2015
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
Karen Lau.
Karen Lau
3rd Year Landscape Architecture Student at UNSW.
Email: karen.lys123@gmail.com | Phone: 0468 389 299
EDUCATION 13’
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
ACHIEVEMENT 15’
University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
12’
Foundation Year Program - Design Stream University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
11’
Associate of Science - Architectural Studies City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Shortlist for People Choice’s Award AILA Fresh Satchel Sketch Competition Australian Institute of Landscape Architects NSW, Australia
13’
Undergraduate Dean’s Merit List Faculty of Built Environment University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
ABOUT ME Growing up in Hong Kong, a vibrant and densely populated city with minimal urban greenspace, I had always treasured my weekend retreats at the countryside. Eventually, I found my passion in geography study and scenery drawing. Nature has inspired me so much that at some point, I started to ask myself, “What can I offer back to the environment?”. It was then I learnt about Landscape Architecture, an opportunity to make use of my creativity and interest in geography to contribute in sustainable spatial design. This portfolio is a record of my works as a landscape architecture student.
EMPLOYMENT 14’
Landscape Architecture Internship TUMU TEAM LTD Hong Kong
13’
15’
Landcare
Pyrmont Ultimo Landcare Ltd Sydney, Australia
Retail Assistant
Ocean Park Corporation Hong Kong
12’
VOLUNTEER
Serving Crew New York Fries Hong Kong
SKILLS Language
aa English | Cantonese | Mandarin
Technical
aa Photoshop | Indesign | Illustrator | Microsoft Office a AutoCad | SketchUp
PORTFOLIO CONTENT
5.1 SKETCH COM
5.OTHER
4.1 PLANS DOCUMENTATION
4.2 SECTIONS DOCUMENTATION
4.DETAILS
3.1 MODELS & ARTWORKS
3.2 SPECIMEN COLLECTION
3. CRAFTS
2.DRA 2.1 STUDIO
MPETITION
5.2 DESIGN COMPETITION
5.3 INTERNSHIP
1.2 GREEN SPINE,
1.1 LIGHTHORSE PARK,
R WORKS
LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL
1.3 UNLOCKING BLACKWATTLE BAY PRECINCT,
1.STUDIO
PYRMONT
1.4 THE PUMPING HEART, QUEENS PARK
AWINGS
DRAWINGS
2.2 SKETCH BOOK DRAWINGS
2.3 LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS
1
STUDIO
LIGHTHORSE LINE LIVERPOOL
LIGHTHORSE LINE LIVERPOOL Location: Liverpool, Sydney. Site area: 48,840 sqm Project Description: Make use of landform, river and sound to commemorate and tell the story of the 12th Lighthorse Regiment _ a troop formerly raised in Liverpool.
UNLOCKING BWB PRECINCT
GREEN SPINE LIVERPOOL
Skills Developed: Photoshop | Illustrator | Memorial Design | WSUD
WATER-SENSITIVITY Flood-sensitive Stormwater treatment
DESIGN ASPIRATION
CULTURE + HERITAGE Boardwalk through pylon remnants and weir. Decks facing significant structures. Materiality (Timber + Corten steel)
SOUND Wind organs as monument Use noise under bridge to create ambiance of war zones.
THE PUMPING HEART QUEENS PARK
100dB
HERITAGE WALK BUSH WALK 80dB
LAWNS + BERM
MEMORIAL WALK
60dB
[ SOUND
DATA UNDER LIGHTHORSE BRIDGE
]
[ KEY
AREAS
]
STUDIO: 2015 [ DRAINAGE ]
[ CIRCULATION ]
[ MASTER
PLAN
]
[ MONUMENT ]
+ 27
+ 23.5
+ 20.5
+ 17.5
+ 14.5
+ 11.5
+9 +9
+ 8.5 +8
STUDIO: 2015
[ BUSH
LOOKOUT SECTION
]
+ 14.5
[ MEMORIAL
WALK SECTION
]
LIGHTHORSE LINE LIVERPOOL
GREEN SPINE LIVERPOOL Location: Liverpool, Sydney. Site area: 483,300 sqm Project Description: Reinvent a sustainable, liveable and pleasant urban city that coexists with the natural environment and accommodate the rising population of Liverpool.
