Junzhi Yu (Jason)'s MLA Portfolio 2015

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RESUME JUNZHI YU (JASON) Junzhi Yu (Jason Yu) is an international student from China who is graduating Spring 2015 from Univeristy of Massachusetts Amherst with a MLA degree. He has also received his undergraduate degree in LA at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Jason’s international education and background have given him a global vision of the profession and provides him with a unique lens to see landscapes as diverse cultural expressions, responsive to the values and perceptions of individual cultural contexts. His study at University of Massachusetts has equipped him a comprehensive set of knowledge and skills to be a productive professional, which has been honored and witnessed by many awards and activities. He looks forward to carrying on his passion for informed and effective landscape architecture practice in the field.

JUNZHI YU (JASON) MLA at UMass Amherst Email: jason8954@gmail.com


EDUCATION Master of Landscape Architecture with Certificate of Cultural Landscape Management University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

2013 - 2015

Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Major in Landscape Architecture Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

2008 - 2011

EXPERIENCES Boffa Miskell (New Zealand), Shanghai, China Assistant Landscape Designer Contribution

April, 2013 - July, 2013

Design Concept Drafting, Public Presentation, Translation, Client Engagement, and Marketing

GN International Design LLC, Shanghai, China Assistant Landscape Designer

October, 2011 - May, 2012

Contribution

Project Correspondence, Drafting, Presentation, Client Engagement, Translation, and Marketing

Achievement

Ground Landscape, Roofgarden, Tencent Chengdu Headquarter Plaza (Skimatic Drawing) Roofgarden, Wuhan Ren Xin Hui Jingzhou Commercial Center (Conceptual Stage)

SKILLS Professional

Concept Development, Idea Illustration, Graphic Design, Model Crafting, Freehand Sketch, Public Presentation, Client Engagement, Translation, Writing

Software

Adobe Creative Suits, Autodesk CAD, Google Sketchup, CorelDraw, Microsoft Office, ArcGIS, Rhinoceros

AWARDS & ACTIVITIES Recipient, 2015 ASLA Student Merit Award Recipient, 2015 University Olmsted Scholar Title

April, 2015 March, 2015

Member, National Honor Society of Sigma Lambda Alpha

March, 2015

Team Leader, 2015 Urban Land Institute Hines Competition, UMass Entry

Feb, 2015

Speaker, 2015 Cultural Landscape and Heritage Value Conference

Feb, 2015

Team Leader, 2015 Edmund N. Bacon Award Urban Design Competition, UMass Entry Graduate Representative, BSLA UMass Student Chapter

October, 2014 Since September, 2014

Volunteers, 2013 ASLA Annual Meeting, General Education Session

September, 2013

Graphic Designer, Amherst Chinese Christian Church Annual Publication

Since May, 2014

INTERESTS Travel to Rome (University Special Course), New York (University Special Course), Japan, UK. Read (Contemporary Novel, Olmsted Literature), Architectural Photography, Model Making, Cubism Painting, Classical Music, Snowboarding, Golf, Hiking


SELECTED WORKS

Consult the genius of the place in all; That tells the waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th’ ambitious hill the heav’ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the vale; Calls in the country, catches opening glades, Joins willing woods, and varies shades from shades, Now breaks, or now directs, th’ intending lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs. -Alexander Pope, Epistle IV, to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington JUNZHI YU (JASON) MLA at UMass Amherst Photo at Franz Josef Glacier. New Zealand. c. 2011

Email: jason8954@gmail.com


GROWTH, PRESERVATION & LANDSCAPE HERITAGE

POST URBAN RENEWAL

Post Industrial City Urban Revitalization

Wetland Park Rehabilitation Design

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URBAN AGRICULTURE

OTHER WORKS

Community Garden And Greenbelt Gateway

Intern Work, Competition, Technical Drawing, planning, Furniture Design SITE ENGINEERING FINAL PROJECT

INTEGRATED DESIGN BUILDING

PROFESSOR: MARK LINDHULT TA: ALYSSA BLACK & NGOC DOAN

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SECONDLINE QUARTER

2015 ULI Hine Urban Design Competition

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POCKET PARK & GATEWAY

Public Garden Entrance Design

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INTERESTS

Sketch, Drawing, Painting, Graphic Design And Photography

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Van Horn Park

POST URBAN RENEWAL NORTH GATE, DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD, MA URBAN DESIGN STUDIO, MERIT AWARD 2014 BSLA

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Northgate is a northern part of the Metro Center of Springfield Massachusetts, bounded by: Highway I-90 and I-291, Railroad viaduct with Union Station, the Riverfront of the Connecticut River, and Franklin Street around the YMCA to the east. The area was once rich in industrial and transportation oriented activities in 1900s, followed by total removal of residential neighborhood and historic skin as the result of urban renewal movement in 1950s. Today the area has lost its identity known as a “no-man’s land”. Rehabilitation of Union Station and potential of reconstruct I-91 highway may provide some opportunities for this area to change. Our team took an approach to review history to inform the future, by look at historical programs that make the place alive once, and restore them through a 21st century design approach. Works presented here shares credits to Ericka Duym and Wenjie Liu as a part of studio teamwork.

