Landscape & Urban Design Portfolio 2022

C ATA LY S T Portfolio of Rongxin Tang

M.S. Architecture and Urban Design Candidate, Columbia University rt2820@columbia.edu +1 (646) 678 7544

CONTENTS Selected from 2016-2021

RESUME

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN

01

NO COP CITY

02

MERGE THE BOUNDARY

03

FOLDING THE MOLAPO

04

A POEM OF HUMIDITY

05

CORAL OASIS

OTHER WORKS

Urban Design To Reimagine the Policing System

Urban Design to Cross Racial Boundary

Agricultural Landscape Design

Revival of National Park

Coral Reef Restoration Based on Oil Rig

"GreenSAPP WEEK" Community Engagement Plan

GENDER AS URBAN SYSTEM Data Analysis

A RETROSPECTIVE OF TIME MAGAZINE Data Visualization Based on d3.js

CONSTRUCTION OF BAMBOO Field Construction

MATERIALS IN MY CITY Interpret Landscape by Photography

WORKS DURING INTERNSHIP Coastal Resort Planning and Design

RONGXIN TANG Tel: +1 (646) 678 7544 E-mail: rt2820@columbia.edu Add.: 784 Columbus Ave, NY 10025

EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION GSAPP, Columbia University

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FRONTIERS Editorial Team Email Editor, Online

03/2021-Now

Wrote news reports, gathered and translated cutting-edge information

M.S. Architecture and Urban Design

and contacted with scholars

Chongqing University

Chongqing WISTO Landscape Architects Co.,Ltd. Landscape Intern, Chongqing, China Designed and modeled landscape topography and details, and drew

03/2021-05/2021

09/2015-06/2020 China B.E. Landscape Architecture (5 yrs)

National University of Singapore

plan maps and diagrams in the following projects:

08/2018

Singapore

- Longfor Lijia Longtang Lake Park

Summer School of Urban Planning,

- Vanke TOD Residential Landscape

Landscape, and Green Building

Shanghai TIANHUA Architecture & Engineering Ltd. Landscape Intern, Shanghai, China Designed and modeled landscape nodes and furniture independently,

06/2021-Now

United States

10/2019-01/2020

and rendered and drew diagrams in the following projects:

Queensland University of Technology Australia Joint Studio of Urban Design

07/2018

- Zhongnan Lavera Coastal Resort Planning and Design - Taicang Yuqingting Residential Landscape

SKILLS

National Undergraduate Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Graphics

Training Program, Top1 Team Leader, Chongqing, China In the project "Study on the Effects of Ward Acoustic Environment on

04/2018-05/2019

Adobe PS/AI/ID, Procreate Modeling

Sleep Quality of Sleep-disorder Patients & Design Renovation - Taking

SketchUp, Rhino, AutoCAD

Chongqing Psychiatric Hospital as An Example", I worked on:

Rendering

- Making project plan and coordinating

Lumion, Enscape

- Participating in research, design, experiment and transformation,

Mapping

collecting and processing data, and writing project report

ArcGIS Programming

ACHIEVEMENTS Nominated in 2020 Young Bird Plan

2020

Exhibition of Excellent Graduation Design in Chinese Universities Chongqing University Advanced Individual of Scientific and Technological Academic Innovation Chongqing University News, Leader of the New Media Department

Video Editing Adobe PR/AE, Final Cut Pro

2019 04/2016-06/2020

Served as the chief editor:

Office Microsoft Office Art Freehand Drawing, Photography,

- Articles on social media platforms received more than 400k views

Calligraphy, Animation, Guzheng

and numerous reposts, and videos received 300k plays on Bilibili Bridge to China Charitable Foundation (NGO), Volunteer Team

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, D3.js, Grasshopper

09/2018-06/2020

(Chinese traditional instrument)

The organization focused on the design and construction of bridges for underdeveloped villages in China. I have involved in:

LANGUAGE

- Bridge site selections, preliminary research, and publicity Third Prize of National Education Good News

2018

Excellent Award at Hongfeng University Student Journalist Festival

2017

Jianfeng News Club, Vice President

10/2015-06/2018

Native Chinese Fluent English

Get out of here!! And go back to work! Now!!

