Portfolio of Shuoyu Xie

Portfolio of SHUOYU XIE Application for admission to Urban Design,UCL

SHUOYU XIE Bachelor of Landscape Architecture E-mail:shuoyu20app@163.com Phone:+86 13716089411

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 As an landscape architect,I am always fascinated by the interweaving of urban development and landscape.I want to explore the relation between urban issue and landscape system and show a brand new vision of urban planning.

In this portfolio,the first two projects focus on how to solve urban issue in a landscape architect's way by borrowing the wisdom of traditional techniques and new technology.

The third project emphasize on make use of the idle places in a city to create a new type of transient landscape.

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

Model

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

Master plan

Site mapping

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.

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

Spatial analysis

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.

Parking space

Typology Nexus

Road

parking lots

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.

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

Problems of exsiting traffic system

Exsiting BRT line

Crossing

SITE

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

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.

A large number of parking lots are transformed into a park system

Terminus in the work place

Road design

City Form Evolution 1857

1908

1926

1970

2030

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Decentralized town layout

The railway system promotes suburbanization

Broaden the road and enter the automobile age

Highway construction accelerates the suburbanization

What will the street be like in the era of auromated vehicles(AV)?

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

Reduce car-oriented infrastructure

Road to track transition node

Parking structure

AV station

Parking lots

Micro public space

Work place

Pedestrain Bridge connecting AV bus station

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

Neighborhood traffic Door-to door service AV as a private type

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

Node

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

Where AV go to the highway and change to metro mode.

08:40 Join with other AV that share the same direction

Terminus

Type1:AV lanes in the residential zone

08:45 Arrive at the Node and change to metro mode

Track 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

Nexus

08:55 Arrive at work place

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.

Terminus Type2: Carpool line in the business district

Phase1

Phase2

Terminus Type3: Depressed boarding point at work place Exsiting subway line

17:00 Book an AV restaurant to have dinner with colleagues Phase1

Shops Drop off /pick up

Crossing

Type2:BRT line&carpool line

Elevated traditional lanes

Crossing Type3: Carpool line&carpool line

Phase1

Phase2

Depressed traditional lanes

Phase2 Phase1

Phase2

03 Transient Landscape A strategy to make the idle space in cities useful

Individual Project 2020.11~2020.12

Louvre (left) 420mm*594mm / Watercolor Academic 2019

04 Other Works Academic 2019~2020

Snowy Road

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420mm*594mm / Watercolor Academic 2019

Palace On the Mountain 297mm*420mm / Watercolor Academic 2020

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