Yilin Wang (Eline) My educational background is a degree in landscape architecture, with a masters in urban development and design from the University of New South Wales. Throughout my career I have been involved in numerous projects such as the : Chengdu's No. 29 Institute of Landscaping Design and the Sichuan Provincial Forestry Survey and Design Institute, a civil construction project for the Magnolia Deconstruction Zone by the Chinese Hong Kong University; 2013 Eco-agriculture Reversion Project by the Sichuan Agricultural University; 2013 Wetland Restoration Project by the WWF and 2012 Magnolia Projection project by the Shanshui Nature Reserve. I also collaborated with Dr. Scott Hawken at the University of New South Wales on a research project, "BE-Research: Mega Urban Topographic". As well as travelling with the university to South Africa for a collaboration with the Cape Town City Council to provide urban design consultation for a project dealing with Khayelitsha's new Urban Design Scheme. In 2013, I founded "One More Idea", a design enterprise which was successful in winning and delivering design contracts including a large project to design the renovation of landscaping for Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Centre. This project was of great significance as the Centre is the focus of the world's largest panda research facility and is an important tourist attraction in its own right. The project involved great challenges for my company but was completed with excellent results. Other large projects included the design of the landscaping for the Yingshan county road, and ongoing project for landscaping a new tourist site in Chengdu.
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Qingdao
Due to China's booming economy, the nation has turned to converting many of its agricultural sectors to newer city expansion zones. Hongdao is an example of this recent development doctrine with the construction of a new airport, and many other new facilities to accommodate the newly formed ecocommunity.
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Sydney
Sydney Urban Village Design Concept. This concept provides an alternative to modern patterns of urban development that are common across western cities. It has been designed to specifically combat decentralisation, suburbia and urban sprawl. A potential site of 35 hectares is considered for the development of the urban village with a potential additional 83 hectares.
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Cape Town
South Africa's Cape Town is known as the "gateway of Africa". Development of a triangular site has been proposed as a mixed use residential and commercial neighbourhood. Aimed to encourage informational trading, and help erect an informal marketplace to the north side of the boulevard.
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Graphic Design
During my master study in UNSW, every exhibition and out-come need graphic design and also exhibition space design. These opportunities which should be cherished give me chance to learn and practice graphic and space design. They are important part of my design study Journey, even they are not my major.
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Sketch & Modeling
It is a great pleasure for me to take part in Dr. Hawken’s project and learn the 3D model making and 3D printing skills. I also travelled to South Africa for a collaboration with the Cape Town City Council to provide urban design consultation for a project dealing with Khayelitsha's new Urban Design Scheme , which project I designed by sketch.
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QINGDAO
Faced with rapid expansions, today Chinese cities have turned to converting traditional agricultural land into new city expansion zones. Hongdao is an example of this recent development doctrine with the construction of a new airport, and many other new facilities to accommodate the newly formed eco-community. With an urban area of 235 hectares, the Chinese have used the allocation of network blocks, each with a fixed function that is a combination of commercial public facilities paired with residential buildings. Achieving an urban population density of 140 people/hectare. An eastern motorway will also be constructed to bypass the new urban district on route to the future (in-development) airport. Establishment of ecological ethos, and a solution to the environmental impact of the surrounding salt pans are also included in the plan to achieve a sustainable, eco-friendly, and liveable environment. Hongdao’s renovation and remodelling of existing villages will also be included in the new urban development plan, with old existing houses to be adapted or replaced with more suitable residential facilities.
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HONGDAO NEW DISTRICT QINGDAO & HONGDAO SITE ANAYSIS 2014 OPPORTUNITY: 1. The 26.7 km long Jiaozhou Bay Bridge was completed in 2011, linking the main city of Qingdao on the eastern side of Jiaozhou Bay with the Huangdao industrial area on the western side. It also incorporated a branch in the north extending to Hongdao and a future in-development airport. This road bridge allowed a record time to be set for intra-travel; 15 minutes’ drive from the main city of Qingdao to Hongdao. 2. The Qingdao 2008-2020 Plan proposes a new north-south subway line connecting the main city of Qingdao and Hongdao. This line, which is designated the ‘M8’, will extend to the newly planned airport in Jiaozhou. 3. The High-technical zone in Qingdao which is still under construction also includes the Hongdao.
