L a n d s c a p e
PORTFOLIO A r c h i t e c t u r e
SHEN
YIRAN
CONTENTS
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04
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Confluence
Window
Plant Theatre
DESIGN AND INNOVATION FOR THE RESILIENT CAMPUS
CREATING A SENSORY GARDEN FOR NATURE EDUCATION
RENOVATION OF ONE SECTION OF DEQUINDRE CUT GREENWAY WITH PLANTING APPROACH
OPTIMIZING LOCATIONS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DETROIT USING GIS
PA R K & U R B A N P L A N N I N G
C A M P U S & RESILIENT DESIGN
H I S T O R Y & COMMUNITY PARK
PUBLIC GARDEN & ECO PLANTING
E Q U I T Y & J U S T I C E
Detroit, Michigan
Chongqing, China
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Metropolitan Dynamics Design Studio individual coursework at the University of Michigan.
Real cooperative team project during Internship at Beijing Aecom in 2019.
Urban Stormwater: Science, Design, and Management cooperative coursework at the University of Michigan.
Ecological Site Design Studio individual coursework at the University of Michigan.
Ecological Planting Design Studio individual coursework at the University of Michigan.
Landscape Ecology + Planning Studio individual coursework at the University of Michigan.
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02
MASTERPLAN OF WARRENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD
LANDSCAPE MASTER PLANNING OF LIANGJIANG INNOVATION ZONE
SUSTAINABLE M I X E D - U S E DEVELOPMENT
InterFACING Nature
Nature to Nurture
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2019 Michigan ASLA Student Merit Award.
06 GEO DESIGN
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OTHER WORK
01 InterFACING Nature MASTER PLAN OF WARRENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD IN 2030 Size: 260 acre Location: Detroit, MI Project Type: Individual Instructor: Joan Nassauer Located at the Warrendale neighborhood in Detroit---a post-industrial shrinking city, some blocks within the site are highly vacant. Identified for mixed use development complementing single family residential homes for an overall population approximately four times greater than in 2000, the design proposes a plausible and inspring future plan for warrendale neighborhood which can accommodate residents from low to high income, and from children to older people. A multi-functional green space network is proposed to reconnect people with the existing largest green space--rouge park and to improve walkability, livability, and sustainability in 2030. References: - Kim Dovey & Stephen Wood (2015) Public/private urban interfaces: type, adaptation, assemblage, Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 8:1, 1-16, DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2014.891151 - Forman, R. (2014). Urban Ecology: Science of Cities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/ CBO9781139030472. Chapter 4: Urban Soil and Chemicals, Chapter 5 & 12.
CONTEXT & SITE ANALYSIS
URBAN STUDY & CONCEPT EVOLUTION
ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Ecological pattern framework in greater-detroit area
The site has high potential to offer ecological benefits to functionally extend rouge park---the stronghold in ecological framework.
EVOLUTION OF ECO-PATTERN FRAMEWORK: CORRIDOR-AND-SMALL PATCH SYSTEM Functionally linked greenspaces to provide rich biodiversity and enhance flows (Forman, 2014, 368)
INTEGRATED STRUCTURE: "URBAN INTERFACE/FACING NATURE" CONCEPTUAL STRATEGY FRAMEWORK: NODE
HUB SOCIAL ANALYSIS Study urban grid and regional transportation system in Detroit, inter-connections to surrounding cities and destinations.
Potential main destinations for residents in 2030 including new developed job center and renovated downtown detroit.
