PORTOFOLIO
Landscape Architecture 2018
SONGYI ZHENG
Selected Works 2014 - 2017 Email:zhengsongyi1995@outlook.com Tel:+8613590017402
EDUCATION :
•Guangdong Ocean University, China Current Major: Landscape Architecture Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Sep. 2013-Jun.2018
RESUME
ACADEMIC RESEARCH :
•Tiaoshun Island Design Project Oct.-Dec.2016 The concept of ecological restoration was applied into the project, with the aim to turn the island into an ecological park. •Zhanjiang Scenic Area Planning Mar. 2017 Deliberately designed typical landscapes, such as the experimental water front landscape for the Nanbeiqiao River. •Old Street Renovation Mar.-Jun.2016 Designed a plan to protect valuable architecture, demolish not qualified ones,to take a balance between traditional features and modern street.
INTERNSHIP :
•Jingyifeng Landscaping Greening Engineering Co. Jul.-Oct., 2017 Assistant to Project Manager •Field Trip to Classical Gardens in Yangtzi River Delta Region Mar. 2017 Project Leader
LEADERSHIP:
•Tennis Club of Guangdong Ocean University President and Club Leader •Tennis Club of Guangdong Ocean University Vice President,Outstanding Contribution.
AWARDS
Sep. 2015-Sep. 2016 Sep. 2014-Sep. 2015
•First-Prize Winner of English Speech Competition May. 2015 Guangdong Ocean University •Second Prize Winner in National Competition For College Students China May, 2017 •Merit Student Guangdong Ocean University June. 2017, 2015 Guangdong Ocean University •Second Honor Roll Scholarship June. 2017, 2015 Guangdong Ocean University •Second prize of Female Single in Haida Cup Tennis Competition Guangdong Ocean University Nov.2015
SKILLS:
•Academic: S i t e A n a l y s i s , C a p a b l e of D e s i g n i n g Fa v o u r a b l e L a n d s c a p e , P ro j e c t Management,Think and Create in Three Dimension,Teamworking,Effective Communications •Pratical: Proficient:AutoCAD, Photoshop, Sketchup, Drawing and Sketching,Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator,Modelmaking,Microsoft Office Beginer:Vray for Sketchup,Lumion, Adobe After Effects,ArcGIS •Language: Chinese (Native) Cantonese(Native) Hakka(Native) English(Proficient)
CONTENT 01 Reactivate the Heart of Zhanjiang
Revitalism
Old street,Cultural characteristic,Revitalize
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Exploration on Waterfront Design Waterfront,Design pattern,Urban
03 The Resilient Ecology Edge Abandoned island,Ecology,Restoration
01 Reactivate the Heart of Zhanjiang • Project: Academic • Individual: Original idea built on teamwork,redesign by me. • Location: Zhanjiang,Guangdong,China • Size: 5.09 hm2 The development of abandoned district is not about forgetting the past,but reminding people the forgotten identification by emphasizing its historical elements in the landscape design.
Brief Introduction:
Zhanjiang is a tropical coastal city which rich in historical and cultural resources and customs. The planning site is located in an old district of Zhanjiang--Chikan. It was once a prosperous commercial area, but since Zhanjiang's economic center began to shift,the business here gradually decline and become an abandoned old neighborhood.The historical style is still relatively well preserved here.And these precious cultural heritages should not be forgotten and abandoned by youth.
Intention：
This project will design with local characteristics and history from culture, business, opera, characteristic facilities,this four aspects to enrich the design of venue.The site will develop into an lively area which could provide leisure and entertainment, historical sightseeing, interactive experience to visitors and local residents.
Medium:
AutoCAD,Photoshop,Adobe Illustrator,Adobe Indesign,Sketch Up,Vray for Sketch up
Research • Traffic
Bus Stop
Main Road Around The City
Design • Strategy
Site Location
Existing
Proposed
Building And Space
Research • Type of Business
Research • Type of Visitors
Concession Stand Grocery Store
The Elderly The Route of Visitors
Convinence Store Middle - aged Hardware Store Car Routine Visitors Routine Direction of Visitors
Children
Speciality Store
Traffic
Market Tourists
Research • Problem
Green Space Unorganised Signs
Research • Building Built between 1900~2000
Liveless
Economic Decline
Built from 2000 - present
+ Most well Preserved Second well Preserved Least Preservation
Research • History
1875 A long hisory with splendid culture
Exsisting Functions
+ Harmonious with Surroundings Unharmonious with Surroundings
Building Reconstruction Planning
= Business Residence Culture Service Restarant
1900
1885 "Anpibayin"which known as a music band consisiting of eight musicians staryed to become popular in Zhangjiang.
