PORTFOLIO selected work of Gigi Zhiqing Liu Master of Landscape Architecture of UVA
CONTENT
01 Light And Shadow Entanglement
04 Noise Reduction Methology Study For Urban Park Landscape solutions to noise problems in urban parks
02 Community Justice Supporting Uneven development community in Appalachicola
05 Fengfeng Mining Area Revitalization A strategy to repair ecological, economic and social structures of the mining area
03 Imagine The Dundalk's Coastal Community In 2100 Salt marsh strategy for climate adaptation in place
06 Other Works Physical model; work sample; CAD work; sketching drawings
01 LIGHT AND SHADOW ENTANGLEMENTS Individual Academic Work | Fall 2021 This project aims to design a space where people can immerse themselves in and interact with various types of light and shadow in a natural environment.
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Dappled Journey
Tree
Mosaic Meander
Cloaked Path
Tree + Bigger Shrub + Smaller Shrub
Striped Stroll
Hazy Trek
One Side Tree
Wavy Walk
Shrub
Reveal: Site Encounter Exploring the impact of plant structure, light, and shadow on pedestrian experiences across the site. Shadow distribution deep
low Single Tree
People movement speed quick slow N
Legend
tree
shrub
lower shrub
Tree + Shrub
Plant Structure and Terrain: A Collection
Elements Arrangement
Terrain Plant Structure
Plant Density
Plane
Upper
Down
8:00
16:00
12:00 tree
full
half
single
tree + higher shrub
tree + higher shrub + lower shrub
Legend tree higher shrub lower shrub
higher shrub
Shadows at Different Times of the Day Derived from on-site observations, this arrangement seeks to explore a spectrum of light and shadow experiences by meticulously organizing landforms and plants.
8:00
higher shrub + lower shrub
no plant
12:00
16:00
Intervening Ecological Agents - Bird Habitat Acorn Dispersal Location Carried by Birds
Transition Zone
Oak Seeds Dispersal Process
Areas with Low Density Oak
Mowed Grass
After Fire
Roadside
Landform & Birds
Birds transport seeds to mountain
Water flow direction
Succession Within Dispersal Areas
Sections
Design Proposal 1
A
3
2 A - A'
A'
Cloaked Path - Dark Shadow Experience
4
C
B
5 D
4 B - B'
Hazy Trek - Light Shadow Experience B'
C'
6
D'
Legend
C - C'
Bird Habitat
N
1
Entrance
5
Light Shadow Path
2
Entertainment Area
6
Edge of Forest
3
Dark Shadow Path
4
Bird Habitat
Chestnut Oak
Red Maple
Pond
Virginia Pine
Broomsedge
Mount
American Beech
02
Regional Uneven Geographies Map
COMMUNITY JUSTICE Supporting Uneven Development Community in Appalachicola Individual Academic Work | Fall 2022 "The Hill" community, once a flourishing and unified group despite racial segregation, played a vital role through various eras, notably celebrating their successes with events like the seafood festival. However, as industrial decline shifted governmental focus towards bay area tourism, the community experienced uneven development and relocation of heritage events, risking the loss and dilution of its rich, authentic history and culture that urgently needs preservation and celebration.
Apalachicola Industry Distribution Education Public Administration Real Estate Manufacturing Fishing / Agriculture Retail Trade Recreation
Industry History
Cotton Industry
Timber Industry Sponge Industry
local sponge trade came to rank third in the state
Oyster Industry cotton being the main export product
exporting 50,000 cans of oyster per day
oysters were only sold locally Civil War
dwinding virgin timber stands and a declining naval stores industry a damaging hurricane
oyster shut down
Glory of Apalachicola Heritage
Site Analysis
Apalachicola Festival Timeline
Franklin Square, nestled at the heart of The Hill and bridging it with the Bay area, has historically been a vibrant hub for community festivals, notably the renowned Apalachicola Seafood Festival. Anchoring its design potential is its rich historical and cultural tapestry, making it a strategic location to revitalize The Hill.
Description 2
History Footprint
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Originally called Cottonton, Apalachicola's first industry was a cotton shipping port.
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By the end of the 19thc, timber was booming ,and flourished until the 1920s.
First railroad streamed into town in 1907.
