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KUNPENG WANG
PROJECT 1 LANDSCAPE THESIS "CAN RECOGNISABLE FORMS OF DESIGN OFFER FRAMING DEVICES TO INDICATE THE VALUE OF NOVEL ECOLOGIES?"
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RESEARCH STATEMENT Conventional parks require extensive maintenance and resources such as potable water, energy and labour to stay ‘green’ and ‘neat.’ These responses are being challenged by climate change which is transforming Melbourne into a drier and hotter climate. Urban ecology, particularly the self-organising assemblages of novel ecologies which can respond to climate change, offer a paradigm shift in ‘greening’ public space. However, the messy appearance of novel ecosystems hinders their appreciation and understanding by the broader public, particularly in cities where order is preferred over chaos. Using pattern as design method for conveying meaning and order, my project explores the value of novel ecologies in developing a new open space for Melbourne’s Victoria Market. The patterns are derived from the relationship between the forces that influence the site and vegetation communities. The design’s complexity and richness come from the layered influence of wind, aspect, water and human disturbance (explored through the computational). An alternative maintenance regime of mowed paths is introduced to provide a direct indication of care and order. These design interventions allow for sophisticated speculation and manipulation of ecological succession processes and demonstrate alternative ways for designers to control novel ecologies. 3
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The plan is a summary of design interventions and their influence on the generation of the park. Reading in parallel with the planting chart, it demonstrates that the general landform aids wind dispersal from Flagstaff Gardens and the surrounding streetscape. The relatively dramatic landform also facilitate distinctive microclimate conditions that are closely linked to different vegetation communities. 5
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The wavy landform(topographic pattern) itself give a sense of order through repetition. Moreover, it creates pocket microclimates to translate different vegetation in different conditions into a repetition of colour and texture. The mowed path works more as an ornament than actual paths as people tends to create desire paths in such a large scale landscape. The contrast between the dramatic and architectural landforms and the open and patterned spaces in between create an illusion of scale, In other words, a illusion of “wilderness�.
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This image demonstration a tension between organic and geometric(curve and defined edges)and order and chaos(designed form and plants randomly emerge from the cracks). The paved area(right) use formal geometry and arrayed trees to create an almost “oldfashioned� order to frame small patches of Novel Ecologies. This area is design as a permanent event space, while to the left, I choose to use basalt rocks(inspired by natural basalt cliff ) to cover the areas with higher evaporation rate where plants are most likely to become messy.
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Through research, I discovered ecological succession is not uniform. Here, I tried to present how the design works spatially but most critically how ecological succession changes the design at the scale of the site. This is based on research and analysis of forty-five plant species that are possible to emerge around Melbourne CBD To explore these changes in detail, I selected five key areas(marked in orange) to showcase five succession patterns. They emerge in response to forces that flow through the site and in return influences how people would use and experience the design. 11
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DETAIL 1 Plants influence the design by changing soil profile, and even the landform itself. In this sense, the topographic pattern becomes a process.To explain this further, pattern is created to reduce disturbance, reduce evaporation rate for Novel ecosystems to emerge. When woody plants dominate the landscape, these patterns become less functional and less perceptible, it will gradually disappear, so the design is always presenting the most attractive feature to the users.
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DETAIL 2 Only a small area of the site is speculated to reach the final stage of ecological succession. Since become least accessible due to dense vegetation, the landforms in these areas are most dramatic. They are constructed with clay soil, which will eventually collapse if climate change is intensive. In this sense, the design becomes a living indicator of climate change. 15
PROJECT 2 CLIMATIC WAVE FEDERATION SQUARE EAST MASTER PLANNING
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PROJECT STATEMENT Climatic Wave project facilities environmental aspect of sustainability by using patterned landform, vegetation and water to control microclimate on both site and human scale.playful, flexible and comfortable experience in all seasons throughout the site. While slope aspect controls the microclimate on site scale, the waving pattern becomes a way to produce space and microclimate on human scale. This technique is combined with a pavement pattern that blurs the boundary between vegetation and hard surface; The water system of this project encourage interaction with water and the purification process when bringing surface runoff from the city into Yarra river; Intervations on landform and water circle together support a planting scheme with a high degree of wild nature, which further enrich the dynamic experience produced by landform and water.
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1 2 3 LEGEND 4 5 1 HOTEL WITH ACCESSIBLE ROOF 2 RETAL 6 3 INDOOR EVENTS BUILDING 7 4 CAFE 8 AND RESTRUANTS 5 INFORMATION CENTRE(TOURISTS SERVICE) 9 6 ENTRANCE TERRANCE 10 7 EXIBITION AND GALLARY BUILDING(OPERATE BY NGV) 11 8 OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE AND EXIBITION 12 9 WATER PLAY PLAZA
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15 PLAYGROUND(WILD+ART) 12 SLOPING 13 VIEWING PLATFORM 14 PEDESTRAIN BRIDGE
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EUCALYPTUS FOREST
Eucalyptus leucoxylon
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Corymbia terminalis
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Backhousia citriodora
Correa alba
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Dicksonia antarctica
Cyathea australis
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DETAIL2 ACTIVITY PLAZA LED LIGHTING MIST NOZZLES
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SHADING STRUCUTRE
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Crataegus laevigata cultivars
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PROJECT 3 STUDENT PRECINCT FACILATATE THERMAL COMFORT IN UNIMELB NEW STUDENT PRECINCT
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PROJECT STATEMENT The design aims to create a thermal comfortable and universal accessible space for students and other potential users. Working with CAD(Computationalaided-Design) tools such as Grasshopper and Flow design, we tested and designed several comfortable gathering areas for either summer or winter. Water is gathered from roof-top for delivering cooler and more humid air through the designed wind tunnel. Material is selected to enhance microclimate conditions. To enhance accessibility, areas around Frank Tate building are designed to remain flat and open for free access. Also, ramps are carefully calculated to merge into the landform.
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Around spray - 28℃
Light blue stone - 38
Dark permeable paver - 44
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Timber - 18℃
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Ligh blue stone- 25℃
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PHOTOGRAPHY AND DRAWING FACILATITE THERMAL COMFORT IN UNIMELB NEW STUDENT PRECINCT
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In my own time, I'm interested in film Photography and hand drawings. These hobbies helped in shaping my ways of engaging with Landscape architecture. To be specific, Photography gives me opportunities to look closely at the productions of place and the everyday life of people. For me, hand drawing is a source of creativity and control on designing the actual forms.
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kunpengwwork@gmail.com 908/145 Queensberry St. Carlton 3053 0404144286