ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (MFA)

THESIS PROPOSAL AVERY Y. HU

BERKELEY MEADOW PROJECTA MEADOW REHABILITATES THE BALANCE OF NATURE AND HUMAN USE

PHOTO BY AVERY Y. HU

TABLE OF CONTENTSAUTOBIOGRAPHYPROFESSIONAL GOALSRESUME

DESIGN INSPIRATIONABSTRACTCASE STUDY

SITE ANALYSISDESIGN CONCEPTUSER PROFILEPROJECT PROPOSAL

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01AUTOBIOGRAPHY

I was born in a family that has a design background. My father is an architect and artist, and my mother is an electrical engineer. When I was a child,I was attracted by drawing and designing machines. Being a mechanical engineer was my dream in my childhood. However, after I grew older, there was a misfortune that happened in my family. Both my grandparents got cancer because of heavy pollution in Beijing, China. Also, I had been beside my grandfather until he passed away. As a result, I realized that I really needed to do something that can make our lives different; something that could improve our environmental condition; something that could bring a healthier urban environment to citizens; something that could let our elders live longer and children grow happier. I could not save my grandparents’ lives, but I may save others’. I decided to become an environmental designer after I experienced the price of environmental pollution.

My undergraduate degree was a Bachelor of Environmental Design. After I graduated from Hunan University of Technology with the Excellent Grad-

planning and landscape design. During the internship, I gained valuable working experience in wetland design and community design. However, I realized

pursued my master’s degree in the United States.

02PROFESSIONAL GOALS

At the age of 25, I have now realized that I have already passed one third of my entire life. Many of my college classmates already have become proj-

academic life at the Academy of Art, I have found that we have highly experienced professors in the landscape architecture program. They have given

participated in projects such as the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show in 2014 and 2015, the American Society of Landscape Architecture Parking Day in 2013 and 2014, and in the 2014 Urban Design Charrette with the School of Architecture at the Academy of Art University. The value of these events were that they were real projects. There were many processes and issues in those experiences, such as project management, materials selection and construction that might never have happened in classes.

My orientation of personal development is focused on wetland ecological design and healthy community design. They are the methods to rehabilitatethe damage of pollution. As people see the status in China, most of the major cities have become highly polluted since economic development occurred in the 80s. Following the high-speed and irretrievable development, environmental deterioration has become a national issue. The atmosphere is harmful to breathe. The soil is full of heavy metal elements. The water is highly polluted. An increasing number of China’s population is ill with different forms

forefront against these problems.

Bmy second year of college. Now, I am trying to explore the connection between the landscape major and photography major. In the view of aesthetics,

environment, so it should be possible to have cooperation between these two majors for my personal development future.

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EDUCATION Sept 2012 to present Master of Landscape Architecture at Academy of Art University

Sept 2008 to Jul 2012 Bachelor of Environmental Design at Hunan University of Technology

STUDENT PROJECTJan 2014 to Mar 2015

San Francisco Flower and Garden Show (Urban Mixology & Sublimation)

Major Responsibilities: Construction drawing Structure making & assembly

INTERNSHIP Dec. 2011- Apr. 2012 Internship in Landscape Architecture Department of Aube Conception SARL d’Architecture

Major Responsibilities: Data collection for Shenzhen Bay Inner Lake Park and Xiangyang Waterfront 3D model making for Shenzhen Bay Inner Lake Park Digital Tracing for Xiangyang Waterfront Master Plan and Shenzhen Bay Inner Lake Hand sketching perspectives for presentation illustrations of Sanya Lakeside Holiday Park Digital perspectives, elevations and section for Xiangyang Waterfront Graphic design for Proposal of Shenzhen Bay Inner Lake Park

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WORK EXPERIENCE Mar. 2010 to Dec. 2010 Taught hand drawing and digital graphics in Hanlin Work Studio, Hunan, China

Major Responsibilities: Teaching hand drawing class Digital graphic class which included Auto CAD, Photoshop and Sketch Up

LANGUAGES

MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES

Student Representative of School of Landscape Architecture, Academy of Art University in Fall 2014

DESIGN INSPIRATION

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TMy answer is NO. Nowadays, scientists have enough knowledge to send our detectors outside our solar system; however, we still cannot keep any life form on Earth alive outside atmosphere without putting them into a temporary “tin can”.