Apalachicola's culture and history have been significantly shaped by its bay and oysters.
The growing nature-based tourism industry harks back to the regions resources and material origins.
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George E. Weems MemoriForgotten Coast Fitness &
The largest community-event is the pre-independence day celebration. For one weekend in early November, visitors from all over flock to the shores of Apalachicola. This institution has continued from more than 100 years.
On January 15th, Dr. Martin Luther K i n g J r. ' s b i r t h d a y 6 t h S t re e t becomes a promenade for all.
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Typographic Cross-Section
Temporal Footprint The first festival held in Apalachicola was Mardi Gras, was held in 1914.
Orman House Histor-
ac
al Hospital
Wellness Center Fishing Pier
Apalachicola Dog Park
Lafayette Park Most of Apalachicola's festivals are concentrated on the seafood industry, owing to its illustrious history as a maritime hub.
Apalachicola residents, new and old return home for the Christmas Holidays.
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Design Proposal
Design Strategy
Connect Fragmented Spaces
A
B Various Functions Connection A'
B' C
Franklin Square can serve as a pivotal point to redress the community's uneven development, invite inclusive engagement, and spur holistic development, thereby preserving and celebrating The Hill's authentic history and culture.
D
C'
Legend
D'
Playful Hills
Even Stage
Sandy Playground
Relaxation zone
Historic Wooden Structure
Standard Stage
Mural Playground
Gathering Area
Workout Area
Community Garden
Public Seating
N
Cross-Sections Section A-A': Playful Hills
Flexible for Festivals & Events
Section B-B': Workout Space
community/private events
oyster shell hills sand pit
historic tree wood for sitting
group workout
ball game ground
shady workout space sport game / competition
Section C-C': Lingering Area
Section D-D': Gathering Center
local weekly market
shady relaxation area shady relaxation sitting
local weekly market pavilion stage
historic holy family open grassland
public festival
Scenarios
Local Weekly Market
Uniting individuals from surrounded neighborhoods, the design establishes and inclusive and healthy gathering space to engage, share, and celebrate their robust heritage. The site will embody the spirit of The Hill community, aiming to bring the heritage festivals back into The Hill to amplify local development. Intertwining the region's past and future, the initiative seeks to revitalize The Hill Community.
Flexible Space for Events
Exciting Recreation Space
03 ADAPTING TO THE FUTURE Imagine Dundalk's Coastal Community in 2100 Individual Academic Work | Spring 2023 Dundalk's watersedge community, situated within Bear Creek, is threatened by severe sea level rise, with over half of the land projected to be inundated by a 4.2 feet increase by 2100. This challenge calls for the transformation of the community into an adaptive landscape system that leverages inevitable flooding events as opportunities to construct natural infrastructure to protect the coastline.
Shoreline Eroded History and Prediction 1943
2000
2050
five groin constructed to prevent shoreline erosion
local environmental department constructed more groins to trap sands in order to stablize the shoreline
The downstream are suffered further erosion because the sand was trapped in the upstream groin area.
2100
Industry History Timeline Over the years, Watersedge has continued to improve with the addition of boat ramps, parks, playgrounds, and the construction of the Watersedge Rec Center in 2009.
The industrial growth of North Sparrow Points, early 20th century. when the importance of the steel industry became evident during World War ll
1943: Stackhouse Reality built the first homes on Louth, Meath, and Fairgreen Roads.
1947: Homes were being sold for approximately $6,000, featuring two bedrooms, a living room, hall, bath, kitchenette, and dinette. A homeowners association was also established.
Initially promoted as Royal Homes, these Structures eventually became known as the Concrete Homes due to their poured concrete foundation and walls, highlighting their sturdiness and durability.
Examing the Relationship between Force and Varies Groin Forms The aim of this experiment is to explore less solid groin forms, mitigating the risk of attracting all on-site sediment and causing severe downstream erosion.
