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Y U H A N WA N G

S E L E C T E D W O R K 2 017 - 2 0 21 MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE U N I V E R S I T Y O F P E N N S Y LVA N I A

1.COMMON LAND

2.BOTANY TO BIOTECH

3.HYDROGEN STEEL PLANT

4.FOLLOW THE SOUND

5.OTHER WORK

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania Expected May 2022 Master of Landscape Architecture Philadelphia, PA •Honors: Weitzman School of Design scholarships •Relevant courses: Planting Design, Design Software Workshop, Advanced Landscape Construction, Urban Ecology Nanjing Forestry University Bachelor of Furnishings and Industrial Design

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Design Studio III Producing City, Tianjin, China

June 2018 Nanjing,China

Jan 2021 – May 2021

•Traveled to the factory in Tianjin to learn about the direction of production line upgrades from engineers, and interview nearby residents.

•Studied successful examples of low carbon transitions at other steel plants.

•Created a proposal based on the transformation of the steel plant to reduce the conflict between environmental protection and production profitability.

Design Studio V: Urban Resilience, Buffalo, NY Sep 2021 – Dec 2021 •Collaborated with 2-person team to analyze the Buffalo problem area using GIS to select potential design sites.

•Traveled to Buffalo to conduct field research on vacant property and immigrant culture, analyzed results with the intent to control gentrification and ensure social justice.

WORK EXPERIENCE

GMX Studio July 2021 Landscape Architect Intern Shanghai, China •Created construction plans of the office building autoCAD and calculated the usable area.

•Collect data for location analysis, summarize successful cases, and make presentation slides for the commercial real estate renovation project.

Jiachen Architecture June 2020 – Aug 2020 Landscape Architect Intern Nanjing, China •Designed and created poster for an incubator with over 150 startups using Grasshopper and Illustrator.

•Draw concept diagrams and renderings for the transformation of the incubator renovation using Photoshop and Illustrator.

•Researched and designed storm water management for Pukou district.

•Created 3D architecture model of tourist center using Rhino.

AWARDS

•Second Prize in the Winnipeg “on the Dock” Design Competition.

•Third Prize in the 5th International Bamboo Products Industry Design Competition

SKILLS

•3D Modeling: Rhino(Grasshopper), Revit, 3Dsmax, Sketchup •Rendering: Vray, Lumion, Enscape, Keyshot •Video Production: After Effects •2D Visualization: AutoCAD, Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign) •Geo-Spatial Analytics: ArcGIS Pro •Sketch •Microsoft Suite

June 2018 Feb 2015

01

HYDROGEN STEEL PLANT Individual Work Tianjin, China Spring 2021

CURRENT CONDITION CHALLENGES

STEEL PRODUCTION ANTICIPATION

WATER WASTED

CO2 EMISSION

community sewage

Water resource: industrial waste water,domestic sewage havent been separated

steel other

Fw <160°

recycled industry waste water

HEAT WASTED

as ted

Traditional steel industry produce large amount of CO2

Waste heat lower than 160 Fahrenheit is currently wasted

Raw Steel Scrap Steel

DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL STEEL DEMAND CONTINUES TO GROW

Iron Ore

STEEL PRODUCTION: Tianjin

Tianjin

THE STEEL INDUSTRY WILL REMAIN AN IMPORTANT TAX REVENUE IN TIANJIN GDP: Tianjin Steel Plants Rockcheck Steel Plant Residential Industrial Rockcheck Steel Plant Residential Industrial

HYDROGEN AND BIO-OIL AS THE KEY LEVER FOR CARBON NEUTRAL STEEL PRODUCTION RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY

POPULATION ESTIMATION students

residents

researchers

workers

2021 2060

750 1900

5400

2021

11000

2060

2021 2060

100 300

750

2021 2060

1900

1980

2021

2060

The board of Rockcheck announced investing in H2

MARKET AND POLICY SUPPORT

More than 100 billion RMB has been invested in H2 Government commited to be carbon neutral by 2060

TECHNOLOGY

Thyssenkrupp has tested H2 in blast furnace LKAB has tested bio-oil in pellets plant

CARBON NEUTRAL

PHASED UPDATE OF WATER, MATERIAL AND HEAT CIRCULATIONS

2021

2030

2060

INSERTING NEW HYDROGEN PLANT INTO THE EXISTING CIRCULATIONS

EXISTING CIRCULATION

PROPOSED CIRCULATION

VACANT LOTS

WATER

MATERIAL

2.1 FILTER

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slud

COMMUNITY SEWAGE

5.WATER TREATMENT PLANT

wa te

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HEAT

BIO-OIL

2.3 PYROLYSIS 2.2 PREHEAT

H2

2.4 CONDENSATION

2.5 PURIFICATION

2.3 DARK FERMENT. FERTILIZER

2.6 DEEP PURIF.

SITE SELECTION BASED ON VACANCY AND DISTANCE

⑩ 1.blast furnace

⑪

2.water treatment plant 3. filter 4. preheat

③

5. pyrolysis 6. dark ferment.

