Landscape Architecture Selected Works 2017-2020

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.

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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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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

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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

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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

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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

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Slum structures in replacing area are mostly newly built in recent years. Relocating these structures or houses will bring less influence to local communities.

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As this is the city’s most solid community, several streets with less importance are turned into detention swales. With these swales and underground pipes, the inner lakes, existing parks, and new proposed ponds are all connected into a crack and bring the community softness and resilience.

There are waterfront stairs and urban ghats, which are historically here but getting filled up as urban development.

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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

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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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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

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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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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’.

CAFE SHOP

COMMUNITY PARK

PRIVATE HOUSE

RETAIL STORE

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

C DE

30

N

FE

B

L

AL

H MP >10 MPH 5 >2

NO V

R MA

0%

W

100%

E

+7

+1

+4

EAST PROVIDENCE

-2

VID RO

+ SITE

SOUTH QUAY

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P

SE

MA Y

HIG

LOW T

IDE

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SOUTH PROVIDENCE

RIV

+

AU G

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JU

S

JUL

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

—

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

11

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

12

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

dform shwater marsh r

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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