Lucas Haoyue Xu/Graduate Landscape Architect Portfolio, RMIT University

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DESIGN PROJECTS

BOYA Park Public Space Design | Individual Project | 2019 1. 04

CityX: Mawan2077: Water Catchment City Sustainable Design | Group Project | 2020 2. 12

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CONTENTS

Superterrestrial: Future Coode History Research + Mapping | Individual Seminar Project| 2020 3. 20

The Same River Twice Technical Drawing + Spatial Analysis | Individual Seminar Project | 2022 4. 32

DRAWINGS + PHOTOGRAPHS

VISUAL ESSAYS Space, Order and Aesthetics Internship Works | Other Works | 2017-2023 5. 50

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BOYA

PARK ShanShui Landscape

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Individual Project | 2019

Site: Hanyang, China Site Area: 100 Acre

Background

In ancient times, a music master named Yu Boya once played "Lofty Mountain and Flowing Water”, one of the the top10 ancient Chinese tunes, here, expressing his feelings. The woodcutter Zhong Ziqi understood his ambition in the mountains and rivers, the two became bosom friends. Later, after Zhong Ziqi died of illness, Yu Boya was so sad that he broke his zither in front of his friend's tomb and never played it again. Later generations named the site Boya Platform.

Built in 2018, the Boya Art Gallery is an important part of central cultural and art zone in Hanyang,Hubei. In order to attract more citizens to come here, it is essential to improve the cultural heritage of the district.

The core vision of this project is to combine the external landscape of the art gallery(Boya Park) with the architecture and surrounding environment to make people feel as if they are in the landscape painting and restore the artistic conception of "Lofty Mountain and Flowing Water”.

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A ring road on the roof for people to walk. Project Area: 45423 ㎡ Rooftop Part Ground Part
6 "Architecture"--Shan(Natural Structure) "Landscape"--Shui(Natural Elements) Grass slope Dry stream Circuit Waterfall Mountain Stream Canyon "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" Huanggong Wang AD1350 Wide vison Limited vison Mountain Ring Earth Ring Rainwater collection tank (Entrance Waterscape) Grassed Swales The drainage pumping station The Concave Greenland Permeable Paving Node Positioning Water System Setting Drainage System Strategy Node Connection Entrance Waterscape Water Mirrors (alpine lakes) Dry Stream Moon Lake Initial Strategy

Cape of Good Scenery

When you walk along the main stream of the roof to the ground, you come to Cape of Good Hope. There are only a few sparse trees, so the view to the direction of the Moon Lake is very open and pleasant.

Bamboo Ring Road

Through the open entrance waterscape, visitors come to the tortuous bamboo ring road. When you walk here, it seems as if you are in a bamboo forest in the mountains. You can sit here and rest, or you can walk slowly here.

Quiet Place of The Fir Forest

The tall fir trees block the pumping station, where tourists are less dense, so it's very quiet. When you come here, you can forget all the noise around you.

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Michelia chapensis Dandy Osmanthus fragrans Cerasus sp Malus halliana Koehne Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl. Cerasus sp Phyllostachys aureosulcata cv. Spectabilis
9 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 Rings + 12 Scenes 1. A Walk By The Water 2. Bamboo Ring Road 3. Round Seat Square 4. Grass Bridge Canyon 5. Grass Step into The Lake 6. Cape of Good Scenery 7. Quiet Place of The Fir Forest 8. Art Grass Slope 9. Dry Stream With Gravel 10. Water Mirror to The Sky 11. Ribbon in The Air 12. Interphase of Grass And Stone Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. Celtis sinensis Pers. Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makinoz Presl. Spectabilis SedumlineareThunb Thaliade albata Iris pseudacorus L. Metasequoia glyptostroboides Koelreuteriapaniculata Acer buergerianum Miq Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. Prunus persica 0 15M 40M

The

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lighting design is composed of the spotlight pole of the fountain of the entrance square pool, the spotlight of the fluorescent road of the square, the reed lamp beads in the Pennisetum wetland, the light belt under the cloud-like ribbon, the circular light belt of the sinking grass pool, and the diffuse reflection light belt of the grass and stone
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12 CityX: MAWAN 2077 Water Catchment City

Group Project | 2020

Site: Mawan, HongKong

Site Area: 240 Acre

Group Member: Ziqi Zhou(RMIT), Jingyi Wu(RMIT)

Individual Role: Landscape Architect

Background

The initiative of the Mawan2077 project begins with the conflict in the world nowadays around water. On one hand huge areas around globe are affected by storm surge caused by climate change. On the other one a continuous shortage of fresh water become more severe every day.

