ALICE STURM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
PERSONAL DETAILS ALICE STURM Masters of Landscape Architecture Cornell University TEL : 202-302-4525 EMAIL : Drawing on the path to Angel’s Landing in Zion Park
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INTRODUCTION
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As a landscape architecture student, I bring a strong interest in working landscapes (continued from my years working as a farmer), climate change adaptation and resilience, and community engagement and outreach. Throughout my time in school I have been able to work on real projects in local communities, working with local stakeholders. These interests affect my graphics as well as my design- I try to make sure the site design and the graphic language of a project compliments and enhances the existing social, ecological, and cultural values of the site’s context. Thank you for your consideration,
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Drawing of Angel’s Landing Switchbacks, Zion National Park
EDUCATION 2014-2017
Master of Landscape Architecture Cornell University, New York
2006-2010
AWARDS 2017
Bachelor of Arts Columbia College, Columbia University, New York
Upstate ASLA Distinguished Student of the Year Liberty Hyde Bailey Prize
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2nd Place, Better Philadelphia Challenge Designing the Rail Park Tunnel Competition
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WORK EXPERIENCE Fall 2016
Site Engineering Teaching Assistant Department of Landscape Architecture, Cornell Grade homework and host office hours assisting students to learn Site Grading and Site Engineering in Professor Valerie Aymer’s class.
Summer 2016
Landscape Architecture Intern SUNY Binghamton Physical Facilities
Spring-Fall 2016
Prepare concept designs, master plans, and constuction documents for a variety of campus projects as part of the Design team.
Chair of Board
Design Connect Run an interdisciplinary student consulting club that provides design and planning services to upstate New York communities.
Fall 2016
Sophomore Design Studio Teaching Assistant Department of Landscape Architecture, Cornell Participate in Pin-ups, hold office hours, and provide design, technical, and model-making assistance to students in Katie Jenkin’s Studio.
Fall 2016
SWAT Team Member Student Weekend Arborist Team, Cornell Perform street tree inventories for the cities of Elmira, NY and Jordan, NY as well as making preliminary health assessments.
Summer 2015
Landscape Architecure Intern Smithsonian Gardens, Smithsonian Institution Participate in document review, construction administration, and prepare planting plans and renderings. for a variety of projects.
SKILLS Sofware
AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Rhino 3D, ArcGIS, Microsoft Office, SketchUp
Other
Construction Documentation, hand and computer rendering, plant identification and establishment
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
01. PRIMING THE POESTENKILL: FLOOD RESILIENCE AND RECREATIONAL CONNECTIVITY Page 06
02. RAIL PARK ROOTS: SECOND PLACE WINNER BETTER PHILADELPHIA CHALLENGE Page 10
03. HUDSON RISING: CLIMATE ADAPTIVE DESIGN LANDSCAPE BIENIALE SUBMISSION Page 12
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DESIGN PROCESS: DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL MODELING Page 16 4
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05. VISUALIZING COASTAL FRAGILITY ASBURY PARK RESEARCH PROJECT Page 18
06. RESTORATIVE GARDEN DESIGN
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07. BUILT WORK: COOPER HEWITT PLANTING DESIGN
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PRIMING THE POESTENKILL
My studio project from Fall 2016 Studio taught by Brian Davis and Anne Weber focused on redefining green infrastructure, and was centered in Troy, NY, a town on the Hudson River Estuary with a post industrial waterfront. My design focused on the Poestenkill Gorge, and using it to create a social, ecological, and flood resilient corridor in the city’s core.
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SEWERSHED AND WATERSHED This larger scale analysis shows the watershed of the Poestenkill as well as the sewersheds of Troy, NY. The darker grey corresponds to more frequent CSO overflow events.
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FLOODING AND RECREATION This map, of all of Troy, shows the unique position of the Poestenkill in terms of high volume of flooding, especially focused at the “pinch points” of the Lake Ida Dam and Canalization at the east end of downtown, as well as parkland.
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CONCEPT DIAGRAMS Axonometric diagrams showing key context information and before and after conditions across the site.
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SITE PLAN Rendered Site Plan, made with AutoCAD linework, photoshop textures, and Illustrator diagramming.