Dilapidated Buildings
Unsafe
1899 Zhanjiang was served as a concession of France kown as Guangzhouwan
Functions Reconstruction Modify the Appearance Remain the Status Quo
1945
China's victory in the Victoria Cathedral was war of resistance had built by the prechers brought Zhangjiang back. which has become one of the landmark of Zhanjiang China began to exercise public ownership and nationalized all private enterprises
1956
1978 China began to reform and open up which gave Zhangjiang an opportunity to develop modernlization.
2004 Zhanjiang government decided to develop the industry of culture.
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Brief History:Zhanjiang was once a French colony,forming a blend of Chinese and Western architectural style. In this street there have been many historical events, leaving a rich historical and cultural heritage.
Main Problems: In the course of the site research ,this old block has several problems: The landscape style is monotonous,with the lack of interest in the vertical design.Civilized atmosphere is relatively thin.In view of the above problems, three main strategies would be applied.
Culture
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StrategiesďźšThe introduction of a modern cultural industry or interpretation the history in a modern way are necessary.A corridor which capable of connecting the nodes of the site would be designed for visitors to appreciate the street in more views. A sunken square would be placed in the open air for cultural performances.
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2 The Moon Gate Fountain
1 The Sunken Theatre
3 The Interactive Corridor
4 The Rooftop Theatre
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Business
Brief History：In ancient times Chikan street was a bustling commercial area.But with the economic center of the transfer, the region's economy gradually decline. To build a tourist area, the introduction of business activation of this old area is essential.
Main Problems：The business format here is lack of diversity which means the street can’t meet the needs of the majority of local residents and tourists. Business can be ser ved as a carrier of local characteristics, emphasizing the commercial and the interaction of tourists.
Strategies:Therefore traditional business can be introduced such as: hand-woven, clay sculpture, characteristic handicrafts,local food and rooftop bars, cafes, etc. All of those can meet the consumption need. Besides,the location of business will be well planned to provied the best experience for visitors.
4 1 The Rooftop Bar
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4 The Art Crafts Street
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3 The Coffee & Tea Street
2 The Art Crafts Street
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The Lei Opera Museum：One of the most famous Zhanjiang cultural characteristics is its long history of Lei opera.This piece of cultural treasures should not be forgotten with the passage of history. Therefore a Lei opera Museum is established.The first and second floor would dispaly of the history of the Lei Opera and the custom.The top floor is a roof-top theater where visitors can experience the local feature in a casual atmosphere.
Art Crafts
Opera
Main Characters in Lei Opera
Source of Inspiration
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旦 Dan
Facility Design：There are many culture symbols in Zhanjiang.Design the functional facilities with variety of culture symbols can harmoniously combine traditional features with modern pedestrian street.
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Old Street Furniture
The design of light is inspired by phoenix flower which is known as the symbol of Zhangjiang.
Music Instuments in Lei Opera The trash bin designing inspiration can be traced from the roof of mountain walls in Zhanjiang.
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Suo Na
Tong Luo
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Tang Gu
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Flo
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Lei drum plays an ver y important part in the dramma. Being designed with special stones,the flower pot and the chair are combined for visitors to rest.
Flo
Both of these signs’ top are shaped af ter the design of the characteristic roof top in Zhanjiang.
Day Tour in Chikan Old Street
In the Morning,
the tourists may embrace the hisotry of this old street.And the buildings would impress them by the interactive corridors.
9:00a In the Afternoon,
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after having a good rest in traditional restaurant,people can buy local featured manual crafts or even participated in making them.Street artists start to give performance in the open air.
