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00 About Me
qualifications • MA in Landscape Architecture, University of Gloucestershire, UK • MA in CCT, Georgetown University, USA • BREEAM AP
Planting sketch for John Gray High School, Cayman Islands
employment history skills
2019-present • Project Landscape Architect, fabrik Limited, Alton, UK
• Production experience with AutoCAD, Adobe CS, ArcGIS, Keyscape, Rhino/SketchUp and basic understanding of BIM & Revit • 2 years of experience working on a variety of landscape projects across different stages
2018-2019 • Graduate Landscape Architect, Ryder Landscape Consultants, Chester, UK
What Defines Me • • • • •
Passionate about sustainable development Self-motivated to grow and achieve professionally Strong interdisciplinary approach Highly creative and proactive problem solver Dedicated to creating places that can inspire and connect
2017-2018 • Landscape Architect Internship, Cheltenham Borough Council, Cheltenham, UK
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profile “You’ve got to find what you love”
-Steve Jobs
The journey in search of my dream career started when I was working on projects revitalising derelict public space to boost local economic growth. This experience has taught me how to work as part of a team to create economically viable places that uplift the quality of life for people and enhance enviromental sustainability. I hope to create positive impact everyday as part of a multi-disciplinary team that delivers a better world.
sabinatang.la@gmail.com +44 7873 760 628 +44 1420 560 147 3
Cover image: flower tile - helleborus, sage, ivy Plaster mold captures the beauty of transience in rustic simplicity Work inspired by William Blake's Auguries of Innocence
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01 Cheltenham High Street East
Looking South Eastward along the High Street from Rodney Road Junction
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Public Realm Improvement Delivered in October 2018, this project aimed to upgrade the eastern end of the High Street and to create a new quality space for people to enjoy Cheltenham's unique offer of events and festivals, as well as boost economic vibrancy of the town centre. Poor conditions of paving and drainage have been remedied as part of this project, while wild cherry tree species and herbaceous plants were selected to increase biodiversity, improve air quality and reinterpret the Regency 'green avenue' characteristic of Cheltenham.
Looking North Westward along the High Street from Combray Place
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02 Land at Manor Farm The site-wide green infrastructure strategy seeks to create a range of high quality spaces which complement the existing landscape character of Tongham and interlink through the residential development.
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Open Space Character Type 1 Formal / Active
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Open Space Character Type 3 Informal / Boundary
The formal open space will focus on how the space is used by the residents and local community
The informal open space will look at opportunities for people to engage with surrounding enviroment
Strengthening the boundaries will furthermore increase the visual separation from the neighbouring road corridors whilest increasing road corridors for wildlife habitats
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04 Fylde Promenade Proposed details for the regeneration of Fylde Promenade that run from Church Scar to Fairhaven in Lytham St. Annes.
Artist Impression of Scallop Bench on Promenade
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05 Block O Proposed landscape details for podium garden with green roof build up for residential development Block O in Alton.
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Selected work from Stage 4 Technical Design landscape details for retirement home Ledian Gardens in Kent.
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Urban Tree Pits along Village Square
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Landscaped Area in front of Block 2 Wykeham Manor
Miscellaneous Details
FT7 HANDRAILS FOR STEPS AND RAMPS REFERENCE 3D IMAGE
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Tree Planting Details
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07 Leek Road LVIA
Views and Vistas Location Map
Topography
National Designations
Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV)
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08 Birkenhead Park Landscape Condition Survey
Analyse Paxton's Design Principle for Birkenhead Park
Sample of Landscape Condition Survey
Identify 9 Character Areas and Select Views for Birkenhead Park
Sample of Landscape Condition Survey
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9 Urban Network & Design Studies
10 Urban Imagination
11 Forest of Dean
12 User Perception Studies
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09 Urban Network and Design Studies
Discovery of bottleneck in "Autopia" Bristol's urban network. main roads were intorduced to facilitate mobility, but have ironically impeded movement in the City.
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5-60-5 Evolution As an urban network system deviates from an equilibrium status, managing the inflow of entropy by reducing the needs to travel and alleviating pressure of conjested nodes, we will then migrate to a more organic, peaceful, human-scale 5km/h lifestyle featuring Networks of Proximity.
1. Background image: wire mimicry of amoeba movement 2. Middle-right image: using slime mold for pathfinding to identify optimised urban network in Bristol
University of Bristol Victoria Rooms
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Cabot Tower
Clifton Suspension Bridge
St. George's Church Bristol City Hall Bristol Cathedral
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Bristol Temple Meads
Cumberland Basin Co-habitat
Amoeba City Being resilient is an ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficult situation. Envisaging a future city that would function and behave like amoeba for its survival needs. Working space, living space, and amenity space could intertwine with one another with the amoeba-like network structure in response to a world characterised with dynamic changes. 31
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H2Orchestra Using natural phenomenon of tidal movements and acoustic pressure against steps structure to create a singing river connecting the past, present and future.
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Conceptual Model of Networks for Proximity
Networks of Proximity How close is close enough? How far is way too far? It is a mathematical conjecture that all living things and everything else in the world are six or fewer steps away. Inspired by the garden city and metabolism initiatives, along with six degree separation conjecture & chinese traditional courtyard architecture, networks of proximity hope to create a co-habitat where people and wildlives can live and thrive together for the common good. Like slime molds, network units will grow, contract, decay and regenerate. They are capable of creating collective intelligence to optimise the entire network system
Sensory Design - Flower Tile Tile Sample - Helleborus, Sage, Ivy Plaster mold captures the beauty of transience in rustic simplicity along the River of Flowers Planting Area. 35
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10 Urban Imagination
For Gaston Bachelard, a nest is associated with a natural habitat where people dream of coming back to it. Just like a bird comes back to its nest, this sign of human return marks an intimate component one attached to the image of house or nest. Furthermore, Bachelard points out a ‘paradox of sensibility’, that a nest is apparently a precarious thing, yet it set us to an urge of cosmic confidence and security. Inspired by Bachelard’s idea about a nest, this sensory design in miniature proposes a two-layered structure composed of a tall wall and a house as a nest at Boots Corner in Cheltenham . Shaped as a dome hut, the nest implies primitive hut dreams far away from urban worries and crowds.
Pigeon has been a symbol of Cheltenham Spa's water heritage since 1716, and a source of inspiration for street art.
Sheltered by a wall of fragrant jasmine bushes, the nest provides a solitary place, a quiet retreat for people.
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11 Forest of Dean Site Designations
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Growth-led development in the Forest This proposal first focus on introducing sustainable transport modes, enabling connectivity throughout the site and neighbourhood in proximity. 33ha
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Top priorities are: • Connect people and place through sustainable transport • Elevate quality of labor & create valued-added job opportunities • Propose housing development matching economic opportunities
Residential area is composed of low density 2-storey house and high density 4-storey flat. To cultivate conversation, friendship, and empathy among residents and natural environment, alloment gardens are located at the outer skirt of the development site. Public pedestrian path and cycle path are separated by green space for amenity value. Alloment gardens and green streets will also become a tourist destination to boost the community’s sustainable growth environmentally and economically.
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12 User Perception Studies Senses are the most precious gifts that we, as human beings, are offered after being born to this world. Sight (vision), hearing (audition), smell (olfaction), taste (gustation), and touch (somatosensation) are five commonly recognised senses that we have. These senses provide data for perception, and have great impact on our impressions with a place. To propose enhancement solutions for the Cheltenham Promenade, this research starts with an aim to understand how pedestrian zone of the Promenade is perceived by its users and how could it be further enhanced.
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