FIGURE GROUND 1899

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Medical

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AERIAL VIEW

PHASE ONE - 2025

PHASE TWO - 2035 Local Ridership Residential

Regional Ridership Local Ridership

Local Ridership 0 Units

Residential

32 Units

Residential

80 Units

Art/Cultural Events

5 Events

Art/Cultural Events

28 Events

Art/Cultural Events

57 Events

Retail/Commercial

22,146 SF

Retail/Commercial

65,744 SF

Retail/Commercial

109,346 SF

Institutional

71,522 SF

Institutional

234,06 SF

Institutional

542,702 SF

355,039 SF

Healthcare

420,399 SF

Healthcare

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PHASE THREE - 2045 Regional Ridership

Regional Ridership

248,404 SF

Healthcare


STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

BIKE TRAIL SYSTEM

Stormwater Management System

Existing Bike Trail

Green Roof

Proposed Bike Trail

LAND USE

Biking Friendly Street Future Bike Share Location

Bioswale along Streets

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

PROGRAMING

FIGURE GROUND

Mixed Use Residential

Parking Garage

Transportation/Connectivity

Retail

Tech Training

Residential/Community

LRT System Vehicular System Pedestrian Only

Demolished Building Preserved Building New Construction

Medical Service

Art and museum

Education/Industry

Transit Stop

Future Construction

Hotel

Public Service

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MASTERPLAN

PROGRAMS COMMUTE

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Light Rail

Bike Lines

Street Upgrade

Housing

Retail

Art District

Community Spaces

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APARTMENT / RETAIL MIX USE 3 STORES

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COMMUNITY GREEN YARD

REPUBLICAN NEWS

LIBERTY STREET RESIDENCES APARTMENT / RETAIL MIX USE 3 STORES

GARDEN BALCONY GREEN ROOF INSTITUTIONAL OFFICE (4 STORIES)

COMMUNITY SCHOOL DORMITORY

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URBAN AGRICULTURE MT VICTORIA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY GARDEN AND GREENBELT GATWAY DESIGN

Town Belt

Project Site

Mt Victoria District

Downtown Wellington Oriental Bay

Waitangi Park Wellington Waterfront Te Papa National Museum

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PROJECT BRIEF As food production and consumption networks are well connected globally, nation like New Zealand is most depended on the overseas’ trade market for local food consumption, and heavily use petrol-cost transportations for food supply. Such situation leaves potential threat to the urban food network: as when fossil energy reserve is in depletion, cities’ food supplies are in danger. In preparing such incidents, urban agriculture has been recently reintroduced to local communities. As for this project, a proposal is made to establish a community garden for the Mt Victoria residential district in the heart of Wellington city. The design intents to establish an urban agricultural field to support partial of communities’ food consumption, and performs as a landscape infrastructure in connecting the local community activities (e.g. agriculture, education, recreation, trade) and trigger potential community interactions.

LAND USE

SITE AERIAL

SOIL TYPE

WIND ANALYSIS

LAND USE MODEL

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PERMEABILITY - REINFORCE ACCESS Typical way to access the destination site area requires flank route to access. The permeability of this condition is very low. To ensure an activated site that is easy for community access, regrading slopes and increase direct access routes is critical.

PRELIMINARY CONCEPT SKETCH

SITE DATA SYNTHESIS

ACTIVITY DENSITY

LAND USE

VEGETATION COVER TERRAIN - TERRACE FARMING To increase arable land for farming, the technique of terrace farming is borrowed here to deal with slopes. Through regrading the contour, flat surfaces are extended than original landforms.

ACCESS ROUTES

CONTOUR

Provide planting and agriculture education for local school.

PLANTING

ACTIVE SPORTS

OUTDOOR FOOD SALE

PICNIC

Grow daily consuming horticulture products to supply local families.

COMMUNITY FESTIVAL

MT VIC BOWLING CLUB

WEST-WING GREEN FIELD

EAST-WING GREEN FIELD

VIEW SPOT

BOWLING GAME

Provide views and over-watch sites for tourist, recreational visit.

