PORTFOLIO KEXIN WENG
2016-2021 kx.weng.1@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Kexin Weng
09/2015 - 07/2019
China Academic of Art Bachelor of Urban Landscape Design
09/2019 - 09/2021
The University of Sheffield MA of Landscape Architecture
SKILLS Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Premiere AutoCAD
INTERESTS Sketchup V-Ray Lumion Rhino ArcGIS
Travelling Hiking Painting Photography Gardening
Microsoft Office Physical Modelling Drawing English - Proficient Chinese - Fluent kx.weng.1@gmail.com +44 07529208146
AWARDS & HONORS
Flat 205, Michingan Building, 2 Biscayne Avenue, London, UK E14 9QT
09/2015 - 06/2016
China Academy of Art Shanghai Institute of Design Second Class Sscholarship
09.2016 - 06/2017
China Academy of Art Shanghai Institute of Design Single Item Sscholarship
09.2017 - 06/2018
China Academy of Art Shanghai Institute of Design Single Item Sscholarship
06. 2021
Winner in 2021 UoS Landscape Photography Competition
VOLUNTEERING 10/2017 - 12/2017
Zhejiang Greecare Education Foundation, China
10.2017 - 01/2018
Shanghai Urban Space Art Season (SUSAS) 2017
04.2021 - 07/2021
Planting experiment of PhD research project
WORK EXPERIENCE 03/2019 – 06/2019 Internship, Assistant Landscape Architect
07/2020 - 09/2020 Internship, Landscape Designer
09/2021 Casual worker, CI (Confucius Institute) Teacher
CONTENTS
ECOGREEN (Shanghai) Landscape Planning & Design Co., Ltd. China
Participated in the following projects: -Landscape design for Qian Shan Jin Tang Hot Spring Resort project, Ji’an City, Jiangxi Province -Landscape improvement of Xing Fu Lin Dai urban planning and design project, Xi’an City, Shanxi Province In charge of sites investigation, cultural background surveying and mapping; Coordinated with the senior landscape architect in detail design stage, including green roof design, masterplan drawings, and design modellinG; Improved and finalised project reports and layout documents.
THE NEAR-FUTURE Regenerate the Rotherham Urban Area
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GROWING YEKEPA Cleaning the River for Community Agriculture
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SUDS RETROFIT: Shanghai Mental Health Centre Landscape Design
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PG2 2021 - Landscape Planing/Design
Hangzhou Yi Jing Landscape Design Co., Ltd. China
Participated in the following projects: -Landscape design of Qing Yun Fu housing development project, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province -Landscape restoration of Jinhu Wetland Park, Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province Took part in site information collection; Coordinated with senior landscape architect in masterplan strategy and planting plan; Engaged in detail construction, masterplan, perspective drawings, and design modelling; Improved and finalised report documents and presentation.
The University of Sheffield
Main work tasks are courseware and lesson planning. Teaching sketching to 8-15 years old students.
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PG2 2020 - Landscape Ecological Restoration and Revitalisation
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UG3 2018 - Landscape Design
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 11/2019
48-hour Coastal Climate Challenge with LDA Design: Retreat, Repel or Regroup
Interdisciplinary teamwork with different year groups students to explore how climate emergency will impact the City of Hull. Established landscape strategies to response it in two days, including site investigation, design strategies, and presentation.
02/2021
Neepsend Sustainable Development – Interdisciplinary Project
Teamwork with Mechanical Engineering students to regenerate the industrial area in Neepsend of Sheffied. Re-planning this area from sustainable socially, environmentally and economically perspective in three days, including site surveying, planning strategy, mapping, and presentation.
ACTIVITIES 06/2017 - 08/2017 Participant
China Academy of Art 5+1 Creation Camp
10/2020 - 11/2020
UN-SCENE ANTHROPOCENE: a Transitional Landscape Exhibition
Student Team Leader
Teamwork with five countries and multi-majors student to hold a group art exhibition about “ 纹 (WEN)”. Site surveying around Shanghai, Hangzhou, Prague, and southeast Guizhou Province to collect cultural and historical information. Displayed them use interactive technology (VR). Researched on the environmental impact of post-colonialism on Yekepa, Liberia. Organized the site surveying work; Analysed the local plantation species and established a hyperaccumulator planting system for the area, to solve water pollution and agriculture issues. Displayed the work from video, imagines, and presentation.
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IMMERSE IN NATURE Re-design the Lower Sheaf Area and Granville Square
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DETAILED CONSTRUCTION WORKS Planting plan, detailed construction sections
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OTHER WORKS Modeling, painting works, photography
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PG2 2020 - Landscape urbanism and Design
THE NEAR-FUTURE
Regenerate the Rotherham Urban Area
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Location:
Rotherham town centre and Bassingthorpe Springs, South Yorkshire, UK
Software:
ArcGIS, AutoCAD, SketchUP, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign
Introduction:
Rotherham had a thriving industrial history but declined in the past decades. According to research, the site morphology is fragmented, the green space is limited, and residents are unsatisfied with their living environment. Therefore, this area is waiting for regeneration. Nowadays, the COVID really changes our life a lot. From a landscape perspective, it pushes us to reflect on how important green space is in the urban area. This regeneration project aims to make integration for the site. The processing will be divided into two-time stages. In the NEAR-FUTURE stage, the core method is to find out potential small green space and join the green network to provide more chances for people to enter green space. In the FURTHER-FUTURE stage, the study area will make an integration. A completed green network will be established which combined with industries transformation, develop a sustainable neighbourhood and enhance the “sense of belonging” for the site.