Site Existing Situation
Present
Point-cluster
Segmented
Miniature
High-density Micro Groin
2 Years
7 Years
15 Years
30 Years
Strategy The project aims to achieve a balance between adaptation and retreat, providing a diverse range of options that can accommodate a spectrum of future scenarios. Strategy 1: Converting Soon-to be Flooded Lands into Salt Marshes Analysis soon-to be flooded land zone
Cutting space for water to flow
Fill dredged material to accelebrate the siltation of tidal flat
Deposit soil as barriers
Strategy 2: Adaptive Living Solutions in Harmony with New Coastal Environment
Multi-family house
Elevated plan for people don't want to move
Strategy 3: Repurposing Vulnerable Vacant Buildings and Paths
Elevated platform
Elevated trails
Demolished path
Fishing platform
Planning Phases
Planning Proposal This approach empowers residents to make informed decisions regarding their future and bring benefits to the local ecology, economics and social culture.
2023
100% (stayed residents)
2050
90%
2070
80%
2100
60%
N
LEGEND
Elevated path
Road
Re-purpose path
Salt marsh
Re-purpose platform
Remained house
Salt marsh hammock
Multi-family house
Scenario Salt Marsh Strategy For Climate Adaptation In Place This proposal includes three aspects: - Gradually converting soon-to-be-flooded lands into salt marshes and intentionally constructing salt marsh hammocks, providing rich ecological habitats for local ecosystems.
- Offering local residents adaptive living solutions in harmony with the new coastal environment.
- Repurposing vulnerable vacant buildings and paths to enhance future community access to the changing coastal environment.
04 Noise Reduction Methodology Study For Urban Park Individual Academic Work | Fall 2020
The primary park
Qingnian park First-class parks are the primary parks in the city. They feature abundant functions and comprehensive facilities, capably meeting the needs of a wide array of indivisuals.
In the energetic rhythm of urban life, residents seek serene spaces for timely relaxation and stress relief. However, swift urbanization, epitomized by pervasive highways and other infrastructures, gradually erodes park tranquility. Concurrently, growing demands for urban traffic solutions have led to the gradual encirclement of park areas by highways and viaducts.
Area: 200,000 m² Functions:
The secodary park
Xinghua park Secondary parks serve the neighborhoods in which they are situated. Typically, they are characteristic parks, equipped with ample facilities to accommodate various activities. Area: 33,000 m² Functions:
The tertiary park
Kangle park Tertiary parks are the smallest parks in the city, typically serbing direct functions for their immediate neighboorhoods. They provide straightforward, albeit fewer, functions. Area: 11,000 m² Functions:
Primary park, limited noise service scople
Secondary park Tertiary park
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Larger urban parks effectively utilize various sites and facilities to absorb most noise, minimizing impact on visitors. However, smaller parks, especially those in central city areas bordered by main roads, face potential issues from traffic noise, which could lead to decreased usage and potential abandonment in the future.
Site Analysis
Noise Distribution
Kangle park, situated at the northwest corner of the intersection of Yingchang Street and Nanliudong Road in Tiexi District, lies at the city's center. Its location, encircled by major traffic roads, subjects it to significant noise pollution.
This disturbance originates not only from surrounding traffic but also from internal sources, such as music played by visitors, affecting the park's localized environment substantially.
Internal Noise
External Noise
Site Road Facilities
Road Network
Building primary road secondary road path
Noise Level Around the Park
7:00
9:00
11:00
13:00
15:00
17:00
19:00
8:00
10:00
12:00
14:00
16:00
18:00
20:00
21:00
Planting Design
Research indicates that plant components-such as stems, branches, and leavessignificantly attenuate sound waves through reflecting and absorbing sound energy in the viscous thermal boudnary layer near their surfaces, or by vibrations driven by the damping sound of internal branches or stems.
Noise Decibel Levels at Four Primary Spaces
Section Typology Design Cooperation Between Plants and Terrain
Through the integration of plants and terrain, not only can a beautiful environment be established, but user activity needs can also be met, creating a variety of activities coupled with a high degree of noise reduction.
Ground
Downward
Elevated
Part Elevated
Prototype The Degree Of Noise Reduction
80%
60%
Downward terrain+Tree+Shrub+Grass
40%
20%
0%
Part elevated terrain+Tree+Grass
Part elevated terrain+Tree+Shrub
Part elevated terrain+Grass
Downward terrain+Shrub+Grass
Downward terrain+Shrub+Grass
Part elevated terrain+Tree
Part elevated terrain+Tree
Downward terrain+Tree+Shrub
Part elevated terrain+Tree
Part elevated terrain+Tree+Shrub+Grass
Part elevated terrain+Tree+Shrub+Grass
Part elevated terrain+Tree+Shrub+Grass
Downward terrain+Tree+Shrub+Grass
Arrangment Designed to Reduce External Noise Input and Internal Noise Transmission
Rendering
DAY 8:00
20:00 NIGHT
05
1969
1994
FENGFENG MINING AREA REVITALIZATION Individual Academic Work | Fall 2020 Area Analysis
The social and industrial structure of Fengfeng Mining area are evolving with the site's development.
