Xinyu (Joy) Liu

Xinyu(Joy) Liu holds a Masters of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and an Urban Design Certificate. As a designer, Joy is interested in designs that respond to local culture and neighborhoods, and creating the sense of space by revealing these underlying narratives with material and textures that support the story. Outside of the studio she’s a fan of all kinds of performance art, and engages in make-up art and stage design.

Degrees

Master of Landscape Architecture

Certificates

Urban Design Certificate

The Ciudad de Panama Studio: Connecting Ecologies Connecting Ecologies

Types of sites allow flexibility and informal business, Capital flows: income generation and reinvestment, Stepping Stones program: infrastructure for local entrepreneurs.

The Ciudad de Panama Studio: Connecting Ecologies Ying Zhang, Xinyu (Joy) Liu, Siyi Lu, Hazel Sun

Riparian buffer: benefiting Rivers, Wildlife and People; community improvement: linking Communities to Horticultural Recreation and Production

The Ciudad de Panama Studio: Connecting Ecologies Ying Zhang, Xinyu (Joy) Liu, Siyi Lu, Hazel Sun

Mixed-use Neighborhood Typology Allowing Flexibility and Informal Commerce

The Ciudad de Panama Studio: Connecting Ecologies Xinyu (Joy) Liu

Strategies for Transforming Eakins Oval from Singularity to Multiplicity

Squares, Ovals, Traingles, and Bars 2.0: Critically Conceptualizing and Crafting Urban Public Space Wei Xia, Xinyu (Joy) Liu

The Miyawaki forest contributes to holding the edge of the Oval, creating different occupiable spaces.

Squares, Ovals, Traingles, and Bars 2.0: Critically Conceptualizing and Crafting Urban Public Space Wei Xia, Xinyu (Joy) Liu

The Ciudad de Panama Studio: Connecting Ecologies Connecting Ecologies

Our proposal aims to revitalize the industrial and riverfront areas and breathe new life into the Curundu neighborhood. Our design is organized around three guiding principles: blue-green armature, connectivity and community improvement.

The Ciudad de Panama Studio: Connecting Ecologies Ying Zhang, Xinyu (Joy) Liu, Siyi Lu, Hazel Sun

Curundu Nexus: Eco-responsive, Pedestrian friendly, Common prosperity

The Ciudad de Panama Studio: Connecting Ecologies Xinyu (Joy) Liu

Riparian Buffer Benefitting River, Wildlife And Human

The Ciudad de Panama Studio: Connecting Ecologies Xinyu (Joy) Liu

People walk in the middle of the Oval surrounded by Miyawaki forests, looking back at the PMA.

Squares, Ovals, Traingles, and Bars 2.0: Critically Conceptualizing and Crafting Urban Public Space Wei Xia, Xinyu (Joy) Liu

The design has introduced a micro-forest to this traffic roundabout, not only creating a central gathering space and flexible spaces along the edge, but also increasing the number of trees from 67 to 12,655.

Squares, Ovals, Traingles, and Bars 2.0: Critically Conceptualizing and Crafting Urban Public Space Wei Xia, Xinyu (Joy) Liu

Xinyu (Joy) Liu

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