LUNA CHENG 2014 PORTFOLIO THIRD YEAR BACHELOR OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
LUNA CHENG
2206 E Louisa St. Seattle, WA 98112-2232
(206) 288-3083 lunacheng294@yahoo.com
WORK / EXPERIENCE Brooks Kolb LLC. Landscape Architecture (March 2015 - Present) Landscape Architect Intern
EDUCATION
-Assist with construction documentation drafting using AutoCAD
Bachelor of Landscape Architetcture, 2015
City of Bellevue (March 2015 - Present)
-University of Washington, Seattle WA
Landscape Architect Intern
-Design urban meadow for Bellevue Botanical Garden -Update and standardize GIS database for the City of Bellevue
QUALIFICATIONS
Psychological Bolnicia Rab (September-November 2014)
Computer Program Efficiency
-Designed and constructed theraputic landscape for local hospital -Collaborated with local academics, physicians and patients
Hand Rendering Skills
Fuhua Construction Co., Ltd (July-August 2013)
Bilingual
-Prepared construction documents using AutoCAD -Participated in weekly meetings and assisted in bilingual communication
-AutoCAD, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) Google SketchUp, ArcMap/ GIS, Rhinoceros, Microsoft Office/Excel/ Powerpoint -Watercolor, acrylic, oil painting, charcoal, graphite, color pencil -Professional working proficiency in both Chinese and English
Croatia Design-Build
Landscape Architect Intern
Tzu-Chi Building Administration (July-September 2012) Landscape Architect Intern
HONOR AWARDS Donald K. Sakuma Memorial Scholarship Fund Recipient (2014)
-Created 3D models with AutoCAD and Google SketchUp -Generated unique renderings with Adobe Suites and hand drawings
-University of Washington
AIESEC Seattle (2011-2012)
Design/Build Endowed Scholarship Recipient (2014)
-Designed flyers and posters using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
-University of Washington
Scholarship for Leadership and Academic Excellence (2011) -Highline Community College
Outstanding Award for AYUSA Exchanged Student Program (2007) -Academic Year in the USA
Graphic Designer/ Producer
International Leadership Student Council (2010-2011) Executive Officer
-Planned and organized events, mentored new students, and budgeted throughout the year -Extensive immersion and interaction with 400 international students from 30 different countries
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Croatia Design Build Year 3, Autumn Quarter
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ARTWORKS
CROSSING AURORA
Neighborhood Design Studio Year 2, Winter Quarter
South Park T-117, Aromatic Garden Year 3, Autumn Quarter
THERAPEUTIC GARDEN
BEACON
Cultural Landscape Studio Year 2, Autumn Quarter
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
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Design Build Studio Year 3, Winter Quarter
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STREET END PARK
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Graphite Pencil, Oil Painting
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BE THE WATER
Ecological Systems Studio Year 1, Spring Quarter
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CAPTURE THE SKY Urban Sites Studio Year 1, Winter Quarter
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WALKING ON A CLOCK Design Foundations Studio Year 1, Autumn Quarter
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SUNSET IN PAG Watercolor 2014 -2-
GRAVEL PATH BIKE RACKS
ENTRY SEATING MAY POLE SUNDIAL
GOURD POLE
Swing Bench
GRASSCRETE FIRE ACCESS
BOLLARDS
BALLARD STREET END PARK
EARTH MOUND
Design Build Studio
Team Members:
Maypole Sundial
FINAL MODEL
BLA Class of 2015
Every year Professor Daniel Winterbottom leads a design-build studio during spring and winter quarter for BLA students to work collaboratively with peers and real client to design and construct a full scale garden as our graduation capstone project. The year, we worked closely with SDOT and the neighborhood of Ballard to reactivate the 11th Ave. NW street end and transform it into a garden that would reflect the residents’ Scandinavian heritage and the industrial history of the site. My individual contribution to the project includes: concept development, AutoCAD drafting, swing bench design, physical model building, Photoshop renderings, and fabrication. The project is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in June, 2015.
