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PORTFOLIO Xiaoti Hu Landscape Architecture+Urban Design 2018 Washington University in St. Louis

CONTENTS Xiaoti Hu Urban Designer | Landscape Architect 6267 Clemens Avenue, Apartment 1S |St. Louis | Missouri | 63130 314-550-5808 | xiaoti@wustl.edu

Reference

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The Living Fordsburg

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Dynamic Flood Plain Conservation

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[RE]-CYCLE

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Mountain, River and Island

John Hoal, PH.D, AICP_CUD, CNU-A Founding Principal. Chair of Urban Design H3 Studio, St.Louis hoal@h3studio.com

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Summer 2018 | Urban Design Instructor: John Hoal

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Spring 2017 | Landscape Architecture Instructor: Jesse Vogler | Micah Stanek

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Fall 2017 | Urban Design Instructor: Linda Samuel | Paola Aguirre

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Spring 2014 | Landscape Architecture Instructor: Kaili Zhang | Xiao Feng

Pablo Moyano, LEED AP Assistant professor Washington University in St.Louis, St.Louis moyano@wustl.edu

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Professional Practice

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Downtown Bentonville Plan H3 Studio

Micah Stanek Lecturer Washington University in St.Louis, St.Louis micahstanek@wustl.edu

Other Works Hand drawing | Graphic design | Garden design Rendering | Hand crafting | Modelling

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The Living Fordsburg 2018 Summer Studio Johannesburg | South Africa Individual work Instructors: John Hoal Since the last twenty-two years after apartheid, South Africa has witnessed an great trend of development. However, Johannesburg, the biggest city in South Africa, still suffers from a series of urban problems, such as environment, social equity.... In recent years, the Johannesburg government has started to solve these problems and a urban park system proposal was provided.

With the help of the green system proposal, the community near the future parks will largely benefit. The future developments will be a landscape oriented one. Taking the Fordsburg area as a typical exampled, the green artery plans a system linked with a spreading network of greenway stemming from the urban stream. The project aims to pump the city with the idea of green and healthy life as well as an attraction to new residence and business.

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SOCIAL APARTHEID

Johannesburg Park System Proposal M1

Disconnection Between Fordsburg and CBD

65%

Immigrant in area

50%

Indian or Asian

Integrate thecity by providng connections(corridor) Landscape could become a powerful tool to reach the goal.

Inner City

Johannesburg

HOUSEHOLD

M2

M2

M1

Low efficientcy in inner block space use

Cut off the buildings and streets

Renovate the traditional blocks, creating mix-use buildings for various types of people and immigrants. Enlarge the public space for community activities in both inner door and out door spaces.

LIVING ENVIRONMENT

Future green system in 2050

2050 Vision With the help of the Johannesburg green system, the Fordsburg community will create a livable, resilient, and inclusive urban neighborhood, promoting the features of local geography, ecology, history, cultuel and public health quality of life. The landscape oriented community developments also help to make up a robust park system surrounding the city.

Mining process

River contamination

Deal with the pollution in Mining remnants as well as the urban river

For the inner city, it rebuilds prosperity, attracting new residences and business and encouraging economic development.

2050 Goal

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

Develop fully programmed, multi-functional green system, with facilities and programs which become the armature merging into residential.

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Inner city Johannesburg

Street vendor Informal business (Informal business) in all commercial activities

Reuse the existing community physical and spiritual features to support the local lives in the Fordsburg.

Create various housing options for both current residents and new migrant. Allow development diversity,

Encourage the commercial activities. Provide safe, easy ways for traders to move, buy, and sell goods. Reactivate the street by viewing people as an infrastructure.

Enhance the local landscape infrastructures including floodplain, stormwater management, soil remediationand air pollution cleaning.

Redefine the relationship between street and local commecial activities.

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Design Principles

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summer flood reduced

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increasing in green space

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Regional Program Plan NORTH BRANCH

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walkable street in residential area

Ecology

EAST BRANCH

The artery plans a system of city parks, linked with a spreading network of greenway stemming from the urban stream.

The project aims to pump the city with the idea of green and healthy life as well as an attraction to new residence and business.

