Portfolio 2018

Xinman Liu

Portfolio |Seletive Works From 2014-2018| /See Greatness from Trivialness.

TABLE OF CONTENT

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RENTING PUBLIC SPACES

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CHAOS CREATES CHANCES NEXUS PARK MASTER PLAN + WEST ENTRANCE DESIGN

WENZHOU OUJIANG ESTUARY NEW URBAN DISTRICT URBAN DESIGN

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VELELLA

HUMAN AS PART OF THE

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RENTING PUBLIC SPACES Wolnzach, Germany Spring 2018 Optional Studio Project Instructor: Keith Billick Teammate:Chuyu shi *All Graphics Used are rendered by Xinman Liu.

Wolnzach is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen in Bavaria, Germany. It is also a "seal district" ("Siegelbezirk") of the hop-planting area Hallertau, and home of important hopsrelated institutions such as the German Hops Museum ("Deutsches Hopfenmuseum") and the Hop Research Center HĂźll.

As the dramatic urban growth happened in Munich, land price increased drastically, and people start finding their affordable and relatively roomy home outside of the city. Wolnzach just 40 mins drive away from Munich, and 30 mins drive away from Ingolstadt through Highway A9. When facing the increasing residents coming from Munich and Ingolstadt, Wolnzach as a small town with highly privatized land ownership, and limited public space and amenity, What could we do?

In this project, instead of design a 'bold' and 'ambitious'master plan for the Wolnzach, which neglect the most severe problem of the site-- highly privatized underused land and 98%the landowners not willing to sell their land to the government. Our team chose to build a good private-public relationship between landowners and the local government through small but humble design, which aims to highlight the exsiting local attractions and the rich culture and history of Wolnzach.

Nurnberg

Ingolstadt Free State of Bavaria

Wolnzach Munchen

2018

Biggest coherent hop-growing area in the world

1252

1834

Ruled by Haus

Hans von Preysing was awarded the imperi-

1818

al freedom to Wolnzach.

An independent political community

Wolnzach Became free market (Marktrecht)

First Mentioned as

34%

Wordwide Hop-production

116,05

inhabitants

out of Germany.

1300 inhabitants.

1465

756

OF GERMANY

City hall built, hops start export

Own Hop seal, economic upswing.

Wittelsbach

Wolamotesaha in

1907

86%

1255

1584-1725

in the course of administrative re-

Owned by Familie Elsenheimer

Ruled by Herrn von Preysing

8%

2

400/M 65+

96%

62%

19.4%

48%

18-64

41%

35%

62.8% 0-17

17.8% AGE

Owner

Renter

2

180/M (2013)

Commute to work by Car

16% 4

Breweries+Large Retails

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St2549

Highway

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Site

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Equestrian Center

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light Industry

City Center

+ + Local

Small Business

+

Automobile Retails

PUBLIC GREEN SPACES PRIVATE GREEN SPACES

+ 0

50 100 150

PRIVATE FARMLAND (95% Hops) HARDSCAPE

Schools

200

PUBLIC PLAZA

(M)

Highway entrance

Equestrian Center

Wolnzach Creek

railroad+ Bridge

City center plaza

Deutsches Hopfenmuseum German Hop Museum

light industry

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LARGE AMOUNT PRIVATE OWN GREEN SPACES

98% of the land owner prefer save their land for future generations instead of sell to local government Rent Contract 1-3 years

Sale

Rent Contract 1-3 years

PUBLIC SPACES SURVIVE IN THE CRACKS +30% population+development of tourism, existing limited public spaces won't be able to support the city growth

RENTING PUBLIC SPACES Via renting under used private land to active the urban spaces. by provide small but flexible public spaces and amenities to local residents to enjoy, Design intended working as a branidng for the Markt Wolnzach, disseminate local history and unique culture shape by hops production to upcoming tourists.

Rent Contract 1-3 years

Sale

Rent Contract 1-3 years

Through the renting process, eastablish good trading relationship with land owner, increse potential chances to purchase the land eventurally.

