Wilson Lee The Pennylvania State University Landscape Architecture 2016 Portfolio
Wilson Lee Wilson Lee 3262 Birch Road Philadelphia, PA 19154 267.506.5190 wxl5114@gmail.com The Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Minor in Architectural Studies Minor in Geographical Information Sciences (GIS) [Class of 2016]
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A Girl Before A Mirror
[Conceptual] [Grading]
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West Campus Commons
[Implementation] [Planting Design] [Process]
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Cell Cycle
[Competition] [Conceptual]
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Street Harmonics
[Competition] [Conceptual]
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The Unbroken Circle
[Competition] [Planting Design] [Conceptual]
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Stepping Stone Park
[Diagrammatic] [Implementation] [Process]
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Models
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A Girl Before A Mirror Picasso’s piece, A Girl before a Mirror, is brought to life in a conceptual landscape design which utilizes the percieved spatial qualities of the painting. This exploration reveals how an abstract work of art can embody the organic features of landscape architecture.
Wilson Lee Pablo Picasso: A Girl in the Mirror
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Semester Type Software
Spring 2014 Conceptual Design Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCad, Modeling
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West Campus Commons The mixed garden planting over at West Campus is the perfect destination for those wanting to get away. The plantings are comprised mostly of herbaceous perennials with a couple of deciduous trees and shrubs for ornamentation and screening. The perennials are all pleasantly fragrant and attract wildlife to their flowers, making the pallet of yellows, blues, oranges, whites, and purple attractive not only to sight, but to smell and texture as well.
Semester Type Software
Spring 2014 Planting Scheme Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCad
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During Festival
After Festival
Cell Cycle Similar to an organism, CELL CYCLE functions as a system, responding to the site holistically. The pedon-like cells cover stage areas, converting kinetic energy into electrical energy. These cells compose a a skin, making reference to biological anatomy. The electricity converted from the form of dance and movement, supplies the encased mycelia structures with food, allowing it to live. Molded into amorphous, wave-like volumes, the large volumes make direct reference to maritime heritage settled in the port of Oslo and Northern Europe alike. The organic nature of CELL CYCLE’s forms provoke a graphic character of sustainability. Both the cells and the large, mycelia-encasing volumes are composed of, high performance biodegradable thermoplastic. Such material was chosen for its translucency, moldability, and biodegrading properties. Come the festival’s end, with no food available, CELL CYCLE will return to the earth.
Semester Type Team Software
Spring 2014 Design Competition Wilson Lee, Julian New GIS, Illustrator, Rhino, Photoshop
Toyenparken Festival Area, Oslo, Norway
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Street Harmonics Life is moving. Pedestrians in cities are readily in movement. Whether walking to work, to school, to anywhere play is rarely a commodity experienced for those on-the-go. But no longer. Through manipulative play and melodies, Street Harmonics incorporates play on-the-go and activates fun within dense urban centers. Located on the street-scape, a place rarely recognized for play, Street Harmonics allows for musical play along sidewalks.
Play On The Go Americans use walking as a regular mode of transportation on average of 3 days a week.
= 51%
of the travelling public.
Play Together
25%
of these walking trips are used for recreational and social purposes, not work.
In 2005, an estimated
3,291,401 people used walking as their primary mode of travel for their journey to work each week
Play For All
45.1%
Semester Type Team Software
Summer 2013 Design Competition Wilson Lee, Tom Wenner, Julian New, Jeff Holzer Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator
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River Stones Rain garden Common Bomafast Rain Garden
Rain Garden Demonstration As users play with the musical harp, it’s almost impossible not to notice the luxurious rain garden that the harp inhabits. With the rain garden, Street Harmonics not only improves aesthetics to city streets, but also promotes sustainable storm water management. Rain gardens allows for the infiltration of water from street into the soil. Trees and native plants add greenery and aesthetics which contrast with the hardscape of the urban environment.
Cinnamon Firn Rain Garden
3’ (Soil Depth)
White Birch Rain Garden
Sandy Loam Top Soil Rain Garden Nickel Harp Strings Harp Structure
Concrete Curbing Aluminum Tubing Harp Structure
Pine Bark Mulch Rain Garden
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The Unbroken Circle 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 remember those missing and why they were special.
2nd In People’s Choice Slant High Honors Award
Semester Type Team Software
Summer 2013 Design Competition Wilson Lee, Tom Wenner Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator
“Seeing my mom in my dreams is not a happy MEMORY, but I’m happy I can at least see her in my dreams” -Yoon Hee, North Korean Refugee
Orientation
Kijong-dong
Soil Condition
DMZ Border
Solar movement does not distract from the contemplative experience but enhances the figure of the inaccessible space.
The native soil and weather conditions at this site are ideal for growing native plants. Nearby are farming communities that have existed for numerous decades indicating that the soil at this site is fertile.
