Selected Works
YAQUN CAI
2013 Fall ~ 2018 Fall
Rough Ground Glendinning Rock Garden Reinvention Brewerytown Gateway, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia LARP 501, 2016 Fall
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History Of Present Successional Complex Waterfront Park Groundwork: Projects for the South Philadelphia Riverfront LARP 502, 2017 Spring
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Dam Tourism Hydroelectric Infrastructure Tourism Highland Falls, Hudson Highland, New York LARP 601, 2017 Fall
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Mark-et Brooklyn Terminal Market Urban Design The Tri-Boro Line, Brooklyn + Queens + The Bronx LARP 602, 2018 Spring
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Social Canteen A Greater Bay Area?_Urban fiction Pearl River Delta Western Coast LARP 701 Option Studio, 2018 Fall
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Moving Landscape A Proposal to Connect Port Houston to Its City Port Houston, Houston Internship, 2017 Summer
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Info-Scape Intervention of Information and Image in Urban Space Design Research Wudaokou Area, Haidian District, Beijing Diploma Project, 2014 Spring
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Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Landscape Design Conceptual Design & Schematic Design Tianjin, China July, 2015
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Other Works
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Academic Works
ROUGH GROUND
Glendinning Rock Garden Reinvention Brewerytown Gateway, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Instructor: Nicholas Pevzner 2016 Fall LARP 501, PennDesign, Individual work
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Roughness and Smoothness
Triangulation Plan
Roughness and Smoothness
Existing Sections
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By contrasting particular properites of places effect people's motions when they traverse space. Create rough along smooth; Create slow along fast; Create calm along lound and crowded. Create dramatic moemnts when 3 contrasts meet, organizing 3 layers of movement. Different motions provoke different experiences, perspectives and definitions of one place.
Roughness/ Speed of Movement
Armature Models & Plans
The mountain biking path is fast, rough and response to topograph. The walking is slow, rough, more flexible in elevation changing. The cycling path is fast, smooth and also digged into ground for secure consideration.
Typology of Paths
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Abandoned Mountain biking trail Abandoned Mountain biking trail Abandoned
Brewery Town Brewery Town
Mountain biking trail Abandoned Mountain Abandonedbiking trail
Brewery Town
Mountain biking trail
Brewery Town
Biking Lane Biking Lane Biking Lane Biking Lane Biking Lane
Brewery Town
Existing Programs Existing Programs Existing Programs Existing Programs Existing Programs
Calm & Crowd
Calm & Crowd Calm & Crowd Calm & Crowd Calm & Crowd Calm & Crowd Connections & Circuations Connections & Circuations Connections & Circuations Connections & Circuations Connections & Circuations
Fast & Slow Biking Path Biking Path Biking Path Biking Path Biking Path
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Calm & Crowd Calm Fast&&Crowd Slow Fast &Crowd Slow Calm Rough &&Smooth Rough & Fast &Crowd Slow Calm &Smooth Contrast Moments
Rough & Contrast Moments Fast &Crowd Slow Calm &Smooth Contrast Moments Rough & Smooth Fast & Slow Contrast Moments Rough & Smooth Contrast Moments
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Wind Shelterbelt and Index
Armature Long Section
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Site Plan
Section 1
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HISTORY OF PRESENT
Art Succession Waterfront Park Groundwork: Projects for the South Philadelphia Riverfront
Instructor: Keith VanDerSys 2017 Spring LARP 502, PennDesign, Individual work
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | 12 mins
Site Documentation Layering Interpertation ral A Mu rts P delp hila hia | 13
Demographics
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Age structure
29.47% age from 10 to 30 el m m Ki
Occupa�ons
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Minimum standard 115 acres
Site 43 acres
Percentage occupa�on
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Percentage of people occupied in art & cultural pos�on
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6 acres per 1000 people
Cultural assets
