WENJUAN LI Landscape Architecture + Urban Design Portfolio Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design Columbia University GSAPP | 2020-2021 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Penn State University | 2016-2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS URBAN + LANDSCAPES 01
Trio
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Bonn, Germany
Reviving Classical Music with Beethoven
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The Yazoo Sponge
Bonn, Germany
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Democratized Diffused Networks of Nature-Based Flood Mitigation
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Dynamic Riverfront
Pittsburgh, PA
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Riverfront Design Reactivating Strip District
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A Resilient Future with Water
Baltimore, MD
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Climate Resilient Design in the Era of Pandemic
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Playground City
Honolulu, Hawaii
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Autonomous Transportation Orientated Design
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No Trash, All Treasure
Kingston, NY
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A New Waste Collection and Recycling System
OTHER WORKS 07
A Day in the Life of A Street Vendor
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Video Animation of Economic Corridor Design
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Music Visualization
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Python Programming
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The Puzzle Garden
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Planting + Construction Drawings
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Stormwater Management
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Drawings & Photography
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01 Trio Reviving Classical Music with Beethoven Time: PSU Study Abroad Spring 2019 Location: Bonn, Germany Individual Project Studio Advisor: Bruno Röver
Bonn, the former capital of Germany, is famously known as the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven. In 2020, Bonn will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven. With historical precipitation of art, Bonn is also the cradle for several famous operas. However, due to the fragmentation of musical infrastructure, classical music seems just a symbol in Bonn instead of blending into residents’ daily life. Therefore, in order to revive classical music and integrate music into people’s everyday activities, this project is intended to create a musical network, conferring a new musical atmosphere from downtown to riverfront. The network extracts the rhythm of Beethoven’s representative music--Moonlight Sonata--and integrates it into the landscape. With various spatial experience, this music network will create interactive spaces for musicians, local residents, and visitors. The network intends to bring the musical atmosphere back to Bonn.
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MUSIC FRAGMENTATION
DESIGN GOALS
SOCIAL PROBLEM Bonn is famous for Cheery Blossom. In April, tourists will take a Day-tirp to Bonn for this amazing view.
Music Store
No idea tbh.
Beethoven Music Hall
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5 Beethoven House 1 City Center 0 Train Station
Church
Music Store
You know who that is? Beethoven! This great composer was born here. Really?! I would never have noticed that if you hadn’t told me!
River
Music Academy
Theater Bonn Opera House
Rhine
Beethoven Haus
Music Store
Cheery Blossom
So pretty! Anything else we can do besides taking photos?
Music Academy
City Center of Bonn
3 Beethoven Music Hall 4 Riverfront
Theater
A Network for Tourists
Let’s bring the musical atmosphere back to Bonn!
It’s so romantic to dance to classical music!
Theater Theater
The policy of street performance is so strict here.
It is such a lively destination to relax!
We need a better place to perform!!
We love engaging with street arts.
Academic Art Museum
PHYSICAL PROBLEM MUSICAL NETWORK COMPOSITION
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Light Installation
! City Center
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Lack Visual Connection
Unpleasant Walking Experience
Isolation
Street view is blocked by building facade and parallel parking.
Sidewalks are narrow and the tram goes too close to pedestrian.
Due to elevation change, Beethoven Music Hall lacks easy accessibly.
Performance Stage
Music Education
Corridor
Apartment for Musicians
Rhine River
Amphitheater
Recreation Park
Beethoven Music Hall
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Music Rhythm
DESIGN CONCEPT Walking through Moonlight Sonata
This project integrates Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata into landscape. By extracting the rhythm from three movements of the music, people will walk in the landscape with various musical experience.
1st Movement
2nd Movement
3rd Movement
Calm, Gentle
Flexible
Powerful, Stormy
Pixelized Paver
Dynamic Paver
Visualization into Landscape
Element 1: Pavement
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Repetitive Paver
Element 2: Spatial Experience
Flat Space
Terrace
Slope
Stairs
Light Installation as Visual Guide
Terrace as Performance Stage
Walk through Grass Slope with open view
Amphitheater
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WALK WITH MUSIC A Network Connecting Downtown and Riverfront
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Beethoven Music Hall
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River Rhine
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Legend:
Section AA’ Detail:
Current Condition
Glass Panel
Glass Panel
New Strategy Visual and Physical Access to Beethoven Hall 07
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Wood Deck
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Outlook Platform
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Performance Terrace
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Canopy Sitting
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Music Education Building
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Underground Parking Entrance
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Sitting Stairs
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Lawn
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Amphitheater
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50m
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MUSICAL NETWORK STORY
This PLATFORM provides an open view of music plaza.
LIGHT INSTALLATION serves as a visual guide in the network.
TERRACE becomes a stage for outdoor performance.
GRASS SLOPES provide urban green spaces for residents to relax.
GREEN CORRIDOR on the ridge of grass slope leads people to riverfront.
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This abandoned building is turned into APARTMENTS and PRACTICE ROOMS for musicians.
UNDERPASS provides a visual and physical connection to Beethoven Park.
The terminal of this network is RIVERFRONT of Rhine. AMPHITHEATER in front of Beethoven Music Hall is a formal musical space.
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BEETHOVEN PARK
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People dress up at Oktoberfest--the annual folk festival in Germany--and enjoy themselves with music at Beethoven Park.
