PORTFOLIO Xiaoti Hu Landscape Architecture+Urban Design 2018 Washington University in St. Louis
CONTENTS
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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
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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
Professional Practice
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Downtown Bentonville Plan H3 Studio
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
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Immigrant in area
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Indian or Asian
Integrate thecity by providng connections(corridor) Landscape could become a powerful tool to reach the goal.
Inner City
Johannesburg
HOUSEHOLD
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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
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Professional Practice H3 Studio St.Louis | Missouri Intern
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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
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Other Works Planting Design Hand Sketch Research Project Model Building 51â&#x20AC;&#x201A;
Master Plan
Sketch and Draft hand-drawing
Section A
Plant Analysis
Section B
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
PEN SKETCH
Construction Detail
Granite
Granite
Amarelo Marble
Amarelo Marble
Designed soil Drainage pipe
Drainage pipe Drainage pipe
Granite Amarelo Marble
Granite Amarelo Marble
Granite Amarelo Marble
Granite
Inlet pipe Outlet pipe
Amarelo Marble
Inlet pipe
Overflow pipe
Granite Amarelo Marble
PLAN
PEN SKETCH + WATERCOLOR
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WATERSCAPE IN A COMMERCIAL DESIGN
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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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