Alyssa Hannigan 717.798.4695 | lysshannigan@gmail.com Landscape Architecture Portfolio Temple University Tyler School of Art & Architecture Master of Landscape Architecture, Class of 2022
BALANCING CULTURE & ECOLOGY CREATING SPACES FOR PEOPLE, PLACES & THE PLANET With a background in science and art, this portfolio reflects my curiosity of the natural world, interest in designing spaces where people, plants and wildlife coexist, and passion for developing creative solutions to large- and small-scale problems. I intend to become a registered landscape architect and certified ecological restoration professional in the coming years. Included in this portfolio is a range of work completed while earning my Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Temple University, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, as well as a written extract, GIS sample, illustrations and photography samples to reflect skills that have been crafted over many years while working as an environmental scientist and photographer.
Alyssa Hannigan MLArch Candidate & LAF Olmsted Scholar
Experience LandStudies, Inc. Landscape Architect Intern | 2022 • Present
About
• Conduct large to small-scale field assessments of waterways • Prepare concept plans for ecological restoration sites
Over 5 years of experience in environmental science and consulting based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Tyler School of Art & Architecture, Temple University
Seeks to create resilient, forward-thinking solutions to design challenges and real-world problems. Hopes to connect people and places with an intentionality that balances human experience with ecological restoration.
Skills • Adobe Creative Cloud • Microsoft Office Suite • ArcGIS, AutoCAD, SketchUp, & Lumion • Hand Drafting • Technical Writing • Field Sampling • Plant Identification • Ecological Restoration
Contact 717.798.4695 lysshannigan@gmail.com 826 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17602
Instructor - Environmental Design Institute | 2020 • Present • Taught summer pre-college course on environmental design • Prepare lessons and materials for class, facilitate student critiques
Alyssa Christine Photography Owner & Principal Photographer | 2016 • Present • Project management and client interaction • Sole proprietor administration, marketing, development, etc.
Liberty Environmental, Inc. & Reliance Environmental, Inc. Environmental Scientist | 2015 • 2020 • Project management and scope generation • Technical report writing, figure generation and submission • Field investigation, sampling, and laboratory result analysis
Education Temple University, Tyler School of Art & Architecture Master of Landscape Architecture | 2019 • 2022, GPA 4.0 • Focus in ecological design and restoration • 2022 LAF Olmstead Scholar • President, Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) • Member, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) • Artist in Residence, Mill Creek Falls Retreat Center • Speaking Engagement at SER World Conference, Summer 2021 • Awarded PA-DE ASLA Merit Award, Spring 2021
Messiah College Bachelor of Science, Biology | 2011 • 2015, GPA 3.5 • Focus in ecology, plant and organism biology • Supplemental Studies: Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, Creation Care Study Programme New Zealand, and Penn State
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Holtwood Nature Preserve
RESTORING RECIPROCITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN & RESTORATION Holtwood Nature Preserve is a 130-acre preserve managed by the Lancaster Conservancy. Inventory and analysis revealed the site’s rich cultural and ecological heritage, as well as remnants of Indigenous land management in current vegetation patterns. The goal of this design was to examine ways of rematriating the site, or “giving back to Mother Earth; returning to life and co-creation.” Restoring reciprocal relationships to the site, inspired by Indigenous practices such as prescribed burning and milpa forest gardening, drove the design’s development. By implementing an Indigenous land management framework, the preserve can simultaneously act as civic and climate resilient infrastructure while providing awareness of the value of traditional ecological knowledge and support for Indigenous cultural landscapes.
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Comprehensive Plan Tzatziki “Sit & Stay” Overlook
Features views of the Susquehanna River with interpretive signage illuminating cultural significance of the lower Susquehanna River basin
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Provides space for up to 20 vehicles
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Ensures pedestrian safety along trail network, while allowing Conservancy vehicular access into areas that require more maintenance
Camp Area
Hosts reservable camp sites and hut for thruand section-hikers along the Conestoga Trail
Uthsijsta “Fire” Ceremony
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Trail Network Conestoga Trail Hickory Loop (ADA-Accessible) Oak Way Persimmon Pass Chestnut Traverse Riparian Walk Pawpaw Loop Informal Connecting Paths
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Varied Experiences for All
The trail network extends from the Conestoga Trail through varying ecosystems and cultural features. Trail widths provide intuitive wayfinding throughout the site with wider loops that lead to entrances and parking.