LINK
Ecological stepping stone Social Joint
Main ecological patch Social hub
Business
Ecological Link Social Link
20 mins Drive
Commercial
EVOLUTION OF URBAN INTERFACE FRAMEWORK: STREET AS INTEGRATED OUTDOOR ROOM
Business New developed Job Center
Industry Business Insititution
Business Commercial Cultural
Urban interface is not only a spatial concept but interconnections, relation and flows between systems ( Doey, Wood, 2015, p3) Create complex configuration of interface for better quality of urban environment ( Bobic, 2004, p18, p70) Vairables below as public, private; transparent, opaque; open,closed referred from framework by Dovey and Wood. (Dovey. Wood, 2015, p5) Interlaced streets to create complex and soft divisions Transparent interface to encourage flows: between public and private space:
Public
Private
Transparent
Opaque
Interface Network:
Open
Closed
STRATEGY OF SUSTAINABLE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GREEN SPACE NETWORK MASTER PLAN
GREEN SPACE FRAMEWORK
SCHOOL
EVERGREEN RD
JOY RD
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Major Pedestrian Crossing Pedestrian Crossing Main Ecological Corridor Medium Ecological Corridor Pedestrian Connection
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15
GREEN SPACE SYSTEM FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND SERVICE COVERAGE
9 10
6
11
5
10 mins community-walk public green space system
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13 14
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19
12 8
20
Public green space Semi-public green space Green infrastructure Urban farm Rouge Park
1 2
18 16
ROUGE PARK
3
7 18
4
INTEGRATED GREEN INFRASTRUCTRURE NETWORK WITHIN GREEN SPACE TIREMAN AVE
1 Retention Pond
5 Farm Lab
9 Bio-retention Gardem
13 Art& Play Plaza
17 Forest Walk
2 Outdoor Classroom
6 Community Garden
10 Swing Pavilion
14 Garden Walk
18 Playground
3 Prairie
7 Elderly Community Garden
11 Central Lawn
15 Coffe Plaza
19 Community Rain Garden
4 Nature Education Park Entrance
8 Residential Boulevard
12 Urban Meadow Garden
16 Preserved Urban Forest
20 Sport Park
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200
400
800
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Bio-Rentention Retention Stream Pipe & Water Direction Overflow-collect Zone Catch Basin Cistern Green Roof
STRATEGY OF SUSTAINABLE DIIVERSE INTERFACE NETWORK: STREET NETWORK BUILDING TYPES
Insititutional/Community Commercial Mix-used Mid-Rise Residential Low-rise Residential
VEHICULAR NETWORK
PEDESTRIAN LOOP AND BIKE SYSTEM
Commercial Corridor Neighborhood Corridor Green Boulevard 2 way Residential Street one-way low-speed Street
URBAN INTERFACE- OUTDOOR ROOM - HIERACHY OF SPACES
Bike Lane Pedestrian Walk Sidewalk
Hub Node Link Street Room
URBAN INTERFACE - "OUTDOOR ROOM" NETWORK HUB
NODE
LINK
View from central park to art/play plaza
View from First floor of Mixed-use Building at crossing to tree plaza
View of low-rise community garden and connection between private space and public green space
NATURE ECOLOGY
INNOVATION RESEARCH
URBAN NATURE CULTURE
CULTURE URBAN LIFE
02 Nature to Nurture
LIANGJIANG INNOVATION ZONE MASTERPLANNING Size: 690 acre Location: Chongqing, China Team: Landscape Architect: Aecom Urban Design: Chapman Taylor
Condition: In construction progress
Aiming at sustainability and connectivity, the master plan creates an urban innovation zone on a 680 hectare site in Chongqing Liangjiang, central China. Positioned to become an advanced technology research and development district, Liangjiang is expected to accomodate over 30 million people in the future and as a pilot project that integrate ecology, innovation and culture. My role in this project includes site analysis, master planting plan and strategy, wetland park design and modeling.
