YI LI
Master of Landscape Architecture University of Pennsylvania Selected Works
CONTENTS
1.
PERFORMATIVE WATERFRONT [701 Elective Studio, PennDesign, Individual Work]
2.
AT THE CROSSING [702 Elective Studio, PennDesign, Individual Work]
3.
ERASING THE BOUNDARY [601 Core Studio, PennDesign, Individual Work]
4.
CHARGE THE FOREST [602 Elective Studio, PennDesign, Individual Work]
5.
TEA PARTY MATRIX [International Design Competition, Turenscape]
6.
TOPOGRAPHY AS ACTIVATOR [Core Studio in Undergraduate, BJFU, Individual Work]
7.
OTHER WORKS [Parametric Design, Hand Drawings, Construction Drawings]
PERFORMATIVE WATERFRONT A Prototype for Miami's Waterfront in 90 Years [Individual Work] PennDesign: Instructor: Location:
701 Elective Studio Karen M'Closkey Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay,Florida Jul-Dec, 2014
Environmental issues in Miami are critical . Miami’s beaches will be inundated in 30 years, and other waterfront spaces will be inundated in 90 years according to sea level rise projection. It needs a performative waterfront that can respond to rising tide and daily tide, nourish beach as well as provide diverse human activity spaces. The site, Virginia Key is a natural barrier island and poorly planned constellation of institutions and facilities that nevertheless have great historic, educational and ecological value. Typical of Miami waterfronts, there is no coherence to how the island has been developed except that each parcel is a bulwark disconnected from a larger public space network. The site in Virginia Key is chosen as a test for performative waterfront. I chose the site according to its feasibility--institutions as attractions; vulnerability--the area moste impacted by sea level rise, daily high tides and water current; historical value--Historical Beach Park is worth to be protected. My strategy is to reuse dredge materials and combine each of them with certain type of structure,in order to create an unique waterfront that can responde to rising tide and daily tide, nourish beach, as well as provide diverse human activity spaces. In terms of the specificity of the choosen site, it also need structure to create seagrass habitat. This will develop a more coherent identity for the island and develop more public spaces along its land-water interface.
REGIONAL ANALYSIS & CURRENT CONDITION
CURRENT CONDITION Beach Erosion
Current Beach
Waterfront Inundation
Daily Tide
Current Waterfront
Dredge
Port of Mia
REGIONAL ANALYSIS - Sea Level Rise Projection
Miami Downtown
Rickenbacker Causeway
1 ft Sea Level Rise
2 ft Sea Level Rise 2045 Year Miami Beach
ami
Dredge Channel
3 ft Sea Level Rise / High Tide
Virginia Key
4 ft Sea Level Rise 2105 Year
Historical Beach Park Water Flow
Miami Seaquarium
Beach Erosion 2 ft Sea Level Rise Biscayne National Park
4 ft Sea Level Rise Main Road Dredge Channel
SITE STRATEGIC PLAN Grid As The Base For Different Type Of Structures, Circulations And Activity Spaces
0’
50’
100’
200’
1. Boat Launch 2. Pedestrian & Bikeway 3. Amphitheater 4. New Beach 5. Tidal Pools 6. Water Capture/Wetland 7. Shoreline Promenade 8. Coconut Tree Nursery 9. Deck 10.Stage 11.Floating Deck 12.New Sand Dune 13.New Seagrass Habitat
LAYERD AXON Vegetation Street Tree Lawn Wetland Plant Coconut Dune Family Sea Grass
Activity Space Amphitheater Floating Deck Tidal Pools Boat Launch Tidal Pool Floating Deck
Circulation Bikeway Hiking Trail Bikeway Beside CauseTrail to North Connection to Existing Back Dune Trail Shoreline Promenade
grid For New Beach For Seagrass For Sand Dune
INTERVENTION LAND-WATER INTERFACE
STRUCTURE CATALOGUE These Structures Are Designed With The Same Geometry, And Will Be Deformed Into The Grids SAND CAPTURE STRUCTURE
HABITAT NET STRUCTURE
Structure Unit
Structure Unit
Deformed Structure Axon
Deformed Structure Axon
Structure
Stick
Structure
Stick
Grid Grid
Water Flow Simulation Point
E
DUNE FORMATION STRUCTURE Structure Unit
Deformed Structure Axon Structure
Structure Frame
Point
Grid
STRUCTURE SCENARIOS Structures And Materials Will Change The Landscape In The Land-Water Interface, And Provide Diverse Activity Spaces And Unique Landscape Experience WATER CAPTURE LOW TIDE-9:00 A.M. Wetland
Beach
3 FT HIGH TIDE 0 FT LOW TIDE
Playground
HIGH TIDE-6:00 P.M. Pedestrian &Bikeway
Wetland
3 FT HIGH TIDE 0 FT LOW TIDE
CONSTRUCTION SUCCESSION 1.
