SELECTIVE WORKS 2012-2016
YUQIAN ZHANG
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Guangxi Arts University
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CONTENTS
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JIANGNAN INDUSTRY PARK DESIGN Community Park Design
QINGXIU LAKE AREA PLANNING Waterfront Urban Space Planning
NAN TIE COMMUNITY STEETSCAPE RENOVATION Urban Space & Landscape Architecture Design
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CHAOYANG CREEK GREENWAY RENOVATION
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OTHER WORKS
Urban Green Space & Ecological Design
Pen Sketching & Furniture Design
JIANGNAN INDUSTRY PARK DESIGN
Individual Work Duration: four months
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PROJECT BACKGROUND This project is located in Nanning City, Guangxi Province, China. The original electric factory primarily provides regional electric service during the last 50 years. However, as the society developing, the factory is less effective and utilized in providing electric power. The design area is where the electric factory was located and it is becoming an abandoned area with aged industrial building and facilities. The place has no people to visit and work anymore except the homeless. To reuse this abandoned land and revive the local environment, there is a great need to transform the industrial area to a new-developed community park. The effort to remove the existing structure and facilities is expensive, so I would like to inherit the industrial spirit by maintaining them as the landmark and create innovative landscape environment to remind people the local history with distinct features.
Existing road system
Existing districts The electric industry inspires me to borrow the distinct elements like spark and electric wave, and conbine with the local “Tong� culture to create a memorial and unique symbol for the site.
Project site
Primary traffic lane Pathway Property line Single family residential area Unit apt. residential area Multi-Unit residential area Commercial area
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Main entrance
Recreational Cultural Industrial Social USERS Before
Current
Future
Residents 50%
Residents Workers
Workers Residents
Workers
Visitors
Visitors
30% Intimate Space
Shade Privacy Comfort Facility Release
Public Space Abandoned Space
Private Space Semi-open Space
Semi-open Space
Public Space
Private Space
Office Workers
Private Space
20%
DESIGN GOALS By analyzing the major user groups and their expected qualities for this community park, I develop four major topics to design this recreational, cultural, and environmental park further. To meet this criterion, I would start with the design concept and define more details as follows.
Shade Privacy Comfort Facility Release
Shade Privacy Comfort Facility Release
Industrial Transform Increase attractions Encourage outdoor events Provide infrastructure
Maintain partial structure Keep industrial memory Renovate local/site culture
Cultural
Recreational Provide gathering space Allow outdoor activities Provide multi-scale spaces
Social
Eco-friendly
keep local planting species Enrich planting varieties Improve surface infiltration
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SITE MAP The site design respects the existing structure and develops multiple spaces along the main pathway which guides visitors to walk through major attractions. There are many scales of spaces I provide for diverse user groups. Open spaces like the creek, terrace plaza and outdoor theater for large group gathering and activities. Semi-open spaces like garden, shrub maze are designed for people to have the family fun time. The intimate spaces with semi-closure and high canopy provide quite an environment for meditation
Major entrance
Retail plaza
Skywalk Creek
Outdoor theatre Fountain plaza
Shrub maze
Garden
Outdoor theatre Terrace plaza
Reading area
DESIGN CONCEPTS
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Concept 1
Concept 2
DESIGN ANALYSIS
Areas
Primary pathway
Vegetation coverage
Waterbody
Skywalk Primary pathway Secondary pathway Skywalk Main entrance Secondary entrance Minor entrance
Road hierarchy
Secondary pathway
To enrich the space experience, the trees are planted in various arrangements from where people can walk through and have the open view
Retail Plaza
Local history is engraved on the pathway for memorial
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SPACE EXPERIENCE STUDY
+ Tedious path
Divide space
Provide optional path
Seating bed
Creek TERRACE PLAZA
The skywalk structure materials are recycled from the original industrial facilities, and it provides links among multiple attractions. Visitor is able to go on stairs to have an overview of the park or have a seat and shade under the skywalk.
SKYWALK 6
DESIGN ELEMENTS
PARK ENTRANCE
The industrial elements inprire me to create landscape features with industrial symbols. The electric pole and parts are borrowed to create the unique spaces
The polar groups combine with shrub form a maze that creates diverse semi-closure space for minor group activities. Benches asre provided with the industrial symbol design.
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OUTDOOOR PLAYGROUND
SEATING ON THE SKYWALK
Maintaining the existing structure and turining them into new outdoor facilities are the major tasks of this design. The reuse would bring people back to the site and they could have fun with the newly designed park facilities.