GENE STUDY OF CHONGQING & SITE ANALYSIS
LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN
STRATEGIC POSITION + ECO-CONTECTION
'ECO'-VALLEY WITHIN MOUNTAINS
RESPOND TO ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT
RESPOND TO ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT
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8 4
COOPERATION WITH URBAN DESIGN TEAM Vegetation
Road System
3 STRATEGIC SYSTEM ECOSYSTEM: CONNECT MOUNTAIN + WATER
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Terrace Ponds Garden
2
ECO Living Room
3
Terrace Grove
4
Camping Hill
5
Forest-top Walk
6
Top Viewing Platform
7
Cliff Park Walk
8
Bamboo Path
9
Viewing Tower
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4
9
18
13 Confluence Dock 14 Tree Island
25
15 Wetland Park
18 Kids Play Hill
Water System
19 Mountain Sports Center
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20 Water Sports Center
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21 Lakefront Eco-Village 22 Terrace Art Landform 23 Terracing Street
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29
17
24 Bamboo Forest Path Sensitivity Map
Land Use
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30
17 Stream Valley Forest
THEMATIC ACTIVITIES
25 Mingyue Bridge 26 Sports Bay 27 ART Dock
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23
28 TOD Plaza 29 City Sharing Center
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12
13
28
16 Mingyue Lake Wetland
Water System
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10
26
7
12 Waterfront Promenade
MULTI-CONNECTION
6 3
11 Eco Gateway Plaza Buildings
5
11
10 Media Center Topography
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6
19
20
30 Wildflower Meadow Valley
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14
DIVERSE CO-LIVING HABITATS PATTERN FRAMEWORK
4 BITOPES
CONNECTION OF PACHES AND CORRIDOR
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nhacement of habitat quaility to remanant ecosystems
Diversify the ecosystem,
and create collabrative ecological space for fauna and people and create an ecological gradient
Create multi-tiered natural way Village
Mountain
Valley
+鸟类 +两栖类 +爬行类 +鱼类 +昆虫类
+鸟类 +两栖类 +昆虫类
Mixed Forest Dense Mixed Forest Reserve
Rehabilitated Cliff
Terrace Field Lawn
+鸟类 +两栖类 +爬行类 +鱼类 +昆虫类
Sparse Forest Meadow Stream Forest
12 HABITAT TYPES
Seasonal Retention Pond Stream
Wetland
Lake
Islands
Corridor
Cliff Rehabilitation
Terrace Field
Retention Pond
Purification Wetland
Open Lawn
Eco-Village
Dense Mixed Forest
Mixed Forest Reserve
Forest Creek
Seasonal Stream
Sparse Forest Meadow
Green Finger Corridor
planted with specific trees and shrubs to facilitate the movement of animals as part of a larger ecological fauna network
Lake
HABITAT PIE Cliff Rehabilitation
+9%
+
+ +
Moutain Forest Habitat
27.7% 189.69HA
+16%
Mixed-forest Reserve
+3%
Corridor
+
+13% Retention Pond
Urban Habitat
+1.1%
+
Wetland Habitat
50.8% 347.96HA
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4.6% 31.78HA
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Eco Village
+37%
Forest Creek
+0.5%
LAKE
6.19% 42.40HA
Terrace & Valley 10.6%
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Open Lawn
+1.2%
72.81HA
+ +
Terrace Meadow
+0.7%
Sparse Forest
+3.6%
Seasonal Stream
+1.9%
+
Purification Wetland
+1%
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PLANTING STRATEGY
FACILITATE PLANT SUCCESSION
Reforestation + Enhance Quality +Diversity NOW FUTURE
Forest Area 102 ha 347 ha
Ratio of Forest Coverage 15% 55%
CLIFF REHABILITATION
+ Spray mixed grasses seeds for
+ Select Pioneer Species & Long-
carbon sequestration
live Plants + Time for succession
+ Soil-Reinforcement by Roots
+ Proper Maintainence
Vertical System:
- Over Human Intervention
Canopy-understory-shrubgroundcover Plan for Dynamic of Season
MOUTAIN FOREST
+ Time for succession
+ Select Pioneer Species & Long-
+ Proper Maintainence
live Native Plants
- Over Human Intervention
Sparse Canopy and disconnected Tree Crowns
Continuous & Undulating Tree Crowns
25M
Sparse Canopy
Naked Soil
Dominated Shrub & Grasses Terrace Field 10M
5M
0M
Canopy
Understory
Shrub
Groundcover
楝树
乌桕
马褂木
红叶李
无患子
03 Confluence Michigan ASLA Student Merit Award
D E S I G N A N D INNOVATION FOR THE RESILIENT CAMPUS Size: 275.43 acre Location: North Campus Re s e a rc h C o m p l ex o f t h e University of Michigan Instructors: Joan Nassauer, Landscape Arhictecture; Allen Burton, Aquatic Toxicology; Branko Kerkez,Environmemt Engineering. The team developed the masterplan, confluence, through a collaborative and interdisciplinary team consisting of landscape architecture, environmental e n g i n e e r i n g , a n d n a t u ra l s c i e n c e students. Situated at a critical juncture point in a heavily impacted urban creekshed, the North Campus Research Complex (NCRC) at the University of Michigan, it has the potential for outsized benefits to be resilient to climate change and responsive to surrounding natural features, while becoming a new core of campus life. I participated in site analysis process, masterplan development, and in charge of site plan rendering.
