Yu hang (Sam) LuoOn City Pattern, and Complete Communities.As all the classes for the first semester are coming to a close, there was one interesting point that popped into my mind when looking at…Dec 17, 2020Dec 17, 2020
Yu hang (Sam) LuoOn land-water interface in EuropeSince we are looking at sea level rise and the different ways we can address land-water interface, I thought it’d be a good idea for me to…Nov 29, 2020Nov 29, 2020
Yu hang (Sam) LuoOn LEED, Adaptive Reuse and the VernacularBuilding certification programs such as LEED has been seemingly revered as the panacea to future sustainable development, and not many…Nov 15, 2020Nov 15, 2020
Yu hang (Sam) LuoA personal design manifestoI think manifestos are important in framing the morality of how you approach and complete tasks in life. When I wrote a similar manifesto…Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
Yu hang (Sam) LuoThe Dutch versus the OceanI’ve chosen to research the Dutch “gracht” for my precedent study. The word “gracht” simply means canal and is prevalent in cities like…Oct 30, 20201Oct 30, 20201
Yu hang (Sam) LuoOn the transfer of knowledge and my experiences through YouTubeWhen I was in my first year of undergraduate studies, there were a lot of things that I needed to learn. Although the university was…Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Yu hang (Sam) LuoOn the McMillan plan and the Tidal Basin Ideas LabWe just had our LA171 midterm this Wednesday and one of the topics that we had discussed in class was the McMillan Plan that dictated the…Oct 24, 2020Oct 24, 2020
Yu hang (Sam) LuoOn the first major review of my graduate studiesWednesday October 14 drew the end of a 4 week design project of Marin city and its new neighborhood park. Despite 3 different time zones…Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020
Yu hang (Sam) LuoThoughts on Social Practice and Climate changeSocial practice theory (SPT) in this context in short is the idea of shifting the focus from an individualistic perspective of mitigating…Oct 4, 2020Oct 4, 2020