Landscape Design for Brownfield Regeneration in Shanghai
Marsh Renaissance
Urban Wetland Park Design in West Hangzhou
Wormscape: Earthworm Ecosystem in Climate Resilience
Green Infrastructure Design for Earthworms in the Context of Climate Change
Journey and Glory
Memorial Landscape Design for Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
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Purity Bridge
Addressing Sea Level Rise on Industrial Brownfields
Selected Works from 2023 to 2024
Wall Fill in the Blank Life, time, memery and transformation.
Bamboo-structured Tea Pavilion Life flows like a river, winding through time, carrying fragments of memory that shape its course. Each place we encounter tells a story of what once was and what it might become. To design for these spaces is to honor their past, embrace their present, and imagine their future—a dance of life, time, memory, and transformation.
Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Architecture Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University Application for MLA University College London
Landscape Design for Brownfield Regeneration in Shanghai
Time: 2024.11-2024.12
Type: Individual Work
Scale: 28 hm2
Location: Yangpu, Shanghai,CHINA
Instructor: Kai Wang kai.wang@nwsuaf.edu.cn
Abstract: Brownfield regeneration and Industrial heritage preservation. SITE
Pollution from shipyards often affects soil within a 1km radius.
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Elevation changes caused by shipyards disrupt the continuity of terrain and roads.
This shipyard-dense area in the city center is surrounded by residential neighborhoods. Remediating pollution at this central site helps disrupt connected pollution sources.
This area is densely populated with shipyards but belongs to an industrial zone farther from the city center and downstream on the Huangpu River. As a result, its impact on nearby residents is relatively minimal compared to other regions closer to urban residential areas.
Baoshang and Pudong District
The historical relics within the site require proper preservation heritage transmission.
Debris from demolished buildings lacks proper storage space.
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Urban Wetland Park Design in West Hangzhou
Time: 2024.10-2024.11
Type: Individual Work
Scale: 153 hm²
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, CHINA
Instructor: Kai Wang kai.wang@nwsuaf.edu.cn
Abstract: Wetland restoration and utilization of space beneath the bridge.
2000 Years Ago Native Wetlands
2ndBC-The 1270s
Agricultural Secondary Wetlands
The 1270s-The 1920s
Agri-Market and Wetland Integration
The 1920s-Now
Urbanization Swallows Wetlands
Green Infrastructure Design for Earthworms in the Context of Climate Change
Time: 2024.6
Type: Individual Work
Scale: 11 hm2
Summer Program: Design Discovery Virtual
Instructor: Taylor Smith taylorsmith@gsd.harvard.edu
Location: Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Abstract: Protect biodiversity and address climate change.
The earthworm and its environment form a harmonious system. However, when environmental factors undergo drastic changes, this balance is easily disrupted, posing a threat to the earthworm's survival.
Elevated areas provide a relatively dry habitat for worms during the rainy season.
The food waste collected from airports, shopping malls, and nearby communities is poured into worm bins on the site.
Food Waste
Fallen leaves, flowers, and fruits can become food for worms, contributing to the cycle.
Earthworms
Byproducts
Byproducts: carbon dioxide, water and nutrients such as ammonium, nitrate, and phosphates
Bacteria
Plants Debris
As worms consume kitchen waste, they grind it, increasing surface area and speeding up decomposition.
It hinders their ability to breathe. They prefer to stay in dark places.
humidity is most suitable for them. Neutral soil is more suitable for their growth.
Low-lying areas provide a relatively moist habitat for worms during dry seasons.
Plants shield worms from strong light and can also provide soil with a suitable pH level.
Worm bins provide food for worms, using organic fertilizer as a substitute for chemical fertilizers.
Sections
Fast-draining area
The steeper slopes enhance drainage, preventing water accumulation during heavy rainfall.
Sections
Slow-draining area
Gentle slopes speed up infiltration, providing a more humid habitat during extreme heat.
water from highways
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Puddles
and providing a water source
Species Organs The composting process
Dense trees and shrubs shade earthworms, with leaves and branches providing nutrients.
Legumes like alfalfa help fix nitrogen, enhancing the conversion of earthworm decomposition.
Deep-rooted perennials like irises enhance soil water retention while beautifying the landscape.
Ground covers like white clover and trefoil reduce soil erosion from runoff.
Decaying branches and leaves nourish earthworms and enrich soil organic matter.