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Inspired by Indigenous practices, fire is reintroduced into the landscape to diversify plant communities. Oak-Hickory savanna is restored on southfacing slopes with milpa forest gardening on north-facing slopes.
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Former Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery
REFINING RESILIENCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN & RESTORATION The master plan for the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Refinery provides a framework for how ecological restoration fosters resilient land development in a flooded future. The former PES Refinery is a 1,300-acre property situated along the Schuylkill River in southwest Philadelphia. The property is currently inundated during the 1% Annual Chance Flood. Sea level rise scenarios vary, but by 2100 nearly all models including NOAA, FEMA and local agencies agree that sea level rise will increase the current extent of the Base Flood Elevation. This project envisions a landscape where land development is designed in balance with human and ecological communities. Forward-thinking planning and design at this site create a resilient landscape that acknowledges and responds to a changing future that benefits the community, economy and ecology.
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INVENTORY & ANALYSIS WATER FLOW & ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIONS Bulkheaded shorelines sever natural hydrologic systems present within the Schuylkill River floodplain, while the Schuylkill Expressway disrupts ecological pathways to nearby wildlife habitat. Historic streams and marsh land have been filled upon forming the urban landscape.
CONCEPTUAL EXPLORATION Hilco Redevelopment Site
Hilco Redevelopment Hilco Redevelopment Site Site Organizational Diagram Organizational Organizational Diagram Diagram
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MASTER PLAN REUSING INDUSTRIAL ARTIFACTS IN A FLOODED FUTURE The master plan design explores multiple uses across the site that foster community among neighboring residents, flora and fauna habitat, and a mix of light industrial and commercial areas for sustained economic opportunities. Community Zone 1. 2. 3.
Urban Orchard Community Center Community Garden
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ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS INTEGRATION Inspiration for the amphitheater design was derived from the ephemeral and seasonal qualities of vernal pools. The ecological system behind vernal pools was explored through illustration and modified to how a vernal pool could be constructed over petroleum-contaminated soils on-site.
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DETAIL DESIGN SUNKEN AMPHITHEATER The amphitheater is designed as gathering infrastructure that remains functional as the river shrinks and swells. This floodable amphitheater provides opportunities for people to connect with and observe natural systems and wildlife, even as sea level rises.
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Forest Patch - Experiential Edge Detail Template The designed patch plan illustrates transitions from cultural to ecological zones. Forested Edge
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Tree: Platanus occidentalis, Liquidambar styraciflua, Cercis canadensis, Quercus bicolor, Acer negundo, Cladrastis kentukea, Gymnocladus dioicus
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Shrub: Aronia arbutifolia, Viburnum prunifolium,
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Callicarpa americana, Clethra alnifolia, Hamamelis virginiana, Lindera benzoin, Ilex glabra, Ilex verticillata
Herbaceous Plug: Matteuccia struthiopteris,
Teucrium canadense, Elymus riparius, Actaea podocarpa
Boehmeria cylindrica, Impatiens capensis, Maianthemum racemosum Persicaria virginiana, Chelone glabra, Solidago altissima, Verbesina alternifolia
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Eastwick Neighborhood
LET IT FLOW FLOOD, STORMWATER, & WETLAND DESIGN The Eastwick neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a past of inherited social and environmental justice issues and faces significant issues with respect to flooding and sea level rise. Following failed promises from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority in the 1960s, residents continue to feel hurt. The neighborhood is located adjacent to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and Philadelphia International Airport and is largely cutoff from the city grid. Residents enjoy the “rural” qualities of the neighborhood and want to enhance access to nature while also providing opportunities for wealth-building and community amenities. This project envisions a landscape that can remain usable during flood events through capturing, slowing and filtering water through a network of bioretention rain gardens and constructed wetlands.
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INVENTORY & ANALYSIS SITE HYDROLOGY
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MASTER PLAN LET IT FLOW - PROGRAMMING + CONNECTIONS The Let it Flow conceptual master plan was explored in detail to determine areas of community use, landscape enhancement and ecological restoration. Conceptual pedestrian, public transportation and bike connections were also determined.
