Landscape Portfolio

Landscape PortfolioXIN YANG MLA of TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY503 Southwest Parkway, Apt. 802, College Station, TX, Phone: 979-739-9518 E-Mail: [email protected]

Xin Yang

Work Experiences• 2011 Summer, Interned in HHL,Shenzhen, China. Under Changshan Huang’s direction, involved in the following projects:MasterPlanforJingmaoShijiaResort,Lijiang,Yunnan,China(collaboratedwiththeDenverofficeofDesignWorkshop) Master Plan for Furong Paradise, Xinxing Town, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Master Plan for Model Retirement Community, Beijing, ChinaMasterPlanfortheSouthLakeLandDevelopment,Wuhu,Anhui,China.

• 2011 Spring, Student worker for Dr. Bruce Devorak with his green roof research.• 2008 Summer, Interned in Siyuan Evaluation Company, collected and analysed land use data in Doumen District, Zhuhai city, China.

Core Competencies• Areas of expertise include: Site Design, Community Planning, Tourism Planning, Planting Design, Perspective Drawing, Cross Section Drawing,

Construction Detail, Site Analysis.• Well-refinedcomputerskillonMACandPCplatform:AutoCAD,Photoshop,Illustrator,InDesign,SketchUp,GISandMSoffice. • Strong visual communication skill in both digital and hand drawing. • Abletoread,write,listen,andspeakfluentlyinthreelanguages:English,Mandarin,andCantonese.• Creative,responsibility,flexibility,adaptability,self-motivated,abilitytoworkunderpressure.

Activities & Honour• April 2012, Elizabeth and Edmund Rodiek MLA Endowed Scholarship• April2011,HonourablementionfortheGraduateDivision-AnalysisandPlanningcategoryoftheTexasASLAStudentDesignCompetition.

(TeamWork)• August 2011~ May 2012, Vice President of Promotion of International Student Association in TAMU.• January 2012, ULI Hines Student Urban Design Competition. • December 2009, participated competition of interior design for Langford Room A300.

Education• Master in Landscape Architecture, May 2012 Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Texas A & M University

• Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning & Management, June 2008 Real Estate College Beijing Normal University

503 Southwest Parkway, Apt. 802, College Station, TX, Phone: 979-739-9518 E-Mail: [email protected]

Table of Content

“The Link” 01-04Social Oriented Mixed-Use Development @ Downtown Houston CompetitionProject/TeamWork

Lijiang Resort 05-08Preliminary Master Plan for Lijiang Jinmaoshijia Resort Project @ Lijiang,ChinaInternshipProject/TeamWork

Cotton Rose Paradise 09-12Master Plan for Cotton Rose Paradise @ Chengdu, China StudioProject/TeamWork&IndividualSiteDesign

Active Ageing 13-18Hongming Retirement Community Master Plan @ Hainan, China Final Study Project/ Teamwork

Green Roof Design 19-22StormwaterManagementwithGreenRoofTechnique@TexasA&MUniversityStudio Project/ Individual Design

Artwork & Others 23-26Construction Drawing, Sketches, Marker Drawings

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Location: Downtown Houston, Texas, USA

Date: 01/17/2012~01/31/2012

Project Type: ULIHinesCompetitionProject/TeamWork

Responsibility: Team Leader, Site Analysis, Conceptual Diagram, Project Development and Execution, Collaboration of Team, Poster Layout and so on.

Summary:This is a multidiscipline teamwork project for the 2012 ULI Hines Student Urban Design competition, that have collaborated with two landscape architec-ture students two architecture students and one land development student.The project site is located at the edge of downtown Houston. There are two major highways passing by the site, Buffalo Bayou Park is located at the south side within walking distance. The Purpose of the project is to shape a new downtown district to serve as a key to connect buffalo bayou, Theatre District and Historic District of downtown Houston.Our Proposal is to create a micro-downtown district that integrates the exist-ing public transportation with walkable street, bike lanes and future com-muter rail system to provide diverse transit option. Meanwhile the project also create a place to provide diverse living, working, and entertaining op-tions for people who visit, live, work, and play there. Most importantly, the compact development with diverse programs encourages the social inter-action between the future residents, visitors, and workers.

