We see the past, we see the future.
PORTFOLIO OF YUZHE MA Landscape - Urbanism 2017 - 2020
Selected Academic and Professional Works
YUZHE MA yma01@risd.edu | 401-215-3071
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, United States Master of Landscape Architecture 2020 LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY, Sweden Summer Session in Art and Landscape Painting EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Shanghai, China Bachelor of Engineer in Landscape Architecture 2017
LANDWORKS STUDIO, Salem MA | Intern Designer | Jan.-Feb. 2020 Invited Competition: Shanghai Jin’an District South-West Community Block Project Sectional design, 3D modeling, Site plan rendering and Perspective renderings Shenzhen Mountain to Bay Park | Jan. 2020 Ecological Analysis and Presentation Layout TLS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, Shanghai Office | Intern Designer | Jun.-Aug. 2019 International Conceptual Landscape Design Competition for Pingshan River Public Waterfront Scheme design, Site-scale 3D modeling, Lumion renderings, Perspective renderings and Final submission AGENCE TER, Shanghai Office | Intern Designer | Jun.-Aug. 2018 Rongdong (West Side) Ecological Space Site analysis and Producing design diagrams, perspective renderings for final submission The Solicitation of Proposals for The Urban Design of the Boot Area of the Xiong’an New Area On-site investigation and Site analysis Shanghai EXPO Park Detailed design development, Grading, 3D & physical modeling and Perspective renderings RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN TEACHING ASSISTANT Constructed Ground Studio. 2020
AWARD
SKILLS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF YOUNG DESIGNERS FOR OPEN SPACE LEADING DOWN THE EAST BANK OF THE HUANGPU RIVER, Silver Award | 2016 Outstanding Place among 600+ international submissions : one Gold award, two Silver, and three Bronze Committee members including : AECOM Asia –Pacific President and SOM Director of Urban Design & Planning Exhibited in Shanghai International City and Architecture EXPO 2016
Rhino Photoshop Illustration InDesign Premiere
Lumion Vray ArcGIS AutoCAD Hand-sketching
CONTENTS ACADEMIC 01 Three-dimensional Urban Thresholds Baltimore, MD, 2019 02 Urban Ecotone, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020 03 Pop-up Fall River, Fall River, MA, 2019 04 South Quary Natural Habitat Research Center East Providence, RI, 2018 PROFESSIONAL 05 Sundial Viewing Garden Design Sowams, RI, 2019 OTHER WORKS
THREE-DIMENSIONAL URBAN THRESHOLDS
USING 3D-THRESHOLDS AS GATEWAYS TO CONNECT SEPARATED CITY LAYERS TO EXPERIENCE NATURE
01 Urban System: Disruptive Infrastructure ( 2019 ) Baltimore, MD, United States Instructor: Suzanne Mathew Individual Work The Urban Systems Studio is the final core studio in RISD landscape architecture studio sequence and explores multi-scalar design in the context of the infrastructural, environmental, and social systems that create the fabric of a city. This studio, Disruptive Infrastructures, will be looking at Baltimore as an example of a modern city that is still shaped by massive infrastructural constructions of the latter 20th century. Baltimore, like many cities, went through a period of dramatic change as large swaths of the city were demolished to make way for high-speed, multi-lane roadways. This period of infrastructural urbanism began at a time when social inequality was codified in the city by discriminatory housing policies. These roadways have both reinforced these inequalities and subverted the city’s natural systems. In this project, a green-way system with multiple 3D-thresholds was proposed to deal with both the physical disconnections and the community isolation caused by existing infrastructures in the city.
ISSUE 01 MSSING THE PROUD OF THE CITY
JONES FALLS RIVER
As an indelible part of the city, Jones Falls River experienced the process from ‘the proud of the city’ to ‘the victim of industrial and social development’, and eventually turned into ‘a forgotten landscape’ in downtown.
SETTLEMENT 1700s [A PROUD OF THE CITY] The first settlers sailed into Northwest Harbor in 1660s.