Would you like to have a basketball court here?

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NO COP CITY Urban Design To Reimagine the Policing System

Community En

DETENTION CENTER The detention center is a shame. Most of them is surrounded by fences and razor wire and you never see anybody.

These are incarcerated kids and they're right next to this beautiful forest. If they could come out every day and just go for a walk would be nice.

Joe Peery, From Save the O

GSAPP UD Studio II: Atlanta After Property Date: Fall 2021 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Instructors: Emanuel Admassu, Nina Cooke John, Chat Travieso, Lexi Tsien Team: Rongxin Tang, Jiaxin Li, Shuhua Li, Jiayi Zhao

YOUTH NATURE EDUCATION We need to help to get kids out into nature and learn more about not only about nature, but also like working with the community. Kids, from an early age, need to learn how to be active in the community, instead of just letting other people make decisions for them.

FOEREST RESOURCE I want to show people how beautiful the forest is, because so many people that live in the area didn’t know it’s there, and they thought it’s dangerous.

ngagement: Zoom interview with

Old Atlanta Prison Farm

I finally have a space to grow food and share with my neighbors

My daughter really loves the bird tower and gallery!

Definition of property: Policing system is a military force used by the ruling class to protect private property and oppress people with opposing interests. Public funding always favors mega developments and capitalist interests over the needs of communities. Thereby, the expansive policing and prison system become venues of profits and punishment under the name of maintaining public safety.

Definition of after property: Public funding should be shifted from the policing system to social needs and services. New collective system will be formed to empower the communities to protect their interests and the people can become the ruling class under the new social order. Communitybased programs will address the public health and safety without armed force and violence.

| HISTORY: A land under constant surveillance |

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| CONFLICTS: Overfunding in policing system | Stakeholder Map | PROPERTY: Support For "Cop City"

AFTER PROPERTY: Oppose "Cop City"

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

The South River Forest Coalition Urban planners

APF President and CEO Dave Wilkinson

Cox Enterprises President and CEO Alex Taylor

City Council

Save the Old Atlanta Prison Farm

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Atlanta Police Depatrment (APD)

Defunding APD Refunding Communities

Atlanta Community Press Collective

$ 10

$ 90,000,000

The president of the homeowners association in Boulder Walk Alison Clark

Atlanta Police Foundation (APF)

$ 90,000,000

The APF has already funded over 12,000 surveillance cameras to monitor over Black Atlantans

Kamau Franklin Community Movement Builders Local Communities

Trust for Public Land Sunrise Movement (Youth Climate Group ) The Atlanta Voice

Money come from Ronald McNair Sr. High School

The Atlanta Committee for Progress MEMBERS: UPS, John&Johnson, Coca-cole.......

The Cop Training Center will not only help boost morale, retention and recruitment of our public safety personnel, but will give us physical space to ensure that our officers are receiving 21st century training, rooted in respect and regard for the communities they serve.

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

98% residents opposed the cop city plan We do not need a cop city. We need harm reduction, hunger reduction, and disparity reduction if we are to achieve crime reduction. We need more humanity, we need to protect our green space, we need more democracy, we need to treat the lives of all the citizens of our city – along with all the lives of the people of this world – as worthy, as precious, not as something to be profited on.

