Landscape Portfolio Work Selection 2011-2018
Tao Sun
EDUCATION 2016.092018.01
Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, Landscape Urbanism, Master of Architecture, March Reclaiming Agrarian Sandscapes 33-39 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES
2011.082016.06
Southeast University, College of Architecture, Nanjing, P.R.China Bachelor of Engineering, Landscape Architecture 2 Sipailou, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, China, 210008
PERSONAL Name: Tao Sun Nationality: Chinese Date of Birth: 07 Oct 1993 Language: English / Chinese
CONTACT Adress: Flat 2, 42 Phoenix Road, London, UK, NW1 1TA
ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXPERIENCE 2017.11
Bronze Award, 2016 China Habitat Environment Design Year Award for the project of “Lukou Wetland Park conceptual planning and design”
2017.01
Honor Award, 2016 Yuan Ye Award International Competition for the project of “Lukou Wetland Park conceptual planning and design”
2015.09
Excellent Award, 2015 Evaluation of Landscape architecture graduation project of national colleges and universities for the project of “Landscape planning and design of northern Niushou Mountain in Nanjing”
2015.072015.10
Architects& Engineers Co. Ltd of Southeast University, Nanjing, China Intern Architect
SKILLS
Phone: +44 7513640377
Architectural skills: ArcGIS, Grasshopper, Processing, Python, Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, Sketchup, 3DMAX, Lumion, Vray, Model making, Sketch, Mark drawing, Pen sketch
Email: suntao1007@gmail.com
Graphic design: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere
Sculpture Exposition Garden Xuanwu District,Nanjing Team work 2014.09-11
Cooperate with: Zhengting Zhen and Qianru Ma
overall planning and architecture design Apply the main site and the
crossing parts,enlarge gathering area.
CONTENT Insert the desired pedestrian circulation and the central area.
PROJECT CONTEXT
square nodes construction nodes scenic spots primary relation secondary relation
major road �irst-class road second-class road third-class road
01. Reclaiming agrarian sandscapes
02. Zen
01. Nature & Jumanity
02.City Open Space
Lanzarote, Spain
Nanjing, China
Nanjing, China
Nanjing, China
AA school of Architecture, Landscape Urbanism Design 2017.01-2018.01
Southeast Univercity, Landscape Architecture Design 2015.03-2015.04
Southeast Univercity, Landscape Architecture Design 2014.09-2014.11
Southeast Univercity, Landscape Architecture Design 2013.09-2013.11
Insert tre
the road.
Reclaiming agrarian sandscapes Lanzarote, Spain team work 2017.01-2018.01
Cooperate with: Rimjhim Chauhan and Majedeh Sayyedi
ABSTRACT In our study, we intervene within the Canarias Archipelago, studying the implications of this islander-visitor interaction, and its remote landscape influences. The insularity and fragmentation of the Canarias islands affects the transportation of people and merchandise, and its status as a remote territory indicates the complicated relation to the main centres of production and consumption. Moreover, the same factors have created conditions for broad ecological and cultural diversity, characterized by endemic species, landscapes, and ecosystems recognized universally and the core attraction for tourists. With these unique geomorphological conditions, these islands tend to have fragile ecosystems as well as complicated trade mechanisms. The increasingly tourism-based economy has led to abandonment of these resource-replenishing activities, triggering undesirable effects such as desertification and an increased dependency on imports, of both resource and user.
We explore these mechanisms within the archipelago which have finally begun to trigger major land policy changes with La Ley del Suelo, underlining the need for a revised framework of resource management, whether it be of land as a commodity or sand as a geological material. In our role as architects, we attempt to deal with this via a combination of approaches of policy, landscape and architectural paradigms on a multiscalar level, as well as interwoven sand mechanisms and negotiations within existing local policy frameworks.
ATLAS INTRODUCTION We attempt to depict the extent of economy growing trend through the Canarias Atlas of Insularity & Resource Dependency, where we represent the agrotrade relations of the archipelago within the global market through imports and exports, movement of capital, and the influx of tourists from the European Union. The Canarias Archipelago is located less than 100km off the west coast of the African continent, and is characterised by mild climate due to the oceanic influence which alters the proper latitudinal climatic situation. Due to their age, the eastern Canary Islands of Lanzarote and Feurteventura are the most denuded by erosion and have the lowest elevation, barely reaching 800 m in the highest ancient massifs of JandĂa, despite recent volcanism.
