Barcelona · Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Designing green spaces
and the life that
happens in them.

I'm Yalei Chen, a Landscape Architecture student. I work on public space design, sustainable urbanism and landscape construction, combining plant knowledge with digital tools for representation and territorial analysis.

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Sectional illustration of a roof garden built over a car park: an elevated garden with trees, shrubs and benches above two parking levels.
  • 2022Started the Landscape Architecture degree, UPC
  • 04Academic projects developed
  • 4Languages: Chinese, Spanish, English, Catalan

01 — Selected work

Projects

Academic proposals developed during the Landscape Architecture degree, at different scales: from micro-interventions to urban reconnection.

  1. Placeholder: plan and section of the roof garden over the FGC Sarrià car park

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    Roof garden over the FGC Sarrià car park

    Sarrià, Barcelona · Academic project

    • A proposal to reconnect two neighbourhoods by transforming the roof of a car park.
    • An elevated garden designed to act as an acoustic and environmental buffer facing Via Augusta.
    • Urban analysis and conceptual design of functional green spaces.
    • Public space
    • Green roof
    • Urban analysis
  2. Placeholder: image of the «inverted garden» ephemeral garden with its reflecting pool

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    Inverted Garden — Radicepura Festival

    Ephemeral garden · 30–50 m²

    • Design of an ephemeral garden built on an unconventional concept: the «inverted garden».
    • Water used as a reflective surface, letting visitors take in the tree canopy without looking up.
    • A project centred on sensory experience and on reinterpreting natural space.
    • Ephemeral garden
    • Concept
    • Sensory experience
  3. Placeholder: diagrams of micro-interventions, shaded areas and natural routes

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    Interventions in Montbau, Collserola and Moll de la Fusta

    Barcelona · Multiple scales

    • Proposals at different scales: micro-interventions, shaded areas and natural routes.
    • Strategies to strengthen the relationship between city and nature.
    • An ecological, low-impact approach aimed at improving urban environmental quality.
    • Micro-intervention
    • Urban ecology
    • Routes
  4. Placeholder: landscape rehabilitation of the roof of the ETSAB building

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    Coderch — ETSAB

    ETSAB, Barcelona · Academic project

    • Landscape rehabilitation of the roof of the ETSAB building.
    • Rehabilitation
    • Roof
    • Modern heritage
Portrait of Yalei Chen

02 — Profile

About me

Landscape Architecture student with a strong interest in green space design, public space, sustainable urbanism and landscape construction.

I have a theoretical grounding in vegetation, practical command of digital tools and experience working on collaborative projects. Creative, and eager to learn and grow in a professional environment.

2022 — Present
BSc in Landscape Architecture
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona

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03 — Skills

Tools and languages

Design and representation

  • AutoCAD
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign

Mapping and territorial analysis

  • QGIS

Other tools

  • Word
  • Excel
  • Canva

Languages

  • ChineseNative
  • SpanishAdvanced
  • EnglishAdvanced
  • CatalanBasic

04 — Contact

Available for an internship
or studio collaboration.

Barcelona and surroundings. If you're looking to add a landscape profile to your team, get in touch and I'll send you the full portfolio.