DIGITAL SCAPE
Tien M. Tran B.Land.Arch // RMIT University 2018
Extract from Ho Chi Minh’s city and comfort studio Studio leader: Heike Rahmann WIP
“Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.� -Another man
this man
Ian McHarg
Tran Minh Tien • www.linkedin.com/in/tien-tranlandscape • la.tien.tran@gmail.com • 0432 600 616 • Visa: Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) Post-study work stream (2018-2020) • Address: 270 King Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 • Language: English, Vietnamese
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• Career objective: Urban design firms, Landscape design firms, Insight into the urban design field Education 2014-2017 RMIT University Melbourne Bachelor of Landscape Architectural Design ‘17
Professional 2009-2014 Thuong Uyen Landscape Architecture Company Vung Tau city Lead Landscape Architect • Advised initial design process • Directed layout and plan drawing, • Assited research process of reforestation project, • Organized company events
2012 Vung Tau royal park site mapping Vung Tau city Landscape architect • Site-mapped a sand hill in ward 11 for future resort and eco park reserve • Cooperated with New Zealand’s landscape architect ( Earthwork landscape architects) on producing a comprehensive eco-park design
Field experience Extra curricular activities 2017 The design files Open house Show garden : Mountains Melbourne Volunteer • Volunteered and briefed the design and cleaning-up of Phillip Withers’s awarding designer’s show garden
2016 Productive garden design and construction Work-Integrated-Learning Group leader • Developed a winning garden design proposal for a family chateau in Rouen, France • Participated in construction process • Finished a pergolar and pizza oven with clean-up tasks
Additional training and conference 2013 Green Urbanscape Asia 2009 Singapore Interpreter and guide • Guided a tour around the networking event and observed newest landscape products in Singapore
2017 Sidewalk City: Remapping Public Space in Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City • Listened to Dr. Annette Kim talking about the future of Ho Chi Minh sidewalk and her researchs
2017 Ba Ria- Vung Tau Startup Idea Competition- runner-up Vung Tau City Group landscape architecture advisor • Participated in the competition
Skill level based on efficiency 1 as beginner and 6 as professional
Rhinoceros Grasshopper Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Autocad 3ds max Rendering Drawing Laser cutting + CNC
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Languages: English, Vietnamese
Referees Jock Gilbert Lecturer in landscape architecture RMIT architecture and design school Phone: +61 3 9925 1856 Email: jock.gilbert@rmit.edu. au Vu Thi Quyen, Lecturer, HIU Deputy Director, Center for Bio-landscaping Research and Environmental Horticulture MSc, Silviculture, NL University Ph.D student, Soil Science and Plant Nutrient, VAAS Phone: (+84) 908 460 789 Email: ttncsinhvatcanh@ gmail.com Skype: judyquyenvu
Site conditions mapping based on level of activities
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RESEARCH STUDIO PROJECTS P. 7-P.48
DIGITAL DRAWINGS P. 64-80
: trade line :fish species distribution : exclusive economic zone : fishing zone
disputed islands South China Sea area is characteised by the heavy trading ships traffic and overfishing . It is also problematiques of how people don’t have control over fishing method which terribly lead to the use of explosive fishing and destroying the coral reef of which the fish live in. Areas classified as threatened by destructive fishing pratices are based upona 20-kilometer radius zone known occurances of dynamite or cynide fishing as found in ReefBase (ICLARM, 1997) and were revised based upon expert opinion.
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DEMAPPING WATER
Spratly islands, the Philippines Studio leader : Lukas Pauer , MSc Arch ETH SIA, MAUD-Harvard University
Southern Giant Clam Ocean Sunfish
Whale Shark Great white shark
Nautilus Giant Oarfish
Frog Crab
Blue Whale
The Leatherback sea
Sperm whale
SITE’S RICHNESS 11.000 species in 20 different eco-systems. 6000 sea beds species 2.038 fish species 100 economical fish species 300 corals species 653 algae species 537 planktons species 94 mangrove species 225 shell-fish species 14 sea grass species 15 sea snakes species 12 mamals speces and 5 sea torstois species
ISLAND HABITAT & AND FISHES DISTRIBUTION Phillipnes with 36,289 km coat line indeed an island in the middle of the sea..Because of that this country is heavily depend on the resoucers got from the ocean to support developing nation
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OVERFISHING CONTROL Today, fishery industry have about 200 millions people and exploits all over international waters. The achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) eradicate that hunger will partly dependent on the ability of the fisheries and their ecosystems to supply animal protein to the populations of most developing countries. However, there is widespread concern over sustainability of the fisheries.