2.
Grid for New Beach
New Beach
Structure for New Beach
Basic Circulation
Beach
Tidal Pool
Pedestrian &Bikeway
HABITAT NET
Inner
Floating Deck
3.
Seagrass
SAND CAPTURE
Pedestrian& New Beach Bikeway
Habitat Net Structure
4.
Extended Circulation
More Activity Spaces
Activity Spaces
Water Capture
Sand Capture Structure
PERSPECTIVE 1 This Perspective Shows The Sand Capture Structure, The New Beach, Bikeway From The Causeway To The Beach, Shoreline Promenade, Amphitheater, Tidal Pools, And All Of These Are Generated From The Grids.
Rickenbacker Causeway the only way for people to drive to the site area
Pedestrian & Bikeway
Tidal Pools
for people to come down from the causeway to the site
pools at high water level, and will become sports ground at others times
Tidal Pools
New Beach
50’
50’
Sand Capture Structures a deformed structure based on the grid, colleting sand by water current
New Beach
Amphitheater
Sand Dune
created by sand capture structure, and by reusing dredge material
the shape is arising from the grid
is formed by dune formation structure
3 ft Hide Tide 2 ft Sea Level Rise 1 ft Mean Water Level 0 ft Low Tide
Bike Lane
Shoreline Promenade
12’
8’
PERSPECTIVE 2 This Perspective Shows The Inner Pools Created By The Grids, The New Beach, The Stage, Floating Deck, Habitat Net And Coconut Grove, With A Backdrop Of Miami Downtown.
Coconut Grove
Shoreline Promenade
renovation of coconut grove that has existed before
a continuous promenade for people to walk from the site to historical beach park
Shoreline Promenade 12’
Inner Pools
Floating Deck
created by a void between the grids, and can provide diverse activities
a deck at the beach-sea interface, for people to get close to water
New Beach
Stage
100’
80’
Sand Capture Structures a deformed structure based on the grid, colleting sand by water current
Stage
Habitat Netting Structure
an extansion of activity area into the sea, with a great view of Biscayne national Park
a deformed structure based on the grid, reusing organic matter for seagrass growth
3 ft Hide Tide 2 ft Sea Level Rise 1 ft Mean Water Level 0 ft Low Tide
AT THE CROSSING The Rain and The Ritual - Imagining Temple Tank and Agriculture Tank [Individual Work] PennDesign: Instructor: Location:
702 Elective Studio Anuradha Mathur Udupi, India Jan-May, 2015
My own way to understand the Western Ghats is by understanding how water traverses from the ghats to the sea: the rain comes from the ghats, going through different water systems and finally ends in the sea. The process can be reinterpretated as a system of overflow and holding.The temple stepped tank is one kind of system holding water, and the water holding ritual activities, ritual festivals; agriculture tank provides cultivated land with different kinds of crops, food, flowers, that are used in ritual festivals. These two types of tanks are separated in the system, but creating overflow condition can bring them together, that means bring the materials into the events. A lot of tanks disappeared because development took place there, for example one agriculture tank in Bangalore became a huge bus station. However, tanks are not lakes, they are a hierarchical overflowing system, water overflows from one tank to another, a single tank disappearing will change how water flows in the whole system. I go deep into the idea of creating overflow condition to splice cultivation into the ritual, and splice the material into the events in a territory which is at the crossing of the ritual and the rain. Design idea is inserting embankments, which can change the landscape subtly and catche the rain for the land to be cultivated, and then creating different wetness for different plants. Then, the cultivation typologies which are taken from the initial study of different water systems, create hybrids for different plants.
