Lo Lung Ha_Landscape Architecture Portfolio_2020-2024_

Lo Lung Ha, Annie

loannie2000@gmail.com • (852)97916733

An innovative and diligent student studying Landscape Architecture Design in Hong Kong. Skilled at both hand sketching as well as digital design; a mature and responsible attitude towards various tasks and projects.

EDUCATION

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

2023- Present

2018- 2022

Aug 2022-- Aug 2023

• Master of Landscape Architecture

• CGPA: 3.68/4.30

Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi)

• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Assistant ADI LIMITED

• Produced high-quality presentation materials for 20+ projects, including Kai Tak Sports Park and Tseung Kwan O Hospital.

• Assisted project directors in preparing submission documents, such as TPRP and landscape design proposals.

Landscsape Project Assistant OTHERLAND LIMITED

Jan 2022

Jul 2021- Aug 2021

Aug 2020

• Conducted urban tree data collection and analysis for the Tree Label Project with AFCD, updating the tree database.

• Assisted with tree surveys and risk assessments.

Intern OTHERLAND LIMITED

• Installed 200+ tree labels and reevaluated existing tree conditions for AFCD’s Tree Label Project.

EXTRA CURRICULUM

IWUL ( International Workshop on Urban Landscape)

• Collaborated with team members from five countries to develop innovative solutions.

• Proposed an Agro-Village Revitalization Project in Thailand

LANGUAGE & SKILLS

Cantonese (Native), English (Proficient), Mandarin (Proficient)

Photoshop Illustrator

Indesign Rhinoceros 3D

SketchUp

Dwelling in the Rot:

Cultivating a New Landscape Aesthetic by Troubling the Order-Chaos Binary in HKZBG

Long Valley: Surreal Landscape

From Species To Habitat:

Mobilizing Ethnobotanical Wisdom For An Alternative Orchid Conservation Strategy At QSBG

Tradition Meets Innovation: Fostering a Symbiotic Community for Digital Nomads in ShaJing

Physical Models Making 01 04 07 02 05 08 03 09 06

Shau Kei Wan Harbour: Reminiscing Lost Connections to Maritime Identity Handsketches

Dwelling in the Rot: Cultivating a New Landscape Aesthetic

by Troubling the Order-Chaos Binary in HKZBG

Location: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Garden, Central Design Date: May, 2025 Instructor: Xiaoxuan Lu (xxland@hku.hk)

This project aims to cultivate a new landscape aesthetic overtime by proposing an alternative management system that celebrates both ecological processes and public engagement. It considers the needs of human users with various aspirations and mobilities, and those of non-human participants, including animals, plants, and microbes. It also highlights the spirituality of plant life cycles, framing decay, regeneration, and growth as metaphors for human emotions and experiences. By integrating scientific sensibility with emotional and spiritual dimensions, this thesis envisions the HKZBG as a vibrant, inclusive space that nurtures deeper connections between people and nature, challenging Hong Kong’s utilitarian urban landscape paradigm.

EQUAL PARTICIPANTS

Humans and trees are often seen as representation of urban and nature, and are put on an binary position. This diagram challenges that divide, showing how humans and trees share similar life cycles. It reminds us that all life is interconnected and living on each other, and every species is an equal living participant in nature, deserving care and respect.

Equal Partcipants: Interconnectedness and Life Cycle

surfaces inhabited by against pathogens

Phyllosphere

The above-ground plant surfaces (leaves, stems, flowers) inhabited by microbes that help protect against environmental stress and pathogens while supporting growth and reproduction.

(leaves, stems, flowers) inhabited by microbes that help protect against environmental stress and pathogens while supporting growth and reproduction.

wood into smaller pieces by detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

Phyllosphere

Endosphere

Fungi

Endosphere

The above-ground plant surfaces (leaves, stems, flowers) inhabited by microbes that help protect against environmental stress and pathogens while supporting growth and reproduction.

Microorganisms living inside plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves) that promote growth and protect against diseases.

Phyllosphere

Phyllosphere

Phyllosphere

Endosphere

Decomposers

Phyllosphere

Decomposers

Decomposers

inhabited by against pathogens

Microorganisms living inside plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves) that promote growth and protect against diseases.

