Steven T. Lee by Steven Lee

2 SELECTED WORKS

ST E V E N T. L E E

STL

Front cover: Pedestrian promenade gesture model

CONTENTS ESCAPE PODS

COASTAL TRIPARTITE

THE ARID FOOD GARDEN

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

VIRTUAL ALLEYWAY

ANALOG DRAWINGS

RESUME 21

ESCAPE PODS

San Francisco, California Proposing a new public open space on a desolate vacant lot in the Tenderloin--San Francisco’s most socially isolated and troubled neighborhood--demands bold design interventions and alternative ways of conceptualizing public space. Inspired by the entertainment venues in the neighborhood and the site’s former life as a movie theater, this design proposes a series of “escape pods” that would provide rich and varied experiences through a continually evolving program of art and landscape. Spring 2013 Studio, UC Berkeley / Instructor:David Meyer

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Demographic Profile

CENSUS TRACT

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Site

GENDER

4 an Asi

34%

te hi

Males outnumber females nearly 2 to 1

RACE 94% of the population is either Asian (40%), White (34%), or Black (20%)

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20% Bla ck

AGE The median age of residents is 51 years old

DISABILITY 46% of residents have a physical, mental, or sensory disability

TENDERLOIN ENTERTAINMENT

TENDERLOIN OPEN SPACES Tenderloin Playground

HOUSEHOLDS 90% of residents live alone

Historic theater

Tenderloin Nat’l Forest Boedekker Park

Haladie Plaza

Down Town Comedy

Other theaters + organizations

Exit Stage Left

Adult entertainment

Westfield movie theater

Club Vixen Warfield

Turk/Hyde Mini Park

Crazy Horse Gentlemen’s Club

Mint Plaza

Site

1/ 4

Civic Center Plaza UN Plaza

INCOME + POVERTY 39% of residents live in poverty

Site Golden Gate

Market Street Cinema

ile

1/ 4

ile

Orpheum

Flamenco Academy Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Entertainment as escape

Lack of informal green space

Plaza

Pod 3

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DESIGN FRAMEWORK

Design Framework Design Framework

GOLDEN GATE

Design Framework 1

Design Framework 3 1

Pod 1

2 PROGRAM 1

Pod 3 C

A) Community lounge B) Public restrooms C) Guardian’s residence D) Offices upstairs

Plaza

2 3

1 +54

7% 3 2

+51

+54

+51

Rain garden

JONES

DRAINAGE

CIRCULATION

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20’

40’

+47 +47

+47 5%

Pod 4

+51

Pod 2 +54 GRADING

+51

+47

PLANTING + HARDSCAPE

+47

SUBTLE GRADING ROTATING PROGRAM SUBTLE GRADING SUBTLE GRADING PLANTING + PAVING + CLEANSE ROTATING PROGRAM SUBTLE GRADING PATH ROTATING PROGRAM SUBTLE GRADING PLANTING + PAVING CAPTURE + CLEANSE ROTATING PROGRAM PATH NETWORK PLANTING + PAVING CAPTURE + CLEANSE ROTATING PROGRAM PATH NETWORK PLANTING + PAVING CAPTURE +CAPTURE CLEANSE PLANTING + PAVING CAPTURE +NETWORK CLEANSE PATH NETWORK PATH NETWORK