old way of fishing our fishing methods remains unchanged for hundreds of years:boat, net and sail
EXCESSIVE BY-CATCH AND DISCARD
Traffic jam on the ocean number of boat keep increasing drainingour resource an polutate the water
Destructive fishing practices degrade aquatic habitats
OVER EXPLOITATION fish and other living resources are caught at a rate which exceeds the maximum harvest that allows the population to be maintained by reproduction
Decreased viability and biodiversity impacts of aquaculture Bacterial or viral diseases can spread from aquaculture stocks and decrease the viability of wild commercial stocks
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STEP 1 TRACKING
Corporation of fish and human
We needed a solution to the overfishing problem. By proposing a systems and network of buoy on the site and install them on fishing boat, we can track estimated location and distribution of current many species of fishes. Then move on to the next step we will create a habitat for those fish s. The project aim for the beauty of the systems , structure and how it stimulate Geo-spatial political power of fisherman and the fish.
1 YEAR Allocated the movement of the fishes
2 YEAR Know the density of commercial fishes, deploy other station
3 YEAR Understand the regional water, researching step.
fish
human
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Prospective activities mapping
Locators radar range
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STEP 2
deploying incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
tHE BONES Stimulate fish-bone, this structure is the key to harsh weather condition in the ocean
The structure response to the ocean wave and move with the current instead of fighting it
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THE MOTHER/FINAL STEP This a plankton research facility that nurse KEY species and then feed the surrounding feed by releasing them to the water body. The structure works like a WEB of spring damper. It breathes out CO2 and take in water to sink and take in sample plankton in process. At the end of processing, it release these plankton to feed the fish.
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Projection of the future The facilities are set in a way that use current to energized the systems by using wave-electric-generation technologies. By the time it is used for the public, new unique territory will be created for the the demand in ocean research an revitalized ocean floor as well as awareness and attraction for surrounding countries.
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Future usages
Public attractions
Ocean explorers
Data collection
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COMPOSITE MAPPING
Melbourne University Square Studio leader : Brent Greene, Wendy Walls
MELBOURNE ZOO University of Melbourne
lost parkland orginal parkland Yarra river Human river -
Carlton Gardens
Leicester S
Barry St
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Grattan St
Lincoln Square
Located right next to Melbourne University and near some of the rather lacking urban parks in Melbourne. At the present the site is a relaxing lawn for nearby residents and students with a few emerging activities by students and clubs. The site feel separation, the dense tree canopy and trunks often divide and therefore cut up the continuity of the space. It feels protected yet squeeze every bit of air into our skin. The trees choices rather scary and unfriendly yet left hurried atmosphere to the users. The light is indeed soft and pleasing under trees and walking in the pathway is such a pleasure but the exposed concrete entry fend off anyone who want to stay, they often hide under the sitting of those dying trees with concrete seats.
Human artifi-
Suburban sprawl
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ORIGINAL VEGETATION COVER
NEW BOTANICAL PARK
NEW PROPOSED RIVER WAY
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Mult-layers mapping
10 km
NEGOTIATING LANDSCAPE: A history of disappering natural landscape 17
Morning 8-12am
SITE ANALYSIS/MAPPING
Light has tranformative quality. Here in this site, lighting greatly differs from day to night, bring out various quality to the site : lighting in the morning create area of rest and navigate while they become the safe spots at night.
Night 9-11pm
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Initial testing and design process
To corporate light into design of the site, i have been through various way of testing how light interact with different element: human scale, elevation, time of day, season, shapes and size of objects....