WEST BRANCH

WEST BRANCH

FORDSBURG HUB

SOUTH BRANCH

-Redefine the city green space -Create green space in various scales, from park to greenway , farmland to community garden -Restore the urban river and the greenway, working as a vibrant, mixed-use corridor, and connecting the north and south -Restore a Functional urban stream Ecosystem -enhance the flood storage capacity and water quality

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informal commercial oppotunities

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restaurant/cafe shops with landscape view

3 streets connect to the downtwon

FORDSBUR G DISTRICT

Economy -Design albertina sisulu road and high street as main commercial streets -Encourage restaurants near the riverfront greenway -Encourage a farming profucts market near the farm area -Densify the commercial area near the transit hub and plaza - Reuse part of warehouses and retail buildings as park facilities, support various programs in the park and open to public. 图表标题

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affordable house 1

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living suppliment for new immigrants 1

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1st mining culture tour routine

Social issues Cross country bus station

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-Encourage the residential programs in Fordsburg community -Create a high density residential area in the city -Build a mixed-income neighborhood around the Park -procide affordable house to low income rensidences -provide accessible street to transition and job oppotunity.

-Improve neighborhood infrastructure and street walkability -Use the walable street toconncet the green space and neighborhood as a intergrety

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Master Plan

Design Scenario

Program

Building Demolition

New Residence Program

Various programs

Street System

Define the Main Street

Add Pedestrian way Leading to park

Walkable blocks

Clean up the mining site &Vacant land

Implement functional program in park

Extend the green space to build green corridor

Phase 1 Remediation

Phase 2 Implementation

Phase 3 Adaptation

Green System

2018-2022

2022-2032

2032-2050

Spacial Context

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Unit Typology

6600mm

Retail Shop

8600mm

8600mm

8600mm

HYBRID x VIBRANT COMMUNITY

6600mm

Service Shop

2 Bedroom

1 Bedroom

3300mm

Apartment

Duplex

Grocery Store Post office Office Supplies Entertainment Fast Food Cleaning

1st Floor:Commercial

Typical Live Unit For Family

Typical Affordable Studio

Informal Business Street vendor as an key elements to active the street

Small mobile cart on Platform Morning Noon

Afternoon Night

Items display with seating area, shade,and storage space Morning Noon

Afternoon Nignt

Movable seat, display boxes and umbrella.

Morning Noon

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Afternoon Night

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Landscape oriented development

Cell: Development Parcels

Artery: Urban river and greenways

Capillary: The combination of green space and urban infrastructure

Green the city Restore the Stream

Mining Remnant Topo

Green Buffer Flood plain Dam Root Decomposition

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Cap the Toxic

Urban Stream

Residence

Bioswale

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Detail Design:

Detail Design:

Eco-node: Green way along the urban river

Bioswale

ANDERSON

Playground

Stocking room

Library and community center

Crosswalk Cafe

Permeable Surface

Pedestrian only greenway Bulb out

Live-work

Greenway(floodplain) Permeable Surface

Mix-use Apartment

Courtyard

Informal vendors Mix-use

Street parking

Greenway view seats

Safety: eyes on streets SOUTH SOLAR DIRECTION

Entertainment: public parks in scales

SOLAR PANEL

Convenience: redefine relationship between residences and streets

SOLAR ENERGY ROOF GREEN

DAILY GREY WATER

SHADING

LOWER THAN THE STREET SURFACE COULD SPONGE UP THE EXCEED WATER AND HELP TO FILTER POLLUTION

RUNOFF WATER PERMEABBLE SURFACE

WATER PIPE

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UNITS WATER CISTEN SOIL HABITAT

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SPORTS FIELD

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Dynamic Flood Plain Conservation 2017 Spring Studio Lockport | Illinois Collaborated with Xiang Huang Instructors: Jesse Vogler Micah Stanek The floodplain of the Des Plaines River is adjacent to the controlling work and the Lockport Dam infrastructure. Ironically, even with frequent flooding, this site suffers from a lack of waterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not the surface water, but the groundwater. Without enough ground water supply, some local plant communities are degenerating. As a result, the whole environment is chanllenged by the lack of water. Therefore, our proposition is to form a connection between the canal water supply to the local rivulet and aquifer, so that a series of reforms could be triggered in the ecosystem. We plan to design a set of landscape operations not only to solve the groundwater problem, but also to visualize the river stage by multiple types of measuring tools.