DESIGN INSPIRATION

The future, life will not always be better than the past

Dust storm in Texas Human left Earth Alien environment

Interstellar Society does not need people who are well educated. Instead, it needs more farmers to grow corn to continue our life on earth. Corn becomes the only grain which can survive in the deteriorating environment. However, the environmental deterioration is still worsening. Corn will also die in the near future. Survival becomes an extravagant hope, any

environmental condition has rapidly deteriorated in the last one hundred years. The sense in Interstellar will possibly become true in next century. However, based on existing science and technology, we may not have the chance to escape from environmental deterioration on Earth, as the ending shows in Interstellar. A situation that could potentially take place is that the human race will end with other life forms, but Earth will survive after humans have disappeared. We are much weaker than our environment.

Movie scenes:

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I have wanted to create eco-friendly design, after witnessing children and elders dying of leukemia, cancer, heavy metal poisoning and radiation sickness. We are creating an

Landscape architecture is actually the most effective profession to prevent environmental deterioration and restore damaged environments. By using advanced technologies, landscape design can improve a contaminated zone’s environment condition, and restore it to our public.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

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Introduction of the Site

USA California

Berkeley Berkeley Marina Berkeley Meadow

San Francisco Bay Area

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Existing Condition in Berkeley Meadow

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-al. It is a dangerous situation for keeping its existing condition under its planting layer for present use. Moreover, Berkeley Meadow creates a habitat for native wildlife; how-ever, it also creates a large “no man’s land” for the City of Berkley. Berkeley is a dense city. According the 2010 United States Census, Berkeley had a population of 112,580. The population density was 10,752 people per square mile of land area making Berkeley one of the most densely populated incorporated places in the United States in the 2010

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Eastshore State Park, and the entrance of Berkeley Marina. It is impossible to design a successful public open space without developing this area. Consequently, the principle of

land use, accessibility of public and beauty of nature.

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Freshkills Park Fon Staten Island. The size of this park is about 2,200 acres (8.9 km2). It will be the largest park in New York City after its construction is completed. The New York City estab-

After the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists on

allow for the handing of remains from the World Trade Cen-ter. After the process of retrieval was complete, the entire site was covered with additional clean soil to protect the site and control erosion.

Location: New York CityDesigner: James Corner Field OperationsClient: New York City Department of City PlanningSize: 2,200 acresUse: Public Open Space

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gas and leachate. Freshkills is highly engineered, with sophisticated systems in place to collect and treat these byproducts and to protect both public health and the environment.

Planting Soil Layer

Barrier Protection Layer

Barrier Drainage Liner

Impermeable Liner

Gas Venting Layer

Soil Barrier Layer

Waste

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Soil Layers:

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The top soil layer must have a minimum thickness of six

The barrier protection layer protects the hydraulic barrier from the extremes of weather that could cause the underly-ing layers to crack or heave.

This layer reduces the pressure of water on the barrier layer and increases friction, thus reducing the risk of sliding.

The impermeable liner is placed on the sub-base material.

It is constructed of a geocomposite to facilitate the move-

wells.

A soil barrier layer, it is also called cover foundation level or sub-base.

Source:

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Byxbee Park Location: Palo Alto, CADesigner: Hargreaves Associates, John Fletcher Byxbee (1878-1947)Artist: Peter Richards, Michael OppenheimerClient: City of Palo AltoSize: 30 acresUse: Public Open SpaceRelationship with Berkeley Meadow: Collaboration with Art

garbage dumps along the waterfront were converted to public recreation areas. In the1990s, the city of Palo Alto hired the landscape architects Hargreaves Associates and the artists Peter Richards and Mi-chael Oppenheimer to create a unique collaboration of art and landscape design. Although the design of Byxbee Park is based on the cooperation between Hagreaves Associates and Artists, the new plan still references the old plan which designed by John Fletcher Byxbee.

