landscape architecture
HUI YUAN 2018
portfolio 2018
HUI YUAN
EDUCATION Harvard University , Graduate School of Design 2016 - 2018
Cambridge, MA
Master of Landscape Architecture
Ohio State University, Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture 2012 - 2016
Columbus, OH
Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture Cum Laude, GPA 3.655 Awards: Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture Student Archive Studio Awards Dean’s list
AWARDS HONORS Jun 2018
Q City Plan-Qinh Design 3rd Prize
Dec 2015
Austin E. Know Archive
Floating L Dec 2014
WORK EXPERIENCE
Brooklyn
W Architecture may 2017 - aug 2017
Brooklyn, NY
Intern Landscape Architect in charge of the rendering, modeling, construction documentation, pubic furniture design. Designing public plaza, waterfront park.
AECOM jun 2014 - aug 2014
Chongqing, China
Landscape Architect Assistant in charge of the concept development, perspective rendering, and drawing construction documents. Designing waterfront park, railway station plaza, shopping mall plaza.
Yalan Landscape Design Studio may 2013 - jul 2013
Tianjin, China
Intern Landscape Designer in charge of sketches, hand drawing, analysis diagram development, and drawing construction documents. Designing sports park, university campus.
EXHIBITION Exhibition of The Elusina Lazenby Experimental Forest mar 2016 - apr 2016
Columbus, OH
Austin E. Know Archive
Gallery space for the 100th anniversary of The Ohio State University’s landscape program. Designing memorial forest diorama individually and assisting with gallery space build.
Apr 2014
Studio Awards,
SKILLS
Software GIS/ AutoCAD/ Adobe P Design/ Adobe AfterEffe Hand
Hand Drawing/ Physica
Machine Laser Cutter [VLS, X660 CNC [3-AXIS] 3D Printer [MakerBot, S
CONTENTS
huangdao International Student
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Re-Tooling Metropolis: LA
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Waterfront Community
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Community at Huerta Border
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Rethink Boston Harbor
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Revitalizing Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Other Works & Professional Works
Fall 2017, group project
wlton School of Architecture Student
Loop, group project
wlton School of Architecture Student Navy Yard Industry Park -group project
Ohio State University, Columbus
Photoshop/ Adobe Illustrator/ Adobe Inect/REVIT/ Rhino (Grasshopper)/ Unity/
al Modeling
Fall 2016, group project
Spring 2018, individual project
Spring 2017, individual project
Spring 2014, individual project
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Stratasys FDM, Z corp]
2016-2018
Re-Tooling Metropolis II:
LA!
GSD 17Fall Site: Los Angeles Port, LA Group Work, team: Jianing Tao, Hui Yuan
Los Angeles has long captured the imaginations of designers and urbanites and theorists for its embodiment of everything characteristic of the twentieth-century metropolis, and for its unrivaled, enigmatic qualities—including sun, surf, lifestyle and surreal conglomerations of single-purpose transportation and utility infrastructure. The Port of Los Angeles encompasses 7,500 acres of land and water along 43 miles of waterfront. The port of LA is beginning a process of transformation, with new builds of water front the port of LA is preparing to become a new visitor attractor spot. This project is looking at potentials of contamination of abandoned industrial terminal and using phyto remediation for soil removing and establishing new research institutes for educational and new investments
Connection and Disconnection Between the City and the Port
Fresh Water Remediation
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Perspective: Treatment Wetland
Perspective: Salt Marsh 10
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SHIPPING FACILITIES TIDAL POOLS
SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT COMMUNITY GSD 1211core studio 16Fall: Site: South Boston, MA Group Work, team: Ann Serlano, Hui Yuan
South Boston Waterfront Community focus on hydrology and topography as the genesis for a littoral urbanism. It uses landscape both as medium and as mechanism for testing and prototyping ideas on city making. For unpacking topography and speculate on the behaviors of water in relation to terrain. It will be necessary to imagine terrain as a thickness, a medium capable of supporting a range of urban and marine systems through managed saturation and flow. It develops a serious iterations to explore how topography can hold, distribute, and infiltrate water. City fabrics are primarily defined through the organization of buildings and open spaces. While there are many different circumstances that can regulate the grain of an urban fabric, we use density and solar exposure as the two main variables that will regulate the mutual influence of built and open space.