The project aims to experiment in Mawan city by exploring how all future cities can respond to the conflict around water. MaWan is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island, with an area of 240 acres.

This project is the first stage of future city, what proposed is a city that achieve high efficiency of water utilization and self-sustainability and suppress the disastrous consequence of storm surge.

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14 water catchment water utilization greenery (for reclaimed water) (for storm surge water) (for rain water) sponge skin water management layer 01 layer 02 layer 03 Water Flow Simulate The Most significant factor which drives the city as a water catchment system is the water flow. Therefore, Water flow is simulated according to topography and the resulting flow lines ultimately show where water is most needed in the system. Water Catchment System Over time, the flow of the water has become clearer and this has led to the positioning of important functional nodes in the city of Mawan. The subsequent urban structure and water cycle infrastructure is based on the results of this simulation. City Structure
Carbon cycle Absorb CO2 O2 Strong light Control light intensity Algea + Circulating Sea Water Reduce light Strong light Water catchment Water catchment expandable structure water-absorbing superabsorbent polymer vinyl transparent waterproof tarpaulin canopy Growing while absorting water irrigation treatment / Park / Farm / Swale Greywater Sponge Skin Efficient Grey Water System Habitat Pod Treatment swale Park street Urban farm
1 2 3 4 5 6 The plan shows the layout of habitat pods and the greenary embedded in between under the skin. These 6 blocks were cut to explore the relationship of different layers and the possibility of how the city works. Masterplan 50M 50M Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 A A' B C B' C'
17 GREYWATER TREATMENT URBAN FARM GREENERY WATER CATCHMENT HABITAT POD SMART FISIHING ARTIFICIAL REEF TRANSPORTATION Block 3 This block section shows how transportation is hanged and the structure of underwater artificial reef and smart fishing system. Block 2 This block section shows the space relationship and where habitat pod and water catchment are located. Bolck 1 The block section explores the possible vison of future water catchment city from top down. It is built with farm, greenary, and grey water treatment underground.
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Habitat Pod Plan + Sections
AA' BB' CC'
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Natural coastline Mawan's future coastline is interwoven with the habitat pod and the urban skin, which together serve to protect against rising sea levels and storm surges. The landscaped green spaces along the coast form a linear park and are seamlessly integrated with the agricultural land. The water collected by the Mawan catchment system flows through the topography to the different levels of the functional areas, thus achieving an efficient water cycle. Light Energy Community The use of algae in the habitat pod provides the community with better air quality and an adjustable amount of natural light intake. The community's light intensity and vegetation growth can be self-regulated in response to seasonal and climatic changes, thus maximising energy efficiency and providing a more pleasant living environment for the community's residents.

SUPERTERRISTRIAL

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Future Coode

Visual Essay | 2020

Site: Coode island, Port Melbourne

Topic: History Research + Mapping

Background

In the context of economic globalization, there is a transnational or trans-regional flow of goods in the world all the time. This flow connects the world into a unified big market. Because air transportation has strict restrictions on the type and weight of goods, port transportation is still the main mode of transportation.

On August 4, 2020, a huge explosion occurred in the port of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The explosion killed at least 220 people, injured more than 5,000 people, and displaced more than 300,000 people. A large number of buildings were damaged. The explosion is believed to be caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the port warehouse for many years. This big explosion brought up a question: should flammable and explosive chemicals be stored in ports in densely populated areas?

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07 835 most active ports in the world. map1.1 Port Land Sea

Globally, there are 835 most active ports (map1.1), including seaports and inland ports. Although there are thousands of ports besides them, more than 99% of the world’s trade is conducted through these ports.

Australia is the only country in the world that occupy the entire continent and the largest country in Oceania. Since it has no land connection with any country, port transportation is especially important. Port Phillip bay is located in Victoria, Australia. It is the most densely populated catchment area in Australia, with an estimated 4.5 million people living near the bay. There are three large ports (map1.2) around Port Phillip bay, including Port of Melbourne.

The Port of Melbourne is Australia’s largest capital container and general cargo port, handling more than one third of the country’s container trade. It consists of many different terminals and is operated separately (map2.1). The port was previously operated by the Port of Melbourne Corporation, a Victorian government entity. In 2016, the Victorian Government granted Port Melbourne Operations Limited a 50-year lease for Port Melbourne.

