PORTFOLIO --ZHAOYANG WANG
For The Application To MLA Landscape Architecture
Reconstruction of the Port of Beirut - Creation of a square for people in mourning
Design Note：The day of 4 August 2020 is a day that will never be forgotten by the people of Beirut, who experienced one of the largest explosions in the world, apart from the nuclear explosion, in which countless people were killed and injured. The design aims to restore the harbour and turn it into a memorial square, through a spatial narrative perspective, creating a change of atmosphere through the space, preserving parts of the ruins and some special monuments to make people feel the grief of the accident.
People depend on the port for their livelihood, and the port is not only economically dependent, but also carries people's memories.
The aftermath of this accident was financially and mentally traumatic.
220 dead, over 7,000 injured and 60 missing
The design hopes to preserve and transform the ruins of the harbour so that the memory of this tragic event will not be forgotten. Through the memorial square, the design hopes to express the feelings of the victims for the world and their home, and to let the living know the importance of life.
Partial preservation of ruins Emotional space
Central Square—— Monument to Moebius "Rebirth" Garden
Seeing the wreckage of a ship
Tracing the currents of the square
Elevated terrain and dense vegetation
Suddenly the view opens up Follow the river through the Möbius Ring
See the Container Café
See the busy port next door
See the ruined factory garden
Giving a sense of the tragedy
Pushing people's pent-up moods on
A space for remembrance
Telling people not to give up on life
PART 1 Depression and confusion
People set off in the footsteps of the river, and as the terrain on both sides of the corridor gradually increases in height, People's mood is getting more and more depressed
Shipwreck
Placed
Möbius Liestin
The Infinite Loop of Möbius
PART 2
Mourn and remember
The primary symbol of the Möbius Ringinfinite and eternal love
The river represents the people who have passed away, as they travel in circles and twists around the city where they were born and eventually into the sea. The design is based on the form of the Möbius Ring.
The names of the victims
One follows the river through the Möbius Ring in the central square, sees the ruins of the sunken warehouses beside the river and watches as it gradually empties into the sea.
PART 3
One can see lush woods, converted abandoned factory gardens and shipping containers standing here, covered with lush vegetation, these lush plants, symbolizing the dead people may be reborn in another way.
Designed to remind people of the tragic accident while giving them a renewed sense of hope in life.
The square expresses the emotional impact of the landscape on people through twelve nodes. People follow the river, exploring its end step by step, as the topography and density of the vegetation affects them, their emotions change from gradually repressed to cathartic as they enter the central square, people reminisce under the Möbius ring and watch the river flow into the sea, a kind of mourning for those who have passed away. The Möbius Ring represents eternal love, where love, family and friendship find their expression.
The design of the square was to give a sense of the damage caused by the explosion, and to remember the sorrowful victims in the central square with the Möbius monument, but then the 'rebirth' phase was to show that life is important, but that those who have died do not want those who loved them to grieve so much that their lives are affected. They may have found another way to be reborn and remain in this world, loving those they care about for eternity.
Every year on the 4th of August, the Lebanese National Day of Sacrifice, people hold the lanterns in their hands and put them into the river, watching the stars gradually float into the sea.
Design Note ： The design explores the environmental damage caused by the development of palm cultivation in the context of palm cultivation in Indonesia and the indispensability of palm to the economic development of the local people. The design therefore seeks to find a balance between the development of palm cultivation and the reduction of environmental damage, starting from the perspective of carbon emissions and soil erosion, and using inter-planting design of palm trees, sequoia fast-growing forests and legume belts to mitigate environmental damage, and to achieve palm reduction without reducing production by improving the quality of the environment.
People looking for a way to get rich - palm.
People endlessly expanding palm earning economy.
More than 43 million hectares of forest have been lost between 2004 and 2017, an area the size of Morocco's national territory.
Forests are destroyed, animals have no homes, pests and diseases increase and species become homogenous.
Because of environmental factors, palm production of bad fruit has increased dramatically every year
I don't want kids starving!
Listening to the national expansion palm can be profitable!!!
Indonesia sees business opportunities in palm cultivation.
All planting is banned in the planning area
People are cutting down forests and clearing mud puddles by fire, and environmental carbon emissions are rising.
Palms are gradually spreading across Indonesia and many animals are being displaced.
It has grown to the point where Indonesia is now the world's largest producer of palm oil.
Malaysia is competing with us for the palm industry and we need to continue to increase planting!