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READING AREA
QINGXIU LAKE AREA PLANNING Individual Work Project Duration: three months
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PROJECT BACKGROUND
Illuminated plaza
Night light run
The design area is located near the Qing Xiu Lake which is the largest ecological ake area in the city. The site has about 80 acres, and the major surrounding land is for the residential use. To advocate a more healthy lifestyle, and enhance the living atmosphere for the citizen, this design aims to create outdoor, and natural urban spaces are encouraging people in different ages to engage in the outdoor exercise and group activities. Besides, to bring in more dynamic activities and events to the site, the design would introduce lighting facilities that enrich the night life of the visitors, including night light run, music fountain show, and illuminated structure, these elements would form better safe spaces and beautiful attractions at night that increase the diversity
Night group event
Recreational Energetic Ecological Livable Eco-friendly living environment Energetic night activities Diverse urban spaces Healthy life
Si Lake 13km
Mingge Lake 3km PROJECT SITE
Mingyue Lake 1 km
Bike route
Night light attraction
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QINGXIU LAKE
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User Exercise Survey 14KM 11KM 5.5KM
Main axis
Main axis
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2.3KM
Minor axis View point
Minor axis Main node
Main entry
Minor node
11KM 5.5KM
The design is developed around the Qing Xiu Lake that diverse activities are designed associated with the current forest, waterfront area. The existing site has great green coverage which provides a pleasant natural environment for people who like biking, jogging, and camping. I developed loops with different distance for diverse user groups depend on their exercise survey. Besides, the attractions are distributed along the lakefront area to give visitors multi-scales spaces to relax and play.
Secondary entry
Bikeway
Jogging route
Before
After
Pond
Wall
Pathway
Pathway
I design the diverse waterfront plazas for people to enjoy the lake view. To give visitors, a closer view of the landscape here are three scales of the parkway for options. The parkway allows biker and walker to stop at the recreational area, plaza or wooden bridge, and get to know more about the wetland and the wild life. The tall trees provide shady areas for people to rest and the lake area brings in breeze which create pleasant and natural environment.
Lake
Planting
Bikeway
Wetland
Planting
Bikeway
Flooding level Wet season water level Ordinary water level Wetland
Wetland
Recreational area
Terrace 4m
Wetland
Pathway 6m
Terrace 3m
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1 Welcome planting 2 Sculpture 3 Sitting area 4 Cypress plaza 5 Palm tree plaza 6 Open lawn This waterfront plaza provides large space for outdoor group gathering and the open view of the lake. The open lawn allows people to sit under the tree and enjoy the lake wind. It is the place for people to walk and take exercise.
Activity Plaza
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Cypress Plaza
Sculpture
Cycling Club 14
Pathway
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Skating Plaza
The areas with dense tree coverage would be turned into vegetable gardens, forest and camping ground that give visitors opportunities to learn about plantings, growing vegetables and get closer to the nature. This would be a colorful and joyful area that full of seasonal change and harvest. Adults and children would gain knowledge, fruit, and happiness from outdoor labour
Biking Trail
Increasing the planting species and introducing the wetland planting help to enhance the ground infiltration and drain the surface runoff to the lake. It is beneficial for the environment to reduce the soil erosion and hold the hydration by the planting roots. Children would learn from growing plants and understand the significance of protecting the nature.
Bikeway 5m
Wetland
Crossing bridge 20m
Phragmites communis
Canna indica
Zephyranthes grandiflora
S.babylonica
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Rose Garden
Wetland
Bikeway 5m
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NAN TIE COMMUNITY STEETSCAPE RENOVATION Group Project Duration:three months
Individual responsibilities:
Site survey and analysis Site plan & perspective rendering 3d modeling
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BACKGROUND
Guangxi Province, China
Nanning City, Guangxi
This project is located in Nanning City, Guangxi Province, China. The original community has over thirty years old where the employee of civic railways bureau and their family live here. Due to the community and facilities are getting old, here is a great need to renovate the street and the surrounding environment. The design goal is to create a walkable and inviting space for the residents and bring in local history and culture for building a historical community.
User Analysis
Residents Office Workers 75% 2%
Tourists 5%
Students 18%
Based on the site inventory and analysis, I would like to inherit the local railway’s culture and create the relative symbol for the people to remember.
Railway
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Walking Relaxing Shopping Discussing Dancing
Sightseeing Sitting Shopping Discussing Walking Reading
Factory
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Recreational Cultural Commercial
Beehive
Walkable
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STREET ENTRANCE Entrance Structure Sinage Wall
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SITE PLAN The streetscape is divided into three regions with different themes. The entrance area would have aligned trees with signage wall giving the welcome atmosphere to the visitors. People would go through the entrance structure which remembers them the former railway and the local culture. As they walk on the greenway, they would experience a dynamic and inviting place that brings breeze and available seating area aside from the road.