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120 (M)

“THRESHOLD” OF THE SITE INNER AREA OF THE SITE

SITES WITH VARIOUS WOLNZACH ELEMENTS OR REPURPOSE POTENTIAL 7

PILSNER PLAYGROUND

ICONIC GATE

LOOKOUT POINT

PLAN

Trellises (Inner Round)

Trellises (Outside)

Inflatable Material - “Buffer Zone” Transparent Material - Acrylic

+

Staircase + Supporting Wires

+ COMPOSITION

Slide

Interior Space for Entertaining

Diagram - Functionality of the Space

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MINI BRIDGE

PUBLIC GATHERING PAVILION

TEMPORARY MARKET

3m / 10’

Metal Panel

3m / 10’

Lower Platform allowing people to interact with the water

5m / 16’ Connecting two sides of the creek

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CHAOS CREATES CHANCES Kingston Village, Cedar Rapids,IA Fall 2016 Urban Design Studio Instructor: Keith Billick Individual Project

Using Chaos Theory as Lens For Better Understanding of Urban Space + Enhance Community Engagement via temporary installation

Cedar Rapids, Iowa was one of the hardest hit areas during the floods of 2008.

Kingston Village occupies the west bank of the Cedar River in downtown Cedar Rapids. The neighbourhood was affected by the massive flood, which caused significant damage to public and private property. After the flood, the population in Kingston Village dropped rapidly; vacant lots, unused and forgotten spaces concentrated in this community.

According to the census data, population under 20 years old makes up almost onethird (28.2%) of the Kingston Village population. There is a lack of public spaces for this age group.Low-income family structure with lower education levels, very limited access to public education and decent infrastructures set up barrier for the growth of adolescents and the community future.

Compared to the bustling downtown on the other side of the river, Kingston Village seems like it hit the “pause� button. The depression of the historical blocks is to a large extent due to the estrangement with the continuous development of its surrounding regions. Noise from factories,constructions and highways becomes harsher and louder within the underused urban spaces.

When facing such complex issues and the buried history, it was hard to make predictions and envision something precise when everything seems uncertain.

Where we should draw the first line on an empty paper was hard to decide.

Landscape architecture is a discipline that precipitates change and adaptation, Instead of creating direct connections within the physical space, Landscape Architect use temporary spaces as convergence points and test fields to give actual users a chance to engaged and shape their living environment, and create connections gradually.

Provide platforms that easy for other relevant party collect data, widen public engagement, and promote inspiring action to the public in order to gain comprehensive insight and information about Kingston Village before solid design is implemented.

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What caused the flood? According to Elwynn Taylor, State Meteorologist from Iowa State University, the wet spring of 2008 was traceable to relatively unusual warm and wet air over the winter. Eighty percent of moisture that falls in the Midwest is from the Gulf of Mexico, and the primary cause of it coming here is the Bermuda high pressure. Low pressure over New Mexico or high pressure over Bermuda are rare in winter but common in summer.

Predictions in Meteorology are based on Chaos theory , which is a mathematical method for predicting the unpredictable things and capturing the infinite complexity of nature.

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Walkable Distance (mins)

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Basic Amenities Near Kingston Village

Private Property City Own Property

After Flood Land Owner

Existing On-Street Proposed On-Street Existing Off-Street Proposed Off-Street

Bike Trails Plan

Bus Routes

Site Boundary 100-Year Floodplain 500-Year Floodplain

Chaos fundamentally indicates that there are limits to knowledge and prediction. Some futures may be unknowable with any precision. Deterministic systems can produce wildly fluctuating and nonrepeating behavior. Interventions into a system may have unpredictable outcomes even if they initially change things only slightly, as these effects compound over time.

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CENSUS DATA 54.2% Family Owner

45.8%

Non-Family

2010 25%

Renter

Vacancy rate of houses

8%

50.5%

DATA FROM TRACK 22 (2010)

2000

49.5%

‘city planning was a problem of organized complexity, and that it should be done by starting with the particulars and observing their behavior, instead of trying to control for a single variable useful in mathematical formulas.’

51%

— Jane Jacobs

Main top 3 job kinds for all employees

65%Not/35%

2 or more wokers

in Labor Force

/Household

2000

8.1%

bachelor's degree +

83.2%

High School+

$15,265

16.8%

$

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$14,208 2010

Education attainment

*Per Capita Income 2000-2010

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Nature is highly complex, and the only prediction you can make is that she is unpredictable.