Rhizosphere

Endosphere

Microorganisms living inside plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves) that promote growth and protect against diseases.

Rhizosphere

The soil around roots where exudates stimulate microbes to decompose organic matter, enhancing nutrient cycling and mineralization.

Rhizosphere

Physical breakdown of dead wood into smaller pieces by detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

Physical breakdown of dead wood into smaller pieces by detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

The soil around roots where exudates stimulate microbes to decompose organic matter, enhancing nutrient cycling and mineralization.

Decomposers

Phyllosphere

detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

Physical breakdown of dead wood into smaller pieces by detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

Decomposers

Decomposers

The above-ground plant surfaces (leaves, stems, flowers) inhabited by microbes that help protect against environmental stress and pathogens while supporting growth and reproduction.

Microorganisms living inside plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves) that promote growth and protect against diseases.

The above-ground plant surfaces (leaves, stems, flowers) inhabited by microbes that help protect against environmental stress and pathogens while supporting growth and reproduction.

The above-ground plant surfaces (leaves, stems, flowers) inhabited by microbes that help protect against environmental stress and pathogens while supporting growth and reproduction.

Physical breakdown of dead wood into smaller pieces by detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

Endosphere

Rhizosphere

The above-ground plant surfaces (leaves, stems, flowers) inhabited by microbes that help protect against environmental stress and pathogens while supporting growth and reproduction.

The above-ground plant surfaces (leaves, stems, flowers) inhabited by microbes that help protect against environmental stress and pathogens while supporting growth and reproduction.

Endosphere

Endosphere

The soil around roots where exudates stimulate microbes to decompose organic matter, enhancing nutrient cycling and mineralization.

Endosphere

Endosphere

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

Microorganisms living inside plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves) that promote growth and protect against diseases.

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

Microorganisms living inside plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves) that promote growth and protect against diseases.

Microorganisms living inside plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves) that promote growth and protect against diseases.

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

The soil around roots where exudates stimulate microbes to decompose organic matter, enhancing nutrient cycling and mineralization.

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

Rhizosphere

Microorganisms living inside plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves) that promote growth and protect against diseases.

Microorganisms living inside plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves) that promote growth and protect against diseases.

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively. These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively. These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively.

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively.

These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

Rhizosphere

Rhizosphere

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

Rhizosphere

Rhizosphere

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively. These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively. These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

The soil around roots where exudates stimulate microbes to decompose organic matter, enhancing nutrient cycling and mineralization.

The soil around roots where exudates stimulate microbes to decompose organic matter, enhancing nutrient cycling and mineralization.

The soil around roots where exudates stimulate microbes to decompose organic matter, enhancing nutrient cycling and mineralization.

The soil around roots where exudates stimulate microbes to decompose organic matter, enhancing nutrient cycling and mineralization.

Physical breakdown of dead wood into smaller pieces by detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

Physical breakdown of dead wood into smaller pieces by detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

Physical breakdown of dead wood into smaller pieces by detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

Wood Fungi

Mycelium Enzyme

Physical breakdown of dead wood into smaller pieces by detritivores such as earthworms, beetles, termites, and other invertebrates

The soil around roots where exudates stimulate microbes to decompose organic matter, enhancing nutrient cycling and mineralization.

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively. These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing for shelter and food

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

Fungi and bacteria secrete enzymes to digest wood compounds and absorb nutrients.

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively. These organism further degrade the

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively.

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively.

surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

Trunk breaks apart, revealing holes and cavities. Animals using the decomposing tree for shelter and food

These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively.

