Jessica Tien-Hsin Sung Landscape Architecture Portfolio 2022

JESSICA TIEN-HSIN SUNG -2022-

TIEN-HSIN SUNG JESSICA

My profound passion lies in exploring the interdependence between humanity and the natural world, with a keen interest in leveraging natural techniques in landscape design to address environmental challenges. To me, landscape design represents a harmonious and sustainable means of fostering relationships among all forms of life while promoting aesthetic appeal.

EDUCATION

Nov 2020 - Dec 2022 MA in Landscape Architecture | University of Sheffield , United Kingdom

Sep 2014 - Jun 2019 BA in Landscape Architecture | Tunghai University , Taiwan

WORK EXPERIENCE

Part-time | May 2019 MAYU architects, Taiwan

- Detail model making for a hospital park government competition

Jul - Sep 2017 Internship | Yuanpuu Landscape Engineering Co., Taiwan

- Participate in post-design phase of the 2018 World Flora Expo

- Site survey for redesign of a recreational woodland park

- Site analysis and pre-design phase concept development

HONOUR & AWARDS

2017 3rd Place | Tunghai University and National Chiayi University combined final critique

- Regional planning strategy and landscape design of a declining fishing port

Finalist | 2016 IFLA Taiwan and Taiwan Institute of Landscape Architects

- Landscape design for the renovation of a historical train station

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Volunteer | Mar 2021

Sheffield Botanical Garden, Sheffield, UK

- Vegetation clearance for new planting design

INFO

Nationality | Taiwanese

Date of Birth | 22 MAR 1996

Phone | +44 7 9010 76274

E-mail | jessica.landscape2020@gmail.com

Visa Status | 2 years graduate visa

Language | Mandarin - native / English - fluent

Jun 2021

Volunteer | Ash Tree Yard, Sheffield, UK

- Planting the front garden for the bike shop

May - Jul 2019 Design Exhibition Organiser of the Landscape Dept., Tunghai University

Jul - Sep 2017

Jul - Sep 2017

SKILL

Group Leader | Photographer |

2nd year Design Studio, Tunghai University

Landscape Architecture Student Association, Tunghai University

Illustrator Sketchup Office Suite AutoCAD Lumion

Photoshop

InDesign Rhino

Lightroom

ArcGIS

The Middlewood Park

Woodland Design and Management

Academic | Graduation Project, Nov-2021- May 2022 Location Manchester, UK

The project aims to establish a sustainable urban woodland for escaping city life and reconnecting with nature. With an exciting woodland in the urban fabric that provides a sense of escape for busy urbanites from the hustles of city life. The park offers a higher quality of “close-to-nature experience” by featuring various types of woodland and aims to enhance the biodiversity in the urban area.

-Research & AnalysisTo Bolton

City Centre of Salford Important historical featureCathedral Church of St. John

To Manchester To Liverpool

New Residential Flats Railway Viaduct The site is sorely isolated from both city centres by the viaduct which is 8m height difference.

Isolated/ Unwelcome/ Deserted Near city centre/ New mixed used housing

Limited access of quality green space in high density area

U rban W oodland P ark

Connect with Nature Increase Biodiversity

Climate

Change

HampsonSt.

-Design & Management-

Summer Winter

woodland path wet woodland edge woodland core woodland core glade main path edge edge edge path

-Woodland Management-

Winter

FEATURES

Deceduious tree structure Evergreens

MANAGEMENT

Perennials cut back Coppicing Tree felling

Summer

FEATURE

Spring

FEATURES

Spring bulbs Cherry blossom

MANAGEMENT

Vegetation & Species survey

Autumn

FEATURES

Wild flower Paddling boat

MANAGEMENT

Planning winter work

Fruit harvest Autumn colour

MANAGEMENT

Plant new vegetation Pond clearance

-Design Process Sketches-

To-Gather

Academic | Urban Design Project, Nov 2021- Dec 2021

Collaborate Charlotte Cheuk In Lau, Kam Tin Tong Location | Kelham Island, Sheffield

This project aims to improve pedestrian accessibility, vary spatial functions, and enhance socialisation. By blurring the boundaries between “purposeful necessary activities” using the transitional edges to establish an active living-working space. And create vary functional micro-evironment to embrace all kinds of different needs.