7. condensation 8 purification 9. deep purification

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①

10. parking lot

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11. visitor center scale 1:2000

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⑨

⑦

⑤

②

VISUALIZATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HYDROGEN MAKING FILTER

PREHEATING

PYROLYSIS

DARK FERMENTATION

CONDENSATION

PURIFICATION

890°F 590°F

TEMPERATURE HEAT RESOURCE gas 212°F

liquid

113°F

solid

raw sewage

sludge

sludge

bio-oil

H2

MATERIAL

CONTAINERS

BF PELLETS

SAFE DISTANCE

HEAT REUSE Open air green house use waste heat to add greenery in Tianjin's winter

FILTER

wa ter

5.WATER TREATMENT PLANT

COMMUNITY SEWAGE

2.1 FILTER

2.4 COND.

H2

2.5 PURIFICATION

2.3 PYROLYSIS

d slu ge

BIO-OIL

2.2 PREHEAT 2.3 DARK FERMENTATION

FERTILIZER

FILTRATION CREEK

2.6 DEEP PURIFICATION

UNDERNEATH THE LIFTED STRUCTURE

Use cable car to collect used sludge, which can be sold as fertilizer

Partially opened for educational purpose

wa ter

DARK FERMENTATION community sewage

5.water treatment plant

2.1 filter e dg slu

bio-oil

2.4 cond.

H2

2.5 purif.

2.3 py.

2.2 preheat 2.3 dark ferment. fertilizer

2.6 deep purif.

PRE-HEATING MISTY POND

SEMI THEATER

dark fermentation tank

wa te

r

CONDENSATION

community sewage

temperature

5.water treatment plant

2.1 filter d slu ge

bio-oil

2.4 cond.

H2

2.5 purif.

2.3 py.

2.2 preheat

2.6 deep purif.

2.3 dark ferment.

bio-oil

sintering

pyrolysis

fertilizer

AQUATIC PLANTS

CONDENSATION WATERFALL

ipe

lp

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WATER PLAYGROUND

CONDENSATION WATERFALL

WATER PLAYGROUND

GATHERING PLACE FOR WORKERS AND VISITORS H2 PURIFICATION

H2 pipe

Na2CO3

absorb CO2

02

BOTANY TO BIOTECH Collaborative Work Summer, 2021

FROM BOTANY TO BIOTECH GREENHOUSES

TRELLIS STRUCTURES

MORPHOLOGY

BOTANY

ETHNOBOTANY

VERTICAL FARMING

INVASIVE SPECIES BIODIVERSITY

ESPALIER

“EXINCT”SPECIES RESEARCH

BIOREMEDIATION

AGRICULTURE YIELD

FOOD PESTICIDES

HEALTH

HORTICULTURE

CONSERVATION

POLLARDING

INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS

PHARMACEUTICAL

COPPICING

GRAFTING

BIOFUEL BIOREMEDIATION

GMOS TRANSGENESIS

PLEACHING

PHARMACEUTICAL GENE THERAPY

TOPIARY

BIOTECH

BIOMATERIAL

TRANSGENESIS

BIOFUEL

BIOMATERIAL

GENE THERAPY

CURRENT CONTEXT

INDUSTRY, HORTICULTURE & COMMUNITY

FRAMEWORK REKNITTING WITH THREE CORRIDORS

58TH STREET

58TH STREET

WOODLAND COMMUNITY CENTER TRAINING AND OUTREACH

WOODLAND COMMUNITY CENTER

WOODLAND COMMUNITY CENTER

LIFE SCIENCE MANUFACTURING LIVING AND WORKING

LIFE SCIENCE MANUFACTURING

03

COMMON LAND Collaborative Work Fall, 2021

HOW CLT WORKS We know that climate change is a reality. We know that migration is a reality. And we know that soon, the number of climate migrants around the world wil exponentially increase. Cities like Buffalo have begun to realize this and position themselves to accept new migrants. Buffalo trends in decreasing population have caused valid concerns; with population decrease comes infrastructural and economic problems for the people that still live there But what happens to residents of cities that rapidly expand? Usually this spells invest in profit-making mechanisms that tend to push people out rather than care for the people that lived there in the first place. Gentrification, as developers take hold and There is way out. By taking ownership of land as a community before it is privatized, people can both preserve what matters to them and develop in ways that are valuable to them. They can make money as land prices increase and become their own landlords in strategic, straightforward, equitable ways. They can design in sustainable ways that are and environmentally viable. Community land trusts are an important tool asa way to take power back for the people economically