COMMUNITY GARDEN MT VICTORIA RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

MOUNTAIN WALK

MAYJORBANK STREET

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FIELD EDUCATION

BOWLING GREEN COMMUNITY GARDEN

MT VIC LOOKOUT

WELLINGTON TOWN BELT

WELLINGTON EAST WALK

ELIZABETH STREET

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MASTER PLAN

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EAST-WING TERRACE ENTRANCE

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WATCH PLATFORM PASSAGEWAY

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BOWLING FIELD

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MT VIC BOWLING CLUB BUILDING

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EAST-WING TERRACES

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ELIZABETH STREET ENTRANCE

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LAWSON PLACE ENTRANCE

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PASSAGEWAY TO WELLINGTON EAST WALK

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SAND FIELD

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GREEN FIELD (WEST SIDE)

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GREEN FIELD (RESERVED PLANTING FIELD)

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SECONDLINE QUARTER NORTHWEST DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS, LA 2015 ULI HINE URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION ENTRY

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Faubourg Lafitte Development

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Works presented here shares credits to John Tomas Post, Peggy Chen, Peng Zhang and Wenjie Liu as a UMass Amherst teamwork for the 2015 ULI Hine Compitition Entry


Just north next to the French Quarter of New Orleans’ downtown area, defined by Lafitte Avenue, Galvez Street, Canal Street and Claiborne Avenue, the community of Treme-Lafitte suffers lack of economic and social vibrancy in comparing with its changing neighborhood. As a part of ULI competition entry, our design of a Secondline Quarter, a concept that inspired from the New Orleans’ tradition with Jazz with a spirit of syncopation and improvisation, intents to bring new programs of art and music industry, medical associated entrepreneurial incubators, food market, community school and housing opportunities for this area to grow and adapt to these its adjacent developing changes. With a sustainable and intriguing urban planning and landscape design strategies, while taking an extra consensus to development equity, urban resiliency, history and culture roots of local land, this proposal is envisioning a hospitable, creative and resilience community.

EXISTING AND PLANNED TRANSIT SYSTEMS Major Route Greenway Corridor Existing Streetcar Route

New Orleans East Area

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City

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Tourism as the strongest economical driver in New Orleans calls for education and research in the culinary and hotel sector. The Hospitality and Culinary Arts School is a satellite campus of the University of New Orleans and partners with local vocational and professional schools to offer educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities nearby. The Creole Kitchen and Delicatessen Market is an attractor and destination for tourists. The Lafitte Restaurant and Food Supplies District on the I-10 ramps provides easy access and creates new jobs.

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Informal unplanned improvisation underneath the I-10 corridor breaks mental barriers of spatial segregation: Food and Non-Food Trucks, Street Vendor Space, Skater Initiative Project, I-10 Sub Art Projections Graffiti Contest, Open Air Performance and Music… Interpretations of the historical birthplace of Jazz in Storyville through visible public art interpretations in the public realm and interpretative tours. Advance and widespread the art of Creole Kitchen through public contests and events. Embrace music industry through affordable studio space along the Claiborne Avenue CREATIVITY

Lafitte Greenway

Pop-up Art Community

Greenspace

Warehouse

Start-up Enterpreneurs

Livable Street

Hotel

History Memory Lane

Parking Garage

History Place

ECOLOGY

ECONOMY Housing

Community College

Retail

Hospital

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Lives in Iberville The family enjoys spending time to bike on the Lafitte Greenway

Purchases an apartment near the Lafitte Greenway Visit VA Medical Center

Maurice and Linda Live in Faubourg Lafitte Ride their bikes to the market at the Front Porch

Rosie and George Take a tour of the St. Louis cemeteries and Louis Armstrong Park Ride bikes and take streetcars to visit French Quarter and the Downtown Live in a B&B on Lafitte Greenway

Gina Owns a small dry-cleaning and uniform business on Claiborne Avenue Lives in Iberville

Alex An aspiring jazz musician Performs at Louis Armstrong Park and underneath I-10 Rents a work loft above a cafe`Claiborne Avenue

Carmella Works at the VA Medical Center Rents and lives at the workforce apartments on N. Derbigny Street.

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1: RESPOND PhasePHASE I: Respond Green Space Affordable Residential Market Residential Upscale Residential Commerical/Office Retail Structured Parking

Phase III: Celebrate

Phase II: Embrace 135,124 s.f.

44,803 s.f. 231,926 s.f.

Green Space

132,548 s.f.

Retail

131,800 s.f.