FRESH WATER MARSH
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CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL
Islands Shaped by Dredged Process
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HOLDING WATER DISTRIBUTE WATER FRESH WATER SALT WATER
Topographical Tree
FIN FORMATION BERM
WAVE
CUBE
BUILDING TYPOLOGY
ARTIFICIAL REEF
SOIL CELLS
The new water front community will combined with recreational,educational, residential and commercial functions to create a new “South Boston” waterfront healthy community. To remediation the pollution of seawater the topo is designed as continues “leaf” shape for recharging and holding water. The artificial hexagonal units will used at both inland and water, for oyster feed and soil cells function. The new functional community will combine commercial buildings and educational hub for south Boston local citizens and visitors, to solve the problem of high growth population at downtown and eliminate low-income at South Boston. POROUS SOIL CONTAINER
Perspective: summer
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Redefine the Border A New Healthy Community GSD 2018 Spain Drought Diagram Site: Valencia, Spain Individual work
Jan, 2017
Being a part of the city of Valencia, Benimaclet is a laid-back village with charming historical landmarks from the 16 Century. It also has neighborhood with dynamic and international vibe because of its population of university students. As a node point between the city of Valencia and North Huerta it contains
Mar, 2017
the final parts of rural area undeveloped.
May 2017
Jul, 2017
Aug, 2017
Nov, 2017
Water Management
The site plays an important role for protecting the irrigation system for North Huerta: there are eight irrigation pipes going underneath which are belongs to two acequia system – Mestalla and Rascanya, both of which is facing problems of inefficiency, waste, and sewer-mixture. The new landscape is developed with new hydrological system with bioswales channels and multiple levels of treatment wetlands.
Oct, 2017
Dec, 2017
Bike Trail
Site Photo
Following the pattern of existing on-site piping system the new system would provide multi-benefits in water collecting, filtration and rainwater management in which way makes Proposal the city border more resilient. The new landscape also help with reducing high inefficiency of the existing irrigation system through saving water on-site. The new water features would provide both ecological and recreational benefits for surrounding young generation communities and people from the city. Water Channel
Labels Flooding area-50 year Green Space Grenn Space
River 1 meter sea-level rise
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Urban Farm
Urban
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Treatment Wetland
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Community Garden
Huerta
Hydrology System System1 The system is about collecting extra water from aqucias before it goes towards to huerta for irrigation and agriculture activities, in order to reduce the waste the using filtering facilities cllean the water
Terrace Farm-Present
Terrace Farm-Proposal
For solving the problem of low efficiency of local irrigation system and low water quality and to build a new typology at the border between the city and fields
Intersection-Present
Intersection-Proposal
Green House-Present
Green House-Proposal
Sidewalk-Present
Treatmentwetland-Present
Sidewalk-Proposal
Treatmentwetland-Proposal
System2
The system is about using steped tre ment wetland for filtering sewer-mix water as the same time to provide a recreational space for local people and citizens
System3 The system is about collecting grey water from new developments, and re-use them after fitering through treatment facilities for on-site urban communities gardens
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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD POST-INDUSTRIAL PARK KSA-Ecology & Planning Studio 2014 Fall : Site: Brooklyn Navy Yard, NYC Individual Work The Brooklyn Navy Yard site, which was formerly built ship, also contained heavy industrial areas plagued by polluted brown fields. From the larger city scale to the smaller neighborhood scale all the way to the Site scale, what I find about the potential of Brooklyn Navy Yard is solving the isolated problem with develop the dry dock and vacant field. Because the Navy Yard now act as a “boarder� industry place where the people from proximity community do not want to visit. Navy Yard should be encouraged people to involved in and serve for its own factories as well. This brought me to the idea of defining the territory of where our landscape should go, and how it should act.
