Wess Diptee: Landscape Design Work Samples 2014 - 2020

Wess Diptee 2014 Landscape Design Work Samples

2020

Wess Diptee Landscape Designer

Design-Work Experience 2019 - 2020

AECOM - San Francisco, CA, USA Landscape Designer Office Health Safety & Environment Manager Lima Airport Masterplan - Lima, Peru Designer - Landscape masterplan concept + design guidelines for Lima Airport expansion 2040

Design-Teaching Experience 2019 - present

Course: Digital Presentation Techniques (Architecture & Interior Design) 2012 - 2013

Euro Financial Center development - Hangzhou, China Deputy landscape project manager - EFC Central Park + Mixed-use office and residential plazas Web link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYcO-30DmI

Contact Info

2014 - 2018

786.853.1776

Course: Digital Modeling & Technologies in Architecture

Bay Area Rapid Transit Operations Facility - Oakland, CA, USA Designer - Landscape and Architecture design for new building and existing, under-utilized community plaza

Education 2010 - 2014

Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant - San Francisco, CA, USA Designer - Design guidelines for campus vision for future upgrades and expansion of San Francisoc Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Media Web Link: https://bit.ly/2W4ZFAm

Email:

WessArc@gmail.com

LinkedIn:

Santa Clara County Jail - Santa Clara, CA, USA Landscape Revit manager, designer and coordinator between landscape and architecture teams.

https://bit.ly/2IFo6MZ

Digital Portfolios:

Kings Arena - Sacramento, CA, USA Designer - Integrated landscape design for world's 1st LEED Platinum arena.

Media Web Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EaBazAF7Ao

Work Samples: www.xxxxxxxxxx Landscape Portfolio: www.xxxxxxxxxx Graduate Portfolio: https://bit.ly/2WyxfvC

2018 - 2019

Conceptual Modeling:

AECOM - Melbourne, VIC, Australia Landscape Architect - International office transfer LXRA - Level Crossing Removal Authority Landscape and Urban Design Framework for community development centered around the removal of 75 level crossing intersections of trains, roadways and footpaths.

Web Link: https://bit.ly/3fkhKCa

Rhino Digital Rendering: Adobe Ps Lumion Vray

Wyndham Park - Werribee, VIC, Australia Landscape designer- coordinated with multiple disciplines to create visual concepts for the park, the lighting concepts and the bespoke furniture throughout the park.

Web Link: https://bit.ly/2W4kz2L

Design Documentation: Adobe Ai Adobe iD

Summer 2011

Auto CAD Revit

ASPECT Studios - Sydney, NSW, Australia Landscape Intern - Barangaroo waterfront redevelopment.

Paris American Academy

Landscape Summer Study Abroad 2004 - 2009

Florida International University Bachelor of Arts in Architecture

Accolades & Affiliations 2012 - 2014

Diverse Design Member and feature speaker for documentary

2010 - 2014

Dean Diversity Scholarship Award winner

2007 - 2009

Alpha Rho Chi "Worthy Architect" (President) of Architecture Fraternity

2012 - 2013

Wharton Crew (rowing team)

IGR (International Gay Rugby) Member: Melbourne Chargers RFC (Australia) San Francisco Fog RFC

2018 - 2019 2014 - 2018

2014

University of Pennsylvania

Master of Architecture Master of Landscape Architecture Certificate of Ecology in Architecture

SketchUp

Construction Documentation:

Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA, USA Adjunct Faculty

RBD 100 Resilient Cities: Schools Project - Cali, Colombia Designer - Design guidelines and prototype design for low budget resilient schools Web-link 01: https://bit.ly/2A6whkN Web-link 02: https://bit.ly/2L4fcKg

Phone:

Technical Skills

UC Berkeley Extension - San Francisco, USA Instructor

Transportation + Aviation + Cultural Lima International Airport Expansion Level-Crossing Removal Project Bay Area Rapid Transit Plaza

Corporate + Mixed-Use Euro-America Financial City (EFC) EFC2 AECOM Denver HQ

Civic + Educational + Justice 100 RC - Schools for Resilience Golden One Center Santa Clara County Jail

Environment + Open Space Wyndham Park SF-PUC Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant RBD New Meadowlands SF-PUC Neighborhood Flood Resiliency Strategies

Lima International Airport Expansion Lima, Peru.

AECOM was tasked with creating the Masterplan and phased design concept for Lima’s International Airport expansion set to be completed by 2051. The winning concept utilizes Lima’s history of woven patterns to weave differentiated pedestrian zones in the public spaces that correspond to the intended speed of pedestrian traffic.

