2015 Landscape Architecture Portfolio Yang

CHEENENG YANG OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | MLA 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SHIFTING DYNAMICS

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SAUK PRAIRIE RECREATION AREA 16

BIG FOOT BEACH STATE PARK

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EXTREME ECOLOGY IN THE LIVING ROCK

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AUGMENTATION OF WILDLIFE

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MISCELLANEOUS WORK

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Our project, Shifting Dynamics, proposes to research the movement of phragmites working with natural elements to design and control the movement of phragmites allowing sedimentation to collect and produce new land for future opportunities. We analyzed soil, water, and wind movement patterns guiding our prediction of phragmites movement. Our design research explores other conditions such as the difference in toxicity level of canal and bay sediments, species of vegetation, creation of different habitat and environment, and the creation of land via sedimentation. It is predicted that the water will recede six feet from its current water level in 100 years.

Within this time frame, new land would allow for more opportunities and further development of our design providing space for both people and non-humans to be part of. Observation of how local people move and interact with the site addressed human movement in our concept and design. The primary objectives are expanding the existing forest corridor towards the bay, providing people access to the water, and allowing natural movement and process of sedimentation, growth of phragmites and other vegetation.

The implementation of our jetty and gabion breakwaters provides space for sedimentation and future growth of land.

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Lake Huron

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Saginaw Bay

ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Team Collaboration: Lauren H. & Chris C. 40.0’ 1000.0’

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The project is in Saginaw Bay, a bay part of the larger water body of Lake SAGINAW BAY: SHIFTING DYNAMICS | ACADEMIC Huron in Michigan. A unique characteristic of the bay is its shallow water Team Members: Cheeneng Yang which creates a unique habitat and ecosystem as well as a condition for Lulu Liu Phragmites australis to thrive. Due to the heavy industrial and agricultural practices a large amount of phosphorus, nitrogen, and other industrial and agricultural waste gets absorb in the slushy-mucky soil suitable for phragmites to take over the shores of the bay driving out native species. Another problem is water contamination which causes damage to the ecosystem and environment.

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EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS

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NATURAL ELEMENT STUDY SITE ANALYSIS

Wind

Team Collaboration

Water Direction

Water Project Site

Nature Path

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People Movement

Sediment

Canals/Sedimentation Movement

COASTAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

Groin

Water Direction

Water Direction

Sedimentation

Shoreline

Detached Breakwater

Water Direction Sedimentation

Jetty

Shoreline

Shoreline

Sedimentation

Attached Breakwater

Erosion

Erosion

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SITE PLAN

Proposed Jetty

Existing Nature Trail

Proposed Gabion Breakwater

Existing Forest Corridor Proposed Nature Trail

MODEL

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STRATEGIC DESIGN PROCESS & DIAGRAM

Team Collaboration

Water Movement & Sedimentation

RESEARCH: BAY SEDIMENT

Sedimentation

RESEARCH: CANAL SEDIMENT

Water Direction

RESEARCH

Shoreline

People Movement & Programs

People Movement

Shoreline

Floating rafts allow for a different type of movement on water and provide a different environment for plants to grow.

PROGRAMS

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DOG WALKING

TRAIL

WILDLIFE OBSERVATION

BIKING

KAYAK/CANOE

FISHING/ HUNTING

DREDGING

ICE SKATING

RESEARCH

WILDLIFE OBSERVATION

FOREST MOVEMENT: BEFORE

DETAIL PLAN

By Lulu Liu D New Land Sedimentation at Breakwaters Gabion Breakwater

Sedimentation at Terrace New Access C

Jetty Jetty Terrace Canal

New Paths

B New Forest Corridor A

A | FOREST SECTION

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Dredge Fill

FOREST MOVEMENT: AFTER

Dredging Process Team Collaboration

Forest Movement: 10 yrs

Forest Movement: 25 yrs

Dredging of the canals and the movement of the materials will create topography placement for forest to move

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A | NATURE TRAIL SECTION

Forest Nature Trail

Phragmites Field

Phragmites Field

C | JETTY SECTION

Jetty

Terrace

Gabion Wall

Jetty Lower Platform

D | BREAKWATER SECTION

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Vegetation

Saginaw Bay

B | JETTY-NATURE TRAIL CONNECTION SECTION

Phragmites Field

Canal

Jetty

JETTY TERRACE

By Lulu Liu

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Sauk Prairie Recreation Area (SPRA) is located in Merrimac, Wisconsin southeastern Sauk County. The Badger Army Ammunition Plant (BAAP) used to own 7,354-acre of land but now BAAP is decommissioned and the land was acquired by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR, 3,400 acres), USDA (2,100 acres), and Ho-Chunk Nation (1,600 acres). How the land was divided, the State Park Bureau found difficulty in designing and planning because the property lines of the agencies intertwined.