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TOOLKIT Diagrams showing major strategies used in each area of the design.
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CANAL The lowermost terrace of the Canal, the wetland accretion level, is formed with jetties of demolition debris. They accumulate sediment and accrete wetland plants, providing water level crossings for people and ecological diversity.
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GORGE Unlike in the other portions, in the Gorge my design dealt only with access and visibility of the falls and the natural environment, providing new viewsheds, paths, and bridges to connect the gorge and surrounding neighborhoods.
LAKE In the lake, my design addressed floodwater pressure on the aging Lake Ida Dam by changing the river bed to increase floodwater holding capacity and expanding the edge to allow more recreational opportunities.
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RAIL PARK ROOTS 2nd PLACE WINNER BETTER PHILADELPHIA Along with my classmates Federico Lia, Kelly Farrell, Thackston Crandall, and Genki Takahashi, I entered the Better Philadelphia Competition (formerly ED BACON) and won second place. The 2017 Competition focused on the planned extension of the Rail Park into an abandoned rail tunnel located in and under Center City Philadelphia in the heart of the arts district. Technology Used: In this project, I built the Rhino model of the tunnel to use to create sections and renderings, and I created the large central axonometric rendering using linework and model drawn from Rhino and Photoshop textures.
RAIL PARK ROOTS This unique space within The Rail Park capitalizes on the unusual opportunities inherent in being underground, including urban exploration, art, shelter from the elements, play, and the possibility of experiencing what is usually hidden beneath our feet. Situating our design firmly within the context of the neighborhood, its population, and its institutions, Rail Park Roots bridges aboveground and belowground in ways that are both scientific and playful, pragmatic and fanciful.
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HUDSON RISING Our Spring 2016 Studio, taught by professor Joshua Cerra and supported by NYS grants, focused on working with the City of Hudson, NY to create a climate adaptive and resilient design for their waterfront, which is experiencing rapid expansion and development. This project formed part of Cornell’s official submission to the 11th annual Landscape Bienial in Barcelona and was chosen among the 25 finalist schools from over 200 submissions, and was displayed in the public exhibit in Barcelona. This was a group project which I did with Sara Hirsch and Kyle Sitzman, My work is specified in each caption.
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Connected Water
SITE PLAN Plan AutoCAD drafting by me Plan rendering by Sara Hirsch
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SECTION PERSPECTIVE All rendering and linework by me. Railway elevated 18 feet
Raise the railway to 18’ to allow traffic to pass under bridge, and meet the current Ferry Street Bridge at grade.
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MODEL Model built by me and Kyle Sitzman showing the elliptical boardwalk in our Henry Hudson Inundatable Park Design. As shown in the diagram at base of drawing 2, this boardwalk will gradually change, with sea level rise, from a grassy promenade to Hudson River pier.
Relocated Power
Water-Enhanced Restaurant
Water Street relocated to back of lot to allow greater park connectivity.
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Ecologically Enhanced Shoreline Existing: 1,444 feet Proposed: 2,733 feet
PHYSICAL MODEL: DETAIL Model built by me and Kyle Sitzman 0’
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Commercial Space Existing: 325,776 square feet Proposed: 432,194 square feet
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Farmer’s Market
the historic Dunn Warehouse as a odproofed community kitchen and yeararmer’s market to activate the waterfront.
Public Kayak Launch
Create a public launch for small craft in slip two, with shoreline stabilized with interplanted riprap.
RipRap
Joint planting RipRap with native wetland plants increases ecological quality without sacrificing shoreline stabilization.
Soft Shoreline
Where maintaining the shoreline in place is not necessary for function, riprap can be removed to create a natural wetland shoreline.
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Boat Association
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Regrade to allow removal of existing retaining wall
evelopment with wide deck overlooking the Hudson.