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02 The Yazoo Sponge Democratized Diffused Networks of Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Time: Columbia GSAPP Studio III Location: Yazoo/Vicksburg, MS Group Members: Ahmed Al Yaseen, Lonas Chiu, Scarlet Tong Studio Advisors: Kate Orff, Dilip Cunha, Geeta Mehta, Justine Holzman Located in the lower regions of the Mississippi Delta, The Yazoo Sponge provides an ecologically and socially driven alternative to the currently planned controversial Yazoo Pump Project. The project will cost $300 million to relieve floods for 30 farmers in the Backwater Area. The pump will also dry out 67,000 acres of wetland habitat and increase the flood risk for 31,000 residents who are already vulnerable. Our design proposes to reinvest the funding to establish a democratized diffused network of natural and nature-based features for flood mitigation. This would be a potential solution instead of the single-use infrastructure currently being considered. The goal of the project is to 1) reconnect the land to its sponge heritage and 2) create a just transition to a new sustainable economy through the restoration of wetland habitats in the backwater area. All this will be achieved through the Yazoo Sponge Alliance, a collaborative, including the US. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Audubon chapter and National Wildlife Federation. Ultimately to restore the Backwater Area’s wetland ecosystem.
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COPING WITH FLOOD IN THE BACKWATER AREA A
PUTTING END TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
Leading a collective effort towards resilient transformation for the Backwater Area.
A Flooded Agricultural Fields MEMA USDA
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FEMA
FARMERS
YAZOO SPONGE ALLIANCE
B Single Family Communities BACKWATER COMMUNITY
To restore wetland in the backwater area by matching funding and support
VICKSBURG COMMUNITY
MEMPHIS, TN
C USACE ERDC
C Delta National Forest THE YAZOO PUMP PROJECT Location of the Yazoo pump projct
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VICKSBURG MAYOR'S OFFICE
AUDUBON, MS
MRCTI
GREENVILLE, MS
Yazoo Pump
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Yazoo Backwater Levee
Pump Location
Connecting Channel
Steele Bayou
Legend
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Steele Bayou Drainage Structure
Pump Inlet Channel
Pump Station Site
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2019 Flood Levee Wetlands
Pump Outlet Channel
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Yazoo River
Vicksburg
Pump Station Site
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200 m
Yazoo Backwater Levee Pump Outlet Channel
Pump Inlet Channel
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Yazoo River
This 300 Million dollar project is designed to protect the cropland of only 30 farmers, who are funded by large investment corporations. While artificially draining 67,000 acres of wetland and increasing the flood risk of around 31,000 residents in the area.
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MULTI-SCALE SPONGE LANDSCAPE Interacting with water cycle in different scales.
TRANSPIRATION
CONDENSATION
FARMLAND FLOODPLAIN FOREST
CHANNEL
DWELLING COMMUNITY
WETLAND
EVAPORATION EVAPORATION
PRECIPITATION
INFILTRATION
5 ft
PERCOLATION 5 ft
GROUNDWATER
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5 ft
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LAND TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE
ZOOM IN: MOSAIC OF FARMLANDS + WETLANDS
During the high-water season, the wetlands work with the oxbow to absorb and retain the heavy rainfall, thus protecting the cropland and living areas.
These mosaic of wetlands increases the land’s capacity to absorb the significant projection of rainfall due to climate change. EXISTING FLOODPLAIN FOREST AGRICULTURE
WETLAND
CREATING SPONGE LANDSCAPE BY INCREASING WETLAND FOOTPRINTS
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Allocate 50% of farmland for restoration.
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Place wetlands adjacent to existing natural features.
Water channels connecting units with each other.
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Dwelling cluster on high grounds.
EAGLE BEND OXBOW LAKE
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REGIONAL SPONGE FOR BACKWATER AREA Low Water Season: Farming units benefit from water purification and biodiversity from wetlands nearby.
High Water Season: Alternative revenue such as recreation and fishing is possible in this new landscape. FORESTED WET LANDS
WET LAND UNIT Bald Cypress
COMMUNITY
FISHING WATER CHANNEL RESTORED HABITATS FARMLAND UNIT Soybean Crops
Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum
GUIDED PATH BIRD WATCHING
WET LAND Black Willow Salix nigra
Sugar Berry Celtis laevigata
HABITAT
TERP HOUSING
WET LAND HOLDS WATER
CHANNEL PROTECTS FARMS
Silver Maple Acer saccharinum
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NEW RIVERFRONT FOR VICKSBURG Basketball Court Bioswales
Viewing Deck
Skating
Mural
Seating Skatepark
Kayak
Skatepark expansion to the Catfish Art Park provide crucial public space for the community to gather.
Floating Wetlands
WETLANDS
GREEN ROOF
BIOSWALE
RAIN GARDEN
Water Retention Pond
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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 24
03 Dynamic Riverfront Riverfront Design Reactivating Strip District Time: PSU Fall 2018 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Individual Project Studio Advisors: Ken Tamminga, Tim Johnson
Strip District is a unique area located in Pittsburgh, PA. With a long industrial history, Strip District preserves most of its industrial heritage and turns the old warehouse into business. Besides, one of the most principal rivers in Pennsylvania-Allegheny River--passes through the Strip District and plays an important role in connecting the society with nature. However, the south side of the Allegheny River located at the Strip District is not actively used and loses its connection to a larger scale. This studio is based on The Three Rivers Park Planning accepted by the City of Pittsburgh. Within the largescale planning of riverfront system, the planning is aimed at doing a better connection of Pittsburgh. The area of 26th Street is surrounded by residential communities and office buildings. This project is intended to create a public riverfront space for everyone to use. In the meantime, highlighting the industrial heritage, reactivating the riverfront, and using green corridors leading people to enjoy the place.
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Proposed Bikeway
HISTORY OF STRIP DISTRICT
1830 Immigration Immigrants from Europe came for jobs and provided labor in America.
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1820
Industrial Hub
Increasing number of labor stimulated the growth of steel business in Strip District.
Industrial Hub
Immigrants from Europe stimulated the growth of steel business in Strip District.
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1906
Transformation
Removal of rail tracks in Liberty Ave helped to attract produce merchants to this area.
Transformation
Removal of rail tracks in Liberty Ave helped to attract produce merchants to this area.