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Toward paradise by Gustafson Porter (2008) C o m m ission ed by 1 1t h Ve nic e A rc hite c ture B ie nna le i n I t a l y, t h e de s i g n e r i s a s k e d n o t j u s t t o n o u rish the body, bu t nou r is h the s oul too. I n this nunner y ’s o v e rg ro wn v e g e t a t i o n s i t e , f o r m e r C h u rc h o f the Virgins, the ques tion is how to c re a te a p op - u p s i t e -re s po n s i v e i n s t a l l a t i o n t o h e l p u s c u l t iva te o ur souls. This c ha lle nge the c onv e ntion of la n d s c a pe a rc h i t e c t u re by m a n y m e a n s . F i r s t l y, t h e de sig n is int ended f or s ome thing tha t now p hy s ic a l a n d c a n n o t b e g r a s pe d by t h e m e a n o f wo rds a nd somethin g that w ill not s ta y the re f or a lif e tim e . “ Arc h i t e c t u re i s n o t b u i l di n g … ( I t ) i s s o m e t h i n g e lse”. In this landscape , w e f ind a jour ne y not throu g h s pa c e bu t i de a s , a t a l e , a v o y a g e o f a wa reness a n d discovery. The d e s ign c omp le te ly c ha nge t h e f a c e o f t h i s br a m b l e d e n v i ro n m e n t wh i c h i s unto uch ed f or a lon g time a nd tur n it into s ome thin g m a g i c a l a n d e n l i g h t e n i n g . I t d i d n o t j u s t k e e p the historical st ate of the s ite b ut he lp e d it s ta nd o u t e v e n m o re b y g i v i n g t h e r u i n i t s m e a n i n g : bo dily an d soulf u lly. Ev e n more , this is a gre a t e xa m pl e o f h o w l a n d s c a pe a rc h i t e c t u re s h o u l d be (?), engaging an d peop le - or ie nte d . I t s hould link th e bu i l d i n g ( h u m a n ) t o t h e e ph e m e r a l l a n d s c a pe (nature).
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Melbourne University Square The intervention of light and land. 21
Gathering location Existing boulder
Artwork
LAWN
Second entrance
Main entrance
What kind of spatial element that trigger senses of stay, closure, enjoyment and walking ?
Paths Grass
Proposed elements : prospective hill, open-closed curves of grass, vast grassland and soft flowing paths go from the top to the bottom .
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morning
noon
afternoon
January
April
Light quality
Surrounded by a mix of low to mid-range rise buildings , North East side of the site are protected by large quantity of shades in the afternoon but nonetheless exposed to sunlight most of the time.
July
October
MODEL PLAY-AROUND.
Inspired by mountains and fabric folds, the model propose a range of new site quality
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Curvy and slopy path create a combining playground Summer is all about family and children
Perspective section
Trees canopy provides pleasing shade for summer Artwork on site
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Trees canopy provides pleasing shade for summer
Interactive artwork for the mind and health
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Concrete border contain and create sitting at approriate heights
Emerging reflection create a whole experience of the site
IN THE MORNING new art playground
Intergrated lighting installation navigate users at night Artwork reflecting the moon and night sky
NIGHT
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SUMMER
WINTER
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STUDIO HO CHI MINH
Ho Chi Minh city studio Studio leader : Brent Greene, Dr. Heike Rahmann Team : Tien Minh Tran-mapping and plan drawing - general modeler and diagram drawer- perspective and section drawer. Linying Jiang - case study and site master plan - section artist Peter Liu - master plan and case study -section artist
Due to the configuration of the street, it could takes up to an hour to get from the central area to surrounding residential area. Longer travel create more traffic and time spent on the road create pollution and accidents that affect directly the economy and public’s health. As people continue to migrate to urban centre at unprecedented rates, sidewalks are particularly important for the lower-income and marginalised urban dwellers who try to make their living in this space. This create a secondary living style inside those network of alleys. There is a second city hidden inside District 1 of Saigon; it is an extensive network of back alleys, twisting narrowly behind and between the borough’s buildings. This sprawling microcosm is home to hundreds of people, businesses, and restaurants. Inlets into the secret world, both narrow and wide, can be found between almost every street-side shop. Protected by tall buildings on either side, only a narrow shaft of light can penetrate the shaded maze for most of the day. Architecture has been using the surface to MEDIATE the space between existing energies and climates of local environment to provide shelter for people and its activities. The question is : Could we, by the use of surface, blend and create an inside-outside environment that is more welcoming and encouraging local to use their outside space ? Can we by using existing materials and medium of wind and sun protection to ( canopy, wind break, vegetation covers ) to raise the question of : should we strengthen or reduce the comfortability of space ? How do we localised the environment to create the desired outcome ? How do we selects and rejects the variables within the environmental context, picking and choosing which qualities can be used for the sole aim of comfort ?