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| SITE ANALYSIS |

Nearby School

Nearby Community

Old Prison

Shooting Range

Natural Resource

the Border

Youth Detention Center Transitional Center Helms Facility

Georgia Department Of Corrections

Reentry Facility

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Shared shuttle bus stop School Community Farm Restored Forest Public Space 1km around school

| THE "COLLECTIVE HUB" |

| ZOOM IN TO THE PRISON REFORMATION |

Proposed

MATERIAL CHANGE

Bioplastic Bricks

Decomposing

Dissolve in nature

INDOOR: Art Gallery & Education

OUTDOOR: Community Farming & Events

Old Prison

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MERGE THE BOUNDARY Urban Design to Cross Racial Boundary CQU Core Studio, Landscape Design (6) Date: Fall 2018 Location: Brisbane, Australia Area: 608000 m2 Instructors: Jie Zhu, Ge Deng, Xia Meng Team: Rongxin Tang, Jingyi Jia, Yue Qian, Yi Xu

INTRODUCTION: In Australia, there are significant differences in health and social status between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. On the other hand, the Brisbane River causes severe flooding every summer. To help the Aboriginals intergrate into the local community, eliminate the invisible boundary, and create a flood resilient city, the project proposed two strategies. The first is to encourage the social participation of indigenous people and build a positive impression of them by installing indigenous healing boxes in the city; the second is to resist river flooding and collect stormwater runoff through a series of blue-green infrastructure. Through the intervention of the landscape system, a virtuous cycle between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people is established.

| PROBLEM: Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous people | child mortality

life expectancy 75.6

71.6

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suiside rate

141/100,000

criminal rate

108/100,000

education

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67/100,000

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28% of the adult prisoner 3.3% of the general population

77/100,000

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72% 96.7%

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| SITE MAPPING |

Kurilpa Point Park

Before Colonization

1824-1967

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1824-1967

Now

It has historically been a sacred site – Bora Ring – to the native Murri people

A restriction barring Aborigines from crossing the park and entering the city of Brisbane

Each year, the park hosts several festivals, some of which are related to minorities

| STRATEGY 1: Indigenous Healing Circle |

Existing External Factors

Negative Stereotype

Hard to get jobs/education

Prejudice & Discrimination

75% of Australians hold a negative view of Indigenous people

Crimes & Drug abuse Internal Factors

Internalising the misconception Influenced by enviroment

Reluctant to get jobs/education

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Build public trust Positive Impression Social Participation

Employment

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Aboriginal Artist Shows Cultural Training

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The “Aboriginal Healing Box”

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Cafe

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Underbridge Basketball Court

Basketball Court

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Self-erecting flood gate

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Musgrave Park

Aboriginal art

Bora Ring & Aboriginal cultural show

- Molapo agriculture (flood-recession agriculture) is more profitable with higher yields, but only 25% farmlands are molapos because of the limit of flood extent. Although the molapo lands are seriously influenced by flood, the farmers are still not willing to part with the high profit and old tradition.

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FOLDING THE MOLAPO Agricultural Landscape Design Date: 09/2020 - 11/2020 Location: Okavango delta, Botswana Type: Personal Project

- Dryland farming (rain-fed farming) is the main type of agriculture. However, due to the scarcely-practiced cropland irrigation and the highly variable rainfall, the yields of dryland are usually low - only 40% or less areas of the planted lands can be harvested at the end of the plant season.

INTRODUCTION: In Okavango Delta, the yields of farmland mainly depends on the variable climate: the molapo agriculture (flood recession agriculture) is related to the yearly flood from Angolan Highlands, and the dryland farming relies on the rainfall. The unpredictable precipitation pattern and poor irrigation technology caused low yields in most years, and the animal crop-raiding exacerbated the condition. Nevertheless, the local peasants are not willing to part with their traditional farming methods.

Based on the study of four sites in both farming methods in different moist years, the project proposed two strategies to increase the crop yields while maintaining the local farming pattern. The time strategy provided new planting calendar to prolong the growing season, while the space strategy studied the relations between different topologies and water levels to expand the moist area. Finally, the strategies were applied to two typical site as demonstration.

