LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO HONG ZHANG Master of Landscape Architecture University of Melbourne
HONG ZHANG Email: hongz5@hotmail.com Tel: +61 0434 267 557
EDUCATION Feb 2017 - Dec 2018
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Master of Landscape Architecture - 200 Points Entry
Sep 2012 - Jun 2016
SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, ZHEJIANG A& F UNIVERSITY, CHINA Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
EXHIBITION Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
MSDX, MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN END OF YEAR SHOW Exhibited Project: Heath and Fire Interfacing, Master of Landscape Architecture Thesis Exhibition Site: Melbourne School of Design Building, University of Melbourne
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
MSDX, MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN END OF YEAR SHOW Exhibited Project 1: Eco-Justice: Landscape Planning for Wollert Exhibited Project 2: Landscape Design as Extension of Persian Culture Center Exhibition Site: Melbourne School of Design Building, University of Melbourne
EMPLOYMENT Jan 2014 - Oct 2016
Jun 2014 - Sep 2014
OUTBOUND TOUR LEADER - HANGZHOU CHINA TRAVEL AGENCY CO.,LTD. My role required accompanying tourists for outbound travel, help them with flight check-in, hotel check in, coordination with local service providers, translation and guidance. INTERN LANDSCAPE DESIGNER - HANGZHOU GARDEN DESIGN INSTITUTE CO.,LTD. I was assigned with 3D modeling works and contributed to the conceptual design for a residential garden in Hangzhou, China.
DESIGN COMPETITION AWARDS Mar 2016
Aug 2015
FIRST PLACE, ZHEJIANG SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION SECOND PLACE, ZHEJIANG COUNTRYSIDE LANDSCAPE PLANNING & DESIGN COMPETITION
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS Dec 2018
NOMINATION TO THE 2019 HASSELL TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP ROBIN EDMOND AWARD. Thesis project receives a grade of 95% which ranks top 3 among colleagues recognized by the discipline leader, as a result I am shortlisted to enter the 2019 HASSELL Traveling Scholarship, competing with other top 5% landscape students of Australia.
Dec 2017
MELBOURNE GLOBAL SCHOLARS AWARD This scholarship is offered to high achieving students who intend to undertake overseas study as part of the degree course.
Feb 2015
THIRD PLACE, FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP Award students who have achieved top 15% weighted average mark in one year.
Sep 2012
THIRD PLACE, CHINA NATIONWIDE UNIVERSITY ENGLISH SPEECH CONTEST Award shortlisted students(top 10%) who demonstrate good fluency, expression and pronunciation in the final speech contest.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Feb 2018
MENTOR, MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN PEER MENTOR PROGRAM MSD students who are friendly, enthusiastic and responsible,academically capable to guide new students, also responded with a letter of thanks from the dean.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS GRAPHIC Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator VISUALIZATION SkethUp, Rhinoceros,Vary MICROSOFT OFFICE Word, Excel, Powerpoint TECHNICAL AutoCAD MAPPING Arcmap, Arcgis Pro, Mapbox
CONTENTS
DESIGN RESEARCH (2018)
HEATH AND FIRE INTERFACING
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LANDSCAPE PLANNING (2017)
ECO-JUSTICE
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STREETSCAPE (2017)
EXTENDED EDGE
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MATERIAL INSTALLATION (2017)
BIO-CRETE
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OTHER (2010-2017)
OTHER WORK
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01 HEATH AND FIRE INTERFACING Graduate Thesis Project / Individual Work (07.2018-10.2018) Site: Anglesea, Victoria Supervisor: Mark Frisby - Director of FFLA HEATH GARDENING AND CLAIMING
FENCE-LESS VIEWING
The thesis project focuses on the interface issue of locally valued heathland and fire safety. It is initiated from a mapping process of overlaying the biodiversity value and fire risk area of the Anglesea, which helps selecting a residential interface of high potential value while showing the vulnerability with fire hazards as the site. After classifying the existing site into specific vegetation groups consisting of individual heathy vegetation typologies , the design research evaluates and compares the heath related ecological benefits with the fire hazards. The outcome of such assessment process helps adequate applying of design strategies as well as the evolving of design typologies for the optimization of overall benefits to the community and the original landscape documented in the Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVC) of Victoria. It highlights the positive influence from the community and utilizes the fire scenario as the catalyst of engaging programs rather than the sign of destruction, offering an innovative approach for re-thinking about the bushfire issue as part of undeniable Australian Landscape through landscape architecture. The project received a total mark of 95/100 from the thesis jury of Melbourne School of Design, also being nominated to the 2018 Hassell Traveling Scholarship (which is an annually held scholarship for awarding one student, selecting from 20 most distinctive thesis projects of this profession in Australia).