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~5:3 2:00pm
In the evening,
after visiting the Lei opera museum visitors can go up stairs to a rooftop theatre .Audiences can experience the fabulous Lei opera while enjoying the gentle breeze on the rooftop.
5:30pm
~9:00pm
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02
Exploration on Waterfront Landscape Design
Breif Introduction: Project: Academic
Individual: China Original idea built on team work but redesign by me. Location: Guangdong Chikan District,Zhanjiang,Guangdong Size:
Experimental area : 2.32 hm2
Intention: To explore a pattern for designingZhanjiang waterfront landscape in Zhanjiang to improve the environment around river and create public place which
gather people together.
Medium: A u t o C A D, P h o t o s h o p , S k e t c h u p , A d o b e I l l u s t r a t o r, A d o b e
Indesign,GIS
Site Analysis Pollution
30min
Industrial Effluent Commercial Sewage Domestic Sewage
1h
Domestic Sewage Industrial Effluent
Walking Diametre Place of Interest Direction of Water Experiment Area
Proposed Experiment Area
5min Easy Walk 10min Comfortable Walk 30min Healthy Walk
Problems Disconnected with water
Concept Exisiting
Proposed
Reconnect people with water
We walk by this river everyday. It's a pity that we can't get close to the water any further.
Pollution
Provide Green Space This river smells like fish.I walk through this river as soon as possible.
Lack of Activity
Abundant Activities
Lack of intersting place for fun with my friends sometimes bored me.
Playful
Lively
Leisure
There aren't any landscape design on this river,nothing much to stay.
Commercial
Culture & History
Performance
Pattern: By Categorizing existing functions（residence， business，culture，green space） of the riverfront landscape, the system of waterfront landscape typologies is generated to provide a pattern for water front landscape design and ease the problem of water quality and monotonous landscape. Experiment Site: The drainage basin is divided by 250m grids as control area.And what in the red square is our expeimental site. Prototype: Beneath is the original design prototype for this experimental site. A nd th is design tak e surrounding functions and pelple's need into consideration
Waterfront Landscape Design Typologies
Existing Functions
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Residence
Business
Culture
250m*250m Grid Residence
Green Space
Business Culture Green Space
Prototype of Experimental Site：
D+F+N
C+H+G
A+E+O
A+L+M
Business
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Performance
Masterplan
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Business
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Leisure
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Green Space
01.Inner Circulation Main Road Secondary Road
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02.Festival Walkway Flow Direction Walking Route
02 03.Theme Path Performance Business Waterfront Leisure
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Green Space
04.Exterior Circulation Entrance Green Space Pedestrian Car Circulation
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Implementation of the Pattern •A waterfront landscape design pattern is generated,which was inspired by the observation of waterfront design typologies and previous research. •This pattern can not only beautify the urban environment but also enhance the connection between the citizens and the city. •According to the research in Zhanjiang,this pattern can be implemented in other parts of the river to form a urban waterfront landscape network,in order to make the city a better place on a larger scale. Culture Business Waterfront Leisure Green Space
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The Resilient Ecological Edge Elastic reborn of an abandoned island
Brief Introduction
• Project: Academic • Individual:Original idea built on teamwork,redesign by me. • Location:Zhanjiang,Guangdong,China • Size: 44.68 hm2 • Medium: Oil painting,Hand Drawing,AutoCAD,Photoshop, Sketch up,Adobe Illustrator,Adobe InDesign
Intention：
• The plan aims to not only create a cleaner and more natural environment for birds habbitat but also provide local people a place for recreation and ecological education. • Ecosystem repair technique and eco-filtration will be applied to repair the degrading area. • The tides bring sea animals ashore which can attract birds to stop by and salt-tolerant plants will be plant in the site.Both of which can promote the contruction of the ecological habbitat and reconnect people to the nature.
Research | Proportion of Potential Visitors
Research | Site Analysis Transportation
Hypology
Green Space
Fish Pond & Farmland
Olders
Pollution
9.6%
Teenagers
• Feeling lonely. • Willing to do exercise. • Prone to exhausted.
Pollution
Middle Aged
40.3%
• Under loads of pressure. • Emotionally stable. • Short of leisure time. Soil Degradation
Research | Land Use
Children
• Exploring the world. • Looking for fun. • Need to play in the safe place.