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- Getting moisture left behind by the floods, some fields from the rising water table - There are few or no drylands found on the floodplain

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Wet Year (2011)

- Molapo located in islands with dense riparian woodlands

Dry Year (2001)

- Obtaining moisture from spill over or back flow water from the main river channels

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- Molapo located on steep banks along the Boteti river

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- Utilising the moisture left behind by the floods Image © 2020 Maxar Technologies

Nomal Year (2018)

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- Dryland is close to the river and scattered around

| TYPICAL SECTIONS & AGRICULTURAL CALENDAR | Cattle

B e f o re t h e r a i n c o m e s , the moisture left by flood recession couldn’t satisfy the growth of crops, but enhance the availability of rangeland for cattle, which is a period when fodder is scarce

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Porcupine

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Animal crop-raiding

Mopane worms outbreak during the rainly season, which is the most desirable time for worm harvesting

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Mopane worm harvesting

After flood recession River channel in which the water drained can be used as molapo fields; and plant season starts, utilizing the moisture left by flood

SHOROBE: Flood Year Near the Thamalakane river, which is a seasonal river

XOBE: Drought Year Near the Boteti river , which is a permanent river

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Due to the decrease of flood extent, the molapo fields shrink and move close to river

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Mopane Woodland

| SPACE STATEGY: Expand moist area by shaping topography | PHASE 1 Basic Topology

Legend: inundation area nomal water level of permanent river

Topology to expand the moist area

Topology of land connection

low water requirement planting area medium water requirement planting area high water requirement planting area

Topology of water connection

PHASE 2 Functional Edges

wall

Molapo farming

fence

trail

Nitrogen-fixing plants

animal barrier

meadow

terrace

Molapo farming

Low water-required plants

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| TIME STRATEGY: Prolong growing season by planting a variety of water-demanding plants | OTHER PLANTS Water reqirement

Growing period (days/365)

Drought tolerance

Low water requirement

Pumpkin

Cucurbita moschata

Medium water requirement

Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus

Millet

Pennisetum glaucum

Maize

Zea mays L.

Beans

High water requirement

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Sunflower

Helianthus annuus L.

Sorghum

Sorghum bicolor (L.)

Groundnut

Arachis hypogaea L.

OTHER PLANTS Nitrogen-fixing plants Mopane

Colophospermum mopane

Pungent-smelling plants White Acacia

Nitrogen-fixing plants

Faidherbia albida

Camel thorn

Vachellia erioloba

Alfalfa

Citrus

Medicago sativa L.

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Mopane worms harvesting

Mopane livestock grazing

permanent river

Chili

Capsicum annuum L.

Animal barrier Animal-repelling plants

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A POEM OF HUMIDITY Revival of National Park CQU Core Studio, Landscape Design (8) Date: Spring 2019 Location: Jinyun Mountain, Chongqing, China Area: 530000 m2 Instructors: Liang Guo, Huasong Mao, Mingliang Kong Team: Rongxin Tang, Ruohan Wang, Kexin Ling, Yi Xu

INTRODUCTION: The project is located at the entrance of the Jinyun Mountain National Park. By studying the context of the project, the long history and the unique humid weather offered a great opportunity for the development. A famous poem born here brings poetic flavour to the site. Besides, the natural condition here coincided with many traditional Chinese poetry intentions, providing the possibility to create a poetic place spirit.

Based on the existing site condition, the project interprets humidity from three forms of water. The most common liquid state provides abundant recreational activities along the stream, while the gaseous state is associated with the characteristic meteorology landscape here, and the solid state is interpreted as the crops irrigated by water to experience the agricultural landscape. Under the guidance of three forms concept, the project divided the site into moist areas and quantified humidity experience through sensations. With the poetic stories interspersed in three lines, the poetry is brought back to the park.

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| DETAIL DESIGN | CLOUD GARDEN

“行到水穷处，坐看云起时”

“To the water's ending, see the clouds' rising.”