High Tide 2080 High Tide 2016
Floodable Henry Hudson Park Park maintains current uses in the short-run while new elevated paths will ensure continued access as sea levels rise. 2025 : Current Uses
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2050: Intertidal Zone Boardwalk
2080: Wetland Boardwalk
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HUDSON RISING Our Spring 2016 Studio, taught by professor Joshua Cerra and supported by NYS grants, focused on working with the City of Hudson, NY to create a climate adaptive and resilient design for their waterfront, which is experiencing rapid expansion and development. This project formed part of Cornell’s official submission to the 11th annual Landscape Bienial in Barcelona and was chosen among the 25 finalist schools from over 200 submissions, and was displayed in the public exhibit in Barcelona. This was a group project which I did with Sara Hirsch and Kyle Sitzman, My work is specified in each caption.
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SEA LEVEL RISE MAPS Illustrator Diagrams by me. Data from Scenic Hudson’s SLR Mapper
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AutoCAD Plan drafting by me and Kyle Sitzman. Rendering by Kyle Sitzman. All rendering (Photoshop) and linework (AutoCAD)by me Elevating Circulation
Raise pedestrian, automobile, and railroad infrastructure out of the future flood plain
Resilient Planting
Select diverse palate of plants which are tolerant of existing and future climactic conditions
Wetland Migration
Allow rare wetland habitats to move higher in elevationas sea-level rises
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Increase Shade
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Mitigate rising temperatures and urban heat island effect with increased shading
Wet Flood-proofing
Raise utilities above the flood zone and 0rogram floodable uses
Retreat
Move structures out of the future flood zone Inundated Mean High High Tide 10 Year Flood Plain
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Cotinus ‘Grace’ Smoke Tree Ilex verticillata Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac Winterberry Monarda ‘Raspberry Wine’ Beebalm
Baptisia
Light Rail
Extend Broad Street with integrated light rail along the former ADM spur line to connect the KAZ Site to the waterfront.
Solar Parking Lot
Solar Panels generate energy for surrounding buildings and provide shade. Integrated bioswales.
Residential Residential
Office Space
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Floodable Commercial
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KAZ Site Development
All proposed development, residential and commercial, will have wet-floodproofed ground floor uses such as parking.
Storm-Water Treatment Wetland
Treating and infiltrating stormwater from increasing rain events mitigates flood risk.
KAZ Park
Non water dependent activities such as soccer and picnicking that can no longer take place in Henry Hudson Park due to sea level rise.
Betula nigra River Birch
Grid Expansion
Extend 2nd Street to L&G building and extend Deer Lane to 2nd Street.
Iris versicolor Blueflag
Visible Wetland
Chionanthus virginicus Fringetree
Morus rubra Red Mulberry
Peltandra virginica Arrow Arum Orontium aquiaticum Golden Club
Nuphar advena Spatterdock
Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed
Cardamine longii Bittercress
Encourage Wetland Migration
Rising water levels will drown the Phragmites which currently dominates South Bay; planting wild rice and other rare species can encourage their colonization of the wetland.
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Great Bullrush Zizania aquatica Wild Rice
South Bay Nature Trail
Build an integrated boardwalk loop over the former causeway and elevated 9G providing views of the rehabilitated wetland.
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10% Flood 2080 High Tide 2080 High Tide 2016
Open Colarusso Drive
Create a formal, two-way road along the south edge of the L&B building which will allow gravel trucks to access the deep-water port without going through downtown Hudson or using the Causeway. Tidal Wetland Existing: 2,307,638 square feet Proposed: 4,055,849 square feet
Elevate 9G out of 2080 Floodplain
Raise highway 9G/23B to 12’ on piles out of the current and future flood plain and allow wetland migration as the sea-level rises.
Open the Causeway
Create a 40’ opening in the Causeway to double the area of valuable tidal marsh habitat and allow marsh migration; gravel trucks re-routed along L&B. Proposed Opening: Boardwalk Nature Trail Existing Condition: Gravel Access Road Full Tidal Connectivity No Tidal Connectivity
Permeable Surfaces Existing: 121339 square feet Proposed: 354,364 square feet Parking Existing: 633 spaces Proposed: 832 spaces
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DESIGN PROCESS
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DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL ITERATIONS In an exercise exploring the interaction between landform and water infiltration, I first modified and created new landforms within Rhino, then explored my proposed landform, first using Grasshopper and some plugins, then using physical modeling in a variety of materials, including cross-stitch plastic mats and watercolors. Both digital and physical models were intended to operate in tandem, and iteratively, as design tools and not presentation graphics.