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BACKGROUND
History Line
Site Location
Town Centre/ Study Area
United Kingdom
South Yorkshire
Rotherham
Policies The Borough plan to remove Bassingthorpe Farm from Green Belt, to establish new sustainable neighbourhoods. Regeneration of Rotherham Urban Area (including town centre and Bassingthorpe farm), will enable it to fulfil its role as the Borough’s primary retail, leisure and service centre.
In the Late Medieval period, a little town grew up.
In 17-19 century, Rotherham continued to grew and developed thriving iron and steel industry.
SITE INFORMATION
Landuse Context
At the end of 20th century, the traditional industries in Rotherham dropped down. In early 2000s, the retail and service in Rotherham has suffered decline.
Vacant & Parking Area
Rotherham urban area for new growth: 38% Indicative Housing Provision, approx. 5,471 dwellings; 30% Indicative Employment Provision, approx. 71 hectares of land.
HOUSING CONTEXT Satisfaction with the neighbourhood quality
The NearFuture ?
The FurtherFuture ?
In Post-COVID world... (2- 5yrs)
An ideal stage... (30yrs later)
GREEN SPACE RESEARCH
Green Space Index GSI Score (where 1 is minimum standard of provision):
10min walk
Property Types Study Area: 0.1236 - 0.6583 Yorkshire and the Humber: 0.7697 Great Britain: 0.9487
Provision of Green Space (ha):
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC Population Projections (2010-2028)
Ethnicity Group
Green Infrastructure
Blue Infrastructure
Study Area: 0.8876 - 4.8168 Yorkshire and the Humber: 14,943.05 Great Britain: 215k
Provision of Green Space per Person (sqm):
Study Area: 4.6963 - 25.0094 Yorkshire and the Humber: 27.11 Great Britain: 32.94
Mental Health in COVID Pandemic
Equality of Green Space
According to ONS 2021, it shows that people may feel anxiety, unhapiness, and less worthwhile in lockdown.
According to research, if you are a person of BAME origin you are more than twice as likely as a white person to live in areas in England that are most deprived of green space
Some studies show that the people who have opportunities to enter green spaces during the lockdown are in a better mood than those who are not close to green space.
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SITE CONTEXT
CONCEPT FRAMEWORK
Present Stage
The Near-Future (5yrs) Find out the potential small green spaces weave a green network.
The four main functional area are isolated and lack of connection.
Current Situation
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Measures
Vey limited public green space.
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Re-design the open spaces between buildings.
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To strengthen “sense of belonging”.
3 Study Area
To establish civic space for people and consider flooding issues.
Primary Road Secondary Road
The industrial area needs transformtion and revitalisation.
Railway
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River & Canal Green Infrastructure [1] Green Belt· [2] Town Centre
To develop the manufacturing and service industres, reuse the old factories.
[3] Residential Area [4] Industrial Area
COVID changes our life.
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Keep social distancing in public space and provide equity for enter.
The urban morphology os fragmented.
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Strengthen the connection among different functional areas.
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The Bassingthorpe spring consists of Improved Grassland and Broadleaved Woodland. The cars occupy the open space on the road. The residential area looks monotonous and has no community space. Hard surface cover the majority land of idustrial area, which has very low ecological value.
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More sustainabe living space required.
The River Don Across the entire site from south west to northeast. There are several Navigable Waterways which are branches of the River Don. There is a well-developed road system. The railway divides the site into main urban areas and Green Belts.
Meet the new housing needs and create more playful community space.
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LIVABLE
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4 Main Landscape Characters
CONNECTIVE
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Create more sustainable and equitable space for people.
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Make the green network join the local Green Infrastructure.
Combine with functional area to strengthen the connection between site.
MAKE THE SITE INTEGRATION
Signed Cycle Route
ATTRACTIVE + SUSTAINABLE + SAFE
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Vision RESILIENT +
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The Further-Future (30yrs)
THE NEAR-FUTURE STAGE
Find Out Potential Small Green Space Around Linear Space Based on Waterside (Navigation & River) Based on Railway
Based on Road System
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Waterside: Find out the surfaced and vacant space around the waterside, to establish water terraced bank, wildlife habitat, pocket garden, etc. To improve the walking experience near the riverside and strengthen the connection across the waterways.
Railway: The railway separates the urban area and green belt area, cause the urban morphology disconnection. To establish wildlife bridge across the railway to connect the habitat for wildlife. Meanwhile, to have more coppice and woodland along the railway to set up a strong boundary and strengthen the connection.
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Road System: Weave the potential small green spaces around the road system to create a pedestrian-friendly walk experience. Also, develop the avenues in the site to reduce the disconnection brought by the road.
The Further-Future Green Network
The Near-Future Green Network In the near-future stage, find out the potential small green spaces in the site, and do the temporary action to weave a green network. To provide equal opportunity to enter public green space for all citizens.
Tactical Urbanism Theory The term tactical urbanism is often used to refer to low-cost, temporary interventions that improve local neighbourhoods. Tactical urbanism as small-scale, short-term interventions meant to inspire long-term change, adding that tactical urbanism as a city-building approach features five characteristics: 1.A deliberate, phased approach to instigating change; 2.The offering of local solutions for local planning challenges; 3.Short-term commitment as a first step towards longer-term change; 4.Lower-risk, with potentially high rewards; 5.The development of social capital between citizens and the building of organizational capacity between public and private institutions, non-profits, and their constituents.
