Xiaocun liu - MLA portfolio (2017) by Liu Xiaocun

XIAOCUN LIU Landscape Architect 217-898-1712 904 E Scovill Street, Urbana, IL 61801 lxiaocun2015@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute - Yanguotai Studio Design Intern (full-time) 07.2014-12.2014 Shanghai, China http://www.tjupdi.com/new/

Urban planning & Landscape design for Fuliang ancient city, Fuliang County, Jiangxi Province; China Landscape design (renovation of ancient architecture) for a classicstyle commercial complex, Ma’anshan , Henan Province, China Landscape design of the main street to Luoshan National Forest Park, Xinyang City, Henan Province

Yang Dong Studio 11.2012-06.2014 Beijing, China

Design Intern (part-time) Planning book of “four in one” national highway service station in Heilongjiang Province, China Preliminary planning for Xiushui Town, Dongfeng County, Liaoning Province, China The second phase landscape design of living environent in Huaxi Longcheng, Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, China

EDUCATION Beijing Forestry University 09.2010-07.2014

Bachelor, Major in Landscape Gardening

Beijing, China http://www.bjfu.edu.cn/

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 08.2015-present Urbana-Champaign, IL http://www.landarch.uiuc.edu/

Master Candidate, Major in Landscape Architecture 2.5 Year Program, Minor in Heritage Studies

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Research studies 05.2017-12.2017 United States 01.2017-05.2017 United States 05.2016-08.2016 United States 06.2013-06.2014 China

Research Assistant "Freshwater - Design Thinking for Inland Water Territories" symposium

SKILLS Editing/Graphic Photoshop

85%

AutoCAD

80%

English

InDesign

75%

Sketch Up

70%

Chinese

Native

Illustrator

85%

Rhino

70%

After Effect

60%

Arcgis

70%

Independent Study Contemporary research topics of Landscape Architecture in China

Fiel Travel Fellowship Diachronic Change of Whyte's research on the social life in urban spaces in the metropolitan areas of United States

Beijing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Accessibility of Design in Landscape - A case study of Residential Designs in Haidian District, Beijing

Conference (invited to participate in) a2ru emerging creatives conference

02.06.2017-02.12.2017

University of Florida

research and design in water issues based on interdisplinary cooperation (include but not limited to science, engineers, art, landscape architecture and ecology)

AWARDS Academics 2017 2016-2017 2016 2015-2016 2012 & 2013 2014

Language

Drawing

Illinois Chapter ASLA Award of Honor Block Grant Scholarship from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Fiel Travel Fellowship from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Sasaki Day Finalist Scholarship from Beijing Forestry University Palm Scholarship from palm Landscape Architecture Co.

Sports 2013

Third prize in Table tennis Women's teams of Beijing, 2013

2012

First Prize in Table Tennis Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Singles, Beijing Forestry University, 2012

CONTENTS Graduate Work

I [Landscape + Resilience] Riverfront of St Louis, Missouri

TIMELINE

II [Landscape + Engineering]

TEMPORALITY Â· TRENDS

Revival for Chautauqua, Illinois

III [Landscape + History] Vermillion County, Indiana

3: VERMILLION COUNTY

XIAOCUN LIU

CENTRAL VALLEY REACH

IV [Landscape + Time]

Environmental Gallery for Krannert Museum in UIUC

Undergraduate Work

I [Landscape + Sustainability]

Master Plan for Beijing Forestry University, China

II [Landscape + Exodus]

Observatory on Baojie Mountain, Wuxi, China

III [Landscape + Art]

Earth art & Hand Drawings

The New Defense Line for St. Louis, Missouri

[Landscape + Resilience] Personal work Instructor Jessica Henson Mar. 2017 - May, 2017

