Liang Lu
WORK SAMPLE MLA Candidate University of Texas at Austin alice0817ll@gmail.com
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Liang Lu alice0817ll@gmail.com DOB:1989/08/17
Education Zhejiang University, China School of Agriculture and Biotechnology Major in Landscape Gardening, 2008-2012 Overall GPA: 3.87/4.0
The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture Master of Landscape Architecture, 2012-2014 Overall GPA: 3.45/4.0
Selected Studio Work Waller Creek Design, Austin Texas Team Design Fall 2012 Allan Shearer, Instructor A unique opportunity to introduce a new type of corridor to the campus that would redefine Waller Creek as the baseline around which this campus is travelled and experienced. Use AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and ArcGIS during the design. Major contribution is system diagram drawing and design of the Loop part. Activate the Kulturforum, Berlin Germany Individual Design Fall 2013 Wilfried Wang, Instructor Utilize the current urban contour elements to emphasizes on the programmatic balance between nature and man occupied space. Use AutoCAD, Photoshop and 3dx Max during the design. Project is exhibited at the Akademie der K端nste, Berlin on April 7, 2014 Additional Work Experience Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University Hangzhou Landscape Architecture Design Institute Co. LTD Oregon Nursery Advisors Hangzhou Heguan Landscape Architecture Selected Honors & Awards First-class Scholarship for Outstanding Merits Award UTSOA Excellence in Design Award Honor Award of Texas ASLA Student Design Competition Skills Adept with AutoCAD, SketchUp, 3dx Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, ArcGIS Experienced with Microsoft Words, Excel and Powerpoint
2008-2009 Fall 2012 Spring 2013
Intern Intern Intern Intern
June-August 2011 March-April 2012 June-August 2013 June-August 2014 Reference Hope Hasbrouck, Associate Professor The University of Texas at Austin hhasbrouck@austin.utexas.edu Jason Sowell, Program Director Landscape Architecture The University of Texas at Austin jsowell@austin.utexas.edu
A stretch of Waller Creek Type: Academic teamwork Role: Site plan and section rendering and "Loop" design Insturtor: Allan Shearer Date: Fall 2012 Site: the University of Texas at Austin, Texas
Key words: Line Corridor The studio was asked to re-imagine the Waller Creek Corridor on The University of Texas at Austin campus. This presented a unique opportunity to introduce a new type of corridor to the campus that would redefine Waller Creek as the baseline around which this campus is travelled and experienced. This also provided an opportunity to rewrite the storyline of what it means to live, and work within this university.
Engage the Creek: A dashed line with thickened programmatic segments
Dean Keaton
Dean Keaton
24th Street
23rd Street
social gathering areas corridor physical limits Context Map
Enhance the Environment: A continous line with distinct riparian planting
21st Street
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250’
500’ MLK Boulevard
Programmatic Segment Environmental Line
MLK Boulevard
Dots
Programmatic Segment Environmental Line Access Dots
the university of texas plan diagram
Improve the Access: A dotted line with access points along and across the creek Three Objectives
a stretch of waller creek
plan diagram transformations
danuta dias
sara fallahi
liang lu
bailey rankin
VIEW
LOCATES
activity spaces
water
intersections HABITAT
Stakeholders UT students staff faculty Austin families football fans artists tourists schoolgroups passers-by
water access
seating
PROVIDE SPACE
HABITAT MATERIALITY
CONNECT TO
building entrance
tree
wildlife
bridge
Site for recreation Site for culture
IDENTITY/ CHARACTER
STABILITY slope
STABILITY
LEVEL CHANGE
STABILITY
ground cover UT students staff faculty Austin families football fans artists tourists schoolgroups passers-by
Program
Site for knowledge
path
SHADE
Stakeholders
[blocked views]
exposed limestone
THRESHOLD
banks
MATERIAL
soil
tree canopy
TERRESTRIAL HABITAT
pervious cover
banks
wildlife
IDENTITY/ CHARACTER
slope
wildlife
ARBOREAL HABITAT
LEVEL CHANGE
Introduce adaptive plant palettes
exposed limestone
AQUATIC HABITAT water
Habitat diversity Prevent run-off into creek
shrubs
Invasive species plant management
AMPHIBIAN/ REPTILIAN HABITAT
STABILITY trees STABILITY SHADE
Stakeholders UT students staff faculty Austin families football fans artists tourists schoolgroups passers-by
path
CONNECT TO
sidewalk
building entrance
ACCESSIBILITY
slope banks
bus stops
bike paths
bridge
THRESHOLD
CONNECT TO
intersections
ACCESS CONNECT TO
CONNECT TO
Connect
ACCESS
Improved access to creek banks
roads
Improved access across creek Creek as a means of moving across campus
System Diagram
This Stretch of Waller Creek on the campus is a portion of a larger creek system, that attempts to stretch the presence of the creek, and perception of the creek within campus and people’s daily lives. We redefine the required objectives with the concept of lines. We state that the lines of the creek corridor are not mere pieces of geometry. Lines make place happen. They work together to strengthen the creek corridor.
