Cheeneng YangPortfolio

Master of Landscape ArchitectureAustin E. Knowlton

School of ArchitectureThe Ohio State University

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Table of ContentsAcademic Projects

Off-Grid: Hudson Yards

Adena Brook: Augmentation of Wildlife

Thompson Community Center and Godman Guild Association:An Exploration of Social and Ecological Systems

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ADENA BROOK: AUGMENTATION OF WILDLIFEProject Site: Adena Brook - Whetstone ParkProject Description:

My project lies within the Olentangy Watershed in Whetstone Park mainly focusing on the part of Adena Brook that runs through. Using the greenway plan as a guide to design my site following most of their recommendations. Some recommendations I am putting in my design are more areas for bird watching, more biodiversity, wetlands, and education. Adena Brook Community also has a list of objectives which I am implementing some. They want to more native plant species, remove invasive plant species, and to have a more suitable environment for American Kestrels and Eastern Screech Owls. This is a current and ongoing project for spring semester of 2013.

My focus is on the section of Adena Brook which runs through Whetstone Park. With the existing condition of the ravine, I want to augment the wildlife habitat. Specifically looking at the American Kestrel, Eastern Screech Owl, and salamanders, in general, my design is on how I can augment the current ecology to better suit their needs to exist on the site. In the portfolio, I broken down a complex cycle illustrating the today’s ecology to what I am proposing, tomorrow’s ecology, and assembling all parts into one larger complex diagram.

I am proposing to install native plants, but I do not plan to entirely remove all of the invasive plant species. The invasive species such as the Japanese Suckle have antiviral and antibiotic properties; therefore, I am suggesting that it gets harvest and process into tea creating a source of income for the park and at the same time help to control the invasive population.

Site Plan

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ADENA BROOK: AUGMENTATION OF WILDLIFE

There is no connection between the north side and the south side due to the ravine and steep slopes. I propose to have treehouses with sky bridges connecting the park and acting as a platform in the air for bird watching. This creates a dynamic circulation and hierarchy with the existing ground trail, the proposed wetlands, and the treehouses with sky bridges connecting one to another.

Site Context

Ecology of Today

Polluted Inputs

Water Quality

Cultural Pollutants

Habitat Economic

Organic Nutrients

Energy/Water

Cultural Impact

Salamander Aquatic-Terrestrial Life-Cycle

Salamander Aquatic Life-Cycle

Legend

Humans

Open Field Park of Roses

Recreation Fields

Rain

Dog & Dog Fecal

CSO

Food Waste

Sediments

Groundwater

Dead Organisms

Nitrogen Rich Soil

Homogeneous Plant Palette

Output to River

Fish

RaccoonsFrogs?

SquirrelsSparrows

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Ecology of Tomorrow

GroundwaterEvapotranspiration

Trail Wildlife Observation

Treehouse Trail

Nesting Area

Open Field

Birds

Amphibians

Ground Fauna

DecomposerSoil

Vegetation Debris

DeadVegetation

Herbaceous Vegetation

Saplings

Trees

Wetland: Swamp

Metamorphosis

Wetland: Marsh

Water

SurfaceSediments

Nutrients

Rain

Adena Brook

Output to River

Sun

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Invasive Garden

Treehouse Perspective

Funding SourceFunding for Adena Brook

Invasive Species(i.e. Japanese Honeysuckle,Garlic Mustard etc.)

Process & Package

Harvest

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Ecology of Today

Ecology of Tomorrow

Invasive Garden

All the different diagrams connect to form one

complex cycle.

Treehouse Perspective

Site Context

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1) Egg

2) Larva with gill buds

3) Larva with developing gills and front and hind legs

4) Developed larvae or aquatic adult

5) Terrestrial adult

Salamander Life-Cycle

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Organism Habitat American Kestrel

Landscape Type

Food

Trail

Tree Types

Nesting

Predators

Time of Hunt

Open Field Open Field

Diurnal Nocturnal

Insects Insects InsectsBirds Birds Fish & Amphibian EggsRodents Rodents

American Elm & Sycamore American Elm & Sycamore

Secondary Cavity Secondary Cavity Wetland

Birds of Prey Birds of Prey Birds of PreyRaccoons Raccoons Raccoons Birds

Wetland Plants

Diurnal/Nocturnal

American Kestrel

Eastern Screech Owl Salamander

80’0”

80’0”

Scale 1:80

Scale 1:80

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Section A

Section B

Canopy Area

Wooden Cross

Entrance into Site

Adena Brook

TrailTrail

Sky Bridge

Intimate with the Outdoors

80’0”

80’0”

Scale 1:80

Scale 1:80

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Section D

Section C

Swamp

Swamp

Treehouse Ground Access

Recreation FieldTreehouse

Sky Bridge

Trail

Trail

Treehouse Observation Deck

Marsh

Central Park

Hudson Yards

New Jersey

Brooklyn

Manhatten

New York

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Farmers Market

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Hudson Yards project site

Hudson River

West Side Highway

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10th

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23rd St

Bike

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Chelsea Waterside Park

Chelsea Park

150’0”

Scale 1:150

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Site Plan

Scale 1:4mi

Scale 1:2000

Project Site: Hudson YardsGroup Members: Cheeneng Yang, John Hemmerle & Maddie DavisGroup Role: Designer of Waterfront and Urban Plaza

Site Context

Designed by: Maddie Davis

Project Description:

The Hudson Yards, located in New York city is the site. The main objective is transforming it into an attractive and sustainable urban area connecting to the waterfront using the NYC 2030 plan as our guide. Our group’s focus is how to merge our programs and event space i.e. active outdoor recreations (mountain biking, bouldering, and rock climbing, alternate energy, education, farmer’s market, and the waterfront with the city of New York. At the waterfront, it consists of energy islands; an floating island consisting of wind turbines, water turbines, and solar panels creating a source of energy back onto the site.

