WENLIN YANG
Landscape Architecture Portfolio Work Sample
SELECTIVE WORKS Parco Del Torrione
03
Marston Innovation Plaza
10
Evolve
16
Composition IV
21
Additional Work
23
01 | PARCO DEL TORRIONE
Rome As Found | Urban Archeological Design Rome, Italy | Spring 2019, Studio Project Instructor: Prof. Marta Bertani, Prof. Simone Capra Team: Jordan Denny, Maddie Bany, Wenlin Yang Contribution: diagrams, sections, perspectives, axonometric
Rome culture has always considered modernity in urban design in its relation with the past: in continuity or in opposition. The Pigneto neighborhood made up of mostly innovating young population ironically lies on some of the most ancient land in the city of Roma. The aim of the project is to design contemporary architecture elements within a multi-layered landscape to provide an amusing, creative, and affordable living condition by merging together ancient history and the XXth century urban texture. Upon analysis of the site, my team found access, views, and art to be most important to us. In order to preserve the view of the Appennini mountains, we created diagrams of sight lines to differentiate between the buildable space and landscape space, as well as the connection of two roads for better and safer circulation. We created two stepped platforms connected to our public buildings for creating a better connection between our building to the landscape also the surrounding neighborhood.
rendered with Maddie Bany
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I. LOCATION
a. city scale location map
b. neighborhood scale location map
II. SITE HISTORY Torrione is one of the biggest tombs of ancient Rome. The monument was settled in an irregular hilly area for providing food to Rome’s inhabitants. The land was used for vineyard by the noble Rufini Family in XV century. In 1697, the area became as arable land and depot for the barrels of the wine until WWII. During the war the neighborhood was damaged and the monument collapsed. This ruined neighborhood was abandoned until 1963. In 1980, the city cleaned the ruin and gave to the public as a new park.
a. timeline of the Torrione and Pigneto neighborhood
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III. ANALYSIS
X
surrounding high speed (>68 mph) traffic
disconnected roads park entrances <56 mph drive way
RAI
LRO
AD
RAILROAD
Terrione Prenestino is surrounded by busy transportation systems: highway, railroads, two-way drive lines. The high speed traffic limited the pedestrian access into the park. Our goals are increasing the accessibility, preserving the view of the Appennini mountains, combining the history and modernity into the spaces. We reconnected the roads and park entrances; located the building on the intersection of all of connections; proposed the abandoned space as a vineyard; created viewshed and mimiced the building shape with the urban context of the neighborhood.
WAY
HIGH
a. high speed traffic map
vineyard area
drive way disconnected roads
c. connecting incomplete roads
b. drive way and pedestrian map X
park entrances
d. connecting the park entrances and public street
buildable area
e. programing spaces X
f. maintaining sight and building boundary
g. total buildable area
park entrances
h. proposed building shape, circulation, and entrances
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IV. EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC OF THE FINAL DESIGN student apartment
art workshop
stepped platforms
workshop vineyard
public market
rendered with Jorden Denny
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V. PERSPECTIVES AND SECTIONS RENDERING
rendered by Maddie Bany
rendered with Maddie Bany
a. view from the base level
b. view from the middle level
semi-open seating area for workshop
stepped platform street art wall
public market
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19.0
15.0
11.0
7.0
3.0
15.0
11.0
7.0
3.0 0.0
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monument
open space
art workshop
student apartment
c. connection between base and middle level
existing apartment
driveway
art workshop
open space
monument
d. connection between middle and top level
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02 | MARSTON INNOVATION PLAZA
Water Tower Garden | Innovative Campus Design Iowa State University, Ames, IA | Fall 2019, Studio Project Instructor: Prof. Chad Hunter Team: John Noftsker, Abigail Schafer, Wenlin Yang Contribution: diagrams, sections, perspectives, physical models, photography
The Student Innovation Center is a destination that inspires students to innovate through experimentation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and free exchange of ideas in an inclusive environment. The goal of the Marston Innovation Plaza is to create unity within the campus through three words: diversity, collaboration and innovation. This proposal is reaching the goal by three pathways: academic, aesthetic, and social. Academically, we extended the interdisciplinary collaboration inside the Innovation Center, by creating a horticultural food production garden and study spaces with the landscape. Aesthetically, we tied Marston Innovation Plaza to the rest of campus through materiality and plantings. We drew materials and planting from the surrounding environment and implemented them throughout our design. Socially, Marston Innovation Plaza unifies campus by creating spaces that encourage all students to collaborate. The study space allows flexibility and adjustment for groups and the lawn creates an open space for any activity.