100 0
500ft
200
the TURN
Terraces
Simmins Residence Hall
New Engineering Complex
the LOOP
The highlighted four sites along this new baseline -- the Knot, the Bend, the Loop and the Turn, were chosen based on their potential to stretch the currently neglected creek out into existing buildings, green space and transportation network, thereby addressing the stated objectives. Each of the site is fully considered for future development along the creek by creating activity spaces, shaded pathways and wildlife viewing platforms. These future developments include the new complex for the Cockrell School of Engineering at the north end of this corridor and a light rail route along San Jacinto Boulevard. In addition, this project proposes a new Visitor’s Center for future students at the south end of the creek corridor.
Fine Arts Building
Sculpture Garden
Stadium
the BEND
San Jacinto Dorms
Viewing Platform Clark field
the KNOT Proposed Visitor’s Center
Proporsed PlanPlan Proposed
Proposed Visitor’s Center
path
creek
path
creek
terraced patio
creek
san jacinto
sculpture garden
terraces
lawn
viewing platform
path
platform
san jacinto
creek
lawn
san jacinto
creek
patio
art walk
vegetated terraces
the texas timeline
santa rita
san jacinto Section Plan
Flood Plain
Context Map
Choreography Space
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AUSTIN
Type: Academic teamwork Role: Plan and perspective rendering and mutual design BASTROP
Insturtor: Jason Sowell Date: Spring 2013
SMITHVILLE
Site: Bastrop, Texas
30 m ile ra di us
a04_Geography_Stephanie Kopplin & Michael Steinlage
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2.5
5
Plant Management
Construction Detail
Cemetery Section
Key words: Cemetery Layer
10 miles
Slope
1 bronze marker 2 bronze base 3 precast concrete base 4 mortar layer 5 soil 6 sand setting bed 7 geotextile 8 crushed stone sub-base
Cut and Fill
The studio asked to re-design the burnt site in Bastrop, Texas. This presented a unique opportunity to interpret the relationship between nature and human. The design intended to minimize the construction disturbance by concentrating on cemetery programs at the center of the site. We focused on changes of different layers--changes on material details, elevation and sense of space to create varied special experiments.
Vegetation
Circulation
Bikelane
Pedestrian
Vehicle
Combination
Perspective
Site Plan
Active the Kulturforum in Berlin
CONCEPT CONCEPT
Type: Academic individual work Insturtor: Wilfried Wang Date: Fall 2013 Site: Berlin, Germany
Key words: Urbanism Transformation DAY PERSPECTIVE DAY PERSPECTIVE
Perspective1 NIGHT PERSPECTIVE
The site to be designed, Kulturforum, is in the center of Berlin, Germany. The aim is to propose an idea for the completion of the Kulturforum and to develop this idea with various programs to encourage more people to engage this site. My strategy is to transform the original abandoned plaza into a sloped "big ramp" echoing the existent ramp close to it, serving as a festive square for popular art. In addition, some changes in adjacent places make the site a integrated entity.
