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MLA @ Louisiana State University Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture
Index The Crescent Urban park
New Basin Canal Park Green infrastructure
Cistern 1927 Installation
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The Crescent
Duncan Plaza | New Orleans Elezabeth Mossop Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture
Group Project Team: Jiesi Luo, Yao Liu, Ruoyi Peng Professor: Elizabeth Mossop
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Duncan Plaza is a 5.5 acre urban park in front of the City Hall of New Orleans, adjacent to Louisiana State Library. The state office in the west was torn down. To the east, across the 8-lane Loyola Avenue, stands an 11-story hotel. Duncan Plaza is the biggest open space in Central Business District (CBD) area and an important node echoing the Louis Armstrong Park in the French Quarter. There are 2 trolley stops and 11 stops of different bus routes which cross this area from all around the city. Though it is very important both in the surrounding area and the urban green system, Duncan Plaza is quite underused. The current grading strategy totally blocks the view to the inside of the big mound ring, which is right in the center of Duncan Plaza. Meanwhile, the rest of the park is totally flat with poor water capacity and draining speed. For now, the center of the park becomes a shelter for the homeless, while other people only use the east part along the Loyola Avenue. Even next to Poydras Street, the busiest nearby street, and the Superdome, Duncan Plaza is incredibly depressed and desolate.
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Two great curving arches open the park to Loyola Avenue, creating a strong relationship with new development on the western frontage. The historic axis and great lawn link the city hall and library, water features freshen the area, and pavilions and kiosks attract people along Loyola Avenue. A pathway cutting through the City Hall connects Poydras Street and the park, making the biggest open space in CBD serve the busiest street in downtown directly.
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Scheme Evolution 1. Giant Axis (Jiesi Luo) Extends the green axis form the Louis Armstrong Park to the plaza. Divides the space into three parts with obvious
2. Two Arches (Yao Liu) Polish the orientation change of Loyola avenue. Enrich the view from the street into the plaza with distinctive hierarchies.
3. Hybridization Enhances the spacial feeling of the City Hall and makes smooth transitions between different parts of the plaza.
4. Interweave Interweave the plaza with the building and the streets. Gain more openness and accessibility to mixed users. Jiesi Luo
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New Basin Canal, 1948
Fallout Shelter, 1967
Irish Memorial, 1990
New Basin Canal Park Personal Project Professor: Elizabeth Mossop
Background The New Basin Canal was a shipping canal in New Orleans from the 1830s through the 1940s. After WWII, the New Basin Canal was filled up as the Industry Canal took the role for transport between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. Today, the neighborhoods on both sides of this 6000 ft long and 300 ft wide flat urban park are suffering serious flooding and subsiding problems.
Broken fondation Concept Taking the “Water Plan“ of Waggonner and Ball as reference, the goal of the design proposal is to turn this underused space into a green infrastructure, which could hold storm water, filter and charge the groundwater, and integrate programs with the neighborhood and the city. The grading strategy takes a fine balance to fulfill the demands in different perspectives, serving enough volume for Water leak water capacity with comfortable slope for outdoor programs. The new plant scheme enriches the view hierarchy enormously in different elevations from land to water, so that people will have shade to enjoy during hot summer, and storm water could be filtered all the way though different plants. The plant species on each side are similar but different to the other, keeping the two sides balanced but distinct. The locations of different programs are Bompy based on road urban fabric in a larger scale, so that the park could attract visitors from the city and serve the local residences at the same time.
Photo: pontchartrain.net
Problems:
Traffic noise along the trail Residences are Lower than the park
Limited diversity of species
Limited use of the space
6000 ft flat view with no change No shelter for wild animals
Subsidence on both sides
Limited programs
Limited water capacity
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Water Management
Stormwater collection Surface water storage Groundcover filtration Groundwater recharge
Trails with no shade
Limited water recharging ability
Ecology
Wet meadow Aquatic animal Improved habitat Urban forest
Recreation Program
Walking trail Cycling Fishing Sunbath Canoeing Picnic
Subsidence Neighborhoods around the site
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3. Lost support Surface water was pumped out more efficiently. Without enough recharge of groundwater, the land started to lose its support.
