PORTFOLIO
MING JIANG
MING JIANG Education: Bachelor of Art, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan(R.O.C.) Email: jmhz1213ss@hotmail.com Address: 6-2-1102, No.388 Zijinghua Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Tel: (886)978763940
Growing up in Hangzhou, a city with many exciting open spaces, I have developed a keen sensitivity to space which drove me to think about what made the space so appealing. As I grew older, I met difficulties in finding the essence of those beautiful spaces and thus decided to delve into the world of landscape architecture to find out my answers from a professional perspective. In addition to a solid theoretical foundation in landscape architecture laid during undergraduate years, I have enhanced my understanding of this discipline through practice. as evidenced by my participation in the 12th Student Landscape Design Award of Taiwan Institute of Landscape Architects. Eventually, I won the third place in the final review. From such a competition of concepts, I have learnt to develop a seemingly simple concept into a complete design that could solve actual problems. Currently, I am conducting my graduation design on a 50-hectare site, a one-year project (with eight credits) titled “The Reconstruction of Agricultural Expo Thinking—The Planning and Design of Yunlin County Agricultural Expo Ecological Park in Taiwan”. With my efforts, I received 89/100 and ranked the first place in the second-phase review. More importantly, my interest in farmland design was triggered. Apart from on-campus study, I seized opportunities to gain design experience in different real-life contexts such as internship at Da vision design. To my knowledge, as a country famous for modern agriculture and distinctive agricultural scenery, the Netherlands has included landscape design in land consolidation and planning in its Land Consolidation Act, which suits my interest in farmland design developed in my graduation design. As for why I see Delft University of Technology as my dream school, your Master’s programme with the Landscape Architecture track, providing courses like Engineering and Technology in Urban Landscape Design, can satisfy my curiosity about the urban boundary issues concerning farmlands and the integration of technologies and design. I look forward to the multidisciplinary studies through inspiring courses and supportive professors in your academic community. If admitted, I would like to combine my exploration of the relation between human beings and agriculture in my graduation design with the research experience of European countries to examine the boundaries between nature and agriculture in China’s urban development.
CONTENTS 01 Watermark
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The Rhythem Of Taipei
A water landscape to transfer parastic agriculture to symbiotic enviroment
A commercial plaza which brings green and recreation spaces to city
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From Tunnel To Ecological Tube Recover a huge construction with left over messes and scars to earth
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Flowing Up An public art installation done during one of my professional experiences
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01 Watermark A water landscape to transfer parastic agriculture to symbiotic enviroment
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Academic Location: Yunlin, Taiwan Supervisor: Yu-feng, Wang Email: yufeng8885@hotmail.com Level Of The Project: Senior Carrying Out Date: 10/11/2017 Water is a vital element for the earth and agriculture. Yunlin is the most important argricutural city for Taiwan. However, now in Yunlin area, because of the seasonal rainfalling the water once farmers relyied on must be replaced by groundwater. In this circumstance, the condition of land subsidenceis getting worse. The agricultural water wastes discharge directly into the ocean. The use of water has reached a huge imbalance .So we are using landscape design to gather, purify and supply the short of water in order to push the water ciculation and bring hope to the ground.
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Agriculture in Yunlin 雲林三十年（1980-2010）月平均降雨量
雲林三十年（1980-2010）月平均溫度
（mm） 400
雲林三十年（1980-2010）月平均日照天數
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The average monthly rainfall of
The average monthly temprature The average monthly day light
Yunlin(1980-2010)
of Yunlin(1980-2010)
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hours Yunlin(1980-2010)
10.0% 10.0% 10.0%
90.0% 90.0% 90.0%
The percentage of the return The percentage of the acutal use The percentage of the actual
The percentage of wasted
flow to the irrigation water.
irrigation return water
of return flow to irrigation water. use of return irrigation flow.
Yunlin's great natural conditions make it the capital of agriculture of Taiwan, grand fields are all over its ground, but there are a lot of wasted water which should be used.
Purpose
The argriulture has became a huge industry which requests a lot from mother nature.
