landscape architecture portfolio
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Gary Ka Wai Ng Landscape Architecture Portfolio UC Davis BSLA 2013TRANSCRIPT
LANDSCAPE
PORTFOLIOARCHITECTURE
PROFESSIONAL/UNDERGRADUATE
GARY NG
Courthouse Entry Redesign
Aspen Residence
Robla Residence
Technical Drawings
Underpass Park
Unbuilt Vision
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Professional
Undergraduate
RESIDENCECOURTHOUSE
ENTRY REDESIGN
Reconfigured newspaper stand
Poured-in-place
seatwall planter,typ.
Prefabricatedbench, typ.
Columnar street tree in tree grate,typ.
Relocated countyannouncementboard
Relocatedmailbox
Poured-in-placeseatwall planter,typ.
Wall mountedutilities to remain, typ.
REDWOOD CITY, CA
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Poured-in-placeseatwall planter,typ.
Prefabricatedplanter, typ.
New paintto matchexisting
Green screenpanel inplanter, typ.
Existingoverhead
Existingpublic squaresign
Wall mountedutilities to remain, typ.
Prefabricated planter at entry, typ.
Sloped walkwayw/ handrail
Existing trafficlight to remain, typ.
Existing “Truth-Liberty-Toleration”plaque raised and tilted
As the lead designer under supervisions of a landscape architect, I provided a conceptual design for the the San Mateo County Hall of Justice employee entry streetscape. The clients intended to give the existing outdated appearance a refreshing transformation. As paving design the focus of this project. unique paving pattern and uses off different types and colors of paving material to provide a stronger visual statement of the entrance. New seatwall planter and benches were placed strategically to better defining seating area with signifacant functionality and user privacy improvements. vv
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Existing Paving to Remain36”x36” Paver (French Gray)
Paver
Poured-in-Place Sparkle Concrete (SF Bay Gray)Poured-in-Place Con-crete (Ash White)
30”x30” Paver (French Gray)Existing Paving to Remain
PaverPoured-in-place Concrete
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Existing Pavingto Remain
24”x48” Paver Diagonal Running Bond Patterm(Almond, French Gray, Granada White, Porcelain))
24”x48” Paver Running Bond Pattern(Almond, French Gray, Granada White, Porcelain)
6”x48” Narrow Paver (French Gray & Granada White)
Existing Pavingto Remain
Plain Concrete at Curb Ramps
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RESIDENCEASPEN
BUILT AS REVISEDDAVIS, CA Professional Work
The clients intended to create a outdoor space with strong modern accent using large paving design. They also wanted an outdoor dining area and gathering space to accomodate more guest than the current capability. Although the design was revised heavily to meet the construction budget, the clients were satisfied with the project result.
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RESIDENCEROBLA
Professional Work
A simple insipiational landscape design for a single family home. The main objectives are to inexpensively create an extension of family gathering area connecting the existing pavement and to enhance visual privacy for the front entry from the street.
SACRAMENTO, CA
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Decomposed granite family gathering area
Low maintenance planting area
Low maintenance planting area with stepstone for privacy buffering
Poured-in-place concrete storaged area
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CONSTRUCTION
PLANTING PLAN
DRAWINGS
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As a supporting staff to the landscape architects, my tasks were to help set up and update technical project drawings through all phases of the project. Besides to ensure the drawings with the most accurate and up to date information, it was important to maintain the drawings with high levels of graphic legibility and consistency.
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PLANTING PLAN
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LAYOUT PLAN
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UNDERPASS
ALBANY, CA
REUTILIZATION
ALBANY, CA
Metropolitan cites consist of extensive transportation infrastructure. These developments improve the efficiency of mass transportation and helps guide people to their destination. However, they also bring dramatic change to urban physical landscapes, and impact the landuse of surrounding contexts.
As a senior project of the Landscape Architecture program at UC Davis; this project studied an Interstate Highway underpass in the City of Albany, California, to analyze the underpass for assoiated issues with highways such as urban disconnection, pedestrain safety, and connectivity. A master plan was purposed as a case study sample to provide design solution inspirations for other underpasses pertaining to similar issues.
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CONTEXTS
1. Waste dump site relaimed by nature and local arts
2. Dog beach
3. State mudflat wildife reserve
4. Future community park
5. Public sports field N
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OPPORTUNITIES
Covered Open Space
New Circulations Highway Aesthestic Enhancement
Uncovered Open Space
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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
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Multi-funtional covered open space supports diffrent outdoor activities:Community eventsPerformance groundChildren playgroundOutdoor rock climbingOutdoor fitnessLocal art installationSports court
Existing bike path with aesthestic and safety enhancement
Pedestrian bridge connecting northern community park and neighborhood
Park office facility/ Wildlife education center
Uncovered Open Space
Covered Open Space
Highway columns with color treatment and illumination`
Noise/Pollution Filtering
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As a national design competition entry with
collaborations of four students and a professor,
this design project represents an alternative future
for San Francisco which utilizes a systematic
unbuilding of the existing development fabric
to integrate hybridized storm-water and
constructed wetland infrastructure to manage
the increased inward and outward flows of water
along the city ’s eastern shore. It capitalizes on
existing vacant, city-owned parcels for the first
phase of constructed wetlands.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
UNBUILT VISION
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All essential future land use Affect of a 16 in. sea level rise by 2050
Affect of a 55 in. sea level rise by 2100
SF’s eastern shore was predominantly saltwater marshes
& wetlands which filtered storm water, caught sediment
from run-off, protected inland areas from storm surges,and
served as important habitat for aquatic plants and animals
At present, this shoreline is a constructed edge,
and current efforts at managing these flows utilize
structures to prevent inw ard flows through levees and
divert outward flows through catchments. These highly
constructed systems operate rigidly, with costly and
sometimes disastrous impacts when failure occurs.
By synthesizing man-made infrastructure with the
ecological benefits of wetlands, a hybridized solution
to both inward and outward flows of water might be
addressed with the limited available land for adaptation.
In the City of San Francisco, inundation and urban growth are competing concerns in a city that currently
anticipates increasing development along a threatened eastern shore. The majority of new development projects
in the city are located within regions of San Francisco’s eastern shore projected below sea level by 2100.
Moreover, the city’s existing waste water treatment system includes infrastructure threatened by anticipated sea
level rise in the next 17 years. Climate change predictions for the Bay Area include increased rain fall, as well as
sea level rise, compounding the issue of storm-water management in a city with threatened treatment capacity
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Rising sea leavel threaten existing shore
Decentralized parcel formed wetlands
Existing watersheds move sotrmwater into frest-water wetlands
Greet streets move sea water into salt-water wetlands
Flexible overflow parking lot
Northern salt-water wetland with recreation trails
Green Street “Wick” system for stormwater
Aquasculpture facility
Third Street “Greent Street Promanade
Waterfront promanade as sea water sponge
Southern salt-water wetland with recreational trails
Tidal saltmarsh with treated sewage outfall
Waste water treatment wetlands
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