Zhe Cheng-Portfolio by Zhe Cheng

ZHE CHENG Landscape Architecture Portfolio

CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION 09/2015-

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Department of Landscape Architecture

05/2017

Master of Landscape Architecture Total GPA: 3.67/4.00

09/2011-

BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY, College of Landscape Architecture, Major of Landscape Gardening

06/2015

Bachelor of Agriculture Total GPA: 3.49/4.00

Zhe Cheng 37 Old South Rd., Apt 8, Nantucket, MA, 02554 czhe9625@gmail.com (217)-200-6137

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 09/2017-

JARDINS INTERNATIONAL; Nantucket

Present

Landscape Designer Prepare schematic plans, master plans, 3-D modeling, elevation drawings, illustrative renderings, construction specifications, details for site amenities, grading, planting layout and schedules, masonry details, and lighting layouts and specifications, as well as cross sections of detailed structures integral to the landscapes.

Meet with clients and architects to discuss projects finalization. Comprehend policies, procedures and strategies for local building codes and methodology. Prepare applications to various state and local boards (such as local

Historic District Commission and State Conservative Commission) for landscape installations.

05/2016-

INTERN OF ATKINS CONSULTANTS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH; Shanghai

07/2016

Internship; Participated in the project of Hanzheng Street Central Service Green-axis Design Program. Work in the team. Focus on the plan design for the north part. Design, drawing, and rendering of the conceptual landscape visions, ecological water recycling system. Illustrate of site transportation system.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 11/2015

Volunteer of ASLA 2015 Annual Meeting & Expo (Chicago)

05/2013-

Volunteer of the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Exposition

11/2013

Guiding visitors and explain exhibition within the Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture

10/2011-

Vice Minister of Propaganda Department of the Student Union

06/2013

Design, drawing, and rendering the poster, booklet, invitation, related souvenir for activities of the college.

HONORS AND AWARDS 09/2012

Outstanding Volunteer in School of Landscape Architecture

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOFTWARE: Mastery of Photoshop, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch Up. Good at Rhinoceros. Familiar with Grasshopper, Premier, ArcGIS, Lumion. Skills: Photography, Calligraphy, Traditional Chinese Painting Hobbies: Guzheng, Electronic keyboard

CONTENT GRADUATE SCHOOL WORKS 01. BACK TO WILDLIFE

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015-2017

Location: Will County, IL, USA Project type: Operational Landscape in New Urbanism Time: 2016, Fall - Studio Project in 2nd Year of MLA. Instructor: Conor O'shea Type: Group work

02. CENTRAL VALLEY REACH

Location: Fountain County, IN, USA Project type: Geography-Humanity Research Time: 2016, Spring - Workshop Project in 1st Year of MLA. Instructor: Stephen Sears Type: Group & Personal work

03. FIGURING FUTURE NATURE Project type: Future Nature Diorama Designing & Hand Making Time: 2017, Spring - Workshop Project in 2nd Year of MLA. Instructor: David L. Hays Type: Individual work

INTERNSHIP WORKS

Atkins Consultants (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (ACSC), Shanghai Branch, 2016

04. HANZHENG STREET CENTRAL SERVICE GREEN-AXIS DESIGN Location: Hanzheng street, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China Project type: Urban Green Corridor Design Time: 2016, Summer - Project of Internship Company: Atkins Consultants (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (ACSC), Shanghai Branch Type: Group work

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL WORK

Beijing Forestry University, 2011-2015

05. TANGGU COMMERCIAL AREA DESIGN Location: Tanggu district, Tianjin City, China Project type: Commercial Building attached Green-space Design Time: 2014, Fall - Design Studio Project in Senior Year of BLA. Instructor: Jianning Zhu, Wei Liu Type: Individual work

OTHER WORKS 06. PLANTING DESIGNS OF COASTAL WETLAND FLOOD ZONES & DESERT AREA 07. WATERCOLOR, PEN-DRAWING, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRADITIONAL CHINESE PAINTING, CNC MILLING FOAM, & ANIMATION Type: Individual work

BACK TO WILDLIFE Will County, IL, USA Group Work by

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Zhe Cheng, Xiaoqian He, Nankun Xu

Conor O'shea Sep. 2016-Dec. 2016

INSTRUCTOR TIME

BIODIVERSITY DISTRIBUTION CONDITIONS IN U.S.A.

