Tien-Hsin Sung Landscape Architecture Portfolio 2014-2018

TIEN HSIN SUNG

F. 4, No. 4, Minghua Rd. Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan R.O.C., 80453

+886 929 337 887

skyheart0322@gmail.com

Nationality | Taiwanese

Date of Birth | 22 Mar 1996

Education

2014-2019

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Tunghai University, Taiwan

Academic Experience

2017-2018

Dept. of Landscape Architecture Graduation Design Exhibition

Arranged Activities, including inviting speakers and manpower assignment

Apr 2017

Fieldtrip to Sun-moon Lake Area

Investigating tourism trends of Sun-moon Lake Area by designing questionnaires

Software | AutoCAD, Sketchup, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, ArcGIS

Language | Chinese-Native, Taiwanese-Conversational, English-Fluent, French-Beginner

Jun 2016

Reconstruction of the Waterfront by EADG Summer

Analyzed hydrology design methods and designed the waterfront of Shenzhen for practice

Dec 2015 Group Leader, Tunghai University Second Campus Dormitory Landscape Group leading of second-year design studio

Feb 2015 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Installation Design

As a landscape architecture student, I have been learning from practicing various scale projects. As the scale enlarged, I have encountered more complex issues in the natural and man-made land, which makes me eager to study more design approaches to gain comprehensive perspectives to face di erent environmental conditions.

I believe landscape architecture is a specialty that deals with the balance between civilization development and the natural environment. So, I chose the Stepping Stone System in the Urban Area as the topic of my graduation project, which I regard as a practice of my hypothetical graduation thesis topic. In the urban area, green lands are mostly designed without considering the living habits of the whole nature, and it is harder for the citizens to connect with nature than those living in the countryside. Therefore, I am keen to nd the balance between the built-up area and natural conserved lands.

After taking landscape architecture training, I started to consider what is suitable for people’s living environment. Under the circumstances of global warming and climate change, I believe that it is important to care for the environment while developing. Thus, I want to learn more design methods to confront the environmental situation we are facing nowadays, to build a better and more eco-friendly living environment for both people and nature. want to learn more about LID principles and tra c calming zone used in urban design during my future years as postgraduate, it leads to another hypothetical topic of my thesis project– Pedestrian and Eco-Friendly Street System.

The main reason why I would like to pursue my further education in Landscape Architecture is that my previous education at Tunghai University was mostly focusing on design. This motivates me to seek opportunities to be able to practice the design and planning on a real site. Being able to nd solutions to environmental and social issues nowadays is a life-long goal of mine.

Participated in course of Tunghai University interdisciplinary study

Nov 2014 Christmas Decorating Exhibition ‘The Christmas Sound of Home’

Practiced of bamboo construction and design

Work Experience

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

Project: 2018 Taichung World Flora Exposition

Duties: planting investigation, case study, logo design, presentation making

Awards

2017 3rd Place, Tunghai University and National Chiayi University combined nal critique

2016 Finalist, IFLA Taiwan and Taiwan Institute of Landscape Architects Student Awards

Extracurricular Activities

2017-2018 Director of Activity, 33th THULA Graduation Design Exhibition Organizing Committee

2016-2017 Photographer, Landscape Architecture Student Association, Tunghai University

Nov 2016 Photographer/ Team Leader, Landscape Architecture Camp, Tunghai University

Jun 2016 Photographer, Open Campus

Jul-Aug 2016 Photographer, Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Interview Student Association Sta

Landform

landform exploration and land levelling practice

Academic |

Individual, 1rd year studio, Supervisor | Yi ChihChung, ycc@thu.edu.tw

Location | Hypothetical Project

Publish Date | Mar 2015

This is a hypothetical project, the main purpose of this project is to use the modeling clay to build a landform out of natural forms and do the land leveling after. I choose the natural form of a standing amingo as the concept of my modeling clay landform. I use her body as a hill and the gaps between her neck as valleys, which represent the real landform before development. After the land leveling, the site is planned as a park. There must be trees and a wall in the project as the restriction of the project. I arrange a tree on the top of the hill as it is the highest point in the park, and another as the guidance of the exit. Last but not least, the third tree is the block of a dead-end corner. There is a wall insert in the landform as the sight block of the play pool to create a rather private space.

preserve the curve feature of the original terrain

enhance the shape of the peak and the sunken area

balance digging and lling, smoothen the surface

Original Landform Contour (before)

enhance the height of the peak block the end corner of the wall and the hill

vision guidance of the exit

The wall provides a visually private space for the children's play pool. The pond is corresponding with the children’s play pool in the spatial feeling of open and private. The sigvht is blocked by the hill, which makes the vision focus on the pond.