These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

Fungi and lichen grow more extensively. These organism further degrade the tree’s surface while creating new spaces for other plants and organisms

30 YEARS CONSERVATION GOALS

CURATED PRACTICES

POST-TYPHOON CELEBRATION

02

Chiang Mai

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

RELIGIOUS ZONE

MEDICINAL ZONE

PROTECTION ZONE

02

From Species To Habitat:

Mobilizing Ethnobotanical Wisdom For An Alternative Orchid Conservation Strategy At Queen Sirikit Botanic

Location: Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden/ Pong Krai Village, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Design Date: May, 2024

Instructor: Xiaoxuan Lu (xxland@hku.hk)

The project addresses the limitations of the existing community conservation partnership between Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden (QSBG) and the communities in and around Doi SuthepPui National Park. Specifically, it focuses on QSBG’s orchid conservation program and proposes a shift from an ex-situ and species-centered model to an in-situ and habitat-based approach. This transformation aims to enhance socio-ecological incentives and address the frictions between local and global conservation efforts.

COMPLICATED COMMUNITY FOREST APPLICATION

1964 Forest Reserve Act

1989

NGOs calling on GOV to issue Community Forest Bill

1990

Ethnobotany became a recognised academic subject in Thailand.

1992

Thailand revised the Plant Act to comply with the CITES Convention.

1993

Establishment of QSBG

1993

NGOs, academic and grassroots groups develop a ‘people’s draft’

1995

The Flora of Thailand project has completed only 15% of the total species.

1998

Royal Forest Department’s Director General says people and forests cannot co-exist

2002

Senate passes a weakened people’s version

2006-2010

Area is not less than 33% and not less than 18 % of forest is a National Forest Reserve.

2007

Parliament endorses and passes 2002 Community Forestry Bill

2017

The bill is recalled and revised by the National Reform Steering Assembly and the Royal Forest Department

2017

Community Forestry Bill comes into effect in November and is now referred to as the Community Forest Act B.E. 2562

PROCESS OF CURRENT CONSERVATION APPROACH -

Taxonomic notes on Thai Vanda coerulea

Vanda coreulea Wild Origin: Pong Krai Village

3. Digital Documentation

2. Permanently Plant in QSBG

Limitated Capacity of QSBG: Not enough labours to collect all data of species

Chromosome numbers and genetic relationships of 5 Thai native host-plant species

Interspecific hybridization in the Vanda coerulea using in vitro embryo culture

1. Result from Lab Research

2. One-Sided Knowledge Exchange

2. Lab Research

3. Monitoring twice a year

Missing in-situ research, such as Pollination biology

3. In-vitro Propagation

1. Wild plants collection by QSBG

1. Labels on wild origin

Missing track of the wild origin’s status

Unable to reintroduce to wild origin

2. Educational program

Terrestrial

INTERREALATIONSHIP OF ORCHID AND FOREST

Provides nitrogen for orchids’ germination

INTERRELATIONSHIP OF ORCHID AND FOREST ORCHID & MYCORRHIZA

INTRINSIC VALUE OF ORCHID

The extinction of any species impacts the whole ecosystem. Orchids, linked to fungi and pollinators, serve as bioindicators of forest health due to their sensitivity. Thus, it’s about ecosystem interdependencies, not just a single species’ survival.

The blooming time of orchids also affect the emergence of bee

It also helps other species to attract pollinators

Unique pollination strategies

Orchids are often thefirst organisms to dissappear from a distrubed ecosystems

Vegetation Upward Shift

Pest Infestation

POLLINATOR RELATIONSHIP & PHENOLOGICAL SYNCHRONIZATION

ORCHID AS BIO-INDICATOR

ALTERNATIVE IN-SITU, HABITAT-BASED APPROACH

BEFORE- FOREST ISOLATION

QSBG has engaged with communities like Pong Krai for conservation, seemingly to foster community engagement but also to secure government funding, often using economic incentives to distract the community from interacting with the forest.

AFTER- COMMUNITY FOREST

QSBG could collaborate with multiple villages, helping them apply for community forest status and integrating socio-economic incentives for community participation.

Pong Krai Villages

Each village will manage different habitats, enhancing research and conservation efforts.

Local Network (Chiang Mai)

POTENTIAL AS NPO

Leveraging QSBG’s broad network provides significant economic incentives. Despite being an NPO, QSBG can introduce various donors—including international buyers, natural capital investors, local hospitals, temples, research institutes, and the public—to support villages’ conservation efforts.

Through these collaborations and donations, villages can set up light structures like clinics and small temples, improving their quality of life while promoting conservation. However, the in-situ method faces uncertainties, such as ever-changing habitats and human incentives.