“Short-term commitment as a first step towards longer-term change.” 4
THE FURTHER-FUTURE STAGE
Connection Analysis
Develop a Post-Industrial Park
The steel factories and quarry area replaced by nature reserve and park. The park provides a relaxing and comfortable green recreation space for people in nearby working areas and residential areas. Also, provide a habitat for wildlife. The park keeps the local industrial cultural elements and re-use the industrial materials. Meanwhile, the post-industrial parks attract tourists and enhance the development of the surrounding service industries.
Strategic Masterplan
Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord, Germany
Integrate the Site A
BEFORE
AFTER
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Green space Commercial & Retail Business & Industrial Residential Community Hub Social Connection Walking Experience Improvement Riverside Cycle Lane nConnectio
The case shows a playful and ecological post-industrial park in Germany.
Integrate the Site New Housing Strategy
Offer different types of houisng for different people’s demand.
Small Green Space Strategy Residential Area
Detached housing with private garden.
Affordable terraced housing with small front garden.
Semi-detached housing with provate garden.
Establishing Green Community Hubs The Near-Future Stage
The Further-Future Stage
To use vacant space like car park as pop-up green community activity hub.
To develop the space as small garden to provide every resident has equal chance into green space.
Section: Ecological Change in 5-50yrs The Near-Futire Stage
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Railway
Quarry Restoration
Industrial Area
Railway
Road Factory
Protected Woodland
800m
The Further-Futire Stage
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Railway
Nature Reserve
Retail & Commercial Area
Railway Wildlife Bridge
Meadow Grassland
Beoad-leaved Woodland
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BACKGROUND OF FORGE ISLAND Design Site Location Based on Green Network
Existing Situation & Issues Forge Island Land-use
The Views 3
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1 Rotherham Minster
Vacant Building
Navigation Lock
Platform
The Site is flat, People can see the skyline of Town Centre from a platform in front of Rotherham Centre Station.
Weir
There is a Navigation Lock close to an entrance of the site, which is unattractve now.
There is a weir located the River Don, which has fabulous sound and view.
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Boundary Design Study Area Linkage
Town Centre Street
Forge Island Car Park
The design site has potential to develop small green space to join the Green Network.
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This large area use as a carpark and covered by hard surface which has very low ecological value.
Brownfield uses as a carpark.
The street in the town centre is lack of trees and need more outdoor activities.
The site is empty and randon now.
The Connection
Based on Land-use
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Train Station
Study Area Forge Island Business Area Retail Area
Residential Area Community Area Car Park Vacant Area
Existing Green Area Entrance Train Station
The Study Area: 14.9 acres The Forge Island: 4.7 ares
This Large vacant place has low accessbility for people to watch the weir view.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Lack of street trees.
The road and railway seperate the urban mophology.
People: Residents, Workers, Visitors.
Boundary Design Study Area Linkage
The study area is close to the town centre.
INTEGRATION
Wildlife / Vegetation
The design site located at the intersection of different urban functional areas.
Riverside vacant place uses as a carpark.
Town Centre
Urban Morphology
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"Sense of Belonging"
Urban Habitat
LIVABILITY
Connection
READABILITY
FLEXIBLE USE & GREEN SPACE 6
ACCESSIBILITY
SPATIAL CONCEPT
MASTERPLAN New cinema with food and retail at ground floor.
The Rotherham Council required Forge Island to be a new leisure destination featuring a new cinema, bars, restaurants, and a quality hotel. Meanwhile, provide new public squares and green spaces
Transportation Analysis
Retained business on Corporation Street and to develop riverside restaurants.
Main Road Cycle Lane Walking Path Secondary path Riverside Path Main Entrance
To improve routes through from Minster Garden to riverside.
Entrance for Green Space
Land-use Analysis Uses in 60 bed quality hotel with food and beverage uses at ground floor, which have views of Rotherham Minster and River Don.
Leisure Space Flexible Use Community Space Playground Urban Forest
To develop retail, food and drink.
Parking Space Public Green Space Retail Space Residential Space Proposed Buildings
Green Infrastructure Analysis
Refubishment and extension of exsiting vacant building to create new restaurant and bar overlooking th River Don and the Forge Island.
Arts Centre and theatre, incorporationg cafe/restaurants and creative/business space, 500 seats theatre and studio theatre.
Roof Garden Flower Meadow Lawn Shrub
Residential Apartmen development in excess of 60 apartments.
Grove & Coppice Meadow Grassland Permeable paving Avenue
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FORGE ISLAND SQUARE USER SCENARIOS Day Time The flexible use area provides multifunctional space for people at different time and period.
Forge Island Square
Night Time
Community Gardening
Local Market Day
Exhibition
Bonfire
On-air Cinema
Concert
Skate Rink
Vaccine Centre
Play Water
Special Time
Detailed Design
Meet the Readability 1
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Meet the Livability
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Meet the Accessibility
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Letʼs watching movie!
I wanna watch Spiderman.. Me too!!
Cozy place here! Can I buy one donghut, plz?
Look at that tree!
On-air leisure space
The waterside terraced bank provides leisure space for people. Use this space with stable water flow to develop flexible functional space on the water area. To attract the sight of people on the waterside.
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My fav place in this street~~
Main entrance
The ground floor of cinema can be accessed by multiple entrances, one is from riverside, another is a corridor direct to Forge island. The corridor is a kind of semi-open space that allows people to see the scenery of the Forge island and attract people to enter.
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Open space between buildings
Whether it considers lockdown needs or develops a more liveable community, make the indoor function extension to the outside is demanded. Re-use the vacant space between the buildings to discover small gardens and develop takeaway windows based on the internal functions. It provides a space for internal and external communication and meets the needs in any specific situation. 6
4 Good weather today!
Yeah! The sound is fabulous!