ISSUES: 1. In its current condition before development, the site is a distinctive rural area with traditional fishing villages and extensive salt pans. Urban development threatens to significantly affect these traditional uses. 2. Loss of the salt pans is a significant concern as the economic and cultural foundation of the district is intimately linked with this traditional use. Procedures must be taken to address and prevent unnecessary damage to the environment and loss of traditional livelihoods. 3. The site adjoins Xiaoyang village (an existing rural settlement), the living conditions and public facilities are limited in this area.
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ECONOMIC REGION
WATER ENVIRONMENT
METRO
Educational Residential
TRANSPORT
Downtown Salt Pans
LAND USE
SALT PANS & DOWNTOWN
Faced with rapid expansions, today Chinese cities have turned into converting old once farm plots and traditional agricultural land into newer city expansion zones. Due to China’s unique high density cities situation, it’s cities have followed a special commercial centralized model for its development. This development model has been incorporated in many new Chinese urban designs. Hongdao is an example of this recent development doctrine with itself being originally the home for many farmers and fishers. Now with the construction of a new airport, Hongdao has been developed into a unique town with plenty of tourism, industry, commercial, residential, cultural and business sectors, all contributing to its newly formed Eco-community.
STATISTICS
MIXED-USE NET STRATEGIES: 1. Using the ‘Networks City’ theory of James Brearley and Fang Qun, the site will be divided into an integrated network of functional uses. These network blocks will each have a mixed function that is a combination of commercial and public facilities paired with residential buildings; 2. An eastern motorway will bypass the new urban district, reducing traffic, and avoiding congestion on the route to the future airport. This road hierarchy, combined with the M8 metro line, will contribute towards a more eco-friendly and energy efficient city; 3. A solution to the environmental impact of the traditional salt pans within the new urban area is to establish a park especially designed for wetlands, transitioning from saltwater to freshwater at the inter-tidal zone. This will not only allow for soil improvement and establishment of salt-tolerant vegetation but also improve the local environment and raise ecological awareness;
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4. Establishment of an ecological ethos within the new and old community is crucial to optimize efficiency and provide the best possible services and facilities with the limited resources at hand. Such services need to be included in a community to achieve a sustainable, eco-friendly, and a liveable environment; 5. The renovation and remodelling of existing villages will be included in the new urban development. Old existing houses can be adapted and/ or replaced with more suitable residential facilities which will not only increase population capacity but also the overall environment of the community.
MIXED-USE QINGDAO GROUP WORK
Collaboration : Wang Yayun from University of New South Wales
Wetland Overall Plan
River bank protection plan
1. The science Education Center 2. Wetland Plant Garden 3. Saline Vegetation Landscape Zone 4. Aquaculture Tourist Area 5. Salt Pan Showcase 6. Salt Baths 7. Reed Wetland
1. Multiple-function, eco-bulk head, Thicket & arbor combined landscaping belt is planned to create a closeto-nature plant community. It also aims to utilize natural characteristics of river channels in hope that strong plant roots can absorb and filter pollutants and purify water so that river banks can be strengthened. Meanwhile natural rocks and woods will be used to build resistance capacity. 2. Hydrophilic bank Willow, poplar, reed and Araceae trees and other saeine - alkali resistant and pro-water domestic trees will be planted according to difference of water level. These aquatic trees and other pro-water trees create stratified and diversified plant community in river bank wetland serving as an ideal habitat for wild animals and helping natural succession of eco-system with aim to keep eco-balance.