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Pancake Topography Model
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Infiltration Vector Model
One foot contour paper model.
In this model I represented infiltration, based on landform, using blue rods as vectors that remain above ground in places with a a high runoff coefficient and not in others.
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Accumulation Model
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Detail of Infiltration Model
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I poured dyed water on the folded paper model to simulate surface flow and accumulation.
Detail of Accumulation Model
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Rhino Iterations
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Paper Landform Model
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Serial Section Model
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Iterations in Rhino using plugins eVeRain and Grasshopper. Folded drawing paper.
Serial sections cut from water color paper showing infiltration with watercolor paint.
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ASBURY PARK
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To say that the boardwalk and casino that were built to accommodate a ten-foot elevational range of the ocean should have been built to accommodate a thirty-foot elevational range, and thus not be destroyed in storm surges such as the hurricane of 1945, and of 2009, is to criticize the facts employed in the design but not the underlying paradigm. The problem is not that the rigid line was not built far enough from the undulating line- the problem is in understanding the shore as a line in the first place, and simply raising everything higher would not only destroy the aesthetic experience of being near the ocean, but would commit the same folly that was committed in the initial design, a folly not of data but of process. Just as a boardwalk designed for a sunny July low tide performs poorly in winter, and under storm surge conditions, a boardwalk designed for October 2009 (when Tropical Storm Sandy struck and destroyed it) would perform inadequately in mid-summer and in winter.
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VISUALIZING COASTAL FRAGILITY
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ANNUAL PROGRAMMING The annually scheduled events on the boardwalk are shown overlaid on collaged photos showing the boardwalk in summer, winter, and immediately after Hurricane Sandy.
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CASINO AND BOARDWALK
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HISTORIC SHORELINES SITEMAP
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STORM TIMELINE
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Four eras of the Casino and Boardwalk, in good times and bad, are collaged together. This map uses NJ State GIS Data to show historic shoreline conditions and the site of the buildings surveyed. This visual timeline shows the cycle of destruction and rebuilding of various historic structures on the Asbury Park boardwalk, along with collaged historic images.
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SUNY BINGHAMTON
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RESTORATIVE GARDEN During my Summer 2016 internship with SUNY Binghamton’s Physical Facilities Department, I was tasked with creating a restorative garden to accompany a new health and wellness dorm being built at the University. The theme of the design was to use Jens Jensen’s concept of “council circles” to create a variety of spaces for study, relaxation and contemplation all linked by a meditation path. The phasing follows budget guidelines I was given by Physical Facilities and Residential Life, and i provided full cost estimates for both projects.
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CONCEPT PLAN: PHASE 2
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Informal boulder seating is attractive, affordable, and can easily be redistributed between phases of the project. While Phase 1 includes a single, larger boulder ciricle, in phase two these boulders are reconfigured.
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In phase two the large boulder circle is replaced by a ‘council circle’ of double faced benches, allowing a dual use as both a gathering space for larger groups and an area that allows several, separate quiet users. In keeping with the initial budget, phase one includes a mulch meditative walking path and stone dust access path with boulder circle seating. The mulch path can be installed without disturbing the roots of existing trees. Completed project with meditative walking path, boulder circles from phase one reconfigured into two smaller seating areas, and the addition of a community garden and bench council circle as seen in number 2.
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COOPER HEWITT TERRACE
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During the Summer of 2015, I worked at Smithsonian Gardens, a division of the Smithsonian Institution that manages all indoor plants and all outdoor landscapes at the Smithsonian, both on the National Mall and in New York City. I worked closely with William Donnelly, Landscape Architect of the Smithsonian, to prepare planting plans, attend construction administration meetings, and create concept plans and renderings.
PLANTING PLAN
The garden of the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in New York City was fully re-designed. The terrace was not included in the contract, but its planting was largely destroyed during the renovation. I created this planting plan for the terrace. The client defined the planting palette as yellow and red, and made clear that the terrace does not have irrigation and is sunny and dry, with low soil volumes. The larger site design is a shady and informal woodland planting.Those plants from the larger planting that would survive conditions on the terrace I incorporated, but added others and created a more structured planting as befits the formal architecture of the terrace.