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Auffff!
Letʼs play together!
Heya! ~~
Sure!
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Community tree pits
The tree pits provide social function in the under-tree spaces. The surrounding rectangular flowerbeds are not only for aesthetic but also encourage residents to participate in planting to enhance the interest of the space.
Riverside terraced bank
Use the height difference of the original terrain to create a riverside terraced space. The rectangular bioretention area provides different heights of visual aesthetic. Here is also a great viewpoint for weir scenery, and a place to enjoy the sound of water.
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Wildlife habitat
This area is a green space to join the whole local green network, which does not only provide leisure and sports place for people also is a habitat for urban wildlife.
SECTION
A-A' Integrate the place for people and wildlife
Eat
Drink
15
20m
Path Meadow Terrace
Riverside commercial (with fabulous river view)
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Shrub Meadow Path
Open space/ Leisure space
Play
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Wildlife Habitat
Path
River Don
Theatre
Terraced Shrub Terrace
Weir To design some terrance at the edge along the riverside to form a buffer zone when there is flood-ing.
Vegetation Species
B-B' Integrate the civic space and natural space
Woodland
Theatre
View
Drink
Food & Drinks 10
Exhibition
Communication
Play
Social
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Arts Centre
Pub
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Ecology
Beverge
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Culture Communication
Lawn
Grove
Terrace
Dog-friendly playground
Boundary between nature space and civic space
Community Garden
Social
Path Path Coppice Coppice Navigation Path Pocket Park Path Coppice
Woodland
Social Terraced Space
Wildlife Habitat
Perennials
The waterside pathprovide a chance to close to water.
Shrubs
Arts Centre Extension Space
Theatre
Snack
Road Arts Centre & Theatre Pedestrian Community space for people
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Trees
Health Eat
Anthrissuc sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’
Dryopteris affins ‘Cristata’
Kniphofia ‘Tawny King’
Stachys byzantina ‘Big Ears’
Deschammapsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau’
Gardenia Coprosma jasminoides inferno ‘Crown Jewel’
Pittosporim tenuifolium ‘Silver Queen’
Mulus floribunda
Betula pubescens
Square Flexible-use Space
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Peris ‘Forest ame’
Prunus padus ‘Colorata’
Culture
Service Industrial
Habitat
Water Sound Social
Recreation Plating
Communication
Leisure
Civic
Bioretention
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Growing YEKEPA
Cleaning the River for Community Agriculture Location:
YEKEPA, Nimba County, Liberia
Software:
AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Hand-drawing
Introduction:
This project was inspired by a documentary ‘Upland’, which records the colonialism and the post-colonial era in YEKEPA. By 1960 the Swedish mining company LAMCO came across and began constructing a Swedish style town for their people to live in. By 1993 the mine closed down and all of the Swedish people moved away. After the temporary boom is over, there were only left the ruined environment and a sense of fragmentation for local people. We were particularly drawn to the effect the LAMCO mine has had on the community of Yekepa after the mine had shut down. From our research, we discovered that the mine pollutes the river and groundwater in the area with heavy metals. The people of Yekepa use the water for many everyday activities, including, drinking it, bathing in it and growing food with it. From this, we decided to look into natural cleaning processes for the river and surrounding soils. Moreover, Liberia is still one of the most deprivation countries in the world. The project aims to explore the local human context of YEKEPA and find an appropriate solution to development from a landscape perspective. To provide a healthy living environment for local people.
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BACKGROUND Location
Due to LAMCO many local people felt displaced, having been moved from Old Yeke’pa to Yekepa, so they created a New Yekepa, just up the valley. However many stayed in the Swedish built Yekepa and remain there today, however it is half abandoned and fallen to ruin, with many people from different backgrounds living together.
Yekapa
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Liberia
“...the World Bank’s most recent survey of the country in 2016 estimated nearly 51% of the [Liberian] population living below the poverty line”
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The study area located in the Yekepa, Liberia. In the1950’s, the Nimba mountain above the village of Yekepa, was observed to be a location for a potential iron-ore mine. By 1960 the Swedish mining company LAMCO came across and began constructing a Swedish style town for their people to live in. However, the mine closed down and all of Swedish people moved out of Yekapa, and Yekapa fell to ruin.
EXISTING LOCAL VEGETATION
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Culture
Landuse Analysis
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Ethnography Business Area Educational Area Retail Area
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Residential Area
During LAMCO’s time in Yekepa they employed many local people from the surrounding area, this included people from different indigenous tribes. As a result Yekepa is a very ethnically diverse place, with 17 major indigenous tribes, many speaking their own language living in the town today (Howell, 2010).
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FOREST TYPOLOGIES
Vegetation Key
Montane forest
Secondary hill forest
Road
Residential
River
Industrial
Rail line
Mine
Secondary forest
Deforested
Broken Forest - slash and burn agriculture area, savannah grassland, forest edges Secondary forest - Wetter or swampier secondary forest or thicket (420-991m); disturbed sites often low-lying. Characteristic species: Musanga cecropioides,Tetrorchidium didymostemon, Macaranga barteri, Margaritaria discoidea, Psychotria peduncularis, Craterispermum laurinum, Samanea dinklagei,Cleistopholis patens, Pauridiantha hirtella, Hallea ledermannii, Raphia hookeri. Secondary hill forest - Slopes at various altitudes (500-1170m) Characteristic species: Albizia adianthifolia, Bridelia grandis, Milicia excelsa & regia, Ceiba pentandra,Ficus exasperata, Funtumia africana, Terminalia ivorensis, Vernonia conferta, Vismia guineensis,Sterculia tragacantha, Macaranga hurifolia, Hugonia planchonii, Phyllanthus muellerianus, Alchorneacordifolia, Landolphia dulcis. Montane Forest - Upland (980-1358 m) on Mount Nimba. Characteristic species: Parinari excelsa, Psychotria rufipilis, Garcinia smeathmannii, Homalium smythei, Albizia zygia, Anthonotha macrophylla/sassandraensis, Bersama abyssinca, Rubus, Gaertnerapaniculata.