Gathering
Purifying
Supplying
Site Analysis
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Basic Discussion The base is located at Yunlin area. Because of the groundwater overdrafting, which may threaten the safety of the HSR, the golden way plan comes up.The upstream area has plenty of farmlands to produce agricultural wastes. The drainage channels and old waterways around the site make it possible to gather the water which are probably flow straight into ocean.Using the natural elevation to flow the water.This site is surrounded by a abandoned drainage channel. Use that channel to let the stream in and out.
The Concept Of Water Level
The altitude difference of the site is about
Original section plan 4M
4 metres. The result of which we use the minimum discharge slope to calculate the necessary altitude difference of the site
Minimum Discharge Slope
is 6 metres.If the water is supposed to be
>6M
purified and permeate into the ground,the height is not enough unless we dig ‘the hole’ deeper which might hurt the roots of local trees. However it makes us easily
Waterway 4M
solve the problem when the concept of water level comes up.
The Concept Of Draining Way I8I Water Level
Exit
Water Fall Colunmn
Use waterways as the containers. When water is about to overflow, it will go through the exit which towards the area of different process. As a result, the waterway will keep overflowing. And because of the characteristic of waterlevel,we are able to send the water to everywhere in the site.
Enviroment Study Model
Purifying Plan The relationship between CODcr and the purifycation time
Limitation of the soil height 4M
Original section plan
Divide into three layers for different elements 4M
COD
Acorus calamus
Iris
5
6
Typha orientalis
N
4
The relationship between the amount of phosphorus and the purification time
Use the maximum time of purification of each layer to calculate the height
出水口 Water oulet
Pennisetum alopecuroides 3
Juncus effusus
Iris
4
P
COD
Iris
6Days
P
Iris
5Days
N Pe n n i s et u m 5Days alopecuroides 雜質檔板 Resisting board
雜質檔板 Resisting board
purify the
1.25m
Pennisetum alopecuroides
5
Use hydraulic conductivity to conclude the depth of soil hydraulic conductivity:4/(6+5+5)=0.25m/day
flow. This is a method not only
6Days 5Days 4Days 3Days 0.75m
which is desired by residents.
1.00m
1.25m
Water Flowing Plan Water flows inside the layer
Water flows between layers
Draining way Draining way
Purification plants Permeable layer Impermeable layer Permeable pipe
Oxygen dissolving pond
Purification plants Oxygen dissolving pond Impermeable layer
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return irrigiation
create a beatiful botanical garden 3
[4/(5+5+6)]x5=1.25m
P
can reach the purpose, but also Typha orientalis
進水口 Water inlet
[4/(5+5+6)]x5=1.25m
COD
1.25m
Use variety kinds of plants to 進水口 Water inlet
6:5:5
[4/(5+5+6)]x6=1.5m
1.5m 5
The relationship of the amount of nitrogen and the purification time
出水口 Water oulet
Ratio of height
Connecting pipe
1.50m
Grading Plan Phase one
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Phase two
Phase three
To increase the speed of purifying, The purification process is diveided To make the water stay much longer the site is seperate into 4 water into three layer for different element. time in the pond , we squeeze the ways.
Before
landform.
After
Traditional ponds are good for the water to turn back to underground and reduce the evapotranspiration.And it is also able to save some bake-up for the dry season which is necessary.