THE LINK

PROJECT 01

Mixed-Use

Downtown Houston

ConnectionTransit Knot

Social Oriented Mixed-Use Development @ Downtown Houston

Urban Revitalization

THE LINKSocial Oriented

Mixed-UseDevelopment @ Downtown Houston

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The model was created and rendered by two architecture team members

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ExistingFigureGround

ProposedFigure-Ground

Proposed Circulation

4.4%3.7%4.3%

13.7%

4.7%0.8%

44.0%

24.5%

SRO HousingMarket Rate For-Sale HousingMarket Rate Rental Housing

Hospitality

Market Rate RetailAffordable Retail

Parking

OfficeExistingFigure-Ground

THE LINK

TargetedGroup

Sky View Analysis was created by one architecture member

Concept Diagram

Hotel

Housing

Office

Parking

RetailDowntown ConnectionLive and Work

Accessible/Diverse transit Walkable/BikablestreetsTransportationefficientCar poolReduce vehicular trips

Affordable livingAccessible workHospitalityConvenient services0 carbon footprintCompact development.

Employment opportunitiesSocial networkSense of communityDiverse options of activities

Buffalo Bayou boatingPerformance artNightlife/bar streetPublic spaceConnective jogging trail and bike pathProgramming/eventsCompact neighbourhood

Social Interaction Sustainable Transit

Frankin St

Retail-Residential Parking garageShopping & foodLive/WorkUnitsRoofGardenabove

Commercial StreetShoppingBar/CafeIndoor/Outdoor Restaurant

PlazaWaterFeatureGatheringPlaceShade Sitting Area

LOFTParking garageShopping & foodLive/WorkUnitsRoofGardenabove

HotelHospitality ServiceParking garageRoofGardenabove

Retail- OfficeOfficeSpacewithConvenient FoodLocation.Parking garage

ISO HourseAffordable LivingRetail UnderneathParking garage

Iconic HotelUp-Scale Hospitality ServiceShopping/FoodParking garage

Site Plan was rendered by Teammate Xuemei Luo

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PHASE ONE• Retail 68,53 7.6%• Residential 274,61 30.5%• Office 252,19 28.0%• Parking 305,70 33.9%

PHASE TWO• Retail 78,28 4.2%• Office 591,44 31.7%• Hotel 311,78 16.7%• Parking 886,16 47.4%

PHASE THREE• Retail 13,52 2.1% • Affordable Retail 26,39 4.0% • SRO Housing 150,51 23.0% • Hotel 160,40 24.6% • Parking 302,45 46.30%

Bike Trails

Vehicle Access

Pedestrian Access

Future Light rail & Stops

Bus Route& Stops

Parking Structure

Surface/On Street Parking

Bayou&HighwayGreenBeltGreenBuffer

GreenRoof

GreenCorridorPublic Open Space

Circulation Parking Open Space

Mixed-Use Building Model was created by architecture teammate Yan lu

ParkingGarage Retail Housing/OfficeOffice

Perspective of the Street in the Community Created by architecture teammate Yan lu

Retail

Office

Hotel

Parking

Retail

Residential

Office

Parking

RetailAffordableRetail

Hotel

Parking

SRO House

HotelMixed-UseOffice/Retail SRO Housing

Parking Garage with Retail Iconic Hotel

LoftResidential/ Retail

Green Roof Commercial Water Feature Open Space0 30’ 120’

Section(West-East)

Preminary Master Plan for Lijiang Resort Project @ Lijiang,China

Lijiang Resort

Location: Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China

Date: 05/06/2011~08/03/2011

Project Type: InternshipProject/TeamWork

Responsibility: On-Site Design Charrette, Plan Development, Case Studies, GraphicPreparation,MeetingwithClient,DesignDocumentation,AnalysisMaps,TranslationWorkandsoon.

Summary:This is an up-scale resort project with integration of characteristic of local culture. The project is located at Lijiang, Yunnan, China. The old town of Lijiang was listed in the world cultural heritage register for its beautiful archi-tectural style and characteristics. Thepurposeoftheprojectistodevelopaluxuryresortwithafive-starsho-tel, commercial street, and high-end residential by integrating the local traditional village and urban settlement pattern ( water, mountain, street, courtyard),aswellasmaximizingtheviewtowardSacredmountain:JadeDragon Snow Mountain.Our approach is to create a village with a relaxed atmosphere, set up a appropriatescaleofthebuildingtofithumandimension;modifythestreetpattern and residential cluster to be organic and changing with short dis-tance, derive the historic essence of local building with more modern retail interpretation.

