Wilson Lee
Landscape Architecture Portfolio_2016
Wilson Lee
Landscape Architecture Portfolio_2016
267.506.5190 wxl5114@gmail.com
Experience Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Intern
Summer 2015
Mahan Rykiel Associates, Intern
Summer 2014
School of Landscape Architecture, Student Assistant
2011 - Present
Research Assistant for Materials Reclamation The Stuckeman School of Architecture
Summer 2012
President of the Landscape Architecture Student Society
2013-2014
Awards and Publications
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Digital Graphics and Physical Model Contribution Representing Landscapes: Hybrid by Nadia Amoroso
2015
2014 Baltimore Growing Green Competition, Winner
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2013 Slant Competition, High Honors 2013 Slant Competition, 2nd in People’s Choice
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Digital Graphic - Programmatic Relationships Contribution Representing Landscapes: Digital by Nadia Amoroso
2014
Excellence in Landscape Architecture
2014-2015
Charles Thorp Award for Commitment Towards Architecture
2014
Outstanding Leadership and Service Stuckeman School of Landscape Architecture
2012-2015
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Unraveled
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The Unbroken Circle
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Flood: Philly’s Future with Water
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Da Flower Factory
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Budapesterplatz
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21st Century Nature 2
01 Unraveled Fall_2014
2014 Reford Gardens Competition Individual Reford Gardens, Canada Buzzing through the boreal forests of Canada, a metallic-green insect has begun to nestle in the trees making them their new homes. Leaving its trace on the forest and beneath the bark of the Canadian Ash, the Emerald Ash Borer has become part of the landscape’s history. The trees that these insects touch are left to decay - however, they are left with remarkable imprints. Beautifully intricate and naturally arbitrary, the forms they create allude to a complex web of curves. “Unraveled� imitates these patterns fashioned by the Emerald Ash Borer. A ribbon of bark emulates the movement of the insect through an erratic arrangement of tunnels. The underside is metallic-green, akin to the natural colors of the Ash Borer. Carved with the ghost of the insect, the ribbon unravels itself from a decaying Ash, evoking thoughts and visually rendering the damage nature can inflict upon itself.
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Calypso Orchid
Calypso bulbosa
Clubmoss Stiff
Lycopodium annotinum
Fireweed
Chamerion angustifolium
Running Ground Pine
Lycopodium clavatum
Sheep Laurel
Kalmia angustifolia
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Iceland Moss
Cetraria islandica
Cinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Trout Lily
Erythronium americanum
May Apple
Podophyllum peltatum
Canada Lily
Lilium canadense
Common Wood Sorrel
Oxalis acetosella
Dead Canadian Ash
Enclosed space surrounding dead Ash
Emerald Ash Borer
Emerald Ash Borer Damage
Ribbon lifted for access under
Ribbon flattened for access above
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02 The Unbroken Circle Summer _2013
Slant Design Competition - High Honors & 2nd in People’s Choice w/ Tom Wenner Daesong-Dong, South Korea After the Korean War ended in 1953, thousands of families were separated by the Demilitarized Zone. This zone which seperates North and South Korea stretches many hundreds of miles and is laden with mines, making it impossible to cross. Over 40,000 families sign up each each year in hopes to be reunitied with their families, while 3,000 family members pass away each year. Between the towns of Daesong-dong (South Korea) and Kijong-dong (North Korea) is the place where the Unbroken Circle lies. This location is one of the last beacons of hope for Koreans as each town has a view of the other. This area between these towns is one of the only places along the DMZ where this is possible. The Unbroken Circle evokes memories of those missed, lost, and no longer in our lives. Through a contrast of unity and separation, the absence of human presence in this site helps us remember those missing and why they were special. 7
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Reflection Pool
Inaccessible Stone Seating Entrance from South Korea View Towards North Korea
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View Towards Kijong-Dong 10
03 Flood: Philly’s Future with Water Fall_2014
Advanced Design Studio Student Work w/ Bryan Hanes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A hot-topic of today’s cities is our concern over resilient landscapes. After recent natural events such as Hurricane Sandy, there is a growing need for our cities to work with us instead of against us. This project, done in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, addresses these issues in a city that is facing these very challeneges. By analyzing GIS data and recent contour information, I was able to ascertain where there is an imminent threat. Towards the northerneastern side of Phladelphia, against Fishtown and the Waterfront, the contours dip and would allow storm surge to breach into the city. Combining this with the fact that Philadelphia’s waterfront is in need of great change, I was inspired to create a landscape in which people could be protected, and educated about their landscape, but that was also able to satisfy their social needs as people by creating commercial and residential program. This project shows that we can create beautiful landscapes that can protect us through simple design decisions. 11
Area where most flood waters enter the Philadelphia area.
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Historic Condition of the Delaware River
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Current Condition
Bad for Flooding and Storm Surge
Raise Land
Allow Access
Allow for Water flow
Allow for Drainage and Planting
Create Tidal Wetland to Resist Surge
Add Building Program
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Raised event lawn Spring Garden entrance steps Raised ampitheatre style lawns Softened Tidal Wetland Edge Sediment capture zone
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Habitat restoration zone, with tidal wetland Event lawn for Casino
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The Delaware River
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Initial Hand Sketches
Rendering Showing Wetland Edge 15
Rendering of Upper Level Program
Rendering of planting through punctured surface
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04 Da Flower Factory Summer_2014
Growing Green Competition - First Place, Granted $63,800, In Construction Internship Project w/ Mahan Rykiel Associates and Real Food Farm Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore is nicknamed the City of Neighborhoods. However, many of these neighborhoods suffer from vacancies that result in negative behaviors being produced. As an intern at Mahan Rykiel, I was tasked with the goal of working with community leaders and social activists to revitalize a parcel of land in one of the most depressed neighborhoods, Broadway East. As the sole designer and manager of this project I worked with Real Food Farm, a local urban agriculture group to create a Flower Farm that would not only become a gateway to the neighborhood to spark more greening projects in the future, but a source of income for Walker Marsh, a flower farmer living in the area. I surveyed the site, organized meetings, and designed the site with a notion of sustainability in mind, which went on to win the largest grant in Baltimore’s Growing Green Competition. 17
Initial Hand Rendering 18
Site located in East Broadway, an economically depressed neighborhood in Baltimore with over 50 percent vacancy. Within a half mile radius, there is no produce available surrounding the site.