Village Town Boundary Contour Exhausted Resources Abundant Resources
Income
Income
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment Rate
Industrial Structure
Industrial Structure
Migrant Rate
Migrant Rate
Old Man Women
Old Man Women
2009
2019
Town Village Mine Coal Fangue River Boundary National Highway Railway Site Scope National Highway Exhausted Resource Abundant Resource
Income Unemployment Rate
58%
Industrial Structure Migrant Rate
36%
Old Man Women
Income
Income
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment Rate
Industrial Structure
Industrial Structure
Migrant Rate
Migrant Rate Old Man Women
Mythological Provide the connection logicalization among the elements in the site, and find the suitable strategy.
Soil
Tailing - Coal Gangue
Industry
Process
The utilization of the existing resources in the mine then develops into a new circulation structure. As a green resource, traffic grid is gradually distributed in the site to complete the restoration of the site.
Planning Proposal
Existing Social Structure Industry
Household Rate Labor Work
Mine
Transport Logistics
Porcelain
Professional Production
Man
6%
Women
67%
Old
85%
Children
15%
Logistics
Restaurant Tourism Homestay
Designed Social Structure Industry
Household Rate
Plant Melberry Silkworm Industry
Silkworm Breeding Laddering Fertilization
Harvest point
Fishery Industry
Village
River
Unemployment Rate
Railway Road
Industry Area Resident Group
16%
Old
21%
Children
0%
Construct Road 12%
Logistic Industry
Industrial Structure
Migrant Rate
Construct Facilities Transport
Agriculture Town
Women Fishing
Income
Boundary National Highway
6%
Fish Breeding
Pond Area Waste Materials
Man
7%
Tourism Industry
Experience Folk Sightseeing
Go to School
Developing Phases
Planting Restoration Strategy
With the development of time, different locations in the site will gradually complete the ecological restoration and industrial structure balance.
With the influence of hyperaccumulator plants and soil restoration, plant diversity in the site can be gradually restored.
Main Roads Area Development
Wasteland Development
Pits Development
Perspective The New Industry Development Mode of Fengfeng Mining Area.
Products Fish
White Mulberry
Mulberry
Silkworm
Mulberry Silk
Market
Other Works Physical Model - Charlottesville City as a topographic
Physical Model - Light and Shadow Entanglements
Group academic work with Celina Qiu | Spring 2022
Indivisual academic work | Fall 2021
Visualizing thresholds as a way to observe and analyze the racial topography of Charlottesville.
Exploring the relationship between plant structure and the interplay of light and shadow.
CAD Work Guangyuan Road East Section Grerning Construction Plan | Computer-Aided Deisgn Course | Fall 2018
Permeable Brick Road Shoulder Connection Cross-Section
Tree Pit Cross-Section Layout Plan Construction Drawing
Joint Between Permeable Bricks and Decorative Stones Cross-Section
Shrub Pit Cross-Section
Work Sample Intern at Nelson Byrd Woltz | Summer 2023 Private Garden Project My contribution: Rendering two sections based on the designed cross section - 100%
Plantation Project My contribution: Photoshop three renderings based on the designed 3D rhino model - 90%
Wetland
Visitor Center
Heritage Farm
Work Sample Intern at Shenzhen Ao Ya Design Co. Ltd | Summer 2021 Shanghai Ant S Park My contribution: Axon Diagrams - 100%; Rendering modification - 50%
Beijing International Tennise Center My contribution: Outdoor layout plan during the competition 50% Site plan function analysis - 100%
Function Analysis
Sight Axon Diagram
Site Plan Zone Axon Diagram
Outdoor Event Planning
Travel Sketches
selected work of Gigi Zhiqing Liu Master of Landscape Architecture of UVA