POTENTIAL UNCERTAINTIES

This in-situ approach is not without its uncertainties, including ever-changing ecological conditions, community diversity, and the impact of global narratives. To address these, a multi-stage research and implementation process is proposed.

EVER-CHANGING ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

- Future unpredictable changes in weather and climate may alter landscapes and cause species migration.

- Continuous tracking of the forest status by villagers is essential, emphasizing their involvement.

- Given the larger territory of habitats, extensive social and community support is needed to ensure comprehensive documentation and conservation.

COMMUNITY DIVERSITY & CHANGING INCENTIVES

- Different groups within a village may have varying needs, with several ethnic groups possibly coexisting.

- To prevent project fatigue, the involvement of social scientists is crucial for mediating diverse needs. Tools such as acceleration mapping and community engagement meetings are necessary.

- Trust-building between QSBG and the villages is vital, as QSBG cannot monitor all villages.

ETHNOTAXONOMIC NOTE

IMPACT OF GLOBAL NARRATIVES

- The influence of global conservation and economic trends may affect local practices and perceptions.

- Addressing these narratives requires adaptive strategies and consistent communication between QSBG and the communities.

PARTICIPATORY MAP

CONSERVATION

2. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH & PILOT PROJECT

Traditional practice and bio-indication of Thai native Fah Mui

3. LARGE-SCALE PROPAGATION

Reproduction rate of the Fah Mui using traditional embryo culture

4. Monitoring by villagers

3.Labels

2.Practicing TEK

1.Pilot project in small scale

2.Selected monitoring plants

1.Large scale propagation

4. RECOVERY PROGRAM

Recovery rate of ecosystem indicated by Fah Mui

INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF ORCHIDS

2. Structures for villagers’ daily lives

1.Stepping boxes for visiting and monitoring

UPDATE INFORMATION

VILLAGES & QSBG’S KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE MONITORING

Donation Through Qsbg’s Network

Interating Daily Lives To Forests

ELEVATED STEPPING BOXES

ONLINE UPDATE

03

Tradition Meets Innovation: Fostering a Symbiotic Community for Digital Nomads in ShaJing (Groupwork)

Location: ShaJing, Shenzhen

Design Date: December, 2024

Instructor: Yuxin He (yuxinh@hku.hk); Long Zuo (zl@fabersociety.cn)

Groupmates: Ling Lu (luling60515@163.com); Long Yin Chu (lychu19@connect.hku.hk)

This project addresses cultural erosion and underutilized spaces in ShaJing, a historic Shenzhen district known for its oyster farming heritage and traditional architecture. By attracting digital nomads—seeking flexibility, cultural immersion, and community—it aims to transform ShaJing into a vibrant living and working hub.

Guided by the concept “Honor the past, embrace the present, and build for the future,” the project preserves cultural identity while fostering sustainable growth through phased development, architectural preservation, and shared spaces.

Start of the Escaping Journey

04

Long Valley: Surreal Landscapes

Location: Long Valley, Hong Kong

Design Date: December, 2020

Instrcutor: Sylvia Ng (sylvia_ng@thei.edu.hk)

Long Valley, Hong Kong’s largest freshwater wetland and farming area, supports rich biodiversity, including 320 bird species and 14 globally endangered ones. However, farming decline and low public awareness have weakened the connection to its natural and cultural heritage.

This project uses surrealist art to showcase Long Valley’s ecological and agricultural value. Through creative exhibits and workshops, it aims to engage the public, raise awareness, and inspire conservation efforts for this unique site.

Brown

Buffer

Buildings

Wet

Marshes

Hydrology

Grassland

GradeII

Historical Buildings:

SENTIVITY MAPS

CURRENT PEDESTRIANS FLOW

>50 people /hour

20-40 people /hour

<20 people /hour

CURRENT ROADS

Biking Route: Some people will come here for riding bike

1-Ecological slope

2-Wooden river sculpture

3-Meadow

4-Observation tower

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

5-Forest

6-Rice paddies

7-Freshwater mudflats

8-Retention ponds

Minumum Water Level

Since shallow brackishwater ponds are the habitats for some species including Egretta Eulophotes, one side of the river channel will be changed to the ecological slope.

