Kevin Li 1188 Ave Union, Montreal, QC, Canada |(416)705-2159|KevinJSLee4231@gmail.com
//Education
2014~2017 Master of Landscape Architecture Univerisity of Toronto 2010~2013 Master of Urban Planning and Design Chongqing Univerisity 2005~2010 Bachelor of Urban Planning Hefei Univerisity of Technology
//Work Experience
Landscape Summer Internships 2015 Sander Design, Toronto 2016 CHP Architects, BC Junior Landscape Architect 2017~2019 WAA Montreal
//Participated Landscape Projects
2015~2016 Residential Landscapes in Toronto and BC(see portfolio) 2017 Nepean Point Redevelopment Competition, Ottawa, ON,Canada 2017 La Tour des Canadiens 3, Montreal, QC, Canada 2017~2019 Taiyuan Jinyang Lake, Taiyuan, China 2018 Changbai Mountain Resort, Jilin, China 2019 Shanghai Bund Courtyard Competition, Shanghai, China 2019 Route Gravel-Neuville, Neuville, Quebec
//Awards //Software Skills
//Other Qualifications
//Links
OSSGA Student Competition Honorable Mention AutoCAD,Rhino 3D, Lumion, Premiere, Animation Making, Sketch Up, 3D Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, ArcGIS, Revit Modelling, Microsoft Office Valid Ontario “G� license Eligible to become a member of OALA and plan to pass LARE exams Video work for HBP park redesign: https://youtu.be/mgZnDSD0kks Portfolio: https://issuu.com/kevinjslee4231
Contents Academic works
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AGGLOMERATION EFFECT Queen street west redesign
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TRI PARK Humber bay park transformation
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TRANSITION PARK Nelson quarry rehabilitation
2017 OSSGA student competition honourable mention
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TRANSITION NODE Art site urbanism
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Professional practice
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2015~2016 Residential landscapes,Toronto&BC
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2017~2018 La Tour des Canadiens 3, Montreal, Quebec
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2019 Shanghai Bund Courtyard Competition
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2017~2019 Taiyuan Jinyang Lake, China
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2019 Route Gravel-Neuville, Neuville, Quebec
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Academic works
01 AGGLOMERATION EFFECT
Queen street west redesign
With a strong intact historic building fabric, Toronto’s Queen Street West has always served as a vibrant retail and entertainment corridor, but its civic realm is mostly unchanged since the 1950s. This thesis posits how a new design for Queen Street West, which overlays many programs and functions, can let a historical street adapt to its changing context. Based on the analysis of the existing street corridor, the structure of the site is reorganized into three parts with their corresponding design strategies. As a result, a redesigned Queen Street West can keep up with its shifting context, thereby generating an agglomeration effect.
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Context Analysis
Design Process Design Structure
Jhon&Queen St W node
Entertainment zone Downtown core gateway zone Media square node
Fashion shopping zone Market Place node
Adjacent Districts
Entertainment District Fashion District
Programs
Restaurants dominant Fashion stores dominant
Nathan Phillips Square
Context Structure University Ave intersection
A Historical Site 1900s
1920s
1930s
1950s
1970s
Grange Park
1980s
Saint Patrick Square
Spatial Axis
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Master Plan Legend
1. TTC Stops 2. Bike Station 3. Permanent Parking with Paving 4. Outdoor Dinning 5. Market Place 6. Shelter Structure 7. Central Node Paving 8. Fountain 9. John Street Revitalization Project 10. Building Expansion( Cafe & Rooftop Garden)
11. Stage with Stairs 12. Skywalk 13. Building Expansion 14. Rest Area 15. Building Expansion with Indoor Access 16. Media Plaza (Festivals & Events) 17. Bike Laneto Simcoe St 18. Transformed Subway Station & New Retails 19. Landmark Monument 20. Paving on the University Ave
Beverley St
Soho St
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Peter St
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FASHION SHOPPING ZONE
SECTION A-A
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University Ave
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St Patrick St
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McCaul St
John St 8
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John St
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University Ave
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Simcoe St
Duncan St
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ENTERTAINMENT ZONE (OUTDOOR DINING BARS)
SECTION B-B
DOWNTOWN CORE GATEWAY
SECTION C-C
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ENTERTAINMENT ZONE (OUTDOOR DINING,BARS)
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FASHION SHOPPING ZONE
DOWNTOWN CORE GATEWAY
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TRI PARK Humber Bay Park Transformation Video link: https://youtu.be/mgZnDSD0kks
Humber bay park, a lakeshore park located in the west of Toronto, is the intersection of two park systems: Mimico river’s ravine system and Toronto’s waterfront park system. This feature is strengthened in my design: a natural preservation belt is built as a outside ring to protect the urban park zones inside. As a result, people can see changes of the environment from naturalized park to urban plaza as well as citizens’ public spaces.