In 2024, the new airport passenger terminal will begin operations. Between the years 2024 and 2028, there will be new office buildings and the addition of parking lots for

short and long-term users, following the LAP guidelines. The construction of the terminal People Moving System, (PMS) will connect with the metro system of the city of Lima in the year 2030. By 2051 the commercial developments will complete the offer of services of the airport city and include the Educational District and the Urban District.

As part of a 5 person landscape team, I was responsible for designing several sectional vignettes as well as the detail paving iterations that reflect the integrated weaving concept.

Please follow these links for more information on the project.

Project background info: https://bit.ly/30Ckfus Press release: https://bit.ly/37krw3J “Fast Facts”: https://www.nuevojorgechavez.com/datos-clavesen

Design Sample:

Aviation + Civic + Cultural

Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) Victoria, Australia.

A level-crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road or path at the same level. In most Australian urban and suburban centers, where level crossings exist, it creates hazardous conditions for cyclists, pedestrians and vehicular traffic, while also disrupting traffic flows, causing congestion.

As such, the government of Victoria has prioritized 75 specific sites on the outskirts of Melbourne for level crossing removal.

Although it might seem like a small task, the alternative to level-crossings requires separating the elevations at which these networks cross, i.e. elevating or lowering the

rail, elevating or lowering the road, or some combination of both. This triggers multidisciplinary urban design framework, accompanied by local, site-specific design guidelines to explore which option has the biggest benefit and smallest negative impact on the community. AECOM together with GHD, were tasked with assessing each location and creating site-specific urban-design guidelines.

As part of an inter-office, multidisciplinary team of 8, including urban designers, landscape architects and city planners, my role involved surveying 6 separate sites, assisting in the assessments and designing guideline documents for each of those sites to go through the community approval process.

Please follow these links for more information on the project.

Overall Design Framework: https://bit.ly/30CBz2z Toorak Road Project: https://bit.ly/3f75l3I

Design Sample:

Transportation + Civic + Cultural

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Plaza & TOF Oakland, California, USA.

The overall vision for the Lake Merritt BART Station Plaza is to create a vibrant urban center that enriches the City of Oakland and is a source of community pride. The landscape basis of design provides a plan for a transition from the current design team to AECOM to capitalize on the work to date and advance the design.

The end goal is for the plaza and Traffic Operations Facility (TOF) building to relate to one another to create a cohesive design that is inviting, safe, and functional during the day-today and during larger events. Many of the elements in the

current plaza plan are supported by BART and key stakeholders such as a central event space, game area, shade canopy, and bike facilities, and AECOM seeks to advance the design of these elements moving forward. A number of additional design elements will also need to be considered to deliver a successful design, and this includes a grading study, green infrastructure strategy, planting strategy, and lighting and security studies.

My role was to support both the architecture and landscape architecture teams. Under guidance from the architects I helped develop and test several early facade concepts and create illustrative renderings. At the same time I worked with the landscape team (of 3 designers), creating diagrams, physical study models and documenting plaza studies.

Please follow these links for more information on the project.

Project updates: https://www.bart.gov/about/planning/lakemerritt Presentation: https://bit.ly/3fdjX1q

Design Sample:

Transportation + Civic + Cultural

Euro America Financial City (EFC) Hangzhou, China.

The Euro America Financial City is a new office-led development located in the Central Business District of the Future Technology City (FTC) in Hangzhou. The distinctive twin towers form a new gateway to the district, situated close to the Central Park Station on the proposed Metro Line 5 connecting the EFC to the rest of Hangzhou. To the south of the site is the Xixi National Wetland Park Extension, expanding the rich network of landscaped canals into the heart of the district. The unique combination of offices, hotels, serviced apartments, retail, leisure and residences

creates a diverse experience for everyone.

As part of a 5 person landscape team, my role on this project was to design the construction details for the custom At the heart of the development is a new park that acts as the furniture, water features, paving elements and designing the gateway to the development from the underground metro Metro entrance canopy. rail. The park design weaves bands that tie together vertical geometry of the architecture, while creating distinct zones for Please follow these links for more information on the project. public recreation. The bands also become custom furniture, Marketing animation: https://bit.ly/3dYXAML water features and accommodate grade changes.

Architecture background: https://bit.ly/2C58oex

Design Sample:

Corporate + Mixed-Use

Euro America Financial City 2 (EFC2) Hangzhou, China.