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1920 Wholesale Produce
Strip District became the heart of the wholesale produce business.
Today
Industrial Business Today
Taking advantage of historical factories and warehouse, restaurants have a unique style.
Wholesale Produce
Industrial Commercial
Strip District became the heart of the wholesale produce business.
Taking advantage of historical factories and warehouse, restarants have a unique style.
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PROBLEM
ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS
Inefficient Traffic
Lack Bike Lane
Blocked Riverfront
Goals
Weston, Sean and I worked as a group to communicate with local people and stakeholders.
The design charrette is aimed to get ideas and feedback from local community and stakeholders. In the beginning of the semester, the studio went to Pittsburgh and collaborate with local people for design ideas, as well as their concerns.
Strategy
+ Smallman Street
Bikes and cars share the one-lane road. Vehicles behind the bike had to go slowly.
Railroad Street
Less vehicular traffic attracts bikers on this undesigned street.
Riverfront
View to the river is blocked by vegetation.
EXISTING SECTION PHOTO ELEVATION Historical railroad is abandoned.
The local shared their ideas and concerns of riverfront area.
Sticky Notes
Feedback Sheet
Photos credit to Professor Tamminga
DESIGN CONCEPT Connecting Riverfront and Creating Vibrant Public Space Circulation
Dog park is the only green space in this neighborhood.
Space Program
Major Pedestrian Circulation Secondary Circulation Bike Circulation
Natural Green
River
Semi-Public
Urban Green
Public Space
Entrance Plaza
25th St.
Section AA’ Office building provides potential users but there lack public spaces.
Transmission Tower is a visual attraction.
Office
Office
26th St.
To Outlook Platform
Section BB’
Residential
There lacks green spaces for residents in the neighborhood.
Plants at riverfront provides greenery for community.
To Residential Community
27th St.
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Railroad Street
Rhamnus frangula
Acer negundo
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Rhus typhina
Acer saccharinum
Phytolacca americana
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Acer rubrum
Virginia Creeper
Pokeweed
Glossy Buckthorn
Staghorn Sumac
Common Boneset
25th St
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John’s Wort
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26th St
27th St
The Yards at 3 Crossings Residential
Burns and White Office Burns and White Office
Box Elder
Silver Maple
Red Maple
0 10 20
40 ft
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STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
DYNAMIC RIVERFRONT
Riverfront becomes a vibrant public space for everyone.
Surface Runoff
Surface Runoff
Impervious Surface
Impervious Surface
Infiltration + Purification
Pipe Drainage Impervious Surface
Current Polluted Underground
The design at Railroad Street sustainably highlights the industrial heritage.
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26th Street serves as a transition zone to the riverfront.
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04 A Resilient Future with Water Climate Change Resilient Design in Era of Pandemics Time: PSU Spring 2020 Location: Baltimore, MD Group Members: Emily Bernhardt, Frank Mader, Austin Martin Studio Advisor: Lisa DuRussel Contribution: Design Concept 25%, Interact with Water 100% Historically, Baltimore has been a slow-developing harbor city. However, with the threat of rising sea levels and increasing intensity of flooding, coastal and urban areas in Baltimore City need to plan for the future. Climate change is a serious problem affecting the urban landscape. Global warming not only creates ecological disasters such as sea level rise and flooding, but also brings concern for public health. In order to meet the future challenges posed by sea level rise and plan for future pandemic outbreaks, the reimagined lifestyle alongside water will bring a new lifestyle that adapts to and accommodates changes in water level to Baltimore’s urban realm. Water is an essential element that connects Baltimore from the coastal region of the Patapsco River to the more urbanized inland. Through this design, it is conceptulized for the 22nd century through urban, terrestrial, and aquatic habitat. With the idea of protecting water, interacting with water, and living with water, the Risk-Resilient Lifestyle with Water is intended to create a resilient safe environment for residents in Baltimore. This project is intended to use landscape to solve the problem of sea level rising and flooding, as well as public health issues in the era of pandemic.
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CLIMATE CHANGE HITS BALTIMORE
CURRENT INUNDATION ZONES
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
> 10 ft 4-10 ft
URBAN POLLUTIONS By
0-4 ft
2100
Baltimore’s climate will be like
Pharr, Texas
Flooding Zone Green Space
Summer will average
Winter
will average
96°
49°
Credits to Emily Bernhardt
Credits to Austin Martin
Site
DESIGN CONCEPT A Resilient Future with Water LIVE WITH WATER
LIVE
CANAL + SUPER BLOCK
INTERACT
PROTECT
INTERACT WITH WATER
Patapsco River
SOCIAL INTERACTING
SOCIAL DISTANCING
PROTECT WITH WATER
BREAKER
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HABITAT
ISLAND
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URBAN AREA
LIVE WITH WATER INTERACT WITH WATER
TRANSITION AREA
Breaker
Habitat
Juncus roemerianus
Bolboschoenus robustus
Habitat
Spartina alterniflora
Playground
Canal
Borrichia frutescens
Quarantine Island
Wetland
Distichlis spicata
Gega Forest
Magnolia grandiflora
Super Block
Magnolia grandiflora
Rhizophora mangle
Canal
A RE-IMAGINED FUTURE WITH WATER
PROTECT WITH WATER
COASTAL AREA
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POP-UP HOSPITAL
FLEXIBILE USE OF ISLAND
MODULAR BOX UNIT 9ft
COMBINATION
9ft
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CO2, Pollution
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9ft
O2 GEGA FOREST
MODULAR BOX
FOLDABLE
COMBINE
BEDROOM
SHARED KITCHEN
GYM
PROTOTYPE I: ISLAND OF POP-UP HOSPITAL 50,000
Square Meters
1,000
Hospital Beds
Sick Patient
+ Testing Center
+ Hospital Rooms
ICU
PROTOTYPE II: ISLAND OF QUARANTINE ROOMS 30,000
Square Meters
600
Hospital Beds
Canopy trees with high standardized isoprene emission rates help to reduce air pollution and heat-island effect, cooling down the city of Baltimore. Plantings: Gleditsia triacanthos, Nyssa sylvatica, Populus alba, Robinia pseudoacacia
OUTDOOR SITTING Light Symptom Healthy People
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Quarantine Rooms
Shared Kitchen
Gym
Outdoor Sitting is broken into single pieces by shrubs, promoting social distancing.