Flooding has always been a big issue for the areas between St. Louis and Cairo along the Upper Mississippi River. When we check the 100-year flood and 500-year flood lines along the River, it is very clear that riverain are under the threat of floods almost all the time. This framework proposes to reduce flood damage, utilize spaces between the River and developed areas as a zone, and to create a new multi-functional defense line for urban areas. Therefore, after comparing thirty engineering interventions that are historically used along the Mississippi River, the proposal chose three of them: canal, levee, and wetland with a new landscape intervention: berm to make these four tools co-operate and work as a new integrated water system. The selected site for design example is the flood wall of St. Louis along the Mississippi River and its surrounding vacant areas. The size of flood wall is 2 feet wide on average and 15 feet high the unused areas around the flood wall is from 90 feet to 500 feet in width and 4.8 miles in length. Since the wall itself is not wide enough for walking, jogging or other activities, the fundamental method is to broaden it, to change it from a line to a space which can be used as riverfront areas. The enlarged flood wall will not serve as an intervention which is only for flood prevention, but also recreational line parks along the River. Moreover, the spaces under the platform virtually created by the broadened flood walls can be a new complex, which can develop into sports areas like tennis courts as well as business districts such as cafĂŠ and shops. Berms are another main intervention applied here for increasing the infiltration of the land when the high density of urban environment decreases heavily land ability to infiltrate water. Those which should have been saved as groundwater becomes run-off and pump out of the flood wall to increase the River level. Taking this into consideration, natural surface become the most effective method to hold the run-off of the developed areas. Furthermore, berms are a landscape tool that connects the city to the river over the wall, reducing the interrupted flood walls cause between the city and river. Moreover, berms with high infiltration materials can help reduce run-off. However, considering that floods in this area usually come with sediment, the berms that between flood walls and the River will be surrounded and protected by wetlands, which can hold sediment to reduce the damage. To enhance water quality improvement, the proposal adds dry wells and sedimentation wells in the second level of constructed wetlands to reinforce the treatment process. The berms work as medium between populations and the River as well as surface water and groundwater.

Link to Play video for Plan of St. Louis Riverfront

TAXONOMY FOR FLOOD WALL

PERSPECITVE SECTION FOR HIGH RIVER STAGE (MARCH-MAY)

CITY SECTION PERSPECTIVE - SPACE BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AREA&THE RIVER

Revival for Chautauqua, Illinois, Mississippi Basin

[Landscape + Engineering] LA 537 - Fall 2016 Graduate Studio II Personal work Instructor M. Elen Deming

Landscape is a dynamic process, which experiences birth, growth, decay, death. However, death is an ending, it is also the rebirth, a new beginning for the next circle. Water is the reason for the rise of Chautauqua but also causes its fall. There are plenty of resources in Chautauqua, not only those obvious ones like limestones and forest, but also flood which is usually regarded as a dangerous event. In fact, flood means abundant water resource from another perspective. The principle of this project is to use or reuse this potential resource.My method is to build a new run-off system and the aim is to help Chautauqua solve the crucial flooding problems and revive in the next circle. After analysis of aspects, slope, and elevation of Chautauqua, the result shows that not only run-off flood, but also soil erosion is a big problem for locals. The upper limit of soil stability on the mountain is 50 degree while it is common over than it in Chautauqua. The situation reminds me of terraces, a traditional form which has been widely applied in agriculture in mountainous area. Furthermore, it has been verified that it is an ideal method to protect water and soil on steep mountains. Considering the difference between real terraces and Chautauqua, the channels here is not aimed at farming, which means it is not necessary to deal with every corner of mountains as terraced field. The next step is to account the precipitation of Chautauqua and examine there needs four channels which could handle over 90% of run-off flood problems. The importance in the process of digging channels is to reduce the ecological cost. Based on this, digging smaller number but deeper channels is more intelligible than larger number but shallow ones. During the process, soil erosion would become more serious temporarily. However, it is also another opportunity to increase the biodiversity of Chautauqua during the recovery process afterwards. Wet/dry tolerant plants are arranged in channels so that they can offer a visual recreation in both wet/dry seasons. Furthermore, plants in channels can increase its infiltration, which is the essential method to reduce the danger of run-off. Only having the channels on the mountains is not enough. Firstly of all, the water in the channels cannot be reused and once precipitation is over than its up limit, run-off would still cause flood problem. Secondly, it cannot be connected to current water system to form a new water circulation. The design of weir trail is contributed to solve these two problems. The operating principle of weirs follows: it is like a tank. It will not flow down until the water in the tank reach a certain level. The degree of weir trail will be under 10 degree. The measures guarantee that water will not flow directly into creek during wet seasons which would aggravate the pressure of creeks. Furthermore, it bridges the water in channels and creeks so that the water is not only retention there. Instead, it will form a beautiful scene as aâ&#x20AC;? naturalâ&#x20AC;? fountain. Finally, it can also be functioned as trails during dry seasons. Design is not only solving problems, but solving problems is the precondition. I prefer propose a relatively best solution to the site before increasing additional benefits like self-conscious values and aesthetic quality.