Existing Views
North Korea
Looking east a view of the South Korean town, Daeseong-Dong, is visible. Looking out from the glass west lies the North Korean town Kijong-Dong, bring these conflicting nations within the Unbroken Circle.
Daeseong-dong
Location
South Korea
120,000 Families Seperated 40,000 Families Waiting to be Reunited 3,000 Family Members Pass Away Each
20,000,000 Families in South Korea
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What Defines Memories? Are they events, activities, or places we have gone? Or are they dominated by something else? Countless memories are shaped by the people with whom we’ve experienced these moments. Spending time with friends, traveling with family, or letting someone you love go; people define our memories—people that we have met, that we have loved, that we have lost. It is their absence which evokes their memory. Their departure from our lives conjures an absence within us, reminding us how special they were.
North Korean National Flower
Korean Feather Reed Grass
Seibold Magnolia
South Korean National Flower
Symbol of Unity
Awabuki
Lotus Flower
Korean Boxwood
Ginkgo Biloba
Rose of Sharon
Stone Wall
Glass
Weathered Stone Seat
Wood Path
Establishing common connection to Korean Architecture.
Enables view of Kijong-dong beyond site.
Standing the test of time waiting for unity.
Contemplative material which casually directs to unity.
06 Design Development
Stepping Stone Park In the center of Bellefonte is a dilapidated parcel of land, void of recreational activities and exploration within the landscape. Stepping Stone Park offers a landscape where the neighborhood integrates the downtown district in order to communicate this fulcrum. Residents of the surrounding area are but a stone’s throw away from wide lawns, large plazas and a multitude of amenities that offer an atmosphere imbued with exploration and community.
Semester Type Software
Fall 2013 Conceptual Design Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator, GIS, Rhino, FormZ, AutoCad, Modeling
Original Site
Conceptual Plan
Central Courtyard Extension Mixed use program consisting mostly of retail and high density housing Mixed use program consisting of industry and offices Semi-Private Space Expanded Creek Lawn Areas Remniscent of River Stone Community Center Building
New Cafe on the Park
Playground Existing Bridge Courtyard space for Mixed Use recreation. Bosque Community Center Building Floating Wetlands Central Courtyard New Bridge
Riparian Buffer
Soil Stabilizing vegetation
Large open space for mixed use recreation Pump House and Waterfront Museum Medium Density Housing
Old Match Factory Frame. Stripped for Pavement and other materials
Semi-Private Space
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Spatial Relationship
Architectural Program
Architecture
141,470 sqft 36.32%%(bldgs)
Buildings: 374,444 sqft
68,418 sqft 17.03%(bldgs)
8.11%(site) 3.81%(site)
Residential: 217,000 sqft
38.8% of Program
Commercial: 64,900 sqft
11.6% of Program
Office: 38,900 sqft
7.9% of Program
Community: 74,600 sqft
Building Percentage: 22.34% of site
.86%(site)
9,543 sqft 2.54%(bldgs)
.56%(site)
36,019 sqft 9.62%(bldgs)
2.15%(site)
Semi Private Semi Public Public Building
13.3% of Program
Other: 144,000 sqft
25.7% of Program
Parking: 19,600 sqft
4.1% of Program
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14,422 sqft 3.85%(bldgs)
Program Relation
2,075 sqft .55%(bldgs)
.12%(site)
112,613 sqft 30.07%(bldgs)
Central Courtyard: 217,000 sqft
Open Lawn: 217,000 sqft Playground: 217,000 sqft
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Semi-Private: 217,000 sqft
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Open Space: 612,861 sqft (36.56% of Site)
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Open Space
6.79%(site)
Wetland: 217,000 sqft
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Primary Pedestrian Crossing
Vehicular Movement
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Secondary Pedestrian Movement
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Primary Pedestrian Movement
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Circulation
Creek Expansion 45% Increase in Stream Size Decrease in Floodplain Zone
Match Factory at Bellefonte
Sections
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Floating Wetlands Vegetation
Floating Wetland Size Range:
Soils
1,562 to 12,495 Square Feet
Plastics and Fabric Wood Pieces Anchors
Wood Pieces Root System
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Models Details
Semester Type Medium
A conceptual model of a contemplative space at Penn State’s Arboretum Fall 2012 Conceptual Design Clay Paper Natural Materials Manual Manipulation
Details
Semester Type Medium
Representative model of City Garden in St. Louis.
Spring 2013 Site Model Chip Board Laser Cutter Manual Manipulation
Details
Semester Type Medium
Diagrammatic model of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Spring 2013 Site Model MDF Acrylic Wire Mesh Steel Nails Colored Paper
Details
Semester Type Medium
Diagrammatic model of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Spring 2013 Diagrammatic Model Colored Paper Insulation Foam Balsa Wood Moss Foam Core
Wilson Lee Wilson Lee 3262 Birch Road Philadelphia, PA 19154 267.506.5190 wxl5114@gmail.com The Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Minor in Architectural Studies Minor in Geographical Information Sciences (GIS) [Class of 2016]
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