ALTERNATIVE LAND OWNERSHIP MODELS

FRUIT BELT RESOURCE SHIFTS

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VULNERABILITIES AND CHALLENGES

HISTORIC BUFFALO REDLINING LOCATIONS

HISTORIC BUFFALO REDLINING LOCATIONS

LAND VACANCY

FLOOD RISK

LAND VACANCY VACANCY TYPE INDUSTRIAL

“GRADE A”

HIGH

RESIDENTIAL

VACANCY RATIO

“GRADE B”

< 10% 10% - 15%

“GRADE C” “GRADE D”

COMMERCIAL

15% - 20%

LOW

20% - 25% > 25%

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5,000'

HIGH VACANCY RATE

HOUSE GROWS WITH THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY BUFFALO HOUSING TYPOLOGY

HOUSING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

AFFORDABLE CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY SUPPLY EXCAVATION

EXISTING BLOCK CONFIGURATION

PROPOSED BLOCK CONFIGURATION

HOUSING CONSTRUCTION

COMMUNITY BIOGAS SYSTEM

GARDEN CONSTRUCTION

CLIMATE ADAPTIVE HOUSING SYSTEM RAMMED EARTH THERMAL PROPERTIES

RAMMED EARTH TYPICAL WALL

RAMMED EARTH INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

THERMAL PHASING 2021

2050

2030

2090

RAMMED EARTH HOUSE

CLIMATE AND SOCIAL RESILIENT PLANTING STRATEGY CLIMATE RESILIENT ECOLOGIES

TREES LIFE SPAN

STREET TREES

Ulmus americana

2021 57°F

Castanea dentata

2050 62°F

2090 66°F

64°F

POPULATION Acer rubrum

NATIVE RESIDENTS

STREET TREES

SPECIES SELECTION

SURVIVORSHIP 100% 50%

TIME:0

HALF-LIFE: half of the planted trees can be expected to die

30 YEARS

Ulmus americana

20' 10' 0'

IMMIGRANTS

Ginkgo biloba

-10'

Castanea dentata

SPECIES SELECTION BASED ON POPULATION MIGRATION AND GLOBAL WARMING

Prunus fruticosa

Vitis labrusca 'Concord'

BIO RETENTION SPECIES

Prunus persica 'Redhaven'

0'

Capsicum annuum Solanum lycopersicum Cucumis sativus Vitis labrusca 'Concord' Solanum tuberosum

-10'

Acer rubrum 20' 10'

Angophora hispida

0'

Prunus persica 'Redhaven'

-10'

Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus Prunus fruticosa Vitis labrusca 'Concord'

Ginkgo biloba 20'

Beltula papyrifera Acer rubrum Ginkgo biloba Castanea dentata Ulmus americana

10' 0' -10'

Betula papyrifera

SEASONAL PLANT SELECTION 1 YEAR

PLANTATION

1.Betula papyrifera

2.Acer rubrum

30 YEAR

PLANTATION

3.Ginkgo biloba

2.Acer rubrum

PLANTATION

4.Betula papyrifera

Schizachyrium scoparium

Sorghastrum nutans

10'

Hibiscus Sabdariffa

60 YEAR

30 YEAR

Elymus villosus

PLANTATION

5.Castanea dentata

PLANTATION

6.Acer rubrum

PLANTATION

7.Ulmus americana

PLANTATION

8.Ginkgo biloba

20' 10' 0' -10'

FRUIT TREES

Angophora hispida

Solanum torvum

STREET TREES FRUIT TREES

VEGETABLES

Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus

VEGETABLES

20'

Betula papyrifera

20'

100%

TIME:0 Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus

10' 0'

Viburnum dentatum

SPRING

Solanum torvum

-10'

SEASONAL PLANT SELECTION SUMMER

FALL

WINTER

SPRING

SUMMER

FALL

WINTER

SPRING

SUMMER

FALL

WINTER

NON INVASIVE ROOTS

20'

Angophora hispida

10' 0'

2021

-10'

SHADE TOLERANT

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Prunus fruticosa 20'

VEGETABLES

10' 0'

MOISTURE TOLERANT

Capsicum annuum

-10'

Vitis labrusca 'Concord' HIGH TEMP DENSE SHADING

Solanum lycopersicum

20'

INCREASED PLANTINGS

CANOPY HEIGHT

2050

10' 0' -10'

Cucumis sativus

Prunus persica 'Redhaven' COLD TOLERANT

Solanum tuberosum

20' 10'

WET TOLERANT

0' -10'

HALF-LIFE: half of the planted trees can be expected to die

50%

40 YEARS

PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY STREETS AND FRUITFUL CORNER GARDENS PROPOSED STREET PLAN

WOODEN PALLET COMMUNITY USES

PROPOSED CORNER GARDEN PLAN

04

THE SOUND OF CREEK Individual Work Fall 2018

All colors are translated into sounds... laboratory

And they ring infinitely sweet Like tones.