FIRE MODIFIER INTEGRATED AMENITY
FIRE SIMULATOR
Fire Initiator Mist Dispersal
Fire Spread Rainwater Collection Humidity Modifier
Thermal & Humidity Sensor
Fire Control
Stone Edge
Emergent Fire
Gully Edge
Post-fire Seed Collection Water Storage Animals’ Refuge
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ASH WEDNESDAY IMPACT AREA
INTERFACE ISSUE BETWEEN FIRE AND HEATH
MAPPING OF BIODIVERSITY VALUE AND FIRE RISK
SITE SELECTION
EVENTS ON THE HISTORY
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IMPACT FROM THE FIRE PROCESS
COMPETITIVE ELIMINATION
The longer overstorey dominants monopolies light and soil resources during periods uninterrupted by fire, the greater the probability that understorey species will be eliminated from the site, leading to a decline in diversity of the community (Specht and Morgan 1981;Burrell 1981;Keith and Bradstock 1994).
WILDLIFE SURVIVAL
The occurrence and timing and fire ,as a germination cue, may be crucial in the recovery of susceptible species with long-live seed banks (Bradstock,2002).
CINNAMON FUNGUS THREAT
Cinnamon Fungus (Phytophthora cinnamomi) is an introduced pathogen that invades plant roots, of susceptible species preventing water transport in the root systems, which results in death or severe drought effects(McMahon,2002).
POTENTIAL FUEL SOURCES
FIRE PARAMETER
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COMPARISON OF EXISTING HEATH VALUE WITH FIRE RISK
Combined Heath Value
Combined Fire Risk 100%
100%
A: Scattered Heathy Woodland
50%
75%
Type b2: Medium Wood + Low Heath + Low Turf
Type a: Medium Heath + Low Heath
13 % 40%
60% D: Screening Plant
Type g: Medium Heath + Low Turf
Type h: High Wood + Low Heath
9%
Suitable for Low risk area
45% B: Dense Heathy Woodland
57 %
30%
C: Open Heathland
Type d: High Wood + Low Turf
Type c: Medium Wood + Medium Heath + Low Turf
30%
Type b1: Medium Wood + Low Heath
Type f: Low Turf
Type e: Low Heath + Low Turf
17 %
20% Suitable for Medium risk area
15% Type f: Low Turf
E: Turf Grass
4%
0%
10%
10% 20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
100%
Single Heath Form Value
MAPPING OF EXISTING VEGETATION TYPOLOGIES Dense Heathy Woodland
Scattered Heathy Woodland
N
Scattered Heathy Woodland 0
A
C B E D
c - c’
a - a’
28% Combined Fire Hazards
b - b’ 23% Combined Fire Hazards
26% Combined Heath Benefits
31% Combined Heath Benefits
25% Combined Fire Hazards
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30% Combined Heath Benefits
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18
30m
DESIGN STRATEGIES
MASTER PLAN
LEGEND
N
1.Pergola 6.Gully 11.Sitting Area
2.Lookout 3.Path 8.Decking 7.Stone Wall 12.Heath Gardening
5.Waterbody 10.Fire Simulator
4.Timber Walkway 9.Gravel Edge
0
10
30
50m
The Transformation 1
2
2
4 10
6
11
3 7
1
Woody vegetation
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1
12
9
12
12
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Materiality Mixture Heathy Vegetation Heath Program
Design Anticipation
Fire Program
c - c’
Path System & Built Forms
Edge Establishment
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE Fire Risk Control
20% Combined Fire Hazards 40% Combined Heath Benefits