UNLOCKING BWB PRECINCT
GREEN SPINE LIVERPOOL
Skills Developed: Photoshop | Illustrator | WSUD | Urban Design | Team Work COMMUNITY Walkability + Accessibility Sense of belonging Local creative industry
DESIGN ASPIRATION
SUSTAINABILITY Reuse heritage buildings Reuse pylon remnant Strengthen public transport Green spine system
WATER-SENSITIVE Flood control Water purification Stormwater treatment Flood-sensitive promenade
GRID
THE PUMPING HEART QUEENS PARK
EDUCATION Formal + Informal Outdoor learning Environmental awareness
NODE
OPEN
PENINSULA
WETLAND TRANSPORT HUB UNWELCOME
VIEW
FLOOD
STORMWATER
? [ OPPORTUNITIES
DETENtION BASIN
& CONSTRAINTS
]
GREEN SPINE + MIXED USE
[ KEY
AREAS
]
STUDIO: 2015 [ MASTER
PLAN
]
LIVERPOOL
BOTANY BAY
TEAM EFFORT In teams of 4, we developed an urban master plan following detailed site analysis and urban water system study. MY ROLE Diagrams | Sections | Graphic illustrations
[ RIVER
CATCHMENT
]
B’
B
C’ C
A A’
A
[ SECTIONS
B
C
INDICATOR
]
STUDIO: 2015 A’
[ GREEN
SPINE SECTION
]
B’
[ TRANSPORT
INTERCHANGE PLAZA SECTION
]
C’
[ STUDIO
& WORKSHOPS ARCADE SECTION
]
LIGHTHORSE LINE LIVERPOOL
UNLOCKING BLACKWATTLE BAY PRECINCT Location: Pyrmont, Sydney Site area: 95,650 sqm Project Description: Rebuild the image of Blackwattle Bay Precinct into a vibrant and green community hub through revitalising the industrial site and activating the waterfront area.
UNLOCKING BWB PRECINCT
GREEN SPINE LIVERPOOL
Skills Developed: Photoshop | Illustrator | Structural Study | Complex Programming
SUSTAINABILITY Reuse on-site shipping containers Reuse existing buildings Local brewery - export Green link Green car park
THE PUMPING HEART QUEENS PARK
UNDULATING
DESIGN ASPIRATION
LEGIBILITY Signature beach Materiality Transport connection Visual connection
COMMUNITY Walkability + Accessibility Community park + garden Gathering space
FLAT OPEN SPACE
FISH MARKET
OPEN WATER
PROMENADE DRAGON BOAT CLUB
[ OPPORTUNITIES
BEACH
ROWING CLUB
& CONSTRAINTS
]
[ KEY
AREAS
]
STUDIO: 2015
LOADING ZONE FISH MARKET
PUBLIC CAR PARK PUBLIC CAR PARK
BLACK WATTLE BEACH
WENTWORTH PARK + FILTRATION POND
FOOD MARKET LAWN
BEER GARDEN BREWERY
COMMUNITY PARK
HERITAGE FLEET MUSEUM BOATING SHED COMMUNITY GARDEN
[ MASTER
PLAN + STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM]
BROOKLYN
CHRISTCHURCH
BEACH
MARKET PYRMONT
PYRMONT
[ SCALE 1 LIGHT IN
2 CONTAIN
E
A
1
A’ B
ION
RKET
LAT
MA
AL
2
B’
4 3 BOARDW
]
R
ST
STUDY + SITE TESTING
3
4 BEER G AR
AL
N
ON
DE
K WATER
C
C’
[ IMAGES
+ SECTIONS INDICATOR
]
STUDIO: 2015
A’
A
[ FISH
MARKET SECTION
]
B’
B
[ BOARDWALK
ON GROYNE SECTION
]
GLEBE ISLAND BRIDGE
C’
C
[ COMMUNITY
GARDEN SECTION
]
LIGHTHORSE LINE LIVERPOOL
THE PUMPING HEART QUEENS PARK Location: Waverly, Sydney. Site area: 264,100 sqm Project Description: Transform the suburban park into a vibrant public space with dynamic new sporting facility and landform moulding. Drawing technique of modernist landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx was used in this project.
VIBRANCY An active hub for sports + gathering Transition from passive to active space (Edge to centre)
DYNAMIC Form + Function Materiality Symbolism
DESIGN ASPIRATION
ECOLOGY Protect + Extend endangered ecological community Biodiversity Green corridor
URBAN FOREST
THE PUMPING HEART QUEENS PARK
UNLOCKING BWB PRECINCT
GREEN SPINE LIVERPOOL
Skills Developed: Powerpoint | Sand Model | Abstract Representation| Sportsfield design
CULTURE
SPORTS
[ BURLE
MARX STYLE DESIGN GENERATORS
]
[ KEY
AREAS
]
STUDIO: 2014 [ MASTER
PLAN
]
[ CONTEXT
PLAN
]
[ DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT MODEL
]
STUDIO: 2014
[ VEGETATION
+ DRAINAGE DIAGRAM
SOCCER
]
[ CIRCULATION
DIAGRAM
]
TRAMPOLINE OUTDOOR GYM ABORIGINAL CARVING
TRACK & FIELD BASEBALL
PLAYGROUND VIEW OUT
VIEW IN
SPECTATOR
SPORTS
ABORIGINE
[ PROGRAMMING
DIAGRAM
]
2
DRAWINGS
STUDIO DRAWINGS
STUDIO DRAWINGS Year: 2014
Media: Pencil | Color pencil | Felt tip pen | Marker
LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS
SKETCH QUEENS PARK BOOK DRAWINGS
Drawings Description: Hand drawn plans, sections and sketches can sometimes convey the site character better than digital drawings.
