Portfolio of SHUOYU XIE
Contents 01 Water Urbanism In Bogota From ancient ridged fields system to modern urban space in Bogota,Columbia 02 Future Street Design Redesign of the street system for autonomous vehicles in Los Angeles,USA 03 Transient Landscape A strategy to make the idle space in cities useful 04 Other Works
01 Water Urbanism in Bogota From ancient ridged fields system to modern urban space Bogota,Columbia
Group Project Responsible for site selection,concept and strategy generation, site design,scene representation With Jiayu Tong，Lan Lin 2020.1~2020.12
02 Future Street Design Redesign of the street system for autonomous vehicles(AV) Los Angeles,USA
Group Project Responsible for concept and strategy generation, overall planing,toolkit design,scene representation With Yuxuan Song，Yucen Zheng 2020.8~2020.12
Introduction
Site mapping
Historically, streets have many functions, mainly related to traffic communication and social interaction. However, in the 20th century, street design began to center on the largest spaces for traffic and cars, while public life was marginalized into narrow sidewalks With the development of the Internet of Things and the popularization of autonomous driving, there will be a shift from car-led urban streets to pedestrian-led urban streets in the future. However, the existing car-based road system design is not conducive to the driving of autonomous vehicles. Therefore, our project hopes to discuss the mutual influence of landscape design and transportation technology and provide a solution strategy to rethink the integration of the existing highway system into the public transportation system, form an efficient transportation system, and combine transportation infrastructure and public domain design with the application of shared autonomous vehicles.
Problems of exsiting traffic system
SITE
site analysis The traffic congestion in Los Angeles is one of the worst in the world. It is the city that spends the most time in traffic jams during peak hours of any city in the world. This is related to his car-oriented development strategy. The site is located on Interstate 405 in the west of Los Angeles, which is a two-way ten-lane road. The site lacks a northsouth public transportation system. At the same time, due to the barrier of mountains, this highway has become a necessary section for north-south commuting. Meanwhile，it is connected to various employment sub-centers in Los Angeles from east to west, so it is in a relatively important traffic position.
City Form Evolution 1857
1908
1926
1970
2030
Highway construction accelerates the suburbanization
What will the street be like in the era of auromated vehicles(AV)?
? Decentralized town layout
The railway system promotes suburbanization
Broaden the road and enter the automobile age
Master plan
There are two phases in our design.Phase 1 is the transition phase,when traditional cars coexsit with AV.And phase 2 is the complete phase when there are only AV on the street.This master plan shows the street design in phase 1.
Spatial analysis Parking space
Typology Nexus
Road
parking lots
Where multiple modes of transport come together
Highway metro line
Where AV cars go to the highway and turn into metro mode.
AV carpool line
Carpool Line & Carpool Line
AV BRT line
BRT Line & Carpool Line
Edged bus line (Secondary road)
Node BRT system Exsiting BRT line
Crossing
Road system Highway Primary road Secondary road
BRT Line & BRT Line
Land use Residential Commercial
Office Industrial
Retail
Terminus
Neighborhood road
Walking system Terminus in the residential zone
A large number of parking lots are transformed into a park system
Terminus in the work place
Road design
Phase 1
Phase 2
Highway metro line
AV BRT line
AV as a metro type on highways
AV as buses on the middle lanes
AV carpool line Shared AV pick up passengers on the road
Edged bus line AV travel at a safety speed for pedestrains
Neighborhood line The street act as a living place for residents
AV lane
Strategy
Traditional car lane Public space
Highway system
Bike lane
Six-lane way
Partially converted to rail tracks AV as a metro type
Where multiple modes of transport come together
Nexus on highways linking two or more traffic modes
Where highway and primary road intersect
Road to track transition node
Running track Crossings
Regional traffic Road space
Phase1:Transition period
Road system
Elevated or depressed crossing to seperate traditional cars and AV cars in transitioin period Reclassification to five different road types
Reduce car-oriented infrastructure
Neighborhood traffic Door-to door service AV as a private type
Parking structure
AV station
Parking lots
Micro public space
Work place
Pedestrain Bridge connecting AV bus station
Residential zone
Accessible different transport modes
Small scale block
Permeable public space
Live and work mix
Phase2:Complete period
TOOLKIT
A multi-purpose AV system with no need to transfer
08:00 Running
AV will be used as a multi-purpose unit in a means of public transportation. The occupancy of one AV unit is up to 4 people and this unit can group together. The unit can find other units that have same direction as passengers put information of their destination into the system by smartphones. This is a new type of public transportation with the Internet of Things Technology
Terminus
Type1:AV lanes in the residential zone
Phase1
Phase2
08:30 Book a shared AV to get to work 08:35 Arrive at BRT line
Crossing
Type1: BRT line&BRT line
Phase1
Elevated AV lanes.
Phase2
Node
Where AV go to the highway and change to metro mode.
08:40 Join with other AV that share the same direction
08:45 Arrive at the Node and change to metro mode
Track
Nexus Nexus is where multiple modes of transport come together.People can change to other modes of transportation like exsiting subway or other highway metro line.
Exsiting subway line
Shops Drop off /pick up
Crossing
Type2:BRT line&carpool line
Phase1
Elevated traditional lanes
Phase2
08:55 Arrive at work place
Terminus Type2: Carpool line in the business district
Phase1
Phase2
Terminus Type3: Depressed boarding point at work place
17:00 Book an AV restaurant to have dinner with colleagues Phase1
Phase2
Crossing Type3: Carpool line&carpool line
Phase1
Depressed traditional lanes
Phase2
03 Transient Landscape A strategy to make the idle space in cities useful
Individual Project 2020.11~2020.12
In order to find the most suitable strategy for these sites,I studied the process of constructing a building.Then I learned the concept of transient landscape which gave me inspiration.These sites all have their fixed idle period,from several months to a couple of years.During this time,they can be used to make profits for the city.From the research I studied,I put my focus on soil cultivation.
This design aims to turn the shallow pit into a public place where people can see how soil is cultivated.People can participate in the process of sowing,irrigating and harvesting.The feeling of space changes while digging.
The design for a deep pit is mostly finished by machines, with less participation of people. Because as it gets deeper, it is not convenient for human to cultivate. So I decide to let the excavator to culticate the soil. In addition, most greening plants can't live in a deep pit, so moss is chosen as a soil cultivation object.