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HUIRU SHEN Master of Landscape Architecture University of Virginia | 2 0 1 9
CONTENTS I.
DESIGN STUDIO WORK
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How to perceive and conceive the world from the perspective of a landscape architect? 04 Pixel City | 2019 14 Sharing Time | 2018 24 Assembling Live Moments | 2019
II. TECHNOLOGICAL WORK
How to deconstruct and reconstruct the world through diverse media?
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Web-map Coding Research of Public Space in India Technical Drawing Physical Model Video/ Animation Professional Work
III. OTHER WORK
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How to document the ever-changing world? Hand Drawings (Charcool|Pen|Watercolor) Ideogram Paving Documentation Shade Photograph
ONCE A MONTH
Photograph documentation of Campbell Hall 4th floor west window through time (Jul. - Dec. 2018)
PIXEL CITY Urban analysis & planning from the perspective of Chinese immigrants in Sacramento Spring, 2019 Sacramento, CA Instructors: Andrea Hansen | Bradley Cantrell | Brad Goetz Partners: Xiaowei Lin|Yao Tong (Contribution to every drawing shown as name sort order in the notes.) The immigrant experience is one of wandering, but also one of being rooted. One is scattered, but also connected. We often reduce immigrants to ‘the other,’ separating them into groups in data, maps, and aerial perspectives. Information gaps exist between different cultural groups. We propose the metaphor of the pixel to express this concept. Pixels can be read individually, but only when seen with all of the other pixels do they compose a new and better image. Similarly, the city is constantly evolving, activating and transforming through the acts of many different individuals. We suggest the Pixel City: a flexible, experimental strategy mediating the social, cultural and ecological environment of Sacramento. In the Pixel City, every unique individual matters, but the merger of discrete individuals composes a new and better urbanity.
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1. INFORMATION GAPS
3. DATA AS TOOL
4. PIXEL CITY
READ IMMIGRANTS THROUGH DATA
READ IMMIGRANTS THROUGH INDIVIDUALS
We often reduce immigrants to ‘the other’, separating them into groups in data, maps and aerial perspectives. When we looked at the data, immigrant groups seem like “the other”—they appear separated by ethnicity into clusters.
When we actually interviewed members of different immigrant groups, we found a need to bridge the information gap between different groups, but still have the group’s unique identity remain.
Drawings by Huiru, Yao and Xiaowei
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2. BRIDGE THE GAPS
Drawings by Huiru INTERVIEWEE 1
INTERVIEWEE 2
INTERVIEWEE 3
INTERVIEWEE 4
INTERVIEWEE 5
Female(around 20 years old) Student/ Waitress in a Chinese Restaurant Been here for 2 years
Female(around 20 years old) Student/ Waitress in a Chinese Restaurant Been here for 2 years
Couple(around 70 years old Resident in Wong Center Senior Apartment Been here for 30 years
Male(around 40 years old), Left Driver, Been here for 30 years since 10 years old, Came from Hong Kong
Location: I shanghai Delight, Old Sacramento Historic District
Location: I shanghai Delight, Old Sacramento Historic District
Location: Entrance of Wong Center Senior Apartment
Family(the couple are around 40 years old, daughter is 15 years old in junior school), Left Driver, Been here for 2 years, Came from Anhui,
Information Gap I
Information Gap II
“OUTSIDERS” & “CHINESE IMMIGRANTS”
“CHINESE IMMIGRANTS” & “CHINESE IMMIGRANTS”
Location: //
Location: //
Information Gap III “CHINESE IMMIGRANTS” & “OTHER GROUPS”
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2. BRIDGE THE GAPS
1. INFORMATION GAPS
3. DATA AS TOOL
4. PIXEL CITY
FLEXIBLE ACTIVITIES - BRIDGE THE GAPS
I - COMPOSE THE DATA
We hope to bridge the information gaps by proposing a series of flexible activities to not only fulfill daily needs and encourage communication, but also enhance group identity.
Instead of using data to define and locate immigrants, we collect data from them and encourage them to realize that the mergers of discrete data compose our life. Every single spot on the map comes from the everyday life of users.
Drawings by Yao, Huiru and Xiaowei Programs
Evaluation System
1/8 Block
size
Drawings by Huiru
1 Block Daily
www.pixelcity.com/compose the data
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FARMER MARKET
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NEARBY EVENTS
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PRODUCTIVE GARDEN
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BASIC FILTERS
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BOTANICAL GARDEN
GROUP FILTER
ALL GROUPS
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CHINESE 5 5
FOOD TRUCK
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AGE
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FRUIT VEGETABLE DELIVERY
GENDER OCCUPATION
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PICNIC AREAS
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20 - 30
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DURATION 5
BARBECUE ZONE
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Helen Kim
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Marty Baltiero
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Nice day in my farm garden! Time for fertilization...