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Collaboration Between Landscape & ArtByxbee Park is an exciting example of the art of the 1990’s. The Palo Alto Public Art Commission hopes to contribute to a new idea for what public art can be and how it can impact a society as an approach to solving problems and unique experiences. The main views of the site which is the highest point contrast with sheltered areas created by the Hillocks inspired by the shell mounds of the native Ohlone people who used to live in the site two to four thousand years ago. These areas create a habitat

On two feet of soil, over a one-foot-thick impenetrable clay cap, the park rests over as much as sixty feet of garbage. The closed sites typically have three layers: the waste layer is buried under-ground, a cover layer surrounds the waste and contains it, and a vegetation layer is above the cover layer on the surface.

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Cesar Chavez ParkLocation: Berkeley, CADesigner: John Northmore Roberts & AssociatesClient: City of BerkeleySize: 90 acresUse: Public Open SpaceRelationship with Berkeley Meadow:

Activities, Ecosystem

Cesar Chavez Park is a 90 acre public open space in Berkeley, California. It is adjacent to Berkeley

dikes were constructed for the purpose of contain-ing municipal waste. In 1991 the city completely

after. There are many activities which are included in this park. There are model rocket launching,

walking.

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Dog walkingDog Off-leash area (OLA) is area for dogs to exercise and play off-leash in a controlled environment under the supervision of their owners. There are 17 acres OLA in Cesar Chavez Park. However, this solution may bring another issue for existing environmental condition. Off-leash dog activity were con-sidered to have a possible adverse effect on wildlife habitat values.

Kite FlyingCesar Chavez Park has a wind resource which has been well used. Based on

is an annual Berkeley Kite Festival in the last weekend of July.

Solar CalendarSolstice and Equinox celebrations take place at the Solar Calendar. These

Activities

Jogging and walkingThe park provides a “undesigned” trail system.

Picnicking

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BERKELEY MEADOWPhysical History of Berkeley Meadow and Adjacent Shoreline

Phase III T -by industries. Finally, the entire Berkeley Meadow was covered by 12 feet of accumulated garbage during this 40 year period.

Phase I - Early human activitiesAfter Native Americans moved to this area thousands of years ago, they burned the land regularly. Burning helped retain oak woodlands and grasslands where bulbs and

-came richer than other places.

Phase II - RanchoThe Spanish and later Mexican governments parceled out the East Bay in large land grants to government workers and ex-soldiers, beginning in the 1820s. After the Spanish arrived, the Nayive Americans’ regular burning was stopped. The Spanish took native Peoples’ land, and changed it into ranchos. Hooves of cows were heavier than

compacted terraces on waterfront.

Phase IV - RestorationT -ciation and other environmental groups in 1965. In December 2002, after years of discussion of different Meadow proposals, an Eastshore State Park general plan was accepted. Berkeley Meadow has become the

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cap. The pipes in the cap can collect the toxic contaminants to migrate to the Bay. Re-engineering the cap can provide a proper impermeable surface that will stabilize the contaminants below the surface.

1966In this year, plans by Catullus Development Corporation was passed. Berkeley Meadow should be left untouched, and the site would continue to allow the activities of existing animal

Meadow.

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1920sSince about the late 1920s the city municipal dump was located here. After the area was capped with foundation soil, compacted clay and sealed with

-etation-entangled ecosystem inhabited by rats, jackrabbits, squirrels, snakes and raptors.

2002 - PresentIn December 2002, after years of discussion of different proposals, an general plan was accepted for the Eastshore State Park. Berkeley Meadow has become to a wildlife habitat for California State.

This map shows the original shoreline of the West Berkeley in 1856.

-ley at present.