National Biodiversity Condition in U.S.A.

Influence Factors of Biodiversity

In recent decades, biodiversity richness keeps decreasing and about 140,000 species are lost each year. There are 5 main causes of this phenomenon: human population growth; habitat destruction; pollution; agriculture practices; global warming.

Diagram of the Biodiversity Influence Factors

Eco-system diversity Idea by the whole 3 in group National Biodiversity Map credits to Nankun Xu

Species diversity Human population growth Habitat destruction

BIODIVERSITY (Decline)

Pollution

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Legend Lakes & Main rivers

Agriculture practices

Nature Preserves Area with high farmland percentage (>50)

Global warming

Area with high risk of water contamination Area with high rate of temperature change Number of species

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Biodiversity changes in IL. State

Numbers of protected areas Prairie area before 1800s Forest & wildland area before 1800s Forested area recently Recently developed area Rivers & creeks Illinois & Michigan Canal Watershed Railroads

Will County, IL. Urban area Preserved green spaces

As the map demonstrates, most of the former forest, prairie, &wetland areas have been inverted into developed urban areas and crop lands within the last two centuries. Human interaction with the land, like infrastructure construction (canal, railroads, &highways), lead to changes in land-cover and the decline of ecosystem diversities. 04

TIMELINE OF BIODIVERSITY IN IL.

Idea by the whole 3 in group Timeline drawing credits to Xiaoqian He

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Time is an important measurement. By looking over the last two hundred years, we can figure out the relationship between biodiversity changes and human behaviors.

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APP/ SMARTPHONE GAME

The big concept is to lead bison "Back to Wildlife." Three different phases will be proposed to achieve the goal: patch, corridor, and mosaic. First, reintroduced bison will be put into separated small fences; later, corridors between these patches will be built to combine and enlarge the bisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s habitats. After that, the combination of bisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s habitats can form a new kind of mosaic and shift the normal landscape relationship between nature and urban. A situation of intertwined urban and natural habitats can finally be achieved, and bison can live freely on the land.

CONCEPTUAL BIRD'S EYE_Connected Bison's Habitat

Idea by the whole 3 in group Regional Map credits to Nankun Xu, final rendering by Zhe Cheng

Railroads Railroads

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Idea by the whole 3 in group Timeline credits to Xiaoqian He

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Future Idea by the whole 3 in group Modeling strategy base models credit to Zhe Cheng, rendering credit to Nankun Xu

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02 CENTRAL VALLEY REACH Fountain County, IN, USA Group & Personal Work by Zhe Cheng, Kristy Raasch

Stephen Sears Feb. 2016-May. 2016

SURVEY

PROJECT NAME LOCATION TYPE

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GIS Data credits to Kristy Raasch, randering credits to Kristy Raasch, Zhe Cheng

The Geography-Humanity Research is focusing on central valley reach of the Midwest along the Wabash River. The site of this project is Fountain County in the State of Indiana. The changes of lifestyle and transportation methods are the main points.

INDEX The patterns and practices here reflect the story of the founding of Fountain County. After the 1818 Treaty of St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the Miami Native Americans were forced to leave the region and early settlers began to thrive. The settlers felled the trees, grew grain on farms, and built mills to cut logs and process grain into bread. The construction of the canal and railroads, combined with the shift from canoes and rafts, to horse-ferry and mule-driver boats, and later trains are evidence that the early inhabitants were constantly improving their infrastructure and expanding their enterprises.