Hypology
Open Green Spaces Conceptual Drawing
Dumping of Trash
WATER 33 %
GRASS 12 %
Research | Birds Migrating Map
Design | Site Planning Test The sectorization and model beneath are the original test for designing this island.However, this design will not work out untill the problem of this site solved.Therefore, after taking site existings and people's need into consideration,a new design was generated.
Sea-worn
Birds flying to site
Residence Waterfront Area
Larus ridibundus
Larus saundersi
Desolation
Villa Quarter Charadrius alexandrinus
Calidris alpina
Circus spilonotus
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
Commercial Centre Central Park Cultural Space
Monotonous
Planning Area
Calidris tenuirostris
Numenius arquata
Charadrius leschenaultii
Limosa limosa
International Bird Migration Route Chinese Birds Migration Route
19.4%
Design | Conceptual Map Circulation
LAND 53 %
30.7%
• Energetic and creative. • Looking for fun. • Sensitive to environment.
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Design | Strateges Artistic Concept
1.Utilize the plantation and exsisting water system to create a living water system that can clean itself.
2.Salinity-tolerant plants improve soil conditions and lay a foundation for restoration and construction of wetland parks.
3.Implement ecological measures to attract birds. Attract them to live here.
5.Improve the environment and enrich the experience of tourists at the same time.
4.Plan and design a platform for human activities that can be harmony with bird life.
Ecology
Enhancement
Connectivity
1.Purified the water through eco-filtration. 2.Enhance the biodiversity and strengthen the eco-system. 3.Oput clean water to surroundings .
1.Enhance the infrastructure Construction. 2.Restore the soil by biological remedation 3.Attract the birds by food and lights.
1.Connect with surroundings. 2.Strengthen the inner connectivity of the site. 3.Bring human back to nature.
Design | Ecological Filtration
MANGROOVE
LAKE WETLAND
BEACH
TERRACE
Sonneratia caseolaris
Avicennia marina
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms
Aegiceras corniculatum (L) Blanco
Excoecaria agallocha Linn
Lythrum salicaria L
Rhizophora apiculata Bl
Casuarina equisetifolia Forst.
Typha orientalis Presl
Kandelia candel (Linn.) Druce
Myriophyllum verticillatum
Nymphaea L.
Acanthus ilicifolius L
Suaeda glauca Bunge
Elodea nuttallii
LAKE WETLAND
Phragmites australias Trin.
Scirpus validus Vahl
BEACH
TERRACE
MANGROOVE
WATER INLERT
PURIFIED
ECO-FILTRATION
Acorus calamus L.
Thalia dealbata Fraser
Scirpus validus f“Mosaic�
CLEAN
n asterpla M | n ig s e D Design | Masterplan
Development | Paths • Olders' Path •Local Residents' Path • 1.Existing Residence
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• 2.Meadow
• Workers' Path
• Biological Channel 2
• 3.Lake Wetland
• Teenager's Path b
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• 4.Terrace
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• Green Space
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• Children's Path
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• 5.Marsh Wetland d
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Birds' routine Insects' routine Fishes' routine Green Corridor
Development | Sections a-a The Lake Wetlands
There are several small bush island in the lake can not only to provide habbitas for birds but also improve the water quality years by years.Besides, the distance between the path of human activities and the birds' habbitat is to make sure the human activities would not disturb the regular lives of birds.
b-b The Bird Museum
At daytime, the Bird Museum would be ser ved as a ecological education center open to public to arouse people's awareness of protecting our precious environment and provide instructions to appreciate the birds correctly in the site.At night,the museum will be served a silent guard for birds.
c-c The Terrace
The sea rice was found adjacent to this island in Zhanjiang.Since then,sea rice has become a famous feature for Tiaoshun island. The plantation of sea rice here can enhance the quality of saline-alkaline soil,meanwhile,visitors can witness these agriculture miracle.
d-d The Seaside
When the tide rises, the coastal intertidal zone is submerged. When the tide recedes, people can appreciate the broad sea from the wooden trestle and see the birds come back for rest.
SONGYI ZHENG
Email:zhengsongyi1995@outlook.com Tel：8613590017402