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EVANSTON, IL
HELSINKI, FINLAND
ITHACA, NY
HELSINKI, FINLAND
LOS ANGELES, CA
PHILADELPHIA, PA
MEMPHIS, TN
NEWPORT NEWS, VA
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NEW YORK, NY
MONTREAL, CANADA
ROUTE 66, IL
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SEVILLE, SPAIN
TORONTO, CANADA
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BUFFALO, NY
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---------------------------------------------PHILADELPHIA STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ULI URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION HUDSON YARDS REDEVELOPMENT KANGAS PLANT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING BEEBEE STATION MASTERPLAN CHEMUNG RIVER TRAIL WILLIAMSBURG BUS STOP AGRICULTURAL QUAD REDESIGN ELSTON PLACE INFILL ANALYSIS ORGANIC LAND MAPPING, TOMPKINS COUNTY ILR COURTYARD PLANTING PLAN CONSTRUCTION DETAILS MODEL-MAKING PAINTING PAGE 3
GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE Philadelphia, Pennsylvania SUMMER 2012 As part of a summer internship with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), I helped produce graphics and a report for an innovative stormwater
NEIGHBORHOOD SITES
pilot project known as “21st Century Communities” for the Philadelphia Water Department. The city has progressively been initiating ways of citywide depaving and otherwise addressing their combined sewer overflow issues. PHS was hired as a consultant to work with Meliora Design (Civil Engineers) to help the city identify sites for pilot implementation of diverse interventions. I created site analysis diagrams, concept plans, renderings, and a comprehensive report on six sites within three neighborhoods of the city.
Borinquen Plaza 1900 North 5th Street
PRIORITY LOCATION ANALYSIS [GIS MAPS BY TODD BAYLSON & JEFF BARG]
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ULI URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION Seattle, Washington WINTER 2011 Collaborated on the 2011 Urban Land Institute Urban Design Competition as team leader. Contributed planning, transportation, concept development, and graphic expertise. Produced renderings, diagrams, and narrative. Project site is a mixed use transit-adjacent development in the Rainier Valley of Seattle. Teammates: Will Smith & Colin McCrone (Architecture), Tracy Hudak (Landscape Architecture), Robert Lewis (Real Estate)
PLANNING CONTEXT
VIEW OF DEVELOPMENT FROM LIGHT RAIL TRAIN CAR
RENDERING OF CENTRAL SQUARE
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Phase 1 Phase 1 redevelopment takes place on the southernmost tip of the site. This phase provides amenities for the existing residents and sets the stage for future development by providing:
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Phase 1 redevelopment takes place on the southernmost tip of Phase 1 redevelopment takes place on the tip of Phase 1 phase provides the site. This amenities forsouthernmost the existing residents the site. This for the residents and sets thephase stageprovides for futureamenities development byexisting providing: and sets1the stage for future development bysouthernmost providing: tip of Phase redevelopment takes place on the the site. This phase provides amenities for the existing residents • 28,000 sq. foot grocery store. • and sq. foot grocery store.development sets the stage forfrontage, future by providing: •28,000 Two levels of retail both with on-level access. Points of Interaction • Two levels of retail frontage, both with access. • Office space across from a transit line on-level serving both downtown • •Seattle Office space across from astore. transit line serving both downtown 28,000 sq. the foot grocery and Seattle airport. Seattle and theofrental Seattle airport. • Two levels retailunits frontage, both with on-level access. Residential with prime views to Mount Rainier, • •including Residential rental units with prime housing. views to Mount Office space across from a transit line serving bothRainier, downtown 10% percent affordable including 10%the percent affordable housing.by solar panels, located Seattle and Seattle airport. • A relocated bus transit center, powered • •adjacent AResidential relocated bus transit center, powered by to solar panels, located rental units with prime views Mount Rainier, to the Link station. adjacent to 10% the Link station. including percent affordable • A pedestrian bridge and elevatedhousing. plaza with green spaces for • •play AApedestrian bridge and center, elevated plaza with greenpanels, spaceslocated for relocated bus transit powered by solar and social activity. play and social activity. adjacent to the Link station. • A pedestrian bridge and elevated plaza with green spaces for play and social activity.