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OPEN KITCHEN（FEATURE CATERING）
ANSWERS OF QUESTIONAIR 5
Where we live
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BONFIRE
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Economy Development
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PERFORMANCE SPACE
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CONCERT
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Huiru Shen
Hi Sacramento!!!
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Where we work/study My buddy with sunny smile.
Where for daily needs
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LOOKOUT POINTS
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Favourite Place
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THEATER
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Nearby Events
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AMPHITHEATER
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PAVILION
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Add a nearby event... *expires in 24h
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WALL
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Questionnaire stats Total number of respondents: 2230 Total number of visitors: 5967 Total number of map responses: 4783
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OUTDOOR GYM
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PLAYGROUND
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STADIUM
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TABLE TENNIS ZONE
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BASIC INFORMATION
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BASKETBALL COURT
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BADMINTON COURT
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SWIMMING POOL
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Name Date of Birth
Questionair
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FESTIVAL
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VISIT TOUR BUS STOP
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MONUMENT
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EXHIBITION
China
miscegenation
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Occupation
+ Daily users - data uploading +Urban planner - data visulalization
Undergraduate Student
Duration of staying in Sacramento
3 years
MAP BASED QUESTIONNAIRES
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Individual single data composed into an overall city map.
Sacramento City Collage
1. Where do you live? 2. Where do you work/study?
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Original Family Home
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Gender
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HAMMOCKS AREA
Chris Liu MAY
Sacramento City Collage
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INFORMATION BOARD
3. Where for daily needs?
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2505 Riverside Blvd, Target
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KAYAK DOCKS
4. Favorite place?
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STREET GALLERY
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LABORATORY
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WORKSHOP
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Doc Oliver Field
add a spot
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CONVENIENCE STORE
Chinese Immigrant Identity 5
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EXPLORATION HALL
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PARKING
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CONCERT
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KIOSK
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BICYCLE RIDING PEDESTRIAN
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Economy RUNNING TRACK Development
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Visualization Reference: Filter Island_ UrbanLab https://www.urbanlab.com/filter-island
LIBRARY
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1. INFORMATION GAPS
3. DATA AS TOOL
2. BRIDGE THE GAPS
4. PIXEL CITY
II - READ THE DATA www.pixelcity.com/read the data
While the composition of every pixel create one layer of data, the overlapping of layers also matter - we are living in the complicated urbanity which is the product of countless layers of data.
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Drawings by Huiru
After transforming the spots data into GIS census data and re-upload, it is read as a single new layer of information. (As shown in the right web-map) Table Tennis Zone
Chinese Immigrant Identity
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Economy Development Filter values adjusted by slide bars
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Other Groups Density
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Mobility
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Economy Development Filter values adjusted by slide bars
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Other Groups Density
Productive Garden
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Mobility
While sliding the range bars, they will filter out areas that match the right range of data in the map. The flexible activities that satisfy the filter values based on their attributes will pop up in the right window.
My name is Cheng and I have lived in Sacramento for 30 years. These days I noticed that the parking lot near our apartment is kind of out of use and becomes a vacant land. Hmmm... I am just wondering if there is any other functions that is appropriate to this place. Hope this web-map is willing to give me some suggestion!
+ Data analyst - city official data uploading & filitration + Daily user - data selection & recomposition & exploration By overlapping with other significant information, the city can truly be read.
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Test real interactive web-map: https://huiru0519.github.io/PixelCity/ View web-map tutorial video: https://vimeo.com/336632671
As an urban planner who focus on data analysis, our work is mainly about collecting, analyzing and uploading different kinds of Sacramento GIS map to the web-page, such as mobility, flooding zone, aging distribution, housing price, etc. In a word, we not only help users to realize that the city is composed of layered data, but also encourage them to truly consider and participate into future urban scenarios.
B. Select ‘DATA TYPE’ and then click ‘Select File’ to upload shp. file to update the map
DATA TYPE
Select File
Chinese Immigrants Density Other Groups Density Economy Development Mobility Other
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WONG CENTER - CHINESE SENIOR APARTMENT
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1. INFORMATION GAPS
2. BRIDGE THE GAPS
4. PIXEL CITY
3. DATA AS TOOL
III - REDEFINE THE DATA
INITIAL DESIGN - DOWNTOWN AREA AS ‘PIONEER ACTIVATION’
By considering the data as part of their life, citizens have the right to redefine, propose and imagine their surrounding environment and better future urbanity. Data is redefined into spatial activities, into lively urban life.
