PortfolioYijia ZhuCandidate of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning UPenn School of Design

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uRban wateRfRont

compRehensive design (aRchitectuRal/ landscape/ plantation)

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landscape studio

ningbo beilun community

sanya ResoRt development

clinton commons

Type: LA Undergraduate Studio DesignDate: 09/08-11/08Instructor: Liu Zhicheng

Rio spRout

Type: 701 Studio City ParkDate: 09/2011-12/2011Instructor: James Corner & Richard Kennedy

seasonal event Room design foR santo domingo new housing

Type: 702 Studio Community DevelopmentDate: 01/2012--- 05/2012Instructor: Laurie Olin/ Tony Atkin

philadelphia wateRfRont

Type: 601 Studio Urban Design Date: 09/2010-12/2010Instructor: David Gouverneur

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Type: Residential Schematic Design Date: 05/2011-07/2011

Type: Schematic & Detail DesignDate: 05/2011-07/2011

Type: Detail Design & Construction DesignDate: 08/2012-09/2012

shelteR foR santo domingo pueblo

Rio SpRout

pRoject DeScRiption: This studio is to develop a city park for Rio De Janeiro. The site is highly isolated from the existing city grid.

The approach is to have multiple con-nection growing into the site, provid-ing not only accessibility to waterfront but also various experience just like a sprout blooming along the waterfront.

By analyzing five distinctive city zones of the surrounding context, the idea is to extend the character in consideration of continuous spacial quality as well as localized programs to really activate the waterfront.

Zoning

Main ConneCtion to Waterfront

PrograMing

Built ElEmEnt EntErtainmEnt lEaf

monumEntal lEaf

fEstival lEaf

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The Rio Terrace & Retail is a lovely backyard of Rio CBD. The wooden deck provides a leisure area of Restaurants and bars. The pedestrian connects back to the CBD with a series of outdoor sofa and planters creating nice shading espe-cially in the sunny daytime of Brazil.

Waterfront terraces

Cultural Plaza is a unique out-door theatre and green space with different layers of spacial quality. The cultural plaza would become a vital arena for performance, dance, music, art as well as social gatherings.

cultural Plaza

I use Mediterranean, Tropi-cal, sub-Tropical and native British plants in my design which all adapt easily to the Brazilian climate. Just as Burle Marx did in the past 50 years, the garden would be part of an ex-tension of Brazilian and European nursery network. This would become the Neo-ecological education center in Rio.

Exotic GardEn

The Sports Park is located SW of Marina de Gloria, and close to the exist-ing sports field along the street. It features state-of-the-art facilities for Kayak, track,swimming as well as Samba, the national dance of Brazil.

ExErcisE GardEn

The exhibition centre is lo-cated at a cape in Rio. The stone-paved square is not only a professional forum for seminars, but also a venue accommodating individual requirements. Additional facilities are available to host events like weddings, par-ties, product launches, fash-ion shows, exhibitions and dinner dances.

Exhibition CEntEr

The amphitheater would become an excellent me-dia for different class of people to cheer up, con-necting the indoor the-ater with the waterfront performance area with a ramp.

AmphithEAtEr

SCOCIALACTIVITY

ARTISTIC

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GY RESEARCH

MediuM RiseHigH Rise Low RiseVeHicLeNoN VeHicLe BRidgeReseaRcH coMMeRciaLcuLtuRecoNcept ResideNtiaL

accessiBLe uNaccessiBLe

gReeN space paRkiNg Lot aRtistic ceNteR

PhiladelPhia Waterfront

Project descriPtion:

In this studio, we were re-quired to develop a project focused on: understanding the city context, building the connection with character-ized corridors and rehabilitat-ing the waterfront with com-prehensive development.

COMMUNITY CENTERRESIDENTIAL ZONING

Green roofLand Use

economy

cULtUre

Hard sUrface

soft sUrface

canopy Layer

Water featUre

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GrAdinG PlAn

PhySicAl Model

Low Tide 0’ AverAge 3’ HigH Tide 6’

My design scene, the thin, arrow-headed shape green area splits up the new urban center, covered with stone and water. I continued an exist-ing promenade, adding more design idea without disturb-ing the stage-like garden and sculpture park. This rendering visualized, a unique landscape connected to the building with several appearances of water, a partially private entrance and a promenade leading towards the waterfront.

Water Purification terrace

This project seeks to convert the pier into a new public space at the waterfront under its revised mandate to create and maintain a vibrant public realm. This is an important step to in-crease public access along the river.

PhiladelPhia Waterfront

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second floor

third floor

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Lobby

Storage Room

Storage Room

Storage Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Classroom

Classroom Reading Room

Lecture Hall Lab

Workshop

Storage Room

Exhibition Hall Flower Arranging Studio

Landscape studio

project description: The site is located at the campus of BJFU. It is a nursery for seasonal stu-dio of horticulture. The frequency of usage is limited for its closure. With the dual feature of experimental and ornamental of horticulture, the purpose of design is to transfer the site into an open platform not only for the students of landscape architecture but all the students at campus.