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• 28,000 sq. foot grocery store. • Two levels of retail frontage, both with on-level access. • Office space across from a transit line serving both downtown Seattle and the Seattle airport. • Residential rental units with prime views to Mount Rainier, including 10% percent affordable housing. • A relocated bus transit center, powered by solar panels, located adjacent to the Link station. • A pedestrian bridge and elevated plaza with green spaces for play and social activity.
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Bike Sharrows Phase 2 moves north and forms the center of the development Phase 2 north andandforms Phase moves the center of the development area 2 – geographically culturally by including: Light Link area – geographically and culturally by including: Transit Hubactive Phase moves north and forms the center of thecontact development • Plaza2with accessible berms, promoting • area Plazaa–with accessible berms, promoting active contact retail geographically and culturally by including: and meandering path through a pedestrian-oriented and a meandering path through a pedestrian-oriented retail environment. environment. • Plaza with accessible berms, promoting active contact A signature community center serving the needs of both new • and A signature community center serving the needs ofcontaining both new alongtime meandering path with through a pedestrian-oriented retail residents a walkable green roof, and longtimecenter, residents with a walkable greenactivity roof, containing environment. a wellness fitness services, childcare, rooms and a •gathering wellness center, fitness services, activity A signature community center childcare, serving the needsrooms of bothand new spaces. gathering spaces. and longtime residents with a walkable green roof, containing • Outdoor space for community activities like farmers markets, art • adisplays, Outdoor space forfitness community activities like activity farmersrooms markets, wellnessand center, services, childcare, andart cultural festivals. displays, cultural festivals. gathering spaces. • Greenand roofs to offset urban heat island effects and absorb • •rainwater Green roofs to offset urban heat runoff. island effects and absorb Outdoor space for stormwater community activities like farmers markets, art to reduce rainwater to reduce stormwater runoff. displays, and cultural festivals. • Key multi-modal transit improvements including bike parking, • •traffic Key multi-modal transiturban improvements bike parking, Green roofs tomeasures offset islandincluding effects and absorb calming and heat streetscape improvements. traffic calming measures and streetscape rainwater to reduce stormwater runoff. improvements. • Key multi-modal transit improvements including bike parking, traffic calming measures and streetscape improvements.
Modes of Transit
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Linking Neighborhoods Civic Activity Spaces
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• Plaza with accessible berms, promoting active contact and a meandering path through a pedestrian-oriented retail environment. • A signature community center serving the needs of both new and longtime residents with a walkable green roof, containing a wellness center, fitness services, childcare, activity rooms and gathering spaces. • Outdoor space for community activities like farmers markets, art displays, and cultural festivals. • Green roofs to offset urban heat island effects and absorb rainwater to reduce stormwater runoff. • Key multi-modal transit improvements including bike parking, traffic calming measures and streetscape improvements.
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Phase 3 Phase 3 completes development on the site with more Phase 3 completes development on the siteofwith more units, community amenities, a high percentage residential community amenities,ofa the highgreen percentage ofthat residential units, and the completion network links the site to its and the 3completion of the green network thatwith linksmore the site to its Phase completes development on the site surroundings. It includes: surroundings. It includes:a high percentage of residential units, community amenities, and the completion offor theresidents green network thatin links the site to its • Two large P-patches to engage local food • surroundings. Two large P-patches for residents It cultural includes: production and exchange.to engage in local food production and cultural exchange. • A playground for children to play and parents to socialize. • •ATwo for children towith play easy and parents totransit socialize. largeof P-patches for residents to engage in local food Aplayground variety housing types access to and other • production A variety housing types with easy access to transit and other and cultural exchange. modes ofof travel. modes of travel.offor • A playground to play and parents socialize. Completion thechildren open space network linkingtothe site to • •Martin Completion the open space network linking siteand to other A variety ofofhousing types easy Boulevard. access tothe transit Luther King Drive andwith Cheasty Martin Luther King Drive and Cheasty Boulevard. modes of travel. • Completion of the open space network linking the site to Martin Luther King Drive and Cheasty Boulevard.
