2. Name: Ying Huan
GRADUATE PROGRAM: MLA+2, 2012, University of Southern California
Email address: yhuan@usc.edu
Phone number: 213-880-6737
BACKGROUND
-Bachelor’s Degree, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China August 2007 to July 2012
Major: Landscape Architecture program, 5 years
Main class: Landscape planning and design; Garden design; Graphics; Computer
rendering; Architecture model-making; Sustainable design; Landscape design
history etc.
Graduation design: Ecological Science Experience Design of Danjing Mountain
Scenic Spot
-Graduate Study (USA only)
University of Southern California August 2012 to May 2014
Major: Landscape Architecture program, 2 years
Main class: Landscape architecture design; Urban plant ecology; Nature landscape;
Case studies; Global history; Architecture projects in urban landscape, LEED, ect.
Work experience
- Research Member, Project ‘The Reconstruction of Earthquake in Sichuan Taopin’
presided by Professor Li (Sichuan University) and Professor Daniel Abramson
(University of Washington)
- Participator, Competition ‘Dynamic Designs’ held by Cultural and Education
Section British Embassy in Tongji University in Shanghai
- Team leader, Competition ‘Creative Building Design’ held by Sichuan University
- Team leader, Competition ‘Low-carbon Design’
School & Social Experience
- Director, 10-min Musical Drama on Commencement Party, 2008
- Volunteer for Earthquake Relief Work, 2008
- Director for Sign Language(for deaf people) Performance in New Hope Fairy
- Team leader, Team Performance in Sichuan Normal University, held Culture Party
together
Awards & Honors
- ‘Excellent Student Honor’ by Sichuan University for 4 consecutive years 2007-2011
- ‘Excellent Academic Scholarship’ by Sichuan University for 4 consecutive years
2007-2011
- ‘Excellent league Branch Secretary’ by Sichuan University, 2008
- ‘Excellent Graduate Student’ by Sichuan University, 2011
- ‘Zhixin Scholarship’, 2008
- ‘Prize of Best Creative Design of Building’, The competition of Creative Building
Design held by Sichuan University, 2008
- ‘Third Prize’, Competition of Low-carbon Design of Sichuan University
My Class Honors
- Excellent Class of University, 2009
- Red-flag Class of University (top 10), 2008
- Civilized Class of University, 2010
Personal Statement
I am a person always with passion. I care about people more than design itself. I think the best way
to judge a design is good or not, should be the comments from users. Although I understand the first
person we need to face is the developer, I still want to create any place that normal people, when using
it, would feel happy, convenient and comfortable. And so does the environment. The design would
last longer as long as both people and nature like it. So sustainable system is the very important and
basic principle that I would use in any work to create a happy world where everything, the ground,
the sky, the air, animals, people etc., would feel happy and which would last forever. I like hand
drawings, making presentations and communicating with people. One advantage that I have and
interested in is transferring concepts/ideas into diagrams so that people can understand them easily. I
got good comments from professors for making energetic presentation and interesting diagrams clearly
expounded ideas.
LA RIVER BANK DESIGN PART 1
LA RIVER BANK DESIGN PART 2
BOYLE HIGHTS 6TH STREET QUICK DESIGN
HOLLENBECK PARK DESIGN
CHLOROPLAST URBAN COMMUNITY DESIGN
MEDIA COMMUNICATION
HAND-DRAWINGS
MODELS
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3. LA RIVER BANK DESIGN PART 1
This is a warm-up design of LA River Bank. We chose
one part of the LA river bank, using two solutions from
researches and design a transition area in between the
two designs.
4. MASTER PLAN
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is mainly design for the river floods for
los angeles,Given the extreme nature
of the hydrology of the site any re-
design of the channel will require a fair
amount of “design” and mineralization
(concrete, etc.) as it would be
impossible to simply re-green
the entire channel. Recent and
previous studies have done little to
advance an idea of what is
programmatically, ecologically,
and aesthetically possible within
the confines of the morphological
considerations and strategies required
for high flow infrastructures.