cloud
tank on the peak
water fall
contour trench
qanat
agriculture tank
temple tank
basin
sea
TANK RESEARCH Acrossing The Western Ghats - Tanks Disappeared Because Developments Took Place. Udupi Mumbai Agumbe
Bangalore
Village Irrigation Tank in Bangalore
Ralegan Siddhi Tank
Banganga Tank Temple Tank
Sankey Tank text from ‘Deccan Traverses’
Manipal Tank
Dharmambudhi Tank Dharmambudhi Station
AT THE ARCOSSING At The Acrossing - The Rain And The Ritual
TERRITORY AT THE CROSSING THE TERRITORY
THE GRID
THE EMBANKMENTS
THE SECTION
DIAGRAM Wetness-Monsoon Season wet
dry
Wetness-Dry Season wet
dry
Vegetation-Monsoon Season coconut sugarcane maize, spice ritual flower water cleaning plants rice
Vegetation-Dry Season coconut sugarcane maize, spice ritual flower water cleaning plants rice
Bus Stop and Market Place
Temporary bus route bus route bus parking market place
OPERATIONAL PLAN
0’
Ritual Flowers
50’
100’
Rice Paddy
Water Cleaning Plants
Greenhouse
Market Place
Flower Market
Sports Ground Sugarcane, Maize, Spice
Coconut
Social Tank
200’
CALENDAR Calendar Of Ritual Festival And Cultivation. Selected Plants Are Ritual Flowers Used In The Festivals, Water Cleaning Plants And Fruit Plants That Can Introduce Other Events.
CULTIVATION TYPOLOGY Terraced Basin
Furrow and Ridge
Constructed Steps
ARMATURE SECTIONS The Sections Are Showing The Rhythm Of Different Wetness, Vegetation And Events, By Straightening The Amature.
Market Place Market Place Krishna Tank Temple Complex
Market Place Bus Parking Place Greenhouse Nursery Greenhouse Nursery Market Place Bus Parking Place Market Place
Sports Ground Sports Ground Market Place
Research Center Research Center
PERSPECTIVES
Drain
Market Place
Embankment
Marigold
Coconut
Rice Field
Bus Parking Place
Sugarcane
Mentha Aquatica
Iris pseudacorus
Lotus
Creenhouse
Embankment
Flower Market
The Perspectives Show The Different Cultivation Typologies (Furrow And Ridge, Terraced Basin And Constructed Steps), And Embankments Are Combined With Bus Parking Place, Market Place And Trenches.
SECTION The Long Section Is Cut Through Several Places In The Territory, To Show The Hybrids Of Different Cultivation Types, Wetness, Vegetation And Embankments.
Sorghum
Krishna Temple
Sugarcane
Jasmine
Embankment
Trench
Coconut
Sugarcane
Mentha Aquatica
Rice Paddy
Bus Parking
ERASING THE BOUNDARY Neighborhood Development Design in North Philadelphia [Individual Work] PennDesign: Instructor: Location:
601 Core Studio Christopher Marcinkoski North Philadelphia Aug-Dec, 2013
North philadelphia is a less developed area in the city, even though it has great resouces like fairmount park, adjacency to center city and so on. I think this is because there are several boundaries that block north philly from valuable areas. So to develop north philly, erasing boundaries is an starting point. My project is about erasing the 3 existing boundaries in Brewerytown, which are Girard Ave, 33rd St and rail corridor, by incorporating and reinforcing 3 pushes of market pressure from Fairmount, latent amenity from Park and undeserved population from east. I focus on the development of public realm and the development sequence. The develpment happens first because of the new park loop, which starts from the community and goes into riverfront in the park. It will break the boundary between park and community, then will attract more investments to the site. Then the development will happen along the interface, for example, the new mixed-use building, transformed mixed-use building, new apartments, urban plazas and community gardens as well as transformation of streetscape.
CONTEXT & strategy
LAYERS Building Typology
The park loop will connect Brewerytown neighborhood and Fairmount park, which is currently seperated by the 31st street, and is not accessible in this area; the community anchor includes a mixed-use building, an urban plaza, which can attract peope from the east area to this site; the interface means development then happen along the 29th street, including streetscape transformation, new apartments, mixedused buildings, urban planzas and community gardens; then, at the end of the interface, a vacant building will be transformed into a station, which can activate the site further.