SWING BENCH CEDAR BRIDGE
STRAW LOGS
CEDAR DECK SEATING LIGHT SCULPTURE PLANTING BED
STRUCTURAL DESIGN- SWING BENCH The swing set is inspired by salmon ribs and the shoreline. It is composed of 4” square steel tubes as the main rib structures and 3” sqaure steel tubes as the horizontal supporting beams. The structure will be left rusting naturally. The swing bench will not only represent the industrial history of the neighborhood but also provide a great view of the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
LAKE WASHINGTON SHIP CANAL
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SITE PLAN
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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
Interactive Slope
Foldable Seatings
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Rotate the vertical element and transform the intimidating walls into welcoming interactive retaining walls
Bleachers provide seatings for outdoor classroom. When folded up they create mural arts.
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OPPORTUNITIES
Connection
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N.T.S CONTEXT Beacon Hill Lightrail Station Commercial/ Residential housing El Centro de la Raza Playground P-patches
“Winter Flame” Dogwood
Prickly Pear
Shenadoah Red Switchgrass
ADA accessible trails reach out to community and nodes nearby. Making El Centro a community center and the beacon.
WARMTH
Seperated Zones Pedestrian walking area is distinguished from parkings and carriageways. Providing a safer, walkable area for visitors.
HOPE
Sundial Poles Part of the pedestrian walking zone. Provide gathering space and learning opportunity for childrens.
Dahlia
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BEACON
Cultural Landscape Studio
We were presented with the site of El Centro de la Raza, a latino organization located in Beacon Hill. An array of multicultural and bilingual services are provided through El centro’s Child and Youth programs to ensure a brighter future for their next generation.
Grand Entrance
Interactive Slope
Pedestrian Area
Its surroundings, however, is in a current state of physical disconnection. Wire netting, admonition signs and exposed storage place bring about a sense of prohibition within the site, and the resulting environment is unenergetic and disconnected. By activating vacant space and increase walkablity within the site, El Centro de la Raza may become a community center that brings local residents together.
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SECTION A
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SECTION B
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N.T.S
SITE PLAN
Concepting with flexible rulers
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/MaXBjBePELY/Ua1hM9auEpI/AAAAAAAACuY/X414tYccTzI/s1600/Wayfinding+02
Along 90th street would be a series of way-finding features of a variety of scales, which lead the pedestrians to a fun, vivid pedestrian bridge that spans across the Aurora and 90th intersection. The bridge would not only get the pedestrians and cyclyist safely across but also connect the educational organizations and the schools nearby. It would also serve as a landmark and a rainfall collecting structure.
WAY FINDING FEATURE OPTIONS Future connections to North Seattle Community College
N.T.S
SITE PLAN
ENERGY FLOWS
Community Design Studio
Connection
Bike Lanes
Social Contact
Ecosystem
The neighborhood of Greenwood is segregated by the infamous Aurora Avenue. The seven-lane traffic has discouraged the walkablity within the area and created safty issues for pedestrians. Also, as a result of the lack of bike lanes, pedestrans have to compete with cyclist who bike on the sidewalks. I proposed to have bike lanes and bioswales along the 90th, forming a more integrated biking and ecological system.
Along 90th Street
N.T.S
MASTER PLAN
PROPOSED BIKE LANES ALONG 90th
90th St. and Aurora Ave. Intersection
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During summer time when there’s less water, the cascade can be used as a hiking trail.
Visitors can padel from the Environmental Learning Center to Meadowbrook Pond in bicycle gondolas. Half of the gondola route matches up with the waterflow, and its height varies throughout the journey so people can experience the water from distance away.
WETLAND- SUMMER
WINTER -During rainy season water will be oxygenated as it flows down the cascade.
WETLAND- WINTER
BE THE WATER
Gather Flow Control
Drop
Float
Bounce
Retention
Habitat
Paddle Slide
Flow
Existed
Settle Absorb
Proposed
Interact
Dynamic Motions throughout the Site (shown in section) N.T.S
Treatment
Water Routes
Ecological Systems Studio Sweetflag
Marsh Marigold
Blue Iris
Panic Grass
The concept of this design is to experience water through motions. The design includes a series of water treatment features and human experiential programs. Features including a clinoptilite pond, water cascades, a ripple pool, floating wetland, and bioswales. Step by step, these water features help slow down stormwater runoff into Meadowbrook Pond while enhancing water quality in the area.