In the Port of Melbourne, there is an area dedicated to storing flammable and explosive chemicals, called Coode island. It is adjacent to the large container terminal Swanson dock(map2.2)

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2.2 1.2
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Coode island Port Phillip Bay Melbourne (AUMEL) Geelong (AUGEX)
15°S 30°S
Hastings (AUHAS)
Melbourne Victoria
56.9km 58.6km
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YarraRiver
River Land Swanson Dock infrastructure Road network
Yarra
Containers Petrochemical storage facility
YarraRiver Yarra River
Melbourne
Terminals Anchor Tank (West Melbourne) West Swanson Terminal ACFS Port Logistics Deport A Partrick Terminals -Melbourne
Swanson Dock
YarraRiver
24 Site Land Water system Water system Water system
Maribyrnong River West Melbourne Swamp Hobsons Bay Williamstown MooneePondsCreek Coode island Victoria Dock Yarra River Yarra River YarraRiver Hobsons Bay Williamstown Coode Canal Hobsons Bay Coode island Yarra River Port Melbourne Williamstown Sandridge Swanson Dock Yarra River (oldYarraRiver course) Site Land Site Land Coode island Before 1880
1892
West Melbourne Swamp Railway Canal Maribyrnong River 2020
YarraRiver
After
After 1945

Before 1880, Coode island was a swamp best route of the canal for part of the Port of Melbourne. So a canal cuts the Sandridge swamp the Yarra River. This canal is named Coode Canal. As time progressed, the old Yarra River course was gradually filled and disappeared (map3.2.1)

The land function of Coode Island has also changed with the urbanization process of Melbourne development of the Melbourne city and the gradual increase in demand for goods, materials on Coode Island continued to accumulate, from unmanned swamps to animal quarantine stations, and then in 1927, Larkin Aircraft Supply Company established business here, including Factory, airport. After World War II, the area was used to store petrochemical products. Later, the Swanson Dock container terminal was built on the south side of the island, thereby reducing the area of the original Coode Island. The current Coode Island is mainly occupied by flammable and explosive petrochemical products and railways. It is mainly used to store petrochemical products. It is only about 4 kilometers from Melbourne CBD and less than 1 kilometers from the nearest residential area. According to forecasts, Melbourne’s area will continue to expand in 2050 (map 4.2), and the location of Coode Island will still be the center of Melbourne in the future. It will have a better geographic location and land value. According to past experience, the function of Coode Island It is also very likely that changes will continue with the process of urbanization.

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4.1 4.2 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 Healsville Coode island Port Phillip Bay Melton Sunbury Whittlesea Werribee Sunshine Broadmeadows Epping Glen Waverley Ringwood Dandenong CBD 5km 10km 20km 1971---Added an container terminal 2001---Storage, rail yards etc. 2015---Storage, rail yards etc. 1883---Low swamp 1927---A factory and aerodrome 1954--- Storage of petrochemicals Urban growth boundary Current Melbourne boundary Predict Melbourne boundary 2050 Healsville Coode island Port Phillip Bay Melton Sunbury Whittlesea Werribee Sunshine Broadmeadows Epping Glen Waverley Ringwood Dandenong CBD 5km 10km 20km
Melbourne Geelong Gas Bulk Vehicles Port Containers Dry Bulk Tanker Coode island Gas Bulk Vehicles Port Containers Dry Bulk Tanker Melbourne Fremantle Sydney Newcastle Brisbane

In the world, the types of cargo ships are mainly divided into five categories: container, dry bulk, tanker, gas bulk, and vehicles (map5.1). The Port of Melbourne is a comprehensive large port, so these five types are involved. The frequency and volume of freighters are huge (map5.2) . When cargo ships from all over the world berth at the dock and exchange materials, they often introduce some exotic plants into the local area. Without human intervention, some exotic plants that can adapt to the local environment can survive and reproduce successfully here, which increase the value of local biodiversity.

The biodiversity value of Melbourne has an obvious relationship with the city area. When entering the city area of Melbourne, the value of biodiversity began to decline sharply (map6.1). However, in the Port of Melbourne, especially on Coode island, the value of biodiversity is much higher than other parts of Melbourne due to the exchange of materials carried out by freighters from all over the world (map6.2). This feature further enhances the value of the land on Coode island.

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6.2 5.1 5.2 Low High 2km 5km YarraRiver Coode island Yarra River Port Phillip Bay Low High Sunbury Sunshine Broadmeadows Epping Glen Waverley CBD 5km 10km 20km Coode island Port Phillip Bay
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4.8km Mediterranean Sea 4.8km 1,862,000 residents 0 1900 Residents per 10,000 sq, meter Partial Severe damage Extent of the blast damage Beirut, Lebanon Cyprus Syria Iraq Turkey Iran Jordan Saudi Arabia
2km 5km 10km 20km Coode island School Melbourne CBD 5km 10km 15km Coode island Neighbourhood Residential Zone Mixed Used Zone

