ALISON GROVER University of Oregon 2021 Master of Landscape Architecture
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agrover@uoregon.edu / linkedin.com/in/alisongrover / Eugene, Oregon
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The Danish Institute for Study Abroad / Copenhagen, Denmark The School for Field Studies / Atenas, Costa Rica
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2015 2013
ILLUSTRATOR
2021 Master of Landscape Architecture / University of Oregon 2016 Bachelor of Arts: Sculpture, Anthropology / Colby College
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LEADERSHIP 2020 Treasurer / Design for Climate Action [student group] • Urging the City of Eugene to adopt a more aggressive Climate Action Plan • Managing student group finances • Brainstorming ways to make an impact and raise awareness about climate change 2020 Creative Thinker / LiveMove [student group] • Contributing design expertise to LiveMove’s bicycle and pedestrian design projects while upholdng its mission to make cities healthy, active, and human-centered
WORK EXPERIENCE 2019 Landscape Architecture Intern / Schirmer Satre Group / Eugene, Oregon • Rendered plans, 3D elements including a playground sensory wall in Photoshop, Lumion • Used AutoCAD to enhance construction details, conduct plant counts, edit redlines • Used AutoCAD to design and draft irrigation plans, head and valve schedules, grading plans, rain gardens 2014 CAD Operator / Colby College / Waterville, Maine • Used Revit to review and update floorplans; made evacuation diagrams for 26 campus buildings • Surveyed existing buildings and made redline edits in Revit 2019 Digital Fabrication Assistant / University of Oregon / Eugene, Oregon • Maintained, repaired, troubleshot solutions to 2 Prusa 3D printers for use by ceramics students • Used Rhino to model and print 3D examples for the ceramics studio 2019 Planting Intern / Friends of Buford Park and Mount Pisgah / Eugene, Oregon • Developed illustrative, functional planting designs for a 40’x70’ site at Mount Pisgah • Organized and planted over 130 native herbaceous and woody plants 2020 Creative Report Writer / Sustainable Cities Institute / Eugene, Oregon • Crafting a clear, cohesive, and dynamic report on sustainable transportation based on seven student projects for an audience of stakeholders including Lane Transit District (LTD) and the City of Eugene
AWARDS 2018 Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Travel Award / merit-based scholarship to attend 2018 APRU Conference on Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in Hong Kong
2019 Lynn Mathews Memorial Award / to promote urban farm activities at the University of Oregon 2019 A. Brian Mostue Memorial Award / to support academic excellence in graduate study
As a designer, I strive to celebrate the rich cultural histories of communities and create lasting landscape solutions embedded in Earth’s natural processes. I aim to reduce the impact of environmental injustice, combat the effects of climate change, and create harmony between built and natural environments.
ALISON GROVER
HOBBIES
SKETCHING, CYCLING, BACKPACKING, NORDIC SKIING, BOULDERING, WOODWORKING, WATERCOLORING, READING, RUNNING
PROJECTS 01 02
RHYTHMS ENTANGLEMENT
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MODERNIST SANCTUARY
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EXPERIMENT
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WOODWORK
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EARTHWORK REVITALIZATION
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SCULPTURE SKETCHES
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RHYTHMS: SUBMERGE, EMERGE WINTER 2020 STUDIO: DESIGNING ENTANGLED SITES
Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator
WATER. Remembered nostalgically as a sawmill and shipyard, the site has a varied past as an ancient tribal village site, a ferry terminal, and
Derived from the rhythmic shape of mud ripples onsite, this design REUNITES NORTH BEND’S COMMUNITY WITH THE
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MARINE LIFE NURSERIES SWIMMING POOLS
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ently as an industiral lot. g soft infrastructure, this design blurs edge between land and water while viding a safe space to CELEBRATE THE EBB D FLOW of the water. Putting North Bend k in touch with its landscape enables ple to ADVOCATE FOR THE LAND.
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WEDGE SHAPED TIDAL MARSH
WEDGE SHAPED TIDAL MARSH
ECO-DECKING FOR SUNLIGHT PENETRATION VARIED TOPOGRAPHY FOR A DIVERSE HABITAT
SOFT INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOWS FLOODS TO NOURISH WETLANDS WITH SEDIMENT TARGET SPECIES: EELGRASS, CLAMS, CRABS, SALMON, SHOREBIRDS
URSERIES
RED PLAY
CREATE SHALLOW WATERS FOR MARINE LIFE TO FLOURISH
CULTURAL REUSE OF “WASTE” DREDGED SEDIMENT ACCESS TO WATER FOR COMMUNITY, NONMOTORIZED BOATS, CITIZEN SCIENCE CELEBRATION OF FLOODS FROM SAFE VANTAGE POINTS
ART & MARKET PLAZA
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HIGH TIDE SWIMMING,BOATING,STROLLING FULL ACCESS OF PARK
SEA LEVEL RISE 2100 EARTHEN VANTAGE POINTS MARINE LIFE TAKES THE STAGE UPLAND AREAS REMAIN DRY
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ENTANGLEMENT
Fall 2019 Studio: Mapping Entangled Sites Illustrator, GIS Illustrator, GIS Onceon called the “TIMBER Entangled in the fifishing, timber, Oregon’s south coast. timber, mining, and CAPITAL OF THE WORLD” [The mining, and shipbuilding Once calledCoos the “TIMBER “”Bay’s TIMBER shipbuilding industries for Oregonian,1947], industries for over a century, CAPITAL OF THE thrived WORLD” [The over a century, the city fluctuating economy of Coos Bay is a hotspot at the cost of once vibrant the city of Coos Bay is a Oregonian,1947], Coos Bay’s for ECOLOGICAL AND estuarine ecosystems and thrived hotspot for ECOLOGICAL fluctuating economy ECONOMIC CONFLICT tribal traditions. AND ECONOMIC CONFLICT at the cost of once vibrant on Oregon’s south coast. estuarine ecosystems and tribal traditions.
