PORTFOLIO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
YUXIN LIU
ABO UT ME
Who am I ? Graduate Landscape architect I am Yuxin and I was born in Yantai, China; a coastal city, which I love natural scenery and coastal landscape design since childhood. I am passionate about urban planning, green infrastructure design, riparian ecosystem, and care about urban fragmentation and future urban expansion issue.
CONTACT lyxivy0713@gmail.com
I believe a good landscape design will balance and co-exist both nature and urban fields to develop a multiplicity of experience for people and wildlife.
Skills Rhino Vary Adobe Photoshop
Education
Additions
2018-2020
- Driver Licence (Learner Licence-current, planning to get probationary driver licence at Mar/2021)
Master of Landscape Architecture The University of Melbourne
Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign AutoCAD Sketchup Adobe Premiere Physical Model Making Markers Sketches Microsoft Office ArcGIS
2016-2018 Bachelor of Environment The University of Melbourne
- Permanent Resident
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STRETCH
URBAN HABITATS FOR OTHERS
FRO STAT
Edgars Creek, Melbourne Individual Work
Footscary, Melbourne Individual Work
Carlton, Individu
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ONT TION
THE JOURNEY OF SECRETS
CITY ON REMNANTS
HAND DRAWINGS
Herring Island, Melbourne Individual Work
Sunbury, Melbourne Group Work
2018-2020 Markers Sketches Oil Paintings
, Melbourne ual Work
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STRETCH
Exploring design methods of mass and void/conceal and reveal through
Edgars Creek, Melbourne
a phenomenological lens to offer a multiplicity of experience at Edgars creek.
Individual Work
MASTER PLAN
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Durability
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Transition from Open to Site Entry
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Wider Trail with Less Surrounded Plants
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Narrow Path Among Medium Dense Plants
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LEGEND
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Designed Pathway
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Existed Pathway
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River
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Trees Shadow/ 3pm.21.June.2019
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Shadow/ 3pm.21.Dec.2019
Narrow Path In Dense Plants 0
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Close Area or Conservation Area with No Path
ENTER TO SITE The picturesque understanding of landscape still informs the way many people perceive landscapes and their values to this day. The use of mass and void/ Conceal and reveal was used extensively by Capiblity brown, Repton and Olmsted to elicit excitement, awe and curiosity for the users of their landscapes. COVID 19 has revealed that despite living in a digital world we are still seeking landscapes of wonder curiosity and excitement. My project explores how this could be achieved using the aforementioned methods to evoke a richer experience for the users of Edgars Creek.
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1. Raised 3m wide Pathway 2. 1.2-1.5m wide Sunken Lane 3. Sunken Stairs 4. Standing Platform 5. Viewing Hill 6. 2-3m wide Gravel Path 7. 3-5m wide Grass Path 8. Deciduous Centre 9. Open Square 10. Stone Steps 11. Creek front Gravel Path 12. Hidden Cliff 13. Steeping Stone 14. Mulch Path 15. Undulant Path 16. 3-4m Height Plants Group
Norfolk St
Factory
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3m Enriched wide Understory Raised Plants Path
Sunken Stairs + Bench
Sunken Path 2m Enriched connect to Gravel wide UnderPath Gravel story Path Plants + Existed Tree
Creek
Bank
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1.2m wide Sunken Lane 3m Enriched Enriched Understory wide Understory Plants + Existed Tree Raised Plants Path
2m wide Gravel Path Enriched Understory Plants + Existed Tree
Grass Path + Bank Retaining Stone
Creek
Bank
CONSTRICTED AREA The spatial experience from constricted to expanded (or another way around) might affect persons’ motor and psychological reactions that measure the potential movement against the surrounding spaces. Someone might feel insecure or private at the sunken lane; powerful or scared on a hilltop; curious or hesitant for the hidden place. The usage of mass and void method controls the site mass quality (soft mass: vegetation & Hard mass: stone, rammed earth wall), observers walk to gain new sensations, seeing the new potential for movement at Edgars Creek.