As landscape architects, after analyzing and acquiring the basic info about site condition and potential activity, we further propose temporary, experimental landscapes which work to optimize and incorporate each piece of land and create countless living moments.
Drawings by Huiru
Drawings by Huiru
One Block
Activities varying through time
www.pixelcity.com/redefine the data
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One Community
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DOWNTOWN SHOPPING CENTER OLD CHINATOWN SQUARE
One City
WONG CENTER SENIOR APARTMENT
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PIXELATE
1/2 BLOCK SEMIPUBLIC
+ Daily users - living environment possibilities rethinking +Landscape architect - urban renovation Data is redefined into spatial activities, into common urban life.
Spring
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Fall
Winter
Drawings by Xiaowei, Yao and Huiru
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SHARING TIME Socio-ecological community design for residents in Friendship Court Fall, 2018 Charlottesville, VA Instructors: Beth Meyer | Emma Mendel Individual work
“The form of the city is seen as the result of place and the storyline that connect the place and all those who dwell within it. And aesthetic of urban design must therefore be rooted in the normal process of nature and of living.” -Anne Whiston Sprin, [The Poetics of City and Nature: Towards a New Aesthetic for Urban Design]
Charlottesville, especially the area from downtown, along Pollocks Branch and across Friendship Court has over time been full of energy. However, Pollocks Branch was buried over time. While above ground, there are decreasing opportunities of public space extension. Residents go across the city cursorily without interacting with communities. Friendship Court was gradually dislocated from the city. To help residents feel that they are a crucial part of this city and realize that they belong to there, I propose to create memories along the transect. I strive to build a time-sharing relationship between the residents, the site and city. Consistent precious memories are created when we build the dialogue between nature and living processes. Daily, weekly, seasonally, annually... Different time frames are overlapping and interacting with residents. I appreciate both the flow of passing time, and the singularity of special moments. I create, use, sense, contemplate and grow with site from multiple versions. The comprising and interwoven processes here construct both a sense of identity and a sense of place. A sense of dwelling is then simulated.
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1. CONCERN - BURY MEMORIES
2. RESPONSE - CREATE STORIES
4. VISION - TIME FLOWING
3. GOAL - SHARE TIME
ABSENT FROM URBAN LANDSCAPE & PUBLIC MEMORY Friendship Court was mute and dislocated from Charlottesville by not only the decreasing of both access to and presence of public space, but also the burying of interaction and lived water memories with the Pollocks River.
Walking Uphill - 4th St Corridor
I. Decreasing of both access and presence of public space.
Walking Downhill - 4th St Corridor
Friengship Court Pollock’s Creek Monticello Ave
Elliott Ave
Sixth Street
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Monticello Ave
Pollock’s Creek
Monticello Ave
II. Burying of interaction and lived water memories with Pollocks Branch.
Elliott Ave
Elliott Ave
Sixth Street
1980
Pollocks Branch
Pollock’s Creek
Belmont Community
IX Factory Elliott Ave
Sixth Street
1966
Pollock’s Creek
Scottsville Road
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650 ft
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Moores Creek
Water Flow Direction
Permeable surface
Impermeable surface
Cross Sections of Pollocks Branch
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1. CONCERN - BURY MEMORIES
2. RESPONSE - CREATE STORIES
4. VISION - TIME FLOWING
3. GOAL - SHARE TIME
Master Plan of Public Street
CREATE INTERACTIONS & MEMORIES I propose to create and enhance interactions and memories along the transect. The form of city is seen as the result of place and the storyline that connect the place and all those who dwell within it.
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Backyard
PRIVATE
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SEMI-PUBLIC
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SEMI-PRIVATE
PRIVATE
Frontyard
Path
Terracing Vegetable Garden
Public Street / Street Market
Sharing Porch / Pocket Wetland
Path
Frontyard
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1. CONCERN - BURY MEMORIES
2. RESPONSE - CREATE STORIES
3. GOAL - SHARE TIME
4. VISION - TIME FLOWING
TIME-SHARING RELATIONSHIP I strive to build a time-sharing relationship between the residents, the site and the city. Consistent precious memories are created when we build the dialogue between nature and living processes. The comprising processes here construct both a sense of identity and a sense of place. A sense of dwelling is then simulated.
