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CONTENTS LANDSCAPE AND URBAN DESIGN 01 East End Transformation
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02 Museum of the Bible
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03 Baidu Techonolgy Park
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04 City. Water. Landscape
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RESEARCH 05 Wetland + Curtain
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06 Changing “Backyard”
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07 Sea Level Rise Influences on Household and Communty-level
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EAST END TRANSFORMATION a master plan for a vibrant and inviting gateway mvla 2014- present project manager, lead designer
“ The East End Transaformation of the Danforth Campus is more than a construction project: It furthers the universi ty’s mission and values, setting the course for the next era of academic excellence and service to society.” ------ WUSTL
The East End Transformation replaces roads and surface parking lots with green space and new buildings. 2 | Xu (Simon) Lin _ Portfolio
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PROJECT TIMELINE
APRIL, 2014 MVLA WON COMPETITION
AUG, 2015
FEB, 2016
EAST END MASTER PLAN
SCHEMADIC DESIGN
team: BNIM
team: Kieren Timberlake, BNIM, Moore Ruble Yudell
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AUG, 2016
JAN, 2017
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT
team: Kieren Timberlake, BNIM, Moore Ruble Yudell
team: Kieren Timberlake, BNIM, Moore Ruble Yudell
MAY, 2017 MCKELVEY HALL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT team: Kieren Timberlake, Perkins Eastman (image continous on the next page)
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Designed by Cope and Stewardson in 1900, the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis is defined by Collegiate Gothic buildings, landscaped quadrangles, and pathways that encourage academic connections in a beautiful park-like setting. Over time, Danforth’s East End of campus had become plagued by roads and parking lots, interrupting this original planning vision. In 2014, Washington University embarked on a major campaign to transform the East End into a vibrant and inviting gateway to the university.
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Work with BNIM, MVLA delivered the East End master plan in 2014. Kieran Timberlake, Moore Ruble Yudell, and Perkins Eastman joined in this capital campaign, which are currently under constraction and scheduled for completion in 2020.
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SITE PLAN 1 Ann and Andrew Tisch Park 2 Anabeth and John Weil Hall 3 Henry A. and Elvira H. Jubel Hall 4 James M. McKelvey, Sr. Hall 5 Gary M. Sumers Welcome Center 6 Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Expansion 7 Craig and Nancy Schnuck Pavilion 8 Underground Garage
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SITE SECTIONS
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RENDERINGS
Central Plaza, The Sumers Welcome Center, Anabeth and John Weil Hall
Craig and Nancy Schnuck Pavilion 10 | Xu (Simon) Lin _ Portfolio
©WUSTL/ KieranTimberlake/studioAMD
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Expansion
Underground Garage 11
DESIGN PROCESS ARTS WALK
EXISTING
BEFORE REGRADING: CONNECT DISCONNECTED SPACES
CREATE DIFFERENCT FUNCTIONAL SPACE
AFTER
PROPOSAL
KEMPER EXPANSION
KEMPER ART MUSEUM
WALKER HALL
WEIL HALL
COURTYARD
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GATHERING STEPS
5 FEET RISE
WORK YARD
6 STEPS UP 24 STEPS DOWN TO COURTYARD
W Art Walk Perspective
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507 PLAIN
Sternberg Terrace Perspective View
Sternberg Terrace Stie Plan
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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT
SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
PAVING MOCKUPS | MAY 2017
AUG, 2017
MAY, 2018
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE
a new cultural landmark in the national capital mvla 2014- 2015 design development, contruction document
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roof top lounge exterior view front entrance
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BAIDU TECHNOLOGY PARK
“Open up to the World and Head into the Future” HASSELL Studio Shanghai June 2013 designer
AERIAL VIEW
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©HASSELL Studio
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SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY
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Entry Plaza #1
©HASSELL Studio
Entry Plaza #2
©HASSELL Studio
Courtyard
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CITY. WATER. LANDSCAPE.
strategies for retrofitting infrastructure to manage storm water louisiana state univeristy fall 2012 . 14 weeks studio professor elizabeth mossop
the study is an undertaking in identifying the latent potential in the urban surface of new orleans. new orleans’ existing strategy hinges upon traditional techniques that aim to channelize and move water out of the city as quickly as possible. the success of the project relies on its ability to reduce water runoff and supplement stormwater holding capacity to alleviate pressure on the pumping station.