Design Framework

Winter: Rain gardens and throughway to Market Street

Fall: Pod 3 as a petting zoo

POD PROGRAMMING MATRIX

POD 1: Physical Escape 350 SF

Observation tower

Film

Kinetic art

Performance

Observation Film tower

Observation Kinetic towerart

Observation Performance tower

Observation towerzoo Petting Film

Observation tower Butterfly garden Kinetic art

Observation tower Swing set Performance

Petting zoo

Butterfly garden

Swing set

Film

Kinetic art

Performance

1,900 SF

Petting zoo Fog garden

Butterfly garden House of mirrors

Swing set Shrine

POD 3: Delight 3,200 PODSF4: Mystery

Petting zoo Fog garden

Butterfly garden House of mirrors

Swing set Shrine

Fog garden

House of mirrors

Shrine

Fog garden

House of mirrors

Shrine

POD 2: Imagination 1,900 PODSF1: Physical Escape 350 SF

POD 2: Imagination 1,900 SF

POD 1: Physical Escape 350 SF

POD 3: POD 2: Delight Imagination 3,200 SF 1,900 SF

POD 3: Delight 3,200 PODSF2: Imagination

4,100 SF

POD 3: Delight POD 4: Mystery 3,200 SF 4,100 SF

POD 4: Mystery 4,100 SF

Spring: Butterfly garden, kinetic art, and observation tower

Vinca minor (Dwarf Periwinkle)

3 2

4 5

5 5

Mimulus aurantiacus Sticky Monkey Flower Ribes sanguineum Red Flowering Currant Phormium sp. New Zealand Flax

Salvia sonomensis Creeping Sage

Entry Gardens (part shade)

Decomposed granite path

Erigeron karvinskianus Santa Barbara Daisy

Phormium sp. New Zealand Flax

Conjoined benches

Salvia sonomensis Creeping Sage

Pod scrim wall

Decomposed granite path

Erigeron karvinskianus Santa Barbara Daisy

Gleditsia triacanthos ‘inermis’ (Thornless Honey Locust)

Pod scrim wall

Conjoined benches

Entry Gardens (full shade)

Blechnum spicant (Deer Fern)

Decomposed granite path

Gleditsia triacanthos ‘inermis’ (Thornless Honey Locust)

Decomposed Individual bench granite path

Helleborus corsica (Corsican Hellebore)

Individual bench

Blechnum spicant (Deer Fern)

Ribes sanguineum Red Flowering Currant

Pod scrim wall

Mimulus aurantiacus Sticky Monkey Flower

Pod scrim wall

Multi-functional plant palette Calypte anna Anna’s Hummingbird

Gleditsia triacanthos Cercis occidentalis Ribes sanguineum Mimulus aurantiacus Photinia spp. Dicentra formosa Helleborus argutifolius Blechnum spicant Iris douglasiana Chondropetalum tectorum Sesleria autumnalis Carex tumulicola Convallaria majalis Fragaria chiloensis Salvia sonomensis Erigeron karvinskianus

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JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

Aphelocoma californica Western Scrub-Jay

JUN

Carpodacus mexicanus House Finch

JUL

Mimus polyglottos Northern Mockingbird

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

4 4

4 Carex tumulicola (Berkeley Sedge)

Carex tumulicola (Berkeley Sedge)

Sesleria autumnalis (Autumn Moor Grass)

Biofiltration Biofiltrationlayers layers(soil, (soil, geotextile fabric, geotextile fabric,drain drain rock, rock, perforated pipe) perforated pipe)

3 3

Fragaria vesca (Alpine Strawberry)

3 4

1 1

Iris douglasiana (Douglas Iris)

2 3

1 1

Iris douglasiana (Douglas Iris)

Decomposed granite path

Planting Design Just as important as the pods themselves are the interstitial spaces and throughway. These spaces were conceived of as healing gardens, with a rich array of trees, shrubs, and perennials that would provide a stark contrast to the harsh urban surroundings.

PLANT LIST Common name

Size

Gleditsia triacanthos

Honey Locust

60" box specimen As shown

Cercis occidentalis

Western Redbud

24" box

As shown

Ribes sanguineum

Red Flowering Currant

5 gallon

30" O.C.

Mimulus aurantiacus

Sticky Monkey Flower

5 gallon

30" O.C.

Photinia spp.

New Zealand Flax

5 gallon

18" O.C.

Blechnum spicant

Deer Fern

2 gallon

24" O.C.

Helleborus argutifolia

Corsican Hellebore

2 gallon

18" O.C.

Dicentra formosa

Western Bleeding Heart

1 gallon

18" O.C.

Convallaria majalis

Lily of the Valley

1 gallon

18" O.C.