INDUSTRIALIZATION 1800s [A VICTIM OF INDUSTRIALIZATION] The river became the center of the first wave of industrialization, but was polluted since that time. Outbreaks of miscellaneous ‘fevers’, Yellow Fever and Cholera are often mentioned at this time and are ascribed as being at least partially due to the cesspool of the Jones Falls.
URBANIZATION 1900s [A FORGOTTEN LANDSCAPE] The river started to be buried into a conduit. I-83(JFX) was built above it in 1961.
Poole & Hunt Foundry and Machine Works (1830s) Products: Flour Woodberry Factory and Park Mill (1839) Products: Flour & Textile
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Meadow Mill (1877) Products: Cotton duck
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JONES FALLS RIVER AS A VICTIM OF INDUSTRIALIZATION In 1830s, industrial properties, like mills, started to be launched along Jones Falls Rvier. People used river water for production resources and energy supply, and poured the production wastewater directly back to the river, causing huge damage to the water quality. Therefore, the river is no longer a pride in the city, and gradually the environmental conditions in the riverside area are getting worse.
ISSUE 02 DISCONNECTED URBAN LAYERS
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The river valley and local terrain make Baltimore downtown have many urban layers of different elevations, which has become an enormous obstacle in the city connection and community connection. Now, the connection between the river valley layer and the central city layer is severe. Furthermore, the connections between neighborhoods, the convenience and accessibility of urban public transportation, and cities’ walkability have substantial adverse effects.
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3D THRESHOLDS PARTI DIAGRAM
Jones Falls River I-83
Jones Falls River Conduit
EXISTING CONDITION
SYSTEM STRATEGY GREENWAY SYSTEM WITH MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ’ 3D THRESHOLDS ’ 01 Remove part of the highway 02 Rebirth the river channel connecting upstream river and the harbor 03 Build a deck over the valley around Penn Station to provide a new clean space 04 Propose a greenway system along the new river
Stop I-83 and divert the traffic into city road system Remove the rest part of the highway to gain space for the new river channel
‘ 3D THRESHOLD ’ Location New-proposed Greenway
New-proposed Deck over the River Valley
Daylighted River
PROPOSED CONDITION
15-MIN WALKING DISTANCE
STREETCAR MUSEUM STREETCAR RIDES
ECOLOGICAL OVERFLOW BUFFER Enhance the resiliency of Jones Falls River Vally and improve the flood absorption capacity to relieve the upstream flood issue
PEDESTRIAN ‘ELEVATOR’
LIGHTRAIL STATION (PENN STATION) PENN STATION
TRANSPORTATION HUB Build a deck above railway to extend urban edge and provide more possibilities. Form a hub to enhance the connection between Penn Station, light-rail stations and adjacent communities
CO-WORK CENTER PROPOSED COMMUNITY MARKET
COMMUNITY CENTER & PARK Turn the large impervious parking lot into a community center with enormous permeable surface in several phases to both enhance communication between neighborhood and deal with overflow issues
TRANSPORTATION HUB
METRO STATION (SHOT TOWER)
3D-thresholds in this project are proposed according to the various elevation difference. Basically, there are 3 categories classified by elevation change. ( A: 0-10’ , B: 10-30’ , C: 3060’ ) The following typologies could be implemented in different places in the city due to specific site conditions.
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3D-THRESHOLDS TYPOLOGY
Dig several ‘rooms’ into the bluff to gradually get down into river valley
Build several structural ‘rooms’ anchored into the bluff
Use simple ramp-forms to deal with the elevation change
Achieve both quick and direct access by vertical structures and slow access by zigzag ramps
Use structural ‘rooms’ to connect upside and down
Use repeated landforms gestures to extend
Connect both above-ground and underground space by structures buried in landforms
Achieve direct connection by simple stair structure
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL THRESHOLD EXAMPLE Location Selection: Penn station In Penn Station area, a ramp-like threshold is selected to be applied here. As a transportation hub in the downtown, simple ramp-like landforms could efficiently lead people down to the river valley and across the river. With multiple entrances of the Penn Station and light-rail stations, almost all different city levels are used well to play commercial, social and ecological role in the city.