10 Wooden Corridor 11 Stepping Stone 12 Cobble Paving
8 Grid Tiles
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9 Seating Wall 4 Planting Bed
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5 Overhead Structure 6 Raised Seating
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1 Stores 2 Entrance Structure
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3 Signage Wall 4 1
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7 Wooden Pavement
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Art Walkway
Shopping Street
Chinese redbud
Cassia surattensis
Recreational Plaza
Greenway
Delonix regia Vehicle Lane
Pedestrian Walkway
Overhead Structure Raised Seating Planting Bed
Wooden Corridor
Cobble Pavement
GREENWAY
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LEISURE PLAZA
This Leisure Plaza is designed for people to relax and enjoy the nature. The place is surrounded by tall trees which not only reduce the traffic noise but also create a shady and peaceful area. People can sit aside the creek and have a meditation area. The plaza design concept is inspired by the beehive which creates multiple spaces for different activity purposes. I use hexagon as the basic design element to create different and interesting landscape features to attract people, such as raised bench, pavilion and pavement. 1 Sunken Plaza 2 Artificial Creek 3 Reading Corner 4 Hexagonal Seating
Hexagonal Pavement
Hexagonal Bench
LEISURE PLAZA
Sunken Plaza
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Seated Bed
Hexagonal Pavilion
Hexagonal Pavillion
Planting Bed
Terrace Creek
READING CORNER
Hexgonal Seating
Waterfront Deck
LEISURE PLAZA
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CHAOYANG CREEK GREENWAY RENOVATION Group Project Duration: four months
Individual responsibilities: Site survey and analysis Site map & perspective rendering Section drawing 3d modeling
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PROJECT BACKGROUND Chao Yang Creek is one of the most vital tributaries in the Hu River system which goes through the historic residential area in Nanning City. It witnesses the region’s development as the nearby residential, commercial and historical areas are gaining more value. This design aims to improve the ecological environment along the creek and create a eco-friendly outdoor area. By providing diverse planting organizations and river bank management, it increases the efficiency of regional water source recycle and surface runoff infiltration.
The emphasis of this project design is to create a resilient city which has ability to handle the flooding problem by introducing the appropriate landscape design solutions
China
Chao Yang
Ren Min Rd.
Guangxi Ren Min W. Rd.
Jiang Bei Ave.
Hu River
Nanning
SITE SURVEY Area:22.2 sqkm
Overall Length:13.2km
Building environment
Water pollution
Pavement
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SITE SURVEY
SITE MAP
In line
1 Welcome plaza 2 Sightview boardwalk 3 Waterfront boardwalk PLANTING MAP AND ARRANGEMENT
4 Ecological trail 5 Willow shade plaza
In group
Nan Jing Bridge
6 Open lawn
In community
7 Shopping street 8 Waterfront plaza
Zhen Bei Bridge Yin Xing Bridge
9 Wetland
Community + Line
Xi Ping Bridge.
10 Time square Main entrance Secondary entrance
Jiang Bei Ave. Bed + Line
Activity Time Num of People
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Jiang Bei Ave.
Xi Ping Bridge.
Zhen Bei Bridge
Nan Jing Bridge
Yin Xing Bridge
Through the detailed site survey, I investigate the creek-side environment and neighborhood and reveal six major problems the site encountered. As the regional population density arise, more and more housing and traffic bring the worse situation to the surrounding environment. Too much concrete paving increases the crisis of flooding and soil erosion to the site. The main task of this design is to renovate the water bank and bring new vitality to the greening River bank renovation
Problems
Flooding
Waste
Pollution
Solutions Deforest
Impermeable paving
Healthy lifestyle
Prevent pollution
Unorganized planting
Rainwater recycle
Space division
Flooding season
Runoff management
Dry season Before
Permeable paving
Planting diversity
After
To prevent the potential soil erosion and increase the waterfront recreational area, I transfer the bank with concrete pavement to slope with diverse planting species. It not only retains the rainwater into the planting area but also offers closer view for the visitors to get to nature.
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Terrance boardwalk
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL STRATEGIES
The water pollution and wetland restoration strategies are adapted with three phases of water control with ecological methods. Through the collaboration of planting purification and micro-biological degradation, they gradually reduce the level of water pollution. The wetland acts as the critical part in the natural filtration process which reduces the pollution flowing to the creek while bringing the planting and wildlife diversity to the site.
Phase 1 Pollution control
Phase 2 Planting purification
Terrance boardwalk provides steps of waterfront boardwalk allowing visitors to stay close to nature, enjoy the pleasant environment and get inspired by the ecological scene.
Phase 3 Road construction
Pollutant Root absorption
Stone
Soil absorption
Biological degradation
Natural pollution filter
Vehicle lane
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Buffer zone
Shady pathway
Terrace
Boardwalk
Terrance
Wetland
Parking lot
Planting bed
Main road
Entry sculpture
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Main road Waterfront path
Main road
Waterfront path
Creek
Resting platform Scene corridor
Store
Shopping street
Wetland boardwalk
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OTHER WORKS Acdamic works Drawing Modeling
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PEN SKETCHING
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TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH
LIGHT DESIGN
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PORTFOLIO OF YUQIAN ZHANG
APPLICATION FOR MASTER OF COMMUNITY PLANNING
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