Section and Tra c Route

From the amingo's curvy body, create smooth tra c routes.

Inspired by the curvy body of a amingo

The Park

neighborhood park renewal landscape design

Academic | Individual, 2rd year studio

Supervisor | Tsai Su Mei

Location | Dadun Park, Taichung City, Taiwan

Publish Date | Sep 2015

Dadun Park is located in a mixed residential area, it should have many visitors yet its messy plants and unful llable facility bring down the visiting rate. The main purpose of this case is to understand the need of the users and come up with better landscape design plan as the solution. I rearrange the green part and the tra c ow of the park to make it clearer on sight and safer for visitors who bring children with them. On the other hand, new facilities are added to ful ll visitors’ needs such as a playground, restroom, and trellis. I also designed a eld for unde ned activities for users to nd out what they can to in the park.

-Existing Problems-

All Gender Restroom

Shady Space for elder visitors to rest and chat

Square

high usage rate of the elders doing excerise

Curve Bench

parents can watch their children from distance

Playgroung for children

Grass Field can conduct diverse activities

Main Entrance narrowed the path and used curves instead

-Site Analysis-

AS WE

school dormitory renewal landscape design

Academic | Team Leader, 2nd year studio, Dec 2015

Team Member | Huang Yu Ling, Cho Hung Che, Wu Tsung En, Liu Shi Hui, Chen Yu Ting

Chung Ying Wei, Yu Ya Chun, Heng Hui Zhen, Huang Ching Han, Chiang Kuo Yu, Luan Yung Wei

Supervisor | Su Hung

Location | Tunghai 2nd Campus, Taichung City, Taiwan

Contribution | Main Concept, Section Concept, Model

Publish Date | Sep 2017- May 2018

The dormitory of Tunghai University’s Second Campus is the life centre of the student on the second campus, but it is often deserted around the dormitory area. The existing facilities and design cannot provide students with a comfortable and convenient living circle. Through an in-depth investigation of students' habits of using the space around the dormitory, my team came up with improvement plans for di erent areas of the second campus dorm. I divided our team into four groups, each of them is assigned with an area using the four elements necessary for human survival, air, sunlight, earth, and water as the main design theme of the area. My group and I were responsible for the area around the female dormitory, and the element we used is Water, which represents the softness of the female’s heart.

-Concept-

We are all longing a place that is blessed and peace. So we put in Light, Earth, Air and Water the four elements of life to build our beautiful planet.

''The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.'' -Le Petit Prince

Sunlight

brings the brightness of day brings the energy of living brings the love and the passion of life

Water

Earth is the cradle of life when we roundabout and ripple on the water shall nd the soft trace of the wonderland

is the mother of the land is the place we stand and we curled in her arm this' where we needed to survive

Vegetation Cover

-Master Planis the necessity of life lissome, stretching freely as we shuttle through the air

Air

Every girl has a girly heart.

Water is the element we choose for girls dormitory. Because it represents the softness of girls. We use waves as curved lines and ripples as circles as the forms of the dormitary garden.

In the inner circle, we want to build a garden that provides cozy and comfy feeling just as home, so we use soft curved small hills as the obstruction of sight and the red brick wall as the connection of the rst campus girl's dormitory. The C-walls create a quiet private space in the opening garden for isolation. There is a curved path runs through the outer circle of the dorm with six ripples on it. Three of the ripples are placed on the curved path as the stationary points. And the six ripples are garden maze, pavilions and water fountains.

Air Entrance Square

Water Female Dormitory Inner Garden

Water Female Dormitory

Water Garden of Peace

Sunlight Male Dormitory and Outdoor Theather

Eather Student Activity Center

New from the Past

urban train station regeneration

-Site Analysis-

Academic | 3rd year studio

Award | 2016 Student Award (Finalist)

Team Member | Huang Yu Ling

Supervisor | Wu Pei Ling, peilingwu@thu.edu.tw

Location | Taichung Station, Taichung City, Taiwan

Contribution | Concept, Plan, Perspective, Diagram Produce

Publish Date | Oct 2016

Taichung station was the centre of Taichung city, where the urban sprawl started. Railways cut through the city then divided it as the front district and the back. The economy thrived in the front district while it seemed relatively backward in the rear side of the station. In the renovation of Taichung station, the railways and the station are elevated, in order to give the space back to citizens and dredge the gap between front and back district. In this historical tra c node, we decided to use its original underground tunnel (which was used as the connection between two platforms) to create a memory corridor. For this reason, people are expected to go through various space-time experiences.

