Landscape Architecture
Portfolio 2011- 2018
Pei-Ju Yen
Pei Ju Yen
614-271-2242
The Ohio State University
Feb. 2019 - Apr. 2019 Fondriest Environmental Inc.
Tunghai University / Taichung, Taiwan
Jan. 2018 - May. 2018 The Ohio State University
Master of Landscape Architecture
Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2013
Intern/ Landscape Architect
Graduate Associate - Teaching Assistant
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Extracurricular Activities & Awards, Honors
Jul. 2013 - Apr. 2014
Dec. 2018
Knowlton Studio Book Award - Outstanding Student
Apr. 2018
Columbus Dirt: Illuminating the Invisible Exhibition Knowlton School
Jun. 2013
2013 Tokyo Study Abroad Guidebook
Jul. 2012 - Sep. 2012
Apr. 2013
Graduation Design Project – Award of Excellence
Jun. 2011 - Sep. 2011
Feb. 2012 - Feb. 2013
Group Leader
Sep. 2011 - Jan. 2012
Class Leader
May. 2011
Tian-Wei Leisure Farm Landscape Design
May. 2010
T-portfolio Design Competition
Honorable Mention - Landscape Design Studio, Sophomore Honorable Mention
Other Honors & Awards 2016 World Design Capital – Sustainable Environment Category
Taipei city government 0 Merit Award - “Creative Trash Bins” 0 Honorable Mention - “ Transformer Street Furniture Design”
Pauian Archiland, Taipei, Taiwan
Intern/ Engineering Assistant - Pu-shan lin Construction site
Third Place
Junior
Tai-Yi Associates, Inc. Taichung, Taiwan
Intern/ Research Assistant - Tainan, Guanziling Tourism Consulting Project
Chief Editor
Landscape Design Studio (V), Junior-Senior
Tsao, Wei and Associates, Taipei, Taiwan
Design and Research Assistant 0 New Taipei City, Ping Lin Tea Museum Exhibition Research Proposal 0 Penghu, Low Carbon Humanistic Environmental Improvement Detail Planning 0 Taiwan, Air Quality Purification – Carbon Sink Sample Area Survey, Monitor and Maintenance
Tunghai University, Dept. of Landscape Architecture
Dec. 2012
www.linkedin.com/in/peijuyen
Work Experience
Education Sep. 2016 - May 2019
yen.127@osu.edu
Skill 2D / Drawing and Sketch Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Autocad 3D / Sketch Up 3Ds Max Arc GIS Rhino Lumion
Content Acdemic Works 1
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Graduate Third year Studio - Buckeye Village Olentangy Riverside
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Graduate First year Studio - Wasting Water
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Graduation Design Project - Reborn
Living Monument of Columbus Waste Water Treatment
Gaomei Wetland Planning and Design 19
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Junior Design Project - YO HO City Taichung old downtown renovation
Professional Work 23
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Penghu Urban Park Design Project
Other Works
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Buckeye Village - Olentangy Riverside
Graduate Third Year Design Project / Aug. 2018 - Dec. 2018 Instructor/ Jason Kentner Collaborator/ Solo work Type/ Residential Area design Location/ Columbus, Ohio / The Ohio State University campus
Design Concept Breaking the levee makes water from the Olentangy river interact with the site in order to prevent a flooding threat downstream. Creating a large space with an incline provides a buffer, which can either prevent flooding issues, or be used as a public area. Regular water level
Raining
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Retaining pond Forest Water Flow
Existing topography
Forest Water Flow
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Design Strategy Becauese of potential flooding issues, several strategies were used to accelerate water movement and recharge water in the retaining pond. The relationship between water and the buildings is also important to consider and was addressed with vegetation in a horizontal buffer and vertical grade change.