3m Enriched Standing wide Understory Platform Enriched Factory Raised Plants Understory Path + Existed Plants Tree
Enriched Understory Plants + Existed Tree
Gravel Path
Enriched Understory Plants
Creek Front Gravel Enriched Path Creek Path Understory Plants + Existed Tree
SECTION CC
Creek
Bank Retaining Stone
Factory
Deciduous Centre
Open Square
Stone Steps
Creek Front Path Creek Bank + Dense Plants
SECTION FF
Grass Path
Gravel Path
Open Square
Hidden Cliff
Bank Retaining Stone
Creek
Bank
Factory Mulch and Undulant Path + 3 to 4m height Plants
SECTION GG SECTION DD
Viewing Hill
Standing Platform
Undulant Path + 3 to 4m height Plants
Deciduous Centre
Hidden Cliff
SECTION EE
EXPANDED AREA
Bank Steeping Retain- Stone ing on Stone Creek
Grass Path
Stairs connect Cliff Side
Open Cliff
Creek
Bank
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URBAN HABITATS FOR OTHERS Footscary, Melbourne Individual Work
Re-design Footscray riverside into a harmonious urban area where both human and wildlife could co-exist together. The final design is composed of four main parts; a green corridor, a residential habitat, a river edge habitat and an activities area. The continued corridor links these fragments together, connecting trees, shrubs and small green areas to different zones that are convenient for wildlife to travel through . The additional green space such as the roof garden and community green enhances the habitat options, accommodating more wildlife. River edge habitats create a quiet zone for water birds, water rats and other waterliving species. The events and facilities are built for humans to relax and view the river and enrich their activities. Moreover, allow people to touch .the water and observe the wildlife during their daily life
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MASTER PLAN 1_ URBAN PLAZA
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RESIDENTIAL AREA UPLAND BANK _WOOD LAND
MIDDLE-LAND BANK_DENSE VEG + SHRUBS
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LOWER BANK_AQUATIC PLANTS
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RETAINING STONE LITTLE ISLAND STEEPING STONE
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1. COMMUNITY GREEN 2. GREEN ROOF 3. SIDE GREEN 4. GATHERING GROUND 5. SEMI-CIRCLE BENCH 6. SHRUB ZONE 7. UPLAND BANK 8. MIDDLE LAND BANK 9. LOWER LAND BANK 10. ROCK 11. SMALL ISLAND 12. STONE SEATS
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FRONT STATION Carlton, Melbourne Individual Work
The Front Station is built at the corner of the Sidney Myer Asia Centre building, as it will become the main interface to enter the future New Student Precinct at The University of Melbourne (Parkville Campus). It treats as a new welcome entrance for visitors from the tram or pass by the Swanston street. Front Station inspired by an undulant line that creates a new space for people gathering, seat width change by the curved line that influence people seating position. When New Student Precinct is established, the design ‘Front Station’ will become a new meet point. People could be standing or seating on the site to wait for their friends to gather.
PROJECT
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FRONT STATION
YUXIN LIU 831225
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
DETAIL PLAN
LDD-03
1:30@A3
ORIENTATION
PROJECT
DESIGNER
CLIENT
DRAWING TITLE
DRAWING NO
SCALE
FRONT STATION
YUXIN LIU 831225
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
EAST ELEVATION
LDD-04
1:20@A3
ORIENTATION
PROJECT
DESIGNER
CLIENT
DRAWING TITLE
DRAWING NO
SCALE
FRONT STATION
YUXIN LIU 831225
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
SECTION
LDD-06
1:20@A3
ORIENTATION
PROJECT
DESIGNER
CLIENT
DRAWING TITLE
DRAWING NO
SCALE
FRONT STATION
YUXIN LIU 831225
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
STEEL FRAME SUPPORT SYSTEM
LDD-07
1:5@A3
ORIENTATION
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THE JOURNEY OF SECRETS Herring Island, Melbourne Individual Work
The sculpture park on the southeast corner of Herring Island in South Yarra. The brief was to design a bold space that would attract more visitors to the island. The landscape infrastructure ‘The Journey of Secrets’ used arch door form to engage and invite visitors to explore the ‘secrets’ underground. The arch doors go from 1.8m tall to as high as 7m, the last arch door forming an enclosed room where you could leave your deep secrets buried. People at ground level can sit on the steps as well as stand on the glass surface to explore other secrets beneath.