THE URBAN CREEKSHED
CONTEXT
PROBLEM: LANDCOVER IMPERVIOUSNESS
Miller’s Creek is surrounded by the urban fabric of Ann Arbor, making it vulnerable to toxic runoff.
1992
2001
2011
SMART STORMWATER SYSTEM
STORMWATER SENSORS AND REAL-TIME CONTROL
Examples of parameters measured every 10 mins. Depth
By controlling how much water is held upstream and released, water quality can improve significantly.
Main City Road START OF CITY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
HURON RIVER
Expressway
SITE UM NORTH CAMPUS
HYDROLOGY & TOXIOLOGY
Located at upland of the creek with topology change, the site has the potential to help improve the creekshed and prevent toxic concentration.
DOWNTOWN ANN ARBOR NCRC
TO DTW AIRPORT
Rain
Sensor
Water Quality Soil Moisture
Visualization
External Data Device update service
By installing control valves, one can control how much and how fast water leaves the pond.
Post
Push
Node
Open Storm Database
Alerts
Controller
Real-time Models
Polit Model
Valve
In consequence the benefits would be: Increase capacity; More time for sediments to settle; Reduce erosion; Prepare and respond before storm events.
Gates Automated Samplers
UM CENTRAL CAMPUS Phosphorus 75%ile concentrations
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Preserved Riparian Corridors
+ Water collection
CAMPUS
SITE OBERVATION
+
Significant Woodland
+
Existing Stormwater Infrastructure
+ Retention pond + Recycled Rip rap
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Freeway as Barrier
+ Over flow drainage
CHANGE OF FLOW
DATA VISUALIZATION
NETWORK IN LANDSCAPE
Real-time control can be used to flatten downstream hydrographs, helping to reduce erosion.
Real-time model could be further developed for visualization as real-time alert.
Upland stream with sensor can be monitored. Offline detention with controller helps treat the stormwater.
.175 mg/L .275 mg/L
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Lack of Legible Entrance or Connection to rest of Campus
+ Trench drains
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Immense Impervious Surface
+ Detention basin
Valve
Open
Close
Outlet Flow (m3/s)
Node with sensor
0.15
0.00 0
6
12
0
6
12
0
12
24
36
48 hr
Controller Valve
Open
Close 0.05
Outlet Flow (m3/s)
0.00 0
6
12
18
24
36
36 hr
Source: Bartos et al. 2018
Source: Bartos et al. 2018
CONFLUENCE OF 'FLOWS'
Entrance
FLOW OF PEOPLE
Bus Stops
The autonomous vehicle shuttle is expanded throughout the research campus, connecting it to the surrounding academic campus and bridging the neighborhood areas of Ann Arbor. Existing parking lots will be converted to new plazas, acting as transit stop locations as well as cultural focal points that flourish campus life.
AV Stops Plaza Vehicle Lane
DESIGN CONCEPT
CORRIDORS
NODES
PATCHES
STRAGETY
Reduce Peak Flow in the Miller’s Creekshed Incorporate the Use of Sensor and Valve Technology in the Landscape Supply Wildlife with Improved Habitat Spaces Expand New Transportation Technologies through M-City Develop a Campus Model with Attractive Spaces for the Public
Shuttle Bus Routes
CONFLUENCE
Pedestrian and Trails
Where people, water and nature meet.