Reinforced Edges
Public Amenity Integration Topography & buildings
Community Awareness
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15% Combined Fire Hazards 60% Combined Heath Benefits b - b’
15% Combined Fire Hazards 50% Combined Heath Benefits a - a’
TYPOLOGIES
Low Heath + Medium Heath
High Wood + Turf
Low Heath
Gravel Path
Sandy Gully
Stone Edge
Water + Gravel
Pebble Cell
Medium Wood + Medium Heath
High Wood + Medium Heath
Medium Wood + Low Heath
Low Heath
Timber Walk
Low Heath
Low Heath
Low Heath
Typology iv
Typology v
HEATH AND FIRE GRADIENT Heath Complexity Typology iii
Typology ii
Typology i
Potential Fire Risk
Medium Low
High
0
High
2
4
10m
PLAN VIEW x’ 6
y’ 2
Section x -x’
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Plant Matrix
5 7
Hovea heterophylla leiocarpa gatesii 20cm 20cm
LEGEND
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1.Path
2.Timber Walkway
3.Waterbody
4.Gully
5.Stone Wall
6.Decking
Grevillea infecunda Dipodium roseum Ixodia archillaeoi60cm 90cm des 1m
Birds
7.Sitting Area
Preys
spyridium parvifolium 1.5m
Acacia suaveolens 2m
Pultenaea mollis 2.5m
Eucalyptus littoralis 15m
Mammals
Predators
Preys
Predators
N x
3
Heath zone i
0
y
Heath zone ii
Heath zone iii
4
12
20m
Heath zone iv Section x -x’
Typology i
Typology ii
Typology ii,iii,iv
Typology v
Section y -y’ Heath zone i
Typology i
Heath zone ii
Typology iii
Heath zone iii
Typology ii,iii,iv
Heath zone iv
Typology iii
Heath zone v
THE ESTABLISHED EDGE
Typology v
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02 ECO-JUSTICE Competition / Group Work, Collaborate with Xin Yuan, Zhizhen Wang (08.2017-09.2018) Site: Wollert, Victoria, Australia Supervisor: Siqing Chen
Area of Suitability based on GIS
It is a landscape planning project aimed at the urban development for an entire suburb, with the essential design ideology of ecological justice, as the way of elevating the social and environmental value. Powered by the analytical tools of GIS, multiple layers of information (land, water, transportation‌) are given values based on their potential contribution to the future development, leading to the process of superimposing and the generation of the area of suitability. It further helps to guide the planning process, with the outcome of the rationally distributed density of residential, commercial and green infrastructures. Besides the landscape planning, the project also focuses on mid to small scale design for delivering fair and enough access to the green for every resident of the intended suburb. In summary, the project has shown the endeavor of bridging planning with the landscape design, from the solid GIS knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of the community.
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Spatial Layout
Conceptual Framework
MASTER PLAN
N
0
11
250 500
1000m
LEGEND
Area of Interest 1:Quarry Rehabilitation
Area of Interest 2: Concrete Factory Rehabilitation North
N LOOPS AND ALTERNATIVES Alternative routes or loops in a network reduce the negative effects of gaps, disturbances, predators, and hunters within corridors,thus increasing efficiency of movement.
