Shen Ni

Portfolio

Table of Content

Habitat 2013 Build Proposal (Elective, Fall 2010)

Floodplan (3rd Place Competition Entry, Summer 2012)

Argonne National Laboratory Landscape

BJC Campus Renewal (HOK, 2013)

Old North Market Analysis (Independent Study, Spring 2011)

Over Under (Competition Entry, Summer 2013)

Patrick Henry Elementary Learning Landscape (Design Build Studio, Fall 2010-Spring 2011)

Travel Sketches (Study Abroad, Summer 2009)

Commercial Corridor Study: Lexington, KY

Development Strategies

Client:University of Kentucky and the City of Lexington

Site:Lexington, KY

Project Goal:An economic strategy of how to redevelop the Euclid Street Corridor into a mix-use young professional commercial corridor.

My role:ResearcherGraphic DesignerAnalyst

City-wide analysis and benchmarking

Structured Parking

$20.2 M

$16.3 M

$3.9M Surplus

124% Value/Cost

Structured Parking

$8.3 M

$3.0 M

$5.3M Surplus

277% Value/Cost

$1.8M Deficit

85% Value/Cost$12.4 M

$10.6 M

Condo and Retail

$0.2M Deficit

98% Value/Cost

$7.7 M

$7.9 M

Apartments and Retail

Structured Parking

$20.2 M

$16.3 M

$3.9M Surplus

124% Value/Cost

Structured Parking

$8.3 M

$3.0 M

$5.3M Surplus

277% Value/Cost

$1.8M Deficit

85% Value/Cost$12.4 M

$10.6 M

Condo and Retail

$0.2M Deficit

98% Value/Cost

$7.7 M

$7.9 M

Apartments and Retail

Structured Parking

$20.2 M

$16.3 M

$3.9M Surplus

124% Value/Cost

Structured Parking

$8.3 M

$3.0 M

$5.3M Surplus

277% Value/Cost

$1.8M Deficit

85% Value/Cost$12.4 M

$10.6 M

Condo and Retail

$0.2M Deficit

98% Value/Cost

$7.7 M

$7.9 M

Apartments and Retail

Structured Parking

$20.2 M

$16.3 M

$3.9M Surplus

124% Value/Cost

Structured Parking

$8.3 M

$3.0 M

$5.3M Surplus

277% Value/Cost

$1.8M Deficit

85% Value/Cost$12.4 M

$10.6 M

Condo and Retail

$0.2M Deficit

98% Value/Cost

$7.7 M

$7.9 M

Apartments and Retail

Condo and Retail

$0.4M Surplus

106% Value/Cost

$5.5 M

$5.1 M

Acquisition Costs Building Costs Development ValueCity-wide analysis and benchmarking

Site specific feasibility analysis

Project Scope: 650,000 sq ft new construction97,000 sq ft site work24,000 sq ft green roof design

Client:WUMC/BJC

Site:Central West End

Project Goal:2 New Hospital Buildings, along with Site and Urban Improvements

My role:Landscape DesignerUrban Design CoordinatorBIM Manager

BJC Campus Renewal

Professional Experience: HOK

Floodplan

Competition Collaborators: Patty Heyda and Jen Lee

3rd Place Overall 2012 Nashville East Bank Design Competition Entry

Site: Cayce Place Riverfront, Nashville, TNWe were asked to propse a way to redevelop a por-tion of the Nashville riverfront, near downtown, into a recreational attraction. The site, similar to large stretches of the Nashville’s surrounding riverfront, is currently underused by small industrial plants and warehouses. It is almost entirely industrial and hardscape, but sits within the Cumberland River floodplain; the area was completely submerged in the 2010 Flood in Nashville.

Program:

Accessible sports and recreational facilitiesGreenway connection from downtown to Shelby BottomsRestored wetland (25% of site)

Current site conditions: industrail hardscape Site during the 2010 Flood

Floodplan Masterplan

Intentional excavation, “flooding” and wetland

restoration of 50% of the site

CUT and FILL and CAP strategy for excavated earth

and industrial debris

Keep Everything on Site!