NIGHT PERSPECTIVE
PROPOSAL 1:2000 PROPOSAL 1:2000
Proposed Condition Proposed Condition NORTH FACING SECTION 1:1000 NORTH FACING SECTION 1:1000
TO ACTIVATE THE KULTURFORUM IN A WAY THAT IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS. PRIMARILY ADDRESSING THE CENTRAL TERRACE IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT HINDER LINES BETWEEN TO ACTIVATE THE KULTURFORUM IN A WAY THAT ISSIGHT ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE KULTURFORUM, ALTES MUSEUM, CHAMBER MUSIC HALL, AND THE COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS. PRIMARILY ADDRESSING STATE LIBRARY. USING A SYSTEM OF FLAT PLANES, WE’VE CREATED A CENTRAL TERRACE IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT HINDER SIGHT LINES BETWEEN SYSTEM OF PLANAR ALTES ELEMENTS THAT CHAMBER BOTH CREATE A NEW OF THE KULTURFORUM, MUSEUM, MUSIC HALL,SENSE AND THE ENERGY AND SYMMETRY. FOCUSED COMBINING A PERFORMANCE STATE LIBRARY. USING A SYSTEM OF ON FLAT PLANES, WE’VE CREATED A TERRACE WITH TWO SYMMETRICAL VIEWING RAMPSENSE NEAREST SYSTEM OF PLANAR ELEMENTS THAT BOTHRAMPS. CREATETHE A NEW OF POTSDAM IS BIFUNCTIONAL WORKING NOT ONLY AS A VIEWING TERRACE, ENERGY AND SYMMETRY. FOCUSED ON COMBINING A PERFORMANCE BUT ALSOWITH AS THE OF A PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL. DOING TERRACE TWOROOF SYMMETRICAL VIEWING RAMPS. THE RAMPBY NEAREST THIS, WE’VE PURPOSE TO THE NOT CENTRALIZED ALL YEAR POTSDAM IS GIVEN BIFUNCTIONAL WORKING ONLY AS ATERRACE VIEWING TERRACE, LONG. THE AS ERRECTED SKYSCRAIDAPERS, INFLUENCED BY SCHAROME, BUT ALSO THE ROOF OF A PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL. BY DOING AID IN DEFININGTO THE VALLEY OF OUR SITE. THIS, WE’VE GIVEN PURPOSE THE CENTRALIZED TERRACE ALL YEAR LONG. THE ERRECTED SKYSCRAIDAPERS, INFLUENCED BY SCHAROME, AID IN DEFINING THE VALLEY OF OUR SITE.
Exisitng Traffic
Proposed Traffic
Population Density
WEST FACING SECTION 1:1000 WEST FACING SECTION 1:1000
Existing Condition Existing Contition
Site Plan (orange blocks represent added buildings)
Perspective1
Perspective3
Perspective2
Perspective4
Zacatal Neighborhood Research Type: Academic teamwork Role: Water analysis and design of streets with drainage Insturtor: Gabriel Diaz Montemayor Date: Spring 2014 Site: Los Cabos, Mexico
Key words: Flood control Program
exploring
living
gathering
interacting
cultivating
Program Diagram
Our studio pays much attention to Arroyo Zatacal, a river located in the undeveloped communities. People living in the neighborhood are facing big problems. As undeveloped communities, both sides of the river lack various programs for recreation and social activities. Besides, the flood in the rain season discourages people to enjoy the riverside experience. The design is to not only help promote the life quality but also provide efficient methods to prevent the neighborhood from flood in the rain season.
Plant Diagram
preserving
Drainage Diagram
filtering
infiltrating
collecting
cultivating
Water Connection
Perspective for city drainage
Section for city drainage
Jade Mountain Environment Renovation Type: Internship workRole: Research and rendering Insturtor: Yan Gao Date: March 2012 Site: Hangzhou, China Current Map
Current Traffic Routes
Current Land Use
Key words: Enhancement This project aims to redesign a well-known spot on the premise whereas maintaining its original characters. Emphases are put on the enhances of service facilities and thus affecting the recreation environment.
Current State of Main Entrance
Renovation Plan
Site Plan
Perspective
Section of Nanhuayuan, Hangzhou
Root Plan of Nanhuayuan, Hangzhou
Chinese Calligraphy
Other Work
Sketch of Guozhuang, Hangzhou
3D Model for 9/11 Memorial, New York