2017-2018
PORTFOLIO SHENGJIE CUI
Come Back, River
1Nanliu Villages' Reconstruction Design Wetland Protection 2Qianzhou Yangtze finless porpoise and birds monitoring protection Re-fabric 3Old Wharf of Yantai Restoration Whale Fall 4Whale Watching Square Other works 5Other designs & Hand paintings
Shengjie Cui
Education
Hornors
Address：Room 1402, Building No. 9, The 1st phase of Agile Property Riverside International,Pukou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, 211800
Beijing City University Landscape Design 09/2015-06/2019
Tel: +86 18751851544 Email：cuishengjie2019@163.com
Internship
-The 8th IDEA-KING Int'l LA Planning &Design Competiton Excellence Award -Achieved the second class scholarship in 2015 -Awarded with the “Academic Star” title in 2015 -Achieved the first class scholarship in 2016 -Awarded with the “Outstanding Student” title in 2016 -Awarded with the “Autonomy Star” title in 2016 -Achieved the first class scholarship in 2017 -Awarded with the “Outstanding Student” title in 2017
C- office Beijing, China Assistant Intern 05/2018-06/2018 - Supported architecture designers to analyze the early stage of the terrain, perform data statistics and build models
Skills Traditional Media: pencil, color pencil, micron pen, marker, watercolor, handcraft modeling, ink, gouache Digital Media: CAD, Rhino, Sketch up, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustration, Adobe Indesign
Project 1 This river has melted into the history, soul and culture of our village. But now the turbulent water is no longer there. Overview This project is one of my assignments for Ecology and Cultural Landscape course. According to the field investigation, I found that the water problem is indeed severe here, such as no source and serious pollution. As a result, I decided to put emphasis on water treatment in my design. I hope my design will create a comfortable living environment for people who live in here.
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River
Nanliu Villages' Reconstruction Design
Site Analysis
Individual Work
Location: Tongzhou,Beijing,China,Asia Scale：73235 ㎡ Time of design：2018.6 Tutor：Zhenyu Yang
Tongzhou，Beijing
Beijing，China
History Tongzhou is a historical town bred by the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
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Nan Liugezhuang Village is located in Lucheng Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing. Lucheng Town is the northern source of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the villagers around it have been bred by the canal since ancient times. South Liugezhuang Village is sandwiched between two diversions of the canal, and the historical water system in the village connects these two diversions. The villagers here have lived on this river for generations. Farmland
Status Quo
Greenbelt
1. The dead millennium-old locust tree without protection. 2. Harmful vegetables: planted on the pulled mud because of space lackage.
Space 1. Fully enclosed courtyards: affect the passage. 2. Many illegal buildings: potential hazards. 3. Wastes are dumped everywhere in public spaces.
Water 1. West side of the village: original of the river is interrupted. 2.The river channel: useless and being reclaimed for building. 3. Using water system: seriously polluted.
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Water System
Greenbelt
Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Streamline
Building Analysis Space
Water body Analysis
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Using Water Obsoleted Water
Greenbelt Analysis
Strategy Space
Remove illegal buildings to get more public space.
Greenbelt
Establish a vertical fruit and vegetable tower to solve the problem of insufficient ground floor for planting vegetables.
“Isolate” ancient locust tree for protection.
Clean up the mud and dredge the river channel.
Specially cultivated bacteria are used to interact with microorganisms and fungi in the sewage to purify the river water.
Water
Basically abandon the original source of the river, and use the windmill to extract groundwater and pour it into the river channel.
Inspiration “Water” is the biggest problem facing the village, but water culture is the most important part of the village’s history. I hope that “water” can become a focus for this transformation plan in terms of both problem-solving strategy and concept. So inspired by water, I extracted two most frequently seen forms of water in nature, i.e., ripples and waves.
The shape of the RIPPLES is composed of multiple concentric circles, giving a very strong sense of gathering. So the shape of ripples is applied to the important nodes, such as squares, fish ponds, and children’s activity areas, etc.
The shape of the WAVES is a soothing curve, giving a very relaxed and comfortable feeling. So the shape of waves is applied to the waterside road and platform.