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MASTER PLAN LET IT FLOW - HYDROLOGY The Let it Flow conceptual master plan allows water back into the site, while protecting the neighborhood residents. The following diagrams illustrate proposed hydrology and sequential stormwater treatment across the site.
DETAIL DIAGRAMS LET IT FLOW, SITE 1 - CIRCULATION + TRAIL NETWORKS
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DETAIL DESIGN LET IT FLOW, SITE 1 - STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PARK To explore a portion of the neighborhood in more detail, the parcel adjacent to the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge was selected in order to explore stormwater flow through bioretention rain gardens and the constructed wetland core.
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DETAIL DESIGN LET IT FLOW, SITE 1 - NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCE The neighborhood entrance is a place for residents to gather, rest, and relax that celebrates the area’s unique ecology through repetition of wetland form and use of plantings native to the Atlantic coastal plain.
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Mosaic Park & Plaza Trenton, New Jersey
REVIVING THE WATERFRONT URBAN PLANNING & DESIGN The design of Church of the Advocate and Steward Plaza were part of a larger “Reimagining Town & Gown” effort to unite Temple University and the adjacent neighborhoods in north Philadelphia. The predominant goals of this design was to reduce traffic speed along Diamond Street, enhance connections between institutions and residents, increase opportunities for stormwater infiltration, develop a unique “brand” for the Diamond Street Historic District, increase urban wildlife habitat, create tourist destinations, encourage walkability, and encourage the use of public transportation, biking and walking rather than private automotive reliance.
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INVENTORY & ANALYSIS SITE MOBILITY KEY Project Site Boundary
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MASTER PLAN MOSAIC PARK The concept for Trenton’s waterfront park is inspired by the city’s ceramic legacy. The park is designed as a cultural-ecological mosaic where culture, ecology and community recreation meet.
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DETAIL DESIGN MOSAIC PLAZA
Path to State Street
The design for the plaza is driven by waterfront connection, the creation of two distinct spaces, sight lines, a gridded circulation network, and the story of ecology from the water permeating the cultural core of the city.
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Church of the Advocate & Steward Plaza
A PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE URBAN PLANNING & DESIGN The design of Church of the Advocate and Steward Plaza were part of a larger “Reimagining Town & Gown” effort to unite Temple University and the adjacent neighborhoods in north Philadelphia. The predominant goals of this design was to reduce traffic speed along Diamond Street, enhance connections between institutions and residents, increase opportunities for stormwater infiltration, develop a unique “brand” for the Diamond Street Historic District, increase urban wildlife habitat, create tourist destinations, encourage walkability, and encourage the use of public transportation, biking and walking rather than private automotive reliance.
SITE CONTEXT
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PLAN VIEW PRIORITIZING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC & CONNECTIONS To enhance walkability and the connection of the park and church across Diamond Street, the roadway was altered to create more vehicular ambiguity and therefore slow traffic. This change accentuates the church’s unique placement along the city grid.
CONCEPT 1
FINAL RENDERING
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SITE DIAGRAMS DESIGN DETAILS To create space distinctions among pedestrians, vehicles and bikes, different paving materials were used, as well as bollards, specific plantings, and lighting. As the neighborhood’s low point, pervious surfaces collect stormwater below grade.
CIRCULATION
PAVING
Automotive Route Vehicular Parking
Sandstone Paver - Herringbone Sandstone Paver - Running Bond,
Bike Route
Sandstone Paver - Running Bond,
Pedestrian Route
Sandstone Paver - Running Bond,
Perpendicular to Church Perpendicular to Road
Perpendicular to Fountain
Stone Gravel
GREEN STORMWATER INITIATIVES
PLANTING
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Pervious Sandstone Paver
Existing Tree
Pervious Parking Spaces
Street Tree
Bioswale Rain Garden
American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Street Gutter with Drains Stormwater Recharge Area +LP
Low Point of Neighborhood
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) Shrub & Small Tree Buffer Meadow Planting Bioswale Planting | 37
A PLACE TO GATHER
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CHURCH OF THE ADVOCATE PLAZA
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With the lack of curbs, this portion of Diamond Street can be closed for weekend markets, community gatherings, and other events that require large spaces for people. Bollards and trees with benches are used to protect areas meant for pedestrians.
