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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

EDUCATION

WORK / EXPERIENCE

Bachelor of Landscape Architetcture, 2015

Croatia Design Build (September-November 2014)

-University of Washington, Seattle WA

QUALIFICATIONS Computer Program Efficiency

-AutoCAD, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) Google SketchUp, ArcMap/ GIS, Rhinoceros, Microsoft Office/Excel/ Powerpoint

Hand Rendering Skills

-Watercolor, acrylic, oil painting, charcoal, graphite, color pencil

Bilingual

-Professional working proficiency in both Chinese and English

HONOR AWARDS Donald K. Sakuma Memorial Scholarship Fund Recipient (2014) -University of Washington

Design/Build Endowed Scholarship Recipient (2014) -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

-Cooperation with local academics and patients -Design and construct theraputic landscape for local hospital

Fuhua Construction Co., Ltd (July-August 2013) Landscape Architecture Intern

-Assist landscape architects with residential landscaping design -Preparation with construction documents -Preparation of renderings with computer programs and hand sketches -Participation in weekly meetings and assist language translation (fluent in English and Mandarin)

Washington ASLA- UW Chapter Officer (2012-2013) -Class representative

Tzu-Chi Building Administration (July-September 2012) Landscape Architecture Practicum -Assist landscape architects and architects with projects -Preparation with construction documents -Preparation of renderings with computer programs and hand sketches -Create 3D models with AutoCAD and Google SketchUp

AIESEC Graphic Designer/ Producer (2011-2012)

-Design flyers and posters using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

International Leadership Student Council (2010-2011)

-Executive officer -Create and organized events, served as a mentor for new students, and budget throughout year -Extensive immersion and interaction with 400 international students from 30 different countries

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TABLE OF CONTENTS BEACON

Cultural Landscape Studio Year 2, Autumn Quarter

THERAPEUTIC GARDEN Croatia Design Build Year 3, Autumn Quarter

CROSSING AURORA

Neighborhood Design Studio Year 2, Winter Quarter

ARTWORKS

Acrylic, Color Pencil, Graphite Pencil, Oil Painting

BE THE WATER

Ecological Systems Studio Year 1, Spring Quarter

CAPTURE THE SKY Urban Sites Studio Year 1, Winter Quarter

WALKING ON A CLOCK Design Foundations Studio Year 1, Autumn Quarter

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

SOUTH PARK T-117

Construction Drawings/Design Year 2, Winter Quarter

SUNSET IN PAG Watercolor 2014

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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1 Beacon Hill Lightrail Station 2 Commercial/ Residential housing 3 El Centro de la Raza

“Winter Flame” Dogwood

4 Playground 5 P-patches

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.

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Prickly Pear

Shenadoah Red Switchgrass

Dahlia

N.T.S

SECTION A

B N.T.S

SECTION B

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 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.

A N.T.S

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SITE PLAN

Interactive Slope Rotate the vertical element and transform the intimidating walls into welcoming interactive retaining walls

Foldable Seatings Bleachers provide seatings for outdoor classroom. When folded up they create mural arts.

OPPORTUNITIES

Connection

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.

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Pedestrian Area

Grand Entrance

Interactive Slope

El Centro de la Raza is the threshold between cultural expression and community development. The design aims to â&#x20AC;&#x153;make-overâ&#x20AC;? El-Centro and makes it a more inviting, inspiring community center. The radiation layout symbolze warmth, opportunity and hope that come out of the building. El Centro is the poineer that brings positive changes to the community center. The design also focus on creating a safer, pedestrian friendly route to Jose Marti, the day care center in the building. The design also aims to express the culture through the selection of plants. Dahlia is the national flower of mexico, and prickly pear is the cactus presented on its national flag. Both plants grow well in the Pacific Northwest. -6-

FINAL MODEL

Google map

ENERGY FLOWS

Community Design Studio The Greenwood neighborhood 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, pedestrians 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

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90th St. and Aurora Ave. Intersection

PROPOSED BIKE LANES ALONG 90th

See Page 9 & 10

Future connections to North Seattle Community College

N.T.S

SECTION AA

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SECTION BB

WAY FINDING FEATURE OPTIONS -8-

SITE PLAN

SECTION CC

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 serve as a landscape but the purpose of getting pedestrians and cyclyist safely across. Connecting the educational organizations and the schools nearby.