Permeable pavement
Retaining pond
Bioswale
Site analysis diagram
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1. Circulation Diagram 2. Water Flow Diagram 3. Bubble Diagram Parking Lot Walkway Car Road
Wetland Area Public Green Space Apartment (Water front) Commercial Area & Community Park Recreation Center
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WASTING WATER - Living Monument of Columbus Waste Water Treatment Graduate First Year Design Project / Jan. 2017 - Apr. 2017 Instructor/ Jacob Mitchell, Paula Meijerink Collaborator/ Solo work Type/ Public space design Location/ Columbus, Ohio / Franklin County, Scioto River
Road Circulation Scioto River Downtown Area Scioto Miles Park COSI Museum Scioto Audubon Metro Park Franklinton
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Design Concept
Opportunity to Approach River
Historical Representative Area
Bank Connection
Urban Fishing Area
Recreation Area
Site analysis diagram
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1. Circulation Diagram 2. Water Flow Diagram 3. Bubble Diagram
Parking Lot Rail Road Road Bike Way Sidewalk
Levee area Sprinkling filter & Fly fishing area Trickling filter area Floating Island Fishing area
Slow water flowing areas The water direction
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Surrounding area
Population & Disease Data Population 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1940
Cause of death from Typhoid Fever 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920
History Timeline
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Background In 1904 the sprinkling filter is definitely a shining point in the history of Columbus. This water treatment technique was a turning point, because it improved the water quality to deal with the spread of waterborne diseases, and contributed to the trickling filter not only in Columbus, but in other areas of America as well. Our site is nearby the downtown area and is a good spot to create a living monument for this area, and it will help remind people of the area’s history.
1904 - Sprinkling filters
1912 - Trickling filters
1901 Sewage treatment plant
1850s - 1890s 1920 - 1930s
Unconnected local sewer tunnels and pipes
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Major intercepting sewer
1887 1852 , 1854 Cholera outbreak
1872 , 1873 , 1875 Malarial fever, Cholera outbreak
Typhoid fever, Diphtheria, and Cholera
Jackson Pike Wasterwater Treatment
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Water treatment system "Sprinkling filters"
Water treatment system "Trickling filters"
Wasterwater Treatment, Reservoir, Water Plant
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Bamboo raft
The floating island is a kind of bamboo raft that uses bamboo as a type of base, and then a thin soil layer covers above it to provide the environment for herbaceous plants. After the plants grow up, the roots can penetrate the gap between the bamboo leading into the water, which will also create a habitat for underwater creatures.
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Fly fishing area
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Reborn - Gaomei Wetland Planning and Design Graduation Design Project / Sep. 2012 - Apr. 2013 Instructor/ Hsi-Chuan Lin Collaborator/ Solo work Type/ Environment planning, Public space design Location/ Taichung, Taiwan
Introduction Gaomei Wetland has become one of the most popular travel destinations in Central Taiwan over the recent years; however, it is also a wildlife refuge and one of Taiwan’s wetland of Importance. In lack of planning and design, serious impacts have resulted from the overcrowding and the local ecological environment. This planning and design project is intended to resolve environmental impacts caused by tourists, allowing for sustainable ecological environment development and achieving a holistic environmental balance.
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Site Location
• Taiwan, Taichung City, Qingshui District, • Coasts of the three villages Gaobei Village, Gaoxi Village, Gaonan Village • Estuary of half salt water and half fresh water • Gaomei Wildlife Refuge • Taiwan’s Wetland of Importance - National
Site Analysis From existing site conditions, water, wind direction, green area, types of vegetation, biological survey, to cultural aspects including its history, circulation analysis, local industry, location of surrounding buildings, current site issues may be analyzed where design concept and resolution schemes may be proposed based on these issues.
Wind Rose(2010) Planning Area, 615 ha Design Area, 70 ha
Historical Timeline
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Completion & Commencement of Gaomei Beach
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Opening of Taichung Port
1996 Construction of Haidu power plant, cutting of swamp oaks
2000 Ceased be issues
Environmental Overlapping
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Existing Issues
Pollution of Nutrients Caused by discharge from fields and drainage into the wetlands.
Sand Storm Reclaimed land is situated towards the southwest of the site causing serious sand storm problems.
Bird Habitats Abundant wildlife, migrating and resident birds live here.
Tourist Activities The extreme increased number of tourists in recent years, causing destruction to the wetland.