PHYSICS LAWN, UNSW
DRAWINGS
NAKED LADY COURTYARD, UNSW
STUDIO DRAWINGS
Year: 2014
DRAWINGS
SKETCH BOOK DRAWINGS Media: Pencil | Color pencil | Felt tip pen | Correction pen
LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS
SKETCH QUEENS PARK BOOK DRAWINGS
Drawings Description: A series of streetscape, landscape and planting studies of existing outdoor public spaces in Sydney.
POOL OF REMEMBRANCE
PLANTS
DRAWINGS
COOK AND PHILLIP PARK
FOUNTAIN WALK
STUDIO DRAWINGS
LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS Year: 2013
Media: Ink | Vine charcoal | Compressed charcoal | Pencil | Felt tip pen
LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS
SKETCH QUEENS PARK BOOK DRAWINGS
Drawings Description: A landscape recording activity of quick sketching and drawing to emphasize texture and key feature of plants and landscapes.
COUNTRY ROAD
BRANCHES
DRAWINGS
FLOWER BUDS
JACARANDA
3
CRAFTS
MODELS & ARTWORKS
MODELS & ARTWORKS Year: 2012 - 2015
SPECIMEN COLLECTION
Crafts Description: A landscape recording activity of quick sketching and drawing to emphasize texture and key feature of plants and landscapes. Materials: Sand | Pasteboard | Balsa wood | Paper | Wire Mesh| Foamcore
SAND MODEL
PROCESS MODEL
CRAFTS
ART MODEL
SKETCH MODEL
MODELS & ARTWORKS
SPECIMEN COLLECTION Year: 2013
SPECIMEN COLLECTION
Crafts Description: Plants are thoroughly studied through specimen collection and species identification. The following specimens are part of a larger collection showcasing some commonly found species in Australia.
Acacia longifolia
Fabaceae hardenbergia
Melaleuca hypericifolia
CRAFTS
Grevillea rosmarinifolia
Grevillea banksii x whiteana
Pultenaea daphnoides
4
DETAILS
PLANS
PLANS DOCUMENTATION
SECTIONS
Year: 2014
Documentation Description: Detailed construction plans of Glebe foreshore were produced following the design of the promenade. Skills Developed: AutoCad | Construction Drawings | Landform Engineering | Specifications
SETOUT PLAN
DEMOLITION PLAN
DETAILS
MATERIAL PLAN
PLANTING PLAN
PLANS
SECTIONS DOCUMENTATION
SECTIONS
Year: 2014
Documentation Description: Detailed construction sections of Cordeaux Heights development were produced following a site grading exercise. Skills Developed: Construction Drawings | Materials Rendering | Specifications
DECK + BALUSTRADE SECTION
DECK + PAVING SECTION
DETAILS
FENCE + GATE SECTION
FENCE + WALL SECTION
5
OTHER WORKS
COMPETITIONS INTERNSHIP
AILA FRESH SKETCH COMPETITION Year: 2015
Competition Description: Organized by AILA Fresh, participants were asked to create a sketch that respond to the theme of 2015 Festival of Landscape Architecture - ‘This Public Life’. Entry Description: People are the centre of public life, while spaces allow us to gather and interact with each other in different activities, as symbolized in my sketch entry.
Year: 2015
Competition Description: Organized by UrbanGrowth NSW, the competition asked Sydneysiders to share their vision on one of Sydney’s biggest urban transformation project - The Bays Precinct.
OTHER WORKS
BAYS PRECINCT ‘CALL FOR GREAT IDEAS’
Entry Description: In collaboration with a group of residents in Pyrmont, the site was carefully studied and modified to create a park, promenade and beach in response to local & visitors’ needs.
COMPETITIONS
INTERNSHIP WORKS Year: 2014 - 2015
Internship Description: As a landscape architecture intern in Tumu Team Ltd, Hong Kong, my job included designing, layouting, rendering, creating diagrams and translating.
INTERNSHIP
Skills Developed: Paving Design | Communication | Photoshop | Indesign | Practicality
PAVING + LANDSCAPE DESIGN
OTHER WORKS
PAVING RENDERING
Thank You for Reading! Email: karen.lys123@gmail.com | Phone: 0468 389 299
Karen Lau.