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Position : How reconfiguration of alley-street network could help promote ventilation ?
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WEST TRANSECT BUILDING’S FOOTPRINT Site mapping and analyis
Buidings and traffic mapping plan - left side ; city section cut through - bottom side ; overview of the city- right side
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Urban built forms West transect is defined by the transition of building structure and environmental characteristic that affect the livelihood and comfort of people dwelling in fundamentally different area. We focus on the notion of public space and the inside that separate by the mediation of architecture ( structural and functional ) .
type 1 : urban central
High rise buildings, apartment, large range of programs, big public space nearby and compact + LIVING WITH PACKAGE DEAL
type 3: residential house + minor shop houses
1-3 floors, family oriented, rarely for rent, 1st floors usually the living rooms and kitchen combined, box house , convenience stores, small cafe, minimum or no sidewalks. street is the sidewalk, people living with close proximity with the traffic
type 2 : street shops house
Minimum living space, 2-5 floors, family oriented, 1st floors usually for commercial activities, other floors for living and renting. Minimum public space, the front of the house usually for parking and shop’s activities. box house
type 4 : alley house :
1-3 floors. family oriented, occasional shops, the street is the public space, low level traffic, mostly motorbikes, playground for kids and dwellers, front gardens
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Surrounding residentral area
City centre area
Parameters : Functional air movement control ( continuous linear vs vortex flow) How do you maximize heat loss using natural sources of cooling ? Which form of house and neighbourhood favor the creation of air movement and pressure zone for better ventilation ? How do you balance the dwellers privacy and air comfort ? What is the beneficial wind effect to help mediate air movement on site ?
Surrounding residentral area
City centre area
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DISTRICT 4
How do people form the structure of the city ? While district 1 side of the canal present a range and diversity of architecture’s mass and volume hence create and diverse empty space and void. With relatively easy traffic, the space provide a relatively lively area with lots of activities : entertainment, luxury housing, large public space and wonderful sidewalks with shops and city landmarks. Living in the centre define your wealthiness and status hence create a gap between said area to just nearby residential lower income area. Traffic network in the other side of canal ( D4-10) is a chaotic web of small or tiny paths and street created in the burst of urbanization process. Understanding the area is like understanding the neuron networks of the brain. Each neighborhood is unique and quite similar to a whole other worldly island in itself but interconnected deeply physically and mentally. Everyone know someone, The people live in the far end of the street know the person uncle’s wife of the other side of the street.
DISTRICT 1
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DISTRICT 10
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Urban area wind effect in the center
channel effect mesh effect , shelter effect
shelterd zone, tunnel wind effect
laminar comfortable filetered wind
DRY SEASON
turbulent of skyline wind
high velocity wind at the edge of building protective building, shelter the incoming wind
unpleasant wind coming in from all direction
RAINY SEASON
tree-filted wind reduce the effect of incoming heavy wind
sheltered zones
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Residental street: Hoang Sa street wind effect in the center channel effect
canal edge
linear park
street
sidewalk
3-5 years old trees
Multiple uses are the signature characteristic of this neighborhood
due to high exposure to sunlight, the house front usually covered with canopies like these
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TYPICAL BUILDING FORMS
Small family 28m2 No windows, one big opening Big family 160m2 Multiple openings Small household 32m2 1 window, big opening Medium size family 28m2 Multiple small openings, big opening ground floor Medium size shop 240m2 Multiple small openings, big opening ground
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Types of opening matter
The characteristic of an opening can be explored in multiple ways, but with simple popular French colonial windows
French windows can direct airflow upward or down-
Acanopy over a window tends to direct air upward
A gap between canopy and wall ensures a downward pressure
Downward pressure is improved further with the structure of French windows/blind
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How do you distribute air movement evenly through the area ? Convective air movement The basic of convective air movement is : Warm air rises and cool air falls Stack ventilation, or convective air movement, relies on the increased buoyancy of warm air which rises to escape the building through high level outlets, drawing in lower level cool daytime air from shaded external areas ( direction where the wind come in ) or evaporative cooling water bodies. Convective air allows the heat transfer from the inlets to outlets like clerestory windows, roofs ventilators and vented ridges, eaves, gables and ceilings.
