Portfolio 2017-2019

Xiaoman Ji Portfolio Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate 2019 Louisiana State University, School of Design

Xiaoman Ji 225-241-0977 jxiaom1@lsu.edu Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Skills

Education

Graphic Skills: • •

PhotoShop AutoCAD

Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA/AP) • •

Illustrator Indesign

Bachelor of Agriculture

Mapping Skills: •

ArcGIS

Rhino Sketchup Revit

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GrassGIS

Professional Experience

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Lumion Blender

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SPSS

Analysis Skills: •

Statistics

Language • •

English Chinese

Research Assistant

08/2018--Present LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio Collecting GIS data and geographic info analysis, and preparing community meeting.

Summer Intern

06/2018--08/2018 LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio Collecting GIS data and Amite River watershed info analysis, graphic design, mapping, and 3D modeling.

Honors and Awards

Designer and Project Manger

Louisiana State University Landscape Architecture Department Helen A. Reich Scholarship 08/2018

Designer

Second Prize of Excellent Project Award in CUCD 03/2016

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07/2012

Beijing Forestry University, School of Landscape Architecture

Digital Model Skills: • • •

05/2019 Louisiana State University, Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture

09/2013--06/2017 View Unlimited Landscape Architecture, CUCD, Beijing, China

Lita Landscape Architecture, CO.Ltd, Hangzhou, China

06/2012--07/2013

Relative Experience

Most Popular Design Project Award of Beijing International Design Week 10/2015

Exhibitions Project Coordinator and Team Leader

Design Achievement Award of 2012 Beijing International Design Week 10/2012

Volunteer Work

12/2015--06/2016 15th International Architecture Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

03/2012--10/2012 07/2015--10/2016 Yangmeizhu Street and a Courtyard Renovation, Dashilar, Beijing, China

ACADEMIC WORKS

MUTUALISTIC SYMBIOSIS Salt Pans Renovation, Tavira, Portugal 4-13

‘AQUA-LIVING‘

Baker Canal Renovation, City of Baker, Louisiana 14-19

‘NESTING‘

Fifth Council District Renovation, New Orleans, LA 20-23

‘GATHERING PLACE‘

Swing Palace, Louisiana State University 24-25

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Birds Migration Map

Portugal

Tavira Rio Formosa National Park Birds Migration Stops Birds Migration Path Site

01 MUTUALISTIC SYMBIOSIS Salt Pans Renovation, Tavira, Portugal

Individual Work

2018.09 - 2018.12

Bruce G Sharky

Intention This studio helps me to explore a new context of salt pans area in Portugal. It gave me an idea how urban life cooperate with ecological value. This project will act as public realm that recall the memory of salt pans which they forgot.

Site Intro The site located in the coastal part of Tavira, Portugal. It is a in between area that links historical town to the beach, also it links the migrate birds with the traditional salt industry.

So, how to restore the connection between this area to blooming tourism industry with preserving the salt pans and bird migration stop becomes the start point of design.

Concept By studing the active time for salt pans, migration birds, residence birds, and beach recreation, I used five strategies to re-introduce the site to people and lead them to view salt pans and birds in an organized way.

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Site Inventory

Abandoned salt pans Active salt pans Nearby green space Vehicular road Ferry route

Elevation Analysis

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Time Analysis

Best Time to See Salt Pans

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Best Time to See Migration Birds

Best Time to See Residence Birds

Best Time to Enjoy Beach

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Master Plan

Entrance Park Salt Museum

Reconstructed Salt Marsh

Reconstructed salt marsh

Entrance

Preserved salt pans Mitigation space--Entrance Park

Strategies

[1] Bird residency & salt pans active by month

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[2] Reconstruct the salt pans to marsh

[3] Proposed entrance

Loop

Water view route

Perspective

gardens to invite

Salt Pans view route

Fitness route

The first sight of Salt Pans view route

[4] Organized circulation to salt pans

[5] Add viewing points

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Plan of Entrance Park

Design Analysis

Section and Bird Eye View

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A

A’

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A’

Perspective 1

From Entrance to the Amphitheater

2 1

Perspective 2

From Salt Museum to the Tree Plaza

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Design Analysis

Plan of Reconstructed Salt Marsh

Circulation

Construction

Gilao River

Entrance

Waterfront Stairs

Board Walk Elevation Bird Seeing Pavilion Viewing Spot

Entrance Entrance Sitting Space

Entrance

View Design

Board Walk

N 0

12

100

250

500

1000ft

Section and Bird Eye View

B

3 B

B’ B’

Perspective 3

From Viewing Spot to See Birds and Marsh

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Bird Eye View during Rainy Days

02 ‘AQUA-LIVING‘

Baker Canal Renovation, City of Baker, Louisiana

Team Work

2017.08 - 2017.11

Austin Allen

Intention This stormwater management studio guides me to think in engineer realm as a designer.