Parking Main Road outh
Plym
Sensor Monitor Area
Rd
Plymouth Rd
9 7
Green Roof 4
Blue Roof Streamline
2
2
Rentention Area 10 Mclntyre Rd
8 Baxter Rd Baxte
Stream
r Rd
11
Migratory Bird Mclntyre Rd
3
Restored Woodland
1
Urban Forest Urban Grassland Riparian Wetland
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Hubb ard R
St
Existing Woodland
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Ha yw ar d
The daylighting of the stream and the reduction of flashy flows would support habitats for diverse communities. The restored stream will be natural corridors for birds and riparian species. Patches of woodland enlarge the space for terrestrial species. Urban forest and grassland can serve as habitats for pollinators.
5
1
Pipe System
Detention Area
FLOW OF WILDLIFE
6
Huron Pkwy
50% of existing impervious surface will be removed through parking removal and green/blue roof implementation, which will reduce total impervious area at this site to 18.3%. This will further decrease runoff and pollutant loads into the Millers Creek Watershed.
Control With Sensor Point
Green Pkwy
FLOW OF WATER
Hubbard Rd
1
NCRC WEST
4
Day Care
7
Demonstration Pond
10
Piped Networks
2
NCRC EAST
5
Dynamic Meadows
8
Cascade
11
Mounds
3
The Atlantis
6
M-Tropolis
9
Stream with Valve Controls
DESIGN
STRATEGY- SMARTWATER SYSTEM
THE DYNAMIC MEADOWS
LANDSCAPE TYPE
Constructed Wetland Infiltrates stormwater originating onsite, with extra capacity to treat stormwater from upland and parts of connected imperious area.
Wet Pond Retention and treatment via settling and biotic action.
This design intervention uses sensor controls to support the Michigan Southern Wet Meadow, which is native to the Ann Arbor area.
Offline Detention Receives and detains stream channel flow during bankfull events. Successional habitat (e.g. pollinators).
Stream Restoration Aquatic habitat (e.g., benthic invertebrates).
Bio-swale
Blue Lot
Blue Roof
Green Roof
Cistern Solar Sculpture
Increases detention capacity and protects downstream areas from peak flows.
A d d s r e t e n t i o n Retains first flush capacity stormwater and Flood storage during releases it slowly. large events. Reduces urban heat island effect via evaporative cooling.
Re d u c e s u r b a n heat island effect, p ro v i d e s n o v e l habitat (e.g. pollinators).
Holds excess stormwater at top of catchment to supplement stream base flow.
DEMONSTRATION
WATER SYSTEMS
DYNAMIC LANDSCAPES
These interventions utilize the “smart” stormwater system to provide educational demonstration spaces designed to connect visitors
These interventions utilize the “smart” stormwater system to direct the flow and capture of water, but do not necessarily contribute to the creation of new
These interventions utilize the “smart” stormwater system to create new, dynamic landscapes across the study area.
Demonstration Pond for Educational Use
Piped Networks for Buildings
Floodable Landscape with Mounds
Absorb sunlight as a source of energy to generate electricity to support sensors and controllers.
Floating Platform People-active place when water level changes.
Transcendent Meadows The meadow planted with native species are valuable habitats that can withstand a high degree of variability with regards to water levels.
EXPECTIONS
Existing
Slowed Flow through Landscape- Storage Capacity Water Interventions. Added Dynamic Landscape Systems, Including Southern Wet Meadow 13830.5 (ft ) Habitat. Expanded AV Systems to the Entire NCRC Campus. Created Special Landscape-Water 5532.2 (ft ) Features as Demonstrations and Spaces. Improved Site Circulation and Connection Points to the University Campus.
Water Quality
Total Suspended Solid 600 (lbs)
Runoff Phosphorus 4.0 (lbs)
E.Coli 1000 (mpn)
Phase I Phase II
2 Year (1hr)
3
10 Year (1hr)
3
Cascade as Controlled Networks
Restored Stream with Valve and Controls
Flooting Wet Meadow
27661 (m3) 22128.8 (m3) 13830.5 (m3)
50 Year (1hr)
04 Window EMBRACE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY AND NEW ECO LIFE IN AN INNOVATIVE Size:5.5 acre Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Project Type: Individual Sitting in the Allen Creek Floodway, the site as a brownfield is a key node in The Treeline development, urban trail within Allen Creek and its drainage basin. Aiming to address both healthy ecological function and elicit aesthetic engagment, "Window" as a combinative deign strategy, fuels environmental stewardship, c o n n e c t s n a t u re a n d c o m m u n i t y, industrial history and modern public life.