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1940 Electricity comes to the larger logger camps
1900’s New machines make easier cutting, moving of logs, incresaes harvesting speed; more accessible forested hills Early 1900’s spring boards used to reach “swell of butt”, where trees were cut
pre-1900’s logging operations moved from water to reach uncut , the require oxen to move. d pairs of oxen pulled pparel, greased logs across land
1940 Gasoline powered chainsaws arrive 1940 All sawmills and logging camps are unionized
1930’s Companies use logging trucks on a large scale
1880’s - 1957 Splash dams in operation in PNW Early 1900’s Steam-driven locomotives and steam donkeys speed up logging harvesting and transport; steam power comes to woods early 1900s lagging behind steam in mills
Pre-1900’s hand with saws, axes without fossil fuel Slow tree removal xtra large trees uncut use couldn’t transport
1960 Loggers commute to work rather than live in the forest 1957 Tioga Dam runs last drive (last operating PNW splashdam) 1970-80’s Automation and standardization of logs increases efficiency but decreases labor demand
1929 Depression Era - transition from rail to automobile transport; Post WWI new era of logging: bulldozers, gypo mills, miles of logging road construction
1910 High-lead logging technology introduced; increases accidents at logging camps
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dangerous; many nd serious injuries
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EXPERIMENT
Dalea purpurea Symphyotrichum ericoides
Winter 2019 Studio: Experimental Garden AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator
Abutting a multi-use trail on the Willamette River, this meandering boardwalk invites the public to OBSERVE AND IMMERSE themselves within 5 Experimental Garden plots. To TEST SOIL DECOMPACTION methods, I propose a prairie grass palette for their DEEP, STRONG ROOTS.
Silphium laciniatum
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Tem
The boardwalk takes its form from the spreading pattern of Himalayan Blackberry, an invasive inhabitant of this site in Eugene, OR.
Sporobolus heterolepis
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Panicum virgatum Schizachyrium scoparium
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Fall 2018 Studio: Art of Landform Photoshop, Illustrator
This terraced landform seeks to supplement the MOVEMENT AND ACTIVITY that lie at the heart of Eugene, Oregon’s identity. From Steve Prefontaine and Nike to Eugene’s impressive array of cycling paths, the community in Eugene thrives in motion.
CIRCULATION Four main entrances circulate users over the form in the way the heart pumps blood through veins and arteries. Terraces represent muscle and tissue, and a rock wall encourages users to be playful in their training.
PROGRAM The topography invites nearby runners, walkers, and cyclists to supplement their activity with space for calisthenic strength training and stretching.
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REVITALIZATION Spring 2019 Studio: Instant City Photoshop, Illustrator
BREATHING NEW ENERGY into into Veneta, Oregon’s downtown, these Veneta, Oregon’s downtown, repurposed storage pods invitethese repurposed members storage pods inviteLINGER, community to SHOP, AND EXPERIENCE a sense of place. community members to SHOP, Veneta’s logging history inspires LINGER, ANDcanopy, EXPERIENCE sense of street paint, and abench place.Veneta’s LOGGING HISTORY confi gurations, which emulate Douglas Fir logs traveling through the river’s inspires street paint, canopy, current. and bench configurations, which emulate Douglas Fir logs traveling through the river’s current.
POP-UP RETAIL PODS
STREET CROSSING
SEESAW PLAY
3rd Street
POP-UP RETAIL
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MODERNIST Spring 2019: History of Landscape Architecture Foam Core, Fabric, Paper
Inspired by the modernist design principles of Villa Noailles [1928], this redesign of the Old Quad on University of Oregon’s campus embraces geometric shapes, PLANTING AS ART MEDIUM, MEDIUM and Oregon conifers as sculpture. N
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SANCTUARY Spring 2016: Capstone Project Task Board, Spray Paint, Wax, Masonite
Inspired by Helsinki’s Kamppi Chapel of Silence, this sculptural structure acts as a REFUGE FOR MEDITATION and reflection through sensory deprivation, contrasting the stimulating environment at Colby College. It protects, shields, and promotes focus for the community.
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WOODWORK
Live Edge Coffee Table Academic Walnut
I built this 3’x4’ coffee table in a furniture making course using live edge walnut. The tabletop is four strips glued side-by-side, and the curved detail is made of layered 1/4” walnut strips.
Necklace Rack Personal Scrap Wood
I crafted this necklace rack from scrap pieces in my free time. Hardware on the back allows this to hang.
Miniature Landscapes Personal
Basswood, Shizen paper Illustrator, Laser Cutter
These 8”x8” landscapes commemorate a summer excursion to Waldo Lake, one of the clearest lakes in Oregon.
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SCULPTURE
Academic Academic
Limestone, Alder Limestone, Alder
Carved from a 12�x12� block block of of limestone, limestone, the the stone is inspired by the stone is inspired by the shape of a MARINE DIATOM, shapethe of a MARINE DIATOM, while alder mimics the energetic process of asexual while the alder mimics the reproduction that the diatom energetic process of asexual undergoes. reproduction that the diatom undergoes.
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SKETCHES
Colored Pencil
Ink
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Colored Pencil
Ink
Rhino, Photoshop
atercolor
Watercolor