Flowers also provide food for earthworms when decayed, but the impact is relatively minor.
Fallen or decayed fruits offer earthworms rich nutrients, promoting their growth and reproduction.
Roots promote microbial activity, aiding earthworm digestion and improving soil structure.
Put food waste into biodegradable bags.
Replace compacted and eroded soil with fertile soil.
Place the biodegradable bags into a ceramic worm tower.
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the green spaces around airports, shopping malls, and communities to create ideal habitats for earthworms, thereby addressing issues caused by extreme weather and food waste.
Determine the Location of Ponds Connect Ponds With Tangents Twist the Tangents
Memorial Landscape Design for Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Time: 2023.9-2024.1
Type: Individual Work
Scale: 1.96 hm²
Location: Helsinki, FINLAND
Instructor: Cangshuan Li, NWAFU
Abstract: Honoring history through form design.
Equestrian statue of
Equestrian statue of Marshal
The station was chosen as one of the world's most beautiful railway stations. Many of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim’s deeds are related to this station. It was the first place he arrive when ran away from Petrograd in 1917. He transferred to Vassa from the station.
Trees and retaining walls guide the line of sight.
Intersecting, jagged terrain symbolizes both wilderness and battleground, ultimately leading to the calmness of water.
Railway view blocked, guiding sight to flat terrain
The railway is elusive and trenches begin to appear
The railway，walls and trenches in the site are fully visible
The line of sight is restricted vertically
The line of sight is guided towards the lake
The design synthesizes Mannerheim's experiences with Finland's contemporary national history into five phases, abstracting each phase into a landscape form. The purpose is to envelop visitors in the epic sweep of his life and to engender contemplation on the nature of warfare.
Walls 2-3 meters high simulate war fortresses, obstructing the visitors' view. The gaps between these high walls are filled in, directing the visitors' route. Moving through these narrow spaces, visitors experience the oppressive atmosphere of war, evoking the feeling of being in trenches and behind barriers.
By shaping open and closed spaces, guiding lines of sight, and varying the placement of landscape walls, design a dynamic tour route based on the protagonist's personal experiences.
Team members: Aiai Huang, Leijing Yang, Shijia Ma, Sitong Liu, Tianying Tang, Weiyi Wu, Xinran Cai, Xinran Wei, Xinyi Shu, Xinyue Zhen, Yijing Xiao, Yiqing Kong, Yingzi
Location: Anji, Zhejiang, CHINA
The entire pavilion is composed of four spatial lines that do not intersect, rotating in harmony without connecting, leaving gaps for people to enter and allowing lines of sight to pass through. It is akin to a gentle breeze brushing across the lake and tea surface, resonating with the surrounding site’s lines. The project aims to create an open and comfortable resting space within the bamboo forest on a natural hillside. The design, through the ingenious use of natural materials, enables people to experience a sense of enclosure and relaxation within nature.
Addressing Sea Level Rise on Industrial Brownfield
Time: 2024.10-2024.11
Type: Team Work
Team members: Churui Wang, Hao Ding, Leijing Yang, Weiyi Wu, Zhaoya Wang Workshop: Urban Green Infrastructure in High-density Urban Environments
The project tackles soil contamination and wastewater treatment at a petrochemical brownfield, while preparing for rising sea levels along the lower Huangpu River. It establishes a sustainable cycle: "plants extract heavy metals—wilted plants filter wastewater—filtered water irrigates soil," integrating soil remediation with wastewater treatment.
In Lower Reaches of the Huangpu River
Instructor: Enriqueta Llabres-Valls e.llabres-valls@ucl.ac.uk
Location: Shanghai, CHINA
Simulate Cellular Automata with Grasshopper and the Structure Introduction
Layer 1 Sediment
The sewage frst passes through a sedimentation tank, during which the large pore particles are fltered. The waterafter precipitation will flow towards thesecond layer for further purifcation.
Layer 2 Absorption
The organic form increases the contactarea and time between the purifcationsystem and impurities, which is beneficial for adsorbing large pore particles.
Layer 3 Plant Filtration
Wastewater fows through a flter coveredby plant roots and microbial communities.Plants absorb harmful substances and usethem as nutrients, while microorganismsdecompose organic matter in wastewater.
Layer 4 Reservoir
After three lavers of purifcation. the clearwater is stored at the bottom of the deviceand can be used for landscape maintenanceirrigation of farmland, and other purposes.