In fact, in 1991, a chemical storage tank explosion occurred on Coode Island. At about 2.17 pm on August 21, 1991, an explosion occurred on Coode Island in Melbourne. A 600,000-liter chemical storage tank containing acrylonitrile exploded and caught fire. The fire burned various harmful chemicals including acrylonitrile, phenol, methyl ethyl ketone and benzene, forming a cloud of potentially toxic black smoke, prompting the evacuation of Footscray Elementary School, nearby buildings and ships, and closing the road. Fortunately, the strong wind in Melbourne that day dissipated the dense smoke. Although the impact range was as much as 30 kilometers from the scene, it did not cause a large number of casualties (map9.1). The population density of Melbourne today has changed significantly from that in 1991 (map9.2)

If the explosion occurred in 2020 without the help of strong winds, the consequences are likely to be similar to the Beirut explosion. A total of about 16 chemical storage tanks were damaged or destroyed in the 1991 Coode island explosion, and about 8.6 million liters of chemicals were burned and leaked. The government initially established the Coode Island review team, and then conducted a second investigation of the federal government, requesting amendments to the application. One of the main recommendations of the postincident investigation was to move high-risk chemical storage facilities to remote areas. However, in June 1997, due to unknown reasons, the Victorian Government announced that it was abandoning the plan to relocate the facility, which is still at the Coode Island in the Port of Melbourne.

Another reason for the need to improve the safety and security of Coode Island is its geographic location in the current Victorian railway system. Melbourne is the heart of Victoria’s railway lines (map 10.1.1) and the public transport routes (tram line and bus line) in Melbourne city are also very dense (map 10.1.2), and Coode island is in the center of Melbourne’s public transport network (map10.2), once another explosion similar to 1991 occurs on Coode Island, it may cause the collapse of public transportation and rail transportation in Melbourne and even the entire Victoria.

Except for the large number of high-rise residential buildings in the CBD area, Melbourne is currently dominated by low-density residential buildings. As the population increases, the construction of high-rise residential buildings will speed up, which means that the construction cost and property value of the urban areas around Coode Island will rise. So although with the improvement of the relevant security review system, the docks may be safer than before, but they are still too close to residential areas so it is still disturbing.

At the same time, the development of science and technology can promote the process of urbanization, but when a city develops to a certain stage, it will be limited by the original urban structure and enter a development bottleneck period. Coode Island started container transportation services in 1960 and carried out large quantities of petrochemical storage. It has been 60 years, and today’s urban development trend is smart cities, and the docks have begun to be unmanned. Machines can begin to replace people to perform more efficiently and work more accurately. Therefore, in the future, Coode Island may have a higher land use value than storing chemical gases. If it only performs its original functions, it may limit the development of the Melbourne port.

Therefore, combined with the port’s past history and current urbanization development trends, these petrochemical storage facilities should be relocated to further places instead of remaining in the urban area of Melbourne. In the future, Coode island can be integrated with the adjacent Swanson Dock to carry out a more promising robotic container transportation business. It is also a good choice to give full play to the high biodiversity value of the site, protect the plants inside and build a nature reserve.

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10.1.1 10.2 9.1 9.2 10.1.2 2km 5km 20km Residents per 10,000 Coode island St Kilda Caulfield South Yarra Camberwell Boxhill CBD 2km 5km 10km 20km Coode island St Kilda Caufield South Yarra Camberwell Clayton Boxhill CBD Glen waverley Toxic smoke spread direction Main affected areas Water system 0 837 Residents per 10,000 sq, meter (1991)
31 Melbourne border Rail Corridor Tram line Bus line 2km 5km Melbourne border Rail Corridor Tram line Bus line Victoria State border Rail Corridor Melbourne Geelong Traralgon Ballarat Bendigo Albury Warrnambool Echuca Sunshine Broadmeadows Glen Waverley Coode island CBD Port Melbourne Footscary Brunswick Maribynong

Vertical, Horizontal, Shed21

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THE SAME RIVER TWICE

Site: Melbourne Topic: Technical Drawing + Spatial Analysis

Background

The Same River Twice is an interesting seminar that provides a way of thinking about the principles of landscape composition. Before this seminar, I lacked a systematic approach to the formation of landscape, but during this semester, my thinking became much clearer through drawing.

This seminar gave me the opportunity to visit many Melbourne landscapes, both functionally and historically, and I benefited a lot from it.

In the process of accumulation, the results of my production also accumulated, at first one point, then two points, then a dozen points ...... Then I figured out how to connect them into faces, one face, two faces, and then a dozen faces ...... Then I discovered that I could put faces together into bodies, and my results became three-dimensional, one body, two bodies, and finally a dozen bodies ..... Next, naturally, I knew what I was going to do next - put the blocks together, and I found that there were countless combinations possible - landscape design is perhaps like that, when you start to work out how it works and make some progress, your design ideas start to explode.