Ripple
Service Range of Tower Garden
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Functional Partition
Traffic Analysis Driveway Road Non-Driveway Road Hydrophilic Road Bridge
Sport Area Activity Spuare Children's Activities Area Breeding Area Vegetable&Fruit-Picking Area Leisure Area
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Legend: 1 Old Locust Tree Square
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Based on the site survey, I decided to connect the water on the east side of the road and drain it through the culvert on the west side of the
fish pond. However, because the eastern waterway is shallow and even the expansion cannot achieve satisfactory results, I designed a windmill water tower in the middle and upper reaches, and the windmill can extract groundwater and instill it into the river channel in the village. This is the new source of water set for the river in the village. In order to make the most of the water that nature has given us, I have also set up several rainwater towers. These towers are used to water the fruits and vegetables grown thereon. The water filtered through the inside of the tower can also be used by people.
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Tower Garden Place Point
Windmill Water Tower
Rainwater Tower It is mainly used to extract groundwater and instill it into the river channel to provide new source of water for the river.
It is mainly used to collect and store rainwater and to irrigate fruits and vegetables. It can also be used by people through filtering.
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Perspective
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Perspective A
The entrance plaza is inspired by the dense groups of ripples, and it used to be the playground of the abandoned primary school in the village. This place is very close to the entrance to the village. I
removed the iron gate that was not open to the public. There is a dead locust tree that is a thousand years old in this area. Centered on the old locust tree, the mirrored water in the shape of ripples highlights
the important position of the old locust tree, and plays a role to protect and segregate the old tree.
Perspective C There are two main design parts in the fish
pond. One is the water inlet platform in the middle of the fish pond. People entering this platform can get close to the poultry in the water. The seats outside the fish pond are like circles of ripples around the fish pond, and people can enjoy waterside space here.
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Perspective B
In the children’s activity area, the water
surface is covered by the shape of ripples. The water area here was excavated by the design considering the economic cost and the site environment - the waters in this area are shallow. Because the water level in this area is flat and very shallow in depth and the site was originally planted with
many trees, it is very safe and with the nature.
suitable for children to do activities in close contact
Basic activity space
The villagers’ activity area is spread throughout the village, which is roughly divided into social space, Recreational Space and sports space.
Social Space mainly includes small squares to provide places for villagers to communicate with each other. Recreational Space, there are some seats for the villagers to play chess and chat.
Sport Space , there are simple basketball courts and other activity facilities for villagers to do exercises.
Social Space
Recreational Space
Sport Space
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Project 2 Yangtze river is the mother river of China, which Chinese people depend on for surviving, developing and prospering. HOWEVER, how about wildlife living on Yangtze river for food and habitat? They are also its children! Overview This site is not far from my home, where I accidentally found when consulting a map. As a resident who live near the Yangtze River, I have been educated to protect porpoises since childhood. But there is no conservation district in Nanjing like in other upstream cities, which inspires me to set up conservation area. After further in-depth analysis, I found the uniqueness of the island and its ecological problems, so I intend to do a series of comprehensive management.
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Qianzhou Wetland Protection Yangtze finless porpoise and birds monitoring protection
China
Nanjing
Jiangsu
Qianzhou Jangsu
Nanjing
Individual Work Location: Nanjing,Jangsu,China,Asia Scale：2640000 ㎡ Time of design：2018.8 Tutor:Xue Cheng
Wetland Yangtze Finless Porpoise Reserve
Anas platyrhynchos
Yangtze River The mallard is omnivorous and very flexible in its choice of food.Plants generally make up the larger part of a bird's diet, especially during autumn migration and in the winter.
Greenbelt
Nanjing Yangtze Finless Porpoise Provincal Nature Reserve
The reserve is from the Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing to the waters of the Yangtze River between Xinjizhou and Anhui, with a total area of 86.92 square kilometers. The core area is 30.25 square kilometers, the bufferarea is 23.66 square kilometers, and theexperimental area is 33.01 square kilometers. It covers 90% of the Yangtze River section of Nanjing.
Streptopelia orientalis The habitat varies but it breeds in well-wooded but open habitats and winters in more open habitats but usually with good tree cover.
Ceryle rudis Unlike some kingfishers, it is quite gregarious, and forms large roosts at night.
Yangtze finless porpoise
It is only distributed in the Yangtze River in China (Anhui, Hubei, Jiangsu, and Shanghai.) It is a unique species of the Yangtze Sky River in China and is at the top of China's freshwater bio-chain. The Yangtze finless porpoise population has rapidly Forest declined since the 1980s. In 1991, the number of Yangtze finless porpoises was more than Wetland 2,700. In 2006, after more than a month of investigation, the international joint investigation team found that the number of Yangtze finless porpoises was less than Water 1,800. Decline at a rate of 5%-10% per year. "If you don't get good protection , it is estimated that after 10-15 years, The island is low in terrain, and In 2008, the government proposed the construction the land area above water surface of 200 ha of forest land, and planted a large number the Yangtze River porpoise will be extinct.