F O U N D I N G SOLUTIONS Â· VALUES

Analysis

of current run-off system explains why many cottages in Chautauqua community are suffering from terraced floods. The two creeks (blue lines) are the only ground ways for flood discharge which lead to Mississippi River. Considering community's closed location to Mississippi River, the creek will not work well when the River also has flood problems.

GROUP WORK

XIAOCUN LIU, YE YUAN, XIANGYUN CAO

F O U N D I N G SOLUTIONS · VALUES

SYSTEM-CREEKS

Before

Models

show how water speed will change by various banks and plant arrangments. The third form will slow flows and reduce flood pressure.

Perspectives

show how different after new changes of creeks' banks comparing to the current ones.

Source: bottière chênaie eco district http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2012/09/bottiere-chenaie-eco-district-by-atelier-despaysages-bruel-delmar/ People http://skalgubbar.se/ Plants https://www.pinterest.com/

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After

MISSISSIPPI BASIN

F O U N D I N G SOLUTIONS · VALUES

Before

New creeks can create spaces for

recreation. Chautauqua is a community where family and chaildren play the most signifant roles here. The ecological banks will be a perfect educational area for children to be closed with water and nature. Furhtermore, it will store water for a longer time (the above picture is taken in dry seasons).

After

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MISSISSIPPI BASIN

SYSTEM-CHANNELS

V (square)=5.4 m/s Creek: 27993.6m³/h V (trapezoid/60°)=5.65 m/s Creek: 29289.6m³/h Infiltration (average):25mm/h/m Precipitation (historically top): 61mm/h/m2 Run-off: 244254.924 - 413876.399m³ Time: 7-15 Hours

F O U N D I N G SOLUTIONS Âˇ VALUES Construction Process Current

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Channels on mountains are based on calculation of historical flood records. I intend to build

three channels which will cover 90% flood problems. The constrction process will exacerbate soil erosion temporarily. However, residents can enhance communication during voluntary work (Phase 1) and the recovery of impact zone is a chance for increasing ecological diversity and creating a new landmark (Phase 2 & 3).

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MISSISSIPPI BASIN

F O U N D I N G SOLUTIONS Â· VALUES Channel Section

The inspiration of channels comes from terraced fields, which has certified its success in keeping soil and water on steep hills.

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MISSISSIPPI BASIN

F O U N D I N G SOLUTIONS Â· VALUES

Blue Flag Iris

Common Rush

Common Iron Weed

Indian Grass

Late Goldenrod

Yellow Cone Flower

Purple Prairie Clover

Wild Bergamot

River Bulrush

Hardstem Bulrush

Stiff Goldenrod

Prairie Junegrass

Source: Native Plants: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/il/plantsa nimals/?cid=nrcs141p2_030715

Perspective & Plant Selection

Flower trails will go along channels. It

will be a new card for Chautauqua. The speicies are elected from native plants. In consideration of channels function, the elected species are water - tolerant.

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MISSISSIPPI BASIN

F O U N D I N G SOLUTIONS Â· VALUES General Section(Channels-Weirs-Creeks)

Weirs are the third part of this new run-off system. The function of weirs are multiple. They are water conveyors between channels and creeks. They can be "natural" fountains in wet seasons and hiking trails in dry seasons.

RUN-OFF SYSTEM OF CHAUTAUQUA XIAOCUN LIU

MISSISSIPPI BASIN

Research in Vermillion County, Indiana

[Landscape + History] LA 438 - Spring 2016 Design Workshop I Group & Personal work Instructor Stephen Sears

This is deep research of Vermillion County, in Indiana, which represents a typital development of river cities along the Wabash River. By translating research of historians, geologists, etc. into landscape vocabulary, the result exhibits that human's attitude towards landscape varies with time. Landscape architecture is much more than design, it is also recording history, remembering past, and telling wordless stories.