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Relocated Bus Station
Phase 1 Retail: 210,000 s.f Office/Commercial: 211,000 s.f. Residential: 65,225 s.f. Open Space: 180,000 s.f Green Roof: 67,000 s.f. Parking: 487 constructed, 171 existing subterranean, 159 new on-street
Retail: 152,000 s.f. Retail: 152,000 Phase 2 s.f. 165,000 s.f. Office/Commercial: Office/Commercial: 165,000 Residential: 327,000 s.f. s.f. Residential: 327,000 s.f. s.f. Retail: 152,000 Open Space: 17s.f. 3,000 Open Space: 3,000s.f. s.f. Office/Commercial: 165,000 s.f. Green Roof:17 25,000 Green Roof: 25,000 s.f.s.f. Residential: 327,000 Open Space: 17 3,000 s.f. Green Roof: 25,000 s.f.
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Phase 3 Phase 3 Phase 3 completes development on the site with more
community amenities, a high percentage of residential units, Retail: 56,000 s.f. Retail: 56,000 s.f. the109,000 Phase 3and Office/Commercial: s.f. completion of the green network that links the site to its Office/Commercial: s.f. Residential:surroundings. 35,000109,000 s.f. It includes: Residential: 35,000 Retail: 56,000 s.f. s.f. s.f. Open Space: 95,000 Open Space: Office/Commercial: 109,000 s.f. Green Roof: 95,000 33,000s.f. s.f. •35,000 Two large P-patches for residents to engage in local food Green Roof:1461 33,000 s.f. Residential: s.f. below Parking: spaces, ground, constructed Parking: 1461production spaces, ground, constructed Open Space: 95,000 below s.f. and cultural exchange. Green Roof:• 33,000 s.f. A playground for children to play and parents to socialize. Parking: 1461 spaces, below ground, constructed
• A variety of housing types with easy access to transit and other modes of travel. • Completion of the open space network linking the site to Martin Luther King Drive and Cheasty Boulevard.
MASTERPLAN
Retail: 152,000 s.f. Office/Commercial: 165,000 s.f. Residential: 327,000 s.f. Open Space: 17 3,000 s.f. Green Roof: 25,000 s.f.
Phase 3 Retail: 56,000 s.f. Office/Commercial: 109,000 s.f. Residential: 35,000 s.f. Open Space: 95,000 s.f. Green Roof: 33,000 s.f. Parking: 1461 spaces, below ground, constructed
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Phase 2 moves north and forms the center of the development area – geographically and culturally by including:
Retail: 210,000 s.f Retail: 210,000 Phase 1 s.f 211,000 s.f. Office/Commercial: Office/Commercial: s.f. Residential: 65,225211,000 s.f. Residential: 65,225 Retail: 210,000 s.f s.f. s.f Open Space: 180,000 Open Space: s.f Office/Commercial: 211,000 s.f. Green Roof:180,000 67,000 s.f. Green Roof: 67,000 s.f. Residential: 65,225 s.f. Parking: 487 constructed, 171 existing subterranean, 159 new Parking: 487 constructed, Open Space: 180,000 s.f 171 existing subterranean, 159 new on-street on-street Green Roof: 67,000 s.f. Parking: 487 constructed, 171 existing subterranean, 159 new on-street
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HUDSON YARDS REDEVELOPMENT New York, New York CURRENT INFILL
FALL 2012 Created design proposals for capping off the last major developable land area
ORIGINAL MARSH 1865 INFILL
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over Hudson Rail Yards at the end of the High Line. Inspired by the historical ecologies of the edge of Manhattan and the embedded frontier ideology in the CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
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building with a public roof deck anchored the east end on the site along the
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at 11th Avenue and an open lawn to the left offering westward vistas over the
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MORPHOLOGY OF PLATFORM-HIGH LINE RELATIONSHIP 1/32”=1’-0”
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KANGAS PLANT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING Jyv채skyl채, Finland SUMMER 2012 Participated in an urban planning and design summer school workshop co-hosted by the International Federation of Housing and Planning and the YTK Group of the Aalto University. Collaborated with students from 22 different countries on proposals for enhancing the diversity of the masterplan for the revitalization of the former Kangas Paper Plant. Our group focused on ways to cradle diverse living options in such a way as to promote and enhance platforms for public interaction and spaces for reinforcing community vitality.