SITE PLAN
SECTION A - Two different ways to cross the 35th
People can cross the 35th Street by riding a bycicle gondola, or go through a partially daylighted underground pathway.
SECTION B- Experiencing waterflow next to a cascade
Polluted water from the street is first collected and treated in a pond with clinopyilolite, then oxygenated as it flows down a cascade. Visitors can experience the process on trampolines through the motions of: drop, bounce, flow.
The human experimential programs are designed to provide a fun outdoor learning environment that supports the education institutions nearby. Children can learn about treatment of waterfall through the interactive programs and dynamic motions. The final destination of the entire journey is an interactive pond and amphitheater. Water in the pond would be purified by other proposed water treatment features and is safe for children to interact within. The amphitheater is designed for birdwatching, and may also serves as a community gathering space or oudoor classroom for nearby educational institutions.
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FINAL MODEL Wire meshes are integrated into the bridge to ensure safety of the users. Stained glasses are integrated into the openings on the meshes. Their shape are acute like shattered glasses on one end, and become smoother towards the other side where the bridge diverges. The change in shapes symbolizes how sagregated open space is cured as we return the space back to nature and the openness above. Lightings are integrated on the platform to provide illumination at night. Each light is located right underneath one stained glass, echoing its shape and projecting the lighting to street level. To make the site more playful and to inform the passegers, the color of lighting changes upon trains’ arrival and departure.
CATURE THE SKY
Urban Sites Studio
Tufted hairgrass
Deer fern
Camilia
Bamboo
The King Street Station is an important transportation node that borders four districts in Seattle. However, it’s importance is often underestimated through the lack of design and organization. The site is unique like two sunken holes, allowing only minimun sun lights and fresh air from the street level. As a major part of the brief, we were given the challenge to improve its poor circulation and lack of way finding features.
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A SECTION A: The streamlined pedestrian bridge is designed to enhance circulation by connecting the platform to S. Jackson Street and S. Washington Street.
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Open Space
Partially underground, King Street Station is challenged by the lack of open space. The exhaust created by trains not only makes it unpleasant for passengers but also causes further air pollution within the area. My design aims to diminish the feel of closeness and isolation, bridging the gap between the site and its surroundings.
Ecology
Plants may be used as a strategy to improve air quality in the area. I proposed to have green walls consist of shade-tolerant plants on both sides of the platforms. The plants may absorb pollutant and filter the air. Two zen gardens are placed on both ends of the bridge to provide gathering spaces and accentuate the form of the bridge.
SECTION B: The ramp is ADA accesible, making it more convenient for disaabled visitors and travelers with heavy luggages. Circulation
N.T.S
SITE PLAN
An intense need of connectivity througout the site resulted in a proposed pedestrian bridge that provides more accesibility to the train station. Currently King Street Station has only two entrances to the platform.The pedestrian bridge will provide four access points from street level to the platform.
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SCHEMATIC MODELS
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Visitors enjoying an enchanted journey to the earthmound with the birch forest in the background.
N.T.S
SITE PLAN
Elevation F Sun Flower
Cherry Blossom
Honeysuckle
Oak
Birch
Maple
SECTION ALONG THE TRIAL Elevation E
Elevation D
Topography
Sundial
To design a living sundial, I closely studied Ravenna Park’s topography, sun pathm and vegetation distribution.
WALKING ON A CLOCK
Design Foundations Studio
We were presented Ravenna Park, a public park located to the North of Seattle. The goal is to design a 200- feet trial which enhances the experience of walking through the site. Together, the vegetation, topography, and daylight make up a living sudial. The 200 feet walking trial will allow visitors to experience time and seasonal change. A selection of plants including sun flowers, cherry blossom, honeysuckle, oak, birch and maple mark the seasonal change and create different atmosphere along the trial throughout the year.
Elevation C
Elevation B
Elevation A
SEQUENTIAL ELEVATIONS
Sun Path Diagram
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CONCEPT DIAGRAMS
The journey begins on a flat area adjacent to a baseball field, and ascends smoothly onto a mild earthmound. While standing on top of the earthmound the visitors’ shadows will be casted to different directions depends on the timing and season, pointing to the proposed plants. They will also be able to take a good look at the living sundial they just walked on, making this a fun and interactive experience.
