PORTFOLIO 2022_Yan Gong

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

CONTENT

REVEALING FROM TIDES

Ephemeral adaptive littoral zone as outdoor performance space

ON / OFF SCRIPT

Activate underutilized urban spaces using the concept of on/off script

EXTENSION OF RAILWAY

A city park transformed from a city island

"LOUGANG" REBORN

Regeneration of a huge and ancient water conservancy project in China

01. REVEALING FROM TIDES

PALIMPSEST DRAWING

year of completion: 08.2022

Tutor: Cannon Ivers, Alexandru Malaescu

Type: Individual

Ephemerality adaptive littoral zone as outdoor performance space

The studio project focuses on the foreshore of the River Thames to build an outdoor Museum/performance space and leisure area changing with the tide. The waterfront of the River Thames has many unplanned areas, which are also buried with the long historical relics of the River Thames. The project attempts to tap the potential of the foreshore and reproduce the history of the Thames in the form of combination with the current situation. While shaping the space changing with the tide, the project also needs to solve the problem of site erosion and how to build a better small water system in the foreshore.

Low density fresh water

High density salt water

CANARY WHARF

GREENLAND SURREY QUAYS PIER MASTHOUSE TERRACE PIER

GREENWICH PIER

NORTH GREENWICH PIER

WOOLWICH PIER

NORTH WOOLWICH PIER

WOOLWICH (ROYAL ARSENAL)

ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL

BLACKWALL TUNNEL

OLD BLACKWALL TUNNEL

GREENWICH FOOT TUNNEL

Timber Jetty on greenwich foreshore,

Erosion

3D SCANNING AND FURTHER ANALYSIS

scanning model

Greenwich foreshore

Greenwich foreshore

Old

foreign cattle market

dock

When the beach opened a newspaper reported ‘When it was opened a few weeks ago they expect ed that 500 children a day would visit it. But there were 5,000 a day from the beginning, and consider ably more since the summer holidays started.’ It was estimated that between 1934 and 1939 over half a million people used the beach.

Carefree scenes on forgotten stretch of sand which lay right in the middle of London 88 years ago

The famous Windmill Theatre girls work hard, but they also found time to play between shows. London’s own beach by the Thames at Tower Bridge was close enough to the thea tre for them to change into swimsuits and enjoy a brief breather with hun dreds of Londoners who are enjoying a spell of early summer.

King George V decreed that the beach was to be used by the chil dren of London and that they should be given ‘free access forever’. This stunning shot shows it was still a pop ular spot in 1952.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ article-5983699/When-life-beach-Amazing-pic tures-carefree-scenes-forgotten-sand-middleLondon.html

The black and white photographs showcase a for gotten time in history when London had its very own beach. Children do what children do best - find some thing to play with - while the woman looks up, maybe keeping an eye on the weather.

It was just like a proper beach with deckchairs for hire, ice cream carts, sandcastle building and the chance to paddle

SECTIONS

The project studies the existing anti-erosion measures of the river bank, and continuously test them to solve the erosion problem and form a space. At the same time, the corresponding historical sites will be protected through the establishment of structures. Different forms of structures affect the ground form and water flow form, forming a new landform of the foreshore.The project studies how the waterfront generates reasonable landscape and space under the action of tide, and consider the role of dynamic and static intervention in ecological problems.

Select the main division

Generate spaces according to Voronoi diagrams, distributing the size proportionally among the various spaces

the main division

Generate spaces according to Voronoi diagrams, distributing the size proportionally among the various spaces

Simulates the flow of water through, generating rounded corners to buffer the flow of water

Simulates the flow of water through, generating rounded corners to buffer the flow of water

Select some functional zones and roads, and the shape has been generated

Select some functional zones and roads, and the shape has been generated

PLAN 1 PLAN 2

Diagram:

Diagram:

Diagram: Building a

Plan

The area is centred on curved ground interventions, and various plant forms with different heights and habits are designed. The placement of the interventions facilitates the formation of sediments to grow plants.

The area is dominated by variable plant landscapes, with floating and fixed planting areas for various plants. The planting area on the ground is mainly attached to the growth near the intervention.