POP-UP HOSPITAL
WATER CIRCULATION
Temporary pop-up hospital could be built on the open space during the pandemic.
CANAL SYSTEM
RESERVOIR
PLAYGROUND The open space shits from social interacting playground to pop-up hospitals based on necessities.
Water stores in the reservoir can be pumped out to quarantine islands during pandemic.
CONTROLLABLE WATER QUARANTINE ISLAND QUARANTINE ISLAND
SEA WATER
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NORMAL TIME
INTERACTING LANDSCAPE
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PANDEMIC PERIOD
QUARANTINE LANDSCAPE
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05 Playground City Autonomous Transportation Orientated Design Time: PSU Fall 2020 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Group Project Members: Xintong Tan, Shiyuan Wang Studio Advisors: David Goldberg
Autonomous vehicles become a popular trend and will greatly change people’s lifestyles in the future. The Hawaii studio intends to explore the potential change of urban cities under a fully autonomous vehicle environment. This studio performs anticipatory design scenarios in Honolulu, Hawaii based on the current TOD plan. The airport area serves as a transit hub in Honolulu, connecting west to east. It also gives the first impression of Honolulu to visitors. However, the airport area still needs development. The future of autonomous vehicles brings the opportunity for streetscape revolution. Inspired by Bjarke Ingels Group’s idea of the plastic city, where cars move free and no regular lanes on street, our concept is to create a new adaptive transit system that could be applied to different sites. Under the connected smart system of transportation, this project is aimed at transforming the urban area from a car-dominated structure to a pedestriandominated structure. And make the city into a playground for people to enjoy.
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SITE CONTEXT
DESIGN BACKGROUND Anticipated Changes of Autonomous Mobility
Legend Low Population Density
Test of Level 3 Autonomy
High Population Density
Autonomous vehicles share the road with normal cars.
Railroad
Sidewalks are narrow.
Major Street
Parallel parking takes a lot urban space.
2020 Phase 1
Level 4 Autonomy Autonomous vehicles require fewer road spaces.
Pearl Harbor
Smart device communicates with AVs for safety. The cost of shared AVs is very cheap.
Drop off zone
2030
Phase 2
Honolulu Airport
To Downtown
Parallel parking turns into green space. High-efficient commuting Autonomous tech is connected with traffic system and could select the most efficient route.
Traffic lights are removed.
Charging station
More public space
More urban space for pedestrian due to the reduce of vehicle lane.
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Important Places
Final Suitability Map
Suitability Model
Station Public School Hotel Open Market
The suitability model shows the suitable area by elevation based on the density of suitable dots. The higher the elevation, the more suitable the area.
Airport Dropoff
Population Density
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS
Important Elements
Crossing
Least Suitable
Tsunami Zone
Bus Accident Count
Land Use
Major Streets
Most Suitable
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Coordinate System Projection for all GIS maps: NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Hawaii_3_FIPS_5103_Feet
Major Streets Secondary Streets Other Streets
Suitability Hotspots Other Park Industrial Residential Commercial
Based on the density of suitability dots
<2 2-5 >5
Secondary Crossing
Least Suitable
Airport Dropoff
Most Suitable Evacuation Zone Extreme Tsunami Evacuation Zone
Coordinate System Projection for all GIS maps: NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Hawaii_3_FIPS_5103_Feet
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SITE I: AIRPORT DROPOFF/PICKUP
SITE II: SECONDARY CROSSING Ala Napunani Street
DESIGN CONCEPT: Archipelago Creating a pedestrian dominated space
SITE CONTEXT
Break Road Structure
Current Linear Circulation
Circulation
Land Use
Connect with Island
Commercial
Residential
Public Facilities
Public School
Secondary
Major Circulation
Tertiary
DESIGN CONCEPT: Adaptive Transit System
New Streamline Circulation
The smart paving is connected to autonomous vehicles.
Re-purposed Parking Building
Camera
Airport Ternimal 0 10 20
50ft
Force Sensor
Led Panel
DESIGN DETAIL
Credit to Xintong Tan
Re-purposed Parking Building
Green Space Strategy Sitting Sitting Pedestiran Pedestiran Island Island Pedestrian Island
Sitting
Green Space Green Space Green Space
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Sunlight Strategy
Anti-slip Glass Island
Anti-slip Glass Island Anti-slip Glass
Provide Sunlight for Floor1
Provide Sunlight for Floor1
Floor 2
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Traffic System
SMART CONNECTION
Floor 2 2 Floor
Major Street
Adaptive Transit System
Rush Hour
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Floor 2
Floor 2 Floor 2
Floor 1
Floor 1 1 Floor
AVs System
Public Transist
Secondary Street Activities
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ADAPTIVE TRANSIT SYSTEM
Shared Used
Residential Street No Car Lane
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ADAPTIVE TRANSIT SYSTEM Prototype A: Public Transportation Dominated
Vehicular Dominated
STREET BECOMES A PLAYGROUND 7am
The adaptive system provides interactive landscape for people to enjoy.