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BEEBEE STATION MASTERPLAN Rochester, New York SPRING 2012 Created masterplan and focus area designs for a former power station at High Falls in the heart of Rochester for ecological design studio. Designs had to resolve issues of access, ecological habitat, brownfield revitalization, and programming use and attractions within a distressed area of the city. Teammates: Ethan Dropkin (Landscape Architecture), Hunter Zupnick (Landscape Architecture & City Planning) SITE MASTERPLAN
Nursery
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Forested Trails
Greenhouse Wetland
Educational Acid Planting
Fishing Pier
Terraced Buildings Plaza w Seating
Plaza
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River Trail
Event Space Terraced Buildings
Elevator
Auto/Bus Bike/Ped
Waterfall Viewing
Visitor Center [ Cafe, Exhibitions, Canopy Walk ]
Industrial Sculpture Elevator
Building Wayfinding
SITE CIRCULATION
SITE PROGRAMMING
RENDERING OF ADAPTIVE REUSE OF FORMER POWER STATION PROPOSED HABITAT DIVERSITY FOR BEEBEE PLANT
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Floodplain Forest
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Carya ovata - Shagbark Hickory Human Benefit: Large Shade Tree Ecological Benefit: Nut provides major food source for animals at all trophic levels
Liriodendron tulipifera -Tuliptree Human Benefit: Large Flowering Shade Tree Ecological Benefit: Phloem used by yellowbellied sapsuckers, nectary from Rubythroated hummingbirds, host plant for tuliptree silkmoth and tiger swallowtail
Prunus serotina - Black Cherry Human Benefit: Large Flowering Shade Tree Ecological Benefit: Fruit and seed provides major food source for animals at all trophic levels. Nectary, Host-plant for multiple butterfly species
Acer rubrum - Red Maple Human Benefit: Large Shade Tree Ecological Benefit: Seeds and seedings provide major food source for rodents and birds
Amorpha fruticosa - False Indigo Human Benefit: Aesthetic value as a flowering shrub Ecological Benefit: Nectary; Host-plant for several butterfly species; Nitrogen-fixer
Eutrochium purpureum - Joe Pyeweed Human Benefit: Aesthetic value as a flowering perennial Ecological Benefit: Nectary
Typha latifolia - Common Cattail Human Benefit: Ornamental Reed Ecological Benefit: Bio-remediates contaminated soil/water provides food and habitat for animals at all trophic levels
Sagittaria latifolia - Broadleaf Arrowhead Human Benefit: LArge Ornamental Flowers and Foliage Ecological Benefit: Food plant for waterfowl and large rodents and is a mulitspecies nectary
Nymphaea odorata - Fragrant Waterlily Human Benefit: All parts of plant provide food for species at all trophic levels.
Quercus alba - White Oak Human Benefit: Large Shade Tree Ecological Benefit: Acorn provides major food source for animals at all trophic levels
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed Human Benefit: Aesthetic value as a flowering perennial Ecological Benefit: Nectary particularly for butterflies; Monarch Butterfly host-plant
Lupinus perennis - Sundial Lupine Human Benefit: Aesthetic value as a perennial Ecological Benefit: Nectary; Karner Blue Butterfly host-plant; Nitrogen-fixer
Pinus rigida - Pitch Pine Human Benefit: Evergreen Ecological Benefit: Sprouts and seedlings serve as browse for deer, cottontail rabbits, and meadow mice. Seeds are eaten by many species of birds and rodent.
Vaccinium angustifolium - Lowbush Blueberry Human Benefit: Aesthetic value as a fruiting and flowering shrub and as groundcover Ecological Benefit: Ecological Benefit: Fruit provides major food source for animals at all trophic levels. Nectary, Host-plant for multiple butterfly species
Tephrosia virginiana - Goat’s-rue Human Benefit: Aesthetic value as a flowering perennial Ecological Benefit: Ecological Benefit: Nectary, Host-plant for multiple butterfly species
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DESIGNCONNECT CHEMUNG RIVER TRAIL Elmira, New York FALL 2010 As part of DesignConnect (an interdisciplinary student organization that serves upstate communities), I was team leader for the Chemung River Trail project. Our team worked with the Friends of the Chemung River to assess the potential for developing an urban riverside trail in Elmira, NY. Site selection was problematic not only for right of way procurement reasons but also because the city has been divorced from its riverfront connections by concrete floodwalls. From our assessments, we decided to focus on collecting public input and support for a trail along a utility corridor between the highway and the river. We facilitated a participatory public meeting with attendance of almost 50 people and turned this input into a report which the city and non-profit could use for grant proposals to fund the trail’s surfacing, educational installations, and trailheads. Teammates: Kenneth Kalynchuk (City Planning), Andrew Jungkuntz
(City Planning), Joon Seol (Landscape Architecture), Matt Styer (City Planning)
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WILLIAMSBURG AREA TRANSIT BUS STOP PROTOTYPE
Glass-enclosed, recycled metal structure: shelter + embedded
Williamsburg, Virginia
transporation histories in the parts
SPRING 2006 “Are you TIREd of your same old bus stop?”