Botanical name

Spacing

TREES

SHRUBS

PERENNIALS

Dicentra formosa ()Western Bleeding Heart)

Rain Garden

Stone path

Convallaria majalis

Stone path

Raised planter

Decomposed granite path

(Lily of the Valley) Central Garden

Chondropetalum tectorum (Cape Rush)

Pod scrim wall

Raised planter

Fragaria vesca (Alpine Strawberry)

Chondropetalum tectorum (Cape Rush)

Pod scrim wall

Dicentra formosa ()Western Bleeding Heart)

Cercis occidentalis (Western Redbud)

Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)

Cercis occidentalis (Western Redbud)

COASTAL TRIPARTITE

INITIAL SITE IMPRESSIONS

AECOMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OCEAN BEACH MASTER PLAN

San Francisco, California

The rerouting of the Great Highway at Sloat Boulevard makes it possible to re-imagine the

Master Plan Study Area

southern end of Ocean Beach as a more socially and ecologically productive landscape. Based on the concept of shifted orientations, this project proposes a comprehensive, three-part solution: a new public plaza which would act as a gateway to the beach and provide sweeping views of the ocean, LINE OF RETREAT

an iconic half-mile-long fishing pier, and a dynamic

sea level rise + erosion

manmade sand island, replenished every 10 years using readily available dredged material from a nearby shipping channel, that would gradually erode

PLAZA/ GATEWAY

away to counteract coastal erosion.

REROUTED HIGHWAY

Fall 2012 Studio, UC Berkeley / Instructor: Alma DuSolier

EROSION

COASTAL TRAIL

highway decomissioned

SECTION

through plaza, beach, and pier

catchment basin beach terraces

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plaza

COASTAL TRIPARTITE: PLAZA, PIER, ISLAND

Year 1

YEAR 1

YEAR 3

YEAR 5

Granite plaza 10,000 SF

Island replenished every 10 years using deredged material from shipping channel YEAR 1

sand mov

BEA

ement

Temporal sand island

CH N

OUR

Year 3

ISHM

ENT

280,000 CY of sediment 0.4 miles offshore (depth of closure of 32 feet)

Iron pier

0.5 miles long YEAR 1

YEAR 3

YEAR 5

YEAR 7

Year 5

highway raised to plaza level

YEAR 3

YEAR 5

Year 7

YEAR 7

YEAR 9

SAND ISLAND SIMULATION

YEAR 1

Year 9

great

cycle

ay highw

track

tal tra

co a s

ramp

sloat blvd

iron fishing pier sf zoo entrance terraces

beach

concessions

pump station

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restrooms

DESIGN STRATEGIES

design strategies

urban/hydrological orientation

concessions/restroom building | stormwater management | planting

geologic/coastal orientation pier | plaza terracing + ramps

DAYTIME PERSPECTIVE

looking toward the plaza from the pier

NIGHTTIME PERSPECTIVE

plaza, pier, and sand island

confluence of orientations paving | lighting | seating

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THE ARID FOOD GARDEN Berkeley, California

This proposal would transform a 9-acre steeply sloping university-owned site into a research and education center, flexible event space, and food garden. Water conservation is the overarching sustainability strategy, resulting in a design featuring native oak woodland and annual grasses, a cultivated landscape of drought-tolerant edible plants, and a water system that captures stormwater runoff to irrigate a series of terraced gardens. A gently sloping zig-zag path acts as a seam to link north to south and east to west, as well as a dividing line between the starkly contrasting landscapes of wild nature and cultivation--a juxtaposition made evident by the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grading and planting design. Spring 2012 Studio, UC Berkeley / Professor Linda Jewell

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stairs to hiking trail

research facility

almond bosque greenhouse

B’ lower plaza

stone pine row

upper plaza ex. building (new visitor center)

parking

herb garden olive grove terrace irrigation runnel

berry thicket pineapple guava grove

creek overlook

lawn

oak woodland derby creek

connection to regional trail system

annual grasses

citrus orchard

oak woodland + annual grasslands

property line grape vineyard

building facilities

A’

DESIRED CONNECTIONS desired connections

CREEK

NEIGHBORHOOD

noteworthy tree to be preserved

CULTIVATION

MASTER PLAN

CLARK KERR

b lt +

fa ard

PATH AS DIVIDER divider

seam

VIEWS + TRAILS

ne r zo uffe

w hay

PATH AS CONNECTOR

WILD NATURE

demonstration gardens

aeration cycle

water pumped to upper fountain for irrigation

stormwater cistern

SECTION B-Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

upper and lower plazas in spring

SECTION A-Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

east-west through site

oak woodland

research facility

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entry plaza + bosque

visitor center + event space

olive grove terrace

pineapple guava grove

WATER CONSERVATION 56,829 SQ FT

STORMWATER CATCHMENT AREA

500,000 GALLONS OF WATER/YR.