0 5 10m 1:5000

Average Water Level Maximum Water Level

05

Shau Kei Wan Harbour: Reminiscing Lost Connections to Maritime Identity

Site Location: Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong

Design Date: May, 2022

Instrcutor: King Chun Kwok (kckwok@thei.edu.hk)

Shau Kei Wan Harbour, historically Hong Kong’s second-largest harbor, was a vibrant center for shipbuilding and fishing from the 1950s to 1970s. Residents built stilt houses along reclaimed shorelines, maintaining a deep connection to the sea, and constructed temples like Tin Hau and Tam Kung, reflecting communal spirituality. However, rapid urbanization has transformed this culturally rich site into a fenced, hard-edged waterfront, erasing its identity. This project seeks to revive Shau Kei Wan’s cultural heritage by integrating maritime relics, interactive spaces, and immersive journeys to reconnect the community with its historical and spiritual roots.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE BLOCKS

The shore is split into blocks according to the 6 types of layering of PangUks, with the bridges connected.

Levels of The Blocks

Circulation

Zoning Levels of PangUks

06 Details Drawings

#06.1 - Landscape technology II

Site Location: Wan Chai Promenade, Hong Kong

Date: May, 2022

Instructor: Ivan Valin (ivalin@hku.hk)

#06.2 - Planting Detail Design

Site Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Date: May, 2024

Instructor: Gavin Coates (gscoates@hku.hk)

#06.3 - Tree Survey

Site Location: Lily Pond, HKU

Date: May, 2024

Instructor: Ian Robinson (ianhku@hku.hk)

07 Physical Models Making

#07.1 - Eco-spirals - Exploring Interface

Site Location: Tai Lam Chung, Hong Kong

Date: May, 2022

Instructor: Trumpf Susanne (strumpf@hku.hk)

#07.2 - Site Analysis Model [Group Model]

Site Location: Tai Lam Chung, Hong Kong

Date: May, 2024

Instructor: Trumpf Susanne (strumpf@hku.hk)

890mm

08 Handsketches

09 Landscape Research

Date: May, 2024

Instructor: Bin Chen (binley.chen@hku.hk)

Extreme Precipitation and GIS-Enabled Resilient Design in Hong Kong

Hong Kong faces significant risks from extreme precipitation due to its coastal location, mountainous terrain, and subtropical climate. This can lead to landslides and flooding, impacting ecosystems, public safety, and the city’s socio-economic fabric. Recent events, such as the 2023 Shau Kei Wan landslide, serve as warnings of the increasing threat posed by climate change. To address these challenges, Hong Kong needs advanced technologies and comprehensive investigations to adapt to shifting precipitation patterns. It must evolve its systems, from prevention to post-disaster response and public warnings. While natural absorption is preferred, the city relies heavily on manmade systems due to deforestation and land-use patterns.

Inadequate sewage and wastewater systems, along with a lacking early warning system, underscore the need for resilient blue-green infrastructure and updated precipitation data. Understanding the temporal and spatial characteristics of precipitation is crucial. Most rainfall occurs between May and September, with the wettest period in August and September. The recent black-rain event in September 2023 broke records, emphasizing the need for improved systems. Spatially, coastal and hilly regions are more susceptible to heavy precipitation, and the urban “heat island effect” intensifies rainfall. Low-lying areas are prone to flooding. These factors highlight the importance of comprehensive strategies to manage extreme precipitation and enhance environmental resilience in Hong Kong.

Result

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Suggested Solution

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Analysis Process

Use ‘Flow Direction’ and ‘Flow Accumulation’ to get location of streams and channels, then, use ‘Euclidean Distance’ to get the data of proximity to streams/ channel from DEM.

(Source: CSDI.gov.hk)

(Source: CSDI.gov.hk)

(Source: CSDI.gov.hk)

(Source: WorldClim.org)

(Source: CSDI.gov.hk)

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Date: May, 2024

Instructor: Xiaoxuan Lu (xxland@hku.hk)

Groupmate: Vincent Zhang Wenyu (wenyu919@connect.hku.hk)