My contributions to the group work are designing the waterfront and the urban plaza. A few iterations of the urban plaza space and a couple of site context diagrams (i.e. stormwater management and alternate energy) were illustrated to help with the design process.

OFF-GRID

Sections in Portfolio

200’0”200’0”

Scale 1:200

Scale 1:200

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Alternate Energy

Stormwater Management

The urban plaza is located between two mixed-use buildings, so its design is to complement the multi-usages of the building. This area acts as an attraction and is at a human scale creating a atmosphere for different life-styles.

The goal at the waterfront, is to make the it attractive by using water as the source of decoration. Also by having the energy islands floating on the river front it acts as a attraction and education site. The building itself is in a undulating form acting as a wave reflecting the waves.

Scale 1:50

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Axonometric Urban

Plaza

Section B: Main Promenade

& Urban Plaza Space

Section: Urban Plaza Iterations

Multi-Program Open Space

Multi-Program Open Space

Water Fountain Playground

Outdoor Platform

Promenade

Promenade

W 34th St

Outdoor Cafe

Waterway

Resident/Commercial

Outdoor Restaurant

Mixed use Building

Mixed use Building

Wooden Bench

Scale 1:100

100’0”

50’0”

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Section: Urban Plaza Iterations

Promenade

Urban Plaza

Urban Plaza

Solar power lights which will automatically turn on when it is night time.A courtyard full of trees acting as a canopy area with spaces to sit.

Water fountains as a decoration which people can interact with the water.

Open areas with concrete and grass material for outdoor activities i.e. break dancing, yoga, demo roof garden, music performances etc.

W 30th St

Resident/Commercial Resident/Commercial

Scale 1:50

Scale 1:15

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Section F: Waterfront Attraction

Section: View from Waterfront

Cap

PathMountain Bike Course

Trains

Open Space

Sidewalk

Water Fountain Playground

Locker RoomsCommercial

Commercial

Cap

Stairs

UndulatingBuildings

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15’0”

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Waterfront Energy Islands Perspective

Commercial

Rock Climbing/Boulder-

Commercial

Main Entrance

Thompson Park

Godman Gui ld

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5th Avenue TransectThompson Park and Godman Gui ld

LA6410/2410Cheeneng Yang

Scale 1:2000

2000’0”

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Project Site: Godman Guild Association & Thompson Community CenterGroup Members: Cheeneng Yang, Maddie Davis, & Clinton Kuenzli Group Role: Designer of the Micro-Level (Bee Relationship)

Busy Bee:Pollination

Comparing similarities at two different sites, Thompson Park and Godman Guild, each member focuses on a different scale of relationship. The relationship consists of a social and a physical relationship. Maddie’s focus were on human interaction and recreation of both sites at macro-level. The vegetation and human relationship is Clinton’s goal; macro-level. My level of interest lies in the social network, and the relationship bees have to humans and vegetation including their importance in the pollination cycle; micro-level.

Site Plan

Human VisionBumble Bee Vision

50’ 25’ 12.5’Godman Guild Association: Site Section Scale 1” = 50’.0”

Scale 1:100

100’0”

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Section: Godman Guild Association

Bee Vision Human Vision

Bees are important insect pollinators and are the producers of honey which humans and other organisms consume. Their involvement in pollination, although not the only insect, is one of the many reasons why many plants are able to reproduce and produce fruits and vegetables which are food for people and other organisms. My project illustrates the pollination cycle, the difference between their vision compared to human vision, and a few challenges that a bee may encounter on its journey to collect nectar and pollinate plants.

200’ 100’ 50’Transect Section: 5th Ave facing south.(Thompson Community Center to Godman Guild Association) Scale: 1” = 200’

50’ 25’ 12.5’Thompson Community Center: Site Section Scale 1” = 50’.0”

Movement of the bumble bee when potential predator is in sight.

100’0”

Scale 1:100

Scale 1:200

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Section: Thompson Community Center

Transect Section

A bee flies in a zig-zag movement when a predator is present to confuse it.

200’ 100’ 50’Transect Section: 5th Ave facing south.(Thompson Community Center to Godman Guild Association) Scale: 1” = 200’

Bumble Bee 1

Bumble Bee 2

Bumble Bee 3

Predator in sight; sways back and forth.

Bumble bees have many predators ranging from large insects and spiders (i.e. dragonflies) to birds.

Bumble Bee 1 did not escape the predator and got eaten.The pollination process ends with its death.

Predator

With no predator(s) in sight, the bee moves in a zig zag motion,and travels from flower to flower collecting nector and pollinating.

Bumble Bee 2 successfully pollinates the flower with pollen from anotherflower. Pollen from this flower gets stuck onto the body which will betransferred onto another flower continuing the pollination cycle.

If the flower is kept in a shelter of some sort like a greenhouse, the beewill have no way to pollinate. The weather also affects whenthe bee will go out and collect nector continuing the pollinationcycle.

The pollination process fail due to the flowers being kept inside. Also, if the weather changes from sunshine to rain, the bee would retreat and return back to its nest.Bumblee Bee 3 fails to pollinate.

(Magnified)Pollen

Bumble Bee Vision

Human Vision

Greenhouse

Corolla(Petals)

Style

StigmaAnther

Filament

Ovary

Microsporangium(Spores/Pollen)

Human Color Vision(400nm - 800nm)

Bumble Bee Color Vision(300nm - 700nm)

StamenCarpel

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Bee Pollination Obstacles Abstract Diagram

Bee-Flower Perspective

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