Hexagonal

Reed bed on soil slope

Human eye perspective

Human eye perspective

Isometric (Planting areas)

Isometric (Planting areas)

Close-up of plants

Close view of the river bank

This area is a key protection area for historical relics. The setting of interventions can effectively protect the relics and provide more opportunities for plant growth.

The area is designed with a framework for people to search for historical relics, and two large public platforms are set up, which can rise and fall with the tide.

Platforms

Interventions

relics

Human eye perspective

Human eye perspective

Isometric (Planting areas)

Isometric (Planting areas)

Historic artefacts grid

Slopes and Revetment Rocks

The area is designed with bridges and swimming pools in the centre, so as to achieve the effect of extending Greenwich Park

In this area, the old large pier was remodeled, and the connection between the shore and the pier was opened up. Place a rocky tide pool in a cooler place under the pier to provide an environment for aquatic life.

Natural rocky tide pool

Pools fall to

ground with

low

Tidal lift platform

Pools rise with the

Human eye perspective

Human eye perspective

Isometric (Planting areas)

Isometric (Planting areas)

First floor landscape

Stone steps help plants grow in sediment

02. ON / OFF SCRIPT

Year of completion: 06.2021

Tutor: Sandra Youkhana, Katie Kasabalis

Type: Individual

SITE LOCATION AND RESEARCH

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project aims to activate underutilized urban spaces for the surrounding community using the concept of on and off script spaces.

DESIGN PROPOSAL: Design a set of facilities suitable for urban small and medium space, with the least intervention to achieve better results. Brings all of design elements together in underutilized spaces through the lea valley.

URBAN AND LANDSCAPE CONTEXT

This mapping analyzed how much scattered space are there around the site. Black dots represent the areas that are unused, and blue line texture represent the sites that block people’s use of space, for example like parking lots and material accumulation places. All these elements together, you can choose the most potential external activity space. The following design is mainly aimed at these areas.

Underutilized areas

Lower Lea Valley

Silvertown Way/ Newham Way

Places that the motor vehicles might be concentrated are been analyzed, in the yellow part of the figure. The depth of color indicates density, which will affect the use of surrounding space. The more dense the traffic flow is, the less pedestrians there are. At the same time, open and not remote path, there will be more pedestrians, in the drawing is the blue part.

Sites that block people’s use of space

Motor vehicle density

Pedestrian density

Key design areas

Moving route of people

Construction land red: business district or shop blue: residence

Pavements

Urban space

Green space

Parking lot and vacant space

SITE PATTERN DESIGN STRATEGY

Four different colors and patterns represent different functional areas, but this does not mean that their functions must be fixed, but give people some suggestions to make urban space more orderly, and at the same time increase interest, encourage people to create and explore.

Pedestrian route guidance identification Table and chair placement and small space identification

Open public activity space

Natural scenic area

Green space identification Medium and large scale activity space identification

Activity space of small residential area

Waterfront activity areas and bridges

Optimized commercial pedestrian area

Temporary interventions (patterns)

More permanent interventions

Temporary interventions (patterns)

More permanent interventions

More permanent interventions

TOOLKIT APPLICATION

More permanent interventions

Toolkit test of different materials

Toolkit test of different materials

SEASONS

ISOMATRIC DRAWING: WINTER

MATERIAL

TYPICAL LAYOUT FOR MOVABLE STRUCTURES

Summer Central activity area Winter Central social space

This area is a comprehensive summer activity place. All kinds of activity facilities are distributed around the site, and people can use them at will. The soundproof panel at the back prevents people from being disturbed by outdoor movies.

The area is a place for winter parties. At the same time, the structure originally used for tree pool is used to place heaters, which ensures the feasibility of outdoor activities in winter. Most of the plants are evergreen.

Summer Central activity area Winter Central social space

This is an area near the entrance. The site is designed with luminous ground interactive devices and a grass slope to attract more people here. Some areas are equipped with sunshades for people to enjoy the shade at the back.

In winter, small hothouses are set up for people to watch plants in different seasons. Originally for a whole grass slope into scattered snow heaps. People can have snowball fights and make snowmen here.

Fig: Bare Greenwich foreshore after erosion (2021) Souce: Author's own photo