References: - Hunter MR and Askarinejad A(2015) Designer’s approach for scene selection intests of preference and restoration along a continuum of natural to manmade environments. Front. Psychol.6:1228. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01228 - Hunter, M.C. 2007. Ecological Community Restoration. In L. J. Hopper (ed.), Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards. Pp. 792-798 in section: Restoration and Remediation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York.
DESIGN
'WINDOWS' OF SPACE
CREATE 'WINDOW' WITHIN SITE
'WINDOW' FROM ENTRANCE AND TREELINE:
'WINDOWS' OF TIME FLOATING HILLS BECOME ISLANDS IN RAINY DAYS View from second floor of station
PHASE 2 OF DEQUINDRE CUT Mack Ave GREENWAY St Aubin St
Orleans St
Phase 2 of Dequindre cut greenway
EXPLORE ECOLOGICAL PLANTING IN A CREATIVE WAY Erskine St
Wilkins St
Brewster St
Eastern Market
Alfred St
Division St
Adelaide St
Size: 3.5 acre Location: Detroit, MI Project Type: Individual Instructor: MaryCarol Hunter This is a civic engagement project applied on one sector along phase 2 of the Dequindre Cut Greenway. In response to its potential role as a green infrastructure corridor for building individual, community and urban ecosystem health, the design approach refers to Oudolf�style (matrix) planting design principles, aiming to captivate the public while providing ecological and psychological ecosystem services. An in-depth research process has been applied for plant selection based integrating developmental traits and environmental needs with aesthetic goals. References: - Piet Oudolf (2014) Compositions, Journal of Landscape Architecture, 9:3, 32-41, DOI: 10.1080/18626033.2014.968414
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Detroit riverwalk
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- Hunter MR and Askarinejad A(2015) Designer’s approach for scene selection intests of preference and restoration along a continuum of natural to manmade environments. Front. Psychol.6:1228. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01228
CONCEPT
Record Industrial facade as backdrop of projection room branching trees to draw the Curtain perenials and shrubs are the actors/actresses
PLANTS THEATRE_ LET PLANTS TO PERFORM FOR ALL SEASONS
open for lots of opportunities; flexible, exhibition, social, hang-out; They can record memories and perform a story
Background: Movie of Detroit: Motown Becomes Movietown It could be admired as artistic expression and a cultural outlet for the community.
Moving Pictures by differnent speeds
Experience : Moving pictures - passed scenes A theater that performs through all seasons
PLANTING PLAN & STRAGETIC GROUPING ECOLOGICAL MIX-BLOCKS FRAMEWORK: PRIMARY + MATRIX + SCATTER
5 sensory performance! Touch it and smell it! Sounds in wind Attract/induce people to touch, smell and hear them.
Dance with us! You are not only the audience, you are part of the show! Grow with plants. Let people love them, care them, grow together, create memories, not only stewards but also friends
Referred to Piet Oudolf Planting Concept
(improvisation) Uncertainty and Temporality - Serendipity It changes all the time! Come and capture the moment! seasonality - light/shadow/wind/rain : natural factors
frames
'ALLEY ENTRY' Enhance Sense of Depth by Framing Plants
- Narrow Vertical Elements to Set the Boundry as ‘Coloumns’ and Echo Buiding/structures in Context - Diverse Human Experience by Creating diverse Habitats based on Sunshade analysis
PRIMARY: Visual interest
PA
PB
Hosta
Astilbe
PC
Summer Beauty Allium
PD
Walker’s Low Catmint
PE
Bistort
PF
Tufted Hair Grass
MATRIX: Structual support MA
Blue Ice Bog Rosemary
MB
Siberian Bugloss
MC
Lady’s mantle
SCATTER Accent
Cheddar Globeflower
FRAME Gray Birch
'STAGE' Height Variety Winthin Intermingling Blocks to Build up the light Palette Hydrangea
- Rhythm - Sense of Movement - Repetition to Create Harmony - Seasonal Change provide 4-sesaon visual interest as everchanging ‘performance’
Horatio goatsbeard
'AUDIENCE AREA'
Hellebore
Meadow rue
Crested Iris
Ostrich Fern
Bowman’s Root
Woodland Phlox / Blue
Japanese anemones
Purple coneflower Pennsylvania sedge
Foamflower
Autumn fern