TIMELINE

The early settlers of Fountain County, IN, USA settled in the region around Coal Creek. Along the creek, they built mills, utilizing the water power to operate them. They cut down trees, milled the logs and made them into timber to build their cabins. They cleared the land surrounding their homes to make patches in the forest for farming. Therefore, the resulting trend throughout the 19th Century was that of abundant deforestation (from 87.1% to about 7.2%) corresponding to a rise in agriculture. Surplus production and the discovery of natural resources, like coal and gas, enabled residents to expand their trade markets. The Wabash and Eric Canal, which reached Fountain County in 1846, gave the county the opportunity to be connected with other cities in a more controlled and efficient way. After the first railroad, the Toledo, Wabash & Western, reached Attica in 1856, a new era of transportation began. The emergence of railways, gave way to higher efficiency and fewer limitations allowing Fountain County to grow rapidly, especially from the 1870s to the 1880s. At this time the location of settlements began to follow the trail of railroads.

NARRATIVE

INFRASTRUCTURE Attica is the largest city in Fountain County which is located beside the Wabash River. The Wabash and Erie Canal went through the first settlement in the middle of 19th Century. Later then, railroad prevailed in Attica and replaced the position of the canal in transportation respect. The way of traveling changed all the time in the history of Attica city. At first, settlers navigated the river by raft boats, horse-ferry boats, or steamboats on the Wabash River. The canal that was built contained navigable water that was more consistent and predictable than the uncontrolled and changeable river. But after the railroad reached Attica, the slower speed of the canal made the trains undertake most of the grains and goods transportation work and the railroad system quickly prevailed in this land. There once happened a railroad accident due to the too-heavy freight within one train. Railroads took dominance over the canal. As a result, the scene of the busy canal never existed, and less and less people use the mules-driver boats for trading. The former canal ditch is still there, but the former people and mules cannot be seen anymore. The scene of wild trees and brush in the place of the abandoned waterway. As the transportation changed, the values and usefulness of different infrastructures changed as a result. People first dug the canal from a wildness land to form infrastructure. But after it was abandoned, the ditch reverted to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;natural conditionâ&#x20AC;?. 15

BOOM AND BUST Stringtown is an abandoned mining settlement. It appeared, springing up like a mushroom in the 1880s near Snoddy’s Mill. It collected a number of cheap houses for the miners of the mining companies. At its peak, there were 600 employees in that coal mine and most of them were foreigners. The coal industry made the local economy and life quality to boom. However, this scene didn’t last for a long time. The mine closed because the resources ran out, factories and workers left, leaving the abandoned trails and the excavated land behind. Gradually, the post-mine land became covered by wild vegetation and ponds of water. We can hardly see the former scene of the coal mining except the tell-tale changes of the terrain. The town named Stringtown disappeared. Later, farmers drained the wildness land, grew grains and built several houses there. They repurposed the place as farmland and the scene of coal mines was erased. The only remaining evidence in the landscape of the boom and bust town is the “Stringtown Church of God”.

NARRATIVE

FOUNDING When early settlers came to the location of Covington, they dwelled in the forest near the Wabash River. They logged, farmed and gradually thrived in this land. Later, some politicians proposed to establish this place as the county seat. This idea attracted early residents to set about the task in its realization. They carried-out surveys, helped the local government to plan the city by running roads along the Wabash River up and down, setting each crossed streets in a right angle and designing all of the streets to the same width. When the news that Covington was planned as the county seat spread, lots of immigrants were drawn to the city. The courthouse, post office, more stores, hotels, and schools were built gradually. Later, they erected telegraph poles in the city as a process for the electrification progress. As Covington experienced a rapid change in lifestyle from farming to industry, residents witnessed the evolution of building styles and transportation.

FUTURE

Master Guard Company was a normal automobile body manufacturing company among those manufacture industries in Fountain County. But it had a talent engineer, Joel Bruce, who was known for fantastic ideas. One day, he wondered whether they could combine the stabilizer mechanisms of cars and aircrafts, and make the car flying.

Joel asked for a month long vacation, shut himself up in a room reforming the vehicle stabilizer system. He came back with an exciting outcome, and a design of the flying cars. This new stabilizer enhanced the stability of the car while flying. Joel published an article about the idea of such stabilizer and the general plan of the flying car, which he called as F-X.

This news inspired the whole company, and managers regarded it as a developing opportunity for company. They established a special workshop for the investigation of the F-X, and they set the company in Veedersburg as the experimental base.