As an on-going development project, my role is to conceptually design a vista and contact center as well as connecting it to the already planned recreation and program. The contact station needed room for interpretive exhibits, restrooms, and a place for customer service. Three alternative contact stations were conceptually designed focusing on the inner prairie location; it was the place of interest. The vista is at the highest point on a bluff south of Devil’s Lake State Park. At the bluff there are two pools of water where water was pumped into as a water reserve in case of fire emergencies when BAAP was still in production. Endangered salamander species currently inhabit the pool causing a problem. On-going research is being conducted to see if the salamanders can be moved to a different location. This area is proposed to be filled to become a 20-car parking lot and green space near the vista. From one park to another, WI DNR will connect Devil’s Lake State Park with SPRA at this node becoming an attraction site for visitors, campers, and hikers. Recreation programs include horseback riding, camping, seasonal hunting, wildlife observation, ATV trail, and hiking. These programs will bring local people and out-of-state visitors to the site because of the different types of recreation provided in comparison to other WI state parks.

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SAUK PRAIRIE RECREATION AREA | PROFESSIONAL WORK

SAUK PRAIRIE RECREATION AREA MAPS Wisconsin Landscape Typology

Sauk Prairie Recreation Site Context

Sauk Prairie Recreation Area Parcel Ownership Devil’s Lake State Park

Vista

Potential Contact Station Location A Potential Contact Station Location B

Maps from WI DNR | Manipulated by Author

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VISTA ALTERNATIVES The vista (overlook) is at the highest bluff in the recreation area. The main purpose is to attract visitors to enjoy the natural scenery from above looking down to the prairie land. A picnic space will be provided near the vista for family and visitor enjoyment.

Behind the bluff is Devil’s Lake State Park where future trail development will occur.

This connection makes the vista the main threshold connecting the two state parks.

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CONTACT STATION ALTERNATIVES

The contact station is to provide customer service and act as the entrance into the recreation area. Inside, the interpretation exhibits will consist of educating the public about the recreation areas and the fauna and flora that exists in the area. The first location has power but the surrounding context to the building is not pleasing to the eye which makes the second location more desirable. The difficulty with the contact station being in the second location is the ability to provide the building with power.

The alternatives focus on the second location.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR) is looking for different ways to re-route Lake Shore Drive at the Big Foot Beach State Park with a goal to create a larger beach area and green space for picnicking. The park is located in the city of Lake Geneva in south Wisconsin. The current road is dangerous for park visitors with its current space and erosion on the roadside along the lake shore. Working with city officials, the WI DNR takes in consideration of the city’s priorities into the plan.

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My assignment was to design three different alternatives for the WI DNR and the city. Both parties will decide one of the alternatives. Another concept was the placement of temporary parking lots. Temporary parking lots are needed for summer holidays since the park gets more than 800 visitors including people from out-of-state. I analyzed soil data and decided potential and suitable spaces for temporary sustainable parking lots. The ideas from meetings with the city and State Park Bureau, I implemented ideas from both parties and came up with three different alternatives with schematic placement of various amenities and design suggestions.

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SITE ELEMENTS

Water

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Trails

Road Network

Forest

RE-ROUTE ALTERNATIVES

ALTERNATIVE I

ALTERNATIVE II

ALTERNATIVE III

3072’ Day-use Area Potential Paved Expanded Parking

Underpass Potential Paved Parking

Contact Station 94 Existing Parking Spaces

Green Space

Alternative I looks at the crossing over the lagoon creating a 200 feet green space for people to enjoy. This space allows for children to practice fishing. In front of the lagoon is the beach which extends back towards the entrance of the park.

125’

Underpass

Potential Paved Expanded Parking

Potential Paved Parking Contact Station

8’

Concession

450’

Concession

94 Existing Parking Spaces

Green Space

Alternative II provides a crossing around the lagoon. This design provides more green space and a long 125 feet beach. The issue with this design was north property of the lagoon, outside the project border, it is private property.

900’

Potential Paved Expanded Parking

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1350’

Beach

Beach

1800’

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2283 Day-use Area

250’

Day-use Area

Beach

Concession

Potential Paved Parking Underpass Contact Station

94 Existing Parking Spaces

Green Space

Alternative III loops around the existing entrance pushing the entrance inward into the park providing some green space and enlarging the beach area. This alternative was favored over the other because it would cost less to re-route the road in a smaller distance.

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Marble Cliff Quarry closed fall 2013 due to the decrease in limestone demand.

The studio question posed to what can be done to this enormous industrialized landscape. My group focuses on the reserve typology, a landscape set apart for the protection of unique biological, zoological, or geological phenomena.

The deepest part of the quarry is the project site. The ooze, extremophiles, and ruderal vegetation are all unique characteristics of the deep quarry site.

The water pattern, groundwater seepage, and the infusion of the unique characteristics are the main attraction to the site. Our goal is to amplify this type of typology in our design as well as exposing the water pumping process creating shallow pool infrastructures around the deepest part of the quarry reflecting the redirecting of water creating a new ecology at the bedrock surface. Currently, about five million gallons of water are being pumped via pipe into the Scioto River daily.