This document is organized chronologically, recounting my footsteps, my discoveries, and my ideas over the course of three months, and ultimately in the form of a maquette in fisherman bend’s legacy, Shed21.

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Visual Essay | 2022

View lines& Paths

Viewline and pathway allow me to measure the site with my eyes and feet respectively. This brings different feelings, and different ideas.

When studying the pathway, the near paving materials are the main character, I focus on the alignment and extension of these materials from a horizontal perspective. Visiting Jewell Station was an interesting experience, as it broke my stereotype of a crude and dilapidated station outside of Melbourne’s CBD.

While the distant landscape plays an important role when studying viewlines, in Jones Park I focused more on the vertical dimension, which gave me a new perspective on a park.

Throughout my research on this topic, I learned to look at the landscape from both a horizontal and vertical perspective, much like the orthogonal decomposition in mechanics, making the cause and effect more concise and understandable.

Top Observation Deck

Dog off leash area

From an abandoned landfill to a restored green public space, Jones Park has succeeded in activating the surrounding community’s passion for the outdoors.

When people walk around different corners of a park, they often want a different visual experience. If the paving of the paths provides a change of experience and rhythm in the horizontal direction, the clever and sensible planting strategy enhances the viewline experience in the vertical direction.

Seating / lounge area

Basketball Court

There is a small bridge across the marsh at the entrance here

The playground is hidden in the woods

Jones Park, AQL Brunswick, 10 acres

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The trees on the side of the observation deck are more dense

Top Observation Deck

The trees on the observation deck side are less dense

Viewline to CBD skyline

The slope is low enough so that dog walkers do not block the view of the viewer

To the left of the bridge is the water system, some shrubs are planted around it

From this tree, the left side of the sidewalk is planted with high density, in contrast to the sports field.

A basketball court with an open field of view Sidewalk

To enter the park you need to walk on this bridge

The area without planting, and the view of the residential buildings in the distance is very open

To the right of the bridge is a wooded area with a low fence that prevents people from entering and serves as a park boundary.

There are several important keywords about how planting strategy affects viewline: planting slope, planting density, and vegetation height. First of all, slope affects the choice of planting to a certain extent, with flat areas suitable for tall trees and sloping areas tending to be turf, so viewlines tend to be less crowded where there is a significant change in slope. Secondly, planting density depends on how the designer wants to guide the user’s view, people may tend to stand in places with narrow views to look at places with open views, so high planting density is good for viewing and low planting density is good for activities. Finally, the height of the vegetation depends on the accessibility of the area, which will determine the type of vegetation there, whether trees, shrubs, or herbs. Also, if you add a little color variation to the vegetation, the viewline experience will be much richer and more interesting.

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1. The first theme of the maquette focuses on the initial design of the viewline and pathway of the main entrance of Shed21. The main entrance was set at the bottom of the Bolte Bridge where it meets the left side of Shed21, as it is a more prominent location when viewed from the outside roadside and helps to attract visitors. The planting strategy is the key word in this phase, as the degree of visibility varies with the density of the trees planted and therefore the pace of the visitors, achieving a sense of rhythm.

2. Considering that there is no clear demarcation line between Bolte Bridge and Shed21, a row of trees was set up as a buffer for the view line, where native species of Fisherman Bend will be selected to ensure that the plants can grow properly. In terms of materials, the seats at the bottom of the shade are designed as wooden panels, thus providing a transition from the non-functional area at the bottom of the bridge to the recreational area.

3. From the top, the pavement of the pathway is temporarily divided into three areas: asphalt pavement for the external carriageway of Shed21, bluestone pavement for the middle part of the sidewalk, and sand pavement for the internal activity area, following a hard to soft texture change to match the function of the different areas.

The first maquette is a very basic draft, containing only the initial ideas for the renovation of Shed21, and the subsequent maquettes will build on and adjust the previous maquette to make the design richer and more reasonable.

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View lines& Paths: Maquette
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Enclosure

If pathway and viewline are the accumulation of landscape units at the horizontal and vertical levels respectively, then enclosure is the assembly of these landscape units in a certain pattern to form a space.

In Victoria Garden, I felt the order and beauty of enclosure, and explored the rules of its successful integration with the surrounding environment.

In Standing by Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner, I discovered that the proper use of enclosure can give cultural and historical significance to the landscape, and it is interesting to note that the designers achieved this precisely by using native tree species on a vertical level and bluestone on a horizontal level.

Turn around at the swing set, and you will see the Old Melbourne Gaol.