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I. LOCATION squaw creek
central campus laverne lake
central campus Marston Water Tower
lincoln way
a. city scale context map
b. campus scale context map
II. TIMELINE OF CAMPUS FOOTPRINT Iowa State University has over 160 years history, it is important to understand the land history. The first building Farm House was built in 1861, then the campus started expanding radially from east to west. The Innovation Center is located on the west side of campus which is newer area and more modern material is used.
1880
1910
1940
1970
2000
a. timeline of the campus footprint
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III. ANALYSIS Upon on campus study, we did existing materiality study in newer campus for our hard infrastructure. Second, we added a green belt for water-flow problems which is linked with the existing corridor. Last, we applyed the octagon feature from water tower into our design. Based on the analysis, this proposal is suggesting one horticultural garden and three outdoor studying spaces. For the green belt, there are grove for blocking the bad view of end zone, swale and detention for control the storm water, and open lawn for entertaining and preserved event spaces. concrete steel
glass
limestone
brick
a. existing materiality diagram
water flow direction detention and swale
b. storm water management study spaces horticultural crop
water tower
c. octagon form study
lawn swale and detention grove
d. programming diagram
rendered with John Noftsker, Abigail Schafer
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V. SECTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES RENDERING
the corridor between Innovation Center and Hoover forms an aesthetic and functional extension of the existing corridor between Bio-renewables and Howe.
similar plantings aesthetically extend the Biorenewables/Howe corridor, while rain gardens tie this corridor to the rest of the Marston Innovation Plaza.
Innovation Center
sidewalk
bike rack
a. section of the corridor
swale
hoover
rendered with Abigail Schafer
b. view from the Innovation Center to water tower study space
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V. SECTIONS RENDERING
an elevated grove blocks views and access to the Innovation Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loading dock to prevent students from attempting to cut through.
instead of managing storm-water below ground and out of sight, a swale and detention basin create visibly interesting and educational storm-water management process.
model photo of the horticultural nock the horticultural department can experiment with food growth in urban settings and partnering with the cafe and chef in the Innovation Center to demonstrate farm-to-table practices. a large lawn creates a multi-functional space that can be used for recreation, relaxation, or events
Innovation Center
lawn
swale
study nook
horticultural food production
lawn
sidewalk
lawn
durham
c. section of the Marston Innovation Plaza
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03 | EVOLVE
How The Land Has Changed | Rest Stop Design Mills County, IA | Fall 2019, Studio Project Instructor: Prof. Chad Hunter Individual Project
The project evolve aims to create a meandering entertaining rest area on highway I-29 in between Iowa and Nebraska. I am reconnecting the rest stop to the surrounding landscape environment with the story of land changes before and after channelization due to the agriculture movement in 1960s. The paved sidewalk represented as Missouri river dividing natural and artificial landforms as well as leading visitors to different destinations. The organic form of planting and playground reflects the untouched Losse Hills before the 20th century to provide a mystery sight experience. The gird form design inspired by the shape of farming land to create a series of different color and feelings of view. The project all together creates an appealing environment on the ground with restrooms, snacks, shelters to stretch legs or walk dogs after a long trip. The design aims to reconnect the rest area physically and visually through the landscape design intervention.
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I. LOCATION Missouri River IOWA omaha
NEBRASKA
des moines
lincoln
KANSAS
I-29
a. state scale location map
b. city scale location map
II. TIMELINE OF MISSOURI RIVER CHANNELIZATION People have depended on the Missouri River over 12,000 years for irrigation, flood control and hydroelectric power in 20th century; the meanders have been cut, the river was channelized, the length was reduced 1/12, 200 miles. Zooming in to the project site, the river branch was running next to the rest stop before 1930s, and finally disappeared in 1980s. The shape of the flood plain still shows the history of channelization.