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PLAZA PERSPECTIVE
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OF THE ADVOCATE PLAZA
A PLACE TO REFLECT STEWARD PARK To connect with the Church of the Advocate, Steward Park is designed to be a place for quiet reflection or prayer. It is densely planted with lush, herbaceous vegetation with crushed stone pathways and wooden seatwall for resting areas. A circular pathway formed of a serviceberry allee and wooden pergola with native wisteria have movable tables and chairs for people to relax. At the center of the park is a stone fountain that bubbles softly to reduce the among of traffic noise.
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LARC 8141 Design Communications - Fall 2019, Professor
designed to be a contemporary space that plays with assymetrical geometries, and juxtaposing hardscaped The Ambler Environmental Art Center and outdoor materials with the naturalized landscape. Generous classroomvicinity area will be utilized by the university and open spaces in the immediate of the art center surrounding community members as a space to gather, and outdoor classroom allow for easy movement learn, work andto play. built throughout the spaces and freedom useThe them in core of the overall site is Design Goals & Program: inspired by the geometric paintings of El Lissitzky and many different ways such as hosting events, gathering includes areas of movable formailty tables to tie into the neighboring places, or resting areas. Benches and The Ambler Environmental Art Center and outdoor core of Temple and chairs on the art academic center patio provide areasAmbler’s to stop campus. This area is classroom area will be utilized by the university and designed to be a contemporary space that plays with and rest within the built core. Key aspects of the design surrounding community members as a space to gather, assymetrical geometries, and juxtaposing hardscaped program include the following: learn, work and play. The built core of the overall site is materials with the naturalized landscape. Generous inspired by the geometric paintings of El Lissitzky and open spaces in the immediate vicinity of the art center - Siting the environmental art center; includes areas of formailty to tie into the neighboring and outdoor classroom allow for easy movement - Siting the outdooracademic classroomcore space; of Temple Ambler’s campus. This area is throughout the spaces and freedom to use them in designed to beplantings a contemporary space that plays with - Restoration andmany recommended for hosting different ways such as events, gathering assymetrical geometries, and juxtaposing hardscaped early successional woodland, old field and places, or resting areas. Benches and movable tables materials with the naturalized landscape. Generous meadow with native plants;on the art center patio provide areas and chairs to stop open spaces in the immediate vicinity of the art center rest within the built core. Key aspects of the design - The removal ofand invasive species; and outdoor classroom allow for easy movement program include the following: the spaces and freedom to use them in - Creating balance throughout with assymetry and contrast; many different ways such as hosting events, gathering Sitingspaces the environmental art center; - Designing generous- open for places, or resting areas. Benches and movable tables multi-functional use;- and Siting the outdoor classroom and chairs on the art center patiospace; provide areas to stop - Allowing for the ease of movement through and rest within the built core. Key aspects of for the design - Restoration and recommended plantings the space, as wellprogram as early places of rest. include the following: successional woodland, old field and
Ambler Environmental Art Education Center Mesic Woodland
WHERE ART & ECOLOGY MEET
Mesic Woodland A
BALANCED JUXTAPOSITION
Mesic Woodland The environmental art education center design is all about balancing symmetry with asymmetry, hardscape with landscape, meadow with native plants; and art with ecology. The outdoor classroom is inspired - Siting the environmental art center; by the Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac) - The removal of invasive species; A Siting the outdoor classroom space; work of abstract modern artist, Piet- Creating Mondrian. lines, right balance withStraight assymetry and contrast; - Restoration and recommended plantings for - Designing generous open spaces for angles, and varied materials form an outdoor with early successionalclassroom woodland, old field and multi-functional use; and meadow with native plants; visual interest, plenty of seating, and open space for teaching. The - Allowing for the ease of movement through - The removal of invasive species; the space, as well as places of rest. A vegetation surrounding the center is- designed toassymetry reflect the stages Creating balance with and contrast; - Designing generous open spaces for Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac) of succession with the presence of meadow species and earlymulti-functional use; and successional woodland species, which willforevolve over time. - Allowing the ease of movement through
Juniper
the space, as well as places of rest.
Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac) Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) allee connecting to the Ambler Environmental Art Center.
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) allee connecting to the Ambler Environmental Art Center.
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) allee connecting to the Ambler Environmental Art Center.
Betula populifolia (Gray Birch)
Juniperus virgin
Betula populifolia (Gray Birch)
Path leading to art focal point and connections to the Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory) allee that leads to the parking lot, or surrounding loop trail.
Path leading to Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) focal tree and contemplative stopping place.
Dry-Mesic Betula populifolia (Gray Birch) Mesic Woodland Old Field Mowed Path
Outdoor Classroom Axonometric Drawing
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM Path leading to art focal point and connections to the Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory) allee that leads to the parking lot, or surrounding loop trail.
Outdoor Path leading to art focalClassroom point and
Path leading to Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) focal tree and contemplative stopping place.
Mesic Woodland
Mowe Path leading to Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) focal tree and contemplative stopping place.
Axonometric Drawing
Mesic Woodland
Pauline Hurley-Kurtz Betula populifolia (Gray Birch)
Dry-Mesic Meadow
Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry)
Dry-Mesic Meadow
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry)
A’ Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac)
A’ Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac)
Dry-Mesic Old Field Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar)
Dry-Mesic Old Field Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar)
Dry-Mesic Woodland
Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac)
Building & Outdoor Classroom PlanDry-Mesic Woodland
Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory)
Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac)
CENTERBuilding & OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PLAN & Outdoor Classroom Plan
Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory)
0’ Prunus serotina (Black Cherry)
Wet-Mesic Woodland
Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar)
Betula populifolia (Gray Birch) Wet-Mesic Woodland
Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar)
Dry-Mesic Old Field
Betula populifolia (Gray Birch)
Dry-Mesic Old Field
A-A’ Cross Section
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Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) Dry-Mesic Woodland
Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)
Dry-Mesic Old Field
Dry-Mesic Meadow
Dry-Mesic Meadow
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Dry-Mesic Woodland
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry)
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Wet-Mesic Woodland
Mowed Path Dry-Mesic Old Field
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Temple Ambler Welcome Garden
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SITE ANALYSIS
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CONCEPT DIAGRAM
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EXISTING CONDITIONS SECTION
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Welcome Garden Composite Analysis
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Alyssa Hannigan
LARC 8141, LA Design Studio I, Masters in Landscape Architecture Program, Department of Architecture & Environmental Design, Tyler School of Art & Architecture, Fall 2019, Pauline Hurley-Kurtz
ROSE GARDEN PERSPECTIVE
HORTICULTURAL HISTORY A PLACE FOR GATHERING, HOSTING EVENTS, AND LEARNING Temple University’s Ambler campus has a rich horticultural history, formerly known as the Pennsylvania Horticultural School for Women. It was founded in 1911 by Jane Browne Haines and was one of the first horticultural schools for women. In the United States. The design pays homage to Wyck House, the ancestral home of Jane Browne Haines with its rose and herb garden and colonial trellis.
WELCOME GARDEN PLAN
SECTION A-A’
me Garden Section
Alyssa Hannigan
ign Studio I, Masters in Landscape Architecture Program, Department of Architecture & Environmental Design, Tyler School of Art & Architecture, Fall 2019, Pauline Hurley-Kurtz
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Outsider Folk Art Museum & Sculpture Garden
GRADING PLAN AESTHETIC STORMWATER MANAGEMENT The objective of this grading plan was to create artistic stormwater management solutions that would capture, hold and infiltrate all of the site’s stormwater.