As the first project in the US, it helps me get better understanding of urban sprawl and the context of real life in the south.

Site Intro Baker canal is a concrete water way of city of Baker, East Baton Rouge. It moves 20,000 cubic feet water per second from Commite River water basin to Mississippi River. Near by area suffered the flood 2016. Comparing to another satellite town, Baker is slowly losing it’s population and economical attraction. So, how to solve the problem of over load water as long as regain the livable reputation of Baker become the start of design.

Concept By studying the area which is currently a rural area, I used the idea, natrualizing the concrete canal, to enlarge the water capacity into 4 times of the original amount. By introducing mutiple programs in this field, it becomes a attractive space, which will benefite the city.

Individual work includes: census investigation, strategies producing, master plan, bird eyes perspective, and poster graphic design.

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Site Inventory

Collapse

Strategies

Erosion

Clean Water Broaden canal

Meandering shape

Disperse water volume

Add detention area

Renaturalize foundation

Add green infrastruction

Livestock Southern University Construction

Livestock Shed Collapsed Outlet

ILE 2.5M

Link isolated green spaces

Zachary

anal Baker C

Baker

Mississip pi River

Comite River

Original canal model and section

Canal during sunny days

Baton Rouge Canal during rainy days

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Master Plan

Leland Condos

Apartment Area

Commercial Drive

Forest 2

Southern University North Campus 1 Maurice A. Edmond Arena Go to Mississippi River

Water Playground

Challenge Camp

Ash Slough Greenway

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600

Go to Green Wood Park

2400

Design Analysis Water system

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Topography & Hydrology

Circulation

Land Use

Perspective 1

Perspective 2

Activities near the water

Fitness route and Bicycle lane

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Bird Eye View During Sunny Days From West to East

Proposed water area canhold 1,152,638,977 gallon water, which is 4 times capacity of original canal.

Section B-B’ Elevated Buiding

400 FT Bank_Retention Area

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Proposal Planting Design Section A-A’

Broad walk near water

250FT Water Space

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B

A’

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Ripairian Walking Trail

160 FT Bank_Retention Area 0ft

300ft

1200ft

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Master Plan

03 ‘NESTING‘

Fifth Council District Renovation, New Orleans, LA

Individual Work

2018.03 - 2018.05

Lake Douglas

Intention What does this mean for its 400,000 inhabitants? In a city defined by the uniqueness of its historic neighborhoods, and yet quickly growing/changing, how can urban greenspace be maintained, improved, connected and expanded to preserve culture and quality of life in an equitable way?

Site Intro There are 15 public parks in New Orleans District E, ranging in size from Peace Playground with .3 acres to the largest, Joe D. Brown Park with 187 acres, making the total public park acreage 256.04 acres. This in relation to the total population of the district (65,000 - 75,000 people, 2000 census) makes the average acreage of accessible public parkland to each person .00385 acres. The amount of concrete space in abandoned lots and bare canals is double this.

Concept I propose that New Orleans District E needs more public greenspace and recreation activities.

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Design Analysis

Buildings

Strategies Bridge

Canopy

Circulation

Green Space

Water Way

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Section A-A’

Section B-B’ Lowe’s

Bird Eye View

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Basketball Court

Skate Park

Bridge_bicycle Lane

Civic Center

Center Plaza

Parking Lot

Kiosk

Shopping Mall Water Courtyard

Civic Center

Amphitheatre

Fountain Plaza

Amphitheater

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100

200

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04 ‘GATHERING PLACE‘ Louisiana State University

Individual Work

2018.03 - 2018.04

Bruce G Sharky

Site Intro This green space locates between the old ballroom and new business building. With dramatic elevation difference, it phisically segregates people to approach the ballroom. As a result, people prefer to stay in the concret plaza. How to trasnform this ignored short cut into an accessible space for students is the beginning of my design.

Concept

SWINE PALACE GATHERING SPACE

XIAOMAN JI

With the help of ADA codes, I transformed this space as a combination of more accessible ramps and an outdoor amphitheater. Under the nice canopy, this space creats a comfortable experience for people to take a break or have a nice talk with their friends.