1930
1960
1990
a. timeline of Missouri River channelization
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III. FORM STUDY In order to reflect the Loess Hill into the design, I did the form shape study from the nature in the region: farm land, terrace, and Missouri River. In order to make a fluent circulation for three traffics: pedestrian, cars, and trucks in highway i-29 rest area, I have addressed several common rest area layout based on the Landscape Form Principles to find the best form for this specific location.
a. grid farming
b. terrace farming
c. river shape
d. terrace farming section
e. grid form
f. combination of grid and symmetrical form
g. car parking in the back side of the building
h. symmetrical form
DNR land for wildlife management
detention basin for storm water
mixed-prairie
grid prairie semi-open gathering area
detention basin and swales for storm water
detention basin for storm water
playground
detention basin for storm water track parking
detention basin for storm water
i. final layout
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IV. DETAIL DESIGN I am trying to bring the story of land changing due to channelization not only into the landscape also the hard infrastructure: shelters, tables, chairs, and the light poles. The roof of shelter is inspired by the terrace farming to keep the design clean. The table and light organic shape is for having contrast with the artificial shape, the whole set of furniture is able to stand by itself for a story.
a. sketch model 1
b. sketch model 2
c. sketch model 3
d. drawing of the furniture set
V. PERSPECTIVE RENDERINGS
a. view of the playground on the top hill
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b. view of the backside of rest stop building
c. view of experience in grid prairie
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04 | COMPOSITION IV
Design, Document, Fabricate | Bench Design Location: Iowa State University Fall 2018, Construction Class Project Instructor: Prof. Hans Klein-Hewett Team: John Noftsker, Wenlin Yang Contribution: sketch, digital model, construction document, physical model, photography
We planned to design a minimum modern art style bench and got the inspiration from Composition III by Wassily Kandinsky. The bench built by dowel joints and finger joints craft skills to decrease the usage of metal. The goal of this project is focusing on understanding how construction works together by building our own drawings and constrcution document.
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I. SKETCHES
General Notes:
1'-4" 9"
- Use 3/4” thick plywood for all surfaces of bench - Use 3/8” x 1 1/2” dowel pins for connections between seating surface and bench legs - Space dowel pins 2 1/4” apart on center - Use 1/2” x 3” dowel pins for connection of seating surfaces and spacers - Cut 10 1 1/2” fingers joints for L connection of Bench legs -Space Finger Joints 1 1/2” apart on edge
C A1
PLAN VIEW OF BENCH SIDE PROFILE SCALE: 1:4
8"
3" 4
College of Design, 715 Bissell Rd Ames, IA 50011 Phone: (563) 320-0988 e-mail: noftsker@iastate.edu wlyang@iastate.edu
II. CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT
1" 12
1'-3"
1" 12 3" 4
E
E1
33" 48"
3"
1" 12
1'-6" 1'-3"
1'-3"
3" 4
A A1
1'-4"
1'-4"
3" 4
3" 4
D A1
PLAN VIEW OF BENCH FACE SCALE: 1:4
DETAIL OF BENCH FACE D-D1 SCALE: 1:4
4' 1" 14
4'
1" 24
1'-4"
3" 4 6" 1" Ø2
D
9"
3" 4
D1
1'-4"
1" 1'-34 1'-4"
Ø3 8" 1" 74
1" 24
13 8"
B A1
3" 4
PLAN VIEW OF BENCH TOP DOWN SCALE: 1:4
1'-4"
1" 24
1" 14
E A1
CROSS SECTION TOP DOWN E-E1 SCALE: 1:4
7" 83 4"
NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION
1" 12
ARCHITECT
1 2"
1" 12
THE ABSTRACTS INC.
3" 8
PROJECT AND LOCATION
1" 12
1" 12
TURKISH FILBERT INC.
113 4"
CONTRACTOR
8"
8"
1" 12
Design, Document, Fabricate (Compostion IV)
4' 6"
4' 6"
3" 4
3" 4
8"
REVISIONS NO. 1
REVISION 10/04/18
SUBMITTED 10/04/18
RELEASED
DRAWN BY: JAN & WY QUOTE #
SHEET #
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05 | ADDITIONAL WORK I. PHOTOGRAPHY
“NATURE” 09 | 2018 visual communication fundamental film photography 35mm | 5” x 8”
Addtional Work | Photography | 23
II. PAINTING
Kiki’s Delivery Service & The Cliff 02 | 2020 historical and contemporary composition fundamental acrylic painting 18” x 24” non-traditional marks
Addtional Work | Painting | 24
Self-portrait 03 | 2020 master portrait study of Euan Uglow fundamental acrylic painting 2 | 22â&#x20AC;? x 22â&#x20AC;?
Addtional Work | Painting | 26
Thank You wlyang@iastate.edu | +1.515.715.3917