New Mixed-use Building Transformed Mixed-use Building New Apartment
Existing Apartment
III
IV ANOTHER ANCHOR
II MAKE AN ANCHOR
ADD A PARK LOOP
I
STRENGHTEN THE INTERFACE
Open Space Typology
Urban Plaza
Community Garden Urban Farm
Waterfront Land
Circulation Hierarchy
Primary Street Secondary Street Third Street New Park Loop
Overall Structure
Building New Park Loop Interface Other Streets Open Spaces
site plan
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8. Mixed-use Building II 9. Office Building 10.Urban Plaza II
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9
THE ANCHOR
11.Mixed-use Building III 12.Station
10
8 6
6
THE INTERFACE
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6
5. Streetscape Transformation 6. New Apartments 7. Community Garden II
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3
4
THE ANCHOR 2
1.
2. Mixed-use Building I 3. Urban Plaza I 4. Community Garden I
THE LOOP 1. New Park Loop
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150’
300’
600’
AXON - URBAN PLAZA SITE KEY
The Anchor
PROGRAM ZONING
Urban Commercial Community Buffer Circulation
SECTION A-A
Urban Plaza
Mixed-use Building
Railroad
DETAILED PLAN - URBAN PLAZA The Designed Plan Is The Anchor Point Of The Whole Project
A
10 15
11
9 8
9 4
3
12
7
14
2
3
1
5
6
13
1. Mixed-use Building 2. Main Entrance 3. New Path to the Park 4. Bridge 5. Streetscape 6. Second Entrance 7. Steps 8. Grass Lawn 9. Wood Canopy 10.Fountain Pool 11.Stone Bench 12.Tables and Seats 13.Lightings 14.Community Garden 15.Sports Ground
A 0’ 20’ 40’
80’
RIVERFRONT AXON
Educational Farm
Mixed-use Buildling
Bridge to Park
Educational Farm New Path Playground
Steps to Bridge
Productive Farm Green House Productive Farm New Path
Riverfront Recreation Area New Path Riverfront Plaza Schuykill River
NEW LOOP SECTION
Rail Road
Park
Mixed-use Building
The Anchor
New Apartment
The Interface
Mixed-use Building
PERSPECTIVE - URBAN PLAZA Different Urban And Community Activities And Spaces In Urban Plaza
Sloped Lawn
Wood Benches on Lawn
Fountain
Park
Market Place
CHARGE THE FOREST North-South Energy-Habitat Corridor in California [Individual Work] PennDesign: Instructor: Location:
602 Elective Studio Nicholas Pevzner San Diego, California Jan-May, 2014
Cause cities in California are fast growing, they require more energy, and the projected requirement for new resources will be 59.9 GW in 2050. 75 percent will come from instate generation plants, of which more than 35% will be renewable energy. The renewable energy potential map shows wind and solar energy are most in southwest California. And the largest increasing of import capacity will come from Desert southwest. The three drivers for urban expansion- transportation, water projects, renewable energy extraction, are also the causes for habitat fragmentation in California. California need a north-south habitat corridor to link fragmented habitat, and it also will be a buffer to prevent urban sprawling into natural land. My proposal is to build a system to combine the north-south transmission corridor and north-south habitat corridor, not only because they are both geographically located in the interface of urban and wildland, but also they can use the same amount of land, where transmission easement gives opportunities for building habitat linkages.