3D THRESHOLD
Cafe & Souvenir Shop
Commercial Stores
Penn Station
Underground Walkway Connecting to Penn Station
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Water Theater
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3D THRESHOLD RENDERING
URBAN ECOTONE
RESTORING THE WATER-LAND BALANCE AS A STRATEGY FOR SOCIAL EQUITY
02 Thesis Research ( 2020 ) Karail, Dhaka, Bangladesh Instructors: Elithebath Herman Individual Work This thesis project focuses on Dhaka, Bangladesh, and the urban interface between the more formal developed parts of the city and the less-formal and more economically-vulnerable urban neighborhoods. It seeks to reframe this interface as an ‘ecotone’ versus a hard boundary. By reframing this area along ecological lines, this interface is positioned as a place with a great diversity of ‘species’ and fertile conditions and collisions, which allow it to act as a generator of new opportunities benefiting both of the communities (biomes) which transition into it. This urban ecotone is seen as being further fed by the presence of urban ecology and open space. Together, in their dynamic state of interactions, these three conditions or communities are understood as a new starting point – a catalyst – for the city of the future, one where each community has a place but where vitality, sustainability, and opportunity lie in the zone of overlap and integration. The purpose of this thesis is to make the public aware that each community, even the informal one, has its uniqueness and is valuable to be defended and to find a manageable balance on shared resources among all these communities. At the same time, benefits could be received by all relevant communities in contemporary and future urbanization.
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POVERTY AND WEALTH DISTRIBUTION IN DHAKA CITY
ISSUE 01 : INEQUITY IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH The inequality existing in Dhaka city is a fundamental reason why it was selected as the site of the thesis. Dhaka has a significant amount of the slum population in this country. Here, the poorest community locates closely adjacent to the wealthiest community. In these impoverished communities, people’s most basic daily needs are not met. There is no basic drainage system, no formally constructed roads, and even toilet facilities cannot be guaranteed. People here do not expect to meet more advanced needs, such as medical treatment.
POOR PEOPLE’S DAILY ROUTINE BETWEEN HOME AND WORKPLACE
Going Back to Informal Community (Home)
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Going to High-end Community for Work (Workplace)
High-end Community Streetscape
High-end Community Overview
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Informal Community Overview
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ISSUE 02: UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND WATER-LAND SYSTEM There are two major rivers in Bangladesh, which flow from north to south and eventually merge into the Bay of Bengal. Among them, one is River Brahmaputra flowing through China, and the other one is River Ganges flowing through India. They are all supplied by glacial melting snow from the northern Himalayas. However, Dhaka is located in a flat area in the middle of Bangladesh. The only running river is River Buriganga locating on the southwest side of Dhaka, which is a branch of River Ganges. Water in Dhaka is not mainly affected by the these two major rivers and meltwater from north side. Water level here only fluctuates up and down according to changes in local precipitation. In the monsoon season (rainy season from June to October), the water level here is about 7ft below ground.
Along the history, as the city of Dhaka is getting more and more solid, wetlands are keeping being eaten up.
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TESTING SITE | THREE TYPES OF COMMUNITIES There are four communities with three different conditions. 01 A slum community, Karail. 02 High-end communities, Gulshan and Banani. 03 A poorly developed community T&T colony, which has a mixture character of surrounding communities.
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COMMUNITY STREETSCAPE TYPOLOGY In these three communities, streetscape and lifestyle are different. The commercial space and public open space in each community have their unique forms. In the high-end community, the function and usage of each space are relatively specific and well-organized. The space function in the T&T colony community is relatively stable, but it is for the reuse of vacant land. In the karail community, the function of space will often change, and the use of the same space will change along with the seasons, time, and local people’s needs.