The proposal of design is to take advantage of old drydocks which used for ship build water treatment facilities for local community and neighborhood. The new drydocks w treatment wetland and are functional in filtering, collecting and recharging greywater of Due to heavy contamnation of existing fields, the proposal is to use phyto-remediation to ities With different types of testfields the site could serve as a educational center as we recreational water access new edge for Brooklyn.
and proposed a new will be converted into community buildings. o retreat the soil qualell as could provide a
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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD POST-INDUSTRIAL PARK The currently condition of the side is pretty isolated with access limits but due its surrounding high density neighborhood,it is important to import new investment and re-open to public. For now the Brooklyn Navy Yard community has developed largest green roof community garden in NYC which gave my proposal a guideline of designing a ecological functional productive land. For hydrological part the stormwater management is also significant to this site as the contamination soils from former industrial KSA-Ecology & Planning Studio 2014 Fall : work. Site: Brooklyn Navy Yard, NYC Individual Work
Packaging Production Manufacturing
Power Station Garbage Collection
Affordable Housing
100 Years Flood Plan
The Brooklyn Navy Yard site, which was formerly built ship, also contained heavy industrial areas plagued by polluted brown fields. From the larger city scale to the smaller neighborhood scale all the way to the Site scale, what I find about the potential of Brooklyn Navy Yard is solving the isolated problem with develop the dry dock and vacant field. Because the Navy Yard now act as a “boarder� industry place where the people from proximity community do not want to visit. Navy Yard should be encouraged people to involved in and serve for its own factories as well. This brought me to the idea of defining the territory of where our landscape should go, and how it should act.
Manufacturing Food Market Green Roof
Former factory site Undeveloped
Heavy Contamination Light Contamination
Brooklyn Industrial Centers
Node West Entrance York St separate the area into residential; commercial, industrial districts
Node Comberland St Gate Flushing Ave and Brooklyn Expy separate the neighborhood into industrial and residential districts
Node Clinton Ave Gate Clinton Ave acts as a main street that passes through the neighborhood and Navy yard together
Node East Entrance Water front area- Kent St separates te area with different densities. Very open area inside the Navy Yard vs high-density residential area outside
NYC Water flow Plan
Manufactures
Distribution
11%
1890
West Entrance
The entrance at Stant St. and Navy St. serves for vehicle
Pier and Dry Dock3
Pier and Dry Dock1 & 2
Was served as an important dock for transportation
Was covered by rail tracks for materRial transportation
East Entrance
South Gate
Serves as a potential entrance for reresidential of community
Serves as a potential entrance for reresidential of community
Pier and Dry Dock1 & 2
Was covered by rail tracks for material transportation
1900
87%
Strants St
The entrance at Stant St. and Navy St. serves for vehicle East Entrance
Serves as a potential entrance for residential of community
75%
Navy St
The entrance at Stant St. and Navy St. serves for vehicle
50%
Kent Ave
The east entrance on the eastern edge of the Navy Yard
23%
Hewes St Station
1920
Eastern residential area contains dense population
5%
Flushing Ave
The entrance of Navy Yard for pedestrian
80% Strants St
The entrance at Stant St. and Navy St. serves for vehicle
Brooklyn Bridge Park
71%
1950
Green corridor at waterfront at the west side of Navy Yard
Flushing Ave
The entrance of Navy Yard for pedestrian
1970
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Strants St
Storages Media Studio
28%
21%
14% Construction
The entrance at Stant St. and Navy St. serves for vehicle
26%
1990
Typology
1. agriculture
2. grove
3. marshland
4. vacant land/ test fields
5. manufacture building
6. media production
7. storage building
8. green roof solar
9. test fields/phytoremediation
10. observation deck
11. orchard
12. canopy
13. waste water collection
14. treatment swales
15. treatment ridge
16. deck
17. primary filtering poo
18. secondary filtering pool
19. fresh water storage
20. swales/ ridges
HEAVY INDUSTRY CONDITION HEAVY INDUSTRY CONDITION Collect Collect Purify Purify Release Release
Exist: Dry Docks
Pathway along with Molinia caerulea field that not only provides visitors an opportunity to get natural experience, but also provides a natural space and ecological environment for local plant to grow.