The seat at the ordinary swing was replaced with a dark gray tombstone

All the walkable areas are covered with regular bluestone paving. This paving forms a path that extends to the Old Melbourne Gaol a few dozen meters away, symbolizing the connection of old and new spaces in the same context.

In a low-saturation natural enclosure, the 6 colors symbolizing the Australian and Aboriginal flags are used in art installations made of mailboxes, which are very eye-catching.

The cultural significance of this space is to honor these two indigenous heroes, so their names are neatly carved into the stone.

When facing this area head-on, the eye is drawn to the tall swing structure. It looks a little taller than the swings in the general playground, so it looks very grand.

The herbal species that symbolize the indigenous culture have been chosen as the greenery that surrounds the central area.

This memorial space is located at the corner of the road, so the façade facing the road is planted with trees, thus blocking the view.

At a basic functional level, the Enclosure serves to divide the function of the space through its vertical dimension. The “Standing by Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner Brook Andrew + Trent Walter” is a public space with three closed sides and one open side, so that the entrance is clearly positioned and thus guides the visitor’s view. On a cultural functional level, the use of indigenous plants gives the enclosure a deeper meaning.

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Standing by Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner Brook Andrew + Trent Walter Melbourne, 2016

From the top view, Victoria Green is a very layered, enclosed space. The surrounding buildings act as the outermost part of the enclosure, followed by the community’s public facilities and al fresco dining. Then, a ring of plantings forms the exterior of the green space, and finally, the innermost green lawn provides a wide and free space for movement. It is interesting to note that each time you enter an area, the height of the site sinks a little, with the middle lawn being the lowest point of the site, giving the impression of being enclosed by the landscape as you stand in the middle.

From the section, the landscape facilities fill the gap of vertical enclosure. These facilities are mainly for human use, generally at a slightly lower height than people, in contrast to the trees above people, creating a sense of hierarchy. In terms of materials, the hard metal of the facilities and the flexible material of the plants also create a sense of hierarchy. In general, the enclosure is a blend of height variations and

39 Site Plan 1:300@A1 Facilities Facilities Facilities GRASS Inside space for activities Import Ln Geographe Ln Rotating seats CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES SPACE Facilities Exit Entrance Landscape Wall Handrail Seat Wooden floor Wooden floor Sands&Small gravels Asphalt Brick Asphalt Stone Fence Stone Fence
Victoria Green, Oculus + Aspect + GHD Docklands, 2015

1. The second maquette is an iterative process that keeps some of the ideas from the first maquette, and adds the ideas generated in the theme Enclosure. As the ideas accumulated, the content and elements of the maquette grew.

2. At the base of the Bolte Bridge and at the connection with this area, steel sculptures, the cultural symbol of Shed 21, serves to separate spaces and guide the view.

As a legacy from the first theme, Fisherman bend’s native vegetation are palnted together with the steel sculptures form the outermost layer of Shed21.

3. As the centerpiece of the site, the shed21 building is set at the lowest point of the terrain and is surrounded by green lawns. Steel sculptures are placed on wooden terraces, concrete landscape seating for visitors, landscape walls and native trees together form the vertical level of the enclosure.

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Bend Shed 21 206 Lorimer St, Docklands VIC 3008
Maquette/ Fisherman
41 Maquette/ Fisherman Bend Shed 21 206 Lorimer St, Docklands VIC 3008 Maquette/ Fisherman Bend Shed 21 206 Lorimer St, Docklands VIC 3008 1 2 3

Threshold

When viewline and pathway together form the core of the landscape, and enclosure forms the shell of the landscape, Threshold starts to play an important role to connect the core and the shell.

In Pentridge Piazza, the threshold is a pathway that texturally connects the old and the new - the black and white history of the old prison and the bustling community life of contemporary Melbourne.

In Rodda Lane, threshold is a dancing palette of vibrant and mischievous colors that awaken the sleepy back alley of the campus and connect it to the busy and exciting Melbourne CBD.

Rodda Lane, Sibling Architecture

Melbourne, 2021

Rodda

Rodda Lane splices together the quiet alleyways at the rear of several RMIT buildings to create two public outdoor spaces where social activities can take place. There is colourful seating and shade structures, as well as adequate lighting. The narrow alleyways are connected and activated by several threshold, and the convenient and thoughtful public facilities attract students and campus staff to rest and relax.