Eastern migration routes
altitude birds
Status Quo
in summer is about 1.6 square of poplar trees, which seriously damaged the kilometers, which is only 60% of the ecological system of the island. data from Baidu total area.
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Status Quo
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Land
Piled up land The island is low in terrain and flooded in large areas in summer.
Riverbank
The soil in some lower places was moved to higher places.
Wetland
This has finally left enough area above the water level for the island.
Cut off some poplar trees and plant ground cover plants.
5 years later
Plain
Oobservatory Populus L.
The special area was designated for the protection Yangtze River Dolphin.
The special path was designated for the observation of waterfowl.
Taxodium distichum
The special point was designated for bird observation. Phragmites communis
Landing Port
Observation Station
It is expected that the ecosystem of this island will have great improvement, providing appropriate habitats for wildlife.
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Two landing ports are designed according to the surrounding environment.
Acorus tatarinowii
Canna glauca L.
Road planning
Route Two landing ports are designed according to the surrounding environment.
Sapindus Metasequoia lyptostroboides mukorossi Gaertn.
Two landing ports are designed according to the surrounding environment.
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Master Plan Legend: Yangtze Dolphin Protection Center Bird Observation Station Landing Port
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Observing waterfowl Yangtze Dolphin Protection Center
Traffic Analysis Sidewalk Landing Port
Planting Design Aquatic Plant Cover plant Trees
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The Inspiration for Structures
Bird Observation Station
Inspired by security bubbles, the Yangtze dolphin protection station and bird observation point were designated to create a posture for the protection of Yangtze dolphin and site ecology through the form of bubbles. The shape of the bubbles gives a sense of security and peace of mind.
Artificial bird nest
Wood Wood comes from deforested poplar.
Observation deck
Function
Yangtze Dolphin Protection Center
PTFE The entrance diameter of the nest box is 8-15cm. Glass
Function Human activity area Yangtze dolphin activity area
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Rescue
Research
Visit
People can go inside the observation point.
Observing high altitude birds
Observing waterfowl
15 years later Now
5 years later
10 years later
15 years later
Poplar Plants Brids Yangtze Finless Porpoise
I hope that the ecological environment on the island will be habitable for wildlife in the future through environmental transformation. The survival problem of fin-less porpoise can be solved. Migrating birds have better experience and abundant food in the winter. Human beings and the nature can respect and depend on each other.
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Project 3 With the development of society, some industries have seen their heyday and been dumbed or replaced. While it is still a question whether they should be completely throwed away or be re-fabriced.
Overview I proposed this project in the course of Landscape Fast Design. I asked my instructor for a CAD blueprints of the site. When considering how to display the unique history of the site, I try to use a relatively abstract language to reflect it.
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Re-fabric Old Wharf ofYantai Restoration Individual Work
Location: Yangtai,Shandong,China,Asia Scale：3640000 ㎡ Time of design：2018.5 Tutor：Cuiqin Xie
Status Quo
Site Advantages ： Given that many places of interest are around the old port, there is much room for reconstruct it. Current situation: Urbanization lags behind industrialization, which is not conducive to the protection of the ecological environment and limits consumption in cities.
Disadvantages：The surrounding areas are occupied by the government and enterprises. The coastal area is not very playable and popular.
User
History of Site Using
Throughput exceeds 200 million tons Throughput exceeds 100 million tons
Route to South Korea
It is the top priority of the government. Port opening
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Abandonment Rate 73%
The throughput of cargo is more than one million standard boxes 44%
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It is the most important coastal port in China.
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With the industrial development, the utilization rate of the site has gradually decreased. By 2018, the actual utilization rate of the site is only 10%. The remaining site is re-planned to re-vitalize the site and make full use of historical and cultural heritage. 6
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Idea Development
The site grid is generated in the direction of the history pier.
The block is subdivided to define specific function of the site and generate its texture.
The secondary grid is generated based on the main road and two grids are overlapped.
The resulting site is refined.
According to the regional function, the grid is divided into different sizes of blocks to meet the volume requirements of urban development.
The building blocks are generated according to the surrounding environment and functional requirements.