TYPOLOGY A KARAIL COMMUNITY
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TYPOLOGY B T&T COLONY COMMUNITY
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COMMONS : SHARED RESOURCES In urban ecotones, the shared resource is a crucial factor. These shared resources are the foundation on which urban ecotone can play its role. These shared resources provide more potentials for the activities, connections and benefits generated in ecotone. In this thesis, the term “commons� is used here to describe the environmental shared resources, such as water body and green space.
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DESIGN CONCEPT | EARTH CRACKS These cracks could be both canals and also green corridors. With these cracks, I open up the Karail community. And the commons, these urban ponds, and open spaces are identified along the water. And the whole water and greenness system could be defined as ecotones.
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Green Corridors
DESIGN STRATEGIES STRATEGY 01 Open up water surface | Relocate part of slum structures
New proposed slum structure With multiple levels and gap space in between
Relocating
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RENDERING FOR KARAIL COMMUNITY In the recent future, people start to live on boats and clean the water.
RENDERING FOR KARAIL COMMUNITY In the long term, as water is cleaned, these temporary on-water events could be held here, like morning markets.
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RENDERING FOR T&T COLONY COMMUNITY COMMONS In this shady place, people get to rest, do their laundry, and children are plying here.
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# POP-UP FALL RIVER RETAIL-ORIENTED SHARED STREETSCAPE
REACTIVATE CITY RETAIL BY BOTH LONG-TERM VISIONS AND SHORT-TERM POP-UP STRATEGIES
03 Pop-up ( 2019 ) Fall River, MA, United States Instructor: Emily Vogler Public Engagement Events: 8-person Group Work Design Project: Individual Work In this project, we celebrated the communication between the designer and the local people. The relationship between designer and client has been re-established. In the first phase, we organized a series of public engagement activities, invited many local people to participate, and received a warm response. While understanding the city, the designer directly understood the local people’s views on the city and their future needs。 Based on the feedbacks, design work was started. In the subsequent design phase, we still worked together with local people. City planners, government officials, and YEAH youths all participated in our design charrettes, participated in the discussion, and gave feedback. In this design, the retail that the local people pay attention to is used as an entry point. The reactivated retail is seen as threads to re-stitch disconnected city. Furthermore, while proposing long-term streetscape strategies, short-term tactical prototypes are carried out to inform people aware of the space reforming in the city.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS #POP-UP FALL RIVER To clearly understand local residents’ demands for the city, multiple sessions with various aims are designed for local people to get involved. Our team developed a range of materials, including branding signage, boards, city vision mapping, physical models and fabric story mapping to collect, visualize, and illustrate how locals think about their city and what they are looking forward to having in their city.
Silkscreen printmaking facilities Printmaking pattern
Indoor charrette: Vision selection, Postcards survey, Free conversation
Postcards survey
Stitched Story Mapping
Interactive city model
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS OUTCOMES # POP-UP FALL RIVER To clearly understand local residents’ demands for the city, multiple sessions with various aims are designed for local people to get involved. Our team developed a range of materials, including branding signage, boards, city vision mapping, physical models and fabric story mapping to collect, visualize, and illustrate how locals think about their city and what they are looking forward to having in their city.
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OUTCOMES Favorite places: Kennedy Park, YMCA, Waterfr
INTERACTIVE MODEL SURVEY
SILKSCREEN PRINTMAKING
This session is designed especially for local children. Children together with their parents are involve to discover their favorite programs with specific spots for the city. Also, the physic city model is used to gather information on local people’s like/dislike place in the city.
This session is deigned to attract people to participate into our events. Cooperating with RISD Printmaking Department, the branding of ‘ #pop-up fall river ‘ starts in this silkscreen printing process. By printing patterns and logos designed by local artists on T-shirts and tote bags, local people have an opportunity to celebrate their local culture.
