Yao Yao Landscape Architecture Protfolio

YAO YAO

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROTFOLIO

Name: Yao Yao

Gender: Female

Email: nancyyaoa@163.com

Tele: 13183867520

EDUCATION

2022 - Master of Landscape Architecture, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia

2018 – 2021 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honour), University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia

2015 – 2017 Crestwood High School, Sydney Australia

WORK EXPERIENCE

Randwick City Council Community Nursery

Sydney Australia February - March 2021

- Daily management of seedlings, fertilization, watering, seeding and transplantation of seedlings. Following up the health of seedlings, the survival rate of seedlings during the internship reached about 95%. Timely transplanting and management of the newly implanted seedlings ensured that the survival rate of seedlings reached 85% during the internship.

- Participated in two educational activities for children visiting the community nursery during the internship, and assisted the horticulturists to introduce the practice to the children visiting.

Construction Site Assistant, Chengdu Construction Group Road and Bridge Co. LTD, Chengdu China December 2019 – February 2020

- Assist the landscape designers of the Design Institute to follow up the situation and progress of the construction site, and timely communicate when the drawings are in conflict with the construction.

- Strictly select and control the planting soil and plant materials on the construction site, inspect the market of the seedling contractor and inspect the materials when they enter the market. Purchase the seedlings according to the design drawings, and check and accept the name, specification, quantity, origin and quarantine list of the seedlings before entering the field, and clear the seedlings that do not meet the specifications.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

- 2018 La Perouse, Sydney

- 2019 Burrows Park, Sydney

- 2020 Berrys Bay, Sydney

- 2020 Western Sydney Parklands, Sydney

- 2021 The Bays, Sydney

- 2022 North Wolli Creek, Sydney

SKILLS

- Good verbal and written communication skill

- Auto CAD/ Photoshp/ Indesign/ Illustrator/ Sketchup/ Vary/ Lumion - Excel/ Word/ Power Point

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Since February 2018 I have been studying a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at the University of New South Wales.

Five years ago, in the cities where I lived in China, every inch of land was built for commercial and residential use. In a city of reinforced concrete, if I want to go to the park I need to drive. It wasn't until I came to Australia that I saw a different urban structure. My passion and yearning for landscape architecture was also established at this time.

During these five years, I have learned a lot of famous landscape architecture cases on various design websites, but I firmly believe that fieldwork can help me more. I have been to many large parks in Australia and China for research and study. Landscape architecture is designed to address the specific problems of the real world, based on the depth and breadth of our understanding of the world, and our attitude towards it. So field trips allow us to improve our designs with constant corrective action. Good design is about being able to think across the board and come up with the right solutions.

I once participated in a consultant report project for the renovation of a campus in school. I acted as a landscape consultant in this project. My responsibility was to plan the construction cost, construction time, construction process and design project for the renovation project in terms of landscape design. In this project, we had some asymmetrical differences in design and cost, and the construction cost was much higher than normal. Therefore, I tried to communicate with the customer and modified the design content and cost to achieve customer satisfaction. The project ended up with a high score of 98. Through this project, I understood the importance of communicating with customers and working with a team.

As for my future development in the landscape architecture industry, I plan to enter the workplace as a graduate landscape architect in the first year of my graduation, to learn practical knowledge and gain experience in the workplace. Work in the industry for the next 2-3 years as a junior landscape architect, doing project design and so on.

CONTENTS

ESCAPING TO FOREST KIDgroves St

Create a land where people can temporarily escape from the hustle and bustle of the city to relax, get close to and learn from nature.

Aim to build it into a resilient urban children’s ecological space and make it more diversified, so as to reduce carbon emissions, cope with the extreme heavy rain and sea level rise in the bays and the limited space for children.

Embrace the Nature

Aim to redefine the natural environment of the city and allow young residents and families to experience the fun of human and nature.

OTHER WORKS

Show the ability of hand drawing and computer making.

1ESCAPING TO FOREST

The project is located in the Dairy, Western Sydney Parklands, Sydney.

The Dairy is the most popular picnic area in the park but lacks of recreational activities and space. The Australian coffee market is among the largest in the world. Australian coffee is popular among people. With the expansion of the Western hinterland of Sydney, the population has been moving from the city to the Western Sydney area, and the coffee culture has also been brought along. Also the Dairy got missing of walking path in site and people do not have opportunity to get into site.