Concept: Reuse of Wastes A large amount of waste materials exist in the site. According to the theme of project design, the waste materials in the site are decomposed, reused and applied to different functional areas, such as building surface, landscape construction, and site paving, etc. to build
unfold
waste materials such as : containers,boards,steel plates,glass
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Legend: 1 Entry Plaza 2 Parterre 3 Tourist Centre 4 Cultural Centre 5 Library 6 Waterside Platform 7 Whiff Section 8 ground：Lawn underground：Snorkeling Centre 9 Newsstand 10 Souvenir Shop 11 Stage 12 Bar 13 Convenience Stores 14 Toilet
15 Snack Bar 16 Small Stage 17 Cafe 18 ground：Lawn underground：Livehouse 19 Platform 20 ground：Lawn underground：Restaurant 21 Pier
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Vertical relationship：walls → viewing deck → waterfront trail Space Sequence Relation：walls → waterfront trail → water
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Dynamic Square
Dynamic Square is the place with the most traffic and the most activities in the venue. So it features the most functional types, including fitness, walking, square dance and shops, meeting the needs of different groups of people. In the design strategy, small-sized buildings are used to create an indoor environment with diverse functions and varied spaces. Meanwhile, the buildings are interactive to enclose a colorful outdoor public space. In the use of materials, the reuse of waste materials has always been implemented.
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Project 4 Other animals emerge when a whale die.
Overview This project is one of the assignments for my Square Design course. When I began to get engaged in landscape design, hand painting is a way for me to express my thoughts. Whale is one of my favorite animals, while whale fall is rarely known by the people. Therefor, I'm going to make a design inspired by whale fall, expressing my praise on the miracle of whale fall and my views on the meaning of life and death.
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Whale Fall
Site
Whale Watching Square
Site
Sri Lanka
Individual Work
Mirissa
Location: Mirissa,Sri Lanka,Asia Scale：4950 ㎡ Time of design：2017.3 Tutor：Yue Yin
Mirissa is a world-famous whale watching spot and is a more primitive beach on the southern coastline of Sri Lanka. Here you can see the blue whale. The peak season of whale watching is from December to April next year. It is said that the chance you can see whale during this period is 98%.
When a whale dies in the ocean, its body will eventually sink to the bottom of the sea. This process is called Whale Fall.
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The second stage introduces the "enrichment opportunists". These are animals which colonize the bones and surrounding sediments that have been contaminated with organic matter from the carcass and any other tissue left by the scavengers. This process can take up to two years.
"sulfophilic bacteria" anaerobically break down the lipids embedded in the bones. Instead of oxygen, they reduce dissolved sulfate SO2−4 and excrete hydrogen sulfide. Due to the toxicity of H2S, only resistant chemosynthetic bacteria survive. The bacterial mats provide nourishment for mussels, clams, limpets and sea snails. As whale bones are rich in lipids, representing 4–6% of its body weight, the final digestion stage can last between 50 and possibly 100 years.
Stage 4 Reef stage: When the organic matter in the remnants of whale fall is consumed, the mineral remains of the whale bones will become the reefs habituated by creatures.
Stage 1
The initial period begins with "mobile scavengers" such as hagfish and sleeper sharks actively consuming soft tissue from the carcass. Consumption can be at a rate of 40–60 kilograms (88–132 lb) per day over a two-year period.
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Inspiration
A whale dies in a moment, but the process of whale fall can last for hundreds of years. Even scientists have discovered that the process of whale fall can create 16 new lives. The ripples produced by the death of a whale will be frozen forever. Three parts are spatially divided in the form of ripples.
Whale Tail Awning This part is the biggest highlight in the design and also the commanding height of the site. It shows the last moment of a whale’s life. Stage 1
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Other Works All life is a game of luck .
Overview Before I chose my undergraduate major,I was interested in landscape painting sketch. In my opinion, Landscape Design is a field of knowledge that connect the city and nature.
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Other Designs Date：2017-2018
‘Memory’ 1Landscape Design of Zhongke
E-commerce Valley Commercial Complex
Designed for my Commercial Landscape Design course, this project is located in Daxing District, Beijing. After a preliminary analysis, I decided to design a hanging plank to connect the most frequently used office buildings. By adding some functions to this pavement, it can increase the interaction for employees working in these buildings.
3 Bus Platform
Returned Hall 2 Swallows Yangzhen Museum Design
This is one of my assignments for Landscape Furniture Design course. In order to solve the problem of a large number of people queuing for buses at school bus stops on weekends, I designed a step seat with a USB connection. Therefore, people can have a seat, charging their mobile phones while waiting.
This is a joint assignment for my Architectural Design course and my Square Design course.By analyzing Yanzhen's geographical features and combining the features with the museum's functional design, l raised the 'Swallows Returned Hall' concept for the museum's appearance design.
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Hand Drawings Date：2014-2015
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