PHASING--CORRIDOR SEQUENCE I 0-2 Years
NORTH-SOUTH HABITAT CORRIDOR
Tree Clearance Temporary Road Material Delivery
CALIFORNIA NEEDS HABITAT LINKAGE
Wind Farm
II 2-10 Years
Transmission High Voltage
Temporary Road Material Delivery
Main Migration Route Primary Habitat Linkage
III 11-50 Years
Transmission Corridor
Existing Habitat Patches
Matured Oak Habitat Corridor
Urban Area in 2050
NORTH-SOUTH ENERGY CORRIDOR
IV 51-56 Years
V 57-70 Years
CALIFORNIA NEEDS 59GW IN 2050
Trail Increased Biodiversity New Urban Area
Recreation Area
Trail Recreation Area
Mountain Trail
Wind & Solar Potential Out-of-State EHV In-State 500KW Major City Proposed Transmission Line
NORTH-SOUTH COMBINED CORRIDOR Transmission Corridor Provides Opportunity For Building Habitat Linkage
Solar Power Capacity
Wind Power Intensity
Endangered Animals
Proposed Transmission Corridor Existing Transmission Lines North-South Habitat Linkage Existing Habitat Patches Projected Urban Area in 2050 Major Cites
EXISTING CONDITION & PARTNERSHIP ANALYSIS
Urban Disturbance For Habitat
Existing Transmission
This north-south transmission and habitat corridor system is a huge landscape transformation. A work scheme will be developed for energy company and conservation group to cooperate with each other, and is able to invoke recreational and social amenities. The out come can be diverse, for example, biodiversity increasing, carbon emission decrease, ecotourism and so on. The main partnership is SDG&E, an energy utility which serves all the san diego county, landownwe and conservation group, as well as energy company, manufacturer, tree nursery company, horticulture institure and schools, etc..
High-spedd Rail Freeway
Urban Area in 2050 Urban Area in 2020 Urban Area in 2010
Transmission Right-of-Way
Oak Tree Life Cycle 40 y Matured Oak Young Oak Sapling
Lake
Current Habitat for Southern Mule Deer
Right-of-way 260’
Partnership -- Partner, Actor, Outcome Existing Habitat
Urban Area in 2050 Urban Area in 2020 Urban Area in 2010 Lake
Renewable Energy&Recreation Area
Wind Potential Trail System State Park
Urban Area in 2020 Lake
Seed
0y
STRATEGIC PLAN North-South Transmission & Habitat Corridor In San Diego
[ PROPOSED ] Transmission Corridor Habitat Linkage
Habitat Linkage in Urban Area Wind Farm [ PROJECTED ] Urban Area in 2050 High-Speed Rail
[ EXISTING ] Wind Potential Area Existing Habitat
Existing Habitat in Urban Area Freeway
500 Transmission Corridor Trail System State Park Lake
STRATEGY DIAGRAM
[ Transmission Corridor ] South-to-North high voltage transmision corridor, with increased transmission capacity, provide electricity from production area to consumption area
[ Oak Forest for Deer ]
the area for southern mule deer habitat is defined primarily by elevation, which is between 1200’ to 1800’, and also comfined by transmission corridor
[ Renewable Energy ] the renewable energy is wind energy, it will be transmitted from wind farm to the new transmission corridor
1800’
1200’
SECTIONAL TRANSFORMATION SECTION 1 Wind Energy
Animal Move North to South
Urban Sprawl
New Transmission from South to North
SECTION 2
Electricity from East to West
Wind Energy
Animal Move North to South
2 1 New Transmission from South to North
ZOOM IN STRATEGIC PLAN [ Existing Conditions ] Existing Transmission Existing Urban Area Existing Habitat Highway Major Road Reservoir & Lake Farm Dam Existing Trails Park
[ Proposed Conditions ] New Transmission Corridor Oak Woodland New Urban Area New Trails Wind Farm
Wind Farm Existing Transmission Line
New Transmission Corridor
New Habitat Linkage for Southern Mule Deer
TEA PARTY MATRIX A Conceptual Framework for Sokolniki Park in Next 15 Years
Turenscape: Team Leader: Teammates: Location:
Sokolniki Park Design Competition Kongjian Yu Stanley Lung, Emeline Lin, Suzanne Mahoney Moscow, Russia Jun-Aug, 2014
The international competition called for a conceptual framework for Sokolniki Park’s development — the main focus of the competition — will include decisions on urban planning, landscape design, programming the use of space, and economic feasibility. Our team's concept - “Tea Party Matrix”, is a living mechanism that links the past, present, and future of the Sokolniki Park. The park development will integrate the ritual of Russian tea culture in a forward-thinking design interpretation, as the pioneering vision to guide the park’s 2030 Masterplan. The superimposition of all the designed layers forms a living mechanism: a sustainable urban park ecosystem that regulates the resiliency of the site’s ecology, eventuality, and economy. This “Tea Party Matrix,” designed uniquely for the Sokolniki Park, aims to reconnect the intimate natural environment, to reveal fragmentsof cultural heritage, and to reunite heterogeneous programs as one holistic park. Our proposal won the 3rd place in the competition. I was envolved in the whole process, from developing concept, meeting with Sokolniki representatives through Skype, generating design approached, to drawing plans, diagrams rendering and model making, etc. And I enjoyed and learned a lot from cooperating with teammates, talking about ideas with Kongjian Yu and translating and coordinating between international teammates and Chinese project managers.