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Water Access
Cultural par�cipa�on
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage | 15 mins
Cultural resources
US Navy Yard 1801 Pennsylvania Freight Sta�on 1881 Franklin Sugar Refinery 1900 Bal�more & Ohio Freight Sta�on1883 Delaware River Chemical Wks
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115 acres 43 acresFrame Transition Historical Site
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The Need of Large Public Space tion pula l po rica Histo
Philadelphia’s booming industrial economy
US Navy Yard 1801 thousand Pennsylvania Freight Sta�on 1881 800
Delaware River Chemical Works
Franklin Sugar Refinery 1900
1900 Franklin Sugar Refinery
Bal�more & Ohio Freight Sta�on1883
1883 Baltimore & Ohio Freight Station
Delaware River Chemical Wks
1881 Pennsylvania Freight Station 1873 Washington Avenue Immigration Station
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US Navy Yard 1801 Pennsylvania Freight Sta�on 1881
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1801 US Navy Yard 1820-31
Franklin Sugar Refinery 1900 Bal�more & Ohio Freight Sta�on1883
1832-46
Delaware River Chemical Wks
1847-54
1855-66
1867-73
1874-79
1880-89
1890-99
1900-09
1910-14
1915-24
1925-30
Immigration statistics_1820-1930
1805 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1876 The University of the Arts
1924 Curtis Institute of Music 1922 Barnes Foundation
Introducing Historic Grid
Currtorial points
Connection & organization
Potential Access
Distortion & orientation
Planting organization
Intersections as a framework for organization
Providing more access from neigbrohood
Linking neighborhood & water Connecting key points, historic items and pier for circulations
Linking neighborhood & water Connecting key points, historic items and pier for circulations
White birch Red maple White Oak Pitch pine White birch
Ginko Black birch Red Oak Flowering dogwood Sourgum
Reed & Sedge Tall fescue Pine barrens heather Witch hazel Tall fescue
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2012 Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
An Economic Engine for the PHILADELPHIA region
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Full-Time Equivalent Jobs
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44,000 Resident House Income
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$3.3 Billion
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$1.04 Billion Tax Revenue
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Total Economic Impact
$169 Million
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Organizations & Initiatives
Percentage of Manufacturing Jobs in total Employment_1950-2008
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2010 2012
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1982 National Arts Program
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1996 Kimmel Center
2005 The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Percentage of Art Jobs in total Employment_1950-2008
1984 Mural Arts Philadelphia
2005 Design Philadelphia
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Meadow
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Art Waterfront Park Master Plan
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Person Of The Crowd: Wilmer Wilson Iv’S Channel Free Roses: Alex Da Corte '04 Curtis Organ Department Studio Recital, Curtis Symphony Orchestra: Performance
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Philadelphia Science Festival Mural Dedication: Charles Burwell
Dec
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Design Philadelphia Festival Person Of The Crowd: The Contemporary Art Of Flânerie
2017 Cfeva Art Party
Paul Chan: Pillowsophia ShowStoppers Spring Revue 2017 Carilion Clinic- 4th Annual Exhibit AMITA Health- 4th Annual Exhibit
Self-Portrait Wall Sign-Making Workshop: The Art of the Protest Adapt!: A Forum For What?: American Theater And Politics Today Art of the Protest Sign-Making Workshop Curtis 20/21 Ensemble presents The New Yorkers: John Cage and the American American Avant-Garde Artist Project: Andrea Hornick: Unbounded Histories A Place You’ve Never Been: Ben Schwab, CFEVA Fellow ’05-’06
Crochet Coral Reef: Toxic Seas: Kathleen Greco '79, '15 Family Concert: The Jungle Book, sensory Friendly
Anguish: The Grave Misgivings of Remembrance
Anne Minich: The Truth of Being Both/And Organ Demonstration Union County- 16th Annual Exhibit Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center- 3rd Annual Exhibit Grow Up Great with Host Johnny Shortcake 2017 Student Art Show Soundtrack To Immigration: An Evening Of Music From Adapt!