Historical Buildings

Central district was the downtown area of Taichung city. When people left, historical buildings stays, which has made the important landmarks so popular nowadays, such as the rst CHB and the Asean Square.

Migration

Central district has the most serious out-migration problem then the other districts in Taichung city. Its population has decreased more than 15% since 2004.

Uneven Development

Central District is divided into two area by the railway. The tra c ow in the city is blocked. Hence, the fornt area and the back area was developed unevenly.

Future

The concept of ‘New from the Past’, is to create a vertical history line. The ground represents the Present, the elevated railwaymeans the Future, and the underground historic hallway implies the Past. Visitors are the emissary to weave these three coexist parallel timespace together. We learn wisdom from the track of the past. And now, we are going to leave something for the next generation to discover.

The fornt of the station is the dence area of commercial use whereas the back is used for residential area.

The elevated railway brings a strong impact on the Taichung main station. Due to the overhead zation, the space underneath has been given back to people for leisure activities and tra c.

Present

Owing to the rapid urban extension, the population of the old city decrease signi cantly. Central district is facing the fact of aging society.

Past

Taichung city was born with the railway, it stretched out and built a prosperity city. There are loads of historical buildings built during the Japanese colonial period, which has laid a good foundation for the present Taichung city.

Through the historical painting on the white ceramic tiles wall, it takes people back to the old days of Taichung main station.

Underground Tunnel Entrance

Through the old passways between platform one and two, then enter the old historical hallway.

The 'Past' part of our design is a hallway buried undersurface. The entrance of the tunnel is the old underground passway used to connect platform 1 and platform 2. The concept of this tunnel is to experience the changes through time. It's separated into three parts.

In the middle part of the tunnel, there is a glass dormer designed in a concept of the railway. As the light shine through, the shadow of the railway shows on the oor. When people are walking through the history tunnel this is a place the Present and the Past overlapped.

The tunnel's roof stretch out and framed the scenery of the elevated new Taichung station. It gives people a brand new outlook of the Future.

Stage One: Historical Feelings

Stage Two: Walking through Times

Stage Three: The Outlook

Sky Mirror

recreation shing port design

-Research Area Analysis-

Academic | Group Work, 3rd year studio

Team Member | Yeh Wei Chung

Supervisor | Li-Wen Li, liwenli@thu.edu.tw

Location | Dongshi Fishing Port, Chiayi Country, Taiwan

Contribution | Concept, Plan, Section, Diagram Produce

Publish Date | Mar 2017

Dongshi Fishing Port is located on the southwest coast of Taiwan, where many environmental problems exist. There are many aquaculture sheries in Dongshi Township. Excessive pumping of groundwater and land reclamations causes a severe land sinking problem, and oods occur frequently, which leads to a fragile ecosystem. The declining shing port has caused an economic recession for nearby residents. We plan to transform Dongshi Fishing Port into a recreational harbour. The long-term plan is to protect the fragile coastal ecology and enable the ecological and economic cycle to continue in this area.

-Planning-

Owing to the subsidence, seawater intrusion and the coast erode going into worse. We tend to restore the habitat of the west coast to protect the seashore ecosytem environment. By opening up the sea wall, letting the water ood the shores to create wetlands, in order to build a biodiversity coastal corridor.

Chiayi Country Dongshi Township

Site

Dongshi Township is located on the western coast of Jianan Plain. The coastline is about 14 km long. It’s an alluvial plain, with an area of about 82 square kilometers. There are 23 villages in the township, with a population of about 30,000.

-Site Analysis-

Serious Subsidence Area

The southwest coast has the most serious land sinking problem in Taiwan. Due to the prosperity of aquaculture, the factories require large quantities of water so they over pumped to meet their need.

Negative Groundwater Level

Dongshi Township’s groundwater level is -23.85m, lacking groundwater can cause subsidence and seawater intrusion, which leads to groundwater pollutions.