WETLAND PARK
Hongdao Wetland Park is located in west coast of Hongdao, Western Qingdao, Shandong province, China. Every year, a large number of river alluvium and Marine sediments gradually accumulate and constantly get impregnated by the tides to form a flat argillaceous saline wasteland. Hongdao Wetland Park, located in the West of the Jiaozhou Bay, used to be a large area of tidal flats, and salt pans. This area has the potential to be developed into an eco-green area to improve the nearby ecology.
Wetland restoration target 1. Improve farming methods as a treatment for the deteriorated river land and as a solution for restoration of coastal wetland. 2. Restore bio-diversity in wetland to build plant community and restore sustainable food chain. 3. Restore wild animal habitat especially for migrant birds. Restore plant community and improve river bank to ensure food supply for birds. Create eco-island reserve for birds in sand lands and sand shores.
Water supply Wetland in coastal areas depends on Pacific Ocean as water source to sustain ecosystem; water supply from river is quite rare and rainfall is the only source for fresh water input; seasonal change of water flow volume is rather enormous. Bio-vulnerability Coastal areas have been densely populated by human and occupied by buildings. Urbanization is leading to increasing pollution while degradation of plant and population reduction of animal community is becoming the result of it. Bio-vulnerability is in need of our immediate attention.
ECO NEW DISTRICT
The basis of Hongdao's ecological design is to establish in Hongdao an ecological community that aims to improve saline parameters, establish a wetland, restore the ecological diversity and increase the stability of surrounding ecosystems. Energy and materials in this design such as light, water and air are mostly derived from natural sources, or recycling. Especially sewage pipe network communities through the collection and discharge to wetland water purification systems. This artificial purification aid helps the wetlands and surrounding water ways. The lives of Hongdao's residents will be established in the new mixed-use community. Existing rural and fishing villages will be transformed into new modern communities that include residential/ commercial/retail/high-tech and tourism facilities. Just road planning and new architectural forms alone can already help change people's lives and in addition provide a bonus to the environment as well.
PREVIOUS HONGDAO
PROSEPECTIVE HONGDAO
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‘There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.’ -- Jane Jacobs Working with the City of sydney’s planning strategy ‘Connecting sydney’s Cultural Jigsaw’, our proposal is to create an Urban village that is a hybrid of the surrounding neighborhoods, to connect, bring together and create flow between the surrounding precincts.
Stage 1 -3: construction of Deck, Platform, Central station renewal, ‘Goods line’ and upgrade to belmore Park. along with north eastern development
Concept / Urban Village Urban village as a concept, provides an alternative to modern patterns of urban development common across western cities, namely decentralisation, suburbia and urban sprawl. Drawing inspiration from Jane Jacobs novel ‘the Death and Life of Great America Cities’, the following key components that make up a good urban village are: vibrant streets, self-contained, mixed-use, diversity, different buildings types, mix of old and new, medium density, good public spaces, walkable, the ‘street’ as the centre of activity and fine-grained nature.
ObJectives: 80% of people in the sydney CbD area are office workers. by drawing upon the diversity and character present in the
Stage 4A: northern central development of site building construction and servicing.
Existing / Urban village
Stage 4B: southern central development of site building construction and servicing.
The proposed site is bordered by chippendale, Haymarket, Ultimo, sydney cbD, surry Hills and redfern. all of these areas have distinct and unique qualities and showcase characteristics of an Urban village. there is a Northsouth flow between these districts but the east-West connections are poor central station as a site, currently acts as a barrier, a disconnecting device and a divide between these existing precincts. The existing site boundary is 35ha however once the Parks and Functioning railway areas are taken into consideration the potential site for development becomes 8.3ha.
Stage 5: southern end of site building construction and servicing.