CFEVA@Sonesta: Highlighting Four Philadelphia Artists Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders Murray Dessner: Illuminations From the Archives: 14 Decades of Performing Arts A Season In The Life Of J.S. Bach: Eastertide Music in the Galleries: "Gateways" Pinellas County- 11th Annual Exhibit Breaking Down Walls: From Prison to Power Announcing the NewCourtland Artist Fellowship Sittin' In: Live Sessions Historical Look at Dorrance Hamilton Hall: A UArts Landmark Wall Ball 2017 Crazy Beautiful 116th Annual Student Exhibition Family Concert: Snow White with the Pennsylvania Ballet II Renoir: Father And Son/Painting And Cinema Leah Modigliani: The City in Her Desolation Glen Foerd’s Artist in Residence Program Jazz Standards Mural Arts Month Kickoff Party Elephants On The Avenue Gallery Exhibition All-City Jazz Festival, Showcase Chamber Music with Meng-Chieh Liu Here & Now Hip Hop Forum: Street Dance Composition Class Artist Opportunity Listings Grow Up Great Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Sharrer
Sittin' In: Live Sessions Curtis Presents: Robert van Sice and the Curtis Percussion Ensemble Mi-Kyoung Lee: Yellow Forest Person Of The Crowd: Classes And Workshops Reno-Tahoe International Airport- 9th Annual Exhibit Free performances with Jazz, Brass, Opera and More! Béla Bartók: The Six String Quartets The Art of Sam Wolfe Connelly Person Of The Crowd: Artist Lectures And Gallery Talks School of Art Faculty, Alums in Wayne Art Center Exhibition Residency Recital: Zorá String Quartet with Steven Tenenbom Person Of The Crowd: The Contemporary Art Of Flânerie Ben Altman: The More That Is Taken Away Person Of The Crowd Fritz Liedtke: Astra Velum / Liminal Spaces I Is For Institute: Raw Material Company After Now Subcircle Incubator: Performance Playground Tone Poems & Light Stories: The Great Migration In-Progress Showing Of Sophia’S Forest Libuse Jarcovjakova: trans_fusion Graduate Open House The Hamilton Hall Public Arts Initiative: Scott Donahue and Jim Dessicino Commonspace Live Equinox New Play Festival Blaise Tobia: The Disappearance of Italy 2017 Spring Music Festival Quicktime Spring Undergraduate Open House 8th Annual Art Unleashed Exhibition & Sale
Kiefer Rodin Spring Arts PHL Exhibition Opening Berthe Morisot, Woman Impressionist John Bartram Jawn Concert & Arts Festival A Collaborative Language: Selections from the Experimental Printmaking Institute LAB Fest Art Exhibit & Screenprinting Workshop
Tom Bendtsen's Lucent and Onward #4
Beyond Boundaries: Feminine Forms
Monument Lab Chuck Close Photographs Graphic Women Philadelphia Assembled Exhibition
Tacoma- 11th Annual Exhibit UF Health Jacksonville- 6th Annual Exhibit Orlando- 14th Annual Exhibit Kennesaw State University- 1st Annual Exhibit Richmond- 15th Annual Exhibit Boston- 1st Annual Exhibit
Events calendar 2017
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The start of the historical trajactory, as one of the curatorial node provides canopy enclosure for leisure and public exhibition.
The start of the historical trajactory, as one of the curatorial node provides canopy enclosure for leisure.
Frame post-industrial lanscape and unfold the process of time by marking water footprint and inreacting with people.
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DAM TOURISM
Hydroelectric Infrastructure Tourism Highland Falls, Hudson Highland, New York
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Served area Water supply systems Highlands region Reservoirs Major cities Urban area 2010 Electric transmission lines Hydroelectric facilities Dams within Highland region
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WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM HYDROPOWER FRAMEWORK
1413 Dams in NY Highlands
Surface Water Supplies in New Jersey’s Delaware and Wallkill Watersheds
122 Rated Hazard Code C (high)
106 MGD
438 Dams in NJ Highlands
Passaic River Water-Supply Systems
2 Hydroelectric plants in NJ
308 Dams high + significant hazard potential
241 MGD
2 Hydroelectric plants in NY HIGHLANDS SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES 764
Raritan River Reservoir System
HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES
NEW JERSEY
Impoundment Diversion
Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union
240 MGD
NEW YORK STATE
Croton & Catkill/Delaware Systems
New York City
79.5 MGD
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Surface Water Supplies in Connecticut
Hartford, Waterbury
Surface Water Supplies in Pennsylvania
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Median Household Income 2015
Regional Net Energy Consumption
Reducing the amount of energy the Mid-Hudson Region imports by just 3 percent would leave an additional $129 million per year in the Region’s economy.
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Generation of electricity from renewable sources Coal-Fired Natural Gas-Fried Petroleum_Fired
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Newburgh City 144.6 Million 56.7 Million 38.7 Million 19.6 Million
Beacon City Town Highlands
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Coal
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Orange County Net Energy Consumption (MMBtu) by County and Sector (2010)
2011 Energy Master Plan
Passaic River Reservoir Systems
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Net Electricity Generation, 2017
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Town Highland, Beacon, Philliptown, Newbugh, Cornwall Energy Costs and Consumption, 2014
Potential Hydroelectric Generation The water infrastructure are rarely considered as renewable energy source for electric generation. The approximate electric generation from existing streams by transforming existing dam structure into hydroelectric infrastructure would cover 78.5% of the total energy consumption of Town HIghlands, Beacon city.