— Rainer Maria Rilke, the Blinde Let us imagine that we are blind and can only use hearing to guide the tour. Use sound to shape a variety of perceived space. Since the definition of the perceived space itself is also the consciousness, the perceived space is hard to define. But we can still create different sound space by manipulate the landforms and vegetation to engineer sound. Nature is composer of sound while the process of design is sound engineering By changing the transparency continuously of perceived space to create a continuity, ambiguous spatial perception of in and out when roaming.

Parametric design is used to logically analyze existing sounds and to specify the weights of effects of different factors on the sounds and ultimately use this strategy in design.

birds creek frog AC

SOUNDSCAPES OF BIRDS, CREEK, AND FROG

laboratory laboratory

creek rout

SOUND ENGINIEERING STRATEGY

SOUNDSCAPES Based on soundscapes recorded along the creek.

FACTORS

FACTORS INFLUENCE SOUND

LOUDNESS MEDIUM & DISTANCE

SLOPE DEPTH

Insec

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SURFACE

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the p

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DENSITY

WEIGHT OF FACTORS

SOUND ENGINEERING STRATEGY

LOUDNESS(DB) WEIGHT

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STEP2 42

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MEDIUM SLOPE

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HUGE SLOPE

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SMALL SLOPE

trees )

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SOUND AMPHITHEATERS SOUND SPREADING

MEDIUM CONTROL MEDIUM & DISTANCE = PLANTS+LANDSCAPE

AMPLIFY DIFFUSE SOUND FIELD

ABSORB

REFLECT

WATERFALL AMPHITHEATER SOUND FADING

DE-ESCALATE TREES

SOUND

REFLECT TALLER

SLOPE

DEPTH

SURFACE

DENSITY

FLOOD PLAIN AMPHITHEATER

MATERIAL

DE-ESCALATE: THROUGH ABSORB ABSORB

DE-ESCALATE

DENSER

AMPLIFY: THROUGH REFLECT

DE-ESCALATE: THROUGH REFLECT

SEASONAL RAINWATER POND

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OTHER WORK

WEST PHILLY HIGH SCHOOL COURTYARD FURNITURE PROPOSAL Collaborative Work

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MODULAR TABLE & PLANTER · reading · meditation · chill spot

Design the ground paving and painting according to the flow of people and the entrance Make use of the edges of the exsiting planters to create interesting and interactive furnitures

PARAMETRIC SLAB BENCHES · chill spot · active play · reading · meditation

1. Parametric Slab Benches 2. Modular Table 3. Movable Furnitures 4. Parametric Slab Planter 5. Planter Bed 6. Deck 7. Modular Benches Entrance

MODULAR BENCHES · chill spot · reading · meditation

DECK · yoga · chill spot · active play · reading · meditation

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80’

160’

320’

640’

WEST PHILLY HIGH SCHOOL COURTYARD FURNITURE PROPOSAL

SOUND VALLEY Collaborative Work We have been familiar with gardens or landscapes that attract tourists by color or shape. But in this project, we try to use sound of water to lead people moving forward. By creating different terrains, the beauty of nature will be introduced into the site. In the process of landscape designing, seasonal differences on wind direction and sunlight have been taken into consideration. Landscape will be combined with human activities of the site. We created wind tunnels, whisper walls, etc. Some specific sounds will be amplified in certain areas. The water and wind that pass through the site will be made full use of the create sounds of different tones and volumes.

There are three elements of sound: Sound of Wind: Made by wind or breeze that blow through the valley or tunnel Sound of Water: Made by water beating the embankment

SOUND VALLEY PLANT LIST

BAMBOO SHOOTS TABLEWARE SET Individual Work

chopsticks shelf

winebowl

cup

bowl

MOON BOOKCASE Individual Work The moon is special in Chinese culture and its wax or wane is always connected with human life, representing the life changes. Therefore, this style of bookshelf takes moon as the subject and the design reflects the moon philosophy in furnitures. With the accumulation of books and knowledge, the moon bookshelf will become round, representing the fulfillment of learning and life.

Dowel joint

The lateral and vertical plates are connected with grooves equally half opened on them.

GEO-SPATIAL AND PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS Individual Work Elevation 5 5 5

R1 Slope

Land Cover 15 15 15

R2 Soil Weighted Sum Slope 60 15 15

Slope

Target Buffer

Aspect

Flow 5 5 60

R3 Aspect Vacant Parcels

Contour Soil 15 60 5 Closest Vacant Parcels to Target Area

CAD PLAN OF PUKOU DISTRICT Internship Jiachen Architecture

SKETCHES

Yuhan Wang Master of Landscape Architecture University of Pennsylvania yuhanw@upenn.edu 215-578-1085