Zhuo Cheng
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Site Sounding Explore the Six Mile Creek
Model Examination
Exam landscape light and patterns in Macaster College Plaza
Continuity Connectivity Brooklyn Museum Park Lot Redesign
Coexist With Time Kingston Point Park Redesign
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Site Assembly
Selected Work From Schwartz Performing Art Center Plaza
Internship Work
Urban Site, Residential Garden and Community Landscape
Visual Investigation Investigate the Form and Metaphor of Ancient Rome
Site Sounding Explore the Six Mile Creek
Third Dam
Second
First Dam Second Dam
Third Dam
First Dam
Six Miles Creek
Six Miles Creek
Pipe
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Mapping and Modeling
Dam
Abstraction
Creek Bank 1 Pipe
Creek Bank 2
Creek Bank 1
Creek Bank 2
Creek Bank 3
Creek Bank 4
Creek Bank 3
Creek Bank 4
Sounding Today Six Mile Creek is a famous hub for reacreation and hiking. The second dam by the reservoir is very famous for jump of into the water. But before becoming a hiking/recreation/park space, its history is a scroll of manipulating water to engage with water. This project explores different ways and technicals to mapping the different characters of Six Mile Creek. Ranging from Transect drawings to 3D modeling, presenting the landscape from flat surface to 3-dimension. At last, I created a piece of short animation based on its history using After Effect to rediscover the rich history of Six Mile Creek. Timeline
Before settlement
Early Discovery
Dam Construction
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Mr. Bear
Mr. Hat
Mr. Hammer
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Hide Period
Out Of Budget
Rediscover
Recreational Use
Engaging Water
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Mr. W
Mr. Jump
Model Examination
Exam landscape light and patterns in Macaster College Plaza
Design Strategies & Elements The Plaza area of art complex is not far from the garden area. It was surrounded by humanity building and art building with one side open. The facade of the art building is constructed as a entire wall with big glass window. The lights in the building can be seen through from the class like light stripe fall to ground. Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Winter Wall 1
Mimicking the pattern cast by winter tree branches.
Winter Wall 2
Mimicking the Pattern cast by summer tree foliages.
Summer Wall
Shadow Effects
During the summer both summer wall and winter wall will cast the shadow while in the winter only the winter wall will cast the shadow due to the position of sun.
Continuity Connectivity
Brooklyn Museum Park Lot Redesign
Design Strategies
Landforms Change
Before 1860s
1860s
1. Interpret Historical Landforms
1890s
1930s
Today
Library
Mt Prospect Park
Botanic Brooklyn Garden Museum
3. Identify Cutting Points
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New Botanic Garden Entrance
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2. Compare Historical Landforms
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4. Regrading the Overall Site
New East Parkway
Museum Front Yard
Museum Backyard
Open Space Historical Contour line
Seating Elements
Current Mark
Pavements
The new berm from based on old contour line creates not only an historical mark but also a open space for event
Visual Connection
Unbuilt Print
Wall
The open-up of the berm narrows the Cherry Espenade and the museum visually
Design Process
Events and Open Spaces The ghost building footprint create “room� and those spaces can also be used as outdoor exhibition space with possible temporary exhibition.
Pedestrain Entrance Open up entrance to create welcome feeling to pedestrians.
Key Area
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1 Trails
Berm
Alternative Parking/E
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Exhibition Space
Alternative Parking/Event Space
Event Space
Museum
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Pedestrain Entrance
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Exhibition Space
Key Area
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Berm
View To Botanic Garden
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Berm
Exhibition Room
Alternative Parking/Event Space
Be
erm
Street
Entry
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Tourists’ Attraction
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View To Cherry Espenade
Street
Internship Work
Urban Site, Residential Garden and Community Landscape
Coexist With Time
Kingston Point Park Redesign
Existing Conditions
Sea Level Rise
Sand Beach Forest
Meadow
Industrial Space Year 2020 SLR 12”
Event Space
Historical Space
• Kingston Point Park is an essential asset as a public for city of Kingston. • Due to the sea level rise and flooding, many area of the park will go under water and the access will be denied if no action is taken.
Year 2050 SLR 30”
Year 2080 SLR 60”
Potential Loss to Sea Level Rise
Metrics
Industrial Space Historical Space
Sand Beach
Forest
Meadow Event Space
Phase I Vernacular Landscape
Circulation Change
Entrance
Current Connection
Wetland Trail
• Create New entrance to create a sense of arrival, a preview to park and a bette connection • Clean up messy vegetation to establish picturesque experiences
Proposed Connection
Immediately Start
Year 2020
Divide Circulation
Phase II Vibrant Landscape
Hydrological Move
Current
Proposed
Flooding
Flooding
After Flood
After Flood
Revetment Trail
Wetland
Elevated Rail Trail
• Cut a channel to collect flooding water during major flood event and exit water quickly • Use cut soil to “recap” north slope of landfill • Overlay revetment and path layer to prevent future erosion • Elevated trolley line base to work as a wave break in the future
Establish Resiliency
Year 2050
Habitat
Birds Migration
Water Activities
New Wetland Mix Landfill Landfill
New Wetland Mix Old Wetland Mix
Artificial Reef
New Wetland Mix
Island Barriers
Phase III Educational Landscape
Oil Tank Reuse
We lost to Sea Level Rise
Industrial Park
Fishing • Build new bridge to connect “Kingston Point Island” • Reprogramming the BMX and Baseball field to new open space for multi-purpose activities. • Create new layout for both pedestrain and emergency access • Refine revetment on south slope as water front park • Remediate oil industrial site and convert it to industrial/educational park • Build broad walk over the islands for fishing and other educational purpose
we recreate on side
Sand Beach
Meadow
Swamp Forest
Piece of History
Oil Tank
Event Space
Embrace the Open Water
Year 2080
Living Shoreline
Revetment
Wave Break
Industrial Park
Site Assembly
Selected Work From Schwartz Performing Art Center Plaza
Planting
Feature Bench
Materials
Internship Work
Landscape Architecture Internship at Hassell Shanghai
North Bund, Shanghai Huangpu River
The Seagull Hotel Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Shanghai
Huangpu Road
Site Analyzing and Diagramming
1. 400mmX400mm Grid
2. Major Axis
3. Vegetation Pattern
4. Pavement Pattern
North Bund, Shanghai The Seagull Hotel
Water Feature
Featured Wall
Physical Study Modeling
Chilin Road, Nanjing Life Ring
Central Hub
Road Through Residential Area. Focus on streetsccape for residential use Public and civic space for recreation
Road Through Commercial Area Focus on streetscape for major event a Public space for mix use including recre
and garther eational and commercial
Site Analyzing and Conceptual Developing
Digital Ring Road through business area Focus on streetscape for office use Public space for more high end need and private meetings
Vanke Sanlin, Shanghai
Rhino Modeling and Lumion Rendering
Visual Investigation Investigate the Form and Metaphor of Ancient Rome
Largo di torre argentina Reconstruction
largo di torre argentina is a very significant site in Rome today. It may not be as important as other great ruins in the great city, but it is now the home for many urban cats. The ruin is made up with 4 temples that can date back to ancient Roman Republic. The temple is no longer exist today and one of them is still buried under the street. I was imaging how it would be like back to the old times and drew the line work of my imagination, creating this drawing. I also added the dome of St Peter’s. It is not possible to see the dome on the site but St Peter’s is in that direction. It is the symbol of power switching from the great Romans to church.
Zhuo Cheng (607)-279-58374 zc324@cornell.edu