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EXISTING DAMS STRUCTURE
Uneven,Contradictory Economic Development Imported Electricity Source
Abundant Water Storage
ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY
REGIONAL IDENTITY
Potential hydroelectric generation Suppling adjacent programs, facilities, communities
Loop trail system Infrastructural destination attractions Historic, scenic connections
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Connecting Existing Trails
Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail
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ORGANIZATION STUDIES
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Stream Fall Lookout
Kayaking Launch
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Waterfall Lookout
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Gravity Dam
Buttress Dam
Arch Dam
Embankment Dam
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Amphitheater
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Dams
Building footprints
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Highland Brook Dam (lower) Water Supply- Primary MS- Masonry, CN- Concrete Gravity Local Government
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Tree house Scout camping
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Water access
Climbing wall Dam Meadow bowl
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Self-Sufficient Landscape localized enegery infrastruture supplies adjacent programs, facilities and surrounding houses.
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Turbine outtake Stream & Dam lookout
Water filtration Run-off catchment area
Outdoor study area
Water filtration Run-off catchment area
Public Awareness & Engagement Provide public space for indicating energy infrastructure, public awareness of the hydroelectric generation of scenic water resource.
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MARK-ET
Brooklyn Terminal Market Urban Design The Tri-Boro Line, Brooklyn + Queens + The Bronx
Instructor: Megan Born 2018 Spring LARP 602, PennDesign, Group work with Nikky Chaung Role: Regional & site research, Design development, Graphic representation
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Highway Networks
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Major Rail Terminals Airports
National Waterways
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Resource: 2016 New York City Food Distribution & Resiliency Study Results
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Food & Freight Network Hunts Points ~2.3B
College Point ~0.6B Long Island City ~0.2B Maspeth ~0.2B Greenpoint ~0.1B
Sunset Park ~0.3B
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Site Condition M1-1: Light Industrial Use C2-2: Commercial Overlay
R5: 3-4 Story Attached Houses
R5b: 3 Story Rowhouse
Limited crossings
C8-1: Heavy Commercial Services
Exiting Triboro line Manufacture district Commercial district Commercial overlay Public park
Design Proposal | Existing wholesale distribution | Pedestrian retail market
Rezoning
Commercial Overlay + Light Industrial Use
Consolidate
Maximizing Logistics
Parcelization
Cut & Re-Purpose_Market District
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Public Realm Loop
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Public Realm As Interface
Service Route
Circulation
Campus District
Station District
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MARK-ET Brooklyn Terminal Market 12
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Public deck
Crossing public library
Loop track: natural walk
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Social Canteen Advisement film
SOCIAL CANTEEN A Greater Bay Area?_Urban fiction Pearl River Delta Western Coast
Instructor: Christopher Marcinkoski 2018 Fall LARP 701 Option Studio, PennDesign, Individual work
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Sustenance: Table of Food
Food as a social component has connected people with distinct activities, experiences and interactions throughout China’s recent history. However, the role food plays and the way people interact with it has shifted drastically through time due to both political and technological transformations. As food has become more convenient and available on-demand, it has increased the isolated nature of Chinese society.
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Social Canteen Chinese society’s interaction with food—its access and its consumption—shifted drastically over the early decades of the 21st century due to the advancement of information and communication technologies, rapid urban expansion, and the influence of the One Child Policy. Individualism and social withdrawal became a severe public crisis in many urban contexts. This lack of connectedness became pervasive across generations as the interaction between individuals and food experiences became more solitary. At the nadir of this trend, eleven cities within the GBA became pioneers in utilizing a new typology of food production and consumption for the purposes of generating new venues of social interaction. This 21st century SOCIAL CANTEEN encourages people to break the technologically enabled solitude of the past in order to engage more regularly with their family, friends and community. The social canteen collapses different food interactions and experience seen over time, offering myriad options for sustenance. At is core is technologically enabled food production, integrated within existing urban fabrics, directly connecting the production and consumption of food within a single venue. This new conception of the social canteen enables a collective, connected population throughout the GBA district.