Section A-A

LeiSure SpAce

BotAnicAL Studio

MuLtifunctionAL pLAzA

ArBor

perenniAL

AnnuAL

Section B-B

Section c-c

for Study

for recreAtion

for quick MoveMent

circuLAtion

BotAnicAL type

SpAce AnALySiS

For celebration

For Botanical Practice

first floor

second floor

third floor

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Lobby

Storage Room

Storage Room

Storage Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Classroom

Classroom Reading Room

Lecture Hall Lab

Workshop

Storage Room

Exhibition Hall Flower Arranging Studio

first floor

second floor

third floor

UP

UP

DN

DN

DN

DN

UP

UP

Lobby

Storage Room

Storage Room

Storage Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Classroom

Classroom Reading Room

Lecture Hall Lab

Workshop

Storage Room

Exhibition Hall Flower Arranging Studio

first floor

second floor

third floor

UP

UP

DN

DN

DN

DN

UP

UP

Lobby

Storage Room

Storage Room

Storage Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Classroom

Classroom Reading Room

Lecture Hall Lab

Workshop

Storage Room

Exhibition Hall Flower Arranging Studio

first floor

second floor

third floor

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UP

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DN

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DN

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UP

Lobby

Storage Room

Storage Room

Storage Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Rest Room

Classroom

Classroom Reading Room

Lecture Hall Lab

Workshop

Storage Room

Exhibition Hall Flower Arranging Studio

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biocycle type

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Achilleafilipendulina

Althaea roseaAquilegia vulgaris

Centaureamontana

Delphiniumbelladonna

Dicentraspectabilis

Echinaceapurpurea

Hostaplantaginea

Morden cvs.of Chlimbers and Ramblers

Kniphorfiauvaria

Rudbeckiahybrida

Hedera nepalensis

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perennials perennials perennials perennials perennials perennials perennials perennials perennials perennials perennialsvine vineshrub

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seasonal Color

SeaSonal event Room DeSign FoR Santo Domingo new HouSing PRoject DeScRiPtion: With the population growth of origi-nal pueblo. Our studio project is to have comprehensive development for local people.

The Concept of my design is to develop local attractions with four phases: Commercial Gateway, Technical Support, Educational Center and Cultural Rehabilitation.

My design focus on phasing I which is a comprehensive develop-ment by utilizing seasonal environ-mental condition to create multiple landscape as well as community activity.

CirCulation

Phasing

land usegrading & Water floW

Water floW

Water storage tank

residential

live/ Work

CommerCial

trading history

vehiCle

PedesrianParking

Phasing i: CommerCial gateWay loCal food market

Phasing ii: teChniCal suPPort manufaCturing institute training sChools

Phasing iii: eduCational develoPment

Phasing iv: Cultural revitalization language sChool/ institute festival Celebration Plaza

SAN FELIPE PUEBLO

SANTO DOMINGOPUEBLO

COCHITI PUEBLO

PUEBLO OFSANDIA VILLAGE

ZIA PUEBLO

JEMEZ PUEBLO

SANTA ANAPUEBLO

SITE

SANTA FE

ALBUQUERQUE

neW attaCtor

Playfield

Neighborhood Park

restauraNt Market

live/ WorkNeighborhood Park

Anodized Steel Column

Corten

Anodized Aluminum

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AprMArFebJAn MAy June July

Flooding SeASonSnow Melt SeASon

Aug Sept oct nov dec

precipitAtion SeASon dry SeASon

Live & Work

Trading History MuseumVisitor Center

event rooM

Farmers Market

AprMArFebJAn MAy June July

Flooding SeASonSnow Melt SeASon

Aug Sept oct nov dec

precipitAtion SeASon dry SeASon

Steel Wireframe for gabion box

Stone

Pebble

Lighting

Grey Capstone

1’=1’’ Section

2’’Mortar

Steel Wireframe for gabion box

Stone

Pebble

Lighting

Grey Capstone

1’=1’’ Section

2’’Mortar

coMMunity

Polywood

Glass Curtain Wall

Wooden Column

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Market

Park

Ecological BuffEr

MarketPlayfieldPlay field

ExErcisE room

MarketNeighborhood

SeaSonal Canal

SECTION 1/2’’= 1’

Shelter For Santo Domingo Pueblo Project DeScriP-tion: This shelter design is a installation practice of 702 stu-dio. In this design, I utilize the mosaic technique to cre-ate a urban shelter which is a combi-nation of localize culture, and green energy and activity rooms.

IrrigationVentilation

Summer SunlightN

SWinter Sunlight

Rain Collection

wet southwest wind

Glass windowWall

Dry cold northwest wind

Living

SECTION 1/2’’= 1’

Worksheet

Project DescriPtion: SD of Project Hallets Cove at Starr Whitehouse.

UPLAND ADJACENT ZONEON ELEVATED CSO STRUCTURE

UPLAND ADJACENT ZONE

RETAINING WALL AT VERNON BLVD

HIGH MARSH

LOW MARSH

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Looking South

Looking north

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Project DescriPtion: SD-CD Project Related 92nd- 93rd ST at Starr Whitehouse.

Section A-A

Section B-B

Section c-c

Section c-c

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Project DescriPtion: I participated in this project at the end of phase I SD and the beginning of Phase II SD from which I learned how to design with detail thinking in terms of construction, planting as well as materiality.

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