Drought and natural disasters gradually arrive wherever the palm
Primary forest? Chop!
Further expansion of the palm industry
Trends in the spread of palm groves
Environmental damage and reduced output of palm trees, people continue to increase planting.
The palm crop has become smaller and it is time to expand planting again.
Why has our home environment become like this?
Will we always have to live in these conditions?
Do you want to give up your current life of prosperity or watch the environment continue to deteriorate?
When people are fed and clothed, they find that the good environment on which they depend has been devastated, with animals having nowhere to live and native plants being robbed of their living space by palms.
Indirect planting
ANIMALS GRADUALLY SETTLED HERE
Removal of palm groves
Retirement of aged trees
The land becomes moist Planting of fast-growing forests for carbon sequestration Culling of trees for fertilizer
Land quite wet with standing water
Fast-growing forests turned into nutrients
Retaining the stump
Planting legume belts
Planting of native trees and shrubs Recycled resins
Supplementary native plants
Reclaimed timber
Waiting for native plants to grow naturally
Spaced planting of palm trees
Complete restoration
Phase-out of palm trees
Supplementary legume belt.
2020 2030
Continuous replenishment of the plant belt. Replenishment of native plants.
Planting of Metasequoia forests. Continuous replenishment of native plants.
2040 2050
Removal of half of the Metasequoia forest. Continuous replenishment of native plants.
The forest is balanced, with palm groves interspersed with native plants, space for animals to call home becomes plentiful, species diversity increases, pests and diseases are minimal and soil erosion is minimal. People travel through the corridors transporting palm fruits without disturbing the animals. The forest becomes moist and the temperature is reduced to a suitable level.
The selective interplanting of palms, in accordance with the planting manual, further reduces environmental damage and leaves room for lower native plants to survive, so that carbon emissions do not increase
Seed dispersal by birds
of native vegetation to provide habitat for animals
In the future, decades from now, perhaps the palm industry will no longer be fundamental to Indonesia's economic development, and what Design wants to change is that when people are well off, they will look back and see not a palm-encroached wasteland, but a harmonious coexistence of palm and forest.
Palms
Palms
Plenty
Icelandic tourist supply station design
Design Note：Iceland is a famous tourist destination, but the majority of its visitors are on the Icelandic Ring Road 1. The Icelandic hinterland has more spectacular scenery, while the roads through the hinterland are rarely reached. The design aims to solve the problem of the hinterland roads being blocked by glacially melted rivers in summer by building small bridges, and to promote the green development of tourism in Iceland by building a series of geothermal energy transfer stations on the hinterland roads for tourists' energy and living supplies, and by providing a drone replacement service to compensate for the limited viewing angle of tourists.
If you want to go deep into the hinterland of Iceland and explore the special scenery of the two glaciers, you have to cross Iceland's No. 2 Highway. This road follows the geothermal zone and has good geothermal resources.
Iceland is a country with rich geological resources and beautiful scenery. As Iceland's tourism industry gradually replaced other industries and became the main economic pillar of Iceland, it also brought many problems. In fact, the vast majority of Icelandic tourists are on the Iceland ring road belt, but only a few people go to the more magnificent scenery Iceland hinterland.
Iceland's tourism economy has been continuously developing and rising, and Iceland has gradually become a country dominated by tourism, where people are willing to spend money on tourism.
The number of tourists in Iceland has been increasing year by year. Although there are certain fluctuations due to the impact of the economy or the epidemic, there is an overall upward trend.
The number of service areas around the Iceland Ring Road has always been large, but in the more beautiful and magnificent hinterland of Iceland, the number of service areas has always been small, and people's travel needs cannot be met.
Problem 1
Tourism is growing rapidly in Iceland, so expanding the tourist area within Iceland is a future consideration, but why hasn't the government started building it?
Every summer, the route in the Icelandic hinterland is often blocked by the rivers formed by the melting of the surrounding glaciers, and people are often unable to advance to the beautiful interior of Iceland because the rivers block the road.
Iceland has fewer inland settlements and gas stations
There is much beautiful scenery in Iceland hinterland. People can go straight along the No. 2 highway in Iceland, and it can be reached after a few hours, but because of climate and supply problems, people rarely choose to go to the hinterland of Iceland.
Problem 2
There are few tourist facilities within Iceland and few tourists go there.
Combined with the geological conditions, the height of the recharge station is raised to provide a viewing platform and the rich geothermal energy resources around the road are used for geothermal power generation.