Green Space
Shared Used
Drop Off / Pickup PUBLIC TRANSIT
Pedestrian Dominated
Food Truck Food Pickup Line
Autonomous Bus Station School Drop Off
Public Transportation Lane
9am
Prototype B: Flexible Used Green Space
Movable Sitting
12pm
Outdoor Eating
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Food Truck
Drive Through Food Line
Autonomous Bus Station
10pm
11pm
12am
9pm
1am
2am 3am
8pm
3pm
4am
7pm
Outdoor Eating
Prototype C: Pedestrian Dominated
Exhibition
5am
6pm
6am
5pm
6pm
7am
4pm
8am 3pm
Detecting Technology
9am 2pm
No-lane Zone Drop Off / Pickup
Event Space
7pm
Car-free Zone
Pop-up Food Truck
Planter + Movable Sitting
Charging Station
Performance
Autonomous Bus Station
Officers
10am 1pm 12pm 11am
Business Owners
Students
Seniors
Kids
Smart Crosswalk
Drop Off / Pickup
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11pm
Farmers Market
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06 No Trash, All Treasure A New Waste Collection and Recycling Infrastructure Time: Columbia GSAPP Studio II Location: Kingston, NY Group Members: Lonas Chiu, Yuqi Tian, Xindi Wang Studio Advisors: Kaja Kühl, Lee Altman, Anna Dietzsch, Shachi Pandey, Thaddeus Pawlowski
More than ever, Zero Waste needs to be achieved if we want to reduce the overwhelming volume of greenhouse gas emissions produced by solid waste. As a way to promote waste reduction, this project envisions a system that is based on everyone’s contribution to increase the awareness of material resources and reduce municipal solid waste carbon emissions. This project introduces a new type of waste collection infrastructure and broadens the existing recycling programs. With a focus on reuse, repair, and resource recovery education, the design is not only applicable in Kingston but also duplicable throughout the region by implementing community-engaged collection nodes and a municipal central hub.
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CONCEPT: DECENTRALIZATION OF WASTE COLLECTION
Recycling center and community nodes work together to promote community engagement.
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COMMUNITY NODES
Curbside drop-off for daily residential wastes.
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Using recycled materials for site furnitures.
FLEA MARKET
SECOND-HAND MARKET
FLEXIBILITY: WEEKEND EVENTS
EDUCATION PAVILION
RECYCLING CENTER AS ACTIVITY HUB
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SHARED BIKELANE
RECYCLING NODE
FLEXIBILITY: REGULAR WEEKDAYS
DROP-OFF
RECYCLING CENTER AS COMMUNITY PARK
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07 A Day in the Life of A Food Vendor Video Animation for Economic Corridor Design Providing street infrastructure for street vendors to better achieve social equity. https://vimeo.com/503938450
207th St
Isham St
Group Members: Dhania Yasmin, Luchen Liu, Ishita Ghosh
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Fixed Business Local Business Informal Business
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Street Car Business Street Car Washing Car Repair
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Activity Plaza
Informal Business
Language Education Street Artist Business Outdoor Dining Movie Theater
Street Business Kids Playground
8AM: Informal Business
Providing rush hour breakfast near subway entrance.
10AM: Education Workshop
Learning language and business skills at activity plaza.
3 PM
FIND POT H O TS
Smart-Tech Connection
Using the Hotspot App to find the next street business location.
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3PM: Car Washing Area
Providing snacks for car washing vendor colleagues.
8PM: Activity Plaza
Selling street snacks at night market.
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08 Music Visualization Python Programming
Rondo Alla Turca “Marche Turque” Rhythm: Cheerful
Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement Rhythm: Gentle and Calm
INTRODUCTION
WORK FLOW
CODING
This project is aimed at using python programming to
Step 1 [Music Score]
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs import math
visualize the beauty of classical music and attract people to learn more about music. The concept was inspired by the classical musical atmosphere during my studying abroad in Germany. By transforming music into various form, the audience could visualize how the music sounds like. This project uses programming to create shapes based on music rhythm. The same code generates various shapes with different music scroes. Thus, even the audience without a music background could understand the music styles among music and composers.
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Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement Rhythm: Powerful and Stormy
Exporting the electrical music sheet into musicxml file.
Step 2 [Excel]
Converting musicxml to xml, cleaning the data in Excel, and exporting it to csv file.