-Research & Analysis-

-Design Strategy-

Transitional edges is a conceptual framework that conceptualise urban street edges as integrations of their social, spatial and material dimensions. Using these three aspects to analyse the street scape and the relationship between the buildings and the people to decide the spatial form and functions in the design phase.

1. Strentghen pedestrian flow in car dominated street scape.

2. Create stopping point to encourage social convention.

-Model Development-

Spatial functions of indoor, outdoor areas, and transitional edges.

Proposed plan based on user requirements and the three element of the

-Street Scape Design-

This is the entrance of the high street. With an additional building connecting the existing balcony, to create a spatial sequence from private to public. The archway provides a focus vision of the riverside on the ground floor, intended to draw attention and encourage the movement down to the river edge.

Circle of Life

Sustainable Daily Life and abundant Wildlife

Academic | Planning/Design Project, Feb 2021- May 2021

Collaborate Tianfeng Zhu, Yuwei Zhang Location | Sheffield, UK

The vision of “Circle of Life” is to strenghten the green link, restore River Sheaf, and improve community connection. The 2 goals of the planninng stage are: 1) Increase the woodland coveage by 15% in the catchment area to restore habitats and improve flood defence; II) Introduce new housing style that provides 5000 new homes. The design stage promote a walkable city with an intensive urban treescape in the site of Heeley Station.

-Research & Analysis-

Flood

convert

-Planning Strategy-

The project “Circle of Life” aims to bring healthier, more convenient daily life, and abundant, biodiversity wildlife to the residents of the catchment of River Sheaf. By inserting different scale of green infrastructure connecting the green mosaic in the catchment area helps ease many environmental issues (e.g. floods and air pollution). Green infrastructures such as parks, private gardens, street trees, public open green space, green roof and living walls are the green fingers stretch in the developed area to establish better interactions between people and nature.

The River Sheaf is where Sheffield city got its name from. Opening up some of the river bank for more public green spaces and make the river more approachable for people. On the other hand, introduce woodlands alongside the river to support the flood defence and as ecological stepping-stone systems for wildlife habitats.

The current housing style and dwelling density patten in the catchment area is mostly base on land price and the distance from Sheffield city centre. The age of the population increases as going upstream of the Rive Sheaf. “Circle of Life” promotes mixed housing type communities in new development areas, introducing people from different ages living together to form healthier and more supportive community.

The Enjoyment Park

-redesign of Crookes Valley Park

Academic | Park Design Project, Oct 2020 - Dec 2020 Location | Sheffield, UK

The Crookes Valley Park has an exciting character, with its intense level change, great seasonal interest, and a pool in the middle. This project focus on smoothing the level difference to create the detail design of a playground that encourages natural play style.

BB’ section Playground

CC’ section The Lawn

Wetland Ecosystem Stepping-stone Design

Academic | Graduation Design Project, Sep 2017- May 2018

Team Member | Tien-Hsin Sung, Chew-Chieh Goey Location | Kaohsiung, Taiwan

This project aims to create a similar wetland habitat between the two existed wetlands but with a different character. By restoring and creating new habitat between existing ones, it connects the many wetlands and green lands in the city, forming a stronger ecological corridor/web for species migration and habitat restoration.

-Research Area Analysis-

The urban sprawl result in fragementation of the habitat, causing gradual migration and extinction. From the perspective of spe cies conservation, we intend to establish ecological corridors for animals in the most developed areas, in order to connect the broken habitats in the city. In addition, to provide habitats for migration, foraging, courtship and gene flow opportunities. Furthermore, the ecological co rridors also filter pollutants, prevent soil erosion, and regulate floods. They are important green infrastructures among the highly developed citi es. We expected that in places where humans are densely populated, it is also possible to preserve a place where animals rest and live. Even mo re it can enhance residents’ knowledge of ecological conservation.