Collaboration : Parisa Nikkhoo, Yayun Wang, Brigitta Schyns, Laras Primasari, Beth Mann from University of New South Wales
surrounding areas we aim to avoid creating a mono-culture development. in aiming for a hybrid character within our Urban village we seek to mitigate against the potential lack of diversity common to modern developments and create a place for a diverse range of people to live, work and play. giving precedence to the human scale our development aims to create an urban village that: fosters diversity, increases connectivity between the surrounding suburbs, gives back to the community through quality public spaces, encourages pedestrian and bike transit, possesses an animated street life, is mixed use, is constructed of contemporary and heritage buildings, ranges in scale, has key anchor institutions and overall projects a strong sense of place.
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Image 1: Flinders street station redesign by eduardo velasquez, Manuel Pineda and santiago Medina. image via vicProjects.com Image 2: bunker cafe, brisbane. image via Urbanspoon. Image 3: stockholm sweden station designed by adolf W. edelsvärd. image via Pinterest.
Development controls - Providing new connectivity between three surrounding suburbs of Chippendale, Surry Hills and Redfern along with Prince alfred Park edges through the new development while activating the ground floor level 24/7 - responding, maintaining and complementing the adjacent suburbs’ existing characteristics such as streets and lanes pattern, footpath connectivity, block dimension and pattern, building types and building uses along with the open space and park networks - Providing a flexible development control in terms of timing, staging and financing for new development and development extension for each lots within the site, noting that each development should follow the minimum and maximum requirement set in the DCP - The DCP will provide both minimum and maximum prescriptive number of GFA, FSR, building height limit, roof garden availability, green space percentage and adjacent properties’ treatment of each parcel of land within the site that needs to be followed by owners and developers doing developments Collaboration : Parisa Nikkhoo, Yayun Wang, Brigitta Schyns, Laras Primasari, Beth Mann from University of New South Wales
Strategies: To develop a feasible project we propose to build a platform over the central station and utilize the airspace in this corridor. Using the Surry Hills density, building floor plates and range of building types as a precedence we propose a FSR of 1.5:1 with a maximum building height of r10. the buildings will shift in scale, size and height across the site to increase diversity in commercial, office and residential typologies, this increases our overall proposed development site to approximately 4ha. Our Urban village is a unique proposal offering something different within the marketplace.
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1. Roof-top Garden 2. Roadway in Site 3. Roadside Bar 4. Vertical Greening Shop 5. Small Park in Site 6. Central Station 7. Central Park 8. Site Bird’s-eye View
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CAPE TOWN
Aimed to encourage informational trading, and help erect an informal marketplace to the north side of the boulevard, the completion of a parking building, 15-story office tower, roof-top garden and informal marketplace will help the city catalyse a mixed use residential and commercial neighbourhood. Because of the apartheid, many of those who use to live in district six were forced to move. Such actions have resulted in today's district six with cast amounts of vacant land and therefore such a triangular site has been proposed has a viable project to revitalized the centre. This proposal requires high development opportunity attention due to its historical negative constraints.
BUILT FORM & STREET PATTERN OF DISTRICT 6 AT 1948
THE 1948 DISTRICT 6 STREET STRUCTURE SUPERIMPOSED ON THE EXISTING STREET STRUCTURE
Background The Group Area Act of the Apartheid government assigned areas of the city and suburbs to different racial groups. District 6 adjacent to Cape Town’s CBD was decided to be a White zone. The so-call coloured people of mixed race were forced to relocate in government recorded housing on the Cape Flat from the White area of the city. The triangle area was one part of District 6, it has lain largely vacant because of the lack of interest by property developers in building on this limited land. 1. District six museum (Methodist mission established mid 1800’s) 2. sacks futeran (now Homecoming Centre and fugard theatre) 3. stakesby Lewis (now the Hostel) 4. harrington street (Jewish quarter of district 6) 5. beinkinstadt books (now Charly’s Bakery) 6. Peninsula maternity home 7. Vernon terrace (Palm tree stands in what was once vernon terrace, many others planted by pilgrims who brought seeds from Mecca) 8. Bloemhof flats (now Skyways, built in the 1930’s for council employees) 9. Parker’s corner shop (now a vacant site) 1 0. harold Cressy school 11. trafalgar high school 12. ellesmere st. mosque 13. st. marks Church 14. moravian hill Chapel 15. Asperling st. mosque 16. Johnson st. mosque 17. Public wash house 18. morning market ( Source: the fringe | draft urban design framework, 2012 )
LOW BUILDING DENSITY
ABANDONED LANDS
GATEWAY JUNCTION
PRESENT SITUATION OF SITE Source: Google Map, 2015
SITE, RAILWAY STATION & TABLE MOUNTAIN
Issues:
Due of the sensitive history of District 6, the fringe precinct does not raise much interest of property developers. Similar with the project in Khayelitsha, one of the primary issues is to identify a catalyst for the development invested by the private sectors. Increasing parking demand and shortage of parking bays within the CBD area is a concern to the Cape Town city government. There has already been an existing parking area in the middle of the precinct, which should be considered carefully in terms of the potential implementation manner such as relocation or upgrade. Little infrastructure and amenities on this vacant land inform a sense of isolation and neglect from the CBD area, and it does not attract visitors neither. Complicated and multiple ownerships of the site (mostly owned by private sector with some by the government)result in the difficult consensus, which adversely hinders the further development.
