Portfolio for UCL Landscape Architecture--Yumeng Peng

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YUMENG PENG

BEng in Landscape Architecture in Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Programme: MLA Landscape Architecture, University College London

Application number: 23146321

E-mail: yumengpeng2001@outlook.com

Tel: +86 18195890829

(Works from 2020 to 2022)

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Yumeng Peng

Tel: +86 18195890829

Email: yumengpeng2001@outlook.com

Education Background Research ＆ Practical Project

Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China

Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Architecture ·

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09/2019-Now

Average Score: 85.94 / 100

GPA: 3.61/5.0

Rank: 7/115

SWU Merit Student (Top 6%)

Second Class Scholarship of SWU (Top 7%)

Competitions

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2021 1st Donehome Future City Space Creative Competition (FCA)

The second prize (Top 3%)

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12/2021

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Use Evaluation and Update Design Strategy of Public Space in Ancient Towns in Chongqing, China

(SWU Excellent College Students' Innov. & Entrepreneurship Project)

Specialized Renovation Plan and Architecture Style Renovation in Dujiangyan and Qingcheng Mountain Area

Extra Experience Skills ＆ Hobbies

Volunteer Service for Chongqing Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition

Volunteer Service for Southwest University Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition

The 7th "Garden" Cup Plant Landscape Design Competition (Team leader)

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The 29th Guangzhou Garden Expo "Dream Seeking on Flower Bay" Flower Border Design Competition (Team leader)

12/2021 10/2021

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To prevent koalas from becoming extinct in huge mountain fire

BROWNFIELD GOVERNANCE AND MARINE ECONOMY

Sub-regional Governance and Development

INTERVENTION IN FLOOD DISASTER

Resilient terrain modification for flood protection

REJUVENATE THE CITY HUB

Transformation of the central green space of the financial core function area.

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Computer Skills: Microsoft, Photoshop, In Design, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Sketch-Up, Arcgis, QGIS, Global Mapper etc.

Hobbies: Violin (A certification of level 7), Guitar (A certification of level 7), Swimming, Riding, Photography, Drawing, Model Crafting.

Human Values ＆ Emotions

OTHER PERSONAL PIECES

-Handmade model

-Ancient building mapping

-Photography works

RESCUE KOALAS!

To prevent koalas from becoming extinct in huge mountain fire

Urban ＆ Landscape Architecture Design

Academic, Group work, Partner: Xinyue Zhang

MY WORK: Team leader (Except: Mapping-3 page, Section-4page)

SITE: Campbell Town, Sydney, Australia

AREA: 140 ha

INSTRUCTOR: Lei Liu

DATE: 4/2022-6/2022

Two months of fires in Australia have destroyed 80% of the koala's natural habitat, killing at least a thousand koalas, and with the combination of declining habitat, the difficulty of restoring burned forests, and the threat of climate change and disease, Australia's koala population has declined significantly and is facing functional extinction. Once a koala population falls below a certain threshold, it will not be able to reproduce, leading to extinction. Save the koalas from mountain fires!

"SAVE KOALA" LOCATION: CAMPBELL TOWN, AUSTRALIA

PROBLEM DISCOVERY

The New South Wales Government listed koalas as "rare and vulnerable for the first time in 1992, and reaffirmed this status as "vulnerable in 1995

and habitat reduction due to human activities

In 1930, the atrocity of openly hunting koalas forced the government to declare that koalas became protected animals in all States.

Many koalas lost their habitat and food and died under bulldozers due to improper deforestation and land preparation by local people.

Drought and high temperature have led to the lack of food and drinking water for koalas. Continuous large bushfires have sharply reduced the number of koalas Koalas are facing survival crisis. Through analysis, koalas in Australia may be completely extinct from the earth around

the 1850s, the emergence of the gold rush accelerated the all-round development of Australia and greatly promoted the economic development of Australia. Similarly, the development of modern industry and mining destroyed many habitats of koala

sleep 17 hours every day. like to stay in the tree all the time.