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BERKELEY MEADOWSurrounding Condition

Shorebird Park

Adventure Playground

Cal Sailing Club

Berkeley Yacht Club

Aquatic Park

Tom Bates Regional Sports Complex

Cesar Chavez Park

Berkeley Pier

Highway I-80

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Manufacturing in Berkeley

Residential in West Berkeley

Eastshore State park

University Ave

Berkeley Yacht Club

Adventure Playground

Cal Sailing Club

Shorebird Park

Aquatic Park

Virginia St

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BERKELEY MEADOWLand Use - Residential & Urban Open Space

Site location

West Berkeley Commercial

Limited Two-family Residential

Mixed Use-Residential

Mixed Use-Light Industrial

Manufacturing

I-80Urban Open Space

California State Parks

Urban Open Space

This land use map helps us understand the distance and scale of existing residential and urban open spaces. Also, it indicates how the Eastshore State Park separates the Parks in Berkeley Marina from the City of Berkeley.

EASTSHORE STATE PARK

EASTSHORE STATE PARK

EASTSHORE STATE PARK

CESAR CHAVEZ PARK

SHOREBIRD PARK

UNIVERSITY AVE

VIRGINA ST

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BERKELEY MEADOW Land Use - Residential, Commercial & Industry

UNIVERSITY AVE

VIRGINA ST I-80

The second land use map shows the existing residential area is surrounded by commercial and manufacturing. Around 50% of the land in West Berkeley is relat-ed to manufacturing and industrial. The long and narrow industrial zone becomes a buffer between the existing residential and Berkeley Marina.

INDUSTRIAL ZONE

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BERKELEY MEADOWCirculation - Vehicle & Railway

Major Vehicular Circulation

Major Vehicular Intersection

Secondary Vehicular Intersection

Railway

Secondary Vehicular Circulation

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BERKELEY MEADOW Circulation - Pedestrian & Cycle

Secondary Pedestrian & Cycle Circulation

Major Pedestrian & Cycle Intersection

Secondary Pedestrian & Cycle Intersection

Pedestrian & Cycle Circulation

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BERKELEY MEADOWSite Character

The trail in Berkeley Meadow

A view from existing trail

Trails are surrounded by fences

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The sign reminds pedestrians to stay on trails

An educational sign

An educational sign

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BERKELEY MEADOWWind AnalysisWind statistics for Berkeley Meadow

Wind direction in a year:

Wind direction in winter:

Wind map Berkeley Meadow in a year:Average speed:18 mph

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BERKELEY MEADOW Biodiversity

Northern harrier White-tailed kite Red-tailed hawks

Birds

Plants

Button-celery

Rush

Arroyo Willow Spearscale Umbrella Sedge

SaltgrassCattails

Killdeer

Sedge

The vegetation was planted after Eastshore State Park General Plan. The planting plan was based on the California native vegetation. However, some kinds of plants have a function of attracting birds.

Opportunities & Constraints

Opportunities Constraints

There is a large residential area three blocks away, which is located in west Berkeley.

It is a large and empty land that exists beside the City of Berkeley, which is one of the highest density cities in United States.

A long and narrow industrial zone separates the existing residential community and Berkeley Meadow.

inside. The meadow is covered with a poorly constructed imperme-able cap, which is an issue for earthwork and construction later.

Berkeley Meadow is located at the intersection of University Ave and I-80. It is a highly valuable location. The site has an effective

vehicular circulation to connect the site to major roads.

University Ave, I-80 and the railway isolate Berkeley Meadow from the City of Berkeley. There is only one point of access, which is Bridge of San Francisco Bay Trail.

Currently, Berkeley Meadow itself has richly ecological resources that can be used for future development. There are native vegeta-

tion, animals and ecosystems.

Berkeley Meadow is an important part of Eastshore State Park. It has a delicate ecosystem. Potential environmental impacts have to be considered.