URBAN CONTEXT
VEHICULAR MOVEMENT
PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT
INTEGRATED RAPID TRANSIT
TOPOGRAPHY
EXISTING CHARACTER AREAS
CURRENT CAPE TOWN ZONING SCHEME (CTZS) PERMISSIBLE BUILDING HEIGHTS FOR THE CORE STUDY AREA
PARKING - formal parking areas, such as harrington square; - informal lots such as the areas around fruit & Veg City between Canterbury street and Drury Lane; and - on-street parking.
Source: the fringe | draft urban design framework, 2012
CHALLENGE & BLOCKAGES:
SURROUNDING CONTEXT The Triangle site situated in Cape Town is located at a junction point of two gate ways, this particular location helps form the distinctive site shape of a triangle. At the same time, it is located on the Table mountain and the V&A Waterfront's view corridor. The deserted area can be utilized to help parking and traffic congestion issues for the CBD.
FORMAL PARKING
FORMAL PARKING LOTS
INFORMAL PARKING
(1) The existing parking space cannot meet the large demand of CBD & vicinity of the precinct as well as accommodate further development. (2) Vast amount of vacant land without necessary infrastructure and amenities do not receive additional development. (3) Triangle site is spatially disconnected from the rest of the CBD. The Castle and Grand Parade’s reinforcing the barrier will eventually lead to an isolation of the site. (4) The site’s housing and vicinity is limited to an extent. It cannot accommodate further development. (5) The Triangle site is the gateway of CBD, however, the street frontages are not vibrant enough to make them good streets.
INFORMAL PARKING
3 YEARS STAGE 1 CASTLYST & ROAD SYSTEM
2 YEARS STAGE 2 SHOPPING MALL & PARK
OWNERSHIP
PROGRAMS & INTERFACE
VIEW
ROAD SYSTEM
PUBLIC DOMAIN
GROUND FLOOR
3 YEARS STAGE 3 HOUSING & SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT
CATALYST
3 YEARS STAGE 4 HOUSING & UNDERGROUND PARKING
GFA & COST
2 YEARS STAGE 5 UPGRADE EXISITING BUILDING
CATALYST:
Collaboration : Xing XIn, Liu Xiaofeng from University of New South Wales
The catalyst we proposed is a comprehensive building that consists of the parking construction with roof garden and an office tower. Basically the intention of the proposed catalyst is as followings: 1) The completion of the parking building would mitigate the increasing parking demand within the Cape Town CBD, meanwhile, the public area in the top of the parking construction might attract amount of people, which would be the incentive for the further investment. 2) The 15-storeys office tower with the height of 47m is much taller than surrounding buildings and performs as the landmark to the gateway. It is anticipated to provide numerous job opportunities for neighborhoods. 3) The roof-top garden could be the place for surrounding employees to have a break, and it also could be the scenery of surrounding residents.