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“The shadows of bamboo and cypress are reflected in the water just like algae interlaced”

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“Go home! The fields are going to lie waste”

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“The exquisite scene and the beautiful carpet of grass strewn with fallen flower”

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CORAL OASIS Coral Reef Restoration Based on Oil Rig Date: 09/2019 - 11/2019 Location: Florida Keys, FL, USA Type: Personal Project/ Canopy Studio No.83, Miami Beach Instructor: Aidi Su

INTRODUCTION: Coral plays an important role in ocean ecosystem. Coral reefs create habitats for millions of marine species and protects coastlines. Worldwide, more than 500 million people depend on coral reefs for food, job, income, and more.

However, in recent years, coral population is continuous declining. In Florida keys, coral tourism and fishery are its main industry, which exacerbates the coral survival problem and creates a vicious circle.

The project trys to change the situation from two aspects: increasing reefs based on oil rig to enhance local marine resource and breeding more corals for transplant; relieving the tourism pressure to natural reefs and creating new coral tourism sites for local economy. Based on the research of artificial reef and the coral growth pattern, the project proposes one module system and two strategies from three aspects of coral, fish and human, to respond to the issue of the contradiction between tourism and coral restoration.

| PROBLEM: Coral Population Decreasing | 01 WORLDWIDE CORAL PROBLEM

229 platforms Gulf of Mexico

Severe bleaching

Moderate bleaching

Low bleaching

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Scuba Diving

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TYPE 1: VISITING TUBE Visiting Tube

Porch

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Laboratory

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Bedroom

Air Transport

Guide Line

Toilet Kitchen

Lobby

Guiding Line

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Research Box

Transfer Box

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Visitor Center Supply

Helipad

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Coral

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Laboratory Lounge

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| RESTORATION PHASE |

PHASE 1: NURSERY 0-5 YEARS Based on the exsiting coral reef on the oil rig, cultivating resilient reef-building corals to make the reef permanent.

Wave intensity CORAL

FISH

0-20m Shallow Tropical Coral

Millepora alcicornis Millepora Complanata

Siderastrea radians

Pomacanthus paru

20-60m Reef-Building Coral

PHASE 2: ESTABLISH COMMUNITY 5-20 YEARS Introducing more species of corals in the Florida Keys to the rig, attracting fish nearby to establish an integrated coral community.

Acropora palmata

Anisotremus virginicus

Dendrogyra cylindrus

Millepora alcicornis Montastraea annularis

Scarus coeruleus

natural reef

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Millepora alcicornis

Holacanthus tricolor

Diploria strigosa

60-80m Deep Sea Coral

Millepora alcicornis

Dichocoenia stokesi

PHASE 3: TRANSPLANT 20-100 YEARS

Siderastrea siderea

Spyraena barracuda

When the coral community stay stable, some part of the corals can be removed and transplanted to the areas where coral is endangered to help recovering the coral community.

OTHER WORKS "GreenSAPP WEEK" | Community Engagement Plan GENDER AS URBAN SYSTEM | Data Analysis A RETROSPECTIVE OF TIME MAGAZINE | Data Visualization Based on d3.js CONSTRUCTION OF BAMBOO | Field Construction MATERIALS IN MY CITY | Interpret Landscape by Photography WORKS DURING INTERNSHIP | Coastal Resort Planning and Design | Tianhua

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Community Engagement Plan Practice of Community Engagement Seminar Fall 2021 Instructor: Kaja Kuehl Team: Rongxin Tang, Hao Ma

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GENDER AS URBAN SYSTEM

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Data Analysis GSAPP UD Studio I: City Edges, Urban Systems Charrette Summer 2021 Instructors: Nans Voron, Sagi Golan, Jae Shin, Galen Pardee, Austin Sakong, Sean Gallagher, Tami Banh, Candelaria Mas Pohmajevic Team: Rongxin Tang, Minsung Kim, Jake Tiernan, Hao Ma

| Gender Disc

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Women’s Earning as a Pe of Men’s Earning 10 ~ 54 54 ~ 70 70 ~ 84 84 ~ 102 102 ~ 131 131 ~ 266