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Courtesy to to Na Wang
Professional Works
MOVING LANDSCAPE
A Proposal to Connect Port Houston to Its City Atkinson Island To Galveston Bay, Port Houston, Houston Atkinson Island Part
Directors: Kinder Baumgardner, Natalia Beard, Michael Robinson, Amna Ansari 2017 Summer Internship, SWA Group, Group work Work with Zhoufei Zhu, Na Wang Role: Regional analysis, Framework organization, Graphic representation
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DREDGE CYCLE Dredge Placement Locations
The constant dredging of the Ship Channel represents a microcosm of issues related to 21st century development. As cities are founded and grow up along waterfronts, they alter watershed dynamics through urbanization and its associated increased runoff.
Upland confined placement area Marsh cell placement area Ocean dredged placement are
Port Houston In The Context Of Regional Watersheds Moving Landscape is looking to reframe dredge as
a valuable material that can be re-utilized to assist in achieving some of the Port’s main economic, environmental, and community objectives. Highly performative utilization of dredge material on land and in the Bay can achieve multiple layers of ecological enhancement and community development.
Dredging Successional Phases Kayaking Channel gateway Balloon Blvd gateway
Bird station Camping
Shipping boat view
Spectrum display
Oyster reef restoration
Oyster education
Bird blind
Bird habitat restoration
Bird nesting
Surge protection
Dredge placement Sand & gravel Logo island
Mitigation area Grassland Wetland Bushland Woodland Year 2020
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LANDMARK FRAMEWORK Landmark Framework
Power line connection (Channel gateway - power tower) Blvd corridor connection (Blvd gateway - from blvd lighting to tethered balloon, to light tower)
DREDGE PLACEMENTArea AREA Dredge Placement Dredge PA in use
Levee level up increasing capacity
Reach capacity New dredge placement area generation
Dredge island expansion for surge protection
Planting Phasing PLANTING PHASING A EXISTING HIGH BUSH Allow exsting succesions of grassland, wetland, bushland Establish native bushland
Allow succesional bushland on highland Establish native grassland Allow succesional woodland on highland
B SPECTRUM DISPLAY Spectrum display establishes different colorful displays seasonally, and it recycles storage tanks as planting structures for establishing planting patterns and stormwater management.
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Establish native grassland along ditch pattern
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Allow exsting succesions of grassland, wetland, bushland Top soil
Establish native bushland Top soil
Allow succesional bushland on highland Establish native grassland
Allow succesional woodland on highland
Visitor Centor
Panorama Ballon
Power Index
Camping
Oyster Education
Shipping Boat View
Bird Blind
Marsh restoration
Prairie Restoration
Launch Point
Oyster Education
Oyster Reef Restoration
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Atkinson Island Master Plan
Eco-Tourism
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Blvd Gateway Panorama Balloon Channel Gateway Power Index Ferry / Launch Point Camping
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Shipping Boat View Spectrum Display Wetland Pond Oyster Farm / Education Bird Blind
Through a series of curated moments the vision frames local ecology and helps develop a regionally significant ecotourism destination. The habitat restoration, the mitigation process, and the dredging operation develop a successionally changing landscape. Industrial elements associated with the Port are used as inspiration to create abstract forms that are set within the landscape to create curated moments to experience the local ecologies.
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Panorama View | City View (Courtesy to Zhoufei Zhu)
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Blvd Gateway | Port Indentity
Oyster Reef Restoration & Education (Courtesy to Zhoufei Zhu)
Shipping Channel Gateway | Power Index
Display of Spectrum
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Academic Works
INFO-SCAPE
Intervention of Information and Image in Urban Space Design Research Wudaokou Area, Haidian District, Beijing
Advisors: Xiaosheng Cui, Wen Liang 2014 Spring Diploma Project, Individual work 2014 National Thesis Project Award of China, Urban Design, 2nd Prize The 12th China Environmental Art Design Annual Award , Best Creation
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DESIGN ANALYSIS Urban Events Sports Fields 01 Skate Playground
02 Playground & Amphitheatre
03 Urban Trampoline
04 Swing
Aim To build playground for Skate-boarding in order to maintain the original activitiy.
Aim To build the diversity of topography in order to create diverse possibilities of activities.