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SYN Studio
Building 4 Building 2 Building 24 Building 22 Building 16 Building 28 Rest place Rest place Entrance Entrance RMIT Storey Hall RMIT University RMIT Site Eight Gallery Rodda Lane
Lane RMIT Gallery Entrance

Stairs as an entrance

Stages to seat place

Flat,smooth pavement

Blind lane, Handrails

Narrow lane connect outside/inside of campus

Asphalt paving

Buildings

Blue and white decorateive top with roadside seating

The staircase provides an entrance to the laneway at the rear of the campus, and the paving of the bluestone provides a good walking environment, so that people know that this is not a dirty/boring alleyway.

There are handrails and blind alleys for people who need, which together with the orderly paving attract people to the Rodda Lane.

This is a threshold with multiple directions. The colours, paving and signage act as a diversion for the crowd.

The brightly coloured facilities point to the lounge area. The dark asphalt paving and neat steps point to the school building. The signage helps people in Rodda Lane to leave the campus by going in different directions.

Paving of the same species as the entrance

Blue and white decorative top with roadside seating

The seats on either side of the lane provide a space for people walking and coming out of the building to rest and chat, while the blue and white colouring makes the otherwise dark lane vibrant and attractive.

The same type of paving is used from the entrance stairs to the end of the lane, providing continuity of movement, and the greenery around the corner signals the arrival at the central square of Rodda Lane.

Bright yellow staircase in the distance

Pavement change at pedestrian pillar

The same asphalt paving as the streets outside the campus

plan 1:50@A1

This is the threshold where La Trobe Street joins Rodda Lane. The carving of the RMIT logo on the ground, the bright yellow pedestrian pillars and steps guide pedestrians into Rodda Lane, and the bright yellow staircase and blue installation on the far side guide people further in.

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Pavement plan 1:50@A1 Pavement plan 1:50@A1 Pavement

1. In this Maquette, the space around Shed 21, the iconic symbol, has been redesigned to create an attractive and recognisable threshold, mainly through the division of space between colour and paving at the entrance.

2. While retaining the existing sports space of Shed 21, the entrance is divided into a cycling path and a pedestrian path with bright yellow asphalt and bluestone paths, thus attracting specific groups to the area.

3. The planting of native species and the green resting area with a slope serve as water catchment and drainage, while separating the external road from the internal nonmotorised area.

The main part of the site, Shed21, has been preserved in its original structure and repainted in a bright blue colour, which makes it more attractive and symbolises the reactivation of the urban heritage in the post-industrial era.

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Threshold: Maquette
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role of

plays

florist, careful

watering,

keep the flower to look its best. Whether it’s Ron Barassi Senior Park or New Quay Central Park, it’s as if I see their past and their future in their current state. The methods of maintenance can be varied, and as long as they are appropriate to the material or plant characteristics, they will work.

New Quay Central Park CAStudios / SAALA +Aspect Studios Docklands, 2016

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Form:Landscape architectural intervention Material:Plastic board Type:Non-permanent Serve:Shrubs, People, Landscape form Performance: Improve and Deteriorate Form:Landscape architectural intervention Material:Weeding equipment Type:Non-permanent Serve:Grass, People, Space function Performance: Deteriorate over time Form:Landscape architectural intervention Material:Steel plates/Screws/Coating Type:Non-permanent but long term Serve:People, Space function Performance: Deteriorate slowly over time Form:Landscape intervention Material:Wood stick, Nylon ropes Type:Permanent Serve:Tree Performance: Deteriorate over time Maintenance
the wonderful design elements and ideas are like flowers,
they
the flowering period
you
will
fade,
All
beautiful when
bloom, but
is different, if
do not care about it, it
always
and maintenance
the
the
care,
to

Triptych,1:10@A1

Maintenance of Tree

Form: Landscape architectural intervention Material: Wood stick, Nylon ropes Type: Permanent Serve: Tree Performance: Deteriorate over time

Over time, changes in the height and weight of the tree can affect the protective structure, which in the absence of human intervention can become ineffective and affect the growth of the tree.

Triptych,1:10@A1

Maintenance of Shrubs

Form: Landscape architectural intervention Material: Plastic board Type: Non-permanent Serve: Shrubs, People, Landscape form Performance: Improve and Deteriorate

The plastic sheeting allows the shrubs to grow normally to a certain height, but at a later stage, human intervention is required to prune the shrubs, which otherwise interfere with the seating.

Triptych,1:10@A1

Maintenance of Grass

Form: Landscape architectural intervention Material: Weeding equipment Type: Non-permanent Serve: Grass, People, Space function Performance: Deteriorate over time

Herbicides help to create patterns while maintaining the site, and these patterns can help to define the space in the open grass. Once the grass has regrown, weed control interventions will need to be carried out again to ensure that the site is viable for activities.