Coastline Ecosystem

There are many wetland ecosystems on the southwest coast, attracting birds. Dongshi Fishing Port and Aogu Wetland are the relay stations for migratory birds to forage, rest and nest.

Aogu Wetland has a variety of ecological environments and habitat types. Every year, many rare birds inhabit and breed. And by turning the sh farm into wetlands can ease the impact of land subsidence and seawater

There are buses travel between Chiayi City and Dongshi Fishing Port and highways connect to the downtown.

By reproducing several common space experiences of the southwest coast, allows vistitors to learn about the local cultures while enjoying the recreations, and also to understand the environmental issues encountered in the southwest coast.

There are many aquaculture sheries in Dongshi Township. Excessive pumping of groundwater and land reclamations causes a severe land sinking problem, and oods occur frequently, which leads to a fragile ecosystem.

Ecosystem Fragile Area

Floods (Major disaster in past)

There were oyster farms since Ming Zheng Dynasty. Local people engaged in aquaculture and shery because the land is too wet and salty for growing agricultural plants.

Oyster Farms

Fish Farms

Resource

Dongshi Fishing Port

Dongshi Township

-Concept- -Plant Arrangment-

Dongshi Fishing Port once prospered with oysters farms and shing. Now it has declined and turned into a tourist attraction. The land gradually becomes vulnerable, and does damage to the ecosystem, because of the shery industry. To solve the environmental problem here, the long-term plan is to open the embankment and no longer block the tides from ooding the coast, forming an intertidal zone or wetland system. In the medium-term plan, the port will be developed as shery tourism, to enable residents to have new sources of income to balance their work in shery. At the same time, ecological education will be provided, for visitors to have a learning environment for ecological conservation.

Sand Bank Plants

White Mangrove, Mangrove, Littoral Spikegrass

Estuary Plants

Cassytha, Lumnitzerav

Grass and Forb

Hairyfruit Netseedgrass, Wiregrass

Tall Grass

Wild Sugarcane, Cogongrass, Linden Hibiscus

Windbreak

Horsetail Tree, Sea Mango, Rose Natal Grass

Trees and Shrubs

The closure embankment can't provide ecologically diverse habitat and has a great possibility of causing seawater infusion and oods.

-Space Experience-

Open up the embankment in order to let the seawater enter, then submerge the low land area to become wetlands, to increase ecological diversity.

-Design Timeline-

Madagascar Almond, India Coral Tree, Poonga-oil Tree

Large Leaf Marking Nut, Indian Barringtonia, Melaleuca

Screw Pine, Taiwan Date Palm

Sand Bar

Wetland

The characteristics of the southwest coast are placed in the site to form the Space Experience in Yunjianan Area(Chiayi and Tainan area). The form of unique landscapes of southwestern Taiwan—salt elds, sand bars, and wetlands are used for designing the recreation space.

C Sky Gardan

A Sunset Corridor E Sea Restaurant

Field

B Angler Deck

Wetland

wetland ecosystem stepping stone design

Academic | Group Work, Graduation Project

Team Member | Goey Chew Chieh

Supervisor | Tang Chen Chen, archi.tang@msa.hinet.net

Location | Ertong Park, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Contribution | Concept, Plan, Diagram Produce, Planting Design

Publish Date | Sep 2017- May 2018

I grew up in the city. In the urban area, people usually get relatively fewer opportunities to visit nature. Hence, I have been obsessed with mankind and creatures living in a small distance but not being disturbed by each other. I think people who lived in the city shouldn’t give up the chance to enjoy Mother Nature and creatures shouldn’t lose their living right in their habitats. There are accounts of wetlands and green lands in Kaohsiung city. Using a stepping stone system to connect them can build a stronger ecological corridor. Then, creatures can migrate using the corridor between their main habitats and eco-friendly spaces in the city. With this method, more ecological communications are created, in order to strengthen the ecological chain.

-Research Area Analysis-

People overdevelop the environment and resources for living, the habitats are destroyed and the ecological diversity gradually disappears. The city continues to expand, cutting the habitats of animals into several pieces, causing gradual migration and extinction. From the perspective of protecting creatures, we hope to establish ecological corridors for animals in the most developed areas, to connect the broken habitats in the city. Also, to provide habitats for migration, foraging, courtship and gene ow opportunities. Furthermore, the ecological corridors also lter pollutants, prevent soil erosion, and regulate oods. They are important green infrastructures among the highly developed cities. We expected that in places where humans are densely populated, it is also possible to preserve a place where animals rest and live. Even more, it can enhance residents' knowledge of ecological conservation.