The amazing unpredictability of nature is what Chaos Theory looks at.

Chaos is not something which is necessarily negative. It is the inability of human perceptions to understand the layers of a city generated by the self-organizing nature of cities.

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Temporary Public Spaces As Attractors

Create Connection

Creates a series of vibrant, inclusive, flexible temporary public spaces that ease of transformation and active vacant or underused spaces within the community. Encouraging social interaction and bring in new opportunities for future development.Small changes and improvements can also make a huge impact on the people, society, and environment in the long term.

Main Access from Kingstone Village 1st Avenue & 3rd Avenue

24/7 Programs for everyone DAY

Weekday

(People + Activities+Pubilc Spaces)

x

Weekend/ Holiday

Areas that have easy public access + walkable distance for residents

DAY

Tactical Urbanism

=

Night

Living Labs for understanding dynamic urban space

Weekday

24/7

DAY

Weekday

?

For Residents

For People from outside of the community

Weekend/ Holiday

Night

Weekend/ Holiday

Night

Veterans Memorial Building/ City Hall

User-Based Research

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Incooperate diverse events and Activities according to people's needs

Potential spaces can create connection within Kingsdon Village + City

Linn County District Court

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Chaos Happened Starting record data and getting feedbacks from people.

A sound Design Discovered

Food Vendor/ market

Existing Amphitheater

Transfer the vacant space into the food vendor space.

Underpass Park

Transfer underpass parking lots into a vibran public space for residents.

Light Show

Using the historic archiecture facade as "canvas"

MASTER PLAN

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CULTURAL FOOD VENDOR+ MARKET

UNDERPASS PARK -MOBILE LIBRARY

In between the interstate hightway, a colorful, soft and interactive space for kids in the Kingston Village read books and share ideas.

Transfer the vacant space near downtown Cedar Rapids into a Vibrant public space have storng connection with local grow fresh food and experience different food cultures through food.At the same time, attracting people who works at the downtown area to explore the community.

Team up with local library, schedule weekly/daily mobile library come under the highway, helping kids from lower income and education family a better chance to access to knowledge and interact with their peer after school.

Meet the new local regulation of food vendor. A great alternate space for downtown food truck vendors.

Food Trucks Market/Food Vendors Recycled painted asphalt

Involved local artists

3-10Mins

Mobile library

moveable furnitures

Downtown

ins

5M

5-1

CITY CULTURAL+HISTORIC LIGHT SHOW

Art installation between highways

Recycled painted asphalt

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+ +

ins

Turf

0M 5-1

5-10

+

Mins

Original 2D Projection 5-10

10

5-

UNDERPASS PARK -PLAYGROUND

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Mapping facade

Adjust+Test

Mins

3D Mapping Projection

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Veterans Memorial Building/ City Hall

Linn County District Court

Transfer vacant underpass parking space in between 1st and 3rd Avenue into a vibran public space mainly design for residences inside of the Kingston Village area to enjoy.

Recycled material and temporary playground equitments are placed under the interstate highway.Design included area for kids in different age to play and study,spend family time together.

Incorporating music and visual art, transfer historic archiecture facade as "canvas" in order to recall the story behind the historical buildings and island.

Attract people form different area during holidays or big event to come and explore the community.

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NEXUS PARK MASTER PLAN + WEST ENTRANCE DESIGN` Research Park, Ames,IA Spring 2016 Stdio Project 3rd Year Ecological Design Studio Project Research+Early Concept Developmentďźš Xinman Liu,Matthew Iekel, Zhuojia Lou, Dominick Florer,Casey Ludwig, John Aceto Master plan + West Entrance Designďźš Xinman Liu Iowa State University

Residential Development

Workiva

Site ISU Research Park Ames Airport

*All Graphics Used are rendered by Xinman Liu.

Ames, a peaceful town in the mid-west, and the home of Iowa State University.