Step 3 [Python for Rhino]
Importing data into Python for Rhino, and visualizing the music by programming. · Circle Location: (default_x/Staff, default_y/Staff) · Circle Distance from the center: Step · Rotation Angle: Octave · Circle Size: Duration · Color: Location · Color Transparency: Note Type
filename = rs.OpenFileName(“open csv file”, “*.csv|”, None, None, None) file = open(filename, ‘r’) lines = file.readlines() file.close() def cart2pol(x,y): r = math.sqrt(x**2 + y**2) theta = math.atan2(y,x) return(r, theta) del lines[0] pointR = [] pointTheta = [] pointDuration = [] notetype_list= [] for line in lines: #get rid of \n in the list line = line.strip() #split each line by commas noteinfo = line.split(‘,’) step = float(noteinfo[0]) octave = float(noteinfo[1]) duration = float(noteinfo[2]) notetype_data = float(noteinfo[5]) staff = float(noteinfo[6])
x = (float(noteinfo[7]))/staff y = (float(noteinfo[8]))/staff r = cart2pol(x,y)[0] pointR.append(r) theta = cart2pol(x,y)[1] pointTheta.append(theta) pointDuration.append(duration/8) notetype_list.append(notetype_data)
rs.DeleteObjects(notecircle) material=rs. AddMaterialToObject(noteCircleSurface) i = i+1 a = 196/(len(zipped))
if noteType <= 0.0625: rs.MaterialColor(material, (r-a*i,g,b+a*i,0.4)) zipped = zip(pointR, rs.MaterialTransparency(material, pointTheta,pointDuration,notetype_list) 0.4) elif noteType == 0.125: r=255 rs.MaterialColor(material, g=0 (r-a*i,g,b+a*i,0.5)) b=0 rs.MaterialTransparency(material, i=0 0.5) for i in range(0,len(zipped)): elif noteType == 0.25: deltaPhi = math.radians(360/ rs.MaterialColor(material, len(zipped)) (r-a*i,g,b+a*i,0.7)) radius = zipped[i][0] rs.MaterialTransparency(material, theta = zipped[i][1] 0.7) circleradius = zipped[i][2] elif noteType == 0.5: rs.MaterialColor(material,(rnoteType = zipped[i][3] a*i,g,b+a*i,0.8)) phi= i*deltaPhi rs.MaterialTransparency(material, 0.8) x=radius*math.sin(theta)*math.cos(phi) else: y=radius*math.sin(theta)*math.sin(phi) rs.MaterialColor(material,(ra*i,g,b+a*i,0.9)) notecircle = rs.AddCircle((x,y,0), rs.MaterialTransparency(material, circleradius*2.5) 0.9) noteCircleSurface = rs.AddPlanarSrf(notecircle)
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09 The Puzzle Garden
Planting Design + Construction Drawings
psu
Platanus x acerifolia
3.5" Caliper Hole Root Ball
QTY KEY
Tree
Tree
CA Shrub
2'
2.5" thick Concrete Paver
2" thick Tree Grate
4" thick Sand Setting Bed
4" thick Aggregate Subbase Geo Txtile Fabric Engineered Soils
4" thick Aggregate Subbase
Plastic Cells
Compacted Subgrade
Root Ball
3
1/4" = 1'-0"
Cercis canadensis Cercis canadensis 1
20' hgt,B&B 4" Cal Eastern redbud Eastern redbud20' hgt, 4" Cal
SIZE CONDITIONCONDITION REMARKS REMARKS multi-stem; pre-selected by LA by LA B&B multi-stem; pre-selected
Shrub 7 CS
Flowering quince 8' hgt Chaenomeles Chaenomeles speciosa speciosa Flowering quince 7
8' hgt #15
CSe
6 CSe
Red twig dogwood 6' hgt Cornus 6 sericea Cornus 'Cardinal' sericea 'Cardinal' Red twig dogwood
6' hgt #15
1 HV
Hamamelis virginiana Hamamelis virginiana 1
hgt, 3" Cal 15' hgt,B&B 3" Cal Common witch Common hazel witch 15' hazel
multi-stem; pre-selected by LA by LA B&B multi-stem; pre-selected
IG
5 IG
Ilex glabra 'Shamrock' Ilex glabra 'Shamrock' 5
Inkberry
#5
AC
91AC
Inkberry
4' hgt
4' hgt #5
#15 8' OC
8' OC
#15 7' OC
7' OC
Achillea 91 'Coronation Achillea Gold' 'Coronation Gold'Yarrow
Yarrow
4' OC
4' OC
#1
#1 24" OC
24" OC
AD
133 AD
Aster 133 divaricatus Aster divaricatus
White wood White aster wood aster
#SP5
#SP518" OC
18" OC
BA
178 BA
Baptisia australis Baptisia australis 178
Blue false indigo Blue false indigo
#1
#1 18" OC
18" OC
DE
169 DE
Dicentra 169 eximia Dicentra eximia
Cutleaf bleeding Cutleaf heart bleeding heart
#SP4
#SP418" OC
18" OC 18" OC
GM
220 GM
Geranium 220 maculatum Geranium maculatum
Wild geranium Wild geranium
#SP3
#SP318" OC
HH
232 HH
Heliopsis helianthoides Heliopsis helianthoides 232
Oxeye sunflower Oxeye sunflower
#1
#1 18" OC
HT
508 HT
Hepatica transsilvanica Hepatica transsilvanica 508
Hepatica
#SP3
#SP38" OC
8" OC
LS
24LS
White gay feather White gay feather Liatris spicata Liatris spicata 'Floristan White' 'Floristan White' 24
#1
#1 18" OC
18" OC
PD
66PD
Penstemon digitalis Penstemon digitalis 66
BeardtongueBeardtongue
#SP4
#SP418" OC
18" OC
Black eyed susan Black eyed susan
#SP312" OC
12" OC
Hepatica
5 RH
Rudbeckia hirta 5 Rudbeckia hirta
VN
34VN
Vernonia 34 noveboracensis Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed New York ironweed
#SP4
#SP420" OC
20" OC
VV
30VV
Veronicastrum Veronicastrum virginicum virginicum Culver's rootCulver's root 30
#1
#SP3
#1 30" OC
30" OC
Grass
SH
68SH
Sporobolus heterolepis Sporobolus heterolepis 68
Prairie dropseed Prairie dropseed
#1
#1 24" OC
24" OC
ST
71ST
Stipa Stipa tenuissima 71 tenuissima
Mexican feathergrass Mexican feathergrass
#1
#1 20" OC
20" OC
N.T.S
Tree Plants Notes: 4 See L01
2
PLANTING PLANTING SCHEDULE SCHEDULE 2
Tree (Platanus x acerifolia) 6' CLR.
1" thick Tree Grate
Tree Trunk 2.5" thick Concrete Paver
2' typ.
1'-6"
1'
4" thick Sand Setting Bed
1" thick Aluminum L-Angle Edge with Mill Finish
2.5" thick Concrete Paver
Geo Txtile Fabric 2" thick Tree TreeGrate Anchor
4" thick Sand Setting Bed
4" thick Aggregate Subbase
Root Ball
4" thick Aggregate Subbase
Root BallSoil Detail: Section, typ. Engineered
Platanus × acerifolia
Ideal Soil Volume per tree Actual Soil Volume per tree
Scale: 3/4" = 1'-0"
4
4
12
12'
12'
723 ft3
723 ft3
1662 ft3
1319 ft3
Soil Volume Calculation
DATE: 03/13/18 DRAWN BY: Wenjuan Li
L-02
6' CLR.