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Broken forest
WATER ISSUE
HUNGER ISSUE
To improve Ecological Environment After LAMCO mine company closed down, they left the...
To improve Life Quality Existing Agricultural Processes
GROWING YEKEPA
The large quantities of waste soil has been removed and dumped, it affects local surface runoff and caused flooding problems.
The people of Yekepa and the surrounding areas rely heavly on agriculture as a source of food and earnings, yet the way in which it is done is very unsustainable and is having an extreme effect of the planet.
River from the mine.
Soil Analysis
Water leading directly from the Nimba mine into the river and through Yekapa.
Both surface and ground water have been identified as having pollutants as a result of the abandoned LAMCO Nimba mine.
Mountain
Stagnant Lake
UN Sustainability goal 6
Main soils found in the Yekepa area including the Nimba mountain range. Fluvisols - must suitable soil type for agriculture, often found in lowland floodplain land alongside rivers
Overview & Aims We were particularly drawn to the effect the LAMCO mine has had on the community of Yekepa after the mine had shut down. From our research we discovered that the mine pollutes the river and groundwater in the area with heavy metals. Heavy metals in the water source can cause many significant health issues to people who come in contact with it. The people of Yekepa use the water for many everyday activities, including, drinking it, bathing in it and growing food with it. From this we decided to look into natural cleaning processes for the river and surrounding soils. There will be two phases to this project, firstly, cleaning the water, and secondly, creating space for community agriculture. Both phases go hand in hand, yet, for agriculture to be viable the water used must be clean, therefore, water must be a primary focus, followed by agriculture.
Cambisols - good drainage and aeration however often poor chemical properties, often found in rainforest areas in Nimba mountains, Liberia.
Gleysols - sound in similar locations to Fluvisols, however more waterlogged as often in poorer drainage sites.
Ferralsols - similar to Cambisols, found in upland conditions and often contaminated sites.
UN Sustainability goal 2
Phase1: Clean Water Phase 2: Community Space & Conservation Agriculture • • • • • •
Globally, 1 in 9 people still have no access to clean water (the water project , 2020). Yekepa’s water source is polluted by the metals extracted from the Nimba mine - the stream running through Yekepa comes directly from the lake in the center of the mine. By cleaning the water upstream the village of Yekepa can have safer water for everyday uses, drinking, growing, cleaning etc. Clean water is 6th most important thing for UN sustainable development goals (UN, 2015). By planting hyperaccumulator plants along the river banks and in created wetlands and vegetated pools along the river leading from the mine into Yekepa Flooding issues can be partly resolved through the introduction of wetlands and vegetated pools along the river.
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Rubber
Rice
Cocoa
Coffee Plantain/ Bananas Cassava
Commonly Grown Crops 12
Kola Sugar cane
“Poverty in Liberia is high. High levels of poverty often lead to hunger” (The Borgen Project, 2020). Zero hunger is 2nd on the UN sustainable development goals, specifically 2.4 is sustainable food production and resilient agricultural practices (UN, 2015). Provide space for local community to grow food. Creating playful public space for residents - community engagement and growing space for crops. Encouraging nature education to locals Reduce flooding issue to prevent impact on residential area Despite the return of foreign aid and investment, Liberia is in need of continued political stability and increasing self-sufficiency in order to develop properly (Howell, 2010).
PHASE 1: CLEAN THE WATER
Steps Flow Area
Main Road
The first step of our design concept To make the water flowing to yekepa clean and then people can use it safely.
Pond Wetland
Slow Flow Area
Hyperaccumulator Stream
Woodland
Phase 2: Community Growing
Hyperaccumulator Woodland
Railway
Pond
HYPERACCUMULATOR STREAM
Slow Flow Area
Hyperaccumulator stream works to absorb and remove metal pollutants from the soil and water. As the water runoff flows through the stream from the mine, the pollutants are captured and settled by the roots, leaves and stems of the plants.
Steps Flow Area
WETLANDS Wetlands are sometimes called nature’s own water purifiers: as dirty water moves through a sprawling marsh, the bacteria that cling to wetland plants, timber, rocks, and other debris consume and process some common water pollutants. Other contaminants get trapped in the mud and muck. As result of these and other processes, the water that eventually flows out of a wetland is much cleaner than the stream that came trickling in. (Anthes, 2012)
Fe
Pb
Hg As
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Wetland
HYPERACCUMULATOR PLANTING & STREAM SECTION Hyperaccumulator
Phytoremediation
Sequestration
A hyperaccumulator is a plant capable of growing in soil or water with very high concentrations of metals, absorbing these metals through their roots, and concentrating extremely high levels of metals in their tissuwes.The metals are concentrated at levels that are toxic to closely related species not adapted to growing on the metalliferous soils. Compared to non-hyperaccumulating species, hyperaccumulator roots extract the metal from the soil at a higher rate, transfer it more quickly to their shoots, and store large amounts in leaves and roots. Hyperaccumulating plants are of interest for their ability to extract metals from the soils of contaminated sites (phytoremediation) to return the ecosystem to a less toxic state. The plants also hold potential to be used to mine metals from soils with very high concentrations (phytomining) by growing the plants, then harvesting them for the metals in their tissues.