North
N a’
Planting Participation
CLUSTER OF STEPPING STONES The optimal spatial arrangement of a cluster of stepping stones between large patches provides alternate or redundant routes, while maintaining an overall linearly-oriented array between the large patches.
b’ b
Legend
a
0
125 250
0 125 250
500m
500m
5 YEAR SCHEME
Section a-a’
15 YEAR SCHEME
Section b-b’ Timber Deck
Wet Plant Experience
30 YEAR SCHEME
Reading Area
Jogging Track
Outdoor Theatre
Sky Walk
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Wetland
Concrete Factory
Viewing Deck Residential
Waterway
CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS
03 EXTENDED EDGE Detail Design / Individual Work (07.2017-10.2017) Site: Sidney Myer Asia Center, Melbourne Supervisor: Akihito Hatayama
The project focused on the detailed scale of landscape installation, developed from the initial concept to the documentation drawings. The idea was to integrate the streetscape with the adjacent building from the form, materiality and functionality aspects, providing resting and educational space to the university community. The documentation phrase has undergone several revisions considering the buildability, stability, and sustainability of the proposed structure, adjusting the size and volume of the key joints and supporting components. The final outcome was presented with a physical model and the documentation package.
SITE LOCATION
3km from CBD
Sidney Myer Asia Center
PHYSICAL MODEL
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CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS
CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS
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04 BIO-CRETE
THE PLANTER STRUCTURE
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION
Material Testing / Group Work, Collaborate with Xin Yuan, Yiheng Yang (03.2017-05.2017) Site: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Supervisor: Mark Gillingham - Director of GLAS Landscape Architecture (Unit: centimeter)
The project is about designing the ecological edge for the water plants of vulnerability which needs care during the early growing stage to survive. The biological concrete I and my teammates have been experimenting on is believed to be an ecologically friendly solution. A serious of testing on the materiality combinations have been carried out, which helped me eliminate inappropriate ones and identify the potential prototypes, and they are likely to be capable of providing target plants with nutrients and protect them from their competitors at the early stage while decomposing themselves naturally the time plants grow into maturity. The importance of monitoring for landscape architecture has also been emphasized here, as I keep tracking the status of those bio-crete prototypes to further evaluate their efficiency and inform the latter design.
THE PREPARATION OF BASIC MATERIALS AND MOULD
THE FIRST DAY OF THE LIVING EDGE
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MOULD MAKING
MATERIAL TESTING WATER
CEMENT
SECTION VIEW - DESIGN ANTICIPATION SAND Strength
SAMPLE 1
SAMPLE 2
SAMPLE 3
PERLITE
SOIL Permeability
PLANTS Water-release Speed
FEATHER
WOOD
Selection Criteria
Prototype A (Standard)
Selection
1. Stability, Durability, Medium Strength
Prototype B (Soil/Wood)
Prototype C (Soil)
Prototype D (Soil/Feather)
Installation Date
Time Period
The design applies a QR code, Which links to a editable PDF file so that we can track and record the data of the bio-crete and the wetland plants in the future, also it raises the awareness of the public.
One Month
Time Period
FUTURE PROSPECT
Six Month
Time Period
2. Proper Level of Permeability
3. Medium Water-Release Speed
SAMPLE 4
SAMPLE 5
SAMPLE 6
SAMPLE 7
Material Selection Cement Sand Perlite Soil Plants Wood Feather
√ √ √ √ × √ √
Two Year
Time Period
Four Year
Time Period
PLAN VIEW - PLANTER GROUPS
SAMPLE 8
SAMPLE 9
SAMPLE 10
Through 10 groups of tests, we finally choose six kinds of materials as the ingredients of our bio-crete, whits are cement, sand, perlite, soil, wood and feather. It would take 1 year to make feather decomposed and 2-3 years for wood. Perlite make the bio-crete easy to decompose.
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The ideal future form of this designed water channel would be largely decomposed and dissolved within the per-existed natural form of wetland revetment. Hopefully, through the further exploration of this experimental design, artificial form can be transformed into the natural form spontaneously without any additional human intervention after the installation.
OTHER WORK
OTHER WORK
Above left: Design process of federation square east Above right: Hand draft for the design Below: Traditional buildings cast shadow in the water at Hun Cun Village, China
Above left & Below left: Process of architectural physical model making for the Centre Le Corbusier Above right & Below right : Night view of the model
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