LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
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CURRICULUM VITAE FULL PROJECT
Nottingham island site- Cascade Sustainable housing design- Sharrow woodland Construction design- CIQ
INTERNSHIP WORK Agency Ter China palace museum
PAINTING & SKETCH Visualisations Landscape sketches
FULL PROJECT
Nottingham island site- Cascade
DESIGN AIMS The design emphasis the hierarchies of landscape relate to the function of proposal - creating a new central business district. Series of green spaces forms hierarchy like cascade to achieving design objectives: 1. Variety of spaces provide programme for different user groups. The main user on site are offices workers, the design will fulfil their daily needs, such as commuting, co-therapy, after work activities. Apart from them, people from all walks of society is welcomed to site, to participating events like weekend markets. 2. Establishing ecological rich green spaces with high aesthetic value and function. The naturalistic theme different from traditional CBD practice to create a human landscape. 3. To become a coherent part of the wider context, roads and infrastructure connects to the existing facilities. The cascade is form by changing in landforms, spatial quality and dynamic vegetation changing through times.
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BUFFER WOODLAND AND PATH The perspective illustration and plan at top shows the threshold between buffer woodland and therapeutic pocket park. A path with slope narrowed by building with dense swale planting mark the entrance of a soft and sensitive space. The buffer woodland already filter the urban noise away while the entrance slow down people’s walking pace.
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BIO-SWALE STREET The detail plan and the perspective illustration on right shows the threshold between the busy street and the edge of buffer woodland. A linear retention pond with aquatic plants and reeds creates a smooth transition to the woodland edge. The two banks of pond has a contrast of urban to nature. The paving material change provide continuity of path to a more formal space in front of the shopping mall.
DIAGRAM OF LIFE, SPACE AND TIME The programmes take place in spaces with two hierarchy, space and time. Cascade of space The landforms gradually goes up direct the journey. Cascade of time The vegetation in different secession stages at different space. The function of space also consider the difference of users during weekdays and weekend.
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etation. water movement largely decide by the topography and new bio-swale and drainage created. Purposed fill area of pocket park 3422m2 material use always has the same character, it is a combination of softness of nature and the hard surface. design is highly water driven and aware the sustainable development in future.
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Purposed green roof as rain water barrier Purposed pocket park to increase infiltration 1. Green roof as barrier to collect water Purposed bio-swale to collect water over flow 2. Rain water flow into pocket park 3. Over flow goes into bio-swale next to path 4. Bio-swale connects to large vegetated swale TOPOGRAPHY 5. swale are connected by hidden pipe to maximise the water infiltration Purposed cut area of detention swale 2804m2
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SUPPORTING ILLUSTRATION Section and axonometric drawings shows detail spatial quality of woodland and pocket park. The material and vegetation proposed on site is supporting a sustainable water management process.
Lifted courtyard space Gentle slope
Illustrative measured section 1:100 A2
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GRADING PLAN MATERIAL DETAIL PLAN AND SECTION The key surface on site is the porous paving made by strips of concrete and grass creating a mini-cascade of grass on path. 1 100*125*varies length mm No-fine pre-cast concrete linear block, allow water penetration 2 2-6mm crashing stone no-fine laying course 3 150mm sub-base, upper sub-base 5-20 mm crushed-stone, lower sub-base 10-63 mm crushed stone 4 200*125*900 mm grey granite flush edging, sawn finish 5 3*150 mm C15 concrete foundation and haunching 6 150 mm compacted thickness DOT type1 sub-base 7 Geotextile, permeable polypropylene, prevent infiltration pollution 8 Earth
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Sustainable housing design- Sharrow woodland
VISION & STRATEGY Creating a human habitat with woodland feeling through sustainable housing and planting. -Diverse housing typology 1.Medium rise flat 2.Terrace house -Planting and ecology strategy 1. Communal forest where pioneer tree grows to mature forest (woodland management) 2. Woodland pond (Water management) Woodland circulation 1. Woodland niche 2. Woodland track - Sustainable living 1. Woodland niche easy for rubbish collection and recycle. 2. The housing arrangement is low in energy consumption. 3. Nature communal planting is low in maintenance cost 4. Bicycle and pedestrian friendly path design, also ramps available for disable people. Car park is at south and outside the Sharrow woodland. Potentially connect local nature reserves, achieving large scale city woodland.
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1. Woodland niche easy for rubbish collection and recycle. 2. The housing arrangement is low in energy consumption. 3. Nature communal planting is low in maintenance cost 4. Bicycle and pedestrian friendly path design, also ramps available for disable people. Car park is at south and outside the Sharrow woodland. Potentially connect local nature reserves, achieving large scale city woodland.
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The tree in estate grow during the time and form a mature forest landscape. Every house is align the streets and attach with front garden and a large back courtyard. The path across back gardens which is not fenced and access to all. The size of path make it pedestrianized and provide a back access for every home.
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Main entrance of Sharrow woodland potential meeting point
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Connect river walk toward Sunnybank reserve
The tree in estate grow during the time and form a mature forest landscape. Every house is align the streets and attach with front garden and a large back courtyard. The path across back gardens which is not fenced and access to all. The size of path make it pedestrianized and provide a back access for every home.
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Construction design- CIQ, Sheffield
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INTERNSHIP WORKS
AGENCY TER Project- Lujiazui, Shanghai, China Working in a team to produce masterplan, diagrams and Autocad detail design drawings.
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CHINESE PALACE MUSEUM On-site survey with hand drawing Digital autocad drawing and modelling
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PAINTING & SKETCH
Green infrastructure and ecological masterplanning- Blackburn meadow nature reserve visitor centre Masterplan Visitor centre
SKETCH PORTFOLIO A portfolio exploring Reykjavik in topicĂ?sland Isolation to merge full portfolio available on sssshan.carbonmade.com
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CIQ-A heart to refine green infrastructure Screen shots from video of intervention survey of Culture industrial quarter in Sheffield. Using the blood circulation and heart to show the dynamic change in street.
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