Existing Analysis
Proposed Spatial Relationship
Proposed System
Rain Garden & Pocket Park System
Bicycle & Tourist System
Pocket Park: engaging the river
Rain Garden: stormwater management
06 SUQIAN HOTEL PLAZA Built Work/ Practice Work Inidividual work Summer 2013
Traditional middle-east style gardens focus a lot on the symmetry. There are several typical elements that could represent this kind of garden: palm trees, rectangle ponds, diamond shape pavements. Cross is one of those elements that could represent rebirth and peace. This cross fountain design is trying to echo middle-east style architecture. The whole plaza could be activated by the flow of water and reflection of surface. Also the order of palm trees create a feeling of welcoming and form of elegant.
Traditional Chinese Garden Sketch
Handrawing Sketches
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Meng Wang Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate 2017 University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture Apt 202, 914 W 26th, Austin, TX 78705 Email:mengwang@utexas.edu Tel: 512-550-0928