Desertification and Land Degradation in Islands
SITE CONDITION
Articulation of agrarian and tourist networks in Lanzarote
Aeolian sand movement in Jable corridor
SOCIAL FORMATION Social Formations panel is to identify the major tourist hubs and routes on the island and do a network analysis based on the number of tourists in each major city. These routes were cross-referenced with major tourist destinations and the routes in between these places was interpolated to get a overlaying network of tourism.
With a focus on the areas of most abandonment, that is the Paso del Jable region, the abandoned plots were connected to the most proximate production centres to calculate distance and viability to create a more direct integration between the tourism and agricultural sectors. We found that though the visibility of the landscape was high, there existed no facilities or activities that would actually motivate people to visit the landscape. The goal of the project then becomes to alter the dynamics of the landscape in order to allow and foster interest in the site, both from the government and visitors.
This is an initial step towards the discussion and formulation of proposals to counter the increasing negative repercussions of the tourism industry. This paves the way for any spatial or landscape intervention that we propose in the region to be accessible to the tourism sector once achieved. We intend to incorporate the existing tourism tendency towards the primary sector for a mutually beneficial co-existence instead of completely denouncing the merits of the industry, and due to several reasons.
Band development
SIMULATION OF INTERVENTION We did wind simulation in Jable area in Lanzarote and get three wind bands according to wind speed, which we called red band, yellow band and green band. In red band where the wind speed is high, the fields are suitable foe growing plants which don't need a lot of sand such as pumpkin, zucchini and melons. In yellow band we grow potatoes, yams and ryes which act as barriers. We grow tomatoes and crops which can be grown in yellow band in green band.
Choreography of aeolian processes
Each of these crops has their own plantation frames, so, to determine how these would affect sand flow at a large scale, we abstract these frames and simulate the results. We get the results of shadows and sand accumulation after the sand simulation of each crop band by steps. According to the simulation, we can conclude the development of crops in each band together with network design and farmsted locations.
SHIFTING SANDS : Synergies of Sand and Architecture The small-scale results of the sandscape generation become more prominent. With the mobilisation of such a large area of land, it is necessary to focus on human-level landscapes, where the visitors would be able to experience the phenomenon at a tangible scale. Such areas - Farmstays, for the ones that wish to engage in the production, and Interpretation Centre for those who merely wish to interact with it, are to be subjected to more detailed interventions with aim to blend the living and the working landscapes with the dynamic properties of sand. Due to the capriciousness of wind movement at smaller scales, this configuration of sand movement is only one of the many possible with different wind directions. Rather than letting it dissuade us, we weave this unpredictability into our design as well, where we create open-floor plans and flexible areas whose function would keep changing according to the shifting sands. We can see here how this creates a dynamic landscape, whose beauty lies in the shifting sands and embodies how the structure and the inhabitants interact with the outdoor landscape.
Zen Niushou Mountain scenic spot Jiangning District,Nanjing Team work 2015.03-04
Coperate with: Zhe Lu, Pengcheng Cao, Bowen Hu and Liying Lu
overall planning and architecture design
PROJECT CONTEXT
square nodes construction nodes scenic spots primary relation secondary relation
major road �irst-class road second-class road third-class road
THE MASTERPLAN
Sculpture Exposition Garden Xuanwu District,Nanjing Team work 2014.09-11
Cooperate with: Zhengting Zhen and Qianru Ma
overall planning and architecture design
AT EXHIBITION
AFTER EXHIBITION
THE CENTRAL DESIGN
THE THEME MUSEUM
City open space Drum tower Square Drum tower District,Nanjing Single work 2013.09-11
PROJECT CONTEXT
Green Plaza
Interactive Technology
Live Entertainment
Brand-new Community
Xuanwu Lake Area
Jimingsi Park Area
Drum tower transportation hub Space
Apply the public/private
Apply the soft/hard surface
Apply the main site and the
Insert the desired pedestrian circulation and the central area.
distinction.
crossing parts,enlarge gathering area.
distinction.
Insert the main road.
Insert trees in line and deeine the road.
Plus a second layer and create ‘Fast Track’.
Blur the boundaries and apply central area with the monument. Primary Road Secondary Road Central Road
Driveway Bus Stop Non-Driveway
Back to Back Seating Lounger Seating Circle Seating
THE MASTERPLAN