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Canal History

The Relationship Between Canal and Nature Rivers

Chicago

Lockport

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Merging Point

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SITE

Single Control System

During flood season, a controlling work is opened to discharge overflow of the S+S Canal into an adjacent floodplain.That is to say, the artificial river system encounters its natural counterpart. Interestingly, even with frequent flooding, this site is suffering from a lack of water—not only the surface water, but the groundwater.

SITE CONDITION

Controlling work CHICAGO

MICHIGAN LAKE

SUMMIT

Chicago sanitary and shipping canal

Lockport Downtown

Controlling Work

LOCKPORT PRAIRIE JOILET

SECTION Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve 40 FT

5 FT 3 FT 0 FT

FLOODPLAIN

DES PLAINS RIVER

SANITARY AND SHIPPING CANL

Des Plains River

DEVELOPMENT STRAITEGIES Lockport Lock and Dam ARTIFICIAL STAGE

SINGLE STAGE (CURRENT)

Unnatural verses nature water flow animation

Design Challenge

MULTI STAGES (PROPOSAL)

When flooding, an upstream controlling work will open the sluice gate to drain exceed storm water away from the canal to the floodplain.

WATER

PLANT

HUMAN

CONTROLLING WORK

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Floodplain Wetland /Endangered Spices

Hummock Ecosystem Restoration

Visiting Activities

Marking System

Confluence

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Strategies in Different Plant Communities

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Nature Rivulet and Wetland Restoration

Landscape Scenario

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OF SURFACE PIPE, DIRECTLY REACHING THE AQUIFER.

WILL OPEN MORE PIPES, SO THAT PLENTY OF WATER COULD BE TRANSFERRED UNDERGROUND TO FEED THE GROUNDWATER

Flooding Intervention

Pipe to recharge the groundwater

40 FT

GROUND WATER LEVEL INDICATOR

RAINY SEASON: WATER FLOWS THROUGH POROUS PART ON THE BOTTON OF SURFACE PIPE, DIRECTLY REACHING THE AQUIFER.

DRY SEASON : PIPES WORK AS MEASURING TOOLS

FLOODING TIME: WHEN COMING FLOOD IS SENSED, CONTROLLING SYSTEM WILL OPEN MORE PIPES, SO THAT PLENTY OF WATER COULD BE TRANSFERRED POROUS COLLECTION UNDERGROUND TO FEED THE GROUNDWATER

RIVULET

SWITCH

CONCRETE BASE

10 FT

CONCRETE

DRY PRAIRIE

UNSATURATED ZONE CASING

GRASS ROOT

PILE TUBE

DRY SEASON : PIPES WORK AS MEASURING TOOLS

RAINY SEASON: WATER FLOWS THROUGH POROUS PART ON THE BOTTON OF SURFACE PIPE, DIRECTLY REACHING THE AQUIFER.

WATER TABLE

FLOODING TIME: WHEN COMING FLOOD IS SENSED, CONTROLLING SYSTEM WILL OPEN MORE PIPES, SO THAT PLENTY OF WATER COULD BE TRANSFERRED UNDERGROUND TO FEED THE GROUNDWATER PACKED GRAVEL

UNCONFINED AQUIFER

CLAY 40 FT

GROUND WATER LEVEL INDICATOR

POROUS COLLECTION

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RAINY SEASON: WATER FLOWS THROUGH POROUS PART ON THE BOTTON OF SURFACE PIPE, DIRECTLY REACHING THE AQUIFER.

RIVULET

FLOODING TIME: WHEN COMING FLOOD IS SENSED, CONTROLLING SYSTEM SWITCH WILL OPEN MORE PIPES, SO THAT PLENTY OF WATER COULD BE TRANSFERRED UNDERGROUND TO FEED THE GROUNDWATER CONCRETE BASE

CONCRETE

DRY PRAIRIE

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DRY SEASON : PIPES WORK AS MEASURING TOOLS

CONFINED AQUIFER

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[RE]-CYCLE 2017 Fall Studio St. Louis | Missouri Collaborated with Yuhan Zhang Instructors: Linda Samuel Paola Aguirre The north part of St.Louis has been facing a series of social and environmental problems for a long time such as vacancy, population decline, and industrial pollution. To correct the situation requires a transformation of fundamental urban management mechanisms. One of the possible solutions in the neighborhood is recycling. In the project, we expand the definition of "recycling" into three aspects--garbage, human resources and environment, and create a closed loop system in both industrial and residential areas.