Joel and many experts worked on the design of F-X. Finally, on May 8th, 2031, that was a warm and sunny day, Sally Raiche drove the first F-X to the sky successfully after hundreds of tests for three years.

F-Xs were easy to control, and people who have had a driving license can easily got a new one for driving F-X after ten hours’ study.

A prevalence of F-Xs sweep across the land of the United States. They brought people many conveniences, like time-saving and short distance traveling.

The production of F-Xs brought a giant economic boom for Veedersburg and even the whole Fountain County. Joel became the hero of the region. Many journalists and writers wanted to wrote articles and autobiography about him.

The spread of F-Xs lead the growth of cities randomly as ever before. Travelers no longer had to follow the road, and settlement spread randomly like a circle growing from their centers.

The flying cars’ numbers grew rapidly. However, government can’t catch the speed and failed to the establishing of a better vertical transportation system. More and more flying-car accidents happened. F-Xs often interfered with other flying devices in the air.

The autonomous farming equips, Amazon delivering drones, fuel consumption in the long distance traveling, and a sudden change of weather are all the potential dangers of crashes.

More and more people realize the harms to society caused by F-Xs. The stock price of Master Guard plummeted. Labors go on strike and denounce the company.

After all of these series of unfortunate accidents, the fanaticism of F-Xs gone. The company finally went bankrupt in 2042. The name “Bruce” became a synonym of folly in Fountain County.

03 FIGURING FUTURE NATURE Individual Work David L. Hays Feb. 2017-Apr. 2017

PROJECT NAME TYPE INSTRUCTOR TIME

At the bottom of the Andelayas Ocean, a rich ecosystem of flora and fauna flourishes in the vital water. Thirty million years before, a mutant neural virus precipitated massive environmental collapse. Feeding on the central nervous systems of host organisms, it translated encoded memories into its own DNA. Encephalic species worldwide were eventually decimated, triggering the collapse of plant systems dependent on them (e.g., ants for soil aeration). Then the virus became dormant. However, evolution persisted, and life reemerged from the new conditions. Organisms multiplied through prokaryotic, monadic, and eukaryotic stages, eventually flourishing in a sort of new Cambrian period. As more oxygen filled the atmosphere due to photosynthesis, the virus revived, decoding DNA and thereby manifesting in living forms the memories of past beings.

'PARTY KING' SPIDER CAVE

The ‘Party king’ Spider shares a close relation with Lycosa singoriensis. They live in the dark almost all the time, so their skin changed into a hyaline structure with bioluminescence. Their body contains a kind of luciferin and luciferase and several biochromes which enable them to weave colorful and fluorescent webs. These glowing webs would be charming traps to other inserts in the dark night. Usually, spiders will also ornament their webs with some fireflies as lights. They are dancing with melodic beats of trapped insects on the colorful, glowing web, and enjoy themselves in the “party”.

'BUBBLE HABITAT' After the deer lost the land, a “bubble” has become its habitat. A fantastic adventure begins…

04 HANZHENG STREET CENTRAL SERVICE GREEN-AXIS DESIGN Hanzheng street, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China Intern Group Work by Yijun Ge, Zhe Cheng, Jingzhe Chen

Atkins, Shanghai (ACSC) Jun. 2016-Jul. 2016

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LOCATION TYPE

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DESIGN VISIONS

CONTEXT

Zoning Analysis

The site is located at Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Hanzheng Street is the famous historical and cultural district of Wuhan City in the Republic of China. This area retains the style of that old time, and it was once an important commercial and cultural center of Wuhan City.

Henglong Sunken Plaza Node

The site is located under the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Hanjiang River, in the geometric center. The surrounding is full of well-developed business districts. However, due to the site being on the edge of different administrative divisions, the awkward political territory has led to a vague state of site. How to break the boundaries of isolation and enhance the connection with the surrounding area is an important issue of improving the local economy. In fact, the site is near the subway line No.1 & No.2, and in the future, the city has planned to have No.6 & No.13 lines across the field. Coupled with the rapid river-crossing tunnel, which will eventually be built, the site has a great advantage in terms of public transportation. At the same time, the site is in the interwoven zone of different cultural characteristics. Reasonable cultural fusion and prominent venues around the Republic of China, coupled with Chinese trade and settlement and other historical and cultural characteristics, will infuse new blood into this area and bring a rare opportunity.