Master Plan
Distributing Plan
1800000m2 A 1000m
Purified
450000m2
0m
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Purified water per day:1920m3 The supplied area:450000m2 The supplying area:1800000m2
Reservoir in the forest
水重分配區域
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水重分配區域 枯水期 Dry Season
Dry season 豐水期 Wet Season
Wet枯水期 season Dry Season
豐水期
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系統每日處理水量：1920 M3
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【6400（第三層淨水植栽區總面積）*1.2（一日水滲透土壤平均深度）/4(平均天數)=1920 M3】
每日可供給下游農田用水面積：45公頃
The old Water gate 【45公頃(每日供給下游農田用水面積)*4(灌溉用水與廢水排放比例4：1)】 draining way
Micro water reservoir
【〔1920 M3(每日系統處理水量)+27247 M3(森林水庫儲水量)/180天(旱季天數)〕/46.88 M3(農田每日一公頃所需用水量)】
每日集水量為上游農田面積：180公頃
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【6400（第三層淨水植栽區總面積）*1.2（一日水滲透土壤平均深度）/4(平均天數)=1920 M3】
每日可供給下游農田用水面積：45公頃
【〔1920 M3(每日系統處理水量)+27247 M3(森林水庫儲水量)/180天(旱季天數)〕/46.88 M3(農田每日一公頃所需用水量)】
Micro water reservoir
Reinforecing the downstream Water back to underground by old drainage by the renevoir
每日集水量為上游農田面積：180公頃 基地內水通過水庫回滲補充地下水 基地內水通過舊水圳補充下游農田用水 【45公頃(每日供給下游農田用水面積)*4(灌溉用水與廢水排放比例4：1)】 Water back to underground by the renevoi Reinforecing the downstream by old drainage way
基地內水通過舊水圳補充下游農田用水 Reinforecing the downstream by old drainage way
基地內水 Water bac
A. Stage One
B. Stage Two
Typha orientalis
The purifying landform
C. Stage three
Juncus effusus
The oxygen pond
The plaza
Pennisetum alopecuroides
The purifying landform
The oxygen pond
The purifying landform
Pennisetum alopecuroides
The oxygen pond
The purifying landform
Typha orientalis
The oxygen pond
The purifying landform
During part one, because of the smells, people keep distance
In the second part, the water has been purified preliminary,so
In the third part, the water has been purified completely,so
from water and plants.
people are able to move near the plants and up the water.
people are able to get close to the water.
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D. The juction
The reservoir
E. The reservoir
Grass land
The oxygen pond
The reservoir
F. The entrance
Grass land
The reservoir
The reservoir
Grass land
The plaza
Drainage
At the juction of the two different kind of landscape, people are
In the forest, people are able to walk on the hill which are created by
In the forest, people are able to walk on the hill which
able to walk on the natural grassland and play with the water.
grading and do variety of things in a good enviroment.
are created by grading and do variety of things in a good enviroment.
Water way
UP
Water in
The Pond
Connec�ng pipe
Slope
Water out
Reservoir Contour line
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Typha orientalis
Iris
Acorus calamus
Juncus effusus
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The removal rate of COD The removal rate of N The removal rate of P
The whole process go through three layers which are 130m 160m 370m The reservoir
designed by same way for different elements. As far as the
110m Layer one COD
Layer two P
water goes, more purer it will be. This landscape itself is the cure to save the ground and Yunlin's agriculture. Its spirit
Layer three N Oxygen Clean
Dirty
tells people that we can live in harmony with earth.
02 The Rhythem Of Taipei A commercial plaza which brings green and recreation spaces to city
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Academic Location: Dinghao Plaza, Taipei, Taiwan Supervisor: Ted Hsieh Email: Wn1172@hotmail.com Level Of The Project: Sophomore Carrying Out Date: 28/5/2016 The city renewable is not so fast in Taipei. But the commercial shape of Taipei kept its upgrading pace. The manager of city always looks upon on architectures, so a lot of open spaces of the city are very old syle and not functional.Especially in those central areas. During the revolution of city, I think we should follow the pattern of history and play a beautiful song for our loving cities in public spaces.
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1958
Present
Charactor Of History
Liu Gong River
Field
Site Analysis Primary Road
Communica�on Structure
Secondary Road
Art Installa�on
Mcdonald’s
ty
CD Shop
Busy
Supermarket
Area
verand a
Popula ri
Conflict Point
Bank
Commercial Building
Telecom Saler
Bus stop
Coffee Shop
Cosme�c Shop MRT
Office Building
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Pedestrian Circulation
Site Boundary
Ground Floor Shops
Structures in Site
Upgrade The Plaza Stock trading Office building
Hospital
Bank
Office building
Bank
Site
Office building Luxury Stores
Office building
Expensive Restaurants
Office building Office building
This perticular district of Taipei is famous for its commercial enviroment. A lot of citizens take the district as their No.1 choice for shopping. So Dinghao plaza is surrounded by luxury restuarants and stores. Obviously its outlook and function design can not fit the enviroment.
Master Plan Legend
Design Strategy Planting trees in line guides the pedestrian to a more fluent route and creates a relaxing space. 0
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6
12
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1. Metro Entrance 2. Elevator 3. Step
River Pattern
4. Pond
LED Bar
5. Relaxing Space 6. Seat 7. Permeable Layer
Field Pattern
8. LED lights
Bus stop
LED provides a guide that full of passion in the main pedestrian during night
9. Bus Stop Before
After
The present bus stop provides a wider structure, which may helps create a better waiting space.