The site is located at the southern corner of Ames, in which the new direction of urban sprawl. The site was a former agriculture land and located between Workiva(IT Company) and ISU Research Park. New high-end residential development and a new bike trail that connect with high trestle trail in Des Moines(Iowa Capital) was planed in the west side of the site. The site will serve as a living lab, a place for Inspiration and green foot forward for the city of Ames. We noticed that our site as a public park will be designed to meet different people, wildlife and plants' need. At the same time, connect with the surrounding and other places in Ames physically, conceptually and functionally is very important. The city of Ames started to extend toward the south, where our site located and the surrounding lack of public green space. During the master plan phase, we decided to design our site the green core for southern Ames, and a place serve as spacial intersection, and a green buffer zone. We blended similar elements from our surrounding and used in our site design, to enhance the connection. To make the change from place to place faintly, the elements from surrounding gradually reduced toward the core(center) of the site. We came out the name "Nexus" for our design.

Site Context+inventory

1930s 1930s

Iowa State

Iowa State

University

University

1950s

1950s

1960s

1960s

Commercial Area Airport 1970s N

0

0.1

0.2

Woodland Medical

Educational

Public Space

Park and Green Open

Residential Area

Industrial Area

Agricultural

Commercial A Airport 1970s N

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0.1

0.2

Woodland Medical

Educational

Public Space

Park and Green Open

Residential

Industrial Area

Agricultural

Problems

A. Limited Space

B. Limited Access

C. Eroded Streambank

D. Bare Soil/Soil Erosion

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Concept

Nexus

- A connected group or series - The central and most important point or place.

Spatial

Hierarchy Imagine Our Site is An Ice Cream Cone

The Horizontal Space is Limited, But We Want This Place To Be Multi-Function.

Restored Flavour

Let’s Go Vertical

Community Center Flavour Recreational Flavour

Site Boundary

How Can We Make Them All Fit In ?

The Core

Recreation

Educational Flavour

Riparian Vegetation

Wetlands

Add Some Delicious Topping!!

Ecological Flavour

Circulation Hierarchy

'Core'Landbridge -A place wildness and human can create pure connections without disturbing each other.

Stepping Stone

Wood Bridge/ board walk

Ground Circulation

Pedestrian Trail

Pedestrian+Bike Path

Bike+Pedestrian Path

Seating Area

'CORE'Lookout Path

Landbridge Circulation

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Master Plan c c'

Education Center

Integrate

Integrate ecological systemsinto the surrounding context and provide connections to similarsites.

Establish

Workiva

Establish vehicle and pedestrian connections to both existing and proposed infrastructure.

Sunken Garden

A

Open Lawn

Create

Landbridge

B

Proposed Parking lot

Support a strong and sustainable stream bank ecology.

Wetland

B'

Playground

Support

A'

ISU Research Park

Stepping stone

Create learning opportunities for the public on native ecology, watersheds, and the history of the site.

Primary Circulation Secondary Circulation Creek Crossing

Improve

Improve soil systems in order to protect soils on site.

Section B-B'

Mesic species

Xeric species

Baptisia lactea, Echinacea purpurea, Veronicastrum virginicum, Pernstemon digitalis Coreopsis tinctoria Gentiana alba

Rudbeckia hirta

Ratibida pinnata, Asclepias tuberosa, Verbena stricta, Aster laevis Andropogon gerardii, Sorghastrum nutans

Landbridge separate human movement and wildlife movement, not only protect wildlife, plants and streambank ecology, but also create a great oppotunities for people enjoy and observe nature without disturbing.

Amorpha canescens

Section C-C' Education Center+Wetland Terracing the land provide boundless spatial separation for different function land use, different height also create various perspectives for people viewing the park.

Liatris pycnostachya, Vernonia fasciculata, Asclepias incarnata, Aster novae-angliae

Hydric species Eryngium yuccifolium, Zizia aurea, Anemone canadensis,Spartina pectinata Carex comosa, Carex crinita, Carex lupulina, Elymus riparius

Section A-A'

Landbridge is the core of the park, also the natural hub for preserve wildlife and riparian ecosystem, the center of the bridge create micro climate without human intervention. Glass wall inside of the landbridge create visual connection between human and wildlife, for education and research purpose.

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NEXUS PARK|WEST ENTRANCE DESIGN(INDIVIDUAL WORK)

RESIDENTIAL BIKE TRAIL

Bike Trail link to DSM

USERS+TRANSPORTATION

This is the 2rd phase of the nexus park design, each of our teammate chose one part of the park to move further. I pick the west entrance where right next to the new bike trail that link to Des Moins, new residential development and the only bus stop that can take people to ISU, and other important spots in town. I tought here will be the good place to invite people go into the park and explore.