Triptych,1:10@A1

Maintenance of Boudary

Form: Landscape architectural intervention Material: Steel plates/Screws/Coating Type: Non-permanent but long term Serve: People, Space function Performance: Deteriorate slowly over time

The landscape form of the tree trunk wall acts as a park boundary. Steel plates and screws hold the tree trunks in the ground and the shrubs and stones work together to soften the boundary line. Over time the trunks may decay or loosen, requiring the structure to be re-secured, parts of the trunks replaced and the shrubs pruned.

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Growing
Final Stage
Newborn
wire
Sapling period
Trees
Start to be destroyed Completely invalid Plastic Protective Sheet
grass “Landscape wall”
structure + rock Grass growth period Plastice sheet removed “Seats” - wooden panel on the landscape wall Overgrown weeds Seats not available
Some
will be
Grass
Artistic patterns Dividing the lawn area The grass grows, the pattern becomes lighter After the grass is fully grown, new pattern is designed for the next cycle. Stable underground fixing structure Grass, stone softening border
wood
damaged over time
grows taller Maintenance of grass Wood replacement

1. In this maquette, the look of the design from the previous iterations of the theme was kept, and then the maintenance part was put underground. My philosophy is that the first three themes are for the users, while the maintenance is for the site, so it doesn’t have to be visible to the users, and it’s better not to affect the aesthetics of the site. Initially, all the maintenance installations were connected underground as a system, which is a combination of water storage, irrigation and planting.

2. Rainwater is collected in the tank, and the weight of the tank stabilizes the overall underground structure, thus holding the tree in place. Since the force pulling the trunk changes dynamically with the amount of water in the tank, there is no continuous confrontation with the tree and eventual deformation of the structure.

3. Irrigation allows shrubs and trees to thrive without consuming additional water, a sustainable strategy that makes the maintenance of shed21 more environmentally friendly and easier to implement, while not investing too much management effort.

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Bend Shed 21 206 Lorimer St, Docklands VIC 3008
Maquette/ Fisherman
50 SPACE, ORDER AND AESTHETICS Other Works
Individual Technical Drawing: ADC Buiding Axonometric Diagram Project:Liangyou Red Town Art Design Center (2019) Individual Part: 3D Axonometric Drawing, AutoCAD Drawing

Other Works | 2017-2023

Topic: Technical Drawing, Film Photographing, Hand drawing, Others

Individual Technical Drawing: Construction Plan Project:Tingrui Town – The culture reception hall in Doushanyi(2018)

Individual Part: Analytical Drawing, Plan Drawing, Section Drawing, Text Bilingual Writing/Proofreading

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Individual Technical Drawing: ADC Buiding Elevation

Project:Liangyou Red Town Art Design Center

Chief Designer: Tao Li, UAO Architecture

Individual Role:Student Landscape Architect

Individual Part: 3D Axonometric Drawing, AutoCAD Drawing Year:2019

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Individual Technical Drawing: Section of UAO Office Project:UAO Power Office

Chief Designer: Tao Li, UAO Architecture

Individual Role:Student Landscape Architect

Individual Part: 3D modelling, Section Drawing Year:2019

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Individual Technical Drawing: Section of Cafe/Wedding Hall/Reception Hall

Project:Tingrui Town – The culture reception hall in Doushanyi

Chief Designer: Tao Li, UAO Architecture

Individual Role:Student Landscape Architect

Individual Part: Analytical Drawing, Plan Drawing, Section Drawing, Text Bilingual Writing/Proofreading

Year:2018

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Year:2018
Hand Drawing: Summer Practice

Individual

56 0 100m 250m Main Entrance West Gate South Gate A South Gate B Entrance garden Worship island Natural burial area A Natural burial area B Green Loop Church Masoleum&Memorial walls Natural burial area C
Project Drawing Project:EdgeLand Site:Point Cook, Victoria, Australia Key Words: Cemetery design, Community design, Sustainable design, Carbon neutral Year:2021
57 N Masterplan Second Entrance East Gate Parking area Pocket Square Crematorium Water catchment facilities Lawn burial area Traditional burial area Community center Green Loop Mausoleum Memorial walls Native Vegetation Reserve Picnic area Church outdoor activity area Church MAUSOLEUMS/MEMORIAL WALLS &CHURCH Traditional gravestone burial Center lake Lawn burial Pocket Square Crematorium TRADITIONAL BURIAL &LAWN BURIAL AREAS Cafe/Restaurant Performance space Festive activities area Artwork/Sculpture exhibition/Museum Mini shopping mall Community Center / Visitor Center/ Rooftop Catering Garden COMMUNITY CENTER &MAIN ACTIVITY AREAS
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0411056188 xhy17764069770@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/haoyue-xu-lucas

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Haoyue (Lucas)

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