There is a rich wind resource in the site of Berkeley Meadow. The average speed of wind per year is 18 mph. It is enough strong for

wind power generation or other kinds of use. form, the experience of staying in Berkeley Meadow is not really romantic.

The site of Berkeley Meadow located on the waterfront of Berkeley, The bay view and surrounding environment are unique.

The sea level of Bay Area is rising. The site will be under the sea level in the next hundred years.

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DESIGN CONCEPT

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Wild Wind

Wind itself is invisible. However, it can show its existence via other media. In the concept of Wild Wind, using visual elements to convey the wind is an important idea. When people walk into the site, they can feel the wind because of surroundings. People can feel the wind by trees, grass, waves, windmills and topography.

1. The movement of trees, grass, waves can show the strength and change of wind.2. Windmills are strong elements to convey the experience of feeling the wind. Also, it may support the power need of the site itself and entire Berkeley Marina.3. In the natural world, wind has the power to shape topography, so in an opposite way, topography also can emerge as the acting force of wind.

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Site

Gloden Gate Strait

The concept of Wild Wind is inspired by four elements: the geographic position of the project site, topog-raphy, surrounding facilities and historical context.

3. The adjacent BerkeleyYacht Club and Cal SailingClub create a great oppor-tunity to connect BerkeleyMeadow with the theme ofwind.

2.topography, wind can dom-inate each corner of theentire Berkeley Meadow inwindy times.

1. Berkeley Meadow has arich wind resource becauseof its location. Wind that

Ocean passes through Gold-en Gate Strait, and sweepsacross the Berkeley Marinaarea for around 10 monthsper year.

4. A deeper meaning of the Wild Wind is the nautical background of San Fransisco BayArea. One of the prime reasons for the establishment of the entire Bay Area is naviga-tion. The surrounding civilization would not exist without wind generated navigation.Wind was the only power to drive nautical civilizations for centuries. It should become

Typical Topography

Cal Sailing Club

Berkeley Yacht Club

USER PROFILE

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Demographics 2010 Census of City of Berkeley

Total Population

In households 88.6% (99,731)In group quarters 11.4% (12,849)

Race

White 59.5% (66,996)African American 10.0% (11,241)American Indian 0.4% (479)Asian 19.3% (21,690)Native Hawaiian 0.2% (186)Other race 4.4% (4,994)Two or more races 6.2% (6,994)

Age

Under 5 years 3.7% (4,136)5 to 17 years 8.6% (9,736)18 to 64 years 76.0% (85,532)65 years and over 11.7% (13,176)

Sex

Male 48.9% (55,031)Female 51.1% (57,549)

Berkeley is a dense city. According to the 2010 United States Census, Berkeley had a population of 112,580. The population density was 10,752 people per square mile of land area. Most of them are between 18 and 64 years old, and live in the city. The data of total population indicates that 88.6% residents in Berkeley are households. It means they

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USER PROFILE

Existing use in Berkeley Marina Data is from Recommended Reviews of Yelp, and based on 50 reviews

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Project Proposal

First, Berkeley is a mid-sized city of over 100,000 population in the San Francisco Bay Area. According the 2010 United States Census, the city of Berkeley was one of the most densely populated cities in the United States in 2010. According to the land use map, most of its residential area is concentrated on the east side, and surrounding the University of California, Berkeley, and less people live close to the shoreline as the map shows. This is a situation that is unique in the Bay Area.

The principle of the planning of Berkeley Meadow is to provide a reasonable development direction based on the existing environmental condition of Berkeley Meadow. The goal of the design is to rehabilitate the balance of nature and human use, which is a park that can well serve residents and wildlife at the same time. The design has to have environ-

of Berkeley.

Secondly, the three major parks in Berkeley (Cesar Chavez Park, Eastshore State Park and Berkeley Aquatic Park) area are all concentrated in the west part of the city, which is the opposite side of the city where most of the population lives. All three of these parks connect to the Berkeley Meadow. Berkeley Meadow is located at the intersection of the

these parks from the adjacent residential area.