DESIGN STRATEGIES NO.1 SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING
roof water direction ground water direction roof water collection curb rain garden
left : plan and water flow right : stormwater management strategies
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underground pipe gravel infiltration water collection tank water re-use green wall
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DESIGN STRATEGIES NO.2 ST CHARLES STREET STORM WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY the design strategy seeks to address pedestrain accessibilty and stormwater management issues. Rain collection ponds with hydrophilic plants are located in the interior to replace dying grasses and border a newly paved lane dedlicated to pedestrain foot traffic. this creates a barrier between joggers and passing streetcars while simultaneously addressing water by planting hardy, water-tolerant vegetation.
URBAN TREES providing canopy, holding rain water on lefts.
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UNDERGROUND PIPE collecting and leading water into collection pond
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PERSPECTIVE
above: street view below:: streetcar station 26 | Xu (Simon) Lin _ Portfolio
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WETLAND+CURTAIN
rethinking dredge progress along houston ship channel louisiana state univeristy spring 2013 . 14 weeks studio visiting assistant professor rod holmes
the port of houston is one of the largest ports in the world: 1st in the u.s in imports and exports. In order to maintain such a huge cargo handling capacity, the Houston Ship Channel must be dredged. the us army corps of engineers and private contractors dredge at least 10 million cubic yards of sediment per year along the Houston Ship Channel. this process is extremely expensive: dredging the channel one foot deeper would cost $281 million. meanwhile, the galveston bay area coast is eroding at an average rate of about 6 feet per year with some locations, like galveston island, losing more than 30 feet per year. on West galveston island alone, land loss and structure damage from erosion totals $10.5 million per year. the project both reduces the total sediment load in the ship channel, reducing channel maintenance costs and efforts, and defines new zones for placing dredge materials aimed at reversing the loss of shoreline to erosion.
DREDGE AND SEDIMENT FACTS every year, federal government and private company should spend billions of money to maintain ship channel in a certain depth. only 48% dredging materials are used. the U.S. army corps use them to build dredge island along the ship channel and four place in Galveston island and Bolivar island to create new land for sale. the sediments fill into houston ship channel have three main sources, san jacinto river, coastal erosion and trinity river. san jacinto is the dominated element.
Trinty River
San Jacinto River
Morgan’s Point Bayport
Red Fish Reef Bolivar Road
stream flows Gravity Fed
coastal erosion bed erosion
Forced Uplift
EXISTING DREDGE FACTS
dredge island
DREDGE
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OUTPUT
SEDIMENTS LOAD ALONG SHIP CHANNEL 0.02 0.018 0.016 0.014 0.012 0.01 0.008 0.006 0.004 0.002 0
TOTAL 100% SAN JACINTO 70% COASTAL EROSION 25% TRINTY 5%
Morgan’s Point
Bayport
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Red Fish Reef
Bolivar Road
EROSION FACTS threaten the coastal communities and natural habitats
LEGENDS Houston Ship Channel LAND CHANGE IN 100 YEARS Lost land Extend land WATER TABLES 5 Feet Water 15 Feet Water SETTLEMENTS Town (Pop < 10,000) City
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HABITAT Living Marshes Wetland Contours after 100 years
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CHANGING PROGRESS
RETHINKING DREDGE establishing a positive feedback loop between dredging and shoreline erosion (rather than being a waste material that requires disposal, dredged material becomes a resource with value to coastal communities, ecologies, and economies)
VOLUME
SEDIMENT DREDGE INTERVENE START
INTERVENE EFFECT
NEW SYS
NEW RELATIONSHIPS COMBATTING EROSION
Bed Erosion Gravity Fed
POSITIVE FEEDBACKS the project would build up a new network within the dredge cycle: new extraction locations and the new deposition places. Maintenance required along the Houston Ship Channel will be reduced, dredging will contribute to combatting shoreline erosion through the bay, and the san jacinto will benefit from new wetland ecologies and new recreational opportunities.
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Forched Uplift
Stream Flows Coastal Erosion
DREDGE
INPUT OUTPUT
Gravity Fed
calculating the erosion rate produces a map of shoreline, as it might look 100 years from now (accounting only for the effects of erosion; shoreline loss would be compounded by sea-level rise). examining this map in light of population, habitats, and flood zones produces a map of priority zones to receive surplus sediment.
