Focus week 2,Chinese Landscape-Turenscape

professional contexts
Turenscape was founded by Doctor and professor Kongjian Yu （Doctor of Design，GSD,Harvard University）. It was officially recognized and certificated as a first-level design institute by the Chinese government. Having over 300 professionals, Turenscape is an integrated team that provides quality and holistic services in:Architecture ,Landscape architecture,Urban planning and design,Environmental design.
Turenscape's projects have earned it a great reputation for innovative and environmentally sound designs. and so many project has been internationally and nationally recognized, including:

2008 The International Architecture Award
2007 Ar Emerging Architectural Award (The Architectural Review, UK)
2007 Excellence on the Waterfront Top Honor Award (Waterfront Center, USA)
2007 ASLA Design Honor Award (American Society of Landscape Architects)
2006 ASLA Design Honor Award (American Society of Landscape Architects)
2005 ASLA Design Honor Award (American Society of Landscape Architects)
2005 ASLA Honor Award, Planning and Analysis (American Society of Landscape Architects)
2005 Human Habitat Award (The Ministry of Construction, China)
2005 The Emerging Architects Ar+d Commended (The Architecture Review)
2004 The Gold Medal of Fine Arts (The Chinese Cultural ministry, Chinese Society of Fuine Arts)
2002 ASLA Design Honor Award (American Society of Landscape Architects)
2001 Human Habitat Award (The Ministry of Construction, China)

Project

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Here is the main project i focus is call the Zhongshan Shipyard Park

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Project Purpose: To build a park on the site of a deserted shipyard for landscape quality, recreation, environmental and historical education, and tourism.

Design Philosophy and Intent: Design is a process of preserving and modifying existing forms, and, if necessary, creating new forms to visualize the significance or functional, cultural, historical and ecological meanings of a site.

A challenging setting
Challenge 1: fluctuating water levels. With the existing lake connected through the Qijiang River to the sea, water levels fluctuate up to 1.1 meters daily. A network of bridges was constructed at various elevations and integrated with terraced planting beds so that native weeds can be grown and visitors can feel the breath of the ocean.

Challenge 2: flood control versus old trees protection: Regulations of the Water Management Bureau required old banyan trees at the bank to be cut down in order to widen the river channel for flooding water flow. The solution was digging a parallel ditch on the other side of the trees, leaving them intact as an island of preservation.

After the study in this week i was Learn so much from them, i was learn how the nature environment can work for people and
Compare to the project i did in Wey&Arun i think i need think more about:
The Functionalism,
The Relationship to context, like The existing site need respected. The site merges into the urban fabric through a network of paths and urban facilities being introduced.
The Environmental responsibility. The principles of reducing, reutilizing and recycling natural and man-made materials were followed.

Focus week 2,-Trinity River Corridor Design Guidelines

Trinity River Corridor Design Guidelines project is one of the ASLA 2009 Professional Awards, i think this project is very good key study to learning from Analysis, Planning, sustainable environments., is will help Wey&Aurn project we are doing now!

Project Statement
The Trinity River Corridor Design Guidelines will establish the character and measure of sustainability for the largest green infrastructure initiative in the United States — a 9-mile urban park, floodway and transportation improvement project that will anchor the transformation of central Dallas into a quilt of mixed-use and transit-oriented neighborhoods. The scope, scale and design challenges posed by this project are unique; they also serve to underscore the role of green infrastructure in re-casting cities as sustainable environments.

Project Goals and Objectives
To create a didactic landscape unlike any other: where art and sustainability will be coexist throughout the built form, advancing the city’s most progressive goals and values, where infrastructure will be rendered green infrastructure, where vastness will be sensed and understood alongside the minute, and where Dallas will rediscover and redefine itself.”

A landscape that is at once ecologically viable, educational, offering diverse opportunities for recreation and exercise, and functioning as a connective tissue between adjoining communities.

A landscape that provides a high degree of ecological service, from carbon sequestration, water recycling and bio-filtration, to the production of energy from renewable resources.

A landscape that restores access and beauty to the Trinity River, and enhances the floodplain as an expression of the Texas Blackland Prairie.

A landscape that integrates infrastructure — power transmission, transportation, flood protection and conveyance — within the context of ecology and recreation.

A landscape that embraces art, from the conception of landforms and its material quality to the provision of venues for major works — permanent and temporary.

Key Design Proposals

The River: Practically the entirety of the Trinity River from the confluence of the Elm Fork and West Fork to the entrance to the Trinity Forest — a 9-mile course adjacent to the city’s Downtown — is proposed to be relocated to make room for the Trinity Parkway and recreational lakes. River channel meanders, an oxbow lake, emergent wetlands and multi-level riparian terraces are proposed to improve water quality and to establish the new river alignment as a viable end-to-end wildlife corridor.

Trails: More than 30-miles of trails are proposed within the floodway, facilitating jogging and walking as well as equestrians and commuter cyclists. A 20-foot wide primary trail meanders across the river, providing equal access to the park from both Downtown and West Dallas. Limited trailhead parking is provided; rather, public transit facilities are under consideration in support of the park and system of trails.

Parkway: The Trinity Parkway portion of the guidelines call for a variety of green design measures, including wind turbines (to take advantage of its perched elevation), solar panels for visual attenuation, harvested rain water for irrigation, bio-filtration wetlands for storm runoff control, and vegetated vertical walls (GSky system) to dampen sound, control glare and absorb carbon emissions. A combination of median and shoulder plantings intend to blur the line between the park and the parkway, eliciting the perception that the vehicles are “visitors” in what is otherwise a public recreation and habitat resource.

Public Art: The guidelines propose a three-part art program: site-specific temporary works scattered throughout (bi-annual events); one single major permanent work, strategically located on the Central Island; and 12 or so “Council Circles” — placed “off the beaten path” for contemplation and education, each designed by a different artist.

Eco-restorers: Working in conjunction with a national bio-filtration expert, about 3.5-acres worth of floating wetlands are proposed in the 60-acre “Natural Lake” to help naturally polish the lake waters and provide habitat for fish and freshwater invertebrates. Consisting of dispersed 80-foot diameter rings filled with aquatic plants, the restorers will offer didactic evidence of the park’s function as green infrastructure.

Focus week 3-My Online Portfolio Develop－－Part 2

In order to develop my key information required by employers, i have simply created my online portfolio with a naiviagtable site map.

Here is the current site map i created for my online website as shown below:

Focus week 3-My Online Portfolio Develop－－Part 1

I have researched and identified what key elements or information are required to be in my online portfolio. The information required are as shown below:



1. Welcome Page:
This is the first page that will be seen by viewers. In order to give a good first impression to potential employers, i have to motivate them to want to continuing viewing my page without them losing interest.

2. Portfolio Page:
This page will consist and contain a collection of my past university work from my 2st year (2007) to my 3rd year work (2009). It willdemonstrate how i have improved and matured within my design/ concept work over the last 3 years of my undergraduate degree.

3. CV page:
This page is very essential and consist of a document that contains a summary of relevant job experience and education for potential employer. CV is typically the first item that a potential employer encounters regarding the job seeker seeking employment.

4. Blog Page:
This page will consist of my blog. in my blog i have recorded over the last 3 years to employers.

5. Contact Page:
This page is suppose to contain my personal contact details such as e-mail address on which i can be contacted with. This is a very important part that needs to be present in my portfolio, so that employers or users can find it easy to access me anytime