TILL PLAIN TRAVERSE [SP2015]

CENTRAL VALLEY REACH [SP2016]

STATELINE [SP2013]

WABASH RIVER WATERSHED

PROFESSOR STEPHEN SEARS

WABASH RIVER WATERSHED XIAOCUN LIU

CENTRAL VALLEY REACH

S U RSVUERYV E YT E TRERRI RTIOT OR RYY · · SSYY SS TTEEMMSS

Patterns of landscape was various before settlers

came here. Normadic native Americans in the north part, mountainous area in the south. Overlayed mapping shows changes in patterns.

Responsible for document collection, one third of layers and texts GROUP WORK

GROUP WORK

VICTORIA DURAND, MANMAN SHAO, XIAOCUN LIU

CENT

I N D E X PATTERNS Âˇ PRACTICES

INDEX

PATTERNS Âˇ PRACTICES RELENTLESS INTERNENTION Human practice has always had a continuous and cumulative influence on nature and culture. In Vermillion County, we know the mound builders came first. They hunted, fished, and harvested timber. Valleys full of white oaks were purged by seasonal fires that left standing only the trees over ten meters tall, allowing seeds to take hold where sunlight filtered through the branches. The Native Americans came afterwards. They fought against fierce animals, chasing buffalos and wolves through prairie and woodland. Pioneers emulated them to some degree, but they were more focused on capitalizing the natural land and its resources rather than recreation or religion. Whole populations of animals were hunted, some for skins, some for food, until wild beasts were no longer a threat to the settlers. They were different then the Native Americans, who believed each animal and tree had its own spirit. Early settlers quickly identified the value of timber and forest, and sought to the wildness in terms of resources on which to capitalize. To meet the demands of sawmills along the Wabash, wagons, flat-boats and keelboats flowed in and out of the forest day and night. For this reason also, Vermillion County had the best wagon roads in the world during the 19th century. After settlers arrived, these oak saplings were slowly replaced by stands by maples, as the unhindered canopy grew dense and blocked out the sun they needed. On the other hand, adverse climate and harsh living conditions caused hardships during wealth accumulation - they had to transport timber as quickly as possible to get the highest price so that they could feed their families. As the number of people moving to the mid-west increased, the number of trees decreased. There used to be 80% forest, and it is only in the steepest and most inaccessible areas that the trees were spared. Massive deforestation has changed the natural structure of Vermillion County. Water and soil erosion are unavoidable without the large trees and their deep roots, especially when floods reach out of the bank of Wabash and pour into the plains of corn, the most characteristic feature of the local landscape, which stretches endlessly to the horizon. Settlers later learned that there was treasure below the surface. Coal mines drew countless numbers, especially strong and healthy men to the county in the late 19 century and first half of 20th century. They came crowded on steamboats and swarming into those mines to collect the high quality coal. The railroads built at this were the chosen mode of delivery to Chicago, the real capital of Midwest. It is a mining city without darkness. Vermillion is abundant in both surface and underground mining, which not only changed the visible part of the land, but also that which is deep in the ground. However, the prosperous industry of mining was temporary. Miners and their families would move to follow the discovery of new coal, but the land could not move with them. Dry wells were left like wounds, each filling with waste water, one after another, all permanently altering the face of the environment of Vermillion County.

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T I M E L I N E TEMPORALITY · TRENDS

TIMELINE

TEMPORALITY · TRENDS

Timeline

shows that the development of Vermillion was clear in the first half the 20th century, which focused on pasture and coal mining. As pollution increasing, Vermillion began to seek new ways forward, such as recreation, 3: VERMILLION COUNTY XIAOCUN LIU cultural trails.