Swine Palace Reilly Theater

Baton Rouge, LA

Existing Parking for Swine Palace Reilly Theater

Bridge Ramp Stage

Sitting Area

Stairs

DATE

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REVISION

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Existing Tree

LA 7044 Landscape Technology IV LSU SPRING 2018

SHEET TITLE Site Plan of Swine Palace Slope

Retaining Wall

SCALE:

1"=20'-0" DATE: APRIL 30TH 2018 SHEET NUMBER

NORTH 0

1" = 20'-0"

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60 feet

L-01

LEGEND

3.8%

Existing Parking for Swine Palace Reilly Theater 36

TW 32.50 BW 32.00

27.92 30.0%

TW 36.50 BW 36.00

TW 35.50 BW 35.00

27.92 27.95 TW 29.63 BW 28.13

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TW 30.40 BW 29.30

TW 30.40 BW 28.90

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TW 29.60 BW 28.10

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ORIGINAL CONTOUR LINE

WATERWAY

1.0% L

TW 25.36 BW 24.86

24.33 24.14

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TW 28.90 BW 27.40

TW 26.70 BW 26.20 TW 25.77 BW 25.27

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33.28 33.31

33.25 33.06

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TW 28.90 BW 27.80

26.04 25.99 TW 26.70 BW 26.20

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23.0 TOP 23.00 BOP 22.00

TREAD RISER LANDING

30.61 1.0%

Bridge

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TRENCH DRAIN TOP OF WALL BOTTOM OF WALL TOP OF STEP BOTTOM OF STEP FINISH GROUND TOP OF BRIDGE BOTTOM OF BRIGDE

SHEET TITLE Grading Plan View of Swine Palace Slope

27.98 TW 28.47 BW 27.97

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TW 28.79 BW 28.29 TS 28.80 BS 28.30

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Canal

33.06

1.0% L

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28.11 28.27

TW 30.86 BW 30.36 4 R @ 0.5' 3 T @ 1' TS 30.36 BS 29.86 TS 28.86 BS 28.36 TW 28.87 BW 28.37

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SCALE:

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SECTION ELEVATION OF AMPHITHEATER SCALE:

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Swine Palace Reilly Theater

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Baton Rouge, LA

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XIAOMAN JI

Existing

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SWINE PALACE GATHERING SPACE

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DATE

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REVISION

BY

LA 7044 Landscape Technology IV LSU SPRING 2018

TW 33.50 BW 33.00

SYMBOL

Baton Rouge, LA

Swine Palace Reilly Theater

37.08

SWINE PALACE GATHERING SPACE

37.00

TW 34.50 BW 34.00

XIAOMAN JI

36.95

SCALE: 1"=10'

DATE

REVISION

BY

Canal

LA 7044 Landscape Technology IV LSU SPRING 2018

Detail A

SHEET TITLE Layout Plan of Swine Palace Slope

Detail A

Business Building

SCALE:

1"=20'-0" DATE: APRIL 30TH 2018 SHEET NUMBER

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PROFESSIONAL WORKS

Landscape Design for Tianjin Satellite Town Bid Document, Tianjin, China 28-29

Environmental Renewal for Yangmeizhuxiejie Street Volunteer Work, Qianmen, Beijing, China 30-31

‘HOME‘

Interaction Installation, Exhibition, Venice, Italy 32

‘HOME FOR EVERYONE‘

Interaction Installation, Exhibition, Beijing, China 33

PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN FOR HAICANG CBD Plant design, Amoy, Fujian Province, China 34

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05 LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR TIANJIN SATELLITE TOWN Tianjin, China

Team work, Bid document

2015.02 - 2015.05

1100 Acres

GOALS The landscape design and urban planning follows the guideline of integrated planning that emphasize on multifunction and crossrealm collaboration. By organically combining the public city green land, urban infrastructure and public services facilities, the project seeks maximizing the efficiency of resource usage and consequently solving urban problems by integrated design and healthy, sustainably lifestyle.

Individual Work • • •

Site analysis Site design, design analysis Renderings, preparing presentation document

Section of Linear Park -- Green Infrastructure

Transpiration Transpiration SO2 Adsorb Floating Dust

Reduce Dust

Bicycle Lane

Adsorb Floating Dust

Irrigation

Run-off Swale Purifying City Surface Run-off Infiltration Rain Vehicle Road Collection Storing Pipe

Surface Run-off Bicycle Lane

Tiny Terrain

Prepro

Pedestrian

Roadway Run-off Collection Zone

Forest Space at Dense Vegetation 100 f

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STRATEGIES Based on the belt-like feature of the green axis garden, multiple pathways-including ecological path, city activity path and casual green path- are combined into one, making the park “dissolved” into the city. The park utilizes environmental sustainable design strategies to create a comfortable, user-friendly and interesting outdoor activity zone. By linking urban culture and city life together, the central park at green axis is a public space with sense of belonging, leading a new green lifestyle while encourage public activities such as multi-cultural creative gatherings, fitness exercise, environmental-friendly activities and so on.