Zhongshan Road Node High-tech Creative Garden Node

666 Sinken Plaza Node

Liutong Lane Park Node

Sighting Analysis

SITE ANALYSES Geographical Position

Administrative Districts

Surrounding Resources & Sight Analyses

Green Spaces Main Plazas Main Walking Routes Service Locations

Public Infrastructures

Regional Transporation Routings

Public Transporation Routings

Cultural Districts Analyses

Viewing Hanjiang River Platforms Landscape Landmarks Sighting Routes Main Viewing Points Landmarks out of the Site

Site analyses credit to Yijun Ge,Jingzhe Chen, Zhe Cheng

Sighting range

PLAN Republican Public Active Zone Glamour Core Zone Hanzheng Tourism Zone Concession Garden Zone

WATER-RECYCLING SYSTEM

Rain Garden

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Rain Runoff Infiltration

Walking Trail

Water Recycling

Blanket

PP Module Rainfall Collection

Public Plaza

Ecological Planting Rain Garden

Permeable Paving Precipitation Water Level Normal Water Level

Blanket PP Module Rain Runoff Collection

Phytoremed

iation Rainfall Filter

05 TANGGU COMMERCIAL AREA DESIGN

The design district of Tianjin used to be an intertidal zone. So, I put the main components of the intertidal zone into my design: shells, sand, and gravels. Also, residents who live near the intertidal zone usually fish or produce bay salt to earn their living, so there are many fishing vessels and salt pans.

Tanggu district, Tianjin City, China

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Individual Studio Project

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Jun. 2014-Jul. 2014

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My inspiration for this design also came from the local landscape features. I combine the trails of the boats in the sea and the texture of the local farmland.

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Main Entrances of the Park Inside Entrances of the Buildings Outside Entrances of the Buildings Private/Closed Spaces Open/Active Spaces Possible Routes

Transportation Needs Open Spaces Gray Spaces Private Spaces

Active Points Sub-active Points Private/Rest Points

Areas of Different Action

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Different Action Distribution

Vertical Analysis

fall/ winter

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Lines of Sight

Analyses of the Sunlight

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grass

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seats + tree pools

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sunken square

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sunken waterscape walking trial

footsteps

tree pools

sunken square

wall grass

CONCEPTUAL BIRD'S EYE

grass

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sunken waterscape

leisure trial

waterscape

bridge

sunken waterscape

roads

grass roads

COASTAL WETLAND FLOOD ZONES -FRANCE ROAD GREENWAY PLANTING DESIGN

06 PLANTING DESIGNS Coastal Wetland Flood Zones -France Road Greenway Planting Design The Desert - Eastern Coachella Valley, CA Planting Design

Riverfront Sections

The design of the France Road Greenway in the New Orleans Coastal wetland flood zone is trying to solve the problems that a flood area usually has and also to make it an ecologically developed area. Flood issues, such as soil erosion of the flood plain, contamination from shipping and port industries, and storm water contamination of the canal, lake and even Mississippi River are the primary problems that need to be solved in the design.

THE DESERT - EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY, CA PLANTING DESIGN

The main concerns about the design of Paradise Valley are how to make it an ecologically developed area, and how can the growth of such a valley (in the desert region) benefit both urban development (like economy, human cultural property) and natural environment. These purposes will be achieved by carefully chosen plant species and arrangement, utilization of subtle topographic design, and consideration about the persistence and connection of natural reserve areas.

07 OTHER WORK Watercolor Pen-drawing Photography Traditional Chinese Painting CNC Milling Foam Animation

Contour

Obstructed Way 'Ha-Ha'

'Ha-Ha'

Water Level

CNC MILLING FOAM & ANIMATION

ZHE CHENG Landscape Architecture Portfolio

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Fine and Applied Arts Department of Landscape Architecture czhe9625@gmail.com OR chengzhe1027@163.com +1 (217)-200-6137