GARY NG
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
PROFESSIONAL/ UNDERGRADUATE
Gary Ng
gwkwng@gmail.com B.S. Landscape Architecture University of California, Davis
Professional
1 Courthouse Entry Redesign 5 Aspen Residence 6 Robla Residence 7 Technical Drawings Undergraduate
11 Underpass Park 18 Unbuilt Vision
COURTHOUSE ESIDENCE ERNTRY REDESIGN
REDWOOD CITY, CA
Relocated mailbox
Poured-in-place seatwall planter, typ.
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Reconfigured newspaper stand
Prefabricated bench, typ.
Columnar street Poured-in-place tree in tree grate, seatwall planter, typ. typ.
Relocated county announcement board Wall mounted utilities to remain, typ.
As the lead designer under supervisions of a landscape architect, I provided a conceptual design for the the San Mateo County Hall of Justice employee entry streetscape. The clients intended to give the existing outdated appearance a refreshing transformation. As paving design the focus of this project. unique paving pattern and uses off different types and colors of paving material to provide a stronger visual statement of the entrance. New seatwall planter and benches were placed strategically to better defining seating area with signifacant functionality and user privacy improvements. vv
Existing traffic light to remain, typ.
Existing overhead
New paint to match existing
Prefabricated planter, typ.
Prefabricated planter at entry, typ.
Green screen panel in planter, typ.
Existing public square sign Sloped walkway w/ handrail
Poured-in-place seatwall planter, typ.
Existing “Truth-Liberty-Toleration� plaque raised and tilted
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Existing Paving to Remain
Paver
Poured-in-place Concrete
Existing Paving to Remain
Paver
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30”x30” Paver (French Gray)
Poured-in-Place Sparkle Concrete (SF Bay Gray)Poured-in-Place Concrete (Ash White)
36”x36” Paver (French Gray)
6”x48” Narrow Paver (French Gray & Granada White)
Existing Paving to Remain
Plain Concrete at Curb Ramps
24”x48” Paver Diagonal Running Bond Patterm (Almond, French Gray, Granada White, Porcelain))
Existing Paving to Remain
24”x48” Paver Running Bond Pattern (Almond, French Gray, Granada White, Porcelain)
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DAVIS, CA The clients intended to create a outdoor space with strong modern accent using large paving design. They also wanted an outdoor dining area and gathering space to accomodate more guest than the current capability. Although the design was revised heavily to meet the construction budget, the clients were satisfied with the project result.
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ASPEN RESIDENCE Professional Work
BUILT AS REVISED
ROBLA RESIDENCE Professional Work
SACRAMENTO, CA
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granite family gathering area
2 Low maintenance planting area
A simple insipiational landscape design for a single family home. The main objectives are to inexpensively create an extension of family gathering area connecting the existing pavement and to enhance visual privacy for the front entry from the street.
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concrete storaged area
4 Low maintenance
planting area with stepstone for privacy buffering
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CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS PLANTING PLAN
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As a supporting staff to the landscape architects, my tasks were to help set up and update technical project drawings through all phases of the project. Besides to ensure the drawings with the most accurate and up to date information, it was important to maintain the drawings with high levels of graphic legibility and consistency.
PLANTING PLAN
12/10/15
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LAYOUT PLAN
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UNDERPASS
REUTILIZATION
ALBANY, CA
ALBANY, CA
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Metropolitan cites consist of extensive transportation infrastructure. These developments improve the efficiency of mass transportation and helps guide people to their destination. However, they also bring dramatic change to urban physical landscapes, and impact the landuse of surrounding contexts. As a senior project of the Landscape Architecture program at UC Davis; this project studied an Interstate Highway underpass in the City of Albany, California, to analyze the underpass for assoiated issues with highways such as urban disconnection, pedestrain safety, and connectivity. A master plan was purposed as a case study sample to provide design solution inspirations for other underpasses pertaining to similar issues.
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CONTEXTS
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1. Waste dump site relaimed by nature and local arts
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2. Dog beach 3. State mudflat wildife reserve
4. Future community park 5. Public sports field
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OPPORTUNITIES
Covered Open Space
Uncovered Open Space
New Circulations
Highway Aesthestic Enhancement
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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN 1 Highway columns with color treatment and illumination`
2 Pedestrian bridge
connecting northern community park and neighborhood
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3 Multi-funtional covered
open space supports diffrent outdoor activities:
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Community events Performance ground Children playground Outdoor rock climbing Outdoor fitness Local art installation Sports court
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4 Park office facility/ Wildlife
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education center
5 Existing bike path with aesthestic and safety enhancement
Noise/Pollution Filtering
Covered Open Space Uncovered Open Space
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UNBUILT
VISION
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
As a national design competition entry with collaborations of four students and a professor, this design project represents an alternative future for San Francisco which utilizes a systematic unbuilding of the existing development fabric to
integrate
hybridized
storm-water
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constructed wetland infrastructure to manage the increased inward and outward flows of water along the city ’s eastern shore. It capitalizes on existing vacant, city-owned parcels for the first phase of constructed wetlands.
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In the City of San Francisco, inundation and urban growth are competing concerns in a city that currently anticipates increasing development along a threatened eastern shore. The majority of new development projects in the city are located within regions of San Francisco’s eastern shore projected below sea level by 2100. Moreover, the city’s existing waste water treatment system includes infrastructure threatened by anticipated sea level rise in the next 17 years. Climate change predictions for the Bay Area include increased rain fall, as well as sea level rise, compounding the issue of storm-water management in a city with threatened treatment capacity
All essential future land use
Affect of a 16 in. sea level rise by 2050
Affect of a 55 in. sea level rise by 2100
SF’s eastern shore was predominantly saltwater marshes & wetlands which filtered storm water, caught sediment from run-off, protected inland areas from storm surges,and served as important habitat for aquatic plants and animals
At present, this shoreline is a constructed edge, and current efforts at managing these flows utilize structures to prevent inw ard flows through levees and divert outward flows through catchments. These highly constructed systems operate rigidly, with costly and sometimes disastrous impacts when failure occurs.
By synthesizing man-made infrastructure with the ecological benefits of wetlands, a hybridized solution to both inward and outward flows of water might be addressed with the limited available land for adaptation.
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Rising sea leavel threaten existing shore
Existing watersheds move sotrmwater into frest-water wetlands
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Decentralized parcel formed wetlands
Greet streets move sea water into salt-water wetlands
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Flexible overflow parking lot
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Northern salt-water wetland with recreation trails
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Green Street “Wick” system for stormwater
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Aquasculpture facility
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Third Street “Greent Street Promanade
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Waterfront promanade as sea water sponge
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Southern salt-water wetland with recreational trails
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Tidal saltmarsh with treated sewage outfall
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Waste water treatment wetlands
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