THE CURRENT SITE IS PRONE TO CONTINUOUS FOREST FIRES

Increase the park warning system to prevent large forest fires. Call on more citizens to join voluntary activities to rescue injured koalas, avoid open flames and improve the ecological environment.

Scientists need to store the existing good genes of koalas. If koalas are completely extinct, they can be re engraved.

Increase fire stations, improve fire control level, and increase forest firefighters.

The crown shall be at least 2 meters apart.

The branch shall be at least 2 meters above the ground to increase the distance between the ground fuel and the tree crown.

Enrich vegetation types, and introduce nonflammable tree species such as acacia and Melaleuca, which are food sources.

Change the terrain, develop new water sources and drain the original water sources.

Fire prevention ditches are set between patches, which can quickly block the spread of fire.

Sunken shelter.It can stop the spread of fire and provide temporary shelter.

HOW STRATEGIES WERE APPLIED

Raised shelter.It can provide place for koalas and other wild animals in case of distress.

Create a concave terrain to distinguish between sheltered places and flammable areas.

1. River water source

2. Fire ditch

3. Shelter escape device

5. Eucalyptus ＆ Acacia

6. Shrubs ＆ Flowers

4. Fireproof plaque

LANDFORM MODEL : CNC model showing renovated koala living grounds

This glue model uses CNC printing to get the designed scheme , and to simulate the general state of this strategy .

robusta Smith Acacia farnesiana (Linn.) Willd. Syzygium Gaertn Quercus palustris Münchh. Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. Photinia serratifolia (Desfontaines) Kalkman

SURVIVE IN THE EMERGENCY ：

Animals are able to escape in time to control hill fires when a local fire has to occur.

Smoke ＆ Fire Detectors

In the event of a localised fire, the monitor is able to sense the fire and extinguish it appropriately, providing information to firefighters.

Bushfire Shelter

Temporary shelter for escaped animals

Fire ditch

The use of firebreaks creates a barrier against fire. At the same time, water is introduced alongside the fire ditch to maintain a sufficient supply of food and water.

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BROWNFIELD GOVERNANCE AND MARINE ECONOMY

Sub-regional Governance and Development

Urban ＆ Landscape Architecture Design

Academic, Group Work Partner: Xiaoqian ZOU(22fall)

SITE: Guangzhou, China

AREA: 3100 ha

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR: Jianhua Zhou

DATE: 11/2020-1/2021

This is the site chosen by my sister, who was on the camp trip with me, in the city where her school is located.Longxu Island, the largest island in Guangzhou's Nansha District, is a key area for the development of Guangzhou Port. With the sea on all sides, the shipping and transportation industry is growing rapidly.

However, due to the huge industrial pollution left behind by the industrial development, the land is degraded and the environmental problems are serious. How can we balance the development of agriculture and industry to create an ecological and economic island environment?

Master plan Layering

The area of the island has been expanded along the coastline, and part of it has been converted into a retention pond. The ecological buffer zone runs through the entire island and rearranges the agricultural system and industrial system to form a new type of high-yield agriculture and clean industry.

Detailed plan

The process of ecological restoration

Economic crops

Restorative plant

Degree of Oil pollution

Degree of Heavy Metal pollution

Degree of Landscape effect

Plants physically trap particulates on leaf surfaces Particulate pollution carried in air

Phytovolatilization

Phytometabolism

Phytodegradation

Phytoextraction

Plant extracts inorganic contaminants. Plants harvested to remove contaminants from the site.

The purified and filtered irrigation system provides water for farmland

Inorganics trapped in planted media and organics may be degraded

Root depth reaches target contaminants.Plants remove nutrients, degrade organics and trap other non-degradable contaminants in root system. nts

Bacteria can be added to soils to speed up degradation

Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria (SRB)

Aerobic Bio-Degradation Bacterial (BDB)

Industrial pollution remediation

Phragmites australis

Shellfish

Oysters

Brassica oleracea Musa basjoo Siebold

Lactuca sativa Glycine max

Litchi chinensis Sonn Photinia × fraseri Dress Ligustrum × vicaryi Rehder Melaleuca leucadendron Brassica napus Pennisetum alopecuroides

Salix babylonica Brassica napus Cynodon dactylon

Dimocarpus longan Lour.