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Legend
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1. Harbour Entrance
13. Amphitheatre
2. Spiral Garden&Observation Tower
14. Waterfront Commercials
3. Joy Harbour
15. Amenity Centre
4. Harbour Club
16. Observation Tower
5. Sand Beach
17. Boating Channel
6. Birds Sanctury
18. Bike Lane
7. Swimming Pool
19. Boardwalk
8. Mounds
20. Parking Lot
9. Great Lawn
21. Mimico River Ravine
10. Sports Fields
22. Proposed Park
11. Landmark Bridge
23. Jean Augustine Park
12. Entrance Plazas
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Master Plan 09
Public Transit
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Functional Zones
Expressway Arteries Joy Harbour
Secondary Roads
Sports Fields
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Circulation
Green Spaces
Hydrology
Vehicle Bike Lane Water Flow
Perdestrian Path
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Plant Distribution
Eurpean ash
Black cherry tree
Sugar maple
Poplar tree
Red maple
Common duckweed
Marsh bedstraw
Eastern cottonwood
Eastern cottonwood
Pussy willow
Scotch pine
Red osier dogwood
Ironwood
Sand Beach
Forest
Bike Lane
Boating Channel
Amphitheatre
Poplar Tree Rows
Entrance Plaza
Sectional Perspective
Urbanized Landscape
Natural Landscape
Landscape Typology Urban Plaza
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Urban Park
Natural Preservation Zone
Amphitheatre
Birds Sanctury&Great Lawn
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TRANSITION PARK Nelson Quarry Rehabilitation
OSSGA student design competition Honourable Mention Partner: Hannah Soules This entry separates itself from the pack with a well-defined strategy for using onsite hydrology to develop varied ecosystems for recreational use. We considered water the most defining attribute of the site and did not want to lose that in the rehabilitation process. Instead, we sought to celebrate the water element. Our plan will modify the west-side body of water to increase its transition zone, connect with the other main body of water via streams and channels, and stabilize the site over time.
Phasing Plan
Transition zone Wetland&Meadow 13
Landscape Typology
Master Plan
Forest
Meadow
Proposed Circulation
Wetland
Marsh Forest
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Shallow Ponds
Water Circulation
To the body of water outside
Deep Ponds
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After
Long Section
Deep Ponds
Shallow Ponds
Wetland
Meadow
Forest 14
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TRANSITION NODE Art Site Urbanism There are two meanings of the title: the transition of time and the transition of circulation. In 2015, the tower automotive finished its own transition from a factory to MOCA museum. In terms of circulation, several programs on the west of railway are connected to the site by a new pedestrian bridge such as TTC stops on Dundas west, boutiques, art studios and cafe&restaurants. Also, the railpath is connected to the site tightly, which is fulfilled by the design of open space along the railpath: the new open space provides various activities to visitors like bicycle parking, beverage and snacks, skateboard play and outdoor dining. In the east of the site, the connection is finished by the same pattern that connects new buildings in the east and MOCA to the central node. In addition, an artwork can bring people on the Sterling Road to the site. Above all, the surrounding context is connected to the transition node in the centre of the site by design strategies mentioned above.
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Site Analysis Projects
Site
Site
TTC Stops Go Train Station Art Studio Supermarket Cafe&Restaurant Boutique Railpath TTC Routes Pedestrian flow
Timeline
Tower Automotive Building
Transition
The building was opened by Northern Aluminum Company and it was the tallest building in Canada.
Railway
A railway line was built in this area where the site was used for manufacturing and railway transportation.
Streetcar
Bloor streetcar line was opened by TTC in 1921.
Tower Automotive Building stopped working and related plans of transformation were made.
Subway
The TTC built Bloor-danforth subway and the streetcar line was replaced by the subway line.
MOCA
Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto moved into the building and the site enters a new era.
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Master Plan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Circulation&Nodes
Patio Pedestrian Bridge Skateboard Square Entrance Garden Snack Booth Bike Parking Posts Rain Garden
Landform 9 Amphitheatre 10 Dry Fountain 11 Sunken Square&Fountain&Ice Rink 12 Tree Array 13 Sedum Garden 14 Signage 8
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Railpath Zone
Buffer Zone
Central Zone
Cultural Zone
Dry Fountain&Pedestrian Bridge
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Professional Practice
2015~2016 Residential Landscape Design Single Houses Landscape Design in Toronto Resiponsibility: Conceptual design, modeling, site survey, construction drawings
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Chilliwack Midtown Site Plan Resiponsibility: Landscape design, Planting design, detailed construction drawings, paper layout
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Chilliwack Midtown Site Plan 2
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2017~2018 La Tour des Canadiens 3 Resiponsibility: Conceptual design, modeling, rendering
The Tour des Canadiens is a condominium skyscraper complex in Montreal, Quebec. We were in charge of the design of all outside environments of new two towers. The main landscape is a pocket park bewteen two towers.
*Renderings finished by other companies
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2019 Shanghai Bund Courtyard Competition Resiponsibility: Conceptual design, site analysis, diagrams, rendering, final presentation booklet
The architectural transformation of old Shanghai municipal building is designed by David Chipperfield Architects. They expand the existing building and make it as an intact courtyard. We are in charge of the design of this courtyard and other outdoor environments.
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2017~2019Taiyuan Jinyang Lake Resiponsibility: Conceptual design, modeling, rendering, detail construction drawings,paper layout Jinyang Lake is a huge lake in Taiyuan, China, the area of its water body can be almost 5.5 km2. AECOM was in charge of the overall master plan as well as the south bank and east bank of the lake. In the past two years, we finished the design of west bank and north bank from overal plan to detailed construction drawing.
Designed by WAA
Designed by AECOM
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2019 Route Gravel-Neuville Resiponsibility: Preparatory work, sectional perspective, planning discussion
Ville de Nouville is a village on the south of Quebec City, we worked on the planning of areas on both sides of Route Gravel and other areas in the vicinity.
Landmark Landscaped waterfront belts Core planning area Proposed greenway
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