Phytodegradation Attenuated in situ Organics Cover maintained
Phytovolatilisation
Shoot Root
Section 1:100
Phytoremediation is a bioremediation process that uses various types of plants to remove, transfer, stabilize, and/or destroy contaminants in the soil and groundwater.
Phytoextraction
Removed Organics and metals Cover maintained
Root/Shoot translocation Uptake
Phytostabilisation
As
Retained in situ Organics and metals Cover maintained
Hg
Pb
Cr Zn
Removed Metals Harvested repeatedly
Phytostimulation
Ag
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Hyperaccumulator Chosen
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11m 1.Pteris vittata (rock fern) 26% of As in the soil removed after 20 weeks' plantation
2.Brassica juncea (mustard plant) Hg,Ag, Cr, Pb, Se, Zn
7.Bacopa monnieri (water hyssop) Cr,Cd(H), Pb(H) 3.Vallisneria americana (tape-grasses) Cr,Cd(H), Pb(H)
4.Lemna minor (duckweed) Pb,Cd(H), Cu(H), Zn(H)
5.Hydrilla verticillata (aquatic plant) Hg,Cd(H), Cr(A), Pb(H)
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6.Azolla filiculoide (water fern) Pb,Cu(A),Ni(A),Mn(A)
8.Agrostis castellana (water hyssop) Al(A), As(A), Pb(A), Zn(A)
9.Helianthus annuus (annual forb ) Al(A), As(A), Pb(A), Zn(A)
PHASE 2: COMMUNITY SPACE & CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
Route System Analysis
Masterplan
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Community & Agriculture Analysis
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We want to make it a place that provides multi-social activities for local people and encourages people to receive natural education here. We attempt to develop sustainable agriculture here, because there has been a food crisis since First Liberian Civil War, and we set up markets to provide trading places as well.
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Cloths Washing
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Cultural Park
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Slow the flow
Entrance
stream area
Existing Area
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Waterfront Platform
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Standard Field
Rice Paddies
Relationship Analysis
Forest Reserve
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Promoting Conservation Agriculture Main Road
Playground Path
Lawn
Community Space
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RestorationR
Waterfront Platform
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Standard Fields
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Protected Forest
estoration
Okra, Pepper, Bitter ball, Tomatoes, Cabbage, Rice, Plantains, Eddoes and Potatoes.well.
CONCEPT DESIGN
Community Space and Conservation Agriculture
1:200 Concept Design Plan of Conservation Agriculture and Stream
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Community conservation agriculture fields. Clean river, to drink, water crops, bath and play.
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Community Market Space using LAMCO abandoned structures.
Vegetated stream
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Existing areas of broken forest
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Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) Retrofit: Shanghai Mental Health Centre Landscape Design
Location:
Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Software:
AutoCAD, SketchUP, Photoshop, Illustrator
Introduction: This project is located in a high-density urban area. Due to the limitation of urban planning, there is a lack of public green space. There is more and more research indicating green space and nature have positive effects on mental health. The study area is closed to the Shanghai Mental Health Centre, however, it is in a derelict and neglected situation. The re-design of the study area is focused on the understanding and application of SUDS. Through retrofitting SUDS elements with landscape design and establishing the restorative environment, it aims to create an open and playful urban park for people and helps to solve the flooding issues as well.
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SITE BACKGROUND Shanghai Mental Health Centre located in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China. It arounded by residential area, and close to universities and hospitals. The centre is consisted of several historical buildings and less of green space. The greening coverage rate of Xuhui District is 20.62%, which is lower than the 37% of Shanghai average. Moreover, due to the long history of this place, there are many construction problems, such as the drainage system cannot draw the flood issue. To sum up, there are many potentials of retrofit the green and blue facilities in the health centre. It not only brings playful and restorative environment for patient, but also release the urban flooding stress.
Longhua Hospital-Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Shanghai Mental Health Centre
History Line Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian
SITE ANALYSIS 1935
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In June 1935, in Minhang Dist,Beiqiao established a family sanatorium. The Shanghai military Regulatory Commission took over the Pu CI sanatorium. In July 1958,The new psychiatric hospital was located on the 600 Wan Ping Nan Road. It became one of the earliest institutions in the history of Chinese psychiatry to use drugs to treat psychosis. In February 1985, the psychiatric hospital was renamed the Shanghai mental health center. In 2005, a new outpatient building was opened in the center, with about 250 thousand outpatients per year. Nowadays,there is one of the most famous mental health care hospitals in Shanghai, butthe facilities inside the hospital are obsolete.
Green Space Analysis
Current Issues
Xujiahui Park
Dongan Park
Shanghai Stadium
Shanghai Long Museum
Houtan Park
Location
1 Less of biodiversity
The vegetation species is monotonous and lack of manage.
2 Drainage problem
There is flooding water accumulated in ground, due to the hard pavement.
3 Obsolete facilities
The favilities are old and shabby. The place has weak accessibility.
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Flooding Analysis 1
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Surface water flow
Road System Anaysis The retrofit will focus on two aspects: Sustainable Drainage Systems & Mental health treatment.
Scope of design
The land of hospital
The land of education
Zhao Jia Bang Ave. Zhong Shan Nan Er Ave. Wan Ping Nan Ave. Dong An Ave.