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Post installation, in October 2016. Photo taken from Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Website.
The planting plan I provided to the team at Cooper Hewitt, edited and overseen by William Donnelly, Landscape Architect of the Smithsonian.
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ecoSYSTEM
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STUDIO DESCRIPTION My Fall 2015 Studio was taught by Peter Trowbridge and focused on the NYC Department of Transportations efforts to increase pedestrian real estate in New York City. We made designs for parts of Broadway which have had temporary pedestrian plazas (created with planters and road paint) since 2007, and which efforts are now underway to make permanent. We also incorporated other plaNYC goals such as increasing shade, walkability, bike lanes, and stormwater management.
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SITE PLAN The site is located in the temporary Department of Transportation plazas between 21st and 24th St and Broadway in Manhattan.
TRAFFIC ANALYSIS This diagram shows the types of traffic, pedestrian, car, and bike, that use the site on a typical fall day. This data encourages prioritizing pedestrians.
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PEAK TRAVEL This diagram shows how the site is meant to function during the day, when pedestrian, vehicular, and bike traffic is at its peak.
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EXISTING CONDITION ANALYSIS
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SECTION PERSPECTIVE
OFF-PEAK TRAVEL
Descriptive section showing my proposal at 23rd street, as well as subsurface stormwater.
Night and early in the morning, when all forms of traffic are reduced, the bike lane becomes a truck and deliveries lane serving the local businesses.
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Site aerial and comparative statistics on existing and proposed conditions.
PROGRAMMING DIAGRAM Sectional programming diagram.
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6 ؛176,580 lbs of Carbon dioxide sequestered in 25 years
Nitrogen dioxide absorbed, lowering air temperature
$11,409 air pollution savings over 25 years
particulate matter intercepted and absorbed
ozone is absorbed
Sulfur dioxide absorbed, lowering air temperature
Musclewood Swamp White Oak
Summersweet
Shadblow
Flowering Native Plants provide habitat benefits for birds and pollinators
Multi-Stem trees provide more screening from sun in summer and wind in winter
Fringetree Black-eyed Susan Purple Coneflower
Inkberry
Multi-layered plantings provide biodiversity and visual diversity
All plant species are approved by the DoT
All plant species can survive drought and inundation
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Storm-water is diverted via evapo-transpiration from trees and other plantings
Concrete Sidewalk pitched at 2% into open side of infiltration-strip planter
SIDEWALK
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PLAZA
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PLAZA
hard edge
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Curb-cut allows stormwater from the road to enter the bio-swale
Sand-Set Permeable Pavers with basecourse set at 2% slope toward sleeved wall
Overflow water can exit and continue to standard storm sewers
Seat-Wall sleeved to allow excess water to drain
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Overflow will enter high-hat drain and enter storm sewer system
METRICS: TREES This diagram shows the work trees can do in cleaning particulate matter, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants out of the air.
Crowned Asphalt road
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Sand-Set Permeable Pavers with basecourse set at 2% slope toward sleeved wall
Concrete Sidewalk pitched at 2% into open side of infiltration planter
METRICS: STORMWATER
This diagram shows how my design performs in terms of stormwater management, both grey infrastructure and green infrastructure.
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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS Further developing my studio project from Fall 2015, in Spring 2016 I developed this set of construction details further exploring the concept of a pedestrian plaza with raised planters providing both seating, shade, and enhanced water infiltration. Bioswale planters face the street and accept street runoff, while the infiltration planters receive water from beneath the plaza due to the pitched concrete slab beneath the sand-set pavers. Lighting at the base of the seat walls washes the plaza at night to provide another scale of lighting.
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LAYOUT AND MATERIALS PLAN
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EXISTING CONDITIONS PLAN
Corresponding materials details shown on facing page.
Demolition and Construction phasing plan.
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GRADING PLAN
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Schematic grading plan for pedestrian plaza with bioswale planters and infiltration planters
Drawn from several pages of the CD Set, several paving and raised planter details from the design for the pedestrian plaza.
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Taking aerial photographs along the shore of Cayuga Lake by balloon as a studio TA with Katie Jenkins.