Seeding Specificity: Materials and Methods for Novel Ecosystems | Mahan Rykiel Associates

– 2020 ASLA Professional Award Research Category, Honor Award

– Sponsored by Anchor QEA

Landscape architects design novel ecosystems, these dynamic socio ecological environments lack adequate natural analogs. The research aims to expand materials and field ecological methodologies by calibrating restoration strategies and design outcomes to the specificities of real project responses, and tries to realize the high performance outcomes in novel landscapes.

Design With Dredge: Hart-Miller Island North Cell Pilot Project | Mahan Rykiel Associates

– 2018 ASLA Research Category Honor Award

– Sponsored by Anchor QEA

Design with Dredge research program represents an ongoing effort to recast and restore urban sediment as an essential component of resilient urban infrastructures. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to chart variable dimensions, relationships, and potentialities of dredged material in time and space, that include cartographic projection, systems mapping, case studies, suitability modeling, material testing, participatory action, and design projection to engage stakeholders, enhance the technical capacity of partners in Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay.

The ‘Mutualism System’ For The Canal Network And Its Aging Community | Yangzhou, China

– 2019 Landscape Architecture Department Thesis Award

– Nominated For Design Indaba’s Inclusion At 2019 Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven

My research focuses on exploring how the built environment and sustainable urban systems influence wellbeing and create healthier communities for people. Using urban design and smart city technologies as the tool to address health risks brought by rapid urbanization, gentrification and environmental degradation, advance social justice for the marginalized community. The research narrows down the scoop to the physical and mental marginalization status of low-income older adults.