SITE CONTEXT & INTERVENTION
Intervention Context
RENOVATION
INTERVENTION
NEW INTERVEN-
20% NEW INTER-
Activity Calendar
PARTNERSHIP
RESTORATION
INTERVENTION
RESTORATION
SITE PLAN
Eco Adventure Garden
Education Base Garden
Green Market Garden
Leisure Loop
Culture Garden
Eco Recreation Garden Culture Loop
Sports Garden Nature Loop Expo Garden
Energy Garden Sokolniki Round Table
VIEW 1- ENTRANCE
VIEW 2- BOX
LAYERD AXON 5) LANDSCAPE revenure-generating boxes renovation of existing buildings
4) LANDSCAPE
agriculture crops productivity biodiversity
3) CIRCULATION three themed loops: culture nature heritage
2) GRID a unified master plan provide guidance to visiters
1) ALLOTMENT community entrance gardens
0) EXISTING site memory site ecology
EVENTS AND SPACES Minimal Interpretation To Maximize Event Spaces, Resolve Event Filling Issue, Accommodate Diverse, Flexible Programs Of Both Large And Small Scales For Social, Recreational, Educational, And Cultura Purposes SUMMER PERIOD Events
Entrance Canopy
WINTER PERIOD Events
Water Body
Allotment Garden
Box Along Infrastructure
New Rain Garden
Box Far From Infrastructure
TOPOGRAPHY AS ACTIVATOR General Design of An Urban Park [Individual Work] Undergraduate: Instructor: Location:
Core Studio Xiangrong Wang Harbin , China May-Jul, 2012
Hanan new industrial city in Harbin is a case under the trend of fast urban expansion in China. The site is located in the core area of Hanan new industrial city in Harbin. I considered the site in district context and integrate ecological sustainability, space experience, aesthetic,etc. together in the park system by modification of topography, which can activate different kinds of activities and experiential feelings. I proposed to utilize and transforme the existing landfrom in order to turn it from disadvantage to the high light.The water catchment route, water collection channel and recreational spaces are all based on topography, which is the core of this design.
URBAN CONTEXT
SITE PLAN
Site Location City Core New Industry District
Site
1
2
7
Green System
5
3
+
Water System
+
= Green & Water System =
[ ECO-TYPE ]
[ OPEN SPACE ]
1.Urban Forest
7. Entrance Plaza 1
2.Urban Farm
8. Waterfront Terrace Plaza
3.Filter Terrace Wetland
9. Sports Ground
4.Perennial Wetland
10.Fountain Square
5.Seasonal Wetland
11.Entrance Plaza 2
6.Meadow
0’
12.Waterfront Plaza 13.Terrace Plaza
50’ 100’
200’
8
Water Collection Process
Water Purification Process
Experience Sequence
4
9
6
13
10
12
11
TOPOGRAPHY MODIFICATION Activate The Park With Topography And Generate Diverse Activity Spaces
LAYERS Open space
Circulations
Water channel
Wetland
Trees
Grassland
Topography Water Channel
Wetland
Lo Ro
9
main road grass slope
lower river wet land
main road grass slope linear terrace river
city plaza grass slop lower road river
secondary Path road urban farm wet land river
10’
9.5’
Waterfront 1
Grass Slope
Main Road
Wetland
ower oad
Waterfront 4 Waterfront 3 Waterfront 2
WATERFRONT AXONS
PARAMETRIC DESIGN & DIGITAL FABRICATION Study the Computational Flow Dynamic and Prametric Softwares
PennDesign: Instructor: Teammates:
Elective Course: Simulated Nature Keith Vandersy Muhan Cui, Zhuangyuan Fan Jul-Dec, 2014
