Zhao_Work samples
- 2. CONTENTS SELECTED ACADEMIC WORKS SELECTED PROFESSIONAL WORKS The (New) Green Line The Hartley Garden Natural Sprawl Landscape conceptual design of key areas for City of Wulumuqi Exhibition hall for Qingdao international horticultural exposition Landscape Construction Mapping Reconnecting Hydrospere above and below the Urban Surface
- 5. 250 ft N Commercial Commercial Inward SpaceTransportation Residential Office Office and retail Green planting upper level Green planting Building Connection Green planting lower levelRetails Mix-use (transportation, apartments and offices) Mix-use (apartments, retails and offices) Main corridor Pedestrains
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- 11. Kickapoo landing High way Kickapoo Rail Trail Bike system Abandoned railway Railway River Landing Node (entertainment & education) Trail and nodes Kickapoo rail trail Bike trail Abandoned railway trail Abandoned railway trail Kickapoo rail trail Water way Water way Water wayRecreational trail :
- 14. Natural elements: wind Section 1-1 Opening wind wall: The wind door opens when the wind strong enough Stronger wind Stronger wind Stronger wind Fabric wind wall: The fabric moves along the wind Bell wind wall: The bells ring when the wind comes
- 19. Road Opener: Filter Strips Surface Recycler: Sidewalk Cuts Surface Recycler: Rumble Strips Road Opener: Filter Strips Cut away the spare parking space, the urban soil under the pavement could be exposed to the outside. To increase the infiltration of the soil, deep root plants are used. The water from the road can be collected and be lead to the urban soil beside the street. These depaved parking space acts as the infiltration strips, increasing the rainwater, runoff water infiltration. During the depaving, asphalt will be taken away from the surface. Instead of throwing these asphalt away, these materials can be shaped and arranged in the new path for walking. Using the recycled asphalt, the new paths won't waste more resources. Section of Road Opener: Infiltration Strips Section of Surface Recycler: Treating Waste as Resource Surface Recycler: New Pathways Surface Recycler: Patterns and Components Patterns of Depaving Road Opener: The Break-up Road Opener: Rumble Strips The Recycler: Pathways System-feeding Mulched Pathways Areas of Mechanical Drilling Section of Surface Recycler Section of Road Opener For the pavements of different places, the patterns are created differently. For the alley, the curve cut on the sidewalk and Rumble Strips on the alley are the methods. For the spare parking space, Filter Strips are done. Following the existing asphalt and concrete cracking, part of the pavement has been moved, reorganized into the new paths in the green spaces. The leaving pavement acts as the place for activity and paths.
- 20. Adds organic matter to soil Microbial activity Transpiration Large taproot breaks up soil PHASE I: POWER BOOST Break up soil and begin adding nutrients and carbon for microbial activity PHASE II: SOIL BUILDER Microbial activity and root bulk have increased; addition of perennials after first season are needed. Soil Gills: Full Sun (wet) Soil Gills: Full Sun Soil Gills: Full Sun Soil Gills: Part Shade Soil Gills: Part Shade Soil Gills: Full Sun (5’+) Road Opener: Full Sun (wet) Soil Gills: Full Sun Turnips | B. rapa L. Forage Radish | Raphanus sativus Forage Radish | Raphanus sativus Turnips | B. rapa L. Turnips | B. rapa L. Blazing Star | Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Aster | Symphyotrichum turbinellum Side Oats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula Forage Radish | Raphanus sativus Red Clover | Trifolium pratens Turnips | Brasica rapa L Cardinal Flower | Lobelia cardinalisSwamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnataCompass Plant | Silphium laciniatum Buffalograss | Buchloe dactyloide Rapeseed | Brassica napus Medics | Santiago' burr Rapeseed | Brassica napus Mustard | Brassica juncea Mustard | Brassica juncea Leadplant | Amorpha canescens Giant Hyssop | Agastache rugosa Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium Rapeseed | Brassica napus Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium Field Peas | Pisum sativum Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scopariumJoe Pye Weed | Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe'Rosinweed | Silphium integrifolium New Jersey Tea | Ceanothus americanus Hairy Vetch | Vicia villosa Hairy Vetch | Vicia villosa Red Clover | Trifolium pratense Red Clover | Trifolium pratense Hairy Vetch | Vicia villosa Sideoats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula Switch Grass | Panicum virgatum Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea Red Clover | Trifolium pratense Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea Alfalfa | Medicago saliva L. Prairie Dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepisSiberian Iris | Iris 'Caesar's Brother'Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii Pale Purple Coneflower | Echinacea pallida Barley I Hordeum vulgare L. Annual ryegrass | Lolium multiflorum Rye | Secale cereale Arugula | Eruca sativa Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea Wood Betony | Stachys officinalis Pin Oak | Quercus palustrisHop Hornbeam | Ostrya virginiana Pearl Millet I Pennisetum glaucum Bee Balm | Monarda didyma Oat | Avena sativa White Wild Indigo | Baptisia Red Maple | Acer rubrum American Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata Butterfly Weed | Asclepias tuberosa Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans American Beech | Fagus grandifolia Smooth Aster | Symphyotrichum laeve White Oak | Quercus alba Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea Bee Balm | Monarda didyma Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata Butterfly Weed | Asclepias tuberosa Red Maple | Acer rubrum PHASE I PHASE I PHASE I PHASE I PHASE I PHASE I PHASE I PHASE I PHASE I & II PHASE I & II PHASE I & II PHASE I & II PHASE III PHASE I & II PHASE I & II PHASE I & II PHASE III PHASE III PHASE III PHASE III PHASE III PHASE III: WATER MOVER Soil porosity, nutrient and infiltration levels have increased; soil is ready for tree planting. BIO-DRILLING COVER CROPS EROSION & WEED CONTROL COVER CROPS NUTRIENT ADDING COVER CROPS DEEP ROOTING FORBES & GRASSES + DEEP ROOTING FORBES AND GRASSES MICROBIALS & SOIL FORMATION/ AGGREGATION Abundance of available carbon from decomposing plant material is most important in increasing microbial activity. Aggregate stability is critical for infiltration, root growth, and resistance to erosion. www. soilquality.org TREES & SHRUBS In one day, one large tree can lift up to 100 gallons of water out of the ground and discharge it into the air. For every five percent of tree cover added to a community, stormwater runoff is reduced by approximately two percent. www.americanforests. org Decomposing roots feed soil organisms Extensive root system Plant Phasing and Functions Applied to the Site Soil gills open the surface for exchange of water, gasses, and nutrients. Toward the urban compacted soil, strategies including Bio-drilling, mechanical drilling or both are used. Three phases are used, from power boost, soil builder to the water move. For these phases, different groups of plants are used. Phasing of Soil Gills Year 0 Highly Compacted Soil Year 0-1 Surface Drilling Phase I Phase II Phase III Year 1-2 Bio-drilling and Nutrient Adding Cover Crops Year 2-3 Deep Rooting Forbes & Gras Year 3-6 Addition of Trees & Shrubs
- 21. The design on the surface will change the infiltration level of soil beneath the surface. Before the design, rain water will run off along the street, being collected and go down to the sewer. The asphalt is not the material easy to infiltrate. Water will stay on the surface until being dried by the sunshine. As the design introduced, three actions, road opener, surface recycler and soil gill treat asphalt and urban soil. The depaved parking space and the asphalt will let the water go down, into the soil. Bio-drilling and mechanical drilling, with nutrients adding, can increase the soil porosity and improve the water infiltration. With the increasing infiltration, the neighborhood will have less flooding, the soil will be better and the aquifer will be charged. Design Section
- 22. The Hartley Garden Location: UIUC Arboretum, IL. U.S.A. Site area: 102,108 sqm Designer: Liz Vogel, Linna Yi, Yajing Zhao Design period: Sept. 2015 - Dec. 2015 The garden is a landmark in UIUC. With the residential area around, a garden is a popular place for activities. The design focuses on the sustainability, involving more perennial plants in the plant materials and including more natural beauty and wildness of the layout, encouraging people to have more interaction with nature.
- 25. Plan generating The entrance Section1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 3 Section 1 Section 2 Section 4 Plan Bird view
- 26. CAD drawing of garden 10 M N Seasonal effect of garden Spring Summer Autumn Winter
- 27. Landscape Construction mapping Grading and Fountain design Location: Beijing, China Site area: 37,000 sqm (Grading) Designer: Yajing, Zhao Design period: Sept. 2012 - Nov. 2012 The work is directed by the professor of landscape engineering. It’s a grading plan for a campus with a fountain design project. Located in the central area of the campus, the fountain will be a good place for cooling and communication.
- 29. General layout Flower pot detail drawing Outlet detail drawing Cascading waterfalls Detail drawing Cascading waterfalls Detail drawing West Elevation East Elevation South Elevation Section of FountainFountain Plan N 10M Fountain Design
- 34. Exhibition hall for Qingdao international horticultural exposition Location: Qingdao, China Site area: 600 sqm Design Manager: Kun,Yuan Design period: Jan. 2014 - Apr. 2014 As the middle part of Horticultural Exposition Hall, first floor, the site is used for exposing the traditional flower arrangement works. I took part in the design process and was mainly responsible for the renderings, design description and the presentation preparation.
- 35. Having an area of 600 sqm, the first floor of the 2014 Qingdao Horticultural Exhibition Hall includes the international area and the Chinese traditional area. The international area was designed as the petals and the traditional show shelf was designed in the curvilinear shape, supporting the circulation. The design of show shelf refers to Neo-Chinese Style. The entrance is abstracted from the archway and the walls are generated from the city wall. The traditional area consists of 5 zones, landscape horticultural zone, classical horticultural zone, modern horicultural zone, taiwan zone and electric interaction zone. First Floor Plan Traditional area Functional zoning map Circulation map Activity area Activity area Taiwan area Taiwan area Landscape horticulture Landscape horticulture Traditional horticulture Traditional horticulture Modern horticulture Modern horticulture Transportation streamline 10M 32.8 FT
- 37. Elevations Elevation A- Exhibition Wall Elevation B- Exhibition Wall Elevation C - Entrance