4" thick Sand Setting Bed Geo Txtile Fabric
Upper Plaza
4" thick Aggregate Subbase
Engineered Soil Cell
Plastic Soil Cell
Tree
Platanus × acerifolia
Platanus × acerifolia
Tree QTY
Engineered Soils
Tree Canopy Radius
Compacted Subgrade Mound
Ideal Soil Volume per tree Actual Soil Volume per tree
Compacted Subgrade
Scale: 3/4" = 1'-0"
4
Lower Plaza
Soil Strategy
Soil Volume Calculation
4
12
12'
12'
723 ft3
723 ft3
1662 ft3
1319 ft3
LARCH 335
2.5" thick Concrete Paver
TREE PLAZA
1" thick Aluminum L-Angle Edge with Mill Finish
STATE COLLEGE, PA
6'
3
1" thick Tree Grate
1'
DATE: 03/13/18
BA
Baptisia australis Baptisia australis BA
DE
Dicentra eximia Dicentra eximia DE
GM
Geranium GM Geranium maculatum maculatum
HH
Heliopsis Heliopsis helianthoides helianthoides HH
HT
Hepatica transsilvanica Hepatica transsilvanica HT
LS
Liatris spicata Liatris spicata 'Floristan 'Floristan White' White' LS
PD
Penstemon Penstemon digitalis digitalis PD
RH
Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia hirta RH
VN
Vernonia Vernonia noveboracensis noveboracensis VN
SH
Sporobolus Sporobolus heterolepis heterolepis SH
ST
Stipa Stipa tenuissima ST tenuissima
LEGENDLEGEND 3
DATE: 02/11/18 DATE: 02/11/18
DRAWN BY: Wenjuan Li JOB NUMBER:
DRAWN BY:DRAWN Wenjuan BY:LiWenjuan Li
L-02
JOB NUMBER: JOB NUMBER:
1
67
Aster Aster divaricatus AD divaricatus
N.T.S
Tree Plants Notes: 4 See L01
1'-6"
AD
JOB NUMBER:
Compacted Subgrade
Plastic Soil Cell Detail
Achillea AC 'Coronation Achillea 'Coronation Gold' Gold'
MIXEDLARCH PLANTING 335 BED STATE COLLEGE, PA
3
1/4" = 1'-0"
Plastic Soil Cell
Platanus × acerifolia
Tree Canopy Radius
Soils
Compacted Subgrade Mound
Engineered Soil Cell
Tree Tree QTY
Compacted Subgrade Mound
Lower Plaza
Soil Strategy
AC
LARCH 335
2
Upper Plaza
Compacted Subgrade
Plastic Cells
Compacted Subgrade
Geo Txtile Fabric
4" thick Aggregate Subbase
Engineered Soils
Geo Txtile Fabric
Engineered Soils
WENJUAN LI
2.5" thick Concrete Paver
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
4" thick Sand Setting Bed 3.5" Caliper
STATE COLLEGE, PA
6'
Root Ball
LEGEND LEGEND NAME NAME KEY SCIENTIFIC KEY SCIENTIFIC
psu LARCH 335
Platanus x acerifolia
Set Tree Plumb
3.5" Caliper Hole
TREE PLAZA
1" Tree Grate
psu psu
18" OC
RH
Grass Compacted Subgrade
Plastic Soil Cell Detail
COMMON NAME COMMON NAME SIZE
HerbaceousHerbaceous Perennial Perennial
Soils
Compacted Subgrade Mound
Engineered Soil Detail: 3D Extruded Axonometric
WENJUAN LI
3.5" Caliper Geo Txtile Fabric
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
4" thick Sand Setting Bed
1 CA
QTY SCIENTIFIC SCIENTIFIC NAME NAME
HV
CS
2.5" thick Concrete Paver
2'
1
KEY
WENJUAN LI PENN STATE UNIVERSITY WENJUAN LI
1" Tree Grate
MIXED MIXED PLANTING PLANTING BED PLAN BED PLAN 1
Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0" Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"
L-01 L-01 68
LEGEND:
RETAINING WALL
1104
+
BC 1108.17 CC 1108.19
+
+
+
12 11
1111
0% 2.0
TC 1111.11 BC 1110.51
2.00
%
TC 1110.17
TC 1110.23 BC 1109.73
+BC 1109.67 + TC 1110.78
BC 1110.28
TC 1110.10 + BC 1109.60
1110.25 1110
+
1110
+
2.00
+
+ 1110.25
1109.60
+
2.0
8%
+ RDI 1109.48 + CC 1109.49
+
+ RDI 1109.50
1109
+
1109.55 CC 1109.49
+
+ CC 1109.60
+
+
+ 1109.60 +
+
+
+
+
+
2.00%
TS 1104.74 BS 1104.24
+
1109
+ ++
+ 1104.61
TS 1101.24 BS 1100.74
+
BW 1100.28
STAIRS
2.00%
+ 1100.52
TS 1101.51 BS 1100.61 8R@0.5each 9T@1.0each
HPS
HIGH POINT SWALE
LPS
LOW POINT SWALE
FFE
FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION
TW
TOP WALL
BW