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N A R R A T I V E INHABITANTS Âˇ PHENOMENA

EARTH

Vermillion County benefit from the last glacier, which bestowed upon the land, and the fertile black soil and hidden assets that would not be discovered until long after settlers came. Vermillion County was developed later than neighboring counties because its thick forest slowed the first settlers. It usually took several years for them to build a decent shelter. Timber was the most convenient natural resource at the very beginning, including the timber left by the prehistoric mound builders culture in the bottom of the Wabash Valley. The early newcomers, like the Martin family of settlers usually had friendly relations with the aboriginal population, since the sedentary white people offered repair work for nomadic people like the Delawares and Miamis in exchange for money. The newcomers were also the best hunters, who hunt deer to the neighborhood. Every family owned a large piece of land so that the closest neighborhood was three miles away, which made it easy to own natural resources but also difficult to obtain necessities such as iron. The earliest railroad was built in 1847 for coal transportation, which changed the pattern of the land. Coal stations discharge steam, electric power cut through the forest, pools and lakes become habitation of polluted water. The impact of people is no longer limited to individual scale, instead, it involves more and more people until everyone in the Midwest not spared. People continue asking nature for more, until artificial materials replace natural environment.

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N A R R A T I V E INHABITANTS Âˇ PHENOMENA

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FIRE AND STORM

Vermillion County was not the Garden of Eden for early settlers. They constantly struggled with the outcome of inclement weather. Native Americans used fire as a tool method. They would burn the forests and prairie seasonally for hunting buffalos and opening up the new land. As they were without definite residence, it was common for them to move out of forest when winter coming and move back when the temperature rising. Furthermore, living in the forest, especially those sugar maple, filled with trees, which is dominant here, represents that they had abundant original materials for sugar. Settlers learned to use fire productively too: Indiana's second biggest brick company, the Clinton Paving Brick Company (built in 1893) formerly existed here, its extensive influenced stretching across the great Midwest. Brick-and-cement motor ways connected Vermillion with the outside world until the Brick Company went up in flames in 1913. Some of weather retains beyond of control. Snowstorms were common, but for many years there were no motorized snowplows. The incessant stream of wagons that moved people and timber also removed the snow. Motorized snowplows didn't replace the wagons until the 1960s. Accompanying modern techniques and machinery were more natural disasters. Thirteen tornadoes have ravaged Vermillion since the first record in 1963. They've wiped out farms and houses, and destroyed electrical grids and other essential infrastructure. Humanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaction to the weather swings among controlled-uncontrolled-controlled situation which is an infinite loop without end.

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Environmental Gallery For Krannert Museum in UIUC

[Landscape + Time] LA 336 - Fall 2015 Graduate Studio I Personal work Instructor Mary Pat McGuire

This is a detailed design for surrounding environment of Krannert Art Museum in University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. My concept is "Timeline", which materializes as two water lines in the design. The first is a line which represents general successional process though the north part and the other is a vertical line showing sensorial time changing in the south part.

D Y N A M I C S NORTH PART Plan (North Plan (North Part)Part) Plan (North Part)

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North part is dividied into four areas, each of which represents one stage in succession process.

According to the distance to Link, they are Moss & Lichen - Stage, Tall Grass - Stage, Tall Grass & Shrubs - Stage and mature status in sequence. When visitors walk along the water line in the middle, they can see directly the whole process of Elevation how the environment (North Part) in Illinois change by time. ENVIRONMENTAL GALLERY XIAOCUN LIU

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Plant Succession Plant Succession Plant Succession D Y N A M I C S S U C C E S S I O N P R O C E S S Plant Succession Plant Succession Planting 50Section (North Part) Plant Succession 50 50 50 50 50

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Sections

show how the north part will develop in the next 50 years. Landscape here is not only for an instant glance, but for a long display, from past to future.

Elevation (North Part)

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D Y N A M I C S PLANTING PLAN Planting Plan (Final - 50 Years)

Planting Plan (Final - 50 Years)

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Prairie Leading Type Planting Plan (Beginning - 1 Year) Planting Plan (Beginning -1

Year)

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Arborous Seed Area

Shrub Seed Area

Prairie Seed Area

Prairie Species in Variety The original planting plan (below) will change by times. For example, some dominant species will take the main place and replace current various species gradually. In addition, with the growth of trees and shrubs, some sun plants will also decrease. ENVIRONMENTAL GALLERY XIAOCUN LIU

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

D Y N A M I C S STUDY MODEL

Study Model

Shadows of Arbors 3rd Layer (Ground)

2nd Layer

(Seeds sprout but fail to be mature)

1st Layer

(Sowing layer)

The study model represents the real situation after sowing seeds. Considering moisture, sunlight and other factors, only part of seeds will sprout and lesser can break through ground.