In the 3D modeling practice as showed in this page, I built the computer model using Rhino and Grasshopper, with the knowledge of Panelling tools, 3D morph, etc, to apply different types of deformed units on to the surfaces. Then run the Drainage simulation with grasshopper definition to see how the water flows on the surface. Then, I use the CNC mill to make the physical model. In the design project as showed in the next page, I explored the potential of computational flow dynamic and parametric software to develop design responses from generative data analysis. These advanced digital tools enable the visualization of complex physical processes which typically lay outside of our immediate apprehension. Then we generated the design project by conputational water flow analysis and wind analysis, using Grasshopper, Rhino, Maya, Ecotect, etc. In response to these uncovered complexities, we developed a series of “land-art� interventions that dynamically register and reconfigure the endemic landscape. Unlike our land art predecessors,however, our imaginative interventions will use biosynthetic responses which explicitly intermingle natural and technological materials. These are meant to be utility-scale didactic interventions and instruments located in a public space. We produced a series of strategic fluid (air and water) visualizations and digital prototypes. Air and water flow simulations (digital) will help each group develop an approach for the reorganization of the existing site. Then generated series of plans as the landscape is changing all the time and the outcomes are predictable to a great extent.
Water Flow
Wireframe
Surfaces
SIMULATION & INTERVENTION
Wind | Mar 01 | 7.5ft
Wind | Mar 01 | 3.5ft
Water Triangulation Low Tide 40-150
Wind | Jun 01 | 7.5ft
Wind | Jun 01 | 3.5ft
Water Triangulation Low Tide 150-315
Wind | Sep 01 | 7.5ft
Wind | Sep 01 | 3.5ft
Water Triangulation High Tide 40-150
Wind | Dec 01 | 7.5ft
Wind | Dec 01 | 3.5ft
Water Triangulation High Tide 150-315
MECHANISM FOR STICK BENDING Sticks on the Ground
Sticks in the Water
GENERATED PLAN
Mar 01 Night Simulated Plan
Jun 01 Night Simulated Plan
Sep 01 Night Simulated Plan
Dec 01 Night Simulated Plan
PERSPECTIVE
DIAGRAMATIC SECTION
MECHANISM FOR COLOR CHANGING
ART WORK
All kinds of hand drawings and combination of hand drawings and computer drawings are ways for me to record inspiring moments, keep memories in life and collect ideas for design. I view these intuitive drawings as powerful reflection of one's mind, and through these practice I can keep the love for landscape of the world and mine. City Growing from Nature: Landscape in My Mind Hand Drawing and Computer Drawing: Pencil, Photoshop
CONSTRUCTION DRAWING Section of Retaining Wall scale 1’’=4’
Construction Sequence 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
set out position of wall set out profile board set out lines for bulk excavation time excavation pour mud slab place space for concrete cover place reinforcing steel for base and wall
8. place rear framework 9. insert framework ties 10.clean off surface 11.erect front formwork 12.secure ties 13.pour concrete 14.vibrate concrete 15.after 1-2 days, remove formwork
new ground level 1 10”
permeable soil impermeable soil existing grade new ground level 2
4’ 5’4”
concrete bench steps stainless steel
4” 4”
vertical steel reinforcement bar
4” 1.2” 2” 6.5”
horizontal steel reinforcement bar
24” 6.5”
drainage pipe 9”
9”
mud slab
16.finish concrete surface 17.do sub-surface drainage for the wall 18.back fill with gravels and soil
paving water proofing membrane drainage concrete-sub base
Section of WOOD CONCRETE CANOPY scale 1’’=4’
12’
2”x3” cedor decking
7” 3”
sliding joint
18’-
10”
2”x6” cedor decking 8’
Bench
12’-4” 1’6”
metal shoe
10” 1’ 10”
55
reinforced concrete base
polytrene floats
6” cedor columns
concrete floor
THANK YOU Yi Li E: yili1@design.upenn.edu T: (215) 588-5836 101S, 39th St, HL401 Philadelphia, PA19104