STRATEGY: The future vision for the triangle site is to develop it as a mixuse residential and commercial neighborhood. It is located
at the intersection of two major roads to CBD, and thus it plays an important role as the gateway of CBD. The site is divided into 5 parcels in consideration of land ownership. In order to improve the isolated current situation, two routes will be introduced to connect District 6 and CBD, one route will be designed for vehicle transportation and another for pedestrian. The vehicle route is already in existence but is without vibrant street frontages. Continuous retail ground floor frontages will be constructed to make a good street. A pedestrian route is also proposed to build as a boulevard. Many street trees are planted in the middle line of the boulevard to provide shade in the hot summer to create a comfortable walking environment. Informal trading is an important part of Cape Town’s economy. In order to encourage informal trading, an informal market will be introduced into the north side of the boulevard, and the south side will be filled with retails and the lobbies of residential buildings, therefore, the boulevard is the interface of both informal and formal trading.
Collaboration : Xing XIn from University of New South Wales
BIRD’S-EYE VIEW
Even though for this site we have already constructed a proposal and foundation of the site, this development plan also is flexible. In order to build active blocks and to create a great environment for live in, the site development need to be under control. The chart here explains the approximate statistics for our development plan. The requirement of the minimum parking number is on the basis of a government document. The construction cost and the selling price of the development are primarily in accordance to an official report and real estate source. Overall, our development provides 862 parking bays in total to the city and might generate approximate 128,500,000 Rand, which equals to around 13,500,000 AUD in return. As a triangle site located at fringe of Cape Town CBD, east of city, what should government do to change the underdeveloped current situation with undefined ownership and make the site be part of the CBD. What we learn from the design studio is to think and consider as urban designer in city of Cape Town, offer catalyst and infrastructures to attract developer to develop the site as the urban vision we expected. We are glad to be in Cape Town and get know that informal trading, different building façade and multi-uses ground floor make the city activity and vibrant.
BUILDING HEIGHT & SUNLIGHT
STREET FRONTAGE
STREET FURNITURE
WEEKEND MARKET
In order to create more active and interesting streets, ground floor of the street curbs will include retail/ institution/ lobby facilities designed by multiple designers and architects to create variety styles street façade. Part of public open space can be used hold an informal market.
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ROOF-TOP GARDEN
STREET SECTION
4 GRAPHIC DESIGN
The design of using a smoke formation in a torch symbol, symbolizes the Masters of Urban development and Design professionals committed to understanding cities, urban development, and cultural heritages of the city. The main logo uses the design of Braille with its urban mechanism (radial city structure/ grid city structure/ terrain structure/ multi-centre structure). The main symbolic element of this piece is to show the future of urban planning and how the torch can bear light on the planning questions of the future. Just like the Braille language, it will helps shed light for those who cannot see.
Graphic and exhibition design have been combined in this particular design. The main body exhibits four cities whilst the footprint acts as the main element. City mechanism footprint constitutes around the MUDD ring, a symbol of globalization whilst the MUDD20 exhibition shows successful projects. Focusing on partition and region, combined with a timetable conveys a theme of the exhibition itself.
