LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 2017---2022 RUIQUAN XU CONTENT 01ForestMemorial LandscapeDesignofaon-campusforest 02MississippiRiverAnalysis MississippiRiverenvironmentalproblemrepresentation 03TurnOn"NaturalLevee" 04SilentPark Landscapedesignofahealinggarden 05BirdStand Ecologyrestorationofaseasidegreenway 06BeatingStone Plantingdesignofamusicgarden 07Otherwork
PORTFOLIO
0’ 50’ N
Lamium maculatum
Solidago specoisa
Helenium exuosum
Sporobolus wrightii
Echinacea purpurea
Gymnocladus dioicus
Cercis canadensis
Elymus hystrix
Panicum virgatum
Echinacea purpurea
Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'
Elymus virginicus
Amsonia Hubrichtii
Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Brunnera macrophylla
"Eupatorium hyssopifolium var. hyssopifolium"
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Gleditsia triacanthos
Osmunda spectabilis Wood Walkway
Tree-trunk and Bench
Vacant Space Paving
Concrete Path
Walker Hall
0’ 5’ 10’
Diarrhena obovata
B B’ A’ A C C‘
Minnesota Illinois Ohio Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Summer Spring Migration Fall Migration Winter Journey of
Mid,and Lower Mississippi River 1
White Pelicans to Up
“Natural Dam” On the Head of Water
---The Elementary of Healthy Riparian Zone
Wow, my Grandma told me, this is what a healthy habitat should be!
O:organic matter
A: mineral soil+ topsoil
HERE 1475 FT ABOVE THE OCEAN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI BEGINS TO FLOW ON ITS WINDING WAY 2552 MILES TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
Bank Stability
Organic Matter Input, Shading
Riparian Zone
B: accumulation of clay above
C: weathered material
R: bedrock, unweathered material
Material Flow, Habitat
2
Dam On the Head of Water
---The Process of Sand Bar
Long, Low Wave
Sand
Elevation
Pine River Dam On Cross Lake
Distance
Short, High Wave Sand Sand Bar
3
Dam On the Head of Water
---Impacted Vegetation+Soil
Root Depth
Fibrous Root
Cross Lake
Riparian Zone
10’
Tap Root
5
Dam On the Head of Water
---The Formation of Sand Bar
Sand Bar Cross Lake
4
Result of Drought
Gosh, water is this low right now?
2022 1902 1972 60ʼ 32ʼ 10ʼ
7
Texas Louisanna Mississippi Florida Alabama 200 m 1000 m Euphotic Zone Dysphotic Zone Aphotic Zone Density of Oxygen Dam On the Lower of Water ---The Beginning of dead Zone Agriculutral Pollutants from upstream flow downstream TX LA MS FL AL Density of Agriculture 8
Levee on the Lower of Water
---Formation
Deep Mid-Slope Upper-Slope Deep Mid-Slope Upper-Slope Shelf Shelf O2 O2 O2 O 2 O2 O2 O2 6 7 7.5 8 9 PH P P P N N N S S
Carbon Nutrients Suspended Sediments
Organic
of Marine Dead Zone Gulf of Mexico
Zone 9
Hypoxic
What If Mississippi River Dried up?
What shall we do?
, or Flood is Comming?
This is the time to propose a healthy riparian zone nearby levee!
There is nowhere to build levee, dam, nor...etc
Dried-up Mississippi River
One Piece of Levee
10
2022 61ʼ 2022 1902 1972 60ʼ 32ʼ 10ʼ
323’ 289’
321’ 286’
292’ 290’
306’ 300’