Autumn moor grass
Bugbane
Bleeding Heart
Enrich the boundary by Repetitive Elongated Blocks - Banding Drifts Create Sense of Sequence and Stability - Relatively Quiet Cohesion to contrast against The Stage
Northern Sea Oats
Scanned by CamScanner
Beanpole Yew
PLANTS THEATRE AS SEASONAL INTEREST JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JN
JUL
AUG
SEPT
AUT
NOV
Bigleaf Hydrangea Hosta Horatio goatsbeard Astilbe Hellebore Ostrich Fern Summer Beauty Allium Meadow rue Bowman's Root Walker's Low Catmint Crested Iris Blue Phlox Bistort Japanese anemones Tufted Hair Grass Purple coneflower Blue Ice Bog Rosemary Pennsylvania sedge Siberian Bugloss Foamflower Autumn fern Lady's mantle Autumn moor grass Cheddar Globeflower Bugbane Bleeding Heart Northern Sea Oats Gray Birch Beanpole Yew
SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH SEASONS WINTER VIBE
Standing on the bridge
SPRING MYSTERY
Walking pass through the tunnel
SUMMER SYMPHONY
Standing in front of the entrance
FALL STORY
Walking from the lobby area to street
DEC
06 Optimizing Locations for Affordable Housing in Detroit GIS SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK QUALITY OF LIFE
FEASIBILITY
SOCIAL VULNERABILITY
Feasibile Area: Vacant land & residential zoning
Renter Households without Transportation
FRAMEWORK SUITABILITY ANALYSIS Overlay Socio-economic Factors as reference to locate optimal areas for more target users
Accessibility
Hospital
Weighted Suitability
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Single Female Headed Families with Children
Highway Buffer
School
Familes in Poverty
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Green Space
FOOD
Target Users Distribution Map
Suitability Map of Feasible Area Public Library
Recreation Center
Crime Map
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MAP OF OPTIMAL LOCATIONS:
Other Work PARK(ING)DAY DESIGN CRAWL INSTALLATION, DETROIT, 09/ 2018
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR MASTER PROJECT,
Size: One parking spot Location: Detroit, MI Project Type: Cooperative Instructor: MaryCarol Hunter
Location: Detroit, MI Project Type: Cooperative Client: City of Detroit Instructor: Dr. Mark Lindquist
TEAM MEMBER TO REPRESENT MLA TEAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN As one of the three core team members, I contributed to concept design of this project, participated materials gathering process, photography and as social media recorder to post on instagram. More than three students helped with installation and transporting materials, many thanks to them. The concept integrate nature, art and environmental education. Balloons to represent clouds, wood chunks to represent forest, mirror to represent lake. Words on the balloons and wood chunks are questions about the environment with answer on the back size. The design aims to interact with people and inspire them to meditate within this space and start to rethink about the relationships between human and nature.
In partnership with the City of Detroit, this project identifies, proposes, and communicates landbased strategies and design typologies for the adaptation of vacant land within the Gratiot and 7 Mile (G7) Planning Area in northeast Detroit, Michigan. Through an iterative process of context and site analysis, mapping, community engagement, ideation and design, we investigate the challenges and opportunities inherent to vacant land throughout the planning area. From this work emerge pathways toward improving landscape through vacant land adaptation, particularly through the lenses of public health and wellbeing, livability, environmental justice and sustainability. Landscape typologies are illustrated and analyzed for their social and environmental benefits, to inform continued planning and design by the City of Detroit and G7 Planning Team. My role here includes part of the GIS analysis mapping, typology development. Participating and assisting the organization of community engagement process.
Winter of Ann arbor / Watercolor _Yiran Shen
Thank You
YIRAN SHEN 603 E. Huron Street #1011 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 Mobile: (734)548-1475 E-mail: sherain@umich.edu