Water Purification System
Debris Collection Water Purification System: Basins in Dry Dock Oxidation Debris Collection Oxidation PH Balance PH Balance Restoration Wetland Restoration Wetland
Proposed: Water Treatment
Juniperus communis var. depressa are grown near the old factory that provides a natural green mask for old architecture, and also serves function of recreation for residents.
LIGHT INDUSTRY CONDITION LIGHT INDUSTRY CONDITION Greywater Use Use Greywater Treatment Treatment Brownfield Use New Ecological Benefit Brown field Use
Exist: Vacant Lands
Test field provides visitors and local residents an opportunity to experience grow and crop plants by themselves. Also, the test field has the function of judging the quality of soil.
Ecology Introduction: Barrier Grey water runoff site
Ecology Introduction: Barrier as Sandbar Salt marsh Greywater runoff site Large saltwater marsh Birdscale Ecology Bird Ecology
Proposed: Treatment Wetland
The old railroad is kept with re-design features of concrete and sand pavement in order to provides visitor an opportunity to remember the history of Navy Yard.
PARK CONDITION PARK CONDITION
Reclamation of Riverfront Reclaimation of Riverfront Recreation Recreation Education Public Involvement Education
Exist: Outer Wall Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ are grown at the edge of the site that blur the edge condition between Brooklyn Navy Yard and neighborhood and provides a green transition for visitors.
Small Scale Treatment: Public Involvement
Small scale treatment: Public Involvement Pedestrian Walkway Pedestrian walkway Beach Public Beach Educational Riverwalk Educational Riverwalk Sailboat Rental Rental Sailboat Phytoremediation Marsh Marsh Phytoremediation
Proposed: Outer Wall
PIERS Dry Dock Pier + Collect + Purify + Release
Water Treatment View
Observation Pier + Recreation + Ecological Benefit + Education
Pier View
SCIOTO RIVER FLOATING LOOP SPORTS PARK SPORTS PARK SCIOTO RIVERS
Floating track at the top of ramp Sunken swimming pool
High way I-670
KSA-Urbanism : & HUI LARCH 4960 COWLES & Studio THIERRY2015 Fall APRIL Site: Columbus, OH Group Work: With April Liu
Reparation wetland
The project is focus on solving the challenge of embarrassed place created by infrastructure in the city such as highway and rail tracks. Surrounded by highway I-670 and rail tracks, the site is located in the intersection of Olentangy River and Scioto River and facing the challenge of isolating from the downtown commercial area and Victoria Village. The concept of the project is to bring people into the sports fields, in which ramps influence the topo change, at the same time creates new experience under the highway and above the rail tracks. With the ramp, the most isolated place is switched into a popular gathering space combined with sporting programs. The main loop serves as a bike lane and connects sports fields and recreation programs in order to create an interaction with the infrastructures, meanwhile provides residents a dynamic space between their neighborhood and the waterfront.
RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
Individual Work
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RELATIONSHIP WITH RAILWOAD
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIGHWAY
CONCEPT
Site Model 1”=120’-0” Individual Work
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Isolated with residential/ commercial
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Isolated by I670 and river 13 14
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Create a response with infrastructure
Site Analysis
1. soccer court 2. parking lot 3. lawn 4. football court 5. mini soccer court 6. swimming pool 7. track 8. baseball court 9. observation pier 10. entrance plaza 11. recreation grove 12. north entrance plaza 13. ice hockey 14. basketball 15. flower terrace 16. mini soccer field
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SCALE: 1”=16’
Section1: Railroad and volley ball field condition Section2: Highway I-670 and storm water condition Section3: Soccer field and reparation pool condition Section4: Cafe and swimming pool condition FOREST
BASKETBALL COURT
FOREST
HIGHWAY I-670
REPARIAN BUFFER
POUND
GROVE
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RAIL
GROVE
MEADOW
GLADE
FOREST
BIKE TRAIL
DITCH
CAFE
TRAIL
SWIMMING POOL
RAIL
DITCH
MEADOW
MEADOW
SOCCER FIELD
BUFFER
DITCH
CHANGING ROOM
SEATING TERRACE
RAMP
GLADE
BUFFER
FOREST
VOLLEYBALL COURT
Heartbeat Frequency
Perspective: Swimming Pool
Heartbeat High point
Sports Field Location
Watershed Perspective: Playground Under Highway
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INNOVATIVE CITY
Water Regulation
AN EXTENTION OF THE EMERALD NECKLACE INTO THE BOSTON HARBOR GSD 1408 Site: Boston Harbor Individual Work
phase1
phase4
Sewer Regulation
Water Well Regulation CAD Standard
Parking Ratio Motorized Bicycle Rules
Parking Freeze Permit
phase2
phase5
phase3
phase6
Filling Wetland Permit Zoning District Noise
Waste and Recycle
Ambient Air Quality Rules of Fishing and
Rules of Beach Rules of Boating
The Anchorage
Permanent Safety and Security Zones
Existing Dredged C
The project is about removing Boston original port and bringing Boston Harbor into a new harmonious communities for birds and human beings. With review regulation documentation through different department of Boston City the design will look to the combination of nature and people. My design integrates marsh lands with two existing islands---Thompson Island and Spectacle Island, creating new tidal park at Boston Harbor
As a potential international port, Boston port has annual 120,604 import container volumes and 88,098 export container volumes. The new port will bring Boston port forward a larger international port, it will along Deer Island port cities and connect airport to Long Island. The new docklands will serve as new barrier to protect inner harbor and a small one will connect between long island and moon island.
Commercial zone potential commodity
New Water channel
Eco-community
Wetlands
Farmlands
Channel
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The strategy is about removing Boston original port and bringing Boston Harbor into a new harmonious communities for birds and human beings. To design Frontier City of Boston Harbor, my approach begins with research of regulation and codes in larger scale. Removing the old port and put the new port attached to Deer Island. Extending old channel to cut through South Boston for Frontier City. Through consideration of people activities at Boston Harbor, my concept emphasizes ecological, educational and recreational experience in allyear around. Thompson Island and Spectacle Island will become new landmarks across over the harbor for events happen and Boston city line.
Extending
Connection
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Botanic Garden and Amphitheater Thompson Island
Dock Thompson Island
Wetland Thompson Island
AXON: Bird Island
Marsh lands are built along the new docklands and serve as birds islands for migratory birds resting, feeding and breeding of Atlantic Flyways. Observation decks and bike trials go through marshland where covered new build house for birds breeding as well as citizen recreation.