REQUIRES

1,000 - 1,800

GALLONS OF WATER/YR.

TOTAL IRRIGATION REQUIRED:

450,000 GALLONS

MOVEMENT

DRY CLIMATE EDIBLES Almond Bosque

Olive Grove

Stone Pine Row Pinus pinea

Pineapple Guava Grove

Herb Garden

Citrus Orchard

Berry Thicket

Grape Vineyard

Prunus dulcis

Rosmarinus officinalis Thymus vulgaris

Rubus armeniacus

citrus orchard

Olea europaea

Feijowa sellowiana

Citrus limonum

Vitis vinifera

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE San Francisco, California

What is politically charged design? Can landscape architecture be a medium for political expression while still producing functional spaces designed for human occupation? The proposal for this site, the inner courtyard of an office building in San Francisco, explores these questions. Using the glass ceiling as both a given physical attribute and a metaphor for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;unseen yet unbreachable barrier preventing minorities and women from rising to the upper wrungs of the corporate ladder,â&#x20AC;? this scheme proposes a field of vine-wrapped cables and a suspended staircase that would allow visitors to experience firsthand the glass ceiling as a physical barrier. Spring 2013 Studio, UC Berkeley / Instructor: David Meyer

CONCEPT MODEL

Support Structure

Inaccessible platform

Glass Ceiling

Cables + Staircase

Ground Plane

PARTI DIAGRAM

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CIRCULATION

not a c c e s s i b l e

2nd floor ADA access (offices)

ZONE 1

Steps and platforms Steps and platforms public gathering forfor public gathering

Not accessible (beyond glass ceiling)

ZONE 3

ZONE 2

s e mi - a c cessi bl e

ZONE 3 ZONE 3

accessible NotNot accessible (beyond glass ceiling) (beyond glass ceiling)

hi g h l y accessi bl e

hi g hly a c c e s s ib le highly a c c e s s ib le

PROGRAM ABOVE

ZONE 1 ZONE 1

not accessi bl e not accessi bl e

ZONE 2 ZONE 2

sem i - acce s s ib le sem i - acce s s ib le

PROGRAM GROUND

Steps and platforms for public gathering

1st floor access (common space)

A’

ccess ess space) ace)

ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN

MATERIALS Akebia quinata Herniaria glabra Chocolate vine Green carpet

Seasonal water feature

precipitation

precipitation precipitation

captured water captured water

visual permeability visual permeability offices offices seasonal water seasonal water feature feature

2nd floor offices

irrigation cistern

visual permeability offices

SECTION A-A’ seasonal water feature

Above: Staircase + platforms

1st floor offices

Planter

1st floor offices

Travertine Crushed granite

Travertine paving Below: Crushed granite

Cables + twining vines

B’

1st floor lobby

irrigation cistern irrigation cistern

offices offices

captured water

SECTION B-B’

offices

WALK-THROUGH / NORTH TO SOUTH

WALK-THROUGH / SOUTH TO NORTH

VIRTUAL ALLEYWAY

San Francisco, California Using technologies developed by the gaming industry, this project explores how these digital tools could be utilized by the

design professions. The chosen site, the derelict Hong Ah Alley (Fragrant Alley) adjacent to Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Park, was completely redesigned to serve as a resting and gathering space in the dense, urban setting of San Francisco’s Chinatown. The motif of the lotus flower--derived from the site’s dubious history as a place where prostitutes wearing lotus-scented perfume would conduct business--was carried out through paving, seating platforms, planters, vegetation, and water features. The images shown here are images taken from a dynamic virtual environment controlled by the user as in a video game. Fall 2012 course (“World Builder”), UC Berkeley Instructor: John Radke / Casto Vocal Team members: Lauren Knight and Dani Winston