In the neighboring mega-blocks immediately North of the initial Euro America Financial City development in Hangzhou, is the EFC2 development. EFC2 consists of a mixed-use residential tower occupying one corner, a tech-office tower at the opposite corner and a diagonal axis that creates a plaza between the two.

A green corridor park space occupies the east portion of the site and connects to the EFC Park to the south. The diagonal promenade that divides the site is designed to be a major pedestrian thoroughfare with flexible spaces for pop-up markets and night events that spill out from the central plaza.

As the deputy project manager and the only full-time designer (of a four person team) working on the project, my responsibilities were wide-ranging, from Schematic Design through to the Design Development phase. I coordinated design iterations with the project architects (NBBJ), managed certain aspects of the project budget and schedule, and handled communications from the client team in China.

Design Sample:

Corporate + Mixed-Use

AECOM Denver Headquarters Denver, Colorado, USA.

AECOM Denver office relocation required the redesign of an existing corporate space near downtown Denver.

The challenge involved updating the dated, heavilypaved corporate entry and internal courtyard with a more contemporary, welcoming arrival and internal gathering space with seating areas and lush planting and unique decking design. The limited budget also needed to accommodate a new jogging path and outdoor fitness area and landscape and irrigation improvements.

By conceptualizing the new design as a process of selective demolition, reuse and retrofitting of specific areas, the design team was able to deliver high impact design at low cost. For the internal Courtyard, new decking covered the cracking concrete tiles, with integrated edge seating and planters around existing trees. At the Arrival Court, chunks of the paved area were removed to create new pockets for seating and planting ares.

My role on the 4-person landscape team revolved around the design development and construction documentation of the Courtyard and Arrival Court area. I assisted in specifying fitness equipment along the new jogging path, rendering design options and documenting decking details.

Preexisting condition before design

Design Sample:

Corporate

100 Resilient Cities, Schools for Resilience Cali, Colombia.

This pilot project is part of the 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation - to support the city of Cali’s efforts to develop a replicable process for the design and construction of new public school infrastructure. Driving the design is the idea that lasting city-wide resilience can come from sustainable practices, stating with sustainable schools that will also function as community hubs and safe spaces to become the changecatalyst for each neighborhood.

Some of the sustainable features include preserving as

many healthy existing trees on site as possible while constructing the new additions to the school, reuse of lumber and bricks from demolition, natural light and ventilation, roof-terrace vegetable garden and compost loop cycles, and flexible spaces that spill out to facilitate indoor/ outdoor learning and community-based events.

As part of a four person landscape team, I was responsible for much of the 3 week production effort to create 3d and 2d diagrammatic visualizations to clearly explain the sustainable design concepts for the design guidelines so that the process could be easily repeated for the other schools in the region.

Please follow these links for more information on the project.

100RC Background: https://bit.ly/37nkWt0 100RC-Cali-Schools-Report PDF: https://bit.ly/3fh8n5m

Design Sample:

Civic + Educational

Golden One Center

Sacramento, California, USA. AECOM provided architecture, landscape and engineering services for the 675,000 sf Golden 1 Center, the world’s first LEED Platinum arena. Designed for the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings, this multi-purpose event venue redevelops and frames the future of the downtown area through its iconic design and operation.

The arena’s design is uniquely Sacramento in how it implements indoor/outdoor spaces, enables public engagement through an event plaza, and creates a home court advantage through a unique seating bowl geometry. The venue is innovative and technicallyadvanced, allowing users to be constantly “plugged in” and interactive with the arena. Construction began October 29, 2014 and the stadium opened on September 30, 2016.

I was personally responsible for producing construction drawings for the raised bosque, which is a small portion of the overall site design. I redeveloped the concept-level design for the bosque from solid, continuous walls on the perimeter, to modular precast concrete components, as well as creating coordinating prototypes with the concrete consultants.

Please follow these links for more information: Project background: https://bit.ly/2MUtEWs Project fact sheet: https://bit.ly/2MM0TLl

Design Sample:

Civic + Recreational + Sports

Santa Clara County Jail (SCCJ) Santa Clara, California, USA.

As an addition to the existing SCC Justice Campus, The Santa Clara County Main Jail East (SCC MJE) was designed as a progressive re-imagining of what a contemporary rehabilitation facility for inmates can look like with increased natural light and recreational spaces, while meeting security requirements.

The streetscape design provides opportunity for programmed outdoor space to engage staff and community and was redesigned to reveal a more open and usable environment.