Mountain Water Street Courtyard

PROJECT 02Up-Scale Resort

Lijiang China

Traditional CultureTourist Destination

Local Characteristic

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Sales Center

WellnessCenter

Artisan Village

Model Units/Corps Villa

Luxury Retail

Food and Beverage

Club House

Central Lake

Hyatt Hotel

Hotel Villa

Lake Park

Retail

Pocket Park

Legend

Illustrative Master PlanResponsibilty: engaing in planning, CAD drawing, color rendering, and editing master plan according to changes.

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F igure Ground Analys is o f T radi t ional L i j iang Commerical and Residential Area

The town of Lijiang is Laid out with an organic style, there houses are close to each other with various

building layout, and the steets are narrow and

meandering.

Water can reach every home and street in the

town,itnotonlyfullfilstheeverdayneedofofdweller,but also give the town a beauty and charm.

Hierarchy of Social Space in a Typical Neighborhood of Lijiang

Commerical Area

Residential Area

Town

District

Street

Courtyard

Town District Street Courtyard

城坊街道院

Open Space

CourtyrardGreenSpace

Building

Road

Lijiang Architectural Spatial Relaionship Analysis

Lijiang Typical Street Layout LijiangTypicalSquareLayoutTraditional Neighborhood is organized around Three pit wellandsmallpublicsquare

Street

Mixed-UseBuildingFirsttwofloorsa r e r e t a i l , R e s t u r a n t , Bar, the third tofourthfloorsare residential units or bed & breakfast

Stream

WoodCrossing

Street

PublicSquare

StoneCrossing

Stream

PublicSquare

Stream

Drinking

Clean Food

WashCloth

House

House

House

House

HouseHouse

R1

土地利用规划图Land Use Analysis Diagram

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一类居住用地

商业用地旅馆业用地

公共绿地

水面Residential (Low Density)

Commercial

Hotel

Green Open Space

Water规划范围Property LineC25

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功能分区图Functional District Diagram

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3 6Responsibilty:Involved with discission of creating and conducting a set of analysis maps. Took charge of cooperating and edit-ing all the analysis maps to make them into a uniform format.ThebasemapCADfilewascreatedbymeandone of my colleague.01: Labelled both in Chinese and English, Colour editing.02: Labelled both in Chinese and English, Colour editing.03: Labelled both in Chinese and English, Colour editing.04: Labelled both in Chinese and English, 05:Wholesheetwascreatedbymyself.06:Wholesheetwascreatedbymyself.07: Involved part of drawing, labelled both in Chinese and English, Colour editing.08: Involved part of drawing, labelled both in Chinese and English, Colour editing.

分期规划图Phases Plan

一期 Phase I (2012-2013)

二期

三期

Phase II (2013-2015)

Phase II (2015-2017)

Master Plan for Cotton Rose Paradise @ Chengdu, ChinaCotton Rose Paradise

Location: Chengdu, Sichuang Province, P. R. China

Date: 01/17/2011~05/10/2011

Project Type: StudioProject/TeamWork/IndividualWork

Responsibility: Case Study, Programming, Site Analysis, Collaboration of the master plan CAD, part of Master Plan CAD and Colour Rendering, individual site Design

Summary:Thisisastudioprojectwithteamwork;themasterplantotheleftistheef-fort of all the studio students. Then, each individual student was assigned to develop a site design for a target area of our selection. My individual selection is a residential community with the main theme of Cotton Rose.This project created a residential community of Cotton Rose. Located in thegreatercontextofamasterPlan for the threesquarekilometrestown of Xinxing, this newly realized village was transformed into a place that has attracted many new residents, tourists, artists, and business peo-ple while improving the lives of the existing populace. This example com-munity shows the town to be a seat of beauty that both cultivate and celebrate the Cotton Rose. It is designed to be a place to live, work and learn, while at the same time it serves as a destination for visitors by at-tracting them with opportunities to relax, places to play, chances to shop and venues in which to gather.

Eco-AgricultureBotanicalGarden

Chengdu China

Mixed-UseTourism Planning

PROJECT 03

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Legend

IllustrativeMasterPlanofCottonRose(Responsibility:Southeasterncornerresidentialcommunitydesign,combinedalltheCADfileintoonemasterplan,partofcolorrendering

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NORTH

Legend

Cotton Rose Plaza

WaterCascade

Cotton Rose Terrace

Visiting Center

LittleAsianGarden

Town House

Cotton Rose Mount

Gazebo

Children Playground

Trellis

Index MapN.T.S.