Hotel

26,408 s.f.

117,950 s.f.

Institutional

92,054 s.f. 57,383 s.f.

Green Space Affordable Residential Market Residential Office/Commercial Retail Institutional Structured Parking

211,705

Structured Parking

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29,920 s.f.

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PHASE 2: EMBRACE Phase II: Embrace Green Space

132,548 s.f.

Retail

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Hotel

Green Space Affordable Residential Market Residential Office/Commercial Retail Institutional Structured Parking

117,950 s.f.

Institutional

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The Creole Kitchen and Delicatessen Market PHASE CELEBRATE Phase III: 3: Celebrate Green Space Affordable Residential Market Residential Office/Commercial Retail Institutional Structured Parking

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BUILDING TYPOLOGY

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Life at Claiborne Avanue

RAIN WATER COLLECTION CISTERN MICRO FARM PASSIVE DAYLIGHTING SHOTGUN HOUSE

SUNFLOWER INFILTRATION

PARKING GARAGE GREEN ROOF

SOLAR PANEL

BIOSWALE + TREE TRENCH 4’

VERTICAL PLANTING BALCONY GARDEN

MARKET RATE TOWN HOUSE MARKET HOUSING

FRONT YARD 12’ PERVIOUS SIDE WALK 6’

AFFORDABLE APARTMENT + RETAIL ON-STREET PARKING 8’

OFF STREET BIKE LANE 6’ TWO-WAY TRAFFIC 12’ X2

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POCKET PARK & GATEWAY FIRESTATION, DOWNTOWN AMHERST, MA PUBLIC GARDEN ENTRANCE DESIGN

Preserved Canopies

40 ft Width 5 ft Retainning Wall

UMASS

FIRE STATION

AMHERST

APARTMENT JOHN’S LIBRARY

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Apartment Building

Historical Fire Station Building

Amherst Main St

140 ft Length Basement Retail Stores

LA 597V Graduate Studio Final Project Time: 12/2014, 3 weeks Studio Instructor: Joseph S. R. Volpe, Elizabeth Thompson Located at central area of Pioneer Valley and a host of major five collages and universities, downtown Amherst is the thriving community centre for its walkable streets and active local social activities. At the heart of its Main Street, the historical Fire Station, built in 1934, now struggle to match the requirement by the modern fire services and rescue missions of local authorities. Amherst Fire Department is seeking to move out their operations and return the historical building to the commonwealth of Amherst. The Building will be used as either a retail spaces or a community social facility. In this case, the landscape surrounding the fire station, an average of 140’ length and 40’ width parking areas holds a promise to become a better public landscape. The studio is intent to turn this area into a pocket park for the visitors of the future fires station, a gateway link to the back of Town John’s Library and its memorial garden, together creating a mini greenway for Amherst residents and boarder communities. Apartment Parking Garage 20


IDEATING

GREENWAY & PARK GATEWAY

TYPOGRAPHY

DESIGN CONCEPT

HISTORICAL CONNECTION

ADA ACCESSIBLE & REDUCE RUNOFF

CONCEPTUAL SKETCH

To bring people in and establish connections with historical elements of the surroundings require balance between movement and places for rest. Biomorphic form give more freedom and moderate sense of place, which makes walking and seating more comfortable. The key ramp accessible, orientate circulation, also set the sequence of different viewing perspectives to connection to the surroundings. Also a balance between soft and hard pavement, contours are carefully regraded to organize stormwater runoff and collect them at bioswales and raingardens.

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GROWTH, PRESERVATION & LANDSCAPE HERITAGE NORTHFIELD, MA WETLAND PARK REHABILITATION DESIGN

LA 603 Graduate Studio Time: 10/2013 - 12/2013, 7 weeks Studio Instructor: Ethan Carr The Town of Northfield is in the process of developing a master plan as officials and residents anticipate several possible scenarios for how growth and change will occur in the town in coming decades. Much depends on the re-use of the Northfield school campus (a National Register District), which is vacant presently, but will become the site of new residences, a new educational institution, or some other new use or combination of uses. In almost any scenario, the number of people in Northfield will increase, bringing new levels of traffic, development pressure, and other changes to the town. Northfield has a rich heritage of historic, public landscapes, beginning with Main Street itself, which was first laid out in the 17th century as a linear common, similar to other contemporary commons in towns along the Connecticut River such as Wethersfield and Hadley. The studio first studied this landscape heritage, and then made proposals for the management, preservation, and interpretation of it. New connections between public areas, new town parks, guidelines for the management of Main Street, and new treatments for existing historic places were all envisioned. As a part of the studio work, my work is to produce the new town park at the adjacent wetland areas.