The World Tree symbolizes the origin and replenishment of life, the giant eagle in the crown controls the weather, the branches glisten at the top of the tree, and the plants beneath the roots are food for the giant deer. The design requirements are very similar to the world tree concept. Iceland, known as the "End of the world", is a beautiful place that doesn't look like the real world. The idea is to place "world trees" along less touristy routes inside Iceland to provide energy and supplies to passing travellers, as well as drones for observation and climate detection. As such, the design will follow the shape of the World Tree, symbolising the location of Iceland's "World Tree" at the "end of the World", with beacons at the top of the station directing visitors and those approaching the station, like deer seeing the light at the top of the tree running towards the World Tree, replenishing energy at the foot of the station.
At road junctions cut off by rivers, bridges are built and transit stations are added to give people the right direction of travel.
The placement of the transit station next to the lake gives people a good view and living experience without affecting the environment.
The placement of a staging area next to the mountain range, at a height that allows for distant views of the interior of the mountain range, compensates for the limited viewing angle that people cannot access due to policy restrictions.
The drones can detect the weather around them, and tourists can control them to see deeper into the landscape.
Public platforms
Unmanned aerial platforms
People can rent or buy drones here, and they can also charge them.
Lichen clinging to the rock layer of the facade
Cracks begin to appear in the rock layer
Gradual coarsening of rock layers Rock layer to rubble
Architectural concrete facades
Steel wire mesh
Lichen plants start to grow
Gradually growing in patches Basic coverage of the wall surface Complete coverage of the wall surface
Residential platform Drone
The structure uses geothermal power to reduce the impact on the Icelandic environment.
Structural articulation platform
In order to develop a tourist route in the hinterland of Iceland, this design starts from the problem of viewing angle and life supply. A series of drone replacement points are used to provide a full-service drone tour service. There are structures along the way to provide energy supply and living space. The higher viewing platform also brings people a different travel experience.
High-density urban space does not provide more locations.
Framework structure based on the building
Building steel frames
Increase module space
Additional functional space
Increase in façade billboards
Increased public space
The space connects the different buildings and people can walk between the tall buildings.
The modular structure can be adapted to a variety of buildings and terrains.
Additional bridge space to connect the buildings and optimise the movement lines.
No traffic disruption on main city roads.
These spaces are placed in high-density urban centres for businesses to rent. The space is built on a frame structure and has little or no impact on the original commercial area at ground level and on traffic.
Final assessment space
Let's do parallel practical training!
After four steps of training and screening Create a
STAGE 1: Basic knowledge learning.
STAGE 2: Cooperation& communication ability.
STAGE 3: customer communication simulation training
STAGE 4: comprehensive ability assessment
Interns can see the nearby learning space, and the different number of lights represents the stage of internship of other competitors.
Leisure area large
Interns can see the progress of other competitors
Public
List of Stage 1 interns: Ford, Aaron, Blake, Caleb...
The number of people in this stage: 60%
During the break, you can see the statistics of interns in each stage on the big screen.
List of Stage 2 Interns: Ray Thomas Tom Ada...
The proportion of people in this stage: 35%
Promoted interns can enter the company building and start working.
List of Stage 3 Interns: Beatrice, Hannah, Jamie, Bette...
The number of people in this stage: 4%
Final stage assessment list: Peter, Randall
The number of people in this stage: 1%
Public leisure Spaces are also connected to different platforms, adding moving lines.
The design constructs a multi-functional modular space that provides a competitive training platform for interns, promoting their competition and learning speed. At the same time, many commercial Spaces are added to meet the living needs of the surrounding population. Promoted by both the government and enterprises, parallel internship training space can provide training for more people and make them full of competitive consciousness, so that interns can better adapt to the workplace environment.
MODULAR SPACE FOR DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS
MODULAR SPACE MONOMER STRUCTURE
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Instructor：
Site: Year 2 Year 4
1000mm*600mm
Wooden board，Acrylics，sand，Sponge particle，Grass powder
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Display board -- 900mm*1600mm* 4 page Model -- 800mm*400mm
Acrylics，Eco-friendly absorbent bead
YingTon Li Wei Zhang，YingTon Li
The model wanted to create a nursing space for autistic children, providing them with space to live and play.
Instructor：
In the future, when the sea level gradually rises due to the melting of glaciers, how will people adapt to the new living environment when the city is submerged? By building an ocean city, the city expands from plane to facade, urban functions become centralized, and the city becomes self-sufficient by combining hydropower generation and Marine pasture design.