MASTER PLAN SITE ANALYSIS A
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MODEL
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CITY ON REMNANTS
Sunbary, Melbourne Group Work ( Role: GIS analysis, Green Block, 20mins
HABITAT AND CONSERVATION ZONE
TOPOGRAPHY MAP
STREAM ORDER
Common Womba Growling Grass Frog Hardhead Koala Little Lorikeet Peron´s Tree Frog Pied Cormorant Platypus Pregrine Falcon Red capped Robin Scarlet Robin Short beaked Echidna Spiny cheeked Honeyeater Tussock Skink Little Eagle Wedge tailed Eagle White winged Triller Yellow bellied Sheathtail Fauna Survey Boundary Conservation Zone
119-161 161-204 204-246 246-289 289-331 331-373 373-416 416-458 458-501 Sunbury Boundary
Water Area 30m buffer Future Growth Area Stream Order Sunbury Boundary
Aspect 30m buffer 100m buffer 1st order 2rd order 3nd order
Maximum Habitat Range Sunbury Boundary
INFRASTRUCTURE
REMNANTS STATUS
A G R I C U LT U R E CONSTRAINTS
neighborhood etc) To think about the relationship between 'development' and 'protection', there are many conflicts between UGA development and urban fauna habitat conservation in the urban planning process. The UGA normally consists
CONSTRAINTS ASPECT MAP
-1--67.5° & 292.5--360° 67.5--292.5°
EXISTING URBAN STATUS
Water Area Future Growth Area Stream Order Sunbury Boundary
Bus Stop 10km Buffer Train Line Nature Reserve Parks and Gardens Reserved Land Industrial Sunbury Boundary
Urban Area Commercial Area Business Area Public Service Factory & Landfill Energy Station Agriculture Land Significant Remnant
of unoccupied lands, vegetation remnants, and existing local landscape, which are the important potential habitat and stepping stones for the local fauna. However, vastly
GREEN SPACE EXISTING ROUTE
CONSTRAINTS SLOPE MAP
UGA development will cause the result in reduced habitat connectivity and within the urban landscape, and it will finally affect the viability of urban fauna populations. The current mosaic of natural landscapes existing on
Future Growth Area Sunbury Boundary Train Station Bus Stop Train Route Bus Route Existing Road Bike & Pedestian Route Main Road Coach Route
Water Area Future Growth Area Stream Order Sunbury Boundary Slope Gradient In Degree 0-2 2-5 5-8 8-12 >12 Existing Habitat Riparian Area Conservation Zone Vegetation Remnants
Sunbury are not just scattered fragments, contrarily, these scattered ecological remnants are linked to each other
WATERSHED
and could be seen as the potential urban green net that incredibly contributes to urban ecology and environmental multiplicity. Compared with the totality of traditional urban sprawl, these remnants represent the concept of the archipelago, having the potential to form an archipelagic condition against the urban totality.
Stream Order Sunbury Boundary Pour Point Pour Boundary
CONSTRAINTS TREE DENSITY
Water Area Future Growth Area Stream Order Sunbury Boundary Medium & Dense Tree
LIVING SPACE Future Growth Area Sunbury Boundary Water Area Stream Order Flooding Zone Aboriginal Site _Earth Ring Constraint Area
Based on the conservation zone and existing vegetation remnants on Sunbury UGA,
MODULES HABITAT CORRIDOR
CONNECTING CORRIDOR
RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR
CONSERVATION CORRIDOR
the design has divided the site into four 20 minutes walking towns. With compact infrastructure and services, abundant parks, reserves, and neighborhood open spaces, residents can easily get to the open spaces with different scales and landscapes,
Green Corridor Module Pakage
from community space to regional parks, from artificial parks to natural landscapes.
River Club-sedge & Common Tussockgrass Stream Bank Shrubland Urban Woodland Remnant
Moreover, Sunbury UGA will act as an ecological hub that contributes to the future
Creekline Grassy Woodland
urban ecology, provide refuge and corridors for a number of local critically endangered
Woodland Linar park R i ve r C l u b - s e d g e & Co m m o n Tu s s o c k - g r a s s S t r e a m B a n k Woodland Boulevard
Stream Bank Shrubland
Woodland Garden
species. Future residents will share our urban spaces along with non-human organisms,
Creekline Grassy Woodland Trail
living together in the urban area, to attempt the possibilities of diversity. Grassland Linar park
CONCEPTUAL PLAN
Eucalypt-dominated woodland
Species Propotion for Each Vegetation Communities
PENETRATION BLOCK
Town Centre Remnants Conservation Zone
INFRASTRUCTURE BLOCK
NEIGHBORHOOD OPENSPACE BLOCK
CONNECTING BLOCK
Green Block Module Pakage
Town Regions UGA Boundary Proposed Habitat Zone Exisiting
Habitat Zone
Town Regions Connectivity Ecology Connectivity
MEDIUM & HIGH DENSITY HOUSING MANOR HOUSE
UGA-CBD Connectivity
DETACHED DUAL OCCUPANCY
TERRACE HOUSES
APARTMENT
MASTERPLAN
SPECULATION
SPATIAL DECONSTRUCTION
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HAND DRAWINGS
MARKS SKETCHES
2018-2020
OIL PAINTINGS
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Thanks CONTACT lyxivy0713@gmail.com