The goal is designed to create a land where people can temporarily escape from the hustle and bustle of the city to relax, get close to and learn from nature. For people from city to create a vibrant recreational space, to meet the needs of people for entertainment and leisure.

In future, it will harmoniously integrate into the west Sydney parkland and people's leisure life, and it will be the paradise for them to forget their worries.

- an urban park system and a nature reserve in Western Sydney - near Liverpool, Castle hill, Blacktown and Parramatta - 5280-hectare in size and 27 kilometres in length - form an elongated shape, narrow in the east-west direction

- 16 precincts and 50 park areas - most of precincts feature picnic and BBQ areas, pathways and children's playground

- The dairy, Lizard log, Moonrise lookout, Sugarloaf ridge, Sydney international equestrian centre and Calmsley hill city farm

- the most popular picnic area in the park - in Northern area of prcinct is one of the quiter locations in the park

Sydney -- Western Sydney Parklands Western Sydney Parklands -- Abbotsbury Precinct Abbotsbury Precinct -- The Dairy

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The Australian coffee market is among the largest in the world. Australian coffee is popular among people.

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With the expansion of the Western hinterland of Sydney, the population has been moving from the city to the Western Sydney area, and the coffee culture has also been brought along. There has potentials for introducing coffee culture from Sydney CDB to the Western Sydney.

Benefits of Riding Bikes

- healthy sustainability

- reduce sisease incidense such as diabetes

- reduce the cost of treatment for disease

- imporved mood and reduce anxiety

- reduce carbon emissions

- reducing social costs of transportation

Cafe in Sydney Olympic Park Cafe in Blaxland Riverside Park Cafe in Parramatta Park

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Analysis Diagram of Circulation Analysis Diagram of Vegetation Analysis Diagram of Topography

- As the population grows in the future, a site is needed for visitors

- Cafe can meet the needs of a growing number of visitors. And create economic benefits.

- There is shortage of routes to transport supplies.

- Ecosystem degradation. it can be attempted to enhance the vegetation connection with the WSP. - Add pubilc service for visitors.

- Access rates can be increased by increasing the number of accessible paths.

- The park covers a large area and is not convenient to visit.

- Add entertainment venues to activate the space.

- The site is located very close to residential areas.

- Residents entering the WSP have to pass through the site.

- there are no walkways in the core area - there is most of socio-cultural zone around the core area

- there is low gradient and relatively flat in the core area - Western Sydney Dry Rainforest - there are no connection in the core area with surrounding vegetation corridor

Analysis Diagram of Land-use zone

Population Analysis of Residents in WSP

Male Families with children

Female

DETAILED LANDSCAPE DESIGN PLAN

- Road - Walk Way - Rest Point - Cafe

- Outside Tables and Seats - Trees in Cafe - Storage Room

- Path for Transportation - Coffee Shop

- Coffee Learning Space

- Cycle Way and Walk Way

- Tree Planting Area

- The First Entrance of Bike Track

- The Second Entrance of Bike Track

- Rest Point in Bike Track

- Track of Easy Level

- Track of Medium Level

- Track of difficult Level

- Western Sydney Dry Rainforest

- Create venues taht the dedicated coffee lover will happily spend their time driving to for their great coffee experience.

- Make this cafe be a community hub.The cafe regularly gives to trivia days and school events.

- Joining a free new reginal scheme in Western Sydney leding by The Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils(WSROC), in partnership with swap-and-go pioneers Green Caffeen. When people buy a coffee with a Western Sydney-branded reusable cup, they can return to this cafe and get a new free coffee. This is a new approach to waste.

- Introduce coffee culture and knowledges about coffee to more people.

- Encourage people buy a drink or coffee then get a free seedling for planting trees.

ECONOMIC VIABILITY

- Create economic benefits from visitors to support Cafe and coffee shop

Visitors need to pay

COFFEE SHOP - visitors can buy coffee goods and relevant coffee equipment from this shop.

CAFE - visitors will have a drink or coffee in Cafe.

When visitors get tired of cycling, they will go to the cafe for a drink or cafe.