Perspective Location

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Escalator

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LakeViewWoodDeck

Sunset Lake

Bald Cypress

PergolaGazebo

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Individual Site Design Plan.

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Perspective: View From North side of the Lake

Location: Sanmenpo Town, Hainan, China

Date: 04/12/2011~04/12/2012

Project Type:FinalStudyProject/TeamWork

Responsibility: Case studies, site inventory, Programming, Master Plan, sections, Project Documentation, Master Plan Analysis, Individual Site Design and so on.

Summary: This isa teamworkprojectwithoneofmyclassmateXuemeiLuo.Weworked corroboratively from the research phase to master plan analysis, and work independently to produce a individual site design focusing on smaller areas within the master plan.The project is located at Sanmenpo town, Haikou city, Hainan province, China. Hainan province is famous for tourism with tropical monsoon-al climate. The purpose of this project is to apply active ageing and evidence-based health care design principles to plan and design an active retirement community, where seniors can pursue independent living,andfulfiltheirhealth,recreational,social,andemotionalneed.

PROJECT 04

Ageing Process

Retirement Community

SustainabilityHainan China

Evidence Base Design

Hongming Retirement Community Master Plan@ Downtown HoustonActive Ageing

ctive ageing

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Bird’seyeViewwasCreatedbyTeammateXuemeiLuo(Responsibility:PartofModeling)

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Independent Living (Art Theme)

Independent Living (Sport Theme)

Commercial Street

Independent Living (Health Theme)

Outdoor Exericise Plaza

Wetland

Resort Hotel

Hot Spring Villa

Mixed-age Duplex Mixed-age Townhouse

Therapeutic Center

Urban Village

Kingdergarten

Mixed-age Garden Condominium

Recreation Center

Assisted Living

Community Center

Central Park

Central Green

Recreation Center-Classroom

Reservoir Linear Park

ChangpoReservoir

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IllustrativeMasterPlanwasCreatedbyTeamMateXuemeiLuoandMe)

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3 6 Responsibilty:The series of master plan analysis were created by my teammateandme,thefirstfourdrawingaremostlydrawn by teammate Xuemei Luo, I involved part of modification.01: Calculation of the Index.02: Edited the drawing and label.03: Typical Street Section.04: Calculation of the Index.05:Wholesheetwascreatedbymyself.06:Wholesheetwascreatedbymyself.07:Wholesheetwascreatedbymyself.08:Wholesheetwascreatedbymyself.

Land Use Plan and Statistics

Open Space System

Circulation

Parking Analysis

Housing Product Distribution

Surface Type Analysis

WindCorridors

Phase Plan

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Independent Living (Art Theme)

PedestrainPath

Street

Street Parking

PedestrainPath

Bio-swale Trellis


Archade

RetailPavilion

WetlandReservoir Linear Park

PedestrainPath

PedestrainPath

Central SportGarden

Street

Commericial Street

Retail Street

Street Parking


Independent Living(Health Theme)

Central Sports Corridor

Bio-swale PedestrainPath

Street Parking

PedestrainPath

PedestrainPath

PedestrainPath

Green Corridor

A A'

Art Plaza

Wetland Reservoir Linear Park

Gathering Plaza

Chess Plaza Terrace Trail Infinity Pool

Rooftop Garden

Bio-swale Entry Plaza

B B'

Tropical Pavilion Healing GardenEntry Plaza

Terrace Trail

Assited Living

Healing Garden

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Archade

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Setting Area

Mixed Ages Garden Condominium

Trellis


Sitting AreaBio-swale Terrace Garden Bio-swale

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Green BufferTerrace Garden

Mixed-age Garden CondominiumCentral Green

Terrece Plaza Terrece Plaza


Pedestrian Path

Duplex Backyard

Mixed-age Duplex Mixed-age Townhouse

Bio-swale Buffer

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Waterfront Walking Trail

Pedestrian Path

Frontyard& Entrance

Ramp to ParkingGarage &

Building Entrance

Road Townhouse Backyard

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Stormwater Managment with Green Roof Technique@Texas A&M UniversityGreen Roof Design

PROJECT 05

GreenRoof

Low Impact Development

Texas A&M University

Sustainable

Location: Rooftop of Student Computer Center, TAMU, College Station, Texas

Date: 2010 Summer

Project Type: StudioProject/IndividualWork

Responsibility: individual site Design, perspective drawing, CAD drawing, section

Summary:TheprojectistouseLowImpactDevelopmenttechniqueforstormwatermanagement of Texas A&M university central campus. A demonstration roof garden of Annex library will provide alternative opportunities for refer-ence future master plan of Texas A&M University. It also imports the con-cept of LID technology by integrating ecology, education, entertainment and technology to create a green, sustainable and better environment for campus.