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1. CONCERN - BURY MEMORIES
4. VISION - TIME FLOWING
3. GOAL - SHARE TIME
2. RESPONSE - CREATE STORIES
OVERLAPPING & INTERACTING TIME FRAMES
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Daily, weekly, seasonally, annually... Different time frames are overlapping and interacting with residents. I appreciate both the flow of passing time, and the singularity of special moments. Daily
Annually
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Monthly
Street Bump
Terracing Vegetable Garden
Sharing Porch
Public Street
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Walking Across
Entering FC 5
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Sensing rain
Harvesting
Driving Decelerating
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Weekly
Frontyard
Pocket Wetland
Harvest Sharing
Maintaining
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Street Market Shopping
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Whole-life+ Annually Vegetation Array
Harvest Sharing
Walking in Half-open Space
Sensing Rain
Walking in Close Space
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Terracing Vegetable Garden Public Street / Weekly Street Market Sharing Porch / Pocket Wetland Speed Bump / Walking Path Vernal Pool Plaza Siting Plaza Deck Open Lawn Wetland Tree Array Children Plaza Basketball Court Family Sharing Plaza Sandpit Front-Sharing Yard
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Frontyard
Sharing Yard
Sitting Plaza
Tree Array
Wetland
Sharing Porch
Frontyard
Backyard
Children Playground
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ASSEMBLING LIVE MOMENTS Public space research and design proposal in India social environment Fall, 2019 (in process) Jaipur, India Instructors: Pankaj Vir Gupta|Maria Gonzalez Aranguren Individual work
Public space in India is a negotiation between public and private life. It is chaos, messy, dense, and conflicted, but convivial ,energetic, and vibrant. Public space in Jaipur is sparse, dysfunctional, and isolated. With the pressures of urbanization and an increasing population density, public space is constantly under threat. In addition, a lack of restriction, boundaries, and governance result in undefined areas for activities creating a disordered and complicated daily life. Public space needs to be activated both individually and cooperatively. Within the imbricating of individuals and networks, a vibrant and coordinated Jaipur is pursuing selfgrowth. As a landscape architect, I strive to appropriate every discrete public space both temporally and spatially, while I view all the pieces as a system to be practically embedded into Jaipur communities. All proposed public space should be valued with “durability”, which allows operations and maintenance through time. Every moment is common, familiar, and vivid, while the assemblage of live moments creates a better urbanity deeply rooted in Jaipur’s future.
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SITUATE INTO THE CITY Mapping, photographing, diagramming, modeling, perceiving and thinking... The best way to explore design opportunities and challenges in this special distant country is to depict public space in diverse ways.
Pocket Park Landscape Park Recreational Park Open Ground Stadium
Residential Street
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Public Street
Rooftop
Tiny Space
Semi-public Area
Public Area
Pocket Park
Daily Life
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INDIVIDUAL & COOPERATIVE ACTIVATION At human scale, every unique piece is the place where true daily life settles. At community scale, a composition of public space completes and satisfies diverse live moments. Within the imbricating of individuals and networks, a vibrant and coordinated Jaipur is pursuing self-growth.
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II.
TECHNOLOGICAL WORK
How to deconstruct and reconstruct the world through diverse media?
Opposite: INTERACTIVE WEB-MAP - PIXEL CITY With Andrea Hansen (May. 2019) https://huiru0519.github.io/PixelCity/
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TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
PHYSICAL MODELS
HOW TO CAPTURE WATER| Diagrammatic grading plan proposal for McMillan Park (Oct. 2018)
SIDEWALK DECONSTRUCTION | 1’’=20’ Physical Models for Pavement Technology Research (Mar. 2018)
HOW TO SENSE WATER| Rendered construction section proposal for St. Louis CityGarden (Nov. 2018)
FLOW AIR| 1’’=12’ Physical Models for Greenhouse Ventilation Research (Oct. 2019)
With Julie Bargmann
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With Zaneta Hong and Michael George Lee
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VIDEOS / ANIMATIONS
PROFESSIONAL WORKS
PARTICLE SIMULATIONS| Simulating dynamic particle phenomenas by RealFlow (Apr. 2019)
SHIFTING SCENES| Aerial diagram drawing for BWH Patient & Visitor Garden, in KMDG (July. 2019)
DUNE SUCCESSION| Explanatory video of dune succession based on Lumion model (Oct. 2018)
MOUNTAINS HOME| Aerial map rendering for XiAn urban planning strategy, in FLO (June. 2018)
With Bradley E Cantrell and Matthew Seibert. To watch all my works, go to: https://vimeo.com/huirular
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With Klopfer Martin Design Group (Boston) and FLO Studio (Shanghai).
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III. OTHER WORK
How to document the ever-changing world?
Opposite: SHADE & LIGHT Charcoal Drawing (Oct. 2017)
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DRAWINGS
Ideogram ‘grass river’ | Pen | Watercolor
OBSERVING GROUND Sidewalk material photograph
RECORDING SHADE
Ephemeral shade photograph in Observatory Hill
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