Concrete planters and landforms are designed to reflect the My role was the deputy project manager and the BIM (Revit) angled geometry of the architectural facade. design manager for the 2-person landscape team. This required intense coordination with the architecture team Amenities include shaded access to the existing main jail leading the design of the new building addition. entry. The streetscape was designed to be consistent with the SCC Civic Center Campus Master Plan. All Landscape Please follow these links for more information on the project. elements encourage daily use and enhance the existing SCC Project background: https://bit.ly/3cXBFVd Justice Campus as well as future expansion.

Project Updates: https://bit.ly/2MUIv2U

Design Sample:

Justice + Civic

Wyndham Park

Werribee, Victoria, Australia.

Located on the banks of the Werribee River, Werribee City Centre has unique natural assets, which set it apart from other activity centres in the West.

Wyndham Park was an AUD $13 million Wyndham City project. The redevelopment of the park kicked off in November 2018, to transform the park into a recreation and events space of regional significance.

The design concept involved took its inspiration from the river, with paths and paving patterns that would flow around vertical play elements like the multistory slide in the “adventure play” area, and the “nature play” area, due to its low elevation and proximity to the river, was designed with specific elements to accommodate flooding.

As part of a six-person, multidisciplinary design team, I was responsible for designing the family of bespoke furniture used throughout the park, translating the river concept into concrete-patterning, rendering the concept plan and lighting scheme, and assisting in the grading and construction drawings.

Please follow these links for more information on the project.

Project background: https://bit.ly/3e1I6aY Detailed plan and description: https://bit.ly/2AiaXta Project photos: https://bit.ly/3d01QKG

Design Sample:

Open Space + Recreational

SE. Wastewater Treatment Plant (SEP) San Francisco, California, USA. The SFPUC has embarked on a 20-year SSIP for the City of San Francisco’s combined sewer system. AECOM has been tasked to develop six green infrastructure early implementation projects with a budget of $47M to reduce combined sewer discharges and flooding.

The City of San Francisco recognizes that in addition to improving the sewer system, green infrastructure enhances recreational areas, beautifies streets, improves pedestrian conditions, and can create a more livable habitat for San Francisco birds, native plants, and residents. These early implementation projects include public outreach and environmental

permitting specific to localized hydrological performance and maintenance requirements.

As part of the 3 person landscape team, I was mostly responsible for all graphics and documentation, but also actively involved in community outreach meetings as well as presentations with the management of the SF-PUC. Please follow these links for more information: Design overview: https://bit.ly/37o4yZr Project background: https://bit.ly/3heZ1ZF

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The planned technological improvements to the SEP led by the SSIP offer opportunities to reimagine the SEP in its urban context and relation to the City, and to reenergize existing partnerships with the community.

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Environmental + Civic + Industrial

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Design Sample:

CLEAN WATER

60 million gallons per day

Rebuild By Design - New Meadowlands Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA.

As part of a one week office transfer to assist AECOM’s New York landscape studio, I was tasked with illustrating the various flood resiliency strategies for use in community outreach meetings. Using existing renderings, I was able to create illustrative sections to highlight technical and infrastructural features that would otherwise only exist in the technical details.

Please follow these links for more information: Project background: https://bit.ly/3fcSDAa

Environmental + Civic + Industrial

The New Meadowlands proposal focuses on flood risk reduction projects in Bergen County in the towns of Little Ferry and Moonachie, which experienced the most damage during Sandy but encompasses a total of five municipalities.

Design Sample:

AECOM, working with some members of the original team and local stakeholders, had to completely rethink the existing Meadowlands proposal for Rebuild By Design. Instead of a stunning natural environment ringed by berms and dense, skillfully planned new development, the New Meadowlands would be a lot like the Old Meadowlands, but with green slivers of flood mitigation infrastructure interspersed throughout the hodgepodge of residential, commercial, and industrial development that had been built atop marshes and flood plains.

PUC - Neighborhood Flood Resiliency Strategies San Francisco, California, USA.

Working with urban designers, I was responsible for creating and coordinating graphic illustrations and documentation that feature flood-proofing strategies suitable for particular neighborhood situations.

Environmental + Civic + Residential

Please follow these links for more information: Project background: https://bit.ly/3hfjVb8 Project strategies: https://bit.ly/3hq1wZk

Design Sample:

As part of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SF-PUC) State Improvement Plan, AECOM has been conducting urban watershed assessment studies for San Francisco neighborhoods that are currently prone to flooding. This flood resiliency effort seeks to analyze specific neighborhood conditions and provide case-specific solutions that can be implemented by home-owners to better protect their homes.