Nandina domestica

Oryza sativa

Rhus Typhina Bauhinia purpurea

Sedum alfredii Hance Delonix regia

Agapanthus africanus Juncus effusus

Kelp Seaweed

Paulownia fortunei Agapanthus africanus

Flooding Background

70% of the country's cities have heavy rainfall.

river level is above warning line.

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INTERVENTION IN FLOOD DISASTER

To prevent koalas from becoming extinct in huge mountain fire

Landscape Architecture Design

Individual Work SITE: Zhengzhou, China

AREA: 86.4ha

INSTRUCTOR: Lei Liu

DATE: 9/2021-11/2022

China is a country where floods occur frequently. Beginning with Dayu's treatment of water, a history of Chinese civilisation is essentially a history of constant struggle against floods. The sediment of the Loess Plateau, long ago the truth that the Yellow River is an above-ground hanging river, was unable to withstand floods, making its neighbouring Jalu River basin bear most of the responsibility for draining floodwaters in the event of a flood unable to do so in time, causing heavy losses of property and lives to the people along its route.

SITE

Main residents LEGEND

Main farmland

Flood discharge direction

Prohibition of flood discharge

Seasoned Falling

Yellow River - Ground River

Low lying areas are easy to collect water.

The Yellow River constantly pressurizes groundwater, which is prone to flooding

Cities (Zhengzhou)

around Yellow River Plain

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lower reaches of the Yellow River. Submerged 2027 square kilometers of cultivated land.740800 people were affected.

More than 60 reservoirs in Zhengzhou suffered damcollapses due to extreme rainstorm, with nearly 6 billion cubic meters of flood flowing across.

The traffic was interrupted for 60 days, 10,150,000 people were affected, and the direct economic loss was nearly 10,000,000 yuan

Rainstormto heavy rain in Zhengzhou. Except for three high beaches in the lower reaches, all the others were flooded.

And 932700 people were affected.

There have been flood peaks in the Weihe River basin, causing levees of the main and tributaries of the Weihe River to burst, and 562500 people were affected

The Luohe River in Zhengzhou has become popular for sand digging. The affected population reached 177000 causing economic losses of 1.41 billion yuan. 80%of the infrastructure in Lushi County was damaged by the flood.

The Luohe River in Zhengzhou has become popular for sand digging. The affected population reached 177000 causing economic losses of 1.41 billion yuan. 80%of the infrastructure in Lushi County was damaged by the flood.

"Next to the Yellow River, How to reduce flood disasters in Jialu river"

Zhengzhou is located in the Yellow River floodplain, and it is easy to accumulate rainwater due to heavy rainfall in rainy season.

As the special geographical structure of the Yellow River is an overland river the Yellow River cannot discharge flood but increases flood risk, which brings multiple flood disasters to surrounding cities.

Disaster situation

Zhengzhou City is located in the Jialu River system of the Huaihe River Basin, where concentrated precipitation and poor flood control facilities also lead to frequent flood disasters, and floods in Zhengzhou urban area are manifested as the top support or even irrigation of the high water level of the river. The main stream of the Jialu River also passes close to the northern part of the city, posing a great threat to urban flood control.

Simulate when it rains

JiaLu River, Huiji District

This section of the Jialu River has many breaches due to heavy rains, causing serious harm to people's lives and properties along the river line.

Deepest: 6m

Total length of the river: 137km (within Zhengzhou)

Selected river section: 2.8 km

River Channels and Current Flood area River berm

How serious the problems are?

local standards are different, and the river section overflows.

Rectilinear channel +

The water speed of the river is accelerating

Usual capacity 12-20 m³/ s Flow during flood 292 m / s

River course changes Riverbed Diversification Varying the riverbed Tolerating Space expansion

Conversion

Creating meanders

Construction

Dig deep into the river

Not submerged level Submerged level

Multiple channels

Channel vicissitude Urban flooding

The deep of the river: 4m (Not deep enough)

The riverbank embankment is made of sandy soil to cause water infiltration.