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Women’s Earning as a Percentage of Men’s Earning

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| History & Development of Women's Working Rights |

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ndustries as Correlation Between Gender and Education Level | IT Managers $193,180 Financial Managers $215,640 Chief Executives $218,720

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Sales Managers $201,630 Marketing Managers $194,940 Anesthesiologists $237,380 Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons $227,640 Nurse Anesthetists $217,050 Obstetricians And Gynecologists $214,490 Surgeons, Except Ophthalmologists $213,160 Dentists, All Other Specialists $206,290 Physicians Except Pediatric $204,290

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Family Medicine Physicians $200,170 Orthodontists $199,930 Psychiatrists $196,280 Food Prep $25,470 Fast Food Cooks $26,210 Dishwashers $26,410 Short Order Cooks $27,580 Shampooers $23,280

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Manicurists and Pedicurists $24,970 Cashiers $25,540 Counter Attendant $25,680 Shoe Machine Operators And Tenders $26,240 Home Aide Attendants$26,240 Amusement And Recreation Attendants $26,360

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Laundry And Dry-Cleaning Workers $26,610

Education Attainment

Shoe And Leather Workers And Repairers $27,580 Parking Lot Attendant $26,220 Automotive And Watercraft Service Attendants $25,840

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IT Finance Business Healthcare Food Service Transportation Men’s Wage Women’s Wage

A RETROSPECTIVE OF TIME MAGAZINE Data Visualization Based on d3.js Data Visualization for Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities Fall 2021 Instructor: Jia Zhang Team: Rongxin Tang, Kenny Zhou, Shuhua Li Link: https://rongxintang.github.io/index.html

CONSTRUCTION OF BAMBOO

Date: Spring 2016 Area: 3×4×3m CQU Core Studio, Basics of Architectural Design (2) Instructor: Jing Chen, Wenbo Lai, Junqi Hu Collaborators: Xi Sun, Yanan Qiao, Yudi Ai, Ruohan Wang, Chengxi Li, Rongchen Wang, Tianci Zhao

Field Construction | RESEARCH OF BAMBOO | Traditional Bamboo Products

bamboo basket

bamboo crate

bamboo hat

bamboo ball

bamboo flute

Weaving methods of bamboo strips

| STUDY MODEL | 1:10 model: Structure study

| CONSTRUCTION |

The project required to construct a model with bamboo in a 3m×4m×3m field within 8 hours. Based on the study of the character of bamboo, we designed a space with only one face, just like the Mobius strip, and constructed it through weaving bamboo strips to show the flexiblity of bamboo.

bamboo rice

bamboo wine

bamboo raft

Connecting methods of bamboo

dense

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1:5 model: Weaving method study

rope

iron wire

plastic tie (ATAI)

MATERIALS IN MY CITY Interpret Landscape by Photography

Date: Fall 2020 Location: Yunnan, China Personal Project/Photography

Taking photos of materials is my habit in field investigation. In my perspective, the materials tell stories of the sites and reflect the local lifestyle. They are my interface with landscapes and bring me inspiration.

When I was walking in my hometown of Yunnan, I tried to interpret the familiar landscape in this way.

Evergreen plants are found everywhere and show rich texture types, which is the reflection of the temperate climate caused by the high altitude and relative low latitude. Besides, the environment also breeds abundant wild edible fungi, forming the characteristic diet culture. On the other hand, the texture of walls tells the history of urban development, and displays the city fabric which weaved by new structure and historic grid.

WORKS DURING INTERNSHIP Coastal Resort Planning and Design Company: Shanghai TIANHUA Architecture & Engineering Ltd. Winter 2019 Project Name: Zhongnan Lavera Coastal Resort Planning and Design Location: Tangshan, China Mentor: Ye Feng

| Children's Park Detail Design |

| Shuttle Stop Design |

| Renderings |