During design, I found the roundabout in front of our site was convenient for both vehicle and pedestrian, but the only problem is roundabout did not included traffic light and audio guide.

When people who is visually impaired and young children crossing will be a potential security liability, but the park was design for everyone can enjoy. I decided to include the sidewalk and roundabout design in my entrance design, in order to make sure everyone who walk and bike to our park without safety concern.

The entrance located between two parking lot, and right next to the road, also the elevation of the entrance is lower than the surrounding in order to mitigate the urban heat island effect and stormwater run off from surrounding, the Design included several ecological element like Permeable Pavement and sidewalk stormwater planter to slow down the water and filter the water before it go into the site.

MTB Obstacles Plan Parti Inspired by Movement Patterm

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Design Elements Permeable Pavement

Ground Lighting

Increase Green Space+ Shade/ Ecology+Urban Heat Island

ADA Accessible/Open to Everyone

Bike Park/ Recreation

Recycle Material (Recycled Rubber)

The entrance is link to the bike trail, and I was inspired by it and tried to continue the bike element into our site. The entrance was long and narrow, it is not the perfact condition for an entrance how to lead people go all the way down to the open lawn and keep them interested was important. A mini bike park idea came into my mind, the entrance was divided to three parts, one is the bike park(included MTB obstacles, recycled rubber cover planter as cushion and lighting on the ground for night use and save space  and another is pedestrian path for people who walk to the park. The third one was a gathering area serve as resting area, bike shelter also Ames City Bike shelter for people who bike here parking and resting, also for people who walk here want to bike through the park check-out bike.

Details

Landbridge

Sidewalk Stormwater Management Detail

Pedestrian Circulation Playground/ Opened Lawn

Landbridge

Entrance/Bike Activity N Program Zones

Playground/ Opened Lawn

Landbridge

Small Gatehring Space

B St i at k io e n

Bike Circulation

Playground/ Opened Lawn

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20'

40'

80'

The installation include different texture(Detective Warning& Special texture crosing), audio guide for individual who has visual impairment to crossing the roundabout. At the same time the feauture also for makes the drive notice they should slow down and stop(Sign, flashing light) to ensure the safety and enhance the connection.

ADA-Roundabout crossing audio+lighting

Section FacingNorth North Section Facing

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5' 10'

20'

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R e s t i n g Area/ Direction Bike Park/ Recreation

Bike Rack Ground Lighting

Increase Green Space+ Shade/ Ecology+Urban Heat Island

A D A Accessible

Permeable Pavement

Eco-Green Wall Increase Green Space+ Shade/ Ecology+Urban Heat Island

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WENZHOU OUJIANG ESTUARY NEW URBAN DISTRICT URBAN DESIGN Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China Summer 2016 Turenscape Internship Project Coastal land reclamation Restoration Teammates: Jian zhang,Yuan Xue,Xing Ming (Only Personal works Included The sites is located at estuary of China East Sea, it is a artificial land built from coastal land reclamation. The site is the first phase of the Wenzhou Ou River New Urban District Development and is planed to serve as communication & technology district, also included residential, commercial, recreational and educational function. The city of Wenzhou hope the new district can bring Wenzhounese back to their hometown, slow down the brain drain and attract investors and visitor come and stay.

Due to both Wenzhou's cultural and geographical remoteness and its lack of natural resources (land, minerals, etc.), the Chinese central government has left the people of Wenzhou relatively autonomous.

Away from the center of the political and economic stage, its people are more independent, self-reliant, and generally more business and family oriented.

SITE ANALYSIS

Coastal Habitat loss due to land reclamation.

Original City Planning lack of focus

Flat topography due to land reclamation.

Inflexible city grid, planning was base on vehicle use, lack of Pedestrians and bike circulation and facilities

High-Tech

Straight seawall, lack of natural feature and water resiliency.

Street design was cluttered, loss city identity .

24km² Lack of basic a m e n i t i e s a n d r e c r e a c t i o n facilities

Residential + Education

Green Foundation

Develope Main Axis

Straight River bank, lack of biodiversity.

The city itself are disconnected due to the irrational landuse planning.