OUTCOMES Popular program: Waterfront activities, playground, restaurant Demands: Connecting waterfront to the city More bike lanes and pedestrian More street lights
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FUTURE VISION SELECTION Various future visions are provided on vision cards. Local people are allowed to connected vision cards to specific places on the city mapping. Blank vision cards are provided as well for residents to draw their own visions. HOT VISIONS:
Wayfinding/Signage 43.7%
Urban Furniture 25.0%
Public Art 18.8%
Retail 18.8%
KEYWORDS Kennedy Park, Waterfront,Battleship, Bridge, Favorite restaurants, House, House in childhood, Danger, Crime, Public Art, Retail
STITCHED STORY SHARE MAPPING
COMPARED WITH ONLINE SHOPPING, ON-STREET RETAIL CAN STIMULATE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
ON-STREET RETAIL
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
SOCIAL SPACE
SHOPPING IN ON-STREET RETAIL STORE: FULL OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: Walking, Biking, Meeting friends, Chatting, Eating, Drinking, Resting...
SHOPPING IN ON-STREET RETAIL STORE: LACK OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
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MAKING ORDERS ONLINE
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FUTURE VISION REACTIVATE ON-STREET RETAIL SPACE AS THREADS TO DRAW THE CITY TOGETHER
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Reactivate the on-street retail and related commercial space in the city to make these commercial zones play a cohesive force in the city like a strand of threads. Use these retail ‘threads’ to re-stitch the city into a whole to solve the disconnection and pedestrian-unfriendly problem.
SITE SELECTION In this scheme, Columbia street was selected as the starting area. Columbia street is a Portugal-style street with a mixture of residential and commercial. There are many existing public spaces on this street, which are also called new social spaces. Additionally, Columbia Street is an essential street in the waterfront cultural district of Fall River.
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LONG-TERM STREETSCAPE STRATEGY 01 Occupy part of the existing public space and parking zones. 02 A way-finding system will be proposed to build connections between retail shops and on-street social spaces. 03 Uniform outdoor furniture will be used to enhance the idea of ‘shared-space’.
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BUS STOP
N Enlarged sidewalk Paved area Embeded street parking Vegetated area
LONG-TERM STREETSCAPE TYPOLOGY
Drive Lane
Drive Lane Paved Sidewalk (Brick) Outdoor Seating
Paved Intersection (Brick) Embedded Parking
COMMERCIAL SPOTS
Paved Intersection (Brick)
CAFE SHOP
RETAIL STORE
Paved Sidewalk (Brick)
Paved Intersection (Brick) Drive Lane Vegetated Area Embedded Parking
PRIVATE PROPERTY
CURRENT STREETSCAPE
PRIVATE HOUSE
PROPOSED STREETSCAPE
Paved Sidewalk (Brick) Open Space
Paved Sidewalk (Brick) Bus Stop Embedded Parking
Shared Seating Space
PUBLIC SPACE
Vegetated Area
COMMUNITY PARK
Vegetated Area
BUS STOP
SHORT-TERM TACTICAL STRATEGY Tactical movements are launched on the street to let people have the awareness of the new format of using on-street shared space. Basically, three tactical strategies are carried out here. Using pallets, which are easy and cheap to get, to reform and highlight new shared space. Using movable furniture modules to form multi-functional space. Using signage and painting pattern on the street to function as preliminary way-finding systems.
TEMPORARY MOVEMENT PROPOSAL GATEWAY OUTDOOR FURNITURE Kids Activities WEEKEND EVENTS Outdoor theater/On-street library
OUTDOOR FURNITURE Seatings
OUTDOOR FURNITURE Seating OUTDOOR FURNITURE Seatings
GATEWAY OUTDOOR FURNITURE Seatings
WEEKEND EVENTS Food truck/Outdoor market
REUSABLE PAINTED PALLETS Easy to get, cheap, reusable
Pallets are used to form temporary structures, which could be used to make people aware of new usage of on-street space and let local people understand how these new space change their street lives.
