Wilson lee Undergraduate Portfolio, The Pennsylvania State University

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

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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

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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

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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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