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Forced Uplift
STEM SET UP
TIME
Dredge Island
DGE
NEW DREDGE LOCATION
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PROECTION ZONE REBUILD WETLAND
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WORK LOOP : FEEDBACK AND ADJUSTMENT wetland + curtain structures could easily adjust, remove, and add according to the feedback during dredging progress.
PHASE 1
STAGE 1 system set up PHASE 2
STAGE 2 naturally deposit
STAGE 5 adjust structures locaton and direction
STAGE 1 new system set up
STAGE 2 naturally deposit
STAGE 3 ready for dredge
INPUT COLLECTION
STAGE 4 re-adjustment
STAGE 4 dredging and mark the points
STAGE 3 ďŹ nd the points and dredge
OUTPUT DELIVER STAGE 1 transport to target places
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STAGE 2 place sediment
PLANT LIST native texas wetland plants, choice depend on the bloom color and time, planting depend on the height. PLANTS LIST
SCHOENOPLECTUS ACUTUS / HARD-STEM BULRUSH
SENECIO AUREUS / GOLDEN RAGWORT
JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS / NEEDLE RUSH
IRIS VIRGINICA / VIRGINIA IRIS
LOBELIA CARDINALIS / CARDINAL FLOWER
LYTHRUM SALICARIA / PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE
ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA / SWAMP MILKWEED
MIMULUS RINGENS / MONKEY FLOWER
LATHYRUS PALUSTRIS / MARSH VETCHLING
SYMPHYOTRICHUM LANCEOLATUM / WHITE PANICLE ASTER
CAREX COMOSA / BRISTLY SEDGE
SAGITTARIA LATIFOLIA \ COMMON ARROWHEAD
CAREX HYSTERICINA / PORCUPINE SEDGE
VIOLA LANCEOLATA / LANCE-LEAVED VIOLET
JUNCUS EFFUSUS / SOFT RUSH
OXYPOLIS RIGIDIOR / COWBANE
RUDBECKIA LACINIATA / WILD GOLDEN GLOW
WETLAND + CURTAIN STRUCTURES linking and using two simple technologies (the floating wetland and the turbidity curtain) in a new way. the turbidity curtain would not only help slow down water flow, but also stop the sediment going through it.
floating island water surface shackles poly rope turbidity curtain
ballast inside shackles chain
anchor
riverbed surface
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PERSPECTIVE
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CHANGING “BACKYARD”
Imfrastructural impacts on Lafourche Parish landscape and redisent’s lifestyle louisiana state univeristy spring 2013 . 14 weeks reserch professor Kristi Cheramie
This research discovers impacts of homogeneous infrastructure developments on a cultural landscape of Southern Louisiana neighborhoods. The residents have adapted to standardized housing and river control infrastructure configurations in their own unique ways throughout the time. The adaptations are measured with backyard typologies where personal characteristics reveal spatially. The findings show how identical infrastructural developments can change and eventually remove a unique culture and traditions of a landscape.
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SEA LEVEL RISE INFLUENES ON HOUSEHOLD AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL Mitigation efforts and adaptations to Costal Hazards in Louisiana louisiana state univeristy 2014 professor Kristi Cheramie
Costal Louisiana is extremely vulnerable to threats from sea level rise, land loss, and intensification of storms. As the risks associated with there hazards intensify, coastal communities will be economically and socially impacted from damage and disruption that result from storms and flooding. The need is urgent to adapt to a changing environment and to mitigate hazards at an individual and community level. The research seeks to provide insights into conditions under which residents and local officials of south louisiana communities are more likely to implement mitigation and adaptation measures in response to coastal hazards. This project helps to determin how to best deliver technical information to residents of coastal communities, and overall builds the capacity for ongoing, borad-based examinations of coastal resilience.
VISUALIZING TIME CYCLES INFLUENCE COASTAL COMMUNITY
50 year lifecycle of building
50 year lifecycle of 2012 coastal masterplan
50 year net loss of land
50 year lifecycle of hard infrastructure
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VISUALIZATION OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES
BUILDING ELEVATION 14ft ~ 20ft
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Holly Beach
Grand isle
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SEA LEVEL 2050 SEA LEVEL 2010
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GROUND LEVEL 2010 GROUND LEVEL 2050
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SEA LEVEL 13.72 INCH SUBSIDENCE 39.37 INCH
Venice Marina
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