- WSP founded free bike encourage visitors to ride a bike in the site and to develop economic sustainability

SELF-SERVICED BIKE RENTAL - visitors are encouraged to rental a free bike in WSP

Visitors don't need to pay

After riding a bike get a free seedling

Buy seedling or after buying coffee get a free seedling

BIKE TRACK

PLANTING TREES

Clerodendum tomentosum (hairy lolly bush) 15 metres tall

ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES

TREES

GREEN PLANTING IN CAFE - green roof, trees and plantings in cafe to soften the hard materials

Backhousia myrtifolia (grey myrtle) 20 metres tall

Ficus rubiginosa (Port Jackson fig) 30 metres tall

VINES

Alectryon subcinereus (native quince) 15 metres tall

Streblus brunonianus (the whalebone tree) 30 metres tall

COMPOST BIN - coffee grounds, fallen leaves and grass can store for a period of time and reused to farm which in WSP as farm fertilizer instead of chemical fertilizer

Aphanopetalum resinosum (Gum Vine) 200 mm long

Pandorea pandorana (wonga wonga vine) 150 mm long

SHRUBS

Cayratia clematidea (native grape) 100 mm long

WESTERN SYDNEY DRY RAINFOREST - form vegetation corridor in WSP and encourage people plant trees

clerodendum tomentosum (hairy lolly bush) 15 metres tall

Pittosporum revolutum (yellow pittosporum) 3 metres tall

REUSED COFFEE CUP - reduce waste and increase sustainable living, in navigating a whole new approach to waste.

RIDING BIKE - encourge visitors visit the WSP in a green way. Instead of vehicles to reduce reduce carbon emissions.

KIDgroves St

The project is located in the Bays Precinect, Sydney.

With the trend of global warming, the global ecological environment has been damaged to varying degrees, and abnormal extreme climates have appeared. Floods in the inner west are usually caused by sudden extreme heavy rains in or near the area. In this year's COP16, Australia promised to reduce carbon emissions, which means that it will reduce industrial volume and increase ecologicalization.

According to the 2006 Census (2016) of the US Inner West Commission, there are approximately 2,400 children aged 0-11, accounting for 13% of the total population of the US Inner West. However, due to various factors on city streets, such as limited space, heavy traffic and insecurity, children rarely have the opportunity to play outdoors.

I set my sights on the working harbour area of the bays, aiming to build it into a resilient urban children’s ecological space and make it more diversified, so as to reduce carbon emissions, cope with the extreme heavy rain and sea level rise in the bays and the limited space for children.

This project will explore effective design strategies for urban street, not only conducive to rainwater management, coping with extreme weather, but also conducive to children's outdoor activities. It will focus on exploring the functional and spatial aspects of KIDgroves St.

Glebe Island

Glebe Island

Glebe Island

White Bay White Bay

White Bay

Rozelle Bay

FOUNDAMENTAL ASSET - Flat Open Space

White Bay

White Bay Power Station with Sandstone Edges

White Bay Crusie Terminal Glebe Island

Street Flooding

The relatively flat concrete floor is not conducive to rainwater drainage and infiltration. The site will flood in the event of heavy rain.

Sea Level Rise

Due to extreme weather caused by global warming, the site will be invaded by sea level rise.

Lack of Children's Space

The site lacks functional diversity and group diversity. According to CPTED, such streets are not conducive to the safety of children.

Introduce the concept of green streets and WSUD

Convert the gray infrastructure of the streets into green infrastructure.

Establish an ecological intertidal zone of mangroves along the edge

Responding to future sea level rise caused by tidal changes and extreme weather.

Maximize the use of terrain and street space to increase children's space

Make children have a unique experience in the venue.

Project Begins

Existing site with flood issue and contaminated soil without vegetations.

Contamination Reduced by 20%

Contamination Reduced by 50%

The roots of mangroves

1:1000@ A3

Pneumatophores

SUCCESSION

Contamination Reduced by 50%

Mangrove seedlings germinate before leaving the mother plant, which allows rapid root growth.

Mangrove Seedlings Stage

When the toxic substances in the soil are reduced by 50%, the population recovers by 30%. 0 5m N Detailed Plan - Stage Two

Repair the soil and purify water before planting mangrove seedlings. Cut down the edge to make sure the roots of mangrove seedlings can grow into the mudflats.

Sloping lawn - 1:12

Ecological Intertidal Zone by 50%

Walk Path 5m 5m 14m

Sloping Lawn Sandstone Edge with Mudflats Roots grow into the mudflats 1:250@ A3

Cut down the edge N

Striated Heron

NATURAL SUCCESSION

Live in the mangrove forest in the Bays. At low tide, it stalks through the mude extending its neck to look for food.

Latham's Snipe

Latham's Snipe birds in winter they migrate to Japan and return to Australia in time for summer.

Make full use of the ecological potential of coastal areas to attract life and birds.