Meetings with Community Leaders and Real Food Farm 19
Photos from Site Visit
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“Front Door” Entrance
Raised Bed for Flowers
Shed/Propagation/Refrigeration
Rain Garden Feature
Screen Trees
Sloped Viewing Lawn 21
The New Face of Broadway East 22
05 Budapesterplatz Fall_2015 Studio Abroad Student Work
Bonn, Germany Not quite a plaza; not quite a park; the site functions as a parcel of land used primarily for passing. Through inventory and analysis, many issues were identified. These included circulation, negative behaviors, lack of program, disconnection from the street, etc. However, many of these issues should not be seen as negatives, but as Opportunities. This site is unlike any other in Bonn precisely because of these pitfalls. I created a new and improved circulation system that navigates users through a series of uniquely defined intimate spaces. I utilized the lack of commercial program and created a program based around the individual. Most spaces around the city are extremely active and busy. People move from Point A to B with no care in mind but for the destination. I wanted instead to take the opportunity to create a space that is based around solace. Where the individual can be with their own thoughts. A place in the city that is focused on creating new experiences throughout time. I wanted to create a place where we can be human. 23
The Crowd
The Individual 24
Located in the Heart of Bonn, Budapesterplatz is a site that has been left underutlitized. While other plazas around the city are busy urban centers, Budapesterplatz has the chance to become a place of solace for those within the city. 25
Sloped Lawn Garage Entrance Dog Park
Night View of Central Walk Bunker Pad Windeck Bunker
Backyards
Outdoor Library Space
View Towards Bottom of Wall and Bunker Area Education Building Garden Path
Secret Garden
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The Windeckbunker left on site was turned into a cafe and bookstore which would reinforce the concept of solace on the site. It is cut in a way to allow the most effcient lighting possible, but also to create a being in the landscape without being outside. The ambience and intimacy created would also reflect the designed landscape surrounding the bunker.
Floors 1-2: Cafe Pavilion
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Observation Area Floors 3-5: Gallery Space
Bottom Floors: Bookstore and Exit
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Hamamelis virginiana Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ Ocimum basilicum ‘Lettuce Leaf’ Fischer geranium Petunia integrifolia Anemone x hybrida Pedicularis palustris Syringa vulgaris Betula pendula Carpinus betulus Cornus mas Helleborus niger Iris germanica Rosaceae (Various) Anagallis arvensis Glaux maritime Hottonia palustris Lysimachia nummularia Primula elatior Samolus valerandi Euphrasia rostkoviana Lathraea squamaria Melampyrum pretense Orobanche caryophyllacea Rhinathus major Ligustrum vulgare Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’ Dianthus carthusianorum Viburnum x bodnantense Mahonia x media Liriope muscari Viola tricolor Lonicera fragrantissima Daphne mezereum Cortaderia selloana Ophiopogon planiscapus
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06 21st Century Nature Spring_2015
Advanced Design Studio Student Work w/ Chris and Maria Counts Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City Greenpoint’s waterfront is one is that is highly valued. It is the place that people used to work, and has since been replaced by parking lots and desolate buildings. On top of that, there is also a problem with flooding and the lack of any ecologically rich areas in Greenpoint. 21st Century nature is a project that deals with the economic, social, and ecological problems in Greenpoint. By observing the intersection of time and change throughout Greenpoint’s past, we can enhance Greenpoint’s future. The project acknowledges that there are issues that can not be solved just based on ecology. It is only through a synthesis of resources that we can hope to achieve a future that can be resilient in the face of climate change.
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Greenpoint was once a productive landscape brimming with an extreme level of biodiversity. By using natural productivity of the past, we can create a landscape that allows people to live and work on the waterfront with a hybridized natural system that sparks creativity, education, and recreation opportunities.
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Path of Hurricane Sandy 1
Pressure from Manhattan
Greenpoint Landing Box Street Buildings 161 West Street Brooklyn Expo Center 145 West Street 79 Quay Street
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Long Island City Development
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Developmental Pressure in Greenpoint from Surrounding Areas Williamsburg Development
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Current Condition
Add Berms
Integrate with Infrastructure
Add Berms
Protect Utilities
Add Accessibility
Soften Edge Condition
Protect with Breakwaters
New Condition
Soften Edge Condition
Add Program for Flood
New Condition
Because of Greenpoint’s Position along the East River, the southern portion of the waterfront is hit hardest by the flowing water. Historically this causes a cutbank, but the hard edge now makes this area most susceptible to flooding.
Sportfields
Central Lawn
Tidal Pool
Community Gardens Tidal Wetland
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Pa st
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Dog Park Plaza Playground
6’ - High Tide
10’ - 100 Year Storm
14’ - Hurricane Sandy
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Promenade Before Flood
Promenade After Flood
Tidal Landscape
Reclamation/Reuse of Exisitng Infrastructure
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Ecologically charged edge
Ampitheatre Lawn India Street Pier
Bridge over Park
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14 Foot Long Model in Pieces 35
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Wilson Lee
Landscape Architecture Portfolio_2016
267.506.5190 wxl5114@gmail.com
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