The flood carrying capacity is weak and it is prone to flood disasters and waterlogging in urban areas.

1. Upstreamslope： cutting to slow down the side slopes

Dig deep into the floodplain

2. Downstreamslope： filling to increase pressure

Formation of mounds of excavated earth

Elastic buffer Use excavation to fill

Artificial reinforcement

Reinforced McMattress Slope Protection

Set up equipment that can withstand high water.

Convex Shore rocky beach

Convex shore increases the area of activity

Retention basins

Provide storage space for rainwater during storms

1. 2.

1. Durability

2.Economy

3.Easy construction

4.Good anti-scouring performance

Formation of mounds of excavated earth min: 240m

Biological levees

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Ground cover：

Ecological wetlands

Cleaning： Stain resistant：

Amorpha fruticosa Linn.

Waterfront Activities Water activitiess

dactylon (L.) Pers. Tree species ：

Antirrhinummajus L.

Vallisneria natans (Lour.) Hara

The facility cannot block the flow of flood water.

Waterfront Trail

This facility can withstand flooding of sorts, and can increase human friendliness at low water levels

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Strategies The design of the river space cannot be transformed by a single design method, and the design method in the process of joint use is required.

Morphological Deduction

Dry season Water level decreasing Flooding season

Elemental Segmentation

Initial formation Main drainage

General sketch

River retention areas Rarely flooded areas

Take precautions as the water level rises

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′ Jan. Dec. Jan. Dec. Jan. Dec. Detention Lateral slow flow Jalu River Mainstream Diversion Island 14

Interaction With Water

It can be properly transported by boat when it is smooth, and you need to be prepared for flooding and flood fighting in the months when the flood season. comes 1 2 3

Occasional rainfall can be collected by retention ponds for irrigation and daily water use

Landscape Architecture Design

Individual Work

SITE: Lujiazui, Shanghai, China

AREA: 10ha

INSTRUCTOR: Hongwei Xiao

DATE: 4/2021-5/2021

The Shanghai Lujiazui CBD is located on the banks of the Huangpu River in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, and is the first national financial development zone in China. However, the lack of underground space, the overall lack of connectivity to the outside world and the single function of the Lujiazui CBD make it impossible to meet and facilitate the use of the crowd, resulting in a reduction of various types of human activities in the area.021

Can be turned into an event venue when there is no water

The detention pond without water can provide a venue for skateboarding or other sports, and people have a wide choice of activities on sunny days. Water increasing season Dry season Flooding Season

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Flooding of green areas can be resiliently absorbed and daily life is less affected

04 REJUVENATE THE CITY HUB

Transformation of the central green space of the financial core function area.

China-ShangHai-Hongkou District-LuJiaZui

Central City Hub Circulation Ways

Existing Problems Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

—Site Edges—

·The park is relatively closed

·Poor accessibility

·Lack of park signage

—Road Inefficient—

·The streamlines are chaotic.

·The roads are sparse.

·The streamlines are inefficient.

—Human's High demand—

·Improper use of water space

·Lack of entertainment

·Not interesting enough, not engaging

New look for the urban green park

1.Greenland Plaza 2.Entrance staircase 3.Treehenge Square 4.Buffer ladder 5.Commercial buildings 6.Commercial buildings

Event Scene Program

SenmaoInternationalbuilding

Perspective

Perspective 1

Adequate semi-private space to provide shade and rest

Perspective 2

Open space with a wide range of sight lines makes the mind happy and terrain changes add to the enjoyment of the site

Landform prototype model

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A more friendly, congregated entrance side

A more inclusive entrance space serving a wide range of people

Folded slope to accommodate a variety of recreational activities

Guided by a gentle slope into the site

Using

resin materials (SLA) to demonstrate the variation in elevation of the design square and the structure within the site.

Gentle curves give space to the grass for sitting and movement.

Bridging canopies to create semi-private spaces

PERSONAL PIECES

Handmade model 1 —— Chinese Classical Garden Design

Surveying and mapping of Chongqing ancient building

Handmade model 2 —— Bird Conservation Park Design

Photography Works