Section A-A’ 1-500
Convective cooling method is capable of cooling a building but with slow air speed, it doesn’t cool people.
Section B-B’ 1-500
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SECTION CUTTING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SECTION CUTTING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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SECTION CUTTING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. How do you create desired path of wind through a neighborhood or blocks of houses ? How do you maximize numbers of inlets as well as outlets of air into the neighborhood ?
Climbing wind reducing air pressure on street level environment
Soft rising form lead the wind upward rather than trapping it on street level
Houses with bigger mass will have a leaning shape to direct the wind into the house, then when needed, push down to street level
Wind coming through smaller opening will reduce the effect of prevailing speed
Funnel wind effect accelerate the wind to ventilate the connecting street then divert to surrounding alley ways
Staggered form create more space for air to enter the house compare to the form that perdincular to the wind direction
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functional wind-friendly neighborhood By changing the shapes and forms of the houses and neighborhood configuration, we altered the wind direction as well as characteristic of which cool down or ventilate the site that is exposed to the sun. In this example, the neighborhood of Hoang Sa street that face the Nhieu Loc Canal would have a better ventilation due to the shape of building keep the wind flowing smoothly and desirably.
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SELANDRA RISE
facility/structure
Applying interactivty to a physical site
future usages
JANUARY
MAY
JU LY
OCTOBER
land use and vegetation change in a year
DECEMBER
walking paths
WIND DIRECTION : SE>E SPEED : 5 KNOTS > 40 KNOTS
vehicle paths
main road/secondary road
water surface
wetland/open surface
wind direction : se>e speed : 5 knots> 40 knots
SITE ANALYSIS
boundary
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NOISE LEVEL
WIND EXPOSURE
SOURCE AT REST
MOVEMENT PATTERN
SOURCE IN MOTION
SITE ANALYSIS
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FORM GENERATION
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Section cut through North-West entrance
Section of the construction proposal
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INTERACTIVITY DIAGRAM
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SOUND INTERACTION
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DESIGN PROPOSAL
master plan 50
Activities segment daytime
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The installation reflect sunset lighting during the end of day
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES : LANDSCAPE
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The soundscape installation provide a pleasant and challange the conventional landscape construction methods
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES: PAVILLION
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MEGA HOUSEHOLD
Precedents
FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY Exploration in French productive landscape in a chateau household scene Team : Tien Minh Tran-digital concept visualizer-great garden helper Rachel Lesslie- general concept and planting-garden enthuasist Jake Gilbert -digital concept-handsome gardener and pergolar riser-party boy
context
The basic approach to every site is always start at the core chracteristic. By identifying them, we can use it to take the next step to the actual design the space.
Chateau bosqouet
Core characteristic
Broader issues
Client demands
Family home
biodiversity
Food production
occupation
Event venue
engagement
Private destination
productive landscape spaces
new room winthin the garden, pergola, pizza oven and BBQ, flanking sides with bench space, front entrance gate plant out, landscaping front of chateau, knot gardens on either sides of the front steps , espalier fruit wall, wicking beds, compost bins, water tanks, lighting
Leisure spaces
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GARDEN ROOM Entering the pergola we see the stone pizza oven featured to our left and the view to the apple grove, just one of the groves in the bosquet, framed to our right. At night, the garden room is transformed, warm glowing vintage glass chandeliers hanging down the centre of the pergola either side gently illuminate the long timber trestle tables and chairs. By day light is filtered through the canopy of dense and cool green canopy, shading guests from the summer sun. A hint of splendour combines with the comfort of rustic old world charm to provide the perfect place to unwind in. Through the ‘windows’ of the oak timber posts we can see the simple expanse of the formal garden to the south and the brilliant colours of the lush new garden to the north.