Aim To offer new installation for sports, and stimulate more interaction between people and site.
Aim To offer new facilities for kids in the playground.
05 Interactive Bench
06 Info-bench
07 Info-grid Plaza
08 National Sidewalk
Aim To create flexible urban furniture for people, and offer possibility for people to interact with urban space.
Aim Add interactive billboard in the plaza which in front of the Wudaokou Theater in order to offer diverse information.
Aim Add info-column alignment to offer information exchange and interactive activities.
Aim Each section of the sidewalk have particular national pavement or pattern and urban furniture.
09 Leisture Area
10 Corridor
11 Community Park
12 Forest
Aim Design topography in the college info-ring (layer) in orders to offer leisure area for people.
Aim To create view corridor by crating tree alignments and build visual connection.
Aim To offer small parks and fitness facilities for residents in nearby communities.
Aim To create bicycle lane for the overpass parking area in order to decentralize bicycle from main traffic and block noise of the train and
Open Space
Forest Area
Infrustructure 13 Memorial pavilion
14 Overpass Parking
Aim To build connection be-tween people and history information.
Aim To create parking area under the overpass in order to fulfill the need.
More detailed urban events and activities, together with corresponding facilities were placed into each info-layer, providing more abundant use and experience for the people in this area.
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01 Urban Trampoline
02 Skate Playground
03 Playground
04 Swing
05 Interactive Bench
06 Info-bench
07 Info-grid Plaza
08 National Sidewalk
09 Leisture Area
10 Corridor
11 Community Park
12 Forest
13 Memorial pavilion
14 Overpass Parking
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The red elements connect regions in the campus visually, and create a flexible space in order to meet different activities and stimulate more interaction between people and landscape.
Professional
Works
Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Landscape Design Tianjin, China
City Identity
Vegetation
Art School Identity
Program
Supervisor: Ana Paula Santos Conceptual Design & Schematic Design Role: Diagrams, Modeling, Masterplan Rendering, Detail Design
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ACADEMIC WORKS Two Motives
Urban Renovation in Chaowai Soho, Beijing Advisors: Eric Amir, Dan Su Architecture 2012 Spring Design, Indivival Work
Skin Pavilion
Parametric Outdoor Structure Design Advisors: Wen Liang, Dong Han 2012 Spring Architecture Ornament, Group Work Collaborator: Bo Dong, Boyang Li
Trim Scape
Garden Renovation in Academy of Art & Design, THU, Beijing Advisors: Yunjia Guan 2012 Fall Landscape Design (1), Indivival Work
围堰标高与原剧场设计标高冲突较大。原设计中 在舞台和观众席之间引水的设计将要被修改或取 消。
图例 天然石块
PROFESSIONAL WORKS 钢筋混凝土结构 Zhanjiang Cultural Center 海底 Landscape Design
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天然石块
钢筋混凝土结构
海底
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平均低潮位
Outer sea
Inner sea
Outer sea
Inner sea
Average high water level
Average high water level Average water level
controled water level
Average low water level
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Average平均高潮位 high water level controled water level 场地内控制低水位
平均高潮位 Average high water level Average water level 多年平均海面 图例 平均低潮位 Average low water level 天然石块
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平面图 钢筋混凝土结构
外海面 Outer sea
Inner sea
内水面
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100 year water level 百年一遇高潮位
100 year water level
种植土 Schematic Design & Design Development Stage Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China Role: Diagrams, Modeling, Masterplan Rendering, Detail Design Supervisor: Ana Paula Santos Oct, 2014- Jan, 2015 � Autodesk � � � � � � �
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海底
百年一遇高潮位 100 year water level
围堰类型
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平均高潮位 Average high water level 场地内控制低水位 controled water level
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Emei Huangchuan Boulevard Landscape
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平均高潮位 多年平均海面
场地内控制低水位
平均低潮位
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Concept Design Sichuan, Chengdu, China Role: Diagrams, Modeling, Masterplan Rendering, Detail Design Supervisor: Ana Paula Santos Apr 2015
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Sea Flower Island Landscape Design Concept Design Hainan, China Role: Diagrams, Modeling, Detail Design Supervisor: Ana Paula Santos Nov 2014
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Work Samples
YAQUN CAI Selected Works 2013 Fall ~ 2017 Fall caiyaqun@upenn.edu (215)-8637858