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MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL SHELL BRIDGE NORTHFIELD HOTEL SITE

Next to the centre of Northfield’s Main street linear common, a vase of somewhat 37 acres of wetland was once an important part of Northfield history. The parcel once belongs to the famous New York Banker Francis R. Schell and it was a summer resort for the Schell family. During 19th century, Northfield was already a tourism destination for its historical New England town characters and American evangelist Dwight L. Moody’s frequent Christian conferences holding. Schell was a close friend of Moody and believed was also the investor of Northfield Hotel close the site. The land he owned once appears as clear open meadows with Mills River pass by to form a clean water feature, the house was built in French Château style sited at the hill top. Today this land became a natural wetland covered with invasive vegetations and robust local natural habitats.

WETLAND PARK (HISTORICAL SITE OF FRANCIS R. SCHELL’S SUMMER HOUSE) NORTHFIELD CEMETERY

HISTORICAL VIEWS

MAIN STREET (TOWN COMMON) KING PHILIP’S HILL

CONNETICUIT RIVER NORTHFIELD STATE FOREST

EXISTING VIEWS

STATE HIGHWAY 63

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SITE BASE

WETLAND

TYPOGRAPHY

MEADOWS

CIRCULATION

VEGETATION COVER

Rehabilitate the historic designed landscape that once existed in order to accommodate new uses and needs for the town and the private owner. REHABILITATION

ACCOMMODATION

Recapture significant historical designed landscape characteristics that once existed on the site.

Public Needs - reinforce connections between different part of the town, provide large open spaces for social gathering, passive and active recreation activities.

Private Benefits - To complement the future operation in revitalizing the old hotel site, the golf course and the overall resort landscape. Activate this area to benefit community business opportunities.

SECTION 1905

Main St Frontage Main St Frontage

Small Open Space Meadow

Shell’s Lake Wetland Boardwalk

Tree Line Wetland Baffer Woods

Meadow Park Meadow

Château Site Proposed Area for Lookout and Event Holding

SECTION PROPOSED

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Aven ue land

thfie ld In n Dr Congressional ive Church

High

Nor

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Cafe & Info Center

Terrace

Stre e

t

Bridge

Site of New Event Centrer and Clubhouse

Olmsted Office conducted a site survey of this land before commissioned to design “The Château” landscape. This survey reviews the pre-Shell period Mill Brook conditions

Mai n

Meadow

Meadow

Northfield Golf Course

Bridge

Parking Bridge

Dickinson Library Dick

Meadow Parking

inso

n St

reet

1905 A digital recapture of Francis R. Schell’s time as a summer resort. The map shows significant historical designed landscape characteristics include open meadows and mill river damned as river feature

Wetland Boardwalk

2013 After the death of Francis R. Schell. The site become abandoned, the parcel donated to the Mont Herman School, the Château eventually been demolished and the meadow lost by thriving of invasive vegetations, river dam ruined and the river becomes wetland

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2

Existing Site Condition

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2

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Proposed Wetland Board Walk


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View looking north east at the meadow and the terrace

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OTHER DESIGN WORKS INTERN WORK, COMPETITION, TECHNICAL DRAWING, GRADING, MASTERPLANNING, FURNITURE DESIGN

2015 BACON COMPITITION ENTRY: PETTY ISLAND BROWNFIELD REHABILITIATION 31


TRUBY KING GARDEN EXTENSION

WUHAN REN-XIN-HUI COMMERCIAL PLAZA

LANDSCAPE FUNDAMENTAL GARDEN MODELS

TENCENT CHENGDU OFFICE ROOF GARDEN

SITE ENGINEERING GRADING PLAN

COMMUNITY GARDEN: CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT

SITE ENGINEERING FINAL PROJECT

INTEGRATED DESIGN BUILDING

PROFESSOR: MARK LINDHULT TA: ALYSSA BLACK & NGOC DOAN

Scale

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URBAN LANDSCAPE STUDIO: TACTILE MAPPING

PORIRUA RURAL SUBDIVISION PLANNING

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1"=60'

60

120

URBAN LANDSCAPE STUDIO: STREET FURNITURE

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Spatial Traces

Model Sketch

Wood Hand Craft Model

3D Printing Model

Rhino Digital Modeling

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ROME TRIP ANALYTICAL SKETCHES

INTERESTS

SKETCH, DRAWING, PAINTING, GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY

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GRAPHIC DESIGN WORKS

FRESHMAN YEAR ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

CUBISM PAINTING: STRUCTURES & SPACES

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