Stormwater Management

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Perspective From the Corner of Sitting Area

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GreenRoofSitePlan

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Section A-A’

Green Roof at Parapet Scale 1-1"=1'-0"

SCC Roof GardenGreen Roof at Parapet

Texas A&M UniversityLandscape Architecture

LAND 603Summer 2010

3' 6'' High Parapet

Green Roof

Metal flashing

Intensive Green roof Vegetation

Growth Media ( 12'' Thickness )System Filter

Roofing MembraneRoot Barrier(Secondary Membrane)

Hydrotech Gardendrain GR50 2'' Height

Insulation

Pebble

Moisture Management Fabric

Roofing Deck

12''

6"

Drawn By:

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Gravel for Maintenance

12''

Xin Yang

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Intensive Green roof Vegetation

Growth Media ( 12'' Thickness )System Filter

Roofing MembraneRoot Barrier(Secondary Membrane)

Hydrotech Gardendrain GR50 2'' Height

Insulation


Roofing Deck

1'

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Bonding Adhesive

Kisss Below Flow Flat Irrigation System

Drawn By:

Drainage Chamber

SCC Roof GardenDrainage of Green Roof


LAND 603Summer 2010

Xin Yang

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The Shape of Drainage Chamber

Drainage of Green RoofScale 1-1"=1'-0"

23'

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The bearing bar are on1.5''centers, and the cross barsare on 4'' centers

Aluminum grate, 150mm(W), 250mm (H)

Extensive Green roof Vegetation,SedumGrowth Media ( 3'' Thickness )

System Filter

Roofing Membrane

Root Barrier(Secondary Membrane)

Hydrotech Gardendrain GR301 1/4'' Height

Insulation


Roofing Deck

Aluminum Grate

Concrete CurbPorous Paver

Drawn By:

Grate Settlement

SCC Roof GardenMetal Grate andExtensive Roof


LAND 603Summer 2010

Xin Yang

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Metal Grate Above the Extensive Green RoofScale 1-1"=1'-0"

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1"6"

DrainageofGreenRoof

MetalGrateAbovetheExtensiveRoof

GreenRoofatParapet

Section B-B’

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Date: 08/12/2009~12/12/2011

Responsibility: construction drawings, pencil sketches, markers drawing

Project Type: Individual graphics work

Summary:Construction and graphic communication class assignments, and activi-ties posters.

Activities, Construction Drawing, Pencil, Markers and PenArtwork & Other

Other Work

Pencil Drawing

Construction Drawing

Markers

Pens

Posters

IBA

MODEL

UN

Feburary 10, 2011

Rudder Tower, R

oom 707

Organizers: Student G

overnment Associatio

n (SGA)

Coordinators: Internatio

nal Business Associatio

n (IBA)

What is Landscape Architecture?

What type of work does landscape architects do?

Commercial/ mixed use

Residential

ParksCivicEducational

Health care

Hospitality & Leisure

Transportation

Waterfront

The others

Landscape Architecture

is the design of outdoor public

areas, landmarks, and struc-

tures to achieve environmen-

tal, social-behavioral, or aes-

thetic outcomes.

Presented by Naishi Bu, Xuemei Luo, Xin Yang, Xiaoxiao Cheng

Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University

Central Park, New York

Green

Sustainability

Environment

Design

Image Source: http://pinksplash.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/central_park_fall.jpg

Landscape Architect

The High Line, N

ew York

Presented by Naishi Bu, Xuemei Luo, Xin Yang, Xiaoxiao Cheng

Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University

Creative

What is Landscape Architecture?

What task does Landscape Architecture do?

DesignDrawingPresentingHand-on Working

Skills neededHand Drawing

Computer-Aided Drawing

3D model and Rendering

GIS

Multidiscipline

Learning by doing

Life-long process

The combination of

Art and Science

Multidiscipline

Life experience

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Pencil Sketch Pencil Sketch

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Markers DrawingFlower: Thunbergia alata

Markers DrawingFlower: Citrus sinensis

Pen Drawing

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Landscape Portfolio

Documents

china master plan

site design

preliminary master plan

chinaco master plan

project development

community planning

education master

planting design