Avicennia marina

Juncus kraussii

Grey Mangrove

Sea Rush

"Landscape architects should not be limited to a specific green space, but an innovative and challenging multifunctional space." (Herrington, 2016) 2

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The Plan of Stage Four 2 3 3 4

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RAINGARDEN SANDS

WOOD CHIP

SHRUBS

SHRUBS LAWN

STAGE 4 - MODEL OF PLAYGROUND

Walk Path Sands and Wood Chip Raingarden

3A CLOSE ENCOUNTER

The project is located in the North Wolli Creek, Sydney.

As the population of Wolli creek grows, high density residential areas and factories dominate the land use. The North Wolli creek reserve is a potential sites in Wolli creek to experience nature, as more and more people prefer to escape the concrete city and get closer to nature. With industrial migration, the site has been abandoned and forgotten, and the ecological habitat destroyed. However, it still has historical significance. Surrounded by the Wolli creek, factories and railroads, the site is largely inaccessible, making it an unused and naturally growing bush area.

These issues inspired a beautiful vision to protect the ecological habitat, provide access and feel the nature. The project aims to redefine the natural environment of the city and allow young residents and families to experience the fun of human and nature.

1980s

1943

2000

Wolli Creek was named after the Koori name of adjacent creek. Wolli creek was first known as Woolly Creek. The meaning of Wolli Creek is “Camp” (Wolli Creek NSW 2022).

In the late 19th century, much of the southern coastline was occupied by industries such as tanning, wool washing and boiling-down works. Wolli creek was the one of Sydney's most polluted waterways (Wolli creek 2011).

Coastal vegetation areas were destroyed. Some of the industry in this area was removed, leaving a part of the industrial area at North Wolli Creek.

The area became predominantly industrial until a redevelopment was planned in the late 1990s. Wolli Creek railway station opened in 2000 (Wolli Creek NSW 2022).

Aboriginal Wolli Creek

Edge Level: 1.5m

Floodplain Forest

Sea Level Rise

5 Years and 20 years

Urban Waterlogging

Surface Rainoff

Flood Boundary

Runoff in Sewerage Viaduct

Edge Level: 1m

Site Boundary

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Tide in North Wolli Creek Data from Willy Weather

High Tide: 1.8m

Low Tide: 1.3m

Water flow over the edge when it in high tide.

High tide in the site from Google Maps

Flooding in the site from Google Maps

Natural Area

No one access the sie

Swerage Viaduct

No accessible path to cross the creek

No accessible path and entrance

Cooks River Rail Bridge

Can not cross the rail into site

No accessible path to cross the river Legend

Wolli Creek Train Station

Bring visitors to the site

Large flow of visitors

Circulation of Vehicles

Circulation of Train

Potenital Access

Potenital Entrance

Potenital Flow of Visitors

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Policies in Bayside Priority Green Grid Corridors

" Linkages between open spaces are fostered within the wider public realm through enhancing creek corridors, transport routes, suburban streets, footpaths and cycle ways. "

" Improve the shared pathways network to promote cycling and walking to high quality destinations along the corridors. "

Enhance Reserve's Habitat Open Up and Reach Out

Celebrate North Wolli Creek

Restore endangered mangrove communities in edge and enhance bush care area.

Provide physical connectivity for pedestrain to make the reserve connect to Wolli Creek and Turrella.

Create recreational opportunities for young residents and families to have immersive experience in nature.

Perspective

 Social: Improve the accessbility to the site, and provide neighbourhoods in Wolli creek and Turrella with a 15 mins walk to the site.

Green and golden bell frog

Frog pond habitats

Adventure treetop walk

Treetop platform

Mangroves habitats

Watch birds

Mangroves boardwalk

Treetop walk with frog pond

Treetop platform

Mini suspension bridge

Over-water hammock with Kayaking

Main walk track

Educational board along the main track

Principle 1: Enhance Reserve's habitat

Principle 2: Open Up and Reach Out

Principle 3: Celebrate North Wolli Creek

 Environmental: Restore x sqm of endangered mangroves and provide x sqm habitats for endangered fauna.

 Social: Improve the accessbility and provide neighbourhoods in Wolli creek and Turrella with a 15 mins walk to the site.

 Economic: Create $x income from recreational activities eg. kayak renting.

OTHER

HAND DRAWING

Used by pencil, colour pencil, gouache

GRAPHIC

DESIGN

Used by Indesign

Grasshopper Used by Rhino

3 DIMENSION DESIGN

Used by Illustrator, Photoshop, Sketchup