master plan
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THE EXPERIENCE OF THE GARDEN Venturing through the garden room, past the antique terracotta planters spilling over with herbs we arrive in the beautiful garden. Here we find ourselves in another world- a magnificent royal empress tree stands in the center, a canopy of brilliant violet flowers creating a dappled light on the v ground. Inspired by traditional French parterres, raised planting boxes framed by gravel paths alongside the pergola are bounteous with sumptuously ripe vegetables and juicy berries that can be fresh picked straight to the table for pizza and tart making. An olive field separates the main entertaining area from the pretty cottage in the distance. Lavender underplanting creates a sea of blue beneath the olive laden trees. Asymmetric planting suggests the warmth and unrestrained nature of the southern country side. Beyond the veggie beds stands an impressive fig tree, rustic oak benches circle beneath and vintage iron French chairs and a table rest in the shade. We pick figs from the tree and cut them to cook and caramelise on our pizzas. The impressive pizza oven offers a broad timber 360 degree bench on which we can prepare our pizzas and chat with the guests in the pergola. An undulating hidden path winds off through the lavender to the cottage beyond.
orchard
PERGO
olive/lavender field
THE COTTAGE
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existing landscape
PLANTING PALLETE
OLA
pizza oven
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PERGOLAR DESIGN
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PIZZA OVEN DESIGN
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Mason jar chandelier
Trained olive trees
Piet Oudolf field
Flowering bulbs Lavender undergrowth
Oaks sleepers
Vegetable raised beds
VIEW FROM THE PERGOLA
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Paulownia tomentosa “emprese”
Trained olive trees
Pergola
pots
Boules court
Herbs lawn Topiary balls
Lavender hedge
Flint path
Large water-lily bowl/urn
VIEW FROM THE ORCHARD
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TO CONSTRUCT IS TO DESIGN During the construction, the designers or constructors would find out new elements of the site. These new quality is revealed by introduce the “design” with the land.
Level! Level! Level!
Locating holes and prepare and surface Form-work secured and protection mat and structural steel ready to go.
Holes ready to fill with concrete but later on isn’t necessary
Concrete pouring
Making sure the surface is flat and ready for formwork (found on site)
Screed ! Screed ! Screed
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Form-work secured and protection mat and structural steel ready to go.
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COMMUNICATION 1 Exploration on geometries and representation in digital environment
importing the base created by Autocad, we have a beautiful grid ready for ACTION
what is the best reference for creating perspective without help of technology ? Box-board models.
adding the textures and environment
adding trees
adding people,objects and shadows
creating mood and final tweak
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Scale 1:100 plan
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master plan 1:500
1:500 plan
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PERSPECTIVE
Tien Minh Tran
Vietnamese, 1991 Entering The Triangle 2014 CAD , Photoshop Have you ever dream of triangles ?
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COMMUNICATION 2
From kinetic sand to 3d landscape
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TESTING DRAWING FOR OCEAN’S TERRITORIES DESIGN
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COMMUNICATION 2 Phenomenal driven landscape
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COMMUNICATION 3 Phenomenon driven landscape
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THE EXPERIENCE OF THE GARDEN
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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 2 Visualizing and conceptualizing an existing site These series of excercises push the students to the limit of using and borrowing the concept of a school of thought ( either Modernism , Post-structuralism or Phenomenology ) and side by side with observing a site to create a meaningful drawing where the understanding of the school of thought and how well he/ she interprete those concept into drawing and/or writing.
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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 3 Similar to TF2 , TF3 assess students on how well he/she understand the concepts. Then those understanding will be condense into smaller presentations of which end up with a discursive panel of 7-10 persons andswer the topic questions with deep exploration on the themes of landscape architecture’s theory .
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