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Construction of concrete embankment
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Establishment of Gaomei Wildlife Refuge
2007 Installation of wind- powered generators 2007 Wetland of National Importance
2012 Announcement of wildlife protection area control regulations
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Analysis of Bird Behavior Gaomei Wetland has abundant eco-systems. Benthic animals include fish, shellfish, and amphibians. BirdLife International lists Gaomei Wetland in the list of 52 important bird habitats in Taiwan. Through the analysis of behaviors of different birds, the design provides a base suitable for bird habitat and minimizes the human interference.
• Herons living in tree tops
• Pigeons and doves living in trees
• Rallidaes nesting by the shore
•Rallidaes and gulls in the sand and gravel •Wading water birds (sandpipers, herons)
•Surface feeding type water birds (geese and ducks)
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Ecological Pond
Sand and Gravel
Herons, Ducks and Geese, Sandpipers, Charadrius, Gulls, Rallidaes, Eagles andFalcons
Rallidaes, Ducks and Geese, Gulls, Charadrius, Eagles and Falcons
Reference: Gaomei Wildlife Refuge Planning, 2012/Tunghai University Department of Biology, Dr. Lin HuiChen/Gaomei Wetland Biological Resources and Species and Catalog of Species
•Eagles and falcons living in the forests
Active Waters of Waterfowl Except plunge diving feeding type water birds that feed within a 50-200cm range, all other water birds can be found within 50cm waters, lengths of the birds’ legs separate the different habitat areas.
•Ducks and geese, sandpipers, charadrius, eagles and falcons in the marshes
•The wetland is the feeding area for herons, sandpipers and charadrius
•The rock shore is the breeding area for herons, sandpipers and charadrius
Channel
Forests
Shores Piled with Rubble
Wetland
Herons, Eagles and Falcons
Herons, Ducks and Geese, Sandpipers, Charadrius, Eagles and
Herons, Ducks and Geese, Sandpipers, Charadrius, Eagles and Falcons
Falcons
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YO HO CITY - Taichung old downtown renovation Junior Design Project / Nov. 2011- Dec. 2011 Instructor/ Chi-Feng Huang Collaborator/ Shao-Chi Wu, Fang-Hua Liu, Zheng-Pei Wu Team Position/ Leader, Design, 3D simulation Type/ Urban and Regional design Location/ Taichung, Taiwan
Current Issues
Design Concept
Because the history of Japanese Colonial period, there are several water storage and public facilities within the site. However, the original lands have been divided between various authorities, resulting in complicated conditions. The goal of the general design concept is to “restore historic vigor, and integrating ecological design to create the new image of the old city”.
New Axis of Green and Water Restoring the original water source from the Japanese Colonial Period, connecting the relationship of “water” with this area, as well as creating a new urban greenbelt within the old city.
1. Using the original underground waterway to develop a water circulation system. 2. Establishing a light railway system connects the entire area’s development.
Locations of Historic Building Understanding the locations of historic buildings surrounding the site is the main concern in designing and planning the circulation.
Railway Concept Simulation
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Design Plan
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Physical model
A. Purification Pond
B. Ecological Pond
C. Paddling Pool
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Penghu Urban Park Design Project Professional Work
Company/ Tsao, Wei and Associates Project state/ Dec. 2013 - Mar.2014 ( Preliminary) Position/ Design and research assistant Type/ Regional design Location/ Penghu, Taiwan
Introduction The base is located at Magong City, Penghu. In recent years, to promote local tourism, the government releases the surrounding land for private investment and development. After considering the overall development and the environmental improvement plan, the design modifies the surrounding road systems, builds green streets, links the plaza park, and adds parking spaces and green facilities, facilitating the overall planning and efficiency of resources.
Amphitheatre
Tournefortia argente Plaza
Design and Planning Concept The design is based on the influence of surroundings on the base. The site is flat with winds blowing all year round. Thus, sand consolidation and windproof become the essential principle. In addition, there are many public constructions and recreational attractions around the base, so the design also takes their importance and local significance into account. 1. Build low-carbon facilities. 2. Conserve existing planting and use multi-layered planting. 3. Build green land based on the terrain to drain water, conserve water, and prevent floods.