Relaxing Space Facing coffee shop
Outer Seats And Permeable Layer Permeable Layer
Facing the outer way
The permeable layer is made by iron net which people are able to walk on while gathering the rain or some ground flows.
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Seat System
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1.6m 1.2m 0.8m 0.4m 0m
The pattern of pavement shows the rhythem of Taipei with different shape.
Perspective
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The plaza will turn to be a great public space where a lot of activities can mix together.
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With the upgrading of Dinghao plaza, the inner spaces are able to connect with outdoor public spaces. People can walk fluently in such arranged pedestrian. After history gives a certain pattern of a site, the site will have a stronh connect to city, so Dinghao stands up and becomes the rythem of Taipei.
03 From Tunnel To Ecological Tube Recover a huge construction with left over messes and scars to earth
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Academic Location: Dongao,Yilan, Taiwan Supervisor: Ted Hsieh Email: Wn1172@hotmail.com Level Of The Project: Junior Carrying Out Date: 11/6/2017 Snake Mountain, an extra part from central mountains, is rich in ecological potential at Dongyue Village. However, this small place actually has passages artificially developed at 3 different periods, owing to man-made destroy. The plant and animal habitats are disturbed from noise, ground vibration produced by traveling trains and air pollution over many years. As the railway is cancelled and Suhua Highway is improved and put into use, we should re-define Snake Mountain following the development of the times and ecological conservation concept.
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1973 Typhoon Nora
1973 President Chiang Chingkuo held the Ten Major Construction
1980 The northern rail completed
One hole in Snake moutain
1985.2 East Taiwan economic boom, passengers increased, one way rail could not hold anymore
1992-2003 The northern rail became a double rail way. Old Dongao tunnel abandoned, New Dongao tunnel established Two holes in Snake moutain
2011.1 Suhua Highway Improvement Project started
2016.7 Suhua Highway Improvement Project completed
Three holes in Snake moutain
The Status of Enviroment The Traffic of Railway
The northern rail completed
The Traffic of Vehicle
The northern rail became a double rail way
Suhua Highway Improvement Project completed
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1980
Abandoned Dongao Tunnel
2017
New Dongao Tunnel
The south construction site(south side of the abandoned tunnel) Suhua Highway Improvement Project Double Rail Way
The north construction site(north side of the abandoned tunnel)
Due to the Suhua High way Improvement Project, this two sites are under heavy construction.It breaks the connection of the nature and cost a lot of enviromental problem. These sites should take some responsibilities to the nearby villige after the project.
Site Analysis The average monthly rainfall of Dongao(1980-2010) comparing to other areas of Taiwan (mm)
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4 Taichung
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Fundamental status of the abandoned tunnel
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Basic Discussion The site is located at Dongao, Yi Lan. The Snake Mountain is hurted by human three times in different period of history. The first tunnel is abandoned, and my site goes through it. The tunnel connect two parts of my site which are heavily damaged by recent construction. Because of the shape of the mountain, there is one water discharge slope in my site. And Dongao is a place where rains very frequently in the whole year. Spring Park is a famous sightseeing near Dongyue village. Due to the visitors who drive cars to the park, Life in community will be influenced in some ways.
Strategies
Master Plan Spring Park North side of the tunnel
Enhance the green site and bring plants to the pedestrian. Recover the scars which were created by construction projects.
The Abandoned Tunnel
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Transfer the artificial hard ground to a natural site. And reduce the architecture. Make visitors feel close to the green,
South side of the tunnel Parking Lot
Lift up the path and turn it into wood, which allows animals to cross under the path. It will rebuild a link to all local species.
Limit the amount of visitors by ruling the width of the path. Reduce the impact that people bring to nature.
Parking Lot
Underground the parking lot Blocking by trees, the half underground parking lot can reduce the impact that any artificial facility brings to the enviroment and the visual effect. This a different way to treat nature better.