Tada!

Flood the Floodplain!

Recreational landscape=restored wetland Restoration of wetland=erasure of industrial landscape Contaminated site clean up=pretty sunflower fields

Entry featured on the cover of the Nashville CityPaper

Argonne National Laboratory Landscape

Professional Experience:HOK

Project Scope: 30 acre site workTwo 900 sq ft outdoor pavillions

Client:Argonne National Laboratory

Site:Southwest Suburbs of Chicago

Project Goal:Concept design for a perenial landscape area that Argonne employees can use for outdoor recreation and meetings. The landscape had to be low maintenance, and advance the sustainability mission of Argonne National Labs.

My role:Primary Landscape DesignerProject Deliverables Coordinator

Over Under Through

Collaborators: Winn Chen and Frank Hu

Competition Entry 2012 Cleveland Design Competition

Site: Detroit Superior Bridge, Cleveland, OHWe were asked to propose a way to redevelop the entire understory of the Detroit Superior Bridge into a pedestrian recreational space. The lower level of the bridge use to host rails for the city streetcars, and has been decommis-sioned for over a quarter century. Our proposal hopes to embrace and build upon the linearity of the site, creatin

Forest Park Southeast

Site: Forest Park Southeast neighborhood, St. LouisForest Park Southeast is surrounded by a lot of assets. There are 5 schools within a mile radius. Tower Grove Park and the Botanical Gardens are to its immediate South. The neighborhood is surrounded by some of the largest job providers in St. Louis: St. Louis Univ, SLU Medical Center and the Wash. U Medical Center.There are still significant amounts of vacant parcels in the neighborhood, but many are between 20-25’ wide - too narrow for most modern commercial developments. These parcels represent a lot of potential land for affordable housing developments in a solid neighborhood.

ProjectThis is an interdisciplinary project where law, social work, planning and architecture students in graduate and undergraduate programs worked in a group with Habitat for Humanity St. Louis. We were proposing sites and designs for 42 homes for Habitat’s 2013 Build.

Program:Single Family 3 Bedroom Homes

Vacant Parcels Owned by either a CDC corporation or St. Louis City LRA Built typology of the neighborhood: St. Louis shotgun homesThe Forest Park Southeast Neighborhood

desired areas of development

Major employers in St. Louis

Downtown St. Louis

Forest Park

Instructor: Bruce Lindsey

Habitat for Humanity St. Louis Homes

Built typology of the neighborhood: St. Louis shotgun homes

desired areas of development

Major employers in St. Louis

1st �oor

basesment

3 bedrooms

25’ wide 3 bedrooms w/ potential for a 4th

Univerasl Design standards

2013 Proposed Shotgun House Design

Univerasl Design standards

House Designs

16.5’ wide

Cross ventilation

1st �oor

basesment

2010 Habitat House Design

Given code and offset requirements, even Habitat’s current 2010 design is too wide to fit onto the availible parcels. Thus, I redesigned the Habitat homes, creating a hybrid between the current 2010 design and a traditional St. Louis shotgun house typology.

Program:Outdoor Classroom (1350 sq ft)Growing Space (1100 sq ft)Sports field (5000 sq ft)Native landscape (5000 sq ft)

Site: Patrick Henry Downtown Academy, St. Louis MO

Project:This is a design build studio, where we worked in a team of 16 students. Our cliente is an inner city elementary school, and the goal of our studio was to construct an outdoor, interactive space that will support the school’s goal of becoming a “Green and sustainable” Pilot School. The landscape is also intended to inspire active enthusiasm and learning. Two of my main responsibilities were to manage the completion of the construction documents, and the planting design and selection of the native landscape.

Future learning landscape

Downtown St. Louis

View of existing conditions

Learning Landscape

Studio Professor: Forrest Fulton

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Photo Credits: Forrest Fulton, and Emily Treece

Travel Sketches

Professor: Zeuler Lima

The Jewel Box, Paris Park Guell, Barcelona

Centre Pompidou, ParisThe Cube House, Rotterdam