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MASTER PLAN
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Design a smooth transition is one of the requirements of this project. Model in the last page shows how
the transition works in 3D view while these two sections, cut at the very end of the transition part, show
the difference of both the forms, componentsand the function between each other.
- Section1
Basically has a bioswale, increasing diversity of species on the bank and cleaning the stormwater
at the same time; a set of concrete planters help collecting sediments to build a "nature bank" which
reduces the flood speed.
- Section 2
By using gravel with soil instead of sand to build the beach, it helps both increase pervious surface and
bring the nature back the channel.
6. LA RIVER BANK DESIGN PART 2
After the warm-up design, we developed the methods and
integrate them into the whole site. Three sections show three
different methods function for different situations: 1. Zigzag
bank gradually become flat which can help colllect sediment
for nature vegetation and slow down the water speed. 2.
Cover mat made of bricks conected with pins helps hold
vegetation underneath and give bank more buff when the
flood hits it. 3. First part gets strongest attack from the flood
for which I take the bank back giving a buff space using
structures blocking the sediments for building a nature island
and reducing the speed.
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PARALLEL VISION
SKELETON VISION
PERSPECTIVE VISION
DRIER PLANT
DRIER PLANT
WETTER PLANT
WETTER PLANT
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Reading Sitting Area
Sunbathing
Shadow Sitting Area
Shadow Access&Sitting Area
Bird Watching
PROGRAM / SHADOW PROGRAM CIRCULATION HABITAT / HYDROLOGY
Main Stopping Spot (Bird warching)
Main Stopping Spot (Fishing)
Main Stopping Spot (Reading)
Bikeline
Pedestrain Path
Ramp way
Shadow AccessShadow Access
Shadow Activity Area
Chaparral
Sage Scrub
Upperland Rparian Grid
Oak Woodland
Hydrology System
Site Boundary
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9. BOYLE HEIGHT HOLLENBECK PARk DESIGN
This design starts with its surrounding research and design, which is the main
street to the entrance of the site - the Hollenbeck Park. I used idea of "Green
Umbrella" by making the whole street both mentally healthier (encourage
sports activities) and better living environment (green shade all along the street,
increasing light supplies, green infrastructures).
For Hollenbeck Park, expanding the idea of bring back healthiness to the site, I
designed three different themes with various facilities to surport people's needs of
places for activities and provide opportunities to get close to the nature. We have
root path and "rolling down the ground" for people to experience the earth; "water
walk" and "water channel" for people to see and feel the water in a different
way; a sky-path and rocky path in the forest area help people see natrue from a
different angles.
13. CHLOROPLAST
- URBAN CONNECTION SKYWAY PARK DESIGN
The site locats in a industrial area with few place for residents living around to
have fun or enjoy while the environment is also bad. I for sure want to keep
the mantainence station, create a "bridge park", using the idea of "Chloroplast"
representing the concept of expanding the interesting, happy space to the whole
community.
The connection of each cell of the chloroplast has different main function for
various needs. One of them also has the function of cleaning the strom water and
at the same time provide nature-friendly environment for vegetaion and people.
16. MEDIA COMMUNICATION
Both hand-drawing and media techniques are a way of expression. The following
pages are showing my skill of expressing a sense or a scene.
Such as using different materials (taken from clothes) and light rendering showing
differnt seasons, time and weather; model rendering showing transition of
landform and units; plan view hand-drawing and quick skethes of perspectives.
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MODELS...
This model is part of Hollenbeck Park design on 1:20 scale, which mainly shows the
landform of the site and some of the entertainment programs. Such as rolling down the
grass, shows by the foam ball on the small hill and water bicycle, walking on water ball
game etc.
This model is part of the LA River Bank design project. It basically shows the landform
of the transition and how it can help collecting sediments and reduce the speed of flood
and provide space for vegetation at the same time.
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MODELS
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MODELS
These two are study models showing the progress of related design researches.
The left one is a design of collecting water from the slope to irrigate the crops according to different
water needs.
The right one shows a process of how the concrete planters can help collecting sediments to
reduces the flood impact.