With the help of the recycle loop, we propose that in 2050, the community will become NoAuto and zero waste. Along with the St.Louis North-South Metro line, the neighborhood has ability to become a regional recycling center. It could provide more oppotunities like recycle related jobs and skill training.

Moreover, it would reconnect the community back to the urban fabric, attracting people to work and move here, then becoming a mixuse community.

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EXISTING CONDITION

BEFORE: SEPERATED AREAS

BEFORE: SEPERATED AREAS

AFTER: MERGING TOGETHER

BEFORE: MOVE OUT FROM THE BEFORE: SEPERATED AREAS COMMUNITY BEFORE: UNORDER VACANT LAND

BEFORE: SEPERATED AREAS BEFORE: UNORDER VACANT LAND

BEFORE: UNORDER VACANT LAND

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AFTER: MERGING TOGETHER AFTER: GREEN SYSTEM

BEFORE: MOVE OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY BEFORE: UNORDER VACANT LAND BEFORE: POLLUTION EMISSION

AFTER: GREEN SYSTEM

BEFORE: POLLUTION EMISSION

BEFO COMM

AFTER: MERGING TOGETHER

BEFORE: REBOUNDTOGETHER COMMUNITY AFTER: MERGING PROVIDING OPPOTUNITY AFTER: GREEN SYSTEM

BEF CO

BEFOR

BEFORE: REBOUND COMMUNITY PROVIDING OPPOTUNITY AFTER: GREEN SYSTEM BEFORE: REMEDIEATION AND ENERGY SAVING

BEFORE: REMEDIEATION AND ENERGY SAVING

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BEF

Waste As a Driving Force

Community Senario

Leverage and stakeholder

LRA

LAND

STL Land Bank Vacancy Advisory Committe Private Citizen or Entities

KNOWLEDGE

Horticulturalist Specialist

Economy Saving

Type A Transform the vacant land into argriculture space,providing local organic food production to farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market and restaurant.

Type B Move out the dumping site in alleies. Using alley as a greenway, introducing the bikeway, bioswale into the alley.

Type C Create community recycle center, the center could collect the daily waste from community. It also work as a greenhouse with the on-site composting process.

Value Health

Recycle Specialist ORGANIZATION

Job Skill Trainer Project Management

MONEY

After School Training/ Day Care

Education Job Oppotunity

East-West Gateway Council of Governments New North Saint Louis

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Community Garden

Single Mother Organization

STL Department of Environment DEVELOPMENT

Stormwater

Recycle Program

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RAIN WATER COLLECTION

SOLAR PANEL

Phase 1 ROOF GARDEN

Sedimentation

WINTER

RECYCLING FROM DEMOLISH

SUMMER

JOB OPPORTUNITY

BIO-ENERGY

LOCAL ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS

Phase 2 Purification

RAIN WATER IRRIGATION

WORKSHOP MOBILE COMPOSTING

FOLDED AQUAPONIC

Phase 3 Reuse COMMUNITY RECYCLE STATION

COMPOSTING FOR COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE

Phase 1 Classification

LOCAL FOOD COMMERCIAL ECO CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION HUB

PUBLIC VEHICLE ONLY

compostingsoillayers

Phase 2 Extension

ConstructedWetland StreamStone 3’0” 1’6” 1’6” 12’0”

Phase 3

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Recycle

RAINWATER COLLECTION

Gravel Layer Sand Filter

Compost Chopped leaves So’i’l PeatMoss Greentrimming Blood meat Straw KitchenScrap Chopped leaves Grassclipping PeatMoss

GREENWAY

composting time

16-24weeks for fallenleavescomposting

composting material carbon

Aged mature Cardboard/Newspaper Chopped leaves

nitrogen

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COMPOSTING MATERIAL

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IRRIGATION

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Mountain, River and Island 2014 Spring Studio Changsha | Hunan Province Individual work The theme of design is hometown. My hometown, Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, is a city which enjoys a close connection with the mountain, river and island. The basic structure is the abstraction image of the riverside beach, which can easily be seen near Xiang River.