ENVIRONMENTAL GALLERY XIAOCUN LIU

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Plan (South Part) Plan (South Part)

D Y N A M I C S NORTH PART

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South part is gone through by a dark line. The water line is not as obvious as the north

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one, it becomes walking line, sitting line, etc. The area is also divided into four parts, which are one - to -one correspondence with the Museum. ENVIRONMENTAL GALLERY XIAOCUN LIU

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D Y N A M I C S VERTUAL LINE Section (South(South Part) Section A-A 1-1

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LD There L Calso arranged outdoor display. The L A are several steps L B outside of Link (1-1), which are area in the middle is a half-opened lawn which is surrounded by green walls, which creates a quiet space here.

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D Y N A M I C S TIME CHANGING Seasons (South Part)

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LD Flower trees are facing directly with the windows of the L C Museum, and the other side is an indoor L LB cafe.APeople can have a perfect view in spring. As you are enjoying the scenery of spring, indoor people are watching you. Changes in seasons are the signal of climate. There are shade in summer, multiple - color leaves in autumn and light floating in winnter.

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Campus Planning for Beijing Forestry University, China

[Landscape + Sustainability] Fall 2014 Design Studio Personal work Instructor Li Fei

This is the master plan and design for Beijing Foresry University. The project focuses on creating more public green spaces for populations as well as keeping its traditional style and culture. The strategies here are "creating landscape system", "Mutiple layers" and "vertical vegetation".

Campus Renovation

Campus Scenario

Master Plan

This "campus revonation" plans landscape and architecture in Beijing Forestry University as a whole. This new system will work more functionally than ever.

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Flow Analysis & Public Spaces Design

Section 1

Considering the intense density of the campus, the new plan decides to create mutiple layers of landscape, which includes a second floor pathway in the most dense area (Administrative District).

Section 2

Observatory on Baojie Mountain, Wuxi, China

[Landscape + Exodus Spring 2012 Architecture Studio Personal work Instructor Cai Linghao

this is a detailed design for surrounding environment of Krannert Art Museum in University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. My concept is "Timeline", which materializes as two water lines in the design. The first is a line which represents general successional process though the north part and the other is a vertical line showing sensorial time changing in the south part.

Design of Observatory on Baojie Mountain Wuxi City, China

Sections

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ART WORK Fall 2015 & Fall 2016 Studio Personal work Instructor Mary Pat McGuire & Elen Deming

The world is on its way to approach "scientific" and "rational" point infinitely. On the other hand, the influence of art seems declining. The first earth work is working on combination of arts and science and the second focuses on the relationship between the installation and its site spirit.

E A R T H W O R K EXPERIMENT

Succession is the name of this earth work, which locates in a flat area. The place used to be prairie before white

settlers came here. I divided the place into five areas, and each area in the first four areas represents a step in succession, while the last represents a comprehensive mature status. The first part is moss and lichen, the second one is tall-grass prairie, which used to be main eco-system in the midwest and had disappeared nowadays. The third part is a mix of prairie and shrubs and the fourth combines prairie, shrubs and arbors. Since some invasive species will hold dominant position without control, I intend to use fire like native Americans to keep the work healthy. Fire here is not a dangerous element, it becomes the representative of renewal and rebirth.

FIRE & SUCCESSION XIAOCUN LIU

JAPAN HOUSE ARBORETUM

E A R T H W O R K MEMORIAL

This is a memorial work for Mt. Hope Cemetery in Urbana, Illinois. The aim of the work is to connect the living and the dead and tell the story of this special environment. The material is mental, which can be easily left marks. The form of the work is that these two mental wall disappear into air gradually, as well as family names on them which used to be notable in the past. The form coincides with the title:

"All that is solid melts into air (Karl Marx)".

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MT.HOPE CEMETERY

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A R T W O R K HAND DRAWINGS

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2013 Beijing Forestry University