Loss connection with Wenzhou's local history and culture

Phase1+Phase 2 Landuse Framing Central Structure

defind land use in the end

Imcompleted Stormwater management system Major Typhoon Motion

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STRATEGIES FOR VIBRANT MIXED-USE COMMUNITY

CONNECT THE CITY

Before

Straight riverbank+ Disconnected city spaces

Before

Parks and Green Spaces in the city disconnected

Step1.

Extend river and green space toward inside of the city.

After

Link the 3 Green Spaces and Parks in the center, create a Green Core and focus point for the city.

Step 2.

Encourage new building design use bottom overhead multistory construction, give back the land to public green space.

Mix-Use Community

More compact city space, can meet different people's need and create more gathering space for different activities.

Introduce Gardens, urban farmings into the city ,to maximise the resilience of the eco-system through urban landscape. Blur the boundary of city and green space, create strong ecological connection, link spaces by pedestrian and bike-friendly transportation system. Create poly-centric cities, create public space for gathering, recreation, education, Comercial and bussiness use, makes The city space more compact and diverse.

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RIVERBANK STRATEGIES

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION Before

Meandered

Introduce Wetland Plants and Wildlife

Water Ecology Corridor

The ecosystems are rebuild mainly through enhance the aquatic ecosystem eco-corridors that reintroducing wetland and local Riparian plants into the engineering water system, soften the stream bank, provide habitat for native wildlife while enhance the water resilient to the city.

Parks and

Different Variations

TOPOGRAPHY

Publick Green Space

Parks and green space are located everywhere in the city within 10 mins walkable distance.

Sizes and functionality are varied depending on the context. Mainly serve as cultural and natural spaces of the town.

STRATEGIES

North Seawall Shoreline Wetland

Located at the urban ecosystem and coastal ecosystem, a great place to highlight the edge effect of the ecology. Mainly form by coastal wetland, mangrove forest and halophytes. Excellent habitat for the local/ migrating birds and very-shallow water organisms.

Street Green Space Before

Create diverse water interface

Mainly enhancing the stormwater management function by locating biorientation basin and rain gardens along the street, on the other hand, street trees/planting provide shading for the pedestrian and lower the ground temperature of the ground.

Adding Micro Topography

岙

South Seawall Windbreak

Flat Land

The south seawall is facing the challenging of a typhoon, plants serving as a windbreak for the city.

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Terraced Agriculture Land

峃

丼

Rocky Mountains 5m

Concave 1.5m

浃

Stream 5m

Water Ecology Corridor Parks and

Publick Green Space

North Seawall Shoreline Wetland Street Green Space South Seawall Windbreak

土夅 漈

Waterfront

Mountains 1.5m

Using local dialect blend with topography, using traditional Chinese borrow landscape. Inspired by the mountainous landscape in Wenzhou, reshape and rescale, enhance the connection with Wenzhou local culture and history, create place identity.

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SCENERY COLLAGE-CITY SCROLLS PAINTING THEMES

shoreline

wetland POND FOR PRODUCTION

Highway

Before：Northern Seawall Production Landscape

Diversed Wetland boardwalk

Public Land Arts

Lookout point

pedestrian Bridge

Northern Seawall Ecological + Local Culture Corridor

Keywords: Bird-Watching, Productive Landscape, Fisher Folk Culture, Migratory Birds, Saltmarsh, Habitat Reclamation.

After：Northern Seawall

pedestrian Bridge Highway

Wavewall

Terrace blend with vegetation

resting/fishing spot

Engineering slope

Central Urban Waterfront Social+Art+Recreation Corridor Keywords: Public Modern Art Installation,Theater, Market, Restaurant, City Life.

Before：southern Seawall Art Park

Option#1: Terrace

Platform for activities boardwalk Pebble Beach

Option#2: Art Platform

Southern Seawall Community+Fitness+Culture +Ecological Corridor

Option#3: Boardwald

The three waterfront spaces are design to showcase different perspectives of Wenzhou city and the Ou River urabn district. We inspired by the Chinese Scroll Painting and the ancient local painting s" Strange Fish", see the three waterfront space as three beautiful scroll paintings.Three corridors illustrate the unique local culture and history, and the present urban life, the future prospects of the new urban district.