Recycled tires, filled with red, yellow, and green stained glass
This bus stop is made of recycled auto parts to both symbolize the waste produced by cars and to promote the ethic of public transit ridership.
Recycled tire trashcan
The seats and optional trashcan are made from repurposed/recycled rubber tires. The tripartite pattern suggests both traffic symbols and the pattern-quilting heritage of Colonial Williamsburg. An inside panel teaches about the reclaimed parts and how to travel more sustainably.
CURRENT BUS STOP INFRASTRUCTURE PAGE 13
AGRICULTURAL QUAD REDESIGN Ithaca, New York
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FALL 2011 Redesign for Cornell’s Agricultural Quadrangle based upon the structural forces within a sect of research in the agricultural college. Conceptual design is based on the rearing habitats and water sensitivities of Brook
PLOT OF STUDY RELATIONSHIPS
Trout in Upstate New York, research being conducted by Clifford Kraft in the TOPOGRAPHIC MODEL
School of Natural Resources to increase the likelihood of rearing successful trout restoration populations through variable environments that emulate natural conditions. The design focuses heavily on water management through site engineering in such a way that it is also educationally visible to users.
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION
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SITE MASTERPLAN
Alyson AlysonFletcher Fletcher| October | October2010 2010[ Figure [ Figure5 5] ]
ELSTON PLACE INFILL ANALYSIS Ithaca, New York FALL 2010 Assessment of potential development zones between Ithaca’s historic collegetown neighborhoods and the gorge of Six Mile Creek.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
LYNCHIAN FUNCTIONAL / SWOT ANALYSIS
MAP MAP SOURCES: SOURCES: OPTION 3 OPTION 4 TREES TREES- From - From Observation ObservationBUILDING BUILDING INFORMATION INFORMATION - http://www.tompkins-co.org/assessment/ - http://www.tompkins-co.org/assessment/ MAP SOURCES: MAP SOURCES: ZONING ZONING DATA DATA- http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/ - http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/BUILDING BUILDING FOOTPRINTS FOOTPRINTS- http://gisweb.tompkins-co.org/tcimap/CORE/MAIN.ASP - http://gisweb.tompkins-co.org/tcimap/CORE/MAIN.ASP TREES Observation INFORMATION - http://www.tompkins-co.org/assessment/ MAP TREES- SOURCES: -From From ObservationBUILDING BUILDING INFORMATION - http://www.tompkins-co.org/assessment/ ZONING DATA http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/ BUILDING FOOTPRINTS ZONING-DATA http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/ FOOTPRINTS -http://gisweb.tompkins-co.org/tcimap/CORE/MAIN.ASP http://gisweb.tompkins-co.org/tcimap/CORE/MAIN.ASP Trees from- observation; Buildings -BUILDING http://www.tompkins-co.org/assessment/
LAND USE CONTEXT
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ORGANIC LAND MANAGEMENT MAPPING Tompkins County, New York FALL 2010 The Cornell University Cooperative Extension won a USDA Community Food Grant to conduct a community food assessment, which will include various levels of data analysis, mapping, and outreach and focus groups to gather input for the coming year. Monika Roth, the Agricultural Program Leader for the CCE, reached out to Cornell to recruit students to assist in the preliminary data organization and mapping aspects of this project to prepare for further data collection and surveys. I was one of four students working on this semester’s projects, and I mapped organically managed agricultural parcels in the county. From these maps, it is observable that: •
Organic parcels in Tompkins County are located on the outskirts of denser population areas
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Farms are not located very close to locations with the largest numbers of stores and markets
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By parcels, organic land comprises 13% of all agriculturally-zoned areas but by land cover it comprises 19% of all land used as farmland
[Additional GIS samples available upon request.]