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generations.

There are three reasons to support this project:

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sealed up by impermeable materials under the visual layer. However, waste produces gas and liquid. Most of these are harmful, so it is important to isolate the topsoil and subsoil for public health and environmental protection. During the construction, controlling the depth of foundations and creating landforms will be a severe challenge. Second, the existing ecosystem is delicate as currently designed. Any kinds of uncertain impacts can destroy the existing ecosystem. One of the major materials that created Berkeley

-sive use. Third, according to the annual statistics of sea levels in the San Francisco Bay Area, the sea level is getting higher from each year. This is a global issue. In the next hundred years, Berkeley Meadow will be back to a wetland again, and the design should consider this physical situation.

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LAN 605 Drawing as Process

LAN 665 Digital Graphics for Landscape Architecture

GLA 616 Sacred Geometry

2013 SPRING & FALL 2014 SPRING & FALL

LAN 678 People and Environment

LAN 660 Designing Public Spaces

GLA 640 Urban Open Spaces

LAN 658 Landscape, Theory & Design

LAN 670 Regional Planning & Analysis

LAN 673 Landscape Architectural Methods & Materials

LAN 679 Advanced Digital Graphics

2015 SPRING

LAN 680 Site Planning & Sustainable Design Studio

LAN 688 Emerging Topics & Research Methods

GLA 606 Crossing Borders

MIDPOINT REVIEW

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LAN 800 Directed Study (Site Analysis)

LAN 800 Directed Study (Urban Deisgn)

LAN 800 Directed Study

GLA 602 The Art & Ideology of the 20th Century

2015 SUMMER & FALL

LAN 690 Directed Study

LAN 800 Directed Study

LAN 800 Directed Study

2016 SPRING

GLA 681 Professional Practice for Landscape Architecture

2016 SUMMERFINAL REVIEW

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Case StudyWebsites:

Documents:

Site Analysis

from 350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza Suite 300 Oakland, CA 94612from Jim Martin Environmental Collaborative

from Christine Daniel, City Manager

Case Study

Site Analysisfrom Planning & Development Department of City of Berkeley

from Eastshore State Parkfrom Port of San Francisco

by Department of Parks, Recreation and Waterfront of City of Berkeley

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conditions and human behaviors. However, they cannot be completely isolated from each other. A wide buffer zone can create a comfortable meeting place between the housing and performing arts center architectural complex. Also, the boundary has limited access to keep the two areas isolated under a certain condition.

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located in the East Bay, approximately 40 miles from San Francisco. The open space parcel was purchased by the City of Pleasanton from the San Francisco Water Department 20 years ago. Following several planning phases, a concept of a grand park surrounding two residential neighborhoods has emerged. The

seating for 500, performing arts center (800-1,000 seating) including a 2,000 square foot art gallery and a 5,000 square foot youth center; parking for 2,000 cars (parking must be arranged in 100-200 space lots, distributed equally among the park uses); several acres of community gardens, several acres for a community farm. The remainder of the park area is to be designated as open space. Additional street circulation may be included in your open space plan.

Plan solution will be used for Projects #3 and #4.

For Bernal Community Park each student is to create a design for a 50-acre community park, the location of which is within the boundary of the Pleasanton Central Park Project #3 planning area. Now that you have created an open space concept for the Pleasanton Central Park (a ‘grand’ park) it is time to tran-sition to the next design phase, which is to create a master plan for the 50-acre Bernal Community Park. The City of Pleasanton has determined that the

are to be included in the Bernal Community Park. Your task is to take your Project #3 master design plan to the next level of detail by focusing on the 50-acre community park. I will discuss with each student the boundary for this 50-acre community park, since the boundary may be different for each student. The acreage is approximate as well and may increase to 80 acres.