Proposed: New Dock
Migratory Bird in Mass Massachusetts
Species
Threatened/ Endangered
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To design Frontier City of Boston Harbor, the design integrates marsh lands with two existing islands---Thompson Island and Spectacle Island, creating new tidal park at Boston Harbor with recreational bike paths and birds breeding land. Removing the old port and put the new port attached to Deer Island. Extending old channel to cut through South Boston for Frontier City. There are four different sizes types birds house across large marsh land, protecting and offering isolated breeding lands for migratory birds of Atlantic Flyways: Hyper Birds + Gregarious + Breeding; Sea Birds + Gull + Terns; Land Birds + Gregarious + Breeding; Shore and Wading Birds. Each type of house building is designed for different habitats of different size of migratory birds
Hyper Birds + Gregarious + Breeding
Land Birds + Gregarious + Breeding
Shore and Wading Birds
Sea Birds + Gull + Terns
Marsh Land View
FURNITURE DESIGN
50 West Bench Custom wooden benches in Plaza 33 at 50 West Street, Manhattan, line the raised planting areas which screen the adjacent parking garage and traffic beyond. There different types bench backs are designed with a continuous incline degree. The Plaza at 50 West Street, covering an area of approximately 5,500 square feet, is a uniquely quiet respite from the bustle of West St. It is both a connector from the west side to historic Lower Manhattan as well as a place to spill out from the adjoining building. A wide ramp encourages pedestrians to make the journey up the five feet additional height required for flood protection. Moveable tables and chairs spill out from the building onto the plaza space enlivening this attractive oasis
PRAGUE BRIDGE COMPETITION Works at W-Architecture
The face of Prague is made up of arched bridges made of stone, concrete and steel stranded between the banks of the Vltava River. The beauty of the intersection of bridge lines is our inspiration. The design is humiliated in the city’s panorama, low above the horizon, but high enough to offer spectacular views. The seemingly simple shape is a celebration of engineering innovation, thanks to which one continuous arc from Holešovice to Karlín is able to withstand the flood. Two supporting arches converge to the island of Štvanice. The bridge utilizes verified and available materials and construction techniques, and its slenderness is achieved by the latest building engineering options. The footbridge is a determining link that will drive the future growth of Holešovice, Karlín and Štvanice.
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VILLIERS ISLAND Works at W-Architecture, 2017
Villiers Island holds an important place in the transformation of Toronto’s waterfront and the naturalization of the Don River. Located in the Lower Don Lands, east of Toronto’s downtown, this Precinct Plan will build on and restore the historic Keating Channel and protect the Don Lands from flood risk while revitalizing a former industrial area into a spectacular new neighborhood. Villiers Island will become a special community showcasing a new relationship between the city, the river and the lakefront. It will be a community rich in local amenities and a destination with spectacular parks, cultural, civic and retail amenities. My responsibily was working on variety of street types and parks renderings.
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The Elusina Lazenby Experimental Forest Memorial Forest
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Memorial forest brings the ceremonial setting into woodland space, trying to create a new experience for people that could feel a sense of sublime in a natural environment. A dense maple grove located at the entrance of the pathway, leading people to enter memorial space with rows of trees and trying to provide people with a feeling of formal. The geometry shape wetland cuts across this forest garden which represents the scar of ground, providing people with an opportunity of accessing water. In addition, it creates a natural space that shows a contrast with organized maple grove. The diorama describes the moment of artificial mound which rises above the ground and emphasizes hierarchy of memorial place. Large scale trees are planted on the mound in order to draw the attentions of Lazenby Forest visitors even in a distance. The dense wetland plants enclose the artificial mound to create a sacred atmosphere, and a contrast with less dense trees around. Trying to create a combination of formal and less formal element, the site allows people to experience natural element in the sacred forest. Lazenby Forest visitors can walk under the dense tree canopy or climb on the artificial mound to get the whole view of Lazenby Forest.
MODELS TRANSLATION AND MODELING
Mark Bradford. 2009 Material: Honeycom/Wire/Line/Paper/Wire-mesh
The idea is from the art piece of Mark Bredford which is a art work with multiple layers. We extract three colors from the drawing into our project model: red, black, and white. We assumed the contours based on the drawing and created new topography. We assumed the light color space has a higher elevation and the dark color has a lower elevation. The curved lines of the drawing is developed as a amphitheater into our project. We presented the linear space of the drawing with tangling white lines on nails and then spread black and red color on them. The red trees met the edge condition of the landforms and function as a transition zone from the dry area to wet lower area.
to be continue..