New add-on space
Space forming structures
Landmark highlighting
L-SHAPE FURNITURE MODULE
Flexible, modular, brand identity, 3D wayfinding
Movable seatings
Exhibition structures
PATTERNS & SIGNAGE
Landmarks / Kid entertainment facilities
Wayfinding, branding, identity
Highlight staying space, guiding and connecting different events locations. Painting patterns both vertical and on-the-ground. Integrating patterns with signage system.
Combining patterns in Portugal style as Columbia Street is in a Portugal neighborhood.
GATEWAY
COLUMBIA ST. x S MAIN ST. Landmark, Wayguiding, Resting spot
SHARED SEATINGS
EUROPA PASTRIES & COFFEE SHOP Outdoor eating, Resting spot, Chatting
SOUTH QUARY NATURAL HABITAT RESEARCH CENTER
EXPERIENCE NATURE IN VARIOUS DISTANCE WITH TERRACE-LIKE TERRAIN AND ELEVATED TRAILS
04 Site Ecology Design ( 2018 ) East Providence, RI, United States Instructor: Johanna Barthmaier-Payne Individual Work Urban development has brought about the issue of the hardening of urban revetments. In the New England region, the marsh habitat on the urban coastal waterfront is also at risk of disappearing and being unable to be restored due to the solid embankment. This project is located in the south quarry in East Providence, a landfill hard pier site. Furthermore, there is a 70-feet high bluff that isolates the city and waterfront edge. This design evaluates the current status of the habitat and local species in the surrounding area. It plans the human-interactive area and the raw habitat area to provide a site for research while ensuring the survival of the local species. Also, use the terrace-like terrain and elevated pedestrian system to interrupt the obstruction caused by the bluff.
ISSUE 01 LOSS OF MARSH HABITATS ALONG TIMES
Nature edges with fluctuating tides
Hard banks appeared Habitats disappeared
Agricultural age
Dams were built as energy source
Factories shut down Flood strategies appeared
Industrialization
Post-industrialization
Co-habitats come back in resilient ways
Modern Urbanization
A large part of the bank of the Providence River was hardened during the industrial development era. A considerable part of the marsh along the shore, which could be the habitats for both plants and animals, disappeared. In this project, by studying the form factors of marsh and its living conditions to restore the marsh ecological environment on the riverbank, biological habitats could be finally brought back.
ISSUE 02 A LANDFILL SITE | CURRENT FACTORS HINDERING MARSH RESTORATION South quay is a landfill site. From 1979 to 1998, the site was gradually completed after several stages. The most shallow soil on the site was dredged from the providence river. However, the bottom soil under the river and the reinforced banks are not suitable for the growth of marsh.
Silt
Rock Fill Sand, Gravel & Rock Fill
^ River
^ Harden Edge
Dredge Fill
Silt
^ Developed Surface ( Landfill )
Sand & Gravel
^ Freshwater Marsh ^ Bluff
^ Upland Forest
JAN 70 50
AGE AVER TURE ERA TEMP
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Upland Forest
Grassland
Low Marsh
EXISTING HABITATS CONDITION
High Marsh
APR
+
+P
OCT
WIN DIRE D CTIO N
+ PROVIDENCE
Common Tern
Great Blue Heron
Boating
JAN
Fish
Gadwall
FEB
Insects
Small Crustaceans Rodents Mammals
MAR
Snakes
Frogs
APR
Aquatic Vegetation
Owls
Hawks
MAY
Worms
Seeds Coyotes Snails
JUN
Appearing Period
Flush Distance (Walking)
POTENTIAL HABITATS & WATER SPECIES ON SITE Habitat 01 Salt Marsh
Habitat 02 Freshwater Marsh
— Common Tern — Marsh Wern — Quahog — Sora
— Snow egret
— Common Snipe
— Estern oyster
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130
Snowy Egret
Boating 110
Common Snipe
Sora
50 30 Flush Distance (Boating)
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Set-back Distance
Habitat 03 Upland Forest — Hawk — Sparrow
— Great blue heron
— Gadwall