PERCENTAGES: TOTAL OWNED ORGANIC ACRES: 11, 160.56 (71.58% of Total Organic) TOTAL RENTED ORGANIC ACRES: 4,430.78 (28.4% of Total Organic) TOTAL ORGANIC ACRES (OWNED + RENTED): 15,591.34 (13.4% of Ag., 3.9% of County) TOTAL AGRICULTURAL ACRES: 116,703.64 (29.5% of County) TOTAL ACRES IN COUNTY: 395,634.23
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ILR COURTYARD PLANTING PLAN Ithaca, New York FALL 2010 Technical planting plan for a courtyard within Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Concept idea is to characterize the new seating areas as types of spaces that shape labor relations: open offices, cubicles, and outdoor areas. This is expressed through numbers of stem, color of twigs, leaf, fruiting, and flowering characteristics. After soil assessments, we learned that the site has high pH clay soil with poor drainage. We will experiment with soil amendments in the SW region of the site when we plant in late Spring. Plants chosen are of two zones warmer than typically possible in Ithaca because of thermal gain from the buildings. The plants are also either evergreen or have all-season interest. [Additional plan samples available upon request.] KEY AgLR Av Apen Ap Aj CaG CaGP Cd Ef Jc Hp LtG LtP La Mg Ma Md Pc Sc Sh Sj Tc Vm
NO. 17 1 3 22 49 1 3 430 230 22 9 10 7 17 6 14 170 500 49 1420 46 202 625
BOTANIC NAME Abelia x grandiflora 'Little Richard' Abies veitchii Acer pensylvanicum Aesculus pavia Aucuba japonica Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' Cotoneaster dammeri Euonymus fortunei Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific' Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' Lespedeza thunbergii 'Gibraltar' Lespedeza thunbergii 'Pink Cascade' Leucothoe axillaris Magnolia grandiflora 'Claudia Wannamaker' Mahonia aquifolium Microbiota decussata Paxistima canbyi Santolina chamaecyparissus Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis Skimmia japonica Teucrium chamaedrys Vinca minor
COMMON NAME Little Richard' Glossy Abelia Veitch Fir Striped Maple Red Buckeye Gold Dust Tree Glauca' Atlas Cedar Weeping 'Glauca' Atlas Cedar Bearberry Cotoneaster Wintercreeper Blue Pacific' Shore Juniper Peegee Hydrangea Gibraltar' Thunberg Lespedeza Pink Cascade' Thunberg Lespedeza Coastal Doghobble Claudia Wannamaker Southern Magnolia Oregon Grapeholly Siberian Cypress Canby Paxistima Cotton Lavender Himalayan Sweetbox Japanese Skimmia Wall Germander Common Periwinkle
SIZE 3 8' 80cm 4' 3 8' 10' 4" 1 2 3 3 3 2 6' 3 3 1 TR72 1 3 1 1
ROOT Cont. B&B B&B Cont. Cont. B&B B&B Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. B&B Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont. Cont.
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CLARK HALL ROOF DECK IMPROVEMENT DRAFTED PLANS & CONSTRUCTION DETAILS SPRING 2012 As part of Site Construction, a full set of construction drawings was produced for plans to improve a ballast roof deck into an occupiable green space for faculty, staff and students at the physical sciences building on Cornell’s campus.
[Additional CAD and detailing samples available upon request.]
PLAN VIEW CHEEK WALL STAIRS
CHEEK WALL STAIR, SECTION C
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CHEEK WALL STAIR, SECTION A
HANDRAIL DETAIL
SPEED TABLE, PLAN & SECTION
CHEEK WALL STAIR, SECTION B
HANDRAIL SURFACE MOUNT
LAYOUT PLAN
CURB RAMP - PLAN
CURB RAMP - SECTION
TYPICAL HEAVY DUTY CONCRETE WALK
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MODEL-MAKING
CONCRETE BLOCK HOUSING STUDY
NJ TURNPIKE MONUMENT
SARANAC RIVER CULTURAL CENTER
SPRING 2005
FALL 2004
SPRING 2006
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& PED BRIDGE
PAINTING
WILLIAM & MARY CAMPUS
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM
COLOR COLLAGE
SUMMER 2004
SUMMER 2007
SPRING 2007
Gouache
Acrylic
Acrylic & Mixed Media
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