Natural wetland habitat Wetland habitat in urban area

Future vision of urban habitat Zuoying

-Vision & Concept-

The project aims to create a wetland habitat/ park for people and local endangered water fowls ( Hydrophasianus chirurgus ) that serves as a stepping-stone system connecting near by wetlands and green spaces in the city.

Pedestrian Circulation

Service Circulation

Night-time Route

Research Route

Access Control Gate

General Water Stage (0.5-1.5m)

Highest Water Stage (1.5~2.5m)

Habitat Area

Water Purification Area

Education & Management Area

The water comes from Lianchihtan, through the filtration and purification of water from the grassy marsh and swamp in the Water Purification Area, the clean water is discharged into the shallow pool and deep pool in the Habitat Area. At last, the water is discharged into Lianchihtan from the lowest southwest corner of the site. According to the Wetland Conservation Law, the site is divided into maintenance management area, environmental education area, and conservation area. The research routes are arranged in the site to provide researchers to conduct monitoring and investigation of the wetland environment. To avoid disturbing the biologcal clock of the creature at night, people can only use the nighttime route after 18:00 to separate the human activities from the habitat.

Grassy Marsh Swamp

Shallow Pool

Deep pool

Eco Pond

Parking Lots

Lianchihtan Scenic Station

Grassy Marsh Shallow

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Tree/ Shrub Layer

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam

Barringtonia racemosa

Bidens pilosa var. radiata

Canna indica Linn

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell.-Arg.

Musa × paradisiaca

Salix warburgii

Samanea saman Merr.

Swietenia macrophylla

Ground Layer

Alisma canaliculatum

Alternanthera paronychioides St. Hil.

Ardisia crenata Sims

Bischofia javanica Bl.

Eleocharis dulcis

Euryale ferox Salisb

Echinodorus cordifolius

Hedychium coronarium

Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb.

Hygrophila pogonocalyx Hayata

Hygrophila salicifolia (Vahl) Nees

Ipomoea aquatica Forsk.

Leersia hexandra Swartz

Ludwigia octovalvis

Ludwigia × taiwanensis Peng

Murdannia keisak

Nelumbo nucifera

Nuphar japonicum

Nymphoides indica

Paederia foetida L.

Panicum paludosum

Paspalum conjugatum Bergius

Paspalum vaginatum Sw.

Passiflora foetida L.

Phragmites australis

Polygonum glabrum

Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

Thalia dealbata

Tradescantia pallida

Zantedeschia aethiopica

Remaining some of the original plants from the site including, Samanea saman, Swietenia macrophylla, Lagerstroemia speciosa, and Macaranga tanarius, to create a similar natural environment, and adding plant species mixes origin from Jhouzai wetland and Banping Lake wetland.

Scenery Tower

Underwater Observation House

Ornamental ponds

Bird Watching House

AA’ Eco pond section

BB’ Bird watching house section

Undercover in Nature

Competition TerraViva Competitions, 2022

Collaborate | Charlotte Cheuk In Lau Location | Province of Brescia, Italy

Our approach redefines the relationship among natural environment, architectural forms and human being. Linkage between wildlife animals and people is established through the micro-architecture. People act as passer-by while local habitat animals are the main target user group.

The pavilions are designed to blend into the context of the existing wetland and the woodlands, to minimise disturbance of the habitat. The pavilions provide an opportunity for people to experience and observe the fauna in a different aspect.

The Reed House

The Floating Wetland

FUTURE

The elevated railway brings a strong impact on the Taichung main station. Due to the overheadsation, the underneath space had been given back to the people.

PRESENT

Owing to the rapid urban extension, the population of the old city decrease

New from the Past

Award | Finalist, 2016

IFLA & Taiwan Institute of Landscape Architects Student Awards

Collaborate | Yu-Ling Huang

Location | Taichung, Taiwan

Through this station renewal design project, it will inject new energy into the old city centre of Taichung. This project aims to bridge the gap between and reconnect the old and new city centres. The level differences represent the past, present and the future of the city. The new Taichung Station not only carries the memory of the past, the connection and interaction between people in the present, but also looks forward to the future.

With the railway, Taichung city stretched out and prospered. There are many historical buildings were built during the Japanese colonial period,