— Blue mussels
0(FT) 10
JUL
WATER BIRD SENSITIVITY (Affected by Flush Distace&Breeding)
70
Marsh Wern
90
Boating
4 MAIN TERRACES | ELEVATED TRAIL SYSTEM | VARIOUS INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE
MHT Level: 4.6’ (2020s)
MHT Level: 7.6’ (2060s)
+ Campus 01
+
+
+ Freshwater Marsh
+ +
+ Upland Forest Salt Marsh
+
Salt Marsh
+
Habitats without + Human Accessibility
Upland Forest
+ + 100’ Range
+ Campus 03 Human Interactive Area Protective Landform
+ Campus 02
20’ Range
+
Visualizing long-term marsh migration Distinguish human interactive zones and raw habitat zones
Forest Deck
Viewing Tower
Marsh Walkway
Canopy Walk
RISD
+
Save The Bay
+ + +
Brown Narragansett Bay Commission
+8’
+20’
+68’ +40’
+10’ Coastal Institution (URI)
Viewing Tower
Multiple terraces with an elevated pedestrian system
+
+
Coastal Resources Center (URI)
+
CRMC
Co-work space for related organizations
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1
A
2
10
3 C
4
B
5
6 HABITATS 7
A: Freshwater Marsh B: Salt Marsh C: Upland Forest
FACILITIES
7
1 Nature Museum 2 Research Station/Visitor Center
8
3 Ferry Terminal 4 Research Station/Rest Stop 5 Research Building
9
6 Exhibition Room/Conference Room 7 Indoor Classroom 8 Research Station/Indoor Classroom 9 Exhibition Room 10 Viewing Tower 11 Parking Lot 12 Lawn
0
100
200
400 ft
N
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Campus 03
Upland Forest Freshwater Marsh
Canopy Walk
Bike Path
Forest Buffer on the Bluff To protect ecological habitats from neighboring community
Red-tailed Hawk
Cattail
Dune-like Land To protect fres from saltwater
Glasswort
Mersh Wern
Quahog
Blue Heron
Black-taoled Cuckoo
Wild Rice
Blue Mussel
WhiteOa
Research Building Exhibition Room Conference Room
Campus 02
Observation Station Indoor Classroom
Salt Marsh
Viewing Tower
Forest Deck
Marsh Walkway
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Eastern Red Cedar
Snowy Egret
Common Tern
Common Snipe
Gadwall
Phragmites
Sora
Juncus
Spartine
Eastern Oyster
MARSH WALKWAY AS A RESEARCH DATUMN Each walkway has been aligned by the same distance of 10ft to realize the function of a research datum. People can use these walkways as marks to observe daily tidal changes and long-term water level rise, habitats migration and species shifting.
W Here is their migration routine !
10’
MEAN LOW TIDE (2020)
As shown on this digital signage...
Wow, Nice view !
10
’
MEAN HIGH TIDE (2020)
MEAN LOW TIDE (2060)
SUNDIAL FABRICATING SUNDIAL INSTALLATION TO EDUCATE VIEWING GARDEN DESIGN WHILE ENRICHING VIEWING EXPERIENCE
05 Wintersession Collaborative Study Project ( 2019 ) Sowams, RI, United States Instructors: Johanna Barthmaier-Payne, Z+T Studio Group Work This collaborative construction project is located at the Sowams Elementary School in Barrington, RI. At the center of the Elementary School, there is a 30’x45’ courtyard that is surrounded by a corridor, three classrooms, and an admission office. The goal of the project is to design a low-maintenance, fun and meditative viewing garden for Kindergarten-3rd graders. This CSP focuses primarily on the design, fabrication, material selection, budget and construction documentation of the proposal. The project was finally constructed during 2019 summer. We had the opportunity to participate in the installation. In the end, an installation art-oriented design with the concept of the sundial was carried out. As the sun’s position changes every day, the light and shadow on the installation will also change. While adding the reputation, it also has a specific educational significance for the kindergarten kids. During the process, we participated in the school discussion and PTO meeting, accepted the children and parents’ voting on possible solutions, conducted a site survey, selected materials, and finally presented the outcome to the kindergarten PTO.