Trade estate
Housing area
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SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEM
How does it works?
What is SuDS?
Through the combination of various factors, the runoff water is purified and immersed in soil from an orderly way.
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Playing sports enables to bring positive impacts to people mental health. It is a kind of restorative activities.
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MASTERPLAN
Pedestrain Analysis
Functional Area
SuDS Structure
SECTIONS
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Different seasonal flowers are planted to enrich the biodiversity and aesthetic throughout the year in the space. And the colour and smell of flower make people feel relaxed as well.
More open spaces to be provided, such as lawn and playground.
A nature-educational gallery, where people can touch nature settings.
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BIORETENTION AREA
This perspective view shows that the retrofit project establishes the restorative environment in the Mental Health Centre, which allows patients to enjoy the natural settings and helps the psychotherapy. The bioretention area could remains multi participactory activities to encourage people to come and play. In addition, the naturalistic plantation enriches the local biodiversity and improve the aesthetic.
WATERFRONT
The pond is the destination of swales, and it is the lowest part of the study area, which gathers all the runoff. There are wooden platforms around the pond, it provides a leisure place for people to touch water. And the lawn is a kind of green public space allows people to exercise. The multi materials like wood, stone, and other naturalistic stuff consists of the restorative environment for patients.
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Immerse in Nature
Re-design the Lower Sheaf Area and Granville Square Location:
Sheaf valley and Granville Square, Sheffield, UK
Software:
AutoCAD, SketchUP, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Hand-drawing, Physical modeling
Introduction: Under the background of the COVID pandemic, many countries have been lockdown. The cities are going through a challenging time. According to research, human activities are reduced during this time since lockdown, which leads to many wildlife appearing again in the urban area and the air quality has also been improved. Recently, an action taken by Paris gives us inspiration. Paris closed one of the city’s principal streets for cars, which allow more space for cyclists and pedestrians. The action not only provides a more people-friendly open space on the streets but also a wise decision to protect the urban environment. Therefore, we put nature and people in priority in this urban design and planning in this project . We aim to create a natural feeling for urban citizens by well-designed spaces between trees in urban areas, and deal with the flooding issue, also meet the social-culture demands of citizens.
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LOCATION
SITE SURVEY
Function
Flood risk analysis
Traffic Flow Analysis
The images on the left shows the function of buildings on the site. It is mainly business area on the north part and residencial on the south. We intend to keep this.
Sheffield Granville Square
As shown on the map, Granville square is a very important traffic intersection on the site. Cycleways are not continuous and the site is very car dominante.
Study Area Business Sheffield
SWOT ANALYSIS Strength The business in this area is widely distributed, with many large stores and shops. The roads accesibility are quiet good. Very comprihensive landuse in this area, which is very convenient.
High flood risk on the lower sheaf area. In the following design, we will using tree planting typology to improve the water management. Business
Mixed use
Sports
Main road
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Secondary road
Retails
Residential
Medical
Cycleway
Street
Tertary road
Floos zone 2
Floos zone 3
River Sheaf
Entrance
TREES AND EXISTING PROBLEMS
Existing Trees
Site Photo Anaysis
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Weakeness A lot of land is used for parking. Limited green space, which leads to low bio-diversity.
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The plants and trees along the riverside do not paly a good role in flood control.
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The river sheaf has low accessibility for peole.
Granville Square. A very important traffic intersection. No where to look at and no focal point. Few trees, no shadow.
No boundaries between cycleway and road, which is dangerous.
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Opportunities People always tend to live near the river. The river sheaf provide an oppotunity that people can get access to it.
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Many public space, like parking area, can be repurposed to increase urban green space.
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The large commercial area will attract many passengers and to provide job oppotunities.
Hard pavement area without trees.
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Threats
The streets dominated by cars.
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Road without any shadow, unfriendly to pedestrains.
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The river sheaf has very flood risks. With the incrising of population, the risidentilal area may not be enough. Noise from the railway. With the incrising of population, the risidentilal area may not be enough.
Thicket
Woodland
The sheaf walk entrance is not clear enough
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High fences privent people get access to the river.
Buildings along river sheaf and it is not accessible.
INSPIRATION
“Our relationship with the natural world is changing as this crisis strips away the layers between humans and the surroundings we used to be too busy to take in. ”
New Housing Types
WALKABLE
——The Guardian
Limited Activities
PLANTING
DESIGN CONCEPT Immerse in Nature
LIVEABLE
SUNBATHING
GARDENING
Granville sqaure
·House typology: mixed flats& semidetched houses ·Density: 60 dw/ha ·Homeshare community, matching someone who needs some companionship to live in their own home, with someone who is willing to give a little help and needs accommodation. ·Enclosed buildings form an communicative living pattern.
River Sheaf
IMMERS IN
Rethink the aims of urbanism and the urban form.
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Cities in Evolution Patrick Geddes
·House typology: terrance houses ·Density: 84 dw/ha ·For most of seniors and families in need of financial grant. ·Row houses with small private garden ·Semi-enclosed houses and shared green space
Curren Walking Heatmap
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NATURALISTC Focus on the quality of the space under the trees, create a variety of rich space experience through various planting methods, and bring people the feeling of immersion in nature.
SOCIO-CULTURAL Allotment
Urban development from expand to suburb turn to country-to-city combination, a new form. It enables city dwellers to have experience in the urban area.
FEATURES Affordable housing for population growth.
Water-management.
Green city.
