LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2022 LAU CHARLOTTE CHEUK IN
* Image: Sculpture Construction at Ishikawa-gun, Nakada, Japan
INFO Email Phone Date & Place of Birth Nationality Driving License
cheuk0330@gmail.com +07912160612 16/10/1997 | Hong Kong British National (Overseas) | Hong Kong | Canada Full (Hong Kong)
EDUCATION
LAU CHARLOTTE CHEUK IN
09/2021-07/2022 09/2017-07/2019 09/2018-02/2019 09/2015-07/2017
Master of Landscape Architecture | University of Sheffield, United Kingdom BA(HONS) in Landscape Architecture | University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Master Exchange Programme | Chiba University, Japan *Bachelor of Art (Hons) in Landscape Architecture | The Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 09/2019-06/2021 12/2018-01/2019 11/2018-12/2018 05/2017-07/2017
Earthasia International Holdings Limited (EADG) | Hong Kong TAKANO Landscape Planning Co. Ltd | Tokyo, Japan KAJIMA, Green Infrastructure Group | Tokyo, Japan The China Evergrande Group, Department of Landscape | Guangzhou, China
Assistant Landscape Architect Internship Internship Internship
PROFESSIONAL WORKS
I discovered my passion for landscaping due to its function to create new elements to benefit both ecology and society. Landscaping is not only a matter of improving the aesthetics of the existing environment but also solving different environmental problems.
2019-2021 Enhancement of paved area near NTK bus terminus Shao Guan Wu Ma Xia Winery Landscape Design Proposed Dedicated Rehousing Estate At Hung Shui Kiu- Phase IA Proposed Dedicated Rehousing Estate At Hung Shui Kiu- Phase IB Ha Hang Village Playground in Area 31, Tai Po TKT-Site A 2-16 Kok Cheung Street Sai Kung Promenade Improvement Feasibility Study HKUST Proposed Student Hostel Development Proposed Residential Development at Yiu Sha Road, Ma On Shan, Shatin, NT Improvement works of Plazza & outdoor area of EMSD Proposed Office Development of 2 Murray Road, Hong Kong New Indoor Kids Club At Whisker Harbour Waterfront, Ocean Park Draft Green Initiatives and Smart City Report, Development of Fanling North New Development Area, Remaining Phase
Residential | Public Open Space Commercial | Themed Destination Residential Housing | Public Open Space Residential Housing | Public Open Space Residential | Park & Recreation Commercial | Public Open Space Commercial | Public Open Space Residential Housing | Public Open Space Residential Housing | Public Open Space Commercial | Public Open Space Commercial | Public Open Space Commercial | Themed Destination Townscape | Research
SKILLS & LANGUAGES Software Skills Adobe Photoshop | InDesign | Illustrator | Lightroom | AutoCAD | Arc GIS | Microsoft | Sketchup | Rhino | Lumion Languages Native Cantonese | Fluent English | Fluent Mandarin
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* Didn’t complete the degree
SELECTED PROJECT ACADEMIC WORKS 05
A WALKABLE CITY | EVERYDAY URBAN EXPERIENCE
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Commercial | Themed Destination | Resort | Concept, Schematic & Detail Design
Transformation from a jungle forest to a green walk-able community
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FILLING THE BLANKS | STREET DESIGN
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ENHANCEMENT OF PAVED AREA NEAR NTK BUS TERMINUS
Re-design the public space to form a distinctive district character
Residential | Public Open Space | Concept and Schematic Design
TO-GATHER | URBAN DESIGN PROJECT
SAI KUNG PROMENADE IMPROVEMENT FEASIBILITY STUDY Commercial | Public Open Space | Concept, Schematic & Detail Design
Enhance the accessibility, functionality and socialised space for residents “to-gather”
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SHAO GUAN WU MA XIA WINERY LANDSCAPE DESIGN
ZERO CARBON LANDSCAPE | EXPLORATION & INVENTION
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HKUST - PROPOSED STUDENT HOSTEL DEVELOPMENT
Creating a low carbon community in Derby though shrinking the footprint
Residential | Residential Communities | Concept, Schematic & Detail Design
Exploration | EXPLORATION & INVENTION
IMPROVEMENT WORKS OF PLAZZA & OUTDOOR AREA OF EMSD
To deliver an unique Derby style street food and shopping culture
Commercial | Public Open Space | Concept, Schematic, Detail Design & Construction
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ACADEMIC PROJECT
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* Illustration: Aerial View of Zero Carbon Landscape (P.16-18)
Shenzhen-China Tin Shui Wan
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NAM SANG WAI TRADITIONAL VILLAGES Location of Hong Kong
Location of Yuen Long District
Location of Yuen Long City Centre
A WALKABLE CITY Special Project- Design | Yuen Long , Hong Kong Academic Project | The university of Sheffield | Spring 2022
LONG PING STATION YUEN LONG STATION
Land scarcity has been the culprit of the housing crisis in Hong Kong in the past 20 years. Hong Kong has been transformed into a small dense city with high-rise structures to accommodate over seven million people. The crammed structure of Hong Kong causes it to be one of the world’s most densely inhabited cities. As a result, difficulties such as sub-divided flats, rising property prices, traffic congestion, and fragmented public areas for people’s enjoyment arise. Long-time projects must be delivered on time to break the vicious cycle. Hong Kong has failed to meet the standard area of public open spaces. According to the 2017 Civic exchange study, each hong kong residents only have 2.7 square meters of urban public open space, which is just slightly larger than a toilet cubicle. In the meanwhile, Singapore, which only has the half size of Hong Kong, has 7.4 square meters of urban space per capita. Likewise, New York, a high population density area, has 10 square meters of public spaces per capita. Urban public spaces have s rising importance as cities abound the globe and hunt for secure and socially separated ways to exercise, socialize, work and play. The spaces are far more than aesthetics when these amenities are placed in the heart and spirit of a community. They are all about the sense of belonging, engagement, and connection.