Zuoying

Jhouzai Wetland 1

Banping Lake Wetland 2

Neiweipi Wetland 3

Jongdu Wetland 4

Niaosong Wetland 5

Jiufanpi Wetland 6

Shezailinpi Wetland 7

Benhe Detention Pond 8

Lianchihtan 9

Cheng Ching Lake 10

Love River 11

Ban-Ping Mountain 12

Shoushan 13

National Wetland Local Wetland

Jhouzai Wetland 1

Nanzihsiian River Wetland 2

Daguei Lake Wetland 3

Yongan (Salt Pan) Wetland 4

Jiading Wetland 5

Wetland of the National Kaohsiung University 6

Yuanjhong Harbor Wetland 7

Banping Lake Wetland 8

Niaosong Wetland 9

Railway Bridge Marsh Park 10

Fongshan Reservoir Wetland 11

Linyuan Manmade Wetland 12

Gushan Niaosong

Nanzi

-Site Analysis-

Urban Area Habitats

Surroundings

The site is located in the southern corner of Banping Mountain, the northern side of Lianchihtan (Lake). There are transfer station and department store nearby.

-Topic and Strategy-

Railway Underground Project

The open space where railways used to be is planned as green land, it would become the corridor to connect Zuoying and Gushan area's creature habitats.

Understand the Importance of Wetland Eco-system

Guide Tour

Industrialization

Technological Progress

Envirnmental Education

Neighborhood Park

Wetland Extension & Creature Habitats

Habitat Destruction

Tra c There are expressway and HSR Zuoying Station (co-constructed with the MRT R16 Station and the Taiwan Railway), which makes it a tra c convenience spot.

Become a Eco-corridor

Wetland Rebuild

Ecology Corridor

Stepping Stone System

The surrounding area is mostly residential and few are commercial areas.

Scenic Area is a tourist attraction, and Ban-Ping Mountain belongs to Shoushan Natural Park.

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)

Area Concept

Habitat Area

Water Puri cation Area

Education & Management Area

Grassy Marsh Swamp

Shallow Pool

Deep pool

Eco Pond

Parking Lots

Lianchihtan Scenic Station

Hygrophila pogonocalyx Hayata

Hygrophila salicifolia (Vahl) Nees

Nuphar japonicum

Phragmites australis

Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb.

Echinodorus cordifolius

Alisma canaliculatum

Tradescantia pallida

Ludwigia octovalvis

Ludwigia × taiwanensis Peng

Ipomoea aquatica Forsk.

Nymphoides indica

Polygonum glabrum

Alternanthera paronychioides St. Hil.

Murdannia keisak

Eleocharis dulcis

Zantedeschia aethiopica

Thalia dealbata

Hedychium coronarium

Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

Paederia foetida L.

Passiflora foetida L.

Euryale ferox Salisb

Nelumbo nucifera

Leersia hexandra Swartz

Panicum paludosum

Paspalum conjugatum Bergius

Paspalum vaginatum Sw.

Bidens pilosa var. radiata

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Swietenia macrophylla

Samanea saman Merr.

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

Bischofia javanica Bl.

Aalix warburgii

Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell.-Arg.

Barringtonia racemosa .

Musa × paradisiaca

Canna indica Linn

Ardisia crenata Sims

Reserve some of the original plants of the site including, Rain Tree, Honduras Mahogany, Queen Crapemyrtle, and Macaranga. To create a similar natural environment, the plant species in Jhouzai Wetland and Banping Lake Wetland are referenced.

The water comes from Lianchihtan, through the grassy marsh and swamp in the Water Puri cation Area. Then discharged into the shallow pool and deep pool in the Habitat Area. At last, it goes back into Lianchihtan from the lowest southwest corner of the site.

According to the Wetland Conservation Law, the site is divided into three main areas, maintenance management area, environmental education area, and an ecological 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, people can only use the night-time route after 18:00 to separate the human activities from creatures' habitat.

Grassy

-Master Plan-

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell.-Arg.

Barringtonia racemosa

Ornamental ponds

Underwater observation house

Bird watching house

Aerial view tower

D

D’ Bird Watching House section

C C’ Eco Pond section