Enabling more people to afford more gardening activities within urban centre, the opportunity for a ‘patch of green’ or the social cohesiveness that comes with successful allotments, the popularity is continuing to increase.
Market Garden
Easy-to-go neighbourhood.
Friendly road system.
High-quality space between trees.
Community Orchard PROGRAMMES: Wild flower meadow, Open air play, Wildlife area, Bee keeping, Picnic, Eco class, Orchard
PROGRAMMES: Plots for market, Eco class, Seeding, Storage, Compost
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We must manage growth and support appropriate economic development so the town can provide public facilities
Community Garden PROGRAMMES: Wild flower meadow, Bee keeping, Wildlife area, Herb garden, Orchard, Eco class, Bird watching
TIME CHANGE ANALYSIS
TREE PLANTING TYPOLOGY
We choose spatial strategy Y as our tree planting typology. Grove and orchard are applied most in the study area. Woodland as the subdominant option are mainly placed near the railway and along river sheaf. Glade takes the least proportion, it applied on streets and the space between buildings.
Anvenue Trees
Alloment Trees(Orchard)
The images below shows the possible changes through times at the Queen’s road. We aim to plan an avenue on this road. In the firest year, new trees will be planted. As time goes, the shadow area becomes bigger.
The images below shows the possible changes through times at the allotment. These diagram shows the spacial relationship between trees and people as time goes.
Present
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1 https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/works/grand-mall-park https://www.archdaily.com/ https://insidesacramento.com/our-urban-forest/
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Woodland along the river sheaf, when there is flooding, woodland would absorb a lot water
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We wish to design some terrance at the edge of some pocket park along the river sheaf to form a buffer zone when there is flooding. 3 Grass swales can be applied in the allotment area and the green belt along the queen’s road to absorb water.
LOWER SHEAF AREA MASTERPLAN
PLANNING ANALYSIS
To reach the aim of immerse in nature, the mian changes we made is to design this area with more pocket park along the river sheaf to provide more open green space for people and using trees to privent flooding and create shadow for pedestrains and driver. An allotment also been designed between the residential area and the woodland.
Green Space Analysis
Before and After Diagram 1 4 3 Woodland Pocket Park
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Allotment
No trees on road
Anvenue
Semi-private Green Space Allotment
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Parivate Garden
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Housing Strategy
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Terraced House Apartment
Function and Cirulation Ananlysis
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Parking Space
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Commercial Building
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Semi-private park
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Sheaf Walk
Mixed use Building
Bridges
Residential Building
Cycleway
Sports Building
Pockert park
SECTION A-A' Scale 1:500@A3
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Pedestrain
Queens Road
Building
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Semi-private park Orchard
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Parking Space
Building
Path
Allotment Thicket/Orchard/Groves mixed
Boundary Woodland
GRANVILLE SQUARE MASTERPLAN
DESIGN ANALYSIS
We aim to change Granville Square into a vibrant, legible, pedestrain-friendly space with high involovment for people. The main design stretegy for Granville Square is to stretch the north-west block to the middle to
Circulation
form a more holistic shape on this site and this would also create a larger open space for pedestrains. We got the inpiration from river sheaf to use meander as the main design language, this form can build connection between each block and create different functional zone. Different tree planting typology are used to create different spacial feelings and we hope this will bring people the feeling of immerse in nature.
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Fountains
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Pond
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Outdoor Cafe Area
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Grove
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Bicycle Parking Area
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Sheaf Walk
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Sheaf Cycleway
Woodland
Grove+Glade
Avenue
Belt
Building Function
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Crossing
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Pocket Park
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Woodland
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Playground
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Semi-private Garden
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Railway
Sports
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River Sheaf
Semi-private space
Commercial
Residential Open space
AXONOMETRIC DRAWING Landmark Tree
This area is the centre of Granville Square, a curved green line through out the whole square andvities. Each block surrounded by groves or group vegetation, the main block added terrace aims to make people feel immersion in nature.
Linear Green System
SECTION B-B'
PLANTATION SPECIES
Scale 1:50@A3
TREES Aesculus x carnea ‘Briotii’ Platanus x hispanica
Betula
Carpinus betulus - hornbeam Betula – birch, many species
Platanus x hispanica
Malus floribunda – Japanese crab apple Aesculus x carnea ‘Briotii’
Prunus padus ‘Colorata’
Malus floribunda – Japanese crab apple
SHRUBS Hydrangea arborescens strong annabelle (‘Abetwo’) (PBR)
Prunus padus ‘Colorata’
Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’ Escallonia ‘Apple Blossom’
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PERENNIALS Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ (PBR) Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmatian White’
Building
Rain Garden
Outdoor Cafe area
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6.73m
6.20m
Tree box Pedestrain 0.63m
Phlox paniculata ‘Mount Fuji’
Ring’s Road
Tree box
Cycleway
Pedestrain
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1.02m
2.00m
2.00m
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Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae Athyrium niponicum var. pictum Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’
Detailed Construction Works
Planting plan, Detailed Construction Sections
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OTHER WORKS
Modeling, Painting works, Photography
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PAINTING WORKS & PHOTOGRAPHY
South Street Park, Sheffield, 2021 Colour pencil RIver Wye, Bakewell, 2019 Charcoal Sketch
Sketch training, 2016 Technical pen
Birds and Lotus, 2018 Oil painting 34
Shanghai, CHINA, 2015
Guizhou, CHINA, 2016
Guizhou, CHINA, 2016
Shanghai, CHINA, 2015
Sheffield, UK, 2021 Winner in 2021 UoS Landscape Photography Competition 35
Shanghai, CHINA, 2018