LAN 670 Archive of Regional Planning & Analysis Studio

Project Brief

Source: LAN 670 Archive of Regional Planning & Analysis Studio Fall 2014

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FUNCTION DIAGRAM PLEASANTON CENTRAL PARK SPECIFIC PLAN

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ILLUSTRATIVE PARK PLANPLEASANTON CENTRAL PARK SPECIFIC PLAN

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ENLARGED PLAN & SECTIONS PLEASANTON CENTRAL PARK SPECIFIC PLAN

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ILLUSTRATIVE SITE PLAN OF BERNAL COMMUNITY PARKPLEASANTON CENTRAL PARK SPECIFIC PLAN

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DESIGN STATEMENT OF BERNAL COMMUNITY PARK PLEASANTON CENTRAL PARK SPECIFIC PLAN

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CLAY MODELPLEASANTON CENTRAL PARK SPECIFIC PLAN

BIRD’S EYE VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST

BIRD’S EYE VIEW FROM NORTHWEST

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The entire site of project of Oak Grove Estates is located in a mountainous area in Pleasanton. The existing topography is a challenge for locating housing development and traf-

Oak Grove Estates

Project 2 requires understanding the native California landscape. The assignment asks for a land use solution for 51 estate lots on a 595-acre site in the hills above Pleasanton, a small city with population of 68,000. The 51 lots must be located on approximately one hundred acres, with the remaining 495 acres preserved in its natural state or restored if affected by the development of the 51 lots. The open space reserve is to be open to public access with a multi-use trail system for hikers and equestrians. You are to include one trailhead with restrooms and maintenance building, car parking (20 spaces), horse trailer park-ing (10 spaces) and potable water source.

The one hundred acres of developed land is to include neighborhood streets with a minimum of two points of entry. The lots may be continuously connected

located for easy access from the 51 lots.

LAN 670 Archive of Regional Planning & Analysis Studio

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Project Brief

Source: LAN 670 Archive of Regional Planning & Analysis Studio Fall 2014

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ILLUSTRATIVE OPEN SPACE & TRAILS PLANOAK GROVE ESTATES

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ILLUSTRATIVE RESIDENTIAL SITE PLANOAK GROVE ESTATES

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NEIGHBORHOOD PARK DESIGN & TYPICAL STREET SECTIONSOAK GROVE ESTATES

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ILLUSTRATIVE RESIDENTIAL SITE PLANOAK GROVE ESTATES

Highway I-280 will be removed in the future planning for Mission District. The high way will end at 16th Street and 7th Street. It gives a possibility to recon-nect this neighborhood. Following the development of Mission District, A healthy and compact neighborhood becomes one of the direction of development. UCSF Student Apartment Park design is a new type of community for the city to better solve the housing issue in city San Francisco based on the existing site of Caltrain Station. In this course, I learned to use digital graphic techniques to communicate my design ideas, and helped develop the design itself turn into a deeper level. Photoshop, Illustrator, SketchUp, Rhinoceros and hand drawing are the major techniques that have been used.

UCSF Student Apartment Park Design

Students were asked to select their favorite project from a previous studio course at AAU. Through a series of exercises, design revisions were made and new illustrative concept, schematic and design development drawings were cre-ated. Course assignments provided the framework for exploring various work-

-tation, 3D digital modelling, 2D digital drafting, layout composition, professional

11 weeks of the semester, culminating in the construction of a 3D Rhino model

own trajectory for their Rhino model – choosing either to revisit a technique or process previously covered in class – or innovate their own to evolve the model beyond a 3D massing tool. The following pages document both an evolution of the student’s design project and software versatility. (Source: LAN 679 Ad-vanced Digital Graphics for Landscape Architecture Fall 2014)

LAN 679: Advanced Digital Graphics for Landscape ArchitectureProject Brief

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Sketches Conceptual sketch for meadow area

Conceptual sketch for the connection between path at grade and bridge

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Perspective From elevated path looking at central meadow

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From grade path in forest looking at building

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Perspective From bridge looking at Forth Street and northwest part

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Section

Concept Section: Land form between building and elevated path

Concept Section: Townsend Street and Residential Housing