Our design of the bottom floor of the quarry will be left alone allowing the reestablishment of quarry vegetation within quarry cycle. The water process will ultimately flow down onto the bottom floor into the existing pool of water at the bottom. The control of water level at will be monitored and at some point when the water level reaches a certain level and the water will be pumped out into the established shallow pools flowing from pool to the next cleaning and filtering the water and ultimately ending up in the Scioto River. People are able to witness the water flow and process as they move throughout the site. With this design, a new reserve typology can establish in the quarry grounds. The new typology will allow new fauna and flora to colonize creating a unique urban quarry ecology and environment for both people and non-human organism to be part of.

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EXTREME ECOLOGY IN THE LIVING ROCK | ACADEMIC Team Members:

Cheeneng Yang Raylee McKinley Han Zhao

EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS

Marble Cliff Quarry, 2000 acres of land, is located west of the Scioto River. The northern part of the quarry is the active quarry site, whereas, the southern part is no longer active. The quarry has many micro-climates and strange ecologies. The goal is to bring people into the quarry to experience the man-made land and explore the unique typologies. Utilizing the elements of the quarry, a spraying of water is used to add a misting effect at the bottom of the quarry as an attraction.

SITE PERSPECTIVE

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PERSPECTIVES

Legend: Successional Vegetation Wet Quarry Bottom Permenant Ponds Seasonal Pond Dry Quarry Floor Talus Slopes Old Field Ruderal Forest

SITE PLAN

Site Plan by Raylee McKinley, Manipulated by Author

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Scale: 1:300

WATER ANALYSIS

Water Analysis Diagram by Han Zhao

PROCESS DIAGRAMS Pumping Existing Water Level (Contour: 570 feet) 5 Millon Gallon Pumping Out Per Day

Stop Pumping

Third Water Level (Contour: 572 feet) 0.5 Day Later 2.45 Millon Gallon

Second High Water Level (Contour: 594 feet) 5.6 Days Later 28.2 Millon Gallon

First High Water Level (Contour: 602 feet)

14 Days Later 70.6 Millon Gallon

WATER MOVEMENT

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DETAIL PLAN

Group Collaboration

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SECTIONS

Sections by Han Zhao, Manipulated by Author

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The project lies within the Olentangy Watershed in Whetstone Park focusing on Adena Brook which runs through. Using the greenway plan as a guide to design my site implementing more areas for bird watching, wetlands, native vegetation, and education resulting in more biodiversity.

I am proposing to install native plants, and not remove all the invasive species.

Plants, such as Japanese Suckle, have beneficial medical properties; therefore, I suggest it gets harvest creating a source of income which controls the invasive population.

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ADENA BROOK: AUGMENTATION OF WILDLIFE | ACADEMIC

Ecology of Today

Site Context

ECOLOGY OF TODAY

SITE CONTEXT

Park of Roses

Humans

Open Field

Rain Dog & Dog Fecal

Sediments Groundwater

Adena Brook Recreation Fields

CSO

Food Waste Output to Olentangy River

Dead Organisms Fish Frogs?

Raccoons Squirrels Sparrows

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Homogeneous Plant Palette

ECOLOGY OF Ecology of Tomorrow TOMORROW

Evapotranspiration

Legend

Groundwater

Adena Brook Trail

Water

Polluted Inputs Organic Nutrients Energy/Water

Rain

Cultural Impact Salamander Aquatic-Terrestrial Life-Cycle Salamander Aquatic Life-Cycle Habitat

Economic

Cultural

Pollutants

Surface Sediments

Wildlife Observation

Wetland: Marsh Treehouse Trail

Nutrients Metamorphosis

Nesting Area

Water Quality

Wetland: Swamp

Open Field

Output to Olentangy River

Birds Trees

Invasive Garden

Invasive Species (i.e. Japanese Honeysuckle, Garlic Mustard etc.)

Dead Vegetation

Amphibians

Saplings

Ground Fauna

Sun

Herbaceous Vegetation Funding for Adena Brook

Funding Source

Vegetation Debris Soil

Decomposer

Harvest

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SITE PLAN

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Adena Brook River

SECTIONS

Wetland

Tree Tower

Adena Brook River

Adena Brook River

Tree Tower Entrance

Observation Deck

Tree Tower Entrance

Tree Tower Entrance

Wetland

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MISCELLANEOUS WORK

REVIT ARCHITECTURE 2012 & 2012 AUTOCAD 3D

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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

2% Slope

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SKETCHES

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FORT HAYES: HAND DRAWN MAP ANALYSIS MEDIUM INK WASH

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CHEENENG YANG UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - BIOLOGY MAJOR | CHEMISTRY MINOR THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE - MAY 2015 CONTACT INFORMATION: YANG.C.88@GMAIL.COM