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WALK-THROUGH NORTH TO SOUTH

1 2 3

WALK-THROUGH SOUTH TO NORTH

3 2

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ANALOG DRAWINGS

Above and Below: Sea Ranch, Sonoma County, CA (Fall 2011)

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STEVEN LEE

22-80 St e inw ay St ree t , A pt 3F, A st oria , NY 11105

E D U C AT I O N

New York City. Assisted with research, analysis, writing, and

City of Arcadia Arcadia, California

TEL 415.832.0210

EM A I L st even t le e @ gmail.c o m

graphics for a historic resources inventory. Assisted with

Assistant Planner 11.06 – 8.09

Master of Landscape Architecture

red-line mark-ups for design development and construction

Reviewed development proposals for compliance with

University of California, Berkeley (2013)

documents. Tabulated and analyzed contractor bids.

applicable regulations and negotiated with architects, developers, and property owners. Spearheaded code

Master of City Planning

PWP Landscape Architecture Berkeley, CA

amendments and an update of the Single-Family Residential

University of California, Berkeley (2011)

Intern 1.12 – 5.12

Design Guidelines. Analyzed entitlement applications and

Assisted with red-line mark-ups and assembled final design

presented findings and recommendations to governing

development and construction documents. Assisted with

bodies. Helped organize and facilitate community meetings

basic vector drawings and 3D digital modeling. Constructed

for a General Plan update. Conducted project environmental

mock-ups of project design details to assess their effect

review in compliance with CEQA.

Bachelor of Arts (Government) Claremont McKenna College (2005)

EXPERIENCE Fletcher Studio San Francisco, CA Intern 2.13 – 5.13 Developed a series of iterative concept sketches and renderings for a proposed parklet in San Francisco. Generated graphics for a community-organized exhibition. Prepared graphics and digital presentations for community outreach purposes. Developed 3D concept models for custom outdoor furniture. Ground Up Journal Berkeley, CA Graphics Director 9.12 – 5.13 Directed a team of nine designers. Oversaw and edited journal graphics, including journal articles, letterhead, web graphics, and other promotional materials for graphic consistency and vision. Acted as graphics spokesperson and liaison with other journal departments. Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects New York City Intern 5.12 – 8.12 Developed renderings, diagrams, and vector drawings for park, streetscape, and master plan projects throughout

in full scale. Compiled compelling precedent images for presentation to clients. Interfaced with nurseries and furnishings manufacturers to determine product availability

AWAR D S + HONOR S

and pricing. Certificate of Merit, ASLA, Northern California Chapter (2013)

San Francisco Planning Department San Francisco, CA

California Landscape Architectural Student Scholarship (2013)

Open Space Intern 6.11 – 8.11

Berkeley Circus Honor Award, CED, UC Berkeley (2012, 2013)

Analyzed and documented the park-street interface of 49

First Prize, Thomas Church Memorial Design Competition (2012)

public open spaces throughout the city of San Francisco.

Eisner Prize in City & Regional Planning (2011)

Produced sketches and diagrams to illustrate typical park

Graduate Fellowship, LAEP and DCRP, UC Berkeley (2009-2013)

edge conditions. Formulated park edge typologies and

Continuing Student Award, California Planning Foundation (2010)

design guideline recommendations. Presented a summary of findings and recommendations to city agencies.

SKILLS Center for a Sustainable California Berkeley, CA Graduate Student Researcher 2.11 – 5.11

Computer graphics programs: Adobe Creative Suite,

Co-authored an article assessing the potential of a Bus

AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhinoceros

Rapid Transit corridor in Stockton, California. Produced

Other: public speaking, graphic design, analog drawing and drafting, model making

a series of photo simulations to demonstrate the visual ramifications of increased densities and enhanced transit and streetscape amenities along the BRT corridor. Assisted in organizing an infill development seminar series.

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