BOTTOM WALL
TC
TOP CURB
BC
BOTTOM CURB DRAIN INLET RAISED DROP INLET TOP STAIRS BOTTOM STAIRS
DI
1100.55
+
1109
TS + 1100.55 + 1100.53
+
+ 1100.53
BS
SCALE: 1" = 20' - 0" 0
10
PLAZA
2.0
0%
RETAINING WALL
+ TW 1103.90
CC
SPOT ELEVATION CURB CUT
RDI
CC 1108.07
+
TW 1101.50
+ BW 1100.08
09
11
+ RDI 1107.80
1109
+
TS 1100.85 BS 1100.35
+
+
1109.20
1108
TW 1103.90 BW 1100.35
1109.97
1109.71
% 2.00
+
TC 1109.42 BC 1108.92
1
2
++
1109.38
TFFE=1111.00 LFFE=1101.00
% 2.00
+
+
LP 1108.30
110
110
1103 +
1110
GREEN SPACE
+ CC 1108.93 + RDI 1108.90
+
LP 1108.85 2.00% +
+
+1109.24 +1109.02
+
09
1109.83
SIDEWALK
1108.70
+
11
TS 1105.38 BS 1104.88
1109.67
+
CC 1109.24
11 04
8 %
+
HPS 1109.30
9R@ 0.5each 10T@1.0each TS 1105.25 BS 1104.75
TS 1104.85 BS 1104.35 TW 1106.90 BW 1103.35
+ 1109.30
LP 1108.50
+ +
09
+
DROP OFF
1109
11
+
1108.70
1109
LP 1108.10
ADA RAMP
CC 1109.04 +
+
1108.95
DI 1109.10 1109.11 +
% CC 1109.54
1110
BC 1109.63
TC 1111.33 BC 1110.83
+ + 1110.83
1110
LP 1108.85
1111
2
+1110.25
1109
+
1112
+
%
0 .0
+
+
+ TC 1110.13 + CC 1109.60
CC 1109.23 3R@1.5each 4T@3.0each
1109
TC 1109.41 BC 1108.91
TC 1109.58 BC 1109.08
+
TS 1105.40 BS 1104.90
2.00%
+
CC 1111.32
+
RDI 1109.20
TC 1109.58 BC 1109.08
TC 1110.75 BC 1110.25
+ 1108.70 +
1109
TW 1106.90 BW 1106.40
5%
21.0
1109.30
+ +
+
+ RDI 1108.52 11 + LP 1107.80 08
00
5% 2.2
TC 1110.50
+ BC 1111.00
+ 1108.70
CC 1108.62
09
1113
TC 1109.62 BC 1109.12
+
+
+ 1108.93
11
1111
+
HPS 1112.70
CC 1108.83 + DI 1108.82 +
11
%
2.00
%
+
+
TW 1109.90 BW 1106.40
LP 1107.80
BC 1108.32
+ BC 1108.64 + 1108.93
DRAIN INLET
TW 1109.90 BW 1109.22
2.00%
+
+
LP 1110.50
10
1111.70
1111
+
11
+
11
11
+ 1111.70 1111.70
09
11
LP 1108.05
00
+ TC 1108.82
TC 1109.14
+
BC 1110.17
LPS + 1100.50
TS 1109.40 BS 1108.90
2.
+ TC 1110.67
2.75%
19.84%
%
4 19.8
TC 1108.85 BC 1108.35
+
+
RUNNEL FLOW SPLITTER
+
1101.50
2.08 %
08
+
1108
+ LP 1107.10
11
%
2.00
+
05
11
04
11
03
11
9%
02
11
01
11
00
11
98
+ 1107.30
+ 1107.30
+ 1107.30
11
10
+ LP 1105.80
+ + RDI 1107.03 + LP 1105.80
.3
06
99
2.00%
2.85%
1106
14
07
11 CC 1107.06
1107
+1107.30
LPS 1105.10
11
10
08
1108
TW 1101.50 BW 1097.98
LARCH 336
%
2.00
+ LP 1107.10
CC 1108.07 +
20
40
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
+
1108.50
2.
+ 1108.70
LP 1108.50
CC 1109.03
LP 1109.90
TC 1108.24 + BC 1107.74
TC 1109.32 BC 1108.82
+
+
+
11
EXISTING VEGETATION +
08
11 09
+ 1109.63
RIDGE LINE
+
1107.68
TC 1108.18 + BC 1107.68
+
+
1110
BC 1110.45
.50
11
11 09
LP 1108.50
2.
+ TC 1110.95
06
CC 1107.39 + DI 1107.38 +
2.
CC 1109.11
+
11
TC 1109.43 + BC 1108.93
+
% 00
+
+ LP
1105
.10
% 00
EXISTING 1' CONTOUR
1107.68 + 110 7
TC 1109.54 BC 1109.04
BC 1109.52
CC 1110.21 +
+ 1107.58 +1107.58
CC 1107.56
08 11
LP
+
+ TC 1110.02
1111
+
+
08
2.73%
TC 1109.26 BC 1108.76
+ 1109.50
TC 1109.74 BC 1109.24
1109.80
+
PROPOSED 1' CONTOUR
6
09
SWALE CENTER LINE
+ 1107.60
LP 1106.50
110
11
+
+
7
+
11
5.03%
09 11 +
TC 1110.06 + BC 1109.56
110
TC 1109.29 BC 1108.79
+
CC 1109.07 +
1110
+
1107.68
CC 1107.67
+
ROAD, PARKING LOT
+ 1107.70
+
BC 1108.90
1109
7
LP 1106.50
+ TC 1109.40
1108
STAIRS, PLAZA, RAMP
110
1107.79
CC 1107.78
110
1107
+
+
+ TC 1108.67
N 80
STATE COLLEGE, PA
+
LP 1107.50
TC 1108.75 + BC 1108.25
1107
LP 1107.02
1107
+
TC 1108.37 BC 1107.87
1107.80
2.00%
13.0
1106
+
+
CSL EDUCATION CENTER
+
+
1108
PROPERTY LINE
1106
1107.80
0%
1105
1112
BUILDING OUTLINE
1105
FINAL PROJECT
10 Stormwater Management
STROMWATER & GRADING DATE: 12/01/18
SHEET: 1/2
FILE NAME:
STUDENT CODE:
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