By abstracting the shape of river beach, I applied a basic geometric shape in the contemporary design of this surface formation, with little fragments, which both gave citizens enough freedom to make the functional spaces and also achieved the unusual constructed look from above. The center plaza has a waterscape sculpture, which embodies the communication between city and nature motif.

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Existing Condition

Concept The basic idea of the concept is from sand and stone, which is the geological unit to form the mountain and river beach. By extracting the shape of the rocks, it becomes the essential element to the plaza. To combine the hard-scape and plants design, the square creates several vital spots to reflect the natural scenes in Hunan.

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As an urban public space surrounding by residential and office buildings, the new plaza will also feature a unique “shelter” structure to the surrounding transportation, and it will also serve as a stormwater infrastructure to the region.

PATCH

PATH

FLOW

Adaptable platform varies in size and material corresponding to different needs of nature and man’s activities Threshold between pads that allow nature and man’s flow to pass through.

Animated activities of nature and man.

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Concept Options 8th Street Corridor 1.Develop 8th Street as a green Parkway linking the Thaden School, the Momentary, 8th Street Market, the Walmart Home Office, and NWACC main campus 2. Establish a grade level crossing for the Razorback Greenway trail at 8th Street 3. Develop a high density residential & mixed-use corridor fronting 8th Street with deep landscaped setbacks 4. Develop high density residential along SE E Street fronting the Momentary, 5. Redevelop residential neighborhood with increased diversity of housing types and affordability

Market & Arts Campus

Downtown Neighborhood

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Professional Practice H3 Studio St.Louis | Missouri Intern

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1.Maintain existing public parks system 2. Connect publicly accessible private open space to existing public park system 3. Link educational and civic institutions through an expansive interconnected parks and greenway system 4. Establish a new institutional campus along the razorback greenway trail surrounding the Momentary and 8th Street Market 5. Develop a new greenway connection and expand the public park system within the flood plain 6. Develop a new greenway connecting to NWACC main campus 7. Develop high density housing fronting the new institutional campus

1. Brand the Historic Downtown and maintain eclectic and historic housing character along Central Avenue 2. Establish the Arts district along SW A Street and S Main Street 3. Establish walkable high quality public space along SW A Street and S Main Street to define and support the Arts District 4. Connect the Thaden School Theater building to the Arts District 5. Improve the quality and affordability of housing adjacent to the Thaden School 6. Establish a “Central Park” Between the Momentary and Brightwater/8th Street Market 7. Redevelop residential neighborhood with increased diversity of housing types and affordability within the Market District Neighborhood

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Typical Institution in Downtown

Street Scape Rendering

Street Improvment

TYPE A

TYPE B

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Gradient Seasons Garden Design St.Louis | Missouri Individual work This four-season garden is designed for meeting different needs of children, so it involves different types of landscape. In the west part, a primary path, which is an open space, connects two main entrances. The other small curve path hiding in shrubs provides a quiet place. The contrast feelings on these two ways could give children better understanding about nature. Moreover, children could participate in the several interesting interactions with nature like planting milkweed or harvesting wild strawberry in different seasons

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Other Works Planting Design Hand Sketch Research Project Model Building 51â&#x20AC;&#x201A;

Master Plan

Sketch and Draft hand-drawing Construction Details

Plant Analysis

Section A

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Section B

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GRAPHIC DESIGN

PEN SKETCH

PEN SKETCH + WATERCOLOR

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Construction Detail

Construction Detail Construction Detail Construction Detail

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Amarelo Marble

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Designed soil

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Amarelo Marble

Drainage pipe

Amarelo Marble

Drainage pipe

Designed soil

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Amarelo Marble

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[RE] CYCLE SITE MODEL Visualizing the design proposal. The model is 1/2 mile radius to show the relationship between recycle industry and residential neighborhood.

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