Keywords: Local Art Installation+Outdoor Fitness, Fishing, Tidal landscape

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Renewable energy infrastructures in Artistic Presentation Raise public awareness of the California’s Water Crisis.

Introduce Seawater desalination to the public.

VELELLA VELELLA The Land Art Generator Initiative （LAGI）Competetion Santa Monica, CA Teammates: Shan He, Krithika Mohan Spring 2016 Velella velella, also known as "by-the-wind-sailors" have a recent history of washing ashore in California in response to El Nino events in the past few years. The hydrozoan consists of a float for the base with a clear sail to the top that enables these organisms to move with winds and currents. Their popularity with the Pier Aquarium and their amazing ability to function as a system in colonies serve as the basis for this concept.

The design is comprised of two major components- The desalinization demonstration facility and the floating façade. Each of these components contribute to the two-fold system of renewable energy technologies, namely, photosynthetic solar panel and saline water electrolysis. The demonstration facility would ideally be powered entirely by the clean energy provided by the solar panels, making this design a truly self-sustaining system.

Ebb and flow of low tide and high tide influence the movement of the floating façade of Velella, much like its hydrozoan counterpart. However, the structure takes biomimicry a step further by applying an ingenious technique to the recycled can and aluminum façade. On a closer look, one would be able to see the green powdery texture of the solar harvesting technique developed by MIT Researcher, Andreas Mershin. The technique involves mixing of ready to use "stabilizing powder" with agricultural waste such as grass clippings to create a green goo that performs photosynthesis even after the plant's death. Tapping into Photosystem-I Chlorophyll molecules from plants to the floating façade makes this technology highly malleable and inexpensive. While this technology is not as efficient as the regular photo voltaic cells (0.1% efficiency as compared to 15-18%), it is non-toxic, affordable and easy to install. The rough surface of the floating façade is connected through a web of zinc nanowires that run through the recycled cans and interconnected LED lights that activate in the absence of daylight.

Getting to Velella from the Pier by itself is a renewable experience as people will be encouraged to use boats powered by clean energy generated at the facility. Frequent routes would make the structure accessible, but people would be able to experience the land art from the Pier as well.

This dual experience would be achieved using visual aids of lighting and signage, along with the experience of tasting purified water from the facility at custom drinking fountains located at the Pier.

INSPIRATION+ CONCEPT

VELELLA

Photosynthetic Solar Panel

Converge

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Input

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A self-Sustaining System Seawater Desalinization Facility

Diverge

Output

STUDY MODELS

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technique used fortwo floading facade of collecting solarenergy energy involves mixing of ready useseawater "stabilizing powder" with The The Velella is generally parts.

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Wasted Cans Wasted Cans Wasted Cans Wasted Cans

Chlorophyll Chlorophyll Chlorophyll Chlorophyll

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35m 35m

35m 35m

Bionic Floading Facade for Solar BionicFacade Floading for Collecting Collecting Solar Energy Energy Bionic Floading for Facade Collecting Solar Energy Bionic Floading Facade for Collecting Solar Energy Bionic Floading Facade for Collecting Solar Energy

Diameter Width of Floating Facade: over 25m Diameter Width Width of of Floating Floating Facade: Facade: over over 25m 25m Diameter

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Solar chips Solar collecting collecting chips are are connected connected Solar collecting chips are connected aa web of with web of zinc zinc nanowires. nanowires.

Solar chips are connected withcollecting a web with of zinc nanowires. layers have Each layers have spaces to Solar collecting chipsto are connected Discover Santa Monica's Peculiar Sea Raft with a web ofEach zinc nanowires.

Each layers have spaces to spaces cool the architecture and chips Discover Santa Monica's Peculiar Sea Raft cool the architecture and chips with a web of zinc nanowires.

Each layers have spaces to cool the architecture and chips Each layers have spaces to cool the architecture and chips The Velella is generally two parts. The upper dome for solar solar energy energy collection collection and and diving diving delta delta for for seawater seawater desalination. desalination.

The Velella is generally two parts. The upper dome for solar energy collection and diving delta for seawater desalination.