Connection

Bike Lanes

Social Contact

Ecosystem

By taking over the vacant lot adjacant to the 90th and Aurora intersection, the extra space allows a spiral ramp, reaching up to 14 feet clearance for traffic and spanning across to the other side of the street. The pedestrian bridge will be ADA accesable, and provide a safer and more convenient way for both pedestrians and cyclists to go across the busy seven-lane Aurora Avenue.

N.T.S

SITE PLAN

Within the two spirals would be two rain gardens connecting to nearby bioswales. Together the system can help reduce flooding within the area and provide refuge for wildlife. This area may also potentially become a place for community gathering and provide information for visitors.

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The pedestrian bridge serves not only as a local landmark but also as a rainfall collecting structure. The roof provides shelter on rainy days and guides rainfall into the storage space under the bridge. Water collected may be used to supply nearby business and institutions.

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Concepting with Flexible Rulers

CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS Gather Drop

Bounce

Existed

Float

Proposed

BE THE WATER

Water Routes

Paddle Slide Flow Absorb

Interact

Settle

Dynamic Motions throughout the Site (shown in section)

Experience Water through Motions My design includes a series of water treatment features and human experiential programs. The former includes a clinoptiolite 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.

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.

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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.

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LEGENDS

N.T.S

SITE PLAN

CONCERNS AND STRATEGIES

Flow Control

Retention

Treatment

Habitat

Sweetflag

Marsh Marigold

Blue Iris

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The human experimential programs are designed to provide a fun outdoor learning environment that supports the education institutions around the site. Children can learn about waterflow and how it is treated through the interactive programs, and experience how it is like to be the water through dynamic motions. The final destination of the entire journey is an interactive pond and amphitheater. Water in the interactive pond is purified (through other water treatment features) and will be safe enough 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.

SUMMER -During the summer time when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less water, the cascade can be used as a hiking trail.

WETLAND- SUMMER

WINTER -During rainy season water will be oxygenated as it flows down the cascade.

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CATURE THE SKY

KING STREET STATION

YESLER WAY

S WASHINGTON ST.

S JACKSON ST.

The King Street Station is an important transportation node that borders four districts in Seattle. However, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

CONTEXT MAP

YESLER WAY 3

S WASHINGTON ST.

S JACKSON ST.

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PA 12

NOISE

PA PA 15 18

YESLER WAY 21

S WASHINGTON ST.

S JACKSON ST.

CIRCULATION

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SECTION A: The streamlined pedestrian bridge is designed to enhance circulation by connecting the platform to S. Jackson Street and S. Washington Street.

SECTION B: The ramp is ADA accesible, making it more convenient for disaabled visitors and travelers with heavy luggages.

N.T.S

SITE PLAN

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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.

OPEN SPACE

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.

ECOLOGY

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.

CIRCULATION

CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS - 17 -

SCHEMATIC MODELS

Tufted hairgrass

Deer fern

Camilia

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 trainsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; arrival and departure.

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Bamboo

CONCEPT DIAGRAM

Google map

Context

CONTEXT MAP

WALKING ON A CLOCK RAVENNA PARK

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. - 19 -

Daylight

Topography

N.T.S

SEQUENTIAL SECTIONS

Sun Flower

Cherry Blossom

Honeysuckle

Oak

Birch

SITE PLAN

Maple

SECTION ALONG THE TRIAL CONCEPT- Living Sundial 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. 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 visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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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T-117

Port of Seattle: http://www.portseattle.org/Environmental/Site-Clean-Up/Pages/Terminal-117.aspx

CONTEXT MAP

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS 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. - 21 -

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GRADING PLAN To create a more integrated restoration system, our design features a series of linear rain gardens along 16th Avenue. The bioswales filter water runoff from the street and guide it into T-117 area for further purification. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

T-117 MASTER PLAN To engage the community and celerbrate the transformation of water quality, we propose an observation deck in the T-117 area. It will be located next to a series of cascades, raingardens and retention ponds that clarify the runoff before it enters the Duwamish River. - 23 -

DETAILS

To prevent soil erosion and decrease stormwater runoff, we propose having filterras and pervious sidewalks on 16 Avenue. The T-117 bank retaining walls serves not only as a strategy to keep the cascades stable but accentuate the change in levels. - 24 -

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 to 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.

JIN- SI TEMPLE

LOST IN RAINFOREST

Acrylic 2008

MY CAT (WEIZER)

Oil Painting 2009

Color Pencil 2008

ROMAN RUINS IN ZADAR

Graphite 2014

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