Transpiration Plants Reduce the Temperature Breeze

Roof Run-off

Run-off Inflitration Water Collection

Irrigation Run-off Inflitration

Retention Pond Purifying Storing

High Water Level Normal Water Level Overflow Purifying Recycling System

City Rain Pipe

Run-off Collection Zone in the Park

the Park’s Edge ft (Purifying、& Cooling)

Transition Zone 0 -- 160 ft

Wind Corridor in the Center Park >160 ft

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06 RENEWAL FOR YANGMEIZHUXIEJIE STREET Urban renovation, Qianmen, Beijing, China

Volunteer Work Introduction

2012.04 - 2012.07

0.5 Mile Long Hutong

The renewal project is a multilayered cooperative project that requires close collaboration and intense communication between different parties, from the government and the developer to the architects and landscape architects, and through to each local residents and existing business units. The collaborative project aims to carry out the organic renewal of the community by creating its connection ports to the modern city. Additionally, through clarifying and protecting the inherited identity of the hutong community, the project seeks to repair the broken links of the cultural gene, and eventually to generate the new dynamics for the traditional community.

Before Design (Original Facade)

Strategies to Re-energize the Boring Street

1 +Planter +Sitting

After Design (Proposed Facade)

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2 +Stairs +Sitting

3 +Red Handrail

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Cooperation

Individual Work • • • •

4 +Sitting +Planter

5 +Sitting +Balcony

Door to door investigation Summing up their common interests Producing design strategies of whole street.

Organizing community meeting.

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+Sitting +Stairs

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“HOME“ -- COMMUNAL GARDEN Interaction Installation, Exhibition, Venice, Italy

Team Work Introduction

2015.12 - 2016.06

Copyright to

2200 ft²

“Communal Garden” is an installation inspired by the frequently seen flower beds made of building debris and abandoned kitchen utensils around the old lane ways in Beijing city. The contrast between the thriving plants and the broken bricks and concrete fragments starkly reminds one of the residents’ condition: powerless and helpless in the face of rapid urban development, they hold on to life with patience and hope. We were inspired by the residents’ stubborn faith in life that is reflected in the flowerbeds, the thrown away household utensils, reutilized in the flowerbeds, tell of the community’s past.

Cooperation

Individual Work Project Coordinator and Team Leader • • •

One Part of Installation

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Collaborate with curators, supporters, 8 exhibitors, carrier, and media.

Leading role to organize official press release of China Pavilion and official catalogue.

Writing news release of exhibit “HOME“ .

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“HOME FOR EVERYONE“ Interaction Installation, Exhibition, Beijing, China

Team Work Introduction

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2015.06 - 2015.09

1300 ft²

In September 9th to 11th, 2015, the 14th CIEHI (China International Exposition of Housing Industry & Products and Equipment of Building Industrialization) was held in the new hall of CIEC Expo Center. The Metropolitan Public Art & Environment Exhibition and Forum of “Home for Everyone” was an important event during the expo, View Unlimited was invited to the contemporary art exhibition themed with “Axonometric Drawing of the Peach Colony”. The exhibition showcased projects from innovative and outstanding designers from multiple realm including architecture, contemporary art and public art in China.

Cooperation

Individual Work Project Coordinator and Vedio Organizer • •

Collaborate CIEHI (China International Exposition of Housing Industry & Products and Equipment of Building Industrialization) and produce exhibition layout.

Leading role to take vedio

Exhibition Space

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09 PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN FOR HAICANG CBD CBD landscape design, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China

Team Work

2013.3--

After Construction

Introduction Haicang CBD is located in Haicang district, Amoy, Fujian Province. It is a delightful south city in China. Citizens enjoy their gentle pace of living. We viewed several office areas locate in Amoy and found employees still kept their attitude of life.

As a result , we generate a concept--SLOW CBD. To slow down the speed of people, I descided to create flower border design to attract users’ attention.

To create picturesque plant view, we searched classic paintings in history. Luckily we found inspiration from Henri Rousseau. He is a master to portray plants. I learnt how to organize vegetations as he organized his painting. The relations among foreground, medium shot, and background led me to create unique flower bord around the building. we selected plant materials as Rousseau did in his painting, and mosaiced them together to generate the picuresque views.

Cooperation

Individual Work •

Plant design and produce plant facade templates

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Site analysis and case study

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26 Acres

10 WATERCOLOR HAND DRAWING Zhejiang Province, and Beijing, China

Individual Work

2012 - 2015

2013 Spring in Zhejiang Province

2015 Hutong View in Beijing

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Xiaoman Ji Portfolio Email: jxiaom1@lsu.edu Tel: 225-2410977