ORIGINAL SITE CODITION
An enclosure courtyard with only one exit Due to the fire control request, this courtyard is not open for both kids and faculty, besides cleaning.
CONCEPT GENERATION
An art installation with a concept of the sundial. Colored panels with specific time carved on it could interact with the changing sunlight in the day.
Sun
Sundial Time
Panels for casting shadow to trace the sun track
Split the panel into three different colors
Split three panels into colored stripes
SUN TRACK IN ONE DAY
Morning
Noon
Dusk
Summer
Winter
SUN TRACK IN ONE YEAR
Spring / Autumn
AERIAL VIEW OF SUNDIAL VIEWING GARDEN
DOCUMENTATION DRAWING
RENDERINGS
PHOTOGRAPHY AFTER CONSTRUCTION
PRESENTATION TO PTO GROUP
PTO DISCUSSION & VOTING
OTHER WORKS INTERSHIP SELECTED WORKS ( TLS 2019 Summer ) International Conceptual Landscape Design Competition for Pingshan River Public Waterfront
ABSTRACT Abundant River Valley - The soil of Hakka, The Land in Between Pingshan, Shenzhen’s frontier. This project is an ecological river corridor planning design from rural area to urban area, including natural habitats design, urban park waterfonrt design and urban TOD waterfront design. It works with the river to cultivate Hakka culture, living landscapes and urban texture and builds from this place: MOUNTAIN, RIVER, LAND, to support LIFE along the river. A new landscape, a kaleidoscopic “hyper-diversity”.
Landscape Structure Deisgn and Modeling
Site-scale 3D Modeling
Renderings
CONSTRUCTED GROUND ( 2018 ) ‘GRADIENT’ Playground Design 5 STEPS | Rainwater collection and Purification Visualizing the gradient
STEP 1 Deposit 1:10
1:3
Speed up the rainwater Keep solid paticles (garbage, stones, etc.) left STEP 1 | DEPOSIT
STEP 2 Divert 5% Slow down the water Divert it from former channel to the following one STEP 3 Meander
STEP 2 | DIVERT
2% Slow down the water Allow fine particles to sediment STEP 4 Collect 1:1
STEP 3 | MEANDER
STEP 4 | COLLECT 2:1
Collect and contain the purified water from former steps
STEP 5 Interact
Connect to the Providence River by underground pipes
STEP 5 | INTERACT
BAYARD EWING BUILDING
PLANET ST.
ATLANTIC BUILDING
PROJECT BOUNDARY N
SITE PLAN
3/4“= 1‘
SCALE
BAYARD EWING BUILDING
CONTOUR PLAN
DRAWING NAME
LEGEND
PLANET ST.
Precast Concrete
Landing Gravel
Grass
Sculpyural Stone Surface N
S MAIN ST.
ATLANTIC BUILDING
PROJECT BOUNDARY
S WATER ST.
PLANTING SOIL DRAINAGE SLEEVE STRIP LIGHT PRECAST CONCRETE BENCH GRAVEL FOR DRAINAGE 1/4” JOINT NAIL DRAIANGE PIPE CONCRETE PATHWAY PAVING AGGREGATED SAND BASE SUBGRADE SOIL
FD
AMPHITHEATER BENCH DETAIL
DRAIANGE PIPE AGGREGATED SAND BASE SUBGRADE SOIL GRAVEL FOR DRAINAGE
CONCRETE RAMP PAVING
AGGREGATED SAND BASE
1/4” JOINT
PRECAST CONCRETE STAIR
1/2” = 1‘ FURNITURE DETAILS
DRAWING NAME
SCALE
CONCRETE PATHWAY PAVING
FD
PATHWAY DETAIL SECTION
We see the past, we see the future. Selected Academic and Professional Works