GRAPHIC DESIGN
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EME R GI NG ME GA CI T Y Shanghai 上海 Paris
Tokyo
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東京 Radio City Structure Source: Armelle Caron
New Delhi
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New York
Grid City Structure Source: Armelle Caron
Mumbai
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Istanbul
Terrain Structure Ankara
Source: Armelle Caron
D Seoul 서울 Multi-centre Structure
Source: agingmodernism
Cover - Colour
Web - Colour
Catalog Cover - Black & White
Web - Black & White
Email - Colour
Email - Black & White
EXHIBITION TITLE - WHITE
LOGO
MUDD 20: Handbook
HAND BOOK MUDD 20: Handbook
EXHIBITION TITLE - BLACK GLASS WALL STICKER MUDD 20: Handbook
MEDIA WALL
EXHIBITON COVER - BLACK
MUDD 20 Master of Urban Development & Design
EXHIBITON COVER - WHITE
EXHIBITION TITLE
EXHIBITION TITLE
EXHIBITION GUIDE LINE AND LAYOUT EXHIBITION LAYOUT MUDD 20: Exhibition Layout
MUDD 20: Exhibition Layout
2nd Floor
FIRST FLOOR GUIDE LINE
SECOND FLOOR GUIDE LINE
STAIR GUIDE LINE
ALL MUDD 20 STUDENTS IN EXHIBITION (UNSW RED CENTRE)
3D TERRAIN MODEL
In 2014, I collaborated with Dr. Scott Hawken at the University of New South Wales on a research project, "BE-Research: Mega Urban Topographic" utilizing computational modeling techniques and 3D printers to process and visualized typologies across the world.
3D modeling using ARCGIS to extrude terrain from satellite gradient images
Resources that will be used are DEM elevation model maps that can be sourced through various free access organizations, or bought from research organizations. Programs to be used are : MicroDEM, Blender, Photoshop and 3DS max. Multiple other programs such as SketchPRO, ArcGIS, ArcScene, Meshlab, and GoogleEarth were used.
Access the CGIAR-CSI's website for STRM data selection:
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3D-Max accomplish model
MODELING The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data
3D topographic model to be printed via a 3D printer
Khayelitsha CBD 2065
Fuctional Zone
I designed 3 main road in site, named Commercial Street, College Street and Green Street. In Commercial Street, pedestrian pass at the middle of street and children can play in street with limit entrance. College Street is the street connecting Uni and Museum with primary school and stadium at two side. Pedestrian have wide path with small store. Green Street have wetland park at both side and BRT in the middle, use some 3D paining on ground can remind driver slow down and protect students after class. Defensible space was also considered in site to ensure kids be safe at street or public/ private yard. Active frontage to street and limited entrance also create native surveillance. Ensure the “future” – kids, be safe, is ensure the good future of Khayelitsha.
College Street
A Neo-traditional Town Centre Givens: - The water table of Khayelitsha is high - The sand soil covers plenty of land which makes plants hard to grown in these area - High crime rate cause the sense of unsafety - The population has generally low-income and low purchasingpower - The site is planned to be a new CBD - In 50 years, the site at less needs to double the size of its shopping centres - Most building that exist in and around site are informal settlement - There is a large informal economy
Green Street
Scenario: - The design should be a Neo-traditional one in Cape Town - The streets system should be in grid form Land Use
Informal Trading Informal Settlement
Informal Trading
Informal Settlement
Assumptions: - All existing buildings can be demolished - Wetland can comprehensively manage to meet the demand of development - The Town will have its own local government - The existing road system can be demolished - The Town will eventually have populations of diverse income High income 10% Middle income 55% Low income 35% - The BRT should design the site - Informal trading and informal settlement should be kept in site and upgraded - Building type should be different in site especially different class residential area - Informal trading and settlement should be in control, which means land occupancy problem should be deal with
Objectives:
- To Manage not only the wetland system and make it benefit site rather than affect site’s development - To build a different road range - To build public buildings, especially a library and stadium to keep children away from streets after-class - To build different types of residential/ commercial building to meet the different demand of different class - To provide vacuum land for intending informal trading and settlement swarm into site and for new development in the future - To design defensible space
Formal Settlement
Formal Trading
Site Before
After
Commercial Street
My design is looking for neo-traditional way and image different income class live in the site of Khayelitsha which will be new town centre of Khalitsha during 50 years. I refer to the good pattern from Cape Town CBD, and the block scale from informal settlement block around our site. The theme of my design is “keep children away from street”, which means ensure their safety outside, especially when they hang out on street after school.
Yilin Wang (Eline) Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Master of Urban Design Phone: 0450250331 Email: elinewang1991@gmail.com 2576014254@qq.com Behance: www.behance.net/ElineWang