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Maximum Capacity 7,186,446 ft³ Typical Capacity 956,286 ft³ Top of levee
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The site is given different kinds opportunities for success, and evenly divided into four parts by urban streets. The south end of the park connects to the exit of the interstate. So specific programs such as reed terrace, cypress beach are located here to attract people from whole city. The historic memorial and the fallout shelter are standing at the north end of the park, right on the central axis. Thus, it would be proper to equip the space for monumental experience, turn this part of park into a specific destination for urban events, like St. Patric Day parades. The other two parts in the middle are surrounded by the neighborhoods. General programs such as turf or meadow, could serve the residences with more flexibility for daily use.
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PROGRAM Multi-use Field Urban Beach Fishing Pier Canoe Launch Historical Site
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Vehicle Transit Public Transit Multi-use Trail Water Trail Water Trail (Underground)
Parking Lot
Irish Memorial
Fallout Shelter
Cistern 1927 Group Project Team: Jiesi Luo, Chenlu Dong, Yao Liu Professor: Wes Michaels Background At the Jamail Skatepark on the bank of Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, a concrete palace is hidden under a hill. This underground reservoir built in 1927 was never used because of leak at some point. Huge concrete columns standing 25’ tall line an underground cavern longer than a football field and bigger than a city block. Shafts of light shooting down from open hatches create a dramatic effect. The long and open underground space unimpeded by anything but those columns creates a unique acoustic environment. With amazing sound and light features, the reservoir has a great potential to become an attraction in the park. Concept Our design proposal is to bring this dramatic space back to the citizens with a range of possible indoor activities, while keep the site preserved. So using installations to equip the reservoir is a perfect strategy. We started from the concept of a tour route crossing through the reservoir is proposed to give the tourists as much spacial experience as possible. The step is following the urban fabric. As the orientation inside the reservoir changes from the one in urban fabric, the team decided to divide the route in two and rotate them to fit the direction of the colonnade inside. Then, by using the modular installation in this under ground reservoir, we can create a variety of atmosphere for different functions via transforming, and present the historic site to citizens as well. More than a hint of underground space, The park on the ground connects the urban fabric and the river, merges the infrastructure back to the city.
Photo: KHOU
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With these different kinds of installations, the space inside the reservoir could be reshaped in a variety of methods. The modular platforms could define the active area by centralizing or dispersing, so that the cistern could hold a concentrated program or sporadic programs. The water curtain system has the ability to divide the space into very flexible pieces, and to make dynamic move to active an area. The illuminating system working with columns could hide or unveil different structures in darkness, show the visitors endless possibilities in this man-made wonder.
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Steam Cafe
Steam Coffee Shop
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Grading Concept
My grading strategy of this neighborhood was started from solving the water draining problem of three houses and roads. And then, I managed to keep the beautiful terrain and vegetation, and create small pond to balance the cut and fill. The crown of the road changed at the curve in order to make the turning safer.
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Taxodium distichum
Bald cypress
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Phyllostachys praecox
Early bamboo
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The site of the project is a linear front yard of a linear building. In order to break the monotonous spacial quality, I choose to use different plants in small clumps, repeating the rhythm with a random look. In this way, the clumps in similar colors or textures appear to be interactive with each other. Based on the floating visual impression of the architecture, long-stemmed plants are chosen to dance with wind, while other species with similar colors or textures endow the front yard an harmonious impression of growing.
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Pennisetum setaceum
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Liriope Big Blue
Big Blue lilyturf
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Liriope Big Blue
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Eupatorium maculatum
Agapanthus africanus
African lily
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Hand Drawing
Site Observation
Acquedotto Claudia| Rome| Italy Jul 12, 2013, 4 p.m. Pen, Pencil, Charcoal, Marker
Perspective Plan
Basilica di San Clemente| Rome| Italy Jul 26, 2013. Pencil, Charcoal, Water Color
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Schematic Hardscape Palette 方案地面铺装表
Planting Plan-P1 植栽配置图-P1
THANKS
罗捷思 (Roger) Landscape Designer, Planner Phone: 225.603.8850 Email: luojiesi21@gmail.com 4707 12th Ave. NE Apt310, Seattle, WA, 98105