Connecting Way 1 2
Railway Museum
Railway Museum 1
Present Railway
Section 1
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Section 2
In And Out Way
Central Green Gound
Highway Repair Station
Central Green Gound
2
Suhua Improvement Project
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South Side Of The Tunnel The Abandoned Tunnel 1
Lift the pedestrian
Arouse the memory
After the project, the south side must be revocered as the nature has been disturbed for so many years.The wood path is desighed over the ground to maintain spaces for animals to cross.
Using the frame standing in pond to lead people's sight to the tunnel. Warning the damage that human has done to nature, to arouse the feeling of protect our enviroment.
Pond 1
Pond 2 Net Frame
Frame
Section 1 +5
Pond 3
2
Relaxing Point
2
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Pond 1
Section 2
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-5
Pond 5
Present Railway
1
Connecting Way
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10
20
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Pond 3
Pond 5
The ponds are graded to maintain the water and slow down stream's flowing speed. In case the water comes from the upper area rushes to down area.
Koelreuteria elegans 18m
18m
Using the frame standing in pond to lead people's sight to the tunnel. Warning the damage that human has done to nature, to arouse the feeling of protect our enviroment.
Cuphea hyssopifolia
Lantana camara
Asclepias curassavica
Shrubs
15m
15m
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Flower Color
Lagerstroemia subcostata
25m
20m
Relative Height
Fraxinus griffithii
Pistacia chinensis
Trees
Cinnamomum camphora
The Abandoned Tunnel Melia azedarach Linn.
Plants
Both Ends of the Tunnel
1.5m Relative Height
1m
0.7m
Flower Color
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Relative Height
7m
Nephrolepis auriculata
PentaslanceolataDeflers
Miscanthus
Alocasia odora
Perennals
Phyllostachys makinoi
0.5m
2.5m
Flower Color 2m
Middle of the Tunnel
0.5m 0.3m Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Nectar Plant Blooming Time Butterfly Existing Period
Most of the plants are local species in order to get the landscape involving into the enviroment. During the whole year, visitors are able to see different kinds of flower showing their most beautiful time of life. And the plants are able to live by wet land.
South Side Of The Tunnel Crossing Of History 1
Old Railway
Using the old iron net to create steps. And the whole platform is sticking into the ground, which stands for the crossing of old and future, man-mande and nature. Some small plants are able to grow inside the iron net, making a blend scene. Section 1 Connecting Wooden Path
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0 Landscape Art -5
Wooeden Platform
Trading Plaza
1
Abandoned Tunnel
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South side of the tunnel
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After the recovery, snake mountain's ecology is going to change a lot and the green system will actually connect. Man and animal will be able to find where they belong. The north and south side of abandoned tunnel will no longer be isolated. Making snake mountain a real meaningful hand of the central mountain. The story of changing view of people and nature is a class for us human beings. Remind us of changing the way we treat mother nature.
North side of the tunnel
The community will also gain some benefits from this project. Not only the ecology , but also the community's space. Releading the way of vehicles are returning a quiet community to all the residents.
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Flowing Up
An public art installation done during one of my professional experiences
Individual Project Professional Location: Treasure Rock, Taipei, Taiwan Supervisor: Yeh Ying-Ju Email: yingju.yeh@gmail.com Level Of The Project: Junior Carrying Out Date: 20/5/2017
Solar energy LED
Growing from a almost dead ground. Pointing sky as reborn. The Treasure Rock has walked out the former chaos and becomes Taipei International Art Village. The site located on the top of Treasure Rock. Looking out, the twin tower shpes a door which frames the history of Taipei City. But it does not have limit to sky, which may take people's imagination to the sky.
Empty Bottle
Fasten one bottle Cable Cable
Cable
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Fasten one Layer
Level 4- 2 bottles Level 5- 2 bottles Level 6- 6 bottles Level 7- 6 bottles Yarn
Level 8- 6 bottles Level 9- 6 bottles Level 10- 10 bottles Level 11- 10 bottles Level 11- 10 bottles
H type steel
Whole Structure
Level 12- 10 bottles Level 13- 14 bottles Level 14- 14 bottles Level 15- 18 bottles Level 16- 22 bottles Level 17- 26 bottles
The tower are basing on the concept of arithmetic progression. Bottles of each layer are regularly changing, which will create a mathematical art.