5 MINUTE WALKING
15 MINUTE WALKING
Street and Road Tuen Mun Highway Light Rail Route West MTR Route Cycling Route
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2. Art Street
VISION 1. Waterscape Corridor
The transformation of Yuen Long from an abnormal density, high-rise concrete jungle with fragmented public open spaces into a green walk-able community, build the foundation of a sustainable, liveable and healthy life cycle to support the growth of next generation. 4. Welcoming Entrance
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Street Design
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TYPE Private Residential Estate Private Reseidential Mixed-use Residential (Retail on ground floor)
Most of the residential buildings are mixed-use buildings, with retails on the ground floor. Recommended to retain the existing building structure but enhance the interaction between indoor and outdoor.
SCHOOLS & GOVERNMENT UNITES
A. Pedestrian-only-street
Schools (Including kindergarten,primary & secondary) Government units
There are 10 schools in total and most of them are located on the right side, there will be lots of students accessing this area, and safety and convenience will be considered. STREET PARKING LOTS & CAR PARK
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Public Car Park Private Car Park Public Car Park(Underground) Street Parking-Private Car Street Parking-Good Vehicle Street Parking-Bus Street Parking-Motorcycle
There are lots of illegal double street parking vehicles along the road which hinders the other drivers to access and turning out heavy traffic issues.
3. Urban Farm GREEN SPACES
C. Commercial Shared Street
District Park Pet-friendly Park Extreme Sports Park (Skateboard) Sport Field Sport & Music Facility Public park & garden Exisitng Nullah
Single and repeat patterns are the main issues of the existing public spaces. It has the potential to link all the spaces together and create a consummate green corridor.
D. Residential Street
PEDESTRIAN ROUTE Primary Route Secondary Route Shortcuts
A convenient and clear pathway/access will guide residents to access the green spaces, which increase the resident’s usage of green spaces.
F. Central One Way Street
SITE FEATURE- AVIARY PAGODA (AP)
5. Street Food Market
The most unique element is the architectural forms of traditional villages and the aviary pagoda. The existing nullah is located in the middle of the site which links the long ping and yuen long area together.
G. Central Two Way Street
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FILLING THE BLANKS Special Project-Design | Yuen Long , Hong Kong Academic Project | The University of Sheffield | Spring 2022 The design language is inspired by the Yuen Long’s best assets - its aviary pagoda architectural, polygon structure and mangrove forest natural scenery. Curves, patterns, textures, shapes and forms of geological features are extracted and translated into the designs of paving, landscape furniture and walkway, making a statement about the natural beauty of Yuen Long. Riverside Walking Trail has been designed along the revitalised nullah/water channels and proposed watercourse, encourage residents to interact with the water. The distinctive character of Yuen Long will be formed by these four watercourses that penetrate the site. The movement and access had improved, such as soften the building edges to enhance the ground floor retails accessibility and visibility to accommodate diverse of users, allow residents to walk-straight-through and walk-straight-in. Also, introduce the curb extensions to reorganize the street, and to slower and softer the public life. Comprehensive pedestrian & cycling path to encourage walking and cycling, a complete pedestrian and cycling network connecting Hung Shui Kiu and Yuen Long New Town would be created inside the site, together with supporting facilities such as bike parking places, pedestrian crossing facilities and rest areas.