The Outsider & Folk Art Museum & Sculpture Park 3752 Highway 325 Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
Drawing Title: Grading Plan
Date: April 14, 2020
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AMBLER Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture 580 Meetinghouse Road, Ambler, Pennsylvania 19002 LARC 8242 MLARCH Engineering II Instructor: Associate Professor Rob Kuper
Drawn By: Alyssa Hannigan
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Private Residential Garden Design Key : Existing Grade : Proposed Grade (+ 400.0) : Existing Spot Elevation + 400.0 : Proposed Spot Elevation
Existing Rhododendron
Stone Retaining Wall Existing Redbud
Brick Pizza Oven & Stone Patio
Screening Trellis
Stone Fire Pit
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Native Perennials
Stone Walkway
Brick Sidewalk
Stone Pa & Cobble Tansit Native Perennials Trash & Recycling Area
Brick Driveway
Existing Norway Maple
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Rain Garden
Stone Retaining Wall & Stairs
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Herb Garden & Bird Fountain
GRADING PLAN & DESIGN OUTDOOR LIVING & ENTERTAINING This design and grading plan took into account the homeowner’s wishes for an entertaining area, a pizza oven, gardening areas, wildlife habitat, and private space.
Existing Sycamore Maple Area
Existing Ash
Open, Grassy “Workspace”
Existing Sycamore Maple Elevated Wooden Boardwalk
Native Perennials
Elevated Wooden Deck
Shade & Water-Tolerant Native Perennials & Trees
athway estone tions Greenhouse Stone Shed
Bee Boxes
Stone Retaining Wall
Pond/Vernal Pool Area
On-Site Compost Area
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Written Extract CAPSTONE RESEARCH Assessing Features that Attract Visitors In Lancaster Conservancy Preserves, with Recommendations for Holtwood Nature Preserve People visit nature preserves to connect with nature and engage in programmed activities offered within the natural landscape. Local nature preserves, compared to national parks, are readily accessible to the general public, provide accessible nature and wilderness areas, and have positive impacts on people in nearby communities. However, nature preserves can be underused and undervalued due to inadequate programming and poor landscape design. Well-designed features and activities in the landscape provide optimal engagement for visitors while preserving and protecting sensitive landscape ecology. To date, there has been little information available regarding the most popular features and activities that attract visitors within nature preserves. To explore this topic further, this research assesses visitor preferences for a variety of designed nature-based activities in preserves managed by the Lancaster Conservancy. These preserves include Climbers Run, Pinnacle Overlook, Kelly’s Run, Tucquan Glen, Shenks Ferry, Welsh Mountain, Conoy Wetlands, and Steinman Run Nature Preserves. To find out more about visitor preferences, a survey of 15 questions was sent to Conservancy employees, board members, committee members, volunteers and the general public. The goal of this survey was to determine the preserves’ predominant users, the most popular features and activities and why people were drawn to them. Additionally, the survey also determined the specific features that were absent from each of the preserves. The survey yielded 37 responses, which was about a 70% response rate. Results indicated that a combination of hiking and environmental education were the most popular features within the preserves. However, a majority of respondents also indicated that, in general, aesthetics attracted them to their favorite natural areas. These findings indicate that nature preserves managed by the Lancaster Conservancy could better benefit from a wider range of nature-based features that engage the general public with educational and aesthetic experiences.
GIS Sample Figure 1.
This figure demonstrates acceptable and unacceptable areas for new high school development in the Allegheny School District. Areas shaded in green are considered acceptable because they meet the criteria set forth – this area is not within 9,000 feet of an existing high school, not within 3,000 feet of a railroad, not within 1,500 feet of a river and contains an area of at least a quarter of a mile. Unacceptable areas, not meeting the criteria set forth, are represented by gray shading. The roadways have been marked in white and include a 150-foot buffer. The criteria set forth indicates that a high school should be developed within 150 feet of an existing road. As such, school development should ideally occur within a green shaded area and within the white road buffer. Lastly, the census tracts with the highest future high school populations have been outlined in red. The census tract with the highest future high school population was Census Tract 4090. Taking all of the data presented into consideration, it has been concluded that a new high school should ideally be constructed in the north/northeastern portion of Census Tract 4090 (within a green shaded and white road buffer area). | 49
Illustration DAY & NIGHT DIGITAL RENDERING - AutoCAD, SketchUp and Photoshop
ROOFTOP GARDEN DIGITAL RENDERING - AutoCAD, SketchUp and Lumion
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Photography
Shenks Ferry - Conestoga, Pennsylvania
20-Image Panorama - Machu Picchu, Peru
Tucquan Glen - Pequea, Pennsylvania
Farm at Eagles Ridge - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Holtwood Nature Preserve - Holtwood, Pennsylvania