Wind Channeling Diagram
Playground
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1. Slope Design Elevation 2. Parking Spaces 3. Circulation Layout 4. Vegetation Areas 5. Vegetation Layout– Detail 6. Vegetation Layout– Trees
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scooter
Handicapped Bike
Vehicle Entrance
Bike Entrance
Tourist Route
Fire Escape Route
Wind Resistant Plant Windbreak Wind Resistant and Ornamental
Flowering Trees Salt Resistant Trees
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Fine Art Works
Sophomore Design Project / May. 2011 Instroctor/ Chun-Hsiung Yu In our freshmen and sophomore years, teachers from our design classes required that we only use hand-drawn sketches to present our designs, therefore giving me many opportunities to explore presentation techniques and using drawing tools to present design drawings. After starting to use computer drawing software in our junior year, these experiences became very helpful in mastering the scale of spaces, curves and fluidity of lines etc.
Villa
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Visitor Entrance Building
Restaurant
Residential Building
Deck Parking
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Physical Model Graduate Projects/ Aug. 2016 - Present Collaborator/ Solo work Type/ Abstract model, Research model. Studio final model
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The MLA program at the Ohio State University requires students to use various materials to present our ideas, and not only for the studio class, but lectures as well. Therefore, every semester we created many unique models as a learning experience.
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Tofuku-Ji Hojo Teien, Hasso no Niwa Research Project/ Aug. 2018 Collaborator/ Solo work Type/ Abstract model, Research model The eight views (Figure on the left) have different elements, and these elements combined both traditional Karesansui elements and modern patterns that were created by Mirei Shigemori. When he designed these gardens, the budget was limited. Therefore, some of the materials he used were design material from previous projects. The story behind the eight views relates to the religion, “Japanese Buddhism”. The Garden of Eight Views means the eight enlightenments of Sakyamunishi, and the path that tourists are guided displays the view from heaven to the man’s world. The entrance is a corridor in the south, and it is also the only way to exit the garden. After people walk into the corridor, they would stay in the cloister along the Hojo Teien, and then walk clockwise back to the same point. The Buddha statue placed in the center of the Hojo Teien faces the south garden because of “Feng Shui”. The best sitting position determined was sitting in the north and facing the south. (Cha, 2017)
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Big Dipper in the Sky River
Stone pillars Sand
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Pachou ---- 4 Fairy Islands in the sea
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Horai
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Hu Liang
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Hojo
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Kyoto Five temples
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Large Ichimatsu moyou (Rice field)
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Hu Liang
Horai
Pazhou
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Small Ichimatsu moyou
Stone pavement Sand
1. First view - East Garden 2. Second to fifth views - South Garden 3. Sixed View - South Garden 4. Seventh View - West Garden 5. Eighth View - North Garden
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East Garden
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West Garden
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Columbus Dirt: Illuminating the Invisible Exhibition Research Project/ April 2018 Collaborator/ Seminar class, Sophie Pawlak, Sam Haugh, Andrew Davis, John Bargiel, Bailey Moore, Clara Young, Yutong Wu, Linghui Zhang, Ben Kohls, Sicong Ma, Lizi Huang, Paul Maginnity, Jennifer Fullenkamp, Girme, Anuja M Instructor/ Paula Meijerink The Columbus Dirt: Illuminating the Invisible Exhibition is focused on the soil in our daily environment and the possibility of a “Dirt wall� engaging into the high way system for ecological function. This exhibition has 6 parts. The central floor covers the soil layer with grass seed and the hanging glass bottles contain various soils. The vegetation blueprints displayed various species that survived in the harsh conditions. The dirt wall showed an example of the design concept of the living wall. Inserting abandon books into the tamping wall as the seed pocket for growing potential vegetation. The 8 small models with detailed drawings indicate the different Dirt wall concepts in the different highway environments. The tables on the edge show the types of equipment for the research and exhibition process.
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