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GREENING THE STREET
RESETTING THE TRACKS
PLACE TO REST & PLAY
Green Space Green Space Corridor Public Space Tree Lined Street Treelined Gateway
Proposed Pocket Park Pedestrian connection Street Focal Point
1. Temporary Street Food Market 2. Mound-scape Seating 3. Pedestrian Zone in specific time 4. Exhibition Area 5. Urban Farming Area 6. Market’s Entrance 7. Water-scape area 8. Stepped seating 9. Outdoor workshop area 10. Outdoor cafe 11. Feature entrance frame 12. Colourful crossing road 13. Welcoming plaza (Multi-functional space) 14. Outdoor Living area 15. Pedestrian sidewalk 16. Terrace seating 17. Performing stage 18. Outdoor dinning & play-scape area 19. Lawn 20. Street Planting 21. Cycling track 22. Proposed shopping centre
CIRCULATION & ACCESS
Pedestrianised Area Pedestrian Priority Zone Pedestrian Connection Cycling Track One-way vehicle route Cycleway Junction Improved Junction Treatment
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A. For rest and seating
B. For art or culture works exhibition
8 Stepped Seating
C. For Meeting Point
D. For outdoor dinning-restaurants
8 Stepped Seating
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E. For play and adventure
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1 Temporary Street Food Market
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Detail Model
TO-GATHER Urban Design Project- Kelham Island | Microenvironments & Transitional Edges Academic Project | The university of Sheffield | Fall 2020 Our vision is to enhance the accessibility, functionality and socialised space for residents “to-gather”. We explored Kelham Island undergoing intensive regeneration and develop a design solution that demonstrates our concept for the transformation at various scales through physical models and illustrations. In this project, we re-designed the microenvironments and the transitional edges from the main street to the river bank in Kelham Island, Sheffield. We focused on the relationship between human experience and spatial organization in urban settings, we picked several types of potential users of the site and designed based on their perspectives and experience.
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Top View of the Model
Roof Top Garden
Wooden Striped Corridor
Arched Corridor
URBAN DESIGN Here is the main entrance area. A temporary exhibition area and seats will appear in this community in order to enhance to social interaction. Activities such as outdoor bar, pocket spaces for gathering, indoor-outdoor experiences. The seating area is inspired by the Architecture building outline-the Arches. The curved lines were used to the sittings area, round circular wooden benches have soften the transitional edges. Exhibition Area P. 14 | Lau Charlotte Cheuk In Portfolio 2022
Reading Corner
Balcony
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ZERO CARBON LANDSCAPE Landscape Design - Exploration & Invention Academic Project | The university of Sheffield | Spring 2019
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By reducing the ecological footprint to achieve a low carbon environment in the aspect of spatial functioning, maintaining, improving existing green spaces and use of recycling, sustainable materials. 2
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Combine the function of different spaces to build up an eco-friendly and self-support system within the site, such as using coffee ground mixtures from the outdoor cafe, as to support locally grown urban farming. Narrowing down the usage of the transportation or package helps to lower the footprint. in terms of spatial design, mainly uses trees and plantings to program various spaces. Keep the existing green space, increasing the tree cut down mown grass or lawn. as “a tree can absorb as much as 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year and can sequester 11 tons of carbon dioxide by the time it reaches 40 years old which can achieve low carbon environment.
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EXPLORATION Landscape Design - Exploration & Invention Academic Project | The university of Sheffield | Spring 2018 To deliver an unique derby style street food and shopping culture so as to explore and promote energetic city to visitors.
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Using the concept of imageability, placing different flooring along the street to guide the route to the Derby River Garden. The special pattern can become the characteristic of Derby culture. Along the route, more plantations such as trees and shrubs are proposed to add in as to function as a boundary between the sidewalk and the road, which can also provide a shading area along the route. As the destination of the journey is the Derby River Garden, the most special thing about this park is the water flow. So along the street, art sculpture in curve shape represents the wind and wave etc nature elements. These nature elements shaped art sculpture linked with the flooring pattern to create an imageability for the route. Having design for the ideal street based on the human sense and the plinth concept, creating more social space for the passerby to chat and taking a rest. Which also help to enhance the relationship of the local community. As the destination of the journey is the Derby River Garden, the most special thing about this park is the water flow. So along the street, art sculpture in curve shape represents the wind and wave etc nature elements. These nature elements shaped art sculpture linked with the flooring pattern to create an imageability for the route. Having design for the ideal street based on the human sense and the plinth concept, creating more social space for the passer-by to chat and taking a rest, which also help to enhance the relationship of the local community.
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