The technique used for floading facade of collecting solar solar energy energy involves involves mixing mixing of of ready ready to to use use "stabilizing "stabilizing powder" powder" with with cool the architecture and chips

Diameter Width of Floating Facade: over 25m

VELELLA VELELLA VELELLA VELELLA Discover Santa Monica's Peculiar Sea Raft Discover Santa Monica's Peculiar Sea Raft

Diameter Width of Floating Facade: over 25m

Diameter Length of ofFacade: Floating Facade: over 80 80 mm Diameter Floating Facade: Diameter Length of Length Floating over 80 m over Diameter Length of Floating Facade: over 80 m Diameter Length of Floating Facade: over 80 m 40m 40m 40m

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Using Solar Energy chip: (0.1% Solar Energy Harvesting Harvesting (0.1% efficiency) efficiency) Using SolarUsing Energy Harvesting chip: (0.1%chip: efficiency) Surface area of floating facade: 2000 squre Surface area of floating facade: 2000 squre meters meters Using Solararea Energy Harvesting chip: 2000 (0.1%squre efficiency) Surface of floating facade: meters Using Solar Energy Harvesting chip: (0.1% efficiency) Surface area of floating facade: 2000 squre meters Surface area of floating facade: 2000 squre meters

VELELLA VELELLA VELELLAStructure StructureVELELLA SectionSection Structure Section Structure Section 12m 12m

Upper Dome

Solar Energy Collector

Middle Delta

3m

Electricity Accumulator

3m

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3m 3m

3m

11m 11m

11m

Lower Cuboid

Seawater Desalination

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Santa Monica Pier

Floating facade on low tide

Breakwater

Santa Monica Pier

Floating facade on high tide

Breakwater

VELELLA

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Approach

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Vēlum: sail, -ella: bacteria Discover Santa Monica’s Peculiar Sea Raft

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HUMAN AS PART OF THE LANDSCAPE Spring 2017 la 481 Project 3 Document, Fabricate A Study in Landscape Detail, Structure, Form, Language and Expression

Teammate: Shan He, Rui Xie

As the city scale is increasing, the same as the distance between human and nature. Urban green space becomes the only place people can escape from the chaotic urban life. Benches, in this case, are not only become the platform to provide physical support and create a space that allows people to take a break and reconnect with nature and finding inner peace.

Chinese Poem: From the side, a whole range; from the end, a single peak; Far, near, high, low -- no two parts alike. Why can't I tell the true shape of Lu-shan? because I myself am in the mountain ------ 题西林壁 苏轼 Shu Shi（Song Dynasty）

The design is Inspired by ancient Chinese philosophy. Mainly, the idea of harmonious coexistence of human with nature, trough poem and garden elements (Mountains, water, and reflection). Using metaphor (the most common Rhetoric technique in Chinese poetry), see humV an as the scenery, curved benches surface as a meandering river, the geometric decorations under the seat is the ‘reflection’ of the scenery (human), which height are wellinterpreted with the designated sitting area on the surface. The whole pieces aimed at bringing Zen and peaceful into urban space. *Only Recycled materials used.

Joints For Support

1

36" 72"

DRAWING BY RUIXIE XINMAN LIU SHAN HE

22

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DRAWING

TITLE

PROJECT 3

SHOP

DRAWING

Sitting Surface Connect With Support

SCALE 1-30"

10/19/2016

16"

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SHOP DRAWINGS

Min 20" Mid 24" Max 25"

TITLE

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72"

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PROJECT

DATE

Plan Base Support DRAWING BY RUIXIE XINMAN LIU SHAN HE

Base Support

Section From Side

TITLE

SHOP

DRAWING

0.5"

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY LA 481 SCALE 1-30"

18"

5" 16" 3”x8

The "Reflection"

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1-5/8"x8

3"

72"

25"

24"

20"

Exterior Screws (Surface)

16"

18"

5"

3"

Section From Front

Drywall Screws (Bottom Support)

Surface Area Details

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY LA 481

PROJECT

TITLE

DRAWING

TITLE

LA 481

PROJECT 3

SHOP

DRAWING SCALE 1-30"

DATE 10/19/2016

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DRAWING

PROJECT 3

2.

11"

DRAWING BY RUIXIE XINMAN LIU SHAN HE

TITLE

LA 481

10/19/2016

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PROJECT

DATE

Designated Sitting Areas

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Modern Setting

Natural Setting

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