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Team Members:
Luna Cheng, Erik Murillo
GRADING PLAN
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Construction Documentation
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SOUTH PARK T-117 DESIGN
The Seattle neighborhood of South Park has a tumultuous history that’s largely associated with the rise and fall of The Boeing Company and Duwamish River. As a new vision for the area ensues, the project sites of 16th Avenue and T-117 remain a vital part of its cleanup and transformation.Years of neglect present a tremendous opportunity to encourage participation,engagement, and interaction where key aspects of the proposed program call for enhancing a cleaner hydrologic cycle. Stormwater interventions using permeable surfaces, filterra boxes, streetside rain gardens, and biofiltration ponds all work together to promote a healthier environment. Additionally, promoting accessibility and openness remain key components of the program aimed to complement existing and proposed development in and around the neighborhood. The pier and daylighting of the T-117 stormwater pipe work together to encourage connection to the waterfront, as well as create pockets of respite and relaxation. This approach seems appropriate given considerable habitat restoration areas are designated along Boeing’s riverfront, in addition to the Hamm Creek Estuary project near the Seattle City Light’s South Park Substation less than a mile downriver.
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AROMATIC GARDEN ARBOR DESIGN Construction Documentation
Team Members:
Luna Cheng, Zhehang Lin
Direct Link to Complete CD Set on ISSUU: http://issuu.com/lunacheng/docs/aromatic_garden_cd_set_mar6/1
The director of Psychological Hospital Rab, the largest mental hospital in Croatia, asked us to transform a vacant lot in front of the dining hall into an aromatic garden. The garden will include thirteen aromatic plants and seven culinary plants. The former will turn the unused space into a fragrant oasis, while the later may be used by the hospital chefs in their cooking. Our design includes an array of features: an arbor, gabion walls, steel edged planting areas, and seatings that are centered around a paved circular plaza. As the main feature in the garden, the arbor will provide seatings and shading to protect the patients from being overly exposed to the sun in scorching hot summers. The pattern of the frames are inspired by the traditional Croatian terracotta roof tiles. In addition to coming up with the design, we also prepared the 100% construction document set. The Aromatic Garden will be constructed by our fellow landscape architecture students this summer as a design-build project.
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Drainage pipelines
Concrete poured on the reflexology path
Building stone edging
Musical instruments at the main entrance to invite visitors
Memory games
Paving
Attaching riverstones to reflexology path with mortar
THERAPEUTIC GARDEN
Croatia Design Build
The international landscape architecture design build project was held under the leadership of Professor Daniel Winterbotton from September 13th to November 24th, 2014 in the biggest psychiatric hospital in Croatia--Psychiatric Hospital Rab. I worked with 17 students from around nation to tranform an underused area at the hospital into a space where patients can spend time with family and others; a place that brings the community together and where healing may happen. The project included a phase 1 site plan and construction of a gathering space for therapeutic activities. The garden featured four therapeutic facilities that are closely connected and related to each other, which incluced a pavilion, a reflexology path, a wooden decking for dog therapy area, and a rehabilitation equipment area. This unique collaboration between patients, therapists, Croatian students, and local professionals allowed me to learn more about the therapeutic aspect of landscape architecture and put what I’ve learned in school into practice.
Pavilion- includes seatings, ADA accesible tables and numerous memory games for Dementia patients.
Dog Therapy Area- features a wooden deck that is ADA accessible. The multi-purpose sculptures are filled with styrofoam and covered with fiber glass.
Reflexology Path- consists of local stones, rubber tiles, river rocks,
concrete tiles and mosaic art. Pratients may practice their orientation on this slightly sloped path and experience different textures.
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Rehabilitation Equipment- a paved area where patients can exer-
cise on the rehabilitation equipment while getting a good look of the garden.
ARTWORK
Water Color, Oil Painting, Color Pencil, Acrylic
Roman Ruins in Zadar, Croatia
Lost in Rainforest, Virginia
Graphite 2014
Color Pencil 2008 - 12 -
My Cat, Taiwan
Oil Painting 2009
Jin- Si Temple, Taiwan
Acrylic 2008